The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 16, 1909, Image 1
VOLUME XII.
CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, Al'ltlL 10. 1909.
NO. 14.
PALMETTO HAPPENINGS TOLD ? BRIEFS
?? ?ii' Mijii - 1,,.,,
Occurrences of Interest Gletned Prom All Scoticus of the Bw?y
PaJmeUo Stato
Farmer*' Union Formed.
4 'hepUrflelJ, Special. ? The Chester
field County Farmers' union was or
ganized here Tuesday. Delegates
Were present lVom J 6 local organiza
tions. Moore then 50 delegates were
present. Tho meeting was presided
uver by Mr. L. L. Kpeneer, president
tfyo Chesterfield local, who lnt?o>
duccd President JJ. llunis as tho first
upeuktr. Mr, Hart-is tpoke at length
on the riuniug of hop, ehowiug to
tbose present l ow pork can tje ruised
for lew than 8 cents a poiiiid. He
was listened to with attention.
Deputy Organiser 8. T. I'arrott
wes then introduced. It was through
his effort# that tlvo county organisa
tion was completed. The meeting was
begun iu the court hooso during the
recess hour, court being in session.
The epcaker closed by inviting the
delegates to the Masonic hall, where
tho orgoniiatiop Was completed.
Mr. J, N. BtricUlii) was astted to
set ua seoxetary, while Mr. I'arrott
presided. Cfoeraw, Chesterfield, Mt.
(iroghan, ltuby, Crbrt Roads Cnurefc,
Pngdand, Dndle#, Plains Five
Forks, Mi.ddondorf, Roeky Br*neb,
Patriclc, Olango Ilill, Cross Roans
and Shiloh were represented.
Thp organisation was completed
by tho clcction of tho following of
ficers: W. J, TiLio*, president j 0. W.
Onin, vico president; H. C. llendris,
BecrQtary-trgasurer j 8. T. Kuight,
chaplain; II. F. King, conductor; A.
J. Smith, dcor keeper; A. 8. Smith,
C. Kirkley and R% L. Rivers, execu
tive committee.
Tho delegates were among tho most
influential fanners in the bounty and
tho union is safe in the hands of its
officials.
F. W. Ruckstttfid Was Selected,
Columbia, Special, ? The Woman's
monument commission, recently an
poiute<J by Gov. Ansel ill conformity
with an act of the legislature, met
in the governor's omoc last week and
was in session for three hoiire. The
eoramjKaion is comjiofiad of Capt, J.
0. Rioharde, Jr., of Kershaw, <3en.
C. Irvine Walter of Charleston, Capt.
C. A. ftecd of An^orson, Col, T. J.
Moore of Spartanbcgrg and Capt. Wm,i
E. Gou^aleq of Columbia.
Tho matter of the selection of an
artist was considered very Ihorougb
lv, tlio debate oq this poiat occupy
ing thq greater jpart of the lonj t sop*
eion. Tho commission flnillv deter
mined that i* uot do bettev
than tq ele?t the wnw eculRtor who
had pcrfonaod suob admirable s?r
vioo to tho people of Booth Carolina
ii^ th^ prodv\ction qt the Hamntoj)
equestrian stfctue, and the marble
sfhtue c'f Calhoun, which is to gb in
Statuary hall in W&sJbingtoh, arid the
model for which has receutlv been
accepted by tho Calhoun monument
commission.
Mr. F, Wellington Ituokstuhl ly??
impressed all 'With whom he has coitio
in 6ontact in his work for South Car
olina cot only with faitlj in his splen
did artistic ability but with belief Ift'j
his devotion to the Sopth.
It ia probablo that Mr. Ru^kstuhl
will havo a conference with the cdm?|
initteo jvbout tho middle of May. lie
will loavo in June for Italy to coo?'
plete t'hc Vvork on tho Calhoun statue.
/?
. Abbeville to Issue Bopda,,
Abbeville, Special.? Tho electioo in
Abbeville Hchool district {of the jfa'is
Po?9 of issuing 120,000 in bond# t?/
building- a hign school was held Tuei.
day With only two vote# again|J the
issue. Tho builatag will be ereo&l
time for opening this fill.
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Press Association Meeting.
