The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 22, 1908, Image 6
'many burned
Tlw Numbs/of Casualties in the
Forest Fires May
. NEVER BE KNOWN
. Tie, Fire* Are Still Burning and a
reat Many KVopto Have Been
Boned Out and Are Now Camping
in Open Fields or Hnddlcd Together
la Buildings.
Dispatches from Alpena, Mich.,
indicate that the number of doaths
in the foroet fires of Presque Isle mid
Alpena counties will exceed 50, and
may run well up towards 100. la
the Ticlnlty of Metz, Bolton and Po*>?m,
the fires have burned out sufficiently
to leave several hundred
women and children camping with
comparative safety in the open fields.
News has reached Alpena of the
death of an old couple named Pa<
fcinski, who were burned to death In
their home near Posey. Their chart-j
d bodies were found in the ruins of
their hmisA Tti_n tmillv tmrnrwi
- - m * )
of rd unknown umn was found on the
railroad track between Posen and
Met*. |
It is now estimated that twentvi
hree people lost their lives in the
fostruetlon of the ill fated Metz re I
lief train Thursday evening. It is
doubtful, however, if the names of
eight of tho victims will ever bo
knoAvn.
Camped in the open fields or huddled
together in tho few buildings,
and shacks left in the little communities
which hnve been swept by the
Mres are hundreds of men. women
and children, who are In abject need
of the absolute necessities of life.
Tint one fresh report of loss of
life came into Alpena today. Henry
Hines, his wife and two children are
said to have been cremated on their
farm near Cathro.
Between Metz and Rogers City
seven more bodies have been found,
making a total of 2 0 lives that are
known to have been lost in Presquo
Tsle and Alpoa counties since Thursday
night.
MiTiK dealer ia detected.
Typhoid in Family of Farmer Who
Huppliea Him.
t A Chicago dispatch says after dis
UIWIO lllllll IlllJ i:UVt!H til
typhoid fever nmong customers of
Ernest Pilcher, a West Pullman milk
dealer, officials of the department
oT health have ordered him to discontinue
the sale of milk immediately
and started proceedings to have his
license revoked.
A police guard was requisitioned
by Dr. Gottfried Koehler, chief food
inspector, to sse that the order,
which will affect about 300 customers,
is enforced nnd that the dealer
does not send out any wagons.
Health department inspectors
found typhoid in the family of one
of the farmers from whom Pichler
obtains his supply of milk. According
to Dr. Koehler, Pichler knew
of these facts as long ago as Monday.
but continued to dltrlbuto milk
until the Inspectors stopped him. *
KILLED BY FALL.
"Berkeley County Citizen Fatally Injured
at a Baptizing.
A dispatch from Monck's Corner,
to The News and Courier says "Mr.
George Mlms, a well known mechanic,
met with an Occident which
resulted in his death a few hours
'later. Ho was at a baptizing at
Canal Bridge and had climbed up
a tree to get berries for the children
when a !lmb broke and he fell a distance
of 30 feet. Dr. W. K. Flshhnrn
was hastily summoned, who
used nil medical skill to revive him,
but without avail. His death Is ver3'
much regretted."
81X WERK KILLED.
lacking Itynamlto Cup Resulted la
Dstaster to Many.
Near Fort Collins, Colo., six peruana
were Instantly killed and twentyone
others Injured by an explosion
? " ? ? * ~ n? V. InarlnoMn T lm 4.
OF OynM.IllH.tJ III mu iuhivn>Mv> ....... w
stone Quarry. The dead Include two
Japanese and four Mexicans.
Five charges of dynamite had been
placed, hut only four of them exploded
as arranged. While an attempt
was being made to pick the
cap from the unexploded charge It
wer^ofT.
Orangeburg Oomew Second.
According to The State Orangeburg
contributes the second largest
amount to the National Democrat
tc Campaign fund of any county in
the State. Richland comes first and
Orangeburg second, t
SUB!
I
TRIES TO DODGE
IIKAR8T REACHED BY BREAKING
DOWN DOOR.
, if Sheriff Starts to Break in
Door of Toilet Room When Ho
Comet* Out and Surrender*.
