Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1912-08-22

Of a cyclone that struck Nicola, Iowa.
All wires are down.
! CONGRESSMAN Henry A. Barnhart is
confined to his home as the result of
being run over by his own automo-
bile in Rochester, Ind. When he
cranked his machine it plunged for
ward so quickly that it was impossi-
BILE to get out OF the way.
With 46O pass angers OH board, the
! North German Lloyd liner Frankfurt,
which coliided with the German
steamer Barmen off the Hooff OF Hol
land lishtship, was tcwei .nto port
hv four tugs at Ro';""%''" Holland.
For a few hours Mexican Joan
of Arc was the dictator of Juarez.
! With ten rebel soldiers marching at
! the heels of her horse she rode up
TO the polio estation and dlsarmed
] the provisional chief of police and SIX
| of his men. The rebels rode away
mounted on the policemen's horses.
| The woman fearlessly entered stores
and demanded and received provi-
sions, and then shortly before day
| light rode out of town with her ad-
miring followers. She is the wife OF
Col. Lazero Alanis. rebel commander,
operating around Palomas.
Not daring to awaken her husband
! for fear that he might be shot and
killed, Mrs. Walter F. Klemm, wife Of
| a Philadelphia banker, with a sum-
mer home at Chelsea, y. j., lay awake
and watched a burglar steal jewelry
valued at more than $4,000 from a
dressing table in her bedroom. She
| had awakened to see the burglar, dis
guised with a white silk handkerchief
drawn over his face, removing the
contents of her jewel case. The IN
truder was holding revolver in his
hand.
I'm going cunning" Michael La
| porter told Chicago porter In
barber shop, and within five minutes
| he had killed Luiki LaGrasso, seri-
ously wounded Michael Granato and
shot off the right arm of Mrs. Guisep-
pima Gallina, who was carrying a
baby on her left arm. Laporte used
shotgun. Police pursued Laporte
for several blocks and caught him af-
ter he had fired once at them. The
friends of Laporte's victims gathered
and threatened to attack him. They
were dispersed by the police.
Two men known to be dead and
property damaged to the extent OF
many thousands of dollars as the re-
suit of a terrific rain and electrical
storm which, struck Niles, Mich, and
ragged continuously for twenty-four
hours. Eund' eds Omen, wrecking
I-eHe#s' t11r usTds ad Of
ficials, are, attempting me
Michigan Central tracA OF
commission for dista 1000
feet.
Rebels raided hacie belong
ing to Frank A. Dickinson at San
Luis Potosi, Mexico. a numbor OF
employees on the property were De":-
en-, and the manager fled.
! New York police are searching TO-
a crook whom they say is one OF the
most brutal in all history. The burglar
in one case picked up an innocent in
FAINT and dashed it against the wall
to torture the mother into revealing
the hiding place of her money.
Tige, the dog that saved several
lives in a hotel fire at Columbus
Ohio. three years ago, is dead. Tlge
leaves an estate. having had a bank
account since his exploit of rouslng
Leslie Hattons hotel guests when
fire broke out. He got 10 cents for
every rat he killed besides a regular
allowance provided Ivy his master and,
other admirers. Checks paid for the
dogs board Hatton says, and there
is a balance of $500 to Tise's account
Records showing that within the
last eight months Police Liteutenant
Charles Becker, charged with the
murder OF Herman Rosenthal and ac-
cuscd of gambling graft, has made
bank deposits Of SJS.Si5 in his own
name or that of his wife, were placed
in the hands Of the public prosecutor
Wa shiuoton.