The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 10, 1907, Image 1
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YQLLXMEXVIII. CAMDKN, 8. C., Kill DAY, MAY 10,15)07. NO. IS*
-currences of Interest from
All Over South Carolina
iany items of state news
'111 * ??
Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover
ing a Wido Range?What is Going
On in Our State.
?e Anniversary of Nation's Birth.
An addrcs^ issued (o the superin
idenfs and teacher* of the jmblie
Sliools of South Carolina by Gov#
Uusel and Superintendent Martin
nils ior a general observance of Mon
Jay, May 13, (he 300th birthday of
jis countiv. The address says:
To the Superintendents and Teachers:
We wish L> suggest and request that
feou conduct some special e.xerei es
In your schools yn Monday, May 1.1,
1907, i lie 300th birthday of our nation
These exercises need not take much
pme?certainly not more than an hour
"?but in that time the importance of
lis date may be firmly fixed. Doubt
less you have access to historical jn
TOrnfation, patriotic songs, appropri
ate recitations, etc., which you can
jso in a short programme.
The children in our schools will
lake greater interest in the history
t)? our country, greater pride in tie
achievements of our fathers, and
puake greater efforts in the future if.
Ve impress the importance of those
jteptorions properly. It will not, be
tfmixs to teach the oluect and irnjior
byice oi the Jamestown exposoit i>n i
iti this connection.
Sincerely,
M. F. Ansel,
Governor.
|0. B. Martin,
[ptatc Superintendent of Education.
An Attempt to Wreck Train.
GatTney,"Special.?It has just been
learned here that some miscreant of
miscreants attempted to wreck a train I
5n Cherokee ('reek Sunday morning.
Thero is a small trestle at that point
.which is about three miles nortfi of
jGatYncy. Two colored men were on
rone end of tl|c trestle'talking, wheiiv
they sa\?*a m^n coming out of the cut
on the other; side. Ife did not stop
but a moment, stooped down and li;rn
Went back. The colored men paid no
particular attention to the, man at li r?
time, but finished their eonversat
f- when one of them ?Jim Cros!; - j
?- went across, and when he got to r ^
?'other end of the trestle discoviye! a
i large iron or steel bolt fastened to t' -
? track. Crosby reported the facts to
Mr. \V. A. Harris, who loosened ?
bolt, and brought ii to GatTncy, v.lie.e
^ he turned it over to the railroad auth
orities*. A searching iiivcsfigati >n
was at once instituted but nothing h s
been learned as yot, as to the identify
of the miscreant About a year a.uo
eome one placcgt a large cross tie a
l- cross the track of the Southern at t' e
same point, which came near wrecking
No. 33j^tlrtv fast night traiju7
Coffin Placed at Front Door.
Orangeburg, Special.?When Kev.
E. M. Lightfoot, pastor of the Orange
burg Baptist Church came out on I!.?
front piazza facing cdurt'house s<pi:ire
Thursday morning .great was the si.r
L .-prise tu .flnd_iL_culIlp placed on two
, benches just by the door. 0^ niakio ?
. an examination he found tluVifffm t?"?
be empty wifli a piece of paper at
tachcd to the lid upon which wa
written:
? "This will be your box on June i<>.
1007. So good-bye to E. M. Light -
foot. P; S. Peace to his ashes.
"Anon."
When the incident became known
throughout the city feeling ran big!
acrainst the unknown perpetrators ??'
the outrage. There is no clue to lie
?. guilty party.
Big Tbacco Plant For Mullinn.
Mullens, Special.?That the Ameri
can Tobacco Company in erecting hc?r??
? redrying leaf tobacco plant at the
l cost of $35,000 is evidence of the im
portance of the tobacco industry of
.. this section of the State. The bui!;l
jf in if, ?H(? by lftO-fcet in dimension, of
mill contruction, is well under way
and will be ready for occupancy by.
?.June 15/
Killed in Waverly.
