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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04
ONLY INDIAN AVIATOR.
Irontail, Last Ogalalla Chief, Does
Pioneer Air Act for Race.

From the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Irontail, the last of the Ogalaiia chiefs
who followed Sitting Bull. the willy old
Sioux medicine man, into the battle OF
the Little Big Horn, when brave Gen.
Custer yellow Hair and his men were
slaughtered, Is the only savage who has
learned the arts of civilization and who
is living very much in the present. Rain
in the-Face Yellow Horse and all the
fierce warriors who were with Sitting
Bull on that fateful day 1876 have fol-
lowed the old chief to the happy hunting
grounds.
In the span OF a mans lifetime Irontaii
has been part of the aboriginal life OF
this country and participant i'll it's
greatest progress. Once breeched ami
feathered savage, he has become an eX-
pert automobile driver. and the other day
he reached the height of modern human
mechanical endeavor when he piloted an
aeroplane through the air with as much
skill and appreciation as scientific
American aviator.
IL was on Long Island that Chief Iron
tail, who has seen the world with Buffalo
Bill, as a member OF the Wild West show,
and who has acquired worldly wisdom
that has made him as familiar with the
boulevards of Paris and the streets of
Buda pest, Constantinople. Vienna and st
Petersburg as with the hills of Montana
and Wyoming, where he ranged as saw
age, Sot iHto d Suiti pipidhc ana gave
the word TO the mechanic to turn il loose.
When the engine started and the BIZ
plane scared into the air the old Indian
chief held it steady and imperturbably
SKINNED over the ground and about the
field, steering the machine here and there
as he listed. with as much ease as if il
were an automobile, with which he has
| long been familiar.
| A rapturous public cheered the Indian
| TO the echo, but when the machine de-
seconded and ran along the ground until it
stopped irontail stepped from 1t with as
much nonchalance as he would climb
| down from the back of his pony if he
were back again in the land of his
| fathers.
| Ii was an impressive performance I'm
| that il evidenced the remarkable rapid
strides civilization has made in single
| generation. The Indian In flying ma
chine would seem to stand for the apothe-
| osis of modern progress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04
Overcome by Heat in Street.

William Nj. Jones, sixty years old.
was overcome by the heat today while
in front of l,04 r street northwest He
fell 10 the pavement and struck his head
against the curb but was not seriously
hurt. lie soon recovered sufficiently to
go TO his home at go Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04
MARKS OLD PRISON
Patriotic Addresses at UnVeil-
ing of Bronze Tablet.
BUILT A CENTURY AGO
Old Structure on Capitol Hill Has
Witnessed Many Stirring and
Historic Scenes.
BUILT A. CENTURY AGO

Standing in the shadow of the Old Cap
its prison. with its wartime memories
William V. Cox, vice chairman of the
permanent committee on marking points
of interest in the District of Columbia
this afternoon delivered an address teem-
ing with patriotism. Exercises were held
beginning a. $50 O'Clock this afternoon
incident to the unveilng of a bronze
tablet on the former prison house.
The ancient structure, now converted
into modern dwelling. is at the corner
of 1st and A streets northeast, facing
the Capitol park. 1t stands upon grassy
terrace and is shaded by great trees. in
striking contrast with its gloom and
despair in the sixties.
The program was opened with an in
vocation by Rev. John Reid Shanhon. pas
tor of the Metropolitan Nj. T. Church.
Mr.. Cox gave a history of the move
ment for marking historic points in the
District and paid a high tribute to VIII
liam p. Van Wickle. chairman of the
committee on marking sites: to Henry
E. +. mcfarland, District Commission
er Cuno II. Rudolph. Frederick u.
Owen and other working members of
the committee. He said il is the hope
of the committee that the tablets of
bronze will preserve for all time the
memory of persons distinguished in the
upbuilding of the republic and it's Cap
itdl city.
Unveiled by Miss Cox.
The tablet was unveiled by Miss
Hazel Van Zandt Cox, a great great
granddaughter of Gen. James Cox, a
member of Congress from New Jersey
in 1909. and VINO lived at Longs Hotel
before it became the capitol.
In his address Col. Thomas S. Hop
kins, former commander of the Depart
ment of the Potomac, G. 4. r.. gave a
resume of the history of the Old Cap
itol prison
He said the structure was erected prior
to 1900 by George Walker and was used
for hotel purposes by William Tunniciiff
and Pontius -. Stelie. and later by Will
liam Long. down to the present owners.
after the destruction of the Capitol
in 1914 by the British soldiers" he said.
Daniel Carroll OF Duddington, Thomas
Law and Rev. DR. Frederick May Sc
cured the property and offered it to Com
eress and il was thus occupied from
roe was inausurated on platform built
over the front door. The courts occupied
it until 1s2a For a long time thereafter
it was OCCUPIED as Il boarding house. and
was Dy incUlDtTS Oi
Congress for the south. John G. Calhoun
lived AMI died here March 81 1850.
AT the beginning of the civil war il
was used military prison. Capt
Wirz of Andersonville was hanged on its
grounds Belle Boyd, the Noted Con
federate spy was confined within its
walls Many noted men were seized and
thrust into it by military authority
Later George T. Brown. sergeant-at-arms
of the Senate. Bought the property and
n hi Ttl
were occupied by Senator Lyman Trum-
bull OF Illinois, stephen j. Field. justice
Of the Supreme Court of the United
States and by Mr.. Brown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04

