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THE FORT M.ILL TIMES ''
VOLUME XVII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, MARCH 25.19(H) NO. 50
FATAL CRASH
Of a Train Cuts a Rallwa- Statior
in Canada
FOUR P*Z?l? KILLED
Blowing Out of Wash Pipe oil locomotive,
Near Montreal, Forces
Engineer and Fireman to Jutup,
i
and the Train Dashes Into Station,
Tearing it l'p.
i
Montreal, March 17.?Four per- I
Bons are dead and thirty others were '
more or less seriously Injured as 1
the result of the blowing out of a
wash pipe ou the locomotive hauling j
the Boston Express of the Canadian
PaclQc Railway this morning, three
miles out from the city. Scalding
steam filled the cab and the engineer
and fireman were forced to jump. (
i 110 train, wnnoui u guiding uauu f
at the throttle, dashed Into the (
Windsor street station, through the
granite wall into the women's wait- (
ing room, und then into the rotunda, (
where the locomotive, after demol- ,
ishing one massive granite pillow,
was brought to a standstill by anoth- ,
er.
The four persons killeewd ,?.-? v
Tho four persons killed wore sit- ?
ting in the women's waiting room. v
They are: u
Mrs. W. J. Nixon, Montreal. ^
Her 13-year-old boh and 8-yearold
daughter.
Elsie Villiers, 12 years old, of
Montreal,
A score of jmen wore knooked
down when the train dashed through
tho rotunda.
An investigation of the cause ol
flie accident by C.eneral Manage)
? McNicoll disclosed that the break
in the boiler was on the fireman')
side. Fireman Craig jumped at onct
and landed in a snow drift, practirally
uninjured. He ran down tin
track after the train. Half a milt
from whero he jumped Craig fount
the engineer lying unconscious b>
the rails. His skull had been frac
lured. Why, before jumping, tin
engineer failed to bring his train tr
a standstill may never be known
for Cunningham has not regained
consciousness, and is not expected v
to live. The train crew had no idea
there was anything wrong until thi
train was Hearing the station. Thei
the conductor, noting the excessivt
speed at this point applied the air <
brakes. They were not strong '
enough to hold the train with the ?
locomotive pulling against them, but
they did check the speed somewhat 1
The husband of Mrs. VV. J. Nixor.
is a train dispatcher of the Canadian 1
Pacific at Medicine Hat, Alberta
He had secured leave of absence t<
come to Montreal to get his family
and they were all at the station t<
greet him after six months' separat
ion. Nixon's train arrived a shori
time after the accident. The man
gled bodies of his wife and children
were lying on the platform when h?
stepped from the train.
I1K1NUK DOWN TIIIKF.
OOlcor Shoots Negro Store HoIiImi
I widen Witti I loot y.
Chester, March 17.?Ike Feaster
colored, was shot and perhaps fat
ally wounded at 2 o'clock this morn
ing by Ofilcer J. G. Ilowsee, of tin
city police force. Fcastcr had brok ,
en into the store of T. H. Ward, col
ored, and was coming out of tin
rear with his plunder, when Ofilcei
Howsce, who had been attracted bj
the noise, endeavored to halt him
Feaster refused to stop and the of
fleer fired in the darkness, striking
him in the head. He was taken ti
tho Magdalene Hospital, where h
has remained in critical condition al
day.
ATTACKS CON8TU1JLARY.
Sanguinary Conflict on One of thPhilippine
Islands.
Manilla, March 17.?A belated die
patch from Lake Lakano reports thu'
a band of hostile Mores attackei
Lieutenant Furlong's detachment oi
constabulary at llordog, on the 8tl
of March and, after a sharp fight,
eight Moros and two members ot
the constabulary were left dead on
the field, while two soldiers and one
civilian were wounded. A company
of the 25th infantry and a detachment
of scouts have gone to the aid
of Furlong's force. The day after
the tight a constabulary soldier deserted
after stealing five ritles belong
ing to members of the detachment.
TIED AGENT TO TRACK.
Was Liberatinl by Man Just Before
Train Passed.
Roxle, Miss, March 18.?Ropes
which bound Agent Shingleton, of
the Mississippi Central Railroad to
the tracks over which a train was
soon to pass last night were cut by
a man who found him as the rumble
of the locomotive was heard In the
distance. He had been knocked in
the head and tied to the track by
negroes who attempted to rob the
depot.
