The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 25, 1909, Image 1
CAMDEN,^. C.. FRIDAY. JUNE 25,1909*
NO. 24.
PALMETTO HAPPENINGS
News Note* From All PirU of the St&(e of Interest to South
Carolinians in General
Transfer* Lighting System.
? Chester, Special. ? Jn November,
l^!>7, I hu city of Chester went into
ihc Imtduebs of electric lighting ol
?ss4 reels, business houses and homes
<f it m i>eop|e, and on the 1th of June
m\), retired from this same business.
The work of transferring its clec
?I'ic plant tp the Chester Power com
[?auy was completed Wednesday
morning and on the matter of "mu
*ii?i?tal ownership/' as far as relates
to street and house illumination in ut
un end here. This testing current
was turned on Monday evening, end
as the ladies would say, the entei
priso 44 worked beautifully.'' Tuesday
i^f it the new electric outfit glowtd
uod sparkled brilliantly all over tho
town. There is a ptudfastness at.d
hxedness about the illumination
which Jius not been known for many
months under the old steam plant
system, The price paid by the Ches
ter PoWer company for Chester's
Dormer lighting plant was $j0,00.
At a special meeting of city coun
cil Tuesday afternoon Mr. J. S. Lu
cas, of Charlotte, N. C., attorney ,of
the Southern Power company, was
|;reKent and turned over to the city
treasurer a certified check for the
above named sum. The contract by
cil-y council with Chester Power com
pany for the operating of the lights
is for a period of ten years.
Horse's Kick Proves Fatal.
SI. Matthew's, Special. ? Mr.
Charles Rickenbakcr, a proniicnt
farmer of Cameron, died Tuesday
night at his home und*r very dis
tressing conditions. On Monday a
: iitrbr chittfc was playing in tjie yard,
fronting his residence, which a hitched
horse near by. An automobile canto
along and Mr. Rickenbakcr, thinking;
iftorc about the safety of the child
than anything else, ran to the horse1
to keep him quiet. In some way he
was kicked in the stomach and
knocked senseless, and he never re
fined consciousness. JJe was the
?"-.brother of I)r. .John Riekenhaker. a
l-romincnt physician of Hint section,
rhout f>0 years of age, and unmar
ried. His death is a great shock to
the community in which he lived, and
enjoyed the esteem and conlidcncc of
his neighbors. . |
Cow Killer in Abbeville.
Columbia, Special. ? Governor An
sel Wednesday offered a reward ?>f
Hiy dollars for the apprehension and
conviction of a certain party or par
t it's who shot and killed four cows
belonging to Mr. W. P. Wideman, of
Abbeville County, who lives on the.
rural route from Troy. Several pe
titions were presented to the Gover
nor in reference to the matter. Mr.
Wideman in his letter states that he
has had four fine Jersey cows shot
down in his pasture in the past sev
eral weeks, and that he believed that
if the Governor would offer a reward
the guilty person or persons von 1-1
bo apprehended.
Ccnvict Disappears From Lsxinsrfcor
Gang.
Lexington, Speial. ? Wednesday nf>
ternoon about 4 o'clock B. F. Rush
ton, a white convict, disappeared
from tho chaining camp, and so far
no trace of him has been found.
Rushton left tho camp to go for wood,
and soon after his departure a heavy
thunder storm carno up. It is pos
sible, therefore, that lie was killed
by lightning, but search for his body
has been unavailing and the opinion
Is that he eseapod. Rushton was con
victed of forgery at the February
term of court and sentenced to eiyrht
months on tho chainsrang. Rushton
:s a native of Saluda county ..
Out Mortor Car Tiros.
Gaflfney, Special. ? Friday ^ pight a
party of gentlemen from'1 Gaflney
went over to Piedmont 'Springs to at
tend the opening hall at that place.
The party went in Mr. Z. A. Robert
son's automobile. While the dance
was" in progress, Mr. T. M. Caldwell,
formerly of GafFney hut now of
Yorkville, made the discovery that
one of the tiros of Mr. Robertson's
<var had been cut with a knife
Meat Car Leaves Track.
Kock Hill, Special. ? Passengers on
the cast-hound train ou-the Cliiirb:>=.
