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VOLUME X^VTn FORT MILL. S. C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 16,1909 NO. 39 j
SUPREME MICH
Tdf'i CWtcc Was Oacc Tirat4 Dtwi by
TWMnt Raasctck
A "TRUST JUDGE ,
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Be Wm Called "Private Cm Lw
U?." ?<. U? ??*u
Bomethlog About the Prospective
Bulwark of Oar Liberties In Thftr
Pal ted States,
"1 came here to see what kind of
* reputation hi* neighbors |lvi ti-j
Judge Horace H. Lurton. whu Ha^ I
been picked by President Taft <0
succeed Justice Peck ham on *&*JJ
United States supreme court." said;
(Jlleoo Oerdner. In Nashville, lVsn..|
a few days ago.
" 'The railroads and the corporations
of Tennessee will be eotlrely
satisfied with Judge Lurton's appointment."
said the first man I asked
'He has served them here In Tennessee
long and faithfully, and they will
be glad to see him promoted to the
larger field.'
"I asked what evidence there wiis
of friendliness between Judge l ur
ton and the railroads. 'The familiar
designation. Private Car Lurton.
the lawyer answered. 'I suppose
you've heard what everybody knowr
throughout this section of tho South
about Judge Lurton's habitual us?
of private cars furnished by the ml'
roads. Up to the passage of the
Hepburn low. Judge Lurton scarcely
moved without the private car.'
"True enough, everywhere I wenl
I found tales of Lurton'B private
cars. Not for business merely dlr
he use them, but he gave private
car parties. Once he took a party
of young friends, men and women
through the West, including a visit
to the Yellowstono. On such occs
<ftons tbs railroads furnished not
only tho cars, but tbe chef, the pro
visions and ail the little exfrtu, 'ha
go to make a Junket of this sort
complete.
"It should be understood that tb<
expenses of these cars were born<
by railroads which were actual ot
potential litigants In his court. Ai
one time. I am Informed, there w??
a receivership which brought thi
management of a railway Into Judg?
1/ortoo'B oourt, cad the Judge Simp
ly Indicated to the receiver his de
wire to have a prtvate oar. The re
ceiver naturally obeyed.
"Neither Judge Lurton nor hifriends
ever have denied his fre
quent habitual ueo of private care
Nor have they tried to Justify It. 1
was talking to a grizzled corporatioi
lawyer who wua most friendly t<
the Judge.
- " 'I don't thlub that Btory shoulc"
be brought up at this time.' aal-1 th
lawyer. 'Judge Lurton has re
formed and seen the error of hi
ways. Why not forget the past?'
"He went on to say that this pri
rate car affair had already lost th
Ju^go a promotion to the supreme
eourt.
" 'It was President Roosevelt'purpose
to appoint Judge Lurton U
Ivief (aa f hn 1 Q nrVPi
said. 'Judge Taft who was then see
rotary of war, was pressing Lur
ton's name. But Roowrelt g<K th<
story of Judge Lotion's use of prl
Tats cars, and ho dropped that nam
from his list.'
"President Taft and Judge Lnr
too were on the benoh together. A
one time the court was made up o
Taft, L/urton and Day. the latte
being Mr. Jostles Day. of the Unite 1
fltates supreme court. The ^Istrlc
Included Mlcbtgan. Ohio, K?ntuck
and Tennessee. Judge Lurtot owe
his appointment to President Clev?
land.
"A leading member of t|?- Nasb
nile bar and himself a *co^poratlo
lawyer John J. Vertrees. What h
had to say of Judge I.urton take
on added significance frora the fac
that be Is personally a..d profes
etonally tbo judge's friend.
" 'In these days,* said Mr. Vei
It***. 'Judges and lawyers are ap'
to be classified under two heads
those who plaeo the em basis <v
property rights, aDd those * ho place
the emphasis on personal rights. T?
the former class belongs Judge Lur
too.'
The attorney went on to argue
that this position is the correct one
and that stability of prope-tv sboul'
ba made paramount- ' talked with
lawyers In Cincinnati and Memphis
and found nothing to contradict the
tmpreaelon at to Lurton's corporate
and railway leaning*
M*If Judge Lurton ba? ever doelded
a motion or a rase iu ? way
distasteful to the Louisville and
Nashville railroad.' said a Memphis
attorney. 'I have never heard of the I
ease/ and he added: 'This tray:
mean that the L. St N. road la always
right; but If that is what It
meana It Is singular to say th?
least.'
