The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 30, 1911, Image 5
BROKE HLdlP
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Alfred M.rrit Biases J*ha D. Rsckei
i Preacher for
BIS FINANCIAL RUIN
|?jrn tlic Preacher Induced Him to
Borrow Money From ltockefeller,
ml 'i'lntl lf/wk ??f I?i? TooK AiIvaii- '
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tugo of Hiiu and Fleeced Him of
All Ills Stocky and Honds.
Alfred Merritt, of Duluth, Minn.,
the first president of tlio Duluth, Mis- ,
sabe & Northern Railway, who styled
himself a "lumberjack unacquainted .
with the methods of the money
trust," told tlio house steel trust investigating
committee today that
through loans of less than $ 1,000,000
from John 1). Rockefeller ho had lost
p Ids holdings in the Missahe Iron '
mines and the railroad's properties
now owned by tho United Steel cor- J
p-oratlon and estimated to be worth ,
today as high as $700,000,000.
Merritt declared that lie was induced
tlirough F. D. Gatos, Mr.
Rockefeller's secretary, "in charge of
his charitable work," to put up all
his holdings as collateral for loans
from Mr. Rockefeller in 1 892 and
f 1893. One loan was for $420,000.
Others were for various sums. Gates, (
he said, was a Baptist preacher in ,
whom he had confidence and who t
assured him that by placing a call
loan lie would not bo pressed and
that he would bo takon care of.
The witness related how, two
months after he had put up his collateral
with Mr. Rockefeller, during
the panic of 1893, Rockefeller called
he loan, giving him 24 hours to laise
$420,000 and that being unable to (
raise tho money he and his b: other
lost their property, lie admitted that <
Mr. Rockefeller ottered him- 3n op- j
pjrtunity to buv his property back j (
within a year but declarod that tho ]
oil king told financiers "to ket-) ,
hands off" and that he was unable if. (
raise money any whore
a The Merrill's were first pa"tios to (
"a a transaction with Mr Rockefeller ,
| and others in tho formation of tho j
Lake Superior Consolidated Iron t
mines. In this tho mines of the Su- t
perior region and tho Duluth, Miss- r
abo & Northern were consolidated. t
Onf nf tlii? n suit by the Merritls .
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against Rockefeller developed on the r
ground of niisreprosentation of tho j
value of mining properties turned in j
by th? Rockefeller interests. Subse- j
quently, Rockefeller paid him tho
Merritts $525,000 in tho settlement j
for this. ,
Refore this settlement and after
ho had lost his stock holdings and f
Refore this settlement and after |
he had lost his stock holdings and c
1 /% lw\ ?*i?nal<lon t ra I L
UUitnuu IW IJU jd noiuuiit uL tuu iu?
road, Merritt testified that F. D. r
If Gates came to hi in and said Mr. j
Rockefeller wanted him to continue f
as president of the road for another e
year.
"Was that the Baptist preacher
Gates who came to you " asked
Chairman Stanley. rj
"Yes," Merritt replied. "He said
Mr. Rockefeller had confidence in
a me, and knew that I, through my acquaintances
with the boys on the
range, would ho able to get more
shipping business than any one else h
could do. I guess that was true."
"The Rev. Dr. Gates seemed to be
serving the Lord and John D. Rocko- "
^ felled, didn't he?" the chairman in- J
torrupted.
"But I refused the offer," Merritt s
answered emphatically. "I told Gates j a
that I could not retain my manhood 1
and work for John D. Rockefeller." 8
The intricacies of the transactions
- - - - - f.
wore involved and with difticulty ~
were drawh from the witness. Representative
Reall of Texas Anally
summed the matter up: 1
"You do know this, then," said Mr.
Reall, "before you dealt with R
^ John D. Rockefeller, you and your a
brother had valuable stockholdings 0
in tho Lake Superior ore regiou and
in this railroad and after your deal- a
ings with him you had no stock?" a
"Yes, that's it," said Mr. Merritt.
w "I want to emphasize further that
before I dealt with Rockefeller I had .j
1-10 interest in tho Duluth, Missabe
& Northern railroad which last year
made $8,000,000, and that now I
have nothing."
"T am inclined to blame tho ,1!,
preacher more than I am Rockefeller.
He deceived mo. I don't blame Rockefeller
so much. lie belongs to tho <L
money trust." al
"What reason did Rockefeller have
for closing in on your?" asked Representative
Gardner. "Did ho need
the money?"
