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BARNWELL. S. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 20, 1009
NO. 44
TWO ARE DEAD DOW need it THEY WILL MOVE tries once more WILL BE PAID blow at the south * NEGRO FAILS
At ■ Result 01 m AccldMt on
a Lumbar Road
ALDRICH TAUNTS PROTECTION
DEMOCRATS.
Southorn Powers Company Lo-
* catos In Columbli
STARTS ON EIGHTH JOURNEY
FOR HIS RACHEL.
The Ponsion Board Has Complet
ed Its Work
RAN INTO A HAND CAR
la the Darkness, Killing Mr. Janies
Carmichael and David Lewis Out-
right, and Causing Injury to Three
Said Cotton Seed Oil Men Wanted
, .
Protection and Senator Tillman
Made Characteristic Reply.
In the United States Senate on
Wednesday cotton seed oil was the
subject of a:, exchange of opinion
between protectionist, Republicans
and tariff-for-revenue Democrats.
*raat
Arthur Burke, of MiUsberry, Mass.,
LEAVES CHARLOHE t to Montreal to Propose to {VOUCHERS SENT OUT
His “Heart’s Desire.”
BAGGING AND TIES TAXED BY
REPUBLICANS.
Senators Bailey and Aldrich Lock
Horns In a Short Debate on
Tariff.
To EstabUth
■MalagaA tna I a
nwiii In UMTia
AFTER GIVEN START
Other Persons, All of Whom Were P' ai,ntln * members of the minority
by stating that the cotton seed oil
industry of the South had appealed
to him for tariff protection, Senator
Aldrich suggested to Mr. Bacon that
if the Senatcy from Georgia and oth
er Southern States should get to
gether in favor of placing that pro
duct on the free list, as was the caje
when the bill passed the House of
Representatives, he thought an
agreement to that effect might be
reached.
This suggestion had been called
forth by a statement by Mr. Bacon,
who said if the 25 per cent ad
valorem levied on Importations of
cotton seed oil did not produce an
income he thought it should go on
the free list.
Senator Simmons, of North Caro
lina, protested against such action,
declaring that he was free to say
that he was not in favor of placing
cotton seed oil on the free list.
Stating that the importation of
cotton seed oil in 1908 was 202
gallons, worth $81, and yieldng a
revenue of $8.28, Mr. Aldrich said
the tax on that article was “for pro
tection, pure and simple.”
Any pretence,” declared Mr. Till
man, rising in his place and speak
ing in vigorous laugauge, “that there
protection on cotton seed oil
through such a duty is a humbug.
Cotton seed oil producers do not
want any protection at all."
Mr. Aldrich said he had been ap
pealed to by such producers from
the South, and Mr. Tillman retorted
hat he "did not represent such peo
ple.”
Mr. Money joined in a declaration
that the South did not want protec
tion on cotton seed oil.
on the Hand Our.
A special dispatch from Mullins
to The State says Thursday night
about 10 o'clock news reached the
city of the awful wreck of the log
ging crew employed by the Mullins
Lumber Company, Messrs. H. O. and
8. H. Schoolfleld, proprietors. The
physicians of the town were hastily
summoned and telegrams were sent
to Marlon for others. The news
•oon spread and many citizens hast-
ened to the scene to render such aid
as they cbuld.
The accident happened about two
miles northeast of Mullins and was
caused by a misunderstanding of or-
*' > ders. The mill keeps a crew of about
six mtn in the woods and these
Visually are the last of the working
force to leave for the night, wheif
they return on the hand car. The
engine usually makes three loads of
logs from the woods each day, but,
owing to an unavoidable delay, the
third trip was after dark.
The woods crew under Foreman A
C. Smith waited for the engine and
finally decided that as it was so
late the engineer had abandoned his
last trip and set out for town. On
the hand car were six men, Mr.
James Carmichael and Mr. A. C.
Smith and Davied Lewis, Walter
James, Delaware Murray and Jirn
Spain, colored. Mr. Carmichael was
sitting on the front of the car. The
road being very bad at that section
and the hour late the hands who
were at the crank were working hard
and the car was rkpidly moving
along. The engine, in charge of
Engineed Rhoades, was backing down
for the woods with 18 empty flats
when It likewise was endeavoring to
make up lost time.
