The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 16, 1902, Image 1
I VOL. XVI.
AITAl.MXd mSAKTKIl
Takes Place on the New York Central
Railroad.
A REAR END COLLISION.
An IOngim* (!rnHh(Ml 11u! !* Way Into
the I tear Con eh and Itotli
TeleHOopeil the Car
Ahead.
In I he New Ytirk Central railroad
tunnel that burrows under Park
avenue, New York city. ?wo local
trains collided Wednesday. Fifteen
passengers were killed and twice that
number were injured. A dozen of the
latter were seriously hurt, and the
roster of the dead ma\ lie extended.
Til 12 DKAIV.
Albert M. Perrin. Ft years old, recently
from Chicago, secretary and
second vice president of the I'nion
Bag and Paper company, resid< nee
Now Ilochollo, N. A.: P>. l>. C. Foskett.
10 vears old. New Uochelle:
B. IT. Mills, 26 Now lUicholle: B. C.
Hinsdale, 15, New Kochelle: Mrs. A.
F. Howard, .15. New Kochelle: Frank
Washburn, formerly ol' Chicago. president
of the I nion Itag. and Paper
company, residence New Kochelle:
Win. Leys. .15, New Kochelle: (Jeneral
Manager It. Airman and company.
New York: Theodore. Forgardo, MO,
New Kochelle; Win. Fisher or Forbes,
26, New Kochelle; William Howard.
48, New Kochelle: Oscar Meyrowitz.
50, New Kochelle, optician in New
York and secretary of the New Kochelle
Yacht club; Franklin Crosby,
S3, New Kochelle; Lrnest F. Walton,
.10. New Kochelle, broker in New
York; H. Ci. Diamond. Now Kochelle,
assistant general manager oft le American
Itridge company, this city;
Charles It. Mars. New Kochelle. employed
by the New York custom j
house.
T1IK SKItlOtTSLY I N.I L' It I'M).
Krnest Collin, 15 yea.rs old. New Ko'chelle;
serious wound on head. Taken
to woman's hospital, 50th street and
Lexington avenue.
Alfred Wauiey. Ilorist, of New York
city; fracture of both legs, shock and
sculp wounds.
Albert W. Adams, a carriage buil derof
New York city: left leg cut olT
below the knee.
George M. Carter. New York, leg
fractured; George M. Fisher, I<>, lOast
Port. Chester, severely injured.
Mabel Newman. New liochelle; contusions
of body and hip fract ured.
Mamie.I. Pice, New liochelle, fractured
nose, lacerated ear and sprained
ankle; Sadie Scott, New liochelle. left
hand and left foot fractured; Plcbard
Millineaux, New liochelle, compound
fracture. of thigh.
Thomas Murphy. New liochelle.
both logs broken and internal injuries.
condition critical.
Winlield Schult/.. New 11 ichelle.
fractured legs and burns.
A. Mcllae, New liochelle. leg I'ract
tired.
Henry Kcnne. general manager of
the Siegel-Coopcr company, this city,
fractured ribs and internal injuries.
(icorge Winter, New Pochelle, compound
fracture of left leg. The leg
was amputated.
Win. brooks, Erie, Pa., lacerated
face and possible fracture of skull;
taken to I loose veil hospital.
A KKAK KM> COLLISION.
It was a rear-end collision between
j?>ont n iXtrwaiu local I li.it ran in
o-vtiv t he Now York. Now I la von and
IWtttford railroad, and was halted by
.block signals at 1 In- sonlhorn oiitranco
oil' the Annuel and a While Plains local
trhat came by the Harlem branch of
the New York Central. The wreck
occurred at 8:17 a. m., at which hour
the trains were crowded by suburbanites.
Most of t he death, injury and
damage was wrought by the online of
the White Plains t rain, which plunged
into the rear ear of tic motionless
t rain and was driven t brooch to tlie
middle of t he car, smashing t lie seals
and furnishings and split t inj; t he sides
as it moved forward, The viclims
either were mangled jntlo' mass oi
wreckage carried at the pilot, (rushed
in tiie space between lioiler and cat
sides, or sealed by steam which came
hissing from broken pipes and cylinders.
The engine in its final plunge
of 40 feet curried t he rear ear forward
and sent twisted iron, broken timbers,
splinters crushing into the coacli
ahead. Lights were extinguished and
from t he wreckage .and darkness came
theories of the injured and calls foi
; assistance by those v.ho escaped
Within a few minutes
T11K WOli K OF UKHC t 'K
marked t>y heroism and sacrifice, l>o
gan. Alarms that l)rougiit, ever)
available ambulance in the police re
serves of lire preclnts and t he flreinei
of central and eastern districts o
Manhatt an were sounded at once, wit I
rpollce, tiremen and surgeons, came <
score of volunteer physicians and hal
dozen clergymen.
