THE' PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. VOL. xm. PICKENS, s. C,, THURSDAY, APRIL 2,9 PALMETTO__GLEANINGS. i'lnor Events of the Week in a Brief Form. A chamber of commerce ha' been (rrganized in Anderson. rho Parmers' Institute at Green Ville was largely attended and imuch good accomlplished. Work has bcen begun on Spartan hburg's new 1.'irst llaptist church. It Is to be a very clegant structure. tin Ion C(1un1ty 'reports heavy daml age fron the recent high water an1d excessive rains. The president. Friday l'eappoilited I)r, W. D. ('rum11. colored. collector of t'Ustom1s at Chai:ricsion. The nomlina tion fail1d of confirnlation at the re cent session of the S(nate: The 51upr(1m1( (ourt, has lately affrm ed ia decision of the circiit (oulrt in Orangeburg. awarding a verdict of $6o.00 to the plaintiff. in the case of Annie 11. Carrel1 vs. the Charleston and Seashore itailroa1d Company. The Dll1on I ierald notes that. "two checlks for $1.000 each were received by W. M1. IHamer fromi a lady in New York wit h the requlest that one che'1k be used in purchasing stock in the Maple Cotton \lill and that the other be given to flamer Cotton lill for the Same purpose." The court of generat sessions met at l"Ior11nce \loinday morning and a large (idrowd has been in attendance. All intlerest is cont entrated in the two utlrd(er vases fo,r which W. C. King, a white man. is being tried. The whole of Thursday was devoted to the Itvalring of thme case. The preliititary contest. to see who was to represent Newherry College in the state oratorical contest at Green Wood was held at the college at New beery Wedne: day night. The speakrs were so nearly on a par that. the manuscripts will have to he examinied before the namv of the winner can be announced. The Robbins trial, in which George ). KtrIkland killed Fletcher Bennett, and in which the three Dunbars were also killed, was comnlenced Tuesday at Barnwell. Two days were spent in the trial. lFeeling was high. The best legal talent was obtained. Counsel for the defense so coeliisively presented it, that in lc,s than twenty minutes a verdict of "not guilty'' was returned by the jury. A stranger walked Into the bank of Columbia ''hlursdiy and in offering a piece of negotiable paper, gave a well. known Columbia man as reference. The cashier inquired over the 'phone and received the answer. "Yes, if the cheek Is for $100.000 it is good." The stranger is Christian Schenck, of Le banon, Penn.. who with Mrs Schenck, Miss IRamsey and .1. H1. Sehenek Is Sepnding the winter there. The secl'tary of State has decided ' that in the future traille through the < state house grounds in Columbia will < be restricted. No heavy drays or wag- 1 ons without springs will be allowed to < use the roadway. I-hacks. private car riages, and the express and mail wag- i ons may go through the grounds at a walk. The ambulances. police patrol and fire apparatus are the only vehic les on which absolutely no restrictions a have been latced. "Today,"' says the Ke)wee Courier, "Oconee county is wvithout a chain gang. Last Saturday cr-ening thie'term of the last ('onvielt In the county ex pired, and now the 'man wIth the gun' Is without a job. Boland Ellington, who was serving a two months' sen teceiC for petty larceny, was the happy sinner who quIlt the gang last Satur' day. It is also notable that there Is I but one, prisoner in the county jail awaiting trial. C. A. WVoodl, of Spartanburg, a re spectable looking negro about Gi5 years of age, was picked up~ on the streets In that city Friday night by Police man McAbee about 8 o'clock 'and cal' rledl to the statIon houlse. When te two reached the yard in fronf. -of the station house, he negro became vio lent andl tried to get loose. He gave the officer a rough, tussle before h'e wvas -subdued Wood was found to be a co .caine fiend. The Black Mingo and the Black River Stejimboat Company of George town has appliedl to the secretary df State for a commIssion. -The purpose for' which the 'omlpany will b)e organ ized is to own and operate a steamboat line between the city of Georgetown and Black Mingo bridge both in Gieorgetowvn county. T1he nature of the pr'oposedi eqluipmnent Is to bo a side wheel steamer suitable for fr'eight and passenger tr'ansp)ortation. Telegraphi Company Fined. Bilrmingham, Ala.. Special.