The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, May 01, 1901, Image 1
THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE.
VOL 1. BATESBURG, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1901 NO 16 ScllB
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A MANIA TO KILL
?iz-d This Milkman While
Pleasantly Talking
SHOOTS DOWN FOUR MLN.
He Then Reloaded His Pistol and
Hunted D. wn M^ie Human
Oamr. Fir ally Ov-rp<
wered by Poiic?.
One of the bloodiest tragedies ia the
history of Portland, Maine, in rceent
years ocoured Wednesday afternoon on
the fourth floor of the building' trupied
by the New Kngland Telephone cudpany.
The principal actor in th?> aff?ir was
George U Braineid, a f< rernio who
has been einplojrd for the company for
almost twenty j ears. For some on
kcovo reason, and without the slightest
provocation, while chatting with
his fel'o v woikineu. he whipped out a
38 calibre revolver ar.d opened fir.i id
the party around him. He vie tv dontly
an expert tnarkHman. f ,r iu a
dtioi rpaco m tiuio tie kilwd one man
outright, fatally wounded anoth< r u.an
and probably fatally rounded two
others. 'lhon ho undo an attempt to
kill Deputy Marshall W. A. Frith, when
the tfficer tried to place him uncer arret
t.
The msn who was killed outrirht
waB I. II. Farnbam of Boston, the electrical
engine, r <f the Ntw England
Telephone ooapiny. E-.rl Buston soother
victim, dud in the hospital Wednesday
night. E'tuer Z Lmo of
Mechanic Falls and James Wadsworth
of Liwiston sro believed to be fatally
irjured.
The only oh ari table mot'vo that can
be assigned for the crime is im-an'ty.
yet neither btfore or after the tragedy
d d Brainerd exhibit any marked evi
dcDce of mental derangement.
Tho men in tho tragedy wrro em
ployes of the telephone oompany, and
exoep'.irg Mr. Farrham, wore crgsged
in installer a new c xohanse svs o n on
the uptcr fl >or ? f tho bnildinr. There
were 14 men in tbo crew, and Braineid
had charge of tho wotk. Mr. Farnbam
having general oversight Tho entir
force, whioh was attached to the goo
eral office iD Boston, had been at work
for three or four months. Mr Farn
ham came down from Bostoo Tuesday
night to look over tbo portion o m
pleted.
Wednesday morning the mm went to
wotk as usual, and nothing out of the
ordinary ooourred up to noon. Just ho
fore 2 o'ole.ck Mr. Farnham and Mr
Brainerd walked over to one corner of
the room, where a carpentcr was at
woik. Brainerd gavo tho carpenter a
instructions, and then hoard Mr.
Farn him waikeA
manner. Thry passed down by the long
switchboard to tho end, where they
stopped Then the report of a revolver
rang out. The workmen saw Mr F'arn
ham fall on tho floor, with Brainerd
standing over him with a smoking revolver
in his hand.
Brainerd did not remain inactive for
a moment after shooting Mr. Parnham,
but immediately opened fire on the
other workmen. A panio followed, and
every man endeavored to get under
cover to escape the bullets, whioh were
flying in every direotion.
Some attempted to escape through a
hole in the floor, but they wero unable
to Equoete themselves through, and
were then obliged to take a chance at
dodging bullets as the ran for the stairway.
Some of the men dodved bohind
boxes and bctchcB until ahoy had a
okanoe to escape, but thrco ef them
wero unablo to reaoh a plaoo of safety.
When Brainerd shot Mr. Farnbam,
Lane and Wadsworth wero working together
direotly aoross tho room and bef
ire they could make tho slightest move
Brainerd turned bis revo!v? r on them
and opened fire. Wadsworth fell to the
floor, while Lane, who was not kit at
this time, made a dash for a closet in t
corner of tho room. Buxton was stand
irg at a benoh near the head of the
ttairway and Brainerd taking delibcr*t?
aim, sent a bullet straight through hit
lody. Buxton fell to the floor but ro
mained partly conscious. He paw
Brainerd come over to tho head of thi
stairway and reload tho revolver am
then start towards tho olo<et in whicl
Lane had taken rofugo Brainerd wen
to that oloset apparently with thi
deliberate intention of killing Lane an'
although ho did not kill him inftantb
he inflioted wounds wbio'n tho physi
oians believe will prove fatal
Lane mado a game fight for life, hn
fell twice wounded, while Buxton rai
down stairs and was cared for. Krain
erd tben was alono on tho fourth floo
with his three viotims, hut. ho im
mediately started down to the operat
rr g room shoutirg ' sird for the police
fciupt. J. D. Stanford at this point rai
into the hall and met Braim rd comin,
down the stairs, revolver in hand, fran
tieasily calling for the police. Mr. S'an
frrdkcew Brainerd's revolver was load
t d, but he barred tho door to tho crowd
<>1 operating room and demandrd tha
the man return up stairs. "Go bark
W3 .wi'l A* it with the police," ho said
And Brainerd went fctf'k.
A telephone iu rssago had trough
l)eputv Frith and others from tho su
tion. The deputy at tho fourth floor me
Brainerd who, with sMf control, grcol
cd him pleasantly, shook hands an
than turned as if to go up stain. Th
deputy saw tho revolver in Brainerd
hands and determined to ovcrpowe
him As Mr. Frith attempted to soil
tt o weapon, Brainerd turned and me
the attack with tho revolver levelled i
ftifl rlor.til c A ntriiirole followed an
tho revo'ver was discharged, tho bulh
griting tbo officer's side.
Then another offioer olubbcd Brail
ered i..to submission and ho wan take
to tho polioo f-Ution. Ho appeared c:
cited and ugly and was kept ham
ot>fled. Ilia clothing ?ai saturate
with blood and ho jaoed restlessly u
and down tho cell.
In ahe meantime tho surgeons hs
oared for tho wounded. Wadswort
had bullets through tho loft arm ar
the bowels. L*do wis shot in tl
throat and Buxton had reoeivod a bu
'* let through tho body. Tho men we
i taken to tho hospitil and Buxton dic
and Lino is barely aliro. The poli<
aro making itqairy to determino
Brainerd has shown signs of insanity
any previous time.
i EW 3 WOUND IN MAN'S HEART.
Remarkable Operation Performed in
81 Louia City Hospital
With a stab wound and three sitohes
io his heart, PliiiipQunu is at the St.
