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ESTABLISHED IN 1$ SLAYS PRIES1. Father Heinrichs Murdered While Administering the Sacrament DIES AT THE ALTAR. The Awful Deed Done by Alio Guis eppe, A?u Italian Anarchist, Who Was Kneeling at the Altar When He Fired the Fatal Shot.?The People Wanted to Lynch the As sassin. At Denver, Colo., Father Leo Hein richs was shot and killed Sunday by Alio Guiseppe, an avowed anarchist and priest hater, while the priest was administering the sacrament at early mass in St. , Elizabeth's Caholic Church. Kneeling at vhe altar rail between two men, Guiseppe pressed the muzzle of a revolver against the body of the preist, after receiving from him the consecrated water, and shot the priest through the heart. Exclaiming "My God! My God! My God!" Father Leo fell prone in front of the altar and died. The assassin sprang into the aisle, and, brandishing the pistol, dashed to the church door. For a moment, the hundred or more persons in tho church were dazed. Then a woman screamed and the congregation be came panic stricken. Several women fainted and many others became hys terical. Several men, including Pa trolman Dtniel Cronin, started in pursuit of the murderer. Policeman Cronin overtook the fleeing Italian at the church steps. Guiseppe attempt ed to shoot the policeman but was foiled and overpowered after a des perate struggle. The murderer was removed to the city jail. As threats of summary ven geance were made by men who quick ly gathered in front of the church, Chief of Police Delaney called out the reserve force of patrolmen. Deputy Coroner Daniel Hayes took charge of Father Leo's body. A sin gle bullet hole in the white commun ion robes of the priest showed that the lead had gone straight to the heart. The bullets remaining In Guiseppe's revolver had sharpened points. ? Gulseppa was placed in solitary confinement. He admitted to a po liceman that the priest whom he had killed was a stranger to him, and in explanation of his crime, said: "I just went over there because I have a grudge agaiu.t all priests in general. They are all against the working man. I went to the com munion rail because I could get a better shot. I did not give a damn whether he was a German priest or any other kind of a priest. They are all. in the same class. "I left Italy three months ago and went first to Central America and then cr.me to Denver. I am an anar chist and I am proud of it. I shot him, and my only regret is that I couldn't shoot the whole bunch of priests in the church. I am a shoe maker, but have not worked since comng to Denver." ESCAPED FROM JAIL. They Have Some Queer Ways Down in Dorchester County. The Dorchester Eagle says "last Thursday night week Sheriff Lime house was greatly surprised when J. M. Walker, the white man con victed of killing Joe Denicola at Bad ham over a year ago and sentenced to 15 years in the State penitentiary, walked up and applied for admission into the county jail. The situation was explained when Walker told his story. "He showed a false key which he had cut from a piece of broom han dle. With this key he unlocked the doors and freed himself. After trav eling a few miles, Walker decided to come back and give himself up to the sheriff. The whole matter sounds like a fairy tale, but the facts are there. "Walker has been awaiting a de cision of the Supreme Court upon the question of a new trial, and a few days ago the Court decided to refuse a new trial. Walker was tak en on Tuesday to Columbia where he has begun to serve his 15 years sen tence." * TWO MOSE JUDGES To Fill the New Circuits Created This Session. Messrs. J. W. DeVore, of Edge field, and S. W. G. Shipp, of Flor ence, were Thursday afternoon elect ed judges of the two new circuits created by this legislature. Mr. J. W. DeVore was chosen judge of the eleventh circuit, con sisting of Lexington, Saluda and Edgefield. He was opposed by Mr. C. M. Efird Mr. DeVore represents Edgefield In the house, ?.nd his opponent, Mr. Efird. is supreme court reporter. Mr. xJeVore defeated Mr. Sfird by a vote of S9 to 70. Mr. S W. G. Shipp, of Florence, defeated Mr. W. Y. Montgomery, of Marion, by a vote of 92 to 69. The twelfth circuit eomist-: of the coun ties t>f Florence, Horry, Georgetown and Marion. The new judges rill b' -1 the dis charge of their r'i ies vi h the be pining of the sprint terms o' court in May. * 69. OFFICERS KILLED By Violators of the Law They At tempted to Arrest. Murders Took Place in