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VOL. XII. FO!
Use Germs of Death
By the Editor of Collier's Weekly
m&zsexsanve.?*-- T may l>e maintained that nobody eve dies a natural death.
J fe Old age, the premature old age, which is the only kind we
B y* ^b know, is a pathological condition. Siu li are the opinions of
ft a eTgV Or. Klie Metolinikoff, not a fakir, but a serious person, v. ho
/|7. j Un studies things through a microscope at the Pasteur Institute,
ftt^ <7 b Kaeli of us swarms with tiny beasts of prey, which travel
I B up and down our body, seeking what tliey may devour. 1 ty
^HVil|i,|i "111 ? 'J "Hacking our benetieent eells, previously weakened by the
unwise life we all lead, they produce an artificial senility,
the malady which kills those men whom in our ignorance we call very old.
Looked at from 1 ?r. Motchnikoll s siamlp1 int. old age is merely a problem for
medical science. Itow shall we help our ir neliccnt eells in their struggle
against the enemy? One way would lie to take every baby and cut out bis |
larger int. .me, an organ wlueh ought not to have been included in our aunt- !
Oliiy. At !i:vsviit lliis i-:i 11 nor 1 w. ii<ni>< iii.? . >: i-.- * i
v , - . t.v, ' in i . ?*v Of IH1U
method would ho to destroy tlio boasts of prey. Ilut wo do not yot know what |
tlioy exactly nro. Some avo si legacy loft by our ancestors, immoilisito and j
remote. who suffered from horitsiblo diseases. Others, more mystorious. sire
perhaps the instrumonls of si sort of ossontisil disease, of thsit old :ijxo which
precociously kills nil who do not die still earlier of tuberculosis, pneumonia,
the bubonic plague, or croup. Until we know more we can only reform our
diet, eating little meat or none, and subsisting chiefly on butter, cheese ami j
sour milk. Ity these imperfect means we nuty prolong life a little?two j
hundred years or so. I'p to ninety, for example, we may be as active as the ;
President of the United States, and thereafter, for a hundred years more, as j
reflective as the Prime Minister of England. This would still leave us half i
a century for art, philanthropy, or croquet. But when death does finally draw j
near,will not its approach be as distasteful as ever? By no means, says the j
doctor. Under present conditions dentil is like an unnatural sleep, which over- j
takes us early in the day- say before dinner. In the future it will come after
o full meal, when the day's work is done.
Aft Aristocracy m. America?
The Impossibility of an American
Aristocracy of Wealth :: :: ::
13 y Anna flic CI lire 5 It oil
xj!3?SCgv. .11El-'I.Y upon two conditions depends an aristocracy the coiv
tinned possession and exercise of power, and the consequent
i nit.v of aims and ideals. The aristocratic hotly in Jin .land, for
? ? instance, is self-conscious; its members are united by lutuu 1
.^7 understanding. They j.(knowledge certain well recognized laws
of life ami manners. They depend upon each other to mihohl
those laws. Individually, wealthy Aim-vicnus may lie boili self-conscious and
self-assertive, but collectively they are antagonistic n> one another. The accumulation
of wealth implies struggle, ami struggle iloos not bring forth
the Uiml of qualities whieh make the gentle and stately men and women
of Van Dyek's canvases one great family.
One of the greatest perils of the republic, and one reason why a genuine
'American aristocracy can never lie formed is that a strong class has arisen,
without its strength being oflieially recognized, as in the aristocracy of rank,
and certain duties and obligations toward society are imposed upon it by that
recognition. For if wealthy American* lack ?oi i?! unity among their.selv, . they
laek also to a greater degree, the sense of social responsibility, that mark of a
true aristocracy. The sense of his public duties, inborn in an linglish aristocrat,
is owing, to be sure, largely to the law of primogeniture, a law which .
also insures to him that wealth without which the aristocratic ideal can not be
perfectly enforced. lie is expected to take ins seat in Parliament, to give his
aid in legislation, to perform certain public duties which have 110 connection
with bis own material prosperity. Another bar to unity of social aims and
Ideals among the wealthy is their frequent lack of genuine culture. To know
rather than to feel is the aim, and ideals are not born of knowledge alone.
