The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 21, 1909, Image 1
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PALMETTO HAPPENINGS
Ne?ve Note* From All Pirti of the State of Interest to South
Cciroliniini in Gmertl
Womfana Monument Fund by Ooua
ties.
Tlio Columbia State of the 15th
K'vua tlio contribution# to tfoman'i
nuAiument fund i?h ' follows |
Fund by Counties.
Iticliland . . .. . . .$008.00
Anderson : 479.05
Marlboro 440.43
Sumter 403.75
Marion ; 403.25
Aiken 338.75
Darlington 336.25
Spartanburg 205.50
Nowborry.. .... .... 210.20
York ;. 209.10
Greenwood.. .. 204.24
Chewterfteld ... . .,107.00
AF)Tj<nTllo.7 185,75
Kershaw,; 178.50
I. oo. . . u , , 104.26
Fairfield. 1 00.75
( J lien villc . > ?? t? .??.?.??? 157.65
Lexington ? . ,. ,. ,, ., 148. 08
Kdge'fleld .4 , \ 4 , 4 1 4 114 I I i 136,60
Chester.. .. ;; j25.*0
Jj?nca8ter. ; ;; ;. i. 121.25
Barnwell .... ; i ; . ; ; . ; . ; . pi.50
Calhoun *90.02
Laurens ...... '75.50
Cherokee 73.25
Bamberg 71.00
Florence.. .. .. .. . . 68.75
Clarendon.. . . 44.25
Orangeburg.. .. .......... 41.00
Horry 40.00
Unicn 37.00
Pickens. , <? <t .4 4 ? ?!???? 28.45
Williamsburg.. ti ;? n . ? i. 26.60
tleorgctowii. . -j-r- ;r-:: ; j .; i 7"~ "25.00
Oconee 20.00
Saluda* , . . . . 18.00
Dorclvoster ." .16.50
C'lTaileston .. 10.00
Colleton.. .. .. .. 12.00
Beanfoft . 10.00
Hampton* 10.00
Berkeley . . ."
Memorial to Mrs. Motte.
Fort ^ Motte, Spccial. ? Wednesday
ft day which will long be romem.
bered by the pPOple of fWg p,flco ^
by those, persons of other places who
attended the ecromonies accompany
ing.the unveiling of a monument to
Mrs Rebecca Motte, a heroin* of
Revolutionary times.
There were about 300 persons pres
et. Charleston, Orangeburg, St
Matthews, Eastover and this ? place
contributed to mak* so large a crowd.
monument, consisting of a boul
der of unpolirhed granite, is erected
on the site of the old Motte house
to commemorate the bravery of M.rs
Motte 8 doed in setting fire to her
BriLh???Vn ?r;l0r. t0 deprive tbe
can!? P V? pro{eetlon' wben to es
i ??*? Mariou? they took refuge
tn/ri e,?cted by the Gen. Moul
trie Chapter, D. A. R., and is on the
yory top of the hill, from which point
v,ew be had of the sur
rounding country, and overlooking
he river, winch Slows at the foot of
u-i ; unveiling was done
i a?t> b8nd played "The Star
Spangled Banner," the ladies offleiat
cer?m0Qy being Misses
w Rat,es and Salley and
? TTkcr ?' 0rftn&*burg. Mrs.
SiaS'J re^1Dffs; Jhe president of the
e ,iP ter? introduced Mr. A. S
Salley, State historian, who read a
very interesting article concerning
the ancestors, life and character of
Mrs. Motte, telling of her deed and
the spirit which prompted it, settine
01 th in detail the manner in wfyjch
the suggestion of the burning and the
Af? ^ChaV< made H "?*ute it.*
mftl- ? w ?k<?y had fin,#hed hi? re"
"ksn 'W' Bowman, Esq., of Orange
burg made a short speech, telling of
the spirit of Mrs. Motte and. which
was prompting the D. A. R, to erect
the monument to Mr?; MptU,
' Nsw Store Burned.
i Gra? ??urt' Special.? The building
burned Thursday night was just
erected last y/?ar, and was the only
brick storeroom in this place. There
was $1,700 insurance on the building
It seems that Gray Court has suf
lered from fire more than awy town
? of its size in the State, but thero is
building going 6n all the time. Prof.
i' A\ v'ns a heavy loser in the
flic, losing nil his office furniture.
Yard Watchman Assaulted. v
Columbia, Spccial. ? Monday night
about half past 10 o'clock Granville
. Williams, colored, who acts as watch
man in tho Southern yards near the
glass works, was attacked by two
negroes and a white man ftnd was
slabbed in the left breast and in the
nght hip and" struck heavily across
I ho faco with n piece of timber or
<;.,somo other heavy instrument. The
watchman obser*6d the prowlers- in
the yards trying to enter a freight
car, and went up to them and asked
what they were tiying to do.^Thei^
answer was an attempt to kill him.
