Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 25, 1909, Image 2
Scraps and Jarts.
? Atlanta, Ga., June 23: Charging that
firemen are trying to Intimidate the
arbitrators, Major Cummlngs, representing
the Georgia railroad, objected
strongly today to tho Introduction as
testimony of public opinion of the
strike. Major Brand of Lithonia, where
some disorder took place, declared
that the people along the road were
now satisfied because they had been
assured the arbitrators would decide
In favor of the whites. He was confident
if the commission decided In thej
negroes' favor, the people would neverl
??" win "This In STTOSS I
contempt of the commission," said Major
Cummlngs, trembling with anger;
"If such testimony Is submitted, we
had as well close down our courts and
let mob violence rule. The firemen In
effect say 'we may be wrong, but even
If we are, and you gentlemen decide
against us, the people of Georgia will
rise In mobs to overrule you.' I think
this is libel on the good people of this
state." The commission after an
executive session, announced they
would exclude all public sentiment testimony.
This was a severe blow to
the firemen, but they went on gamely,
offering accumulative testimony as to
the unfitness of negroes as firemen.
? The emperor of China, through the
prince regent, has sent to Yuan Shlh
Kal, viceroy of China, the ominous
yellow cord of China, .which means the
throne's order to that statesman for
self-destruction. It Is stated that the
doomed man Is allowed two months In
which to arrange his affairs before he
commits suicide. During this time,
however, he will be closely watched,
so that his escape will be impossible.
But It .Is probable tb&t be would not
escape if he could, as his pride would
not permit it The world may therefore
expect to hear of the noted Chinaman's
death any time between now
and September 1. The trouble between
Tuan and the royal house has
existed for some years. Once before
he was threatened with an order to
commit suicide, but two of the royal
family interceded in his behalf. It is
said that the present empress dowager
and co-regent wish to have Tuan die.
It is all very hideous, and it is still
more uncanny because it confirms a
seer'a prophecy when Tuan was a
young man that he would be viceroy
of China before he was 42. Tuan
laughed then, but when he became
viceroy he loaded the soothsayer with
gifts and demanded another prophecy.
He was told he would be killed before
he was 52. As a fatalists, he will
doubtless fulfil the grewsome prediction.
?New Tork, June 22: Baited, intimidated,
threatened with prosecution,
confused with rapid-fire questions,
Chung Sin, former room mate of Leon
Ling, told this afternoon of Elsie Slgel's
murder. Under the terrific pressure
of the "third degree" Sin admitted
he saw the body in Leon's room,
had even touched It while still warm,
had smelled the drugs, and had watched
Leon's preparations for placing the
body in the trunk, where horribly decomposed,
it was found Friday. If
what he said is correct, he described
almost everything concerning the
murder except the actual committal of
the crime. He denied implication and
stoutly protested his ignorance of
Leon's whereabouts. He is held under
a $10,000 bond. From Sin's story
it is apparent that Elsie Slgel was
chloroformed, and then choked to
death. He said that on the morning
of June 10, he heard a strange noise
In Leon's room adjoining his, and looking
over the transom, saw the girl lying
on the bed with a bloody towel
over her mouth. As he passed through
the room to go out to wash his hands,
he felt the body and it was still
warm. He returned to his room from
a chop suey restaurant and Leon had
covered the body up to the chin with
a blanket and pulled the trunk to the
middle of the floor. Sin said he went
down stairs again, where he remained
till Leon called him, and when he entered
the room the body had been
placed inside the trunk. At this point
Sin denied having assisted in any way.
He said he saw her no more. Answering
a question. Sin said when he asked
Leon how she died, he said "she
had bitten her tongue and bled to
death." Leon said he was going to
send the trunk to Europe. Sin said he
then left hurriedly. Sin is about 35
' A ~ 4 WAQf
ana was arresiea yesieruay ?wi
Oalway, N. Y. Sin said the girl came
to Leon's room the afternoon before
of her own free will alone, indicating
that she sought the Chinaman.
? New York, June 21: In the love
letters of Elsie Slgel to two Chinamen
Is found the motive for the gruesome
murder of Gen. Franz Sigel's
granddaughter. The night the body
was discovered wedged Into the old
trunk in the rooms of Leon Ling, In
Eighth avenue, the police found a
score or more of letters, which the
girl had addressed to him. They were
endearing in tone and indicated a
friendship more than platonlc. In
searching Chinatown, the detectives
raided the private rooms of Chu Gain,
owner of the famous Port Arthur
Chinese restaurant, and there they
found about 200 letters which had been
addressed to him by Elsie Slgel. These
letters were even more endearing in
tone than those found in Leon Ling's
room. In these she addressed him as
"My own dearest beloved," and "my
own dear Chu," "ever your loving Elsie,"
she frequently signed herself. The
Chu Gain letters gave the first Information
as to the motive for the murder.
Miss Sigel told Chu Gain, in some
of these letters, of her conduct with
Leon Ling, told him not to be jealous,
ana expiainea ner uujeti m maiuvaiuIng
her friendship for Ling. The police
will not give out the full contents
of these letters. It Is now supposed
that Leon Ling decided tragically to
end the romance of the girl he loved
and his rival. Her afTectlon for Chu
Gain was known, as is shown by the
letters received by Chu Gain, in which
he and the girl are threatened with
death unless their relations ceased.
The murder was apparently the execution
of that threat. The Chinatown
mission, popularly known as the
girl's recreation rooms, was closed
last night for the first time since they
were opened eight years ago. No explanation
was given for this action,
but it is supposed that the murder of
Elsie Sigel was responsible. It was
in these rooms that Miss Sigel first
undertook missionary work in Chinatown,
and it was here thai she was
Ki.Aii-?Kt In nnntnft with m$?nv Of the
residents of that section. The young
girl missionaries of Chinatown, like
Elsie Sigel, use these rooms in which
to meet the unfortunate women of
Chinatown and there talk religion with
them. On stated occasions Chinamen
were Invited to the rooms, and there
they met the young girl missionaries.
In that manner many Chinamen were
Induced to attend Christian Sunday
schools In different parts of the city
and from these first meetings many romances
have developed, the Chinamen
marrying white women. The first of
these weddings, which occurred eight
years ago, created much comment, but j
recently there have been so many such
alliances that little attention is paid
to them.
$hc llflttoiUr (Snquim.
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Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkville!
as Mall Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVIIXE, 8. 0.i
FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1909.
"i am so good a Democrat," said
Senator Bailey the other day, "that 1
have even voted for myself." And also
Senator Bailey has "blown his own
horn."
