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FORT MILL TIMES. ... , . _ VOL. XIV. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 28.1905. NO. 14. ANOTHER BAD WRECK . Chicago Flyer Suddenly Goes Into Open Switch LARGE LIST OF DEAD AND INJURED Although None of the Lake Shore or New York Central Official* Ascribe the Disaster to Excessive Speed, a Return to the 20-Hour Time is Announced. Cleveland. O.. Special?Nineteen dead and a dozen slightly injuiod comprise the revised casualty list made by the wricking Thursday night, at Mentor, Ohio, of the east-bound twentieth century limited, the Lake Shore and New York Central's elghtcen-hour train, which ran into an open switch, crushed the Mentor depot and partly burned it up. scorching several of the mangled corpses. The surviving injured are not much hurt. The twentieth century limited, according to announcement from New York, will hereafter return to a twentyhour schedule, although none of the railroad officials ascribe the wreck to excessive speed. it is maintained by railway officials | that the switch on which the limited j was wrecked was thrown open and j locked and the switch light extinguish- I ed by some person, either a maniac j or some one seeking revenge. It is still unknown who this person is, although detectives are working on the case. A careful examination of the switch showed that it was in perfect condition. Trainmen are of the opinion that the engineer of the twentieth century train was deceived by the light of the switch just beyond the open switch, the light I of whi? h is said to liavo beeu out. W. 11. Marshall, general manager of the Lake Shore, says the speed of the I train was not a contributor cause to the wreck. He said that ot ler Lake Shore trains travel through Vlentor at a speeiV equal to that attained by the limited, which was not. Mrf Marshall SAVfl nltftvft IJA mllAo u ? - V tiuico 44U uuur. The schedule for the 'train cells for a speed of F?7 miles an hour at Mentor. CoroTx r York, of Lake couniy, announced that an inquest would begin next Monday in Painesvllle. A revised list ??f thy dead follows: John R. Bennett, attorney, 31 Nassau street. New York. John A. Bradley, of the law firm of Rowley. Rogers, Bradley & Rockwell, Akron, Ohio. T. R. Morgan, second vl?a president of the Wellman-Seavers-M irgan Company. Cleveland. C. H. Wellman. of the WellmnnSeavers-Morgan Company, Cleveland, died in hospital. A. L. Rogers, New York' city, repre, sentative of the Piatt City Iron Works, of Dayton, Ohio, died in hospital. S. C. Beck with, 11"> One Hundred and Seventy-fourth street. New York. A. H. Head, London representative of the Otis Steel Compauy, of Cleveland, died in hospital. 11. li. Wright, traveling man, Chicago. died in hospital. D. E. Arthur, traveling man, Milwaukee. died in hospital. J. H. Gibson, Chicago, traveling man, died in hospital. H. C. Mechling, New York city, with the Wheeling Corrougated Iron Company. L. M. Eirick. manager Keith's Theatre, Cleveland. E. F. Nagle, Chicago, proprietor of a railway supply house. Two unidentified bodies, supposed to be those of L. A. Johnson of the millinery firm of Comey & Johnson, Cleveland. and Henrv Trinse mrh?r on th? train Allen Taylor, engineci. CollinwochI, Ohio, died in hospital. ' E. J. Brant, hoad bfkkeman, 2012 Ash street, Erie, Pa., died In hospital. N. B. Walters, a baggage man, Hamburg, N. Y., died in hospital. W. D. MoKey. porter. Chicago. The scenes following the wreck wer? appalling. The night was dark save for the light from the blazing wreck of the coach that was crushed and splintered on top of the engine. Men swarmed about it combating the flames with the means at hand, grouping their way through the blinding, scalding steam that rose in clouds, hunting for the injured. whose piteous cries were such as chilled the hearts of those who heard them. The water supply was small and the means at hand for fighting the flames were"pitifully inadequate, but the zeal of the rescuers wrought great things for the first few minutes. Four Killed in Boiler Explosion. Attalla, Ala., Special?A boiler at the saw mi'.l of tho Curtis Attalla lumber plant exploded killing James Watts, W'U Rosson, (Jus Cash and Marion Maddox. C. Smith was fatally hurt a ad Rarney Works was seriously injured. Murderer Hoch Gets Reprieve. Springfield, 111., Special.?Governor TVnorn granted Johann Hoch a reprieve until July 28th In order that the rase may be taken to the Supreme Court Justice for a writ of supersedeas. NEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY