The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, March 05, 1908, Image 1
VOL. V. NO. fi.
CAMDEN, S. Cm THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1908.
? ? rn~ tut v
Sl.SOPer Year
ROUPS TO COMPLY
vAgree to Adopt the Nine-Hoar
System Without Delay
CLAIM IT WILL WORK BADLY
INv Ordar of Affairs WOI MMa th?
Employment of Thouaanda of Ad
* ditlonal Operators, Um OMni of
Im 7 argi Number of Small Stations,
and General Inconvenlenoe to the
Traveling and Shipping Public.
Washington, Special. ? American
railways hav? made arrangements to
comply with the provisions of the
"nine-hour law." Tho operation of
? w will mean the employment
by railroad companies of several
thousand additional operators and
< th? clos,n? of a large number of
small stations on the 4th of March.
The discontinuance of railway ser
vice at many points, it is realised,
will induce at least temporary incon
venience to the traveling and ship
ping public, but, in order to reduce
> 0perating expenses which now seems
necessary, the operating officials of
the railways believe that this is the
only way they possible can meet the
situation with which they are con
fronted.
Astonishing Statements.
During the hearing of applications
for an extension of the nine-hour law
y the inter-State commerce commis
were mlT . M^niahin? statements
of iLZrt * y ?, ?PeratinK officials
> ,;?' P ?ilways. A good many
lines, owing to a reduction in their
? rd t0, their inability to
command the cash necessary to meei
their pay rolls, have been forced
dunng the past four months, almost
to the point of asking for receivers.
0pi.mo" of railway officials ex
pressed at the hearing under oath
and in private conversation this con
> i',]0? ^ "?k 8eem to hav? been
law. U** fuforCOment of legislative
laws or to the incapacity of railwav
M?8t of the railroad
?ttnbute the difficulty to the
Sifi banki?s: situation which
developed last September. The rail
ways did not feel the stringency in
money until about the 1st of Novem
ber. In fact, the month of October
was one of the best in the history 0?
the business of American railroading.
One railway official ventured the
tatement that in the country to-day
there were 300 000 idle freight cars,
and one line which he instanced was
declared to be hauling empty cars
backward and forward because it
had not yard room or sidings to ac
commodate them.
Note of Confidence.
Not a single official of a single
railway hne who appeared before the
JSWa^' expressed the
Belief that the present industrial de
pression would be lasting. I? the
testimony of nearly every witness be
rore the commision there was a note
or confidence because all of them
practically believed that the string
tho money mnrket from
which the country lias suffered is not
due to fundamental causes. Tliev
point out that the crops last year
were good; that prices were excel
lent; that industrial enterprises
throughout the country were flour
ishing. It was merely the inability
to command ready cash and the
hoarding of money by panic-stricken
individuals which produced so sud
denly the remarknble depression
from which all have suffered. They
practically uniformly express confl
ict thAt the retnrn ot prosperity
will be almost as sudden as was the
eoming of adversity and in their ar
guments as to the enforcement of the
nine-hour law they pointed out to the
commission that such a return of
prosperity might seriously embarrass
them in complying with tho law, be
couse it would render it difficult to
command the services of competent
operators in sufficient numbers to
Sons needH of prosperous condi
Falls Through Trestle and .is Drown
ed.
Gsffney, 8. 0., Special. ? Coroner
Vinsett was notified that a negro had
been drowned Saturday night in TJuf
falo creek, about four miles north of
Gaffney. Accompanied by Dr. ,T. N.
Nesbitt, the county physician, he re
paired to the scene ami learned that
while two drunken negroes were
crossing the trestle over Ruffalo creek
(a large and deep stream) one of
them fell through.
Prominent Alabama Railroad Man
Dead. (
Selma, Ala., Special. ? Andrew J.
Kiel, 70 years old, died at bis resi
debtofe in Sebna- Mr. ^iel bat been
aaaociatcd with the Sort thorn Railway
and ita predecessors 36 years. He
wss the father of Edward A. Niel, of
Buffalo, N. Y., traffic manager of the
MM* A Baaquebanne Railroad.
fIRE WRECKS TAMPA
Seviitat Conflagration in the
Ql/s History
EIGHTEEN BLOCKS BURNED OUT
Thin Hundred and Eight BuOdinst
Destroyed, Embracing Fir* Oi|tr
Factories, With a Total Lom Esti
mated at $600,000.
