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VOLUME XIV. CAMDKN, S. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 2ft/l903. NO. 10, ON THE DANGER LINE Much Apprehension Over the High I Water Htuathn. 'BIG ftlVLK ON TKI'.MI'ADOUS BCO.W The Dai^er Line Ueiched ut Hany Point h end the I niU.*r o( Waters la Still Rising. ? Memphis, Bpetlal. Tho flood ????? tloft In that portion of the Mississippi Valley contiguous lo'Mnnmits Is ex tremely critical, a vei itablV sea ex ists In the St. Francis and Nilssissippl river basins, in Arkansas, vxt^Uing , from the one completely to thcfAher, u distance of many miles. Through this territory ihe ?t, l.ouia & 'fca" ? Francisco Railroad ruus, but all tratfts were annulled Tuesday an'l no as Distance can oe rendered by the rail ' roads, Its tracks being under water near Marlon, Ark. At ih;H latter tolnt telejirapn connections still exist to Memphis and the r pons tiiat oojft'e In over the wire are far .from encourag ing. Refugees front the adjacent terri tory are pouring into Marion each hour, asking that boats be sent to their rescue. There is no means of reaching them except by making a breach in the levee near Memphis anil this may be done if conditions show no Improvement. It is estimated that , several hundred persons are sur rounded by water in the flooded Ar kansas territory and that the amount of live stock is heavy iu tlio extreme. Negrpes at Marion have beoom?rffl2ht ened 'and almost a panic exists. Tnew hav? congregated at the depot and in the cabins of the village and rofusw to work. A relief train, the last that reached the village, arrived early th?s morning with 5,000 sacks to be used in damming back the water, but la b6r cannot be secured Jlo unload the train. The tracks of tjnfe Iron Moun tain aniK Choctaw Railroads are still, open and no trouble lips been experi enced. The "F'rlsco la detourlng ljts trains over the tracks! of the former system. I There seems every Indication that all "predictions of thof stage at this 'l>olnlf will "be surpassed, as the river Is again rising slowly. It was .hoped that the crest of the rise was suffi ciently 'Close to Memphis last night ' for the break in the levee at Trice's Landing to give relief and cause a fail here. A fall did follow the break, tjttt this was checked. Tho guage is 39.4 feet; or within one-tenth of the maximum thus far reported. It is ... feared that the stage' will pass 40 feet and the end will probably not then be reached. The weak points in the levee which ?were reported other than at the break ? are' Still in a critical condition and furtfifir hrenkt? m?v Ferees-of men, under assistant engineers, .are i working' night and day at these points, and the situation has now resolved itself into a race between the Workers* and the water. A floating bodlee have been found at various points by the rescuing boats, but the number has not yet been alarming. ' A true estimate q f the loss of life by the flood ca&~ never t>e made, as the sectlohdr flooded are so vast in area and the so widely dispelled that nothing ttke~ a census can be made. In this city the situation is growing worse each hour and the water ' is spreading to sections other than those * Which were flooded yesterday. Alto gether* the situation is most dis couraging and with the water continu ing to rise no relief can yet be hoped for. Teacher does to JTiIIV AsheviJle, N. Q., Special ? Because he refused to be vaccinated and to pay a fine of $25 as imposed upon him by tho ~?Ourt, Prof. T. A. Weaver, a well known citizen of this county, and a professqrfet \^eaverville College, has -gonetojail.Prof. Weaver believed that the fine Was am unjust one and did not "Intejjkd to submit to it. It 1b understood ; that he expects to pay his own living exntenses while in jail, though his meaTs \?IH he sent to him. lt?*is said that* Prof. Weaver .will try aild make it hot for the Bunicombe officers who 'had him arrested. J;.. , ? ? ? Ttlegrnp''^ Brliefg^ Princess Bernhard, of Saxe-Weimar, - -to wed whom her husband gave up his 1 .rank, died suddenly noar Hanovor, Germany. Professor Behring, according fo a dispatch from Vienna, states that he has discovered a serum for oonmimp ?