"lie wanted that property. I am
convinced that he sent the hands off" m
notice to financiers with whom I ai
^ tried to raise money to redeem my s'
property. lie told financiers in Clevo4
land whom I approached that the
property lie got. for $10 a share was
not worth $.r>, and I could not get a fa
cent. se
After Chairman Stanley had indi- 111
cated that ho would be very glad to \a
hear from Mr. Rockefeller An the ?
matter, Mr. Roall made a motion that be
ho be served with a subpoena duces sc
tecum. George Wellman Murray
counsel for Mr. Rockefeller, objected be
and suggested that Mr. Rockefeller . sa
PLUNGE INTO fUVLR
A TRAIN IN FRANCH FALLS
< THROUGH A RRIDGtt.
Tliirty or More Passengers Lout Their
Lives by Drowuia^ Rcfore They
Could He Saved.
Many passengors, it la estimated,
lost tlioir lives when a train plunged
into the river Thouet Thursday morning,
owiug to the breakdown of a
railroad linage on mo siaio uanwuy
at Montereuil-Hellay, in the departnient
of the MaJne-ICt-Loire, Franco.
Tho train, which had started from
Angers, was traveling to Poitiers..
It carried about 100 passengers.
While it was crossing tho bridge over
the Thouet, the structure, which had
been greatly weakened by recentj
floods, broke down, crashing with the j
whole of tho cars into tho swollen
stream.
Many of fho passengers who succeeded
in getting out of the cars
through tho windows tried to save
themselves by clinging to the tops of
trees which showed above tho surface
of the water. In most cases, bowever,
they were quickly washed away
by the rushing currents.
All the boats in tho locality had
been carried off by the inundations,
so that it was impossible for the peo
I>Io of the neighborhood to assist
much in the work of rescue.
No exact information is yet available
as to the number of victims or
as to those rescued, but it is believed
that between fifty and sixty
have been drowned.
FilOATTIU CONFKSSMS GUILT.
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Before Death Admitted lie Killed Ilis
Young Wife.
Henry Clay Ileattie, Jr., was electrocuted
in the state penitentiary at
Richmond, Va., Friday at 7:2?. a. in.
One minute after the shock ho was
pronounced dead. Before his execution
he confessed that he murdered
lis young wife. The statement,
which was given out. in the rotunda
>f a downtown hotel, follows:
"I, Henry Clay Deattlo, Jr., desirous
of standing right before God and
nan, do on this, the 2Jrd day of
Voromber, 1911, confess my guilt of
he crime against me. Much that was
jublished concerning the details was
lot true but the awful fact, without
ho harrowing circumstances, renains.
For this action I am truly
lorry, and, believing that I am at
leace with God and am soon to pass
nto His presence, this statement is
nade."
Heat tie's confession was followed
>y this statement by the attending
ninisters:
"This statement was signed in the
iresenco of the two attending minsters
and is the only statement that
:an and will bo made public by them.
"Mr. Heattie desired to thank tho
nany friends for kind letters and eriresslons
of interest and the public
or whatever sympathy was felt or ,
ixprossed."
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Pit AVE I) FOR GUIDANCE
l'Iioii Slew lfer Husband She Says to
Save His S011I.
As a witness in her own behalf
irs. Frances O'Sliaughnessy took the
tand and told a Now York jury
rliicli will decide whether sho shall
Ivo or die of the events which led
I) to her killing her husband,
leorgo, "to save his soul."
A year after her marriage, she
aid, Ceorge began to stay out late
t night. Sho suspected another wolanJVBho
said, but was not sure until
lie saw George with this woman?
lie cashier at the store wheio ho waa
mployed.
A bundle of notes which Mrs.
t'Shaughnossy said sho found under
er husband's pillow was handed to
lie jury. The notes wcro from Teste
Hayee, the other woman, she said,
nd In them the writer calloi Georgo
ndoaring nanios.
Mrs. O'Shaughnessy had read them
11, sho said, then prayed tor guidnce
before she shot her nusband.
he decided that by killing her liusand
she would keep him from vloiting
the seventh commandment and
icrehy save his soul.
Two Men Are Killed.
Two men were killed and four were
ijured at Chlcopee Falls, Mass.,
hursday night, when a temporary
levator used in construction work
: the Flak Rubber Company's plant
: Chlcopee Falls fell three stories.
