The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 26, 1905, Image 1
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RAIN OF SHOT
Fired Into the Czar's Palace During
a Religious Rete.
POLICEMAN KILLED.
Aa Officer Explained the Affair by Say*
lag that the Bullets Were Tired by
a Battery in Reply to a Salute.
Cxifr' Displayed Splea*
did Nerve.
A cablegram fr >m St. Petersburg
aatvu ?." * * * ' '
.. MiowKiiiuujr m tuc messing 01
tlie waters this year was accompanied
by aa event more mysterious, unprecedented
and extraordinary than any
afforded by the annals of Russian his
tv>ry. For a Russian sovereign to fall
by the hand of an assassin is no new
tiling in Russian records, but that the
eiopcror should narrowly escape death
by a shot from his own artillery while
ho was engaged in a solemn religious
rite, surrounded by priests of his
cluroh, is so dltlleult to realize as to
bo almost incredible. Yet this Is what 1
happened i^hursday, and the Russian
public is l?ft wondering and mystified. !
ily the merest chance the imperial 1
family escaped unhurt, but public 1
opinion Is stunned by what might '
hive been the tragic results of the af- :
fair.
The festival of the Epiphany, the 1
blessing of the waters, had just con- (
eluded at 1 o'clock Thursday after- 1
neon when, simultaneously with the I
salute fired from the St. Peter and 1
St. Paul fortress, a rain of bullets ?
swept over the little chapol built over w
the frozen Neva In front of the winter '
nalace where Emperor Nicholas and c
every membrr of the Rjmanoff family N
vere participating in thescrvlco. The '
mif-sllt s went high, entering the win- c
dows of the splendid row of salons
along the water front, from which the 1
empress, the ladles of the court and 1
fcho members of the diplomatic corps c
and high dignitaries of the state, army c
and navy were witnessing the glitter- '
lug spectacle below. H
Fortunately the bullets passed over 1
tbe heads of all present, striking the r
opposite wall and clattering down on c
tbe partted lloor of the white salon. 9
Enrybody had been laboring under a v
m ire or less nervous strain bccauso of c
the strike situation and tbe windows 1
were hastily vacated and tbe greatest v
excitement reigned within the palace. >
Lieut. Fullon, chief of police of St.
Petersburg, himself picked up a missile
In tbe white salon. It was the s!/.' j
of a bird's egg. The police chief was
immediately surrounded by otficers of
the guaro, who examined the bullet
and expressed the opinion that It had
come from a shripnel shell, which
might have been fired from the battery
located on the Bi urse esplanade,
and which replied to the la'ute of the
St Peter and St. Paul fortress, ex- .
plaining that a gun might have been
oharged with a loaded cartridge by
mistake.
(n the m antlme there was no evidence
outside of what occurred. The
crowds of people who formal black
lines a'org tbe qnays, tbe palace
bridge, the steps of the Bourse and
every other point of vantage in the f
wiiite Arc io landscape did not betray
the slightest excitement. Neither did '
the imperial parry in the ohapcl be- J
low. Although the actual ceremony *
was ended the emperor remained and ,
accompanied the metropolitan and 1
clergy as they circle I the pavlllion
around the chapel to bkas the gorgeous
staledrds of the famous guard '
regiments assembled there. Then the c
procession moved back to tho palace )
and the original programme was carded
out. The ctnporor displayed splen '
did nerve. He did not show a trace of r
excitement. Ho received the dlplo .
mates in his usual cordial, gentle man- (
ner, reviewed liie gaurd regiments on
the square behind the palace and sub- (.
s qucntly bad luncheon ser ved In the (
slate dining rcom.
During the reoeptlon Kmperor ,
Nicholas greeted Ambassador Mc
Cormlok with his accustomed cordiali ,
ty and the ambas ador oonveyed to liis
majesty President It >osevolt's personal
greetings and wishes for a happy
Now Year which the emperor said he '
was happy to receive. When the cur- '
reopondent of the Associated Press ,
(who was atx ut to go down to the ,
white salon when one of tho missils
flew right over his hear1) left the palace
he saw a, hole in tho window of '
.another salon1,and holes outside in the
stucco of the<massive red building.
Additional/ particulars show that
the emperor /had a miraculous esoape.
There is noj doubt tbat Hie missiles
came froifi 3*igun of the Bourse battery
which was Iloaded with grape, not
with shrapn/el. Some of the bullets actually
strucjk the little open chapel in
which thelmperor was standing, cut
the staff off one of the standards and
furly rlddtfed the basement windows
of the peUdce, killing a policeman outright
wounding an officer and
three msifiiues. Had the gun been aim
ed z littleV)ower the oharge of grape
might"have w^ped out the whole H >
manoff dyu&styTVThe official account
of Thursday's shotting affair is as follows:
V
*'During the ceremony of the blessing
of the waters of tihe Neva, Thursday,
In the presence^- of the emporor,
as the usual salute rwas toeing fired an
acoident happened/. A charge of grape
Instead of a saluy ilng charge was tire 1
from a gun bel/onglng to one of the
batteries statjroned near the Bourse.
Sonje bulletsj^truck the facade of the
winter palacpa near the quay gardens,
breakln^/Abur windows. A policeman
be|c?tifcTng to the St. Petersburg force
gAvas wounded. According to the lofor.
? matlon to hand at present no other
i acoident occurred. Inquiry continues."