(?. A strike of laborers at the North German Lloyd docks in Bremen is threatened. - 0' " ' Borden Elected. Fair River, Mass., Special. ? For the third time the Cotton Manufacturers' Association met and succeeded i;~: electing the following offlcere: Na~" thantsl B. Borden, president; George R HIler. rice president; Clarence' M. Hathaway. secrettny-Trad ? tfeaeuresr Some of "those most earneet-r -tor - the maiatrttanre of the association, which sraa\on the point of dissolution, de clined |o submit to any bylaw which wontd bind their nftlls to any agree ment, and this change was defeated,. $he continuance of the association is looked upon As a victory for the; policy :.$f Independence in management. Time Extendi* New York,- Special? R was officially " tkat a majority of the mem* Southern Pacific pool had nt to extension of twiee of -tke pool to tie pool has therefore to that tisse. This wtu III MlMt?1"" TKt ?XfKA SESSION The Senate Still Talking on thd Canal Treaty, The Democratic Senators at their caueua resolved to stuud together in the fcXmate in support of two amend ments to the l'ananm Canal lYeaty. Qno of these provides for the modlflca tlon of the twenty-third article of the treaty so as to Insure the control of the canal /.one by the United States, and the other enlarges the provision U> the fourth article of the treaty which is a disavowal on the part of the United States of any intention to "lucrease its territory at the expense of Columbia, or of the sister republics in Central or South America," so as to Include "Mexico With reference to the latter amendment there was considerable de bale. Many of the Senators advocated an amendment striking out the provis ion entirely and practically all of them awteed that It had no p^aee 'i\ tie* agt^ement, but It was concluded that "a, it had been incorporated and would probably remain, the best policy would be to make an effort to modify rather than to remove it. Mexico was lueor- I poratc-d because it was urged that the people of that country aro as sensitive as those of any other about maintain ing the integilty ot their country and also as much entitled to the guaranty as any other , All the Democratic Senators except Mr. Dubois, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Mor- I gati, I^r, McLaurln, Mr. Clark, of Arkansas, and Mr. Gibson wefe p;es- j ent. ;'v waa tl^c understanding that all Democrats would support the two amendments agreed upon, but after they are voted upon Individuals f.'iall bo at liberty to vote for or against the treaty as they may elect. It was also the understanding that some of the Democratic Senators would support spine of Senator Mor gan's lndlvidual^amendments, but they *111 do so as Individual Senators, not as members of the Democratic caucus. Democratic Senators who participated In the caucus say, that whether amend ed or no t, the treaty is sure of ratifica tion. The amendment suggested to the twenty-third article of the treaty gtv twentshrdlu shrdlu shrdlu a^irdluhiuu Ing the government of the United States the exclusive right to police and protect the canal, la practically that of fered by senator Bacon on Saturday, with some verbal changes. This amendment makes the control of the United States over the canal atjs<tf?te and exclusive, and Its right tG police aiid protect the same, la under no cir cumstances dependent upon the re que^ or Invitation of the republic of Colombia. The other amendment agreed -upon .Wfta to article four of the treaty; rehtt ing to the policy of the United States towards other" Central Und Southern American republlca, the language of the amendment; being as fpllows: "The United States, following their uniform established policy 4n regard to their sister republic In America, free ly acknowledge and recognize the sov ereignty of the republic ot Colombia and dlsavow^any intention to Impair 1^ in any way whatever or to Increase tholr territory at the expense at Co^ lombla. but most earnestly . desire her peace and prosperity." After the adjournment of thelcaucus, Senator Gorman, as chairman, and Senator Carmack, ns secretary, of the caucus, gave oij^ the following atate ment concerning the last mentioned 'Amendment : V ' "This amendment qualifies the lan guage of the treaty to the extern of t making a^ simple affirmation J>t the established policy "of the government against the policy of territorial ac quisition at the expense of sister re publics In America, and acknowledges the sovereignty of the^ republic of Co lombia. There was strong objection to the language of the treaty in this re spect, because it was thought to be an Impertinence to fenter into an engage ment with Colombia for the protection of other South American republics, thus la a manner recognizing that re public Via the representative ot all the others and giving her a sort of primacy among them. > "The language of -the treaty is also broadened in that the amendment as serts this policy of the United Statea wtttr reference to atf the "American re publics while the treaty con fines _i.ta_J pledges to those of Central and South America, studiously omitting Mexico, which Is the republic moat sensitive and apprehensive of aggressions on the part of the United States. "The language of the treaty also goes to 'the extent of declaring It to be the policy of the United States to mal?ta4?