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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-08-25
RAILROADS KILLED
THOUSANDS IN YEAR
Records for 1904 Shows
That IO,O+6 PeriShed
in Accidents on Rail.

Washington, Special: The Inter
state Commerce Com mission gave
out on Aug. 18th very interesting
statistics in reference to tho railroads
Of the United States.
The casualties during the ear end
ing June b, 1904, umbered o. 2Ol.
The persons killed numb mbered 1O, ,O46,
and the injured 81 1856 There we're
2,1l4 trainmen killed and 29,275 in.
jured; switch tenders, crossing tend
ers and watchmen, 229 killed, 35 722
injured; casualties to emL.nycs coup
ling and uncouplipg cars are assigned
as follows: Trainmen killed, 269; {;
injured, 8.5O6; switch tenders, cross
ing tenders and watchmen, 23 killed,
42O injured; other employees, Is kill
ed, 93 Injured.
Passengers killed in 1904, AL; in
jured, 9.111. In the previous year
3o5 passengers were killed ind 9 9,23l
injured.. or these, 1922 were killed
and 4,97S injured because of collision
and deraiIments. The number of
persons other than employees and
passengers killed, was 5,973. and in
jured 1877.
In1 1904 one passenger was killed
for every l 628. .267 persons carried
and one injured for every rs 523 car
ried. For 1908 the figures show that
1857 AL passengers were carried for
one killed and 81 424 passengers for
one Injured.
During the year Tia, ,4l9 .6S2 pas.
sengers were carried, an increase OF
20. 5sS, ,lE for the year. The passen-
ger mileage, or the number of pas
sengers carried one mile, was 81 1925, :
2ls.536, having increased 1907, ,449. :
565,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-08-25
The Life Worth Living.

"The life which is truly worth liv.
ing," says Tom Watson in his mag
azine for August, 'has not always
led to ease, worldly success, happi-
ness and earthly honors.
"Too often the man who conse-
cratos himself to the nobler purpose
has been what the world called a
failure, has been led away into cap
tivity by pitiless foes, has died at the
stake amid tortures.
"But, like the Indian brave, such
a warrior has never feared the stake
nor the tortures.
,"Like the Indian brave, such a
warrior despises those who torment
him. and amid the flames in which
he dies his death song rises to thrill
the world.
"'I have fought good fight.
Never once did lower my flag. To
the right, as God gave me to SEQ 1t,
was always true. Not once did
bend the knee to the wrong, con-
sciously.
"'All my life fought for the bet
terment Of humanity. Here are the
scars to show it. Defeat has rolled
over me, but no dishonor.
"'To no man or woman have
knowingly done hurt. If 1 have not
done some good it is not because
failed to try.
"'On millions Of my fellow men
found the chains of q bondage more
CALLING than slavery. / did my ut
most to show them how to be free.
Millions found hungry, naked,
homeless. did my best to point
the way out Of poverty into plenty.
al found the old foes of the hu-
man race winning ground day by day;
the rich man grinding the face of the
poor; the tyrant using law and gov
ernment to rob the people the priest
again spreading the cloud OF ignorant
faith over the sunny fields OF God
given reason; the church and the
state once more uniting to plunder
the human race and to divide the
spoil.
"'Against these ancient devourers
Of men, against these relentless foes
of the freedom and development of
humanity, raised the cry Of defiance,
fought them with all the power that
was within me, doing what man
might do to sfouse my fellow man to
sense Of the peril which was COM
Ing upon him.
"'Yeal I have fought q good
tight. Here are the wounds, No
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-08-25
Notice of Meeting of
Stock Holders.

Notice is hereby given that meeting
of the stockholders of Union & Glenn
Springs Railroad Company will be held
at the Office of said company in the
town of Union, South Carolina on the
9th day Of September, A. ID. 1905 at 10
o'clock a. m. That the purpose of said
stockholders meeting is to increase the
capital stock of the said Union & Glenn
Springs Railroad Company, three hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars, so that
the capital stock of said Union & Glenn
Springs Railroad Company shall be
four hundred thousand dollars.
Ry order of the Board of Directors,
T. G. DUNCAN, President,
GEo. M. WRIaHT, Secretary. 31-5t.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-08-25
BOOKER ROASTED
BY HLABAMHNS.
In Dining With Daughter
of Wanamaker, the
Negro is Strongly Con-
demned.

