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CAMDEN, S.C.. K KID AY. AUGUST 14, 1908.
Many Killed and Injured When
Boiler Blew Up
THE DEATH LIST TOTALS EIGHT
Boti?r of Large Rolling Mill, Locat
ed in the Oentre of the Flank, Ex
plodes Without a Moment's Warn
teg.
York, Pa., Special. ? Eight men
were killed, nearly u score of
others more or lens seriously injured,
and thousands of dollars worth of
property damaged by the explosion
of a boiler in the York Rolling Mill
late Monday afternoon.
Tlje dead :
John Cleney, York.
Benjamin Bremer.
Harry Zacluict
Pola Pueei.
John Slovsman.
Harry F'ager, all of Columbia, l7a.
Edward Fit tier, Marietta, Pa.
The boiler which was located in the
centre of the ir.ill exploded without
? a moment 's warning.
A rescue party was quickly organ
ized and search for the bodies was in
stituted.
Ambulances 1'iom the York Hospit
al were hurried to the scene, but ow
ing to the number of dead and injur*
cd, delivery wagons and other
VeyancM^ were pulsed into .-civieu in
order that the injured might be rush
ed to the hospital.
White the injured were being look
ed "after, the bodies of the dead were
being carried from the ruins of the
building. A majority of those kill
ed had their heads and limbs torn
from their bodies and were so badlv
mangled that identity was almost an
impossibility.
The mill had been ulosed down for
about a week and two score of men
were engaged in making repairs to
an ' engine. The men were work
ing close to t ho boiler ami when the
explosion occurred not one of them
Was able to make his escape.
? Texas Files Complaint.
-Washington. Special. ? The railroad
commission of Texas Hied a* forma!
complaint wit h the into-r-State eom
mcrce commission against sixty-seVen
railroads and o tiier common carriers
alleging a conspiracy on the part of
the defendants through the South
western Traffic Association for the
suppression of competition and re
straint of trade in die recent action
increasing freight rates to common
points in Texas. The commission will
forward notice of this complaint to
all the carriers involved and will give
;?hem fifteen days to reply, the usual
period allowed for answering a com
plaint being twenty days. The com
mission will expediato this case ss
mudli as possible 011 account of its
widespread importance. The com
plaint is signed bv Allison Mavfield,
chairman of the Texas railroad com
mission, with W. K. Davidson, Attor
ney General, and Claude Pollard, As
sistant Attorney General of the State
of 1'exijs, countersigning the papor.
The .complaint undertakes to com
pare' the alleged cost of maintenance
and operation of the railroads with
the actual cost, and the claimed in
debtedness which is supposed to jus
tify the increase. The railroad com
mission of Texas, it appears, has ap
praised the cost of construction and
Operation of the roads, as well as the
actual indebtedness, upon which the
rates mtiy be fairly based.
President's Daughter Weds.
Paris, By Cable. ? Mile. Fallieres,
daughter of the President, of France,
Monday became the bride of M. Jean
Lanes, her father's private secre
tary. The wedding was a quiet affair
and was* wholly unaccompanied by
the enthusiasm and publicity which
attended the marriage of President
Roosovelt's daughter. The bride re
ceived many handsome presents.
Dutch Vessel Catches Fire.
London, By Cable. ? Only the time
ly arrival of the British steamship
Impgene prevented a terrible loss of
life among the passengers on the
Dutch steamship Amsfell, which
caught fire off the coast of South'1
America on August Oth, according to
a message received here. The fire
created* a fearful panic among the
paasetigcr6, and they rushed to the
rails and leaped overboard in droves.
Scores, it is- said, would have been
drowtitd in the scramble in the
ocean had not the Imogene put out
to the rescue.
-jaggi-''1'
Turkish Ruler May Abdicate.
Constantinople, By Cable.? A rumor
(hal $$ltan Abdnl Ham id has grown
tired of the insatiate demands of the
r*Ypufig . Turks and intend* to flee
the country' is being generally cred
ited in diplomatic circles here and the
discovery of a mysterious armed
yacht off Scutari ha* given color to
th?Ljreport. If is believed that tho
fiol&n is only awaiting a favorable
opportunity, to board the yacht him
**il to some foreign capital.
STATE BANKS WILL ORGANIZE
Meeting at Columbia to Formulate
Plans for State Clearing House Ah
sociation of National Banks.
Columbia, Special." There was u
meeting hero nl the National l.oan
and Kxchunge Hank concerning 'he
organization of a clearing; house as
sociation as provided for under the
national hanking law. At t ho recent
sea* ion of Congress thes%' clearing;
house associations were provided to
issue what is known as emergency
currency. The Act provide* that
suci an association for the issuance
wf emergency currency under certain
restrictions can be organized by a
group of nationul hanks having five
million dollars of capital ami surplus.