It is now stated in official circles that
the grape was 11 red from one of the
guns of the Seventeenth bittery of
the First Horse Artillery of the
Guard, the mcst arlstocratlo corps In
the Russian army. It seems that at
gun practice on Tuesday a loaded shel
was.Inadvertently left In the gun.
I IliVifnti
i
RED HOT TALK.
Malicious and Common liar and a
7 ypical Blackguard.
Are (ho Compliments That Georgia
1'olltlolane Are lUylng One
Another In N? wipaperi.
1 he political situation In the State
of Georgia, which has been considerably
worked up during the past few
weeks by the exchange of correspondence
through the prest between Mr.
W. W. Osburoe, of Savannah, and
Mr. Newt. A. Morris, of Athens, was
intensified on Wednesday when Mr.
Morris gave out as uorohing reply to
a former letter from Mr. O borne.
The following extracts from the letter
will glvo a fair idea of Its sjverity:
BOMK LUKIKD TALK.
' Your defcertion of your former
friends, the betrayal of their confidences
in your ?fTorts to pull your
gubernatorial oheslnuts out of the
mtro by the sacrifice of your candid ate
for president of the Senate, your mis
erable masquerading as a reformer
and utter want of candor corroborates
your oonfesslon that you are a 'bad
man,' which Is consequently accepted
without further proof. ;<iou insinuate
that the Legislature was wrongfully
and oorruptly lashed by corporations
Into voting for me for speakor. to the
ihame of the state, and I now demand ,
the specltio oharge and prof of that
Insinuation. You Insinuate that state
tiouse officials have been wrongfully
ind corruptly influenced, and of this
I demand the specific charge and
proof. You insinuate that the D.mojratlc
party Is improperly dominated
ind oontrolled. 1 demand specific
proof of ttie assertion. I demand that
/ou charge and state specifically when
md where, and under what cirpjnmitanocs
and by whom any otllclal in
,he executive, judicial or legislative
lepartments of this state have been
vrorgfully or corruptly approa died or
nflucnced. 1 will add that tho asso
s ated railways has its political agent,
md that 1 am informed you are such
>ald political agent, and areconstanty
chasing through tho lobby of the
sapitol when its Interests are effect
id. You oharge that when or before
ilr. Steed retired from tho speaker
.hip race in 1902, and In consideration
iad tho pledge of myself and other
nen, of support for the presidency
>f the Senate in 1905. 1 deny tills as
lertlon. You have wantonly, and
vlthout proof repeated your charges,
onsequeutly the only alternative left
ne Is to denounce your assertion as a
vllful and deliberate lie, and to brand
'ou as a malicious and common liar."
OBHOHNK 1UT8 HACK.
Osborne replied to tbe aliove as folows:
"The Moultrie Observer very propirly
remarked that Morris represents
ill that Is bad lu Georgia politics. It
s fitting that he should be the sp kesnan
of those who have so lost their
enso of honor and shame as to sell
heir political lntluenco for money.
Chose I attack are guilty, and they a
mow It. They dare not engage mo In 1
controversy, so thoy select a typical c
daokguard to father their counter-at- a
aok. The eharge 1 made was based t
lpon statements made to me by two a
nen who helped write the last card. I
. have challenged them to deny it. 1 I
im now awaiting their denial. The c
ollowlng facts are given for the In'urination
of the public: Oa Monday t
norning, In a conversation with a re- f
lorier of an Atlanta dally, Morris t
itatcd he would not answer my card, i
lecause I had not answered him. On 8
Monday afternoon Morris was sum- t
noned to Atlanta. t
Tuesday there was a conference of
ill the mercenaries, Including their '
sandidatc for president of the senate, (
vho had been summoned by wire. 1
nils oard Is the result. Morris had <
10 more to do with this card than he e
ild with the one that preceded it. (
The language used being the purest i
ilackguardlsm, coming from a typical 1
jlackguard, and being used for no (
ither purpose than to disgust the pubic
with this controversy, is treated ?
ey me with the same contempt In i
which I hold the author. Inasmuch as <
Morris suggests that this is his l&st I
appearance, I feel the following letter I
will be appropriate to his exit: ?
'Bill Jorfes, mercenary. Better
yime and look after your hired man, 1
Morris. I caught him skirmishing in t
advance of your line aod endeavored i
to make hlrr\jiaptlvo. I pulled him on <
a high planJ*and assigned him a task, i
but he was entirely unused to his sur- '
roundings and fell off. The last I saw i
of him he was wallowing in the slough
and was in Imminent danger of being <
strangled by his own vomit. I am i
sorry. At one time I felt that I could i
make him a useful oltizen, in tlmo. If
Ood had given me the power to work
a miracle, I might have made a gentleman
of him, though I do not claim
thts to be p isslble, even if the ouiitlngcney
I name had happened."
W. W.Obhoknk."
Voted Karly.aiul Often.
In the eleotlon contest now being
heard In Denver, Col., one Jos Totter
a waiter, testified that on election
day ho voted at least forty times. lie
said that slips containing names and
addresses were given him by men
whom he knew to be prominent in the
p >litlC8 of the lower wards of Denver
and he was instructed to vote tire
nnnriAnrof.l? n? 1 - - -- *
?vu.WII>V>V Vivkou. *l?5 omueu I/O C1HI
these votes for $1 each and cant
more than twenty before noon. A
certain route was designated for his
work for the forenoon and lie was
cautioned to change his clothing occasionally.
in the afternoon he said
he oast twenty more ballots for which
he received fifty cents each.
Life Is Too Ghesp.