HUGE FORGERY PLOT
SPOILKD BY TUB SUSPICIONS OF
A LITHOGRAPHKlt.
The Arrest at Milan of Four of
the Ringleaders Ileveals an Internotional
Company.
Rome, March 17.?Special dispatches
from this city to Columbia
Record says startling developments
connecting the extensive operaticns
of the international gang of forgers
and of checks and banknotes, four
ringleaders of which are under arrest
at Milan, continue to come to
the surface as a result of the international
police investigation now in
progress. As stated at the time of
the arrest a week ago the operations
it the gang were confined chiefly
o New York and London.
The capture of the four leaders
yas due to the misgivings of Slgor
Polotti, a very skillful lithographer,
vhom the forgers had entrusted with
he engraving of an immense number
>f checks, varying in value from $10
o $200 apiece, which they represent'd
were required by the American
Express Company for its branch esnbiishments
in Rome, Genoa and
Naples.
Signor Polottl confided the affair
o the police, who directed him to
troceed quietly with the commission,
vhile they prepared a surprise for
is many as possible of the gang,
vhich during the past two years has
tiven untold trouble in America,
England. France and Belgium.
In Italy last December, after r
cries of frauds at Genoa amounting
o $60,000, they presented a letter
if credit of the Commercial bank of
Ulan for $1!>,000 on affirm of priate
bankers in New York. The culirits
have again and again exploded
he New York bank, and the Milan
lolice are convinced from a mass
f documents and stamps now seized
t their lodgings that this criminal
;ang must have had one or more
accomplices in the employ of the
iank itself.
Four members of the gang were
aught, red-handed. They aro all
niddle-aged, though a considerable
iart of their career has been spent
n the United States and Great Britin.
They had in their possession
lewly-made banknotes and checks of
he total value of over $2,000,000,
irhich they were about to forward
o confederates in New York and
.ondon for circulation.
Oreof Origoni, one of the ringeaders
under arrest, comes of a well
:nown Naples family and formerly
ias an artllley ofllcer in the Italian
rmy. He is a nephew of the fanmis
Hnnnral MnHnmoul Uo hoo
teen a consular agent and representaIve
of various commercial firms in
apan and North America.
The Milan police are elated at the
apture, but regret that many mem>ers
of the gang are still at large,
hough they have clues which are
xpected to prove useful to the poice
of New York. London and Paris.
ALLOWKI) TLX THOUSAND.
feubourd Must Pay Tliat Sum to
Conductor'" Widow.
Savannah, fia., March 17.?The
oport. of Special Master Frank M.
"Jallaway, appointed hy Judge ParIre.
of the United States Court, foi
he cases instituted against the Sea>oard
Air Line, has been filed with
he clerk of the court here, a de ision
allowing Mrs. Helle Gray $t0,1)00
for the death of her husband,
teing made a part of the record.
Conductor W. 11. Gray was killed
vhlle on a freight, train running
rom Savannah to Denmark, S. C.,
?n the bridge spanning the Savanlah
river, near Garnett, August 2,
1 907.
THMY SHOULD PASS.
Two llills Before Congress to Help
Kural Carriers.
Washington, March 17.?Rural
'rtter carriers will come in for a litle
extra compensation during tht
lixty-first Congress if the two hills
recently introduced by Representatives
Hates, of Pennsylvania, and
Humphreys, of Mississippi, are enicted
into law. The bill Introduced
by Representative Hates provides an
additional allowance of $150 per annum
for subsistence, and that introluced
by Mr. Humphreys provides
that $250 per annum additional he
allowed each rural carrier for the
purchase and maintenance of necessary
horses, wagons and equipment."
TRAIN l\11,1 ,S AbKII NKGRO,
Darky, Past Century Mark, Meets
hcnth at Newberry.
Newberry, March 17.?Ned Kinard,
and old negro, was killed at the
Southern depot here today. The
freight engine was shifting, and Ned
had his hack to the train and was or
the track. The ear struck h'im and
passed over his body, cutting off botli
legs. An inquest was held, the verdict
being that the death was ac
cldental. Ned was a slave of th<
late Gen. H. H. Kinard, and wai
more than a hundred years old. H<
claimed to be over a hundred ant
ten years old.
IV*
PAYS FOR CRIME
Benjamin Gilbert is Electrocuted
at Richmond, Va.
