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I The Press and Banner ;lj ^ PABT SECOITD. ,.V; //offl [ .A?? THREE KILLED. Ruu Down by a Passenger Train at Spartanburg. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. Traiii Dashed Round The Curve While [ The Men Were Standing on the Track Watching a Pasting Freight Train and B re Dowa on Them. The SpartaLburg Jourial says in K the twlikliDK of an eyp, and with no t: " warning of their impending fate, three men were hulled into eternity on Tuetday momicg of last week at half past eight o'clock while walklrg k down the Southern railway tracks L near the Brawley street crossing, being run down by train Ko. 36 com- J ine towards the city from Atlanta. J Toe dead men are M D. Hill, J. E. I Stone and Richard R gers. A fourth gjoSH man with the party e c\ped injury and tied in consternation from the scene. KM Tae accident took p'ace thirt) Ml yards beyond the trestle ovtr Braw ley street. The party of four men Bp Mere watc'iing, it is presumed, an outgoing ireight, and heeded not tbe L thundering and heavy roll of tht fast mail running behind time at a rapid rate of speed toward the Spartanburg ft depot. V ~ The huge engine was on the men ^ before they knew of its approach, and the probability is that none, of those who were killed bad time 10 realiz* what had happened before tney were knocked uncotosckus and dead, and their bodies hurled into the air with terrlttt speed. The men were on the east track coming towards the city while the heavy freight was pulling out on the west track and while avoiding this t~*in they were suddenly overtaken by the fast mall in their rear, whloh shot into the party with no warning * 3 J f KAQ w?/>yQ that) tney couiq ac?u, auu u?; killed Instantly. The bodies of the dead men were horribly mutilated, and Hill's remains especially, were torn and mashed be yond all recognition. It is supposed that be was right la the center of track when struck and that the point of the pilot caught him and his body was rolled and ground under the heavy engine and when the first peo pie arrived at the scene bis remains were a mass of unreoognizible mass of ^fiesh and bones. There was not a feature or part of the b dy that oculd be identified by lo< kirg upon it and men who have seen mutilated corpses o?i? that-, npvpr hflfnre have they been called upon to witness a worse mutilated corpse. In fact, It was thought that Hill's bcdy waarolled under the train and engine for its whole length The remains were found by the first arrivals at the scene of the awful tragedy, lying midway between the rails. The bcdy of Stone was hurled some twenty or thirty yards down the track and to the right as one approaches ihe depot, while Rogers's remains were on the oppoiite side, indicating that the latter two had been hit bj the sides of the pilot and thrown to either side of the engine, while H 1: was caught and rolled under the heavj engine and train. j The engine which ran cv;r the 1,1 ? rto??olnr* t.hs first, RPfl 1 luree meil noa uoix/*uK ?Uy, .... _ _ tion?the mail section?of No. 30, which was running about two hours behind time and is said to have been speeding along the rails at rapid rate of speed. The train was in oaarge of Conductor Gordon and Engineer FoguB, and was rounding a( ourve just beyond the Brawley street trestle, when the accident took place this morning. The preserceof the freight train, which not only attracted the attention of the men walkii g along the tracks but made It well nigh impossible to bear any warning that might have been given by the approaching passenger, formed a combination of circumstances which scarce could be counteracted by any human agency and the result was a frightful killing. " For many feot along the tracks where the accident took place tbere was scattered brains, bluod< pieces of flesh and clothicg, maklrg a sight sogasily thU few cared to gaz? upon it. The bodies were later brought into the city and carried to Floyd's undertaking establlthment on Cburch street, where the remains were preI1 pared for burial. The awfulness of the tragedy coming just at the height of the holiday season, cast a gloom over the city all day. Hill who was the worst mangled of the three, had on his person, taa receipts frim PeJzer and it ia presumed