The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 11, 1902, Image 1
VOL XVII.
W ' A VERY CLOSE CALL. !
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President'3 Carriage Torn to Pieces ;
By a Trolley Car.
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SECRET SERVICE MAN KILLED. (
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1'renident lloiiHevcIl, (itivoriior Ci'iuio
and Socrolary C'ortelyou All Sun- 1
talnrd Slight Injuries, Hut
lleNuiutMl Their .Journov.
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President Loose vol t eseaped a tragic |
(loath by only a few feet in a collision I
between his carriage and an electric 1
car in Pittstield, Mass.. on Wednesday,
while one of bis most trusted guards, [
Secret Service Agent Win. Craig, was
instant'y killed, ard David J. Pratt, '
of Dalton, who was guiding the horses '
attached lo the vehicle, was seriously
injured. President llooscvelt himself
was badly shaken up but received only 1
a slight facial bruise.
Secretary Cortelyou, who occupied a (
seal opposite the chief executive in 1
the landau, sustained a minor wound :
in the back of the head, and (Governor Crane,
who sat, beside the president, 1
extricated himself from the wreck *
practically without a scratch. The t
carriage was demolished by the im- >k
pact of the rapidly moving car, and (
the wheel horse on the side nearest '
the car was killed outright, the crew '
and passengers of the car escaping l
injury. >
'i'he president and party were driv- {
ing to Lenox through South street. 1
one of the. principal thoroughfares of
Pittsfield, which was lined with cheer- ^
ing people, and the; catastrophe oc- |
currcd in plain view of hiinrtwwis
whoso happiness ut the advent of the (
nation's chief was suddenly turned to }
grlfef. ,
Thousands had pun rcifr into the city .,
in the caily morning from the nearby }1
country to see and hear the president, j
and his address at tlie city park had |
been loudly cheered. At the eonelu- K
sion of the exercises he wished to j
make a brief call on Henry L. Dawes, j
formerly United States senator, whose ;]
house in Kim street is but a short dis- j
tance from the park. The president's ^
carriage, in which he had ridden from (
Governor Crane's home at Dalton, was
accordingly driven to the Dawes resi- j
dencc, and carriages containing a \
number of other gentlemen in tlie ,
party followed. President llooscvelt's j
call was a short one, and t hen the car- (
riages returned to the city square. j
After a few moments' delay, the \
Journey toward Lenox was begun.
Meanwhile the mounted escort of po- j
lice otlicers and the carriages contain- .j
ing the newspaper correspondents who (
have accompanied the president on
* his tour had started olT ahead on the H
r road to Lenox and were some distance .
in advance of the president's equip- ,
age. Three or four other open car- j
riages fell in line immediately behind ,
the landau in which the president rode j
with Secretary Cortclyou and (lover- c
nor Crane, Secret Service Agent Craig, v
who throughout the New Kngland
tour has lieen almost constantly at r
the president's elbow, was on the {
driver's box, beside Coachman Piatt. s
IN A HKOAl) HIGHWAY. i
Out through South street is a
broad, smootli highway. The tracks s
of the Pittstlcld electric street rail- t
way arc laid in the centre of the road, c
with ample room for teams on each 1
side, and scores of vehicles of everv t
description followed along this road r
behind the president's party. ^
Shortly after lie left the park, an 1
electric car which had been tilled with f
passengers at that point started to- t
ward Lenox well behind the proces- >
sion. It passed all of the teams and u
was about a mile and a half out from
the city, at the beginning of Howard
hill, and was nearly up to the president's
carriage, which was traveling 8
on the west side of the highway. *
Just at the foot of Howard hill the ^
:road bends a little and teams are 1
compelled to cross the street railway 1
tracks to the east side. The railroad
then continues at one side of the
- street instead of in the centre. Just s!
at this point the up-grade of the ri
hill begins and hut a short distance ^
beyond the crossing there is a narrow a
bridge spanning a small brook. P
cltossten riiE koad.
The trolley car approached the road
lips Himui (V K'MII I liuau tu npuuci 'J
Wiih gong clanging just as the driver
of tlie president's carriage turned Ills S(
leaders to cross the tracks. On each ^
side of the chief executive's carriage a
rode two mounted troopers of the
local cavalry company, and tlie horse- ;l
. men on tlie left of tlie landau had fT
if turned on the track, with tlie trolley
car immediately behind tlieni, though y
some yards distant. jj
Alarmed hy tlie clanging gong, n
they both turned in their saddles and y
waved vigorously to the motor man to ((
stop ills car. Almost at the same n
instant Governor Crane, who quickly a|
perceived tlie danger, rose to ills feet w
and likewise motioned to the motor- |1(
f man. The latter, In great .excitement,
desperately tried to stop his
Car, but it was too late. It crashed
into tlie carriage just as a loud moan tx
went up from the frenzied on-lookcrs N
who thronged the roadside and who p<
but a moment before were cheering bi
the president. ei
The horsemen managed to get the sr
frightened animals outof the way just st
in time, and the car struck the rear
wheel of the carriage on the left side bi
and plowed through to the front sc
wheel of the vehicle, which received ti
the blow. The carriage was upset in c?
tlie twinkling of an eye and one horse sa
fell dead on the tracks. Tlie other tl
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influii '!'? ?
