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City Of Hankow
Practically Wiped
Away By Fire
■operate Atter^t to Dis
lodge tht'Jn^eriaJisU
,.^Fmto Ancient COy—
was JLlvMst Coti~
pletc.
Great Alarm Felt Om Fate of
Mdhoiiif Mission —Sed
Cross Steamer Dtiven Back
by Shelli-'Armistice oj Haij
Bour Granted*
• . . r.a. Nf’^. —Practically
. tmive city of Hankow la
t-.nlcJ".. the result of the Are
imperialists. In their
- i»« to dislodge the reb-
. i? jireat fear for the safe-
Methodist mission,
H>n river, the latest advices
V . V . r-atlnc: that the flame*
t. nthin a short distance of
- tJnn “f tbe new city. In the
,r vhich is in charge of Dr.
RnnTi; .ii'e fifty blind bojra and
p. n'bel'. who were being
'3 addition to the staff of
... ,i„n_in all a total of about 300
si5« of MIMlon In Danger.
' • rt sTc.Tt deal of anxiety here
- > ■ the ml^rslon. which con-
• entirely of English peo-
4 , are; Rev. G. A
1 Vi.-; Rev. J. S. Helps
-• ' Kev W. A. Tatchell and
t t S. Mint'-. Miss Gooch,
Hni Wilitlnson.
Asic for Armstlce.
r,, , n realizing the approach
’. " r sent a commltteer under
•n e to the imperialists and
r arraistice of two hours to
remo\al of the wounded
• ^ .ri>Fton. This was granted
•V w k of remo^'al had just be-
n. !b» Hrinfc was resnmed. The
• d only thirty minutes
rrof- "-amer, dnring the brief
ne firing, had drawn near
1 rn!r-^ n aid in the removal
• fT. driven back by the fire
v-ipI fort^. One shot plerc-
' . . h'K!«' »Tf i»r»KT: ■
How Fi'^es Were Started.
’ le flTcs *he native city- were
• rtrd i.N tho nnerlalists who thf6w
t: ir,:n The place. A
•wirif' t-arriefi flames across
Rogers Neats
End ot Journey
Pasadena. Cal., Nov. 4.—Galbraith
P. Rodgers, who started on flight
across the American continent from
New York forty-nine days ago for
the Hearst (50,000 prize, today reach
ed a point within seventy-five miles
of this city, his goal on the Pacific
open. On account of trouble with his
motor he was obliged to abandon his
purpose of flnlshing the flight this
afternon.
Thousands of patient spuectators
and a committee composed of well
known men of this region waited
vainly the whole afternoon at Tour
nament Park to give the trans-conti
netal flyer a flitting welcome, while
he tinkered feverishly with his fail
ing motor at Banning, where he fin
ished a flight of 105 miles this morn
ing.
It is now his purpose to fly to Pasa
dena tomorrow afternoon with all
parts of his motor and his bi-plane in
perfect condition. On the last lap of
the most remarkable air journey ever
undertaken, the aviator is determin-
>-Hi to take no risk. He wishes to
make certain there will be no disas
ter between Banning and Pasadena.
w
n
or . inn Yang and a
nd nn thr \r ?pr front a mile
.if ly d The Rre&t arse
^ : -till held by the
' - nor d^maeed. The rebels
iti ~r-r Sinn of the unbumed
f tir kf>u. nt last reports.
have landed in the
'»r iiankow, piercing the
■ Moii-'es there.
spinster. 48, ELOPES
WITH A BOY OF 17
■'*?rHng. ni., Nov. 4.—Pursued by
« ar;-, f«fher of the boy. Miss Jen-
--n atirt Frank Spencer, both
’ here and
'■* tor rhirago. Thr woman is
eiehf years old and the boy
Ji. M '^pomer, the fatlicr, arriv
d in -iitoniohile thirtv minutes
train departed. He board
■ vt train for Chicago, where
*“ t an attemiJt will be made
' rnt- “ . marriage license.
■ : \ ■-son, Spencer asserts, is
i'is wife. A month ago she
■ *11 Brookings, S. Dak., and
I acted to the boy. Her
^as returned. Her Influ-
‘i'M* lad herame ho strong
■ ordered from the house.
May Excuse Juror
Fot lU H&dlh
Los Angeles, Not. 4.—^Whetber one
Juror of the 11 so laboriously placed
in the box to hear the evidence against
James B. McNamara, charged with
murder through the alleged dynaiiilt-
Ing of tbe Lios Angeles Times building
slmll be excused because of ill health
was a question raised today when a
committee of four jurors called on
Judge 6Mrdwell to talk about the
health of Seaborn H. Manning. On
Monday Judge Bordwcll will take the
matter up further and the question
whether Manning will be allowed to re
main on the Jury will be gone over
in open court.
