Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 12, 1907, Image 1
THE FORT MILL TIMES.
16TH YEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1907 NO. 37
JAPAN IS MAD.
She Has Recalled Her Ambassador
Aoki Back Home.
OUR BIG WAR FLEET
Balling for the I'aciAc Is Supposed to
Hare Something To Do With the
Recall of the Ambassador.?Both
Rvents Happening at the Same
dm* Has Created This Impression
In Washington.
Aoki, the Japanese Ambassador at
Washington has been recalled by
his Government. A dispatch says he
has been summoned to Japan by his
government to explain personally
and in detail the precise situation in
regard to the Japanese immigration
problem.
The ambassador has been making
very careful inquiry on his own account
and through the various Japanese
concular officials into the extent
of the reported race feeling existing
in some sections of the United
States toward Japanese immigrants.
Already Baron Ishll, one of the
secretaries of the Japanese interior
department, has made an investigation
of conditions existing not only
in California, Oregon i nd Washington,
but also in British Columbia on
the north, upon which ho has bused
a special report to his government.
At the Japanese embassy in Washington
it is stated that the ambaasa- j
dor will probably leave Washington j
for Tokio by way of San Francisco
,or Victoria in about a fortnight, a
fact of which he notified the preuldent
and Secretary Root.
There is no intimation that he is
not to return to Washington. During
his absence Mr. Miyoaka, the counsellor
of the embassy, will be in
charge of his affairs. It is thought
in Washington that the recall is to
be permanent and that the ambas-<
sudor will not return.
Ambussudor Aokl gave notice of
Ills recall practically at the same
time that word was received at Washington
of the sailing of the torpedo
section of the fleet destined for the
Pacific.
Many people may connect the j
things together. Whether or not ;
Japan connected them remains to be :
seen. He has been cautious, conser- j
vative and friendly to a marked degree.
There is every reason to assert
that his recall for the purpose of
making a verbal report is caused by
the fact that his goveifliment thinks ;
he has been too temperate, too moderate,
two conservative, too amicable 1
and Anally too peaceable.
He haa been at Washington but a
little over a year, having presented
his credentials on May, 3, 1906. and
his recall at this time can be taken
an nothing else than an expression
of disapproval of his course on the
part of the Japanese government.
DKATH OP COL. ELLIOTT.
South Carolina Ix>oses One of Hei
Noblest Sons.
Col. William BUiott. Sr., commissioner
for the government to locate
and mark the graves of the Confederate
dead interred in the north
died suddenly at his hunting lodge
on Buzzards Island, near Beaufort,
where he had come from Washing
ton several days ago, to shoot ducks
Col. Elliott was i.orn in neaurort
in 1838; was educated at Heaufor.
college. Harvard university, and thf
University of Virginia; was admitte'"
to the bar at Charleston in 1881; en
tered the Confederate States army
and served us colonel throughout th<
whole war.
In 1886 was elected a member o'
the legislature; was a delegate U
the national democratic conventiom
in 1876 and 1888; was democratic
presidential elector for the state at
large In 1880; sorved six torms in
congress as the representative of the
First, district of South Carolina, and
In 1902 was dfeated by A. C. Latimer
for the United States senate.
BUKNKIl TO DEATH.
Six Men Penned in a Tunnel Meets
Awful Fate.
Six men were burned to death and
14 others were seriously. If not fa,
tally, hurt Thursday Id a disastrous
Are which penned them in the bore
of the new Pennsylvania tunnel,
which runs between Homestead, N.
J., and West Hoboken
At latest account, the bodtes of
the dead men had been taker from
mnnth of the tunnel shaft at
Homestead. Five more of the work
men, still alive, had been lifted tf
the surface and were all hurried tr
the North Hudson hospital at Union
H1U In ambulances.
It is known that there were 3."
men at work within the tunnel bor?
when the Are started among the piles
of tar being used to mix with ston?
for tfcp foundation of the roadbed ol
the tunnel. Twehe of those, thre*
of them known to be dead, were stir
wit&il the tube at a late hour.