Only national honks wtih u surplus
of 20 per cent are eligible in the As
sociation, There aiv in all 20 nat
ional hanks in South Carolina of
this number 2.'* are eligible. Wepre
Kontativcs of 13 of these national
Only national hanks with a surplus
None of the national bank/, of Char
leston were represented in person.
If all the national banks in South
Carolina go into the Association there
will be just enough capital and sur
plus represented to organize a Month
Carolina Clearing House Association
under the terms of the national Act^
If all the South Carolina national
banks wvre present at this conference.
Georgia will have to be asked. A
Committee consisting of Messrs T. B.
Stackhouse, Columbia ; J. \V. Simp
son. Spartanburg, and \V. B. IhinWp,
Hock Hill, were appointed To write
to the hanks not repn.icnted at to
day's conference to join the "oulh
Carolina Association. The nrgatii/.i*
tion of t Tii- A?s(n*iutJon js tiol reqult'v
eil, hut it i- like tin- Texan with hiv
pistol ; "When lw wants "it. lie wants
it, without any d-.day." The under
standing is that the organization of
all the national hanks for the purpose
set forth in the recent Act will be
perfected.
Camden Fire Case Decided.
Columbia. Special. ? Judge ICrnes?
Gary has just rendered a most im
portant decision along new lints.
There are several cities in the Slate
where the water supply is *urnisiied
bv fieperate and private corporation"'.,
Th" lontract in the various "riiier:
may ?i':fiVr, and in that wav tleje
may be a difference between the c.?s.'
just decided and the legal status in
otlu'r cities. Judge Gary has render
ed a duision that a private ci%/.en
may sue a water supplying eotnpanv
for rift having a proper .wato* suoply
in ease -of fire. .Judge Gary, in 'tis
opinion, "states that this view of the
liability oi the corporation ? to- i4ie
individual citizen is new, and not
usual, but the issue appears to be
new in this state and may eventually
have to go. through the Supremt
Court..
Broke His Sou'e Back.
Lake City. Special. ? News reached I
Lake City of a most deplorable trag
<-?1ly . which oecured in the TTyman sec
lion of Florence count v Inst week.
Details are meagre, hut it seems that
Thomas Summei'field. a white man,
living- just a few miles from Hvman,
attended a campaign meeting at
Hyman yesterday, and in the after
noon loaded up on booze and went
home and prompilv raised a row in his
family. In the excitement he picked
up one of his litle bovs a:ul thrust
him against the banister with such
force that it broke Hip child's back,
f rom which injury he died in a very
few minutes. It seems from all re
ports that S'ummerford is a very
quiet and peaceable mrtn when not
under the influence of whiskey, which
makes the case all the more sad.
For School Improvement.
Columbia, Special. ? The State As
sociation for the improvement of
Rural Schools, which has done such,
excellent work throughout the State
for several years under the able and
energetic efforts of its president, Mivs j
Mary T. Nance, a Winthrop gradu
ate, seems likely to get some valu
able financial assistance from the
general education board. I)r. K'.iapp
and other influential friends are at
work along that line, and it is said
an appropriation of about $20,000
is likclv to be made to the Associa
tion's work in the near future. Noth
ing definite has been decided so far,
but the excellent work of the Asso
ciation is steadily Attracting more
favorable attention and good news
is looked for along this line shortly.
Severe Storm at Spartanburg.
Spartanburg. Special. ? Lightning
struck four residences, two churches
and stunned several pcdpK during a
severe electrical stornT^n'ere. Three
of the residences that were struck
were b/ullv damaercd and one was set
on fire. Silver Hill Methodist church
was. struck in three places and the
tower demolished. A tsmnll colored
church on Charles street was set on
fire by a bolt of lightning and the
fire department had to be called out
to extinguish the flames. ...
Dr. Pur-year Acquitted.
Oxford, Special.? The trial of Dr,
Puryear was concluded Thursday.
The jury after five minutes* consul
tation rendered a verdict of acquit
tal, pronouncing the defendant in
sane at the time the murder was com*
mitted. Dr. Puryear was set 'at liber
ty. Able speeches were made by So
licitor .Tones Fullov, W. P. ^haw,,A.
W.- Graham, W. A. Devin, B. S. Roya
ler and B. K. Laaaiter.
MBinmni I v mii viiktmrn
Two Lurge Boilers Explode t.t
the haile Plant
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HEAVY DAMAGE TO MACHINERY
Fearful Cutuatroyhe Early Monday
Morning at the Haile Gold Mine,
Near Kershaw, 8. C.- Two Mam
moth Boilers Uxplodo Injuring
Four Men.
