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I VOL. TT1T WINNSBORO. S. C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 24, 1898 ^ NO. 3. h TAKEN BY STORM. F. Hew Merritt's Wen Drove the Spaniards from their Trenches \ ?? IN FRONT OF MANILA. It Was Not Long Before the White Flag Was Run Up and the City Surrendered to * the Americans. The American collier Zafiro. from Manila, which arrived at Hong Kong Wednesday, is anchored in Junk bay. She left Manila on the 14th. A typhoon is raging, and it is impossible to land the mails with further details of * the battle at Manila. It is learned, however, from an American naval officer that when Admiral Dewey, on August 6, demanded the surrender of MaI ??? A O C?l-> /lAm _ ill ill v> itliiu tcu vvui- : mander replied that the insurgents being outside of the walls, he had no safe place for the women and children who j SL were in the city, and asked for 24 hours V delay. This Admiral Dewey granted. Sp At the expiration of the specified time V Admiral Dewey and Gen. Merritt con suited, and decided to postpone the at* On August 13 the American squad p ;j- -ii "\t ron ionnea in line on iuauiui. jluc Olympia tired the first shot at the Malate fort. The shots of the Americans I fell short, and some time was occupied in finding the range. Then the Callao, one of the gunboats captured by Admig. ral Dewey from the Spaniards, got under the fort and sent in a hot fire. Great destruction was done with the T>owi/} -fi-ra fmno rlTKo p/vrf. ? Q11 Arl tj~? TP ply, but fired on the American troops who were storming the Spanish trenches. The large American ships were ordered to cease firing after an hour's work, owing to the failure of the fort to respond. The fighting in the trenches was ^ most fierce. Fifteen minutes after the ^ Spaniards were driven to tne secona line of defenses they were forced to rel treat to the walled city, where, seeing the uselessness of resistance, they sur- ! rendered, and soon afterward a white flag was hoisted over Manila. The Belgian consul at Manila, M. Andre, boarded the Olympia and returned with L ' an American lieutenant to the Spanish I military governor, who agreed to sur- I render. Gen. Merritt proceeded to the palace at 3:30 o'clock, and there found the Spaniards formed in line. The f troops surrendered their arms, but the officers were permitted to retain their swords. The American loss is reported to be six or eight killed and 40 wounded. The Spanish loss waj considerable, but k the exact numbers are .not obtainable. j^; The trenches^ were filled with badly P". _wounded Spaniards. Manila is now F op. iiWfgartial law, with Gen. Merritt as military governor. The California -JRed Cross Society rendered valuable ^^to the sick and woundM^ Perfect fflrcr prevailed in Manila on the evenj ixg of August 13. As the Americans marched in. guards were placed around hthe houses of all foreigners, in order to prevent their being looted. The insurgents were not allowed to take part in the attack upon the city, but were kept in the rear of the Americans. In order to prevent bloodshed, they were forbidden to enter the city after the surrender unless they were unargued. Before the surrender, the Spaniards burned the transport Ccbu in the Pasig river. It is supposed that Admiral Dewey was unaware of tne ae^ - parture of Governor General Augusti. yp The Zafiro's officers first heard the news of the governor general's flight on their arrival here. Gen. Augusti's escape is considered to have been prearranged, ^ as he brought with him his family and suite. The Manila correspondent of the London Times gives the following particulars of the capture of the city: ;'hhe capture of the town was not without certain melodramatic elements. OtWILIlbUillUitl^i tUC IcttL wan uu? k . Spanish made a serious resistance PISC against the advance of the right wing of the American' force, it "was difficult to foresee that a surrender would follow ? a display by the land forces to satisfy the Spanish honor, nor has it been a well kept secret that the captain general practically suggested the manner in which the American troops should ad& ; vance to prevent loss of life on both tt* sides. At first it was not intended to ? y , ? ,1 1 Fattacfc tfte trencnes, out quietly to advance after the bombardment had ceased. %iAt the last moment, however, the programme was changed, and orders were issued for the land battery to open fire simultaneously with the fleet, and for an advance to be made as soon as it was considered practicable to as-s sault the Spanish trenches. The reason for this change of plan is not yet apparent, but considerable loss of life U resulted. Gen. Anderson placed his ^ division, according to direction from Gen. Merritt. There were eight battalions of the First brigade under Gen. McArthur in lighting li-ne on the right, with three battalions in reserve, while seven battalions of the Second brigade, under Gen. Green, were in the trenches a^gss the Calle road to the seashore, w, t- others forming a reserve. The troops left the cauip at 6:30 in a heavy thunderstorm. They carried 3<>0 rounds of ammunition per man, and two days' "Shortly after 8:45 the fleet gvt under way with flags mastheaded. At 9 a o'clock the Olympia led the way, at& tended by the Raleigh aud the Petrel. While the Callao, under Lieut. Tappan. and the launch Barcolo crept close in mSf shore in the heavy breakers. Perfect V quiet prevailed in the lines on both ~ sides as the great ships cleared for action arlvnnr*r?i1 liid den by rain squalls. The Monterey, j with the Baltimore. Charleston and j Boston, formed the reserve. 