1 THE FORT MILL TIMES.
?** 10TiS YEAR WRT MILL,, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1907 NO. 38
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THIRD TERM TALK
j : 'lM by President Roosevelt Re.
.. tffjrErtt'ii |
seating max m set*
?ON
ELECTION MGHT.
lK|?IUeM Md Democratic Leader*
~i ] rn
Seat's AuMocement that He Will
Voder No Glrcumstooces Stand for
Reelection as the Candidate of the
_.dKEa&i i
IHyobUcan Party.
Ir" . ~ .. . _
President Kooserett.pnii not be a
H c*?41dat? for a third term. All
doubt on this point was dispelled
< br lb. authorized .?tate-J
L went from the vVhite House that Mr.
I Roosevelt utill adhered to tn? declarE
>Hou made throe rears' ago. Id the
A statement leaned Wednesday Presldent
Roosevelt says he has not
changed and shall not change .the de*
nK cision communicated to the public
gj^Ein 1904. The President's statement
IB^Howst ^ >? ? x
the night after the election 1
| I made the following announcement.
T ant deeply sensible of the honor
, done rae by the American people in
^ thud''expressing tbeir confidence in
whet I have tried to do. I appreciate
to the full the solemn responsibility
this confidence imposes upon me and
t I shall do all that in my power lies
L not to forfeit it. On the fourth of
^ March next I shall have served three
and a half years, and this three and
a half years constitute my first term
EH The wise custom, which limits the
g^Lpresident to two terms regards the
^^Bsubstancc. and not the form, and
H^Knder no circumstances will 1 be a
E^Handidate for or accept another norn-l
jK^Hnation.' I have not changed and
Hfi^LaU not change the decision thus
Hi^Lxounced.
Express Their Views.
HflEBj^ue announcement that the PresKSHSK^m
would not accep. the l$epubli
MHWM?ominaiion ? loniereu numc ui i
an hour to be<ofne generally I
||WBhake his resolution, and that he
SjH would prove no exception to the his||Btorlpal
precedent In that no Anierican
citizen ever refused a Presiden
tlftl nomination.
||| Administration Republicans de&
clgre that the announcement gives
great impetus to the Taft boom,
H^Lwhlto the Democrats, many of the
|||H!ba3ers of whom are at Washington
Hj^Rtre shouting that It means "Bryan
a walk."
ifs Speaker Cannon says the President
speaks for himself and it would be
^^Inappropriate for him to Interpret
words." Senator Foraker dec.HuPgH^ito
discuss the matter.
!||E, Senator Hopkins said it shows him
IgKt t|,'e a patriot as well as a statesfollowing
as he is the tradi
of Washington and .lenerson
H Kaiitinf hisbcif to two terms.
H' Bator 1>u toilette said: "While
TpftpSPSWrcSan announcement could be ex?Sa|
pected it was not expected to conu
H so soon. I have no other coinmeiit
am to make at this time."
Sag Representative Richardson of A1h
Sj||| bams, said. "It ia in accordance wlti
H what I have always said of him. '
"P* Relieve he would accept th*
|/fl nomination for a third term."
jli'fe Means Bryan Says Till man.
Among the Democrats who com
?? mented on the President's statemen:
^Hwu Senator Ttllman, who said:
gsjlp "This is by way of documentor
MBBevldence that the President has seet
ra^Htho handwriting on the wall. It
ra^Btueans that Bryan will be the next
HjgjKpresidnnt of the United States
Hg^^^Bvelt is the only imaslhle Re
?j5Hlihlttan candidate who could be
ffifflKonsidered formidable."
Sharp Wllliama said: "I be^^ taral
am one of the few Democratt
HKu<> life In the country who hat
ISj^R&fsaying all along that the Pros
|g BH| would not run for a third
nfiBBitfe.;. I believe he had too much
^ of history to run the risk
^^^v|preatenlng republican institution?
lH perpetuity of tenure in the
|^|^?e?ft!ency. 7 also thought he wat
of bo much pride that even if
ajfifijEMffitd come to regret his after-elec
WraBButterances he would still stand
HsHHpi word. I think the third tern:
would have made Mr. Rooee
flB^Hb the weakest mac the Republican
could have nominated, not
^H|^|Rtandiog the fact that he ia per
the most popular Republican
H^^^Rflfefttuntry to-day."
