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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-07-09
TRAGEDY IN EDGEF1ELD.
-74eU~ge Bush Mortally Wounds HIS
Wife and Then Kills Him
self.

Edgeieid: July 5.-Several ?arIleS
frcn, the neighborhood where the aW-
ful tragedy occurred, brought the
news here to-day that Mr.. George
Bush this morning shot and instantly
Filled his wife, Alice, the weapon
used being pistol. The homicide oc-
cured at the home Of Mr.. P. 2. Doo-
little. an uncle of Mrs. Bush's, near
Rehoboth Baptist Church, this eoun'
by.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bush have been sepa-
rated for several years, their trouble
being due to the formers alleged very
dissiuated habits. He has lived IN Au-
epsta for some time, but recently re-
t1rred to this county, Of which pc IS
q native. and in the neighbothood
where his wife resided, and has been
using efforts to get her to return to
him. This she refused to do. On Sat
urdsv last he avowed his intention TO
take his wife's life and then his oWn'
and while little credence was given to
what be said, as precautlon MIS-
Bush was moved from the place where
she was staying when the threat was
made. to her uncle,s home, and II was
there that Mr.. Bush appeared at IL
o:c1ock this morning, and 1t seems.
without warning or excuse snoI neh
to death.
The circumstances Of the homlclde
are not known here. Bush, 1t Is sald'
fed as soon as he got in his bloody
work.
A y 0 o'clock to-day Sheriff QUITS
received a telegram from Modoc on
the Charleston and Western Carolina
Railway 70 come there at once, that
Bush had killed his wife, and the
presumption mere Was that he naa
been captured at that place ABOUT
three miles from where the killing oc-
Cured
Bush IS we'll known here, having
car-;ed the mail from Edgetleld TO
Parssv;lle for several years. He was
a hard drinker, it was alleged, but was
>thoueht to be harmless. Mrs. busn
before marrying was Miss Doollttle'
and a most estimable woman, her
family being prominent in the county
Edgefeld. July 5.-Later lnforma-
ton brought by party direct from
the scene Of the tragedy Is that al
though Mrs. Bush is Shot SIX tlmes'
she IS alive with no hopes ot-recovery:
Her statement is that her husband
met her coming from the sprlng ana
demanded that she come back to nm
She refused. He then said: NV ELL
Won are dead w,Bnan,'' and COM
menced firing. shooting her twice
afte, she was on the ground. Ihe
news spread like wildfire, and soon
hundreds of citizens gathered and are
hunting Bush. As yet. he has not been
captured, but likely will be, and the
APPREHENSION is that he Will be
lynched.
Edgeaeld, July 5-Later informa-
lion is that Bush is dead. One theory
being that he killed himself. the other
was that ne was summarlly dealt with.
Augusta. Ga. July 5.-The posse
that surrounded George ". Bush IN
the woods. finding that they could not
secure dogs. went in after Bush. They
found him lying on the ground dead
with !, bullet hole through MS Dram
The bee., 1909-10-21
RUSE PUZZLE TO POSSE
TheyeAre Supposed to Have. Taken
'as the $1,000 Stolen From the
,ar1a . Lewisville, Tex, Bank.


Dallas, Tex. Oct 13.-What is be-
lieved to have been a clever ruse on
the part Of yeggmen who cracked the
safe of the First National bank at
Louisville, Tex, is puzzling the sew
oral posses and forces of experienced
detectives, trailing them.
footprints of five different. kinds
lead the Officers to believe there were
many in the gang. The trail runs to
Dallas, where the horses seem to have
stopped, and there are, in a secluded
part of the road. marks as if from the
paving of restless animals and also
mems footprints. The mems sho
prints lead towards a by-path and do
not lead back from il. The horse
prints continue directly along the
road.
After trailing the horseprints as far
as Fort Worth. they cease. and Tire
advance force OF deputies has begur
operations there i'm a quest of the rob.
hers Another squad is working here
The bee., 1909-10-21
Canal LONG 400 Projected.

