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VOLUME XVIII. ' CAMDEN, S. O., FRIDAY, A I l-V 2(5. P.HI7. NO. 2?.
PALMETTO HAPPENINGS
Newsy Items Gathered from the Different Sections of
South Carolina.
New Naval Constructor for Charles
ton Yard.
Charlciitpu, Special. ? Navul Con
fctruetfor Julius A. Purer has suc
(:cetle<i Coyjtructor John A. Spilman
at the ('harleston navy yard, the lat
ter having been d(itached for special
duty in the construction of vessel* at
navy yards*, Lieut. Finer comes t >
Charleston from the New York navy
yard. Lieut. Furer has been in the
service more than 10 years and he
will .succeed Lieut. Spilman in the
direction of construction work at the
navy yard. All work of tho construc
tion and repair department "Otlmes
under the charge of the naval cons
tructor. Lieut. Spilman has been on
duty at the navy yard for several
months, but the need of his service
is felt for ship building and he has
consequently been detached and Lieut
Furer sent here from the New York
navy yard to succeed him.
Speakers Failed to Arrive.
Newberry, Special. ? Over 200 far
mers of Newberry county were at the
court house in response to an an
nouncement by Mr. T. C. Hunter,;
president of the Newberry County
Cotton Growers' Association tha*
Messrs. E. 1). Smith, president of the
State Cotton Growers' Association;
F. 11. Hyatt and P. 11. Weston would
be in Newberry on the 15th Inst, for
the purpose of addressing the farmers
and business men of the county.
Neither of tho speakers put in an ap
pearance and the crowd was disap
pointed. The meeting was held in
the opera house and there was a large
crowd present. The following of
ficers were elected: R. T. C. Hunter,
president; W. C. Brown, Secretary;
Alan Johnston, treasurer. The fol
lowing resolution was unanimously
adopted: ,
"That the cotton association re
gards the decision of Judge Urawley
on ilie contract labor system a.; in
jurious to the agricultural interests."
The Kershaw Election.
Columbia, Special. ? The Stat??,
hoard of election canvassers met i >1
consider < lie matter of the election'
011 the dispensary question in Kpr
sliaw county. A mass of papers'Was,
submitted and attorneys were present1
to present both sides but on account,
of the absence of Attorney General
Lyon and Comptroller General Jones
it was decided to defer consideration
and action until the entire board can
be present, as this case will probably
be a precedent. The members' of tho.
board present had about arrived at a I
conclusion, but considered this a very
important-case and wished for tho
board as a whole to go on record.
State Health Board.
Columbia, Special. ? The State,
board t>f health met last week and
talked ^Qver a number of matters af
fecting the health of the State. Noth
ing of particular importance was done
although there are several matters up
for future discussion. One^of thet.Cj
is t lie pro^position made to the Stare
board of education at Chick Springs
suggesting the teaching of hygiene
and health in the public schools
through suitable books and by lect
ures. This is now before -a speAial
commit tee of the board of education
to frame up. Q^hc board unanimously
endorsed the suggestion of the com
mittee from theKboard of health.
Abbeville Cotton Growers.
Abbeville, Special. ?^^fes9rs. E. D.
Smith and F. H.. Weston ofs$he South
ern Cotton assocjhtion spokeliere to a
very largo croWcl in the court house, I
Much enthusiast^ was shown $000 be
ing subscribed to"--?arry. on the-wnrlc
of I he association. Mr. Smith's speech
wa$ logical and to the point and
abounded as usual in wit and humor.
Mr. I. A- Keller, president of the
Abbeville county association presided
Steamer For the Pee Dee.
Georgetown, Special. ? Messrs. W.
M. Duval and Wm. Godfrey of,Che
raw were in Georgetown last wesic ?*>
representatives of the Cheraw stock*
holders of the Cheraw Georgetown
Steamboat company, and* they with
the stockholders in Georgetown pur
chased the Steamer Merchant from
the Georgetown and Pee Dee Steam
boat company, the purchase price be
ing $livK)0. This steamer has a net
carrying capacity of - 344 ton#, - and
one great advantage of this ste**ier
is that *she carries her immense
freight on a very small draught of
water.
pkoepbate
. Charleston, Special. ? Tbe South
Carolina pfaospliatg - eommiwien ?*
?mined the phosphate mines about
last week. Tbe ooramis
srcrsmfaaMin of tbo
having been bfre
in two veers. ' The
New Station For Florence.
