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? UeC HIMTKK WATtlOCAK, i Consolidated Aur. 2, 1 ? ?? PafcWwti?1 Hiiiiiiy ?ml Mataralatj ?BT? OSTfcEN PUBLISHING COMPANY fit? p*r ?Bitm?In ?dveaca Oma squar? ?ra? anr??i.f 1 es mYr+rj NamuMi laserttoa.?0 Osntrasts rar threw meatha. er longer wIM he eaad* art redsoe? rata?. All ooea as unl aalte ne which au a nm privat? latins- will ha ehargen law aa atmimaiah, Ohtraarte? a ad trftutee of EIPIDSIOM JUS 8ITIII. Tat? KI1J KD \N|> AT LKAST 1J6 INJl RK1> BT F.XPM>MON IN NEW YORK. S? of i nnciMNtoit Felt for Two Mlkw up assl Down Rock KM*. Wharh Forma Hlroclurr of Man ttauaa? hunair la $*,0OO,00O. Nsw Torh. Dsc. lt.?Tha torr.,11 explosion of illuminating gas in the auxiliary power house in the Grand Central station, ahlch tor? at the heart of and aent a tremor along the dntlre rock backbone of Manhattan ? hie morning, caused the death of 10 hnfnons, two of them women, the In ;u?> . f 12S othera and property age eatlmated tonight at from 000.000 to $3.000.000. Fire broke" out In the shattered rulna of the #Ower houae again late tonight, but ' with a great corpa of police, aearchera aad are men on the acene, the blase Baad? little headaay. It waa a weird scene In and about the atatlon aa the might wore on. No addition bodies war? found, but In a hospital Quther I Jon neon auccumbed to terrible In jurtea. bringing the death roll to 10. Four workmen, who are mlaalng, are believed to have perished, and III injured OS were removed to Mala < >f those eight may die. Investigation by the police, the attorney a office and tha coro r'a ofrW la under way. Traffic on the New York Central railroad ceased entirely for some* time and waa dis? organised for the remainder of the day, but the new atatlon Itself, now in process of construction, was not damaged. I The Injured Included laborers and other employes of the railroad, pedes? trians, bystsnders and others In the vicinity of the accident. A passing aurface car, carrying seven passengers, was lifted from its tracks and hurled upon an automobile running alongside. Four of the seven ' passengera were killed outright, but the chsuceur of thu motor car was only liruiini For some hours It was believed that dynamite alone could have wrought ? such Instantaneous and pul? erlaing Phavoc, but Iste in the afternoon Fire Chief Croker said he was convinced that the whole explosion waa due to a mixture of air and illuminating gas, assd in lighting railroad cars, touch sd off by sn e'ectrlc spai k. The gas had accumulated in tue g auxiliary power house from a broken * pipe, snapped off by a run-away pas? senger car The force of the explosion ran north and south from ons to two miles along the rocky ridge that la the back hens of the island, and east and west i laterally for a mile. Foundations " ware Jarred, walls were shaken out of plumb wlixlowa wers blown In hj the thousands, t ellings came crashing dawn on the heads of the occupants and the -pavements were lltered with a crisp .Inkling fall of pulvert/ I t glass that coated the shoe sob s. * llurrl'd estimates during the day placed the dsmsge at not more than half a million dollars but a run vast, of the neighborhood showed that (mm' structures had escaped. Win? dows wer?) amaahed literally by the >thousands and a nice problem Is ^raised as '.o the liability of the In? surance companies under the c In um atances. Han i *< :n>' business fronts were decor.it.-.i with blankets, she*'.-, newspaper*, burlaps or obi rag* as th< ?iubke?? aiifstltute for window glass. Utovera Institutions In list gSSghhor* ' h?e?d h?\.- >ip|>'iib"l f<>r aid to ? ff? et repair* und order will not be re taored f<>r w ? ?-ks. The Tlfi'ar\ studies at Forty-lout lb street an I Madison . ?nue. fully half a mile from tb? s< ? n? ,,f the rat.is fri ronhe. suffer* I, RtnliM d glass n dema valued st $11 ? i One of the glass windows was a me? morial ple? e worth |:i.?????. Another decorative stained glass win.I > valued at $-.'??"> on the far si?b? of the building from the explosion w i < ?Leant outward and then broken. W Albert Hcargn.tb. th.> tfjlsinr >>t the motor <ar which broke the pipe SSSSd April. lS&O. 'be Just an 881. Si FOSS OENQUNUES LODGE. It FSV MKS CAMPAIGN AGAIN*! SENATOR'S KF.KLKCrU)N. K< tu i au-s 111h Position Tliut Lodge 1? Not In Political TUM With tbc Time*. Lynn, Mass., Dec. 19.?Gov.