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> U-V- r? Hawcasfec fledger. a - ' * y THURLOW 8. CAJRTER, I ^ Family Newspaper : For the Promotion / the Political, ftjcial, AffricxUlxtral and Commercial Interest*. \ 1'i^BIHS; $L?0 a Ybaa. kditob and muuou. ) ) pa*abi* in aarinoi. "stMI-WEEKLY bDMON. lanoastkh, 8. :>. in!)!). ~ tSlABLIJHbD 152 n i.vn\r - - - ? ? rir i l DI-iAU A.N I) MANY WOUNDKD IN KIKKSVILLK. Two Hundred Families Homeless and a Property Loss of About $200,000. Freaks of the \V ind. Kirksville, Mo., April 28. ? As a result of the tornado that swept through the eastern portion of this city yesterday evening, de-? molishing half of the residences and other buildings, 200 families are homeless and nearly *50 dead bodies and 70 injured persons have beon recovered from the ruins. More than u dozen of the injured wil' die. Although the rescuers have been searching the ruins ever since the storm spent its fury, many are still missing, and it is thought that a number of unfortunates were consumed in the lbiiues that broke out soon after the storm had ceased. When the tornado struck the city last evening most the residents were at supper. The tornado cut a clean path ono mile long, and (50 feet wide through the residence section, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Buildings were demolished or twisted apart and scattered to the four winds. A conservative estimate places the aggregate amount of damage at $200,000, tho individual loss ranging from $100 to $10,000. Calls for help were sent to surrounding towns and wore quickly responded to. Tho wounded wero carried to tho homes of hospitable neighbors and given immediate attention. Twenty-five %f .1 1? ** wulkm n iidui muuun j, hi aeon and other points along tho lino of the Wabash railroad came to Kirksvillo last night in reponso to urgent calls for medical usssistanco. DKATH AND OBSTRUCTION. Chillicothe, Mo., April 28.? Scenes of uttor distress and desolation were pictured today in the little tornado swept burg of Newtown, 40 miles north, on the St. Paul railway. There are about 15 dead and over 300 injured, while half of tho placo is in ruins and 50 families are homoless. R BRANDT IN I,AN< AsriOlt Friday April, tho 14th. One day only (leaves on the afternoon train.) Will bring full line of sample* of lus stock. PRICES ALL REDUCED! SPECIALS: Ladies Sash Buckles, Shirt Waist Sets with Pins in t - a ? 1 ? ' * " puiic una goiu, jin<i ljinK Sleeve Muttons. Parties desiring spectacles can he lifted as usual. Bring your watch work an<l jewelry jobs. All of which will I >ok like new when returned. HEAD ACHE HHoih mt wir? and MTMlfkare brrn n?lng CA.HCAKKTS and tney are the beal medicine we bare ever had In the bouee. Leal week ay wife wae frantic with headache foi twodaye. abe tried nome of yonrCASCAJtETS, and tbey relieved the pain In bar head aim oat Immediately. We both recommendCaecarete Oh a*. STSt>sroRi>. Pltttburg Safe 4t Oepoalt Co , Pltveburg, Pa TtAOt MA AH eMHIKHO uSrv:i OMI COMSTIHATIOM. ... mill .CMWAAw*-!. Mn ?A HI S3T0-IM t&ZimVK?X.'S?Sr IAGU1NALD0 IS WHIPPED Hoists tlie White Flag and asks Terms for Surrender. SKKS HIS FINISH. Scuds two Otlicers who are Kind- ! ly Received and Conducted to (Jen. Otis, at Manila, ; ' ?. to Negotiate for a Peace. Greenville News. Manila, April 28. ? As was predicted, the capture of Caluinpit hy the Americans broke the \ back bone of the insurgent cause! and the capture was niadeby such j i daring skill and was such a re- i j markutde military achievement that Aguinaldo lost no time in hoisting a Hag of truce and ?uak*? j I. . I , ing overtures for cessation of hos| tilities. Col. Manual Arguoleses and' r-? , Lieut. Jose liernal, chief of Gen - ! oral Luna's stall, entered General i , McArthur's line ea^ly today bearI ing a Hag of truco. They were i en route for Manila by train to | confer with General Otis regnrd1 intr tnrmB nf ciipwiniln. C> 0??iWMVIVl. Arriving at Manila, Colonel Manuel Arguolesson and Lieutenant Jose Bernal told General Otis that they were representatives of General Luna and had been requested by Aguinaldo to ask General Otis for a cessation of hostilities in order to allow time for the summoning of the Filipino congress, which would decide whether the people wanted peace. Genoral Otis replied that he did not recognize the existence of the Filipino government. There will be another conference tomorrow. When the flag of truce was first