Charlotte, N. C? Special.- Oiio of
;bc most fearful boiler 'explosions
'hat ever occurred in South Carolina
ook plaee Monday morniiig ut !>:()?
i clock at tlie llaile gold mine in
Lanca.stor county, two and one-half
wiles "from Kershaw, when the two
tUO-hoiKe power boilers blew up d*>
uolisbing the engine lions** and mum
not h stamp mill and x<)riou*J|Y injur
ng four men, one. of Mront wan a
iou of Cupt, and Mis. A. Thies, of
his city.
Other than that the water is sup
>osed to have boon allowed to get
oo low in one ut tin* boilers nothing
>f a definite nature is known as to
dlo cause of the accident. Boiler No. I
t blew up and one of the flying frag
ncnts ot iron knockcd ofl the dome
>f boiler No. 2, which also then
>xplod/'d. The Aiock was teridlic,
ts force being very pcrocpl ible, even
n Kershaw, more than two miles
'way. It simply dcmoulishcd everx
hing about the place, some of the
s of the boilers beinp- Jxurled far
ipon tlie sides of tl?<r adjacent hills.
| ? (). ( . ( jarduer. who happened to
>e standing behind a post but ten feet
J ixvay from the boilers, when the ca
tastrophe occurred. was (brown
h rough t fie side of the engine hou<6
md into tne stamp mill hard by. an.d
?vas practically unharmed. Tlie in
juwjd are:
Mr. Krnesf A. Thies, superintend
ent ol' the mine, seriously burned
lbout head and body and face and
leek cut by falling1 debris.
Mr. H. M.._Truesdel, badly burned.
Mr. J. 1\ Pittman, engineer, burned
yid stunned by falling nieces of wood
md brick. Not seriously hurt.
Mr. K. M. Ogburn, burned and cut
!>y falling timbers.
I he accident look plaee shortly af
:er-4) o'clock. The engines at the
time were running Hnoothly, appar
ently performing tkeir accustomed
duties in their accustomed way. There
tvas nothing slack so far as any ol
those about, the plaee could tell to in
{lint there was anything wrong
11 the water was low in one of the
toilers no one was aware of it. Mr.
lilies, who happened to be passing
through, observed to Mr. Pitlman, tin
engineer, that his clock wa> four
minutes slow and suggested that he
move it forward a little. This Mr.
Pittman proceeded lo do. lje step
ped up on a box to get at the clock
nnd had just accomplished his mis
?ion and was climbing down when
the explosion occurred. Mr. Thi;-!i
was buried beneath the debris, his
face being cut by flying bricks and
falling timbers and his head and
body seriously burned. Messrs. Pitt
man, Truesdel and Ogburn, the three
other men in the building, were also
hurled to the floor and almost if not
altogether coxered bv the loose ma
terial which fell all about them.
Fortunately Mr. .Pittman was not
badly stunned though severely burn
ed and he was able to crawl from
beneath the wreckage without assist
ance. Mr. Thies fared much worse,
however, for ho was rendered uncon
scious and some time xvas required
to extricate him. 15 minutes at least.
Neither Mr. Truesdel nor Mr. Og
<?11111 xv ere seriously injured although
their cuts and burn.', were most pain
ful. Mr. Pittman escaped by a hair's
bredth, his call being an exceedinglx'
close one. Mr. Thies suffered the
most serious injuries.
Cardinal Gibbons Has Relapse.
Home, By Cable.? Cardinal Gibbons
suffered a slight relapse due to over
exertion in attending t he audience
granted by the Pope on Saturady.
Sunday's services at the Vatican and
Monday's congregation. As a result
the cardinal may have to cancei all
present plans and remove to the
country for a season of complete
rest.
They Must Bo Tried Again.
Asheville, N. C., Special. ? W. E.
Ifhsese, W. II. . Penland and J. E.
Diekcrson, the three former officials
oi' t :ic defunot First National Bank of
Asheville, must agftinvstand trial on
a criminal charge. This was the cf
| f"Ot of Judge Newman's decision in
United States District Court in hold
ing that the original bill of indict
ment found at Greensboro in" 1897
and charging conspiracy was not de
fective. The motion of counsel for
the defense to quash the bill war
therefore over-ruled and the noted
ease will again be aired in a court ol
jus; ice. ? :
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Army^ OClcers on Endurance Test.