Columbia, Speoief.?Another mur
der mystery with no clue to work rn
has the eity-fmd county authorities
Worried and suburban residents "par
ticularly disturbed. While on hi<
way to his meat market on Taylor
U?8treot from bis residence in Waverlj
I- Mr. K. 'J\ Wescott was shot through
the head and iustantly killed as lu>
-passed between two schoolhouses at
the corner of I^ady and Oak streets
^ in Waverly at 5 o'oclock in the morn
.. ing. Mi*. Wescott had just left Ms
. residence two blocks away down Oak
Tfttreet, but bis b?dy tfas not found
~ ? iiii haif ??* hour Uin-.
Died Of Ptotol Wound.
JLynohburg, SpecUl.?Charlee Hugh
10 years old, of this city died lest
ik et the home of hie brother, In
ted to heret^e?n inflicted late Sat
lay afternoon neverel milee below
city by John Bryant, a rilway eon
PALME I TO CHOP CONDITIONS
Conditions for the Past Week as Re
ported by the Department.
The weather and Crop Bureau of
the Department of Agiieulture issues
the following bulletin of condition#
for the week ending M??iulay, May 0.
The week was mild, the weekly
mean temperature having been slight
ly above normal. The highest tem
perature >va? !)1 decrees at Black
ville on the 1st, the loweat was 50
Jegrees on April 30th, ultimo.
The precipitation was ample in all
parts of the State, ami averaged
nearly normal. The western half of
the State had excessive amounts lo
yally, accompanying thunderstorms
?>n the 2nd and 3rd. Damaging hail
accuiyd in the extreme western coun
ties. o
Th*> sunshine was deficient, part of
the State having luiif only one eleor
.lay and parts only cloudy to partly
cloudy weather.'
The folowing special rainfall re
ports were received by telegraph and
include the measurements of 8 a. in.,
mi May (Ith.: 1'elzer 0.84 of "an ineli;
('happels 0.7(5 of an inch; Blairs 0.(50
of an inch; Catawba 0.")4 of an inch;
f'heraw 0.88 of an inch; Florence 0.f>4
of an inch; Greenwood 1.30 inches;
Kingstree 1.08 inches; ?aint (ieorge
0.04 of an inch; Saint Matthews l.r>0
inches; Ynmasa'ee 0.74 of an inch;
('harlotte, N. ('., 0.30 of an inch;
Augusta, (Ja.. 0.40 of an inch; Savan
nah, Ga., 0.30 of an inch.?J. W.
Bauer, Section Director.
Killed By Hfs Son in-Lav/
Greenville, Special.?H. F. Fortner,
an aged farmer residing two miles
from I'elzoi;, was shot and instantly
killed Friday at noon bv Noil Hunks.
Fortner's son-in-liiw. The shooting
occurred in the front yard of the mur
dered man. Four shots took eff^H
and death resulted instantly. The
shooting resulted from the refusal of
Hanks to pay a board bill.
Banks XJndor Arrest.
?. Ander'sou, Special.?Noil Hanks,
the young man >vho killed H F. Fort
nor near l'olzer Friday, was arrested
on the place of Boss Banks, in Abbe
ville county, 10 miles from Anderson.
The piisoner was brought to Andcr
:.rn and lucked (up sccurily. There i.$
'I'uit# a lot of. feeling again ? him in
the section where the eiiir.o was eosn
mitted. It will be recalled that Hanks
i.-; a .-;ou-in-law of Forlner and was in
'iad favor in the community. Hanks
came to Fortncr's house for his trunk.
He could not get it as he owed Fort
ner a board bill. Thereupon he 11 red
upon his father-in-law, killing him
instantly. I'anks is a man of bad re
putation an$ it was thought that l.e
would t>ive trouble, but he was arrest
ed wiihout show of resistance.
Sh^lton Han^d in Spartanburg.
Spartanburg, Special.?John Shcl
?on wjs hanged in the county jail F?i
lay at noon. The tlap was sprung
it 11 :5S, atul at 11?: 10 he was pro
nounced dead by l)rs. Leonard and
"??'lid1!. ~Whcn the- body was- taken
, 'i?vii i! was found that his neck was
'.lislocated.- About ?!') people witness
?il tl:e hanging. Shelton was convict
? I at I ho January term of court 1J)!J6
'?'?? killin-r his father-in-law, All'
'li 'gy, at Cross Anchor in November,
? )0o. x?ttcr killing his wife's father
e in.:?!e his escape, but was arrested
I'.il loued in jail. Four times since
or- conviction he was to have been
:sini*rd, but each time he escaped the
r.iiiov.?. thiouuh the efforts of his al
io, ;t\ *.