ELECTION HALTED
. In the Proposed Calhoun County
by Judge Gary
On the Petition of Certain Citizen#
of the Territory Who Are Denied ,
Their IUght to Vote.
On Wednesday night of last week
Associate Justice Gary granted a;
temporary injunction restraining the
commissioners of election of Orangeburg
county from holding the election
on the establishment of Calhoun
county, which has been ordered by
Governor Ansel for Dec. 17.
The Injunction was secured by Mr.
W. C. Wolfe, of Orangeburg, representing
citizens of the proposed new j
county opposed to Its formation. Mr. i
Wolfe went to Columbia from Orangeburg
and appeared before Justice
Gary at chambers, presenting a ;
strong complaint, in which several ,
important points are made effecting
the election laws of the entire Btate.
The order signed by Justice Gary
leaves the date blank for hearing the
ase but it will be argued before the
j entire supreme court in time for it
to be settled before the date fixed
for the election. i
The Court Order. 1
The order is as follows:
"State of South Carolina, county !
of Orangeburg, in the supreme court,
i A. R. Parler, D. H. Rush, A. C.
Smith. E. F. Irlck, .U. W. Smith, W. |
K. Crook, T. W. Murph, F. I. Culler, !
C. D. Felkel, T. A. Ulmer. plaintiffs, <
against, W. Hrooks Fogel, J. S. Bowman.
Jr.. and T. J. Hart, as comniis- . i
sloners of state and county election ; s
for Orangeburg county, defendants. | 1
"On hearing the annexed verified i
petition, now on motion of Messrs. i
Herbert, Wolfe and Moss, Attorneys, j
for plaintiffs, 't is j 1
"Ordered that the defendants and j i
each of them, and all persons acting t
or claiming to act under or for them, i I
officially or otherwise, he and they t
hereby are restrained and enjoined, j <
until ttie further order of this court
from holding, or preparing to hold,
the election upon the question of ! i
forming or creating a proposed new i
county as complained of in the com- i
plaint herein, from delivering the I
election boxes to the managers, or j J
any other act whatsoever doing or i l
attempting to do in connection there- 1 \
with; and that the defendants show <
cause, if any they can, before the <
supreme court at its court room, I
Columbia, S. C.. on the blank day of i
December, 1907, at 10 o'clock a. m., j
or as soon thereafter as counsel may '
be heard, why this order should not
be made permanent and absolute." i
( round of the Complaint.
The complaint sets forth a number
of grounds upon which the injunction j
Is asked, but the principal ones ure
I us follows:
First, that the instructions sent out
I to the managers declare ^that only
; qualified electors residing within the
prescribed territory are registered at
precincts within the new county shall '
vote, which cuts off qualified electors
who live within proposed new county
but whose precincts are outside thnt
territory. This is a conflict between
the constitution and the statute
which has already been passed on by
the Attorney General, but not by
the courts.
Secondly, that the registration
hooks of Orangeburg County have
lot been revised within the period
orescribed bv the constitution and
nat as u mailer 01 iuci inert' is uoi i
i legal elector within the county.
If the court sustains this point It
vill affect not Orangeburg county !
'lone, but the entire State, anrl will
lot only vitilate all elections, but
vill seriously Interfere wth the work j
>f the courts, since only qualified ;
electors can servo as purors.
KFSCTE Tlil-IH ( II1 Id)
Kond rarrntfl Found Their Daugltlei
In Gypsy Camp.
By a writ of habeas corpus Van
tonio Thompson and his wife, of ;
'ii)B Angeles, Cal.. Thursday secured i
losession of their sixteen year old
daughter, Mario, from a band of
gypsies encamped on the outskirts
of St. Louis.