Wb are unable to see how the Income
tax they propose to lay on corporations
can operate so as not to
build up government supervision of
the business of such institutions. This
development Is not altogether to be
desired.
i- tint nioaqnnt to nrlnt stories
AX AO IlVfc r 1
like that of the murder of Elsie Slgel,
by the Chinaman, Leon Ling; but it
is necessary. There are those who
would try to escape from truth, but to
try to do this is very foolish. The
sensible thing in the case of a startling
horror of this nature is to try to
consider all the facts as sanely as
possible, and draw the best lessons
that can be suggested.
TnE Charlotte Chronicle of Monday,
contains a comprehensive summary of
the law that has Just been passed to
govern the taking of the tenth census.
The director of the census next year
will receive a salary of $7,000 Instead
of $7,600 as heretofore, and there have
been more or less reduction in the salaries
of all the officers at Washington.
There will be as usual a supervisor in
each congressional district, and he
will receive for his work the lump
sum of $1,600. Enumerators, except
where the work is unusually hard, will
receive from $1 to $2 a day each, with
an additional bonus of from 1 to 3
cen(s for each inhabitant enumerated
and from 15 to 20 cents for each farm
establishment or productive industry
reported. It will not pay to trifle with
Uncle Sam in the pension business.
If a supervisor or clerk, enumerator,
interpreter, special agent or other employe,
after having been given the Job
and having subscribed to the oath,
backs out, he can be fined $500. If he
gives a newspaper reporter any of the
information which he may have secured,
he will have to raise a fine of
$1,000 or go to jail two years. If he
swears to a false report it Is a fine of
$2,000 or five years in prison. Any
person over 21 years of age who refuses
to answer the questions of the
enumerators, can be made to pay $100.
Any hotel, boarding house or apartment
house keepers who throw obstacles
in the way of the census taker un
dergoes liability to a fine of $500. The
law comes down heavy on the officers
of manufacturing plants, mines, or any
establishment of productive Industry,
who shall decline to answer all questions
completely and directly. The
penalty is a fine as high as $10,000, or
imprisonment for one year, or both
fine and imprisonment.
That is an interesting story that
Senator Tillman tells of the inception
and development of Clemson college,
and it gives us pleasure to reproduce
it in full both as matters of present
Interest and of history. Although
there is much in Senator Tillman that
we cannot commend or admire, there
is no doubt of the fact that he deserves
great credit for the work he has done
m awakening the people of South Carolina
to their political responsibilities
and duties, and neither is there any
ground to deny the fact that he has
contributed almost Inestimable benefit
to the educational advancement of the
state. The establishment of Clemson
was a great achievement, equaled
only In importance to the establishment
of Winthrop. We are not inclined
to give the senator all the credit
for either institution; but we do not
hesitate to say that in our opinion,
except for him, neither would be anything
like what it Is today. That the
purposes of the people who established
Clemson, were of the highest, we woulu
not try to deny. We do not wunt tc
deny it. But still it is not to be con
tended that all wisdom Degan ana enaed
with these gentlemen, especially In
the matter of the perpetual control of
Clemson college through the trustees
created under Clemson's will. The
fear that negroes might some day get
control of the state and admission to
the college did not appear unwarranted
at the time; but now such a contingency
seems so remote as to be
hardly worth considering. It Is quite
certain that If by any means negroes
should now get control of the state,
they could change the situation at
Clemson just as a great many white
leaders are now thinking it should be
changed, and so the argument along
that line does not seem to be of much
force. Since Clemson is supported by
the state, there Is good reason for holding
that It should be entirely controlled
by the state. So it looks to us. Of
course, there should be no change at
all until after the state has made good
to Mr. Clemson's lawful heirs the
amount of his funds It has been using.
and there should be no change
either In the name of the college. In
our judgment there is no real necessity
for any change at all at this time;
but that the status of Clemson will
some day be changed so as to bring the
college entirely within the control of
the state, we have very little present
doubt.
State's Evidence.
It Is common to hear people declare
that they have a contempt for a man
who will turn state's evidence, and we
have heard such expressions more
than once In connection with the investigations
of the dispensary winding-up
commission.
Now, while we have no word of defense
for the fellow who turns state's
evidence, and no kind feeling for him
either, so far as that is concerned, it
seems to us that there is something
I ( It- f' I jout
of Joint-Mi rertafii incongruity-^-. ;
about. too vigorous protestations of
contempt for him. t. a
Suppose the state's evidence In ^
question had not become such, would there
have been any "respect" for him?
Do those who profess a loathing for the
"state's evidence," claim admiration for '
the crime of which he was accused? I
And if his crime was to be condemned,
does he become any more reprehensible
when he confesses it?tell the truth 1
about It? Are his accomplices who
were only under strong suspicion before,
to become objects of sympathy,
when he furnishes the testimony that 1
convicts them as criminals? We fail
to see the logic of such an idea.
Say two men are accomplices in a
crime for Instance, and one confesses
everything, It la very easy to gee how *
the other fellow may feel angered.
This writer once saw two negroes die
on the gallows for the same crime,1 '
One of them, Colston, had turned
state's evidence, and It was his evidence
that convicted the other. Truth
compels the statement that Colston ,
went to the gallowg like a craven, begging
to be saved from his fate. About
the only thing Feaater said on the gallows
was that If the sheriff would turn
him loose long enough to cut Colston's
throat, he would be perfectly willing
to go. Did that illustrate the quality (
of courage? It seemed to the writer
that It was nothing but hatred and
malice, qualities that are lower and
more debasing even than had been
evinced by Colston. But anyhow,; ]
when it Is a fact that except for Col-'
ston's evidence Feaster would have escaped
punishment for a most cowardly
assassination, where is there any <
logical Justification for condemnation
of Colston's action In turning state's
evidence? There was nothing brave ]
or manly or admirable about either of
these negroes, and certainly nothing
In Colston's act to excite admiration
for Feaster.
"But," those who object to state'q ?
evidence go on to argue, "I would not
believe a man who would turn state's {
?ion noOi " Thof In nil rtzht:
C V lUCliWC vu vavut .? ?- - ,
but suppose that same man had not {
turned state's evidence, and was testlfying
in behalf of himself and accom- {
plices, under circumstances that seem- (
ed to show conclusive evidence of }
guilt, would you have believed him on ^
oath? Not much.
However, as a rule no one is ever t
expected to believe the testimony of a ,
man who turns state's evidence. The
fact that he admits having committed ^
crime is to be taken as evidence that ,
he cannot tell the truth except when ,
it is his interest to do so. But that j
does not detract from his ability to {
produce facts arid figures and relate (
circumstances that conclusively establish
the things to which he would tes- .
tify.