There was no light on the cars
as the engine was backing. It was
dark and the noise of the hand car
made it impossible for the men to
notice the danger until it was upon
them. Of the six men only one, Jim
Spain, escaped unhurt, and his es
cape was nothing short of a miracle.
Spain said that he jumped just as
the cars came together, the flat car
striking his foot. As quickly as pos
sible he ran over to where his com
rades lay burled under the wreck
age
The first one he reached was James
Carmichael. He picked him up In
his arms and saw that he was dead.
He was rushed and mangled fear
fully. Mr. Carmichael’s neck, arms
and legs were broken and was other
wise disfigured. He then went to
Mr. Smith, who had a broken leg
and was Internally Injured. Dave
Lewis, colored, was crushed Inter
nally and had an arm broken. Lew
is died soon after the accident
Walter James, colored, had a broken
leg and other Injuries.
Delaware Murray, also colored,
received some painful, if not fatal,
Injuries in the side and arm. Every
thing possible was done for the sur
vivors. The Messrs. Schoolfleld per-
sonaly attended to their needs. Much
sympathy is expressed for these gen
tlemen as they seem to regret the
accident so much. Their wives have
also ministered to the wants of the
sufferers all day and are much af
fected.
To just what extent Mr. Smith is
Injured is not known. Physicians
have been with him constantly since
the accident and have done all in
their power to relieve his sufferings
. Mr. Carmichael was buried this
afternoon at 3 o’clock at Miller s
cemetery.
Just two weeks ago yesterday Mr
Carmichael was married to Miss Sa
die Oliver, of Marion, and to the
young bride the tenderest sympathies
of the' community go out. She has
not lacked for attention and con
dolence, for hundreds of friends have
mingled their tears with hers over
the sad fate which befell the noble
young man to whom she had plighted
her faith and love Just two weeks
ago to the day. She returned to her
former home in Marion, accompanied
by her.-father..jri&ter and brother
Mr. Carmichael was a very popular
young man, which was manifested
by the large concourse of friends who
attended the funeral, which was per
haps the largest assemblage ever
gathered for a like occasion in this
section. *
Because of What it Construes to Be
Hostile Legislation on the Part of
the City Government—Will Mean
Much for Tills Section of South
Carolina.
CHILD FED TO HOGS.
Incensed Because Step-Mother Left
Him at Home.
Incensed because his step-mother
had left him at home, near Opeloua-
as, La., in charge of his .young step
brothers and sisters for the day,
Tom Godfrey, a 12-year-old negro
boy. fed the youngest of his charge
to the hogs, and later, with an axe,
inflicted what will probably prove
fatal wounds on the heads of the
other children.
Three children were injured. The
step-mother reported the triple crime
today to the pariah authorities and
Tom was paired In jail at Opelousas
She says she found the baby in the
pen with the hogs when she returned
home late yesterday. Its hands and
feet had been eaten off, but it was
still alive.
She straightway whipped Tom and
when she went for a doctor to attend
the baby, Tom seized an axe and at
tacked his six-year-old step-brother,
Inflicting several deep w’ounds. His
young step-sister interferred and h^ 1
crushed her skull with the ave. The
girl is dying, and the other two
children have little chance for re
covery.
AMERICAN KILLED IN PERSIA.
H. C. Baekerville, 21 Years 01(1, Slam
at Head of Troops.
A telegram from Tabriz, Persia
says a young American, H. C. Bask-
erville, until recently a teacher in
the Presbyterian school at Tabriza,
was killed a few days ago outside
Tabriza while leading a sortie of
Nationalists from the city. The ob
ject of the expedition was to open
a way for the bringing in of provis
ions. of which the city stands great
ly In need. It was not successful.
The situation at Tabriz is desper
ate. The Christians of Tabriz are
arming themselves and will put up
a strong defence during the bloody
disorders that are expected to break
out any day. The English residents
have sent a telegram to Foreign Sec
retary Grey, at London, appealing for
immediate help.
The Russians have taken refuge
at the Russian consulate.
Bryan Will Speak,
A Tallahassee dispatch says Speak
er Farris, of the Florida House of
Representatives, Monday received a
commiunicatlon from Wm. J. Bryan
accepting the invitation tendered
him to address the Legislature.
Tragedy In Virginia.
