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?DO TH, ?HEAT MBEttTr, INFIB? OUR SOULS AND ??"""VB XN THY K,SS,?s,0,N H A ..PF^JTD?ATHB GLOBIOUB VOL. XXXIJ BENNETTSVltiIiE S. 0, ?BI0AY. ?? IOBR?AIIY 8. I?K??. NO. 6. THE SAD END Of a Man Who Lost His All In Wall Street. HE KILLS HIMSELF. . t? i"-' L- . ' Altor tho Recent Panic in tho Stock Market lind Ruined Him Finan dally. Tragedy in a Rich Homo. Whore tho Wlfo Discovers tho Pond Body of tho Husband* Who lind Buded His Career. 'Commending hin wife to tho caro and affection of hin parents and witch ing her all tho "Juck" and happiness tho-world could give. Samuel D. Van Sidon, a brokor, committed suicido while alono in his rooms, on tho fifth floor of tho npartmont houso nt No. 408 Manhattan avonuo. Now York. "jL.uck" was tho dominant factor in Van Stolon's creed of lifo, nud bo lloving that lt had failod him when ho mot ovorwholming lossoa in Wall Street, ho Haw no reason for prolong ing his life. Hut his bollof In tho fotlch of luck, and that lt would af fect thoso whom ho waa loavng be hind, was so Btrong that his InBt words to his wifo, written In a noto JUBt a fow minutes before ho died, composed a prayer that good luck should attend hor. Uko many others whoso lives aro centred in luck and chanco, Van Sto len was silont and seemingly uncon cerned by the turn of fortuno. H lu galnB woro pocketed with sn impas sive faco, and losses mot without u murmur. Nono know, whon ho re turned to hts homo from his office downtown between four and half past four in tho afternoon of ovory business day, what his luck had been and his wife never for n moment BUB pocted that tho recent panic in Wall Street had brought him to tho brink of flnancinl ruin. Vnn Hielen returned to his homo at tho usual time Thursday after noon. His wlfo was out at a funeral and after ho had entered his apart ments nothing more was soon of him by servants or others n tho houso. Mrs. Van Stolen returned about 7 o'clock and was told by tho elevator boy that hor husband was at home. She entered tho apartments with ? latch key and was surprised to find tho living rooms ia darkness. She called several times to her husband searched through tho rooms and was Anally attracted by a light in tho kltchon. She went thoro and saw tho body of hor husband lying upon the floor with a bullet wound in tho hoad. Hor shocking discovery caused Mrs VanSIclon to scream with terror and sho staggered from hor apartment. She was mot by a hall boy, who had heard hor crleB, and sae sont him for n doctor. On his way tho mes senger notified Policeman Mallen, who wont at onco to tho apartments of tho Van Stolons, and whon Dr. C. H. Dockstndor, of No. 4 83 Manhat tan avenue, arrived they made an ex amination of tho body. It was apparent that Van Sielen had endeavored to make miro of hit? death. Ho had wound a quantity of legal tapo about his waist and tied tho revolver to it, so that If the first shot should fall, he could regain pos session of tho weapon, although it might fall from his hand from the shock of tho first shot. When Mrs. Van Stolen learned from tho doctor that her husband was dead she was prostrated, and Dr. Dockstador remained to care for her until her relatives could be summon ed. On the table lu the dining room wore two letters written by Van Sie len Just before his death. Ono wnw addressed to "Mrs. P. Van Sielen and Mr. A. Van Stolen, Jamaict, Long Is land." It rend: My Dear Father and Mother; For give for this great wrong ?nd please pray for me. 1 do not accuse any ono for my troubles. Father, I ask YOU, please help my dear wife. SAM. Tho other letter was for hlB wife and road: My Dear Wlfo: Forgive me for this great wrong, but my heart ls broken over my luck In Wall street. I whth you good luck and happiness, ns we havo been very happy together. Your loving husband. SAM. Van Stolen was the son of Abra ham Van Sielen, of Lincoln road, near Jamalen, one of the wealthiest formers and landowners in Long Is land. HAD TO l'A Y FINK. Now York Herald Pleads (iullty TV Printing Obscena Matter. After a plea of guilty of printing obscene matter,sending same through the mails had boon made Wednesday flnea totaling $11!,OOO woro assosi cd against James (Jordon Dennett and the New York Herald Company. Tho fines of $1,000 against W. ll. Gilliam, manager of the Herald; %(>, 000 against tho Herald corporation and $10,000 against James Gordon Dennett, were paid lu tho court room. Tho cases were the outcome of tho famous ' personal" and "rodllght" column, which was feature of The i.orald for years. MANY WILL HTA II VIC Before Another Crop Is Made If Not Given Food. A letter from London says Dr. Konnnrd, commissioner of tho socie ty of Friends sent to Invest?gate the Russian famine, writting from Sa mara, in tho famine district, says that there oro at least 20,OOO,000 people in the Southeastern provinces of RuSsin who are without aid and eau not live to soe another harvest, In Sn ma ra he says thousands are dying and nearly 750,000 aro starv ing. Of tho totter only 372,000 are getting relief, a dolo of ono meal in twenty four hours. Cut to Pieces. it if; stated fieri. Lee ?hristmas, tho American ofttoor In the sor vico of Ilunduras, hns been cut to pieces by Nicaraguan soldiers. Informa tion wns contained in a letter that there was no hope for tho