- the separate independence of all the Central aiid soutn American re-^ publics, not solely as against European' powers, but as against each other'. This waa believed to be contrary to the true policy of the United States, which is not concerned with the Internal ar rangement* of these republics, but only with their defense and protection ; against the outside world;- In accord ance with the prtoetpits of the Monroe dnotr1np~ " ? ; : ? ? ? ? - Twrty Accepted. Without dotting an/^" or oroulug a "fc?" even without tcluingfng a single punctuation mark, the Senate voted to ratify the treaty with the republic of Columbia, for the construnt^pn Of an isthmian canal. The rote for ratifica tion 79 |n the afTirmatite ta 5 in the negative. The Semite was ia ex utive MMiM when the reeult was announced, ao that only the Senators j themaelvee add ft few confldAHi^l envj ployea were present. All the .SftttaXWTl announced themselves as gratified to have the loss struggle terminated, but none of thM mahUeated thelr appre ciation by dMera orhaud-Happlng. On ?the contrary, nU oftfcenx atiamud im?<H concerned abovt gatttrfi away from the e?a?bae U?i about anything atoe. so " i-tti liuti eoold ad waa announced, matt tali thsi; scats -an<H A BUFFALO SCANDAL Sifting of the Evidence in Senstfjgn ? of National Interest BURDICK'S DAUGHTER A WITNESS. She Is Only Sixteen Years 0!d, But (live Testimony In ? Satisfactory Manner. e Buffalo, Special.? Miss Marlon Uii r<i Irk, the protty, rosy-cheeked daught? r of lCdwin L. Burdick, was the most interesting witness at the In quest before Judge Murphy. Marlon is 10 years oh| and hears a striking resemblance to her mother. Like Mrs. Hull, she volunteered no information. She answered In monosyllables, when ever possible. U was "yes" or "no." When those replies would not suffice blie used as few words as possible. She was not easily confused and there was no sign of agitation or emotion when the district attorney questioned her closely regarding tho events that occurred at the time her father was murdered. Attorney Coatesworth be Kan by. speaking kindly to the girl, and carefully choo3lng his words in putting questions to hpr. Later he flred ques tions In rapid succession, all of which were met' wit# replies both Bharp and decisive. At one time when tho dis trict attorney asked the same ques tion several times, the girl caused a murmur in the court room by raising her voice sharply In a clear emphatic, "I don't know." Nothing of importance was elicited from her while she was on the stand and the district attorney gave up in despair. She said that Grandmother Hull first informed her that her father was ill in his "den." That was before Dr. Marcy arrived and before Mr*. Hull knew positively, spcording to her own testimony, that it "was Burdlck's body lying on the couch. The district at torney tried to get Marlon to tell why she apparently took so little interest In her father's Illness when she was told of It by her grandmother. Marlon replied that she knew that when it was proper for her to know Grand mother Hull would tell her. She loved her fatlior and he had always been good to her, but she would n'bt admit that there was anything wrong in her not inquiring about his illness or that she should have done differently. Marlon admitted that she knew of the divorce proceedings instituted by Mr Burdick against her mother. She sympathized with her father, but would not admit that she thought- he was right in driving her mother from home. Neither would she admit that she knew of her mother meeting Arthur R. Pennell. Dr. Wm. M. Marcy, the family phy ?Xjcian and first person to see the dead The munTerer covered it up, was the first witness of the day. Dr. Marcy admitted that he told i>r/ Howland, the medical- examiner, that If it was suicide, or looked suicidal, it would bo all the better