4 At 9:35 a sudden cloud of smoke, mf green and white against the stormy sky, { completely hid the Olympia. A shell ; screamed across twc miles of turbulent i water and burst near the Spanish fort ' at Melate, San Antonio do Abad. Then j the Petrel and ilaleigh and the active I little Callao opened a rapid hrc. directed towards the shore into the entrcnchments. Owing to the heavy rain, it was difficult to get the range, and the shots at first fell short, but the fire V J soon oecame accurate, auu. mc sucus r rendered the fort untenable, while the four guns of the Utah battery made ex ' I cellent practice 011 the earthworks and j swamp to the east of the fort. The | Spaniards replied feebly with a few j shells. i '"Less than half an hour after the | j bombardment began, Gen. Green deciI dea that it was possible to advance, al; though the signals to cease tiring were ! disregarded by the fleet, being probably ! invisible on account of rain. Therej upon, six companies of the Colorado ; regiment leaped over their breastworks, I dashed into the swamp and opened a i volley, firing from the partial shelter j of low hedges within 300 yards of the ! Spanish lines. A few moments later the remaining I six companies moved along the shore, i somewhat covered y a sand ridge form- j i ed by an inlet under the outworks of the j j fort, and by 11 o'clock occupied this j I formidable stronghold without loss. ' | McCoy hauled down the Spanish | Sag and raised the stars and stripes, j amid wild cheers along the line. I ^AAf AVicflrvir?cr fliA V<XU W III IV., V-UV UUWU WOW liWg VJiV movement of the troops along the beach, withheld its tire. The bombardment had lasted exactly an hour and a half, i An hour later. Gen. Green and his staff proceeded along the beach, still under a hot infantry fire from the right, where the Eighteenth regulars and the third regular artillery were engaging the enemy and directed themovements. ATolof A TllA IVI au\autv JUW :uaiak^> ?vicinity of the fort was uncomfortble on account of numbers of sharpshooters, in the buildings 200 yards distant. The forward movement therefore, was hastened, and in a few minutes the outskirts of the suburb was well occuupied, and the sharpshooters were driven away. As the Californians under Col. Smith came up the beach, they played the national air, accompanied by the whistling of the Mauser bullets, and during t.hp sharnshnoting continued to encour age the. men with inspiring music. Each regiment carried its colors into action. There was considerable lighting in the suburbs of Malateand Ermitav, but the battalion of Californians pushed into Luneta, the popular promenade, with 200 yards of the moat of the citadel. Then the white flag was hoisted at cnn+linmcf/?<-irrnar frttcn Gen. Green, with the members of his staff galloped along the Luneta, under a sharp scattering fire from the houses near the beach, and parleyed with an officer, who directed him along to the gate, further east. "At the moment, the Spanish forces, retreating from the Santa Anna, came into view, fully 2,000 strong, followed by insurgents who had eluded Gen. MacArthurs troops, and now opened fire for a brief period. The situation was awkward, if not critical, both sides being slightly suspicious of treachery. The Spanish troops lining the citadel ramparts, observing the insurgents' action, opened fire on the Californians, tvllinflf r\mr\ on/3 trnnr.ir?if Th* I xwuixu^ vuv auu 11 vuuuiu^ v^i.vv> confusion, however, soon ceased by the advance of the retreating Spaniards to the Esplande, when Gen- Green ordered them to enter the citadel. ::Soon a letter was brought from the captain general requesting the commander of the troops to meet him for consultation. Gen. Green immediately entered with Adjt. Gen. Bates. Meanwhile, according to arrangement, the moment the white flag was shown, Gen. Merritt, who occupied the steamer Zafiro as temporary corps headquarters, sent .Gen. Whittier with Flag-Lieut. Brumby ashore to meet the captain general and discuss first a plan of capitulation. Gen. "WMttier found the officials much startled by the news that the attack was vigorously continuing along the whole line, the American troops even threatening the citadel. "All available Spanish troops were immediately massed in the vicinity of the palace, awaiting the succession of events, eoncerning which a certain degree of anxiety was evident. Gen. Merritt entered with his staff at 3 o'clock. The situation was then better understood, and a conference witli Gen. Jaudemez was held. The terms agreed upon may be outlined as follows: " 'An agreement for the capitulation of the Philippines. " ?A provision for disarming the men who remain organized under the command of their officers, no patrol being exact. " 'Necessary supplies to be furnished * xT_. x J irom uie uiiytureu uca,aur.y xuuua, auu. possible deficiency being made good by the Americans. ;; The safety of life, especially of the Ssanish soldiers and citizens, to be guaranteed as far as possible. " 'The question of transporting the troops to Spain to be referred to the decision of the Washington government, and that of returning their arms to the soldiers to be left to the direction of Gen. Merritt. " 'Banks and similar institutions to continue operations under existing regulations, uiiless they are changed by the United States authorities.' ''Perfect order prevails tonight on both sides thePasig, and the civil guard, remaining armed on duty and cooperating with the American sentries, are preserving quiet. About 2,000 soldiers will lay down their arms tonight in the palace vestibule. The stories of starvation in the town are exaggerated. The o i. x a. _ u _ *. opanisn troops appear to oem eiceneui condition, and there are only 17 sick. "Great credit muse be given Gen. Merritt for his attack, which was successfully carried out in every detail under unusually complicated conditions. Prompt action and strictly following fully detailed orders resulted in every case in the immediate settelment of every difficulty, however threatening. The conduct of the Spanish was in a few cases reprehensible, such as their setting fire to the gun boat Cebu and the destruction of several armed launches and boats after the capitulation had been agreed upon. "Lieut. Brumby lowered the Spanish flag in Fort Santiago and raised the stars and stripes, many