Disguised as gypsies themselves |
'hey Invaded the camp and found
their daughter. She threw herself ;
into her mother's arms, but a num- !
ber of the gypsies under the command
of King John seized the girl j
and drove the parents away.
The parents then secured the writ.,
Accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Banker.
they returned to the camp and
i obtained the girl. Such bands as
I these gypsies should not be allowed
to roam over the country.
HA1> TO KISS I'KETTV CilRL.
'Misted .Methodist Minister Snid He
/
Cculdh't Resist Her.
Caught with his arms about a pret1
' ty girl, whom he was kissing, the
1 Rev. M. M. Blease, of Tuscaloosa,
Ala., a leading member of the Ala'
hamac onference. said he couldn't
' help her. He has been unfrocked
: ind expelled from thee church. He
* is a married man. "I don't believe
f any man could have helped doing as
" I did under the circumstances." said
1 Blease. He is 40 years old. Mrs
.Biease blames the girl.
MAD MAN SHOOTSj
t
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Labor Leaders And One of Them s
Fatally Hurt ?
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SHOT IN STATE HOUSE "
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Was Waiting to See Gov. Guild li
When Attacked.?Private See re- "|
tary Grovo Grappled With the al
w
Maniac and With Others Over- w
powered Him.?The Madman Recently
Relensed From An Asylum. ?
At DoBton. Mass., on Thursday an
insane man walked into the anteroom
of the executive chamber of
the State House and finding Gov. lo
Guild's door closed, turned on three nl
prominent labor leaders and fired he
three shots at them, probably fatally ai
wounding Edward Cohen of Lynn, wi
president of the State branch of the b
American Federation of Labor; ser- nc
iously wounding Dennis D. Driscoll
of Boston, Beoretary of the same ca
board, and injuring with the muz- or
zle of his revolver Arthur M. Huddel hr
of Boston, former president of the er
Central Labor union of that city. fri
The insane man, who was John w<
Steele of Everett, and who was re- fn
leaced on parole last month from the W(
Dan vers Insane asylum, was over- yn
powered by Private Secretary Chas. an
S. Grove and Gen. J. II. Whitney, c.
hief of the State police.
Gov. (inlid was in his oilice only a
few feet away and rushing out. as- er
iisted In subduing Steele, then knelt j,e
by Cohen's side and subsequently di- 0f
rectod the removal of the wounded
men to the hospital. so
uonen was shot twice through the 0f
head and was in a critical condition ,H,
it the Massachusetts General hospital ro
:hat night. The third bullet'struck fj,
Drisroll a glancing blow on the side ^a
jf the forehead and. making a long av
wound over the head, rendered him
mconsclous. He recovered consclousiess
half an hour later. Huddel's
wound was quickly dressed and will N'*1
probably cause him little inconvenence.
The three labor leaders came to the
State house to meet the governor Qf
ay appointment in regard to a pardon (j0
Tor A. M. Kennedy, of Salem, who is na
serving a sentence in the Essex house
>f correction. They reached the State iai
house shortly after three o'clock and cjt
round that the governor was receiving
a delegation from Rhode Island. jm
The three labor men were asked to y)Q
wait in one of the ante-rooms until
the Rhode Island men should leave. c],
All three were standing beside a long nu
table conversing pleasantly when at c]<
the Tar end of the room Private Sec- tj,
retary Grove was dictating a letter
to the executive stenographer.
Suddenly Steele appeared at the
door of the room from the hallway aj
and without announcing his mission ,,a
walked by "the doorkeeper and Messenger
Reed and then glanced to- ^a
ward Gov. Guild's room, which was
about 20 feet away. The door was enclosed,
Steele turned around and so
drawing a revolver, fired at Cohen, 0O
who was about six feet away. Cohen s jjc
l>ack was turned and the bullet
struck the back of the head 'directly
through, and came out at the fore- yj
head, driving a great splash of blood
to tho wall opposite and beside the aj
picture of Abraham Lincoln. The
wounded man turned, only to receive
another bullet in the head, which also
passed completely through. Cohen !><
sank unconscious to the floor. Steele
then swung around and fired at Driscoll.
