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MANY KNUD
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W M«eh Property Dootroyed by
‘ a OntrucUva Cyctana.
SWEEPS TEXAS TOWN
Twfc Know* to B« Dead and
« FaUIHleo Are Feared—BalldingB
Flattened and Wire Llneo Proetrat-
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^-Tornado VlsttaKfiMiMippiWip.
^ ^ Thre^ towiia, D^troytof
—Ufe and Property la Maay Places.
Tyler, Texas, was swept by the
most disastrous tornado In Its history
. before daylight Friday. Coming
from the southwest, the storm swept
orer the main residence quarter of
.the city, leaving a trail of death add
■jf devastation.
The known dead are C. A. Francis,
■gent of the Dallas News, and his
: . _***• wd baby and..a negro. Moss
Lee.
\ Francis’s body was found a bun-
yards from his wrecked home.
_The body of bis . child waa* found In
the street. Mrs. Francis was in the
wreckage of the building.
Six seriously injured persShs are
alleghd liquor firm of Belair DlattH
ing Company is in a fashionable res
idence of Baltimore, it was brought
out at tfiellearing Thursday that the
address given at the Washington
branch tpf the Belair concern was the
same address of Richard A Co., ^480
Pennsylvania avenue.
From letter heads of both con
cerns it was shown that J. S. Richard,
a member of the firm of Richard A
Co., was also president of the Belair
concern, and then it was shown that
Richard is a brother-in-law of M.
M. Goodman, the agent of Ullman A
Co., who is now under bond on
charges of conspiracy to defraud the
State.
The Belair Company, it appeared,
began to do business with the dis
pensary after 1805, when Ullman A
Co. were put on the blacklist by the
Hay committee. It was then stated
by Mr. Felder that Goodman bad put
in bids for Ullman A Co., the Anchor
hu* 1 .. t>ttniT,n * Company, Strauss A Co.,
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and his wife and four children. One
of the children may die. The Frank
lins were caught in the wreckage of
their home..- - -
Wires are down in all directions
from Tyler, but reports from far
mers are that farm houses along the
lines were blown down. It is Img
possible to ascerUin tbe loss of life
in rdral regions, but it is known tbe
tornado swspt everything clean for
A- distance of five miles. -
Throe miles from ths town tbe
wind demolished the home of Irwin
Frakklin, severe!/wounding Franklin
and hla wife and four children. The
tornado iore a path through Tyler
100 feet wide. Buildings, telephone
and electric light poles were laid flat
In the storm'a path, while great dam
age was done In other parts of the
city, •
CYCLONE IN MISSISSIPPI.
Six People JUUed aad Three Small
•v<y •
. « T6wus Demolished.
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A dispatch from Me rid an says 3
•mall tarts^OI'Ore practically demol
ished by' s tornado Friday. Reports
of the number of tbe killed range
from--six to ten. with the smaller
number probably correct.
Mossvllle, Service and Soso art the
towns destroyed.— They are all In
Jones County-Ahd all are very small
being merely a handful of scattered
dwellings. -
The tornado struck them about
n, and in most Instances is report-
have carried buildings in Its
completely off the lota on which
stood. Nearby fields we^e cov
ered with wreckage, and the branches
of several treea, were littered with
small household articles.
L. 8. Norrison, a resident of Mose-
ville, said that he was out of doors
during the blow and was compelled
to grasp a wire fence tol^eep -from
beiffg blown away. He said the dead
at Mossvllle are Alexander Windham
and wife, negroes.
Near the town he said four white
persons had been killed, a man and
hla wife and their two children,
whose names he did not learn. The
seriously injured at Mossvllle are J.
W. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Campbell and Minnie Campbell. i
Near Service one child of Ike Hol
loway is reported teed and also an
unknown negro. The tornado wqr
accompanied by a torrent of rain
which caused a sudden rise In the
creeks and washed away several
bridges. . . *
YOUNG MAN SLAIN.
There Was No Immediate Provoca-
tlon. But Old Grudge.
A. J. Cline, a young lumber deal
er, formerly of Bristol, Va., was shot
and instantly killed by Luke Ban
ner, sixty years old and a wealthy
merchant at Banner Elk, N. C. There
was no Immediate provocation for
the killing, but, it is said, was the
result of an old grudge. Cline, it is
alleged, was shot down without warn
ing. Banner escaped on horseback,
and la still at large, though he was
seen later near -Montezuma heavily
armed and fleeing. A posse is in
pursuit.