Spaniards weep- { inn- while the American band slaved I ;*The Star Spangled Banner," and a ! company of infantry presented arms. ''It was impossible to praise too highly the humanity of Admiral Dewey and I Gen. Merritt, for a bombardment of the i walled city would have inflicted severe | loss of life upon women and children. ! The conduct of the Americans, officers } and men alike, toward all is highly j creditable. It is difficult to realize that thev are invadinir troops occupy- ! J ing a hostile town. "The Olympio, Raleigh and Petrel ; fired about 70 pounds each of 5-inch ! and 8-inch shells at a distance of from | 3,000 to 4,000 yards. " CAME TO BLOWS, j McMahan and Mayfield Go it for One Brief Round. HOW IT ALL HAPPENED. As Usual the Other Candidates Had Their Little Sav and * Retired. The Fighters Arrested. An appeal to fists was the finale of the campaign meeting at Anderson on Tuesday of last week. The meeting was a large one, about nine hundred persons attending. All the speakers were heard attentively. BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION. Just before the meeting was called to order, Mr. McMahan announced that Superintendent of Education Mayfield lisii ft TYnrnnrt.irxr to be his campaign speech containing references to himself. He said he would reply thereto when his. turn came near the end- of the meeting, and he hoped the crowd wouid remain. ELLERBE AND TILLMAN. Gov. Ellerbe began by naming Ben. Tillman as the author of the dispensary law, and declaring that his brother. Col. George Tillman, had stated that it was originated to corrupt the morals of the people. "I did not say any such thing," < quotn uncle ueorge, tartly. l saia it was gotten up to control elections and for the politicians to divide the spoils." ; "Oh, well/' said the governor, that's ; the same thing, that would lead to corruption," ' ' Uncle George?No sir, you may repeat what I said, but don't put words in my mouth. Gov. Ellerbe?It amounts to the ' same thing. You dry up and let me ' speak. Uncle George?I would not have in- 3 terrupted you if you had not misrepre- ; sented me. MORE LIBERTY AND LESS TAXES. ' Uncle George Tillman stood for more i liberty and less taxation. Liberty was , invaded by the jaetropolitan police, by 1 the whiskey constables, by the execu- : tive appointment or townsnip officers , instead of by election. The people had managers of election that they didn't \ want rammed down their throats. There , ought to be township government in South Carolina as is the ease every- j where else except in the south, where the negro has been the bugaboo. The , constitution, however, had removed ] this, and, besides, the Spanish war had ^ caused a faternalization between the , north and the south. j SCHU3IPERT FOR IIIGII LICENSE. C1-T L. . . 1 . .3 . 3 ocuumperf appealed ior a goou sensible disposition of the liquor question ' so that candidates could have higher issues to discuss. He had given great study to the subject of prohibition, . first studying it in Europe. It was not j because it did prohibit that he opposed < it, but because it was a sham theory 3 that debauched the citizenship. Even < under the strictest prohibition law we are obliged to have whiskey for medi- i cine, for sacrament, for science. It in- 3 culcated secret sin. He stood for local option with license so the county could Tnnnfifrp its nwn nffnirs WATSOX'S EIDICCLE. Col. Watson ridiculed severely what lie termed the so-oalled prohibition ; movement, and bitterly asked if a strict ] temperance man like himself was to be cast aside by temperance people for a ' raw recruit in the cause. He dared to say that a large majority of the prohibitionists were those who-called the State officers spies and tried to kill 1J v uxeiii, vvime tucj wuuJLU uuy WUISNC) from wagons and never inform. The ; border counties wanted a prohibition law because they could go to the stills a few miles off and buy untaxed whiskey for$l per gallon. "WITII FLOWERS AND CHEERS. The prohibition candidate, Mr. Featherstone was recaived with flowers and cheerinc. He was glad to sound the prohibition tocsin in a county where so many noble men had fought all their lives for the cause. It was time for the professing Christians of South Carolina to call a halt. Watson boasted of preaching temperance for 40 years, but had been voting for the sale of liquor. Unlike the Irish soldier who telegraphed, "We have the enemy and we are his'n." If the people of South Carolina would vote as they pray, after the smoke of the battle .iad cleared away on the i 30th of August, they would send a message in the language of one celebra- : ted general tc another; "We have met ATtpniv nnrJ lip is rmrs." (Great an- < plause and lot;s of flowers.) "who is archer?" Mr. Archer was greeted with a dose : of his own medicine, at Spartanburg he had asked "who is Featherstone?" and . today he was met with the question; "Who is Archer?" from a score of throats. He indulged in a biographi- ; cal sketch, ac.d when he stated one of , his ancestors had fought for the inde- : pendence of the colonies, an old fellow exclaimed, ''Hurrah for him against England." Mr. Archer said he represented the bone and sinew of the land, , and was severe in his denunciation of the educational policy of the State. He declared it was only the children of the leaders who were catered to. Scores of , legislators had sons who received higher education from the State, and the fact was that it was a case of "you vote for i my appropriation and I'll vote for yours." | SINCERITY AND WHEELING. "\Tr- Wliitnvin rlnolirnil fliot. ! was not in the race. Mark Ilanna to the contrary notwithstanding. He him self would get 40,000 votes, and declar- . ed sincerity was a part of his nature. Watson didn't have any backbone, and his criticism of Kilerbc was simply the pot calling the kettle black. "We are cursed with too many hypocrites of that kind" said he. BELLINGER S PROTEST. Mr. Bellinger protested against his j opponents