Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 16, 1910, Image 2
WRECK OF TOWNS
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hi Ike Death and Injury of a Great
Mauy People by Terrible
ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE
Onwt Disaster Befalls Italy.?Death
and Devastation are Caused by the
Severe Earthquakes?Troops Hasten
to Render Aid.?Survivors
Fiee in Terror into the Country.
A dispatch from Naples says a
severe earthquake Bhock caused a
number of deaths and much property
damage In Central Campania early
Tuesday. The disturbance appears
to have centered* In the Province of
Avelllno.
Meager Information received this
week indicates that the greatest damage
was clone at Caltri (Avelllna Province.)
Calltri is said to have been
half destroyed and twenty people are
reported to have been killed at that
place.
Other deaths occurred at Valata, |
nearby, and it is feared that fatall'
les will be reported from other
villages which for a time are cut off
from all communication with Naples.
The shock occurred at 3.07 Tuee- i
day morning while the people were ;
still in their beds. Many houses at i
Calitri tumbled, hurrying the occu- j
pants in the ruins.. I
Those who escaped death of serious
injury fled terror stricken from j
their homes and into the country. <
None wanted to don street clothes
and as a result many subsequent suf- ,
fered from exposure. <
Troops were dispatched from all ,
quarters Into the affected district as (
soon ns the loss of life and property ]
damage became known to the gov- |
eminent and officers of nearby cities.
News from Salerno, at the head of ,
the Gulf of Salerno, thirty miles east \
of Naples, is to the effect that the
bock w-as distinct there and caused ]
considerable damage. Details are .
lacking.
TllP ahnplf 11? fid folt fnr ton onnonilo
In the province of Avellino. It was
also felt strongly, but for a shorter |
time, at Coxenza. Paoloa, Can tan- ,
xaso, Reggio, Potenza, Benevento. |
Capua and Melfl. It is said, however,
that the damage In these |
towns was not serious and thai (
there was no loss of life.
fThe shocks was first felt in the ,
departments of Rasillcata, Claebria
and Sicily. Although centered in j
the Province of Avellino, it extend- j
ed throughout the provinces of Benevento,
Campobussa, Casert and (
Naples. 1
A panic was created at Terre An- (
nunztata and Terre Del Greco, where j
the population live in constant feaT (
of an eruption from Mount Vesuvius. |
Reports from Rascllicata says (
and Uie sleeping town was arroused
Potfca. Similar reports come from
Paola and Catazaro in the compartment
of Claebria and from Palermo i
on t.he northern coast of Sicily.
The province of Avellino occupies
the central part of the compartment
of Campania and is directly east of
Naples. Calitri, which according to
reports, suffered the most, is a town J
of 800 inhabitants. It is situated (
Oil thi? Oan ntn rivor auvoeol
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northeast of Conza.
It was the darkest hour of the
morning when the shock was felt !
and the sleeping town was arorsed
by the shaking of walls, the rattling
of furniture and the falling of plaster
from the ceilings. In a moment
panic Reized the 20,000 Inhabitants
who live In dally fear of a seismic
disaster. Half naked men, women
and children fled from their homes
screaming with terror. They had in
their minds visions of a Messina and
the horror of Reggio. Recently there
was gossip about a prediction that
the approach of Halley's comet portended
the end of the world.
The authorities kept their heads,
but they could not stay the mad ru6h
for the squares and open districts.
Wild confusion prevailed and the
frightened on> s could not be reasoned
with; could not be stopped. In
the squares hundreds threw themselves
upon their faces and implored 1
the mercy of the Almighty. Then
the religion fervor found expression
in nair organized processions to the
shrine of St. Andrew's, the protector
of the town. Others climbed to
the sanctuary of Monte Verglne.
After several hours of frantic entreaty
the authorities succeeded in
reestablishing a semblance of calm
and relief squads were organized. It
was then found that no one had been
killed, although an aged man had
died during the excitement. Many
houaes were damaged as were the
belfries of the churches.
As is usually the case the inhabitants
refused to re-enter their
homes, fearing that another quake
would occur. Throughout the day
the police were busy bringing together
the scattered members of
families and reassdring the frightened
ones.
Lightning Hit Bayonets.
Lightning struck the bayonets in
a patrol that was maneuvering at
Trasnoye-Selo, Russia, Thursday, and
killed one soldier.
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SACK AND BURN
CAUSE REIGN OF TTRROR IN
YALL.ADOLI1), MEXJCO.
Yucatan Indiana Rise Up and MomkAcre
the Mexicans and Spread
Terror* in That Region.