- Florence, Special. ? It is gratify
ing to the people of Florence and vi
cinity and will no doubt bo of inter
est to the traveling public in general
to know that ground lias been broken
for the eerction of the handsome- pas
senger station in the cifljfc It is un
derstood that the removal of the di
vision headquarters of the Atlantic,
Coast Line from Wilmington to Flor
ence, which has been announced will
lake place on the 1st of August will
have the effect of giving Florence a
handsomer and larger station than
was at first planned.
Petition in Circulation.
Batesburg, Special. ? A petition
addressed to the second assistant post
master general is being circulated in
Batesburg and the towns along the
Carolina Midland railroad, asking
t hat* better mail facilities he provided
for the people along the line between
Batesburg and Allendale. At present
there is but one train each way on
ihis road and ii a mixed train. The
mail is supplied to the various towns
along tho railroad in locked pouches,
which of necessity is not satisfactory.
Belter mail ami passenger facilities
over tl^ road have been in demand
(for many years.
Fromiring Youilg Man Meets Untime
ly Death.
Florence, Special. ? A horrible ac
cident occurred at Winston by which
a promising young man by the name
of A. W. I'rice lost his life. Young
Price had fbp some tiji'ie been acting
as assistant, jto the de|x?i-?gent, tho'
not in the employ of the railroad
company, and it seems in delivering
orders to the engineer or conductor,
slipped under, or was in some way
caught by, the wheels of the train
and was crushed to death. lie was
the son of a widowed mother.
Shooting/in Greenville.
Greenville, Special. ? Isaac Griffin
was shot antl perhaps fatally wound
ed Sunday aflernoop by Butler Allen
in the northern part of tliis county.
The men are lirst cousins and ore
both under age. Allen came to the
city and gave himself up to the, au
thorities,* but refused to discuss the
affair when seen at the county jail,
other than to hint that he acted in
self-defense. Both families are well
known. Allen is a cousin of Walter
Allen who is serving a life sentence
for the murder of lly Trammel in tho
same neighborhood some years ago.
Died From Fright.
Anderson, Special. ? Solicitoi
Boggs arrived in the city and brought
the news of the rather unique death
i of Mi". M. B. Waters of Brevard, N
C., who lost his life from fright near
Quickens. R seems that Mr. and Mr:;.
>Vaters were driving out in the coun
try when their horse became fright
ened and was rearing upon it's hind
feet. Mr. Waters became frightened
on account of his wife and collapsed
dying eight minutes later. The horse
did not ritn but fell back and injured
Mrs. Wafers slightlv.
Dispenser For Bamberg.
Bamberg, Special. ? The countv
board has appointed Mr. C. R. Clay
ton of Ehrliardt as dispenser at that
place to take the place of Mr. J. C.
McKenzie, who died recently. Mr.
Clayton waj a member of tho old
county board when the dispensary
watf3 in the hands of the State. He
Is the father of Mr. (1. B. Clayton,
who is a member of the present
board.
Teachers for Cameron School.
Cameron, Special. ? The trustees
of the Cameron graded school have
elected teachers for another term, as
fallows: Prof. A. T. Davis, of Ches
terfield, principal; Miss Pearl Powell
of Columbia, for the intermediate
RTnde; Miss Marion M. Lykcs of Ly
kcslaud as primary teacher, and Miss
Virginia Walker of Cameron has heen
re-elected os music teacher. All or
the above are experienced teachers.
</
Officers Elected and Dividend De
clared.
Spartanburg, Special. ?The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
Cowpens Manufacturing Company
held in this city was most satisfac
tory. President R. R. Brown was re
elected a* were all the old members of
the board of directors. A semi*nn
nual dividend of 3 1-2 per cent, was
declared. President Brown reported
that thfc enlargement of the plant
that has been completed and that the
new machinery installed would be in
operation within the next few day*.