The culture whieh implies courtesy and humanity?those aristocratic essentials,?is
too often lacking.
If this unity of social ideals upon which an aristocracy largely depends
does not now exist, is it likely to bo evolved out of the present conditions?
Its evolution would depend largely upon the permanent power of one class,
exercised in the right direction. But though the second condition may he
possible, the lirst can never be. Under conditions peculiar to American life,
groat fortunes are constantly changing hands. Accumulated by the fathers,
they are squandered by the sons, or divided among many children, or lost
through mismanagement or speculation. The aristocracy of wealth constantly
endangers its position by its very style of living, making large demands 011
even large fortunes. The law of decay, which eventually protects society from
power of whatever nature, operates to disperse wealth so that the powerful
class can not be the permanent class, can not therefore form an an aristocracy.
It js the safeguard of the aristocracy of rank that its power is mystical as
well as material: can never, therefore, wholly perish. Another bar to unity
and permanency in the wealthy class is the constant inundation of newcomers.
Jnto the rose-lighted drawing-room may stride at any moment a breezy
.Weston >*. or a member of the lirst generation, his riches raw upon him.?
McCluro'is Magazine.<Z7
lEe Care of Children's Eyes
By D. T. Marshall, M. I>.
i;11;INA1, research in a large rye clinic has proved to me that
I many parents, even of fair intelligence, are extremely neglectV
fnl of the eyes of tluir ohih rem
N w, A* Mither from some congenital defect of the inner eye, or from
Jj the presence of squint and the consequent inability to iix h >1 li
I _____ eyes upon an object, the work is thrown upon the better
S eye, and the poorer eye gradually becomes less-capable front
I > mere disuse. It would be well for parents to test the vision of
their children by covering first one eye and then the other with !
a small card or book, and asking litem to rend some sign or
describe son; object at a convenient distance, it is often a matter ot great
surprise for one to timl that u child sees very little with one oi" his ryes. If
children hiving such eves are lilted with suitable glasses whet: young, the
vision of the poor eye may he made equal to that of the other, and by use
become strong T instead of weaker. Children with squint can ? :ten be cured
without opciv. ion by w.aring proper glasses.
This is a contagions disease w!:- n is characterized by the growth on the
inside of the eyelids of small granules as large as nin-liends or lev. r wiium i
look very much like grains ?>f pr^*.rl sago after they have been soaked in
water. In some cases this disease gives rise to no symptoms, hot in most
cases there is sooner or later red in >s, and sensitiveness to light. Later on
there may he clouding1 of the cornea (the trnnpareiit part of the eyehall), extreme
sensitiveness to light, and in extreme eases blindness. Kven when tiie
disease gives rise to no symptoms, later in life it may cause a contraction of
the inner surfaces of the lids, which causes the eyelashes to turn in und rub
on tii" eyeball, thus giving rise to great discomfort and loss of good vision.
The method of exposing tie"* inner surface of the eyelid is very simple.
For the lower lid, the most common s -at of trachoma, simply put the linger on
the lower edge of the lid. and pull down, at the same time telling the child to
look up. To examine the upper lid, lake hold of ihe eyelashes with the
thumb aud forefinger of one hand, and with the other hand gently press a
pencil-point or the edge of a card against Lie fold above the s'.iff part of the
lid. and fold the lid bn. 'award, at the same time t lllng the el .Id i i h ok
down. The eyelids turn hack with a snap. It does not hurt. If the inside
of the lid is not smooth and eh u\ the iVd had better be taken an oculist
for examination. The above m Jvd of tarn ng the lid is useful when one
is called upon lo remove a f< reign body from eve. Cinders and grains of
sand do get into the eye. and it is not oiwavs convenient to get a doctor to tnk
them out. Turn the lid back, and with a toothpick or hairpin, around the
end of which a Lit of cotton has been smoothly wound, gently wjpe out the
offending object. If you have no cotton at hand, wet.the cud of a touthpigk
aiud crush it up, thus forming a kind of brush.
