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6613 56 THE SAD STORY Of Tom Culbertson, Who Busted Monte Carlo Bank And COMMITTED SUICIDE. He Won One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Francs aud the Next Morning He Was Found Dead Clasping a Woman's Red Morrocco Pocket Book. MONTE CABLO, June 23.-Tom Cul bertson, from Texas, murderer and suicide; Marietta Tor mi Culbertson, of New York and Texas, strangled and robbed; the bank of Monte Carlo "burst" and the prince of these realms and the French republio richer by 150,000 francs because the bank-burst er burned up his winnings-suoh are a single night's happenings in "gay* Monto Carlo. As your correspondent stops at the Hotel de Paris, opposite the Casino, where the tragedies were, in part, en acted, he is In a position to supple ment tho scant cable reports. At 4 o'clcck yesterday morning most of the second story lodgers of thc "Paris" were awakened by a pistol shot. My room mato said at once: "It's a colt, I smell copy," and basti ly donning our trousers we ran out in the hall. The lights had already been turned on full blast. Watchmen, night clerks, scrub women, porters, etc., came scurrying up the stairs. A hundred questions in a dozen tongues. Every door on thecorrldor was succes sively tried, the occupants responding, save that of No. 13. "Burst in the door," cried several excited guests. Notncccessary, it was unlocked. The room was pitch dark, but the fumes of powder and burned paper meeting us a we entcrod, indi cated that we were on the right track. I turned on the electric light. On the lounge, fully dressed, was a man's body. By G-the American, who burst the bank," I heard the night clerk whisper. Indeed, Tom Culbertson, of Texas, the man who premised me "a big story'" only a few hour3 before. Here was the story: A hole large enough to admit one's thumb in his right tem pie. From the wound blood was ooz ing lazily, hut a minute ago it must have gushed forth like a fountain There was a big pool on the carpet and rn the midst a giant colt revolver, ly lng below the now lifeless right hand The left, raised to the heart,, clutch ed a red something, a woman's pom padaur, velvet and gold, lt proved to be. Strange, the silken carrying cord were cut. Meanwhile a police sergeant and three Carabinier! had marched in They took charge of the body, ?he room and the semi-dressed mob tilling lt. The sergeant held a whispered conversation with the manager aud night clerk. Then he demanded aloud "Does anyone recognize this dead per son?" Half a dozen men and women re snooded and your correspondent de posited whan he knew about Tom Cul bertson's story in Monte Carlo. Fol lowed the preliminary Investigation. As to the body:. Life had been extln guished some Hf teen or twenty miou tes. Contents of the pockets: A box of cartridges, some American silver coin and a blood stained hankerchief The olllcer dispatched his men to guard the doors. He also sent for as sis tance. "Until further notice, I will be obliged to regard you as my prisoners," he said politely but lirmly Please take notice that not a soul is permitted to leave here." The order was not surprising. At eleven p. ni Tom Culbertson had 150,000 francs of the bank money. Five hours latter he was doad, maybe murdered, and nob a hundred-franc hill left. Tne guest prisoners were requested to with draw to one part of the very large apartment, while the sergeant aii ; hotel officials continued the search fur the missing fortune. Suddenly they came upon a letter stuck behind the rate card at the door, ad roused to the hotel keener. "The American report er living on the same door, will trans late this for you," said a note in thc corner of the envelope. "To the Hotel Keeper and to Whom it May Concern: 1 am Tom Culbert son, of Texas, was a well known cot ton planter up to ten years ago. Hav ing no relatives, the authorities can do with my carcass as they please; better sell it to toe saw-bones tu pay expenses. As the story of my life con veys valuable lessons to old and young, the American newspaper chap whom I met In the cafe yesterday, may have lt for what lt is worth. "Ten years ago when on a business trip to New York, I met my destiny In Marietta Turin!, daughter of an Italian violinist. Her father used to play In the Bowery cafes and restau rants, Marietta accompanying him on the guitar. I fell In love with the girl at sight. She boca rn? my wife, and after settling a comfortable In come on the old mau, we moved out to our lonely ranch. 