A special from Gate City, Va.,
eays: Isaac Folk, S3 years eld, wm
abet and killed early Monday by
Garland Compton, near Owens Chap-
Tbs sboottag followed » flffct
".a. . .. **• ■
A FIENDISH WOMAN
Pleaded Guilty to Torturing Hev
• Little Child
Under sentence of six months im
prisonment and a fine of 3500^ Ml'S
Joseph Sager, wife of a physician of
Celina, O., a few days ago became
an Inmate of the Toledo Work
House.
Mrs. Sager pleaded guilty to th-?
charge of torturing her ten-year-old
adopted daughter. A few days if
the child’s teacher found man* burns
on the little girl’s back and legs
An Investigation was made and as
result Mrs. Sager was arrested.
The child said bor foster mpther
had recently used a red-hot poker
on her aij n mean* of punishment
For some time past there have
been rumors afloat that there was a
possibility amounting to a strong
probability that the general offices of
the Southern Power Company would
be lost to Charlotte, and the indica
tions were that Columbia would se
cure them. When it was first talked
about the people of Charlotte de
rided the idea that the institution
would seek a new home for its head
quarters. The newspapers had car
toons making sport of Columbia.
The Columbia State says a day
or two ago a prominent business man
of Columbia was in Charlotte, and
in conversation with Mr. W. H. Twit-
ty, cashier of the Charlotte National
Bank, was told that it was an open
secret that it had been definitely de
termined to transfer the offices to
Columbia.
Since then it seems information
has been given out from the man
agement itself that the step had been
decided upon, and that within the
next eight or ten months conditions
would so shape themselves as to ad
mit of making the permanent remov
al to Columbia.
There are two principal reasons
iven for the contemplated action of
this great corporation. The first is
tated to be that the new charter of
the city of Charlotte empowers the
board of public works to regulate
public service corporations, with es
pecial reference to rates to consum
ers. This aciion, it is claimed, has
the effect to interfere with the sale
of bonds, aud the company felt that
s rights and privileges have been so
mpaired as to make it expedient for
them to relieve themselves of their
public utilities franchise.
The second reason assigned is
(hat the power at Lang’s shoals on
the Catawba river about 28 miles
from Columbia is the next property
to be developed, and that therefore,
Columbia is the logical place for the
establishment of its offices, being so
much nearer the point of opera
tions.
This company, which is rated at
$11,000,000, has acquired all the
riparian rights along the Wateree
and Catawba to within 15 or 18
miles of Camden, and less than 30
miles cross-country from Columbia,
and their plants are of enormous
magnitude.
On the line of water power de
velopment indicated, the Wateree and
Catawba, there are now six valu
able properties that are owned by
this company. On the Wateree canal
. ust above Camden there is a fall of
4.37 6 square miles, giving 20,000
horsepower when developed.
At Rocky ci’rck, Great fails and
Fishing creek are other powers be
longing to this corporation that have
a total fall of 173 feet. Of these the
development of Great falls has re-
ently been completed and that of
the others will follow as the de
mand for power warrants.
The amount of hjorsepower de
veloped at Great falls is 32,000, with
a probable total when developed of
67,000 horsepower. Rock creek and
Fishing creek will afford 15,000 and
20,000 horsepower respectively.
At Landsford. near Lancaster, an
other power belonging to this com
pany there is a fall of 40 feet, drain
ing an area of 3,425 square miles
and affording energy of 12,000 horse
power, as yet undeveloped.
At Rock Hill, on the Catawba, the
company has a 10,000 horsepowe"
plant in operation, supplying power
to Rock Hill, Fort Mill, FineviUe
Charlotte.
At Niney-NIne Island, on the
Broad river, is a plant having a 51,-
foot fall, the full development of
which Is now under way This pow
er will form one of several powers
b' 'onging to this company which will
be electrically connected by a sys
tem of transmission lines furnish
ing power to all the large towns in
the northern central part of this
State and to a number of towns in
North Carolina.
‘The comftifc of tho SetHhM'a Few
er Company to Columbia will mean
there will soon be located there also
offices of the large electrical machin
ery and manufacturing concerns,
which win augment the business of
the city to a considerable extent. ~
The office force of the company
will be a valuable acquisition to the
city and to them fair Columbia ex
tends the glad hand of a cordial wel
come. The acquisition will not only
be in the fact that all of the force
are high salaried people, but that
Columbia society will have a wel
come addition to its ranks.
Jacob served seven years for
Rachel, then keven years more.
