The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 16, 1905, Image 3
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That the Attorney-General Will
Prefer
AGAINST THE CAR LINES
f ,
Attorney General Moody Makes
Statement Regarding Suit to be
Filed Aaginst Private Car Line
^maintained oy Jrabst Brewing Co.
and Railroads Refunding 12 Perl
. Cent, of Freight Charges for Transportation.
Washington, Special. ? Attorney
Ge?.eral Moody made a statement
with regard to the petition which will
be tiled by his direction in the Circuit
Court of the United States for the
eastern district of Wisconsin, brought
under the Elkins law to test the legality
of certain commissioners paid
by railroads (after the receipt of the
published rates) to a private car
transit company, controlled by stockholders
of the corporation shipping
freight in those cars over the railroad's
lines. The statement folows:
"The petition is against the Milwaukee
Refrigerator Transit Company;
Pere Marquette Railroad Company;
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Company; Erie Railroad Company;
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railroad Company; St. Louis &
"Ban Francisco Railroad Company; the
Wisconsin Central Railroad Company;
the Chieago & Alton Railroad
* Company and Pabst Brewing Company.
"This case arises out of the following
state of facts, which have been
' ..lvestigated by the inter-state Commerce
commission and also by private
interests adversely affected, brought
in thA uttAntinn of tllA Attornev Ceil
eral and by him carefully considered.
" Conferences have been held between
the Attorney General and District
Attorney Butterfield, of the eastern
district of Wisconsin, in Chicago
and Washington; and on Friday last,
at a conference, between the Attorney
General, the assistant to the Attorney
_ General. Mr. Purdy. Special Assistant
id Attorney Pegin, the district
..iey^-ond Special Counsel Charles
<uarles, of the Milwaukee bar, the
form of the petition was determined
npon.
"It appears that the Pabst Brewing
Company are large skippers of
been over th? various railroads running
from Milwaukee. Some of the
principal stockholders yf that corjK>ratioh
organized and own the Milwaukee
Refrigerator Transit Company, a
corporation operating private cars.
To the latter corporation the control
of the shipments of the Pabst Brewing
Company was given by an agreement
entered into between the two
corporations named. The various railroads
mentioned as defendants, while
receiving as freight money the open
and published rates for the transportation
of commodities, have paid to
' the transit company, in whose private
cars the been was transported, a
commission of about twelve per cent,
upon the amount of the freight money
collected, with the effect, of course,
transportation by the railroad com
panics is so much less than the published
and open rate.
Randolph-Macon Professor Dead.
Richmond, Special.?Dr. A. C.
lYightman professor of biology at
Randolph-Macon College, died in
Ashland of paralysis, resulting from
acute indigestion.
$3,000 More Raised in Chicago.
Chicago, Special?Even- synagogue
/ in Chicago was crowded by mourners
and over $3,000 had been added to
the fund of $13,000.
Money in Demand in New York.
New York, Special.?Money on call
went to 15 per cent, the highest rate
for several years. Last Saturday's
bank statement showed the surplus
to be almost exhausted and since then
large sums have been sent from New
York to the interior, leaving practically
nothing to be lent in this market.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
An/] If woo
Was in 1U1& aim iv
that he intended to deposit several
million dollars of government funds
with the banks to relieve the situation
but this report could not be confirmed.
$80,000 Warehouse Fire.
^ 1 Athens, Ga.. Special.?Athens was
visited by a disastrious fire Sunday
morning which wiped out a large cotton
warehouse belonging to Deadwiler
Company and more than fifteen hundred
bales of cotton stored there, together
with $20,000 worth of flax belonging
to the Aberdeen Linen Mills,
of this city. The cause of the fire
is unknown.
'h Oida OmoltO/1
O kJlUV ViU OMVUl
New Berne, Special.?A very serious
accident occurred on the yard of
the Atlantic and North Carolina
fhilroad. A young: negro named
Henry Jenkins, water boy for the
Blades Lumber Company, while in
the discharge of his duty passed heft
tween two cars, going to the mill with
* water. For some reason lie stopjied,
and the shifting engine backed to
couple other cars. Henry was caughl
% between the bumpers. His left side
- ' fc ^ badly crushed.
Senitor Burton Indicted.
