The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, November 01, 1905, Image 16
The Press and Banner,
ABBEVILLE. S. C.
Tree"at last.
The Air cf National Liberty
Breathed in Russia
FOB THE FIRST THtt.
I
Parades and Assemblies Allowed, Bui '
the Rtvoluticfiists Are Not Satisfied.
They Take Advantage of a Patriotic
Celtbration. and
March With Red
Cl..?
nojB,
On Tuesday of laat week all Ruf
sla celebrated enthusiastically th
emperor's gift of freedom, which thi
gieater part of the people rcsivei
with deepest Joy, thouch in S
Peter: burg, Moscow and other citit
socialists and re volutknaries orga
nized anti government damenstrs
. tions and red flag parades, which, '
with the patriotic manifestations, let ,
to a rumter of c it flic's between thi
"R. di"and "'Whites" as the anti ,
government and royalist factions ar r
respectfully termed. On the whol ]
the day passed more quietly In Ru>
sia tban had been expected tbougl
collisions between the pecple and tbt
troips are reported from varicu
places resulting In loss of life.
In each of the two capitals, S:
Petersburg and Mtscow, the day wai
one tach as the Russians never befor
Lave seen. The Siav.o people, whicl j
c uricg the long ^ar ju>t closed anc
the amicus period pit.ceding the an t
nouncement cf tbe new era of con ,
stltutlonall&m ; er med self restralnec
_ and apathetic, g,_ve itself up fully U .
the exuberance vi the moment anc ,
spent the entire d&v In parades anc
assemblies, wbich for the first time li 2
the history of Russia, were freely per ,
mltted. Under the orders of Count 1
Witte and Gen. Trepiff the trcopt
generally were withdrawn frcm the
streets of the cities and the fullest
reign given tte people to let out theh
enthusiatm lb c c monstrations whicb ,
solorgasthty wire not destructive l;
were nut interfered with.
- SIGNIFICANT OMEN. s
It was a sign ficant omen that af
ter a fortnight of gloomy and depres \
sing weather symbolic of the days o; d
the strike, the sun shone out bright G
ly to day in St. v Petersburg and t
brought a radiant Indian summei >
day. The scenes in St. Petersburg .1
reminded tne observer or eventB iu m i
American university town after & i
great football victory, but a thousand t
times magnified. Fiom eaily morn 9
lug the streets of the capital were
filled with a mass of demonstrator c
who paraded up and down the long e
and broad Ne^sky Prospect and tramp 1
ed time and again tbe route between p
the two principal centers of demon t
stratioL, tbe Kizen cathedral ano s
university, and, constantly augment 0
Jng, reached a grand total of fully
200,000 persons, while down the I
sky Prospect late in the afternoon t
scciaiist agiiators, consisting cf boti t
stuitnt* anu workmen, ano member* a
of revolutionary organizations jumper v
into the forefront if affairs m St u
Petersturg and concerted the cele
bration into a great revolutionary de t
mcnsuaticn. There were long pro
cessions in which hundreds of red
fhgs were carried and to which every,
one was a mpelled to diff the hat.
a oTMbt-. mainTitv of the Darader& ,
fl&unied cn ihe Is pels of their coats
rose ties and streamers of crimson ribbon,
and socialist orators delivered
firery orations from tbe balconies ol .
the university and tbe portico of tbe ,
catbedial or wherever they cculd ,
gather audiences. Tbey declared tbe }
concessions of the eitfpercr's manifes- ,
to were Insufficient,-and tbat tbey t
must bave tbe freecom of all political
prisoners, tbe formation of a national .
miiitia and tbe banishment of Gen. .
Trepoff and ail tbe troops under his .
command 20 miles from the capital.
COUNTER PARADES. |
Early in tbe cay tbe "Marsellaise" i
supplaned tbe national antbem as :
the prpuiar marching song. Tbe
loyalists attempted to tako tbe lead 1
against the st delists and revolution- '
Ists by organizing eoucter parades in
whip.h t.her carried the red. white and i
blue banners of Russia and chanted '
the national anthem; but tbey were 1
driven iff the Nevsky Prospect by the i
overwhelming Lumber ol the."Beds,;
every time they-appeared.
In the ear)y part of the day, great
oiowds of spectators filled the broad
sidewalks ai d remained until the
demcnstration assumed so turbulent
a character that the well Intentioned
classes fled to their homes and the i
merchants hastily boarded up the
windows of their stores and shops and
bsried tteir doors, fearing an out i
break which might retu't in pillage
and destruction. Snch an outbreak,
however, did not cccur, and the da?
closed without seilous collisions.
The msjor portion of the citizens
tired tut by the Jong celebration of
the first day of Russian liberty, went
early to bed and at midnight tbe
Nevskj Prospect was deserted, exaept
for crowds of roughs, armed with
clubs, who paraded the avenues singing
tbe national anthem as well si
revolutionary songs and who had fre
quent collisions with each other, during
which shots were fired.