The State says: "la the celebrated
case of Nan Patterson, ball in any
amount was refused the defendant,
even after the prosecution had fulled
to make out its oase against her, and
yet in this State a man who has killed
his own son is released within a week
on a paltry bond for 11,500. We need
not be surprised that life is held so
cheap by the populace of South Carolina
when judges put auoh low estlmates
oa it" I
?pr"ii'j|l PEJ
CON
EXPERT NEEDED."
Comptroller-General's Report to
the General Assembly.
VERY STRONG PAPEB.
He Waats All Officers Receiving or Disbursing
Public Fuads to Have the
Same System of Book-keeping.
The Report Contains Other
Valuable Suggestions.
One of the ablest and hardest work-1
Inu i.fflcials this state has had in a decade
Is Comptroller-General Jone^,
head of the tax department, an un
?4i - - -
cufiauio position in view or the
tangled conditions that have prevailed
for many years on account of
poor machinery with which to carry
out the tax laws. In his annual report
he takes hold of the problems
bcldly.
COUNTY TAX OKKICIALS.
With regard to county tax officials
Uomproller Jones makes these recommendations:
"1. That a uniform syotem of
book-keeping be lustalled for all officers
charged with receiving or disbursing
puullc funds.
''2. That the comptroller general
be empowered to appoint an expert
icoountant to visit frequently diking
the year the various county officials
uid make examinations of their books.
' 3. That a sufficient sum be appropriated
to purchase the necessary
jooks and blanks required In Introluclng
a uniform system of bookkeep"4.
That an amount sufficient to
sover salary and expenses of an ex
)ert account be appropriated.
"6. That the term of office of
ludltor and treasurer be fixed at four
'ears."
AS TO COUMTY KINANCK3.
"Dispensary Fund.?The present
aw requires county boards to meet
>nce a month In the auditor's office
uid divide the dispensary profits bc,ween
tho town and county. The
sounty auditor Is required to report
.he same to tho state board of oon,rol.
This .law Is pratically 'ignored,
or we Hud the county auditors, with
i few exceptions accept the county
reasurer's statement of the dispen
ary funds received. I would recomnnnrt
thai, t ho l? ho omondn/i i
? ? ,..MV v>?v im T* MU MUJVUUCU ICljUll'
ok the county board to meet as above
in the drat Wednesday of eaoh
nonth.
"Borrowing Money by Counties.?
n witnessing annual settlements we
ind the county auditor, county superrlsor
and oounty treasurer In many
nstanoes Ignorant of the amount of
noney borrowed, or they are unable
o give any definite Information as to
he exagt amouutof thnsc funds until
,11 hands make an investigation. The
aw relative to borrowed money for
ounty or school purposes, should be
.mended so as to require all notes to
>e signed by the oounty supervisor
iiul county auditor and countersigned
>y the county treasurer before they
>ecome a legal obligation against the
riunty.
"Reports of Magistrates.?Magls.rates
should be required to make a
ull and complete report monthly to
.he county auditor and oounty treaslrer,
of all tines and licenses collected
ind pay the same Into the county
.reasury before warrant Is Issued by
,hc county for their salary.
"Reports of County Treasurers.?
The county treasurer should be retired
by law to make a report on the
1st and 15th of each month to the
jomptroller general, the oounty supervisor
and county superintendent of
djc&tion, covering his entire reoeipts
itul disbursements A penalty should
oe provided for dercliotlon of this
luty.
"County Supervisor.?The supervl?r
should, under a heavy penalty, be
required to enter on the claim book
every obligation of the county, showing
in appropriate column Its disposition
by the board of county oomuils
Honors.
"Supervisor and County Superintendent
of Education.?That a penalty
be provided by law where the county
frupervlsor or oounty superintendent
of education shall draw a check
upon any fund, unless the report of
the county treasurer shows a balance
to the credit of that fund; that a warrant
drawn by the oounty supervisor
or county superintendent of education
shall designate the particular fund
and the flsoal year to whloh it bc1
>ngs. This Is necessary in order to
keep the special fund of the oounty
and schools separate and distinct.
FIKR BU8INBS8 GAINS.
Fire business in South Carolina for |
1903 with figures of 1902, for purpose
of comparison: I
Risk written 1903, *98,945,176;
1902. $90,014,213 83; gain $0,930,962
17.
Premiums received, 1903 *1,191,069.46;
1902, *1,140,867.37; gain *50,202.09.
Averago rate, 1903, $1.23; 1902,
$1.26. I
Losses paid, 1903, $557,571.70; 1902,
$692 860 22; decrease $ 136,288.52.
Percentage of losses paid to premiums
received, 1903, 46 8; 1902, 60.8.
L1VK BUSINB8S GAINS.
Life business In South Carolina for
1903 with figures of 1902 for purpose
of comparison:
Risks written, 1903, *19 840,326 60;
1902. $15 803.007 7n.
, gaiu ?l,UOI,?
318.90.
Premium* received, 1903, $2 334,721
83; 1902, 82,030,480.11; gain $304,241.72.
Lotses paid, 1903, $905,890.86;
1902, $898,677 65; gain $7,213 21.
Losses Incurred, 1903, $907,966.61;
1902, $976 888 68; gain $68,922 07.
1N8URANCK FRRS AND TAXKS.
"1 would recommend to take effect
Jan. 1, 1906, that in lieu of our
present license laws and the requireI
ments for companies to pay taxes to
counties, that all insuranoe companies
I ohartered la other states or forolgq
SONAL. j Admlnisti
[WAY. S. C., TI1UR.
companies licensed to do business In
this state be required to pay the ful
lowing fees:
An annual license fee of 9250; fli ng
and abstracting annual statement
20; each agent annual lioera) fee of
2; 2 1-2 per cent, on gross premiums
received In this state payab'e quar
terly.
