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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-16
DIED AT HIS POST.
An Engineer Killed by Robbers for
Defending His Train.
Northern Pacific Train Held Up in
Montana, But No Booty Secured.
One RObber Captured.

/
Montana, But No Booty Secured
One Robber Captured.
North Coast Limited, eastbound
train No. % on the Northern Pacific
railway. was held up by two masked
men near Welch's Spu siding IS
miles east of Butte, Mon, at 2:15
Wednesday morning.
Engineer James Glow was shot and
instantly killed and Fireman James
Sullivan was shot through the arm.
Without making an attempt to blow
up the express car, as was evidently
intended, the robbers jumped from
the engine and ran down the noun
tain side disappearing In a gluch sew
eral hundred yards from the track.
Sheriff Henderson of Butte was no.
titled, and with posse left on train
for the scene of the hold-up. Sheriff
Webb of Yellowstone county was on
the train with one of the the train
ere started on the trail OF the hold
up men five minutes after the shoot
ing.
Bloodhounds were put on the trail
and one of the fugitives was captur-
ed at Woodville, near Butte.
The robbers left a telescope grip
on the tender of the locomotive. The
grip was full of giant powder, evil
IDENTIFY intended for use in blowing
up the express car. The men board
ed the train presumably at the Butte
transfer station, where a locomotive
for the Montana division was attach
ed. One mile west of Welch the men
crawled over the tender and with
drawn guns, commanded the engi-
neer to stop the train, which he did.
Engineer Glow, however, made a
show of resistance and one of the
robbers fired, shooting him through
the body, killing him instantly. The
other man shot at Sullivan, breaking
his arm.
Whent the train stopped Conductor
Bert Culver and the train crew ran
to the engine, where they foun a col
ored man, who related the circum-
stances Of the hold-up. This man
said that he had been stealing a ride
and that the men offered him a third
of the booty" IL he would assist
them. He said he had refused and
had taken no part in the hold-up. He
IL Sdh iOChliiy iODDCi, anu
the man Is being held for this pur-
pose.
The posse with bloodhounds was
joined at Welsh by r. H. Goddard.
chief of the Northern Pacific detec-
tives at Livingston; Deputy Sheriff
Jas. Keon of Gallatin county. and
Jas. Latta of Boxeman. Keen and
Latta are the men who tracked and
captured Ike" Gravett, who some
time ago tried to force the Northern
Pacific Railroad company to pay
$4,000 blackmail
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-16
INTERNAL MACHINE
Intended For An Atlanta Girl Was
Opened by Her Mother.


Atlanta has another sensation on
hand. Fred Bush. arrested for send
ing an Internal machine to the home
of his sweetheart, Miss Kate Nc
Carthy, was said to have been identi-
fed by a negro messenger boy, who
said he received the package from a
man who looked like Bush and who
stood in the street after sending in
the cal. The machine exploded
when Mrs. Mccarthy, mother of the
girl opened the package and the
house was almost demolished.
The negro said he had instructions
not to send the box until Thursday
morning but 1t went out last night
by mistake. Miss Mccarthy was at
the theater, and her mother received
the package instead. An attempt to
open it resulted in an explosion which
shattered the interior of the home
and threw Mrs. Mccarthy across the
hall into the room where twins were
sleeping. She suffered serious in
juries, but will recover.
Bush Is a business partner of C.
". Doolittle, a commission merchant
who accompanied Miss Bush to the
ed any knowledge of the inferna
machine. The box was OF oak, eigh
inches long. 1t contained dynamite
and pistol SO arranged as to ex
plode when the box was opened.
The concussion shook the whole
block.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-16
THE DEADLY AUTO.
Woman Loses Control of Machine
and Is Killed.

and Is Killed.
While racing with Jersey Central
railroad train between Point Pleasant
and Asbury Park Wednesday, an au-
tomobile in which Mrs. George B.
Boyce and Miss A. Wilda Mass, OF
Point Pleasant, were riding. was ov-
erturned, and Miss Mass was killed
instantly.
Mrs. Boyce, wife of an automobile
dealer in New York city. was render
ed unconscious and was taken to her
home in Point Pleasant.
Mrs. Boyce was operating the ma
chine. The train had just left Point
Pleasant, bound for Asbury Park
where the automobile, going at q
terrific pace, came along the road
way, which parallels the railroad
tracks and attempted to pass the
train.
Passengers In the train witnessed
the accident and crowded to the
platforms and windows, cheering the
two women as the machine steadily
| forged ahead of the train.
Just as the automobile was abreast
Of the locomotive, and when both
were going at the rate OF so miles
an hour, Mrs. Boyce lost control OF
the automobile. The machine swerv'
ed from the roadway, went over ar
embankment into a swamp and over
turned, crushing Miss Mass.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-16
A CYCLONE IN TEXAS.
Town of BrightwelI Was Completely
Wiped Out.