After a dramatic scene on a Union
Pacific train at Omaha, Neb., Thursday
night in which the door of his
stateroom woa burst open by a deputy
sheriff, William Randolph Hearst,
millionaire editor, was served with
papers notifying him that suit fc1600,000
has been brought against
him for slander and libel by Governor
Charles N. Haskell, of Oklahoma, In
the Douglas county, Nebraska, district
court.
The suit was filed with the dl*trlct
court last night, aftor which
the papers were immediately withdrawn.
The train did not arrive
until 11:25. A deputy sheriff was
on hand with orders to serve the
summons on Hearst. A knock o 1
the door of Hearst's state-room elicited
the information from the editor's
wife that he was not in the
| room, but had gone to tho station
to send a telegram.
Tho deputy sheriff demanded admittance
In the name of the law,
saying, If not admitted, he would
break down the door. There ensued
a dramatic scene. Mrs. Hearst on
the Inside screamed o uit she was
alone and would admit no man, and
the deputy proceeded to carry out his
threat; using his shoulder as a battering
ram. he crashed through tho
door and was mot by Mrs. Hearst,
partially disrobed, apparently on tho
verge of hysteria.
Nothing daunted, although Mrs.
Hearst rushed screaming through
the door out in the aisle, Deputy
Sheriff Stewart started to kick in
the door of the toilet room adjoining
the state-room. Then Hearst
emerged and accepted the papers.
To a reporter Hearst said that the
summons wns unexpected, and he
had not the olast suspicion that anything
of the kind was to occur In
Omaha.
"Why did yon refuse admittance
to the officers?" was asked.
"Because myself and wife were
retiring for thfe night," explained
Hearst. "I have no objection to being
served with thoso papers here
in Omaha or anywhere else."
A PKKDICrriON VKRIFIKD
About a Trust tJoblod flo?p Factory
in Nebraska.
In a speech nt Nebraska City Mr.
Hryan compared his meeting there
this year with his meeting there
in 1900, and left with the chair
man of the committee $5 to be presented
to the campaign fund of the
Republican committee if they would
consent to carry the samo banners
in their parade that they carried at
that time.
At that time ho predicted that the
starch trust, which was being prosecuted
under the State statue would
he likely to close the factory at that
place, and it was intimated that
physical violance would he done him
if ho spoke in that city. "I told them
then that 1 would denounce the trust
even in the shadow of the Htarch
factory," he said. "Where are the
Republicans who mockingly wrote
to me after tho election and declared
that the shadow of the starch factory
extended across the State? Howfar
does tho shadow reach now?
Tho factory is closed down; the
machinory has been removed and the
building is in tho hands of a wrecking
crew."
AAUT1IKU NKW IWNTI
I*ro|M>Hod Out of Portions of Aiken
*nd Lnxingtoa.
A dispatch from Columbia to The
Nows and Courier says the promotor
of the project to form from portions
of Alkon and Lexington counties
a new county, to be known a*
"Summerland," have seized upon the
failure of tho Edlsto new count)
proposition as an ausplciouB occasion
for the renewal of effort In bohalf
of their own scheme. It li
claimed that the necessary territory
with the required population and
area, can be found in the old coua
ties, and that there should by al
moans be a county seat on the rail
road between Columbia and Augu.v
(a. Leesvlllo and Batesburg are th<
two wings that would soon gathei
around the Court House, making ar
Inland city with modern equipments.*
i
Killed fry a Trolley.
The Charleston Post says vrhlb
attempting to cross In front of t
navy yard car this morning In th<
Meeting street road, opposite Ken
nerty's farm, J. Williams, colored
a farm laborer, was struck down am
i his body nearly severed In two plec.?i
I almost before Motorman Fred Mosle:
realized wh?* had happenod. 1
SCRIBE I
A GRAVE CHARGE
The President Accused of Using
en Offfice to Buy
LABOR LEADER KEEFE
Whose Change to Taft From Hrynn
Accounted for by the Democratic
I*rcKH Agent, who Hays Keefe wan
l*romi?ed Immigration Comnils*
(doner's Office to I>e?ert (k?iu|x?rM.