for the family to make it out a case of sulcldeu Later' ho agree4 with Dr. Howland that the Buloldo theory was untenable. Dr. Mar cy was sharply questioned on his sui cide statement and in telling why he made K said: I thought it would save Bur dick's good name. I saw him almost disrobed lying on the couch, and I saw the lunch on the tabhf, especially as the divorce proceedings had . been startpd." The witness said Mrs. Hull had not asked him at any time how Burdick had beeu killed. He thought he had had a woman there. In response to At torney Hertsell s questions, Dr. Marcy said he had come to tho conclusion that Burdick waa kllled betweela mid-" j night and 1 o'clock in the morning. 1 "When you first looked at the body did you see the wounds on the head and brains scattered about?" ? "Yes, sir." "And you had the idea that it might be a case of suicide?" "Well, I did not know, I had not considered." "The fact that there were pHlows piled upon the body was confirmation of your suicide theory?" - Attorney Hartsel'l brought out the interesting/ fket that the gas in the hall and in t>ie den was lighted by an el?ctric ofttfpllance. By pressing the butt?n.,thejKflfl. Cflnlrilfcft lighted By pressing another button it was extin guished. On the night after the mur der It was found'that tue electric ar rangement did not work. An Investi gation showed that some one had turn ed off the gas In the den instead of ex tinguishing it by means of the button. The attorney's purpose in bringing out this fact was to show that whoever 1M lH'ta<i fa>iiM pn the night of the murder was not familiar with the. elec tric arrangement for turning out the gas. > - Wm. V. Delahunt, the cabman who took an unknown man 'from in front of the Tift House to the Corner of Asii^ land avenue and Bryant streets, the nlglit of the murder, told his story. - "Did yoiL afterwards^ see Arthur R. Bunnell In the district attorney's of. flee?" asked District Attorney Coat?s worth. ? ? T7*" ? nl? C ? X ' '-y * T-'-T ??? ; "When you were asked in my ofllce If he waa the man you had taken io Ashland and Bryan streets, what was your reply?". "I said A could not tell. The roan looked like the same. I could not swear that It was Penned.*' The hackman then told of taking a party of three on the nlsht of the mur der from the corner of North Pj vUloa street to the coiner of Ashland "are-' *4M?e and 8umm?r street*. la the party wHir* msa. * woman about Js year* j old Vlth light red hair, aadiaa elder woman, At Summer end Menr streets the ?nah. aad the older woman left the t -carnage. he teek the yonnger so man to the coffeer-of ftiairr and Ashland etreete> She walked d own Ashland street ta the ttreetiai of Burdlck's house. He saw tin aaae wo man abovt mo hovra later down town, hn? rnnlii w* aay waalha mm* ??M| he M ??en on ^Weet Tapper wrtet. BUY'S TOBACCO LANDS millonalte Mot gnu Knows a (load Thing When I!.* Sees It. Tampa, Fla., Special. ? Advices from Havana which are considered reliable state that while in Cuba recently J. JPttrpdnt Morgan, representing the American Tobacco Company, closed negotiations for the purchase of all the lands in the Yuelta Abajo district, upon which In grown the Uncut grade of lea/ tobacco in the wprld. It 1b used In the manufacture of cigars. Tho purpose of the purchase is to secure all of this line tobacco exclusively for the use of the factories of the Ameri can Cigar Company, which 1b a branch of the American Toboc^o Company. If these intention# are carried out in the independent clear Havana factories in Tampa. New Orleans. New York, and Other cities, will have to look else where for their fine grade of loaf to bacco .nearly all of them being sup plied now from the fields reported to have boon bought by Morgan. It will be a great blow to Independent trans action. The sale Involves seevral mil lions. Negotiations had to bo conduc ted with a number of individual own ers of lands. Of the laigest clear Havana factories in this city four are owned and oper ated by the Havana- American Com Stan/ard O I in Cotton. Boston, Mass., Serial.? Back of the present movement in cotton and the coming consolidation of various cotton product companies are Standard Oil men, whoso representatives are back ing both sides of the market and seek ing to carry out plans which Standard Oil has had for years wider considera tion of controlllrg the cotton crop of the country through the Improved bal ing process. Scully, the big cotton bull, Is