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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-08

I.inwood Herbert ISnstelhcrg.
Iinwood Herbert Kastelberg, son of
William f.. and Mamie Kastelbers. died
at the home Of his parents, 2O7 Third
Avenue, Chestnut Hin. at O'Clock
The funeral will take place this af-
ternoon al . o'clock from the resi-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-08
Funeral Of. Mr.. Louder.

He was a member of the Richmond
Lodge Of Elks, the Royal Arcanum and
Stella Lodge Of Masons, of BROOKLYN,
~ Y. He leaves his widow, formerly
Miss Zenie Wayne, of Rlchmond;, q
brother In Australia and sister in
| London.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-26
FELLED BY MANIAC.
Paroled LunatIc Attacks An Old
Lady and a Man.

The Old Lady Struck In the Head
And tho Man Assaulted with an
Axe and Knife.
While In a fit OF violent insanit,
and thinking, as he said, that some.
one was trying to kill him, joseph w
Hagood Saturday made q murderouf
attack upon Mrs. Eugenia Smith
with an axe, fracturing her skull
and with a long knife stabbed Mr.,
John j. Riley in the back In Colum.
bia. Mrs. Smith and Mr.. Riley are
now under care at the Columbia hos.
pltal and some doubts are entertain.
ed as to their recovery.
The State says Hagood has been on
a parole from the insane asylum for
Just 80 days and up to-, his tragic
deed saturday has been conducting
himself commendable since his re-
lief. But Saturday morning he was
seized with a terrible malady and get
ting an X he went to the bouse &C.
cupied by Mrs. Smith, Mr.. Riley and
others, and battered down the door
or the room in which the helpless
was. With a blow he felled Mrs.
Smith across the bed, inficting a. SER
lous fracture Of the skull, and then
he went to the room where Mr.. Riley
was In bed.
MI. Riley, q one-legged man, hear
ing the noise in the back part Of the
house got out of the bed and started
10 the house when he was seen
by Hagood. The maniac gave chase
to Mr.. Riley and soon overlook and
overpowered him, dealing him q blow
on the hip with the axe and then
stabbing him in the back with a knife
near the backbone.
About this time a general alarm
had been given by Mrs. A. Andrews
who was in the house at the time,
and Mr.. j. H. Faux and others over
powered the maniac and after sum
moning the police patrol placed him
IN the wagon, where he vas carried
to the station and locked up.
DR.. G. f. Williams, the city physi-
clan, who Is attending the injured
people, said he can not say lust vet
what will be the outcome of their in
j%uries. Mrs. Smiths fracture is Of a
very serious nature and may prove
fatal. Mr.. Riley will probably get
well, unless the knife penetrated into
the lung, which the doctor fears.
Both parties we're resting well late
Saturday night. Saturday afternoon
the unfortunate man was remanded
to the State hospital for the insane
again.
He was carried to the hospital in
the patrol wagon andgwas very order
ly and quiet, the only thing that,
seemed to worry him was that he
feared some II would at any time
him harm, it seems. Hagood Is a
huskster by trade and is married.
His wife saw a part Of the sad affair
and tried to control her husband, but
could not. She seemed not to be
afraid of him, as she had seen him
undergo spells at other times.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-26

MILLION DOLLARS ASKED
AS n Ransom for the Little Stolen
Marvin BOY.

A dispatch from Dover, Del, says
one million dollars is the ransom
asked for little Horace Marvin by
Salvatore Antoine, Of Hoboken, from
whom DR.. Marvin received a letter
Thursday morning.
Antoine says he has the child in
his custody. and if an advertisement
is inserted in a New York paper tell
ing where Dr.. Marvin Will meet him,
he will deliver the baby. On the
back Of Antone's letter, a large black
hand was drawn.
DR.. Marvin received about thirty
letters Thursday morning from all
parts Of the country. Most Of them
offered coincidence, the writer's ex-
pressing the belief that the child is
dead. One writer suggested that Dr.
Marvin Advertise in the papers of 10
largest cities Of the country. CleYe-
land was undcrscOred several times.
DR.. Marvin said he would advertise
in all the Cleveland papers.
DR.. Marvin was Informed Thursday
morning that the Pinkerton detec-
tives, who had been working On the
case, since the child was reported
missing. had withdrawn.
The distracted father was hurried
ly summoned from the Capitol Hotel
Thursday morning by the report
that his baby had been fornd dead
in the woods lea the farm at Dover
Del. The rumor proved to be un.
true.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-26
MANY WAR SHIPS.
VIII BE i'm the Fleet During the Ex-
position.