1 am a man of 40, she having just budded into wo manhood. I tried my best to make her forget the difference in our years. Her faintest, Inarticulate wishes were commands to me. 1 bought her every tiling she could think of, but in the end had to recognize tho fact that I was too old, too serious-minded for my girl-wife. Frequently 1 found Mari etta in tears. She said she was very homesick, but I wouldn't let her gt'. She was my lirst love and the very thought of a seperation was madden ing to me. Then an angel came to us, .a daughter, beautiful as the mother. But Marietta hated the child. She often mistreated her despite my pro test. 1 upbraided, 1 threatened her, If she dared raise a finger against my child. "This was tlie signal for much do mestic unhappiness. One line morn ing Marietta was gone. My telegrams, research by the authorities, thousands spent on private detectives did not bring her back. But 1 had Maud. The child was both motlier and daugh ter to me. I was her slave. And Yel low Jack came and robbert me of her. That happened when I was 48. lt whitened my hair and life lost all Its charms for me. I no longer took any interest in t uslness. Caring only to forget, I took to drink and whiskey did me up In the usual space of time. I WAS forced to sell the plantation and, gathering the rest of my money, be oame a wanderer, following the race ;racks, tor excitement at first, fie ally .o eke out a scant and disgraceful llv ng. This spring I happened to win a lonslderable amount at 'Frisco and a rood woman, whom I r- ot there, per vaded me to try ann begin a new, a ratter life. I calcul at "d that to do so, [ must have money and resolved to go o Monte Carlo, to win a fortune, lt uok smiled upon mc, I would re urn and begin all over in the cot ten mslness. ' (A week ago I set foot in this earth y paradise, and had no sooner done so vhen, for somo reason or other, my nlnd and heart became hooded with -eminiscenccs of Marietta. I thought )f her all the time, saw her every where. Every fresh red mouth seem id to be Marietta's, In every dark, lash eye I recognized Marietta's. "Yesterday, late In the afternoon, is I was going up the Casino steps, I thought I saw her, a lovely vision, on tho arm of one of those international dandies with which Monte Carlo ls running over. I felt sure it was her, my poor, beloved, deluded wife. She smiled, she coquetted, she behaved outrageously. 1 heard her laugh ah, lt was Marietta's laugh. She passed a remark within my hearing. So Ma fit tta used to talk. "1 felt that I must not risk my all white excited and for half an hour or longer wander-d about aimlessly in the gardens. There was a good breeze from the bay and the salt air finally restored my equilibrium I ventured to the Casino. "Try black," an in ner voice advised. Black lost. I forced it. 'Noir perd!' announced the rou lette manipulator five or six times In succession. The gold lu my pocket was getting low. I was Just think ing of quitting when I heard behind me the frou-frou of silken skirts, when I perceived Marietta's laugh, her volco. And I gathered up all I possessed in the world and put it on black. " 'Noir perd!' I was a beggar in a strange country, with nothing to look forward to but death. Quietly, re signedly I walked out to take my medicine. As soon as 1 found a half way secluded spot, I would end it all. Once I thought I had discovered a place of safety, but a carabiulerl. makiug the rounds, cuased me to mc v - on, and not knowing the roads I found myseir, after a while, in the neigh borhood of tho Casino again. 1 wai about to sit down for a moment'? i.?at, when I espied an elegantly nressed womau on a neat by bench She had the sylphlike, yet luxurious ligure of my Marietta, she had Ma rlctta's eyes, her hair, I saw it all li the blazing arc light, And as I facet her, she instinctively recognized me. " 'Mother of my dead Maud,' . whispered hoarsely, 'so 1 found you a last ' " 'Don't make a scene, she re turned; let's go where it's quiet ant talk it over.' 1 took her to thc out skirts of the park, from where the pa trol had just driven me. lt was sar now. "And there I talked to her like ! father, like a lover and a father, ti every way 1 tried to move her cob heart for our dead Maud's sake. Bu the miuute the saw that I was soften lng, ber diabolical spirit returned She called me crazy, mad. She sab such as herself, beautiful, young tal ented was not for such as I, old griz zied, wedded to life In the semi desert And then the devil took hold of me top: 1 reached for my revolver. Ma rietta tiled to call for help but, loslni all self-control, I took hold of her b; the neck. Sh? struggled, pushed he bejeweled fan into my face. Her re sistance ceased, before I realized waa I was doing I held a dead woman li my arms. "The fright, the horror of my mb deed uearly killed me on the spot 'Woy didn't I use that revolver a hour ago?' I m lauod, 'then I woobin' have this crime added to my list c deadly sins. "But now; voices In the distance they stimulated the instinct of th self-presetv&tion and I dragged th body further into the bushes. The as I bent over Marietta TO take a las look at her, 1 noticed the red pocke book hanging on her arm. 