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^ VOI IIV WINNSBOKO. S. (\, WEDXESDAV. NOVEMBER 29, 1899. NO. 16 J m BRurdek WILL OUT. I O pi Comes to Light in Greenville j After Ten Years. 43? IT CREATES A SENSATION. Mysterious Hints as to the Motive - -- ? ? >j 11 ot tne iviurcer, saia 10 nave Been Committed by Two | Persons. The Greenville county sheriff's office t is it work on a murder mystery which, | though it is ten years old, is fail of senI sat'onal incidents and dark plots of the p de-p' St inttrest. ' I he allseed victim of the crime was James Kirby, and wbat makes the suppost d murder the more heincus is the rViofr V,*i irao anH fllimh S?Ti(l Aa\*\j VUUV UV Tiu^ v?vu? WW. pbjsically weak. He came into the O'Neal section, eighteen miles above the city, aa entire stranger, hailin? from Tennessee, as a farm batd. A few moDths after he had worked in that section he married Mrs. Marion Johnson, whose husband died a short time before that from injuries Le received in falling in a tit while at work at a turning lathe in the neighborhood. / About six months after the marriage Kirby mysteriously disappeared and he has never since been seen or heard from. A few days ago the name of Kirbv was recalled by public declaration of responsible men to the effect that he had been murdered and the crime has been known since a few days after it was committed to four or five persons, who are, with one exception, interested in its suppression. The story is that two men killed him ai:d buried his body and that their conversation with a third person immediately after, in which the details of the deed were related, was overheard. The person who, unsuspected, acquired the secret, declared that the murderers said th< y had Kilkd Kirby ar.-d buried him on the banks of a certain creek near where a certain trail crosses it. About five months after the disappearance .Mrs. Kirby was married to Ex-31agis4ira,te Tilotson and she is now living at Arlington, two r< >_ v .* miJSS east 01 urreer s. tuc sujuiest suspicion attaches to Mr. Tilotsoo, becsuse he was married at the time of the disappearance and for other good reasons. ? Yesterday Deputy Sheriff J. D. Gilyeath and a reporter for the Greenville News went to the scene of the supposed crime on a tour of investigation. The principal object in view was, to make a thorough search for the bones o? the man said to have been murdered. "With the author of che statement as a guide and with four other assistants, picked up in the neighborhood, the inproceeded to ihe trlaoe where the body is believed to have been buried. The seaich proved absolutely futile. About two hours was spent on u the grounds with picks and shovels and some hard wo:k was done during ^ that time. Every place that looked as y if it at one time m;ght have been disturbed for the purpose of making a grave was dug into d.? p, but the fact that the grave had b<-eu ro;ide so many years ago and the further fact that the inoi^afpr? area v. as so irieat. made the search devoid cf much hope. The search has not been given up, however; it will be macie agai i and u.ore thoroughly. Returning through Arlington to board the train at Greer's for Greenville, the reporter stopped and interviewed Mrs. Tillotson on iur piazza. She is medium height and size, and in spite of her 43 years and many trials and troubles her dark eyes are bright and she still bears evidences of being a handsome woman. In answer to questions, in substance, she said: '*1 was married to Jim Kirby three months after he moved into the neighborhood, the exact date I cannot remember now. Vve lived on Uncle Tom Babb's place there sis months and he disappeared. Kirby was always kind to me and always provided amply for me and my children; I had no children by him. We lived happily nntil about two weeks before his disappearance, when he informed me that he had a living wife and child in Tennessee." "Why did he tell you of his living wife, when he knew that by doing so f he would convict himself of bigamy, deprive himself of liberty and make you furious? Had you .'juarrellcd?'' "Oh, no, sir; we never quarrelled. While he was deviiliDg me one day he just_up and told me." "The fact that lie nad a mine wire has never beeo heard by his neighbors, it seem3. Did either vou or he ever tell it?" Mrs. Tillotson first thought bho told it, then he told it, but finally settled the matter by saving that be Lad told her that he bad told it, and that she felt too much mortified to ttll it. K In answer to another question she said she did not know what town in Tennessee Kirby had lived in, but she remembered he had a brother there named M'ke, and remembers mailing a letter to Mike for him a day or so before the disappearance. 4 ? J ^ A O /?A1 (?/* VvAAl' f A T\ 1 C IViru> saiu uu was gviug w wife in Tennessee,'' she continued, "and that's where 1 suppose he is now. "What was the last I saw of Kirby? It was on the afiernoon preceding the morning of his disappearance, lie left me to go to spend the night at Henry Babb's, so as to be able to go to work ^ for him early next morning. The next day he was to meet me at Lebanon M* Church to attend the funeral of old wan tt 3 j t ^:J jjiiiton baaerwooa. x uiu uuc see mui there and I found out after inquiry that he had not been there. I found cut afterwards that he had never reached Henry's. Nobody ever saw him, nor was any trace ever found of him after we told each other good-bye that afternoon. A short time after that I married Mr. Tillotson. No. I have no record of the marriage and cannot remember the cxact date. I cannot tell now just ?hat year it was." Mr. Tillotson remembered the date as "November of the year when Tillman was first elccted governor," which was in 1S90. "Your daughter. MissKosa Johnson, ! who died a few years ago," a>ked the reporter, would now be 20 years old, I believe. I understand that she was a pretty girl with a bright and cheerful disposition, but that during the last fr?