BB^H9^^Ventatlve Hardwlck, of Geor
BPJmB : "I think It means a tri
HBBBBH * the reactionary element in
HEft?MN|Btalt>liean pajty and a good
the Democrats to win." ,
B Bcentative Bartlett, of Cktor-I
Bt: "it means a diifei
BiffigrBga^fcnd a different platform. T
H^^^^^^Republlcant
SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
Policoman Davis, of SalleY, Probably
Mortally Woundod
When In the Act of Vnlocklng the
Guard House He Is Fired oh in
the Hark.
Chief of Police W. H. Davis, of
8alleyB, was shot from ambush Friday
night and may die. A shotgun
was used and the charm* ru>natr??<j
hla abdomen.
In a statement made directly after
the shooting In the presence ol
several witnesses Mr. Davis stated
that he had been shot by Morgan
IBoylston, with whom he is said to ,
have had trouble recently.
Mr. Davis was formerly on the police
force in Columbia, but has been '
in Salley about two years. Recently
he had serious trouble with Mr. Doyl*ston
and his son-in-law, Mr. D. O.
Manning, and when it became necessary
to arreBt them he had to use '
considerable force, and the two men
indicted Davis for assault and bat- ,
tery and false imprisonment..
This case was to have been tried at i
last term of court in Aiken, but
'was continued.
A few days ago Mr. T)avis attempted
to arrest Mr. Manning ,
again anil in doing so had to beat {
him up considerably. The case i
against him was heard by the city ,
council at SAlley Friday, but resulted
in a mistrial. I
Davis had a negro locked up in the |
guard house at Salley and Friday |
night he went to the building to re- ,
lease the prisoner. Just bb he was (
about to unlock the door some one
stepped out from behind the guard ,
house and fired point blank at him, ,
and the wounded man claims the |
shot was fired by Roylston.
The latest report from his bedside
is to the effect that his wound is ,
mortal- Davis has preserved order ,
during his incumbency as chief of ,
police and is held In high regard by
the people of Salley.
DIVORCE BREAKFAST"
In the Latest Tiling in the Real of
Bociety.
The "wedding .breakfast" is com- 1
55j8ljjQ^J^^^^but a "divorce breakH'
MnnagMMMHHnHHMHm_
ISHH5Bin0RnH9MMffiKiH30iB^i ^
had been granted the happl^^^^WR
took their mother, who had been )
heir principal witness, and celebrated
with a divorce breakfast at a .
fashionable restaurant.
WATPUMIV
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Vud Robbed at Pee l>ee Hridgo in
I
Marion County.
A special dispatch from Florence
o Ttie News and Courier says Mr.
j. K. Ivale, the bridge watchman
or the Atlantic Coast I.ine ut Pee">ee
River, was found lying beside
he track in an unconscious condilon
between the river bridge and the
<tati*n at Pee-Dee Monday night,
vlth two wounds on the" head his
noney and watch missing indicating
hat. he had been foully dealt with,
-obbed and left for dead.
He was found by the station agent
<t Pee-Dee and, as he was still alive
vaa brought to Florence on Train
Jo. 89 for medical treatment, but
led soon after reaching the CocM3|
in* Hospital without regainl^Kl
onsciousaesa.
GETS A FORTl'NK.
'eiUHMola Wimmii Thought She
Ministering to a Pauper.
Miss Atonic Huikhart, twenty yr^^H
Id, thought she was cut ciMiiniii^^H
atiper in Thomas Caldwell, an ;t^^H
ecluse. Arho went to Pensocola,
rom Chncago and eked out a mi^^H
hie existence by peddling flsh Hbf
ood. Miss Burkhart ministeredHCS
hb man when he was ill . The
iSs now received information
he has been made the sole hot^raaj
he estate of Caldwell. valiu-d^^H
175,??0. _ ??55
Didn't Slur Bryan. jjarpi
Thomks E. Watson. of ieoi^^H
isked the American Thursday^^H
leny the story that he it-terre<^^H
Iryan at "one big laugh." "I^^H
hsolutely untrue," said Mr. WatKlgv
'that I made any disrespectfulMgSg
uslon whatever to Mr. Bryan." ^BK|
i man on an entirely different
orra and put into the platform tfl9B
hings which would not have
>ut in had Roosevelt stood for^^H
loipinatlon."