Off.cers Held up, Prisoners Released.
(iroiwilie, Special. ? Moonshiners
gave a party of officers a big surprise
in tho Dark Corner of (Ireenvillfc coun
ty last week by surrounding a distil
lery which the raiding squadron had
captured and at the point of Winches
ter rifles demanding and effecting the
release of two prisoners. It was a
daring piece of work even for bloek
aders and rather out of the ordinary
for these times.
New B;-& L. Association.
Laurens, Special.?The Citizen's
Building and Joan Association with
a capital stock of $100,000 has heiAi
organized here with M. J. Owings as
president, IV A. Simpson vice presi
dent W. R. McCue, secretary and
treasurer. The hoard of directors
includes the three, officers and other
well known ||^n%ess and professional
men of the city?-Messrs. R, Fleming
Jones, William rfK Andrews, Harvey
Terry, Arthur l<. Hughes, Hilliary ]J.
Kwnedy and Dr. Jesse H.
v ?g
Accident Near Timmonsvill.e.
Tiaamonsvillo, Special.?Mr. John
M. Benton, a citizen of thin place, who
is engaged in the saw mill buainesa,
wM.I*-.atten<Ung ? to_hie duiiee TUutt
day evening wea struck on the head
by a pieee of lumber which was gath
ered up by the targe drivipg belt, and
knocked senselqw.* Latest report* nay
he yHI not T^er- Ht *aa tftktiU*
Ur. SMrfri'i lwqpMiU nasmm#*
a m iia rant
Sweeps Several Small Towns
Oul of Existence
SOME LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED
Wind Assumes Proportion of Tor
hado iu Some Sections and Results
in Deaths of Two and Injury to
Many Other Persons, Resides Great
Damage to Cattle.
Fort Worth, Tex., special A storm
of wind and rain which \*us general
throughout a considerable area in
northern Texas, ami which at some
places ime<l (lie proportion of a
tornado,'Tieeordin# to meagre reports
j received here has resulted iu the loss
J of at least two lives, the injury of
many othe% persons, - and great dam
age to property and crops. Several
j villages are wiped out, hut because
ol the prostration ol botli telephone
and telegraph wires, details arc al
niost impossible to obtain.
At lJejHUit, one of the largest vil
lages in Lamar county, 20 miles from
Paris, the storm passed northeast,
cutting a path about ^100 ya?;ds wide
iu the residence portiotv?oii the east
side. The Baptist parsonage was
blown to picecs, its timbers and the
furniture scattered over the ground.
Ii. II. Hfyso'n's residence was demol
ished and gcveral other residences
damaged. As far as can be ascer
tained, no one was hurt at this place.
Crops are badly damaged and many
fences and barns were blown away.
It is reported that at Palesboro,
in Ked liiver county, the wife and
child of Andrew Bell were hui;t. A
terillic wind passed over Sulphur
Springs about 2 o'clock.
The damage in Sulphur Springs was
trival, but west of there the propor
tions of a tornado, carrying' death
and great property damage iu its
wake, were assumed. A passenger
train on the Cotton Boll was held en
by the train crew until the storm
passed. The telephone and telegraph
wires in this section are down and
details of the storm are almost im
possible to obtain.
At Antioeh, or Pleasant drove, as
it is also called, the whole village
was practically destroyed. Antioeh
is about seven miles north of Sulphur
Springs. This is the tornado belt and
most of the hemes are provided with
stoim cellars.
The home of William LemimviH
was complo'oly destroyed, entailing a
loss of abort $10,000. Tinee barns on
Ilia place wc:e alsuVlu&t royed and
many head of live st<Wi?fej|iillcd. A
tenant on the place named Brazil,
with his family, consisting of his
wife and seven children, saw the
-stoim coming and made a' run for a
cellar. Brr.zil was caught bv the
wind and crushed by flying; debris.
Kive of the children reached the col
lar in safety, l.ut Mrs. Brazil and"
two of the chifwreu were fearfully
hurt and feats arc entertained for
their recovery.