"Judge Lurton's pro-ra>lr6ad and
pro-corporation record covers a po
rtod of about 30 years. It began
when the firm was Lcrton & 8mlth.
end he was local attoruev for the
L. A N. It is made up on many
learned decisions, well written and
fully "buttressed* by hoar? precedent,
and all tending to the weaken
tng of personal and the strengthening
of property rights. They have
^htrlhuted to tha defeat of personsl'
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CHANGE OF POUCY
SOUTHERN NEGRO OFFICE-HOLDERS
SLATED TO GO.
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PmklfDi Toft to Appoint Negroes
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to Office in the North, Instead of
in the South.
"That President Toft is going to
appoint Northern negroeB to office
rather than Southern ones hi the Information
which has been pretty
thoroughly discussed among the politicians
of Washington and elsewhere
since Booker Washington was there
last week," says the Washington
correspondent of The News end
Courier.
As tho result of this policy It Is
expected that tho negroes In the
Booth who aro holding Important
office* will, as their terms expire,
be displaced for the most part by {
whites, and In turn recognition will
be given to colored men In the North.
The Met of colored men holding Important
offices In the South under the
loderal government Includes the following.
;
Robert Bmalls, collector of customs
at Beaufort, 8. C.; Henry A. |
Richer, collector of Internal rove- ]
nte at Atlanta. Qa.; Joseph Lee,
culector of internal revenue at Jack- j
Seville, Fin.; Nathan H. Alexander,
reenter of the land office at Mont- ,
gopery, Ala.; Thomas V. McAllister. ]
rea-lvcr of public moneys at Jack- ^
9or\ Miss.; Walter L. Cohen, regis- ,
tor, of tho land office at New Or- (
leais; Alexander B. Kennedy, recelv- ,
or <1 public moneys at New Orleans; ,
Job) K. Bush, receiver of public ,
motors at Little Rock. ,
Tie course tho President will take
In tie matter of appointing colored ,
men s likely to be Illustrated In tho (
ieloclon of a successor to W. T. ,
Vernin, register of the treasury. {
Book.r T. Washington and other |
wlonl leaders have given their sup- t
port o J. C. Naples, of Nashville, (
"or th place, but It appears that the ,
Prosldnt will probably select a col- ,
irod Ian from the North. I
Woblngton was In Washington a
ew dctH ago, and It la said that he ,
>roteaVd when be learned that
neltberVernon nor Ralph Tyler, the ,
atter a auditor for the navy do- t
lartmeL were to bo ouated. Neither
of tUae pull with Washington. |
' lomon Carry Pistols. (
Worn* of Aurora. Hi., who have
'.o be on he atreets after dark with t
iut eeoota, are carrying email revolvers
Ittked In muffle as a means <
of protect>o against the mysterious 1
'Jack tin Slasher," who made vie- t
'ous attaoa on five women recently
njury clahs against railroads and ]
o the brewing down of federal and {
ttote regultlon of corporations.
"And to this end Judge Lurton <
ins work^wUh ability. He Is a
choiarly ntn of Industrious habits ;
-nd no ami* vices.
" 'He cauwrlte an unsound opln- (
on.' said oh lawyer, 'and make It i
ound ilka tuaic on the water.' J i
"On one evasion, however. Judge i
*,urton waa toquenlly silent. That
"s remombend by lawyers as the j
Ime he overhled the United States
'upreme coti|. The facts were ,
hese: One lelly had sued a ralload
for daro^os to compensate fo*- |
ersonal lujuins resulting from toe
'allure of tho-oad to furnish safety
ppllances retired by the so-called (
oupler law. lodge Lurton protect- |
1 the railroad by reading Into the
>w the neooss'iy for due diligence,
-feantlrae the tame sort of case
vent from ^rknsas to the Unite*' ,
'tales supremo tourt and the latter ]
>ody knocked o^ the 'due diligence' i
'efense. Kelly applied to Lurton <
Or rehearing. Denied,* ruled the |
ourt. 'No opinion,* that was all. '
"Ince then the 'mpreme court har ]
ntervened and tiken the Kelly case j
rom Lurton's cuirt. i
"Judge Lurton: as a member of |
he United Statin circuit court of (
ppeals, found ttfchnlcal grounds for |
eclarlng the emiloyers' liability act ]
nconstltutlonal. i In the appllca- i
Ion of J. K. Ka*i for an Injunction ;
gainst voting oerkta railway stocks, (
'u^ge Lurton ftprod the Sherman
anti-trust law not ta be binding up <
*n him or his rallrocda, much to the i
atlsfactlon of B. K. llarriman, whose
*nnaolldation program was thus made
easy.