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three powerful grays attached to the t
vehicle started to run, and draped by <
them and pushed by the force of the t
jar the wrecked carriage was moved i
10 or 10 feet. i
PASSKl) OVKU HIS IM)I)Y.
Mr. Craig fell from his seat iminc- j
1 lately In front of the car and it passed (
completely over his body. Driver ,
Pratt in falling struck the dead horse ^
immediately in front of him and rolled |
jll' clear of the ear, thus escaping a (
dmilar fate. President lloosevelt, k
Governor Crane and Secretary Cortel- j
you wore thrown together in the hot- ,
torn of the carriage.
Almost immediately a score of men j
jumped to the heads of the frightened ,
horses and stopped their further progress.
Governor Crane was the first (
Lo get to his feet, escaping entirely
unhurt. Ho turned immediately to t
the prssident, helped the latter to
irise, and together they assisted Secretary
Cortelyou.
The president's lip was cut and blood
?vas (lowing from the wound. 11 is clothng
was disarranged and he was much
shaken up. Secretary Cortelyou had a
severe wound in the hack of his head
rom which blood was Mowing freely. '
The president quickly regained his J
composure and the three soon after re- 1
paired to the residence of Charles It. '
Stevens near the scene of t lie accident. *
Mr. Craig's body was found just behind '
lie car. Ills shoulders and chest were
crushed and the body frightfully manfled.
Driver Piatt was found uncon- '
>cious in the road, his shoulder was K
iistoeated, his ankle sprained and his ,
'ace badly cut and bruised, lie was ij
in mediately placed in a carriage and .
:akcn to the House of Mercy, where he .
vas at tended by Drs. Flyn and Padlock,
who tonight say that lie will
ecover. j
AGENT CHAIO H IIODY
vas taken to the residence of Mrs. A. \
k Stevens adjoining the house to \
vhich the president had repaired with c
iov. Crane and Secretary Cortelyou, t
ind later removed to undertaking i
ooins in this city. Iluta few moments iv
ifter the collision Drs. Colt, Thomas a
ind WoodrulV arrived and attended the ^
iresident and his secretary. Half an
lour later the party appeared and reumed
the Journey to Lenox. An anxous
crowd surrounded the house, and
lie president stopped lontf enough to
issurc the people that he was not in- J
ured in the least and to express Ids
treat tfrief at the death of A^ent.
Jraijf. (
Chief Nicholson of the I'lttslleld p<>- ^
lee and Daniel Hyatt, an otllcer of
lie New York city department who is j
m his vacation in this city, wercdriv- .
n# about 100 yards ahead of thepresilent's
carriage and were among the j
irst to reach his side after the col- {
ision. Thoy immediately placed under ^
irrest the motorman of the car, Euolia.
iladden, and Conductor .lames Kelly ^
itid they were later taken to head- '
piarters in t his city.
Gov. Crane In relating his experience '
aid that he heard the gong of the ap- j
miaching car in ample time and lu; j,
ose and warned the motorman to slop. r
le says that t he man apparently paid K
10 attention to his signal or those of
pile troopers alongside, and the car j
ontinued unt il it struck the carriage
vitli great force.
No one on the car seems ablo t.<? ex- ^
tlain how the accident happened. lOvcn (
he motorman and persons on the front ^
eat are apparently unable to tell why {
t was not avoided. It is claimed that
)rlver Pratt turned to cross the track
ooucr than teams ordinarily make the
111*11 lull lwk ??M10 * ? i?
iu.il, >111 u IIV nun 1U1WU IAI UO JSU DCauscof
the fact that his team of four 1
torses required more room and the t
wo troopers on the right of the car- <i
lage also needed space to get through. Ii
lotorman Madden and Conductor ii
Celly remained in the station house a
torn 10 o'clock this morning, when a
hey were taken under arrest, until v
.20 this evening, when hail was fur- s
Ished. v
CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER. (j
The charges against them are man- v
laughter, hail for the inotorman of p
5,000 was furnished by ex-Alderman a
laurice.l. Madden, his brother, and j|
'atrlck II. Dolan, manager of the e
Mttslield Street Hallway company, t
[elly was haled in the sum of $2,000 h
y M r. Dolan. Kelly is 25 years of age, h
Ingle, and lias been employed on the cl
ail road fr?r three years. Moborman si
iadden is .'12 years old and has a wife
nd live children. Madden and Kelly
robably will be arraigned in tlii?<Jisrict
court tommorrow morning on .