Minor HaRPen,n98 the Week at Home and Abroad. ? Down in Dixie. Miss Virginia Downer, of Norfolk, *ras drowned at Alexandria. Mrs. Eva Fuller was burned to dentk it Petersburg from kindling Are wttfc :oal oil. E. C. Edwards, of Henderson, waa itruck and killed by a Seaboard pastenger train on Wednesday. Gen. William R. Cox was married )n Wednesday in Richmond, Va., to Miss Claiborne of that city. The Virginia Corporation Comraistion has ruled that the Standard Oil ind the American Can Companies must )av charter fees of $.1,000 and $3,000. espectively. The annual meeting of the Southern wholesale grocers began at Norfolk. Judge Berryman Green died at Danrille. The training ship at Annapolis, mown heretofore as the Chesapeake, las been named the Severn. O. M. Baldinger. a Norfolk political worker, was convicted of offering 'orged voters' transfers and was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. Elsie, the baby of Mr. Jack Penow, t)f Lynchburg, was strangled to death, ts clothes having caught in the spring as it fell out of bed. The Credit Men's Association select?d Baltimore as the meeting place 'or next year. Confederate veterans paraded through the principal streets of Louisville. Ky. In the municipal election at Jackson! rille. Kla.. George M. Nolan, Democratic nominee for mayor, was re-elected, receiving 1.337 out of 1,473 votes cast. In St. Augustine. Mayor Boyee was rejected by 1S3 majority. At the National Capital. | Maj.-Gen. John C. llates succeeded Major-General Gillespie as assistant rhlef of staff at the War Department. Attorney-General Moody submitted , to President Roosevelt a statement relating to the Sante Fe rebate cases ind Secretary Morton's connection with them. Secretary Shaw is to try the experiment of navinir Government emnloves by check instead of cash. The President has appointed a committee of five to investigate the business methods of the Government and suggests needed reforms. A Washington special says: "It is intimated in official circles here that negotiations are proceeding looking to an armistice between Japan and Russir. The stumbling block in the way of an armistice appears to be that neither belligerent is willing to take the initiative. The present negotiations, it is understood, consists of an effort to sound one or both governments as to their willingness to agree to ar armistice. Through the North. The Chicago Civic Federation advised against municipal ownership. President Roosevelt spent a few day? the first of the week in New England. The City Trust and Safe Deposit Co.. of Philadelphia, has failed as a result of the (laskill forgeries. The Lutheran Synod continued its sessions in Pittsburg and received reports on church extension and other subjects. Both of the 18-hour trains on the New York Central and Lake Shore railroad between New York and Chicago arrived ahead of schedule time. Paul Morton, chairman of the hoard of directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, has directed two expert accountants to make an investigation. I ~ ~ ... supreme court justice Uaynor has authorized Explorer Champ, to eon- ! tinue his search for the North Pole, | the expedition having been fitted out , by the late William Zlegler. Jesse Wilson, of Indiana, was ap- ' pointed Assistant Secretary of the In- | terior. to succeed M. W. Miller, resigned. The hot weather caused four deaths in Brooklyn, N. Y. It is rumored in Philadelphia that ' Mayor Weaver may cause the arrest of Israel w. Durham, the Republi- j can organization leader, in connection with certain contracts. Foreign Affairs, Emperor Nicholas received a delegaI ? ? 1 i ?.xwi? /iriuoixMMa, (i? wiidiii iiu rt?ai1 firmed his intention of calling a nai tional assembly. Germany, suspecting Europe's inten| tion. has engaged In unusual naval ' activity. The Chinese movement to l?oycott | American goods is growing steadily. France will take part in an inter i national conference upon Morocco. Field Marshal Oynma is gradually extending his line of Japanese troops from the Mongolian border to the Sea of Japan. Miscellaneous Matters. Three hundred descendants of the Fries family gathered in a reunion at Winchester. M. Rouvler, the French Premier, has decided to retain the Foreign Affairs porto-folio. I GROCERS ADJOURN i' * Importent Meeting Was Held With 5 Entire Harmony ? THE OFFICIAL BOARD IS ELECTED j | After a Spirited Discussion of a Re- j p port From a Portion of a Commit- I tee, Urging Differentials on Flour, , Hay, Grain, Grits and Corn Meal in ! Less Than Car Loads, the Matter