Manning is the one man who, ac
cording to those watching the case
was certain to be retained as a juror
The details of the story revealed to
the judge by the committee was not
made public, but it was learoied that
Manning is suffering from a lung
trouble which, while !t does not affect
him' Ilf the day t4me, causes him to
cough frequently during the tright.
ThUk tl?e committee is reported to
hav^'^p^ifeMted to tbe Judge, made it
a hardship both on Manning and on
the other jurors to retain him.
There was no regular session of
court today b«t Judge Bordwell com
pleted the preliminary examination of
the venire of forty men summoned to
act as jurors in the case. Twenty-
one were ordered to report on Mon
day, and one, Harry Chandler, gener
al manager of The Times, was ordered
to report Wednesday. Wlien these
men report again, still others may be
excused. Judge Bordwell having un
der considaratlon the excuses which
were made today.
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GEORGE A. CULLEN
George A. CuJlen who was recenUy ap
pointed Passenger Traffic Manager
of the Lackawanna Railroad. He will
also have charge of the agricultural
s development. Mr. Cullen began his
railroad career with the Missouri
Pacific In St. Louis and subsequently
went with the Western Pacific Asso*
ciatfon. About ten years ago he Join
ed the forces of the Lacawanna, rail
road as general western passenger
agent In Chicago. Five years ago he
became general passenger agent. Mr.
Cullen la still on the sunny side of
forty and is unniarried.
THE WEATHER.
^ Washington, Nov. 4.—Fo.ricast ^
for Sunday and Monday: ., ♦
North GartHina a^d South Car- 4^
olina, cloudy Sunday; warmer ♦
In the interior; Monday fair. ♦
mm
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Charged, mth Murdering
Policetmn ify Means of
Poison She Eludes Detective^
AndTakeiJP^^n Eend]'—
In Desperate Con^Htion.
Road J)ecbnes to Put
On New Rates
Atlanta, Nor. 4.—Governor Hoke
Smith today received an oflicial com
munication from President J. W.
Thomas, Jr., of the Nashville, Chatta
nooga^ St. Louis Railroad, lessee ot
the state owned Western & Atlantic
Railroad, declining to put in operas
tion between Chattanooga, and At
lanta the freight rates , which the
Governor has Insisted on as being
provided for under the terms of the
lease. On receiving the notice Gover
nor Smith began at once the prepara
tion of an order directii^ Attorney
General Felder and Special Attorney
Hooper Alexander to institute legal
proceedings against the N., C. & St.
Louis Railroad- in order that the
courts may pass upon the controver
sy.
Governor
Men From
Sprinkled Rat Poison on Egg-
One of Most RmarkdMe
Cases in Bistory of Crime-
Woman De^hted toSandte
Dead
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 4.—Gfjver- ~ x n *
nor O’Neal today removed from office,
the accused, woman
P. G. Bowman, tax commisr.ioner of
Jefferson country, and Dr, S. .!*:• Vann
and Dr. ,E. T. Field, state convict phy
sicians of/Jefferson coiinty. The af
fair is said to be one of the moat sen
sational in the history of Alabama.
The governor’s action grows out of
the recent. investigations in cnanec
tion with public Ofllces.
ITALY USING AIRSHIPS
TO DROP BOMBS.
«Ti
tames INCORRIGIBLE BOYS
A Revrcend Who is Also a Copp to
Be i Professional Parent.
= Nov. 4.—Wanted, in-
)rm to tame! Is the busl-
= ’ » h\ing out by the Rev. Zed
rnaer riiief probation offl-
" * “ disMlci juvenile court, at
•r ,
*' ' tfarh lovp and respect for
’arr>nt.; appreciation of home, manli-
' r- ! correct liabits and develop
• 'irr Htudy,’ goes with the no-
r Ck
y.r fv.pn {g iQ be a professional
Hr. would treat chil-
^ho give their parents trouble
‘ ' Is a physician treats bis pa-
'hig brother’ any boy whose
r-'^idb tiiat form of treatment,”
' 'I Mr ^opp.
Washington, Nov. 4.—Italy’s use of
aeroplanes in dropping bombs Into
Turkish camps, it was declared today
by state department officials, is not a
violation of the fourteenth agreement
of the Hague conference of 1907, pro
hibiting the use of air craft in the
discharge of projectiles and explo
sives “or by other new mthods of a
similar nature” in so far as that
country is concerned.