lie charge of manslaughter. i '
It is expected that Attorney Wm. v
'urtlo, counsel for the I'ittsliuld jt
treet Railway company, "will rcpreint
thcin. It- is likely that the case
'ill bo continued for a week or more
nd in the meantime an Inquest will M
e arranged for. The defense prole V
hly will present no evidence and the (
ion will he held for the grand jury. ^
George and Hugh Craig of Holroke, '
lass., brothers of Wm. Craig, the viem
of the accident, arrived here to- S(
Iglit and are in consultation with !
ic authorities. It has been decided *
?take the body to Chicago for inter*
icnt, that city hclng Craig's home,. V!
nd the brothers probably will start
est with the body torn morrow afterwn.
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THK MOTOU.MAN'S BTOHY m
Euclid Madden, the motorman, in: ^
;lllng Ills story says that the car was.
o. 20 which had motors of ?K> horse-,
awer. The car Is not lltted with air
rakes. On account of the presidential
cereises he says that the running fx
ihedulc on all lines of the company's. T
,rects were disturbed. ee
As he passed over the railroad to
ridge about .'150 or 100 feet from the w
:cne of the accident he says lie shut oir cr
ic power and put on the brakes, the m
ir then being on a down grade. He e>
lys there were teams on both sides of Id
ic track and ho was exercising every hi
ke 1
CONWAY, S. (
arc to avoid an accident. In Ids
pinion the car was not running over
dglit miles an hour; he received no
vanilng to stop and did not see the
nonnted men or (?ov. Crane waving
[/heir hands to come to standstill. According
to Maddon's story, there,
hero was plenty of room for tlu presilent's
carriage to have passed on the
.vest side of the trolley track and he
.voiild have had plenty of time to
lave passed the president's carriage
jefore the turn was made to the east
dde of the road, lie said that the
cading horses were turned short
icross the track. Ho could not tell
lust how the car struck the carriage,
>ut lie says lie reversed the power and
vent for the brake just as quickly as
icissihle when lie saw the horses t urn
in the track. He said it was dusty
Hid with ditliculty he saw what was
jollig on.
Cniisod a Sensation.
There arc sensational developments
n connection with the suicide last
I'ucsday night of (ieorge Conrad,
lead waiter of the (Jibson house at
/incinnati, Ohio. Ills wife, on apprehending
letters from the wife of a
prominent business man to her liuspand,
was suing Conrad for divorce
tnd a wealthy society woman for damice
on account of the alienation of
itfcctions. The attorneys of Mrs.
Jonrad appealed to the post al authoriies
and anion*? the letters from Conad
to the woman of whom he was
mamored there was found one In
*()ich Conrad outlined his plan, "to
jonvcy 11 is wife to the middle of the
Jhio river, upset the skill", as though
>v accident, swim ashore himself and
cave Mrs. Conrad to drown." When
Jonrad was confronted by his wife and
ittornefs with tins letter and knew
10 would he prosecuted criminally,
ic had a hurried interview with the
votnan for whom he had deserted his
rife and tlien killed himself. Mrs.
Jonrad says he repeatedly invited her
o take boat rides, but slie had been
brewarucd. The implication <d" a
rcll known woman here in the damsuit
of Mrs. Conrad lias caused a
rreat sensation.
PlotnrcH<|iie Pliciiomcpii.
A special from London Thursday
ays: The correspondent of The Daily
>1 aiI at Castiles, St. Lucia, has cabled
lie following account of the phenonena
witnessed at the time of the recnt
outbreak of Mont Pelee, Martiii(|ue.
"between 8 and 0 o'clock in
he cvcnfng of August 30 a spectacle
if terrific, grandeur was witnessed from
icre. A pitch black cloud hung over
he Island of Martinique, through
vhich shot at intervals pillarsof Maine
ligh in the sky, which broke in fanastic
forms of colored lire and scatered
as slvowers of liery sparks.
Vbout nightfa.il clouds wore dart ing
ibout like millions of monster lirellies,
aid above all those large aueroles apicarcd
in the sky." The corresponlent
then proceeds to confirm I lie (leads
of the eruption as already
mown, and says: "There were trcnendous
earth rumblings and exploions.