According to our view of the matter,
it is not incumbent upon anybody j
to feel respect or admiration for the ^
people who may have turned state's
evidence in this dispensary investlga- (
tion. Nobody ic called upon to believe j
them in anything; except where they
can demonstrate the truth; but still <
we think there is cause for congratulatlon
that so much of the truth has {
now come out, even'If the truth had to (
be secured by inducing the accused to f
peach on each other.
THE HEATHEN CHINEE. ,
"In Ways That Are Dark and Tricks ^
That Are Vain, He I* Peculiar," )
The New York World has interview- .
ed a number of leading New York
ministers, including the Rev. D. Asa <
Blackburn of the Church of the Stran- i
gers. Dr. Blackburn is a former Co- .
lumbian and brother to the Rev. Qeo.
A. Blackburn, pastor of the Second 1
Presbyterian church of this city. The i
World says: t
"Any mission plan that calls for a ,
white girl for every Chinese is atrocious,"
said the Rev. D. Asa Black- (
burn of the Church of the Strangers. I
"I have always been sternly opposed j
to it. When Dr. Deems was alive this
church, In common with many others,
undertook work with the Chinese, but >
In the fifteen years of my ministry we ?
have had none of It. Members of my .
church who developed interest in that *
direction have had to offer their ser- 1
vices to outside missions. I think that t
Interest has subsided among my par- ?;
ishioners. .
"Yet many good people believe in
the sort of mission work of which the 1
tragic episode now in the public mind {
is a natural result. It is quite use- t
less to argue with such people that a
Chinese is no more entitled to special 1
instruction than is an Italian or other 1
foreigner who comes here ignorant of ?
English. We do not give a girl inst.ructor
to every Italian who comes
among us, and we ought not to hold 1
out that inducement to Chinese. All t
the same, it is done and It will be t
done. A way should be found to stop
It. '
"If the World would employ Its 1
great facilities for gathering news to j
obtaining a list of the mission girls
ruined by Chinese whom they were
teaching it would perform a service (
for which all the churches would be t
supremely grateful. There have been j
enough cases of that kind to fill an entire
page in the paper. That list would 1
be read everywhere as an awful ob- 1
ject lesson in depravity. I believe its t
publication would so shock the country
as to correct the evil at which it
would aim. Nothing short of some 1
such exposure will stop it. The peo- s
pie need to be horrified. I shall be in f
sympathy with any measure, however
shocking, to save our young women '
from a continuance of this infamy, and t
with what feeble force I have I will t
speak for it."?Columbia Record.
Cotton Stalk Paper Mill.?Georgia
is to have a cotton stalk paper mill,
the factory will be completed by Oc- <
tober 1, just in time to use 1909 stalks. <
Cotton stalks have always been a ,
worry to farmers, if grain is sowed on
?>? ? ~.i tk. (
me hUHiuu IUIIU^ 1115 tuiiuu, iiic feiuiw
cannot be cut until the stalks are removed.
There Is very little fertilizer
in the stalks, therefore It Is of. little
use to plow them under to be in the
way and tear up the young crops when
they are plowed.
In order that the land may be put
in first class shape it is necessary, first
to remove the cotton stalks, in any
event this must be done, now comes
the paper mill and offers to buy the
stalks at a good price.
There is no foretelling what developments
will be made with cotton and
its by-products. For many years cotton
seed were thrown away, literally )
thrown away, not even put back on
the land for manure. After the Inven- :
tion of the oil mill, people did not know '
what to do with the hulls. One man
In Augusta, Ga., made a contract with t
an oil mill to haul off all the hulls <
made by the mill on condition that he <
could have the hulls as long as he kept (
them from piling up at the mill. He
carried out his part of the contract, ,
faithfully hauled hulls for four or five |
years, and wnen nulls began tone vai- \
uable he sold his contract to the mill f
for a handsome figure
No, there Is no telling what develop- ,
ments await King Cotton. It does ,
look, however, that It has reached ul- ,
tinia thule when cotton stalks are ,
found to make a splendid quality of .
paper. The paper made from stalks .
is to be chiefly wrapping paper? \
Abbeville Press and Banner. ,
I ? C
? Hon. Richard I. Manning of Sum- (
ter, recently elected a life trustee of }
Clemson college, has not yet signified 1
whether or not he will accept. It looks '
as if there is to be a fight on the 1
question of whether the perpetual '
control of Clemson college is to be left '
to the Clemson will, or transferred to
the state, and it is understood that Mr. 1
Manning Is to be in the race for gov- ?
ernor next summer.
MWjAL AFFAIRS.
--" neW advertisements.
f>Oir. 8$>eek, The Jeweler?Is selling
tnie Popular priced "Rochester" coffee
percolator, which makes good
coffee making easy. He will be
pleased to show you this good percolator
if you will call at his store,
^ret National Bank?Publishes an official
statement showing Its condition
at the close of business on June
23. It has resources of $248,988.26.
iV. R. Carroll?Wants a buyer for the
W. E. Hurt house on Lincoln street
House Is new, painted, large lot, outhouses.
Terms to suit the buyer.
Will rent for $12.50 a monin. :
<Mrst National Bank?Points out the
fact that the mission of the modern
bank Is to be a help to Its friends
and customers. It wants you to be
one of its customers In order that
It can help you.
r. L. Williams & Co.?Tell about a lot
of seasonable goods which they are
offering at most attractive prices.
Silkette worth 40c, at 19c yard,
lank of Hickory Grove?Says that a
''satisfied customer," one who has
tried out Its savings department and
found its advantages, is Its best advertisement.
A dollar starts an account.
fork Drug Store?Has a big line of
the best soaps for all purposes. It
can please you whether you want
soap for the toilet or laundry.
L.oan and Savings Bank?Offers Its
customers every Inducement consistent
with sound banking. It will
appreciate your business whether
large or small.
Carroll Furniture Co.?Wants you to
call and see and hear the Columbia
talking machine. Complete line of
reoords. It also wants you to see It
for bicycles if you contemplate buying
a wheel.
Serndon & Gordon?Talk about soap
of all kinds; also chewing and
smoking tobaccos, groceries, confectionery,
hardware, lamps, lanterns,
brooms, etc.
-has. M. Stleff, Charlotte?Assured
you that he would not sell you an
Inferior piano for any consideration.
See fourth page.
-avadura Chemical Co.?Calls attention
to advantages of using lavadura
when you are washing woolen goods.
See fourth page.
