Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? . . '-r V % MANY ARE MANGTET in Frightful Wreck of Train on Outskirts of New York. VICTIMS MOSTLY WOMEN Train Was Loaded With Theater Matinee Party and Was Going Sjxty Miles an Hour When It Left the Rails. Twenty dead, two fatally hurt and 145 ethers more or less seriously injured, is the result of the wreck of an electric express train on the New York Central railroad at 205th street and Webster avenue, New York City, Saturday night. Of the large number of injured, fifty, according to the hospital and police reports, are seriously hurt and the death list may be increased. Most of the others are suffering from lacerations or shock and will recover. The train was filled with matinee crowds and commuters, and was made up of two electric motors, a combination baggage and smoking car and four passenger coaches. It left the Grand Central station at 6:15 o'clock with the first scheduled stop At White Plains. It was running at high speed, probably 60 miles an , hour, when it reached Woodlawn road, where there is a sharp curve. The motors and the second car took the curve safely, but the' following coa'ches were derailed and tumbling on their sides, were dragged 100 yards before the coupling gave way aud the four cars piled together in ruins at the foot of a low embankment. A sheet of-electric flame enveloped the rear car, and for a moment threatened to roast the victims pinioned in the debris. The flames did not, however, spread, and the'horror of a holocaust was avoided. As the cars fell they smashed the third rail, breaking the current and ending the danger from this source. In the crash which followed, there was death for many, while practically ever?' one in the four coaches received injuries of some sort. ? * j Many were ground to pieces, aim i for hours identification was almost . hopeless. As the cars went over many <*f the passengers" were thrown into 01 through the windows, and so cut and maimed. 4 * Of those instantly killed, by far the greater number were women. Many were mangled beyond recognition. Ambulances and surgeons irom every hospital in Bronx borough, and 'from Bellevue in Manhattan, responded to hurry calls, as did the two fire engine companies and the police reserves from many stations. : > Many of the injured were quickly f\.. * extricated from*the wreckage, wnHe others were so pinioned that they could not be taken out for some time. Those most seriously injured were hurried to hospitals, while coroners took charge of the dead as fast as the bodies were recovered. Fire started in the overturned cars, but the flames were quickly extin> gulshed, and the firemen lent their aid to the injured. The cause of the wreck has not been officially determined. At the Grand Central station there was an i inclination to blame the accident to tho spreading of rails, but later it was said that it was believed that the axle of tfie first passenger coach 1- broke, throwing the cars from the track. P * DELEGATES PASS THE LIE. yg, ; Strenuous Encounter Enlivens Okla homa Constitutional Convention. The lie was passed between Delegates Baker and Haskell, and a personal encounter between the twb - . . . members enlivened the proceedings of the Oklahoma constitutional convention Saturday. In the debate over the adoption of the railroad report, Delegate Baker acused Delegate Haskell of being a railroad representative. which was resented. * i BLOUNT WANTS A SHARE. "*&V ? Alabama Man Seeks to Estop Payment of Note for $66,666.66. A woe filoH WoHnocilar ?*\ \j\zuuvu rr uo ii vumvwuu; with the clerk of the superior court by William H. Blount of Union Springs, Ala., plaintiff to prevent the payment to Allen W. Jones of the pr?x;eeds of a note for $66,666.66, which was given by John Skelton Williams and others to Mr. Jones in pari purchase of the Augusta and Florida railroad. t It is alleged that Jones had not the right to sell, inasmuch as half interest in the Augusta and Florida belonged to the plaintiff, Blount. ; KAVANAUGH CALLS MEETING At Which Schedule for Baseball Season of 1907 Will Be Adopted. President William M. Kavanaugh at little Rock, Wednesday, issued a call for the spring. meeting of the Southern Association of baseball clubs m Atlanta February 22. The only business to be considered will bv the adoption of a schedule for the li?07 season. Y, ;; ^ *. '-' * > .. ';' - ' z-f- ti*-. 