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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-30
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An Appeal for VALPARAISO.

President a. C. Kaufman of the
South Carolina branch, American Na-
t:cral Red Cross, has issued an ap-
rca. through the leading papers il
Tie state. for contributions for relief
OF the Valparaiso sufferers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-30
CONDEMNED WOMAN REsPiTEp.

Governor Folks Allows Appeal in Case
Of Mrs. Myers.
Governor Folk, at Jefferson City,
Mo-, Monday granted reprisve TILL
October 26 to Mrs. Agnes Myers, now
in Jail at Liberty awaiting execution
for the murder of her husband.
Governor Folk granted the respite
50 that the woman's attorneys might
have time in which 10 perfect an ap-
peal to the United States supreme
court.
A respite was also granted to Frank
Hoffman to October, which is the
same day for the execution OF Mrs.
Myers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-30
The Crop Outlook.

The cotton crop in South Carolina
,,ade fairly good progress in growth
tj.a past week. While in parts the
ubeather has been favorable, the
liant is not fruiting very we'll: IN
s,ut, sections of the state there has
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-30
Increase for Mill Operatives.

An increase of five per cent wages
which goes into effect at once was
granted Thursday to 1000 employees
of the cotton mills of the Boston Man
ufacturing company at Waltham, Mass.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-30
Baptists Denounce Lynchings.

The Spartanburg Baptist Assocla'
+ion at it's annual meeting at Campo
bello, passed strong resolutions con-
demning lynching and all those VINO
ensage in: mob work. The articles
recommend that all members OF Bap-
tist churches who are known to have
eneaged in lawlessness of the kind be
Withdrawn from affiliation with the
church. ....
Several lynchings have occurred in
The state recently and the religious
utrkers feel that some action OF the
condemnation should be taken, 1ndl-
eating the adherence of those who
are engaged in battling for the right.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-30
Money in Tea Rooms.

ne of the very first things that
nresent themselves as means G. re-
cruiting a wrecked fortune is opening
a rea room. Fortunes do not always
follow this venture, but nice, COM
Portable income can be derived from
such an establishment if conducted
hv experienced hands and JudlclouS
Observation-Disclosures.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-30
Husband SIays Wife's lnsulter.

After an an-night chase, W. L. Mar
shall! of Florence shot and killed Lew
j., Gray, a negro, for improper pro-
rcsal. to his wife. The negro went
t., Marshall's house during his ab-
sence. On being informed OF the al
fair Marshall armed himself and at
once started in pursuit of the negro.
Wn:!e he was resting at a store a.
EfElnghan, Florence county, the ne
gro walked in. He was recognlze1
and shot to death. The negro was a
travelling barber.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-30
RAILROAD ENTERS PROTEST.

Line Seeks to Evade Provisions Of the
Mississippi Constitution.
A bill of complaint was fled In the
federal court at Jackson, Miss, Thurs
day to restrain the railroad commits
sion from enforcing an order requir-
ing the main line of the New Orleans
and Great Northern to be built into
Columbia, Miss.
The Mississippi constitution pro-
vides that no railroad shall be built
within five miles of a county seat
without building into it, unless pre-
vented by natural distractions.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-30
adonts .sImplified Spelling.

The simplifed spelling system Will
be introduced alternatively in the
higher grammar grades Of the public
schools in Washington. D. c. The
children will be given their choice
of the old or new.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-30
EPIDEMIC THREATENED
In Earthquake-Wrecked City OF Val.
paraiso-Heroic Efforts Made to
Collect Dead Bodies.

