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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-09-29
HYDROPHOBIA is SIBERIA.
Peasants Who Ate Infected Cattle
Suffer From Disease.

Hydrophobia is raging in the vii
lage of Pielskiy, in the Yenisei dis
trict, Siberia The village possesses
a large number Of dogs, which
during the hot summer were at
tackled with rabies and bit many of
the horned cattle. The owners of
the cattle, noticing that some OF
them were ailing, killed them for
food. Many, of the peasants after
wards developed hydrophobia. The
disease was communicated to the
domestic poultry, and even some
horses showed signs OF it. In the
village twenty-seveu families are now
Infected, .,a..,.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-09-29
WRECKER CAUGHT
PROVES TO BE A FIFTEEN YEAR
BOY
Who Admits Having ThyoBu
the Switch, Which Resulted IN a
Wreck and Death.

vkCSA s-AO
A, special to The News and Courie.
from Spartanburg says Clarence
Agnew. colored, who was arrested
Friday morning at Wexford by Con-
stable T. w. Moore on suspicion Of
having thrown the switch of the
Southern Road, near Wexford,
wrecking Passenger Train No. II. re-
sulting in the death of Engineer ].
w. Fonville and Fireman Bowers,
and seriously injuring Baggage
Master McConley and Prue White,
baggage agent at Spartanburg, made
a. full confession in Jail this after
noon in the presence Of Chief De-
tectipe,. Connolly, of the Southern
Road; Special Agents L. A. Farr and
Johnson, Constables Metcalf and
Moore.
Agnew is about fifteen years of
age. He said that his home is in
Toccoa, Ga. He had just finished
serving sentence on the chaingang
at Greer yesterday at noon and
started out walking down the rail-
road track towards Spartanburg.
About o'clock in the afternoon he
passed through Duncan, and when he
came to the first switch he found the
lock unlocked and threw the switch
back and closed the lock.
When he came to the switch at
Groce's side track, near the mill, he
said he reached down and gave the
chain a jerk and the lock sprung
open. He threw back the lever Of
the switch and closed it down. He
looked about the track and picked
up a piece OF iron and broke the
lock on the rails. He said he threw
one part Of the lock away and put
the other in his pocket and walked
on down the track to Wexford. AS
he passed under an overhead bridge
he threw theH,othe portion Of the
lock away HeStold the officers he
he could go back and find the pieces
of the lock. - -.
Agnew said that when he reached
Wexford he crawled in between a box
car and cotton seed house This
morning when he awoke he started
down the railroad track and asked
some one if there had been a, wreck.
Upon being told there had been he
said to himself he hoped no one was
killed. He continued on down the
track to the scene of the wreck,
where he was arrested by Constable
Walker Moore.
Agnew made a desperate attempt
to get away and fought the officer
furiously while the handouts were
being placed on him.
The motive that prompted the
negro to open the switch resulting IN
the loss of the lives of two men and
the injuring of several others can
not be i'm. gined, unless it was pure
cussedness and spirit of revenge to
get ever for having served on the
chaingang. That his motive was not
robbery is certain for after opening
the railroad switch he walked on
down the track and did not go back
for several hours afterwards. 1t IS
thought that officers will take AgneW
to Wexford tomorrow morning TO
look for the piece of broken switch
lock he was said to nave thrown
away.
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that the guarantee should be under
written.
"He said that I could deliver lec-
lures in opposition to the labor
movement, and that if did not re-
ceive as much as FIVE or six thousand
dollars a year, Van Cleve> would
make up the difference.
Il told him. said Mr.. Gompers'
that it was difficult to believe that
Mr.. Van Cleve would make such a
proposition and that must have
further proof of his sincerity.
Another meeting was arranged ana
at this meeting Brandenburg showed
me checks. drafts and vouchers on
official letterheads Of the National
Association Of Manufacturers and
under the signature of MIR. van
Cleve. which were made payable TO
Brandenburg.
II told him would consider the
proposition," continued Mr.. Gompers.
II did not reject it. because
wanted him to continue under the
belief that might accept. OF course
| was just as determined then as
I am now and always have been
to be true to myself, my conscience
and to my fellows" He stated that
he had related all the details OF this
conversation to Vice President Dun
can and Ruher.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-09-29
Haskell RESIGNS
DEMOCRATIC TREASURER GIVES
UP HIS OFFICE.
Admits that Hearst and Roosevelt
Charges are Responsible, .bns
Not That They Are True
Charges ar