that he had been in the mills ? ? ??t.hp nit.v tfiere Dei ore wwiug Rogers is a son of a minister, Rev. Mr. Rogers who aborede at Whitnej yeara ago, and is a yourg m-.n of a bout eighteen to twenty years and lived at Sax jo Mills. He had relatives in the city. The man Stone, who was among the killed, was s rural mail carrier and was from Eao ree. mm : . ' - THE SAD 1ST0EY Of a Girl Who Stirved to Peath in Fiw York. , Strfoken Wit f? Tuber coloelp, She Narard Agr d Aunt Uatil the JLatter Died and Th< n Succumb ,-d. A d'spatch from N8w York says a Philadelphia undertaker went to the morgue snd got the tody of Mary Weeks, who was found dead at 59 Barrow street. He was acting under V instructions from the young woman's relatives. Ha took the remains to Philadelphia for interment. The girl was found kneeling by he* bed in tte basement of the Birrow street house. She grasped In her dear' lingers a broken rcsary and an old nildewed letter, describing a scene In the ba?.( ment room where she cam-1 to her lomly end. The lettei read: "Spring had ripened into summer I and tbe day was fir sp-nt when 1 3, again entered the happy basement. 1 .. found Mrs. H. slttibg behind hir screen, reading her B ble. She arose 61 and warmed my heart by her trul; h nenionau t anile, that threw a radianc scarcely of earth up:-n ber tince wore 0] features. They were only two or three articles of furniture left In the a room. In the fireplace was a pita of * old books and letters, with a br >kei w jewelry box on trp. An old crpy o' ^ Shakespeare'8 plajslay open at "A 11 Mldsun mer Night's Dream " J*! Mar? Weeks was twenty five years old. She came from Philadelphia not long ago to nurse her aunt, who was " the widow of De Witt Waterman. The w old house, which has withstood the w changes that have been sweeping over ?] the neighborhood, was ODce Mrs Q Waterman's poverty, but Id had been f10 alienated. She still retained the privilege, however, of occupying the base- * ment, and there ber niece took care of D her for many weeks. c* The young woman, however, was n< affi.cted with consumption, and sh sc had been taking the open air cure before she came to New York. At one le time she became so weak "u%t she hady J? to give up the task of nurs' -g her aunt fc and went to Bellevus Hospital for ai treatment. When she regained a little cf >trength, however, she went back to " Barrow street and took care of the old tc -. rw woman until sne aiea, on irnaay, uooember 15 pl Nobody seems to know how the *E young woman got along the succeed m Ing week. She was too ill to work. band it is believe:] that she had almost ^ no nnney. Mrs. Fjrshay, j vnitress of ** che house, which is now let out in tenements, went to her rooms on Satur ?r day to see how she was getting along. j? She says she found tbe sick girl sit " ting on the side of the bed trying to ? y\ s ring the beads of her rosary, which had been broken. > a There were no sheets or blankets ot on the bed. The girl was crying, and ot Polly, a little roujh-coatud terier, hi was sittlrg on the fl jot looking up into a her face. M--B. Forehay found out th a v oth the dog and mistress were hun ec <ry and had nothing to eat. She ran I* to her rooms and Drought them some * fo d Sie says she thinks Mary 81 *Veeks was too week to eat and gave Ul all the food to the djg. Tuesday morning an old frleid of " Mr. Waterman sent for a portrait In 1 ill of the dead man, which s'JU'hung ** on the wall of the front basfmsnt rocm. When Mr. Forshay and the a' mesbenger went to the room they " fjurd the young woman dead. Dr. Cankling, of St. Vincent's hospital, r <aid tuberculosis had caused death * People in the house say that tbe end sl was at least accelerated by privations. y' The little djg was still in the dark, 11 lonely room, where his mistress died. He whined from time to time, but ~ had not strength enough to make much * no'se. 0 Ic is said that Mrs Waterman and *r TTT _| J 4-,. tl oiiry weeKB wt*re uesueuuauus uu Csipt. Abel Bradley, a notable of the R volution, and tbat bis d&u(bterin!a<v, Charlotte Bradley, was once ^ known as "L dy Bountiful, cf Green- a wich village." b Brave Man R warded. g As a reward for defending tbe poit- t' c ffl ;e at E cma, N C , four years ago, lt ogaiDSt (our burglers, President & Rjosevelt