The most Berious tiprlsinx with
which the Mexican government has
had to deal in a long time has start
ed in the State of Yucatan, and the
troops are being rushed to the disturbed
area. In the meantime, reports
which have reached Vera Cruz
indicate that there has been much
bloodshed and that the insurgents
are preparing for a battle with the
government forces, which is sure to
come soon.
The Independent newspaper. El
Dtctamen. publishes dispatches from
Merida, the capital of Yucatan, to
the effect that forty persons were
killed by the Maya Indians on Saturday.
Further dispatches received
here state that 5,000 of these
Indian insurgents sacked the
town of Valladolld, 95 miles to the
southeast of Merida, killing all the
principal government employes, ths
chief of police and others.
They seized rifles and pistols and
instituted a reign of terror. Many of
the inhabitants of Valladolld are
fleeing to Merida.
The gunboat Morolos has already
left VOra Cruz, with 600 soldiers
aboard, while the Yucatan gunboat
Zaragoza is lying in the harbor ready
to take 1,000 additional troops, who
ire expe-'ted soon to arrive from the
interior.
Railroad and telegraph communication
between Merida and the
jcene of the trouble is now cut off.
Twenty miles of the Yucatan railroad
have been destoyed by the Iniians.
It is reported that many telegraph
operators have been killed
ir are held as prisoners. The jefe
politico and the judge of the criminal
court are among the dead.
The rebels are strongly entrenched
in anticipation of the advance of
the federal troops. Maximiliano
itamirex Honilla, the former rebel
leader, and Col. Victor Montonegro
ire said to be at the head of the
uprising.
The towns of Tinum, Uayma, and
Tunkas. all between Merida and Valladolld,
have been attacked, but the
reports say that the families of all
hp rpaiHpntc ?vn. u
. xwvtv/ vu, I'i. Uilltlilis, IlttVtf
been unmolested. To what extent
:lie insurgents pillaged at these
[daces has not yet been learned.
A strict censorship has not been
istahlisbed. The original telegrams
giving the first details of the uprising
were sent before the government
took charge of the news.
It is understood that the cause
if the trouble is dissatisfaction on
he part of the Indians over the acion
of government otficials regardng
lands, ^ but the exact point of
ontroversj iias not been made clear
n the reports. It is not thought
hat any Americans are involved.
SHOWING 1 l? I'KAIIY.
rook Advuntage of Fruiikw's Condition
to Rob Him.
Commander Robt. E. Peary, who
vas served at Berlin, Germany with
apers in a suit for $10,000 brought
?y Rudolph Franke, left Berlin for
London Thursday morning. The
Ymierican explorer had nothing to
idd to his statement that he had
ilaced the matter of litigation in the
lands of American A inlumaailnr mil
Franke was associated with L)r.
Frederick A. Cook in north polar exdoration,
and alleges that Peary
ound him ill at Etah and took advantage
of his condition to secure
?is collection of furs and walrus and
lorwhal teeth as the price of trans
torting him homeward.
While in Berlin Commander Peary
laid to a friend that he would conend
that the German courts had no
mrisdiction in the matter as he had
10 property or domicile there. He
inticipated, he said, that the box
iffice receipts at Philharmonic hall,
where he lectured Wednesday, would
!>e attached and he was surprised that
..hey were not.
The case will come up on June 2 6.
Mr. Peary has arranged to be represented
iu court by an attorney.
He expects to sail from England for
New York on Sunday.
Ml'KDEKKl) ON STREET.
Man's ('onipauion Turns I'pon Him
Without Warning.
At Chicago PhUlippo Calolano,
thirty-two years old, was mysterious
j iiiuiuneu wniie waiKing along a
street In the Southslde, "Little Italy,"
Monday. He was with two
companions, when one of them suddenly
turned and fired five shots into
Calalano's body.
The other companion wi? not
harmed. He is Edgar Aedete, and
told the police he had never seen the
slayer until a few minutes before
the shooting, when the three men
met in a restaurant.
Catalano was a former saloonkeeper,
but was put out of business
by the police, who had considerable
trouble with him . He wajt both hated
and feared by his countryman
ind it is believed his murder was
the result of a plot.
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Tare act vaud
Important Decision to Farmers Rendered
by Judge DeVore
ABOUT BUYING COTTON
Counsel for Defense Announces Case
AVI11 Be Appealed ?o the Supreme
Court.?Action Test of Constitutionality
of 1910 Act. law Provides
Six Per Cent. Reduction.
Judge DeVore has handed down
on order sustaining the magistrate
in the cotton tare case, brought to
test the constitutionality of the Cotton
Tare Act of 1910. Messrs. Lyles
and Lyles, attorneys for W. G. Mullins,
of Columbia, who was charged
with violation of the Act, state that
they will appeal the case to the
Supreme Court.
The Cotton Tare Act provides that
6 per cent, of the bale of cotton
sold shall be deducted for tare.
