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The JViarlboro Democrat
R ??DO THOU, GREAT IJIBKHTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POBS1.SSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE."
VOL XXXITj BENNETTSVILI Ai. S. C., FRIDAY, M AY 8. !{)()? NO. 19
MANY LIVES LOST
In a Most Destructive Hotel Fire
at Fort Wayne, Ind.
NUMBER OF MISSING.
Tho Burn lng of (ho Rog ist or Renders
Accurate Estimate of Futilities
Impossible-Tlio Fire Was discov
ered nt Hnlf-Pusl Titree O'Clock
Sunday .Morning in tho Elevator
Shaft.
At loasl \2 persons lost their lives
in :i Ure which destroyed the New
Aveline hotel at Fort Wayne, Ind.,
early Sunday morning. Tho cutir?
$ interior of tito building is a smould
ering houp of ruins and how ninny
dead ure concealed hy the debris can
only be conjectured. The hotel reg
ister was consumed by thc bro and
there is no accurate means of de
termining who is missing.
^ Charred wood, bricks and twisted
girders are piled up between the walls
lo t li o second story. Piece by piece
this must be removed before tho roll
of the dead can he completed. Some
of the bodies Ulken bul are mangled
and charred beyond recognition.
The lire was discovered al 3: ?10
Sunday morning in thc elevator shaft
by Night Clerk Ralph Pip] ins. Ile
rushed to the upper Doors, alarming
the guests until the Hames, which had
spread with great rapidity, drove
them back. His efforts, howeve-,
saved many lives.
The hotel was creeled half a cen
tury ago and thc wood work was dry
as tinder. Within a few minutes from
the time the tire was dls.'OVorod tho
whole interior was a mass of Manies
and (lie only nyopr . of escape was
by the windows.
The lire department rescued many
of the guests by means of ladders,
but some, frenzied by the rush of
fiann1'!, lc;i;. :>.'. 4'i'MIU WMIldoWS tl) tilO
-.d reel.
t?, S. Johnson, of Pana, 111., jump
ed from the fifth story. His body
struck a balcon., and hounded far in
to ?tho street. I io died a short time
ljvCer.
As Hie llames increased men and
women were seen lu tho windows of
their rooms Imploring help. Some
did not wait for the aSsislance of thc
firemen and leaped iii lite street.
Th?se who left I lie lr rooms before tho
Hames cut off their ri tu al were able
to make their way lb thc Uro escape
{ind were saved.
Thai Lhere are severa' bodies in
the rums is the belief <">f Fire Chief
llilbreclil and Chief of Police Alick
enbrtick places bis estimate of dead
yet in tho ruins as high as 2u. Tho
New Aveline Hotel was a six story
building of brick. ll stood 111 the
business centre of the eily; The hotel
and ils furnishings vvbro valued at
$80,nun. *
Ti ld i.MAN TO RETURN IIO.ME.
Tile Senator Left the Sanitorium <>n
Last Saturday.
Senator Tillman's condition !.. so
much improved that lie lias returned
to 4^ home ai Trenton. Ile will cote
tiiii to rest, remaining (pilotly ai
home until a bm; t .lune I , \v hen bc
expects t.) sail for hu rope. This will
be good news lo (he many friends Of
the Senator, who lope ililli 1)0 will
soon bo entirely recovered so as he
Will be able lo return tb Ills dulise
in the Senate, wln-te lie is so much
missed.
THREE SAFES RLOWN.
Robbers Made a Coed Haul at
Hartwell, (hi.
Safe robbers visited Hartwell, Cu .
about one o'clock Thursday morning
Tile postoiliee was opened and robbed
of $:.fi iii money and about $1,000 in
stamps. None of the mails were wore
molested. The safe was blown opon
Willi nitro glycerine. The Southern
express office was also visited and the
safes blown, The express money or
ders wore tosstd about the place. I?
is believed about $200 was secured
there. *
SNOW AMI SLEET
Fell in Several of (be Northern States
on Las! thursday.
