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Al&TH YEAR. FORT MILL, S. Cm THURSDAY, DECEMfRR 13,1906. ^ / , " NO. 37.
WRECK AT DANVILLE
Another Rear-End Crash and
Negligence I he Cause
TWO TRAINMEN ARE VICTIMS
Engineer George Kinney, of Thomasville.
Brother of -he Engineer Who
Had Such Narrow Escape Thanks- j
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?&TMJ4 L'AJf, ?UU AiU^UiAil VT . J).
'King., Killed Outright?No. 31 Telescopes
a Freight in the Yards at
DamT*lle?Fire Follows the Wreck
?A Number Injured, of Whom at
Least Ono Will Die.
Danville, Vn., Special.?Another
nilroad horror on the Southern
which in many respects resemble* that
a Lawyers nine days ago, which reHilfd
in the dcnlli of President Hjhjuc>r,
was enacted in the yards here
Saturday morning at about 4 o'clock.
Two persons were killed outright,
hlf n dozen more or less injured, one
o whom will die as a result of their
injuries.
Train No. 34. northbound, a solid
lhllmnn ami passenger train, crnsh?1
into ine rear ol" freight train No.
8.. which was standing on the main
lie. The engine ploughed through
tl' caboose and demolished several
c?s ahead of it. Fire followed the
week and the local department was
ciled out. Four or live cars were
easumed and others badly damnge
The Dead and lnjpred.
engineer George C. Kinney, .of No.
3 was scalded to death and [Brakern
W. B. King burned to a crisp,
'le home of Kinttev, rrso is a brother
c Will A. Kinney, th? engineer on
ti train that crashed mto Spencer's
?* , is at Thomasville, N. C. King's
line is in Danville.
The seriously itijuroc are: H. M.
1 tterson, of Chatham, brakemnn. inj.-'ef
about the head rnd shoulders
a:d leg broken.
). J. Mull, of Columbia, ?
man-it' No. 82. ba?-k spra*^*and
hurt7fout the head, t
0.<>?? Mailer, postal, Vicrk, slightly
hurt\ /
ord, roimfed fireman on I
No, iv&Kl. 'aoternally and will
likel ?i?e. Several of his bones were
brokn.
Te blame for the wreek rests upon
wo employes of the Southern.
Flapian Mull, of No. $2. who was injure,
and one or the other of tlie opera
t rs at Danville and Xeapolis
bloc aistitnu WVii'ti il.a i'? :.-i-*
_ , , ?.? .. mi; i
omit i ? a standstill il was the duty
of he tlu^man *to go haek and place
a lancer signal for any approach in}?
tniu and th? -information so far
slews .that Midi did not ?do this.
Operator Skenille, af Danville, and
O>erator Clellons, at Xenpolis, make
contradictory statements regarding
the sending and receiving of orders
of i clear block for Xo. 34 and only
oftVial investigation will briiipr ?nt
the real facts. Dispatcher Skenille,
at Danville black station, was fonno#lv
at Raccoon and was succeeded by
Mcttox. v.lio is hold responsible for
the recent bipr wreck at Lawyers. An
inv-ftiyatiim by the local police antho
-itie.-i Kvill be held in the mayor's
ooOrt Tuesday morning.
Wreck at China Grovo.
China Grove, Special. ? Several
l>ox ears of southbound freight train
No. were derailed Ijere. A number
were completely demolished, but
nobody was hurt. The chief feature
ol' the wreck was the inconvenience
t > passenger trains. The main line
is completely blocked, i atfp unahlt
to pass at 11:30. ~
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Discharged Negro Soldiers Ar?ly for
Re-Enlistment.
Washington, SpoeiRf.?At the in
stance of Secretary Taft Sergeant
Sanders and l'rivnte Elmer Hrown, of
the Twenty-Fifth Infantry, colored,
filed with the military secretary applications
for re-enlistment in tht
army. One of these has bee 1 referred
to the President ,in order! that lie
may determine whether or n?"V\ any of
the m< n of the Twenty-fifth .Infantry
who were recently' discharge 1 with
out honor shall be ro-enlistedl and it
so 01: what 'conditions.