""As far baclit "\k4 early '70s
fudge Lurton ?m known as a parMaon
of the rornftp?ilAii? ?<
? r - - ?wo a^aniPi
tho people, defending the claims of
turnpike and early railway companies
to the subsidies voted them by the
State before the wafr
"It is recalled that when he was
% member of the chancellors court he
-ead a paper before the Bar association
arguing the ootfra gufflclency of
tho courts to ctltfb trusts monopoMes.
and depreciating legislation of
thl? character.
"Another paper was read a few
rears ago is devoted td an elaborate
defense of corporations generally.
"Judae Lnrton was bom In Clarfesvllle.
Ky.. but was brought, as a
boy. to Tennessee. He graduated
from the Lebanon Hrbeol of Law.
the oldest Institution of Its sort In
Tennessee. After about four years
as Judge of the chancellors court he
was elected to the State supreme
court bonch. where he served ten
years. He was appolntd to the federal
court In 1868. His residence Is
In Nsshvllle. Hs hss two children
both grown, end living iw?v from
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Obemiiocs
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COCK AND BULL STORY
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Two Men Giro the New York \
Times BUtementA That They Were '
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Bribed bjr the Explorer to Help (
111m Fix I'p Data to Fool the
Public. <
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The Now York Time* prints the
remarkable narrative of two men. t
made under oath. d*-?larlDg that they t
were employed by Dr. Frederick A. i
Cook to fabricate astronomical and i
other observations for submlsalon to
the University of Copenhagen, which 1
is about to pass upon Dr. Cook's 1
assertion that he discovered the >
North Pole on April 21. 1908. These (
men are Oeorga H. Dunkle. an Insur- 1
ance broker, of 81 Nassau street. 9
New York, and Capt. August Wedel 1
Loose, a sea captain, of 487 Tblr- c
teenth street. Brooklyn. For their 1
labors they were to have received t
Jointly from Dr. Cook 94,000 with s
an additional bonus of 9600 to Capt. c
Loose upon the acceptance of the 1
records by the University of Co pen- u
hagen. They say that Dr. Cook had 8
paid them only $200 when he disappeared
on the eve of the dispatch c
af his "records" to Copenhagen two a
weeks ago and his failure to pay the c
mm remaining due them they freely t
acknowledge to be their motive for c
x>mlng forward with the story. a
Accompanying these narratives will
appear copies of the affidavits of *
Capt. Loose and Dunkle affirming C
Lheir accuracy. facsimile of Dr. h
"ook's lust ructions tc Capt. Loose, 1
n Cook's handwriting, in possession t
it The Times and the affidavits of r
"apt. Loose swearing to the accuracy ^
>f the same. The translation of this
memoranda by Dr. Cook la as fol- f*
own: i fc
"Hvartevaag. start March 17-18; *
Jtrong wind?hare." h
"March 30?Observations latitude v
ind longitude; dally obeorv&tlna to h
\prll 23." 8
The Times alao prints the follow- h
ng list under the heading. "What n
Hapt. Loose Says He Suppllod to Dr.
Hook." v
1. Twenty-four altitudes for lati- t
udo sights. I
2. One chart covering routo from C
ivartevang to the Pole, with all of e
Or. Cook's assumed positions marked 1
ipon It. 1
3. Complete observations for time C
knd chronometer rate, as they might 0
lave been taken by Btara at Anoratok a
ind Svartevaag, probaoly 30 In all.
4. Diagram for compass error and
sorrectlon at different points.
6. Calculations for longitude, about s
20 In all.
6. Sixteen observations as they
'ouId have been taken at the North
Polo, In two sets, eight with depree- h
don of Pole considered and eight 3
Alth depression ignored. t
7. Rowdltch'a complete national d
;ablo?. t
8. Aoflneon's tables for correction a
>f altitudes of heavenly bodies. a
ft. American auutjcal almanac for t
several years. c
10. Lloyd's calendar of 1908. t
11. Three admlrallty charts, cov- t
Bring Smith sound and the polar t
regions, Nos. 269, 27 4 and 275. 6
12. One Illlsa .almanac of 1908. d
13. One Negus almanac, 1907. 1
The Times baa followed the steps ?
described by those two men and t
has verified their goings and com- <!