Representative James of Kent^ckj
aid: "It is a complete surrender on I
tdcsevelt'g part to the corporation
dement of the Republican party, and
nnouncement in advance of a surodder
and fhe forecasting of the
I tefeated National Convention of the
I -dilates for which he stand.-. Thta
1 vfj^make Bryar stronger than ever."
' FIERCE RACE RIOT.
\
Thirty Blacks Reported Killed and
Five Whites Hurt
Fifteen Blacks Burned to I>eath
When tlit* Whites Attacked the
Lodge Kooni of the Latter.
A special dispatch to the Memphis
News-Sclmlter from Columbus,
Miss., says some thirty negroes
were killed one night last week and
many more were wounded as the result
of a fierce race war In Pickens
County, Ala. Five white men were
wounded.
It is said that owing to the discovery
of a plot on the part of the
negroes to raise against the whites
every black in the commnuity is in
danger. This plot was carried on
by means of a secret society which
had lodge rooms in remote districts
of Pickens county.
Fifteen negroes were burned to
death in a lodge room near Reform,
Ala., Tuesday night, when whites attacked
the place and finding a number
of repeating rifles and shotguns,
fired the building.
The blacks were penned in by'the
continual shooting of the whites and
those who were not killed in attempting
to escape were roasted
alive.
Near Gordon, three negroes were
killed when a posse of white men attacked
a lodge room. So far as has
been learned, the burning of the other
lodge rooms was without fatalities.
Thr trnnlito ulurt??/l iVw*
rest of Tom Lowe, a negro, on a
iharge of stealing a bale of cotton
rrom Whig Ix>we, a white planter,
who Is also a deputy sheriff.
Deputy Whig fxiwe and several
ither officers succeeded In arresting
the accused negro. As they were 1
riding to Gordo with their prisoner,
'hey were fired upon from ambush
iy a party of negroes headed by Hob
Lowe, the prisoner's brother.
Tom Lowe fell dead from a allot,
which it is said was fired by his
awn prother, at the deputy sheriff.
Deputy Lowe fell, mortally wounded.
A dispatch to "The Atlanta Journal
from Birjr.-'' Ala., aaya a long 1
llst*V -elephone message from Re- '
the nearest telegraph town to
he scene stated that there had been '
\o persons killed since the Lowe 1
ragedy. 1
The excitement in Pickens county '
vas the result of the killing of a 1
legro named Ix?we and the serious
vounding of a white man of the 1
lame name, the latter being a con- 1
itable who was shot while friends 1
vere trying to take the negro from '
ilm. I
The negro Lowe had been urrested '
or stealing cotton, which had been 1
agged. When relatives and other !
legroes approached the officer who
lad him. shooting became promis:uous
and the negro was killed and 1
iowe was hurt.
Sixteen negroes are in jail in the '
vestern part of Pickens county, '
harged with |)artlcpatlon in the ex- 1
dtement. Many negroes are related '
n that section of the county and for s
hat reason the whites arc armed to 1
>e ready for all emergencies.
The determined white men of Piccens
county, in the vicinity of Gordo '
tearing reports that negroes were '
ireparing for an attack, raided a !
odge room and secured thirteen 1
Winchester shotguns, which were
oaded with buckshot, and every '
race of a weapon taken in charge. '
The leader of the gang of negrops '
mid to be getting ready for a riot
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I iow give practical difficulty in the
I operation of the dispensaries.
The mfttter of samples, which is
I lot dealt with at all in the law, was
I ihiefly discussed, and it was decided
I'o ask the General Assembly to
lamend the law so that the hoards can
Idispose of samples in some way leI
w nr.
GIRL RESCUED.
Hold by a North Carolina Farmer ^
as a Slave
IN A BARN WITH RATS. '
B. T. Pender Hired Him Oiga Sjosd
tedt bj Advertisement and Then ?
Tried to Starve Her.?He Laugh- P
V
ed at Her Pleadings.?When Re- y
leased. She Declares Negroes Re- a
reived Better Food Than She. F
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Half starved, yet joyful over her
release from what she declared to S(
be slavery on ? farm ?? ' -- **
__ . w? ? IU vnucu uy XLi. _
T. Pender. six miles from Halifax,
N. C., Miss Olga Sjostedt passed
through Washington D. C., on Thursday.