-E. 14. Williamns, local mnanager' of the Wecst ern Union Telegraph Company, was conviet,ed of the violation of a certain section of the State pool selling law and wa:s fined $50) in the first division of the Criminal Court. The dlefendatnts was adljudgedl guilty of the violatIon of section 2, of an act "to pirohihit book-making or pool selling on1 horse races and other forms of gambling." by allowing alleged bets to have heen transmittedl by telegraph. Prominent counsel has been securecd and It is said the case wIll be fought in the UnIted States Courts. Classified Service Extended. Washington, Special.-Under a re vision of tile civil service rules, to take effect April 15, and announced the claasified service is extended to all PosItions which are sub)jedt to classifi catin under the civil service aet. The classified service hereafter will em brace all. places which are not mere laborers or workmen or are not sub joct to confirmnation by the Senate. Temporary appointments will be ro SHOT IN llS OWN HOME Another Fatal Tragedy With a Bad Termination. New York, Special.-1'illed with jealous anger at finding another man being entertained by his wife, Wiml. J. Peppier, of East. Onehundred and Nin eteenth street. threw the visitor out into the hall, fought him from the third floor to the front door of the iapart inent, house in whIch lie lived, his wife screaning and weeping at their hcel5, Itnd was then shot (leadl by the man whomt he thought hall wrongel himl. This mlan was Wml. Earl I)ob suu. a ceshier in a stock-broker's office. lie lied, and the police have sent out a genleralil allar1ni f liiin. I'epIer was abollt :1 years old and a clerk. Hie had not bwen uairriedul long. A polit"enan, 1inml)111nted( by- the c"rics of the other tenants of the house. who wer(' alarmt II iy the shooting. rusheI into the buoilding alhd in th- hall stinnbled ev'er tIhe dead bodty of I'(ppler .n l which bli; wife was lyin:; un11onsc iolls. Pp.. 1iler had been shot in the sitde. the tlilet passilig c"1:ar throllgl the boly. .\fter" being reviv iI. .\rs. Ppptler aid that she and )obson were to bther wten her Illisband retlured unl -s:pctedly from work and i fight fol owetd, resutilng in I)obson being Ubrown fromn the ro(tm andl bcing por tted down stairs by her husbandl. In he lower hall the mtlen linhed again i(d I)obson fired one shot. After that he woman remembered nothing, for' he fattiteI. )ob.'sonl is said t)o b aI it1Hod man Witn a Wife an1d two chil iren living somtevher in Noth Caro ina. i)obcson1 until re(centIly was an vxp1e'rt l outtttt inl the office of, im' 4outiih1 'rn Rtailway Comlpany, in \\.ishInug.. on. )obson was alrrested tonight in fit 1lpmrtments of 'ri-nds Iivitg ton \\est )nm' flundrbed and1 E:l(ev;nth strret. Ill. ook his arrest Viy calmly and re us-i>to make aly statementl. At the olice station he said he had a wife Inld two ehildlre;t in W\ashinigton. ile Vas locked uphi. Seven Mills Shut Down. I >weIll, Mass., Special.--Organized ('xtile labor showed its strength inl he shnt-down of the sev('n largest ottol mills here, antI not conteit vith this, the Textile Couitncil, the lelegate hody of the local tinions, onsiilere:l the advisabihty of (otm-t elling an even wider appliention of he shtit-iown ordered, by bringing [tout a strike int the I.awrence 1os. etry W\orks. 'T'he hosiery mill was f 'xemupt'd frornt the strike order last t eek, the Knitters' Union being per- t ittled to reiaint netutral, as it hadi hown that it had no grievance pit her' a wages or timle sc-hedile The coun it did not find the prop)osition) well f e'eiveI anild the outlook is not h avorale for a strike of the knitters. 