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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
ORDER RESTORED.
SPRINGFIELD CITIZENS TO COM.
BAT MOB ELEMENT.
FIRST Troops Sent Away-Law and
Order Being Gradually Restored
City Under Strict Surve;l,.,.

| "cihS GRADUALLY Restored
City Under Strict Surveillance.
| win special grand Jury voting
true bills against men who partici-
lpated In the rioting at Sprinpfield
ILL.,. on last Friday and Sanr,a,.
nien.s' with the coroner holding in
quests over the victims and collect
ing evidence against the rioters for
'ne grand jury and with the strict
enforcement of law and order in all
parts OF the city the first troops have
been sent away.
me FIRST regiment left at teu
o CLOCK Wednesday morning for
Chicago. iof
Coroner Woodruff continues fol,
ing evidence at the inouest ovou
IT, Dro"n' the first negro lyncbed
ne uoors OF the inquest room mr..
Nep' .ocked and newspaper men arc
excluded 'heh are
me funeral of William IT noro
san the eighty-year-old negro
was lynched by the mob on Sat,, "no
"isn', was held from st. Jobn,s s
pI'ai Wednesday morning. NOT 80
man dozen persons attended, tn
service as all of the Victims ~, nc
aamiiy are in Chicago. whore ,tn
"eu the night of the lyncbjna
No" that George Richardson tho
mas been. indicted for attacL
Jug MRS. Earl Hallam, the stato.s ~
o,hey declares he will make avaru
noi. 10 try him at once. The no.r.
hemO Oers of the Springfield Arc 5o
pai'"ient nave been DISCHARGED ~,
service" eoou Oh the
mere has been severe friction =,
'ne nre stations ever since tho r,ot
VI friday night and tho mo,,o..
'hought it best to rid the denart.
vi negroes and avoid trouble
'nons the firemen. The negroes
'hey are glad to get out of tho
SerV'ce' as they realize that their
association with the white members
Oh the department is Impossible
MANY persons are being held bv
the police for participation in ,ho
riots. According to the police tn
uictments will be returned against
each one ''
TWO hundred men, women and
chiiuren slept in the state arsenal
tuesday night. guarded by troons
"hiIe there was no disturbance of
any kind in any part of the citv
lhese people have not yet recovered
from their fright of Friday and Sat
urday nights and are afraid to remain
at their own homes during the night
MI left the arsenal early Wednesday
ma returned to their homes.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
ANOTHER MURDER MYSTERY.
Body OF Unknown Man Found In q
Trunk Near Camden, N. j.

After day OF careful investigation
the authorities have concluded that
there is small possibility of solving
the mystery surrounding the identity
and death of the man whose body was
found in an old trunk in a ravine
near Mount Ephran. near Camden,
n. j., Sunday.
1t was at first reported that the
coroner had found that death was
caused by a bullet wound in the
breast, but a careful examination of
the body made by DIR. w. c. Jones,
failed to show any cause of death. 1t
was found that no bones were broken
and the man had not been shot, and
apparently he had not been strangled.
The most important thing discovered
by the authorities was a note or
memorandum in one OF the trous-
er pockets of the unknown. This
is being carefully dried and an effort
will be made to read it under a mag
nifying glass.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
EARTH IN CALIFORNIA.
Walls Cracked and Crockery Broken
by Two Shocks.

Three sharp earthquake shocks,
which knocked down more than a
hundred chimneys. shattered about
forty plate glass windows in the
business portion of Eureka, Cal,
broke much crockery in the houses
and sent many people scurrying from
their beds into the streets. occurred
there early Tuesday. The damage
reported so far Is estimated at be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
The first and sharpest shock came
at 2:5s a. m. II was almost as Sc
we're as the one felt there on April
Is. 1905. At 3.06 another slighter
shock was experienced. followed by
third at $3.50 o'clock.
The first shock caused practically
all the damage. Besides shaking
down many chimneys and breaking
crockery, the trembler caused the
sixteen-foot statue of Minerva. on
the Court House grounds. to drop
her heavy staff
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
WILL MAKE APPEAL.
To Newspapers to Raise Money for
Campaign Fund.