STEPPED ON UVE WIRE.
Both Horse aad Led Were In
stantly Killed.
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At Thompson, Ga., Willie Richgcds
the eighteen year -old son of John H.
Richards of that county, was kill
ed Ip a moat horrible manner Thnrl-
day afternoon. Tbo electric wire
leading from the electric plant to the
Smith ilanufactnrlng Company fell
to the ground, and was still on the
ground when young Richards; earns
up the rogd,,.*nd the horse’s teat
struck the live wire,' killing both the
horse and rider iastanUj; •
FAKE WHISKEY FIRMS
Whiskey Was Booght From Houses
That Never Has Existed.
Remarkable Testimony as to Dispen
sary Creditors Brought Oat at the
Hearing in Columbia On Thursday.
It having been established before
the dispensary commission that the
address give* as headquarters of tttd
Richard A Co., the Commonweafth
Distilling Company and the Belair
Distilling Company, all of which got
suciBees from the dispensary, and all
of which according to Mr. Felder, be
longed to the "Ullman family." it
was shown that Goodman In 1903
had put in a bid as president of tbe
Commonwealth Company, though in
its recent testimony he said he left
the Commonwealth Comian^ before
that year. The old dispensary law
prohibited one concern putting In
more than one bid. *
The commission paired a judgment
finding that on account of overcharg
es the Belair concern was indebted to
the State in the sum of $10,492 {o
which is to be applied the amount
of the claim, $6,386.41. But If the
Belair concern is a fake concerh
what is the judgment worth? To
show that it is a fake concern, Fel
der said no record of ita charter
could be found hi any State; there
was no response to a notice sent by
registered mall, no one had appeared
for the concern and the house could
not be found In Baltimore by a col
lection agency. During the investi-
gatfon Mr. Lyon suspected that, the
Belair /Conoern was a protege of
Flelschman A Co. He Was oh "the
track, but did not get the gakuT
Evidence was also produced to
show that J. W. Kelly A Co., and
King A Co., both of Chattanooga,
was one and the same concern and
both had put In bids on Silver Spring
corn liquor at prices 20 par cent,
higher than Kelly A Co. had charg
ed other customers outside the State.
Tha claim of King A Co. amounte to
$6,*95. ' ' *
SAME OLD STORY.
Nine Men Killed in* a Mine Explo*
sion in Kentucky.
’ Nine men are dead and one In h
dying condition as the resuit of an
explosion of gas in the White ffine
at South Carolton three miles north
of Central, Ky. Ten men were at
work in a shaft 180 feet deep in a
room apart from the rest of the mine
and three more were in a different
part of the mine. > Suddenly they
heard a terrific explosion and all
Tere hurled to the ground. Recov-
'rlng, they rushed to the rescue of
their companions, only to find the
room filled with fallen coal, and t>
hear the cries of the dying.
FORAKER BEATEN IN OHIO.
LYON FLINGS LIE
At Editor Kootter of tbo Columbia
EvofHng Rocord
I have
“ parties
who A
WHILE HE IS IN COURT
As a Witness, Where He Had.Been
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Summoned .by the Attorney-Gener
al to Give His Reasons for Assert*
Ing That the Attorney General Has
Been Trying to Convict in Dispen-
skry Cases with Bought Testimony,
During the session of the dispen-.
sary commission Thursday after
noon, Attorney General Lyon de
nounced Mr. George R. Koester, edi
tor and manager of the Colombia
Record, as “A most infamous and
dirty liar. Mr.' Koester, who was
present, asked for the protection of
the Court, and arose from his chair.
The situation was tense and Commis
sioner Patton also arose as If to 8t<?p
between Lyon and Koester. Mr. Lyon
warned Mr. Koester not to approach
and dramatically told him he (Lyons)
walked the streets of CSfswbM-^dd
Roosevelt’s Man Friday Cleans Him
Up All Over State.
The net result of the Republican
primaries held throughout Ohio was
for Wm. H. Taft. Four delegates
at large and 22 district delegates to
‘.he National Convention In Chicago
and a delegate to the State Conven-
Mon to be held March 3, which will
be unanimously In his fan*, were
elected.' Actual voting for delegates
to ths State Convention was carried
m In but thirty-five out of the total
it 88 counties in the State. The
Taft delegates In 52 counties having
no opposition, their name were sim
ply ‘certified as having been elected.