'A sot venir,' 1 thought, they shall bury i with me.' I out the strings ant prompted by jealous curiosity, presse the lock. 1 expected to find love lei tars, men's visiting cards; I saw crisp thousand francs note. And m thoughts of suicide were gone all a once, the craze of gamble, gambler madness seiz d me. " 'Play red, red,' whispered th voice of passion. 'This pocketbook : your talisman, rouge meaus a fortun to you.' "1 raised my hand to my feveris temple and, withdrawing it, found I red with blood from the wound Ml rietta had bulleted upon me with he fan. More red, lt was inevitable tba I should win, I stilled thc blood, clear erl my cheek and walked to the C ;sin with buoyant steps. Entering, I rt garded myself In one of the high mil rors. Nothing in my appearance re cilled the adventures of a few mit utes a^'o, recalled my crime. "With the. feelings of a winner walked up to one of the Trente a ij tarante tables '500 on rouge.' I wot I loft original aud winnings on tb same card. li luge again,' I won. eft original winnings on the sam jard. 'Rouge again,'1 won. 'Rouge Rouge,' 'Rouge,1 ten thousand o rouge,' 'twe"ty thousand!' I won an won again I won. 1 won 20 tirrel md, by the Lord Harry won 25 time md hurst the bank of Meinte Carlo. "1 hurst the bank, 1 was rich, bu -tho recollection struck me like )ullet from a catapult-rich becaus ! had murdered my glrl-wlfc. I wa lappy because, she was dead, and here meier my ee>ab was the talisman, he eel pocketbook takeu from her dea lands. "These thoughts came to me onl ifter 1 bael changed my load of gol nto thousand francs notts. Up t .hen. such is the utter baseness of [ambler's nature, I had actually ct: >yed my triumph, though never quit Grgetting that lt was won at the es lensc of the dreadfullest of crime.' iret not until 1 had weighted all m lockets with papcrmoney, I realize ny situation in full: I was a mut lerer, nay worse. I had taken th vages of ray poor wife's sins to gain or! une for myself. "Those who saw mc throw awa noney, in the safe last night though was; 'celebrating.' As a mattere act I was anxious to get rid of a nany hundred and thousand franc otes as possible. May they do sum ood to the waiters and others. "The money I could not s-pend, I he i-hort space e?f time allowed mo, urned in the open tiru place in th! oom. "This Iti all I have to say. TOM CUXBBKSON, from Texas, 1 U. A." # * * Your correspondent went ort wit lie police sergeant to Beach ?'or Mn oe ta's body. We soon found it in th spot indicated, where lt would baye been discovered anyhow lu the early morning, when the Prince's police searoh the woods for suicides, The sergeat recognized Marietta as a well 4 known demimondaine, that hung about the gambllug establishment during the last two seasons. As stated in the confession, she had been strangled. Today two fresh graves wore tilled in the "Suicide's and Murderer's Cemetery." The gambling concern buried Tom and Marietta side by side in the clothes they wore at the time when fate overtook them. The Prince of Mon?oo and the French R?publio who profited about 150,000 francs when Tom Culbertson burned his winnings, did not even 1 send flowers. EMILE BKBDATJ. 1 THE WAR 18 OVER. Tho Confederate Doad Honored, in Wisconsin by Union Veterans. The Atlanta Journal says Gover nor Terrell ls In receipt of a letter from the son of a Madison, Wis. Grand Army veteran, in whioh he ls informed that the graveB of many Georgia Confederate veterans at Madi son, Wis., were cared for on National Memorial day, May .10th. The letter was written by norbert Sig^elko, a prominent attorney, who is first ser geant of the Henry Marndea oamp, No. 2, Sons of Veterans. The letter follows: MADISON, Wis., June 10, 1905. To His Excellency, Tne Governor of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga. Respected Sir:-You arc doubtless aware of the fact that in our cemetery are buried many Confederates who died here while prisoners of war. Among the number are man) from the state of Giorgia. It give me great pleasure to inform you that on j Memorial day, May 30Lh, the graves I of these Confederate dead, as has long been the custom, were decorated with Howers and uuitormed squad of Henry Hamden Camp Ni 2, Sons of Vet erans, fired three volleys in honor and memory of the Gray resting here. The mrmber* of our G. A. ll , Lucius Fairchild Post No. ll, marched into thc enclosure and stood there with heads uncovered while the exercises .vere being observed. I am sure I voice the sentiment of the old soldiers and of the veterans In saying that bitterness and enmity to- j waris you who fought for the Confed eracy has passed away forever and will ntvar again be harbored. We realize that you of tho routh fought bravely aod conscientiously, believing your cause to be right, and the soldier of thc north fought In the same way, be