(on division ThurrfJlay ni^ljt-were "coTP
fulerttbly shaken up and excited over
the occurrenco at Fbjfcjnic creek tres
tle, between Yorkville. A
ear nf Jmsiyncd to a merchant
at Rock Hill had been attached to
the train at some point up the road
in order to get it hero quickly and
this cat jqmped the track at the.point
named. After bumping along on the
tics for 6ome distance the enr turn
ed over and r< lied down the embank
noriT.' Very fortunately it broke
lfi?8(5. Jtfom the rest of the train
aTertsville Stable Destroyed By Tire.
llnTtsvillc, Special.? At B:90 Mon
dny TiTutnin^-i Ire Ifirgc stable, b
and wagon repositopr of the Hnrts
ville Mule company on Home aVeiiuo
v afl discovered to be burning. Flame*
were shooting from the roof in sever
al places. By 4 o'clock the establish
ment, the adjoining
^stable ot Mr. B. J. Fletcher, w??'?
complete lot*. . .
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Warrant# Sworn Out Against T. 0.
Duncan,
Union, Special.? .John II. Morrii,
formerly of this city and of Spring
City, Tenn,, but now of Pacolet, liuu
begtui an action aguinat T. C. Dun*
(Til,
The warrant was nerved by Deputy
Sheriff J. G. Long, Jr., on Mr. Dun
con at tho court house Friday after*
noon, though comparatively few per
sons have heard of tho incident and
after - being taken before Magistrate
J. Frost Walker, Jr., the amount of
bond was fixed at $1 ,500 and was fur
nished by ('apt. A. II. Foster.
The foTlo\ving,.?is the substance of
the warrant: That on the 19th day of
December, 1000, T. C. Duncan ot
I'nion, township. State and county
aforesaid, did. falsely and t'raduleut
Iv obtain from the People's band of
I'nion, S. C., $.1,500 with intent to
cheat niul defraud said bank, pre
t ending that the said ,$1,500 was in
ibo IJank 'of Spring City, Tenn., to
tho credit of the Amerienn Lime
company, and that If. It. O 'Shields,
W. II. (list. J. M. Oreer and U. F.
Arthur are. material witnesses.
Hostelry Cliangos Hands.
Bcnnottsville, Special. ? Mr. Ansel
I >. Rogers has bought the Mnrlhoro
Hotel property and will at onco make
decided improvements in the build
ings. 1 lo has for a number of years
run this well-known hotel and knows
the wants tuid needs of tlie traveling
public. lie has given the contract
Jor complete equipment of plumbing,
water-works and sewcrriire. . An up
to date heating plant will be installed
und other improvements made. The
hotel will be largely refurnished.
Mr. Rogers expects to have within
sixty days many conveniences and ad
vantages that were impossible while
title to tlie property was in another
name. When these improvements are
completed the Marboro Hotel will
have all the desirable modern conven
iences enjoyed by the best hotels.
Chester Residence Burns.
Chester, Special.; ? The dwelling
house of Mr. Tlios. Hill, who lives
on Richburg, If. F. 1). No. 1, was
destroyed by fire between 11 and 12
o'clpck Friday night. The (Ire when
discovered was in the kitchen and
doubtless originated from a defective
Hue. By the heroic work of Mr. II.
W. Wilson and other neighbors, who
appeared on the scene promptly, a
considerable part of the furniture
and household effects were saved, and
r.ll of the contents of the smoke house
which had caught on flrn in the mean
time. were transported to a place of
safety. The st a tiles and barns were
not damaged. Mr. Hill bad no in
surance on his propertv. and his loss
will prove a serious blow.
Charged With Selling Liqour.
Anderson, Special. ? Nine warrant!
issued by Chief of Police L. M. Mur
phy were served Tuesday on J. K.
Mano3 and Ed Faulkner, both white
men, charging them with selling whis
key, and it is expected that there will
be other arrests within the next fe%
days. It bad been known for some
time tlmt whiskey was being sold by
these parties, and tho officers had
been quietly at work on the cases,
bringing them suddenly to a climaj
when tho arrests were made. Manoi
is under a $G00 cash bond and Faulk,
ncr is in the city lock-up, being un?
able so far to givo the necessary $30(1
cash bond. It seems from what tht
police say that tho coses are very
clear, the whiskey having been
bought at the instigation of thi
police and being now at headquarter*.
Mulo Dying Seized Owner'o Leg With
Teeth.
Salem, Black River, Special. ? One
Norris Johnson, a negro tenant ,ol
Dr. W. J. McKay, lost a tine mule. In'
its death. agony tho mule seized Noi*.
fis' leg and U19 by-standers had tp
f<rjze its,, irouth open to release the
negro's leg. ' This was on Monday.
7th; on SaiVirday his doctor said the
"leg would have to be amputated.
Almost Wrcckcd Oar.