POOR, YET RICH.
1 Wealthy Man Dies in a Hovel With
-r~^ ' •ihfflO#. .*
John McMillah/aged 86, died Iq a
hovel on the outskirts of Chattan
ooga, Tenn. Thursday. For years, he
lived in apparent poverty. After his
death it was discovered that he was
worth’ $159,000, which he
with him In a basket. - _
was personally responsible for what
he said.-
The incident grew out of an edi
torial In the Record Wednesday af-
torfal in the Record Thursday af-
brought Into the room while tfite com
mission v was In session and the at
tention of Mr. Lyon was called to
the editorial. Mr. Lyon had Just
come Into the room. He at once re
quested the commission to summon
Mr. Koester. This was agreed to,
and Mr. Stevenson, drew up the sum
mons, which was signed by Mr. Mc-
Sween. The marshal of the commis-
sfon was given the patter and within
a half hour or so returned with Mr.
!iCoester, who had come very willing-
iy. He was examined under oath by
Mr. Stevenson, the regular counsel
for the commission. ' •
Mr. Koester Questioned.
The official record is in^substance
Q. Mr. Koester. the attention of
the commission has been drawn to
this paragraph in this afternoon’s
daily paper as follows:
The Record has been asked why it
assails Attorney General Lyon and
seeks to hamper his attempts to have
gratters" punished. The insinua
tion in the question Is that the Re
cord is in sympathy with the "graf
ters." The insinuation is too con
temptible to notice.
Explanation of the Record’s atti
tude toward Mr. Lyon is wanted; IL
Is easy to give. If there has been
graft the Record, as much as Mr.
Lyon or anybody else, .wants It ex
posed and the guilty punished, but
the methods employed to bring about
that desired result should be clean
and honorable and command respect.
It Is Mr. Lyon’s methods to. which
the Record objects.. Wherever the
Anglo-Saxon civilaz&tion has spread
common maxim of Its Coufth has
been that It is better for a thousand
guilty men to escape than that one
Innocent man should be punished.
"Similar in spirit is the Record's
belef that it is better that al^.dis
pensary grafters should escape than
that an attempt should be made to
secure convictions twith bought testi
mony. And that is the game Mr.
Lyon has been playing first as a mem
ber of the investigating committee
and now as Attorney General. If
there were no political phase to the
matter he could not hope to secure
conviction with bought testimony,
and it is only the political phase of
the case that keeps his attempts to
buy testimony f*x)m meeting the uni
versal execration they d< serve.”
The commission wishes to know
who is responsible for the editorial
department of youf’’paper. A. I am.
Q. The commission being partly
charged with getting this testimony,
and the work which Mr. Lyon has
done in that line being through the
commission, the commission wants
to know what information you have
about the purchase of testimony?
A. Nothing but what has been pub
lished.
Q. Does what has been published
justify the charge that they are buy
ing testimony? A. Well, all this ls
very sudden. I have not got It at
my fingers’ end, but Mr. Hermann,
who Is the president of the Augusta
Brewing Company, testified that he
had paid rebates or commissions and
that an order was passed by the old
investigating committee ordering
payment of his claim, which I l»elleve
was the first and the only one paid
up to that time.
■ Q. Let us get that straight, That
was when Mr. Lyon and another com
mittee was investigftlqgjt^e dispen^
sary. Those who composed that c&n-
m it tee, I believe, were Mr. Lyou. Mr.
Blease. Mr. Christensen, Mr. Splvqy,
and some others. Theue gentlemen
you charge, together with Mr. Lyon,
with havinjg purchased testimony.
{Is that tbe basis of your charge:
carried 1p arc hase of testimony? A.
"^"that is, ottered' to purckaae testi
mony, yes. ,
Q. That is the basis of your charge,
that tha old Investigating committee
did that? A. That they offered an in
ducement for getting testimony.
Q. A .want to know this; what
evidence have Yon that there baa been
ganisatlon of this commission? A.
I don’t say there has been a pur
chase. - M
Q- Do you mean to say there has
been an effort to do so? A. I mean
to say, if I be correctly posted, that
got a right to Infer that if
tt> whom claims Were due, or
ege that amounts are owing
to them by the dispensary, will come
forward and give testimony that
there claims will be paid. There was
» report in the paper this mornifkg of
a claim paid on yesterday.
