The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, August 31, 1898, Image 1
VOL. LI1I ??? W?NNgBOKO g C., WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31, 1898. NO. 4.
^ WORK OF A FIEND, j
Two Women KiWed With Poisoned
>
Candy.
- SENT THROUGH THE MAIL, j
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J One of the Most Heinous Crimes-r
Ever Committed by a Dev^
il in Human Form.
|P - f With some design that no body will j
)? tell, a tigerish woman in San Francisco i
j.__j ^? n !
munrereu two wumeu in j
. this last week, attempted the death of
a baby giri and almost killed five other
' people, none of whom was kuowu to
her.
4 The hand of jealousy or Vengeancc.
cr pure malice, reached from ocean to j
ocean to deal a hideous death to Mrs. J
J. P. Dunning, the daughter of ex- !
Congressman Pennington and her child. I
The child escapad. but Mrs. Running's j
' sister. Mrs. J. D. Deane, died with her
L , and her brother, her niece and throe ;
& young women friends also ate of the j
rim'sinnp^ staphs t.V><?wprf1 sruised !
fas a friendly gift, with a forged message
of love, and came very near to
I death indeed.
It was not ouly against Mrs. Dun.
ning that the murderess directed her
efforts. She wanted the baby girl dead
as well. ':\?ith love for yourself and
baby, from Jlrs. C.," the note in the.
death package read. "What more natul
ral than that the mother, opening the
unexpected present and reading the
ji . u ..n
| Kiuaiy message, wouiu can uic cuuu
and give her a morsel of the sweets?
"Why anybody should send death to a
young, amiable, home-loving woman,
whose interests were only in her. husband,
baby, father and the friends who
weie theirs as well as hers; who only
the outer world in a social circle
the reverse of sensational, is an absolute
mystery. "Why the murderess
' i "> t , . i-ii i:
saouia pioc 10 kju an imam; iies as
deep.
^ It was * hideous vengeance on oae
who had never haraed a soul. All the
authorities have to guide them, unless
. somebody speaks, to the awful crimi
ual is a simple white pasteboard box,
a bonbon box, and so designated by a
broad, diagonal gold lettered label
across the top. There is nothing to tell
-I--;- _ r e t.
wuat cuuiecuouer s n uauie irum. ouuu
glazed white bc&es are kept in stook by
to nearly all of them.
ft The bos was wrapped in orcHaajy maI
nila paper?aot cconfectioners' wrapping
paper. On this the addi'ess was writ-,
ten twice. Delaware was misspelled
"Peleware." It bore for postage four
five-cent stamps aad a fcsro-cent stamp,
which were caneelled fcv a bhir that
missed most of them. The writing of
xttapi rtrvrvo >?Anf_
one auuicoo viaiiipcu auu ayyai^ut
ly disguised. tho*gh obviously a womall's.
It differed from tie writing on
^ the note inside. The postmark ''Sap
Francisco" is blaxred, but it can be
> "jjfiade out.
details these, and maybe tediBR.
but no circumstance is unimport- ?- farit
in o MU liVa ihic ond in + J?aqp fla
teils there is to be read the'story of
ike crime, and a wonderful, if horrid,
^ tale it is. There were t^o kinds of
candy in the box. The lower layers
were fine chocolate, bonbons, etc.,
packed, in professional style, evidently
just as the box was sold. The Up layer'
was of thin, irregular blocks of soft
cho?olate eandy. home-made beyond a
fKrtt /yivla mol'fi Art
UI/UUC juat tile OVlb tUdU vu
a kitchen stove instead of taffy* This
eandy was laid in loosely. It was th?
potsoned part, as analysis subsequently
J~ showed.
h/* On top of this was a new handker'
chief, common, plain white, with the
price mark, twenty-five cents, still in
one corner. It wa# either meant as a
> gift for the child or as packing to keep
the candy in place. Ob top of all was
the note, written in lead peficil on a '
^
U1L UX CUIULUUU nunc i'lICU JJUIJtl. .? JLlt
handwriting is small and jerky and obviously
femica. While differing in its
characteristics from the address, it mar
still have been written by .the same
person. It is easy to see what the murderess's
process was. Analyze it and
iook on this apja?lHn<j picture.
When she had determined to kill .
Mrs. Dunning and the little one she
purchased a bo? of candy. She doubt;
less knew enough of Mrs. Duuning's
taste to select candks to suit it. She
i ! l-ncu- An mi cli tA si-cm hf>r nftta Mrs.
m C., for Mrs. Panning had two dear
K friends with, that initial?Mrs. Corbally,
of San Francisco, and Mrs. Craven,
of New Jersey?both of whom are in
the Hast now. It is sometime since
Mrs. Dunning kiffc San Fjaaoiseo.
though her husband reru.tniee tkere
longer.
The murderess brought the candy
- ? . 1 . ai * i r*i_ .
kome and tooK ou* tne top layer, ?ne
ate some?no woman could resist a bit
of bravado like that?and then prepared
the poisoned clkoeoiate. Fancy the
*j deliberatenesf" of it. Making candy is
no momentary enterprise. SKe s-toed
over the stove and cooked the chocolate
and poured in the arsepic and stirred
it up. She wat?hed it up to .the
nvrmsv* mf.m/mt -PrtT T?lllSt ?f>t. 1?A
cooked to lang, and *his had to be palatable.
She poured it into a plate and
it aside to cool?no short wait.
^ ^Such was die package that reached
the kome of ex-Congressman Pennington
at Dover by the evening mail of
August 9.
Diinnmr? to-e off the wraw>er.
remarking to hej iriends and relatives:
'This comes from a friend in San
w Francisco." The little party were on
L *he porch of Mr. Ptfaniagtdn's howse.
Mrs. Dunning aoted the enclosure wifeh
W interest, a? she passed the *andy
IP around.
W ilI know a lady of that initial in San
T?r?o T>r?>c(?r\ 1 %iVmf T'rr) c nr.
prised that she should send me any j
candy.
