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? MURPHY WONT HANG. } e HIS SENTENCE COMMUTED TO IM- a PRISONMENT FOR LIFE. * C r Th? Governor Claim* to Have Grave ^ Oonbts or the Itluruererit uuut nun uum- o I mutes His Seuteucs?No Doubt a Pardon 3 Will Follow I.ater, c V Columbia, S. C., March 25.?Cily v Attorney Carroll of Augusta, by his j energetic work done in the last 20 a days, has succeedcd in saving the life 1 of Daniel C. Murphy, and that unfor- c tunate man will not have to pay the e death nenaltv unon the gallows. This a will be read by many before Murpby knows, however, whether he must die c today or not. lie wss not told last ? night, the prison gates having been ? locked for the nfoht before any one ? knew the result. Ilis aged, greyhaired ? father will doubtless be the first to jR've him the news at 6 o'clock or short- ; thereafter this morning. As the 1 case now stands. Murphy's sentence J has been commuted to life imprsion- * ment in the State penitentiray. On c the streets every man one could meet approved this action upon the part of ? the chief executive. * Governor Ellerbe has given the case 1 the greatest amount of careful and 1 * t ^ i n _* painstaking conasiaerauon. oince his last interview with the prisoner, * he has been convinced of his guilt, e and Murphy would surely have died s on the gallows today, but for the earn- ? est work of Mr. Carroll in securing J the testimony of that Augusta minis- * ter, whose character had been so high- ^ ly endorsed. f Yesterday morning, in response to the request of Governor Eilerbe, So- 1 licitor Jervey and H. II. Brunson, ^ .Esq., who prosecuted Murpny, came to Columbia, and during the day the e governor had fhem in consulation ^ with him. The stenographic report e of the evidence taken in the case the preceding day was read to them. " , What they had to say to the governor ? is not known. Both attorneys had 1 been previously convinced of the man's s guilt, but neither of them were men who wished an innocent men executed t( "* -* ??-?-U t, /? nUrvmn 4-Vtof Via TTTO c ^ 11 11 uuiuu uo auunu t,u<?b uu t> cent J Governor Ellerbe thought the case ^ over for some time after these gentlemen had left the city; then about 6:30 o'clock he announced he had com- " muted the sentence to life imprison- ' ment in the State penitentiary, Gover- j? nor Ellerb? said that the testimony that had been presented to him by ? Mr. Carroll was of such a character as 13 to create in his mind the gravest ;< doubts of the man's guilt; consequent- 11 lj he could not permit him to be ? hanged. This was all the governor *1 said. His position seems to be about n as follows: While the integrity of ? the Augusta minister was not to be ^ doubted under the certificates of charac s <er furnished, there was a bare possi- tl bility that he was mistaken as to the b days he swears Murphy was at his * house, and for this reason the gover- r' nor could not grant the full pardon. 11 If it ever be proven, by additional witnesses that the minister's statement is a absolutely correct the status of the ? case is now such .that he can be par- 11 doned forthwith. The case has been n one of the most intense interest since 53 Mr. Carroll introduced the testimony, ? a summary of which was given yes?J? <"< tl icruay. uuvcruur uuci uc a puuuuu in having to deal with such a case, in- ^ volving the life of a human being, was, to say the least, most unenviable. J-j He has done what he considered the " only proper thing to do and thus this ^ case ends for the present. sl Mr. Carroll was about the execu- ? tive office often during the day await- J1 ing to hear the result of the case. He t( and Murphy's brother will return to ^ Augusta this morning. The latter ^ and the prisoner's aged father heard . the news of the commutation from 31 The State representative. The old man had hnnad and ovricvforl t.hat. a C Bull prrdon would be granted. He J flh&s been devotion itself during these t; few weeks and they have told upon a Hhia strength. He met Captain West- a Hfield of the penitentiary guard on the (^Ktreet and said in a broken voice: P Mr'Well captain, we will have to leave ^ HQiy poor boy with you." He talked J3 Hfcleasantly with the captain for awhile * ^ it 1-*. a- -i -ji t npna men. leit 10 sieep, auer uuwmmg Mfcermissioa to see his son at the prison r SXit 6 o'clock this morning, before leav- 1 jaHngfor his home in Orangeburg. a 5|3 The facts upon which the Governor c ERased his action in the case are inter- 7 IBsting. They were presented by a 11 nHawyer by the name of Carroll of Au- ? nftusta, Ga. Mr. Carroll came before ? |Hk>vernor Ellerbe on Wednesday n BBaorning with all his information in v SBroper shape. He brought along most F Bf his witnesses and everything he r ^ ranted to present was in the shape of 0 ^Hfforn affidavits. He left no point un- Y I and presented a case that was a interest. Assistant Attorleral Townsend was