The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 11, 1907, Image 1
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OLUMK XVIII " ' "
'? CAMDEN, S. C.? KlUDAY, .JANUARY II, 1907. NO. I.
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If.MM TRAINS
CRASH TOGErHEfl
Passengers KHlecJ am
ounded at Volland, Kan.
0F B0Y OPERATOR
He u,rl
JpOtt Oil l||o |{<?.|. ? , M*
Allowed 1W " Jloart
JjTraek.
Mfn co||i8ion of "1 ,ed ?
of tho (m.i PusacYige,
nnJoT' U0?k l8,and
V Erreck , a< near VolUnu
'Afftho kill-.,i WaK*>toep.
train oxr? l'1 1,10
-n* tvmn "ruTr ,h? li0'',ih
ft# and ^ '?VorkifirtM 0 no??
j?Jrc tho oijiy Ai^rl au' Ij!?1';
W n? known .?i i .u'">
th',f altho.ig,| |)as;s,Mi
^?urned in -t tonw" Ulld ft (lliI,]
ifhei-o WL, Jj, rise car.
JVC Anioi-lriiiB*1 r'? Mexlcan8
hlliSf or ?Hea-. r iT. t^0:iM "boiI"<l
**<?urned j,, t, ' ' J ,M ex * can 8
t*o dfa, laioi- w,eckago and
^?wn,ri7rah,'wr','ff''
*r?abr hv ^ thiown lo tho
.. u.. n, """ U,I(?WII fo the
*?erjkncy brakesllekJ,?ltil'< the
Jet o:^ MPnis^ltIi!^!.hey
lyi::: \,I,UOi' tho soars and
K rrrr s?n,af the>!
Manv "assent;,>iS
it*. ' 3* V,?l? ll( 1(1 down by
feflS f'au-1" from 11,0 gas
f C h"? b:'?ken' Th? "??;
fi/, i cars escaped in
in tho mud
l . 'at'kd. fhou ramo^i i??*
fckino1' 1X1 Ul" Ai''*t?-an?- in
l?? In'Th,"'" '"" l"""1"
f" ? in ihc t-nai?? car. Everv
hii-d^ir V eVei y Woma" oil the
Yi.t hi i leseu,; U,H '"'forhi
, 1 f ,lanu;? suon became too
R ? i "lMiroachlng the car.
LV. 1 Wprp ??cmovt'd from
f,'. 5;VS ,with lGSS difiiouiiv.
b ently all were rescued alive
jaspi cars. William Gane coa
)l the south-bound train, lias
an j oiia:- bone and is mtioh
Ho said:
nr'll?efc!" ,WKS i,,sl l?"lHns clear
olie?jK? ! t\ - >ai(Is- and was trav
(IiSmi . !'ty lu,,0R an hour. T
HTOlroWnml l "i fl',?nt Ht!aL "f ll?0
. ze(K l hero were (hir
S SE eXiCan?' two in a
of me' a,so A1 T-ink. a ne
?J?|Wer. a foronian and five oilier
?!5!Xi5:u I was awakeued by the
JTW',the brakes. I jumped head
, e window and struck on
iE*59fe:?w,m* When 1 turn?il and
j ?2?v train I saw flames leap
JDUrt* f&et high from the smoker."
^Pjtoxo4n?Kt tourist sleeping ear
'?^Bouth-bound tiyln was also
rout all the occupants escaped
phjuty.
for the collision seems to
..rely upon John Lynes, nine
l"8 old. tho talegraoh operator
Bd. Orders had been issued
29 and No. CO (o pass at
I and these orders had been
|he operator there, who was
pu io iioiu Kci. 23. It ia aa'.d
?failed to deliver the order
Lew of No. 29, and the lattor
at by. meeting' No. :tO a few
Jt. Five minutea before the
let Lynes called up the dis
^pd wired him as follows:
has gone, and I have gono
ie left his kqy. BJven with
Itch in hand there was no
preventing "the wreck. Me
hward arrested and put in
^lland.
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)l'Ii 1JOVS K1LLK1).
I^d 0lrccl ly in Front o( a Lehigh
Flyer.
Plainfleld, N. J.?fcllrne.
irence Bennett, William E.