Burlington, Vt., Special/ ? Tired
but apparently in" excellent physical
condition, fourteenarmy officers un
der command of Major General Fred
erick D. Grant, are encamped just
outside Fort Ethan Allen, after the
first day df their endurance teft as
lurrtemen. They galloped, trotted and
walked their horses for 7 1-2 hoofi
Monday, completing a circuit of thir
ty miles. ?
GREAT PILLSBURY MILLS '
IN HANDS OF RECOVERS
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World's largest Flour Manufac
turing Company in Trouble.
GRAIN SPECULATION REASON j
Concern Ik un Jiutflteh Corporation '
MIIIh to Continue to (tun ? He. '
celventhfp Hold to Be ii Step To.
ward IteorgmiUtW ion.
Minneapolis, Minn.. A. C. Lorlng,
head of tho North wwutorn Cotisoli* !
dated Milling Company; C. 8. } *i I lu- '
bury, son of tho late Chit ilea A. Pllln- !
bury, and A. C. Cobb, a lawyer/ woro I
appointed receivers of .flio Plllsbury- !
Washburn Flour Milling Company, 1
Limited, on a petition of stockholders I
and holders of the .company's paper. I
Thoso petitioners were tho North- ?
western National Ban)*, tho First Nn- I
tlonal, the Swedish American Nu- j
tlonal, of Minneapolis, and the fjoc- -
oud National Hank, of St. Paul to-'
gether with J. S. Plllsbury. ' I
Tho company made no opposition
and the proceeding 1h said to bo a
step toward a reorganization of the ;
company. . Humor has added these '
reasons for the application: Lack of i
ready cash, an alleged attempt on the !
part of l<;n?<llHh shareholders to freeze i
out American interests, and alleged 1
mismanagement. The court tlxed the j
receivers' joint bond at 3500,000, to
be filed within five days.
The manager of (he business since
the death of C. A. Plllsbury fen vearj
ago ha3 been Henry L. Little
The -company 1? "a nritlsh' corpora
tion, orgnnized in \3fil) under the
laws of Great Hrltaln. I> operator,
"illshury MHIb A, 1) and C. with their
| ele vutors, of which Mill A i? th-i larg
est Sn the world; the Palisade and
Anchor Mills and elevators and tho
Lincoln Mill ttr 'Anoka. The eom
uany's output Is 40,000 barrels of
Hour dally, which it distributes
throughout the world by means of
5000 agencies.
The com nan v ja practically owner
of the stock of the Minneapolis Mill
Company, of Minnesota, and tho St.
Anthony Water Power Companv of
Minnesota, with water rights ' The
MipneapoliH Mill Company, of New
jersey, practically owns the capital
stock of the Pilisbury-Wftoiiburn
Flour Mills Company, and the Minne
aoollB Mill Comnany owns the stock
of the Minneapolis nnd Northern Kle
vator Company, controlling 100 crain
elevators.
it was asserted at tho hearing that
the Plllsbury. \V ash burn Fhmr Milli
Company had done a biiRinestj of
.S22.000.000 In the Inst fiscal voar.'
but the net earnings of the company
nave beyp decreasing ever since it
-^ame into? F.ng+lsh ltandf-'. In the last
ten years they hr.vp declined from
5G72.G90 to $4 01,000.
Tho unsecured indebtedness of the
companv is B3t nt more than $5,000,
000. Tho assets are estimated at
*..,500,000. Tho company has $800,
000 of Its product Htored In twenty
five States outside of Minnesota. The
b^ok) value of Its assets exceeds $15,
Spcculation In Wheat
Responsible For Failure
Chicago. ? Speculation In wheat Is
f.ald to have been In part at least re
sponsible for the troubles of tho
Plllsbury Company at Minneapolis,
and In part also a heavy decline In
the sale of American Hour abroad.
Members of the company have
been prominently Identified with
mammoth wheat deals in the Minne
apolis. and Chicago markets for years
Four years ago. when black rust so
r.ously damaged the spring wheat
crop, the Plllsbury syndicate was
caught largely short and lo3t nearly
$1,000,000. Two years ago the same
syndicate was whipsawed. being lon^
on a declining market, and last year
It guessed the marker wrong again.
. iil? summer when crop conditions
In the Northwest were brilliant, tho
Pillsburys sold September short
against their holdings of old spring
wheat, but tho sensalJrmal reports
concerning damage by rust and blight
caused the market to rise suddenly
Font PERISH IN FIRE.
Flames Sweep Tenement House In ,
Sicilian Quarter, New York.
New York City. ? In a firu (hat
swept the four-story brick tenement
houso at So. 332 Ease 112th street,"
in the heart of the Sicilian colony,
lour children lost their lives and a
Kccre or more persons wore injured,
in less than five minutes from the
time the fire was discovered the
whole building was In a blaze, and
those living on the upper floors had
little chance to escape. The injured
were hurt by jumping from windows.
