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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
KILLED ON BALL FIELD.
Lightning Strikes One Player Dead
and Stuns Eight Others.

At st. Anthony, Iowa. lightning
struck one man dead and shocked
eight others Sunday afternoon while
they were playing a game of baseball.
Albert Laplant, on second base, was
killed as he was catching ball
thrown TO him by the catcher.
A binding fash of lightning was
followed by "A deafening peal of thun-
der, and the startled spectators saw
nine players lying on the field appar-
emily lifeless. Eight were only stun
ned but young Laplant was dead
when help reached him.
All of the others are in a serious
condition. Laplant was twenty-five
years old. More than one hundred
people witnessed the tragedy.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
MILLS FOUND GUILTY
Verdict in Gaffney Trial Quickly
Rendered.
Recommendation to Mercy At
tachcl to Jury's Finding-Many
Surprised at Verdict.

A special to The News and Courier
from Gaffney says the case against
William II. Mills, for the killing of
G. Frank Deal. went to the Jury Sat
urday afternoon after four O'Clock
ana In about an hour verdict of
guilty OF murder with recommends
tloh 10 mercy was agreed upon. The
verdict was surprise to many.
The charge of Judge Purdy prac-
tically removed the possibility of any
other verdict He stated that there
was no such thing as the written
law recognized by the Courts of the
state. and that the pardoning power
was i'll the hands of the Governor
and not in the hands of the Jury.
The jury was instructed not to con
slder anything pertaining to the un-
written law
The arguments of counsel were
able. They took about a day. They
We're begun Friday afternoon and
continued until dinner time SATURDAY..
MIR. Wilson madea II admirable plea
to the sympathy of the jury. He
referred to Mrs. Mills, who was sit
ting by her husband. when ne point
ed to her and said:
mat woman was once n beauti-
lul woman. i knew her whenShe
was a student at Converse College
ana she was considered one of the
most beautiful women at that insti-
tuition. Look at her now. She is "a
years old and looks every day of 30"
Solicitor Sease made very strong
argument and one that told on the
jury.
n motion has been made for a new
trial and Will be argued on Monday
morning. Should the judge not set
the verdict aside the case will be
fought out in the Supreme Court.
Sentiment is very much divided as
to the verdict. Many thought that
the prisoner would he turned loose.
while some thought he would get
some punishment and few years
sentence as he did. A petition for a
pardon would get many signatures at
this time
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
DosED WELL WITH SALTS.
Woman Will Pay Two Hundred Dol
lars For Doing It,

If Justice Youngs judgment stands
on appeal to the higher courts, Mrs.
Annie Bennett. Of Shippenville. Lake
tiopatcong, will have to pay Sam
Mcconnell 5000 for having dosed his
we'll with rochelle salts. They are
relatives.
One day recently McConnell's
daughter saw Mrs. Bennett throw a
white powder into the well. Her
father sent sample to chemist
He also put some on piece of meat,
which a wandering dog ate and died.
Mcconnell boarded the we'll over.
A neighbor then told him that
Mrs. Bennett had boasted of having
dosed the well with five pounds of
the salts. Chemical analysis con
hrmed the story. Suit was brought
in Justice Young's court, and the
$500 judgment resulted.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
SHE WAS \ HEROINE.
Daughters of Confcdcracy UnvciI
Monument to Emma SAMSON.


Under the auspices of the Gadsen,
Ala. chapter. United Daughters OF
the Confederacy. a marble monument
was unveiled at Gadsen to Emma
Sansom, a heroine of the civil war
period.
During Gen Forests pursuit of
the federal army raiders in April.
1863, the federal officer Colonel
Streight burned the bridge over
Black Creek behind him and headed
for Rome, Ga, to destroy the con
federate factory.
Miss Sansom riding on General
Forests horse behind him pointed
out the way to "A ford few miles
above the scene of the burning bridge
Forests troops then overlook the fed
erals and captured them. 1t is the
third monument in the south ever
erected to a woman.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
NARROW ESCAPE.
The Captain of II Steamer Sandbag-
ged and Robbed.

