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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-25
DEAD AT THK THROTTLE.
Train Sped Past Signals After tho
Eugineer Was Killed.

Spec Past fHnAi ATter INC
Eugineer was Killed.
William Il. St0ot, Of Harrison, N.
j., the fireman Of tho fast Flying
Virginian, the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad through express to St. Louis,
which left jersey City at 6:52 O'Clock
last evening, saved the lives of bis
passengers l taking charge Of the
locomotive after the engineer, Dan
Mahoney, had been killed In the Cub.
When Stoot grasped the throttle and
slackened the speed the train had al.
ready passed at least two danger
signals.
The train made Trenton on sched
ule time last night, but pulled out
Of that city with a smoking journal,
Mahoney was afraid Of that journal
and kept q watch on 1t as he sped
along. To do so he had to lean out
OF tie cab while he kept n hand or
the throttle. OOce he bent too fal
forward out Of his cab window to get
a glimpse Of the defective journal ant
hts head was struck by q signal post
Death was probably instantaneous.
The locomotive gathered steam
and picked up speed. 1t vas Of the
big hogback type, and it is, therefore
impossible for the fireman to see the
engineer. TO Fireman Stool the
train seemed to have attained tht
velocity Of q cannon ball. He hat
hardly a moments lull In his work O
s%hoveling on coal. AS he stopped tt
mop the perSpiration from his brow
a lucky glance through the other sld'
OF the cab revealed a red light.
Dan" he yelled, but there was NJ
answer. Another instant q SECOND
red light was passed. 1t was p(air
that something was wrong and tina
he and the passengers behind him, a
thil,gs then stood, were riding to al
most certain death. For Gods sake
why don't you slow her up?" he agai,
called to the engineer. I'VE hav'
passed two red bugs. Check her
Dan, ior Gods sake" In the Ian
euage Of railroad men red bug
means a danger signal.
Every moment the engine boundct
faster until the telegraph poles seem
ed TO Stool like lead pencils. Afte
his second warning cry he did no
Wait for an answer, but began tt
Chamber over into the engineers sid
to investigate. He found Malone,
dead. His lifcless hand was Still OF
the throttle and his head, wet will
blood, rested on the edge Of the win
dow. Stoot slowed down the engine
Then he took the train or to Yves
Philadelphia, after putting anothe
man at his own end Of the boiler
Not q passenger nor the conducto
knew Of the peril OF the train. Ma
honey lived In Brooklyn, and tn
body was sent there. He was 4
years old. About u yer ago hi
wife vas killed in q trolley acoiden
In Newark.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-25

chisement for the time being of the
negro majority legally.
81 Last, the inauguration of the
sais OF liquor by bundled officers under
the dispensary system. 1 viii not say
that your vision is clouded by fanati
cIsm, but II 1t be true that he who
makes two blades Of grass to grow
where only one grew before Is j public
oeuefactor, then is 1t no1 equally true
Chat he WHO conceived a scheme by
which drunkenness was reduced, tenn
perance encouraged and decency and
good order Increased, and withal
made the demon whiskey contribute
to the education Of the ignorant
masses, need be ashamed OF his worRP
b. II TILLMAN.
Trenton, s O., Aug. ID. 1906
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-25
Death Valley.

A dispatch from Bullfrog, Nov.
says Tim Ryan, who is supposed tt
have been from Los Angeles, has beer
found dead near the salt wells IN
Death Valley. Ryan makes the
thirty. fifth known victim to die IN
that locality this summer. Ryan had
been in Death Valley for five years
and 1t Is supposed that he drank
from salt springs which are charged
with arsenic, P~rospectors arriving
here report finding In the deSest many
skeletons known to he those mon who
died this SUMMON.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-25
AGAINST The BOOK TRUST.
Courts Decide that individual Mer,
chants Can Keduce Prices.

