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I "DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR^ LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS,!]* THY CAUSE.''., VOL. xs^nr* BENKETTSTILIiE, S. C., yt,'. . OCTOBER 30, 1903. AN AWFUL CBIME. . A Father, Crazed With Whiskey, V ; Kills His Three Children.' ARRESTED AND LOCKED IN JAIL. Ono of tho Most Fiendish Acts Li vor Committed iu tho Good Old Stnto of North Carolina. Transformed In a monster after a weeks' debauch, Dr. J. .V. Jay, a physician of prominence in thc north ern part of Buncombe county, N. C., Saturday, week drove his wife from home, brutally murdered his three children, and attempted to burn down bis house. The man became violent Friday night, and after going home terribly abused his wife. Mrs. Jay had put the children to bed, and was endeavoring to quiet 1 jr husband, when the mao attacked her and drove her out of the house. She went to the home of Thomas Dilllngham, not far from where she lived, and there spent the night. Returning to her home next morning she found her hus band in a daugerous mood. Thc man was even worse than before. Jay was continually looking for his pistol, threatening to exterminate the whole family. Mrs. Jay, however, had taken possession of the revolver and hidden lt from her husband. During the time that Jay was searching fur the pistol, Mrs. Jay was engaged in pre paring the morning meal, at inter vals, assisting the children to dress. When the children had been dressed and Mrs. Jay had finally finished get ting breakfast, the brute had worked himself into a frenzied mood. Fail ing In bis search for the pistol he had armed himself with a claw hammer, and with this chased Mrs. Jay around the house. The frightened wife, feel ing that her own life and this lives of her children were in danger, went out of the front door and started for thc little grocery, where there was a tele phone to ask the neighbors for aid, ano to notify the officers at Asheville. As she reached the road she turned and saw her three children standing on the top step crying, and begging for ber return. Thc moMier stood for a moment in helpless agony, knowing that the lives of her children were in danger, and knowing also that she was of her own strength powerless to shield and protect them, lier indecis ion was of but a second's duration. Steeling her heart to the cries of her little ones, she turned and ran with all speed possible for the store. There she hastily told the story of thc chil dren's peril, and accompanied by sev eral men who chanced to be at tile place, hastened back to her home. The mother bad been gone but a rew moments, but in that brief space the ... demon bad done his work, and as she entered ber home a sight met her , eyes such as words of no language can .> ' describe. Lying upon thc porch with the blood oozing from their heads lay her three children. The" two oldest were already dead, while the baby was barely breathing. The men wno had accompanied Mrs. Jay tenderly gath ered up the little lifeless bodies to place them in toe house, but the dour was fastenued and Jay was called upon tb open the door. This he refused tu do, and declared he would kill thc first one who entered, lt was then thought that he had found the pistol and had barricated himself in the room, and that deatli awaited the first one who entered. Bot this was not so. The man at that moment was preparing for sell destruction. Without waiting an other moment thc men burst in the door, and as it swung open, instead uf the crackof a pistol, the-men were greeted with "Hello boys, cume in, 1 am just starting a tire to get warm by." Jay was found standing over a quantity of burning clothing that he had gattiered and placed on the Moor near the fireplace. The men rushed upon him and succeeded in extinguish ing the Hames. The man was slight . ly burned, but not seriously. His "*-- clothing was covered with the blood of his children, as were his face and hands. Sherifi Reed was telephoned for, and the man was held until the sheriff arrived. Upon receiving word of the horrible tragedy Saturday morning Sherill Recd at once notified Coroner Heraphill, and they left for llarnardsville. Shchi!" Reed returned to Asheville before dark witli Iiis pris / '?oder-^?-io 5?pSitr?ul-'?M0iio realize the terrible deed he had committed. He is now in jail. When asked why he had killed his children Dr. Jay said be Just could not help it after catch ing sight of their blood. All Ashe ville is shocked by the tragedy. Dr. Jay is bruther of W. N. Jay, who for many years held a position as deputy clerk in the office of register deeds. II in mood Boils. Judge Peter S. Grossenp, appointed to tm.- lcderal benuli by President McKinley, recently said: "When 1 see the laws of my country introduced to enable men to consolidate money for the public good, turned into the excuse tur swindles that should land the promoters in the penitentiary, and when 1 see that to be the almost , universal history of corporations, every drop of my blood boils with hate and revenge." Judge Grossoup might also ha ve expressed his indigna tion against thc failure on the part of executives to enforce laws which were intended to laud the violators of the laws in the penitentiary. Horrible Heath. A Berlin woman was squeezed to death hy a boa constrictor lit V?lk lingen, i'russia, Thursday night while giving a performanace in a menagerie. The spectators thought at ti rsi. that her screams and frantic struggles, as thesnake tightened it> coils, were part of thc show and applauded and cried, "Bravo" at the realism ol her acting. The attendants, however, saw the wo