It is now nearly 400 years since the
first proposal was made for the Pana-
ma canal A canal was suggested as
early as 1920 by Angel Saavedra, but
fer long time all such suggestions
met with determined opposition from
Spain, who made ii a capital offense
to seek or make known any improve
n nj IN the exist re- route from Porto
Beho to Panama. More recently
l.0uis NgTo'eon, when prisoner at
Fam, slent much time considering
tee PracticGtiity of such a scheme. II
WIS not, however until the California
god rush OF iSfs that any accurate
knowledge of the Typographical condi-
lic.s was obtained. and even then 80
more years elapsed before the actual
site was chosen by an internatioal
commission and the work begun.
The bee., 1909-10-21
EYE OF THE CAMERA IS KEEN
Has Been Used to Decipher Docu-
ments Substantially obIiterated
by Age.

often the eye of the camera will de-
cipher documents of which the writ
ing had been substantially obliterated
by age, says a writer in Van Norden's
Magazine. have successfully copied
with the camera the utterly faded pho
tograph of a classmate of 40 years
previous.
Changes In the pigment of the skin,
undiscovered by the eye. appear with
distinctness on the sensitive plate,
and it is said that ample warning of
approaching disease has been there
by given.
The camera takes pictures of sub
jects which cannot be made to appear
on the ground glass and of those
which the eye of man has never seen
The human eye can penetrate space
no further in an hour than In a single
instant Yet the eye of the camera
will gaze into the sky for hours, look
ing deeper and seeing more with each
second that passes.
Through this attribute of the cam
era a great chart of the heavens is
now being made. In this work dis
tinguished astronomers and photogra-
pliers throughout the world are CO
operating. Yet not one in hundred
of the stars already plainly pictured
by them was ever seen by the unaided
eye of scientists
The bee., 1909-10-21
THAT SETTLED TIE QUESTION
Youngsters Explanation Of His "a
theirs Standing Left the Others
Away Behind.

The story. long since familiar, OF
the little boy whose boast that his "a
ther had put cupola on his house
was capped by his playmate, who re-
marked, proudly, that his father had
iusi put mortgage on theirs, is
brorrht 10 mind by an occurrence
which was tod the other day by a
prominent politician.
The small son OF a man who was in
politics for revenue only, on moving
into a new distric, this summer. went
out and struck ~ an acquaintance
with two other i'ls Of the same age
who lived IA the ncishtorhood They
were Interested IN tie newcomer and
begin to try HIM OFT as to what his
parents amounted to anyhow.
MY father IS window trimmer
and an awfully Zig man." said the first
Kid
"Ah. that's nothin'," said the second.
MY fathers a dlBp trimmer, and he's
twice as big Us yours"
Il was plainly up to the stranger
TO make good. And he did it with
n lch gusto
My father is a politician" he said.
but heard man tell him last
night that he was the biggest trimmer
In this ward"
And It was apparent to any one
that the new kid had made strong
impression upon the neighborhood.
The bee., 1909-10-21
TAR TO MUFFLE STREETS
Jacksonville, Ind, Engineer Believes
He Has Solved Roaring" objee-
ton to Brick Roads.

Jacksonville. Ind. Oct 1S.-Vlctor
w. Lyon. city civil engineer. has
adopted a plan in the construction OF
a new brick street which he believes
will minimize the roaring" charac-
teristics of streets paved with this
material.
He says II is worse in summer than
in winter. and he infers that this IS
due to the expansion of the brick
with the heat. making the entire paw
ing a solid mass and perhaps rails
ing II slightly so as 10 leave a par
tial hollow. thus making il act like
a sounding board His plan is TO
leave inch spaces every 60 feet TO be
filed with tar thus breaking the
street into sections and cutting the
reverberations
II is customary to leave such
spaces between the street and the
sidewalk. to allow Of lateral expan-
sion. as II is said otherwise the curb
ing is likely to be pushed out of po-
sition Mr.. Lyon believes his plan is
a new one in the manner and purpose
for which 1t is being adopted.
The bee., 1909-10-21
Too Touch a MorseI.

"Tenderfoots" are not necessarily
fools. as the guide of whom writer
in the New York Herald tells discov-
cred. He was recounting some of his
early experiences with the brethren
OF the Wild for the benefit of his
open-mouthed audience of fasteners.
Eyes, sir" he said. it was my first
grizzly, and I don't deny I was proud
ophaVing killed him in a hand-to-hand
struggle We began fighting about
sihfiss, and when he finally rolled
over, done for, the sun was going
down.
He paused. No one said anything.
and so he added slowly, for the sex
ond time"
do you mean that it took you two
days to kill grizzly?" asked the Eng
lish tourist.
1.-TWO whole days and one night, :"
replied the guide. ''He died mighty
hard"
"Choked to death?" asked the tour
list.
YES. sir" the guide said calmly.
well, we'll! What did you try to
get him to swallow"
The bee., 1909-10-21
ENVOY EXPIRES ON Street
WILLIAM !. BUCHANAN EXPIRES
SUDDENLY IN LONDON.
Was In England on Mission For the
United states In Connection With
Venezuelan Claims.

