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two years ago, was
lie, pleaded guilty and implicated
two’ white men, Ruben Dozier and
Stnrlinjj: Chapman, as accessories.
The arand jury failed to return a
true Dozier and Chapman.
No one believes they assisted Johnson.
H:s honor. Judge 11. (1. Lewis, who is
presiding for Judge H. M. Holden, sen
tenced Johnson to a term of fifteen
in the 'penitentiary.
•T\t after sentence was passed
,Toh:is«n made a leap through a win
do;t fdCfci upper storv of the court
liopse. '*fe hit the ground running, but
soiovertaken by thejpwn mar
shal. v.hajanded him in iail.
i TILLNUN EVDS THE LONG STORY.
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JSlayer ol Gonzales on Stand live Hours it
His Own Ceh lf.
; James H. Tillman was. on the stand
t at Lexington, S. C., Friday over four
hours, a witness in his own behalf. For
one full hour he was subjected to the
fire of cross examination by counsel
for the state.
But one other witness was placed on
the stand by the defense, after which
the defense re&ted. Witnesses in re-
LlftUtal placed on the stand by the state
fcrf-re heard during the closing hours,
splendid progress was made
tit? conclusion of the triaft.
NEW YORK FLOOD-SWEPT.
Torrential Rain Storm Inundates Large
Area of City and Surrounding
Territory.
Torrential rain, commencing early
Thursday morning and continuing
with scarcely any intermission until
late Friday afternoon, during which
the unprecedented precipitation of
10.04 inches was recorded at the local
weather bureau laid New York city
and all the surrounding country under
a flood Friday, causing damage that
will amount to many hundred thou
sands of dollars. , fhe rain ceased Fri
day night, but a coast storm was re
ported to be approaching and a
threatened hurricane rendered it un
safe for vessels of any class to leave
port.
Along all the river front and in
many sections of Brooklyn cellars
were flooded and an enormous amount
of damage done. A great portion of
the subway was badly flooded.
Suburban steam and trolley lines,
with hardly an exception, were crip
pled by floods and washouts, and in
the early morning ru3h hours thou
sands of suburban re&idents were una
ble to reach their offices in the city.
Those who were fortunate enough to
cross the ferries found further prog
ress blocked by the submerged condi
tion of the water front streets, across
which they were ferried in trucks and
wagons.
Reports of extensive floods and se
rious damage to property and interrup
tions of traffic came Ironj almost all
sections of New Jersey and Long Is
land. In Newark, Passaic and other
large manufacturing centers many fac
tories were closed down, owing to the
flooding of engine rooms. In many
places electric light and power plants
were shut down for the same reason.
A dam on the Ramapo river at Pomp
ton broke, flooding the valley for ten
miles, but causing no loss of life.
Paterson was one of the w’orst suf
ferers and for a time Friday afternoon
there was gravo danger of a repetition
of the terrible disaster of last Febru
ary. A great pafy of the city was laid
under water, and scores of great
plants, including those of the Rogers
locomotive works and the Passaic
Steel Company, were fldeded and shut
down, involving % loss estimated at
fully $1,000,000.
Only one life was reported lost, that
of a girl drowned by the carrying away
of a bridge. Thousaffts of New Jersey
commuters slept in New York Friday
night, being unable to return to their
homes. Except for the running of the
ferry boats, the Erie trains were run
on the main lines west of Passaic.
RUSSIA’S GRIP NOT RELAXED.
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vor Old China Waits in Vain for Promised
Evacuation of Manchuria.
[Htdvices from Now Cliwang, Manchu-
state the Russians are taking no
to restore the government of
to the Chinose. On the
SEHu;y. they are hastening the orer-
government bui'.dir..:-!
■■at 1 ie i another gunLw m Mi 1 '
'ftt'feyhity. Re;v,r tr.e. ;
Brift, '■jamk.ina ft irate
Vet that 11 : it:
: tile perm \
tlie points now
as !e, 1 policy.
fHp'y. \dm 1 Ale;.-
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on a gr-'\u
r^Ci!f 4< ' Inity of I ' ort Art!iur tllo
Vast Russian war res-
Reis of adF , *pl asses were engage!.
A Washington dispatch says: Sir
Chen Tung Liang-Cheng. the Chinese
minister, had a long conference with
Secretary Hay Friday regarding the
situation in Manchuria. The minister
received information some time ago
that there was no apparent movement
on the part cf Russia indicating that
the country would begin the evacua
tion of Manchuria on October S, as
agreed, and as stipulated in a treaty
made with China. The Chinese minis
ter naturally feels keenly the condi
tions which exist, as it is everywhere
known that China is in no position to
enforce the treaty and compel Russia
to evacuate. At present the conce r n
of the United States is to see that the
agreements made with China for open
ports in Manchuria are carried out,
Oil TRUST RAISES PRICES.