Lexington, SiipcwK? ' While Mr,
'Snjttx :|\_R?of and a party of- friends'
were speeding ^jUong in his handsome^
nutomobilo <*n Sunday night about 8
o'clock frlong the Augusta roafl about
six miles abovo Lexington they din
covered' a number ofi. ftence rails piled
up in tho road just in time to save
a terrible accident. It is believed
that it was a diabolical attempt to
wreck the automobile and the mat
ter is being investigated*. If th?
guilty* parties are caught it goes with
out saying that they will be prose
cuted to tho fullest extent.
Child Bitten By Rabin Dog.
. Abbeville, Spccial.?Thc 8-vcar-old
son of Mr. Tom Nieklea wa?\, bitten
by a "dog that "has since been pro
nounced mad by the Pasteur institute
in Atlanta. l)r. C. C. Oambrell WH1
pet the vinta fresh every day and
treat the boy at home. Early in
April the South Carolina State board
of health authorized the establish
ment of a Pasteur institute in Colum
bia, but it adorns' they are not in posi
tion >ct to treat patients.
REPORT ON COTTON INDUS1 RY
Government Publishes RobuUb of Ex
perts Study -Sea bland Cotton
Acreage Has Not Changed Muth
Since 1U00.
Washington, Speciul. Daniel t\
Uoper, of t lio United States census
bureau, Iiuh just prepared a eouiprc
icn.sive report on the cut tou industry
in thy United Stale# lust ye nr.
In reference to the cutivatioU of
#eu Ulaud cotton this report suys:
I'he cultivation of sea inland cotton in
tho United States ut the present timo,
as shown by returns of ginners, '.s
confined to 17 counties in Florida,
20 in Georgia, and 1 in South Caro
lina, or a total of 47 comities. It is
i.ot grown, however, throughout the
counties from which it is returnel.
Tho area given to this culture in 1800,
aft returned at the 1000 census, and
which has probably not changed ma
terially, was 317,445 tier erf, dlstrihut
?<l as follows: Georgia, 170,700;
kVorida, 122,^87 ; and South Carolina,
- Experiments have been made
in i, Many other parts of these "States^
and in other States, to grow this cot
ton, but K.p unsatisfactory, hove been
the results that all efforts t <> grow it i
outside of certain well-defined areas
iu the States named have been aban
doned. Fanners who grow sea j'sland
cotton iu the interior secure new seed
frequently from the coast region's in
order to preserve its identity, as the
fiber degenrates rapidly into that of
upland cotton. The distribution of
sea island cotton bv counties for tho
last five years will he found in Tahlu
15, and the localities producing it are
represented on Map 1, page 2-1.
The increased demand in recent
years for superior staples is develop
ing better varieties of upland cotton
by seed selection and more careful
cultivation. The United States de
partment of agriculture has been and
It now rendering very valuable ser
n assisting the growers along
lines. The long staples grown
chiefly in the portion of the Missis
sippi 'Valley, which extends from
^icksburg.to Memphis, a region aLout
57 miles wide and 200 miles long, are
receiving more attention than hereto
fore. The fiber of much of the cotton
grown in this territory, measures
from one and one-fourth to
one and seven-eighths inches in
length, and the average yield is about
one hale to the acre. The seeds of
these fancy varieties have been plain
ed in localities outside of this region
the last two or throe years with grati
fying results, as the ' staph not in
frequently commands a premium < f
from 5 to 10 cents a pound over mid
dling upland. Unfortunately, few
of the loaclities producing this cotton
ore supplied with 1 he ginning facili
ties best suited for the proper treat
ment of the fiber; saw gins, which cut
and break the fiber, are generally em
ployed. In contrast with this prac
tice attention is directed to the fact
that the Egyptian and sea island cot
tons are treated by roller gins, which
contribute to regularity and unifor
mity in the fiber.
Tho increase of the imports of for*
elgn cottons which come in competi
tion wit h sea island and other an.
perior cottons grown in this country
has aroused the American growers, us
is evidenced by the fact that, when
the Payne tariff bill was recently un
der consideration, representatives of
the growers of sea island cotton and
of the best varieties produced in tho
Mississippi Valley petitioned Cong,
rcss for tho speedy enactment of an
amendment to the tariff laws, by
which an import duty of not less than
40 per cent would be imposed on tho
market valuation of all foreign grown
cotton imported into Amerioa, which
can be used as a substitute or compe
"tor by American mills against simi
lar grades raised in this country. It
may be stated in this connection that*
tho importation of foreign cotton for
the year ending: August 31, 1008,
amounted to 143,400 bales of 5 00
pounds ca<jh, of which 122,170 were
imported direct from Egypt ; the pro
duction cf sea island cotton in 1008
was 03,858 bales, and that of the su
perior varieties grown in the Missis
sippi ^ alley has been estimated at
about 300,000 bales.
