Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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..DO THOU, GREAT LIUBKTT, IN BPI KB OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUIl LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUBH." VOL. XXXII \ BENNETS VILL E, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1908 NO. 5 AWFUL TRAGEDY In a Crowded Cafe in tits City of New York. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Frank Brady, Newspaper Advertis ing Solicitor, Made Target for Five ^PfrlMstol Ital ls from Weapon in thc Hands of Woman at Whose House Ho Had Hoarded, Which Created j n Panie in ('ale. The was a .terrible tragedy enact ed in a crowded cafo in the eily of ] New York on Thursday. Swooping through the crowded restaurant faites up the eighth floor of Macy's d?partaient mid Into the gentlemen's cafe, a tall, stylishly dressed woman i beni l'or a moment over tho shoulder j of a diner, whispered something in his ear and then drawing a revolver from her muff emptied tho contents of the Aye chambers Into bis body.' ^ As the victim, Frank Brady, a j newspaper advertising solicitor, slip ped lifeless to the Moor, tho woman' flung the revolver from her and , taking a second revolver from her muff shot herself hist in the head,1 and then twico in the breast. Sho died half an hour haler. A note fuond in the woman's purse proved her to be Mrs.. Mary Roberts Clark, a manicurist, the widow of a police ofllcor and stepmother of a six-year-old son, Raymond. Brady was thirty years old and the sole support of a helpless aged mother, j for whom he had made a homo. The shooting was the culmination of a series of violent quarrels, and, according lo Hie woman's intimates, in fulfillment of a threat to inurdor Brady in a public, place. The suicide, who was about thirty years years old, was Mary McLean when she marired John Roberts. When the later died a year ago she assumed tho name of Clark and sup-' ported herself and child first as the' wardrobe woman at an up-town the atro and then a manicurist. She was cd' a prepossing appearance and had marked business ability. While she was in prosperous cir flrimst anees and before the doa th of her husband Brady had lodging at her homo, and she declared that she had helped him lo th.? success which he subsequently nllalncd A few m?ntlis ago he left her home and made a home for his mol her, whom he brought from Kew Jersey. Recently Mrs. (Hark thought that' Brady Wi s avoiding hot', and when he called at her home, OCCasslonally they quarrelled. Thursday Mrs. ('lark went to her bank, machi a cash deposit, wrote a note identi fying her: edi' and refer? lng the read er to hen- attorney, and armed With three revolvers went io tho store 1 "where she knew Brady usually lunch ed. She made h or way hastily to a small smoaking room for gentlemen' inst, off tho dining hall. Tho big room vas Ulled with women who were lunching after the morning's shopping, ami amid the buz/ of the eon ver: a ! ion lier agitated manner at tracted tho attention only of thc? walt re; sesss. ^1 a moment she stood behind Brady's chair and spoke to him. He fore ho bael lime to reidy she had shoved a revolver in Iiis face and commenced hiing. The head, the neck, ibo shoulder, the breast and the abdomen were successively pierc ed by bullets, and Brady lay dead at her foot. Giving one glance to tho half doz dn men nearby who were momentar ily stunned by the pitiless murder, Clark- whipped another weapon her furs and put a hulled near her right ear and two others In her lioso m. 'i'he report of the discharges creat ed consternation and there was a rush for Hie elevators; employees of the place quickly closed thc; doors, lil) tl (ting Off th?' view of the smoaking room and reassuring thc; women pa trons, few of whom realized what had occu red. The police br ko tho news, lo Brady's aged mother and the Ocr ry Society took charge of the dead woman's body. t ST RA S (il') OOClt IUUSNOK. Three ?inrgo Islands Said to Have Dlssapeared Recently. The Mexican meterological bureau has been advised (hat recent sub terranean disturbances off the coast 4*k Vue.lian have caused the islands ol Obispo, Sur and GuyotiOVO to dis appear. They were of considerable BIZO and wen well lt now n to na viga- . tors.. Tliei- were several guano; camps upon two ol' them. The har bor fit Progreso hus had its. depth great decreased. t ATTACKED BY FLAMES Portland and Baltimore Suffer Big Losses From Fire. For BcCOlid Time Within Week Hame Two Cities Gire Strenuous Hattie to tho Piro Fiend. A dispatch from Portland? Me., says a Uro of undortorminod origin stinted early today in tho brick block. Nos. 154 to 160 Middlo street, occupied by Milliken, Consens & Co., wholesale dry goods, and A. F. Cox & Co., wholesale hoots and shoes. After a desperate tight of mote than ihree hours tho combined fire departments of Portland, Biddeford, Lewiston and Halli had the situation