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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-19
BIT TONGUE OFF AS
FACE STRUCK WATER.

TACOMA, Wash, May ia. Lar
sen. a middle-aged man who for six
weeks. had been at the lockwood no
tel. while insane from sickness, yester-
day leaped from the top of the Elev-
enth- street bridge into the bay, 80 feet
below, and received injuries that will
probably prove fatal. Larsen was seen
to be acting queer Saturday. Saturday
night he disappeared and was not
heard Of until he leaped from the
bridge Sam Wright and Charles Bat
ties were on the wharf below, near
where he struck the water, and fished
him out in a few seconds. His body
turned half over in it's descent, his
face and breast striking squarely. His
tongue was nearly bitten off and his
face and body were crushed by the i'm
pact.
He has a brother, Carlo Larsen, at
Gilmore, Alaska, who has been sending
him money.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-19
Split In Michigan.

LANSING, Mich, May 19.-Bryan is
the rock on which the Michigan democ-
racy threatens to split when the state
convention is called to order here to-
morrow Sentiment among the dele
gates who are gathered in the hotel lob
bies today is about evenly divided be-
tween the Nebraska and Governor
Johnson of Minnesota, and a warm
fight between the two factions is eX-
pected when an attempt is made to
pledge the delegation to Bryan.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-19
FLEET MEETS WITH
NASTY WEATHER

ON BOARD THE UNITED STATES
SHIP GEORGIA AT SEA-By wireless
to Mare Island.-May 19-Long rolling
seas and a heavy fog made the morn
ing run of the fleet a disagreable one.
In the afternoon the fog lifted bit
bu the seas continued heavy and the
ships steamed at about eight knots.
At night the weather cleared and the
vessels speeded up to II knots.
There are but few absentees re-
ported and the majority Of these left
behind will report at Seattle and re-
join their ships.
Brave Rain to View Fleet.
On Board, Battleship Georgia-by
wireless-Sixteen battleships in Sper-
rvs command Unanswered outside
Humboldt bay this noon in view OF
thousands of people who stood on the
cliffs in a drenching rain to watch the
Wireless greetings were
exchanged with the Eureka board OF
trade, and chamber of commerce.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-19
PLAN AN ELECTRIC TOWER.
Alaska -Yukon-Pacific Exposition Will
Have Immense Decorative Feature.

SEATTLE, May 9.-Plans are now
being drawn for an immense costly
electric tower for the Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition, which will be held
at Seattle in 1909. E. F. Champney,
chief designer, of Howard and Gallo
way, supervising architects, is making
the design. under the direction of John
Galcn Howard, who designed the cleo
trio tower at the American expo
sition There will be many new effects
produced in the tower at the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition and it Is ex-
features of the grounds.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-19
WILL LEAVE
TOMORROW
DR.. DARRIN WILL SHORTEN HIS
VISIT TO WEDNESDAY, 10Th,
INSTEAD OF MAY 23D.
Those Wishing to See Him VIII Have
to Hurry.

Dr. Darrin wishes to announce that
owing to very urgent, important bust
ness matters requiring his attention on
the Sound, he is obliged to shorten his
leave tomorrow "Wednesday night,
May 20, instead of closing the %, as he
had intended.
The doctor has enjoyed a large prac-
tice since he has been here and his Of
crowded daily 1t is to be regretted that
he is to leave so soon, and it will be
we'll for those that have yet failed to
call on him to do so at once.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-19
HOT SHOT FOR GRAFTERs
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS ADOPT
WARM PLATFORM IN
CONVENTION TODAY.

FRESNO, May ia platform teenl-
ing with denunciation of political
grafterS and the Southern Pacific anC
endorsing Bryan and ridiculing the
state railroad commission was adopt
ed by the democratic convention to-
day.
The eight hour day, Asiatic exclusion,
conservation of resources, restriction Of
the power of the injunction and the in
dependence Of the Philippines were
also urged.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-19
POURED HOT LEAD IN EAR
DIES OF BLOOD POISONING.