Was Left in Statu Quo. Norfolk, Ya., Special.?The Southern Wholesale Grocers' Association ailJourned Wednesday sine die. The old officers were elected as follows: p President. J. A. Van Moose, Birmingham, Ala.; first vice president, G. P. 1{ Thompson, New Orleans; second vice ^ president. It. P. Woodson. Memphis; iy, treasurer, S. W. Lee, Birmingham. p Advisory board: J. A. Van Hoose, s< Birmingham; Theodore Melchers, Charleston; 1$. F. llowen, Jacksonville; Ij. J. II. Williams, Lynchburg; Adolph p Greyer, Little Rock; A. McD. Wilson, S Atlanta. ^ The advisory board will elect the sec- n q retary and special representative of the ^ association. s The most spirited discussion of the I' session was caused by the introduction of a resolution from a portion of the ^ committee on differentials and freight tl rates reviving the old proposition to a differentials on less than car-load lots. s' The committee recommended that the ^ president and the advisory board take ii the matter up with the railroads, urg- ' ing a differential in favor of flour, hay, >' grain, grits and corn meal. 1 H. B. Goodridge. of Norfolk, op- a posed the report, which he said was not E an expression of the entire committee, o The report was referred back to the o committee, which later brought in another report, referring the entire proposition to the advisory board in the event it saw fit to take it up. The con- p census of opinion seemed to be against a fight with the railroads on this subject. A report was adopted urging the general use of cotton products and recommending that wholesale grocers substitute cotton bagging for jute and bag- 11 ging of other materials. The fire insurance committee was authorized to devise a plan of reciprocal fire insurance, and directed to take the matter up with the advisory board and report at the next convention. The tobacco committee reported in favor of a 10 per cent, profit to the jobber. The convention decided to meet in 190(1, in April, at Jacksonville, Fla. The president was authorized to represent the association at the Milwaukee c iinnff?N>nro of tlio vvlwil^nlo l'rncort of the United States. n Discredits Ryan's Plan. Albany. N. Y.. Special.?The report i< of Superintendent Hendricks, of the c State insurance department, to Gov- J' ernor Higgins, upon his investigation t] of the Equitable Life Assurance So- f ciety was made public here and in t New York. 11 It is described in the title as "A s Preliminary Report," and it sharply criticises the management of the So- t ciety as well as the new trust ar- 1 rangement for voting the stock agreed t upon by Thomas F. Ryan and the three f trustees designated by him. t In conclusion. Superintendent Hendricks says: "No superficial measures will correct the existing evils v in this society. A cancer cannot be t cured by treating the symptoms. c Complete mutualization with the elimination of the stock, to be paid for at a price only commensurate with its 1 dividends, is. in my opinion, the only ! sure measure of relief. "This report, with a copy of the j ' evidence taken on this investigation. 9 will be transmitted to the Attorney j ' General for such action thereon as 1 he may deem proper." To Test Sunday Baseball. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.?A warrant was issued by Justice of tin Peace Farrls for the arrest of William C. West, president of the Jacksonville Amusement Company, owners of the Jacksonville baseball franchise of the South Atlantic League, charging him with violating the law prohibiting the playing of baseball on Sum.ay. The warrant was not served Tuesday, but was served Thursday morning. It is understood that the warrant was issued at the instigation of the franchise owners, who are anxious to have the law tested as to its constitutionality. Degree For Takahira. Medford, Mass.. Special.?The degreo j of I.LD. was ronferred imnn tlio Inn- I ' nnese minister to the United States. < M. Takahira, and Governor Douglas, < of Massachusetts, in connection with 1 the observance of the fiftieth anniversary of Tufts College. Following the ; morning exercises a re.-option was held I in the afternoon at which Mr. Takahira . was one of the speakers. i ME CZAR WILL ACT lees t!;c tvll Condit;cns That ftalk Through His l'nfortuna!e LanJ IAS LONG TALK Willi ZESTS!YOS resident cf N'cscow Delegation Describes the Carious Situation in Russia and Greatly Impresses the Crar, Who Declares That His Wish and Will for a National Assembly Are Unshakable. ol .reuTsimri;, ijy v aoic.?r-niporor [icholas received the Zcmstvo depuit Ion Monday. The reception took lace at noon in the Alexander Palace t PeterholT. Prince Trohetskoy. proslent of the Zemstvo congress of the loscow government, in I .