Drowned Whjle in Bviaalnf.
Rock Hill, Special.? About 10
o'doek Wednesday night, while bath*
ing in'a pood at the Arcade Mill in
this eHy a yonng white mate named
JUUy, 23 yaar* of a$e Was drowi
Ha' was a good swimmer and it
d that ho was seised with
white in the water which win
fltt water was .drained
an n ran u tu
Steamer and Schooner Clash
Off California Coast
OVER 100 LIVES LOST IN WRECK
Ihe Steamer Columbia and Steam
Schooner San Pedro Collide Off tli^
California Coast and Many Per
sons Find Watery Graven.
San Francisco, Special.?In one of
the worst marine disasters in the his
tory of tho California coast, between
100 and 150 liverf were lost, as far as
has been learned, by a midnight col
lision between the steamer Columbia
and the steam lumber schooner San
Pedro, in Shelter Cove, 12 miles
southwest of the Mcdocina-Mumboldt
county line, between 12 and 1 o'clock
Monday morning. Only meagre de
tails of the tragedy have been receiv
ed, though every effort has been made
to get the facts. Scores of telegrams
to Eureka, the nearest point of im
portance, remain unanswered. Tlio
few details known here were brought
by (lie steamer Roanoke and tho
steam schooner Daisy Mitchell, which
arrived in San Francisco in the fort
uoou.
TheC'olumbia, a 300-foot steel ves
sel of the San Francisco and Port
land Steamship Company, wh'le
bound from San Frisco for Portland,
Ore., with 189 passengers and a crow
of GO, collided with and was rammed
by the San Pedro, a 170-foot wooden
steamer, soutbbouud, for this city.
The sea was smooth, but the weather
was fogy. The San Pedro, looming
out of the mist a few lengths away,
bore down on the Columbia at hi$h
speed, despite frantic efforts to clear.
With a grinding crash, the Sun
Pedro sank, her stem fully 10 fe?.t
into the Columbia's port bow.
Jury Instructed to Acquit.
Louisville, Ivy., Special.?A special
from Sandy Ilook, Ky., says Judge
Mood v instructed tho jury in the
case of James Hargis, on trial for
complicity in tho assassination ftf Dr.
B. I). Cox, to acquit the prisoner. This
is the last case against Hargis for al
leged complicity in the Breathitt
county crimes and Hargis walked
from-the court room a free man. The
judge's instructions followed the
withdrawal of Attorneys Byrd and
Jouett, for the prosecution, from the
case, the lawyoj* stating "J that the
State was unable to produce its wit
nesses. \ \ .7
American Shoes Abroad.
Washington, Special.?-The bureau
of manufacturers has ready for issue
a report of the leather, boot and shoe
trade in FiUropcan markets prepared
by S|)ecial Agent Arthur B. Buitman
showing that shoes are popular in all
the countries visited and that their
sale has become so general that En*
ropean manufacturers are imitating
teh American shapes and styles and
the more progressive of them have im
ported the most improved American
machinos. In many cases the Euro
pean imitations are stamped with the
brand "American shoes."
Cotton Outlook in Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala., Special.?In re
ports to President Seymour, of the
Alabama section of the Cotton Asso
cintion, it is indicated that the .cotton
crop in Alnhama with averag?V com
ditions from now on, will make 65
to 70 per cent, of a crop. With ideal
captions 90 per cent may be mado.
News in Brief.
Tlio question of limiting aramen'.s
is to be taken up at The Hague and
General Porter made an address In
advocacy of tlie American proposition
to collect debts.
A new York woman who asphyxia
ted herself and daughter with jjas, tn
a note described the dying struggles
of the girl. / < ?
General Aliklianoff and two other
persons were killed by. the explosion
of a bomb.
By the collapse of a building J.t
London, Ontario, a mini be r of people
are believed to have been killed.
The report that Count Leo Tolstoi
had been killed is denied. . *
The election of the Elks- was so
close that* tho result will not
nounced until later.
Klaw & Erlanger arc credited- with
a plan to organize a world's theatre
trust. . . l
The National Educational Associa
tion declared itself in favor of re
formed spelling.