The most serious encounter during
tte day took place near the barracks
of the Semintff regiment, where a
crowd of demonstrator in attempting
to march to the technologic? 1 institute
was stepped by trGops. Shots
were fired on both sides with the result
that one man was killed and 10
wounded. A prt nilnent lawyer ai d a I
professor were wounded in a collision]
a+. the polytechnic school. Another
fatality resulted from the demand
made by tte crowd thathaT? bed( II d
b fore the red fl igs. All < 111 :ers who
r. fused to obey tbe demand was set
o and baa rn with the stiff} of the
d-g?, when he drew his revu ver and
dred a number of shots, killing on*
person. In en aff -ay at the Putiioff
works b:tween strikers and nonstrikers,
several men vera badly
beaten. Ten or 12 men were wound
ed in the cot A cts on the Navbky
Prospi ct.
I)u ing the cv^nin? rumors of collisions
resulting in heavy fatalities
attained wide circulation, but the
.Issociattd Press is unable to confirm
jhem and it is cffi:ia!ly stated that
beyond the fatalities mentioned
ibove, no one was killed. The au
bhorlties, however, are rnori 8ppre
iftnRiwp fnr t,nmnrrftr. when the li
laor shops whic^i for the iro3t part
vere closed toda?, will be opened,
ind when the agitators, after a day's
acen<jiary!8peecbe?, may be abl3 t<
?ork a portion of the popu'ation to
.he point of a serl, U3 encounter witt
he troops r r with the loyalists. Tor
oldlers off duty mlnrled freely with
he demonstrators and fraternfzer
vith the populace.
RUSSIAN FKEEBCM.
The Imperial Dc claration ot the Cz r
Granting It.
Following Is the text of the mar',
esto prtparfd bj Euperor Nicbcla:nd
over which Russians are rejoi'cng:
'"W?, Nicholas, the seccnd, by tb(
jrace of God, emperor ard autocrat of
ill the Rus&ias, Grand Duke of Fin
and, etc., dec lire to all our faitl fu
;ut j >ctd that the troubles and a^ita
jion in cur capitals ai d In numerous
tjher places fill our heart with exccs
live pain and sorrow.
"The happiness of the Rusian gov
sreign is indissoluble bcund up witt
he happiness of our p?cple and tbt
* " ? U
>urruw Ul I ur 10 IIUC aunun Ui
ihe sovereign.
"From the present disorders maj
irise great national disruption. Tie}
nenace the integrity and unit y of our
Sspire.
"The supreme duty impostd upon
is by our sovereign office requires u&
iO efface ourself and to use all tte
orce and reason at our coirmand to
lasten in securing the UDity and co?rdination
of the power of the centra
;overnment and to assure the success
if measures for pzc fixation in all cir
iles of public life, which are assential
0 tne wen Deing 01 our peopie.
"We, therefore, direct our goverDnent
to ca ry out our iLfl.xible will
q the fallowing manner: i
"First?To extend to the popula
ion the lit mutable foundations of
Iberty, based on tbe real inviolability
t person, freedom of conscience,
peecb, union and association.
"Second?Withe ut suspending the
.Iready ordered elcotioos to tbe state
louma, to invite to partJcitation in
be dcuma, so far as the limited time
efore the convocation of t he doums
rill permit, tbose classes of the popu
ation now completely deprived of
lectoral rights, leaving the ultimate
evelopment of tbe people of the elec
orlal right in general to the newly
stablisbed legislative order or things
"Third?To establish as an un
hangeable rule tbat co law shall be
nforceable without the approval of
he state douma and that it shall be
tossible for the elected of the people
o exercise real participation in the
upervision of the legality of tbe acts
f the euthorities apportioned by us
'We appeal to all faithful sods o?
iufcsla to remember tbtir cuty toward
he fatberland, to aid in terminate ?
hese unprecedented troubles and to
,pply their forces in oo-operation w th
is, to tbe restoration of calm and p3' ce
ipon cur natal soil.
"Given at Peterbof, October 30, in
he eltv.nth year cf our reiprh.
Nicholas."
PETEJFIED BODIES.
[ ken up Alter Being Burioil for
Many Years.
In removing tbe bodies frcm the
mrial ground ?urrounding the olci
iVbarton Street Methodist Church,
PVharton street, near Third street, to
SVest Laurel Hill Cemetery,' the
T? AHArrl oo tto tonrlrmori
L UXiaUCipuia XUvVA/iU cwjoj rrv*a.huwu
lave found a number of petri 6ed
sorpses. That of an unidentified bajy
is solid stone, after l>inj? for thirty
five yearsin tbe grave. The chub
jy face, tbe dark hair, the eyeiidtmrtalnlng
the closed eyes are perfecty
preserved. The petrified bodies
ire from ten to twenty times a* heav)
is the natural corpse would be.