Mrs Peckem-Henry, what punishment
should be melted out to a man who pro-
poses to a woman and then refuses TO
marry her?'
Peckem-He should be compelled TO
marry .ler.-Chicagos News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04
What Walls Have Seen.

'If these old walls. erected more than
century ago. could only speak. what
tales they could tell They saw the birth
of a great city. brought forth in a wilder
ness and they have seen develop year
ny year into maturity and into the city
beautiful.
They saw the walls of the old Capitol
rise. and in 1914 they saw the relocated
British troops, flushed with their victory
at BladeEsburg, march across this plaza.
apply the torch to the Capitol and reduce
il to ashes. They sheltered the Congress
until the new Capitol, built upon the
ashes OF the old. became hahitable. They
have seen every Inauguration since Con-
creSS first met here, and they saw Mr..
Lincoln stand upon those eastern steps
over there March 1, 1851. and they heard
the mutterings of that awful storm. 50
soon 10 burst, whose thunderbolts carried
death and destruction into every part of
the north and the south
They saw him again on Match 4. 1861,
at his second inaugural, when his gentle
soul had been torn by the herrors of war
and when his sad features betrayed his
mental anguish under the tremendous
burdens and responsibilities of his official
position.
And again. in April. 1861, they saw
his dead body borne up those steps and
into the rotunda. while the nation wept.
They saw this fair city turned into
military camp. the writ of habeas cor
pus suspended the enemy laundering at
its very gates, while, at intervals from
afar could he heard the guns at Bun
Pun. Fredericksburg, Antietam and Fort
stevens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04
Jef's Hurt Hand.

Il didn't let any one know my hand
was hurt. but went right on hitting with
u If YOU ever punched anybody with
4 broken thumb on your punching hand
you know low il feels. II isn't any fun
''-Ns ] remember the fight. | forced the
race from the start. The black man was
hard 10 get at, being on the defensive l
didn't want 70 rush matters TOO much.
keeping the second fight in mind, and
along in the NTH or sixth round Arm
strong gave a surprise / had ham
mered him with both hands. paying no
attention to my broken thumb, and in
trying 10 get away he lodged under the
rope. / punched 1T him with my left
ard he ducked and came back with a
fierce left in the stomach. That was a
great punch IL knocked the breath out
of me- -fp. a few seconds. hut ! soon went
after him ha,@er than ever. ana had him
bleeding fIv1 L cut over the eye. When
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04
Choynski Taught johnson.

\ peculiar turn of the wheel Is that
Choynski the only man who ever knocked
out Jack Johnson taught Johnson much
of the ring lore. Early in Johnson ca
reer. when the giant Senesambian was a
comparative novice, he was Knocked OUT
in three rounds by Choynski. The battle
was fought in Galveston and caused nucn
race feeling Choynski and Johnson, at
the instisation of the governor, were ar
rested and held in Jail pending action pH
the grand Jury The men enlivened '.-eir
dull moments in Jail by boxing. ana tne
veteran Choynski taught the young ne
gro many valuable points ABOUT tue hi''
STOP and getaway game
Still another whiri OF Fortune Wheei u
that Corbett who now il helping JeHries
get in trim for a championship pattie'
once was helped train by JefrIes Tor d
contest for the worlds heavyweight pu-
eiIjstic honors Jefries was sparrlnS
mariner of Corbett when Gentleman jim
vas preparing to defend his laureiS
against FitZsimmons. Sparring Partner
.Jeffries saw Corbett bend the knee
Every one is familiar with the career Oh
Corbett His defeat of the mighty JoIiil
I Sullivan is one of the most noteworthy
of the seven decisive battles OF the prize
ring Corbetts famous slxty-ore-rouho
battle with Peter Jackson also VIII I'VE
long in the memories of the hEht rams
J-nfiI ne lost the worlds championship 10
E-i,zsimrons in the memorable nght IN
Carson CITY i'm 1897, COrbett was cohsld-
cred unbeatable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04
Joy Turned to Grief.