IngH. their purchases of hooka and ?
:harts and the fact of their Intimate
relations with Dr. Cook.
Whether the "observations" calculated
by Capt. lyooae and supplied
is he alleges, to Dr. Cook, were
idopted by the latter and made a
part of his report to tho University
if Copenhagen, It Is. of course. Impossible
to say. without a comparl- '
*on of Capt. lx>o??'rt narrative with 1
that report. Tho Times bus com- '
municated to tho University of Cop- I
i-nhagon the main facts of Capt. '
Loose's story and Mr. Dunkle's and 1
offered to supply to the university 1
the corroborative documents it has
received from these two men. One 1
of these purports to be I)r. Cook's 1
memorandum directing the preparation
of observations from Hvurteraag ]
all tho way to the pole. '
In tho narrative of Capt. I^ooss '
ho frankly expresses bU scorn of '
Dr. Cook's claims, laughs at his ig- 1
r.oranca of ths simplest essentials
for accurate observations In tho Arctic
regions and describes at length j
now, wonting backward from the '
polo, ha calculated observations that <
would fit In with Cook'e narrative '
and coached nlm on the necessary '
modifications of the latter. As, for 1
example, that ho must be sure to <
record that he rose before 4:15
o'clock on a certain morning, because
it was at that hour that a Certain
star, mentioned In one of 1
Loose's calculations, would be vlsl- 1
ble. Mr. Dunkle describes the Inception
of the enterprise; how from
newspapers they gatbored that Dr.
Cook was In deep water and Inferred
that he would be glad to pay
for help; how Dunkle got John R.
Bradley, Cook's hacker, to Introduce
ilm; how the subject was Led up to
delicately and the bargain finally
struck and carried out, and how,
at laat. Dr. Cook disappeared, after
accepting their w^rrk en" pa^dn* only
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$260 for It.
Both Capt. Loom and Mr. Dunkle
tell of a visit to the shop of John
Ollee A Co.. at 128 Front street, a
few days after the captain's talk
with the explorer at the Waldorf and
uf purchasing for Dr. Cook various
nautical and astronomical works,
besides three charts of Smith sound
ind the polar regions. Robert
Flight, who sold the books and
:harts, told a reporter of The Ttmos
:hat he recalled the visit and that
:be purchases were made aa dessiioMl.
The charts sold. Mr. Flight said,
were numbered 260, 274 and 275.
md recalled having asked him when
ho charts were bought if the ci.p.aln
Intended going to the North
Pole.
"And from what I have known
>f tho captain's experience as a
lavlgator and his acquaintance with
>verything pertaining to obeervaions."
said Mr. Flight, "I would
>ot that If any one could find his
vay to tho pole, Capt. Loose is that
nan."
Capt. Loose, In hlB statement. Bays
io stayed at the Qramatan hotel
rom November 16 to November 19.
vorking out observations for Dr.
3ook, and that he and the doctor
tad frequent conferences. Mr. Don:le
went with him on November 16,
eavlng the next day. He and the
aptaln had connecting rooms, Noa.
.26 and 128. Mr. Dunkle reglsered
for them. The hotel register
hows the arrival on November 16
if George H. Dunkle and "Andrew
I. Lewis," the fictitious name agreed
tpon for Capt. Looee. They were
kSsign<Hl to rooms 126 and 12*.
Capt. Loose says he remained deluded
in his room during hla stay
t the hotel so as to run no chance
>f having the doctor found out. All
he time he worked bard on polar
alculatlons, giving them to Dr. Cook
? they were completed.
On the last day of his stay at the
lotel, Capt. Loose says he gave Dr.
'/Ook the final set of observations he
iad made for him and the doctor
banked him profusely, declaring
hat be now felt confident that hie
ecordu would be accepted at Copeniagen.
Capt. Loswe wan born at Bergon,
lorway, on March 17. 1869, and in
lis younger days worked as an aaistant
to bis father, who has long
loon connected with the coast but- (
ey of Norway. Capt. Loose stud- ,
t>d at the Navigation college of Beren
and waa graduated in 1891 with
igheat honors, lie has been In coinjutul
of many sea going vessels.