The last official report of countries
which have signed' the agroements
enacted by the 1907 conferences, re
ceived at the state department last
June, showed that while Turkey had
signed this particular agreement,
Italy had not. A« the agreement is
only binding when war takes place
between two ot mOT® signatories, in
this case it if binding on neither
power. «
Cororner's Vsrdlct on Cook’s Death.
“We the jury flnd that A. S. Cook
came to his death from a stab in the
neck made by a knife in the hands of
a party or parties unknown to the
jury.”
That was the verdict of the cor
oners jury which reconvened yester
day at 2 P. M. at the office of Coroner
Z A. Hovia to investigate the death
of Ah. S. Cook, the white man from
Monroe, who fell d®ad about 2:00 A.
M. Thursday morning on the porch of
a negro house, 503 West Second
Street.
Alabama And Texas
Join With South Carolina
In Cotton Holding Movement
'lumbla. S. C., Nov. l.-The states
'?>nama and Texas are both In line
movement lo liold cotton for a
of 1.1 cents until September 1st,
noccBsary, and to reduce acre-
'j not excedeing fio per cent of the
■ 'W- lands, acocrding to telegrams
' *'’d by Commissioner Watson
■V from Commissioners Kolb of
and Kone of Texas.
" express hearty gympathy with
the plan adopted by the South Carolii\a
farmers in session here Thursday
night and Mr. Kone states that thie
movement is already well under way
in his state.
The plan is to have farmers in every
cotton state pledge themselves to
hold a stated number of bales for
a price of 14 cents and to reduce acre
age. These pledges will be published
daily.
Chicago, Nov. 4,—Eluding the vigi-
laiKse of'tberdeteotives and ntur^es^ asr
slgn^ to gu.ard her^ Mts. Lo^se Vier-
mllya, chargf^. ■with-.. np,urder of
Polioieman a^opnette. by
means of poii^n w£^‘ ti^en suddenly'
andr violently iil at. home, 415 East
Twenty-ninth at;^ this afternoon and
is declared to hove poisoned herself.
She is critically ill.
She asked for hard boiled eggs
when lunchecn time was due and
when the eggs were served to her,
insisted upon having white peppelr to
put on them. She is declared to have
directed one of heV attendants to a
certain pepper box in the pantry which
she asserted contained a fine grade of
pepper.
Taking this box in her hand she
carefully sprinkled part of the con-
tants on one of the eggs and when It
was liijeraily coated, calmly at the egg.
Within a few moments she ,was ta
ke^ violently ill and an examination
of the pepper box disclosed the fact
that It confined rat poison of which
a large percentage was arseflic.
Physicians who were hastily sum
mon^, prescribed* antidotes. The oaily
information vouchsafed hy ^the phy-^^
siotans afterward wa»:. : ,
‘ Mrij. VcmiJyii, & a v«ry
mafi.” holdifijgs.
Chagrinned by tli^ apparent ease
with which Mrs. Venailyii 1* believed
to have outwitted, them j the police
pefu^ ta, Ettake any statemeBt fi>r
publication concerning theideadly pep
per box but it is known that only ex-
Alleged Bank
Robbet Arrested
Vancouver, B. C., Nov. 4.—John Boz-
eyk was arested here today ou suspi
cion o^ being implicated "in the New-
minster bank robbery. He had in his
possession $4,000 in bills, some of
which were, acordlng to the numbers,
included in the sum obtained on Sep
tember 15th, when the Bank of Mon
treal was robbed of $258,000.
SECRETARY WILSON
COMMEWDS WORTHY BUREAU
Washington, Nov. 4.—Secretary
Wilson, of the department of agri
culture, today sent to the newspapers
an interview commending the weather
bureau in which he says: •
“Every^ important meterological
change that occurred In the United
Statfes during the year was forecast
ed by the weather bureau long In ad
vance. Storm warnings to lake, sea-
coast and West Indian stations, and
frost warnings for the sugar, truck
ing, tobacco, fruit and cranberry, re
gions were issued whenever condi
tions justified. These warnings were
successful.
‘ Particular attention was given to
the hurricanes of September and Oc
tober, 1910, and a number of testimo
nials commending the work of the
bureau in connection therewith , were
received. The warnings of the ap
proach of cold waves • resulted in the
saving of growing crops, and prevent
ed injury to m^y shipinents of per-
IshabliB goods and to farm stock.
