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,ESTABLISHED 186-ri. E_ 13BER, H. C T U FFSDA Y, JULY 14, 1903TWCAWEK i.0AYA EMARKABLE RALLY OF PONTIFF AT ROME. 1R. LAPPONI LEAVES PATIENT'S SIDE, FOR FIRST TIME. tit. Up and Listens to Mass-Improved Condition Continued Through out Sunday. Rome, July 12.--Pope Leo has ved to see another Sunday, and . the Sabbath quiet that fell up 6 1. ome came also a peace and even \progress to the pontiff. Beginning this morning with distinct signs of improvement, he inintained this .,iroughout the (lay. Tonight Dr. tpponi made the following imporb ;L statement. in answer to the ques >n if he believed that the improve. ent in the Pope's condition could continne: "I believe that if the im ,provement lasts until July 21, we pay not perhaps achieve an abso ite cure, but we will secare such a SIneral state of health in the p'atient 'I will allay our anxiety." During the morning the pontiff participated in the celebration of mass. The ceremony was held in the chapel adjoining the sick chaim. ber, Mgr. Marzoni being the cele. brant. The door connecting the sick room with the chapel was open. ed so that his holiness might follow the service. He insisted that Dr. Lapponi and his valet, Centra, should leave his side and enter the chapel in order to better hear the mass. .4 GARLINGTON TO PROBE. South Carolinian Appointed By Secretary of War to Explore Glove Scandal. Washington, July 9.-Under the instruction of the Secretary of War, Col.- Ernest A. Garlington of the in. spector general's office, on duty at New York city, in the Department of the East, has been detailed to make a thorough investigation of all the facts connected with the award of contracts for supplying the army with gloves, in which Representative Lit tauer of New York is said to have been concerned, and to prosecute the investigation as rapidly as is con sistent with thoroughness. Col. Garlington, who had been summoned from New York for the purpose, called on Secretary Rtoot at the War Department in company with Inspector General Burton and 'was personally informed of the Sec. retary's desires in the mat ter. He will receive all the facilities and as sistance within the power of the offi cials of the WVar Department anid all the records and files of that depart ment including those of the depot quartermaster's oilices in Philadel phia and New York, will be openl to his inspection. WON PALMA TROPHIY BACK Great Vtctory of American Riflemen at ' e Bisley, Eng. Bisley, England, Jnlly 11 -A mneri ca to-dlay recaptured the Palma tro phy. Hetr team scored an aggregate of 1,570, out of a possible 1,800, and beat all the -best shiots of Europe, South Africa, Australia anid CJanada, congregated for the first. time oni Eng lish soil to compete for the wvorld's premier shooting trophy. Great Britain was second, wvit h 1,555. With the exception of thie 800 yards' range, 'at which the U nited K ingdlom beat 'them by 3 points, the American team demonstrated superiority over all comiers. The other grandl aggregates are: Australia, 1,501; National, 1, 899; Norway, 1,:341; France, 1, 230. A DBSTRUCTIVE CLOUD)BURST. Entire Town of Winichester, Va., Sub merged in Froem liree to Six Feet of Water. Winchester, Vai., Jn ly I12.-Tr1his afternoon the most serious clond burst ever experienced here broke over the city, submerging the entire town in from three to six feet of water. The damage will reach thousands of (do1 elara, as every store, residence and building in the centre of the towvn is several feet under water. MADE DASH FOR LIBERTY. Two Convicts at State Farm in Lexing.. ton Attempt Escape-One Killed, Other Desparately Wounded. News and Courier. Columbia, July 11.