Her father joined the group on the j
poreh. "Loolc here, father." said Mrs. j
* Dunning, "what a nice present I ha.*e
* received, and I don't know who seijt ;
k."'
Seven people partook of the candies, j
They were Mrs. Dunning. Mrs. Deane,
their brother. Ileurv "Pennington; Mis? I
Leola Dean. Miss Ethel Milling^on. j
Mi*s Ethel Clark and Miss Josephine !
Bateman. Very soon every one cf them \
H** was violently iH. Henry Pennington j
collapsed on the piam. The unmis- j
takable symptoms o? arsenic poisonii>g j
were present i* all the ca^es. Mrs. j
r Dunning and Mrs. Dean died on Aug. j
12. The others, who had not eaten as |
ifcfc
freely of the ?andies, struggled back-to
health, but for hours ikeir recorery
wns most doubtful.
The character of the victims makes [
the problem of motive insoluble. Con- .
ceive anybody sending your trtfe or sis- i
ter a box of candy impregnated with j
deadly poison, ft is diabolical! Until |
the chemical analysis of the candy there j
were theories of ptomaines or the gen- j
eration of permanganate of potash from ;
the gelatine and the bitter almond fla- !
voriug the candy. But the chemist prov- j
ed by his first test that murder had been j
done.
Before the Coroner's jury. Dr. W?lfe,
of the Delaware Agriculture College,
made this statement:
"I received today from Dr. Bishop a
box centainin? portion of oandy sup
posed to have been eaten by Mrs. Mary j
Elizabeth Banning and Mrs. J. D. i
Deane and several others for analysis, j
From descriptions of symptoms I suspected
the presence of arsenic in the
candy. My investigation was directed
exclusively to fhe detection of that
poison as near as possible. In the application
of the usual tests I found my
suspicions were correct, and that the.
candy contained a very large quantity
of arscnie, and I fuu*d pieces of arsenic j
as larire as peas. A fatal dose is from j
two to three grains, and I found in
three bonbons from ten to twelvegrains,
enough to kill four persons. It requires
a prescription te purchase arsenic,
but you could buy rough on rats with a
little coloring, which is the same.'"
The Dunnings are from Saa Francisco.
Mr. J, P. Dauning wart a newspaper reporter
r* San Francisco before the hurricane
at Samoa that wrecked the German
and American fleet* made him a
famous correspondent. In after-years
he wag the Westers manager of the Associated
Press. When the deatk
freighted box crossed the continent and
struck his wife and his wife's sister
to death he was in Porto Rico managing
the war staff for_the great news
gathering association. lie *as sent tor [
quick.
It was this man's wife the candy was !
sent to kill; that Mrs. J. D. Deane
should have been murdered with her J
was accidental. '1 he murderess had no
care whom she killed else than the J
chosen victims. If somebody tells, or j
the husband can guess or the detectives j
trace Ae crime to her and the woman is
ever brought to trial, tliere will be a
prisoner at th* bar of a more remarkable
sort than has foced accusers in the day
of any of' ua. Such monsters as she are
prodigies even in the ranks of murder-.
ers.
Mrs. D. A. Botkin. with whom the
poisoned womaaJ? hwsband was intimate,
has been arrested in San Francisco
charged with sending the candy.
Duani?g who was rath the army in
Porto Kico as .correspondent, upon his
arrival in New York admitted that it
was his habit to write love letters to
? . n , it
tiie Jtfotkm woman, sensational developments,
are locked for when J>unning's
letters to the woman are made
public.
THE PEAC3 COMMISSION. /
Tie Members are Getting Ready to
Go to Paris.
Secretary Day announced Friday af- \
ternoon that the members of the peace
onanmiccinii Kaf) K?on oTineon onn t.lisrt.
they had all accepted. Official announcement
will follow. The commission
is made up as follows: Secretary
of State Day, Senators C. K. Davis of
Minnesota and Wm. P. Frye of Maine,
Hon. Whitdaw Reid of N?w York and
Justice "White of tho supreme court.
The membership of the commission
b#mg completed, becrefcary Day arranged
to leave for Canton in order to
make his personal preparations for the ;
trip to Paris. He will bg accompanied
abroad by Mrs. Day, wno has entirely ;
recovered from her recesfc illness. The
secretary ha(S already shipped to Canton
a number of his personal effects, in
anticipation of his early retirement
from the head of the state department.
The following attaches of the commission
have been seleeted, and wrll be
appointed by the President: John
Moore of Massachusetts, now assistant ,
secretary of state of the commission.
uulujl sji jl via., lv uc aasxsuant
secretary. Mr. MacArthur was
formerly secretary of the United States
legalise at Madrid, and is now on
special duty at the state department.
He has had considerable expericnee in
work ,of a diplomatic nature. These
appointments were decided on by tie
President Friday morning.
The First to Arrive.
The steamer Alicante with t&e
shipment of Spanish prisoners from
Santiago arrived as tarruna, spam oa !
Wednesday. Enormous erc*vd? gathered
on the quays, but were hoS allowed
to get near the vessel for fear o'f the
ye-Uow fever contagion, All the military
ar^ ciri1 authorises were present.
The qu?en-regent seat a message to the j
troops on lioard the Alicante, congratu- i
latinfi theua ^tpon their conduct in the
field and saying that ske proposed to be
the first to yelcome tkem kome. The
reading of the dispatch was received j
with great enthusisn. The disembaskms.
is now in progress. There was no
yellow fever o* board, though SO iisd
of other diseases during the voyage. .
The True Cause.
The Springnejd Republican says: !
^Overproduction of print cloths is again I
a source of worriment te the ai!i gaav !
gars of Fall River. Plans for <whail- |
ment of output are under consideration, j
and it is seriously proposod to pool $1-, j
000,000 worth ef the accumulated stoek J
to be held oirt of the markets until the !
rkTinn TTnr>rAv^ XjF.'vnlrl if nnk V?o V>r*fcrf?r fnr :
New England*? drop upon the fact that j
there is no overproduction, that it is
underconsumption that is the matter,
and move on linos to enable workers to
have a little aoney to pay for print
cloths??Augusta Chronicle.