Tampa, Fla., Special.? The entire
extreme northeastren section of the
city proper was destroyed by fire,
which raged until interrupted from
9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Sunday. The area
burned covered 55 seres or eighteen
and one-hslf city blocks snd three
hundred and eight buildings were de
stroyed, with a totsl loss estimated at
$600,000.
The burned section included four
large and one smsller cigar factories,
numerous restaurants, saloons, board
ing houses and over 200 dwellings oc
cupied by cigarmakers. The fac
tories burned were, M. Stachelberg &
Co., loss $100,000; M. Peres & Co.,
'oss $50,000; Gonzales, Fisher ft Co.,
branch of Stachelberg, loss $40,000;
Fernandez & Bro., loss $20,000.
Cigar Factories Suffer.
All factories carried large stocks
of tobacco and cigars. The area
swept by fire embraced all that por
tion of the city between 12th and
Michigan avenues and Sixteenth and
Twentieth Streets. It originated in
the boarding house of Antonio Diaz,
174 Twelfth avenue, and fanned by a
strong wind, spread out, fan-shaped,
defying the efforts of the entire city
fire department which was crippled
by very weak water pressure, owing
to the smallness of the mains in that
section. Occupants of over two
hundred dwelling houses, thrown in
to a panic, rushed out, attempting
to save but little of their belongings.
One fatality is reported, a Cuban wo
man in a delicate condition, who
dropped dead from the shock, her
body being rescued from the burning
house with difficulty. In the big
factories it was possible only to save
the most valuable of records, books,
etc., and the valuable stocks of leaf
tobacco and manufactured cigars,
ready for shipment, were left to the
mercy of the flakes.
Fire Chief Overcome.
Fire Chief Savage was overcome by
heat and smoke early in the fire, but
recovered later. Citizens volunteered
assistance to the hard working fire
men, but the spread of the flames
was so rapid that little effectual work
could be done.
Among the buildings, other than
factories destroyed, were the hotels
and cafes of Perez and Castro and
Maximo Caras, six saloons, 12 restau
rants and 10 boarding houses. The
car barns of the Tampa Electric Com
pany, containing 20 cars, were en
dangered, and owing to the destruc
tion of trolly wires cars could not
be moved. The big Seirenber^
branch factory of the Havanna-Amer
ican Cigar Company was alao reached
by the flames, but was saved and St.
.Joseph's Catholic Convent and Acad
emy barely escnped. The Arc finally
burned itself out at the extreme
northeastern corner of the city.
Fully half the people rendered
homeless were out of work, owing to
the dull season in the factories, and
also practically out of funds and
their shelter became an immediate
problem.
Prominent West Virginian Dead.
Morganton, W. Va., Speoial. ? Dr.
Eli Marsh Tuckcr, formerly president
of West Virginia University, died
suddenly Sunday of appoplexy. He
had apparently been in the best of
health and last evening consented to
take the nomination for mayor on the
Citizens party ticket.
Chinese to Surrender Japanese
Steamer.
Pekin, By ('able. ? It is announced
the Chinese government will surren
der the Japanese steamer Tntsu
Maru, which was seized on February
7th by the Chinese customs cruiser
outsido of Maeao while unloading a
large consignment of rifles and am
munition, the rifles numbering several
thousand. It was originally charged
that an attempt was being made to
bring war supplies into China for
revolutionists.
News in Briof.
Two bombs wero thrown ai the
Shah of Persia, one kilUpg three out
riders, but the Shsh escaped.
A bomb was throFn at the carriage
of President AJcbrts, of
at Buenos Ayivs, but failed to ex
plode.
The Women's Enfranchisement bill
passed its first reading in the House
of Commons and was then shelved for
the rest of the session.
THREE ARE ARRESTED
la Connection With Fraud* In
the Patent Offkc
ONE HIGH OFFICIAL IMPLICATED
Amati of Third AniaUat Examiner
Barton, Hoary W. Brerdlng, a Pat
ent AMonqr and, John A. EeaAj,
aa Hffwtor, Bring to Light a
Scandal in tfco Patent Office.
Wsahington, 8pe?iaL? Three ar
rests here Thursday bronijit to light
? scandal u the patent office which
has been under investigation since
early in February, and which re
volves around an invention valued at
more than $5,000,000. The parties ar
rested are Ned W. Barton, third as
sistant examiner of the patent of
fice, Henry W. Everding, a patent at
torney of Philadpehia, and John A.
Heany, an inventor of York, Pa.
They had been indicted by the Unit
ed States grand jury for conspiracy
to defraud the government and for
destroying public records.