Honllla government and he was doomed to death if he did not get ont of tho country. MADE A HAUL Chicago Paper Says Sub-treasury Mystery ls Cleared, A Negro Woman Stole thc Ono Hun dred ?nd Soventy-Threo Thousand Dollars? The mystory surrounding tho thoft of a hundred and aovonty-threo thouH and dolla-H from tho United States Hubtroaaury at Chicago has boon cleared. The thlof In said to be a nogro scrub woman, whom tho Bccrot ?or vlco ofllcorB havo in custody and from her trying to get a trace of tho missing money. The clew was secured by tho dla play of a thousaud dollar bill by a nogro in a saloon. A soarch warrant has boon Issued and the ofllcors aro to soarch tho hotiHO of tho washerwoman. Tho mouoy was stolen somo weoks ago, aud tho dotoctlvos havo been working on tho caso evor nineo. AFTKR TIIK TIGBHS. Want To Cut Off All Boozo Except Dispensary Roozo. Tho Charleston authorities aro de termined to put tho blind tigers In that city out of business. A confer ence was held ono day last week in the ofllco of Mayor Rhett, at which ropresentatlvea of tho tranBportatlon companies of Charleston hauling into tho city by land and by noa wore pr? nent for tho purpose of discussing tho enforcement of tho ordinance of Charloaton restricting tho importa tion traille of illegal alcoholic liquor Into tho city. Mayor Rhett. John Marshall, of tho county dispensary board of con trol, Mr. Thoa II. Waring of The Evo ning Post and Major J. C. Homphlll, of The Nowa and Courier and repre sentatives of all the transportation linea that enter Charleston, were at the conference. The general spirit of tho currieT seemed to bo in co operation with tho city for the en forcement of tho ordinaneo. Mayor Khott made it clear that Charloaton was going to do all in UH power to cut off the Importation of "tiger" liquor, and emphasized to the transportation agentB tho need of co operation on their part. Each com pany had full warning of the clty'a adtttude in thia matter. Tho confer ence was harmonious and should re sult in good for tho enforcement of thc ordinance. FOUND HA I.F HTAHVKD Hoy ?ot on Train T'\ut Went in tho Wrong Direction. Locked lu a boxcar atandlng on a aiding in the frolght yards of th" Pennsylvania Railroad at Delmont and Girard avenues, Philadelphia, Julius Kenney, a 12-year-old boy, from Charlotte, N. C., waa discovered by a trainman who heard tho boy's foblo cries. The lad, who was half starved, was given a hearing before Magis trate Gorman, nt the House of De tention, and will be held until the authorities at Charlotte can be com municated with. Two weeka ago young Jullua ac companied a horaedealer who was shipping some horses from Charlotte to Pittsburg. After the horses had been taken safely to their destination ho left his employer and started out to BOO thoslghts of tho Smoky City. He soon got lost and, being unable to lind hlf friend, began hunting foi a means to get homo. Ho found lils way to the frleght yard and crawled Into a boxcar. Tho boy WHB afraid to make hla presence known and waa soon on his way to Philadelphia. . TRAIN WRFCKFUS Arrested Before They Had Accom plished Their Hellish Design. Detectives of tho Pennsylvanin Railroad landed In jail at Qreonsburg Ta., Thos. Oloughlln, and Thoa Mc Inath of Allegheny who wore taken from an east bound freight train ut Derry Thursday morning. Track walkers at 12:30 o'clock Thursday morning came upon three men tam pering with tho tracks near Btowurt station. One was captured thero, and tho others two days later, after escaping. The bolts In the rails had been loos ened, but the fish plates bad not been removed. The men were discovered just before train No. 23 was duo at Stewart. It le alleged a railroad wrench waa foUud In their possession. Th?? Cleve land Myer on tho Fort Wayne division struck an engine polo which hud been wedged with spikes between the rails ut l/owellvillo, ()., early Thursday norn In?. No persons were Injured. CERTAIN COST U MN ?j TA HO Ii I) Vnd Cincinnati Women Are Told Not To Wear Them. The State says Olnclhnattl hus a new and splendid possession In the torin Of Chief of Police Milliken. Ono of the first things Milliken under took was th" regulation of women's npparol. He is an authority ludging from thin statement which he has Is sued : "Tlx* kimona must not be worn on ti.o streets. The high heel must go when accompanied by purple stockings or other gaudy ankle In casement. Skirts must not ho hold too high, no matter how rainy the da) Yopng ghin must not wear fascina tors.", He has COO people to ussist lilia, and has told thom to arrest any per son appearing on the streets, dressed in clothes which would not look woll In church. With all his policemen to help him Milliken has tackled a big Job. _ Why Did Ile? Tho Macon Telegraph asks: "Why did tho presiden! mark hts letters to I Hardman "strictly confidential" If I he merely wanted to talk to him on railroad matters'? Ho insista on talk ing from the housetops on that ques tion, an railroad presidents who re cently visited him found to their dis co pi fort." Fifteen Missing Nine adults and six children are missing, as a result of the wreck on I the Canadian Pacific, west of Chap* lloau, Ontario, Thursday. SOME WILL TALK John Tomplo Graves Makes Most Foolish Proposition AT A BRYAN BANQUET When It Was Found Out That Ho Was Going