factional support in view of j the pledge of non-factional candidacy, j public or private, required by the rules j of the party! lie demanded that the ; people vote without regard to faction. ; and especially that factions that had j grown up in violation of a solemn coin- j pact between Democrats. mower's response. Mr. Mower said lie appeared as a man who always dealt fairly and openly with the Democrats. Every fact of his candidacy had been published. He had A tiled as honest a pledge as his competitor had and was entitled to the same privilege. Any insinuation to the contrary was inconsistent to the facts. SUPERINTENDENT MAYFIED led off. He had promised no fireworks and had abused no one. but McMahan had called him an elephant, a bear and a iNorman rerceron and said ne ougnt to be pulled out of the State house by the feet. lie read fron his campaign circular what lie had said about McMalian; that he wanted office in order to spread himself; that he failed to spread at the law so he went back to the South Carolina College, where he was unable to spread to suit himself. He wanted a big office so he could spread big. If McMahan was elected he would spread things. He spread himself in the constitutional convention, but none of his ordinances passed. Judging from that there was no telling whai he would do if turned loose and allowed to spread himseit. a.nereis nis ordinance to render counties liable to damage; to exempt mortgages; competency to marry; limiting State's lien: to regulate destruction of timber and the planting of trees, and to protect atheists and infidels. If these are fair samples of his idea of spreading there is no telling what strange things he would introduce into the schools were he. elected. If vou want to take chances and allow him to put into force the many new plans he says he has on education (spreading, I suppose) vote for Mr. MeMahan.', MCMAHAN,S REPI.V. Mr. McMahau began, his reply: ?'I have not advertised fireworks," said he, "I have asked you to be present to hear me at this late hour and said that I proposed to answer from the stump at this first opportunity an unmanly attact made upon me by Mr. Mayfield under cover. I entered this campaign with the high resolve to offer to the people of my native State the services rv? tn <*cfoKKcV? in our politics the methods of the man of thought, of refinement and of breeding. I have gone before the people and have met with every encouragement, while Mr. Mayiield has acted and has felt as one marching to sure defeat. But my friends have told me not to feel too confident, that he is a shrewd and slick politician, and that sometime and somewhere something to injure me that be had worked underhanded would turn up at the last moment when it was too late to defeat it. I have discovered ane of these methods when I have yet two weeks of the canvass ahead of me. A. pamphlet circulated by him or his henchmen has been sent me, entitled ; Campaign Speech of "W. D. Mayfield'; that speech was never made and he Icnew it! It is false to call it his campaign speech and was designed to create the false impression that I had heard it Prom the stump and let it go unchallenged." Mayfield?"What were you doing at rirzah? McMahan?I spoke there, but did not lllude to my candidacy or mention you. - .; T 1 t O as i have passed irom county to county he has followed me with this concealed attack. The serpent winds its noisome course and strikes from under 30ver. Mr. Mayfield's expression changed at this remark, and he warned the speaker not to go too far. "The assassin," continued McMahan "plies his murderous trade in the silence and the shadow of the darkness." This brought Mayfield to his feet, ind facing McMahan at close quarters tie cried: "Stop, stop.', The scene was comical: Mayfield's big frame bestrode the narrow space like a colossus. Bending forward he shook his linger at McMahan, warning him in slow, measured tones to "stop," repeating it six or eight times. . "I'll do as I please," declared his lithe, young title reader. "Mind now, stop," was the'reiterated warning. "You have the bulk," rejoined McMahan, "but God distinguished man from the brute by brain. You have the carcass, but that which marks the man is courage. At this Mayfield turned to the crowd with a scornful laugh and a wave of his hand cried: "Why, gentlemen, I slapped his face once." "You are a liar," flashed McMahan. Mayfield gathered himself together like a giant and aimed a tremendous blow which landed glancingly on McMahan's head. McMahan's rightshotout, landing under Mayfield's eye. Both men pitched forward to settle it with their fists, but the chief of police, Chairman Prince, and others had thrown themsrlves into the breach and stopped it on the first round. "Let him go on, I can whip him," shouted McMahan. "Not on this stand," cried Prince as the men were led away and quiet was restored. McMahan then proceeded with his speech until his five minutes expired. COL. RICE was then introduced and created a laugh by saying that after such an incident he knew the crowd wanted no more speeches. He simply said he wanted no higher epitaph than his lifelong wish to live to see the day when every boy and girl had received at least an elementary education. The combatants were required to deposit $10 bond for their appearance at the mayor's court tomorrow, which both of them did. THE OTHERS. The other speakers were Tompkins. Cooper. Bradham, Per ham. Kpton, Floyd. Blythe, Evans, Gray. Garris, Stansell, Thomas, Sligh and Berry. A Death. Hole. The clearing of the city of Santiago dc Cuba and the health of the people are matters receiving much attention. Probably the strangest odor Santiago ever knew?and Santiago has had an unusual experience in odors?is the new odor of disinfectants that tre being scattered through the city. The street-cleaning department has been hampered by lack of carts. The death rate continues very high, from 50 to GO cases per day. There are nearly 30,000 inhabitants and this rate, if continued, would carry off half the population in a year. The situation is serious. Murder in Columbia. Abram Riley and Scepio Thompson had a quarrel about a small debt which an Friday death ol ley. Both n Columace. 