The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 05, 1906, Image 1
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Lucid Discussion on Cause of
Yellow fever
1HE EVER ACTIVE MOSQUITOES
fympobysium on Insect-Born Hold by
Convention at New Orleans Results
i" Practically Unanimous Accopt
ante of New Doctrine ? Assistant
! Secretary M'Kelway of Child La
bor Committee, Roads Paper De
'daring Probably 00,000 Children
Umier 11 are in Southern Mills ?
Paper by Rev. J. A. Baldwin, of
Charlotte, on Condition of Mill
i Workers.
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New Orleans, Special.- ? By far 1 lie
r hint's*. (M'clional meeting ol the. con
V*>/f ?? ?li of scientists v> us (hat whic>.
:t tended tlic symposium on yellow
rvcr .Mid other insect-born < Use uses
o the sect ion on physiology an<l ex
|ct iiiH:n(al medicine lliis afternoon,
?'lie experiences of the tight in New
Orleans last summer ami the lessons
/?> lie. drawn fiom it and a descrip
ion ol' the original investigations in
Cuba under the Heed commission
pn>v? tl subjects of groat interest to
Jli" vn;itin{* delegates. At the con
'^ln.-ion of the symposium there was
lirait ::'a!ly unanimous acceptance of
| lie <!o< trinv that yellow fever is alon<
(MiiiiMuiicated b/-4lipp ste^omya fas
Jala.
Surgeon J. II. White, of tin- .Marine
?.-pital Service, who had charge of
e lever ti^h l here, gave the results
1 >r. Recti's (hidings as they were
jscived in New Orleans. l)r. .James
iutoII. who was a member of the,-]
eed commission, declared that with
it rnosquftos there could lie no yellow
i.v?-r, and detailed at length his ex
>riei?ee in Cuba.
Assistant Secretary A. >J. Melvel
?y. of the National Child Labor
|?)mniittee, attracted ninch attet^**-'
*" Jlh a paper on the cbj*I >
Vtff*
the South ami pointrm^
tiger of race degeneracy involved
sending little children to the mills,
je said there were probably 00,000
<jiidivn under .14 years at work -in
ifuihcrr. mills, and how to correct
5? t vil was an American problem,
jenuse it concerned tl"* depreciation
I the purest American stock on the
jut incut.
| lOllwr interesting papers on the
[ 'progress of the Negroes ol* Virginia
I >| Property Owners," by Charles Ed
Vrton, of tire Bureau of Corporations
J \Vashin*>ton, and tlie *' Southern
?olt??n Mill Workers and their Con
it ion,'.' by Bev. J. A. Baldwin, of
harlritte, N. ('., were read.
Professor W. I?. Warner, of Cleve
land. who accompanied the Congres
ionai Committee to the isthmtis, read
paper in which he said that unless
sea -leva 1 canal was built in Panama,
nil ttie work now in progress would
Joe in vain. . ? -
Grateful for Legal Hanging.
I Gadsden, Ala. Special, ? Jack Hun
|er and Vance Garner, negroes* were
handed in flu? county jail here for the
huivder of Mrs. Jane Smith, a white
Woman, who was assaulted and kill
fcd in tnis city last spring. Will John
Ion. also a negro, gefivicted of the
Ipmc crime. was'"re$rived by the (iov
;Vnnr nn.t i 1 February !>, pending ex
amination of later evidence in his ease.
J a 'dner denied his guilt until the Inst.
Junter eonfessed to having com-'
nit ted the criinj.'. Garner neck was
roken. Hunter thmiked the white
<ropl<' for not permitting the mob to
Inch him.
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I Dry Dock Dewey Heard From.
II Ar.nepolis. ?: ft|>eeinl.? A wireless
ess:i<fp from . Commander II. H.
joslcy, of the dry dock Dewey, was
ceivcd at noon to-dsiy at the Naval
ndemy. It stntetl that the dock was
) miles southeast of (,'ape Ilonry at
it time, that moderate weather had
mi .?nronutered and thai I lie Dewey
s averaging three and one-half
ots a:i hour.
r McOall Has Not Resigned.
