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BH2NNKTT8VIELE, S. C., B-RIDAT? DECEMBER 7, 1906.
ION HAM?T OBOtJB DBATH? 0L0BI0?? IM THY OAOiB."
NO*?.
KILLED IN WRECK
President Spencer, of the South
ern Railway, and Friend!
MKT DEATH ON KAIL.
ill? Private Car Wai Dashed Into and j
Denellnhed by a Train Tbat Was
Foll* wing lt, On Account of
the Carelessness ef aa
Official.
Preaidont Samuel Spenoer, of the
Southern railway, and four guests Ju
bis private, car were killed In a fright
ful wrook on tbat road early Thurs
day morning and adczon porsonswero
h jured ab Lawyer'*!, VA.
With a party ol officials and other
guesbs, Mr. Spencer wa? traveling
sjuth on a train that left Washington
late Wednesday night. They occupied
a Bpcolal car on Ibo roar of the train,
which, while making a stop for ro
paii?, waa crashed into by a passenger
train from the vor.
TUM DHA.D.
President Samuel Spenoer, Wash
ington... -
Oir?a*. D. Fisher, of Baltimore, Md.
~ - Phillp Sohuyler of Now York olt.y.
Frank T. Redwood of BjUbimoro.
D. W. Davin of Alexandria, Va.,
private dispatcher to Preaidcub Spin
ber.
WilllaBt Pollard, eolored, porter on
Prenldenb Spencer's oar, who died in
tho hospital.
An unknown (orson, whoso bea*
?nd limbs are burned off Dhort, who
is believed to he the third portor on
the private oar, who is missing, Ills
name oaunot be learned.
TUM INJUKICD,
Lucretia ?mvn, colored, Danville,
Va., log broken and amputated bdlow
the knee; lof* arm badly broken,
Willis J. Winston, 233 east Ono
Huudred and Twont*-seventh street,
Nsw York city; log badly broken.
J. W, Shaw, colored, Sponcer, N.
0,, fireman, badly crushed and both
legs broken.
Garland Thomas, colored, Greens
boro, N. O , leg broken and badly
bruised up.
P. B. Vauls, colored, Waynesboro,
Va., badly broken up and bruised.
Cora Logan, colored, Shelby, N. 0.,
both logs broken.
OAII? OOH, 3<?1OIO?, yctf'iof Ott -tko ?fe I
vate car, of 811 First streetf, S. \
Washington, D. 0., leg broken.
-(Jruet-t, address unknown, bht
supreme organizer of tho Heptasophu,
baok badly wrenched.
Son H?glau, colored, Charlotte, N.
O., bttfily bruised leg.
E. A. Merill. Now Y;jrk city, pr!
vate secretary to President Spc uoor,
hoad MHI arms bidly burned, will re
cover.
Mr. Spencer's destination wa*
Friendship, N. 0., whore ho wai going
on a hunllr g trip, with Meiers.
Sohuyler, Fisher, Morrill and Rod
wood, as Hs guests.
ASLKKP WI1KN CHA81I CAMI!
Prtsu-ent Spencer and his entire
party occupied tho re*r oar on the
forward train and as iar m is known
were sleeping when the collision hap
pened and tho probabilities aro that*
all of them excepting DispalOuor
Davis were killed instantly. lb in
ctr alu that life wan extinct before
thc flumes touohed them. Provident
Sprvicor's body wau burned almost be
yond recognition, as waa Chub of Mr.
Fisher. The body of Mr. Schuyler
waa taken from under che train before
it waa burned very much, having bom<
singed only hllghbly. President Spsn
,00)'? car was attached to tho rear ef
tho Jacksonville brain, which was
standing still when struck.
President Spencer was lying direct
ly under the big locomotive of the
rear train. So great was the force of
tho inpact thut tho forward train was
sont 160 feet ahead, the locomotive
going ovsr and upon tho body of Mr.
Spencer. Unbil after tho dobria bum
ed li!.elf out and the englno cooled oft
tho bodies could oo% be removed.
Thc impact drove tho combination
oar forward ?nd ih-5 express car iifud
up together with its truck and orushtd
the oar 40 foct, leaving the remainder
of the aro strewn vtlt/h tons of bag
gage and colored paHKoouois, who wore
puihfcd baok, as the exprca car
crushed the combination oar like rata.
OPJBJRATOll AT FAULT,
Tho responlbilitv for tho disaster
bab nob boon fixed, but it ls behoved
to havo boon due eithor to negligence
of the operator in allowing the second
pat songer train to run by thc block
and crash into the preceding ono,
wLich had stopped for repairs, or to
thc failure of tho brakeman on hbo
limb train to go baok ano Hag.
'Tho Jacksonville express had the
right o? way in tho blook and the en
gino loft thc train and proceeded two
miles, ono of which waB beyond Law
yors before the engineer noticed he
wss without his train. It may be
that when he passed Lawyers tba",
, tn? operator there gave Rangoon a
olear block, without, noticing woollier
or not the rear end mai kera were to
bo t-eon beforo l.o did so.
Thc oar next ahead of President
Spgnoor's was destroyed ny tire, bm,
lt is reported Mmo thc passengers In
lb otearod before it Caught on flrr?
The club caron the Hrs', s-ot lon cf No
37 wah r. estro e by Hr?, but no one
on board ls reported injured.
OH1CAT ItAlLKOAD MKltGKR,
Pro.Kloeub ?iv uCO/j who waa a native
of Georgia, ls sale to have done morr
towards merging tho railroads of tho
fl*ntb ?rUo th S nt hem railway Fy*?
tem than any other man. Prosldont
bp?oOt< ..- u . -?xuy ye?rs old. lie
wks of sllifht bu ld and had stcol gray
hair and mOufitttO'iO In apprarancc
ho was a sty h king man. Ile did muoh
for tho Industrial dovoloiraent of the
South and gave many thousands of
dollars to tcohnioal noni ola in that
section, especially in Georgia, in
whtoh auto his road oentors.