"That the above amount ooll:cted
shall be all taxes and licenses required
of such insuianoe companies. That i
no county, city or town can Impose any
additional tax or license fee.
"That all insurance companies
chartered under the laws of this state
shall be required to pay the following I
feet-:
Annual license fee 150; filing and
abstracting annual statement 10;
each agent, annual fee of II. One p r
cent, on grosn earnings received lu t re
s' ate.
* That all fracternal insurance com
panks be required to pay an annual
feo of 15 for tiling and Abs.raotlng annual
statement. Uc.d^r this law the
state would derive an estimated rev- f
enue as follows:
Annual lloense fees 135 000; fees f ?r
annual statements 12 800; fees, (
agents' ai n lal licenses 14 000; 2 1-2 1
per cent, on gross premiums 9102 075; 1
total estimated rcvente 9143 875. '
ASTONISHING INKqUALITY. 1
Comptroller General Jones, in his '
report, calls attention to the salaries I
of county auditors in the following:
An astonishing lncqiullty exists in c
ttie salaries paid county auditors of N
tire several counties of this state, as *
exhibited in the followlug statement: ?
County. Salary. Population. 8
Abbeville 9 .900. 33 075 e
Aiken 1,200\ 38,610 f
Anderson 1,500/ 55 089
Bamberg 800-: 17 037 J'
Barnwell 1,250 35 C6l
Unoiifnrf 1 OAA OF
l|i.UU >19,2111
Herkcley 825 30,288 ^
Charleston 3,200 85*290 ^
Cherokee 800 21,247 1
Chester 1,000 28 455 1
Chestcrlield 700 20,294 (*
Clarendon 800 27 900 ^
Colleton 1,000 33 343 w
Darlington 900 32,914 c
Dorchester 800 15,200
Kdgetlold 1,000 25 213 h
Fairtleld 1,000 29,333 a
Florence 900 28,184 0
Georgetown 1,000 22 498
Greenville 1.200 52,045 "
Greenwood 900 27,906
Hampton 900 23,615 ^
Ilorry 750 23,267 "
Kershaw 900 24 464 c
Lancaster 900 24 203 "J1
Laurens 1,000 36,890 *
Lee 750 n
Lexington 90O 27,033 8'
Marlon 900 34 897 a
Marlboro 800 25,351 81
Newberry 1,000 29,833 11
Oconee 900 23,121
Orangeburg 1,200 69,267 ^
Pickens 675 19,200 1
Itlchland 2,000 42.740 1
Saluda 800 18,911 ?
Spartanburg 1 600 64,395 1
Sumter 1,200 50,744 8
Union 900 25 228 fl
Williamsburg .... 900 31,671 a
York 1,300 41,025 fl
0
WOULD HAISK SAL|lRTB8. v
The above statement clearly shows f:
that the salaries now tlxed by law are t
not based, as required by the oonstltu- t
tlon, ''in proportion to the population p
and work required." The salaries h
based on the population would work
an inequality, but when the popula I
tlon and work required Is taken as w
the basis, there Is no reason for the fi
nrpRAnt. inpnnallt.v T>. la aV>n>il??/>l- w.
r _ VJV.V... , AW <o auouiuuci/ u
necessary to have well qualified men V
for these position; this faot should &
not be disregarded, and in fixing the w
salaries the compensation should be b
such an amount as would secure the
best business talent. a
The compensation of the county t
auditors and treaaurers fn the small- h
est ounties should not be less than \
8900, and even this amount is small c
in comparison with the salaries paid s
for less responsible positions in busi- n
ness life. n
1 would therefore recommend that u
all salaries of oounty auditors and r
treasurers of this state be readjusted ii
and that these officers be placed upon 1<
an equitable basis. a
The salaries of the county auditors
and trcasurera In the following ooun- Y
ties should be placed at 1900, the h
the state lo pay 8000, and the oountles a
$300: Bamberg, Berkeley, Cherokee, f
Chesterfield, Clarendon, Dorchester, t
Horry, Lee, Oconee, Pickens, Saluda, \
Union and Williamsburg. i
That $1,000 be the salaries in the f
following counties, the state to pay s
$650, and the county $350; Abbeville, (
Chester, Darlington, Edgefield, Fair- t
Held, Florence, Georgetown, Green- a
wood, Lexington, Laurens, Marlon t
and Newberry. c
The salary of the county auditor t
and treasurer of Spartanburg oounty
should rank next to Charleston: Or- e
angeburg next to Spartanburg. The ?
Pjliintic u r\t Awi1a?oa? /"I -ill
wuttvivo vl AUUQIOUUi \JIOOUVIUO| i
Lllcblnnd, York, Aiken and Sumter 1
should be put upon the same basis.
The other counties can be easily ad- 1
justed to those nam :d. I
It appears that some of the inequal- !
itles now existing arise from looal I
legislation, although the ooustltutlon <
prohibits the same. l
Drownnd by Tidal Wave.
A cablegram from Christiana, Nor- ]
way, says fifty-nine persons perished I
as the result of an avalanche of rooks 1
at Naesdal, north of Bergen, Sunday.