Greanville, Special. ? Col. E. II,
Aull, of Kowberry, president of tho
ptate Press; J, It, McGhee, Q. W.
Prunion and John Wood met Sat
urday in- tills city and set July 0,
7, 8 as dates for the meeting of the
Pre?s Asiociation. Greenville's new
hotel, the Ottarny, was chosen as the
placo of meeting.
Offers Prises to Farmers.
Sumter, Special. ? The Bank of
Sumter recently announced that the
bank would givo $50 in gold to the
customer who made the largest yield
of corn on one aero and $25 to the
one making the second largest yield.
Tho offer has created considerable
interest and there nre already quite
a number of progressive farmers en
tered for tho contest. Within the
past few years a number of Sumter
county fanners have grown crops
of com that would have been regard
ed a* phenomenal a decade, ago, arid
it, would Hot bo surprising If the re
tard ii broken by Sumter county.
9. a V. MHH
Camp Sumter, No. 350, United Oen
'fsdfratj# Veterans will celebrate Its
anniversary with a banquet which la
to be UTO* at the Garman Artilery
jlall on Monday evening, April 10.
Tho. annual meeting of the camp will
be h*la on April ft, *nd an election
' of officers for the ensuing year will
be made. It waa found impracticable
to fcavo the> banquet on that date
i:-|iud it waa postponed until the Mon
day fo&winf.
Bated the State a Vaat Amount
Columbia, Splint.? Dr. W, J.
ray, chaiwnnan of the comttdsaio? to
Tvlud up the affairs of (be old Btftt#
dispensary said Monday night that
h? is vary, v?ry much reliwed. When
he accepted service on this commis
sion it was merely as u business man
accepting u business alignment, and
ho did eo to oblige dev. Ansel. ><v"
Ae the commission pot further
and further into |he work it was dis
covered that there w*ro apparently
fradulent claims. The first work of
the coavxdeaion was to closo out the
stock on band. Thi* was disposed 9!
at a profit, making the groM assets
something like $800,000. On Jan
uary 15, 190ft, tho coaunisalon be
nty to audit tbp claim* of liquor
hou*e^< Ons of the first claims so
^feqenled was found to he full of
9 uapieious matter, and the commis
sion, through Attorney General Lyon
and Mi, Eftevenoon, was pushing the
claimant ho elOBclv on this that some
of the others refused to have their
claims apdifed and appealed to Judge
Di. Murray said Monday niaht
that in thf abaenoe of these persons
the commisi'on had Lnvfstlftftfed the
several claims in its own way ana
bad rendered judgments. However,
if these persons wish to eonoe into
tho Btato with their books of record,
it is probable that thoy will get a
hearing.
As to tho claims already adjudi
cated and itady for payment except
for the delays occcsioned by the
cotarts, Dr. Murray said that he
thinks creditor should bo paid the
rimo rate of intercut that tlje State
as received: "The United States
supreme couit has given ua plenary
power." rajd I)r. Murray, "and 1
wish 10 use it judiciously. We will
pot coerce, ucr will vo take a dollar
that we think i# r.ot honestly the
property of the State.
"We have ,bcen reviving interest
9n cur deposits at the rate of $2,000
per month for about months. In
fact, 1 think the decision bas netted
ns abOut $100,000," ho said.
"You aee tho Inwyert of these
liquor houses must now look to their
emplovers for the pay, whereas if
the State bed lost the suit wo would
bpve had thoso onorxr.q.us fceo'to pay,
In addition to receivership expenses;
U ip quite (j feather in the caproj
Aitonidy Ggnernl Lyon, and we a*e
prou^ oi-tHe flg[bt muds by Mr. Al?
naj pt*Venekn,>r
Dr. Murray think* the pet esset*
of (he State, after all claims qre
paid, Tylll ?e *300, 00Q in c*sh shd ttje
qispeusAry' building, valued nt $71v
Illicit Distillery Raided.
