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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-01-10
JUDGE FULTON
PASSES AWAY
Aged WytheVllle JuriSt Was Member of
Famous StOneWaIl Brigade
During Civil War.
WOUNDED At SECOND
BATTLE OF MANASSAS.

Wytheville, Va, Jan. 7.-Judge John
Il. Fulton died at his home here ,-lv
this morning after an illness of onl
few weeks of heart trouble.
John H. Fulton was born in the east
ern section of Wythe county on july
ISth' 1887, consequently he was in his
seventieth year.
he received his early education in
Wytheville, and later attended and
graduated at Emory and Henry College.
he studied law under his father. the
late Judge Andrew Fulton, and was ad-
mltted to practice and located at Wythe-
vile.
When the civil war broke out he en-
listed with the Wythe Grays, a companv
OF the famous Stonewall Brigade. on
April 18th, 1861, and was commissioned
second lieutenant of that company. In
May 1861, he was made first Heuten-
ant, and in April, 1862, captain. He
was wounded at the second battle of
Manassas in 1862 and lost his leg at
Charlottesville on the 3rd CT Nav. 1863.
after which he resigned from the ser
wee and returned to Wytheville and
TOOK up the practice of his profession.
In 1869, he was elected to the Virginia
legislature, and was by that body elect
ed judge of the circuit composed of the
counties of Wythe. Bland. Tazewell
Giles, Pulaski and Carroll. which posi-
ton ne filled with distinction for nine
teen years, and resigned to resume ac-
tive practice at Wytheville, which he
continued until the commencement of
his illness about two months ago.
In 1876 he married Miss Cynthia Nc
Gavock, of this place, and one child sur
wives him, Mrs. j. Norment Powell. of
Bristol, Va. Tenn.
AT the state reunion of the Confed-
crate Veterans at Petersburg in 1905.
Judge Fulton was elected grand com
mander of that organization.
None who ever lived in this section
stood higher in the esteem and conf
dence of those among whom he was
born, reared, and died than the deceas-
ed He was true to every trust, that
OF counselor, soldier, husband and
father.
Judge Fulton presided at the Confed-
crate reunion held in Roanoke, Va, last
october, this being one of the last of
his official acts.
mus has passed to his reward one
VINO IN peace was as genial and whole
souied as ne was brave in war, and all
VINO knew him will read the announce
ment of his death with profound sor-
row.
Wytheville mourns the death of one of
her best and most beloved citizens.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-01-10
SAID TO HAVE WORKED HERE.

Chicago, Ill, January 5.-The family
OF Rolla Steele lives at ITO North Ash
land avenue. Mrs. Irene Steele, the
widow, tonight received a telegram
from Philadelphia saying that her hus-
band was seriously injured. It is not
known who sent the telegram and Mrs.
Steele does not yet know that her hus-
band is dead.
Steele came to Chicago five years ago
from Garner, Iowa, with his wife and
three young children. In Chicago he
was employed by various firms as fore
man of steel construction. About a
year ago he procured employment in
similar capacity with the Bell Construc-
ton Company of Washington, D. C.
For some time past he had been at WORK
in Lynchburg, Va, whence he departed
two days ago.
On leaving Lynchburg Steele inform
ed his wife by letter that he was going
to Philadelphia to work for the Bell
Company. In the letter he said that
everything was well with him. There
was nothing in the communication to
show that Steele was in anything but
his usual state Of mind. Steele's moth
er, who lives at 745 Racine avenue, with
her son Royal, a teamster, received a
letter similar in purport.
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HORSES TRAMPLE FIVE TO DEATH.
A Baby Instantly Killed, Its Mother and
Three More Fatally Injured.