William Dell, all of New
killed by tho breaking of
pin on a Lehigh Valley
>utii Plainfleld. Tha boys
IIing a ride on a freight
stopped off the train dlrecl
'Of the Chicago bound flyer
|igh \"alIv.;y Railroad.
rho was thirteen years old,
bu of the Newark freight
re Lehigh Valley road.
|r were playing on the
M* South Plalnflald when
>ed they take a trip to
>n the freight train pas*
Dint. They boarded the
N'lved at South Plainfleld,
^upllngj)Jn broke,stopping
train. Then tho boys
[eatings 'ior/Faetorie*.
RirejlgMinounoed that arrange
jyofi mm )>een made (or Gospel
,,'o^swBkntings in over two hun
(]rCjte|Hf?rk shopx during Febtu-,
a 17..
1? lluiiri Steel Works.
fl|r%Bl had bsen placed in New
s learned, for the e.ep.
A-tioifjB *teel works fo: -the Ja
nrm-nt.
?nine In China.
bom Pekin say that mil
liJI^V*00* ore starring and
the refugee* are joining
order to .obtain rice.
MUofCabi.
fllagoon, li the New
1 In Havana, spoke
future of Cube.
immtiro.
W has authorised 1
' FIRST HIH
Governor Asks Sweeping Reform
of New York Transit Evils.
Advocator New Itoanl* to Control
Hallways, l.lfthiinn iiikI Street Cur
lJueti?Kecouut For Hearst.
Albany, X. V.?Transit reform for
New York City, effective control and
regulation of corporations by the
Stale, a recount of the ballots cast in
? It*- Mayoralty election in New York
in ift.oi and changes in tho election
laws to eliminate or curb lhe power
of political bosses arc the principal
subjects discussed in (Jovernor
Charles 10. Hughes' first message to
tho New York Legislature.
So flatly does the new Governor
throw down his challenge 10 corpora
tion agents and party bosses that the
messago is privately criticised by
some of them as "revolutionary."
The new Governor calls inflated
slocks of public service corporations
plain "water;" he terms abuse of the
Now York public plain outrage, and,
without mincing words, lays the
transit conditions to corporate greed
and desire to increase dlvl<' >nds. of a
monopoly. He accuses party "lead
ers" of abuse of power and recom
mends legislation It) make them re
spect the rights of the minority.
Governor Hughes began his first
annual message to the Legislature
with a financial statement which
showed that the State received from
all sources in the fiscal year ended
I September DO, 1906, a total of $35,
| &96,960. and spent $30,350,096.
The actual available balance or sur
l plus of State funds on OctWjer 1 was
$1 1,291,4 45. The State duht was re
duced $525,000 during th? year and
on October 1 amounted to $10,630,
G60.
The following are tho most im
portant recommendations in the Gov
ernor's message:
Immediate provision for recount of
Mayorait.v vole and provision for re
count of ballots in future.
Provision taking away from Attorn
ney-General power to authorize bring
ing of action to test, title to office
and vesting it in Supreme Court.
Abolition of Rapid Transit Com
mission and creation of new board to
have powers, of old board and addi
tional powers over all traffic "be
tween points within the city , and
points elsewhere in the Slate." New
board also to have jurisdiction over
gas and electricity corporations with
in New York City and perhaps in sur
rounding counties.
Abolition of Railroad Commission
and Gas and Klectrleity Commission
and creation of new board with pow
ers of each of tho old boards and ad-.>
ditlonal powers to have jurisdiction
in the rest of the State. New board
to have power to inflict penalties for
disobedience ofiUs orders.
' Provisions ii||piection law to free
the split-ballot section from ambigu
ity and do away with the party col
untD, bunching the candidates under
the names of the offices.
Provisions limiting tho amount a
candidate may spend to securc office.
Law to authorize courts to review
action of State\onventions, to pre
vent minority gaining control Iry
fraudulent methods.
Trial of direct nomination by pri
mary by authorizing a general com
mittee of any party to adoot the plan.
That the State Labor Department
bo overhauled and an eight-hour law
passed for children less than sixteen
years old.
Legislature Organized.
Albany, N. Y.?The Legislature,
which ha3 organized and squared
nway for busines. la unique. All, or
nearly all, the old lines and combines
aro obliterated. The Republican
Senate faced a Democratic Lieuten
ant-GovSrnor, who, speaking for the
minority, echoed the declaration of
Governor Hughes in favor of harmony
and co-operation in the interest of
the public service.