The home of Joseph Feguson was
destroyed and Mis. Ferguson was
dangerously hint by flying; debris.
Ben Pogncs ai\l his wife were blown
down, but it is thought they may re
cover.
Mrs. Sid Lackey as hurt and will
probably die.
The village of Byrd Wright was
entirely destroyed and it is known
that at least one death occurred
there, although more may have been
fatally hurt. Crawford Martin and
Jap Conner were seriously wounded
and may (lit*. Byrd Wiigiit is a vil
lage of between 300 and 400 persons
and it is said to have been utterly
obliterated, with the exception of the
business section. Many of the towns
people were in that pa:I of the vil
lage and thus escaped del Mi.
Tho Transport Logan Sails.
Sun Francisco, Special.??-The 1'nil
ed Stales transport l.ogan soiI?!?1
Monday afternoon for the Philip
pines, Honolulu and (luaiYi, carrying
tlu> Ninth Cavalry, (colored), with
the members of the families of'the
married enlisted men, 2">0 members of
flu* Twenty-seventh l'atteiy Field
Artillery, ilrtO recruits for Honolulu
and a few fer.rr.cn for Guam.
Watson to ho Given Hearing.
\ Washington, Special,? Jlmmi^iiflivii
Cbmrnissioner Watson, of South Vwso
lina will he niven a hearing l*y(j/t!?e
.national immigration e??mu1is>ion in
Washington on Friday of this week.
Mr. Watson has heen abroad a num
ber of times in efforts to^iutcsest a
desirable class of immigrants in the
opportunities afforded for work in
the southern part of the country and
the commission is anxious to hear
from him. Six numbers of the im
migration edtfiwisfion are to fail IVr
Kurope on May IS to pursue their in
vestigation info tho immigration
niiottinn.
Investigating Alleged FertiliEer Trust
Montgomery, Ala., Special.?Alleg
ing that there exist* a fertiliser trtHt,
iniquitous In it* operations in Alaba
ma, a legislative committee began
work Monday to investigate it. The
eommittee is beaded by Senator M.
L.Leith, wbo asserted-in the Senate
some weeks ago that fertilisers of the
same grade and excellence made at
Fiomwa, Ate, eon t&aAtibww f*r
m* M m mM
AGAINST THE RULES.
STATEHOOD SCHOOL
TWOSEVCIT, to?Ctf>f<L
?liy Itobort 1 shell, in tlio WAHhington I'o-t.
THE WHJ3LE STATE OF MISSOURI PLEADS
WITH ROOSEVELT FOR CONVICT'S FREEDOM
A Jean Valjean fin Real Life Hay Aroused
the Sympathy of Hi^h and Low.
Washington, IX C. ? President
Roosevelt 111 a nolo t<* tho Depart- j
tuent of Justice expressed tho opin
ion that John William January, of ?
Missouri, should have bis sentence
commuted at once or be pardoned i
outright. lie wrote as follows: j
"Department of Justice:
"In view of the statements of the
Judges, bank presidents and so forth,
who know him, I think Anderson's
nine years of life as an honest elil
zen, hard working and of good re
pule, warrant us in commuting his
sentence at once or in pardoning him
outright. f
"Which do you think ought to ho
done? Aro there suittcfent reasons
for not doing either?
"THEODORIS ROOSEVELT."
The whole State of Missouri has
risen up InjN appeal to President
Roosevelt for n'pardon for this West
ern Jean Valjean, who has Jnst been
rccaptured in Kansas City ufte'r ain
upright and prosperous life of nine
years, during which he had proved J
himself one of the bust citizens of the
place. Missouri is asking the Presi- !
?dottt to give the man a "square deal," j
and there does not seem to be much
doubt that .Missouri's request will be
granted.