to Adview Bryan to Nominate Roosevelt for President Ho Was Not Allowed to Speak Un til luyan Requested That Ho He Heard? Editor John Tomple Qravoe' sug gestion that W. J. Bryan nominate Roosevelt, which tho Atlanta editor intended in a ouloglstical speech to Rryan bnnquotors Wednesday eve ning at Chattanooga, Tonn., was do ri iod utterance. John Tomlinson of Birmingham, ono of tho speakers and toastmasters, mot Graves ou his arrival from At lanta, at noon, and roquosted ommis ulon of this roforenco in his speech, Arguing Its impropriety in viow of Bryan's presonco at tho banquet. Col. Gravos declined to alter his views or subject his speech to con worship. Ho nttonded tho buuquet as an Invited guest, remaining but a short while, when he left tho banquet hall for nu Atlanta train. Wednes day afternoon Mr. Graves addressed \ letter to tho prcsldont of tho Bryan Anniversary club, defending his po rtion. In his letter Mr. Graves declared hat he yielded to no ono in his pro found and affectionate regard for Vir. Bryan and for tho Democratic )arty, bul that he was profoundly convinced that In this period of tre mendous economic crisis the only ann who can carry to successful con fusion the reform Instituted in be ialf of tho people was the mau who s already entrenched in tho power ?nd prestige of dauntless courage and s a conspirions success in tho eocecu ,lve oflico. Continuing, he said: "My reasons 'or stating this conviction nt a Bryan lanquet, with Mr. Bryan present, was recause I considered it tho manly md Democratic ihlng to do. "Tho time to voice a sentiment so nomontous to tho life and prosperity md to the realization of tho best deals of a real Democracy is in o iOUhsel of tho faithful and in tho 'ult presence of our great and shin ling leader who would be there to om meut, to approve or to condemn vlth the full force of his influence ind eloquence as he might seo fit. "It appears to me that tho only air and honest thing to do was to ipeak my convictions in full council md with open voice. In this boliof ny speech, upon tho request of tho Associated Presa haB already been lent out to tho newspapers of tho euntry. "I have not ono particle of dog natlsm, nor any moro prido of por onal opinion, in pressing this mat er, but tho publlcy already given to ny speech commits mo to it so far hat I can not encourage, or in con istency, suppress that part on which ho whole rovolves." Dater Mr. Graves, after being per vaded by members of the club and it the request of Mr. Bryan himself, ook his place at tho banquet tnblo ind delivered his spooch. Graves, vho ls tho editor of tho Atlanta Geor gian, ls an erratic sort of a man, nl hough he is a brilliant Bpeaker. His peech at Chattanooga will not sur ?rlse any one who knows him. State Senator J. B. Frazier re poned to Mr. Graves' address, de hiring that tho Democrats could not ilford to take such action. Bryan Speaks. In beginning his address Mr. Bryan ?aid ms respects to Mr. Graves and ?.hat he had said. He complimented Ar, Graves In tho highest manner for ils honesty and his boldness nod said f there was any place In tho world ?'hero absolute freedom of speech ihould prevail lt ought to bo in a )omocratic gathering. Ho ndded that vhOn ho had heard that Mr. Graves md retired from the hall because here might bo doubts about tho whi lom of what ho had to say, ho hod ont for tho Georgia editor to return md insisted that tho speech should >e delivered. Turning directly to the abject of Mr. Graves' recommends lon, Mr. Bryan said: "As at present advised I shall not ?resent tho name of Theodore RoOBO 'olt to the National Democratic con 'onHon. Bear In mind, I say, 'aa at ?resent.'' " Mr. Brynn contended that if ?ifter nant ure consideration and reflection md tho presentation of arguments ii the ease, he sho i'd feel that his I ut y lay In that direction, ho would .resent Mr. Roosevelt's name, even hough lt should prove to be tho last ict of his Ufo. Ile then went on to nuy that if any tepublicnn was to bo selected by the lemocratS to head their national Ickot the man should bo Senator Ln ?'<.Helte of Wisconsin. Mr. Brynn hen proceeded with his speech, pro iontlg reasons why. In his opinion, Vir. Roosevelt was not the proper nus for tho presidency. RRYAN RKPL1HS. 'nu'! St e His Way Clear to Nominate Roosevelt. In an interview ut Norfolk on Fri laythe Hon. William Jennings Biyan was asked for an expression on the lUggestion made by John Temple riraves, of Atlanta, at a banquet on Wednesday night at Chattanooga, I hat Bryan nominate Roosevelt for President. Mr. Bryan said: "I said nt the banquet in Chattan ooga all that at present 1 can say. I Iben said: 'As at present advised, I , annot SOO that il ls my duty to nom inate Mr. Roosevelt.' In both of my campaigns i stated that I would not bo a candidate for a second torin if ol oe tod, and ns I have endeavored to secure a constitutional amendment making a President ineligible for a second term 1 could not conscient iously urge the ro nomination of Mr. Roosevelt for n second term oven if there were no other rasons." WOiild Bo III I.Imho. The Kansas City Star naya: "if President Roosevelt could send a ITnltod States Senator to prison mere ly because of a persosal prejudice does anybody suppose that Forakor and Tillman would bo going around as chipper as they aro? JOE