The ground rocked and nothng
could stand on tables shelves,
loats for St.. Pierre were unable to
each t he town, owing to the fall of
lot ashes, and a tidal wave destroyed
lie whole of the sea front of be f'arid.
People returned here from MurInlque
ouJy last week to take back
heir families to Fort de 1'iance."
itlown to Fragments.
While t.hegunsof Fort Wright, on
ilshers Island, N. Y"., were firing on
he Meet in the mimic war Wednesay.
KdWard Hoy was instantly killed
iy the premature discharge of a 12uch
gun, Harry A. Davis died later
t the hospital from injuries received,
nd a third man, Samuel Clevengcr,
fas severely wounded. .Several others
uirered slight injuries. All the men
fere privates of the second company,
oast artillery, of the regular army,
toy was No. 2 man at the gu? and
fas handling the powder. He had
ut a 30-pound charge into the gun,, j
nd had just pushed the brooch block
ito place without locking it when the
xplosion occurred. It irf supposed
hat a piece of burning rag had been
ift in the gun. Hoy was literally
lown to pieces. Davis was lilt in the
llhct hir <i ivlo/m aP lltflni* **.?-!
I?v.fv 1% Mi living 4A111 I
istalncd fatal injuries.
Tried to t'ul Hryiin.
Mr. Bryan had ait exciting encounjr
with a drunken man at the Labor
lay picnic at Lincoln, Neb., last week,
[r. Bryan and two friends were eximlg
out of the park, when they saw
rVO men fighting. The larger was
mnercifully pummelling the other
inn. Mr. Bryan promptly intcrfcrI.
In his drunken rage the big man
row a knife and revolver from his
ockct. Mr. Bryan grasped him by
ne wrist, the other man grasped his
thcr arm. The stranger was at least
x feet tall and brawny and had just
nough liquor in him to increase his
irength and fury. In the struggle
la? followed ho proved a tough propdtlon.
Mr. Bryan has not shaken
ands for nothing the pant six years,
ic had a grip that would not loosen
ad he elung to the man's wrist until
B had him overpowered. The stranger
as finally ejected from the park and
?c man who had been whipped also
leaped.
Ifiingod to u Tclograph I'Olo.
Jesse Walker, colored, was taken
??i the county jail at iiemslead,
e*., Thursday night by a crowd of
veral hundred citizens and haqged
i a telephone pole. The crime for
111 eh Walker was lynched was a
luiinal assauxult upon a white woan.
Walker "was arrested Monday
en lag and iQls victim positively
entitled him. The negro confessed (
a crime.
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1, THURSDAY, SHU
A DOOMED LAND.
The Last Eruption at Martinique
Worse Than All Others.
HILLS BURNED BY THE FLAME.
The Phenomena hi the Volcano
on August :jO the Most Ap?
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I?hIIIiiu >!' Thoin All
Ho Far.
It has been learned from tho gendarmcsof
the island of Marl iniqtie t hat
1,000 persons were killed and l.oOO
injured during the last eruptions of
Mont I'clce.
According to an ollicial aeconnt..
the eruption of August .'to was one of
the most severe that has been experienced.
Morne Rouge and a great part
of AJupu Rouillon were destroyed.
The /.one between the river Capote
and the valley of Chump Flore and
Foods Marie Heine has been devastated.
Mont Capote sulTered severely
and the hills around Russe l'olnte 1
wore burned. The governor of the
island Is arranging for the evuetuution 1
of the northern parishes and the removal
of the wounded. The tempera- '
Lure at Martinique is reported to be 1
almost unbearable. '
A dispatch from Fairs says the
I lavas agency lias received an undated (
ui^ihiia;ii iiuiii rori/ue rnuici'. isianci 1 1
of Martinique, announcing that about (
1,000 persons were ki 1 led and that
several iiundrcrl were injured as the '
result of a violent eruption of Mont '
I'elce on Saturday. August .'in. which
destroyed Morne Kongo and Ajupu i
liouillon, two villages near Mont '
l'elee. The dispateh con firms the re- '
port that the village of LeCarhefwas 1
damaged by a tidal wave, which was
also felt, at Fort do France, where the
people were panic-stricken. The
' French cruisers Huehet and Tnga are j ;
I embarking people in the northern j 1
j part of Martinique.
It KM A UKAUl.K Pit KNOMUNON.