Columbia, S. C, Dillon, S. C, and Fayetteville, X. C. Three officers were killed last week while trying to arrest violators of the law. The first was in Columbia on Saturday, when W. H. Sellers shot and killed Constable Jas. Farmer. Sellers is a notorious blind tiger, and Constable Farmer and Detective Ogg went to his house, where he stores whiskey, with a search warrant to hunt booze. Sellers refused to let them in and they forced the door. Sellers fired and jumped behind the door. Farmer fell mortally wound ed and Ogg beat a retreat. Sellers was arrested and is now in jail. Another Constable Killed. Mr. Ragland R. Brunson, of Dil lon, who for several months has been acting as constable for upper Marion, was shot and instantly killed at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon by a ne gro whom he was attempting to ar rest. He had previously arrested a negro on Dr. Stackho use's place, about eight miles above Dillon, and was returning with him in a buggy when he met another negro for whom he had a warrant driving a buggy As he got down to serve the war rant, the man drew a pistol, firing three shots into Mr. Brunson, who turned and endeavored to get into the buggy. With the assistance of the negro already under arrest he got into the buggy and requested the man to assist him to Dr. Kellar's of fice, about two miles back. He lived only a few minutes, dying in the bug gy. Great excitement prevails in Dil lon, Mr. Brunson being a very popu lar and highly esteemed man and having a large family connection in the town and surrounding country. Chief of Police Killed. Jas. H. Benton, chief of police of Fayetteville, N. C, was shot and kill ed early Sunday afternoon by a ne gro. The murderer, Sam Murchis on, was captured an hour after the crime and despite three distinct ef forts to lynch him was safely lodged in jail. Murchison quarreled with one of his own race and shot his antagonist, inflicting a slight wound Chief Ben ton started out in search of Murchis on and after a few words the negro drew his pistol and shot the officer through the head. Murchison fired one shot at a cit izen who attempted i.o stop him and was wounded by one of three shots fired by Charles Benton, 17-year-old son of his victim, who took his fath er's pistol and started in pursuit of the murderer. Murchison continued his flight to the outskirts, when, af ter 30 policemen and many citizens had hunted him for an hour, he was overhauled. Ah unusual circumstance of Sun day's tragedy is that it is the second time within a year that Fayetteville has lost a police chief at the hands of a desperate negro. Less than a year ago Chief of Police Chesson and one of his officers were shot by a negro desperado * POWDER l'LAXT EXPLODED. Four White Men and Twenty-Four Chinnmen Killed. With a force that shook the entire bay region like an earthquake, the packing house of the Hercules Pow der Works at Pinole, 14 miles north of Berkely, Cal., blew up at 4 o'clock Thursday afternon, and in the ex plosion four white men and twenty four Chinamen were killed. Ten tons of dynamite went up in the ter rific blast, shattering the sheds to dust and splinters. W. M. Stilwell, foreman of the packing house, was blown to atoms at his post of duty. Manuel Euos, Joseph Grace and W. A Rodriguez were the other white men killed. The twenty-eight dead included every man who was at work in the packing house. Flames burst forth in the ruins fol lowing the explosion and threatened the gelatine house, where two score of girls were at work. A panic ensued and many were cut by flying glass and crushed and trampled in the mad rush for the doors. REVEALED IX A DREAM. Long Lost Ring Recovered by its Owner This Way. A vivid dream thrice repeated showed George Chester of West Liv ingston, X. J., where to find his wife's wedding ring, which she lost nearly five years ago. The dream came to him first on Friday night. He saw himself walking along Roseland Avenue toward Caldwell. About half way to Caldwell he seated himself under a big tree. Aftr resting a while he got up. His foot slipped and dis placed a small stone. Then he saw a bright object and picked it up. It was the ring. Carolina Negro Hanged William Handy, a South Carolina negro was hanged at Easten. Pa., Friday for the murder of Pcdice man Shuman. of South Bethlehem last .f ?immer. Handy decrlared ro the last that he did not reinem) ??r having shot the ofheer. Hrndy is known to have shot a detective i: New York seme years aco. * LAID TO RES T. Remains