The Assembly re-elected Jame3 ,W.
Wadsworth Speaker. Sherman More
land. majority leader, and Janles
Oliver, leader of the minority. Be
yond the drawing for seats and listen
ing to the reading of Governor
Hughes' message, the Assembly did
nothing.
McCllfiA SUCOEKDS CASSATT.
Pledged <o (he Policy of Former
Pennsylvania Presidents.
Philadelphia. ? James MeCrea,
First Vice-President, of tho Pennsyl
vania lines west of Pittsburg, was
elected president of tho Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company to succeed the
late Aleiander J. Cassatt. Mr. Me
Crea was a stockholders' director of
the Pennsylvania Railroad. It Is
said the directors of the Pennsylva
nia Company and other subsidiary
corporations of the railroad will elect
him as Mr. Cassatt's successor in
those companies.
Mr. McCrea immediately assumed
the duties of his position ns presi
dent.
Total Potato Crop.
The final report of the1 potato crop
of the country la placed at 3,013,050
acres, with an average yield of 102
tbushela per acre und a total crop of
308,088,382 bushels, whicjl compares
! with the total last year <if 260.741,
294 bushels.
Predicts Industrial Crisis,
i gtuyvesant Fish, in an Interview,
i predicted an Industrial crisis.
Two Thousand Turkish Soldiers Dead
A thou^xd Turkish soldiers, the
ramnnnt about 4000 sent to the
Najd Peninsula two years ago to
soppresa tha Arab revolt, have ra
turned to Busrah, Tfcsiatlc Turkey. In
a deplorable condition. Mora than
3000 of their comradea dlad from
dlaaaaa or atarraiion and Ua raat da*
aarted. - K
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Pnre Food Uw in Etcct.
Tha Fadara) Para Food and Drag*
??>? hlta MMMtktB. ^
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FATAL TYPHOIB EPIDEMIC
RAGING AT SCRAIM
Nearly a Thousand Cases Re
ported in One Month.
TRACE INFECTION TO RESERVOIR
Supply?State Taken
Hold oX Sources?Oilier Cllk'K
Ai* Drawn t'pon For \uixck?
Strain Tells on Physicians.
Scranton, Pa. ?Typhoid fever,
which wan discovered 1 it Scranton on
December 7, has already a death lint
of seventy-three, out of 97 0 canes, in
ft population of 120,000.
Knowledge that the water supply
Was responsible for the epidemic
came as a shock to the cltv. Scran
ton had long prided itself on the pur
ity of it* water, but the prevalence
of typhoid in sections supplied' rom
the KJjn hurst dam soon attracted
suspicion, and this suspicion became
a certainty, when Dr. Dixon, Penn
sylvania's Health Commissioner, all
ium need that an analysis of water
taken from Roaring llrook gave evi
dence of typhoid bacilli.
Roaring I3rook empties into the
Elmhurst dam. Water supplied from
other reservoirs owned by the Scran
ton Gas and Water Company is free
from germs. /">
For a time the dailyMiumber of
new cases reported has averaged fifty.
It is hoped the energetic and untiring
efforts of Mayor Dimmick and the
local and State health authorities are
beginning to show their effects
ngainst the epidemic.
Owing to (ho rapidly increasing
number of cases in the last week, it
was decided to fit up the armory of
the Thirteenth Regiment as an emer
gency hospital. Thus far the regular
hospitals have been able to accommo
date the patients, but the Emergency
Hospital in the armory will lie ready
for use at an hour's notice:
Orders for boiling drinking water
and milk are strictly enforced, and
there is a regular distribution of dis
infectants through the settlements of
foreign speaking residents. Nurses
under Miss Ohollera, of Philadelphia,
are doing duty among tlie poor, and
Mrs. James P. Dickson, daughter-in
law of the late Thomas Dickson,
president of the Delaware and Hud
son Railroad, has placed herself at
the head of a committee of women
who have volunteered for the relief
of the poor and the aflllcted.
Four large public hospitals are
filled to their capacity, and at. ieast
a dozen private sanitariums are
crowded with patients suffering from
the disease. Physicians and nurses
are working until they are utterly
exhausted, and several of them have
succumbed to the fever.