EVANS HUNG In Greenwood Friday For the Mur der of Another Negro. Tho Murderer Confessed His Gut?t ?nd Professed III? Entire Willing ness to Die for Illa Crimo. Tho first hanging In Qroouwood County passed oil vory quietly Fri day. Tho nogro, Joo Evans, appear od composed and resigned. Ho show ed no Blgn whatever of oither fear or norvouHuees. All tho morning two colorod minis ters hud been with him, praying and singing. These two preachers, tho Revs. J. C. Coode and John W. Swink remained with him until tho Inst. Evnnn did not eat any breakfast, although he ate a hearty supper Thursday night and slept well. Dep uty Shoriff Dukes snys Evans has re frained from eating every Friday since ho WOB sentenced. Shortly boforo il o'clock ShorifT McCaslan had Evans made ready to louve tho jail and said to him: "Joo Evans, this is your last scene. It IB the Htate of South Carolina that is going to hang you, and not the sher iff of Greenwood county. I nm going to road to you my authority for hang ing you." Tho BherlfT then road tho sentence When ho had finished Evnuu said: "Yos, slr." Evunn was calm and seemed per fectly resigned. He then mado thin statement: "I havo mado penco with tho Lord, am glad that. Ho allowed mo time to make peace with Him. Tho march to tho scaffold was then made. Standing on the platform Evans asked the sheriff If he could sing, andupon permission hoing giv en ho sang with steady voice a song, ono of the songs used by negroes In revivals when feeding In tense. There seemed no special beginning or end of lt When ho stopped tho Rev. John W. Swink, colored, offered a prayer for the condemned man. Evans himself prayed in u low tone all the time the Rev. Swink was pray ing for him. At the conclusion Evans offered the following prayer of his own: "I am at peace with all men. I am guilty of tho crime. Lord, I thank theo for the time You have allowed mo. Co with Thy people who are standing around mo. I nm so glad I um allowed this prlvlledgo to talk. Oh, Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord, I brought my sins to You and You have forgiven me.." Tho hangman's black cap was then lowered ovor his face, and at 12.30 P, M. tho trap was sprung and 12 minutes later he was pronounced dead by Dru. Hood and Owens. Tho Rev. J. C. Goode, tho colored minister, who prayed for tho negro who waB lynched for tho attompted assault on Miss Drooka last Summer, was also on tho scaffold with Evnns^ and had been with him during the morning. At 12:50 Evan's body was cut down, lils neck wna broken by tho foll. Hisbody was turned over to relatives, who carried lt to his old homo, near Coronaca for burial. Evans was hanged for tho murder of his brother-in-law, Hughey, Evans attempted to assault his sister-in law, Ilughey's wife. Hughey came to Greenwood and had a warrant sworn out for Evana Immediately af ter. That night Evans caine to his nouse, called him out and shot him. TAUGHT THEM A LESSON Preacher Thrashed Cowboys Who Tiled To Make Him Drink. Rev. John McVey, a missionary, who in working among tho settlers in the Dad River country, In South Dakota, soundly whipped two burly cowboys, George Carney and Fred Temple, because they tried to compel him to take a drink of whlckoy. Tho minister ls a college man from tho East, and used to bo a football player and all round athlete. Ho wan on bin way to a ranch to hold a religious meeting, whon tho 2 cowboys, who had sworn to prevent the meeting, waylaid him, handed him a bottlo and told him to drink. He declined, whoreupon they sought to force tho liquor down his throat. In live minutes with hts bare fists, ..icVoy knocked out both men and took from olio of them a rovolver which he had drawn In tho serai1. Carney got up and shook hands with tho missionary. Temple was ug iy and threatened to shoot McVoy on sight. Carney, however, mado hin partner apologise to the missionary, shako hands with him and promise to "threat him right" In the futuro Then the throe mon luounteo .heir capuses and rode on tog t,*.*?.? to tho ranch where the meeting was to bo held. At tho mooting Temple got up and told how McVey had knocked out Carney and himself. SHOULD NOMINATE BRYAN Hendricks Club Makes Hotter Sugges tion Than Grave?. Tho Hendricks Club, of Evansville, Ind., the largest Democratic organi zation in tho State, while celebrating the birthday ot Thomas Jefferson, the other night adopted tho following resolution ami telegraphed lt to John Temple Graves, of Atlanta, Qa. "The Hendricks Club, of Evans ville, bel loves that, In tho interest of u 'square deal,' Roosevelt should uominnto Bryan for President in 1 908, ns there lu now no doubt that Bryan was beaten In 1896 by tho contribution of money from insur ance companies, railroad companies and tariff protected monopolies, and that President Roosevelt knows this to boa fact; and that Bryan, In 1 8??G stood on the platform on which RoOBOVOlt now stands on railroad regulation." ROOSEVELT HAS CHANGED He Championed Once Sollie Tilings He Now Antagonizes, Hon. W. J. Bryan, while In Norfolk last Friday, in a Interview spoke of tho Harrlman-Hoosevolt episode, say ing: "The President seems unduly ex cited over tho alleged $50.000,ft00 ' raised by Wall street to prevent bin' re-election. If Wall street ls opposed ? to any doctrino hold by Presldont ! Roosevelt, lt ls