A dispatch from Mount Pleasant,
Texas, says nine persons were killed
and many injured by a tornado which
wrecked the town of Birthright and
Ridgeway. Details are meagre, but
1t is known that other towns suffer
ed heavily both in life and property.
The cyclone practically destroyed
the towns OF Ridgeway and Birth
right, forty miles west Of here.
The killed. so far as known, are:
Mrs. Brazil and baby.
Calvin Trammel and son.
Roy Mcfall.
=. -. Stevenson and wife.
Sidney l.. Oakley and wife
The injured reported are:
Ben Pogue, skull fractured; Mrs
Ben Pogue, internally injured; Mrs
Joe Ferguson, scalp wound.
Birthright. a town of 500 was COM
pietely wiped off the map. Great
damage is reported at Caney, a negro
settlement. and 1t is believed many
more were killed there.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-16
SCORES DROWN.
Passengers Became Panic Stricken
and Jumped Overheard.

A dispatch from Montevideo an
nounces that the French transport
steamer Potion from Marseilles on
April 5. for Buenos Ayres, has been
wrecked off the coast of Uruguay.
One hundred of her passengers and
crew are said to have perished. 1t
is understood that there are zoo
passengers on board the vessel and
that her cargo will prove total loss.
The Poitou struck at spot called
Rincon de Herrero.
A panic broke out on board the
vessel. when she grounded, and a
great number of terror-stricken peo.-
pie jumped over board. Some OF
them swan ashore, but many were
drowned.
Custom officers at Rincon de Her
zero saved fifty out of three hun
dred passengers, who are said to
have been on board. How many
others have been saved Is not known
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-16
SOILSURyEY MAPS.
Work Of Tie Agricultural Depart.
neiht for this State.

The apartment of agriculture,
through ZACH of several bureaus, is
giving spci$l attention to the state
OF South Carolina. The bureau of
soils hasa party in the field making
very cTeful survey of the soil Of
Lee and sumter counties. Upon COM
pletion tie maps will be ready for
distributbn to all who make appli-
cation fol them. The maps that are
now completed and subject to dis
tribution in the state are OF the
counties of Anderson, Greenwood,
Laurens, Greenville, Spartanburg.
Charleston, Colleton. Cherokee. Dar-
lington, lancaster, Oconee, Orange
burg and FORK. All reprints are now
available Of those counties upon ap-
plication without cost to the appli-
cants. Chief Clerk Rice will be
pleased to forward to all who can
make q proper use of them.
Professor True. of the division of
irrigation ind drainage, is now push
Ing the drainage work near Charles
ton neck. He is finishing the work in
Christ Church Parish; at point
called Point Pleasant, opposite Char
lesion, Isle of Palms. and between
Ashley and the ocean. He hopes to
In great measure make it more heal
thy, and to redeem about SO square
miles of land.
At Jettburg 800 acres OF land that
have been given over by the Southern
railroad will receive attention, and
when the experts have completed
heir part lof the work. 1t will be
turned to Athe Clemson college for
further exploitation.
A special effort Is being made to
benefit healthful conditions and there
~ increase the amount of rice lands
md better class of land for truck
'arming. the latter crops paying bet
.er than other crops. They also wish
aid the people to pay more atten-
ion to diversified crops; as this gen
orally pays better than to rely mainly
,pon a CROP of one kind.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-16
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Man Kills His Wife and Then Him.
self by Shooting.