Following snow during the morning
hours. Pittsburg, l'a., ami vicinity
was visited hy a I bunder storm, which
biased in nell damage. Two North
Side houses were struck hy lightning
and set on fire, .Much apprehension is
felt; as to I he Off CCI O? Hie snow on
fruit trees. The snowfall in the su
burban dist rici s was particularly
heavy. Snow also fell al Urie, Pa.,
Jonesville and Cleveland, Ohio. *
TRAPPED BY FLAMES.
rn tr: cu sus TI II-: LOSS OF SIX
ld vies.
Many People Itcscued by lin.- Firemen
and Pol lee-Origin of Fire Very
Peculiar.
An early Sunday morning lin- in a
four-story brick tenement ai No. 17
Humboldt atret, ?1 thickly populated
section of llrooklyn, caused thc death
Ol' six persons and tho serious injury
ol' tour others. Kvery mom ber of
Hie fj , lily, consisting of a mother
and four children, aro anion;; the
dead.
There wore many thrilling escapes
hy p?lice and (tremen ?uni it was due
lu I beir brave work thal I he death
list was uni larger.
A half dozen or more persons who
wore trapped iii the upper stories
were saved by jumping Into life nels
The financial list caused hy Ibo lire
is esl hunted at $ i 0,000.
The lire started in lb cellar of ibo
building when the people comprising
the eight families living in tho house
were asleep. lt had gained much
headway before it was discovered and
three policemen repeatedly risked
their lives in dragging people
from within renell ol' I he Hames.
W hen the bremen came ibo lire had
spread through lite entire rear of the
house where the lire escapes were,
and the terror-stricken inmates of the
upper linois had been driven to tho
front rooms where they were banging
from windows shrieking for help.
Ladders and life lines were quickly
brought into use and most ol the
imperiled persons were Huts rescued.
The Abrams family lived on Hie
third lloor. Foi' seine reason. Hie
llames swept through their apartment
so that (be only way of escape wns
by jumping from the windows
Charles Abrams and bis sisler Anna
did this, but both struck an iron rail
ing and wi re dead when picked up.
Mrs. Abrams ami ber other Children,
Sadie, ami Carrie, were burned to
death, clasped in each other's arms. *
ll AN? Kl) AT UAH ld XCTOX.
(?addy (.Valiant Pays Penalty for Kill
ing Purumu .Moody.
Caddy Crahani. colored, was hang
ed at Darllnglon Friday tor the mur
der ot Purumu Moody on ibo night ul
Nov. ix, i POT. The bunging look
placo at noon and there wore lev
persons present. Among those w ho
witnessed tho hanging were tho fath
er, brother and uncle pf i ho laurier
ed man. .lust hpfore the drop fell
Crahani made a statement, admitting
thal ho was guilty of s'e.iiir.g and i>
lng. lie said' that I..- bated to be
hanged fm murder, bul that he was
prepared tor Ibo Inevitable.
On I he nialit ol Nov. 1 Sj 1 '.o' ?,
Pu ruta a Moody*, who luid been em
ployed as manager eu Mr. William
son's plantation, went hunting. While
passing bj a corn Held OU Ibo phi (ju
he heard what in- (bought ?'?is some
one breaking corn. Ile bailed ami
was answered, "I am Isaiah llpstiei't,
don't shoot, I surrender.'' Imme
diately be was fired upon, lb?' wound
cunning bis death some dh ya after;
Wards in Charleston, whither1 he bad
been carried in order lo gi i medical
attention at the bo-pital.
Isaiah lipstick was afterwards ar
rested ami so was Cuddy Crahani.
who was pill in ?ail IO answer lb th
chaine of having hilled Aloody. ll
was found thitl Host irk whs liol Pi
any way implicated: hts name was
given Moody by Caddy in order IO
deceive him ns lo who was in lin
lu id. (iadd> bad Hied to cover his
tracks In every way but WPS cnui.hl
ami at the trial the testimony of a
WoiUtlll who had gone with him in
the wagon lo steal Ihe corn corrobo
rated other testimony and daddy w;e
convicted ami sentenced to be hannett
on Friday. May I. IDUS *
POI.I) Tl ll FA FS.
