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VG :'x TAfXPOSION Powder House Blown Up at Spencer, N. C. Shops TWO DEAD: SEVERAL INJURED Two Men Killed and Many Others Injured Thursday Afternoon by Blow-Up of Powder House at Southern Shops-Buildings Wreck ed and Much Property Destroyed. Spencer, N. C., Special.-Two men killed outright, two so badly hurt that they can hardly recover and fif teen or more slightly injured, with a destruction of thousands of dollars' worth of property, is the result of a terrible blow--up Thursday afternoon of the house in which thp Southern Railway Company kept stored its powder and other explosives used in connection with the work at its large shops here. The plant is bad ly wrecked and work is at a stand still for some time. The dead are Charlie Leyton, an unmarried man about 45 years of age, whose body was mangled and charred almost beyond recognition and George Gould, colored. Those believed to be fatally injur ed are: Fletcher Stafford and James T. Gobbel. Those slightly injured are: W. F. Kaderly, master mechanic, knocked unconscious; C. H. Kadie, shop Superintendent; W. W. Kluttz, Ernest Kluttz, Robert H. Kluttz, George Huneycutt, C. R. Trexler, J. W. Crowell, Karl Lentz, Fred Loflin, - Will Loffin. E. D. Whitmire, J. M. Ellis and R. G. Koontz. There may be others who received minor bruises and contusions, but their names could not be learned. The explosion occurred 'at 5:30 o'clock and the shock was terriflc, being felt for miles around. The house in which the explosives were, was a metal structure SxSxS feet and was practically full of powder, dy namite, torpedoes and fusees, nearly a car load in all. A caboose standing on the track which ran within a few feet of the house had caught on fire from some -unknown cause and an alarin had been turned in. The Southern's fire company, composed of volunteer men from- among the shop force, responded immediately and three men had got a 'hose in hand and were plying water on the burn ing'car when the powder magazine was touched off. Qther workmen, re sponding also to th fire. alarm, had gathered and these were the men who were killed and injured. Lefton was employed in the round house. a short distance from the scene of the explo sion as flue blower, but he had got close enough that his body was bad ly hurnied and his face blown off, death being instantaneous. The ne gro wvas Leyton 's helper in the round house. Statford and Qobbel, were two of the three men wvho were hero ically work ing to save the road's magnificent shops from being burned to the ground. The third man was Koontz. who was more fortunate and escaped with a slight injury to one arm, a splinter or bolt being blown through the limb. Had the awful blowv-up been a few hours earlier the fatalities would no doubt have run up in the scores and perhaps hundreds. Deaths Remain at Two. Spencer, Special.-Up to Friday night there have been no further fa talities as a result of the explosion of the powvder magazine of the South ern aRilway at Spencer Thursday af ternoon at 5:50 o'clock, and most of the twenty injured in the accident are resting well. W. F. Stafford, a member of the fire department, it is feared, cannot recover. It is said both eyes were blown out, his skull fractured ,and face and body fear fully lacerated. J. T. Gobbel and Wilt Loflin are also in a desperate condition. The work of clearing up the debris froni the wrecked building was pros ecuted Friday with a big force of men and conditions are rapidly no coming normal, though-the town has been In aOdecided state of confusion since the great explosion. The losi to property is variously estimated al from $75,000 to $100,000. All the injiured ar, being cared fo, at the hospitals in Salisbury and a5 their homes and the Southern offi elaIs are doing all in their power t< alleviate their suffering. A numbe1 of those least injiured was able to b< out Friday. Since the early mornint telegrams and other anessages hay poured into Spencer inquiring aboiu friends who are in the employ of thi 4 ' t was learned tist many familie t~Seer suffered greatly from th '~ '.M1~okand * nisnbe o dwefllnis Wa 9 ~aah tera w a~ ye e y0cT MNSLAU gm esult Was ourprise to Friends 01 Garrison, Who Expected Aoept, taL Laurens, Special.