It has remained for Wilkesbarre
to take '4e first strenuous measures
for self-protection. A proclamation
was issued signed by the mayor and
chief of police warning the people
against entering Scranton, and offi
cers were placed at the railroad sta
tions to prevent any passengers from
this place alighting there. All per
sons who leave tha trains are closely
questioned, and if they have como
from Scranton they are detained in
the stations and politely requested
to leave on the next train.
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COTTON EXCHANGE UNDER FIRE
Fraud Accusation Mndp by Represen
tative Livingstone.
Washington, D. C.?Appeal was
made to the Postoftlce Department
for a fraud order against the New
York Cotton Exchange. The applica
tion was made by Representative L,
F. Livingstone,, of Atlanta, and 1 .Jar
vie Jordan, president of V"? South-r i
Cotton Growers' Association. They
allege'that the rules of the New York
Cotton Exchange permit the filling of
contracts with unsplnnnable and
worthless cotton, and that on this ac
count the price in New York is l-.ept
ddwn and creates a bearish 'effect on
? the price of cotton in legitimate cotton
trade in the South, and thereby de
prives the country of vast sums of
money It would otherwise gain from
the sale of?the commodity in foreign
markets.
Mr. Jordan was told that a Post
office Inspector would be sent to New
York to investigate the matter com
plained of. The department will pro
ceed slowly, with due regard to the
law.
REPRIEVE 3 MINUTEfc LATE.
N<y?ro Hanged Refore News of Ac?
tlou Reached Sheriff.
Vlcksburg, Miss.?Will Harvey, a
negro, was hanged at Mayorsville,
Miss., three minutes before notice
that his sentence had been commuted
reached the sheriff of Issequena
County.
Harvey's attorney was notified by
Governor Vardaman that the negro's
sentence had been commuted to im
prisonment for life. He hurriedly
called up the issequena County sher
iff, but the latter did not reach the
telephone v.ntil three minutes after
the drop fell.
Harvey was sentenced to be anged
for the murder of a negro named
Pete Bromo, in M: rch last.
Persia Has a Constitution.
The Persian National Assembly ac
cepted the revised constitution.
May Import New Zealand Butter.
The high prices of butter have
given rise to talk ot Importing the
New Zealand product, but It will not
probably go beyond the talk stage-at
present, owing to the uncertainty as
to how lone the hlgh-prlee period Win
last.
Revolt
[ dispatch from falrador said that
a^trali-te Honduras last week was
preteptlr suppressed bj Qovfrnment
froopt*
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RUSSIAN POLICE CHIEF SLAIN
Gen. Launltz, Prefect of St. Pet
ersburg, Assassinated.
Uuitlch'r Killed Willi a H\\oi?1 l>y
Victim'* Aide? Dead Ollliliil an
Oppressor of llcvoliillounircs,
St Petersburg. Russia. ? General
von tier Launltz, prefect of police of
St Petersburg, was assassinated at
noon. He was present In his 'official
rapacity at the Inauguration of the
new hospital for skin diseases on
Lopuchlnskuia street, which wan
opened by the /Grand Duke and
Grand Duchess Oldenburg.
After the service in the chapel of
the hospital General Launltz was es
corting the Duke and Duchess to
ward the door when a well dressed
young man fired two revolver shots,
both picrclng the prefect's brain. He
died on the spot.
An officer seized lhe assassin's re
volver and the Grpnd Duke's ?ldo
drew his sword and ran the murderer
through the body, killing bint. Two
bystanders were'arrested.
i General Launltz was formerly
Oovei nor of Tamhoff. wberrf he dealt
severely with the revolutlonalres. It
Is believed the assassin came from
Tamhoff. j
Von dor Launltz as prefect of po- |
lire of St. Petersburg wax prac.lioa44y
I the absolute ruler of the mtsslan
capital. The dissolution of the na
tional Duma loft him with this high
authority, of which he made full use.
j In the last days of last year a de
! tachfd squad of secret police arrested
nearly 000 persons charged with un
| duo activity in revolutionary matters
and political agitation. Thirty-three
of the prisoners were womyn, whose
language on certain occasions had
brought them 10 the notice of the po
lice.