I .adders were run down the t unite
air shafts and the tiremen and polio
attacked the debris with ropes am
axes. Passengers already had ralliot
and were trying to relea.-e those im
prisoned in the debris. Father Sinitl
and Hov. Dr. Walkley. chaplains o
the lire department, cr vied in ove
the wreckage and ministered to th
dying. Lieut. Clarke of the tire de
part merit, forced Iris way t<> the poin
where Miss lllee and Miss Scott la,
and stood in water that scalded th
- .flesh from his limbs until the womei
senator, both of whose leits wore
broken and still bold by the timbers,
volunteered to remain as lie was until
those around him were assisted.
Two p lieemeii and Chaplain Walkley
reached Mrs. Howard, and the
ehaplain jjave her a stimulant. The
polio.-men were cutting away the sea
which held the woman down, when a
pipe broke. The scalding steam drove
them back ami when the rescuers returned
Mrs. Howard was dead.
Injured persons in need of immediate
attention were given temporary
dressing by the ambulance and \olunteer
surgeons and then hoisted to the
street. Many Park avenue mansions
were thrown open to the suffering but
most of the Injui -d were at once taken
to hospitals. The dead were carried
t o morgues and police stat ions.
An immense crowd heedless of the
snow which swirled t hrotigh t lie st reet.
gathered about the tunnel entrance
and shafts and watehed the rescue
work.
Cornelius Vanderbilt was among
t hose w ho came lo lhe t unnel, but tho
police denied him admission, despite
the fact that his family controls the
railwav.
i
FIXING Tilt: KKSI'ONHMM I.1TV.
itesponsibiliiy for the disaster i* unfixed,
l)iit Supt. Franklin said that so
far as he had been able to diseover,
I.M. Wiseho. engineer of tlie White*
plains train, is to blame, it is de j
,.i.I I lo.t I. N II I
* i?i i < ?? i i ia i ?> i n * 11 I ur nniii il < M \> I 11 ]
train slopped, a flagman ran bank oil > '
the. 1 imuoi and. beside plaeing a toi-I
pedo on the Iraek, endeavored to flag I
1 ho on-eoining t rain. Thelunnel \va j
beclouded with steam and smoke
while tile snow, whieh fell through
tlie air shafts tended to obseure t.heview.
Fngineer \\ iseho and Fireman
Christopher Flyer were arrested. A
signal man also was detained for si
time hut was released.
Supt. Franklin has issued a statement
as to the accident, which he declares
that the block signals at Fiftyninth
street were obeyed by the New
Haven train, while the engineer of i
the White Plains train disregarded'
them. "The torpedo on the track
went olf." said the superintendent,
"lull he did not si p. even though the
fireman called to him to do so. The
system of block signals is such that il I
is a physical impossibilil v for a signalman
to make his light declare the
traek free if another train is on the
block."
District Attorney Jerome visited
the wreck and personally examined
many witnesses. The State railway
also announced its intention to make
an investigation and similar Intent
was expressed h\ the general ollleersnf
both the New York Central and Hudson
Ki\er railroad and the New York,
New llavenand Hartford railroad.
Residents of Now I h.chelle. conl ribut.ed
I ho largest number t < the causally
list bee. use t he rear ear of the
South Norwalk local was reserved for
them and wiiske.pt locked until the
train reached that place.
APPEALS TO THE PRESIDENT.
Admiral Schley lii'higiiig Out Some
Xew Facts.
The object of Admiral Schley's visit
to t he White 1 louse recent ly was I o request
the president to entertain and
consider an appeal for the reversal of
the action of Secretary Look and the
disapproval of the majority judgment
of the court of inquiry. The interview
was satisfactory, the president
granting the admiral's request.
Messrs. liayner and Teague today will
assist Aflmral S-hley in t lie prcparat
ion of t he appeal.
The interview with the president
was arranged in advance and at its
conclusion Admiral Schley left the
White House In a satislicd frame of
mind, lie had been given it full opportunity
to present the case from his
standpoint and to acquaint the president
with many details of which the
lal ter could not have any knowledge.
\\ Idle Admiral Schley would not make
any statement regarding the matters
1 discussed, holding that an interview
1m>1 ween a naval olllcer and his coin1
inander in chief should he regarded as
' confidential, it is understood t fiat la'
; brought to the president's attention
main of the .alleged injust ices and dis'
cr< pancies of the majority report of
t he court of inquiry.
Admiral Schley's interview with tin;
president was the result of his determination
toexhaust every means in his
' power to overturn t he judgment which
lias been rendered against him. Mis
1 new appeal will he d I (Torch t from that
submit.ted to the navy department,
bringing out some new facts which
have an impartant bearing upon the,
controversy.