Birmingham, Ala. Aug. 1.-THE
men Of Birmingham, Of high or low
degree, have been almost unanimous
in their condemnation Of the action
of Booker Washington in dining with
the daughter Of Mr.. Wanamaker at
Saratoga. Expressions gathered at
random here today from among the
best known men of the community
were, many OF them, well nigh unfit
to print, SO violent were they in their
denunciations Of the man formerly
the most popular and most respected
negro In Alabama. The general trend
Of public sentiment here is to the
effect that the negro president OF
Tuskegee institute has destroyed his
usefulness.
Among those who have come out
In violent condemnation of the negro
are Lieut.. Gov. R. M. Cunningham,
DR.. J. w. stagg, who delivered the
noted address at Auburn university.
Alabama, In which Washington was
held up to the world as "the greatest
fraud that ever lived" l.. p. Hill,
the we'll known editor, ex.Msyor A.
o. Lane, Acting Sheriff Albert Strad.
ford. Frank Deedmeyer and John
London. two of the best known at
torneys Of the local bar, and others
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-08-25
LIGHTNING AND
ITS DANGERS,
Law First Established bV
Franklin Still Holds
Good.

Violent discharges Of atmospheric
electricity generally follow law
which was first established by Ben
jamin franklin. and which suggested
the device Of the lightning rod.
Sometimes there were apparent varia.
tions from the rule, but not of q
character necessarily to prove an ex-
cept;on or impair the force OF the
general law. The experience and
observation Of hundred years. the
advance Of scientific knowledg. and
the practical exploitation of the field
OF electrical energy allgo to strength
en- in general, way the truth OF the
old theory, and the shocking fatalities
from lightning on the Long Island
shore below New York city Sunday
aft ernoon are, like so many others Of
the kind, in full harmony with that
theory.
The five persons killed by n single
bolt at the Parkway baths. Brighton
Beach, stood in immediate proximity
to flagstaff 80 feet high, sunk deep
ly into damp soil, thus making the
best kind of lightning conductor
short Of metal pole. Had the staff
been Of metal, possibly the discharge
might have passed off quietly and
harmlessly, except for persons ac-
tually in contact with it. As it was.
the dry wood gave resistance enough
to cause q violent discharge OF the
accumulated energy and divert some
Of it to the better conductors formed
by damp human bodies clothed in
wet bathing dress, standing by the
foot of the pole. The persons who
sought shelter there courted what
befell them-death to five and iniur-
les to nine others. Had they ever
paid any attention to the results of
human experience in relation to the
lightning, knowledge available to
all who read the newspapers, that
would have been the very last place
they would have fled to for refuge.
At about the same time one man
was killed and three injured at GRAY
esend Beach, near by. But they had
also taken refuge where they should
not-under tree, which, true to the
theory Of the lightning rod, forms an
excellent conductor for bringing to-
gether the electricities of the earth
and cloud. Every few days during
the summer we read of fatalities from
lightning to persons standing under
trees TO escape the drenching rain.
In one Of the Brooklyn parks only the
other day several persons were thrown
violently to the ground and injured
from the striking OF tree which
they had chosen for shelter. One
man was killed and another seyerally
burned In South Carolina q week or
80 ago in the same way.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-08-25
200 numerous to mention.

too numerous to mention.
Booker T. Washington has lectured
in Birmingham on numerous previous
occasions and has always had goodly
proportion OF white hearers. Some
Of the best known conservative men
in the city are unanimous in the
opinion that he will not again be al.
lowed to come to Birmingham and
that he had made up his mind to
leave Alabama before he ever dined
with Mrs. Washburton Atlantis
Journal.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-08-25
II you hear Of /. death from

