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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12

The officer had stepped to one side. Up here, of you he said to the boat crew. Bear hand there's wounded in the hold"
 Smith started say something.
 You'd better keep your head shut" said the officer Down into the boat-both of you"
 rSurliy they obeyed.
 The Ifishman began to address the wflite-clad sitting on the thwarts. He began incoherent dis jonted numbling
 Stow all that, mate," cautioned the coxswain; @its
 Keep quiet, you fool.9 nuttered Smith, and Gilgan subsided.
 The officer stepped the deck and hailed the
  bringing off three men One's badly wounded-tvro prisoners"
 By this time the wounded negro had been lifted from the hold. Something dropped from his poclSet-t1nno ticed His eyes were closed now and he was saying nothing. How any man could have lived in such a condition it might be hard to tell. But he breathing
 The boats crew lowered all the schooners sails, eft on board of her, and with the unconscious body lying in sternsheets his s1ipnates feet they pulled off for the cutter.
 In another half an hour the Michigan had taken the Sarah Benson in tow and heading to the west ward Down in the sicl<-bay lay Ormsby moaning on cot, the surgeon working over him.. In irons separ- prisoners held for mutiny and murder the high
 Further record of this story be found in the testimony submitted the United States Circuit Court rnarkabfe trial in its details in its summing up and its result So remarkable that became nine days wonder and has been forgotten yet all took place but eight years ago When the court opened and the United States had stated its there were three defendants-Mcfae1 Gilligan Jonas Smith, and Dgby Ormsby The last had from the first, steadfastly denied any connection with the mutiny murders He told tale of having overheard plot being formed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12

to become of the derelict mysteries of the sea. Wiser, perhaps, for them had they done sol At four o'clock in the afternoon they sighted a small white steamer to the northwest. In half down them.
 God save usl We're in for it now" nuttered the Irlshman- It's revenue cutteri B'gori don't like the looks Q thatP Smith, who was at an innocent showed signs of guilt, G1igan did -lt was stamped upon his features.
 Whatll tell 'en?' asked the Irishman.
 II he truth you foolt' cursed Smith. "Weu tell eIn the truth-thats all there is to tell"
 In another half hour the schooner was hove to. and to wndward her, rising and falling easily was the revenue cutter. Her fo'castle and bridge were hlled with figures in clean white There were pointing arms and staring faces An officer hailed them through megaphone
 sThe Sarah Benson" shouted Smith making trumpet of his hands Lower boat and come met the officer at the main sinrouds and helped him over the side.
 Whats happened here7" he asked looking around.
 Except for the torn sails and loose gear there were no signs of trouble.
 Whats happened here?' Smith replied. Murder and mutiny, that's all. .".,
 Are you the captain7"
 No; the captains dead"
 "The mater"
 "No; all dead but the man at the wheel there and me- Come afti I'll tell you. sir"
 The crew in the boat alongside had caught the words and fell to whispering. The officer followed to the poop.
 This man. Michael G1igan and me-" began smith, pointing at the trembling Irishman, fare foremast hands, ABS. My name is Jonas Smith yesterday at just six bells in the afternoon-" and then he went on with the story. He told of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12