John William January, thirteen or
fourteen years ago, when he was just*
twenty-one years old, broke into tho
postofHce at Hennessey, Okla*, for
the purpose of robbery. Me got no
booty worth anything, but was
caught, tried in the Federal Court at '
Guthrie, and sentenced to servo five
years in the penitentiary,
In.lidfiOU January was a model of
good behavior. He was working for j
the good conduct commutation, and
had come to within eight months of J
the timb when ho would bo liber
ated, when lie saw a chance to escape '
and took\ it. Ho worked his way .
north, and after a time got wprk on '
a railroad wiih a construction gang. |
lie ?aved his money, and finally had
enough to get to -Kansas City. There, 1
under the namo of Charles \V. An
derson, he got a Job on a street rail- [
way. lie was steady and sober,'
worked hard ami saved h'ia money. '
Kansas City is a red-hot city pollti- j
cally, and the fact that he never 1
could bo induced to vote, even oiv'
questions in which (he street railroad
men were deeply interested, caused '
some to marvH. but Anderson, aware
of his civil disability through his pri
son sentence, held steadfastly aloof.
At length Jin saved enough money
to buy out a small restaurant near
tho car hains of the street railroad. 1
His principal customeis were his for
mer workmates. lie stuck t'o his
restaurant as he had to his railroad
work, and as before ha prospered.
He had lived so long undetected that
be began to believe he was safe, so
he married and had ona child,.a tlVe
yenr-old girl.
Kh made enough money to buy a
better business in a more thriving lo
cality. lie told Ills first :>1aco .or a
good price, and was .uoklng for a
uew one when he was caught. It
happened that a man who had been
in Uio penitentiary at Leavenworth
with him met him on the Htreet and
recognized him. The ex-convict fol
lowed Anderson and mado himself
known. Anderson realized at onco
that ho was In the man's hands, and
lost if he chose to betray him. Tho
man proposed that they go "dowu
town and lidve some fun."
"No," answered Anderson. "I
have quit all that. I am mari^^OLnnd
hay? a family. 1 dojj t want foTiayo
Htoinijr Kccrte in Duma.
Ad attack on-4KSNu?my by a radi
cal member of the Duma caused a
stormy scene, followed by an ultima
tum from theXabinet that unless the
member w# suspended relations
would be bfokon.
Fuel Future For Alcohol.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
told the Amecicua Out), in .Pit tabu cjl
Pk., Uat coal* wood and oil would
anything to do with you."
The convict know there was a
standing reward of $60 tor Informa
tion that would lead to the recapture I
of escaped prisoners. Ho got in com
munication with tho prison authori
ties, and promised, if the money vras
fortiicoming, to reveal tho whoi'o
abouta of January.
Tiro authorities promised, and the
information was'given them, with the
lesult that tho police of Kmmshr (Mtv
were requested to arrest Anderson.
Two policemen, hating their task,
took the man they knew to have been
i a good citizen for nine years, and
locked him up. Then it developed
that the convict who had betrayed
him could not receive tho reward af
I ter all, because such money could bo
j paid only to citizens, and he was out
side tho palo. So it was offered to
| the two policemen who made the ar
rest. Both spurned It.
There was nothing for tho court
to do but remand Anderson to prison.
He did not attempt to deny his iden
tity and went back to Leavenworth
to serve out tho unexpired portion of
his full sentence, all Jiis good conduct
commutation having been forfeited
by his escape. That was about a
week ago.
Kansas City rose up in his behalf^
and all Missouri followed the lead of
tho city. The two policemen wife
had scorned the blood money accept
ed It and turned it iyto tho fund that
was raised to help obtain Anderson's
pardon. Everybody in Kansas City
lent a hand. Doctors, lawyers,
judges, merchants, tho Mothers and
liomemakors' Club, tho . Hoard or
Trade, * the Chamber nf~ Co'tht'tcc,
labor organizations and private indi
viduals, either signed petitions or
wrote dlueetly to the President-.
Tho House of Itepresentatives fit
the Statelllegislature, by formal rfso
lutlon, a-.Pded Its weight to the appeal
to Mr. Uoosovelt. Tho judge before
whom ..January had been tried wrote
one of the strongest letters ever re
ceived at tho Department of Justice,
and the warden of tho penitentiary
made .an rppenl. Nothing, he said,
could bettor servo to convince the
prisoners now In tho pcuitontlnry or
tho relentless pursuit of .wrongdoers
by the Government than the manner
in which January had haen brought
back aftor nine years, lint tin* mere
bringing him back bad served to en
force that lesanh. Now there was
opportunity to add to it a laAson
equally striking, in tho mercy us well
as the justice of tho t5overnme.nl. by
giving tho man who had proved his
reform a pardon for his obi offense.