II you hear Of death from light
ming out Of doors, it win be found
that the chances are the person was
under Q tree; II not there, then the
likelihood is that he was. by wire
fence or reaching up to wire clothes
line, or holding pillow with metal
sinking into the damp earth, or in
touch with the large damp bodies Of
horses or cattle. II in the house or
barn, the victim will usually prove
to have been by an open door or
window, whore pass currents of damp
air. forming an electrical conductor
nearly as good sometimes as one of
more substantial character, or by
chimney sinking to the earth and
rising above the building, and full Of
dampness usually in summer; or
near sweating haymow or load
which does much to explain why so
many barns are struck. Out in Ohio
last week the news records the kill
ing Of man and serious iojury Of .
child from lightning when they were
within the shelter Of the house. But
1t appeared from a more detailed ac-
count that they were sitting by an
open window Occasionally we read
Of deaths from lightning where the
person was cl.ar of trees and current 8
Of air and other conditions OF danger
| mentioned. but these cases arc very
| rare; we seldom hear of such
On the other had, and in further
exemplification of the truth of the
lightning-rcd theory take the expert
ence We are having with the electric
car. These vehicles, with their
metallic equipments and trolley pole
reaching upward, are now running nll
over the countrv and seem to invite
particularly the destructive wrath Of
the lightning; but we have yet to
hear Of an authenticated case Of
death from the electric strok. to any
one on them. They are frequently
struck, but just as frequently the
discharge passes cff through the pole
with no more effect, at the worst,
than to produce a binding fash and
shock which sometimes is violent
enough tn throw people out of the
car. One car was struck Sunday
near tho scene Of the Coney Island
disasters, and two or three people
thrown out, but without injury, ex.
cept from the fall Another car was
struck in Manhattan Borough, pro-
ducing flash which frightened
several passengers into jumping
This frequently happens, but never
anything worse. 80 far as we have
been able to observe.
Danger from lightning is small In
any case. It causes more terror to
humankind, with less reason, than
all other powers of earth and air put
together; but danger is reduced to a
negligible quantity by simple avoid
ance during severe storm of the
points of possible danger which
have been Indicated.
Meantime, danger or no danger,
there remains vast body Of weak
and timorous humanity, unable to
explain its terrors, but none the less
experiencing them with every appear
ance Of an electrically-charged at
mosphere, which anxtously awaits
such a possible development of. ap-
piled electrical science as will enable
man to harness and lead quietly and
harmlessly to earth for his own help
full uses the energy carried about in
the thunder cloud.-Springfield Re-
publican
BOOKER ROASTED
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-08-25
IT III e.
Cash Bargain Store
Is SELLING

Indigo Blue Calico -at4c-rEa
The latest patterns of our 1Oc
Lawns at SC.
A selection of 6, 7, 8 and 1Oc
Embroidery to be sold at
SC.
2 spools sewing machine cot
ton for SC.
Nice grade of Needles, per
package, 1c.
Mennen's Borated Talcum
Powder, per box, 15c.
New Goods arriving every
day, so come and get first
choice of the latest at
MRS. D. N. WILBURN.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-08-25
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE,
1805--f905.

Four Schools: Arts, Law Sciences
and Teachers System Of
Wide Election.
Expenses Moderate. Opens Sep
tember 9th, 1905. -
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-08-25
AgoniZing Burns

are instantly relieved, and perfectly
healed, by Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
@. Rivenbark, Jr., of Norfolk, Va,
writes: %! burnt my knee dreadfully
that it blistered all over. Bucklen's g
Arnica Salve stopped the pain, and
healed it without scar" Also heals
all wounds and sores. 25c at DR.. F. @.
Dukes, druggist.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-08-25
JUST RECEIVED

lots Of real good things in
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes,
Hats, Clothing, Hosiery, Un-
derWear, etc..
All of the above mentioned
are correct in style, best in
quality and low in price. So
trade here, save your coupons
and get a fine set of dishes
free.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-01
DRAPER SCHOLARSHIP
Established in the George Washington
University

Gen. William F. Draper of Massacbu
setts former ambassador to Italy, has lust
established in the George Washington Uni
versity, in the department of politics and
diplomacy. scholarship. carrying $500 an
nually to the recipient. Gen. Draper in his
long experience in Congress, as a member
OF the foreign affairs committee as well as
from his experience abroad, is greatly i'm
pressed with the Importance of training
men for the diplomatic service and he has
the deepest interest in the enlarged and
reorganized work in the George Washing
ton University. In the department of poll
tics and diplomacy.
The scholarship will be offered primarily
to students from Massachusetts, and vir-
ginia, and will be awarded by the dean
of the department upon such terms and
conditions as shall be prescribed. Gen.
Diapers action will, 1t Is hoped, appeal to
others who are interested on the same
lines. and 1t Is confidently believed that
from different parts of the country will
come additional evidences of the aroused
public sentiment for the better training of
men for the consular and diplomatic serv-
ice, as well as for those who may seek
this branch of study for professional work
as counsellors before international and ar
bitratfon commissioners or for professional
careers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-01
FINANCE AND TRADE
Opening Prices Were Quite
Generally Higher.
THE TWO EXCEPTIONS
HARTMAN AND PENNSYLVANIA
STOCKS SHOWED DECLINES.
Industrials Proved Features of Market
Railroads NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Only Noted Movements.
THE TWO EXCEPTIONS