The Gccld Divorca base.
New York, Special. ? Sensation
seekers and the. curious who have at
tended daily th?' sessions of Kather
tints' Clemmons Gould 's suit for separ.
?ation ffom her husband, Howard
Gould, were eadly disappointed at
the resumption of the bearing before
JustW Dowling In the Supreme
Court Monday when it was announced
that the defense had rented and that
Howard Gould would not take the
stand. It hod been expected that his
direct tostiirouv and his cross-exami
nation by Clarence J. Shoorn, coun
sel for the plaintiff, wouljd take two
i full davs.
Seaboard Buys a Railroad.
"Cheraw, 8. C., Special? A. H. Pafce
asd son of this place, Monday trans
ferred to the Seaboard Air Line Rail
way the controlling interest in -the
Chesterfield & I*ncaster Railroad.
Company. The purchase prico of the
stock was not announced. The Ches
terfield A Lancaster Railroad, which
was built in 1001, is about 40 miles
in length, running from Cheraw to
Crowberg, about thirty miles from
Charlotte, K. ?. A
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON
In the Seriate Monday the finance
committee's amendment to take hides
'from tin* free list ntul place a ?tuty of
If) per cent ad valorem on them was
under discussion all day. Senators
Warren, of Wyoming, and ('urt?T, of
Montuno, spoke ^n l'ovbr of the
amendment, while Senator Puge, of
Vermont,- opposed it.
Orville and Wilbur Wright, who
arrived here Sunday, started in Mon
day at Fort Meyer to aaemble their
aeroplane, the olHcial government
tost of which will begin in a few
days. Orville expressed tlio beli<j?,
that his new machine will make a T
average s|M**d of forty miles an hour.
President Taft sot .June JS as the
I time when a hearing as to "wind is
J whiskey" will he granted the attor
neys for the various distillers.
/The President consult* <1 with At
torney General Wiekersham for an
hour and a half on the suh.jc< I of ? |.V?
proposition tax upon the not earnings
of eorporations.
President Taft does not believe
that a '2 per cent tax on net earnings
is heavy enough to make any of the
lar^e < orporat ions resort to evasive
measures. As to bonds, it is possible,
the President feels, to provide a limit i
lor the issuance -of such securities !
based upon the capital stock, that j
will prevent corporations from trans- I
ferring all of their securities into
bonds, the interest on which always
is paid from gross earnings.
There seems now to Imj little doubt
but that the corporation tax as pass
ed .will exempt net earnings of $'>,<)()<)
and less So as to take any undue bur
dens olf the smaller corporations. I
? ? ? ?
Tlio Senate Saturday covered a
multitude of subjects in connection
with tho tariff, but mude final dispo
sition of nothing of importance, lie
ginning at 10 o'clock, the income and
corporation tax guest ions receiver!
attention for some time and ulti
mately were postponed, with the un
derstanding that they should not bp
taken up again until after the tariff
provisions proper should be linul!\
sit t led.
Senator AJdrich, of the committee
I on finance, brought in the eommit
j tec's amendment to the wood pulp
' paragraph, which proved to be a pro
vision for doubling the duty on wood
pulp coming from countries which
undertake to prohibit the exportation
uj' logs to this country.
Senator Beverdige presented an
amendment for the cutting in two ?f
the House ad valorem duty on ca:di I
legisters. Mr. Aldrieh also present-!
ed the finauce committee's side pro
vision.
There has been deposited in the
library of Congress and placed on
exhibition in the Manuscripts Divis
ion, the original engrossed "Perman
ent constitution of the Confederate
States of America."
The constitution was adopted
Mprch 31, 3801, by the Confederate
t ongress at Montgomery, Ala., and
signed by delegates from South Caro
line, Georgia, Florida. Alabama. Mis
sissippi, Louisiana and Texas. When
the capital was moved to Richmond it
was carried to that city and upon the
evacuation of Richmond was sent
with other papers farther south
where It was rescued bv Mr F t>
DeFontain at Chester, S. C? from a
band of looters,
Mr. DeFontaine kept this and otI"?r
documents for somr years and in 188JJ
H passed into the hands of Mrs. G.
i t, r?DcRcnnc' whose son, Mr. W.