A remarkable volcanic phenomennn
occurred between n and in o'clock
tbcrc on Sunday night. There was a
startling series of detonations from
La Soufriere, louder than any since I
the terrible.eruption of May ll. Kach
explosion shook the building of that
town. The noises were terrllie and
gave the impression in every town and
village of this island that the scene
lid' disturbance was only about two
miles away. Luring the period of intense
anxiety, which attended the detonations,
two luminous circles, like
rainbows, appeared in the cloudless
sky to the northwest. They were presumably
the reflection of the flames
in the crater of La Soufreire. Subsequently
a dense cloud of steam arose
from t he crater, but this soon dlsap
pearcd. The weather is fair.
The telegraphic, reports have been
received there from the islands of
Grenada. Trinidad and liarhados, saying
loud detonations were heard at.
micsc respective places between V) and ;
10 o'clock o' Sunday niglifc. These l
explosions were similar to those heard >
when Mont Pelce, on Martinique, and <
La Soufricre were previously in erup- i
Lion. The people of (Jrcnada were i
greatly alarmed at the detonations; .s
Uiey were the loudest which have j
boon heard there. This phenomenon >.
was not attended liy serious results i
011 St. Vincent, but fears are enter- t
tained there for people on the island t
of Martinique as Mont l'elee is known j
to he rtill terribly agitated, two erup- i
tions having occurred there in the t
last six days. The first eruption was
witnessed August 21 by passengers on
the French steamer Dahomc. This ^
vessel narrowly escaped destruction <
while passing near St. Pierre. <
,
WantN to lluck Tillman. 1
it was published in The State re- t
ccntly that the people of (Jreenvlllc t
are looking for Senator McLaurin to t
make his home in that city. The 1
Hennettsville correspondent of The I
State says in regard to this matter:
"Senator McLaurin is here, but says c
he will leave for the north in a few ?i
days. He has been in consultation s
with his former law partners, Judge n
C. P. Townsend and Col.wil>ia- C.""X
Jlomer, several times this week and it s
Js rumored that he intends to return v
to Hennettsville and resume the prac- i
tine of law. When asked atiout the i
reporL tliat he intended to settle in
(Irioeoville the senator said that he 1
had not decided upon any definite t
plans. J t is thought here that Sena- f
tor MdLaiirin intends to settle down s
somewhere in the State and wait for
an opportune time to reenter politics ? t
perhaps to run against Senator Till- t
man in 1900." s
.s
Hard to Kill. I
No pressure yet reached destroys all >
bacteria. Milk bus been subjected re- r
ccntly to pressures tip to 150,000 a
pounds per square IfwJi, but it was not '
completely sterilized. aJthough a brief d
compression under 70 iiu 100 tons to 1
the Inch delayed souring 54 to 00 hours 1
and a pressure of 90 tons per inch for t
an hour caused the milk to keep from (J
four to six days. As odd testes and *
ordors were soon acquired, it seems v
that some kinds of bacteria were kill- c
ed while others survived the trcmend- 11
ous squeezing. K
Twelve PiiiicmiIm.
Nearly thj entire colored population p
of Columbus, Miss., was in mourning p
Wednesday as a result of the railroad p
wrtjck at llerry, Ala., tlie day liefore. p
Nearly all the killed were from Colum- a
bus. Twelve funerals were held at v
one time in Columbus.
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TEMBER 11, lt)02.
HE DEFIES THEM.
Roosevelt Throws Down the Gaunt-! A
let to the Trusts,
AND THEY MAKE WAR ON THEM. *
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Tin* I'rcKldcnt I'lcdm's llinisi-lt' to I'
II
! inlit Wicked Combinations,
Iml tlifl (iihxI Will he l'os- It
terra. t(
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President Ihmsevelt, at Oalton, >i:l
Mass., Tuesday took notice of his re- S:|
turn visit to Massachusetts by deliveririVT
at h'itchhtUK another speech on 1
the trust question in order that he jil(
mi^ht fully answer his critics and to
more clearly deltne his attitude on
that suhject lie also launched Into '
a (I 'fense of the army in the I'hilip- "
pines during his speech at. Spring- iU
Held. The impression had ^one forth
that< any veiw ho might express re- 'l
sardine the acquisition of territory by
the I'nited States would lie sure to he ^
coldly received, hut the demonstra- ^
lions of approval which greeted his
utterances dispelled this idea. sl
I., I.to ,1/1/1 ........ < I ... ...1,1.... ? .1 4 ...I sh
vill interfere with a corporation do- ,MI
ok well If that corporation ishandling th
tsclf squarely and honestly.