Benattsville, Special.? H. P. Meek*
ine, (ho local United States deputy
majrahaL who is a qu>st efteient offl
oial, ft flr* dayi ago located an illicit
distillery in the sand hijls of this
c9H?ty. He noiifls4 Revenue Agont
^"tulacC of Commhln and he armed
08 lajt Monday night's 10 o'^ior**
tfcain a^d was met by Deputy Mfe;
Ins.. These j, wo ofBojals, with a i
po38oA proeefeded lfljfpiHs into
?and hilty whore with Bttle trt
Joey dje$#r?g;$d the ftill It
100 -gellonr capacity, and was a^
ck.irge 4 x$th mash, eonvenient
an ea*-jy jr^n. No one wan at
(4 the time of capture.
(roelala #tit ?jie copper still to pi
and Jfetrored all the mash at>4 i
coqtreWd a tuff, This sand hiO
tion ' on the Korth and Booth <
li?!v line las fx* mere ibnn 10?^
raeu the rendezvous of moon
Killing at Construction Camp.
Bpartanbuvg, . Spccial. ? Elliotta
Davis, eo)orcd, shot and killed Walter
MoCullough, also colored, at J, 0,
Dunn's contraction enmp on the lin?
of C. C. & 0. railroad, a mils from
Cherokee, Monday morning. Tho
shooting was the result of a quarrel
ovor a negro woman. Daria and the
woman cscapcd.
Anderson Company Reorganised.
Anderson, Special. ? The Palmetto
Riflemen here have been fully re
organised, and I ho men under tho
He w ofllccra are turning cut well to
the drills. - County Auditor Jas. II.
Ci'aig has been chosen as captain of
the company, succceding his brothterj I
Mr, 8. M. Craig, who is a Traveling
salesman, and resigned on this ao?
count. Mr. Ralph Tompleton; is the^
first, and Mr. S. A. Gilmer the see*
end- lieutenant. All throe of these
men are good officers and will work
bard to Keep up tho company's
standing. ;
Goes After Desperado.
Columbia, Speelal,? "Henry Haynes,
convicted of manslaughter At
Monck's Cotner, ten yean ago, a
men against whom also there >8 0
sealed sentence* for breach of trust
with ftredulfnt intent, will be' lodged
in the State Penitentiary in a few
days, as Sheriff Causey, of Berkley
left Mefiday for Jacksonville to ,
bring Heynee back to serve out kis^
REVIEW OF PAYNE BILL
Tie Productiveness of the Measure
Probably Lessened $40,000,000 by
Amendments The Payne Bill Con
tains Many Reductions From the
Dingley Bill, With a Few Increase*.
Washington, Npecial.r?The I'ayno
tariff hill, ?k amended hy (he Senate
committee on flounce wus presented
Monday.
Senator A Id rich asserted that 75
P?r cMit of articles used hy all- the
people had' been reduced,
In placing a largo number of arti
cles on the free liht and in reducing
duties on many others it has boon
found necessary to materially in
crease the duties on many luxecies,
The Senate committee has decided
upon an increaso amounting to about
t weny-five per cent above existing
rates on wines of all kinds and has
made increases above the Payne bill
011 other spirits.
Luxury Duties Go Up.
A number of oilier articles, re
garded, as luxuries, have been in
creased.
In addition to placing ten pud oof
fee on the free list the committee
proposes to admit cocoa free. An
cspeeioj effort was made to reduce
rates on the so-called ? "breakfast
tablo" articles of commerce.
The Payne rates of 40 per cent a
ton on hitiminous coal will be report
ed without recommendation. The
present into of 15 cents per ton on
black coal will be maintained.
Senate Against Free Lumber.
The Senate stands about two to one
against free lumber. Its advocates
fear they will not be able to maintain
tho reduction Agreed upon by the
House. Tho fight to be made for free
hides has begun already. Western
Senators arc confident tho duty wift
be placed on hides but are not san
gi'.MU' of maintaining the existing 15
per cent ad valoren?.rr->~
Tobacco interests failed in their ef
forts to induce tho committee to re
duce the amount of Philippine to
bacco to bo admitted annually free of
duty and to get an increase in the
rates cn tobacco from other count rics.
The recommended raise on litho
ginphiug, including postcards and ci
gar labels, as contained in. the Payne
bill, will be reported. The Payne
rates cn pottery and fine china have
been rgrced to.
It was learned that the Senate
committee would provide ample pro
tection for American manufacturers
of watch dials, all but two of whom
are said to- have been driven out of
business by foriegn competition.