Neither the V./lite Ho.is? nor the
Department of Justice kne*v ;f< first
what It wiri all about, By the lime
tho slow-going official lp.ail had
brought tho information there were
thousands of unofficial appeals for
mercy for January. Then came a
sworncertlrtcatethat a petition signed
by 37,000 citizens of Kaunas City v.its
on Its way. Senator Warner and
Representative 1011 is took up tiietase.
Their constituents in solid mass de
manded, that they should a at.
! Tho red tape or officii, h method:*
compels a litJlo delay. Usually It Is
a gi'oat deal of delay. Hut in this
caso tho pardon attorney of the Uo
: partment of Justice will have his
opinion ready promptly after the offi
cial application from Mrs. Anderson
for her husband'8 pardon is in his ,
hands. Then It will go to Attorney
General Bonaparte for his recommen
dation. and thence to tho President
' for autlon.
J Typhoid Kill* Scranton Student.
I Joaeph Twias, of Scranton. Pa., a
etudoot of medicine at the Medlro
Chlrurglcal College, died from ty
phoid lever, which he contracted a
few days ago. The young man. he
wae only twenty-one yeara old, wa? a.
l eon of Jamcii TwUb, a well known bo
I tellceeper, of 8cranton,. and a lot uier
' Select Councilman.
I Kansas Wlwnt Ninety Average.
i Secretary Cotoui a, lo nla omcial re
port. vAys tfetifreent Average of tb*
i ***** m.
I
PRESIDENT PUIS DDT
TIMID TERM FEELER
Reynolds Said to Be Sounding
Public Pulse Confidentially.
CIRCULAR LETTER PUT FORTH
bun*:is Republicans Hesitate jo He*
1 i4-\u* Roosevelt Out of tl>e Itaoo
?'rail Thought to lit* in Favor
??t'opy ??l Document Sent Out.
Washington, D f\? It was learned
by n visit of James n Reynolds, of
Now York, lo (ho Wlillo House, that
the League of Republican Clubs wan
fooling 111?"? pulse of the people iu re
lation to a third term f??j- President
Roorcvolt. Reynolds uss tho l'resl
<1 * * 111 s confident ial mail in the invos
tlj:nib>n of the beef packers. and ho
I* cti '.m >d yet in special work of a
confidential nature ft?r tin"1 President.
Reynold* hlid n tr. 1 k with tho Presi
dent, th-n hastened u> Now York.
Reynolds, it is known, spent. hl3
timo fn N.-w York at t!???? head<|iiiu
t< i". of ih" of Republican
Clubs. When asked if ho was using
lli<.' I.t'iiiiiic to feel the public J?n 1 s<* in
the Iniorosls of the President, 11?? nn
bw ?M>'?l:
"NVI1 i a question. II would bo
on I of place in nui' who Is doing ^pe
dal work for tho President lo an
swer Hint question."
It became known, however, that
tho League of Republican Clubs is
sen-Wing out circ^Lir lot 11*i*w to Re
publicans lu all pails of tho country,
and an Reynolds Is one of the lead
ing officials of the I,<>aguc ll Is said
that tho work is being dono under
ills guidance.
This is a copy of iho Icttor:
"My Hoar Sir In view of tho
present agitation and liio sharply
drawn Issues Iwhvorn tho Adriiitiis*
traliou of President Koosovcll and
its critics, will you kindly send confl
dontJaliy lo this headquarters your
view of tho sentiuiout of the votorH
of your ..district, whothor for or
against President Roosevelt: your
opinion as lo llie developments of
tin* next year, and what course i?
likely to be taken politically lu your
district, with reference to the election
and instruction or non-instruction of
delegates lo (lie Republican National
Convention of next year?
"It. will be a great favor If you
will kindly respond at length to this
letter. I am, yours respectfully and
?sincerely. JOHN A. HTIOWMKT."
(^'Stewart. is president of the N?w
York State League.