man's danger, ran In and beat the snake and stuck it with knives. She was dead when released. Give Up ut IjtiHt. The. State says after voluntarily, ahstiiiniiig hom convene with women fur '.in years, William Van Note, a wealthy fanner of New Jersey, has j married a widow. His silence hereaf ter is likely to bc compulsory. A PREACHER IN A FIGHT. ROY. it. P. Whil?en. Charged With Assault and Battery. Not Jong since the Rev. S. B. Jones bud a fisticuff with the postmaster of his town and now cornea the state ment from the Greenville News ?hat Rev.R. Furman Whildeo,a well known divine of the upper section of Green ville county,' was arraigned and given a preliminary hearing Tuesday at Tigesvlilc before Magistrate Ballenger on the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. Thc state was represented by Adam C. Weldon, of that city, while the defendant repre sented himself in the trial. Mr. Whilden isalhgcd to have at tacked and assaulted Spartan C. Berry, a leading farmer of the uper section of the county on September 23. It is said the trouble arose out of a dispute over a piece of land which Mr. Berry had purchased, but. which'Mr. Whil den still claimed. At thc hearing, however, a deed to the property held by Mr. Berry was presented as evi dence. There were several wituesses sworn who testified as to the attack of Mr. Whilden upon Mr. Berry. Because of the prominence of the parties concerned the hearing attract ed much attention and there was a large crowd of spectators oh hand to hear thc testimony, including a num ber of the students from the North Greenville High school. Mr. SV bil den, it is understood, has been preach ing for 50 years. Ile is now 77 years old, but enjoys splendid health and a strong constitution. It is said that as a result of his conlllct with Mr. Berry he left his mark on his oppo nent's face. After hearing the testi mony in the case, Magistrate Ballen ger docketed the case for the higher court and it will be heard at the next term. NERVE OF THE GRAFTERS. Iji?ro?i)owle Says ?'Show ino Botorc 1 Heal You. ? Dowie. the great religions faker who is now operating In New York, has an eye on thc main chance all the time. Ile is after money, and he is not particular how bc gets it. Dash ing as'dc the guards who tried to stop them, twenty men and women stamp eded from bis' "Healing" room in Madison Square Garden Wednesday afternoon when they were asked to give all their wealth to the Church of Zion City if they should be cured of their Ills by the Dowie treatment. Tlie indignation of the invalids was intence. Many of them were on crutches others were blind, while a few left the-beds to test the treatment. The prophet with many gyrations, declar ed it was infallible to Christians. ]tut they dashed ovtfr the Zion,gu;;rds.like, a squad of heavy artillery, yfd made their way to the street. The stampede came after the mid day meeting when it was announced that all persnns who wished to be treated could meet Overseer Hiper in thc "Healing" room. More than one hundred persons went 'o the room, including those who began treatment yesterday. The place looked like a hospital ward when the .subject were seated. The usual steps were taken to see that no outsiders could observe what was going on. A Poisonous Worm. A number of counties in the north ern part of Georgia are greatly dis turbed over the discovery of a small worm, very much resembling a snake, about two Inches long, which has been found in the heads nf cabbages, and which has just been pronounced by thc state chemist to be a deadly poison. A number of deaths have oecurred recently in White county, which are now attributed tn the insect. The discovery of the warm has resulted in cabbage being stricken from the. menu cards throughout Northeast Georgia. The state chemist says a single worm contains enough poison to kill lo per sons. It l*ays to lie Polite. Because of his involence to ?a lady who was riding on his car a colored Pullman car porter was put bli a train in the woods near Brunswick, Ga., on Thursday. He was left there to meditate how much better politeness would nave paid him. Ile spoke to the lady something about transferring to another train. She did not under stand him and asked him to reapeat what he had said. Ile did it very in solently. George II. Smith, treasurer of the city of Brunswick, was on the train, and, observing the manner in v/hich thc porter spoke to the lady, gave him a thrashing. He was then put olf the train. Thirty-one Lost, The marine exchange reports that the steamer South Portland, from As toria for San Francisco, has been wrecked at Bandon on the Oregon coast. Thirty-one of her passengers and crew arc missing. Capt. McIntyre and six others succeeded in reach ing shore. The wrecked steamer car ried a crew of twenty-three and prob ably not more than eighteen passen gers. Capt. McIntyre was in com mand of the vessel and had been on her about two months. swill J UH ti ce. John Harris, colored, murdered Policeman Deas'itok in Atlanta on October 5. Harris ran away, but was captured at Abbeville, his old home, taken back to Atlanta and tried last week and convicted. He was sentenced to be hung on Nov. 12. Harris confessed the whole thing, but, said if he bad not been drunk at the time he would not have done tho deed. Some colored people at Abbeville in formed thu authorties that Harris was there, and this lead til lils arrest. Dcatli ol' G. I). Tillman. A dispatch from Chu k's Hill to the .Augusta Chronicle says Col. George D. Tillman, aged 23 years, youngest son of the late Hon. George D. Till man, died at his home there Tuesday night. Ile attended the Citadel Academy at