Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1898 — Page 2

THE RENSSELAER DEMOCRAT. SHIELDS a DILLEY, Publisher*. RENSSEUER, • - INDIANA.

UNCLE SAM WILL PAY

CRUISER AT FAULT IN RECENT COLLISION. > ‘ . f . Owner* of the British Steamer Sunk by the Columbia Are to Be Biim-buraed-Protocol* Decided Upon by Great Britain and the United State*. I ’ An Accident of War. Secretary Izmir has decided that the Government is indebted to the owners of the British steamship Foscolia in the sum of $218,889, being the amount of the claim arising from the collision between that vessel and the warship Columbia on May 28 off Fire Island lightship. The accident occurred during a fog, and the Columbia, acting under orders, showed no lights and gave no fog signals. The' Judgment of the court of inquiry was that the collision would not have occurred had the usual precautions been taken on board the Columbia, but that the condition of war did not admit of a display of lights or the sounding of whistles. Secretary Long says in his indorsement of the report of the court: “Upon careful consideration of the facts reported by the naval court of inquiry the department is satisfied that there is at least reasonable ground for the contention advanced by the owners of the Foscolia that the collision might have been avoided had the Columbia shown the lights and given the fog signals, a collision with one of our warships having occurred under such circumstances when for public reasons deemed sufficient to justify such action our vessel was disregarding the rules of the road at sea.” Congress will be asked to appropriate the amount of the claim and the money will be turned over to the owners of the ■Foscolia on the decree of the United States District Court for the southern district of New York. To Govern the CmamMon. The Dominion Government bus rweivod copies of the protocols agreed upon by the Governments of the United States and Great Britain for the goverance of the forthcoming international commission at Quebec. The commission is authorized to consider the following subjects, embracing practically all those at which the dominion and the United States have been at variance for years: The Behring sea sealing question, reciprocal mining relations, the Canada-Alaska boundary question, restrictive regulations for preserving the fisheries on the great lakes, the North Atlantic fisheries question and the bonding question connected therewith, the alien labor law and reciprocity of trade. From present appearance* the commission will not meet until August. The final meetings will be held in Ottawa.

Stand ins of the Clubs. Following is the standing of the tlubs fn the National Baseball Lengas: W. L. W. L. Cincinnati ..37 22 New York.... 28 28 Boston 36 22 Philadelphia .25 28 Cleveland .. .34 22 Brooklyn ... .23 33 Baltimore .. .33 22 Washington .23 36 Chicago ....34 26 St. Louis2o 38 Pittsburg .. ,32 26 Louisville ...19 41 Following is the standing of the dote to the Western League: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis .36 21 Milwaukee ..31 26 Columbus .. .31 20 Detroitl9 37 ‘Kansas City. 34 23Omaha17 34 fit. Paul3s 24 Minneapolis .19 38

BREVITIES.

Frank W. Ryan, of St. Louis, Mo., was killed by a Missouri Pacific train at Leavenworth, Kas. The Arctic expedition under Walter Welman, the explorer, sailed from Tnunboc, Norway. The Bellingham Bay Improvement Company mill burned at f New Whatcom, Wash. Loss estimated at $400,000. Comptroller Coler announced that Mrs. Hetty Green had offered to Ipaa the city of New York $1,000,000 at 2 per cent. Dr. Louis Jacob and his son Daniel, 18 years old, both dentists of St. Louis, were drowned at Creve Couer Lake by the overturning of their boat. Two other men ■who were rescued had a narrow escape from death. A heavy rain and bail storm that swept over Walsh County, N. D., devastated the country for a distance of forty miles and from one to ten miles in width. Crops on 50,000 acres were destroyed, the total loss being estimated at from $150,000 to $200,€OO. George Harsch, an iron worker of Leechburg, Pa., died suddenly the other evening while discussing his approaching marriage with Miss Lizzie Ramsey of Homestead, to whom he was engaged, at the home of a relative in Milvale. The two were talking when Harsch fell from the chair on which he was sitting to the floor. His fiancee tried to raise hiiu, but he became unconscious, and in a few minutes he died in her arms. Doctors said heart disease killed him. After the successive failures of RHxfl, Sarrien and Peytral to form a cabinet to succeed the retiring ministry of Mellne, at Paris, it is announced that Henri Brisson lias formed a cabinet, with tbe following distribution of portfolios: President of Henri Brisson; Minister of Finance, Paul Peytral; Minister of Education, Leon Bourgeoise; Minister of Justice, Ferdinand Sarrien; Minister of War, Godefroy Cavaignac; Minister of Marine, Edouard Simon Lockroy; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Theophile Delcasse; Minister of the Colonies, Georges Trouillet; Minister of Commerce, Emile Maruejouls; Minister of Agriculture, Albert Viger. Burglars were discovered ransacking several business places in Cridersville, Ohio. The citizens organized a posse aHd opened fire. Thirty shots were exchanged and the thieves, retreated. They left a trail of blood nnd one of them, supjxxed to be wounded, left a pair of shoes at the roadside. They were followed to Lima, Ohio, in general merchandise and leaf tobacco, lost their large store and tobacco warehouse, containing 15Q hogsheads of lMf tobacco, by loss was |J»,-

