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Ti h LKDGKR. Th i?? vr S. i a?l? ? K;)l OK u\n MANAOHU ?r WKI>N KsMAY, NOV KMIIF.R, 28, 1900. Items l-Yeni tlio Kershaw Kru. Horn to Mr. and Mr*, E. D. Blukcney Monday, November 2 6 I !>< i", a daughter. Mr. K L Soweil, who went to the hospital at Charleston, as noted ..e *i._ p.. i? I I"' nm? l?P!IO 111 lUO TJIH, ll!tb rein nod Kin I ia now able to be out again. H? bus had a long siege of it, I jring been confined to his bed for several months. Polhnnan Catoeand Asst, poatinusier SloTer last week received a checK for #I.r?0, the amount of the reward offered for the negro captor d bv them near Capt S C Clyburo - iw mill some weeks ago who ivai wanted in Geergia for the inur-h r of twi ot i#r negroes. He was convicted of the crime. 1 V.. }? of l>onald McQueen. Sort-in* to The News and Courie**. Colombia, Xov25? Mr. Donald McQueen, who was for fifteen or t\\ JMii \ years agent of the South Carolina Railroad in this city, met with a kori ilde accident last niltI?t which resulted in his death | this afternoon. He was lying on his hed reading, having a metal kerosene lamp on a tahle at the side of the bed He dropped to sleep and doling his sleep the lamp exploded. Mrs McQueen and some of the children were in another room and heard the ex plosion. They rush'd in the room and found Mr. McQueen enveloped : _ ii in names. manaets and other article* to stifle tbo tirewere wrapped around him, but before tha flame* were extinguished ha was fatally burned. His flesh from his waist to the?4op of hia t^eud, waa ^ burned and blistered, and ha sufm fered excruciating pain. PhysiW ciana were callad in and they did all that waa possible to alleviate hia autFeringa, though it waa evident that hia life must soon and. He lived until thin afternoon about 4'elock when death brought relief. Mr. McQueen was well known in the State, and especially in railroad circles. Whan the South ('arolina and Georgia Road was leased by the Southern and the offices of the two companies were consolidated hare, Mr. McQueen engaged in other business. He was a Confederate veteran, and was an actiTe and enthusiastic mem her of Camp Hampton. He married Miss Lynch, daughter of the late Dr. Lynch, of thia city, who, with six children, survives him. He was a man of the highest probity and honor, and hia death will he generally regretted by his hundred* of friends it the city at d State. Thettattle of Baguaon. Manila, Nor 25?Particulars hare just been received from lloilo of the battle, Oct 30, a Ba?*uson. Island of I'anav wh*n w - - J 1 '200 Bolomen and f>0 riflemen attacked the Americana who lust three kdled, Lieut II M Koontz, Sergt Kitchen and Corpl Burn*, all of Company F Forty-fourth infantry. Corpl Burna was holoed while reconnoitering and Lieut Koont/. and Sergt Kitchen were pierced by spears while going to relieve an outpost. When the gariiaon in front attacked the rebels 40 of the latter were killed. None of the other parties of attacking natives made much of a stand and the insurgents lost 103 killed all told. Pay your subscripton to The Ledger. From a Felon's Cell to the Asylnm's Confines ! Strange Case of an Insane White i Criminal Who Murdered Ilia i Brother?in?Law. i Eugene E Shirley, -white man , from Chester, will be pardoned by the governor in a day or two. The circumstances of the case have a pathetic as well as a tragic I aspect. Shirlev was p?nTir-t?d in 1S01 of killing his brother-in-law in C hester county. He was sentenced to 10 veurs in the penitentiary, but owing to good conduct his term was reduced under the rules and he would hare been a free man Dec 31. But it has developed that he is insane, and probably was when he committed the crime. An inquiry was made into his mental condition several J months ago and it was decided . tti.l 4 U mm iuw man wab crR2,y. 1'nysi- I cinns and friends who knew him I ' before and at the time he