Charleston and was one of tho most popular students in his class. He was court stenographer of the third judicial circuit for a number of years and a colonel on Gov. Mc Swcency's?statr. A WOMAN'S SCREAM Of Terror in the Middle of the Night Drove a Black VTLLIAH FROM HER BED ROOM. Altor Hobbing the liousa Ho Was Gotting Ready to Commit a Worse Crime, but Wus lian Orr. Columbia seems to be suffering from an epidemic of burglaries. The follow ing wc clip from T?e State of Thurs day. There was brought to light Thurs day the fact that there had been com mitted in the very centre of the city two robberies which were even more brazen and dariug than the startling and unsuccessful attempts upon the residence of Hov. Dr. Lindsay a few nights ago. These last robberies oc curred on Lady Btreet Just one block on either side of Mainstreet, but with in twu squares of the police sration. The methods of the robbers are al most identical, both houses on Lady j street having been visited three times I at cluse intervals. But there ls a per- ! feclion of execution and evidence of design sinister and repulsive not be trayed in former depredations. Tlie scenes of the robberies are Mrs. J. Hi Folk's boarding bouse, west cor ner Lady and Assembly, and Mrs. U. L. Gary's boarding house, west cor ner of Lady and Sumter streets. The thief entered the former place by a rear stairway to the second floor of the dwelling, three rooms of which were unlocked and presented an open' Held. From one mom, be secured the trousers of the three occupants and from another those of four heavy sleepers, and repaired to the piazza where he deliberately searched all the clothing, and decamped with a' sum of $352 and a note for $75. Policeman W. G. Hiers was the heaviest loser, having in his trousers $272 and a note for $75. Mr. J. TL Foulk, Jr., was robbed of $45. The others lost from $3 to $15-whatever amount left in their . clothing. The clothing was left on the piazza and in tlie hallway. There were three valua ble watches on the dresser in Police man Hiers' room, but these were'un touched, although a lighted lamp was on the dresser during the entire night. Mrs. B. L. Gary's dwelling has three-stories. The thief gained an entrance through the front door and unlocked a door to the area part, then bc worked his way up to the third floor, examining the doors on the sec ond and third floors, all were locked except one. From this room he took the occupants' trousers and carried them down stairs into the j^ard. ..He. Trccntcretmiiu-Tnaae" ah rexammaTiou. of the ground, floor, but again only one was unlocked, presenting an in viting prey to this midnight maurau dcr. A married . lady whose husband works until the latter part of the night ecru pied this room. She is a light sleeper, she says, and hearing a noise, opened her eyes. By accident her gaze was in the direction of the washstand mirror. The sight that she beheld paralyzed her with terror a form of a man bending over the dresser hurriedly turning over every thing. He emptied thc drawers upon tlie floor intently seeking for some particular tilings. She says that every few moment? lie would cast fugitive glances in lier direction and that she lay there, it seemed for hours, suffering thc most torturesome agony. At last after searching the room thoroughly, he picked lip a valise and as she thought left tlie room. Then the lady, in the next instant, realized that the eyes of a negro'were looking straight into ber own. "1 never knew what "frozen with fear' meant until that moment," said sile. "He stood tnere for ages, it seemed, never taking his eyes off mine, then stealthily he crept closer to the bed; I could not move or cry out until he put into words his dia bolical purpose."' Her agonizing cry awoke the whole house, Mr. lt. C. Aughtry, Mrs. Gary's brother, and others were up instantly, but could not get a glimpse of the flee ing criminal. In the morning a suit of clothes and a ripped-open valise were found in the yard; a cuitar and some household articles of value were found around the premises. lt was known by a few that thc lady's husband carried large sums of money at times. Fortunately he had deposited in a bank a very large sum recently. This is the third attempt tb rob bis rooms since last Friday night. Mrs. Foulk's home has also been un der the han for some weeks. Three weeks ago a burglar successfully bur glarized lier husband's room during tlie night and relieved bira of $20, all lie had in his pockets at the time. Olllecr Hiers is the custodian of the State house and has heavy expense on accent of illness bub by scrupulous saving had made some money, the loss of which falls heavily on him. AKsafisitiH Worked Cheaply. A story is published to thc effect that thc Servian army olliccrs who as sassinated-King Alexander and Queen Draga received payment as follows: Thc Queen's brother-in-law, Col. Machin, now commander of tue Hel gradc and Danube divisions of tlie ar my, $0,000. Col. Mischiteh, recently departmental chief of thc ministry of war, and two others, $1,800. Junior uliicers from $400 to $1,000.