Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ESTABLISHED IN 16 A MASS OF FLAMES. ' NOTHING CAN SAVE VANCOUVER FROM DESTRUCTION. Fire Fighters Fleeing From Death on Train Encounter a Wall of Flame?A Fight For Life. A dispatch from Vancouver, B. C, says three days the people of Michel have fought for their lives and homes, but at dust Wednesdz the city started, to burn. Nothing can save it from ruin. A gale from the west sprung up in the afternoon. At the edge of the town 100,000 feet of mine timber owned by a coal company caught fire, and four load ed railroad cars standing on the side track were consumed. Two Canadian and Pacific locomotives were hitched to a train to carry the fire fighters away to the west to safety. The train got only a half mile on its journey when it encountered a wall of flames. There was danger of its being, hemmed in and burned with everybody aboard, so the loco motives' were reversed and run back ?with all possible speed. By the time the train returned all the houses on the fiat district back of th Great Northern depot were burning and and the main town seemed likely to catch at any moment. STRIKE OF COAL MINERS. Wednesday the Most Tdbnlent Thus Far in Birmingham District. A dispatch from Birmingham, Ala., says Wednesday has been by far the most turbulent of the coal ? miners' strike. The lynching of the negro Will Millans. a union miner, charged with dynamiting at Brigh ton, early Wednesday ? morning, was followed that night by the arrest of two deputy sheriffs. Lon Tyler and Bruce Tyler, charged with killng the negro. Strong feeling over the strike followed by a quarrel, led to the kill ing of Albert Fletcher, a negro at New Castle, by Constable Will Ellard Two deputy sheriffs were kidnap ped by strikers at Jett Mines and tied to a tree. Another house was dynamited at Wylam, the shock be ing so severe as to throw the inmates out of bed. Sheriff Higdon, after -a conference with Governor Comer, issued orders that no assemblies of men are to be allowed near the mines; that marching groups are not allowed to go along the highways from mine to mine; that all meetings will be attended by deputies and in cendiary speakers will, be" arrested, aud that discharging of firearms will not be permitted. Governor Comer will place the entire 1st Alabama regment in the district before the end of the week. W. R. Fairley, leader oT the miners, issued a state ment Wednsday, in wnich he ar raigns the Governor, charging him with being in with the mine owners and doing all in his power to injure the miners. BURNED TO DEATH. Young Lady of Chester County Meets With Horrible Death. A dispatch from Chester, says Miss Etta Melton, daughter- of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Melton, Sr., of the Louisville neighborhood was burned to death last Saturday at noon while preparing the family dinner. In handling a kerosene oil can for kind ling the fire the blaze reached the can of oil, causing explosion and quickly enveloping the unfortunate young lady, and her tragic death medical treatment was secured,, but the fierce flame completed its fatal work in four hours." Miss Melton ?was 16 years old, a most estimable young layd, and her tragic death causes much sorrow In her home community. HARD RUDE AWAKENING. Young Man's Nap in Railroad Yard Results in Loss of Arm. Dewltt Clement, a young man of Ashevill, was injured by an engine in the Southern Railway yards at Spartanburg Tuesday night, and his left arm had to be amputated. Clement and a friend were asleep on a hnad car in the railroad yards. A passing engine woke Clement up, and he jumped up suddenly about halp asleep and got in the way of the engine. His left arm was badly crushed and the member was ap maputated. He also sustained scalp wounds. TOO MI CH HARD CIDER. White Man Kills Two Negroes Near Lynchburg. Near Concord, 10 miles east of Lynchburg, Va., Monday night Jack Lee, white, shot and instantly killed Beverely Cardwell, colored, and mor tally wounded his brother Samuel, who died Tuesday morning. The men, whites and blacks, were drink ing hard cider and had a drunken misunderstanding. Lee was arrest ed. Negro Hanged in Mississippi. After having been twice respited by the Governor, George Toombs, an old negro, was hanged at Waynes boro. Miss.. Tuesday for the murder of his brother-in-law. Owen Pitt man, thirteen months ago. ) 569. DROWNED OB MURDERED? Coroner's Jury Said Former But Wo man Was in Shallow Water. A sinister aspect was given, to the case of the drowning of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Raisbeck, of New York. Monday night at, Lake Sylvia, three miles from Annandale, Minn., when it became know Wednesday that