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I IT MILL, S.-C WKDN
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
Stromboli is in active eruption.
American immigration into the Philippines
lias greatly fallen off.
The Federal Government is to prose-'
cute Texas railroads for not using automatic
couplers.
Governor Ferguson estimates Okln-!
onia's population at C.iO.(HK) and taxable
property ;.t ? lUO.OOO.Ut'O.
.T. S. Mct'ue, a well-known horse-!
man. has brought suit against the
North Pact tic Const Rnilrond Company
for an ear lost in a ferryboat collision. '
Polls of Mid places of worship on
Manhattan Island by the Church News
Association shows a large percentage
4?f t IlO DOIllllMlini) M fit i\t\i
Roy Johnston, a farm li.iiul. of Opdensburg.
N. V., lias had 11n* sight of
one* of his eyes ilostr . ed l>y a potato
playfully ilirown by one of his follow
workers.
There a re ninety-five vacancies in |
the grade of second lieu'enant of the
army, of which tifty live are in the infantry.
twenty-two in the arlilkvy and
eighteen in the cavalry.
The Panama Canal treaty will he
sent by special messenger to the Isthmus
for ?tnielc ratification and will be
back, it is thought, in time to be laid
before the Senate December 17.
John Alexander Howie's creditors
are making tilings interesting for liiin
in the court* of I.akc County, Illinois,
the seat of Zion City. Within a month
nearly a score of suits have been fled.
Dr. E. A. Spitzka. who made the post- |
mortem examination of the throe Van
Wormer boys, recently executed in
Cdinton (X. Y.t Prison, found i.o grave
defects and nothing abnormal in their
brains.
Charles M. P hwnh presented to tho
Very Rev. John 11i key. for twenty
.vi-.irs |>:i:inr <>i Thomas" Roman
Catholic t'hurch. a church built nt
Praddnek. I'n., h.v Mr. and Mm.
Schwab at a com of $12r>,O00.
S-.'/iwvll Cs.-'-c Affirmed.
W ashinston, Special.- Tlic Senate iu
pxeeiuii session c nilnni d the following
nomin liions: Robert A. Oliver.
Louisiana, assi taut appraiser of mer.
eh iinlis at New Orleans; Clarence F.
Herbert. T.ouisiana. assistant treasurer
of the rnite.l States at New Orleans;
William 1. Rrophy. lyiuisiana. calm r
of the mint at N> w Orleans; Albert E.
Pi ?rce, Mississippi, collector of customs
for the d ; of Vicksburp.
Postmasters: Miss! sippi?B. A. Truly, '
1: y'tt >. North I'iroiina?If. T. Person.
Wilson; C. 1). Holland. Gaslonia; Ella
C. Peace, Oxford.
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Convicted of Plennfi'C Wreck.
Staunton, Va., Special.- Mrs. Ellnn
p.ailey was found guilty of planning
the wreck which occurred on the \orfalls
& Western Railroad, at Orecnville,
last December. The jury fixed her
punishment at 10 years in flic peniten- :
tiary. Her son, James Bailey, and Jo- ,
soph Kennedy have been convicted of
wrecking the train. Bailey was condemned
to serve 18 years in the penitentiary.
whilo the jury, in the case
of Kennedy, brought in a verdict of
murder in the first degree.
Bennettsvillo. S. C., Special.?The
jury in the Henry Patrick case, fo,
killing his wife, after being out one
hour and a half, brought in a verdict
of guilty, with a recommendation to
the mercy of the court, which places
him in the penitentiary for life.
Throughout the trial and reading of
the verdict. Patrick exhibited no sign-;
of remorse, excitement or nervousness.
He told his two little children goodbye
in the afternoon, and they wlil
make their home with their aunt in
Athens, Cla. TV.ere are two other murder
eases to be tried at this term of
court.
gny Convicted.