'yt'' ' *' " ! ' ';% \; * V) To PROBING INTENDED. ' I Report That Cotton Associations Would Be Put on Rack is Denied by Garfield. ' A Washington special says: The latest move in the campaign of the cotton exchanges to obstruct the pro- j j gress of the investigation which is j being made by the bureau of cor- j poraiions by direction of a congres- j i sional resolution is the report which i has been industriously circulated by j friends of the New York cotton ex- I ch'nnge that the Southern Cotton Association will also come under the I rlirt 1* nf r*r\TTl- ! j/i vuc v/a. . merce and labor. The story was puolished throughout the country Saturday that such an investigation was ( contemplated and that it would be ' shown that the combinations of south- i ern farmers to boom the price of , the south's staple was inimical to ( the interests of the producing sections of thei country and in defiance 1 of law. 1 Commissioner Garfield, of the bu- , reau of corporations, was seen at his* office and denied that any such steps had been taken. He also denied that ' they even contemplated an investi- J gation of cotton associations. Knott < Smith, the assistant commissioner, < also expressed ignorance of any such movement; though he said the bureau was not necessarily confined in the scope of its investigation?. It is true that the bureau of corpora- j ' 1 A 1 - tions nitgni unuer uuiuuiiiv ia? investigate the organization, conduct and management of any corporation or combination of corporations engaged in interstate commerce, except, J of course, railroads, which come under the' provisions of the interstate commerce- clause. The department might even investigate the southern cotton associations in conformity -with their authority to 1 gather and publish useful information : concerning corporations engaged in interstate commerce on the ground that ' such combinations affect interstate 1 commerce. The main point at present is that no such investigation has been undertaken. No such investigation was contemplated in the Livincstnn.TMirlpsnn resolution directing i an investigation into the cotton exchanges of the country, and Colonel Livingston was informed that none was at present contemplated. When the Livingstin-Burleson resolution was pending Representative Levering, of Massachusetts, declared it should provide also for an investigation into the southern cotton associations of cotton farmers, hut no attempt was made to provide for this in any resolution passed by the senate. ALL DISPENSARIES CLOSED. South Carolina Has Several Days of Total Prohibition. The Sbuth Carolina house of representatives, Saturday, by a vote of 7S to 28, adopted the report of the conference committee, which for 36 hours had been working on defects in the local option bill. The report also was adopted by the senate by a vote of 25 to 10, and the act wa3 signed by Governor Ansell at once, the state dispensary thus passing out of existence with Saturday. . Governor Ansel, late Sunday night, issued a proclamation instructing ail dispensaries to close their doors Monday and remain closed until the 'county boards are appointed and take charge of the dispensaries. Tliis means that the dhmensarles < will not open their doors at all again until the counties have taken charge. It is likely that the state will have complete prohibition for several days. KELSEY DEFIES 60V. HUGHES.: < York State Insurance Inspector Refuses to Resign. A dispatch from Albany, N. Y., , says: Otto Kelsey, superintendent of insurance for the state of New York, in a letter to Governor Hughes, has ( declined to accede to the governor's lequest that he resign his office, to i which he was appointed in May of last year by Governor Higgins. i , RIOT AT RAILROAD CAMP. , Races Clash and Several Negroes Are { Reported Killed. j A report reached Roanoke, Va., on i Thursday night that a race riot was | in progress at a railroad construe- , tion camp near Thaxton, Va., about < ir. miloc oaet r?f Rnannlcp anrt that J. <J lUi-lWU VUWV V* ? -y V three or four negioes had already .been killed. ( A nnraber of armed men from a < Roanoke detective agency have been < hurried to the scene of the disturb- ] ance. \ MRS. BRADLEY INDICTED. Grand Jury at Washington Puts Murder Charge Against Her. The grand jury at Washington has indicted Mrs. Anna M. Bradley, who shot ex-Senator Arthur Brown, for 1 murder in the first degree. The shoot- 1 ir.g occurred December 8, last. Mrs. Bradley called on Brown at ! his