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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-07-17
Virginia Capes Swept by Severe
Storm.

Norfolk. Va, July IA. A ter
rife electric storm passed over
the Cape Henry, Lynnhaven
and Virginia beach sections late
today cutting off communication
for time. The storm is report
ed from the Virginia capes to
have been the severest known
there in recent years. 1t was ac-
companied by a heavy rainfall.
Damage reports are not in.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-07-17
MANY FOUGHT BUT FEW HURT
Fifty Men Wounded in Gun Fight
and Only Three Seriously.

Pittsburg, Penn, July Is. A
pitched gun battle in which SO
men were wounded. two serious
ly and one probably fatally shot,
and the Chief of Police, Carroll
of the township, received dam
gerous stab wounds, was fought
outside the plant of the Pressed
Steel car works this afternoon,
when a squad of 40 police attempt
ed to escort strikebreaking work.
men through a mob of l, 600 men
and women.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-07-17

Charleston special in yester-
days Columbia State: Ludwig
Jacobson, second assistant keep
er of the Morris Island light
house. committed suicide this
afternoon, rather than be ar
rested to answer the charge of
attempting to chloroform the
daughter of another keeper of
the light house early this morn
ing.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-07-17
Dies from Sticking Nail in His
Foot.

Milledgeville, Ga. July Is. -
Result Of sticking a nail in his
foot Monday afternoon develop
ing blood poison. Henry Kidd,
14-year-old son of j. E. Kidd,
one Of the most prominent citi-
zens OF the city, died at an early
hour this morning.
In an effort to save his life
amputation was resorted to last
night, but despite every energy.
the lad succumbed.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-07-17
Trust Officer Lodged in New Orleans
Jail.


New Orleans, July ID. Wyatt
H. Ingram, Jr.. trust officer of
the Hibernia Bank and Trust
company Of New Orleans, was
arrested at his home, 1910 State
street, shortly before 6 o'clock,
this evening on the charge of be-
ing a defaulter and forger. It
is alleged that he is between SIS,
600 and 500, 600 short in his &C.
counts.
1t is declared that Ingram's
defalcations have extended over
a period Of 15 months.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-07-17
Woman Pays $s25 For Cat.

New York, July 14.-Mrs.
Lynas, of Chicago, has purchased
the champion male Chinchilla
Persian cat of England, Rob Roy
II, for $525, according to a cable
dispatch from London.
This is the highest price that
IS known to have ever been paid
for a cat.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-07-17
COUNTY DEBTS GROW RAPIDLY
Comptroller General Says People
Do Not Realize The Conditions.

Columbia Special in the Char
lesion Post:
"A classified statement of
bonded indebtedness by counties
would startle the people of this
State into realization of most
serious state of affairs that exists
from one end of the state to the
other,' said Comptroller General
Jones today. Few people rea-
lize how steadily and rapidly
this indebtedness is climbing up.
| really can form no accurate
conception of the true facts my
self. but ! know that it has
climbed to an alarming degree,
and the situation is getting worse
steadily. Probably the most
serious part of this business is
the way the debts of the coun.
ties are piling up. A county
will get behind with a floating
debt on its hands, and the next
thing we hear of is that the
county's delegation is down here
with a scheme to dispose of this
Indebtedness with bonds. |
know Of one county that mas had
its bonded debt increased to
about $500, 600 within recent
years.
This Office has had in view
the work of compiling state
ment of this bonded condition
for some time, but this would re-
quire great amount of work,
the sending of special man out
over the State as we'll as almost
endless work in the Office, and
We Ilnply have never gotten to
! it, al d probably never will. The
Legislature does not give US sui
ficient Office force.
People wonder that a county
treasurer occasionally gets mix
ed up in his accounts and goes
short. It's a wonder to me that
more of them don't get into
trouble. The system Of booking
has been so complicated by the
requirements of the Legislature,
until am expecting somebody
in the next Legislature to advo-
cate the appointment of State
auditor to do nothing but look
after this sort of Offices.
School districts have gone
mad issuing bonds for special
school purposes. There are over
fifty new ones this year. The
treasurer is required to keep each
of these separate and the dog and
poll tax collected in each district
separate. Why. a man paying
his tax from any part of the coun-
ty may elect under the law to
have his taxes go to any school
district he may name, or even
to any special school.
Mr.. Jones relates an amusing
illustration of such q complica-
tion in his own experience in Abb
beville county. His farm which
is split almost in the center by
the Seaboard road, is sliced by
four school districts from differ
ent sides, each running down on
his farm to take in q slice of the
Seaboard so as to get part of the
taxes the road pays.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-07-17

Cotton for fall delivery has de-
clined half q cent in the last two
or three days. IL. 80 cents il now
offered here for spots.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1909-07-17
Depot at Yorkville Burned.