The Highest Figure Recorded “in Three
Vears”--Production Curtailed.
A special from Pittsburg, Pa., says:
For the third time within ten days the
Standard Oil Company advanced the
price of oil Thursday, making Penn
sylvania $1.65. the highest “in three
years.” The net advance is due to the
fact that very little new producing ter
ritory is being found.
There was also an advance of 2
cents in the price of western crude oil
and an advance of 3 cents in the east
ern product.
TRUST PLANS
ARE EXPOSED
How Magnates Raked in Many
Millions of Dollars.
DRESSLER LETS IN LIGHT
His Testimony at Hearing on Col
lapsed Shipbuilding Company
Quite Sensational.
One of the most interesting stata
ments in connection with the forma
tion of the ill-fated United States Ship
Building Company, told by Leßoy
Dresser, In legal proceedings at New
York Wednesday, was that after a pool
of 200,000 preferred and 250,000 com
mon stock had been placed in the
hands of Harris, Gates & Co., it was
agreed that none of this stock should
be marketed until 25,000 preferred
and 25,000 common owned by J. P.
Morgan & Co., and 75,000, each kind,
owned by C. M. Schwab, had first been
sold.
Mr. Dresser told also of his original
agreement as president of the Trust
Company of the Republic, to outain
the underwriting of $3,000,000 of Uni
ted States Ship Building Company
stock; how this was increased to $4,-
750,000 by tha failure of the French
subscribers to pay up; how Mr.
Schwab came to offer his Bethlehem
works to the ship building company,
and how J. P. Morgan & Co. then came
into the transaction.
Mr. Dresser, who took the stand at
the opening of the hearing, testified
that he had no written statement as to
the values of the plants of the compa
ny of which he undertook the under
writing, but that Lewis Nixon and
John W. Young had made oral repre
sentations.
The Mercantile Trust Company, he
was told by Colonel McCook, secured
the underwriting principally in France.
The purchase of the Bethlehem
Steel Works for the ship building com
pany was then discussed, Mr. Dresser
stating that the overtures for the. sale
of the steel company had been made
by Charles M. Schwab, who said he
owned nearly all the stock of the Beth
lehem Steel Company and that be
cause of its armor making capacity, he
believed the company would do better
with the ship building company than
with the United States Steel Corpora
tion.
Mr. Schwab, according to Mr. Dres
ser, said he wanted $9,000,000 cash for
his stock, and submitted reports which
showed that it cost him more than
$7,000,000 and was earning $1,450,000
a year.
“We told him we could not trade on
a caah basis,” said Mr. Dresser, “be
cause we had no cash, and he said he
would take $10,000,000 in bonds at
90 for the $9,000,000.”
This was agreed to. the arrange
ment also providing that he was to re
ceive with the bonds a stock bonus of
$9,000,000 each of the common and
preferred stock of the United States
Ship Building Company, Mr. Sahwab
stating that $2,000,000 of the stock was
to go to J. P. Morgan & Co.
For the stock of the Bethlehem
Company, Mr. Dresser said, there was
really given $10,000,000 in bonds, $9,-
000,000 in common stock and $9,000,-
000 in preferred stock. There was
some talk of pooling the stock of the
ship building company, he said. Mr.
Schwab insisting that all the srock be
held until his and Mr. Morgan's had
been put on the market.
“I AM TREE, CUT PENNILESS.”
So Bewails Judge Randolph in Ceble Dis
patch to His Friends in Alabama.
Judge Francis Randolph, recently re
leased from prison in Colombia, af
ter being condemned to death for an
alleged murder, ha 3 sent a cablegram
to friends in Montgomery, Ala., as fol
lows:
“Free, but destitute. Cable me mon
ey. I can draw on Park bank,' New
York.”
About SSOO was at once raised and
he was promptly eroded of the fact.
Randolph is expected to return to
Montgomery, when, it is believed, all
cases pending against him for embez
zlement, will not be pressed.
TILLMAN ON THE WITNESS STAND.
Tells Jury Why He Killed Fd tor Gonzales,
tils Storv « Long One.
At Lexington. S. C.. Thursday James
H. Tillman went upon the stand as a
witness in his own behalf. It was just
one hour before adjournment that his
counsel asked that the defendant be
called. With perfect self-composure
he arose from his seat among his attor
neys and placed himself at the clerk’s
desk to take the oath.