V
President Spencer waa ?be belt
known of Southam railway magnate?
and had under hil direction and ?em
trol one of the large?* railroad systems
In the world. He wa? ?he right-hand
man ot J. P. Morgan. The great sat
excitement prevailed ab the hoad
quarters of the road In Washington
when dispatohes regarding the w. >ok
I were received, It WM at first ropurt
j ed that Mr. Spencer was only slightly
Injured. Later, the rumor? ol his
death, which had been circulated over
tho wirea, wero confirmed In an offl
oial dispatch from the seen?.
MANY NABItOW KSCAl'Jie.
The combination oar did not leave
bhe track and in clearing the track
.he ft- ress oar was haulod to a siding
a mite distant on top and in bho de
bris of the combination car. How
rho oolorod passengers In thia com
partment, which ls known as tho Jim
Crow part of tho train, esoapcd, norr
of them being killed, ia beyond ex
planation
The wreck occurred on the crest of
a fitecp grado, when bhe Atlauta train
eulie1, nob have been nrontng more
than 30 miles an hour if a6 fast H.'.c
lb boeu a milo or two further stout.'
tho number of dead mighb havo bceu
frightful, aa the train WM abeut two
hours behind its schedulo, a condi
tion in the grade thor? that would
have meant * speed of more than 60
m Ilea an hour.
It was roported ab first that En
glnoor Kinney of Spencer, Pt. O,,
who wan In oharge of the engine or
the Atlanta train, was killed, hut
this proves to be incorrect. Klnuoy
suffered only a few flight bruluwi and
outs, whioh were dressed and be did
not go to a hospital.
Mr. H. Ii. Spenoor, tba sixth vloo
proaident of tho Southern railway,
was a pacsangor on the northbound
train from the South, which xeaohed
tho aoeno of the w.re?ok a few minutes
after it occurred. He spent viveral
hours there unt'l theobarred remains
of his fabhor wore baton from under
tho locomotive :?.. d then be oame to
tho city with ? m remains of his
father and those of his party.
Thc ooaoh ot- .'ning the corpses
was sidetracked I ho yard above the
city. Caskets \?. e procured foe
thom. These Vi?v4 pl.\o*d lu the
private cor of Pr*, aid ant Stovens of the
Chesapeake and Quio railway, who
was passing through the elby with
his family, the oar having been ten
dered for this USP by President Stev
ens. This oar and tho ono containing
tho romains of the klllod wore at
taohed to a lato train going north and
tho remains wore transferred to tho
caekefei while the train waa In trausib.
DAVIS' BNI> WAS PATS STIC
Diapataher Davis was alive when he
was taken from under the wreokage.
He was crushed about tho lower por
fcion of bho body and was conscious^
bbc ond. Ho asked that word .
?ouQ-*u'nj8 wire ano oriftd-, xaod^ith
of Mr. Davis was touching. Ho tilt
ed to hie renouer that he know he waa
dying and knew that the end oould
not bo far off. "Plaoo your flu ;ar on
my mouth," ho said. "It fotla so
cool and good." Ho pleaded with the
gentleman, who WM alan a paaBengor
on the treln, not bo leave him, and
for 10 minutes tho man stayed with
him until ho saw that nothing oould
bo dono for him.
F. M. Curtis of Jamestown, N. Y.,
who was a passenger on tho Jackson
ville train, ?aw one neg~o porter go
through a lady's grip, lia saw him
throw away euch things aa were of no
value to him and appropriated those
things bhab he wanted. Mr. Curt?a
declared that he would havo certainly
killed the porter if ho had had sumo
bhing bo do it with.
"In bhe rear of the Pullman, which,
was smashed,"said Mr. Curtis, "there
wan a mother wibh a six-months old
habo. Tiley wer in a drawing room
whloh had boen smashed, but, slrango
no say i they were nob hurb in thc
slightest. They were gotton oub and
*akeu to aafety. As far as I know
ube brain abtaoheg did not aid in the
limb relief booau?o they had gone
both way? to protoot the two trains
from other and moro serious trouble.
"One of the things that struck me
forcibly was tba heroic manner in
whioh tho colored passengers who
were injured bore their sufferings.
There waa praobloally not a sound
from them. They wore laid out in
tho fields adjoining bho railway,
where fcfcey remained for several
houri until they could bo placed in a
coach and broughb bo the Ol ty."
Mr. durbin has in his possession a
vaiuhbie CMO of Jewels willoh was
l anded to him by a lady. He doo(\
not know to whom lb belongs and why
lb was handed bim. lb evldenbly ia
the property of some ono of meany as
lt oontaini! a hcavey set diamond ring
and o?ihor Jo^ciln of value
Make* tl pp tiiitiunnta.
Gcivorr.or-o!cob Martin F. Ansel an
nounced Friday tho appointment ot
Mr. A. J. Beabea, of Darlington, at
bhe private seorotary to the Uovornoi
and Mia? Alico Henderson, an tho pri
vate stenographer to tho Governor,
Mr Iietbea waa highly rocooorendoc
bo Mr. Ansel by many influential per
sons of the Pee-Dee sroblon. Mlsi
Henderson ia at present tue stonogra
phor of Governor Hey ward, and alu
baa been capable ab all times, and th?
appointment la deserved. She hs
many frft.nds all over South Carolina
who will have oauso to oangratulati
hor.
Klllod lila Hon.
Thomas Yon was fatally stabbe
at Comfort Fia., Wednesday night b
his father Hlgdon A. Yon. The sonlo
Yon, who had been drinking, wa
heating his wife whon tho BOO intor
ferod. Tho father drew bia knlf
und atabaid thc young man j'.rib ur
fier tho heart and in bhe rlRli* breaal
Ho thou cut Mrs. Yon an ugly gas
on tho face, the blade penetrating tb
cheek and splitting her tongue, Hit
.lon Yon was immediately arreste
sud oarrlod to Marrlanna. Thom!
Y in died, Mrs. Yon is rotated t
lome of tho best families in Jaoksc
oouoty.
Sympathy Oi* UrfttludO,
Patrick Lawronoo, husband of or
of the "fiuffraglst" Imprisoned in Loi
don, has promisod to subnorlbo be
pounds a day bo bhe womon's auffrai
und for day his wife retrial]
Im Jail. v. .ether Mr. Law renco
aotuated by sympathy or gratltui
deponent saith not.
TILLMAN SPEAKS.