bas waived the civil serv ce b regulations upon the rec emendation t) of Postmaster Gsneral Corteliou and promoted S. H. Alexander from a 7 laborer to a clerkship in the depart ment. Not only has th? brave Nortb C Oarolenlan been promoted but to ac- t oentuate the honor an ( ilal state P ment was issued which gives a full 1 account of the deed. The attempted b robbery took place on the night of c February 6, 1901, and the official ac t c unt shows that Alexander, although C of small stature, er>g*gea m a aebper- ^ ate struggle with toe men, one of n whomshot him In the abdomen. Alex f ander, however, continued to fi^ht, t and snot two men, seriously In j arlng e them. He called for assistarci and a was found lying weak and faint in a a pool of blood. The two accompllcas * who were waitlDg on the outside car 1 rted away the wounded burglers to 1 the house in which they ware wrested the same night. Two of them were { hanged, February 26, 19J2, while the J other two received life sentences. Blew Up. ( i A dispatch from Newport News, '< Va., say 3 while the- two masted > schooner Emma was coming into Dar- 1 r ling's Wharf, in Hampton Creek, < Wednesday, an explosion )f the gaso- 1 line tank of the auxiliaiy engine oc- 1 curred. Capt. A. T. Nottingham was < instantly killed. The explosion was of ' i such foroe as to tear a hole through 1 the vessel. The boat was owned at ' Buckroe, and used for 03 estering. 1 TAKES HIS LIFE, j ^ Young Man From this State Commits Suicide in rHE CITY OF MOBILE. Vas Short in His Accounts With the Company for Which tie Worked. He Was Popular and His Death Was a Shock to His Friend". A dispatch from Mobile, Ala., to 'be State says E iward Carew R ce, 3 years of age, a local society favor;e and a prominent club man, who esimated his frieuds in Mobile by tbe undreds, committed su clde some me Thursday morning in me omoe ' the VirKlna Carolina Chemical jmpdny, of which he was the manning agent. A 32 calibre Smiih & Wesson revolver was the means selecti by the young man and he took his fe deliberately, after ieavirg a tele ram &dv;3ing persons at N nety S x , C., of his sulolde. Another letter near this gave praccaily the reason for suicide. Rice as found dead in a chair where he as sitting when he sent the bullet rashlng through his brain. Temple < larles, a clerk in the ctfi je, wa? the ? ? +V\?i KA/^O Tnia 070Q ohnrK IttU W U"?I Ul<y UUU/l JLUIO IIMH UUVAH ' befon y AloCk Thursday morning tie police were at once notified and etccGlves Murphy and L\cey were In large of the cfflje and < ff ;ots when 3wspaper reporters arrived on the sene. Correspondence which was onven ntl^y placed by young Rloe before iking his life gave the prooable reas m ir committing suicide. His accounts re overdrawn and It Is because if 1 lis- that he took his own Ufe, al lough he did not leave any message i > that i ff jot bub placed the corres , )ndence between cffioers of the com my relative to his financial status l a position where this could be sur < "Bed. After a thorough investigation 1 7 the detectives and Chief Rondeau, le body was taken oharge of by the oactie undertaking company. Just what time Edward Carew Bice ' ided his existence in the manner footed by him is not known, but thai was dune some Circe early Thursday oraing is evidenced by the f*ot that is body was fast becoming rigid and ' pool of blood on fcbe fl jcr beside the 1 lair was thoroughly congealed. An J iher evidence was the fact that he 1 id caken off his coat and placed it on table where It was found to b) wet, ' bleb indicates that Mr. Bice enber1 the office daring the heavy down jur of ra'n snortly before 6 o'clock 1 hu'sday morning The surroundings j iow that the suicide was a deliberate le. He could have secured naanciai as stance In various ways bad he out ade his wants known to his frleods, 3 those who visit* d the cfflce Thurs ly morning proclaimed. Not one of 1 is friends was aware that he was 1 i fiaancial trouble until the c!rcum ' ances of his suicide became known hursday morning. That his suicide ' as premeditated is conclusively lown bv the fallowing tel gram whicn 1 Duni? Rice placed c >nspicu >usly on a 1 ible: "Mobile, Dec 23t&. 