AS the result. 1t is alleged. of a
QUARREL over a wedding ring, VIM.
o. Rice, aged 20 years, of 131 Heck
man street, s. E.. of Washington. and
a telegraph operator on the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, shot and
instantly killed his wife, Lillian, fir
ed a shot DIT his one year old baby,
Earl, which took effect in the leg,
and then committed suicide by shoot
ing himself.
Rice, who worked nights. return
ed to his home at an early hour We'd
nesday morning and finding his wife
and baby asleep, woke them up. A
discussion ensued regarding Mrs
Rice's wedding ring. 1t being alleged
that Rice had possession OF the ring
and would not return 1t to his wife
A quarrel followed, when Rice, see-
ing a pistol lying on a table, fired
four shots.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-16
WILL KNOCK THEM OUT.
An Invention That Make Battleships
Back Numbers.

What is the use of building mon
ster battleships, worth $2,OOO,0OO
apiece, when they can be blown all
to bits by man operating miles
away with an instrument no bigger
than a hand camera? That is what
French scientist claims can be ac-
complished through manipulation oil
wireless currents found everywhere
The explosion which recently blew
up the French battleshfp Jena al
Toulon was due to stray electrical
currents coming in contact with
powder, this genius confidently as
serts. and offers to prove that this
was possible by a series Of long dis
tance experiments.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-16
LOVE MAD RIVALS.
FoOlishly Kill Each Other About a
Handsome Girl.

A special dispatch from Pueblo,
Mexico. says Lauro Jandero, million
aire owner OF several haciendas. and
Jose Maria Beltran, municipal direc-
tor of Tiatanqui. both aspirants for
the hand of the daughter of promi-
nent planter in that district, fought
a duei with pistols in the streets
this morning In which both were
mortally wounded.
The men had quarreled repeated
ly and when they met this morning
following an encounter of last night,
Beltran opened fire. Jandero re-
turned the fire and both men foil
badly wounded. From their recum-
bent positions they continued firing
until each had received wounds
which physicians say are mortal.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-16
WIS A DEAD SHOT
An lnsne Man Uses q Shot t-gun
via Terrible Results.
Litte Giis Plea Causes Mad Man
toDro Weapon After 1t Had Been
Lsvelidat Her.

1 vic AC0 OduScS NaO n10T
toDro Weapon After 1t Had Beer
Lsvelidat Her.
A. San francisco Walter Charley
Davis. a cpenter. in a At Of insan-
ity Wednday shot and killed six
persons ad14 Piere street. in that
city. Dav and his victims all re-
sided withhe family of Irson Bush.
who cond.ted a boarding house.
Davis hon was in Farmvill, near
Vialia, whe he has a wife and six
children. ie has been working i'm
San franco as a carpenter since
the fire.
The shoong was done with a dou-
bic barrelt shotgun. Davis who
slept In tn same room with young
Orson Bus.and w. e. Beard, arose
shortly afr Ave o'clock and shot
mis- two run mates. After killing
Bush and card, Davis took a box
OF shells bm a shelf and walked
down the all way. where he met
Mrs. Lille arothers, a boarder, who
had heard he first two shots and
had come her doorway to find
what was te matter. He shot her
and with ts other shell. shot Mrs.
Orson Busl NJ E. Vinton, a gov
ernment s,eyor. was killed as he
lay in bed. Orson Bush, Sr., heard
the shootin. and rushed up stairs.
where he We met by the murderer.
The appearance in the hall indi-
Gates that hsh had made a desper-
ate fight fo,his life. his body was
found as 1t ad fallen at the head of
the stairs.
Seventeen year old Annie Bush
came runniE into the hallway and
met Davis. lie turned the gun upon
the girl. aihng at her head. The
girl found wee to say. please don't
kill me-" ad the shotgun dropped
from Davis lands.
can't dolt," he said. "You are a
good girl. hsides you look like my
own child, I'D ! would not see her
face IL killd you
When pocemen came to arrest
Davis he fought like a demon and a
riot call wa turned in. Seven off,
GERS respondd in an automobile. Two
officers engaged Davis in a conversa-
tiOn while te others got behind him
and pinionet his arms. He was then
removed to he detention hospital.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-16
Murderer Carried to Safety In an
Auto by the Sheriff.
MOB WANTED HIS LIFE
Landed In Miami Jail He Pleads
Self-Defence as Excuse for killing.
Asked Stranger to Drink. I'll
Compel YOu!" He Shouts, After
Refusal; Then Two Bullets Were
Fired.