-half of the Iqscow delegation, addressed the 12 moror in a long speech, in which he decribed the serious conditions existing 1 Russia which have caused the Zerntvos to approach his majesty directly, 'he Emperor was evidently much imressed. M. Fedoroff. representing the t.. Petersburg delegation, also spoke, lis majesty replied, expressing deep egret at the great sacrifices consouent of the war. and above everyhing, at the disaster to tlie Uusian navy. In concluding, the Eineror said: "I thank you gentlemen, for the senIments expressed, and join in your esire to bring about a new order of Itings. My personal wish and my will s Emperor to summon a national asembly is unshakable. I await with nxiety the carrying out of this my rill. You can announce this to the ihnbitants of the towns and villages hroughout Russia, and from today ou will assist me in this new work, "he national assembly will establish, s formerly, a united Russia, and tho Smperor will be the supreme support f the conditions based on tho principle f Russian nationalism." MAY FLEE WASHINGTON HEAT. eace Conferees Will Have Au*hority to Adjourn to Some Other Place? Claims of Various Cities Are Being Urged Upon the President. Who Ignores the subject. Washington, Special.? Prat tlca'.ly no ew developments were observable in he negotiations between Russia ami apan. President Roosevelt, for a day r two has been deeply engrossed in titer matters, and while be has not or a moment lost sight of the arrangelents for bringing together the Far Eastern belligerents, he has realized ully that the next move in the game f diplomacy now being played is with he contending nations themselves, "hat move is the selection of envoys r> represent them at the Washington onferenee. , Roth Minister Takahira. of Japan, nd Abeassador Cassini. of Russia, ailed on the President Monday afernoon. Neither would discuss his atcrview with the President It mown, however, that they were not ?f great importance. Each of the dipomatists presented to the President he advices from liis government pxiressive of the satisfaction felt at both >t. Peterslturg and Tokio at the seleeion of Washington as the seat of the >eace conference. Whether the conference will actually it in Washington, or not. has not been letermined, of course, as that is a deail which will he left to the envoys hemselves by their respective governnents. It is raid that no decision will ?e reached on that point until the ronerences meet here and organize. If ho weather in Washington at that ime should he unfavorable to the -oninued sittings in this city, it will be vithin the authority of the plenipoteniaries to adjourn to some other ity. During the past few days the Prcsdent has received as many as a hunIred letters suggesting various cities n the country as desirable places for lolding the conference. It can be said hat the President will not permit himtelf to he drawn into the discussion of his subject and the government will iot attempt to Influence in any way he choice of the confrees in hoblng their conference. Church Takes Ban off State. Rome, By Cable.?The Pope has isiued an encyclical encouraging Catlidies to participate in public affairs. While seeking the advice of the ecclesastical authorities, the encyclical says Catholics should retain complete libery of action regarding the temporal nterests. Members of the clergy are 'ccommended to refrain from participating in party strife. The encyclical las created a sensation. Its object is o induce Catholics to enter public ife, so that the navy l>e a force against the throat of socialism. Town Re-taken. Headquarters of the Russian Army, 3odzyadanl. Manchuria, Ry Cable?The Russian cavalry have retaken the town >f Idaoyangwopong. The Japanese oo itipiod the village of Sumeneheng, on the main road to Changtufu and Mamakai, in the morning of June Ik. hut they lid not succeed in crossing the river. At 1 in the afternoon the Russians re-captured Sumiencheng. throe squadrons of Japanese retiring iu a southwestery direction. N E WSY (ILEA N INC?. The latest war craft to go into comi mission is the British battleship Ed; ward vii. A Welsh collier has been sent to prison for two months for taking a match down into a coal mine. According to Government statistics just published America uses one-halt of the world's production of coffee. The British Central Africa cotton crop has for