Heretorfore the amount was twenty
pounds, as is the case in other
States.
1. That the Act of the Legislature
deprived the defendant of the
equal protection of the laws.
2. That the Act of the Legislature
deprives the defendant of his liberty
and property without due process
of law.
Judge DeVore says as to the first
point: "It is well settled that the
Legislature has a right to make different
classes, and so long as all
menil>erB of the same class are treat?
111 I * *1. **
<:u aiini-, ii me ciassincation bo reasonable,
the Courts will not declare
such legislation unconstitutional.'
Citing a case. Judge DeVore concludes:
"The defendant, being engaged
in the busines of buying cotton,
comes within the classification made
by the legislature, and. in my opinion.
is not deprived of the equal protection
of the laws."
On the second point Judge DeVore
says that the test seems to be
whether the regulations of the Legislature
are reasonable. "If they are
unreasonable," he says, "then such
legislation is unconstitutional; if
they are reasonable, then, in the
exercise of its police power,"
the Legislature has the right
to enact the iaw. In t.he absence of
a statute on the subject, the reasonableness
of a contract Is a question
for the judiciary, but if there
is legislation on the subject, and the
Legislature had the power to pass
such a law, then the statute controls."
Citing several cases, Judge DeVore
concludes:
"The cotton buyers and cotton
sellers differ as to the amount of
bagging and ties that should ho nino. I
ed on a bale of cotton. The Legislature
intervened and established a
scale of cotton tare, and, so far as
I am able to judge, the legislation is
reasonable.
"Cotton is one of the chief products
of this State. There are a
great many persons and a great deal
of property and a number of organizations
engaged in the cotton business.
"What the tare Is in this State,
w-hat it is in Liverpool or what it is
in New York, are not matters for this
court to consider. This Court will
presume that the I.egislture took
into consideration the conditions controlling
the marketing of cotton and
enacted the proper law regarding the
tare. Hut this is not a new question
in this state. A law fixing tare
on?.cotton seems to have been enacted
as far back as 1 846.
"Cotton buyers have a great many
customers, many of w-hom are ignorant
and I can readily see how such
legislation as this may be both wise
and beneficial."
The judgment of the magistrate,
is therefore, affirmed by Judge De
vore.
\V. G. Mullins, a cotton buyer of
Columbia, was arrested a few weeks
ago for violation of the Act, and the
case was a test case to determine the
constitutionality of the Act. It is
stated that $1,800,000 is involved in
the Act. It will be carried to the
Supreme Court. The State Farmers'
Union is interested, and all dealers
in cotton are watching the proceeding
with great Interest.
Mt'TK Kll,LRI) ON HAIL.
J. T. Carter Fatally Struck by a
Passing Train.
J. T. Carter, bookkeeper for the
Kennedy Mercantile Company, at
Blackstock, was knocked down and
killed Wednesday morning by Train
No. 3 6. one-half mile below Blackstock.
while on bis way to work. Mr.
Carter regularly travelled the pule
lic road, but probably on account
of the heavy rains of Tuesday,
which rendered travelling heavy, was
using the railroad track. Passengers
state that the engineer blew his
whistle several times, and endeavored
to slow down his train when he
saw what was going to happen. The
deceased leaves a wife and four children.
He was formerly a professor
In the State institution for the deaf,
dumb and blind, at Cedar Springs.
I ANOTHER CHAPTER PENDING IN
THE TILLMAN ROW.
Young Mrs. Tillman Sues for Cash
She Claims Her Husband Squandered
of Hers.
A Columbia dispatch says another
sensational legal battle is abdut to
1 be joined between Senator Tillman's
, family and his daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Lucy Dugan Tillman, of Edgefield,
who gained such a signal victory over
the senator and his son last winter
before the supreme court in the
light for the possession of Mrs. Tillman's
two little daughters.. <
Edgefield relatives of Mrs. Tillman
say Attorneys DePass and HePass of
Columbia have been employed to
insMfnto milt "
?ejatucv JUUUfi D. rv.. I
Tillman to recover money he acqulr- i
ed out o.f her estate and money 1
which he borrowed from her and col- i
lected from her rents to the extent j
of about $13,000 and that while he i
is possessed of practically no property
It is hoped to make Senator
Tillman pay the judgment if one can
be secured. ]
A representative of the law firm (
mentioned was In Edg field recently ,
in conference with Mrs. Tillman on c
the subject of bringing this suit", but j
when asked today whether the pa- s
pers had been filed in court he said ,
that the complaint had not been a
and would not be until after the a
tlrm's rush of business was over with ^
court here in Richland, that as a j
matter of fact it was not yet deter- a
mined In what amount the suit would r
be brought for.