position.
Never in the history Of the United
States Navy has there been such a
formidable array Of warships as that
will gather in Hampton Roads this
month to participate in the James
town Exposition
The largest fleet ever previously
assembled under the command OF one
United States naval officer vas that
which was reviewed by President
Roosevelt in Long Island, September
8, 1906.
While the jamestown aggregation
Of fighting sea monsters Will not
quite equal that Of Oyster Bay in
number Of numerical strength, 1t will
surpass 1t in fighting power, and
counting the foreign vessels Of war,
which will form a part OF the naval
display, the jamestown feet will be
superior to the review last fall.
Visitors to jamestown, however,
will be given the opportunity to sec
both fleets. for the navy department
has decided to place in the govern
ment building an exact reproduction
by model of the Long Island Fleet.
Rear Admiral Evans will be in com
mand Of tho jamestown feet, which
will consist of SO w~ar-vessels. There
will be. 16 first class and one second
class battlcship, whereas the Oyster
Bay feet contained only 10 battle
ships.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-26

BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS
One of the Troubles Small Counties
Have to Contend With.

According to a letter containing
much vigorous language, Governor
Anscl received Thursday from Mr.. w.
\. Faulling publisher of the Echo
and Press at Monck's Corner, in Ber-
kelley county. somebody has been
tampering with the court schedule in
that neck Of the woods for the pur-
pose Of securing delay in the trial of
a number Of criminal cases.
Mr.. Faulling encloses an editorial
clipping from his paper. which cries
out against 1.-The shame hat has been
practicsd against the people Of Berke-
ley county He says that for some
re}son, which lie is unable to explain
but on which Senator Haynes of the
county may be able 10 throw some
light, the February term OF court was
passed up altogether, although the
criminal docket was the heaviest in
the history Of the county. five murder
eases awaiting trial now.
And according to the new court
schedule for Berkeley, which was
provided for in the last Legislature,
here will be no more regular terms
ill next September. which will be 2
nonths from the last term. Mr..
Faulling says the chief justice has
signed an order for a special term to
be held this month, but he wants the
governor to look into the situation
generally.
In the editorial clipping some
Judge, whose name is not called, is
severely scored for ENDURING when
the next train left Monck's Corner
soon as he landed in town. The cdi-
tor says that the next Judge who
name to hold court there should have
The fact impressed upon his mind
hat Berkeley is a part OF the state.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-26
WAS A MAD MAN.
Champ Clark Relates an Incident a
GridirOn Dinner.

Champ Clark Of Missouri made a
speech at Des Moines the other eve
ming in the course Of which he said
that the half had not been told OF the
incidents at the Gridiron dinner at
which Foraker and Roosevelt slashed
at each other.
81 was sitting a little way from the
President he said. "and say, | have
seen six men meet violent death at
different times, but | never saw a
madden man than Roosevelt was at
that time in my whole life"
Of" no continued, we compel the
Harriman-Bliss-Odel gang to tell the
truth about the campaign contribu
tons. we would sweep the country.
If we had a district attorney In New
York that was worth powder and
lead to blow him to hell. Sing Sing
would be so fmll OF those theiving RE-
publican bosses that their arms and
legs would be sticking out OF the
windows"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-26

MATRIMONIAL SWINDLE.
Victim of His Desire to We'd II Titled
Woman.

The arrest Of Johann Fielder, q
tradesman, of Hermannstedt in Tran
%sylvania, and his wife has revealed a
bare-faced swindle practiccd on a
simple minded but welthy lane owner
of Roumanian nationality named
Konstantan Bratcanu.
Fielder learning that it was Brat
eann's ambition to marry a lady of
title introduced him to Frau Fielder
who posed as the Baroness Ida Kun
who was unmarried and possessed Of
$780, 900. in her own right.
Frau Fielder played her part with
complete success, and on the day Of
her bctrothal her husband received
$4,000, as a commission. Fielder
next offered to obtain for Brateanu
the title Of Baron from the Hnngar-
ian Government for another 5000,
and this too. the simple landowner
paid.
Then Fielder and his wife vanish
ed and Bratcanu realized for the
first time he had been victimized. :?
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-26

DON'T BELIEVE IN WAR.
Bryan Makes Notable Speech Before
the Peace Conference.