Lancaster School lleetin?.
Lancaster, Special.? The annual
meeting of the taxpayers of the Lan
cfcjter school district was held in the
Coort House Wednesday. The old
board of trustees, consisting of Le
rpy Springs, W. T. Gregory, John T.
Green, D. Reece Williams and- J. D.
> Fanderbnrk, wss re-eleeted. The
special levy was fixed at 6 mills, an
increase over that of last year, which
the school
Obeeter Planning For 1U union.
Chester, Special,- Chester itt gointf
to make every effort to do herodr
nroud in the entertainment of tbo
Veterans ami Bona of Veterans who
ather iiere it) annual encampment on
uhfe 28-24. ami judging rrOm tbtt ih
teiv??t diapiayeu On tJife part bf com
mittees and the people, the outlobk if
for one of the biggest and best Re
unions in the history of the Houth
Carolina division. The initial meet
ing of the committees, under the gen
eral suerviyion of Col. J. W. Heed,
was held in the law offices of Qaa
ton & Uainiltun, Tuesday afternoon,
to discuss ways and means and to set
matters in motion.-? Committees were
provided for every feature of the pre
paration. ,j
Thd welcome address will be de
livered by I?. B. Caldwell, Esq. Tho
keys of the city will be turned over
?o Gen. Zimmerman Davis by Mayor
Samuels.
Tic offer of Mf. C. It. Brenneekle
to Recurte accompanists ond furnish
hfcverai appropriate musical number*
iit (bo varibus sessions of the Veterans
and Sonfe was accented.
Mr. A. L. Oaston, chairman of tho
eoinmitteo on invitations, was in
structed' to invite Governor Amel, of
South Crrrolina, Kitchin, of North
Carolina, and Smith, of Georgia.
The following suggested programme
for the exercises of the occasion was
received from Gen. Davis, and will
carried out with some few cIhuikus,
winch will be. made and announced
later:
Wednesday, Jfune 23.
10 A. M. ? Invocation Ijy the chap
lain general, the Rev. W. B. Gordon,
of Camden. Welcome addresses by
R. B. Caldwell, Ecq., and Miss Grace.
Lumpkin. Response by Governor An
sel.
12 M. Annual address by Dr. Lee
Davis Lodge, president of Limestone
College. Keys of city turned over to
Gen, Davis by Mayor Samuels.
1.30 P. M. ? Dinner.
5 P. M. ? Reception to the sponsors
and maids of honor.
" 8.30 P. M. ? Joint meeting of Vet
erans and Sons of Veterans, and pre
sentation of sponsor and maids of
honor in a tableau picture of Col.
James Armstrong of Charleston. Re
sponse by one of the sponsors.
Business meeting.
Adjournment.
Thursday, June 24.
11 A. M. ? Business session, repo~!o,
ete.
12 M. ? Election of officers, pension
commissioners, timo and place of
next meeting, etc.
1 P. 11 ? Dinner.
5 P. M. ? Reception to Veterans
and visitors.
9 P. M- ? Reunion ball,
Garlington Files $21,000 Claim.
Columbia, Special. ? John Y. Oar.
lington, ex-presldent of tlie Seminole
Securities Company, now under bond
in connection with the alleged Stock
swindle which has created interest
throughout the South, field a claim
against the Seminole Securities Com.
pany for $24,000, which he alleges is
owed him by this company for itook
which was sold during ttie year 1908.
The claim which comes from Chatta
nooga, county of Slwlby, Tennessee,
states that the stock was sold by
agents of the company. The claim
is made in Garlington 's affidavit that
the transactions fully appear in the
papers of the company. The claim
is made out ill the following form:
"Seminole Securtiies Company, deb
tor to John Y. Garlington. To amount
duo me from the sale of any stock
as appears from the report of Charles
H. Highley, auditor, appointed by th$
stockholders of the Seminole Seer*
rities Company, in December, 190^
to amount about #24,000." v
Wreck on Southern South of Ohai*
lotto.
Greenvill-j, Special. ? Southern pas
senger train No. 40 was wrecked
about midnight Friday night just this
side of Charlotte. The engine and
three cars left the track and turned
over. Engineer Charles Nesbit of
Greenville and his colored fireman
were seriously injured. Reports do
not mention injuries to any of the
passengers.
Gray Court a Heavy Loser.
'. Gray Court, Special. ? At 11 o'clock
Thursday night flro was discovered
in the store room of G. E. Moore.
The alarm was given immediately
and a quick response . was made by
the bucket brigade but the flames
wero beyond control. The loss in
cludes: The stock of *groceries be
longing to G. E. Moore, 'valued at
$1,000; Willis & Curry's stock of gro
ceries, valued at $1,?00; insurance
?1,000. One store room used by R.
h, Gray, for storage room, contain
ing. 'six buggies, three barrels of
syrftp" and, about 50 bushels of corn,
no insurance.