St. Louis, Special.?The Federal
i grand jury convened and returned an
indictment against United States Sen^
*itor Burton, of Kansas. It is stated
^ftat certain features in the former in.
dietment against Senitor Burton,
which was puashed, were remedied in
this new indictment.
A GHASTLY DISCOVERY
Woman's Nude Body Fonnd in
Swamp.
Irene, Lexington County, Special.?
The dead body of an unknown colored
woman, thought to be about 19 years
old, was found near tl\e head of the
mill pond of the Saxe-Gotha cotton
mills late Saturday afternoon. The
body naked, except one shoe and
stocking, lying face upward in a few
.?!-f'o v i n f lift cn-omnc
I IUUUCO Mi ? aiCij XOl XIX IUV oouui^i
Mr. John Taylor, a nearby farmer,
: heard his dogs at bay in the swamp,
and upon going tto them discovered
the body.
Late in the night Coroner Wilson
and Dr. John W. Sandel reached the
spot to hold the inquest. The found
her clothing about 10 yards off and it
api>ears that she was well dressed,
with good, heavy dresses and nearly
new shoes. More than 100 colored
people viewed the body, but it could
not be identified. Dr. Sandel could
find no trace of violence, and the supposition
is that the girl in a demented
condition and lost, undressed herself
and was frozen.
There has been no decision as yet
by the coroner's jury, as they are
awaiting efforts to identify the dead
body.
The exact spot is about three miles
from Lexington and one mile from
the Southern Railway.
W. L. Hadden Acquitted.
Spartanburg, Special.?In the case
Lu 1IT T TJ.JJ ,.U J I.
Jl n . 1?. xiuuut'u, cuai^cu wuti 11iv
murder of Tom Glenn, the jury returned
a verdict of not jruiltv- The
killing occurred several months ago in
the upper section of the county. "When
Hadden and his family returned from
I preaching one night a member of the
female number of the household complained
that some one was peeping in
a window. Mr. Hadden rushed to the
door with a pistol and fired one shot.
He came back and retired to his bed
The next morning he was shocked to
lind the lifeless bodv of his neighbor,
an aged man. Thomas Glenn, stretched
j on the ground some distance from his
house. In this case Stanyarne Wilson
represented the defendant and Solicitor
Sease the State.
Dropped to Death.
Anderson, Special.? Mrs. Maude
Bvoadwick, wife of Charles Broadwick,
an aeronaut with Riddell's
Southern Carnival Company, fell from
I a baloon here Thursdav afternoon and
was instantly killed. Mrs. Broadwick
was an experienced ballonist herself
and had made two ascensions while
here, but was not to go up. Her husband
was to make the ascension and
parachute drop, and she was standing
by to give the signal to cut the ropes
when all was ready. She gave the
signal all right, and when the balloon
shot up into the air she was seen hanging
to the ropes between the balloon
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ana me puiacuiuc. .-?tu .....
reached a distance of 200 or 300 feet
she dropped to the earth, striking on
the hard ground and was instantly
killed.
New Bank for Anderson.
Anderson, Special.?The organization
of the Anderson Banking and
Trust company was effected hv the
election of the following directors:
W. F. Cox, H. C. Townsend, T. Q.
Anderson, J. M. Evans, G. N. 0. Boleman,
T. L. Clinkscales, Jr.. T. A. Ratliffe,
Jr., W. W. Sullivan and AY. A.
\A\atson. The directors then met and
chose the following officers: AY. F.
Cox. ?resident; H. C. Townsend, vicepresident;
T. A. Ratliffe, Jr., secretary;
Quattlebaum & Cochran, attornevs.
The new bank is capitalized
at *$200,000.
Grand Jury Takes Hand.
Spartanburg, Special?The presentment
of the grand jury which was
* !i.A ^ J -v* +UA o.\nvAnin(y nf* f^Olirt
suonmieu ?i mv. w...
Saturday morning was of a sesational
nature, in *.hat it makes special presentments
against county dispensers?
beer and liquor?and the county
board of control, for not performing
their duty and not properly carrying
out the laws.
Palmetto Briefs
Batesburg is to have an annual fair
after this year. It will be known as
ihe Tri-County fair, and will represent
the industries and resources ol
Lexington, Saluda and Aiken counties,
the famous Ridge section of
South Carolina.