Is that the publication you refer
to, the publication in the State) this
morning? A. Yes, sir.
Q: Then you state that all you
published in the paper? A. As to this
present commission.
Q. Is there any publication that
you base your charge on A. No.
Q. The publication In the State this
morning? A. Yes. , ..
Q. ’ Witl* reference to £he Paul
Jones Company? A. Yes. The first
claim said to be pafd was the Paul
Jones Company, which was of exces
sive volume, but on account of mat
ter behind it. Il ia stated that the
payment of the claim was ordered
immediately after obtaining testi
mony by them.
Q. How do you connect Mr. Lyon
with that action? A. I don’t know
that I rightly connected him with
that action; but at the .same time, I
considered him as adviser of the
commission.
g. YOtt don’t hold Mm reapohat-
in any way anything you said about
myself, I want to make this state
ment as having been very active in
the prosecution of these claims be
fore the commission, that not the
slightest inducement has been held
oat to any man to come here and
furnish eveldhce. The commission
passed a rule requiring all claim
ants to produce their book's and pro
duce the representative thgf con
ducted the negotiations with the
South Carolina dispensary, which re
lated to these sales. And when their
books are produced and their agents
are produced and examinations .are
made, the commission then, without
offering any reward, taking these
the-bobks, making deductions as they
did In the Paul Jones claim of the
amounts that their books show to
be- overcharges, purging the claims
as the evidence demanded, have giv
en Judgment for the balance. I am
Acquainting with that because
un<^er your Ttatemenl**Y8nJ , ‘i
wah^to^** perfectly fair, not
the commission but to all the parties
at interest.
. Mr. Koester: I-jnust,.absolutely
disavow any Intention to -reflect
against any member of the commis
sion.
Mr. Stevenson: Mr. Chairman*,
there Is another suggestion I would
like to make,.! Mr. Koester* states
that It was the policy of the com
mission he was criticising when he
made this charge .about the Attorney
Qeneral%vT!Ja rammiasidd' krWid
Lie for the action of the -eommlaeioe prefer, .to hqye thei.fccitlcism made
-Six Burned to Death.
Lawrence Haake’s wife and six
children, ranging from a new born
infant to a girl of 13 years of age,
were burned to death Wednesday in
their shack at New Llskard, north of
Oofealt* Canaria. m • |a purchase of testimony since the or- the policy of your paper or resenting
in aujudlcating the Paul Jones
claims? Av Not directly.
Q. Or that this charge that hd is
purchasing testimony at the present
time is based on that? I understand
you to say that the only basts of
your charge at the present time is
from this article in the State. Now,
you admit that you cannot hold him
responsible for that. Then you have
no basis for the charge that he is
now purchasing testimony? A. No,
sir, I can’t say that I draw that in
ference. t
Mr. Patton:
Q Ts that the only source of In
formation you have, what you saw in
the State? A. That is all I based my
article on.
Q. You stated that you had infor
mation about to-day. Is what you
saw in the State to-day all the In
formation you have? A. That was
all.
Q. Answer by question? A. Yes,
I said, except as to the old commis
sion. *
Q. You have no. further informa-
tloh of thyrpurcTfase of testimony,
except what appears In the State? A.
No, sir.
Mr. Lyou Enters Discussion.
Attorney General Lyon:
I wish to make a statement in re
gard to this matter. I regret, ex-
ceedngly, that it becomes necessary
for. me. take -any action or to notice,
anything that may be said‘or done
by this creature (pointing his finger
at Mr. Koester.)
Mr. Koester
If this be a legal proceeding, I
desire that that gentleman be re
quired to use proper language. .
Mr. Lyon: ,
I wish say that as far as shown
this afternoon that the, man, that
wrote that article in the record is a
most infamous and dirty liar.
Mr. Koester:
I ask for the protection of the
Court. /.vmk,...,
Mr. Lyon:
I will be on (ke streets of Colum
bia, and you need no protection. I
say, Mr. Chairman, that I regret ex
ceedingly that I have to notice that
charge.. It has come to ray notice
that he has written and published
in his paper a tissue of infamous aud
scurrilous lies. I have not seen fit
to notice them, and I would not have
noticed this now, but it comes before
this commission in an official way. I
simply wish to say that he has prov
en himself a self-convicted, infam
ous liar. And I want to say to you,
sir, (indicating Mr. Koester,) that 1
am personally responsible for what I
say, and I dare you to resent it.