A dispatch from Chicago saws
every Democratic and independen,
newspapers throughout tn United
states Will be appealed to by the De-
hocratic national committee to och
subscriptions for the Democratio
eanpaign fund in their newspaners
rms plan. which was made Know
oy Col. Moses c. Wetmore cbaIrn,an
o' 'ne hEance committee. is distinct
rom the effort already inaugurated
oy the national committee to obtain
money through financial representa-
yves under the direction of tho no
tionai committeeman in each of th.
States OF the country. Col. Wet
We are going to get tba ,,o
to run this campaign m,to ~
ABOUT that. Th eRepublicans
know where to get theirs. no matter
"hat contributions they NAV bava
10 turn back to comply with the Iou,
Every source that we can find NIL,
oe tapped and the results of our af
ior.s so tar are fairly encouraging
make appeals to editors of all no
mocratic and independent newsnaners
10 start subscription lists and to
very contributor the national com
'hittee VIII send an Acknowledgement
DIS souvenir of the campaign. Tho
appeal is signed by Chairman MacL
GOV. Haskell, treasurer of the com
mittee, and myself"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
LIGHTNING GOES DOWN CHIMNEY
House In Chester Struck by an Elec-
trio Bolt Thursday.

A dispatch from Chester. says
Mr. T. c. Faley's house on Columbia
street was struck by lightning Thurs
day afternoon while an exciting cleo
trfcal storm was In progress. and 1t
is wonder that very serious dam
age was not done to the building
and contents. AS It was a good-siz-
ed hole as knocked through the
outside wall OF the building, while
on the front clean aperture that
looked as II II might have been made
by a missile about the size of a base
ball. Is to be seen
A considerable quantity Of past-
ering was torn from the ceiling in
one Of the front rooms, and pictures
and ornaments on the mantel were
thrown far and wide. and some of
them broken and otherwise damag-
ed. The bolt seems to have struck
one OF the chimneys Of the house
and divided. a part passing down
the chimney on the outside, while
the rest OF the bolt went down the
chimney.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
CHAFIN NOTIFIED.
Made Short Speech Saying That
He Would Accept.

dispatch from Chicago, says a
meeting at which Eugene w. Chain of
Chicago was formerly notified of his
nomination as the prohibition candi-
date for president was held Tuesday
evening The notification address
was made by the secretary of the
temperance committee of the Presby-
terian church OF America. Follow
ing the notification, Chain delivered
his speech of acceptance, in which
he outlined the policies for which
prohibitionists will make the cam
paign.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
FOREST FIRE SPREADING.
Fate of Scattered Ranchers is I'm
known.

forest fires on Vancouver Island
are extending in every direction, and
the latest reports indicate that tho
settlements are threatened. In
kogsilah district, 20 square miles
are ablaZe.
Inc iate OF the scattered ranchers
rs unknown. The names are adj
vancing on Goldstream and $50 in
habitants are backfiring to save the
village. Several lumber camps have
been wiped out
Telegraph and telephone messages
state that the eastern side of Bow
en- island is mass of fire In one
settlement so souls were scattered
about the section which has been
swept by the flames. but it is i'm
possible to ascertain their fate.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
HIS RECORD CLEARED.
OLD SWEETHEART SAVES SOLD
TER BETRAYED BY HIS WIFE,
Shooting ARRAY of Three Years Stand
ing Led to Sensational Incident In
New England.