Meat Case Settled.
Green villo, 8. C., Special ? At a meet
ing of the health authorities Saturday
afternoon the district manager for
Swift & Co., *as present and the eon-,
demned meat situation was practical
Jjr dinpoMd ol Dr. JSmith. the dl?
food inspector, will tag the meat and
allow it to remain in the warehouse
until the packers dscide aa to what
TAF? AND THETWENTlEtH
The following uuiqdo pooip.waft
by Mrs. Lisette Clayton
Hood, no v o?nneet<t*d with the Mill
News of Charlotte, N. (\, on the ?h ? h
tfion ol' the celebration of May 20th,
JMK. 1 Ik historic a? well tut its pres.
er.t day allusions, together with it ?
rhythmic merit will make it a good
sevap hook | i enervation to the Invert
of ]>oesy. 1
A Welcome to the President,
*The loyal folk* of Mecklenbdrtf
F.xtend the glad riuh t huixi j
Sweet smiles from ( harlot te 's daugh
ters,
The fairest in the land.
Our gate# ur?* spread wide open,
The keys are thrown away,
The tatter' pleased we all will be
The longer j?ou may. stay.
In Eastern florid verbiage
The town is wholly yours,
And all that it> therein contained
In its historic doors.
We give true Southern welcome
To our illustrious Guest
Who rules and treats us squarely,
For he deserves our best.
lie freed my native City
From ytarfc of deejieat sh unify
Ploe<ed wliit* man over white meh It
All iioiiof U> his, name!
This act alone has won him
The Southron's deepest love,
He knows the raee Caucasian
Wos meant to keep above.
Observe our senventy ooluiuns,
Onr noble arches three.
Our grunito shaft inscribing
Those names which History
Has writ and proved illustrious
Despite the sneerers' claim,
And tells the world the reason
For Charlotte's deathless fame.
Those brave old Meeklenburgers,
III far. Colonial days,
Firtrt broke the- chains of bondage
And earned the nation's praise.
Old England sent her minions
To break our spirits free;
"A nest of stinging hornets"
They found our town to be.
Our men are patriots ever, ,
' Our spirits just as high,
Our valor still unquestioned,
As in the days gone by.
Our Southern hearts are* loyal,
All struggles past forgot,
And Gray an* Blu? ?re biended
On this historic spot.
"Old Olory" here is waving
So free on every side,
A type of hop? united
| onr grind, common pride.
Observe the gallant escort,
Furnished our President,
The Blue and Grey uniting
Old soldiers worn and bent.
We've slain the "Hilly Possum,"
And "killed the fatted calf."
And give our heartiest welcome
To William Howard Tnft.
Mrs. Taft Slightly 111.
Washington, Special. ? Mrs. Taft,
suffering from a slight breakdown,
wns taken ill Monday while on her
way from this city to Mount Vernon
on the yacht Sylph with a party of
friends, and was hurried back to the
White House. It wm. said at the
White House Monday night* that
there is 110 cause for alarm and that
Mrs. Taft probably would be all
right again in a few days. She was
unable to be present at an official
dinner at the White House.
President Taft himrolf Monday
night prepared the following state
ment in regard to Mrs. Taft's con
dition :
- ''Mrs. Taft is suffering from a
slight nervous attack* She attended
the Eye, Ear and Throht Hospital
Monday morning, where Charlie Taft
underwent a plight operation on his
throat. She was with him for sev* j
eral hours. She then started with the
President and a small party of
frtends on the Sylph for Mount Ver- 1
non. The excitement, heat and exer- |
tion were too much for. Mrs. Taft's
nerves and tlw party was obliged to 1
turn back before reaching Alexan- 1
dria. Mrs. Taft was quickly carried
to the White House. The doctor ,
says that after a few days of com- ,
plete rest Mrs. Taft may be able to
rcsifme her social duties. Dr." De
laney is in nt tendance. Mrs. Moore, j
Mrs. Taft's sinter, actcd as hostess at
the official dinner at the White House
Monday night."
More Than 10,000 Murdered in
Adana. ^
Adann, By Cable. ? The estimates
of from 20,000 to 25,000 Christians
killed by Mohammadans in tbo prov
ince of Adana made a fortnight ago
must be revised. It is now ascer
tained that the number can hardly
reach more than 10,000, possible less.
Thousands who were supposed to
have been killed in the country dis
trict have since come" Into some ono
of the large- towns* for relief. It re
mains a fact that much brutality was
suffered by wojpeh.
- Alabama Kate Owe.