SOutNb DSOtOo tISt AhNkOSlNuSt llof
chants Dan Reduoe Prices.
"a decision has been handed down
In the United States Circuit Court
by Judge Ray, in the action CT
Charles Schribncr g. Sons and the
Bobts. Merrill Company against r. II.
| Macy 81 co. for an inju! ction to re-
strain Macy's from selling copyright
books at loss than the retail prices
fixed by the Publishers Association
which will have a far reaching effect
on all trade combinations" says The
New York World.
Stephen III. DIN and ex.Attorney
General w. II. II. Miller appeared
for the complainants, and ex Score.
tary OF the United States Treasury
John G. Carlisle, and Edmond e.
Wise for Macy's.
Judge Rsy gives o sweeping decision
in favor Of r.. II. Macy g. Co., dis
missing the complaint and severely
criticising the combination Of publish.
ers ard booksellers, which he holds to
be in violation Of the Sherman Anti
Trust Law.
Elitorialy the New York Journal
says:
The firm Of r. Fl. Macy s. Co.
rendered a really great service tc
the public at large and to the buni-
ness interests OF the community In
their fight against the Book
| Trust
THE Book Trust alleged It's right
to forbid retailers to sell books below
q certain price fixed by tho trust.
Macy s. Co., acting in behalf o.
the purchasing public, maintained in
thc c WITS at considerable expense,
ohuir right to sell merchandise bought
by them for Whatever price they
pleased.
"The case was heard before Judge
Ray in the United States Circuit
curt, IsidCr Straus and Nathan
Stratus partners, appearing under The
finn o. r.. II. Macy Il Co., In behalf
Of the public and the rights
Of the individual business
man.
The thanks of the public arc duC
to r. II. Macy s. Co. for the fght
they made against this particular
form Of trust oppression. And still
greater thanks arc due to Judge Ray
for this excellent opinion, Ia which
he sustainS the action Of Messrs
Straus appearing In behalf Of the pub
lie interest.
1T is to be hoped that the get ricl
quick gentlemen who proposed to gel
such money from the public by max
ing themselves lords and masters Of
purchaser, retailer and all other
take to heart the lesson that !
taught them in che opinion quotet
above.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-25
TWGLVE MEM KILLED
BY n Large Masa OF Stone Failing
Upon Thorn.

A mass Of limestone weighing
thousands Of tons slid from a side OF
the quarry Of mill A Of the Lahigt
Portland Cement company at Orm'
rod, Pa, at noon Wednesday just five
minutes before time to quit work.
Twenty-seven men were at work il
the quarry, which Is 1000 feet long
100 feet across and 100 feet deep. The
heavy rains of the past two days hac
softene0 the earth and caused the slide
Of rock.
Where the fallen mass slipped away
a smooth, nearly perpendicular wal
was left, rising sheer 100 feet above
the bottom Of the quarry, while ,h'
entire quarry floor was covered witt
broken, jagged rock. Only nine O.
the men got away safely, four Of whom
escaped by running up on q Of
rock ct the opposite side OF the quar-
ry. The remaining Is were buIdleC
In a spacs ten feet square, and II OF
them we're killed and six injured. I've
Of the latter may die. All OF the
non are Slavonians who lived In shan
Ties close to the 4larry.
Two men who saw the side OF the
quarry culver shouted a warning t.
the men. The nor miS!nterpreted
the called and failed To moved ou5 OF
zono Of danger until 1T was too late.
With a thundcrcui roar the mountain
Of rocK fell, pInning the men fast.
Tine r scucrs found six men huddled
IN one place, four standing and two
lying down. Three were alive and
one died before he could be gotten out.
Five physicians were summoned who
gave the injured first aid on tho scene
and then had thom hurried In wagons
TO the Allentown hospital. The dead
were laid Oh boards aud carried to the
stock house. Eight bodies were re.
covered before dark, at which time
two more were exposed TO view and
two others buried deep In the pit
Tho latter's bodies may not be reached
until thursday.
Most OF the men killed or injured
are single. Others had families In the
old country. A number OF women
from the foreign colony ran to the
quarry when the news Of tho accident
reached them and their moaning and
anguish were pitiable.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-25
Hunting iior Son.

The Columbia Record says q letter
has been received at the governors
office from Mrs. Julia Bloden, OF
Charleston In which she states that
her boy, Willic, about twelve years OF
age, lett her home about five months
ago and has not been seen since. She
fears That he was killed near Colum.
bia IN a wreck and bcgs that an In.
vestlgation be made. The only way
in which this can be done Is through
the press and the letter Is accordingly
made public,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-25
Chargos Against Collector.

Commissioner Greene, OF the civil
service commission, today sstN that
an agent Of the commission will be
sent 90 Newport News, Va, to inves
tigato the charges filed by Congress.
man Maynard and w. E. Barrel
against Capt. Stewart, collector OF the
port there. Stewart is accused OF
playing politics 10y promoting Repub-
licans In his Office and reducing Dem.
ocrats.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-25
Manta 60 DnhAlc.

