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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-29

of tremen gained access to the build
ing at o'clock. Two searchlights
from buildings opposite lighted the
way Of the firemen. Fifty roasted
bodies were found on the ninth floor.
They lay in every possible position,
some so mangled that recognition
was impossible.
Women with their hair burned
away, with here and there limb
burned entirely off and the charred
stump visible, were lifted tenderly
from the debris, wrapped in oilcloth
and lowered by pulleys to the street.
Across the street there rested on
the sidewalk hundred pine collins,
into which were placed the bodies.
AS fast as this was done, the collins
were carried away, in any kind OF a
vehicle that could be pressed into
service, to the morgue, at Bellevue
Hospital, and the Charities Morgue,
opened for the first time since the
General Slocum disaster.
One hundred and six bodies had
been taken from the building and
twenty injured had been conveyed to
st. Vincent's Hospital, at 10 o'clock.
Of these three died soon after admit
tance Others were not expected to
live through the night. Three of five
women taken to Bellevue Hospital
died soon after admitted there.
Many Rescued by Students.
On the tenth floor of the building
adjoining the burned structure, Is
the law department of the New York
University. Here twenty odd stu
dents were listening to lecture by
Frank H. Sommer, former sheriff Of
Essex County. He saw the moke
and saw the girls trapped on the roof.
He led his class to the roof OF the
University quarters, where they
found two ladders. Two boys bore
these down two Nights Of the roof of
an intervening building, swarmed
out of the windows and raised them
to the roof Of the burning building.
Forty girls were brought down to
safety.
Just how many trips were made
by the elevator men will perhaps new
er be ascertained. The various re-
ports of heroism at the elevators diff
fer.
City officials announced tonight
that the usual rigid regulations
which follows such disasters will be
instituted at once.
The calamity is just what I have
been predicting" said one. There
was no outside hre-escape on the
building. This large death toll is
due to neglect
The police say that today's fire is
the sixth or seventh in the building
within twelve months. all of which,
they say, occurred in the shirt waist
factory. The others were trifline.
The factory, incidentally, is said to
be the first in which operators struck
during the widespread shirt waist
strike settled several months ago.
BY today's fire the total shirt waist
operators who have perished in New
York is nearly 200. Not many weeks
ago 25 girls met death under some
what similar circumstances in New
ark. y, J.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-29
TIMBER ALL GRABBED
RAILROADS OWN ONE-FOURIH
THE FORESTS IN THE WEST.
Such Is the Report Made by Herbert
Knox Smith, Commissioner Of Cor
porations-Interesting Figures.

porations-Interesting Figures.
The statement cantained in the re-
port Of Herbert Knox Smith, commits
sioner of corporations, recently made
to President Taft on the lumber in
dustry Of the country to the effect
that large percentage Of the stand
ing timber of the Pacific coast is now
held by three corporations-the
Southern Pacific Railway company,
the Weyerhaeuser Timber company
and the Northern Pacific Railway
company-was not, Of course. sur
prise to the people Of the Western
states most concerned. But the fur
ther statement contained in MI.
Smiths report to the effect that If
the holdings of these three compa-
nies we're sawed into lumber they
would load a train about 100, 900
miles long, or build an ordinary five
or six-room frame house for each Of
the 100000 families in the United
States in 1900, will doubtless give
them better conception Of the vast
ness of the holdings Of these concerns
than they have ever before possessed.
The holdings of the Weyerhaeuser
company is found by the report to be
the second largest in the country.
It's total ownership Of timber IS
placed at e5.7 billion feet, which is
only 10000, 100000 feet less than
that Of the Southern Pacific. Nearly
77,000.O 1000 feet Of this vast hold
ing is in Washington, about 18,0o0,-
0O0,0 feet stands in Oregon and
an Insignificant fraction in Califor-
MIA.
The Northern Pacific holding is de-
scribed as follows: ''The timber
holding of the Northern Pacific Rail-
way company, which ranks third in
importance, amounts to 36.2 billion
feet. This, it will be seen, is much
less than either the Southern Paci-
fic or the Weyerhaeuser holding.
Most of it is owned by the Northern
Pacific Railway company directly, but
a small part is owned by a subsidiary
concern, the Northwestern Improve
ment company. The bulk Of this
timber is in the state Of Washing
ton
In summarizing these three vast
holdings, Mr. Smith says that they
constitute 23.5 per cent, or nearly
one-quarter Of all the privately
owned timber in the five states Of the
Pacific Northwest. the most impor-
tant remaining source of timber sup
ply for the United States. Through
freight rates nearly all the forests of
the West are controlled. It is here,
he says, that the concentration OF
ownership is most marked, and al
though he sees q great menace in
the possibilities which this concen-
tration affords for an absolute con-
troll of prices in the future by these
three or four largest holders, he finds
still another menace which he con-
siders to be even more alarming than
the one just cited, and that is the
future ownership Of the lands after
the timber is cut.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-29
KILLED. IN WRECK
DIXIE FLYER" GOES THROUGH
TREsTLE INTO RIVER.
More Than a Dozen Also Injured in
One Of Worst Railroad Disasters
known in the South.