-' 'Guilty of man. slaughter with recommendation to the mercy of the court," is the verdict in the case of . Henry Garrison charged with the murder of Lewis Williamson, his daughter's sweot heart. The result is a great surprisa, as Garrison's friends .had expected immediate acquittal when the cate went to the jury. Judge Memminger concluded his charge at 8.15 p. i., and gave notice that he would wait on the jury until midnight, but there was no agreement at that hour, and the jury was locked up for the night. Friday morning the jurors wore still not agreed, and Judge Memminger sent them back with instructions I-) reach a verdict. At 11 o'clock they came out with a verdict of min. slaughter, with recommendation to mercy. Under this verdict the court may impose a sentence of not less than two nor more than twenly years. Notice of motion for new trial was given, but the court's rul ings were so generally favorable to the defense that there are few grounds for appeal. The worst ex pected by the defense was a mistrial. It is stated that two jurors held out for acquittal, while a few voted At first for a verdict of murder. They did not accept Garrison's, statement that he believed his pretty daughter, Miss Mary Garrison. in danger at the hands of her sweetheart, Louis Wil liamson, nor did they believe that Williamson was drunk. The Garri son family is connected with the most prominent people of Laurens county, and the deceased, Williamson, was highly conneoted all over the state. J. Henry Garrison killed J. Louis Williamson last July and the defense was the ''nnwrittcn law." Miss Gar risoh, who was the only witness, testi fled that on the night of the tragedy she and Williamson, to whom she was engaged, were in the parlor of her home when her father appeared at the wingen and shot her fiance. Wil liarnson died thre hours later. Charlotte Cotton Market. These prices represent figures paid to wagons: Good middling.. ....... .... 9 Strict middling.. .. ..O. .. 87-8 Middling.. .. .. .... ....... 83-4 Columbia Cotton Market. Good middling... ...... 9.05 Strict middling.. .. .... .... 87.8 Middling.. .. .. .. ......... 8 3-4 Charlotto Grain and Produce Rye.. .. .. .. ........... 1.35 Corn.. .. .. .......... .. 1.08 Cotton Seed.. .. .. ....... 221-2 Oats.. ...... .. ........ 68 Meal Seed.. ............ 26 Cotton Seed Meal.........26 Butter.. .. .......... .... 10@15 Chickens-Spring. .... ...30@35 Ducks.. ......... .......20 Eggs.. ...... ...... ......20@22 Geese-per head.. .. ... 40@50 Hens-per head.. ......35@q40 Turkeys-per pound.. .....13@14 An Order by the Adjutant General Columbia, .Special.-Gen. Boyd has issued the following general orders of interest to all the militia: 1. The following named books of record1s, reports and papers wvill be kept in each regiment: 2. The following named books of record, reports and papers wvill bc kept in each company: A correspondence book, a sick re port, a morning report, a descriptive book of officers and enlisted men. ii record of enlistments. There wiill also be kept a file of all guard and special orders and instructions re. ceived from higher aiuthority, and retained copies of the various rolla returns and reports required by regu. lations and orders. 3. There will be kept in each organ: ization of the National Guard a prop. erty book giving full information ol all public property, both Unitei States and State, showing list of ar tieles, date of receipt, from whom re ceived the names of officers who sign ed the receipt therefor; also an ae count of all articles turned in. ex pended, stolen, lost or destroyed. A duty roster will also be kept in hook furnished for the purpose whei in camp of instruction or other duty 4. These books, records and pa pers will be Inspected at the annun inspection of the N~ational Gtuard, an, the payment of the salary of the corn pany quartermaster sergeants or oth or persons designated by . regimernts and company commanders to tak Scharge of and prepare books, recobi anfi papers will depend upon'the i' port made by the inspecting officer as to condition in which satie at found on date of inspeetions By order~ of the eogner-t chief, fsINur Items of interest Gathred Z Wire and Cable GLEAN(NGS FROM DAY TO DAY Live Items Covering Events of More or Less Interest at Home and Abroad. National Affairs. Samuel Gompers asserts that an at tempt was inade to bribe him for a large sum to desert the cause of un ion labor. On the 90-Mile test ride into Virgi nia Major George G. Bailey was thrown from his horse at Falls church and his ankle sprained. The Ordinance Bueau of the army has devised a new projectile and high power powder that is expected to stir pass any now iW use in the world. Dr. Carvild Callejo of Madrid, phy sician to the King of Spain and dele gate to, the Tuberculosis Congress, was thrown from a Washington street car and injured. . .Southern doctors state that tuber eniosis which is now the curse of the colored race, was almost unknown among the negroes before they were freed. The South. Six hazers at Guilford College, .N. C., were tried before a magistratE and fined. Night riders have recently posted a notice on a cotton gin near Ander son, S. C. Congressman Carter Glass says the Virginia depository law is infamy. About $60,000 more will be needed to complete the Appomattox river di. version project. Booker T. Washington made an ad. dress at the Roanoke Fnir and urged negroes to stay on thEc farm. More than a score of persons were seriously hurt by the collapse of a spectators' stand at the Roanoke Fair. Cases against rioters who tried to bicak into Portsmouth jail- in order to lynch a negro assailant, were drop ped. . Blaine Elkins was