Heany 's Leads to Arrest.
The indictment charges that the
three men, "with an intent to steal
snd destroy, ' ' carried away from the
patent office certain letters, specifi
cations and amendments relating to
patents and unlawfully and wilfully
destroyed them. The investigation
was made upon information that as
a result of a conspiracy John A.
Heany had been given a patent on
an invention for manufacturing
filaments and electrodes for electric
incandescent lamps.
The facts disclosed by the investi
gation were of such a character thai
they were presented to the grand
jury. It is alleged that through
connivance with New W. Barton,
Heany and Barton outrivaled more
than 20 of the largest electrical con
cerns in the country, striving to gel
the same patent. All of these con
cerns had filed applications for a
patent, but from time to time, Bar
ton, it is charged, would see the
specifications and employ whatever
he desired for perfecting Heany 's
invention. To be successful in this
plan it was necessary to destroy cer
tain records, and file substitutes
therefor.
Nabbed in Ckmrt House.
Secretary Garfield, after a confer
ence with Commissioner Moore, call
ed upon District Attorney Baker last
Friday and the latter immediately
presented tho case to the grand jury.
Subpoenas were issued Monday, di
recting Barton, Heany and Everding
to appear before the grand jury, and
?at 3:50 Thursday afternoon the in
dictments were returned before Jus
tice Stafford in criminal court, and
bench warrants were at once issued
for the arrest of the accused men.
Under some pretext the three men
had been kept in the court house and
Deputy Marshals Stutler, Hawkins
and Reid served the warrants im
mediately. Assistant District At
torney Jesse A. Adkins and Hugh
Taggart, who have worked up tho
case for the government, consulted
Justice Stafford who fixed bail for
the defendants at $10,000. Later
they were still making efforts to pro
cure bondsmen.
The accused men said they cared
to make no statement other than
the fact of their innocence would be
proven.
Freshet Closes Mills in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia Pa., Specinl. ? More
than six thousand mill employes are
out of work and every mill along the
Schuylkill river at Manayuk and
Schynlkill Falls, is closed as the re
sult of a freshet in the river. Fami
lies occupying cot I ages alone the riv
er have also hrcn forced to flee. The
money loss is heavy.
Captain Brotherton Dead.
Atlantn, Oa., Special. ? Captain
William H. Brotherton, a Confeder
ate veteran and a Jender for many
years in tlie political and business
life of Atlanta, died at hi* home lierr
Thursday night. Captain Brotherton
was born near Benton. Term., 00
years ago. At the outbreak of the
civil war he entered into the scrvie<
as second lieutenant of the Thirty
ninth Georgia Ro?iment and was Int
er promoted to the rank of Captain
Since the war h* has made his hoint
in this city.
By Wire and Cable.
The British pony and navy esti
mates show an increase of $3.000.00f
over laat year.
Thousands of sightseers visited th?
American warships at Callao.
The new Educatioual bill was in
troduced in the Houae of Common*.
Southern Railway employes had ar
unfruitful conference with officials
over Mis threatened wage reduction.
BRADLEY IS HMD
Kentucky Chooses Republican
United Status *knBtor
mm DEMOCRATS FOR HIM
Republicans Tofei Solidly For Brad*
ley aid With tk? Aesltaaos of
Four Denocrata Baoossd In Load
lac the Former Governor la th?
fleuatofhlp, With Oaly Four Votes
to toe Good.
Frankfort, Ky., Special. ? Amid
imdm of wildest excitement, former
Governor William O 'Conn ell Brad
ley, Republican, was elected United
States Senstor to succeed James B.
McCreary. Bradley's term of six
years will begin Marcb 4th, 1909. He
received 64 votes, four of which were
cast by Democrats opposed to for
mer Governor Beckham, leading
Democratic candidate for senator,
who wss endorsed for the office at
the Stste primary.
The four Democrats were surround
ed by party friends and urged to
withdraw their support from Bradley
and re-elect Senator James McCreary
or any Democrat they might name
but the four men declared that the
proposal came too late. The Demo
cratic leaders even promised a caucus
to selcct a candidate, to which the
name of Beckham would not bo pre*
sented. V " ,
The ballot as recast resulted as
follows :
Bradley 64; Beckham 15; James
15; McCreary 10; Mayo 5; Allen 2;
Ellison 1; Stanley 1; Blackburn 1;
Cantrell 1; Ellis 1; Camrnaek 1;
Sullivan 1; McElroy 1; Hunt 1.