Messrs. Itaynerand Tcague, counsel
for Hear Admiral Schley, came over
. from Halt imore and were closeted for
several hours with their client .
The following statement was given
i out by Admiral Schley's counsel at the
f conclusion of the conference,
i uAdmiral Schley has c included,
i after mature and careful deliberation,
i to appeal from the majority report of
the court of inquiry to tho-president of
I t he United States as commander In
i> chief of the army andjnavy. This acI
tion having been determined upon,
I nothing more can bo divulged at this
. time, the regulations of the navy bei
ing such that, the nature of t on prof
posed appeal cannot be revealed except
r by tiie president after formal docuc
incuts have been tiled with 1dm."
Mr. ltayner stated that it will take
t some time to prepare the appeal and
y t hat It will not be tiled with the pvesie
dent until after the return of Admiral
n Schley from his visit to Savannah,
i- abopt ttye 20th Inst.
CONWAY, S. C., '
(iONK r<> TilK WALL.
Tho Father of the Later "Cherry
Tree" Idea Fails.
A TOUCHING VALEDICTORY.
II*' llrl't'rs t<? Mix Webb I'l'rl'ft'tlnj;
I'rCHs. The AkkI^iicc 1 smtiCM
a \(?Uro to ttit*
< VtMlltOI'K.
Since t he unt imely end of that infant
industry, "The Amos Owen
Cherry Tree company." the skeptical
have been predicting the failure of
"tlie father of them all" the Smith
newspaper concern of Mont icello, I la.,
which is the lirsl of the "pfot-richquick"
schemes I ? he started. T'lio
napkin ring concerns and ot her aborl
i ve iufi ingeinents on I he Smith copyright
haveheen failing and now comes
the announcement that Smith has
made an assignment.
For several weeks he lias been slow
in making remittances, and now his
agents are h ing informed that they
are apt to conn* out losers in t Ins matter.
Smith's valedictory is very affect
inpr. has a "touching" ring about
it. lie is. or was, the publisher of the
Weekly (.'oust it lit ion and t lie Monthly
Reporter, notoriously "sorry" papers,
but tin y brought him over 40.000 subscribers
through his system of gi ving
employment to agents to do writing
at home. Some of these agents in
Columbia are sadly in need of the
money which 1 hey put into the business
and would almost he willing to
sacrifice their claims for pay for wollv
they have done if they eouid gel hack
t he money advanced.
The last of Smith's vent lire, is summed
up in the following statement
which he issued under ditto of January
I:
To t he 1 htblic:
Leaving lite University of (Jcorgla
in 1890, 1 moved to Monticello and in
a few years afterwards I haven't the
exact day before me. but seven' or
eight years ago, I took charge Of t he
Montieello Weekly Constitution, and
have eont inuouslv edited and published
that paper to I ho present time.
When 1 took charge of that paper
it had less than one thousand subscribers,
and by continuous hard work
have Increased Its circulation to 40,ouo
or more; was rapidly building up
;t large Job printing business and had
a prospect of doing about $;j0jO00
worth of advertising per annum.
In October, loot. I bought and
moved to Montieello I lie best newspaper
press a Webb perfecting in
Florida, with the exception of one in
Jacksonville. I also purchased other
costly and valuable machinery with
which to operate t he plant, and hav?
nearly completed a new building, all
at a heavy expense.
Mont ieello being a small place ii was
necessary t hat a large per cent, of
our business In the way of subscribers,
j .j >i> priming and an vertisiiig, come
I from a distance. To net this business
it was necessary to have a good many
paid representatives in the territory
from which we expected pat ropagc.
The business was gradually inovoasIng
and promised well up to a few
months a no. At that time I encouiit
ered some opposit ion. but |>y con 11 pilous
and persistent effort-managed to
withstand il for a while. This opposition
came from parties or newspapers
who were and are not personally acquainted
wit li me and who had no correet
conception of my work, from partics
whose main hope of keepiun their
own heads up, depends on pulling
down the heads of others. Their tinfriendly
criticisms consisted of statements
and publications, that were
wholly tint rue, and wit liout t lie slight est
foundation. In fact, statements
that were conceived in malice, made
in jealousy, and circulated with a desire
and hope to injure.
As above stated. I was able to Withstand
this opposition for a time, tint
to do so I was compelled to toil day
and night. which under tlie strain I
have had logo. lias seriously impaired
my health. I am now unable to give
the business the energy ami attention
necessary for its successful continuation
under t he diilioultics Inielly mentioned.