well in btfnd when the Hames broke out anew and before they could bo chocked, had gained such rapid head way that tin* men found themselves again helpless and in order to save tho roumani of tho business section, summoned aid from Posion. The lire, it is estimated, at eight, o'clock Monday morning, had done damage of more than $1,000,000. Tho burning block is In tho very center of the down-town wholesale district. A heavy rain shortly after midnight gave the Ure lighters grout aid and it was, tho.ighl tho (lames were under control when suddenly out of the blinding smoke a great tongue of Uro skol up and five min utes later tho entire sido was In Hames. Fire In Baltimore, A dispatch from Pultimore Under date ol' Modnay says fire is raging In the immense tanks of the Standard oil Company at Fist avenue and Fifth street, in tho south eastern portion of the eily. 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 Lose Uer Life. Ono of thc saddest of accidents happened over tn Harnwell last Tues day. About, eleven o'clock , that morning Miss Hertha Walker, of Ap pleton, was out driving a spirited horse. She stopped at tho homo of a friend for a few minnies and while in the house the horse ran off with tho buggy. He was caught hy n ? II and brought, back lo Miss Wal ker. The horse was excited and tho man urged her t? Iel him drive her home. Miss Walker being an excellent horsewoman and having full con fl denco In herself started to get in tho buggy aloin1. As sho got on the step the horse dashed off and before Miss Walker could got In or take the reins, she was dashed headlong Into a large tree. The full force of the blow was received on tho head, frac turing tho skull and lascorating hor face. Nearby friends rushed to her aid and found her in an unconscious con dition. She was Immediately taken lo Ibo holm1 of her uncle, Mr. J. 0 Keel, where she was visiting and given medical attention. Hrs. A. H Patterson, IO. L. Patterson and IL C. Kirkland attended her. They oper ated in hopos of saving her life, but the frael ure was so severe ami other injuries so serious that she dlod de spite their efforts at 4 o'clock Tues day afternoon. THEY A HF FOR BRYAN. National Committeemen Have a Talk With tho Commoner, A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., says william J; Bryan met th? sub committee of tho Democratic national committee al the Rock Island stilt nm and Rhook hands with all the mein hers, Including National Committee man Roger Sullivan, of Illinois, whom he attacked several months ago as au oniony of the Democratic parly. Sullivan said to Mr. Hi yan: "You nead have no fear from us; wo ure all for you." others in teh party were Thomas Taggart, of Indiana, chairman; Nor man IO. Mack, of Buffalo, N. Y.,J t rev Woodson, of Kentucky, and .James C. Hahlman, of Omaha. The committeemen ar? on the way to Denver lo arrange for tho nation al convention. FIVE FIREMEN KM.LIM) Willi?- 1'ighting a Fire Friday in the City of Baltimore. At Baltimore live firemen weir killed and twenty seriously Injured by falling walls early Friday morn lng in what was the greatest fir which thal city has experienced sine< the creal conflagration of HMM Among Hie worst injured ls George Horton, chief of the Ure department Tile loss ca io ed by the Haines ls es tlmntOtl ?it mon1 than $500,000? CHARGES GRAFT Fleischman & Co., of New York, Ask for Receivers of DISPENSARY FUNDS. They Allege That tho Henson the Money In Withheld from Creditors is IlcciitlKO Members of the Dis pensary Commission Dav?; l'laeed It in t'ertain Hanks in Which They Are Individually Interested. In tho United Stales Circuit Court Tuesday at Asheville Judge .1. C. Pritchard signed an ordoi eil in? tho dispensary commission of South Car oona to appear on Wednesday, Jan. 29, and show cans*' why ibo relief prayed in a hill of complain! bled by Fleischman & Co., of New York, creditors of tho dispensary, should not bo grantee and a receiver ap pointed to take charge bf tho, funds held by the dispensary commission, and the affairs of ?tho commission wound up. The bill of complaint Hied by attorneys representing Fleischman ?? Co., Is interesting and in parts sen sational. The complaint In effect charges that the dispensary com mission has failed to pay tho claims of the creditors because tho commis sioners aro financially Interested In tho banks in which the great sum of almost $1.ona,OOO is deposited. The bill alleges that tho commission has violated its trusts and a receiver should bo appointed to take charge of the monies and affairs now under centred of the dispensary commis sion. The hill in part recites that said defendants are abusing the trusts re posed in ihem by wrongfully and un lawfully falling and refusing to car ry out the terms and provisions of said act of 19<i7 of tho general as sembly of the Stato of South Caro lina, and that tho greater part of the money which tho d?fendants have received, as aforesaid, has