shortened water supply; of the drunken master and amuck. He gave the full history of the Hell at Sea" T---
 The officer listened kept shifting his glance from Smith to Gi1ligan At last he spoke.
 Do you bear this mans story out he said sterny. to the 1rishman.
 sEvry word sir. So help me Evry wordP
 Strange to say, there sounded defiance in his tone His eyes did not meet the officers
 Where are the bodies of these rnenID
 They're overheard" said Smith-toverboard-a but onep
 Whose Is that7"
 "The cook,s sir, the Barbados nigger was tel1in you about. I killed him with hatchet; he'll prove what Pm sayings true His body's in the hold. .. Come here Pl
 He led the way to the main hatch, Gilgan bringing up the
 "Souls of the saints P exclaimed the Irstnan the first to speak starting back He reached for the main shrouds, and stood there gaspng,
 Sitting on his haunches looking up at thena-ai1 stepped back
 Smith gave short sharp breath
 Good LordP he cried, q didn't kill himr
 wailing voice from the hold. It sounded like the weak piping of stricken child.
 Don't kill mel Oh, don't kill me r the voice crooked shrilly. "I1 never te1l-In tell. Captaini Oh Captain Crabbe" The voice grew louder. They're ldllin me Save mel Save mel Watch out they're comin,i Help Oh, my Gawdl Helpi Helpp . smith gave a shivering curse. "The lyin' niggerp he blurted What tell you is the truth. He done G1igan's knees were trembling so that. now they knocked together. His face muddy yellowish gray. 1.-The murdherin' heathenl" he coughed. "We ought "a killed. him. He done it with knifel
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Hes in the hold. I've done for him. tell you I've smashed his head"
 The Irishn1an glance the hatchet. Brave byeP he said, and grinned foo1ish1y., You're the brave 1adP'
 They set to work flashing down the canvas. The headsalls had blown to ribbons; but they had : things fairly snug. Ormsby had lashed the wheel before he had left it, and they began look around trace of the bloody deeds. The rain and sea had washed out all the rest the cook had thrown all the dead bodies overheard. They stopped at the main hatch and looked down.
 What do with # asked Gi1ligan.
 Leave him where he Is he'll be a witness story. We've got to tell straight one, or it'll go hard with Come aft to the cabin and gs < drink, said Smith, tossing overheard the hatchet.
 Everything shipshape there, except dark biotch at the foot of the ladder. Leaning against the edge of the dead captains bunk, with it's dirty bottles and mixed a strong toddy. The bottle passed between them; then they began on cases of Hine
 When they to, the schooner was swinging. easily the seas. It broad daylight. Smith routed Gilligan of the mates stateroon, where he lay in half-drunken torpor, and they went deck. gentle breeze blowing from the east ward. With the help of the winch they got up of the split and tattered sails Latitude and 1ong1- lay 1and-the United States. With the schooner go- ing free, they shaped course Bermuda would be the nearest but there the shoals and direc- ton of the island would De but guesswork At Smiths suggestion they had raised the ensign the foren1ast, union down He had disregarded Gil ligan's idea of getting in close to the. American shore, lowering boat, and leaving the Sarah Ben-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12

HE three-masted schooner Sarah Benson, over two hundred miles out of her course, and well to the northeastward of the Bahamas, threshed and widowed in the dancing blue of the Gulf Stream. Though the booms were amidships, the blocks brought up with crash at every sideways swing; hour after hour the reef points slated and rattled against the dirty brown sails. Twenty-eight days out / of Trinidad, after touch at St. Lucia
 and Gsaadeloupe, she stani< of varied
 cargo. The fumes of asphalt mingled
 with the ednr of uYer-ripe bananas and
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
PRESIDENT MAY
TIE UP OWN SALARY
Expected to Veto Executive Ap-
preparation Bill.

Washington, Aug. S.---I.imited terms
for civil service employees, the aboli-
ton of the commerce court and the
retention of its FIVE judges as extra
circuit JUDGES. viii be submitted to
President Taft as provisions of the
legislative. executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill.
All these proposals, already ap
proved by the house, were adopted by
the senate by vote of 80 to 10
against the opposition of Senators
Cummins, Crawford, Burton, Lodge
and several others.
Some Of President Taft's friends
say he will veto tlse bill, although i'll
doing so he will hold up his own sal
airy, that of every member of congress
and every United States Judge Such
action on the presidents part would
also further delay the annual appro
priation, overdue since July l.
The president is said to oppose the
abandonment of life tenure for civi
service employees and also the aboti
tion of the commerce court.
The bill carries an Appropriation o
s34,000,000
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
NEARL LYDEADFROM En-. 0SURE
Tourist Party Caught In Blizzard In
Colorado Mountains.

Steamboat Springs, Colo, Aug. S.
Facing death in blizzard on the west
slope of Ethel mountain, almost ready
to drop in their tracks from exposure,
the party of tourists who started for
the summit of the mountain Friday
night to see the sun rise Saturday
morning was found by one of the
three searching parties sent out from
here.
The four women of the party were
almost exhausted and had to be held
on their horses during the trip down
after their rescue.
Included in the party was Miss Alice
Mccormick of Albert Lea, Mimi.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
ROOSEVELT NOW
IN the CONTEST
Nominated for President by the
Progressive Convention
at Chicago.
DELAY OVER THE PLATFORM
Finally Decided to Name Can
dIdates Before Adopting
Resolutions.
DELAY OVER THE PLATFORM