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Dynamited and Robbed.
The Rank of Odell, Texas, was en
re i eariy i nursany. xne saro was n
unolisbed by an explosion of dyna- ^
lie and about $4,000 in currency
id silver stolen. Posses are in pur- (|
lit of (lie robbers. ti
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Tivo Children Fatally Hurt, ()
At Cincinnati, two children were tl
tally injured and a number of men f(
riously hurt when fire destroyed tl
0 plant of the J. Raums Safe and u
>ck Company at 017 Front street. n
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> required to send the contract deribed.
tl
"I am sure Mr. Rockefeller would tl
1 glad to comply with any request," tl
id Mr. Murray. p:
THAT LOAN PLAN
Presides! el State Farmers Utico Dei!
Not flunk It Nccessmy
WISH IT WILL BE GOOD
Hays He Hopes That It Will bo Help,
Hut lie Believes That Its Object
Has Already Been Achieved, But
It All Depends oil the Farmers.
E. W. Dabbs, president of the
South Carolina Fanners' union, is
rather doubtful how the farmers of
it. - ...til t h/x r fU/t
lilt? oune wilt iweivt' tuu ju.ui ui liiu
New York syndicate to lend $25 a
bale upon the cotton crop ol South
Carolina. Its success will depend, lie
said, upon whether the planters embrace
the offer of the syndicate. He
also said that ho could not see any
noticeable effect of .lie syndicate's
scheme, as he thought the main desideratum
to he obtained by the plan,
in his estimation, had already been
obtained through action by the Farmers'
Union.
Nevertheless, if the plan seems
good to him when he lias had time
to examine its details, he will lend it
iiis heartiest support, lie hopes, he
said, that it will prove successful in
helping tho farmers to secure a fair
price for their cotton.
"While I do not wish to throw
cold water on the New York syndicate's
plan of advancing $25 per bale
on flio South's cotton crop," said Mr.
Dabbs Tuesday night, "I do think
that the promoters have overlooked
two points. One of.these, as I pointed
out to C. S. Uarrett, president of
tlio National Farmers' Union, is the
question wneiner tno rarmers win
embrace tbo ofTor of the Northern
syndicate. T suggested to him that
instead of one trustee, as proposed
in the original plan, there should be
three for each State, and that one
member from each State should constitute
the central board of control.
Mr. Barrett seemed to think that the
more important point was to secure
the confidence of the financial men,
while I maintained that the farmer's
trust should first be gained. To
this end I made my suggestion as to
the appointment of three trustees.
"That second point that the promoters
seem to hare overlooked is the
efTect that will ho produced by the
action of the business agents of the
Farmers' Union, which urged that
fho farmers refrain from buying fertilizer
at high prices. Will make for
a substantial reduction in acreage
even without the trustee movement.
"I had thought that the effect of
tying up 2,000,000 bales of cotton
in the hands of trustees would he a
very strong tendency on the part of
ilie farmers to rod nee their acreage
next year. The knowledge that there
were 2,000,000 bales of cotton that
might be carried over until the next
crop was put on the market, 1
thought, would lead the planters to
see tho futility of excessive production.
"This purpose, however, 1 think,
has been subserved by the present
conditions. With cotton selling at
nine cents and below, ana with fertilizers
high, I think the rarmors will
:ake the advice given by tho business
igents of tho Fanners' Union in their
meeting at Columbia. Conditions
ire such now that farmers, by redueng
their acreage and cutting down
.lieir purchases of fertilizers, will so
curtail production that another excessive
crop is unlikely. This, then,
lisposed of ono object of holding the
cotton by tho trustee system. This
condition seems to prevail wherever
have been of late.
"Now as to tho success of the
dan. It depends, as I intimated before,
on whether the farmers will
unbrace tlio offer of the financiers.
"So far, I can see no notable efcct.
The action of the Farmers' lTnon
business agents and tho action
vo took at Sumter yesterday will
ireveut the sacrifice of cotton to pur
base fertilizer. The matter of reluct
Ion of acreage will he aceomdislied
by tills means without the
.pplicatlon of the trusteeship plan,
bulging by the response to the
dodges to hold cotton and reduce
creage, 1 do not think that tlio
(lantern will readily embrace the
r position made by the syndicate.
"I should like to seo the plan sue- '
eed, but I fear it. will not take with
he Southern planters.