London, oct 1S.--Wiliiam ]. Blu
chanan, Of Buffalo, N. Y, former
American minister to the Argentine
Republic and Panama, who had been
closely identified with several i'm
portant American diplomatic mis-
sions. met a tragic death on Lon
don street. He was discovered lying
on a sidewalk in Park Lane, near the
American embassy, in a dying candi-
ton a few minutes before midnight.
and was carried to st. Georges hos
pital, a short distance away. but life
was extinct when the ambulance
reached the hospital
The cause of death is not known,
but II is supposed that II resulted
from heart disease of apoplexy.
There we're no marks on the body
nor had robbery been committed.
The body was placed in the hospital
mortuary and the police notified. The
identity of the man was discovered
through inquiries sent out by the
management Of the hotel where MIR.
Buchanan was staying.
Mr.. Buchanan, who had come to
London on a mission for the United
States government I'm connection with
the Venezuelan claims. had been here
for several weeks. He previously had
visited Berlin and Paris. He left the
hotel last night for dinner early in
the evening. attired in evening dress
No one has yet been found who
knows where he spent the evening:
but It is supposed that he was walk.
ing home when stricken.
The bee., 1909-10-21
FULTON is AWARDED BAL M
Gets s17,5oo Judgment Against Aged
Man For Alternating Wife's
Affections.

Kingston. n. Y, Oct lS.-Suprenfe
Court Justice Belts has rendered@ u
judgment for $4,000 in favorrdoi
Charles II. Fulton. OF White Lake
Sullivan county. y. Y. in suit
brought by Fulton against William J,
Stewart OF st. LOUIS. alleging the
alternating of his wifes affections by
the defendant. Fulton sued for
$4,000
From testimony submitted, 1t APP
peared Stewart, who is go years old,
left his wife for Mrs. Fulton. who in
turn left her husband and two sons.
Mrs. Fulton is 40 years old. Stew
art is said TO have an income from
stock which he holds in st. Louis
newspaper bequeaihed him by Ellen
j. Mckee. who also left him $4,000
In money Fulton formerly conducted
the Fulton house. al White Lake
The bee., 1909-10-21
TORSO OF GIRL IS FOUND
ADDS EVIDENCE OF FACT OF A
RECENT MURDER.
Police Are Without Clue as to the
Identification Of Victim or of
Those Responsible.

Tiverton. r. l.. Oct. 13.-Although
added evidence of the fact that a
murder had been committed was
found through the discovery of the
torso of the young woman whose legs
were found in the underbrush adjoin-
ing Bulgermarsh road. the police were
still without a clue as to the identity
of the victim or of those responsible.
Deduction overnight however had led
them to look Fail River or possibly
Tiverton as the scene of the crime,
rather TO New Bedford. A SEEMING in
dication that Fall River was the place
of the murder was found in the pencil
Hill, Tor HID Pleasant street, Fall
River" which appeared on the inside
of the cover of the travelling bag, the
lower part Of which contained the
severed lower limbs found Monday. In
Quiry at Fall River, however, failed
10 attach any connection with the
crime to two men Of that name in the
city, neither OF whom live on Pleasant
street.
The addition of the torso, leaves
missing only the head, arms and the
right leg from the knee down. From
the partial body. young woman is
described as the victim as follows:
About feet in height; about 20
years old; fairly well developed; dark
brown hair; feet size 3. and probably
a mill operative. ="
The bee., 1909-10-21
LAw-ENFoRcEMENT LEAGUE is
FORMED FOLLOWING FIGHT
OF OFFICIALS.
LOCAL OPTION FIGHT IS CAUSE
Towns Executive svspends Aid, Then
Seeks Warrant for His Brother
Marshal Claims Two Shots
Were Accident.