KILLED YOUNG LADY
llccntiMe She Rejected Him as a
Lover?The Murder Committed
on a Bridge at Norfolk, While the
Young Cairl was With Friends for
a Little Outing.
Richmond, March 19.?For killing
his former sweetheart in a moment
of jealous rage, Benjamin Gilbert
tnfl 111' UfAC nlunt rr\nntn/i In L/? C!l??A?
uivwivvuv^u 111 i iivj
penitentiary here, where all criminals
in this State are now put to
death.
liecause she had spurned him for
the attentions of other young men,
Gilbert shot down pretty Amanda It.
Morse on Campostella bridge In Norfolk
on July 23 last. The girl lingered
for twenty-four hours, her death
occurring at St. Vincent's hospital
to which institution she had been
removed immediately following the
shooting.
Hearing that Gilbert had threatened
to kill his daughter, T. O. Morse,
father of the girl, went to look for
Gilbert, and reason with him. Going
the wrong way, Morse missed
Gilbert, and twenty minutes later,
while still in search of the youth,
was told that he had shot his daughter.
The father rushed to the scene
and the fact that he could find no
one to furnish him with a pistol was
all that prevented a double tragedy.
On the hot summer night Miss
Morse and several young friends
went to Compostella bridge for a
breath of air from across the water.
They were conversing on the bridge
when young Gilbert approached.
Miss Morse's escort, W. G. Mitchell,
noticed Gilbert acting peculiarly.
Gilbert asked the girl to see him privately.
She replied that if he had
anything to say to her h? could
say it then and there.
Gilbert making no reply. Miss
Morse turned from him and took the
arm of Mitchell to walk further on
the bridge. Just ns she did so Gilbert
dr< w his piste] and fired three
times at her. Two of the bullets
entered the girl's back. The third
grazed the coast of Mitchell.
Gilbert wnulri h:ivr? tuun
but for the early arrival of the police.
He claimed to have been engaged
to the girl and declared that
their wedding was scheduled for an
early date when she spurned him.
Gilbert's defense was general depravity
and mental irresponsibility,
it being sought at his trial to prove
hereditary Insanity. After the trial
eight members of the jury petitioned
Governor Swanson to commute ^
Gilbert's death sentence to life Imprisonment
in the State peniteniiary.
The jury in rendering its verdict
recommended the prisoner to the
mercy of the court. Judge Hanckcl
submitted this recommendation to
the Governor, who declared that if
he should commute Gilbert, ho could
not permit another man to be executed
for murder, * so long as he
occupied the gubernatorial chair.
The Supreme Court was then apappealed
to, among the grounds being
that Gilbert had become insane
since his conviction and that the
act of the Legislature changing the
mode of inflicting the death penaltj
in Virginia from hanging to electrocution
was "strange and unusual."
and, therefore, in conflict with th
Constitution of the State. The Supreme
Court denied a writ of error
on Gilbert's appeal, and Governor
Swanson. who had erantod n ii mopoiiu
r spites to permit court action, refused
to interfere further.
Gilbert's parents spent their all
in an effort to save his life, even
mortgaging their bods to raise money
with which to carry the fight to
the higher courts. Daniel Coleman.
Jr., the lawyer who defended Gilbert,
not only .received no compensation,
but had to supplement from his own
pocket the money raised by Gilbert's
parents to carry 011 the fight for the
condemned boy.
Gilbert after being carried to the
penitentiary repeuted and had hi;
spiritual adviser write to the parents
of his victim asking forgiveness, the
youth saying that he could die easier
If he had his forgiveness.
"SAW AWAY," SAYS AVATCHORN.
( ives Lion Tamer at Ellis Island
" Means of Escape."
New Tork, March 1 R.? Francis
Don is Rcssanade, a lion tamer, who
escaped from the detention pen at
Fills Island in August. 1907. was
arrested recently in San Francisco
and returned to the Island, with a
prospect of deportation.
He told Commissioner Watchorr
that he escaped by cutting the bars
of his cage with a saw made ol
i three butchers' knives. Mr. WatchI
orn, who suspects collusion by somt
i Ellis Island employe, has given Rols
- sanade three more kitchen knives
- with these instructions:
J "If you can saw your way out
s I'll do what I can to save you fron
i deportation."
1 Louis is now raising blisters oi
I his hands.
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JURY SHED TEARS
SENSATIONAL Ml'HDKIC TRIAL
ENDS IN CHICAGO.