1905 Send lis to H. T. Sloan, Ninety Six, S. El. Rice found dead in 'tursday morning, S'gned, V rglnia arollna Ohemical Company.' " This told tbe story of m'clde and ae following 1 tter, under date of D> smber 27 ch, addressed to E. A. Ta or, of tbe sales department of the rlrginia Carolina Chem c d company, t Montgomery, Ala., and signed by ae president of the company, which ad been sent to II ca by Mr. Tabor, ave the reason fbr the suicide, ais letter being placed' In pos ,ion wi ere it could be seen: "An sprinor vnnrs of D:cember 26th. I eg to advise that inclosed slip shows bat tbe account of E C Res, agent, i overbrawn to the txi.ent uf 8868.5." Amorg bis intimate friends El ward iarew Rice was known as ' G.it" Lice, an appella'iun wbich is not exlained but indicates determination. ?o tbem this suicide was a terribie low and tbey were at a loss to ac ount for tbe cause. Y mng R ce came o Mobile about tree years ago from rreenwood, S. 0. A sborC timd after lis arrival there be began to make aany friends and it was nut losg be ore he was a ravonte in toe ranas 01 tie social set of Mobile. He was a 7ery inthusiastlc member of the Manassas ,nd Atheletlo clubs and also of several franternal organ zitions. He was a rery interesting conversationalist and nade friends rapidly. THE NEWS AT GUEENWOOD. A dispatch from Greenwood to the state says: News was received here ioday of tbe death of Mr. E J ward C Rice at Mobile, All The people or Greenwood are immeasuraoly shocked it the sad news, as Mr. Efce was for uerly Identified withthlb c tyandher Interests in great degree. He was cue jr tD6 City'S most prumiueuu uuetmcsa men several years ago, being a mem ber of the firm of Hall & Rioe. TLe Jlspatches state that his boly was found in the offices of the Virginia Oarolina Obemical company at Mobile, in wbose employ be was at tbe time of bis death. No details were * I uriv >.n a* to the cause of his df atb, and ijhe perp'a of this city and county are anxioutuv awaiting further news. Immediately upon the rac?ip nf the telegram announcing his death Mr. C. 8 W. Girrpt of this city and M<\ Hal T SlcaG of Ninety S x iefc for M >bile to escort the remains to this county, lb was learned that the Masons of Mobile have taken charge of the body, x Mr. Rice being a prominent member of that order. The body will probib ly arrive here next Sitnrday, and tte Interment will take place at NinetySix on Sunday following. Preparations are being maie b; the Masonic ai lodge of this city to inter the remains st with Masonic honors. ii Mr. Eiward C. R ce was about 33 ei y?ars of age, and was a general favor- t( 1 e in this city and county withevcrj* one with wh m he came in contact. S He wa3 g ne/all/ loved by the youny 3< people of Greenwood, and his death ci come* as a di- Inct shock to the per pie k f thisc ty. Hi was bora at Ninety ri Slxandlssuiv ei by iwo brothers, w James H;nrv Rtc-, .Tr., of Georgetown 1? an 1 Miner L R^ne. mayor of Ninety- ol Six; a sis er, Mrs Hal T. Sloan of the 5 ->am--? place, and his father and moth cc er, Mr. at;d Mrs J-s. Henry Rloe cf Nlnrty Six. 2 Mr. R c = for a number of years he'd ot i retpooBio.e position wion me a jisio -u Pmspbate company of Caarleston and pi sev red bis com cfcion with that o>n- T o ra to go into business in this city, o' 'ormirg a comic ion with Mr. W. P cj Hall, under tbe firm name of Hall & of Rice. He was closely identified witb w the business Interests of G.-eenwcod pi during tbe life of the concern, and wai a general favjrlte in social circles, tt He possessed a genial and whole hearted nature which made for him num- m bers of friends. A few years ago he fu went to Mobile, Ala., where he ac 1( capted a position with the Virgioia- ta Carolina Chem!cil company as bookkeeper. He was a Shriner and a 2? Kaight of Pythias. 