a protege of Gen. S. M. Weld of Bos* ton, father of the Plauters' Compress Company, and Seulljrts broker, In Got ten exchange transactions. Price's backer Is A. C. Burrag-e. of Boston, a Standard Oil man, who has Just been <=!ceted a director in the Planters' Compress. Bur rage backed Price in cotton last year and profited $1,000,000 hy the deal. Mi\ Burr age la a personal friend of H. 11. Rosen* ? Ui'iOi her Stand ard Oil magnate, who has an interest in the Planters* Compress and they are working to secure control of the American cotto^ trade. ? (j Two Accident*. Charleston, S. C., Special. ? A News and Courier special frOm Sumter. S. C.,-*says: "John P.' I^aughrey, man ager and one of the proprietors of the Lukens Lumber-Company, of this city, was fatally injured late Friday after noon by the explosion of the fly wheel of the saw mill engine. A fly wheel of the saw mill engine. A flying frag ment of ljon struck him in the fore head, crushing the skull and face. H? was taken to the Infirmary, but noih? - lug could be done for him and the doctors say he cannot live till mid night. The saw mill was completely decked and pieces of the wheel fell ' 150 yards from the mill after passing through the roof. The wheel was ten feet in diameter and weighed 6,000 pounds. High Point. N. C., Special. ? A 'phone messag* from the foundry says that William Holt, who lives near this place, and a negro man, met a hor rible death together. Mr. Holt and the negro were, engaged in cutting feed on a steam cutter when the fly-wheel burst, cutting off both of 'Mrr Hplt't legs and killing the negro instantly. Mr. Holt lingered an hour or more. Ashevllle Oil In Project, Ashevllle, N. C., Special.-^The first work of sinking a well to Ami oil and gas will begin Monday on Dr. J. T, Baird's farm ortBeaver ~Dam?. ftve miles from Ashevllle. The tiulldlpg of the derrick will begin then but con siderable lumber and tackle to be used in its "construction -hn? -already been hauled to the spot and the contractors who will erect the derrick are here ready to start Monday: -The builders are B. W. Litten and Wm. Heald, of Sardis, O. These gentlemen are pro fessional derrick builders and are thoroughly familiar with the work. They said that the w?B? in W#*t- Vir ginia were at least 3,000 feet deep and that the cost of making a test here would be over 115,000. j% Mr w Mci net. Kalvigh, N. C.j Special.? J. S. Wynne, secretary and treasurer of the Raleigh Cotton Mllls^ of this city. Is authority for the statement that, a new Fries, merger will be formed by the aid of New York capitalists and that the con solidation Is expected to be effected early In April. The Raleigh mills will enter the combination. Tried te Harder Family. Huntaville,-Ala., Special.? Jos. Pow . L. ?ra, h young Jwhitd .man of New Mar ket, Ala., attempted to exterminate a whole fan\lly near that ^kwe-FVlday. Powers hart ? a difficulty with Jolm Winkle a few days ago and determin ed to get revenge. He called at Kin kier home today and opened fire upon the family through a window. Five people were shot, including Winkle, a< ha by and two women. Winkle's son was shot In the eye. Immediately af ter the shooting Powers took a train for Texas* " " .. . .... The rtoth ra^ CjngrtH - New Yoslu 8peciai? The annual con ference ot the Kattonal Congress of Mother* wilt be held this, year at De trblt, Mich., May Mh to tth. To the hoard er aianaggpewUhe eoagfaes hae & trusted the conduct of lt? hnetnees Important featve of the ii to ?care the LIV^rrtjMS OF NEWS. Many Matter# of Qeneral Interest In SDort Paragraph*. The Sunny South. Heavy floods are threatening town* on the lower Mississippi. The Southern Railway will greatly enlarge Us shops at Spencer. The North Carolina Oeneral Assem bly closed its bi-annual session Mon day, Along the Mississippi the levees are being strengthened with bags of sand and the lovees are breaking In places. Government engineers report that the highest water ever known In the Mississippi is to he feared before the present flood subsides. Secretary of the? Navy ,Moody, With a party of officials, left Charleston, 8. C(, at noon Wednesday on the dlt patch boat Dolphin for a cruise In the West Indies. The condition of ex-Senator James K. Jones, fit Arkansas, who has been ill for some days, is roportod as li? proved. A paroxysm of hlcoughs which lasted two days greatly distressed the patient, but tho physicians now have this unfavorable symptom under con trol