The depot at Yorkville of the
Carolina & Northwestern rail
road was destroyed by fire about
l o'clock Thursday morning. The
fire started in the freight room,
but its origin is unknown.
Miss Pearle McManus gave q
reception Thursday night compli-
mentary to the young ladies Wis
iting her. Misses Louise Oakes,
Dorrie Counts and Louise Harris.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08
WIFE EARNS DEGREE
BY Detective WORK

ate," she said, chat I felt there
must be something wrong. When
questioned him about his habits
lie denied that he had wronged me
IN any way, but I determined to
10 a little detective work for my
self.
well, what did you discover"
asked her attorney.
WrOngdOing Detected.
81 found out that he was stay
ing at various downtown hotels
with another woman. I saw his
name on the hotel registers. On
one occasion he stayed at hotel
at Madison and Clark streets with
this woman. l don't know who
she is"
The court then interrogated the
attorney about the matter Of ali
mony.
"Oh," explained Mrs. Johnson,
che has agreed to pay me one
third of his salary and income in
lieu of alimony. His salary is
fixed in a peculiar fashion, it is
likely to go higher, and 1 thought
it better to have one-third of his
salary than a lump sum in the
way of alimony."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08
TWO,
STAYS SELF
ED STRICKLAND, BASEBALL
PITCHER, KILLS SWEET
HEART AND WOUNDS RIVAL.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
BOONVILLE, Ind, Jan. s.
Jealousy, fired by not receiving an
invitation to party to which his
sweetheart and his rival were In
attendance, prompted Ed Strick-
land, %, to intrude on the party,
which was held at Chandler, five
miles from here, and shoot and
kill his sweetheart, Ida William
son, IS, seriously injure Almond
Timmons, 81, his rival, and then
turn the gun on himself, killing
himself instantly.
Young Timmons is the son of
Revd R. e. Timmons, Methodist
preacher. The party was being
held at the home of Dan Amtes.
Strickland purchased two re-
volvers at McGregor's hardware
store, and evidently had planned
the deed during the day, as he
was too nervous to sit in a bar
ber's chair, where he had gone to
get shaved. He had not been in
vited to the party, and this
weighed heavily on his mind.
At 8 O'Clock he went to Chand-
Ter, and going into the room where
about twenty young people were
playing games, went up to his
sweetheart, saying, "You know
what I told you," and opened fire,
shooting her in the forehead,
from which she died in an hour.
He then, turning the gun on Tim
mons, shot him in the jaw, and
placing the muzzle of the gun in
his own mouth, killed himself in
stantly. Timmons, although seri-
ously hurt, will recover.
Strickland was the crack pitch
er on the GAINESVILLE baseball team,
and had signed up with Evans
vile for the coming season. Miss
Williamson was stenographer at
Evansville. Her home was at
Chandler.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
BOSTON, Jan. 8.-Mrs. Alice
w. Johnson, who is treasurer O.
the Western Telephone Manufac
turing Co., was granted a decree
of divorce on grounds of infidelit.
by Judge Chetlain. Mrs. johnson
did not trust the gathering of evil
dence against her husband to 9th
ers, but supervised the unpleasant
business in person. Mr.. Johnson
had a weakness for remaining out
late at night, according to- his
wife, and it was this fact that first
reused her suspicious. Since sus-
picions would avail little in a
court of law, she set out to col
lect more tangible evidence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson were
married Sept. 2, 1901, and lived
together until the close of last
year. They have one son, Milton
Leo Johnson.
After reciting these particulars,
Mrs. Johnson, prompted by her
attorney, plunged into the body
of her story of deception and of
masculine guile.
my husband stayed out so
many nights and stayed out so
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08
ROBBERS HELP
In SAVING LIFE
PROCURE RELEASE CoUrL BEATEN. ROBBED
AND BOUND.

