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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-01-18
Fatal Hunting Accident ir
North Carolina.

Cameron special in Charlotte
Observer E. w. Clark, night
operator OF the Seabord Air Lin g
at this place, while out hunting
yesterday with young r. O. Lee,
accidentally shot himself, the
load taking effect just under his
ribs and going up through the
lungs, the entire load lodging in
the upper portion of his breast
He died at 4 O'Clock today.
CLARK is from Ohio.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-01-18
The General Assembly--First
Days Proceedings.

Columbia Record: Humdrum
and routine unalloyed marked
the first days proceedings of the
general assembly, which met to-
day at noon, neither house being
in session over half an hour. Both
houses accepted without debate
Winthrop colleges invitation to
the members to spend next Sat-
urday at the college and celebrate
with the 500 girls there Lees
birthday. A special train will
take the senators and represent
atives to Rock Hill and bring
them back, and Winthrop will
furnish the eatables and other
wise entertain the visitors.
There were large number of
bills on the calendars of each
house, but these were not touch
ed, there being not even a mo.
ton to have them recommitted
for fresh recommendations.
These motions viii probably be
made tomorrow, when both the
senate and the house will begin
to settle down to real business.
The principal business in each
house today was the reading OF
the governors message. This
was short and its reading created
no comment, so mild aud con
servative was it in tone.
There was much "log-rolling''
in the hotel lobbies last night in
the anticipation Of the coprin 9
election of a successor to Judge
JAMES Aiddrioh off the second di5.
trict and the choice of an asso
ciate justice to succeed Associate
Justice Eugene B. Gary, of Alb
beville. Mr.. Gary's only oppo.
nent is Mr. Thomas z. Cothran
an exceedingly popular member
OF the Greenville bar, and also
former Abbevillian, and YET
there is much more interest be
ing taken in this race than ir
that for the circuit judgeship
where there are four candidates
Solicitor James E Davis. MIR
Robert Aldrich, State Senato
George II Bates, of Barnwell
and Capt. Claude E. Sawyer, o
Aiken.
The only other matters dis
cussed generally in the lobbie
last night were the proposition
to repeal the lien law and som,
proposed amendments to the Ca
rey. .Cothran law.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-01-18

In Fort Mill's municipal
election held Tue sday Mr.. l.. A.
Harris was elected mayor, defeat
ing his opponent, Mr.. j. r. Halle,
by only 4 votes. The aldermen
elected are: w. b. Ardrey, j.
l.. Spratt, w. M. Culp, A. r.
McElhaney, G. Il. Branson, b.
@. Ferguson.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-01-18
Stockholders Meeting.

The deferred annual meeting of the
stookho ders Of the Lancaster Publish
ing Company will be held at the Of
fee of the undersigned next Wednes-
Nday afternoon, Jan. 22nd, at 4 o'clock.
X. Il. Wylie, President.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-01-18

The judiciary of the State, sit
ting en- banc, has declared the
labor contract law unconstitu-
tional.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-01-18
Second Days Proceedings of
the Legislature of South
Carolina.

Columbia special In the Char
lotte Observer The second days
session of the General Assembly
was characterized by earnest, eff
fective work for nearly two hours
on both sides of the house, the
day witnessing the introduction
of large batch of new bills, some
Of them of more than ordinary
interest, and some good punch
ing being done on both calen-
dars, whereby these were rid OF
a number of dead bills coming
over from last session.
just before going through the
calendar to rid it of old bills
whose authors wanted tabled,
and in order to pass to third read
ing uncontested second-reading
bills, the House adopted re-
solution by two to one vote to
have the elections next Friday at
noon SO as to get them out OF the
way as soon as possible and al
low the members to get busy on
the work of law-making. This
resolution has not yet reached
the Senate, but will likely be
adopted by that body. An as
sociate justice, a circuit Judge
and two penitentiary directors
are to be chosen.
There has always been opposi-
ton on the part of certain mem
bers OF the House to the hail Of
the House being used by the
South Carolina Club fair week
for the State ball, these being
opposed to dancing for politica
or religious reasons or both, and
these claim they form IA majority
of the House, and that the Other
faction gets its resolutionIthrougt
allowing the club to use the hal
by choosing an opportune mo
ment toward the close of tn,
session. So MIR. Lane INTRODUCES
a resolution today forbidding tn,
hall hereafter to be used for any
purpose necessitating the remov
al of the furniture or carpet. o
course members .obJected to it
immediate consideration and i
was referred to the public build
ings committee, where attemp
will be made to strangle it.
The first bill to be sent up tt
the Speakers's desk was one b,
Mr.. John q. Richards to repea
the lien law, and it looks as i
the fight lie has been carryin,
J on against this law for q decad
will at last end in a. victory fo
him.
Several bills were introduced
in,both houses lookingto patchin
up the contract labor law Judg
Brawleysin the Federal Cour
last spring declared unconstitu
; tional. Some of these max
jumping a labor contract prim
facie evidence Of fraud and tn
> person 80 jumping liable to pre-
secution on the criminal side {
the court. Others make it
misdemeanor 10 employ a labor
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-01-18

