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BATTLE WAGED WITH WOillDJ^ ROBBERS Attempt Made to Kob Bank at Wampum, Pa. ONE OF THE GAN/i KILLED. Men Had Succeeded In Breaking Into the Banking Rooms, but Had Not Finished Drilling the Safe When Dis covered at Their Work. Wampum, Pa., April IS.—In a battle following an unsuccessful attempt t(' rob the First National bank of this place early this morning one mar. was killed and another seriousl.. wounded. The dead man was one o: the burglars, and has not yet been identified. The wounded man was Henry Willoughby, a baker, who sui- prised the burglars while at w^ork. His injuries are serious. Willoughby was passing the bank on his way to work when he was sudden- j ly confronted by a man who. at the ; point of a 'revolver, ordere^l him to i throw up his hands and keep quiet. He did so, but in his right hand was a revolver, and a moment later both men fired at each o^her. At the re-! port of the revolvers two other men rushed from the bank and took a hand in the shooting. The fight arous;'(l some of the peoijle in the vicinity, and they were soon at the scene of the bat tle, but before their arrival the but:- glars fled. While the men had broken into the banking rooms they had not complet- i ed the drilling of the safe and their attempt at robbery was unsuccessful. One of the burglar’s bodies was dis covered at the end of the hall of the building. His comjianions. It is pre sumed, dragged their dying comrade' to where he was found. While he was , dressed only in an ordinary suit of clothes, he was not shabbily attired, and on his boily was found a gold watch and $44 in cash. Willoughby was shot ia both Iras, and it is sup posed he fired the shot that killed the burglar. A posse has started in pursuit of the burglars. Cal. He fired on the officers from his barricade, killing one of them. The Florida railroad commission has made May 1 the time for the inaugu ration of the new schedule of rates for the Louisville and Nashville. The Boxer movement is on again in China and orders have been issued by the government to behead all persons taking part in the movement. Roosevelt men in New York fear that the trouble between Governor Odell and Senator Platt may lose that sitate to Roosevelt in the national con vention. TRAGEDY IN BIRMINGHAM. CRUISER SLIPS FROM WAYS. Eliao Latham Shot and Killed by Glenn Havis. Birmingham, Ala., April 17.—Shortly before 11 o’clock this morning Gknu Havis, a well know'n young man about town, shot and killed Elias M. Latham, a traveling salesman for a New Or leans house, who made his home here. The shooting occurred at the Nine teenth street entrance to Morris’ ho tel. The men met and qaiirrelled, whereupon Havis was seen to draw his ■nevolver and fire three shots at La tham. The latter made his way to the hotel bar. where he fell and dle.l, one shot having taken effect in the left breast. Havis surrendered and is in the county ?».il. Havis claims that while he and I.atham were quarreling over differences that existed between them I^atham attempted to draw a pis tol. but Havis got his out first. When Latham’s body was picked up his re volver was found under the body on the floor, but it had not been dis charged. Havis refuses to tell the original cause of the trouble. He claims self defense. Latham was prominently con nected. Hanged at St. Joseph, Mo. St. Joseph. }.Io., April 1?.—Charles May, who shot Charles Martin on Dec- 15. 1S07. at a country dance, was hang ed in the jail yard here today. Governor Eois’ Son Dead. "Waterloo, Iowa. April 17.—Louis Boies, son of Governor Boie.^. and a menilier of the law firm of Boies & Bcios, died today of tyiiboid fever. TEELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. HELD A3 ACCESSORY. Fortune Buried In Backyard.. Woodl)ury, X. J., April 18.—Officials of the National bank are authority for the statement that a man has hiought for deposits in the bank $-8,500 which had !)een buried in his back yard for years. They dPf'line to give the name of the man but say the money was nearly all in $20 gold pieces. The same bank received also a box full of gold, silver and nickels from anothe: man, who had to take it to the bank on a wheelbarrow, because it was toe much of a load for two men to carry. Three Colleges Consolidated. Knoxville. Tenn.. April IS.—Three Methodist colleges of southwest Vir ginia, namely, Emory and Henry col lege for males: Sullins college and Martha Washington college, for youni: ladies, will be consolidated when th*:- coming school year oi)ens. Dr. R. G. Waterhouse, of Emory and Henry, will be p<:csident of the combine. Joseph Ruble, Bookkeeper, Arrested In Connection w/ith Latham Murder. Birmingham. Ala., April 18.