--Two convicts attempted to escape from the State farm in Lexington yesterday after noon, and as a consequence one of them is dead and the other desper ately wounded. The dead man's name was Perry Horton and he came from Lancaster. The other is Geo. Mancie, who came from Greenwood. The convicts, with others, were ploughing in a large field yesterday afternoon. Guard Kibler had charge of the gang, of which these two were a part. Their rows brought i them to a heavy clump of bushes beside the field. Just as they got I to them on one round they made a dash to escape. Guard Kibler got 1 one shot at them with his rifle, but i missed, and his gun getting out of i order, he failed to shoot again, and i the two men made good their escape i in the thick underbush. The farm I is in the vicinity of that of Mr. B L. Swygert's place. Last night he and some neighbors organized them- I selves into a posse to 'assist the guards in recapturing the men. i They visited various negro houses I without results, but finally came I upon the negroes in the woods. < They started to run, but Mr. i Swygert opened fire with his I shotgun and killed Horton. Others of the posse fired and MaLcie was I wouded so that he fell, but his I wounds are said not to be fatal. I Horton was in for five years and had t served about five months. M11ancie I was in for eighteen months, but had i served only four. An inquest was 4 held to-day and the usual verdict f was rendered. SLEPT WITH HIS BOOTS ON. Farmer's Wife Gives this as a Reasou for Asking for a Divorce. New York Sun. ludianaolis, Ind, July 8.-Mrs Ellen Kendall, wife of a well-known farmer of Rush County, brought suit for divorce today, alleging an un usual cause. She says that she was married to Kieutlall in December and they separated in June, and she has not been in his home since. She says in her complaint that Mr Kendall formed a habit early in life of sleeping in his boots, and that, "though she expostulated in a wifely manner against the practice," he con tinued to sloop in them, winter and summer, to her great annoyance and in constant jeopardy to her health." It is intimated in the complaint that Mrs Kendall would have been glad to occupy another room, but her husb)and wvould not permit her to do so. WANTBIDTO WED BROTIHER. Because She Could Not, Girl Kills Herself With Poison. Jinicinnati, July 1 I.-H-eart brokeni because she could not marry her brother, Miss Henrietta D)ist ler, atged 18 years, has committed suicidle'1by taking poison. The gui and her b)rot.her, George, aged 20 yea, came to this country, when they were infants. They lost their parents and were cared for in the children's home in t his city. Sub sequently the girl was adopted by Herman Neiderheim and the boy by another family. T1hey never knew of their relationship until a year ago and after it was discovered an intense aff'ection sprang up between the two. 'The t wo young people cont imned to see each other until two weeks ago, when the yonog mian dliscont in ned his visits. Distler met her TVues day and told her thamt while lhe could regard her as a sister lhe could not marry her. She then returned home and took paris green amnd (lied several hours later. She left. a pit i fuil farewell letter in wvhich she de clared her love for her brother and requestedl him not to marry for two years after her denath. DOCTOR RELIEVED OF DUTY. Farmer Finishes His Victim on Operating Table-Brutal, but Very Determined Act. Bluffton, Ind., July 12.-John Terrell, a wealthy farmer living near Petroleum, nine miles from here, killed his son-in law, Melvin Wolfe, %bis afternoon, firing both barrels of % shotgun into his head as Wolfe lay :>n a doctor's-operating table to have a leg Amputated, necessitated by a wound from Terrell's gun a 8hot Lime before. Wolfe deserted the girl, it is said, leaving her with a young child. A suit was brought to 30mpel him to support his wife. It s reported that Wolfe had tWlte Iriven by the Terrell home shouting naulting remarks and shaking his ist at Terrell. The third time he irove by Terrell jumped from some )ushes along the roadside and fired it his son-in-law with a double bar -eled mhotgun. TI' first charge ihattered Wolfe's right leg. The iecond barrel missed. Wolfe was iurried to the office of Dr. Sait ler's at Petroleum and placed on an iperating table to have the leg am )mtated. While a crowd stood outsido vatching the doctor Terrell came up 'rom his home in a buggy, broke in ,he doors of the doctor's office, drove )ut the crowd at the point of his gun md with the remark, "I am after iim, and 1 am going to get hi, ret," fired both barres into his 011 n-law's head. He wap terribly mu ilated. At the time he Jirs caine he young rtan was only half con icious. Terrell got. in his buggy, onded up his shotgun and )ointed t at the mob that had hastily form d, held it at bay and drove to the heriff's residence. CONSTABLE MAY DIE. .hicco's Driver May Answer Serious Charges in Court. Charleston, July 10.