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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26

The central committee, arranging
for the reception in Columbia for
President Taft; consists Of Gev. An
sci. Mayor Reamer and William Z:
Gonzales. The governor Is out OF the
city, and Mr. Gonzales was late Sat
urday night called up at his resi-
dence, Senator Tillman's letter was
read to him over the telephone, and
be was asked for statement OF the
committees position.
The committee will engage in no
discussion Of this matter, he sald'
until the guest Of honor on NO
vember s has come and gone. Co
lumbia will welcome the president,
but Columbia is not assuming to DC
his host at luncheon. The identical
invitation was sent by the chair
man of the invitation committee to
Senator Tillman as was sent to the
governor and the other members OF
the central committee. There is no
free pass for the hosts; the dead
head list is suspended.
The letter from Secretary Moor
man, to which Senator Tillman has
made this answer, was sent at the
direction of the central committee
for the excellent reason that the COM
mittee, in recognition. of his official
position, planned to have Senator
Tillman accompany one OF the presi-
dents party in an automobile and
act as his escort into luncheon, and
it could not perfect its arrangements
until it knew whether Mr.. Tlllman
would be present. His right to de-
cline is unquestioned, and the decll-
nation will cause no embarrassment
whatever.
Neither the people OF Columbia
nor the people Of South Carolina who
cherish the honor Of city and State
need have any fear that in the en-
tertainment Of Mr.. Taft in Column
bia there will be lacking dignity,
good taste or evidence Of good breed
ing"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
MINE EXPLOSION.
Terrible Disaster In Oklahoma Mine
Near Hartshorne.

Near Hartshorne-
Ten miners are dead, two are In
iured and one Is missing as a re-
suit of an explosion in mine No. 10,
of the Rock Island Coal Mining Com
pany Near Hartshorne, Okla. Nine
bodies were recovered.
The men are believed to have gone
beyond q dead line" with lighted
lamps in entering the mine, the
lamps igniting escaping gas. The
fact that Dan Hughes, sub-boss,
was with the other men, suggests the
theory that the men were arranging
the air courses to carry out the gas
when one or more of the men passed
over the dead line" Hughes was
alive when taken from the mine
but never regained consciousness.
This is the third largest catastro-
phe in the history of the McAlaster
Mining district. In the Dengan mine
near Wilburton, in 1905, nineteen
men were killed. Twenty-Five men
were killed on August &c, 1908, In
the Halley-Ola Mine near Haley
vile.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
GROMM SLAYED CRIDE
WOMAN SKELETON FOUND HAS
BEEN IDENTIFIED.
Police Think the Murder Was Com
mitted More Than Year Ago and

mitted More 1han Year ago anu
Are Searching for the Murderer.
Following the receipt of dispatch
es: from Hamburg, Germany, say
ing that the young woman whose
body was found at lslip, Long Island,
Hast Sunday night was that of Anna
Latter, of Altona, suburb Of Ham
burg, number of points in the mys-
ters have been cleared. The iden-
tifcation is considered correct and
the; police are now seeking to locate
Otto Mueller, who is said to have
married the girl in Newark, N. j.,
on February 6, 1908.
For several, months previous to
that time it is said that Anna Latter
had been employed as maid in the
home OF Isaac Seligman, New York
banker. Shortly after the wedding
Otto Mueller took his bride to Eu-
rope, where they visited her rela-
tives in Germany and then hurried
back to New York. They spent a
few days in Newark visiting friends,
while mueller made excursions to
New York to find an apartment.
Suddenly the couple was lost track
Of, and although inquiries were made
by many, the mystery of their dis
appearance was soon forgotten and
remained so until the disclosure of
the fact that the skeleton found at
Islip might be that of Anna Latter.
1t has been the belief of the po-
lice that the murder was committed
more than a year ago. The girl could
then have been but bride of few
months when she met her death.
How she came to it is still mys-
terry. The discovery of pair of
automobile goggles near the skele-
ton strengthens the theory that the
girl was taken to the woods in a
motor car. A roadhouse-keeper near
by has told the polite that two men
and a woman came to his house in
an automobile last fall. and after
quarreling over money and real es-
tate they hurried away, and the two
men returned to the house later
that night without the woman.
Anna Latter was said to have been
a pretty girl. She had worked as
3 maid in wealthy families in Dem
yer, Chicago and New York. In the
Seligman household, where she work.
ed for two years, she had been con-
sidered, a girl of unusual good taste
and refinement. Mueller met her at
Far Rockaway Beach while she was
caring for an invalid there. He had
represented himself to Anna Latter
and her friends as an architect and
had said he owned twelve lots in
Jamaica, Long Island, where he plan
ned to build a home. The police are
looking for Mueller for further in
formation.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26