present -examined the witnesses. The 1' himself frequently asked J >stions. The examination of v ;sses occupied all the morn- C the afternoon Governor El- s ird Mr. Carroll present the g r. Carroll made a splendid He arranged his evidence in j rder and dissected the evi- v oduced at the trial in a mas- I nner. He laid particular f >n the fact that the chief State f Clem Barrs, had already ap- v fore the governor and con- o .t she was paid to lie. Gov- J lerbe listened intently to i g -that was said. He stated t; ould announce his decision s ening. At 8 o'clock he an- e hat he had wired for Solici- t iy and Attorney Brunson, t represented the State upon t as ne wished to confer with morning. t witness of any consequence 3 the Rev. E. E. Murphy, a \ aptist minister of Augusta, s now works in the King Cot- 1 n that city. Though he bears e name as the prisoner, he is t id to him. Knowing what e i hearing that Murphy was o >e hung for a crime commit- e the time of the Copes mur- j Trote to Mr. Browning, he i called his attention to his I . He testified that on a b night in October about mid- s i Murphy came to his house fc ;ta and remained to the lol- e inday. He then left, carry- e dm a shotgun which he had c him the preceding January, no attention to the circumt the time, and he did not t Dan Murphy was to be fc 1 one of the operatives at the 1 L him if Murphy who was tojt e hung was related to him. At first ie could not recall sufficiently to bo xactas to the dates of Murphy's arriv.1 and departure from his home. After tanking the matter over, he remem- ( lered that about that time he had ( nnimlflo onrl hnrl inlfprl iiarncu. luito jv/^vv. he date down in a book of skeleton ' ermons he kept. He hunted th's | >ook up and found that he had made ( l note of having married one of these :ouples?a runaway couple in Ham>urg?on October 21st. The murder vas committed on October 20. Mur- , >hy had spent the 21st at his house , ind left that evening. His wife and laughter were examined and corrob>rated his testimony in every respect xcept that they could not be certain is to the dates. , Stron? affidavits as to the character if the Kev. Mr. Murphy were presentd, signed by Sheriff Patrick J. )'Connor, Tax Collector C. S. Bahler, )rdinary W. R. Waller and Joel ; >mith, superintendent of the King Cotton mills. Dr. Lansing Burrows, he pastor of the First Baptist church n Augusta, one of the most promi- J lent dmnes in the south, certified that , le had been present at Mr. Murphy's , >rdination to the ministry. Mr. Murphy's testimony also de:lared t hat the gun with which the < m m ?11 ? ~ ,wl tilling 01 xreasurer v^upes was tmogcu. o have been done was in his hous9 at , he time of the killing. Mr. Carroll then showed by John lor?an and James Morgan, his broth- , r, that Dan Murphy in 1893 kept ( tore at Beech Island, beiow Augusta, , md that when he broke up storekeep- ( ng in January, 1894, Murphy bought j rom John Morgan a gun which they , [escribed, and one of them stated that le had cut four letters on it?two < \J's" and two "H's"?on the stock. ?he gun sent up from Orangeburg j ras shown them and was testified by , oth as being the same gun. The gun j xhibited to them was the same that ?as used in the evidence and present- . J J : i.i l 1 u uuriiig tut? trial. Then the affidavits of Mrs. Meredith and others as to the soldering: of , gun for Dan Murphy in January, 894, were presented. This was the atne gun. Messrs. Jesse and Thomas Butler ^stifled that Dan Murphy kept store t Beech Island, and corroborated the easons as to that statement and also bat Murphy sold out in January, 891. Policeman Dave Murphy of Augusi, a brother of the convicted man, t&s then examined. He told about is visit to his brother. Dan had reuspd to talk tn fi-ovarnor Ellerbe and 5 Mr. Carroll. He had said that he ad been treated so that he was afraid 5 talk to anybody but his brother or ither. He had been given, he said, o showing at all to have his side of le case presented and he could not lake any one believe him. The prisner had told him all about his gun. [? had traced the gun about and as tiown by the affidavits and evidence r\o />rknrlomn?krl man'o of.OY*T7 VlQfl hppn / JU WUUVLUUVM muu U ^ MHV4 J UMM VWV4 \ orne out in every respect. This was j le gun that witnesses had sworn at "! le trial had been bought by Murphy 1 Orangeburg. Mr. Carroll when called Murphy's ged father in and the latter brought rith him the gun that had been bought 1 Orangeburg. It was found at Ciller's, S- C., just where the prisoner lid it would be found; there were acampanying affidavits. An Augusta man sent an affidavit aat Holland, the detective who had rorked up the case against Murphy, ad told him, speaking of ClemBarrs, int. their Viarl <rc\i fVio wnman all riirht. HlMW ""V T? O 1 * ley had kept iier in a good humor 'ith whiskey until she got upon the and and "you bet she knew what to ly." The deponent asked Holland if e meant to say he had been getting jstimony by foul means and Holland uickly turned it off, beginning to ilk about something else. The other testimony presented was ast as strong. When Mr. Barrett presented the ase to the governor he commanded he close attantion of all in the execuive chamber. He took the testimony 1 JJ J -J. 11? 