New York, Jan. IA runaway team
dashed into crowd at First avenue
crossing tonight, killing a baby in its
carriage and so injuring the child's
mother and three other children that
they can hardly survive.
AS the driverless team, drawing a
heavy truck, turned into the avenue.
Mrs. Minnie Klappell, pushing car
riage occupied by he 16-months old boy.
Sidney, ard with another son, Harry.
aged four, and daughter, Milhe, six
years old, on either side started for the
opposite curb. With them were Frank
Sohn, aged three and Frederick Leach
man, years old. The woman saw their
peril and made frantic effort to get
her charges back to the curb. Onlv
Mllhe escaped. The baby was crushed
to death while Mrs. Klappell and the
other three children were trampled upon
and frightfully injured, in each case in
ternal wounds being probably serious
enough to cause death.
Alexander Taggert, the driver, who
IS alleged to have let his horses in the
street, was arrested. He was charged
with homicide after he had been drag
ged through threatening crowd to
police station.
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home during the night, and his son, w.
y. George, came to town about nine
O'Clock to inquire about him. Soon after
wards runner on horseback came to
town and gave the dreadful intelligence
that Mr.. Georges dead body had been
found in the creek about four hundred
yards northwest of his house. This
news spread with wonderful rapidity,
and soon every horse and vehicle that
could be found was quickly bearing sor-
rowing friends to the scene of the trag-
edy. The body was taken from the wat
er and coroner's jury was summoned
to view it and determine, if possible,
what or who had caused the death.
1t was found that the only mark of vio-
lence on the body was deep wound,
some three inches long, on the right side
of the neck, in close proximity to the
large vein. The point in the road, which
runs beside the creek, where the wound
had been inflicted was located by blood
that showed on the ground and rocks.
About sixty feet from the point where
the wound had been given, at another
point near the edge of the road, south
ward and in the direction of his home,
Mr.. George had laid or been laid down,
as was shown by an impression on the
ground, evidently made by human
head, and where the earth was heavily
saturated with blood. From that point
Mr.. George had gone or been taken
down steep, narrow hollow, distance
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cut indicate that a system had been
used in their disposition. This his
friends believe is a positive indica-
tlon that he was killed by some
person and that the suicide theory is
not true as held by some. The coroner's s
jury which completed its investigation
on Tuesday was unable to arrive at any
conclusion, and reported that death had
come from an unknown cause. While
many intelligent persons believe it was
suicide, the vast majority believe that
the deed was committed by some un-
known criminal.
The funeral and burial did not take
place until Monday at IL o'clock. From
the time of the discovery of the body
until the funeral, thousands of citizens
of Tazewell county visited the home of
the deceased to express their deep
sympathy for the grief-stricken family
and their own great sorrow over the
loss of one whom they had been fortu-
nate enough to have called friend. A
thousand or more persons attended the
funeral, coming from all sections of the
county and many from beyond its Inn
its. No such gathering had ever been
seen at country funeral in this county.
or even in this section of the State.
The funeral and burial services were
conducted by Revs. w. M. Patty and
G. A. Maiden. They were brief and
appropriate, and many eyes grew dim
with tears as they witnessed the last
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-01-10

dent Rushton differ, as no one can be
found who saw the man drop the bomb.
The door to the Office of Cashier Nc
Lear is only few feet from that of
President Rushton, and the man must
have dropped the deadly missile between
the two rooms. Cashier McLear was
sitting at his desk at the time and his
body was badly mangled. The bomb
thrower's body was torn to pieces.
AT the time the explosion occurred all
the vaults were open, books were piled
on desks and papers of all sorts of val
ue were lying on desks preparatory to
being put away for the day. The ex-
plosion devastated the interior of the
big banking room. Glass and wooden
partitions were wrecked and ievelled to
the ground as though a cyclone had
swept through the place. Desks were
ruined and iron bars were twisted; in
fact, there was hardly an object left in
tact in the room. Of all the persons in
the room, at least six, all of them clerks,
were hurt, two of them probably fatal
ly. Three of the injured were sent to
the hospital
The explosion threw every one in the
banking room to the floor and for a
moment they were dazed. Many of
them, not knowing what had happened,
and fearing that the building, which is
an eight story structure, was falling,
made rush for the door. Mr.. Rushton
among them. The roar of the explosion
brought the tenants on all floors to their
feet and a general rush was made to the
elevators and the stairways. AS the
excited people came out, there was a
rush from the street to rescue those
whom it was thought had been caught
in the explosion. In the meantime an
alarm of fire was sent in and firemen
were quickly on the ground. There be-
ING no fire in the place, the firemen and
policemen ordered everybody out, and a
strong guard was thrown about the
building.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-01-10

The most painful and mysterious
tragedy that has ever been enacted in
Tazewell county was the one which oc-
Cured on last Friday night when T. E.
George lost his life. And no death has
ever come with more shocking surprise
to friends, neighbors and relatives than
HAS his.
On Friday afternoon just before dusk,
as usual, he mounted his horse in front
of the courthouse and started for his
home on Plum Creek, three miles west
of town. On that last journey to his
home from his Office he was met by
three persons, DR.. j. H. Crockett, Bow
en- Greever and G. H. Blackwell, the last
named meeting him at a point where he
turned from the main road, one mile
west cf town. He then seemed in his
usual good humor and chatted awhile
with Mr.. Blackwell, requesting him to
come to his Office on Saturday morning
as he wanted to engage Blackwell to do
some work for him. This was the last
time any friend ever saw Mr.. George
alive.
Saturday morning his wife and other
members of the family became disturb
ed on account of his failure to reach
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-01-10
NEGRO TROOPS FOR THE o RIENT.
Not to Get Them Out of the Country, But
Because Their Turn has Come.

