Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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M. OPTS. BAD WRECK IN FOG f Four People Go Down Into a Watery Grave SPLENDID WORK OF RESCUERS The Georgie, of the White Star Line, and the Steamship Finance, Out ward Bound, Come Together in a Fog off Sandy Hook-Three Pas sengers and One of the Crew of the Finance Find Watery Graves. , New York, Special.-In the thick of a fog off Sandy Hood the stout, steel freighter Georgie, of the White Star Line, rammed and sank the lightly laden Panana steamer Fi nance, outward bound with 85 pas sengers, the Finance going down within ten minutes,' carrying to their* death three of her passengers and one of the crew. The rest of the passengers who included 19 women and 14 children, as well as others of the crew, were rescued by the boats of the Georgie. The freighter was not damaged. Miss Irene Campbell, of Panama, a passenger who was lost clung frant ically to the rail of the sinking vessel and could not be persuaded to release her hold nor were the men who man ned the small boats able to forcibly remove her. She was seen clinging determinedly as the vessel was en gulfed. William H. Todd third as sistant engineer, jumped overboard and was lost. ^When a roll call of the passengers of the Finance was called, it \As found that Charles H. Schweinler, a policeman of Panama, and Henry Muller, a railroad contrac tor of Panama, had disappeared, and there is little doubt that they were drowned. The disaster occuired' in the main ship channel off Sandy Hook at 8 o'clock in the morning, and as both vessels were groping their ways through a fog. The Finance had weighed anchor and was picinkg her way down the Swash channel, when Captain Mow bray, who was on the bridge, beard the whistle of an approaching liner. The Finance was .immediately put astern and was slowly backing when the Georgie, in-bound from Liverpool, bomed out of the fog and a moment later crashed into the port, side and just abaft of the Finance. The prow of the freighter penetrated the side of the Finance nearly ten feet, tear ing away an unoccupied state room and leaving a ragged hole through which the water rushed in. The Pan ama steamer heeled far over to the starboard while men and women, many of whom had been awakened from a sound sleep, were thrown from their berths. Hastily covering them selves with bed clothing they rushed in a panic to the main deck, which was fast singing to the surface of che water. Many passengers jumped overboard, not stopping even to pro vide themselves with life preservers. That more were not lost was due to the discipline of the crew of the Fi nance and the prompt and intelligent work Of the sailors from the Georgie, Immediately after the accident the freighter backed off and anchored, her commander, Captain Clark, in the meantime having ordered the life boats lowered. The boats of the Fi nance were also cut away as quickly as possible, though with difficulty, because of the heavy list of the sink ing steamer. ' A score or more of those who jump ed overboard were picked up by the small boats. Meantime the Finance was settling steadily. To add to the confusion? a moment after 'the im pact there was an explosion of an ammonia tank in the forward hold of the Finance and the fumes drove the engineers and firemen to the decks.. William ,Todd, the third as sistant engineer, was partially over come by the fumes, and staggering to the rail, threw himself overboard. He was not seen again. Probably half of the passenger* with the crew, stood by the ship, awaiting rescue, apd these were gotten off with re markable expedition. ." War Seems Near. London, By Cable.-It is generally agreed in well informed diplomatic circles that war in the Balkans is very near and can hardly be avert ed. The belief is joined in by all the newspapers of London. According te The Daily Telegraph, negotiations be tween Russia and Austria have pro gressed to such a point that their failure is a certainty. It is generally believed that Turkey, Servia and Montenegro have secretly closed an offensive and defensive compact. \ Investigating the Wreck. New York, Special.-The govern ment began an investigation ^into the cause of the wreck of the steamer Finance. The Finance had three watertight compartments and only one was punctured ; yet the ship sank. Shipping men say that under normal conditions the ship ;hould have re mained afloat. Her condition on leaving port will be closely inquired into., Divide Wealth Says Carnegie. New York, Special.