The railroad commission has post
poned the hearing on freight rates t(
November 10, on which date a large
number of the traffic and freight people
will appear before the commission.
The hearing is for the purpose of adjusting
disputes on rates in 1 his State
as compared with rates to points in
Georgia.
Tniir Ontnries Since Reformation.
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Columbia, Special.?Sunday wai
observed here bj- the Lutheran congregation
as the four hundredth
anniversary since the beginning of the
reformation by Martin Luthern. Ar
able address was delivered by Dr
Horneri, of Charleston. Tt was vers
instructive ar.d was highly enjoyed
by the large congregation present.
James Byars Killed by Madison Cook
Gaffney, Special.?As a result of at
unfortunate difficulty in westerr
Cherokee, near Williams school house
about 10 or 12 miles from Gaffney
Saturday afternoon, dames Byars i>
dead and Madison Cook is in jai
charged with his murder. Both mer
are white and were supposed to havi
been friends. Although there ha<
been an old ,fcud between these tw<
men it was ^upposed to have beer
dead and the men friends.
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IS FOR PEACE1
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M. Witte Getting the Russians
Pacificatecl
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MUCH WORK STILL AHEAD ?
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Great Efforts Being Made to Pacify
the Common People and Quiet Them
Down. ^
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St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Coitnt f
Witte is continuing negotations with v
the Zemstvo Constitutionalist party E
with brighter prospects of at least
partial success, lie makes no con- e
cealment of the fact that he regards <]
their support as being almost vital to
l*? l' i tin i ii'lit/ili '
luc atuiu?ruinu vl iuu iaoa which i
he is undertaking. The Count is now a
holding a series of conferences with
Prince Kugene Troubetskoy, brother i
of the late Prince Sergius Troubetskoy ]
and the idol of the party whom the .
Count wishes to take the portfolo of 1
education, and whith Prince Dolgo- *
roukoff, Prof. MiliukotT and M. Stako- b
vich who was summoned from Mos- s
cow and M. Strove, editor of the Osvobojdenie,
the organ of "eraancipa- r
tion," published in Paris, who arrived f
here recently after four years exile t
in the cause of freedom. 1
The conservtive wing of the party ^
is becoming less iutransigeant in its
attitude toward Count Witte, although 1
demanding the fulfilment of certain ^
conditions before giving him open t
support. The members insist primar- E
ily on the removal of the "wolves"
of the old regime as they term the
governor! and police officials of many 1
provlhees and cities who are not in (
sympathy with the new order of
things and who are charged with de- j
librately inciting the worst elements ^
of the population with the full connivance
of the police and troops under 1
their control to make attacts upon the c
"intellectuals" and Jews which have j
filled the country with tales of horror ?
and bloodshed for the last ten days.
This condition, Count Witte is anxious *
personally to meet as he fully realizes ;
that the obnoxious officials are ob- 1
stacles in his own path. With the t
Count's promise to support a demand (
for a constituent assembly when the
national assembly meets in January c
some are content and a distinct dis- i
position is manifested on the part of t
certain leaders to hold up Count
' -j_ --j 1. i,;m e
Y\ lite s nun us <iiiu wuin ?iiu ni ui ia
the introduction of the new regime.
Figures On Cotton Ginned.
Washington* Special.?The census
bureau issued a bulletin showing that
up to Nov. 1, G,4S3,64G bales of cotton
had been ginned in this country.
Round baies are counted as half bales.
The figures are the result of telegraphic
reports made by agents of the
census bureau from all the cotton
growing States. Owing to the fact
that no report was made on Nov. 1.
1904, comparitive statistics are not
available. The last previous report
for the present year, showing results
to October 18, last, gave 4,940,728
bales. The figures, according to today's
bulletin, for the various States j
are as follows: Alabama 815,457; (
Arkansas 211,113; Florida 48,218; [ j
Georgia 1,302)390; Indian Territory I j
io= -BO. vm.v T^nkana 231.- I 1
J.<X>,<o~, acmuvn,. f
249; Mississippi 510,077; Missouri 14,181;
North Carolina 438,821; Oklahoma
144,830; South Carolina 822,140;
Tennessee 100,247; Texas 1,692,248
and Virginia 7,479.