Louis, oity hospital, and from present
indications reemt like ly to reo< ver. Ho
was oj orated upon by D*. II. L Njitrrt
who is probably the first person in the
world who sovd together a wound in
tho heart of a living person. Thrco
sutures clcs- d tbe opt aing, whioh was
about one-half of au inch long, and
whioh peneirat d into tbe heart cavity.
Wbi e his heart was ?xoostd to the air
Qrjon cuermd trem tbe ares.he'io,
aii n.f.isicd i crfeot oiLsoiousnoss and
talked to tl e surgeon aud h's a tend
ants During the bt ur and a half required
for tho op?r?uoD, hypodtrtuio
injections of salt solutions wcrskopt
up to counteract the lots of Idcod
Dt Neitcr remov d a sio-iou o> tho
breast bone, exposing tho p rcardium
or oivt ring of tho heart. It. w-ts [ >und
th t t' o ki.tto had pcudra cl tus, a.d
bl? od was spouting ftou this, aud
spoutiag from tho aperture with every
motion ol'tho most ddioato rrgaaof
thclxdy. Aa incision w*s mule ia
ih? pt rvsrdiuui, hid a large qianty of
blood which had pu sod fiouj the knife
wound in tho heart was pourtd out
Tliis icvi a'ed tho hc^r.. whttli la'tut*
led violent;)-. At 11 rcsj and fell tho
iv.-cuc by which tho blood had cs^ap
ed from the heart bee* nti visible. The
poiut c>f the knife ?b!ado Lad entered
the right VeU'tiolo and had piero d to
tho cavi.y. Luckily tho fcuifo Lad en
tCKUito l.eari. obliquely, aod tue 10
suit w?s 11 at tire t pcnii g between
cavity and the puioaid uua waH lip-t-hap
ed on bo>b aides. 1 he wound ECtid as
a valve, atid at taoh p ulsatu n (f b!o<d
through it e honr; but a rin-ll qua nil)
e* cat i d tl.rcu.ih the irt.fioial opui'tu
The tabk of strobing this uotual
vound wan very difficult. Tbo motion
of ti e htart lannot bo repressed, ard
Or. Niit<r? was forced to Oiako thebtitolus
while the organ was shifting
abcut After the delicate operation
was fiin.shcd tho pcrcardiuni was
sewed t< geihtr. The portion of the
brea-t bono could not bo replaced, and
?he operation was concluded by siitoh
ing t? gethcr the bkin and ou'or tis.'ucs
whtoh oover the ohest.
Bryan's Position.
In a ; tatemrut given publicity Win.
J. lirjai says in iffcot that bo has no
intention of seeking a third nomination
for the presidency. Mr. Bryan's announcement
is an answer to an article
in an eastern paper speculating on his
pl us ss a political lctder. Mr Bryan
slid: "1 .?ra not planning for another
presidential nomination, if L were 1
wjull not bo cditirg a paper. If 1
o.er become a oaudidato again it will
ho because it seems necessary for the
advancement of tie principles to
fi 1*1 1 ii1lfrn ? iHi i hi
now seem probable. 1 shall, however,
take an active interest in politics
for several years ye', if I I've, and can
be relied upon to support thos i who as
candidates, advance Democratic prin
ciplca and who can bo entrusted to enforce
ih*m if elected, I have no cno
mies t > push. No matter what a mau
may have said or done against tho
ticket in lBfhi or in 1900, tha? man bo
uouus uiy iiieua tno moment no accents
Democratic principles. Neither
have 1 any disposition to roward politi
oal friends at tho expense of our
oausj. No matter what a man may
have said or doco for tho ticket in
ISiUJ or in 1900, that man becomts an
opponent the moment ho turns against
Domoeratio prroiplo. Political battles
are fought, not in the past or in the
future but present. The heretofore
' cannot bo recalled ard tho hereafter
cannot bo attioipated, hut tLoNowis
all important."
Jones Suys His Say.
> (.'harlotton, S. C , April 211, 1901.
i Kditor The Greenville Nows:
> Sir: 1 caonot bo rosponsiblo for
t Senator John L. McLaurin, in his
i meeting tbo challenge of Senator Tilltran
to deba'e the questions of great
J momtiit to the people; all tho peoplo
i of South Carelm* at this time. I hope
' they will meet. Senator MoLiurin
still cla'ms to to a P.morerat, and I
' regard hiui to be the true cxpoment of
? tho twentieth ccn ury l)emocr?oy. I
1 am prepared to meet and take Senator
1 Tillman at his challenge. I do s> as a
t white ltcj ublican of many years stand2
ing in this my uativj Stale of South J
1 Caroiita. Il&viug bt Ved thu peoplo
V in p ?cj nrd in war 1 am prepared to I
- meet the foe anywhere, everywhere in
our State. Tho paramount thought
t wi i bo with me: What has Senator
a I illman done, or lathe r what has ho not
* done f >r the material interest of my
r much belt ved State and com monwealth.
"When Gretk meets Greek, then conns
the nig of war." Let it come.
(Signet) T. Barker .Joms.
a
K A Kt niarkablc Caso.
Ti e 'oluiubn S.a*c sajs on Thur "
eiav'hi Governor received tho fol'owirg
letter from W. B llola es of Char'
1: stan stating a most unusual and in^ct d
rt ina'kublo case.
' "If a body, buried e o:o yea^s ac\
is was! up by lie udcfl ami on ihat
. fcoiy is found t'no sum of $160, doos
1 this money I clotg to tho parties to
in the laud i belong whore found,
! or . ,:i it belong to tbo State? If to
^ the Sta'o, d cs tho State givo a reward
for iu'oriuation leading to tbo recovery
L of such God? '
" Tho governor's reply (o (ho letter is
as follows:
^ "Replying to your letter of tho 21-td
Gov MoSweoucy directs mo to say that
j he knows of no law regulating tuoh
t oases as you tofcr to but he would suggest
that you might rei ort tl o caao to
j tho ocrjn- r and if ho c Deluded tho
l'aots j i-tify it ho might iiistitu-.o au in
vestigation.
fd Gave Them Up.
ip Mar out Miller, of IFnghainpton, N.