lieving his cause to be right. Wo may clasp bands across the bloody charm of war aud hv word aud by deed we make known to oue another coat we are bro" hers. In submitting this, I have the honor to remain, Very respect fullv. UKUUBHT S. SlOGKLKO, 1st Sergeant, Henry U.iideu Camp No. 2. KILLED <Y PIRATES. Over Ono Hundred and Fifty People slain on Tyborian Coast. A dispatch from San Francisco says details i f a terrible massacre by pi rates of 150 natlyes on tba Tyberlan coast has been received In a letter from Petropavlovski, on the coast of Kamchatka. A M >rcgravlenof hus written to bbs brother, a resident of Sin Francisco, that in the early part nf thc year, the natives In one of the small settlements down the coast oh served a yacht, or schooner, drop h.^.r anchor lu the harbor, and Its coaling was hailed with cries of rejoicing. OM the vessel came a number of small hoits. The natives could sec the crow pulling what they thought sup plies into the smaller craft. Then the mon pulled for tile, shore. During that iud tho next clay there was hcird tho liring of arms, and, later, smoke and tire were observed. This led toan in vesMgation fro n Petropavlovski and other towns on the coast, and a hor rlole tale of pillage and massacre was brought to light About the streets of thc settlement wri es Morogravlenof, were strewn, the bodies of 150 of the inhabitants, shot arni cut to pieces. Under the pretense of friendship the pirates had gained a landing on the coast Robbery was their motive, for evorv hut had been ransacked, and anything of marketable vaiue had boen taken. Wno the ma rauders were, those who managed to make their o.cape could not say, be yound giving the information that some J ip mese were In tho. party. When M irogravlenof sent his letter tho people of Petropavloski feared an attack on that town. Died .-i.-iii i nj,- ,-i Speech. At Chicago S. P. Sherin, formerly secretary of thc democratic national committee, dropped di ad on thc tl jor of the Convention hall in the Auditor lum hotel while making an address be fore the dolegates to the convention f the National Interstate ind- pendent Telephone association Wednesday, of apoplexy. Mr Sherin was president of the new lonR distance telephone com pany of Indianapolis, and had been se lected by arrangements of the c >m ?iltteo to deliver the address of wel come. He had proceeded well along with his reading when he suddenly stepped backward and fell to the lloor, expiring within a few minutes Mr. Sherin, a moment before his col lapse, remarked to Col. Powers, of Louisville, temporary chairman, ?bat he was not feeling well. S. P. Sherin, Jr., his son, was present when his father expired and immediately took charge of thc remains. {jell Prison in a Box. Harry Hammond, a convict In the McSS'iiirl state penitentiary sent up from St Joseph in 1898 for fifteen years for murder in the becond digree, es caped In a shoe-box, and but for the fact that he had failed to provide suf tlulent air holes wi.ul 1 piobably bo a free, man, HamtuM.d c moeab d him self in ilu! shoe box m the prison fac tory and was started on the trip to Chicago. At Cedar City, jus', across the river from J. fi rion City, the box, in which he was securely nailed up, lay for some time on the station plat fem and tho ag- nt heard groansc, Hi ing from the b. x. Tue b. x was opened an t Hammond was taken back to the penitentiary. Drowned lu Uiver. Virgil White, a promising young lawyer, was drowned in thc Des Moines river Monday' raornlug by the capsizing of a canoe at Des Moines, Iowa. He was the son of Hon. Fred E. While, ex member of congr-ssand twice Democratic cant'idate for gov ernor of Iowa. A GREAT FEAUD Quaker City Beales Ileeocd for About One Million rollara. A..Banker ami Broker, Who Died FOOT Weeks ARO, Bought Gilt Edged Stocks and |Raised Their Faoo Value. At Philadelphia one ot the mest sensational oases of forgery that has avor been brought to light in financial a?reles of that olty was disclosed last week when lt was announced that certificates calling for small numbers of shares of stock had been f radulent ly raised to hundreds of shares, cauB lng a loss to certain banks and trust companies of this olty of from $750, OOO to 81,000.000. The forgery in volves the name of Benjamin H. Gas kill, who went to his grave four weeks ago. GasklU was the sole member of the banking and brokerage concern known as Ben j. H. Gaskin & Compa ny. He had otil?os In the financial district and his credit was considered gilt edged. Gaskill died about four weeks ago, and at the time of his death he was believed to be worth about half a mil lion dollars. He left no will and ad ministrators began to close up his business. A patron of tho firm, whose name is not given, bought from the estate loo shares of Philadelphia Traction company stock. Tbls watt sent to the Philadelphia Traction