The dead are: Antonio FonBto, nine
years; Rosie Fousto, ten years; Jos.
Pousto, six years; Angelina Vousto, I
sixteen month?. I
Fr<*e Pass Cost Him $800.
Convicted on a charge of violating
the anti-nass law, S. C. Watts was
fined $800 and "Gertie" Williams
SI 00 in the Federal Court at Helena.
Mont. Watts, who was a Great
Northern hrakeman, obtained a pass
for his wife and gavo it to Mies Will
iams.
Maker of First Airbrake Dead.
1 George F. Larimer, sevanty-three,
*7ho made the first WestinghouBe air:
braize, died at PlttAburg, Pa.
Georgia Promoter a Sniclde.
Captain I). G. Puree, well known
As a developer. Industrial writer and
promoter, and having connections In
Now York. Pittsburg and other cities,
committed sulfide at Savannah, Ga.,
\>y shooting. No cause la known lor
the deed.
* Tr
. Morso Ranks Liquidated, " '
The - Federal Government bas de
cided to liquidate completely two of
Morse's banks In New York City, the
New Amsterdam and the Dank of
North America.
HURRY K. THAW A BANKRUPT
Slayer of Stanford White Dis-.
putes Many Accounts.
C'omI of Saving Mini From C ll?* Chair
Hi'iirlicii ti Startling KlKUIt* ?
Owon 9153,110. ,
Pltteburg, I'a. Alleging that IiIh
creditor* are pressing unjust cIuIiub
agulnut him, (iml that ho la unable to*
pay. Hurry K. Thaw, slayer of Stan
ford White, through hirt attorney,
Charles Morachausor, of Poughkeep
hlo, N'. Y.t and ex-Governor Stone, of
Pennsylvania, tiled a petition In
bankruptcy In the United States
Court. Detective Hogor O'Mara was
named as receiver for Thaw's estate
and gavo bond of >200,000.
In his bankruptcy papers, which
wero signed by Thaw while outside
tho Poughkoepsio jail, he showed
startling figures. lie places bin as
sets at $1'2S,01'2 and his liabilities at
$463,140, and asserts that ho does
not believe h? owes the $463,140.
He names thirteen unsecured credit
o rs, and gives the amount which each
one claim# he owes. Of thin number
only two claims are 'undisputed.
There are also Several rocus'cU credit
ors, who are not named.
lie admits to owing Mrs. Mary C.
Thaw, bin ino'.iier, $1 01.500, and lie
also approves tho claim of Ho get'
O'Mara for S'OO Coes as detective.
There then follows a list of creditors
and thoir amounts. Thaw will insist
tj\ct O'Mara Klft ihe claims to tho
bottom. The lint, of the claims which
Thaw declares uniust Ik an follows:
Jaiuos (I . Graham, Poughkeupsic,
N. V., S295 4; Dr. Graeme Hammond,
N* e v/ Yo^lu ._4l.uuuv -D?v -Ghsrlfn ttr
Wagner. New vor!< . $ 1 000 : I ?r. Smith
W. .lelllfe. New York. $5200; Dr.
Brltton ICvft'iu, New York, SGOOO;
Martin W. Littleton, SSOOO; Har
t ridge &. Peabodv, $0000; ,101m H.
Gleanon. New York, $80,000: Dr.
Allan McLane Hamilton. Now York,
512,000; Dr. Dana, New York,
S 1 C 0 0 ; Dr. John P. Wilson, Now
York, $0 00. Total, $453,140.
CHOPS HIC LOW lO-YlOAU AVIOHACH
Corn, Wheat, Oats and Potatoes Not
no Good as Usual.
Washington, D. C,? The crop re
porting board of the Bureau of Sta
tistics of the Department of Agrlcul
\ ture. In a bulletin, says the condition
of corn on August 1 was 82.5 per
I cen> . of a normal, as compared with
82.8 last "month, 82.8 ou August 1,
I 1 f) 0 7 . aud S3.1, the ten-year average
1 on August 1.
! Preliminary returns indicate a yield
! of winter wheat of about i4.3 bushels
an acre, or; a total of. 425.940,000
bushele, which compares with 14.fi
bushels and 4 00.4 4 2,000 bushels, re
spectively. thy final estimates of last
year's crop? The average quality of
the crop Is 90.1, against 90.5 last
year.
The average condition of spring
wheat on August 1 was 8 0.7 per cant,
of a normal, as compared with 89.4
a moiuh ago, 7 9.4 on August 1. 1907,
8G.9 on August 1, 190fi, and 82.7,
the ten-year average on August 1.