* \ears i4 her life she grew bitter ; arid cro<s. Cau y> u as?igo a reason for this, if it is true?" "I don't think that was so.'' she replied. "Rosa was always a bright ard cheerful girl. I know of nothing cai ciliated to mike her bitter. She always euj>yed good health up to a short time preceding her death " "I suppose you know that the theory now is," said the repoiter, speaking rapidly, ''that Kirby was murdered and his b">dy buried near where you aud he lived." "No, I do not; why, what for and by whom?" Just theu Mr. Tillotson wa'ked on to the piazza from the street, and the reporter turned to him for the date of his rn* tr- i 1 marriage to ->lrs. rurDy ana aiter od taining the information left, being unable to answer Mrs Tiilotson's ques tion. The theory Mrs. Tiilotson has advanced to explain the disappearance, j so the neighbors understand, is that '"Kirby got mad and quit.'' The alleged murdprrr5, it is siid. quarrelled and fought several rioi^s recently. But both have boasted to a ^*1 ? -, .r nnrcano ^nxpwf hit UUU; V/ll V* y\-kV'ia*3 luuv "V V . >. - - tcr enemies they become, they know certain thir:g-> amone themselves which they will never divulge."?News ara Courier. "Why rIhey Did Not Come The follow iug are the rcasui<s assigned by >Jr. Otis Asbmore, a noted aitrjnorner of Georg'a. for the non appearance of the metor c shower last week: 'Th -t the L- onids h^ve not appeaaed in g'ca or numbers at this time is remi'k-bie. While the dtta concerning tu- orbits aud moiion are not suliioieu Jy deteimined to make accurate predictions concerning them, astronomers had gov d reasons to expect a much greater display than has yet occurred. It is still possible that we will have a considerable shower, but the chaLC s are agui'-.st it, and they listen every day. Among the probable causcs of their non appearance are: "First, the earlier ones may have passed through the meteor stream in day time, when even ihe most brilliant display otherwise wculd have been completely masked by the sun's rays. It takes the earth enly from four to eight hours to pass through the meteor stream, ana it is quite possible for the j earth to pass through them in the day time. If this has been the case it is likely that a portion of the earfh ta least was exposed to the edge of the passing stream duriog the early dawn. This may have been in the ocean, or in sparsely settled land areas. "Again, there is some reason to think that the Leonids travel in sieveral groups aloDg the common orbit, and that at this return the earth eli.'pped between the separate aggregations without collision with the main body of the meteors. "Another possible explanation lies in the tidal effect of the sun's attraction, which constantly tends to disin tegratc the mtteoric mass and distribute the meteoric matter uniformly around the orbit. The earth at each return would intercept a less number of meteors in this thin stream. These little bodies for thirty-three pears have been exposed to various disturbing forces along their path, and a very slight change in their erbit would send them clear of the earth's oath." Hilling S-^eet Potatoes. The rotting of s*eet potatoes in the hill duriog the winter months is a com mon cause of coaiplaiat, especially during a season of continued wei. freezing weather. The trouble ia more of^ Vvtt nr- imhrniwr filil ICi-i uau;t;u uj vi ing, than from any other source. Sweet potatoes properly banked, will never rot under any circumstances, but will keep sound and in good shape until the following spring. Potatoes, in the first place, should never be gathered until fully ripe, or until after a killing frost has whitened the vines. Tney should be harvested on a dry day with the sun rhining, if possible. Potatoes put in a band should be dry and free from all cuts and bruises. Bank rhp seed noisioes to themselves, using the smallest tubers for that purpose. 1q preparing the bank raise the bed for the potatoes six or eight inches, put down a thick layer of straw or shacks, and caie'uUy pile on the potatoes in sugar-cane shape, about thirty bushels to the hill. Next, covcr the potatoes with a layer of cornstalks or straw, and over that place a layer of boards, b-eaking the joints, leaving an opening about six inches round at the top. Over the boards throw a thin layer of dirt one inch iu thickness, and cover the top with a plank to shed the rai i. Trench around the tiiil at the bottom to carry off all water. About the first of December throw on two inches dirt and close the hole at the top. Potatoes will keep sound banked in this way. A Wise Decision, The appellate division of the supreme court in Brooklyn has denied the appeal of Kiizabeth Cisco, ncgress, from the decision of the special term, refusing a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the school board of Queens borough to admit her children to the public school on Brenton avenue, Jacacia, and make no distinction on account of color. She claims the right to have her childreo accepted as pupils in the school in question, but was told that they must go to a separate school for colored children. Justice Goodrich, writinz the opinion for the appellate divi^bn, says that the provisions, of the constitution which provides that equal school facilities shall be furnished to all children cannot be held to mean that tbe white children and the black children must be permitted to attend the same schools. Served Them Eight. A dispatch from Key West Fia., says Annie Foy, the white woman who recently married a Xegro near Key West, was Thursday given a sentence of^ve years in the penitentiary on the charge of miscegenation. The marriage ~ ~ ^ v*> 11 o r> ri /^nm_ ucuiisiuucu ll1uvu iju u ut \j\s*+* meet wheu it occurred, and the sentence Thursday in the criminal court puts an end to the niuch-talked-of case. The Negro, Will Harrison, was tried on the same charge, and was sentenced to one year iu the penitentiary. The miLis-? ? ?