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V01*ui. ""NOT (IUILTY. W. R. Crawford Acquitted By i Kershaw Jury. WAS OUT FIFTEEN HOURS. TheJury Asked Judge Buchanai to r*''*ge Them Again on 0* & offcHain points of Law. * The noii-coQviction of W. 11. Craw ford w?8 due in u great measure to th fact that the prosecution failed to pu iu evidence the fatal bullet, which tool the life of Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart, Sat urday evening, February 25th, at Co lumbia, S. C. The case was tried a Camden, Crawford having been gratito< a change of venue. At 12 o'clock Thursday the jury an nounced that it bad arrived at a ver diet. Judge Bunchanan was not in tli< court house at the time, but was sum moned immediately. In order to pre vent any demonstration in the cour room, lie ordered the shoriff and hi deputies to take stations in differen parts of the hall, and to preserve order Air. L. L. Block, foreman, arose am announced that the verdict of the jur; was "not guilty." There was no sho\ of excitement. There was no changi on the expressionless face of W. H Crawford. The crowd in the court house wa dissolved in a few moments, Crawfor< and his friends hurried to the telograpl office where they wired to friends ii every county that the trial had ende< and the accu6od cx constablo had no boon convicted. The jury was out 15 hours. At first so it is reported, and generally accept ?d in Camden, there were nine for ac quittal and three for conviction. It i stated that, when the jurors went t< sleep at midnight, two of those for con viction had given in. Thursday morn ing at 9 o'clock there was a large crow< gathorcd around the door of the court house awaiting the arrival of tho judge 'Iho opinion of every one present wa that when the judge arrivojiftVo jur: would announce that it had mecn un able to agree, and a "mistrial" wouh be ordered. Judge Buchanan arrivci at 10 o'clock. The doors of the cour nouso wore mrowu open. When tho jury had been polled Foreman lllock said they wanted fur ther information in regard to ccrtaii points in the judge's charge. lie askc( the judge to explain the rights of an of ficer in enforcing tho excution of a war rant where he is opposed by violence Tho jury did not understand the charg< of tho court on this point. "We wisl to find out if Mr. Crawford had tin right to search the house with violcn forco," ho said. Solicitor Thurmond rose to object but was overruled by the judge, win then addressed the jury: "That involves a mixed question o law and fact. The court instruotet you that an officer could use force ii reasonable circumstances, to mcctforci with forco; but unless force wcro ncccs sary ho should not exercise any force a all. Whenever the law gives a man: process and tells him to search a house it gives him everything necessary to ae oomplish that purpose, and if he meet with force, being authorized by law being a law officer, he may ovcrconu that force using so much force as is ne eessary to do that. "His first duty is to use gentle mean if gentle means will avail, and whci gentle means will avail, he cannot us< violent means. "After he uses gentle means, if thi does not suffice to overcome the resis tance, he may use such force as is no oessary even to the extreme of takinj life, bccauso he comes clothed with th< warrant of the law, and every citizcr must yield to the law. "When a man obstructs an ollicer the officer's auty is to put his hant v gently on him, push him out of the way iiuloss he sees by the use of genth Hans he will bo taken at a disadvan lage, or his life will be put in jeopard) then he may resort to harsh means a once. If he must resort to such means thon violence is justifiable. Whon ; man is authorized by law to do a thing he has a right to do all things nccessarj to acoomplish that object, and if a per son obstructs him he becomes a wrong doer and if anything happens to him he will bo the auihor of his owi wrong." After elaborating this point, he said "The officer must go forward usinj gentle means if gontle means will do but if gentle means won't do, it mus bo done anyhow, He can overeomi force with force, no matter what th< result." He continued that an officer is no responsible for the result if he is pru dent and acts with ordinary li/jft" He hastho right to be there/and u*?5* ward, but he must /ruthlessly and t t . . . /nnnlnJn.1 V. ?jr. j no. i). AnC10/'v'""'"vlvv* p nn(y Section places i-"ust be coin ' * 22r' ci'?us peaches chtnoe. Gentl 1 Variety, but for /"> but n0^ ^hc u?fe.of tiiy past win/*68 no^ require man v>,0re of thy{5* The jury ret..