Young Men Needed For the Navy. J
Washington, Special.?"We want
younger men to command the shins
of the navy," srxirR Admiral .Dewey,
after an interview \K'ith the president,
"and the only wujPito accomplish it
is to retire officers tfarly." 1 hi* result
is sought to b Y attained by the
enactment of the in. *al person lei bill
which the Admiral 'a??*us8ed with tin'
president. i 2 ig it
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EX-SENATOR SHOT
Arthur Brown, Former United States
Senator From Utah Shot and Seriously
Wounded by Mrs. Anna M.
Bradley, of Salt Lake City.
Washington, D. C., Special.?Former
United States Senator Arthui
Brown, of Utah, lies in a critical condition
in Emergency Hospital, from a
pistol shot wound in the abdomen
inflicted by Mrs. Anna M. Bradley, of
CAli T -1? ?1 - 1 ? ' ?
uuu nuK, wno arnvcu liere oaiuraay
from that city. The shooting occurred
in Senator Brown's apartments in
the Hotel Raleigh, where Mrs. Bradley
also had registered under the
name of "A. B. Brown." She was
taken in custody and was locked up
for the night in the matron's room of
the First Precinct police station.
Two shots were tired, one glazing
Brown's left hand and the other entering
the abdomen and lodging in
the pelvic cavity. After working over
him for nearly two hours, the surgeons
decided that for the present at
least they would make no further attempt
to find the bullet. It was stated
that while Senator Brown's condition
was critical, his wounds are
nui uKct-HKoriiy iaiai.
No Witness to Shooting.
Mrs. Bradley arrived hero shortly
after noon. After being assigned a
room she immediately went to Senator
Brown's apartment. There were
uu witnesses to the shooting, but a
floor maid heard the shots and notified
the management. According to
her statement, Mrs. Bradley came to
Washington to demand that Senator
Brown marry her. She said that
their relations were well known in
Salt Lake. "1 asked him if he was
going to do the right thing by me,"
she sajd, maintaining a remarkable
composure, "llis reply was that he
put on his overcoat and started to
leave the room and I shot him. 1 abhor
acts of this character, but in this
case it was fully jnstitled."
While expressing no sorrow for hoi
act, she was glad to know that Senator
Brown might recover. "I was
practically penniless when 1 got hen;
tpday," she said, "having only $1.2o,
and after paying the cabman, nil the
money 1 had in the world was $1.00."
She said she urged Senator Brown to
marry her, that he had been instrumental
in the divorce between lier
husband and herself, and that as his
wife was dead he now could "do the
right thing" by her. This she said
he positively refused to do.
Tells Senator Her Story.
Mrs. Bradley is a brunette, about
38 years old, and frail ol' statue. Her
first act after being taken to the police
station was to send for Senator
Sutherland, of Utah, who called on
her. Senator Sutherland regretted being
brought into the ease, but said
that Mrs. Bradley had spnt for him
because he was the ony man here
whom she knew. To him she told the
story of her relations with Senator
t" -
?...??ii. one aneged (linl two of hei
children owe their parent ago to Senator
Brown and that she had named
one of them after him. Airs.
Bradley was reluctant to speak of her
former husband, but questioning
brought out the facts that he now is
living in Nevada with a second wife.
Further questioning disclosed the
fact that Mrs. Bradley for two years,
1H00 and 1902, had served in the capacity
of secretary to the Utah State
Republican committee and also at ou tline
was editor of the otlicial organ
of the State Federation of Women's
Clubs. She declared that she had a
sister in thp newspaper business in
Salt Lake City, but that sin- would
not communicate with memberr of her
family because she knew that tlioy
would come to hvr assistance.
Manager Tally, of the Haleigh, was
UOtiiied of the -
vtiiiiiu uvo or
three minutes after it occurred. He
hurried to Senator Brown's apartment
to ascertain the facts.