It is said in Edgefield that the two
children were carried to see their
father recently for a short visit. ^
much against the inclination of their j ^
mother and against their own wishes.
Mrs. Tillman's counsel advise | (
her not to refuse this request, it is 1
said. \V.hen her Columbia attorneys]^
were asked about this they said that ^
they had not been advised that such
request had been granted or made.
SMALLPOX IN CHARLESTON.
Camcs of IH?batable Character Receiving
Attention.
The News and Courier says ih?
officials of the city health office hav-?
discovered several cases in various
parts of the city which they believe
to be smallpox, and which are now
receiving the attention of several
physicians. The health officer has
requested the aid of the police department
in keeping isolated the
patients and inmates of the build
ings believed to contain these cases.
Several policemen were detailed
Tuesday night to stand in front of
the various houses in order to make
sure that nobody entered or left the
dwellings i? 1? ?o
_ Qw. tv to ?ko ;ct itui ut; r i ill n
whether the cases are genuine smallpox.
but the health otllcials are unwilling
to take any chances, and are
making a rigid examination. There
have been, it is stated, several minor
cases of smallpox in Charleston during
the last few months; the sickness
appearing among whites as
well as negroes.
WANT THKM MOVKI).
Negro Soldiers Not Wanted Because
of Their Acts.
For the second time within a few
months members of ihe Twenty-fifth m
United States infantry (the negro
regiment of Brownsville fame) were
paraded before a woman in an effort
to pick out a criminal; the result r
was negative as was the case in the JL
| case of the first affair.
| LMrB. J. W. Redring, a woman who
asserts she was attacked in her
home by a negro dressed as a soldi
r, was unable to identify any of
the soldiers as her assailant. 1
As a number of them acted as I
escort at the funeral of Major John
S. Kulp. the inspection will be continued
later. Residents near Fort
Uawton, wh?ire the negroes are stationed,
are preparing to hold a mass
meeting for the removal of the battalion.
A CAKKLKSS XntSE.
Causes the Death of an Infant ia
I 'It
0
At Charleston Little Fraser Graff.
Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Graff, who was permitted by the
carelessness of his nurse to drink I
concentrated lye in the house of I
the nurse Mondajy afternoon died
Sunday at the Roper hospital..
Carrie James, the nurse, who was
arrested Monday and held by the
police department charged with criminal
carelessness was liberated Von- f
day afternoon following the inquest
over the Infant's body. The father of
the child said that he thought it
was simple carelessness on the part
of the nurse with no maliciousness
and the verdict of the jury was that ?
the child met an accidental death In
the way stated as a result of carelessness
of the nurso. The nurse (|
is only 16 year? old- and had just y
been employed.
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PROTECT THE NEGRO.
Law Abiding Blacks at Orange, Tex.,
to Re Guarded.
Following the mass meeting on
Thursday called by Mayor Brown, of
Orange, Texas, at which an organization
was perfected to protect the
law-abiding negroes, a proclamation
was issued by the Mayor ordering ai>
saloons closed at nine o'clock until
further orders.
District Judge Powell has also
been urged to call a special court
and empanel a grand jury to investigate
the assassination of the negroes.
Rankin. Moore and Lemon,
on Sunday night last.
Gov. Campbell has been requested
by the Orange officials to supplement
the reward of % 1,000 offered by the
citizens for the arrest and conviction
of the perpetrators of the
crimes against the negroes.
The better class of white people
are now fully organized to protect
the negroes from the lawless acts of
certain elements of the wjilte population.
This latest turn in the racial
troubles is iue to the failure of
a jury to convict Jack White, a negro,
charged with killing a white
man.
Fell in a Well.
On 3unday morning the body of
Llge Pontoon, a negro, who worked
>n the place of Mr. J. W. Baughman
lear Wagener, was found in a well
>n his premises. It is supposed that
le fell in the well by accident upon
irrlving home Saturday night. The
nan was missed by his wife, who,
ifter a search, discovered tbe body
it the bottom of the wel. which is
10 feet deep. His skull was crushed
n by the fall. An inquest was held
ind a verdict of accidental death
endered.
Both Factions Beaten.
Late returns from the South Daiota
primary indicate that George
V. Kgan. the in.ienensient rennhltenn
andldate for governor, has won over
overnor Vassey the "progressive"
andidate for renomination and S. II.
ilford Lho "stalwart" candidate.
Cgan's supoprters claim the election
>y three to five thousand votes.
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Scalped Girl Will Recover.
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Voss, 13 years old. daughter of
a prominent citizen, of Monroe, La.,
will probably recover, according to
attending physicians. The little
girl's hair was caught in the fastturning
shaft of a motor l?oat late
Tuesday afternoon and .her entire
scalp was torn off.
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