tAAV"A Az kAAS s@SbSAA'
In one of the worst railroad disas-
ters known in the South Atlantic
States, eight persons were killed and
more than a dozen injured, when
train No. 81, known as the "Dixie
Flyer on the Atlantic Coast Line,
and running between Chicago and
Jacksonville, went through a trestle
over the Alapapa river, eighteen
miles east of Triton, Ga, early Satur-
day morning. Saturday night but
one body, that of John T. Watson,
OF wyoming, remained in the river.
Had it not been for the wreck,
Watson would have been a BRIDE
groom Sunday. His sweetheart, Miss
Elise Shippey, Of Pasadena. CAL, who
was on the train with him, and to
whom he was to have been married
in Jacksonville Sunday, remained at
the wreck throughout the day and
night, watching the efforts Of the
rescuing party to recover Watson's
body.
The revised list of the dead and in
iured is given as follows: Dead:
O. F. Bonmwart, Henderson, Ky;
W. w. Culpepper, Tifton, Ca; Mrs.
W. D. Fletcher. Rowland, ILL.,; John
T. Watson, Landa, Wyo.; J. F. Wood
ward. express messenger, Waycross,
Ca: C. J. Parnell, conductor, SaVan-
nah; Lucius Ellis. fireman. and AL
bert Simmons, porter, both colored,
of Waycross, Ga.
Injured: J. E. Powell, baggage
master, Jacksonville: J. P. Klein,
wife and child, st. Louis: father and
mother bruised and child scalded;
Peter Geriofs. Holland, Mich,
bruised; Mic vandermelton, Grand
Rapids, Mich, bruised about the head
and knees; Mrs. o. F. Bonmhart,
Henderson, Ky; w. T. Perkins, Cat
tlettsburg, Ky, bruised; J. E. Greene,
engineer, Waycross. Ca, bruised.
The cars plunged into the river,
without moments warning to the
sleeping passengers, when an axle on
the engine suddenly snapped when
midway of the trestle. The locomo-
tive never left the track, but the ten
der was derailed and the tank tum-
bled to the bed Of the stream. The
trestle is about a half mile long, but
the river was low and at the point of
the accident was not more than so
yards across. The express and bag
gage cars, two day coaches and one
Pullman were piled in an indescrib-
able mass in the centre Of the stream,
but few of the passengers were car
ried beneath the water.
. J. P. Woodward, the express mes
senger, was killed and Baggagemas-
ter J. E. Powell was probably fatally
hurt, by timbers driven through the
car.
The frst-class coach, q new steel
car, was driven through the sleeper.
In this car Bomwart, of Henderson,
KY, was instantly killed, while his
wife, beside him, escaped with slight
injuries.
It is not expected to have the
tracks cleared and the trestle re-
paired for traffic before Sunday
night.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-29
EXPLOSION NEAR AUGUSTA.
Two Men Killed and Two Others Are
Badly Hurt.

A boiler explosion at o'clock Fri.
day morning caused the death Of two
negroes and serl.uslr injured two
white men.
The Southern railway is placing u
draw in it's tres.ie ever the Savannah
river here, and while the night force
was working the boiler exploded be-
cause of the water icing too. low in
it.
Harry Trapp, colored, was blowr
into fragments; Press Sor'ers was
also killed but his body has not yet
been recovered, and D. c. Wike, a
white man, and W. A. Vowel, of
Columbia, S. c., superintendent OF
construction, also white, were IN
jured.
The boiler was blown 200 feet fror?
the trestle and landed in the middle
Of the river.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-29
TiIIrnan Feels Better.

Senator B. r. TilIman in response
to an inquiry as to his health inspired
by a rumor that he was very unweH
said Friday that he was feeling en-
tirely fit. He spent the day in the
feldscon his farm at Trenton, and
says the country life is agreeing with
him so finally that he feels better ev-
cry day. He is feeling better than he
has felt for months past.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-29
Robbed Mrs. Bryan.

