The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 17, 1907, Image 5
LQOKEDJTORMY.
A Fight Narrowlv Averted in the
? National House.
GAINES AND M4H0N
Cone Very Near Mixing on (be Floor.
"No Man Caa Tell Mel Lie," Seated
the Tennessean as He
)
Rushed For the Peonsylvania
Member.
The National House of Representatives
as Washington took on the appearanoe
late Thursday at the dosing
w days of Fifty-fifth congress, commonly
Unknown as the "war congress," when
^^altercations bPtween members wsrs
Infrequent.
Ig Mr. Gaines of Tennessee, and Mr.
oiMahon, of PenLsylvania, were only
oo prevented from meeting in a personal
toenoointer by the intervention of other
). members. Mr. Gaines was making a
U I - Win < * IIJ w.l . .
jjf s^iqwu uu uib liiii wj uuuk mviudsri'
Id pay for abscenoe from the house and
i] was being twitted by both sides of the
fL chamber, to his evident embarrassment,
when he charged Mr. Mahon
fit helng absent from the house 95
lb pe'i^nt. of the time.
0p Previous to this sweeping assertion,
qLMr, Gaines has read excerpts from
c0'The Record in relation to the withy(holding
of pay In the Fifty third congress
and the part Mr. Mahon had
0( played at that time,
in When Mr. Gaines had concluded
If Mr. Mahon rose. He explained how
oojln the Fifty-third and Fifty-fifth con
tigresses he bad had 17,000 due him
wrand that the then speaker, Crisp, had
t^jgiven him an order on the sergeant*
Ct/atarms for the amount, whiou waa
l^paid. Then coming to the oruz of
pjMr. Gaines' charge Mr. Mahon thunt0
tiered:
iS 1 'Any man who charges me with beating
away from this house 95 per oent.
pr of the time tells an untrutn."
Mr. Gaines started down the aisle
m;from hie seat. "No man can tell me
QDI lie," exclaimed the Tennessecan.
Qh Tnen Mr. Mann, of Illinois, who
m was in the ohalr, took a hand In the
^altercation,
Ql Both men were ordered te their
reseats, Mr. Mahon obeyed the oomf0mand,
while Mr. Gaines stood two
W|seate away frem the center of the
er-chamber shaking both fist and head
thrat the Pennsylvanian.
m, When order had been restored Mr.
UVMahon again rose. Having been oaugeitioned
by the ohalr that It was against
dethe rules to address a member in the
^Qtseoond person he measured his words;
tritsaylng he would speak In the "fourth
^person.'. He then said:
8U) "The oharge of the gentlemen from
ginTennessee that X am away from this
plghouse 95 per oent. of my time is a dex
^liberate falsehood."
tits With a rush Mr. Gaines reaohed the
ggreenter of the chamber making dlrect uily
tg ward the gentleman from Pennm&Byliinia,
insisting as he went that no
(man could call him a liar without
mopersonal chastisement.
A fpKft Kahoa rmamm ! %
IX) *"u uvu'? **" *" *" uyiu?x uy buio
pr(time, the ohair adding to the noise If
CaP?* to the oonfuslon by pounding of
leaflesk with his gavel. His efforts finally
COnOaused the head of the gavel to fly ana
fivlt hounded into the body of the house,
H,almost striking one of the members.
C0l The rush of Mr. Gaines upon his add6jversary
brought a dozen members hectare
the speaker's desk. Mesirs. Ollie
maJames of Kentucky, Taylor of Alatbibama,
Bell of Georgia, Williams of
gu^llsslssippl, the minority leader, and
eot^tafford of Wisconsin grabbed Mr.
gou}alnes, who, resisting vigorobsly, was
meporne back to his seat. Mr. Mahon
extending in the first aisle on the Rsjpublioan
side, seemed to wait for the
we mp^ct which never came. With Mr.
p9rf}aines back In his seat the PennsylPil/antan
continued his speeoh of excorplanatlon
as to how he came to be
re5)onnected with the Invoking of an old
'Irlcftatute compelling members to forfeit
ooo^ay for time absent from the house,
f wvtHe said that he was away from the
house 95 per cent, of the time was a
lie on its faoe, and that he was there
95 per cent, of the time as every memVw.