Ilefensc Was an Alibi?Jury .Took
|
Hut One llallot?Women Spectators
Hysterical.
Chicago, March 18.?Luman C.
Mann, was today declared not guilty
of the murder of Mrs. Frances Gilmore
Thompson.
Several members of the Jury shed
tears when Mann, between choking
sobs, thanked them and promised to
lead a better life. Attorney Erbstein,
who defended the case, was
fairly mobbed by dozens of weaping
women, who have been constant attendants
at the trial, and who insisted
unon kissina him
The evidence against Mann was
circumstantial; his defence an alibi.
The jury took but one ballot.
With the words "not guilty*' from
the lips of the foreman, the scene
in court became one of excitement
bordering on hysteria.
"I've been a bad man, but years
from now you will hear of me as
an honest citizen,' Mann said in
thanking the Jury. Tears were rolling
down his cheeks and his sobs
made it almost impossible for him
to speak.
"We knew you were innocent,"
said one of the jurors, his tears
flowing freely. Other jurors furitivoly
applied handkerchiefs to their
eyes as Mann returned to his mother,
throwing his arms about her neck
and crying like a child
Under cross examination the dedendant
was compelled to relate a
sorrow story at which his mother
hung her head. He told of drinking
bouts during one of which he spent
$1,000 in a single night of gambling
and of low associates.
Fanny Thompson, bound, gagged
and the fiHger marks of a strangler
on her throat was found dead in a
rooming house at 1242 Michigan
avenue, July 1st last. She had
been dead four days, and this period
Mann was compelled to cover in
minute detail to establish his alibi.
Resides himself, he produced more
than a score of witnesses.
Tho evidence against him consisted
chiefly of his acquaintance with
Mrs. Thompson, when she was a servant
in his father's house, the fact
that he wore a cap similar to the
one which Mrs. Hamilton, keeper of
the rooming house, said was worn
iiv uif in it ii who iit-nonipanipa Airs.
Thompson to the honse, and a statement
made to his sister prior to the
tragedy that he "knew a woman
whose diamonds he would get if
he had to choke her." This statement
Mann explained 011 the stand
was purely a thoughtless Jest made
in the course of conversation in a
light vein.
SLASH Kit StXHtKS WOMEN.
Unknown Culprit Cuts Up Clothes in
Subway Station.
New York, March 18.?Complaints
which are reaching the police indicate
that a "slasher" is again at
work in New York. Several women
have reported that their garments
have been cut in the subway station
it 4 2nd street.
All cases bear a striking similarity
which makes it apptar as if the
work were being done by one man,
using the same sharp knife. In most
instances the garments cut have
iieen women's coats, slashes a little
to the left of the center of the back
about 12 inches from the bottom.
One woman's handsome coat of
broadcioth was badly mutilated in
be subway yesterday morning. Two
years ago a "slasher" did similar
work and while detectives were put
specifically on the case, the culprit
was never captured.
SMITH LOST HIS HAT
At the White House When He Called
nn Mr Tnfl
Washington, March 17.?Senator
E. I). Smith, junior Senator from
South Carolina, today paid his first
official visit to the White House to
see the President, and lost his hat
there. Representative Moon, of Tennessee,
who is said to have the largest
head of any man in Congress,
with the exception of Congressman
llrownlow, also of Tennessee, is supposed
to have gotten the Smith headpiece.
So far it has not been re
covered.
BlICIDK AT NORFOLK.
Art One to Despondency Kecausp He
Lacked Work.
Lynchburg, Va.. March 18.?Hans
A. Herzfeld, aged flfty-two, a native
i of Savannah and bookkeeper for a
brewing company here for some time,
committed suicide at his home today
i by shooting himself in the head. He
i was despondent because he had heon
f out of work since the saloons closed
here.
Reward Offered.
Washington, March 18.?A reward
of $2,000 has been offered hy th<
. Italian government for the captun
1 of the slayer of Lieut. Joseph Petro
sino, according to official Informatlor
i the embassy has communicated t<
* the State department.
TWO BRAVE MEN
AFTER HE INC* SETA RATE I) FOR
FORTY-FOUR YEARS
Meet for the First Time Since the
War and Talk Over Their War
Experience.