PEARS A NEW POLICY.

Mr. Cleveland Warn* Against Terri* torial extension. Grover Cleveland, in the course of an address on “Good Citizenship” before the graduating class of the Lawrenceville, New Jersey, school, said he was opposed to the acquisition of new territory by the United States. He said in substance: The American people are tempted every day and every hour to abandon .raeir accustomed way and enter upon a course of new and strange adventure. Never before in our history have we been beset with temptations so dangerous a* those which now whisper in our ear* alluring words of conquest and expansion and point out to us field* bright In the glory of war. I believe there la sometime* a tendency to think of patriotism as something bellicose and defiant, best Illustrated by noisily bragging of our national prowess, quarrelsomely seeking some one who dares dispute It, and threatening war against the combined world on the slightest pretext. In view of those things and considering our achievements In the past and our promise for the future, recalling what we have done and what we have been and what yet remains for us to do under the guidance of the rule* and motive* which have thu* far governed our national life, you surely are entitled to demand th* best of reason* for a change In our policy and conduct, and to expect a conclusive explanation of the conditions which make our acquisition of new and distant territory either justifiable, prudent, or necessary.

FIFTY DROWN AT A LAUNCHING

Bad Accident Mar* the Ceremonies at Blackwall, England.

Fifty persons, it is believed, were killed at Blackwall, England, when the new British battleship Albion wa* launched. Crowd* of people were on a platform, built to accommodate the spectators, and 300 men; women and children were precipitated into the river Thames, the woodwork being unable to bear the weight on it. Tugs, steamers and rowboats immediately went to the assistance of the helpless people, but many sank before they could be reached. The accident was due to a sudden rush of water, following the launching. The backwash from the launching of the vessel surged against and broke down the staging eighty feet long, filled with the spectators. The launching was presided over by the duchess of York. A large and brilliant company of ladies and gentlemen were present, including United States Ambassador Hay and Mrs. Hay. None of the guests were on the stage, nor were any prominent persons included among its unfortunate occupants.

INCREASE IN REVENUE.

Internal Collection* Show a Large Increase for May. The monthly statement of the collections of internal revenue shows that th* May collections amounted to $14,008,117, an increase over May last year of $3,281,225. The receipts from the several sources of revenue and the increases, as compared with Mny, 1897, are given as follows: Spirits, $7,096,460; increase, sl,988,057; tobacco, $3,754,062; increase, sl,013,759; fermented liquors, $3,131,505; increase, $247,887; oleomargarine, SBB,014; increase, $23,712; miscellaneous, $28,074; increase, $4,962. The net increase in the receipts during the last eleven months was $19,938,808.

Geer for Oregon’s Governor.

The official vote in the recent Oregon State election shows the following result for Governor: Geer, Republican 45,104 King, fusion ... 34,530 Luce, middle of the r0ad2,866 Clinton, Prohibition2,2l3 Total v0te84,753 Geer’s pluralitylo,s74 ■Jeer’s majoritys,46o