Chicago, Aug. S.-Theodore Roose-
welt is the nominee for president of
the national Progressive party. Tired
of waiting for the report of the COM
mittee on resolutions the convention
decided to proceed with the nomina
tions before adopting platform. Colo
mel Roosevelt was then placed in nom
ination for head of the ticket by VIII.
lam A. Prendergast of New York city.
Great enthusiasm marked the speak.
er's reference to the former president.
In concluding his nominating speech
Mr. Prendergast said:
my candidate is the man coura-
geous' of American politics. Where
the interests of the people have been
menaced he has known no fear and
asked no quarter. His challenge has
always been to a struggle In the open.
There have been none so powerful
as to awe him, and before him the
greatest captains Of industry have
lowered their lances."
Seconding speeches were made by
Judge Ben b. Lindsey, Colorado; Gov
ernor Hiram w. Johnson, California;
II. T. Allen, Kansas; General Horatio
C. King, New York; p v. Collins, Min
nesota; j. M. Parker, Louisiana.
The coloners nomination was made
by acclamation.
The first floor debate of the conyen'
ton was precipitated when the lead
ers, waiting for the completion of the
platform, proposed a recess of an hour
Many of the delegates objected to this
plan. They wanted to GO ahead with
the nominating speeches. but the con
vention recessed for an hour.
Anxious to Leave for Home.
Henry j. Allen of Kansas led the
opposition to the recess and was sec
onded by William Finn of Philadel
phia. Timothy l.. Woodruff of New
York, former Governor Franklin For
of New Jersey and several others
stood by the leaders in favor of re
cess and the motion was carried ovei
| the first chorus of noes" marking the
launching of the new party.
Many of the delegates are leavin,
the city late in the afternoon and |
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
TITANIC RELIEF DEMANDS
All of the Mansion House 100000
Fund viii Be Needed.

London, Aug S.-Although the Man
sion House and other funds for the
$2,000,000, reports made to the lord
mayor indicate that all OF this will be
required to maintain the allowances
now made for the relief of the de-
pendents of the victims of the dis
aster.
OF 673 of the crew who were
drowned 535 belonged to Southamp-
ton and 1873 to other places. For those
belonging to Southampton claims
have been made to the Mansion House
committee for 239 widows. 533 chill
dren under sixteen years OF age and
213 other dependents.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-08-08

Incorporated the resolution of the ere
dentials committee recognizing the
right of each state to determine the
qualifications and maTiaer OF election
OF its delegates.
Provision was made that where state
laws came into conflict with the rules
of the convention the state laws
should prevail Contested delegates
are to be barred from taking part in
the convention until their right to a
seat has been determined.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
OLLIE JAMES A HUMORlS1
Says "BuII Moose" Should BE "5ulI
Loose"

Washington, Aug. s.-"The name
bull moose as applied to Colonel Roose-
velt is a misnomer," said Senator
Elect Ollie James of Kentucky, who
was permanent chairman of the Demo
cratic national convention at Balti-
more. Bull moose nothing! 1t should
be bull loose and the Republican par.
ty is the china shop"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
Ex-SHAH REFUSES ATTACK
Occupies Stronghold In Persian Noun
tain Range.

London, Aug. S.-A force of Persian
military police under the command of
two Swedish officers were repulsed
while endeayoring to dislodge Mo
hammed Ali Mira, ex-shah of Persia,
from a stronghold he occupies in the
mountains ten miles south of Shiraz,
the capital of the province of Fairs,
according to a news agency dispatch.
One of the Swedish officers was
wounded and twenty of the rank and
file of the mounted police were killed
or wounded. The government troops
also lost mountain gun and q con-
siderable number of rifles.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-08-08

Presented a Teddy Bear by BIackfoot
Indian Chief.

Glacier Park, Mont, Aug. s.-A
band of fifty Blackfoot Indians in full
war regallia greeted the Taft camping
expedition on it's arrival here Chief
White Culver presented Robert Taft
with a young Teddy Bear caught on
the trail, but the son of the president
laughingly said the gift put him In a
dilemma.
II don't think | dare take this
home" he said, 'in the face OF the
existing strained relationship between
my father and Mr.. Roosevelt"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
For Governor of indiana.

