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AIKEN. S. C.. THURSDAY. MARCH 5. 1908.
TAMPA FIRE-SWEPT
Fifty-Five Acres in Florida
City Laid in Ashes.
EIGHTEEN BLOCKS BURN
Northeastern Section of City Hard Hit.
Over SCO Buildings, Including Sev
eral Large Cigar Factories,
Destroyed—Loss Heavy.
Tha entire northeastern section of
Tampa, Fla., composing the city prop
er, was destroyed by Are, which raged
from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Sunday. The
area burned covered fifty-five acres or
eighteen and one-half blocks and three
hundred and eight buildjngs were de
stroyed, with a total loss estimated
at $600,000.
The burned section included four
large and one smaller cigar factories
and numerous restaurants, saloons,
boarding houses and over two hundred
dwellings occupied by cigar makers.
The factories burned were M. Stachel-
berg & Co., loss $100,000; M. Perez &
Co., loss $50,000; Gonzalez Fisher &
Co., loss $40,000; Ksberg Ounst & Co.,
branch of Stacholberg, loss $40,000 ;
Fernandez & Brother, loss $20,000.
All factories carried large stocks of
tobacco and cigars. The area swept
by fire embraced all that portion of
the city between Twelfth and Michigan
avenues and Sixteenth and Twentieth
etreots.
It originated in a boarding house
on Twelfth avenue, and fanned by a
strong wind, spread but, fan shaped,
defying the force of the fire depart
ment, which was crippled by very
weak water pressure, owing to the
smallness of the mains in that sec
tion. Occupants of over two hundred
dwelling houses thrown into a panic
rushed out, attempting to save but lit
tle of their belongings. One fatality
Is reported, a Cuban woman in a deli
cate condition, who dropped dead from
the shock, her body being rescued from
her burning home with difficulty. In
t.:e big factories It was possible only
to save the most variable of records,
books, etc., and the valuable stocks of
leaf tobacco and manufactured cigars
ready for shipment was left Ip the
mercy of the flames.
Citizens volunteered assistance to
the hard-working firemen, but tho
epread of the flames was so rapid that
little effectual work could be done.
Among buildings, other than facto
ries destroyed, were the hotels and
safes of Perez & Castro and Maximo
Caras, six saloons, twelve restaurants
and ten bearding houses. The fire
finally burned itself out at the ex
treme northeastern corner of the city.
Fully half of the people rendered
homeless w-ere out of work, owing to
the dull season in the factories, and
also practically out of funds and their
shelter became an immediate prob
lem.
The Insurance Is estimated at not
more than half of the loss. Telegrams
were cent to Lakeland, Bartow and
other nearby towns for fire apparatus,
but later were countermanded.
In the Stachelberg factory was de
stroyed a solid silver case, in which
cigars of the firm were displayed at (he
world’s fairs and expositions, valued
at $25,000.
At the home of Miguel Rodriguez, a
cigar maker, the corpse of a child in a
coffin awaiting funeral services, was
cremated. The state militia was placed
on guard Sunday night in the burned
district to prevent depredations.
SUDDEN DEMIST FOR HAMILTON
Was Custodian of “Yellow Dog’’ Fund
for Insurance Companies.
Andrew Hamilton, formerly counsel
io the New York Life and other in
surance companies, and in charge for
many years of insurance litigation and
legislative matters in all parts of this
country and Canada, was found dead
in bed Sunday morning at his home
tn New York city.
GOV. HUGHES REBUFFED.
/v York Senate, foi Second Time,
Ignores His Recommendation.
Without a word of comment or de-
e on the merits o> the question, by
ote almost duplicating that of last
r, the New York senate Wednesday
the second time refused to con-
in the renewed recommendation of
rernor Hughes that Otto Kelsey bo
loved on the ground of incompeten-
from the office of state superintend-
of insurance.
PRINTING OFFICE REPORT.
npleted by Investigator Rossiter
and Sent to President.
V’illiam S. Rosister, who was ap-
nted recently by the president tr
ke an investigation of the govern-
nt printing office and submit apian
placing it on a business basis, fol-
ing the suspension of Public Prin-
Stillings, completed that work Sat-
ay‘, and presented his report to the
isident. The report will r.ot be
da public for several day*.
BECKHAM DEFATED LIES ABOUT SOUTH
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Bradley Elected Senator in (Regarding Alleged Peonage
the Kentucky Legislature. Exposed in the House.
LONG DEADLOCK BROKEN DENUNCIATION IS SEVERE
Successful Candidate a Republican and Southern Congressmen Declare Rank
a Former Governor of the Staje. j Stories Are Told to Divert Immigra-
Victory Won by Narrow Mar- tion—Clark Roasts Department
gin of Four Votes. Agents.