In Minnesota the Populists, Democrats and silver Republicans nominated a fusion ticket. Arkansas Democrats nominated a State ticket, denounced the bond issue and indorsed the war. The Republicans of the Twenty-first Ohio district renominated Theodore E. Burton for Congress. The colored Republicans of Alabama, in convention, put up a ticket composed exclusively of negroes. M. S. Peters was nominated to represent the Populists of the Second District of Kansas in Congress. John S. Rhea was renominated for Congress by the Third district Kentucky Democrats at Bowling Green. Dan W. Jones, of Pulaski, was nominated for governor of Arkansas by the Democrats in convention at Little Bock. Congressman Lorenzo Danford was renominated for his sixth term by the Republican convention for the sixteenth district of Ohio. Republicans of the Fifth congressional district of lowa, in convention at Cedar Rapids, renominated Robert G. Cousins by acclamation. Ohio Republicans met In Columbus and nominated a State ticket. They support the war and leave the question of acquired territory to the President. The Indiana Democratic State convention in Indianapolis nominated a State ticket, reaffirmed faith in the Chicago platform, declared the cause of the United States in the present war to be just and demanded its vigorous, prosecution.

Michigan Democrats, Populists and free ■liter Republicans in convention at Grand Rapids renewed their alliance of two years ago and united on a State ticket, headed by Justin R. Whiting for Governor. • The resolutions adopted favor the war with Spain. The fusion convention of the Dwrwv crats, Populists and free silvfe Republicans of the Htahth lowa ffistrMt mat and nominated G.JL h|p4»f HedfotW f<# John Lind was nominated by the three conventions at Minneapolis for Governor ed by the others. The middle-of-the-road Populists of Minnesota, who bolted the State Populist convention, held a meeting of their own and nominated a complete State ticket JU C. Long was named for Governor.

FIERCE LAND FIGHT.

Spaniards Ambush and Kill Thirteen Cavalrymen. FIFTY ARE WOUNDED. Engagement Results in a Victory for the invading Troopers. Spanish Force of 2,000 Men I* Put to Rout by 1,000 of Uncle Fam’* Sol-dier*-Army I* Driven Back Into tbe City with Heavy Loa*, Fourteen Being Found Dead by the Victor*. Washington special: Thirteen Americans were killed in an engagement Friday morning with a Spanish force which ambushed them. Four troops of the First cavalry, four troops of the Tenth cavalry and eight troops of Roosevelt’s rough riders, less than a thousand men in all, dismounted and attacked 2,000 Spanish soldiers in the thickets within five miles of Santiago de Cuba. They heard the Spaniards felling trees a short distance in front, and they were ordered to advance upon the enemy. The country thereabouts is covered with high grass and chaparral, and in this a strong force of the Spaniards were hiding. As the Americans moved forward they were met by a withering fire. Col. Wood

LIEUT. COL. ROOSEVELT.

and Lieut. Col. Roosevelt led the charge with great bravery. They scorned to hide themselves In the grass or underbrush, as the enemy did, nud ultimately they drove the enemy back toward Santiago, inflicting heavy losses upon them, but a. loss to themselves of thirteen men killed nnd at least fifty wounded. A number of Cubans took part in the day’s fighting aud forty of them were killed. The fight lasted an hour. The Spaniards opened fire from the thick brush and had every advantage of numbers and position, but the troops drove them back from the start, stormed the blockhouse around which they made the final stand and sent them scattering over the mountains. The cavalrymen were afterward re-enforced by Seventh, Twelfth and Seventeenth infantry, part of the Ninth cavalry, the Second Massachusetts and the Seventy-first New York.

Thursday in a baptism of blood the American invading army at Santiago won its first victory. To the dashing regiment of rough riders under Cols. Wood and Roosevelt fell the honor of striking the first blow and offering up the first lives of our land forces in behalf of a great cause. While portions of the First and Tenth cavalry regiments of the regular army also stood shoulder to shoulder with them, dividing the glory and the losses, the roster of the dead and wounded shows that the rough riders took the brunt of the charge, and to them, as comparatively raw recruits, must be awarded the palm of chief honor. They have shown the Spaniards and the world how Ameyiean volunteers fight their maiden engagement. Though many of the brave horsemen fell at the first volley, the troops calmly stood their ground, dismounted, and returned the fire so vigorously that

GEN. DON FEDERICO A. G A SCO. One of Spain’s Leading Officers at Santiago.