Guarded by Detectives He Talks
Out Plainly In
SPITE O?1 THREATS
Of Violence In Chicago On tho Race
Question. Tbe Senator Scorned Mon
ey Offu and Threatened Re
strain lng Order Which He
Wr s Told of Them.
D'suite the frantlo efforts of the
nej?roos ; f (/. ^ioagonot to have him
do no 8er;af r Tillman delivered hin
ad'3 rt ss ;u i to race question In that
o'.t- on.astT teaday night. A dispatch
r" na Ul ioays says whou ?Senator T1U
uren arrivdd \h?ru oarly Tuesday af
ternoon he wis told of threatened in
Junetioi* yroosedlnga to provent M i
from appearing on tho platform an f
a mosay consideration ?hat had bt.a
ffcTod If he woull osjuool his ongagj
anent, but txproisecl scorn for both.
Until ha lait Ohioago on Wednesday
Senator Tillman was Riiardod by prl
vato doteotdvu aud Ute polloe. Thin
was in :.co u dance with rui Oidor issued
by Maror Edward F, Dunne, who wan
bohedulud ho preside ah last night'?
mealing, but who refused bo have any
thing %o do >-rith it after a cominibtee
01' colored elfclz-ws bad visited him a
for/ days gfjo.
Senator Tillman gave bis address
protoafcod by 4t) ::ot^oslvss. In antlol
paldon of trouble a ts umber cf polloe
mon vrero kept at ne;,rh> stations in
revervu, hui they were r t called for.
Six negro policemen mlLK'id with thc
orowd whloh blcokod the street lu
front of thc ball. In tho and lonou won
many negroes, but they listened to
Senator Tillman's remarks good na
turedly and RlUiouyb ho w.vi lntorrup
ted many times, tho meeting passed
off wlbhoui fcroublo.
In leading up to bis address, "Shall
tho United States annex Cuba," Mr
Tillman took occasion to orlMolze May
or Dunno's action lu refunalng bo pre
sido ot tho meeting. 1 ' L have been told
that I htvo baot! snubbed by tho may
or of thia oity," salli tho negator. "I
did not ask Mayor Du ??no tobo herc
tonight. If anyon* has been snubbed
lt ls the gracious ladies, who planned
this meeting to sccuro money for the
Ohioago Onion hospital and who re
*a?rtuja Mayor Dunne, tho oreature
?T??'SS . oal hoHT? .?o,oome forward
"I have boan advertised to discus*
the annexation of Oahu," continued
Mr. Tillie V"1, "but In view of tho fact
jhat J cou) i not dliious? th&b subj ?ot
?vithouo dieoussing tho race, question,
I am going to go at thc matter ham
uer sud tongs. Taereforo, I shall dis
miss the race problem ture and aim
pie from ali American standpoint and
rot from a Cuban Standpoint. O^lo^
lo my cxp?rlcnoa with r>he question
vnd tho diligent study 1 have made cf
it, I liollcvo I am bettor quail Hod to
^incusa thl". questiou than.any other
jQun In America "
While dlflOUBSing the 16bh amend
ment to the constitution, which he
Icolared gave the nogro ovory right
i/nat a whlto man ban, he was inter
rupted several times hy ono of his Us
?cners who kopt asking ''Flow about
Kentucky?"
Finally Mr. TIllniRD seemed to lose
ria temper uud exolalmed:
"Oh shut your mouth. You don't
mow tho A. B. U. of thlo thing. 1
iorgo* IO yoara ago more than you
;ver . lew."
' Y JU make up your mlnd-i that
njUAllty before thu Uw whioh oho 15th
w.endBoorifc guarantors is right and
n iou ld be eu forced nobwlbbsbandinr?
ta rebulla. If trds law was enforoed
ts would reauU In iwo States ak least)
jcing dominated abaolutely by ne
{roes, while four other States would
jo no near being governed by tho no
?rothat th?ro would praofcloally beau
iqual dlvlelon of cillcca."
A voloo-"How about tho law?"
Senator Tillman-"The law, bo hell
with such law."
After tolling in detail how'the ne
gro ls prevented from oasfcing his bal
lot In tho South, Senator Tillman
paidi
"Thore is a great Seal moro to this
ri'iosbloi) thi-.b tire little racket here In
unioago."
A voice-"How about bho negro
judge? ?
Senator TlHmui: "Well, I will toll
you about your no?ru Judge and about
your polibloal machines pubtlng him
on you blokut and bamboozling bbosc
poor Ignoranb baboons Into deebing
him, and then afterwards you follow?
who voted the bloko?j without know
lng what was on lt, ?ud a way to
ohoat him out ot it.
"No matter what the people in tho
North may say or do, tho white raco
in the South wir novar be dominated
by tho negro and I want to toll you
now that if somo State should evor
or.? Wi an attempt to 'fiftVQ South Car
olina' wo will show thom in their fan
aticism that wo will make it red bo
foro wo make lt blaok. (_j
"God Almighty made tho* Glaucas
lan of bettor olay than tho Mongolian
or tho Afrloan or Hiiy other race. Thc
Ethiopian ls a burden bearer. He has
dono absolutely nothing for history,
nor bas ho ever achieved anything of
groah Importauoo. There are no great
.nen am.?og the raes. Y?t this people
has berm picked out hy tho fanatic:
of Um North aDd lifted up to the eq ia!
ity of bho citizenship and to the right?
of suffrage. No doubt roany of you have
listened to the oratory oj bite groate.sl
Colored man of this country-Boke?
Washington. Ho bad a whlto father
however, nnd his brains aud ht
oharaoter ho has inherited from thal
father.
Senator Tillman then told his audi
onos of tho attaok on whibo womoo
hy nog roos in the South and doolared
that the people of tho North wero in
a groat moaauro responsible for thl
state of ?ffairs.
In OOUolUfdou, Sunn Ur Tnl.-.mu said
"Now as a general illustration of
tho luJutttioothablBbometiraoB don?
Pr?sident Roosevelt dleoh^rgod throe
companies of eolorod soldiers without
a oourtmartlal, and in doing this he
unlined luuoooMt seen for the orlmo
of a few. Ia doing this ho brands
oended the authority of tho law and*
ho ought not have done it.