—Joseph Rubel, a well known saloon keeper, was arrested this morning on a war rant sworn out before Judge Greene, of the criminal court, charging him with the murder of Elias ^L Latham, a traveling man. who was shot yester. day in a difficulty with Glenn Havis in the Morris hotel. Rui)el is held as an accessory to the killing. He ia a brothc'i;-in-law of William Wise, who w'as also arrested as an accessory shortly after the trag- !y occurred. Wise, it is said, was with Havis shortly before and at the time of tho shooting. Witnesses declaie that the two men went to the hotel together and sent for Latham, who was in a room. A quarrel occurred, and the shooting followed. The families of Rubi'l and Wise and I>atham live in the same neighborhood, and it is re ported that Mrs. Rubel may h:ive to be summoned as a witness in the case. All parties directly concerned are re maining silent, Havis and Wise simply claiming self-defense. The sheriff's office is investigating the matter for the grand jury, which is in session, and today’s arrest is $ui)posed to be the result of this inves tigation. Rubel is in the county jail. Sensational developments are expect ed. Addition to Steel Plant. Birmingham. Ala.. April 20.—The foundations for the mixer building, a new addition to the steel works at Ens- ley. have i)een completed after six months' steady work and the task of raising the steel frame wo.k has been started. The comi)letion of this ad dition to the steel plant will jjut the plant foremost in the manufacture of steel. The j)lant alrea:Iy enjoys the distinction of being the most modern plant in the country. Andew Doody. a prominent business, man of Macon, died Sunday after a' long illness. Charges of fraud against the mayor of Mayaguez. Po;to Rico, will be in j vestigated. Dr. J. W. Cabanis=5. son of Banker J. W. Cabaniss. of .Macon, died Sun day at El Paso. Tex. The Florida state senate Friday turned down the bill to repeal the Flagler insanity divorce act. A Pensacola railroad passenger train left the track near Mansfield. O., yester lay, but no lives were lost. In a row in Chicago between Greeks who were ccle])rating Easte;, and the policemen, several persons were shot. Sir Thomas Lipton says he vv'ill have Shamrock III in racing trim again within three weeks. Rebels are besieging :\Ionte Christi. Daiish West Indies, by land and sea. The 1 evolutionists are gaining strength daily. It is stated that Cyrus B. Watson, will not lun for governor of North Carolina, but that he will supj)ort Cap tain Glenn. A Lowndes county. Georgia, negro teacher is charged v/ith attemptins:: to detraud the county by padding hit; roll with fake names. James McKinney, an outlaw, has been killed by a posse at Bakersfield, Memorial to Confederate Wo:nen. Raleigh. N. C.. April 20.—The L. O’B. branch of the Confederate Vet erans here is consulting the council of state with reference to securing pel mission to ])lace a handsome drink ing fountain in the cai>itol square as a memorial to the women of the con- fedei'acy. The camp has $(>00 or $800 to spend for auch a fountain, and Com mander A. B. Stronach has had a de- sig.n made. Calls For Explanation. Montgomery. Ala., Apiil 21.—The railroad commission has just received notice that the general classitication committee of the several railroads ot this state have raised the minimum number of iJounds to be hauled from 50 to 10(t i)r)unds. This was uone without notice to the commission and is con&ide;ed a violation of the law. President Smith has issued notice to the railroads calling for an exi)lanation. Money for Storm Sufferers. Birmingham, Ala.. April 20.—Mrs. J. H. Gillespie, a veiy estimable woman, who lives near Hanceville. in Blount county, came to this city the day af ter the cv(‘lone and commenced a cam paign to raise $l.iiOO. She has. by dil- igense and earnestnass, succeeded in securing that sum and will personally see to its distribution among those who are in need of it. Launching of the West Virginia at Newport News. Newport, Va., April 18—The new cruiser, the West Virginia, was launch. ea this afternoon, Mr. Calvica B. Orcutt, president of the Newport News Shipbuilding compa ny, escorted to the christening plat form Miss Catherine Vajghn White, the eldest daughter of Albert D. White, of Wes't Virginia, who was officially Invited by the navy department to be sponsor for the West Virginia. Misa White was attended by three maids of honor, her sister. Miss Grace White, and Miss Ethel White and Miss Wil son, daughter of ex-Governor Wilson. In the christening party were also the governor’s party and Mrs, White. When the ceremonies were over President Orcutt escorted the guests, numbering about 500 persons, to the steamboat Newport News, aboard which the party went to Old Point Comfort, where they were tendered a banquet. TO BUILD RICE ELEVATORS. Company With $10,000,000 Capital Be ing Organized. New Orleans. Auril 18.—It is stated here today that the party of manufac turers who left here Thursday night to visit Beaumont have become inter ested in the rice belt through which they passed over the Southern Pacific and that they have begun a cash sub scription list looking to the organiza tion of a $10,000,000 company to build elevators throughout the rice belt. Eight elevators are to be construct ed at once, one at Crowley, one at Houston and one at New Orleans. Ten per cent of the capital is to be paid In one organization. Those in the Beaumont party were W. J. Clark, of Salem, O.; N. G. Williams, J. S. Good, E. R. Tolger and A. E. McCumber. of Toledo. O.; H. E. Smith, of New Hamp shire; H. M. Stock, of Scranton. Pa.; Mr. Block, of Buffalo, and B. Q. Menge, of New York. BODY FO'’'"' CISTERN. Bride of Two j Supposed to Have Suicided. Chattanooga. Tenn.. April 17.