Salem, o., Oct. 20.--With the mayor
nursing scalp wound. inhicated by a
bullet. and the town marshal confined
to his bed as a result of a beating he
says the mayor and friend admins.
tered following the shooting ARRAY.
Leetonia citizens Tuesday night or.
ganized a law and order league, the
aim of which is to act in part as a
posse to prevent further clashes and
TO continue the law-enforcement work.
Mayor Conrad Berg, despite his
wound in his head which he asserts
came from one or two bullets fired by
Marshal Edward Boyle. in a clash in
the mayors office Sunday night sus-
pended the marshal then leaped on a
car and went 70 Alliance, o., where he
is seeking 10 arrest John Boyle. the
marshal's brother. on charge OF
shooting at Special officer Thomas
Fakey
The clash is a direct result Of the
bitterness engendcred by the wet and
dry fight In the town and count
which resulted In the voting dry o:
the county under the Rose county
option law and frequent arrests IA
Leetonia since for violations of the op-
ton restrictions.
This feeling brought about the at.
tempt. some months ago. TO dy -amitc
the church and parsonage of one OF
the leaders of the dry movement
Berg. who is the Republican can
didate for reelection. is counted wet.
while Marshal Boyle. who has made
the arrests In the law-enforcement
crusade, is fighting Berg's reelection.
His reappointment depends on the de
feat of Berg.
Sunday evening the two. with a
friend OF Mayor Berg, met in the
mayors office. a dispute was under
way when Thomas Fakey entered.
Boyle ordered Fakey from the Office
Mayor Berg objected. declaring
Fakey was entitled TO stay. Boyle con
tinued his insistence that Fakey de-
part. and this. Boyle asserts brought
on the shooting and the beating.
"The mayor took such violent OF
Tense that, he. leapcd on me-" said
Boyle. as he sat propped up in bed in
his home. In trying to draw my re-
yolver to protect myself. ! accidentally
discharged II twice Then the mayor
and his friend jumped on me and beat
me up like this"
This ARRAY was followed at mid.
night Monday night by the firing Of
two shots at Special Policeman
Fakey.
The bee., 1909-10-21
counseIs Army Increase.

Washington, Oct l5.-Increase In
the infantry and field artillery and
the reorganization OF the cavalry are
recommended by Brig Gen. A. e. Car
lington. in his annual report to the
secretary OF war. as inspector general
with the view OF bringing these needs
"a he attention OF the people and foi
the ultimate purpose OF securing the
,,e~, sary legislation he suggests that
ISOLATED posts be abandoned as rapid
~ as possible and that the troops be
stationed In thickly settled eommu
mites.
The bee., 1909-10-21
7 KILLED BY EXPLOSION
Steam Register Failed to Indicate
Over-Pressure and Saw Mill
is Wrecked.

Eldorado, Ark. Oct 49, -Seven en-.
ployes were killed and three other
persons were injured. two fatally
when boiler at the plant OF the Grif-
fin Saw Mill company near Eldorado
exploded. The steamer register ii is
declared, failed to indicate the over
pressure, the explosion which could
be heard for several miles followed,
wrecking large section of the plant
Mrs ]. Reed wife of the superinteh-
dent of the mill was in her home some
distance away. when the explosion ot'-
Cured brick striking the wall and
injuring her severely.
The bee., 1909-10-21
BRIEF TELEGRAPH NOTES

The British Columbia legislature dis.
solved today and a writ issued for a
new election to take place November
25.
The interior department authorized
the setting aside OF 26,5S5 acres of
public land for school purposes in Ros
well land district New Mexico
Two women were killed outright
and another seriously injured when a
Central switch engine ran into and
demolished street car in the rail-
road yards az Columbus. Ga
Clarence r. Hunt and DR. Edward
Grove were killed when the auto
mobile In which they were riding
turned over on a grade between
Ramona and San Diego in California.
Rev. Adrian Van Hulst, S. j.. 90
years old, one Of the oldest and best
known Jesuits in the United States.
was accidentally asphyxiated In his
room at ST. lgnatius college in Chi.
cago.
Racing with death so that his son
could pass away at the old home I'm
Wapakoneta Ohio. John Yinger lost
Tuesday, when his son Melvin. 22
years old. died aboard an NJ. K q T.
train as Il passed through Warren
county, Mo.
Many river steamers and almost In.
Vulnerable native ships were reported
sunk in a cyclone that swept Bengal
Goalands. a'town. was destroyed. and
other places were badly damaged. The
death list can only be surmised. as
nearly all wires are down.
To infuse new blood into the Re-
public Of Mexico for the purpose OF
filling vast tracts OF hitherto unpro-
ductiye lands there. the Mexican gov
srRment will shortly take active steps
towards securing desirable immigra-
hon into that country.
Speculation as to the probable sue
ssssor OF Charles r. Crane az minister
10 China has brought out three names.
They are Assistant Secretary OF state
Hastington Wilson. Charles ". Magooh
and the present Charge D'Ansires At
Picking Henry r. Fletcher. secretary
q legation.
The bee., 1909-10-21
ST. LOUIS BOY AND GIRL A6-
QUOTED TWO MONTHS AGO,
LOCATED IN CHICAGO.
ARE PICKED UP ON Street
Youth Appears to Be in a Dazed Con.
dition and Girl ie Too Young to
Give Statement Concerning
Their Disappearance.