'mu.
Itah, Has Given
Fake Imptession
Of Conditions
♦ .LATE REPORT THAT THE
•O- TURKS RETAKE RIPOLI.
MRS. W. W. PENFIELO
Mrs;'W. W. Penfleld who recently suc
ceeded Mrs. Carrie ChapnrMin Catt
as chairman of the Woman Suffi^ge
Party. At the third annual conven
tion held at Carnegie Hall New
York City, Mrs. Penfleld was pre
sented with a gold and ivory gavel.
STEPHENS lANO
GO. PUNS eREIT
V (Special Cable to The News.) *
> 
♦ Malta, Nov. 4. — A rumor -
♦ is in circulation here that the «
♦ Arabs and Turks have retaken 
♦ Tripoli, defeating the Italians «
^ with great slaughter.
Correspondent States That
Rigili Censorship Mamtamed
by Italian Government Has
Resulted in Giving World
V Wiong Impressions,
Prtsoneis oJ'\^ai
Cmelly Treated
Constantinople, Nov. 4.—Heated de
nunciation of the alleged atrocities in
flicted upon prisoners of war, the
wounded and women and children by
the Italians at Tripoli occupied the
chamber of deputies today and result
ed in the appointment of a commit
tee to draw up a protest for presenta
tion to parliaments of the v/orii.
If everything; which is ^declared- to
have taken place today pi-qves to be
absolutely correct, then I0^rs. Verniil-
ya’s case is one of the mt|st remarka
ble in the history of crinSe.
Delighted at Deith.
Mrs. Vermllya’s delight |h, the pres
ence of death, as evinced ^y her appa
rent pleasure when handl&g dead bod
ies, is now believed to alive been'a
sort of. monomania whifeh. may ex
plain the whole series of deaths which
(Continued on Pag^ Four.)
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CounsdAsk Bail
Foi Mrs. McRee
RICHARbWN COMPANY
NOW INDEPENDENT.
Winston-Salem, Nov. 4.—The R. P
jaichardson Cbn^pany, Inc, of Reids-
vllle,' has redeemed its bonds «here
tofore held by the American Tobacco
Company and in return has received
back the $60,000 of its stock held by
the American Tobacco Company. It
Is now in every wjpiy an Independent
company. The etocks. werd turned over
to C. B. Watspn, rtf this city, cottn^l
for the Richardson Company by W.
W. ‘^ller, counsel for. iae American
T^bftcco Company, oh- hie recent trip
to New York City, to be turned oyer
to the IUcIiar4son Company on com
pliance Wltb the t«raiB - of the settle
ment. X
Mr.^ Richardson. ww in the. city to
day aiid says all the .te^s were com
plied witli. _
A survey will begin Monday morning
at the Elizabeth College gate%for the
extension of a car line from that point
to the intereection of the Providence
road and the Belt roiad, near the home
of Mr. George Stephens. Permanent
bitulithlc or some other s-tandaid pav
ing material will also be used, and
put down witli all possible rapidity in
ail extensive system improvement
and development of the Stephens Land
Company’s propierty in Myers Park.
The Stephens Company has also pur
chased 30 acres of land from Mr. McD.
Wfttkins* Which will extend th,eir pres
ent boldittgs /of real estate all the way
frpm t^e intersection of the two
iD^tioned to Ih^ of
leth djSUeii^. So tlial t^e enti?a
*tia
A ayrft^ija. OT drtve
ways and stt^etg have already been
4a.ii^b^^tbe cpmpimy, under supervision
that hid ia, ckreful eye for the eleganit
and artistic. Thig system , will serve
as the outline of a residential suburb
that Itt everj’- particular will be the
most desirable of the many beautifuf
resldeiice sections about the city. t
The company, with an eye to the fu
ture, as well as the present. Will leave
no effort untried to secured every
preliminary requisite to the building
up of a purely residence section that
&hall be surpassed by none in any
city in this state as adjoining states.
To this end the streets, boulevards,
and driveways have been carefully laid
off in advance of all the other work.
To this end also permanent paving
will be put at once, and that of the
best and most approved modern type.
An experienced landscape artist has
had supervision of the laying out of
the section and a regard to the beau
tiful has been the guiding principle
ill the whole scheme of development.