Captain j. Gimira. of the steam
ship Alabama. plying between Tampa
Fla, and Nipe Bay, Cuba, had mar
row escape from death at the hands
IF several members of his crew, who
Sandbagged him and placed his un-
conscious form beneath n car on the
tracks OF the Seaboard Air Line in
their water front yard.
The captain had obtained a vaca-
ion OF a month and had made all
his arrangements to leave the city,
purchasing his ticket. Later he was
,ound unconscious beneath the wheels
Of freight car. When brought to.
he complained that he had been rob
bed OF his railroad ticket and $50
in money.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
KILLED HIS FATHER.
Ian Shot To Death While Beating
His Wife.

\ man named William Taylor was
shot to death i'm Saluda County one
lay last week by his son. 1t seems
hat Taylor was beating his son,
when his wife spoke to him and beg
scd his to desiSt.
He let the boy go and attacked his
wife. The son went to the rescue
If his mother and shot his father
Nilling him instantly.
Taylor was present at the time
Stockman killed his son-in-law in
Lexington county year or so age
and was a witness in that case.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
THE KENTUCKY WAY.
Slew IL Man Before the Judge and
the Jury.

A dispatch from Pamtsville, Ky,
says while listening to Attorney +.
A. Hopkins argue a case in the Pres
tonburg court house, Joe Fitzpatrick
it is alleged, walked up behind Andy
Coburn and shot him three times in
the back. killing him. Coburn was
sitting near the bar and knew moth
ing OF the mans movements until he
was shot.
During the panic which followed
Fitzpatrick and crowd of relatives
quietly left the court room and went
home. No attempt was made to ar
rest him. Coburn was lately indict-
ed upon charge of killing a cousin
of Joe Fitzpatrick. and the case was
set for hearing this term.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
WAR IN FIVE YEARS.
Is Predicted Between Japan and the
United States.

A special 70 the Pos-Intelligencer
from North Yakama says:
Rear Admiral w. J. Thompson, u.
S. NJ, retired, who has arrived here
for short stay. predicts war with
Japan withing five years.
Admiral Thompson says that war
is inevitable, but he does not believe
that Great Britain will assist her ally
in such a struggle and thinks that
while the Philippines may lac the
real outset of the war, in the end the
resources of the United States must
result i'm defeat for the Japanese.
He believes that in the event of hos
tilities France would give financial
aid to Japan.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
BRAVERY RECOGNIZED.
Walter Stewart, Colorcd, Awarded "A
Fine Gold Wach.

Walter Stewart, colored porter
on Southern train. No. 1873. running
between Columbia and Savannah
who showed so much bravery in his
efforts to save the life of Engineer
Gibson in the fatal wreck on May 80.
has been awarded a handsome watch
by the local branch of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers in re-
cognition of his faithfulness.
The circumstances of the wreck
will lie well remembered. All who
read the accounts of the accident
were struck with the presence of
mind and courage displayed by the
porter.
of the crew to reach the point where
the engine went over the trestle.
crawled down the trestle. through the
stream, into the dark swamp beneath.
where Engineer Gibson would have
died had il not been for the porter 5
quick thought.
Calling for rope and mail sacks
he had Engineer Gibson lifted to the
bridge and there did everything pos
Sible for him. Mrs Gibson. who
Joined her husband at Allendalc said
afterwards that never would she for
get the kindness shown by Stewart.
The watch presented to Stewart
bears the following inscription:
Presented '.
. To
Walter Stewart BY
b. l.. l.. Division 50
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
GOT TWELVE CENTS.
One Firm Buys Sixteen Hundred
Bales at That Price.

A dispatch from Americus, Ga. to
the Atlanta Journal says sixteen hun
dred bales of cotton for October de-
livery were bought this morning by
an American cotton firm from far
mers willing to take the handsome
price of IL cents offered. Thus they
have sold their crops already ar as
sured price and take no chances OF
possible declines.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11

NAVAL DISPLAY
To Be Made in the Pacific by the
United States.
Twenty or More Battlcships to As
semblc in San Francisco Harbor i'm
the Winter.