Newberry, March 17.?Mr. Samuel
Dixon, of Florence, came to Newberry
recently to visit Col. D. A.Dickert.
and thereby hangs a tale, says the
Observer, which it relates as follows:
In the closing days of the Confed
MAN STEALS BOY
And Holds Him For Ten Thousand
Dollar Ransom
FATHER WILL COMPLY
Tlie Ija<l Is a Son of Attorney Wliitla,
of Sharon, l*a., nn<l Was Taken
From School by a Stranger?The
Hoy's Hat Found in a lluggy In
Ohio.
Sharon, Pa., March 18.?Ten
thousand dollars ransom Is demanded
for the return of William Wbitla,
Attorney James P. Whltla's eightyear-old
boy, who was spirited away
from school here this morning by
an unknown man, furnishing a mystery
which the detectives of the county
are being asked to solve. Accompanying
the demand for ransom
is a covert threat that the boy will
be killed unless the money is prodneed.
Hundreds of telegrams and telephone
messages have been sent to
the police of various cities asking
their assistance in the search for
the boy and his abductors. The first
fruit of these came tonight when
Chief of Police Crain. of this city,
received word that a rig, in which
the lad had been taken away, had
been recovered at Warren, O., with
the child's hat on the seat of the
buggy.
At 9:80 o'clock this morning a
stranger drove up to the east ward
school house, where young Wbitla
is u pupil in Koom NO. 2, and told
the janitor. Wesley Slops. the lad
was wanted at once at his father's
ofllce. SIops conveyed the message
to Mrs. Anna Lewis, the hoy's teacher.
who dismissed tlie child. As she
was helping him put on his overcoat,
she remarked, half jokingly, "I hope
that man does not kidnap Willie."
The man in the buggy had a dark
complexion, dark hair and a stuliby
mustache. lie was stocklly built.
He spoke excellent English and was
evidently Anierlcan-born.
When Sloss appeared with the boy,
the stranger smiled and helped him
up to the seat beside him. lie then
drove off in the direction of Mr.
Whit la's ofllce. Several persons tonight
say a confederate joined the
kidnapper before he had left town.
Little was thought of the incident,
and there was no belief that a crime
had been committed until the lad
failed to appear for his noon day
meal. Becoming worried, Mrs.
Whitla began a search, and at the
school she learned of what had occurred
there three hours before.
At 1 o'clock a letter directed to the
mother, was delivered to the house
by a mail carrier. Mrs. Whitla at
once recognized the handwriting on
the envelope ns that of her son.
Opening it she found the following
communication written in a strnnge
hand.
?? ??
??c im?c- vuui u??y mm win return
him for $10,000. Will sec your
advertisement In the papers. Insert
in Indianapolis News, Cleveland
Press, Pittsburg Dispatch, Youngstown
Vindicator: 'A. A.?Will do
as requested. J. P. W.' Dead boys
are not desirable."
The penmanship and spelling of
the note indicated it had been written
by a man of fair education. Mr.
Whit la decided to comply with the
conditions of the letter, and sent for
publication to each of the newspapers
specified the note it directed him to
insert.
DEATH OF Dlt. .ION'KS.
I 1
The Great War Chaplain of the Confederacy
(ione,
New Orleans, T,a., March 18.?Ry
command of Gen. Clement A. Evans,
general commanding. Adjutant General
and Chief of Staff William E.
Mickle issued from the headquarters
or the United Confederate Veterans
today an order Riving official notice
of the death of Chaplain (len. J.
William Jones, which occurred yesterday
at Columbus, Ca. After reciting
his achievements in military
and civil life the order concludes:
"Mis devotion to his work and hiu
people, his ability as a writer, his
eloquence as speaker, his amiability
as a companion, stand out with conspicuous
brightness, and he has left
a record free from stain and worthy
of imitation. '
COMIT I.SOKY KIM'CATlON.
Superintendent Swear in gen Favor*
I<oral Option.