'
Had it not been for this opposition
I would have successfully built the
business up lot he point desired, given
employment to many who needed it.
and made a fair margin of profit on
the business transacted. Hut bad
news travels at a rapid rate, and In
many instances a substantJal institution
under ordinary conditions lias
been ouicklv ruined bv the circulation
of untruthful reports, regardless of
who their authors may have been.
in conducting my business I have
ever endeavored to keep faith with
each of my representatives and aih
sure a reference to my past record will
satisfy any one on tlds point. And l
shall yet keep faith with them, even
though to do so, makes it necessary
for me to sacrifice everything I have
worked for, for Hie past 12 years.
I have carefully and maturely con
siderod the situation for several dayf
, and have lirmly concluded that tin
only safe course to take, considering
the Interest of all, Is to assign all Hi)
; property for the purpose of satisfying
the Just demands against me.
I liave therefore, this day. voltirr
tarily assigned all my propert y, real
personal or mixed. Included money ii
the hank, and excepting only un
household and kitchen furniture, foi
tile purpose named. Tin asdgnei
. has taken charge of it and will make
I the proper disposition of same.
it is a matter of deep regret and t
great disappointment to mc and t<
.. u - . I
nil'HSDAV, .lANl'i
my frlentlfc and Lain glad to say thai |
I fool that ovory one who Is personally j
ae<iuainted with mo is my friend that
t lie cou.sr taken seems host.
Itespoet fully, eti*. } ^
9Pi iw ?i/?i?i nm el 11 iiw I \ *v i cl >1 t oiiuuil !
from "S. I>. Clark, assignee," in which
lie gives foimal not ice of the assigntnont
ami says: "You will therefore
discontinue your work in solieting
agent s in Udialf of t his est ablishmeiit.
and that you will send forward a
sworn itemized statement on the en- 'I
closed hlank to the undersigned assignee,
of the amount of this estabiishment's
indehtednesH to you. In
making up this statement it must bo
duly fc'wbrn to he hire some magistrate
iu your vleloit y. I will kindly ask i lint
\ i?u send I his statement I'oi ward to me
as soon as possible and I will endeavor ,
make t he best disposit ion possible at
ah early dated' l'
county incltschools.
' i
j (
Superintendent JlrMuhan I'rewentH |
Some I'raclicftl HuggONtlonN.
State Superintendent of Kdueation
MeMahan in bis annual report has the j
following tosav in the matter of eoun
y ni}4ii synoois: * ,
"In many counties Ili? town school
isattemled in its higher grades by
pupils, from vomity districts, who in
some cases (.as in Orangeburg and I n- ,
ion) are admit I ed tree oft nit ion by the
gi ih.mvus act ion ?<l the city board, hut
generally arc required to pay tuition, t
Iiioither oils ', the limit, of eapacity 1 o
ild'mlt pupils is being reached or lias
bod. reached in many towns especially
in those that lutve grafted the priv- '
i!* ge without tlie barrier of tuition
I charges. What Is to tie 'done to supply
die demand for high school education?
Moreover, many smaller tow, >
have never yet been aide to provide .1
high seh'ool department for their own
children,- and eonse-iuent ly in sone
counties there is not even Ibis beginning
bt a high school aecesible to lie
children of liiO- County, if the I;. .
provided macibnely by wliieti town
ind oouiHry tbounty, in short coPi
unite 111 cat nbli'.iiiiig. and support in.:
it nt /???. *? liAii/un.i
litin man. places where now
tin; need of il liacomo to be. soi lv
felt. Indeed, we have reached the
t ime when some counties have developed
a senUment In favor of providing
hl;;h school education for all children,
from t own or count ry, who will attend.
The comity hoard of Anderson, for example,
In i>he person of .Count v Sep
erhd"iid? ul lv. 10. Nicholson and < y
S'tpcrinte.ndv'.iii. T. Walton, have
been aifitatin^r for a year the establishment
of a county hi|/h school, to serve,
the cit v as well as the county. They
have called meetings of the school
trustees of the county and secured cooperation
looking to comliined contri1
>ut ions of pi: )'.> funds for t Ids end. '
hut mere voluntary cooperation of
boards liable to constant change of
member ship will not suiliee. A simple
enactment 1 hat I lie count y lioard
may reserve and apply in its discre- |
l ion 1 <> per cent.. of the school fund
would suiliee. It would tfivc in Anderson
more, than $."l,()uo. While that
hoard would use the fund of a liitfh ;
school* hoard in. a county not yet :
ready for a hi^h school mijjht use a
small sum to.assist in supplying ^ood
teachers to specially backward or poor
communities, or m'lLfhl think best not
to exercise its power to set aside and
expend part of the school fund.