^- / It is reported thn prioT to that time tfc* one man had hql out for oonviction. IIv submitted t tlio construction of the law by Judg Hunohanan, and in half an hour th jury had agreed. A combination of circumstances cr tered into the acquittal of Crawforc Tho first axiom of a trial for capitc punishment is that tho burden of pro( must.be against the prisoner at the bai While tho State introduced strong ev denco, tho defense had a greater nuu ber of witnesses. Attorneys from another State wli happenod into the court room whil the arguments wero in progress, declared afterwards that they did not know of a case on record where the | fatal bullet was not in evidence, a The bullet was extracted by l>r. L. It. Owens aud put in the keeping of Chief of Police Paly. The attorneys for tho prosecution claim that Chief Daly neglected to take it to Camden, and that the attorneys did not attach much importance to it. The dofensc did not prove that the 1 fatal bullet was fired by Stuart, but by ingenius argument showed, by its abHA n PA ill at. I lutrn U'QU 4tU rooOnnoKlA doubt" that Crawford lircd it. Tho honctit of any doubt is tho right of tho prisoner. Another circumstauco which probably influenced tho jury was the fact that the defense laid considerable t stress on the lapso of time between the ^ slapping of Stuart's face and the firing of the first shot. In legal parlance this is known as ' cooling timo"?time for t the passions to subside, for the mind j deranged with anger to return to its normal state. In reply tho State en_ deavored to prove that the interval was of but few soeonds duration, and 0 that Crawford's pistol covered Stuart during that time. CONFLAGRATION IN AUGUSTA. 1 Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand 1 Dollars' Loss. v The large.' t lire in Augusta's history c in many yea s burned over the same di.s t < t the* vas swept soven years ago, win 11 the Augusta Chroniolo was s 1 <r cd. Several buildings thatcscaped i a. that time are now smoking ruins. |i The fi e started in tho drug store of ii Davenport A' l'hini/y, on Wednesday. 1 A negro was mixing a pot of Venus t turpentine, which is hard rosin melted and mixed with turpentine. Fire got into tho pot and the flames spread so . rapidly that employees in the front . part of tho store barely had timo to s escape. Smoke issued in dense vol0 limes from the back and front of the . store. Owing to the oil, paint and . chemicals in the stock it was seen from 1 the beginning that it would be fortunn t a if t lin IS r<t ? n e <iAnfi nnil f li j building. The flames made quick licad[4 way, and in a short while the following Y stocks were burned out: Kress*X: Co., . five and ten-cent store, loss $10,000, 1 insurance, $7,000; Latnkin & Co , grc1 cories, loss $7,000, insuraneo $.7,000; t Thomas & Barton, musical instruments, bieyclcs. furniture, loss $24,000, insurance $24,000; Alexander Drug company, - loss $17,000, insurance $17,000; Daveni port & Phiui/.y, loss $24,00 J. insurance 1 $22,000; Stulb & Co., liquor dealers, - loss $.7,000, insuarnce about $2,000; - Smytho, china store, loss about $7,000, . insurance $7,000; William Schwight, 5 jeweller, loss very slight, fully covered i by insurance. Buildings burned were 3 valued in the aggregate at about $150,t 000 insurance about $77,000. August Dorr's Sons tailors and fur, nishers, loss on stock $10,000, fully 3 covered by insurance. Besides these there wero a number f of smaller losses, as the upper stories of 1 the buildings wero used as offices, i making the total losses in tho neighbora hood of $250,000. 1 Outrage Repaid in Kind. 1 A dispatch from San Antonio De Los > Banos, Cuba, says that Jose Labrcgat, a notorious agent of Gen Weyler, who 3 outraged defenceless women and killed i children, arrived there Tuesday. His 3 appearanco was the signal for a gathcr ing of relatives and friends of those whom he formerly persecuted. Tho ej3 citcment continued throughout the d (y 1 and Tuesday night. About midnight a 3 crowd surrounded tho houso where he was and begun to threaten him. lie at3 tempted to escape, and on meeting the demonstrators emptied his revolver, wounding two persons. The crowd ? immediately closed in and captured 3 him and he was lynched in tho public ? Miuare. Tho anxiety following the excitement caused a committee of Span> iards to come to Havana to ask tho in1 terference of Gen Brooko. He could ? not receive them before a late hour of 3 the ovening, but ho readily offered to * send a detachment of American solr