$50,000 Virginia Fire.
Suffork, Specia.'.?Wednesday morning
at 2 o'eloek a disasterous lire
broke out in the little town of Whaleyville,
Nansemond county, about ten
miles from here, nearly destroying tlie
place. Thirty buildings went up in
smoke and the loss will be about $50,000,
with not more than $20,000 insurance.
The fire started in the livery
stables of Jno. Matthews, and in a few
minutes had gained such headway that
it was impossible to control the flames
until everything in reach had been
destroyed. There is no fire protection i
in the place, and water had to be
taken from two streams and wells
nearby. Several horses and thousands
of dollars' worth of stock were consumed.
a rir#at tir* in Birimzham.
Birmingham, Special.?Fire totally
destroyed the five-story building on
Twentieth street of the Moore & Handley
Hardware Company. The building
was erected at a cost of $75,000
and the stock was valued at $175,000.
The two-story structure on Avenue A
adjoining that of Moore & Handley
and recently occupied by the Avondale
Laundry, was also burned, the
loss being $10,000. The plant of the
Philip Carey Manufacturing Company
on Avenue A was.totally destroyed
with the contents, the loss being estimated
at $12,000.
By Wire and Cable.
Count Witte is slowly progressing
in his work to establish constitutional
government and order in Russia.
William T. Stead, who has just arrived
in Berliue from Russia, gives his
impressions of what he describes as
"h?11 pretty well let loose."
Jewish residents of New York have
started a movement for the relief of
j those who suffered by the massacres
j in Russia.
Prince Charles of Denmark is expeted
to take oath as King of Norway
the later part of this month.
Mrs. Mattie M. Bly, of Winchester,
was killed by a ain at Harper's
Ferry.
Lady Florence Dixie, writer, explorer
and champion of woman's lights;
is dead^
Louis Fitzgerald, Jr., son of Gen.
Louis - Fitzgerald, was accidentally
killed by i train while returning from
the Long i^ar.d iyma. i
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IERCE ELECTION CONTEST
Villiam Randolph Hearst Contests the
New York Election, Charging Fraud j
By Wholesale.
New York, Special.?Immediately
ipon the announcement of the result
>f the election Tuesday, Mr. Hearst <
:ave notice of contest, and evidences
>f fraud have accumulated rapidly
ver since.
Atoorney General Mayer stated
Niursday night that he had received
nformation of the recovery from the
Jortk river of certain ballot boxes
iscd in the election . He said the
aatter was under investigation.
The contest over the mayoralty t
lection, inaugurated by William Ran- t
lolph Hearst, the Municipal Owener- i
hip candidate, developed interesting
,nd spectular features Thursday.
For twelve hours the bojes contain- r
ng nearly 600,000 ballots cast in last j
Tuesday's election choked the streets I
n the vicinity of the headquarters of j
he board of electors in Sixth avenue ^
>etween Forty-first and Forty-second (
treets. The ballot boxes had been c
gathered during the night by the
>olice and conveyed in patrol wagons
o the election board's headquartes. J
rhere the officials refused to recei\% i
he ballot boxes and the police, acting 4
tnder a court order signed by Justice *
Jaynor, compelling the police authori- j
ies to turn the ballots over to the ]
slection board, had nothing to do but
remain outside and await the pleasire
of the election officials.
IMPELLED TO RECEI VE BOXES (
Appraised of the situation the at- <
orneys of Mr. Hearst appeared be- '
ore Justice Dickey of the State Su
jrcme t_uun, anu aecurcu iiuiu mm mi
>rdcr compelling John R. Voorhis, \
resident of the board of electors, to j
iccept the boxes. The order was ser- j
red promptly and the ballots then I
vere receipted for by the election
ward. Under strong guards the patol
wagons containing the boxes were ;
Iriven to various warehouses n this
sity and Brooklyn, where the ballots
vere stored subject to the orders of
he election board.
State Attorney General' Julius May:r
had a long and important confermce
with District Attorney Jerome,
ifter which it was announced that the
Attorney General's office would re- (
nain open until midnight. Superinendent
of Elections Morgan appeared
>efore Messrs. Mayer and Jerome with
lix of his deputies, and placed evilence
before the prosecuting officials.