Not That They Are True
Governor Haskell resigned Friday
night as' treasurerfo of ttea Democrat
ie National Committee: His resigna-
ton was announced by hinnse,s three
hours after his arrival I'm Chicago
from Guthrie, andfafter he had con-
ferred with officers of the Democratic
national headquarters. In giving out
his decision Governor Haskell; in re-
sponse to. question, declared he
desired not to be responsible for any
embarrassment which might result
to the Democratic party by retaining
the Office of treasurer.
That his reignation Is the direct
result of the charges made against
him by VIM. r. Hearst and Presi-
dent Roosevelt Mr.. Haskell also ad-
mitted. At the same time he did
not by his resignation intend e,
admit that any of the charges were
true. @.A
When Mr.. Haskell arrived in
Chicago at o'colck last night he
declared that he had not then re-
signed and that Mr.. Bryan had not
asked him to resign: Speaking to
reporters he said:
''If you have any question to ask
put them on paper" he said. He
then went from the station to DEM
ocratic headquarters at the Audi
torium Annex.
When a list Of questions. was
handed him he retired to his room,
saying he would give out answers
later.
He was closeted for u long time
with National Committeeman Martin
J. Wade, of Iowa, and Josephus
Daniels, chairman Of the Democratic
press committee.
1t was midnight whensMr. Haskell
reappeared from the room. He had
in his hands a written resignation
addressed to National Chairman
Norman E. Mack, and the answer
to the questions which had been
given him. est
~ have my answers" he said.
"They will explain themselves"
After giving an affirmative reply
to the question whether he. had re.
signed, but denying that Mf! Bryan
had. asked for the resignation, the
question and answers read as fol-
lows:
do you know whether Mr.. Bryan
knew of the charges made against
you by Mr.. Hearst, before you were
appointed treasurer"
II do not see how he could have"
"Do ,you think your further con-
nection with the. campaign, regard
less of the truth or falsity Of the
charges, would tend to embarrass Mr..
Bryan or injure his chances?'
at might. At any rate, l would
not be good citizen if I risked
any embarrassment in the fight Of
the honest people against the special
interests"
do you intend to reply to Presi-
dent Roosevelt"
Il have not done so yet"
do you intend to renew your
demand for an investigation of the
charges?"'
How can I Roosevelt admits ne
did not tell the truth.
In answer to a series Of questions
as to his relation to the Citizens
Alliance, said to have been organized
at Muskogee. Okla, to fight the local
labor union, Mr.. Haskell denied that
the Alliance was ever organized.
In reply to questions concerning the
Standard Oil Company he repeated
his former denials of ever having had
anything to do with the company:
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-09-29
DUPONT RESIGNS.
Under Fire From the National Re.
publican Committee.

At New York Chairman Hitchcock,
of the Republican national commit
tee, Friday announced that General
Coleman DUPONT, Of Delaware, head
of the bureau of campaign speakers
of the national committee, had re-
signed as head Of that bureau and
also as a member Of the executive
committee, and that his resignation
had been accepted. Mr. Hitchcock
said he had a conference with Mr..
Dupont Friday morning and the lat
ter insisted upon the acceptance OF
his resignation, feeling that the
tendency Of the suit by the Govern
ment against the powder company
with which DUPONT is connected, be
employed by Republican, opponents to
the injury of the campaign.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-09-29
EXPLOSION KILLS FIVE.
Three Americans and Two Italians
Blown to Pieces.

Three Americans and two Italians
were blown to pieces in an explosion
of dynamite Sunday while working at
Cross Keys Cut, along the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railway,
near Toby Banna, Pa.
The firemen were tramping a hole
containing eighteen inches Of dyna-
mite when it prematuTely exploded.
John Walsh's legs were split apart,
one leg going to the right bank of
the track three hundred yards and
the other two hundred yards to the
left. Shreds of flesh still cling to
the telephone wires.
The bodies were assembled by
means Of matching the clothing OF
the. yictimes.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-09-29
NIGHT RIDERS IN GREENyILLE

