The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, December 18, 1903, Image 1

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i "TT? . ^ . - - . - ' rr.: IN TfcK *5"^^ ? > -' * - A** * ? ?' ". ji. * ? ^ fa? ? ?????^?Mt> IN THE TOWN OF UNION ? y~ -y _- ''! T ? - ._ ?. ^ OUTSIDE OF THE CITY I*rteCaUttoltttU*o& Knitting [I'll I M > I I | m ft, [|l| /V ii I 1 C 1 two ParaS^PMtnifeZr?Jg Con'. I l~| 14 I I I I I 1 I I ?/l 14 M/l/, .mother baMlot.Goldmincents, Female Seminary, Five I 111 I I I I I V I I "I 1/ I I | I ? IU*> Lemons Mineral Springe, 4 Graded Schools, Water Works and I B ' A 11 ? I ? F ? S V I ' I i k I - Taxable value in and out of town mectric Lights, PofrHatfon 7 ,ooo. Jl -1J WL~A V-^ -L , 1 .M. JL 1 _ _ JL IV J. ^ $5,000,000. . : = Work of Court v? . . ?? ' 1 1 ' . . ?a^???????? ???? VOL. LIU. NO. 51. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DFCEMBER 18, 1903. #1.00 A YEAR: H ^ Wm. A. Nich? Bank II WING LARGE RESOURCES, MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE I SOLICIT YOU AND PROMISE YOU LIBERAL, COl TREATMENT. INTEREST ALLOW serious on * BURLINGTON ROAD1' F ~ * Dflnver, Limited Is In Fatal t Crash Near Malvern, la. J NQINEER KNOX WAS KIU-ED. J Pinioned Beneath Mia Engine as it v Rolled Over?Passengers Given Ter- c rlble Shaking and Regular Panic .En- * ? aued Among Them. ^ Malvern, Iowa, Doc. 15.?Engineer c X Knox, of the Denver limited No. 1, * waa killed in a wreck 1 mile east or 15 Malvern this morning;, on the Burling- * ton. The engine and forward trucks of p the baggage car left thie tracks. The * engine rolled over on its Bhle, pinioning Knox beneath it. lie was inatantly killed. The fireman, Dawrence Hayes, was not injured, except for pome slight biuiaes. He wfas on the upper side ^ of the engine as it was overturned, and c) Iran at once to (Vie relief* of his englBier, but waa tc.o late to he of inv 1 **siatance. i tm^TTn- in the bottom g * ""..<! the inX: ,?f ,tb-ta c,ty- What ' , * not known tL ? the tnw?,< given ?T P^8e?*er? on the pI *2" a terrible shaking up dl Sir ,i??n*i?fic?582a ?*? ttowj, ftoi, I Id a panic foflowTT ^^dlrs inTo thr JUs'leTf H j9o one waa seriously "Fortunately, *' HKif passengers. " ijUured among u Knox was one of the oldest oi?\ >l' on the road. Ho resided at C'r. ^|gineers *J whero he leaves a widow, two grow ^kston, W' daughters and a son. j Assistance was sent at once from j\j F Malvern to the scone or the wreck. The wreckage is bein^K cleared rap- Co. , Idly away and traffic will be resumed ducti^ at once. cent t. Oonne ALEXANDRETTA AFFAIR. nounc< pany, . United States Legation Receives Ex- first i ^ haustive Report of Same. of th( Constantinople. Dec. 15.? l*he United ed no g Stfttos legation has received an ex- lr.g ti I- haustive report of the rf At incident M at Alexandretta, convf jg the local per c ~"A ??Mr/ f making an ny., ] authorities ami unwarranted attack Confeul Davis Deen and of arbitrary int/ l-ence with hl.il regi( In pursuit of his Cf As. and showing Vftnc that although Atte' A, the naturalized POi* Armenian, had br / ten days in Alex- *rj andretta, he wr hot molested until ba.?! he attempted embark Tor Egypt >nd> under the prof ,ion of the consul. ten< The legatl<^ <hs transmitted the report to Wif Agton and is awaiting coo Instruction* AKarding the measure*! 1 to be taker /'obtain satisfaction. Df ,4K DEADLY DOSE. I Two ^ d; One Dying, Onec .from Wood Alcote^f* G ^-^4) r Nqj yYork, Dec. found dead earlv?jij^"^ w? men were ??oi^"CirC^dMfh t ? ln a furn'?hed ^ 4 j eraaed by the drink h.. J, party n ?. fo?r * h ' ? , I their beverage belnr ? ,H'8> f g WOO<I *lcob?> and eheap whisky!""* ?f " b lord stanley buried. * ip Waa Interred According to Moh.mme J H , dan rltee. 1 4?j?v!!i is.?t>u> "oD-of .* m Btanley, of Alderly. who. died Dec. in J Sr. of pneumonia, was burled accordingly n jra. (be Mollammedan rite* In Alderljr; r Cbelmford, Cheshire, today. *j Such an occurrence Is unique In the : & history of the British peerage. The 1 | strictest secrecy was observed, i The casket was carried to the grave by servants, who. with the members of the family, were the only attendants at the ceremony. Retired Chicago Banker Dead. -t?M#*go, Dec. 1$.?