The murder of von dor Launltz,
prefect of police in St. Petersburg,
by a Terrorist shows how unreal is
the apparent quiet in Russia. The
Government has taken the severest
measures to suppress rebellion. A
state of siego prevails throughout
most of the provinces, drum-head
trials still rule, the administrative
processes of Imurisonment and exile
have suffered little interruption,* but
the spirit of the Terrorist organiza
tion never dies. Government absolu
tism only fans it into fresh outbursts
of crime.
The assassination of von dor Lau
nltz has caused a powerful Impres
sion, both in the press and among
the public.
JAP COHNKltS POTATO CROP.
California Paying Tribute to One of
tin? Little Yellow Brothers.
Los Angeles, Cal. ? The people of
all California are paving tribute to a
shrewd little Japanese,'Kinya^Sblma,
of Stockton.
He cornered the potato market, and
holds the situation in hand. He will
be virtual dictator of prices until
next season.
He and the Japanese companies he
opntrel stands to sell their crop for
$1,000,000. and Shima will himself
clean up $250,00^.
This is the-explanation of the high
flgureB paid for potatoes for three
months and why they continue going
higher. Shima, who is a potato
grower, tried last year to corner the
market, but failed. This year he
controls eighty per cent, of the crop.
NEW HAMPSHIRE'S GOVERNOR.
Republican LegislatureElects Charles
M. Floyd to Office.
Concord, N. H.?Charles M. Floyd,
of Manchester, was elected Governor
of New Hampshire.
The Legislature made the choice
because of the failure of any candi
date at the recent election to secure
a majority of the votes cast.
By the provisions of the State Con
stitution but two candidates were eli
gible to be balloted for at the legis
lative session, although there were
several candidates at the State elec
tion. The result of the ballot was:
Charles M. Floyd (Uep.), 2 63; Na
than C. Jameson (Dem.), 144.
DIES WHILE SPEAKING.
Former Mayor Stricken nt Dinner to
n Successor.
Boston.?While attending a ban
quet to one of his successors at the
Qulncy House, former Mayor Jo -i
B. Hendoraon, of Everett, was strick
en with apoplexy and died within a
fow minutes.
At the dinner to Mayor Thomas J.
Boynton, who will begin a second
term, Mr. Henderson was the first
to respond to a toast. As he was re
citing an original poem he was seen
to drop back in his chair. He was
carried to an anteroom, where he ex
pired.
TWO MERCHANTS CONVICTED.
Arc Hrund Brothers, Who Had Tren
. ton's Biggest Department Shop.
Trenton, N. J.?David 11. Brand
and Joiui Brand, two brothers, were
found guilty in the Criminal Court
of trying to burn the stock in their
department store, the largest in th?
city, at State and Montgomery
streets.
Ably defended, the trial of the
Brands lakted six weeks; the jury
waa out Ave hours and a half. 'The
suspense was too much for John
Brand; he collapsed.
Divorced, Mr. Heyl Gets 9860,000.
Judge Halsey, in the Circuit. Court,
Milwaukee, Wis., granted n^dlvcrcc
to ^Ira. Clara 8. Hey! frort Jacot
HejJ. There was no contest, Mr.
Hayl having v/tthdrawn bis aujwai
his wife's complaint. tye gets
$300,000 of his wife's estate, which
| is valued at jS.OOO.OOu.
Befle BUtoa Dead.
Lady Claatarty, wbo waa formerly
Belle Bilton, a favorite at .London
| mnaVo halt* 4?-i at Car**;;? Park,
i Coaaty Oalway, Ireland. _
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Occurrences of Interest from
All Over South Carolina
MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
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\ Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover
ing a Wide Range?What iB Going
On in Our Stato.
Palmetto Cotton Qrowcrs.
The annual meeting ?>t the South
Onrolina division >jI the Southern
lotion (1 rower*' Association was held
\ resolution was adopted me
morializing the legislature to repeal
the lein law, which allows merchants
to tuke n lien on crops, thus tending
lo encourage debt. There was a fierce
light on (his resolution, hut it caried
by a small majority. A resolution
also passed asking that hueket
shops he deelifred illegal the-Stain
over. Contidenee was expressed in
Harvey Jordan, The following 17
delegates were elected to Flic National
meeting at Birmingham, January 17;
W. .1. Cunningham, VV. .1. Moore, IC.
1). Hodge, A. M. (oker, VV. \\', Hruee,
C. K. Spencer, K. S. Smith, ,1. W.
Met'own, W. F. Whittle, ,1. A. I*at
U*rson, Iv 1). Sinit^r. J. W. Major, II.