In a speech accepting his election
Bradley promised to use every effort
as senator to procure the repeal of
the 6-cent tax on tobacco.
Representative Lillard was the only
oue of the four Democrats to explain
his vote for Bradley. He said he
thonght the time had come to 'throw
off party shackles and to break up
the machine/' and, although he did
support the Democratic ticket for 40
years, he believed his vote for Brad
ley "was the btst Democratic vote
he ever cast."
The Republicans voted solidly for
Bradley, the caucus nominee. It had
been held from the beginning of the
contest (over six weeks ago) that a
majority of a quorum was sufficient
for an election, anil with 126 mem
bers present it reuired 64 votes to
elect. The votes of the four Demo
crats who have steadily refused to
vote for former Governor Beckham
were transfered to Bradley from the
various Democratic opponents of
Beckham.
Winner by Four Votes.
Bradley received 64 votes to 60 for
Beckhaml 1 for Allen and 1 for
Blackburn. The Democrats left the
hal in an attempt to break the vote,
but later returned and tho vote was
ordered ratified.
Senators McNutt and Chariton and
Representative Meullcr, of Louis
ville, and Representative Lillard, of
Boyle, were the Democrats who
voted with the Republicans for
Bradley.
A scene of the wildest excitement
prevailed before the result was an
nounced, the Democrats demanding a
recapitulation. Beckham came on
the floor and reelased the Democrats
from their primary nomination
pledge. Many Democrats sought to
change their votes the majority
going to Congressman James.
Many Hurt in Wreck in Texp*.
Laredo, Tex., Special. ? Four per
sons were seriously injured and 2f?
others hurt early Tuesday when
Charles G. Gates' Mexican tourinp
train was ditched 12 miles north of
here. Most of tho passengers were
from Toledo. O., and the middle West
The wreck was caused by the engine's
axle breaking. Nine coaches of the
train were ditched.
Big Bank Consolidation.
Chicago, Special. ? Tho announce
ment made of the practicnl comple
tion of arrangements for the consoli
dation of the American Trust and
Savings Bank and tho Hibernian
Banking Association, with a deposit
account of forty-three millions and
a capital of four millions five hun
dred thousand startled financial cir
cles here. Negotiations were taken
up last fall, but were interrupted by
tho panic.
Bomb Thrown at the Shah.
Washington, Special. ? A cable dis
patch received here from Tehoren by
the Stqj?e Department states that an
attompt to assassinate Shah. of
Persia was made, but hit lpaicstv
escaped. A bomb wa? thrown at the
roval carriage and killed several per
sons, but the Shah entirely escaped
injury. The cablegram does not con
tain minute details.
MIUTARYJNSPECTIONS
Went. CHIhIi ud OoL Brack Begin
TMr S*ud of the State on March
M
Ctlniillii) SpeesaL ? The unoal in
?peetion of th? militia of th? State
will begin on Mareh 3rd and rrerj
company will be raited. The in
apeeiloa ter tin war department will
be- matte by Lieut. Charles H.
Oebaniee, Jr., the United States army
ofteer who hae been etationed hero,
and the inspeetione for the State will
bo made by Cot W. T. Brock, the as
sistant adjutant general. The follow
ing are the datee fixed for eash regi
ment and company:
Snmpter, Mareh 3? Headquarters
Third battalion, Second Lnfrantry jj
Company L, Seeond Infantry.
Timmonsville, Mareh 4 ? Company
I, Second infantry.
Florence, Mareh ft-? Company H.
Second tafantry.
Darlington, Mareh 0 ? Company K,
Seeond infantry.
Hartsrille, Mareh 9 ? Company Q,
Seeond infantry.
Conwajr, Mareh 10 ? Company H.
Third iarantry.
Georgetown, March 11 ? Head
quarters Third infantry; head
quarters Second battalion. Third
infantry: Company F, Third infantry.
Water De ro, Mareh 13 ? Company K;
Third infantry.
Charleeton, March 14, 16 17 and 18
?? Headquarters F^rst battalion,
Third infantry; hospital corps do
tachment; Companies A, B, C and
D, Third infantry.
Bamberg, March 19 ? Company I,
Third infantry.
Barnwell, Mareh 20 ? Company E,
Third infantry.
Oranfreburg, March 21 ? Head
quarters Second battalion, Second in
fantry; Company L, Third infantry.
Eloree, M*\r?h 23 ? Company O,
Third infantry.
Bcnnettsvilie, March 24 ? Com
pany E, Second infantry.
Cheraw, March 25 ? Company P,
First infantry.