apartments in a Washington ho- 1 tel. She shot him as a result of an interview which she had with him. 1 SURPRISE SPRUNG I Cotton Associations Will Also Be Investigated. SPINNERS DECLARE WAR Commissioner Garfield Construes Rea olution for Probing txenanges to Include Cotton Association and farmers' union. A Washington dispatch says: Corporation Commissioner Garfield has ->r?nc;tr!mri thp T.ivirieston-Burieson cot ton resolution, that recently passed Lhe house, to provide not only for [he investigation of the cotton ex:haDges dealing in futures, but also tor an investigation of the methods of the great cotton and cotton seed associations of the south. He accordingly proposes to direct an inquiry into the methods of the Farmers' National Union, the Southern Cotton Association, the National limners' Association and other organizations of similar character. i The views of the corporation commissioner are not as yet generally known among the southern congressmen, but the few that have heard of his intention express great surprise. When the attitude of the de partment becomes generally known, it is bound to create a sensation, and will no doubt meet with resentmenc in the south among the members or the associations to be affected by the Inquiry. Representative William C. Lovering of Massachusetts, the member of thw , Interstate commerce committee, who reported the demanded resolution, is authority for the statement that the corporation commissioner will investigate the associations of the south in connection with the cotton exchanges. He himself is a member of the New York cotton exchange, at which the original resolution was directed. Mr. Lovering was also responsible for the amendments t^at were tacked onto the original resolution, and he now very calmly asserts that it was his purpose at the time to incorporate all of the associations of the south. "Why have a one-sided investigation?" he asked when seen Friday. I "Certainly the corporation commissioner will investigate the Farmers' Union, the Southern Cotton Association, the National Ginners, etc. He can do nothing else under the provisions of the resolution as it pass, _. .v ea tne nouse. it was cur purpose to have a thorough investigation." Representative Lovering continued by saying that, in his opinion, the associations of the south were organized to advance the price of cotton, etc. He said these associations are as much responsible for the fluctuations as is the New York cotton exchange, of which he is a member, Mr. Lovering is a New England spinner, and as such he insists that the spinners are entitled to know why and how the price' of cotton is advanced as much so as the farmers of the south are to know why and how it is beaten down. "The associations of the south are combinations to bolster the price of cotton," continued Mr. Lovering, "and I can assure you that the corporation commissioner will be given testimony to bear out this statement." It now develops that Mr. Lovering has been careful to have the amend ed resolution so worded that the oro-onl'/ofiAno roorA T-T a Qoui^ativuo n ^ tuwiuuvu. xxw vt u>j wise enough to say not a word about this and as no ope else suspected as much at the time the resolution was unanimously passed. While it is known that the Southern Cotton Association, the Farmers' Union, etc., are legitimate organization along co-operative lines and should have nothing to fear from an Investigation, it is known that certain interests are anxious to destroy their usefulness if possible. Representative Livingston express sd surprise when informed of the new turn the matter has taken. He insisted there must be a mistake, and claimed that the corporation commissioner had no right to investigate the :ottou associations under the terms pf the resolution. "It specifically provides for an investigation of cotton exchanges and uakes no mention of the associations. >f the south," he said, "but Mr! Lov?ring quotes the resolution as it passed the house and as he says the corporation commissioner understands. :t," , i A COMPULSORY PASS BILL Adopted by Oregon Legislature and Sent to Governor for Signature. The Oregon state legislature has passed a compulsory pass bill which nakes it obligatory 011 the part of :ke railroads to furnish free transportation to state and district officers ind to county judges and sheriffs, rhe bill has gone to the governor :or signature. ' ' ' ' . '(m r :. A . J4. '; ': "death stops