Brown Retains Consciousness.
Senator Brown, despite the seriousness
and shock of the wound, retained
consciousness and was perfectly calm
and collected. He made no statement
to Mr. Tally beyond saying that
he had busn shot by Mrs. Bradley.
j nc woman conimuea in vnc room
while Mr. Ttntly was attending to
Senator Brown, hut offered 110 assistance.
Finally, Mr. Tally ordered
her to leave the room. She declined
with absolute coolness to comply with
the order.
"1 will remain here," she said, "1
am the mother of two of his children."
An officer from the first precinct
police station placed Mrs. Bradley under
arrest. She made no resistance
and offered no further explanation oP
the shooting. She was asked for u
statement of the incident, but referred
all those who7 inquired to Senator
Sutherland, of Utah.
SCORE DIE IN FLOOD
Many Residences Destroyed
or Damaged
BREAK IN RESERVOIR CAUSE
Arizona Mining Town of Olifton Almost
Inundated and Inhabitants
Forced to Flee to Mountains for
Safety Nearly All Residences in
Noith Cliftnn TWwtrnwrxl I
Clifton, Ariz., Spceinl. ? Flood
waters that caused upward of n score
of deaths and much property damape
Wednesday night nro receding
rapidly and the 30-hour rain has
ceased. No further damage is apprehended.
Two bodies were recovered from
the wreckage along Chase Creek, but
the exact number of deaths cannot
be told. Three men were caught
looting and on refusal to surrender
were shot and fatally wounded by officers.
The flood in Chase Creek was
caused by the breaking of the reservoir
of the Detroit Copper Company
and the freed water ran down the
creek with a seven-foot, breast.
Only one busiuess house on Chase
Creek escaped damage and many
were destroyed. North Clifton wus
partly wrecked, nearly all of the res
lUences in that part of the town being
destroyed or damaged.
So many restaurants and hotels
have been destroyed that it is almost
impossible to find n plaeo to eat or
sleep in the town. But there will be
no shortage of provisions.
All trains on the Arizona & New *
Mexico Knilroad are held up. Railroad
bridges are so severely damaged
that it will be usai'e to use them l'oi
some time.
Solomonville. Ariz., Special.?As
the result of 30 hours' soaking rain
over southern Arizona the mining
town of Clifton with 3,000 people
is swept by a terrific llood and hundreds
of inhabitants have tied to the
mountains for safety. Owing to disabled
wires details are hard to obtain,
but the known dead reached IS.
Most of the population are Mexicans
and Italians whose huts are inundated.
The eastastrope began with the
breaking of a big reservoir in the
mountains, precipating a vast flood
on the Chase Creek quarter of Clifton.
The principal street was ruined.
It was along this street that the fatalities
occurred as the Hood engulfed
the people without warning.
Globe, Ariz., Special.?All railroad
communication with this city is cut
off for a week at least by the carrying
away of the bridge over the Gila
river near San Carios. Passengers
and mail may be transferred in a few
days, but it may be much longer before
freight can arrive here.
New President For Southern.
New York, Sj ecial.?The directors
of the Southern Railway Wednesday
elected \V. \V. Fitilev. of Washington,
president of the company, to succeed
the late Samuel Spencer. Mr. Finlev
lias been sermul vw-.' )iriwi.Iort
of the road since September 15, 180(5.
He has heen active in railway world
since 1875. 1'iior t<> entering the
Southern's service Air. Fiuley was
second vice president of the Great
Northern Kail way. Before that lie
was third vice president'of the Southern
Railway. For two years he was
chairman of the Southeastern Passenger
Association at Atlanta. Air.
Finley was at times associated with
lames J. llill.
Major J. Gadsden King Dead.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.?Major J.
Gadsden King;, a well-known Confederate
veteran, died at his home herj
early Wednesday, aged 7f> years.
Major King; was born in Charleston,
S. C., hut has heen a resident of Atlanta
for 25 years. During the civil
wa.r he was a captain in Marion's artillery.
President Wants More Power.