-Inforiation eached her today to the olfect that Jonstable Lykes, who was run down md injured last week by one of Vin .ent Chicco's delivery wagons, is in k critical condition. Constable Lykes was trying to capture illicit liquors vhen he tried to halt Chicco's wagon md its drivers, negroes m.imed Reid md Perry, ran him down. They were mbsequently sent to the chain gang lor reckless driving. Today Dispensary Auditor Z. 4narz'on, appeared in court here ard rdered that the charges against Reid and Perry be changed to as sault and battery with intent to kill. lie said that Lykes was in a critical 3ondition and that it was possible bis inju.ries might prove fatal in which case the negroes would be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. SKINNED NEGRO ALIrVE. lHe Kidnapped a White Girl and D)eath Quickly Followed. Roanoke, Va., July 10.-A young wvhite girl, living at Devon, Ming county, Virginia, was kidnapped the lirst of the week. A searching party found her last night, three miles away, tied to a tree in the woods, wvhere she had been b)ound by a burly negro. The party of searchers heard the girl's story, left her tied anid hid in the bushes. The nogro returned last niight, bringing the girl something to eat. When she told hiun her friends had seeni her he threatened to kill hmer. The men came (out, of the bushes and caught the brute, who madle a dlesperate fight, lHe was skinned alive from head to foot and dlied in awful ag onies. Tihe girl is in a serious con dit ion. On last Wedlnesday night Miss D)assn Stewart, a young lady (of Lancaster, dliscovere'd a negro trying to enter her roo,m. She enl led her brother and thle negro esnaped. Later IErnest Blakenmey, one of thle hands on the plant at ion was sus picioned , and1( con fessed th at he was the man. H is purpose was evil. A lynching was preventedl only by t h efforts of thle young lady's brother, Mr. RI R. Stewart. SITUATION AT EVANSVILLE. All Troops Ordered Home Except One Compauy-Seven Funerals Thursday. Evansville, Ind., July 10.-After talking with Governor Durbm over the telephone yesterday afternoon. Brig. Gen. McBee ordered all troops, excepting one company, to return home. The city -will be left in charge of the police department. Seven funerals were held yesterday. All were conducted quietly. The ministers in one or two cases prayed for the city and county administra tions, and said in their addresses that this was not a time for criticism, but for sympathy with the friends of the dead. Two more of the wounded are pronounced to be in a critical condition. Adam Broski and John Bee are sinking, and if they die the liot of deaths will be increased twelve. The grand jury is taking testimony on Monday night's shooting. Seve ral prominent citizens were examined concerning any knowledge they might have of the looting of the gun stores by the mo). GENElRAL NEWS NOTES. Items of More or Less Interest Condensed Outside the State. A terrible explosion of 400 kegs of powder at the Birmingham, Ala., Powder Mill- on Saturday jnstantly killed four white men and coni plotely wrecl-ed the luilding. Gilbert Mullin, a Federal prisoner at the Junction City, Kan., jail, who headed the nutiny at Fort Leaven worth prison in 1901, and who was confined awaiting trial, escaped -on Saturday with three other negroes, overpowering the Sheriff. He is a very desperate character. There were the heaviest rains ever known in Pensacola, Flia., the latter part, of last week. In three hours on Friday the ollicIfil measurement was nearly live inches. The streets were inundated and trolley and rail road traffic were impeded. A train on the Belt Railway at Chattanooga on Saturday night. struck live white people who were walking across a trestle. A woman was beheaded, another dismembered, and a man and two women seriously injured. A negro riot was stirred up in West 63d street, New York, on Suni day, by the attempt of a policeman to arrest one of a gang of negroes creating a disturbance on the streets. Police reserves were salled out and the disturbance