One of the petrified bodies resting
n Che old receiving vault Id front of
??* churoh is that of Lteut. Gcorge
W. Kenny of the Seventy first Pennsylvania
"Volunteers, In the civil war
The opening of his grave * as under
the supeivision of John H. Hunter
jon, a trustee of tbe church, snd a
friend of Kenny from boyhood. Both
volunteered for the war within a
week of each otber. It was with
pecu'iar feelings that Mr. Huntersoi:
viewed the we 1 preserved face of bis
friend, dead for forty year?, as the
result of the fatal aim of a Confederate
sharpshooter at tbe batth of
White Oiks Swamp, in McClellan's
peninsula campaign. Mr. Hunter
son i ffered a dollar to the workman
who exhumed the remains if he found
the bullet which killed the soldier,
but It was not in the coffio.
The petrefaction is due to a stream
of water which flowed through the
plaoe years ago and emptied in tre
Delaware river. During tt e excav
tion of the southern coruer proprty
at Front street and Grand averui
while the owner, J J Mallon. was inspecting
the work, two revolutionary
cannon balls were dug up fifteen feet
beneath the surface.
A petrified carrier pigeon wes found
a little later while an old chimney
was being torn down. The bird had
become tightly wedged in the chim
ney, and siftooatirg, had turned to
stone. Around the leg was a silver
band, bearing the inscription: "P.
100076." If the curcsity Is not claimed
Mr. Mallon's son, Dr. Mallon, of
St. Mary's Hospital stiff, will present
it to the University of Pennsylvania.
A GRAB GAME
By Which Philadelphia Lost Ov
Six Million Dollars On
STREET CGjSTEACTS
Report of Mspr Cassius E. Gillet
Wbo Was Selected by Mayor
Weaver to See How Much
G-aft There Has Been in
the Quaker City.
Six million three hundred and th:
thousand dollars has tt u? far be
'ost outright to the taxpayers
Philadelphia through the contract!
cDamnation wbfch has been engag
la building the great filtration pla
md the two b.u'avards, one in t
northeastern and the other in tl
southerj district of the c i jy accn
!ng to the report just made public.
This conclusion has been reach
by Maj jr C issius E. Gillette, corps
nglneers, U. S. A., and John Doca
MacLennan, experts employed
Mayor W aver to make a full inves
gation of the contracts aDd the wo
don?. M)j">r Gillette is the effl:
*ho investigated the j tbbery In t
Savannah Harbor improvements ai
procured r.he evidence by which e
Captain Oxrlln M. Carter was co
"'" "I ond aiTolnot. mhioh (IrAAriA A1
Giynor mint shortly stard trii
John Donald NLcL^nan is aa ex;
rlenoed erg'.ueer, who recently coi
pleted the construct?on of the gc
:rnment's filtration plant at .Was
iogioo.
John W. Hill, formerly chief of tl
Bureau of Filtration, is now awaitii
trial on oharg ;s of forgery, etc.,
connection with t.he filtration co
tracts. The con tract i ng co mbin atii
vhicfe is acc used is constituted in tl
ocain, of Israel W. Durham, Repub
aan boss o- Failadelphia, and associ
.bd with United States Senator Pe
rose, of Pennsylvania, and Sta
Senator James P. McNichnl. T ie
two men, with D. J. MoNiohol.
orother of the state senator, compo
the orntractinp firm of Daniel J. M
Nioho) & Co. E ?idense brought 01
at Hill's preliminary hearing showi
that in this Arm D. J McNichol ow
a one-twelfth Interest, the oth
eleven twelfths being divided equal
between Durham and James P. M
N'chol,
WORK COST CONTRACTORS 810 356,00
"Omitting from construction i
small contracts, say, under $30,000
the report says, "we find for the fi
(.ration work and the two boulevard
as constructed up to date, the city h
paid or pledged 818,761 741. Fir
class work under the spec.fi atiui
should not have cost ever $12,430,00
which Includes an ail)wance of !
per oent, or $2 075,208 for l&gitiraa
contractors' profits. The d fleren
Is $6,330,000. In ether world,$18,76
000 in round Dumb* rs has been pa
Tor work costing tne contractors ?u
356 000.
' Of the 16,330,000 excessive co
there has gene to the contractors wl
worked under the" name of D. ,
McNichol $5,065 122, similarly
Ryan & KMlv $543 890, and to Va
Brothers $89 128. Of th? $18,761 U
here remains unpaid about $568.01
to MelTc^ol and $75,000 to Ryan
K-illty.
"Some of these contracts are li
complete. The estimated cost
completion of the existing filtratk
contracts ac contract prlcss is aboi
$1,685,000. A fair prico, allowing !
oer cent profit, would be $1,218,00
The d fference the oity will lose
these coatracts are completed.
"The price paid for the three qua
ters of a mile of Northeast Boulevai
already constructed is $552 348, (
which there was a loss to the city
$273 217. There are nine and a ha
miles more of it laid out on the map
If completed at contract prices tl
additional cost to the city would 1
about $6,600,000, and the addition
leas at least $2,250,000. On tl
Southern B mlevard the amount pi
to date is $286 389, on which the lo
on the one and a quarter miles bul
oas teen $89,128. To complete i
contract prices would cost $350,51
and the additional loss would be $8?