"It wfvuld tie Ix'st to at tempt no distinct
legislation on the subject of
high schools. An clolirate system
created hv law for all eoupties at this
time would be positively hurtful a
waste of money which is sadly needed
iii me country sciinni cwsincis. in
any delini-tu legislat inn there would ho
danger of forcing prematurely a high
seJiool for it-. All that Is needed is to
st rengthen t lie hands of I.he county
hoards. ft\ the several safeguards and
powers suggestt;d above.. and. these
1 wards will establish the necessary
high schools as soon as loCal conditions
can he developed to warrant
them. The county hoard would thus
he. as it should he. t he governing board
of the county high school. The. county
superintendent, employed by the
county hoard, would have general oversight
of t he county high school, as of
all the ot her schools in the county.
"In some counties these schools
would serve for the better preparation
of local teachers, until that distant
day when the colleges and the normal
schools shall suit ice to supply t rained
teachers for all the schools of the
country. In some counties these high
schools would lake the form of Indus.
trial schools for lioys and girls satisfying
somewhat t he craving t hat Clemson
and Winthrop have served to
;iwaken in 1 ]>? breasts of thousands
who cannot reach these splendid institutions.
Any one of our counties is
as lartfe as a State of the old world,
i and is amply able to provide within its
I borders a high school for the practical
education of Its children, rich and
i poor."
Ho WftH n Ilriito,
Alderman Donohue of Wilkesbarre,
Pa., Imposed a 20-day sentence upon
? Hubert Ridley Thursday on the evi
deuce of the l:it t.er's wife, who testified
r that when'ho returned home late la.sl
' night and got into be(i he placed both
j ids feet against her back. They wore
Ice cold and she was chilled. She ask*
- ed him to stop, but be Insisted that
. he wanted to warm his feet. Then
i she protested, and be kicked her out
>' of bed and would no' allow her to rer
turn. She slept on the floor all nlgUt.
The wife did not expect her spouse
,woul(l be locked up and begged for lib
release on ball, but the Alderman rc<
i fused and said no punishment was toe
> severe for the man.
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VHV 10,
TEN MILLION UIKT
ro Found ft Higher Institution of
Learning.
DONATED BY MR. CARNEOIE.
I'lio Oltji'ci, I'ui'iMKsc and Scope <>!'
the Proponed Institution j.s
Sot l-'orlhby Mr. Ciii "
iu*i?ir Himself.
onudal annoiinromrnt u..s made
Pluirsday of tlio hoard of In dees of
ho ('anionic lastitution, whieh hits
doom incorporated in Washington mi
lor tho -<10,no >.00.) vrii'l of Andrew
'arnoj^io. The onl\ indicat ion as t<>
I ho form of thotfift is I hat il will ho
in "liso por font, bonds." Thin Is teferr'sl
to in a sinyrI? sontonoo its follows:
"i* is tho purpose of Mr. Carnegie
to transf r $10,000.0011 in live por
colli, bonds to tho hoard of trustees
for tho purposes above mentioned."
The annoitneemenl was made in the
form of a statement given out by ( 'has.
i> Waloott, secretary of the incorporators,
in accordance wit lit he expressed
wish of Mr. Carnegie,
The hoard of t rust res elected by I lie
incorporators to carry out the purposes
of the institution as indicated,
are as follows:
kx-okfioio.
The president of t ho t oil ed Slates.
Tho president of the I'idled States
senate.
The speaker of t lie house of represent
at Ives.
Tlir secretary of t he Smithsonian Inst
itni ion.
The president, of tin* National \cadomy
of Sciences.
(Jrover ( leveland, New Jersey.
.loon S. I tilling.-;. New York.
Win, N. I n w, I'enn ,lvania.
Lyman .1. < Ja^e, I llii.o! a
l>.'intel c. (iilm in. Maryl mil.
John Hay, District of Columbia.
Ahram S. Hewitt., New Jersey.
llenrv 1.. Ilintfinson, Massaolnisetts.
Henry Illteh.jck. MIs:.-> irt.
Chas. Ij. Hiitcbinson, iliinois.
Win. Lindsay. Kentucky.
Seth'Low, New York.
Wayne Mac Yea gh, Pennsylvania.
H. (). NTtlis, ( .uifornia.
S. Weir Mitchell, Pennsylvania.
W. W. Morrow, California.
Klihu Ho >1. New \ 01 k.
John D. Spooner. Wisconsin.
Andrew 1). White, New York.
Kdward I>. White. Lonisiana.
(diaries I). Walcotl, Hist riot of Columbia
Carrol 1>. Wright., District of Columbia.
The hoard of t ru. cos will nv el to
organize and ele t on leers, in the oilier
of tin; secretary of stale on Jan. '.M.