of Sen. Asbury C. Latt mer Sleeps in Harne Town. FUNERAL CEREMONIES Were Most Impressive.?Throngs of Friends and Associates Gathered to Tay the Last Tribute to Their State's Deceased Representative.? Body Laid in the Family Plot at Belton. Cemetary. A dispatch to The State from Bel ton says all that was mortal of As bury C. Latimer, late senator from South Carolina, was laid to rest in the family plot at the Belton ceme tary Friday. That Senator Latimer was esteem ed by his colleagues in congress was evidenced by the kindly expressions uttered by them, that he was es teemed by the citizenship of his home community was evidenced by the unusual tribute paid his memory by his townspeople in the suspension of business and the large outpouring of people, not only from the town but from all neighboring localities, was apparent at every hand. Almost every store and business house of the town was closed from 11 o'clock until after the funeral in the afternoon, and nearly every bus iness house was draped in mourning as a tribute of respect to his mem ory. The postoffice and the public schools were also closed in honor of the distinguished dead The special train over the Southern railway bearing the body of the de ceased senator accompanied by the committees from the senate and house of representatives, arrived on time. The body was immediately taken to the Methodist church of which the senator was a consistent member, where it lay in state until the hour of the funeral. Each train brought delegations from various or ganized bodies and individual citi zens who had come to pay the last tribute to their repersentative in the senate and their personal friend. The little town of Belton, the home of the late senator, swarmed with people from every section of the State, who were there to honor the memory of the man who had done so much for himself, but who had done more for his constituents, in that he has been a faithful an dilli gent public servant. The funeral arrangements were In charge of Mr. E. Livingstone Cornel ius, assistant sergeant-at-arms of the senate, and the train was in charge of Mr. C. W. Fletcher, city ticket, agent of the Southern railway in Washington. Col. R. W. Hunt board ed the train at Spartanburg and look ed after the funeral party to Belton. The funeral services were held at the Methodist Church, of which Sen ator Latimer had long been a mem ber. The Rev. W. L. Halroyd, the pastor, assisted by the Rev. W. T. T?te, pastor of the Baptist church, and the Rev. A. J. Cauthen, presid ing elder of the Anderson district, Senator La timer's former pastor, con ducted the church service. Perhaps the most moving feature of the funeral was the touching and eloquent prayer of the Rev. Mr. Cauthen. "Aslee-i in Jesus" and "T Need Thee Every Hour" were swee-.ly ren dered by the choir and at the con elusion ol the church sei vie "Near er, My c d to The? wa sang by tho assemblage, after '.ich the body was removed from tho church and the service was concluded at the gnive, ? tour-lung incident while the body lay In state ws wai the old fam ily servants, ol . "" in number, passed through ^ s . ? horch ft. i 1 c a last look a i ? ? ' I roas ter. Ones old ucgra n. near:/ 90 years of age, said with tearful I face, "God bless him," and fell in a I faint, having to be assisted from the church. The congressional escort, the hon orary pallbearers, headed by Senator B. R. Tillman first entered the church and were seated near the bier. The active pallbearers were: A. M. Carpenter, R. S. Ligon, .1. M. Payne, C. F. Jones and J. J. Fretwell of An derson, and W. K. Stringer, John A. Horton, L. D. Harris, D. A. Geer and Dr. W. R. Haynie of Belton. In accordance with resolutions adopted by the general assembly of South Carolina the following mem bers were present to represent the senate; G. W. Sullivan, George J. Holliday, T. I. Rogers and J. R. Earle. On the part of the house these gen tlemen attended: K. P. Smith, J. T. Cox, J. A. Hall, L. S. Clinkscales, G. W. Dick, E. L. Richardson. Allan Johnson, J. H. Miller and Herbert Gyles. Among the floral tributes, which were numerous and beautiful, -were ;dece.= from the sen"?