555. In other words, the total co
of both boulevards as planned at co;
tract prices wld have been $7.(j3t
000 and the total loss to the city
$2,750,000.
MUCH OF WOKK NOT FIRST CLASS.
"Much of the work done by R?i
and Kelley and D. J McNichol is n
tirt>t class. The parts which she
prominently to the public are fair
well done; the parts that can be e
..mined with a little trouble are di
tiuutly second class and not to tl
opecifications. We, of course, do n
know the condition of such pjrfcio;
au Aftr.nnt ha conn njlhhnnh toari nrr i
ttie work, but wherever we have di
into it we find it beoond c.ass
worse. The Southern Boulevard wo
so far as can be seen is good. As y
only the rough work of filling h
been done."
Tne report says that the crush
rook used in surfacing the Northea
Boulevard is excellent material, b
the foundation rock was fouad to
-f a very poor quality. The repc
also savs that the investigators foui
fault with much of the matbrial oh
entered into the construction of tilt
beds and also with the workma
snip.
One of Qhe means by which exci
sive profits were made possible, t
report says, was by not permitti;
fair competition. The advertisi
was wholly inadequate, scarcely mc
than a pretense. The report giA
nn nvqmnln /vf fl-i a r? r) J ni n U)
au cAouj^ic \ji uuc au Ycitiaiu^ IUI ui
fcr a 82.000,000 contract. The not
appeared in local papers only twee
(our days before the letting of t
oontract. This was wholly ina:
quale, the report says the work to
done was very complicated and ver]
d fflcult to estimate. The specifica
tloES were voluminous and vague,
covering 112 printed pages. The
drawings covered no less than forty
three laige sheets of complicated
C work, each sheet over ten square feet
in area.
NOT SUFFICIENTLY ADVERTISED.
Advertisements for bid's for the
construction of the northeast bcu'e
?ard were published fourteen days
before the ordinance author'z'.ng the
' advertisements was approved and the
bids were opened three days before
the ordinance was approved.
"A cirtful analysis of all filtration
te advertising,' the report continues,
' indicates that everything possible was
done to avoid any real publicity with
out letting that facd ippear too pro
minently in the records. The bu
reau's preliminary estimates, instead
of b?ing freely furnished to bidders
wera rigorously uruarded secrets so far
as the general bidder wis concerned,
except that they were furnish* d irthe
specifications for filtering materi
[r. als, where they were very little needed.
The specifications in many par
^4/iiOnva tdam f A KMrloM Q r? ri
lilts U'CtLO noiu UU -.OlU UU ViUU&iO) wuu
cf gave ex;essive and unnecessary powe'
op co the city officials. In short, thf
en specifications were bo drawn that tbt
n, engineer in cttarge could harass an ud
?eloome contractor to an almost un
e 'imlted exteut without the contracto
19 being able to prevent it or securc
ird legal redress."
contracts tor pavored bidders
e(3 Tuo report, which makes more that
0f twelve thoi-sind words, goes into de
tails to show how contracts were le*
^ to favored bidders, and how other
y ueth' d* were used to help favorer
rjj contractors. A fnquantly used
ieT method of guiding c ntracts into tht
he desired hands, the report says, was tc
_ j raiHuarHQA t.hnm irhanovar nt.hori
,x. were the lowest bidders. In sorre
'n. cises contracts were let to the flro
DCj which promised to do the work in thf
^1, shortest time and not to the lowest
)e." bidder. The McNlchol bids alwayt
g. proposed strikingly short periods for
)V. the completion of contracts, and II
Ij. one case notice to bfg!n work waf
glvsn to McNiohol fc ur months after
he ae started the operation, so that the
Dg Arm would have four more months 1c
lq which to complete the contract. Id
Q many instances, the proposed time
3n was exceeded by from 10 to 200 pel
he cent. In the aggregate, the report
ti qavr. MfiNifthnl r.riiilH hav? hean jl<j
a. sessed for liquidated damages for oyer
n. time about 8532,000. He was aotu
te ally assessed 13,255.
ge "We have received testimony from
8 many contractors," the report says Id
se connection with favored contractors,
c ''that the conditions described kept
Jt them from bidding. We have also
ed received statements that city officials
Dg directly discouraged bidders from
er submitting bids. This field has not
ly yet been fully explored."
