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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
FIFTY PERISH
Powder Explsion Causes Disaster
to Workmen Near Chicago
I'M A Marine TUNNEL
Hal: a Hundred Laborers Mile and
Half From Shore, in Lake Mich
igan, Blown to Pieces, Bruned
to Death or Drowned, and Large
Number Are Injured.

| NUnDec are injured.
| Chicago, Ill, Jan. 20.-Blown to
pieces by exploding powder, burned
to death by the resultant fire or
drowned. in the icy waters Of Lake
Michigan was the fate today Of fifty
three workmen, who were working
or a submarine tunnel at a wooden
crib, a mile and a half from shore.
The crib was used in the constrnc-
ton of a tunnel connecting with the
south side shore of the city at 73rd
street. It is known that ninety-fve:
workmen were employed in the crib
and the connecting tunnel at the
time Of the explosion, which started
the fire and blew or>drove men into
the water.
The work Of the destroying eIe-
ments was begun SO Unexpectedly
and reaped it's harvest Of dead and
injured with such swiftness that tie
contracting firm of George w. Jack
son and the rescuers have been un-
able to arrive at anything like an
accurate list of those who perished,
or Of others who escaped the fury,
Of the flames or the icy waters Of
the lake. 6
All south side hospitals are filed
with injured men tonight. City fire
boats and tugs OF the construction
company made frequent trips far
into the night to the scene Of the
disaster through the heavy ice !
foes.
The disaster apparently had its
origin in a powder house of small
dimensions, situated about 100 yards;
from the crib structure proper, but
at the same time being a part Of
the general structure. go 4
The dull detonation, mufaed as it 9,
was by the crunching of floating ice.
against the crib and the tmosphere
laden with heavy fog, simply aroused
the attention Of the workmen,s ac-
cording to servivors, and it was not!
Until the heat of the flames and the
sitting smoak penetrated the so-&3
called living room Of the crib, and
the tunnelsbeneath the waters of the
lake that the full import Of the dis.
aster dawned upon the Workmen Gu. .
off from quick succor. %,
One of the workmen with a cool
er head than his fellows, made his
way through the smoak to- a little,
inclosrre in which was a telephone
and gave the hurried message to the
shore station:
"The crib IS on fire. For Gods
sake send help at once, or@we will
be buried alive. The tug. :5
At this point communication ceas-
ed and through the fog an occasional.
ourst of flames, and an unmistakable
odor of smoke made it known to
he watchers on shore that the, tell
,phone message was in earnest.
The tug T. T. Morford was the
irst to begin rescuing the frenzied
Forkmen.
After several hours of heroic work
IN the part Of the rescuers thirty
line workmen were rescued. When
,he tug Conway and it's crew had :
finally quenched the flames, fifty
three bodies had been carried to
he shore and placed in morgues In
South Chicago,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
GOVERNORS SALARY RAISED
And the Salaries Of Other State
Officers Fixed.

Columbia, Jan. 21.-The State
Senate passed bill today fixing the
Governors salary at $4,000 and the
other State officers at s2,250, except
Adjutant and Inspection General,
who will get only $4,000. The bill
also fixes the salary of the Superin-
tendent of the Penitentiary at 81
$50 per annum. The vote on the
bill was. as follows:
Yeas-Appelt, Bass, Bates, Car
penter, Christensen, Clifton, Croft.
Graydon, Hardin, Hough, Johnstone,
Kelley, Lide, Mauldin, McKeithan,
Montgomery, OTIS, Sinkler, Smith,
Sp;yey, Stewart, Sullivan, Summers,
Walker, Waller, Weston, Williams.
Total 27.
Nays-Black, Carlisle, Crosson.
Earle, Forrest, Griffin, Harvey, john
son, Laney, Muckenfuss, Rainsford,
Rogers, Wharton. Total 13.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27

thus working together, We shall
make South Carolina second to none
in this union OF icdestruct.ble
! States.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27

by the military while they were
loading a ship. Aboard this vessel
there were 721 refugees from Mes
sina, Of whom 1873 died during the
.Telve hours passage to Naples" ;"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27