[Cow York, Spceial.? A report that
hu iV. Met "all ivtiigned tis president
i(he New York Life Insurance Corn
jy at a meeting of t ho trustees of
"company last Saturday was denied
Jay hy A r mist us *0. Paine, a mem
Lot the committee recently apj. ,;nt
(to go over ^lie company's affairs.,
i Payne stated that the report was*
biuMv uutru^, added that the1
?tees did not meet -Saturday. It
I been said that the meeting was a
Bet one and that the -trustees had
ked themselves to keep the tf|attci
Ke irognation^aseiWFitotil th? ?n
ihrcport of the eowpany capie out
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hfo Be Raised to Pyul Untem.
L&rille, SpcriiU.? The ^ advisory
KTof the loyalist eoaneil of 41k
EigUnd*W>urcb,* which is
SSpn ofTihat church with w<b*f |
?Bally Mown as the Noethsm
?SLrian 4?nrch, decided to raise
Mm $ Ml inn for the praaceatioii
?iMin|to prevent tho union.
BPwUbi raised froas tkc
EM^ip oo Us fcodfat
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rural school improvement
Wish to Plant Trees, Paint the Build
ings, Establish Libraries and to
Make Other Improvements. >
The Association for the Improve,
ineiit of I In* li IU'hI Schools 1 It s t week
hold a meeting at Wintlirop oollegeun
dei a call from the State tuipcrinicn
dent, Hon. (). li. Martin, who is in at
tendance as a member of the campaign
committee in the forward educational
movement in this State. Mr. Martin
said in calling the meeting:
NN o hope to have a delegate from
e\oiy county and to he able to pay
theii expenses. Winthrop will bo in
session at that time and it will bo
vorv inspiring j? |,avt, .p) t>1. -,o ol- t||R
lading women of South Carolina
hioet wiih |Jit. ..<)() young women at
W inthrop, u | h >n whom tho future of
onr schools so largely dcjMMids. Will
you confer with the county superin
tendents and call a meet in/; in your
county some time during this month?
It will be well to meet tho sumo duv
that your leaehers' Association meets,
and in that way the membership will
bo increased. You Will remember that
the only condition of membership is
'a pledge to do something for tho
material improvement of at least one
rural sel^ol during the year,
'Soon after your county is organiz
ed, I should like for your association
to select a delegate to the State Asso
cr so thai she may begin to study
tho conditions and improvements in
her county with regard to her rejjori
at the State meeting.
"Please push the work of planting
trees and (lowers, of painting build
ings and fences, of establishing libra
ries, of" beaut ifyiug school house walls
with pictures, and other similar lin>?s,
which may be most needed."
Union Cotton Mill Tangle.
Charleston, Special. ? In the I'nited
States district court the Union Cot
ton Mills company of Maine tiled a
petition asking to be allowed to in
l tervene in the bankruptcy proceedings
*d to join in the proceedings against
4 L nion Cotton mills (ft South Caro
-?At is alleged in the petition that
the Mi.-iiij company is acreditor of
the South Carolina corporation, hav
ing probable claims aggregating a sum
exceeding $2,000,000, the nature and
amounts of the claims are emunorated,
tho first mentioned being a note for
$5,000, dated June 23rd, 100."), and due
thr"ee months from date, "executed
for val?e received,-' then following a
list of other notes. Tho petitioners
allege that, on Oct. .'{, 100."), the Chesa
peak Shoe company, the Snelleuberg
Clothing company, the Aiwa Furni
ture company and the Spool -Cf*Hon
company filed a petition liJieging the
insolvency ot.. the I'niorr cotton mills
of South Cnrtdina and prTiyed'that the
mills be adjudged bankrupt, that this
petition Was amended Nov. 4, 100.").
and the petitioners asked to intervene
and join in with them, asking for a
decrcc in. bankruptcy against t lie
Union cotton mills of South Carolina.
Df. J. H. Taylor's Appointment.
Gov Iley ward announced tho ?.p
poiiiiiiUjtjt of^Dr. Julius II. Taylor
to succeed his"father, Dr. J}. W. Tay
lor, as a member of the board of re
gents of the State Hospital for tho
Insane. While there were several sug
gestions for l the place, professional
men for whom Gov. Hey ward has the
highest respect and his personal
friends, yet none of them wero from
Columbia.- Dr. Taylor was the only
member residing in that city, and Gov.
Hev Ward thought -it very necessary
to have a member of the board of re
gents who could be consulted at any
time by the management of the hos
pital^ There was a time when the
entire boatd resided in Columbia.
