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MA ?DO THOU, GREAT LllSBllTY, INSPIRB OUI* SOULS AND MAKE OUll LIVH8 IN TH? POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL. XXXII ( BENNETTS VILLIS S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1908 NO. 5 AWFUL TRAGEDY In a Crowded Cate in the City of New York. * MURDER ANO SUICIDE. Frank Brady, Newspaper Advertis ing Solicitor, Made Target for Five ^^IMstol Hillls from Weapon in the Hands of Woman at, Whose House Ile Had Hoarded, Which Created a Panic in Cale. Tho was a .lerrihle tragedy enact ed tu a crowded cafe in the city of New York on Thursday. Swooping through tho crowded restaurant taltOS ni? the eighth Moor of Macy's department and Into tho gentlemen's cafe, a tall, stylishly dressed woman bent for a moment over the shoulder of ?I ?liner, whispered something in his ear and then drawing a revolver from (HM- mufi emptied the contents of tim live chambers into his body. H As the victim. Frank Brady, a newspaper advertising solicitor, Blip ped lifeless to the iloor, tho woman flung the revolver from her and taking a second revolver from her ? muff shot herself first In the head. ' and then twice In the breast. Sho died half an hour later. A note fuond in the woman's purse proved her to he Mrs. Mary Roberts Clark, a manicurist, the widow of a police officer ami stepmother of a six-year-old son, Raymond. Brody was thirty years old and tho sole ?appert of a helpless aged mother, for whom be bad made ft home. The shooting was the culmination of a series of violent quarrels, and, according lo the woman's Intimated, in fulfillment of a threat to murder Brady in a public place. The suicido, who was about thirty years years old, was Mary McLean when sho marl red .lohn Roberts. When tho later died a year ago sho assumed the narho of Clark und sup ported herself and child lust as tho' wardrobe woman at tm up-town the atre and then a manicurist. She was ol' a proposslng appearance and had marked business ability. Wl? i io she was in prosperous eir fWlrnslnnccs and before thc death of her husband Brady had lodging at her homo, .?nd she declared that she had helped him to the success which be subsequently attained A few! months ugo he left her home and made a home for his mother, whom he brought from New Jersey. Recently Mrs. Clark thought that' Brady was avoiding her, and when he culled at her home, occassionally they quarrelled. Thursday Mrs. Clark went to her hank, mado a carh deposit, wrote a note idehti-' tying herself and refer? lng the read-' or to her nit or ney, and armed with J three revolvers went to tho store i where she know Brady usually lunch ed. She made IHM- way hastily to a small smonklng room for gentlemen just off the (lining hall. The big room va: lilied with women who were lunching nftor the morning's shopping, and amid the hu// of the con versa! ion hoi' agitated manner at tracted the attention only of the Wait l'0? sesss. ^i a moment she stood behind Brady's chair and spoke lo him. He fore ho had time to reply she had shoved a revolver in his face and commenced firing. Tho head, tho nock, tho shoulder, the breast and the abdomen were successively pierc ed by bullets, and Brady lay dead at her feet. Giving one glance to tho half doz en men nearby who were momentar ily stunned by tho pitiless murder, ?, Clark whipped another weapon I her flt ru and put a bullet noar her right ear and two others In her bosom. The report of tho discharges creat ed confite I'll U tldn and there was a rush for the elevators. lOmployees of the place quickly! closed tho doors, shutting off the view of tho smoaklng room and rCftsstirlng the women pa trons, few of whom realized what had (Kenned. Tho police broke tho news to Brady's aged mother and thc dorry Society look charge of the dead woman's body, t ST RANCI-) O CCC UBENO E. Three I ja ige Islands Said to Have Dlssnpcnrod Recently? The Mexican numerological bureau has boon advised that recent sub terranean disturbances off tho coast J- Yucatan have Caused th<- Islands ?IT Obispo, Sur and CuybnOVO lo dis appear. Tiny were ol' considerable Slvio and wer. well known lo naviga