In North Carolina, the duties OF
road commissioner are placed upon
the State geologists, in other States,
road commissioners are appointed
for this work.
come to congratulate you. my
fellow citizens. upon what has beer
done along all these lines. and tc
ask that each Of you will do ms !oi
duty in helping forward all ina
makes for the betterment OF ou'
people.
And now, as take upon mysei
for a second time. the respocsloi4,
ties and duties of this ONCE l ass
that you will uphold my hands Il
every good work. and, by your gen
erous help and cooperation si''
me that encouragement have
right to expect At your hands B;
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25
ROCKEFELLER STANDS ON
PEDESTAL AS ALTRUIST
Vice President of Standard OIL Conn.,
pany Says He ls Anxious to Fol-
low Spirit and Letter of Law

NEW YORK, Nov. 24-William
Rockefeller, vice president and director
of the Standard Oil company, gives a
different color today to the appeal
which Mortimer f. Elliott, the COM
panys general solicitor, had an
nounced is to be taken from the decree
of the United States circuit court.
Legal affairs of the company, Mr..
Rockefeller said. would continue to re-
main in the hands of its legal depart
ment, but as a layman he wished to
indicate that his own attitude and that
of his associates had its share of al
truisTn.
1T seems to me desirable" he said
mot only for my own interests and
those of my associates, but for the
public at large and for all other great
business ventures. that the Sherman
act should be finally set beyond con-
tention as interpreted by the supreme
court of the United States. Undoubt-
edly our case will be appealed, and
for this reason.
II am not a lawyer and cannot dis
cuss the decree of the circuit court
but Mr.. Elliott has said an appeal will
be taken, and the matter Is entirely in
the hands of counsel of the company.
I'm this connection / want to say
as a large stockholder, no matter how
the case eventuates, there will be no
unwillingness to comply fully not only
with the letter but with the spirit of
the law as it shall be settled by the
supreme court"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25

manner in which the budget was driv-
ing capital out of the country. He de-
clared that all new proposed taxes were
bad and unnecessary. All the money
required,t he contended, might have
been raised by import duties, not only
without injury to business and employ
ment, but with actual benefit to both.
Lord Curzon will resume the debate
tomorrow. 1t is impossible tonight to
judge the effect Rosebery's warning
will have. 1t is known already that a
large section of the Unionist peers have
held grave doubts as to the expediency
of Lord Lansdowne's course, and there
is almost certain to be large number
of abstentions when the resolution
comes to a vote.
The prolongation of the debate in the
house of lords into next week is due to
the fact that there Is no machinery to
bring a discussion In this chamber to
close, all the peers expressing desire
to speak having a full right to do so.
1t was announced tonight that the
house of commons will adjourn tomor-
row until December l, when Mr.. AS
quith, prime minister, will make an
important statement explaining the
policy of the government in view of the
rejection of the budget, which is anticf-
pated. Nothing has been learned as to
what the ministers decided at today's
party meeting.
Has Slight Effect
From the tone of editorials in the
London morning papers Lord Rose
bery's remarkable grafton, which from
rhetorical viewpoint is universally
lauded, probably win have slight ef-
feet on the attitude of the peers.
Rosebery is dubbed the Hamlet of
British politics" and his characteristic
inflrmity of purpose is regarded as
having received another striking illus
tration. The proposal which he made
half seriously in the course of his
speech that the house of lords should
delegate $50 of the most distinguished
peers to vote on Lansdowne's motion
as being a method more likely to i'm
press the country than a large vote
of Heterogeneous gathering of peers
many of whom have no claim to dis
tinction and seldom attended the de-
bates. is commented upon almost with
ridicule.
The prolongation of the debate in the
house of lords deranges the govern
ment's plans and no decision has been
reached as to what course shall be fol-
lowed regarding the dissolution of par
lament.
A movement has been started in ia
vor of a great practical demonstration
of Londoners outside of parliament on
the night the house of lords rejects the
budget as a protest against the lords
action.
II yGu want to go east. C. Haydock, Agt.
Central r.. 118 w Sixth street.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25
PEERS WARNED BY
LIBERAL TO ACCEPT
,cont,nued from Faac ons,