No attention was paid to the so
called "joker" in the Payno bill as It
Passes the House. Petroleum and its
products are among the articles which
are to be reported to the Senate with
out recommendation.
Reduction of Revenue.
I he estimates of the revenue which
the Payne tariff bill will produce for
the government have been reduced
nearly $20,000,000 .through the
amendments made 7 to tho measure
before it was passed by the House
and the Senate finance committee
Will baye to provide means for mak
ing up this difference if the original
estimates are to be met. The strik
ing out of several ; countervailing
duty clauses on which no estimates
were.. made, probably -will lessen tW
bill's productiveness another $20.
000,000. . .
The amendments taking off the fC
cent duty on tea subtracted $7,000,
000 from the estimated revenues. Tho
striking out of the countervailing
duty provision for a rate of 20 pev
cent ad valorem on coffee coming
from countries which do not give the
United States the .. benefit ' of ' "Hieff
mopt favored nation clause" disposed
of prebaMr'$15. 000,000 in duticqi
> Where Loss Oomes In.
Taking out the countervailing prp
? vi so lor lumber end for petroleum
means a loss to the revenuos of sev
eral million dollars,' it is estimated.
By repealing tho manufacturers' li
cense tax for farmers desiring to sell
the leaf tobacco which they raise,
tho House has withdrawn consider*
able revenue under tho internal rev- ?
enue law. A slight1 increase in rev
enues may be provided by the in
crease tax cn Turkish filler tobaoco,
pincapp.es, barley and barloy malt.
The Payne bill as it passed the
i House, Ilka the Dinglcy bill when it
went to the Senate, places hides on
the free list. Under the Dingloy law,
hides have produced a revenue ex
ceeding $3,000,000 annually.
The Payne. bill differs from the
Dingley larV in' the maximum ond
minimum retaliatory feature, the ad
ditional method of valuation for the
purpose of preventing under valua
tions and .its provision for tho $40,
000,000 issuance of Panama bonds
and $26,000,000 issue of Treasury
certificates. It oxtends tho draw
back privileges. An inheriatance tsx,
which should bring in $20,000^)00, is
provided for. The internal revenue
law aheuid produce $1,500,000 addi
tions] revenue btoauas of the increase
In the tax on cigarettes.
-two Prominent Increuti,"
The two increases over the Dingley
ratea that stand out most prominent
I y ^ the Payne bill are those In the
ratee cn women 'a and children's
gloves and hosiery. Cocoa, now im
ported tr?, haa been msds dutiable
at 3 cents par pound. Unmanufac
tured mica has been red need 6ns cent
per pound and ths manufacturers of
mica hsve a duty levied upon then 2
*ttts p*r pound Hsa tbaa the Din*.
ley iatc?. The duty on unmanufac*
turad baryte* tm.s been doubled.
The I'ayno hill contains many re.
ductiona from the Dingley ratea of
duty. The du'ie* on lead ore and
pi# lead are materially reduced,
while the lumber schedule in out in
half. The differential on refined ku
*ar is ivduevd 6 cents per 100 pound*,
Cotton seed oil and tallow are placed
on the free Provision is made
for the free entry, under certain eon
ditions of bituminous coal, wood
pulp und agricultural machinery. The
duty on print paper was considerably
reduced. The most important chat*#*
or made in the wool schedule wus ihc
reduction of f? ceuts in the duties on
shoddy and top waste, and changes
front an ad valorem to a specific duty
on topa. The bill permit* the free
entry of objects of art 20 or more
yaori| eld.
Iron on tbe Tree List.
In the iron and nteel schedules,
iron ore is placed on the free u5l and
material reductions are made in the
rales on pig iron, scrap iron and
steel bar iro'n, round iron, blooms,
structural iron, forcings, anchors,
cotton ties, steel rails, tin plates, wire
and numerous other articles. One
of the mobt imperfect provisions of
the bill is that which permits the free
entrj of every product of the Philip
pine Isluiufci, except l ice ; and ex
empts fr<>m duty any articles import
ed from the United States info those
it-lands. The amount of tuitfiir which
may be imported is limited to 300,000
tens annually and the free importa
tion of tobacco is restricted to 300,
000 )M>unds of wrapper, 3,000,000
pounds of filled tobacco and 150,000
000 ciyars.