the bullet inflicting a severe
scalp wound. Driscoll also fell tin- u;
onscious to the floor. Iluddel), in ,jf
lttempting to close on the man, was ^
struck on the cheek by the muzzle of w
he revolver and knocked down. But t^
Iteele made no attempt to fire again. tj,
By this time Secretary Grove had m
'eaped over a table and grabbed with
Iteele and at the same moment. Gen. j1(
Whitney, who had been summoned q
to the Kentucky hearing, came a)
through the door and rushed to his Qj
assistance, Iluddel also jumped and
wrenched the revolver away, while a,
one of the messengers dashed into
the governor's office and said: "They
are murdering people in the lobby."
The governor instantly went into V
the lobby and helped Gen. Whitney,
.Mr. urove ana Air. Hitauei pusn
Steel? onto one of the sofas. Word
was sent to the office of the State po- ni
lice in the basement and a force of pj
officers quickly reached the scene and q
handcuffed Steele. In the meantime, -p
'Gov. Guild had knelt by Cohen's side w
, and was wiping his facs with a han- w
j kerchief and towels. Dr. Owen Copp, q
j chairman of the State board of in- n
j sanity, was summoned and he im- a
mediately recognized Steele, having
, had him under observation for more
! than five years in various State insane
asylums. Steele was then taken
' to hto office of the State police and C
i subsequently sent under a strong
guard to the Tombs.
The doctor, after a hasty examination
of Coheu and Driseoll. expressed q
the opioion that, the former's wounds
would probably prove fatal, but that q
Driseoll's wound was only a scalp v
wound. b
The two wounded men were con- i
veyed to the Massachusetts General u
hospital. Huddel was also taken to j]
.the hospital. . s
Several of the State officials said t
JL
J.i ' .'? ;v
ifter the shooting that Steele was a
veil known character to the board of
nsanity and that he had an illusion
hat he was not getting his rights,
or which he held the governor reponsible.
Edward Cohen is one of the best
mown labor leaders In Massachuetts.
He Is married and has several
hlldren.
Dr. Driscoll Is almost as prominent
a labor circles In the State.
Mr. Huddel Is president of the
>cal Central Labor Union.
Steele,-who is 3 7 years old, was reused
from the Danvers Insane asyim
Nov. 13, last, upon solicitation
f his mother, the Institution's ofllials
believing that he h.ad showed
tmost positive signs of recovery. He
over showed any sign of violence
hile In the asylum.
STOIIM PLAYS HAVOC.
riml Renches Velocity of Sixty Miles
at Capo Henry.
The wind reached a minimum vecity
at Cape Henry in Thursday
ght's coast storm of sixty miles an
)ur. It blew from the northwest
ul drove seaward rather than toard
shore any vessels that may have
ten caught in its teeth, but so far
> wrecks have been reported.
The wind ut its hurricane velocity
.rried before it everything movable
i shore and it is feared that much
ivoc was wrought at sea. The govnment's
seacoast teleg.aph wires
om Cape Henry southward are * t
irking and no word could be had
om the Cape iiatteras section. No
ord could be had from the Boston
cht Matileon, bound to Jacksonville
id stranded in Roanoke sound, N.
Several of the big battleships
Some of the big battleships headn
ports doubtless had severe exriences
if caught within the radius
the gale.
The severity of the gale has caused
me anxiety to be felt for the safety
the six little vessels of the tordo
flotilla hound for San Juan en
ute to the Pacific coast, but with
ree days' start the little vessels
ve probably gotten far enough
ay to escape the storm.
HIG HANK FA HARK,
liiomil Hank of Commerce of Kan
wis < 'it y (iocs 1'ndcr.