Nj. c.. L. Sims, an attorney OF
Spartanburg, has. challenged Senator
Til)man to a Joint debate on the dis.
pcnsary. Mr.. Sims has recently
been prominently before the public
as attorney for certain Of the Spar.
tauburg dispensary onl3&lS during
tho recent investigation. 1t IS said
that he viii oppose Senator Tillman
for the S6natorship.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-25
Attic Turn OF tho Road.

Where the rough road turns, and the valley sweet
Smiles bright with its balm aud bloom,
We'll forgct,ho thorns that have pierced the feet
And tho nights with their grief and gloom,
And the sky will smilo, aud the stars will beam,
And we'll lay us down in the light to dream,
We shall lay us down in tho bloom and light
With apraycr and II tear for re t,
AS tired childr u who creep ut nj ght
. To tho peace of II mothers breast,
And for all tho gricf of tho stormy past
Rest shall be swootcr at last-at lnstI
And the lonesome night and log,
While the darkness drifts to the perfect day
With It's splcndor of light aud song
The lightthat shall bless and kiss us and love us
And sprinkle tho roses Of heaven alovo us!
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-25
kecli 10 Thcir nceth.

Five people we're killed In the Alps
mountains on THURSDAY by falling.
Two tourists from Meran, while hunt
log for edelwciSs, were Killed. While
climbing the HoetatS group q BAvar-
Ian lawyer fell and was killed. -Four
students from Dresden ascending tho
HehergocIl, fell down q preclp!ce.
One was killed and the others were
probably fatally Injured. Another
youth OF sixteen was killed on Mount
M%ythenstock. He fell nine hundred
feet and his body was reduced to pulp.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-25
Only SIX IGsoaped,

A telegram from Batavia, Dutch
East Indies, ! reportes an ugly out
break OF Achinese rebels who attacked
the Dutch post at Rambong, killing
two officers and twenty-five men. Only
six men Of the post succeeded In es-
Gaping and these were wounded.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-25

Two negroes we're killed by inhaling
carb0nic acid gas while cleaning out
an old we'll at Wadesboro, N. O., on
Monday,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-25
Ridgewood club where a light lunch

The executive committee mot and
the secretary was authorized to get
out such descriptive matter as might
be deemed advisable to be distributed
by the railroads throughout the north.
west. The executive committee is
also talking Of gettirg out q magazine.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-25

Lost His Hand. al
AS q result Of drinking Ashev.lis JtSi.
4uor ~ TWO great an abundance and
s,esrshg beside the railway track Da.
wa Psycock, a Union, S. O., negro, Ia
IN the Mission Hospital minus his iefb
hand, says the Asheville Citizen,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-08-25

and the internal revenue collectors
books be inspected quarterly by such
person as the State board may appoint
Tor thaG purpose, to see that the dual.
ity OF the goods contracted for and the
goods delivered correspond, and that
all the goods purchased have boon sent
out from the State dispensarY or other.
wise accounted for. The Legislature,
through It's committee, can examine
into and report at each session upon
The whole management.
Let the name and brand Of the
liquor be blown into the glass 30 there
can be no change Of labcls. Havcsnc
case goods kept IN stock and confine
the purchase Of these to special orders
from private individuals. DO away
with beer dispensaries as now run,
@cd let the regular dispensers keep
oee1 on Ice &c be used by thu hutt]c
only, and not drunk on the premises.
Above all zee that the request books
are always used before a purchase is
made.
So much for the central depot.
Now for the local dispenCarles. |
believe more satisfaction xiii result
aEd q better administration OF the
law be had, II the super vision and
control OF the local d!spcnsaries be
placed In the hands OF the county SUI
peryisors elected by tho people, the
mayor OF the town in which the dis.
pensary Is located, elected also by the
people, and n person to be appoint
ed by the State board, who shall re.
ceive reasonable compensation for his
time and labor. They have the local
dispensers elected by tho people OF the
county. Where there is moro than
one they q be elected on q joint
ticket. Let tho Governor have the
power TO remove for cause and lot him
exercise 1t vigorously,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-04
FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY
MUST RAISE $4,000.
to Raise This Amount. Thus Making
Sure the Erection OF Library
Ruildin.--No Summer School for
Teachers This Year.-Profcssor
Noble Given Several Months Leave
Of Absence.
Especial to The Messenger.