semble i'm San Francisco Harbor i'm
the Winter.
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf in
an interview at Oakland. Cal, where
he is visiting confirmed the report
that large part of the United States
navy will be seen in Pacific waters
next winter. Eighteen or 20 of the
largest batleships will come round
cape Horn on a practice cruise and
VIII be seen in San Francisco harbor.
Many false impressions have gain
ed circulation about the movement. -
SAID Secretary Metcalf. Il have held
all along that there was practically
no significance to this movement
from military standpoint. | might
nave stated before leaving Washing
ION exactly what | am saying now
But | thought that as tke <eye con
cerned the people q heTaxffic
coast, today would be %KapEoTiate
time to announce the plans
1T is the policy of the navy de-
partment to keep the fleet in Amer
lcan waters as much as possible. Ii
is also our policy to keep as large n
number of battleships together as
possible. We might as well spend
the money in American ports as
abroad. In the past we have sent
squadrons to various European ma
tionS with less advantage than by
keeping them at home.
Il have planned this cruise around
Cape Horn for the practice of the
squadron. How long the ships will
remain here cannot say can prom
Use the people of Oakland and San
Francisco that they will see one OF
the finest naval spectacles ever wit
messed in Pacific waters
II hope the talk of Japenese trou-
BILE and of international differences
may he dropped by the newspapers.
There is nothing to produce any feel
ing except this talk of the newspa-
pers. The story that Ambassador
Aoki is in disfavor with his own gov
ernment. | believe, is purely an in
vention. | know of no reason why
Japan and the United States should
not he on the friendliest of terms.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
KILLED HIMSELF.
In Presence of Eight Hundred People
For Symbolic Reasons.

At Seoul, Korea, at demonstra-
ton in celebration of the returning
Prince of PAX Yon Io. a reformer
and forciful Korean statesman, who
after twelve years exile, was fort
night ago welcomed by the emperor
as a possible Korean savior, Chung
Chain Ong, an educator, killed him
self in the presence of 500 persons,
to emphasize the subjection of Korea
to Japan.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
A HIDEOUS CRIME.
Burned Her Husband Alive to Wed
An Old Suitor.

Mrs. Kindra Hosstro, aged eigh-
teen wears, of Dunmore, Pa. is III
the county jail, charged with having
burned her husband to death that she
might he free to marry her former
suitor, Ignatz Hutro, who has been
arrested as an accessory. The police
officiais say that Mrs. Hosstro has
confessed that she got her husband
drunk, and when he was ftupehed IN
ned poured oil from a Damp on the
bed and then set 1t on fry
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
GREEN EYED MONSTER.
Causes a Man TO Kill His Wife and
Brother.

Rexford Dew, living near Wilson,
n. c., Thursday shot and killed his
young wife. to whom he had been
married only a short time; and a
brother whom he alleges has been
paying improper attention to the wo-
man.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
HAD JILTED HER.
And She Went Cunning for Him and
Herself.

AT New York Mary Ballast, young
Hungarian. shot Harry Stern four
times while he was asleep in Oed al
his home in East Hundred and Sew
enth street Thursday afternoon, be-
lieving she had been Tilted. She then
shot herself In the left breast Both
we're removed 10 the hospital with
slight chances of recovery. a year
ago the girl entered suit for breach
OF promise against Stern.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
DROWNED TWO PEOPLE.


one day last week G.. T. Chambers
and Mrs. c. Cutter. Of Ionia, Aich..
went fishing in Chippewa Lake. Their
boat was turned over by fifteen
pound pickeral and both of them
we're drowned The FISH bec0miHS
bool,cd ON a troh.Ae tied to
clcat i'm tho boat ran under the craft
and upset it. Searching parties on
RATS with graphing hooks rousht
the fish to the surface dead, and still
attached to- the hook. The body Of
Chambers was found later, but that
of his companion is still missing.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
FATAL FIGHT.
one Negro Kill Another In Charles
ton on Thursday.

4 dispatch from Charleston says
among the most serious casualties
of the Fourth of July celebration was
the stabbing ARRAY on the corner OF
South and Drake streets, when Mart
Pickney killed Saml. Grant The ne
eroes had a hand TO hand fight one
armed with razor and the other
a knife. both being badly cut, but
Grant getting the worst 4
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
LEFT THE BABY.
The Captain Held The Ship Until
He Came.