Tho condition of the oats crop on
August 1 was 7G.8 per cent., as com
pared with 83.8 the ten-year average
on August 1.
The average condition o J barley on
August 1 was 83.1 per cent, of a
normal, as compared with 85.7, the
ton-year average.
The condition of rye on August 1,
or at time of harvest, was 88.3 per
cent, of a normal, as compared with
8S.4, tho ten-year average.
The average condition of white po
tatoes on August I was 82.9 per
cent, of a normal, as compared with
86.8,. tho ten-year average.
Tho average condition of tobacco
on August 3 was 8 5.8, as compared
with 82.3, the ten-year average.
Tho condition of the hay crop on
August 1 was 92.1, aB compared with
a ten-year average of approximately
WIIIGIITS 2-M1LK FLIGHT.
"Xow Desinfi a Xrw Krn In Air Navi
gation, " in Corn men t.
T^o Mans, France.? In his aeroplnnc
Wilbur Wright mndo a mosJt success
ful flight, the distance being estimat
ed variously at from one and four
fifths to two and a quarter miles.
Tho aeroplane moved bo rapidly that
lc was difficult to determine accurate
ly how far It flow and the length of
time the flight occupied. Hart O.
Berg, Wrlgh. brothers'' manager, an
nounced the "official" time as 1 min
ute and 4 6 seconds; other persons
thought the aeroplane did not travel
faster than thirty miles an hour.
But whatever the time or distance,
tho flight astonished and delighted
all who saw it, including such an ex
pert on heavier than air machines as
Archdeacon, who exclaimed enthusi
astically:
"Now, Indeed, begins a new era In
air navigation."
Wright did not try to fly a long dis
tance; his purpose was only to try out
his aeroplane fft public. His perfect
mastery of tho r.eroplane, Its obedi
ence to him, most impressed tho few
spectators who were Invited to tho
test, among thom being soverAl
French aoronauts and two Russian
army officers.
ftaumge Gives Woman $2000.
Bccauso sho bit on a tack and
broke a front tooth In eating a sau
sage, Mrs. Margaret Sampson, of
Wakefield, Mass., received $2000
damages In the Superior Court from
a packing company of Somervllle.
Rronro Kills Tiro Men.
At Bloomlngton, Ind., John Mullis
and his son-in-law, Isaac Fox, ware
killed by a bronco which they were
driving. The animal suddenly
stopped and began to kick, his heels
going through the dashboard and
crushing the skulls of both i&en.
War Against Mosquitoes.
. Dr. Doty, Health Officer of the
Port of New York, said that Staten
Island Was now practically rid of
mosquitoes, after six years of exter
mination work.
AUCKLAND GREETS
FLEET'S OFFICERS
New Zoaland's Prime Minister
Presents Album to Roosevelt
FINE RECORD FOR BATTLESHIPS
Amcrlcjit^Ctoniniuudcr, Admiral
ry, Kays Meeting of Atlantic ami
llrltUb KlretH Make* For the
Maintenance of Pcuce,
Auckland. Now Zealand.-? Cloudy
weather greeted tho lauding of Ad
miral Sporry, Conimand?r-In-C>hlof of
tho United Btatcu Atlantic lleot, and
his onieors to reoolvo official welcoino
to Australasian waters at the hands of
Sir Joseph George Ward on behalf of
tho Qovernmont.
Muttered by Pacific gales, washed
hy sens that swopt the decks and
shook tho groat iiiiikhwi of Hj?el like
chips on a pond, the battleships
looked a* fresh and clean as though
they had Just completed a crulao
around the harbor, Instead of a gruel
ling grind of :tSf,n miles through the
wnfcles of tho Pacific.
Never has such a record boon made
by a modern navy1. Without once
utonplng, without once adding to tho
coal supply or oquipniant with which
i hey left Honolulu. the but t b^hip.i
have plowed through waters which
novo.r before hold such an aggregation
of r.ea power, to be received in a for
eign port ho lira ahead of the time
planned.
Tho landing was made at the newly
quay _ ?.1 . lint <,*uee?
?urcet, the city's principal thorough
fare, at (he shore end of which an
elaborately deeorai (1 stand had been
erected for the reception. Grouped
abou' the .Prime. Minister were the
members of tho Cabinet and repro
MMHatlvcK of iho various town, bor
ough and country districts of the do
minion.
Immense crowds thronged the
sti'oets, and the roofs and verandas of
nouses adjacent wore moving mas3CB
of humanity. It wnn n g'roat recep
tion and unbounded enthusiasm pro
vailed.