tC0nunued from rage Onel
mixed up with other such issues as
would be raised.
81 do not speak of menaces," he
said. ''The house of lords has lived
on menaces ever since 1 can remem-
ber, and it is still thriving. But the
menaces now used are by men bent on
having a single chamber. Their eff
forts are revolutionary in essence, If
not in fact"
Question of Reform
Dealing with the question of the re-
form of the house of lords, which Lord
Rosebery has long advocated, he ex-
pressed the conviction that no final ad-
justment of the differences between the
two houses could ever be arrived at
without some form of referendum
He denounced the budget in the
strongest terms, and said that one
maxim burned into them by bitter ex-
perience was that there should be no
taxation without representation.
"Disrepard for that maxim," he said,
'lost us the United States of America,
and we are not likely to offend against
it again"
Lord Rosebery contended that the
budget taxed the lords freely and abun-
dainty without their having word to
say or vote in the matter. After re-
ferring to the budget as having spread
over the country want of confidence
and want of credit, the worst diseases
which could affect commercial nations
he uttered a solemn warning that the
pressure of great armaments was hur-
rying Europe toward bankruptcy.
Expressing regret that he could not
support the resolution, Lord Rosebery
resumed his seat, having spoken for
fifty minutes. His picturesque and
glowing eloquence produced a tremend-
GUS effect. leaving his hearers some
what bewildered.
There was an immediate exodus OF
peers to discuss the situation in the
lobbies and although the debate con-
tinued until midnight, the rest of the
speeches took rather the form of an
anti-climax.
Lord Miner spoke of the abnormal
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25
$50 DEAD BODIES
MAY BE IN MINE
tcoptinued from Page uns,

the black damp was seen. Many of
the former workers in the mine pro-
tested angrily after they discovered
that the men would have been safe
from the deadly gas had not the ven
tilating fan of the mine been reversed
shortly after the discovery of the fire.
The announced intention of the mine
officials to pump out the water in the
lower level was baked by the refusal
of the machinists to aid them. The
pump had been disconnected near the
second level, and machinists declined
to risk their lives in repairing the ma
chinery.
Robert Shaw, a third member of the
exploring party finding the bodies, told
of. reading a piece of slate on which
one of the victims apparently had
checked off the totals of the. groups
who clambered on the ridge in their
last stand for life. The writing as re-
membered by him was:
Thirty more came in. Twenty-four
more. Fourteen more. One hundred
and twenty are here now."
Last Count of Living
other figures hastily compiled by
Shaw indicated that the number ex-
ceeded $50 when the tally ended.
II think some of the men had barri-
caded themselves in pockets in the gal
lery, but were driven to the ridge by
the rising water" said Shaw. IF they
had not got out of the pockets they
would have been drowned in them"
Shaw also told of an attempt of the
men to build barricade at the west
end of the ridge to hold back the black
damp. The wall was. only & few feet
high, however, the men having aban-
doned the attempt or having been
overcome by gas.
Before remote tunnels can be pene-
trated in the search for bodies, fires
which have been smouldering for days
must be extinguished; fallen walls
must be braced up by timbers, and the
whole place cleared of the black damp.
How long this will take is now con-
sidered problematical. 1t is even
thought some of the bodies will never
be recovered.
George S. Rice Of Pittsburg, the Unit
ed States geological expert, has made
many scientific tests relative to black
and white damp which it is believed
will be of use to the government in
rescue work in future mine disasters.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25
MADE GOVERNOR
OF NEW MEXICO
CHIEF JUSTICE MILLS WILL
SUCCEED CURRY
STATE SUPREME COURT JURIsT
ACCEPTS OFFER
Conference Between Postmaster Gem
Conference Between Postmaster Gem
eraI Hitchcock, National Commit
teeman and President Results
in Appointment of Pioneer
ASSOCIATED Pressl