Another feature of the contest was
;he announcement by the Citizens'
Union that it would join the forces
nvestigating the charges of fraud and
vrong doing at Tuesday's election, its
jrirae object being to secure a new
'lection law in the State of New
fork.
PRINTED BOGUS BALLOTS. .
Mr. Hearst's order was obtained
from Justice Gaynor after the circulation
of a story that a printing
irm had been turning out large numjeds
of fac simples of the official balot
and that these were to be marked
for McClellan and placed in the ballot
boxes in place of the Hearst ballots
to be removed. The moment this
rumor reached Hearst headquarters it
tvas decided that the ballot ought not
to remain longer in the station
bouses, and the application of Justice
Gaynor was made as quickly ac the
papers could be drawn up.
It was reported 'tha* many of the
ballot boxes in Brooklyn were not
properly sealed and that their covers
irpt-p mprelv oasted down making it
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possible for any person to open the
box and close it again without detection.
The law requires that the boxes
be closed with wax.
Among the allies aiding Hearst is
William M. Ivins, the Republican candidate
for mayor in Tuesday's election.
Mr. Ivins volunteered his services
to Mr. Hearst and the offer was accepted.
Another attorney acting for
Hearst is Judge John F. Dillon, who
was at one time Judge of the Supreme
Court of Iowa.
Came Together on a Curve.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Special.?Fivo
persons were killed, 10 seriously injured
and a score, slightly hurt in a
head-on collision between a passenger
train and a coal train on the Delawar'
Luckawanna & Western railroad, net
Huntlock's creek, a short distant
fom this city. All of the killed were
trainmen. The injuries to the passen-1
gers were caused by the terrific force
of the trains coming together, the engine
on the passenger train being
forced almost through the baggage
car. The passenger train dashed in-y
to the freight on a sharp curve.
Father and Two Sons Most Face The
Gallows.
Valdosta, Ga., Special.?The supreme
court of Georgia has affirmed the
decisions of the lower court in the ca3*
of the Rawlins men convicted of the
murder of the two Carter children
near here, J. G. Rawlings, the father,
and two of his sons, Milton and Jesse,
must go to the gallows, while another
son, I^eonard, must serve a life sentence
in the penitentiary.
Murder and Suicide.
North Wilkesboro, Special.?News
comes from Watauga that a man named
Joseph Sanders living near Virgil,
whipped his wife and that she left
home, going to her brother's house.
The husband followed her, waiting
for her appearance and when she came
out shot her through the head. She
died instantly. He then went into the
woods and killed hin
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THE ElfCTION 1
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Result of Tuesday's Voting in
Various States
SOME CONTESTS ARE CLOSE
JfcClellan Carries New York by c
Small Majority?In Pennsylvania ^
the Machine Beaten, While Mary- f
land Loses Its Constitutional 1
Amendment. 0
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The result of Tuesday's elections in t
he States where elections were held
o fill various ofiices, are given in the
,'ollowing detailed summaries: _l
New York City. s
McClellan, Democrat, is elected t<
nayor by between 3,000 and 4,000 s
)lnrality. Jerome, independent, with
Republican endorsement, wins by
ibout 8,000 over James W. Osborne, 0
democrat. W. R. Hearst, Municipal, 8
)wnership mayoralty candidate, i
marges fraud and declares he will ti
;ontest McClellan's election. t
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. I
A landslide buried the disreputable a
Republican machine under an adverse r
najority of 60,000 to 70,000 City Par- ^
;y sweeping the city. There were few- ^
sr disturbances thand had been ex- v
jected. Berry, Democrat, with inde- p
oendent endorsement carries the State s
'or Treasurer. s
Maryland. t
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The defeat of the Poe disfranchise- e
ncnt amendment by 20,000 is indicat;d,
and election of Republican candi- ?
late for State comptroller. Legisla- ^
ture is in doubt. . ^
Ohio. t
Fight on Governor Herrick resulted s
in a Democratic landslide, the plural
ity being estimated as high as 60,000. a
Democrats carried Cincinnat as well I
is Cleveland. ''Boss" Cox announces a
bis retirement. t
Virginia. *
The Democratic plurality is about
20,000, showing a reduction, and the ?