Y., educate r, inventor and author (f
id several widely real political broohuros,
,h who died Wednesday, aaio an unusual
id requeft during bis last hours. It wai
10 thatihe woiks of Col. Hobert Iogctnoll
1- bo burned a- hisgravo in Floral 1'atk
ro ccnistery Friday afternoon, imrnndi>d
ately following tho oommittal pervioes.
oo Thisaot was des'gned by Mr. Miller to
if be au explioit publio declaration of his
at absolute repudiation of Ingersol'fl
teachings.
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ARMY APPOINTMENTS.
Five Spanish War Veterans Named
from this State
The seori t?ry of war Wcdn-sday made
publio the names of the 588 men soleoted
for fir t and atojnd lieutenants
in the regular aim> unlor the army rcorgauistlion
bill. All of thoao mon
I ave bad servio j either in the Stato or
national voluntoera or in tho regular
army. Thov havo been iriirad for examination
and should they pane will bo
appointod. Tho folio wing are from
South CarolinaThadeus B Stiglor,
Ljwroacj S. Otraon, Clneioo S. Not
ties, Jas. C. Hardin, Edward II. Tom
kino and 'Am. P. Crawford.
The first caxed iu tho list of South
Carolina appointimotg is not reorgnizod
by Tho State's railit ry authority at
haairg bcon r o ally connoetod with
thin S a?e's military fi>ro-H. la f*c',
be is a Ci arloite, N. C , u a *?, and c n
lVed in tho volunteer atury, bticg
n alo r. 8 rg< a-t Ho sorvol iu tbo
Pbilit pines. Tho others aro well
known
C'a'enoo S. Nottb?, of Dirlrngton,
cn'.istid for the Spanish wsr in Corn
tm V A. Iod?I'f?ndi< nt hlttnli.in lln
was quarleiuiasttr sorio*n.. Later hi
was tli<ohar?ei to raise a company of
immune p, of which ho was csp'ain Ilo
su^st'iueu ly wo'?t to the I'iiibppinos.
Li?r jooe8 Cars >e, of Sum'.or, was
oaptaiiof Conpany B lud .poodont
battalion Hie company was tiangfer
red to the Pir-t r;gi uent, S. 0. V. to
complete it Oj tho inusur out he
wi nt to the Philippines an a lieutenant.
Joseph H. 11 irdm, probably should
bo Joseph L. Ilardin, t f Chester, a captain
in the Kir?t regiment.
Kln-oad It Tompkins, of Kock Hill,
was appointed s< retain major ?>f tho 3ocirl
region nt. but was immediately
promoted to firbt luu'er.&nt, Company
1. of that regiment. Soon after muster
ou.howas anpoia'ol first lieutenant
in the 30th U. S voluntotrs, and has
heen in tho Philippines binco July,
18W
William P. Crawford, of Chester, was
captain of Company H, in the Second
regiment. Soon afttr tho muster cut
of that regiment two years rg?, Crawford
raised a oompany and went to tho
Philippines as oap'a:n He has tcrvod
thrre abou. tho tame length of time as
Tcmpkins.
Two places allowed for South CaroliuiaDB
have not yet been fiibd.
Swept Over Tho Falls.
A dispatch from Niagara Falls, N. Y..
eaya Wednesday aftcrnooD, between 1
and 2 o'clock workmen oagaged on the
new plant of tho Natural Food oornI
any, which is looated on the bank
of tho upper tivtr, about a half mile
back from tho fa'ls, were horrified
i I
c elevated position on tho iron
work to tee a man and a boat caught
in tho swift current aud swept into the
upper rapids When firBt seen tho craft
and its tcjupar.t wero well out in midstream,
the man pulliDg at tl o oers in
a d< sp- rate c ffort to niako tho Canadian
shore before ho was carried to a point
where he must lose a.l hope. Never
did man pull harder, but the currant
swept hi u onward with terrible rapidity.
Oyer reef after roof the craft
plunged, but tho man ho d fast to tho
oars until ono wave of the rapids more
fierce than tho others lifted tho boat
high up and toppled it over. Soon tho
boat was seen to miko tho plunge over
the 1 rink of iho HnrneaHfin KaIIh ?nd
tko nun who Btsod helpless on the
'kore knew that another lifo had been
sacrificed became there aro no lifesaving
facilities at th t falls
April Snow Storms.
Tko Flcrerco Timea Bays the cold
snap breaking up now it is hoped, recalls
to the minds of tho older inhabitants
of this seotion the snow storm
of Apiil 15, 1849. The spring of that
year w?s far advanool. Ail the troca
were in full foliage, roses were in full
bloom, and all spring and summer flowem
were in blossom It was delightful
spring weather and crops loiked as
I remising as ever they did look. On
tho 15 h of April, however, a sudden
aud remarkably change took plaoe in
weather oonditioup. Tho mercury
tumbled over itself in its hurry to reach
tho low figures. Clouds having gathorod
it began to slow and for a tunc the
flakes fell thick and f<st until the earth
was o ivcred to a depth of 2j iaohes.
It was a beau iful picture to look upon
say tho "old" pcoplo. Kcses peeped
out from their coveringof crystal white
and the green of ttic trees male a
charming background However, tho
snow disappeared in a very short tiiuo.
A Young Mpn'oFall.
A dispatoh from O.rcnvillc to tho
State says tho community was greatly
surprised when it was anncunocd on the
streets that a ihor.age had been discovered
iu i he pos office. Tho faot was
not known to tno public until legal proec.
dings had been instigated aca'nnt
Frank N Jordan, the tuonoy order clerk
and assistant postmaster, who had otttiro
ohargo of the tin ado al allairs of thy
offieo. Ho was a; ret ted and taken bofore
Commissioner J. 0 Hawihorno,
whero he mado a full and ocmploto
confession of his pudi, and thero was
no need of furthir investigation, bo
that ho was immediateiy bound over
to the (Jotobi r term of tho United
States court in tho sum of $1,500. Mr.
Frank Nichols, tho postmaster, who is
au uno'.e of Jordan, gave a justified bond
for the appearanoe of his nephew for
trial at tho tiino ?| eoitied.
Tito Terrible Cost.