WASHINGTON NOTES
Petition For Mrs. Oarmack.
Waehington, Special. ? Representa
tive Brown low and Representative.
Austin, of the flrst and second con
gressional districts of Tennessee, re
spectively, have undertaken to maKo
the widow of the late Senator Oar
mack poatmaBter at Columbia, in
that State. They arc the only two
Republican members of the Tennessee
delegation, and in addition to exercis
ing their influence as individuals they
have now set to work to get the as
sis^nc? of the State's entiie repres
ent r.ti on at Washington.
President Taft heard protests Fri
day against the increased duty on
gloyes, hosiery, pineapples and
lemons, provided in the Payne tariff
bill.
Stato Senator Travis and- John Mc
Cormick, of Brooklyn, N. V., repre
senting importer* of fruit, told tho
President that the increases on pine
apples and legions would have to be
borne by the common people. Tho
increase on kunons, which it was de
clared amounted to 20 cents a box,
would practically be prohibitive and
leaves American growers in absolute
control of the market.
Kenneth Parnbardt, representing
one of the la-gest7 department stores
in Chicago, a companied by Francis
Simmons ant) Edward D. Winslow,
also of ChicnTO, protested against
the incroase of duty on gloves and
hosiery. The,/ were presented to tho
President by Secretary of the Treas
ury MacVeagh.
The French government ,has in
formed State- Department of its
determination to nut into effect im
mediately the decision announced
Friday from Paris to, expel former
President OanTo, of Venerulca, from
Fort do France, Martinique, and
compel him to return to Europe.
J. II. Shclton & Son, r f Washing
ton, D. Cv were awarded the contract
for restoring the name of Jefferson
Davis 1 o the tablet Orbih John
uidtre. f'-om . which it was "removed
during 1862. * Tfroir bid was *1"47.75.
I he work niiiat be completed by May
The Senate tariff bill, so far as
rates are (concerned, was completed
Saturday, but it was decided that in
making a report, Chairman Aid rich
will urnounco a reservation on cer
tain important schedules for futuro
action. These reierv&tioni will in
clude hides, steel rails, wped pulp
end orudo petroleum.
? ? ?
Chairman Aldrieh assertei th.U the
Senate commltteo had made a more
general revision on rates than way
done by tho House committee on
ways and means snd that reductions
?n schedules hod been mode on a far
greater number of articles. This did
not mean that there would be re
duction of revenncs but that there
would be rccommcnded a bona flde
revision downward of tho tariff
? ? ?
President Taft has recently declar
ed that he favored the passage of a
ship subsidy bill; Senator Oallinger
has announced that some earjy
day, possibly not until tho regular
session of thia Congress, be will in
troduce and push with all his ability
a similar bill to the one defeated in
tho Houae by a small mafgln this
yo?r. ..
It it firmly believed here that, in
tho near future, * thin subsidy bill
will paas Congress and become a law.
The fight against such a measure baa
been long and hard-fought but with
Taft in favor of it it will more than
likely be enaoted.
? ? ?
Senator Simmon* made * strong
and vigorous speech favoring the
Gallinger bill, whieh earried an im
portant amendment drawn by him,
and convinced many of the thinking
citizen a ?f the Sooth that his poet
lion waa right.
THE RIGHT OF WAY.
-Curtoon l>y Hol>ert C*nr(or, i n (lie Now York Amorienn.
WAR ON RECKLESS DRIVERS OF AUTOMOBILES
Judge In His lhargc lo the Grand Jurors Expresses a Belle! That the "Scorch
?' crs" and "Joy Riders" llavo Found a New Method o! lorn
. - mittliuj the Old CrTihe of Manslaughter.
New York City. ? There la no mis
take about It this time; publjc indig
nation against th>> "seorchor" and
the "Joy rider" la thoroughly aroused
and they are going to be vigorously
dealt with.
The newly formed Highways Pro
tective Association and the *Automo
blle Club of America, representing
scne and responsible owners ami
drivers of automobiles, are prepared
to aid in prosecuting offenders. They
are resolved to demand infliction of
the soverest pqnnltlee, and the magis
trates and Judges seem to be Im
pressed with the necessity for vigor
ous action.