'his incieit waas the chief ton of the ay. Operat Ives wore t'heir best. I lothes and p'oitmnadi'(l the stlre'ts, o smoke enme fromn the tall mill 'hilmnleys ald Itre was lai abs('ltnce f the hum of industry whieh martks rtshiing, bustling New England mill ily. No trouble of any kinid o(c"u)rredI ,t the mil gates. through which su)me peratives passed at diIfIfetent timits. i tothinitg OC(utnrrul n l tlhe st re'ets s i liteettintg plaics of' the stikhers to ritn g forth Ii tticism. Under Heavy Bail. Newvark N. J., Speial.-A. J1. Cas aftt, president of thte Penntsylvai i (tad: John 1). Crimmins, E. B. Gaddis. llrector's of the Nor'th Jcrsey Street Ialway Company, and1( E. F. C. (oung, presIdent; David1 Young, vice >resident and general mantager; 4. Shlinman, general superinitendenit, ntd James Smith, dilvislon stupetin etndent, appear-ed In thte Cour't of Ses Ions here. They were present to ns5wer to the Indictment for man laughter In connuection with the rolley ear wreck of February 19. vhich resutltedl In death of 9 chIldren. Cach was placed untder- $2,000 bail, vhich was futrntshed. No unte was set or the trial. Visit to Tuskeegee. 'ITuskeegee, Ala., Speclal.-A par-ty >' delegates returininig fr'om the re0 ent convention of the Woman's Nat tonal Suiffraglsts, In New Orleans, itt laddlng Susan 13. Anthony, spent a (lay 'islting the Tuskeegee Normal and it-1 lustilal IustItute. Exercises wvere spe 'ially held for the ylsitors, Speeidtes vere delivered by Susan B. Anthonty TrainIng Ship Goes to Norfolk. Washington, Speelal.-Action hans >een taken by the Navy Department o0 check thte spread of diphthei'ia .whhith has deCveloped on the training 11h1p at Norfolk, All suspects wvill be noved at once fr-om thte sh111 andh quar oired In tentts antd thte sick will be0 ared for at the Naval llospitail at M'or'folk. A telegtram was r'e'elvedl at 1 he D)epart.ment today, stating thtat no I iew eases htad dleveloped int the last 241 toutrs .TUp to today onte (eath andt flye '-ases have been r(corded. it is oaidl at 1 ithe Depart ment that the authoritieos at Norfollt. have the (disease well in handi. Schooner Ashore. Newport News, Va., Spcelal.-Thte fotur-tmastted schooner Chias. L. Daven port, bounid from this por't for- langor-, Minte, witht coal, wvent ashore htead-on at Old Poitt Comfort in the gatle to-. dlay. She Is high antd dtry on the rocks and is br-eaking to p)ieces. The captain says Ito mIstook Oltd Point lght for Thimble light. The.~ schtooner will be a tOtAl 'loss, but part of .her cargo may be saved. The crew landed safely, STORM ON COAST High Water and Heavy Winds Swee Carclina Coast MATE OF WRIKED BOAT DROWNE Heavy )aiiage At i'lany Coast Point Strewing the Shore With Wreck age. WVilmintoin. '1 i ial. -IThe nlorwth la 'torun Ipr< tlietl e ilby til h \VeatIllier lturena eached its greatest inten'litiy ;iloig iil oast betweenl I and '2 o'cloc-k \loinla 1norntipg ac"t"111n1aniedI and f,ollowe .' at delge of rain, which. with hig i(I''s. inllndat" ''I n-h of the- low-laind hroighout this se-tiol. TI'he w\"at( ailie ainve' (ih :t sreet le ! along th -ily d!o("ks, anid igle Islandl. ac"-rc:. le" river was practically submergeci lowJ-Ver. wVithinit damanrlr c ( p'it to ilh 111 npillc' t,f the lItrun\sVic"c liril)g' ali '('r:y ('::1m1pally. VhiI "r,Sses it. lI'ur li i'1.) in the lowlands betweent tht rth"east and Cape l'eal riVeIs th, itc ) of the I two )Iarns met al"ros he iiiks of the .\tlail i & Yadkii taih"raml and undernmined tih' ti(": for listan(("e of aibout Ilu yards. A'tr) out ming, loc-al freight train at G.:; c ThI niorilig r11 ilnto the washAliit it 1< otlr ("ars Were ' td"railild af'ter" it. en ,ine hail pa:;s(s'd iiver sallly. No on ,as injur(ed aid tlie tracc vill ib -le'ared1 by monin11g. Thel ''y vily' l! IssIeIIger t rain w"as slent aiIoil I 'hladhotirn-a and !':Irud. In t he oity th(' damanutge was of u( '"nIS('(I'rl(nc'. I' windl r('arinlcJ i naxill(n1 velocity of 16; mil('s. I)ala g o Shipping lutig a tl cOa)st 1iu.