Tho New York Tribune, which has
been distinctly pro Kmish in regard
to tho South African war, bumming up
tho cost to date says tho gold mines of
tho Kind probably will bo made to ropay
tho millions expended, "but never
from rninj or veldt can ariso tho thousands
of strong young lives that have
botn spent in tho sarno oauso. Seventeen
thousand lives, of her best picked
men! And it was to have boon merely
a military prouionado to l'rctoria! It
is an appalling proof of tho illimitable
uncertainties into which a nation
, plunges blindly and headlong whenover
, it goes to war." The United States is
! pa>ing the earno prioo for tho Philippines.
~ A GENTLE ROAST
Given Ex-Senator M C. 8u;lc;
by Tha Slat#.
OFFICIAL PAP RUINED HIM.
Never Will Forgive the People of
the State for Preferring
Ben Tillman to Him*
85tf.
During tho last presidential cam
paign Ex-Senator M. (J. Bailor, of
thin State, oirtc out for MoKinloy,
end recently ho has had au interview
with tho Washington Tines in
which ho reiterate his former posi
t on that tho Republican policies aio
tho b> st. Tho Columbia State, in cam
mooting on tho Ex Senator's change of
heart say th-re aro vari< in rearor.s
whioh may account for his attitude. One
is that ho has ncv< r ft rgotten nor forgivan
his defeat f> r reel' c ioti to tho
senate hy Ben Tillman, and this dis
appointment has evidently tinctured
his views of therul<n< politicil senti
in' at in South Carolina; for wo find him
dec anng tliat "popular constitutional
g. vernmont is in ranch more darger
from dcmagogism. t ootalistn, populnm,
anarchism, aid suoh heresies and falia
cies" than from imperialism and militarism.
Another reason is that Gen.
Butter was not long ago a representative
of this reins u-i itarisoi, holding a
niaj ir gonerai's commission in the
Unite! S'ates volunteer army by the
gift of President McK'nlcv. Tho
pretidaat was very Innd to Gen. Butler
and that gentleman found miiitari-m a
not unpleasant exporierco A further
reai on a ay pt rhaps bo found in tic cir
cam. Unco that Gen. Butler's present
and rtoent professional asseoations in
Wash ngton hava been with corporate
and financial elements holding, like
himself, that the prevalence of tho doc
trines ho is pleased to term "dctutgogism,
socialism, populitm," etc, may
"necessitate the employment of foroo
to i reserve public order, tho rights of
property and tho enforcement of the
law."
So Gen. Butler speaks as ono who
was once of and for us in South Carolina
but is to no lc-ngor. Ho has
found other friends and developed
other sympathies. Wo are not sur
prised at his assertion that if bo bad
been in tho sonato he "would have
voted just as MoLaurin did, with the
exoeption perhaps of his vole for tho
ship subsidy bill?although we do not
sco auy reason why ho should make
tbis one exception, icasmuiih as the
advocacy of subsidies harmonizes with
purposes and tho other policies upon
which Sanator McLaurin and tho lispuhlioins
agree.
Gen. Butler declares that as tho
Democrats did as muih to bring about
tho war with Spain as tho Re|ubli
cans thoy "should havo claimed their
sharo of its results and consequences,"
and that "theymadc|<a fatal I hinder
when thoy permitted tho Republicans
to appropriate to their own uso tho
questions growing out of tho Spanish
war." By this ho means that tho Ds>moeraov,
having from sympathy with
an oppressed pcoplo at our doors, pro
motcd a war to liberate them, should
. f. J #
aucrwaras, ;rem mere party policy,
have rivaled tr outdone tho Hipubli
oats in transforming that war into
ono for the compiest and enslavement
of tho vjry peoples tho United States
had assisted in rescuing from Spain.
Wo must bo permitted to bay that this
dcotiinc is thoroughly immoral and
unworthy. If A and B oomo upon U
who has knooked down and is kicking
and trampling 1), and they join in
driving 0 awav; should B then, bo
cau-e A proposes to rob L) in oompon
pation for bis work of resoue?should
B, because of this proposition, throw
himself promptly upon I) and go
through his poikcts with tho purposo
of g. tting tho larger share of tho
spoil? Wo d'-fy 'ion Butlor or any
one else to defend this proposition;
yet tho case wo have presented is a
peift ot parallel in aura's to tho ono
under naiioual oorsiderat'on. What
over may bo though' now of tho alleged
folly of the Demooraoy in declining
to j)in tho ltepublioan admini.-tra
tioa iu robbing Cuba and the Philippints
of their liberies after rescuing
them from 15;.-in, 'ho verdict of history
will hi that t .e parly ncvir aotecf with
greater sanity nor moro praisoworlhy
integrity than when it rejeotcd this
temptation to ba-onoss
We nolo with sorr.o amusement Qen.
Bulter's dcclaratiou that ''what is
wanted in S.uth Carolina abovo ali
things is a greater toleration for thoso
hocobtly d ffering with us in political
opinions?greator political frotdom of
action." In lH'.li, when contesting with
Tillman for tho United S a'es senatorship,
Gen. Butler gave, no such ex
I rossion to his conviction of what was
nocded in South Carolina. Oa tie oon
trary, Geo. Bu h r in that campaign
denounced Tillman for his latitudina
rian theory of Demooiaoy which led
him far on the path to populism. In
that year (Jon. Butler had no tolora
ttrtn .! - r
. . .v ? ?'W?U n UU| IIIIUIU II Ul lliu
Domoontio highway. Ho thought that
Tillman's course wsi suo'i an to demand
his defeat for disloyalty to tho
Democracy anl tho t lection of his
competitor, M. C liutlor. "Circum
aiauocs alter ci-jcr. They hoi m also
to alter the political tonvlciiocb o! iur
sta csmen, imt and present
Will Not Work.
The Washington Dost says tho promotion
of a ft w professional tftioo-soeIters
will not build up a white Republican
party in South Carolina or in any
other routhcru State. Yet the people
in thatscotion are quite prera.cd to
I lace tho question of oommoroial pro
gross abovo politics.
May Attain -'Sassiuty."
Gunner Charles Morgan, who according
to Admiral Sau pson did tot possess
cntuah social aocomplifthmcnts to hob'
a "soaicty commission iu tho navy may
ytt get into "society," and adquirc
those accomplishments which ho bc
lately lacked. Ho has learned to danc.
and ia now suing for divorce.
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COLUMBIA'S QBAND FESTIVAL
Preparations Now Complete for the
Great Performances.
Columbia, April 27. ? Special: Every
arrangi incut for the grand concerts of
the Columbia Festival AasooUtion, to
tako place on May ti and 7, is dot oomplete.