?Wn. 4 ? >J
wi wuu u*i?u vu mqujio uuuiu UUCI~
lain.
Mr. Laoey, of Iowa, bad read the
statute relating to the docking of
members' pay and he was followed by
Mr. Grosyenor. of Ohio, who explained
the reasons for the statute. Mr.
DsArmond, of Missouri, asked that
the minority ylews of the judiciary
committee on the statute be printed.
While this colloquy was in progress
the friends of Messrs. Gaines and Ma.hour
were engaged in an effort to bring
Vtbtbout a reconciliation, In whloh they
Iz?were successful. Mr. Mahon arose to
al<l question of personal priyllege. He
thtfated that he did not desire to lmouPupn
the motive which prompted Mr<
ou^alnes to utter what was an untruth
shtbout his absenoe from the house, but
po** desired to say that the informant
jj was incorrect. He had no desire to
^ T offend the gentleman from Tennessee
* \Jow*?m b? olassed among his friends.
P* "
Itll
^ Railway clerks on the Southern PaIk*
cific railroad, between ?1 Paso and
op,New Orleans, belonging to the Order
*of Railway Clerks, are on a strike. The
lot) strikers demand recognition of the j
tin union, and an .^crease of 10 per cent.
JJ>); in wages, and time and a half for over*'
**jtime.
Jjl ill ,
Bui he wanted Mr. Gataes to understand
that the per so j from whom he
obtained his information misrepresented
the faots.
Not to be outdone in cblv- lry. Mr.
Gainee immediately arose and showing
dtep feeling said that the gentleman
from Pennsylvania had always
been his friend but that he had been
goaded beyond end .ranoe, not only
today but on a former . occasion. He
regretted extremely the turn affairs
had taken.
" re you satisfied with that?" he
asked, pointing to Mr. Mahon.
For answer, Mr. Mahon rushed
aoross the ohamber. The two men
elasped hands amid loud applause. Mr.
Smith of Iowa facetiously remarked
that "as war had been the subject of
the whole day's proceedings resulting
in almost personal enoounter' he
thought the house was In no temper
to prooeed further with the fortifications
bills and he accordingly moved
that the committee rise.
Accordingly the house adjourned.
TILLMAH'8 POSITION.
The Senator Deolarea That State Senators
Misconstrued Htiu.
Senator Tillman, who was in Columbia
on Friday, in discussing the
resolution the Stati Senate of South
Carolina passed endorsing Roosevelt's
action in the Brownsville case, Tillman
said:
"I do not consider that Blease. who
presented the resolution, understands
the situation or the facts. Those
who passed the resolution probably
mlsoonstrued my attitude. They have
out a vague Idea of the essential absurdity
of the act of the Pres!dent.
he has gone too far In discharging Innocent
negroes, and not far enough in
punishing the guilty.
"There is no doubt in my mind that
he ezoeeds his power in providing
that the members of the negro troops
discharged could not Berve in the
civil branch of the government in the
future. His executive orders have
gone so far beyond his constitutional
authority that they seem to be promulgated
without any thought that
there are legal limitations put upon
his authority as President.
"There has been no caucus of Demooratlo
Senators to support the President,
and no one has authority to
speak for me in shaping up any such
agreement. My position will be made
clear in my speech to-morrow. I think
it absurd that Dsmoorats should permit
exeoutive usurpation of constitutional
acts not guaranteed to the
President, simply beoause they want
to see a lot of negroes punished."
Too Much Blind Tiger,
A dispatch from Marion to The
State says quite a sensation was caused
Thursday evening by the olroulat.inn
nf fcho ronnrf t.Hafc tu,n u>?1l knnan
negro men, who had been drinking
blind tiger, or wood alcohol, were
taken suddenly 111 while talking to
each other and died within a few minutes.
It was afterwards learned,
however, that only a part of this was
true. They had been drinking together
and while talking, one of them,
Grant Franklin, was strloken with ap
poplexy, whloh proved fatal In about
an hour. The other one, "Rev." Stephen
Bass, evidently thinking that
his time, too, had oome went to bed
and sent for a physloian, who could
find nothing the matter with him ex
oept the effeots of the whiskey and
the fright. Grant Franklin had been
a familiar figure on the streets of
Marlon for a number of years. He
was quiet, Inoffensive and industrious
and had a great many frienc^uamong
the white people. ?