At the recent session of the general
issembly a new voting precinct was
sreated for this county, to be known
is Aragon Cotton Mills.
The price of cotton is advancing
ilowly and the price of yam is also
idvarrclng, 'but a little slower. Mills
hat were able to lay in good stocks
it thp lowest prices of the season
l'ave a fair profit In coarse yams at
jresent figures; but where the mills
rnve to take orders and go on the
narket for their cotton, they are flndng
it difficult to break even.
\Afhile in Yorkvillo the other day,
Dr. J. H. Saye of Sharon, advised the
eporter that he was getting along
licely with the bank and expected to
lave It ready for the fall business;
>ut he was not so sure about the coton
seed oil mill. In fact, he was not
lisposed to encourage the Idea that
:he oil mill would be gotten under way
his year at all.
Superintendent of Education Mcviackln,
has decided that Yorkville Is
he best place for the educational
ally to be held In York coun;y
on Wednesday, August 11. As Mr.
VIcMackin sees it, Yorkville is of more
jonvenlent access to the county generally.
He Is not Inclined to favor the
ilcnlc Idea for the reason that while
i picnic might bring out a larger
:rowd, there would not be as great at:entlon
to the addresses to be delivsred.
Mr. C. J. Hughes, agent for the Earners'
Co-operative Demonstration
work In this county, says that notwithstanding
the unfavorable weather,'
tearly all of the farmers who under-*
:ook to be co-operators or demonstra
:ors, are stiCKing squareiy 10 governnent
instructions and their crops are
jenerally satisfactory. Because too
nuch rain and the grass getting a;
rood start in consequence, some of
he demonstrators and co-operators
lave been compelled to plow a little
leeper in cultivation than the agriculural
department has recommended;
>ut that has been unavoidable.
The elements of success in gold
nining are just about the same as in
iny other business?capital, labor, exjerience,
and persistence. The average
ndlvidua! looks upon gold mining as
:he king of get-rlch-quick schemes.
That Is natural. The reason, probably,
s that gold is actual money, and there
s nothing to do with the finished proluct
of the mine but to convert it into
tuch commodity or commodities as
nay be desired. Thi3 is all very true;
>ut the fact that there is such a vast
imount of work to do before the acual
gold can be available, makes the
)roposition rather more complicated
han appears to all except the lnltiaed.
The fortunes that have from time
o time been picked up on the surface,
>ear a relation of about one-hundredth
jart of one per cent in value, to the
nllllons and billions of dollars' worth
>f gold that has been taken out of
he rocks and placers; but we have
leard a hundred times more about
hese plcked-up fortunes than we have
teard about all the rest. That is why
fold mining appears to be so easy, or
it least one reason why. But it is a
natter of fact, capable of easy demonitration,
that taking the world over
'rom the earliest days In which gold
jegan to appeal to the desires of man
Jown to the present, that It has cost
in expenditure from $3 to $4 of good,
lard earned money for every dollar of
fold that has ever been taken out of
:he earth. This is not intended to dls:ourage
gold seeking. We could not
ilscourage It If we would, and we
vould not discourage it if we could.
3old seeking will go on and on in
he future Just as it has gone on In
he past, with about the same general
esults. This will be true of the world
it large, and it will be true of this Imnedlate
section. And as we have renarked
before, there is just as good a
chance for a big, rich strike in the
lorthwestern section of this county as
here is anwyhere else in the world.
THE SPECULATIVE MARKET.
Following are the developments In
he speculative market yesterday as
uimmarized In a dispatch of last night
from New York:
The cotton market showed a reac.ionary
tendency following the recent
*harp advance and closed barely steady
it a net decline of 9 to 13 points unler
realizing.
The opening was steady at a decline
if 3 to 8 points in response to disappointing
cables, less favorable foreign
:rade advices, and better weather reliorts.
There was a good deal of buyng
on a scale down, but offerings
ivere very heavy and the decline was
lot checked until the active months
cold about 7 to 10 points net lower. A
rally to about the closing prices of the
[irevious day during the middle session
js a result of covering by recent sellers
for a turn and local bull support,
ivas followed by renewed weakness
luring the afternoon under heavy
Chicago offering, moderate Southern
celling accompanying the better
veather reports and local liquidation
for over the week-end. The lowest
(joint was reached late In the day and
he close was at practically the bot:om.
Some of the private Liverpool cades
indicated that the easier tendency
>f the Liverpool market had been due
n realizing on the appearance of bet
B
ter weather In the south. Such southern
crop advices as reached the trade
were bullish, but there was much less
of this sort of news circulating: than y
recently pnd this fact probably t
prompted more or leas natural profit- n
taking: in view of the recent sharp advance,
the approaching week-end and 0
the fact that next week private and t
official condition figures will be published
preceding a three-day adjournment.
r
Receipts at the ports today were ?
4,271 bales, against 7,099 last week, ,
and 5,975 last year. For the week,
30,000 bales, against 33,540 last week *
and 43,423 last year. Today's receipts e
at New Orleans, 1,039 bales, against t
689 last year and at Houston, 884 g
bales, against 1,303 last year.
FIR8T COTTON BLOOM. 1
The first cotton bloom of the season
was received on last Wednesday, having
been sent by Mr. C. S. Gordon of
Bethesda. It Is later by two weeks E
than the first bloom of last year which c
was sent by Mr. A. F. Plexico of Sharon,
on June 13.
Since Wednesday, we have received r
several other blooms, one plucked by
w a. H. Mitchell of Hickory '
Grove No. 1, on yesterday, and another
plucked from the field of Mr. F. M.
Lynn near Sharon on the same day.
Mr. John W. Mull, who lives on Mr.
J. Q. Wray's place, two miles southwest
of Yorkvllle, brought In a white
bloom this morning.
THE CHE8TER RE-UNION.
The annual reunion of the South
Carolina Confederate veterans In
Chester Wednesday and yesterday was
largely attended, and the occasion was
thoroughly enjoyed by the veterans as
well as by the general visitors.
There were quite a number of veterans
In attendance from various parts
of York county, including Yorkvllle,
and they were all delighted. The general
report Is that the Chester people
left nothing undone that could contribute
to the pleasure and comfort of
their guests, who were quartered In
private homes and at the hotels ^ 'thou
t expense to any of them for anything.
The feature of yesterday afternoon
was a monster parade of nearly two
miles In length reviewed by Governor
Ansel. The electrical display of Wednesday
night and last night was something
grand.
The next annual reunion of the veterans
Is to be held in Spartanburg. '
. ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. Paul O. Grist of Lenoir, N. C., Is (
visiting relatives In Yorkvllle.