* h
With her was Thomas Broderick,
formerly a detective at Asbury Paik. e<
That is the home of the girl, who is lt
a trained nurse and who served in
that capacity in the Spanish-Amer- Q
lean War. s?
"On the Tuesday before Thanks- cl
giving I went to Halifax to work for tr
Pender, whom I believe to be insane,"
said the girl, as she clung to 1
her rescuer. G
"Since then Pender haB made me ta
a vertable slave. If Mr. Broderick
had not arrived. I would have killed
myself, us I declaied I would do in a k:
letter written to friends." c<
Broderick's mission was a strange tr
one. He had been told that if, by
Sunday, Miss Sjostedt were not re- 88
leased she would destroy herself, tt
Supplied with ample funds by the at
girl's friends, he hurried to the train si
and early Thursday he reached Halifax.
'n
IHring a rig, the detertive sped d<
over the miles Beperattng the little P<
town from the bleak, desolate farm, ec
Arriving there he found Pender, a ai
hoary-headed man beyond 60 years rc
of age. He did not at first see the
unfortunate nurHe whose piteous appeals
for help by mail had aroused <?<!
Asbury Park. b:
Brodorirk, a big, powerful man, th
with a record for bravery, aggres- pi
sively demanded that the girl be pro- h?
lueed. m
Pender snarled and refused to lo
comply. Broderick then resorted to te
milder means. He quoted the law, D;
He told Pender that he. having hir- cc
jd the girl, was responsible for her tii
jvelfare.
He cited the fact as he knew it, lo
that she had been given only two fo
meals a day. both consisting almost "c
nvariablv of cornineal. The detec- w<
:lve also told of letters, Miss Sjos- m
edt had smuggled North, describing tb
aow she had been imprisoned in a
uarn, through the cleats of which fl<
snow and the bleak winds blew. be
"This girl," thundered Broderick, In
'came into your employ through an th
idvertisement. She was afflicted er
with a slight .throat trouble, and th
:hought the South was the place for af
tier. You accepted her as house- er
teeper, and as such you should have pi
[irovided for her. You haven't done as
jo, and if you don't deliver her to cc
me I'll have you hauled before a
Judge." lu
Pender quivered and finally broke cl
iown. He led the detective to Miss pi
SJostedt. who at that moment, she to
jnid afterward, was comtemplatlug b]
means of suicide. m
She had suid: "It is better and to
easier to die by my own hand than st
to be starved to death by this luh- tl
itic." di
Miss Sjostedt flung her arms ei
tiiwuiid the big detective's neck when hi
he told her he had come to release a)
her. The pair got into the rig. Brod
ci ii,iv Acr JI111^ iMir cj c i uuu^i
meanwhile, and they covered the six
miles of desolate country, where only ^
half a dozen negroes and three or
four white persons live.
'Arriving at Halifox, they took the
train northward, and reached Wash- a
ington, en route to Asbury Pnrk. q
Miss Sjostedt was in tears during
the trip, but. her tears were not those ir
of one in agony. The nervous strain T
through which she had bravely bat- vn
tied began to tell on her as she left ()
the shadow of the tumble-down barn,
where Pender would thrust her at
night and lock the door upon her, **
and where rats and mice scampered g
about, adding more horror to her p
pitiable condition. It
"I never knew," she said, "that o
a white man?or a man alleged to
be white?could treat a human be- ji
ing in the manner Pender treated lj
me. He even laughen in my face si
when I begged for some nutritious b
food, and offered me the same old ii
dried up. unpalatable corn meal. He j t]
fed the negroes working for him bet-, w
ter fare than he gave me." j a
Broderlck gave no explanation h
why, after he had rescued Miss SJos- a
tedt, he did not have Pender ar- t<
rested. It is believed he had reasons a
of his own to justify this move his v
main object being to return Miss,
Sjostedt to her friends. t
Two Islands Sold. '
Fanning and Washington islands, h
of the Fanning Islands group in the n
South Pacific, were sold at auction c
at Suva. Fiji, on Saturday last to t
Father Broughier for the sum of f
$125,000, !,
FHE GOEBEL MURDER.
foutsey, One of the Participants,
Tells Abeut It
le (Says Caleb Powers and Taylor 1
Both Approved of th# Plan to Kill
the Governor.