4 THE WAGES OF SIN. A Young Woman Murdered in a New York Hotel. I i THE MURDERER ARRESTED, j The Victim was Beautiful and Her Death Revealed the Fact That She Led a Double Life. New York has another sensation on hand. A very handsome young woman was found on "Wednesday morning murdered in a respectable hotel. The murder was committed in a room on the fourth floor of the Grand hotel, Broadway and Thirty-first street. She registered at the hotel Monday afternoon and later was joined by the man who is charged with her murder. He was seen leaving the hotel at 2.30 o'clock Tues day morning, and a few hours later the woman was found lying on the floor of her room dead. She had been killed with a bludgeon and her person robbed. A fact which at first seemed to indicate that the deed was the work of an ordinary burglar was that in the adjoining room, Thomas E. Veal, ex-cliief of the sanitary department of Atlanta, Ga., was during the same night robbed of $180. which he had pinned to the mattress when he retired for the night. O. HU \Jl W1V VYUlLUiJl T> tX?> iUUHU lying near the mantel. Near her was a piece of lead pipe, one end of which was covered with insulating or bicycle tape. This was the weapon with which the murderer had caused the woman's death. The scalp was broken in two places by the blows of a heavy instrument. The woman had evidently been lying on a sofa on the west side of the apartment, with her back to the assassin. There were marks upon the fringe of the sofa which indicated that she had clutched at it. She had then evi.1 i.i.. j i i. j uunu\ buiggercu 10 iier icei a.uu iuuue her way to the centerof the room, where there was a large table, by the side of which she had fallen. No time was lost in making an examination of the clothing and effects. Concealed in the folds of her dress was the check which forms such an important part in the chain of evidence, and $9 in money. The check was for the sum of $13,000 and was drawn on the Garfield National . bank to the order of Emma Reynolds by Dudley Johnson. On the back was the endorsement, "'S. J. Kennedy." in a free and flowing hand, which corresoonded almost exactlv to the signature upon the Jace. There was no revenue stamp, but the person who had drawn the check had affixed an ordinary 2 cent postage stany). There was also found a satchel of black leather which had beon slit open with a knife. The catch which held it shut was exceedingly intricate, and had not yielded readily to the efforts of the person who had tried to hastily open it. Papers, a blank contract for subscriptions for a book which bore the name of "E. C. Reynolds," and a card for examination for admission to the Academy of TlriTiiitin Aw- flirt womnnV ftH dress,No. 370 "West Fifty-eighth street. Captain Price immediately sent to that address, where the dctectives found an aged colored servant, who said her name was Margaret Adams. She was taken to the hotel, and after making a hysterical demonstration identified the body of the murdered-woman as that of her mistress. She said first that the wo man was marnea ana uvea at iso. oiU West Fifty-eighth street with her husband. Under cross-examination she admitted that her mistress was single, and that she had frequently been visited in the flat by Maurice B. Mendham, a broker, of No. 20 Broad street. Captain Price, while detectives were busy upon the clew afforded by the check, made the most searching inquiries of the clerks and attendants of the hotel. He learned that the woman had gone to tne notei at aoout nair-past i o'clock Monday afternoon and had registered the signature. k'E. Maxwell and wife, Brooklyn." She then went into the diningruom, where she had luncheon and sent her check to the desk. This is a trival circumstance in itself, hut it served to attract the attention of the waiters to the woman, as it is against the rules of the hotel for bills in the restaurant to be charged to patrons. The waiter who served the woman, the head waiter, and the clerks were all more or less concerned in explaining to her that the check should be paid in cash, and in this way their attention was directed to her more than usual. The woman left the hotel at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and did not return until between 5 and 6 o'clock. She was then accompanied by a man, with whom she went to room No. 8i. Shortly after the couple arrived there was an order c ?u jjiveii iur it jnut ui ^uuuipu^uc. Nothing more was seen of the woman The man, who had left the hotel, returned again at half-past 11 o'clock, when he was seen by the elevator man. who afterward positively identified him. The last seen of him at the hotel was at half-past 2 o'clock yesterday morning, when a clerk saw him going down the stairs and leave the house by the Broadway door. Coroner Bausch and his physician. Dr. Edward O'Hanlon, found that wounds upon the woman's head were merely a breaking of the scalp and that the skull was not fractured. Her death had been caused by the dislocation of the cervical vcrteboae. Dr. O'Uanlon called attention to the fact that the right ear of the woman was lacerated, as if the earring had been violently torn out, and the lobe of the t- ?