-elect Eugene N. Fuss opened here tonight his second series of meetings In his campaign against the reelection of United States Senator Henry Cahot l."dgu and in his opening speech re? iterated his previous statements that he himself is not a candidate to re ' place the senator. "It is not a question of whether a . Republican or Democrat shall Mil this vacancy." said Mr. Foss, "it Is purely a question as to whether the man shall measure up to the requirements of the times and the needs of the people. Mr. Foss further said: "Senator Lodge had just given striking proof of the insincerity und unsoundness of his position by comuK out for tariff revision as he has just done in a speech in the senate. "To do this now in this hour of bis extremity, when he knows that the sentiment of his State is overwhelm? ing against his reelection, is prooi of weakness, not of character. The people have rendered their verdict in the last election. Senator Lodge is already defeated and will never re? turn to the United States Senate." * _, ? MOONSHINERS BLOWN IP, Still Explodes and Three Injured. Possibly Fatally?Deputy's Report. Greenville. Dec. 19.?United States Generil Ualding Deputy K Q. Mer rick returning here today from u week's campaign In the mountain wilts of Greenville, Plckens and Oconee counties, tells of the blow? ing up of a distillery near the Oconee-Plckens line on last Monday night, in which three "moonshiners" received Injuries from which they are likely to die. An effort to Increase the output of their "still" by adopt? ing the Greenvflle County method o i distilling in preference to Oconee county methods, was responsible for the tragedy, it Is said. The "moon? shiners" had been accustomed to operating copper "stills," and while endeavoring to acquire the Greenville county method, which consists of sheet iron boiler and a wooden beer st i l with iron pipe connections, a 200 gallon iron boiler blew up and I scalded the three. The deputy visited the scene of the explosion, found the three "moonshiners" writing in agony but failed to lind even a piece of the boiler. The same expedition resulted in fifteen distilleries being destroyed in that section. A deputy working In an opposite direction destroyed six large distilleries. ? Worse than an alarm of fire at night is tre mstalllc ceugh sf croup, bringing ?read to the household. Carefcl mothers keep Foley's Honey and Tar In the bouse and give It at the first sign of danger. It contains no opiates. W. W. Stbert. JUSTICE WHITE TAKKS OATH. Washington,, Dec. 19.?In the pres? ence* of a distinguished gathering in the llttb Court room, Kdward Doug? las White was toduy elevated from Associate Justice In the Supreme <'<>urt of the United States to the Chief Justiceship. The climajc of the ceremonies oc curred when Associate Justice Har? lan as senior -lember of the Court administered to the new Chle' Jus? tice the Judicial oath. it was sub? scribed to on the Bench Itself, in? stead of at the clerk's desk us Is or? dinarily the case. Chief Justice White while taking the oath held in his hand a Bible, w hich has been used by nearly every Chief Justice and as Mo- Justice on similar occasions dur? ing the lust century, but unlike most of them, he kissed the book at the conclusion of the oath. I oi His first time ,n history an Associate Justice had been elevated to the Chief Justiceship and for the tir^t time ? President and Senate of DHC political party bad honored ? member of s rival party by piecing him at the head of ItlS highest Court In the land. line, vsas rshsssod on parole tonight at the instance of District attorney whitman, who saya there Is no svl? denes to warrant hli being held, II .is the coroner's office which or dered Beasjrottt arrest and bad I planned to hold him in $10,000 bail. ?Polsy Kidney Pills are tonic in setlon, Quiek In results, and rsstere UlS natural action of the kidneys and bladder. They correct Irregu l.iritleg. W. W. Slbert. id Fw Mt?Let all Um cadH Thou All JMTE.R, 8. <j., BATUKD S?MTFn BBtCH KIMS B?RhEb loss ESTIMATED AT $25,000, WHICH INSURANCE ONLY PARTIALLY COVERS. All of tbe Machinery and Sheds Cov? ering Machinery in Ruins, bat a Supply of Brick Still Loft to FiU Orden, A lire Thursday started in the roof of the hriek machine room, while the engineer was trying to thaw out the pipes, burned the Sumter Hriek Works' buildings to the ground and ruined all of tho machinery, caus? ing a loss to Mr. I. A. Ryttenberg, the owner and manager of the con? cern, of about $25,000, which the in? surance only partly covers. The fire began about 7:15 a. m. just after th^ engineer, Mr. R. E. Street, had started up the egnine and was trying to thaw out the pipes, all of which were frozen, to get water to run the engine. When the fire was discovered in the roof of the engine room, efforts were made to start the pump but It, together with all o." the other pipes, were frozen, and although it had been recently overhauled In case of such an accident, it was im? possible to get it to work. .