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ESTABLISHED IN 1* A DIRTY BARGAIN Was Made to Pass The Local Option Bill Says SENATOR TILLMAN, Sie Chaises Corruption ia Dispensary Maaagemeo', and Asserts Tbat a Straightening Oat i? Needed. . Says The Dispensary will be the Issue this Yearv Mr. Zwh McGhee, the Washington ?correspondent of The State says Sen ator Tillman insists that when he ?characterized the method by which the Morgan bill passed the house as a "dirty bargain" he meant just that word and no other ,x though be says he did not mean to reflect in any way upon any of the Charleston delega tion. Says he: "I said there was a trade by which Charleston's nine votes were -cast for the bill in consideration for making that most remarkable excep tion for Charleston., allowing it the privilege denied, all the rest of the .State of having lice ose if It wants it. "Tnere may not have been any ac tual overt trade, tb ere may not have been any formal agreement, but the thing Is so self evident that it isn't worth while for any body to deny it. Charleston has always been in favor cf local option, by which, of course, it is meant that it wants saloons, and its representatives in the legislature ?saw tnat the only way to get it was to vote for this bill. "Likewisethe antidispensary mom "bers from other counties know that the only way they could get Charles ton support of a so called prohibition measure would be to expect Charles ton from its operation by giving it the third choice of high license. "Else why did they except Charles ton, and why did they not except Co Inmbl i also, or Greenville, or Spar tanburg, or any other town?-^ "Why, it is plain as the nose on jour face If they had not given this ?special privilege to ' Charleston they would not have got these nine votes eand the bill .would have been defeated, ?nd they know it." A few weeks ago it will be remem bered it was reported in this corres pondence that Senator Tillman said lie bad nothing to say on tne South Carolina situation, considering th.-t 1n a general way it was not his busi ness to interfere and tbat be had his hands full here. As a matter of feet, there can be no doubt that he has his hands full here, about as full as any man In the senate, but be instinctively keeps one car to the ground for what is going on in South Carolina and it is as impossi ble^for him to keep out of it as it is for him to sit quietly in his seat in the senate when a spirited debate is going on. "I would be a ford," said he today, *'to bit here in Washington, however much I im absorbed with affairs here and see the people of South Carolina tricked without at least making my protest. And by people I mean the real majority of the white people for '?whom I have struggled." The senator was once called down in the senate for using the word "trickery" when referring to the pres ldent, so I asked him what he meant by it in this connection. "I say trick cd," he replied, "because that is what it appears to me. The Brioe law eis franchises one-third of the white men in tbe State who can vote in the Dem ocratic primary. "Besides, the enemies of the dis pensary, why for years have controlled the State, have been putting men in charge of it who have mismanaged it, stolen from it, brought it into bad crder, and the newspapers which are and alwavs have been bitter against tbe dispensary and against me, and which make a practice of suppressing whatever is favorable to tbe dispen sary aud loudly vaunting what unfav orable to it, are the ones which have the largest cirrouJatlon and tbe ones which these 'ddftwood legislators' read and look upon as tbe law, the prophets and the gospel so the people are hoodwinked, but there is a time cojm??r-yQ ^"Tae people wihget a chance to express themselves next summer and without any Brice law to disfranchise any of them aud bottle them up. All they need is somebody to stir them up and let them know what is going on Tbe dispe osary will be the dec ding issue in the waole campaign, not only in the dec Ion of members of the leg islature but in every election in the State,' for governor, for State officers, f or county clfi.