MIDDLETON, N. Y, May 19.-BlOod
poisoning, the result of pouring hot
lead in his ear five months ago, has
caused the death of James H. Conklin,
leading business man of Orange
county, at his home here. Conklin was
related to the late United States Sena-
tor Roscoe Conklin. He was 81 years
old He poured the lead in his ear, it is
declared, with suicidal intent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-19
LITTLE HOPE FOR
CURRENCY BILL.
Supporters of AIdrieh and VreeIand
Measures Far Apart

WASHINGTON, May 19..-As the
session draws to a close it is apparent
there is little chance that any currency
legislation will be passed. 1t is ad-
mitted that the Vreeland and Aldrich
bills are so unlike that there is prac-
tically no hope of passing either one
and there does not remain sufficient
time for both parties to get together
and make a new bill. Neither side
seems disposed to yield a point.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-19

lumbia county wants 10000 progressive
eastern people to locate within it's bor-
ders in the next five years. The plans
for bringing SO many people into this
territory are being worked out in CO.
operation with the Hartman system.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-19
DAYTON ATTRACTS
MANY FASTENERS
LITERATURE SENT OUT BY THE
BOOSTING CLUB BRINGS
GOOD RESULTS.

DAYTON, May 1S.-Through the eff
forts of the Booster club of Dayton,
which organization has undertaken to
place facts and figures regarding the
advantages of the Touchet valley before
10000 fasteners, this section of the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-19

Two games of indoor baseball are
scheduled for the Y. NJ. c A. gym
nasium tonight. One is between the
junior leaders and the second inter-
mediate and the other is between the
working boys and the intermediates.
The public is invited to attend.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-19

to merely ascertain the available sites.
and report their findings to the Com
club. The directors today
changed their hour of meeting from
IL in the morning to lis p. m.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-19

Daniel Henry Harris and Miss
Jessie May Mccullough were this
morning granted license to wed.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-04
CONVICT AGAINST CONVICT.
More Georgia Horrors and Irregular
tiles Disclosed.

At Atlanta, Ga, Geo. F. Hurt, tes-
tifying before the legislative COM
mittee investigating the conduct of
the State prison board last week told
the committee Of an incident in which
one convict armed with pick was
set upon another convict similarly
armed in an effort to capture and
subdue him. During the encounter
this convict drove his pick into the
insurgents face up to the hilt, the
point Of it penetrating the mans
lung. He afterwards died of pneu-
monia.
Lessees of convicts called to the
stand swore that members of the
Georgia prison commission knew that
they were paying extra salaries to
the States officers.
Wardens acknowledged ignoring
rules in reference to making out re
ports Of their camps and submitts'@
them under oath. They stated theF
were never reprimanded by the p:is~
on commission for these lapses. -
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-04
DROWNED BY FLOOD.
HEAVY RAINS INEASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA CAUSE FLOOD.
Two Children Have Been Drowned
and Traffic Is Tied Up on Four
Lines of Railroads.

A dispatch from Raleigh, N. c.,
says two children drowned, traffic
tied up on at least four lines of rail-
road and most of the navigable riv-
ers, crops badly damaged and in the
large areas of lowlands entirely de-
'stroyedr is the partial record of the
.effect-.in Eastern North Carolina Of
the West Indian storm that ragged on
the Atlantic coast Thursday and NOV
ed inland Friday, accompanied by a
rainfall that was a record breaker in
some localities and amounted to 9.75
inches at Newbern, according to spe-
cials Friday night to the News and
Observer from numerous points in
that section.
At Kinston, nine inches Of rain in
four days is reported, and in the city
main streets are impossible to ped
estrians. The Norfolk and Southern
railway bridge over Southwest creek,
between Kinston and Caswell, is
submerged and traffic has been block
ed all day.
Traffic is tied UP also on the kins-
ton Snow Hill Railroad, the track be-
ing washed away for some distance.
Trains on the Washington and
Vandemere Railroad are tied up by
washouts and river traffic and fishin,
are at a standstill.
The bridge of the Nor"ok IN
Southern Railway, between NoT"N@"'
City and Beaufort, r"ccn'!y '"iitAt#
cost Of millic-s c' Icllar2. is "eDortet
unsafe, and no trains are crossing.
At Roper two children are report
ed drowned on account Of the food
The chief damage in inlan! sec
ti;.ns has been caused by the torren
tial rains.
Rarorts from Wilmington. more
head City and Beaufort are that the
storm has passed. and but little rea
damage has been affected.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-04
ONE HUNDRED KILLED
FLAMES WORK HAVOC IN BRI-
TIsH COLUMBIA.
villages Destroyed and Thou
sands are Homeless and Destitute
Relief Asked of Winnipeg.