In his address Sir Joseph eulogized,
President Roosevelt as representing'
the best traditions of tho common
blood of civilization. Ho then pre
sented to Admiral Spcrry for Presi
dent Roosevelt a decorated gold and
silver album suitably inscribed as a
souvenir of the visit of tho American
fleet to New Zealand. Admiral Spcrry
received a beautifully illuminated ad
dress of welcome enclosed In a hand
some caBket of wood with an inlaid
cover having a design emblematic of
New Zealand.
The American Commandor-ln
Chiof, in replying to the Prima Min
ister, said that no greeting would ap
peal more strongly to President
Roosevelt than that coming from a
people small in number, but great in
achievements. The reception of tho
American fleet, tho Admiral con
tinued. showed thai the ties of blood
and friendship meant more than peo
ple understood.
Ho described Auckland Harbor as
magnificent and safe, and as excelling
any harbor in tho Pacific, except .that
at Sydney, and perhaps Manila,
livery facility the naval commander
might desire was to bo had here.
In his address of welcome on be
half of the citizens of Now Zealand,
I/ord Plunkltt, the Governor, said
that King Edward and President
Roosevelt were honored, not because
of their positions, but for tho noble
work they had done and were doing
for their countries and for humanity.
STRIKERS FIRE AT CARS.
Men In Ambush Shoot at Non-Union
Men in Alabama.
Birmingham, Ala. ? A special pas
scngor train on the Birmingham Min
eral Road, bearing non-union miners
under protection of the Alabama Na
tional Guard and deputy sheriffs tq
the coal mines at Blocton, was fired
on at 2 o'clock in tho morning. Three
men were killed and eleven wounded,
two of whom probably will die.
Tho killed: John T. Collins, con
ductor; O. Z. Dent, deputy sheriff;
Willard Howell, non-union miner.
The wounded: A. 0. Bryant, dep
uty sheriff; J. B. Cornett, deputy
sheriff; E. E. Cox, superintendent of
mines; A. E. Cross, chief clerk; Major
F. H.Dodge, superintendent of safety;
J. C. Johnson, deputy sheriff; J, C.
Martin, wounded in head; W. H. Mc
Auly, soldier; A. J. Myer, laborer;
M. A. Pearson, soldier; Robert Slg
mon.
Dogs were hurried to the scene and
took trails through tho woods directly
to the union quarters. Eight negroes
wore arrosted and other arrests aro
expected.
Tho affair has c.ausod widespread
indignation, and a general demand is
bolng made that vigorous steps be
taken looking to tho preservation of
order.
HORSE FELL; JOCKEV KILLlJTT.
J. Bondivce, Rider of Rufus, Died In
Saratoga Hospital.
Saratoga, N. Y. ? Jockey J. Bond
wee, who was thrown while riding
Rufus in the Beverwyck Steeplechase
at the race track, died at the Saratoga
Hospital several hours later. ' Road
wee was picked up after his fall and
taken to the hospital unconscious.
Rufus was remounted after throwing
Beadwee and finished third in tbe
raae.
Pythian* March, 1Q,000 Strong.
Ten thousand members of tho Uni
form Lodge, Knlfhts of Pythias, re
splendent In uniform, and lad by
bands, marched through tho streets
of Boston. ?, The parrdc. was composed
of twenty-five brigades of Pythiana
from every section dt the country, aa
well as Canada.
' ' t " ' 1 1 1,1 1 ? " "
Priest and Merchant Killed. i
Father Vabey, a priest, and C. W.
Postman, an importer, both of Cleve
land, ware killed In an aatotnoblla
accident near Sylvan la, Ohio.
Latest News
BY WIRCf
i:t Slain by Yaqufs.
El Puo, Tex. ? U hu been I iwwl
hero that YaquI Indian* oa Jaly X*
killed thirteen person* near the U?
'pasan mine. ? ?
$7000 Fine For the HaaU F*.
* Chicago. ?J udge 8. H, Betfc? ttt
tho United States District Coast Im
posed a lino of >7000 upon Uw Alch
l?on, Topeks and Santa Fe Kslfwsf
Company when that company pined ui#
guilty to granting refratea to the
United States Sugar snd f*nd Ci?
puny, of Garden City, Kan
Socialist Candidate Shoots.
Hloomlngton, IH. ? Joseph Tanttk
Socialist candidate for Owiiism.
made an unsuccessful attempt to
rIiool Prosecuting Attorney WUHssi
Baoh. Landls was arrested. The sf~
fair wsa the> Outgrowth of a. new*
paper, controversy-' J.,
Col. It. L nwic JKetfrpd.