A special from Frankfort, Ky., says:
Amid scenes of the wildest excitement
on the floor of the house of representa
tives, former Governor, William O'Con
nell Bradley, republican candidate,
was Friday elected to succeed James
B. McCreary, in the United States sen
ate for a term of six years, beginning
March 4, 1S>T,9. He received 64 votes,
barely enough to win, and was enabled
to gain victory through the assistance
of four anti-Beckham democrats. Sen
ators H. S. McNutt, and Albert Charl
ton, and Representative Chrys Muel
ler, of Louisville, and Representative
E. W. Liilard, of Boyle county.
Until Friday they had voted for dem
ocrats for senator, and their sudden
rally to Bradley took Beckham men
completely "oy surprise, although the
latter claim to have information that a
deal was effected by which the liquor
forces were to elect Bradley in return
for the defeat of the county unit bill
in the senate.
The completion of the first roll call
showed: Bradley, G4; Beckham, 60;
Blackburn, 1; James, 1.
Before the speaker could announce
the result the democrats obtained a
recapitulation, and attempted to break
the quorum by leaving the hall, but
came back accompanied by Beckham,
who authorized the withdrawal of his
name and released the democrats from
the primary nomination pledge to him
in hope that some other democrat
would be named who could defeat
Bradley. The four bolting democrats
were surrounded by lifelong party
friends and urged to withdraw their
support from Bradley, and elect James
B. McCreary, or any democrat they
might name, but they remained ob
durate, declaring that the proposition
came too late. The democrauc leaders
promised a caucus to select a candi
date to which the name of Beckham
would not be presented, but the re
calcitrants refused all offers, and the
result could not be changed. The bal
lot, as finally completed after the dem
ocrats finished changing their votes,
was as follows:
Bradley, 64; Beckham, 15; James,
15; McCreary, 10; Mayo, 5; Allen, 2;
Smith, 2; Peak, 2; Newman, 1; Hunt,
1; Elliston, 1; Stanley, 1; Blackburn,
1; Cantrill, 1; McElroy, 1. There was
great disorder in the chamber during
recapitulation, the republicans demand
ing that the speaker announce result,
and the democrats seeking to delay,
hoping to induce one of the democrats
to leave Bradley.
In a speech, accepting his election,
Bradley thanked the speaker for his
fair and impartial rulings. He prom
ised to use every effort, as senator, to
secure the repeal of the 6-cent tax on
tobacco.
Representative Liilard was the only
one of the democrats to explain his
vote for Bradley. He said he thought
the time to throw off the party shack
les and to break up the machine had
come, and although he did support the
democratic ticket for forty years, he
believed his vote for Bradley was the
best democratic vote he ever cast.
BOMB AIMED AT SHAH.
Ruler of Persia Has Narrow Escape
from Death in Streets of Teheran.
An attempt was made in Teheran,
Persia, Friday afternoon to assassinate
the shah of Persia by a bomb. His
majesty was not hurt. Three of tho
outriders who were accompanying him
at the time were killed.
The bomb was hurled from the roof
of a house.
MILLION IN BACK TAXES.
Paid Chicago by Trustees of Late Mil
lionaire Field's Estate.
A check for $1,000,000 in payment
of back taxes on the estate of the
late Marshall Field was delivered to
John R. Thompson, treasurer of Cook
county, at Chicago Monday. The pay
ment is made in accordance with an
agreement entered into by the trus
tees with county officials several weeks
ago by which suits aggregating $1,-
7i>0,000 were comprised.
NAVAL COMMITTEE SEEKS LIGHT
A Washia'^O)! special says: An in
vestigation by the immigration com
mission of labor of conditions in tur-
pentice camps, plantations and other
, industries of the south, especially tho
existence of peonage, is provided for in
a resolution taken up by the hou^e
Monday under suspension of the rules.
Mr. Williams of Mississippi said that
the circulation abroad of stories re
garding peonage had done harm to the
i south, and he desired an investigation
by an important body. In reply to a
question by Mr. Mann of Illinois, he
said he believed the stories had been
put cut by labor agents in New York
in order to divert immigrants to other
sections of the country. Mr. Hum
phreys of Mississippi supported the
resolution.