A& Three Were Killed.
A h?rrible accident occurrcd TVetl- j
nesday on the Atlaatite Coast Line
railwav, at a crossing known as Gross- !
< 1 A J* ^ ! 11. !
man s, a snort amauee irorn x ecersuurg j
Va. Mr. J. P. Condrey, a jrrosperous ;
farmer of Chesterfield eouiaty was re- '
turning home with his wife and little j
son in a buggy and when he reached the ;
crossing the young horse he was driving t
became uiunanageafele and eerricd the :
party upon the brack in front of the lo- :
cal train from Ri<shmond to Petersburg.
AH the occupants of the buggy were instantly
killed.
MICKEY'S WIVES.
One of the Old Raseals Victims
Talks.
WON HER BY PERSISTENCE, j
Daring Mackrey's Absence the;
Wronged Woman Relates Her
Sad Story and Then Flies
With Him to-New
Jersey. ;
The follpwing excellent story which
appeared in the New York World of
Wednesday, containing an -interview
with the judge as to how he proposes
to g&t out of his matrimonial tangles
involving a charge of bigamy, and an
intorviftw with his beautiful, but now
sad bride 2. in which she tells how j
she came to marry the aged rascal, will 1
be re^d with deep interest by the peo- I
pie of this section.
It was 11 o'clock Thursday forenoon I
and Judge Thomas Jefferson Mackey, i
the aged gdant who has devoted his j
life to captivating fair women, was j
still sleeping in the first parlor, back j
in the furnished room house of Mrs. j
Daisy Catharine, near the northwest j
corner of Twenty-third street and Sev- j
enth avenue.
The folding doors ]*jirted. A tall j
in a "fl/m-inc rnhf a 2nd- !
o"4 "* "m"w c - o? j
dess iu face and figure, extending & :
partially bared arm to steady herself, !
appearod in the frame, ifcr voice rrern- j
bled when she spoke. tfheR toM that i
a World reporter wished to see hiui the
judge replied from tie interior, ia a |
well modulat-ed voice:
"Tell him I.can't seo- him. I must
kave my breakfast iirst. It may not be
a reporter Tit ail, but some one who has !
eoine to arresi me."
' U'liftt- ia Jr. Mr Mo.pL-o'k? Whftt 5a I
the trouble?" inquired the gJBJ. in i
frightened tcmes.
When he emerged tke judge wore a j
Prince Albert suit with checked tsrous- <
ers. He does not show his 09 years^ j
The hair, bushy eyebrows, clipped mus- j
t'ache and goatee are a yellowish grey. j
"It is false that I have kept my "wife
a prisoner," hs said, dramatically.
'Katharine, comc. out here and deny
it." When his wife refused to come
the judge tore his hair.- The landlady's
daughter induced him to be quiet. "I
have come te this city to have-my mhrriage
to Mrs. Sarah Lenore (Curtis)
Mackey annulled within 60 days," con
tinued the judge in jury to*e?.
"These newspapers which have re- i
ferred to me as a fugitive from justice |
shall ai^iwor in a court of law. On the j
date ox my marriage wUh Miss Curtis j
she was the lawful wrfe of another. I
This action, of coarse, should have j
preceded my marriage to Miss Porterfield,
and I so intended, but the peculiar
circumstances that surrounded me
had the effect of temporarily clouding
my judgment, and my devotion to ker
Led me-to.mn the terrible risk of incur?*
TiTO.fl?n+inn ?r>r t.ViA f TTIsnp !
of bigamy. <j
"I shall prove by competent testimony
of eEedible witnesses that notwithstanding
my marriage of 1891, the
same not being a lawful marital con-1
tract, I -tfas legally free to marry Miss i<
Porterfield on July 19.
i;In my trunk I have a letter in
which Mrs. Curtis Mackey confesses
that she had a husband living -when I
married hor. I had intended to wait
four months before marrying Miss Porterfield,
in order that I might have this
first marriage made mall, but Miss Por*??,ij_
?I-*.: 4v.n
reriiClU. S xwiauvcs Wi&iicu wiu man 1*5^
to take place.
'This child lad -a pure,, noble Kfe.
md all our rektions had been honorable,
smch as should be these of a lover
and his sweetheart. Katharine, tell
the geotlemaa if you did not know I
had been m.irri'ed before, and if you
kave been kept a prisoner her-e."
"Yes, I kaew there was a woman
who called herself the wife of Judge
^ i T r _ j "L :? ^ _
:uacxey wnen x matrieu mui, a,ueweced
the girl timidly. "It isn't true
that I have been kept a prisoner here."'
Every action and Word of the young
woman was controlled by the spell cast
by the judge's fierce glances. When he
is with her this cavalier of an ancient
South Carolina-family, with a trail ol'
intrigues running through his earecr,
rules her.
This Philadelphia landlady, *' continued
the girl, heeding a *pd from her
lord, "fired up ail this stuff about me.
because she saw me smoking one tiary
cigarctte by the windew."
YOUNO WITB'S SAD STORY.
Jfers. Katharine 8: Portccfield Mackej
has a perfect figure. Sbse is tall but
not awkward. The ooinplnsion is olive,
tko face an oval, the eyebrows are delicately
traced in black, the eyes are
large and dart:, tho nose x straight, the
upper lip wide, but becoming. Her
features kariji^nize. 5-he hair is brown
and straight, and net fretted with curling
form.
The game jas becoming teo hot for
irhe judge. He is in mortal i'ear iest \
Col. Geo. A. Porterfleld, cashier of the i
bank of Charleston. W. Via., sftailhayo i
him pr?ecut?l for bigamy. He rushed j
away from the Twenty-ftiird street j
house when be believea the repair [
had gon^, telling b? wife he would I
send directions as to the destination of ;
their belongings a-nd a cab for ker.