South Carolina Items.
The Sumter chamber of commerce
is ftettinir ready to hold its annual
banquet early in .January.
The Bank of Olar was chartered
Saturday. Capitalization $20,000; C.
F. Wiser, president? and. J. S. ,T. Faust,
cashier.
China's druj? store of Sumter
be chartered with a capitalifcTrtvm of j
$lf>,000.
The news reached the State eapi
tol from the bedside of Mr. V. X.
Gu liter, Jr., was more favorable than4 1
for weeks, lie is still very ill, but^i^r
the Inst few days has been (Ijjhtingj
bravely foy recovery.
Gov. Hey ward has received from
Gfv. Terrell of Georjria a letter enclos
ing1 claim of SlicrifF .1. M. Fields for'j
the arrest of 1). C. Murphy. Sheriff 1
Fields claims the reward offered by
ttie penitentiary authorities on the
prround that he intercepted a letfer lb
Murphy, or 4 ' Smith ' '-aajie was c#Ued*
and that when be notified the Angusta '
police they feok Advantage of the m
formation given them.
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A Boll Bvfilzr Oanfkt. ?
Oifrfviner toojO.? 9om Brock
mu, ? 17-y<^ tht
km of II cC Etim '. iq1 North
t Main street fcrd tmyi for the
that the boa^^
aitKwedfcjjrtlM taqfaur
wmM af ^oubt hare be
lb cmmM kit *m later
Officer Keller aat Mi
Occurrences of Interest From
All Over South Carolina
MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
A. Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover
ing a Wide Range ? What is Going
On in Our State.
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General Qotton Market.
Galveston dull 11 lil-l(j
Now Orleans < 1 1 ; ? * * i ?1 '1-4
Mobile dull 11 1-2
Savannah ?l ti 1 1 a:?d cany . . ..11 11-1(5
Haltimorc nominal 11 7-A
I New York . . . . . . ... .1 1 <
Charleston steady 11 .'l-ft
Huston quiet . / II 0.">
1'hiladelphai quiet . . .. 13 20
Houston easy 11 1I-1'?
'Augusta quiet 11 5-M
Memphis steady 11 1 1-1#
Louisville tinn 11 1">-lt>
Charlotte Cotton Market.
Those figures represents prices paid
to wstgoiut:
Good middling >...'11 <50
Strict middling / ..II 1-2
Middling. K?.\\ 'i-H
Good middling tuigos 11 't-S
Strict middling tinges 11 1-1
I Stains 10 1-4 to 1 1) 4
Farming Association.
Colti)nl)ia? Special.-? Tin* Incorpora
ted Farming Association, of A <*n
county, has been formed as n result
of the work <?i* Commissioner Watson
and his New York representative,
Mr. Raymond I*. Grillies. Tlic colony
will settle 2,200 acres in Aiken coun
ty with a number ol' families and a
co-operative farm will be ^established
in the course of the next few weeks.
Mr. Chas. Weintroub. ]?resident of
the association, was in the city com
pleting arrangements foi; the colony
and he is most enthusiastic about
the prospects for bringing a large
number of families here about 25
families, or about 100 persons who
will be.. brought hero, first. They will
come from Russia and arc all English
speaking, having lived in this country
for some time. A peculiar personal
oluif act eristic feature of these people
is that practically all of them are
blondes. They are desfcribd as a
hard working, industrious race, and
with the desirable land they have se
cured are bound to succeed.
Messrs. Watson and Gritlies have
been at work ou ibis scheme since
last fall and the colony is a direct
result of interviews "published in'*thj
New York Herald with Commissione:*
Watson and Governor lley ward. M
G riffles came to Columbia as the rep
resentative of this State in New York
and since here has conferred with the
commissioner of immigration on a
number of plans for bringing settlers
to -this section of the country. There
are also aO\umber of industrial plants
in contemplation, annftuneemcn's con
cerning which will be made later.