"I am not at all antagonistic to
ills plan; I will be glad to see anyhing
succeed that will Insure us a
rice for our cotton which will give
a a profit. After 1 have secured a
etter knowledge of Its details, if it
loots my approval, I will give it my
(in rUnol onnttnvt n n il nrtn n/jr a 1 5 rm "
Mr, Dafobs also explained the ac-jl
ion taken Tuesday at a meeting of j1
lie Farmers' Union called to discuss]1
10 fertilizer situation. The result 1
f the meeting was a recommendation
hat the farmers buy no fertilizer <
tr 1912 except on this condition
lat the payment bo made in three
istallments, one not earlier than
ocember 1, 1912, and the other two s
t intervals of not less than 30 days. 1
Tills recommendation, with that of :
10 business agents of the union, lat
the farmers be conservative in t
lelr purchases of fertilizer at the f
resent prices, if followed, Mr. Dabbs ?
I STRUCK BY ENGINE
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YOUNG MAN KLLLKD IfY OOA9T
LINK AT SCRANTON.
Illuming Across tlio Track to Catch
| a Train and Was Run Orer ky lxtra
Kngiae. ,
At Scranton Mr. Grsver Turner,
j tho eighteen-year-old son of Mr. R. F.
Turner, a prosperous and influential
farmer of Hannah Poatofllee, in the
lower section of Florence County,
was knocked down and instantly
killed Wednesday at. about 12 o'clock
by an extra Atlantic Coast Lino engine
going North. Mr. J. It. Powell,
of Mailory, and Mr. J. F. Creel, of
Vnnalacholia. Fla.. were standing at
the depot waiting for tho arrival of!
the Orangeburg train and received
! painful but not serious injuries by
'the body of young Turner bci^ig
thrown against tliom when it was
struck by the moving engine.
Ail of the gentlemen went to
Scranfon Wednesday morning to take
I tho Orangeburg train for Florence,
and while waiting for the arrival of
the train, young Turner went to Mr.
R. R. Cannon's stables, a short distance
from the depot, to leavo his
horse and buggy, and while at the
livery staides the extra engine ran
up, going North, and Mr. Turner
hearing and thinking it was (he train,
ran towards the depot, going diagonally
across the main lino of the
Atlantic Coast Line in front of the
engine. He was struck by the moving
engine when in about one hundred
and fifty feet from the depot and his
body was thrown through the steps
of the depot, death resulting instantly.
y\ agisiraie u. o. namwin at once
empanelled a jury and held an inquest.
and the following verdict was
rendered: "That the deceased came
to his death by running in front of
a moving engine on tht track of the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company."
Physicians who examined the
body stated that death probably was
caused by concussion of the brain and
internal injuries.
The remains were carried home
Wednesday afternoon, a distance of
two miles and was buried Thursday
at the family burying ground. It.
was stated that young Mr. Turner
had a large number of relatives and
friends in that part of the country
and his untimely and tragic death
was a source of great sorrow and bereavement.
to the community.
kifi/er woman and children.
Story of Cruelty Confirmed l?y Chinese
Students.
A cablegram from Peking, China,
pays the killing of foreigners, at Sinn
Fu, Shen Si province, has been further
confirmed by two Chinese students,
who have arrived from that city. During
the fighting in Sian Fu a mob attacked
the China inland mission, located
outside of the city. They murdered
Mrs. hcckman, who is said to
he an American, and five of the mission
children. Mr. Meckman was
wounded, hut escaped, saving an infant.
The surviving foreigners were
sheltered by Chinese Christians and
subsequently departed eastward toward
the railway.
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WANTED FOR WIFE Ml'KDEU. ,
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Dies at Allendale Over in Itarmvcll 1
County Fast Week.
A dispatch from Ringhampton, X. i
V., says William Emerson, sought by
detectives and police throughout tho
country for the alleared murder nf hi*
wife at Endicott, N. Y., on Sept.
8, lies dead In Allendale, S. C., according
to a dispatch received from c
(1 rover S. Emerson, brother of the ^
alloged murderer. Death, according
to the message, was caused by ma- ?
larial fever. The dinpateh rays that v
Emerson had been traveling through ^
the South under the assumed name
of James White. Becoming ill sev- r
oral weeks ago, he was cared for by n
the Masonic order. The ho 'y will be b
carried back to Blnghampton.
Canada Hegrets I Tor Action.