A mass of rock was suddenly preolpl- 1
tatcd Into Loenvand lake from the <
neighboring bills, causing an immense 1
wave twenty feet high whtoh swept the 1
neighboring shores. Houses,people and 1
cattle were swept away by the rush of i
water, and It Is known that fifty-nine 1
persons perished. Thus far only four
bodies have been recovered. great i
storm Wednesday stopped the relief
work as the surrounding dlstrlot Is i
unable to send help.
A Fatal Fall.
An investigation Into the ftudden
d>ath of Mr. W. O. Petsch, In Charleston,
was held by the coroner, but a
verdict was rendered that It was due
to an aocident, falling down the steps
of his resldenoe. He was found dead
in the hallway of his house on Sunday
night, and It was thought that there
had been foul play. Mr. Petsch
olerked In a dry goods store and aas
unmarried.
pto,'# || .
3D AY, JANUARY
AMAZINTSTORY
Of Hypnotism is Told by a Young
English Woman.
TRILBY 18 OUTDONE
la the Story of a Governess, Who Was
Cruelly and Shamefully Treated
She Say* by a Man She Hated,
Bat Whose Word She
Had to Obey.
A dispatch from, London England,
)ays through the newspapers that
.here has just come to light In that
;lty a tale of hypuotic lutloence that
s almost beyond belief. The famous
inn original Svengall of Geo. DuMauier's
storv, "Trilby," seems to
iave been far outdone by one Alfred
White, or Sternberg, whichever his
lame may be, If the story told by a
>retty girl named Alice Gray Is true.
Miss Gray Is tbe daughter of a Lon
Ion business man In moderate circum
tanoes. The past year has been for
icr one of unutterable horror, misery
>nd shame. Her health has been
hattered, her nervous bystetn wreckd
by her experiences, and her only
trayer Is that her friends may protect
ler from further cruelty at the hands
f the man from whom she Is poweriss
to protect herself.
Mlas Gray returned a year ago last
Uigust from Germany, where she had
ecd traveling as a lady's companion.
11 November she answered an adveriscment
for a lady clerk, which rcuested
applicants to to call at 15
ishdown road, Kingston. Here she
/as employed by Alfred White, as he
ailed himself. He stipulated that
he girl must live In his house with
im. As his wife and children were
lsn living in the house, she made no
bjsotlon.
Miss Gray found that White's busless
was selling sewing machines,
11 les, music b< xes and cheap j iwi lry
o domestic servants on the lnstalllent
plan. From the tlrst day, de
lares the girl. White tx roised a
trange and potent Influence over her.
ler hand shook when she signed her
ame to an employment contract, and
he trembled whenever White looked
t her. She loathed the man, she
ays, yet oould disobey him In nothIt
had been arranged that she was
o go home every Sunday, but after
he tlrst three Sundays White stopped
his. Miss Gray's si->ter Kate called
n her slBter several times and saw
hat all was not right between the
irl and her employer. She told her
ather of her suspicions, and soon
fter Alice herself complained to her
ather of White's strange influence
ver her. At this time Alice's mother
/as dying, at their home, and the
ather and sister did not pay the at
entlon they might otherwise have
o the girl's strange story. She com
lalced again of her unhapplness, but
er family gave.little heed.
On March 19 the girl's mother died,
mmediately afterward Kate Gray
ras sent to White's house by her
ather, and brought Alice home witn
er. She stayed at home a week,
Vhlte sending daily messages to iter,
sklng her to come back to him. They
mre brought by his wife, his odice
oy and others.
Easter Monday, April 3, Miss Gray,
nd her sister went for a walk. On
heir way home, not far from their
louse, they saw a pony trap, with
Vhlte driving it. He stopped and
ommanded Alice Gray to g. t in beide
him. The girl declares she did
ot want to go; that sho hated the
nan and dreaded to put herself again
inder his Influence; yet she could not
eslst White's command. She got
nto the trap and White drove away,
saving Kate Gray speechless with
mazoment.
Kate ran into the house and told
ter father what had happened To;ether
they went to White's house
,nd asked for Alice. A big, powerully
built man came to the door and
old them Alice was out driving witli
Vhlte. Tiiis man and Gray eventlally
came to blows, and Gray went
or the police. A police inspector
earohed the house, and found Alice
3 ray. Pale and trembling she was
,aken home, and there told her father
ind sister that she was in the house
>he first time they called, locked in a
dosefc. She had been threatened with
twful things if she cried out, she said.
A few days later Alice went to an*
;wer an advertisement for a governess.
3he disappeared, and from that day,
kprll 8, until October 18 she was ut
,erly lost to her family.
On April 8, Alice says, White met
aer In the street, evidently having
aeen posted in advance by some mysterious
means, on her errand. He
book her by the arm and marched her
)fT to lodgings in Hammersmith. A
few days later tbey moved to Brlghton.
Meantime Oray had obtained a
warrant for White's arrest, and the
latter was nabbed while op a visit to
hlB original place of business in Kingston.
He promised that if the police
would set him free he would tell
them where the girl was Oray
agreed, and White gave the Brighton
address. Oray and the police went
there, after setting White free, but
found an empty house, the girl having
been spirited away again, to another
part of London.
From that time on, acoordlng to
the girl, she led a life of horror.
White, she says, treated her brutally
and Shamefully. Letters written to
her and forwarded from the Kingston
address were received by White and
destroyed. White Dever left the girl
alone long and never went out without
taking her along. Oaco, she says,
when he had lccked her In a room,
she broke the lock with a screw driver
and hammer she had secreted. White,
she says, appeared just as she was escaping
from the room and toek vengeance
on her by beating her, tearing
off all her clothe sand slashing her
hand with a razor.