- M. Ava kumovies, for undertaking the leader ship of the provisional government, $10,000. Lost on thc Deep. On thc schooner-john IC. Kirkman, which arrived at Newport, Va., Thursday night, arc two seamen of tho crew of the Gloucester Ashing schooner, J. T. Williams, which went to pieces oh a reef off Cape Cod light in the storm last Friday morning. They are probably the only survivors of the 14 men on board when the schooner struck. Thc rescued men, Walter J. Harris of Bangor, Mc, and Charles Keeler of New York, were picked up last Fiiday night 00 miles cast of Capo Cod, after thc dory In which they escaped. SAD FATE OF A BOY. Ho AV as 8 mot herod to Death Ina PM of Cotton. Ernest, the 11-year-ohJ SOD L' Mr and Mrs. John 'D. .'H.' Kl hard, of th Baconian Chapel community, of New berry county, met with a horribl death Wednesday. He was in. hi rather's cotton house, playing hld< and seek with his little baby brother when lie fell head-foremost Into a boll which he had dug Into a pile of uottoi and his life was smothered out. At thc dinner hour at Mr. Ki nani's bonn Friday, Mrs. Kinard asked her son Ernest, to take his baby brother, r little boy about three years of age our. to play. As the boy started awaj from the house with the baby he wai asked-by his father where lie was go iug, and replied that he was gol nj to the cotton house to play. In abolit an hour Mrs. Kinard called Ernest ti dinner. Ile failed to answer and Mri! Kinard, becoming alarmed, weut ti the cotton house. She found her soi in the pile of cotton dead. Theiptfi little boys, sons of Mr. Kinardfnac gone to the cotton house as the] usually did every day, to play. Erhesl was the oldest child. It is suppos?e the children were playing hide ant seek, and ernest fell into a hole about four feet deep which he had dug lt the pile of cotton. He was in tlih position when taken out. lt wai found that breath had left tbebody The neighbors- were called In anc every effort was' made to restore thc little boy's life, but all to no avail.1-1: Newberry News & Herald. ' A QUEER TALE. - (!) A Dcfanltcr GiveB Remarkable . E* pl mint ion ol'His Crime. . The Mapleton State Bank at Maa ka to, Minn., hms been closed pending an investigation jf the books. Tin assistant cashier, Alfred A. Buck, bai disappeared. Mr. Buck went to Wal ker a week ago Saturday on business and left there, ostensibly for Duluth on Tuesday, and since then notbini has been heard from him. He is tin only son of Judge Daniel Buck of thii city, a former justice of the Supremi ?Court, who is president, and owner o half the stock of the bank. A lette from the missing official was found saying that the shortage of the writ er was $18,700, with the bank, and be tween $7,000 and $8,000 with hil 1 father who had placed his persona funds in his possession to loan. Tin strangest feature of the occurrence li the excuse given by young Buck foi ?taking the money. He disclaim; I speculation or fast living. He ls 21 j years of agc. He informed his wift j that twelve years ago he was raadf. I the victim of blackmail .by a Ch'*4'T ! torn i ly, "paTO: toe. money ^^formuiueu though not legally or morally hourn to do so, and that this family has eve, since from time to time held him up He has paid every demand, fearing the result of exposure on the health o Iiis patents if he refused, and the to tal amount paid over, he says, is $30, U00. He has tidally obtained a receipt in full. Alo nu m< nt to a Hero. Gentlemen of Augusta, Ga., in terested in the Cahill monument move ment have decided to order out ? handsome and costly bronze tablet bearing the inscription already select ed, to record for'coming generation? the name, deeds and birthplace ol him whose noble sacrifice of his life won the admiration of all. Tsvo yean ago Patrick Cahill, a young Irishman, in endeavoring to save the life of i little girl, who fell from the bridgt over the main level bf the canal, al Fifteenth street, went down with tl? victim and was drowned. Cahill wai working on the bridge' gang of thc city. They were reflooring the bridge, The child fell into one of the openings, where the flouring had been torn out, On several other occasions Cahill har risked Iiis life and saved drowning persons. A subscription fund war started to erect a m .miment to thc hero. The monument has been placed on the scene of his last heroic, deed, Into this the bronze tablet will be in set. Mr?. Tillman's Injuries. A dispatch from Trenton says lt hal developed that Mrs. Benjamin ll. Till man, the wife ol'Senator Tillman, wai more seriously injured in the runaway two wee Us ago than was at first thought. At present her condition li improving, but the improvement ii slow. For several days she was crltl cally ill as a result from the shock ant the injuries.she received, and a wee! ago lt was feared her life was in gravi danger, lt is nuw thought that al danger is past. Mrs. Tillman, While out driving with her son, Mr. B. R, Tillman, Jr., was thrown from tin vehicle and received very severe and painful gashes ti pon thc head and face The horse attached to jlie buggy wai frightened and became '.nmanageabli and ran away. Created n Punic "While going from Washington ti Pittsburg on the Pennsylvania Rail road it was discovered A. Rasyona, i servant employed at the Japanesi legation in Washington, was suffering from smallpox. The conductor sus pected that there was somethihf wrong and Seul ?i message U) Hunting ton, where a physician discovcret symptoms of smallpox. Passen ge ri lied frantically, and it was with great dilllculty that a serious crush was prc vented. Tile car doors were lucked and from Huntlngto to AI toona nearly 50 miles, the Japanese was th solitary occupant of the coach. Hen he was removed to a pest house. KouiomhoriiiK Otu* Dead. A monument to thc Con f?d?r?t soldiers from thc State of South Caro lina who fell in the war between tin States was dedicated at Grccnwooi Thursday afternoon. The dedicator; address was delivered by Judge W? liam T. Gary, of Augusta, win eulogized Southern womanhood am the part It played in the days of 18liU ?f>. The monument is thirty-live fee high, thc panels on which the inscrlp tions are At\*j are from thc granit quarries of ?Vermont. Tlioremainde of the grahlte In the monument is iron South Carolina. i j'?BlAL OE WHAM. The^efendaifO? the Stand T3Ra of Sffi i " ihe M rder. ' WHAM PLEADS SELF BEFEN CE g| .... l?o Adm Us Wrltitiic ai? j l inproper "bte to the Niece of tho Mun Whom H.