So? much for the offenders w\jen
caught, and tho arrangements for
catching them are more widespread
and complete than ever before. As a
result of tho organization of the spe
cial squad of policemen mounted on
bicycles, motor wheels and some in
automobiles scoros of offenders are
being arraigned before tho magls- '
trates and in tho court*.
Owners of automobiles are warnud
in the address by Judge Swann to the I
Grand Jury In tho General SisBlons, j
tolling them that the owner of a car
who employs u driver known to bo
reckless should bo found equally
guilty with the latter for any crime
committed through carelessness or
overspeedlng. In short, there Is a
general awakening to the demands of
the situation and to the serious re
sponsibility that rests upon thoso who
drive automobiles, more particularly
through a city's streets. .
Where tho driver instead of stop
ping and caring for an Injured per
son claps on speed and runs away the
6 resumption Is that he Is guilty, and
y making sharp discrimination on
these lines this heartless practice can |
be stopped.
The community in general and the
prudent and responsible owners of
automobiles, who are taking an active
part in the present crusade, are to bo
congratulated upon the prospect of a
successful issue.
Judge Swann In his charge to the
April Grand Jurorsin Part I. of Gen
eral Sessions expressed his opinion of
automobile Breeding, which he called
"a new method of commuting old
crimen." lie said :
"Within tho last month many
crimes have been committed hy men
possessed of the speed mania. They
run down women and chlldreu on our
streets. Women and children and
the Infirm and the aged_aro entitled
to tho use of tho streets as much an
tlio strong. No man has nil exclusive
right to the streets. Even the man
who derot.es his time to speeding this
modern rngina has no more right to
tho public street than the weak and
Infirm.
"Men who do these acts recklessly
and without regard to tho rights of
others, and who either malm or kill,
are guilty of either manslaughter or
other grades of crime, and it seems
to mo that It would he a proper and
fitting thing that, if such a case comes
before you, you should not hesltato
to Indict if the wvldenco warrants It:
and (hat you should not hesitate to
'indict for the "eft mo of manslaughter
| If you think that that criwo has been
? committed.
"This in Juet about the timo. It
seems to me, for the Grand Jury of
this county to call a halt on such ex
treme selfishness as Is evidenced by
those possessed by tho abominable
speed mania.
"It la further provided by Section
29 of the penal laws that a man who
aids and abets in the commission of
crime la equally guflty with the man
I who commits the crime, Tho owner
I of an automobile will sometimes take
I deliberately a chauffeur who has
I been known to be reckless in his
driving. The minute that the owner
of the automobile puts such A chauf
feur upon his machine In the public
Btreots the law presumes that the
owner knows the ordinary act that
the chauffeur Is going to commit. A
man Is presumed to Intend the ordi
nary and usual results of his own
acts, and the owner who puts a reck
less chauffeur In an automobile and
sends him through the streets could
be properly found by you to be equal
ly guilty with the chauffeur of the
crime, whatever It may bp, that may
reasonably be expected to bo com
mitted by that chauffeur."
DOG8 RACE 412 MILES IN 82 HOURS.
Alaskan Teams Start In Arctic Blizzard For Exciting
Pasli From Nome to Candle, ' r"* '
Seattle, Wash. ? In the most gruel,
ling race of dog teams Alaska ever
has known, the plucky malamutes,
owned by Al. Berger carried off first
And second honors in the AU-A^aska
sweepstakes (or $11,000, and Annexed
la addition the Suter Gold Cup. The
raca was from Nome to Candle, a dis
tance of 412 miles, nnd jnucn of it
was run under conditions as put the
Animals to a bltttr test of strength
And onduranoo.
No American Darby over enlisted
in the United States a keener pop*
ular interest than this flight of dogs
aoross the stretoh of country between
the AtArttng And Anlshlirg points.
From the time the racers were sent
AWAy on theit exaotlng contest busl
nets At Nome was practlcAlly At a
standstill.