-"The commu nity makes wealth; dinde wealth with the community." This is the keynote of an article by Andrew Car negie to appear in the December num ber of Tho World's Work. He shows how the people are the real founders of great fortunes held by individuals and says they should get a goodly portion of these riches when the build ers Of the fortunes 'tlio. ALLIANCE WITH JAPS Alleged Agreement Over the Control of the Pacific MAYBE WAR TALK WILL END United States and Japan Have Ar rived at Definite Mutual Program as Regards the Attitude or Policy Toward Problems That May Arise in Pacific. Washington, Special.-Despite offi cial reticence, information from re-^ hable sources has been obtained of an ' agreement of far reaching im portance between the United States and Japan covering the policy of the' two countries in the Pacific. The agreement is based upon the idea of encouraging and defenditg free and peaceful commercial de velopment in the Pacific. It contains not only a mutual guarantee to re spect each other's territorial pos sessions there, but defines the attitude of the two counties towards China, binding each to defend by every peaceful means China's independence and integrity, and to give equal com mercial opportunity in the Chinese empire to all nations. But more im portant still the agreement in the event of complications threatening the status quo, binds the United States and Japan to consult each other with a view to acting together. Articles of Agreement. The agreement has 'been drawn up in the form of a declaration and con sists of five article, of which the following is an accurate and faithful description: The first article gives expression to the wish of th? two governments ' to encourage the free and peaceful development of their commerce in the Pacific. The second is a mutual disclaimer of an aggres sive design, and contains also a definition of the policy of each gov ernment, both as directed to the maintenance of the existing status quo in the Pacific and the defense of the principle of equal opportunity for commerce and industry in China. The third article, contains a state ment of the consequent "firm" re ciprocal resolution of each govern ment, each to represent the territorial possession in the Pacific of the other. In the fourth article the United States and Japan express their de termination "in the common interest of all powers" in China to support "by all peaceful means at their dis posal" the independence. and in tegrity of China and the principle of equal commercial , and industrial opportunity for all nations in the em pire. The fifth article mutually pledges the two governments, in the case of "the occurrence of any event threatening the status quo, as above described, or the principle of equal opportunity, as above defined" to communicate with each other for the purpose of arriving at a mutual understanding with regard to the measures they may consider.it useful to take. Hitchcock for Cabinet. Hot Springs, Va.. Special.-Frank H. Hitchcock has been offered and has accepted the position of Post master General in the Taft Cabinet that is to be. The official announce ment of this conclusion regarding the first Cabinet selection of President elect Taft, will doubtless not be made until Mr. Taft has completed his Cab inet, at which time it will be an nounced en bloc. Because of this view of the situation no expression regarding the selection of Mr. Hitch cock was obtained for publication from either Mr. Taft or the Repub lican nktional -chairman. There were many reasons, it was pointed out, why it was expedient that. Mr. Hitchcock's status should be fixed, at least so far as the principals are" concerned, and a complete understanding is known to exist between them. As chairman of the Republican national committee Mr. Hitchcock became more familiar than any other persons with the poli tical phase of questions likely to arise at the beginning of the Taft administration, and the knowledge he gained regarding the personnel of the party will be of great service to Mr. Taft throughout his administra tion. Plunges Off Memphis Bridge. Memphis, Tenn., Special.-W. E. Kimball, of this city, unable, it is said, to choose between his wife and Miss Nora Acton, a young woman of? Elvondale, Ala., with whom it is al ledged he had become enamored, jumped from the Memphis bridge and ended his life, his body being discovered under the bridge on the Arkansas sie of* the Mississippi riv er. Kimball and his wife had just become reunited. It waa during their separation that he met Miss Acton. Florida Exposition. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.-Janu ary 20 to March 20 are the dates set for the 1909 Florida Exposition Fair and arrangements for the big winter show are already being made. Indica tions point to an unprecedented rush of Northern tourists to Florida this winter and nearly all of them will probably take advantage of the op portunity to inspect the fair. Divorce Evil on Increase. Washington. Special.-The divorce rate appears to be much higher in the United States than in any of the foreign countries for which statistics relating to the subject have been ob tained not less than one marriage in ? twelve in this country ultimately ter minating in divorce. This fact has been ascertained by the census which lias just complet cd a compilation of statistics of marriage <and divorce covering the twenty years from 1SS7 tb 'W)6 inclusive. IN A MINE frightful Explosion Leaves a Mass of Mangled Bodies THE WORK OF RESCUE DIFFICULT Mine Inspected by State Official Shortly Before Catastrophe and Pronounced Safe-Modern Devices Used for Protection. Pittsburg, Special.-The last ray of hope for the rescue of any one of th? 125 pr:more miners who were en tombed by an explosion at the Mar ianna mines of the'Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal company shortly before .noon Saturday was dispelled when the first rescuing party reached the workings |pd found the dead bodies scattered about the floor of the mine. Few if jany of the bodies are muti lated and the men were undoubtedly smothered by the deadly vapors which followed the explosion. The bodies liave not yet been counted, but it is known that there are at least 125 md the number may be larger. All but two of the bodies in the mine, t is said, are thos'e of foreigners. No effort has yet been made to re move the bodies from the mine. In stead the .r?scurers and the mining ?xperts are making_a complete explo ration of alH>f the workings to see if they are now safe. This work is ex pected to occupy several hours. Pittsburg, Pa., Special.-On the 2ve of the convention of the Ameri can congress, which assembles here aext week- to consider mining prob lems in the various States in general md particularly to discuss mine dis asters and provide means for their prevention, there occurred shortly be fore noon Saturday an explosion in the Marianna mine of the Pittsburg Buffalo Coal company which entomb ?d and almost beyond doubt killed all Df the men employed in. the mine at the time, the number being variously estimated at from 125 to' 300.. The uncertinty as to the exact number 1 :hat prevailed . throughout the after noon coninued when darkness envel )ped the new mining town from which the owners had expected so much in the way of safety and com- 1 fort of th?'men through the extra Drdinary" study and expense that had been 'devoted to this feature of the rlevelopment of the new coal field. President John H. Jones of the com- 1 pany said that the number of en tombed men would not exceed 125, ; but neither he nor any other officer of the company has been able up to. 1 this time to locate the books which 1 contain the names or numbers of em- 1 ployes and show those in the work- ; ings at the time of the explosion. The workings in which Saturday's : catastrophe, happened are known as the Rachel and Agnes mines, in real- ? ity a double mine with underground connections.:^ Construction work was practically finished, and Deputy State Mine Inspector Henry Louttit a few minutes before the explosion had completed a two days' inspection which had revealed no cause for ap prehension. He and General Man- . ager Kerr of the company came to the surface in the cage operated in one of the shafts'a few minutes be- ; fore ll o'clock. Mine Foreman Hen- ! ry Thompson and two miners entered i the cage, and it was started towards the bottom of the 500-foot shaft. ? There was an ominous rumbling, then a tremblins: of the ground round about the month of the shaft as from an earthquake and an instant later there was a terrible report, and the cage was hurled up the shaft and through the roof of the shaft house the mine formean and the two men , still in it. The bodies of the men were hurled through the top of the building and far beyond it. Thomp son was dead when picked up, while the others, although