diors to the town. The ^committee, t which loft San Antonio before the > lynching, returned to find Labrcgat * dead. , 1'Aiau; MUI^IUIIUO liuvi; IIUUU UUIUIIIIVI. i' cd recently in hotels, .stores and private houses, and the police belicvo an or gani/ed band of American crooks is at > work. i Gen Fit/.hugh Leo has sent three troops of the 7th cavalry to scour the provinces of Havana and Pinar Del I Rio, and squads of ten, fifteen and ? twenty men with provisions for ten t days are visiting the small towns at s night. Aguinaldo's Latest Move. t Special dispatches from Manila - Thursday say it is reported that Aguin? aldo has disolved the Filipino congress *n,tod has proclaimed himself dictator. ,' j~N.ofhcials in Washington are in do^fbt y as to whether Aguinaldo in d*-daring i- his diotorship is animated b" j dosirc c to \& himsolf of his refractory generals, n Pirarand Lunar, or whether ho aims to a consoliJAltftin bis own hands power to make t8*^ of peace. It !U '-nown ^ from tb, ^ arts of President rraan d of the /<^fcrTC.\n Philippine comuA^ion o that tl jle two generals own onlj^Vir.t o allegiance to Aguinaldo and thoii.^Ttie tude towards the pcaco, negotiation?has made them ineffectual, the .civilian i- member* on the Filipino dido of the I. Filipno joint commission being ovcrtl awed by these generals. It is dominated >f by the military element controlled r. by these gcnorals. It is believed here i- that if Aguinnldo can bend these men to l- his will and assume supreme oontrol he will at once make for pcaoc, being able io to secure bettor terms for himself than le I he would othorwisc. (The CONWAY, S. C.. 1 HIS LAST DAY. Touching Scene at the Bedside J of the Dying Governor. j j A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. J I Loved Farm Life. A Clean Offi- J, rial Rornrrl Nnn/\rof) (s\r ,v* 1 His Honesty by all Who J Knew Him. The following pen picture of Gov. v Kllerbc's last day on earth will be read \ with iutercst. It is taken from tlio * 1 News and Courier: c This morning Governor Kllorbo was f getting along as well as could bo ox- 1 peeled. Ho was holding his own -that ,ra8 all. Mr. Monroe had done about n il I all that could be done by human bunds. c lie was leaving the house to visit an- I other patient near by when ho was f* quickly summoned. Governor Kllcrbc 1 had said he was choking. lie asked to 1 bo raised up, so lie co^ll batt'e with v the troubleBoute and Jrath dealing 1 phlegm or accretion. YThoso about c him, who were cvet rcndplo do all that ' ' could be done, gently rais II tlio patient, j \ It was not high enough, lllo asked to ; h bo raised higher. This Its done, and finally he asked to be pi jul upright. I This was done. Govern A*'illcrbo tried to cough up the accumulation. He was ? too weak. Ho tiied again and again, ' and finally said to Mr. Monroe, who was 1 standing by, doing what wis possible: 1' "I am gone," and the plea Tor help in '' those eyes was touching. Dr. Monroe 1 gave his patient brandy to givv strength by which the accumulation could bo thrown off The brandy was not quick ] enough in its strength-giving md again j' Governor Ellcrbo t-aid: 4'1 am gone; I ^ um choking." Dr. Monroe got his }, medicine chest and gave a dose of digi- ^ talis, morphine and strychnine as a j( powerful stimulant. It gave the small ), strength requisite for the work, and w piece by picco the accumulation was H worked off, but not without a severe a tax on Governor Ellcrbo'u strength and 8l a scvero shock to all, for Dr. Monroe j, had said the end would, he thought, ^ como by just such a strangulation or by 0 heart failure, for his licait was already woefully weak. j CONSOLKU IUS WIFK. The strain was so severe on Mrs. El- n lerbo that she began to cry and Gov- h ornor Ellerbo, turning toward lor, shook t his head and asked her not to cry. n They all say that never was there a h brave "heart, nor more devoted wife, h than Mrs. Ellcrbc. f< After the attack Governor lEllorbe o himself asked for opiates and they were a given him, and he went to sleep and n rested moderately. Once ho woke up S and asked to have his position changed, ti It had already booomo a delicate matter w to move him. All under his person a wore piled pillows and about the hips ti was medicated cotton in layers, so thin e and frail was his frame. o There were thirtcecn brothers and b sisters in tho family, hut one, Illrs. o Moody, is dead, and today the cle icn h brothers and sisters were all at his bVd- f< side save one, and she was sick. Then o there were many nieces and nephews, w who were