There will be ore cocoert on
tho former day and two oonoerts on tho
latter.
Tho oborus of 200 voices, under tho
direction of Prof. Kutrodgo of the
Presbyterian College for Women has
made t xocllunt progress, and tho expeditious
of tho pubiio as to this
feature will he fully realized. In addition
an array of taloot. from New York
his been engaged Altogether, suoh an
organization has mver been seen in
Columbia
Citnpan&ri beads tho lis-t of singers
aod stands among tho leading stars iu
in tho Metroiolitan grand opera ca?te,
Now Yora ci?v. In olo*o oomoarisoa
fallow Mr Gleuu Hal), Mr G*ilym
Mile*. Mrs Marie Kuukcl Zimmcrmar,
Mi?c Fielding K tscllo and Miss Marie
Niohois, all of whom tro artists of
u^'iwuwi a c |7U? ? . lUU*
Tbo superb B >ston Festival orchestra,
comprising fit) mustciar s, will Vo an
extra' rdinary La ure of the ooaasion.
Of this organiz .ii 111 to much cannot In
said. 'Iho press evorywhero speaks in
tei dh similar to the following from tho
Sprtogfieid Republican:'
"Tho Boston Festival orchestrr. is
indeed a i?i?;h]y satisfactory organ za
tion, and tho mu-i-al association is
fortut a'c indcc d iu having so fine a body
of tnusiciacs available. The exce lcnce
of the solo winds is ttiri-rising The
fire quality of tho strings has also been
constantly in ividencj. Mr. Mollouf
auer i9 an adniirabio conductor and
driP-master, and thequil.tv of his discipline
is shown by the cnsetnb'o at
tair< d in sp.io of tho limited tine
available for rehearsal, '"nero is hardly
any other orol estra in the countr/
whioh 0'iuld dr such satis'aotcry wort
aider the sauio circumstance. I'l o
men play with tnap aud vigor, and co
rot Be:ui to lose interest in their work
by reason of much vain repetition tt
odc fcsiivil after another. Tho reuderiDg
of the Mendelssohn symj.iioty
was an uncommonly strong aud artist o
pieoe of work."
The prices of tho season tickets
scarcely avcrago $1 a concert, whioh is
aoout one third tho price paid in castera
cities for similar ooccerts. A
ticket costing five dollars is good fir
two scats at each cf tho tl reo ooncertr.
All tho ra hoids have fixed a rato of
one fare for the rouad (rip.
A grand success is already assured.
THE CAPTURE OF REESE
And \l;e Pait Lmcas'er Men Took
'' In It
^^^pcc'al to tho Sta'e from TiincasM&rion
It. Itecse, at Oxford, Miss.,
wan aturp:ifc to everybody here, excepting
three men, tamoly, W. G It. Per
ter, J. M. Uaskey and J. B. Sims, who
were instrumental in bringing it about.
The facts briefly are these:
"J. A. Montgc iuory, formerly of Lancaster,
tut now residing at Oxford, is
in the employ cf United States Marshal
Buchanan of Mississippi. Some
few weeks ago Mr. Montgomery wrote
his cousin, J. Montgomery (Ja?kcy, asking
him ;o try and procure the photographs
of Reese, Lickio and Mrs. Anderson,
and send to him at once; that
there was a man and woman tn Oxford
who had ntver been kaown, sinoe
their residenoo there, to go to the jostnffli'o
eithfptn mail leltf rs nr fc* ?olr
for letters. Mr. Oa-key aftrrreceiving
tho letter showed it to Mr. Porter, who
said ho would rnako the ttf ort to got
tho photr graphs. He, aoot rdingly,
spoke to Mr. Sims, who at once, wroto
Sht riff Lngan of York c junty, rcquoatiDg
that ho send him tho photographs.
On th? 8:h April instant, Sheriff Logan
sent Mr. S ids photographs cf Kocso,
Luokio and Mrs Anderson with a minuto
description of a 1 three, l'ho photographs
and description wcro at once
sent to Mr. J. A. Moatgomcry, at Or
ford. Tho next step was tho arrest cf
Reese, news of which was contained
in Sunday's Stato. Thus it will be
seen that Lancaster men, tbrro at this
end, j'z : W G A. Porter. .1. M. Cask
.y and .1 Id. Sims, ai d Mr. .J. A.
Montgomery at tho other end of ihs
lino, put tho machinery in motion
which lod to tlao capture of Reese, and
couim >n justico demands that thoy
should not bo oveilookcd when tho rewards
rffetod are dis r buted."
Pension Reduction.
Tho ptnsion beard o.mpletid its
work Wednesday an l the total nunhor
on tho rolls is 6,417, against 7.1U6 last
year The board h?s given etch application
full consideration and it has
wctded out thoao rn t enti'led t > pensions
as far as possible, so thai tho list
this y< ar is about, at near just and equitable
as it can bo nialo. Following are
the numbers for cath oouoty. Alba
villo, LIS; Aikrn, 190; AndePOO, 270;
it am befit, .">U; R.roael , lOS; lt>auf>rt,
27; Htrkehy, 88; Charleston 84; Chore
kco, Lr>8; Choi-tcr, 1'2; bostri fit Id, 135;
O'a'oi don, 122, Colleton, 286, ILrlimttoi),
l'.IO; P rchost.r, til*; K tgcfiold, 1*7
Fail field, 111; Fioiooeo. 121; Georao
town, 28, Greenville, 326; Ureoaw-ed,
120; Hampton, 111; Horry, 151; K< r
shaw. Ill; Lvnoaster, 222; Liurocs
218; Lexington, 1 It'; o, ll't); Marl
bore, 111; Newberry. 142, O">neo, 165
Ofatgoburg, 12ti; P.ckous, 228; Rich
land, 162; Saluda, 146; Spartanburg,520
O litre. Ilnif?> 1 111' a'illlam.hnn.
0*1 II kl ?t J W, ? 'II IVII, I , UMBOIIUUI 5
113; York, 289.
An Outrage.
A dispatch from Athens, Toon.,
sa>a as the on'c jrae of a re c mt tour per
aajo crusado ttio office of the Mo Mini
Citizen was raided during the night
Tho presses were overturned and th<
typo was dumped into a stream nearby
, The Citizen published tempcranoo oci
torials during a rcoont elcotion. Thi
id supposed to have oiuud tho raid.