1_!-1 I -1 3 iU.i ' uuucea ai me iriai auu snuweu iuat ] side from everything else, omitting . Jlem Barrs' testimony, there was no ihysical fact whatever to connect lurphy wiih the crime. There was lothing to put him in the vicinity of he scene of the crime. He then held hat he had produced evidence which as client was debarred from presentQg heretofore, which fixed his where,'oout and there was nothing that ould move him from the place in yhich he had been located by the minster. He dealt fully with the matter if the gun, declaring it to be fully lisposed of by the testimony of the Qinister and that of the parties from j rhom Murphy had obtained it. He iaid his respects to Evans' order in < egard to refusing the prisoner the ; onstitutional ri?ht to see and consult ' nth his counsel? i < Young Harmon Pardoned. Columbia, March 22.?Governor El- i erbe to day granted a full pardon to i oung A. M. Ilarmon of Lexington ; rho last summer shot young Cal 1 )aughman to death at Lexington for educing his sister. The trial created 1 reat public interest and public opin- < 3n was very much divided as to the 1 ustiGcation of the killing. Ilarmon : mo is the son of the proprietor of the ; jexington Dispatch was tried at the all term of court, but despite the ef- i orts of eminent counsel he was con I icted and recommended to the mercy 1 f the court. He was sentenced by \ udge Buchanan to life imprisonment < u the penitentiary. An appeal was < aken to the supreme court which is ; till pending. Governor Ellerbe bas- i s the pardon on petitions, signed by j he majority of the people of the coun- ] y endorsed by the majority of the < rial jurors and the trial judge. 1 A Disastrous Fire. Lawrence, Mass., March 22.?The I rorst tire this city hasj ever known s incethe burning of the Washington ] tills, six years ago, completely dis < nantled the Gleason building, one of j he best business blocks in Lawrence, arly today and resulted in the injury I if eight persons and the loss of prop- 1 rty valued at $100,000. Those in- 1 ured are: John Lowering, left leg ajured, severe burns; Mrs. John towering, left side injured and ribs ' troken: Miss McKinzie, head injured, < erious burns; William Gallagher, ] ladly burned; Bernard Gallagher, ov- 1 rcome by smoke and seriously burn- < d; S. A. Hunter, slight burns" Most \ >f those hurt are now in the hospital, i ] The Methodist Charities. < Bloomsburq, Pa., March 24.?Mrs. >ara J. Brown, who died here recent- ] y, gave all of her fortune of $60,000 1 o Methodist charities. j: TILLMAN'S PLAIN TALK. [CDNTISUKD FitOM PAGE ONE.] of the ships the plates on which were confessed to have been plugged up, or aot tempered, or some other thing which would weaken them and make Lhem worthless, and not according tc contract. Four on the Montery; 6 on the Monadnoc<;8 on the New York; 4 on the Amphitrite, 3 on the Terrror; 2 on the Oregon, 3 on the Olympia; 6 on the Indiana; 4 on the Massachusetts, and so on. You were asked to cooperate with the House and to have those plates taken off and tested before the Government paid for them, and you would n/vi rln if Whv rtifl "unil not do it' [A. pause, i Do not everybody answer at once, [laughter] especially you peopie who think I am slandering the Senate. Why did you not do it? If we get into a war with Spain or anybody else and those ships of ours go out to meet an honestly construct ed vessel of equal strengh a shot from one of those vessels plunging through one of these spongy plates which have been plugged up would send our American vessel with 600 or 800 men to the bottom of the sea by the frauds perpetrated by these pets of the Senate. Then what wili you;' resoonsi1 O oany yes Now, are you ready to continue thes.3 monopolists in their grab game of looting the Treasury at will? You can only help it by authorizing the construction of a plant which will make armor for the Government in case these monopolists will not sub mit to a decent price. Our committee tells you that $300 will allow them 33 per cent profit, while the Secretary of the Navy, in order to reach $100,"has to give them 50 per cent profit and $10 a ton bonus. Why should you not reduce the price to $300 and say, "Now, you robber rascals, if you do not come here and take this work at a reasonable price, we will make it ourselves, even if it costs $500 or $800 a ton." We would at least have then the satisfaction that the money that is spent would go to the common laborers and mechanics and the "mea in blouses," who are going into the ditch with my friend from Pennsylvania (Mr, 3uay), or, I believe, he