They saw the National Capital. cele-
brating with unrestrained joy. ablaze
with illuminations. intoxicated with vic
tory changed in day to a Grape hung
city. Frustrated with grief over the death
of the great but gentle soul whose name
and fame will never die.
They have seen. thanks be unto God.
reunited country: have seen il grow
and take its place among the great ma
tons of the earth. a mighty people
whose God is the Lord and whose car
dinal principles are liberty, equality and
justice.
And as these walls have looked down
upon Il century pregnant with mighty
events. world wide in their far-reaching
effects, century that has accomplished
more for the uplifting of humanity and
the glory of God than any five centuries
that have ever preceded il, il is fitting
and proper that we should on this, the
l:stth anniversary of the signing of the
Declaration of Independence. place upon
them all enduring tablet. forever mark
ing spot of such deep historic interest," -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04
JEFFR|ES DEFEATED THE
MEN Who TRAINED HIM
Three of His Handlers Went Down
Before Him in Prize
Ring.
SAYS CHOYNSKI GAVE
HIM HARDEST PUNCH
Farmer Burns Has Been of Much
Help to Big Californian-Broke
His Hand on Armstrong.

Strange to say, three of the four men
who are helping whip Jim Jeffries into
condition for the big Independence day
battle were former adversarieS of the big
fellow Bob Armstrong, Jim Corbett and
Joe Chonyski all have faced Jeffries when
the Boiiermaker was on business bent.
Jeffries fought Corbett twice, handlng
him a pass to dreamland in the twenty
third round at Coney Island in their first
meeting and knocking him out in the
tenth round of their second fight IN san
Francisco. Choynski fought Jenries a
furious twenty-round draw and Armstrong
was outpOinted by Jeffries in ten-round
go at the old Lencx ~ c., in TINS city,
saws the New York Press.
Corbett and Choynski, though now
friends and working with the one ldea OF
helping Jeffries get back into ms own,
once were bitter enemies. and met IN
three ring battles. The first. at FAIRFAX,
May 20 1889. was stopped in the fourth
round by the police; the second, at Bene-
cia Cal the following June. went 10 Cor
bett. by knockout in the twenty-seven,h
round. and in the third meeting. N san
Francisco, Corbett won II four ROUNDS
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-02-24
SENATOR TILLMAN'S CONDITION
is NOW GREATLY IMPROVED
All His Mental Faculties Have Re-
turned and Physician Says He is
Now Out of Danger.

There was rejoicing last night
among the friends of Senator
B. r. Tillman, when the attend
ing physician announced that his
patient was practically out of
danger. Senator Tillman was
stricken with paralysis at his
home in Washington on We'd
nesday of last week and for a
time his recovery was considered
extremely doubtful. For several
days he was unable to speak.
The recovery of the senator has
been almost miraculous, in the
opinion of medical men, and he
continues steadily to improve. At
9 o'clock last night DR.. Pick
ford gave out the following
bulletin.
The condition of Senator Till
man is all that could be desired.
The paralysis and aphasia are
rapidly improving. The patient
is practically out of danger.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-02-24
Death of w. S. P. Hunter.

w. S. P. Hunter, a prominent
farmer of the Providence section
of Mecklenburg county, who was
well known in Fort Mill, died at
his home Sunday morning from
the effects of a second stroke of
paralysis which he suffered about
ten days ago. The first aff1iction
of this sort came over Mr.. Hunt
er some months ago and he has
remained in poor state of health
since.
Mr. Hunter was a native of
Mecklenburg, having been born
and reared in the Mallard creek
community. He moved to lower
Providence many years ago
and settled, purchasing a farm
in that vicinity and becomi ng
well established. He was a vet
eran of the Civil war, fighting in
that conflict with marked ability
and bravery.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-02-24
Death of Richard B. Russell.