Trenton, S. c.. Oct %, 1909.
Mr.. C. w. Moorman, Secretary Cham
ber of Commerce, Columbia, S. G..
Dear Sir: have your letter OF Oc-
tober %. l replied yesterday to a
previous letter explaining the situa-
tion in regard to my acting on the
reception committee on November g.
and I await your answer to that be-
fore deciding whether I will go to
Coium bia at all or not.
As for attending the luncheon.
received an invitation some days
ago, signed James A. Hoyt. to attend
the luncheon, accompanied with an
Invitation to send a check for $40.
This may be a new way of conduct
ing entertainments in South Carolina
that will find favor in the future, but
It Is wholly contrary to all ideas
of courtesy and self-respecting hos
pftaiity that I have ever heard of in
the State. and dc: Eot propose to
lend any aid or countenance TO 1t.
II the city of Columbia is too poor
to entertain the president decentiy
II ought not to attempt it; if it wants
to ask contributions from outsiders.
that is different thing; il it wants
outsiders to bear the expense and
Insiders enjoy the glory, that IS
another thing. l have known Mr.
Taft very pleasantly some eight or
ten years, and l have dined with him
quite often, both as guest and as
a host, and I do not feel like encour-
aging the departure from South Car
olina's reputation for decency and
hospitality which this transaction in
wolves. I did not respond to Mr..
Hoyts invitation. but treated it with
silent contempt. But nasmuch as
you have asked the point blank
question, and it seems to be the
Official scheme to ask men to meet
the president and have them pay the
expenses. i tell you emphatically;
No, + will not attend the luncheon.
Very respectfully,
{Sigued) ;: GsB. R. Tillman.l.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
TYPHOON PLAYS HAVOC.
Loss of Life in the Archipelago May
Be Heavy.

A dispatch from Manila says a
typhoon of unusual severity swept
Northern and Central Luzon on Sun
day. Wire communication beyond
Dagupaa and Luzon is cut of and
details are lacking.
One message from San Fabian
says that the loss of life Is consid-
cradle and that the damage to prop
erty was heavy.
At Hongkong many casualties at
tended the typhoon that played hav-
oc with native shipping and dam
aged other vessels at various points
on the coast during the night.
At Macao the Portuguese gunboat
Patria was lifted from its moor
ings and carried up the canton riv-
er, where it was stranded on flood
ed rice field. Many houses were
blown down in the vicinity of Macao
where junks and fishing smacks in
large number foundered, involving
many casualties.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
Browns Bad Break.

An Atlanta dispatch says the final
chapter in one of the most noted
criminal trials in the history of Geor-
gia was recorded today when Gov.
Brown commuted to life imprison-
ment the sentence Of John Harper,
who was to hang for the murder
OF Sheriff Keith Of Murray county.
which occurred two years ago.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
Blind and in Prison.

At Patterson, y. j., when Will
liam Fason, blind negro, was de-
MED drink in a saloon he drew Il
revolver and fired promiscuously
around the barroom. Although he
could see nothing, his bullets kill
ed two men and wounded two 9TH
ers. AS penalty, the court has just
decided that FaSon must spend forty
years in States prison.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
OF Going tc The North Pole Confirmed by
Noted Explorer
COOK is NO SWINDLER
Rasmussen, the Danish-Eskimo Ex-
plorer, Has Talked to Many Es-
kilnos and They An Testify as 60
the Movements Of Dr.. Cook as
Told Them by His Companions.