Mr. Paul Neely Moore of Columbia, 3
was In Yorkvllle on Wednesday.
Mrs. R. E. Heath and children of '
Yorkvllle are visiting relatives In Mon- j
roe. N. C.
Mr. Wm. H. McCorkle has been con- f
fined to his home this week on account
of illness. }
Miss Helen Reed of Richburg la the r
guest of Miss Mary Joe Drakeford in '
Yorkville. t
Miss Mary Scott of Yorkville R. F. |
D. No. 3, is visiting Mrs. Leroy Fer- ^
guson at Taylors. ,
Mrs. W. W. Dixon and children of (
Winn8boro, are visiting her father, (
Mr. Joseph Wallace in Yorkville. ,
Mr. Ben Comer of LaGrange, Ga., is (
spending this week in Yorkville with ,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Corner.
Mr. J. C. Steele of Waxhaw, N. C., ]
spent several days this week In York- {
vllle, with his brother Dr. S. L. Steele. (
Dr. Moffatt Kennedy of Newberry, t
who has been spending several days .
In Yorkville, has returned to his home. t
Miss Janle Atkinson, who has been
working in Mrs. Dobson's millinery t
store, has returned to her home in I
Lowryville.
Mrs. M. W. White and children, re- i
turned today from a three weeks' vis- (
It to her mother at Riverside, Lancas- 1
tor county. (
Mr. Cal G. Parish of Gaffney, was i
in Yorkville for a few hours yester- I
day. He expects to leave Saturday for |
Seattle, Wash., and will probably lo- j
cate on the Pacific coast <
The condition of Mr. S. Edw. Lowry, *
carrier of R. F. D. No. 3, is not lm- j
proving very rapidly, but with careful (
nursing his friends are hoping that he ?
will soon be up. 3
1
CELEBRATION ON THE FOURTH. ,
The central committee of Woodmen
of the World has been giving its best 1
efforts to getting things In shape for ('
the proposed big celebration on Mon- i
day, July 5, and at this time every- 1
thing augurs well for a great time In *
Yorkville on that occasion. (
The contral committee consists of
Messrs. J. Q. Wray, chairman, J. C.
Wilborn, D. T. Woods and R. T. Allison,
and is practically the same com- ,
mlttee that made such a success of the |
virgin effort in the same direction two ^
years ago.
The main feature of the coming celebration
Is to be the big trades' parade.
Quite a number of Woodmen
camps throughout the county have signified
their Intention to participate, all
that have so far been heard from in
fact, and the local business people
generally will be represented. The
committee Is especially anxious that
everybody will be on hand promptly,
so that the parade will be able to
start without delay. }
But the parade Is to be by no means ^
the only attraction of the day. There
Is to be a tournament, cracker and
banana races, a greasy pig race, and 1
at the wlndup, a big dance. A number
of young men are now practicing for (
the tournament, and the understanding
Is that the knights participating
In the tournament are also to catch
the greasy pig, a substantial prize going
to the man who succeeds In laying
hands on ' the elusive creature. (
The cracker race Is something unique.
The run Is to be over a course of two
hundred yards. A hundred yards from
the starting point there Is to be a stool
with ten crackers on It for each starter.
The runners are to get to the
stools, sit down and remain until after
they have eaten the crackers, and
start again. The man who makes the
two hundred yards first, having eaten '
his ten crackers on the way, wins the j
prize. r
"Every reasonable care Is to be taken
for the comfort and convenience
of the visitors," said Mr. Wray yester- t
day. "We are going to have barrels t
of Ice water along the streets for one v
thing, and for another thing we are t
going to have It arranged so that ev- v
erybody can be taken care of Indoors, t
If necessary. A great many people j'
have signified their Intention to throw j,
open their homes, and I am quite sure li
thut everybody who comes will have 1
reason to feel that the day has been J,
worth their while."
While the foregoing Is a general v
outline of what Is in view, as the time jj
for the celebration grows closer the ^
committee Is becoming more and more d
active and alert, and there is every as- I
surance that the attractions of the day
will be pitched on a much bigger scale f.
than has been usual. f
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Mr. J. W. Moore was In Yorkvllle
esterday with his first early tomaoes.
He said he had been having tonatoes
for about two weeks; but on
ccount of the wet weather they have
teen rotting badly.
? Mayor Hart went to Columbia last
light to consult the governor about
lecurtng assistance from the state In
efraylng the expenses of the recent
imallpox epidemic In YorkvlUe. The
epidemic cost the town In money more
hnn fKfin nnit It nPAmn fair that the
itate should pay a part of this sum
rom the 18,000 appropriation available
'or the purpose.
? Thp Enquirer does not approve of ,
he action of the board of trustees of
he YorkVille Graded School district In
isking the voters to vote for the levy
>f a three mill tax, when the law alow*
only two mills. We reeognlze
hat there Is need for three mill* and
nore, and we are quite sure that the
:hange In the law whereby the school
llstrlct Is now allowed to vote only
wo mills is the result of a technical
irror. We recognize also that this er or
was unfortunate; but. still there
ias been a session of the general aaiembly
since the error was originally
nade and there Is no good reason why
t ha* not been corrected. First-class
ichool facilities are of very great im)ortance
to every community; but one
hlng that Is of even more importance
:han first-class school facilities is
itrlct observance of the written law.
rhe reason of this is obvious. With
:he written law for a guide, the citizen
s Informed of his rights, duties and
esponsibllltles, while departure from
he law, leads to confusion and doubt.
Under the circumstances, we think the
ichool district should have been asked
:o vote on only two mills instead of
:hree. We think the recommendation
ihould be changed so as to comply
vith the law. However, we desire to
>e considered merely as informing the
/oters rather than advising them. If
inder the circumstances, they desire
:o vote for the levy of three mills,
vhlch is asked for and needed, The
Enquirer has no objection. If the three
nill levy is voted down, then there will
>e nothing to prevent the holding of
mother election on the question, of the
:wo mill levy for which there is full
luthorlty under the law.
APPOINTMENT OF TRU8TEE8.
..There, will be no . reorganisation of
:he boards, of trustees of the various
lubllc school districts of the state this
/ear, as is contemplated in the law.
rhe reason is because of confusion and
sontradictlons that have been caused
jy amendments, and the situation will
mve to stand as It Is until it can be
itraightened out in regular manner.