quelled. Joseph WV. Cummin, cashier of the Cornwall bank, Newburgh, N. Y., has been arrested on charge of d,e faulting. lHe has confessed that lie is $5i0,000) short. A severe windl storm occurred at Baitimnore Sunday afternoon, tunroof ing fifty bonses in about four blocks, injuring twenty p)eople, and causing a total damage of abouit $100,000. No one was killed. A wreck on the Missouri Pacific near K ansas City on Sunday morn ing caused1 the death of two tranmps and1( an unknown man and( injturedl about fifty people, mostly negroes. During a thundlerstormi which passed over WVashington on Sunday l ight.ni .g struck a boat house near the P~ot.oma(c river, in which a dlozAen men hand taken refuge on their wvay home from thle bathing beach, killing one man, fatally injuring aniother and1( wouninIg still another. Tlhe Baptist Young P eop)le's Unmor of A mnerica, in session at A thens, (Ga.. last week, adopted resolutiouns strong ly condemning thne liquor traflic, and a mond>her from Illinois pleaded that past di fferenaces het ween North anid South lhe forgot. "'We noomd to coase gi viang ear to thle prattlea against t-he Mo,nthl,"' he said, "'and ute in praii inig thle name~o of iincolu, and I,iOo, ol T1he lleltoni cot.toni miill at Andelr. sont was st rock by l ightninug lasd TVhursday. Considorable excitomni among thei opieratives wais created unt no amn,e waone. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items of More or Less Interest Condensed In the State. The case of Hoyt Hayes the young man in Oconee county charged with having murdered his wife several months ago, was tried last week at the regular term of court for Oconee and resulted in a mis'rial. Foster Wood, a white lad of 12 or 14 years of age, was run over Satur day night and( instantly killed within the corporate limits of Union. It is said the boy was stealing a ride, and iii jumping from the train was drawn under the whools. Joe Friday, the negro bell boy who killed a vaitor, Stephenson, at \V right's hotel in Col i mbin some time ago, was captujred on Saturday night tit, Witinnsoro. 1lo was taken off the train. His ticket read from Blythewood'to Charlotte. On Sathurday afternoon just after Mr. Rlias Fowlor, im agod citizen of Enoroo, had returned home from a IMsiness trip two burly negroes walked into his yard and after ad dressiing him in a friondly manner on of thoin knocked him over the head with a pair of brass knucks, coml)letely stua,ing him", and then the negroes robbed him of $20 and escaped. Saturday night the entire commun v was wrought up and searching parties were out.. A negro wearing an Elks' badge aid clainiiig that he came to Spar tanburg to organizo a negro lodge of Elks was quietly told last week by members of I he local lodge of Elks to got out. of tl artanburg, and he ininiediately got. The slooper and dining car of the Seaboard vestibule were wrecked at Groonwood on Sunday at noon. The cars were dorailed at a grade cross ing. Soveral persons were injured, but. nono very seriously. A. A. Brown, a young man 22 years old, whose home is at Hills boro, N. C., was dasl3d off the trestle at the plant of 'th Catawba Power Company at Rock Hill Friday morning, his dead body falling into the Catawba river. Ho was in the act of trying to stop three loaded cars when the cars dashed off the trestle, carrying him into the river. Ie was an oxcellent, young man, a graduate of the A. & M. College, working for the (latawba Power Co., in order to gain 1ractical experience in his chosen profession-civil en gimeerinug. Not In is Hip Pocket. It (does not alwvays pay to appear too independent, especially in a court room. They are telling tihe following story on a former Missiourian, who is now a judIge in Oklahoma. A gamn b)lor wats tried hoefore the judlge re conttly and( conivicteId of play ing p)oker. HoI appeared in court dlressedl in a flashy style and( wit h plenty af money in his pockets, apparently uncon corned ias to the1 outcomo oif his trial. L ookinig over his spet acles the judge in a sc iuoaky vi ce, satid Thie gambler obeyed. "J.1imi, have you got anything to say before I pass sentence on you ? "No, sir" ''J in, l'nm going to fIne yon '90O - ''All right , judge," interrupted the gambler, "here it is in 1my3 hip pock. (it."' 