Washington, Special. ? The President
Wednesday sent a special message
to Congress urging legislation
giving the Executive authority npou
his own ini'itative and responsibility
to dismiss any officer whom he thinks
unworthy to remain in the service.
The law nt present provides that
time of pence no officer ?Vr\l bo diamis-od
except in pursuance of t,
court-martial or in miti; ration there
of. This provision tl e President
wants repealed. 1
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PALMETTO fUS
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Occurrences of Intcesf from
AH Over SoOttt CaroSna
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MANY ITEMS OF tfATE NEWS
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A Batch of Lhrt Pa.igraphs Covering
a Wide Range-What is Going
On in Oar State.
Negro Kills ; other-in-Law.
Greonwood, Spf d-?Joe fivans, a
negro, shot and kp?d his hrother-intaw,
Will Hughe>'in the Bnck Level
itotion of the cchty, Sunday night.
He is now in jai/here. Jt i? alleged
that Evans com .itted a criminal as- <
fault on his R ter-in-law, Hughey'aj
wife, Saturday Hughey* came into I
town Sunday nd had a warrant
worn out for vans. Evans heard of
this proceed' i and went down to
Hughey's ho se Sunday night to
"talk over" the matter, and while
the two wei outside the house the
hooting be? n. Hnghey had three
bullets hi -> oa and was stone dead
wl en fo'.'"? One bulldts lodged in
the spina 1 ilmnn, bnck of the head,
brenking litfneck. The Evans negro
tied and whin caught was in bed
feigning sleep When carried to the
place of thr thooting for the purpose
?f having hit tracks measured he
wilted and confessed the crime.
irifay Oil MflL
Norway,' Special.?The Norway Oil
KiH is 110v an assured fact, Soma
weks ago it was decided by the
ttoekbolden who intended operating
an oil mil and ginnery at Bolin,
about nine miles from here, to locate
the mill at Norway, provided the citizens
woult take half the stock and
st place o' a $10,000 plant make it
115,000 to $20,000. This met with the
approval o: the Norway people and a
joint meetng was called. The following
ofRceit'wcre eleeted: President,
B. F. Adten; vice president, B. B.
Williams \ treasurer, J. II. Bonnett;
aecretary, J. A. Weathersbae.
For Soutl Carolina Rivers and Harbors.
The secetary of the treasury in his
letter of recommendation of appropriations
needed, asks that the following
mounts be made available
for the yur ending June 30, 190(5:
For pupli? buildings at Anderson,
$35,000; 1 Clester, $25,000; Greenville,
$24000; Greenwood, $20,000;
Sumter, |^13,000.
For improving Winyah Hay, $72,750.
For infpipving Pec Dee River and
maintaining same, $25,000.
Anderson is Pleased.
Anderfeon, Special.?The news of
the reapp<intment of Mr. John 11.
Cochran, jr., as postmaster for this
city, which was given in a brief press
dispatch last week was very
gratifying to all of the patrons
of this offii-e. Mr. Cochran lias heen
in the n(fi<o here as postmaster for
eight y ars, having received his appointment
under President MeKinley
in 189? Purifier his past service in
the ofH<e, Mr. Cochran has given the
best of treatment to everyone.
Sold Almost for a Song.
Winusboro, Special.?The property
of tho Winnsboro Granite Company
was sold by tho clerk of the court
and was bought by R. (J. llhett of
Charleston for $10,000. No person
was allowed to bid on this property
unless tl-ey deposited a certified
check for $10,000 with the clerk of
the cenrt tyefore they entered a bid
and the property was sold for cash.
This tl..? vnocn,. ?Un
trou&iit so little. It is worth at least
$300,000.
Civic Improvement Society.
Florence, Special?The ladies ot
the Civic Improvement Society arc
making arrangements to give an old
fashioned tournament and a ball
during Christmas week for the benefit
of the society. Many knights
from (hit and adjoining counties arc
expected,to contest for the honor ot
crowning the queen at the ball to be
given that night.