tors. Th0i'< were several guano camps upon two of thom. The har bor nt Progreso has, had Us depth groat decreased. t ATTACKED BY FLAMES Portland and Baltimore Suffer Big Losses From Fire. For Second Time Within Week Hame Two eitle*'Ohre Strenuous nattle to tho Fire Fiend. A dispatch from Portland* Mo., says a flro of undetermined origin started early today In the brick block, Nos. If? 4 to 1GG Midd lo street, occupied by Milliken, Consens & Co., wholesale drygoods, and A. F. Cox & Co., wholesale hoots and shoes. After a desperate fight of more than three hours the combined fire departments of Portland. Blddeford, Lewiston and Hath had the situation well in hand when the Haines broke out anew and liefere they could bo Checked, had gained such rapid head way that tho men found themselves again helpless and in order to save I1H> remnant of the business section, summoned aid from Heston. The lire, il ls estimated, at eight o'clock Monday morning, had done damage of more than $1,000,000. Tho burning block is in the very center ol the down-town wholesale district. A heavy rain shortly after midnight gave the lire fighters great aid and it was thought tho Hames were under control when suddenly out of the blinding smoke a great tongue of Ure shot up and five min utes later tho entire side was In llames. Fire in Hub huoro. A dispatch from Baltimore under date of Modnay says flro is raging In tho immense tanks of tho Standard Oil Company at l<TsL avenue and Fifth street, In the south eastern portion of Hie city. Thousands of gallons of oil have already been burned, The fire threatens the large refinery and other property nearby. FATALLY HURT IN RUNAWAY. Sad Accident Causes Young Lady to lioso Her Lifo. Ono of the saddest of accidents happened over in Barnwell last Tues day. About, eleven o'clock that morning Miss Bertha Walker, of Ap pleton, was out driving a spirited horse. She stopped at tho homo of a friend for a few minutes and while in the house the horse ran off with tho buggy. He was caught, hy a negro and brought back lo Miss Wal ker. The horse was excited and the man urged her to lei him drive her homo. Miss Walker being an excellent horsewoman and having full confl uence m herself Started to get in the buggy alone. As sin? got on tho slop UK; horse dashed off and bofo: o Miss Walker could get in or take tho reins, she was dashed headlong Into ?i large tree. The full forco of the blow was; received on (he head, frac turing the skull run'. Inscerntlng her face. Nearby friends rushed to her aid and found her in an unconscious con [litton. She was Immediately taken lo the home of her uncle, Mr. .1. C. Keel, where she was visiting and given medical attention. Hrs. A. B. Patterson, l?. L. Patterson and H. C. Kirkland attended her. They oper ated in hopes of saving her lite, but Hie fracture was so severe and other injuries so serious that she died de spite their efforts at 4 o'clock Tues day afternoon. TIIIOY ARM LOK BRYAN. National Committeemen Have a Talk With tho Commoner. A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., says William J, Bryan met the sub committee of the Democratic, national committee at the Hock Island station and shook hands with all the mem bers, Including National Committee man Hoger Bullir?n, of Illinois, whom he attacked several months ago aa nu omeny of tho Democratic party. Sullivan said to Mr. Bryan: "You neild have no fear from us; WO are all for you." Others In tell party were Thomas Tnggnrt, of Indiana, chairman; Nor man H. Mack, of Buffalo, N. Y.,; Trey Woodson, of Kentucky, and .lame.