Then he got her and served still
another seven years for good meas
ure.
Now comes a modern Jacob—a
Maasachusetts Jacob—who has
cheerfully served three times seven
years without getting his Rachel.
Every three years for 21 years,
Arthur Burke, of MiUsberry, Mass.,
has journeyed to Montreal to ask
the question:
“Will you marry me now?”
Every time the answer has been
"No.” Sometimes there was a laugh
accompanying the^word, sometimes a
sigh, sometimes she hesitated as
though reluctant to refuse the devo
tion so liberally offered.
But In the end the answer has
always been “No."
Now Burke is off on his eighth
love pilgrimage. He is as light
hearted and confident as he was the
first time. •*
“Somehow I think this is the
time,” he told his intimate friends
before he started. “I think this time
she’ll say yes.”
Burke was a young man just
turned 30 when the stir.uge cou’-r
ship began. Now he is a middle-
aged man of 51. His nalr is turn
ing gray, his step is less elastic.
Who the Rachel is, Burke won’t
tell. He will describe her in glow
ing terms, but the words he uses
areq’t the ones which would aid a
Bertlllon bureau to find her. To
him she is sweet and pretty as when
a sober-eyed slip of a girl in her
teens, she listened to the old love
story.
She, too, in the ’ipse of time,
must have rounded out to mature
womanhood, but you can t make gal
lant, gray-haired Arthur Burke, who
has loved her for years, believe this
Burke carried his bri Ugroom's
clothes in his grip. “There’s lots
of opportunities you lose.by not be
ing ready for ’em,” he argued. “If
she savg the word, I won’t give her
iny time to change her mind. We’ll
hurry to the nearest church.”
And Pensioners Will Soon Get Their
Money—There Ane Nine Hundred
and Fiftf on the List, the Pen
sions Amounting to $2(7,702.50.
Kfuirtaiihurg LmuU as Usual.
The State pension board has com
pleted its work and the vouchers are
being sent out to the various clerks
of Courts for settlement ln,the coun
ties. This year there are 9,504 pen
sioners, an increase over 1908 of
188. The total amount to he paid
out this year is $247,702.50, out of
an appropriation of $250,000. It
will he recalled that at the last ses
sion of the Legislature there were a
number of resolutions relative to ar
tificial limbs, these being paid out
of the limb fund, which is turned
back to the pension fund when not
used up.
In the list of pensioners there are
151 in Class A, each receiving $96;
in Class B, there are 171, each re
ceiving $72; in No. 1 of Class C,
there are 690, each receiving $48;
in No. 2 of Class C. there are 4,044,
each receiving $19.75; in Class C,
No. 3, there are 719, each receiv
ing $48; in Class C, No. 4, there are
3,738, each receiving $19.75.
Pensions by Counties.
The following is a list of the num-
hrr and amount of the pensions in
the counties, Spartanburg leading,
as usual:
County.
Abbeville . .
Aiken . . , .
Anderson . .
Bamberg . .
Barnwell . .
Beaufort . .
Berkeley .y
Calhoun . .
Charleston >
Chester . . .
Chesterfield
Clarendon . .
The Government Founded Over In
Africa by the United State* for
the Advancement of the Negro
Falla Hopelessly Flat and Must
Be Takspi fo Charge.
Shouldering one more task of the..
White Man's burden, the United
Darlington
Dorchester
, Edgefield
B, fore he left MiUsberry, Burke
sketched the higtory of his Marathon
wooing.
• “I went up to Montreal on busi
ness 21 years ago,” he said. “There
I met her. I fell in love at sight.
Within a week I proposed. She
turned me down, hut so sweetly that
I didn't feel discouraged. I told
her I would come back again. She
taught d.
"Business affairs interfered with
my plans. I wasn't able to return
for three years. Then I asked her
again. Again she refused me. I jq eW | )err y
every three years unless she Orangeburg
Florence . .
Georgetown
Greenville .
Greenwood
Hampton . .
Horry . . .
Kershaw .,
Lancaster .
Laurens . .
Lee . . . .
Lexington .
hack
married someone else.
“She laughed again. I guess she
didn't believe me, didn't realize how
much I wanted her. She must know
it by this time.
“Now I’m going back again. This
Mme I think I will win. The last
time she almost consented. She is |
more beautiful in my eyes n
t;e was 21 year- ago. I’m going
to tell her so. She lias stayed
single all lb's time, i hat's a goo^
sign."