The Tork county board of education
vas to have held a meeting on the first
l ueaaay in Juiy iur me purpusc ui
-eorganlzing the various school dlsrlcts,
by reappointing such of the
>oard8 of trustees as It was desirable
:o reappoint, appointing: new trustees,
vhere It may be desirable to make
:hanges, and filling such vacancies as
t Is necessary to fill; but It now develops
that the board will have to conIne
Itself altogether to the matter of
llling vacancies.
County Superintendent of Education
VfcMackln has received from State
Superintendent Swearlngen, a letter
?ncloslng a ruling from the attorney
reneral on the subject. The attorney
reneral's letter to the state' superlnendent
Is as follows:
"Tour letter asking If school trustees
ire to be appointed In July of the
present year has been received. Sec:lon
1210 of the Code of Laws, Volume
I, as amended by the act of the leglsature,
approved February 17, 1906,
lirects "Each County Board of Educaion
on the First Tuesday of July 1906,
ind on the first Tuesday In July In ev;ry
two years thereafter, shall appoint
'or each school district In their county
:hree school trustees from the qualified ,
(lectors and tax payers, residing wlthn
the district, who shall hold their ofIces
for two years, and until their
successors are appointed and quailled,
unless sooner j i>v?.w by the
:ounty board of education." Accordng
to the provisions of this section
)f the code, school trustees shall be
ippointed on the first Tuesday In July,
1910.
Referring to the foregoing In his let:er
to the county superintendents, Su\An(nton/1onf
Citron r<n(/nn an V J
"Section 1210 of the Code amended
n 1903, 1904 and 1906, and the contradictions
In the several amendments
;ouId not be harmonized without this
ullng. In consequence of this opinion,
here will be no appointment of school
:ru8tees this year except In case of
vacancies by resignation, death and
>ther cause."
TRIED TO BREAK JAIL.
The accidental awakening of Deputy
Sheriff Qulnn and his prompt and deermlned
action In the premises, presented
a general jail delivery last
Tuesday night.
SherlfT Brown was away on business
md Deputy Qulnn was alone at the
ail. That Is usually the case when
(omething of this kind happens. If
>ne or the other of the officers Is
iway, the prisoners seem to get wind
>f the fact somehow. i
It was shortly after 12 o'clock Tueslay
night. Deputy Qulnn sleeps on
he second floor of the Jail building,
ust under the Jail proper. He found
llmself suddenly awakened without
mowing why; but presently heard a |
lolse overhead like the gnawing of i
ats.
There are no rats In the Jail?not
n the upper part of It, and Deputy ]
julnn, is aware of the fact, so picking <
ip his gun, he quietly climbed the
italrs and listened at the outer door |
>f the entrance. In a few moments he i
vas able to certainly make out that ]
here was someboay in tne room on ,
he other aide, where nobody had a
ight to be, picking their way through
he brick wall. Being alone, his first
bought was to quietly wait till the
lole was completed and then capture
he diggers as they came through; but
>n further consideration he decided
ipon another plan of action.
Entrance to the ante-room of the
irlson proper Is effected through heavy
louble doors, the outer fastened by a
ock and the inner by a bolt. The
loise was just to the left of these
loors, over next to the room. Deputy
julnn quietly unlocked the outer door
nd then quickly throwing the bolt of
he other door, stepped in and covered
wo negroes?all that were In sight?
kith his revolver.
The negroes were digging away at
he brick wall, over next to the street
rhere It had been cut away to admit
he hot water pipes. They had already
emoved several bricks, and were
naking good progress. They would
lave been through the wall within
lalf an hour at the most. But when
deputy Qulnn appeared they were uterly
dumfounded and began begging
ilm not to shoot.
"Get back Into your cells, the same
ray you got out, and do It quick," orered
Deputy Qulnn. The two negroes
>st no time in bolting through the
lebtor's room Into the narrow corrior
that runs almost entirely around
he cells, and after the noise of scurying
feet had subsided and everything
ecame quiet again, the deputy orderd
everybody on the Inside to come
nrwaru to tne iron grating mat sep-11
arates the room In which he was
standing: from the Inner corridor. The
order was obeyed quickly, and when
Deputy Qulnn counted eight negroes,
he knew that he had them all.
Upon a thorough Investigation,
which Included an examination of the
now repentant prisoners. Deputy Qulnn
learned that with a lock bolt wrenched
from the lattice work at the main
corridor entrance, the negroes had
prized the grating off of one of the
rear cells, and gotten Into the front
rooms .through the hole that had been
covered by the grating. When the
deputy arrived on the scene two of the
negroes, Peter Crawford and Frank
Moore were using this lock bolt as a
crowbar and four other negroes were
watching the progress of the work
from the adjoining room. All had prepared
for the road by doing their belongings
up In familiar little parcele
"-J ,"l"? oVinna tnirpfhpr an thpv
could be carried across the shoulders
Two negroes, Will Adams and Jot
Benton claimed to have had no pari
In the attempted delivery, and Deputy
Qulnn was unable to get any Information
that seemed to implicate them.
- Deputy Qutnn has no doubt that except
for his opportune appearance, the
negroes would have easily made theh
escape.
ROCK HILL 8CHOOL CASE.
The following Is from the Rock Hill
Record of Tuesday:
Mr. J. L. Glenn of the Chester bar
who was appointed by the circuit
court to take testimony and report hit
conclusions on certain questions of
fact In the Injunction case brought bj
certain minority trustees of the Rock
Hill local school district against th<
majority of that board to upset th<
sale of the Rock Hill High schoo
property to Winthrop college, has now
gathered all the testimony and arguments
of attorneys In the case and
will get out his report in a few days
In time for a hearing of the case before
the circuit court at Yorkvllle nexl
month.
Mr. Glenn's report Is anticipated
with much interest not only In Roc)
Hill, on account of the more or lesi
bitter factional fight that has beer
waged there over the afTalr, but als<
throughout the state by . reason ol
Wlnthrop's great Interest In the case
When the fight got started well. Senator
Tillman took a hand, writing t<
a local member of the Winthrop board
that unless the fight on Presides
Johnson and the college In Rock HU
ceased, he would get his friends together
In the legislature and take th<
college away from Rock Hill and hav<
the college plant there used for & negro
asylum. It Is likely that some notice
of the controversy will be takei
by the next legislature, In which caw
a very Interesting debate will ensue.
Having the sale tied up In the courti
has delayed a 1100,000 model schoo
project, which Winthrop is all read]
to put through, the money being ii
hand and the plans being all carefullj
worked out. This school will glvt
*A ha ohlMnon A# PaaI
ii ce iuiuuii fcu kiiu vu?i\*ivh w.
Hill, whereas it is contended that the
Rock Hill board, never having: paid th?