Mrs." Raisbeck's bobdy had been found in about three feet of water in kneeling position, and that she had a Jong bruise on he side of her face, which cut her upper lip, and one extending down on her throat under the ear. It was also learned that there was no water in her lungs. Dr. Ridge way, who examined the woman's body, said he believed that her death was not caused by drowning. . The body of Dr. Raisbeck was found farther out in the lake in about twenty feet of waer.x The supposi tion is that the woman was stunned by blows and dragged or thrown into the lake. The boat in whcih the?couple hadj gone shing was found right side up and fishing tackle in it in good or der, thus indicating that the boat had not been accidently overturned. Not-J withstanding this the coroner's ver-| diet was that death had been caused | by drowning. There were no .witnesses. One I farmer living near the Raisbecks said j he had frequently heard them quar-j reling, but others say that- their re lations were always harmonious. The couple were last seen about tnelr cottage Monda ynight. * I ___________________ MAN DIES OF FRIGHT. \ Barber Pointed Pistol at Debter Who Faints,and Dies. Charged with homicide in having frightened a man to death by pointing a gen at him, Gurgois Marsho, 29 years old, a bartender of New York, is locked up at police neadquarters. His case is one of the strangest that has ever found its way to the police plotter. The address given by Mar sho is a barber shop. The police allege that Marsho went to the barber shop on May 14 last to collect a bill from Impade Nazarlan, another barber employed there. Naz arlan appeared to be reluctant/about paying the money and the fwo men exchanged words. In the heat of the argument, it is said that Marsho drew a revolver and pointed it at Nazarian At the sight of the revolver Nazar ian ;dropped tp the'lloor (hi a. faint and Marsho, who was badly frighten ed, took to his heels, although he did not discharge the weapon'. Nazarian was taken to Bellevue hospital. Af ter he had been there afew house, internal hemorrhages set in and he died a few days later. The doctors said that the fright was responsible for his death. The police have been searching for Mar sho for two months. ? SENATOR ALLISON DEAD. ? Heart Failure Removes Iowa's Grana old Man. United States Senator W. B. Alli son died at bis home in Dubuque, Iowa, Tuesday afternoon. The imme diate cause of his death was heart failure. The end came as a result of a serious sinking spell due to prostatic enlargement, complicated j with kidney disease, and during a period of unconsciousness, which) had lasted since Saturday afternoon. Two weeks ago the Senator left his home in the city to escape the heat. He went to the home of Mrs. Fannie Stout, a friend of the family, living on the Asbury road a few miles from town. For a few days days his conidtion seemed to improve but he later began to grow worse. ?Medical advisers urged thatan opera-1 tion be performed to relieve the prostatic enlargment, which was bringing his condition to a crisis. Saturday morning the Senator was brought back home. Soon after-* wards he relapsed into a condition of semi-unconsciousness. Except for brief periods of partial recovery hej remained in this condition until j death came Tuesday afternoon. YOUTH SHOOTS SWEETHEART. Girl Fatally Wounded Because She Refused His Company. A dispatch from Greensboro, N. C.. says news has reached that place of the shooting in Wilkes county Sunday of Miss Mary Ball by Free land Tharp. Miss Ball was teacher in a rural school and Tharp had been paying her attention. She re fused to go. wich him to church but went with his brother instead, while Freeland Tharp escorted another young woman who lived at the same house with Miss Ball. When they had returned from cnurcu, just as Miss Ball was entering the porch, Freeland Tharp drew his pistol and fired three shots at her. One of the bullets entered her left breast about an Inch above the heart, inflicting a fatal wound. Tharp was captur ed, relieved of his weapon and is now in jail at Wilkesboro. BANK AT UNION CLOSES. Depositors Are Said to Be Fully Pro tected. The People's Bank of Union clos ed its doors Tuesday pending volun tary liquidation. In a statement issued by the president, the general depression is the reason assigned for the action. It is said that de positors are fully protected. & ORANGES LT FLIES THROUGH AIR. | _______ ' TWENTY-FOUR HOUR VOYAGE! REG IX BY COUNT ZEPPELIN. / ? The Ascent Made Very Successfully? Traveled Over 250 Miles, Wi/Hi Only One Descent. A dispatch flrom Friedrichschaf en, Germany, "says arising from its floating dock on the dark green waters . of Lake^ Constance^ early Tuesday morning the great dirigible air ship of Count Zeppelin was sent away for a 24 hour journey in the ?air to Mayence and return. Late that night the apex of. the triangu lar flight had been turned, and the monster of the air, with nose point ea southward, was reported speeding along und^r (starry skies toward Friedrichschafen, where It is hoped the journey will end Wednesday. The flight to Mayence, however, waa not an uninterrupted one, for something was wrong with a. propeirer while speeding along above the valley of the Rhine and Count Zeppelin was compelled to bring the air ship down to the surface of the river at Nachen heim, eight miles frorrn Mayence, dirigible again was sent on high and the trip that probably will prove a record one was recommenced. The weather for -e ascension was most auspicious. The ship of tne air rose majestically to a height of 400 feet, and crossing the lak*e circl ed the town of Constance, then turn ing retraced the path of its flight, and describing a perfect circle, pass ing over Friedrichschafen and then soared westward over the lake to Basle, on the Swiss frontier. Turn ing the vessel slightly toward the northwest Count Zeppelin steered it over M?lhausen, and then directed its flight northeasterly to Strass burg, thence followed the valley of Rhine norhward to Mayence, a dis-. tance altogether of 250 miles. Everything was going smoothly when the trouble to the propeller occurred and somewhat impeded the progress of the air ship, but when tne balloon had been brought down Count Zeppelin found the defect so slight that he telephoned his secre tary at his office in Friedrichschaf en: "We will start again some time to-night and complete the trip." His expectations were realized, for in less than four hours every thing had been made perfect. The people gathered on the banks of the stream and sang patriotic songs and cheered Count Zeppelin. At 10.15 p. m., the air ship rose again and turned her bows toward Mayence, where she arrived at - - o'clock, and passed over the gas hed city almost beyond the view of the populace, which had gathered in the streets expecting to witness tne passage of the balloon. Soaring onward for a short dis tance, the air ship was turned home ward. Whether it will follow the itinerary laid down by Count Zeppe lin, reracing its outward path to Karlsruhe and thence Hying south easterly over Stutgart to Lake Con stance, is not known. If the air ship maintains the speed at which,1 it was travelling today, it should arrive in Friedrichschafen tomorrow I forenoon. The quiet villages and small towns along the shores of La?te Cosntance awoke this morning to find that the great event for which they had wait ed for weeks and months had occurred Pd?Count Zeppelin's air ship had started on an epoch making journey. A majority of the scant population of Friedrichschafen, however, de spite the strict secrecy of the Count's associations, got wind that someth ? unh RG, 8. C FRIDAY, AUG1 ft PERFECTLY CORKING TIME. ting was about to happen and as sembled before daybreak at Mun jasell, opposite the floating ballopn shed. In this shed, throughout Monday night workmen had been busy making everything ready for the journey. At 6 o'clock that morn ing, everything was in readiness for the exit of the air ship. Count Zeppelin could not have chosen more delightful weather for a start. A glorious sunrise inau-j gurated the day, and there was noti a cloud in the sky. The lake was as smooth as a mirror. I Meets With Disaster. Count Zeppelin's airship, which descended on a plateau near the vil lage of Echterdingen, five miles south of Stuttgart, shortly before S o'clock Wednesday morning, owing to a defect in one of tne motors, broke away from its moorings during a storm at 5 o'clock that afternoon burst into flames and exploded. Four persons were injured by the flying debris.. Count Zeppelin es caped uninjured. The airship was completely wrecked. The storm blew up unexpectedly.! A fierce gust of wind tore the balloon from its anchorage and drove it in a southwesterly direction for some 50 yards. Here the rear end of the great fabric dropped and smoke arid flames were seen to burst out from one end to the other. Then in a few seconds came the explosion and a great column of flames shot upward into the air. This was followed by the crashing down to the earth of the motors and frames that had been attached to the under side of the airship. Several bystanders were knocked down. It was necessary to land the air ship at Echterdingen owing to the overheating of the piston box of the forward motor and the escape of considerable gas, owing to the fact that Count Zeppelin tok the airship to a height