thero to do what littl^tlny tl might, ana kinsmen by marriage" and n blood came in during the day, and so si serious was the condition regarded tliat \v they all remained over. TI1K GOVERNOR (IAVK UP. 11 Today for the first time Governor ? Ellerbo completely gave up and indi catcd that ho awaited the ond. He ^ made a hard and desperate fight. Although the day was quito pleasant ' Governor Ellerbo wanted the windows opened; he wanted air and light, and with all that two or three anxious and devoted hands were*'fanning fresh air ' ami breath to him. Once in a while he would wake up, look about him and recognize somo one, say a word or two ^ about what lie wanted, and doze off M again into a peaceful slumber. jK A SKETCH OF GOVERNOR Ft,I,Kit UK. Private Secretary VV. Hoyd Evans, who has been intimate with Governor fi Ellerbo, has prepared an elaborate p sketch of him. It is given in his own r< words. He writes: o Governor William II. killerbc, a na- c tivo of the "Palmetto State," is a di- u rect deseendent of Capt. Thomas El- u lerby, of Revolutionary fame, who t served in Gon. Mario Ps brigade. Wil- S liana II. ElUrbo is a grcat-grcat-grand- li son of this distinguished ollieer. The g first of tho name to come to America S from England were two brothers? o Thomas and .John Ellcrby. They set- t tied first in Virginia, but in 1737, end- t grated to the Pec Dec's and brought a fi large property with them. Thomas t wiys tho first slave holdor on upper Peo c Pedfdie having a large number for that c day. Tho namo is still known in Kng- n land and is spelt "Ellcrby." n It was changed to its present form ii by a teacher of Thomas and William, w after Thomas Hllcrby's death, and c while his sons were very young. Gov- f ernor Kllcrbo is a great grandson of f William Kllorbo, grandson of John C. b Ellerbe, one of tho most scholarly men d of his day, having graduated with t honor at tho University of North Car- s olina, in both tho scholastio and law departments in 1823. His fathor, t Capt. William 8. Kllorbo, was the old- t ost son of John C. Kllcrbe, and was a born in Marion county in 1832. Ho c was ono of tho largest and most suo- t cessful planters in this section. Was s married in Ii'./i to Sarah E., daughter t of Major Jf oics Hasoldcn, of Marion c county, of which union thirteen chil- c dren wcro born?four sons and nine c daughters. Capt. William S. Ellcrbo i died on June 17, 1889. c Miovvi THURSDAY. JUNE 15 HOKN IN 1802. The present (iovornor, William laseldcn Kllerbc, was born at the old illerbe hoiueBtoad in tho historic couny of Marion on tho 7th day of April, 802. IJoth parents were of English ieceut, having emigrated direct from ho mother county, and sottled in Vir;iuia, thouco, botweon tho Poo-Dee icarly a century and a half ago. \Y. H. kllerbc received his education from >rivato tutors at the homo of his father uid later at "Pino Hill Academy," a icighboring school, taught at that time >y the best educators of the countv. t was at this academy that he was fitted or college by Mr. I<. B. I'rincc, a well mown educator. In 1880 ho eutercd iVolTord college, at Spartanburg, S. C., rhioh he attended two sessions. Ho hen cntere?l \ andcrbilt University, at S'ashvillc, 'rutin., where he remained mtil his health failed, and his physilians advised him to return homo to his other's plantation, recommending a lfo of active outdoor exercise. 11 in other placed him in charge of ono of his argo plantations, whore ho worked for i while, but subsequently bought one if his own. In 18M7 he and his younger trothcr, the lion. J. Kdwin Kllerbc? ;raduatc of Wofford college, member of ho legislature, and also a member of he South Carolina Constitutional Condition? began merchandising on heir plantation, where they ran a suoessful business until 1881), when W. H. 'lllerbo sold out his interest to his rothcr and hceame a inomber of tho rm of Holiday, Kllcrbe & Co., where 0 eontinuod until November, 181)0. hiring his business career he also conuctcd his plantation?each year purbasing additional land and was utiiormly successful. He is now one of lie largest landowners in the eastern art of our Stato, -owning part of his athor's magnificent plantations, with lie additional ones purchased. OOVKIINOR F.LI.ERUE A. HOME LOVER. Win. II. Ellerbe was married in June 887, to Miss Henrietta, daughter of leniyS. Kogcrs of Marlboro, S. C. Of his union live sons and ono daughter avc been born. He is a member of lie Methodist church. His family-life 1 one of tho happiest, ho is devoted to is home, he loves and cherishes all