the enemy was glad to take to instant flight, leaving a dozen dead on the spot. The subsequent running fight and final taking of the blockhouse in which the Spaniards took refuge will read well hi the annals of American bravery. The enemy’s loss is reported to have been at least forty. Probably it is more than that, or the retreat would not have been so precipitate.. f-hafter Telia the Story. £ Dispatches received frafu ®en. Shafter t>y the War Dopartntont fell the story of the ogSlMatMmof force. TW first dispatch confirmKthe earlier press reports of the remarkably successful manner in which this comparatively large body of troops was landed at Balqniri. It was no light task to convey sixteen thousand men, with animals, trains, supplies, ammunition and artillery, from Key West to Baiquiri and land them in safety through a heavy surf with the loss of less than fifty animals and but two men. It

VICTORIOUS PINK COAT AFTER HIS GREAT RACE FOR NEARLY SIO,OOO.

is also remarkable that the command, notwithstanding the heat and the crowded condition of the transports, was as healthy as when it left Key West, which speaks well for the sanitary precautions which have been taken. That so large a force should have been safely landed was due, first, to the fact that the Spaniards did not care to expose themselves to the fire of the fleet, and, second, to the co-opera-tion of the fleet itself, which enabled Gen. Shafter to accomplish in two days what otherwise, he Himself says, could not have been done in ten, “and perhaps not at all, as I believe I should have lost so many boats in the surf.” To crown all this success, he reports that the weather was good from the start, that there lias been no rain on shore, and all the prospects indicate fair weather. The story from the time of the landing to the encounter near Sevilla is briefly told. The first landing was made on Wednesday and the second on Thursday. No time was lost. Troops were sent forward on Thursday morning and occupied Juragua, which had been evacuated by the Spaniards, and the railroad and its

BRIGADIER GENKRAL DUFFIELD. In command of re-enforcements sent to Major General Shafter from Newport News.

equipment, which the enemy did not destroy, fell into our hands. The movement forward, under the immediate command of Gen. Joe Wheeler, began on Friday, nnd was undertaken to dislodge the Spaniards, who had intrenched themselves upon a hill near Sevilla to block the road to Santiago. The story of the “skirmish,” ns Gen. Shafter calls it, between the rough’riders nnd the regular cavalry and the Spaniards is told concisoly above. It is called the battle of La Quasiua. According to the later reports it was the fault of the Americans that they lost as heavily as they did, and the fault of the Spaniards that the loss was not much greater than it was. The volunteers appear to have dashed recklessly into a well-planned ambuscade, where they might have been wiped out had the Spaniards made full use of their superiority in numbers and position. They gave way, however, before the headlong rush of the volunteers and abandoned ground which American troops would have held. This painful experience will not affectjhe bravery of the rough riders, but it will make them more cautious. They have learned a lesson which many American soldiers have had to learn before them. Gen. Shafter briefly says the firing lasted about an hour, the enemy was driven from his position and retreated toward Santiago, and our troops occupied the locality, where they were to wait until supplies and artillery could be landed.

Corpses Were Not Mutilated.

Surgeon General Van Reypen of the navy has received full reports from the surgeon with Admiral Sampson’s fleet, who cared for the dead and wounded participants in the Guantanamo fight. Their important feature is a definite statement that the corpses were not mutilated, but that tbe severe wounds attributed to mutilation were the result of Mauser rifle balls.

Left to lampoon.

Admiral Sampson has authority from the President to deal with Admiral Cervera regarding Lieut. Hobson and other prisoners. The Spanish Government may refuse to exchange Hobson and his men, but Admiral Cervera must be held responsible for their safe-keeping, and Admiral Sapipson will hold him responsible. *

Warning Given a Steamer.

A steamer arriving at St. Thomas Saturday reported that it had been stopped by the United States cruiser St. Paul, Oapfniß SMbetyjnear the entrance of San Brings fl" ir.doo. The Spanish prize steamship Panama was sold at auction at Naw York for $41,000. She was bought by the Government and will be used as a transport. Two hundred girls belonging to local No. 84, of the United Garment Workers, at Wappinger Falls, N. Y., have contributed several truck loads of provisions to starving Cubans. _

TROOPS FACE OSHKOSH MOB.