Union, Special.- ? A terrible tragedy
marred the Christmhs pleasures i.i
the Sedalia' neighborhood of this
t.ountv, when Wednesday about 2
o'clock Clarence Rochester, aged 15
years accidentally killed instantly a
colored hoy named Swet Thomas, with
whom he was playing. The boys had
been throwing up their caps to be shot
at with a single barrel breech-loading
shotgun. The cftp on one of the shells
failed to explode, though it was sna|>
ped about a dozen times. The last
tmie the negro threw up his cap and
,pist as he was catching it, while in
front of the gun, it went off, blowing
off the top of his head, to the horror
of his white playmate, who is greatly
distressed over the occurrence. The
coroner's verdict was that the killing
was accidental.
Boy Shot His Sister.
Newport News,, Special.? Roseland
Cook, the little daughter of Mr. T. A.
Cook, of Hampton, was shot in the
eye by her brother Marvin, with an
air ritle, which came as a Christmas
present. The boy was aiming at a
target in the folding doors of tho par
lors ut his father's home, and pulled
trigger just an the door was
throtau open and hisjjister entered.
To Re^ie^v Rice Industry.
Charleston, SpiN*i^l. ? Mr. John P.
Slattery, special agcitKy^the United
?States Agricultural Department, p:?ss
through CharlestonC-fQr Colleton
county, where he goes to iccure in
formation regarding tho { industry.
Mr. Slattery formerly planted rice in
.Colleton county but for more than
a year he has been in the employ of
the government, with headquarters at
Lake Charles, I^a. Mr. Slattery is of
the opinion that tl err is still a bright
future for the industry in South Caro
lina,. adviw* Hip aban
donment of fbft industry on account of
any temporary reverses.
For S**in* a
Governor Heyward haa received the
' in Allendale sbout 10
account it Xhm Insistent
people to kilt tlMD^ ]
sharfff was forced to the ?*
>t minding Mm amnad Vy Sa
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' A MYSTtHIOUS LYNCHING
?
Pirat News of the Work of a Barn
well (lounty Mob on Friday Reach
ed Governor Hey ward Yesterday in
au Official Report From Sheriff.
Columbia, Special. Two negroes
A't'iv lynched in Barnwel ?-< >u n t \ Kii
lay, and the first news of ; he crirue
iv a s' received in Columbia Tjtcsday
s\ hen Governor Hey ward re ? i the
jfhcial re|>ort ej the sheriff. hVom
the iv | oil it is evident thai the lynch
ing was one of the unprovoked
.Mime* recently committed, and (Sover
. n>r 1 ley ward will order a thorough
c mvyM igat ion of the whole atTair and
?ndeavor t<> place the responsibility
where it belongs.
According to the re|>oil by sheriff
Iivech, two negroes, I'Yauk and his
ion John, I >c Loach approached the
?louse nl" II ay ik's Craddock to collect
1 debt. Some words passed and Crad
iock was kiljed. The two negroes
were arrested, and while waiting until
I hey could be taken to Haruwell were
confined in a shed. Here a mob of
white men took them out and riddled
their bodies with bullets. Afterwards
W. II. Hunter, a white man, who ap
pears to have had the prisoners in
charge, wired Sheriff Creech that the
prisoners had escaped.
A jury of several white men and
live negroes held an' impicst and
j brought in a verdict that the men had
come to their deaths through gunshot
and pistol, wounds at. the hands of
parties unknown to the jury. ?' The
sheriff is making an investigation of
the whole affair and as soon as possi
ble will make another report to the
(Jovernor.
The mystery about the whole af
fair is the manner of which it was
kepi out of the newspapers. Chief
Constable llammet, who has just re
turned fro mBarnwell, said that morn
ing' that the news had just reached
there, and a gentleman remarked this
afternoon that he had heard of it for
the first time last night from a gen
tleman from Barnwell. It is one of
the most mysterious lynching* on rec
ord in this State.
Homicide at Salley.
Columbia, Special. ? Paul Frasier
and llenry Williams, two negroes were
brought to Columbia for safekeeping
and lodged in the State penitentiary,
'l'lie negroes are charged with the kill
iuir of E. II. Fisher, a prominent mer
chant at Salley, in Aiken county, and
according to those who came up on
the train the killing was a deliberate
and cold-blooded murder. Mr. Fisher
had a warrant out for the arrest of
Frasier for disposing of property un
der a lien and with a constable went
to serve it. As soon as he entered
Frazjer's house both of the negroes
fired at him. The first shots did not
take ofifect and as Mr. Fisher reached
for hio-own weapon the negroes fired
again, killing the man instantly. The
constable saw that ho could not ar
rest the negroes and went back for
help. The negroes at once attempted
to escape and telegrams were sent to
Columbia, Charlston, Branch ville and
Augusta for their apprehension. They
were caught, however, a few miles out
from the town and arrangements made
at once for their removal to Columbia,
as the whole country was aroused at
the killing and voilence was feared.