Pound and (bigged Messenger and
Footed the Safe.
' After a desperate butMo willi two
robbers, tho niessengc in (han"' Of
the express car of the New York--St.
Fouis express of Hm Pennsylvania
road, was bound and gagged, tossed
Into a cornel', and lett then', while
the intruders looted Hie sale in lin
ear ol' four hags of currency ami gold
?md then signalled Hie engineer lo
stop. When I he train slowed down
the men lumped ott the car ai d es
caped.
in i ry I ii g to ascertain tho cause of
I he signal to slop, I he rain crew
found Hie t ar door Open ami Hie lue?
songer inside. According io the (nos
s?uger's story, he was busily engag
ed ns Hie train loll Hie union station
af PH I shu lg, Pa.. Ot MCI fi p. m.
Without winning be wa., attacked,
ami al Carnegie, eight mil".-; from
Pittsburg, the stop signal waa given
anti Ibo men gol away.
FAVOR
Congressmen in Doubtful States
Declare That Ile Would
ENTHUSE THE PEOPLE
And Poll Moro Votos Thun lily Othoi
Cancllflalo thc Democrats Could
Nominate.-They Say All Sinics
Should Scud Instructed Delegates
for Heyn II to Mic Democratic Con*
vcid ion al Denver.
"We want you io loll Ho' Demo
crats ol' South Carolin;! (hal, with
one execution, there is not a Demo
cratic congressman, w no represents a
doubtful district west of the Allo
ghuny mountains who does not feel
thal Hie deleal of Hrs au al I lie Den
ver convention would Imperil Demo
cratic success in his dist riei. Wo
want Hie aid ot the South io preserve
our political lives, and wc do not
want ihe Democrats to walt nu the
Denver convention bm to express
themselves now in no uncertain terms
by Instructing their delegates loi
J tryon.
"If lilyan is tue nominee, then wo
\\ iii certainly return io congress and
oilier doubtful districts in our States
now represented hy Kepublhans will
send Democrats. If llryail is defeat
ed for the nominal ion, many ol' ns
will as certainly be (defeated. We
keep in cloie tomb with tho SOllli
menl in our districts, as we have to,
and His is our delib?rale judgment.''
Thfi is w hat .I migo I). W. Shackle
ford, a congressman from Missouri,
said lo Mr. /.mk McGhec, Hu- Wash
ington corresponden I ol' The St.ile
alie day last week, io which lhere was
hearty and unanimous agreement al
ni informal conl'ercnco .Mr. Metlhee
held with Democratic congressmen
from Hie Middle West (Sates at Con
gress! hall. TheriJ were pres ni. bc
-ides .I migo Sliackleforll, Messrs.
Hamilton of Iowa, Murphy of Wsc.pl) .
rilli, HUSSCII ?d' Misson) i. Adair o? ju
liana, Ashbrook of libio, ?ind Kimbad
af Kentucky.
Mr. McOhCC had talked in the af
lei noon abo with Messrs. Denver of
Ohio, ami Dixoit ami Kau. ii of Hi
llburn. They are all of om licet rd
ind without reserve In declaring that
Ihe defeat of lt!> :i u at 'louver, if
anything should bring about such an
unexpected possibility, would moan
disaster t<> Democratic hop - ubi only
for tho presidential and c ngreSf.hutal.
tickets bul for all Ima! liCUcl.i. And
lhe\ each assure him i lull lhi:i i- Hu
view entertained li) all lim 'n-mo- val
ic congressmen in the stat bi tho
Middle Wi-sl. willi Hie I'itlgle exrep
Hon bf Mr I lammond of Minnesota,
who thinks iha' .io',itumn wouid No
stronger in Minnesota Hmo Hryail
"If Hryan is nominated,'' .-arl one.
"limn I expect io run ami ?gel cloded,
mn if any ihoveineni hostile lo Mr.