-Iveopoid Archer ^ INK 'Meyer, a retired private banker of f^H| iChice^e. (s dead here after a week's & .Illness of heart failure. Mr. Meyer * ' -was born at AbCnhelm, Germany, In j 4 827, and came to America In 1860. I 1 MHHK * iP Dlson & Son, era,?? AMl'LE FACILITIES AND N THIS LINE OF BUSINESS II ACCOUNT URTKOUS AND CONFIDENTIAL ED BY SPECIAL AGREEMENT. MINERS QATHKR. Ilxth Convention of Alabama Mini Workers' Association. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. IB.?Th< lxth Annual convention of the Ala mi114 Aunu vvorKor6' aseoclatlon ta it eseion here and will be for severa ays. It la a foregone conclusloi hat President Flynn, National Boart lember Falrley and 6ecretuxy->reaa rer Clemo. will be re-elected. Between 200 and 300 miners and min< rorkers at Searlea, in Tuscaloow cmnty, working for the Alabama Con oildaled Ooal and Ifon company, ara lit on a strike. It 1? understood bat the company posted notices re enlly announcing that there would b? reduction In mining wages at theli lace. The miners claim that thej re on the Pratt mines' basis and thai ley should not be cut under Lh? rices pre vailing at Pratt mines, with II advantage in the way of different als. A telephone message to President ush,' of the Alabama Consolidated pmpanv, elicited the information thai ic company desired to maintain agree tents reached. The strike will be Inestigaied thoroughly by the official! r the union. The morning session was occupied ith hearing reports of officers and th? ppointment of committees. President lyun reported that the miners' union ?d contests on at but three othei laces at this time?'Virginia City, Airfoil and Cordova. He reviewed the'rartri"g . ofttesia. Jeconntad foe arreeU jd court proceedings against tha nion men and expressed the hope t.hal sfore long he would bs able to report il difficulties settled. MINERS' WAGES CUT. miiy i nousana ?neciea in uonneiiaville Coke Region. ^ vmellsville, Pa., Dec. IB.?A rcM in In the wages averaging 17 per _ id affecting 30,0<I0 men In the ?*J*.vl>le-coke regions, was antaK,(J1t today. The H. C. Prick com edu-fl[Wj tlie initiative jln this, the ? ftttr action since the great strike tlce* '^(ly nineties, and today postie rel u ^Lit all their plants aanounc;t * *C'??iotions. on j agQ an increase 0f 10 ^0t*tod aivntmnced by the compa. I*08 iBhut advance notices have >n s ncejf?hy the companies of the e since ^91595 ftn(i f,e average adcent. ?Fpb j 1Rg4 hRB beMl ? ae new r? 6 ?' IV jP'e 'R somewhat above the cat?? 'j former $2 coke scale, and y4^^that the Frlck company in5 fjfo make a stand for something |2 minimum price for furnace Simultaneously with the announcelent of a reduction in wages, the In ion Supply company, the owner ol 11 the company stores at the plants if tho Frlck 'and allied companies, an lounce a cut in prices of goods. WILL REACH tfALF MILLION. , L. Rochester, N. Y.. Dec. 15.?It is be leved today that the 1or? ftrom th? Ires of last night. will reach half ? c i I lion dollars, about 50 per cent bolnfl everod by insurance. The first fire broke out shortly be ore midnight in the Foster and Arm trong piano factovy In Oommorcla treet. The building was totally d? troyod. A few minutes after the rails fell fire was discovered in the rnoe factory of Williams, Hoyt & Co. nd a few minutes Inter a fresh flrt darted in the Wendell Piano factorj it Central avenue and North Watei itroet.. The Foster and William: ind Hoyt fires were extinguished aftei inrd labor, hut. the Are In the Wen del >l*nt is burning fiercely. Police anc Iromen nro of the opinion that th< Ires were set by Incendiaries. Second Operation on Kaiser. mow YorK, neo. 15.?The daily Newi :Ms morning announces, says a dli [>atch to The American from I?ndon that it learns from well Informei jnarters fhaf a second operation hai iieen performed on the kaiser's throat i'he paper adds that Its information 1 that a third operation may he necet ?ary. The above is in direct contra diction of all recent dispatches fron Benin regarding the kjWejr. - -cm* -vm - COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE SERIOUS CLASI A Warfare Between Sophc mores and Freshmen. BOUND, THEN THROWN IN LAK For Several Day* Grave Disturbance Have Been Rampant Among Student of State University at Seattle?