The remarkable story of William
Howard. who was betrayed into the
arms of the law by his wife, and
then saved from Imprisonment by the
testimony OF woman he had loved,
but given up. is still the sensation of
Southern New England. The ordi-
nary quiet city of New Bedford,
Mass, was the center of the sensation.
which occurred three yeaIs ago. The
fatal shot was fired at Hazelwood
park on the evening of July 12,
1905. The persistent work of the
New Bedford police failed to clear
the mystery, which surrounded the
death of Edward Dewhurst Clew
after clew was taken up and aban-
doned. In July, 1908, few days
after the anniversary OF the shoot
ing, his bride of ten months betrayed
Howard to the police. charging him
with the killing of Dewhurst. Her
story was a sensation.
The betrayal came as the result OF
a series of complications in Howard s
life. 1t appears that on the night
of the shooting the soldier was
walking through Hazelwood park
with a Miss Grace Strutevant They
were assaulted by Dewhurst, who
WIS not known to either. Howard
shot him in self-defense and he and
Miss Sturtevant vowed never to tell
the secret. Suspicion was never
directed to them. Then Howt I'd
married another woman. He felt IL
a duty to keep in touch with his
former sweetheart that she might
not change her mind, as his marri
age was being kept secret. His wife
became jealous. Howard then con-
fessed the killing to her and gave
this as his reason for paying atten-
tion to the former sweetheart. Lat
er the wife came to the conclusion
that the devotion was too real. Then
came her confession to the police.
Since the trial the ccouple have been
living apart.
Howard was arretsed, charged
with manslaughter and tried on the
statement of his wife of an alleged
Sturtevant testified she mad been
with Howard on the night of the
shooting. They were walking to-
gether when a man stepped in front
of them and pointed revolver into
Howard's face. He in turn pulled
his revolver and fired just in time
as the wounded mans revolver ex-
ploded as he fell. She declared How
ard fired in selfe-defense. She said
they did not stop to see how badly
the man was hurt and that her
soldier friend wanted to come into
town and surrender at once but she
insisted that he should not. hTen
they agreed never to tell and the
girl kept her pledge. Howard is now
serving a term of re-enrollment at
Fort Rodman, Mass, and declares
Miss Sturtevant is the truest. most
honest and loyal woman he has ever
met
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
HAD FATAL FALL.
Over Five Thousand People Witness
ed the Accident.

AT Patterson, n. j., Sonny Briggs,
the motor-cyclist and former anna.
teur lightweight champion boxer,
was killed in the presence Of 5000
persons at the Clifton stadium.
Briggs came here TO pace Jimmy
Moran in a twenty-mile motor pac-
ed race.
After making four laps of the sau-
Ger track, Briggs was appearing to
slow up when the machine waboled
and crashed into the grand stand.
Briggs was hurled fifty feet through
the air. landing on the track. His
neck, one arm and leg were broken.
Briggs died before reaching the hospi-
tai.
Briggs was 28 years old and be-
gan his cycling career with Jimmy
Moran and Dutch Walter. He act
ed at pacemaker in this country for
Jimmy Michaels. the former En-
slish champion cyclist.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
MAKES new RECORD.
THE LUSITANIA MAKES THE
BEST RUN YET.
Big Cunard Turbiner Crosses tho At
lantfc In Four Days, Fifteen Hours
and Twenty-Five Minutes.

lantfc In Four Days, Fifteen Hours
and Twenty-Five Minutes.
A dispatch from New York, say
with the best previous record for a
Transatlantic voyage lowered by
more than three hours, the Cunaro
turbine steamship Luisitanla arrived
of Sand Hook light ship at 10 O'Clock
Wednesday night, having made the
run across the Atlantic over the
short course in four days, fifteen
hours and twenty-five minutes. The
Lusitania's former record, which
was also the ocean record, was four
days. and eighteen hours and forty
minutes, the steamer by her new
performance lowering her former
mark and the record by three hours
and fifteen minutes.
The Lusitania's previous best per-
formance was made last November.
when the short course was still in
use. AS the season advanced the
big turbiners, with the rest of the
great liners, began using the south
ern. or long. course, to avoid dang
er from icebergs. Both the Lusitania
and her sister ship. the Mauretania,
then began a series Of record-break-
ing performances over the long route
which continued until recently, when
the vessels again sought the short
course for the fall and winter sea-
son.
Tuned up by her many fast trips
in spring and summer. the Lusitania
began speeding for record-break-
ing run over sea Immediately on
leaving Queenstown. Sunday morn
ing. She passed Daunt's Rock. from
which her leaving time Is taken. at
11:35 that forenoon. and up to noon
had travelled at the rate of 22.e1
miles an hour. When fairly out,
however. she struck up a still smart
er pace. and In the next twenty-four
hours. up to noon on Monday. the
II. had logged the record total of
$50 knots, seven knots more than
the previous best record for a days
run. made by her on Juiy 6. last. In
doing this she had made an average
speed for the twenty-four hours of
1855 knots. The run ending at
noon Tuesday was slightly slower,
but still high rate OF speed-63l
miles at 25.2I knots an hour.
The Lusitania did not attempt to
come up the bay. anchoring outside
the bar at 1913 o'clock.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
RATHER IN GIRLS BED.
Timely Discovery by Her Brother
Saved Her Life.