M. Fugues, I-',. Williamson. Tim
delegation was- instructed to iftvite
the World's Cotton Coiumvss to meet
at Columbia, next Oetober. The old
officers were re-eleeted: Iv I). Smith,
prc8i<lent ; F. II. Weston, seereturv;
F. II. Hyatt, treasurer; I-!. 1Areher,
vice president, in plaee of Rowland
Tindall, deceased.
Bulletin For Teachers.
The State board of edneatioi) met
in the ofllee of (lie Slate superin
tendent of education with the follow
ing members present: I'rof. W. K.
Roland, Blackville; I'rof. .1. \V. Dan
iel, Clemsmi College; I'rof. A. (5.
Uembert, Wofford College; Superin
tendent A. .1. Thacksfuu, <)ranuehur?r,
and Superintendent (). 1$. Martin.
The board formulated plans (o issue
a bulletin containing (lie eourse of
study for the common and hitch
schools with "surest ions ns to gradu
ations and as to the teaching of dif
ferent subjects. The different mem
bers of the board will prepare the
parts of the/bulletin which pertain
to different suhjevts, and these, will
be consolidated and edited in a com
plete pamphlet. In response to sug
gestions made bv the county superin
tendents of education, the board de
cided to change the time of holding
teacher's examinations from the third
Fridays, in May and September to the
third Fridays in Apyl and Oetobel'.
Cremated at Logging Camp.
Georgetown. Special. ?Intelligence
has been received of the burning to
death of Mr. I\ H. Nesmith, famil
iarly known as "Pink" Nesmith, at
one of the logging camps of (lie At
lnntic Coast Lumber corporation. Mr.
Nesmith was spending the Christmas
holidays in camp alone, the rest of
the force having gone tubjtheir homed
or come to town. The supposition is
that he became intoxicated and fell
asleep in his camp, which caught fire
and consumed him, Hi* charred jc
nmins were found among the burned
timbers. Foul play is not suspected,
as he had had little or no money at
the camp and probably not an enemy
in the world.
Fort Fisher Anniversary.
Gov. Heyjpard has been asked to
attend a reunion of the turvivors of
the battle of Fort Fisher, to be held
near Wilmington, N. C., on January
15, the anniversary of the engage
ment held in 1805, in which many
South Carolinians lost (heir lives. As
this is (lie dale fixed by Gov.-elect
Ansel for the inauguration, it will
be impossible for Gov. Hcyward to
attend.
Anderson's Progress For the Old
Year.
Anderson, Special.?During the
past year Anderson Imti made greater
progress than for any year previous.
Last year there was a decrease in
State taxes of half a mill and in
county taxes a decrease of one and a
quarter mills. The bank**, mills and
other enterprises of the city paid out
half a million dollars in dividends.
It was an exceptionally good year
with the mills. Two new banks we/e
started last year and many fine busi
ness buildings erected, aggregating
$750,000.. ?
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y U. B. Hammett Resigns. - ^
Columbia, Special.?Chief Consta
ble U. H. Hammett, who has charge
of the constabulary in enforcing the
dispensary law, sent in his resigna
tion. Hammett was apt>oiuted by
the Governor in 1903 for four years,
just after the office wa- created and
enjoyed the Governor's fullest con
fidence. He states in his letter that
he does not wish to embarrass the
new administrction with bis position
Fifteen Horeee /Bunj%d.
Wiaoaborofl Special,?The new ata*
We of He* P*v* Crawford, with the
entire contents, eeve one boree, wept
up in flames. Fifteen or more fine
berate perished with as many bug
gies. The approximate loee is $4,000
With $2?00 msnrao**. The firemen
V good work Mired the Dnyal Hote}
end enrroMtaf toUtaf*. ?
liiEfl IIP BANK WIUM
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Cashier and Others Killed By
Explosion
CRANK WANTED A BIG LOAN
Dropped by Unidentified Foreigner
After He Had Donianded of Pres
ident a Loan of $0,000?Cashier In
ktantiy Killed and Bomb Thrower
Blown to Pieces- The Injured are
Clerks and the Negro Mefisenger,
Who Was Fearfully Hurt, Both
Byes Being Blown Out, Scalp Torn
Off and Face So Mangled That He
Is Unrecognizable.