"Out in Kansas," said Reprosenta
tivo Miller, of that Slate, "the peo
ple are not disposed to make any
alignments for the Republican nom
ination unlit they foal absolutely cer
tain thai the President is out of the
race. Somehow they are not willing
to accept what he said in his state
ment on election night in .1 1MM, and
believe thtftf he ma$>Y)e induced to
again enter tho field. This is In spite
of the fact that Senator Long, who
stands clone to the President, recent
ly returned home from Washington
"fend gave an interview.-*saying the
President was not in the race and
declaring himself for Taft.. 1^. will
take another utterance from the Pres
ident before the people of Knnsas
-and elsewhere will relinquish their
hesitancy about supporting tho can
didacy of any other man."
Most of tho statesmen and politi
cians: nt the White House were not
in talkiftlvo mood. Senator Knox, of
Pennsylvania, was one of these.
Whon asked wlieUwr he had any
thing to say connected with Presi
dential poll tics, he replied: "I am
not Involved In theso great matters."
Put the "reactionaries" thiuk he Is.
Secretary Taft was another who
did not yield to tho opportunity to
say something of political interest.
He said that lie wanted a chance to
attend to business, and preferred to
leave politics alone.
INS CHANCE MEN AltllFSTFi).
George- P. Scrughain ami Others
Charged ^fvfty Falsifying Itallots.
Now York-^lty.?Seeking to have
agents of the Now York Life Insur
ance Company jailed -rifr-.the charge
of forging signatures ot' policy hold
ers in Iho recent elections of direct
ors, George it. Scrughain, manager
for the International Policy Holders'
Committee, and iwo employes were
arrested, charged with conspiracy.
The warrant wan served on Scrughain
in ib'> Hotel Hampton, in Albany, by
D-teciivo Fit/simmons, ?? of District
Attorney Jerome's office. The prls
ener war. put on a train leaving that
< ity lor this city, where he will bo
anv.lguc il.
The complaint on which tho three
were arrested, which had been drawn
up by Assistant District Attorney
Walter H. Howe, accused Scrughain
and iiis assistants of tampering with
defective ballots whfch had been sont
to tho Pulley Holders' Committee to
be east, In support of tho committee's
ticket' It was charged these ballots
were i.ltored so that they could bo
((Minted. It Is assorted that between
iioOO and 3000 envelopes, containing
votes, were found, to whleh the
names of policy, holders had been af
fixed by the defendants, or at their
direction.
Ilondtiran Pactions Fight.
'--Advices front Puerto Cortex told
of a light in Tegucigalpa between
Ilondtiran potions, in which stven
persons weievy v
fjcrinany'^-^cnce Policy.
The German Chimct?Hor?.. Prineo
von Buelocv, in a speoch be (or? tbe
RePhatag, clearly defined Germany's
position iq rejard to a discussion of
limitation ot armament* at The
Hague.
Food For Starving Chiam,
Tho United States transport Bed
ford sailed from Sfn Fran<H?co tor
China with TOTOwr ponnte of floor
on
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HffiBS SH FROM
FLOODED COHL SHAFI
Starving Toilers Rescued After
Hundred Hours of Agony. /
FOUND BY HEROIC COMRADES
Tell Their Kvpcrienre?Economized
on Food in Lunch Jtuskota and
Kept Only One, Lamp I turning??
In Exhausted Condition,
Johnstown, P;t.?ThQ DAven n^Inern
who for five days have been Impris
oned in (ho Innermost depths of the
Hooded Horwlnd-Whlte coal mine at
Fouslwell were roachod by two he
rolo resellers atr10 o'clock In the
illkIit of (ijo fifjh day. All seven
worn found alive and woll, hut suf
fering tei*vibly from thirst and the
dnrkn^s. * ,
In I ho moenlng when the last of
(ho wcicr had been pumped from .
Jho in lie of flooded tunuet that
njeckod lheir way -to safety, they
W'l-o lod to (ho month Of the shaft.