*e committee on immigration of which Senator Lat imer was a member, the guests of the Congress Hall Hotel, where the Senator lived, and individual offer ings from the various members of the senate and other friends. * SALARY BILL PASSED. The House Agrees to Pay Its Mem bers More Money. The House by a vote of 67 to 34, and without debate, last week passed the bill of Senator Walker to change the manner of compensation of mem bers of the General Assembly. The hill was amended so as to give the Speaker double the compensation of a member. The bill as passed, reads; Section 1. That members of the General Assembly shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of two hundred dollars for each regular session, and mileage for the actual distance travelled in the most direct route, going to and returning from the place where the session of ihe General Assembly shall be held. The Speaker of the House shall re ceive double the pay of the members Section 2. That the provisions of ?his Act shall not go into effect until January 1, 1909. Section 3. That Section 14, Vol ume I, Code of Laws of South Caro lina, 1 902, be, and the same is here by, repealed. * HANDSOME WEDDING PRESENT Carnegie Gives an Atlanta Bride Five Thousand Dollars. Miss Anne Wallace, librarian of the Atlanta Carnegie Library since its establishment, was recently married to Max Franklin Howland. Among the gifts was one from Andrew Car negie which consists of $5,000 in 0 per cent, steel bonds, placed to the credit of the bride at the Home Trust company, Hobokon, X. J. The gift is in recognition of Miss Wallace's great work for the library cause, not only in Atlanta, but throughout the south. Miss Wallace was greatly annoyed by exaggerated stories to the effect that she had re ceived a settlement of $100,000 from Mr. Carnegie. * DREW A PISTOL. On a Bank Depositor Because He Wanted His Money. At San Francisco, Cr.al., Presdent R. E. Ragland oi the defunct Citizens State Rank was sentenced to nine months in jail for pulling a pistol on a depositor who clamored for his money before the bank failed. .1 Poncnsky. Hie claimant, is a painter who had $1,200 on deposit. He had made several demands on Ragland for money ??>???) had been put 'ff. Finn' y an rppulm ent as jde by the banker. inst< .'1 of piy/' ifcf mo;' y. Rag': :d drew a rev:;' ,r. dro\e Ponoi s ky fr m ? V p BRUARY 25, 1908. Bartholomew in Minneapolis Journal. FOUND GUILTY. Gen. Stoessel Condemned to Die For Surrendering the Court-Martial Which Has Been Try ing him for Cowardice in Surren-! dering Port Arthur Returns Ver dict Sentencing Famous General to Death, but Recommending Ten years in Prison Instead. Lieut-Ge. Stoessel was condemned to death Thursday evening by a Military Court at St Petersburg for the surrender of Port Arthur to the Japanese. The Court recommend ed that the death sentence upon Lieui den. Stoessel he commuted to ten years imprisonment in a fortress am; he be excluded from the service. Gen. Frock, who commanded the 4th East Siberian division of Port Arthur, was ordered reprimanded foi a disciplinary offeuce, which was not connected with the surrender, and Gen. Smirnoff, acting command Reiss, chief of staff to Gen. Stoessel. Reiss, chic* of staff to Gen. Stoesseil were acquitted of the charges agains: them for lack of proof. Gen. Vodar, president of the Court, read the sentences amid a tense si lence. By a great effort of self con trol Gen. Stoessel maintained rigid soldierly-like impassivity. Gen Smir noff also was seemingly unmoved, but there were tears in the eyes of Gen. Reiss. t The sentence of death was pro nounced upon Gen Stoessel, "for sur rendering I ho fortress before till the moans of defence had been exhaust ed, for failing to enforce his author ity and for military misdemeanors.' Commutation of the sentence was asked on the ground that "Port Ar thur, beset by overwhelming forces, defended itself under Gen. Stoessel's leadership with unexampled stub bornness and filled the world with as tonishment at the heroic courage of its garrison; that several assaults have been repulsed with tremendous losses on the part of the enemy; that Gen. Stoessel throughout the seige had maintained the heroic courage of the defenders and finally that he had taken energetic part in three campaigns." Before the sentence was read, measures were taken to prevent a de monstration in favor of Stoessel by a number of the younger olllcers. and witnesses who were present. These later sent a dispatch to the Empress saying that they would hum bly bear testimony that Gen. Stoes sel was the soul of the defence of Port Arthur; that he had always encouraged and put heart in the gar rison, and that in case of war they would wish to serve again under such a hero. They asked the Empress graciously to bespeak from the Em peror a full