* 1 j :J,? lUil> eur suuvteu cvviuvuvcn lii.ik ail suiting had been worn- The colored servant said that she was positive that her mistress wore the earrings when she left the flat. She said also that Miss Reynolds had two valuable rings and carried some jewelry in a small chamois bag. All of these articles were missing. Detectives win had been to the Garfield National bank returned to the hotel -.vith the information that the j chcck.was worthless. The bank officers ! said that the man who endorsed the | check. S. J. Kennedy, had a small ac- ! count in the bank. They did not know J the man who had signed the check, | and pronounced the signature probably | fictitious, as it was in the same pen- j luauainj^ ao uiui vx mv/ xuuv^vmvuk.. Captain Price immediately ordered the arrest of Dr. Samuel J. Kennedy. I who was found at his office. No. GO ! West Twenty-second street. The den- j tist took his arrest calmly, and when taken to the West Thirtieth street police station, shortly before 4 o'clock, betrayed no great agitation. He was taken into the sergeant's office, where he was Questioned as to his 7noveinents. He denied that he had been in the } Grand hotel the night before. He was taken to the captain's private room, where there were six or eight detectives. Employes of the hotel were taken in one by one. and all of them positively identified him as the man who had been in the hotel the night before. Captain Price did everything possible to make the identification complete. XT- 1 3 il.. 1 i iiu usiveu uits tu puiiit uui j the person who looked like the man whom they had seen in company with the woman about the hotel. They said, with scarcely any hesitation, that Kennedy not only looked like him, but was the man. Kennedy admitted that he was acquainted with the murdered woman. Detectives who were stationed at Miss Reynolds' flat at No. 370 West Fifty-eighth street returned to the station early in the afternoon, bringing with them Mrs. Christine Reynolds, the young woman's mother, and a little boy, her child. She had come to the city to visit her daughter, and to taice the child to the dentist's to have his teeth treated. She made the following statement, which w;is put in writing by a police stenographer: "My name is Mrs. Christine Reynolds. I live at No. 400 South Fifth avenue. Mt. Vernon. My daughter Emelyne has been living at No. 370 AVest Fiftyeighth street. She was at my home for the last time Sunday. The previous nni t i , l J inursaay sne was at my nouse, ana said that Dr. Kennedy wanted $500 to put on a race for her, and she would get $4,(X)0. She said that would be a great thing for her. She had already drawn the money, and had it in her satchel. Then she said: ;I don't think I will.' I think she put it in a New York bank, but I did not see her until Saturday night after nine. Then Sunday she said she had given it to Dr. Kennedy, and added, 'I'm going to meet him tomorrow at six o'clock.' That is all I know. Emelyne told me to come to him on Tuesday. lie told her. she said, to bring a little satchel to carry the money, and she took a little black satchel i'rom my house." Emelyne Reynolds, sometimes called Dolly Reynolds, was twenty-one year old. Her father and mother, Mr. and \* T21.1 .1 1* 1 J! _ T _ a. V. A1>fl .urs. ?,uwaru iieynoius, live at x>u. -?uu South Sixth avenue, Mount Vertion. Mr. lieynolds is a wealthy builder and owns his home and two apartment houses. Emelyne was a beauty. She had many suitors, and was fond of ad: mirers. She was ever fascinatingly dressed. About two years ago she left home. She dressed expensively and. told her parents that she was in the book business. They saw her every Sunday, when she went home to visit them. Sometimes she drove out in a fine trap; at others she rode a $100 bicycle. She always had plenty of money, and. never would teil her parents where she got it. "I earned it." she used to say when they questioned her. She wore several diamond rings, and a pair of earrings worth $2,000. She had a poodle which was imported from China at a cost of $300 on the ship that brought Li Hung Chang. It was called "Yako," and 5liss Reynolds used to take it with her to Mount Vernon on Sundays. She would never tell who gave her the poodle. The tragic death of che young woman brought out the fact that she had been leading a double life. At Mount V V V rr-\,^ rontc ro t giuvuj i>i* J. j niitit ^/uivuw^ i.v side, she was a prominent and popular figure in society. In New York she occupied a flat luxuriously fitted up at the expense of a wealthy broker. There she was known as Mrs. Reynolds. Maurice B. Mendham was the "Mr. Reynolds7' of the flat at No. o70 "West Fifty-eighth street. lie and his brother compose a brokerage firm, with offices on the seventh iloorof No. 20 Broad St. Mr. Mendham has known the Reynolds family in Mount Yernon for a long time. He fitted up the apartment in which Dollie lived and lie spent much of his time there. DROWNED BY A CLOUD BURST. Five Children Met Their Death in the Sweeping Flood. A cloud burst up Sawmill Run, Pa.. Friday morning caused a flood in that stream and endangered the lives of five persons. Five children are missing and .ill :irp. sunnoscd to have been drowned. They are: Irene Loftus, Regis Loftus, Nellie Sauls, Margaret Shaughnessy and Anna Holzafel. The body of Regis Loftus was recovered Friday evening. Mrs. Loftus, motlier of the two Loftus children, is dying from the effect of the shock and exposure. The water in the run began to rise Friday morning and at 9 o'clock a great volume of water came down. The missing children, together with some older persons, were standing on a porch of the brick tenement house on Violet 11? il ? aiicy? ni liiu rear ui iuu.111 ouiuct. ?? ugu the great wave, 20 feet high, came down, the porch was carried away and the people went with it. Near the month of the run the sand dredge Pittsburg was moored, and when the men in it saw the wreckage coming dowu the stream and the people struggling for life, they stopped all else and went to the rescue. The men and the woman were carried out into the Ohio river, but saved by the ilnrrrnrc The great body of water did much damage. A sand bar 15 feet high at the foot of the run was washed away. Parties of mcu are searching for the bodies of the children. There was a heavy and continuous downpour of rain throughout western Pennsylvania from midnight until S o'clock Friday morning, and considerable damage was done by washouts and the overflowing r\f email <fPAnitK Villt. ftfi +':1T AS knOWn there were no other casualties. Killed and Wounded. Four men were killed and five others badly injured Thursday afternoon by the collapse of a cornice on the new building in the course of crcction at 475 and 477 North Fiftieth street, Philadelphia. CU?4. 