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FORT MILL TIMES. 15TH YEAR. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1907. NO. 41. TO THE PHILIPPINES All Colored Troops Ordered to foreign Service NO ECHO OF BROWNSVILLE CASE Department Issu33 Orders for Prcpartion for Service and 3oldiers Will Sail Between March 5 and June 5 of Present Year?Troops Being Sent Becauso It is Their Turn to Go and Not Because of Any Desire to Get Tksm Out of United States at This Time?None Were Sent Between 1902 and 1C05. Washington, Special.?The Ninth and Tenth Cavalry and the Twentytifth Infantry, including nil the negro soldiers in the regular army in this country, have been ordered to prepare for service in the Philippines and will sail at different times between March 5th and .June 5th of this year. The only other regiment composed of negroes, the Twenty-fourth Infantry, is now doing service in the Philippines. Other troops ordered to the Philippines are the Sixth Cavalry, the Eighteenth, Twenty-sixth, Twentyninth and Thirtieth Infantry. The troops which will be relieved by the sending, of these new regiments will be the Fourth, Seventh and Eighth Cavalry and the Ninth, 'fifteenth, Fifteenth, Sixctccnth and Nineteenth Infantry. It was stated by Major Genera! Bell, chief of Staff- tlint tlio TiPirv.. vo.r I intents are being sent to the Philippines because it is their turn to go, and not because of any desire to ;:et them out of the United States nt this time. The negro troops are to sail for the Philippines before most of the white | organizations, the last of which will i not leave this country until early in January, 190S. Statement by Department. The followng statement was issued from the War department in explanation of the orders: "There was a time, between 190'i and 1905, when the colored regiments wore not sent to the Philippines at all. In 1905, however, this policy was | tentatively changed, and the Twentyfourth Infantry, colored regiment, was sent to the Philippines and is now there. The services of thp Twentyfourth Infantry in the Philippines lias been etirely satisfactory, and it is thought that the services of the other regiments will be. "In reporting npnn this subject General Wood states: 'I lecently visited and made an inspection of the Departments of the Yisnyas and Min<lnno, and found the Twenty-fourth Infantry very well liked by the eivi! authorities in the neighborhood of its various stations. In fact as Tacloban the Governor expressed particular appreciation of the line conduct of this regiment.' "Beeausc of this report and experience, the general staff ed and the Department decided it to be wise to return to the former policy of equal foreign service of all the regiments of the mobile army. ' The present assignment of the other colored regiments to the Philippines is merely for an equal distribution of foreign service. They have not been there for four years. It now becomes fair to them and to other regiments that they be assigned to the Philippines in due order. "Foreign service, it should be stated. increses the pay of the men 20 per cent and counts double time for retirement. It was pointed out at the Department therefore that the idea that these orders were prejudicial to the colored troops or were made on account of the Itrownsville affair, was utterly absurd." The Georgia May be Presented With Silver Service. Washington, Special.?A number of representative men of Savannah Saturday called on Assistant Secretary of the Navy Newberry, and conferred with him regarding the presentation of a silver sen-ice to the battleship Georgia. Although nothing definite Wnu nrrn?/?A'l " : ......ukcm, 11 is prooanie that the vessel will be sent South in the spring. President Escalon is Anxious to Suppress Revolution. Ran Salvador, Republic of Salvador. By Cable.?Hondurnns residing in Nicaragua and Salvador started the recent revolution in the government of Honduras, which was suppressed by Nicaragua and Salvador. The Central American republics arc anxious t<> maintain pehce bv all means. President F.scfclon. oi Salvador, made an important declaration to this effect. Kx-Prd'S^nt Poticarpo I Ionilia, of Honllu as, who v as compromised in the S^voluti'.in, has been imprisoned. . 