J. DeKenne, of Savannah. Go., now
cwnn it and has recently deposited it,
as a loan with the librarian of Coa
| gt es8,
Vigorous criticism of the tariff bill
in its entirety was made in the Son
ate Tuesday where, technically, the
Philippine amendment to tho bill was
under discussion all day, by Senator
Owen, who declared tlmt the bill wns
written to serve the puropses of the
masters of monopoly in this country,
which was to make the rich richer,
and the poor poorer. He said the
bill was contrary to (lie will of the
American people. Senator Burkett
declared that t he finana?M*committce 's
action fin changing front over night
on the , subject" of tobacco importa
tions from the Philippines looked to
him "like a camo of petty politics."
Late in the day Chairman Aldrich
presented the finance committer 's
amendment to the silk schedule.
President Taft di?cnssed with his
Cabinet the plan for a tax upon the
Undistributed net earnings of cor
porations and expressed satisfaction
over the finance, committee's plan to
bring it to a vote in the Senate.
Tho Senate Thursday odopted tho
window-glasfr schedule, placing a
lower duty on such glass than is pro
Tided either by the Dingley law or
by the House bill. Because of in
tense fompetition by German manu
facturers, the duty on illustrated post
cards was increased 3*25 per r cent
above the Dingley law. The sched
ules relating rto*. lithographic paper,
calendars, cigar bands and .similar
products were adopted.
The Senate adopted the schedule
placing a lower duty on window glass.
The President's message urging a
tax on corporations read in the Sen
ate Wednesday was road in the House
Thursday. The Tlouse tried but fail
ed to obtain the passage of a resolu
tion asking the State Department for
reports on wage* and^ costs of produc
tion in foreign' 'countries, except Ger
many.
TRAGEDY IN NEW YORK
(Jen. SigePs Granddaughter tho Vic
tim Qf Foulest Murder ? All Shroud
ed lu Mystery.
N?'w York, Special. ? - Kli/uheth
Sigcl, daughter of Paul Sigcl, of this
pity, and granddaughter of the illuH
trious Franr. Sigi'l, the Uerman war
rior, who enlisted his eervicea with
the I'niou army during the civil war,
i? according to all indication#, thy
victim ol' one <?f the most sordid mur
ders in the history of New Yofk. If
she is not the victom the police uro
conlronted with a remarkable aeries
of toincidenlal facts.
Tho young lady has been missing
for more than a week. Packd in a
steamer trunk tied with rope, and left
in a stuffy little room in a house occu
pied principally by Chinese the body
vf a youux woman was discovered
Just Friday night.
The girl's stomach, is in the hands
(he Columbia University professor,
who will muke a chemical analysis of
ilt, content*. A-ithongh the murder ,x
supposed to have been committed
.June 0, the exact cause of her death
has never been ascertained.
A Mrs. K. Smith, who says slio
knew the Sigcls well, suggests that
the victim is not Klsie Sigcl but a
mysterious ''Nellie" who has figured
in Leon Line's love .affairs. She holds
it possible that K.lsie and the Chiua
innn were preparing to olopo when
"Nellie" appeared, created a scene
und was killed.
l'nul iSigi'l, Elsie Si^el's fattier, ut I
fhst failed to rucognize the decompoH- j
ed mass at his daughter. Sunday 1
night, however, in company with oth
ers of the family uml family eonnec
, tiotiB, it was ultimately decided that
j the clot hen, jewelry, hair pin ami oth
er thirty on the body are those worn
' r>y Hsie Sigel and the father claimed
the body.
Sun j-icong, proprietor of a rcstau
lant, who also conducted the rooming
house above, disappeared shortly
after the discovery of the murder, ad
ding further to the mystery. The cos-'
has many unusual features, notable
among winch is the fact that a China
man had been known to call at the
Sigel home, presumably with the
, tunc t ion of the parents. Elizabeth,
| or Elsie, was 20 years old, and was
, greatly interested in work among
J Chinese. The Chinaman was found
| j.iter to be passionately in love with
Elsie, aiuj was forbidden the Sigel
home. Miss Nigel was afraid of her
i admirer it is eaid. A telegram secm
I ingly to be from her was received
J from Washington'*' city ttaying she
would be at home on Sunday1, follow
ing her' disappearnee. Two Chinna
njen and a white girl registered at
Pennsylvania Avenue Hotel, one of
the Chinamen meeting the description
of the suspected man. The mystery
was still more deepened by the find
ing of the following undated note
a.r.ong the Chinamen's effects:
"You seem to be growing cold to
me. Just think of the sacrifice I
made for you, my family, my friends.