Republicans gain about nine members 1
of the legislature. I
Massachusetts. (
Guild, Republican, carries the State t
for Governor HV 29,435 plurality, and
Draper, for Lieutenant Governor, by (
only 3,942. j
Kentucky. i
} Democrats will have a good majority
in the legislature electing Senator
Blackburn's successor. The Democratic
ticket in Louisville is elected .
with the possible exception of the
minor places. 1
Rhode Island. 1
Republicans elect Geo. H. Utter, for |
Governor, and gain in the legislature. 1
Chicago. 1
Clean sweep by Republicans.
Results in New York. I
New York, Special.?Returns are j
complete in Greater New York in the ,
Mayorality contest with the exception i
of 51 election districts scattered
through the city. The vote on these
returns gives McClellan, Democrat,
221,815; Hearst, Municipal Ownership,
213,657, Ivins, Republican, 132,317, a 1
plurality for McClellan of 3,158. j
Whipped the Machine. j
Philadelphia, Special?Philadelphia 1
has been swept by the reform move- 1
inent, the City Party ticket winning
by a suprisingly large plurality. While 1
returns ::rom only six of the 42 wards ;
in this city had been counted up to 1
midnight, enough is known of the re- 1
w?irds to indi- '
SUll in Hie itruiaiiiin^
cate the defeat of the Republican lo-1 '
cal ticket by from 60,000 to 75,000 1
plurality. * '
Saw Father Murder Child
Knoxville, Special.?James Winsted
has been confined to jail at Rogersville,
Tenu.. for several weeks on the
charge of having murdered his own
child. The evidence against him, 1
which was purely circumstantial, was 1
to have been heard this week in court.
Winsted's wife, a sufferer from consumption,
while lying on her death
bed, has just made a confession that
she saw the crime committed, the girl
being her stepchild.
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Suit-Case Mystery. ,
al?What is confidente
the head of Susanna
ess suit case victim
a leather handbag <
/file A the harbor Sunday.
iF'was drSgged to the surface very
near the point where Lewis W. Crawld
Wm. Howord, who have eon^
o disposing of the dismemberer
of the girl, said they dropped 1
it frOTn the stern of an East Boston
ferry boat. The head completes the
bodv of the girl.
Patterson's Case Contiued.
Richmond, Special.?The case of W.
W. Patterson, the young white man of
Henrico, charged with criminally assaulting
Miss Cora Crittenden, was
continued in the Henrico court until
the January term Patterson was arrested
October 2 and relerfed on
$1,500 bail
Car Conductor Falls and Dies finder
VT UCCiC.
Tampa, !fla., Special.?Thomas
Hughes, white, 23 years old, a conductor
on a trolley line running between
St. Petersburg and PassGrille,
fell between the ear and the
trailer and the wheels passed over
his body. Hughes died soon after
being taken to SI. Petersburg.
Hughes was from New York, where
his parents are said to be prominent.
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iNGLISH POOR DESPERATE |
Inorraous Crowds March to Municipal
Offices, Where Premier Balfour J
Makes a "Speech of Despair" to
Deputation of 30?Starting of Industries
at National Expense Deprecated
by Premier. !
London, By Cable.?The desperate
ondition of the poor of London was (
rought to the notice of Premier Ba!our
by a remarkable deputation of
he wives and other women relatives
f the "unemployed who did not hesi
ate to ten tne rremier that unless i
omething is speedily done to lessen
heir sufferings there would be blood- .
hed. '
''Don't forget that hungry men are '
csperate men," said one of the ,
peakers, who all had the same tale J
t> tell of husbands out of work and ^
tarving wives and children. Enorious
crowds of women from all parts
f London marched through the
trcets headed by a deputation which ^
Ir. Balfour received at the office of
he local government board. Only. t
hirtv of the women were admitted to j
1m presentee c? Mr. Balfour. The j
remier was very sympathetic. He (
cknowledged that the evil was very j
eal, but he had little to suggest in
he way of alleviation except an ex- j
itession of hope that public charity (
rould come to the aid of the unemiloyed.
He deprecated the socialistic 1
uggestion that industries should be
tarted at the national expense for
he benedt of the unemployed u ,
alculated to destroy the springs of
nterprise and energy of the nation.