Lewis Nixon, the shir builder, who
ouches for Cspt. Loose's cotnpeence
ad a navigator, put the capnin
in command of tho torpedo boat
iregory, built for the Russian govrnment.
when It was taken from (
ho ship yardH In these waters across
he ocean. Mr. Nixon declares that (
Tapt. Loose is, In his estlmato, one
>f the "most competent, efilcieut
nd accurate of navigators."
BTOPS TRAIN TO BATHE,
linger Disregarded Schedule on liarrluian
Railroad.
A dispatch from K1 Paso. Tex.,
ays Krltzi Scheff stopped one of
rira. K. H. Harriman's passenger
rains in the heart of the Arlzons
leesert while she took a bath. The
rain was runntng fast and rocking
. good deal, eo that when Miss Schoff
ittempted to take her morning ablulon
the water insisted on bitting the
oiling.of her private car. This was
oo much. The conductor was no
Ifled and stopped his train on the
Irst siding, which happened to be
Iteln's Paea. He telegraphed to the
llspatcher that he would have to
lave now running orders, aa Mlse
loheff Instated on remaining there
intll her bath waa finished. The orlor
w?a compiled with, aa Miss
Icheff was paying for the train.
FATAL 8HOOTIMO SCRAPE.
1 Uajrrr HhaoU I*own Town Marshal
of Byron, d a.
At Byron. On., on Wednesday C.
2. Bateman. town marshal, was fatally
injured by A. T. Harper, a
Hwyer, in a duel with pistols on the
Principal street of the town. Hatenan
charged that Harper bad de?troyed
the happiness of his home
ind attacked the latter wl'h a heavy
walking cane. Harper pulled his
pistol and fired five nhoia. two of
which took eflf??ct. Bateuwtn drew
lis plctol as he fell and fired upon
Harper, but Harper waa not Injured.
Hateman was rushed to a Ma:on
hospital, where the atatoinjnt
wna glvon out that his Injuries were
Tata).
Refused to be Hazed
When several telegraph messenger
boys gathered around Ralph HoaJarson,
aged 15, a new recruit to their
ranks In front of the Atlanta Terminal
station late Wodnesday meparatory
to "Initiating" him he turned
on them with an open knife.
Ralph Buice. aged 15. was stabbed
by young Henderson through the
left lung, probably fatally. Henderson
Is bold In tbo city Jail pending
the result of Bulce's Injuries.
Lynchers Foiled.
A mob of several hundred citizens
went to Dublin, Ga., Wednesday evening
determined to lynch Hansom
Newoome. a negro, who was placed
In the county Jail l3st. week, charged
with crtmina! assault npon a white
woman. The aherlff, however, had
anticipated the mob and Saturday
night removed Nawcome to the Jail
of an adjoining county
|AWFUL CRIME
Nefrt Sbyt Iwo Women aid Fatal!
Wounds Third.
AXE THE WEAPON USED
>lrs. Kliza Grlbble and Mr*. Currl
Ohlander, Who Was Crimlnall;
Assaulted Before Being Killed
and Mrs. Maggie Hunter, Victim
of Terrible Tragedy In Ha van nab
Victims of a revolting crime, Mrs
Eliza Qribble. aged 70 years, and he
daughter, Mrs. Carrlo Ohlaoder, wen
found dead in their home, No. 40]
Perry street. West, in Savannah, Qa.
Friday, while a third woman, Mre
Maggie Hunter, aged 3 2, found jus
inside th> front door of the house
fa at tha fla v?nnoV? Krvanlf at
Physicians state that Mrs. Ohland
er was the victim ot a criminal as
aault Just before ahe was killed.
One hundred and fifty negro men
caught In the meshes of the pol.c<
drag net through Y&macraw, th<
negro section of the city, are priso
uers in the police station, the theorj
of the police being that a negr<
man. having planned an assault upor
Mrs. Ohlandcr, was compelled tc
commit the other crimes in order t<
escape.
Other arrests will be made untt
every negro In the city who In any
way resembles the description of ?
negro who durfh'g three days had
been frequently about the premiset
of the house ot the murders Is c
prisoner.