is to go into the litch with them. (Laughter.) Now, my friend, if you do not vote to fix the price at $300, we will know thai pou do not mean to go with them. The eight-hour law and the red tape in connection with Government administration in conducting its own affairs is such that it costs the Government more. But let us distribute the oenefit among the masses and not conjentrate it upon these two pets, the Jarnegie Company and the people at Bethlehem, who have had a rich, rich, rich reward for their "patriotism" ;en years ago in going into the manufacture of armor so that Americans ;ould have a navy constructed by a.mericans out 01 Aiucnunu maiomi. ?ou are face to face with it, gentlenen ; you car not dodge it. That is ,he situation. This committee comes here and says hat these frauds were perpetrated, ind they proved it by the admissions )f Carnegie and you did nothing aboui t, would not even investigate. Carlegie was fined but the fine was remitted. The two plants were in collusion, and the Secretary of the navy .aid so before the committee, and 1 as in humble member of that committee lirected all the inquiries I put to them ,o bring out the fact that they to day ire practically one corporation. They Hd not deny it. That is the situation. lrou can not help yourselves from takner whatever they offer, unless you lo now allow the government to make ts own plant. I would not say buy my plant, because there are only two for sale?they are the only two in the country?and we open the doors to buy what we paid for to these people, md we were asked to give them two iollars for every one the plant cost. They have got it; they have got the Litle; and now you say "We will buy it." I would rather build a new one. A.nd honest man who resents robbery ind rascality and stealing would rath3r build a new one than let these thieves have their own way. I would sooner see them become useless if the Government enters into ihe manufac ture. That is my position. I am not afraid to get up here and say what ] Lhink and what I believe when you ?ive me facts like these to base my belief on. Nobody from Connecticul jr anywhere else is going to terrorize me. I am not thin skinned. I am uot afraid of being sccused of stealing if I did vote for the subsidy for the Southern mail last night. You men who have been here so long, who are 50 friendly, so loving and kind in your consideration toward the great wealthy combinations?you are the men who have to face the alternative :>f voting for a decent reduction in the Drice of armor and eiviner us a waf 3ut by allowing us to construct a plant if these people will not come down tc i decent rate; you have got to vote one way or the other. You have voted for thase people in the past without regard to public opinion, and I dare say. you will vote that way to-night. The old guard never surrenders. But there is a poung man in the Senate from West Virginia, a weakling, a suckling, like myself, who feels his inability here to get in touch with the business of the Senate, and sits here and sees things ground out; and you get up and quarrel like schoolboys or like geese Dver sDme little pitiable $10,000 or ?5,000 or $3,000 proposition, and you slide through these millions like greased lightning [laughter]; you do Qot even discuss them; you do not sven ventilate them. Here is one that the Naval Committee brings to your attention. We prove these charges; we prove not only that they are robbing the Government, but that they ire practicing fraud upon the Government in the manufacture of armor, ind they have not been punished for it. Will you stop it or will you not? Will you allow the Government to jo into the business of manufacturing armor if the Government must pay these people twice what the armor is worth? I went down to Bethlehem. I followed that thing through from the 3re at the beginning to the finished plate at the end. I saw how many men were at work; I saw the machinjry; I saw tne entire output and how it was handled; and 1 do not believe it costs $200 a ton to make it. I am ready to take an oath to that, and othjrs of the committee think so, too. But the Naval Committee tries to be tiarmonious. We come here with what we think is a reasonable proposition, a liberal proposition, to give these people $300 a ton. and it is left for the Senate to decide now whether we shall reduce the price to $300 or will allow the Government a way out A , by giving it an opportunity to make . its own armor if it can not buy it at , that price. J Mr. President, I have only to say in ? \ conclusion that I would be glad if somebody would ask some question - i a if- t T 1 aoouu tins, ior x u?vc piijui*uiiy lu^ut, ten some points about it. > Mr. Stewart. I would ask the Sena tor the cost of the same kind of armor . in other countries? * Mr. Tillman. We found out that all 1 L the armor manufacturers in the world E . are in the same combination that these