At the close of Mr. Balfour's
'speech of despair" as the delegates
[escribed it, Mrs. Crooks, wife of ;
Villianis Crooks, a Labor party memKir
of'the House of Commons, aid
everal other women excitedly mvitid
Mr. Balfour to come and live
imong them for a few months. The
'remier remarked Jhat he was quite
iwere that nothing he had said could
>e other than disappointing. They ]
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rati his genuine sympu IXIV anu 11V AVU |
nost acutely the magnitude of the '
fvil from which they were sufferng.
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A mass meeting of the women was
leld la.er to hear the report of the
ielegation. Mr. Crooks, M. P., said j
hat Mr. Balfour's reply to the deleration
was unworthy of the Premier 1
>f a great country. The mention of
tfr. Balfour's name was greeted with
l storm of hisses.
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Havana in Unsanitary Condition.
Washington, Special.?Senator Cul- j
om, Uinois, chairman of the foreign
elntions committee, called on the
President to lodge complaints against j
;he Cuban government for not keeping
ts promise to maintain the city of
Havana in a sanitary condition. He
laid that he had been informed by a
lumber of business men that the Cuians
had built no sewerage system
since the Americans evacuated and
American residents fear an epidemic
will be the consequence.
Cars Crash in Knoxrille.
. Knoxville, Special.?A car loaded
with paving material collided with an
incoming suburban electric car Friday
afternoon on West Main Avenue, opposite
the University of Tennessee
campus. Nine persons, all living here
were injured. James Yarner, motorman,
may die. Among the others hurt
are: Mrs. R. E. L. Mountcastle, vein
in throat severed; and W. S. Shields,
president City National Bank, cut 011
head. The accident occurred at the
Pottom of two hills. It is claimed that
the brakes on the work car failed to
work.
No More Tolls On Little Kanawha
Parkersburg, Special.?The Little
Kanawha river, which has been controlled
for 40 years by a corporation
which exacted toll on all passengers
and freight, was Friday turned over
to the United States under purchase
recently made, and from now on wHl
ix? a free river. New locks and a dam
will be built to improve navigation.
Killed By Gas Explosion.
Detroit, Mich., Special.?A news
special from Ishpeming, Mich., says
three children are dead and thirteen
people are injured, one fatdly, as the
result of an explosion here Sunday
which completely destroyed the Miners'
National Bank. The dead: Steven
Goodman, aged 12 years. Alice
McGee, aged 10 years. Edward MeGrath,
aged 12 years. James F. Mullen
was fatally injured. A gas leakage
in the basement of the hank building
was primarily responsible for the
explosion and loss of life.
The News in Brief.
The head presumably of Susan A.
Geary, the suit-case victim, was found
in Boston harbor in a hand-hag
weighted with shot, exactly as described
by the men who admitted disposing
of the body.
A supplementary report of the con
dition of the Equtable Lite Assurance
Society on June JO, 1905, was issued
by Sueprintendent of Insurance, Hendricks,
of New York.
A plan for Federal control of uarantine
in Southern States is to be submitted
to the Chattanooga Quarantine
and Immigration Convention fox
action.
Rev. Dr. Ingram N. W. Irvine whom
Bishow Bthelbert Talbot of the Protestant
Episcopal church, unfrocked
after a prolonged controversy, wai
ordained a priest of the Orthodoi
Green church.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefellei
attended church in New York, hearing
a sei-mon condemnatory of bridge
wbisf;.
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LARGE OUTLAV ?
Sixteen Million Dollars More
For Coast Defences
FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS * I
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3hief of Engineers MoEenzie's Re- J
port Makes Estimates, in Addition
to $28,693,434 Already Expended,
For Construction of Sea Coast Fortification
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Washington, Special.?Sixteen milion
dollars will be necessary to complete
the engineering work of fortifi:ations
of the sea coast of the United
States under plans of the Endicott
board, according to the report of
Brigadier General Alexander McKeniie,
chief of engineers. There has already
been appropriated for this purpose
$2S,693,434. Permanent projects
it 31 different points have been
adopted and most of them are well
under way. These points include:
Baltimore, Washington, Hamptoa
Roads, entrance to Chespeake Bay it >
Cape Henry, Cape Fear river, Charleston,
Port Royal, Savannah, St
John's River, Key West, Tampa Bay,
Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans and
3alveston.