Indianapolis, Aug. S.-Ex-Goyernor
Winfield Durbin OF Anderson was nom-
mated for governor by the Republican
state convention. The nomination was
made on the motion OF Mayor Shank
of indianapolis, also an aspirant for
the nomination, and seconded by John
c. Cheney and Charles A. Carlisle,
both of whom sought the place, that
the nomination be by acclamation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
SHORTAGE MAY
REACH BIG sum
Lawyer CornweIl, Who Ends
Life, Alleged Defanlter.
FRIENDS MOURN HIS FATE
Sorrow Amorg Residents
of His Home Town of West Chester,
Ready to Render Financial Aid.

Fs1 WHeTe 5usiHcss wen WSFc
Ready to Render Financial Aid.
West Chester, Pa, Aug S.-Nothing
In the history of this community has
created such widespread feeling of
sorrow and depression among it's resi-.
dents as the suicide of Colonel Glib.
bons Gray Cornwell, the soldier and
lawyer who ended his life on a Penn
sylvania railroad train while being
brought back from New York to an
swer charge of misappropriating
funds of an estate of which he was
trustee.
1t is probable had he had the heart
to face the charges that friends and
relatives would have come to his res
cue and he would have been helped In
his involved position. A meeting OF
merchants and professional men was
held at which plans to aid Colonel
Cornwell were discussed.
Mrs. Cornwell is in a state of physi
cal collapse and the sympathies of the
community have gone to her and to
the four small children. Captain II
T. Cornwell, the aged father of the
suicide. also is in a state of collapse
The suicide of Colonel CornweIl de
veloped the fact that he was contem
plating fleeing the country at the time
OF his arrest. Constable William Mul
len, who was bringing the accused
man to West Chester when he ended
his life, said that in searching Colonel
CornwelPs pockets number of steam
ship sailing lists and other literature
! containing information about foreign
trips were found.
A complete investigation of Colone
Cornwells entangled affairs will bt
begun at once. Arthur b. Reid, attor
ney for the Darlington estate, OF which
the suicide was a trustee. placed the
shortage at anywhere from $4,000 tc
s150,000 Colonel Cornwell had charge
of trust funds and estates valued a
$3.50, 900
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
WILSON TOLD OF
HIS NOMINATION
Governor Accepts and Gives
Views on Public Issues.
MANY DEMOCRATS ATTEND
Every State Is Officially Represented
and in Addition Prominent Members
of the Party Participate in the
Ceremonies.


Seagirt, n. J., Aug. S.-Governor
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey Off
cially was notified that he had been
chosen by the Baltimore convention
as the nominee for the presidency on
the Democratic ticket
Briefly and simply Governor Wilson
was notified of his nomination by
Senator Elect Ollie James of Ken
lucky, who emphasized as he said,
that the governor had obtained the
honor "untrammeled by obligations
and unembarrassed by Affiliations OF
any kind" Though the governor
spoke in acceptance theoretically to
the fifty-two members of the commit
tee, representing each state and terri
tory in the United States, the speech
was heard by large crowd.
Prominent Democrats, governors of
many states, their families, members
OF the Women's National Democratic
league and others came to attend the
exercises.
From the veranda of the white
house, where the governors of New
Jersey are wont to spend their sum-
mers, the nominee delivered his
speech. Grouped beneath wide spread.
ing willows and elms were the more
prominent guests, hedged in by
clumps Of ferns and bushes.
Wilson's Views In Brief.
There are two great things to do:
To set up the rule of right and of
justice and to protect our people and
resources. keeping open to the whole
people the door of opportunity.
The tariff should be revised at once
beginning with schedules which have
most obviously been used to kill com
petition and to raise prices Revision
should be gradual SO as not to dis
turb business too violently.
The tariff in the past has been a
matter of private understanding in
which the people have held no part
nership Henceforth 1t must be a
matter of business. not politics.
Efficient trust legislation Is needed
to supplement the present antitrust
law.
Waterways should be improved and
strong merchant marine built up
but not by means OF subsidies.
Trusts are the product of the pres
ent system of making the tariff,
Big business is not dangerous be
cause ii is big, but because its big
ness is an unwholesome imitation ere
ated by unjust exemptions and privi
leges.
Legislation for betterment of wage
earners is urged.
Currency reform Is necessary, bu
1t must not be framed by banker.
exclusively.
There can be no rule Of right with
out rule of the people, who must b.
partners In public affairs
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
Trophy for Oversee FIiqht.