Miss Mildred Crawford, beauti-
full 16-year-old girl living near Staun-
ton, Va, had the novel and some
what thrilling experience of sleep
ing with an imense rattlesnake a
night or two ago.
Her brother entered her room and
found a three-foot rattler coiled on
the bed by the side OF the young
lady. but soon succeeded in rescuing
his sister from the dangerous pre-
dicament without disturbing the rat
tier. and now the girl wears the
snake skin around her waist as a
belt.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
seyenty-six Miners Perished.

A dispatch from Wigan, England.
SAYS IL is now known that rs miners
perished in the explosion and the
fire that followed ii in the Maypole
mine. Finding that 1t would he i'm
possible to recover the bodies still
in the pit, the fire having taken
such a firm hold. the directors de-
cide6 to flood the mine.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
Murderer Adjudged Insane.

At Pensacola. Fla, lunacy COM
mission Wednesday adjudged Clifford
Touart insane. Touart is the man
who shot and killed his wife at Bag
dale, Fla several weeks ago. Since
the tragedy he has become a ravins
maniac. He is a printing pressman
and member of French family
here prominent on the Gulf coast.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
Funds For Campaign.

More than $500 has been turned
into the Democratic national CAM
paign fund up to date by William J..
bryan's political paper. as the pro-
ceeds of subscriptions sent in direct
ly to IL by individuals. clubs and
newspapers. This amount does not
include any personal contributions
by Mr.. Bryan, or receipts from the
publication of the paper over and
above the running expenses, which
the candidate for president has pro-
missed to give to the national cam
paign.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
Killed in Runaway at Pickens.

Pickens was saddened Wednes-
day evening by the death of J. u.
Harris. He was out driving and his
horse ran against a telephone post.
throwing him out and breaking his
neck He died suddenIy.He was an effi-
cient clerk for Heath. Bruce. Morrow
G. Co and was twenty-three years old
His home was In Charlotte. to which
place was his body shipped.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
Ten Reported Killed.

At Grafton. w. Va, Ten persons
are reported to have been killed and
many others injured Wednesday
when a passenger train on the Pen
nsboro and Harrisville Railroad. be-
airing excursionists from the Richie
County Fair. one mile from Penns-
boro, broke down.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
WILL POST DRUNKARDS.
Richmond Police Publish Names OF
Habitual lnebrfates.

Every saloon in Richmond. Va,
is to be supplied by the police depart
ment with a placard bearing the
names of habitual drunkards and
bearing the warning that the own
ers of the names are under the ban
of the probation officer and must not
be allowed to purchase any intoXicat-
ing drinks. The cards will be plac-
ed in conspicuous places on the walls
of the saloons, the names being
written or printed large enough to
he easily read. Clerks In the depart
ment are now preparing the cards,
which will go to the printers next
week. Blank spaces will be left on
the cards for the names of unfortu-
mates who may fall from grace after
the original cards have been print
or
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
SAVED BY CORK LEGS.
Policemen's Artificial Limbs Enable
Him to Rescue the Other.

Him to Rescue the Other.
At Pittsburg, Pa. Harry Pinker-
on. a police alarm oprator. was able
save a fellow mans life Tuesday
right because he is cripple. having
NO artificial legs.
AS Pinkerton was walking along
street on the North Side he saw
William Wilson writhing in agony at
he end of trolley line feed wire
,arrying 1900 volts. that had brok-
en- from its moorings. Wilson could
not let go of the dangling wire he
had picked up.
Pinkerton hurried to Wilson.
caught him around the waist and
ierked him away from the wire.
Pinkerton's cork and wooden legs be-
ing non-conductors. the current
could not reach the ground through
his body.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
lightning Hit Him on Head.

Al Durham. n. c.. while loadiuo
ing tobacco on Thursday, Is miles
from there lightning struck Jesse
Fearrington on the head, tearing a
hole In his hat and glancing to trees
nearby. Though unconscious sever
al hours, he recovered.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
Trim to Last a Year.

The round the world cruise Of
the Atlantic fleet began from Hamp-
ton Roads on December 16, 1907
and the opinion of the naval authori-
ties Is that the cruise will have last
ed a year when the feet bellows forth
it's reply to the welcome that VIII
he rendered 1t by the shipping and
forts in New York harbor.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
Aged Lady Commits Suicide.

Mrs. Peter Phillips. so years old,
the wife of a prominent farmer at
Hanson, Fla. committed suicide
Tuesday at Madison. Fla. The daugh-
ter awoke at three o'clock that
morning. and found her mother mis-
sing from the room. Mrs. phillips
was found in a we'll, With her neck
broken.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
Georgia.s Convict Inquiry Ends.