He charged that a systematic cam
paign had been waged for the past
twelve months throughout the press of
the country “by those whose interests
could be best served in that way,” for
the purpose of discouraging immigra
tion to the south. Stories of peonage
and white slavery, he said, had been
conjured up and given to the press
! with sensational coloring, and the state
of Mississippi especially held up to the
world as a slave camp. Agents of the
Italian government, he said, had busied
themselves “in concocting and circulat
ing these stories. When I deny them,
as I do now most vehemently deny
them,” he said, “I want some tribunal
created and authorized to sw f ear wit
nesses and hear testimony, and before
which this issue may be tried, to the
end that those who have uttered these
libels may be compelled to appear and
either substantiate them or stand con
victed as common slanderers.”
In a bitter criticism of the govern
ment and some of its officials, Mr.
Clark of Florida declared that the
state of Florida was prepared to an
swer “the accounts of ‘peonage,’
‘slavery/ ‘involuntary servitude,’ ‘bru-
i tal and inhuman treatment of labor
ers,’ and other publications which
smell of the ‘slums’ and in some of
the most remarkable documents ema
nating from the department of justice
of the United States,” which, he charg
ed, were absolutely false in all es
sential particulars.
The people of Florida, he asserted,
courted the fullest investigation of a
matter which had been of so much
injury to the fair name of their state.
He predicted that these people “will
come through the ordeal of investiga
tion” without the smell of fire upon
their garments and in spite of the bat-
, teries of slander w r hich for the past
year have been belching their infam-
■ ous ‘slum begotten” fabrications.
The department of justice, Mr. Clark
charged, had never been especially dis
tinguished “for the legal knowledge of
the alleged lawyers who are generally
supposd to be housed therein,” but he
said that usually “something of a law
yer” had been at its head. He feared
that the country had fallen into “evil
times” with reference to the “big chief”
of that department. Whatever may be
the qualifications of Atiorney General
Bonaparte, he said, that official had
been unfortunate in the selection of
some of his inferiors to whom had been
! committed peonage prosecutiq: h in
Florida and other states. He referred
to Attorney General Bonaparte as “this
transplanted hud of alleged French no
bility,” who had become acquainted
“with a lady bearing the euphonious
cognomen of Mrs. Mary Grace Quack-
enhos, whose field of labor previous to
her acquaintance with the great Balti
more lawyer was in the slums uf the
“east side” of ‘dear old Manhattan
isle.’ ” He presumed, therefore, that
Mr. Bonaparte considered “this great
slum worker” a very proper person to
send to Florida to regulate conditions
in the south.
Mr. Clark next turned his attention
to Assistant Attorney General Charles
W. Russell, who was given charge of
the investigation, and who, he said,
quickly called to his aid Mrs. Quack-
enhos. “My God,” he exclaimed .“what
a comibnation! In normal times it
; would be an affliction upon any people
to send into their midst Charles W.
Russell, ‘a southern man and a demo
crat,’ and Mary Graca Quackonhos, in
combination or separately.”
Three Officeers Are Questioned as to
Faulty Battleship Construction.
The senate committee on naval af
fairs Saturday heard the statements
cf three naval officers who have been
quoted as criticising the construction
of battleships and upon whose author
ity has been suggested the charges
made by Reuterdah! were based. The
officers were queried concerning their
views on. naval construction and Rera
Admiral Capps asked questions and
commented upon their testimony as
they proceeded.
HOLMES PAYS DEATH PENALTY.
Negro Hanged at Darien, Ga., for Mur
der of Dr. Sands.
Lee Holmes, a negro, murtlerer of
Dr. E. A. Sands, of Glennville, paid,
the death penally at Darien. Ga., Fri
day. He made no statement.
After praying five minutes the black
cap was adjusted by Sheriff Bailey and
the trap sprung. Deati! ensued In
about twelve minutes.
BY THE USE OF CASH
Bryan Alleges Opposition Will Attempt
His Undoing—Scores Democrats
Who Defeated Beckham.
Before the members of the state
legislature and several thousand Mis-
sissippiians, William J. Bryan made a
characteristic speech at Jackson Sat
urday. Mr. Bryan arrived from Mem
phis at an early hour and was met
by Governor Noel and a reception
committee. He was escorted to the
governor's mansion, where he spent
the forenoon. Mr. Bryan was asked
concerning a paragraph in the current
issue of The Commoner, reading as
follows:
“Watch the personnel of the dele
gations to Denver. Money is being
used in some of the states of the Mis
sissippi valley to secure delegations
who will he obedient to the predatory
interests. The democratic masses must
not be betrayed by representatives of
that system.”
When asked concerning the evidence
in support of this charge, Mr. Bryan
said:
“I wrote that paragraph myself and
know what I am talking about. I have
my information from a man who over
heard a conversation on the subject.”