Pickens
Spartanburg
Williamsburg
Number.
Amount.
. 163
$ 4,424.00
. 368
9,218.50
. 531
15,002.50
. 8U
2,283.25
. 171
4,199.25
1 50
1,015.75
. 137
3,321.50
. 36
896.00
. 230
6,014,25
153
4,696.60
. 257
6,630.75
. 122
3,316.25
. 359
9,564.50
. 218
5,712.25
. 121
2,836.00
. 129
3,607.00
. 128
3,543.50
. 207
4,804.25
. 5 7
1,399.75
. 559
14,314.25
. 131
3,676.25
. 213
5.105.00
. 277
5,881.75
.. 148
3,781.75
. . .248
6.381.00
. . 274
7,897.25
. . 127
3,402.25
. 282
7.918.25
. . 260
6,565.75
. 151
3,723 75
. . 148
4,581.75
. . 272
7.339.50
. 199
4.643 50
. . 249
6.313.25
. . 369
9,945.75
. . 158
4,544 rr
. 774
20.287 75
. . 156
4,073.75
. . 238
6.495.50
. . 184
4.898.00
. . 316
8,482.50
. 217
6.064.00
$247,702.50
The consideration of the duty on
gas retora In the Senate Thursday
caused an oratorical explosion. The
committee on finance had Increased
the rates on these articles from $3
as provided In the house bill to 30
per cent ad valorem, the new duty
being on large retorts three times the
amount levied by the house bill and
the present law.
This course was denounced by Mr.
Bailey as evidence of failure on the I government will send three
part of the Republican party to keep commissioners to Liberia next Bat-
faith with the people in their de- urday with the object of ascertaining
mand for a revision of the tariff ... ^
downward by h eanB and ,n what
Mr. Bailey read from President republic on the west
Taft’s Inaugursi address to show that roa *t of Africa can be maintained In
he had favored lower duties and Mr. her independence and the country as
Aldrich responded that the pending a nation Improved generally In the
bill proposed to fulfill that pledge ah- administration of Its government, the
solufcely, ‘jdevelopment of Its natural wealth
“I have heard It said," added Mr. and the elevation of Its citizenship.
Bailey, “that the present adminlstra- The task is assumed by this gov-
tion aims as one of Its chief accom-1 ernment primarily for the reason
plishments to disrupt the solid South, that Liberia was established and set
and it Is endeavoring to accomplish In motion as a Independent republic
that result by flattering the weak by the United States because of
men among us in the South by con- Congressional acts almost a century
ceding to them an invitation to the ago, affecting the slave trad* and «*-
White House or by giving them a gro immigration to Africa at the
portion of the patronage of the instance of American .colonization
country. societies.
"The president wastes his time and The commission will leave dB the
wastes his breath when he gives n( > w scout cruise squadron made np
heed to those men who tell him that of the Birmingham, Chester and 8a-
they can disrupt the South,' he said. ic m recently placed In commlaalon
There is in the South today, as an( j i 8 ex p ec ted to make the trip to
there was before the war, a sentl- Monrov j ai the capital and aea port
ment that is not Democratic. In of Liberia by way of the Asore
the olden times they were W hlgs The commission la scheduled
and in this day they are Repuhl..f t0 rem jTln Africa .boat^Tof
cans. But some of them are asham- | ft|ght weeki durlnf wh|ch tk#y
ed of their associates down there.'*
Mr. Bailey said he deprecated the
into any and every thing which
might assist them In formaletiBg a
comprehensive report to their home
■ government. —
The present step of the American
government la viewed with the
most satisfaction by both Great Brlt-
pian ter" oY7h*e t* 10 a “ d FranC€ f&M? p0 T" , °"
an ti oc„ nun on fllther aide of Liberia, as they be
ll. | Jleve they at laj|t ^ ail end of ih9
border disorder* and the nnaatiefac-
wiil confer with all the Liberian
, government officials, foreign repre-
effort of th- Republican P a rty to and ^
win the South by appealing to selfish
interests.
“At the same time,” he said, “this
bill is full of sectional discrlmlaa-1
fions. The farmer’s binding twine is
placed on the free list, but In this
very same bill the bagging of the J
cotton planter Is highly protected.