William Jennings Bryan was the
last speaker before the New York
Peace Congress on last Thursday
night. He said:
"War comes from misunderstand-
ings. at the finish both parties will
tell you that it was a defensive war.
When they will submit to having a
through understanding Of their griev-
ances, war can be avoided.
II believe one Of the subjects OF
this convention is to cultivate peace
and to dispel the idea that man must
die in the battlefield to be a patriot
And this convention will not do Its
duty unless 1t impresses upon the
world the idea that it is a much
mans duty to live for his country as
it is to die for 1t.
~ expect to see the world loved
into peace. Love Is the great force
Don't tell me that to secure peace you
must build great armies and navies
| want to see peace by love and no
NV force.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-26
CITY WIPED OUT
In Mexico by a Sudden and De-
structIve Earthquake.
II is Reported That Five Hundred
People Were Killed by the Terrible

Disaster.
A dispatch from Ch~ilpancingo,
Mexico, says that city has been COM
pletely destroyed by one of the most
serious earthquakes that has ever
visited hat section. Up to Monday
evening the known dead number II,
and the badly injured seven
A panic prevails everywhere and
people are fleeing to the open coun-
try. The earth continues to rock at
half hour intervals, and many minor
shocks completed the work of de-
etruction.
All telegraphic communication to
the outside world ceased shortly after
1850 O'Clock Monday night. when
the first shock was felt. The tele-
graph operators have installed tenn
pcrary quarters in an open square.
The town Of Chilapa, AZ kilomet-
ers to h northeastwaTd, has also
been destroyed. AS yet no details
have been received as to the number
Of dead and wounded, but 1t is feared
that the number will be large.
Both the volcanoes of Colima and
Jorullo are In this region and the
people fear that the recent eruption
or the earth may cause these noun
Jams TO become more active and to
destroy much property and many
lives.
A dispatch from the City of Mex
leo says the National Bank Of Mexico
has received a telegram saying that
500 lives were lost in the destruction
of Chilpancingo and Chilapa. The
telegram adds that both cities were
completely destroyed. In govern
mental circles the report is not cred
tied.
1t is admitted that both cities were
severely damaged, but it is not
thought that the death list will even
approximate 500 owing to the fact
that the houses are massive affairs,
built Of stone in order to resist earth
quake shocks.
The government Of the state Of
Guerrero has dispatched military en-
ginecrs n troops to the DESTROYED
district and tho work Of rescue and
sanitation is boing carried on in a
systematic way.
A dispatch from the City Of Mexi-
co on Monday night says heavy Garth
quake shocks continued on the west
coast until 4 o'clock Monday morn
Ing. At that date news from the
area Of greatest destruction shows
that the devastation was greater than
ut first supposed.
Besides the destruction Of Chilpan-
icingo and Chilapa, it Is now report
cd that Tixtla, between these two
cities, containing about the same pop
ulation as Chilpanicingo, was also
leveled.
Messengers from the coast who
have reached Chilpanicingo say that
thn Nyynn re @-I
have been destroyed and that tho loss
Of life Is very heavy. 1t will be sew
crel days before full particulars will
he received
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-26
Girl Defends Self.

Entering a farm house six miles
south OF Decatur, Georgia, where Ada
Smith, a fifteen year old girl was
alone with n three year old child, jim
Elliott, a negro, threatened to XIII
the girl with a knife which he car
ried threaicningly. Miss Smith re-
treated across the room and selling
a shot gun levelod II at Elliott who
jumped through a window to escape
two shots fred by the brave girl. El-
lott was given a hearing and held
for trial.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-26
EDITOR SENT INTO EXILE.
Whipped, Imprisoned ana Banishct
for Offending Guatcmalan Ruler.

Francisco Osorno Rojas. former
editor and proprietor of a daily paper
In Guatemala City, is at New Orleans,
an exile.
Rojas says that just before the
Guatemala congress assembled Pres
ident Cabrera sent him a copy Of his
message, with instructions to display
1t in the merit isue Of his paper. The
first page had already been made VI
and printed, SO Rojas printed the
presidents message on the last page,
Cabrera thought this vas les ma
jeste, had the luckless editor arrested
and beaten with a bul whip, and then
kept In durance vile for a month. III.
naly he was given his liberty or
promise that he leave the country
The only possession he has today is
the bull whip.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-26
BENNETTsvILLE S. q, FRIDAY, April 26, 1907.
SAFE AND SANE.
Harmon Of Ohio Is Suggested as
Such a Candidate.
Some Arc OF tho Opinion, However,
That He Is Too Safe and Sane to
Win