The National Democratic Committee,
through Johu G. Gordon, asslstant
and acting chief of the press
bureau at headquarters in New York,
made public the following statement
Tuesday night.
"It was stated at the National
i Democratic Committee headquarters
Tuesday night that President Roosevelt
by promise of ofllee hnH succeeded
In having one of tho big men of
the American Federation of Labor desert
President Gompers in his advocacy
of the election of Mr. Dryaa
for the Presidency.
"Tho labor leader In question L
Daniel J. Keefe. of Detroit. nrouifi??n?
'of (he International Association of
Longshoremen, and one of the vlc.?presidents
of the Federation of Laj
bor.
"The Democratic committee alleges
that Keefo and the President
were closeted for several hours in
Washington on Saturday, October 3.
and the offer of being named commisloner
general of immigration,
made vacant by the deatn of Commissioner
Sargent, was made In consideration
of Keefe'a repudiating Mr.
Oompers and the exocutivo council
of the Federation.
"Keefo, on Saturday last. Issued n
statement In which ho said: 'Am
going to vote for Wm .H. Taft.
"It is pointed out that on September
2 8 last, the executive council
of the American Federation of Labor
issued a circular calling on all organizations
of labor to work for the
defeat of Mr. Tuft and Republican
Congressmen seeking re-election an-1
Mr. Keefe authorized his signature
to be attached to it.
"The scource of tho Democratic
committee's information was not divulged,
but the information was of
fered that If Mr. Keefe or President
Roosevelt deny the charges, another
big lat>or leader, now in New York,
will come forward with facts to prove
that the offer was made, and that
Mr. Keefe accepted it and has comro
nnoo/1 i/v n b /\ ?" 4 " r
I mvuvvu iw iimau guuu illM Ul
the deal."
TUItNTCl> GRAVK8 IK)\VN.
Hearst's C>an(]i<]?t? Tried t<? Speak
Amid Cheers for Bryan.
In Baltimore wide publicity having
been given the announcement that
Wm, R. HearBt and John Templn
Graves would address a meeting of
the Independence party, the Princes
Theatre was packed tonight. A telegram
was read from Mr. Hearst
expressing his regrets. It was learned
later that the announcement that
he would speak was made by mistake.
Mr. Graves In his speech credited
Mr. Ilearst with having Injected Intu
this campaign all the Interest It possessed,
and then severely criticised
both the Democratic and Republican
parties. He flayed Wm. J. Bryan,
1 the mention of whose name, however,
was heartily cheered. The
speaker attacked the Democratic
vice presidential nominee, declaring
Mr. Kern to be the paid represents
tlve of a railroad corporation con,
victed of criminality. A man in the
gallery was ejected for repeatedly
shouting "Are you not in tha
pay of Wm. Randolph Hearst?"
1 The ejection of the questioner was
followed by a call for cheers for
Brvf?n whlrh worn clvnn In unrh a
manner that Mr. Graven threatened
' to appeal to the pollco to secure him
) a hearing *
r
HANK OI/ISKS.
!
r Cashier Kills Himself With a Gar
1 in Ills llnni.
1 A Rpeclal from Bradford Ark.
- says Following the closing of the
- Bradford State Bank and Issuanc*
) of a warrant yeBterdny for the arrest
r of the cashier, II. Drennan, who wai
i alleged to ' o short In his acc.ounti
to the extent of $10,000. Drennan'1
dead body was found In the barn
at his home today. The shotgur
r. with which the man evidently endet
i his life was found nearby. 1
3
ltryan Negro Club.
, At Springfield, Ohio, Thursda;
1 night a Bryan Club, six hundre<
P strtinf wnn nri'nnhoH Kv fSo novr
/1 voters, led by colored soldiers win
''formerly served nt Brownsville.
row to
JURORS GAMBLED
ON TIIK I JFK OF A MAN TI1KY
TH1KD.
Verdict Hot Aside KWauw Two Jurors
ltcoorted to (>aro? of Cftanco )u
Order to Arrive mt m Conclusion.
A dispatch from Aiken to The
News and Courior says William
Knox, tho couvictod murder of Pickens
Penu, was given a new trial b>
Judge Wilson, who heard the argumeats
for a uew trial on the ground
of irregularity in the Jury room.