commit^ ted the crime say that he mi crazy and that he ought to he in the hospital for the insane rather than the penitentiary. Solicitor Henry of Cheater, in 1 a letter to the governor, iecom-1 mends the pardon with a view of having the tnuu placed in the hos,< pital for the insane. He states that Shirley's family are afraid to have him come hack home, as they fear personal danger at hiw hands. Other people in the community in which he lived make the same statement. Capt Griffith, superintendent of in? penitentiary,connrms this view of the matter, saying that Shirley haa frequently explained his trouhie* oa account of family troubles. The prisoner has made threats as to what he would do when he jjot free. Although mentally unbalanced Shirley has been a most exemplary prisoner as is shown by his earning a reduction of his term. The governor did not act in the case yesterday, preferring to get some legal advice, but he authorized the statement that a pardon would be issued, and that Shirley i would n? nirn?d ov?r to the authorities of th? hospital for th? in^ sane. Officers Attacked bj Infuriated Megro Mob. Deputies Had Arr?st?d a Wif? Murderer in Dorchester, But He Was Taken from Th?m by Viol?nco. Th? Stat?, 27th inst. (r?v. MeSweeney has received a letter from St. (ieorge'e in which I complaint >a made that a mob of I negroes attacked K. W. Minna, 'Jr., daputy fheriff for Dorchester couniy, and K. K. Einua, marshal for tha town of St. George's Tha officers of tha law had in cuntodj Rufua Neal, who is wanted on tha charge of murder. Tha moh of negroes, with weapons drawn managed to get tha negro crimi nal away and as the officers ware only lightly armed and could offer no affective reaistance the prisoner made good his escape. The inhabitant* think if auch high handed outrage in not dealt with, that it will hare a very had i effect and Gov. McSweeney haa been called upon to offer a reward, which in thought will anniat in bring ing about the arreat of thoae who ' took part in the release of Neal ' and in the diaplay of violence. | Neal ia a wife murderer for whoae capture and conviction a reward of $100 haa been offered. The officera who were aanualted bad been after him. They heard that he was at Shady Grove eampmeeting, and went there to make the arrest. I I ?' I" I .r-r* Tho governor's informant of the affair states that -'at soon at Neat saw the officers he took to flighi. calling loudly for help. A large number of drunken and infuriated negroes, armed with firearm*, sticks and bludgeons, went to Neat's assistance, attacked the offiioera and wounded both serious lv, aad actually took Neal from the deputy seeriff, who had him under arrest. Neal at the preaeut time would undoubtedly have been behind the bars had it not been for the high handed interference of the mob. It is added that Neal has been u:.. --i ? iTiug iu iiik camn, and thai hv has the sympathy of the negror?,. Marshal Minus has since been nm laid on the road and knocked acr.-. loss by negroes. Population By Counties Of The Palmetto State. Increase of 10.4 Per Cent in Ten Tears Population of Town-. Not Yet Announced. Washington, Nov. 23.? The population of South Carolina, as officially announced toda\. is 1,340,316. against 1,151, ll'.t in 1890. This is an increase sim-e 1 coo icn 1t ? i /? ' <ii i air, l u I , l<r 10.4 pil' ('( III. The population in 1880 wns 095,577, showing an increase of 155,572, or 15.6 per can*, from 1880 to 180?. The population by towns ml! not be ready for someday*. The population by counties i.s as follows: Abbeville 4 no Aiken :>*.?. o:>2 Anderson 55.72S Bamberg 17,29 0 Barnwell .'15,50 1 Beaufort :i5,4 9.r> Berkeley 4.'">1 Charleston 84,000 Cherokee ? .. . . 21 Chester 28,010 Chesterfield 2",40 1 Clarendon 28,1M Colleton 8M.452 Darlington :12,.'18S Dorchester 10.204 Kdgefield 25,4 7 s Fairfield 20,42ft Florence 28,474 Georgetown 22,8 46 Greenville f.3,40o Greenwood 2 s 13 4 Hampton 23,738 Horry 23,364 Keruhaw 24,606 Lancaster 24,311 Laurens 37,382 Lexington 27,264 Marion ?