The street doer had no more than j
closed upon tiie judge, wken his lovely |
f La \V rtnnni?fn?
iVl T T VI1U A
"Ob. howl have longed, since vre |
o&me in this hous? hut Friday, for some j
one to whom I could eoutide my sor- i
row!" began this tall, sad-eyed girl.
1 'First, read (his letter from *iy father."
The epiitk, in a littfe blue envelope,
bore a dozen posteaarks ani caueella- j
tions. ;'My fatkeraoes not knowwkere !
T Tli, 1 .,M?r,A I
JL am. Ili5 AMAAUVV aiwuuu. I
like oxpiainei.
Thi^is the communication, dated at |
Charlestown, \f. V.:
"My Dear Child: R is Sunday after- j
noon and I am all aione with my grief, j
Yowr mother and sister 3ftiry have gone
to the springs to seek a ehangc of air
and sowe jeoroation fr&m their terrible
sorrow.
'*1 fear jreatly for your fu: are hap j
piness wish the man whom we thought
you married. The inclosed clipping j
gives me a great many sad hours.
"It is such a scrrow to us to know ;
that you esunnot retnm* to us again."
Then was produced a copy of a long !
typewritten statement attested by j
Katharine S. Mackey. In it she at- j
tempts an explanation to her father of |
the alleged circumstances surrounding j
the marriage of Judgo Mackey. to Miss !
Sarah Lcnore Curtis Mackey, -daughter j
of former Judge Curtis, of Stamford, at i
the St. Paul's Methodist church in East j
Fifty-fifth street, as toid iu the World J
Wednesday. The legal-looking document i
of five pages also purports to show how j
rim indsro is to socure the annulment of !
his marriage with Miss Curtis, with \
whom ho has lived at No. 226 We*t One J
Hundred and Fourteeniji street.
. '"Of course I did not write this of ruy \
own volition. The judge dictated all ef j
it to me. He made me write it," said j
the unhappy girl.
"I have longed for somebody to bare 1
my heart to, I wjjl tell the whole truth. I
It is not true that I knew Judge Mack- j
ey was already a married man when 11
was bound to him. While I was boarding
in Washington last June he came to
live at the same house. He began to
r>av court to me at once. He was the
most devoted lover I ever saw. Judge
Mackeyhas spent his life in devotions
to women. He knows-how to captivate
them.
"Without interruption he sent me
flowers, candies, books, pictures, everything.
He asked me to marry him. I
didn't accept at first. He wrote to my
father, and then accompanied me home.
He was more constant in pressing his
suit than before.
"I remember one little episode in our
courtship that was a nightmare to me.
TI- clirm'rl liavp a. wnxnintr. We
were out i'or a walk. The judge knew j
that I wa* already engaged to Alexan- i
der Spottswaod, of the Virginia Spotts- :
woods, famous in the <;Goldea Horse j
,Inu.
"He wanted to give me fourmanths' i
probation tro see if I truly loved him. ;
and was not thinking of Mr. Spotts- !
wood, the judge said. I #hafi'ed him !
about this and hinted that he, too, j
might have another sweetheart, per- !
Tvmi * in liia thrmfrhts. He
flushed and exploded with anger. '"What
do you suspect me? I swear that I
never had a wifa before,' he. axclailned
dramatically.
"After two weeks my mother said
that either I must marry Judge Mackey
or that he must leave 'Cassilis,' our
home in Charlestown. My sister, Mrs.
Washington! said: 'Why don't you
marry the judge, Katharine, or let him
go?"' So I gave up Mr. Spotts wood.
He was a college student. He is now
in San Francisco. I loved Mr. Spotts
J T 1??;i Afv,o.lr??
WOUU. X UCVCi 1UTJCU o UUJJC .'iov.ai.j-. j
He lias won me through pereeveranee,
importunity. He was so desperately iu>
love with me that my mother-actually
pitied him.
"I consented at lasfc and we were
quietly married at my father's comfortable
home. Then we went to Washington
for three days. "We went to
call at iliss Bell's in Vermont avenue,
where we had formerly boarded. Miss
Bell stretched out her hand and drew
me near her to say something nice by
way of congratulation.
'\My husband was furious. 'Con??-J?
1 ~ ? l> A Am I
^xctLUUiUIUIiS^ >Vil4l lvi . jic ucxuauuwu.
4 Why, on your marriage, of course/ replied
Miss Bell. 'It is all in The Post.'
" 'We don't want any congratulations,'
retorted Judge Meckey.
"After reading The account of our
wedding in The Post he said he objected
to Miss Bell's congratulations
on the assumption that I was the one
who was not 1*0 be cosgratmlated.
"Since then it. has been slop and fly,
ever on the wing, east, west: The
judge appears to have plenty of motley.
T do not know where he gets it. He
told me and my father that before he
was maried he was worth $100,000. We
L -1- j "L:
ueneveu mm.
"From "Washington we came to New
York and stopped at the Hoffman
house. One night while we were there
my husband came in and very affectionately
put his arm around my neck.
'Darling, I have something horrible to
whisper to you. You must be very
brave,' he said. 'There is a woman in
this city who ealls herself my wife, and
? "l >
to venom jl was married in i?i.
"I turned pale to the very lips. 1
needed wine, and the judge gave it to
me. He has ne^er been away from me
an hour since we were married.
''lama prisoner in the sense that
the judge never permits rue to leave
him.
''Oh, God!" exclaimed the girl with
a child's face and heart, "I am the
most unhappy woman on earth. "What
shall I do? Aa'd yet I feel that I owe
a duty to my husband. Sometimes I
think he wants to be kind to me. In
-11 + rtifr T ViQTTa nrt4 twn
ill! IJilO UJ.0 V1UJ m ii?iv vu?| ??? v
friends. One is my brother. The other
is young Mr. De Herburn "Washington,
whom I used to know in the old
days."
Continuing with the narrative of
their wandorings, Mrs. Mackey said
that from tta Kdffpau house they
went to a boarding house on the east
side known as the Forrnan uouse.