of about 6,000 feet. The Zeppelin airship completed the most remarkable voyage in the history of aerial navigation. It left the Lake of Constance Tuesday morning for a trip to Mayence and return. The flight was successful in a great many ways. The machine responded absolutely to the control of its pilots and was navigated over the Lake of Constance, down the valley of the Rhine, over Strassburg and several, other cities and was ex pected at Friedrichshafen, its start ing point. Count Zeppelin has devoted his lifetime and his personal lurtune to the development of his airship. The vessel that was lost Wednesday was tue fourth he has constructed. When his own money had become ex hausted,the German reicnstag voted experiments. The government agreed to purchase this ship on con dition that it fulfilled certain re quirements, the principal one being that it remain in the air 2 4 hours and land on terra firma. mis stipu lation had not yet been Tulfilled. The airship was 443 feej long, with a diameter of about 45 feet. It tapered to a blunt point at the bow. while at the stern were various rudders and frames used in steer ing. It was fitted underneath with a motor capable of developing 140 [horse power. As many as 16 pas Isengers had been taken aloft at lone tme. Sleeping accommoda tions wre provided for the crew and apparatus was installed for the dispatch and receipt of wire less telegraph messages. The inflat ing gas was dstributed among 16 ?eperate interior compartments '?hieb were contained within the out er ricid envelop of aluminum. The accident to the Zeppelin air ship recalls the end of the French militiary airship Patrie, in Decem ber, 1907, which was then consider ered the finest dirigible balloon n existence. The Patre was undergo DST 7, 1?08. I ?Macauley In .New York World. OUTLOOK HOPEFUL. DEMOCRATS HAVE GOOD CHANCE IN NEW YORK. Chairninn Mack Holds Conference With Murphy, Senator Daniel, Ex Senator Pettigvew and Henry Wat terson. I An important conference to out [ line a plan of campaign in New York State was held Monday b) Norman Ini. Mack, chairman of the Democratic national committee, with Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall !at New York. The conference con tinued for some time and it was said that the part which the national De mocrat:.; committee will play in he campaign in this State was determin ed. After a conference lasting over two hours, Chairman Mack said: . "Mr. Murphy and I talked of the situation In the State and what Is being done to elect the national ticket. A more active campaign will be made here after the State conven tion. No mention was made of gubernatorial candidates. "The State committee will direct the campaign in this State and as long as everything is satisfactory? and everything has been so far? I the national committee will not in terfere. "Much has been said of Mr. Bry an's speaking campaign. It is Mr. Bryan's intention to speak in cen tres of doubtful States, though he will not make the number of speech es that he made in his former acm paigns. As has been announced, he will speak twice in this State, once in Greater New York and once in Buffalo, but I shall try to persuade him to speak also at some point in the centre of the State. He will not speak in the State until some time after the State convention, which I understand will be the latter part of September or the first part of October. "I believe New York to be the battleground where the Democratic party has a good chance of success." Senator John W. Daniel of Vir ginia, Henry Watterson and Former Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota had a conference with Mr. Mack. Senator Daniel will leave for Europe tomorrow to be away a month attending to his duties as a member of the monetary commis sion. On his return he said he will take an active part in the campaign. Mr. Watterson is engaged in the formation of his committee of edi tors throughout the country favor able to Mr. Bryan's candidacy Chair man Mack,. accompanied by secre tary Urey Woodson, left for Chicago Thursday and will not return until after the Bryan notification. On his arrival in that city he will announce the makeup of the subcommittee which will have control of the cam paign east of the Alleghanies. Perish in Snow Storm. According to a telegram received from Copenhagen, says Mylius Eri Chsen, the Danish explorer, and two members of the party that sailed with him to the unexplored regions of Greenland, have perished in a snow storm. ing repairs to machinery ar Verdun. A sudden gust of wind struck the airship and .ie 200 men who were holding the guide ropes were drag ged alng for several hundred yards before they let go. ihe balloon