Washington, January 5.-The Ninth
and Tenth Cavalry and the Twenty
fifth Infantry, including all the negro
soldiers in the regular army in this
country, have been ordered to prepare
for service in the Philippines, and will
sail at different times between March
5th and June 5th of this year. The only
other regiment composed of negroes,
the Twenty-fourth Infantry, is now do
ing service in the Philippines.
Other troops ordered to the Philip
pines are the Sixth Cavalry, the Eigh-
teenth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty-ninth
and Thirtieth Infantry. The troops
which will be relieved by the sending of
these new regiments will be the Fourth,
Seventh and Eighth Cavalry and the
Ninth, Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth
and Nineteenth Infantry.
1t was stated by Major General Bell,
chief of staff, that the negro regiments
are being sent to the Philippines be-
cause it is their turn to go and not be-
cause of any desire to get them out of
the United States at this time.
The negro troops are to sail for the
Philippines before most of the white
organizations, the last OF which will not
leave this country until early in jan
uary, 1908.
The following statement was issued
from the War Department in explana-
tion of the orders:
There was time, between 1902 and
1905, when the colored regiments were
not sent to the Philippines at all. In
1905, however, this policy was tenta-
lively changed, and the Twenty-fourth
Infantry, a colored regiment, was sent
to the Philippines and is now there.
The service of the Twenty-fourth In
fantry, in the Philippines, has been en-
tirely satisfactory, and it is thought
that the service of the other regiments
will be.
I'm reporting upon this subject Gen.
Wood states:
4 recently visited and made an in
spection of the departments of the
Visayas and Mindanao and found the
Twenty-fourth Infantry very we'll liked
by the civil authorities in the ueighbor-
hood of its various stations. In fact at
Tacloban the Governor expressed par
ticular appreciation of the fine conduct
of this regiment
Because of this report and expert
ence, the general staff recommended
and the Department decided it to be
wise to return to the former policy of
equal foreign service of all the reei-
ments of the mobile army.
''The present assignment of the other
colored regiments to the Philippines is
merely for an equal distribution of for
eign service. They have not been there
for four years. 1t now becomes fair to
them and to other regiments that they
be assigned to the Philippines in due or
der.
Foreign service, it should be stated.
increases the pay of the men 20 per
cent. and counts double time for retire
ment. 1t was pointed out at the De-
partment, therefore, that the idea that
these orders were prejudicial to the
colored troops or were made on account
of the Brownsville affair was utterly
absurd"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-01-10

of some fifty or sixty feet, to the edge
of the creek, and where evidence was
found that his body had entered the
stream at that point.
The wound which caused his death is
supposed to have been inflicted with a
paper knife or ink eraser that Mr..
George carried in his vest pocket and
used in his clerical work. The handle
of this knife was found on the edge of
the creek at the base of a cliff about
eight or ten feet high, and about forty
feet from and opposite the point where
the wound was inflicted. Just about
ten or twelve feet above where the
knife handdle was located an indellible
pencil and a piece of paper, with a
memorandum made on Friday afternoon
with the pencil, were found on the
bank of the creek. The blade of the
knife was in the creek few feet from
the location of the handle. His watch
was found in the creek some twenty feet
from the paper knife handle, his pocket
knife further down the stream and his
fountain pen and two lead pencils still
further down. The positions of the sew
eral articles that were on the person of
Mr.. George when he received the fatal
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-01-10
Japanese Press RidicuIes Idea of War
With Uncle Sam.

Toxic, Jan. 7.-There is no excitement
IN Japan over the San Francisco oues-
ton, and the Toxic press ridicules the
idea OF war with the United States, and
the attempts of Russian journals to
bring about strained relations between
the United States and Japan. The Jap
anese do not regard the San Francisco
matter as sufficiently important to dis
turb the long friendship between the
two nations.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-01-10
A SHOCKING TRAGEDY
IN OUR COMMUNITY
T. E. George, the Popular and Beloved County Clerk Of
TazeWell, Loses His Life in Mysterious Way.
THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH
Is STILL WRAPPED In MYSTERY

THOUSANDS Of SOrrOWn8 Friends Visit His Home and the Scene of the TRAGEDY
and Gather in Large Numbers TO See His Remains Placed at RsStHis
Death Has Cast Great Gloom Upon the Town and County, Cloud That
Will Long Linser Here.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-01-10
DROPS BOMB
IN A BANK
Unknown Man, Denied a Loan, Causes
Death and Panic.
HIMSELF ONE OF KILLED.
Cashier of Institution Victim and One or
Two of Injured May Die-Only Clue
Indicates That PerpetratOr Was
Former Resident of Garner,