Knox was convicted or murder last
week in the Criminal Court, but he
was not sentenced at that time in
order that his counsel might be heard
in a motion for a new trial. Last
Saturday tho defendant waa called
up to bo sentenced, but the sol!citv>r
asked for a postponement until yesterday.
The arguments were begun
lato yesterday afternoon and ended
thla morning by the Judge setting
aside tho verdict.
The ground for the new trial is
most unusual. Affidavits were produced
by Knox's counsel. Messrs.
Henderson and Davis, Hunter and
Gyles, from four of tho jurors who
sat on tho case. These affidavits
were tn effect that ton of the jurymen
stood for murder, without recommendation,
and that two stood for murder
with recommendation to the
mercy of the Court, thus reducing
the sentence to life Imprisonment.
They could not arrive at a conclusion
by reasoning the matter and resorted
to tho uncertain game of
chance. It was proposed that two
slips of paper, one marked "murder."
which was to stand for no roc
1 * ? - * *
iMiM-iniui inn, nun vn? otnor 10 i>o
marked "mercy," to Indicate a recominondatlon
for mercy, were to be
placed in a hat and drawn for.
This whh agreed to and the Blips
were placed In the hat. It wbo
agreed by the two that if the 'murder"
Blip wa? drawn they would give
in to the ten, and If the "mercy"
Blip wrh drawn the verdict Hhoul 1
bo guilty with a recommendation to
mercy.
Fate was against Knox in the Jury
room and when the draw wuh made
the "murder" slip was drawn out.
and the verdict was accordingly
signed and rendered to the Court.
Tho defendant's counsel contend
ed that this was gambling the life of
tho defendant away, nnd could not
lmvo been their honest convictions,
and wns contrary to the law, nnd asked
that tho verdict be set aside. *
THK FIOIIT WON.
Chairman Mack Confident of Hweoping
Democratic Victory.
Chairman Mack, before leaving
Chicago for tho Kast Friday said:
"When I came West some two
weeks ago I realized that the tide had
turned toward Democracy and every
indication pointed to victory for the
Democracy in November. The Kit
nation la far better now than then
and I return East confident in the
election of Mr. Hryan. I have not
received one discouraging report
Mr. 1 try an will not only receive the
majority of the electoral vote, bur
one of the greatest popular votes evi r
given a candidate.
"The fight is won, tint we must
keep everlastingly at It for the ro1
malning two weeka of the campaign.
It Is too early to give out figures, and
1 will not attempt to do so, but I will
say now that New York, Ohio and
' Indiana are Democratic this yea'
and my prediction does not take Into
^ consideration a number of other
I States that will swing from the Re'
nublicnn to the Democratic column
two weeks from Tuesday."
NEOHOEH LYNCH NKCRO
' Fop Stealing a Hale of Cotton From
> a Ola.
L A dispatch from Hornando. Miss.,
reports the lyneing near that place
i last night of W. J. Jackson, a negro,
by members of his own race. Jackson.
It is stated, was discovered while
attempting to remove a bale of cotton.
the property of another negro.
( from a gin Tuesday night. He escaped,
but was captured later yesterday,
nnd while being taken to Jail
was secured and hanged by u mo>i
| composed of negroes.
( MURDKIlRll HANGBD.
5 I lode to the Oallows on His Own
A
New Coffin.
' At FayetteTilie, ua., on t mi mi ay
1 Jim Dennett, a negro, woh hapgej
' for the murder of D. McEachern, r
white man, last September. Dennett
wns carried to the gallows on the
v collln In which he was to bo burled
I The negro also shot down Seaborr
d Adams, another white man, wh:
r? attempted to disarm him after he bai
killed McEachern. '
THE 1
FELL IN THE SEA
i
Another American Air Ship Meets
with Disaster]
HAD EXCITING TIME
The 1'aMNangorH, Suddenly Finding
Themwelvew (>?er Itoep Water, 1K>? 1
Life Pmwnrers, Descend to Water ?
and are Finally Rescued by Mfo (
Kaveiw. <
A dispatch from Merlin, Germany, t
HayH the Hecond of the three Amorl- I
can hallooiiH that started In the race (
for the international trophy on Hun- f
day from Schniargendorf has met I
disaster in the North soa. The f
"Saint IxiuiB," manned hy N. II. Ar- f
nold, of North Aduitis, Mass., aitd 11
Hurry J. Hewitt, was carried over- 1
land to treacheroua air currents an 1 (
later in the haze the aeronauts loat "
their boaringH until suddenly they ?
saw the guard lights or an unknown f
coast. '1
This meant that they must doseem!
or risk the danger of being '
driven far out of the track of ves- '
sels. They chose the former course '
Jlltd for nil >?.?.? -?"