The police believe that this negro
using an axe taken from the wood'
shod In the rer.r ot the Oribble home
beat Mrs. Oribble to death, struck
jown Mrs. Hunter and after assaulting
Mrs. Ohlander !n the wide, lonn
hall way, where the bodies wort
found, finished his terrible work b>
beating In her skull with tho weapon
Mrs. Grlbblo evidently was attacked
from behind, as she eat In an easy
chair reading. On the floor, tresldt
lior body, were found the newspaper
she was reading and her spectacles
One. or possibly two, blows wort
divait her. Her grfcy hair, blood
matted, uhows tho imprint of the
blunt axe.
Thfln f htt mnr^nr aKm ltKflv n n.
proucntng aged Mrs. Orlbblc, killed
her. It Id believed that Mr?. Ohlander
waH attacked as she left her room
to outer tho hull way, whh assaultis!
and klllod. Mrs. Hunter's skull
was ern?hed la and her death id a
matter of but a few hours.
Th? motley hord of prisoners ur?<
quiet and frightened In the police
station and Jull. It is believed that
If the negro suspected of the crlrm
is caught he can be Quickly identified.
Bloodhounds have been at work
in an effort to take the trail frooi
the woodshed where the axe was
found by the murderer, but of
tho house of mureders is almost
within tho heart of tho city and at
tho murders wore probably committed
several hours before tho discovery
of the bodies, tho dogs will b<
of little use.
Mayor Tledeman, of Savannah, hat
offered a reward of $1,000 for th<
capture with evidence to convict 01
the alayer of Mrs. Grlbble and Mrs
Olilander, and tho assailant of Mrs
Maggie Hunter, who was not identi
fled for hours after the discover]
of the murders.
It la now almost certainly knowr
that a negro, tbo negro who was
first suspected Is the culltv man
Pornon9 have been found who stat<
that this negro was seen entering
the Orlbble house w'ltb the fata
axe In his hand, and was seen clos
ing the shutters to the windows o
the house, and to leave the premls
ee. all at the hour when It Is be
lleved the murders were committed
This negro'B description has beei
piloted on handbills and scatters
broadcast over tho city and county
with the reward offered. and al
nearby towns have been notitlod am
are on the lookout. Police officer
In automobiles have covered all th
roads for miles surrounding the city
while posses on foot have scoure<
tho places where automobiles couli
not go. The house-to-house nearc
of negro homes continues. It seem
hardly possible that the egro ca
long remain at large.
BOY STRANGLED TO DEATH.
Spartanburg Lad Accidentally Hand
Himself In Bath Room.
William Pendleton, aged 9 year
a son of the Rev. W. H. K. Pendh
ton. rector of tho Church of th
Advent, was found dead In the bat
room at his home a few morning
ago In Spartanburg. 8. C. He ev
dently bad been dead for some tlnv
Tbo boy went Into the bath room t
brush his hair, mounted a chal
whi<*ta tilted and bla shirt waist co
lar caught on a hemk on the do<
and he strangles! to death befot
assistance conld reach blm. He wi
found by the Japanese sorvant w*t
found him hanging with hla bat
to the wall, and big feet ai>out tv
Inches above the jfbor. Mr. and Mr
Pendleton were /In the city at tl
time doing *?elr Christmas aho
ping and had purohue6d preserve t
tho lad .'
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GAS TANK EXPLODES
DEALING DEATH AND DE8TRUCV
* TION TO MANY PEOPLE.
Large Number of Workmen, Blown
High in the Air, Disappear In
Columns of Flnim".
A dispatch from Hamburg, QerL*
many, says the explosion of two gas
^ tanks 4U the eo-caillod "Klein's
Grasbrook," on the Kibe front
I, Wednesday afternoon was followed
by an extensive tire and the Iosb of
* many lives. The explosion was due
u to a leak In a new gasometer. The
escaping gas entered the retoit
* house, where It cume In contact with
r tho fires, causing a terrific exploj
slon. A large number of workmen
\ were engaged In rebuilding and en
largtng the plant. Twenty-flvo of
the men were employed near the
gasometer. They disappeared In a
mass of flames which shot up to a
great height.
Firemen with apparatus appeared
quickly on the scene but they were
unable to approach in targe force,
owing to the isolated situation of
the establishment. Up to a late
hour 10 men are reported dead and
17 missing. It Is almost certain
that all of these are dead. Forty
men were dangerously injured, of
whom several can not recover.