Killed Himself.
Capt. Frank Cro&sland of tho Hri
i lish steamship Scliua, cominitud sui
I oie'e in a lodging house at Houston
' T?xas, Wtdnotday, Ho disappcarc
i two weeks ago and hit vessel saile
) without him. Ho lift no letters, j
) oonsidcrnUo amount of money hi
i found on his person.
d . _
CUBAN COMMISSION.
Pa?sed Though Columbia on thi ir Way J
to Washington.
On Tuesday afternoon of last week <
tho Cuban assemblage oommission now *N
en route to Washington to confer with
President MoKialey upon tho relations t
of the United States to Cuba, and roe ?
what are tno cbancoi for seouring f
' Cuba Libre," passed through Colutn- ?
bia. They wero travoling on the Sot- n
board Air Line's elegant metropulitan f
lioiitcd train, wbioh happened to be a o
very heavy ore, loaded with eastern *
tourists hastening bomo from Florida. 1
Tho gontlon en wero traveling in the r
last oar on tho train, and ocoupied tho
observation end, from which they had ?
been viovring tho country en tho way
up from Jacksonville.
In tho party wero Gju. D iu'dco
M? u< z Capote, president of the conu- ^
misrioo; Gen. Pegro K BfUnerurfc, K
Goo. ltafa-1 M. Portaedo, Mr Diego
Tatnayo and Dr Pedro G?i z Lor B
onto. These a-e the members of the *
comm-sfion. They arcacoompari'od b?
Pi-do M K iteizi, interpreter; Col. M w
M C ronad \ tditrr of La Diitcusiic; *
M. Marquiz S'crlirg, r prrsentativo ?.f 1
tho United S'at-s pies* of Cuba, and
j__. u .. . n
uurn ?i?onacui o' iv inucao.
Tho train arrivid here at 6 20 o'clock 0
uitday afternoon, and stopped horc 11
for about a quarter of and hour. A .u
representative of The State called upon
the party of Cubans. As ho cutrrod,
and boforo he could speak, all rose and lf
bowed. One of tho party is an aged 0
gentleman, and ooo of tho most polite ^
ever seen here. None of tl c par?y, save t
Signor Entcnza could sptak English,
and his English wan as pretty as his J!
Spanish. The gcutlomon s a c l tint
they were very ruuoh p'oacd with iho
appearanoo of tho country through 11
which they had passed; that their trip
thus far had been most pleaset, acd *
without accident or inoident; ar.dtlat .
th( y horrd to accomplish something 1
for their h? loved oountry. When a* ked ~
h >w long tlioy wou'd be in Washington,
tlcy shook their heads and said that ''
would depend upon tho shape flings r.'
took aft^r th? ir arrival.
No moro distinguished looking tarty
of gentlcnicn ever passed through Co ?
lujtbia. The mtjjrity of those in tho !'
party were exceedingly handsome mm,
and their ability was manifested tin e ?
and again in tho brief talk with them. ^
At this point Traveling Passenger
Agent ldatto of tho Seaboard joined l<
tho party, witth instructions to take w
them through to Washington, seeing a
that they wore givtn every attention. .*
?Tho State. ^
A Terrible Story. n
A special from Vioteria, B C , says: *
A terriblo story of the fato of a party .
of six gold seekers in tho Copper ltiver 1!
country frotn Dawson where a snrvivor
Copper river atd aoaording to thi* .'
man's tale, tho treacherous Valdcs Qla;ier
olaimed ono of tho party for i*s
owd. lie disappeared in a fissure in
tho ice, desoendingadistanoo of 75 feet, D
whero ho bccamo wodged between walls a
of ice. lie remained oonoiou* and n
gave final instructions to his companions
who wero powerless to assist him.
Tho next misadventure was on a raft t]
which was tossed over thund* ring ra- ^
pida and brokon to pieocs against tho ^
j igged rocks. Tho five men made a t
desperato fight for life, but three cf ^
them wcro never again soon. Two .
reached shore, one of whom was severe- j,
ly irjurcd internally and tho other with j
a fractured arm. They wtro bereft of j
all provisions acd lundrods of mileo
from e'vilization. After^days of, un- t
told tuffcring the spark of life in the
man irjared intiroally was mercifully
(xuDgu'shed. Hia Iodo partner for 13
days wandered without food. After ^
ti nt his lifo became a blank ft r a period j
of twelve months and when his senses ?j
returned ho found himself amo..g Iiicnd- r
ly Indians. I
Supports McLaurin.
A dispatch frcsu Washington says Kx- .
Senator M. C. Bud; r and Sona'or .Mo ,
Liurin. who formerly were a<w d i apart
as tho poles. arc now joliti.'al bod-fel ,
lows. Mr. Butler, in an interview, enco'saa
Senator MoLturin's Charlotte ,
ip:ooh. Ho snca'eaapproving'y of the j
course of tho President with r< f- recce
to our new possessions, says that ex
pansion will be advantageous to the
South and gives tho opinion that it
would be a go. d thing to have in South
Carlina au active and rospeotablo op |
position to tho proaent political orgaoi
ra ion of that State Sora'or McLturin
was in tho oitv Thurscay and talked to
his friends concerning his candidacy for
rc election. He will ask for re election
upou the platform of suppirttDg tho
admiaistration's policy ef expansion on
the ground that it in bonficiai to the m i
tcriel welfare of hia State. Ho will
, support hts votes in the So. ate at the
last session of Congress by arguments
to show that he was voting for tho best
interests of South Carolina.
Attempted Murder.
T. J. llughea, a nvrohant at J.ojk'
hart Junction, in Union County, was
a<.sault< d and .ebbed Thureday night.
Mr. Hughes is a widower and lives
a.one in his store, and that night about
8 or I) o'clock, after he had closed his
from doer, soma one knocked at the
' door atd Mr. Hughes opened it and
turned round to go behind his counter,
au iv o sj in .u in r i uai winiuj
to trade and just thoo lu r< coived a
' blow on the baoL of tho head from tome
' kind of a olub which filled him to the
floor and ho remembers nothing rnoro
till lato in the night when ho came to
himself iud was very oold and just ablo
to crawl to his bci, whioh is in a back
room to tho store, and ho laid in bed
> with hii frontdoor open till morning
when he was found by somo of his
0 friends ia a very serious condition.