DlSpenSary SenSatlOn--Letter
Written by Whiskey House
Agent Causes State Com
mission to Make Investiga-
ton.
Thursday evenings Columbia
Record Another sensation has
broken loose in connection with
the. dispensary. Mr.. w. D. Roy,
president of the, ,Belroy Distilling
company, of Louisville, which is
a creditor of the dispensary in
the sum of $4,000 or more, ad-
dressed to other creditors, about
the middle of December, a letter
in which he offered to take charge
of the collection of claims of this
character, ,..saying,..in explanation,
that ultimate settlement would
be hastened by concentration
of the claims. He enclosed with
his letter blank agreement, to
be signed by the address, max
ing Roy and the National Loa n
and Exchange Bank, Of this city
attorneys for the claimant, for
the purposes of collection, and
allowing Roy and the bank nam
ed a commission Of six per cent
on ali moneys collected by them
from the dispensary. In his let
Ter Mr.. Roy mentioned MIR. w
ID. Melton, of the Columbia bar,
as being associated with him,
and also intimated that he had
behind him the prestige aud in.
fuence of other prominent Co.
lumbians- newspaper men and
bank officials.
Copies of this letter came into
the possession of Mr..W. F. Stew
enson, attorney for the state dis
pensary commission, and he
: promptly communicated with the
commission, which thereupor
decided to investigate. Having
by legislative authority the pow.
ers of court, thea commission
summoned all hands before il
I and yesterday AFTERNOON at 4 o.
. clock commenced an inquisitior
/ which is still in progress.
BY Mr.. Roy's own admission
and the testimony of others, il
was shown at the outset that tn {
proposition of Mr.. Roy to the
creditors was made without the
knowledge or consent OF the Ma.
tional Loan and Exchange Bank
I Mr.. Roy explained that there
was nothing wrong in this, as he
named the bank only in ordel
: that he might use it for a deposi
y. tory in which to place the funds
e as he might be able to collec
G them from the dispensary.
g Mr.. Roy also exonerated Nh
q Melton, saying there had neve
been anything improper in hi
association with the distilling in
a terests, and that in fact a radica
d difference on technical matte
!. with one of the dispensary credi
tors had caused Mr.. Melton tt
Withdraw from the case entirely
some time ago.
u Ii developed that the newspa
h per man whose name was in
s volved was Col. August Kohn
g of the News and Courier, who i
3 also director of the Loan an,
, Exchange Bank. 1t was show
!, that Kohn's connection with tn
i matter consisted only in recon-
mending his friend, Mr.. Melton
to Mr.. Roy as an able attorney
and in asking MIR. Roy to max
- the National Loan and Exchang
l. i
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-01-18

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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-31
NERoNl HAD KILLED HIM AND
BURIED HIM IN GARDEN.
BODY IS DIslNTERRED
Finding Of the Body Tlshtens the.
Chain Of Evidence Against Neronl,
Who Claimed Joseph MlnIehiello
Had Fled After a Murder.

Florence, Col. Jan. 3o.-A fourth
body, that of Joseph Minichiello, was
found today buried on the Neroni
truck garden in this city. The mans
head had been crushed in with q
blow, apparently with an axe.
Antonio Neroni, alias Bavori, a
prisoner in the county jail at Canon
City, is charged with the murder OF
Joseph Minichiello and also Of Dom
mick Miniciello, Ericola Buffetti and
Mrs. Frank Palmetto, whose bodies
were dug up in the garden January 20.
Neroni claimed that Joseph Mini.
chiello had killed the other three and
fed. The finding Of Minichiello'a
body disposes of that story.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-31
PART OF LOOT or STAGE aos-
Berry MANY YEARS AGO.
ROBBERS ALL DEAD
Sheriff Thought to Have Been In Plot
to Rob Stage, Which Carried $127,-
COO In Gold Bullion-of ofaclal of Ex-
press Company Finds Brick.