Three Persona Killed. ,
At PlttBburg, Pa., as a result of an
explosion of a furnaoe at the Eliza
furnaces of the Jones & Laughlin steel
works Thursday night, three persons
are known to be dead, seven are In a
hospital with serious burns and Injuries,
and 24 are missing. The exploainn
ojbb n.naon ho an ni,tinntiUH/tn r\t
UAVU rrwn V.uoww w/ hm NWUumiUVlVU Ui
gM at the base of the furnace around
which were working 35 men. Of all
these but one man escaped injury.
Without warning and with a roar of
artilery, tons of molten metal were
poured over the workmen and for a
space of 30 feet about the furnaoe the
metal ran, to a depth of four and five
feet.
Priee of Land Higher.
There has been a general increase
in the value of farmlands, equipment,
and buildings of over 33 per oent. during
the lMt five years. The highest
inorease has been in the South and
WeBt, and the cotton land shows the
greatest change. This is all the more
remarkable in view of the fact that
in some of the EMtern farming sections
where the soil has been robbed
and where the "country estate" owner
has not Invaded, there hu been a
material decrease in values.
Another KnuaUn Killed*
Ool. Patko Andrieff, chief of the
gendarmes of the Lodz distriot, was
shot and killed Thursday morning
on Poludnlowa street. A passing infantry
patrol fired a volley at the
assassin, but only wounded several
innocent persons. The aasassin escaped.
Poludnlowa street was closed
by the troops and the police began
making a striot searoh of all the
houses fronting upon it.
Gov. Hughes, of New York, having
made up his inaugural address chiefly
from the Democratic platform, may
now be considered in the race for the
Republican nomination for president
in 19GJ?
tt?N. a. JS. LEK.
HIS BIRTHDAY MILL BE CFlLGBHATED
NEXT SATURDAY
In All Farta of the 8outh by the
People He Loved and
8erved.
The observance of the oentenlal of
the birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee
will ttke place on Jan. 19, which is
next Saturday week. All over the
South commemorative exercises will
beheld and in Columbia the day will
be observed very generally throughout
the olty. Appropriate exercises
will be oarrled out by the Daughters
of the Confederacy, the United Confederate
Veterans and by the faculty
and student body of the University
of South Carolina.
The exercises whloh are planned for
the evening, to be held in the hall of
the house of representatives, will be
of great publto interest. The programme
will be made up of addresses
by those intimate with the life of
Gen. Lee in its different phases and
the presentation of the Daughters of
the Confederacy medal.'
GKN. CAHWILK'S OUDEK8
The following orders have been Issued
by Gen. Oarwlle of the United
Confederate Veterans:
General Orders No. 17.
As instructed by general orders No.
52 from Gen. Stephen D. Lee, the
major generals of this department
are advised that It Is the wish of the
general commanding that orders be
at once sent down to the brigades to
unite in a snecial celebration in hnnnr
of Gen. Robert ?. Lee on January
19th, 1907, that lay being the one
hundredth anniversary of the birthday
of our late Illustrious leader.
No suggestion is msde as to the
form of the memorial exercises to be
held, but it is desired and requested
that the hour for the celebration be
12 o'olook m., on Saturday, January
19th, and that the hymns, "How
Firm a Foundation, Ye Saints of the
Lord" and "For All the Saints Who
From Their Labors Best," be used.
By oommand of
Thos W. Oar wile,
Major General, Commanding S. C.
Division, U. C. V.
J. M. Jordan,
Adjutant General and Chief of
Staff.
THE SONS OF VKTKUANS.
The following orders were issued by
the United Sons of Confederate Veterans.
General Orrt?ra Kn 11
The 19th day of this month will be 1
the one hundreth anniversary of
the birth of Gen. Robert G. Lee, the
oommander In ohlef of the Southern i
foroes in the War between the States. 1
s a soldier, a oltizen and a man he
was the embodiment of a lofty Ideal.