-?-w?/-v/3 fv?^rv? Rat* \t r k nrr ter UUf LUAl A ICU tUVUJ, AiW*. -'A,*,. i.X\,A A ? came out in a card vindicating himself, as he claims the couple had a legal license and the church only asks if they had been married before. It is likely that inquiry will be made as to who issued the license. A RACK WAR. ! Battla in Night Between Negro I a D Soldiers and Whites. AT RIO GRANDE CITY. TEXAS. The Governor of Texas Asks Investigation and Removal of Un ru!y Negro Troops From Fort Ringgold. Gov. Sayers, of Texas, received a telegram at Austin, on Wednesday from the commanding o3icer of the United States troops at b'aa Antonio conveying the information ihat there had been a race riot at KioGrinde City Tuesday night between the federal ne^ro troops stationed there and the citi zcns of that town. About the time ibis ti lt gram was received another came from the county jutke at that place and they are somewhat confusing. _ The military commander at San Antonio, Gren. McKibbon, telegraphs that the ieport he received from the commander at Furt Ki:jggold near Rio Grande City states that all the troops were in the garrisou Tuesday night at 7 o'clock when the citizens of that town advanced on the fort and fired upr>n the guard. Tne guard returned the fire and the entire garrison was at once called to arms. The citizens continued their firing upon the fort and the soldiers returned the Ore and finally had to bring the Gatling gun* into play to j disperse the attackers. Tne command * - 1> A f vA 1"^ f f, .11 Kl A 'A r. f\ O C L* C I er MiU'ii Luai UU icaiO I fur more troops. The telegram from the county judge states that the negro soldiers iu the fort there deployed in a ravine cn the edge of ilio to*n and fir d into and over the io vn for something like an hour and a half, shooting into a number of houses, wounding one mas, and friuhtning the women and children so badly that a number of them had fled to the surrounding ranches ior safety; that the attack was entirely uuprovoked and that the commuuity was highly incensed and further trouble was looked for at once. PAr.f 4***11 AT271 n or VJUVCILIU; U'a.jcio ctuv <v.iv?iu6 teWraru to the secretary of war at Washington: {'P1 ;ase direct immediately impartial and searching investigation into the conduct of negro soldiers at Fort Kinggold, Star county, Texas, last night. Also issue order fyr immediate removal of troops. Following telegram just received from the county judge of Star county: Negro soldiers at Fort Ringgold deplo>ed in a ravine at south edge of town at 7 p. m. last night aud fired over 1,500 shots into and over the town. The fusilade continued at intervals over o-^Laod one-half hours. One citizen wounded in his house. Houses all over town penetrated by balls. Women and children fled to the wooo.s and ranches. Population terrorized. I fear the people may decide to avenge themselves for this dastardly act. Civil authorities would be powerless to control. I understand that Lieut. Kubottorn, commanding, directed this cowardly assault. No cause for the act. Wire Washington and San Antonio for searching investigation and removal of troops at once. (Signed) '"Joseph D. Saj-ers, '"Governor." Clw in eharce of the Texas division, has revived the following: '"Fort Ringgold, Nov. 21. "Every man in garrison last night. Citizens began firing on our guard at 7. Troop D and scouts placcd on guard around garrison. Enemy opened terrific fire on garrison at 7:30 on side next to Rio Grande City, and continued for some time. Our men obliged to protect garrison, fired several volleys. Finally ordered out Gattliog gun and silenced enemy's fire. None of our men hurt; no trouble since, but rumors of gathering in country. If true, may net d more troops. Cannot treat with citizcns who will not even respect United States mail carriers; unsafe for garrison. Shall I send men after mail? (Signed) '"Rubottom." Gen. McKibben has ordered two troops of cavalry from Fort Brown to proceed by forced march to Ringgold. Gen. McKibbin has consulted with Gov. Sayers on the subject and has been asked bv the governor to take whatever steps in his power to conciliate the citizens aad tfce soldiers. Trouble between the negro soldiers on the frontier posts and the Mexican population has been brewing for some time A collision between the police and the negro soldiers at Laredo a few weeks ago has resulted in the abandoning of the po?t there. A small sized riot also occurred at Rio Grande City last month, in which some ioldiers were shot and others were arrested and fined. Since then the Mexicans and soldiers at Rio Grande City have been at the bitterest enmity. A Pointer to Merchants. The New York Herald gives this pointer to merchants or all who have an article to sell or buy: "Advertising has become the merchant's greatest help toward achieving success. The complaccnt tradesman who relies solely upon his individual merits to build up a thriving business mav be commended for the faith that is in him; but such faith is without a solid foundation, it is couch like that which was characteristic of the optimistic Mr. Micawber, who, beingbald, was of the opinion that he had been providently deprived of his hai-r in order that he might without discomfort wear the wig of a lord high chancellor. A merchant may be ever so worthy but in these hustling times he must in addition do something in order 10 get the public interested in his establishment. Good newspaper advertising answers the purpose.'