X. C. Willmom Warned Not to Gin
Any More Cotton.
A dispatch from Greenville to
The State says word reached that
city Tuesday of the position Of o
threatening notice by supposed night
riders on the gin of r. C. Willmon,
eight miles from Greenville. The
notice reads:
"Take warning and do not gin
any. more cotton. II you do, you
will suffer the consequences.
(Signed) Might Riders.
It Is also reported several other
gins were posted last night, though
no damage is reported.
Willmon's gin is new plant ana
started up Tuesday morning, despite
the threat.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-02-08
AN Absolutely Reliable Re-
view of the Leading News
of the Week in Politics,
Government, Education, La
Dor, Commerce, Religion,
Science and Sports.

for mem bership in union, he says,
then by the same logic che can be dis
charged if he belongs to political
party objectionable to the employer or
to a church against which the employ
er is prejudiced."
Bryan's Leadership Unehallensed.
Through a great mass Of rumors and
contradictory statements In various
papers about the effort being made by
conservative Democrats to induce VIII
liam j. Bryan to withdraw from the
presidential race and perhaps to be-
come the Warwick of his party by
naming one on whom all could reunite
the fact stands out that either no such
request was made or that if made it
was not needed by the masterful Ne
braskan. Some reports from Wash
ington told how Bryan at a dinner
given to Democratic senators by New
lands of Nevada had silenced all oppo-
sition and had announced that he was
to be made the heir to the Roosevelt
policies, which were we'll known to
have been originally his. 1t was also
said that Bryan already had the plat
form prepared for the Denver conven-
ton to adopt. Goth OF these reports
later were denied, as well us the report
that Bryan had urged the Democrats
In congress to uphold the measures ad-
vocated by the president The outcome
of the whole Washington visit was the
increased conviction that Bryan, and
organization at this time
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-02-08

/ The secretary defends the issue OF
bonds and certificates by saying that
1t was advisable to take some strong
and resolute step which would con-
vince the public, both at home and
abroad, that the government was thor
oughly alive to the situation and de-
termined to give its aid in every posi-
BILE legal and proper form. He also de-
tends the allotment to the national
banks. He holds that the issue of
Panama bonds would have been re-
quired in any case within a short time
to meet the expenses of constructing
the canal. He insists that the distri-
button of public money in banks has
been made without regard to partisan
ship and that no section has received
other than the fair and impartial con-
sideration to which it was entitled.
New York's banks hold $2S, 253,3 1886 out
Of total of Sis, 100000 of public de-
posits. The total of deposits Dec. 7
amounted to 1922, 352, 252, divided
among 1.421 banks,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-02-08
THE WORLDS TREND
A GRAPHIC PICTURE LARGE EVENTS SHOWING THE
WORLDS PROGRESS.
SHOWING THE

sentence being omitted They were
found guilty on June %, 1906, and
were fined $4,000 and $4,000, with sew
eral months in jail. Upon appeal the
verdict was reversed on a technicality
but the case was prosecuted to its
present conclusion. 1t derived consid
cradle prominence from being one OF
the most important rebate cases ever
decided in this country and the first
where sentence Of Imprisonment was
imposed.
Glass Workers Union Dissolved.
A decree has been entered by Judge
George l.. Phillips in the common pleas
court at Cleveland, O., dfssolving the
Association of Window Glass Work
ers,s which was composed Of the va
rious workers employed in the glass
trade. The complete amalgamation of
all the workers into one association
was consummated about six months
ago.
Capitol Grafters In Court.
The five officials indicted for COM
plicity in defrauding the state in con-
nection with the construction Of the
new capitol Of Pennsylvania were
brought into court for trial last week.
Attorneys for Joseph M. Huston, the
architect, demanded that he be tried
apart from the other four men. This
was granted and was taken as IN in
dfcatiUu that T-''ston would testify for
The state. The Indictments arose from
the fact that when the capitol building
at Harrisburg had been erected at an
expense of $3,O15, 96S52 the board. of
public grounds and buildings permit
ted the architect and other officials to
expend 100000 in furnishing the
building.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-02-08
CONGRESSIONAL
Aldrich Financial Bill Up.