served with a summons 'to appear in court to an swer the breach-of-promise charge fil ed by Miss Louise Lonsdale. Mr.'James W. Paul, of Philadel. phia, died suddenly of cerebral hem orrhages at the Homestead Hotel, Hot Springs. But very little cotton is being sold in the South just now. It seems that the farmers generally are inclined to want the price to go higher. Quite a lot is being stored in, the warehouse here. Ex-Senator McLaurin, of South Carolina, in a signed statement, ne knowvledges his relations with the Standard Oil Company as charged by William R. Hearst and says there was no impropriety in his conduct as he views the matter. Foreign Affairs. Archbishop Farley sailed from Lon don for New York. The cholera in St. Petersburg is slightly checked by frost. The people of the Azores are bat tling with plague and famine. Wilbur Wright covered 22 miles in 30 minutes and 14 seconds in his aeroplane. The Irish vote, alineated by govern men opposition to the carrying of the Host, defeated the Liberal candidate at Newcastle-on-Tyne.. Political. Judge Taft spoke at Milwaukee and other places. A million copies of Hughes' open ing speech will be distributed. Br yan spoke at Cincinnati and comp'lained that Roosevelt was not giving baim a square deal. T. Coleman Dupont resigned as- di rector of the speakers' bure'au of the Republiean National Committe. *After a conference with the Pres ident, Senator Scott preolieted that Taft would carry West Virginia by 255,000. I Haskell replied to the President de I glaring a Roosevelt offieial granted - .Standard Oil rights in Oklahoma - wheft it was a territory. I Senator J. B. Foraker in a care a fully prepared statement, defended a himself against the Hearst charges and stacked Taft and Roosevelt. ' In his address as chairman of the B Independence PariF State Convention Willham R. Hearst read more letters connecting publie men with trusts. mat~amgg heer husand&*oj 41V J4mes J.& Hill ad P6tessor 1ad Laghtin, in addresses beford the No. braska bankers, antagonized the bank deposit. guaranty plan. Thos. J. Swann, of Baltimore, was elected class president by the fresh men at Princeton. Five members of the failed stock brokerage firm of A. 0. Brown & Co., )f New York, were -arrested on sharges of grand larceny, and a sixth who is in a hospital, was required to tive bail. Tennessean's Brutal Crime. Bristol, Tenn., Spec'ial.-A special 'rom Johnson City says: L. A. Bay ess, a magistrate attacked his broth r..in-law, Berney Bavless, while - the atter was asleep in bed at his home n this city and almost literally chop )ed his head off with an axe. He hen attacked Bavless' wife, fatally rounding Ter. Turning the weapon ipon his own wife. who was in the! iouse. he struck her several blows. nflicting probably fatal injuries. 3ayless was arrested and half an iour later was found dlead in his cell, inving hanged hiniself. Roosevelt to Take Stump. Lincoln, Neb., Special.-That Pros ient Roosevelt fully intends to take he stump in favor of the candidacy ,f Mr. Taft was the information re cived at Fairview from the East. t was said that the advices came rom persons on whom reliance could ie placed and were to the effect that fr. Roosevelt is planning to make t least six speeches in the course of trip from the Atlantic to the Pac fle, the concluding speech to be de ivered at San Francisco with numer us short speeches en route, Mr. 3ryan, however, refused to mtke any omment on the subject. Negro Burned to Death. Birmingham, Ala., Special.-A. A. WcLenahan, a negro, was burned to leath and several others had narron !scapes when fire destroyed the two itory building on the southwest cor ier of Third avenue and Eighteenth ;treet. The negroes were sleeping in :he building. ard McLenahan was try. Lng to raise a window when he wits niffocated. The flames spread so rapidly that he could not be rescued. Five Negroes Drowi4 in the Tennessee River. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.-A row boat containing- five .negroes cap siied in the Tennessee river and all the occupants were drowned. Three of the victims were men and two wo men. The party had rowed across to Moccasin Bend, and while returning one of the women became frieghtened and in attempting to jump from th' boat the light craft was overturned. But one of the number could swim. The other four clung to him and all sank. Young Ma~n Killed at Oil Mill. Vienna, Ga., Special. - Millard Sheppard, the night foreman at the Vienna Cotton Oil Company, was caught in a belt' at the mill early Saturday morning and instantly kill ed. The body was badly mangled. one arm being torn from the frame arnd ntearly every bone being broken. Young Sheppard was a mpember of. a prominent Dooley county family and had a large circle of friends here. Coat of Thaw Trial. New York, Special.