Most of the splendid trees that have
Ibttifc made the Myers Park section the
bfeiuty spot of the city can and will be
preserved. So that there will We noth
ing of the experience of most" suburb
an developers that cover the area
with residences and leave it to the
residents of coming years to grow
the trees that are the adornment and
the necessity of all residence proper
ty. '
The Stephens Company now owns
the * greater part of the  terri
tory in the Myers ‘Park section
proper and have devised a. plan by
which every Jurchaser of a 1# must
erect thereon nothing but an elegant
and-ffiodern dwelling. Arrangements
have also been made in advance for
the most modern sanitary regulations,
to become effective as the suburb de
velops. The company reserves the
right to supervise the sanitation it
self. .
The new car line will be owned, op
erated • and equipped entirely, by* the
Southern Power Compapy *and will
constitute a part of the city efectric
railway system. The proximity of the
Myers Park vicinity to the car line to
Elizabeth College and the fact that
the entire area round about Hs-already
dotted with some of the best homes of
the city makes it prophetic that the
new suburb will be one of the most
exclusive , in the city.
NEGRO KILLS WHITE
MAN NEAR ZBBULON.
Opelousas, La., Nov. 4.—After over
ruling the motion of the prosecution to
8€t for rehearing next Monday the case
of Mrs. Zee Runge McRee for the al
leged murder of Allan Garland, Judge
Pavy today took under advisement the
application of Mrs, McRee’s counsel
to grant her bail, pending a new trial.
It is expected that the application
for bail will be granted and it is prob-
aWe that a special term of cour^ will
be called for the second trial of the
case, to convene about December 1st.
Tajt Undecided on
^cessm to HaiUin
Hot ajnringfl, Va,, Nov. 4.-^pon lii*
ratu^ to JWa^bjlp^ Jia*
ooutiv
' ap*
pointoieiit M m' jttatleife t1i@ irstipjreste
court to %iiboeed the 1^« Justlise Bar-
lan. - -
Speculation in varloua quarters ^
to who might be selected ouavjed t^.^
president lo remark today tliat fie
ho intention now of coming to any de
cision. His mind is ^nti»’eTy open on
the matter. The names of many who
would like to succeed Justice Harlan
have been submitted v.o the president,
among them the following ^ who^
chances of appointment are legardM
as best; '
Seci^#apy of Commerce and Labor
Nagel, Solicitor General Lehmann,
Judge Hook, of the eighth circuit, Jus
tice Swasey and Gummere of New
Jersey, Jtidge Rudkins, of the nlnUi
district, Judge Noyes of the second
district. Justice Carter, of the Illinois
supreme court, Judge Hiscock of the
second circuit, Lawrence Maxwell of
Cincinnati, Alexander P. Humphrey, of
Louisville and Justice E. A. Buffington,
of the third circuit.
Mr. Lehmann Us said to 'have the
president’s approval for the place,
with Mr. Nagfl as next choice.
The president spent a quiet day of
it playing golf in the morning and
resting in the afternoon. He leaves to
morrow night for Cincinnati.
turks Have Gained Ground
Rapidly And Now Hold Ita
lians Prisoners—Ovet Thou*
sand of The Latter Have
Been Killed or Wounded.
Malta, Nov. 4.—A newspaper cor
respondent arriving here today from
the city of Tripoli, makes the asser
tion that the Italian government has
Wholly misrepresented the situation
there and that exercise of a censor
ship even more severe than that im
posed by Japan during the Russo
Japanese war, has prevented informs
tion of the re|il trend of events froa
getting to the outside world.
The correspondent makes the start
ling statement that the Italians have
lost in Tripoli and its vlcinltage con
siderably more than one thausnad
killed and wounded and that th€
Turks hkve forced the Italians back
from positions they assumed soon af
ter the occupation, until at the pres
ent time, the Italians occupy less than
one-half of the ground they held
three weeks a^o.
Italians Prisoners.
The Turks are on better war foot
ing than the outside world was per*
mltted to know and have extended
their lines in such a manner and
have so disposed their forces of Arab
cavalry and native ijjfantrymen, that
the Italians are virtually prisoners,
as far as the land position is con
cerned, in. the city of Tripoli.
Cholera Breaks Out.
To add to the aeriousness cholera
ha6 broken out among the Italian
troops and has already caused num
erous fatalities. The exact extent ol
the scourge., however, is not known
as ^1! Information on this, as on all
other subjects is kept secret.
Mafcaere Feared.
•London, No^. 4.—-Wireless nieasaiei
regelved tonight from Tripoli
t&at the Turks and Arabs are flendy
to Atiirtjk ^ tlia» a cmslri^g
defeat ^f(FT the italians jsipems
GENERAL PRIMARY ORDERED.