* Buried in a Swamp. News was received at Jackson, Ga., Thursday that a small posse of citizens who have been searching for the Negro who attempted an assault on Mrs. llmmas McClue Monday came upon the mon in -> cxamr* on the Ocmultree river near Jackson late Monday night and immediately riddled his body with bullets. It is reported that he wis buried in the swamp. The posse quietly retnrnor} linmp and 15PW3 of the killing has just been madekno^n. TAREED AND FEATHERED. White Woman and lugro Jten Thus i Treated "Up North." The town of West Liberty, Ohio, is ULUer great excitement over tue lamug > and feathering of three people?Mrs. Ne'.l .JacksoD, white: Ei. Jackson and David Rickinan, colored. Marshal Krabill's barn vas burned on Friday morning, with the contents, including a cow. Mrs. Jackson, who, it is alleged, had made threats to burn the ! bare, was arrested, and her father-inlaw, Ed. Jackson, and Ilickman were arrested fur resisting officers. About midnight ou the dav of the arrest one c? ? - hundred and fifty masked men gathered at the jail, demandiug the prisoners of Marshal Krabill, who refused to surrender them. The mob battered down the jail doors and formed three divisions. The tirtt party took Mrs. Jackson to a mill stream near by, stripped her naked, covered her with tar and feather?. put her iuto three fc-et of water and made he march up and down the stream for the amusement of' the crowd. The second divi ion cairn with iujkman, and the woman was placed oq the bink, while 11 ckrnan was treated the same as the woruaD, with the addition of btirig whipped and pouoded. Fie was made to march up acd down in the water until the third section came with Ei. Jackson, who was treated in a similar manner. The trio was then forced back in the water and made to "play 'possum." The prisoners were then marched through-several streets, naked, and were whipped. All then started for Bellefontain. still naked, Kickman walked several miles before he got any c'o'.hiug. The two Jacksons walked ihr^e miles, shiwrin^, before they nn j r.i T1 ,k ?? C 'UlU 11 ja UltHUU'g i IIU LUUU UJCI. mv colored people going to the aid of the prisoners, whca they were partly disrobed. an] made to fl^e. Today t!.e vicliius aro bjd-fasc, covered with outs aiid bruiies. All deny any connection \*iih (be barn burniDg. Jackson is a well respected man seventy years old. Twe've years sgro the woman married r i v. .? n.?* 2> 5U11 VJTiautj a t j;uicu ivu^u, who afterwards bceame notorious for insulting white womeo. until he, like his father today, was tarred and feathered. He was arterwards killed in a fight. The widow and two children have sipce made their homo with their father in-law. After Jackson's death the widow led a wayward life, resulting in the present trouble. Physicians say the victims bad vitriol thrown in their eyes. ' To a reporter Mrs. Jackson said, regarding the barn burning, that she was in bed when awakened by fire, and she called her father-in-law. The burning shingles were falling in her ? 3 OIA TT? rwy 1 rvrvf V> lira y'*lU. C1IC SdlU OUC ywum uw auiv fired a building so close to her own home. Herbreasc was tcrrib-y lacerated. BREASTPLATES WERE MADEThey Were Made to J?r. J. Dudley Haselden's Order. The fallowing cards on the charge that Mr. J. Dudley Haselden had breastplates made at tbe Marion Iron Works a few day3 before his fight with the Sellers is interesting reading: Marion, S. C., Nov. 23, 1899. To Whom it May Concern: Having been requested by Mr. B. B. Sellers to state what I know about the manufacture of breastplates by the Marion Iron Works for Mr. J. I). Has elder1, I beg leave to slate that 1 am employed in said works; that on or about the 14th of November, 1S99, Mr. J. D. Haselden came to me and placed an order for two breastplates. He directed them to be made so as to fit over his breast and stomach, with holes at the shoulders and near the bottom so that they could be tied on. They were also to be oval ia shape. lie stated that some one had threatened his life and he wanted to be prepared against him. I made the two breastrwtf r?-P frvrlr c t no 1 onrl nnn nf t hnm yuv Vi VVAft UUU v u V* ?. *-*>?, ?-*-*. was sent to him that evening and I am informed that the other was shipped to' him next day to" Columbia. They weighed 12 pounds each and were made out of tork steel. J. F. Spears. Marion, S. C., Nov. 23, 1899. To Whom it May CoDcern: At the request of Mr. B B Sellers T state what 1 know about the manufacture of breastplates by the Marion Iron tforks. "I am employed in the iron works. On or about the 14th. of this month Mr, Spears, the blacksmith of the iron works, nr.ae two breastplates out of boiler steel at saiu ^orksfor Mr. Dudley Haselden. I saw Mr. Haselden in the shop while the work was being done, and heard him say to Mr. Spears that a certain piece of steel would answer. One of the breastplates was deliyered to him that day acid I packeJ ths other the next day and shipped it to Mr. Haselden at Columbia. His Attest: Enos X Powell. H. E. Dunford. Mark. To Whom it May Concern: At the request of Mr. B. B, Sellers I will state what J ':dow of the manufacture of breastfby the -Marion Iron works for Mr. J. D. tfiselden. I am employed in said works. On or about the 14th of this month I saw Mr. Spears at work on what he said at the time was a breastplate. I saw Mr. Dudley Hasclden at the works that day. I do not care to state what I heard from others at the time. Carl Mathews. The Vice Jfresident Dead. Garrett A. Hobart, vice president of the United States, died at his homo in Paterson, X. J., at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday, morning Nov. 21. At his bedside were Mrs. Hobart and his son, Garrett A. Hobart. .Jr., .ogether with Dr. William K. Newton and his wife and Private Secretary Evans. Mr. Hobart's death had been expected for some hour?. The beginning of the end came Monday afternoon when there was a sudden failure of the heart, and from this attack Mr. Hobart never railied. He had b^-en