The focal points for the townspeo
ple were at the stands of tho book
makers. At these thousands of dol
lars were wagered on tho result, the
biggest single bet having been placed
on a Siberian team. A priol of an
even $100,000 was put up that these
animals would score a victory. Ohe
wager of $10,000 was made that thd
race would not be finished within
ninety hours. This bet was lost, tho
timo of the winners being eighty-two
hours and ten minutes.
All Nomo watohed the start of the
race, The dogs got away in a blind
ing snowstorm, Thermometers were
registering fifteen dogrees below *ero.
A strong wind ewept tho enow and Ice
elad bill*. The dogs did not mind the
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Survival of Um Fittest In
? Scramble For Mb.
New Haven, Conn. ? The aufiar)n
tendent of tha Cariyie Johnson Manu
facturing Company, of Maaoheater,
advertised, one day only, for twenty
men to whitewaah tha inside walla ot
tha naw factory. Over 800 man oat
of work applied next morning. Tha
superintendent threw, twenty white
waah bruahee from a window and tha
men scrambled for them. The twenty
who were fortnnate enough to get
the bruahee got the Job of whita
w ashing tha plsoe. - '
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cold, but the wind tosaed Hakes of
snow plainly gavo them distress.
With all the Best of tho chase they
moved off at the word, while' the
crowd cheered and tho drivers waved
goodby, not certain they would come
out of the contest alive.
Tho Berger malamutes No. 1 and
No. 2 teams, driven by "Sootty" Allen
anU Percy Blatchford, respectively,
finished In tho order named, A mixed
team of hound and bird dogs driven
by George Fink came in third to the
race,
Tho Siberian dogs, whioh were the
favorites and heavily backed, becamp
snow bound and were hopelessly out
of the race, Tholr driver waf forced
to turn back, The fato of gome of the
other starters Is still unknown.
Teams are straggling back to Nome,
some of them In pitiful condition, It
is estimated that $200,000 changed
hands.
Prohibition Latv Held Valid.
Tho Supremo Court at Montgom
ery, Ala., declared the State prohibi
tion law valid, all tho judges concur
ring In tho opinion. This is the sec
ond time tho court h&? upheld the
State wldo act of the last Legislature.
It was attacked on several constitu
tional grounds.
Anarchist Commit* Suicide.
JTohn Mercadante, an Anarchtot,
whose wife had loft killed hlm
aeuf In New York City,
Drawers Joia Forces Willi
lb* AMMMom LeajM,
Cincinnati, Ohio.' "ft# Iwtm
the Anti-Saloon Laague and the Mu?
nlclpal Reform League will unit? in
an effort to put tha ?nd saloonkeeper
oat of btulnotti Through tho efforts
of tha Ohio Brewer*' Association the
Stat? Legislature passed a law da
signed to auppreas Illegal selling,
onr brewing compaWr at Hamilton
announces that It will not sail beer
to aar saloonkeeper -who ps relets In
keeping hit ealoori opao an tha lab
bath day.
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SEVENTY-TWO MILE GALE
Many Fatalities Occur Through
out the Country.
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J'ornmlo rtwccits Over Many Cities and
Towns Willi Unpn'cctloifcd
loclty, Cau.^tng Dentil. j
IMitshurg, I'a.? Not less than thirty
persons wuro hurt, tw q of them per
1 1 h i?h fatally, lu tho windstorm liuro.
Mrs. Amelia l'uborflc and Mrs, Mary
Columbus, living in different parts of
flio city, were oach blown froui their
roofji whilo trying to stretch clothes
lines, and were so badly injured that
they may not recover.
^ A window cleaner on the tenth
floor of t >ie high Fiirk Building In
Hl?t?>d on cleaning window^. Ho was
whipped from the pill like a fly by
4 lie wind and hung uiiHpended lu tho
air by hiu Ufo belt until rescued by
those 1 ntiido, Thu man fainted uix
tlm*# after being rescued.
Thero were bargain salos In tho
congi-nUd downtown districts, and
when tho wind, at sixty-eight miles
an hour, raced through the narrow
canonu made by the ekyscrapors, it
found them filled with women. In
some places rb many as flftoon women
wero bowled over by tho wind at one
time. ,
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JOight Dead In Michigan.