company's office to have the transfer recorded. The certificate did not agree with thc company's books, and an investigation showed that tue cer tificate had b>en raised from six shares to 100. The stock exchange, of wbioh Gaskill was a member, then sent out notices bo its members not to receive stock certificates from the Gaskin estate. A further investigation brought to lUrht. a surprising state of affairs. It was found that Gaskin had oredltei himself on his own books with 6,000 shares of Pulladelphia traction stock, valued at approximately 8000,000 while the traction compiny's book* showed he had only 400 shares. It was al?o discovered that he had raised stock certificates of the United Rill ways of New Jersey from 2 to 200 and the certificates of the Frankford and Southward Street Railway company of this city from 2 to 20. The latter stock ls worth $450 a share. Gaskill kept two accounts, one re cord?, g the tran--action of bis custo mers, which was correct, and anuthcr utvirg his own transactions. His books showed that he was lobing from 810,000 to 825,000 a year in his busi ne-s. Ills method of operation was tu obtain certificates of gilt edged securities calling for one, two, three or some other small number of shares, raise the figures and give them as se curities fur large loaus. At hast six banks and tru3t companies ot this olty admit holding fraudulent sec'j ri ties for large loans. A financier who has been making an investigation said that thc amount of money loaned on ? raised certificates will aggregate Jb?ween 8750,000 ai ? :> " baMF ls believed that very little will be recovered from the estate. DEATH OF AUNT EASTER Said to Have Boen thu Oldest Woman in tho United States. The oldest person in Augusta, and probably the oldest in thc United States died Wednesday afternoon of | old age, says the Augusta Herald. Elster Matthews was ber name. She was a colored woman and lived at No. 91, New Pine street-her age was 135 years. "Aunt Elster, " as she was called, was b ?rn in 1770, and while In slavery she belonged to a n&mber of promi nent families of the city. She had for her last owners, the Clayton fam ily, and she often spoke of Mr. Tur ner Clayton In her last days. The old woman died from o age, she never having an ache or p\ln In her life. For tho. past 75 years she had been llvlm: In the city, and bas resided on Pine street for thc past 20 years. The p ople whom she was living with at the time of her death claimed that she had never complain ed lu tbe least of having an ache or pain. One of the ways thc old woman had of telling her age was that she re membered several years before the Sprlngtield Baptist church was built In the city, and this institution ls 105 years old. She claimed that she re membered when the Bpot where the church now stands was In a swamp. Thc o!d woman was liked by all of thc people, both white and cjlored, as she often Interested them by telling of the times she used to have In the days gone by. Her recoil ctlon was perfect, even in her last days. Crow tn Hlaiun. The railroad commission Wednes day finished Its report to the Legisla ture ou the wreck of the Ogden special at Greenville. The rep -rt ful Iv sustains the position of the railroad officials that the blamo attaches to Engineer Hunter and Conductor Acker of the special for failure to ob ?erve thc rule which rt quired them to coi tc into the Greenville yards un jer fi'.1 control. It Uuds this rulo ls "In accordance with the best practice of standard American railways, and that lt ls wisc and best calculated to promote safety." The report lets tho. jrew down with this finding: ''It ippear.s from the evidence that they ?arl bonn furnish :d with the rules and lid been examined on and knew them, out simply In this action at least mis rjterprete:! thom." Fright lui Storm Ono death and damage to property imouutlu,f to thousands resulted from LU electrl'3 storm and cloudburst, which cccurred at Tampa, Fla., Wed ?csdav afternoon. Beatrice Collin, iged 7, was killed by lightning while .tandlng In Uui door of her home Tue roof of the Roberts building, oo 'upleri by the Peninsula Telephone Sxuhange, feJ.i in, sm.ishlng the iwitchboard and injuring several 'oung lady opo*at"rK, untie seriously. Killed In A Wreck* At Newington, Conti., three men were killed ina collision between two n igh trains Wednesday morning on .he New York and New Haven road. Che dead are Firemen Schalatzer and rohn Dennis Liw and Brakemen Lew s Stratton. Engineer Scrultt, who is dd resp /list- lc for the accident, was eric, u dy lnjurod and ls not oxpected o recover. WEATHER ABD CROP8. Tboro Has Booti a General Improve ment In Cotton Conditions. In his last crop report Section Direc tor Bauer Hays the week ending June 19 bad a mean temperature slightly above normal, with extremes of a maximum of 98 degreeB at Blackville on