raised the Filipino otlicers walked down the railroad track to a Kan , sas regiment outpost at It o'clock i this morning. The Kansas captain in command there escorted thsm to General Wheaton'n headquarters whoro they wore provid, ed with hordes and sent to the headquarters of General McArtliur. The latter invited the Filipinos to luncheon and conversed with thorn for some time. lie , refused, however, to speak au thoritatively on the subject of t their errand. The Filipinos were then escorted by Major Moloney, of General McArthur's staff, to Manila, reaching thut place at .3 o'clock p. m. General Otis's aide Lieui tenant Sladen, was awaiting their J arrival at the depot with a carJ riage in which they were driven j 11 to the palace entrance. They 11 woio escorted directly to the office j of General Otis. 1 lo??l. /i i.?uu u. ouuiiriuHn, president | I of the rhilipioe commission, and tho Hon. Chas. Denby, member I of tho commission, soon joined the \ party there. Tho news of tho arrival of tho \ Filipino officers under flag of truce spread through the city rapidly and many officers gravitated to the corridors of the palace . while a crowd of natives gathered I in the square opposite the palace. At 5 o'clock the Filipino officers, escorted by Lieutenant Sla t den and Major Maloney, left the palace. , To Cart Caaatltaltoa Vortrtr. Tlkt OuaariU Oaad; Cathartic. 10c tr Urn. If G. 0. C. t*U to oura. dnwitu ntud noooy. TRYING TO SHIELD KK1CSK. pj{] Mrs. Patterson, Mother of Mrs. \ndorson, Makes a Statement? DMti. Says She Will Try to Procure ' 1/V Reese and Luckie's Pardon. Cor. of the Guffney Ledger. Hlacksburg, April l!>. ? In my last letter I referred to the death ' of Mrs. Kllen Anderson, the most conspicuous figure in the j famous trial of Reese, Reekie and ? ' | vjrl JCI Anderson for the murder of Chas. j T. Williams at this place on the night of Feb. 6th, 1806. Since | '1(" writing'the article I have re- t? ceived the letter hereto attached, ,l from Mrs. Emma I). Patterson, co?Pr the mother of Mrs. Ellen A rulerson, with tho request that it ho published: | n??pl Atlanta, (ia. ""J101 Editor: * | ir%' In a recent issue of your paper ieTr^ was an article that reflected un- ! favorably upon my deceased 1 daughter, Mrs. Anderson, as also ? ; * upon myself. As my daughter j 'n has passed nway from the scenes J s^unt of her trouble and her kotows toI j be at rest 1 desire to defend her l)les'. memory. During tho last three years of her life, my child suf- or^Qr' fered untold men+al grief from Ihe being tho cause of trouble and Btr??ny undeserved punishment to tho in- "ov* nocent, but more especially to aie'U* myself, her brother and Mr. Pr?di Reese. Rev. J Your correspondent from Blacks- or?>ul burg says I propose to use a dying confession, she is said to ^ealn have made, as a means to procure lrnest a pardon. Through all her last Pr,8h' illness of nearly three months, 111 1 she mode no so-called dying con-|^''u" fession, but did reatlirm tho truth art^ of her previous statements that cnate she, and she alone, tired tho three aclon shots, one of which proved fatal UM<Iin tti C. Williams, u statement tnadoit,inPu to at least eight living witnesses, |a to two of whom she made it! 101 within n week aftor the unfor- na ur tunate affair. i A pardon for my son could (^ have been procured long since, ' I I K I had I or my child boon willing to 1D,m< disclose the whereabouts of Mr. j<kpen< Reuse. Letters are in my pas ?PP?81 session with this olfer. Wo do-j " no * clined betraying the innocent ^nt under any terms. Now thut mv!f l"'1'1 (laughter has been removed bp :i'h death, I can enter upon my yf 10 fort to procure a pardon for fho tfro.bru< two who are Hiiffnrintr nniiufv been s ...g without my motives being pis The It understood, and 1 neither |.