Detroit, Mich. --At least eight per*
B'jns lont their lives in tho Htorm that
vlHited Michigan. Anthony Kaup. a
saloonkeeper; Joo Kadlch, a barber,
and Adam Felin, all of Wyandotte,
attempted to cross the I)etrolt Rlvor
in a rowboftt from Wyandotte to
Canada in a hfty-mllo gale to settlo
a wagor, ond all throe wero drowned
When tliolr boat capsized. Kadlch
bet Ivaup $5 that ho ttfoiild not dare
to cross in tho small boat, and Fella
was tho stakeholder.
At JennlngH, In Mlflflaukoo County,
three young men named-. Bernard
Carlson, Charles Jacobson and John
Torrey wero killed by being caught
under a wnll .that was blown down by
tho wind at the Mitchell Brothers'
mill.
Tornado Hit Wnbaftli.
Wabash, Ind. ? The only tornado Wa
b:xnb haa known In 'twenty-live yearn
Injured n score of per *009 and did
damage amounting to thousands of
dollars. A dozen housea wero de
molished. \
Mrs. James A\ Hayes and four chil
dren wero pinned down beneath the
wreckage ot their home, which caught
fire. The mother was fatally burned
while being rescued. The childron
wero sorlously hurt.
Crowded School Wrecked.
London, Ontario. ? Six persons'
were injured, one fatally, and a flnan-.
clnl loss of $50,000 was caused by a
windstorm which passed ovor this
city.
The most serious accident occurred
at the Aberdeen public school, where
a tall chimney crashed through the
roof, Imprisoning 300 pupils and
creating a panic. Mary Laburtls,
aged nine yearB, was fatally hurt,
) and four other pupils were severely
Injured.
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One Killed In Buffalo.
Buffalo, N. Y. ? The wind blew at
the rate of seventy-two mlleB an hour
hero from S to 6 o'clock p. in. One
man was killed and many persons
wore injured by parts of buildings
detached by the force of the wind and
hurled through the air. The whole
front of the Oppenhelm-Colllns dry
goods store was blown Id, and many
plate glass windows on Main street
were shattered, ?
Peter Mariblto, a Polish farmer,
was blown from a hayrack to the
street. A broken piece of timber
from the wreck of his wagon pierced
his side, killing him instantly.
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Fatalities in the ftonth. . * ?
Chicago, 111. ? Reports of the storm
damago received hero are that ten
porsons aro known to have been killed
in Mississippi aqd at least fifteen
were Injured. 'r*
. Tn Starkvllle four negroes^ were
killed. At Aberdeen. W. O. McMil
lan. cashier of the Bank of Aberdeen,
and his son, T. T, McMillan, were
killed In the wreckage of the Illinois
Central station. Two negross also
met death. The tornado demQltfbed
the station nod several houees. ^
Killed by Falling Tree, .
. Plattsburg, N, -Y. ? Miss Hilda SI*
dred, twenty-three, and her brother.
Warren Bldred, eighteen, were killed
by the /ailing of a tree In * highway
a mile north of thii elty, They were
driving to their home (n Chasy when
a violent gust of wind snapped a large
tree, toppling It on top of tfefa gad
killing th*i? |pitantly.
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DAtnWXlf rot PBOHATBO. '
Estate Worth More Titan $20, 000, 000
Yielded Only $120,000 a Year. V
I.os Angeles, Cal. ? Lucky Bald
win's will was probated here, Man
ager .H. A. TInruh testifying to good
mental condition of the testator when
he made his will. The widow and
Mrs. Zellia Selby, the daughter i^hom
Baldwin didn't recognise during his
life, were present, but they made no
objection.
It is understood they received a
generous addition to' the amount
Baldwin left to them. Mr. Unruh
declared that, the estate was worth
from $20,000,000 to *2f,000.000v
but that the net annua! Income TTM
only filjtf oo. ??????
^ ENLIST OR TERM.
Iowa Lad Found Guilty of Forgery
r ftenteneed to Baler Xavf.
Dee Moines, Iowa.? John
seventeen years old, foi
forgery, was sentenced to eril
navy or eerve a term in the refc
tery by Jedge Brennan, of the
enlle Court here. The Judge
olared training m the nary
make a man ot the, la<
Recruiting officers
Flood because of the c
to a similar order laat :