sick for a long time, and had suffered frequently from heart failure, and his strength had been undermined. Gradually the failure of the heart's action became more apparent, and soon af'cer midnight Mr. ffobart became unconscious. He remained in that condition until his death. Mr. Hobart's death was due directly to angina pectoria. complicating myocarditis. HARD FIGHTING, The Insurgents Are Disputnig Every Foot of Ground. AGUINALDO FLEES NORTH. Generals Young and Wheaton's Columns Failed to Close in on Him as Expected They Would Do. A dispatch from Manila says severe fighting in the north of Iloilo begin Tuesday, Nov. 21. Four Americans were killed and 25 were wounded, including three officers. The insurgents are retreating to Santa Barbara, but the fighting continues. Col. Carpenter Nov. ]8; advanced to Santa Barbara, straight north from Jaro, taking trench after trench, the enemy lighting and retreating. Gen. Hughes' column has I steadily been advancing north to gain a po-ition west of Santa Barbara. It encountered the enemy in small detachments. Six to ten Americans tfere wounded in this column. OjI. Carpenter started during the night of Nov. 20 and opened with Battery G of the Sixth artillery, at daybreak, Nov. 21, on the trenches. The eneaav volleyed as the artillery took nn o uyrmnrlirnr fmir torn U|/ u jjvjitivuj ?T vuuuiug IUUII ^ n u companies of the Twenty-sixth regiment, garrisoning Jaro, moved through Capacaz, attacking the enemy on the right flank, just north of Jaro at daybreak Nov. 21, driving them toward Co!. Carpenter. The country between Jaro and Santa Barbara is thickly entrenched, especially near Pavia. The Sixth artillery fired oil the trenches and the Eighteenth regiment charged, the enemy retreating to the next trench. The .Eighteenth again charged, encountering and attacking a force of id ' i L:J ii., i D'Jioiuea, wuu were uiu iu me grass, and who severely wounded several Americans. Daring the afternoon of Nov. 21 the fighting was severe immediately south of Pavia -three miles north of Jaro. The twenty-sixth's companies returned to Jaro after the flank movement, having captured three six-pound smooth bore cannon and a quantity of arms and ammunition. The enemy's loss was not obtainable, but seven men TCATCk ?nr>r?rl rl in rtno insurgents are falling back on Santa Barbara, which, it is expected, Gen. Hi>gh?S has attacked before this. Genera! Young reported that Aguinaldo, with a. party of 200, including pome wcaiei>and a few carts, passed Aringy on'thecoast between San Fabian and San Fernando in the province of Union on Friday, Nov. 17. The general adds that Aguinaldo probably intends to sl-lke inland through the Binqu monntirrre -4o:rard Bayombong, in the province of Nueva Yisaya. General Young, with cavalry and Maccabbee9. is pursuing the Filipino leader, part of the American force taking the direction of San Fernandino. In a fight with Aguioaldo's rear guard at Arinjrya rtnrt Afonrtonrao onfl t.Vio insurgents retreated. Their loss is unknowo. The opinion of many military icen aDd of resident foreigners is that AguiDaldo has probably escaped by changing the seat of war into the northern part of the island. They think he has taken a considerable army with him. This, if trae, will necessitate a new series of operations on our part, and Agninaldo has gained a temporary strategic advantage. Those holding this view point ont the fact that the insurgents never intended to hold the alleged capital at Tarlac as a permanent capital, as it was only slightlj fortified. .LiitSV &13U Uid.I III mat I iauivau bridge left iDtact while much rolling stocK was burned and destroyed indicate that a rapid retreat was made several weeks back. This retreat must have been accomplished at the time Lawton began his San Isidro movement. Therefore the insurgents have had time to move out their principal supplies and munitions. It is aiso a fact that our circle of troops has been closed up so far without material resistence, except in the region of escape to the-north, near Wheaton's column. The captured supplies, too, have proved insignificant compared with those that would be required. Aguinaldo's supposed army in this T,AI1A? """?o 1 f 4Vnm in OHO f.A vaiicjf nas uouuiac^u num *.\/,wv 20,000 men. Their known large quantities of artillery are still unaccounted for. The opinions of General Otis and General Schwan differ somewhat from th:s view. They say today that they do not know whether or not Aguinaldo, with hi3 army, has escaped into the tobacco valley to the north. If so, they doubt whether he has escaped with any considerable force. They believe that Aguinaldo himself has gone. T'k/vrr kflllATTA f O f O V>1^ X11CJ CfclOV tiiut 0 number of the insurgent force is scat tered in smill bands within our lines as amigos. Killed in a Runaway. Mrs. M. A. Vickroy, of Alexandria, Va., died Wednesday as the result of an accident. She was out driving with Judge N. L. Griffith, of Preascott, Ariz. The horses bol-.ing, both occupants of the vehicle were thrown violently to the grom.'i. Griffith was unconscious for two Lours and is in a criticil state. Mrs. Vickroy and her J ??? J AJ i A WA nrt i? f Jin iiusuaiiu. iuaiucu m aiiivja m tuo j early days, the latter owning extensive \ interests here. He erected the first stamp mill in the territory. Mrs. Vickroy was a familiar character iD the national capital daring the past fifteen years, having successfully put claims of $400,000 through the courts for the destruction of mining property. Killed by a Train A dispatch from JEastis, Fia., says John E. Wheelock of Grand Island was run over and istantly killed by a railroad train at that place Friday morning. He was walking on the track and, being deaf, failed to hear the caution signal of the engineer. Mr. Wheelock was an old Union veteran. Some years ago he went to Ecuador