<Sai Sophomores Started the Trouble. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 15.?The Fresi ' men-Sophomore warfare at the Stat unlversfty took a seriouB turn las right. i A band of freshmen were fired 01 while surrounding a house in whicl , Ormuud, one of the sophomores, ltvei under the supposition that th^y wer , burglars. l^ater Ormund, bound ham I and foot, was thrown into Lake Unloi , and was revived with difficulty. Mile Leiser, another Bopbomoro, was throwi into the lake with his hands bound He was seized with cramps but wai , rescued by a freshman who swam ou i and carried him ashore. Some 40, freshmen and sophomorei ! were engaged in last night's battles The trouble haB been going on foi three or four days. It started whei the sophomores tor* dowu a tropfa; which had been used in the decoration! fcr the freshmen class' dance last Frl day. At that time one of the sopho mores cut one of the freshmen wltf an ax. CROWN PRINCE DI80BEYED. Kaiser Required Him to Remain In Hli Room Three Days. Berlin, Dec. 16.?Crown Prince Fred erick William was required by his father to remain in his room for three days for having raced a steeplechase >*auiBL mo emperors wiBnes. The race took place near the Pot* dam three or four weeks ago. The crown prince Is a venturesome rider and had been reprimanded by the emperor for riding up the steps of the Bans Soucl palace at the| head of 'the of^the guard*, of to had recently been appointed colonel a few days before on which occasion, It Is reported, the emperor said he must not endanger his life by steeple chasing. The prince while at Bonn university was noted for driving tandem at full speed to nee how close he could cut corners. BOTH 9IDES SUFFER LOSS. Persians and Turcomans In Sanguinary Conflicts. St. Petersburg. Dec. 15.?Sanguinary conflicts between Persians and Turro mans ere reported to have occurrei from the Russo-Persian frontier. Tin report arose from the establishment 01 Persian custom duties. The lights between eu'toms officers and Turcomans followed and resultec in killings on both sides. The gov crnor of Astrabad. with a large body of troops, intervened and refused ar Indemnity offered by the Tureomar Khan. In the fighting, which ensued, besides sustained heavy losses. Ac cording to a telegram to the Novoc Vrcniya, the Persian troops were do teated and retirod to Astrabur * CONCENSUS OF OPINION. I Mrs. Manning Wi!| Probably Be Chosei l Lady Manager. St. Louis. Dep. 15.?It is the conceit stis of opinion that Mrs. Daniel Man ning of Albany, N. Y., will he electe* president of the l>oard of lady manger; of the I ouislana Purchase expositloi , to succeed Mrs James L. Blair,. I Mr:-. Frederick Manner of Llttli . Bock, A;'k^ cannot continue in th; , work as secretary of the board, and i successor will probably be elected t< that position. Mrs. Edward Burckwalter, vice pret I ident, presided in the absence of Mrs Blair. i Lesuer Killed by Negro. Tallulah Falls. (la.. Dec. 15.?Wadi i Bennett, a negro, and Frank I.esuei r white, a boas for Carpenter Bros., con * tractors, on the Tallulah Falla rail i road, about 16 nafles from here, am r near Clayton, engaged in a row whlcl I resulted in Poseur being shot in th I abdomen. Bennett, or "Booze," as h ; is known by nickname, is now In th guard house at Tallulah Falls. I^esue died a few hours later. Bank Cashier Suicides. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 15.?