As result of bush fires that start
ed Saturday aud still range for many
miles, Fernie, B. c., is wiped off the
map; Michel, Il miles distant, is in
flames and the fate of Posmer, Oh
sen and Sparwood, intervening towns
is in doubt, as they are. cut off from
communication.
More than 100 lives were reported
lost, "a Of them in Fernie. A terri
tory 100 square miles in extent is a
seething mass Of flames. Through
out it are scattered hundreds OF
lumber men and prospects, SO that
the actual loss, of life VIII not be
known for days! Much property of
the Canadian Pacific and the Great
Northern railways is destroyed, in
Guiding bridges and rolling Stock
burned, SO that it is impossible to
enter or leave the burning area. In
habitants of the affected towns have
fled to open country to seek safety.
The railway companies have placed
all available trains at the disposal
Of refugees and unless there is a
change of wind within the next "a
hours the whole of the Crows Nest
country will be Abandoned to the
flames. There is no possibility Of
estimating the loss of life and pro-
perty which will result, for the
flames are driven by half gale,
making it impossible to put up a
fight against their advance. The
confaeration is the greatest which
has even visited Canada.
Bush fires a 'e raging fror, Gran
brook to the Crows Nest The wind
is blowing a heavy gale and all
available men are fighting the fire
and west of Cranbrook it is under
control. Telegraphic communication
with Fernie, Posmer and Michel is
cat
Four men lost their lives trying
to save the huge Great Northern
bridge IS miles west of Michael, but
it was dstroyd. Two men rom
SDlrWOOQ were ldhSu ~ IuS MtsCuSi
hospital. It Is feared Michael also is
doomed as the fire is sweeping east
ward down the Crows Nest and un-
less the wind shifts the whole Crows
Nest county will beflaid waste.
Peter Campbell, who reached
Michel says the whole country be-
tween Cranbrook and Mitchell is a
seething caldron. -.
The body of Peter Miller was
found on the Canadian Pacific rail-
road tracks near Michel. Posmer,
s2Elko, sparewood and Woodtown are
reported destroyed by the fire.
The Canadian Pacific railroad is
rushing trains with doctors, nurses
food and clothing to the destitute
A bulletin from Mitchell says:
This town is doomed unless the
wind changes. Canadian Pacific
railroad making up special trains to
carry inhabitants to safety
w. W. Tuttle, mayor of Fernie,
has wired Mayor Ashdown of Winni-
neg for relief, saying three are g.
900 homeless.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-04
BATTLES POLICE
TWO MEN CONCERNED IN THE
MURDER OF WOMAN.
Laborer Tells of Seeing Them Trying
to Burn Mattress Which Contained