Mr. Koester:
Now, Mr. Chairman, in regard to
this matter, I have nothing farther
to say In regard to this editorial fur-'
ther than to say that I did not mean
to charge any personal dishonesty on
the part of any one of the present
commission. It seemed to me a,mat
ter of policy that an editor had a
right to criticise and condemn. If
It was the policy of the commission
to withhold the payment of claims
until parties came forward and gave
testimony implicating others, that It
was a wrong policy. I stated It and
state It again.
Mr. Patton: Who said that was the
policy of the commission? A. I In
ferred it from thr*action of the com
mission. ,
Mr. Patton: And furthermore we
passed judgment yesterday on a
claim and nothing was said about
that and a half a dozen today.
MIL, Koester: I was not aware of
Ibat when I wrote that article. I
distinctly disavow the Intimation of
any disrespect against any member
of the commlsalon. It was a matter
of public policy, and If that was the
policy of the commission .that a
claim would not be paid unless par
ties came forward and implicated the
officials, then that was a wrohg pol
icy. One member of this commission
I have known for years, Mr. Hender
son, and I would not for the world
say anything against Mr. Henderson
personally.
CoK Felder Make* State meat.
Col. Felder: Without indicating
The* Senate Declines to Follow the
House sad Kills the Richards Lien
Law Bill.
The State Senate by k vote of ten
to. seventeen passed a bill on Wed
nsday repealing the liin lTw. “The
following was the vote
Against repeal: Bass, Bates, Blv.
ens. Black, Clifton, Graydon, Holf-
day, Laney, Otts, Smith—10.
For repeal: Appelt, Brookq/Car
penter, Christensen, Crouch, Earle,
Eflrd, Gibson, Hardin, Harvey, John
son, Kelley, Mauldin, McKeithan,
Rogers Raysor, Toole—17.
The Hydrich bill, prohibiting the
mortgaging of crops until they were
up, was then taken up and killed by
a vote of 16 to 17. Lieutenant Gov
ernor McLeod giving the deciding
vote .against the bill. -
The Lien Law Stands.
Ou Thursday the State Senate
killed the Richards Lein law bill,
having Aral-voted - down all amend-
against it in its own proper person
and not against the Attorney General
and I would like to ask Mr. Koester
a few questions.
Stevenson Questions Witness.
Q. Mr. Koester, the member of the
investigating committee to whom you
referrer, it was the realizing of Mr.
Hermann's account you referred to in
your_ paper? A. Yes.
Q. Do you mean to charge Mr.
Hay, Mr. Blease, Mr. Christensen, Mr.
Spivey and Mr. Gaston with buying
evidence? A..I don't remember who
voted, for.IL or anything of the sort.
Q. Mr. Christensen and Mr. Lyon
were then on the committee? * A. I
drew the inference from the fact that
all claims were held up and ordered
not paid, but that when Mr. Hermann
came and testified that he had done
wrong, immediately on his doing
that his claim was ordered paid tbe
first one.
Q. This criticism was directed
first at the old investigating com
mittee and secondly as this commis
sion and their actions? A. Yes.
_Q. _But Mr. Lyon was made the
sole target?
Mr. Patton: There is another In
timation made by you. That this
commission is being handled by the
Attorney General; If you were here,
as the other newspaper men are, you
would know that this commission is
not handled by the Attorney General
or by anybody else.
Col. Felder: Although Mr. Her
mann came here and made the fatt
est statement in regard to this mat
ter this commisslpjj’has not ordered
his claim paid.
Mr. Koester: I did not refer to
what this comipjasion had done.
At the conclusion of this incident
members of the commission assured
Mr. Koestei’ ih the kindest wa> 1 that
he had been tailoring under a mis
apprehension in regard to the pro
cedure of the commission, and that
they invited the fullest scrutiny of
their official acts in regard to these
claims; that their sessions ifere open
to tbe public in considering these
matters and that newspaper men were
welcome to attend and that others
had attended constantly. Mr. Koester
was informed that the commission
would be glad to have him present
to see for himself what the commis
sion was doing. With these assur
ances the matter was closed and the
commission took up other matters,
adjourning soon afterwards. •
WAS NOT REPEALED.