Mrs. William Jennings Bryan was
robbed at the Majectis Theatre New
York Of a handsome seal hand bag,
containing SIS and valuable souve-
Mrs collected by her and her hus-
band in their recent travels, last Sat-
urtday afternoon. Mrs. Stephen B.
Ayres, wife of the Congressman,
whose guests Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
were in the Bronx, made the fact
public.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-29
Shot ON Crowded Street.

Andrew C. Puro, said to be an ltal-
ian Journalist, was shot and killed on
a crowded street in the downtown
district of Denver, Colo, Tuesday
night. PHILIPPE Dropolia is under ar
rest charged with the murder.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-29
Found Dead in Bed.

Louis Cassaway, negro, his wife
and three children we're found dead
in bed at their home at San Antonio,
Texas, Wednesday. 1t is believed they
were murdered during the night. The
police have no clue to their assa!i-
ants
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-29
Firemen Are Killed.

Four fremen are dead. two others
are dying and several suffering from
injuries, the result Of the collapse Of
the roof of the Middleton Manufac-
turing Company building at Milwau-
kee, Friday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-29
Two to Hang,

Gov. Sanders Wednesday named
Friday, April q, as the date for the
execution of Euge Besanon and Fran
co.'s Rodin. convicted Of numbering
Franz Reidi, an aged matchmaker of
New Orleans, several months ago.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-29

acy. The Attorney General, the Hon.
Jas. Conner, called this case for trial
and entered nolle prosecute as to
the defendants, Samuel J. Lee Jo-
sephus Woodruff and A. O. Jones;
Richard H. Gleaves not having been
arrested, the trial proceeding against
Francis Cardoza alone. (See Page
2o1.) 1t appears from the case as
recorded that Gleaves, Woodruff and
Jones were used as States witnesses.
It will also be noted with interest
that three Of my most distinguished
predecessors in Office, the Hon. Leroy
Younans, the Hon, James Conner and
the Hon. C. R. Miles appeared as at
torneys for the State.
During Reconstruction.
"The following quotation from a
Voice from South Carolina Leland,
thrown an interesting light upon the
practice Of the prosecuting attorney
In this State granting immunity. It
| is in reference to prosections for
frauds committed during the Recon
struction: More than thirty true
bills have been found by grand juriee
Of Richland County, not very much
varied in thei- character, and cover
ing long list Of names. Sometimes
five or six names would be embraced
under the same indictment and some
times the same name would be found
several times repeated. For instance.
the name of Cardoza will be found
on nine separate indictments.
With this explanation, only the
following names can now be found on
the docket: H. H. Kimpton, D. H.
Cha lberlain, r. K. Scott, F. ]. Moses.
IN. Parker, F. L. Cardoza, Robert
smalls, J. L. Neigle, F. S. Jacobs,
Isolomons Bank, B. F. Whittemore.
Solomon L. Hoge, Y. J. Powers, Thos.
C. Dunn, r. H. Gleayes, Samuel J.
Lee, Josephus Woodr1f, A. o. Jones
and L. Cass Carpenter.
"Of these, Parker, L. Cass Car
penter. Ca-doza and Smalls have
been tried and convicted on one in
dictment each; so far, the other GRIM
inals have not been accessible.
immunity has been granted to
very many, mostly members Of the
LEGISLATURE, as IN the seventy-fve
examined in Patterson's case. In 9th
er cases, as Wcodruf's, Jones.
Nash's and some others, promises OF
restitution were exacted and COM
piled with, and thus the State was
relieved of a large amount Of indebt-
edness by the surrender Of papers.
How much, if any, money was re-
funded, has never come to light.
"On page 228 of this book 1t is
stated that N. G. Parker was tried
and convicted in the summer of 1875.
under an indictment Of larceny and
breach Of trust with fraudulent In
tent; escaped from Jail, was recap
tured and finally pardoned for that
offence, on the promise to tell all he
knew.
81 have qdoted at length from the
above authorities, in order that it
NAV appear that 1t has always been
the law and the practice in this State
or the prosecuting officer to deter
mine who should, and who should
not be prosecuted, and whom he
should allow to become States evi-
dence.
yours very truly,
(Signed) ~. Frazer Lyon,
Attorney General"
;: =; L. N, G. e
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-29
Alfalfa Food for Humans.