and was imprisoned on a trumped up charge, but through the intercession of the state department at Wasnington was finally released. He received a large indemnity from th.3 : republic of Ecuador. KILLED A HELPLESS PRISONER. An Unarmed Man Shot Dead While Begeing For Mercy. Theo Cuttall, of Lawrence Kansas formerly of the Twentieth Kansas regi merit, in a letter to The Topeka Journal, makes the charge that Colonel Metcalf, recently breveted brigadier general for gallantry in the Philippines, shot and unarmed and supplic:trng Filipino prisoner, and in support of it furnished the follosiag affidavits of Private Iluskey, of the Twentieth Kansas, and Fir>t Lieutenant Ferguson of the Thirty-six infantry: il f*r ri r i j /irA_ .Mf rnmppme isiaDa, ^uy 01 Jianiia? Personally appeared before me tbis 2-ith day of July, 189D. Private Harris 0. Huskev, of compiny K, Twentieth Kansas infantry, United States volunteers, who beiog duly sworn, deposes and says that at the battle of Oaloocan he was orderly for Major W. S. Metcalf, Twentieth Kansas infantry, United States volunteers; that at a point where the insurgent trenches cross the traveled road nearest to the right of the tramway, he saw a prisoner ~u.. ,1,. u i UIUU?LLL UUl Ui LlAC LiULlULICO l*U lUtfJUI | Met calf. Deponent further says that Major W. S. Metcalf, Twentieth Kansas infantry, United States volunteers, shot the prisoner with his revolver, and at the time of the shooting the prisoner was unarmed and on his knees. ' Harris 0. Huskev. "P:ivate company K, Twentiety lvao.sas infantry. "Swora and subscribed to before me this 24th day of July, 1899. UF. H. Lawtox, "First Lieutenant Twenty.first infanfrrtr " Jm The affidavit of First Lieutenant Ferguson reads: "San Antonio, Philippine Islands, August 24, 1899.?Oa the 10ch day of February, 1899,1 was engaged in the taking of Caloocan by United States troops, being a corporal in company E, Twentieth Kansas infantry. Immediately after the crossing of the first line of insurgent trenches, about 300 yards south of the Caloocan church, 1 heard a shot fired to my left and rear, and looking that way, saw a native falling apparently lifeless to the ground. AT o inr VI *>t nn If trae ciV or eight feet in front of the native with a smoking pistol arid the impression I received was that the major had shot the native. Bat other matters called me and I went on with the line. ' Aathur M. Ferguson, "First Lieutenant Thirty-sixth infantry United States volunteers." Metcalf has made a denial of the charge. A SERIOTJS CHARGE. Against the Wife and Daughter of John Laird. The Columbia Record of last Friday says the sheriff of Richland County received a letter from Orangeburg "Frfcich contains charges which, if true, prove that a diabolical murder was committed in this eity a week previous to the fair. The letter is as follows: Mr. V. V. Laird was in here this a. m., and tells me his brother was killed in your city near the phosphate mill. He was buried Wednesday, November 8th, 1899. He wants to lrnnn7 if cmi or?T7 rmA in Toil fr*r killiDg him. He tells me that he is satisfied his wife and daughter had him killed and Policeman Riley and Dr. Gibbes can tell you something about it. So write me if anything has been done. Has there been any warrants issued for .any one. He seems to think his brother was murdered. Yours truly, W. Hampton Dukes. The facts in the case, so far as developed, are as follows: John Laird, a mill operative, was found lying along the railroad track near the Globe phos pha'e mill in Uolumoia last a week I before the opening of the fair. He was unconscious and it was presumed that in a drunken spree he had fallen. Tnere were a few bruise? on his body and a slight cat on his head, but an examination iuaue by Dr. Gibbes did not indicate that the man was seriously hurt. In fact, it was believed that it was a case of acute alcoholism and Laird was taken to his home in the mill district. He lived a week, when he died. Dr. Gibbes made postmortem examination nn/) + l-N f Vl A 1 1 In A J auu luuuu LIKIL tuc 2Aun uau ucci: cracked and that death was cause! from a hemorrhage of the brain. It was a rather suspicious case and Mr. P. B. JVIcMaster, acting coroner in-Mr. Green's absence, held an inquest. Not much light was thrown on the case, though it evidently was the belief of some of the witnesses that Laird had been murdered. It was developed that another r*Mtro hoH Virxa-n nritVi Vnm on/1 ( v ilUVA WWU L.'CWU *VJL4 1AAULI MUU that this same fellow had left for parts unknown, leaving somemonev due him at the Richland mill. This man's name could not be ascertained today, but it is known to the coroner, whose records were not available this morning. It appears, however, that the testimony implicating this man wa3 mere" conjecture and little attention was paid to the circumstances. The verdict of the jury was in effect that Laird had come to his death by be ing struck on the head by some blunt instrument in the hands of parties unknown. There the matter dropped and Laird was buried. The circumstarces of the case had passed out of the minds of the officials until this letter was received from Mr. Dukes. There is no such policeman as Riley and the police know nothing of the case. Xo arrests have been made and it has not been decided what will be done about it. Mr. Laird only thinks that the wife and daughter are implicated in the murder and future investigation will determine what action will be taken in regard to them. Everybody was so engrossed with the fair that the circumstances of the death of Laird were not generally known even to the sheriff and other county officials, butthe letter from O-ranguburg may institute an investigation which will throw some light on the crime. Town Destroyed. A telephone message from Paris, Lokan county, Texas reports the town of Magazine destroyed