"iNow, what 1 am saying ought to ,nl
?o treated as simple, elementary 00
ruths. Tho only reason it Is necessary 'W
o say them at all is that apparently th
ome people forget them. W(
"I believe something can he done by ',<l
lational legislation. When 1 state (V
hat, 1 ask you to note my words. I (
ay 1 lKillevc. It is not in my power to . *'
ay 1 know. When I talk to you of ''
ny own executive duties I can tell P
ou definitely what will and what will
lot he done. When I speak of the
actions of any one else, I can only say ' '
hat I believe something more can be
lone by national legislation. I believe
twill Imj done. I think we can get sv<
aws which will measurably increase '
he power of the federal government
tver corporations; but, gentlemen, I ta
ellevo firmly that in the end there fr,
vill have to be an amendment to the j;(
onstitutlon of the nation conferring
dditlonal power upon the federal
overnmcnt to deal with corporations. m.
To get that will be a matter of difll- (JlJ
ulty and a matter of time. ta
"I want you to think of what I m|
lave said because it represents all of th
he sincerity and earnestness that I j?,
lave, and 1 say to you here from this ^,r
ilatform nothing that 1 have not HC)
lready stated and nothing that I S(.|
rould not say at a private table with th
,ny of the biggest corporation mana- tri
;ers of tho land."
in iiit? (iiiuir.in nil |' I in 1111 111> i II" > Ul,l" I i
himself almost exclusively to the
trusts', in answer to his criticism, lie ri<
said in part.
"If some of those who have seen
. ause for wonder in what I have said sl
this fall on the subject of the great
orporat ions, which are popularly, l)a
ilthough with technical inaccuracy,
known as trusts, would take the
l rouble to read my message when I ('a
was governor, what I said on the
stump two years ago, and what 1 put ('"
Into my lirst message to congress, i ro
think they would have been less as- ,'1"
Lonished. Pa
NO IIVPOCUISY.
"I said nothing on the stump that
I did not think 1 could make good, i,M
md 1 shall not hesitate now to take n'
the posit,ion which I then advocated.
I am even more anxious that you who na
hear what I say should think of it NV:
than you should applaud it,. I am
tot going to try to delinc with
technical accuracy what ought to be lo
oeant when we speak of a trust. Hut NVl
f by trust we mean merely a big cor- w'
Miration, then I ask you to ponder the
it tor folly of the man who either in a 0,1
spirit of rancor or in a spirit of folly
'ays. 'Destroy the trusts,' without. NUr
jfiving you an idea of whaJL he means W
"oally to do. I will go wit h him if he r';
;avs destroy the evil in the trusts, i)r
,'ladly. (Applause.) I will try to find t,;i
?ut that evil.
CUTS Tit KM ON NOTICK.
"1 will seek to apply remedies, which l;i
I have already outlined in other m
tpeechcs. Hut if his policy from i)l
whatever motive whether hatred,
fear, panic or just sheer ignorance is in
Lo destroy the trusts in away that ca
vlll destroy all our prosperity, no.
1'hose men who advocate wild and a'
'oolish remedies which would be worse y*1
jinn me diseases, arc doing all in 111
Jielr power to perpetuate the evils 51,1
igainst wliieli they nominally war, :_111
jecause it we are brought face to face 'il
with the naked issue of either keeping r''
ir totally destroying a prosperity in
which the majority share, but in
rvhch some share Improperly, why as ':tl
lensihlc men we must decide that It is vv'
i great deal better that some people 's
ihould prosper too much than that '(;i
10 one should prosper enough. So that
die men who advocates destroying P?
die trusts by measures which would
laralyze the industries of the country, K"
s at best a quack and at worst an P8
Micmy to the republic." J11
I'HOl'KR GKOWTIl.
"Now it does not do anybody any
?ood and it will do most of us a great s'>
leal of harm to take steps which will w'
dicck any proper growth in a corporalion.
We wish not to penalize but to
evvard a great captain of industry or
die men handed together in acorpora- 811
don who have the business fore-bought
and energy necessary to ' '
mild up a great industrial enterprise. tri
<ccp that in mind. ce
"A big corporation may be doing co
ixcellent work for the whole country ^h
tnd you want, above all things, when
triving to get a plan which will pre- 'jy
rent wrong doing by a corporation wl
CTH* U-4?-sires to do wrong, not, at the
lame time, to have a scheme which ;
&
EDITOR SHOT.
i I'Vlluw In tl?? Went <}ets ji Itullel
for ltlii?kguar<li*iii.