mortally injured, were hurried to a hospital. Shattered portions of the woodwork about the mouth of the shaft were blown into' T?n Mile'Creek, 2,000 feet from the. shaft. Portions of at least two other bodies were, blown from the shaft and were found in the field nearby. The ventilating fans were put out of commission by the exp?o- I sion, and for several hours no air ] could be forced into the mine. Im- | mediately following the explosion a dense volume of smoke ;?issued from the shafts birt^ceasecTa short time af-; 1 terwards. Rescue work was immediately start- 1 ed but it was impossible to gain en- < trance to the., mine for a long time. The opening up of the shaft was the only solution and for this task there were volunteers in numbers. Relief parties on special trains from the city including the chief of ficers of the company and minig ex perts from the United State- labora tory and testing station, recently es tablished here, who took with them 1 all of the latest appliances and de- 1 vices for rescuo work. Several experienced miners de scended .the steps.inside the shaft-^ud succeeded iii reaching the bottom. ' Here they found further progress ] barred becaus? the lateral heading from ihe bottom of the shaft into the mine proper was choked with muck and debris. The largest pos sible force was at once put to work to open this passage. .There was practically no hope from the first of any of the entombed men being taken out alive but this did not deter the most strenuous efforts to ] hurry the opening pf the mine. The Fleet Coming Home. Manila, By- Cable.-With the de parture from Manila December 1st of the American battleship fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Sperry thc sixteen vessels that arc making such a remarkable round thc world voyage turn their prows definitely for homo waters.1 They have been crone from Hampton Roads nearly a year. If the record established up* to the present times is mantnied tho fleet will retupj home without serious accident-of 'mishap of any kind. I A MOB HMS THREE Ancther Act of Lawlessness Near Reelfoot Lake MURDER OF OFFICER AVENGE? Following the Sentence of Death Ira posed' by a Justice of the Peaca "Citizens" of Tiptonville, Tenn., Bosh Into the Court Boom and Hurry the Prisoners to a Hasty Demise at the End of a Rope. Union City, Tenn., Special.-The little town of Tiptonville, bordering on Eeel Foot Lake, which has been the scene of many stirring incidents the past month witnessed the lynch ing late Tuesdaj' afternoon of three negroes who were arrested that morn ing for murdering .Special Deputy Sheriff Richard Jarruss, and fatally wounding John Hall, a deputy- sheriff. The negroes ar?: Marshall Stineback, Edward Stineback, Jim Stineback. These brothers created a disturb ance at religious meeting near Tip tonville Saturday night, and when the two officers attempted to arrest them, a fight ensued, in which /the negroes come out victorious aud made their escape. , It was barely daylight Sunday morning before a posse of citizens from Tiptonville and the surround ing country were in pursuit of the negroes, but they successfully eluded the white men until S o'clock Tues day morning, when they were sur rounded and enptured in a little swamp near the village of Ridgcly. The vicinity is known as the old river oed canebrake arid it is a difficult matter to trace man or beast through its tangles. Once captured, however, the negroes, covered by a hundred guns, were quickly lauded in jail at Tiptonville. The negroes when ar rested had two guns in 'their posses sion, but had run out of ammunition. The news of their capture spread rap idly to the surrounding territory and in addition the several-hu fid red mem bers of the posse began arriving by every road and soon the jail was sur rounded by a mob which had no hesi tancy in threatening a lynching quick ly and surely. In fact it was feared at noon that the best townspeople could not prevent the lynching from taking place in broad daylight. Big Sale of Burley Tobacco. . Winchester, Kv., Special.-Repre sentatives of every big independent tobacco concern in the United States as well as buyers for the American Tobaco Company, were here to at tend the sales of the remainder of the tobacco in the pool of the burley so ciety, amounting to about 5,000,000 pounds. The sales began with proba bly 500 people present. Sales were made at a ratio of one hogshead of the 1906 crop to every four of tho 1907 crop sold. Prices ranged from 18 to 30 cents. r Cummins Elected Senator. Des Moines, Iowa, Special.