Iliwan names lino! ber man. I ll ?Ml I
know that llore is not ;?? possible
chance foi me, because Deivoeraia
w ill knife I li . w Ind.. Hi l o; If an
idher mau should he noni inat ed. even
though not hostile io Kryaii, i lio Dein
erais would mil Colim lo : he polls
for it is Impossible io ghi up any 01
ihusinsni except loi- '.'.rv <:i."
"There are ?i\,- counties in my ois
trict.'' said Mi AslibbrooU ol Ohio;
"Two-ol' He- ne lb publican, two
uro doubtful, Ihough now Democrat h!
ami om- is sa l'ol> I u-moi-ra l ie. Will,
bryah heading ihe ticket, I cnn ?..^ib.
carr\ Hu- two .lou!.?tul distilo ; and
will ghi a plurality of ??,000. but if
Hryan is mn named al I ?enver I fear
ihe co ii seq m neos, (hough ? .'. n hen I
Ihhtl< I could gel a plurality of some
thing like 1 "
.rr Imiive- ,,;' Olia, is HM- li.sl
Democrat who Ibis ever represented
his disi rici m Congress. Ile has aeon
Hu- co tm h chairman of the Demo
cratic party in his county and he
knows the sen i i lb out among the nev
pie throughout Ohio. Ilia district la
now normally Itepubliean by nearly
."?.OOO. Ile says Will) Hryan as the
nominee lhere is au excellent (hame
id' (allying Ohio tor the Democratic
party.
Mr Hamilton is the only DoillOCl it
from Iowa. "Willi Hryan as the Hem
nora tlc nominee," he sahl, "ami will)
Taft, tiie Kepltblican nominee foi'
president. Allison again nominated
for Hie senate. I believe Hiere b an
excellent (hame of carrying Iowa
This would md be the case with any
lither man in place ol' Hryan. In tho
northern purl of iowa, next to Minne
sola, lhere is a lillie sentiment for
Johnson, bul Ibo overwhelming senti
ment among' Iowa Honiocrnts ls bo
omi all possit.le doubt for Hryan. and
he ls a groat favorite with Itepublh
ca ns."
Only two oilier men noni lob od
Johnson, one of lb eso was Mr. Mur
phy of Wisconsin. "We know John
son up in Wisconsin," said ho, "and
th?- people do not lake lo bini ni
all. They want Hryan. 1 hones'l
b1.ii4.ve i hat I tryal) could carry Wi>
con.-in aga nat raft. Mr. Murphy'
An Awful Accident Befalls
Cruiser of Japanese Navy.
FEARFUL EXPLOSION
Occurred II tile Stock Magazine While
tho Vessel Lay at Anchor at Ma?
kail?. Almost Hie lOlltil'c Crow of
Voling Of fleers ls liol loved to Have
(?one Down WHh Their ship.
A dSttatch from Tokio, Jillian, says
Ibo I raining cruiser Matsusliinin was
sank' off the Pescadores Isluudt
Thursday morning by tho explosion
ol' a projectile.
The cruisers Itsukhlnin and Hashi
daie rosined 30 of the crow.
li is believed that over 200 oflicors
nnd moil, inclining the captain of the
M al sushi mn aro lost.
The cruiser Matsusllttlin lias a dis
placement of 1.277 tons, being about
Hie size; and carrying practically the
same arnanienl tis the United States
ci nisei plympia. Ii carried one 12
itich and I l four-nob guns.
li was one of the oidor slips of the
Japanese navy, having been built in
1S00 at a cost of $1,000,001).
Tho total crow numbered 350 ofli
cers and men.
Admiral Mospinmtstl, commander
ol' HM- training squadron reports Hint
the explosion occurred in the stock
magazine of the cruiser at 4:ox o'*
(dock Thursday morning while Hie
vessel was anchored at Makang
The cruiser inimodately sank uni il
only tho brdgo was visible. Kfforts
al rescue by boals from Hie cruisers
llnshidatc and the Itsukliimn con
liuuod until !? a. m., md 111 men
were saved, and af that une the ad
mirl's r?pqrl, the cadets saved num
bered fi8 out vi tho complctemeiii of
300.