I rod Marriott, the publisher of the
;m Francisco News Loiter, was shot
iroe times and seriously wounded at
Is home Thursday night In Sao
rauclseo. 11 is assailants were Thomas
r. Williams, Jr., president of the
iillforota Jockey cluh, and Tuxton
eale, former t'nitcd States minister
) Persia and Greece and a well known
uhmun of that city. Neither will
tv who did t he shooting, hut Marriott
i.ysit was Williams. The following
count of the shooting was given hy
arrlot t heforo he was put under an stheties
at the hospital:
"An appointment was made hy
degphono for a meeting hy Truxton
eale. About t) o'clock lloale and
illlauiK came to the house and 1
lswered door myself. NVIicn roach*
y: t(? take their hats Ilealcstruck me
hoavoy blow hi the face and made
lothor slash at mc with his list,
mash him, the d - ?,' cried
illiains. I retreated as the blow on
ic forehead almost blinded me. 1 t hen
arted up-stairs and Williams be^an
looting."
The lirst shot tired shattered Marit
t's left le^ below t he knee and he
11 to the steps. As he rolled to t he
it torn of the stairs two more bullets
ruck him. <)ne cut through the
Itfh, a few inches below the hip,
isslntf clear through the U>k. The
her struck him in the rl^ht hand.
Mrs. Marriott, hearing tlie llrstshot,
me to the head of the stairs in time
see her husband fall. She started
wn to him. Then, it is averred, the
volvcr was turned In her direction
d two more shots were tired. One
ssed within four inches of her head.
Williams said: "We consider it, our
ity to punish Marriott for publishing
artile last week rcllcctlntf on the
putation of a younvr lady."
Itealesaid that although the lady's
.me was not mentioned her identity
is so plainly indicated that he felt
und to resent t he pul)licatlou. After
e shooting, Williams and Iteale went
the I'acilie Union cluti, wlierc they
ue placed under arrest. Marriott
II recover unless blood poison sets
Williams and Iteale wore released
i $10,000 bonds each.
No affair in recent, years has caused
cli a sensation. Iloth Iteale and
illiains have been prominent linanally
and socially for years and they
obahly are as well known in other
irts of the country as in California.
Moeel/d t (nli.o.ii.wl XT I -
i>uu i M/tu 1111 u: i i in i i in: i > i'? I jlJlr,
a weekly publication, from bis
tiler, who established the paper
any years ago. Marriott was also
iblishcr of The Overland Monthly.
While the alleged slanderous story
ibllshed by The News Letter which
used the shooting did not mention
c young lady's name, it was generly
known to whom if referred. The
mug woman was heart broken over
e publication and appealed to Meale,
i old friend of her family, for assistice.
Meale asked the advice of Wdims
and together they went to Mar>tf's
house. The shooting followed.
In speaking of the affair Meale said:
the attack was made on a partlcurly
warln friend of mine, who lives
tli her mother in San Raphael. She
well known in society and not the
ist, word of scandal has ever been atelied
to her name. The article apared
in last Saturday's News Letter,
told of her playing tag in a night
wn at Mount Tatnalpais with a
rty of friends. We felt perfectly
stilled in taking the measures we
rl, and we have nothing to regret."
Neither man would say who did the
(K)ting and each seemed perfectly
lling to shoulder the blame.
A lleuvy Frost.
The Columbia State says in the
mtnary of the weather conditions
er the country, Mr. Matter said
tursday: "An area of high baromeic
pressure is this morning over the
ntral valleys, preceded by showery
editions over the greater portion of
c cotton belt and the Atlantic coast
upper New Kngland, and attended
clear, and decidedly cool weather,
th heavy frost this morning in the
ikotas. The cool weather covers
0 greater portion of the corn belt,
it frosts are not probable tonight in
e principal corn producing States as
e cool wave Is closely followed by
uch higher temperatures. The
1 lor weather will reach tit is section
Friday, preceded by showery conditits
and followed by generally clear
father. During the past 24 hours,
in fell over the eastern half of the
ntiucnt, except In the south Atlan;
coast region, Florida and South
trolina. Scattered showers occurred
rcxas. 'rue following heavy
eel pi tat ion was reported: Atlanta
12, Meridian 1,68, Sclma, Ala.,
16, Lampasas, Tex., 1.62, Lake,
Iss, 1,88 Inches. The highest tcmpcriire
yosterda.F was 04 degrees at
lylor, Tex., the lowest this morning
is :tl degrees at Huron, Dakota.
I>c!'rii<1h Trusts.
The following criticism of the muchlked-of
Republican hand t>ook is
im the oldest and most prominent
'.publican newspaper in the country:
i'o the casual reader it Is made to
pear not unlikely that the camgalgn
inagcrs do not recognize the trust
lestion as one of especial Impornce,
and, in fact, they have tried to
inlraize Its importance, although
cy have included in the volume
esident Roosevelt's message to coness
on the subject. It would also
Jin that either consciously or unconlously,
an effort has been made by
e compilers of the book to defend
lists.'"
A NOTED MAN GONE.
Thomas W. Woodward, of Fairfield.