His greatness Is reoogntzed by all, (
and history accords him a place (
among the greatest of the great. <
His life was oonseorated to the j
oause of the Confederacy < Her hopes (
and viotorles were his, as wero also j
her disappointments and her defeat;
and through it all he bore himself as j
one worthy of the oause he espoused. It
is fitting, therefore, for the Sons
of Confederate Veterans to honor the j
memory of Robert E. Lee, the chief- ;
tain of their fathers; and all the J
members of the SOuth Carolina division,
U. S. 0. V., are called upon to
properly observe the birthday of this ,
great Southerner.
By order of
George Bell Timmerman,
Commander S. 0. Division U. S. C.
V. Official: 1
D. A. Sptvoy.
Adjutant and Chief of Staff.
Permission was granted by the
house of representatives for the use
of the hall.
A Wise Choice,
United States Senator Pettua, of
Alabama, who is eighty-six years of
age, when aaktd what vocation he
would ohoose if he were again beginning
active life, replied: "The calling
of a farmer. I would purchase
a nicely located farm and settle down
to farming as my lifework, thus
guaranteeing to my loved ones and
myself the highest and happiest of
h~urs, with a fnll crib, a full smokehouse
and a full measure of. use fulness.
"
Kobbed and Murdered.
At Danville, Vs., George Stevens,
Pletoher Harris and Albert Adklns,
youDg white men, were held for the i
grand jury Thursday in a preliminary
hearing on the charge of robbing J.
M. Thomas of Roanoke, whose body 1
was found in a ravine near that oity
uu me morning or Jan. z. Stevens
turned State's evidence and testified i
that Harrleand Adklns robbed Thomas
while he was in a drunken stupor.
He acknowledged receiving part of the
money.
Hanging In Tenneaseo.
John Thorns b, oelored, was hanged :
In the Knox county Jail Thursday i
afternoon for the murder of Ernest
Perkins, colored, killed as result of a i
orap game. Thomas' neok was not i
broken by the.fall. He made a 15* ]
minute speeoh on the scaffold but did 1
not refer to his crime, merely cau- 1
sioning members of his race to ob- i
terve the laws. 1
Tiie President should be sustained
in his action dismissing the negro
soldiers by every Democrat in Congress.
Gov. Hey ward's message to the
Legislature is a most excellent document
and contains much good advice.
WITH USAGAIN.
The Opening of the General
Assembly in Columbia.
WH1LEY IS SPEAKER
Of (he House and Col. L. Bleate is
President Protem of the Senate.
All the Old Officers Are
Re-elected in Both
Houses.
The Legislature of South Carolina
met in annual session 011 Tuesday of
last week, and both Houses organized
without any trouble and got down to
work. The gallery and tloor of the
House were crowded when Mr. Thos.
0. Htmer, acting olerk, rapped
for order at noon und asked for the
AlAAfctnn ft /?l. -1
w? IUUJ (IU1 n I J UUHIIlUkU
Mr. John G Richards, Jr.. Dominated
Mr. ITrank b. Gary of Abbeville.
Mr. Gary was unanimously elected
and on taking the ohalr ordered the
calling of the roll. Messrs. Courtenay
of Aiken, Doar of Georgetown and
GauBe of Williamsburg were absent.
There was one ray of humor in the
otherwise routine and dull proceedings.
Mr. Hamer oalled the roll from
the newspaper list printed some time
ago and when Clarendon was reached
read the name of D. L. Green. There
was no answer and he was about to
be marked abBent when a member of
the dclogatlon Informed the clerk
that Mr. Green failed of re-election.
The election of speaker oame next.
Mr. J. P. Gibson of Malboro, in a
short speech nominated Mr. MoOoll.
It was seoonded by Mr. Grort of
Aiken.
Mr. George F. von Kolnltz of Charleston
placed before the assembly the
name of Mr. Richard S. Whaley.
which was seconded by Mr. Fraser of
Sumter.
Dr. J. H. Miller of Laurens nominated
Mr. J. W. Nairn, whioh was
seconded by Mr. M. W. Walker of
Spartanburg. The nominations then
closed. Messrs. von Kolnltz, Riohards
and Miller were aDDolnted tellers.
Oa the tirat ballot the tote stood as
ioIIowb: 1
Whaley 65 votes, McCall 50 votes 1
and Nash 13 votes. As It took 5U 1
votes to eleot there waa no eleotlon on j
the first Fallot, and another ballot
was ordered.