According to J. A. McDonald, edl- s
tor of the Toronto Globe, and n ti
prominent member of the liberal 'parly,
Canada is sorry she rejected reciprocity.
Mr. McDonald so dec lared in ^
.m address before the Sunday Even ?
ing at Chicago. "The people have re- 8
turned to sober thinking and regret
their action," ho said. "Tho annexation
bugbear was to blame for it all."
Fee KntortainmontH. ej
Thero are sovoral fine free entain- 11
menls at llio Fair. The Hriokett ^
team in a wonderful aerial display
jf trapeze work enUitain the crowd
pleasantly. Then is 010 high divo in
i net from a hight of 1 U0 foot. At ''
nights crowds of jolly, laughing pco?lo
battle with confetti and Liavo a
jenoral good time.
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Killed by Train, w
At Buffalo, N. Y., Kennedy Alon- n<
50 Dewel and liis wife, blinded by lu
he storm, drove in front of a train
ind wore killed near thero recently.
is
hinks. will lead to a reduction In 211
icroage and will put the farmorg In
i better position to hold their cotton. <
(OBstooksr'
WILBUR P. NESB1T
. I in.^i *<,jpjrygf..i L'A^.rv.1.'^>r*V-TSOT*flWfflT?l
ONE UNRISEN
NECESSITY
Potatoes rise till the price gives pntu;
White sugar costs like the dickens, now;
We yearn for slcak, and w? yearn Ir.
vain;
And milk??Ah, plutocrat with a cow!
But lot us cheer for the one bright spot
That gleams the white like a signal
lump.
There's one thing yet that the trusts
hare not?
Hurrah for the good old tvro-ccnl
stamp I
T-furrnh for the good old, fine old two
That will stick to Its Job for me and you!
And in splto of drouth or of rnin or snow
Costs what It did Just a year ac?The
two-oont stamp?Give it glad aewlahr
For its prion is always Just the same.
They raise our rent and they raise each
tnx.
They make us pay a lot more foi
shoos;
The shirts and things that go on our
backs
Now cost so much they gl re us the
blues?
But this old friend is tho one best bet;
Wo buy It and have no sondor's crampTho
rest Increase; It's tho same price
yoi?
Htirrah for the good old two-oent stauii>|
Hurrah for tho fine old, good old two
That w? buy today an we used to dol
It's the only thins in our nntlvs land
That has not gone up flt to beat tho band
So cheer, boys, cheer; let us roar and
ramp?
Hurrah for the good old two-cent stamp!
TO THE LETTER.
"Take that dog off tho street, or I'll
run you in," ordered the oonscien
Lious policeman.
"But why?" aaked tho man with the
dog. "lie has a license on.'
"That's all right as far as it goes,
but that's a Spitz dog, and wo have
strict orders to enforce the anti-expectoration
ordinance."
At Home Again.
3he's homo again from foreign climes.
And from Its nook she'll draw
tier guidebook, and she'll read betlines
To boo Just what alio saw.
A Puzzle Indeed.
The fair young girl who was to be
toino a bride on the morrow, sat in
ter boudoir, meditating seriously.
"Shall 1 marry Henry," she mused,
or shall I shoot him? All the girls
vho shoot their lovers get such love
y write ops in tho papers."
Hut she decided I hat her trousweau
night be described in a bungling man
ier by the reporters at I he trial, so
he eonoluded to be married.
Ooing Too Far.
"This reckless speculation must be
topped." said the earnest citi/.eu to 1
he trust magnate.
"Indeed, It must," agreed the latter
Tndeed, It must. TVhy, yesterday
wo or threo fellows who are not in
ur crowd at all made several thou i
and dollars by taking flyers. That
ort of thing won't do."
His Reason.
"My misguided friend," said the
iirnost reformer who had strolled into
le roof garden, "why do you drink <
int. beer, when you could have cool,
eflthfnl lemonade?"
"Because," said the misguided \
lend, as he beckoned to a waiter,
lecauso mo lomonaao is 15 cents a i
ass lu this place." I
,
More Important.
"My dear young friend," suld the
elltntentioned gentleman, "do you
ever jh\uso ai>d reflect upon what the i
ituro may hold for you?" 1
"Not exactly," bald the dear young j
lond. "What I puzzle ovor the most >
what tho futuro will let go of lor >
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KilLLD ON 1KACT
WELL KNOWI AUTOMOBIHI
D1UVRK MJ9I9TS DEATH.