New York, Aug. S.-Mrs Woodruff
Martin, one of the pioneer suffragists
of the United States. has offered,
through an English organization, a
trophy valued at $4,000 to the first
aviator who crosses the Atlantic by
aeroplane.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-08-08

was because of this fact they wanted
to use every moment of available time
for convention business.
MediIl Mccormick OF Illinois, chair.
man of the committee on rules, pre-.
sented the code governing the new or
ganization. The report designated the
new party "the Progressive party"
There was objection by some to drop
ping the word national and final
adoption of the rules was put of un.
til the committee could consider the
point anew.
After Federal Officeholders.
A rule forbidding federal officehold-
ers sitting as national committeeman
provoked a storm OF applause. The
demonstration was renewed when the
rule requiring that where states have
primary laws delegates to the Pro.
gressIve conventions of the future
should be elected under these laws,
whether they be optional or manda.
tory.
The rules committee. however. also
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-08-08

San Francisco, Aug. s.-Lloyd Os-
bourne, the author, stepson of Robert
Louis Stevenson, is dying at Santa
Barbara, according to advices received
here
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-08-08
EPIDEMIC OF TYPHOID FEVER
Nearly One Thousand Cases at Otta-
wa, Ont.

Ottawa, Ont, Aug. s.--Nearly a
thousand cases of typhoid fever have
developed in Ottawa.
The epidemic is due to contamina-
tion OF the water supply and outlines
for a filtration plant have been sub
mitted by New York engineer.
This Is the second epidemic within
. year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-28
How Tacoma Is Spending Thanksgiving Day

Rev. L. l.. Coy will preach at
Fern Hill Baptist church this
evening and Rev. n. A.. Larsen
spoke this morning at Our Saw
iour's Lutheran this morning.
At the Y. NJ. C. A. there was
a service this morning, and this
evening a great gymnasium
show will be put on.
The spirit of charity was given
full rein in the city for the day.
Many private charitable enter
prises carried relief and a big
dinner to the city's poor and the
associated charities distributed
over 200 big baskets laden with
good things to the needy.
Out on the athletic field al
the stadium this afternoon the
High school is showing its idea
of how to celebrate in a strenu-
Gus gridiron clash with Lincoln
of Seattle.
Many citizens tied down to the
routine of business life on ordi-
nary days are also out in the
woods today with gun and dog
celebrating and burning powder
without really doing much dam
age to the game either.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-28
BE thankful,

BE thankful.
The president of the United
States and the governor of the
state have so ordered, SO whether
you have anything special to be
thankful for or not, today is the
day w>Sn everybody is expected
to be optimistic, take a survey of
their blessings and show some APP
probation for the fact that they
IRE alive.
1t is not necessary to have II
20-pound turkey OF the table in
order to be appreciative and
thankful. In fact ii is better to
have IL soup bone and u good APP
petite than Il turkey and dyspep-
STA.
Thanksgiving day as a nation
al institution has undergone
considerable religious and opti-
mistic celebration for the bless
ings of life and abundant har-
vests it has become a day in
large measure for gorging with
fowl, and a surrender to recrea-
ton of all sorts.
The churches still retain the
original inspiration of the day,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-28

and in Tacoma union services
were held in groups of churches
in the different parts of the city.
Catholic churches held their
regular services this morning.
Christian Scientists met at II
O'Clock.
The North group of Protest
ant churches celebrated at Mason
Methodist church last night. All
the big First" churches united
in service at Emmanuel Pres
byterian church at 1890 today,
with Rev. w. A. Moore preach
ing the sermon.
Group No. 2 assembled at
Lincoln Park Christian church
where Rev. Joel Vigus spoke.
Another South Side group was
addressed at Bethany Methodist
by Rev. Mr. .McCallum. Rev.
J.. H. Carter was orator for the
meeting at Sprague Memorial.
On the East Side Rev. B. d. AL
len spoke at Grace Methodist.
The West End churches unite at
the Sixth Avenue Baptist tonight
with Rev. w. T. Randolph
preaching.