Columbia, March 18.?State Superintendent
of Education .1. E
Swearingon gave out a statement
tonight touching his views on thf
1 compulsory education question. Mr
' Swearingon said in part: "While
compulsory education is neither need
od nor desired in many localities
in others it Is eminently desirable
I School districts, county and incor
J porated towns should he allowed t<
i decide the question for itself. Th<
passage of a law allowing each schoo
i unit to decide this question for itsel
) will soon show whether the peopb
wish compulsory education."
ciuv.), uuring me spring of 18Gi?,
Gen. Hardee, then approaching Cheraw
in his retreat before Sherman's i
invading army, sent for Col . 1). A. (
Dickert, of Newberry county, of the ^
famous old Third regiment, and told
him he had a dangerous and impor- '
tan work to he done, that was to i
carry a message through Sherman's <
lines to General llood, who was then ,
down toward Savannah, and tell s
General Hood where to meet Hart
dee's army. The general knew of <
some of Col. Diekert's scouted the |
mission and was permitted to select 1
his companion. Captain Richard
O'Neal recommended to liitn a young ]
man in his company by the name of {
Sam Dixon, saying that he was quiet |
and cool and not afraid of danger.
Colonel Diekert selected Mr. Dixon, ;
and he accepted without hesitation, j
They knew that they would have (
to disguise themselves to get through i
Sherman's lines, and that if caught j
their lives would pay the forfeit; (
but that did not deter them, and ?
they set out on their mission? <
strangers hitherto, but now strone i
friends, bound together by a'common i
cause and a common danger. Th y |
fulfilled their mission, passing twice i
through Sherman's lines. (
Some time ago Mr. Tom Harrell, |
of Newberry, was in Florence and |
was talking with Mr. Dixon, who now i
lives there, though at the time above |
spoken of he was from Richland
county. Mr. Dixon askt d him if he i
knew a man from Newberry named j
1). A. Dickert. Yes, lie said, be t
knew him well; saw him very often, i
From that a correspondence ensued j
between the two former comrades- |
in-arnis, resulting in a cordial and ;
pressing invitation from Colonel .
Dickert to Mr. Dixon to visit, him in (
Newberry. On Tuesday Mr. Dixon j
came, ami the two men, who had
braved death together forty-four (
ytars ago, stood face to face for the ;
first time since then. Doth men j
have held their own well, Mr. Dixon |
being particularly active and bright; ?
tall and as straight as an Indian; of i
quiet demeanor, but cheerful and |
full of life?like a young man but i
for his gray hair; and gray hairs |
have ceased to be a sign of old age.
The men are now 6e, there being ]
three months difference 4n their ]
ages. When they performed th? <
dangerous feat of carrying General |
Hardee's message they were little i
more than boys, and yet had seen
four years of hard fighting. i
Speaking of Mr. Dixon, Colonel
Dickert said that he was the bravest
and most cheerful man under hardships
and dangers ho ever saw.
POSTMAKTKU vr FLORKNCK.
S?*vornl .Xspiinnts for the l'lace Are
Working l*'or It.
Washington, March 17. Senator
B. I). Smith went to see President
Taft today about naming some one
for the Florence postoflice to succeed
Josh Wilson, the negro, who was
recently named for another term by
Mr. Roosevelt, and who failed to
have his nomination stick. Senator
Smith, of course, wants a Democrat
if lie can squeeze one in, and
it is understood that if a good Republican
can not be found Mr. Smith
may be called on to name a Democrat.
At this time, however, the
Republicans are being mentioned
here for the place, Cassell and I.athrop.
Cassell's father is n member
of the House from Pennsylvania, and
is said to be working for his son.
CRIMINAL CAliKRKSSXESS.
Though Pistol Was t'nloaded and
Killed a Man.
Spartanburg, March 17.?While
fooling with a pistol supposed to be
unloaded. Sam James shot Perry
Roister, his brother-in-law, at Dreer.
this morning. James was trying
to clean an old pistol and Leister
was sitting in a chair watching hint.
The pistol w? nt off accidentally, the
hall entering Loister's forehead, penetrating
tho brain and causing In1
stant death. James is prostrated
with grief.
TIIHEE WERE KILLED.
Coast Line Train Loaves Track at
I'ikeville, X. C.
* Charlotte, N. C., March 17.?A
- fast passenger train op the Atlnniic
. Coast Line jumped tlie track at Pike.
ville, a flag station between Oolds
horo and Wilmington after midnight
J killing the engineer and fireman,
a and Hrakeman OfTert. Conductor
1 W. H. Newell and several pasengers
f were seriously injured. Details of
e the accident could not be obtained at
this h)ur.
THE NEW BILL
On the Tariff Brought in Early
On Wednesday
MAJORITY MEASURE
Introduced by Chairman I'nync,
of the Ways and Means Committee?Free
Reciprocity With
Cuha and Philippines Except on
Sugar and Tobacco.