pardon. There was a dramatic moment af ter the reading of the sentence when a detatchment of soldiers filed into the hall. The spectators, thinking they were about to seize Gen. Stoes sel. displayed great excitement, sev eral women fainting. It developed, however, that this was merely a guard for the disposal of the Court. Gen. Stoessel, who was accompan ied by his son, was the object of a sympathetic demonstration, friends Ids iug an I shaking him by the hand as he left the Court leaning on his so:1 i shoulder. "ho basis of the indictment upon which Lieut Gen. Stosssel, Gen. Frock, who commanded the 4th East Siberian division of Port Arthur, and Major Gen. Reiss. chief of staff to Gen. Stoessel, were tried for their lives, was a secret report made by * leut. Gen. Smirnoff, on the defence o? P t Ar-.h'ir. S: irnoff was acting cominnnd >j ibp fortress, Stoessel beins ( mmandei of the Kwang-Tung Pen HE WILL RUN. Mr. C. C. Featherstone Will Op pose Gov. Ansel Tfiis Summer. The Distinguished Prohibitionist An nounces His Candidacy on an An ti-Dispensary Platform. The Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier says the pol itical situation was still further com plicated by the announcement Thurs day night that Mr. C. C. Feather stone, of Laurens, will be a candi date for Governor in tb? primary this summer. Mr. Featherstone was in Columbia Thursday night on his way home from Orangeburg County, where he had gone to deliver two prohibition speeches. He said h : beileved the time for the enactment of a State prohibition law had arrived and that he had acceded to the wishes of his friends to enter the race for Govern or to advocate that policy. Mr. Featherstone was a candidate for Governor in IS98 on the prohi bition platform and was defeated by a combination of peculiar circum stances, and by a very narrow major ity. He has not since that time par stand in the next campaign is not known. I Mr. Featherstone is one of the strongest lawyers In the State, is a man of fine address and manners and is personally very popular. He has served as grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, and is an ac tive and prominent member of the Methodist church. Governor Ansel some time ago an nounced that he will be a candidate for reelection. He was elected two years ago on the platform of local option, but before that campaign he was an out and out State Dispen sary advocate. Just where he will stand in the campaign is not nown. Mr. Featherstone is ? candidate that will have to be reckoned with. Those who think that Gov. Ansel will have a walk-over in the campaign this Summer will find that they are mistaken at the end of the campaign. .Many who believe in the dispensary will support Mr. Featherstone agaiust Gov. Ansel. Gov. Ansel is not near ?s strong now as he was two years ago, and many who voted for him then vill oppose him now. Many people regard him as dictorial in the extreme, and r.his has made him many enemies in all parts of the State. There has been considerable talk to the effect that Mr. John G. Rich ards, of Kershaw, may enter the race for Governor this year and Mr. Richards in reply to a question said he had the matter under considera tion. He is also for State prohibi tion. * SUCKED POISON. Bitten by a Huge Rattlesnake, But Saved by Heroic Friend. Though bitten by a rattlesnake five feet long by measurement, El liot W. Daniels, twenty years old, an employe of the Southern Bell Tele phone Company of Savannah, Ga., is doing nicely and is regarded as cer tain to recover. Daniels, Charles Taylor and anoth er young man were hunting near Bur roughs. Daniels felt a stinging sen sation near the ancle, looking down, he saw the huge snake wriggling off. Me called out and Taylor fired killing the reptile. Daniel's companions were equal to the emergency. They removed Dan iel's shoe and Taylor sucked the pois on from the wound. Taking a belt they bound it tightly above the wound. Securing a team they has tened to Burroughs with Daniels, making quick connection with a train for Savannah. At Burroughs a pint of whiskey was secured and Daniels was so full of "Snakebite" when he arrived in town that he knew nothing about the real thing in that line. * I KILLED HIMSELF Because His Sweetheart Refused to Smile on Him. "Smile just once at me, dear," pleaded John Tripp, aged 20 years, of his sweetheart. Mrs. Ester Pollock Davis, a grass widow, 21 years oil at the latter's home at Indianapolis, Ind., on Wednesday night. Failiug to