ritliin it, and is loved by them with a M:.. -I ' * ' tiuugnuviviiuil, HID IUCM3U1 III il II IIOCXI rc exalted, but he does not except him elf, and at all times tried to livo up to is ideal. Every one knows him as a rave and honest man. Every position f responsibility to which ho has been ailed has boon filled with ability and istinction. At the beginning of tho reform movolcnt in 188(1 Win. II. Ellcrbe allied imself with it, and in 1887 ho joined lie Alliance, but was suspended from lembership during the same year when o engaged in merchandise. In 1890 o was nominated, without solicitation jr the position of comptroller general 1 f the State, and was elected without n active canvass. Ho is tho youngest rnn oyer elected to a State ofiioc in outh Carolina. He took a conservaivo position during the campaign, and ' ras voted for by both factions. His dministrntion of the office of cornproller general was vigorous, able and ntirely satisfactory, being abovo that f older officials. This office was filled 1 y him without fear or favor. His 1 nly desire was to do his duty. In 1894 < o was a candidate for governor?do- < sated he bowed gracefully to the will f tho pcoplo, withdrew from tho busy hirl of political life, and retired to be soclusion of his farm, where ho rolained quiet and ^s'gned, neither eekiug political favor nor troubling 'ith tho formation of political rings. In the same year thoro was an offort iade by some of our people to rooonile factional differences and to inspire feeling of peace and unity. Followig this was another effort in 1895 on be part of prominent reformers and onsorvatives to unite the whole people nd eleot representative mon to tho onstituttonal convention. As a result f theso pacific efforts a feeling of nflPP fintl 11*11 f-vr nrnvoiln/l in v....vj |/*v(Mitvu hi vuu umtu ikI in the constitutional convention. Viihout this feeling, and its consequent oiqsert of action, it is doubtful whether ^^(constitutional convention cvor 1 Wo| have been called, and when it |?s?lbled, whether tho suffrage, liquor IVdother important questions over otyrteY0 been sowisoly and succcssull \yi?d. Besides, the whole peolo, Jhout regard to faction, wero jprcj^tcd in tho convention, and all f th'Vn are irrevocably committed to vcr^provision of tho new constitution, lany of which sccuro tho many achieviontf of the reform party. In 1896 his vas the political status in tho itatc. As Governor Kllerbo favored a ibcral oolicy ho was nominated for ovcrn<r, carrying ovory county in tho itatc, iXcopt one?the lioino county of no of lis competitors. It was known hat he lad been a zealous reformer but hat ho felt the time had come when aetiona. linos were unnecessary, and haM'-s strife and bitterness which h4 "Adzed politics should be modifiV 8UPP0S?d lhat oould oprci 1 both factions and could adlinistv /the State government in the otercst\nd to tho advantage of the rhole people. In his oanvass he prolaimcd i*s determination to know no action, aAd, if elected to rule the whole icoplc. At tho clcotion, he was chosen \y a largcjmajority of tho voters which lemonstrated that tho people, irrespocivc of pae/, factional differences, Lad upportcd R?n. Aftor his iiViuguration ho determined o nut his riwlafl ??( ?- ?J _ B i ?wv*gv iiiw HDlIVIl ttUU MJ ring the while pcoplo of tho State in ccord and pllitioal affiliation. No one an form any^adequate conception of ho dithoultioft'knd embarassuent which urrounded l?m. His position was a rying one, bepoiged by office seekers, tonfronted by now oonditions growing >ut of new Constitutional provisions, tontinually tiwarted and painfully anloycd in hisefforts to aid in the oxotutionof t^o dispensary, law, being A II 3,iCl , 1899. called upon to till an unprcecdontedly large number of vacancios in important offices, and having the responsibility cast upon him by tlio war of appointing T military officers and organizing rcgi- ( monts?these, and others, aro tho official cares and difficulties with which ho had to contend. 18G1 Gf> EXCEPTED. i c No other governor for half a century ^ has occupied such a trying position. It was a continual and intolerable strain a upon his montal and physical constitution. The number of applicants for (j oflicc during his administration have boon legion. Krionds of all those ap- Hl plicants urged their appointment, and li in this way much of his time was occu- ii pied. And when they were mado, o friends of tho disappointed aspirants soized upon every pretext to form op- |< position. ti Ho never at any time shrunk from f< these responsibilities. In all of his ofli- (J cial acts and under all adverse circumstances ho discharged his duty faith- fj fully. In honesty of hoart and judg- h mcnt he endeavored to do right, re- it gardless of the consoquoncc. ti llo was elected Oovornor for a second d term over a most formidable opposition. 