Philadelphia, Special. Demanding
loan of ,*5,000 and failing |o got it,
man win) has m?l vol boon indeiiti
it'il dropped a !>??ml> in the Fourth
Street National Hank Saturday, bloxv
iig himself i<? pieces, tii>lau|]y killing
'ashior \V. X. Mo I.ear, and injuring
ix others, olio or two of whom may
lie. The only clue t<> tin* identity of
lie bomb-thrower was a hnneh of keys
oiuitl in a portion of the clothing at
aelicd to which was a plate inscrib
<1 "If. S^jelo, (iarner, Iowa." %
The Fourth Street rational Hank is
lie largest linanoial institution in the
ily and occupies the greater portion
it the lirsl lloor ol' the liutlilt huild
ug on Fourth street between Chosnut
iml Walnut streets in the heart of ihu
inaiicial district. The explosion was
errilh' ami il caused tremendous ex
?itoinent in the crowded luiihling and
li?' street.
The explosion occunod a lew milt
iles he tore 12 o'clock, at a lime when
he hank is usually well tilled with
icrsons in a hurry to transact bus
iicss before I lie hank closes. No one
;aw the unknown man enter yie hank
?xeppt !?!. K. Shanhaeker, tbe vice
?resident, who was passing out of the
milding on his wav lo luiieheon. lie
lot iced (lie man was poorly dressed,
ooked like a Russian nujd carried a
.mall parcel. The man walked straight
>aek t?> the rear of the hank and ask
*?1 a clerk to direct him to'the ofllco
?f (lie* president, Ifichard 11. Iiush
on. What took place in his office is
jest told by the president himself.
Asked a Loan of $6,000.
"I was very busy wlifn the man en
ered my oflice, and 1 asked him to bo
seated for a .moment. He was very
?>oorly dressed, had patches on his
dioes and his entire appearance made
no a bit curious. While lie was wait
ing for the to finish the business I had
in hand at the-moment I happened to
lot ice that he looked at me very curi
nisly, 1 asked him his business and
!\e gave me his name as (I. E. Wil
liams and said he wanted a loan of
{*..5,000. lie did not look like a man
who could make a loan of that amount
mid 1 asked him for collateral: He
,;a:d something about an insurance
fxdiey ami that it would mature in
from one to live years. I was then
convinced the man wap a crank and
decided to dismiss him at once, not
for a moment thinking there was any
iflim in him. I told him lie would
liave to see the cashier and directed
film out into the banking department.
At the same moment I called the col
ored messenger, William Crump, to
see that the man was quickly taken
aut of vhe building. As I turned to
continue my work at the desk there
was a terrific explosion and 1 thought
lie building was coming down. The
nnn had not time to reach the casli
er, the explosion came so soon."
Details as to what actually liappen
;d when the man left the oftlce of
'resident Rushton differ, as no one
'tin he found who saw the man drop
lie bomb. The door |o the office of
ashier Me Leer i>i only a few feet
rom that of Piosidciit Kushtun and
lie man must Jiave dropped the dead
v in is-do betecu the two rooms,
?'shier MeLcjjr was lilting at his
Vsk at the time and his body %vas
badly mangled.' The boom-thrower'*
ody was torn t<T pieces.
President Escalon is Anxions to Sup
press Revolution.
San Salvador, Republic of Salva
dor, By Cable.'?Hondurahs residing
in Nicaragua and Salvador started tlu?
recent'revolution in the government
of Honduras, which was suppressed
oy Nicaragua and Salvador. The
.j'enlral American republics are anx
ious lo maintain peace by all means,
i'resident Escalon, of Salvador, made
?in important declaration to this ef
fect. Ex-President Poticarpo Hon
lla, of Honduras, who was compro
mised in the revolution, has been im
prisoned.
Train Robber Arrested.
Huntington, W. Va.r Special?Per.