Then they jumped to Pittsburg, where
she passed ?ne of the unkappiest
weeks, in her life. Then it was a week
in Chicago, tffter which they went to
No. 510 Franklin Street, Philadelphia,
as told in Wednesday's "^rld.
""My husband is jealoms of me. He is :
" ' 'V X T __ !! ^ T .^1
ftiraia tnai i win gu my- iu
Xorthport. The judge tears up my letters
ana permits me to write only to
certain people. It is not hypnotism
th&t holds me in ?y husband's grasp.
As I said, he wen 6'ecause he was persistent."
At this point an expressman arrived
with a note- from the j.udge commanding
Mrs. Mackey to pack their trunks,,
iump into a cab and meet him at the
West Twenty-third street ferry at 1 p.
m., to go to New Jersey.
;Good-bv." said the sad girl. "I
have barci my heart. I have told the
truth."
In less than three-quarters of an
hour, the limit which tkejudga had
given ker, the beautiful Mrs. 3'ackey
No. 2 had completed the task of fi'iiug
three trunks in the W?61 Twenty-third
street, house. She jumped into the
waiting cab. the door slamm?d, and the
mr&e ei" a hunted bird was off again
with tire wreck of her young life.
??
Want to Return Home.
A number of private soldiers of the
volunteer army have to the Chattanooga
Times that the war being over, they desire
to he mustered out so they may return
to their business. They say that
they"did not enlist to do garrison or poli'-c
dury. but do light," andtlrat nearly
o .1 V - ^ x A. ^
an or tRose v. no are anxious iu go to i
Cuba or Porto Kice are officers who are
drawing good salaries, and not the
private soldiers.
THE COTTON YIELD.
?"
Convention Will Likely be Held on
an Important Matter.
A LtUfcK r KUIvl YUUiVIAIMb.
Southern Planters have a Plan
Which is Said to be the Only
One That Can Save Them
from Impending Disaster.
x Tho following letter from Mr. L. W.
Youmans to the press of the State explains
itself:
Fairfax, S. C., Aug. 22, 1898.
You have, I presume, noted Mr.
Henry Neill's estimate of the present
cotton crop, ranging between 10,500,000
and 12,000,000 bales. It was the consensus
of opinion among leading cotton
growers from all sections of the South
at a m?eting in Memphis, Tenn., from
which I have just returned, that Mr.
Neill's estimate was about correct. At
fine l<acf rAOf r?nt+rm TTTQA miAfarl in
vuig uutv tuuw j wui vvtwvu ituo in
New York at 8 l-3c. Before the 1st of
November, without any suspicion that
the crop would approximate anything
like such extensive figures as 11,000,000
bales, cotton had declined over two
cents per pound. Cotton is now quoted
in New York at 5 3-4c; with an estimated
surplus on hand of 1,500,000 bales
greater than at this time last year, to be
supplemented by a crop of equal if not
greater magnitude than the crop of last
year.
Shouiu this enormous volume of cotton
be hurriedly thrown on the market
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aireauy giuttea wim an over supply, it
would be hard to predict how low prices
would bo forced. It would seem not at
all improbable for it to touch 4c. If- the
plan of the Cotton Growers' Union
could be put in operation it would insure
6c, net for every pound of cotton
regulated by it. The difference between
4c. and 6c. in 10,000,000 bales
would be $100,000,000?a atake Buf&cient,
it seems to me, to interest the entire
South. With almost every southern
interest more or less interwoven
with the interest of the cotton growers
it does seem to me that they might
flftmhi'no tTio orpiiw^rq in this
effort to consummate a policy that
promises such great benefit to our section.
I enclose you a copy of i\ letter written
to the Hon. J. C. Wilborn. president
of the State organization, which
will give you aa outline of the plan
and more fully acquaint you with the
situation. I earnestly solicit the powerful
influence of the press in awakeni-Ntr
r>nt.<-r>n rrnwArfl m a inst annrfi
O v"v c.v..v?w ?* o -rr-ciation
of the importance of the undertaking.
Very sincerely,
L. W. Youmans.
The following letter on the vitally
important subject of the handling of
this year's cotton crop has been received
by the president of the South
Carolina Cotton Growers association:
Fairfax, Aug. 22, 1898.
Hon. J. C- Wilborn, Yorkville,'S. 0.
My Dear Sir: I have just returned
from Memphis, Tenn., where I have
been a3 the vice-president for South
Carolina to attend a meeting of the executive
committee of the American
Cotton Growers Protection association.
At this meeting, after electing Col.
Maxwell, of Louisiana, president to
siicceed the late Hod. Hector D. Lane,
deceased, and after simplifying the title
of the organization by changing i* to
that of the National Cotton Growers
Union, it was determined by the president
and vice-presidents to inaugurate
a vigorous policy on the part of the
cotton growers of the South to meet the
requirements of the present threatening
exigency of lower prices and impending
ruin.
From the best informed and most reliable
sources of information, the committee
unanimously ar^ved at the conclusion
that the present crop would
fully equal, if not exceed the last, and,
if rapidly thrown upon th? market,
would in all probability sell far below
5 cents. In view of the fact that the
cotton growers have the present crop of
from'ten to twelve million bales now in
hand, while manufacturers and speculators
have only about three million
bales, if that, and thdt if the cotton
growers wouia witnnoia tne present
orop fre-m the market for 90 days, say
till December 1st, the world would be
bare of cotton and at the mercy of the
cotton growers for their supply, it was
determined to effect a thorough and
complete organization of the cotton
growers beginning with the smallest
geographical sab-division with a view
of holding the present crop and ;following
up this line of action through the
medium of township clubs, by enrolling
all land holders in a contract to reduce
? ?_ 1 11?
next year b acreage ous-uau.
It is maaifestly clear Hhat such a line
of proceeding would place the cotton
growers in command of the situation
and change the outlook from one of
bankruptcy and ruin to one of profit
aad competency.