Advices from Chile state that some
of the business housese were open
ed Thursday for the first time since
the earthquake of August 16. Tele.
phone and telegraph communication
with Santiago has been re-established,
but the lines are used almost exclu-
sively by the government officials.
The city is still under martial law.
Traffic ceases at s o'clock in the even
ing and everybody is compelled to
take some part in the work Of restor-
ing normal conditions. AS first in.
stallment, the government has appro-
priated $4,000,000 for the relief Of
the destitute. The customs house Was
re-opened Thursday and traffic by Wa
ter and by rail has been resumed. The
postal service also is in operation.
One of the greatest difficulties encoun-
tered by the authorities is the inter-
flent of the bodies recovered from the
ruins, as all the cemeteries were de-
stroyed. At the various temporary
morgues, heaps of cofins have accu.
mulated, awaiting the designation OF
their place of burial. The work OF
recovering the bodies is being pushed
to the utmost in order to avoid an
epidemic, in fear Of which many fam
lilies are leaving the city. Through the
whole length of Brazil avenue and all
over Victoria square large sheds have
been constructed to shelter the home
less from the severe rains.
Survivors of the earthquake say that
during the shocks it was impossible
to stand erect without support.
A movement is on foot to organize
company to facilitate the raising of
the money necessary to reconstruct
the city. It is proposed to advance the
sums needed without interest for the
first six months.
The plan Is to construct the new
buildings of light materials and to
lay out the streets so they will have
uniform width of twenty meters.
The provinces of the north and south
which have not suffered from the
earthquake are sending, supplies of
food and money to the stricken cities
and towns.
The department Of public works at
Santiago has appropriated 100000 for
the construction Of sheds to shelter
the refugees from Valparaiso and else
where, who continue to arrive at the
Chilean capital in large numbers.
Valparaiso still. is without street
lights, but order Is maintained, owing
to the severity of the authorities, wno
shoot all persons caught committing
robberies.
Among the buildings which fell at
the time of the earthquake are the.
palace of justice and the maritime
prefecture.
The board of directors of the Mer-
chants Exchange at New Yosk We'd
nesday ordered a letter sent to the
members of the association and other
citizens of New York asking subscrip-
tons for the relief Of the earthquake
sufferers in Chile.
San Francisco made the first Amer
ican contribution for the relief of the
Valparaiso earthquake sufferers. A dis.
patch received by the state depart.
ment in Washington from American.
Minister Xix at Santiago announced
that a donation of $4,000 had been
received from San Francisco.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-30

New York consumes close to g.
100000 tons of ice annually, o'
which the rupply of the manufactured
..~oduct amounts to 100000 tons.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-30

Jack Frost Appears In Kansas.
A light frost was reported from
Reading, Kans, Monday, breaking the
record of the last ten years for early.
frost.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-30
CHARGES AGAINST Oil OCTOPUS.
Grand Juries Return Ten Indictments
Containing 6,428 Counts.

The first and second federal grand
juries at Chicago, Monday, returned
ten indictments against the Standard
Oil Company before Judge Bethea, in
the United States circuit court. The
indictments, which contain 6,42S
counts, are all in connection with
the granting of rebates.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-08-23
HOW sHoNTs WON HIS WIFE.

That Mr. Shonts has a habit of ac-
compliShing to the queens taste what he
sets out to do, is illustrated by two Incl
dents furnished by his career.
AS young men will do, there came a
time when he fell in love with a young
lady. She was the daughter of General
Francis M. Drake afterwards Governor
of Iowa) and a musical enthusiast.
Somehow, Shonts got it into his head
that to win her he would have to become
proficient in music, and, nothing daunted
by the circumstance that from his earliest
boyhood he had never been able to carry
a tune or distinguish one note from an
other, he set resolutely to work to master
the art. 1t was hard work, but he kept
at it. and before long he was being COM
plimented by Miss Drake on his unsus-
pected accomplishment Still later he
was rewarded for all his trouble by gain
ing from the young lady's lips the word
he longed most to hear. To this day
music is one of Mr.. Shonts' hobbies. He
has only two-the other is work.
The second incident occurred in Chi
cago. the Shonts' home town. A rail
road contractor who harbored a griev.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-08-23

~H5.tI<~tftIS JoD ever uuucIIakcH Dy IIfdf,
and along the whole length of the canal
route the dirt is flying with characteristic
American energy.
1t is peculiar fact that until both Mr..
Shonts and Mr.. Stevens were selected
for their present work, their existence
was undreamed of by the great Ameri-
can public, which now has their names
on its lips daily.
When the President determined to re-
organize the Canal Commission he nat
urally looked about for the proper man
to head it. Elihu Root refused the task;
he was welded to the law. Henry c.
Frick did not want it; he had already
done his work. One day Paul Morton,
then in the cabinet as Secretary of the
Navy, suggested the name of Theodore
P Shonts, friend of his.
AS the good old expression has it, the
President took to Mr.. Shonts at once,
and when the latter frankly stated that
he would not consider taking the posi-
tion unless he could have full authority,
and his Judgment would be final in all
matters wherein there was a difference
of opinion, that settled it. Mr.. Shonts
was straightway offered the position un-
der this condition, and as promptly &C
cepted, thus leaping from obscurity, as
president Of third-rate railroad, to in
ternational prominence, as executive head
of the worlds greatest engineering un-
dertaking.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-08-23
IdIlu ana racine.