During Mr. Tillman's speeoh a ool
ored man and a Russian ware arrest
nd for oreating a disturbance in the
gallery. _
SIX PERISH IH FLAMBS.
Flro Visits Crowded Salvation Anny
Oat racks In Mt Louis.
St. Louis, Mo., came very near
tiavlng a most disastrous Oro, so far
ts the les? of human Ufo is ?onoernod,
in last Wednesday morning. Tho
Light Houso hotel, a throe-story
ibruoture on the northwest ooinor of
Ninth and Markab street?, utilized as
% Salvation Army barracks, wai?
iamaged by Uro when probably 600
Homeless men were lodged within it.
Six persons lost their lives und prob
ibly 35 were Injured, Kimo not being
jxneoted to live. Four were) bumed
so death and two died from Injurie?
rooeived in jumping from the upper
windows. Two of the dead men have
jeen Identified as follows: o ear F.
Davie, Quinooy, 111., died tb hospital;
jleorgo JJ. Rose, died at hospital.
Tho firo started on tho third floor
md swopt through tho.old building
apldly. Men fought at tho windows
io secure tho Ufo Hues and slide to
iho street but eo great was tho frenzy
vlth whioh tho ropea were seized and
told that they wero of little avail
md those who oould not escape br
?ho staiway leaped from tha windows.
A. largo number of thoso who Jump
d were oaught in nots, but many
umped before the nets wero sbrotoh
tri and wore lujured. Them waa hui
mo stairway and tho panlo-stiloken
nen surged down bhis stairway to the
breet, only to lind that door looked,
l jam resulted and probably a greab
r loss of Ufo would havo oocurred
lad not Uremon promptly burst th?
loor open. Too cunio of tho lire has
lob been asoartah.-ed.
THE VOTE IN THIS STATS.
)ftlolat Tabulation Acoootod hy tho
Ht itt o Goard or UanvaMuors.
Following io tho vote oast in this
?tate at tho recent genoral elcotion,
ho. tabulated having beon recopied
iy tho Skate board of canvassers:
For Governor-Ansel 30,251, Ghan
Uer 23, Smith 1.
Lieutonaut Governor-MoLood, 30,.
158.
Secretary of State-McGown, 30,
22.
Attorney General-Lyon 30,230.
State Treasurer-Jennings, 30,230.
. ompbrollor General-Jones 30 244.
Olly\t \ .' ((ir III 1 ' ^ * ??^ TM Ul*? t't. <
in 00.28?. v
ACjubftut Gonoral-Boyd, 30,229.
Railroad Commissioner-Sullivan, '
o,2:i2. !
Tnf? voto for oongrcps wai ai follows:
First Dlst-rlo.'.-Leg?to, 3,030, Prio
rau, 28; T. L. Grant, l.
SfeO -nd Dis?riot-Pabtorsou, 4,588; |
8if\\o M/cru, 220.
Third Disltlol-Aiken, 2 038. i
Fourth District-Johnson, 5,124; <
)avid C. Glut, 40; W. T Co^b, 10. ,
Fifth Dlstriot-Finley, 3,585. i
S xMi Dlstrit-EUorbe, 3,483.
S?vonth D.'str'ot,-Laver, 5,301; A.
) D&ntzlor, 133.
The Republicaui had candidates In
our districts, the nominee la the i
ourth, Gist, being a white man. The
oelallst candidate for Governor,
Inandlor, reooived 32 votes, as foi !
iwi>:
Charleston 6, Greenville ll, Laur
os 7, R'ohland 9.
Wantod io linn
Obarged ve llb tbreatenini; to kill ,
ohn I). Rockefeller unless hr. paid
ior tl,000,000, Mrs. Rose Delina
leanora Handflrld, 40 years cid v7&s
mated Thursday In fr<mt of tho
luardlan Ta:? C mpuiy In lower ,
?roadway," Nsw York. Mn. Hand
lold ls ohaiged w:th ha7U g forcod
lerself Into tho ofil .<* of. Mr. R oke
sller'o secretary laab Frld-.y and de
lared she wanted $1,Ooo,ooo nod that
he displayed a revolver. When ar
signed In the police court Mrs.
land flt ld said that Rho had gone bo
tooke feller'a oifioo with tho purpose
if saving his soul, or If he refuged to
lave hla iioul saved) to savoir for him
'by blood atonement." She had a
cvolvor. She said Bl ?o wan a "saint
if the Sun Moon and Water," and
lontioiled 'htm ell._
?hook, ul Ml or KA II.
A dinpabch from New York says
>ho nowa of tho death of Samuel
jponeer in tho rall wa; wreck reached
r. P. Morgan Just as ho was about to
inter Grace ob ural) to attend thospeo
al Thanksgiving day -.^rvioes. When
dio nows of his friend's death waa
,old bim. Mr. Morgan turnor death
y pale. " Whr.tl ,i..m SpenoorP" ho
L'mosti shouted. "My (ind, UIAII, ls
3am Sponoor dead? ' lie trembled
inbli his limbs almost gtvo w*y. Sev
?ral friends, bbl o kl og he wau about to
jollapso, ran bo him. "'Th a la a tor
1 Lie shock," Mr. Morgan ?Mid, when
ie had somovvnst recovered himself,
'I oan't say anything now. I waa
lover so shocked hi my Ufo." A frlon?
lolpcd bho financiar bo a carriage and
ie was drlvon home.
Filly l.iv< H Lost?
Tubupeo, Guatamala, was destroy
ad by a hurricane r seen ol y. When
oho hurricane was ab ito height thc
bown waa inundated by a rise in the
river on which lt ls situated, and ar
of the buildings wero washrd away.
The Inhabitants soughb refuge tn
breoa, tait mivny of thom wfre cashed
away during tho night. T ie news,
m far received from tho f-oono of tho
dsaaster is o?t very definite in lbs
0 ?aractor nu regard? ios* o? life, bub lt
in known bl ab fully 5i> po ?pla wero
drowned. Ns&rly all of tho buildings
in tho towu woro awepb av/ay by the
do od.