->k, j ^P,irtl nor will 1 accept, any finat'ial j *tToi help from Mr. Reese nor his tin family, in so doing. .struct I know my son is innocent I jnext kuow Mr. lieoso to bo inncent, j ^e'^v' and huve known it sinco lonj he-! SH'(1 ^ fore the trial and I deem it no of i my sweetest privileges in ,'fo to there so work and with God's tossing l,r<*s,>J finally to triumph. might My daughter declined to tell *? w't me the facts at first, as sty feared j the shock would be serins; thej^eroH* knowledge that she shold have <Mtion killed any one, and he had! bility 1 promised her brother hat she er*y* would not disclose tojine true " ther facts under any eirc^istaaces, w^? and he on his part codl endure Pr< what might come, rlher than ve8te<^ have me know the trutl matters, 'onK8 I however, so shaped hemselves "" that she bad to coo fid on me. they Will you kindly tfe space tc build i this as a reply to youBlecteburg The m oorrespondsot and as ^formation this vn to the public tb?t it njy be less called i severe in its judgroen cate qt Mrs. Emma D. P/tirhon. Effo l ES3YTERIAN SCHISM. "" the erton Church, Laurens li" anty, Follows the Rev. Dr, Holmes. u.. Ot ,s Away From the Authority j tin reshyterv ami May IFt.I- ut" wed l?y Other Pongrcga- hy tioiia. noi he ivillo News. I till* * Brewerton Presbyterian 1 wi li in Laurens county is about ha: ing loose from the church I ml become an independent to elation. The people there no called as their pastor the jinn N. .1. Holmes and he has da ed. The Presbyterian church 1 rities say that such action isjclr ilai, as Mr. Holmes having; j bei .1 from the Presbyterian i is i is no more eligible to the ! tei ate than a Baptist or Methllinivter 11 'w I !??* n?iiu tuat; >> ureli, however, intends to! by its choice regardless of onsc<picnccs and defy the yt?Tv. k. i lirewerton church was i da i/.ed several years ago by pa jv. Mr. Holmes and has a Sb \ membership roll. The Lu Mr. Holmes, it will be re- Vt ered, withdrew from the ch ^'tory last fall along with the wi Mr. Todd when they were m< izing the Paris Mountain gr institute to teach divine i six g. Holmes and Todd wore j th< igated by a committee of ! tit ytery and they withdrew D< the denomination. As Mr. j he 38 is a man of great popular at the action of presbytery; br< d some feeling, which the foi of the lirewerton church is | g to revive. During his ! Ht ,igns as evangelist ho organ- Mi number of churches in that jai 1 and it is said that it is an ilikelv that some churches, six illow the lead of the Brewer- he lurch and cut loose from the NV ftery, endorse the Rev. Mr. | eel ss's views and ttccomo in- bo: lent organizations. Those of ed to Mr. Holmes say there clx 'oundation for this report. : s Brewerton church has sent i oc ! we lion to presbytery asking t?? r | >wod to withdraw on account Km Holiness views of the con ijai Lion arxl a committee has!"" lent to inv< stigute iho ease. | ,ev. Dr. ,1. Js. Watkins, of inburg, and Rev. Dr. 11. (?. d, of Union, are members i a committee, which is in-j^n in! to make a report at the meeting of presbytery at illo next September. It is rnt the church was unani in its request, hut though I o.e was no minority report the (tjs; 'tery assumed that there ]jur he some who did not want ^ j,n, bdraw, and appointed the | Wll ittee to look after the iu oe|, of the property. This con* of affairs presents the possi- a of a lawsuit over the prop- not Presbyterians hero say that n,,, o are memhei s of the church ' 3 not want to withdraw, mu aperty, if its title is not in a board of truotees, be- jju to the minority, and that if jority insist on withdrawing Qf will have to get out and w;| & new house of worship jng ajority will naturally resist sw, aod the courts may be in to deoide the very delilestion involved. obi rU are being made among rei (infers of the presbytery to pet j S. ( ) Rev. Mr. Holmes buck into i j church and those at work >ng this line are hopeful of sue- The ( ?s. They recognize that he is > *Sc C iplendid man and they are sorry , it he saw lit to loavo them. | hers, however, say that with Chu ) views he now hohU he can South ver become a member of pros- road v tery and that unless he re^ | the Sc uncos these views he wdl never tomor received back into the fold. The I they do not believe that he the of! II ever renounce any views lie road t s expressed. nuturi Whether Mr. llolmes wishes The Ic pet into the presbytery could absolu t be ascertained yesterday, lie ty of il left the city to bo gone several Goorp vs. terms The situation tho Browerton South inch's action presents has never purch en presented hero before an<l it I ex pi rt! causinp much talk in l'resby-1 The ian circles. the ot m ? ? Caroli onian Who Did Hei^ Own includ Lyncaing. Newhj Now Orleans, April 'J7.?W. llariington was killed yester y in the jail at Leesville, Vernon Piedni rish, by Miss Mary Lacaze. Son e is a daughter of Joseph pi0ye< ,caze, a man of high standing in a,,ent irnon parish. Harrington was uj(j arged by the young woman appar, th outrage and arrested a on Hel >nth ago. The crime moused (jariir