The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, August 24, 1898, Image 1
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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.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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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. <
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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
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