At Georgetown Kv nn 1
ay of last week, Henry E. Youtsey. i
fho is under a life sentence for com- !
liclty In the assassination of Gov. I
71111am Goebel, of Kentucky, some i
ears ago, went on the witness stand )
nd testified in the case of Cabel 1
'owers, who Is being tried there for 1
tie murder. Powers was Secretary
f State of Kentucky when the as- 1
issination took place, and the shot t
as fired from one of the windows In 1
Is office in the State House at
rank fort, where Goebel had gone to j
e inaugurated. t
Youtsey testified that he had taJk- t
1 with Dr. W. R. Johnson in the 1
itter's office about the killing of
oebel and of the purchase by hlmilf
of smokeless cartridges in Cin- f
Innatti. He said before the car- 1
idges were offered Johnson became '
npatient, and 6aid he could 6hoot
oebel with his pistol from Secre- v
try of State Power's window, curs- e
ig Goebel at the time. j
Youtsey then told of the plot to c
111 Goebel. He gave a detailed ac>unt
of events leading up to the t
agedy, and told of the preparations
e had made for the shooting. He r
lid he met James Howard, who did p
le actual shooting, on his arrival
; Frankfort, a few days before the r
looting took place. o
Youtsey also told of placing guns i
i Powers office, of raising the wln>w.
and drawing the cuTtains, of c
ilnting out Goebel as he approach- c
1 the capitol and seeing Howard ^
m at Goebel. He then left the v
iom and heard the crack of the rl- y
s as he was descending.the stairs. v
Youtsey in his testimony corner1
Powers directly with the tragedy \
r stating that he fixed the door for B
>e entrance of the assassin and ap- ^
oved of the plan. In his testimony 0
? also gave very damaging testiony
against' Former Governor Tayr.
State Treasurer Day, Superinndent
of Public Instruction W. J. *
avison, W. W. H. Cullon and others
innected with the state adminlstraan.
Youtsey further testified that Tay- C
r dictated a letter to him asking y
r Howard to come to Frankfort to C
lo the job," and he stated that he V
ould give $1,500, a pardon and a r
Ultnry escort to the mountains to ?
ie man who would kill Goebel. L
Youtsey identified the original uf- tl
iavlt which he gave Powers while I.
)th men were in the Louisville jail, tl
i this document Youtsey made oath s
iat he kuew nothing against Pow- L
s to connect him in any way with a
ie assassination of Goebel. The
fidavit, the witness stated, was giv- h
l to Powers at his request for the s
jrpose of getting Powers a new trial v
i his case was then pending in the I.
>urt of appeals. t]
An agreement, purported to have tl
>en given Youtsey by Powers in ex- it
iange for the affidavit was also h
jt in evidence. The agreement was b
> the effect that the affidavit made
r Youtsey for Powers should not be n
ade public, and should be returned c
? Youtsey in fifteen days. Youtsey n
ated that he knew when he made b
le statements sworn to in the offi y
avit they were false, and that Pow- a
s said he must have-ft to get a new t
eairng. He said Powers wrote the vi
jreement. t
LOST ~T HE IK HANDS. 0
b
o Save the Lives of Their Fellow s
Workers. *
L
At New York ir. order to save
number of comrades from death,
live Jude and John J. McGIynn, 4
011 workers, each lost a hand on
liursday. The two men were at
ork on the Long island city tower
f the new niac.kwell Island bridge, d
hey were working high up on the d
Lructure, and it was their duty to t
uide Into place the great steel
Iates on which the girdle rest. Be)w
them were working a score of c
ther men. c
One of the great plates that had
ist been setiled into place sudden- '
r began to slide. Unless it was 1
topped it would plunge from its P
ase onto the heads of the men worklg
below. Jude and McGlynn saw d
tie danger aud, shouting to the
orkmen below, each threw an arm
round a beam and each seized with |
is free hand the sliding plate. By
gigantic efTort they slipped it
o one side so that it rested against
beam. But they were unable to
MthdraW their hands in time.