Hpnnnor a Veteran'
Adjutant General William K Mick
lo, United Confed?rate Veterano, sent
a telegram to M'S. Samuel Sponoor,
and pron u'gaied orders by oommand
of Ocn. Sboi hon D. Lee, on bho ocoa
alon of tho dosth of Samuol Sponoor,
1 colonel and aide on U?B si,a?T, pay?iK
high bribute to him, as oomrado, sol
dier and citizen.
IOB APPUKD YO HOU.
Attori^akliiK Full Possession of n
Town In Kentucky.
Afc (.Princeton, Ky., til? tobacco
sbemejles ot John Sfc^gor ?nd John G.
Orr, Mi? lattor controlled hy tho Im
perl?li Tobaooo Company of Now
Yorkiwero deabroyco by a Are kind I
cd by lb mob of masked men Soveral
ootlt&B In the vlolntty wore badly
damaged, but nebody was burt. Tho
losa irfeabimated nt about ena,ooo.
The u\ A-,, wfcioh numbered about
300 ajpu, entered Princeton between
1 aud.fe o'clock and disarmed the night
townfmarshal. Then they went to
bho feofjortcH ?nd applied the torch
Miflk?d mon stood on guard, allow
ina ?obody LO come near until the
buildings were completely enveloped
tu ilraiea and holp was USOIOHS
Arnuad of tho mob took obarge of
the telephone office and no word was
perm)t ttd to go out. When the mob
sa^v the tiro was boyond oonfcrol they
left wie town. Hoing In tho dtrroMon
of Hopklnsvlllo, discharging rev? ?vet?
and rlfleB as they departed. The tl'?
department then esme out, but could
do noihlng more than to preven* th*
Ure destroying fche buildings in th*,
violnlfcy.
Tho Sieger Factor? li controlled by
tho .AmortoMi 8'M.fI Company an1.
Sieger is tho Princeton agenl. Orr
U a ?representativo ot the Imperial
Company.
A' hundred and fifty thousand
pounds of tobaooo was in each ware
house and all was burned. The mob
in addition to disarming tho nigh)
pollcoman, took ohargo of the pollee
station and tho water works, Even
had .tho Are oomp.tny responded tho;
could not bavo bi on able to do any
thing.
Tho work of tho mob ls tihougbt to
ba only the furth?ranoe of the agita
tion by tobaooo raisera against the so
called tobaooo trust There U an or
gtn'zit-ton known aa fc'ie D\?k To
bacco Protective Association bub it is
not kn-'ftn bint any membors of that
orgmnaatlcn was In tho wob.
Moro DonOly Than War.
A newspaper cf an analysis turn has
mids vory striking comparisons with
bbeso astonishing ilgures, In connon
felon with tho casualty list of the
gr?at battles of the civil war. The
oowparlsons show that the "deadliest
batllos of tho oivll war wore mere
nkl;misbc8 compared with tho fright
tn' havoo wrought In times of psacr
by .coorloan railroads." In four of
th great battles fewer humans wcro
kihee than aro called upon by railroads
to glyo up tholr lives in a single yoar.
Atr^blokamanga 1666 mon were kill
ed-, i the Wildornesa, 2240; at Spott
aylv nia, 2725; at Gettysburg, 3070.
m otal number or soldiers Blaugh
4 * imr uTHAil .UltbllVI WJ|B
u 'tf^'and in the one fiscal year ending
J fi? 30, 1905, six more than this
n nbor, 0703, gave un their lives on
t C railroad.
-
?'?un? Aooltlent.
A special bo tho News and Courier
from Aiken sayi;. "Luther Oralg,
?rbite m.tn, was shot and killed Sat
urday night by tho aooldontal dis
charge of a pistol. Craig was going
nome frcm tho oifcy about 8 30
3'olock in a bug^y and as he waa go
lug down a hill J int on tho edge cf
town a piece of the harnea? broke
Ha had a revolver on the seat, and
when he got out ot the buggy bo tlx
tho harness tho pistol was lu some
way thrown out on the ground, and it
was discharged the bail entering his
left alrlo, a d he'Med au hour i>fbar
wards. He wai 38 "oara old a- d
prominent momb*. ?fr..- LOO If
R'jd Men an-.i j>i lo* Ordor ot U.uttr
American Meohanlos Hi? remains
were interred Sunday af'ernoon at
Town Crer.k 0 uro >. He will bo
burled by the Odd Fallo*;?
Payn iirlbort.
Charges that Lout* F. Payn, whsu
:i : >to superintendent of lnauianeo, df>
inanded $100 OOO from the Minmai Re
??arve Life luuuranoe company uudor
threat of snowing that tn? company
was Insolvent and thai President Fred
erlok Al. Burnham had said that hs
had paid Mr. Payn $-10,000, were made
by Aoalstant Dlstrios Attorney Nott
at New York on Wednosday in tho
trial of B. 1. Burnham, Jr. Mr. Burn
rum is Indicted beechar ?vlbh Fred
erick A. Burulutm,Jr., former ooun
sol for fche Mn Mit) B>.<rnrve Life In
surance company, and Georgs u El
dridge, vioo pr?sident f tne otmp
any, for misaproprtatton of the funds
of tho company.
ind ?ii nisei f,
O. E, Adams. *rr.nb at Kiyford.
Vii., has neon arrested, ocariad with
the robbery of tho expreis ral"* at
that plaoo ifi.-.t Satutday n.cuing,
whon over (6 000 waa dolon. A 'i I ab
taut Agenl Ritmar was also arrested
is an accemiilloo. Soven bur. .r d
dollars supposed to bo part ot tu?
monoy lost was found In A'am's
house. Adam had a sllghb wound in
the leg whon found hound and gaged
near fche railroad bracks, which he
olalma had bsen inflicted by the rob
bers. Winn tba oftiosrs went to ox
amine his trousers to find how near
the weapon wai held when fired thor
laarnod that his wife had burnod
thom.
Pul?J*iu> DoAtli numil,
A dlspaicu from Manila says
foroo of oonatabuiary undor M |or
Murphy, surprised the oamp of Pab
lo, chief of the Pulajan&s on the Ia
land of Mamar Saturdry. Oi?vot
Pulsjancs wore killed and ten wound
ed. Pablo couped, but his wife and
daughter were OAptured. The cloth
ing, arms and papora fouud wore do?
sbroyid togothor with the oamp. The
capture or Chlof Pablo ls oonsiderod a
question of only a few days. Gov.