0 The report says the filtration system
ougbt to have been oompleted o
0 Januar> 1, 1904; that sicoe June 6
Vj 1904, when the West Pailadelphia
district began receiving filtered wate:
\ there have been only ten deaths from
, typhoid fever out of a population of
forty one thousand. At the same
. proportional rate the deaths from
typhoid fever in tbe whole city sincc
0 January 1, 1904, when the filtered
,0 water system ought to have been com
pleted, shculd have been fifty seven
or less, whereas 1,257 have died from
' the disease. Since January 1, 1904,
the total number of cases of typhoid,
. Including deaths, was 11,978 The
' difference between 57 and 1,257, tbe
t report says, represents the loss of life
due to tbe methods that have been
employed In conducting tbe filtration
' works.
to
re Crazy Alan Killed,
^ At Phellma Ga. 2 miles froqi Lees
^ burg great excitement was created
Wednesday night by a shooting affraj
o- in which J. L Darby who precipltated
the trouble, was killed and three
)n other people narrowly escaped with
thier lives. Darby, who is said to
^ have been drinking heavily, went to
uf the residence of L. W. M:ms and be"
gan shooting through the windows of
the house, narrowly missing Mr
,r' Mims, his wife and W. 0. Manning.
rd The two men rushed out of the hou9t
>n co irv.stigate the sudden atttclc,
when Darby tired first at Manning,
wounding him in the leg, and nex-.
lS- at Mims. Mims then opened fire on
16 his assailant, and put four bullets
through his head and breast, killing
a' him instantly. He deeply regrets
the killing and only acted to save his
1(J own life. The two men are reported
^ to been good friends. Judge J.
M. Himes went over to P.ielima and
oe!d a coroner's inquest. Toe vei6?
diet of the coroner's jury was justifi
abl homicide,
st
Q An AmszinK Story.
This amazing story comes from Inoi
diana. At Williamsport in that state
last week 200 husbands whose homeB
bad fallen into neglect and dlscomfort
owiLg to the idle and gadding
t nabits of their wives formed a pro|A
cessian, marched around to all the
, club3 and unions where the women
^ were and complained loudly of their
worthlessness. The most surprising
Qe thing about this uprising is that
. many of the women were moved to
confession and some of the organ'za
sions were disbanded on the spot.
ilg Town Wiped Oat.
01 Fire started shortly after 1 o'clock
Wednesday morning in tne Pine
lirove, w. va. notei rrom a natural
as gas explosion, audit destroyed practically
the whole town. The bulled
dings destroyed are: Pine Grove hotel,
181 Commercial hotel, Pine Grove bank,
ut Methodist church, Morgan's business
he 1.1--i_ -i. 3 i "i
uiuuK, seven suures ana ten Dwellings.
,rt Dynamite Is being used to stop furQC1
ther progress of the flames. It ia reat
ported that several persons lost their
-er lives In the hotel, but in the excite
meno this cannot be verified.
3g. Mo Use in the World,
he An Indianapolis Ind.desponent beng
cause he felt that he had outlived
ng his usefulaees Capt. James G. Wright
ire eighty five years old killed himseli
res Wednesday by shooting himself in the
ids head. Wright had been a steamboat
ice captain on boats plying the Ohio and
ity Mississipi rivers. He was a man of
,he means having been at different times
3e- a banker at M&dison Ind, and Fort
be Worth Tex.
1
: CONE TO REST.
>
! Col. T. Stobo Farrow Died at His
Home in Columbia.
A GALLiNT SOLDIER
And aa Excellent Christian Gentleman
Has Passed Away After a Prominent
Career. The End Came
Un xpectedly After a
Very Short Iliness.
mi /1.1 l_I? Ct.t.
?11 e Ol.tttO UI XUU'OUOJ
made the sad announcement of tbf
death in that olty of Col. Thcmat
Stobo Farrow on Wednesday nighi
tfter an illness of only 24 hours. His
leath was dne to an attack of uremia
*hJch followed a first attack just t
month ago and whioh came near provng
fatal. He was t iken ill Tusda;
alght and although his condition di'
iot at first excite ala:m, be steadil.
^rew worse from yesterday morning
until the end latt night.
Col. Furrow has been Identified wltl
.he history of this State In time of
?ar and of peace and the greater par
f his life has been la public service.
Se was engaged at the time of hi'
leath in c m oiling a history of tb
Reconstruction period which bub fo
lis untimely end w?.uld have beet
> completed In a short'time.
He was a son of Patlllo and Jan
Stobo Furrow and was born In tb>
village! of Liurens on October 12, 1832
At the age of 16, he entered tht
South Carolina college and graduatec
in the class of 1852. fie then read lav
?nd was admitted to the bar the fol
owing year, and began to practice li
Spartanburg with his brother, James
Farrow, who afterwards became
member of the Confederate congress
For a number of years prior to and up
go the beginning of the war, he served
?8 master inequity of Spartanburg
;ounty.
Ha entered the Confederate army as
captain of the Forest R flea in 1861
and served on the islands along the
coast until after the surrender of Fort
iu liter, tfaiore going to me iron* tnit
company was presented with a silk
battle flag by the young ladles ot the j
Limestone Female collage, which wat
at that time the leading educational
institution for young ladles in the
northern part of the State. After the
reorgan!zition of the Confederate
forces he was elected lieutenant colon
el of the Thirteenth South Carolina
infantry: Gregg's brigade, Army of
Northern Virginia. He was engaged
In most of the important battles and
was twice wounded, once at the second
oattle of Manassas, where he was
struck in the body by a fragment of a
ihell and seriously wounded. He was
again wounded at the battle of Fred
erioksborg.
