The Lancaster News, 1905-11-01

burned to death, .Nli- . H irion aEo lost alol ot (mirier, er. The total lo<s is several hundred dollars. None ot the parties lrtd any insurance The origin oi the fire is not, known, hut it is thought to have been accident d. W. H. Vanderbilt's Grand-j son Gets Three Months. Paris, Oct. '28?Elliot Pitch Shepard, oi N >w York, who is the son ol the .tie (Jul. Elliott. E Shepard and gi indson ot the late Williaiji II V .ndei hid, and wl o ran over and killed a girl while motoring hereon Ati^u-i 2? I.' t, was condemned io I ay to mpri HOinnent for three months and to pay a tine oi 600 francs. The sum ol 20,000 irancs damages was also assessed upon Shepard jointly with I lie firm which own od the car, as Shepard was exhibiting it to a prospective pur-I - ? ' ?

.? , III 1 IIC o.tllK Ol Cherma, and Hugh Jones, a l)iick mason, slight Iy wounded two pedesfrairs and, drawing Jones' body into the bank vault, partly closed door and defied arre.-t for many hours against ofliceis and citizens with whom he exchanged scores of shots. Lale tonight Leduc surrendered to the sheriff and the dead body of Jones was removed to a morgue. Leduc, well armed, came iit Ironi the faim litis alU-moou, walke 1 into the bank and without warning shot Nickel, who u eadiier of .the bank as weil a*' mayor, dead. Hugh Jones, Cashier N'.ekei's son and another boy were in the bank. Tito boys escaped through a bsick door. Jones attempted to grapple with Leduc, and was sho'. Two men

|/ i. " ? " iuiutv i/i piv; ii. The alleged attempt is said to have been made about two miles from tliis city. Ail parties are while. . Ilo'mes is a young man about twenty five years obi who lives on tlx- land of lite G fluey! Land ami Improvement Oompa' v :k. about two or three miles from ^ u (i 1 < I'o'ii In* and .\rri)? si i'1 ar. 'v, 11 known here At the p.\ limiiiary hearing litis | morning Messrs. Thos. B. Butler and J. B. Bell, conducted the prosecution while .J. (J. Otts appeared loi IIolir.es. The magistrate bound him over to the Court of General Sessions convening lore in February. lie' was later released on a four hundred dollar bond. k. ... ? '

?? iiiic mis. foiin onus, (ii y Columbia, was in this county last week attending the funeral of her mother, Mrs. Wesley Hilton, whose death was noted in The News at ttie time, her little son. Master Hilton Sims, was shot and killed. A special from Columbia in the News and Courier of Oat 27th gives the following account of the sad tragedy: "Hilton Sims, a wtiile hoy, about ten years old, was shot and to stantly killed today. A little negro boy, Hal Gordon, about nine years old, is responsible for His ileal b. Young Si.ms with Oscar Fordo and Alvin Sims, about the same age, were in the woods near Benedict Ins!i;u'.e. They h-d w th them a single-barrel shotgun.? Some ol the bovs had slimr-Hints.

t he child, w iio.se lather, Mr. Thomas Chesney, is engineer .r ' Dr. Macs' uin. was pia.. mg on ill heap <>l oo 'on hear the gin, and j filial) \ walked loo close to the machinery. in M?me manner tiie boy's hands wore caught in I he ma chinery and were terribly mn'i fated. Medical aid was quickly summoned, ami his pain ami suffering wore alleviated as so- i. as possible. The I*r? gb\ i j ians of Ivansa nave eudowtd a chair ai the Sta e University, and elected Dr. Francis Wilber to the position j Hi-- duties will )<o to give in-I structmn in the Bible and related subjects and to look after th*? artiriinul ?n I <? il.? i?

passed along I hp street ami Ledue apparently feeling ili.it they might attempt to capture him shot I hem, one in the head, Incut her in tiie hands, hut t heir wounds are not serious. An immense crowd, armed, gathered in the bank in an attempt to capture the slayer, but Leiiuc, witiiiii the vault with .Jones' body would allow no one to come within ran^e o| hit weapon. Leduc told officers thai Jones was dead. Ammonia and chloroform were used i)lt?nti!nlly m an attempt U overcome Leduc, but the partly open door admitted enough air to ilnvnrt iheelb'ct of the drugs. Shenll Kdwards and depuiiet

'Pile Lancaster County AntiLiquor League was duly organ ized at Lancaster on Monday, Oct. 30th. 1905, by the election of a IV'sidon', Vice President, Secietary and Treasurer. The object of this organization will be to see that the law against the sale of intoxieat ng liquors in this county is enforced. With a view of establishing branch leagues thr? ugliout the countv and for the transaction | of anv other bu-iness that may come before it, a ina^ tne< tins* I of the prohibitionists of the! countv is hereby called to meet i in the courthouse at Lancaster

...... nrru uihmmi, Mie mines ne-1 came frightened, ran with the wagon a long ways and after reaching the railroad crossing bei??w Ogden, were killed instantly hv a local freight train going south. The mules were runnii g and plunging at break neck speed and just as they entered the railroad track they were mashed into jelly. The wagon which the mules were hitched to was disfigured, tint not by the train. Fortunately the driver was not hurt at all.? The wagon ami team belonged to Mr. (i. I). Pearson of Ogdi 11. Mr W () Yonnghlood and wile, while driving home from