Columbus. Oa., Special.?In the trail
of Burton Nix, aged 1f> years, lice for
the killing last summer of John T. 1Mwards
in an oat patch which was
claimed by each, the jury rendered a
verdict of guilty of murd r. wit'i a
recommendation or mercy. N'\" shot
the son of Edwards at the time ho
t:llloil tho o'der man and the younc
man died lator from tho w"nds. Niv
w.-s tried for killing tho frithor. and
on Indictment stimds against him for
killing tho son.
Ri-.S of I>rugs.
Danville. Va.. Spec! .1. A. XV. Orlfllth.
of Winston-Salem. died licrc
Tuesday afternoon. tn m the effects of
an ovej-do of an opiate. The man.
viio was in the employ of the Dan
River l'owrr & Manufacturing Company.
had been on a prot; noted spree
for some time, it js not known wh thtr
or not the opiate was taken with
suicidal int -nt. It is alleged, ho wo ver.
thnt he man deserted his wife and
litoio children In Winston-Salem be for.
corning here.
North Carolina Woo.
Richmond. Vn., Special.?Virginia's
flaunting orange and blue, fresh from
the field of many victories, was trailed
:n the dust Thvr. Vy hy the hurclv
rons of the old North State. At the
clore o? a snappy game, kicked in
frozen weather, bet clear, the score
too! fi to 0 In favor of North Co roll
no. It wns a surprise to all, and t>
r.rne rru re perhaps than to the victorii
am Itself.
Ti.-rty-rcven vr cent, of tho Amorcan
people row live in cities of moro
than -1,000 inhabitant.
KSDAY. D!:CEMMKK
LIKE A DIKE NOVEL
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Manv Crimes of Three Dcsocrate
Young Bandits.
PITCilfD BATTLE \YIT!I POLICE.
They Were Wauled for Participation
in Chicago Murder Cases ?Two
Arrested.
Chicag >. ?;>?< in).?Chained wri. t to
wrist. their hair matted with blood,
their clothing with dust and dirt, two
beardless boys. P.dor Neidcrmoior
and Harvev Van Idne. rat in the presence
of .Mayor Harrison a:i l Chief of
Police O'Neil calmly cor?Tossing to
the ir share in a three months' career
of crime, which has in< hided eight
murders, the wounding of five other
men and a long series of robberies.
The two young bandits, neither of
whom is over y'l years of age. together
with their companion, Kn:il llu.skic,
who is no older, were captured near
Liverpool, Ind.. after a tight in which
they battled against policemen, railroad
detectives, railroad laborers and
i .i i im-i win- nun \> u? tiiueu, auouier
fatally injured and all three cf the
young bandit- wore wounded, but not
seriously. The dead man Is T. J.
Sovea, brakentan on the Pennsylvania
Railroad; wounded. Joseph Drucoll,
detective on Chicago police force,
shot through the abdomen, and can
live but a short time; Matthew Ziintiter,
detective on Chicago police force,
shot in head and arm.
Niederntler was wounded in the
hand by bird shot; Van Dine van shot
and slightly injured, and sustained
in addition a flesh wound in the left
thigh. Iioeskio was shut in the right
hi)>.
The three men were wanted by the
police for complicity in tb murders at
the car barns of the Chicago City
Railroad Company on Align f ;'.0. win u
two men were killed. a third badly
wouii led and $'J.?r>t) stolen. Gustave
Marx, who lad Saturday night murdered
() diet r John (>uinn when the
policeman < rub avorcd to iilace him mi
dor aire i. confessed a: r hla capture
that he. in company with the three*
men. had committed the crimen at the
car barns. The hunt for Van Din .
Niedermicr and Hot skie has been hat
ever since. Altiiougli t.,ey knew tiiat
the entire police f< rco was looking for
them, ihe three men remained in the
eiiy until Wednesday morning.
"We were l'aying* for a f< llow that
<1 niiiiuan ttguuiiii .Marx. saui
Van Dine.