- - ..wii u II>\V WIT',} IHIIItTtMl '
by the waves, olinost giving up in ^
despair. 1
Kvontuully they were rescued by a f
life boat, and the 11 rut intimation that 1
an accident had occurred to the *
"Saint Louis" whh conveyed la a
wire leas message from Arnold Haying: '
"Lost everything in the North Sea 11
last night." (
Following so cloHely on the draniatic
experience of A. Holland For- (
ben and AuguRtufl Post, the navlga- '
tors of the "Conqueror," which burst 1
at an altitude of four thousand feot
soon after the start of the race, troth N
men having a thrilling escape rot*
death, the disaster to fhe "Saint (
Louis" was the subject of ?xcitod
interest in Herlin throughout the day
and (wiling.
The ptets cot.mimical with '
Mr. Arnold at Wilhelmshttveu, to
which place he had been transported
by one of the torpedo boats,
which were sent out to render assistance
to any of the balloonists
who might drift out over the water. ,
Mr. Arnold told a graphic story of
the mishap. He said:
"All day Monduy with the exception
of the eat Ij r.fternoo*i we were
unable to see the earth awl we lowered
the balloon repeatedl to coin- t
Munlcute with poo* e 10 aaccr
tain our whereabouts. Apparently
we could not make them understand,
but i ft Ik probab'e was du'i to our \
poor German. Finally we decided (
to risk proee ;dln,r, still having twen- ,
ty sacks of ballasT. j
'Moving in a north wen: ji ly dlroc- i
'iOi .1 .vening a passed a c'.y, (
the lights of which were visihl a five ;
miles to the west and wo learned
later that it was Rremerhaven. Soon
afterwards we noticed light houses
and buoys, which convinced us that
we were moving about big water, but
we had no idea where we woro.
"In order to avoid drifting out of
the line of ship trafllco we concluded
to go down to the water but beefor
doing so we put on life preservers.
This was a perolious task, lor
it was dark and there was great
danger of being swamped in the basket.
"After pitching about in the wain.
nU.w.nl n., V - 1 -I-.I
vui iwi iiiiuuni. ?ii iiuui iiuu
up till hopes of rescue, Hewitt, who
had climbed into the rising, discovered
a flash light and soon afterward
was a life l>oat approaching
us. The boat, however, could noi
reach us, as we wero being dragged
through $ie waves at tho rate of
about fifteen or twenty miles an
hour. The boatman shouted to ua
to Jump overboard, which we did.
"I tried to suve the St. Ix>uls
Club's ballon by ripping it up, but
the rope was Jerked out of my hands.
About ten minutes later I was picked
p by the boat, which in the mean
time had saved my companion.
Hewitt. We were landed here, too
tired to proceed to Berlin, whither
we will go. ,
Two of the competitors in the en|
durance raoes have not been reported,
and it is hoped that these
, escaped tho changeable lower currents
which affected the other competitors
and succeeded at higher altitudes
in reaching Russia.
A report received here from Wag>
erloog Island, In the North Sea, says
that a balloon passed over there, but
that there was no further tidings of
, it. The flotilla of torpedo boat do1
stroyers is searching tho North Bea.
i 1 where a thick fog prevails.
LI
il Caused IIIn Death.
J. R. Judd, said to bo a woalthy
Npw Yorker, died at Richmond, Va.,
> Friday of poisoning na a result of
1 drinking a beverage containing acetn*
nllid. *1
I0RRY m
CAPERS WRITES.
TO SOUTH CAROLINA COMMIftNIONKRH
OK KLRCTTION.