* Shot - . 'Down. Jfclt^so bf the State vs John G. .W?afe^h?rged with the murder or ?.JlV,^?tumage on the Oth o? last July, vvi?a^i^'at Laurens last week. L. SV;ilV4mug? was shot and killed by th?.^fVnd?t.ir?bn G. Wham July 0 last; 1ft.'the yard of the latter who had b??^^tlediuppn by the deceased to exh^T^i-:''arid: '..-reach a settlement. ?rOtCi?bly If possible certain conduct ?i:egat^ed reprehensible and.charged to (:\Vt^?V^ibward'a niece of Mr. Ramage. ?W^S 'admit'ttd that his plight was bad'.aiid agreed to make acknuwledg medt \at the proper time and that wqujtjibo from bis'viewpoint when his preacher would be present, probably tlVat;ilay.. Ramage insisted that he go Ovqr jijb bnce and explain to Mr. Slinp soo's^upilly. He declined and went backYlh Xhe house having met Ramage and" his companion at the gate. Ram age ijti seems entered the gate without belhgiihvlted and proceeded to the back Gt the:house going around. In a momept Wham appeared at an up stairs Avibdow and ordered Blakcly who 1) ad accompanied Ramage to leave/;As he was withdrawing he heard the shot. Wham shot Ramage with' ? parler rille and immediately escaped. The)State had ten witnesses, two of whqm.lwere ladles Mrs. .Thos. Simpson, mother of the young woman, whose life the d?rondanti is alleged to have tried t?;w"rekk,and Mr. Jas. P. Dillard of Tylerville. Mrs. Simpson told of the not? .recelved by ber daughter from Wham, Inviting ber over to spend the evening-explaining that a young lady, a relative, was visiting at his nome, etc." '?he. witness when shown the note at Once realized that there must bo so ajW'ml stake, so mei hing wrong be caus?^she Knew Mrs. Wham and lier company were at Clinton spending the lifternopn and that the note therefore ;wa^'a's[eception and an insult to the da?gh|er.an?: the family. Taking the daughter, witness proceeded to Whangs- house only a few hundred yards distant across the road, and de manded an explanation of Iiis conduct. ?Vt.flr^die said the note in question had bee(p found on the dresser written presumably by his young lady visitor ?j anti[addressed to Miss yimpson, that .he H^rilv oicked it up and dispatched ? u_^VT.y . A^'?J**?..*?.?a^-ii?vtv'ri-yi^-viic3-:V|^??- J dent-1 'Anally however "fie admitted that hrj was tbe'author of the offen sive missive. Mr. Reid Blakcly -who went wPb Ramage to Wham told bow lacy were met at the iront gate an i that Wham seemed to be willing to appologizc but did not suit to go then and turned to go back into the house. Witness said to Ramage "bet ter not let him go back," whereupon Ramage followed but did not enter the house, going around to thc rear. Presently he heard shots. Called to deceased but received no response. Knew he was shot, but Mr. Wham re fused to let him and tlie others who had arrived go to the body of their dead friend. : Wham and his wife who was the.only eve witness to the shooting, testified in his hehair. Wham showed little or?1 no hesitancy in making his statement and declared he believed wheu he li rod the fatal shot bis life was in imminent danger; that Ramage had his pistol leveled at bim and was standing with in ten feet of him, when- quick as a Hash he presented . Iiis rille and tired, killing Ramage, who had ciuered his yard unhidden and who was trying to prevent his escape from his own house; He admitted sending notes and tte visits of the Simpsons, including the old gentleman to his house, and the discussion concerning the import of the note. He denied cursing Mrs. Simpson as had been stated, saying that he used the language with refer ence to the party who told her or any of the family that he had Stole his property as chaigeu by the lady upon her second visit to his house. Thc note was sent Monday morning. Tuesday he heard there was going to he trouble so he left home and lay out that night, Wednesday and Wednes day night. He saw that Ramage and Blake'ly had a" gun in their buggy when he met them at the gate and lie refused to go with them to thc Simp son house simply because he bad no friend to go with* him at that time. His wife substantially corroborated al) her husband had sworn went out and beggea Mr. Rn tu i, leave and followed him arou-ui 1 house. Justas he got ?round$h?", w Wham appear at the back door. Mr Ramage, drew his pistol and a shot, from her husband's gun was tired, olie was looking at Ramage. Slit-1 was cool and told her story quietly. The case will be concluded Friday. An Unfortunate CUNC. Thc Augusta Evening Herald says a woman dressed in the garb of mourn ing add much under thc inllucnce of lin intoxicant arrived In Augusta on the Southern trait', from Barnwell, S. C., Wednesday morning. She was thought to - be sick when thc train reached the union station and Capt. Tanner, the station master, made her as comfortable as possible in thc wait ing room, lt later was discovered that the woman was not sick, but was un der the inlluencc of liquor. Capt. Tanner had sent for Dr. A. C. Wilde, who made an examination of tile wo man and pronounced liersulferhig from intoxicants. She appears to be about .10 years of age and looks to he of a re fined family. (iront IiOKH ol' Lifo. Advices from Mazatlin, Mexico, state that the terrific storm, wblob visited that city and vicinity a few days ago, caused considerable loss of life. In the city sixteen were killed I and a number of others injured. Ships | in the harbor also suffered much dam age. The