( hay )ein heavy and r('por- itit I(r aii aIl;l oning in. Iht schooner .loIhn II. it "Ini. (aptin C. \\. Spra?in'. whiti aliltd t'r(,)n i\'ilin11gto n Saiturida 1')rning. for New Y; h-k. withi a cairg f son 't hin' )ver i5011.000(I feet of 111m1 I'r. consigned by the (ape Pear I.11rlm rI Company, of this city. Went ishor )ni Frying Panl Shcals during t h tight and Vas poundedI literally t( )ieccs. calsing ai total loss. i0. Il prague, 28 years old. of Tremont. le, birother of the raptain and first. mat< it the vessel. was washed oV('irboarld a a. m).. and drowned. Thel captain an( 'ew of 70. including tie captaini' \'ife and son. were reseued at 5.10 nex norning by the Wilnington tug .\lox inder .Jones and were brought. to \Vil uington in the evening. \Irs. Spragul s suffering from nervous prostration. I.at.e this afternoon the revenutie io er Tusc'arora towed into Southpor he Standard Oil bark Conemaugh >ound1 from Philadelphia to Port. AI, hur. Tex. She was in tow of the tan] teamship Winifred, but broke loose i ew miles east of Frying Pan Shoals it he storm, went adrift and was picket ip by the cutter. The Willifred is be leved to have gone ashore. but noth ng had been heard from her tonight nd the Norwegian hark lirodefolket tom)) Mussel liay, arrived this evenliig mt have not yet reachved dock. ThI 'ewV Yotk steallre'. du1e to leave la;l aturlday, diii not clear nttil . o'ilcl, his aftetInoon. Fight at Sea. Norfolk. Special.--Captian Carat h rs. of the lritish steamship Induna 1'o11 1P'cnsacela i for Grimsby, whiil (lt. in he're for ("oal, reports at mutin% hoard hiis vessel whiclh resulted in om f the muntineets crtt.ing shot by 1 lnte. WhIiile at Pensacola 11 memu ers of thle Indiunia's irew refus5ed t< v'ork. Capttalin Caruthiers had thlen: ut in ~jai 1 until th1e ve(ssel was r'ead13 o sail, when they we?re broutght aboari nd in thie lpesen)ce of the liritish Con uii, refused to work. Th'le Consul or lered the men 1)ut in irons. 'There wa ot rooni enouigh in (lie Induna's brlp or all of theni. as two meni weire pu bloard the British steamnshilp Nithi hich(l is now ini thIs porIt. F'ourl wer< acedi aboard another vessel and flv< vere kept on the Induna, which (her uit to sea. Shortly after she saile< rom Pensacola thie mutineers brokE unt of the brig, andl armed with barn f iron, attacked the capltaini and ereu numbier of wvhom were Pensacola ne ~roes who wvere shipped to take till nutineers' places. It was then thal he mate flred 01) the pi'soners. wound, ng one of them in the leg. The othierm owed b)y this dlisp)lay of firearms. wer< eplaced In rons. All will be0 taken t<( Cngland for trIal. High Tides at Charleston. Charleston. S. C.. Special.-Abnor nally hiighi tides pr1evalledl here Sill Iay 0on aiceunt of hieavy w intds. Thi Igit ship Relief, ini Cooper' r'(ier driag ;ed1 her' anchor andi wenlt agroundt o1 )rumn Island, about the city. wvhere sli tuIck fast. Th'le German har'k Weois niger was blown from her anchorage Tin cololi with th(le wharf. but scuf ered little dlamlage. A Registration Surprise. CIncinnatI, 0., Special.-Th'le reogis rat Ion her~e for the0 election A p)eiI f vhiich elosedi Saturday nIght, caused ensation in pol Iitial circles, The ad litional registration yesterday wa '.428 and todlay 8.141, makIng a totai >f 17,569, the largest additin to thl lsts ever known for a mniciphlal elc Ion. It is stated that during the eon entlon between (lie so-cailed John II decLean and Tom L. Johnson factions ast autumn, more than 10,000 I)emo !rats (11d not register and that they arl eglster'ed nlow so as to supp)lort Mr. In ~alls, the fusIon candidate for mayor. Consults the Presidenit. Washington, Specilh.-J.ohn Mitchell Iresident of the United Mine Workers 4. C. Burdett, of Charleston. WV. Va ittornely for (lie West Virginia Min workers, andi Christopher iEvants, on !)f the mine) leaders, talked with th President. regarding the recent shoot ing of strike(rs by deputy mairshalsq, a Staniford, W. Va. They reqlueste that a v'ery thorough InvestIgation b) nade of the affair. The Presidecnt too the matter under advisemnent.' THREE BURNED IN A WRECK 1 A Fatal Railroad Wreck Occurs Near p San San Antonio. T San Antonio, Tex., Special.--Thrcee palssengers were burned to death and 19 persons were injured in a rear-end collision, at Coste station, 20 nilca w west of here, on the Southern Pacilic A Railroad,at 10 o'clock Fri