(Jurd}, of ?Samar, wlros that tho
breaking up of Pablo's band signalizes
tho (bath knell of the PulaUulsin in
tho ltiand.
Won flin VS my.
Janes T. McDermott, who will
ropre^nb Pftoklngtown, 111., in the
noxt Jongross, began Ufo as a measen
ger by, ploked up telegraphy and
lett tlc olby to bogln the oampalgn
.....X,.; IV* ???.*? .? ouAu lu butt
nablojal House of Representatives.
He i?34 years old and a Ddmp?rat,
WAS RULED OUT.
Rev. C. W. Creighton Not Allow
ed to Prefer Charges Against.
THE JU V W.T. DUNC ?S
Who Ut Says Packed a Committee to
Try Ula? at Greenwood. Copy ol
the Complalat Air. Creighton
Wanted to Submit to
Coafercnce.
Among the first matters taken u
In the louth Carolina conference att
week in Columbia was thc eelftcratr d
Jrolghton oana, watch MMC over frena
tho confcrones cf th" year before. JU
will bi remembered that all thc last
OOo fer once thaoharaoterof Mr. Creigh
ton waa arraigned bj tho presiding
ttider of hin dlsfeflot, lt bolng charged
?nat Mr Creighton had publisher
?landerouc etat>went? la bis paper
nhout th s.- presiding elders, it being
sieged that Mr Creighton had ouarg
cd that the presiding elders were guil
ty of graft.
Ta? ca e nt that time attracted a
great deal of interest and causad a big
.cnsatlon. There were two faetlonu,
one taking sides against Mr. Oretgh
ton, the other rallying to bis cup
port. A committee wai appointed to
la milgate tho oaee, but no report
was mado, and the oass was cou
rted over for a year. Ju th? moan
Mme Mr. Creighton was given no worls
and was virtually suipended from the
Ministry. Mr. Creighton's friends
9lalm that ho was ready for trial at
last year's oonforonoo, and that tho
past postponement of his case and rc
fusing to give him work, was au out
rage and intended to humllatc him.
The oommlttoo t.ha> Iud oscu ap
pointod to try th? cane at the confer
ence of last year mdt at Greenwood
last summor and took testimony.
During the investigation them
waa another sensation. lt appears
that when tb ?i committee met at
Greenwood and assembled in a room
Mr. Creighton was un hand, bringing
with him a young woman stenograph
er, dedaring that lid was going to
nave all of the testimony taken do'-.vu
tnd published to tho world. The oom
mitti i. protested against the presence
of the stenographer and invited her
to leave the room.
This brought Mr. Creighton to his
feet, and the accused minister made a
most vigorous protest, declaring that
lt au eiiort waa roane co ?JUOD mu eth
nographer he would oall in polio-: pro
tection. He carried lils point and th?
ttenographer was allowed to remain
and take down tho evldones. Thia end
sd the matter uutil last week, wnei
lin; matt3r cams up again in the c in
ference at Columbia last week Mr
Uretghton waa on h.aud ready to ocn
test the oaao Lo tho end.
As stated above Mr. Creighton wai.
suspmdad at ono onforcuoo of lus?
year uuder thc oharge of slander and
lying Tao oharge was brought h
presiding elders then in i fflce, *h a
title Rsv. Mr. Creighton h .a Cfl? ola-d
In his paper, the Cnrlbt'.an Appen.,
ile had opposed system of paying tin
presiding elders of tho ohur?h eve
since ho has been editor of the Caris
lian Appeal. Uador toe present ?>yt.
tem the presiding elder' aro allowed a
peru?? cf thc collections of th?
ouutoh, which according to tilt vlevf
ia wrung. Ho thought that under the
Hjstem the presiding elden got salar
les altogether out of proportion to
many cf tho ministers on stations and
circuits.
He aliio cia!mod that many cf the
presid? cg elders are too dictatorial ano
tu?t tuer are slothed with too great
authority. He has written freely a&d
frankly on the suhlet and lt ls safe
to aay that he will continue to speak
ills thoughts through hts paper. Mr.
Creighton's paper has a largo drouin
tlon and seems to be growing. He has
a great many warm friends both In |
thc ministry and among thc laymen i
of tho church, who agree with him in
moat of n's ohargea against thc sys
tem.
On last Wednesday in thc confer
ence when thc minlstors character*
Aoreoalled, beginning with the presld
mg elders, their ohoraotera were pass
ed without without challenge until the
name of the Rsv. W. T. Dunoan was
otticd. Mr. Creighton arose and at
tempted to proter charges against
him. Bishop Wilson promptly ruled
him out, ?aj ?og that as Mr. Creighton
had been suspended, he could not pre
fer a o <argo. Mr. Creighton made a
saroastlo reply to tho ?eliuot that he
supposed ho would have to bow to tho
face, that a man who has boen hanged
his no appeal. Presiding K'der Dun
oan's oh&raotor was then passed. The
oharges whioh Mr. Creighton would
have stated if permitted arc as fol
lows:
"That in tho investigation nf the
complainte against O. W. Creighton,
W. T. Dunoan, presiding elder of
OokcVoury district, and clich in %u of
committee of investigation, oomaolt
bod acts of maladministration, in all
and singular, thc following particu
lars:
"1. That W. T. Dunoan deprived
the aooussd, C. W. Creighton, of his
right to representation by and astiB
lanes of council In snld 'investigation.
"2. That W. T. Dunoan selected
tho committee of Inveitlgatlon from
the Conferenoo ab large when lt dla
not appear that suitable men oould
not be had in the Cokcsbury district.
"3. That tho said W. T. Dunoan
knowingly and willingly packed said
oommlttoo, over the protest of tho ao
oused, with tho blood kin within the
sixth degree of tho accusers-So-wlt,
a socond oousin of '"no of tho soousers
end a nephew of a presiding elder,
whoso term of oftlco ls embraoid with
in the period oovorcd by the oritlolsm
of tho accused and because of
whloh .ho is oomplalucd against.