$12,600 it got the property for, is losing:
$100 a month by the delay, running:
the high school having: proven (
failure after many tortuous years 01
trial, and the district as a whole It
some $20,000 to the bad. Friends ol
Wlnthrop in Rock Hill contend that
the contest to prevent the <*&le t<
Wlnthrop by no means represents th<
sentiment of any large number of Roc)
Hill people, but is the outcome of f
more or less personal fight on President
Johnson on the part of members of th<
district board, and because the same
local trustees have the college completely
surrounded by tl\eir own property.
In this connection they point tc
the fact that two splendid sites hav<
been offered the district trustees for e
high school absolutely free of cost.
The enjoined sale to Wlnthrop wai
for $20,000, but the minority is contending
that the property, which wat
offered a few years ago at $12,500, U
now worth $40,000, and that the deed
carried with it the understanding thai
the property was never to be used except
strictly for district school purposes.
LOCAL LAC0NIC3.
Until January 1, 1910.
We will send The'Torkville Enquirei
from this date till January 1, 1910 foi
$1.06.
Should be Tested.
Sheriff Brown is very doubtful ai
to whether the present walls of the
county Jail are strong enough to hold
up the weight of new steel cells and
the concrete floor that are to be in the
third story. The Jail Is not nearly ai
good a building as It appears to be
from the outside, and there should be
a careful examination before the work
is commenced.*
Whiting-Harris.
Fort Mill special of June 2$, to the
Charlotte Observer: The marriage ol
Mr. Drury Lacy Whiting of McColl
to Miss Lillian Wren Harris of Fori
Mill, as previously announced in these
columns, was solemnised last night ai
8 o'clock at the home of the bride'e
uncle, Mr. W. Frank Harris. The home
was beautifully decorated for the occasion.
The bride's attendants were
r?no Qnlllmnn .Tmh1? Rurhanan
Helen Heath, Allien Harris and Heler
Harris. Mrs. Ramsay of Hickory, wai
dame of honor and Miss Mary Harrii
was maid of honor. Mr. W. E. DavU
of Hamlet, N. C., was the groom's best
man. Rev. W. A. Hafner performed
the ceremony in a very impressive
manner. Refreshments, consisting ol
Ices, were served. The bridal part>
left on the 11.30 train for Hamlet
where they will visit relatives of the
bride, after which they will go to McColl,
where they will make their home
Mr. A. A. Barron Dead.
Mr. Alexander A. Barron, a prominent
and well known citizen of Rock
Hill, died at his home in Ebenezer last
Tuesday night, after a critical Illness
of two weeks. His death was due to
an affection of the heart. Mr. Barron
was'a native of the Clay Hill section
of York county, where he was born on
May 26, 1851. His father was Jamec
Leroy Barron and his mother was
Amanda (Barnett) Barron. He resided
at the old home up to a few years
ago when he moved to Ebenezer. Mr.
Barron's life reputation was that of a
straightforward, upright citizen. He
had been connected with the Associate
Reformed church since he was quite a
young man, and for a number of years
previous to his death had filled the
office of ruling elder. He is survived
by Mrs. Barron and the following children:
W. L. Barron, R. E. Barron, Dr.
Archibald Barron, John Barron, Earl
Barron, Mrs. E. B. Hunter, Misses
Lottie and Annice Barron. Beside
these he leaves the following brothers:
William Barron of Belmont, J.
B. Barron of Tlrzah, John R. Barron
of Rock Hill, Walter Barron of Shelby,
N. C., Paul Barron of St. Matthews;
also one sister, Mrs. T. N. Nichols of
Ebenezer. The funeral took place in
the Associate Reformed church of
Rock Hill on Wednesday.
Need of Merchant Marino.?Mr. LewIs
Nixon, the well known American
*hip builder, is indefatigable in his efforts
to educate the country to the need
it a merchant marine. Mr. Nixon nevir
loses an opportunity to show up the
nation's folly In not building an oceangoing
service. In a recent address Mr.
Nixon said, among other things:
"Our great country fronts on the
ncean, and our navy must be kept up
and made worthy of the country. It
nas Samuel J. Tllden who made the
upbuilding qf the navy the object of
;wo great parties, regardless of politics.
When he wrote his famous letter
to Samuel J. Randall urging him to
ivork for the navy, we could not make
jven a decent forging or propeller
:rank. Today we are second to no
jountry in the world. We can make
jverything, the finest ships, the finest
guns, and turn out the finest men to
mndle them. In the beginning Europe
scoffed and said that we couldn't build
ships, and if we did they couldn't stand
jp. Now that we have a great navy,
et us give all the money that Is needed
for It. We pay $300,000,000 a year to
'oreign ships for carrying our mer:handlse,
products and passengers. It
loes not seem possible that we have so
Ittle patriotism that we do not build
ip a merchant marine to develop our
:ommerce and support our navy. We
leed the support of men who prefer
heir country and its prosperity to uu ope.
We need statesmen. Let all of
is, patriots and Americans, resolve
nirselves Into an Old Guard and build
lp a merchant marine as we have our
lavy."
MERE-MENTION.
The United States grand Jury at
New York has begun an investigation
of the affairs of the sugar trust The
department of Justice has been pushed
on to make the investigation as strenuous
as possible by charges that the
sugar trust was bigger than the government's
legal department Thos.
Jordan, a cattleman, was acquitted at
Bartlesville, Okla., Monday, of a charge
of robbing a bank. Jordan presented
his check at the bank, where he had
money on deposit The cashier refused
to honor his check and Jordan pulled
a gun, forcing the cashier to pay.
Bob Leung, a wealthy Chinaman
of El Paso, Tex., was convicted
in Chicago on Monday, op charges of
smuggling ueiesiuus tu:ru?? mo
' lean border Richard P. Price, a
I disbarred lawyer of New York, Is ?i;
lng Rev. Ambrose P. Dunnlgan, a
Catholic priest, for $100,000 damages,
because the priest had Informed
Price's wife of his previous prison record,
he having served two terms in
I prison for larceny The steamship
Mauretanla, on her last east bound trip,
succeeded In lowering the time between
New York and London to Ave
days and eight hours. This la the best
I time ever made The steamship
Victoria arrived at Seattle, Wash.,
Monday, with $600,000 in gold from
, Nome, Alaska Government approI
prlatlons for the fiscal year 1898, were
i $486,002,044.72 and for the fiscal year
' 1910 the appropriations are $1,044,401,r
867.12, a gain In twelve years of 140
c per cent The state of Georgia Is
) suing the Western and Atlantic rail)
road for $100,000 of back taxes
1 Melor Osman shot Mike Demick to
r death, seriously wounded Demick*s
wife and committed suicide at SteuI
benville, O., Monday. They quarreled
about a cat Walter Wellman, the
Chicago newspaper man, Is preparing
i for another trial at finding the North
Pole by means of dirigible balloons.