by burglars. Don't forget. This
is proof" The proof was the old
gold watch of the farmer which
they had stolen.
Woods and some friends drove
through the heavy snow to the
lonely farmhouse as fast as they
could and found him tied to his
bed and weak from cold and suf-
fering. In an adjoining room was
his housekeeper, tied to her bed
and unconscious. The house had
been entered fifteen hours before
After brutally treating them be.
cause the expected hoard of money
could not be found, the two old
people were tied to their beds
Both Jones and Mrs. Williams are
overcome by their experience and
are in a state of collapse.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08
COMPELLED WIFE
To LIVE IN
STABLE

Because her husband compelled
her to live in stable so that he
would not have to pay house rent,
Mrs. Mccormack is divorced to-
day.
The McCormacks were married
in Denver September 1903. The
plaintiff also alleges that while
she was residing in a stall where
a horse had previously been
stabbed, her spouse was living in
comfort at her mothers home.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08

Get your 1909 stationary at the
Cont Bindery & Printing Co., 1853
Commerce 1t. Main AT, A
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08

SHOALS, Ind, Jan. S.-Ber-
nard Norris, Is years old, living
in the country west of here, was
burning brush heaps when. his
clothing ignited. He was alone,
but succeeded in tearing off a
portion of his clothing. His dog,
attracted to the scene, lent its aid,
and with its teeth helped strip
the flaming clothing from the
boy. Although suffering excru-
ciating pain, the boy managed to
walk home, accompanied by his
faithful dog. He found his par
ents gone and summoned help by
telephone. The flesh on his legs
and body from the knees to the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08
wILKESBARRE, Pa, Jan. s.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Jan. s.
Tieu 10 their beds for fifteen
hours, badly beaten and chilled
by the cold, William Jones, an
aged farmer, and Mrs. Anna Will
Iiams, his old housekeeper, were
rescued by the mercy of the rob-
bers, who had burst into the
house the night before and had
brutally maltreated them.
Fearing, evidently, that the old
couple might either starve or be
frozen to death, the housebreak-
ers tied a note to the door of w.
G. Woods blacksmith shop at
Yostville, thirty miles from here
and three miles from the scene of
the assault. 1t said:
go to William Jones. He is
tied in bed and has been robbed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08
DOG AIDS BOY IN STRIPPING
OFF HIS BLAZING CLOTHES
BUT FOR ASSISTANCE RENDE
WOULD HAVE PERISHED.

breast is literally cooked. Had 1t
not been for the assistance of the
dog he probably would have died
near the scene of the accident.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08
CONFESsES TO
BIG FORGERY
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
OAKLAND, CAL, Jan. ST. s.
Signer, real estate dealer and pro-
moter, was arrested yesterday for
forging notes and drafts for
100000 on James H. Murray, a
millionaire banker and miner of
Montana, Salt Lake and Seattle,
whose name he forged to finance
cement plant deal in Southern
California. Signor made a COM
plete confession.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08
TN ARE in The
JCELLAR OF ny
IPRIVATE HOUSE ~...
VIII.
Torture.