A dispatch from Copenhagen says
the Greenland steamer Godthaab, IN
command of Capt. Schoseye, has ar
rived there. Capt schobeye reports
| that Knud Rasm ussen, the explorer.
who Is now in Greenland. after ez-
amining 35 Cape York Eskimos who
had seen DR.. Cooks Eskimo iom-
panions, is quite convinced that Or.
Cook reached the pole.
He says that Rasmussen Is wiljsag
to come to the United States with,
the two Eshmos. Itukashoo and
Ahelah, who were DR.. Cooks sole
companions in the latter part of his
expedition. Rasmussen, however,
the captain states, had not himself
seen Itukashoo Or Ehelah. who are.
now hunting. *
The steamer brought letter from
Rasmussen to his wife at Copenha-
gen In which he confirms what Is
said above and gives details Of his
talks with the Eshimos. @,
The letter is quite long and goes
into deraile, and ends by saying
| the Eskimos think that Cook reached
the goal, and that be, during the
voyage, showed great nerve and enef-
81. -~..,.-t-..
They are at the same time very
proud of I-took-a-shoo and Ah+pe-
lah as it is their conviction that Cook
would never have reached the agoa3'
without them: The above facts
must be looked upon as strong con-
frmation for Cook. Rasmussen says
personally he wants to express his
I unreserved admiration for DR.. Cook
who, he says, can call swindle.
| Rasmussen is half Eskimo. He
has made extensive researches into
their ethnology. Rasmussen was q
member of the Danish literary e1-
petition. whiih left Copenhagen ear-t
ly In 1902 and spent two years
among the surviving tribes Of Eski-
NOS for the purpose Of studying their
racial history.
In August. 1906, Rasmussen Left
Copenhagen for Greenland, intend
ing to be gone six years to complete
his researches into the chronological
and social habits of the Eskimos.
the tour as originally planned to COW
er the entire north coast of North
America as far as Alaska. 80
For this work Rasmussen Is pre-
culiarly fitted, as he is part Eskimo
himself. His mother is South
Greenland Eskimo. His father In
Christian Rasmussen, Danish cler-
gyman, who spent over twenty years
as missionary among the natives OF
Southwest Greenland. The. results
Of his early association with his
kinsfolk, supplemented by his more
mature studies of 1902 and 1903,
were published in Danish under the
title of The New People" and THE
Lash of the North Wind" .
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
NEGRO DESPERATE KILLED
After Shooting q Magistrate and o
-; -.
Negro Child. :. =,

At Sumter Wednesday while Mag
istrate Douglas Jenkins and Deputy
Charles Jenkins were attempting to
arrest a desperate negro named Geo.
Mitchell, the latter fired upon and
seriously wounded Magistrate Jenk-
ins and the negro's stray shot caught
negro child in the neck, crippling
it for life. The officer, returning the
fire, killed Mitchell instantly. The
coroner's jury 'eXonerated them.
There was intense excitement for a
time, the Jenkins being prominently
connected. The universal verdict
is that Mitchell got exactly what be
deserved, and that the community
in which be lived is better of with
out him.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
Shortage Made Good.

4 compromise was effected on FRI
day between the Attorney General
ana the National Surity Company
with reference to the alleged short
age of eX-County Treasurer Lang
ford of Hampton, whereby the Surety
Company paid the State $4,000 and
is to be reimbursed by what it can
recover from Langford and aLy hanks
that may be sued in connection with
the shortage.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
A FUGITIVE CAUGHT.
A Murderer, Wanted in Chester, Ar
rested in New York.

A special dispatch from New Yorh
to The News and Courier says Chal-
mers Barber, a young colored man,
for whom an alarm was sent ont
last August from Landsford, near
Chester, 8. c., for the shooting and
killing of a man named Collins
Judge, on August 26, was arrested
at Houston street and Broadway,
"Wednesday afternoon by Headquar-
ters Detectives Conroy and Mcllhasy.
Barber Is 19 years old and says he
has been living at So East 1899
s,rcet. He had obtained q JOB as
messenger for. Broadway hat store.
The prisoner was locked up at DO
lice headquarters as fugitive from
justice, and Sheriff d. K. Colvin. OF
Chester county, South Carolina, was
notified
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
Mysterious Shooting.

Although ne has a bullet wound
in his abdomen from which the hos
pitaI physicians say he probably will
die. Frank Ranese will no: tell the
police who shot him. He was found
IN East Fourteenth street, NeV York,
early Friday suffering great pain, but
would not say 4 thing ahout tho
of the shoot.nG
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
MUST HAVE DIED
A CALIFORNIA RANCHER TRACES
DESERT TRAGEDY.
Finds Tracks Of Teams and Follows
Trail to Dying Horse, But
Saw No One.