e . two American concerns are?the Creu- r [ sot people in France, the German t > mandfacturere, and the English ara I [ all together, each robbing their own e . Government all in a pile. So that if fc , you go abroad, you will only get, on g the other prong of the fork- You do s . not want to go abroad. I would rath- fc . er pay the American workmen $1.0 a fc ! day for six hours1 work, and let this c money be distributed among the t masses, than allow it to go into the E j pockets of the combination here. Lat t . us do the Government business r through Government agencies, and t . then these combinations against the a . Government will be in vain. t (To Mr. Quay, who had risen.) Now c I am ready for the Senator, who is the r ( blouse Senator. (Laughter.) I urn , afraid he is not with the workingman. c [ I know how he is going to vote. { , Mr. Quay^-There is no difficulty a about tne way lam going to cast my vote on this question; but I merely c . desire to ask the Senator from South ] , Carolina whether I understood him to v ; say that this amendment, proposing to t > limit the cost to $300, comes from the <3 . Naval Committee and is offered by j the authority of that committee? t Mr. Tillman?It comes in this way. j , The Senator from New Hampshire and 0 all of the committee, except four,were i ! in favor of fixing the limit at $300, j( , but out of consideration for the other r members of the committee, and with fc | a desire, as we thought, to be reasonable and to get s;me action?mind v you, we have got to run the gantlet fc, of the House, and everybody knows n ! how the trusts are fortified in that a . end of the capital at this time, with a the gag law in full force and effect, ^ | with every man manacled a.nd unable B to obtain the eye oi! the speaker or get ^ a chance to say a word, unless he t criwl around on his belly like a worm r ?for a free Ameriijan Representative a , in Congress has got to crawl around u . like s whipped cur to obtain recogni- fc . tion. You can not do anything over j . there; and unless the Senate rises to fc , its duty and protects the people, then 0 . the steal goes on. The majority of fc , the committee are in favor of $300 a z ton. t Mr. Quay?But they aid not direct a > this amendment to be offer 3d on the s . floor of the Senate. a i Mr. Tillman?We did no ; direct it. Mr. Quay?That is all I want to 1 know. t Mr. Tillman?We did not direct, it t because we knew that we had to pass ^ the gantlet of the great moguls of the r i Appropriations Committee, and we c proposed to come in here, where we a J would have a batter chance, and ask I you gentlemen to give us some con- c T o* +V??k "NTotto 1 rinmmiffoo Y SlUOiaiilUUn -*-J J L bUU , take charge of the Navy, instead of s you gentlemen of the Committee on e Appiopriations managing it, because r we do know more about it than you [] do, although you are all wise and t ha7e been here long enough to have 1 wisdom die with you whenever you i a go out of here. (Laughter.) 11 A Ghastly Find. New York, March 22.?The Crom- j! well line steamer Creole. Captain Gag- rj er, from New Orleans, arrived at her ?, dock about 11 o'clock this morning, bringing news from the ill-fated steamer St. Nazaire. Captain Gager ^ reports Lhat on March 21, in lat 36:17, long. 74:30, he Dassed a boat full of t 1 water. Shortlv afterward he deter- f " ? " ? - T A. 1L I mined to asceriasn it possioie wuai n ! was, and turned about for an investigation. On reaching the boat , he found it contained six dead bodies, one of them, supposed to be that of a woman. A hook was made 1 fast to the beat's bow and when she was pulled up the bodies 1 washed out into the sea. They had ' apparently been held fast by the seats ' of *he boat, as they were crowded an der them. It was noted by the Creole's , 1 mate that two of the small boat's pas' sengtts were colored- In the boat ' was found a woman's slipper, a child's seek, some clothing, a nursing Dome r and several kettles of fresh water, which was found to be in good condition. There was kalso found a small J: quantity of bread.' The boat was an ]' old wooden one and bore the monogram of the Compagnie Genrale Trans-Atlantique No. 3. It was about J; 40 feet in length and could carry about 10 passenger^. ticovel Reaches New Vork. New York, March 23.?Sylvester t Scovel, the newspaper correspondent t who was imprisoned for 31 days at I Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, arrived here to* t day on board the Ward Line steamer I Segeranca from Havana. Mr. Scovel t , was in the best of health and stated i that a great deal of sympathy had been t i wasted on him, as he had been treated i ; with great consideration and kind- ? i ness. The Spanish authorities did all t i they could to make him comfortable, d ' and Consul General Lee and Consul a i Raphael Madrigal at Sancti Spiritus p were untiring in their efforts to effect \ i his release, lie was released