The fire gained rapid headway,
and threatened the oil gasometer
containing 60,000 cubic metres. 8o
intense was the heat and so dangerous
their position, the firemen were
compelled to withdraw to a safe distance.
A terrific explosion soon occurred
and tho tower became a mass
of flames, which leaped hundreds
of feet In the air, sending fragments
of glowing coke far and wide
over the city and harbor.
After strenuous efforts, the fire
was got under control and the rescue
work was carried on vigorously
There is little hope of finding th?
bodies of the missing if they have
been killed, as they undoubtedly
have been Incinerated.
The new gasometer which exploded
was the largest In the world, having
a capacity of 200.000 cubic me
tres. The city appropriated 14,000,000
marks (13,500,000) for. Its construction.
FOOLKJ UIjER NEEDED.
He Should Gather In These Two
Fellows or Quit.
One of the moet unlquo pair oi
globe trotters that hove yet conn
I under p.fbllc notice will soon b?
aevn In America, having engugec
passage on a ship Balliug for New
York from England next we??k. The}
are two ltallano and they are travel
Ing around the world in a barrel.
Their namea are Vleinello Eugene
and Zanadl Attlliua, and for a wagot
of 17,000 they are endeavoring to
circle the globe In a barrel three
yards long and about four feet It
' diameter. They take turna, om
man rolling the barrel while the
1 other slta ins:de The conditions arc
' that they must get their food and
clothing by selling postcards In the
towns through which they pnss. The
men say they began their Jotirnoj
! at Vienna Inst Juno The time tc
t>? occuplod In the attempt is 12
years.
f DOUBLY MARRIED,
Couple Claiming to be Man and Wife
Wedded Again.
1 Qnffnoy hod a novelty In the mar1
rlage lino recently. Minn Annlf
Klrkaey, of Gastonla, and Mr. Jas
? Mager, of Mooreavllle. N. C-, allghtt
nd from the train at Gaffnoy Sun
1 day morning and announced that
' they had Just been made man and
' wife; but shortly after the ir arrival
" the chief of police received a mes
sage from the parents of the young
lady to the effect that the couple
1 wero not married and to arreet them,
i The lady Informed the officers tuat
they could be married again and
1 securing the services of Mr. H. M
3 Bobbins, notary public, were boon
8 tied up tight and fust,
e ? ? ?
lutul himw Storm.
Blinding clouds of finow. accompanied
by lower temperature and n
3C rnllea nu hour wind, swept over
3 Chicago and the surrounding teru
rltory Wednesday, bringing death to
three persons. One of the victims
a laborer, was found dead from colri
and exposure. The other two wer<
raJlroad switchmen, who, blinded bj
;s snow, were run over by engines
Fatally Bamrd.
s The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs
^ Grover Oodfery, who live about tot
miles from Gaffney, wa6 fatally burn
h ed on Wednesday. Tbc mother wai
rj si iii*? us!u uuikiug. leaving ine iit
tie two-year-old girl and her broth
B. er, who was S. In the house. Th<
0 clothing of the girl caught Ore ant
r> was burned entirely off before th<
j. mother could reach her.
>r 1 1 ?
re Historic Tree Fe|le<L
is The historic Washington oak tre
to at Dloom field, N. J., under whlcl
?k Oen. Washlngrou and his staff heh
ro a council of war on their way t
s. Morriatown, has been felled and 1
is being cut np Into Are wood. Th
p- local authorities found It imposalbl
or to aave the tree after It had bee
repeatedly rubsonod
BRUTAL MURDER I
Aa Aged Georgia Citizen Beatea It 1
Death iy Thug
NEAR HIS STORE DOOR
JuHt lJcfoiv Dying, Not Bring AbVa
to Speak, the Murdered Mao Wrote
on a Strip of Paper That m Negro
by the Name of Jule Dogett Sit
The Allffuntn rhmnlMu ??" v "
murder of Mr. Zaehary Kendrlck.
who lived about twenty-one miles
from Augusta, lost Wednesday night,
van one of the moat burtal that ever
took place in that section of the
county. Ho was seventy-eight years
of age. Without having a known
enemy this old gontleman, a veteran
of many battles In the Civil
War. lived a quiet life with hta family.
operating a country store in addition
to his farm.
Hie store wan about ISO yards
from his residence and was on the
roadside, whl'jh h.ls residence was
oif from the road. Aa U common
among merchants In the country,
u here the trade Is not large enough
to employ some one In the store all
the time, a discarded plow was hung
up by a wire near the store and the
b?attng on tho plow with another
Iron Instrument, notified the proprietor
that a customer awaited.