cortalnly not a Re-? publican doctrine. Whon we came up against the corruption fund in 189(5 wo found no more ardent champion of these special intoroBts, than Mr. Roosevelt.'' FELLED BY MANIAC. - Paroled Lunatic Attacks An Old Lady and a Man. Tho Old Lady Struck in tho Hood And tho Man Assaulted With an Axo and Knife. While In a flt of violont insanity and thinking, na ho said, that some one1 was trying to kill htm, JoBoph W. Hagood Saturday made a murdorous attack upon Mrs. Kugonla Smith wi?fc an axo, fracturing hor skull, and with a long knlfo stabbed Mr. John J. Illloy In the back In Colum bia. Mrs. Smith and Mr. RUoy aro now ".udor care at tho Columbia hos pital and some doubts aro entertain ed aa to thoir rocovory. Tho Stato says Hagood has been on a parole from tho insano nsylum for Just 30 days and up to his tragic dood Saturday has been conducting himself commoudablo since his ro Mof. But Saturday morning ho waa seized with a torrlblo malady and got tlng an axe he went to tho houso oc cupied by Mrs. Smith, Mr. Kiley and others, and battorod down tho door of the roon in which tho helpless was. With a blow ho foiled Mrs. Smith across tho bed, inflicting a ser ious fracture of tho skull, and thon ho went to tho room where Mr. Riley was in bed. Mr. Riloy, a ono-legged man, hoar ing tho noise In tho back part of tho houBO got out of the bed and started to leavo tho houso when he was seen by Hagood. Tho maniac gave chase to Mr. Riloy and soon overtook and overpowered him, dealing him a blow on tho hip with the axo and then stubbing him In tho back with a knife nour tho backbone. About this time a gouornl alarm , had been given by Mrs. A. Andrews who was in the house at the timo, ! und Mr. J. H. Faulk and others over- \ powered tho maniac and after sum moning tho police patrol placed him j In the wagon, where ho was carried Lo tho station and locked up. i Dr. C. F. Williams, tho city physi- , sion, who is attending tho injured ( people, said he can not say Just yet , what will bo tho outcomo of their In- , iurioe. Mrs. Smith's fracturo is of a . cory serious naturo and may prove , fatal. Mr. Riley will probably get , (veil, unless tho knife penetrated Into Lho lung, which the doctor fears. , Floth parties were resting well late \ Saturday night. Saturday afternoon ] ho unfortunate man was remanded ,o tho State hospital for the- lnsaue , igaii). i HO was carried to tho hospital in - ho ps,vol wagon and was vory order- { y nn[l quiet, tho only thing that ( joemeji to worry him was that ho | 'oarotf B?nie ono would at any time , hann, it seems. Hagood is a , p.jrtltu^vr by trade and ls married. | ills wife saw a part of tho sad affair ( ind tried to control her husband, but j >ould not. Sho seemed not to be . ifrnid of him, os Bho had seen him . ?ndergo spells at other times. PliOT TO KILL. ' Sun Powder is Found In Auto that Blew Up W. J. Jarvey. ! Chas. E. Mooro, a wellknown deal- * >r in automobiles in Boston, caused ] i sensation by declaring that ho had { itumblod on a murder plot in connoc- 1 ;ion with the explosion of ono of his lutomobiles In the town of Auburn, j Vinos., last Friday nftornoon in which . Wilfred J. Javery, of Boston, was so leverely Injured that his death is lm- j minent. ? Mooro says that he removed the j marker box from tho wrecked auto- ( nobile, nnd upon exr.amlnatlon found in it two tablespoonfuls of gunpow ler. Further, he found as much nore in the oil. He believes it was glaced there by so m o ono who wished to cause Javery's death, for lt was ex ploded by tho sparks. J ar vor y is the man who holds the milo record (45 seconds), and knows if no enemy who would attempt to encompass his death. A FATAL FIGHT. Quarrel Over Tiival Mutter Ends In Terrible Tragedy. Tho killing of Charles E. Newbury ind tho fatal shooting of John Mc Kinlay and D. M. Curry at tho Cltlce furnace slag pile near Chattanooga, renn., Thurdsay, ofternoon created profound excitement and rogret in the neighborhood of tho scene and nmong friends of the parties. Ono of tho most pathetic Incidents In connection with the shooting is the fact that J. A. Curry, father of D. M. Curry, took his bleeding son and placing him in the wagon which he was using to haul slug and hauled bim to tho hospital. The wholo troublo seems to have been tho result of a quarrel between young Curry and o negro employe of Newbury over a trival matter. Tho lather of young Curry was beaton In tho face hilt was not seriously hurt. He was clinched with McKinlay at tho time of tho shooting. FRAUD ORDER." The Molls Closed to tho Concord Pub l.shlng House. Alleging hundreds of women In the United Staten and Canada have been defrauded of money, the postofflce department recently issued a fraud order against tho H. W. D. Conrad Publishing company, Biblo and book publshers of Philadelphia, denying lt the use of the malls. It is claimed that, by advertlsments, letters and circulars, women In half tho states of tho ?inion wore induced to pay a dol lar to reglstor with the company for writing letters for lt. None was pnld for work, and to a few money was re funded, lt io charged. Daniel II. Chamberlain Dead. Daniel H. Chamberlain, who was governor of South Carolina during tho turbulent times of the Recon struction ern, died Saturday at tho home of William C. Chamberlain noar the University