'And( give you sixty days irl jail,'' cent minued thle judge. "'Now, look and1( see if you've got that in y'our hip p)ockeit too.'' E 'xchiange. Week find lRates P1''rom point ls onl I he A tlanrtic Coeast Linem to, Measi<h-. liesorts, tickets on sale~ Satur<hicy, guood * rering including Mon damy fol low~ing, at.tractive schedules, un surpassedM5'0 seirvice( Sum mer TIouirist Tlicklc isto Moun mt a in andic Seaisidle Resorts limited fo,r r-t.urn passa5ige to Octobecr 3cst. onsh uint.il SepItember) 310th. on I'icket Agents or w rite, Genera'l l'assenIger Agent 11. M. I'M1NitSON, TIriIlie N ManagJer WVihnintom N. (' TERRIBLE TRAGEDY NEAR CLINTON. THE KILLING OF J. L. RAMAGE BY JOHN G. WilAM. Life of Young Woman Wrecked and 1er Kinsman Slain to Save the Perpre trator from L.ynchers. Colluibia State. Laurens, July il. A homicide which has startled tatrvn county as no other hoiicidlo has dont, since Joe Crews wats killed probably savod from lynching the man who shot, tw other todiy. lin ho yard of t.e slayer, L. V. Hiainago Was killed by John 0. Whaiin. Both mini woro prominent and for i t im mont oeriorin trouble was feared, but it is not liko. ly now. The caso is a inott iiihrosting on and there iH the uial voinai in it. The scono of tle- affair is Sinpsoii' Cross Uoad, mix iiii1es friii 1aureri and three from Clinton, on tih Co lumbia, Newborry and il atiroin rail road. Jolin VIhaiii's hoimo is oI the road coming up. Avronsn ho ioal lives T1hom1a SiMpsoln, a Confed erate veterati, who as a large fim ily. It, see1w talit on 'luesday M iss Mattie Sillim>11n, Itouit It') yars Old, received i nioto pur-piln1 ig to be from Miss Coloniami, a simtor in-law of Wham, a1miig Miss Simpsonl to come over to Whamii't whro Mliss Colemanl was visitilig andl stating t 11 all tho others ih a goino away. irs. Simlption got hlohl of th1e niot) and her mumpiciotin wor arioil. She went. witi hor datigitor to Wham's konii i , wher Whain wsit found ilniiii. Askiig tho mieaninig of the noto Whaili ropliold that lie found it addrosso(d t ) iH Si ipso n after his wife amnt Miss Colinqanl hailt gone to Clinton anid had imiiply nont it over. 'I'is id t I at infy tilo Sim)psonlm 1111( t1) fiially eIlicited from Wham lie iiforimlatioll that hto had sent thw.note with iipropor pur potes in view. I lowever, lie delared this was nothing new and asortod that he had oin four occasonm withill the last year madiiii, atthoinpt. to liavo relations with Mit-s Simpnon with her consent. 'Tis btatoiomit., it in said, was m1iado to M1r. Simpnoll, tle girl's father, when Ie went to Wham's lousne to (omndII( SaM.iiffac tion. V1am, it is auld, refutwl to come out and mIoot ol 111an simnp son, who (locilard tiat iotinig bit Wham's blood would nat isfy imi. VIcTIM A l'F.AelI:A ni;in. Newn of th in roache41i Clitton1 yes. terday and there wvas much inmdignta tion there agaiinst Whbami. laat night, it in nlow repo(rted,l a crowdvi surroulnded( Waiin hoise arid( it was knIowni that some14 serioti rentiltn must come. Ikithier yest erday arteor. noon1 or early th ii moring M ir. W ham got ini her huggy anId drove to the houme of Mir. I,. WI*. H~ inage, several milen fr*omi her home14. Ilor object wvas to4 got I amt~age to act an peacomaker, but s,he4 says she' did nlot ask hiimi to corno4 to see) Wliai. 'liin iniorni i g 11ait 8 o'c lock Itar1a11 got il in hi ilggy 5arid staroud for Simpson'n cr<>nsiuig. (>)n the4 way h14 p)icked up It iod B lake~ly, a fr'iend.4 T.he t wo drove oin to Wh'iamu's hiouse and( Whvlaml came14 4out (to 11neet them. Th'lore4 wvas alshotgunl in the huggy aind Wham511 had a1 pist ol ini o1ach coat pocket4, but Whamui arnd the two visi toIrs shoo2(k hiand's in a friendly A~ccordIing to) the4 (tstinolny 01 Bla ukoly at the4 14 i 4ntest, liin1g4 0o)oned4 the onlvernsat ion b y say ing "'J ohni, thin is a bad( alt ai r you art in.'' Wham relie3d, "Yes44, ar11<1 I an wvilling~, to mako1(4 anly acknIowled4g iin(4nts that are proper4."' 