Washington, Special. ? The Su
preme Court of the United States
Mondaydeuied the applications for
writs of certiorari in the injunction
cases between the Alabama Railroad
Commission and the various railroads
1 of that Jn volviiMr the jeonsti
f. ttkfionality of 'the Alabama railroad
rate law. Tb>? effect of the decision
it against the bringing of U?* esses
| to tfcto court, as that was the
petition* k
SSIilllr
News from Washington
Kar.ors were again used Monday in
a hostile attack upon the rales t?f the
Aldrirh bill ptndilig , before the Sen
ate. Tlxi committee on finance had
increased the rates on. ru/.oiK in com
mu.ii two froiil about ">fi to 100 per
v a j o re m , mid as soon an the
Semite l<)Vik" up the cutlery schedule,
amendment* offered by Mr. Simmon#
Saturday. cutting thero rate* down,
Were rejected, That hud no sooner
been done tluOl Senator Mtojn* offered
amendments reducing the duties oh
razors to the rate* of tly> j)ingiey
bill.
The judiciary eomnpttee of the
Senate referred the Connor appoint
ment to a sub-committee composed
of Borah, of Idaho; Hrandegce, of
Connecticut, and Ovennan, of North
Carolina. This committee will con
sider the matter within the next few
days.
I Senator Dixon, of Montana, says
that, lie is .getting a number of letters
from Nortii Carolina Kepublicans
protesting against the confirmation
of Connor on the ground that his ap
pointment is a political mistake, as
they see it.
Jairifi T, William*, Jr., who wan
appointed civil service commissioner 1
by President Ttlft, hart* tendered his
Iesignatjon and will go to New Mexi
co for hvs health, lie has discovered
within the last week that he has tu
berculosis. This conx?8 as a severe
bjow to Mr. Williams And his friends.
Although lie is under I>0 yearn of age
lie has made an enviable record here.
? ? ?
~ After several hours spent in the
Senate Wednesday in discussing the
window glass schedule of the tariff
bill, Senator A Id rich asked that that
paragraph be passed over. Some oth
er sections relating to jflass manufac
tured articles, v that previously had
been passe dover, were agreed to.
The Senate proceeded to the consid
eration of passed over sections until
the iron ore paragraph was reached,
when Senator Crawford spoke at
length upon the lack of wisdom of
any tariff that encouraged the ex
haustion of natural resources, which
eonld not readily be reproduced. He
insisted that there should he no tariff
on iron ore, oil, lumber and coal.
Early in the session, Senator Payn
tcr spoke at length in favor of the
| removal of tht* uuiy o&jslx cents a
pound upon leaf tobacco as a means
for freeing the tobacco growers from
the control of the tobacco trust.
Senator Simmons offered an amend
ment to the window glass schedule of
the tariff bill, reducing the rates be
low those suggested by Senaor Cum
mins in. his amendment to the same
paragraph Tuesday.
"The rates proposed bv you are the
rates of the Wilson bill, are they
not?" inquired Mr. Aldrjch, address
ing the Senator from North Carolina.
."Well," replied Mr. Simmons,
inkling and hesitating, "that should
not be an argument against them. I
think if that is the case it would
rather be a commendation."
* ? ? ?
Substantial progress was ma<lo in
tho .consideration of the tariff Tues
day, the amendments of the com
mittee on finance being upheld by the
Senate by substantial majorities,
A feature of the day '? session was
a general discussion concerning the
great disparity between wholesale
and retail price* of commodities. Re
publican Senators declared that this
difference was so great as to demon
itrate that the duty levied by a pro
tective tariff had small effect on the
price paid by the consumer.
On motion of Mr. Aldrich the sec
tion relating to soap was amended so
fls to place a duicy of 50 per cent ad
valorem on perfunfed soap.
The Houso provision ?on sulphur
was further amonded so ns to place
crude sulphur on the free list and to
provide for a duty of $4 a ton on re
fined sulphur.
Speaking in favor of a reduction of
the duties on itone and eavthenware
as a means of giving the people gen
erally cheaper goods of that kind,
Mr. Baoon offered an amendment re
ducing the rate from 00 to 35 per
cent ad valorem.
Mr. Bacon's amendment was de
feated by a vote of 25 to 54, Senator
LaFollette beinir the only Republican
who voted in the affirmative with the
Democrats.
? ? ?
Almost the entire session of the
Senate Friday was ,given up to a de
bate on tho profits of the United
States Steel Corporation and toward
the end of tho day, personalities were
freely indulged in by Senators. This
occurred after Senator Root had
spoken in defense of the finance
committee and in criticism of Sena
tors who had complained of tho fail
ure of that committee to provide more
ample information concerning various
schedules. Mr. Money resented what
he characterised as a lecture to the
Senate, by Senator Root, and said
if he desiredfless speaking in the body
"he should do less of it himself."
Mr. Simmons JW^dnasday, ~4i?
cussing the Tariff add rested th$"
Senate'7 atrioftic length ufl&Bgpffi tr
dow glass industry to d6fc?rmItx*4luU
the glass manufacturers would pros
per with duties much J>plow those
provided in the pending ~ ~
Mr. Simmons contended ; that the
rates of the glass schedule are too
| high and afford much more protection
than tha ? American manufacturers
tot* nmmkjqi* i
FORMER SHERIFF A ROBBER
Man Is Caught After a Running
Fight With Revolvers.