The fons <d' liaron Chinda, vice
minister ol the foreign oilice, and of
Prince Ogma, Held marshall nie
among Hie cadets who il is feared,
are los1' a!-o ?upta?is Alamo, Yosll
moro ;.-.ao s asal.'o.V^'ne ( .,.,. e hi ?ho
OXplosh ii is iinl< nowa
An additional report from Admiral
commander of the sq und ron, gives
tia- list of dead as 1 .Mi ; III having
beeil rescued hy I bo crews ol' other
cruisers. All OiliCl'S except four went
down with i he slii p.
(.'upi ailis .Manie, Voshimora and
Ynshito aro among the drowned.
The cruiser was coming to anchor
?it 1:10 a. m., when, with Out warn
ing ibero was a terrille explosion and
the cruiser foundered almost I 111 (lied i* I
a I ely. H 's supposed the explosion
tice ii ned In magazine No. 2. i
Will Not shut Down.
The cotton Hillls in Greenville, An
dotson and PlckpUS were not repre
sented at th? meeting held in Spnr
lajlburg on Saturday when it was in
timated thal moSI of Hie mills in
the Piedmont bad agreed to suspend
operation on .Inly 1. As a matter of
faci Hie mills in Greenville do not
intend io suspend ai any Hine.
district is largely Republican, bul
party lou's are h?iiig broken up. the
people want reform aid they will
VOte i'm the man who I hey think will
^ive it lo them, the line" favorites
being Roosevelt; lioFolietto and
lilyan
Ali Hie Indiana Democrats refer to
the HIM e districts in their Stale now
represented by Republicans who! hold
their seats li.V small majorities. These
are Cilhains. willi a majority ol' 250
oser bis D?mocratie opponent, with
I .lim voles foi' the Prohibit loll and
Socialist candidates; chaney, wth IMO
majo, IC over Hie Democrat, .Mid I ,
li2? soie., for the Prohibition and So
cialist candidates, and the 'ale Air.
Crick, who hail a majority of 207
i,ver Hie Democrat and 'J, 100 for
oilier candidates These districts,
the> ail d?clare, Will bo safely in Hie
|ii i.Tillie column if Kryal) is nomi
nated, and as surely Republican il he
is liol.
M, s Shackleton! and Kussel dis
cussed Hu' situation in Missouri, and
Ikey ?ai thal if Rryaii is nominated
Mis;.omi will not only come back into
ibo Democratic column so far as the
president ial electors are concerned.
inn thai I ."> of the io congressmen
will be DoinOCrntS; There are now
i Democrats and four Republicans
from Missouri, Congressman Kahley
of Illinois says. "1 can not speak
from personal knowledge as to any
other StrttC; bul I do know Illinois."
lu? said. "VVe have a good chance of
carrying Illinois if Kryrin is Hu noni
ince. Willi any one else 11 Olli 111 ll tdd
there is absolutely no chance. With
Kryan at the lie.ol ol the ticket, we
(.?m oleel tn Democratic congressmen
I think' we could ?lool niue Without
him. We now hil VC live" Mr. Pair
ey himself carried his dslricl by
about '?.nun plurality, so thal Hi v MI';'
defeat would not seriously offed him.
Mo declares that il would hoe a
Vtt ni offed upon tho I lemon 'tn y Of
the Slate, which is all for Bryan, *
WEIRD THINGS
AHM TOLO ABOUT TUM DOINGS Ol'
KOMM WAX ATI CS.
Two Followers of "Unknown Tongue"
Will Uti Arraigned on Charge of
Lunacy in Pike County, (Ja.
There hove been some sensational
developments In Pike County, Ga., re
cently with reference to a religious
seel which has been operating for the
past several years through that sec
tion, Vega, in Pike county being the
central points of operations. A lot of
these people have been acting so
strangely that they have been severe
ly criticised, and In fact, in a num
ber ol' instances their conduct has
been smb. it is claimed that il. has
become objectionable to tho commun
ity.