Irall 10 UJlnS raorsc, Dut
Saw No One.
T. H. Kellogg, rancher, while
riding across the Mojave Desert, in
the Carsho Creek country of Cali
fornia on Saturday came across the
tracks of two teams. The wandering
trails indicated to his experienced
eye that the drivers of the team eth
or were lost or did not have control
of mind left.
He followed the trails for some
distance and finally came upon a
camp wagon and buggy, and fur
ther away a horse dying of thirst.
Here evidetly> was the: starting
point of a greater tragedy.
Following the trail further he
discovered the tracks of a man and
woman and three children. Unless
even at times, retreating and waV-
ering in purpose as though the trav-
elerS did not know Whlcn way 10 Turn,
the footprints on the sand tolu OF
the search for water against a des-
perately growing need.
Sometimes the trail of one or the
other Of the childre disappeared in
dicatng that the father or the moth
er had expended the last drop OF
energy in carrying their little ones.
The trail followed the bed of dry
creek for many miles and then lei
off to that country from which few
travellers return. Where the lost
ones are Is unknown.
Kellogg returned to civilization and
searching parties were started out
at once. but no word has been re-
ceived.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
Many Are Killed.

A dispatch from Sima. British
India, says twenty-five persons were
killed and a S ore OF others injured
in the recent earthquake shocks at
Bcliput. small town on the Quetta
railroad, and the central part Of
Beluchistan, railway station and
several residences were razed.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
FIRED By THE GOVERNOR.
The Dorchester Board of Registra-
ton Removed.

BY a proclamation made public
Wednesday, Governor Anssl summar-
lily removed from office Elias Doar
and R. NJ. Limehouse, members OF
the Dorchester county registration
board, for misconduct. in Office in
registering negroes: and others from
lists furnished them without eXami-
nation and for issuing certificates
to number clearly not entitled to
registering because some could not
read and others had not paid their
taxes as required by the Constitu-
ton. The Governors action was
taken after a full investigation, in
cluding personal interviews with the
men deposed. a.. w. Rumph, the
third member of the board, who is
an old man and in i'll health" will
be allowed to resign.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
Enduring Monument.

Kansas City, Mo, has lost bene-
factor IN the death OF Thomas II.
Swope. millionaire and philanthropy
list. He was eighty-one years old
ANA his finest gift TO that city was
the park whi,h bears his name. 1t
contains 1900 acres and is worth
more than S2,000.006.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
IcSuviOuY IN Ernption.

The .eruptions OF Mount VesuVious,
which became alarmingly active
Thursday, appears to be decreasing.
The villages in the vicinity Of the
volcano are filed with strangers,
mostly foreigners who had hasten
ed there to witness the phenomena.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
Caught ut Last.

After twenty-five years of hiding.
following an alleged murder COM
mitted near Hendricks, KY, in the
fall of 1887, Alex. Mcfarland, was
arrested Friday close to the Raleigh
Nanawha border line by posse OF
West Virginia and Kentucky Of
ficprS
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
4 Bold itubl)rr.

In view Of the scores Of passengers
on the Chicago to New Orleans Hill
nOis Central train, two hiShwaynlen
held up and robbed Conductor Dav-
ison Wednesday night when the linn
itcd train stopped ut Harvey, a
Chicago suburb. for water.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
Launch Party Missing.

The launch Sarah L., five days out
of Walker, Mimi, is believed to have
gone down with all on board on
LEIGH Lake in the storm which swept
the lake. A government boat has
been sent out to look for the wreck
age or dead bodies.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
Two Men Hung.

Alabama had two hanglngs on
Friday. Willie Stevens, white, was
hung at Luverne for the killing Of
his wife and daughter, and At Grove
Hill Louis Balaam, a negro preacher,
was hanged for the murder OF a
deputy sheriff.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
Homicide Charged.

Ed Bellinger, colored. has been
committed to Jail on warrant of
Magistrate Hills, of Johns Island,
for homicide. He is reported TO have
killed another negro named Single
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
Accused of Murder.