For God's sake don't forsake me.
"ELSIE."
The police on Sunday received in
formation from Chicago of the arri
val of two Chinamen who it is be
lieved are the fleeing culprits. They
seem destined for British Vancouver.
Mexican Invents New Airship.
City of Mexico, Special. ? Henri
Samson's invention of an aeroplano
promises sncoess. Models of the ma
chine have already been thoroughly
tested and have worked perfectly,
and the construction of a full-stfced
machine will soon be under way. The
claims of superiority made for the
new aerial craft are extreme com
pactness, elimination of horizontal
rudders, ability of the navigatm^to
control its vertical course mVpok
cally, by simply varying the centrco?
gravity, such construction as to per
mit of the ship's being made in any
size, and a mechanism by which its
course is changed automatically.
14 Hurt On Sight-Seeing Auto.
New York, Special. ? Fourteen per
sons on n sight-seeing automobile to
Coney Island were injured Monday,
one perhaps fatally, when the ma
chine became unmanageable, ran into
a tree7 and turned over. The chauf
feur tried to step the machine but
could not. Neither couid it be steer
ed. Six of tho occupants were taken
to the Coney Island Hospital.
Prosecution of Biggers. .. ?
Charlotte, Special.'? Tho defense in
the case of the State against Biggers
closed its case Monday at noon; in
tho afternoon tho Stato began rout
ing tho testimony as to the insanity
i of the defendant. Policeman J. E.
Hunter declared on the stand thut
Biggers told him after tho homicide
that he had killed Green Hood and
asking him after being imprisoned to
aend word to his attorneys. Maxwell
& Keerans. Tho State further
brought testimony from many other
witnesses who said that 'ttjcy were
not impressed with the man 'a being
insane beforo the tragedy.
1 , Reuben D. Reid Dead. ?
Wentworth, N, CL Special. ? Ex
State Senator Reulttfe D. Reid, of
this town, died, Monday morning at 7
o'clock at the residenee of hia broth
er, Thomas S. Reid, aa the result of
an attack of appoplexy, which occur
red Friday morning while he was sit
ting in hia law office at Reidaville.
Ex-Senator Reid wan a man of nn
usnal strength of character and
ability. . 1
il KIllED, ? HURT.
IS TROLLEY CRASH
Motorman Disobeys Orders and
Car is Telescopoilc
WOMEN AMONG THE INJURED
?lout of (lie Victim* Wtro Jletuii'lutf
Homo From tho Aulo lUn'o i\l
frown 1'olnt, Ii.il.? Car \Y;?? Lc*
iiimi Time.
South Bend, Ind. ? Ton icrrons
illled aiul forty Injured In a wre'k
>n the Chicago, Lak? 8?>ore anJ South
Bend llallrcud In I'orter County, In
1 in mi. t wo of tho bfj? cle%tric car# col
((linn head on. According to. General
? Manager H. U. Wallace, the wreck
(va? duo to dlHobedlenoe of orders by
Motoriuau George A. Heed, of tho
mst-hound car, who waa killed.
Hood rccelvcd Instruction!* n't Gary
?.o wait at \VUhou, a uhort dlstanco
?vcRt of Ualleytown, tho point Ht
which the dl?a#ler occurred, for tho
A'evt>bound car ty pays. Tho impact
>f tho cars wan bo great that they
vero reduced to a nmsa of wreckage.
The dead are: George A. .Hoed, ino
ortnan, Michigan City, Ind., formerly
)f Villa Grove, ill.; H. P. Merrlman.
nanied, South H??d; Chan. JohiiHon,
'orter, ind.; Kdward Cllbe.rtsoh, Por
or, Ind.; A. Harbor, Hhshnwaka,
nd,; P. T. Moore. resld&nco un
mown; William Leon, secretary of
.lie Dowag'.ae Motor Work h, I)owa
jlnc, Mich.: F. A. Lake, president
Dowagiae. . Motor WAfKB, lioAvaplnr,
vilch.; IK II. 1 1 11 1 ho 11 , Nllen, Mich.;
Charles SwnutHon, Porter, Intl. Thu
?erlously injured are: Fred Wusth,
Chesterton, Ind., chest crushed; Ar
.hur Johnson, Chesterton, skull frac
.u red; Delhryt 10. Kinney, Michigan
City, conductor east-bound car, rlxht
irm and three ribs broken, right leg
?ut; Mrs. Ouy Stutsman, Mlshawaker,
lid.., hole cut In hack of head and face
nit by glass; C. A. Simmons, Denton
Harbor. Mich.; -both logs broken;
_M Ibs Nhii Lai-sen. Chesterton, Ind., ln
ornal Injuries, niny die; 'f. W. Louie.