Danish schooner Clara was | entirely wrecked and th? captain and fourteen sailors wero drowned. HUNDREDS SEARCHED.' For MiHSin g Millionaire, li ut no Truer < ls Yet Found. The disappearance from the Wise County, (Va.), mountains of E. Li. Wentz, the young millionaire, is still a gnat mystery, notwithstanding the earnest work of a thousand men form ing a searching party. The party is now divided into 10 squads of a hun dred each, and the searoh is being rex tended along Black Mountain. The missing man's father had' not. been notiHi'd of the disappearance of hixson officially until Wednesday. Tne aged man gaye out a statement in Phil.i l?? phia tliat he was: dumbfounded, a >d could hut understand the theory, of murder, as his ison had no enemies. The rather is on the; way tu Big Stone. Gap, Vd., having'left Philadelphia Wednesday night. It ls glven'out here that While young Wehl ?was an ' ad mirably young man, still he had in curred the enmity of certain mono taineers. When Wentz left Big Stone Gap it is stilted he was to have joined the sheriff that day to serve warrants un certain trespassers, who had felled chestnut trees on the land of the Virginia Coal and Iron Company Chestnut trees had been fresblly cut at every point where the young mill ionaire would have gone.. The theory that Wentz was murdered by outla,w and his body hld away is most plausl ' ble. Certain of the mountaineers who gave up humes at a nominal figure when mountain lands were bought up by capitalists Hf teen years ago, have ever since cherished the feeling that they had been cheated out of their property. An idea of how cheaply those lands sold to capitalize is gained in the statement that coal -properties in Southwest Virginia, owned by the Wentz family, were bought for $100, 000. The same properties are now es timatcd to be worth $2,000,000. A Brave Girl; The heroic conduct of a young lady of Linares, Mex., during the recent yellow fever epidemic there, has at tracted thc attention of President Diaz and thc Mexican congress and a medal has been conferred uporrher Thc name of this young woman is Miss Manuela Flores, and she is the daughter of the mayor of Linares When the epidemic of yellow fever was raging in the city, thousands of peo pie were stricken and among these was Mayor Flores. His daughter as sumed the duties of mayor and has capably directed the affairs of the city. The population of the city was reduc ed from 15,000 to less than 3,000 as a result of death and the panic due to the epidemic, All the city officials were stricken with the fever and died, and the burden of directing the af fairs of the city fell upon Miss Flores, the governor giving her full power to ac tas. mayor of.the city. _ ^ Race Pride. ' Ttecau8e of their pride of race, the Ubicahominy Indians of King William county, Virginia, have disfranchised themselves, and not one of them can vote under the new constitution of Virginia. A telegram to the New York Tribune says: "The new or ganic law provided for only two class es, and as the Indians could not be registered under the class for whites, they refused to be classed with the negroes, and as a consequence refused to oe registered at alli Their pride of birth will cost them their votes, lind they have no redress, as the num ber of Indians In the state is so small that it was not thought necessary to provide a special class for them un der the fr.tnehise clause of the new constitution." The Outlook in Cotton. W. P. Brawn, the new cotton king, announces on his return to New Or leans that the bull campaign In which Iiis syndicate actually handled 300,000 bales of cotton has been a complete success, lie predicts that the success af thc corner inaugurated by him will permanently raise the" price of cotton. On the other hand it ls reported that the New England mill men have en tered into an agreement to refrain from purchasing cotton except in small lots from time to time, hoping in this i way to diminish the demand in the autumn and winter to such an extent as to hold down the price of cotton. Whether they can succeed in their aims a doubtful.-Thc State. The Subsidy Steal. The Washington correspondent of Lhe Chicago Tribune reports that Agents of the ocean steamship trust ?ire collecting in the government de partments data to be used in an at tempt to revive the ship subsidy bill when congress meets. Commenting editorially upon this statement, the 'i" une says: "This is to bc expect The man who has once set out ..e hunt for a subsidy never aban ?nos it." 1 Mr. Hanna set out on the hunt for' a subsidy and yet he has de clined to enter into a joint debate with his opponent on the ground that ?.?jere is nothing to discuss. Mr. lianna is one of the chief promoters of this ship subsidy scheme. A Fine Bit al'Diplomacy. At Vincennes, Ind., recently a di vorce was granted to a woman and in the order she was prohibited from marrying within two years. The newspaper dispatches say that the wo man arose ft nd dramatically declared that the judge could make lt ten years so far as she was concerned. She said she was done with men as she had had enough experience; but before thc astonished judge and lawyers had time to recover, thc woman added that she had reference only to men outside of the court room. That was a tine blt of diplomacy, and might suggest an opening for such talents in the court-circles of Europe. Moro Tramps. If laws against tramps and vaga bonds are to be enforced In the north, the Southern States may expect an even more formidable Invasion of that class, particularly during the winter months. Tramps are annoying enough in the cities but in thc country they are a menace to the unprotected, many of them being able-bodied ruf fians. If ourlawa against vagrants were enforced tho building of public roads would progress rapidly during cold weather .