A A1/uia *\t fVio mo * ho mnvror^
ALVOi IMiU V1VOO yi uuo TIOI uw mviww
bo Atlanta, where be resided (or tour
years. He then returned to Spartanourg
to live, in time to assist in the
redemption of his State from radical
rule. He was in Columbia during the
stirring times of '76 and acted as a
courier between the headquarters of
Got. Himpton and the officials of the
fiimous Wallaoe House. In 1877 he was
alesied o erk of the senate, which place
he held until 1886, which he tendered
ols resignation to accept the position
of second assistant auditor of the war
department In Washington under the
first administration of President
Cleveland. DuriDg the term of President
Harrison Col. Farrow was out
of offloe but when Cleveland was elec
ced for the second time he was again
appointed to the same position he
had ocoupied during Mr. Cleveland's
tir^t term.
After the election of President MoKlnley,
Col. Farrow returned to South
Carolina and opened a law office at
Gall .ley. He remained here until his
marriage to Mrs. ?. Adele Ellerbe in
1900, when he moved to Cheraw and
from there tliey came to Columbia
about three years ago. For the last
two years and a half, he has devoted
his life to his work on his history of
the Reconstruction in Sou oh Carolina
from 68 to '76, whloh had he lived, a
-nnlrl haar
LOW LUULIUUO lUU^Di i nui'iu un j u uuuu
given to the world.
Ool. Farrow was married three
times; first to Miss Liura Hsnry of
Spartanburg In 1854. No children of
this marriage survive. He wa3 married
to Miss Janie Beck n of Walterboro In
1861, and by this marriage there were
eight children, three of whom survive.
His third marriage was to Mrs. E
Adelle Eilerbe of Gaffaey on January
11/1900. He is survived by his widow
and two daughters, Mrs. Richard G;ddings
of Ashevllle and Miss Julia Farrow,
also of Ashevllle, and one son,
Sir. Patlllo H. Farrow of Charleston
He Is also survived by one sister, Mrs.
Julia MoGowan, who resides with her
son, Mr. Samuel MoGowan, in Washington
and one brother, Ool. Henry
P. Farrow of Gainesville, Ga.
Col. Farrow was a Christian gentle
man and was distinctly a represents
tlve of the old school of southern manaood.
He was a member of the First
Presbyterian church and has for 40
years been an elder in the Presbytertan
church at different places. He wafe
also a 32l4 degree Mason and was a
member of the Scottish Chiefs, his
membership being with the order In
Washington.
His remains will be taken to his
former home in Spartanburg Friday
morning for Interment. The funerai
services will be held at the residence
this city at & o oiock xnursaay aneraoon
and will be conducted by the
Rev. Dr. Samuel Smith of the First
Presbyteriad church and the Rev. Dr.
W. C. Lindsay of the First Baptist
church.
Gone Wrong.
Geo. W. Da wees, for twenty-one
years ticket agent of the Southern In
Charleston, was arrested on Monday
for embezzling $3,321 of the road'h
money. The shortage covers a period
' of six months. Dewees has confessed.
MUST PAY LICENSE.
Something Strong Is Hold Under the
Label if Ewenoe?.
Havlug taken a (all oat of the patent
medicines which compete with
vhiskey and which are composed largely
of alcohol, by deciding that drug.
?ists selling the same must take oat
government li senses as retail liquor
^ealer3, Commissioner of Internal
R :venae Yerkes has now turned his
attention to so-called essences and tx
orac^s v-here it is self-evident that
mly sufficient flavoring is added to '
'isgulse somewhat the character of
he drink it has been reported to the
reruai revenue uureau uunb m pru
libitloD communities large amount*
>1 alleged essences of lemon, vanilla,
.lnnamod and ginger are sold by conn
,ry merchants and others as "flivor
g extracts" which bad practically
10 sale whatever outside of such prolibitlon
communities. Iivestlgatioi
ihowcd that some of tbese estence;
contained as high as 80 per cent ol
alcohol. The commissioner has there
ore decided that where snoh essences
ire made for sale in prohibition disricts
for use as be verages every mer
;bant selliDg them must take out t
government license as liquor dealer o
>e subject to the usual (.enaltiee. Thii
action by the commissioner la heartil.
endorsed by both the straight ou
vhiskry dealers and by the prohlbl
tors, although tbe latter were grsat
1 surprised to learn that under tb
,'uise of patent medicines and es^eni
whiskey was being soid in prohibi
Jon communities as freely as tver, al
-.hnnuh at, Homnwhat. higher nines
t Is said that consumption of suol
oods prevailed largely In Kansas,
rndlan Territory, Tennessee, Georgla;
Arkansas and elsewhere, while In Soutl
Jarollna the s:ate dispensary author!
ies have held that as many of thes?
nedicines and compounds were nearly
ill whiskey the should not he sold b;" ~
liugglsts except on brescripfcion by &
reputable physiolan.