-, C. Dihlinan, of Omaha. The committeemen are on the way to Denver to arrange for tho nation al convention. FI VIO FIHIO.MKN KILLF.D While Fighting a Fire Friday in the City of Baltimore. At Baltimore five flremon were killed and twenty seriously Injured by falling walls early Friday morn ing in what was (he greatest fire Which Ilia! eily has experh need since the groat conflagration of 1!M)4. Among Hie worst injured ls Ceor.ee Horton, chief of the (ire depart ment. The hes caused by the fla 111 OS ls os tl m 0 tod nt more than $500,000. t CHARGES GRAFT Fleischman & Co., of New York, Ask for Receivers of DISPENSARY FUNDS. They Allege That the Reason the Money lu Withheld from Creditors is Because Members of tho Dis pensary Commission Have Placed It in t'ertain Hanks In Which They Are Individually Interested. In tho United Slates Circuit Court Tuesday ut Asheville Judge J. C. Pritchard signed an order citing the dispensary commission of Soul h Car olina lo appear on Wednesday, Jan. 29, and show cause why Hie relief prayed in a hill of Complain! filed by Fleischman & Co., of New York-, creditors of the dispensary, should not Po granted and a receiver ap pointed to take charge of tho,funds held hy the dispensary commission, and the affairs of ??he commission wound up. The bill of complaint Hied hy attorneys representing Fleischman ci Co., ls interesting and in parts sen sational. The complaint in effect charges that the dispensary com mission bas failed to pay tho claims of the creditors because the commis sioners are financially interested in tho hanks in which the great sum of almost $1.000,Otto 1B deposited. The bill alleges that tho commission has violated its trusts and a receiver should be appointed to take Charge of the monies and affairs now under control of the dispensary commis sion. The bill in part recites that said defendants are abusing the trusta re posed in them hy wrongfully and un lawfully failing and refusing to car ry out the terms and provisions of said act of 1007 of tho general as sembly of the State of South Caro lina, and that Hie greater part of the money which tho defendants have received, as aforesaid, has been on deposit fo" many months, and. is now on deposit In certain banka to tho State of South Carolina, in which hanks tho sahl defendants, or some of them, are respectively Interested, either OH olbcers, stockholders or dir ectors; that a large sum of said mon ey is now in the National Loan and Exchange bank of Columbia, in which hank the defendant. Murray, who is chairman of Hie dispensary commis sion, ls a large stockholder and dir ector; that another large portion of said money H deposited in tin? Hank of Timmonsville, in which said bank tho defendant, McSween, is a stock holder and director, and is also its president; that another large portion of said money is on deposit in tho People's hank of Union, In which hank the d?fendant, Arthur, ls a stockholder and director am) also its president: that another largo portion of sahl money is on deposit In the Hank of Aiken, ill which bank the defendant, Henderson, is a stock holder and director; (hal another portion of said money is deposited in tho Piedmont Savings and Invest ment Company of Greenville, in which tin- defendant) Patton, ls a stockholder, and a portion of said mone> is dpi i ted in the Merchants ami Farmers oink of ChOrnw, in which bank one VY. I1'. Stevenson, who resides in the said town of Che raw and who is the attorney foi the defendants constituting the Slate dispensary commission, is a stock holder and director and also Its pres ident. That the said defendants have wrongfully, unlawfully and fraudu lently declined and refused to make distribution of the said money muong Ibo creditors of the said Stai?- dispennsry or to pay the claim Of your orator or any of the Other said creditors, for Hie reason, as your Ort'for verily believes and alleges the fact to bo, that there has been form ed ami now exists an unlawful Un derstanding (o- agreement between the defendants hy which it has been decided that the money deposited in I he hanks above named shall he held ami allowed to remain as long as possible in ?aid banks and be used by them for their own benefit and profit. Attorney General Lyon of South Carolina was present in the interest of the dispensary commission. That side contends, lu effect, that certain claims of creditors are not genuine; thal undue Influence was used In the purchase of goods and loo great a pilli' was paid. ll ls understood thal lhere aro claims aggregating a lio nt $ GOO,000 against the dispensary commission ?md th OSO creditors., al leging that Hie funds In the hands of Hie commission aggregate about $800,000, demand (hal their claim? he