Mr. Carnegie's purpose, as stated by
himself in requesting the various
memhers of the hoard to lieeome mem
1)0is is jus follows:
"II is proposed to found in t ho oily
of Washington* in the spirit of Wa.shi
opt on, jtii inst Itul ion whioh, wit h I lie
cooperation of institutions now or
hereafter estjihlished, hero or elsewhere,
shall, in the broadest and most
liberal manner encourage invest ipation,
research and discovery; encourage
t he applicat ion of knowledge to the
improvement of mankind; provide
such buildings, lahoriitories, books and
apparatus as amy be needed, and afford
Instruction of ;m Jidvanced character
to st udents whenever ;ind wherecvor
found, inside or out dde of schools,
properly (piiilifled to prolit thereby.
"These and kindred objects ma> lx
attained by providing the necessary
apparatus for experimental work, b>
employing jible teachers from the various
inst it ut ions in Washington 01
elsewhere, jtnd by emibliriK men titled
for special work to devote t hetnsel veto
it. through sabirled fellowships 01
scholarships, or t brunch salaries witl
' or without pensions in old it^e, 01
: through aid in other forms to sucl
| men as cont inue their speci.al work al
seats of learning throughout tlx
world.
'I'lio Cherry Tree .Men.
i A Winston-Salem, N. C., special t<
the Charlotte Observer, says: Cost
oltioc Inspector ('. 10. iOnteman wa
here yesterday conferring wit h I >ls
trie' Attorney liollon in regard to tin
Alios Owen Cherry Tree Company
which stands charged wit h violating
t li(. r if it; I ;i 1 hi u'li in I lid niliYirl Iciiwr inil
i 1 ^
tei sent out. Tlie Inspector Is I lives
t Igal ing and eollpct Ing evidence pro
piratory to the trial of tho men wlv
c<?mpose tho company, at tho nex
term of the federal court at ObarlotD
The writers of many of the letters r?
ee I vert hy District Attorney 11 olio
ask him to collect the money whlc
they pairt the cherry tree people. Eae
writeV tells liim how much is due lilt
or her. Mr. Holton has prepared
circular letter In answer to those rt
ceivert hy him. lie tells the peop]
who claim to be defraurtert that h
business Is that of prosecutor and n<
collector. It Is salrt that the defer
rtants, through their council, wi
make an etf ,rt to compromise the sui
Instituted.
I>?>tk*t l.lvc Togotlicr.
Constipation and health never go t
gether. J)cWitt's Llllle Early Uise
promote easy act ion of t lie Wrwels wit
out distress. "I have been uoubh
' wit h cost iveness nine years," sa\ s .1. <
. tireene, Depuuw, Ind. "I havetrk
many remedies but Little Early Kise
, give ix'st results."
Dr. E. Norton.
/<{-M frO o oa^A.
THE STATE'S FINANCES.
A Statement .?!' Itcrelptn nut! IMs- ,
lllll'HOItK'lIlM lilt' I'llNl V l'?P.
Tito dorks in the compt.roller's ortlee
prtictIcullvcompleted * he statement
of 1110 receipts tuul disbursements for
t t ,? I'cilr I 'til I OM.Itliir M il li I ml
.'II lust, showing i he liniuiclal condition
t>f t If SI ;itThe statement of
the receipts was made public, showing
that they amounted to $'I.!I'.H,77
1.87. The eompt roller's is,;>ks -hows
the total expenditures to have hem ,
$."1,781. hi*,.28. There are. however,
more outstanding warrants which will
make t he t reasurcr's hooks si "ore the
expenditures at $'t,780,H13.<17, in accordance
wit h I hese llguics tin* comptroller's
hooks si?ow a cash balance at
the end of the year of $22f>. r.l.*?.H9,
and the treasurer's hooks a cash balance
of $2117.718.2.*). This all Indicates
that tin Slate Is not in as bud a
tix llnanciallv as may be supposed, although
of the receipts 31 Id,000 represents
inonev borrowed by the governor
and the State treasurer upon which to
run the government, reducing the
cash balance very much. Tiro receipts
from the taxes due for the year
IUUI are shown also to he pitifully
small. A not iter thing worthy of note
in the statement of the receipts is the
farcical sum collected from the income
lax this year.
Ihit In iv is the statement of the receipt
s to speak for itself, and it ftirn'shes
material for thought on the.
part of the members of the general
assembly, which begins its annual
sessional on Tuesday next.
ilack taxes. $ 317.8f?
Taxes, 18! .) f>,U77.no
Taxes, ii).)o r>8ii,:i(iH.r>8
Taxes. 1000, It. It. assessment
4,1110.77
Taxes (Income) 7a0.it I
Tax s. 1001. It. it. assessment
i,3i:i.r?r?