aiul the family express tho hope that ho will entirely recovor. J. It. Mcintosh, general counsel of the Southern division of the Postal Telegraph Company, who has been 11) In Atlanta for some time with pi\eu monia, was last night reported to be in a very critical condition. Hope for his recovery has been practically abandon ed, although his physicians state that he may 11 Ve two or three days. At Th^.Natlonal Capital. Tho blockade of the Orlpoco by Venezuela Is expected to develop fresh International complications. Representatives ot the three Amerl# cas will meet at ihe State Department to consider the Pan-American rallwaV^ project. The President lias nominated Win. Pllmley to be Assistant United States Treasurer at New York, succeeding tha late Conrad^ordan. At The North. At Oloau, N. Y., 18 to 20 persons were killed and double that number injured l>y an explosion of oil. The ferryboat Neptune was sunk by the river steamer Margaret at Pitts burg, but no lives were lost. * Thfi uuuuiio'av tui j bckiiK -ItllVlllVUl and the asBigt>iient o? Dresser ft Co. caused 'tfocks to break sharply in Wall street. The protected cruiser Chattanooga, for the "united States Navy, built by Lewis Nixon's company, was launched at Eliiabethport. N. J.. Miss Lillian. Chamhliss, daughter of the Mayor o( ^Chattanooga,. acting **** u^onsor. . The directors of the Western tjiUon Telegraph Company declared the regu lar quarterly dividend of 1 1-4 per cent. A statement issued estimates the net revenue for l;he' quarter ending March 31 at $1,850,000. Arthur R. Pennell co-roapondent in the divorce suit of Edwin L. Burdick, who was mysteriously murdered At Buffalo, was dashed to death in an automobito, and iii? wife who was with .him, is believed to bo fatally injured. Hon.'*WiiUam J. Bryan, addressing the Michigan Judicial Convention at Detroit, criticUed ex-President Cleve land, J. P. Morgan and J. Edward Ad dlck8* " r->Qv The stockholders d| the Pennsyl vania Railroad in annual meeting at Phlladelp?^y>ted to in crease the capital stoocufe the com pany by $150,000,000, nta&lni the au thorized capital $400,000,000. ? Jqdgt B.r^J " Adams.at St. Louis," named March 17 as the date for hear ing arguments on the Wabash Rail road injunction. 4 - Six strange deaths on the Karamanla which arrived in Now Yor<k from Southern Europe, caused the health of ficials to suspect cholera and to order all on the vessel detained in quaran tine. Prom Across The Sea. Pope Leo XIII received a jubilee Allegation of British Cathollea. The British House of Commons be gan to debate on the army estimates The Nfival Committer of the Reich stag cut down tho Government's pro gram for expenditure. In the French Chamber of Deputies the the Government was urged to ac. quire Morocco. Nineteen Italians are believed to have L?sen drowned by the capsizing of a ferry boat on the Hudson river- at Spier Falls, New York. L<ord L<ovat was overcome with stage fright and sat down. after comieting only part of the first sentence of his maiden speech in the Housaof Lords. The' Ameer of AfghanlsUmt divorced all his wlvsa butfour. - Pope Lao, It Is announced, will re celve pilgrims th Rome today. A great automobile parade saluted Bmpeiui Willlam^fa "Berlin. 1 T Townsville, North Queensland, has been visited by a cyclone, -'in which many persons were killed ,. or Injured. A part of the hospital building col lapsed during the storm, ktlUaf six persons. Schools, churches and real dances were destroyed, and many of the Inhabitants have been rendered homeless MtscefUacoos Matfara, Cotton prices aftls slumped on the New Tock Exchange. .... ^ ^ ??angeiist, it la eted has parmansnOy to* the sight of sassy*. y . SOUTH CAROLINA fll.tAM.NGS Now Recovering Grvenville. Special.? William It. (ios nt?ll, who was supposed to bo danger ously wounded at (ilrtssy Mountain chun-h on Sunday, March 1st. It Is now ascertained, ' d? speedily recovering from hi* wound lie was shot by Wadu bowt'i'B, H brother of Alexander How 01 m, who was convicted last your fo? killing oiio of t ho Howards, and whoso case has been in the supreme court on an appeal until a few days ago. Hp was sentenced to throe years on tbt> chaingang, ami when be ho^id that tlu supremo court refused to grant him a new trial, he came to Greenville and uummdorud to the sheriff, wlio turned him over to the county supervisor and 'he is now helping to macadamize the Buncombe road Just outside the city limits, lie read the supremo \ court