—The body of Mrs. J. M. Ellison, a bride of only two weeks, was found in the cis tern at her home in St. Elmo early yesterday morning. It is believed she commitied suicide. She had left the house, su])posedly to get a bucket of water, and at)out 10 minutes later her mother missing her, found her bo.1y in the cistern. The tank was well covered, leaving a hole barely large enough to admit a small j)erson and it is not believed that she could have possibly tallen in accidentally. It is also said that her brief married life has been very unhapi)y. Hailstorms In Alab?na. Lafayette. Ala.. Aj)ril 21.—This place was visited by a severe wind and hail storm Sunday night. The;e were two storms, the first between 0 and 10 o’clock and the other between 2 and 3 o’clock. A number of outhouses and fences were blown down. A ne gro house occupied by Tode Dunn and family was blown into atoms. <ir<‘jitly AIju'iiumI. Mr. H. P. Burbaye, ;i student at law in rjreonville, S. ('.. has been trt>ul)l(‘(l for four or live years \vit!i a continuous coujjh whicli, lu; says, ‘•greatly alarmed ino, causiiip: me to fear that I was in tl.o fi-st staue of (.•ousumptidu.” Mr. r.urh.i^e, iiav- iiij; seen Cliamherhiin’s Con^h llt*m- edy advei tised, com*!U(led to try it. Now read what lu* says of it: “I soon felt a remarkal)le cliaii^o, ami after usiiiji; two bottles of the tW(Mity-tive cent size was permanently cured.” For sale l).v Z. W. Nichols;, lire- vard, andO. L, Krwir.. (’b»M-i-ylield. Aged Negro Hurled to Death. Abbeville. S. C.. April 21.—About 2 miles this side of Hodges in Greenwood county, the passenger train on the Southern knocked Ike Edward, a ne gro from the tifick, killing him in stantly. Edw'ards was nearly 90 years old and was too slow in leaving the track after he heard the w’histle. Both arms and his hip were broken. A Stai’tliii?; T<‘st. To f-ave a, life, Dr. T. G. iNierritt, of North Mehoopaav, Pa., made a startlin«’test resuitiuu’ill woiider- lul cure. He writes: “A patient was attacked with violert hemorrhages, cai sjid by ulceration of the stomach. I Juul often found hlt'«*tric liitters excellent l*or acute ston acli and liver troubles, so J i)re.''Cribt <1 them. The patient j^idned IVom the first, and has not had an attack in 11 months.’’ Electric ]3itters are positively guar anteed for dyspepsia, imligesti(»n, (onstipation and kidnoy troubles. Try them. Only 50c at Z. W- Xichols. ACID, GUANO, KAINIT and POTASH THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST. S General Merchandise AT- CLAYTON’S. Looking Costs Nothing Examine my jfoods all you like—-the more you investigate the more buy. My nice si)ring line of U])-to-date Clothing, Shoes and Hats is just in and my jn'ice is as low as any one’s in Brevard. It will j)ay y<n! i call at JIM AIKEN’S First Door lielow the Postotlice. HIIF.VAKD. X, ( . THE Wachovia Loan &. TrusL Co. Capital $600,000.00. Asheville Branch 4.5 Patton Jive. = ^ ^Asheville, N. C. Correspondence Solicited. General Banking Department. Savings Fund Department. Interest paid on .'Savings Fund Oeposits at the ratoof four per cent, per annum. Trust Department. TIlUsT DIOI’AIJTMKXT acts as Ajrent. K.vecutor, Administrator. (Jum'- di:in. Ti'ustee. Keceiver. Will take entire charo'e of Real and Pe)-soiial Instates. T S. MOIIMISOX. , W. B. WILLJAMSOX, (’baii*maii iioard of Manajrers. (’ashler. lEi! That’.s Fresh and Xi(‘0, cut tVoiii tho best of cattle. HEAT That's cut hy an ex})erience<l 1)tiirh- er. It's sure to [) lease. We Select the Meat™We Guarantee It We have been watching- meat quahty so long we know whm meat i.s good. We know when it test of the very par licular. We see that what we sell you A p to the proper standartl. The Best MEAT is Here. The highest market price paid for hogs,^attle and sheep. Conic and see us. We solicit your patronage. L C. TINSLEY & D. M. NORTON, Main Street. Next to Hawki't^s’ Jewelry Sroi .* or We promptly obtain U. S. and Foreign WiENfS ' Send model, sketch or photo of invention for' ' free report on patentability. For free book, HowtoSecureTniinC MilDI^O write Patentsand I nAUt''MMlllVO to I EVERY CHURCH I tution Hupporte(t by voluntary coii- |tribution will A>e jriven a liberal I quantity of tlie Louo-nian vlt .M;ir j tinez Pure Paints whenev’er they j paint. XoTK: ITave done so for tw.uitv- : fons of niilli«»ns lOljj^aHons; paijfjtt-d nearlv two mil ilion h()uses und^er jfnarantee to re- j pamt it net s.\tisl‘iK*tory. The paint |\\enis for periotis i]p fo ^i^iiteen jyesu-s. l.inseed (kl must be ad.led tothe pamt (dontMn two n>inute>i. Actual cost then aBout §1.25 a t'allon. tramples free. Soljf by our ajjents. J. E. CLAYTON^ Agent, Brevard.
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