Inquiry into the convict lease sys-
tenn of Georgia ended Wednesday.
The legislative committee. which has
been operating the probe. Is now en-
gagged in making up its report. which
will he submitted to special ses-
sion OF the Legislature called by
Governor Smith to assemble on
August 25.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
RING IN BIRDS NEST.
Diamond Circlet Is Found By We
man While Walking.

Miss Anna Dodge, Of Brooklyn
who Is visiting friends in Caldwell. N
j.. while in the woods of that vicini-
ty with friends. found diamond
ring valued at $3.50.
Her attention was drawn to a birds
nest at the foot of tree. and think
ing 1t had been wantonly thrown tc
the ground by some small boy. pick
ed 1t up. In the nset was the ring
1t is set with four diamonds of rare
brilliancy. A jeweler says II is wortf
$3.50.
The nest was that of a blackbird
and 1t is supposed the bird carried
the ring there.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
SHOP LITTER HANGS HERSELF.
Young Woman Commits Suicide I'm
New York Police Station.

Possibly acting on the suggestion
contained in a magazine story which
she had just read. a young woman
awaiting trial on a charge of shop
ufting committed suicide in her cell
In the Jefferson Market prison New
YORK Friday night by hanging her
seif TO the transom of the door with
rope taken from the prison cot.
The name given by the woman at
the time OF her arrest was Marion
Desmond. but IL is believed this is
assumed. Another theory advanced
In explanation of the woman's act
Is that It was brought about through
fear Of her identity being discovered
at the trial. =
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
SIX CHILDREN CREMATED.
Home Burns While Men arc at Work
and Women at Theatre.

Six children are dead and two 9th
ers are burned so seriously that re-
covery is doubtful. at the III. w.
Schultz ranch, between Colfax and
Palouse, Wash, resulting from fire
that destroyed the home Wednesday
night. Four of the dead were chill
dren of Schultz.
The other two were children o.
w. w. Fox. brother-in-law. The
men were away harvesting and the
mothers were attending theatrical
performance.
The two eldest Schultz girls at
tempted to rescue the children. but
lost the way to the door and were
forced to drop the babies to make
their own escape.
The cause of the fire is mystery.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
CLINTON MAN MISSING.
John Causley Leaves His Wife on

Train at Iaurens and Disappears.
The police of Spartanburg and
Laurens are searching for John
Causley. who disappeared in Laur-
ems Thursday while enroute to
Granite Falls, N. c.. with his wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Causley left Clinton
Thursday morning and changed cars
at Laurens. Causley left the train.
saying he wanted to step uptown,
but he never returned. Mrs. Caus-
ley came on to Spartanburg and ap-
pealed to the police there to aid her
in searching for her husband. The
Spartanburs officials have been in
communication with the police of
Laurens. but no trace of the missing
man has been found.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
BRYAN RECEIVES TRICK MILE
Mascot of Democrats For Campaign.
Busy on Speeches.


A dispatch from Lincoln. Neb.,
says w. J. Bryan received Wednesday
from the Minnesota State Agricultur-
al Society. the long expected trick
mule, which is to be the mascot"
IF the party this fall. The mule
was taken out to Fairview. where 1t
was given a hearty welcome by the
candidate and his family.
II am going to have caucus OF
the newspaper correspondents to Sc
lect name for this mascot Of mine. v
declared Bryan, as he led the animal
about a lawn by halter. They tell
me that II is the best trained mule
in the United States. and we ttl'
have to properly name 1t before the
day 10 over"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-08-27
TIRED OF LIFE.
Well Known Insurance Man Puts an
End to II.

At Louisville, KY, Alfred 4. Min
berly, State Manager of the Bank
ers Life Association of Des Moines.
and a well-known insurance man was
found dead in bed at his home. Tues
day afternoon. Death was caused
by self inflicted pistol wound accord
ing TO Coroners verdict. He left q
note saying he had no trouble OF any
kind but was simply tired of living.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16

TO learn barber trade:
few weeks completes; so chairs con-
stantly busy; licensed instructors;
tools given; diplomas granted; wages
Saturdays; positions waiting; won
derful demand for graduates; cata-
logue free Moler Barber college,
Chicago, Ill.