Sllshawaka. Ind,, badly, cut all over
>ody; Paul Wilson, Michigan City,
'ornierly of Cleveland, Olilo, assist*
int to Coneral Superintendent Wal
ace, of the Chicago, Lake Shore and
3outly Bend Railroad, leg broken,
lead cut and Internal injuries, not
ixpectcd to live.
The east-bound car was going fifty
r.l'.cs an hour to mo.k? un lost time.
vVhen t ho crash occurred tho east
>ound car wan telescoped and almost
lomollshed. In this train were all of
he killed and most of the Injured,
'.lie passengers on the west-bound
rain escaping with bruises. Tho two
tars were welded together in a mass
>f debris, in which lay the dead and
lying and two-score injured. Dark
less greatly Interfered with the pro
cress of tho rescuers, and to niako
natters worse, the nearest telephone
vas nearly a mile away.
All but one of the killed were in
:lie smoking compartment of tho car,
n the front end. This space was
jrowded. Titus E. Klnzle, a real 08
.ate dealer, and Cordlus Kline, both
>f South Fiend, left tho smoking room
esB than a minute before tho crash
'.anie, and escaped death, although
:he> latter suffered severe jlnjurtes.
Three physicians wero sent from
Michigan City In a gasoline traction
ipeeder and three more dispatched in
in automobile. When tho physicians
reached the scene they found scores
5f farmers and villagers rushing abou<?
?ndeavoring to care for the wounded
md to extricate the dead and dying
ay the light of a few lanterns. Many
>f the wounded were pinioned in the
wreckage, so that it waa necessary to
ise axes.
ADMITS THEFT OP 910,000,
Paul Endemann Arretted In Brooklyn
Charged With Embezzlement,
New York City. ? Paul Endemann,
the young teller of the Houston street
branch of the Jofferson Bank, whose
sudden disappearance soon after the
president of the bank, Herman Broe
sel. had appointed him, as a reward
for years of apparently faithful serv.
!ce, to head the new branch at Fifth
avenue and Fifteenth street, led to
tho discovery that hla accounts were
between $40,000 and $77,000 short,
was arrested in Brooklyn. He wan
Immediately held for examination by
Maqlotrate Crane under $40,000 ball,
and, Rlnco ho could not furnish It,
was loftk^d up In tho Tombs.
According to Detectives McConvlllo
and Nelson, who toado the arrest, and
tho bank'3 lawyer, Emanuel Each
wege, Endemann himself admitted
that ho had appropriated $40,000,
and a hasty examination of hla books
?howg that tho actual amount may
reach $77,000.
BOniiEIl AND OFFICER KILIiEO.
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Mother Heard tlio Shots Which Killed
Her Hon.
Oxford, Mass. ? A constable and a
burglar are dead as the result of a
fight in a railroad watting station at
Oxford Heights, a suburb of this city.
The constable who was killed was
Albert B. Miller, thirty-five years old.
and the other man has been Identified
as Frank Harding, of South Mil ford.
Miller, besides being a constable/,
kept a store And newsstand near the 1
street railway station. He was the
eon of Mrs. Irene E. Miller, who lives
A. hundred feet up the road from her
eon's store, and who heard The Bftots.i
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Dr. Hitin Steer * Suicide,
Dr. J. Steer, professor of Clinical!
Medicine at Washington University, |
St. L#ouis, Mo., and noted as a lung
specialist, killed himself with prusslci
acid because he wae unablo to bear
the patn of a supposed aneurism. ,
which nt&fii_j?fc?i$i*ns say he did
not have.
M<h1M? Fo# ??? Wright*.
- National,
als were pi
brothers at a
Da*oo. Okie.
Hid For n Kulnvny.
New York Oily. ?An offer for a trf
borough subway roifto to cosi $ 1 1 o
000,000 wpi niado t<> tho Public S<:r
vlco QommlMlon |>y U\o Uradioy*ttatf*
n? > in t-i i a Company.
Aocnxcd of .Murder, Fined $100.
Flandreau, 8. P. ? Mrs. JOnnun
Kaufmaun, accused of tho murder of
Aki?08 Polrela. ft domestic servant,
was found guilty of baftery horo and
sentenced to pay K flne of $100 or to
servo flfty days In Jail. The ftua wda
Immediately paid.