Mr. Walker then withdrew the
name of Mr. Naah and the aeoond 1
ballot reaulted as follows:
whalky. |
Arnold, Aull, Banks, Beattle, A.
Gh Brloe, Bryan, Carey, Carrlngton, ,
J!ary, Cllnksoales, Cosgrove, Cothran, ,
Joi, DeVore, J. B. Dodd, J. H, Dodd. .
ETraser, Frost, W. J. Gibson, Greer,
[Jyles, Hall, Harley, Hemphill, 11in- j
ton, Hydrlok, Johnstone, Kellahan, ,
Lawson, Legare, MoArthur, Mann. (
Marshall, Nash, Neabltt Nichols, .
Nicholson, Nlver, Parker, Patterson,
Reaves, Kuoker, Saye, Scarborough, ,
Sellers, Shlpp, D. L. Smith, Kurtz, ,
P. Smith, SDlvey, Stillwell, Thomas, j
Todd, Vanderhorst, Yerner, von ,
Kolnltz, Wade, Walker, Wallace, j
White, Wiggins, Wlmberley, Wingard,
Yeldell, Youmana ? 64. ,
McColl. i
Ayer, Bailey, Ballentlne, Bethune,
Boyd, Brantley, T. S. Brloe, Cannon,
Carson, Carwlle, Croft, Culler, Der- 1
ham, Dlok, Dingle, Dixon, Douglass,
Dowllng, Epps, Eptlng, Garrls, Gary, <
J. P. Gibson, Glaasoook, Goodwin, '
Harman, Harris, Harrison, Hughes,
Jones, Kershaw, Ktrven, Lane, Lester,
Leltner, Little, MoKeown, MoMaster,
Mlley, Miller, Morrell, Nor- i
ton, Richards, Rlohardson, Robinson,
Sawyer, Scruggs, Snarpe, Slaughter,
J. E. ctmith, Stubbs, Tatum, Tomp- i
kins, Woods, Wyche?55.
Not voting?Whaley, MoColl.
Total vote 119. Necessary to
eleot 60.
Mr- MoOoll was congratulated upon
the large vote whloh ho received. His
friends now olaim that he was a win
ner up to 10 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Mr. Whaley's friends counted 63 votes
for him Monday night and ho rcoelved
64 on the first ballot.
It might be hard to say to what
extent the dispensary issue was worked.
Both sides used it, and neither
side claims to have raised the disturbance.
Messrs. Hemphill, Johnston and
Oarey were appointed a oommittea to
esoort Mr. Whaley to the ohalr and
the house arose as the newely elected,
speaker came down the aisle and
tookshis seat. Mr. Whaley's remarks
were short but the thanks he gave i
were sincere. t
TUB OTIIKK ELECTIONS,
The other election! were unanimous,
but under the law the roll had ,
to be called in each oaee.
Mr. Thomas 0. Hamer was nominated
for olerk by Mr. J. P. Gibion
and seconded by a number of
members. Mr. Hammer is commencing
his ninth year as olerk and dnr- i
log that time has given universal
latlsfaotlon and seldom has opposition.
During his servloe he has never
Atbk being buried alivp for a long
while, Hieks will now lecture for the
urn of $500 per week. If a man could
only leoture after being buried dead
what a fortune ho might make!
lost or misplaced a paper or bill
despite the ooostant demand on his
lime.
Mr. John S. Withers of Chester
wu nominated by Mr. J. B. Wlngard.
Mr. Withers Is the oldest attache of
the house and this aasslon is the bo
glDning of his 15th year.
Mr. John S. Wilson was unanimously
re-elected aergeent-at-arms,
this being his fifth year. He has
never been opposed.
Rev. R. N. Bratt, who was reelected
chaplain, Is the pastor of the
Scoond Baptist ohuroh la this city and
Is well know to both the old and the
new members of the house.
It was then after 2 o'olook and several
of the members wanted to ad*
jouru. motion was mada to that
effeot whan soma one oalled the attention
of the body to the faot that
the governor and senate had not
been notified of the organization of
the body. The senate had adjourned
an hour previously and the governor
had been waiting on the message
from bouse in his oflloe downstairs.