paid. lt is probable thal lhere will he an Interesting bearing on January '?O, when the dispensary commission win appear (o show . hy a receiver should not bo nppolnlod. Ho ls for Democracy and Not Any Particular Man. HE MADE AN ADDRESS To tho nonlocal lc Members of the Kentucky Legislature in tho inter est.s or Gov, Beckham, Who ls the Democratic Primary Nominee of the D?mocratie Pan y for tho Unit ed States Senate. A dispatch from Lexington, Ky., suya (he climax of w. J. Brynn's vis it to that city was reached Wednes day afternoon when ho spoke lo the Democratic members of the legisla ture behind closed doors, advocating the election of former Gov. Deck ham ua United Slates senator. Mr. Drayan said neither Gov. Dockham nor anybody else had invited him to Frank fort. He declared ho had ho fears for himself. He said he was told in tho Goobol campaign that ho might hurt himself if he came to Kentucky. "1 am not afraid of hurting my self when the Interests of the Dem ocratic party are at stake," said Mr. Brynn. "1 might bo a candidate thia year," he said. "I do not know. Only two delegates havo been elected and (hey have been instructed for me, hut they are not enough lo elect me. If what I say herc* affects my chances of election it ls not a sulli ciont bribe to keep my mouth (dosed. I am In the habit of saying what 1 think." He said he had come to Kentucky not for Beckham, but for (he Demo cratic nominee and that If McCreary were tho nominee for senator he would ho her?? speaking for McCrary. "I am here," he said, "because I believe the Democratic, ticket has a good chance to he elected this year. 1 do not know who tho Democratic sga'ndaid-liparor may bo, but I know ?fat it MI tes a Democratic senate ii'1, !,.,.., '. Uphold ?.lie proaifV.i t.- i lo not want to be president simply lo sit In a chair, but to do something Tor (ho people. "All the popularity of the Repub lican president has como from adop tion of Democratic principios and re form. "We Cannot rely much on Itepuh iean senators. We may get the 'louse, but it will roq h I rc an ovor whelming victory to gol I'm- senate. , I am hopeful we may make enough pallis to secure the senate 1er Dem icratic reform. On (lu- vote of one , ?enalor may rest the fate of nemo ratio principles. "Her a generation we have h id a government under corporate control. ( This government was sold to the lilghest bidth r and since that time a saturnalia feast has existed at Wash ington. Tin; only relief ls a Domo .ratlc triumph this fall; not only the Will to Home, but also the house and amato. The legislature of Kentucky Taces a great responsibility and mould arise lo the occasion and elect ? i Democratic senator on whoso vote ?he deliverance may result." He sahl personalities should not be allowed to ligure in politics. He aid il was wrong for Democrats to refuse lo support men Just because [hoy did not want t hetti He said in j 1904 he took his medicino In Parker. Parker was (he man above all others | lu- did md want, "but," declared Bryan, "he stood for more Demo crats than tho Republicans did and I Accepted him and did what I could lor him. (live me a bitter enemy ind if he stands for the same things I stand for I will do more for him than his best friend." At tho conclusion of Mr. Bryan's tpeecll to the Democratic members d the legislature. Senator Wheeler [Jamphell, ono of tho antl-Dcckham Democrats arose and said he would rofl alu from making public his rea rons why he would not vote for Heck liam for senator, but ho would give Mr. Hi yan his reasons lu private and lie felt sure Mr. Hryan would shake hands with him and say: "Well lone, rood and faithful Democrat " Ile was greeted with hisses. Mr. Biyan made an address he lor the leglslal nrespeak lng as follows: ..The embezzlement of power is as greal a crime as the embezzlement ;>f money." Mr. Hryan was referring to the man who ls elected to a legislative body and then votes against the wish es of th" peoplo who sent him. "I hope the Hmo will come." he said, .'when such betrayers will be wiped from power." Mr Hryan declared that lei,Isla tors who are too conscientious to vote as those who (dec! them