After that she never tried to ea
2(5, 1905.
cape from him, even though he tcok
her driving in the pony trap, aud left
her alone In It while he went Into
houtes to sell articles. Often, she
wfuld see him peering around the
corner of a house, stealthily watching
her when he thought she did not see
him. His wife dtappeared about lh!s
time, Miss Gray sajs. She does not
know what became of her.
A singular feature of the case Is
that two letters were reoelved by Miss
Gray's father, both declailng that she
was well and comfortable. She declares
that she wrote them under
Whitens hypnotic Influence.
Her ordeal ended In a long Imprts
onment In a room in a house in Lou
bet street, Tooting. Hero, she says,
White locked up all her clothes so
that she could not get at them, and
on f-ome days would give her no food
except a cup of tea. He often threatened
to kill her, she says, aud always
carried a ritz ir in his pocket. At this
time he did most of his business by
mall, reld m leaving the house.
After six months of indefatigable
search, Gray and his daughter Kate
tluaily traced White to the house In
Ti otlng. He had fled when the rescue
party arrived, aud Alice Gray was
dragged out of a window. The police
are now trying to And White whose
real name ia said to be Sternberg.
Miss Gray 1? with friends in a little
vlllageiln Surrey. She and her friends
declare that White has spies in tills
little place who are watching her
movements and have made overtures
for her to return to White.
This 20th century Sveng&li Is described
by Miss Gray as being a slen
der man, of middle height, with dark
brown hair and a mustache covering a
mouth that never closed, his teeth
always showing. Ills eyes are large
and dark and "seemed to Hash red
when he was angry."
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
The Ilatlroad Agent at 1'orrjr Arrestell
Charged With Fraud.
The Columbia State of Wenr.esday
says W. J. Pooser, agent of the Southern
Railway company at Perry, was
ariested in Columbia Wednesday < n
the charge of forgery and fraul. lie
Is quite a young man, and his father,
who conducts a business at Swansea,
was In Columbia vainly trying to get
together the tangled ends of the
young man's business affairs. Pooser
seems to have lived beyond his means.
Having had some misgivings as to
the way things were being conducted
in the oftl e at Perry, Mr. Geo. F.
Zjaly, the traveling auditor, clucked
up the books of that otllce on the 13th
of January and discovered a shortage
of $300. An investigation of this
shortage led to the discovery that
Pooser had beeu manipulating claim
receipts and had forged the signatures
of claimants who had been paid by
the railroad oompany. He had
misappropriated the money for his
own use and had made fraudulent entries
on the books.
The American Surety company is on
Fooser's boud and the inspector in
this territory was untitled at once
He caused a warrant to be sworn out
Tuesday before Magistrate Moorman,
and when Pooser went to Columbia at
the d. mauds of the railroad people,
he was arrested.
This is not the only Rhortage charged
against Pooser. He was the agent
of the Southern Express company at
Perry and Is Indebted to them In the
sum of $471. He had obtained this
latter sum of money by manipulating
collections on packages sent "C. O.
D." Tnat part of bis shortages and
shortcomings was Invest'g vted by Mr.
F. 1) Kant, route agent of the Southern
Express company.
Pooser will be arraigned before
Magistrate Mo >rmau and after that
will be taken toSallcy where the prelimenary
hearing will bo held by Mag
istrate J. II Eklson, the magistrate
whoso jurisdiction Is nearest to Perry.
While the lnsptotor of the surety
company expresses regret, he feels
that he must push the matter, as
his company Is largely represented
nn Mia en rot.i au r\t nnanln ** ? ?i,.
W? v.v UU* vvivu v/1 J/OUJ/IO ill J/lilJl 113
service In this State and shortcomings
cannot be overlooked.
Kilhul by Bandits.
Ira A. Sanger was slain by Mexican
half-breed bandits In the mountain
wilds of Slnaloa, Mexico. Robbery
was the purpose of the murder. Mr.
Sanger, who was a resident of Colorado,
bad been In the northern section
of Mexloo along the Texas border for
thiei years Interested in mining and
ranc ies. Ills companion In these
ventures was George L. Stewart, of
Chicago, who has Just reached El
P. s>, Texts, with news of the murder.
The victim probably was am
bushed, Mr. Stewart reported. Mr.
Sanger was well-to-do, having property
and Investments worth, according
to the El Paso estimate, between
140,000 and 880,000. Usually he oarried
considerable sums with him, but
[Mr. Stewart declares he had but a
small amount at the time of the attack.
Mexican rurales were sent out
after the murderers. Mr. Sanger was
about 35 years old.
Mllll FlKlitlnff.
Lieut. Gen. Chaffee, chief of staff,
received a cable message from Gen.
Corbln, commanding the Philippines
dlvl.ikn at Manilla, saying that he
nas received the following dispatch
rrom Brig. God. Carter, commanding
the department ot the Visayas, dated
Tacloban, January 14: "Lieut.
Avery, one Philippine scout and two
native employees were wounded In
action at Dolores River, an January
10. Private Austin, hospital corps,
was wounded, and nine of the constabulary
were killed In an action
near Maslog, Samar, on January 8.
Lieut Avery and Private Austin arrived
here today." The officer referred
to In the above dispatch Is
First Lieut Morton L. Avery, of the
Philippine Scouts.
Who Can Answer?