Her Body.
That at least two men were con.
cerned in the murder of the unidenti-
fed woman whose half-charred and
acid-scarred body was found on the
Green Point avenue dumping ground
in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. N. Y,
early Wednesday morning. was es-
tablished Thursday night: u -
Philip O'Brien, laborer of Green
Point, saw covered wagon driven
to the dump at dawn Wednesday.
Two men got out and lifted from the
wagon what the witness supposed to
be only an old mattress. He saw
the men pile heop of brush on the
mattress, pour oil over it and set
fire to it. Believing the mattress was
being destroyed because it was dis
ease-infected, the man avoided the
spot. There can be no doubt but
that the mattress was the one in
which the body Of the murdered Wo-
man was concealed.
This important development led to
the discovery that the wagon was
seen by several other persons and
the police now have a minute de-
scription of the two men who
were in it. They we're foreigners.
Another startling feature of the
case was disclosed when Coroner's
Physician Wurst made a second au-
topsy on the corpse. His first autop-
sy revealed a deep cut across the
woman's throat. The second autop-
sy shows that this cut was made by
a person who IS expert in surgery
The incision, says the coroner's
physician, is such as is made in des-
perate cases of diphtheria, where II
is necessary to pierce the windpipe
to prevent strangulation. Whether
this wound caused death or not Dr.
Wurst is unprepared to say.
DR.. Wurst will make carefuI
analysis of the stomach to discover
whether a drug was administered tc
the woman. Besides the incision IL
the woman's throat her skull was
fractured and the police believe tna'
poison may have been, ueed to make
thrice sure of her deaIn.
Failure to identify the Victlm IL
the greatest obstacle the police nave
to overcome in solving the mystery
A general alarm has been sent ou'
for Mrs. Mamie Muskovitch and mel
husband, Stanley, who have dlsap
peared.
There is a possibility that the mur'
dered woman may be Mrs. Musko
witch. Muskovitch and his wife lei
Green Point last Monday, supposed
" for Stamford, Conn, and Mrs
Mrskovitch has not been seen since
Her husband returned to Greer
Point on Tuesday alone, it Is said.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-04
YOUNG MAN sH0l
FATHER SHOOTS AND KILLS HIS
DAUGHTERS VISITOR.
j. ]. Williamson, Prominent Young
Farmer of York County, Killed by
G. n. Garrison at GRAY Court

u. ID. Garrison at Gray Court.
A dispatch from Gray Court to
The News and Courier says one of
the most deplorable homicides ever.
committed in Laurens County oc-
Cured there Friday night. Mr..
Henry Garrison, a, highly respected
citizen of that place, shot and killed
Lewis Williamson, of Rock Hill.
Williamson came to Gray Court
Thursday to visit a member of the
Garrison family. Mr.. Garrison, it
appears, was out in the yard about
II o'clock that night, and happened
to overhear some remark young
Williamson made to his Oldest dau-
ghter, who was in the parlor with
Williamson. Mr.. Garrison, it is
said, then walked into the house, got
his gun and shot Williamson, the
load entering the left side of the
body. Williamson was about twenty
five years old and was prominently
connected. The Garrisons are con-
nected with the best families of
Laurcns County and the affair, is an
altogether deplorable one. Young
Williamson lived about two hours
after being shot. The body was
shipped to his parents in Rock Hill,
The News at Rock Hill.
A dispatch from Rock Hill, says
news came here of the killing Of
MIR. Louis Williamson at Gray Court,
Laurens Couriy, by Mr.. Garrison,
Of that lace. TIC ::'=!Ier ca':let DC
ur.lr: stood and it is believed that
,er"it Bile mistake 1as been made
ny some one. Mr Williamson is
br, m:rrntly conGecked and p, p,;sper-
Gus young farmer. of Bethesda, near
here, a son of Mr. j. L. Williamson,
one of the county's foremost men.
Young Williamson has been devot-
ed in his attentions to the young
lady in whose presence he met his
death. He was engaged to her and
was making preparations for th1er
marriage early in the fall. He had
talked the mater over with his par
ents and had made arrangements
for renting part of his fathers farm.
He spent Thursday night here with
his brother and left on the early
train Friday morning to visit MS
financee at her home in Gray Court.
The news reached here too late for
any of the family to make conneecE.
tions and get to Gray Court, butt
Barron Grler, ESQ., of -6reenWoos'
cousin of the deceased, attended
the inquest and will bring the Dody
to Rock Hill. =.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-04
TESTED TORPEDO NETS.
Steel Mesh Withstands Shock of Tor
pedoes.