When asked what interests ho
charged with being behind the move
ment, Mr. Bryan said:
“I am convinced that it is the inter
ests representing the trusts and the
railroads. They do not hope to prevent
instructed delegates in the Mississippi
valley states, but they are trying to
get a personnel of delegates who will
be unfriendly to my nomination.”
Mr. Bryan then went to the Century
theater, where tho members of the
house and senate, together with a
large number of spectators, were gath
ered. He was introduced by Governor
Noel, who paid the democratic leader
a glowing tribute.
Mr. Bryan’s address throughout was
a repetition of subject matter dealt
with in former addresses. The only
new phase was his caustic reference
to the four democrats in the Kentucky
legislature who, by casting their votes
with the republicans, elected Mr. Brad
ley, republican, United States senator.
He referred to them as embezzlers of
power,” and declared that the embez
zler of power is a worse malefactor
than the man wiio embezzles money.
At the conclusion of the address a
resolution endorsing Mr. Bryan, as the
democratic candidate, was adopted by
a rising vote, every man, woman and
child In the theater rising and ap
plauding the Nebraskan.
WILL CLOSE MANY STATIONS.
Initial Effect of Operation of the New
Nine-Hour Law.
A Washington special says; Ameri
can railways have made arrangements
to comply with the provisions of the
“nine hour law.” The operation of the
law will mean the employment by
railroad companiee of several tho-usand
additional operators and the closing
of a large number of small stations.
The discontinuance of railway service
at many points, it Is realized, with in
duce at least temporary Inconvenience
to the traveling and shipping public,
but, in order to reduce operating ex
penses, w T hich now seems necessary,
the operating officials or the railways
believe thats this is the only way they
possibly can meet the situation with
which they are confronted.
WU TING FANG ARRIVES.
Chinese Minister. With Large Retinue,
Reaches ’Frisco.
Wu Ting Fang, for the second time
appointed Chinese minister to this
country, arrived at San Francisco, on
Friday, on the Pacific Mail liner Si
beria with a large retinue of secreta
ries, consuls and attaches, numbering
seventy persons. He brought with him
new consuls for Mexico, Havana, New
York and San Francisco, besides three
nephews, three secretaries and seven
other attaches for the Chinese lega
tion at Washington, and twenty-four
students w’ho wiU enter various schools
and colleges in this country.
“NOT GUILTY,” SAYS ALIO.
Anarchist Slayer of Priest Arraijned
in Denver Court.
Giuseppe Alio, slayer of Rev. Leo,
the Catholic priest, pleaded not guilty
to the charge of murder when arraign
ed at Denver, Col., Saturday. Judge
Greeley Whitmore set his trial for
Monday, March 9. Peter Bossie was
dismissed as interpreter in the case
because of the charge that he is a
member of the anarchistic organizar
tlon.
FOUR VICTIMS OF FIRE,
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Father and Three of His Children Per
ish in Burning Home.
Anthony Schultz ard three of his
children, Nellie, thirteen years old;
Joseph, eleven, and May, eight, were
burned to death in a fire In their home
in Dopew, N. Y., Sunday. Mrs.^Schultz
and the four youngest children wen
rescued.
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REUTERDAHL RAISES SAND.
Charges that United States Navy iz
Ruled by Old Fogies.
Harry Reuterdahl, A ho has been
with Admiral Evans’ fleet, and whose |
caustic criticisms of the United States
navy have caused natieji-wide com
ment and roused the ire of the of
ficials in Washington, sailed for Cal
lao, Peru, Saturday, for San> Die.^o,
on the supply ship Culgoa. He is ex
pected to arrive there in a fortnight.
Thence he will go to Washington to
make reply to those who criticised his
own criticisms.
The gist of Reuterdahl’s charges are:
Tile armor of our ships is mostly
‘-below the water line.
The powder shafts are not adequate
ly protected.
The open ports are a source of dan
ger In time of war.
The low free board handicaps gun
ner's during high seas.
The great age of commanding offi
cers is a detriment to efficiency.
The bureaus which control the navy
do r.ot “control” in a proper manner.
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Failing in Wage Agreement Road In
vokes the Erdman Act.
Because of a failure to reach an
agreement in respect to the matter of
a reduetio* of wages of the employ
ees of the Southern Railway company,
the negotiations have been broken off,
and President Finley announces that
he will carry the cases to tho inter-
ftate commerce commission and to
Ccmmissicnor of Labor Neill under the
Erdman act. President Finley gave
out a statement at Washington Tues
day, in which he expresses confidence
that there will yet be an amicable ad
justment cf the controversy between
the Southern railway and its men, and
expresses regret that the latter can
not reo their way clear to accept the
wage .scale which the management has
offered. .
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the interstate commerce commission
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to seek adjustment in that manner
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