heiuSais lnen Two Bullets Wcrt
Fired.
Smashing all speed laws and cram
ming on every ounce Of speed which
a big racing automobile was capable
Sheriff Martin Thursday whirled r
w. Troy. of New York, from wes
Palm Beach to Miami. to prevent hi.
prisoner from being lynched for the
murder Of George N. Newcomb.
Had the sheriff delayed five minu
tes the friends of the man whom the
prisoner shot would have torn him
from the grasp of the officials and un.
doubtedly killed him.
Troy arrived at West Palm Beach
on the steamer Cilecia, from a South
American city. After leaving the
vessel he went to a saloon and start.
ed drinking. He is said to have be.
come almost intoxicated.
1t is said that Troy asked New.
comb to drink with him. Newcomt
declined. This enraged the New
Yorker, and after a bitter quarrel
with the man who spurned the invi-
tation, Troy shouted:
I'll compel you to drink with
met"
The visitor pulled a revolver and
leveled 1t at Newcomb, who, retained
his placid mien. still refused to take
a drink with Troy
No sooner had the second refusal
been uttered than Troy pulled the
trigger twice and two bullets plough
cd into Newcobm, h..ling him in
stantly.
Troy was arrested q few minutes
later and taken in charge by the
sheriff.
Newcomb's friends gathered soon
afterward and sought out the New
Yorker, who had quietly gone with
the sheriff, saying he had killed his
victim in self-defence. The news was
flung broadcast, and a crowd gather
ed around where Troy was being
held.
Martin. divining the intent of the
mob, summoned an automobile and
soon was dashing to Miami where he
could land his prisoner in safety, and
be assured OF protection against
lynchers.
Troy says that he and his brother
Daniel w. Troy. who has had Offices
in No. 6$ Wall street, are In the lum-
Der business. He has telegraphed to
Daniel to come and aid him in his
fight, should the case come to trial,
as is expected.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-16
SUCCEEDS HIS FATHER
w. w. Bradley Elected Trustee Of
Clemson College.

w. w. Bradley of Abbeville has
been elected a life member of the
board in the place of his father. j.
II. Bradley, who died a few weeks
ago.
Mr. w. w. Bradley is Congress
man Aiken's private secretary. Mr..
Bradley was former chairman OF the
State board OF equalization, having
been the prime mover in that bOdy's
organization. He is about 40 years
old.
The board of trustees attended to
regular routine business. No matters
of Importance came up for discussion
Senator Tillman was present, 1t be-
ing the first meeting he has attended
i'm many months.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-16
BREAKS HIS NECK.
by Fall of Not More Than Twelve
Inches.

A remarkable accident happened
at Greenwood one night last week.
by which John Renolds, a negro
train hand on the Charlestern and
Western Carolina Railway, lost his
life. While asleep in his bunk In the
caboose of his train he rolled out OF
the bunk and striking the floor had
his neck broken. 1t seemed that he
fell on his head and the weight OF
body in some way brought. about
the broken neck. There were other
negroes in the caboose and they were
awakened by the fall. He fell about
one foot.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-16
WOMEN CUT TO PIECES.
dutiIated With Razors at their Home
Ih New York.

At New York Mrs. Maria Vite and
her mother. Mrs. Maria Brignoli were
literally siaslAed to pieces with razors
in their homie. Giovanni Vite, the
husband of thle young woman is un-
der arrest, charged with the crime.
Vite says that two men broke in
and killed th& women, and that he had
a struggle with them in their de-
fence. Mrs. t3rignoh gave the alarm
which called the police.
An occupant OF a neihboring
apartment heAard tapping on the
window. Looking out she saw Mrs.
Brignoli on the fire escape in her
night dress wi 9TH blood flowing from
her throat. SHE fell back dead.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-16
MOSTLY IN THE PAPERS.
County People Not Interested In
Proposed New County.

The st. Matthews correspondent OF
The State says more aggitation on
the subject of a new county has been
conducted by the various county pa
pers and their correspondents than
by the people who are most interest
ed. One meeting was held In that
portion of Lexington county that was
to be included In the new county,
but results were not so satisfactory
In fact no definite steps toward the
fol- nation of a new county have been
taken, such as surveying the lines,
etc, and these lines must be estab-
lished before the real fight begins. In
the meantime friends holding each
view Of the subject are lining up for
the fight
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-16
MORE PAY FOR ENGINEERS
The Southern Railway Increases the
Wages of Locomotive Drivers.