"4. That W. T. Dunoan knowing
y and ovsr the protest of tho accused
appointed on said committee a mem
our of a onmmlMco whloh bad prev
iously investigated said complaint.
' 5. That W. Ti Dunoon, over the
prot?t or the accused, lc pt the wit*
ur poca In tho room ?nfl lu the presence
Of eton Other during Mid Investiga
tion.
"6. That W. T. Duncan ruled that
the complaints ?ade against tho ao
oused of falsehood and slander, with
copies of the paptr edltod by the aa
oustd, is sufficient proof In suoh invoa
ligation against the accused.
That W.T. Duncan has not
caused an extot rsoord of the investi
gation, including the charge*?, evidence
and Anding of tbs committee signed
by the president and toorebavy, to ho
transmitted to this Conference.
"f That W. T. Dunoan refu td te
submit tbe testimony taken to the
witnesses for their oorreotlon and ap
proval.
"0. That W. T. Dunoon on his own
motion ruled out material testimony !
cakon in sa'd investigation.
"10. That the said W T. Duuotn
volunteered the advlos to the witness
q that they neod not answer ques
tions put to them by tho SQ
oused if they thought the answers
would lr criminate them.
"II. That the said W. T. Duncan
suffered tbeoommittee of investigation
ta conduct tho prosecution cf the vase;
introduce and examine witnesses and
interpose ol j t?tions to the examina
tion of said witnesses by the accused.
"ll Tnat W. T. Duaoon pormlt
ort tire witnesses kept by him in the
room ta argue points in the oas?
against the aooused and participate in
Its oonduot.
"13 That W. T. Duroan sehend
for tor vi oo on ssid committee his spec
lal fMends.
"14 That si! c said investigation
W. T. Dunoan has boen sohl ve in fol
lowing up testimony of wi ?nettes for
the accused and sought evidence to
ontradict than."
vr*t*r row?ri ot ene ?lt?to.
Capt. W K Oetzalca, chairmen of
th? South Oarellwa Jamotawn oom
mission, lavery anxious to maka a
fins repr?sentiez of ?euth Oarellna'r.
Tater powers. Fer this pumos? ht
requests that photographs of Develop
ed and undeveloped wator powers be
sent.him. ?uuth Carolina hs? don?
more than any other Southern Butt
io harne? the wator poners, bin
there-la yet a world of power locked
up in the tumbling streams of thk
Stat?, and he wlshcts to nhow thtt tc
the world as an Invitation to capital
Car;t. Gonzales would like to rtoelv*
photographs from ameicure as we'd ts
professional p'vOtograpbert. H
smcd Thuvsday that his wes T*ry
esnob pw tod with thc report of If r
Faul V. Moore, the *gent whom th?
commission has employed. .
Many Muro Corni ri?,
On Wednesday a cablegram ca nae
to Gov. Hoy Ward at Columbia, from
the Belgium offloe of the South Caro
lina immigration department saying
lh? 0(i?nlk -h?A IOO <3oalr?.hl? lmu-.l
vrants booked for South Carolina and
wanting J? know what to do with
thurn. The egont appears to have
?oat communication with Commis
sioner Watson and wanted to know
now to proceed. Oommhslonor Wat
non was eu ecu rafted by the nene, bu.
no said th? t the ?epartment would io
no case aooopt ao many from ?ny ooc
country at a time, though this would
alve aa opportunity for seleotion and
he considered thftt tnv massage mcaul
h o certain suooess rf the trans-Ar
ant*c line of immigrant steamers ti
Charleston
It- ruur:U Now Trial.
Tho Coiu obla Suto says R. A
Adams, the Colleton man wi o has
b?en twice convicted of the murdei
ot W 0 Jacqui* and for whom at
ono time there waa a reward of 81 OOO
ittera sonsutio al e.?oapo from tbr
J\tl at W&Heib ro. has boco taken
'lack to bo rost ntenced after a ruling
ny tho suprema court, which refused
to grant a now trial. Adams, since
Awaiting a d&otalou, has been onnfined
in the State penitentiary aud as
court ls now In session In Oolleton he
will be sentenced to hang by the pre
siding judge.
Wouldn't Waite With Nefro.
Beoautc his young son was severely
?htttlsed tor refuting to march from
stbool room betide a nertrc girl, John
Berger, aeaompanled by an attorney,
appeared before thc ootoool coard at
Ooraopolls, a suburb of Pittsburg,
Pa , and dc w ended thc dismissal of
Superintendent 0. C. Marshall. Ber
ger served notice on thc board that if
thc superintendant was not di nisse d
ne would vakc the mabtar into the
courts. Marshall will bo asked to
resign. _
'i hoy Aw .ii .iifciiK
A deoision was handed down in the
Suprt/ae Oourb Wednesday denying a
new trial to James Sanders and Ar
thur Whltoncr, the Chester nogrocs
convicted of murderorlng anoth r
negro namod Mack Anderson. The
deoision means that the defendants
will be resentonond at tho next term
of court for Chester to hang, and
they will hang if the pardon board
does not interfere.
dot lOlKtitnon Yoars.
Mrs. Harriet Moulter, ohargod with
the murder of her husband, whom
she killed at PuUtkl. Yt,, in a quar
rel sovoral weeks ago was found
guilty of murdor In the sooond degree
and sentenced to eighteen years In
prison. It was alleged that Monitor
abused his wife and was threatening
to strike hor when she solzid tho re
volver and nhot him do&d. Tho dc?
fonso was insanity._
<jMo*?o Stan lt 11 Uul.
At Varey Park, Miss., on Sunday
A. F Mlddah. a promlnont real es
tate man of Chicago, was shot and In
stantly killed bv Wes Young, a nogro.
It ls bellevod Young icendod to kill
W. G. Gaibbs who was accompanying
Mlddah at tho time of the killing.
Young or.oapcd and ls being followed
by a mob dotormlued to deal sum
msrllv with him._
fe'ireU on oiUnere.