-Tho State. IETXBR FROM A JU??R l'o tho Editor ?if tho 8piirtuiiburf-_ Journal About. th?Verdict. The following has been received from one of the celebrated Lexington juror, one;of the men who think itali right to assassinate an unarmed and unsuspecting man (ive months after, sause for: anger had been given and after he had b..en thrown off his nu i rd: Spr.itanburg Journal, Spartan nurg, S C. .ii '. ? . ? ? ?V. I have read your article In the co lumbia state which was an' intuit to Eyery'Jurymao.who Sit-1 on i^hSl?Tf ji man case, not only un insult tu that body of men, but to the Judges who was concerned in the case, you are following tn the steps of the decease Editor, abusing your liberty," 1 wish t>? be polite in this matter and show more wisdom than'you did lu writing up the Lexington court, that tried James H. Tillman. -To make my let ter brief, I refer you to the annals of History when you will fail to find a single conviction of any mah for shoot ing an Editor. The State and counsel for same was satisfied with, the Vedict, otherwise the state could havegoue to the appeal courts, the Masses have ac cepted the verdict :as fair bub seem ingly the press wants more blood which can be found by walking ?n the foot prints of "?ST G. "Gonzales, Mr. Gon zales was an able man, but unfortu nately he made a great mistake by abusing the liberty of his. press, thc courts have sustained the d?fendant by which all law abiding citizens should be satisfied, If I was an Editor and not satisfied with the Defendant's acquittal and had the grit to follow my pen, I would certainly invite the Defendant to Entertain rae beyond the Georgia lines which would be more patriotic to my fellowman than to sit in my sanctum and abuse him with my pen,, In Extending this invitation mention above I would say to my Bro. Editor If I should prove the unfortu nate one in the affair not to call it Murder but suicide by the abuse of liberty with the wrong man, now, Mr. Editor with the kindest of feelings to wards all Editors will you kindly ?Ive this note roora in your paper and isle the the columbia state to copy same ara not hunting a . contriversy out will assure the press that any jomments made same will be answer id politely. Very Truly yours. W. I. Risinger. Lexington, S. O 10-21SC, 1?03 In justification of the statement ?hat the jury was composed of ignor int men the readers is invited to note ?hat this man says the prosecution vas satis fied wi th the. yerd|c^_because ?pp?al was taken* to'^tiTe^supretrfe "no jo?rt." Every citizen intelligent inough to alt on a jury -ows that he state has no appeal in criminal ases, the defendant only enjoying hat privilege. Probably this jury ound Tillman not guilty thinking hat if their judgment was an error he supreme court would correct it. Phi's juror tells what he would do if he vas an editor. Ile does not happen o be an editor, to the good fortun? of he newspaper profession. He also onfuses us by referring to the "An lalsol' History." We have been un .ble to find a copy or that publication, nit have no doubt that this juror CHOWS more ahout history than we do, o we will take his word for it. We >rint his communication cheerfully md if it wijl make the public think my more of him and his 11 colleagues ,hcy are welcome to the service. SHOT IN THE CITY HALL. \ Policeman Probably Killed in the Presence of the Mayor. Ati Savannah-Ga., Policeman Chas, ti. Collins was shot down in the may? >r's office In the city hall Friday after* loon by Henry G. Green, an art lealer. The shooting occured in the Dresence of Mayor Myers, the superin tendent of police, the recorder, the mairman of council, several alderman ind a number of citizens. Collins was ihot through the breast and will prob ibly die. Policeman Collins was nndcr inves Jgatlon by the mayor on charges igo Collins arrested Green on the itreets as suspicious character. As a natter of fact, Green is well known n the city, having been connected ?vith thc postolllce for a number of ('ears. There had been several robberies md burglaries reported to the police, collins saw a man standing or "loiter ing on the sidewalk in the ncighbor lood of where the burglaries had jccurred about 2 o'clock in the moro ng and arrested him. The man proved Lo be Green, who explained that he was only waiting for a friend. The policeman refused to accept the ex planation and locked Green up with Dut giving bira an opportunity to see his friends or arrange for bail. The next morning the recorder im posed a tine on Green, who appealed 10 thc mayor and lodged Complaint ugainst Collins. The complaint was under investigation this afternoon. Oreen had testified and Collins was cross questioning him. Collins asked a question which re flected on Green's morality. Quick as 11 Hash Green pulled a pistol and. tired. Collins arase and attempted to get his pistol out of thc holster, but was caught by the chief of police and re strained! Collins was taken to a hos pital and Green was locked up at the county jail. Ilaoic Failures. The Maryland Trust company, heavy backers of Mexican railway securities, and thc Union Trust com pany, fiscal agents for the South and Western railway in Virginia, both failed on Monday, the two failures succeeding each other in rapid succes sion and causing great excitement in Pal ti more financial circles. Thc total liabilities of the two companies exceed ten million dollars. Money wai promptly shipped into Baltimore and thc "situation was relieved. These failures was followed on Wednesdaj by the failure of a big bank in Pitts burg, Pa. * AiNUJlY AND PIQUED. Canadians Refusedto ??ga' the Alas ka . Boundary line. AND THE FEELING!