-.ers, for my successor ia the senate aud all." S >mething was said last surrmor abuuj the senator running for gover nor instead of for the senate and there has been some such talk here, though perhaps emanating from some amoitious representatives not averse being called upon by tbe people to ke a more exalted seat. Asked the rect question today, Senator Till au said? "Yes, I have thought many times of doing that. Tae only condition tbat would induco me to consider it, however, from a personal standpoint, would be the fact that my health onuld be such as to mike it unwise for me to remain in Washington and attend to ray duties here. Bot some body ounht to take up the fight in South Carolina and straigten things .^3 Berkeley Building 569. In the Interest of the people who are | being hoodwinked, put the dispensary In good shape and otherwise given an example of honest politics." Those who think he contemplates I running for governor say that in case of election, after serving one term he would again seek election to the sen ate and thus break all previous rec ords in his or any other State. Of course he wouid lose his prestige on committees and his recognized place as one of the leaders in debate and so forth. He says, however, that should he ever leave the senate to become gov ernor he would never return. "In that event," he observes, "I am done. I'm getting too old. "Now another thing," said Sena tor Tillman, "I see somebody is get ting off that old jibe about my hav ing criticised Hampton for meddling in State, affairs while he was senator and charging that I am doing the same thing. The difference is just this: Hampton took part in a personal contest between candidates, engaging in a fight between one man and an other running for office. I am tak ing no part in any personal contest, but in the discussion of great issues, which it is my duty to do so long as I ana citizen of the State, especially when I see an institution which I created and fostered attacked, and attacked in such underhanded, such j a cowardly way with every conceiva ble political trick and with a lot of hypocrisy." TAKES HIS OWN LIFE. The Meteoric Career of a Preacher Ends in Disgrace. At Paris, 111., Bev, Gso. K. Sim mons, pastor of the First Baptist church, president of the Interstate Savings bank, and of the People's Savings bank, and recently appointed manager of the Yates senatorial cam paign in Peoria oounty, was found dead In bed Wednesday. He has been under Investigation by tbe State's attorney, the two banks and his con gregation on the gravest oharges. The body was fouud by his wife when she called him to breakfast. He remained down town until late Tuesday night, disposing of some business matters. In a letter found beside him he said this was his last night on earth, and wanted to leave a message of undying love to all. In part it said: "Also no blame must attach to ex Gov. Yates or his associates. He simply gave me an opportunity which his opponents and my enemies have prevented my using." The las't line, "time fails me should I attempt to write personal messages," indicates he was dying as he brought the letter to a close. Physicians believe death was caused by cyanide of potassium. The Pec pie's Savings bank did not open Wed nesday morning. Cashier Look said the bank would remain closed until some plan of aotion could be deter mined upon. Tbere was a run on the bank Tuesday and Wednesday a Urge crowd surrounded the building. The Interstate Savings bank was also the object of runs. Cashier Anicker said they would be able to stand the drain Dr. Simmons came to the First Baptist church five years ago from Terre Haute, Ind., and had*been re markably successful. He secured na tional publicity two years ago by ad vocating a dramatization of tbe life of Christ. He became local manager of tbe senatorial campaign of former Gov. Yates a week ago, and shortly after serious stories affecting his morals were circulated. State's At torney Scholas undertook an investi gation and secured some sensational confessions from hoys of bis congrega tion. Dr. Simmons was 40 years old and lea yes a widow. He held charges In Texas, in Jackson, Term., and in Luisville, Ky., before coming to Peoria. Ten Hoar Bill Killed. The house Thursday after passing all third reading bills, plunged again into a debate on the Toole ten-hour bill. The state is divided on the subjsot. Tbe Horse Creek Valley cot ton mill section has labored earnestly for the passage of the bill, but the members from tbe Piedmont section opposed it. The house by a yea and nay vote of 56 to 47, killed the bill Thursday