of Virginia, at Charlottevillo, Va. Ho was tnkon ill of cancer of tho stomach last, fall upon his return from a trip to Egypt. Ile had recently disposed of his prop erties In view with a view to locating In Virginia. Ho was a graduate of Yolo and Hnrvard law school and was 72 years of ago. THEY ALL STOLE. Federal Officer fells of Stealing by Sherman's Army. A BAND OF ROBBERS. Who Stolo Everything They Could Find mid That Was Wort li Carry ing Off. How tho Valuables That Wore Stolen Was Divided, and What Docomo of tho Old Negro Men and Women. In tho possession of a lady in Ma con, Go., who with her ulster, also n resident of Macon, was an eye-wit ness of tho sack of Columbia forty six years ago by Sherman's army, thoro is a lotter found In tho streots of that city nftor tho Yankees had loft lt In usbes, which Bhows the pro cesa by which tho union wns restor ed. Tho signature 1B that of a lieu tenant in Sherman's army, tho ad dress that of his wife In Heston. Thc letter speaks for itself. Camp near Camden. S. C. February 20, 1865. My. Dear Wife: I have uo timo for particulars. We have had a glorious time in this state. Unresisted license to burn and plunder was the order of tho day. Tho chivalry have been strip ' ped of most of their valuables. Gold ' watches, silver pitchers, cups, spoons forks, etc., are as common in camp aa blackberries. The terms of plunder are as fol- ' Iowa: The valuables procured are eatl ' mated by com paules. Fach company \ ls required to exhibit the results of 1 its operations at any given pine ono-flfth and llrst choice falls to the share of the commander-ln-chlof and 1 uto ff, ono-flfth to the corps command er and staff, ono-flfth to tho field of- 1 dcors of tho regiments and two-fifths to the company. 1 Officers aro not allowed to join these oxpeditlona withoua disgulalng themselves as privates. One of our y ?orps commanders borrowed a rough mit of clothes from ono of my men * Ind was successful in this place. He sot a largo quantity of sliver among ? ithor things an old silver pitcher, md a very line old watch from a Mr. ( DoSaus?ure at this place. DeSaus jure is one of tho F. F. V.'s of South ( karolina and was made to fork over liberally. ' Officers over the rank of captain iro not made to put their plunder In ^ he estlmato for general distribution. This is very unfair, and for that rea- ^ ion, in order to protoct themselves, mbordlnnto olllcorB and privates keep I jack everything thoy can carry about ;holr posron, mich os rings, earrings, * ireast-plns. otc, of which, if I ever ivo to get home, 1 havo about a * juart. I am not Joking, I have at east a quart of Jowolry for you and \ Ul tho girls and sonio No. 1 diamond lins among them. * Gen. Sherman has ?ilver and gold mough to start a bank. His sharo in C ;old watches and chains alono at Col nubla was $275. i Dut I said I would not go into particulars. All the general ofllcers, C ind many besides, had valuables of i ?very description, down to embrold- * ired ladles' pocket hankerchlefa. I lave my share of them, too. We took P ;old and allver enough from the d-d .obels to have redeemed their Infer- ? ml currency twice over. This (the mrrency) whenever wo carno across I t we burned, aa we considered lt ut :orly worthless. ( I wish all the jowolry this army lias could be carried to the old Hay 1 State. It would deck her out In glor ious style, but, alas! it will be scat- 1 lored all over the North and Middle ?tutes. 1 The d-d niggers, as a general rule, prefer to stay at home -partie- 1 ularly after they found out that we only wanted the able-bodied men and < to tell the truth, the youngest and best-looking women. Sometimes we t took off whole families and planta tions of niggers, by way of repaying < tho secessionists. Hut the useless part of thoa e wo soon managed to 1 lose sometimes by crossing rivers, sometimes by other ways. 1 I shall write you again from Wil mington, GoldSboro, or some other < place In North Carolina. The order to march has arrived, and I must close hurriedly. Dove to grandmoth- J orand Aunt Charlotte. Take care of yourself and tho children. Don't I show this letter out of the family. Your affectionate husband, Thomas J. Myers. I Lieutenant, otc. i P. S.: 1 will send this by the tint i Hag of truce to bo malled, unless I i have opportunity of sending lt to Hil- i ton Head. Tell Sallie I am saving a i pearl braceles and earrings for hoi*. ? Hut Lambert has the necklace and breastpin of the some set. I am try ing to trade him out of them. Those were taken from tho Misses Jamison, daughters of tho president of South Carolina secession convention, We found these on our trip through Goer gio. FIVE WOMEN KILLED Fire and Lightning Single Out Pe ?nalo Victims. Five women died from accidents In Indiana Monday, three of thom be ing burned to death and two struck by lightning. Mrs. Del Licke, of H ll ff ton, was washing a shirt waist In Gasoline when the liquid ignited and exnloded covering her from head to foot in Hames. She Jumped Into bed mid cov orod herself up, but could not smoth er tho Hames. Mrs. Harry Drighty, of Lnfoyeeto, was found In her home burned to a crisp. Her clothing had evidently caught lire from a stove. Neighbor? heard her screams and rushed to her rescue, but she dlod In a few mo ments. Kerosene exploded in the homo of Mrs. Henry