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24-Chief JUS
tice w. j. Mills of the New Mexico su-
preme court has been appointed COVER
nor of the territory to succeed George
G. Curry, resigned.
The office was offered to Justice Mills
today. He promptly indicated his
willingness to accept. 1t followed a
conference between Postmaster Hitch
cock and National Committeeman Sol
omon Luna of New Mexico with the
president, and later with Secretary
Ballinger.
For more than twenty years Justice
Mills has lived in New Mexico. His
family came originally from New
Haven, Conn. The new appointee is a
graduate of Yale, class of II.
Judge Mills was named chief Justice
in 1898 by President Mckinley and has
served continuously since that time.
President Taft has appointed Judge
w. H. Pope of Roswell to be chief JUS
tice to succeed Justice Mills, on March
next.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25
NAVAJO INDIAN MURDERS
WHITE MAN IN TERRITORY

DURANGO. Colo. Nov. 24.-Charles
Fritz, we'll known in this section, was
murdered by Navajo Indian near the
Shiprock agency in New Mexico, ac-
cCrding 10 news broagh. e Supefin-
tendent Shelton by band of Navajos
and t,ierhoned here yesterday. Only
ineager details are at lard, but rob-
Lery is thought to have been the mo-
tive.
Cotradicting reports that members
of the band to which the murderer
belongs had gathered to prevent his
being arrested. superintendent Shell
ton states that the Indian slayer OF
Fritz has been taken into custody and
will be handed over to federal au-
thorities.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25
To plspIace Messengers

NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-Officials of
the American Telephone and Telegraph
company announced yesterday that as
a result of the company's purchase of
a large interest In the Western Union
Telegraph company new device would
be adopted that would displace the
BY this device, it was said.
it would soon be possible for any tele-
phone subscriber to write out his dis
patch on an electric machine, which
viii reproduce II simultaneously in the
office of the telegraph company. This
will make a telephone office
out of every telephone station.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25
ZEBUS SUBSTITUTED FOR
BEEF IN FRENCH MARKET

PARIS, Nov. 24-The colonial au-
thorities have inaugurated a serious
attempt to introduce in the French
market the zebus of Madagascar as a
substitute for beef. The first batch
of a dozen carcasses sold in the Paris
stalls brought the prices of the highest
grades Of cattle. Large shipments are
now on the way hither.
NJ. Carrougeau, the manager of the
government stud in Madagascar, is en-
thusiastic over the new project. He
says the herds of zebus, otherwise
known as Indian oxen, which have been
threatened with determination, are now
being rapidly restored and that prob
ably 4,500,000 head roam the plateaus
of Madagascar.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25
no Appeal for sufranette

NEW YORK, Nov. PA delegation
of college girls, under the guidance of
the College Equal Suffrage league, is
arranging to go to Washington to pre-
sent to the state department a resolu-
tion calling for the interference by this
government of the Imprisonment in
England of Miss Paul, the American
girl who smashed the window at the
banquet of the lord mayor of London.
Miss Paul is a militant suffragette and
is serving a S0-day sentence for her
demonstration.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25
MOTHER DIES Am YOUTH
is HELD UP AND INJURED

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24.-As Ker-
nan Thomas left his house at an early
hour today to inform his sister who re-
sides nearby of the death of his
mother which had just occurred, he
was held up by a footpad.
Thomas explained the nature of his
errand and asked to be allowed to
proceed, but as the robber refused to
allow him to pass. When Thomas re-
sisted the footpad slashed him with a
sharp knife or a razor, severing the ar
teries in his wrist. The man then fled
Thomas walked to the emergency hos
pital where the cuts were dressed.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25
Miner Killed by Dynamite

Kerl of 544 Fifteenth avenue, who left
the city November to go to his min
ing claim in the mountains near Ber-
lin, was killed in his shack by an ex-
plosion of dynamite while he was
changing his shoes. Both eyes were
blown out, and conditions in the shack
indicate that he may have lived for
some time after the accident.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25
Announoe bic Glft

HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. 24-An-
nouncement that the bequests of the
late John Stuart Kennedy of New
York to the Presbyterian board of for
eign missions would amount to $780,
900 instead of 81 ,000.0 600, as had been
stated at the time of his death, was
made at the laymen's missionary con-
vention here today.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25
LAW collene Dedicated