His greatest engineering feat was ac-
complished while he was in the employ
of the Great Northern, James ]. Hills
road. AT the same time he had his most
thrilling adventure, or, rather, series of
adventures.
1t was in 1890, the year that he went
with the Great Northern as principal as
sistant engineer, that he undertook to
get the road across the Cascade Noun
tains and Washington State To find a
pass i'll the mountains through which the
road could be run, and to locate the line
Engineer Stevens disappeared one day in
the wilderness with two Indian guides
and pack mule. There befell adventure
sufficient in scrambling up mountains,
skirting yawning precipices, treading vir-
gin territory; but on top of all this the
guides turned deserters and the pack
mule lay down and gave up the ghost
Imagine yourself in an untamed coun-
try under such circumstances. Would
you push on intrepidly? That is just
what John F. Stevens did, and he not
only discovered Stevens Pass (named
after him by grateful employer), but
in addition located the line so admirably
that it remains unchanged to this day
This bit of strenuous endeavor made
Mr.. Stevens chief engineer of the road
five years after going with it, and some
time later he became its general manager.
AS such he did much to make the road
the wonderful property it is to-day. From
the Great Northern he went to the Rock
Island, as chief engineer and fourth vice
president
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-08-23
"I'LL STICK" SAYS STEVENS.

Mr.. Stevens was born down East fifty
three years ago. To be exact, his birth
place is West Gardiner, Me. He is three
years older than Mr.. Shonts, who was
born in Crawford County, Pa, but was
raised in Iowa. Mr.. Stevens did not go
west until he had given up teaching
school for engineering, being led to take
the step largely because he had an uncle
who was famous engineer in his day.
81 am going to STICK" Mr.. Stevens
announced, when it became news that he
was to succeed John F. Wallace as chief
engineer of the canal.
The mans dogged determination and
his ability to preserve a cheerful face and
crack smile in the face of apparently
insuperable difficulties, are leading cnar-
acteristics They have done lot to win
him the devotion of the men who work
under him, as we'll as to pull him
triumphantly through numerous tight
places.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-08-23

When the United States Senate, a short
time before the ADJOURNMENT Iof Com
gress, unexpectedly voted for lock
canal across the Isthmus of Panama,
thus concurring with the House, the
President said:
"As soon as 1 receive official notice of
the action of Congress, I'll tell Shonts
to cut loose"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-08-23
THEODORE P. sHoNTs, chairma,

THEODORE P. SHONTS, chairman
and executive head of the Isthmian
Canal Commission, soon received
this word from Mr. Roosevelt, and he,
II turn. lost no time in passing it On
to John F. Stevens, chief engineer of the
Commission and his right-hand rnan
sr many weary months. of prepa ration
.-.<..e NsS to deter
min. the type of canal these The so',a, two saen men
now nave W ,.@,pnected with the biggest
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-08-23
THE RECORD BUILDER OF RAILROADS.

THE RECORD BUILDER OF RAILROADS.
An equally restless and hard worker
is Mr.. Stevens. He is every bit as true
friend and good hater. He also is
able to inspire the enthusiasm of men
under him. He, too, knows railroading
from top to bottom, is of the Middle
West, and accepted the Presidents offer
largely because of his love of doing
things that look hard.
In the twenty-rine years that he was
connected with railroads in some engi-
neering capacity Mr. Stevens managed to
construct more miles of railroad than
any other man in the world down to date
He began to build track in 70, as engi-
neer and superintendent of surveys of
the Sabine Pass and Northwestern Rail-
way. Two years previously he had begun
his engineering career as assistant city
engineer of Minneapolis He was then
twenty-one. When he left the railroad
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
Dbl / AMES I TOR
FOR I AIAL NllR| Eek 81
Southern hallway Finds Employee
Responsible for spencer's
Tragic Death.