decision in the newspapers and thvn tost no time In coming here to sur render. Wade Bowers Is a young man not more than 20 yeaia obi, and It is not known what the trouble was be tween himself and Gosnclf, who Is a married man and about 86 years of age, The two men met ifi tttja road not far from the church on Sunday mom-, lng, and without any words passing between them Bowers is paid to have drawn his pistol and shot (Joanell, the ball passing through his overcoat into the right breast. Inflicting a painful but not dangerous wound. It Is fro port od that ho has been working about hl.s prornltos In the lagj few days. GoBnell la related to the Howards, and It Is conjectured that the origin of this shooting dates back to the, killing of Simpson Howard, for which Alexan der Bowers Is now serving a sentence on the gnng. On-' Rascal Captured. ' Spartanburg, Special. ? On Wednes day two genteel looking white men giving aa their names Morris and Dray, hired a turnout from Dilling ham & Boyd's ^tables anil drove in the \ Fairmont section, carrying .catalogues, advertising themselves na representa tives of the Iiouho of Soars & Roebuck of Chicago, III., manufacturers 4 of wagons, buggies, pianos, organs, etc, These men In their travel met up with Mr. ,1. n. Bridwell, who lives between Moore and Fairmont, They soon Btruck a trade, for a buggy. On the advance payment of Bridwell of $20. Morris wrote him a receipt purporting to bo from the house for a $35 buggy, the re mainder of the money to bo paid when the buggy was received, by Bridwell. liie receipt was signed on an ordinary ploCu of paper with pencil. Brldwoli, aft6r the departure of the men, not feeling exactly securo, came to the city and nought Mr. F. T. Cantrell, a local doakn* In wagons and b-ggles, havlng^been Informed by Morris and Bray^tbat they had sold Mr. CantreTT *a car load -j-f buggies. This proved to be a ta>?? wlthmf 4tny feundatlon-after a short eo?;*.>renee with that gentle* mav. Brldvell then appeared before Magistrate Klrby and had a warrant Issued against the two men. At the time the constables went to the board ing place of MorrlB and Bray in the city, It waa discovered that the two men had disappeared. It was also dis covered that tlieli* baggage had been sent to Columbia. Saturday afternoon a telegra mwas received here stating that one of the two men had been ar rested In tho capital city, which one the dispatch did ijot state^ Telegr*phk; l!r'? f* Jnbiireglffs wt-f iwwnlci! to 1?ope from th? Dioceses of Brooklyn. N. Y., and Dal law. Texas. - Kins Victor Emmanuel ~ decorated Caught In aeorgla. CheBfcerfleld, Special. ? Several weeks ago one John Horton., colored, was ar rested on the horrible charge of in fanticide; and worst of all It was a white woman who was his accomplice. This waa .near Catarrh, in the western part of the country. By some means the negro managed td escape and im mediately disappeared; Knowingthat the negro had relatives in Georgia, Sheriff D. B, Douglass wrote the au thorities there asking them to look out for him. In a short time & telegram came announcing his capture. Sheriff Douglass at once left for the place, Hornerville., Oa., and in a wvr days returned with his prisoner, who is now .in jail here awaiting trial. The negro was capturcd at the same town as Will Brewer, colored, just one year ago. Bi'cwsr Was the negro who killed^ Albert Mann, nt Hornsboro, this coun ty' Emigrant Agent Arrested. - OreenwoxTrt, -?pcctai.~SOTn5" SJTCtre ment existed for a short time Sunday afternoon among the colored popula tion, caused by the arrest of Mllly Anii -Bush, a negro female emigration agent. I?'or some time crowds of negro women liave been leaving here for New York and as a result there has been and !s a great scarcity of cooks and house ^.servants. The flush woman was arr rested by Ohlef McMillan, and at the preliminary * hearing before Judge Austin this afternoon she was bound' over to the circuit court and bond fixed at |5O0. The woman is a native of tlils county. An old negro man pres ent at the trial made a side remark on the situation that was somovhnt amusing. He sajd, "Bon't know what gwinc tcr becum --oi1 -do niggers; one half nv dem gwiiye ?re de debll. and d& obber half tfr New York." *? Marion^ Special.? The trial of Jose phine Burns was ended Sunday morn ing at 2:30 o'clock by a verdict of not guilty as to the charge of murder, and guilty as to carrying concealed weap ons. Judge Tpwnsond imposed a f ne of $20 whifh whs promptly paid an1 the young woman was released, from <'?mtody. fliiior Uventj of ilie Week In a Uriel Form. Tin* following now concerns , hive !)