Col. Charles G. Ayres has been or
dered before a .board to examine his
iBttneaa for retirement from the Unit
ed States Army.
W Interstate railroad fares have been
reduced to twe cents per mile by moot
| ?f* the jtattwrn aadWeetarn rail
roada. - ??? ,? . ~~
Nina aAs were Hlled and i bW
numbar aarkmdy bin nail In ?pov>
der expfa*M? on tba fcrttlesfctp Oao*
vVr'. E? fi* P"
UNDER THE liECEIVEUSI !ll?.
-Week'* (.'U'veruRt Cartoon by Miu auli-y, In th,> N,>w Vorlt World.
LULL IN ATTACK ON TRUSTS.
Purdy, Author of the Injuction-Kcceiv
crshlp Method, Goes to Europe
For a Rest.
Washington, I). C.? Milton D. Ptiijv
d.v, assistant to the Attorne.v-Genof'al
and author of the injunction-receiver
ship method of dialing wifcli tho
trusts, has sailed for Eurorfe for a
vacation of six weeks or two months.
It is probable that there will he no
great activity in trust prpsecultons
during the next tw<i months, foi At
torney-General iJqnaparte spends
most of his time at? his country seat
in Maryland, Solicitor-General lloyt.
is already in Eurcipe and Assistant
Attorney-General McReynolds, who '
prepared the case against the so
called tobacco monopoly, accompanies
Mr. Purdy oft his European journey.
Only two more anti-trust suits
are in immediate contemplation. The
case against the Du Pont Powder
Corporation is in print, ready foi the
final approval of the Attorney-Gen
eral, and the papers in the case have
been submitted to him. The other
proposed action is against the In
ternational IIai;vestejy Company,
which is declared by the Government
officers to be a monopoly in restraint
of interstate commerce.
The investigation'- of the Harves
ter Company has neyftf.. been com
pleted, although the preliminary ex
amination, which was enough to sat
isfy officers of the Department of Jus
tice that some action should bo taken
against the corporation, was com
pleted Bome time ar?o. The prosecu
tion of the Harvester Company may
possibly go over until the autumn.
An experiment will be made in the
suit against the Tobacco Company,
which is charged with violating the
Sherman law. An injunction will be
asked against it to prevent it engag
ing in interstate commerce, and the
court will be asked to appoint a re
ceiver.
SPOKE TO NO MAN FOR 70 YEARS.
Oldest Maklen in Indiana Never For
gave Sex For Faithless Ijover.
Lawrenceburg, Ind ?Miss Sarah
Ann,Daniel, ninety-five years of age,
died a few days ago at her country
home two miles north of this city.
She is believed to have boon the old
est maiden in Indiana. For nearly
seventy years she had lived in tho
same neighborhood and had refused
absolutely to have any communica
tion whatevei with men.
Tradition has it that Miss Daniel
was one of the mo?vfc popular girls in
the county when she was sixteen and
that she engaged herself to a young
man who was teaching school in a
distant part of the county. He vis
ited her regularly, but at tho close of
school term he, left the county with
out a word of ^explanation and Miss
Daniel never heard from him again.
She was never afterward seen in
company, and wh6n her father died,
and later her mother, she was so
heavily veiled at the funeral that her
face could not be seen. She contin
ued to occupy ? lie old homestead, but
all business in connection with the
farm was transacted through neigh
bors of her own sex and it is said that,
she never spoke to a man after her
lover disappeared.
VERY MUCH A GRANDFATHER.
Captain J. F. It,van Mas Three Grand
children in as Many Hours.
Louisville, Ky.?To be made a
grandfather three times in little more
than that number of hours is the
unusual experience of Captain J. E.
Ryan, of Jeffersonvillc. The proud
fathers are the Captain's three eons,
John G. and Thomas If Ryan,-of
Jeffersonvillc, and William D. Ryan,
of Louisville. 'The children of John
and William are boys, and Thom^V
child la a girl.
Tobacco Acreage Lam.
Tobacco acreage is lesa than that
of last year by about 44,000 acres,
or 5.6 per cent.. The average condi
tion on July 1 was 81.3, against 80.7
oh July 1, 1906, and 87.4 on July 1,
1.06. ?