0 His victory was one to bo proud of, opposed by a combination of some minis- w ter.s and liquor mon, bv his pcrsonni h enemies, disgruntled politicians, dis- t, satisfied oflieo-seokcrs and sore heads t, of both reform and conservative fac- H tions. Oovornor Kllcrbc regarded the war p against Spain as a just war and believed h that it will profit this country in many ways, lie said that it will lead to the introduction of American civilization in tho West Indies and will dismiss from this continent tho cruel ferocity of a past age and a decayed nation. It has shown our pooplo overywhero that no 0110 section of America is more patriot io than another, and has brought a balm to ancient wounds in tho general expression and general action of a deep seatod and fervent patriotism. This war has revealed tho United States in their true light, and never was tho good feeling of the people more transparent, and its prestige among the nations was w never so high. lie said: "It will bo || worth tho costing to broaden tho views of the people. Believing it would clo- rp vato tho patriotism, cement the good will, stimulate tho commerce, manufac- () turcs and agriculture ol the wholo peo- \\ pic, ho says it will bring new questions (j which must bo coolly and carefully ij considered; that it tuight entail bur- w dons, but all in all tho war will profit w this nation in all directions of its ad- p vanccd civilization. But caro must be (j taken to suppress its tendencies toward s| great standing armies, toward arbitrary [| power and oxtravagent expenditures. a, The people will sco to it that this is w regulated. Ho folt that America's \), kocn sword was not drawn for aggrnndiscmcnt, but for humanity. AT GREAT WINTHKOP. () fc Brilliant Closing of South Carolina's a! Woman's College. h< Wednesday wan commencement day 1,1 at Winthrop! Two thousand were pres- u' entto witness tho graduates receive thoir diplomas. Tho chapel was packed to its utmost capacity and hundreds m were in the hallways and parlors unablo (j] to get near the doors. Seated on tho right of the rostrum Wl was the graduation class, clad in their immaculate white uniforms, while on W] the left could be seen the familiar f faces of the facultv and the board of trustees. cc The Cecilia chorus, consisting of 75 yv undor the directorship of I'roi'. W. It. W( Hrown, occupied a position near tho rp front. President .Johnson is jastly ri] proud of the sonior class, for they arc ro the first to go forth from this institution who have complotod the full four years' course. jn Winthrop college is no longer an experiment, but an established reality, j)( and if every citizen of South Carolina could have been prcsont Wednesday to tj witness what has and is being done foi m the elovation and uplifting of our fair jr young women their hearts wohld swell j with pride. ? Thero is no period in life more inviting and bouyant than when the chimes of commencement music calls tho sweet girl gradutcs to the arena of their tri- ^ umphs and bids them pour out tho harmonies of their grateful hearts for tne beneficence which unselfish tutelage 4( has showered upon thoir young lives. r> Sweet womanhood in its "blush and bloom" of youth stops upon tho tapis to bo greeted and cheered by the echoes of man's most responsive impulse, and providence looks on in smiling approval because tho climax of his crcativo jj power was realized when the woman o) was made to cheer and comfort tho n man. k Living as wo io under the protection j of an enlightened government, where ^ the prinoiplos of roligion, lib' ty and c law arc rcoogni/od, wo ought to con- ^ gratnlate ourselvos at tho great strides of educational advancement which exists on every hand and which portond in tho future a hotter apportionment betweon tho sexes of the avenues and ^ opportunities of employment and en- Q torprise for the promotion of the com- s( fort and happiness of the race. j Fond of Obscene Literature. w Edward Gould, a whito man, aged 15 years, was given a year in jail at Norfolk, Va., Tuesday, for sending obscene and blackmailing circulars to parties by express. It is said that he recently sent one oaeh to President McKinlcy and Secretary Alger, and attempted to blackmail a prominent lawyer of Norfolk. Gould was