Messri. Harrison, Fraser and Walker
were appointed a committee to wait
on the governor and notify him.
IN TIfcK SENATE.
There was little of particular Interest
In the opening of the State sonato,
except for the Introduction and adoDtlon
of the ready-made oommlttees.
These committee assignments were
made up at a caucus Monday evening.
Senator 0. L. Blease was elected
president pro tern of the senate. Gen.
ft. ft. Hemphill, olerk; Mr. W. H.
Stewart, reading clerk, and Col. J. F.
Sohumpert, sergeant-at arms, a oapaUl.
.1 -1*1-1 i- ^ ? - - * -
uio ftuu omuient trio were re elected
without opposition. The Bey. A. N.
Brunson, pastor of the Main Street
Methodist ohuroh, was eleoted chaplain
over Rev. J< P. Knox, pastor of
the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
ohuroh, by one yote.
Everybody was sworn In Including
all the new senators, and even the
doorkeeper. There was some demurrer
entered when the question of
swearing in the ohaplain came up,
but he got a chance to make the
oath too. Mr. M. - M. Mann of
Floreaoe was appointed assistant
clerk. Mr. J. B. MoGhee of Greenwood
bill olerk and Mr. G. E. Moore
of Honea Path journal olerk, and Mr.
W. Eugene Cook secretary to the
president.
In the eleotion for president pro
tern, Senators Otts and Slnkler asked
to be exoused from yotlng, Baying
they would spread their reasons on
the face of the journal. It was understood
that they objeoted to the
oauouB plan of selection, not only In
this Instance, but In the oase of the
committees also. Senators Bass and
Talbert also asked to be exouBed from
voting, but gave no reasons publioly.
When the lilt of committees was
lent up, Senator Staokhouse asked
the suspension of rule 10, and all the
chairmen were eleoted at the same
lime.
The usual formalities of sending
messages to the house and the governor
were gone through with and the
zovernor's mflMtffA wrh ulan rn&ri
Senator Graydon made a tine start
oy introducing a bill to create a commission
to fix up the State house
grounds, the bill oarrying an appropriation
of 830,000 with it. Senator
W. J. Johnson submitted a resolution
indorsing Harvle Jordan and Livingsbon
of Georgia In their efforts to
keep the New York ootton exchange
From making fraudulent use of the
mails.
Senator Bleaae introduced a resolution
endorsing the aotlon of the president
in the Brownsville affair upon
the recommendation of Gen. Garlington,
and requesting that the South
Oarollna senators "stand by those
two officials in the dlsbharge of their
duties so far as this affair is concerned."
Copies are to be sent to Roosevelt,
Garllngton, Latimer and Tillman.
President John T. Sloan presided
and will remain in the ohalr until he
turns over the gavel to Lieut.-Gov.
MoLeod. Although a year has elapsed
slnoe the last session, the president
seemed to be as readv with mrlla
men tar y usage as ever and dispatched
business with his usual celerity
and unfailing courtesy.
Missing Steamer.
The steamship Ponoe of the New
York and Puerto Rico steamship line,
wbloh sailed from Ponoe, Puerto
Ktoo, Deo. 20, and was due at New
York Jan. 1, is still missing, and the
belief that the vessel's delay was due
to some meohanloal accident Is giving
way to the fear that she is lost. She
was last spoken on December 28 by
the ship Shenandoah since which
nothing has been seen or heard of
her. *
Wealth Producer*
The achievements of the American
farmers last year were on such a prodigious
scale that Secretary Wilson
could hardly find words to describe
them in his annual report. It is estimated
that the value of farm produots
footed up to S7,000,000,000, a tremendous
sum to be added to the wealth of
t nation in one year.
fjynohlng In Iowa.
A crowd of more than 1,000 men
battered through the waHs of the
oounty jail at Charles City. Iowa,
with railroad irons, tore hinges from
the door and took James Oulien out
and lynohed him for wife murdar.
Admiral Dewey and Fighting Bob
Evans havo been invited to attend
the reunion of the Blue and Gray at
Fort Fisher near Wilmington.
Taft appears to have joined the
"Barkis is willing1 " brigrade.
LABOR RIOTS.
Thirty Mexican Strikers Killed
and Eighty Wounded in a
ROW WITH SOLDIERS.