Detectives Arrest Wlilio Small wood
un?I Joint A rt liy in Hussell (Viunl^
Ivy., Accused of Ti n In ltobbery.
Lexington, Ky. White Hmallwood,
former 8herirr of tlreenup County,
and John Archy, a prosperous mer
chant, worn discovered by detectives
attempting train robbery in Hussoll,
tho county ??rat, and In a running bat
tle with revolvers .N, J. NunU, anoth
er Russell merchant, was probably fa
tally wounded. Nnnte was In bed and
was attracted to tho window by tlin
shots. A stray bulllet struck him in
tho breafit.
Tho men were caught after a chase
of more than a mile. Tho affair has
created a sensation throughout tho
eastern part of Kentucky, ns both
pmn 11 wood and Arehy have been
prominent In politics and buslupm* foi,<
r.iany years. The detectlvta thought
ihoy were dealing with yegginon-, and
were astonished when they suw tho
Identity of their prisoners. At first It
was thought a mistake had been
made, but smoklUK revolvers with
thambers empty were found in too
pockets of both men. Small wood
holds much property in HuksoII and
ftlso owns several farms. Ho 1h tho
strongest political figure In Greenup
County.
Muskcd Men 1 {<>!> Trajn,
Spokane, Wash.? SJx masked bnn
JUs hold up a west-bound express of
the Great Northern ltall road nine
fii Mrs oil st of this city at 1 o'clock a.
in., and escaped with $20,000 In
fash. They crucked the safo in a
piall car with a heavy -charge of dy
namite and took the money from reg
istered mall, which they sorted care
(ni ly.
| The gang stopped tho train by
waving a red lantern. Tho engineer
and firemen were covered by rifles
r.nd made to step down from the cab,
?.'he mall car and locomotive wero
detached, and one of tho bandits Fttu
the locomotive a mllo down tho track.
Yhe bandits disappeared after warn
ing passengers and trainmen that
fitly pursuit would be met with bul
lets.
MAII) HOME TO MILLIONS.
Girl Five Years Lost to Rlti$ German
Parents IIn<l to Work.
Minneapolis, Min ii. ? Tom from her
parents in the whirl of New York City
u few minutes after the threg had
stepped down the gangplank of a
transatlantic liner live years ago, and
loht in the great country of America
Binee that day, working from place to
place as kitchen maid for a few dol
lars a week pretty Theresa Pry left
St. Paul for her homo in Germany;
where she will reclaim title and mill
ions of marks rightly hers.
Alias Pry has been reunited with
hor heartbroken parents in her fath
erland through tlje Gorman Consul.
Their family -is known as one of the
first in the land, titled and immensely
wealthy,
CANOE UPSETS, TWO DROWN.
9, L, Minges and ills Sister Lost in
tlio Genesee River,
Rochester, N. Y.-^-Whilo canoeing
In the Genesee River at Geneseo Val
ley Pafk J. Louis Minges, twenty
olght years old, and his 8istor, Carrie
Minges, thirty years old,, were
drowned by the capsizing of their ca
noe. Two men in a gasoline launch
tried to rescue them, but failed. The
young man was eiuployod'ln the local
posiotttce.
The water of the river is deep
where tho accident occurred and tho
current swift, and the ftind was high,
but notwithstanding theso conditions
the young man had a sail on his ca
noe.
QUEEN OPPOSES SUFFRAGE,
Princess Shows RrltlAk Royal AttN
tude at Nurses' Congress.
London. ? Queen Alexandra evi?
dently is not in sympathy with the
female suffragists. Princess Louieo
opened the Women Nurses' Congress
at Liverpool, and in her' speech saidi
"I have a message for you from the
Queen. Sho has the fullest sympathy
with you in your work. Sho feels
that this is the work which women
can do. Some women nowadays try
to he like men, but this is the thing
that men can't do, and It therefore is
here whero wo feel superior to any
body else."
TO SPEND FORTUNE FOR GOD.
Millionaire Makes Announcement at
Southern Baptist Convention.
Louisville, Ky. ? J6seph N. Shen
stono, a millionaire manufacturer, of
Toronto, Out., announced before the
.Southern Baptist Convention that ho
would keep of his Immense fortune
only enough for his future living ex
penses and would dovote the remain
der to the service of Gsd*
Five thousand delegates were pres
ent when the session was called to or
der in the First Regiment armory to
hear a sermon by the Rev. Dr. E. C.
Dargan, of Macon, Ga.
i ? i ... ii?
*5000 Turkish Relief Cabled.