Fanner* _ Wold Wheat.
The amount of wheat remaining
lands of farmer* on Jul/ I la
~ at nbout &M63,000 bueh
A MURDER OVER TELEPHONE.
Official of Lowell, Mass., Heard
Screams, I'lstol Shot and
Falling Body.
... -Lowell, Mass.-- Hearing a murder
over a telephone was tin? surprising
e<perioneo ??f Bernard J. (lately, a
constable, who hoard tho screams and
tho shot when Mrs. Mary A. Mc
Bride, a milliner, was fatally attacked
in her office.
In her millinery shop at No.
Button street, before her helpless
employes, Mrs. McBrldo waa^Hhot
down by a man, who rushed 1ii, IIred
a revolver at her and escaped. The
woman, at the St. John Hospital, re
gained consciousness long enough to
say:-?"John Kelley shot me."
The constable who had the re?.,
markable experience was some dls-<
tunce away at his office in the Cen
tral Building.
Ho cnllod thti milliner by telephone
regarding a legal matter. Tho voice
at the other opd of the wire an
swered:-?"This is Mrs. McBrlde, and
I refer you to my attorney, Daniel J.
Donahue."
Then tho constable heard a scuf
fle and loud cries. "My God, don't
shoot me! Don't shoot me!".
Then he heard clearly over the tel
ephone a revolver shot, followed by a
woman's moaning, which grew faint
er, until all was still.
(lately was paralyzed for a moment
at tho unusual sounds over the wire,
but gathering his senses, rushed for
the millinery store.
Ho found Mrs. McBrido lying un
conscious with an ugly wound over
her right eye
In one corner was Miss Vanassc,
the milliner's assistant, half falntlug
from the experience and moaning
that Mrs, ^ McBrlde had been JtlMed.
,Tho assistant explained that the
shooting was done by John Kelley,
v/ho was madly in love with the mar
ried woman.
Kelley was found near tho scene
of the shooting and was arrested
charged with attempt to murder.
DOWN ON CARTWHEEL HAT.
Beauty Specialists Tell Women It
Causes Wrinkles and Bad Figures.
London.ArBeauty specialists here
ere trying to kill tho women's so
called cartwheel hat, which . has
reached enormous, tentlike dimen
sions. Tho specialists suy the wear
ers are crushed by these monstrosi
ties, which are ruining their figures.
To sit in a carriage in comfort a
woman would bo obliged to put the
feather of her hat out of one window,
the hunch of flowers out of tho other
and the bow of ribbon through a trap
door in the roof. As she cannot do
this she sits crouched, with her shoul-'
dors huddled, her nock bent and that
expression of patient, resignation on
her face which is tho sure forerun
ner of wrinkles.
Double chins, bent backs and un
sightly n^cks and figures robbed of
their natural poise will bo the result
If this ridiculous headgear Is not
modified. A great majority of the
mun of tho .present day want tho
women to keep thorn.
<711A KIT* TO HONOR EMPEROR.
Old Arc Fund of $25,000,000 Pro
posed For Jubilee.
Vlonna.?The lower house of tho
Austrian Rolchsratli to-day adopted a
motion to appoint a special commit
tee to draft proposals for the celebra
tion by tho State of tho sixtieth anni
versary of Km per or Francis Joseph's
accession to the throne. It will bo
suggested to the committee that $25,
000,000 be voted to found an old ago
and sickness insurance fund.
Francis Joseph, Emperor of Aus
tria and King of Hungary, was pro
claimed Emperor after the abdica
tion of his uncle, Ferdinand I. and
the renunciation of the crown by hi*
father, December 2, 1848.
Three Robbers I lunged.1
T^ree of the men who robbed a
pawnshop In St. Petersburg, Russia.
Jane 12, were hanged. The case of
the fourth robber is to be investi
gated * second time.
Increased Price* For Labor.
7 Scarcity of -farm laborers at tbfe
busy veasoa II also feeporta^ from
many sections, wages of Iff a month
being offered wtthont sacoeaa tA pro
BITS?! NEWS
IS ANlll\<JTO\..