| Torture.
| l dreamed that my nostrils
were being tickled with a straw.
After a while the sensation be-
came intollerable. l knew that l
was dreaming, yet I wished to
wake up. Sleep, however, press
ed with heavy hand upon my
eyelids.
At last a voice said, THAT will
do, Jussieu, he is coming round.g
opened my eyes and looked up
Into the impressive face OF Sir
Chas. Venner. l was seated up
right in high-backed chair,
strapped securely in position. The
negro surgeon, Jussieu, whom
had last seen at the Kingsmere
hospital for consumptives, was
standing to the right OF Sir
Charles, and three of us were
grouped about the center of a
small, uncarpeted, brfck-floored
room. The negro, Beudant, stood
near the closed door. OF a sud
den remembered all. Marion
had lured me to this river park
and betrayed me with a Judas
kiss into the hands of my enc
mics. Too late she had repented
of her treachery and tried to
save me. She had swooned; I had
knelt beside her body, and some
one had stunned me with a club.
It was all very simple. I had been
a contemplate fool, and now /
must pay the price of my folly.
What price would they exact? l
wondered.
"Where am II" asked, look
ing at Sir Charles.
| "You are in the cellar of my
private house at Stalnes," he an
lswered civilly enough. IT may
Inform you that I keep no SER
wants except these men you see,
and the house is set in the middle
of a small park some $50 yards
distant from the river and at
least a quarter of a mile from any
other building. You may there
fore spare yourself the, useless
trouble of shouting for help,
should you have been so minded"
THANK you'll" said I.
Question me further IL you
wish, Mr.. Hume"
"Where is Marion LIE MARI"
"She returned to London this
morning. You have been four and
Twenty hours insensible."
"a clever woman, that, l NUT
tered coolly.
where are the jewels?" he
presently demanded. "The jewels
lyou purchased with the thousand
pounds that you extorted from
me?"
"In a safe place." I replied.
"But you must tell me where,
Mr.. Hume" he said in a pleasant
but determined voice.
"Ah, but you must first tell me
what you intend to do with me,
Sir Charles"
He shrugged his shoulders.
what can 1 do but kill your" he
replied. ri dare not let you go,
land you are too Internally adroit
| to keep a prisoner! Come, Hume,
lI'll make a bargain with you. Give
me the jewels and I'll promise
IyOu your CuOlCt VI oCdtho.
! "Give me a night to think 1t
lover," replied.
well, WE'LL" he said. "Since
there is no help needs must LET
you live a day or two. But in
order to save time, Hume, be good
enough to tell me your first lie at
once?
"And IL / refuse to speak to-
lnight?"
"You will sleep poorly, I'm
afraid. But come, be reasonable.
You pleaded for a nights reflec-
ltion. 1 offer 1t to YOU"
But with sure prospect of tor
tore on the morrow"
Unless you speak the truth
tonight"
Then shall!" cried with a
shoulder. "Better death than tor
lture!"
"Well?"
"The jewels are in Sir VIM.
lDagmar's house. You will =
'sYou lie." he inserjected sharp
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08
FINED FOR FIGHTING.

Theodore Beceres, a Greek who
owns a down town restaurant,
faced Judge Arntson in police
court yesterday afternoon and was
fined IS and costs for attempting
to collct a bill with his bare fists.
The other man in the case was
w. Hall, who drew a fine of $40
Wednesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08
LONG SEARCH
FOR DOG
Chicago Girls Visit Nebraska I
Find Pet Collie.

CHICAGO, Jan. st Is not q
happy New Year for Margaret and
Frances Lyon two Chicago girls
who are now in Omaha to find
their lost collie, Leo. They were
informed the dog which disap'
peared recently here had appear
ed on the Nebraska farm where
he was born, but the rumor proved
false, and they will now star
home.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-12-03
Europe Is Drying Up.

That much of Europe will become
an arid desert in a few centuries IN
less steps are taken to prevent it,
was the prophecy made a year or
two ego by a distinguished French
scientific man. 1t is well known in a
vague way that some parts of the
earth are drier that formerly, but OBJ
s~eryations are lacking to show wheth.
err this has been a result of merely
local conditions or Is a locally all
vanced stage Of a process going on
over a wide area. Herr Walser, a
German, has been lately trying to get
a more accurate idea of the desicca:
ton from the records of bodies OF
water. TIe finds that hundreds OF
European lakes have entirely disap-
peared and in the canton of Zurich
alone the 149 lakes of 1850 have be,
come reduced to rs, while about hall
Of these have been diminished in size,
German and Russian lakes also, as
well as those of western Asia, give
evidences of a diving un of the land
The Tupelo journal., 1909-12-03
->
OLD T0MB A DEATH TRAP
In All Five Persons Were Caught and
Suffocated One After
Another.