?he nnine3 of t.h,two men who
rorr'u'd (ho entombed seven will go
down in Iho hlfitorvy0f mine heroism
as I ho "bravest o<" iho bravo." Those
mm are Silny Uodon and Charles
Ream After one rescue party had
t;lvf ii up in dngpfilr iimv swam fifty
fovt lhrou?h tho p'lch-hlack tortuous
jiiniu-i mid dravrftod themselves npon
"(> li?d*^o whore the entombed mln
s:l' The rescuers were moro
j.ead H?an (ho men <o whom they
hro:nrht Iho hope of Hfo,
When, (wo hours nf/or (ho first he
role, swim, b>Uf conscious and
exhausted. staggered bock to the?.
bead nf (lie shaft to brill? mows ck
11)0 rescue, such a roar of Joy and
woleome went up from (lie anxious
erowd in wnldm* that (ho ground
Ironihltsd and (he echoes carried for
miles.
lOarllor In (he day a first attempt
at reaching the enlnmhed men had
heen made by n party of four, head
ed hv John Holya. brother of Fore
man Holya. one of iho sovon within
'ho mine. Hut (ho water was still
too li11?h. and (nongli Holya, frenzied
with grief as ho (bought of his.
loot:?i>r's starvation, had desperately
dived in an attempt to swim beyond
(ho high water mark, his compan
ion?, wore forced to pail him back by
the rope they Iwul Med around his
waist as k jJPocautloh, and return.
At (V a I lime U>e surface of the flood
I'Aached iho dome of the narrow shaft -4
IhWan.v snots along the mllo of wind- .
Ing 1"ti*sIh between (.Tie moutir and
(lie little eminence whereon the
se11 imprisoned men sat waiting. ...
The return of tliki party, empty
hamlod drove tho thousands outside
half wild with 'grief and disappoint
lnent.
Hfforls at pumping were then re
doubled. At "10 o'clock the water ,
had so far gone down that it was re
solved to nTako one more attempt to
hfenk through lo tlve overcast, where
It was believed the unfortunate ,men
were still alive.
Itodon and Ream volunteered for
the service. They made, a dash
through fifty feet of water filled
heading, reached tlio starving men.
All seven woro not only/alive, but
well, though greatly exhausted from
their long confinement. They wore
cheerful, too, despite the danger of
mental breakdown. In fact, it yM
to ward off t,\io phantoms threatening
them in the unfathomed jgloom be- ?
yohd the small space lighted by their *
lamp that fchey kept up their spirits.
The resetters swam under water for
many feet to get to thom, andwhen
they arrived In tho air chamber
where the captives waited "for help,
lliev for the moment, wore in 'frorso
plight than the Wm thoy had braved
ail lo save. For tho rescuers were
half drowned by their protracted sub
mersion, whereas tl?o other men were
singing with forced gayety when the
dramatic reunion under ground oc*
curred.
The entombed miners were 'sup
plied jvlth abundaftco of food for
days through tho forethought of their
leader, Michael Bolya, the contractor
In charge of tho heading swept by
the lloo(L When tho water surged
around tho seven, mounting from
kincs to h.lps and reaching for their
throats, Holya shouted to his com
panions to savo their luncheon bas
ket;*. Half consciously they obeyed
bim They Areded no admonition
n oiii him to keep thslr lights dry.
That (Ir.-y did automatically. With tho1
instinct of.tiirir kind.
Tho reamed men aro: Michael
Ro.vJu, John Howard, John Cones,
R("oh:ii Hrillnrd, (Jeorgo and John
Aleka and Michael Retro.
l)Il<:i? OF IIUMOHSK.
? F.dv.'sml Miiiic, of St. /joui*, Struck
His Molhvr and Commit ted Suicide.
St. Louis, Mo.?At the inquest into
tho death of Fdwavd cjdnn.o, twenty
four years old. who committed sui
cide, it developed that Ldnne took hUl?
life hecauso of remorse in having
struck lib uiottor. lie had been out
of work and his mother chlded him
for not making further effort xb se
cure employment. In a rage he
struck her in the face* Later he re
turned and weepiogly begged for
giveness, which she granted. Then
he shot himself.
Suicide From Ill'Health.
Cap.tain Will^vm H. Thompson1, for
Iblrtju year* In tho oyster trade at
Bttltim6;-6V lid., shot mm sell dead in
that city no account at ill health.
V From to TeMeaseew
The Twmmm State Board 01
wheat from .frosts, v>omptaisis oc
green bog damage are
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