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 4.—The inde
pendent democratic state committee
here this afternoon ordered a general
primary to b^ held some time between
March 1st and Auril 1st, and invited
the regular faction tp participate.
Among the matters to be voted for otit-
side of the nominations for state offi
cers and United States senator is the
presidential preference.
able. '
The nife8i8i««s
pe^ed hourly. If the Turks and tbeir
Arf^' lailleif ti*e victorious it is, believ
ed thaf^ne cdT the ihost terrible idaas-
acres in history will be the result. It
Is known now beyond the scmbl^dcc
of a doubt that Ihe Italiafis subjected
their prisoners to inhuman crnelties
as reported and wnat will occurs when
the Turks re-conqueror Tripoli, Euroj.e
tonight shuddei*s to think of.
Italian Atrocities.
Delayed despatches reporting Ital
ian atrocities are cottiing in 'rom all
points. English, Frefich and German
correspondents tell the same atory of
Italian barbarism, and Wptares from
the> front give the devatls. Si?ae(l
statements of eye witnesses are also
appearing in all the papers. In the face
of today’s-'developments Italy’s offi
cial denials of the acts attributed to
their soldiers are wasted words.
. Several of the pictures received to
day show great piles of women and
children, murdered and mutilated.
England Indignant.
English indignation at the butchery
has reached a high pitch. Preuiier
Asquith and Sir Edward Grey, ^the
foreign secretary, are severely criti
cised for prohibiti;if a discussion of
the massacres in parliament ond dis
gust is expresse-.i generally at the
fotelgn secretary’s explanation that
Greajt Britain coul.i not Intevfeve in
Tripoli consistently with itjs do\lg.ra-
tlon of neutrality.
“We have declared our neutrality
as far as warlike preparations are con
cerned,” answers the Dainly Standard,
“but our ^declarations do not free us
Continued on Page Four.
Suicide Agreement Believed
To Have Wiped Out
An En tire Fam ily
DR. WILHELM BODE
Dr. Wilhelm Bode, direcctor of the
Kaiser Frederick Museum of Ber
lin who Is now In the United States'
vialting the various museums and
galleries in the United States. He
will visit Washington, Boston, Chi
cago and Philadelphia. Dr. a^de was
thfe storm center of an attack made
on 1^ -by vOr. Ludxirtg of Vtenna,
who stated that a certain picture at^
tributed to Rembrant was a ciever
forgery. After the picture was put
On sale at an exceptionally high,
figifce by Q^rfW ’^^ehnayer,. a
deafj^, Dr. Abels aesert^ ;thiit i Dr.
Beder had changatf.ihia ;>pltd9^K,.tfe-
'that the qia^lhg waa «'’8eni'
irtna . IMnibrant
\^ilson, Oct 4.—Wednesday night,
on the plantation of Henry Me^,lin, in
the ZebuJon section, at a coiii-shuck-
ing, Charles Williams, colored, sho.
and instantly killed Mr.‘Medlin. After
the tragedy Williams  broke and>ran
and was., pursued by a lafge crowd.
Constable H. D. Medlin, cousin to the
murdered man was'in. the chase and
shot at-the wretdh twice, but without
WlHiams is a notoriously .bad. negro
and is wanted in Loui^burs for break
ing a- contract'with' Mr.-WHltams,
superintendent of Franklin county
roads.
of the field. They culminated in a fall-
five, feet, eight litchea; gingoc-cake
color;'; 2S or 30 yea^s old; weighs be-
twMOi. nn'mda.
Chicago, Nov. 4.—A suicide agree
ment is believed to have wiped out
the family of Henry Letech today..
Letech, his wife Anna and their 12-
^ear-old son^ Leroy, were found dead
in their home in Irving Park. There
were no signs pf violence nor escap
ing gas, and the first examination in
dicated they had died from mushroom
poisoning.
That the deaths were the result of
both father and mother becoming
life-weary, and after at least three
years of struggling to gain courage
for suicide, was indicated by a note
written in German, found in one of
the rooms. ..
Beattk^s Lawyas File Petition
For A Writ Of Error-
Meaning Of This Action
Richmond,' Va.. Nov. 4.—^Lawyers
for Henry C. Beattie, Jr., under death
sentence fpr the murder of his young
wife, filed' with the supreme court of
appeals today a petition for a writ of
error.
This csonatitutsa an anneal from
the judgment pf the court at Chester
field, which sentenced Beattie to be
electrocuted on November 24. Unless
the court gives a decision before
the day set for Beattie’s executloa
this move wiU act as a stay.