Now customs regulations f.doptcd
l>V iho Treasury Department will ro
mo\o objectionable features of the
present system of examining baggage,
Tho convention of the Army and
Navy Union at Washington adopted a
strong resolution In favor of tho
lesforatlon of the army canteen as a
"4 em porn nee" measu re.
Tho man who Is all powerful at
tho NVhito Houso during theso hot
? lays Ik Hudolph Forstor, tho nsslst
ant secretary to tho Prostdent, who,
since he got IiIh training under Mr.
Cortelyou, is a past master' in the
art of keeping Hllont ivr nlftmt seven
teen different languages,
Tho State Deplfrtment has perfect ?
rd a Far Fast/nut bureau to have
charge ol* all/correspondence and
preliminary treaty negotiations with
the Oriental governments.
For the next isix<> days tho Nation
al CSovornmont will ho run hy proxy
with the departure of Secretary Cor
telyou and Postmastor-Cenoral Mey
er from Washington for their sum
mer vacations, s?very responsible
head of tho Covernmetit Is out of
the city, and tho weighty problems
of State are nolng solved by tho as
sistant Cabinet officers. f
(H'H APOPTF.D ISLANDS.
The export of Manila cigars
amounts to nearly $1,900,000 a yenr.
and (lie homo consumption is prob
ably larger.
Tne most valuable crop In the Phil
ippines It; hnnip; rice routes noxt. fol
lowed hy tobacco.
Tho Supreme Cour'. of the Philip*
pilio Islands has increased the sen
tences of ox-Col. Mil I lord of the
Nebraska Volunteers, who w.'.s thrice
convic'ed at Frstafa In connection
| with live defunct American Panic,
| from sis to min?* years' imprison
ment.
F. It MeSlocUo:1 : on in lajv of
Afone, the ceniinll-t. who formerly
lived in Honolulu, llivvnil and died
in China, lwir. sued tho Afolig estate
for $7r.,ooo.
In respous?,v to tho call Issued l>v
ilovernor Post.(he Mavors of sixty-six
munlclnrillt los assembled at San
?Inan. Porto Hlco. to discuss munici
pal problems and to consider meas
ures for brlngltr* (lie cllies into do
k?i' relation with the Insular (iovcrn
ment.
Cuban liberals oiiposi d l he policy
of federalization of Havana.
Cub,in liberals awed Senator Za
vas and (leneriil/iome)? to resign as
aspirants for the presidency In the
interest of party peace.
DOMESTIC.
Samuel \i?llo3, alleged to bo a
mom hor of a Black Hand society, was
shot dead by itnknown persons at
Sharon. Pa , ami two men with him
were fatally wounded.
John A. Bagloy, formerly Attor
noy General c?f Idaho. declared Ilarry
Orchard woold ho hanged whatever
the outcome of the Haywood trial in
Boise.
1)1 vid('>id.> to Kcjnitahlo l,ife policy
holders were less by thirteen. per
cent, this year than In' 1 !)<>("? or Jftoil.
Officers say this is due to tho revalu
ation of tho "company'* surplus.
Annual MtafemenlH of tho Union
Pacific, and Southern Pacific Knil
roads showed a high state of pros
perity.
The hero of the Georgia was din
covered to !)o Seer.inn Beniaivin Krei
ger. Tho d(Raster was found to ho
due to tho haste of the gunners in an
effort to break the record for quick
firing.
<*A compromise van reached where
by all danger of a strlko of telegraph
operators wa-t averted.
District Attorney Jerome, of New
York, again declined to |rt*oduce
tho list of contributors to his cam
paigif fund.
Thero were 1,28.1,34!) alien immi
grants lauded in this country in tho
year ended June .'10, o<ceedlng the
previous high record by six pot cent.
With their wedding planned for
the near future, .f. L. Davis and MIkh
Docla Vebryke were drowned by tho
overturning of their boat at. Lima,
Ohio.
K. H. Harriman'r. plan I'1 cleU A.
O. Hackstaflf secretary of the Illinois
Central Railroad Company was
thwarted by Stuyvesant Fish.
rOHKIGN.