Philadelphia, Pa, January 5.-De-
manding loan of five thousand dollars
and failing to get it, man who has not
yet been identified dropped bomb in
the Fourth Street National Bank today,
tearing himself to pieces, instantly kill
ing Cashier W. z. McLear and injuring
six others, one or two of whom may die.
The only clue to the identity of the
bomb thrower was a bunch of keys
found in portion of the clothing, at
tached to which was plate inscribed
ar. Steele, Garner, Iowa"
The Fourth Street National Bank is
the largest financial institution in the
city and occupies the greater portion of
the first floor of the Bullitt Building on
Fourth street, between Chestnut and
Walnut streets, in the heart of the finan-
cial district. The explosion was terrific,
and it caused tremendous excitement in
the crowded building and the street.
The explosion occurred few minutes
before II O'Clock, at time when the
bank is usually well filled with persons
in hurry to transact business before
the bank closes. No'Tone saw the I'M
known man enter the bank except E.
F. Shanbacker, the vice-president, who
was passing out of the building on his
way to luncheon. He noticed the man
was poorly dressed, looked like a Rus
sian, and carried small parcel. The
man walked straight back to the rear
of the bank and asked clerk to direct
him to the Office of the president, Rich
ard H. Hushton.
What took place in his office is best
told by the president himself:
81 was very busy when the man en-
tered my Office, and / asked him to be
seated for a moment. He was very
poorly dressed, had patches on his shoes
and his entire appearance made me a
bit curious. While he was waiting for
me to fi:.;:SsiLs the business had in hand
at the moment happened to notice that
he looked at me very curiously. ask
ed him his business and he gave his
name as G. E. Williams and said he
wanted a loan of $4,000. He did not
look like man who could make loan
of that amount and asked him for col
lateral. He said something about an
insurance policy, and that it would ma
ture in from one to five years. was
then convinced the man was a crank
and decided to dismiss him at once, not
for moment thinking there was any
harm in him. told him he would have
to see the cashier and directed hin, out
into the banking department. At the
same moment / called the coIored mes
senger, William Cramp, to see that the
man was quickly taken out of the build
ing. As ] turned to continue my work
at the desk, there was terrific explo-
sion, and thought the building was
coming down. The man had not had
time to reach the cashier, the explosion
cane so soon.
Details as to what actually happened
when the man left the office of Presi-
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Rummage Sale.

For the benefit of the Cemetery I'M
provement Association, the ladies' will
conduct Rummage Sale, in the Chap
man Office, by the Methodist church, on
the afternoon of Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, the oath, 25th and 26th of
this month. All friends of the work are
asked to rummage, and contribute to
this sale.
MRS. w. G. HARRISON,
President.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-01-10
Japanese Warships Comma.

Washington, Jan. THE Japanese
embassy has received advice to the
effect that there will be no change in
the program of sending to Honolulu and
later to the Pacific coast a fleet of jap
anese warships on a mission of friend
ship and good will.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-01-10

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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-01-10
Fifteen Deaths From Typhoid Since
Saturday.
Saturday.

Scranton, Pa, Jan. 7.-Nine new
cases of typhoid were reported to the
bureau of health today, bringing the
total to 124 in Scranton and 48 in Dun
more since the epidemic began. Since
Saturday morning there have been Is
deaths, making a total of 80.
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sad rites to the splendid citizen, faith
full public servant and noble friend.

The following gentlemen, intimate
friends of the deceased, were the pail
bearers: Jos. S. Gillespie, H. P. Brit
tain, W. G. Harrison, Shields Harman,
A. S. Higginbotham and w. B. Spratt.
The members of the bar and Judge
Henson were honorary pail bearers.
Evening star., 1907-08-20
sTROLLED OUT IN KIMoNO.
Vaudeville Actors Wife Found
Walking in Her Sleep.

NEW YORK, August 2O.-A barefooted
young woman clad only in a pink silk XII
mono, who proved to be Mrs. Estelle Davis.
the wife of vaudeville actor Of 7S Lorimer
street, Williamsburg. was found early yes
terday morning walking in her sleep in
the neigtborh hood of Lee avenue and Hewes
street by q young couple who had just
alighted from q car at that point. Police
man Robinson Of the Clymer street station,
who was in plain clothes, came along, and
his attention was drawn to the woman.
When he woke her up and she discovered
where she was she became hysterical. She
was taken to a drug store, where she was
attended by an ambulance surgeon and
then taken home.
Her relatives had discovered her -disap-
pearance and were searching for her when
the ambulance drew up in front of her
homo, and she was carried in. The police
learned that ever since the womans hus-
band was accidentally shot in the leg few
weeks ago she had worried. and 1t brought
on q nervous disorder. She became af-
ficted with insomnia, and while in that
condition had left her house unobaerved on
Sunday night. When found later she was
more than half a mile from her home.