the 13th, and a minimum of 66 de grees at Greenville on the 13tb. The sunshine averaged about normal, al though in parts of the state there was considerable cloudiness the latter part. There were no destructive high winds, or other damaging conditions. The precipitation was in the form of thunderstorms and local Bbowers. The rainfall was heavy in places In the eastern counties, where it ranged from half an inoh to over two inohes, with soattered localities in all parts of the state that bad no rain or amounts too small to bo beneficial. There were some heavy showers In the northern border counties, but they were widely scattered. The need of rain ls indicated for the central and southwestern counties, generally, and In places elsewhere. Cultivation made rapid progress and nearly all fields have been rid of grass and weeds, except where laborers were scarce, or where the ground has become too hard to plow and cultivate. The weather was favorable for har vesting wheat and oats, which work ls nearly finished except for spring oats. There was a general Improve ment In the condition uf cotton, with exceptions in the case of fields that have not been thinned or cleaned of grass, but only in exceptional in stances have the plants attained nor mal growth, being generally under hlzed. Blooming ls still sporadic, though fairly general In the eastern counties. Sea island cotton is in good condition, but as yet blooming sparse ly. Lice are still present in sections, but are dlsappe<>riug. Chopping has not been finished. There has been only slight Improve ment In corn, which continues small and yellow, except on fields that re eel ved early and thorough cultivation. There are many complaints of corn tasseling low, and uf damage by worms. There is considerable land yet planted to corn. There ls little change in the condition of tobacco ! which shows the effects of too mucti rain, and lack of cultivation. Ric-; Ls receiving its harvest wai er in the Cul leton district, and is generally doing well. Gard 'tis and pasturo nead ralo in the central and western paris Melons are quite promising. Wheat is , lelding poorly at threshing. Ox's also are generally poor, but witn numerous exceptions where tho y? Ids r?uge from good to excellent. A large acreage of peas, for forage, bett:g sown, and more lat-ds will be sown as soon as it rains. THE DIVORCE EVIL, Says ArohblBhop Karli-y, In Under mining tim Walls of Scclcty. Archbishop Farley declared at Car negle Dall, In New York, one night last week, at the commencement exer cises of St. Francie Xavier thit the evils of divorce were fast undermining the walls of our society and that the ' whole struoture would shortly collapse should no hand be raised to ward off the advance of this tendency. Thc Archbishop said in part: "A continuance of the evil of di vorce, of the slightest regard for the marriage, must. sho:rlly lead to the downfall of society, nay, lt is even now falling, and must soon be dragg ed In the dust. We see that lt is going to pieces. "President Roosevelt, who holds In bis hands the trust imposed by the people of the United States, and who wields his authority in no mistaken manner, has openly announced how he deplores the awful condition of so ciety lo this i- gard. 'T believe no president since Wash lngton's time hus made a more bene ficial effects on the roots of society and the family than Rouseivelt has by means of his frank declaration. Not nuly does the president preach the doctrines he believes, but he exempli fies it In bis own life, and his own family stands as an illustratiou of what thc nation's executive thinks and says of the race standards. "It is likewise gratifying to find that the president has not conliued his labors in this direction to his own circle, wholly, but the fact ls made known to me that the cabinet has taken this question up and wl'l deal with lt. When the heads of our gov ernment take up a problem of this grave nature there cm be no need of the people doubting that the ques tlons must be gravely considered, atd we feel that much good will be done if effort ls properly directed." lightning Freak. Durlntr a thunder sturm last Friday evening, lightning struck a tree in the yard of Mr. J. C. Martin of Donnaids. A clothes-line was attached to the tree, extending hy another, and was made fast to a third tree within two feet of tho house. The current fol lowed the wire, strikirg all the trees, and ?umped thespace between the last tree and the house. It followed the wall plate, wrecking columns, brack ets, etc., unt?' lt reached the sitting room at the opposite corner ol' th house. Here it seems to have ground ed at three points, tearing up the plastering and wainscoting. Fortun ately no one was In the house, as tho lightning entered that part of tho house most used. Toe only living toing harmed was a heu which was killed