morning. This is a gain of seven votes in favor af the bill sirce last session when it was defeated 43 to 63. The year beforo the vote a gainst was 90 to 25. Woman President. Miss Katherine Williams, of La grange, Ind., after years of faithful service as an employee of tbe Li gracge National Bank in whica she has risen step by step, has been elected president of that institution and has the distinction of being the y ungest if not the only, woman to occupy such a place in tbe West. Miss Williams' election came to her a. a compliment to her ability as a financier. Soe entered the bank as an employee year* ago a. Mine Disaster. At least twenty-eight men are sup posed to have met death in a terrible I mine exp'.o-lon In the Parallel Mine of the Sr.ewarc C diiern ompany near Oak H.ll, W. Va. Tntrty-nine mvn were employed in tbe mice and eleven have escaped alive. At mid night Thursday six bones had been recovered near the mouth of the mine and it is certain that ail the otu ers in the mine are dead. Kate Bill Parsed. The National House of Representa tives on Tuuradny took a vote un .he Hepburn railroad rate bill. The roll call began at 12:15. The bill was passed by a vote of 242 to 6. Those voting against the bill were McJall and Weeks of Massachusetts; Perkins Vreeland and Southwlok, of New York, and Sibley, of Pennsylvania, all Republicans. OBANGEBUKG, i BILL KILLED. The State Senate Rejects the Morgan Measure. ttOW MEMBERS VOTED. The Bill Abolishing tbe State Dispensary and Establishing in its Stead Coun ty Dispensaries Failed to Pass by a Vote of Fifteen to Twenty. After considerable discussion in the State Senate the Morgan Bill, wbich abolishes the State dispensary and es tablishes county dispensaries was kill ed in the Seriate on Tuesday by a de cisive vote.* The bill was discussed pro and con thoroughly by the Senators. The bill had been passed by tbe House as will be seen by reference to page six, where we report the House pro ceedings. It was 11 o'clock when Senator Blease closed. In tbe meantime, the parties of both sides had been in con ference and it was deoided to take a vote. Senator Eugene Blease made a motion to table Senator Brlce's mo tion to kill the Baysor-Manning bill. Senator Brlce's motion was the Initial move in the whole fight. When the aye and nay vote was taken, there was perfect silence, al though the senate chamber was liter alle thronged with visitors on the floor and in the galleries. Taere were chairs In every available plac9. The vote resulted as follows on Senator Blease's motion (those voting "aye" wishing the Raysor-Mannlng bill to survive): Ayes?Senators Black, Blake, E. S. Bleaso, Carpenter,. Davis, D-mnis, Douglass, Eirie, Efird, Hay, W. E. Johnson, W. J. Johnson. Manning, McGowan, McLeod, Purifoy, Stack hou.se. Warren, Wells, Williams?20. Nays?Senators Bates, C. L. Blease, Brioe, Brooks, Brown, Butler, Carlisle, Chrifetensen, . Hardin, Holliday, Houjh, Marsbali, Mauldin, Mclver, von Kolnitz?15. Senator Riycor (iy?) was paired with Senator Hood (nay), Senator Walker (aye) was paired with Seaator Hudson (nay) and Senator Bivens (aye) with Senator Talhert (oay). Senator Etird then moved "to strike out all the enacting words" of the Morgan bill and araond by in erting the Riysor-Manning bill?which, by the way, is now the "purification" bill the c^rnrnitlue- subatitute'for the original measure. This motioa was accepted by a viva voce vote, no fili bustering being done by tbe anti-dis pensary party which accepted defeat gallantly and without bitterness. Just as Senator Eard was moving to have two amendments to the bill adapted, Senator Blease appeared in the caamber, having been out for a short ticnp, and moved to kill the bill by "striking out tie eaactlng r/ords." Th's bad the effect of holding up the Raysor Manning bill, and it Is safe to say tbat there will be no disDansiry legislation tills session as the Legisla ture will adjourn Saturday. Nine People Burn. d. On Wednesday morning a small house near Curtis, Md., was destroyed by fire in which were burned to death nine colored persons only one of the inmates escaping alive. The victims were: Richard Taylor, Horace Jack Ron, his wife E lz^. and their sou Samuel, a youth of 17, R )sa Jackson, a widow aDd her children, Ida, a grown daughter; Susan, 11 years old; Isador. 