Tho Christian Herald, from Wash
ington, D. <5., sent the Red Cross
$5000 for relief work In Turkey, and
this has been cabled to the American
Ambassador at Conslatlnople.
Albany Preacher Drops Dead.
' Tho Rex, Dr. Charles W. Helsler,
-pastor of tDti^FliratJLuUiarAti Church,
of Albany, dted suddenly In hi* home
In Albany. N. Y.. death being due to
hoart troublpr Dr. Heliler delivered
the usual morning sormop and had
prepared to address & body of Masons
In his church at night,
Slocum Disaster Victim.
Pstsr T. Brawn, nineteen, died In
Allendale, N. J., a victim of his mem
ories of the Slocum disaster, of which
h eWM'a survivor*
CMFBSMK1IMIES ? '
A tUnflMY EKIII
Pennsylvania's ppitd) Looter
Under Prison Sentence.
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GOT MILLIONS CN CONTRACT
With OjinTM Who Wji'ro In tlu? Con?
, j |U> Win) ^oiivIcUmI For
^ Plundering Ills fctMte ? He is the
r Tift I* <u Die.
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New York City.- ? John .11. Sander
ion died In, his apartment at Sherry'*
of li i~ i k h t 'm disease. i ;At Ills death hr>
was under heavy ball pending ?*' n -
tauce ji( a charge olf conspiracy to
defraud the Mate of [Pennsylvania of
u sum j which bus novor been exactly
estimated, but which i mat ranga hi
tween $1,000,000 and 55 000,000.
Sanderson was the fhr?ljhl tgs con
tractor of the XJapltol k'. Ilarrluburg,
the frauds and excessive contract ng
charges being made the Biioject ?l u
legislative inquiry.
Together with ex-fctato Auditor
General Win. P. Snyder, ex-State
Treasurer Win. L, MathueB, and Jas.
M. Shumakcr ex-Superlntennent i Of
Grounds, Sivodersffn wup found /,?\llfy
of conspiracy on \jarch 13, li Hurris
burg, before Judge Ku'nkel. ai'tefr a
tieven weeks' trial, (and bulled at'iSfS
000. Malhues died jcariy in the wln
ter. ' ? \ ?
Sanderson was rndlcted with thir
teen others qii the tionaplrtacy chargd
ou September 18, 1907. Hy offered
next dty to lelr.iourslo the State if the |
charges ngamet hl^? were dropped |
Mid if the iua;erlul?. were not up to
rpeclflcatlons. 1Mb off jr \m.j not ac
cepted, lowover, a'.cviio was he I'd f jr
trial. i
The scandal c>mc?rhing the frauds
In connection with t ho enlldlng of the
Siato Capliol came out ,-nore than t>vo
.years age. At that time it lame oil
that tho prolltH of Sandlprson/B ilrm,
which had offices In Chestnut street
Philadelphia, were between $4,000,
000 and $$>,000,000. As Sanderson
was meroly the furnish lugs contrac
tor, and as the entire Cuoitol build
ing was to cost only $ 1 3 POlO.OOC, tne
people of Pennsylvania felt that his
emoluments were rather large.
In March, 1U07, while tne legisla
tive inquiry into tho Str.te Capitol
frand3 was going on, Sanderson linn
self was fouvid tc have beeh llvlog
very qUletly here for bIx months pi e
viously.
A brother, Harry Sanderson, 'was at
that time carrying on tne firm's busi
ness, Sanaersot having resigned
tiom the firm, even beiore his last
bills, amounting to $150,000, wore
jji.Ic by the State of Pennsyhania fir
so ne of the fnrnlshlr.gs in the t^ap
itol.
Sanderson 's profits w ire est I mailed
at between $4.000 000 f.nd $5 000,
000 during tht. legislative inqniny.
About tne Haine time that h? mov^d
Lito Sh Try's ha bought a yacht and
n.ado plans to cruhte l_ her under ttt.e
flag' of the New York Yacht Clut.
Sanderson collapsed tnree monthrf
ago when his counsel mi.dt> it evident
tfcnt tho Superior Cour. would i.et
grant a new tiial and ; hat sontence
and a term in prison awaited hi/a.
His death makes tho fifth fatality in
connection with this sct.ndal. Lessor
actors died while the t"ial was pend
ing, one since, and another has gone
Insane, The latter, aa important wit
ness, lost his mind Just before the
second trial, when he was noout to he
called by t'ne Co.fln.onn enlth.
Sanderson's contract iuounted to
15,487,500. Ha sold his furniture
1 y the cublo foot, charging for wlr
apace, Just before the Capitol jxnose
he marbled a Southern woman ana
tvok up his hoite at Sherry'i,
HUSBAND SLAIN IN BWD.
Wife and Daughter of Wealthy Butch
er Tell Conflicting Stories.