| Aldrieh Financial Bill Up.
| With numerous amendments design
ed to satisfy critics on the minority
| side Of the senate and to win support
Of the house majority, the emergency
financial measure fathered by Senator
Aldrich, but in the making of which
Senators Allison and Hale had much
to do, was reported from the finance
committee to the senate favorably and
| with no general substitute offered by
the Democrats on the committee. This
bill provides for the issuance Of emer-
gency circulation to national banks Sc
cured by state. county, municipal or
railroad bonds. In the hope Of meet
ing objections on the score Of Wall
street fayoritism the original bill has
been SO modified that the secretary of
the treasury in approving applications
for the new circulation may not give
to the banks of any state more than
their proportion on the basis of CAPT
talizatiOn and surplus as compared to
the capital and surplus of the banks of
all the states, but if one state fails to
take out its share that amount may be
awarded to another section. The limit
Of this note issue is fixed at $5OO,0OO,-
600. These notes would be prepared
and signed in blank up to 30 per cent
Of the capital stock of the national
banks. The notes are to be taxed at
the rate of 6 per cent and will be re-
deemable at the treasury "in lawful
money" The banks will also promise
to pay on demand.
1ryan's Publicity Plea. :.......
William, J.. Bryan appeared last week
before the house committee on election
Of president and vice president for the
purpose of urging the passage of bill
providing for publicity Of campaign
contributions to the political parties.
He took the ground that all arguments
used in elections should be used pub
licly. and all means employed to Sc
didate should be means which the one
using them would not be ashamed to
have the world know. He insisted
that the most important thing to be
done was to make the campaign con-
tribution known before the election.
cortelyou's Reply Criticised.
Senators Culberson, Tillman and 9TH
ers of the minority made strenuous OBJ
jections to the course Of Secretary Cor
telyou in his reply to the senate's re-
quest for information. Culberson said
it was against all precedent for a de-
partment head to reply to legislative
demand in public printed document,
and Tillman thought it was assuming
the airs of president Thus. they ar
gued, had the secretary got his defense
before the senate and the public, while
the actual data and evidence Of his Of
fetal acts came to the senate in mass
which would take time to examine and
have printed
Deficiency Bill Passed.
The house passed the urgent def
cheney appropriation bill, carrying a
total of 1866, 45O, or $4,000 less
than was reported by the committee
The largest single reduction was that |
Of 100000 in the clothing funds of |
the army.
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says 1t is their duty to discuss 1t ana
| to protest against its issuance and en-
forcement. and vet the editor does not
consider himself to be violating any
law of state or nation in so doing. At
some length he then proceeds to dis
! cuss the question at issue, holding that
the Injunction was never intended to
apply to other than property rights.
Coal Men to Cut Wages.
At meeting of the leading soft coal
operators of the Pittsburg district held
on Jan. 90 it was decided that the
miners must accept a reduction Of 10
cents ton. A committee OF the op-
orators left for the convention of min.
ers being held In Indianapolis to pro-
pose this reduction. In case OF Its re1ec-
ton 1t is expected that every mine In
the Pittsburg district, which produces
55,OOO,OOO tons Of coal annually, VIII
be closed Immediately. The price now
paid the miners is 80 cents per ton.
the highest price ever paid The op-
orators declare that the decreased de-
mand and the lowering of the price or
coal ,necessitate the cut in wages.
Miners Loyal to Mitchell.
The Indianapolis convention Of the
United Mine Workers has continued
its sessions under the complete sway
of the retiring president, John Mitchell.
One important test of his strength
came when the question Of the REIN
statement of Patrick Dolan, former
leader of the western Pennsylvania
miners. was brought up. The whole
matter was laid upon the table, but
the contest between Dolan and Will
son for the Pennsylvania seat was still
to be reviewed.
Mills Resumng Work. $780,. H..
Signs of returning prosperity are
given by the resumption of work
in various industrial establishments
throughout the country. During the
past week the Herreshoff works at
Bristol, r. l., put nearly 200 employees
back on full time after working for
several months on a four and one-half
hour basis. The American Car and
Foundry company of Detroit reopened,
giving employment to 5000 men. The
Cadillac Motor Car company of the
same place resumed with full force
of 1000, and several furnaces and 9th
er industrial plants in the PottsviIle
and Pittsburg districts are reported as
resuming operations on full or part
time.
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British Parliament Opened.