Jude's right hand was cut off at c
he wrist and McGlynn's left hand c
vas terribly mangled. Comrades i
igged a tackle and drew the plate (
>ack so that they were released, t
neantime holding the two injured ]
nen so that they did not fall from t
he tower. At the hospital Mc- c
tlynn's hand was amputated. Both,]
kill recover. ' J*
ft
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TWO WHITE BRUTES
Arrested at Union on Most
Serious Charge.
They Attacked and Attempted to
Assault a Young White Woman
on the Highway.
A special dispatch to The News
snd Courier from Union says on
Sunday afternoon a dastardly attempt
at criminal assault was
naae, it Is alleged, by Lester Beckaell,
white, upon Miss Fannie
Vaughn, a respectable white girl of
16 or 18 years of age.
Miss Vaughn and Miss Sadie Wilard
come to Union last week from
heir homes near Santee on a visit to
elatives.
On Sunday, a little before sunset,
he two girls were walking on the
Southern Railroad leading to SparAuburg.
When a short distance up
he railroad they were overtaken by
..ester Ilecknell and a man who gives
lis name as W. C. Massey. The forner
Is a native of Union county.
When these men came up with the
?irls Miss Willard turned and ran
jack to the home of her brother-inaw.
but the men took hold of Miss
/anghn, carried her some distance
lp the track an-i into a thicket,
vhere she was knocked down, beaten,
about the face, and the men ony
desisted from their efTorts to acompllsh
their purpose when they
tecame alarmed at the outcries of
he girl.
Upon being arrested Hecknell renained
stolid and weakly denied his
;uilt. Massey, on the other hand,
lointed out Becknell as the guilty
arty, und stated that he himself
nly stood off and looked on while
lecknell made his attempt.
No one having denied this acount
of the affair, Massey, who only
ame to Union last week, is being
ield in jail as a witness, while a
warrant was promptly issued .for
lecknell on the charge of an assault
rith intent to ravish.
Miss Vaughn's brothers assaulted
lassey after the occurrence and
tabbed him in the back with a
nlfe, but the. wound is not a serious
ne.
MOl'RNKRH MARK MISTAKE.
lot her Wrongly Identifies Read Hoy
as Her Soil.
A dispatch to The News and 1
lourier says when the body of the
oung man killed by a live wire In *
lamden and supposed to be that of
yilber Langley of Chester was ear- ^
led there for interment, the coffin
as opened at the request of young
.angley'fl mother. No one doubted
be Identity of the corpse. Mrs. j
.angley herself not questioning that ^
he body wus that of her son. and f
he and other relatives of young v
.angley viewed it and wept over it f
s such.
(
Among those who came in the ^
ouse of mourning to pay their re- j
pects to the grief-stricken family
ras Mrs. Orre, a neighbor of the j
.angley's. Mrs. Orre, like others of
hose present, was permitted to view ^
he remains, and to her utter aston?hm?nt
recognized in the dead body i
er own son, Lewis Sowell, a child
y a former marriage.
The Langleys, following the anouncement
of Mrs. Orre of her dls- j
overy, were convicted of its correctess,
and it was further confirmed
y the appearance on the scene of
oung Wilber Langley himself, alive
nd well, who returned home from
he country, where he had been at
tnA nnA n*nu nutnnluh.t.t tn lanrn ^
hat he had been mourned as dead. 1
Young Sowell, who was 17 years (
Id, leaves besides his mother, two
mothers and a sister, Mr. Ernesf
owell of Orangeburg County; Mr. |
toy Sowell and Mrs. B. Lowry, of
.ancaster.
TILLMAN WANTS TO KNOW.
I
tsk.s Investigation of Cortclyou's '
Action During Financial Crisis.
Senator Tillman Monday Introluced
a resolution in the Senate (
irecting the committee on financo \
o Investigate the recent proceed- 1
ngs of the Secretary of the Treasury
n connection with the financial 1
riea and also to make an inquiry i
oncerning clearing house certifies- <
es. The resolution was presented i
a two scries, the ffrst dealing with 1
he operations of the Treasury De- i
artment, and the second with clear- >
ng house certificates, both being
livided into three sub-divisions.
KJLLED ItV LIVK \VIRE.
Employee of Carnival Company Is
Shocked to Death.