Tin Stmt* Voted to R«pmI Loin
Law and Than Changod,
ments to carry out the provlsons of
the Hydrlck House bin, which was
killed by the Senate Thursday. The
Crouch Senate bill similar to the
Richards bill has also been killedi
Thus the Senate declines to follow
the House with result that the session
will close with absolutely no change
ip the present law.
DERELICT SCHOONER
1
Which is Bound for the Port of Miss
ing Ships.
Somewhere out on the Atlantic,
breasting wintry seas and with som^
of her canvas set, is the four-masted
schopner Edward J. Berwind, aban
doned and beating up the tracks for
the Pdrt of Missing Ships.
She was sighted at sea on Febru
ary 7, by Captain Scott, of the steam
er Maravel, now in New York, from
Granada. _ * ;
The schooner's decks were awash,
and there was evidence that the crew
had left in haste. It Is possible that
they were picked up by passing craft.
When sighted the schooner was
about 470 miles east of Charleston,
S. C., and although water-logged, was
making about two knots and heading
away from the shore.
Her storm foresail was set and the
mizzan under two reefs. Her ^head
sails had been carried away, and the
spanker was in ribbons.' Towing
was nof^ ifeaathle on account of the
rough .Feather.
SERIOUS CHARGE.
Senator Blease Said to Have Rap-
rasentad i Liquor House.
AN AFFIDAVIT READ.
Mr. L. W. Parker Swears That s. J,
Lanahou lokt Him Thai qi P Hsd
Employed Senator Blegee to Re
present His Firm Before the State
Board of Control.—Blease Read an
Affidavit from Lanalian Denying It.
Testimony which the Legislative
investigating committee of 1906 de
clined to bring out was developed by
the commission to wind up tha
affair^, of the State dispensary
at 'Columbia on Thursday .when
Messrs. Lewis W. Parker and Ellison
A Brayth were put on the stand and
related a conversation with Mr.' 8.
J. Lanahan, of Baltimore, in 1905,
in regard to the employment of a
“prominent politician” to represent
the Lanahan firm before the State
board of control — Mr. Parker said—
The Berwind is likely to prove an
ugly menace for navigation for she
is under fair headway and running
through the nights wlthou^ a light
displayed.
MANY VICTIMS
Of Hydrophobia Being Treated in
New York City.
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The New York health authorities
admit that there are at least fifty
cases of hydrophobia being treated
in Ney York. There has been an
unusual number of cases of this dis
ease in the city for the last two years
and while just at present there seems
to be a smaller number than usual
since the outbreak of the epidemic,*'
there are many more cases than were
known at any time previous to the
epidemic which has been on for two
years.
FC8ILADE OF SNOWBALLS
Causes the Death of an Old Man in
New .York,
In New York on Wednesday boys
returning from school snowballed an
old man who tottered along Green
wich street. He sank down on the
steps of an old house beneath aVus-
tlade of snowballs, His tormentors
were preparing more missiles when
a. policeman appeared and It was
learned that the man was dead. He
was recognized as Thomas Thonwa,
once a wealthy man of good family
whose fortune was swept away years
ago.
Mysterious Shooting.
Frank Brettrell, a young real es
tate operator, was shot and killed In
the apartments of his sister in . the
St George hotel, Brooklyn, under
circumstances which hive caused thri
police and Coroner Brewer to insti-
Uute the strkkeat Investigation.
INFIRMARY BILL PASSED.
1..4: 1 J '/ t
House Endorses Brooks Measure and
Sends it on To Governor.
In the House Tuesday night Mr.
Yeldell called up the bill of Senator
Brooks to establish an infirmary for
Confederate veterans, the bill having
been passed over on third reading
Tusday morning. The fight which
was made on the bill on second read
ing was at once renewed when Mr.
Sellers moved to recommit the bill,
and' the-Ayes and noes were called
and by a vote of 47 to 55 the motibn
was lost. The bill was then passed.
As the bill has already passed the
Senate it becomes a law upon the
signature of the Governor. The bill
carries an appropriation of $12,000
to establish an Infirmary on the Wal
lace land adjoining the State Hospi
tal for the Insane. A commission to
manage the institution is to be ap
pointed. . .
ACCIDENT ON A CRUISER.
The St. Louis Enters San Francisco
After an Explosion.