NEW YORK, April 1.-Opening prices OF
stocks today were quite generally higher,
but The Hartman stocks and Pennsylvania
were exceptions and showed slight declines.
Biscuit rose Ia. and Lead y. Changes
otherwise were limited to small fractions.
Industrial stocks, many of which have
been mentioned in reputed deals, were the
features of the market. Not much interes:
was manifested In railroads. and the tone
there was irregular. Very, large orders
were in the market for Lead. Biscuit and
Peoples Gas.
The advance i'm New York Central stiffen-
ed the tone of the railroad list only slight
iy. The principal gains were Rubber
Goods preferred, 4s4: Biscuit, 2lk: Peoples
Gas, 2 and Smelling, Virginia Iron, Twin
City Rapid Transit. Electric Storage Bah
terry. Detroit United Railway, the Lead
stocks, Rubber Goods. New York Central,
Minneapolis. st. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie.
Colorado and Southern and Forth Worth
and Denver City Stamped 1 TO III. Toledo.
st. Louis and Western was of point and
Consolidated Gas ,.
The only movements of note were In
specialties, except for advances of l to
points In a number of Colorado railroads
and Delaware and Hudson. Biscuit rose "a.
Twin City Rapid Transit "a and the Press
ed Steel Car stocks Leather preferred.
Realty, the Paper stocks and Lead pre-
ferred a point or more. Enameiing and
Smelling gained and United States Re
duction preferred 4.
Prices recovered from a slight sagging
tendency upon the unexpected strength OF
the bank statement. Toledo, st. Louis and
Western preferred and Toledo Railways fell
IA
The closing fairly steady.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-01
Funeral of Mrs. ". F. Brodt.

The funeral of Mrs. William F. Brodt,
whose death occurred suddenly yesterday
morning as the result of heart disease, will
take place Monday from the family home,
419 11th street. Rev. Paul A. Mcneil, pas
tor of the Concord Lutheran Church, of
which deceased was a member, will officiate.
Mrs. Brodt was native of Germany, but
came to this country at an early age. She
had an excellent education and spoke sew
eral languages. At the time of her death
she was forty-eight years old In 1876 she
married William f. Brodt. She was regard
ed as an excellent Christian woman and
devoted much of her time to charitable
work. Besides her husband William F.
Brodt, six children-fOur sons, Karl Will
lam, Alexander and Emil. and two daugh-
tiers. Mrs Bertha Brodt and Mrs. Andrew
Loeffier-survive her. PaIfbearers have been
selected from among the immediate friends
of the family and are: F. Imhoff, L. Ket-
tier. L. Faber. A. Joers, H. Stereitberger
and O. Borcherding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-01
SAILED FOR PORT Az PRINCE.
Departure of the Cruiser Brooklyn
From Guantanamo.

The Navy Department was informed to-
day that the Brooklyn arrived at Guanta-
namo this morning and proceeded fmme-
diately under the departments orders to
Port au Prince Haiti, where Minister
Powell has reported trouble was expected
yesterday and today. The reason the min
lister fixed those dates is believed here to
be because April 1 was the date originally
fixed by the Haitian government for the
expulsion Of the Syrians and 1t may be
that the general public in Haiti did not
know of the fact, which the minister re-
ported later. that the period had been ex-
tended from April to May 10.
The understanding here is that the de-
cree of expulsion does not apply to all OF
the Syrians. but only to few score who
were denounced by Minister Powell hold
ing fraudulent United States naturalization
papers. The officials are certain that no
attempt will be made to expel any Syrians
resident in Haiti who have been lawfully
naturaliZed in the United States. for these,
as American citizens, under our treaty with
Haiti are entitled to the same privileges
as Haitians to engage in business. Nor
does 1t apply to Syrians under French pro-
lection, as that government has taken q
similar stand in the matter, and the belief
is that none of the Syrians who have been
naturalized in European countries will be
affected.
Some time ago the Haitian government
passed a law forbidding Syrians to engage
in business In Haiti as part of a general
plan to drive that element out of the coun,
try. but our government insists that that
law cannot be applied to such of the Sy-
rams as are naturalized citizens of the
United States. A good deal of confusion
consequently exists in Haiti on that SUBJ
ject and in his efforts to keep the State
Department informed of the facts the
American minister appears to have found
himself contradicted by the government
to which he is accredited, though it is
suggested here that from his neutral posi-
ton, Mr.. Powell was actually In a better
place than the interested Haitian govern
ment officials to know what was going on
in revolutionary circles.
However that may be. Mr.. Leger, the
Haitian minister here, has felt called upon
to make representations to Acting Secre-
tary Adee regarding Mr.. Powelrs report,
and at the acting secretary'S suggestion he
has even gone to the length of reducing
these to the shape of formal memoran-
dunn. which will be duly considered by the
State Department.
The Brooklyn is expected to arrive at
Port au Prince tonight or tomorrow morn
ing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-01
ROGERS REToRT TO DIR. GLADDEN.
Says He Would Not Trust His Deacons
With the Ten Commandments.