The Columbia State says: "We
want to know. Was there ever a postoffice
robbery In one of our South Carolina
towns where the robbers failed
to gain Ingress by means of a hammer
secured from "a neighboring blaok
smith shop?" It Is only a coincidence
or do all South Carolina postoffi -.es do
blacksmithlng "on the side?" We are
anxious to secure exaot information
eooeernlng these polnle." We paee.
WHAT CAUSED ITV
A Boiler T xploded at the State House
Friday Morning.
Legislative Commission lias Been
Appointed to Make Investigation
Into the Cause.
T ie Columbia State says under
very peculiar olrcumstauoes one of the
boilers at the Stale house burst Friday
moruh g at u o'clock. The life of
JameB Fudg , the tireman, was endangered,
but he was not seriously
hurt. The tlnanclal damage will be
about II 000, all of which falla upon
toe contracting company as the plant
had not been accepted by the commission
and was being put through a test
for 30 days.
The cause of the explosion of the
pipes In the boiler was the fact that
the water had been allowed to get
!o.v. Fireman Fudge, who started
up the heat Friday morning, has
been employed io that capacity for
several years, even when the old boilers
were used, and has had experience
enough to be a safe man. He states
that the gauges on the boilers indicated
that there was water In sufficient
quantity when he arrived Friday
morning and he went to work to build
the tires. The first Intimation he had
of danger was when the doors of the
lire be x were blown open and steam 1
came pouring from the boiler nearest 1
the doorway to the boiler room. This
boiler had heated more rapidly than
the others because It Is directly under
the chimney and the draught is
stronger. Fudge had a very hard
time getting to a place of safety, as
the doorway was out olT by olouds of
steam.
Mr. U. It. Brooks, Jr., the State
eleclr cian, who Is lu charge of the <
heatlmr nlant. tmnnnrjiril v hv nrrlor r?f i
the commission in charge of omplotiug
the State house, was summoned
by 'phone. From Ills statement of
conditions, there is something very
st range about the matter and on his
reprisentatlons to the commission,
the legislature adopted a concurrent
resolu ion to appoint a commission to
iuvrstigatc this mat'er.
Mr. brooks states that when he left
the State house the night before the
explosion, all the tires in the boiler
bad been put out. According to bis
custom be made an inspection of the
four boilers, trying each gauge on
every 1 o ler, and all were found to
be in good condition and the amount
of water registered in each boiler was
three gauges. This was also observed
by two llremen, Harrison and Heckham,
the engineer In charge of construction,
Mr. Llnley, and the steam
titter, Mr. Reagan.
It is asserted positively that the
valves that control the water In the
gauge gla-ses were open, being left
open all the time except when repairs
are to be made or the glasses to bo
cleaned. Had there been no warter
In the boilers, the glasses would have
shown it with tills valve closed. Friday
morning after the accident, it
was seen that the gauges were still
full of water, and this was caused by
the valve being closed. The valves
on all of the gauges were closed be
twecn the time the engineer left
Thursday uight and Friday mo. ulug,
according to Mr. brooks' statement.
The ext( nt of tho damage is that
eight sections of oue b Her was blown
out. The three other boilers are In
good condition and there will not be
any lack of beat. One boiler could
heat the entire State bouse except on
very cold dajs. There was but eight
pounds of pressure of steam on the
boiler when it burst. Mr. brooks notl
tied Mr. Llnley, the engineer of construction,
and a careful inspection was
made. It is charged by some that the
fied pipes were tampered with, letting
the water out of the boilers 'during
the night.
Tho senate passed tho concurrent
resolution providing for an examlna
bion, and the house agreed. Mr I
PpinnA M * /\?/??* ? ?
jl nuuv, mi. iriuigctii auu mr. je rasbr 1
were appointed on the pirt of the
house. Mr. Morgan was ex:used as
he Is unwell and Mr. Cothran was sub- .
sltuted. Mr. Jesse T. Gantt, custodian .
of the State house by virtue of his of- ,
tic; as secretary of state, Friday made .
the following statement:
"In Justice to myself I desire the k
statement made that 1 have no anthorlty
or control of the boilers or j
heating apparatus of the State house, ,
several months ago having advised the ,
regular engineer and fireman to report ,
for duty to the commission who are '
obarged with the installation of the ,
new plant, and to take all orders and
directions from them. No complaint
or request has been made to mo by
the commission. ,
"Upon the passage of a resolution
by the house and senate direction that 1
no one except the electrician Interfere
with the heating plant, Capt. Elkln,
the engineer, came to mo for Instructions,
and I advised him not to interfere
in any way with the system.
"From such Information as I have
been able to gather I am convinced
that the accident this morning was
due to no defect in the plant, but to
the ln< fllciont attention A those in
charge of It." "J. T. Gantt."
National Good Koadii Mooting.
Gov. Hey ward Wednesday appointed
the following delegates to the
meeting of the National Good Roads
convention which met in Jacksonville
last week. Mr. P. H. Hyatt of Columbia,
president of the South Carolina
Good Roads convention; Mr. J. B.
MoBryde of Pi rence, Col. Rlohard
Singleton of Aoton, Supervisor D. M.
Miles of Spartanburg, Hon. John A.
Banks of St. Matthews and Mr. P. II.
Weston of Columbia. In conneotlon
with this meeting object lessons in
road building was given under the
ausploes of the Jacksonville board of
trade.
Good If Truo.
Tn t.Vio rtlf.o nt it i~ - -
am WMW vi v/ ui i^cn A Ui Xk IU 19 ml"
nounoed that open gambling has been
wholly stopped. Indeed, gambles,
open or under cover, aeem to have
been put entirely out of business. It
was g vast undertaking that Distrlot
Attorney Jerome entered upon and It
seemed almost impossible for him to
succeed, but he has again Illustrated
tl e truth of the saying that where
there Is a will there If a way.