1 i 1 \ A RIGID INVESTIGATION Under Resolution of Congress, Interstate Commerce Commission Will Shift Every Piece of Evidence to be had in an Effort to Ascertain if Recent Railroad Disasters Have Been Duo to Unreliable Block System, or Carelessness of Employes Stationed Here. Washington, Special.?What promises to be a most rigid investigation f the recent wrecks <>n the Baltimore St Ohio Railroad at Tern Cotta. D. D., in wihch more than two score of passengers lost their lives, and oil the Southern Railroad at Lawyers, Va, >11 Thanksgiving Day, when PresiJent Samuel Spencer and seven otk rs were killed was begun by the interState Commerce Commission, acting under a general resolution passed by Dougrcss in the last session providing !or an inquiry into the operation on the block system on the railroads liroughout the country. It is the purpose of the commission to determine whether the responsibility for these two wrecks should be placed on the workings of theb lock system or the ;arelessness of the railroads' employ's stationed at the block station. Commissioner Clements is conducting the inquiry, and the railroads are represented by attorneys. It is understood, if the block system is found to be unreliable, some immediate Icgisla:ive remedy may be urged upon Congress by the commission. The Terra Cotta Wreck. The Terra Cotta wreck was first taken np. Chief Dispatcher T. F. Dent, of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, testified that the whereabouts of trains are often unknown to hint for f) or 10 minutes because of the failure or inability of operators at the block stations to communicate with tint when a train passes their stations. Kngitieer Hildeibrand, of the "dead" equipment train, which crashed into the Frederick (Md.) local at Term Cotta testified that the "double green" light was displayed at Silver Springs and University station. If there was any "danger light" at Takotna station, the witness declares he did not sec it. He testified that between Friday evening at 6:30 o'clock and Sunday evening at 6:30. when the wreck occurred, a period >f 4S hours, he had had only eight hours sleep. He said, however, that ' when he was called to make the fatal tun he did not fcal a lack of sleep. i)ui was 111 good trim. Thrie Times Suspended. Hilderbrand admitted he had heen suspended); on at least three occasions, once for allowing the engine boiler to become short of water, then for thiry days becans ehe did not stop after the explosion of a torpedo which he ran over, and again for run nine: through a switch. He said he had heard a number of instances where engineers have passed by a red signal, but he could not jrive any speeitie instances. He admitted he sometimes took a drink when off duty, but that on the day of the wreck lie bad not touched a drop. Prepared Special Edition of President's Panama Message. Washington, Special.?To meet a great public demand for the recent mcsage of the President to Congress narrating the events of his trip to the Isthmus of Panama last fall, the Government Printing Office has prepared an edition, with seven appendices ami '2t> full-page illustrations making, what is denominated a textbook on the subject of the canal, which wil he sold to the public by the 1 ?j? ? ? . i.|.? i iiut nuiTii or Documents upon application for 50 cents per copy. Killed in Selma, Ala., Saloon. Selma, Ala., Special.?Marion Phillips was shot and killed by L. S. Bureh in a saloon here. Both men are white linemen. They had frequently quarreled and after a dispute, Phillips knocked Burch down, whereupon Bureh opened lire, killing Phillips. Bureh came here from Jackson, Miss. Phillips has a wife in Savannah and idatives in Augusta, Ga. Abandons Reconstruction. New Orleans, Special.?A teljrrarr ? \V- .1 i..win iimiiii^ion suites that the United States government lias abandoned its recostruction of Fort St Philiy, near the mouth of the Mississippi river, and that contractors amounting to nearly $100,000 will be abrogated. One ol" the contractor.said that he had received a request asking on what terms he will abrogate bis contract. During the gull hurricane last fall Fort St. Jhilip was badly damaged. BOMB WRECKS BANK Cashier and Others Killed By Explosion CRANK WANTED A BIG LOAN Dropped by Unidentified Foreigner After He Had Demanded of President a Loan of 85.000?Cashier In iVIVu 111 v i>i ii\ t;( iiuu 1 UMvt'U 11HI1 lO DC seated for a moment, lie was very poorly dressed, had patches 011 li is shoes and his entire appearance made me a bit curious. While he was waiting for me to finish the business 1 had in hand at the moment I happened to notice that he looked at me very curiously. 1 asked him his business and he gave me his name as G. E. Williams and said he wanted a loan of $5,000. He did not look like a man who could make a loan of that amount and I asked him for collateral. He said something about an insurance policy and that it would mature in from one to live years. I was then convinced the man was a crank and decided to dismiss him at once, not for a moment thinking there was any harm in him. 1 told him he would have to see the cashier and directed him out into the banking department. At the same moment I called the colored messenger, William Crump, to see that the man was quickly taken out of the building. As I turned to continue my work at the desk there was a territic explosion ami I thought the building was coming down. The man had not time to reach the cashier, the explosiou came so soon." Details as to what actually happened when the man left the office of President Hushton differ, as no one can he found who snw l.? ....... J VUV 111UII I the bomb. The door to the offlee of Cashier McLear is only a few feet from that of President Rushton and the man must have dropped the deadly misslc between tho two rooms. Cashier McLcar was sitting at his desk at the time and his body was badly mangled. The boom-thrower's body was torn to pieces. Savannah Puts In Her Bid. Washington, Special.?A delegation from Savannah, headed by former Senator Norwood, arrived here in the interest of the establishment of a subTreasury in that city. Col. .1. 