A dispatch from Camden to The
sews and Courier says Tuesday eve- !
ling Wilber Lewis Langley, of Lanaster,
who was recently employed
n the Persian Theatre of the Jones ,
Carnival Company, now showing at ,
hat place, met with a tragic death. ,
le was attempting to attach a globe
o an electric wire and in taking hold
>f the wire he was Instantly killed. ,
*e was a young man apparently of
ibout 20 years of age.
A FATAL CRASH.
bection of a New Bridge Falls Into
Swollen Stream.
SEVEN MEN DROWNED.
High Water Caused the Accident.
The Catastrophe Occurred Just at
Nightfall, When Men Were Preparing
to Knock Oft Work for
the Day. There Were Many
Narrow Ewniww
High water Monday night caused
the collapse of a new bridge in
course of erection over the west
branch of the Susquehanna River
at Mifntngvllle, Pa., and resulted in
the death of seveu men and the inJury
or nearly a score of others, two
fatully. Forty men were at work
on the traveller on the middle span
of the structure when it collapsed.
They were all thrown into the swollen
river.
The collapse of the bridge was
caused by the rapid rise in the river.
The water rose during the day at the
rate of almost one foot an hour and
iebries carried down the stream by
the tlood struck the false work of
.he bridge and caused its collapse.
The accident occurred Just at
nightfall, when the men were preparing
to abandon their work. As a
-esult the work of rescuing those
who were thrown into the water and
caught in the mass of twisted iron
ind steel was greatly retarded. The
locond span of the bridge was being
srected and it was this section that
ell with the big traveller.
The l>odles of four of those killed
vere found floattng on the surface of
he water entangled in the bent and
wisted girders nnd iron work, but
he others haven't been found. Many
>f the men were caught In the rapid
vater and carried a mile or more
loan the river before they were
escued.
One of the most miraculous es.
:apes was that of William Nesbit,
vho was caught in the iron work
ind held a prisoner an hour with
lis mouth and chin above water heore
being rescued. The bridge was
>elng built by the State to replace
ne carried away in a freshet in
L 9 0 3.
1KARCH FOR DK.VI) SUSPKN I>KI).
bVreoketl Coal Mines Have Given l"p
?2t> Hollies.
At Monoguh. W. Vu., search in
dines 6 and X. of the Fairmont Coal
Company for victims of last Friday's
explosion was suspended early this
veek, partly because tire had broken
>ut again in Mine 8. and partly be ause
every section of the two mines
ins been explored and it was not beieved
that further search along the
tame lines would result in the findng
of more bodies.
Three hundred and twenty> bodies
lave been removed. Of these 71 were
Vmericans, 146 Italians, 54 Slovaks.
11 Poles. 5 Greeks and 2 Hungaians.
Vice President Wheelwright and
Jeneral Manager I-ce !.?. Malone beleve
thnt all bodies not deeply bured
in the old workings have been renoved.
J\ Iorut? ui iiiui'i) uit'ii iias ucguii
o clean up the mine and remove the
leavy falls and heaps of debris that
vere not disturbed by the rescuing
parties, and it is said that some adlltional
bodies will be found.
DECIDE ON DKNVEH.
Democratic National Convention Will
Mict There on July 7.
After deciding to hold tho next
Democratic National Convention at
Denver, Col., and fixing the date.
July 7, 1H08. the national committee
Thursday at Washington entered upjn
a spirited debate on the propriety
af accepting more of the $100,000
offered by Denver for the Convention
than is actually needed to pay
the Convention expenses in that city.
The opposition to the acceptance of
the contribution took the form of a
resolution by Representative Clayton
of Alabama declining money not.
actually needed for Convention purposes,
but after a long debate the
resolution was laid on the table by
a vote of 31 to 14.
CASH I Ell KILLS III >ISK I.F.
Illinois Hanker a Suicide?Bank in
Fine Condition.
ft. P. Easton. 4 8 years old. cashier
of the State Bank of Horscher,
111., committed suicide In his bank
last week by shooting himself in the
head. Easton had been cashier of
the bank since its organization and
was a stockholder. He was married
and leaves a widow and two children.
When the recent call for the
condition of all the State banks in
Illinois was made Easton's hank
made one of the bset reports sent,
out from that section of the 8tate.
The report showed the Institution to
be is excellent condition.
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