>A. C rvsbnell, cashier of the Yale Nation? ' "banlc. shot himaelf today at the ban some time before the usual openln 9 hour. H1b condition la regarded a critical. Rushnell died later. N H cause for the cashier's act la know at the bank. It was Mid, except pons l' biy ill health., Business iraa resume Q at the bank as usual. I ;^Y WOULO PUT HIM TO t>BATH. Indiana Accuse Tribesman of PraotloJ Ing 8oroory?Tlmaly Raaoua. 'Victory, B, C.. Dec. 16.?Advices havo ben received from Kitt-Katlab, ^ a village on the northern British Columbian coast of the rescue of an Indian who was about to be killed by fallow tribesmen who suspected him B of practicing socery. The persecuted Indian, known as Danitl Watabee, had put a ball of fat " K>ond with hair and pieced with flsh * eones in his shoe as a charm which d ha hoped would bring him the love of an Indian w^o&fu*. * X Fellow tfrtiYsman aaeuaad him of i sorcory. and "'Word , was sent to IfieThflifan a'ffent at Port t Essingfcn, who tobk a number of specials to tha village by canoe and resB cued the Indian. Q His persecutors were arrested snd J bound over to keep the peace. e j WHO SHE WAS. i Identity of Murdered Girl Found at D Lithonla Known. It Conyers, Ga., Dec. 16.?Investiga, Hons by the coroner's Jury here have t disclosed the fact that the young woman whose nude and partially decom, posed corpse was found near Ldthouia was Ada Pay, who has recently lived r at Portordale factory near Covington, j The girl waa from South Carolina, f where several brothers ahd sisters are , said to ho living now. her parents ( being, dead. She came to Porterdale buuui inree weeks before she dlsap, peered. When last seen she was leaving Porterdale for Almon, where. It la said, In company with a man, ehe boarded a westbound Georgia train. , The identity of the man supposed to be her murderer la known to the officer? ami they are now on his trail. i i SEEKING L08T RELATIVES. Aged Negress Walks Prom Georgia to ' Syracuse, N. Y. i Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 15.?Caroline B Hlxson, an aged negress, baa arriv- 1 ed here having walked, she says, from ' i Georgia to seek relatfvea from whom -'SHOfirtcM t^SWwnere r "lifcl1 pdVenta^Wh*- lived but no tracer, ot them could be found and It is supposed they died years ago. ! Two other persona were located ! who remembered her, however, and they confirmed the story she told ot having been carried away in childhood I with several runaway slaves. ANOTHER SU8PECT ARRESTED. Cllne Believed To Be One of the Guyton Safe Crakers. , Augusta. Ga.( Dec. 15.?Frank Cllne, arrested on suspicion at midnight, and now held as another of the Guyton safe crackers... I The same kind of money and con, ductor's cash fare receipts were found I in his pockets as were found on Frank Miller. J They Must Wear Badges. Chicago. Dec. 15.?All Chicago city hall employes, whose work bring them , into contact with the public, will i required to wear a badge. An ordinance making the enforcement of this requirement imperative upon the heads of all departments has been adopted ; hjt the council. Th object of the ordinance is to prevent irregularities . among employed who none to e?r?ne punishment because of the difficulty heretofore In establishing the identity of offenders. The ordinance is the 1 outgrowth of the charges of "graft*^ '?> the mayor against the employes of the inspection bureau. 1 Changed Name of Town. s Commerce. Ga.. Dec. 16.?'Harmony j Orove is a thing of the past, ?o far as her former name is concerned. The n postal authorities have changed the e name of the postotfice from Harmony a Grovo to Commerce. The postmaster has been reappointed as postmaster at Commerce, has glvon & new bond [, and has baen commissioned and there , is now no suoh postofTice as Harmony G-rovo, in this state. The town will transact all legal business under the name of Harmony Grove until the leg* p islature meets and legalizes the new name as adopted by our people and ' accepted by the authorities at Wlash* J' lugton. I fN MEMORY OF MR8. AYER. a e p New York. Dee. H>. ? In memory of R Mrs. Harriett Hubbard Ayer. the wrltef who died recently, a home shortly will be established in this city for the pur pose of affording friendless women a night's shelter. Friends of Mrs. Ayer have organized II for the purpose of building the home, h the Seven Poor Traveler* association, * so named from a tale by Dickens. 