then shot up to a great height and disappeared and iwas never heard from. CIGARETTE CAUSED KILLING. When Youth Appronched Father ? Smoking Quarrel Followed. The killing of James A Riddle by his son, Vhos. Riddle, which occurred/ Sunday at Cotton, a cotton mill town seven miles south" of Fayetteville, N. C, is said to have been the result of a" quarrel' which the boy had with his father about smoking a cigarette. Young Riddle approached his father, in the presence of others, smoking a cigarette, when the elder remonstrated with him, bringing on a quarrel. The father attempted to strike him with a board, when the young man drew a revolver and fired four shots into his father's body, the first caus ing instant death. Thomas Riddle immediately sur rendered to the police. Coroner J. Vance McGougan ordered the mur derer held without bail. He was taken to Fayetteville late Sunday night and placed in jail. He made a statement for publica tion in which he claims that his fath er was under the influence of an in toxicant Sunday afternoon, and that, according to a statement made to the prisoner by his mother, a short while before the tragedy, James A. Riddle had left the home to secure a pistol with the threat that he would kill trie family upon his return. The young man came in contact with his father before the latter's return. The prisoner <_Jso says his father had him hemmed In a jam and was about to slay him with a board. MILLION DOLLAR FIRE. So Hot That the Firemen Had to Fight Flames a Block Away. At Chicago Monday afternoon fire which was so hot that the firemen could not get nearer than-alilock of it, and which made it neccesary to play streams of water on buildings three and four squares away, des troyed the Burlington elevators "E" and "F," the dock transfer ware house of that road and either burned or rendered useless 100 box cars. The loss on the grain in the two elevators is placed by Armour & Co., who owned it, at $700,000. The total loss is placed at $1,000,000. The fire started at 1 p. m., in Buc Iington warehouse, supposedly frorii a cigarettes dropped near several barrels containing chemicals. At the first explosion the 250 men employed in the warehouse and ele vators fled and it is believed all es caped. Eighty fire engine companies and three fire tugs hud all they could do to confine the conflagration to its! original limits. At 3 o'clock, Fire Marshall Horan declared that furth er spread of the flames was not to be feared. However, several engines are pouring their streams into the glowing wreckage. BABY BOY A HERO. Saves His Companion From Death Under Auto. At Spartanburg a little child is the hero in an automobile story, which has just become known at tnat place. Two little boys of about three years of age, Gilliam Harris, son of John Harris, and Glenn, the son of Mrs. J. E. Evins. were playing on the edge of the sidewaiK on South Church street with their nurses. Suddenly a large touring car came down the street at a great speed and little Gilliam Harris ran out in front of it. Several ladies were sitting on the verandas and, seeing the .child, ran out, as the nurses had not seen the children. Of course they could not reach him in time. But just as the car was almost on the little fel low,- Glenn ran out and catching him around the neck fairly dragged him away. It. was wonderful and the little fellow was the object of much praise from the ladies. There is a funny side to everything. After the danger was over Glenn still kept his hold on Gilliam's neck until he was fairly gasping for breath. There ^theT stood, Glenn, with a tight hold around Gilliam's neck, and the latter with his dear little mouth hanging wide open. JEALOUSY CAUSES SHOOTING. A<*on.s?"<I Man of Improper Conduct Toward His Wife nnd is Shot. A dispatch from Richmond, Va., says Jacob L. Hechler is believed to Tie mortally wounded, and Royal E. Ellison, in the city jail on the char ge of attempted murder. The shoot ing took place In Heckler's home Tuesday. Hechler accused Ellerson of improper conduct toward his wife, and Ellerson shot him three times? twice in the face and once In the lungs. 