6i 1 IE 8AVAGEBY IS MOSCOW. $1 di Bare Bints as to Horrors Existing in IS co l he City. CI There are no signs yet that the end 01 of civil war ti Mosow is in sight. Revolutionists are surprising the au- ? b^orities bv the determination which pi the? have constantly shown since the c,e fighting began. A host of savag j? passions have been shown, not only by Dossacks, but by revolutionists as M well, especially by women who are m righting in toe ranKs or revoiuoioniBia Qt who have shown the greatest crar- 3J ige. The number of casualties among ^ the rebels has been decreased owing 1? to a change In their tscblos of tight 1? Ing from houses instead of from barrl ^ sades. The castaltles now nuaaber A about 200 a day, while twenty-seven ^ hcuses Is the record destroyed by ar Bj artillery In one day. . Two of the chief leaders of the Mos ^ cow revolt have been arrested. The ^ police discovered that a general upris- ,jj ing and revolt had been planned to ^ take place at St. Petersburg In sup C( port of the M scow insurgents. Fol- qj lowing the discovery many arrests were mideaDd the movement In St. q( Petersburg has been checked tempo- D rarlly. D Advices rrom sarat n leu 01 one ^ Instates c f brutality on pirt of tbe F Uos3acks In the village of Upororl. A ' Oossack c IB jsr demanded that peas g. mts shotl J pay 250 roubks for a ^ borsa which had been killed accident q ally. The peasants replied that they H w< re too poor and could not pay the H am mat asked. Tae officer then or- K dered Cosucks to Are on peasants, ^ d spite tbe appeal of vie 1ms on ttelr ^ knees that tnuy be sp.red. C)ssacks r mutilated m>n and outsaged the wo r men and practically destroyed the M entire v llaga. M lay of tae vidian w were thrown into wells by Cossacks. ? The total casualties numbered twenty- q eight killed and over a hundred q wounded. p Advices from Moscow say the situa- p tlon Is graver than pver. Hostilities bave spread to neighboring districts g' and peasants are responding to ap- J peals to arm themselves. D Cb< ked to Death. Mrs. Jennie Armstrong, wife of Y James T. Armstrong, of Armstrong and Parker, iron manufacturers, of Baltimore, Mil, ctnked to death Wednesday while eating a piece of b; meat. Her husband was a frecz'ed sc witness cf her agony, bat was power less to help ter, and was prostrated 3.' when told that she was dead. Mrs. Armstrong had been cjnfined to her 1! apartment by indigestion and her m< al was carried bo her room. She tx had been talking with her husband while eatinpr and a sudden cessation d in her conversation caused him to turn 81 around. He was startley by a gurgling noise. He called for aid and n began pouading her on the back. He .tl was unable, howiver, to disbdge the ? meat, nor was he or any of the others n who came to his assistance able to r force It down her throat. Dr. Craig- n hill, who was called from a few doors 1 away worked hard to g'va her relief tJ but Mrs. Armstrong died in atrony before the meat could be taken out. Tfiey Are Grateful' n At a sprclal meeting of the Confed o erate Veteraiscimp id Nuchez, Mms., B - M /"I * - J 4.~ r? a committee ui ouuuueiaie vctoiauo o of the camp was appointed to draft c reso'uiions thanking President Rjose- ii valt for his recommendation for the vn nation to taka cire of Confederate p graves and for the appointment of it General Will T. Martin a Confederate t major general of cavalry, as postmas b ter of Natchez and Captain John Rus ? sell a one armed veteran, as collector t of the port. Thecommitt.e will re- li port on Janurary 8, 1906, d ? W__ ..... SOdOOL FIGUEES. itatistics Presented ta legisl&t re b] f upt. 0. B. Martin. 'here Has Be n a Lugcr I'icreas< in Numb r of White FupHs Than of Colored. In his annual report to the geoeral sscmbly, Hon. 0 B Martin, S ate jperintendent of education, gives ltereatlcg figures in regard to t^e arollment of pupils in the public 5 xols of ih3 btate. Th re wi.re in the schools of the tate for tbe ti cal year ecdlns: June Job, 19J5, a total of 141 391 wilt aildienand 161,272 colored, a grand )tal Of 302,663. Fjr th? same ped for the fiscal year 1904 there ere ?nrolled 135 527 whites and ifi RftR'nnlnrp.ri. m ibinir a crand fcofcal ' 292 115 This shows a gain of 864 wnice children and of 4,684 >1. red children. There were 2 661 white schools and 250 negro schools with an average 52 whi e pupils and 7a c lored to a hool. Tee average cumber of whi bp ipUs to a teacher was 38; colored, 6 k e white schools showed an average 21 7 weeks for a session" while the ilored schools had 15 5. Tie number schools showed an Increase of 7 hite and 44 colored o?er the year ecedlng. The receipts and expenditures for ie flical year 1905 were as follows: < R-Ctlpts: Poll tax, $183,901; 3 til tax, - 1619 863 80; dispensary ind. 8210,971 42; ixtra levy, $236, !9 71; other sources, $59 386 29; to,1, $1 681 599'54. Expenditures; Teachers, $1 