9, years, and a six months' old baby. The only Inmate who es caped was E la Webster, who jumped from the secmd story window to the ground and gave the alarm. When the neighbors arrived, the house was a pile of bhzing and smoking debris and when the b >?ie3 were recovered nothing but the oharred bones of tbe I victim were left. According to the statement of the survivor, Ella Web ster, the Are was caused by one of the younger children who got up to stir the fire in the chimney place and ac cidentally scattered coals on the floor. Two Mom Dropped. Two more midshipmen of the third class were dismissed from the naval academy as a result of tbe court rrar tial findings on a charge of hazing, Secretary Bonaparte having slprned an order ^ismh'sictf Midshipman Richard L. DeSsu-ssure, of tne Frst South Carolina district, and Midshipman George H. Melvln, of the Fifteenth district of Illinois. Quick Time. Rufus Rooinson, the negro who was arrested in Baltimore about a fort night ago charged with killing Miss Florence Allison near Morrlston, 5J. J., on January 18, was placed on trial Thursday, convi xed of murder In the first decree Tnursday night and im mediately sentenced to be hanged in two weeks. Discharged. The seven men arrested in Birawell county last week on the change of panic5 piling ia the lynching of i'rmk and John DeLoach, colored, hid a prellmlna-y hearing bsf.ire Magi* r.rate Moody on Wednesday and were riiscuarge'i for Jack of evidence to bind them over. Fatal Dhputu. Samuel Smith and Robert Robert son, Baptist deacons, got Into a Ugh; in a caurch at Uwensboro, Ky., on Sunday over the question whether John D. R^kefeller would ever get to heaven, and Robertson killed.Smith. 3. C, TH?BSOAS", fJSBB NA?BOW MXPE. AWFUL PREDICAMENT OP A BOATING ON TBE SAVANNAH. For Two Hours They Were Suspend ed on a Snag in the Biver While launch Filled. The Augusta Chronicle says accord ing to a report made at the police barracks Tuesday night by Patrolman Newsome, a boating party given by Bertha Meigle in honor cf two young ladies visiting her, chaperoned by her mother, Mrs. A. H. Meigle, si Hired a most harrowing experience during tbe evening that all but proved fatal for the entire party, as the result of the launch being punctured by a snag, the excursionists being rescued from a watery grave by the heroic efforts of Mr. J. P. HaDkinson and some ne groes, whom he called to his assis tance. Tbe merry group of young people, a dozen or more in number, were re turning from a delightful cruise of several miles down tbe river, wblch had been made In Mr. Meigle's beau tiful new launoh; the "Klttyhaw," and were gaily steaming baok to their destination without a thought of dan ger, when the jolly songs upon tbelr lips were suddenly frozen into cries of horror when tbe brave little craft struck hard upon an uncharted snag. A hole was torn in the bottom, and the cold water rushed through tbe breach, The gentlemen of the party resolutely set to work to bail tbe water out, but it took unceasing ef fort on the part of the whole crew to keep tbe boat from settling beneath the yellow stream. The river is unusually wide at that point, and the basin Is now full by reason of tbe high waters which have prevailed recently. The accident oc c 'red at a considerable distance from shore, and none of the exhausted men, among whom there were no ex pert swimmers, were equal to the tp.sk of reaching the bank to secure aid For nearly an hour they fought the cruel water, while the ladies screamed for help, although some of them swooned from tenor and tbe efforts of tbe others were needed to restore them All of the ladles were in hys terics, one was in a dead faint, one of the men, even, was bordering on hys teria, and tbe remainder were able to off or only feeble resistance to the gradually rising water when tucoor finally came. The attention of Mr. J. P. Hankin son, who resides at 350 Bay street, just on the water front, was attract ed to their cries, and a short time before midnight they were rescued and conveyed to their homes, being none the worse for the terrible ordeal save a severe fright and some badly shaken nerves. % A negro woman, who lives on bis ploce, kaccked at the door and asked if he did not bear some one screaming. Ha had heard some cries, but their diBtraising future bad not been im pressed upon bim. New, however, he went out to make an investigation, and following the sound of the voices from the terrified