want j should bc conscientious enough to resign their offices. "The rights of the corporations OX (end only to those given to them by law." declared Mr. Rryon. The warnings of President Roosevolt as BRYAN A WINNER. Henry Watterson Says He Will Be Nominated and Elected. ThinkM COT. Hughes, of New York, i.s tho Only Republican, Who Can Defeat the Great Commoner. "Bryan IB as good as nominated." "Just so sure as the convention of the D?mocratie party meets In Den ver next July Bryan will be named as the standard nearer or tao party." "If the country remains In its pres ent condition of unrest, Bryan will bo (dected." "Governor Hughes is tho only can didate- the Republican party can miine who could defeat Bryan under normal conditions." These quotations express the lat est opinions of Henry Watterson, tho famous editor of the Louisville Cour ier-Journal, and are part of an In terview with him while in Washing ton recently? The fact that Col. Watterson has been leading the light against Bryan's nomination by tho Democratic party, makes his utterances significant. "lt is too late to defeat Bryan for th?> nomination," stud Col. Watter son "Bad I been given six months ago the support of those Democrats, who are now clamoring for another nominee, wo might have accomplish' ed something. "When I suggested that If Bryan were lo withdraw from tho contest, I could nam?" a man who measured up to all the requirements, a good, winning Democratic candidate for president. When I named him ami found that he possess?1?! all the qual ifications I claimed for bim, some Democrats gave me credit for hav ing some perspicuity is now too late. Then followed the quotations made above. "1 am not personally unfriendly to Mr. Bryan," san'. Col. Watterson, "Ou the contrary, I like bim. and I am convinced that if the country re mains tn its present state of unrest, Bryan will he the victor In the next election. Hov. Hughes is the only man tho Republicans could name who would have a chance lo defeat tia! oaimhiuto ot Ute Democrats, how ever he may bo and with the coun try in a normal stat?; he would prob ably be elected. But I repeat., If the country remains in ti state of unrest, victory will perch on Hie banner of the Democrats in the national elec tion next November. "Who appears to you to b>> in th?1 lend, so far as the Republican nomi nation is concerned?" Col. Watter son was asked. "If Taft is not nominated on the first ballot, Gov. Hughes will be chosen on the Bccond," was tho laconic responce. 'What about the senntorship out in Kentucky would you become a compromise candidate, if Gov. Beck ham ls not elected?" "I would not come to Washington io take de oath of office if a c?>ni llc.ato of election were handed to me." replied Col. Watterson. t MURDERERS HI N DOWN. Members of Desperate Band ?>f Ne groes Are Captured, Three ?if a gang ol' negroes who brained n Cincinnati Southern tele graph operator, .lohn Brown, at Au nado!, Morgan county, Tennessee, and Inter shot and killed n bridge watchman, David Langley, Inst Sat urday night, have been captured or killed. Ono, name unknown, was killed Monday by a posse. A second om- was captured timi is being held for safekeeping. The third surren dered to a fanner living near Wart burg after he had been shot by a posse, pursuing him. Ho WHH turn ed over to Sheriff Langd? / of Mor gan county, who started for knox ville with him. Excitement is too high In Morgan county to keep tin men in Wari burg jail. t Rrnwley Cuts Sentence. Henry W. Thompson, a prominent young Spartanburg stock broker who gol into trouble last slimmer by us ing th?' malls for fraudulent pur poses to get $5,000 from a York, Ba., linn for Allum mill stock, which he pretended was to bi- sold to an Au gusta broker, pleaded guilty In the Federal Court al Columbia Wednes day and was riven IS months in the Atlatit? Federal prison. lo great fortunes which had been built up hy tho growth of ibo cor porations was warmly commondod by the speaker. Mr. Bryan said thai he wanted to express lils gratification and gratitude for tho taking Off from his shoulder a p. il ?>f the cussing corporations which h?