-By a strict party vote of 109 to 35 Gover nor Albert B. Cummins was elected United States Senator to fill the va cancy caused by the death of Sena tor William B. Allison, whose term would have expired on March 4th, 1909. The joint session of the Legis lature quietly fulfilled the mandate D? the recent primary vote. . The Democratic minority voted solidly for Claude Porter. Assigned to California. Washington, Special.-Major Gen eral John F. Weston, now in com mand of the Philippine forces, has been assigned to command the de partment of California with head quarters at San Francisco, vice Brig adier General Fred A. Smith, who will be Assigned to other duties. Ma jor W. P. Duvall will succeed to the Philippine command. .$50,000 to University df Virginia. Charlottesville, Va., Special.-An unconditional gift of $50,000 to the endowment fund of the University-of Virginia has been mdde by Colonel Oliver H. Payne, of New York. An nouncement of the donation was made last week by President Alderman to the members of the faculty who were advised that Colonel Payne was an' admirer of Thomas Jefferson and of the'-"University of Virginia and had1* become impressed with the Greatness if the university's work. Indiana to Unveil Shaft in Geor.ria. Indianapolis, Ind., Special.-Gov ernor Hanly and staff and fifty other Indianans left fer Andersonville, Ga., for the dedication of the Indiana monument to men of that State who died in the famous civil war prison. The party went by way of Louisville. On Thursday the Indiana monument , commission will ?.preseptT the shaft to Governor Hanly, who in turn will present it to the Federal ?rovernmeut Cuban Orange Crop. Washington, Special.-The orange crop of Cuba thjs year will be the largest in the history of the island and will reach 500,000 boxes, accord ing to a report made to thc bureau of manufactures by Consul R. E. Hol laday, of Santiago de Cuba. Th? bus iness of orange culture in the island, he says, is almost entirely in the hands of Americans. M I'll11 H-11111111M I M I'M THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA, AUGUSTA. ?A; L. C. HAYNE, CHAS. R, CLARK, President. Cashier CAPITAL $250,000:00. Surplus & Profits $190,000.00. The business ot ow out-of-town frteDds receives the same careful attention as that of our local depositors. The accounts of careful consecrative people solicited. ["M"1"M"I I t"M I I 'II 'M"K**H 5 0?30 RailrO? AUG?S Savings 1 Pays 4 % interest on all a< compounded every six mc Capital and Surp Before insuring elsewhei Old Line Companies. HARU0 kt The Farmers r 'THE I.H:C You want an engine that rans like a top, smoothly and uninterrupt edly. If an enftiae balks or stops and you have to fool awft^y your time to find out the cause, you don't want that engine because it means a waste of time and energy. -:- -:- -:- - Bl? Ja ? Coal Heaters, Cool We also carry st< sortments of cool jones I A WASTEFUL TOWN.t "New York consumes a glass .and a half of beer annually per capita." "And wastes the odd half, eh? Just like New Y-crk."-Washington Herald. INSURANCE Wheo placing- your Insure ance give me a call. I rep resent a refry strong: line of FIRE - - - Insurance Companies, Agent for the largest IvII^K> - - - Insurance Co. I will ap? preoiate a share of y our busi ness. I can be found at my o?et"*Ofci No. a-- -oyor Baa* ol * Eduanali. Jame* TT. MIM% .iught Saw, Lathe and ?Shin gie Mills, Engines, Boilers, Supplies and repairs, Porta qle , Steam and Gasoline En gines, Saw Teeth, Files, Belts and Pipes. WOOD SAWS and SPLITTERS. Gins and P/ess Repairs. Try LOMBARD, AUGUSTA. GA. V. A. HEMSTREET a -B-anawMi. iri.r-irrm.Li. ,,. - &BR0. Guns, Pistols, Knives. CARTRIDGES: First Class Repairing? 655 Broad Street, Augusta. Ga Near Georgia Railroad Bank. LCL Bank TA, GK2V. department :countsin this department, >nths, January and July. lus $550,000.00. j] D SEE } & BYRD e, Wegreprcsent the Besi & BYRD. Bank of Edgefield rr~n en fines 2re so prac tical and so simple thai when you sta rt them they run until yon ?(top them whether you are watching or not Kever. oat of re parr; don ' t w as te fuel Cad on os and we will gladly exjt?n the good points of the > LUC fcgine. *- -.- -. ^Stoves in all sizes. )ve-pipe, full as ring utensils, etc. mmm James ?. Dobev, DENTAL SURGEON, Johnston, S. C. Office over N?wc-Mcnitor Office. JAS. S. BYRD, *TIST, EDGEFIEL5*5J S.* C. ^STOffice ov/^r Post-Office.