Effective at once the locomotive
engineers on the Southern Railway
through the system have been grant
ed an increase In wages amounting
to ten per cent for passenger epgi-
neers and 6 per cent for freight men,
and so cents and As cents. respective
per hour overtime.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-16
SENSATIONAL CHARGES.

Chinese Said TfO Have Been Thrown
II The Sea.
1t was reI ted that two sailors
who escaped ON the British steam
er Marori Xii which arrived at San
Diego from langhai, make senst-
tional charge of brutality against
the captain al officers OF the ship.
Rumors an in circulation to the
effect that II Chintse were killed
during rio on hbard and their
bodies cast In tie 4ea.
Internation complications are
likely to resu and tits believed that
the most seriy hs parx Of the charges
remain to be Id. 49,
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-16
OLD SOLDIERS TRAGIC DEATH
Mr.. Jesse Pitmann Either Stepped or
Fell From Train.

Fell From Train.
A dispatch from Cheraw to The
State says when the northbound train
stopped at the crossing near the oil
mill on Wednesday night, Mr.. Jesse
Pittman, veteran 60 years Of age,
who was returning from the reunion
in Columbia, met a tragic death. Mr..
Pittman thinking 1t was the Cheraw
station, started to leave the train
and as the cars moved of he stepped
or fell off on his head, crushing In
his skull and killing him instantly.
He lived near Ruby In that county.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-05-23
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-05-23
WARNING.


The legal voters Of this CITY Of Barre. NJ, are
hereby notified and warned To meet on Tues
day June 4th 1907, at 30 o'clock D. M, in tho
Opera House CRY Hall building, in said city
uf barre. for the purpose % acting On me fol-
lowing articles. VIZ.
Tist-To eject 4 Moderator to preside Al
said meeting.
second. 10 hear a report from the School
Commissioners on The proposed addition 20
BOOK stas9t sehoai haibi5nE, ana tbsiu recon-
mehtfat ihus regarding tanse tFf fiFtN
Third-~Tn see II the Cify viii vote 20 in
sStrgct the school Commission fs ~ build an
addition Is Brook street school building.
FOurth--ro see II the City viii vote - levy q
special Tax on the grand list o. the City 10 de-
fray the expense Of bniiding the addition ~
Brook street school building and. II 80, how
much.
Fifth--Ta see II the City will vote TO issue Us
notes or bonds Tor the purpose Of paying for
the addition - the Brook street school bniit-
ing and, IL it 10 VOTES, 70 determine what
anOunt Ia notes or bonds shall be issued, tire
rate per cent Of interest, and the time and
place At which they shall be- payable.
Sixth--lo do anyother proper business.
Dated at city Of barre, W., this I'D day q
JOHN ROBINS. Mayor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-05-23
HOUSE FOR SALE.

There II no place like home YOU can call
yonr own, and the above saying applies to this
properly especially Here IL one of the most
beautiful places ON the French estate which
has just been pnt on the market. Situated on
FRANKLIN street, one Of the best residential
streets In the city, not tenement house on III
best of neigahais, and property that can be
sold at any time ny buyer On this property
yau can lealize your cash for III with 4 hand
some profit On what IL can be bought TOR, a4 hi
must be sold this month. This house is situa-
ted on large lot tho ciaY6 plenty Of shrub
berry. apple and cherry trees, carfant bushes
grape vines etc. is full two stories with spa
cious attic, the best of cellars. heavy WALL
large, broad piazza. IL f. wide, trout ball
10 i IL fl. round parlor, dining-r00m. Kitchen
pantry and weodshed. Four large airy sleep
ing rooms with closets and large bathroom up
Btairs. Every door ia house heavy birch veneer
hard wood floors ia every room. All hard wood
finish done In the most artistic style known 10
modern architecture. This house Is not built
after the old style of d dry goods box. but the
very latest design, something that Is artis tic
and attractive. AZ you buy this house you can
rent rooms for sic per month and then have
enough for your own family. Now do not run
away with the idea that Ii VIII cost loo much
for y0u can buy " as cheap az Yen could a less
now. III you have cheaper cottage or tene-
ment and you Ehink il u net quite good enough
for you, or a small farm OF timber bot, would
tako either In exchange and give plen 81 df
time for balance. would no pleased 10 show
You through the house At any time. Bring
your wife along and look II over. Remember
this il new house, built last fall For further
particulars call AZ n franklin street, or tcle-
phone ABA