The National Bank of Commercu
Kansas City failed to open its
ors and is now in the hands of a
tional hank examiner. The bank
one of the oldest there, and is the
rgeHt financial Institution in the
y.
The notice on the door says the
nk was closed by order of the
ard of directors.
The directors and stockholder inuie
some of the most prominent
?n in the city. The head of the
>aring house association expressed
e belief that the failure would not
volve any of the other Kansus City
nks.
When the statement of the NationBank
of Commerce under tho last
11 appeared, it showed that since
e statement of August 22 deposits
d been reduced from close to
irty-five million dollars to $16,2,968.
The statement showed althat
the items of ioans and disunts
had been cut down four mil>n
dollars.
Two small branches of the NationBank
of Commerce^ the Stock
irds Bank of Commerce and the
lion Avenue Bank of Commerce,
so closed their doors.
NOVEL SCHEME.
[ vised to \Vi|Hk Out u Burdensome
Church l>cbt.
Thomas Vinuedgo, a member of the
aptlsl Church of Hope, Ind., has
wised a novel plan for wiping out
ie debt" against his church. He has
ritten to many persons throughout
ie United States asking the donar>n
of a hog from eacft. His first
ail brought HO replie*. Among
lose who have agreed to donate a
ip is Mayor Johnson of Cleveland,
ne half of the sales money is to be
jplied to the church debt, and the
I her half remitted to those who
tve the hogs. It is expected that
L least 1,000 hogs will he received.
OVKKCOMK IIY S.MOKK.
Workers in the Pennsylvania Tunnel
Were iu Danger.
Hleven unconscious men were reloved
from the New Jersey end of
ie Pennsylvania tunnel, following a
re in the tunnel at IInmeste'ad. N. J.
here were 150 men In the tunnel
hent heflr e began and the place
'ere tilled with Rnioko. All but 11
ed to fhe surface, but their comades
were overcome by the smoke
nd were taken out by a rescuing
arty.
RKSl'LTH OF FIKK8.
(lie Woman Burned and Seven Firemen
Overcome.
One woman was killed and seven
remen were overcome as the result
f two fires in New York cn Thursay.
Mrs. Annie Linalian aged 70
fas burned to death ir. a five story
rick tenement In East 17th Street,
'hlrty others were rescued from
flndows and fire escapes. Illuminatng
gas nearlye aused the death of
even firemen who were fighting a
ilaze in a store and office building.
A
MANY MEN DIE
In Fearful Disaster In a West
Virginian Coal Mine.
FOUR HUNDRED DEAD
The Catastrophe Wns the Result of a
Fearful Gas Explosion, Which
Buried the Unfortunate Men Bo
iravu ions or coal. Rock and
Other I)ebrin.?Only Four of the
Day Workers A'.ive.
Three charred and blackened '>od- ,
ies lying In the improvised morgue
prepared near the entrance to the
mine, four men Covering between
life and death from the awful bruises
sustained and the deadly gases iilial
ed In a temporary hospital lnt<> one 1
of the companies buildings has been
transformed, and 3 69 men imprisoned
by tons of coal, rock and debris in
the depths of the hills surrounding I
the mining town of Monogah, W. Va., 1
with the chances all against a single
one of them being alive.. 1b the most .
accurate summary obtainable of the i
result of a mine explosino Friday, f
which in all probability was attended
by greater loss of life than any ^
disaster in the history of the bltumi- |
nous coal mining Industry o: Amur- i
ica. 11
The explosion occurred shortly ufr
ter ten o'clock Friday. The full force (
of 3SO men had gone to work in the ?