A dispatch from San Francisco
says the big cruiser St. Louis went
out through the Golden Gate Jeaving
in her wake a hospital ward full of
scalded and burned sailors and signs
of a rigid governmental nvestigation
whch may explain why a warship,
fresh from dry dock and the work of
reparing, could have an almost fata'
accident In her boiler room on the
eve of^torget practice. Just as she
was about to leave the harbor, some
of the boiler tubes blew out, filling
the engine room with a cloud of
steam and scalding terribly four of
the men who were at work there.
KILLED TN^WRKCK,
that Lanahan In a prior conversation,
when Capt. Smyth was not present
had said that Hon. Coleman L,
Blease was the agent referred to.
It Is understood that Mr; Blease,
who is now aud has for four years
been State Senator from Newberry,
and who was candidate for Governor
year before last, has an affidavit
from Mr. Lanahan denying that Mr.
Lanahan made the statement attrib
uted to^hlm. He said that he had
read it during the campaign last sum
mer on the stump at Union, and that
it was Published at that time H*
showed the original affidavit, which
le has kept pinned in his Inside
pocket
Those familiar with the dispensary
investigations will recall that two *
years ago the Legislative committee
to Investigate tbe dispensary sum
moned Mr. Parker to appear and he
realted in substance the conversation
with Mr. Lanahan, but when pressed
by -Mr. Lyon to give the name oY tha
prominent politician he declined to
do so. As Mr. Parker challenged the
power of the commute to make him
answer, a case on habeas corpus pro
ceedings was brought in the Supreme
Court and the Court decided that
the committee had the authority to
require Mr.- Parker to answer its
questions. But the committee decid
ed not to exert its authority and Mr.
Parker did not answer the question.
It has been common knowledge,
however, that the* suppressed name
of tbe alleged agent of Lanahan was
that of Senator Blease, and this
knowledge evidently reached Senator
Blease himself, as he took the .pre
caution to get an affidavit fronr Lan
ahan, and it Is fortunate that he did,
since Mr. Lanahan died about two
weeks ago. The commission to wind
up the State dispensary had already
summoned Mr. Lanahah. ?
When they testified Thursday Mr.
Parker and Capt Smyth made it plain
that they did so unwillingly and on
ly yield**! to recpgnized authority
of the""cbmmission,' which has the
same authority as the Legislative
committee as decided by the Supreme
Court.
It Is not worth while to say who
Messrs. Parker and Smyth are; they
ore the leading two cotton mill men
In South Carolina, and their char
acters and reputations need no bols
tering. '*
The Lanahan Affidavit.
Following is the affidavit read by
Senator Blease at the campaign meet
ing in Union on August 71, 1906.
State of Maryland;-City tof Balti
more.—Personally came before me
Samuel J. Lanahan, who, being, duly
sworn, says that he never told Lewis
W Parker, or any other person, that
Cole L Blease was In his employ
to look after his Interest In the whis
key business in South Carolina, and
as a matter of, fact, he did not have
Cole L. Blease so employed.
Augustus W. Bradford,
(Notary Seal) Notary Mublic.
Mr. Blease also read at the Uniou
meeting affidavits from Jodie M.
Rawlinson. John Black, Jos. B. Wy
lie, H H Evans, John BaD Towill and
L» W..Boykin, dated either August
3. 1906, or August 4, 1906, and each
of which stated that during the* af
fiant’s term of service as director of
the State dispensary “Cole L. Blease
neither directly or indirectly solicited
business or asked that purchases ba__
made from Samuel J. Lanahan or any
other person engaged in selling whis
key or other articles to the State dis
pensary. „
MADE A GOOD HAUL. »
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Misunderstanding of Signals Caused
the Death of Two.
In a head-on collision between the
cherry tree accommodation train
and a freight train oiCthe Cxesapn
and a halt-from Cresson, Pa., two
were fatally injured, six were slight
ly hurt, three locomotives were de
molished and two baggage ears and
four loaded steel cars were wrecked
A misunderstanding of algnala. It Is
said, was responsible for the arc)
dent
Five Cracksmen Rob a Missouri Bonk
—i of Big Sum.
At Richhiil Mo..robbers dynamited
the Farmers and Mechanics bank at
12:30 o’clock Saturday morning, de
molishing the building and entering
. #1
and Clearfield division, about a mite the vaults which they looted of $23,-
000. There were five of the bandits.
When lasr*Beefl*"*ther'*were riding
north at breakneck speed. Cltlaana
of the town heard the terrific
sion and harried to the
they saw the bank in ruins
waa immediately
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