11. Estill, of the Savannah Morning News, and Pleasant A. Stovall, of the Savannah Press, were among the party, The delegation held a conference with Senators Bacon and Clay and members of tho Georgia delegation in the House of Representatives and next week will go before the ways and I means committee to urge Savannah't I claims. stantly Killed and Bomb-Thrower Blown to Pieces?Tho Injured are Clerks and the Negro Messenger, Who Was Fearfully Hurt, Both Eyes Being Blown Out, Scalp Torn Off and Face So Mangled That He Is Unrecognizable. Philadelphia, Speciul.?Demanding a loan of $5,000 and failing to get it, a man who has not yet been indentified dropped a bomb in the Fourth Street National Bank Saturday, blowing himself to pieces, instantly killing Cashier \V. K. McLear, and injuring six others, one or two of whom may die. The only clue to the identity of the bomb-thrower was a bunch of keys found in a portion of the clothing attached to which was a plate inscribed "K. Steele, Garner, Iowa." The Fourth Street Uational Bank is the largest tinancial institution in the city and occupies the greater portion of the tirst floor of the Butlitt building on Fourth street between Cuesnut ami w ainut streets in tile heart ol tlie financial district. The explosion was terrific and it caused tremendous excitement in the crowded building and the street. The explosion occurred a few minutes before 12 o'clock, at a time when the bank is usually well filled with persons in a hurry to transact business before the bank closes. No one saw the unknown man enter the bank except E. F. Shanbacker, the vice president, who was passing out of tho building 011 his way to luncheon, lie noticed the man was poorly dressed, looked like a Russian and carried a small parcel. The man walked straight back to the rear of the bank and asked a clerk to direct him to the office of the president, Richard II. Rushton. What took place in his office is best told by the president himself. Asked a Loan of $5,000. "I was very busy when the man entnrn.l aCH.Ia I 1 l.:_- J 1 CONGRESS AT WORK ' Both Houses of Congress Resume Work After Holiday Recess. Soon after the Senate inet Senator Forakcr's resolution providing for an inquiry by the Senate intS the discharge of the negro troops of the Twenty-fifth Infantry on account of the Brownsville, Texas, episode, was i?:.i K..e ?l- o - ...... uciuiu ini? oenaio ana oenaioi* Culberson mnde an address on tho subject. He said that lie would liaro kept quiet but for the fact that great injustice had been done the people of Brownsville.. Mr. Culberson said that the eonduet of the negro soldiers had boon ' very iritating to the Brownsville people and especially so to the women. He related that on August 4, last, the day before the "shouting up" of the town, a criminal assault had been committed by one of the soldiers on the wife of a reputable itizen and said that no arrests had been made for the crime. Mr. Culberson defended Captain McDonald, )f the Texas He tigers, to whom Mr. Foraker had referred because of Major llloeksom's reference to him as a man who was "so brave that lie would not hesitate to chargo hell with a bucket of water." Mr. Culberson also said that he knew Major Blocksom to be a gentleman. Defends the President. In defending President Roosevelt for his dismissal of the troops, Mr. Culberson said the fact that the troops were negroes had nothing to do with their discharge. Confusion as to the legal question involved was, he said, resposible for the statement that the President had no authority to make the discharge. The President's constitutional authority and the authority given him by the articles of war clearly covered the case and made his action legal, he declared, lie contended that discharges for criminal offenses are covered in the articles of war as are also discharges made to effect punishment. Mr. Culberson said that there was it distinction between a "discharge without honor." In the former case the President could exercise his discretion as he had done in the instance only lie made as the result of a courtmartial. He instanced several cases to sustain his position. Negro Soldiers Motive. To establish the motive actuating the negro soldiers in creating the alleged disturbance, Mr. Culberson read resolutions recently adopted by negro citizens of Iioston, which admitted that the soldiers "shot un" the town ami said they '"were determined to do for themselves what the uniform of their country would not do?protect them from insults and punish nt the same time the authors of their misery." Disclaiming any partisanship for the President, Mr. t.'ulherson created a wave of merriment by saying: "I have ntohing to do with the President in tlie matter. 