Bt. Paul, Minn. ? Louis Arbogast, a
butcher, reputed tc- oe worth f 200 -
000, was murdered in hi>- bone. His
head was crushed, and the pobes say
his bed was saturated with o I und Bet
on fire. Ir. the cellar wag an axe cov
ered with blood ant wrapped lu soma
old clot hi Jg,
Stories told by tha widow and Yy
Miss Iaa Arbogast, tha daughter of
tte dead man, do not agree. The
daughter told the ,>ollc* that _ ahe
?'jielltd smoke, went 1 1 her parent/
rooLu, and found that the b ? * on
which her father and mother lay was
> urnlng.
"I dragged my nother out," she
aald. "Neighbors ^ut out tne fire.
My father, partly burned, was uncot
bcIoub, and dlert on the way t ? tb?>
hc8pital."
KANSAS POLITICIAN KILLICI>.
Auto Bump Fatal to Fora.cr Lloa
tcnant-aovcrnor.
Kfillna, Kan. ? A. P. Riddle, former
Lieutenant-Governor of Katea* >was
killed near here ii? an autoractile ac
cident.
Riddle was on a pleasure trip to
8alina from Minneapolis, Kan., bis
home, aud was accompanied by a
party of tour. The automobile (truck
an embanKment at a point five miles
rorth'of Sallna, throwing the thr*e
occupants of the rear seat Into a
ditch. Riddle struck on bis he** aid
Uvea but ah hour.
A. P. Riddle was pledtecl LieuUn-?
ant-Governor of Kansas In 1$M on
tae Republican ticket aad served dur?
ins Governor John A. Martin** Ad
ministration. He was born tftjftar
lemsburg, Pa., in 1846. 7
AN ANTI-TRKATINQ SAI/X)?^
De* Uoliei io Have the Firtt ii tiM^
liilted State*.
Dps Moines, low*.? The first antl
treatlng saloon in the United file. tea
*111 be opened k?>r*. Permit t? ?pen
wa* granted to A. S, Klrttfrrt, **f1
Des Moines, who oontrol* fltteen louil
kwloons. and declare* that If the ven- J
tare a sueee-j he will install
the same system in all of the other*.
Kirkhart'* plan to** that of
isirfhop Potter ona b*ttar U. that
DEATH, FOLLOWS STORMS
Passengers Drowned .as Boat
"Capsizes in Hackensack River.
/
l?A<'k of ii Hritlfte Fatal to Kmplojref
of a 1'apef Mill in New .fcriey? ?
Tornadoes in t U ? Went,
? ?
Hacketuack, N. J. ? Four glrla and
a man were drowned when the row
boat in which they wo v. a crosaJug thd
Hackontack liiver Wfta'l&Vpilzed. The
victim* were <,'ai i/erine Hoffman,
( weuty-t Ix yeara old; Mary Shciib, hov
n I oeil ; Lizzie Hlnuncck, eighteen;
Mary iloratizi, fifteen, hi d Peter Hol
lowli.akl, all of Hackenaack. Three
o?hcr persons wltj wei'fi 1? tho boat
managed to ?av.? their.gi'WeSj hut were
exhausted when th ?y reached t_?o
Khore, They nr* Vho u.itf Hurke,
Ki ink Lacy a <d a l'.i io 1'ejtjK !>oy
"un d Petfi?. >
A - il?< party weie un d,?,, in t"; 5
An.erlun n,iuny'H plant m
J J 0 *1 c l a . '11.* party wore returning
fro ?. work v.'ha.i rf nerc.jfcuat of ./Ju<?
ti' tKK ,?!,0 buf.t Ulld I fapuUiO it, ? t
?1 mei: Pere ot the * ?,h. 'd of Kr " -
holders litkVc. for a lo.it; tun* fi.t ' bat '
a bio** t.-rval it t'.i* rjr?er from" h?
liwer )?rt of ni.k?)Bu:K w*., a n*
oeaaitv. a .d 33ver?.l .1 oi>tha ago voted
to jiilld auel. k ?fr aciin p ut t iojji .>f
$20t>.ooo t^rWu for o ml pent cutz? .?
objected \\> ? h* pit 0, t id <n* ques-o
w?.j take'i o court, -.vheri vne ..a?2 .a
p? id. as.
Ta-nailues Kill -Twel* i\
Kunaas City, M?. ? A aeriin of ur
tiaoocH in Kar.suh. Missouri and Okla
homa killcc a du*en-^ero<M?,- n tared "
about 1 OX), dfcvuaU.^ed? Ho'lMi K*n,.
wrecked a tram ?r.d d d jr&at' 4?tm
a.s'n to property. ITwenty-flsre ve? ?
injured In the suburb? of Kansas Ci y.
At Ilollia t'mee mjn were P.illid <mrt
tejt nM'iously ir.Jured. The i^clcstrom
fau.lly of five persons Is mltial<*g nud
may ">o dead in the ruins of tfci> iu>?n*>.