f.. w. Russell, assistant cashier
of the Savings Bank of Fort Mill,
received the distressing news
Thursday afternoon of the sud
den death of his brother, Richard
B. Russell, in Charlotte. Mr..
Russell dropped dead of heart
failure on West Trade street
about a o'clock Thursday after
noon. He had been in poor
health for some time, but no one
anticipated that his death was
so near. He was in good spirits
Thursday and had gone up town
from his boarding house. When
the summons came Mr.. Russell
was speaking with a friend. He
fell to the pavement and ex-
pired before medical aid could
reach him.
Mr.. Russell had been employed
for several years as a cotton
buyer and had been stationed at
Yorkville. He gave up the work
last December, however, and
returned to Charlotte to be with
his relatives, one of whom was
Clerk of Court j. A. Russell.
Mr.. Russell was popular with all
who knew him, possessing those
traits of character which attract
and hold friends. He was 60
years of age and is survived by
two brothers, E. w. Russell, of
Fort Mill, and j. A. Russell, of
Charlotte, besides half-brother
and half-sister, w. L. Wallace
and Mrs. d. d. Traywick, both
of whom live in Charlotte. The
lnterment was in Elmwood
cemetery, Charlotte.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-02-24
Big Contracts for Brick Company.

The Charlotte Brick company.
whose plant is two miles south of
Fort Mill, at Grattan. has Sc
cured the contract to supply the
brick to be used in the construc
tlon of the Republic cotton mill
at Great Falls, in Chester county.
The contract is for 1000, 600
brick. An even larger contract
which this company has just
been awarded is for 1000, 600
brick for the building of a new
mill at Easley, in Pickens county.
The daily output of the Charlotte
Brick company, when the ma
chlnery is running smoothly, is
about 100, 600 brick, but it will be
some time before these contracts
are filled.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-02-24
George Potts Annapolis Alternate.

George Potts, the 17-year-old
son of ID. o. Potts, of Pleasant
Valley, Lancaster county, has
been named as first alternate for
appointment to the Naval acade-
my, at Annapolis, Md, as a re-
suit of the examination held in
Yorkville on the 18th inst. Young
Mr.. Potts chances to become a
naval cadet are excellent, for.
should the principal, a young
man named Bell, whose home is
IN Gatfney, fail in either the
mental or physical examination.
the Pleatant Valley boy would
have the first call on the vacan-
cy. The mental examination of
the young men is to be held at
Greenville, Columbia or Charles
ton on the 18th of April and the
physical examination at Annapo-
lis on June q.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-02-24
Electric Chair for Steele Creek Negro.

After an hours deliberation
Monday evening, the Mecklen-
burg jury before whom Cobb
Withers was being tried for his
life returned a verdict of first
degree murder. Withers was
charged with numbering John
O'Leary, another negro, over a
card game in the Steele Creek
section of Mecklenburg county
last fall. Differences arose be-
tween the two men, both of
whom were gambling, and
Withers shot O'Leary with a
pistol, the latter dying almost
instantly. The difficulty occur
ed on the plantation of S. w.
Kimbrell, a few miles from Fort
Mill.
Tuesday afternoon Withers was
sentenced to death in the electric
chair by Judge E. B. Jones. The
execution is to take place in Raj
eigh April 21st, unless the su-
preme court or Governor Kitchin
interferes.
Both the dead man and his
slayer were well known by the
negroes of this community and
both bore unsavory regulations.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-02-24
CONDITION OF THE CATAWBAS
WILL BE INVESTIGATED SOON
Concurrent Resolution of General As
sembly May Result in Relief for
York County Indians.

For a time it looked as if moth
ing would come of the concurrent
resolution introduced in the
State senate by Mr.. Stewart to
investigate the condition of the
Catawba Indians with the view
of the State purchasing for their
use additional lands contiguous to
their reservation on the Catawba
river, Is miles below Fort Mill,
but Representative Glasscock got
busy during the last days of the
legislative session and succeeded
in getting the resolution adopted
by the house. The effect of the
resolution, as was outlined in
The Times some weeks ago, is
the appointment of a commission
of three citizens, neither of
whom shall be a member of the
Legislature, to inquire into the
condition of the Indians and
suggest to the Legislature at the
session of 1911 any changes
which they think will be alike
beneficial to the Indians and the
Commonwealth.
In a petition to the Legislature
praying for relief from their
present "deplorable condition,
81 of the 90-odd Indians now on
the reservation state that the
land on which they live is so un-
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-02-24
SOUTH CAROLINA MILITIA
NOT UP TO REQUIREMENTS
Adjutant General Points Out Deficien-
cies in His Report Reference to
Fort Mill Company.