<ill of the water which was thrown on the lire to keep it from spreading had to be brought In buckets und It was impossible with these to save any of the biuldings, all of which were burned. As the timber used in the construction of the sheds was good heart lumber and of large size the fire atfer It was once started spread rapidly over the whole plant. The buildings were all connected, those burned being the engine room, the boiler room, the machine room, the sheds and dry kilns, the water tank, the shafting, machinery, a clay trestle, and all of the engines and machinery for making the brick. Several parts of the machinery were new and had been in the build? ing for a srort time only. A great many of the brick were ruined by the tire and water, but there wvro still ?bout one half million brick left cm the yard with which Mr. Ryttenberg will be able to fill local orders, he having cancelled all out-of-town or? ders for the present. Mr. Ryttenberg stated that he did not know exactly what the insurance was, and had not yet made any statement of his loss, but he thought that the loss was around $25,000 which he knew the insurance did not cover. Mr. Ryttenberg stated that he could not say positively but that he con? templated rebuilding as soon as all of the insurance was adjusted and he could find out exactly how he was situated. A fire that destroys a whole plant Is naturally very demoralizing but evon that does not put out of business one wiili the energy of Mr. Ryttenberg. Hil coal and brick wagons are run? ning as usual today. The plant will take three to four months to be re? built and Mr. Tettenberg has already contracted f.?r enough brick from other yards to supply all his custo? mers until he has rebuilt. GIN AND COTTON BURNED. J. II. McLauchlln Hcnv > Loser by Fire Near l>al/oll Monday. Monday night between 1 and 2 O'clock the large ginnery and saw mill outfit of J. B. McLauchlln, Esq., situated on his farm near Dalzell, in Sumter county, caught tire and was totally destroyed. Resides the build? ing and machinery a lot of seed cot? ton were COnSUmsd by the flames. To? tal loss between five and six thous? and dollars, with no insurance. It was undoubtedly the work of an In? cendiary, as no tire had been about the promise! for several days. Stren? uous sffortS will be made to appre? hend and convict the guilty parties. Mr. McLauchlln went down to his place on Monday and left Instructions for the cotton to be ginned Tuesday and further left instructions as to What tenants could remain for an? other year, and the supposition is that sonn* of those whose farms were tak? en from them and given to other ten? ants took this means of showing their displeasure. Mr. E, I. lb ardon has been aii pointed Special Health Officer for Sumter *'ount.v by County Supervisor r M. Pitts, Tuesday he left for Rem? belt and llagood which sections of the county are said to be afflicted at tin tii e by epidemic of small pox. Mr. Reardon i? ft with all of th< necessary vaclnnatlng materials ami disinfectant! In order to vaccln nate all of the Inhabitants of thai sec? tion and to do all that be could to prevent the disease from spreading. I* um t at he thy Country*, Thy (.owl's ass A\, DECEMbEK 19: Death Due io Accident. The Jury summoned by Curon? i ['lowers to investigate into the caus< of death of John J. Mims, the a. ( ; L. yard car inspector who was run down and mangled Monday morning | at the Harvin street crossing so j that h'; died from the shock, met yes? terday afv moon a little after -i o'clock in the grand Jury room 01 tho court house and after hearing all of the evidence in the case decided that John J. Mims met his death en? tirely by accident. The evidence was about the same as already stated in this paper, none of it being contradictory, however, save that as to the speed of the en? gine. All of those who saw the accident were present to testify at the inquest except L J. Price and S. R. Huggins. Mr. Divine who was running the en? gine at the time of the accident stated on the stand that he saw the man walking with his hands in his pockets, head down, and, as he thought that he was getting too near the track up? on which he was backing his engine, he blew his whistle and just as he did so Instead of stepping back ?m the track Mims stepped in front of the tender of the engine and before he could do anythnlg to prevent it he had run over him. He stopped his engine as qub kly as possible. He stated that lie was running his en? gine about 6 or 7 miles an hour, while Mr. H. G. McKagen stated that he was running his engine at least 15 miles an hour when he passed the Manning avenue crossing about 150 yards west of the Harvin street cross? ing where the accident occurred. All of the other witnesses stated that they were attracted by the blowing of the whistle, and while some stated that the bell was ringing, others stat ed that It was not. Others did not know. Dr. China was the principal wit ness, he having attended the wounded man and with Doctors Baker and Stuckey amputated his legs. He told how he had received a telephone message to come to the passenger sta tiSti' as o/ufCkly as possible as a man was hurt there, that he had gone and met the man coming up the street on a wagon. He had spoken to him and told the driver of the wagon to take the man to the Sumter hospital. There Mims had been revived and had asked him to send for his wife and children, whom he wished to see be-, fore the operation was performed. He had sent for them and that Mims had told him how the accident had oc? curred. M.ns had been standing on the rod of the other engine on the Gibson train to warm himself for some time, but had remembered that he had something to do across the track and that he had started in a diagonal direction across the