While at supper Wednesday
night Mr. Kendrlck heard beating
on the plow and when he finished
the meal went, store key in hand,
to ascertain what was wanted. As
the aged man was In the act of
entering his place of business he
u as struck with a piece of wood,
a terrible blow on the head, causing
hlni to sink to the floor of his
store piazza. His assassin with some
sharp Instrument, beat htm on tho
face and bead, cutting a large gash
hot ween bis eyes, one oq his upper
Mp, and other places on his bead.
\Jr. Kendrlck was rendered unconscious
and probably would have died
In the nn<il!tnn In l.? ? ,-4'
r^w...v.. " UIWII UTJ rtJii ?
by bin murderer, but u neighbor, Mr. E
Hi lit* Lewis. hoaxing the noise mado E
by the plow, flnished his supper and H
casually strolled to the Kendrlck Rn
store to buy a piece of tobaoco. M
Ah he approached the place he not* H|
ed that there was an ominous nt>
U'Oce al>out the store. In the Ken- H
drlck residence, whlcjj, ah stated, R9
Is only a short distance from the H|
Store, a light wan shining brightly.
Mown the road near the store the DM
fi.-st retreating kirm of a human j|0
being was seen by Mr. Lew la. Tha H
murderer had been some on? ap HI
proachlng and wan getting away m
from the scene uu fast uh possible. tog
His evident Intention of robbing th? H
iged man bad failed. Sp
Mr. Lewis walked on to the store t||!
and as be cllml>ed the stops be saw H
i key in the lock unturned, a bloody H
s'lck near and the body of Mr. H
Kendrlck lying on the floor oncon- ?9
scioua In a pool of blood fiB
Horrified at flrHt, but realizing the
awful condition of affairs and the H
necessity of Immediate action, Mr. |jj||
Lewis allowed tho fleeing form to tt|j
go on his way unmolested for tba b6
time and In i.s tender manner m H
poeeible he lifted the prostrate, blood
bodrenched and almost lifeleee form Hg
of hie neighbor and friend and took H
It to his home where hla family Bra
was waiting for him entirely on- Eg|
aware of a tragedy which hod been BB
enacted only a few >ar<la fro mtbelr
own doorstep. ||S
The nelgnborhood was aroused. K5
aNiiiN? - * * *
TI HIIU|) IIICUU9 nilUHUt'M'fl roeir
aervlcou. One w?nt Ave miles to Bk
Appling for Dr. J. L. Weeks, the
fatally physician, while nmny other H|
willing hands did all in their power
to resuscitate the then Jylng man.
The news of the terrible affair Bjjl
Hpread almost by magic. NelghboreKg
harried to the Kendrick home. Eg
About two hrurs after sustAlnlncHjl
the Injury Mr. Kendrick became con-^H
scloufl. Ills terrible wound prohlMtrRfji
ej his telling of the ordeal lhr.>lcfcH||
v ljlch he had puoivd. lie .< vUMlHglj
only look with n mute appeal agouHg
1 those who were gathered about
. bedside. Into the tearful eyes of hla^H
> fond da ugh or and the anxious
' enraged fares of his neighbors,
r were very solicitous regarding hb^BB
condition yet who were bent on th^E|
destruction of the beast who ba(H||
dealt the cruel blows upon his hoar^Kf|
head. ibBS?
> Finally midnight .jam* and sa th^Rs
sufferer lay upon his bed and fel^EK
5 that the end was drawing near
- motioned for a pencil and pape^^B
- Ha could not speak, although dH|
p Weeks was administering as
1 a physician's skill could to the wan^^H
e of the dying man. Raising hlmncflffig
on the bed, Mr. Kendrlck wrote. HBj
rather scribbled on a piece of
per "Jule Dnsrgett bit me." Ho sa^Hfl
back exhausted. Within two
h utes bis heart bad ceased to be^BBI
d Mr. Ram Hardy, one of the nelf^EH
o bors. went to the home oi Daep-'t^^B
t father and there arretted Julius P^H&j
* gett. The elder Daggett profei-^BH
e much surprise at Mr. Kendrlck
n I killed, but the alleged murvlcrerH mm
[ maintaining % sullen sileaoe. jjfiMB