On Wednesday they left Chicago,
going to a dugout made near Miller's
Station, Ind., whoro they were surprised
by the police. Doth parties
opened fire and Driscoll fell. Van Dine
and Roeskic rushed out. followed a
few minutes later by Niedennier. The
latter ran tc the tracks o fthe Michigan
Central Railroad and. throwing
himself fiat on the roadbed steadied
his nrm on the rail as be kept up a
rapid fire with three revolvers. Roeskic
ran for the brush, but Van Dine retreated
slowly, although the air around
him was filled with bullets and the
snow at his feet was kicked up by
them. He is a splendid marksman and,
catching sight of Detective Zimmer.
who was behind a tr e. he fired. Zimmer
went down with a bullet in the
head. As lie fell. Van Dine fired again
and the second bullet tore through
Zimmor's arm.
The detectives fired constantly, hut
the bandits escaped. Afti r running
about a mile across country, they came
to the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railread.
A switch engine with a train of
cats was close at hand and. hurrying
up to it. the men ordered Brakenian
Sovca to uncouple the train from the
locomotive, lie refused and attempted
to take Niedormior's revolver from
him. The later s< nt a bullet through
the hrnkeman's head, killing him instantly.
Springing past Sovea's body
the bandits mounted the locomotive
with revolvers in hand and ordered
the engineer to move out in a hurry,
which ho did. going in the direction of
Liverpool, Ind. After two milrs had
1 e< ii covered, the men order" ! ?Un ?>?
mneer to Plow down and. leaping to ihe
ground. disappeared in the A f?r
?ho train had carried Van Pino and
Noidemrypr nway PotrctK. ^heohan
hurried to the nearest telegraph stfi-tlon
and wire 1 rhiof of Police O'Nf i !
asking tliat men ho sent out with
rifles. The message met with a
prompt response, and in a sh'". t li no.
Assistant Chief of Police Schnet lor
and r.O oflloo s :? -mod with rifles w re
011 the way to Miler's by gprc'el err
dept. Prises, of th dott stive service of i
th" Pennsylvania Hail way. was given .
orders to yt the three men dead or'
alive. He end his men were ofT toward
Liverpool.
When the bandits left the train tlioy l
were nearly cxhautsed and unable to:
travel, ft was rar.y to trace tbrm down
in the snow and the hunt v-ri.; speedily
en led. The mm were seen and the
farmers, most of whom were armed
with doable-barrelled shot-sons, opened
fire on them. Xeiderrnicr reaelvt 1 a
full eliar.ro In th? head, and th'- blood
streamed down Ms face and into hi"
eye . Minding Mm so that he could
h <r-lly see. A shot r ocwd Van Pine's
ar.il his wound 1 leg n-ns weakr
>.*. The pos e ?, ns closing in on ad!
ride?. There was no escape and it was
f.-t to both pen i'aiU llio tirm- ha-i
carne either to scrrrrder or to fl ;ht it
to the death. Van Dine said in uia"nasi
ng his surrender:
"The jig was hn for us ao in"!tar
how many we killed, I says t~> n-b 'Toll,
what do yon think?' He no hlca
i:I., head and dropped his gvms and
that's how they ydt us."
2, 1!H>3.
CONGRESSIONAL DOINGS,
The Hons.* nod Senate Taking Things
Deliberately.
The House nu t Friday, an i ad
journe.l until Tins.lay. The proceed
iner. were inarkc i by a debate on tin
motion to adjourn over, during tin
course of which 1 li i inor ty took tin
Republicans to tusk ! i >1 moceedln
to tho transa -tton of hu-'ners. Mr
Williams, of Mississippi, the minority
h t.t r. protc ted . t : in* in:*' t!.\ lt>
of the line. . a ' in- if a major11\
v.ore a''aid to trust tin :r. elves. 11?
i thai. while tin* Speaker 1 ii not !
[ Inert able, as be saw. to name all Die j
, < oininittc? s. yet there were tnalter: |
villi h tbe w-?ys am' in-ins committee.