track to where he kept his tools and that just as he had stepped on the track he hard the whistle blow and the en gine struck him at about the same time. He was knocked abou't ten feet and had tried to scramble out of the way of the engine, but had not been able to do so and had been run over by it. He said that he did not know the engine was approaching him un til the whistle blew. All of these statements were not dying statements, as Mims had not expected to die at tho time that he had made h'm al? though he had told him that he was in a desperate condition. Mims never recovered from the anesthetics, he havng died about 30 or 4 0 minutes after he was taken from the operating room. The jury after being out for only short time brought in the verdict that Minis' death was due ?ntirely to { n accident. Mr. K. V. Haynsvvorth was foreman of the jury. M'CURDY FLIE8 DESPITE WINDS. Delights Dillon Crowd With Graceful Performance. Dillon, Dec. 20?j. a. 1). McCurdy, the lamed aviator, made two Mights In his Curtisa Biplane here this after? noon under rather unfavorable weather conditions. There were fully 3,000 people thai ?.'? witness the tllghts ll?> was booked to By at li o'clock, but the wind pre? vented his making the flights until 4:30 o'clock, when it calmed suffi? ciently for him to make the firs! ef? fort The bitter cold and suspense caused thf crowd to become very Impatient and it was thought at one time that hi would have to make another ap* potntnv ?it for the flights here. ?A substitute Is a dangerous make? shift especially In medicine. The genuine Poley'a Honey and Tar cures COUghs and eolds quickly and Is in 11 yellow package. Accept no sub? stitute. W. W. Sibert. -? ' ***?u i Truth's." THE t**,. LO. POLICEMEN REMEMBERED BY CITY. in the sharing and distribution of Jhristmas gifts in the City of Sum- I < r remembered its employes who had done so much during the past year to contribute towards her good name, peace and prosperity and as the ones who had done mo.,t and most deserved to be remembered by the city at Christmas time it was moved by Mr. Glenn and passed that a nice fat big juicy Christmas turkey be presented to each member of the force in token of appreciation of their ser? vices during the year. The matter was discussed for some time and it was decided by all of the members of Council that it was an excellent idea to give a present of some kind to the policemen and it was thought that they would appre? ciate a nice turkey more than any? thing else so that is what was de? cided upon. In pursuance of this mo? tion Alderman Glenn was instructed to purchase turkeys of about the same size and the largest ones that he could get and some days before Christ? mas to send the turkeys around to the houses as a gift from the city of Sumter. Mr. Glenn bought the turk? eys and has had them for several days and this afternoon he sent them around to the houses of the health Officer and the different policemen on the force so that they would have plenty of time for Christmas and they would not go ahead and purchase birds for themselves. On the neck of each turkey was faHtened a Christmas card decorated with holly and bearing the inscrpt lon, "Wishing you a merry Christ? mas. I i ">m the City of Sumter." No doubt the turkeys will taste good, when baked brown and filled with plenty of good dressing and cov? ered with cranberry sauce they are set on the Christmas dinner tables, the dantlest and choicest of meats for any man's dinner table. The gift is simply to show that the City Council on behalf of the city ap? preciate the good work that the po? licemen are doing for tbr city end it is used as a good time and way of showing that appreciation. No mention of what Council had done was*'made to any of the police? men and the gift came as a very pleasant surprise to them, it having been kept secret as long as possible. JOHN J. JONES RELEASED ON BOND. Considerable Surprise Expressed That Bond Should be For So Small an Amount. Columbia, Dec. 20.?Considerable surprise was expressed here when it became known that John J. Jones, the Branchville attorney, had been released on bond in the sum of $3, 000. Mr. Jones, who killed Mr. Abe Pearlstein, a merchant of Branch pille, has returned to his home and is awaiting the convening of the Orangeburg court. What causes the surprise in the Jones case is the fact that Dr. C. C. Bigham of Georgetown county, who was liberated in the sum of $1,500, skipped the country and his whereabouts even to this day are a mystery. His alleged accomplice?or rather the principal?in the murder of Mrs. Bigham, who was shot down late In the evening, was also rsleas d on a bond of $1,500. It is shown from this case that it requires a good sized bond to hold a mankiller, and many persons are naturally wonder ing if Mr. Jones, however guilty or Innocent he may be, will ever fac e a Orangeburg county jury for killing Mr. Pearlsteln. One on The Policeman. It is currently reported on the streets that the other night?one a the coldest and windest ? nights In the city this