TAxos. IP I (Income).... 8.7ft
Taxe . !O.H . .. .. 219,213.82
Prlv>i- ifes on FcrMh/rr . 84,078.43
S. C. Dispensary 1,948.('83.4
.Sin' ;.vc Fund ( omutiss'n. ?v.? m.',. .34
Sin' i Fund i'or Uedaot
ion lot). 102 09
Insurance License Fes.. 12 iia. >
lOxp lidilures i r 190L. .. 3,781,40a.28
j lla.su bal. Jan. 1. 1902... 22... 10.7.hi)
Total 4,000,001.17
i Insurance License Fees
(t J rad uu I ed) 13, ft 4 3.7 0
i Permanent Male School
Fun<J 2,700.18
J Phosphate royalty 17,120.50
I Dispensary school fund.. loo,000.00
Cash, horr ;\v< d n 4es s'ovornor
and treasurer... ? ia,000 00
Fees oillec secretary f
state 10,033.71
i 11imii.uici\ niiii-1ti/ mnri. j.uv i. 17
('icinson bequest rtn.oo
j Morrill fund 250,000.00
imn' N t >H.
On account. Ktat'* 1 n??i-.<
keeper 2.88
On account st at ionery
and stamps sup!. education
10.01)
| ()n account pensions.... 1,287.70
On iiccouut extra clerk
111ro, secretary state.. 7.25
On account books, blanks
and charters 2.75
On account expenses,
phosphate eoniiniss'n'r at.21
Total receipts $2,801,77 1.87
The suminar!/e<l statement of receipts.
expenditures and cash balance
I in each otllce is as follows:
< OMITUOI.UUC (IKNKIIAI.'S OKKICK.
(!ash balance .Ian. !. I Do I $ 01 1.880.: to
('ash receipts during loot 8..'tot ,77 1.87
Total $1,000,001.17
HTATK TUKAHIJKKK'K OKKICK.
.('ash balance Jan. I, 1001 $ 020,0 12.0."?
('ash receipts during '01 8,801,771.87
r Total $4,018,080.1)2
i {expenditures for loot... 8,780,048.07
. 1 Cash balance Jan. I. 1002 287,7 18.25
j Total $1,018,080.01
i- Cash bai. state Treaa .$ 237,713.25
, ' ('ash bill. Cnnip. (ien'l. . . 225,105.80
I (upstanding warrants
comptroller general. 12,547.38
Total $ 237,743.25
Died at tlin I'ost.
)
I There was a bead-end collision on
s the Kenova division of the Norfolk and
s j Western railroad at 7 o'clock Wednes(1
day morning in which Hugh Smith, an
express messenger and hnggagcmastci
' and Klaginun John Turner ot
Hluetield were, killed. The colllsior
occurred near Alnwick, W. Va., between
No. 4. passenger train, eastbo
ind. and an ext i a westIw.und freight
t i rain, mo passenger train was or
t line and I ho freight was delayed. Tlu
freight train gent Flagman Turnei
ahead to hold t ho passenger train at
Alnwich. hut owing tr> t he heavy foy
^ t he engineer of tlie passenger train die
n not see him, and the bagman In id:
n olTorts to l?e seen got on the track it
' front of the train and was run ove
,0 and killed. The two trains cameint<
js collision just cast of Alnwick. Itotl
)t engines were hadlv damaged. Th
express car wa crushed and Messentre
.j Smith killed. Kngineer Itailey of th
(H p.os nger train was seriously hurt
and Conductor d'oran of the sum
train was slightly injured by being eu
with t?rokcn glass. Kngineer Klpp
(?f tho freight train was slightly hurt
' * t?ut ids lireman was uninjured. Th
11 xpress car and the combination ex
,,j press and baggage car caught lire an
). were de it ro ved, nothing l>cing save
i?(i except two trunks. 1 he body of Me?
rs senger Smith was badly burned be.for
11 was rescued from the flames. Nou
of the passengers were Injured.
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t ?n ^
NO. 25. ;
*?4?%V-iCI .X<MTM* ?< >,! I. I BD^II m i i n" i * >r *
HOLD ROBBKRS.
Robbery of tie National Stock Yard
Bank of St. Lcuis
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jjUflJCi HY ?1A HA5SKED MEN.
________
I'liey Took \11 !??? ('urroncy nud Coin
/Vniumiliiig to .AIm>nt Jkr>,< (><).
Hooks ami I'apcrH Destroyed.
Six masked nun entered the Nali
nal Stock A'ar?Is hank north of East
St. Louis. III., Wednesday night and
after rapt wring and gagging ttie two
night watchmen and tlremen at the
plant and blowing open the vaults
with dynamite, secured In coin
and currency, with which they escaped.
Kor nine hours, from 7 o'clock
last night until t a. in., they were at
work on the vaults without being interfered
with. The entire East St.
Louis police force, aided hy the St.