An alfalfa enthusiast named Marck
C. Rich, of Hot Springs, Ark, has
just completed series of expert
ments on himself whereby he de-
clares he added ten pounds to his
weight through the use of alfalfa as
food.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-29
A Curiosity

They do say that one Of the attrac-
tons that Columbia will offer the ed
itors at their annual meeting will be
pre-emptied penitentiary.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-29

The average boy thinks better o.
the cuff on his sleeve than Of the
one his teacher gives him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-29

There is more sound in hollow
gourd than in a full one. and the
same is true of an empty head.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-29
On His Own Responsibility.

81 am unable to make the definite
statement that Mr.. Fielder suggested
that the persons above should not be
prosecuted. for the reason that !. as
Attorney General, have exercised this
power upon my own responsibility,
and in accordance with my own judg~
ment
referring to that part Of your let
ter. which asks what civil actions
were settled or compromised and the
terms thereof. will say: That the
civil actions Instituted were in charge
of Messrs. Anderson, Fielder, Roun-
tree and Wilson. Mr.. ". F. Steven
son and Mr.. B. L. Abne5, Messrs. 40
ney and Stevenson having active
charge and management thereof. Mr..
Stevenson has furnished me the fol-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-03-29
Authorities Cited.

LIO1lcO W enO VIVA W.
Authorities Cited.
sThat the discretion is reposed IN
the prosecuting officer independently
Of the Court in this State is shown in
the Mckee case and others hereinaf-
te. referred to. In the case of Rog-
ers VS.. Hill, % R. l., page 49S, 1t IS
said: "The practice Of entering
nolle proseoui to informatlons IS
very ancient, but to indictments 1t be-
gan In the latter end of the reign OF
Charles H. It is further said in this
case that. there are three periods OF
prosecution in which nolle prose-
oui may be entered, before a jury is
empanelled, while the case is before
the jury and after the verdict IN
the first, it Is perfectly clear tnat
noI pros may be entered at the pleas
ure Of the prosecuting officer; such
is the constant practice. 1t may be
that the Indictment is defective, and
he may wish to procure another; ne
may discover that the evidence Will
turn out indifferentIy from what he
expected and he may wish to vary
the charge to make 1t conform to the
proof, or be may have good reason
for not wishing to prosecute at all.
"'There may be innumeraole caus-
es for discontinuing the prosecution
all Of which he may judge upon mis-
official responsibility. In many cases
the discontinuance may operate to
the prejudice of the defendant, but
never to the injury of his iegai
rights. 1t is not to be presumed that
this officer will violate mis- duty OF
act oppressive]y.' And 1t is further
said in the case that he exercises that
power wholly upon bis official re-
sponsibility, without the advice or
permission of the Court.
I'm the case Of the state VS..
Thomas, IS S. c., 47s-4So, the rule
in the Mckee case as to the power
to enter nolle prosequi is reaffirned.
In the case OF the State VS.. Cardoza,
lis. c., 1877, 1t appears that Richard
H. Gleaves, Samuel J. Lee, Josephus
Woodruff, A. o. Jones and Francis
L. Cardoza were indicted for conspir-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-06-23
Snert lIne officials visit oakley.

Mr.. w. H. Bancroft, vice Presi-
dent and General Manager ofthe
O.S.L. Ry. Co.. made a visit to
Oakley last Thursday, aecomp-
anied by A. B. Stevenson, Genl
Supt. Idaho Division and sew
eral other prominent Railroad
Officials. in their private cars
there being tour special coaches
and a diner.
The Officials were on a tour OF
inspection of the recently con
structed Branch Line from Burley
to Oakley and were we'll pleased
with the road. and especially sc
with the beauty and future pros.
poets of Oakley.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-06-23
oakley Citizens
make nccded
improvement.
MAIN STREET GRADED.
TABERNACLE HILL PARTLY MOVED

For a long time the proposition
"of how shall Main Street be
graded" has been the query in
the minds OF nearly every one
who travelled over it. The great
amount Of travel loosened the
soil and the water and wind
would carry it away, so that the
street WAS followed out to a
depth of Va to 2 feet in places.
In recent years number OFF,
cavations have been made for the
foundation of large buildings and
the dirt thus obtained was filled
in the street, which improved it
much in places. but there still re-
mained considerable to fill.
From the Commercial Club a
committee was appointed con
sisting OF Judge B. p. Howells,
! w. H. Poulton, w. M. Worth
ington. John Adams and A. w.
Jensen.
These gentlemen ascertained
what work could could be volun-
teered and presented their find
ings to the Village Board, and
thereupon the Board authorized
the purchase of sufficient lumber
to build loading place for wag-
ons on the hill by the Tabernacle
Scrapers were used in loading the
teams and tor 10 days an aver
Z age of IL teams per day hauled
Is loads each day totaling ap.
proximately 1900 loads ofgrave
placed in Main Street.
This is not all that can be uset
but it is a good beginning ant
will no doubt be completed later
At least rs persons were repres
n ented IN doing this work. ant
e mach credit is due the commits
t, for their untiring efforts and tn
t, people~fas-thejE support in thi
4. x6od work. May it coBAiRAe.,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-06-23
flswIna wafer at warn creek.