Some Arc OF tho Opinion, However,
That He Is Too Safe and Sane tc
Win.
Zach McGhee. the Washington cor.
respondent of the State says the con-
servatiye Democracy has fixed upon
o candidate for the presidency, SO the
tale goes in Washing ton. 1t Is Judson
Harmon Of Ohio. He was attorney
general in President Cleveland's sec.
ond term.
The information comes from an
Eastern Democrat Of national ropu.
tatfon, and it strongly appears that
the forces Of the Parker nomination
in 1904 are back of 1t. Harmon is to
be the safe and sane" candidate as
against Bryan, the unsafe and in
sane" candidate. That's the pro-
gram.
Harmon made an excellent attorney
general, and since his retirement has
been practicing law in Ohio. He did
one notable public service about 3
years G when President Roosevelt
appointed him to look into the alleg-
ed violation OF the anti-rebate law
b the Atch son, Topeka and Sante
Fe railroad. ,,
Harmon looked into it ana found
that Paul Morton. a member Of the
Presidents cabinet was the guilty
party, for Morton was president dur
ing the time the rebates we're given.
Harmon and his associate in the
worR recommended that prosecutions
be instigated against Paul Morton
and some of the other officials of the
road. This did not suit the adminis-
tration though, at all, which wanted
to, prosecute the railroad tracks, the
locomotives and things Of that sort,
and put them all in jail.
sHarmOn expressed the opinion that
IL rebates were given somebody was
responsible and they offered to show
the president pretty quick who and
how, but the president had no idea
Of allowing his friend and cabinet
officer to be prosecuted. Harmon
%thereupon quit and the case was
dropped.
Harmon is quite much of a man
all right, but tho opinion is that he
is too "safe and sane" for the senti-
ment of the party and Of the country
at this time.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-26
TWO SAD DEATHS
Two Young Men Go TO a Watery
Grave While Fishing.
THE BODIES FOUND.

They Visit Their Trout Line on. tho
Dam in u Batcau, and Not Return
ing, Causes Alarm and Leads to ,
Search. Which Results in the Find
ing of the Bodies OF tho Two
Young Men.
Early Thursday morning the new
was received in Anderson Of the
drowning of j. c. Walker and Johr
Dickson, which occurred at 2 O'Clock
thai morning on the pond Of the Bel
ton Power Company, six and a hal
miles from Bolton, on the Saluda Ri
yer. Both of these young gentlemen
We're we'll known in Anderson, as II
was their former home.
1t seems thai the two men set out
trout lines across the pond Wednes-
day evening, and at two O'Clock last
Thursday morning they were in a
batteau visiting the lines, when the
batteau capsiZed for some unknown
reason.
AS neither of the gentlemen re-
turned to their home in time t go
to work Thursday morning, a search
for them was made. The lifeless
body of Mr.. Walker was found on one
of the hooks of the trout line. The
body Of Mr.. Dickson was found about
noon about 40 feet below where the
BOAT turned over
Mr.. Walker and Mr.. Dickson were
brOthers-in-law. They were electri-
cal engineers and were in charge of
the power house at the cam. They
had been connected with the com
pany only a short time. Both were
about twenty-five years Of age.
Mr.. Walker worked at the sub-sta-
ton of the Anderson Power Com
pany -four u five years. He left his
position there about five months ago.
He went down on the Laurens road
Of the Charleston and Western Car
olina Railroad and from there he
went to work at the Bolton dam. He
married Miss Bessie Dickson, the sis
ter Of John Dickson and the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson Dick
son who are now residents OF Ander-
son. His wife survives him.
Mr.. Dickson worked at the sub
station with Mr.. Walker two years.
He left the services Of the Anderson
Water, Light and Power Company
last February, when he moved his
family to the Bolton power dam. Mr..
Dickson married Miss Rosie Kay,
who, with a child Of two years and
n child OF one week, survive him.
The mother, father, sister and
brother of Mr.. Dickson vent to the
scene Of the horrible accident Wed.
nesday morning. The bodies of the
men we're carried to Anderson where
the interment took place.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-26
DELIGHTFUL MEETING
The Doctors Had Il Pleasant Time
at BcnncttsyiIle.