A Persian parliamentary commit
tee refused to submit to vote the pro
posals of the German Bank at Tehe
ran.
Count Tornlelli introduced a pro
posal at The Hague regarding bom-1
hardments of unfortified towns which
emhodies the views of all the coun
tries Intereated in the question.
Tho marriage in Chicago of Prince
Robert do Broglle and Mrs. R. B.
Velt, aee Alexander, was declared
void by a Paris court.
The King's Bench Division, in
Ix>ndon, dismissed the appeal of the
executors of the estate of W. L.
Wlnans for the return of *650,000
of death dutiea.
The Argentine stejunuhip Toro haa
been wrecked near/Santiago, Chile.
Seventeen persons' nro reported
drowned.
Alexander Grtger'i: r,lander suit
against Count and Countess'da Por
zlc was dismissed by a French coQrt.
Tho Japaneso ct#ck market 3howcd
a sharp rise in prices, due to public
confidence that no tronbto was to
be expected betwoen America and
Japan.
"A member of the Popo's hottMkoM,
in aa interview published at Rome,
tells of a miracle at the "Vatican la
which the Virgin appeared la a ?*
-lot? to the Pontiff, at?al(yiai a#*
proval of the reeeat ?.
?Mrs. Saaford Anderson, of HUtt~
bore, Mow Braaawlek, .wan fatadtf
woaaded hy her ftv?-yoar?ld mm,
who waa patriae wtth a i<folwt.
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scores KILIEO OB
EXCUDSiON 1RH WRECK
Freight Ciuw Forgot Oitiers ami
Collision Results.
VICTIMS RAIl.ROAD EMPLOYES
I'lvlHhl Train hi m Ich^an l)j(, N<)f
,,o;' I'm iccsi.,nisi S|toejti|
"Hit (lui Two (i.hiik Mel Head
<)??Tin* Work ol |,VM ur,
Salem, Mlrh.^xThlrty-ouo iiereoua
were killed ami more il.an seventy in.
Jurod, many of them ueriotiiily, when
<i 1'oro Alan) nolle excursion train
,,ounti ln'?> Ionia to i.jlit roil. crashed
Into a west-bound frc|c,lf t|.fljn jn a
uit located at a rur/c of -iho
1 'Me iMaifjncit? Hailroad about. Ii milo
east ol Salt in.
Tho passenger tiMn of eleven cars
cnnyiiiH t)i?, IVrn Mm.motto shop
employe, frf lonin and (heir .amlUou
on> their aiiuuiiI exeumio... was run
ii . \ apeed, probably fifty
, ? ai! , vn' 'lowii a sleep Blade.
Hi.' /'"i i i'T ,ll,''lut,r of
iorV,? '!, ! wll,t HlKl' terrific
roimil'( >u 11 freiulit onglim
1*1?tv 1 > aroivnd. i'lie wrecked lo~
??onioi ivc'H lav r.ide by ?i?i0, bblli head
on ^usiward. ?
Only a t,,w ,M |!i(l train "i>r?
!"!h Besides tho two
V K ,VII lwo,,,,?'-lvw. Dowevor, six
u'n h, -i ,I,e-?;?B?'-,nsoi' train lay piled
P In a l opnlw wreck. Po,,.* : tho
<a's remalmd on tho track
,?;,l?|iy ! and v,ere ..sod to convoy
(;u,d JnJiired to Ionia One., *
i,H ,ol'W(irtl trucks
ii11"(l o i (11(> ia11
v > r? 'irU} i i,r1 ?ihcad of iheso
if. I'll scoped I ho noxi car for
l^.od i?Iaiosi on end after tho
i , T, i , fonV{,,,tl ond resting on
; hed and iiii? rear ond high In
Urii ' ii?tV/" ?" ,wo ,0,C8popod earn
ua had I ol lowing It. Two
?heU,iru'?fUl'l'.,'? ,!lrown orosuwise of
I,. . . . !;0 Kiiupondod from
fro .i \ ,f "u> c?" 'Ive or six
fcUabovoXiho rail*, Of tflio ha?^
?&??. ! / enough ronialncd to
?ho* whoro it bad been tossed. Por
d?',i"hnmi 1"! Ml" loto??<'tlvo ten
? and fi (>!,",ht cam were idled In
n Indescribable mass of debris
ii.very family on tlio tralm 'had
w,!!? /(,sk',,s' ninny of (hom
IokcIlut i,Wll<!" 1110 tvn,ns crushed
near ti n win l,us8?n?erH sitting
, tn? windows of the rear un*
t'indowL rmn"" <l,rown tho
windows lo the ground. There wan
a panic in tlio uninjured cam for a
f' w momenta. Then those nassen
!'Z^ln-!o!l /,onVho,cn,B to 1116 r??