At New York Henrik Won Sleek, of
Poll, Ia, and his wife Alma, left for
Europe. on the steamship New Am
sterdam Wednesday without their
baby. They had forgotten the infant
and left it at the hotel where they
had stopped over night.
The officers of the ship, when not
flied, agreed to delay the sailing OF
the ship for ten minutes, and the
couple hastily returned to the hotel
and brought the sleeping baby
aboard
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
FIRED ON MOB.
Five Persons Killed aud Twelve
Wounded by Soldiers.

Seven workmen were arrested ip
the territory Of Terek, Prussia, and
attempting to effect their release the1
troops were forced 10 fire on thf0
mob, killing five and wounding IT,
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11

Walter Stewart BY
b. l.. +. Division 50
For Bravery In Rescuing
r. *. Gibson i'm Wreck at
Savannah River, May 30, 1907.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-07-11
TERRIBLE CRIME.
Buried His WIfe's Little Daughter
Alive in a Refuse Hole.
MYSTERIOUS CASE.

Pretty Little Seven Year Old Mary
Ncwlin Buried Alive by Her Step
father, Irwin Lewis, Who Is Now
In Jail.-Lewis Admits Buryinv,
Her But Declares That He Thought
Her Dead.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07
4 Monster Ia Rkery.
Irnn1 rirarn

from tlEarO.
The monster bakery at Essen is a vast
building in which seventy wo~kmen, di-
vided into two shifts, work night and
day. Everything is done by machinery
A gigantic screw turns increasingly In a
kneadlng trough. into which are poured
ten sacks of flour Of 100 kilogrammes
each and some water.
This machine makes about 10000 kilo-
grammes of bread every day in the shape
OF 5000 small loaves and 35. 1000 large
lOayes, produced by go sacks Of flour Of
100 klogrammes each
All the operations of breadmaking are
performed in this colossal bakery. The
wheat arrives there, is cleaned, ground
and brought automatically TO the knead-
ing trough by a series of rising and de-
scending pipes. There are thirty-six
double ovens. and the workmen who
watch over the baking of the bread earn
10 to Il sous an hour. making on an
average 4 francs C75 cents for eleven
hours on duty. They have coffee and
their bread free. Eight douches and "a
bath are at their disposal.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07
WHY CAMEOS ARE SCARCE.
None Are Being Made-Stones Used
by Cutters.

None Are being Made-StOneS ired
by Cutters.
There is a great scarcity Of canoes in
Europe and America now, owing to the
gradual dying off Of the old cameo cut
ters. No canoes are being made. and the
old stock is diminishing rapidly because
Of the present craze for Old-fashioned
jewelry. and jewelers. say the only way
they can rtplenish their stock Is by buy
ing old canoes from private owners
OF a dozen jeWelry establishments in
ST. Louis visited recently by a purchaser
in search Of canoes, says the Globe-Dem-
ocrat, only one had unset canoes in stock,
and only three had more than eight speci-
mems Of the set gems. This scarcity Of
canoes makes them very expensive, and
those jewelers. that are so fortunate as
to have them in stock can get almost any
price they choose TO ask for them.
The true nature Of a cameo is very
much misunderstood by the public gen
orally. Most people think II Is the stone
itself, when in reality the method Of cut
ting is what produces the cameo. The
real meaning Of the word is unknown. the
derivation having never been discovered,
but correctly speaking. canoes are small
SUI ENhAFS t@AfAAAIu III lNh ltlltA bU EUllc
substance precious either for It's beauty,
rarity. or hardness.
There are emerald canoes, turquoise
canoes, shell canoes. coral canoes; in
deed, any substance that lends itself TO
carving in such minute detail can be used
for cameo cutting, and nearly all precious
stones, except diamonds, have been so
used. Diamonds have been used for in
tagliOS. but never for canoes Emerald is
the most common precious stone from
which canoes have been made and there
are some very fine emerald portrait cam
eos in existence, notably those of Queen
Elizabeth in the British Museum. Shell
canoes were first made in the fifteenth
century, but never became popular until
recently.
Banded onyx is generally used for
cameo work because Of its hardness and
coloring, and II is this fact that has
caused the misapprehension. the stone
being used so much in making canoes
that it has now become better known as
cameo than by its right name.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07