Washington, Dec.al s. The official in
vestigation sof the Southern railway
into.s4th rear-end collision, which oc-
Cured at Lawyers, Va, on Thanksgiv-
ing Day and in which President Spen-
cer.So the Southern and six others,
Including number of prominent men,
lost their lives, has been concluded
and the responsibility for the wreck
placed on G. D. Mattox, block operator
sci A: 8. Thorn Of the railroad declares
that it, the rules of the: company had
been obeYed, no other train could have
passed Rangoon or entered the block in
which President Spencer's train was
The undisputsls testim ony, he says,
shows that no less than three different
rules of the company were violated by
Mattox, the observance Of any one Of
which would have prevented the ac-
cident
He cites the three rules il his state.
on the witness stand gave as his only
excuse that the. operator at Lawyers
did report train No. 33 as etbyU Law
yers, but failed to give him the time it
operator at Lawyers, The general coun-
sci says, enphatically denies that he
sent any such message as claimed by
Mattox, and declares that Mattox had
never Informed him that train No. 33
wanted the block or had entered it.
~ 1t will thus be seen from evidence
that was not disputed that the human
factor failed at the decisive moment
and caused this great catastrophe, :"
said Mr. Thorn.
" Mattox is 90 years old, had been
in the employ Of the company as an
operator for about two years. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. \ { Re! :.
AS SI0CK (! / ! Up
Man Losing on. Milwaukee Says
7. He'll Kill OIL Trusts =
= : ..lei i. ~, ROVER, couas,., j.. -
Journal Special. Service.

Journal Special Service. y -. "
/: New York, Dec. ls.-Drfven to DIES.
peration, it is believed by his losses
thru the sensational advance Of Mil
waukee stock, a man, whom the police
believe is broker, has written a letter
threatening to take the fife of .:H. 81.
Rogers, who is one Of the principal di:
rectors Of that road. Rogers received
such letter on Sunday. III was signed
"a Trader.' iTttznot eaf ~ -
Following the announce cement. Of st.
Paul 81 issue Of $l00,000,000e ;cin new
stock fora Pacific coast extension yes
terday3 it4was51earnaaf from Rogers last
night That another letterg WRITTEN ap.
parently by the same inan; was hsent Ito
Police Commissioner, Bihgham, in which !,
the threat against sthhP Standard 81 Oil
mans life was. repeated One s,of two
other letters containing similar an
nouncements Of the writer's inten ton
were sent to other persons. .-isst va
Mr.. Rogers was not. greatly fright
ened over the contents OF thes mlssives,
but his, offices at 26 Broadway . were
guarded by detectives sMra Rogers de-
MED last night he had sought amy pro-
lection. .,...... liz. L.:.,s,
! It is reported that, the business asso-
GATES Of Mr.. Rogers, incl udings lillian
Milwaukee. as well as 6{ither members
Of The Standard Oil company, received
letters similar in purp6rt. Mr.. Rogers
knew, nothing of the threats against
anybody else. IT, Z, ss::+ 7. 'fs1,l
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
DAY rs DARK FOR CHICAGO
Strange Barometric Conditions Caus
Streets to Be lit, AS at Night.

ot[auge BaEeIheITac CQaldltlonS. Cause
Streets to Be lit, as at Night.
Special to The journal. 49, z ssss =
!, Chicago Chi Dec: 1s:-A 81. records for
day At 80 am. the eit yso sud ID
denly plunged into inKysblacRngss. due
primarily TO barometTic conditions.
Dawning clear and cold, in part fu1-
fillment of the prophecy OF the wealth
er, bureau, the wind suddenly died
down, clouds gathered overhead ,tsmok
from all the big buildings was driven to
earth, and in ten minutes the city was
enveloped in a gloom as impenetrable
as q London fog. ssSsa:.ss.xt
Midnight was never darker. and at
8 am. the city had the appeaTa1ice of
an Illuminated city, every light in
every office bull ding, and in all Of the
big stores, elevated and streefears. as
well as street lights. being turned on,
making sight seldom seen in Chicago,
and contrasting strangely with the cav
ness Of the Christmas shoppers.
The sudden coming Of the mantle of
darkness nearly caused a number of
serious accidents. Elevated trains not
having lights bumped into each other
on sharp curves, and passengers were
shaken up considerably. Accidents
also were narrowly -averted in the con-
gested downtown districts, in one in
stance two electric cars coming togeth.
er with terrific force in State street.
Fortunately, the cars were on the loon,
having just discharged the most Of the
passengers, and no one was injured.
The pail Of darkness lifted shortly
after noon. - :,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
ENGINEER GIVES LIFE
TO SAVE PASSENGERS