* BETTER. Tho Mountain Ut no Adopted <31vea . tho Uni tod State? All tho Terri tory in Dispute l?olutliotr t|ie Ci i aw t. An engrossed copy 'of the Alaskan award "was signed ju London. Wednes- . diiy. The Canadians declined.;to .sign the award, und in c'mseq?eue? of the attitude maintained py ;the Canadian commissioners Lord Chief Justice .. Alversiune' diclded not to hold the proposed public meeting nf the Alas- ! ' kan Boundary commission, but' to '. hand the decision to Messrs. Foster . and Sirt?n, respectively, the agents of the American and Canadian govern- ; ments.' The Canadian commissioners not only declined to sign the award, bot th'jy said they publicly withdrew from' the commission. They as well as the..;, Canadians connected with the case, are very bitter. Telegrams from Premier Laurier and other pro persona in Cana*-";,, shows t':.' ment is shared generally thro!?, the dominion. . ., " Messrs. Ayleswortta and'Jett ..id submit contrary opinions to the tri bunal so as, to go oQiciaily on record, and while they, decline . to-sign the ." award, they signed maps agreed On by,. : the majority. Messrs. Jett aad Aylesworth, the .. Canadiau commissiouers, In their statement of reasons for refusing the record, say they consider the Undings1 1 of the tribunal regarding the Island at the eutrance of the Portland channel ? and the mountain line not a judicial one. They said: 1 We urged our views ?? strongly os we were able, but we have been com pelled to witness sacrifice of the in terests of Canada. We are powerless to prevent it, though satisfied that the course which a majority was deter mined to pursue in respect to tbe mat ters above specially referred to ignored? the just rights of Canada." Tue mountain line adopted as a boundary lies so far from the coast as to give United States substantially all the territory in dispute. The line when completed clears all the bays and inlets and means of access to the sea, giving thc United States a complete land barrier between Canada and the sea from Portland canal to Mount St. Elias. Around thc head of the Lynn canal line follows the watershed, somewhat in accordance with tbe present pro visional boundary. The award relat ing to the Portland .canal gives toe ; _ .United States two-; islands, . Kannau- -,-: 1 ghunu?'a?d.Sltk?laui, commanding the entrance of Portland channel and an ocean passage to Port Simpson and destroying strategic value of Wales and Pearse Islands, which are given to Canada. t acL'U Hui m Up. A special dispatch from Washing ton to the-Atlanta Journal sayB if there is any departmental perfor mance which merits congressional curiosity aud inquiry just now, it is developing, in the department ot agriculture. This week millions and millions of packages of seed of all kinds which go to the quota of con gressmen have been chucked into the furnace of the engine room out at the department grounds and destroyed. These seed constitute what was a lit tle while-ago valued at something like S30.00U. lt was seed left over af ter the last distribution, it being tba rule after the completion of the* giving of quotas to senators and representa tives, the work being completed tho first of April of each year, to bold the surplus and Pu rn it over to the con gressmen lor future use. A recent inspection of this seod discovered the whole stock a mass of rottenness and worms. They were hurried ly cast into burning. This is seed of stock bought in the open market at the sweet pleasure as to patrons of Purchasing Agent Peters. There.is no competition. Mr. Peters may buy from whom ho pleases. He is regard ed as one ot the scientists of the de partment, of whom the Hon. Joe Can non, speaker-to-be, said last spring, ' wb^eT^g^^^2" 3 Hi>n ?r Don't Jump Up. Don't jump up the first thing your eyes are open. Remember that while voil sleep the vital organs aro at rest. The vitality is lowered and the circu lation not so strong. A sudden spring out of bcd is a shuck to these organs, especially to the heart, as it starts to pumping the blood suddenly. Take your time in getting up. Tawn and stretch. Wake up slowly. Give thc vital organs a chance to resume their work gradually. Notice bow a baby wakes up. lt stretches its arms and legs, rubs its eyes and yawns and wakes up slowly. Watch a kitten wake up. First it stretches out one leg, then another, rubs its face, rolls over and stretches the whole body. The birds do not wake up and Uy as soon as their eyes are open; they shake out their wings and stretch, their legs, waking up slowly. This is the natu ral way to wake up. Don't jump up suddenly, don't be in such a hurry but stretch and yawn and yawn and stretch Stretch the arms and legs; stretch tue whole body. Tho Kqimlity Hut too. The "Equality" Button is just now disturbing Republican leaders. A dis patch to tho New York World, under date of Chicago, September 21, Bays: "Charles II. Thomas, a whlto Re publican of this city, has evolved a campaign hutton for which his party will not stand sponsor, lt represents President Roosevelt at dinuor with Booker T. Washington. Across tho i face of the picture ls thc word 'Equality.' Thc zealous Mr. Thomas i wisned to impress upon thc colored 1 brother the idea that tho only way to i the higher life was to vote the Re-, i publican ticket. His brilliant Idea I is depicted in thc campaign button, i Thousands of tho buttons are being ' worn by colored mon in Chicago and . thc domand throughout tho country is growing."