been on deposit for' many months, and is now on deposit lu certain hurlko -lo tho State of South Carolina, in which banks the sahl defendants, or some Of them, are respectively Interested, eitle r as officers, stockholders or dir ectors; thal a large sum of said mon ey is now In thc National J.oun and lOxChango bank of Columbia, In which bank the d?fendant, Murray, who is chairman of tho dispensary com m I s sion, ls a large stockholder and dir ector; that another large portion of said money is deposited itt the Haul; of Thiiinoiisvi?e. In which sahl bank the defendant, MeSwcon, is a stock holder mid director, and ls also Its president; that another large portion of said money is on deposit In tho People's bank of Union, In which blink the defendant, Arthur, ls a Stockholder and director and also Its president; that another largo portion of said money is on deposit lu tho Hank of Al m. In which bank tho defendant, Henderson, ls a stock holder and director; that another portion of said money is deposited in the Piedmont Savings and Invest ment Company of Creenvllle, in Which the defendant. Hatton, ls a sioid. holder, and a portion of said mono) ls dei Hod in tho Merchants lind Harmers e.ink ol' Cm-raw, lu Which bank one W. F. Stevenson, who i el i<ies in (he said (own of Che taw and who is the attorney for tho defendants constituting the Slate dispensary commission, ls a Block holder and director and also Its pres ident. That the said defendants have wrongfully, unlawfully and fraudu lently declined and refused to mnke distribution Of the sahl money among tho creditors of the said State dispensary or to pay the claim of your orator or any of the other said creditors, for tho reason, ns your orator verily believes and alleges tho fact to be, that there has been form ed and now exists an unlawful un derstanding or agreement between tho defendants by which il has been decided that the money deposited In lin bank;; above named shall be held and allowed to remain as long as possible In said banks and be used by them for Undi own benellt und profit. Attorney General Lyon of South Carolina was present in the interest of the dispensary commission. That side contends, in effect, thal certain Claims Of creditors are not genuine; that undue InflUCUCO was used In the purchase of goods and too great a price waa paid. lt ls understood thal there are Claims aggregating about $600,000 against the dispensary Commission and these crediton, al leging (hal tho funds In Hie hands Of the Commission aggregate about $800,000, demand that their claims be paid. lt is probable that there will be an Interesting hearing on January ?9, when the dispensary com mission will appear to show i.by u receiver should not bo appointed? He ls for Democracy and Not Any Particular Man. HE MADE AN ADDRESS To tho Democntic Members of thc Kentucky Legislature in the Inter est? of Gov. Beckham, Who IK the Democratic Primary Nominee of i've D?mocratie Party for tho Unit ed Slates Senate. A dispatch from Lexington, Ky., says tho climax ol' W. J. Bryan's Vis it to that City was reached Wodnes duj aflernoon when he spoke lo the Democratic mom hors of the legisla ture behind closed deens, advocating the election of former Gov. Beck ham us United Slates senator. Mr. Brnynn said neither Gov. Beckham nor ai..body else bad invited bim to Prank tort. He declared he had no fears for himself. He said he was told in the Goobel Campaign that he might hur? himself if he caine to Kentucky. "I 01 u not afraid of hurting my self when the interests of the Dem ocrat ic party are at stake," said Mr. Bryan. "I might be a candidate this year," he said. "1 do not know. Only two delegates have been elected and they have boen instructed for me, hut they are not enough to elect nie. If What I say hero affects my c'nanees of election it is not a sulli cient bilbo to keep my mouth closed. I am in the habit of saying what 1 think." Ho said be had come to Ken Hick y < not for Beckham, hut for ?ho Domo- ? eratic nominee and that If McCreary wore tho nominee for senator he , would ho here speaking for McCrary. "I am here," he said, "because I , believe the Democratic ticket bas a , good chance to ho elected this year. I do not know who tho Democratic ( stja'ndai d-liearer may bo, but I know , Grut U 'jibes a Democratic senate L H?\i ? ..... . !. uphold ibo piv.'ileV? L'? ( do not want to be president simply , to sit In a chair, but to do something | for t he people. . "All tho popularity of the Repub- < Hean president has come from adop- , lion of Democratic principles and re- , form. j "We cannot rely much on Repub lican sena torn. We may got then house, but it will require an over- , whelming victory to get the senate. t I am hopeful wc may mnko enough gains to secure Hie senate for Dem- ( ocratic reform. On Hie vole of one ( senator may rest the fate of Demo- | eratic principles. "For a generation we have had a j government under corporate control. ( This government was sold lo the | blgbosl bidder and since thal time a saturnalia feast has existed at Wash- , Ington. The only relief is a Demo- | eratic triumph this fall; not only the , White Home, but abo the house and senate The legislature of Kentucky faces a great responsibility and should arise to the occasion and elect , a Democratic senator on whoso vole tho deliverance may result." H.