Ifr^'urther seems that an effcrt in this
line would meet with the aid and approval
of almoat every "business interest
in the sou&.
Well knowing that the principle obstacle
to the accomplishment of this
undertaking would consist in the maturing
obligations of the cotton growers
incurred in tke production of the crop,
a special committee has been arranged
for, consisting of one member from each
State, to confer with capitalists and
provide the necessary funds to take np
these liens and carry the cotton until
euch time as it can be disposed of at fair
profit.
Under instruction from the executive
committee of the National Cotton
Growers Union, with a view of placing
Sou*h Carolina in a position to carry
out these propositions, I now call upon
you as the president of the organization
in this State to call a convention to
meot in Columbia at the earnest possible
day. Pleaseiuse-such diligence as
will sccure a full represestation from
each county in the State.
Should ourState act-with promptness j
and decision, it would in all probability I
have a most happy effect on all the
other cotton growing States. This is
a matter of vital conaeauenee to the en
tire cotton belt and too important to
brook any unnecessary delay. "While
I nave thought proper to give you an
outline of the committee's plan of procedure,
it was thought best by the
committee not to make it public just ret.
Yours very sincerely,
L. W. Youmaoi. j
CAUGHT BY A SHARK.
The Narrow Escape of a Young Man of i
New York.
A monsUr shark in Prince's bay opened
and closed his jaws on Charles
Boone,, a visitor at Father Drumgoole's
nome at i>iount iioretta, otaten isiana,
Thursday afternoon. Almost by a
miracle Boone escaped instant death.
Boone is in Smith infirmary now,-with
horrible lacerations in his right thigh.
The sergeons say that he will survive
his -wounds uuless septic poisoning sets
in.
Boone, who is a good swimmer and
very fond of the water, went i n bathing
off a small wharf, which is built
out into the bay at the lower end of
Staten Island. Charles White, a young
man of his own age, was in the water
with him. White had swam ashore
and was standing on the edge of the
wharf when Boone began leisurely
swimming in.
There was a sudden rush beneath
the swimmer, a mighty foirce that
seemed to lift him up as on a huge
wave, the gleam of a white belly, one
glimpse of a monster jaw, with shinine
white teeth, and then Boone felt
a savage pull at his right leg. He was
near the wharf, and the bigflsh had
pushed him still nearer. He grasped
a timber and swung himself clear of
the water, and White grabbed him.
Boone when pulled on to the wharf
looked at once behind him, bnt the
monster disappeared as he looked.
"White had seen the encounter and he
bezan to auestion his companions at
once.
"It was a shark," said Boone. "I
saw him. I guess he's nipped me." He
tried to stand up and nearly collapsedj
As ho sank fainting to the ground
White saw blood all over his thigh.
The sea water had restrained its flow
and the shock had come to Boone all
at once when he had reached a place
of safety. The huge monster had evidently
opened his mouth and taken one
snap at the swimmer's leg, but luckily
had not closed his great jaws. The
mark of the bite was clearly defined.
On the inside of Boone's right thigh
was a cut fourteen inches long that
looked as if it had been made ' with a
knife. A great flap of flesh had been
taken out. On the outside of the leg
there were the marks of twenty teeth
in a long row. Each tooth had pressed
into the flesh from half an inch to an
inch in depth. Blood flowed from
every cut. There was also a lateral,
tear of the flesh, corresponding in
lonjrt.Vi to tlio vinimis imnrint, of thfl
shark's teeth and parrallel to it. Boone
had lost a great quantity of blood.
HE WAS TOO SMAET.
In Trying to Teach His Wife a Lesson,
He Learned One.
"My wife has a disagreeable habit of
leaving her poeketbook in exposed
places," said the man who was telling
the story. ?;I have cautioned her more
than once that she would lose it if she
wasn't more careful.
"I came down with her the other
morning, and the first thing she did af-'
ter bearding the car was to deposit her
purse -upon the car seat, while she relieved
herself of the terrible suspicion
that her hat wasn't on straight. A
movement of her armskneked the purse
ii a ?1 *1. . J i.M T
on me noor, wuere it reiuameu uuiii x
picked it up.
'Irescued that purse no less than a
dozen times before we reached the bargain
counter that was the goal of my
wife's ambition.
':Bvents around a bargain counter
occur with kaleidoscopic swiftness, and
I soon found myself the sole guardian
of my wife's purse, which lay before
me on the counter where it had been
deserted by her in a mad rush for the
other end of the counter.
''To teach her a lesbou I emptied the
contents of the purse in my pocket and
retreated to the edge of the crowd to
await developments.
"it wasn't long before my wife crowded
her way out, triumphantly holding
aloft a twenty-five cent cream jar that
she had succeeded in buying for fortynine
cents.
" 'I didn't know that they charged
things here.' I began, feebly.
' " 'They don't, she answered. {I
have money left for three ice cream
sodas and a strip of car tickets.' And
she exhibited the contents of her purse
to prove her assertion.
"I nearly fainted when it dawned
upon me that I had taken the contents
from a purse belonging to some other
woman.
"I have no desir* to retain possession,
and if the woman who lost seventynine
cents a postage stamp, three hair
pins, and a recipe for making angel
foed will call at my office she may have
her property."?Detroit Free Press.
The First to Muster Out.
The adjutant general issued a bulletin
"Wednesday afternoon saying that orders
i li O A .
naa Deen given ior mustering out tne
following named organization*: First
Vermont volunteer infantry, First
Maine volunteer infantry, Fifty-second
Iowa volunteer infantry, Sixth Pennsylvania
volunteer infantry, Fifth Maryland
volunteer infantry, battalion Ohio
light artillery. Second New York vol.unteer
infantry, First Illinois volunteer
infantry, one Hundred and Fifty
seventh Indiana volunteer infantry,
Batteries A and B, Georgia light artillery.
Twenty-eighth Indiana volunteer
light battery. Troops A and B, New
lork volunteer cavalry, Governor's
troop of Philadelphia. Other orders
to muster out troops will be announced
as soon as definite decisions are reached.