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NO. 42.
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LIGHT WANTED '
On the Chauges Made During the
Late Campaign That
THE TRUST'S MONEY
Was Freely Contributed to tbe Republican
Campaign Fund to Buy tbe
Election. Senator Stone Said
tbe Charge Remained
Unanswered.
Tiiechargee of Impropriety made in
connection with the campaigns of
1890 and 1904 were for a tinn Wednesda>
revived and made the nuI joot
of discussion in the United States
Senate. The question was raised by
Mr. Stone in a speech in support of
ids resolution providing for an investigation
of the charges, lie used with
much freedom the names of President
Roosevelt, Judge Parker and Chairman
Cortelyou and again traversed
the allegations that Mr. Cortelyou had
used the information secured by him
as secretary of commerce and labor to
jecure money from the trusts.
Taking up the charges made during
the campaign that Mr. Corlelyou had
ased his secret oftlclal Information as
i cabinet olllcer to secure contributions,
Mr. Stone said he could neither
ittlrm nor deny''this terrible Indictment,"
because he did not know. "I
>nly know," he said, "that the damnng
admission stands that the trusts
lid supply Mr. C\ rtelyou campaign
und*. Moreover, Mr. Cortclyou has
lever made answer to this cl.uige. It
s hard to believe that Mr. Cortclyou,
>r that any man of character, would
jrostltute oftlclal opportunities to par,lsan
ends so base. 1 am loath to beleve
It, and yet a charge so specific
is this and which so deeply concerns
.he public honor and welfare cannot
>e silenced by contemptuously pouhK>ohlng
and Ignoring it."
Senator Stone said Mr. Cortelyou
'was clothed with inquisitorial auhority
to spy Into the secrets of the
.rusts and powei also was given to
nake his discoveries public at the discretion
of the president. This man and
his official the president himself Heeded
for chairman of the Republican
lationa' committee. The clrcurntanoes
of this appointment were culously
t.ignl;leant, if not sinister, and
.he suspicions Inevitably excited by
.hem ha ve provoked a situation greaty
to be regretted. This accusing fact
vill not down that the trusts did 1111
dr. CO'telyou's campaign coffers to
iverfl ;w ing. Happily we have the
lomforting assurance, vouchsafed both
>y Mr. Root and the president, that
,he trunts had no improper motive in
naklng those contributions, and that
10 Improper means were used to lnluce
Mum. These, Indeed, were virtuous
Musts, and theirs and idealistic
lelf sacrificing patroitlsm. They
corned all base expectation of favors
w>come and scouted the very thought
;hf?t thdr gold would te used to oorupt.
'" * He said the senate could not
iccept these ?4k.tanccs without quesilonanc
that ttaCTd*Qlutlon of inquiry
.herefoie should be adop^?d- *l0 a^so
expressed the opinion that"tl<LJElfiSht,w^
lent's charges against the Democratc
campaign management should beinlulred
into. Mr. Stone based his denand
for an Inquiry Into the campaign
if 1 ftQft nn tlia ullu/io * '111- ?
V?? v?4W UUC^C?U1VI13 Ul 1 UUUJiUf
tV. Lawson, made in a recent maga,'ne
article. The senator was himself
rl3e chairman of the Democratic national
committee during the cam>algn,
but he said that he did not projose
to testify. Many thousand people
le said believe that election to have
jeen bought, and that fact alone
would Justify an inquiry.
SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION.
Referring incidentally to the bill
ntroduoed by Mr. IMatt of New York
t,o reduce the congressional representation
of Southern States because of
the Imposition of qualllicatlon on the
right of suffrage, lie said: The ooniplracies
arc not only a crime against
the suffrage, but a crime immediatcy
farmed in New York to debauch
the electorate subversive of representitive
government, and to its suppresilon
the senator from New York
might profitably devote his solicitous
attention.''
Will lletlrc. 9|
: -1
The Columbia Reoord says' Gover-J|
nor Hey ward has made the formal an-w
nouncemenb that he will retire from j
puhlio life after serving his secorHT^fcT.
term as governor. Many Carolinians
bad the governor in view for the
United States senatorship, though lie 1
himself has never suggested in any
way that he would be a candidate for
that place. The fact that his friends
desired to honor him with such a position
is btit another evidanoj jf the
wide popularity of the governor and
the high regard in which iie is held
by the people. A great many tilings
may happen before another election
for senator takes plao;, but for the
present the people of the state may
congratulate themselves that they
have two more years of Hey ward,
anyway.
... Had Hi# wtjf. 1
The Newberry Observer says: "The
following, which is vouched for by a
Columbia physlotan, may prove Interesting
reading to some who are kicking
against compulsory vaccination*
A man at the Gramby mill village In
Columbia refused to be vaccinated and
would not permit his family to be
and as It was not compulsory he had
his own way'about It. Shortly afterwards
be took the smallpox and died.
Just ba 'ore he died his physician told ?
him of his condition and said ifl he ?
want be leave any request he muat\d?j&>
It qutcc. His response was thattJBr
ui ? .....
wnui/uu ui? wue ana oniidren vaecljjjjfc
od at oice. Ills request wag Cftrffa*
out; but his wife came near dvipffJE&
as the vacolnation had not had tlno
to act is a preventive or modlflaff
the dlstasa."