Breathes His Last.
LONG A LEADER IN HIS COUNTY.
Prominent lu AffttirM of State and
/Always Active In Every Move*
menl For tlie Otxttl of
II In People.
The special correspondent of .The
State, of Columbia, at WlnnsUnro,
says that on Thursday afternoon at
o'clock Major Thomas W. Woodward,
one of Fairfield's most promii out
citizens, died at Ids home at
Itockton, after a painful Illness of
several months. 11 is remains were
Intcred Friday afternoon in the Episcopal
church cemetery at itockton.
Thomas W. Woodward, the son of
William T. Woodward, was liorn on
t he plantation in Fairfield county, S.
C!, which has been in his family since
a portion of it was granted to Thomas
tiic Regulator by King George III.
llis: birl.li lu'i'iirnwl \l .? " iu'?u '1"
was given every educational advantage,
having llrst attended the Mount
Zlon college, later' Shirley's Institute,
and the Wake Forest college, of North
Carolina. Here he spent a few months
in 1817. In the fall of 1848 lie entered
the South Carolina college. H is
collegiate career was out short In Ids
junior year hy his participation In the
famous "Steward Hall rebellion,"
when Ife was expelled, with I07 others.
His mother died in Ids child
hood, and he was hut a lad when Ids
father's death left hhu an orphan,
under the care of his uncle, Mr. < >smund
Woodward, his father's executor.
February lf>, I8.">.r>, Major Woodward
happily married Miss Cornelia
M. I >antzler, of Orangeburg, and at
that time settled on Ids plantation
and turned his attention to the calling
of Ids fathers. Mrs. Woodward died
In 1878. Miss licbecca V. Hylos,
daughter of Capt. Thomas M. Lyles,
a grandson of the llrst white settler
in Falrtleld county, became his second
wife.
In 18(50 1 Fairfield county elected
Major Woodward a representative In
the legislature, and he was a member
of the session which called the convention
of secession, and Ids vote was cast
for that measure, lie volunteered as
a private In the Falrlield Fencibles at
the outbreak of the civil war, and
upon the organization of the Sixth
South Carolina Volunteer regiment he
was elected major. He was seriously
wounded at the battle of Dranesvillc.
Subsequently he re-enlisted as a private
and was tendered the olllec of
quartermaster of the Twentieth Volunteer
regiment. Acting In that capacity,
Major Woodward served during
the remaining years of the war. His
regiment was attached to Kershaw's
brigade when they went Into Virginia,
and Major Woodward surrendered
with Johnston at Grcencsboro. Itetnrning
to his home after the last
struggle of the Confederacy, he resumed
his occupation as a planter,
which he since continued with increasing
success.
At the close; of the war of uneeuiiloii
Major Woodward resumed the business
of farming on a large scale and
with great success. He took constant
interest in public alTalrs?on all occasions
doing what he could to keep the
white people of Ills county In good
heart and in the resolution to throw
oir the yoke of negro rule at the earliest
opportunity. lie was sent to
every meeting of the "Taxpayers'
Union," and was one of a committee
sent in 1871 to President Grant to call
that official's attention to the infamies
of the government of South
Carolina as organized under the reconstruction
measures of congress.
In 187b he did a most effective part
in organizing the white people of FairHeld
for their part in the light for
Wade Hampton and white rule. In
the campaign in ids own county he
was the constant and faithful coadjutor
of John liratton. the Democratic
county chairman.
In 1880 he was made Democratic
county chairman of Fairtleld and acted
in that capacity until 1880, when
he declined re-election. Major Woodward
was a delegate to the convention
of 1870, which nominated Wade
Hampton and a "straightout" ticket,
and for fourteen years after represented
his county in well nigh every
state convention of his party. He
was elected, without opposition, to the
state senate in 1881 and re-elected in
1888, also without opposition. In the
senate he took rank as one of the
IIIUPU UIW1UI HlOmOCrS,
Major Woodward took an active
part In every movement looking to
the advancement of the agricultural
Interests of South Carolina, lie was
one of the organizers of the State
Agricultural and Mechanical society,
and always took an active part in
promoting Its objects and its Interests.
lie served as its president for
two terms, and his charge of its affairs
was marked by great success.
He declined to take part In the
"farmers' movement" of 1890, holding
that it was for political purposes
only and that the charges against the
state government and those control- .
ling it were harsh and unjust.
Major Woodwaod's last appearance
in a public assembly was in tlie democratic
State convention hold In Columbia
in May of the present year.
Anybody can kill a poor little young
partridge. Don't shoot them now,
but wait until the birds are grown and
the law is out, Nov. 1st.