oat popular indignation. The ^own eriff of Vernon parish spirited i,react a prisoner away in the night jntent ue to the neighboring parish of 0tfenc 3 Soto, here lie was in safe rrUjHy eping. The district court meets ^ie ni Leesville and Harrington was amj st ought back to the Vernon jail on t|,t r safe keeping. _mai Yesterday it was reported that inonth irrington had offered to marry j,reac| ss Lacuzo. She went to the i1(,nesj ! to see him, on the pretext of ranging for the marriage. The (}recn eriff was suspicious and searched r for a weapon, but found none. I hen she entered Harrington's I she pulled a pistol from her mjck so in and tired three times. One ()1 the balls struck him in the 'Atu\ jv est, penetrating the lung. |. Miss Lacaze was arrested and *cljcrM ked up in the same jail. There j re threats on the part of her j veIt u atives of rescuing her. The W,1S ct riff said he would resist any j men a I breaking, no matter how J Oreon ,cb bloo:l was spilled. I no^ 0| m ? j and tl QI AL1FICA riONS OF 2:50 | Jl'KOKS. jurv renin i Important Decision by the Siinremi* f'r?nrt 1 ~-I Mr [ii tho case of Mew vs. the citizen arleston and Savannah railway, j * 1 , I i from ; i supreme court rendoi h a do- I j . ^ ion as to the qualitications of|Typh< ors which is of considorahle! Pneur nortanco. The question at issue hardei s f<?r damages for injuries re- even f ved, hut the point was raised 7? , , . Consu tone of the jurors was not ualitied elector and henco could | bottle , serve, he not having been tinned ;istored. and st The court holds that a juror in st he a qualified elector and to m?( 10 1 est cu such he must bo registered. an(j ^ t it holds that where a juror is 50 cer opted, when he was a subject free challenge, this circumstance ^tore; 1 not be a cause for overthrow; tho verdict of the jury, as 1 principal is well established |?um it after discovered cause for * dlenge will not effect a verdict br <53 idered. J. & G. LEASED BY SOUTHERN. )M Charleston, Cincinnati, hit-ago Not Included in the Transfer. Huston, April 29.?The Carolina and Georgia rail--* vill pass into the hands of nithern railway at 12 o'clock row night. i deal was consummated at lice of the S. C. and G. his morning. It is in the ) of a lease, and not a sale. siiso is tor .'J<> years, with ite control of all the properthe South Carolina and :ia road. It is said that tlio of the contract give the ern road the privilege of using the property at the ition of the lease. Ohio liiver and Charleston, her leased line of the South na and Georgia road is not ed in the deal. >aper Man on the ( liain Gang. lont Headlight. le time ago the Herald eml J. J. Ward as canvassing for the Semi-Weekly HerHo did a thriving business, sntly; but failed to come in tling day. Last week Mr. igton heard that ho was in and had him arrested for 1 of trust with fraudulent Ho was indicted for six es?how many more ho was of does not appear?and agistrntq found him guilty mfenced him to thirty days ) chain gang for each offense iing the total sentence six is. The law makes such i of trust larceny and dis: agents receive no mercy. wood Men are not Guilty. enville, S. C., April '2s.? rial of the famous McCorconspiraey ease, growing f the l'hoenix election riot nching in Greenwood count November, ended in tho il court here today in a t of not guilty. The jury imposed entirely of white nd half of them were from ville county. 'I'he jury was it loss than fifteen minutes 10 verdict was announced at i. in. The case went to the without argument and the t is generally endorsed. < MFK W VSSA V KI>, , J. K. Lilly, a prominent i of Hannibal, Mo., lately i \vounde?ful deliveranco a frightful death. In telling ic says: '1 was taken with >id Fever, that ran int(? nonia. My lungs became nod. I was so weak I couldn't ut up in bed Nothing helped I expected to Mion die of mption, when 1 heard of ing's New Discovery. One gave great relief. 1 conI to use it, and now am well rong, I can't say too much praise." This marvellous ine is the surest and quick ro in the world for all Throat ung Trouble. Regular sizes ita and ft.00. Trial bottle at Crawford Rros' Drug , every bottle guaranteed. is'OH Id?eu 7 day etrenythene lh? belief of amlihyaiaiaaa the* impure blood la the of the majority of oar rilaaaeee. r-iro yean eff? thk theory waa aaad Mia far tha foraaala of Browae' Iraa . The aMay remarkable uraaaflbotad i fhoeowi eld heaaobotd remedy are ausSHtfE&ias