'Friends of Hechler tried to lynch Ellerson. and six i>olicemen were engaged for neany an hour in getting the man to the station, sev eral persons trying to shoot him. BABY'S NECK BROKEN. Little Child in Lauren* County Killed by Fall Prom Doorway. News has been received that a lit tle child of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith, who live several miles out from Gray Court. In Laurens County, fell out of a door Saturday afternoon and broke its neck. It seems from what can be learned that the child was standing in the doorway, which was only two or three feet from the ground, when it lost its balance and Fell to the ground, breaking its neck. ?1.50 PEE ANNUM. APPEALS FOR FUNDS. - BRYAN CALLS AGAIN FOR CAM - FAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. Johnson's Manager Calls and Assur es Bryan of Johnson's Willingness" 'to Take Stump. Of more than usual significance was the visit to Fairview Wednesday of Frank B. Lynch, of St. Paul, De mocratic national coramitteeman from Mnnesota, and manager of Gover nor Johnson s campaign for the Pre sidential nominati n at the Denver Convention. Mr. ? Lynch arrived ahout iioon in company with B. F. Nelson, of Mnneapolis, president of the State Fair Association. Mr., Lynch's presence at Fairview was at the special request of Mr. Bryan, he lost no time in conveying to the Demcratiic nomin.ee Governor John son'.s assurance of loyal support of the Democratc ticket and his inten tion to take th< stump in Mr. Bryan's behalf. 1 ' "There is no animosity toward Bryan in Minnesota," sad Mr. Lyncu. "While I do not promise that the. Democrats wll carry Minnesota this year, I think they have a good chance." Mr. Lynch declared that nothing" rankled in' Governor Johnson's heart because he was defeated for the no minaton. "He feels ail right about it," said he "and all Minesota De mocrats are for Bryan." The business which brought Mr. Nelson to Fairview was to invite Mr Bryan to attend the State Fair in St. Paul and deliver an address. The in vitation was accepted, the date beng fixed at August 31, but wth the un derstanding that there should be no charge for admission on the ground on that day. Mr. Bryan Wednesday nght caused to be given out for publication the following appeal for campaign: "Wanted?Campagn contributions. "From citizens of the Republic who favor these Democratc proposi tions: "Tarff revison by reprsentaves of not by the agents of those who make exorbitant profits by manufacture and sale of highly protected pro ducts. "Eleetion of United States Senator by popular ote, thus breaking up the Senatorial oligarchy headed by Standard Oil, wheh is strong enough, successfully to resist all measurers offered in behalf of the public wel fare. "Guarantee of all national bank deposits, thereby preventing all absolute confidence in ' banks. "Destructon of prh . monopoly and the enforcement of law again'' trusts by the people who are opposed by the trusts and not by the agents of the trusts. "Publicity of campaign contributions before o-lection day, so that the peo ple may know who is paying the ex penses of candidates, and why paying. "Adopton of an ncome tax because it is just, and under what may bar its proportionate share of the bur dens of the Federal Government. "The punshment of men who manipulate railroad stocks and owner ships, the encouragement of railroad construction upon a business-like bas is and railroad operation wth far re turns in wages and profits to workers and owners on honest valuation and * honest labor, but not on watered stock and false bond issues created by exploitation." The appeal closes with a copy of the resoluton adopted by the Demo crac national committee upon the occasion of their visit to Fairview July 14, declaring for publicity of contributons before the electon; individual contributions to $10,000 and providing for the publication of all contrbutions over $100. ? Mr. Bryan outlined the subjects which he will discuss in his forth coming speech of acceptance. The speech wll be confined practically to the questions, "shall the people rule" and "the measure of rewards." The other issues of the campaign, such, as guarantee of bank depostors, the tariff, the trusts, etc., will be treated t in the several speeches he will make in the next thirty days and his let ter of acceptance. TILLMAN IN ITALY. Writes to Gen. Jones for News Fron* the Campaign. Gen. Wilie Jones, chairman of the State Democratic executive com mittee and Senator Tillman's sub stitute on the national Democratic committee, Monday received a letter from the senator. The ,atter is now In Italy and finds the lakes over there very beautiful. Senator Tillman will be in London on the 10th of August. The State Democratic primary is on the 25th. Senator Tillman asks Gen. Jones for information from the campaign. AUTOMATIC DOFFING MACHINE. Invention for Cotton Mills Designed by South Carolinians. 'An automatic doffing machine is the joint invention of A. G. Boozer of Greenville and 'George Hill of Tucapau. The machine is now in successful operation at tucapau mill in Spartanburg county. The need of a machine for this work has long been an important one, for the help to do the doffing in the spinning plants has always been difficult to secure.