1tama11g4 then41 suIgges4itod thiat 11hoy> all g.o ov4o1 to Sirrlipnon'8s )1 bistWharnm said( h1 wanitedl14 towai t utiii his prea1cho4 camol4, that hei had11 snt for hiim. Wham 511 then41 started41(( to 4 thi onne, the4 other two following. IBlhakoly slnggsted 4to 4 I trlnagoei ta if Whiam got into th1e4 hous14 ho4 miiigli giot awayI1 and1 thel(y be4tte4r mako huie give upl hin weapolns. Illago) callot( on Wham to 81top, b)ut. WXhan wel -0on in tihe house and1( up nt airs. Fron the front wVindow lie catlled to Blake1( y to i "(act (lnt of niy yar,' an Blakely got. Rainage had gone around the right Hide of the house anid on the rear. A COLD 11,0DED MIURDEIt. Blakeley says he stood at the gate and looked through the hall which runs through the house and that he could hear Mrs. Wham and Ramage talking, but could iot, distinguish what they said. He saw Wham up stairs pick up something and then saw himu come iown stairs with a gun in his right hand. As he left the staircase he passed out of Blakely's sight and the shot was fired almost instantly. Ratiage called to BaRkoly, heard hint fall, ati says he kim his friold was dead but did not go to him. With the shot gun in his hand he wont. to the corner of the fence where he could soo lamago lying back of tho house. 8PI,EN 1)11) ACTIN(U. When Mrs. Wham ran out to the front piazza screaming Blokely asked if it wore safe for hin to go to Rai ago's body andI she replied it was not safe. 1ore was enacted as wonder fIl a bit of acting as over a woman did on or off the stago. The wife to whom Wham had been untrue, either inl intent or act., for nearly three hours played an artistic role in order to give him time to escape. She know that. if Wham was taken by the friends of the other woman his life would bo the forfeit, and so not only to Blakoly, but to the dozens of oth ers who gathered thern this nervy womuan protonded that, her husband was upstairs and that it would mean noro boodtishid and intant death to any nian or any set of muon who night attonipt to ontor that yard or that honso. With prayers and pleadings of this sort, she kept the crowd at. bay while the dead man lay right, at lie back door and her husband was making his way to safety. For it mitust have boon as soon as th shot wis fired that John What rushed past his victimi across the cotton field and into the woods 200 yards in the rear of his houso. Ie has not. minc been seen in theme parts and at this writing his whoreabouts is unknown. When it. was found that Mrs. \Vham had boon playing a part and that her husband was gone the crowd tado bold to approach the man who had boon lying there dead these two hours and more. But th is wias not tintil word had beoon sont to Clinton andi lianurons a find Sheriff Duckett had arrived with a posso. Even then M rs. XWae begged the sheriff not to turn over her husband to the mob, andti acting on ber fears the sheriff adldressed the crowd, cautioned themn against violence, and by this time Whami was putting miles between himself and the cold1 body of R{amuage there ini the back yaird. WVhether he wont on foot or had a horse is niot known, but since ho had known for wo days that lie must get awVay or snif or it is prob)able he had prepared moans of escape. It is said by con servativo mont that if Wham had been takeni lthis nioring either before or afteor the shooting lie would have been lyntleed, as there wemo a numi her of mient conigrogated at the Simp sorts with all kinds of guns arid feel intg was hot.against Whami bot h on account of t he girl arid of the deathI of Ilamnage, but thet test imiony at. the iquest cauisod this fool inrg to par tially subside. sinoT il18 WAY To 5AFiF,TV. It is known fromt the guarded stat e monerts of Mrs. Wham tiat Itamnage asked Wl iami to come out andI go to thet Simiipsons5 and( that Wh arn refused, telling Rtarmago that lie could( rnot protoct himn from thiat crowd anid that it would mean (lent h for him ( Wham ) to go there. If is srupjposed Ilamnage conmmanded W ham to come11 out andl( Wham311 dlecided to shoot his way to safet.y wvithout miore delay. His judgment sn'oms to haive been good as wats hiis animi, for under Item.n age's b)ody was found a loadIed Snnth & Wosson sol fact inig revolver wvhile the wound unde(lr thle diead mant's rarm ind(icates that his left arm was raised Iand( the fingers were twisted as if in tthe act of grasping the trigger. Wham shot with a Reomington 32 calibre riml fire target rifle andl lie 1 (Concluuded on -Ith pame .)