, air- aily organ!/- I. could eon I lor. j
1 i 'l n- amor! ; ot:i< r tl : -.s. tbe : sola- :
'ion relative to (' median ! i-iproeit y. j
Mr. IV \vnioinl. of ? P.: ~nn:-i. nls- ]
i criticised the Hepubl an majority's j
course. savin?: it tended to r.;><rtify th
! !'n .-i lent.
Mr. I'ayr. .\ < f New York. upon w';? - j
r<Hjtn ; unanimous eons-nit was Riven
i (tir debate on the motion to adjourn I
; over, replying to tlse opposition, took i
occasion to say that tbe Rnpuhli ans |
i would har ily care to take up the one s
i tion of tariff revision and disturb ion
ditions on tlie eve of a presidential
campaign.
H" also said the tune was not >pportnne
to consider reciprocity, with
; Canada, as desired by the minority
j lenders.
There was a party allgnt.tont on the j
; vote on the motion to adjourn over,
1 the Democrats voting against it. The
[ motion prevailed. SI to
Mr. Meyer, of Louisiana, called up
his resolution providing for the accept
irnee nf tli<> Invllnl iin tn ftn> momhotM .
nf the House to bo present at the l.ou:
isinna purchase rclebrat'on. in No j
Orleans. but objection was ma<le to its j
consideration. Mr. Rartholdt. of .Mis- j
stiuri. made an address on tlm St. Louis ;
reposition. lie reviewed v.'liat had j
broil nr-ornplishod. and what \va. beins
provided for the public.
In the Senate.
The S. ante com ml Men on military
: rs In ard James E. Runcie. of Havana.
prolnhH the m. - ! iiunortnnt
w'ttii.-i that will he n ur,l the
< >'p? ner.t". of C< m :al I. nurd V\". i. :
jti t!>< si}f. -it tri pre opt his ' < )
noitioti to tna.'or conor".! M ? R'u ? '
v as on t'-.> >taud sov, . 1 times during
the (lav filing the commits o" a <| a- ;
per at Santi go, Cuba, at: n t by
b'trseii". C, neral Wood and Ray i- i
dard linker, a newspaper e at j
\.hieh. it is alleged. was plum .1 the |
nm a/itie article at tack in a, Major Onria!
llronhe. that baa ti oir d on a., ionsiy
in the Woo l ( a e. Major !'uvicr
was stonped more than oir " dur'ni: tlie
course of bis testimony and toM to
Rive nothing but farts of whirls lit ha 1
personal knowledge, 'lain did ni t c\clnde
1?ir-. story of ih.r dinner imd i: nt,
which resulted in the i.-oi of subline ;
iitu i<ii Li' I i" ?i i * i " ' .; * : ?
whom Js Oonor.nl Brooke. In his J
niony. M: .lor Rinieo ci; ?t?' >inotl tlint 1
lie hart ni t'Mi as the confidential art-'
visor of (!' Mi rril XVoort for nearly ivui
vrars and that thoy liv rt together at
Santiago. It was while they woe living
in Havana that they went to Santiago
In search of a magazine nrtielo. A
meeting was arranged between the
th' ( '? men and a dinner followed, testified
Major Runioo, at which was rtisenssed
the plan to haw published an
nrtiile whieh would exploit tlie site- .
cess of Cleneral Wood in dealing with
affairs at Santiago an 1 draw a <c>*
pnrison with th.e situation at Havana
nnfavorahle to the administration of
, (ic nrral Brooke.
A good <! al of sensational testimony |
was brought out.
Murder and Su:c?d
Washingte.il, Sn Robert .T. I
ITule. a compositor in t!< > government i
printing office, killed his wife, and j
then committed suic ide at tii 'r ncene, j
in this c ity, at an < - I;- ha ir Yin rsday.
Ho had hi en under suspicion of
being responsible for the. n : Iit'?>n of
a y<Mi*i" woman, wi > it. is 1 c I. >
dii i a few days ngo : *' H "f
(). ^ticiii performed at ". sai itoiiit:...
tit tr city. He v/as not r lntod j
to t :i< ::: ,1. he| -ia- ! . a.
nvi. a such v!.-:t i her " a >
Wit ' e : ! the annus in t
rr>or" e" |i.i*a is of tie aire t o tic"
adrla death, he w rote ,t num 1 it r
r?ot* . mo < h!
t oo h. 1- .*!? !---r ri i i 1<"
>Vcu 'J-.-d I-y Ulrvk iMiat.