BOULDER, Colo, Nov. 24.-The new
law building of the University of Colo
RADIO, the gift of United States Sena-
tor Simon Guggenheim, was dedicate1
here today. Addresses were made by
Governor Shafroth, Senator Guggen-
helm, President Baker of the state in
stitution and others. The law build
ing, which is the first to be COM
pleted of a number of new buildings
to be erected at the university, cost
about $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25
Do Not Credit Rumor

TOPEKA, Kas., Nov PA rumor
that ]. e. Hurley, general manager of
the Santa Fe, is to be president of the
Rock Island or of the Frisco road is
not credited among railroad men here.
Mr.. Hurley is at st. Paul Henry B.
Lautz is his assistant and is emphatic
in his denial of the rumor that Mr.
Hurley will leave the Santa Fe.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25

l had already made, but when CLAWS
explained he wanted this affidavit to
clear up a belief prevalent in the land
office that we were working for the
Guggenheims, I consented. 1 was un-
der the impression that this would clear
the whole matter up, and that there
would be no further delay in the de-
livery of our patents"
Mr. Smith was not cross-examined
this afternoon, but 1t is probable the
government attorneys will take him in
hand the first thing Friday morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25
WHERE is II. A. GETZ9

Merchant Tailor Disappears from Broadway
New styles in a ney place whers
new faces as well as familiar ones will
always be welcome. H. A. Getz, builder
of character clothes, now at 320 West
Fourth st., between Broadway and Hill.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25

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roughness and oily perspiration is found
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lowed by warm baths with Cuticure
Soap. For preserving, purifying and
beautifying the skin, scalp, hair and
hands of infants, children and adults.
Cuticura and Cuticura Soap are priceless.
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throughout the world. Potter Drug Chem Corp.
fole Propg 1875 Columbus Ave. Boston, Mass
az 18-page Cutcura Book mailed free, glying %
scripton treatment and OF diseases OF the Ska
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25
LITTLE SUFFERER
FROM ECZEMA
Grew Worse in Spite of Six Months
ofAblest Treatment t. Sleep Ter
ribly Broken = Face, Head and
Hands Masses of Dreadful Rumor.
A SINGLE SET OF
CUTlCURA CURED HIM
81 feel it my duty to let you know
with what success L have used the Cuti-

CuId hefnSulcS.
When our baby
was seven weeks
old he broke out
with W h hat we
t h ght was
heat but which
gradually grew
orse. w Q
called in a doc
tor. He said it
was eczema and
- =.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25


we doctored six months with three OF
the best doctors in Atchison but he only
got worse His face, head and hands
were a solid sore. There was no end to
the suffering for him. We had to tie
his little hands to keep him from scratch
ing. He never knew what it was to
sleep we'll from the time he took the
disease until he was cured. He kept us
awake all hours in the night and his
health wasn't what you would call good.
We tried everything but the right thing.
Finally I got set Of the Cuticura REM
edies and am pleased to say we did not
use all of them until he was cured. We
have waited seven months to see If it
would return but it never has and to-
day his skin is clear and fair as 1t pos
sibly could be. | hope Cuticura may
save some one else's little ones suffering
and also their pocket-books. John
Leason, 14O3 Atchison ST., Atchison.
Kan, Nov. and IL. 1905"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25

II ySu want to go east. C. Haydock. Agt
Iilinoi Central r. r.. 11s W. Sixth street
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-11-11

as she had grown wise and come
~ to look upon Jimsy's visits as
w pleasant breaks in the monOt-
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-11-11

Jimsy walked down through the
laurel bower
Beth" he said by way Of saIuta-
don, that's the most common sense
mountain climbing outfit 1 ever saw"
ITS very rude to make remarks
about peoples clothing when they're
not dressed to receive" she retorted
You're not privileged to express any
opinion. It's too early. But it's quite
impossible to stay abed with Emma
carrying on as If it was the middle Of
the day. She's been humming all
over the house since O'clock, and
all that because she's going for a
climb"
"Why. she hasn't slept wink think
ing Of her new Dress" laughed Emma
"Well, Beth, by the time you've got
your halo out Of curl and settle down
in your pew" observed Smith, I'VE
shall be several hundred feet nearer
the other cherubs. listening to the sol