mini's affected. These mines are s
Nos. 6 and 6. of the Consolidated
Coal Company, located on opposite n
l.ln? ~ r ll.? It' f-_?- --
..wv ovi nic t* usi r utk ltlYQrat AlOUO- c
gal, but merged in their underground v
workings by n heading, and on the t
surface by a great steel tipple and r
bridge. The finding of the three t
corpses and the four badly injured
men it. the only reward for stren- t
uous and lnterupted work on the part f,
>f the large rescuing forces that im- u
mediately set to work at every pos- a
sible point. e
The four living men are unable to t
give any details in regard to the u
disaster or even (explain how they
reached the surface. They state that o
immediately back of them when they t
began the frantics trugglef or liber- t
ty there was a large number of men v
engaged In a similar struggle, while
still further back in -:the workings
there was a large number of whom
they knew nothing. *
It is the ?y,>taAoa^of tne mine ofll-ials
and others fanTlftiP^^ffCi--mining
that the seven nun had not penetrated
as far as had .he majority or i|
the da\* shift when the explosion oc- n
cured, and that they ?headod for and c
reuched the main entry before the n
heavy cave-in that now blocks the c
entrants more than a hundred feet <]
beyond the main Op*Alng of the mine p
No. 6. u
As to the minefs^t^ferred to by h
the rescued men as hwlng been alive t
when last seen, it is believed that t
thy were caught hack of a heavy t
cave-iu of coal and mine roof, and
that they could not have survived s
more than a few minutes in the i
deadly gases with which the entry c
nneo as soon ns laa ventilating sys- i
torn was interrupted. There Is more d
hope for those in more remote see- t
tions of the rj^ne as they may have t
reachedw orh-Wgs'where fresh air is a
supplied by other openings. e
Evidencing the terrific force of the 1
explosion, props in the entry of No. !|
0 mine supporting the roof were not t
only shattered Ind torn from their \
position, but wire blown out of the t
.eptry andt o lie opposite side of j
the fiver. - If
Other- c^d??t^^f the force Is
shown to iflHAd^pon of the mines
| that has^^^^^^^Vhed by the resI
cuers. of coal and
[ rock have bee^^Bt-dned and buried
i into ev0ry op^^B, and all the underground
str^^Kre is wrecked bevond
semblanc^B its original shape.
The entry 6 mine, 300 feet
I from the roo^^Bjs piled high wttb
1 the wrecka'ge^^vvo strings of cars 1
and two elect^^^ktors. Some of the
rescuers t.c^H>c(l over this and
found dead beyond, but have
made no attfl^^Hn remove them to i
the surface,because it would
he almost to carry the <
| bodies overfl^^Bds, but more par- i
ticularly do not want (
to lose in reaching other i
sections oJffiB mine, where it is
i)ossible living may be im- <
prisoned. JSBB
The being righted as fast <
as possp^^^K removed from the <
entry with all other ob- <
structions^^H of the heading lead- j
log off fr^^Ke main entry are being
cut o^^^Banvass and barricaded (
as fa&t^^^^By are removed by the
relief so that the Innermost (
w^kin^^Hhe mine may be given
the the ventilating system
to suj^^^^Hthat may be yet living
and an early exploration
ings.
m nge r
vainly seeking
no
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PREACHES HARMONY.
In Speeches at Tremont and Chicago
on Friday.
]
Bryan Expresses The Opinion That
Roosevelt hi the Only Republican
Who Cnn Be Elected.
A dispatch from tvo.. ???
? iviuvuw, ill., \
says William Jennings Bryan opened i
his Illinois cnmpalgn for the nomi-1
nation for the Presidency on the '
Democratic ticket there on Friday
night in two rousing speeches, delivered
before mass meetings, and
later at a Ranquet at which nearly
700 prominent Northern Illinois Democrats
assembled. Mr. Bryan spoke
on the "Vindication of the Democratic
Platform since 1896."
"The Republican party," said Iir.
Bryan, "has been steadily falling
From popularity, until to-day but one
man can win the Presidency, one
who will break away from precedent
!ind accept a third term, and one
who has only gained his popularity I
>y taking for his Issue plunks from
Ihe Republican platform.