I'mville. Vo., Son i ll. ' 1 1'flf"
' n net!*"-' ', v.ho i at the * ad my. tV i
wot):, ww phot in i; ; rirm
? * t l?y a ldnnl. ! >!. : ?. 'ii
r.ct 'The rli.Ti". ? of ; . i r ;*:: ! :::
v:: cl oniTi 1 ! ( ' If fI : . i
flair'ttl wonml. It n. y t
lmvo die wound tin- 1 1 f,v '
< i tnin t rj.t uj? ti:" lit la i
very h t.
N \vs N??
I h IrIi, Special.- Tl'" Capitol Mt.n
ufr. d-riic: Company. ''f. : ! ' 1ison
< > nty. wtm in. rporat i
l r- v.*''? ' with a capital stock of
0(0. L.:V'n,i!,' with S13.P00. It is t
tv p i in'pc "i cotton, wool nr 1 othci
f'.'-tilc pr^dvt . The prin^lpil in nriwmforr.
wv j. R. Swntin. J. I.
> n- . i . S! '1 i*i, (?. W. Cole and < -v
F! ;! ( . nhqtlt Si) others.
"" S c< Jul.- The 14-ycir'l l
S'ln >f "f. Jn 'i Rallerson. :? ' n
i" r il -i wn seriously
;.c.f v-,' j,y :h'i sedtintal <i.:
oj sin iron whim he was rlclin-: on
Irjr 1 r>r - no t.n l The rnlire load o*
sim lodged in t ie yonns man's b!p
Waking an ugly wound.
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no. ;k.
i of ft r'of A "bribe.
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| Sensational Testimony in Famous Shif
Building Scandal
IIOW $5 COO.COd STOCK is DIVIDED
i * * ??,
Nixon >nys He Afterward Recommended
Sheldon Plan Other Testimony.
Now York. 3;> ! T. iitmmy oi
a . enaational nature was Introduced
at the United States Shipbuilding
heeriuB which was resumed Tuesday.
During the course of his re-direct examination
of Lewis Nixon, president
i>f the s'ii Mlniiliili!!' I'limionv. Mr.
C:!i.sn:t y, r, counsel for the complainants.
brought out from Nixon the
statement that of the $5,000,000 additional
stock issued when the compan\
was r.-organized to take Hetholn-ni
Company. $1,000,000 went to
Max I'ani, Mr. Schwab's counsel, and
$1,000,000 each to Mr. Nixon, Mr.
Dresser and the Trust Company of tho
Republic, leaving ^1.000,(0)0, the disposition
of which he did not konw. He
did not know whether Mr Schwab obtained
it. It was al.-o brought out that,
at tin- time the Sheldon re-organization
plan was under consideration,
Mr. Schwab offered to purchase $100,000
bonds, with the accompanying
bonus of 25.000 shares common, and
25.000 shares preferred stock, issued
to Mr. Nixon for ?'.)0,00<). wis lie tho
market, value was far less than this.
Mr. Cut rinever making the iliruot
charge thai this was In the nati.w of
& bribe to induce Mr. Nixon tv, ugrc-*
to the S! eldon plan t.-f reorganization
instead < l tin cm for an assessment
of stock, win: he had previously advocated.
Th ( ifer was shown In two Vtors
of Mr. ?.(!nv-l? t .he Iloadley.
1 X!ay 20. IV?b . ope of which
were introduce! in evidence Mr.
Iloadley ii wa t - tit". |.-d con<!in
ted the lie ?() ctt , with Mr.
Schwali. lien Mr. Ni.on was
i! ; wiring to pv rr.uade Schwab to accede
to the a ;nu nt plan and had,
after the proposal, urged Nixon to ac
e. 'o t . ili Sheldon idau. Nixon raid
th.it at llondley's requ est he had done
so.