Maitz at Michigan City, and her aunt, Mrs. Mary Kussel, 81 years old and blind, wan burned to doath. Mrs. Mart/, wan severely burn ed but will rocovor. During an electrical storm near Cambridge City, Mrs. Monroo Sherry and her daughter, Mrs. Lulu Scott, were In a little outbuilding. H was struck by lightning and both women were killed. Tho husband of tho two women BOW the Dolt. It soonied to be divided os lt Struck the roof, ono port striking Mrs. Sherry and tho other Mrs. Scott. GOOD WORK DONE By the School Improvement As sociation of South Carolina. In a Recent Hu UH lu tho President, Miss Fair, Gives Some Interesting Information. One of tue moat potent factors Jfor Behool development ls that agency which makes tho school room bright and choorful and. thorefore attractive to children. "Tho School Improve ment Association of South Carolina" is doiug a gr?at work on this Ruo. Tho membership of this association ls growing and, by reason of offorlng prizos to toachors of rural schools who obtain best results in the way''of making school rooms attractive., tho interest of all tho teachers of the State is being arrousod. ft Each mom ber takos this pledge: "I do hereby pledge myself to do nt loaBt ono thing for tho improvement of at least ono rural school some timo during this yonr." Arid wtion ono good deod ls attomptod another is suro to follow. Tho ofllcerB of tho association Sro! President, Miss Mnry T. -NancAj Ab beville; vice presidont, Miss Knther iuo Mnzyck, James Island; recording secretary, M?BS Lizzie Rodgers, Lung- | ley; corresponding secretary, Miss Anna P. Starko, Rock Jilli; treasuror Miss Will Ixni Gray, Laurons. Executlvo Committoe-First Dis brict: Miss Louisa D. Poppenheim.lt Chnrloston, chairman; second dis trict, Mrs. Alma C. Stewart, Green- i wood; third district, Mrs. bora Deo i Walker, Appleton; fourth district, t Mrs. C. Y. Roamer, Columbia; fifth 1 iistrict, Miss Gertrudo Shorer, Lan- ? castor; sixth district, Miss Hertha t Heaves, Mullins; seventh district, i Vllss Theodosia Dargou, Stntoburg. Tho County Organizers aro: t Abbeville-Miss Lois Crawford, i Abbeville; e Aiken-Mrs. M. C. Robortson, Mkem ,, r Andorson-Miss Lillian E. Erwin, c il. F. D., Pendleton. \ Hamberg-Mrs. S. L. Baker, Olar. fi Barnwell-Mrs. Dora Deo Wulkor, Vppleton. j Berkeley-Miss Essie Harvey, fi doncks Corner. , o Charleston-Miss Katherine B. Y duzyck, ??amos Island. , , , t Chostor-M isa Floronce Bradford, r 'hester. v ChoBtorileld-Miss Frances Berger r Chesterfield. Clarendon-Miss Fnnnio Davis, e rlanning. j Colleton-Miss Mildred Pndgott, | Vnlterboro. b Cherokee-Miss Bonnie McCluney, d Vilkiesvllle. h Darlington-Miss E. Ellis, Dari ngton. Dorohoster-Miss Carolino L. Die inson, Summerville. . | f, Edgofleld-Miss Hattie Newsome, Sdgofleld. 1 Falrfiold-Miss Katherine Patrick, Vhito Oak. 11. Florenco-Miss Lalla Hepburn, | |j florence. Georgetown-Mrs. Mattie Price, ?eorgetown. Greenville-Miss Margarot A. Rob nson, Greonvillo. Groenwood-Miss Alma C. Stuart, Jreenwood. lampton-Mrs. M. R. Goodin, lampton. Horry-Miss Lettie Harrelson, *JIC1IO1B. Korshaw-Miss Alice Dunn, Cam ion. Lancaster-Miss Gertrudo Shorer, 1 ^ancaster. li Laurens-Miss WU Lou Gray, s Iray Court. 1; Leo-Miss Hattie McCrutcheon, q Ushopvllle. f Lexington-Miss Sue H. Corley, c lexington. Marlon.Miss Berthu Reaves, Mul .ns. , o Marlboro-Miss Mattie Covington, r VicColl. c Orangeburg-Miss L. T. Tatum, d 2opo. ( n Dickens-Miss Olive Boggs Now- i on, Dickens. s Rlciiland-Miss Madalelno Splgon- K ir,Columbia. ? Saluda -Miss Ruth Etheredgo, Sa- t eda. Spartanburg-Miss S. A. Nabors inman. Sumter-Miss Mildred Rent Ck, OS- t tv ego. r Union-Mrs. C. Murphy, Union. t Williamsburg - Miss Etta Jacobs, r Iv in gs tree. York Miss Nora Williamson, rjuthrlosville. The purpose of this organization Shallb e to unite all the people of Ibo community foi tho Improvement :>f the school: (1) by placing In tho school facilities for honlth, comfort and education, together with objects of beauty; (2) by planting trees, shrubs and Howers in the school ground; (3) by encouraging tho es tablishment of a library in the school a centor for the community, by fur nishing Instructive amusomont. The regular annual meeting was held lu Columbia December 31, 1006, january 1, 1907. This meeting was well attended not only by teachers, but by prominent club women and other public-spirited people. At this meeting tho name of tho association was changed to the "School Improve ment Association of South Carolina." The association was united with the StntO federation of woman's clubs, and will be represented by two delo gntes nt tho annual meeting in Or angeburg in May. TRYING ORDEAL. A Young Woman Sees Surgeons Cut Off Her Ix'gs. At Cleveland, Ohio. Miss Minnie Gottschalk. eighteen yoars old, the solo support of a big family, had both legs amputated at Charity Hospital Thursday. She was perfectly con scious during tho operation and con versed with tho surgeons and nurses while oho watched their every movo. Tho girl was recovering from pneu monia when the circulation in both logs stopped. Gangrene sot in, an amputation of both legs was Imporn tlvo. but. sho was too weak to take other or chloroform. Cocaino was injected into tho spi nal cord, destroying all senso of feel ing below tho point whero tho drug was injocted. Not tho