Deputy E. L. Williams took the men,
securely handcuffed, across the coun
try and placed them 011 board the train
for Columbia as quickly as jx>ssible.
At the penitentiary the negroes will
not talk^ although one of them ad
mitted Win both had been drinking.
Mr. Fisher was a prominent merchant
and is well connected throughout the
Orangeburg and Aiken section.
Mill Employee Killed.
Abbeville, Special. ? Mr. W. W. 1
Sprouse, an employee of the Abbeville1
cotton mill, died Saturday afternoon
'from injuries sustained seveval days
ago while at work in the mill. ^ One of
his arms was badly crushed and am
putation was nccessarv. Mr. Sprouse
was an industepons and respected citi
zen. lie was 70 years of age and
leaves a large family.
Negro Shot White Boy.
GafTney, Speciak ? Constable Alli
son, of Blaek^buiir, brought to this
city Tom Postell, a negro, from ncai
Blacksburg and lodged him in jail,
charged with carrying a weapon and
with shooting a small white boy in
the leg. The negro maintains that
the shooting was purely accidental. It
in charged that at the time of the
shooting Postell was drunk and dis
orderly. Th boy, whose name i?<
Robert Martin, is not thought to pt
seriously) hurt, althoftfeh the
cannot be definitely foreseen at
time.
FailMt ia ftaflwaj Coach.
Mount Csrmel, 111., Special. ? JTwo
a?n were lulled, a third was probably
fatially injured an every window was
shot out of a passenger coach on thi
Southern Railway, when two men in
etistody for laroeay tried to escape
i>y killiiyt ? constable. Incidentally
25 passengers in the ear wsrs kept
? fc 1 _ a an.*_ . ? - -?
speed.
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WANT TO ORGANIZE
Plan to Establish a Branch For South
Caroline.
Tho National Soi'it'lv of the Sons
ol the American Revolution wUhes
v
lo establish a society in this Slal??.
< Jovernor Hoy ward is in receipt of a
lot tor to tlutt pffcet from (Scucral and
Hon. Francis Henry Appleton of>Ros
ton, Mass., in which lie says: " 1, with
jpthers, inn greatly interested to se
cure the establishment of a State so
?fifty of this society in your State.
There must he many of your citizens
who are descendants of those who par
ticipated in the 'Revolution of '70.'
WO hope that you are eligible and will
start t lie movement or induce some
other eligible person to do so. Fifteen
or more persons can associate thcm-i
selves together and form a State so
ciety. From each member .">() cents a
year is required for the expenses of
the national society and the annual
dues can be made what each State de
cide*. The next annual meeting is to
be held at Boston, by delegates, April
lit) ami May 1st, 1000.
"We wish very much that you
would favor us and come here, as a
delegate at that time. 1 'resident Roo
sevelt is a member through the Em
pire State society of New York. We
l)eg of you to start it or to/get it
started in your good old SlaU*.''
Tho Neals Shoals Plant.
I'nion, Special.- -The electrical
power plant al Neat's shoals and 1he
line are now all completed and on
Wednesday a current of 1 .'{,200 volts
was sent over the line for the llrat
time. Everything worked like a charm
and the power can be switched on at
Buffalo cotton mills iu almost a mo
ment's notice. At the Union cotton
mills the motors have not yet b?en
geared up, but the transformers have
boon tested.
At Nenl 's shoals Sunday night.
Broad river was unusually high on
account of the excessive rains, the
water being live feqt above the top
of the dam, and it was estimated that
-the highest water would prevail at
Columbia Sunday night about 32
o'clock.
Charleston's Union Station.
Charleston, Special.- ? Arrangements
are proceeding for the construction of
the new union station. The bond of
the contractors has been forwarded to
Columbia and as soon as it is passed
upon by architect Milburn and by the
law department of tho railroads, the
construction will be started. The site
is being marked out for the piling and
preparations are being made for the
letting of contracts for the piling, wir
ing and plumbing. Mr. A. MeCor
mack has been appointed the assistant
to Superintendent of Construction
Ruby. The station is lo be built, by
Grant Wilkine of Atlanta, who was
the lowest bidder, his bid being $152,
000. As soon as the contract and bond
have been signed, ., no delay will ensue
in the actual construction of the much
needed union depot.