trialTCourt Proceedings in Notorious Thaw ! Case Postponed Because of De- J mice of Wife of a Juror. Another tragic chapter in the history of the Thaw-White episode was written in New York Thursday, when grin death stepped in to halt the famous trial in its fourth week. The y.'ife of Juror No. 11, Mrs. Joseph B. Bolton, passed away Thursday afternoon soon after her husband reached her bedside. He had been summoned from the court room, where the trial had been in progress for less than fifteen mintues. The formal announcement of Mrs. Bolton's death was made in court shortly after 2 p. m., the hour set for the afternoon session, and Justice Fitzgerald immediately ordered an adjournment of the- case until Monday morning. The court also ordered, with the consent of counsel, that the other .eleven jurors be given their liberty and no longer held together. He admonished the jurors to be guided by their honor and their oaths and not to read the newspapers or discuss, the Thaw case with an}*body. Tbe death of Juror Baton's wife cast a gloom over the criminal court building and had a particularly depressing effect on every one connected with the trial. Thaw seemed to feel the matter quite keenly when he was brought into court to hear the formal announcement of the order for the postponement of his hearing. The fact that the Thaw jurors have been kept in close confinement since they were selected for trial service and that Mr. Bolton had been allowed | to visit his home only three times j during ms wne s latai ume&s, icm. a pathetic aspect to the case, and the greatest sympathy for the afflicted man was expressed on all sides. LAID TO SPOT ON SUN. A Phenomenal Atmospheric. Disturbance in Pittsburg, Pa. The most phenomenal atmospheric disturbance ever witnessed in Pittsburg, Pa., occurred at 32:52 o'clock Thursday, when, during a blizzard, several peals of thunder were heard and a flash' of lightning came from the heavens, causing a magnificent complication of atmospheric conditions and frightening many persons. Professor John A. Bra shear of the Allegheny observatory, who announced Wednesday night the discovery of one of the greatest sun spots ever called to the attention of the astronomers, when seen, regarding the phenomenon, said: "The disturbance was the most remarkable thing I have ever known. In view of the gigantic sun spot 1 pvneeted an electrical disturbance* some time during the day. The disturbance was awe-inspiring and terrible to those who observed it. I don't want to stand sponsor for any state* ment concerning the phenomenon. Unofficially. however, it was very remarkable, considering the low temperature?. "At noon the great sun spot, which is 118,000 miles long and 20,000 miles wide, covering an area of about 3,-r 5-40,000 square miles, was directly facing the earth. This spot Is very active. Taking these facts into consideration, it is not hard for one to stretc?, the imagination and connect the cause of the disturbance with the sun spot.'In Allegheny City also the disturbances caused an interruption to all the police and fire alarm signals. SEABOARD FILES BIG MORTGAGE \ Indenture for Securing $18,000,000 Placed on Record in Atlanta. An indenture for securing an $18,000.000 general mortgage and collateral trust on 5 per cent thirty year gold bonds was filed in the superior court at Atlanta Thursday for the ^pahnard Air Line railway. It is stated in the indenture tliat the company is desirous of borrowing money on the mortgage made for equipping and improving the railroad and for other lawful corporate purposes. EXPERT SAFEBLOWERS AT WORK Alabama County Treasurer's Vault is Looted of Large Sum. The vault in the county treasurer's office at Hamilton, Marion county, Ala., was blown open Friday morning about 3 o'clock and looted of between six thousand and eight thousand dollars. Several thousand dollars were left behind. It is supposed that expert safeblowers did the work. A reward of $500 is oft >red for the arrest of the robbers. SHIPP CASE DRAGS. So Far No Positive Proof Has Seeh Brought Against Sheriff. The third day's hearing: by Special Commissioner Mailer of the case of Sheriff Shipp at Chattanooga, charged with contempt of the United States court, brought no positive proof against him or the other 25 defendants. V-'-'Tf '."t. .-v^;; <5.-v. *.