- said personalities should not bo allowed to ligure In politics. He said it was wrong for Democrats to refuse to support men Just because 1 they dbi not want them He said in ? 1904 he took his medicino In Harker. ' Harker was the mau above all others lie did not want, "but," declared,' Bryan, "he stood for mon- Demo crats than tho Republicans dbl and ll' incepted him and did what I could ' for him. Give me a bitter enemy and if he stands for the same things ' I stand for I will do more for him than his best friend." At Hu- conclusion of Mr. Bryan's 1 speech to the Democratic members j of the legislature. Senator Wheeler ' Campbell, one or tho anti-Beckham Democrats arose and said he would 1 refrain from making public bb; rea sons why he would not vole for Beck' ham for senator, but he would give Mr. Bryah his remous lu private and : he felt sure Mr. Bryan would shake i I hands with him and say: "Well done, good and faithful Democrat Ile was gre eted wll h hisses. Mr. Bryan made an address ho for the legislat uro speak lng as follows : "The embezzlement of power is as great a crime as tho OinbOZZlemCnt of money." Mr. Bryan was referring to the man Who is elected to a legislative body and then votes against the wish es of Ibo people who sent him. "I bop^ 1,10 ,il,U! WUI come," ho raid, "when s.uch betrayers will ' wiped from power." Mr Bryan declared that legisla tors who are too conscientious to vote as those who elect them want should be conscientious enough to I resign their offices. "The rights of the corporations o\ t?nd only lo those given lo them by btw." declared Mr, Brvan. The ! warnings of President Roosevelt as BRYAN A WINNER Henry Watterson Says He Will Be Nominated and Elected. Thinks GOT. Hughes, of New York, is tiio Only Republican, Who Cnn Defeat tho Great Commoner. "Bryan is as good ns nominated." "Just so sure as tho convention of the Democratic party meets in Den ver next July Bryan will be named as the standard nearer or tue party." "if the country remains In its pres ent condition of unrest, Bryan will bo elected." "Governor Hughes ls the only can didate- Hie Republican party can name who could defeat Bryan under normal conditions.'* Those quotations express the int est opinions of Henry Watterson, tho famous editor of the Louisville Cour ier-Journal, and are part of au in terview with him while In Washing ton recently. The fact that Col. Watterson has bcenlcadiug the light against Bryan's nomination by the Democratic party, makes his utterances significant. "lt is too late to defeat Bryan for the nomination," said Col. Watter son. "Had I been given six months ago the support of those Democrats, who aro now clamoring for another nominee, we might have accomplish ed something. "When I suggested that If Bryan were to withdraw from tho contest, I could name a man who measured up to all the requirements, a good, winning D?mocratie candidate for president. When I mimed him and found that he possessed all the qual ifications I claimed for him, some Democrats gave me credit for hav ing some perspicuity is now too late. Then followed the quotations made above. "I am not personally unfriendly lo Mr. Bryan,*' said Col. Watterson. "On Hm contrary, I like him. ar.d I ; inn convinced that if the country re mains tn its present stato of unrest, Bryan will lie the victor In tho next ?lection. Gov. Hughes is Hie only tnan the Republicans could name who WpUl.d have a chance to dofeat he candidate or tho Denioei'ats, hov?- j ;ver he may he and with the coun try in a normal state he would prob- i idly be elected. But I repeat., If the 1 ?onntry remains in a state of unrest, victory will perch on the banner of 1 he Democrats in the national cloe- , ion nevi November. , "Who appears to you to be In the ( ead, po far as thc Republican nomi- , mt ion ls concerned?" Col. Watter son was asked. ' If Taft is not nominated on the irs! ballot, Gov. Hughes will bo diesen on the second," was the aeon lc responco. , ' What about the senatorship out II Kentucky would you become a , .oinpromise candidate, if Gov. Bock iam ls not elected?" "1 would not come to Washington o taUe the oath of ofliCO If a certi llcato of election were handed to m ." replied Cid. Watterson. t MUHDKRI0H8 HI N DOWN. Members of Desperate Hand of Ne groes Are Captured. Three of a gang of negroes who brained a Cincinnati Southern tolo nra ph operator, John Brown, at An aadel. Morgan county. Tennessee, md later idiot and killed n bridge watchman. David Langley, last Sat urday night, have been captured