8 Twenty charter members have l>een ? sljcnod to the incorporation papers. n l,lke the seven travelers of live story, women eeeklng shelter In the hosne (1 will be permitted to remain for Only one night. ^ WE3 AR (TO f OUR resources are not fabu ' [on earth, nor do we d< BUT wo are here among tin ample means for all i enough to take care of WE COME, backed up by a good rc made irreproachable b WE ARE here to stay and wo so accommodation consist Interest Paid on Herchantsand PI am """"" k -? > J" ' 1 MINISTER POWELL'S LIFEWASIN DANGER Alleged Plot to Assassinatn United States Official. ALSO EX-PRESIDENT J'lMINEZ. Plan Was For Several Men to Engage In Street Fight as Mr. Powell Was Passing?He Was To Be Sho*> ? as If by Accident. iNew York, Dec. 15.?An alleged plot to asssassinate William F. Powell. United States minister to Haiti and charge d'affaires at Port-au-Prince, Santo Domingo, has been disclosed in a communication from an official of the present Dominican government to * fellow countryman in this city, who lormerly was an official under \W>s y Gil, the recently deposed president of the republic. The letter states that the plot had been so arranged that Ex-President Jlminez, under whoso leadership Wos y Gil was overthrown, should be killed at about the same time. The plot to nssasinate Minister Powell, it was asserted, was conceived because of his opposition to plans of certain officials. The plan, as reported, was to let two or three men get into a fight on pgrnU?, melee other plott$ca -ahoutd.?e!)ga^aand It would be an easy matter to kli the American "by accident." With regard to .Mminez, the writer asserts that he was to be the victim of plain assassination and that already two unsuccessful attacks have been made upon his person. The first occurred Dec. G. when a shot was fired at him while he wtis driving. The second attempt was made three days later. Jiminoz was the candidate for the presidency in opposition to General Morales, and the partisans of the men who desire to succeed Wos y Gil r. said to he at loggerheads. While the plot against Minister Powell is said by the author of the letter to have been abandoned because of a strong stand taken by a member of the cabinet, it is said, the American diplomat is being carefully guarded whenei ei be goes out. IN THE HOUSE. Consideration of the Pension Appropriations Bill. Washington. Dec. IS.?The house today on convening went into committee of the whole for further consideration of the pensions appropriation bill. Mr. Crumpacker, the first speaker, addressed himself to the Panama question, saying that the attacks on the conduct of this government in connection with the new republic were unwarranted by the facts. He said that while there was no purpose on the part of the individual members of the minority to foment trouble, yet the attitude of the party would give tincAiiroDomoot t/x KU vuv wuta^riiivilt tv? Ulrt. W In the Senate. Washington. Dec. 15.?When the aenate met today a resolution authorising the printing of 2.000 copies of the war department report on expenditures in Cuba during the occupation of the United States was agreed to. When the Cuban reciprocity bill was taken up Mr. Perkins (Cal.) spoke. He declared that the people of the United States had increased their sugar consumption 6 points p?r year per capita AU- 1 ~ ? uuiiuk me mm vwgiii years. Pope Offers Good Offices. Not York. Dec. 15.?d'ope Plus, according to the advices from the Colombian minister at the Vatican, has addressed, says a Herald dispatch from tlogota, a note to President Roosevelt, ottering his good offices in behalf or Colombia to arrive at a Just and equitable S7X)lution of the present troubles with Colombia. Wife Murderer Hanged. Media, Pa., Dec. 15.?Jesse Oreein, a negro, was hanged today for the murdor of bit wife, in Chester. * 0E3 I3XT IT iTAY.) ilous, we haven't the largest hank > all the business of the country. 