1 care nothing about hint. My personal relations with him are about as cordial as those of the Senator from Ohio." (Mr. Foraker.) In all fairness. Mr. Culberson said, the country ought to know that the report made to the President was reliable. In the House. Within 15 minutes from the time the gavel of Speaker Cannon fell calling together the House of Representatives, after the holiday recess, the lower branch of Congress adjourned, the absence of a quorum bringing about the early adjournment The Houso was a triHe late in meeting due to the absence from the Speaker's table of the badge of authority, the gavel, and in consequence the small membership of the House present were kept standing a minute or two longer than usual until the Speaker obtained the "hammer." But when the gavel was received a responding whack brought the House face to face with what bids fair to he a busy session. W TP TPtiirl aliHirli nf tlif* f? l*of California district, and Charles (}. Washburn, of the third Massachusetts district, were sworn in as members of the 5{)th Courtoss to take the places of James X. Xorris (iillett, of California, resigned, and Itockwnod Ifoar, of Massachusetts, deceased. "The Omnibur. Claims Bill." ( "The omnibus claims bill," socnllcd. carrying npropriations 1'<?i , claims under tiie Bowman and Tucker | i acts, and miscellaneous claims on' which favorable reports have been . been made by the war claims committee, was before the House and foi | nearly live hours the merits of th : . measure were exploited. The bill, however, hardly jjot beyond the start ing post stage when the House adjourned. Immediately after approval of the journal Speaker Cannon announced the appointcment of Representative Englebright, of California, to a place the committee of mines and mining, vice Mr. Williamston. of Oregon, removed. The Speaker based this action on the ground that Mr. Williamson had failed thus far to attend a single session of the Fifty-ninth Congress. lie has been convicted of par iHi|?iiiun in Kinti irauus in Oregon. Senator Culberson defended the | President's order discharging the ne-i gro troops, and Senator Koraker replied to him. The Fornker resolution was, by agreement. -:ven the right of way in the Senate next Monday. The House remained in session only long enough to enable two new members to take the oath of office. The government will appeal from the decision of Judge Evans declaring the Employers' Liability law unconstitutional. Train Robber Arrested. Huntington, "W. Va., Sjiecial?Percy Martin, of Atlanta, Ga., was arrested here charged with being one of the bandits who held up a Seaboard Air Line train 8 miles south of Richmond on New Year's eve. He admitted his guilt and delivered to the officers a $500 diamond ring which had been taken from one of the passen* gers. He told where most of the mon* cy cau be found. The Vatican Determined. 1'aris, By Cable.?Developments in tlie church and State situation continues to indicate that the Vatican authorities feel constrained to vindicate their course, by which church property in France to the value of $120,000,000 was forfeited by the rejection of everything offered by the government, and will even go to the extent of ordering the clergy to leave the churches in the hope of driving the Pr? neh Catholics to demand redre. ' I lie ballot box. Four Killed and Two Fatally Injured In Explosion. Kenosho, Wis., Special.?In an explosion in the grinding mill at the La l't in & Hand Power Mill Company, in Plesant Prairie. Kenosho county, four persons were killed outright and two were fatally injured. Two others were hadlv hurt. One of the dead iRalph Alderson, the other three aiv Russians; names are unknown. The financial loss is about $10,000. No. 97 Is No More. Spencer, N. 8|>ceial.? Fast mail train No. 07, running between WashilllWAM 1 V* -X ? "s'"" ??iiu .M*w wrieans, the fastest train known to the railroad world, and the onlv one ol the kind in the United States, being maintained by a special act of Congress, made its last trip Saturday night, passim; Speneer two hours late. At midnight a general change of schedules on the Southern Railway system takes effect and four new trains take the place of No. J7 on the main line. Sciious Floods in Arkansas. Little Hock, Ark., Special.?The floods through central Arkansas art the worst known in 20 years. Little Iioek and Hot Springs arep radically isolated. No trains have beer, operated to or from Hot Spring? sine Wednesday afternoon. Not until Thursday evening was the liock Island able to operate trains out ol Little