while hovering lier brood by a pillar of the house, lier chickens were uninjured,_ Ho Had tu t?o. At Rockwell City, M >., because the Rev. C. H. Marsh, of the Baptist Dhurch, Ihrted with a pretty parish ioner, Jealous members of his Hock followed him about and he was finally forced to leave S waledale, where he had just been given a ciiarge. The other evening Mr Marsh met one of the Swab dale girls, and went with her for a live mile drive. He had pro vlouslv been requited to leave the ohurch there because of his atten tlons. and when he. came to Rockwell City his new cougregat on watched him Five members followed him on x five mlle drive, and when he dropoed the girl nr>ar home, halted his bu>;gy and told him they expected bim to pick out a member of his own Hock when he went driving. He ls young and handsome. He has left town. Fatal Ilniler ICxp?oston. A boiler at tho; saw gmlll of the kurtis Attaila lumber plant exploded Thursday, kll?lng James Watts, Will llosson, Gus (J?sti and Marlon Mad dox. 0. Smith/was fatally hurt and Barney Works aBtiously injured. A STRANGE SECT Who Nailed a Young Man to a Cross Good Friday. AS A RELIGIOUS EITE. His Hands and Peet Were Spiked to the Cross Beams of the Structure They Called the Cross, Where the Victim Remained Until taken Down Dead. Oa "Calvary Hill," near Torres, Colorado, in Las Animas County, an accident happened on Good Friday. A young man named Jesus Gonzales was nailed to a cross during tho Eas ter religious ceremonials of the Peni tentes, and expired in view of tbe awe-Btruck spectators. He had vol unteered to take the part of the Sa viour In the solemn ritual of the sect, and his wrists and ankles had been firmly bound to the cross with ropes. At his own request nallB were then driven through his hands and ho was spiked to the cross beam of the cross. At a signal from the high priest of the Penitentes the cross was elevated and the ceremonial continued. Following literally tho New Testa ment narrative of the Saviour's cruci fixion, everv incident and episode was imitated. Some of the Penitential Brothers performed the part of Ro man soldiers, aud one of them pressed a sponge of vlmgar to the lips of Gonzales. Tbe pseudo Christ smiled feebly and whispered the Saviour's last words, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." Tie Penitentes then divided Gonzales's clothes and cast lots for them, as told In the Scriptural account. A brother then seized a spear and plunged it in to Gonzales's side, and his face light ed up with the beatific smile, of a mar tyr. Meanwhile the various episodes of fhe crucifixion were? executed with solemn zml, while the victim hung weak and bleeding on the cr< ss over head. A priest approached and re peated the won s of St. Luke, "Ho savea others; let him rave himself, If ho be Crist, the chosen of Goa." Some f the brothers who took the p.irt of Roman idolaters, then crowded up to the eros?, me eking and s:o(T">iiand shouting, "If thou bi thu King of the Jews save thys If!" Finally the m-cription. written luSpahish, " This is the King of the Jews," was nailed on the eros*, and then Man a- d Mar tha and the women of Galilee ( m.J: r sonated by women of the s.ci) a? - proaeheri. This was the J-icnal for lo'-voring the cross-but the smllitg lips of Qonziles were silent forever; the eye* upturned to the sky were rigid lu death. Tue Penlventoa looked at each other In startled surpnso and sain "Gcd's will bo ?fone." Tuc a>.'0.-iy ot the cr. ss had be^n too much; the naif hour they hid Intended to keep him there had stretched to nearly two hours; in a religious frenzy of lamen tations the Penitentes carried the swollen, bleeding body of Gonzales to a ti mb in the cemetery over the bill Tue county authorities have mp.de efforts au an Investigation of this Good Friday tragedy, but with little success. The Penitentes are Maxi cans, speaking little but Spanish, and they refuje any information what ever. Tue penitential Brothels, or "Los Hermanos Penitentes," have been cast out by the Ru?an.Catholics and have been nursued by the local authorities In Colorado and new Mex leo until they have been driven to re mote mountain placos where the could coudu?t their rites without In terference. The writer witnessed a part of the ceremonials of Easter time as per formed by the Peultcntes near Clay ton, New Mexico, last year. Starting from Clayton, a small town on the Gulf road, we rode all day across the hot, dry prairies on which the only signs of life are herds of cattle, plenty of antelope and the shrill whistling curlew. We knew thc danger of ex citing the Brotherhood, but we d: tor mined toscc, and photograph all we could of the ceremonies, and to that end had literally armed ourselves to the teeth-dressed like Mexicans to attract less attention, and hld the camera under the writer's coat. As cending a hill we