That costa the cotton
South yearly more than
and that burden should be lifted
from his shoulders, even if every l ^
factory of the cotton bagging trust tor5r con< lltlon generally which hav*
should be compelled to close. If you * n republic for aome years
want to find a way to the hearts of 1 P a8 ^- Great Britain especially da
our people of the South, do not a PP<>lnfro e ot of the commission
treat them unjustly.” acceptable because It will undoubted-
Senator McLaurin, declaring that relieve her of taking possible draa-
the duty on cotton ties is extortion action In collecting the bonded
on the cotton farmers and is not a 1 indebtedness which a number Of bar _
tariff for revenue, announced his in-J citizens have coming .16 theBT'fWmr ■
tention of offering an amendment to the Liberian government. Probably
place cotton ties on the free list, the only world power xfhieh might
L Despite the contention of so-called And some cause for dlaaatlafactlon la
experts, he said, the duty adds 50 Germany. This country practically
cents a bale to the cost of bagging controls the foreign trade of Liberia,
and tying cotton, which he said is owns a perfect rubber monopoly and
a tax on the cotton farmer who re-1 runs things commercially Juat about
ceives no protection on his product.
Ml’HT GO TO JAIL.
A Charleston Blind Tiger Gets in
Trouble.
Pension Requirements.
The requirements in order to ob
tain a pension are as follows:
(A ) If a man:
1st. That he was a bona fide sol
dier or sailor in the service of the
State or in the Confederate States
in the War Between the States;
2d. Either (a) that while in such
service he lost a leg or arm, of
sight, or received other bodily In
jury whereby he has became dis
abled, or that he Is totally disabled
by paralysis, and, neither him-
nor his wife has
Nicholas Kantos, the alleged Char
leston hlind tiger, says the Columbia
Record, who was ordered to appear
lefore the supreme court to show
cause why he should not be attached
tor contempt—the attorney general I a ' ]f nor w |f e has an
having charged him with violation neithpr himself nor his wife has an
of an injunction restraining him from | nconK . exceeding one hundred and
the further sale of liquor—and who fifty dollars per annum, nor proper-
failed to so appear, though he had ty eu fn C | e nt to produce such an in-
accepted at Rock Hill the service of L otne; or (b ) that he has reached
the court's summons, was a few days the a g P 0 f 8 i x ty years, and that
ago by per curiam order sentenced no i t her he nor his wife is receiving
to pay a fine of $500 and serve three an annua i income of seventy-five dol-
months in Jail.
lars from any source, nor possess-
Kantos is the second Charleston ed of pro pp r ty sufficient to produce
tiger to feel the heavy weight of th’ L ucb an income.
court s displeasure, in connection
with these liquor injunctions. James
(B) If a woman:
1st. That she is the widow of a
P. Carroll is now serving in the man who waR a tmna fide soldier or
Charleston county jail a sentence of ga jj or | n the service of the States or
six months' confinement. He was 0 f the Confederate States in the War
ordered to pay a fine of $500 and BetW een the States: and
serve three months or in lieu of the 2d. That she has never remarried
fl^e to serve_three months additional. I or having remarried, is again a wid-
BOY WEARS TAG.
SHOOTS HERSELF.
Unless Mr*. Sager's fine la patd the
will be cton
work botiM
Gets Four Years.
Samuel T. Stevenson, convicted bf
embezzling funds of the New Or
leans Typographical Union, was to-
pelfed to rea*a Tfl the day sentenced to four years In the
’iteutiary.
Crossing Ocean and Continent With
„ Sweets Barred.
Young
Woman la Spartanburg
<
Attempts Suicide.
Miss Hattie Plumbey, daughter of
a prominent farmer In the upper
A sturdy 7-year-old English lad,
carrying a big basketful of eatables
started from New York for Bisbee.
Arlz., recently on the second and.
last stage of a lonesome journey section of Spartanburg county, at
from England, lays a New York tempted suicide late yesterday after
special to the Philadelphia Record, noon by shooting. After milking thr
Pinned to the boy’s coat was a big cows she entered a cloeet. in her
tag reading: **Thls boy Is going to room and closing the door behind
a loving mother In Arizona. s . Treat her placed a pistol at her left breast
him m yon would have your own boy and fired, tbe ball parting near her
treated. Don't give him any jam.” heart and shattering her shoulder,
TORN A IK) SWEEPS OHIO.
as she desires.