Omaha, Jan 3d. Superintendent
Peterson of the Pacific Express COM
pany. returned to Omaha from Sydney,
Neb.. today. bringing with him two
large bricks OF bullion believed to
represent the part OF the loot of rob
berry Of the company's Offices in Sid
ney, Neb.. in March, 1880.
The metal was found buried in the
debris OF a saloon which burned down
two weeks ago. The robbery was the
boldest Of It's kind ever pulled OF in
the west and the bullion, which had
been received that day by stage from
the Black Hills, was valued at $127.-
900. One Of the bricks was sold to
the Denver mint year after the rob
berry.
Sheriff In Il.
sheriff Mccarthy, who then owned
the saloon which burned recently. was
believed to be the leader Of the rob
berry, but the express company was
unable to secure his indictment. His
brother was later hanged by vigi.
lantes. Mccarthy has been dead for
several years. Superintendent Peter
son is trying to establish identifca'
tion of the metal. He says the bull
lion value is indefinite, but he Will
have it assayed at once.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-31
HElNZE is. DROPPED
FROM DIRECTORATE.
COPPER MAN LET OUT OF ANoTH.
,ER BANK YESTERDAY.

Salt Lake, Jan. so-F. Augustus
Heinze was dropped from the directo-
rate OF the Utah National bank BY the
stockholders at the annual meeting to-
day. He was succeeded by R. T.
Badger Of the banking house Of Nc
Connick & Co. Mr.. Heinze held about
80 per cent OF the Utah Nationals
capital stock.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-31
NINE ARE KILLED
NINE IS WRECKED
ANOTHER DREADFUL EXPLOSION
IN WEST VIRGINIA.

Charleston. w. Va. Jan. 3o.-Nine
miners met death in the new river
colliery. As miles from here near
Hawks Nest, this afternoon, in an
explosion that partly wrecked the
mine. twenty-five men were in the
mine at the time Of the explosion,
anad nine of the men were killed.
The other 1e escaped with only slight
injuries.
At nightfall six OF the dead had
been identified. They are:
GROVER BOWLES.
LAWRENCE SHARP.
HARRY WILSON.
GRADISON COLES.
CHARLES WORKMAN.
WILLIAM HOFFMAN.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-31

with the request that his brother-in-
law and an attorney be sent for; and
lastly, that he must have been so In
sane as not to know the nature or
quality Of his act or that the act was
wrong. Lacking in these essentials.
the insanity Of the defendant. conced-
ed to have manifested itself at certain
times, had no standing under the law.
Partial or incipient insanity, which
does not rob the sufferer Of percep-
tion OF the acts he commits, has no
recognition under the law.
Assails the Experts.
Mr.. Jerome flercely assailed the in.
sanity experts Of the defense, declar-
ing 1t was crying shame that exs
perts can be purchased to testify to
anything. This evidence, he declared.
served one purpose, and that to en-
phasize its utter worthlessness. Not
one statement made by them. he de-
clared, was worthy Of credence.
Coming to the conclusion Of his long
address, which lasted throughout the
morning and afternoon sessions of
court, Mr. Jerome denounced Harry
Thaw in bitterest terms az "a coward
skulking behind the petticoats Of his
wife, attempting to shield and save
his worthless life behind her shame"
"Twice IN his sanity" declared the
prosecutor, "he has sat In this court
room and heard her bare her shame
in all It's pitiful nakedness to all the
world. Is such man worthy Of even
the slightest consideration at your
hands?"
Jerome Explains His Attitude.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and Josiah
Thaw were the only members Of the
defendants family present when Mr..
Jerome began his argument at IL
O'Clock. He declared the case had
been handled by him with some diff
fculty, as he had many other mat.
tiers OF Importance to attend to at
the same time.
"If have at any time lacked in the
dignity that attaches to my offlce.' Z
continued Mr.. Jerome, "if any time
have shown any asperity or lack Of
consideration. l can only say that
regret it. Any personal impression
| / have made or have not made should
have no part whatever in your yer
dict You are not trying the distric'
/ attorney. Any sneers he may hav'
made ia not evidence for the people
and. neither are they any evidence
that Harry K. Thaw was insane whel
he killed Stanford White.
/ Continued ON Fourth Page.f
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-31
GIFT TO WIDOWS AND oRPHANa

pittsburg, Jan. so.-The executive
committee Of the Carnegie hero fund
commission today gave $4,000 to the
widows and children Of the $50 min
ers killed last month in the Darr
mine disaster at Jacobs Creek.Npa,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-31
SUFFRAGE FOR ALL
PLAN OF WARREN
WYOMING SENATOR INTRODUCES
RESOLUTION IN SENATE.