\\ abhington, D. C. Co Tonal Rffi
ard j., Hoxle, corpB of engineers, ?w
ceutty In charge of river and harbor
work In the vicinity of Baltllfeetw,.
v.- a-' piaond on tho retired list &wm
arm y on account of ago; wltU tho smnl t
o f brlgndler-gencral.
Hotly Washed Ashore
Oyat.er Bey, L_ r. ? The body eC
Samuel Rowlands, tho keeper of the ?
Mid''!'- Ground lighthouse, at the ??
trac* to Oyster Hay, who was drovsei
wh.lM attempting to gain the I(?ht
Int.. ? laddur fronr his ruiTtoosI. fSa ?
"VffV n (;il aiH"o?e at. WblLel: ead Potik^
about a mill! from the Ughthaoae.'
Elisabeth Fire. '
Klizaheth, N\ J. ? The roafn ftulldf
InK of tlio .Tonkins ltuhhor Wo^iw, at
Magnolia avenue and Dtvtsfoa streets. -
wuh daetroyed by firo. The? lose* will
probably reach $100,000, said to ho
mostly covered by Insurance.
Italn* Jfi^rr^^irn..'
On/Aha, Neb. ? There was a general
rainlMll all over Nebraska, and re
port 4 from many tactions say tho ndn
In still falling. Tho effect, on coca will,
be extremely good.
P ;/ ? " ?" 1
Playw ftolf fn Dark.
Chicago. ? On a wager Fred Mc- ?
Leod, professional golfer, of the On
wentHla Country Club, at Lake For
est, made tho etghjteen-hole course lor
S3 Btrokee, aided only by the did*
light of a half moon. Ho made this
first nine holes In 28, and sss fl^dtkC
at a fast clip until the fourteenth
holo waa reached.
Army Officers End tVnTXc.
San Francisco. ? Seven army oB>
cors from tho Presidio have finished
tho third and last' lap of theft fty-cnfbe
walking test ordered by President
ItooM.'vclt' to determine their physical
fitness to remain In the service. Tbs .
officers, most of whom aro nearly
sixiy yearn o Id r arrived here after ::
covering twelve miles and underwent
an examination. Ail were In excel
lent condition.
Cinderella Slipper host.
Chicago. ? Somewhere fa Chfc?p?
there la a Cinderella slipper which is
worth at least flKOO- Tho Cinderella,
in the six-year-old daughter of Mn.
Silverman, and her lost slipper holds
diamonds valued at 91600. the prop
erty of her mothtfr.
Struck Twlco by BoIE^""-- r
Hartford, Conn. ? For the ceoouC
time within a month lightning has
struck the great stone Keney mn __
mortal clock tower, in MnJa streets
and atruck.'^wo trees. ,
BY CABLE*
liondnran Snr.rl.
Tegucigalpa, Honduras. ? Tho Uon
duraa Government has refusal to re
scind or cancel the exoquatera of the
American Consul and Vieo-Consul mt
Celba. The State Depsriment ?T
Washington had requested the Hon
duran Government to do so.
Pn^hci Forms New Cabinet.
Constantinople, Turkey. ? -Rluril
Pasha has formed & new CahllUC
Jernalledln Effondf, tho Shelk-nl
Islam and the Miuisterof b'o.Migu Af
fairs retain their portfolios.
Fund For Zeppelin.
Berlin. ? Tho Society for the Stady
of Airships hasstartsd a national fund
in aid of Count Zeppelin. Ttsrtjjufl
hearing a portrait of the Comat Ian
been placed, on sale throughout. Qcr?
many.
Prize For an American Scientist.
Copenhagen. ? Professor.* Vtanrfoa
Bloom field, who is representing; J<
Hopkins University at the fc
tlonal Orientalist Congress, in
here, wae notified th*,t the pn:.
varlan Academy of S cloocjes
awarded him an Important y> Wnrjpj
recognition of his recent publ
Want Saltan to Dismiss
London.-? The Times*
ent at Sofia, Turkey, says that
Turks captured one of tho
envoys at Adrianople and c
htm to swear fidelity to tke
regime. ThQT then entrusted
with a letter to the Saltan, in
they demanded that he dtaml
harem and only have one srtBa.
Loss of Life in Typhoon.
Hong Kong. China.? TEie
meat has decided to dredge
ent typhoon shelter and to
other one i]i the Wiat harbor ag
Of > 1 ,5 0 0.0 0 0.: |PP|L , HI
lives were lost in tko late ty>l>nnn, V.
Monp.l.dlRaatatDc.*' .
. " Rome, Italy. ? Tkoi
inl, who at
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