Paleigh. N. c.. April 1.-The trus-
tees OF the State University met i'm the
executive office today Colonel Kenan.
the chairman of the Alumni Associa-
tion presiding. The first thing done
was tn accept a gift rendered by An
drew Carnegie of s50.000 for library.
the conditions being named by the
siver that a like sum shall be other
wise raised 1t was directed that q
careful canvass be at once made to
raise the needed sum. a library of
modern style has long been wanting
by the University and now a golden
opportunity is afforded. 1t was de-
cided to suspend the summer school
for this year. owing to lack of funds
to conduct it. This is the summer
school for teachers. It's suspension
does not in any way affect the summer
law schools. which will be conducted
as usual. The Southern Education
Board has made an offer to pay the
expenses of a man. to be elected by
the trustees o. the University. to be
ranked as a professor who will travel
over the state and arrange for the es-
adjustment of public high schools. not
only covering this matter and looking
after such schools but also l&cturing
at the University. This excellent
proposition was also accepted. The
amount allowed for salary and ex-
penses of travel is S2.250.
Professor M. c. S. Noble was given
leave of absence from the first of May
until the beginning of the next term
to go abroad and make 4 special study
of the German and English public
school systems. The president DR..
Venahle. who was present made the
usual good showing for the Universi-
ty. lie. is greatly pleased at the Car
negie gift. which indeed is very agree
able to the trustees and to the gen.
eral nublic as we'll. 1t appears to be
the belief that the needed money 10
meet this gift Will be soon raised
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-04
EARLY TRIAL FOR CONNORS.
of Charges Against the Armour Su.
perintendent.

Chicago, April 1.-An important de-
velopment of the beef trust investiSa-
ton was an official announcement to-
day by counsel for Armour and Com
pany's general superintendent, T. J.
ConnOrs, under Indictment, charged
with interfering with witnesses, tha!
an appeal will be made to Judge Ken
esaw Landis, Monday for an immctti-
ate trial Of the charges made against
Connors. The government officials
were served with a notice to this ef-
feet. They declared themselves ready
to meet the arguments of attorneys for
COnnors
One of the conjectures which arose
when it was first known that such a
move was contemplated was that al
attempt is being made to force the gov
ernment to show what some of the pro
ceedings before the grand jury were.
According to federal officials it would
not be necessary if the Connors case
should go to an immediate trial, for
the government to divulge any of the
secrets of the grand jury room.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-04
FOR POSSESSION OF LETTERS
Important Papers That Have Bearing on the
Nan Patterson Case.

Cincinnati, o., April-A fight for
the possession of certain letters which
were entrusted to Detective Akin by
Mrs. ]. Morgan Smith, when her hus-
band was arrested, is promised as the
next development in the Cincinnati end
of the Nan Patterson case. Attorney
Shay today demanded the return of the
letters from the detective. The officer
refused and the attorney announced
that the matter would be taken into
the courts. The attorney declared he
would compel the delivery of the let
ters and threatened to cause the detec-
tives arrest.
Akin refused pending the arrival CT
the Assistant District Attorney Garvan
from New York this afternoon and
Shay dcided to defer action until Mon
day. Akin said that when appealed
to by Mrs. Smith regarding the letters
he supposed that they were of minor
Importance and entirely unconnecte1
with the case, and therefore he had
promised to care for them. After they
had been turned over to him, he said
that Mrs. Smith declared 'If these pa
pers ever get into the hands OF the
police they'll hang Nan"
This remark caused him to change
his lutention and he has turned then
over to the Cincinnati police for safe
keeping until the papers can be deliv'
cred to District Attorney Jerome. The
contents of most of the letters have moi
been made public but at least four are
said to be very important. Among
them is a letter for II. L. who tele.
graphed Smith the day of Smiths ar
| rest Keep your mouth shut. New
York will attend to your case
The III. L." letter is addressed te
"Tessie,' which Akin says is one o.
the names assumed by Mrs. Smith il
her wanderings, which "Alex' accord
| ing to Akin is Morgan Smith
The letter is written upon an eiab
orately embossed sheet of tinted papel
of rich quality. The text is as follows;
Dear Tessie: We are sending 20
| today some more money. This Is the
last we have and God knows wherf
any more is coming from. Hereafter
Alex and you must do the best yor
can without our help, but whatever
| you do, keep him away from New
York We are all driven to despera
| ton and the suspense is awful. Coz
knows what will happen Do not ie
| him come back to New York.
III. L."
]. Morgan Smith and wife were for
mally arraigned in police court today
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-04
Some Action Necessary to Secure
Tranquility in San Domingo.
CONGRESSMAN BURTON TALKS
With Other Members of the Rivers
and Harbors Committee He Has
Just Returned from San Domingo.
Some Sort of a Protectorate. lie De-
clares. is Essential to Prevent Seri-
our Complications