occupants of the boats he soon located them and their trouble. He secured a couple of bat teaus and calling to his assistance some negro men, soon brought tbem all safely to land. Whined lo Deaib. Mr. Press Fulmore, who lives nsar Cavalry Lutheran Church, In Alken county, was taking his little children to school In a buggy a few miles from home, when the horse took fright and ran away. With remarkable presence of mind he took three of the little ones aod threw them out of the buggy saving them from serious in jury if not death. Thinking he could then get the horse under control, he gave all his attention in that direc tion. One, a little boy, jumped from the buggy, and his head struck a block causing a severe injury from which he may die. Tae otner, a lit tie girl, about 7 years old, attempted to save herself by jumping. Her drfss was caught in one of the wheels and she was banly mangled. She was whirled over aud over, as the animal sped rapidly down tbe roadway, and was dragged until the team come to a complete stop. She v.-as so badly hurt that sbe lived but about an boor and a half. It is reported that Mr. Fulmore also suffored serious irjudex. The buggy was demolished. Tne old est of the children is abjut 10 years of age, and all of the unfortunate man'B family were involved in the ac cident, excepting his wife and small baby. Drank Hair Tonic: C- J. Kimball, a prominent travel lug salesman, and a negro barber di*d at Cardelle, Ga., as the result of drinking a well-known hair tonic for intoxicating purposes. They drank the medicine Wednesday afternoon. Kimball died during tbe night and tne nc-gro Thursday mornirg. The coroner convened a jury and held an inquest, the verdict being that they came to their death fr"m Internal poisoning self administered. Killed Uilllrt; 13'. At Macon, Ga., Cicero Taylor, a young wnite man, committed suicide Wednesday in the Rutland district where he lived, by blowing out his brains with a 44 calibre revolver. The only message he left behind was a brief note to his young, wife, telling her to be brave and take good care of their unborn child. He was 22 years of age, and ha^ been married about six montrs. .Four Killed. A runaway Northern Pacific freight train cashed into a passenger train near Helena, Mont., Wednesday, wrecking it completely. Fuur per sons were killed with a probability that two more may bave been burned in the wreck. AURY 15, 1906. A BATTLE ROYAL. A Negro Leads a Band to His Brother's House AND MUBDERS HIM. The Leader of the Band Fired Upon the Officers Who Went to Arrest Him Aod is Shot to Death by Them After a Severe Battle. Erl. Plnokney and his half brother, Jesse Pinckney, two Florence county negroes, had had a "falling out" over some land in their possession. From day to day the trouble grew until Sunday week ago, when the two men had a fight. That night Jesse Pinck ney made up a crowd to go to Ed. Pinckney's house and thrash him. The crowd, as recognized by Ed Pinckney's wife and daughter, was composed of Jesse Pinckney, Isaac Pinckney, Jr.. Willie Brown, Jim Williams and Sam Hart, all negroes. What happened is thus described by tbe Florence correspondent of The News and Courier: Arriving at the house Jesse Pinck ney called for El Plnokney, but he refused to get up or bother with Jesse Seeing that Ei was not coming out nor going to get out of bed, Jesse Pinckney fired his gun through a window towards Ed's bed. The load of shot struck the bed, between Ed Pinckney and his wife, both of whom were lying in the bed. Then Jesse with the butt of his gun broke the door open and the crowd entered the house and began to beat E l Pinckney over the head with tbelr guns and with sticks. Pincirnev's wife man aged to get out of tbeir way, for a time, by hiding beneath the bed. The crowd continued beating Pinck ney over the head with the butts of their guns and the clubs that they had carried there until they had bru tally murdered the old negro In his bed. Tney then turned to hunt for his wife and soon found her.' She was dragged from beneath the bed and they beat her so badly that she will hardly recover. She has a terri ble gash across the head and numbers nt bruiB.es about her face and body. She finally succeeded in getting.away and hid in the woods nearby. From Ei Pinckney's house the crowd went to another negro's, Sam Johnson's, and called him to the door. As soon as the door