Thcro was considerable blood i v:r the
floor where Mr. Hughes crawled about
s beforo ho camo to himself. Ho had
$12.00 and a pistol in tho storo whioh
is missing.
1 Groat Floods.
i- Tho floods at Cinoinnati aro subsidi,
ing. Thoy woro terrific. Tho whole
d city was undor water and people had to
d go about in boats to trim tho elootrio
\ lights. Whon tho wator stopped rising
is thoy hunted a dry spot and fired oft
oantoos and rang bells.
AN OUTLAW HANOED.
ust Before Death He Exonerated
Three Men Now in Prison.
Thop. E. Kctoham, alias Itlaok Jaok,
ho irain robber, was hanged at Clayton,
f. M , on Friday. Tiiu r?pj broke,
at the fall j ilk d Ketchax s head off.
twenty doj-utu" guarded ihe jail
hroauhoat tho n., ht. Hundreds of
lined men, many of tbem cowboys
torn tl e surrcuedinx country. arrived
urmg the mcrn'rg Taut no dennrstraioo
(oourrtd. Kotohum has been the
309'. noted desperado of the Biothvcs1
or n.any yea,s and although he was
redited with having taken the lives of
ome of his fellow outlaws, his txicuion
Friday was for an attempted train
ubbery in whioh robody was killed.
The otimo was committed near Fo'(tro,
N M , Angu>t 1G 189i> 8 ogle
and. d Ko'c'uut held up a Col ?rado
od Southern ra<oeoger train He ortted
the oogineor a< d fireman to un uj
lo the engine and leave the train
'ha e inductor and mail agrnt opened
re. Kotofcum r- ccivtd the contents of
double barn h d shot gun in his right
ran, but q'l o ly ohaoged the riflo to
lis left shtudir Ho tu receded in
it uridine both emducor and mail
gent. Ho e?9 ospturei the next day,
ricd and given the ex rente peual y.
U*iig to minors of organized binds
iaki >g prejaraions to rot c to their
tut-ado, extreme prceautionr wero
^on to hnld the prisoner, who was ro
loved from the Folsom jail to Clayton
t'-t wt ek by special train, under a
avy ^ u\td of deputies. "B'aok Jaok"
i said to have Decn the leader of a band
I outlaws who oommittrd many train
nbbcricfl and other raids in Texts,
lew >1< x:co and Arizina. This bird
as been scatttred einoo >:is arrest,
r v. n or eigKt having boon killed
Hayton Kvtol un mailed a letter to
Verilcct McKioley Friday morning,
a whiolt he say*-:
' Standing in tho prc9->nar of death,
rh? ro no human aid can rcaob me, i
csire to communica'o to jou some
acts whioh may, perhaps, bo tbc
tcacs of liberating innocent men.
'hero aro row three mm in Santa Fo
cnitcntiary serving sentences for tbo
ebbery of tho United States wtil at
teins pass. Arizona in 18117, namely:
ieoDard Albeitton, Walter Huffian
nd Bill WatcroiaD, and they are a?
inocoot of the erimi as an unborn
abe. Tho names of the men who onelitted
tho crime aro L)avo Atkins, Kd
lulliD, Will Carver, Stm Ketohum,
Ironcho Bill and myself. I hivo given
3 my attornoy in Clayton means by
'hioh articles taken in Btid robbery
lay be found whero wo hid them,
nd also tho names of witnesses who
vo in that vicinity who wil! testify
bat my-olf and gang wcro it) that eighborhood
both immediately before
nd after tho robbery. The f*ot that
aese men aro innooont and are Bufforig
'inpels me to make this oenfession.
iThilo you cannot help me, and while
I
ave signally failed, 1 wish to do what
oan for these innccent men, who, so
ar as I know, ccvrr committed a
rime in their lives. 1 make this statelent
fully realizing that my end is fast
pp'oaohing, and 1 must very soon meet
ly Maker"
Kills His Fourth Man.
Henry Huffman, well known animal
rainer with the Wallace showp, met a
orriblodeath at Peru, Ind , Thursday,
ciDg killed by "B'g Charley," a monscr
elephant, while the animal was
athing in the Mtssinsineaw river.
Big Charley" wound his trunk about
vecpcr Huffman and hurled him far
nto the stream. Tho man was uninurcd.
and when he returned he said:
"Why, Charley, 1 didn't think that
f you; aren't you ashamed of yourelf?"
Tho next instant Huffman was
traboed by tho big elephant and
brawn to the bottom of tho river and
leld tturj by tho forefeet of tho animal.
Then, with a great roar, tho olephant
an away. Several showmen shot at
iim with no (ffest. Ho broke down
enoos and reamed about in a big hold,
ceoping cverbody at a distance. Apples
loaded with strychnine werethrown
rear him, and he ate ono. An hour
atcr ho laid down ani was in terriblo
igony. A riff j shot finished him. "B;g
Jharley" weighed over three tons, was
valued at $10,000, and in his lifetime
had killed four men.
An Inhuman Father.
Suspicion in ttio brutal murder of
five eh.ldren, aged respectively 14, 11,
7, f>, 4 yesrs, whtoh orourrcd a*, a farm
in tho neighborhood of Chanies,
Fraoce, now falls upon tho father of
the c itdrou. it is suggested that the
fath-r uiurderod his ohtldren in a fi> of
drucken madnes". as he sroat tho
evening in drinking aud no tra.se of the
alleged tramps has been found It is
a strange faji that while the ohiidren
wef killed wilh a hammer or bludgeon
the father was only stabbed and his
wounds arc slight. The knife with
which these wounds were iniko belongs
to tho hcu e and a blood-stained jtoket
btlongiug to tho father was diaoovcrod
in the court sard hidden under some
strav. Bri. rthe father, was confronted
with tho oorpscs of hiachildnn
and ho was afterwards arrested.
IU'1<1 up a Train.
At auoarly hou.- Friday morning tho
Southern Kx press oar on tho Central of
Guogia's thr< ugh train from'Atlanta to
Savanr.ah was robbed Cum Grrrdnn, Us.,
by tw > white uion. After bind ng and
blindfolding tho express messenger?