the second time been destroyed by rain mists and cold winds. Conductors on the German State railways are to be discharged unless they ! pass an examination in the English and j French languages. In three days tJO.OOO people inspected Ithe gorgeous court train of the German Crown Prince's betrothed, which was Oil View in lini-lin A number of lleno (Nov.) capitalist? I intend to bore for artesian water in 1 Warm Spring Valley, about lift cell | miles north of Ileno. Over boon persons, mostly A uteriI cans, have applied for positions* mulct I the Canal Commission in the construe1 lion of the l'anama Canal. The Italian Government lias just placed before the Legislature a pro j joct for the taking over by the State of nearly all the railroads of the conn | try. It is reported front IVkin that the Chinese ltoard of Finatn-e has decided to establish under imperial decree an Imperial Hank of China with a capital of l.oOO.OtH) taeis. While a Belgian family was return I ing front a drive in a carriage drawn i by dogs it was run into by the Antwert express, at a crossing, and three of tin party were instantly killed. The International Telegraph Construction Company has submitted ti scheme to the Post master t Seneral Ol Australia for the erection of wireless telegraph stations linking New Zefc ilaiid and Australia direct. Ex-Governor Tubbcck Dead. Austin, Texas, Special.?Former Governor Frank B. Tubboek. one of the most interesting figures in Texas, died here Thursday night, aged Oft years, Governor Tubboek suffered a stroke ol paralysis last Tuesday afternoon, from j which he never regained conscious1 nrss. He had been married three ' times and is survived b> his third wife i and a number of relatives. He had heer State treasurer and was conspicuously I identified with public, life in Texas. Assassination and Suicide. Atlanta. Special.?A special tc | The Journal from Gritlin, Ga., says that Prentiss Chapman, a well-knowr farmer living near Head's Shops, assasinated Tom Head, a neighbor, late Frl day night and then killed himself j ( muni; nia lu'imi wiui ?i razor. i nc tragedy was the result of a feud o long standing between the men. Then i were no eye witnesses to the traged3 1 and both men had been dead for sev t eral hours when their bodies wen discovered. Roth men were well con ; uected. Raced With Express Train. Hamburg. Rv Cable.?In an attempt to prove that an automobile can speed as fast as an express train. Emperoi 1 William, while coming from Hanovei to this city, ran an exciting race witl a train at a point where the road am I railway are parallel. The Kaiser's machine maintained a speed of ?>() miles an hour as long as the race continue! and it was only ended in disappoint inent. as tin* result of a tire bursting or the Emperor's machine. Roanoke Gets Convention. I.ynchburg, Ya.. Special.?The Re publican State, committee here in 1 meeting lasting more than'five hours decided to bold its State convention foi the nomination of a full State t'eke I to lie voted upon at the November eloe tion, at Roanoke. Tuesday. August Stli The convention will have nearly ."01 delegates. Richmond. Norfolk. Newport News made contests for the eon vention. but Roanoke won by u gooi majority on the first ballot. Dropped Dead While Speaking. j Chicago, Special.?S. I'. Sheerin, foi j merly secretary of the Democratic: nr tional committee, dropped dead on th ! floor of the convention hall in the; Ai | ditoriunr Hotel while making ?? m ' dre's> before the delegates Jo the coi! venti >n of National Inter-Stato Inch pendent Telephone Association. Deat was due to appolexy. Mr. Sheerii was president of tho new long-distane telephone company, of Indianapoln and had boon selected to reply to as add.oss of welcome. Negro Lynched in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn., Special. Simoi To a negro who assaulted a whit vo'lian near Riverside, lias been taket l.-ei'i jail at Hohenwahi, Tenn., by i u of fifty men and shot to death ' i was a. rested after being p^rhapi (ify wounded. After his arrest he ad .1 his guilt and was later identi ' >?y his victim I'tinl unc * one of his crime, about ton miles ii.ii? from his wounds. He asked U o'led the quickest way and did n > "J for his life. UNREASONABLE CRITICISM. Mrat Heeler?They say we sell oui )V< es to the highest bidder. ieeond Heeler?What do they ex pt t us to do?sell to the lowest? j WAS SHARP "RASCAL Forger Cot His Hand in Cleverly For Near a Million I MANY BANKS WERE EASILY Dl'PED An Investigation Into the Affairs of BcnJ. H. Gaskill, a Philadelphia Broker, Who Died Four Week3 1 j Ago, Discloses a Sensational Cass of Forgery. 