by ditect L order of General Weyler. Mr. Scovel p was met at Quarantine by friends and i i taken to New York. n 1 Plana* by tho Mllo. & See Ludden and Bates' new adver1 tisment of one thousand Mathushek c pianos. Suppose them all loa led on J to wagons in one grand procession, allow 15 feet for each wagon and " team and the line would be nearly ll three miles long. That is just the c wholesale way this great southern c ' house does business. Having acquired a an interest in the noted Mathushek ^ 1 Piano factory, they are now supply- j* ing purchasers direct' and saviag all ^ intermediate profits. This means a 1 saving of from $50 to $100 on each piano, and the securing of one of the oldest and most reliable instruments at j-j a remarkably low figure. Better write j* them at Savannah, Ga., or at 93 Fifth d A.ve., New York City. ? Our drinkers spend $L,000,000 annu- tl ally for liquor and starve for bread, d This $1,000,000 spent for drink annu- L ally covers the value for one year of b all the bread bakery producls of the tl United States, all the slaughtering q and meat packing, all the cheese, but- tl ter and condensed milk, all the boots, p j shoos and woolen goods:. ci 4 f I kFTER THE GHASTLY DEED, THE HOUSESETON FIRE. l Mysteiloas Murder?A Neighbor Dlscov. ers the Fire and Goes to Only Find the Charred Bodies?No Clew Left. Nashville, March 24.?Particulars if what appears to have been a horri>le and brutal murder were received lere from Paradise Ridge earl7 this norninfr- Jacob Ade, one of the oldst and best known farmers of the idge settlement, his wife, his daugher and sion, and a little daughter of lenry Moirer were probably murderd and their bodies cremated in Ade's louse, which was burned to the ;round. The theory of murder is trength?d by the fact that all of the >odies were found in the same room, >ut scattered around over the space tccupied by this room. It was thought hat the old man was killed for his ooney, as he wa3 known to be wello-do, and always kept a supply of aonev on hand, but whether this be rue cannot be positively stated now, ,s the old man';s money, or at least he ashes of what was once a big roll >f money, has been discovered in the uias of the house. The dead are: Jacob Ade, Mrs. Jaod Ade, Lizzie Ade, aged 20-years; ienry Ade, aged 13; Rosa Moirer, .ged 20, Jacob Ade lived 15 miles from this ity near the Cheatham county line. ?he house sits back half a mile from rhat is known as the old Clarksville urnpike. It was a 1-story frame [welling with five rooms?two rooms a front with a hallway between and hree rooms running back forming an j. Old man Ade and his wife usuallv ccupied the first room in the L just a the rear of the front room or paror. There was only one bed in this oom. It was in this room that all the >odies were found. The first indication of the tragedy 7as discovered at 10 o'clock last night lyJustica Simpson, who lives half a aile from the Ade place. There was , sick man at Mr. Simpson's house, nd about 10 o'clock Mr. Simpson rent out to gat some water for the nan, when he saw that Ade's house ras on firs. He at once rode over to he scene and found the house in uins. Finding no nnfl near. Simn on's suspicious were aroused, and ipon cloiier inspection he saw the >odie8 of several people in the ruins, le went to work at once to rescue the todies and succeeded in getting four f them out. These proved to be the todies of Mr. and Mrs. Ade, Miss Lizie Ade and Miss Rosa Moirer. After his Mr. Simpson rode around notified i number of the neighbors, and in a hort while quit9 a crowd collected ibout the ruins. Henry Ade, the 13 year old son of dr. Ade, was also missing, but his ody could not be found. It was first hought that he had escaped to the voods, but a further search of the uins of the house this morning disposed his body. The bodies of Mr. tad Mrs. Ade, Miss Lizzie Ade and Henry Ade were burned to a ;risp. Thij head and limbs were vere butncd off, and in fact only a mall mass of flesh and bones remainid. The old man and his wife were nore horribly burned than the others. Phe body of liosa Moirer was not >urned so oadly as the others. The ittle girl's legj were burned off, one irm was raised over her head and the land of this was gone. A. portion of ler skull was missing, but the brain, vhich was exposed arid the skin on ler face was only partially burned. Fhis fact gives further evidence in mpport of the theory of murder. Some of the people believe that posibly while tae other members of the amily were being murdered this child jscaped and was not killed until after he house had burned awhile, when be body was thrown into ine nre. ?he fact that a part of the skull is ;one and the rest of the head perfect vith the skin of her face only badly >urned, lends weight to the theory hat she was knocked in the head, >robably with an axe. One handless irm was raised over her head and it nay be tbat in trying to protect