089, IJ 12: total exoendltures. $1304, !9 14; balance on band June 30, K 4, wss $376,070 10.: . t Receipts fiscal year 1904; Poll tax, 85 541.01; 3 mill tax, $594 212 71; spensary, $236 795.52; extra levy, 100,868.25; otber sources. $43 534.15; ital revenue. $1,565.135 74, an. Inease for 1905 of $110,000 In ronnd imbers. It ?111 be observed that for the ;oil year 19C5 the dispensary profits e nearly as mucb as for the year -ecedlrg when really this does not present the profits of the dispensary r the calendar year running from inuary to January, and frcm the ldence brought out in the dlspenry Investigation the school fund ay show a falling iff In dispecsiry oflts for the fi:c*l year ending Ji^ne IVU 1 AAA ' *' 'UU) 1(7 vu. Xollowlng Is tbe enroll mont by unties lor the year ending June 30 105: Uol105: White, ored. bbevllle ....2,835 5 952 lben v 3 779 4 729 nderscn . 8.803 5,454 umberg 1,467 2,753 irnwell. 2 445 4 361 saufort 509 3,183 jrkeley 1,825 3,867 narleston 5,034 8.951 lerokee 3 879 1,068 tester./. 2,180 4 301 lesteifield 2,767 1.4C3 arendon... 1,995 4,oi,9 Jlleton 3.833 2,320 arlington 3 876 orcbeater 1,7-5 1 559 igefield 1,930 4 256 airfield 1,768 5,591 Icrence 3 156 3,405 aorgetown 1.317 2 716 reeLvllle 9 832 4 191 rtenwood 2,382 4.93 J ancpton 2 288 2,554 orry * ozu i zos ersbaw 2,2l'2 3,091 ancister.... 3,577 3 064 lurens 3 297 4 853 ee 1,893 3,006 exiDgton 4 471 "2 322 arion 4,419 4,1(9 arlboro .2 318 3,396 ewberry 2 835 4 740 conee 4 4fc5 1J63 rangebu g 5 261 10 231 .ckens 4,224 1,184 inland 3 570 " 5,864 iluda 2 679 2 799 partanburg 10,419 5,813 amter...'. 2,084 '5 353 nion i 3 318 3,438 filliamsbufg 2 774 3,542 ork 4 532 6,093 141,391 161,272 The statistics as to the enrollment y races in the town and country shools is as follows: Ti/M*rr.t. Whifca in ?38- mlnred. IUTTiUD. If U1VVW| AV^WVW J w-v...? J 3 899. C untry: White, 100,553; colornd, 27 373. A\erApe attendance if whites in jwn,-27 6J9^ in couhtry, 65 026. Average attendance or colored chilren in town, 21,684; .n the country, 5,116. The vast disparity between enroll lent and average attendance suggests aat it might be advisable to have :hooi f inds apportioned up:>n an enjllment based on averags attendance ather than upon the number ol ames on the scbo >1 teachers' books 'his would prevent any padding ol tie rolls. Burned to De?tb. To be burned so tbat there wa? othing to identify him but buttOLf bis cloths was the fate of Dannie ;radley, aged 97 years in a fire oc lanton Street, Trenton, N. J., oe bristmas Day. Bradley bad a roorx i an old bam. He was formerly fell oil, but lost) his fortune In the an<c of 1893. Since tben be bai ved as be could. Christmas be was be recipient of a bounty of his neighi?rs, and had a ilttl j Christmas tree ?hlch he had placed in a cerner ol lis room. It is presumed that h< ghted It and was thus burned tc eatb. % $ A W0M4N SPY. , Miss fnnllanikoff, a Young Russian J - >C Lady of High Birth, Learns Many of the Gorman Erapcror'a Milltjuy Secrotr. She Is Caught And Imprisoned. A dispatch from B rlln, Germany, I says the setsitional career of a spy, , Miss Z nalda Smolianlnoff, a Russian | spy, has been out short by a sente c of fifteen months' Imprisonment at Laipsic Her oase demonstrates to ?vhat methods the European governmeats resort In order to ferret cut e&c1! others' military secrets. Miss Smolianlnoff was a typical twentieth century spy, pretty, dashing, of high birth and good education. [q St. Petersburg Miss Smollanlcff was fet< d durlcg one of two seasons is a society beauty. Suddenly, when she had attained her twentieth birth day, her father lost all his money and committed suicide. Her mother died shortly afterward and Miss Smoliani Q' ?f was left alone In the world with out a oent. She be came a governess. The life, however, was Irksome and numiliating to her. After a year of drudgery Miss Smo lianineff met by chance a young (ffi cer of the Ru'Sian headquarters stiff, who had formerly been one of her adm'rers and was genuinely distressed at her uo happiness. He suggested to her a career which would enable her Do live in luxury?that she become a spy in the service of the Russian gov erament-. He promised to use his influence at the war office to obtain em* ployment for her. Miss Smollanlnoff