Insinuates That Repabliaui Votes
Cant In Thin State Are Not Covnted
bjr the Manager*.
John O. Capera, the member of the
Republican national committee tor
3outh Carolina, has seat the following
lottcr to tho commissioners of
>lectlon for the State:
Washington, D. C., Oct. 14, 1H8.
JonimlHstoner of Bloctloa of floath
.iaroHnu.?11 y Dear Sir: Rxeept In
>no or two of the lower counties in
ho State there are no accredited Re~
Hiblican nominees for office In South
Carolina to rilHturb your local afnirs
in the State. While in the sanction
of commissioners of election
or South Carolina the Republican*
ihvo had no voice or choice. I hops
ind believe that in a spirit of falriohb
you will alio* those who whiU
o vote a national Republican ticket
in opportunity under your direction
is commissioner to east their voten
or Mr. Taft and have them counts 1.
I'll at Ih all the Republican* ask.
Conditions which have promoted
liany of our citizens to resort to
not hods unnece8Hiiry to review no
onger exist, and at this time u purely
inlional proposition is involved. It
vould sooiii, therefore, that a spirit
>f absolute fairness and justice
ihould prevail, and I have confidence
hat you will see to It thut we are
jiven a aqua re deal.
I value ns highly as you do the
radittons and history of my State
iinl my people, and there are hunlreds
of men In South Carolina who
'eel as I do and yet who can we no
larthly form of disloyalty in contrihitlng
through their ballot to a per>etuatlon
of the financial and Indunrlal
prosperity of the whole country,
vhich seems permanent only when a
lopublican president and u Ropubli:an
Congress are in power.
Tho Panama Canal, certain tenure
of protection, the great need
?f Improving our river in the South,
dead to us to get for South Carolina
iomo national standing and enjoy
he resulting national influence and
issistunce for tho development of our
float resources.
Hespectfully.
JOHN O. CAPERS,
Member Republican National Committee
for South Carolina.
CAN THIS UK THUE?
V Farmer Arn^tcd for Assaulting a
l>efortn<Hl Idiot.
A disnatch from Pninmiiio ?. tv.
V. ? ./11* n# I
and Courier says the Governor's
ofllco hue so far received no notification
of the arrest made Thursday
fit Sumter of J. Z. Wooten, a Sumter
County white farmer, on a warrant
charging him with criminally ashjiu11iitk
hlK deformed anil Idiot 14yoar-old
step-daughter, Zora Moseley,
whom Wooten had on exhibition here
last Fair week.
According to the Sumter Item of
Thursday, the arrest was made on
the arrival of the Orangeburg train
to Sumter, the girl's uncle, M. D.
Moseley, going to Wooten's home and
Inducing him to come to Sumter with
the girl and its mother. Moseley,
according to the Sumter paper, got
the warrant from a magistrate In
New Hrookland, Loxlngton county,
and It was based on information
furnished by Wooten's wife, tho
mother of the child. Wooten was
placed In the Sumter Jail to awa't
the oflleers of I,exlngton.
Whether he has been carried to
Lexington is not known here. The
Fair week crowds did not patronise
the exhibition here, the result being
that some sympathetic chorus girls
found the mother and child In a
destitute condition and exponed in a
tent, and took them to a hotel and
fed them. #
KIIXKD AT (1KRENVIL1JS.
Kn^liNhman With (^riirAl Oonipau)
l>ea?l?Motornmii Armti^L
The killing at Greenville of Fred
kuble. an attache of the Johnny
JonoR Carnival Company, at midnight
Thurwday at the carnival grounds,
by a man believed to be Jesae Harrltton,
a street car motorman, hat
created conwidernble excitement hero.
Kubio wa? an FnirilRhman. and the
carnival management ha? placed the
case In the hands of the British amhaBHador
at Washington. Harrison
Is in Jail, charged with the crime.
It appers that there was nothing between
the men that led to the killing.
Where Is Harry I/ar<!iier?
If anvono knows of the wheroa
bouts of Harry Lardner, he would be
doing a favor to R. D. Lardner. a
sailor on H. M. torpedo boat No.
9, Chatham, England, by writing
ililm of his half-brother's location.
;RALD