A Knight Templars ViBit:
Charleston, Special. ? South Caro
lina comma iuiery No. 1, Knights Tem
plar, have begun arrangements for
the entertainment of Apollo com?
raandery of Troy, N. Y., which will
visit Charleston and other Southern
cities next April. The New York
commandery is a very distinguished
command and it. is proposed to make
the visit of the commandery a memo
j rable occasion ?or the Templar Ma
sonry of the State. The military fea
tures of the organization are to be
esj>ecially played and it is expected
that thtv'Atommiindcnies at Columbia,
Spartanburg and (/reghvillo will be
represented in t lie profession and gen
crnl festivities whicli fere to mark the
visit of the New York knights.
The York County Court.
Yorkville, Special. ? The court of
common plesiH adjourned sine die Fri
day afternoon and Judge llydriek left
for his home at Spartanburg. During
his stay al Yorkville, the judge has
won t lie admiration of the people of
our town and county for the most
able and courteous manner in which
he conducted the business of the
court.
"Squadron Week" Programme.
Charleston, Special. ? The program
was announced Saturday for the ex
ercises of "squadron week" next
week. There will he many sports for
the seamen and marines of the vessels,
including events on the water as well
^as on laud, and substantial prizes will
"be offered to the successful men con
testing. The programme will extend
oVjer several days. The enlisted men
t^jll also be otherwise entertained with
outings at the SchAtaenplatz, where
letter roasts and otner forms of enter
tainment for their especial benefit will
take place.
Salada Cotton Grower*.
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Saluda, Special. ? At a recent meet
ing of the Saluda county cotton grow
ers' convention the following officers
were elected; for the incoming year:
Capt. Jaa. If. Watson president : J. W.
Bledsoe, vice president ; M. E Payne,
secretary', H. C. White, treasurer; i
-Messrs. B. W. Crouch, U KJkaaei
and W. F. WhUUe were elected dele
gates to tbe State convention wUalk I
Beets in Columbia on Jan. 3.
IfOOlPiS CAPTURE $5000
Five Masked Men Waylay Paymaster
Schieck near New Brunswick.
BOLD NEW JERSEY HOLD-UP
111 tfli ur h> nu n SprtiiK " Tlilckot
itnil Cover II Iiii nuil All llitr
klii? Willi NliotRMiia<~Tlie Tlinn
Dcitnt ml ? il??? Money lti?c mi l drub*
It t-'roin the Whkmii.
New Hrunswlck, N. J.? masked men
hold up William Schlock. a paymaster,
ami Willlaiu F. Ilarklns, ami got invay
with a satchel containing nearly frioOU.
The robbery occurred at l.;$o p. m.
near the Itaritan Driving Park track
oil the main road to lienhamtown,
where trolley ears run every few min
utes. In many respects the* hold-up
was similar to the one whleh occurred
on August 24. I'.hij. when Dana White,
assistant paymaster of the O'llourke
Construction Company, was robbed of
more than if.'iOOO by t>ix men near Mont
el air. X. J.
Schieck lives at Newark, lie came
here during the afternoon. Ho and
Mr. ilarkins started out in a buggy to
pay the :s<>0 men employed by the Dela
ware Itivcr Quarry and Construction
Company. The men are now at work
about three miles from this city. The
two men had Just passed the driving
park, on the main mad, when the live
men jumped from behind a clump of
trees, taking them completely by sur
prise. Neither Schieek or llurlf^L
armed.
The leader of the highwaymen was u
tall Italian lie wore no mask ami
caught hold of the horse's head, bring
ing the animal tip with a Jerk to omi
side that nearly threw the occupants
? ui of the wagon.
Three of the Party had revolvers and
two had shptgmis. One of the Italians
sprang into\tHo wagon and snatched
the satchel out of the hands of the pay
master. The live men, four of whom
were masked, then disappeared in the
woods.