herelf she threw up her arm and the land was cut off by the same blow vhich tore away a part of her skull, rhe blow paralyzed her muscles and be arm remained in this protecting josition after death had ensued. The purpose of the murder was at irst thought to be robbery, but if this >e correct the murderer was ill paid or his horrible crime. In searching he ruins of the house this morning, in oyster can was found under the >lace where a closet once stood in Mr. Lde's sleeping room. In this can the emains of what was evidently a large oil of money was found together vith four silver dollars which had >een melted so that they were sticking ogsther. Mr. Ade's neighbors knew hat he kept his money in this closet, le was ia the city Monday. While lere he told Jerry Matthews that he liid $2,000 and he did not know what 0 do with it. Mr. Matthews advised iim to deposit it in the Fourth Naional bank, Mr. Ade did not say he 1 ad the money with him. Sheriff sharp was notified of the crime early his morning* ana he with several leputies wen t to the scene and they ,re now working on the case. Disusing of the robbery theory, it is rery hard to find a motive for the lorrible crime, as Mr. Ade was a very topular man and well liked by all his isighbors. "he only enmity which light have existed between him and ?y of the people living in that sec ion was that which resulted from a harge he mude against a man who ras arrested in (Jheatham county a sw days ago, charged with stealing ogs from Mr. Ade. This man was ried before a magistrate in Cheatham ounty and bDund over to the circuit ourt. There is, however, no evidence gainst this man which would in any ray connect him with the murder, [if. Ade was GO years old and had ved in that community for 25 years. ]Jie<l From Hydrophobia. Atlanta, Ga., March 22.?A special ) the Journal from Savannah says: [isb Jennie Clastigny, 37 years of age ied here this morning from a proounced case of rabbies. Dr. George [. Stone, her attending physician says lat there is no doubt but that hei eath was caused by hydrophobia. iast December, Miss Glatigny was itten on the hand by a strange dog in le street near her house. She was uite a dog fancier and attached so lite importance to the theory of hydrohobia that the wound gave her little mcern. Schoolhouse Wrecked. ( Eufaula, Ala., March 22.?TU city was swept by a cyclone this moi ing. Men were almost caught i from the streets before they could fii shelter. Roofs, shutters, etc., ga way ana ior iwo nours mete was w ror and desolation, when the cyclo passed off the Northwest, along t Chattahoochee Valley. The repoi soon coming in told of devastatic The town of Blakely in Georgia w almost lifted out of existence and pe Ele seeking refuge indoors were adly knocked around by falling tii bers as were those on tne outside, w were unable to dodge fence rails ai other flying missiles. The most shocking story of a however, was that which came frc Arlington, Early County, Ga. It w about 8 o'clock, when the pupils Arlington Academy began to assemb About fifty were present when t cyclone lifted two cabins across the w into the mid air, wrenching them in splinters as a man would a handful rotten wood. The shutters and swir ing doors of the academy buildi; were wrenched from their hingi Than f?nm? n twiotinw and fiparennii and the central part gave way, fa ing with deadly effect upon a groi of children. The doors and window gone, the storm had full sway withi fragments of timbers flying in the i and children being caught up ai dashed against the wrecked walls. The people of the town, regard 1< of the wreckage of their own homi ran to the school, where they kn< their children were, only to find mai of them dead, others wounded ai pinioned beneath the debris. Profi sor Walker had his arms and le broken, and cannot live through t night. Tbe death list so far as known i Alice Putnam, Claude Roberts, 01 Paramore, Willie McMurray, Genii Butler. Maude Johnson, Mary W Ions, Kenneth Boynton, and All* Rutlflr. The wounded are: Earnest Welloi leg broken; Dudely Killerbrew, bo legs broken; Prof. W. A. Covingto internal injuries, will die; Alt Carter, leg broken; Ethel Carter, into nal injuries, will die; Ben McMurrs head crushed, will die; Bettie Pai more, arm broken and hurt internal! Nellie Roberts, shoulders dislocate Simon Sanders, leg broken, hurt i ternally will die; Q-aorge Rielly, ai broken, hurt internally, will die. The rain began to pour down in t< rents as soon as the wind passed < and the 500 people were drenched the skin while clearing away t wreck. Some remarkable escaj were related. One little girl aim* eii-flPnnatftH troa ltrinflf nnrlaw fViMQ giAUVWi?kUU| TTUJ A.J tug lAAAUVA VUiUU her dead companions. From Hen County, Ala., there come stories death and wreck, but no names ha been received. A family of five is reported kil] near Genoa. A second disaster, tl of floods, is now upon the counl The