I He expects to start about August 1st
[ Brazilian coffee growers are ali
le?red to be rushing large quantities
i of coffee to America on the theory
that the present session of congress
is almost certain to put a tax on coffee
and they want to get as much ooffee
as possible landed before the tax becomes
effective George Burge was
convicted In Atlanta, GkL, Tuesday, of
the murder of his wife and sentenced
to be hanged on July 22. Burge climbed
In a window at 1 o'clock at night
and stabbed his wife to death. They
had not lived together for some time.
Mrs. Minnie Tracy has confessed
to the police of York, Pa., that she
administered poison to her husband,
who died a week ago under suspicious
circumstances. Mrs. Tracy wanted
her husband out of the way, so she
could marry her brother-in-law, a
widower Dr. A. Y. Drake, a physician,
was convicted in the police
court of Atlanta, Oa., Monday, of selling
cocaine to negroes. Drake is a
victim of the "coke" habit and made
a pitiful appeal to the police Judge for
a "dose" of the drug Mrs. Chas.
H. Smith, widow of the famous Georgia
humorist, "Bill Arp," died at her
home at Cartersvllle, Oa., Tuesday....
Yeggmen blew open a safe in a bank
at Locke, N. Y., early Tuesday morning,
and then had a pitched battle
with citizens who were awakened by
the explosion. They escaped with IS,500....Two
bandits entered the office
of the United States Express company
at Green Bay, Wis., Monday night,
and beld-up the cleric, getting away
with 16,000 George Howell, a
white farmer, was shot to death, and
his wife was mortally wounded by a
negro named, Robert Jenkins, in
Emanuel county, Ga., Tuesday, while
Howell was at work in the field
Chas. R. Richardson was sentenced
Wednesday at Pittsburg, Pa., to pay a
fine of 1500 and serve fifteen months
In the state prison on charges of bribery
in connection with the city council
Sanford Robinson, a lawyer,
I is on trial in the United States circuit
t court at New York on charges of at
tempting to retard justice, in that he
secreted a witness who had been subpoenaed
by the court....J. A. Patten,
the Chicago "wheat king," has Just .
??> o Atxt* I In aaHah hw whffih
he added $500,000 to his bank account
on October contracts .A warrant
t was Issued Wednesday for the arrest
. of Cameron Currle, a millonalre broker
of Detroit, Mich., charging him
with conspiracy to defraud. Currle
failed a year ago with liabilities of $$,l
000,000 The legislature of Geor)
gla convened In annual session at AtI
lanta on Wednesday A fishing
I crew of four members hooked a lump
, of what they believe is ambergris,
i weighing 150 pounds, off Atlantic City,
, N. J., Tuesday. If the lump Is araber,
gris, it Is worth $200 a pound or $30,;
000 Jim Floyd, self-styled "Monarch
of Turkey Heaven Mountains," a
notorious moonshiner of Alabama, has
been sentenced to the Federal prison
i at Atlanta, Ga., for a term of nine and
C a half years W. J. PUkJngto-i,
, editor of the Iowa Trade Journal, has
t taken charge of every business house
t of Dexter, la., a town of $00 persons,
t for seven months for the purpose of
i proving that city methods would ben)
eflt the dealers In small stowns
. The wife of the Rev. R. C. Beaman,
i pastor of Centenary Methodist church
, of Durham, N. C? has disappeared and
i Mr. Beaman believes she has eloped
i with another man Nine tourists,
i presumably Americans, and two boati
men, were drowned In Killarney lake,
t Ireland. Wednesday, by the capsizing
I of the boat Minister Wu Ting
> Fang, China's representative at Wash!
ington, has issued an appeal to his
r countrymen in America to give all pos,
sible aid in the capture of Leon Ling,
> the Chinaman wanted In New Tork
, for the murder of the Sigel girl.
? Fort Worth, Texas, June 22: In
. true frontier style, a highwayman, de;
scribed as gentle in appearance, today
: robbed the branch banking house of
the Waggoner Bank and Trust company
in the heart of this city of $8,100
In currency and escaped. The robbery
was the most daring attempted in
Texas In years. Cashier Walter E.
King was alone in the bank after closing
time, balancing the business of the
day, when a man walked in. As the
mart annrnanhaH fhp wlnHnW fit thp
cashier's desk. King looked Into the
, barrel of a revolver. "Make a move
t or a noise of any kind and I'll kill
i you," was the greeting Mr. King re,
celved. The cashier obeyed the order,
i Seizing the roll of bills the man backi
ed out of the door, covering King with
the revolver. King ran to a telephone
as he saw the man walking down the
street and mingling with the crowds
with an air of unconcern. The police
reached the scene five minutes later,
but the robber had disappeared. At
the time of the robbery several hundred
persons were near the building
and many noted the arrival at the
bank and the departure of the man.
but his manner was so bland that he
did not arouse suspicion. Several persons
declare that he climbed into a
waiting automobile after walking several
blocks. But the police place little
credence In this assertion and it is
believe he itf still in Fort Worth.
Searching parties are out In force tonight.
An Interurban car which left
Fort Worth shortly after the robbery
for Dallas was overtaken by officers In
an automobile, but this obvious means
of escape had not been utilized. The
loss to the waggoner Dans is covered
by insurance. The bank, however, offered
a reward of $1,000.
? Wehrum. Pa., June 23: As a result
of an explosion of gas In mine No. 4,
of the Lackawanna Coal and Coke
company today, seventeen miners were
killed and sixteen injured. With
one exception the killed were foreigners
and with few exceptions the Injured
are Americans. AH the wounded
will probably recover. Superintendent
Johnson said tonight that while the
mine had always been regarded nongaseous,
the explosion was due to the
Ignition of a pocket of gas by the open
lamp of a miner. Grouped about the
slope to the entrance to the mine just
before the explosion were many Italians.
When the terrific upheaval of
rocks and deadly gas spouted skyward,
three Italians terribly burned and
maimed, rushed about the settlement
crying for aid. Their cries, with the
sound 01 nissmg mine gas, urougni
the entire town to the scene. When
the call was made for volunteers to
enter the mine, several women offered
to go but were kept back. Of the eight
of the first relief party who entered
fpur returned conscious, the others
were pulled out with ropes. Oxygen
aided the searchers In recovering the
bodies.