{ ? ' ' ' *' ] > A A ir 4 A A ft ^ ^ n rt < | , : Palmetto State N ews: WWW < | Passenger Fare Bill Killed. . Tiie bill that has been pending in } the Jtate legislature for some time, looking to a reduction of passenger ^ fares in this state to 2 1-2 cents per , mile, has been defeated. f * 1 I Five and Ten Cent Stores Fail. William T. Weekley, proprietor cf i a string of five and ten-cent stores m j { Spartanburg, Sumter and Andersen. L ha? made an assignment to H. E. i Raveneh attorney, for the benefit of ; lis creditors. * ? ; * c y * 1 Am<Ian?.am vjoou iui /aiiuci dviii A $23,000 Methodist church, a $50,- ( 000 postoffice building, a $16,000 hos- i pital building, a $12,500 library build- ^ ing, a $10,000 union depot and a gas ( plant, all will soon be bulit in An- : derson. The city is making great strides in progress. , * < * # New Charter is Adopted. ( Greenville held an election on the new charter the past week, and the proposition went through "with a whoop, only one vote being cast against. The old charter expires and the new one will go into effect at once. * st s? Bad Fire in Greenville. * Fire in the Conyers block, located in the heart of the business distnct of Greenville, damaged property to the extent of $50,000 partly covered by insurance. The Gowder Supply company, dealers in paints and oik;, was the principal loiter, its loss being estimated at $16,000. . 1 * "4 Holds Record, But is Bankrupt. Andrew J. Tindale of Martin, who last year raised the largest number , of bushels of corn to the acre, muk- ( ing one of the largest crops in South , Carolina, has gone into bankruptcy, . having been adjudged a bankrupt on his own petition. His assets are $35,108 and his liabilities $34,868, ao 1 cording to the schedule. The conduct . of a sort of commissary on his farm seems to have been responsible for his failure. * Special Message from Governor. A Columbia dispatch says: A" special message from the governor was jj -? l wA/NAtnmonrlino' ' roau iu uum nuuaco icwmw^uutug the passage of the Frost resolution to investigate the railroads. The gov- 1 ernor also sent up letters from May- 1 or Rhett of Charleston and Immigra- ' tion Commissioner Watson; directing attention to serious alleged discriminations hy the roads against Charles- : t.on, which necessitates th& Wittekind 1 going to Baltimore for a return cargo. I # ^ J. Negro Fugitive Captured. After having been a fugitive from justice for more than a year, Isham Jackson, colored, was arrested in Tennessee several days ago and has been brought back to Spartanburg to be sentenced, he having been convicted on the charge of assault and bat- ' tery with intent to kill. Jackson was tried in his absence more than a year ago, and was convicted and a sealed , sentence left for him by the judge, who tried the case. He will be sentenced at the next term of the court -4. ~ "I OJ geii?*rax seasivus. * ? ft Trying to Pick Flaws. A Washington dispatch says: Am investigation by the departmenc of labor and commerce, regarding all the tacts connected with the importation of European laborers into South Carolina by State Commissioner of Immigration Watson is authorized in a resolution passed by the house. Its author is Mr. Gardner ct Massachusetts. The resolution also asks the secretary of commerce and labor to submit a formal opinion as to whether the laborers were admissable to the United States under the immigration law. In, debating his resolution Mt. Gardner took pains to say that there -J ~zs was IIO suspicion oi uuuuie "cainig or wrong doing against Commissioner Watson as he had acted at the authorization of the state of South Carolina. * $ $ Held as Accessory. Charged with being an accessory to ihe death of J. F. Farmer of Cherokee county, who died in his wagon a few nays agft, hear Cow pans, while en route irom Spartanburg to Cherokee county, Luke Childers, vho lives near Cliiton. has been arrested. Farmer and a party of three friends spent a clay in Spartanburg, and made up a purse of $2 and bought some cider from Childers. Soon after drinking Farmer and his friends were made exceedingly ill. The next day they left for Cherokee county a.ul Farmer was taken suddenly ill and died in his wagon. An inquest was held and the jury ifcturnod a verdict that Farmer came *' ... ' :?Sak o his death l)y drinking sometWe^jji misonous bought from Childers. ' "Wind-Up'' Board Appointed. ^ 5 Every dispensary in South Caro^jgjaj ina was closed last Monday morning and prohibition will prevail in the y-gSI >tate for a week or longer, ' Governor Ansel announced the ap pointment of the board of five vindup the state -dispensary a?y||| ^ Fairs in accordance with an act ot ';^k he legislature. The members are a&^H Dr \V. J. Murray, head of the Mar>'li> ray Drug Co., wholesale druggists of,yjjBl, Columbia and a prominent Methodist "-itm :mstee of Columbia college, and bus!