was opened they b>.'gan firing at Johnson, who is a orother in law of Pinckney. Johnson was badly hurt, having been struck in the face and body a number of times. They then rushed in on John son and in the siuffle Johnson's throat ?vas cut almost from ear to ear, and be was left for dead, but after being attended by aphysian be revived and m?y recover. During the fight with Johnson, Charlie James, another ne gro, who came to Johnsonisassistance was also snot. The crowd of ruffians then visited several other house*, and three or four otuer negroes were shot or cut by members of this band. / Jesse Pinckney, just before daylight went to his home, and upon reaching there told his wife to take the chil dren and get away from there as soon as she could, for if any one came after aim he was going to shoot them as long as he could bold his head up to see them, and said, "1 am going to cook my own breakfast, even If I have to eat It in bell." Notice was sent to Coroner Cooper and the Sheriff Burch to go the scene of the killing to hold the inquest and to arrest Jesse Pinck ney. Tne two officers left Florence as soon as they could, Sheriff Burch carrying bis aeputy, Mr. Eiwln C. Harrell, along with him to assist in muklng arrests. Arriving at the place where tbe murder was committed, whicn is in tho Brick Church section, three miles southeast of M-vrs Bluff and three miles north of Claussen's. Coroner Cooper viewed tbe remains of old man Ed Pinckney and soon had a jury. Tne jury found that he came to his aeatu at the nan-is of Jeff Pinckney and the other negroes, already men tioned, two of whom, Isaac Pinckney, Jr., aud Willie Brown, were present at the Inquest. Warrants were issued by Coroner Cooper ,and given to the sheriff to arrJ-at tne guilty parlies. Isaao Pinckney, Jr , and Willie Brown were arrested without much trouble and were sent on to Florence ar.d lucked In jail. Sheriff Burch then started to arrest Jesse Pli ckney, and carried with bim D put>y Hnrrell a.id Nels ;n Watso.i, tue las:, mentioned as a guide to direct the party to tbe house. ' Arriving at PiDckney's house the sheriff placed bis deputy at the back door ana he approached thr; frontdoor As sc on as PiLCkney heard that be was there he made a dash to 1. avo the building. As he opened the door he saw Nelson Wat3on, the negro guide, sitting on a mule, directly In front, and he threw up his gun and fired the load toking eff-. ct in Watson's head and body. Watson rode off without further warning and went for a phy sician, leaving the sheriff and his deputy alcne to protect themselves or kill Pinckney. Sheriff Burch, whi'e standing guard, could near Pinckney loading his gun, and the pouring of shot in the muzzle made enough noise for him to know about where he was standing on the inside of the house. Both he and Deputy Harrell then be gan firing their Winchesters through the side of the house with the hope of wounding Pinokney enough tc make him surrender, but such was not tbe result. Each time they^would shoot Pinokney would return the. fire through a door that was protected by a curtain which obscured him from the view of both officers. This constant shooting at each other was kept up for a half hour and finally Plnckney came to the door again, where he could see Harrell but where Harrell could not see him Within 15 feet of each other the two men stood face to face, firing and re firing at each other; Plnckney all the while standing to one side of the door and poking his gun through the cur tains to shoot. Harrell, thinking that he stood directly behind his gun, would shoot at the gun, and each time missed his aim. Pinckney's shots, at each (rack of the gun would go either to the right or the left of Karrell's bcdy. Luckily for Harrell he was never hit by a ball from Pinck ney's gun. When Plnckney found that his am munition was about exhausted he made a dasn out of tbe back door to escape. As he came out he directed the muzzle of his gun at Harrell's face and fired, the load passing near the left ear of Harrell. Harrell quickly threw up his Winchester and fired. This ball took effect in Pinck ney's hand, tearing it so badly that be was unable to stand, and he fell upon his knees and tried to reload again. Juut while doing so Sheriff Burch shot, and the ball entered Pinckney's head just behind the ear, and came oat on the opposite side of his head, near the