A great deal has been written and
said about Liberia since the passage'
of the act by Congress In the early
part of March providing for the ap
pointment of the commission and the
appropriation of $20,000 to carry on
its work at the instance of former
Probably four deaths. ? cores of 9 « creUry Root. ftnd especially kM
Death and Ruin in Wake of Ter
rible Storm.
persons injured and hundreds of
housands of dollars’ worth of dam
age marked the path of a tornado,
which passed across th)e northern
part of Ohio at noon Wednesday.
this been true of the country’s nat
ural mineral wealth and the vast
and valuable agricultural opportuni
ties. both neglected by the Inhabi
tants primarily through sheer laai-
The storm” consumed only five I neM and «®condary because of the
inutes in passing a given point, but P 40 * 1 ca P* ta l-
during that brief period it was as 80 r,c * 1 waB 1 -> lber * a been aald to
dark as night, hall battered In win- be by th 08 * wb o are in a position to
dows, lightning set fire to hundreds spea* intelligently, that It a eatl-
of buildings, one-fifth of an inch of mat?d the coiintry could support a
rain fell, and the wind, which reach- PoP«l at,on of 20,000.000 persons and
ed a velocity of sixty-six miles an at the Gme sustain a very
hour, razed buildings and chimneys, large export trade In coffeo, tobacco,
tore off roofs, laid low many tele- cocoa, rubber, palm oil, palm aerneI *'
graph and telephone lines and de- passave, mahogany, canwood and *
raolished traffic upon the steam and other tropical products. At tha prae- ^
electric railawys. ent time Liberia has a population $f| f
In neighboring towns considerable about 1,700,000 persons of which no
damage was done. Ten dwellings more than 30,000 can be truly said
were reported to have been blown to be cvllised, her foreign trade hov-
to tbe ground in the southwestern ers about $300,000 annually^ bUg^
part of tbe city. Many homes were about which there la no absolute cer-
burned. as the fire department could tainty and the administration of her
not attend to all of the calls. officials about the we *Aaat, most »-
An unidentified young woman Is capable and Irresponsible '■
reported to have been thrown Into hie. ‘ itt.PlI
a pond at Wade Park by the force Reports from the seventy odd wnK fp|j
of the wind and drowned. Three persons In the country, Includ ng a
men are reported to have been killed number of missionaries, confirm e
by falling walls In the flats. statements of the absolute Incompo-
8t. Stanislaos Catholic Church was tency of tbe court*, tbelr
demolished. Tbe loss there was up- t tie corruption of th « |*«”** t * T *
wards of $100,000. braochee of the government, the cus
tom ofllhials and the chronic dread
of work from one end of the land to
the other. Tbe schools, or *»**««■ Jho
Institullot - ,
m
KINGS COME HIGH.
Alfonso Receives Sixteen Time* as
Much as Taft.
few
name are the worat possible
for place* of learning and the moral
Ideas of tbe Inhabitants seem to bo
A recent compylcatlon of the mon- 8ink | n( to a lower and lower ebb
eys paid to the members of the royal j year by year antil Jn
families of Spain, Including the they are not for removed fro*
King, shows that His Majesty re- 0 f the aborigines with whom many
ceives a salary more than sixteen 0 f the Liberians hate fotor-nWHIrt
time* greater than that given tbe I a eoifomrison of Liberia with tne
President of the United States. British oolong of Bie*r» Leone sm
The total of Tl.840,51* paid by I the, French Drery «
Spain to it* royalty annually is dl-j neighbors, la ’
vided as follows: King Alfonso, 0 f their Tsat superiority
$1.211.$58; Queen Victoria. $77.- j respect, even though
89$; Prince of the Austrfoa, the tw$H sissas the richest
$9
The hoy, Jimmy Holland, who came
to New York Saturday on tbe Ten-
tonic, la traveling In car* of the
•tevurd.. _
year-old heir to the throne, $88,547; three, and le Jbe ■«
HI Infants Marla Teresa, slater of the tlon to the small
Thp arm had to be amputated et the King. $25,884; Infont Isabel, aunt, in (he
shoulder. It is thought she will die. 948.37$; Infant Pen, aunt. $3i,9$4. 1
The only explanatlop. she offered was Infanta Eulalia, aunt, $25,1
that the wanted tjrkUl herself. {the Queen, mother. »4»,37I.
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