In placing au attaohmont on thc
thoatrloal baggage of a show at La
Grange, Mo,, Satniday Oonstabh
II s'a Duval' shot ?nd 'ni tan ly kile
C.ma?.a', .o James lt ?pan, and an ao
tor Orin Stuart wss fatally wounded
Hoy Millard, au aotor, was tho
through tho body aud arm. The $m
aotora it is alloged began the shoot
lng,
SGQRFS THEM
Gen. QarltaKtoa Sustained by
(kn. Nettleton, of Chicago.
AS IHVK8TI??TI01N
On the Oroaid Ceivlicei fhe Old Vet
eran ef the Uoltn Army That the
Nexro Soldier? Wai Gillty ef
Conspiracy ead Vas
Rightly Dienlised.
Because of the apparent mlsunder- *
standing in portions of the touetry of
faota whteh oallscl forth the order dis
charging the three companies ot ?ol
or td troop mint ly stationed at
Brownsville. Texas, and In vlaw Of
?he reeuitent orltlolim of the prisi
lent's course In the matter, the citi
zens' oommittse of Brownsville rt* "
oently requested Gen. A. B. Nettleton
ofObioego, fonn er atrista nfc seeretary
of the treasury, while on business at
Brownsville to maka in bte own way a .
borough and disinterested investiga
tion ol the Brownsville riot of Aug.
13, and reporo lils conclusions. 0sa>.
Nettleton embodied his findings In a
.etter to the seoretary of war. fla .
says m part?
"As a olilzsn of Illinois, as on an*
bUlavery advocate wben that phrase
r;ad a meaning ?nd ss a veteran who !
serve? ita tba ILnon army througout .
oh? Olvil war, I shall at least not b?
*u?p??xed of predjudioe against men
<rt e*l?r.
>%Witho?t rahtortinj details, I wish .
to assure you that nhl* absolutely un
srtjudleed Invtetlantton, made after
Ioctl oxslbement had subsided, cou
firtoff in ?vsry particular ?ho c>noltt
an? reaehsd by the .wo arm" ? ffloars
*#nt here by tht war department, cn
tua ?b>??gfch of which tho president
took bis tatton, as well as the olear
?.ad temperate statement pu dlhed lu
??tJf8**W aft-r tho tragedy by Ohalr
vj.v? Kelley of the Brownsv.llo oitl
Ssi?t' eo??lfct?e."
Affc?r summarizing faots hitherto
?nbhshod aa v% killing of ono oi.izm,
the maiming ot a thief of police the
firing of volleys into and through
howls, saloons and many private real
dances and of ...eriorlztDg of the entire
town- Chen. Nt-tfcloton's letter oon
binuos:
,vIt 1? well attested by evidenoe
that I he colored troops were treated
aero with the (ame courtesy tbat
colored soldier of like bearing aro
treated hi most garrson to n nu of the ]
Northern SsateS; Th*s-cu th* ?*hor --.
hand, th? street conduct of some of
them was ofton aggrssslvely and
causelessly Insolent toward whit? mm
and women; that thsre was no pr
I vocation for the murdorous raid ty fi io
soldiers, unless lt can be oalied a pro
Toeation that the drinkers among
chem were provided with separate
rjars in certain saloons and that oh
two ooaafilons individual insolence was
.esented by Individual oltlztms, both
of wbloh happened to bava been Re
publican federal officials.
4'There was no 'riot' at-d no 4sbreot
raw,' a'j macy newspapers persist in
calling the oaourrence. It was sim
ply a most cowardly ccuspiraov to ter
rify, wound and kill um fLmdlng men,
women and children at the hour of
mid-night, when defense or resistance
ian iu praotloablo and was not even
attempted. Evidently not an oppos
ing shot was fired"
Gen. Nettletons lettor sharply
raises the qutstlon as to what the
white officers of the garrison were do
ing on tho night of tho raid and doses
thus:
1 'la view of the faots os I find them
hore, tb? persistent attempt on the
par) of ?om? to stake Martyrs of any
jorfcisu of the dlesh&rged men would
be appalling, if lt war? not grete* q ie
The conspiracy of sll?nc? on the part
of all sa?ma*rs of th? bataillon pre
vent? th? govanuttons from punching
th? previene oonssirsey ef violence
and sanrdor, and the ?operation of all
alike from tb? sirvies whleh they
have disgraced beeen.ee irjovltablo. I
, believe no ?ours? other than ' the ono
whloh tb? president ha? pursued, was
or ts opon to bim unless all sem
1 blanoo of a decent disciplino in our
1 army ls to bo ended and unless ovsry
Amerloan community, North and
South alike, is to bo giv ;u cause to
i droad the proximity from the garrison
, as lb would that of an onoampruunb of
armed and uniformed assailants. I
sympathize deeply with the colored
peoplo in thoir upward struggle In
Ammos; but I bellev the most dam
aging servloo tbat oan ba rendered
them as a raoo in their period of test
and transition ls tbat ot oaamplonlrg
or exouslng tho criminal tlemont lu
thoir ranks."
Ulaok Patti l>o?o\
Flora Batson, known on the oonoert
stauo os the "Blade Patti," died sud
denly in Philadelphia, from uremia at
her home, 124 South Fourth struck.
Although only 33 y sirs old, shu had
acquired considerable renown as a oon
oert singer, not only in t'ds country,
but in Europe, having appeared before
nearly all of the monarchs ot tho old
World. On Thanksgiving Day shu sang
ab a concert in a Icoal church. Tho
death of a neighbor soemel to di px va
her, and after a vltdfc to the house cf
mourning whloh was in the wami
b'tox, sho returned homo. Silently
after she was soized with cou vu/.-dons.
1 She died two hours labor in grea? i-g
ony. Her aged mo .her, wit A whom
she lived, was at nor b. dsido.
Killed in a Wreck.
Three womeo were killed or bumed
to death Saturday In ft re Winch 'ol
lowed a oolllslou on thc Ruliu.-u R ii
> road and bwflvo others were so 1 u?iy
ir Jared Among tho Nt'er aro mern
i bers of the Drury 0,?ra ooonpun,
nrgro musician. The >.r.wel train ran
? into fche rear ot a pawngav Thr#o
ooaohes were knooka-d down a nark
b atm started tA oyertu'n Heroic rcs
> oues weie made by tuc crew and bown
people. The oollision ocourccd near
V?rganos, Vb.