The men held up at once, alarmed the
workmen near by, and they started off
after the robbers. The police sent tele
phone messaged out to all the neighbor
ing towu?, and Prosecutor Her dine sent
out three separate squads of officers in
I rigs behind fast horses to try to head
off the highwaymen. The men were
seen after the hold-up near the tftclton
station of the Pennsylvania Itallroiid.
and later on their way to Newmarket.
It is believed that all of them had
tyeen former employes of the quarry
company, and were familiar with the
way the men were paid off. In the
satehel was the money to pay the 300
men their wages for tbo last two
; weeks.
A reward of ?1000 was offered for
the capture of the live men. Every
possible effort Is bring made to rrtnf
them down, but there are so many
chances of escape by hoarding freight
trains that they will b - hard to capture.
Detectives Mulvey and llrover re
turtMfd early in the evening after hav
ing ffot. within a quarter of a' mile of
four of the highwaymen, wliou they
lost them In .he woods. All four had
shotguns when they saw ; iem. The
highwaymen disappeared near Bound
Brook. Farmers all over the- section
where the highwjymen were seen
Hconred ths wocula ttii aiiernoon with
shotguns. The search proved unsuc
cessful.
KILLED RICH FATHER-IN-LAW.
Dentist Simpson Suys Ills Gun Wont
Off by Pure Accident.
Northport. L. I.? Dr. J. W? Simpson,
A New York dentist, shot und killed his
father-in-law, Hartley T. Horner. He
says it was a pure accident, byt be
wan put in the custody of Policeman
Hawger pending ?n Inquest.
. Mr. Horner was onefaf tbe wealthiest !
men In this part of Long Island. Dr.
Simpson says that, not suspecting that
the gun was loaded he handled it care
lessly. Mr. Horner was sitting in a
chair reading a /<aper and he received
the full charge of blrdshot in the side.
He fell to the floor unconscious und
died two hours later. .
Mr. Ilorner was flft3*-flve years old.
Ho bad l>een the Southern representa
tive of the Lorlllards, but he retired
several years ago. Dr. Simpson mar
ried his only daughter. She was In the
house when the shooting occurred.
EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR.
Engine p, oiler of Farft Freight Plows
Up, Train Takes Fire; Crews Perish.
Chicago.? Four men were killed when
the boiler of the engine of a "last
freight train on ;he TCrle Railroad rrom
?Chicago blew;, up and wicked the train
near , North-, Judson, Ind., tlfty miles
from Chicago. _Xbe train took tire and
was destroyed. The men killed were
.Toll 11 O'Brien, Huntington, Ind., engi
neer; Thomas Itiack'man, fireman; Leu
Fisher, bead brakemftn, and an uniden
tified man.
REBELS DYNAMITE TREASURY.
Polish Revolutionists Get $240,000 in
Raid and Escape.
Warsaw, Poland.? Eighty revolution
ists blew up with dynamite the safe of
tbe district treasury in Wysokiemuzo
wiecke. Government of Lomza, Poland,
securing f 150,000 in paper puble*. $10,
000 la cold and *80.000 UHiiN?r.
They flr*t cat the telecrepb wires,
then th^y posted patrols in the market
square and terrorlnsd' the inhabitants
of tbe town by firing revolvers. Tbe
rhiders escaped with their booty.
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Fears War With Japan.
David Star Jordan, president of Stan
ford University,. California, believes a
war between thla lenauj and Japan la
almost inevitable. Be bases b>a fears
on the crusade of the labor wflrtw to
put the Japa in the excluded due with
the?bloM*. -*r>rT ;? ?
link ' Fits** Wants Divorce,
yw. iTtftirrr Tlfiatnnwii. wife nf
the prlae-dshter, went te ?o?* FsHs.
encaged ? ? r? M divorce
RAILROADS BUILT IN 1905
New Miloag'o Exooeds That of 1904
by Seven Hundred Miles.