Last summer (hey ran a camp
meeting at Vega, which became so no
torlus that people front the entire
surrounding country Hocked there to
witness tile performance?. The lead
ers claimed to have received miracu
lous power, and to have ti special
favor called the "unknown tongue,"
which consisted of such an alleged
jabbering as was probably uover be
fore witnessed, unttelligible to ordi
nary Imgins but clearly understood as
they claimed by all the followers ol'
the new religion.
Some times various individuals
would go off into a trancs Uko state,
in which condition they would remain
for hours and days, and at times
weeks. Some times some of them
would tramp the Heids and woods,
shouting und moaning, until the
neighborhood would become alarmed
and the women and children nundi
frightened. In the meantime repre
sentatives of I be new sect were trav
eling the country, begging funds with
which to establish an orphans' home
at Vega and a large framed building
had been erected, where several chil
dren had been collected.
This condition continued until tho
Pike County grand jury met. two
weeks ago, when certain citizens of
the county wen! before the body, and
asked relief al its hands. lt seems
that the grand jury, in its efforts lo
aid ibo tmoph> n( that section, re
turned two hills against two victims
of i he new religious oidor and the
investigations of the alleged homo
re.-ulled in two children from, the
home appearing before the body in
Zebulon and from there sent to their
former homo in Columbus, On.
The citizens of Vega then took a
hand ami aller public meetings noti
fied Manager Stafford that he was m t
a proper person lo be in ( barge of tho
place ?.nd i hat a proper man would
have i<> lu- pul in Cbargo or lim place
ClosCd. All children there were Im
mediately sent io their former homes
and ii is probable thai tlio orphanage
is om ot business. Interesting do
vclopmlnts have la en going on. how
ever, in lim ranks nf the holiness
followers. Winn the sheriff ol' the
county wont io ariesi tho young mau
and young woman, (barged willi va
graney, a wonderful state of affairs
was discussed.
from lite information obtained
lhese two people wein into a tranc?
at Hie camp meeting last summer, in
Which the> lingered many days. They
Iben weill io the home ol' the young
man's father where they have since
Leen, ad nally refusing to do a single
thin;;, not even bathing or changing
wearing apparel. The food on which.
Ihe> have subsisted had lo be carried
lo I hell' rooms and fed lo lix nt. Tiny
are sights IO look upon.
Strange as il may seem, lim father
ol' this vonni; man is a respecto.i
citizen and thc faintly ostcemed tn
t he cont nt unit y and they stoutly main
tain Illili lhere is nothing the matter
willi the vonni; man and tho young
woman except thal they 'had tho
power bf Ibo Holy tihost." tn tho
discharge Ct his duty the sheriff car
ried tho two to Zebulon and placed
them In Jail. Tho friends of tho fain
Hy al once made Pond for their re
lease, bul when thc sheriff opened Hie
doors and told i limn to walk otu they
declined, saying thal the ' Lord had
put them In |all and when Ile order
ed them Otlt tltey would obey."
. FAMOUS OUTLAW CAI OUT.
Jolltl Harper Surrounded hy a Large
Ponso ami Capt m ed.
A : pedal from Copper Hill, Tenn..
Hintes that a posse Of Tennessee and
(!eorgin,citi/.ons and United States of
ficers have captured In the moun
tains Of tannin county. Ton'IOSSt?O,
Ibo notorious outlaw .lohn Harper.
Harper murdered Allison Hu.1, ht ml
near Hine Ridge over a year ago.
lie was arrested and Indftreorn^l 1,1
(ntl in Mlauta february I. I'.'CS,
ponding lils appeal to the supreme
court lor Hie murder ol' Sheriff Keith
of Murrio county, Georgia in July;
111 ? ? T. Rewards amounting to near
ly $000 dollars wore out for lils ar?
j "bj i width was accomplished by mak
ing him believe thal tho house In
; which he was concealed was being
j burned down.
Toland Brothers Pay Death Pen
alty for Awful Crime.
AN ORDERLY CROWD
Of About Four Hundred Witnessed
tile Execution in tito Lexington Jail
Yard-Holli Wore If tinged From
the Hame Scaffold.-They Held
Firmly (o Their hornier Story of
tho Murder.