striking Woodworker* A*e Dispersed by Wisconsin Soldier*. The Woodworkers' strike at' Oshkosh, Wis., resulted in rioting. Tbe trouble is said to have been started by » watchman at the Morgan plant pointing a revolver at some of the women doing picket dufy. The strikers set upon the watchman and would have killed him but for police interference. John Fable, another workman, was pounded and cut until his condition Is critical. C. H. Paxto*, manager of the McMillan Lumber Company, was egged and escaped a dose of vitriol. Thursday evening the mob, 1,000 strong, started for McMillan’s mill. Warning had been sent ahead, and the gates to the yard were dosed. Five hydrants were opened and the hose turned on the crowd, but it broke in the gates and took possession. Police and deputies were of no avail. All of the non-unloaists received severe beatings. Ed Casey, an engineer, was struck in the faee with a stone. He retaliated by hitting the thrower, James Morris, over the head With a wrench, Inflicting fatal injuries. Gov. Scofield ordered the militia at Milwaukee to go to Oshkosh and restore order. The arrival of the troops added to the tension, but prevented another outbreak on the part of the striking woodworkers. The strikers marched to the factory of the Paine Lumber Company at 6 o’clock Friday morning, but when they reached the grounds soldiers stcsd ready to receive them and the crowd dispersed. Thursday’s fighting resulted in nine non* union men being disabled.

PINK COAT WINS.

The Leonatus Colt Takes the American Derby at Chicago. Pink Coat is a double Derby winner. Saturday afternoon at Washington Park, Chicago, the Leonatus colt trained by Pat Dunne and ridden by Willie Martin, flashed under the wire in the American Derby a winner at odds of 4 to 1, with Warrenton, W. T. Oliver’s candidate, but a nose behind. Isabey secured third money, four lengths behind Warrenton. Mirthful, the 6 to 5 favorite, fourth, with the rest of the field strung out’. The Derby was run over a slow track, and a heavy wind was blowing up the stretch. The time —2:42^4 — under these conditions, was very good. The race itself was a pretty contest from start to finish. There were nine starters, Bradley scratching Traverser and Foster adding Eva Rice. Thirty thousand people cheered Martin as he came under the wire a nose in front of WaPrenton, stalling off the latter’s furious drive down the strdteh. Martin called on his mount three furlongs from home and he drew away from the field apparently an easy winner. Mirthful shut up like a clam when pinched, but-Caywood made one of his stretch rides and it was nip and tuck the last sixteenth, Martin’s riding landing the horse a winner.

WIND WRECKS A SHOW TENT.

Ona Men Killed and Many labored at Sioux City, lowa. At Sioux City, lowa, Forepaagh & Sells Bros? circus teat was blown down during the performance Friday nipht. Adolph Halverson was killed and twenty or thirty persons Injured. As the tent lifted and the poles began to fall the spectators rushed for the entrance. Tbe fall of the canvas stopped the panic. A stampede of horses threatened great damage, but was finally checked. The wild animals were in their cages ready for shipment and none escaped. The loss te the eircus people was heavy.

Will 'Warn Fleets of Storms.

It has been decided to establish signal stations at several points in the Caribbean sea and on the South American coast, to warn American fleets in Cuban waters of the approach of tornadoes during the coming season. The new service will be under the management of the weather bureau.

Would Sue for Peace.

Former Captain General Riven has urged the Queen Regent of Spain to sue for peace and to ask the friendly offices of the South American Governments in securing favorable terms. The Queen is said to have authorized Rivera to sound the South Americau rulers as to their sentiments.

Sailed for Cuba.

The converted cruiser Harvard sailed for Cuba from Norfolk, Va., Saturday, haying on board troops from .Massachusetts and Michigan., The repglr ship Vulcan accompanied. . a

Get Orders to Move.

Fifteen volunteer regiments at Camp Thomas, including the Third and Fifth IHlaois. received orierg Saturday to prepare for immediate departure for some unnamed point

Reconoentrados Dying by Hundreds.

Messages from Havana say that ths condition of the pacificos about Havana is wretched. Hundreds have died of late.

WAR HISTORY OF A WEEK.