Hock, and all through train* on the Iron Mountain are detourcd via Texarkana and Camden. Tributes to Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Montgomery, Ala.. Special.?Tributes to Mrs. Jefferson Davis, ir manuscript, or other eligible form brought forth by her recent death will be sent to the Ladies' Memorial Association, to b- kept at Montgomery, "the cradle of the Confederacy." This is given out by Mrs Margaret Davis Hayes, only surviving child of Mrs. Davis, in compliment to the neighbors of her mothei during the early days of the war. OUR PRICE LIST. Combining good quality and low price*. The prices quot9rl below are guaranteed to bo the lowest for quality of Goods 1 year old Corn W aisky, per gallon $1.00 2 ? .. l.ti s ? ? ? 2.0c 4 2.24 0 ,, ,, Tar Heel Corn Whiskey 3.00 1 ? ,, Good Ryo Whisky per gal 1.73 2 ? ,, Good Ryo Whisky " " 2.00 3 ,, ,, Good Ryo Whisky " " 2.5C 4 ,, Good Rye Whisky " " 3.00 k5 ,, ,, Good Ryo Whisky " " 4 00 No charge for vessel or packing. 1 6oc extra will prepay express on on# to three gallons; over 3 gallons, 75c. SHUMAN & COMPANY, SATdSIiURY - - - NO, Alexander .1. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, dies suddenly in Philadelphia. James M. Thomas was found dead in a ravine near Danville under mysterious circumstances. A prominent Atlantan shot and dangerously wounded another at a wedding near that city. I.ahor Commissioner Neill says he hopes for early settlement of Southern Pacitie firemen's strike. A number of new laws, notably the Pure Food. Free Alcohol and AntiPass laws went into effect. The indications now are that Henry A. Richardson will he elected United States Senator from Delaware. Governor Charles K. Hughes, of New York, in taking offiee, declared for purity in the public service. Accusations against the Governor of Mississippi were made by the retiring warden of the penitentiary. Dr. Foster remains do facto superintendent of the Williamsburg Hospital despite efforts to supersede him. Sweeping reforms were advanced in the lirst message of Governor Hughes to tin* New York legislature. Titty-live persons, principally Italian laborers, were killed or burned to death in a wreck 011 the Rock Island road. After trying for nearly a week to fret married in the fare <>f opposition a ltichmoud pair were made one on a t rain. Governor Glenn, of North Carolina, ordered the arrest of Congressman E. Spencer Itlnckhurn, on a charge of criminal libel. The French bishops will meet to discuss the church's crisis in that country at the Chateau de la Muetta January 15. The new $(50,000,000 coastwise steamship consolidation formed by Charles W. Morse was incorporated at Portland, Maine. Governor l'ennypaeker of Pennsylvania, in his message to the legislature, courted an investigation into the State eapitol scandal. A young woman against whom ho had decided a suit involving an inheritance tried to shoot a judge in his courtroom in St. Louis. Tlic Atlantic licet, under the command of Wear-Admiral Evans, has sailed for Guantanamo, for the winter evolutions of the tleet. Major-Gencral Jesse M. Lee was retired under the aire regulation, Brig.Gen. J. Franklin Well was promoted to the rank of major-general. The deadlock among republicans of the House in Delaware was broken, both branches of the legislature were organized and the governor's message was read. United State.-, pledges support to Great Britain in any steps toward ameliorating conditions in the Congo. Mayor McClcllnn of New York in declining to reappoint a Murphy candidate on the Board of Elections, uses blistering language regarding the Tammany leader. In a report to President Woosevelt Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lift.who 1)a^ made :>n investigation, stales that the coal famine in North Dakota was due to the shortage of cars on Western railroads. Charges of fraud were filed with the Postmaster fienernl against the New ^ ork Cotton KxehnntjC hy lieprfsentative Livingston, of (Jeoriria, and Harvie Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton Association. I Late Jfetv I I In "Brief ^ | | MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST f It is reported that the Murlboroughs have become reconciled. Hot municipal elect ions were held in several West Virginia towns. Chancellor von Buelow calls on the German electorate to put down socialism. Great Britain will send a splendid naval lleet to the Jamestown exposition. The new Freneh Church and State Separation bill was signed and promulgated. Archbishop Hyatt denounced the French government officials as worsu than pagans. Judge William Bush. S2 years old, was run over and seriously hurt at Parkersburg. Defeated for re-election, a Massachusetts septungenarian officeholder took his life. Two thousand Norfolk women met to plan the city's part in the Jamestown exposition. Gov. Vardntnan, of Mississippi, declares stories of Sijpoba riots were greatly exaggerated.