Washington. Jan. 80. Senator War
rem today introduced a joint resolu-
ton calling for an amendment to the
constitution which shall provide that
the vote OF no person Of the United
States shall be withheld or abridged
on account Of sex.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-31
THREE BURNED TO DEATH
Father Thaws Blasting Powder with
Fatal Results.

New Westminster. B. G., Jan. 3d.
The three young daughters Of J. Israel
were burned yesterday by an explo-
sion Of dynamite. The elder two Of
the children may not recover. while
the third, q baby Of eight months, was
not SO badly injured. The father was
engaged In thawing out blasting pow
der at the kitchen stove when the ex,
plosion occurred.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-31
ss.oF ffom 8iasouFi.

mouth, who was Alice Thaw Of Pitts
burg, against her husband for the
annullment OF her marriage, for next
Wednesday afternoon.
The attorney for the countess said
the case would be short.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-31
REJECTS pRoH,s,T,on CLAUSE.

Lansing. Mich. Jan. 3o,-A proposal
for statewide liquor prohibition was
rejected today IN. the constitutional
conveation BY . vote Of So to 80.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-31
YARMOUTH SUIT SOON.
Divorce Case win BE Heard Next
Wednesday.

London. Jan. 50. - Sir Birrell
Barnes. president Of tho divorce court,
today dxed the hearing OF the suit
brought By the Countess OF Yar-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-31
FORECAST OF WEATHER.

Montana Friday fair. Saturday
somewhat warmer.
wyoming Snow Fridsy. colder m
southeast portion; Saturday fair. sot
60 cold.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-16

CONFESSED TO $500 THEFT.
Chicago Youth Waited In Vault Until
Money Was Deposited.

Chicago, Oct. 10.-Edward Wieren,
10 years old. confessed Friday night
to the theft of $500 from the vault OF
the w. and D. Allen Manufacturing
company where he had been employed
on September 29.
The youth confessed that he had
secreted himself in the vault four days
before the robbery and had remained
there without food or water until the
date on which he knew the none
would be deposited.
After emerging from his place of
concealment Wieren pocketed the
money and awaited the opening of the
vault door, which had been locked
when the money was placed in the
receptacle.
He then struck down Henry Gibbs,
a superintendent, who opened the door
and escaped with the money. Wieren
placed 5000 in a Chicago bank and
went to Muskegon, Mich, where he
remained until Friday. His identity
had been learned by the police who
also discovered where he had placed
the money, and when he appeared at
the bank to withdraw it. he was ar
rested.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-16
TRAINS CRASH; rs ARE HURT.
One Woman May DIE From Injuries
at Yukon, OK.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.-In a
collision between an %eastbound Rock
Island passenger train and a freight
train at Yukon, a small station seven
miles west of here, Thursday, seven
coaches of the passenger train, which
was loaded with state fair visitors,
were derailed. Twenty-Five persons
were slightly injured. One woman
was seriously hurt.
The passenger train was standing
at the union station when leakiAg air
brakes of the freight train on a siding
caused 1t to crash into the center OF
the other train. So violent vas the
impact that the passenger coaches
were piled on their sides.
A telephone message to Ell Reno
summoned q relief train. and the more
seriously injured weer taken to a san
itarium in El Reno. where most Of the
Injured lived.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-16
LAW IS UP
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
BEGINS FALL SESSION.
CHICAGO & ALTON CASES ON LIST
Antipass and Timber Land Cases
Also Scheduled for Final
Review.

Washington, ID. C.-The Supreme
Court of the United States met Mon
day in its first session of the October
term, and observing the usual custom,
adjourned almost Immediately to call
on the president.
To-day is the first session of the
court for mor than four months and
1t will last well up into June.
From the Importance of the cases
already on the docket, the session
promises to be an interesting one.
The court will be called upon some
time during the next few months to
pass upon the constitutionality of the
anti-rebate law through appeal of the
Chicago & Alton Railroad, convicted
in the lower courts of accepting re-
bates in the Standard Oil case and to
decide whether the Interstate Com
merce Commission can force
TO certain questions from the Harri-
mar roads in line with an investiga-
ton ordered by Congress as to the
purchase and ownership of stock of
the Chicago & Alton, the Illinois Cen
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-16
HAZERS KILLED
BOY, Is BELIEF
HAVE BEFALLEN KENTUCKY
UNIVERSITY STUDENT.
GRAND Jury IS AT WORK
freshman Bound and Thrown Into a
Boxcar Has Been Missing Two
Weeks-Rigid investigation
Ordered.