Several Hundred of the Strikers Held
Up a Railroad Train on Its
Way to Vera Cruz. The
Jails Are Full of the
Strikers.
Reports reoelved from Nogales, la
tho Orizaba mill dlstrlot of Texan, Indicate
lhat the government baa completely
mastered Ihe situation. The
strikers have ceased all acts of vlolenoo
In the presence of the large body
of troops rushed there from the capital
and nearby garrisons. The seriousness
of the affair, however, was realized
today when It was made known
that thirty of the workmen were kill
ed outright and over 80 wounded by
soldiers who were compelled te tire on
the main body of the rioters before
they oould be dispersed. It was learned
that the men, after pillaging the
stores at the Rio Blanco mills, became
emboldened by their success. A part
of the men rushed to Nogales, a short
distanoe away where another mill is
looated. Telegraph, telephone and
eleotrlo light wire were out and pawn
shops and private houses were pillaged.
Then the jails were thrown open
and the prisoners Bet free. Residents
of the mill district tied in terror to
the city of Orizaba. When the strikers
reached Nogales one otllolal and
one gendarme from Orizaba made an
ineffectual effort to oheok them. The
striker named Morales threw a huge
stone as Senor Ilerrera, mayor of the
city of Orizaba, striking the otllcial
on the head and badly wounded him,
Herrera shot Moreles killing him. A
body of troops arrived and as the
strikers attmepted to resist, a volley
was tired into the mob, killing 30 and
wounding over 80. After this the mob
was soattered, the strikers gathered
in groupes at various points and a
body of 700 oolleoted on a railroad
track and held up the train tor the
city of Vera Oruz for several hours,
the engineer not daring to run through
the orowd. Finally troops arrived
and oharged the men with broad
swords, scattering them.
The Jails and armories are filled
with imprisoned strikers.
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gu.wiuuiwui u?a 1CKIUDU vuau m,
committee of atriokers hu left Orizaba
for Fiaxo&la, Puobla, and other oitties.
to incite laborers at those points
to strike. It was also earned that
one man well known to the polloe had
left for the Isthmus of Tehauntepeo
on a like mission. All of these men
are being pursued by the federal authorities.
Fouud With 8kull Crushed,
At ail early hour Tuesday morning
an unknown white man. about 20
years of age, was found in an unconsolous
condition near the railroad
traoka In the station yard at Whltmlre.
He was Immediately taken to
the Seaboard Air Line waiting room
and made as oomfortable as possible
Dr. Boyd was summoned and made an
examination, finding that his skull
was orushed and bis brains running
out. Nothing was found on his person
that oould be used for identification
with the exception that the hat
worn had been purchased from Wylie
ic Go., of Chester,
Almanacs Discredited.
The weather bureau of the department
of agrloulture Issues an loonoclastic
bulletin in whloh it states
that long-range weather foreoaste as
based on the position of the planets,
phases of the moon, etellar influences,
or by the observations of animals,
birds and plants have no legitimate
basis. This all means that the tradlf.lnml
crrnundhnir crnruA nh?nir,?
of the moon and other time-honored
weather indications as a matter of
faot hare nothing to do with the
weather, and therefore must be eliminated
from the calculations of the farmer
who wants to be up-to-date.
Twenty Burned To Deatb,
Sixteen girls and four youths, from
15 to 18 years old, were burned to
death at the village of Oeispolshiem,
Germany, in a tire at Hubert Company's
factory at 8 o'clock Tuesday
morning. A basket of oe'lulold scraps
caught fire from a spark and exploded
in a room, where forty persons were
working. The flames spread quickly,
cutting off the exists, Twenty of the
employees were driven by the fire to
the end of a room and perished there.
Cotton Ginned.
The census bureau Wednesday Issued
a report on cotton ginning, show*
lng that up to Jan. 1, there were 28,309
aotl?e ginneries In operation and
that 11,750,044 bales were ginned,
compared with 9,725,426 bales for
1005. Bound bales were counted as
half bales.
Mayou McCcllan has pulled oub
from Tammany Hall. He says ho can no
longer tolerate Murphy as leader, bub
he still resists the efforts of William
Randolfph Hearst to have the.votet
cast in the last mayorallty election
recounted*