<? i? charter* d; Stone Land Com pany. of <i:cen\Ulo (enmmisslou). Capita I stock $24,000. Corporators, W. <?. HI nine an i F. Li, Stone. llowman Loan anil" Trust Company, of Howmnn'H (charter.) Capital stock, $5,000. L. F. liatttcrlin, president; T. . K. llruco, secretary and treasurer. Hobinbon-IOIIiott gompany,. of_ W I n iiii bor o (commission.) The com* pany propo3en to engage in farming. Capital Block, $30,000. President, T. K. lOlllott ; vice president and genetal manager, .1. L. Robinson. (iaffney Brick Company (charter.) Capital titock, $5,0*00. Corporator!, Thompson Kobbit and J. H. Curry. Pauline OH Mill Company,' of Pauline, Spn'tnnbnrg county (com mi^on.) Capital stock, $15,000. Cor porators, S. T. I), I^aqcastef, K. D. Foatm\ w. s. Montgomery Lydla Gin Company, of Lydta, In ^ Darlington rounty (chartor.) Capital stock, $3,000. O. 1). Log, preuldent add K? nernl manager; W. F. Dargafn, secretary. f Hiuntor .Light, Ice and Powor Com* ? pany. of Hunter (charter.) Perry Moses, pi cs l ien t; F. A. iiultman, secretary and treasurer. Capital BtOclc $70,000, Janus I,. Tapp Company, of Colum$ bla, department, store (commission.') Capital Btock $100,000. corporatcfe*" Jaw. L. Tapp, formerly of Charlotte, nnd W. II. Tjyles and John J. Mo* Mahan. The company will open at the McCreery stand at <tmco. A npf'-iul from Nrwherryaays': Wed"-" nesday morning about 3 o'clock the home of Mr. J. L). Davenport waa eem-? pletcly dcstioyed by fire. The Are ori ginated from the outeidfr &h<r(fi* house was almost enveloped in flames before the Ihmatus were aroused, and thejf barely had, time to make thoir escape. No'hlng was savvd, not even the cloth--. ing of the family. The insurance ,I? ^ very small compared to - the !w," amounted to $1,700. A Greenville special sayl? Magis trate Cly.d<* lias rendered hie decision In the cafios agalnm C.^W. Clfftpii; In dicted for petltjgrjiw**, the de- ' fcudont was glvjenTlJo dayfcs; or l^150 floe to cover tho several caa&y \ipon which ho was tiietTT Tho reifralndCT Of HI# . oasts w/ie abandoned, as the mer chuni.t 'did not wish to put the to further expense, sine* It tire) , , .? ho will remain In Ja^and not pay fine. Clifton has fiffbished ft *#% sensation. and haauot-Prrtlltfd MiM In reputation or finances, while DM loses as a book agent> in which h# had pfeeen quite succcssful. ...... Saluda, Bpeetal.^Felix Boukntght, Mablon ifohimnrrimit " ' " colored, have been await trial at. -the. court the charge of beings i D/?U a ? 4 * ? * , ^ ? wwp .i ?^nfiimymjji Robert Hou knight in the rofebtAf and burning of Mr. J. -T. Herlong'scrlb* few weeks ago. Frank Aikc fesaed th^t he wes in the he has not been arrested. / loWay was alio suspected, , trate Little dismissed him o the lack of evtdeuee The legislature has appointment of a cotauuw up affairs between Sumter, Kershaw and Lee i was carved out of m counties nateed first, to be settled several: to the old counties .v? , ness, etc. Governor Hey pliance with the aict!Rii; legislative delegation of to name two members of Sicn. The point the ninth member, - 1 '?y^fiSSjl Qovernor Hey ward has been much pleased on account of th ber of invitations extended to deliver cdminencemenr address^ he cannot comply with them alt Within the past two daya he has re ceived no less ~than~Beveir"snch- Invt- " tat\QU8. The secretary of state has lasued charters to the following itwuernar" Tile fthtiroh of town of Fort Madison, Anderson asaim* ty; and to the Brusy Oreek Ginnery company of Anderson' county, ea$lf?| stock $2,000. * v ? 1 n? mternal revenue qepartmeat h'as "Ka<l considerable trouble recently on account of complaints" that parties representing theroscJ.vcaJto be revenue officers have endeavored to coUs&hIX; government tax. from merchahts vrfco are as a rule keepers, of small grocery stores in the suburbs of Columbia. Paul -J. Steele, A'-eadet- efr^ college, dfod tbeTo ^ pn^u^ week. I Mr. N \V. Brooker, the chairmaft * | the RicWaRd topdBitt? ? ton monument ftmdrtar pushing the caniasarteb-. subscription? to the. fund has secured about . W-c thw amount suwriDfd, jaia, thai dozens pf me subscribe, but ask 1 later. Tb!^|i^taa badly* ,*sd h^Hrg^s exactly what thejeea ?*Ja. It Is of i the work of rs! must he sec the earliest HkMg^ iWailMMraal held last week in^stmeswere mmm