New Orleans, April t.--The mcm-
bers Of the Rivers and Harbor comr!it-
tee of the House of Representatives re-
turned from trip to Porto Rico and
landed at New Orleans to-day. While
Il visit to the harbors of Porto Rico
was the primary reason for this trip,
the members also called at one or two
rorts on the islands of San Domingo,
Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba.
Congressman Theodore L. Burton,
summarizing tonight the results of the
visit of the congressional party to the
Island Of San Domingo, said that it
was the belief of the congressman on
the trip that some sort Of a protector
q te was essential to secure tranquility.
il, the island and prevent serious com
plicatiOnS. The congressman consider
the plan proposed by the President, o.
some similar plan, absolutely neCes-
sary.
Mr.. Burton said:
Il returned from San Domingo with
a decided opinion in favor Of taking
| Possession of the custom houses ul-
der Il quasi-protectorate, and recon-
lnended by President Roosevelt. The
| reason for this conclusion is not a de-
sire to have our government gain a
| f0othold in the island or for any ad-
Nanced application of the Monroe doc
trine. 1t is necessary in order to Sc
cure tranquility i'll the republic Of San
| TO Domingo to aide its people and to
| prevent complications of a most serious
| Eature.
The conditions there for many
| Gears have been deplTable. While it
| is one of the most productive portions
! &C the West Indies if not the most E-o-
| ductive. the prevailing condition has
been one Of anarchy. There has been
| no disposition to maintain peaccfu1
and orderly government, but the peo-
pie have been arrayed under aEbi-
tious and more or less unscrupulcus
| leaders who have sought to exploit the
island in manner which would Go
credit to the worst despOt of the old
| world"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-04
Differences lin Equitable Society May
be Settled.
TWO STATEMENTS ARE ISSUED
The Plan as Agreed on VIII he SUBJ
mitted To the Board OF Directors hy
Mr.. Root. Who VIII Suggest Its
Adoption-Jan'es III. Hyie Declares
That the Changes Made Against
Him arc False.

New York. April AFTER a confer
ence of five hours in the New York Of
flee CT the state superintendent OF m
suraace, Hendricks. at which were rep
resentatives of the various interests In
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
controversy, two official statements
were issued, one which suggested a So
luton Of the differences, and a second
some hours later by James II. Hyde,
first vice president of the society. who
declared that he had requested the
state insurance department to make a
thorough and drastic investigation OF
the entire management of the society"
Mr.. Hyde's statement declared that
the scandalous charges relating To his
conduct as director and an officer,
were false" and that these charges
have their origin in an effort by ind:-
yiduals to obtain control of the Equi-
table Society and its assets"
He said that he did not control the
society, and that he has no official pow
er in the society except such as he
president of the society chooses TO give
him and has exercised no power except
with the concurrence and for the beue-
fit of the society itself.
The first statement issued, which has
the approval of all sides to the contro-
versy, suggests representation OF the
policy holders in the directory at the
ratio of 2S TO "a. that four vacancies
be created in the executive committee.
the superintendent of insurance io
designate the four names which should
retire. and the policy holders TO name
two of the new names. and Cornelius
n. Bliss the other two.
AS explained to the Associated
Press by one of the attorneys, the
agreement reached means that the
Crimmins policy holders committee, rs
party of the first part, Mr. Hyde, prin-
cipal stockholders, as party OF the sec
ond part; Mr.. Hendricks, superinten-
dent of insurance as party of the third
part, and Mr.. Root, chief counsel of the
Equitable Society as party of tie
fourth part, have unanimously decided
upon a plan of naturalization and Mr.
Root as counsel of the company will
suggest its adoption by the board OF
directors at a meeting which is to be
specially called to act upon ii.
Until the board of directors acts on
the plan to be submitted the changes
in the personnel of the board which II
contemplates, including the names OF
the four members of the executive
committee whom Superintendent Hen
bricks is TO name for retirement will
not be known.