Heywaxd County Fails.
Aiken, Special.?The propose/
Heyward county scheme was defeatec
by 39 votes of the requisite two
thirdH of the total number of votei
cast. All the precincts have been re
pbrted and show a total vote cast o
504, of which the new county received
208. A summary of the dilTcren
?3iwoinets follows: North Augusta 1"?
ifci, 19 against: Keeoh Island, S4 foi
7 against; Tnlatha 13 for, '.K\ against
Sunny Side, 10 for, -!"? again-t ; K!
Icnton, 14 for, 24 against; Silvevtur
17 for, 19 against.
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THE WORK OF CONGRESS
What Oar National lawmakers Are
Doing From Day to Day
Taft to Give Information.
The resolution of Senator Penrose
collins-- the President or all tli - facts
regarding- the discharge of the negro
troops belonging t<> the Tweuty-ttfth
Infantry, was received at the White
House and at one? turned over by. tho
President t(? Secretary Taft, who will
furnish the information desired. The
| Fornker i-esolution, which also was
passed at the same time, but whieh 1
is directed t<? the Secretary of War,
had not been received by Secretary
Ttti't up to a late hour Friday. Secretary
Tat't said, however, upon returning
from the cabinet meeting,
that he would comply with both resolutions
to the fullest extent.
Simplified Spelling.
Simplified spelling received a hard
bolvv in the legislative bill for 1M08
reported to the House by the committee
on appropriations, which says:
"Hereafter in printing documents
Authorized by low or ordered by
Congress or either branch thereof the
Government Printing Ofiiee shall
follow the rules of orthography established
by Webster's or other generally
accepted dictionaries of the
English language.
The hill carries an appropriation of
$.'ll,21n,r>'J.">, which is $(iS5,342 less
than the estimates made for the legislative,
judicial and executive Departments
of the government.
An increase from $1,200 to $1,000
is made in the allowance to members
of the House for clerk hire, and th~
requirement that members certify
thev have spent this amount is omitted'.
Efforts to take up the bill conferring
Ci'.izmrhip upon the citizens of
Porto Rico, reported from the committee
on insular affairs of the House
were defeated by objections of the
Democrats.
An Important Measure.
During tlw three hours the House
was in session it passed a bill which
has the enthusiastic endorsement of
labor as well as manufacturers genera
lly. repealing that portion of the
Wilson inter-state commerce hill relating
to convict -mjule goods and
pointing the several States to regulate
their competition with "free
labor" made grods.
The hill was introduced l?v Mr
limit, of Missouri, himself a practical
stonemason. Under the Wilson
h.II. which became a law in 1SJI0, convinet
labor-made goods may enter into
active competition with tlie goods
manufactured by 44 free l^bor'' and
under this Federal law a State could
not pass a latv that would prevent
the shipping into the State prisonmade
goods of other States. The law I
which was pnss.nl abrogates the interstate
commerce law as at present applied
to convict-made goods, thereby
affording to the different States and
Territories the right t<? inhibit the
shipping of eonvict-made goods within
the conliues of any State or Territory.
Senator Simmons gave further attention
to tli' ease which lie is to
realm out against Federal otlh-eholdI
trrs in North Cnrolina. who have been
perniciously active in political mailers.
lie cont'erarl with Mr. Degraw,
Fourth Assistant Uostmn-o r general
concerning the specitie charges which
liave hern made against I bigger hurt,
):: rural free delivery carri r. who,
it is nil ucd. tried to break up a meeting
i'i Iredell county, al wiiicli Mr.
llaelcell was to speak. Mr. Degraw
said iliat the inspector assigned to
h oi; iiiin this matter had not yet completed
his report, hut he thought it
would he at hand in a very few days.
.' 1''. 1Cgraw cnliriiU'il the report given
nut by the civil service commission
thai an agent would he sent i mm the
departenl to accompany Commission,
r (Jrcen when he starts oil his
tour of investigation to the State to
look into charges against Federal office
holders.