3 gootl people of the county with reasonable demands, with capital all vour wants. cord, that began years ago; a record v fair business methods, licit your patronage, offering ofory ;ent with gootl banking. Time Deposits. tera National. Bank. - 4 MORE RIOTING IN MOKPHg. Japanese Mob Wounda Seventeen Karen no?Situatiin Serious. Sooul, Dec. 15.?More rioting baa taken place at Mokphe, and yesterday a Japanese mob wounded 17 Korisss High Korean officials are hurrjrlsg to Mokphe to try to quell the dlaoe* dors. So tar Russia has not latter l'erod. United States Minister Allen haa da niandod a definite answer from ths Korean government In regard to th# opening of the port of Wdju. Deeplte American, British and Japanese progsure. Russian influence over the K? rcan government is apparently unshala en, and it is expected that Korea will procrastinate in deailn*-with. tha_ _ matter and possibly may refuse erenta* ally to act at all. , A feeling of unrest Is growing among the Korean people, who feal \ that whether it he peace or war bo tween Russia and Japan, that the ? tinction of the empire is imminent. It is believed that the outbreak ol hostilities or the announcement of g protectorate of any kind will preclpt* tate trouble. Foreigners in Seoul expect disorder and the American residents desire g warship. The Korean army, numbering 1,00# men. is considered one of the most dangerous factions of the situation. In case of trouble it la feared thatffhs soldiers will be the first to lead tbd rioting and begin looting. A part of the Russian squadron ah "'tin' low, leaving no warships of that nation in Korean waters. SOME MYSTERY IN AFFAIR. Police Investigating Death of Wealthy Mine Owner. New York, Dec. 15.?-Investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death at Bellevuo hospital last week of Adolphus llrucker, form* member of the British parliament, has been commenced by the police. Rrnfkor tvh/. wou o w.oltl.* owner of British Columbia, was placed in the prison ward of the hospital wh'ld suffering from alcoholism and died there. The inquiry was brought about by a letter written to Attorney General Eugene Robinson, Bruckner'a lawyor, Samuel Murphy, now a prisoner in the Tombs, but who occupied a cot near Brucker in the hospital. Mr. Murphy charges that the attornments dosed Brucker with frequent and heavy hypodermic injections of morphine, besides an internal dose of narcotic. known as "snipe." and also beat him about the head frequently and unnecessarily. When Brucker died Mr. Murphy declares the body was hastily taken to the morgue, and It Is charged the hour of death was mis-stated. Another charge Is that though friends o4 Mr. Bruckner had several times tele phoned to the hospital asking: if Brucker was there, the answer was always that no such person was among the patients. Lt is also averred that when he was brought to Bellevue he had some valuable jewelry about him and that this has disappeared. State's Birthday Observed. Birmingham. Ala., Doc. 15.?The Mtlt anniversary of the statehood of Ale bnma was celebrated in all of the schools or the state. An attractive program suggested by Superintsftiefel Bill, of the state department of ?? cation, was carried out, and the pr? gram was made instructive and InUp es-tlng to the many thousand little folks who constitute the school* of Alafcaeflfc Progress of Klshlneff Trlel. New York, Dec. 15.?-Although the Klshlneff trial has heen in progreefc 22 dAys the case against the first hafeh of 27 |X?rfons, charged with actual murder, has not been concluded. Aft* cording to Tho Time* correspondent at Moscow. Tug Slnke; Four Drowned. *' Natchez, Miss., Dec. 15.?ItVS tug Mettle M, owned by the Dixie Transportation company, of New Orleans, towing a cotton seed barge, tank near Sycamore, I .a., this morning. Oh white man and four negroes are r* | ported drowned. \