Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-24
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900 visitors, which few days ago were
considered extravagant, are now for
gotten in the optimistic belief that
there will be more than 100000
strangers In the city the latter part OF
the week and all Of next week. Wilbur
Wright Is setting up his aeroplane for
preliminary flights on Governors Is
land, and three dirigible balloons are
manoeuvring for positions on the up
per part Of Manhattan island for a
start in the $4,000 balloon race to Al
bany. The delegations of distinguish
ed persons are beginning to arrive from
foreign nations as official representa-
tives and the social activities incident
to the celebration are already well
under way. Business and residential
buildings throughout the city are be-
ing elaborately decorated. The sur
yiving grandchildren Of Robert Fulton,
in q letter addressed to Cornelius Van
derbilt, president Of the Fulton Mon
ument association, sanctioned today
the removal Of Fulton's body from a
vault in Trinity church here to a
mausoleum and memorial to be built
on Riverside drive. The movement
of the Fulton memorial has been un-
der way for some time and $4,000 has
been subscribed to defray the cost Of
preliminary work. In all, 1t is pro-
posed to expend $4,000, 900 on the struc-
ture. Samuel L. Clemens mark
Twain) Is vice president Of the asso-
ciation, while others identified with
the movement include James ]. Hill,
John d. Archbold, Jacob Schiff, E. h.
Garry, William e. Corey and others.
AN entire family of six persons
was murdered and the bodies Of all
but one of the victims were burned
with their home at Hurley, Buchanan
county, Va, last Wednesday. The mo-
tive was evidently robbery as the own
er Of the house, an aged woman known
ally supposed to keep large sum Of
money about the place. Mrs. Justice,
her son-in-law, George Meadows, his
wife and their three children were the
victims. Meadows mutilated body was
found this morning lying in the yard
Of his destroyed home, the funeral
pyre Of his loved ones. Two bullet
holes through the body and CHASTITY
wound in the neck, which almost sew
cred the head from his body, gave the
discoverers their first evidence OF the
extent of the tragedy. A search OF the
ruins of the house disclosed sicken-
ing spectacle. The blackened masses
of half burned flesh and charred bones
of the two women and the three chill
dren were found beneath the debris,
each body bearing evidences Of muir
der committed before the house was
destroyed by fire, evidently for the
purpose of hiding the crime. The ell
der woman's skull was upturned some
distance from the remainder OF her
half burned body amid the smouldering
ruins. Another daughter Of Mrs. Jus
tice told the police that her mother had
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the sill of the house and they succeeded
I'm digging up $3.50 In gold and silver.
The murderers are supposed to have
secured the $500 which Aunt Betty"
always carried on her person. Blood
hounds were carried to the scene and
in a short time they took the trail OF
the murderers In a corn field which
borders the Justice home. The foot
prints of three men were found I'M
pressed in soft soil. The murderers
will be run down If possible.
Governor John A. Johnson Of Min
nesota, died at Rochester, that state,
last Tuesday morning at 3.25 o'clock,
from the effects of an operation on
the Wednesday previous. During
Monday, the governor was doing bet
ter and there was still hope for his re-
covery. The doctors gave exhaustion
and heart failure as the cause Of his
death. His last words to his wife, as
he gently patted her on the cheek
were: "Well, Nora, guess / am go
ing; we have made brave fight"
John. A. Johnson was the first native Of
Minnesota to be chosen governor or the
state and Of that distinction he was
prouder than of any other feature Of
his career. Gov, Johnson was born
near st. Peter, 4S years ago. His pa
rents were natives of Sweden. His
father, Gustav Johnson, and his moth
er, Caroline Hanson Haden, were both
of peasant stock. Gustav johnson was
a blacksmith and for a number OF years
he conducted his business on a farm
near st. Peter. On this farm the fu-
ture governor was born. About the
time of the Indian troubles in that
neighborhood during the civil war the
Johnsons moved to the village Of st.
Peter, where the father re-established
his shop, but he failed to prosper in
the town and finally died, leaving his
family in poverty. John worked In
stores and supported his mother and
in the meantime formed the reading
education. Finally, an opportunity
opened for him to become editor and
part owner Of the st. Peter Herald.
His paper was popular and he was also
in demand as a speaker at public
meetings. His first venture in poll
tics resulted in a defeat for state SEN
ator in 1894, just after he had married
Miss Gilmore NJ. Preston, a teacher. In
1898 he was again nominated by the
Democrats for the senate and was
elected. Here he enhanced his reputa-
tion as a public speaker and stu
dent Of political questions, but made
L., 1T o,~tu rxyhn
he defended the American soldiers In
the Philippines and the conduct Of the
national administration. But If he lost
Democratic support he gained more
from the Republicans and when In
1904 he was nominated for governor
by the Democratic state convention ne
was elected. Two years later he was
elected overwhelmingly. When 1t was
proposed. to nominate him for a third
time, the governor declared he would
not be a candidate, but he was unanl-
mously renominated and was again
elected by a big majority. Gov. john
son for the last few years was in de-
mand for a speaker at political gath
erings and chautauquas.
New Orleans, September %: Grad
ually New Orleans and the territory
surrounding the Crescent City are re
covering from the first effects Of the
tropical hurricane which, starting Sun
day, continued throughout Monday and
Monday night. Thirty eight human
lives are now positively known to
have been claimed as victims of the
storm and fifty others are reported to
have been lost in lower Terre Bonne
parish, but as yet this report has not
been authenticated. The property loss
will run into the millions. Miles and
miles of territory have been laid
waste. Crops have practically been
ruined Dwellings, cotton gins and su-
gar mills have been leveled. New Or
leans is still sadly crippled in the way
of railroad facilities and telegraph and
telephone communication with the
outside word. 1t was not until tonight
that the Western Union Telegraph
company was able to get a working
wire out Of the city. For two days the
city's only communication with the
outside world was over an improvised
long distance telephone circuit Of the
Associated Press. Both the Illinois
Central and Louisville & Nashville
railroads have suffered heavy loss,
miles of their tracks having been
washed away. 1t will be several weeks
before the Louisville & Nashville will
again be running trains over their
own track. From early today, the