Camden, March 26 ? Hospital corns
detachmcnt, Second infantry; Com
pany A, Second infantry.
New Brookland, March 27 ? Com
! pany H, Second infantry.
Columbia, March 28-30 ? Head
quarters National Guard; headquar
ters First brigrade; headquarters
Seooud infantry; headquarters First
battalion, Second infantry; Com
panies B, C and D, Second infantry.
Edgefield, April 1 ? Company F,
Second infantry.
Laurens, April 3 ? Company D,
First infantry.
Anderson, April 4 ? Company F,
First infantry; band First infantry.
Greenville, April 7 ? Headquarters
First battalion, First infantry; Com
pany A, First infantry.
Spartanburg, April S ? Company)
I, FHrst infantry.
Union, April 9 ? Company M, First
infantry.
Clifton, April ? 10. ? Company C,
First infantry.
Yorkville, April 11-13 ? Headquar
ters First infantry; headquarters
Second battalion, First infantry;
hospital corps dctachment, First in
fantry ; Company L, First infantry .
Fort Mill, April 14 ? Company K,
First infantry.
Rock Hill, April 15 ? Company II,
First infantry.
Liberty Hill, April 16 ? Head
quarters Third battalion. First in
fantry; Company B, First infantry.
Corn well, April 17 ? Company G,
First infantry.
Winnsboro, April 20 ? Unassigned
company of infanrv.
Order to Militia.
The adjutant general has issued an
irder for the instruction of the mem
bers of various companies as follows:
"All officers of the general staff and
i of the several staff departments, non
commissioned staff officers and mem
hers of the hospital coi|>s will be pres
ent in uniform and under arms at the
time ar.d place fixed for the inspec
tion of the troops at the station near
est to their places of residence, and
will report in person to the inspecting
officers.
"The inspection will l?c followed by
a muster. Commanding officers will
prepare duplicate muster roll in ad
vance.
"The troops will be paraded in ser
vice uniform, unles ?; otherwise* spes
ially authorized, and company com
manders will personally inspect their
commands prior to the hour appoint
ed, to satisfy themselves tbat aJl tbr
men are properly uniformed, that the
clothing is dean, buttons in place,
shoes polished, tbat (lie men ur?
shaved and present a neat appear
ance in every particular, wearing
white uniform gloves'.
"All rilles, :ncluding those held in
reservs, u well as those in the band*
of the men. should be in perfect order
?nd free from rust. The armories
should be in eenditipn to pass inspec
tion for cleanliness, as should all lock
ers and packing boxes. Clothing and
equipment not issued should be neatly
folded and placed conveniently for in
spection. All stores of any character,
' Sieved to be unserviceable, should
be seperated from live serviceable pro
perty and laid out for inspection. In
ventories of the unserviceable stores
should be prepared and presented to
the inspectors. Company record books,
flies of orders, retained copies of re
ports and returns, and all company
books that are required to be kept,
will be arranged conveniently to b?
submitted for inspection.
"Commanding officers will at once
take steps to bring their command'
up to the highest possible degree o|
efficiency and discipline. All enlisted
men should at once be notified of the
time fixed for tbe inspection of th?
commands to which they belong, and
should be cautioned as to the neces
sary preparations."
Salvation Army Brings 800 Immi
grants Over.
Halifax, N. S., Special. ? The Do
minican liner Kensington, the first
of a series of five, steamers chartered
by the Salvation Army to carry im
migrants from liivi .-pool to Halifax,
arrived here, bearing the army Hag
at her fore. She had SOO persons
who are bound to points in the Cana
dian Northwest. Four other steamers
will follow this month.
Giver. Birth t0 rive.
Steubcnsville. (>.. Special. ? Five
perfect ly-fornnd children were horn
here Friday to Mr. and Mrs. (ieorgc
Campbell. Three ? i' the hahics died
within an hour after their birth. One
hoy nnd one giii will live, it is said.
Tl-jce of tie cliiidivn were hoys.
Mis. Campbell v riirhs less than 100
pounds. The co-idiined weigh! of the
infants was punndv. I * i i > r ieians
declare the c I ? l:e oi:e of the most
remarkable it> t !i *? profession.
Remarks thr* St. Paul Pioneer
I\res<<: Th?> only sensible thing for
a victim of even a slight attack of
Influenza to <lo Is to go home an?l go
to hod Immediately and then send
for a doctor to attend to the matter
of treatment. This will prove the
cheapest and the course to pur
sue. i
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