The defense of the Great Lake and
the St. Lawrence river is under eonrlideration.
The estimate for the completion of
these fortifications dots not contemplate
anything more than the projects
tmtlined by the Endicott board.
Modern appliances and additional projects
which may be adopted by the
Iaft board appointed last summer
aad the fortifications of the insular
possessions may increase the estimates
when additional work is approved
by Congress. It is estimated"
that $4,263,364 will be required to put
into execution by the engineer department
the schemes of the artillery <
and signal corps for control of the sea.
coast defenses.
The reconstruction of the works de- stroped
by the storm og 1900 at GalrrAofon
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barracks and quarters and other post
buildinsrs which must be located at
Forts Trrvis and San Jacinto are unprotected,
as well as range-finder 8ta- j
tions and other engineer accessories.
.Work has been progressing on the
fortifications for the defenses of Manila
Bay and Subig Bay, Philippine
Islands, and at the naval station at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for the ' y
purchase of sites for fortifications in
Hawaii.
Negotafions have been continued
for the acquisition of a tract at Mobile,
Ala., and another near Charleston,
S. C. The total estimates for
fortification works tinder the engineer
department for the fiscal year 1907,
amount to $11,424,153, including $1,433,953
for sea wall defenses at Galveston,
Tex.
Defenses of insular possessions:
Sea coast batteries, Manilla, $2.000,;sea
coast batteries, Subig P.ay,
Phillpine Islands, $500,000; harbor
Hawaii, $520,000; procurement of
land for sites for defenses of the Hawaiian
Islands, $326,100.
Expenditures on river and harbor
improvements in the United State*
reached $22,333,623. This dbes not include
$2,265,073 under the Mississippi
Kn imatcs are
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made this year for river and harbor
improvements save those provided for
under continuing contracts. Thif
amounts to $17,456,801.
An estimate of $2,000,000 for the
Mississippi river commission is made
The estimates for the continuing of
contracts include the following:
Deleware river, New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania, $1,000,000; Savannah
harbor, Ga., $210,000; St. Jbhn's river,
Floriada, $309,750; Hilsboro Bay,
Florida, $313,350; Black Warrior and
Tombigbee rivers, Ala., $603,466;
Southwest Pass, Mississippi river,
$500,000; South Pass, Mississippi rir
er, $50,000; Bayou riaquemnw, Louisiana,
$100,000; Galveston harbor,
Texas, $250,000; Galveston ship channel,
Texas, $200,000; Cumberland riv-' (
or above Nashville, Tenm, $200,000;
Tennessee river, ChattanMflp* lean?
to Riverton, Ala., $240,00*
Finns Get Self-Government
St. Petersburg, By Cable?The manifesto
of Emperor Nicholas granting
the demands of the Finns has been
signed and dispatched to Helsingfors.
It convokes the Diet on Deecmber 20,
abolishes the dictatorship, rescinds
Governor General Bobrokoff's illegal
enactments, annuls the manifesto of
February 15th, 1899, which provided
fcr common legislation in the empire,
and all the laws since enacted. It
announces that the extraordinary Diet
now convoked is for the revision of
the Diet's electoral basis.
Powerful Forces to Hold Down Finnish
Capital.
Helsingfors, Finland. By Cable.?
Three Russian battleships, a cruiser
and 10.000 troops have arrived here
from Reval. The warships are anchored
in the harbor. Batteries have
on two commanding hills '
yeti? ? ?
outside the town and the cannon in
the Sceabog fortress ha? ? been turned
against the city, which a ,:,,a under . * ?
the guns of the warsliips.
Engine Boiler Explo"^,.?'
Dallas, Texas, Special?A wreck oceurred
on the Hudson and Texas Central
railroad near Ennis early Saturday.
Brakeman Glenn was killed* outright
and Engineer D.avenpbrt ajwl
Fireman Trailer probably were fatally
injured. A passenger train running
at moderate speed, was derailed b? tlie
explosion of the lemotive boiler. Seven
eoarlies left the track and the mnd
bod was torn up for several hnndned *
yards. None of the pas&ongers rem