year?that es one u the men on the force was making his usual rounds late in the night l^o negroes c ame up Main street As the negroes passed the policeman who was standing In the dark in front ol the Bumter Bank, having just come from examining the door to see if it was securely fastened, one of them said to the other: "Gee I'm gls I I'm not a policeman." His compan? ion shivered in the cool breeze and drew his coat up tighter around bis throat, "Yes, said he "Rather than he a pollc? man, I'd go to work fust." The policeman stayed in the dark too ash ami d to show himself until they had gone far up the street and were ? lit of sight. <.cf the Ceouine Always. ?Every family has need for S ffood, reliable liniment. For sprains, bruises, soreness of the muscles nnl rheumatic pains there is none bet? ter than Chamberlain's. Sold by all dealers. IKON, Established Juas, IHM Vol. XXXI. No. 36. HOI A WHITEWASHED. SENATOR FRAZIER SAYS LORI MER WAS ELECTED BY' BRIBERY. Tennessee Senator Denies That He lias Signed Document clearing Illi? nois Man of Charge*?Basis of Statements. Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. la.?Uni? ted States Senator James B. Frazier today arrived here from Washing? ton to spend the holidays. He was a member of the subcommittee of the committee on privileges and elections of the senate named to investigate the charges of bribery in connection with the election of Senator Lorimer of Il? linois. In an interview today Senator Frazier stated he did not sign the re? port of the subcommittee exonerating Senator Lorimer. He said that the subcommittee, composed of Senators Burrow*, Gamble, Heyburn, Bulkeley, Frazier, Paynter and Johnson, held several meetings and heard evidence in the case and the final meeting was held Saturday. "I left Washington Friday night," said Senator Frazier. "Before leavnig 1 prepared a statement and gave it to my secretary with instructions to hand it to the chairman of the sub? committee. In this statement I dis agred with the report of the other members of the subcommittee, where? in it exonerates the charges of corrup? tion. I stated that, in my judgment, the evidence established the fact that four members of the Illinois legis? lature who voted for Mr. Lorimer we re bribed to do so, they having con? fessed, and further, that they were bribed by three other members of the legislature who had voted for Mr. Lorimer; and that my conclusions were that there were seven votes cast for Lorimer which were corrupted or tainted. Eliminating those seven votes would reduce Lorlmer's vote be? low the number necessary for this election, he having received only six more votes than were necessary to elect "I certainly did not sign the report ot the subcommittee. a "I do not know that the other mem? bers submitted other views or not but they, of course, had this privilege. I do not know that the subcommittee's report was signed by any one." First National's Contribution. Some surprise was expressed that the First National Bank did not ap? pear in the list of contributors vo the fund raise for the Boys' Corn Club, along with the other banks!. The First National did not contribute to the prize fund for the county sontest but did give $25 for prizes to those who seni exhibits to the Corn Ex? position in Columbia, and this fact should have been mentioned in con? nection with the list of those who contributed to the county prize fund. WHO PAID THE FARE? Resolution i nils for Investigation of Roosevelt's Transportation Ei pessssa, Washington, Dec. 19?A Congress? ional Investigation of Theodore Roosevelt's railroad transportation expenses while he was President of the United States is directed in a reso? lution introduced by Representative Rainey, of Illinois, a Democrat, to? day. It provides that a committee of five members be selected in such man? ner as the House may direct to In? vestigate how much, if any. of these expense*ware paid by Mr. Roosevelt, or by any one acting for him, the contracts maae for him, or any one ate lag for him, while President, with the Pennsylvania Railroad or its of? ficials, "or the demands for trans? portation made by Theodore Roose? velt while President, on said roads." The committee would report as to the amount of transportation furnish? ed Mr. Roosevet. its vaue and whether any portion of it was paid and when. The committee is to make the same Investigation with regard to other railroads furnishing similar trans? portation. \ Coming Marriage. Mr. S*id Mrs. Mark Reynolds have issued nvttntloni of the marriage of their daughter, Virginia Childs, to Mr. Benjamin Delnnd Hodges, on Wednes? day. December 2Sth at 5 o'clock, at the Church of the Holy Comforter. ?The quicker a cold is gotten rid of the less the danger from pneu? monia and other serious discuses. Mr. B. W. L. Hall, of Waverly. Va . s i\s "1 firmly believe Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to be absolutely the best preparation on the market for colds. I have recommended it to my friends and they all agree with me'. For sale by all dealers.