of fiieiidt' and relatives who wore
!-'?!!,7n 1,1 U'0 wret'knlfo ahead of It.
i amnios wore scattered amoiig dlf
f'toul cars, and (here wero frouzlecVO
em r!m n?is:dnK relatives. Moth-"
ua ian acreamlng up and down
many of8 tho' vl,loil ^lldre^ while
'n?n> of tho >oun? peonle wer? an
frantically calling for their parents.
James Boyle, a farmer, wa3 work
fron "thii ? i!rubKb,y 400 teat "way
iiom the track Avhon tho two trains
approached from opposite direction?.
mi th? k g wns movinff alowly
'''h? ,h.oav>' Biado and had just
Lm. A? i cu? vo when t}io pasuen
gei ti alu appeared, running at hlKh
speed, lloylo saw the passenger en
Off his steam And apply
the biakes und saw the crows of both
eng nea jump jnst before the crash.
? hi i i the,trac,{?. where ho found ;
,Ja.. iUe paBsengerH from the
eai coaches running forward, and
Joined with them In pulling out the
hand6 wbo cou'^ he seen on every
BJe, ,(l0^ w<>'0 Placed in a row
alongside the track and the Injured '
wore in ado as comfortablo as poaa?
J. under the circumstances and until
the arrival of the wrecking trains
fiom Detroit, Grand Hapids, and Sag
inaw, which mado it possible to send
them to Ionia and Detroit.
ini?l?* tvvonty-elght dead bodies first
taken out of the wreck \yere shipped
to Ionia and tho Injured wero placed
XX. i\Vo# V, ' 10n,? of which headed -
lot Detiqlt and (ho other for lonla
I here were about thirty-five Injured
persons on each train. Later others
were found. 7 p
I.lst of (he Dead.
The following is the licit of dead,,
all from Ion in except as indicated:
Homer Smith,aboy; AlbertTraunt*
wine, John Tofel, Charles Hess, Her
man Hess. Paul Hess, Willlanj. Cor
nell, Don Rogers, Lowell, "Mich.;
Dick Jonex, Mrs. Abiaham Eddy, J3dr
ward Gallagher, eighteen years;.
Frank Douse, J*. K.' Merelt,- ftfty
eigbt years; Henry Reynolds, Pero
Marq?i(#ttu; Charles McCaulley, Sr.;
Al. jf. Hefbort, 13dward Durllng,
Chafles Broad, eighteen years; James
Vizard, Willurd Stager, Wllliam/Jott,
Mrs. August illehter, Fred/Fitzger
alu, Ed. Corwan, brakciuan:*iCftoWles,
flromun; Charles Funton, fireman;
William Evans, Frank Reynolds, Ben
inmiti Durliug, Charles Fenton. Harry
Williams, E. J. Pixley. conductor.
Respoi.bibUity is put squarely up
to the crew of the freight train by of
ficials of the road. Tho.so who ar?
rived at the scene of the wreck soon
after the accident, obtained from the ;
crew of the freight the orderlffohder
which It was i aiming. They emfrjkiy
showed the position of the excwslos^
traift, and that the freight had en
croached upon its runifoig time. The'
freight crew loft the scene early, but
railroad officiate said that - tb->y-e*Tr
plained simply that they hai forgot
ten the orders. .
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Profcrty ?t Kca Kxempt*
America's proposition to exempt
projpL?rty japt. ?
was approved in comwlttce lu Ty,
Hagao Peace Conference by tfrrttjl^
ow eonntrle* to eleven:
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