Although he was on the stand an
hour, he only fairly begun his testi
mony when court adjourned. Thirteen
mere witnesses were heard
POTTS PLACED ON TRIAL
At Rome, Ga., Charged With the Mur
der of Thedford--A Most
Secsational Case.
Tha case of the state vs. J. D. Potts,
charged with the murder of Dr. M. A.
Thedford, was called Wednesday morn
ing in the superior court at Rome, Ga.
The prosecution took up all the
morning and some of the afternoon
with the evidence of Dr. L. P. Ham
mond, who was the attending surgeon
when Thedford died, as well as a wit
ness to the shooting. By him it was
shown that Thedford was not on the
c*ar when shot and that he was shot
in the back while begging Potts not to
kill him.
On cross-examintrtion it was shown
that Thedford was in disguise with his
face blackened and his long, flowing
beard tied back behind bis ears.
For the defense a great array of wit
nesses were summoned. Motorman
Fowler, who ran on the electric car,
of which Potts was the conductor,
testified that Thedford bad threatened
four times to kill Pott9 and had re
quested him (Fowler) to advise Potts
to either give up his wife or “quit
this country,” as he (Thedford) and
Potts could not live in the same coun
try while Mrs. Potts and her hus
band lived together.
Thedford employed Potts’ wife be
fore she was married in his medicine
house, and after she was married, he
attempted to call at the Potts home
several times, but was denied admis
sion and ordered’ away. It was after
this that Potts began to get letters
threatening his. life. These letters,
which Potts alleges Thedford wrote,
are the keys to the whole situation.
Thedford denied writing them, but the
defense will have several writing ex
perts to testify about this point.
The defense will show that Potts
and his wife were both outraged at
Thedford’s persistent attentions after
Mrs. Potts’ marriage, but every peace
ful means to stop them was resorted
to before actual violence. They claim
that Thedford resented this treatment
and, besides openly threatening Potts,
also wrote him the letters in question.
They will show that Thedford was in
disguise as a negro just before the
shooting and was in such disguise,
and apparently approaching Potts,
when shot and killed. The testimony
of Mr. Fowler also showed that Thed
ford was seen standing near the car
brack, along which Potts passed, a few
night 3 before the shooting in this
same disguise.
Thedford was shot by young Potts
In the latter part of August, the kill
ing creating a tremendous sensation
throughout the union, where Thedford
is known through his patent medicine.
After the shooting and before he
died, Thedford declared that 1 he in
tended Potts no harm, but going
about in disguise to find out what
threats Potts had made.
The entire story is most sensational
and some points are somewhat ob
scure, if not mysterious. \
The evidence at Thursday’s session
of the court was mostly in letters, al
leged to have been written by (Dr.
Thedford to Pott’s wife. No nams is
signed to the letters and the defense
is trying to prove the hand-writing ,as
being Dr. Thedford's. The dying state
ment of Dr. Thedford will net be in
troduced as evidence. «
Potts made his statement, and -e
--cited in detail the cause which led up
to the killing.
NOW AWAITS l M ’IRES’ DECISION.
Arguments in Alaskan Boundary Arbitra
tion Matter Closed in London.
The arguments in the Alaskan bound
ary arbitration were finished at Lon s
don Thursday afternoon. Mr. Dickin
son concluded with an eloquent pero
ration. dealing with the bonds of amity
between the United States and Great
Britain.
The wives and familes of the com
missioners and of counsel were pres
ent.
John W. Foster, the agent of the
United States, thanked the British gov
ernment in the name of the American
government for its courtesy, Lord
Chief Justice Alverstone paid a tribute*
to Mr. Dickinson, and the session';
broke up. 1
The matter is now with the um
pires for decision.
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KANSAS SWEPT BV TORNADO.
Pew Lives Reported Lost While Property
Damage is Enormous.
Three persons killed outright, two
fatally injured and fourteen ethers
more or less seriously hurt, with enor
mous property loss, is the net result
of tornadoes that prevailed near Ham
ilton, Greenwood county, and near
Alicevills, Coffer county, Kans., Tues
day night. The town of Aliceville,
which has 203 inhabitants, was prac
tically demolished. Wires were pros
trated and the extent of the stetrm was
not learned until late Wednesday. The
list of • casualties may yet be incom
plete.
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Tha fellow who trunks he knows it all
wouldn't be such a nuisance if he could
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More was that hour’s elusive charm
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