c msented and was shortly afterward engaged as a spy.. She was dispatched to Germany to learn as many military secrets as pes stble. S le arrived at B3rlln provided mli-.h ( t v>nt,1hnn.l 1? titers nf reaommen' dation, which, combined with her ap J pearance and manners, enablea hereto achieve a great soolal success in the German capital. Sbe appeared to havfe unlimited funds and drove abcu * 1j her carriage and pair with llverlec domestics, and maintained a gorgeoub a; a tment In prii c ly style in the most fashihlonable street of Berlin. , Her social connections gave her ex cellent opportunities.: She b.witch d s*ate officials an army cffloers lato , telling becrets wh!c^i they ought to , have guarded as j B&lously as their own lives. She Was so adroit that her victims had not the slightest idea of how they were being duped. She con: ; tinued her operations unoh cied for , f ur vears. During this period she ascertained plans for the defense of Germany's eastern frontier against a possible Russian invasion, as well afc the scheme of mobilization If Germany oecjme involved In,a war wltb Bussla. . Sne .obtained sketches of Important fortifications and copies of weighty military documents. Pre- ' cfsely how the achieved all this has not been revealed. Suspicion was first directed toward j her by the su'cide of a young i ffic r of brilliant prospects, out of whom Miss Smollanicff had wormed a most important military secret. He lefc'a letter giving this as the cause of his self-destruction. Toe German authorities closely watched Miss^SmolK anincff from that day. Afoer several montbs they had sufficient evidence to justify her arrest, r The trial at Lelpsic was behind closed doors, owing to the nature of the military secrets discussed. It has transpired that Miss SmoUanincff ' received a salary of $15 000 a year and 1 bad communicated to Bujsla, over fifty important military secrets. Hid it b>en possible to provj this legally she would hardly have escaped with a smaller penalty tbaa twenty years' ' ?Kauritmlo Sho harl pnnnarflrj pciitll OQ1T1UUUV. k/uv UMV. w~.~~w.wover 100 state iffl Mais and army officers and exploited them for her purposes. When she emerges from prison in 15 months she will be expelled frcm Germany and prohibited from ever again^ntering the country. German military authorities regard her as the most dangerous and successful ' spy of recent times. ; A Rangh Time. A dsspatch from Galveston, Texas, says without food or water and withudt scarcely enough air to sustain life, Carl Joseph Kuhlcck, a ycuag 1 German stowaway, 16 years cf age, after suffering indescribable tortures for a period of nearly 10 days, was rescued from his perilous position in a narrow space between sacks of coffee in the lower hold of the Mallory steamer Comal at 11 o'clock Thursday morning. He was immediately conveyed to the John' Sealy hospital where medical attention was given him. His chances for recovery are considered gx)d. He says his home is at 305 Columbia avenue, Jamaica, ; L| '1- , , Old. st Oddfellow'* Birthday, John Wade of Sumoer, la., who has ! the distinction of being the oldest metuber of the order of Oddfellows ! living, cjlebrated his 87 th bifthday Wednesday. He became a member of toe order In 1743, when the organization was only a few years old. Mr. > Wade Is a saddler by profession, but i has devoted himself to farming for ! many years. r% Rlnwn Tin. i A. dynamite cartridge, which failed to eiplode when Henderson's Pjlnt ! N. H., was blown up by the Govern i ment last Summer, wase i struck by the digger of one of the . Eastern Dredging Company's dred: gers Tuesday with the result that [ the craft was nearly sunk and several j members of the crew slightly injured i by being thrown against) tte machln* ery, SHOT TO death: Two Negroes Killed for Murder* iog a Barnwell Farmer. ^ TAR* N FflOM A HOUSE f|l The Atrocious Murder of a White Map ^ in Barnwell County Followed By the So Called Lynching of ;; N jj-oea Uoder Arrest \ For Crime. A dispatch from Birnwell to The vj State says on Friday morning of iMt M week It was reported there that Mr. Hayne Oraddock, one of the meet prominent fa; mars of that section of the State had been foully murdered, It seems tbat Mr. Oraddock, aooom- ^ 3 panic d by two negroes, went to the .J rarm of a Mr. Cjrdy, who lives about two miles from Craddock's, to OOllecfc iome money owed, him by a negro ,Js| aamed F.aok DeLoacn, living on Ooray's plsc9. When they reached the house Oraddock t> T.n*x?