A dispatch from Newport, r. l.,
says important secret tests were made
at Coddington Cove and in Buzzard's
Bay Thursday with the new torpedo
nets, a steel mesh, which is supposed
to be able to withstand the shock OF
torpedoes fired at close range.
In Coddington Cove the torpedo
boats Morris and Gwynn fired tor
pedoes at different ranges and differ
ent speedes at the nets, placed above
the water, while at Buzzard's Bay
the tests were made by firing orved-
oes under water, the second subma-
marine flotilla being engaged in the
experiments. 1t was said unotnclally
that the tests were satisfactory.
The nets are designed to be placed
abord armored cruisers and torpedo
boats for protection in time OF was
against torpedo attacks.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-04
GOES TO THE BRYAN FUND.
First Bale of New Cotton Received
at Savannah.

2
The first bale OF "factor's cotton,
or that received in the ordinary
course of business for this season,
was bought Thursday at the Savan-
nah Exchange by Murray M. Stewart
for the Bryan Democratic Club. 1t
was Immediately compressed. pia-
cardeed and shipped to Charles F.
Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall,
New YORK.
The placard announced that 1t is
the first bale and concludes: LAS
surely as cotton is king Bryan Will be
elected President"
The bale Is to be auctioned on IN
Tammany Hall and the proceeds will
be devoted to the Bryan campaign
fund.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-04
Train Killed Aged Man.

John Glider, aged 81 years, ana the
oldest living employe of the Mopile
and Ohio railroad, was run oo"h
and killed by a locomotive OF an IN
coming passenger train on that roau
wednesday near Whistler, Ala. his
neck and legs were broken ana the
nilot Of the engine knocked a mole
in his head.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-04
JOHNSON WRITES BRYAN.
Is Ready to Speak for Party Where
ever Wanted.

In a letter to W. J. Bryan, mailed
Friday, Governor johnson Of Mime
sofa places his orator;cal powers at
the disposal of the national Demo-
cratic committee. He says he will
be available about September and will
60 where wanted.
The letter was in answer to one
received from Mr.. Bryan several
days ago, calling attention to the
fact that there was desire in many
States to hear the Governor.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-04
Negro Lynched in Georgia.

Alfonso Williams, negro, who Is
alleged to have assaulted Miss Clare
Brown last Friday night near ohoo-
pes. Ca, was Wednesday night taxi
en- from the Tooms County jail by a
mob, carried to the woods nearby
and riddled with bullets. The sher-
IL was placed under suaro
while the mob broke into the jail ana
took the negro away:
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-04
Killed by Train.

Two men were killed and six more
injured. one of them probably fatal
". on the Ontario and Western Road
at Mayfield. Pa, Friday. The deao:
Michael Duggon and Samuel Ander-
son. The men were repairing cars on
q siding when another train crasneo
into them.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-04
Ra.tleshios Beyond Wireless.

A dispatch from Honolulu says
fo~ tho fret time since the American
atlantic battleship feet sailed from
that port for Australia, the wireless
etation failed to communicate with
tbe Connecticut Wednesday night.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-04
NEGRO BRUTE TO DIE.
Execution of John Finney Will he
Virginia's First Electrocution.

A dispatch from Roanoke va
saws John Finney, the negro, VINO
two weeks ago beat eIeven-year-oio
Mary Jamison almost to death IN
Franklin County, In an attempt 10
criminally assault her, was frluaS
convicted in Court at Rocky Mount
The Jury was out five minutes. Flh-
new is the first criminal sentenced 10
ha electrocuted in Virginia.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-04
BABY RESCUED FROM TUB.
Doctors Worked Three Hours to Re-
vive spartanburg Child.

At Spartanburg Weldon wilson,
aged two years, was found SUCKING
head foremost in tub Of water at
his home Friday. Physicians worked
with him three hours and finally sue
ceeded in reviving him. How long
the child had been in the water IS
not known.