Hired to Ilitrii Horse*, Ho Say*.
Pasaale, N. J.-r-tUndor oath In a
coll Philip Goldberg,' who wns arrost
ed on May 2S with Benjamin Weltier.
wbllu in tho ftct of saturating th?r
horses with koroBtno, preparatory to
settJug thorn ftllro, nuido tho state
ment that biiFlnofia rivals of the own
ers promised him 5100 to destroy tho
horses.
Third Death In Feud Fight.
Natchez, Mlss.~-I)r. Now
man. son of I Jr. A. M. Newman, who
was killed In 0. feud flglit ftt Meud
vlllo, Ik tho third victim to die. ?
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Haywood Arrested For Smoking.
Seattle. Wash. ? W; D. Haywood,
tho Socialist lecturer, was arrested
twice for violating tho now Statu
antl-clgarette law. Haywood flrBt fr?l I
Into the hands ?>f tho officers In EI
lOnBhurg as he waa placing a c4gar
otto In his mouth.* Ilo was released
on 119 bonds.
f :
Friendless Allen Cuts 111k Throat.
PlttRbnrg, Pn? TJnablo to? loeata- ? 1_
his rolntlvos. Honde Furnis, thlrtyr
nvo years old/ who arrived bore from
Austria, cojnmltted suicide by cutting
his throat.
'I
lCIopor Is Jailed in Plymouth.
Plymouth, Ma,ss. ? Pasqualo Marl
no and Mrs. Victoria Julia, both of
Brooklyn, N. Y., wero arrested in
Brockton. Marino was sontonced to
flftoen- months In the House of Cor
rection. Mr?. Julia, who is tho wlfo
of a wealthy Brooklyn contractor, was
placed on probation.
Mexican Y. ML C. A. Hulldlnjfc '
Mexico City. ? Tho cornerstone of
tho new $400,000 Y. M. C. A. build
ing to bo eroptod In this city was laid- .
by Vice-President Raymon CorraU '
Postofllce Hobhed. / ?>r ? ^
Long Dranch, N. .T. ? Thieves broke
into the Ruuison pustcfficc and Stptc
cash gift! stamps to tho amount of
$1000.
Tiorijiicr Now Senator.
Washington, D. C. ? Senator Cul
lom presented the credentials of Sen
ator William Lorlmer, recently elect
ed In Illinois. Senator Lorlmer was
sworn Id.
Or. Pierce Cliosen Chaplain.
Washington, D. C. ? The Her. JOjr.
Ulysses O. B. Pierce, pastor ot All
Souls' Unitarian Church, which Pres
ident Taft attends, was chosen by the
Senate to eucceed the late Dr. Halt
as chaplain.
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Prohibition of CigAretteSl. .
Washington, D. C. ? - Cigarette
smoking by the enlisted men of the
United State* Navy should ftev dt|? :? '? -ft
oouraged in the opinion ot Rear-Ad-?
rolral Seaton Schroeder, commander-*
in -chief of the Atlantic battleship
fleet, ,
Congratulations on Message* '
Washington, D. C.? Many letters
are arriving at the White House con*
gratulatlng President Taft on hin rt*
oept message.
Chandler Advises Congressmen. v^X'.rtp"
Washington, D. 0. ? William B,
Chandler Issued a, statement at Con
cord, N. H,, urging all progressive
Republicans to support President
Taft in his attitude on the income tux*
Women I'ulloonists Lnnd.
Paris. ? All flre balloons of the
Stella Women's Club, manned by
women aeronauts, landed safely near
the scene of the ascensions, near Bt.
Cloud, after a two-hour flight.
Merchants Fight U. S. Steel.
Paris.? The federations of Fronch
merchants have lodged with tho Min
isters of the Interior, Finance and
Foreign Affafrd a protest against the
listing of Steel Common stock cm tho
Paris Bourse, -??.
HI
tutlonal Castro's deorees of January.
1908, which annulled the salt and
match monopoly cotjsejaloht,
Oub? Reject!* Spanish Debt*.
* Havana, Cuba. ? Through lta bee
rSTarjr of "Stat*, euba formally re
turn! to recognlxe Spain'* einlm rut
payment of tho island1!# uhare ...
national drbt contracted prtorHo -th*? ?
Treaty of Paris.
BImeon Titkc In :i,t*
? - St. Petersburg. ? Simeon Lake la .~r~'
herefrom.. Bridgeport, Conn., to ?u
perrlse the trial* oXTdUf ' largo ? 4s
marines of bis doslgn.
Eyes of Victims Out Ot*ff