First Day of Tuning-up Produces Aa*
other Accident Also, In Which
Dawson is Dndly llurt.
Choosing a. ditch at the side of the
course In preference to plunging into
a heavy wagon whi?h suddenly
loomed before him on an *'8" turn
oil (be automobile course, at Savannah
Monday morning, Jay D. McNay,
the California automobile racing
driver, chose death, for bis little lowbuilt
Case car ended its course
against a tree, and the driver was
taken from the wreck as he breathed
his last.
iMcNay's mechanician, FI. K. Maxwell,
was seriously, but not fatally,
hurt. The accident occurred on the
first practice flay for the automobile
races of Thanksgiving week. McNay
was placed in another car an-1 rushed
rapidly to the Savannah hospital, but
was dea l when he got there. Maxwell
is badly hurt, but his injuries
are not fatal.
I his was tho second accident ot trio
morning, Joe Dawson, driving a Mariuon
car, having been in a collision a
little earlier with several other drivers
and a touring car which was on
the course. Dawson is hurt so badly
he may not be able to enter the Vanderbilt
cup race or the Grand Prize
race. The other drivers in this genoral
inid-up were Knipper in a Mercer
and Barnes in a Mercer. They wero
not hurt.
Nickrent was driving the car in
which Dawson was riding when a
touring car came along 011 the course
and the four cars ran together, tho
drivers apparently becoming confused.
The Mercer cars were badly
damaged. McNay's remains were carried
to a local undertaking establishment.
Tlis body bore few marks to
show what caused death, but It is believed
his neck was broken. McNay
began his racing career in Texas, but
has been on all the famous tracks of
the country.
The Record says many South Carolinians
saw Jay McNay at the wheel
of his big Case machine during tho
recent Stat? fair automobile races in
Columbia, and to these sport-lovera
the news of his sudden and violent
end will bring a personal shock. iMcNay
met many visitors to the fair
and made dozens of friends. The big,
clean, steady-eyed, modest fellow was
signally attractive.
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EIGHTEEN 1)110 IN MINE HOHHOH.
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Only Four Rescued From Region of
Coal Dust Explosion.
Eighteen men were killed in a coal
dust explosion, which occurred Saturday
in the Bottom Creek Mine, of the
Bottom Creek Coal and Coke Company,
at Vivian, W. Va. 'More than
one hundred and fifty men were in
the mine at the time of the explosion,
but all escaped excepting eighteen
of the twenty-two who were tu
the explosion zone. Four of these
were rescued. All but two of tho
bodies have been recovered at midnight.
Among the men killed were:
Engineers \V. Tf. Henderson, Roekville,
Md.: E. R. Hervey, of Philadelphia;
Tarvin Williams, of Key
stone, \\. \ i\,, ana canaries nrewer, or
Elkhorn, W. Va., were in a party of
five making a semi-annual survey of
the mine. Alexander Williams, the
fifth enlgneer, was saved. Theo thers
killed were negroes or foreigners.
WHIPPED NEGRO PREACHER.
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Ordered Him to Leave Community
and Never I Jet urn.
A report has reached Edgefield
that a body of citizens numbering
about fifty took George Miocker, a
colored preacher, of the Antioch section,
out Monday morning and whipped
him with a buggy trace, ordering
him to leave the community at
once and never return again. It is
said that Miocker incited or urged
Otis Harris, another negro, to attack
young Albert Lyon in the public road
last Friday, it is also said that recently
In some of his sermons Miocker
has made incendiary statements
that were calculated to arouse prejudice
among the negros for tho white
people. Georg Mlockr owned several
huiulrd acres of land and was one
of the leaders among the negroes of
that community.
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Stabbed a Fellow Prisoner.
Patrick Collins, a convict in the
Eddyville, Kv., penitentiary, who
would have completed his term In
eight months is In solitary confinement,
charged with tho murder of
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gered at a retort of Jones, Collins
leaped upon him and Inflicted a mortal
wound with a harness wnife before
he could be overpowered by othar
convicts.
Trained Sea Lion Kseaped.
Tiring of its daily routine at balmcing
a ball on tlie end of its nose
n a North Side theatre at Chicago,
n trained sea lion flopped through a
vlndow pan? and into an alley. v
?Vhen it felt the snow and sniffed tho
old air, it appeared in its natural
demont and started at a lively gait
or Lake Michigan.