or killed. One, name unknown, was killed Monday by a posse. A second mo was captured and is being held Tor safekeeping. The third surren dered to a farmer living near Wait-, lung after he had been shot by a |)OSSC, pursuing him. He was tam il over to Sheriff Langley of Mor gan county, who Started for knox ville with him. Excitement is too high In Morgan county to keep the inen In Wartburg jail. t Brau ley Cols Sentence. Henry W. Thompson, a prominent young Spnrtahbiirg stock broker who icot into trouble last Slimmer by us ing the mails for fraudulent pur poses to get $!'),000 from a York, Fa., brm for Aiken mill stock, which he pretended was to be sold to an Au gusta broker, pleaded guilty in the Fedora! Court at Columbia Wednes day and was given 18 months In the Atlanta Federal prison. to groat fortunes which had been built up by tho growth of tho cor porations was warmly commended by the speaker. Mr. Brynn said that he wanted to express his gratification and gratitude for tho taking off from his shoulder a pa t of the cussing corporations whicli he formerly had to hear. According to the speaker the re cent panic, was due to fictitious val ues. Ile said every Slate should pass such laws or amendments ria would make Impossible watered slock ami fictitious capitalization, t SAVED AT LAST Rescued From Mine After Being Entombed Over Forty Days. FED THROUGH A PIPE. A. I>. Halley, 1*. J. Brown and P. McDonald, Tinco Minora, After Do ing Prisoners lu a Colorada Mino Since Die First of Ln?t December, Were Drought to tho Surface One Day Last Week. After having been ' entombed 46 days, one thousand feel below tho surface tn the Alpha shaft of tho GlrotlX mine, near Ely, Nev., P. J. Brown, A. I). Hailey and Fred Mc Donald were rescued last week. Whistles all over the camp blew loudly, while crowds cheered in the streets of Ely to tho ringing of the hells. "Ah," waa tho only word of Bail ey, the first to roach the outer air. Ho tottered forward into the arms of comrades, who in a few minutes recuperated bim. "ls that you, Arthur?" queried Fred McDonald, as bis brother step ped forward and embraced bim after nearly seven weeks of seporatlon. "Hy George, lt certainly seems good to he out of that hole," bo said as he was led away, telling bis brother of his terrible experience. "Somebody give me a chew of to bacco," sahl Brown, with a laugh as he was led from the mine shalt to the chango room where the three men were made comfortable. Tho news that rescue was near at hand reached Ely from tho mine shortly after ll. o'clock tho day be foro and many citizens went to tho mouth of tho shaft to greet the men. Many hours passed while the crowd W?iited and the entombed men and their rescuers dug vigorously to re tnovo tho earth th,"| blocked V.u mouih of ino 1,000 feet tunnel. Finally the anxious crowd around tho shaft, heard the bell signal, "hoist away" and a loud cheer burst forth. The basket soon rose to tho surface, hearing one of the res cuers supporting Bailey. Mrs. Bail ey was not present, tis 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 tho last man Doter Drown, came out the crowd be came almost hysterical, realizing lhat. the long entombment was end ed. Cn tho morning of December 4th. McDonald, Brown and Bailey and two Creeks were working in the bot tom of a shaft 8f> feet below tho purni) station and 1,685 feet below the surface. The shaft caved in, snapping tho cable used to haul the cage from tho shaft and hurling thousands of tons of rock and tim bers into the shaft. From the bot tom of the compartment in which the 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 them the livo men struggled up these ladders, Half way up falling timbers knocked the two Greeks from the ladders killing them. Bailey, McDonald and Brown reached tho purni) station. Its tim bered roof withstood the rock and huber that came down the shaft and offered them a safe prison where for a whole day the men crouched, while tit Inerv?is, rocks and timb?es 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 bad per ished, hut twenty-four hours after the accident tho three burled men managed to make themselves heard by tapping on a six inch water pipo that reached from the pumping sta tion to the surface. Communication was established with the world above and food and drink were plen teously lowered through the pipe. A large supply was sent down, ns lt was feared tho pipe might be brok en before the rescurers could reach the Imprisoned men. Hut. through out the long weeks of imprisonment ?his pipe was dalley used. A port able telephone was lowered and tho men were abb; to talk with people above. Thin telephone carried from friends news of the world and mes ..H Of cheer, and from tho bur ied men reports of their condition. Tried to Destroy Factory. At Glarksvllle, Tenn., an attempt was made Wednesday night to set. fire and dynamite IhO loose tobacco factory of the Hayos-Sorey Tobacco Company.