White?tho men took his keys opened
aud liff diho small local safe. Thoy
got Fcveial package', but nvssid ono
oontauiog $1,000 in silver 11 >* mutih
money was to-.*urid cannot bo as certain
ed, but it is believed to havo been
nUi?ll. Not much business is transacted
on that train lota'iy There was a
considerable su u in the largo through
safe, but Messenger Whito convinced
the men that ho oould not opon it ovon
if ho wanted to. and they did not try.
The Texas Kind.
William Labait, assistant tiokot agent
for tho San'a Fa, oaptur. dj and oagod
a mosquito Thursday morning olaimod
to bo the largest and fiercest over secc
in this seirei of th-> country. lj?batl
discovered tlo iarcot perched on ar
inkstand en tho oounter. Tho inaec
is on exhibition in a glass oaso and ii
attracting considerable attention astht
giant of his reot. II i is mora thai
half an inoh long and stands about ai
inch h;gh. ?CJa'vrston News.
J ^
HUNDREDS KILLED. I
By the Explosion of Chsmlcals n
a Qsrman Town.
THE FACTORY DE8TROYEO. H
The Fire Spread to Adjsctnt
Buildings Igniting Smokeless ^
Pi wdsr. People F ed
from the Village.
One of tho most disastrous explosions
on record recurred Thursday"afternoon
at the Klectro-Ofatmioal works uear
Gri'shem, Otruany, where smoakleto
ponder is manufactured. Most of tho
boilers txploded. The coise was so
tremendous that it was hoard at great
distances, ice udiog Frankfort and
Mayenee.
Tha faohnrn ?
A uw I ?V?VI/ I Ui UlUU 1 ?VOi J UOUAUiO n
man of tKmrs and a northeast wind
carried the sparks to neighboring villages
whfro several houses were also
sot no fire.
K ghtflco oy intlors, eaoh containing ?
about 100 hundred-weight of smokeless
powder, wore in tho room where the explosion
occ irred.
Troop? were at onoo ordered to Orieshcim
to privont tho fire spreading to
the largo fccnzioo reservoirs noarby.
Fire brigades from tv< ry place in the
neighborhood hurried to tho scene, but
owing to tho dangerous nature tf the
disaster and tho fear of a renewal cf
tho explosion, the greatest d fficulty
was experienced in stopping tho progress
of the fire Oily aftor five hours'
strenuou' < ff rrt wis the 000 Migration
to some ex'ent oontrollel and the danger
parsed, so ai to mako it possible to
begin tlo work of extricating the bodies.
It is f ;arc d , that nea-ly 200 persona
have been killed or iojured.
The firo oouiiGueB to burn, although
tho greater part of the Frankfort fire
department and tho troops aro trying
to prevent its spread to the buildiugs
outside of tho firo zone. Hospitals ha?e
been improvised in the vicinity.
Tho dames spread with frightful rapidity
to tho a^jioent buildings and
they ran over tho river Main to
Sohwanheim. When a second explosion
occurred tho fames and massosof burning
ohemioils mado it impossible to __
stay in the vicinity.
were
they
m., and when. it-wa^rasoertaine^^Kt
no further danger was anticipated the
inhabitants were allowed to return to
their homos.
At 8:30 the fire was still burning and
thewor^o^aking the bodies from the
^Ar^^j^^^irim^wIn^rrancTorc^^^^^^^^^
was shopped daring tho fire, except for
trains earring the injured, but it has
sinoe been resumed.
Four sheds for dressing- the wounds
of the injured have been ercoted.
The easastrophe originated in a small
fire which ignited several reoeptaolos of
piroio aoid, causing a terrific explosion.
The houses adjoining tho faotory were
partly bnrned and partly demolished
by the violence of explosion. It is
still impossible to say definitely how
numerous are the victims.
A Shocking Tragedy.
A dispatch from Dillon, S. C., to
Tho State says: "Ono of the most
distressing accidents in the history of
our town occurred at about 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon. Mrs. Tuokor, wife
of Prof. Beverly Tucker of Virginia
Military institute has been on a visit
to her sister Mrs. Becj Huger for
some weeks. The two ladies had not
long returnoi to tho house from shopping
Mrs Tucker was seated before
the fire reading, and in soma way her
I clothing caught fire and in spite of
every effort on tho part of Mr. and
Mrs. Ilujorand neighbors who were
attrao'ed by tho alarm, tho unfortunate
lady sustained injuries so serious that
death resulted in about thirty hours.
Her husband and father were telegraphed
for at once Prof. Tucker reached
Dillon at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning,
three hours too lato to see his wife
a'ivo. Tho father was intercepted at
Richmond by telegraph and informed
that the remains would oomo on the
next train, leaving hero Wednesday
11 o'clock, accompanied by the bereaved
husband, also Mr. and Mrs. Huger.
Mrs Tutkorwas the clde.-t daughter
of Prof ishipp, commandant of the
same inst tution in which her husband
is engaged as professor of chemistry.
Poor Old China.
The Atlanta Journal says there oan
bo littlo doubt that the real design and
hope of tho powers in demanding exorbitant
indemnities from China is to
dividcup tho empire among themselves.
They ocrtainiy know that China cannot
raise the $500,000,000 whioh would be
required to pay their aggregated demands,
and turh failure would afford
the pretext of diom-imbering 'Jhina and
distributing the pieces. Tae entiro revenues
cf tho Chinese government
amount to only abont $51,000,000 a
year, which is baroly mtheient to meet
tho ixpenses of tho governmental mao'linery,
crude as it is, and to pay the
interest on the $250,000,000 of outstanding
Chinoro hoods. Chinese credit
was low beforo the rceont complications
and they have naturally degraded
further The proper name for the
scheme whioh the powers are workiog
would be a p'ot to cut up and appropriate
tho Chioeso empire.
Grand Old Hampton.
"It is remarkable," says tho Charleston
News and ourior, "how kindly the
leading Confederate cavalrymen have
taken to llopubhoan policies. Mosby,
Rosier, Whtclt-r, Pitzhugh Lee, and
now Bottlor. It is a very enrions
i development, but perhaps they could
i not break themeelvoa of the habit of
t scouting in tho enemy's lines." Int
stead of "eooudog" our oontemporay
t evidently ment to say "fertirg " As
? thus amended the explanation is philoj
sophio. Yet the greatest Confederate
a oavalarymm of them all holds these
a political foraging parties in wholesome
I contempt ?The State.