jaw bone. This quickly put Plnckney out of business and in two minutes he was dead. Coroner Cooper was sent lor and empanelled another jury and a ver dict tbat Plnckney came to h*s death at the hands cf the sheriff While in dlsoharge of bis duty was rendered. As soon as the verdict was rendered the sheriff and tbe other officers cime on to the city, arriving here late in the night. The sheriff will use every eff jrt to arrest Jim Williams and Sam Hart, the other two negroes, who managed to get away, and who are imolicated. Old man Plnckney, who was mur dered by the crowd, is said to have been horribly beaten; so much so that the bodv was hardly recognizable by the jury or even his own family. His eyes were beaten out of his head, his skull bone crushed In in several places all of his teeth knocked out, his collar oone, three ribs and one leg broken and his fsce was pummelled to a jelly. This Js the terrible story as told by the sheriff in person, and it is revolt ing to the extreme to think that such negro brutes live in a civilized com munity. Old man Ed Plnckney was a good old darky, and was highly thought of by the white people in the Mars Bluff section of the county, being polite, honest and respected. He was a kind of a preacher in his community and taught school at times. Sheriff Burch and Deputy Edwin Harrell certainly deserve great credit for tbe bravery shown, and for the capture of Jesse Plnckney. He stated to a number of people in that community after killing old man Plnckney, that he was going to.be another Simon Cooper, of Sum ter oounty, the negro who defied the Sumter authorities so long a few years ago. _ A Convict's Luck. The wifaner of the ?25,000 prize for correctly naming the attendance at the St. Louis exposition in 1904 was Frank Campbell, a convict in the Nebraska state penitentiary, who still has about one year to serve. Campbell was convicted of embezzle ment. He will receive only 812,500 of the prize, a3 he fearing difficulty in securing the money while he was Imprisoned agreed to pay a lawyer half of the prize in case of success in securing it. Campbell's attorney had a conference with him at the penltan tiary in regard to the disposition of the money which will be received In a few days. The convict will be un able to use the money until his sen tence expiies. Wedded on Deathbed. At Wilmington, N. C, with his life ebblDg away, Dr. Elchard J. Price and Miss Elizabeth Wiggins were married Wednesday morning. Dr. Price was unable to raise his head and the responses were uttered in a low voice. He was a burgeon in the Uaited States army in the Phl.lpaines aad ranks as first lie., tenant. While In tbe P.hlppines he contracted tu berculosis, and returned to this oiun *.ry. For a long time he was at F.-'rt Bayard, New Mexico, but recently returned to his home in Wilmington. Dr. Pries aud the young woman he married had been engaged fcr several years. His death Is expected at any moment._ A Bad Wire: ^ Advices from Woodvllle Miss., states that the Wilkinson county grand jury has returned an indici ment against Mrs. W. C. Stewart on tbe charge of poisoning her husband tbe alleged m-.tive of the crime, she held a 810.000 life insurance policy on the life of her husband. The indict ment alleges that Mrs Stewart ad ministered morphine to her husband ?n qu .ntities, with the felonious In tent of killing him, and it was only tbrongh tbe prompt action of mem bers of tbe Soewart family in sending for physicians tbat the life was sav ed. _ Blow Open Safe, At Forsyth, Ga., the safe of the Trio Manufacturing cmpany was blown upeu c.t 1..'10 o'clock Wednesday morning. The town's night watchman was o/eroowered, gagged and tied by three masked men and was found early Tnursday morning In a precarl- j ous condition. The burglars got about 8100 In money, but It Is Impossible to estimate at this time tbe value of pa pers taken and destroyed. $1.00 PEE ANNUM. HIDDEN AWAY. ???? A Rich Young Lady Kidnapped and Held by Force. A LORD'S DAUGHTER, When the Mystery of the Case is Clear* ed Away a Story of Real Romance In High Life Will be Re vealed Says the Detec tives. With a detective seeking a wealthy member of a well-kaown country club in New York, guarding all names witb the greatest care, through pollca sources was revealed a tale of romance and adventure which would have commended itself to Wilkie 'Collins. The natural