unexpectedly came upon the scene of aztlon, and never eau we forget the sight. It was late In the afternoon of a hot, clear day, not a breath of wind was stirring. Below us stretched a small valley whose side hills were scantily eovored with a growth of scrub e>ak and pine. The little stone chapel was at the head of the valley; about five hundred feet away em a small knoll, represent lng the hill of Ca.lvary, was erected a a huge wooden cross Grouped about this, kneeling de voutly, were perhaps fifty people, and when they began to chant thc "Mis erere" in a melancholy wall the t IFeot was wemderfully weird. When this ceased, the "Proee.sslon of Cross Bearers" left tho chapel, ihn chief ly take part in the actual c&renioui s tnough women are present. The crosses are large wooden affairs, and weigh over two hundred pounds each. Those doing penance frequently cou ceal their faces with bluck cloths, and the officers may bc known by tho HI ets ou their heads. The procession is headed by a piper. Then comes a brother walking backward and wear ng a crucifix. Ile is followed by the comrades, who are naked, ejc^pt for short cotton trouser*, and these occa slo .ally are lined with cacti, and bound tight to make the suffering the more intenso, The reader of prayers ls among their number At short In tervals they stop to make the "sta Hons of the cross." Arriving at Calvary, the ero s bear ers Ile at full lengtNi with thc heavy beams on their backs while the piper pipos and tl Q others pray. Then the precession returns to the chapel, thc men go:ng ins eli for meditation, and the women rema nlug outside i'hesc pilgrimages are kept up during thc day and the climax of thc tragedy oe ours in the afternoon, when the chief enters the chap.d and comes with the victim, who ls to Impersonate Christ. In some places he is a volunteer, and In others he ls chosen by lot. Cal vary has been freshly prepared for him and he walks to tho spot, Iles at full length on the now recumbent cross, his back to the standard, and his arms outstretched. The attendants take stout ropes and lash the arms and legs of tbe pou Itonte to tho oross, binding him so tightly that the strands actually sink loto the flesh, but not a sound is. heard from the martyr. It ls cunto-1 * mary to spike the victim to the cross, but pu olio opinion bas wrought a com? promise in some localities and tbo ac tual driving of nails into the hands is omitted. Even in the very remote old Mexican towns, where a crucifix ion always takes place, the victim of the oiuoifixlon usually survives the ordeal, ai d proudly shows the soars as evidence. Long ropes are fastened to the head of the cross to steady it, and other brothers ralss it to an up right position. As Hs base meets the the excavation the whole mass slips down with a thud that must cause ex oiuolatlng pain to the victim, but he never utters a complaint. The cross is then maintained in its position by ropes and loose stones thrown into the hole. The poor penitente must suffer the most intense agony-his skin puff j up and discolors and his face betrays great anguish. The silence was im presslve-no sound of bird or insect in this deBert land and all the brother hood were in silent prayer. ? Some were lying on masses of cacti; all the otiieers wore crowns of thorns and sume were beating themselves with the prickly Spanish bayonet plant. It seemed as If we could not endure tho strain. About half an hour after the cross was raised the chief gave the order to lower it. The bonds were loosed and the blood brogan to freely circulate in the victim's veins, but the pseudo Christ was limp and uncon scious. Then following the testamental story, a few women gather about the cross, wailing dismally and imper sonating Mary and Martha. The body ls wrapped in a olotb and borne to a cave in the foothills. The general crowd returns to town to a lively tune from the piper, but a chosen few re main tu apply restoratives and resur r< ct the erstwhile Christ. If no mis nap has occurred the honored one quickly recovers and by evening will strut about the town, the most lmpor taut one of the inhabitants. Tuen follows a religious dance and a feast aud the community settles down to a semi-civilized life once more. The procession of flagellants we did not witness, having arrived too late, but they march over cacti and prickly pear with their bare feet and wear rnthlcg but short cotton breeches Tuen they lash their backs with thorns and the blood trickles down in s'.rearn??. Warned. A GOOD COUNTRY PRINTER IV. who can set advertisements, and take charge of the ty pc setting depart ment of a well-stocked country oflice. Should he able to make up forms. To such a print er a steady job with good wages is open. Apply, with refer ences, to TUE TIMES AND DKMOCUAT, Orangeburg. S. C. 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