Thursday. Sagasta said to have announced in the Spanish chamber that the fleet of Admiral Camara is bound for the Philippines. Cable news direct from Cuba and by dispatch boat* to Jamaica is that there has been sharp fighting on land near Baiquiri. The auxiliary cruiser Yale sailed from Old Point Comfort with the first re-en-forcements for Gen. Shafter’s army at Santiago de Cuba. Cables from Cuba by way of Madrid report that fierce fighting has taken place between the allied American and Cuban forces and the Spanish. Splendid work has been done by Admiral Sampson's ships in bombarding the Spanish batteries near Santiago. The Texas is credited with the best work of the war. The Vesuvius has demonstrated the complete success of gun. cotton shells. Fridby. The sittings of the Cortes were suspended by royal decree. Official assurances received that Germany intends to be strictly neutral in regard to the Philippines. An additional army of 20,000 men is soon to be dispatched. There are doubts whether the destination is P«rto Rico or Cuba. Should Camara's fleet pass into the Suez canal an American squadron will start at once across the Atlantic and bombard Spanish sea ports. First serious engagement by our troops in Cuba occurred five miles from Santiago. Less than 1,000 American cavalrymen dispersed 2,000 Spaniards. The American loss a dozen killed and nearly fifty wounded. The warships under Admiral Sampson bombarded the forts of Santiago de Cuba again. The gunners found the range much better than on former occasions, and the execution wrought was serious. The loss of life on the Spanish side was considerable. Saturday. Two men suspected of being American spies arrested at Palmas, Island of Majorca. "■ Exciting debate in the Senate on the question of agreeing to a time at which a vote on Hawaiian annexation could be had. A report published in Madrid that suggestions for peace negotiations had been made by the United Stites is denied at Washington. The Spaniards have abandoned Morro Castle, the chief fortification nt the entrance to the harbor of Santiago de Cuba, without a shot being fired. They have concentrated their forces in the city.

Sunday. Fifteen regiments stationed at Chattanooga ordered to Cuba. Advance of Shafter’s army has forced its way to within four miles of the city of Santiago. Camara’s fleet is at Port Said,' but no request to take on coal has yet been made to the Egyptian government. Auxiliary cruiser Harvard sailed for Santiago with the Ninth Massachusetts regiment and two battalions of the Thir-ty-fourth Michigan. Train carrying Colonel Torrey’s rough riders to Tampa was in collision at Tupelo, Miss. Four soldiers and a colored porter killed and Colonel Torrey and several others wounded. Monday. Gen. Garcia and 5,000 Cubans were landed at Juragua. The third expedition to the Philippines, 4,000 men, departed from San Francisco. Up to June 23 the re-enforcements for Admiral Dewey had not arrived at Manila. Reports to Madrid say the American fleet bombarded Aguadores for five hours Monday. The opposing armies are within range of each other at Santiago de Cuba, but the Americans are not ready for battle owing to the non-arrival of field and machine guns. The administration has issued orders for the formation of an eastern squadron, under Commodore Watson, which is directed to sail as soon as possible for the coast of Spain. Tuesday. The Valencia, with 700 Dakota troops, Wt San Francisco for Manila. American field and siege gulls are on the heights overlooking Santiago. Captain General Augusti cables from Manila that the situation there is critical.’ One thousand Cubans, under Sanguilly, Lacret and Betancourt, with artillery and 500,000 cartridges, have landed at Banes. In two sham battles between some of the troops at Camp Alger several of the soldiers Were seriously if not fatally injured. The Yale, with one battalion of the Thirty-fourth, Michigan and the Thirtythird regimeht, reached Baiquiri and landed the troops. Officials in Washington believe Camara’s fleet will soon return to Cadiz. Plans are laid to pursue him if he go forward, the intention being to crush him between Dewey’s and Watson’s ships. . It is considered likely in any event that a big expedition under Sampson will be sent to attack the Spanish coast.

Sparks from the Wires.

At Austin, Tex., the 2-year-old son of Ed Peterson was drowned in a tub of water. Revised estimates on the losses of the Leiter wheat deal place the net sum at $5,500,000. Dr. M. P. Creel’s residence at Central City, Ky., was burglarized. The loss will reach $4,000. The gunboat Wheeling has left Seattle for Alaska with n government surveying party on board. Mrs. John P. Sawyer of Mobile,, Kan., was shot and killed by her husband, who says he mistook her for a burglar. The postoffices to be established in Cuba and the Philippines have been placed respectively tinder charge of the postmasters of New York and San Francisco. Chicago tea importer* lost and the United States government gained $40,000 by delay to twenty car Mids of ten crossing the Canadian *border before the war went into effect. Gustave Fuqua of Owensboro, Ky., was accidentally shot and killed by Bayard Tyler while on a camp hunt. Tyler had a rifle Qcross his lap, which was accidentally discharged. • j