At Lexington on Friday Ned and
Brack Toland paid tho penalty of
death tor the murder of Mrs. Paul
lOllisor on February 20. They di?d
at a few minutes past twelve o'clock,
both being banged from the same
gallows. "I am ready to die and tell
everybody to meet nie in heaven,"
wore the parting wards of each. To
the last they held to their former
story of the Crime as (hey told it on
the witness stand at Lexington ou
March 12,
Tho negroes met death with scarce
ly a tremor. The eyes of Brade, tho
younger of the boys, displayed u
slight moistness. The cunning, in
stinctively criminal Ned shed not a
tear and ho met death with apparent
ly as little concern as if lt were tho
most commonplace thing. Tho boya
stood erect while the black caps wero
being adjusted and very calmly held
their heads in position for Hie sheriff
to arrange the ropes about.* their
necks.
Ignorant, depraved, they died with
out possibly a true realization of the
horrible and atrocious crime which
they had commited. The hundreds
Who witnessed the execution .from
housetops, trees, fences, etc., firmly
believed that justice was being meted
out to them, hut not one would h?ve
deigned deny thom tho privil?ge oC
feeling (hal "all is right with Hod/'
Tho trap was sprung at VtVFv? a.
m., and th 11 minutes Ned waa pro,
nouneed dead and in two mlhtlttoa
more the last blt of life Jeft tho body
Of thark. They died from strangu
lation. As tim bodies dropped they
swung around for a fr WSCCOnda and
then all was still.
lt was thought that Brack was kHi
rd instantly, Iiis body hanging per
fectly motionless, with not a twtch
of Hie hands or feet. Nod's feet and
hands drew up and relaxed repeatedly
and he died with it struggle. Kuli
six minutes bad elapsed when Brack
showed stgtlri of life and then his lin
gers began to twitch and once or
twice his feel drew up before Ills
body again became motionless.
Hr. R. P, Derrick, country physi
cian, Dr, J. ?\ Drafts of Barre, Dr.
L. B. lutheridge of Leesville and Dr.
IX, io. Mel lilas of Inno, constantly ex
amined the bodies al a' 12.OG Ned
w as pronounced dead. Al J ii.ox
Bruck was pronounced dead. They
were allowed lo remain suspended in
tho air until 12.20, when both bodies
wore cul down and placed dn ch oap
pille collins furnished hy the county.
No om- claimed tho bodies and at t
o'clock Sherill Colley turned them
over to Mr. I*.. D'. Clark, coroner, and
Mr. deo. ll, Koon, county supervisor,
and they were taken jo thc potters'
Held and buried without ceremony. *
DIIOWN 101) IU0KS10LF
Because She Thought She Had Kilted
Her Child.
Crazed by thc thought that she
might have accidentally killed hel
son by a mistaken dose of medicino
(en months ago. Mrs. lt. L. Poole
jumped in tho Rtowah river and
drowned herself Thursday. She lived
in Rome, Ca On Wednesday she was
(ried for luiuu,- ?nu found guilty.
She resisted going to jail and was
committed to the care of her hus
band during the day. While her hus
band was not looking she slipped
away, weill to the river and jumped
in. H was found that she had tied
her own arms before jumping into
the liver to prevent any efforts being
made unconsciously.
AS IF BY MAGIC.
Blind and Deaf Man Has Ills Hearing
and Slghi Restored.
Al Chicago a supposed deaf and
blind maildlcailt, who had been ar
rested was fined $'.'.0 and costs hy
judge Wells. As if by magic tho
man's hearing and eyesight wore re
stored and he look $80 from one ot
his pockets and counted out the a
inoiUll ?d' IPO line. Ile was then
noa reit ed by tho police and ri batik
book showing a deposit of fl ,453 waa
lound. "You won't need tllOSC cards
Which toll of your l08t hearing and
poor eysight since both have been
restored," the coull remarked, and
ithO pasteboard was destroyed.