> formerly had to bear. According to tho sp?'iiker tho re cent panic was duo lo fictitious vai lles. He sahl OVOry Slat?1 Should pass such laws or annuel numbs as would make Impossible watered stock and fictitious capitalization. ( Rescued From Mino After Being Entombed Over Forty Days. FED THROUGH A PIPE. A. I>. Dailey, P. J. Drown rind P. McDonald, Tinco Miners, After Be ing Prisoners in a Colorada Mino Since tho First of Last December, Were Drought to tho Surface Ono Day Dust Week. After having been 'entombed 46 days, one thousand feet below tho surface in tho Alpha shaft of tho Cl.eux mine, near Ely, Nov., P. J. Drown, A. 1). Hailey and Fred Mc Donald were rescued last week. Whistles all over the camp blew loudly, while crowds cheered in tho streets of Ely to tho ringing of tho bells. "Ah," was tho only word of Dail ey, the first to reach tho outer air. Ho tottered forwarl into tho arms of comrades, who in a few minutes recuperated him. "ls that you, Arthur?" queried Fred McDonald, as his brother step ped forward and embraced him after nearly seven weeks of seperatiou. "Hy George, it certainly seems good to be out of that hole," he said as he was led away, telling his brother of his terrible experience. "Somebody give mo a chew of to bacco," said Drown, with a laugh as he was led from tho mine shaft to tho change room whero the three tuen were made comfortable. Tho news that rescue was near at hand reached Ely from tho mine shortly after ll o'clock tho day be fore and many citizens went to tho mouth of tho shaft to greet the mea. Many hours passed while tho crowd waited and tho entombed mon and their rescuers dug vigorously to re rnovo tho earth that Mocked Cn mouth of'tho 1,000, feet tunnel. Finally the anxious crowd around tho shaft beard the bell signal, "holst away" and n loud cheer burst forth. The basket soon rose to the surface, bearing ono of the r?s iniers supporting Hailey. Mrs. Batl oy was not present, as ono of her Children was sick. As soon as Bail ey was provided with clean clothes he hurried homo supported by friends. Another shout of joy greeted Fred McDonald and when the last man Peter Brown, came out tbc crowd be came almost hysterical, realizing that the long entombment was end ad. On tho morning of December 4th, McDonald, Brown and hailey and two Creeks were working in the hot bun of a shaft 86 feet below tho pump station and 1.CSf? feet below the stir face. Tho shaft caved in, snapping tho cable used to haul tho cago from the shaft and hurling thousands of tons of rock and tim bers Into the shaft. From tho bot tom of the compart nient In which tho men were working to the pump ing station, a series of rickety lad ders offered the only means of eg ress. With falling rocks and timbers streaming down on theta the hvo men struggled Up these ladders, Half way up falling timbers knocked tho two Creeks from tho ladders killing them. Hailey, McDonald and Brown roached the pump station. Its tim bered roof withstood the rock and timber that came down Hie shaft and offered them a safe prison where for a whole day the men crouched, while at inerv?is, rocks and timbers kept crashing about them, threaten ing momentarily to crush the deep tomb. At first it was thought on the sur face that all five of the men had per ished, but twenty-four hours after the accident the three burled men managed to make themselves heard by tapping on a six Inch water pipo that reached from the pumping sta tion to tho surface. Communication was established with tho world above and food and drink were plen teously lowered through the pipo. A large supply was sent down, as lt was feared tho pipe might ho brok en before the rescurers could reach the imprisoned mon. Hut through out tho long weeks of Imprisonment this pipe was dalley used. A port able telephono was lowered and tho men wore able to talk with people above. This telephono carried from friends news of the world and mes anges Of cheer, fad from the bur led men reports Ot their condition. Tried to Destroy Factory. At Clarksville. Tenn., cn attempt was mi?le Wednesday night to set Aro and dynamite the loose tobacco factory Of the llayos-Sorcy Tobacco Company.