WOMAN 8TALXKD BY LIONS.
Idventnre with Six of the Bf jr Bra to*
In AtrlOA'
If T TT I_ J . 1 t.
mra. Li. niuuc, wuuav uuauauu u
3uboomml88loner of the British East
Africa Protectorate, has had the re
markable experience of being stalked 07
lions, and still more remarkatl
fortune of living to tell the tale. It
was on the Uganda Rill way, in a spot
historic for the ravages of man-eating
lions, 1 that Mrs. Hlnde mat with the
thrilling ad ventute whica she relates. 1
Camping oat, the party in wlii b
Mrs. Hinde was could hear with hor ;
rid regularity the soreams of the 1
wretched victims as they were carried 1
off for the man eaters' nightly repasts. 1
-The camp was seventy milee from '
the nearest connecting link with the 1
outside world, and c jmmunlcation had 1
to be kept up dally by native mail car- 1
riers. It was the'habit of the lions
to keep pace in the long grass with 1
the runners on the track, and having 1
selected the most appetizing number ]
of the partv, to pounce upon him and
carry him c fit into the bush.
| Oa one, occasion, when oat map '
making, Mr. and' Mrs. Htade cam
upon a party of a dcz?n llobs, possibly
the man eating troop. Mr. Hinde
fired twloe, dropping two of the
beasts. He then suggested that Mrs.
Hinde should ride back to camp, while
he approached the two lions who
might be dangerous, even though mor.
tally hit.
After riding for half an hour Mrs. j
Hinde looked baok and saw six of the j
lions following her. Xhe two native t
gun bearers ran away, leaving her un- ,
armed, aloae with her sals, an hour (
from camp. .
She set iff at a fast gallop, the sals j
running by her side. In their path (
arouse an aagry rhinoceros, which flsd ,
from them on to the lions. ,
Mrs. Hinde reached camp in safety, f
while Mr. Hinde was held up by the ,
rhinoceros, on whioh he did not van- t
t.ure to fire for fear of turning it on t
Mrs. Hinde. ^
Oat rage Na?r Gjffaey. '
A dispatch from Gaffney to The 3
State says a patltion is being circa- c
la ted in that city asking for signers J
for the purpose of forwarding it to j
the governor of South Carolina with 1
a rcqu ;st that he offar a reward for ?
the apprehension of the partlea that 1
fired into the hcuie of Wash Lips- 8
comb, a negro living near Gaffney,
Wednesday night Wash Llpaoomb
in ? oViln harH urnrtrlncr nocrm
19 A iCOpOUMiUAU} UVtU TTVAMUQ |
He thinks that about a dozen shots t
were fired through' both sides of his <
house, in an (ff>rfe It Is said, to draw (
Wash from the Inside. No one was
injured by the shooting. In addition
coshootlDg with shot gems around the
premises, the marauders by tbe use
of axes, knives or some other bind of
an Instrument cut a buggy belcnjlng
to the negro entirely to pleoes. The
buggy was a new one and was entirely
cut up, being a c ;mplete wreck. Tne
petition had no lack of feigners and it
Is probable that the reward will be
(. ff jred. It Is thought that tbe shooting
and cutting must have been done
by quite a number. e
Shot a Woman.
? ? ? - - . I
At Knoxviiie, Tenn,, unaries Air ?
kinp, aged 25, sod of Chief of Police
J. J. Atkins, shot and almost Instantly
killed Ejta Ecbles at 11 o'clock (
Wednesday night. Atkins had gone ?
Into a resort kept by the woman and {
according to the story of Inmates of t
the place had begun to praise a dlstur- c
bance when the woman ordered him f
to be quiet. Stepping towards him j
as if to eject him from the place.
Atkins pulled his pistol and fired
Tbe bullet entered the woman's
beart and in eight minutes she was i
dead. Atkins is said to have been r
drinking heavily. Young Atkins was t
arrested soon after the tragedy and t
committed to jail. 1
To Aid Science.
Gen. Isaao J. Wlstar, founder and !
patron of tbe Vistar InsMtuue of
Anatomy and Biology at the Univen *
ty of Pennsylvania, who recently died 1
ot only leaves tbe greater part of l
bis estate of 12 000,000 to that insti i
tuticn, but also bequeaths to it his {
right arm and his brain to aid the <
oause of anatomical research. i
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FEARFUL DEATH
A Woman Falls from a Soaring
^ \ .
Balloon in Anderson.
INSTANfLY KILLED.
rhe Woman's Husband Makes t Successful
Flight. A Crowd of One Thousand
People Witnessed What
May or May Not Have
n Been
an Accident.
A most horrible death occurred at
inderson on last Thursday afternoon,
vhen Mrs. Maude Broad wick-, wife of
Jbarles Broad wick, aercu^ant with
atddell's Southern Carnival Company f
11 from a balloon and was Instantly
llled. Mrs. Broad wick was an experenced
balloonist hereelf and had made
wo aacenslODS while here, but was
ot to go up this afternoon. Her husband
was to make tbe ascension and
araohute drop, and she was standing
>y to give tbe signal to cut the ropes
ben all was ready.