by a tornado Tuesday night. Migazine is on the new Choctaw and Memphis roud, CO miles east of Fort Smith. All efforts to reacn Magazine by wire touay iaiiea. Bocneville. ten miles from Magazine, suffered a severe storm, houses being blown down and cattle killed. HUMAN BRUTES HUNG. Ed Luckey and Tom Mitchell Hanged at Darlington. A special dispatch from Darlington to Tne otate says Yamuna .Lucsey and Thomas Mitchell, two Negroes about 18 years of age, were hanged there Friday in the county jail for brutally assaulting and ravishing Mis3 Josephine Lafferty, a young white woman, near Lamar, in that county, Oct. 8th. The drop fell at 10:45 and both necks were broken, death being instantaneous. The manner in which the execution was done reflects credit upon Sheriff Si->!irhnrrm<rVi 5>n^ Vii? Rntli w ~ ?? ? the condemned fully realized that they would die and Thursday professed conversion. The colored ministers have been with them daily. Their breakfast Friday morning renumed untouched, and when first seen abo*.l 9 o'clock they were sitting on their ot with their faces buried in their hands and chanting a monotonous dirge, swaying their bodies from side to side and patting the floor wiih their feet. Luckey stated that he was guilty, but did not think that he ousrht to be hanged, and in the L_ _.ru - JJ.J T same uica'vU auucu iudt JLUUI -jjLituueu was not with him at the time and had nothiog to do with the commission of the crime. This statement is different from the one he made during the trial, and upon whose testimony Mitchell was largely convicted. Mitchell has always protested his innocence and held out to the end. HISTORY OF THE CRIME. Sunday morning, Oct. 8, Miss Jose phine Lafferty, who lives within two miles of Lamar, in this county, with her aged mother and sisters, left her home at 10 o'clock for that of her brother, about a mile distant to procure some necessary articles of food. To shorten the distance between the houses a path had been made throngh the woods, which led by a negro cabin 1 _ 1_ V ft I m wnicn were conectea a numDer 01; negroes, as is their custom on Suuday ] mornings, to shave each other, smoke their pipes and discuss the events of the week. Miss Lafferty was not at her brother's home more than half an hour when she returned by the same route. As soon as she passed the negro cabin, according to Luckey's testimony in court, Mitchell called him out and they followed her. She wore a large sucbonnet, and doubtless little thought of the danger behind ner. Sneaking stealthily up behind her Luckey grabbed her by the neck and choked her into insensibility. The only exclamation she was Heard to make was, "Please turn me loose.'' The rest of the story is too horrible to relate, and she was left on ti-.e ground for dead. More than two hours afterwards she was seen approaching her home, scarcely able to walk, her hands supporting her head, nose and mouth bleeding and her eye-balls protruding beyond the lashes. To her sister she said: ''Edmund tried to kill me; lie choked me nearly death, but thank Grod I am still alive."** Dr. Jositr iraooummonoJ q..<L 1 i-i. 1 1 nas aiLeuueu ner ever siuce, uer urutuer Will stating Friday that an abscess had formed on each of the large arteries m the neck and one was now discharging on the inside of her mouth. Her condition is still critical. SAD END OF A HERO. Suicide of "Brave Bill" Anthony Who Made Famous Eeport to Sigsbse. "William Anthony, better known as "Brave Bill" Anthony, died at the Presbyterian hospital in New York last Friday half an hour after he had swallowed a quantity of cocaine at one of iv\a r??r1 norl" ontrinpoc tto tcoc VUU VViiklUl J^Ui U A.AV II WW the man, -who, oa Feb. 15, 1S9S, when the battleship Maine was blown up in Ilabana harbor, reported to Capt. Sigsbee in the famous words: "Sir, I have the honor to report that the ship has been blown up and is sinking." Oa his return to this country Aothony was accorded receptions everywhere. He received invitations from cities to be their guest. For months he traveled over the country, being accorded the honors of a hero. When his leave of absence was ended. An thony was promoted to be a sergeant of marines and was detailed at the Brooklyn navy yard. In one of his pockets was found a letter written by him to his aunt which read that he was discouraged and disconsolate and was going to end it ali. Among the other articles found was a picture of his one-month-old child, on the back of which was written: "Bury this with me." A Spanish-American war medal, such as all survivors of the the battleship Maine received, was also found. They Swung Him. The b^dy of Wesley Lowrance, the >iegrowho a fo* days ago criminally assaulted Mrs. W. M. Bowman, near Mc David, in Escambia county, Fla., *as found "Wednesday morniog swinging from a tree near the scene of bis crime. An armed posse found him in a swamp near Canoe, Ala., too exhausted by hunger to offer fight. He was carried to the home of Mrs. Bowman, and after he had been positively JLUCUtlUCU, VTf<13 JUO,U?UU CU O. UClgLLUUi" ing tree. As his body was hoisted from the ground it was riddled with bullet from some 200 rifles and revolvers. Sheriff Smith is investigating he lynching. Two Men Drowned. Pilot Frank W. Walter and an Italian sailor were drowned at Pensacola, Fia., Thursday night. Walter boarded the Italian bark Pensacola to pilot h.er in. A high sea was running and the vessel begin to bump the side of the channel. Walter ordered the anchors out and with three of the sailors started in a small boat for the pilot steamer Somers X. Smith to assist the bark. The boit capsized. Two of the sailors were rescused but Walter and the other sailor were drowned. ^31 .a4.V T\ 1 J fcieuiiuiis .ueciareu. The State board of canvassers met Wednesday and eanvasscd the returns from several special elections, declariag