>*, 1 c 1 ' 1 Marlboro 27,639 Newberry 30,182 Oconee 23,644 Orangeburg 59,663 Pickene 19,374 Richland 45,589 Saluda 18,966 Spartanburg 65,560 Sumter 51,237 Union 25,501 W illiamaburg ^1,685 York 41,684 Richard Trailer Shot by Edward Proctor. I Special to The State. St. George, Not. j|6.? A serioun, and what may prove to be a fatal, shooting affray occurred a few mile* from town thin morning. Mr. Richard Trailer and Mr. fidward Procfcor, two young men, ware in town Saturday and had a difficulty. They met again this morning near their home and re* nawed the affair. They soon came to blows, and during the altercation Mr. Proctor drew his pistol and shot Mr. Trailer twice?one ball striking bins in the abdomen. | Mr. Procter came into town immediately and surrendered to I Sheriff Varnedoe. ^ *?.? v.v-^ CLYBURN v-:MKHiARi'RRS FOR MR .J I iHt c - ~ , - . ? >t i ?- ??m iiEfranHWE" CLYBURF it Was Joint Button l'ri Witiit**> for the Sint?? Sj? \ * Hp is t h? ^Itio Who K Hronn Yotkvillr. S C . Vffiiian. W c Ipurn from % reliable *?urc? ill*' 1 bp Unit ion tr a', 1' A NotiI father in IIIvv of thp I lie ?i l llir'v > ISrotvti, and 1 he principal wtneasfor the State in the pros-cut ion, slate* thut Mr. John S. Bat* >n is the nmn who *hr>? *h\ I^'iwn. Mr Nr?l mad* t hik admis-ion to Mr ,! !1. IV ,If?nkin? :ii <1 Knot her citizen of H ?ck Hill. Mr. NVal ^uv? that *d tic* he and heard Mr. John BrttMon talk in the court room, he is positive tti.it he is the man, and not Mr rani Brat ton as many suppose in spit* of Mr. John Bratton's confeaiun. lie did not desire this statement publicly inade because iv?<* 1 i11_r for tho>e concern od, and nc a re informed thnt re quests have been made on that account to have it suppressed. But, in jtu.ice to Mr. I'atil K Bratton, wo !>< ! !at. ?. ?l.~ ....IK- -1 I 1 ... [ >u hi n: % nc mi in rie given tho benefit of thin testimony of his innocence; that this consideration out-weighs the other. The Presbyterian Creed Revisionist Appear to have Carried the Necessary Tao Thirds. Pittsburg, Pa. Nov. 2It. ? W. R. Crabbe, the Pittsburg number of the revision committee of the Presbyterian general assembly, said tonight that all ef the pre* hyteries have voted on the question j of revision r>f the creed, resulting in revisionists securing about 75 per cent, of she votes east. Of the 1,007,(>89 members of the church, 898,555 voted. The presbyteries voting in favor of revi aion Diniher 120, thoae against a change 40. A two-thirds vote i* required to make a change. The committee will meet In Washington, I>ec, 4, to tnke action. ONLY $1.50. --MARBLE AND GRANITE Monuments, Tablets, tfead Stones, Etc. Children's #1.50, and upwards Adults, $2.50, #3.00, and upwards. Made of Pure Marble. A. J. McNinch. l-ft" Have you pa;d yoer *ubription ^ [-HEATH M iLFS, HORSES, BUGGIES, W T TTr n nrrr n/i N-MLRlrt IVJ | A Skull Probably Cracked, j .Iuidah Fort Mill, in the i nek I'p on Charge of Aaaault. ? I ,i hurlotte Observer. Mr. .Famea Hognn, a citizen of | Fort Mill, S O., wan lodged in the | guard house I net night, on the; chart:? of having assaulted ; .luineH M. Cook, at the Atherton I Miii. Hogan started out for home ' after durk, with a good stock of ' liquor in his buggy, in addition to j tbo fuel which ho had already absorbed. Driving by tha At her ton mill, he got into a controversy . with Mr. Conk, and sat upon him ( with a buggy whip, o*inff the butt j and of it on Mr. Cook's head An a result of bin blowa, Mr. Cook's scalp waa severely lacerated and . the two doctora who were called I J had to do a good deal of stitch- , I ing and plastering, iiogan would I | not tell much about it last night, 1 and Cook could not, but Act- ! : ti . mg mayor r ranann may be able to pet the atraicht of the business at tomorrow morning's . session t?f the court, Tha