Near (7-r<at Bct.d u tornado killed
two pud Injured tvveii.t.v.
William Ackerly, a Santa Fo engi
neer, was kllleo while working with i
hr-Jg1* &an* between Xlrcut&Benu and
Kinsley, I,-Irr.i?k Nicholson, n conduc
tor,. was al>>< a Met".. '1 hr t?.rnad;i
wrrck?4. the work train of which Ack
eily wan engineer a.i'j 'new i. into a
dltcli. Several moi ib?rs of th* cr?w
were blown 10 0 fie. or n.oro;
Thp storm spread over a wldo
farming a r ^ a and laid waste nitiny <
j farm hcusea and bnrra A11 ??aviiriat'*
I of th , rural caaualti*** co-.'.li net u?
I o'otained. -
Mill HOIS ('LIS ARB- ROBBERY.
Thrust In Victim'* Face, Tic Confesses
It Shows t'ulprit.
New York Cltv.? After r?purlina:
a tlu tiling robbery by foiir desnsra
dues Gnelan" AiissK. la Hnid ly In*
F)pctor MeChffert} to hav? confessed
lo him that lie hwns?)f to. an ut?d cn??
crtvip.
AlUaio Is a cl'?rk In a d>ritg store,
hrai ch poBtofflcfc ard Italian bnnk at
No. 21 N?w Bowery, aud he declared
that during the absence of the pro
\ prietor fcur lien with druwn revolv
ers relieved h?n of $2 4 J !_ cash %12
i'?i n.oaey orlers anf*. $."?1 Nvorih o t
Bt^.rips.
When detectives returned to Mc-?
Carterty's ofTl .? th? 1 ispecror Raid o
A'ifslo: "I ih nk I c.<?.n nhow you tho
lender of the. gang."
"sphere is he?'* askpd the clerk.
"II<)r? " raplHc. tho Inspector#
th?*iist|ng a mirror in front of AlUslQt
Tha iconfessioc; followed.
MU)K A VAGRANT BY LOVE.
Then Judge Fined GliJ .Seeking On#
Glance From Fnlso On?.
Milwaukee, Win. ? "Jud^e, I lova
him R> I eatyut 'iely wauling to ba
nit?r him as much as possible, even 11!
I have to slsep Ip the >ard of th?
?lace In whlcn 'h&.'ioards. I have slept
in the yard for tha last three weeks,
l ai he. \ as not cam? to fee me or aayj
that he aid not lof? me tny unore.
Bat If I (i- not t>ee him I can at least
bt niar hi -a wfc.Ie h? ^sl^ep*."
Lottl> \\ Irth told 0.18 pitiful storjl
of ur.reclp.m-Htrft. ? lv.ve in District
Cuurt. Tn * girl lelkted how a fUat*
svee .heart hud wousd her and Hat th*
vead.cr day and the:i jilted her,
Judge N^iwi told Miss Wirih vng? h?
wuuli ha\ i to fins b*v $5 for vm
fancy. ? *" \
GAhY BE^it rRO^riiRITY A1RAD<
Bays tlie Country In. f{nxv Pec overt ng
Frtmi .Effects of tile Vauic. '
Gary, lnd. ? In a speech delivered!
at a lan;heon tendered him -?,y th?
Gary Con. merclai Club, Judge E II,
Ga-y, chaii na > of the. Board of Dl
reoibra of th? I nlted ritarew Steel Cor
poig'tion, * oljed h.s br4ief that th?
country is iov recover uh lroio tli?<
efTects 'of panic, ai.d tl it tlu retunc
of prosperity tin ia ai?ht. ?? Hn
snid> , , V
"Upon th?> business future of thlff
place ,rnd of1 tha country generally)
will depen:T~tc a g.-eate." or less ex_i
t?MtNtbe devfcdopment of our great
steel work* kt this plac*. In Oi*
judgment we "?*ill soon be tn t* \
biga road ;to prosperity."
Cable to Venezuela Opcnc<J,
The ^ail* coni.ec.ing VenetuMfll
-with th< ouUIdft worh waa opened t t
tlie puolic at Caracas. The tolla b- *
I tween^Car&oas aud New York it*
either direction havo beeu rciu2?d t?
?l jet ror(U.
- ? ? * - -
am
Women Gain a Victory,
tfh9*Mayo? or New York City v ^
^oe i.yne Teachers' Equal-Pay bill, b it
>h?. Tt^nWn gained ? bt# coneewloi,
af(\h^; Maytr will appoint g to.-ninl*
iitfH, t<f investigate and consider ii?
cremtg their pa> in the If ) ladfM,
^ Rank Pre# Weitt l?dlctet4.
F. Angttrtua Hfs4n**,r3f New Yorlfi
City, VR9 lnilcted on itxtfean cv?u - ?
charging misapplication of the Me,^
cnntlle National ? funla wh>\?
ha was vjt
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