<\v Merlin, of Atlanta, Ga? was ai
tosted here charged with being one 6/
the bandits who bald up a Sealxmtd
Mt Line train 8 miles south of Rich
mond on N.w TMf-. wi. lI, rtn.it
ted his guUt aiH) delivered to the of
tleers a $500 4iauumd riu* whleh had
been taken 'fro* one o^the oassen
nu
All Colored Troojis Ordered to
f oreign Service
NO ECHO OF UROWNSViLLF. CASE
Department Issues Orders for Prepar
tion lor Service and Soldiers vVill
Sail Between llarch 6 and Juno 6
of Present Year?Troops Being
Bent Because It is Their Turn to
Go and Not Because of Any iOeairo
to Got Them Out of United States
at Tlria Time None Were S?nt Be
tween 1902 and 1905,
Washington, Special.? Tho Ninth
and Tenth Cuvalry und the Twenty
lifih Infantry, including all tho nogw
soldiers in the regular army iti this
country, have been ordered to prepare
for service in (ho Philippines and
will kiuI at different tiyios between
March ^th and June 5th yf this j?u.r,
I'he only other regiment composed of
negroes, the Twenty-fourth Infantry,
is now doing service in tho Philip
pines. *** 4
Other troups ordered to the Phil
ippines are the Sixth Cavalry, the
Kighteeuth, Twenty/sixth, Twenty*
ninth und Thirtieth infantry. Tho
troops which will be relieved by tho
sending of these new regiments will
be tho Fourth, Seventh and Kighth
Cavalry and the Ninth, 'fifteenth,
Fifteenth, Sixeloenth and Nineteenth
Infant ry.
It wuk stated by Major .General
Hell, chief of staff, that the negro reg
iments. aW beinjc sent to the Philip
pines because ii is their turn to
and not because of anv desire to get
them out of the United Slates at this
t ime.
'I'he negro troops arc to sail for the
Philippines before most of the white
organizations, the Inst of which will
not leave this country until early in
January, JOOH.
Statement by Department.
The followug statement was issued
from the War department in explana
tion of tho orders:<
"There was a. time, between 1002
and when the colored regimeut*
were not scut to the Philippines nf
all. In 1005, .however, this policy was'1
tentatively changed, and the Twenty
fourth Infantry,, colored regiment,,
was sent to the Philippines and is now
there. The sojvices of the Twenty
fourth Iii fan try in tho Philippines
has been etirely satisfactory, and it is
thought that, (ho services of the oth
er regiments will be.
"In reporting upon this subject
General Wood stales: '1 recently vis
ited and nnulo an inspection of the
Departments of the Visayas and Min
dano, and found the Twenty-fourth
Infantry very well liked by the civil
authorities in the neighborhood of its
various stations. In fact us Tacloban
the Governor expressed particular ap
preciation of the lino conduct of iftri# '
regiment.'
"Because of this'V^port and expe
rience, the generalvsfatT recommend
ed and the Department <lpcided it to
be wise to return to the former policy
of equal foreign oervice of all the reg
iments of inc mobile army,
"The present assignment of the
other colored regiments to the Phil
ippines is merely for an equal distri
bution of foreign service. They have
not been there for four years. It now
becomes fair to them and to other
regiments that they be assigned to the
Philippines in duo order.
"Foreign sorvice, it should be stat
ed, increses tho^pay of the men 20
per cent and^coiuits double time for
relirgrnmt. It wA* pointed out at the
Department then*ore that the idea
th.1t these ordoreVwore prejudicial to
the colored troopl or were made on
account of the Brownsville affair, was
utterly absurd."
Tho Georgia May bo Presented With
Sdver Service.
Washington, Special.?A number of
representative men of Savannah Sat
urday called on Assistant Secretary
of the Navy Newberry, and conferred
with him regarding tho presentation
of a silver service to tho battleship
Georgia. Although nothing definite
was arranged, it is probable that th?
vessel will be sent South in the spring.
Savannah Put? In Her Bid.
> Washington, Special.?A delegation
from Savannah, headed by forniei
Senator Norwood, arrived hero in the
interest of the establishment of a sub*
Treasury in that city. Col. J. H. Ks
till, of the Savannah Mbrnhu News,
and Pleasant A. Stovall, of tho Sa
vannah'Press, were anon * the party.
The delegation held u e )Ufo;eneo with
Senators Bacon and Clay .fmd rnerti'
hers of the Georgia delegation in"the
House .of ItopreseiUufives and next
week will go before the ways and
means cotnmitlee to urge Savannah's
claims.
Four Killed, and Two Fatally Iajurad
In Explosion.
Kenosho, Wis., Special;- It
in
two were
were bad!
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