doctors j say that Cook in very badly hurt rind may possibly ha suffering j from n fractured aknll. Hogan'a stock of original package* is in the charge of Night Turnkey Sum* merrow. f Cracksmen Foiled in Mayesrilla. ' Special to The Stale. Mayeaville, Not *23?The pro- ' fassional safe blowers aeam to have reached our town and an at I tempt was made to open the post j office safe last night. Shortly after midnight, the robbers?there were three of them ? went to J F j A r>. III--I :?i- ' *' .inn iii;u-Mniiin suop and took all I ha necessary tools and tlion broke open the postnftice door. They went right to work and broke the combination, and would have gotten the contents of the safe but their noise on entor* ing the building brought out some of the citizens. The robbers ran I out of the building and te the | edge of town, then got in a bug gy and made their escape. It is believed that this is the same gang that operated in Hamberg county and elsewhere. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tbe Kind You Have Always Bought Bear. th. /I? " Signature of LfutSfiCT&CCM*-'. PKR IHHPM ULE CO., AGON'S, HARNESS, ETC. 0-WE HAVE th. fio*Kt lot of mules erer offered on this mnrket, and we will sell them at reasonable priees, for cash or good paper. o t TAKE YOUR CHOICE. ft The Anchor Buggy, A Wren ^ Bupgv and the renowned Tyson ?Sc .tones Buggies always 3 in stock. Yes, and at prices S that will please you. o The celebrated One<d?oro, Kentucky, Wngon, is the best and cheapest on the market. g> ? ISPCome one, come sll. ? We will make you the best satisfied and the best pleased you ever wet?. o ^ Prices low. Terms reason5| able. [ULE CO. Fatal Wreck at Green Pond. Special to The State. Charleston, Nor 24? A fatal wreck occurred on the Plant Systorn road at Green Pood this morning at 4 o'clock. Passenger train No. 73 ran into the tail end of an extra freight train, overturning the eDgine of the passenger train and killing Engineer Thaddeus N Jnn?* nf and injuring Fireman Green. Andrew Williams, the negro who was convicted of the murder of hie father a few days ago, wae sentenced by Judge Buchanan to hang on January 4, next. His attorneys made a motion for new trial, which was refused. James Kelly, another negro will hang at the name time. The county will he spared the expense of the erection of a gallows, as one now staads in the jail yard, on which four men have already been jerked out of this world. Some Young Huntern Caught Strange Game Saturday Night. Saturday night some young nan while out hunting 'possums up the Columbia and Greenville railroad track, had a funny ex~ parience. Thay ran acroaa a nagro who actad queerly. When he walked off thay wara puzzled by his peculiar shambling gait, until they suspected that the negro waa shackled. They immediately arrested him and brought him to town. The negro had a pistol and a hatchet whan caught, lie had escaped from soma convict camp up the country, and in order to prevent any complicationa the young m?n repaired to Dr. J W ltahcock, the vataran tnemy of varioloid, and had him to inoculate them with vaccina virus, for it ia reported that there is some smallpox in some of the jaila in the up-country.?The State. IIOW8 THIS ! We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any crane of Catarrh that cannot he cured hy Hall's Catarrh Cure. K J CHENEY A CO., Props. Toledo, O. We the undersigned, have known F J Hheney for the la*t 15 years, and helieve him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able In carry out any obligations made by their firm. Wkht a Truax, Wholesale Druggist. Toledo, O. Wai.pino, Kinnan A Marvin Wholesale Druirgists. Toledo. O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon tiie blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, 7ftc. per bottle Hold by all DrutrglsU. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the treat l'ay your subcriptioo toth RDUKftl