At Columbia Friday the coroner
arrested Jane Drawtey. charging her
with the murder of Jane Hampton
by throwing her out of window on
Main street last Monday. I"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
The following correspondence ex-
NJ the -itself.
Office,

Secretary's Office,
Columbia Chamber of Commerce.
Columbia, S. c., Oct. %, 1908.
Hon. B. r. Iillman, Trenton, ;. Z.
Dear Sir: In order that the COM
mittee in charge of the arrangements
for the visit of President TAFT may
complete plans now pending, will
you kindly inform this office if you
will be present on that occasion and
If YOU expect to attend the luncheon
to be given in his honor,
Yours very turly,
(Signed) c. W. Norman,
Secretary.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-26
WON'T ATTEND
Senator rillnan Refuses TO Participate in
The Taft Luncheon.
WOULD NOT BUY TICKET,

AS He Does Not Relieve in That
80 r1S7S.T = :. 1-1!- .'i
Kind OF Observation-Disclosures Hos
nitaIity, and Intimates That
Columbia Should Pay for the Frol-
's.-.,-evJ - 'I-r ~
iic or Ont 1t Out. !
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-11
CHURCHES DECLARE
WAR ON THEATRES

The church Interests u Seattle
have again declared war upon the
Sunday amusement The warfare
IL 10 BE- a strong and concerted
movement on tho part Of aii the
churches Of the city On Sun.
day yet to BE- vet. but probably Jan.
uary 81. petitions Will be circulated
IN each Of the churches. to b. signed
BY the entire attending crugrQga.
ton. II possible These petitions
vill then be laid before Mayer
Miller. urging him TO enforce the
Sunday closing law The ministers
aim especially A. the vaudeville
shows. but NO discrimination will
be- made Rev. W. n. n. Rces and
Rev. T. 4. Elliot we're appointed
BY the Methodist Episcopal Min.
lstefiai Federation AZ a committee
on arrangements today.
Or A. p. Hourns. IN a paper read
before the federation this morning
on Spiritual Apathy" termed
amuaomcnts a. one Of the impcdi-
mentB to religious progress
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-11
WOMAN DIES
IN SCHOOL
ROOM
MISS ANNA M. ALLEN
VICTIM OF HEART
DISEASE.
Becomes Unconscious Just
Before Time to Face
Class at School.

Miss Anna A. Allen, assistant
musical director 81 tho public
schools OF Seattle. died suddenly az
ihe walla Walla school shortly be-
fore 10 O'clock thiu morning Death
apparently was due to heart failure.
although . post mogism esamlna-
tIon viii he held az tha undertaking
establishment ~ me Bounes wat
son 60. 60 determine the cxnet
cause
Niles Allen entered fhe school
shortly after o'clock apparently in
the best ~ health Before she had
been leng iH The buiidinE however.
She complained ~ feeling faint she
relaxed infp state % coma from
witch noih'aA could arouse her. and
death enHued iu few m'nufes
MisH Allen WAS about as years
old ana came hele from Peoria. No..
last September 30 aaaHms her duties.
before coming 81 Seattle Miss Allen
was muaicai nprrintrndeHt ~ the
Peoria public schools Tor ~ years
Miss Allen lived al i14i 18th aV
while IN Seattle Superintendent ~
Schools " r. Cooper today wired
news - The wnusAn's death to Fei-
ativss ~ feoris Up % a late hour
this afternoon no reply had been
received
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-11
THROUGH TRAINS
DELAYED BY
STORM

Although the SHOWS have not I'm
peded the eastern mail service 70
any extent. through passenger
train service between Seattle. Tia
coma. Portland and the east has
been effectuslly stopped on the
American lines running into this
city. Terrific billiards IN the
Dakosas. Nebraska and Eastern
Montana have caught and stalled
several Of the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern trains. but the
mails have been relayed across by
made.up service aud have been de.
layed only a few hours In reach.
fnr Seattle. The service over the
Canadian Pacific aud the coast
coast lines has not been al all
impedad, as the storm in this
region has been comparatively
light. The billiards In the Middle
West are said TO be the worst since
1887.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-11
SACRIFICES HERSELF TO
keep CHILDREN WARN!

morning In which a wlfs aud
mother begs the people n Seattle
20 come 10 her rescue. The bus.
hand 10 unable. ahe says. 70 secure
work this cold weather. Aside
from the physical snfferlnws 81 this
family. the mother Is further tor
tnred beyond endurance b. the
mental strain % waichlng her hus.
band and aon suffer.
Any old clothes. skirts. waists.
undsrClothra and some clothes for
the tycarold lad are solicited
n there aru any Ia thr city Who
Wish 10 help this family by duna.
tons u wearing apparel. they are
urged 10 bring their contributions
20 The Star office ~ once. aud
they viii be gladly forwarded TO
the sufferers