Track Kx(?ntl?ni to the Awoiiut of 4919
Mll?a on 3.1T lil.'ien In KorIy-fl?i)
lilalct mikI TmitI torle?,
TJ
New York ClVy. ? During 11)03 4t)7l>
miles of now railway tracks have been
laid iu tho United States, on 337 Hues
in forty-live Slates ami Territories. In
addition, several hundred milos have
been graded and track la being laid ou
many lines as tho year close*. These *
tlgures are not llnal, for there are ?omc
roadn which havo not yet furnished r
full reports, and it is probable that the
complete returns will show over 5000
in lies. . .. *
The new mileage of 11105 exceeds that .
of UKI4 by over 7<M? miles. For a good
many years tho Southwestern States ....
have furnished a larger percentage of
new mileage than any other group, but
tin* scene of active construction opera
lions appears to be shifting to the
Northwest. With the Chicago, Mil- _
waukeo and St. Paul headed for the
Pacific coast, with tho new (iould line
(the Western Pad He) already under,
construction between Salt Lake City
and San Francisco, and with many
new lines planned by the Harrlman
and tho Mill systems, the Western and
Northwestern States wllMro'the scenes
of bustling activity fatr the next few:
years. /J
The most notaWor^hy piece of eon "J: ?"
structlon duvlpg tho jmst year was tb?w ?
extension ofc the Sou Line from Thief
1 1 1 v/?i" i.'?ii? *"????., to Ken ma re, N. D.,
a distance of 207 miles. Contracts for
this work were not let until Marcli. ' ^
and track laying was not begun until
July, yet the road was completed. ...
ready for operation the lutter part ojf.
November. The Soo Line also built
two branches in North Dakota, each. .
nineteen miles in length, making a <to
tal of 885 miles of road built by tlil#
company. To tap the same region the
Great Northern has built live branches. .
aggregating 12t?'/j miles. north from itip?
mainline. Altogether tho Great North
ern laid 213 miles of track on exten
sions in Minnesota, North Dakota, Ne
braska and Washington. The second
longest line built was by. tho St. LouUfc
Brownsville and Mexico, which /6om- *
pleted 171 miles of Its extension' from
Hohstown to llouHton, Tex.
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Baby Crop Pays Best. ? :_'J
George Cramer; a htird working Btifr
ler County (Iowa) farmer. Is a hearty
endorser of President Roosevelt's antl
sulcldo theories. ,? He has reasons. _.v .2
Every time an Infant; fs born. In the
?Cramer household a check for $1000
rlves from Grandfather Cramer, In Oep? . ^
many. There have, thus far, beeis
twelve domestic additions and the sain*
number of checks from the Fatherland,
Train Kills Father and Daughter; jy'iM
A horse attached to a buggy ran lnljlcjl|
the Pennsylvania elghteen-hour
at Delplios, Qhlo, and Henry Honhorst '
and his daughter. Itqse, were instantljf
killed
KllltU.
Killed by Train. v- / ,
Walking on the, Southern Railway
track, near Spartanburg, S. C.V D..'iW,'"77,v'.
Hill and Richard Rogers, well-to-da>"r
farmers, were h truck by a train and i ' !
kl lied.
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President at Pino Knob. ? v;
Tbe President and Mrs. Roosevelt .
wltb tbree of their children, went to
Pino Knob, Mrs. Roosevelt's place in
Albemarle County, Va., for a few day*.
Miles to Be Retired.
Secretary Taft, at Washington,..]]* :
C., granted the request of General
Miles, retired, to be relieved from duty
with the Massachusetts militia.
Ix>cb Hbr a Son.
Mrs. William Loeb, Jr., at their
Washington, D. C., home, presented a
son to her husbapd, the Secretary to
the President.
Asphyxiated by Gas.
Having blown out the gas John Mo*
Call, J. II. Wells and James Betser
were asphyxiated in a New Orlefttt# TT7
(La.) hotel. . -wftr
ttoaten and Robbed.
August Fellows, a wealthy city of
Iluntlngtonburg, ind.. was beaten ln?
sensible and robbed of $1100 lu d lum*
her yard.
Revolt in Russia Spreads.
Dispatches from all parts of theJRus*
fttau Enjpire showed an alarmli
spread" of the agitation against the a
toeracy.
Teachers Get Back Pay. 4
Justice Gnynor, of the Supreme
Court, Brooklyn, awarded $24,004
back pay to teachers of New York Clt?.
Schurman For Football.
President Schurman, of Cornell. do?? ^
clhred himself attend of football 1?. ,
au address at Syracuse, N. Y. :r ' "
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? Bulclde of Policeman's Wife.
The wife of Janies Allen, a
Clty patrolman, shot herself with has
husband's revolver. ? . ~
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The shops on the main streets opened
in Warsaw, Poland. * wfl
Martial
Martial law
[ but the strike
Ossified
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