Chicago. oct. 16.-Two Italian child
rem, identified from photographs as
Tomasso and Grace Viviano, who We're
kidnapped from ST. Louis August 2
last. and who have been sought since
by the police OF many cities, were
found wandering aimlessly on the
north side of the city by Detective
Stephen Parodi, OF the Chicago avenue
police station.
The children when found were sit
ting on a curb stone at North Halsted
and Rees streets. Both were weeping
years old. sobbng bitterly and Tomas.
SO. her cousin. who is seven years old,
trying to comfort her
Bcy Admits Identity.
Detective Parodi took the children
in his arms and asked them where
they lived Tomasso said that he did
not know. Remembering the Vivlano
case he asked Tomasso' il his name
was yfvlano The boy nodded his head
as II to confirm his identity. The de;
tective hurried with the children Is
the Hudson avenue police station and
later they were taken TO the north side
district headquarters station at Chi
easo avenue and Police Inspector
0'Brien took charge of the case.
Photographs of the missing ST. Louis
children were procured from the
central detective bureau and Inspector
OBrien was convinced oni1eomparing
them with the !Aameless fodndlings.
that the recovefedcchildren were the
long-sought victims of the ST. Louis
kidnapping. which had taxed the in
genuity OF the detectives in many
cities for many weeks.
Tomasso. the elder Of the children.
was asked by the inspector and Cap
tain Rehm where he and Grace. his
cousin, had been since they wee
taken from heir home in ST. Lonis
The children could give no intelligent
answer. He seid be did not r. 0w
Were +" lived ana could give nc &c!
count Of h's abandonment
Ar the rll''4o avenue police sto''nr
1t was sts'ea tlat tn loy apes 90
10 be in 6Gzed. condition and -i't
'itfl" mi w8s too Young to give any
"anrrcLcnsi.c statc&ent conce.r.sa
locs,l.
~c0'e' v sch" nc, and sesreant
'~'- 49, OF va ST. Loais police de-
,ltpent who knew the Yivilno child
su 900 iyoA here 1nd 1ade positive the
81" alto a. tho 10y and girl.
The children were taken to a
o'iial 10 await The arrival Of re-
'0'iyes from St Louis
TIE ncllce believe that the kidnap-
r's had the children secured in a Sc
'llded section of the city and turned
lEom loose when efforts to exIOrt
rahsom had failed.
The bee., 1909-10-21
DOG IN CHAUFFEUR'S ROLE
Left in Charge OF an Automobile, He
Starts the Car OF and Disputes
Mans Right to Stop II.

Montclair n. j., Oct S.--Two
woman alighted from an automobile
at the postoftice, leaving a bulldog
on the seat AS aatos passed the dog
jumped around, barking joyously- His
body struck the clutch and started
The machine. 1t was running down
hill when James II. Long ran out to
stop IT,
The dog Jumped for the man $
throat Legg jumped Off, but, seeing
that serious accident might occur,
he followed the auto until he got a
chance to pull out the spark plug.
That stopped the machine.
The bee., 1909-10-21
Use for Elastic Conscience.

Riggs and Briggs are two Montreal
citizens. more or less interested in
municipal affairs. They diner on sew
erAl burning questions. but unite In
a strong dislike for O'Flaherty (Which
is not the gentleman's name). The
came O'Flaherty has a positive gift
tor manipulating votes and is capable
Of looking after larger band OF the
faithful" than any other Montreal
politician.
ITS men like O'Flaherty who give
this city bad name" said Riggs
warmly. He's got no principles at
all. Inr fact. he doesn't think OF any
hing but getting his man in"
That's So" responded Briggs. III
hef a conscience as elastic as
or herty's. Id make IL into rubber
uGst."