The 'letters sire as fellows;
"Provided the 1 piled S'atrs SliipBuilding
re-ori inization is perfected 1
ltert by guarantee to take and pay for
$100.( "f) of tir t mortgage bonds of the
United Stn! s .Ship-Building C< mi any,
2.rt.0000 shirrs of preft rrod and 2.r?.000
shares of roam on sto-k. for the sum of
$00,000. pins interest tut said bonds, on
or before Herein her 1. 1000. Said bonds
and storks to he deposited with
M< sis Mrintyre & Marshall. 74 Broadway.
New Vork. and to bo exchanged
for securities of the re-organised
company. ; ; dr-denate.1 by agreement
tMir.l Ly the re-organization oomoilt<ee.
(Signed) "C. M. SCHWAB."
"Ptov'din? the United States ShipBuilding
Company n-organization is
perferted. 1 hereby guarantee to pay
to your order Slo.000, nmot;at of payrm
nt which has been made to the Shelon
syndicate on a i: 1 >-< ri;*; 1? n of
$ 100,000 made by Lewis Nixon I also
erne to have said sab riptiop placed
to my account and guarantee to Ii iv?
a complete release i by said
Nixon, by said Sheld >u syndicat*.
'Signed) M. SCHWAB."
"After tiso ! !: of tiirse letters did
or ti.'i not Mr. 7ToauScy get you to a'c>
pt thv. plan'" ask'. ! Mr. Untcr
n<ev e>-.
"Mr \'i-<on explained in answer that
*!. y advr> <1 him to consent to
the S'.h'Mon re-ore r.l ifion ho-anse
Mr. h" hwnl) had vCu:- I to aco "t the
,? ' end t' t he (Nixon)
l?.j I o r. > < to ,.;i (i n . it tier r? com
rm :n!i i i he S': ?- 'ce 1 .11:.
?l ? I r,:\- ) : . 51 ; any profit from
ft e f - '( ;i lii.'.t i. four It Slid
)'< ?*. \ . rj. "The I' m; ict ion con ern'
c t'o : "1 I p: 1' r they should
tell it."
Mr. .Vi.M'n t'-sMfled to wrfinf f > Mr.
! ** ' r a*- ! obtain r.z f: .; ? i'.ini n
1< tier coiilrnntorv of the uronosnl in
ft left- j- nf Jav "J 1 * to Mr. 1! !!ey.
Mr. vinvali'-i ' it,- ( ted t' ,t tho
pcoj ? 1 .va: n: in: ''i n ti e suc*"!
c' :"o 1 'nn v.-irnii': ;tion
"i 'r. i Mr. Nivori sai ! that lie then
t' * matter drop.
in : paid, in v v to the
'don plan tint he felt ally ir'V
il" 1 '.remise he flu n-'o '
' 'I t'< .diip a; ' company had
vi ! i en cop nit- I. pim! reiser; 1 I Ills
- ?!??* iit at the i .wiotv. heavlii" I ha*
on!/ knowledge of the mi:;- n'/a,!
? i j 1":i had rom?- fron; -oav-i sationr
. fh Mr. 1'nm.
Trnln Wrecker Convicted.
lln:irokc, Va.. Special.?In the Auci;
county court at ;5'aun!'n .Tames
Bailey war. tried on the charge of mnr1<
in connection wit'u the wrecking
of a Xorfolk & Western passrnger
t ' i let Dcecmbi r. when Engineer
W? ' Bailey. of Roanoke, was killed.
I To wps found guilty of murder in the
ec ;degree and sentenced to IS
- i s i:i the penitentiary. Bailey's
i'v:'\.rv. Indicted Tor 111 critntf,
111 \.r tried tomorrow. Ji p'a Kcq- w f
e'y I.as already been trl'.l on tub
in:- charge and convicted of amrdor
n '!: ? name degree, but li...-; not yd ? H? J j#
ooen sentenced. k (y
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