Lexington, Kentucky.-Bound. gag
ged and locked in a boXcar by haZ-
ing students, Willis f. Smith. a fresh
mar of Kentucky State College, has
disappeared, and Tuesday the grand
Jury is preparing to inquire into what
may be a CHASTITY mystery.
Police and railroad men are working
desperately to ascertain his fate.
Smith disappeared two weeks ago.
Not a word of or from him since. If
he is still in the box car, he has died
a terrible death.
Despite half-hearted denials of the
hazing episode by the students and
faculty of the Kentucky College, the
general belief here is Smith, who was
a delicate boy of 20. has persisted as
the result of the hazing, and when the
Fayette county grand jury convenes
every member of the sophomore and
freshman classes will be examined
under oath. as we'll as a number of
townsmen and boys who are declared
10 have heard students discussing the
probably tragic end of their prank.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-16
ASKS TRIAL BEFORE ELECTION.
Defendant Charges Haskell With Bad
Faith in Printing Cases.

Guthrie, Oklahoma.-Charging that
the action brought by Gov. G. N.
Haskell in the name of the state to
ecove $4,000 alleged to represent
~overcharges for printing done for the
territory of Oklahoma by the State
Capital Printing Company, was insti-
tuted for petty personal and political
purposes, and not in good faith to re-
cover any money alleged TO be due the
state, Congressman Bird S. Mcclure.
who was made one of the defendants
in the suit, filed his answer in the dis
trict court of Logan county. The an.
swer denies in detail every allegation
and demands a trial of the case in n
court that may be selected by the
governors attorney before the cleo
ton Sc that the people of the first dis
trict may know before hand il the
charges are true. ~
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-16
HERO SAVES BALLOON PARTY.
Aeronaut Unties Cord With Teeth
While Passengers Tremble.

Springfield, Mass.-Leo Stevens
climbed into the rigging of a bal
loon at Boston, Thursday, while it was
1000 feet above the earth and, with
his teeth, unfastened a cord prevent
ing the safety valve from working.
The balloon had reached such a height
that the rapid expansion of the gas
threatened to burst it. His two pas
sengers, making their first flight, were
panic-stricken. Once he had complet-
ed his task the balloon shot upward
into space with ease.
The balloon is owned by Charles ].
Glidden. Floyd B. Smith, of Yonkers,
and Harlan T. Pierpont, Of Springfield,
made the trip. The party landed safe
ly at CRANKY, a distance of fifteen
miles from the starting point. Stevens
was almost asphyxiated when he loos-
ened. the cord. The escaping a
caused him to sway, but he managed
to fight it off until he reached the bas-
ket, fifteen feet below.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-10-16
TORTURE OLD NAN
BEATEN AND PRIckED WITH PINS.
IN ATTEMPT TO GET GOLD.
THE VICTIM IS CARRIED TO BED
Lured to Road, Knocked Down, Then
Taken Back When Threat
Proved Useless.

Chicago, Ill.-Tortured by rob.
bers, beaten, kicked, pricked with
pins for hours, submitted to dozens of
indignities s~avoring of the days Of the
inquisition-this is the fate melted out
to William Chambers, "a years old, in
an unsuccessful attempt TO wrest
from him the hiding place of his re-
puted hoard of gold.
According to Chambers, the men
went to his house and, under the pre-
tense Of telling him that a relative
had been injured, gained entrance.
When they started to leave they
asked him to accompany them with a
lantern to the main road, a quarter Of
a mile from the house.
Chambers did so and when he had
gone q short distance was struck from
behind with a bottle by one of the
men and knocked down. They hen
beat him over the head with the bot
tie and demanded to know where his
money was hidden.
He refused to tell them, and leav-
ing him in the path suffering from his.
bruises, they returned and ~ransacked
the house in the hope of discovering
the hiding place of the money which
they supposed was concealed there.
Victim Pricked With Pins.
When they failed to find it, they re-
turned to their victim with his re-
v%olver, which they had found. togeth-
er with a clothcsline. With the lat.
ter they tied his hands and feet, and
after pricking him with pins, they
told him if he did not reveal the hid
ing place of the money they would
shoot him.
Finding that it was useless to tor
ture their victim longer. and believing
at last that he had no money hidden
about his home, they tied him as be.
fore and took him to his house, placed
him on a bed and left him.