Vim. H. Poulton has struck a
large flow of water at his ranch.
on Warm Greek.
The we'll is 100 feet deep and
throws rs inches OF water from
an 8 inch pipe.
Mr.. Poulton says if 12 of the pipe
Is closed at the top, it will throw
the water b feet into the air. but
the whole stream is forced 7 ms;
above the pipe.
He has three other wells near
by, but this one exceeds the flow
of all the Others together.
This insures Mr.. Poulton all
the water needed for his ranch.
and may possibly insure water
for some town below him.
Cassia County has just begun
to tap her wealth. Who knows
where it will end, if there is such
a thing.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-06-23
Oakley Celebrates
4th JULY PROGRAM.

Salute 13 guns at day break
Raising and by Capt Artillery
F. O. Peterson and Aids.
by Oakley Silver Band Meeting Opera House. 10
Mayor ]. O. Lowe, Master of Ceremonies
Singing America. by congreg alton R. L. Price conducting
Prayer by the Chaplain, Pres. VIM 7. Jack.
Male Chorus. under direction X. l.. Price.
Reading of Declaration Of independence Reader of the Day.
Chas. l.. Haight,
Solo, Star Spangle Banner, Robert Marcus
Grafton,
Solo, The Flag without Stain Roka Worthngtou
Benediction by Chaplain, Pres. Vim. T. Jack.
Goddess of Liberty. Zatelle Funk
Uncle Sam, attended by thirteen young ladies'
Field Sports p:m., at Light Air Park.
Children Races Dance direction of o. p Bates
h. C. Insight. Edw. Hale, D. R. Langlos
Races 2 pm. Dance 8 80 pm Ball Game 4.30 $50
Horse Racing, 53O- 7.3O. Grand Ball at night
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-06-23
OF interest 10
SettIePS,

The attention of Farmers as
directed to late decision of the
Couft, found in the
Boise Daily Statesmen, of Tune
10th, relatiye to settlers under
Carey Act Projects, receiving
water for the lands within SAIL
projects.
The Court holds that water
must be furnished all lands With h
those projects, whether they ATE
Carey-Act lands or State LANDS,
and It will no doubt hold that
the same is true of Homestead b $
entered previous to Carey-Act
Segregations. wherein water is
applied for, that it must be furn-
ished to all lands there-under.
This question is one of import
ance and the late decision only
shows that the State is looking
after the interest of the people
and at the same time it sets aside
any queries that Operating Com
panies NAV have where such con
ditions exist, insuring them sail
for their water to all irrigabl'
lands under their respective seq
regations.
The questions serve to act a
encouraging features for ldah'
and the West as it clearly set fcrtl
the fact that all conditions fay
durable to the development c
our vast resources and the we
fare OF sAs~psepfe of f*ft'ahe j
eonGpF5ed, it insures them til
Fkry best and bids welcome t
4 our Eastern friends to come t
our goodly land.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-06-23
oakley Herald
Changes Management.

Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Murphy,
who has been printing the Oakley
News for the past year, has re-
moved to Heyburn, and will
hereafter be associated with the
Southern Idaho Review of that
place.
DR.. John O. Lowe and John A.
Ellison has taken charge OF the
Herald Plant.
Mr.. Ellison will manage the
AFFAIRS of the Paper, while Mr.
Fred Jenkins, who very recently
arrived from England will do the
mechanical work.
Mr.. Jenkins has made this kind
of labor his life's work, having
begun his apprenticeship wher
IA years old. in the City o.
London, and for the last 2S
years has been thus employed
the last II years of his life being
spent at one place in that City.
In attempting to serve the
people Of Oakley and Cassie
County with news items, w
hope also to call their attention
to any and all matters that vii
be Of interest & proht to them 8
desire to co operate with other
in the up-building, development
and growth Of our City ant
County in particular, and whl
it is of vital Importance to loo
after the interests OF those neal
est to us first. at the same tim
we feel anxious to join hand
with the other publications
the County in those movement
that are of wider scope and rec
uire our services.