British Parliament Opened. .q.s re,..
King Edward opened another ses-
sion Of the parliament at Westminster
Jan. % and delivered speech from
| the throne" which outlines quite rad
ical legislative programme. AS to for
| eign affairs, the two leading points were
the announcement Of an international
conference at London next autumn on
the prize court and that negotiations
| were on foot to remedy the conditions
in the Kongo. Bills are to be brought
forward in the commons for license
and educational reform in Wales and
England, to regulate the hours Of labor
in coal mines, for the better housing of
the working classes, to amend the sys-
tenn Of property assessment in England
and for the purchase of lands In Ire
dents marked the opening ceremonies.
One was rush Of women suffragists
about the carriage containing the king
and queen, demanding 'votes for wom-
en-" The other was the election from
the lords of bogus claimant to seat.
Lord Curzon's right to a seat among
the peers to sit and vote on the part
Of Ireland was recognized.
Woman Suffrage In France.
The growth Of the sentiment for wo-
man suffrage in France is shown by
the fact that resolution to be pre-
scented to the chamber favortng votes
for women has received $4,000 sigma
lures. When the number reaches 1OO,-
600 the petition is to be presented by
the National Council of Women.
Haitian Revolt Crushed. .~.-. ..- 49,.
The government Of Haiti announced
that the revolution had been suppress
ed and that its leader, General Juneau,
had been executed.
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Submarines to the Pacific.

Submarines to the Pacific. ,.-.- -. d
The navy department has announced
the first step in an experiment designed
to demonstrate the utility Of subma.
rines in naval warfare by transporting
to the Pacific two of the smaller type
Of submarines on GOLFERS so as to join
the feet there. II that is successful,
the larger submarines will be handled
In the same way. The Shark and the
Porpoise have been selected for the
test. They will be lifted by floating
cranes at the New York navy yard to
positions on the decks of the big col
liers and there will be made fast.
Taft's Philippine Report. ....s ...
That the duty on sugar and tobacco
be removed is again recommended in
the report of Secretary of War Taft on
the Philippine Islands. This course, he
says, is necessary in order to have
these industries attain their former
prosperous condition, and he believes
that the removal Of the duty would
not injure any American interest nor
affect the prices Of sugar and tobacco
In this country. He also urges con-
gress to remove the present restric-
lions on the acquisition of mining
claims, to authorize the insular gov
eminent to conduct an agricultural
bank and that our coastwfse laws be
made inapplicable to trade between
United States and Philippine ports.
The president concurs in the Taft rec
concentrations and gives especial
praise to Governor Smith and his as
sociates for their conduct of affairs in
the Philippines.
corteIyou's Panic Report.
The secretary of the treasury trans
mitted to the senate detailed data con-
corning his official acts in connection
with the recent financial stringency
and at the same time gave out an ex-
haustiye defense Of his administration
printed in pamphlet form. This print
ed report was complete review Of the
nations finances during the closing
months of 1907, giving list of the de-
positors and the amount of money
placed therein at various dates; a list
Of other banks, with the amounts of
national deposits and the securities
held therefor; lists of banks and indi-
Yiduals who received Panama canal
bonds and of those who received per
cent certificates Of Indebtedness. He
estimates that approximately 1926, OOO,-
900, or one-tenth Of the money in cir
culation, disappeared between the sus-
pension of the Knickerbocker Trust
company in August until confidence
was restored in December.
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was surrounded by a Gordon Of fort.
policemen to protect the guests from
the crowd Of curious persons bent up-
on seeing the wealthy bride and titled
groom. Among the guests were mem
bers of the Hungarian embassy. 1t
was said that the count had refused a
marriage settlement out of the Van
derbilt fortunes. but that Miss Wander,
bilt had arranged to place at his dis
posal for life the interest on several
millions. The union is regarded in SO
cial circles as love match.
Mrs. Eddy's New Abode.
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy. head of the
Christian Science cult. has changed her
residence from Concord. N. H.. to
Brookline. Mass. suburb of Boston
Continued on page ,.
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" - NV HIdIH CUHCIUSIOH IS
that the expulsion of these and kindred
drugs from the body shortens the term
Of the average mans life in the United
States and that kidney disease, SO
prevalent among Americans, is largely
the result of constant introduction into
the system of such substances. DR..
Wiley told the committee he had dis
covered that salt solution was a per-
feet substitute for sulphur in the whit
ening and drying of fruit, and he ex-
hibited samples of apples so dried to
prove his statement T.