Louis police, are guarding all avenues
of escape, hut as yet have obtained no
clue tot he wherealKiuts of t he rohliers,
who, it is believed, escaped on horseback.
Lee Pldlpot, one of the watchmen,
a rough rider friend of President
Roosevelt, and a mcmtx'r of the well
knwn Kentucky family of that name,
was the llrst to meet with the rohliers.
lie was standing in the stock yards
near the exchange building, in which
the bank is loeated, when lie was addressed
hy three men who sprang out
of a fence corner with revolvers in
their lPtiuls. They said: "We want
you. Pldlpot," and with that overpowered
him U f .re lie could reach his re
vulvor. The three robbers took 1*1*11put
to the composing r ton* of the Daily
Nalknal block Yards Reporter
nearby, and laid iiim on the tloor. Ho
v. a t)(a;in! hand and > .ol and (tugged
\ ii!i t tvv< 1 >. W hil1 lying there three
ot tier nun came in.
?\ il< !,? w I 111 ' i 'm? ',r Phil
p i In .ir I I v i . . . t r h ers
h v: ' Let r. kt. ;i?i. . was prev
ot d fr in ' ? i' 1| t s . vs.
by t iit* i I her r b! f I h men
vis sent ? ot w,r .j i< mh to Reen
re ;'ns l? d t 1st nil ' Alts
it ?. it o t oe ul . . man,
was eaug.it on f y ?ops t toe exchange
building. I ie r o >er wont. up
t-.i t.strp and addressed h tn t?v name,
fhink'.ng it was a frl> ftstep was
takin unawares and a r* "her .was
timed- into Ids face and unddr threats
< 1 till he was i'or< d to go I . tlie
composing t? in, where lie was Ixiund
and gagged.
Kireuiar. Clark was taken unawares
in the steam plant, of the exchange
building. I Ie resisted and was badly
beaten before in; was subdued. Ho
was also taken to the composing room
and left, bound and gagged, with' his
t wo companions.
About midnight one of the robbers
was left to guard the three captives,
while the ot tier live went to Hie hank,
which is located on the tlrst floor of
the exchange building, near the centre.
With nit ro-glyccrlne r 1 it* robbers blew
open tlie steel doors of Hie vault.
These floors of a double thickness of
steel were shattered and the bank's
1 ?ooks ami papers blown into shreds.
Knterlng the vault t be big steel safe
witti quadruple plate doors, was next
encountered. These doors were drilled
and a charge of explosive inserted,
which blew them off. The explosion
destroyed more books and papers and
I scattered aljont $000 in gold and silver
upon tlie floor. This money was not
taken by the robt>ers. They t<K>k all
tlie currency and other coin amounting
to about $">,000, as nearly as the
bank's officers can estimate. The five
men left the bank and signalled to the
one who was guarding the captive > ,
watchmen and iireman and he joined
his companions.
I Five minutes after the robber guArd
left the composing room Kstep, who
i had not l>cen tHuind securely, worked
loose and released ("lark and Philpot.
j All the robbers wore masks. In addition
to the $5,000, the robbers secured
$550 left with the bank by Assistant
Postmaster Buslmell of the
stockyards. This is the bank whose
officers recently swore out a warrant
MH .. . ... t ?i * - - * * -
' 11<11 111>: i hhhior' 1 MiUMH'SU in, I IIO
assistant cashier, with embezzling
$12,000.
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'I tic Tax on HURlir.
At t he annual meeting of the sttflk.
holders of t he American Sugar Refln.
in>; company in Jersey City Thursday,
( President Havcmeyev presented Ids
annual report, lie said: "It, would
seem that with an overflowing federal
treasury there had disappeared any
( reason for continuing the existing
, high tariff upon raw sugar. It eon- %
r stitutes a charge uik>n the constnupt
Hon of nearly 2 cents a pound. This *
r represents on an annual consumption
j of 2,360,000 tons $85,000,000 a year.
s of this, however, only 1,360,000 tons
t are Imported, yielding customs rever
nues of $40,000,000; the balance, $36,000,000
goes into the pockets of the
l planters. "A removal of this duty on k.^r[Tj
^ raw sugar would result in a saving to
r the consumer of $85,000,000."
e 1 *
Mi White Men to liang.
Governor Ayoock of North Carolina
t named Wednesday, -4'eoruary 25, for
s the hanging of alx white men. In
, each case there has been an appeal to
c the supreme court. Pour men are to
:- hang at Anhcvllle for burglary at
d Emma, N. 0. One Is to hang at YVUd
Ron, N. G., for tissualnation, tills belt,g
t- the ilrst since the war, and one at
e Lincolntou, for burglary In which a
io woman was horribly cut, a child born
later having birthmarks as a result.