* . Sffl tbe gate and when asked for the moo* ey DeLoach b.came enraged. Hot words were 0passed and Oraddoek | caught the negro In the collar. TIM M negro then called to his son to bring him his gun. The boy ran oat with M a: an In hand and came np >n Oraddoek vfrom the rear, pnt the gun about t foot from his back and fired, killed ; J blm almost Instantly. The two 00groes with Oraddoek spread tbe alarm . while the two murderers returned to their house. . As soon as he heard of the killing V'.|g Magistrate U.mer and his constable, W. H. Garter, went to the hooae of > DeLoacH and arretted both blm and bis son. Tney were tied together and carried to the heme of Oraddoek and placed under lock and key ia an oat bouse with a deputy on guard at tfyl vM door. As the news continued to spread the friends of Oraddook cane - :';C [n from all sl4.es and feeling ran hljgb. It was Increased to snob an extttii ^ ['}; that at 12 o'olock Sheriff Creech re- ^ eelved a telegram from Deputy Gaxter asking for help, as he feared violenoe. The sher ff wired back: "Tour mag* V" Istrate should furnish yon with all men needed to proteot prisoner. You and he will b3 held responsible if anything happens. " > Oapt. W. W, Moore of the Barn* ^ well Guards and Coroner Warner led - v-.-> as soon as they heard of the trouble y S in hopes of persuading the mob to let f the law take Its course. When they '\JM arrived the feeling seemed to fiav*.. 1 abated some and tht dearer beads In the crowd declared that the negroes - ^ would receive no Injury. Those men then return; d to Barnwell, thinking ku.* .11 H uuauau win weii. * Snerlfl Creech left for the scene of rj the tragedy as soon as possible. Hi +'M met the men from Barnwell and was told that there was no danger of a ^ v lynching. He went on, however, nntil he met another man, who told htm & chat the prisoners were being carried ' | to Barnwell. He then retraoed hit steps, coming back to Barnwell in or- '. ~ der to.make ready to protect the man 'JJ when turned over to him, still fearing y: that they might try to ljnch them. In the meantime, however, after, the departure of Oapt. Moore and, others the mob decided to take mat- ^ ters In their own hands and when the deputy, who had been on watoh all the previous night and that morning f? went off a "few steps" to releive himself, the mob broke the looks and spirited the negroes away, tne oon- "% stables never seeing them alive again. A search was instituted at once and a "a sequel of thq broken look waa loon 1 found on the Saltkehalchle river. I about 200 yards from the public roai J crossing at Bays. There lay the man* %| gled atd mutilated bodies of old mas Frank D^Loach and his son John, at * A they bad been shot down and their J bodies riddled with bullets from pistclsand shotguns. Coroner Warner held the inquest, | the jury being composed of stvta ?( white and live negroes. -The vet did '^| was the one usual In suoh cases, L e., . / ' That tbe deceased oame to their ' ryj deaths from guosbot and plstolsbet wounds In the hands of parties an* v -'3 kpowntothe jury." W ants lc Ortpped. President Roosevelt's attention ha?- J lng been called to a dispatch from ] Baker City, Oregon, to the effaet that a subscription was about to be Started J for wedding presents for Miss Allot. .-? The president stated that whilt he deeply appreciated the evideccs of Jyfl good will he hoped nothing of tbt -Wm kind would be undertaken. In faet ne wished particularly that the pro- ! (n^oj uyuouuiUll U1 lULlUa 1100010 not JN be made. | Ail Were JbOML. ' 1 The British bark "Pass," of Melffatt 1 Captain Caugal, from Anoon for Pug- J et sound, drove ashore on the rooks of f*-l Vancouver Island, a quarter of * mile f I east of Amphltrlte point, Tuesday V "yfl night, and all on board were lust. 3 The vessel was making for the en- M trance to the straits when a terrific Jfl southwest gale drove her to the lee V shore on Vancouver Island and the 2 doom 3d ship drove with terrific force ? onto ihe rocks, breaking up aoon it* (9 terwards. Tae bodies of lost WMMW *1 are coming ashore. J