He pointed out that the present |
inanciul stringency was the result of i
timing down Democracy's blmetall- j
sm issue and declared the trusts, j
ariff and labor arbitration problems j
\^re being solved according to the j (
ines embraced in Democratic plat-,
ornis. | j
Speaks at Chicago. j (
A dispatch from Chicago says Wlliam
Jennings Bryan Friday at a; j
uncheon given by the Iroquois Club , (
nade a notable speech, the keynote
if which was harmony.
"Whyre an agreement has been j (
eached among men as to what ought
o be done there should be forgetful- ; (
less for "the past," he said, arid his'
euttment was applaudued.
"Men should have good forgetting '
unchlnes so far as Individuals are
uiKctueu. rorRive us our debts as
< 0 forgive our debters' is a good doc- !v
rine to follow. Resentment and '
evenue are the most foolish of 1'
hing8."
Men who heard the words took
hem to mean that Mr. Bryan's differences
with National Committee-1 1
um Roger C. Sullivan are at an end. ; !
nd that there will he no Anti-Bryan ,'
on test. Mr. Sullivan has declared *
hat he will not renew the strife i
fresh.
Mr. Bryan declared that the I)em
cratic party Is more united today
han it has been for years, whereas
he Republicans, he assorted, are diided.
\K\V KI\1> OF SWIM U.K. t
'eluinliia Police Warns Merchants
t
Against This Fellow. j t
The State says that Chief of Po- j f
Ice Cart heart desires to warn the 1
merchants of this State against a }
rook whose operations are entirely ;
iew in this section. The man sue-;'
essfully worked his game the other '
lay and the police authorities ex-,'
met him to attempt it again on some '
msuspectlng merchant. His identity | '
s so far an unknown quantity and '
he police will ha^* to depend upon!
he merchants to Kelp effect his capure.
Tlin . ? ? .J II - ' ??
j ii v iiiwuiin <||II-Itllini 111 mis 111 J terlous
knight of the swindler's art !
s as follows: He will call a merchant ''
iver the 'phone and give an order 1
or certain articles of merchandise, , 1
llrecting that they he sent to a cer-j'
ain number. This is accompanied
>y a request that the bill be sent i
dong with the goods; also the necissary
change for a five or ten dol
ar bill. For instance, he will order , ,
!2 worth of merchandise and aslc ,
hat $:i he sent along as change, ex- ,
daining that he has nothing less
han a five dollar bill. The goods I
tnd the required change are sent
iut and the mysterious stranger is I
>n hand at the number indicated. He i
Sets the goods and the change, hands j
l note to the messenger, supposedly
?ntaining the $5 bill, and the mes- i
tenger goes hack to the store to i
Ind that he has been worked to the
;une of $5.
TliltKK MEN KILIiKI).
IVbile Stealing a Khlc on a Freight |
Train.
As tho result of a derailment on a J
,n:auc DVUI ? MHlilll creeK JU81 DP- I
low the station of Rlairs, twelve
;ara of freight train No. 54 Jumped i
he track and six cars crashed to the
;reek below tearing down tho trestle
ind killing three men.
The accident occurred about four !
I'clock Wednesday morning, the train
being .hound for Columbia, and in
-harge of Engineer Rird and Conductor
Summers. As none of the
<rew was injured it was understood
and reported that no one was hurt, j
However, when the wrecking train .
arrived and the derrick lifted some
of the wrecked cars, beneath the
debris were found the bodies of three
white men.. Two of them were identified
as the Queen brothers of Union.
and the other as lira:., whose
uarents reside in Aujuste 'ia.
them. Rut little news can be given '
them and such as they do get is bad. !
No ono is encouraged to hope that!
any one in the mine has survived the i
explosion and the suffocating gas!
that thereafter filled the mines.
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DIED IN A MINE.
Explosions Kills Forty-Seven Miners
at Naomi, Pa.
BODIES ARE LOCATED
V
And Aif living Brought to the Surface
by the Koscuers Who Hare
Been at Work Kver Sinre The
Terrible Catastrophe Happened On
J jest Sunday Evening Without the
Slightest Warning to tlie People.