slightest pain ronchod the girl's brain. Tramps Killed. Tho westbound Oregon Railway and Navigation paseongor train was wrecked in tho Umntltla river bottom Thursday. Two trampa woro killed, tho Aroman is missing and 16 passen gers woro hurt. FAILED TO AGREE Only Five of the Thaw Jury Fa vored Acquittal. WILL BE TRIED OVER The Celebrated Catto Ends in a Mis trial, tho Jury is Discharged and TIMHV is remanded to the Tombs Without Boll, Whore Ho Will Stay Until tho Second Trial Which WiU He Next Fall. ? * , Tho Jury In the Thnw caso, which hos boon up In tho New York Court for over ton weeks, has failed to agree, standing ilvo for acquittal and ?oven for conviction. After forty? woven hours of deliberation tho Jury itnnouncol that thoy wero hopelessly ?livbled aid could not possibly agreo upon a verdict. ? Tho twolvo mon woro promptly discharged by Justice Fitzgerald, lyho declared that he, too, believed Lhoir task was hopeless. Thaw was remanded to tho Tombs without bail :o await a second trial on tho charge )f having murdered Stanford White, the noted architect. The scenes attending tho announce uont by tho jury of Its inability to igree upon a verdict wore robbed of iny thealrlcalism by tho general bo lof that aftor their long deliberation md reports of a wide division of son imont tho jurorB could moko no oth >r report than one of disagreement. Thaw, surrounded by the mom hors )f his family-tho dovoted, aged nother, palo young wife, the titled lister, tho Countess of Yarmouth dm. Oeorgo Carnegio and Edward md Joshiah Thaw, tho brothers re lived tho nows In silence. But it vns plain that tho verdict was a dls ippointment. Whon it. bocamo known that tho ury was about to mako its report, md that tho case would be disposed if Thaw called his wife to a seat by Us sido, and sat with his right arm brown about her until ho was com nnuded to stand and face the jurors, vho und just come in from tho jury oom. Smiling and confident as he ontor d the court room Thaw sank limply uto his chair when ForomanDoming 1. Smith, in response to a question y Clerk Penny as to whether a ver ict had been agreed upon said: "We ave not." This ended the long trial fhlch will all have to >..o gono over gain next Fall. Thaw's counsel will apply for ball or their cliont, but it is doubtful If o goto lt, as tho District Attorney ayn ho will oppose granting him all. Tho standing of tho Jury, seven a flvo against the prisoner, will have ts influence in dotorminiug tho mat er. Should ho fall to got ball Thaw rill havo to spond tho long summer ii the city prison. KEPT GOOD STUFF. 'resident Harrisons Way of Telling a Good Presbyterian. Col. Dan Kansdell, sergeant-at rms of tho Senate, and a lifolong riend of Benjamin Harrison, says he ins known few public men moro ab teminous than was tho President, mt that on one occasion he was re liiired to obtain a drink of whisky or the Chief Magistrate under clr umstances that wore somewhat em mrrassing. Ho had accompanied the President >n a trip to Cleveland, which they cached in tho midst of a drizzling old rain. Mr. Harrison intimated a leslro for a glass of something good ,ud Rnnsdoll consulted tho butler. Mils dignified personage had boon in truded not to offor liquor of any :ind to tho President, whom the host .now to bo like himself, a rigid Pros? ?yterlan. But Kansdell was not to be put off md tho whiskey wno forthcoming, (macklng lils lips appreclately after he genorous drink, Prosldent Har? ison said: "Dan, 1 havo always no iced that the better Presbyterian a nan in tho hotter whiskey ho keeps. CHANCE FOTI DEMOCRATS. lo Win Next Time If They Will Get Together. The Richmond Times-Dispatch lays there in ground for suspicion hat the allegod conspiracy against Ur. Roosevelt ls a puro Invention for )olltlcal purposes only. Whothor so >r not, tho nows from Washington is hat the President is making good ,ise of into lino. All Republicans mist now stand up and bo counted, md he who halts is dammed. The president will call the roll, md those who do not answer will be tot down as members of tho conspir icy. Tho black Hag has been hoisted ind all who fail to enlist and march in th?? Roosevelt army will be num bered with the transgressors mid [luntshed an they deserve. The big stick will be wielded with unusual force, and every head that Tails to nod to tho President's wink will be knocked. Evidences multiply that Theo. Roosevelt <s not only n politician, but a glam nnong politi cal bosses. Get togetlu . Democrats, got together! Opportunity ls ham mering at your door. OWES FOR B0?ZE. Anderson Six Hundred Dollars in Debt to State Dispensary. A dispatch from Anderson says County Treasurer Payne has recolved a lotter from Mr. W. F. Stevenson, the attorney for the state dispensary commission which soys that accord ing to the books of the commission, Anderson county owes tho stato dis pensary $669.2$, which amount won advancod by the state dispensary for tho ohforcomont of tho disponnary law In Andorson county, since lt bo camo a dry county. Mr. Stovonson wrltos that the total amount duo from all tho counties will aggregate $2*1,000, and that tho commission is anxious to got tho money . Treasurer Payne wrote Mr. Stevenson that there ls no lovy tn this county for tho enforcement of tho disponnary law and therefore he bas no funds for that purpose.