Washington, March 17.?Chairman
Tavne of the ways and means
committee introduced a new tariff
bill today. It provides for a ? 10,>00,000
issue of Panama canal bonds,
re-enacts provision for the issuance
>f treasury certificates to the amount
>f $ur?0,000,0O0, provides for gradit?ted
iiih> ritance tax similar to the
New York State law and imposes
littles Oil maximum and minimum
liases. Cotton seed oil, iron ore, tallow,
llax straw ami undressed tlax,
mechanically ground wood pulp,
tildes, and works of art more than
twenty years old are placed on free
iist where coffee remains.
Tea is taxed eight cents per pound,
tnd internal revenue tax on heavy
trade eigaretts is increased sixty
cents and on those weighing less
han three pounds to the thousand,
t is increased to Lumber is
at fifty per cent, refined sugar, five
me-hundredths of a cent per pound:
rude gypsum, ten cents per ton;
fire-brick ten per centum and valorem,
steel and iron schedule, from
forty to fifty per cent; tin plates,
ninety per cent; bacon aiul hams,
mo cent; dextrin and starch, onenaif
cent; wool, shoddy and waste,
five cents, and boots and shoes and
leather goods, from forty to fifty
[jcr cent.
Bituminous coal and agricultural
mplcments Imported from countries
[lerinitting free entry of these ariclt's
from United States, are admited
free of duty. Other reductions
ire on marble, plate glass, mien,
eadliearing ore, wool, grease, barley
ind barley malt, tlax gill nettings,
dngle yarns and threads, oilcloth,
otton shirts and collars and printng
paper.
Increases in duties are made on
jliicory root and roasted coffee and
irtieles used as a substitute for coffee,
cocoa, spices, coal tar dyes,
Keeno's cement, asphaltuin. Hour
.par, zinc in ore, osier or willow, fig,-*,
lemons, pineapples, Mercerized fabrics
and gloves embroidery and lncernaking
machines are to be imported
free until July 1911.
Kroo reciprocal trade with t ho
Philippines is provided for. hut limiting
free sugar to 300,000 tons;
wrapper tobacco, to 300,000 pounds;
tiller tobacco, to 300,000 pounds,
iiul 150,000,000 cigars a yenr. The
exemption is confined to products of
the islands.
The continuation of the Cuban
reciprocity provisions of Itinglcy hill
are continued, provisions for drawbacks
and method of valuation are
extended and broadened.
Increases in cotton schedule are:
An additional duty of 1 cent per
yard on mercerized fabrics (a new
process of manufacturing invented
since present law was enacted).
Also small additional duty on lappets.
There is also an increase duty
on stockings, fashioned and shaped
wholly or in part on knitting machines.
In his statement on (lie hill,
Chairman Payne said: "The hill
provides for reciprocal free trade
with Philippine islands, on all articles,
hut limiting sugar to ho Imported
free of duty to 300,000 tons:
wrapper tobacco to 3 00,000 pounds
and 3,000.000 pounds of filler tobacco
and 150,000,000 cigars in any
one fiscal year. The excess of sugar,
tobacco and cigars to pay full tariff
rates."
A section is inserted pres< rwUu;
Cuban rocinroeit v' provisions of flHHK
out law. Tax on elgaretts i*p increased,
those weighing over Mhreo I!?
pounds per thousand, from J? to W
$3.50, and those weighing lcssflMFottt
DKI'OT l>F.STlt<>VFI> HV lTM||ta
Flumes Consume t'liimi i> >w fn
Louisville, Kv., Mnrchfl
the destruction here tnnigl|t;a? 3
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local terminal for five o utry's
leading railroa
will probably hem lit by ? Low Mjjjuon t
station. ^
i;rossen wir?'s in 1 "'^i|WW| 11113
big struct nor. which w?crofl4fd by
the Illinois Central in 1S$Q? clused
the blaze, which ma^H^^Bmpty
shell of t he depot before tire,
fire department of the city, which
was called, had arrived. W. G.
ltoach. chief clerk to Superintendent
higan of the Illinois Central, fell
through a skylight. All other occupants
escapfd unharmed.
l'sing the depot were the Illinois
Central, the Rig Four, the Southern,
the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
and the Chesapeake & Ohio.
The rescue of a woman telhphone
operator from the fifth stnry by firemen
and tho great height to which
I the flames rose made the flr*t uuubui
ally tpectacular.
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