4.^ oiiUb iu i;catiL. "Wednesday afternoon near Sheridan, county seat of Grant county, Ark., a mob took Amos Xecley, a negro rapist, from the officers and shot him, killing iiim instantly. THE STATE'S EDUCATORS. The South Carolina Teachers Institute Meets in Columbia. The coming session of the Teachers' Institute, to be held in this city from j August 29 to September 10, is attract- j ing much interest among the educators j of the State and promises to be largely j attended. That such a convention of | teachers will be both profitable and pleasant is assured, and that it will give a new impetus to school work there is no doubt. Among the instructors who will have charge of the institute are those who arc well known throughout the State in the educational field, and with two weeks spent under their tutelage much valuable information can be gained winch will prove helpful in the school room. As already published, the sessions of the institute will be held in the auditorium of the Presbyterian College for Women, and Dr. Pell will be glad to do all he can for the success of the gathering. - Prof. Hughes, of Greenville, who is to be the director of the institute, has been in the city looking after the arOil 3 i *1 A. rangemem or cne aeians, ana me outlook, lie thinks, is very promising for a large attendance of teachers. For the information of all who expect to be present the following from Superintendent of Education Mayfield is published: To the Teachers and School Officers of South Carolina:' I call your attention to the State Institute to be held in Columbia, August 29th to September 10th. It is an opportunity you should not miss. The corps of regular instructors in the county institutes held during the summer numbered 18 of the most efficient and leading public school men of the State, and all these are expected to be present each day to take part in the exercises and discussions, and each will contribute the best ideas, methods and principles he has obtained by study, observation and experience. T ? o A 1 f 1 An fli/i /?nrnc nf JLI1 ttUUi.UJLVU^ WA&V Vi U|>vv*w? -w hirers will fill engagements at night and assist whenever possible in the daily sessions. The institute will be held in the delightfully located and commodious auditorium of the Presbyterian College for Women. Board can be had at private boarding houses at 75 cents per day or $4 per week. The Grand Central hotel offers a rate of $1 to $1.50 per day. TVip ohanrtA tr> visit, the State capital atid spend 10 days in a well conducted working institute, manned by such a corps of instructors, is one which every wide-awake teacher and county and city superintendent will appreciate and use. The railroads have given very low ates, and you should see that your agent has instructions in time. You will find it much to your advantage, and you are not only invited but urged to attend. Following is the corps of instructors: T. B. Hambv. S. H. Edmunds, J. W. Thompson, E. C. Coker, E. J. Browne. C. A. Greaser, Patterson Wardlaw, D. D. Wallace, J. A. Boyd, W. K. Sligh, L. W. Dick, A. J. Thackston, W. F. Moncrief, Frank Evans;, W. K. Wallace, W. H. Hand, W. Z. McGhee, E. L. Hughes, director. Yours respectfully, W. D. Mayfield, State Superintendent of Education. ? TNTO TTT TITim n. j3j.u rjxlucij.. In a Few Days Seventy Warships Will Eendezvons at Fort Monroe. One of the largest fleet of warships ever assembled in an American port will be brought together in the next few days at Fort Monroe. Already 57 warships are under orders to rendezvous there, and the orders still to be issued will raise the total to the neighborhood of 70. Naval officials say it is difficult to realize thfe extent of- such a marine aggregation in one harbor. These included in today's orders are the Newport, Rodgers, Lebanon, Wompatuck, Morriss, G-win, Lancaster, Machias, Osceola, Peoria, Massasoit, Sioux, Cheyenne, Waban, Chickasaw, Helena, Detroit and Yankton. These and the ships previously ordered are mainly small craft, although there are a number of large cruisers and gunboats, in eluding the San Francisco, Helena, Detroit, Topeka, Marietta and Castine. The movement of these ships northward is due to the close of hostilities and more particularly to the desire to get the ships away from points of possible fever infection. They will now be put in thorough repair, and their crews gradually will be changed from naval malitiamen to sailors of the regular navy. The navy department has not yet determined what ships will go to Habana. San Juan and other points in Cuba and Porto Rico. There is felt to be no hurry about this until the aufViAritv r\f t.Vid Tmiter? States is fnll v* PS tablished throughout theJskad5:^-iEn'' the meantime the matter of policing the shore points is being considered and in due time a number of the light draught auxiliary craft and some of the single-turreted monitors will be used for this coast patrol. It is found, however, that only four of the old monitors of the civil war are fit for this service in southern waters. An Outrage. The first report of outrage by the Spaniards within their lines in Jt'orto Kico was brought to the headqurtcrs of Gcm. Wilson Wednesday by a priest, who head a deputation from Ciales. 20 miles northeast of Utuado. The inhabtants of the place raised an American flag after the Spanish troops had left. The troops returned, tore down the flag and macheted 90 of the inhabitants. This occurred on Saturday. The priest appealed to the Americans for protection, but the latter are powerless to in' in flm rvrACrtnf <MlY?nm<it,ATlfiAS tvuviw XIX W11V/ ^/4VCV?W even though a reign of terror be inaugurated. Wheeler in Command. General Young retired from the command of Camp Wikoff Friday morning in favor of General Wheeler, who immediately took full charge. Young : takes command of the cavalry under < Wheeler, whose term as commander of : the camp extends only until the arrival : QViafter work is Tvrn<rrf>ssir><? 