daughter of an English lord, kidnapped' in a private yacht off the coast of Japan, is in a sanitarium in this country a raving maniac from her experience. The club member la accused of the kidnaping. Back of it is the tale of a contested est&te In volving the lord, a Frenoh countess, an old sea captain and the man want ed. No names were given by the po lice, but will be later on. Not a line was revealed at polios headquarters except to admit that Detective Sergeant Wakefield was out on a most extraordinary case. "Not a name," was Inspector McLaughlin's announcement, "until the man la found. It will then ail come out". Wakefield was not at headquarters. He appeared on the Jefferson market police court Saturday. Witb him were several strangers. The detective ser geant privately obtained a warrant after reciting fact? at some length to the magistrate. He departed Immed iately, saying then that when ho oaught his man there would be full explanation. The story as it trickeld out Wednes day, stripped of names, is that an English nobleman while traveling in France, in 1876, met a woman who afterward became the mother of a child. This child, a girl, was taken to England by the nobleman, who, af ter keeping her apart from his family for some little time, consented to her adoption by a sea captain. This cap tain was in charge of a merchantman plying between London and Yokoha ma. A countess, a member of the family, is in some way concerned in the case, but how the police will not state. The daughter, brought up at Yoko hama, taking ah occasional sea trip with her adopted father, is said to have come often in contact with her real father, who lived on an English estate. More recently this child was spoken of as likely to inherit a large fortune from her titled father, and because of that some one thought it admirable to kidnap her. The method employed by the kid nappers was sensational. It is report ed that the young woman was taken off the boat on which she was a pas senger when only a mile or so from Yokohama, and taken aboard a yacht. Six weeks later the yacht is said to nave been located in New York har bor somewhere, but the young woman passenger was missing. The London and Yokohama police corresponded with their cable system, and later the New York police were told by cable to set abjub finding the girl. The investigation pursued by the central office detectives resulted in their locating the victim in a sanita rium in New York City. It was stated Wednesday that when the yacht came into port with the young woman on board the authorities found the young woman virtually a prisoner in a cabin where she was kept for six weeks, the time which is said to have elapsed from the day she was kidnapped and the day the yacht was rejtortsd at quarantine. The quarantine authorities discov ered very quickly that the young wo man was mentally unbalanced, and it was reported she had 0.^:3? a raving maniac. Central office detectives vi3lted Jef ferson Market police court on se fera successive days last week, anticipat ing a visit to court of a man who was reported to be a patron at the Wal dorf Astoria hotel. For some reason the man, wbo was expected to make a f.irmal affidavit of complaint upon which a warrant was to be asked for, did not go to court. The central office detectives went to Westebester county and called, among other places, it is said, at a prominent country club there, seek ing some one upon whom tney inten ned to serve the warrant. At the Waldorf Astoria hotel nothing could be ha rued regarding the identity of the mysteriouj patron, said by the poiice to have been stopping there. "We know absolutely nothing of the case," said the management, The police bad been at work on the case for two weeks prior to going into court to ask for warrants. Former Police Commissioner McAdoo is said to have been acquainted with the case through. Acting Inspector O'Brien, who was in charge of the detective bureau when the London police first notified the Now York authorities. Detectives who had the the police court end of the case in charge refused from the outset to .ipeak concerning the case. In fact, both denied that they were seeking warrants or expecting the man from the Waldorf_ Senator Ttlltnan T.jatiiled. Senator Tillman testified before the dispensary investigating committee on Tuesday. There was nothing sen sational in his testimony.