sent to King's County, (N. Y.,^ penitentiary two years from the United Slates court at Richmond a fow years ago for using the mails for tho same purpose. a Iri. IN MEMORY OF ELLERBE. * ho State House Officials Pass Rcso lutions. \ t ^ ^ a: .r ii Lu_i. 11 <v .ii u mci-uug m imi runic nouse 0111 ials, hoi J Monday in the office of tin ittornoy Gcnoral, at Columbia, thofol iwing resolutions were unanimously doptod: Whereas, under the inscrutable provi enco of (lod, tho hand of death ha triekon from our midst Governor Wil am II. Kllerbo; and whereas, wo bov 1 humble submission to the decree o ur (ireat Creator, be it resolved: First. That in tho death of Govcrno lllcrbc tho State of South Carolina sus litis tho sad loss of a conscientious am mrlcss Christian gentleman as he hiof Magistrate. Second. That as citizen, husband ithcr, friond and public olViocr ho ex ibited qualities of tho trtto man. am 1 his doYotion to tho dutios of his of 00 during his long strugglo agains oath had the sympathy and adtniratioi f tho wholo State. Third. That as his official assoointo: o remember his friendship and dcplori is death, and in deepest sorrow extent ) those who whore nearest and doares ) his heart our profoundest regret am ympathy. Fourth. That these resolutions la ublished in the daily papers and acopy e engrossed and sent to Mrs. Fllorbe W. 11. Timmormau, State Treasurer. M. It. Cooper, Secretary of State. .1. P. Dorliam, Comptroller Genera'. .1. W. Floyd, Adjutant General. C. I>. Itcllingnr, Attorney <lencral. John J. Mc.Mahan, Superintendent of Education. uewey Leaves Hong Kong. Tho I'nitod States cruiser < >lym|?i? ith Admiral Dewey on board loft long Kong at 1 o'clock Tuesday after oon. There was no demonstration, ho weather was wretched. It wai lowing and raining hard at the timeol ic departure. While passing th< British cruiser Powerful, the band ol 10 Olympia played the British ua onal anthem and gave a salute. Then as no tiring. Tho Powerful roplict itli a similar salute ami her ham layed "Hail Columbia." As th< dytnpia passed the Italian admiral't lip, the Olympia's band playod the talian national antlir i and gavo at lniiral's salute, wii piiment: cro returned. Then t?.^ Mympia't and played "Auld Lang ST-e," and ic band of the Powerful pi.1*' \~1 Ionic, weet 1101110." Consul Wildman remained on the lympia until the last minute with a iW friends of the admiral, who went loard to hid him farewell. At I clock sharp the ensign was run up to io peak and a large admiral's llag was )istcel at tho main. The Olympia oved oil with a marine guard drawn ) oti her poop. Fireworks Blown Up. Thirty-six buildings comprising nlost tho entire plant of tho Nordlingei harlton Fireworks company nt (Iran svillc, Richmond borough, New York sre blown up Thursday afternoon and c entiro fireworks plant practically iped out of existence. Although the os which followed the explosion lastI for several hours, tho wreck was implcte within a few minutes. N( irC8 woro lost, and but three person* ere injured, two of them seriously. Iio operators in the various building* ished out into the yards, the flyiriu iokcts, many of them of tho greatest )wer, made it almost as dangerous foi ic employers to bo out of the build igs as to be in them. As they rushed it explosion followed explosion as the iiildings flew into tho air. After ii sore of oxplosions three heavy one* lat shook tho ground for miles, occurr 1. These wero tho three store house* i which supplies for the Fourth of uly were being held, boss, about 10,000. Suicided Before His Wife. A dispatch from Anderson, S. (J., tc ic Columbia State Wednesday says "Mr. .1. Claudo Dickson committed licidc at his home on North McDuflu rect, this city, this morning about o'clock. Ho had been out part ol io night and came in about f> o'clock id told his wife ho was going to com lit suicido, and before she could get p to try to provont tho rash act, h< ut a pistol to his right temple ani red. Mr. Dickson was a young mar F about 21 years of age and had beer tarried about threo ycnri. No on< nows what his troublos were, as h< ad said nothing to load to supposo h< as going to kill himself. Ho had boot mployed as bookkeeper for (). D. An erson & Hro.,for tho last two year nd was a quiet and peaceable citizen.' Town Totally Destroyed. Tho market town of Ottcnsheim nistria, about tivo union west of Linz n tho Daubo. haw been totally do troyed by tiro. Four women porishct i the flaincrt and a number of peopl ere injured. Roy/* Makes We ftmt mere 4 NO. 3. NEW STATE REGm. i Gov. McSweoney Assumes the Duties of His Office. H ' 31 HE ISSUES AN ADDRESS. / Ho Has No Enomios to Punish and , No Friends to Reward, and Will be Guided by a Strict r f Regard for Duty. r Governor McSwccnoy returned to Columbia from Hampton Monday ?f1 tcrnoon. 