A dispatch from Naomi. Pa., says
the fate of the American and fortytwo
foreign miners, while not definitely
known, was pretty well established
by the finding of a body at
a mine pump near the 22nd entry
of the Naomi mine of the United
Coal company at Fayette City, in
which an explosion occurred Sunday
night. The man had died from suffocation.
Judging from the two fatalities
thus far known, both having been
caused by poisonous gas fumes, it
is almost certain that the forty-seven
miners still entombed in the mine
have succumbed to the deadly after
damp.
Slowly winding their way around
? deep spiral stairway which ieuds
ilown Into the main beading of the
mines, rescuers are carrying to daylight
the bodies of the men who met
death ill a terrific explosion which
<hook surrounding villages.
The rescuers began carrying up
he bodies at 10 o'clock and the retnnins
of 3 5 victims have been located
and carried to the foot of the
dairway at that time.
By noon all the victims will have
?een taken to the surface. All pre autIons
nre taken to prevent griefitricken
mothers, wives and children
'rom viewing the bodies until they
an be made more presentable. In
icarlv all instances the bodies can
?e identified.
If the best information obtainable
s bourne out. the remainder of the
todies will be found in some of the
>ff-hendiugs or butt entries which
lave been so far found Impassible.
BATTLK* UETWKKN ANIMALS.
Figar Kills I'olar Bear at <71i*cas
Performance.
A dispatch from Timnionsville to
he State says duringt he progress of
he performance presented there
Thursday afternoon nt the wild aniual
show which Is being offered by
he Johnny Jones Exposition shows
me of the most sensational battles
o death known to animal history
ook. place. While one of the acts
vas taking place, in which Ilerr von
IValdo, the noted German traluer.
?(Ters four African lions, two Bengal
igers and two I'olar bears, all per'ormlng
together, Romeo, one of th?
>ig tigers, became angered and
lounced upon one of the Polar bears.
Mter a terrinie battle the tiger succeeded
In Finking its fangs into the
Jugular vein of the Polar hear,
which died almost instantly. The
ither animals became enraged by the
*cent of blood and von Waldo showed
great bravery at the risk of his
jwn life in subduing them. The Polar
bear was valued at $2,000, being one
af the largest and best trained in
:aptivlty. The fight was witnessed
by hundreds of spectators.
LKOIWHP'S TKKTH KXTHAfTK1>
Alice Faints When Lust of Twelve ! ?
Yanked Out.
Alice, a nine-month-old leopard
"uh in the Central Park Zoo, NewYork.
had 12 teeth extracted and
fainted tinder the operation.. The
keepers had noticed for several days
that Alice did not seem vel? and
finally she refused to eat.
Investigation showed that the little
leopard's baby teeth In the lower
jaw had not been shed and that the
permanent teeth had grown in front
of them.
Several dentists were telephoned
for to draw the teeth, but none responded
to the call, so the keeper
drew them himself. When ?he last
one came out Alice fainted, and several
large drinks of brandy were required
to revive her. She soon re
covered and the keepers say she wlJI
be in her usual spirits In a few days.
SING! LAIC ACCIOKNT.
Tried to Stab n flog; and Killed n
Man.
E. E. Prince, a farmer living about
three miles north of Cairo, Ga., while
killing hogs Monday, assisted by Jim
Lewis, a negro, accidentally stabl>ed
Lewis. They had hit a hog in the
head and both men caught the animal
to stab him. Mr. Prince holding
the knife. Just as he stabbed the hog.
which wa sa very large one, nog
made a lounge backward, throwing *
Mr. Prince who held the knife in his
hand back on the negro. As he
fell the knife struck the negro Just
over the heart, and penetrated In.
Medical assistance was summoned
but before it arrived the negro was
dead. The negro made a statement *
to the effect that his stabbing was an
accident before he died.
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