'Will be Brought Home.
The soldiers and sailors who died in
Cuba will eventually be given graves in
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tneir native lana. u-en. cnaiter marKcd
the graves of those who fell in battle
with a simple piece of wood, but he
afterwards received orders to mark them
in the future with stone, so there will
be no mistake as to the identity of each
one. The dead soldiers will be brought
home and their bodies sent to their
families.
Ee Never Finished.
<;NV she] said, "you are not such
r ill _ . ? r .
a man as i would nave mougni 01
choosing for my husband. '"That may
be," he replied, but I thought, seeing
that you had got beyond the point where
choosing was possible, that you might
consent to" . But he never finishd.
STMKDTG V j
Negroes Are "Working in Their [Place
Under Guard. *
Sheriff Coburn assembled 125 depu
ties at tne city nan \v canesaay at rana
111., swore all in and gave them instructions
to reassemble armed with Winchesters
and meet a number of negroes
expected to arrive from Alabama to
work here in the coal mines.
Ten negroes arrived in Pana Tuesday
night to take the places of white miners
at Pana who have been on a strike for
several months. The negroes were
escorted to the city limits by a convener
- ,
ciuuvui iiiiueio a.iiu inuuwu uu Jica>c
town. The strikers are being reinforced
by union miners from over the state.
The strikers Wednesday assembled near
the Illinois Central railway tracks in
large bodies awaiting the arrival of negroes.
* During the day a special train
arrived in Pana from Birmingham,
Ala., witn 200 negroes. The train was
rushed through the city to the Springside
coal mine, outside the city limits,
TTTI-U'WA *Vk/\ PKAAf TT*r\y*f\ /3 /M*
wjjlciu tiic wac uiuuauuu uuuu
the guard of deputy sheriffs.
Several hundred miners were at the
union depot to meet the negroes and
talk with them, but were unable to do
so. All the grounds at the Springside
mine are under heavy guard, and no
citizens are permitted to pass the lines.
The strike leaders have requested Governor
Tanner to take action regarding
the mining efficiency of the negroes,
and he has answered that he will send
inspectors to examine the men.
&urr.ms? wjsitlnu tu ha haw a.
Several Ships have Arrived. Blanco
Having Americans Cared For.
A dispatch from Havana says Wednesday
morning the American schooner
B. Frank Neally, arrived from Key
West with 20 passengers and a cargo of
provisions.
The French steamer Roger from
Barcelona, and the Mexican and Vera
\jruz, mi wiLLL pruvjuuuua, ai&u arriveu.
Friday the coasting steamer line from
Batabano, on the coast, to Santiago,
was re-established. The vessels will
carry mail, cargo and passengers to
Santiago.
The commanding general in the San'c
ti Spiritus district reports that two
American soldiers of the column operating
with G-omez have presented themselves
to him, being ill. They were
immediately sent to the hospital. News
has been received that Lieut. Johnstone
i i . Tin j* n? .
nas aiso arrived at oancti ointus.;
Gen. Blanco has ordered that all
Americans who present themselves be
well received, that assistance be given
them, and that they be treated with all
consideration. The sick at the hospitals.
Gen. Blanco's order says, must
be treated with solicitude and kindness.
The colonial government has decided,
with reference to custom house duties
that merchandise. from -Santiago, and
other ports occupied by American forces
oe considered ioreign merchandise.
NATIVES CAUSE TEOUBLE.
One of Our Soldier Killed in a Eiot
at Manila.
There has been a serious clash at
Manila between the United State soldiers
and the insurgents. A riot resulted
in one soldier killed and another serirmclv
fT-onrovi fT-nrlc/in o
V II VMUMVMI \J> VVAfcjV w
member of the Utah battery, became involved
in a dispute with a native shopkeeper.
Fearing trouble he fired his
revolver to attract the attention of h^s
fellow-sailors. A great crowd of natives
ran to the scene of disturbance and
immediately began firing revolvers killing
Hudson and wounding Corporal
Wm. Anderson same battery, alsohur-ried
to assistance. A detachment of
the fourth cavalry was called out to disperse
the crowd which slowly retreated
conunuemg emptying revolvers out
without further damage. Some night
soldier on guard duty saw a large body
of natives stripping the wreck of a gun
boat in Caito Bay.. . A boat with an
armed force put out from the shore.
The Soldiers hailed the natives who
failed to respond. A volley was fired,
killingone native and wounding another.
Aguinaldo denies any connection with
the affairs. .These fights shnw the snl
leu disposition of the natives. It is
feared that freqnent, letter uprisings
will follow.
A Street Car Struck.
In Pittsburg, Pa., Thursday, during
a heavy thunder storm, lightning
struck a street caT on the* Second avenue
line as it was% passing Greenwood
avenue, killing B. S. Fear, aged sixtytwo,
a well-known business man of
Harlemwood, Injured?Mrs. Sarah1
Munyall, skull fractured and hurt internally,
will probably, die, Eugene
Mnnvftll snn Vioi^Ixt /??f. oKnr?li tVm
head; David Thomas, head and arm cut
and bruised; unknown foreigner, foot
crushed; James A. Butler, shocked.
The passengers were panic stricken ar.d
made frantic efforts to escape. Mr.
Fear, in jumping, alighted on his head,
crushing his skull. All the injuied received
their hurts in attempting to
jump before the car came to a standstill.
To Clean Cooking Utensils.
Old porcelain-lined pots are made
white with soda or borax, or with a weak
solution of potash, and then wash well.
The best way to clean polished iron spid
ers is with vinegar from pickle for these
purpose. To a pint of vinegar add a
handful of salt, and let the mixture
boil in the spider for about half an hour.
Rob every portion of the inside of the
iron with a cloth dipped in the salt and
vinegar. This will touch the edges beyond
where the boiling mixture reaches,
finally scour the iron thoroughly after
this with any good sand soap, or with
sand and soap. The most blackened
spider will shine like a new one.