the "esults. Mr. McDermott was declared elected senator from Horry county: ana Mr. Crosson will succeed Col. Griffith in the senate from Lexing ton county. Mr. Brantley was declared electcu a member of the house from Orangeburg county to succeed Dr. Sturkie. resigned.?The State. DEWEY IS MAD. Because He Was Criticised for Giving Away the House THE PEOPLE GAVE HIM. Says He Would Give it Back to the Donors if it Were in His Power to DO SO. A special dispatch from Washington to The News and Courier says Admiral Dewey is out in an interview complaining against what he claims to be unjust and unpardonable condemnation of his course in transferring his house to his wife, who subsequently transferred the I J : T n tu i/uc -luuiuai a suu, vxeurge. The Admiral displays considerable temper in his condemnation of the newspapers and the public for criticising his action, and declares he would not have accepted the house had he understood that a string was attached to it. He claims the right to dispose of it according to his own ideas, and he believed he was doing an act which would meet universal approval by giving the house to his wife so 3ne might have the pleasure of bestowing it upon his son. The Admiral is reported to have made the following remarkable statement: "While I was a hero two months ago I am now reduced to such a position that certain DeoDle cannot sav ihinza too villanoua, too scurrilous about me; and no one defends me. If I was so much of a hero then and tne American people thought well enough .of me to give me this house, why do not some of those people defend me now? "If-1 had known how much trouble, how much villanous abuse was to come upon me as the result of accepting this house I would never have taken it at the hands of the American people. When I sailed into Manilla Bay oyer danererons firronnds. with death and even worse in front of us, I little thought that in such a brief period of time after I returned to my native land the American people would countenance such monstrous attack upon me because I was doing what I considered to be the most gracious thing I could do, to present my home to my bride. "I do not intend to arraign the entire American people for the acts of a few, but I am hurt; I am cut to the quick. I have never felt so badly in all my life. I want the American people to know it. I want them to know that if I could I would return to the contributors to the I fund the house purchased with it. I would never in the world have accepted it if I. had known what it would cost me.. If I should feel to-morrow as I feel to-night X would cut it all, throw up everything, go on the retired list and go- abroad. In fact I feel so dis-r.HUlXgr.ll-,?nr/vrw ^nf tlUIUghtthafcT . scarcely know what I will do. I hardly feel like living in a country where I can be attacked in such an outrageous manner without being defended by any jj one. On<s r^nnrf Tin<? _if. t.Ttfti. fchft ~ - r - ?~ transfer was made to preserve the house, as Admiral Dewey fears a suit for breach of promise will be instituted against him by a lady employed in the bureau of equipment, of which the admiral was the head before he was assigned to the charge of the Asiatic squadron. It is stated upon what appears to be reliable authority that an engagement of marriage existed between the two at the time of the admiral's departure from thi3 country more than two years ago. There is flfln rnrrrnf nnth f Vi a j TT1VU ViiV iUW^Ution, but no one as yet lias felt called upon to defend his course, and even his best friends feel that fce has shown bad taste in the matter, to say the least. . Gold Hedal for Blue. A dispatch from Columbia says the beautiful and artistic gold medal for Lt. Victor Blue, U. S. A., South Caro lina's aero in tne Uuban war, nas arrived. The association for Patriotic A ward was formed January 31, 1899, with Mrs. Ellison Capers as president and Mrs. E. W. Screven as secretary and treasurer. Its object was to procure a suitable testimonial toLt. Victor Blue, and it was then and there decided that the testimonial should take the shape of a handsome gold medal. The secretary was instructed to write to a lady in each town and considerable village informing of Iter ap pointment as collector for the association and requesting her to gather funds for the medal. No sum was named the association desiring the offering to be as general as possible, what each one was able to give, however small, a voluntary and cheerful outpouring throughout the state. In four months, over $300 were sent in, coming from all quarters of the state, and accompanied by let ters testifying to the senders pleasure at me opportunity. Returned to Columbia. The Keeley Institute, which for some months has had its establishment in Charleston, is now located in Columbia, where it will be ready for the reception of patients on and after Monday, December 4th. The fame of the Keeley cure for the whiskey habit is now firmly established. There are so many instances, all over the country, of its MACS**/} (sffoi'te fTiot fVi/? InpQf, ?ARH>. monials of its success are in the numbers of men whom it has released from the thraldom of the bottle and restored to happiness and usefulness. The whiskey habit is recognized as a disease, and for the cure of that disease the Keeley treatment is employed witJ? the happiest results. Hanged Himself. Joseph Richards, of Macon. G-a., white, twenty-eight years of age, the owner of a dray line, hanged himself Thursday. The suicide was the result of religious mania. Richards had attended the Salvation Army at Augusta. Thursday morning he told one of his men that he had oeen tried Wednesday mgnt beiore tfc.e bar ot God for a great crime that lie tad committed and that he must die an.d not see the face of God. An hour- later his body was found suspended from a rafter in the barn. ,T-~