clippers In those waters. Very often their
crews would be put ashore AZ Singapore.
1T was I'm this way that We came 10
ship some extra seamen aboard the Rey-
nard These men were all placed on pa
role before they were put ashore. A few
days after a crowd Of them had landed
young seaman came aboard,
told how his vessel had been burned. and
asked for a berth. The mate signed him
on as a fOremast hand. That was Dan.
fine Down East sailor I don't know his
last name; never asked; but he was
good seaman. and I was glad when that
odd chance gave me the opportunity 10
employ him aboard my vessel Dan is an
old man now, but nevertheless a spry
sailor"
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07

Il was the fascination Of the Pacific.
perhaps, the undeniable attraction Of end
less blue skies and rolling seas. that
caught Daniel Wylie the Milwaukee ply
sician. and caused him. as so many Others
have done before. to secure employment
that would keep him in the Sandwich
Islands. says the New York Sun. Less
than a year ago Wylie. about thrty-ive
years old. shipped out Of this port for
Honolulu as cabin boy" aboard the
American bark Nuuanu, Capt Josselyn.
Now he is purser of an island steamsl
plying between Honolulu. Maui, Hawaii,
and other islands.
The Nuuanu has come back She arrived
from Philadelphia, where she discharged
cargo, after a passage from Diamond
Head 10 the Breakwater OF 100 days.
which IS fast work. Capt. Josselyn, an
elderly skipper, who lives at Duxbury,
Mass, told how he lost his physician
cabin boy, at the same time voicing the
opinion that Wylie had probably been in
definitely claimed by the islands.
He made a good cabin boy" said the
captain with a reminiscent chuckle,
never saw a better one TO clean brasses
than Wylie. lie was good doctor, too.
by all accounts. a man about thirty-iiye
years old, I should imagine. He got SO 4
month as cabin boy and said he left a
practice of $1,000 a year out West TO make
tie sea trip. He was shattered IN health,
you see, nerves gOne-worked too hard.
Well. naturally. you can see what it led
10. His health gave way. and he was ad-
Vised to so East and take a long sea trip.
we were loading at a South street
wharf when Wylie came along one day
and we got acquainted. He told me what
he wanted TO do, and after seeing our
agents he signed on as cabin boy. Well.
he was I'm poor health; didn't look good
i0ut OF the eyes, and seemed nervous. He
had courage. however, and the day We
sailed was working about the ship as
smart as anybody He told me about him
self. Seems his wife was dead and he had
left two children out West there Wylie
stood the test well. When we werc out a
few days he was very bad and could
hardly get about. After that he braced
up, however, and steadily recovered his
health"
In the DOidrums.
Capt Josselyn spoke retrospectlvely OF
the 0utward-bOund voyage; OF the long
time the Nuuanu lay in the doldrums on
this side; Of the unprecedented quantities
of ice encountered of the Falklands, and
OF the quick run to Honolulu after the
feet bark got around the Horn.
1T was my tenth trip around In this
one" he said, she's a fine gOer TO wind
ward. In that kind of work she's never
been beaten.
After getting into the Pacific We ran
up to Honolulu quickly enough, making
good weather of it most of the way. Well,
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07
An Obvious Error.

From Harper's Weekly.
The Atlanta Georgian says that the
name Taft presents serious obstacles to
the political rhymester.-Daily paper.
The rhymester read this note and laughed.
Said he: That fellow must be daft
II he can't see the case Of Taft
To poets fore, and poets aft,
In days like these, when men Of craft
When men Of deep and little draft,
Go in for every kind Of graft.
Somebody must his nibs have chaffed
Or else his inky nibliCk's sclaffed.
As editor ne should be GATED
If he can't see the endless raft
OF rhymlng words 10 point the shaft
With which the expert poets watt
The thoughts their muse has para
graphed-
For and against old Billie Taft!
Go to, good sir! You're of your haft!'
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07

quantities Of gold removed from numer-
Gus pieces. The average reduction in
value Of coins subjected 10 these processes
is from one-twentieth 20 one-tenth.