Rochester, N. Y, Dec 1s.-The New
York Central train known as the "Buf-
falo local, IA fast train running be-
tween New York and Buffalo, was
| wrecked about a mile east Of Palmyra
late yesterday The engineer was ia
tally injured and the entire train was
| burned to the trucks. stSE
7 Il A collision of freight trains threw a
coal car over onto the passenger track
The crew started to flag the Buffalo
local." but almost Immediately the To-
cal came in sight, with two engines;
making:up lost time. The heavy coal
car threw both engines off The track
and down the embankment. The bag
gage car was thrown partly off the
rails, but none of the other cars left
the track. -.;.5.l. Ill. Es$sl.
Every one in the: passenger cars was
badly shaken up, but none was seriously
| injured Engineer Harris Of Rochester,
who was in the first engine and who,
by sticking to his post, probably saved
many lives, was dug out from under
the wreckage terribly injured. =
| The passenger train took fire and in
short time all the cars were destroyed
Several: freight cars also, caught. fire
and burned. "a : t. y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
GIVES ALL TO MISSIONS
Indiana Man starves Himself to- Aid
Cause of Method Sts. as.
Journal special Service

Journal Special Service. ~ Il
Warsaw, Ind. !, ~ ID lee. Il8 - astering
his passion to aid the work of the
foreign missi onary society of the Meth
5odist church starving himself to give
to the cause, donating more than $780,
900 IN cash to promote the work, Eliza
Hays, 81 years DID, friend of Bishop
M'cCabe, Wills be, taken tomorrow to
the home for the aged at Edgewater. =
Save the annuity :. granted by the
church, Hayes is penniless and com
|pletelY broken in health. When he made
his first gift Of $4,000 to The, cause
of missionary work, Bishop McCabe
granted him what he considered a rea,
sonable annuity for his wife's living
expenses, he replied that he thought
$500 would be plenty for them to live
to this, and an annuity Of $1,S so n Was
given him. Since that time he has been
saving from his annuity and not long
ago made another donation of $21, 900,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
PLANNED BIG STRIKE
+ TO GEICIIY'S BONDS.
Former Frisco Boss Had Bold
Scheme, Declares Rudolph
Spreckels. G.
San Francisco. Dec.

San Francisco, Dec. rs Startling
testimony was given by y Rudolph
Spreckels yesterday in the proceedings
before Superior Judge Dunno, in which
Mayor Eugene Schmitz sand Abraham
Ruef are seeking to set aside the i've
indictments found against each of them
for felony--extor .#*A
Spreckels, who had been ,called by the
defense, testified that Abraham Ruef
had calfe lion him at the time of the
big municipal bond issue and asked him
to form a syndicate to take. all the
bonds thus authorized Spreckels was
unable to see what guarantee there was
that if a syndicate were formed it
could secure the bonds, as under the
law they must be put 9upssa public
auction and sold to the highest bidder.
Ruef informed Sprecke1s, according
to his testimony, that this could be
easily arranged, for he would have a
general strike declared on all the street
railroads and tie upzthe different lines.
With San Francisco in this condition
relativeSto it's passenge Transportation
he calculated, so 5Spreekels said, that
no outside capital would be on the
city's bonds and the syndicate would
have clear field. ,s< .. Az q :
I Spreckels also testified that Ruef de-
manded that he be retained as the at
torney of the San Francisco Gas e Elec-
trio company. s.: e =. ~: X y e 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-18
GAsPIPE MURDERER GUILTY
Frisco: Holdup Dismisses Counsel and
.-;I Takes Case Into Own Hands. ,+xs,

San francisco, Dec. :l8.-Louis Dab
ner, the self conf essed gaspipe murder
er, has pleaded guilty to the murder Of
M. Munakata, manager Of the Japanese
bank. His plea was made against the
advice of his attorneys, whose services
he coldly dispensed with, and against
the offer of Judge Cook to procure other
counsel or to protect his rights in case
Of appeal. The motive assigned for Dab
ner's action was that he is possessed of
a vain hope Of turning state s evidence
sen, and thus receive a. penalty less Sc
we're than hanging. However, the pris-
oner made his plea with the full knowl-
edge Of the meaning Of his step. Even
Dabner g father, who influenced the
confession Of the crimesj as given to the
detectives, was not taken into his sons
confidence regarding his act. 49,.