! Minority leader John Sharp Williams
declared it to be bis in! ntioii
to recommend Representative Small
for membership on the rivers and har
bnrs cornmiltee, a recognition that is
i i,,.;.,.- a i ' xt
/\ II ?.#> IIIV l|U II] \ illdlinu
delegation. Mr. Williams is ic
! putf?l to l'.uvc sail thai Mr. Sum!!
was his first r.hoic?. and thai if
Spanker Cannon did not approve ot
this recommendation -ha would next
t eiuiorss Ke]irosont?.tive Kllerbe of
i South Carol.jsit.
Japs Want Natural>ation.
Wasliiu Inn. Special. Fniorablc
3 notion by ('on;jrrss on the ree oniniTi
- dr.tion of the presrdciit in his last art
f oufll message .that) an act be pas-sac
specifically provpliva: f< r tire nnlur.c
/.ation of Japanese who fi.ma to tin
' Cnited Ktrt'js injemtin^ lo Vcc.cnc
" \11 eiif.ti: c-itb-.c 1 ;o i'.ir In wart
' * ;.w;iri:i:r a eouiin1 nam ?.f the tradit
oral friendly relations be twin-n tlii
rfCT.tiy an I Japan, in the opinion ?
'? isrount Aoki, the uiubfts
sudor.
:
The ambassador exj ressed the henet"
Mint then were r.ot so many ,Tui>nneses
in this country to 'ako advantage1
of naturalization if it wore
granted, but he thought that such r*
opportunity should he afforded them
alomj with the citizens of other coun
uicn. xjc saui nt itid not think it
probably that those .Japanese who
were emigrating in la rye numbers to
Hawaii and the Pacific eoast would
avail jfinselves of nnt/ralization as
most.*017 them ultimately returned to
"naf
I \Stole a Street Car.
Rnstf Liverpool, O., Special.?The
police arc looking for a stranger who
stole a street car, ran it four miles
and colltctL'd fare from all passengers
and Mb on decamped. Conductor
Doilz was at a pump, getting a drink,
when the thief stepped aboard and
gr.ve the starting signal. The fellow
managed the business co well that
the motornian, curtained in on ae(ptmt
of the rain, suspected nothing.
John C. Brain Bead.
Tampa, Fla., Special.?John C.
Brain, of the Confederate navy, died
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Of OCSsC ...UUII itdH lUgS XO In*. S,
imprisonment. The crime is the same
for which their father, J. G. Rawlings t ii ^and
Alt' Moore, a negro, were handed
at Valdosta, Tuesday. The recommendation
of the pardon board goes
to Gov. Terrel, who undoubtedly will
epprove the decision.
Planning an Investigation.
'Washington. Speciul.-??An investigation
of the operation and management
of the railroads controlled by
James J. Hill and his associates, including
t lie Koi-thera PacihVi. the
Great Northern, and the C'hieagit, ^
Burlington & Quincy, ?? in contemplation
mission. The matter has been
talked over by the commissioners and
after certain preliminaries have been
arranged and couiim'1 for the commission
selected, formal announcement
of the p-oposed inquiry -will be made.
Caught in Cotton Gin.
1 .Olliahlirnr Knaoinl M? t ?
^|FW?UI. iUI. U. i\.
Spencer met witn a horrible accident
Thursday morning at his gin house
about one mile from here, lie was
caught and drawn upon the saws of
the gin. One arm was cut to pieces,
bis face being badly mangled. Several
teetli were sawed out, and he
was badly cut about the body. It
was feared at first he could not live,
but the physicians now cntentain
slight hopes of his recovery.
Investigating Wreck.
Washington, Special.?Ollicials ol
Use Southern Railway began a formal
investigation into the causes of Hie
wreck on that line Thanksgiving
morning, in which President Samue*
Spencer, of the Southern system, and
several other p rsoiis wen., killed. The
inquiry is being held at the general"
<1 tiers of t!r> Southern Rail,'.'ay, in
this city, and probably Nvill \iot b?
?included before Thursday afternoon
Friday.
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