She gave the signal all right, and
'hen the balloon shot up into tbe air
she was seen banging to the ropes be
oween *ne oauooo ana tne paraonute.
liter, she had reaohed it distance of
200 or 300 feet she dropped to the
tarth, striking on tbe hard-ground and
vas instantly killed.%
The balloon went straight Up into
ohe air and she fell within a few feet
)f the spoc from where she started. A
jrowd of possibly 1,000 persons witnessed
the tragedy. Broad wick, who
*a& fastened into the paraobube wish
% belt, went on some distance higher , >
ind then eat loose and descended in
iafety. (
Most of the carnival people are included
to the opinion that Mrs. Broadkick's
d?ath was floe to sqlelda rather .
ohan an aooidant. Tbey say Broadirick
and his wife had beec quarreling
for a week or mote and this together
*ith the fact that she was an experienced
aeronaant and thefe were no
projecting ropes abjut the balloon har- /
aess liable to entangle a person, lead
them to tbe suicide theory.
Broad wick admits that he and his
wife bad quarreled, bat says tbey
made up, as tbey had done before. He
says though that she knew all about
Galloons and that he does not see h^w^-. -.
she coulc} have been accidentally en-"
tangled In the ropes. He has been In ,
the balloon business 16 years and says
ols wife had been In the baslnes?
sight years and that she was quite wt
31 pert as himself. He says that as she
Cell she called to him to catch her,i
out that he could not do so.
He thinks it was an acoidenV j&d
not sulolde. Broad wick says Olutslnaatl
Is his home. He says his wile's
people live there, but that tdejuwere
bitterly opposed to her marriage and
have never become reconciled to their
laughter since her marriage, and for
febat reason be has not notified them
)f her death and will have the interment
take plaoe here Saturday. He is
ilmosfc oomDlfttelv nrostrafcpri Mm
Broad wick was abou: 22 years old and
wsl& ^ery popular with the membeTs
)t the carnival company.
Oofifets.B Hit Crime.
t Valdosta, Ga., J. G. Bawlings
1&8 made, a confession of hiring Alt
tfoore to kill W. L. Garter, but ue "
lays that the killing of the owidren
vas not in the "trade." He says
ihat he particularly cautioned ,tne ne . i
no not to harm the children. Joe
Bently and Mitch Johnson made a
irade with Alf Moore to do the bloody >,
ivork and Jos Bently and Alf Moore \
van bed to kill Carter on Sunday
light before but that they could not
ret a buggy at Hahira to go to Garner's
house He says they tried to
lire a baggy but that the liveryman
vould not hire it to them unless tbey
vould tell him where they were going,
iiwlings says that his oontesslo
,ame without knowledge of his law*
irs as he had reaohed the plaoe where
te could not keep qalet any longer,
le says that he is tnoroughy indifferent
to the supreme court so far as he
b concerned but he wants his sons
aved.
Old Man Finds NaggaC.
Miles Fetterman, an old prospector
rho has been working around Wyoning
gold mines for many years,
Thursday morning picked up a nugget
if almost pure gold weigning nine
xrands and valued at mora than $2,
100. The (11 man Is almost crazy .
vlth Joy and the whole country is out
ooklng for nuggets. Fetterman has t
irospected all over Wyoming without
ore than a grub stake. Fjr the last
aU 1 -
TBC& uuc urn uiau uas uoea WOfKing OQ 9
, ciaim several miles out of town, but I
iad found nothing until Thursday I
nornlDg.
Cost oi Paper. I
The cost of making paper from corn I
.talks from 922 to 125 per ton, while 1
,bat from rags or pulp reAcnes $63 to I
(75. At present It is estimated that 1
>3,000,000 tons of oorn stalks rot an- I
mally In the fields. In the new pro* I
less every part of the stalk will be ut- 8
llzed. Fine paper will cjme from I
ihe pulp, while coarse wrapping paper I
md box board will b3 made of the I
lard outer overing. Ojtiar portions flj
?f the stalk will go luto varnish, paw
ler, gun ootteo, papier maohe, oellu- I
ose, lubricants and other miterlaL 1
The Wages of Sin, I
Edward Bearden, money order clerk I
n the Augusta, Ga., postoffica, com- 9
oitted suicide on Monday by shooting S
llmself through the head with a pis- I
.ol, Just afcer having bein detected I
n using postofflce ftmds in playing
ihe bucket shops. The amount of his- I
mortage is nol stated. I
Thirteen Drowaed.
Thirteen persons were killed instant- I
y and 30 others Injured, some fatally I
in a wreok on the A.. T. & S. F., road I
near Kansas City on Monday. Tee m
train going filly miles an nour jump- I
ad one track and ran into tne side of I
jok CUD. I