-The total cost to Newv York county of the prosecu tion of Harry K. Thawv for the shoot ing of Stanford White has been $54I, 837, according to papers submitted by District Attorney Jerome to Justice Mills at Newburgh. The purpose of Mr. Jerome's application to Justice Mills was to haive the approaching trial on the question of 'lPhawv's ment al condition transferred from *West. chester to Nrw Yorkc county. The Failure of an Eastside Bank. New York, Speeial. -Following close on the failure of three East, Side, private banki,ng institutions, a recdiver has been appointel to ox amine the affairs of the bank of Ed. ward Roseufeld on the low'er Eau Bide, and throngs of excited aliens gathered in front of the building, shrieking threats and hurling epithetsi at the bankrupt. Rosenfeld has not beep soon for two. days. About $80, 006 of the savitigs of the poor is in-. volved. HOTELS AND 00TTAGES BUR3. ED. Fire Raging at Winthrop Beach-One Womani, Guest of Hotel, Missing. Boston, Special-A brisk fire broke out in the summer colony at Wini thi-op Beach at 11:30' o'clock Friday night. Crest Hall, a summer hotel, accomnmodati -seventy-five guests, and the Oiea~I View House are ift fiamnes, and 'large numbe- of I the oattages naetr~are. threatened FRTORTION Reciwd of Indictmenti Made By t~le Department of Justice F-OR VIOLATIONS SHERMAN ACT bepartmont of Justice Issues Revised Statement of All Cases, Civil a4d Criminal, Instituted Under the Sherman Anti-Trust Law and In terstate Commerce Act. "Washington, Special.-The Depart-. ment of Justice issued a revised statement giving in pamphlet form summaries of the record cases insti tuted by the United States under the Sherman anti-trust law of July 2d, 1908, and the act to regulate com merce, approved February 4th, 1887, as amended, inclu'ding the Elkins act. The statement gives the following summary of cases under the anti trust law. Four bills in equity and three in dictments under President Harri son's administration from 1889 to 1893. Four bills in equity, two informal' cases and two indictments, under President Cleveland's second admin. istration from 1893 to 1897; three bills in equity under President Me Kinley's administration from 1897 to September 14th, 1901, and eighteen bills in equity and one' forfeiture proceeding in civil cases and -twenty flve criminal indietmients and two proceedings in contempt in criminal cases under President Roosevelt's administration from September 14th 1901, to daie. The fines imposed in these cases amounted to $147,000. The summary of cases under interstate commerce act shows indictment during President Cl , land's first term, abd thirty-five dictments, five convictions, eigh ' nol prossed cases, seven quashed, dismissed and four acquittals ui. e President Harrison's administrat... Under President Cleveland's sec ond term there were nineteen indict ments which resulted in nine convic tions, one dismissal, eight nol pross ed, three quashed and one acquittal. Seventeen petitions to enforce orders of commission and one petition to re strain defendants from making dis criminatory rates, one proseoution for contempt, and sixty-four petitipps for mandamus to compel filing of an bual reports. Under President McKinley's ad ministration there were twenty-two indictments, five petitions to enforce orders of the commission and one petition to declare pooling combina tions illegal. These indictments re sulted in flve convictions, one acquit tal, four nol prossed and twelve not prosecuted. Under President Roosevelt's ad ministration to date it is shown that there have been one hundred -and fif ty-seven indictments; forty-eight con victions, two acquittals, nine nol prossed, five demurrers sustained. four dismissed, one quashed and eighty-eight pending. The amount of fines imposed was $1,113,325. One Killed in Trolley Cragh. Wheeling, W. 'Va., Special.--A city railway car got beyond control on Mozart Hill. dashed dowvn the heavy grade, left the rail at a sharp curve and crashed into a house and tele graph pole. One person was killed. and six others injured. Town Marshal Killed. Columbia,, S. C., Special.--O~overnor Ansel has a long distance telephone message from North, in Orangeburg coiu~ty, saying the marshal of that town had been killed by a negro who made his escape. The name of the marshal was not given. Penitentiary bloodhounds are being rushed to the scene. Change Monitor's Name. Washington, Speeigl.--Upder in, structions'of the Navy Department, the Monitor Wyoming will after this be known as the Cheyenne.. The ves sel has been undergoing repairs at the navy yard at Vallejo, Cal. The change in name is made to allow the depart ment to name one of the big battle. ships now building after the State of Wyoming. More Ginners Are Warned. Huntsville, Ala. * riders, or persons ed -to. be night . warnings on gin; part of this coniar-ujnd in inreoin~"~ county, Tennessee. ''We warn ydu not to gin any more cotton until fur th~er notice,' is the placard placed upon the door of the Rogers gin at Newmarket, Ala. The same note was posted oni the door of the Dav idson gin in the southernu pah't of' Lingola coiwey, , .. .., .