1 lo lias taken up quarters at r the Hotel dcromo, until lie moves his family to the executive mansion. Mon? day night the Governor issued the fob lowing address: 1 To the People of South Carolina: 1 n the providence of Almighty Hod t his Excellency, William II. Hllerbo, 1 late Governor of South Carolina, has passed to his reward. I regret tho sail event which makes it necossary for mo ^ to assume the duties of Governor of I South Carolina. The constitution, 1 however, is mandatory. 1 havo taken 1 the oath of oflico and assume formal control of the Kxceutivc department 3 to day. I havo thought it proper to ' address a word to tho people of tho State. I realize fully tho responsibility of the position, I shall endeavor to be faithful and conscientious in the discharge of the duties which shall bo mine. In tho wisdom which devised our system of government, thrco distinct departments woro made, the legislative, the oxeoutivo, the judicial, to make the lews, to execute tho laws, to interpret the laws. Under our Constitution theso aro to "bo lorever separate and distinct from each other," and no person oxoroising tho dutios of the one shall assume to discharge the duties of tho other. It is a wise provi. \? i. ... miuu. my duty mainly in to hoo that the laws as placed on the statute books by the legislative department are enforced. This 1 shall attempt to do \ faithfully and impartially, and without I fear or favor, following only where 5 duty points. In doing so, however, I 1 ask and shall oxpoct the hearty co-op oration of every officer in South Caroli5 nn, whether ho holds a State office, a I county offico or an ollico under a munil oipality. Not only so, but I ask tho 3 hearty support and encouragement of 3 every citizen of South Carolina in tho > enforcement of law and in tho promo > tion and advancement and progress of 3 our own Commonwealth. I realize the i impotoncy of any officer, however faithI ful ho may be, who docs not have this i support. We are on the evo of a groat industri) al advance?in manufacture, education, > oommorco and agriculturo?and I stand i ready to contribute my part as citizen and officer of this forward industrial ? movement, and to do anything in my my powor for tho welfare of my i people. I have no political punishments to inflict and no political rewards to pay. It shall bo my aim and steadf ?st purpose to give tho peoplo of the State a strictly business administration and to bo the Governor of all tho pco' pie. To this end I seek their sympathy, their counsel and thoir prayers, praying myself that pcaoo and happiness and prosperity may come to ovory 1 home in South Carolina. > Yours respectfully, M. B. McSwecney, i Governor of South Carolina. \ Curing Consuption. At the meeting of tho American i Medical Association Wcduesday at Co! lumbus, Ohio, a sensational rcnort was - presented on tlio euro of consumption ' by Pranoisque Crotte, of Paris. Mr. Crotto lias cured more than 1,000 api parontly hopeless consumption cases. lie now oilers to treat gratis 500 coni sumptives from tho different States in i tho I 'nion. 1 le comes to America with the highest credentials from tho most > eminent physicians and the press in Kuropc. The treatmont consists of in'< halation of formaldehyde vapor, transported directly through the tissuos by the aid of light tension static electricity. A Deal in Columbia. 1 The Columbia Kleetric Light and s Railway Company was sold Thursday to t a syndicate, represented by Mr. P. II. f Gadsden, of Charleston. It develops : that Mr. Gadsden has had control of a majority of tho stock for some time, t and called upon the local holders to 5 come in on tho deal. This they unani1 mously decided to do, and tho sale was i consummated. The price paid was i $257,000, and the stockholders get a about fifty cents on tho dollar, whioh 8 they consider tho best offor that has ) been made them. Negotiations havo l been in progress for somo timo looking - to tho sale of tho road to other people, s but none of them amounted to any' thing. Kigo is Not Dead. , A London dispatch says: Princess , Chiinay, formerly Clara Ward, of De troit, telegraphs from Cairo that Jansel 1 Rigo, tho Gypsy, with whom she c eloped, and later married, is uot dead, but is quite well in Cairo. I I J AMUNfr ? ? J: fuWW" team. ftdoMi M4 'rtslowflio