A certain native discovered the N,
trance of a tomb in the floor OF his
stable, says A. e. P. Weigall, in Put
MANS, and at once proceeded to
worm his way down the tunnel. This
was the end of the man. His wife,
finding that he had not returned fos
two hours or SO later, went dow
the Lewly-found tunnel after him
That was the end of her, also. II
turn, three other members Of the fam
lily went down into the darkness: and
that was the end Of them. A native
official was then called, and, light
ing his way with a candle, rcnctrat
ed down the winding passage. The
air was sc foul that he was soon
obliged to retreat, but he stated that
he was Just able to see in the dis
lance ahead the bodies of the unfor
tunate peasants, all of whom had
been overcome by what be quantity
described as the evil lighting and
bad climate" Various attempts at
the rescue OF the bodies having failed.
we gave orders that this tomb should
be regarded as their sepulchor and
that its mouth should be sealed up.
According to the natives, there was
evidently a ,vast hoard Of wealth
stored at the bottom Of this tomb, aud
would-be robbers had met their death
at the hands Of the demon ii charge
of it. who had seized each man ~
the throat as he came down the tun-
mel and had stransled him.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-12-03
VERDICT NOWHERE IN SIGHT.
colored Jurymen Had Done Thelr
Best, But Thing Sought For Was
Not In Evidence.

a lawyer from New Orleans tells
cae story about a jury trail in a little
obscure village somewhere in Lou
tsiana: "Of course, strange as it may
seem, the jury in this trial was made
I'D entirely of negroes. 1t seems that
all the available white men were eth.
er at work or had gone hunting or
fishing. And, anyway. it being a case
of one negro charged with stealing
from another, the interest of the white
people of the place, of w1om there
was a conspicuous minority, was not
sufficiently involved for it to make any
difference.
when the evidence was all in ans
the prosecuting attorney, a white man
of course, had submitted the cas-
without argument, the accused, for
tunately, had no counsel-the judge
also a white man, ordered the jury
which could not agree in the box, tt
retire to an adjoining room and fine
a verdict.
THE jury retired. At last the judge
COulQ oIdIiQ 4l III IOAoC1, anu "ChI Il
person to the room to see what was
delaying the verdict. He found eacl
of the jurymen crawling around on the
floor peering under chairs and tables
and also into The court wa!
amazed. He did not know whether tht
whole jury had gone crazy or wha'
was the matter.
Here he Numbered, what are
you niggers doing|
The foreman arose, and, maxim.
humble obe;sance, answered:
"fYo' honah, faint no use; we jes
KANT find no verdict in dis here room
Fact is, you honah, | doan b'lieb dere'!
a vuddict in here nohow. '"-Centra
Law Journal.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-12-03
WILL NEED REST.

Countess Szechenyi, formerly a
Vanderbilt, must curtsy when she
meets the duchess of War, who
ceased recently, at great expense, to
be Anita Stewart, and must not sit
down in tie presence Of the duchess
without being motioned to do so. 1t
is to be hoped the duchess will not
withhold the necessary motion, for
the situation is certain to make the
countess very tired.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-12-03
FIND NEED FOR FERTILIZERS.
Chinese Farmers Are Turning to
America to Supply Their Needs in
This Respect.

The rich ~alluvial soils of Shantung
and other Chinese provinces fortified
by the overflow of the Yangtse and
Yellow river, as Egypt is by the Nile,
have been worked for so many cen
turtles that the time has come when
the introduction of artificial fertile.
ers have become a necessity in many
localities.
The Chinese farmer uses every
means at his disposal to enrich his
acres and to secure a profitable yield.
a regular rotation in crops is in
vogue, and every second or third
year the ground is summer fallowed
and allowed to remain unused. Ma
nure of all sorts is gathered and care
fully distributed. The greatest loss
of strength to the soil comes frorl
the fact that all vegetable matter is
gathered and used for fuel. SO that
what the ground has once given up to
plant life is lost to it forever.
Artificial fertilizers are now com
ing into use, however, the start hav.
ing been made by an American pack,
ing house, which SEN generous
amor-ats of fertilizers-the product OF
its Uaste-for free distribution I'd ma.
tive farmers. With instructions as to
their use. The result has been limit
ed orders, with tie prospect Of 4 large
American trade In fertilizers,
The Tupelo journal., 1909-12-03
SAILORS EMBROIDERED MAP.

A. Henry Peterson of the local of
flee of the United States shipping
commissioners department has hang
ing on his office wall a map of Alas
ka which is something of a curiosity.
Like most sailors of the old school,
Peterson is a handy man with the
needle, and in the spare time at his
disposal it took him ten months to
make the map. 1t is all of silk en-
broidery, and nearly 500 skeins of
silk thread were used in its manu-
facture. The different divisions OF
country are done in different coloreI
silk, and all the names are worked
in. The map is complete in dctail.-
Seattle Post-Inteliigencer.