'l I'lli Imlrl llllin rt...-. ~r * 1? ? u?i. V/il?7 U1 lilt) most sensational cases of forgery that has ever been brought to light ia financial circles of this city was disclosed when it was announced that certificates calling for a small number of shares of stock had been fraudulently raised to hundreds of shares, causing a loss . to certain banks and trust companies of this city of from $750,000 to $1,000,000. The forgery Involves the name of J Iletijamiii 11. (Inskill, who went to his ( grave four weeks ago. (Inskill was 1 the sole member of the banking and brokerage concern known as Uenj. H. tlaskill & Co. lie had offices in tho l financial district and his credit was i considered gilt edged. tlaskill died about four weeks ago. and at the time of his death he was believed to he worth about half-mil[ lion dollars, lie left no will aud ud; ministrators began to close up bis bus t iness. A patron of the firm, whoso . name is not given, bough' from the estate 100 shares of Philadelphia Traction Company stock. This was sent to the Philadelphia Traction Company's office to have the transfers recorded. The stock exchange, of which tlaskill , was a member, then s?nt out notices , to its members not to reioive stock certificates from the tlaskill estate. A further investigation brought to ' light a surprising state of affairs. It i was found that tlaskill had credited himself on his own books with 6,000 ? shares of Philadelphia Traction stock, valued approximately at $600,000, while i the Traction Company's books showed r that he only had 400 shares. It was also discovered that he had raised stock certificates of the United States Railways of New Jersey from two to 200 and the certificates of the Frank> foril & Southwark Street Railway j Company, in this city, from two to l twenty. The latter stock is worth $150 a share. (laskill kept, two accounts, one recording the transactions of his customers, which was correct, and another ' giving his own transactions I lis hooks ^ showed that he was losing from $15,000 to $20,000 a year in his business His f method of operation was to obtain cer" tificates of gilt-edged securities calling for one, two, three or some other small number of shares, raise the tic ures and eive thom as securities for large loans At least six hanks ami trust companies of this eity admit I holding fraudulent securities for largo . loans. A financier who has hoon making an investigation said that the amount of money loaned on the raised certificates will aggregate between $7o0.000 and $ 1,000,000. It is believed that very little will he recovered from the estate. Texas Railroad Sold. Bernmont. Tex.. Special.?The Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western Railroad, a twenty-mile line from this city to Sour Lake, tnpping a rich lumber and oil region, has been sold to B. F. Yoakum, of New York, representing the i St. Louis & San Francisco. The sale 1 was ratified at a meeting of the stock. , holders here. It is expected that the r | purchasers will make the road the nut ' i leus of a line reaching from Houston to New Orieans. with various branches. 1 The terms of the sale were not given I out. Ex-Governor Lubback III. - j Austin. Tex.. Special.- Ex-Governor 1 Frank Lubbock, one of the most prom; inent men in Texas, at the advanced j age of stl years, was stricken with paralysis. It may he possible, it is said, | that he will linger for a. day or two, r. hut the attending physicians assert that his advanced age gives no hope ot ree j cover jr. I- 1 Reddoch Goes to Prison. ? St.. Louis. Special.? M. M. Iledl! dock, ex-post master of Yazoo, Missisu sippi when arraigned in the United States district court pi -aded guilt/ || to having trumped up charges against j Congressman Claude Kitchen of the (list North Carolina district, and was ! sentenced to serve one year in the Missouri penitentiary at Jefferson Cit? 1 and pay u line of $100. i Bowen Dismissed. 1 Washington. Special.- The dismissal s of Herbert W. Rowen. for some years United States Minister to Venezuela, . j and tho exoneration of Assistant Sec, rotary of State I.oomis, of the alle: gations brought against him by Mr. ' Howen, are tin1 outcome of the Lootnis1 Howen controversy, which has attract. od wide attention for many months past. This disposition of the case is r i made by President Roosevelt in a letter addressed to Secretary Taft, made pub ! lie, approving Mr. Taft's report on his ' findings and conclusions in the case.