H. H. Rogers of New York made few
remarks yesterday in reply to the Rev. DIR.
Washington GLADDEN.. moderator Of the ma
tional council of the Congregational Church.
Dr. GLADDEN., in protesting against the ac-
ceptance of John D. Rockefeller's gift of
$1OO, 900 to the church board of foreign mis-
sions, declared that Mr.. Rockefeller's
wealth had been fagitiously acquired and
that the Standard Oil Company manipu-
lated railroad rates to suit itself.
Ministers say queer, things" remarked
Mr. Rogers yesterday. Or. Washington
GLADDEN. says that everybody knows that
John d. Rockefeller has obtained his money
dishonesty. With as much reason, l could
say that everybody knows that Dr. Glad
den would not trust the Ten Command
ments for ten days with the deacons of his
church, because they would surely break
some of them, and bend the rest.
Slavery In certain sections of the United
States was legal until President Ldncolns
emancipation proclamation. Rebates on
railroads were just as legal until the pas
sage of the interstate commerce commits
sion act After an exhaustive examination
by the industrial commission, authorized
by Congress June 1S, 1898. in a review OF
evidence, the commission reported as fol-
lows:
general belief on the part of almost all of
the opponents Of the Standard Oil Com
pany that these Determinations in various
forms have BEEN continually received,
even I'D to date On the other hand, these
charges have been denied in toto and most
emphatically by every representative OF
the Standard Oil Company with reference
to all cases excepting one. which they claim
was a mistake, the amount of freight due
being promptly paid on discovery of the
error The Standard OIL Company not
merely challenged the opponents to bring
forth proof of any cases3 but produced many
In,T iraer affir VOLS nf do
to show that the company had in no case
received any favors or asked for them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-01
Bank Statement.
COTTON MARKET TODAY.
Opened Easy at a Decline-0rders
Were Divided.

NEW YORK, April 1.-The cotton market
opened easy at decline of % points In
response to lower cables, good weather and
realizing by recent buyers for over the
weekend. Offerings were absorbed by COW
ering of shorts. who had sold on the high
points of last week. and a little support
from Wall street bulls, but orders were so
well divided that prices ffuctuated within
range of about points. and showed no spe-
caaI tendency. After the first few minutes
the market was very quiet
Estimated receipts of cotton at the ports
today, 1900. against 2S.121 last week ana
7.578 last year. For the week 11000 bales,
against 201 .9O4 last week and 41.2oi last
wear. Today's receipts at New Orleans,
Z 3g7 bales. against 1894 last year, and at
Houston 1886 bales. against 1,275 last year.
Cation futures opened easy, April, LEO;
NAV IN: June, offered 7.59; July. 7.5I; Au-
gust 7.59 bid; September, offered 7.6S; oe-
tober. I.7o; November. offered Tia; Decem-
her offered 775; January. us.
Futures closed steady. April, 7-6o; May,
ia: June. T.5s: July. 7.61; August, 1853;
September, 767; October. III; November.
"a. december, III; January, 80 Spot
dun: middling, S15; middling gulf. s.4o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-01
Assistant Building inspectors.

Owing to the increased activity in build
ing operations in the District Building In
spector Ashford has recommended the ap-
pointment Of four additional temporary as
sistant inspectors In the building depart
ment. The persons recommended for ap-
pointment and who have been approved by
Col Biddle are Sidney HUNT, ]. VIM.
Downing, Malcolm Crichton and Watson
Daily. Mr.. Hunt will receive compensation
at the rate of 81 a day. and the other three
appointees will be paid So day. The APP
for temporary assistant inspec-
tors In the building department Is So 400 an
nually.