In his annual report to the
Legislature of the condition of
the National Guard of South
Carolina, Adjutant General Boyd
states that it is deficient in the
matter of drill. The almost
total neglect of the instruction of
enlisted men, when first entering
service as recruits, manifests
itself in the slouchy and badly
set-up appearance of the COM
panies when assembled for drills
or ceremonies" General Boyd
says that more attention must be
given to drill at the home stations;
the time allotted for camps of
instruction is too short to permit
of any portion being given to in
struction that should have been
impaired before coming to camp.
Sighting drills, and position and
aiming drills, as laid down in
small arms firing manual, and
expressly prescribed by the war
department, have been almost
entirely neglected.
The present strength of the
organized militia is as follows:
The adjutant generals depart
ment, three officers; the inspector
generals department, one officer;
judge advocate generals depart
ment, two officers; the quarter
masters department, two off
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-02-24
Cold an Augury of Good Crops.

The farmers Of this community
are already beginning to talk
about the crop prospects of the
year, and Notwithstanding the
fact that the spring season has
hardly opened many are of the
opinion that the year 1910 will
prove favorable to their interests.
The unusually cold weather of
the last few months, they say,
has been instrumental in giving
the ground a mechanical break
ing up and working over which
will prove most valuable.
While the people of Fort Mill
have been praying for milder
weather, the farmer has been
wishing that the freezing wealth
er would hold out a little longer.
In fact the predictions of fat
year are largely based on the
continuance of the low tempera-
ture. 1t is said that the present
winter is one of the coldest ex-
perienced in the South for many
years, but while the cold may
have been unpleasant to the
inhabitants, it is asserted that it
was the best thing which could
have happened to the soil in
order to assure good crops.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-02-24
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
FOR HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE
The Legislature Gets Busy in Closing
Hours and Appropriates Money for
Grounds and Buildings.

One of the most important
matters disposed of at the ses-
sion of the Legislature which
adjourned Sunday morning was
the asylum matter, the substi-
tute bill presented by the free con-
ference committee being adopted
late on the closing night of the
session. The bill provides for
the appointment by the governor
of commission of five, who are
authorized to purchase land and
erect such additional buildings
as they may decide upon, the
commission being authorized to
borrow 100000 from the sink
ing fund, or elsewhere. The
superintendent of the hospital,
DR.. Babcock, and the chairman
of the State board of health, DIR.
Robert Wilson, of Charleston.
are to be members of the COM
mission, the other three to be
business men to be named by the
governor, it being stipulated that
no member of the general assem-
bly, shall be eligible to appoint
ment.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-02-24

GERS; the subsistence department,
two officers; medical corps, 13
officers; the ordnance depart
ment, six officers; the corps of
engineers, one officer; brigade
headquarters, one officer; First
regiment infantry, 81 officers,
568 enlisted men total, 6l9:
Second regiment infantry, AZ
officers, 587 enlisted men-to total,
635; Third regiment infantry,
40 officers, sos enlisted men, to-
tai, 602; hospital corps, three
detachments, 33 enlisted men;
First Company coast artillery
corps, two officers, 40 enlisted
men total, ~; Second Company
coast artillery corps, two officers,
AZ enlisted men total; 40; grand
total, 179 officers and 1926 en-
listed men; aggregate, zoos.
In the report of Lieut.. C. H.
Cabaniss, who represented the
national government in the in
spection of the South Carolina
militia last year, the following
reference is made to the condition
of the Fort Mill Light Infantry
Company K), First regiment:
Physique of officers and men
is good. No physical examina-
ton prior to enlistment. All are
men of good character; they ap-
pear to be intelligent and fairly
Jealous; in case of emergency rs
per cent. can be assembled,
ready for duty, in two hours.
In the event of call of the
president, SO per cent. would
probably respond. Discipline is
good. Public property is well
cared for; books and records have
been kept as required. There
has been some range practice,
but no gallery practice. There
have been no sighting drills, no