mt BcnncttSyiIlc.
The State Medical Association met
mt Bennettsville this year and the
members had a most pleasant time,
The following officers were elected
to serve for the ensuing year.
President, LIE Grand Query, Col
umbia; vice presidents, r. A. Marsh
Edgefeld, j.. Adams Hayne, Green.
Vile, Mary r.. Baker, Columbia; sec
rotary, Walter Cheyne, Sumter; treas
urer, G. p. Aimar, Charleston.
State medical examiners, 1st dis.
trict, w. p. Porcher, Charleston; and
district, j. A. Rosamond, Easley; 5tf
district, r. A. Bratton, Yorkville; It'll
district, j. j. Watson, Columbia. The
members from the other districts
hold over.
State board of health, Robert VIII
G. G. Cambrell, Abbeville; j. A
Haync, Greenville; w. j. Burdell
Lugoff; James Evans, Florence; c
S. Williams. Columbia.
Committee on scientific work, G
A. Neuffer, Abbeville; j. II. Taylor
Adams Run.
Committee on public policy and leg
islatiOn, G.. B. Earle, Greenville, r
Grange Simons, C~harleston; j. ii
Mcintosh, Columbia.
r.. A. Marsh was elected alternat,
to the American Medical Association
The delegate, j. II. Hamilton, wa
elected last year. f. II. Mcleod wa
elected delegate to the North Caro-
lima Association.
The resolution to make Columbia
the permanent meeting place was de
feated, and Anderson selected f9r TIL
next meeting.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-26
POISON PLOT
May XIII Three Little Children
In the City Of. Chicago
Father and Mother Slain. All the
Victims Suddenly Ill After Eating

Oatmeal.
Three Of the surviving members
of the Inflated Mette family, Of No,
2849. North Harding are dy.
Ing at the Swedish Hospital, Bow.
manville, Chicago, as q result Of @
second poison plot discovered Thurs.
day by the irving Park Authorities
In the poison mystery that has al
ready resulted In the death OF Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Mette, father and
mother Of the latest victims.
i One member only Of the family
which consisted Of father mother
and four children, is now in danger
Of death. This is Mrs. Mary Sladek,
the married daughter, who is now at
Dunning being examined for her san
ity.
The names of the victims of what
the police believe to be q new attempt
to exterminate the entire Mette fam
lily are: Joseph Mette, nineteen;
Rudolph Mette, thirteen; Frank
Mette, Jr., ten. All Of the victims
became suddenly i'll Thursday after
eating oatmeal for breakfast.
The boys were unconscious when
the policeman arrived and placed
them in the ambulance. It was dis
covered there was no room for the
victims in Dunning Hospital. The
police took them on to the Swedish
Hospital in Bowmanville, the institu-
ton where their father died.
THE condition Of the three boys
Is SO serious that they are likely to
die at any time" said Captain Hahn
cs. "One OF them will not recover
and there is little chance for the
others"
Lieutenant Collins, Of the Irving
Park police station, detailed q dozen
policemen and detectives on the case.
n quantity Of the oatmeal found on
the table was given to q cat, which
at once was thrown into spasms. The
police are now certain that food in
the house Is ~impregnated with poi
son
Mrs. Mary Sladek, who was taken
to Dunning Hospital, was again ex-
amined for the third degree"
Coupled with this renewal of ac-
tivity by the police came the report
that Emil Sladek, husband OF Mrs.
Mary Sladek is about to bring suit
for divorce, having left her and gone
to Los Angeles.
The police say the oma was on
the verge OF o breakdown and a con-
fession was expected momentarily.
The Coroner says the woman Is not
llSAlle. r".
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-04-26
MAIL CARRIER ARRESTED
w. L.. Lovinggood Charged With
Tampcring With Pouches

'"D
w. l.. Lovinggood, collored, mail
messenger at the Orangeburg postof-
flee. was arrested Tuesday on a war
rant sworn out by Postonico Inspector
J. II. Irving, charged with cutting
mail pouches. Lovinggood's duties
arc to take the mail to and from the
trains, and it is understood that sew
eral tines during March the locked
pouches which contain letters and
,tlicr valuable mail were delivered
1T the postonce cut, showing that
they had been tempered with.
The postoncc authorities in Wash
ington we're notified and Inspector
Irwin assingod the case. 1t Is not
known what evidence the inspector
holds, or whether any valuable mail
was taken from the cut pouches, but
these facts will doubtless come out
at the preliminary hearing which
United States Commissioners Robert
Ldo fixed for April 2G. Whether the
bags were cut on the train or after
they left the train is the question.
I.ovinggood bears q good reputa-
ton, and has been mail carrier be-
tween tho postOilicc and the various
trains for several years. This Is the
first time that any suspicion was ever
thrown OF him, and there are many
who do not believe that he is guilty
of the crime charged against him. If
he wanted to rob the mails he could
have done so without cutting a mail
lag as he Is in and out Of the post
office at all hours Of the day and
.-l 1oA .... lA- tl~I - ot IL
now out. Postmaster Webster report
cd the matter as soon as he discover.
ed it and had the matter investigated
with the above result.