A Mule's Laugh.
When Enos was still a youngster,
his uncle one day drove a new span of
mules into the yard. As the children
were admiring them, one of the mules
suddenly gave vent to a most terrific
bray." The little fellow had never
heard such frightful sounds before, and.
badly scared, ran screaming into the
house. The next day the mules were
driven out again, but Enos refused to
go near, and.when asked the reason, he
replied, "T'se so' faid Uncle David's
mule will iaugh at me again"'
' LA ^
UNIQUE DOCUMENT. jl
Congratulatory Farewell Address - ~
From Spaniards.
AnnuFccn Tfiniipsni niPPft
The President Was Impressed by .
the Remarkable Document
and Made it Public
at Once.
A document entirely unique in the
annals of warfare was cabled last week
to the war department by Gen. Shafter.
It is in the form of a congratulatory
farewell address issued to the saidiers
of the American army by Pedro de
rwniA
uuyu Jk/j. * uvv tfVAVUWj VM
behalf of 11,000 Spanish soldiers. No
similar document perhaps was ever before
issued to a victorious army by a
vanquished enemy.
The President was much impressed
by the address, and after reading it
carefully, authorized its publication.
Following is the text of the address, as
cabled by Gen. Shafter:
Santiago, Aug. 22,1898.
H. C. Corbin, Adjutant General, U. S.
A.. Washington: .;
The following? address has just been
received from the soldiers now embarking
for Spain; Jjffl
ToMaj. G-en. Shafter,- commanding the
American army in Cuba. V
Sir: The Spanish soldiers who capitulated
in this place on the 16th of > * V
July last, recognizing your high and
just position, pray that through you
all the courageous and noble soldiers
under your command may receive our
irnnd wishes and farewell whie.h we send
them on embarking f6r our beloved
Spain. For this favor, which we have
no doubt you will grant, you will gain
the everlasting gratitude and consideration
of 11,000 Spanish soldiers who are
your most humble servants,
Pedro Lopez de Castillo,
Private of Infantry.
Also the following letter addressed
to the soldiers of the American army:
Soldiers of the American Army:
We would not be fulfilling our duty '^1111
as well-bom men, in whose breasts
tnere live gratitute ana courtesy, snouia
we embark for our beloved Spain without
sending to you our most cordial and
sincere good wishes and farewell. We
fought you with ardor, with all of our strength,
endeavoring to gain jfche victory,
but without the slightest rancor
or hate toward the American nation.
We have been vanquished by you (so
our generals and chiefs judged in sign- fl
ing the capitulation), but our surrender
and the bloody battles preceding it have
left in our souls no place for resentment
against the men who fought so nobly.
and vnliantly. ^ mt
Yon fought and acted in compliance ~ ;
with the same call of duty as we. for we
all represent the power of our respective
states. Yon fought us as men, face to .
face, and. with .great couragej. as before
stated, a quality which we had uot met
with during the three years we have carried
on this war against a people without
religion, without morals, without
conscience and of doubtful origin, who
eould not confront the enemy, but
maaen, spot tneir noDie victims irum
ambush and then immediately fled.
This was the kind of warfare we had to '
sustain in this unfortunate land. You
have complied exactly with all the laws
and usages of war as recognized by the
armies of the most civilized cations of
the world; have given honorable burial
to the dead and the vanquished; have
eured their wounded with great humanity;
have respected and cared for your
prisoners and their comfort and to ns,
whose condition was terrible, you have
given freely of food, of- your stock of
medicines and you have honored us
with distinction and courtesy, for, after
the fighting, the two armies mingled
with the greatest harmony. With this
high sentiment of appreciation from us
all, there remains but to express our
farewell, and with the greatest sincerity
we wish you all happiness and health in
this land which no longer belong to our
dear Spain, but will be yours, who have * ?
conauercd by force and watered it with
your blood as your conscience called for
under the demand of civilization and
humanity, but the descendants of the
Congo and the Guinea mingled with
the blood of unscrupulous Spanish and
of traitors and adventurers; these people
are notable to exercise or enjoy?
their liberty, for they will find it a
burden to comply with the laws tfhich
govern civilized communities.
From 11.000 Spanish soldiers.
Pedro Lopez de Castillo,
Soldier of Infantry.
Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 21st. 1898.
Shatter,
Major General.
A Wealthy Vagrant ' f:
A man named Peter Cunningham,
was recently arrested for vagrancy in
San Francisco. Cunningham is one of
the most remarkable vagrant^' that has
ever come under the notice of the police.
It was shown in court that he
had deposited in local banks $52,000,
and yet the old man has for years made
it his habit daily to visit down town
saloons and restaurants to pick from
ashbarrels food sufficient to keep him
alive. On the night of Aug. 16 Cunningham
was arrested by Policeman
Thomas Langford for vagrancy. He was
searched at the station house, and his
pockets ana coat linings produced a
whole basketful of discarded bread,
cakcs, pies, meat, vegetables, toothpicks,
pins, needles and papers.
Murdered a Candidate.
The Hon. Thomas M. Adams, Demor>-r>n
ti r* -Pnr t It ] Annclof r?w* rxtoo J . fS
Vi OHV UUUiiUVV W! TIM ^ -^g
assassinated Wednesday night at Giliis, .~- yS
Chattahoochee county, Ga. lie had
just finished speaking and was standing
in the crowd, who were listening to
Win. Bagley, his Populist opponent.
Bagley. who was interrupted by Jeff
Davis, a negro school teacher, and also
a Democrat, left the platform and
knocked Davis down. A general fight
was precipitated. Several shots were
fired. Adams was instantly killed. One
shot entered his temple and one his
heart. Nobody else was hit. Adams
was very popular and bitter feelings
have been aroused by the tragedy.
Further trouble is feared.
Declares for Bryan.
The Ohio Democratic State Convention,
which met in Dayton, Ohia, last
week, declared for Bryan for President
in 1000 on the same platform as in 1896*.
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