- y|| iness man of high standing; C. Henderson of Henderson & Sons, of yffira Aiken, a prominent Baptist deacoiraB ^ ;nd trustees of Furman university for^^f fears; John McSween, head of Johttl|| 5; McSween Co., of Timmonsville, on jf the largest merchants in the stafce^^ .^ IT,* Cinincnn nf Wnn/lmfF a O 36SS ?T ? WW 0 IUilU[/UV4Ay V4 tf wv?* ??? y ?? ton buyer and financier, and nepl d[ the late Chief. Justice Simps<?^ ^ Kelson C. Poe, head of the Wilkina-Jj^B Poe hardware firm of Greenville, for 25 years next-door neighbor' Governor Ansel in Greenville. . ^ These men stand as high as other five men in South. Carol and each of them is successful^ an?g|^ are wealthy business men. Under tfc?aF|| law, they must wind up the al?al^ij?|jj| of the dispensary before Jannai^S^ s ffiwl Big Endowment for Woffo Wofford College will soon have endowment of $240,000. The fund present 'amounts to only $80,0flwBN^ though just as soon as $35,000 al^p^ subscribed by the citizens' of tanburg gifts to the amount of $125s|81|| 000 will be available. Of this amon^jf|s^| $7,",000 were subscribed by the pie of South Carolina, $25,000 wcfraBBj given by Andrew Carnegie and, 000 were donated by the >general ^csSlS ucauon Doara 01 i\ew zone. Dr. R. A. Child, financial ag^ut Wofford College, reports - that bec&jHlffl raised by subscription^ almost enough in Spartanburg to release strings tied to the gifts by Mr,, ncgie and the educational board. EraS^jH H. N. Snyder has returned frofn JJei^^S York, where he went to cou^uit the members of the educational boaraa||jM w ith reference to the donation DEMOCRATS Fl LI BUSTER ro Prevent Hasty Action by Senattf^^S on Immigration Bill. \ The suggestion of the developmeh^^H of a full-fledged filibuster resulted^^gj rhursday in tbe senate, when an tempt was made to force the adOj^^^H Lion of the conference agreemen^-^M^n the- immigration bill. This report ciuM^j ries a provision intended to aid ^aW^sH the settlement of the CaIlfornia-Jray$fl| anese problem and speedy' action desired by administration senajtttta^'^H Expressing sympathy with this ject, Senators Bacon, Tillman Culberson first endeavored to hafro^D action delayed until Friday that might study the report. When tjfijHpSM was refused the filibuster began.. Bacon held the floor for two an&^jlffilSji half hours. Mr. Tillman remarked&^EftE that he was preparing to make ten-day light on the floor against rej)ort because he objected to beiS|rM^ run over as with an automobile. l||| CHARGES AGAINST CAPTAIN-w 11 Accused of Cowardly Deserting men and Children on Steamer. |i Direct charges were made at Pron^jR^ idcncc, P.. I., that Captain Ci. W. Vey and the members of the who put off in a life boat from tlii|l:|| sinking Joy line steamship Larch--'fm mont. had basely deserted passengenj^^H to whom they owed their first duty. All oj the surviving passeng^^? |? who are able to talk declare that, captain's boat was the first to ieavil^H the ship; that women were roughlj|H| hustled out of their path by bers of the crew, who sought their own safety, and that when, the captain's boat pulled away from^tho^j sinking ship more than a hundred Jalf men, women and children could *T>0 seen on the deck waving their arttot j pleading and crying out to be ; m9| MILLINERS WILL FORM UNION. ^fl A Weekly Wage Scale Is Decided On. % for "Art." F^E'V-f The Milliners' Union had its flrst^H meeting in Chicago Thursday mMv signalled its entrance into the lab^r^S' field by attempting to fix a wage scale for "art." The following we^ly wage scale was fixed: -JPB Milliner apprentices (art students>, ^^| $3; preparer (with a sense of the artistic), $8; trimmer (artists), $12; -v U milliners (full fledged), $15. The miir liners will apply for membership * the Chicago Federation of Labor. \J| FLED FROM NEGRO TR00P8. : Evidence i nac MmeriMns vrvwcu *** iJSIj Mexico from Brownsville. ;||S W. F. Dennett, a prominent citizen *^ ot Brovnsville, Tex., testified before the Penrose courtraartial at San Antonio > that a number of families of "j|? Brownsville had fled to Mexico, seekin 2 protection from the negro soldiera :-S1 Of the 'United States army.