1 smoothly. The transports Seneca and : Mobile arrived early Friday morning ' with more troops. < / . _ / HE HAD NINE WIVES. 1 And As a Natural Consequence fjftt Into Trnuhlft. '?2 A TRAVELING SALESMAN Who Had a Family in Nearly Every Town in His District and Lived : M Off Them. Worse Than Brigham Young. A convention of Martin Jergensen's wives was recently lield atO'Neil, Neb., nine with in attendance. Jergensen is a lightning rod salesman. Although he earns only $100 a month, he has ex- , M perienced no difficulty in maintaining his various establishments. ' In fact, tne multiplicity 01 ms neipmaces constituted his great financial strength. For helpmates they were in the fullest sense, of word. Nearly everyone of them worked for her own living and Jergen: sen's too. He married Mrs. Jergensen, .No. 1, at Beatrice, Neb., in 1883. She was a dressmaker. Her income was as large" as her husband's, and she quite agreed with him thai: it would be foolish in her LU OlVj/ OJLLLipij' UUUdUaC OUC W<W married. She managed to Squeeze out $20 or ?25 for her husband every month. Jergensen never gave her a cent. By No. 1 Jergensen had no chilUntil a few weeks ago No. 2 always supposed her name was Mrs. John B. White. She married at Midvale, Neb., in 1S85. She was teaching school at the time and has continued to do so ever since. Her salary was only $40 a month and her husband did not con mve to gee mucn casn irom ner, dui she was never a source of expense to him. She has two children. Number three also teaches school, in Butte County. S. D., a few miles north of Belle Fourche. She married Jergensen in 1886. He gave the name of Frank Scales at the time. Her salary is larger than number two's?$50 a month?and as living expenses are li^ht in Butte County her husband has induced her to part with $10 or $15 every month. She has one child. A week after his wedding with number three Jergcnsen arrived at Long Pine, Neb., for a similar ceremony with ||S Mrs. Hepsebah Scott, a widow and quite wealthy. He married her under the name of George Graham. Jergensen has induced her to part, so she says, . with $2,000 or $3,000. She has two children.- . "'-'f- jl Jergensen married No. 5 in 1888, while on a visit to .Richland, S. D. She was unftm nloved at the time, bnfc .Tenren- - sen soon found a place for her as a bookkeeper, and she has been at least self-supporting until three or four months ago, when an attack of typhoid fever put ner husband to considerable expense for a time. She supposed herself to be Mrs. Hamilton B. Trewin, -d and has one child. -vJM No. 6 teaches school at Sundance, Wvo. Jergensen told her his name was "Walter Marsh. ; Out of a salary of $45 a month she has always managed to find $5 or $10 to relieve her husband's pressing necessities. Number 7 is a music-teacher at Fort Pierre, S. D. She has gone by the^ name of Mrs. Reddick McCullen, and has four children. She married Jergensen in 1891. Her income is a good one, and she handed over to "McCullen" , $25 or $30 a month. Number 8 owns a farm near Bonestel, S. D. She was married in 1893 to Harrv Ord?such was Jenrensen's alias ?and has supplied him with $10 or $15 a month for the past five years. A month ago Jergensen added No. 9, and he ought to have waited even longer, for it was his ninth wedding that proved his undoing. The bride was Miss Hannah Murray, the daughter of a well-to-do farmer, near Hermosa, S. D. Jergensen won her under the name of Paul Wentworth. All might have been well had not Mrs. Wentworth and Mrs. Jergensen No. 1 possessed a common friend at O'NeilL This friend had a photograph of Jergensen presented to her by No. 1 and when No. 9 married she sent the bridegroom's picture to the self-same friend. The friend noticed the resemblance and communicated with No. 1. No. 1 came to O'Neill, compared the photographs and telegraphed Jergensen to come to her. Jergensen came at once and tried to bluff the thing through, . /a and would have succeeded, perhaps, had not a local newspaper printed a rough "chalk-plate" copy of his photograph. By some mischance a copy of the paper fell into No. 3's hands, and 1 1 . 1 1. Al\T_?n i 1 sne nasueneu w \j j>em w see aDoui iu No. 1 and No. 3 saw how the land lay and communicated with No. 9. So she cams. too. Nos._2J.,4,_^5;u 6,_ 7 and 8 discovered the situatioifone~at a"" time, and also arrived. They had Jergenscn arrested and refused to bail him out. is expected that the next Holt County grand jury will indict him, and all his wives will probably appear , iv. -? er V _t_ _ agamst mm except x>o. a, wnosayssne still loves him and cannot think of increasing his troubles. Jergensen professes confidence that he will yet be able to talk the others over, and that the cases against him will ultimately be dropped. How he managed to prevent any of his wives from having suspicions before is a general mystery. His busincsss has kept him much away from home, however, and by making his rounds bef 1^ a f.-?rrrn^ wliAfA li7vormno twuun LIHJ UMUiO WAlVit llto TailVUO wives live he has managed to keep up a - : reasonable show of interest in each. Fatal Game of Marbles. Jimmy Johnson, white, 12 years old, # '/ and-Charles Wood, a negro age 14, were j ti xii u?tujc \jl mdi juuiflu?y afternoon at Princeton. Ky. They began disputing, when the cegro picked up a rock and struck Johnson in the back, killing him. Wood was lodged in jail. There is great excitement over the matter, owing to the prominence of the Johnson family. Two Foolish Girls. Because of a belief that they were unfit to live, two girls, of whom the liiuiur ui yuu vntj v other like man and woman," committed suicide Wednesday by jumping liandin-hand from a ferry boat icto the Dela ware river. They were Bessie Foust, iged nineteen, of Camden, N. J., and Wand Hoffnagle. aged twenty, of Phi la J I A