rivers and creeks are swelli with the rainfall, which almost sembled a cloudburst. On both sic of the Chattahoochee, "South of tl place, the fields are overflowed, < stroying all the winter work of p paration. carrying away outhou: ana cabins and floating otr slock sc can never be recovered. Late to night news comes in of t drowning of a family of eight pe/sc on the Alabama side of the river Henry County. Richard Mason w his wife and six children lived ii cabin on the river bank at the crosi of the Central Railroad from Colu bia. The water rushed in. surroui ing the cabin. All were lost. j * The trustworthy care for the Whlsto Opium, Morphine and Tobacco Uab! For further information address 1 Keeley Institute, or Drawer 27, Columb 3. (J. NOT MISLEADING. o No Danqeh, in Curino One Habit, of Foi ino Another. OPIUM (Morphine, Laudanum) Etc., Ct'i in from Four to Six Weeks. LIQUOR DISEASE Cured Usually in Four Weeks. Also Toba Habit and Nervous Diseases, The Cure has been endorsed by the Lef lature of six States and one Territory; the National Government in the Soldi* UftmAn nn/1 In +VkA WAMIllnV O TT V\T7 TTIC ilUlllVO UUU 1U tub XVigUiUt ui U1J f J *?V local authorities ia the cure of indig drunkards (morphino and liquor); by M Wallard, the W. C. T. U.; Francis Murp Neal Dow and the I. 0. G. T.; by promin men all over the land; by 300,000 cured tients, more than 20,000 of these being pi uici&ns. The Leslio E. Keeley Company and Keeley Institute of S. C. are responsible c porations which could not afford to put fo any claim that the} are unable to prove. For printed matter and terms, addres9, # TIIE KEELEY INSTITUTE, or Drawer 27. Columbia, S, Mention this paper. II "MATHUSfiEK"--Tli8 Piano for a Lifetlmi 1000 PIANOS j | When otlic i held its skillci LUDDEN & BATES, In erested li this Factory, now offer this great etocl at S.">0 to S100 less than inrmer prices. Jfi strictly IIlull Grade rhino ever nold so low ONE PROFIT from Factory to Consumer | Greater inducements than ever in slight ? ly used Pianos and Organf?many ai \ f:ood as new?sold under guarantee liatest Styles. Elegant Case;-. Also j Hew STEINWAY Pianos, Hasan & Hamlin Organs. | Vv'rito f<>r Factory l'rices and Bargain Lists ? LUDDEN & BATES, SAVANNAH, GA i< All Sheet Music One-Half Price. 1 us WE 1 up fl ad I S WANT 1 he rts ? A. PA.R.TNER as S IN 11, im }< EVERY he AV " J i to TOWN. Qg es. Poatmaaters, Railroad Agents, General 11" store Keepers, Clerks, Ministers, or any up ;vS other person, lady or gentleman, who can ?> devote a little or ,all of their time to oar wr ad bnsi ess. We do not want any money in ^ ;sg advance, and pay large commissions to ^ es, those who work for as. We have the bes ; 3 W Qy Family Medicines on earth, and can pro* D(1 dace lots of testimonials from oar homa BS>gs people. , Send for blank application and circular, is: Address ? lie JUHUIUII* D> x ne 844 Broadway, Aupuata, Ua "'SEE IS, ? HERE. | Brra ls:*0UR LIVER ALL RIG IT? >d; in- Are your Kidneys in a healthy condition m if so, Hilton's Life for the Liver and Vt<lna?m ?ill Itaai\ ikam on I# umiiojro ivui aoup buorn ou? u not, Hilton's Life for the Liver ^ and Kidneys will make he them so. A 25c bottle will convince Ij yonef this 3SP fact. ? Taken regularly after meals ft b an aid to 0f digestion, cures habitual constipation, ve and thus refreshes and clears both body and mind. led lat SOLD WHOLESALE BY \ ft' ' . > JJJ Ih? Murray Drag Co. te COLUMBIA, s. a ie > n. cr ntltl? (WlMtnn. 8. C. 368 1 >? Advice to Mothers. he in ith ^ We take pleasure In calling yoat atten m- Hon to a remedy so long needed In cany? ldlng children safely through the critical * ' " " - itage 01 teeunng. u u u iuoowmau*o bleesing to mother and child. If you are disturbed at night with a sick, fretful, teething child, use Pitts' Carminative, II will give Instant relief, and regulate the 9y, bowels, and make teething safe and easy. Its. It will cure Dysentery and Dlarrhosa, he Pitts Carminative Is an instant rellef for colic of Infants. It will proiuoU digestion, give tone and energy to the stomach and bowels. The sick, puny, suffering child ** - J ? 4am will soon Decome toe ui uu uvuuuug jvj of the household. It Is very pleasant to the taste and only oost 35 oenta per bottle, Sold by druggists and by the mubbay drug co., 1M Columbia, EL 0. ied Machinery and; cco 513 OUJJpiJLOO irs my ent Engines, Boilers; Saw Mills, Corn Mills, Wheat Mills, Planers, Brick Machines, ent Moulders, Gang Kdgers.. patiy. And all kinds of Wool Working Ma chlnery. No one In the South can offer or- you higher grade goods, or at lower prices. rth Talbott, Llddell and VVatorto^a Kaglaes. We are only a few hoars ride from you, Write for prices. , C. Light, Variable Feed Plantation Saw Mills -i a Specialty. 9. V. C. Badham, fcj General Agent, J COLUMBIA, S. C. ! ENGINES, ] BOILERS, 'f SAW? MILLS, I GRISTMILLS, JA.T FACTORY PRICES. ; E. W. SCIiEVEN, COLUMBIA, ft, O.