get the desired smile, Trip; fired two shots into his iK?dy and feil, mortally wounded, at her feet. Tri.ip was a railroad man, recently from LaFayette. ind. insula. Smirnoff categorically ac cused Stoessel of cowardice and in capacity, and finally of the deliberate and treasonable hastening of the sur render to save his own life and de fiance of the decisions of two suc cessive councils of war. Gen. Smirnoff declared that the fortress, which was surrendered to the Japanese, January 1, 1905, could have held out for six months longer. The stands taken by Gens. Stoes sel, Reiss and Frock were that the fate of Port Arthur was sealed with the capture of the "Eagle's Nest,' and two other positions. The indictment against Gen. Sml: noff charged him wirh having failed i to remove ien. Fmck from his com manil, p.rhouch he suspected the agreemen between Gens, stoess-.i and Fro; : to surrender th-3 fort SI.50 PER ANNUM. A CHOICE PLUM Several Gentlemen Hope to Suc ceed Late Senator Latimer. POLITICAL GOSSIP. Legislature Expected to Hold Elec tion on March 3 to Fill the Unex pired Term.?Various Persons Are Mentioned for the Place. Names of the Candidates Who Expect to Run in the Primary. The announcement of tho de^th of Senator Latimer on last Thurs day threw the General Assembly in to political turmoil. Coming with in two days of the expected end of the session with the certainty that the Legislature must fill the vacan cy before it could adjourn, the whole aspect of legislation was changed. In addition, the removal of Senator Latimer from the race in the primary entirely alters the condition of af fairs, and that the political situation in South Carolina had been complete ly transformed. Within an hour after the an nouncement that Senator Latimer was dead had reached the State House, It was seen that the .names of more than one member of the Gen eral Assembly would be presented for the unexpired term and their friends at once got to work. This may have appeared somewhat heartless, but at that time it was the prevailing opin ion that the election would have to be held on Saturday and it was real ized that in this case no time could be lost. Investigation of the law was set on foot however and it was then dis covered that the General Assembly might not have to elect at this time, and further, that is was possi ble that the election could not be held at this time. Though no official information was served from Wash ington until transmitted through the message of Governor Ansel Thursday night, the judiciary committee of both House and Senate met and con sidered the question that was pre sented. Senator Carlisle, chairman of the State judiciary committee then 50t into communication with Wash ington and talked with Senator Bail 3y on the long distance telephone, Mr. Bailey being regarded as an au thority on such questions. Mr. Bailey informed Mr. Carlisle that after consulting Senator Till tnan he and Senator Tillman were of the opinion that the General Assembly could at once elect upon receipt of official notification of the vacancy but that Senator Hale and other Republican Senators, who svouid in the final analysis decide the point If it were raised, held differ sntly and thought that the General Assembly could not elect until the second Tuesday after the receipt of Dfficial notification of the vacancy. Senator Bailey then advised as it was a Democratic egislature electing was a Democratic legislature electing best not to elect anyone now, but to follow the procedure which Senator Male considered legal. In accord ance with this opinion the Legisla ture adjourned on Saturday until Tuesday, March 3, when it will meet and elect a Senator for the unexpir ed term of Senator Latimer, which has about one year to run yet. On the understanding that the General Assembly would elect some one to fill the unexpired term a!?;nef and not one of the candidates for the long term, the following members of the General Assembly were ut once suggested: Lieutenant Governor T. G. MeLeod of Lee County; Hon. Frank B. GaT^*) of Abbeville; hon. George Von Kol nitz, of Charleston; Hon. James dis prove, of Charleston; Hon. W. L. Mauldin, of Greenville; Hon. Legrand Walker, of Georgetown, Senator; Hon. E. M. Ruckcr. of Anderson. The name of Gen. Jones, chairman of the State Democratic committee, was also presented. The list of candidates and prob able candidates, as published in The News and Courier a few days ago, was a follows: Col. John J Dargan, of Statesburg, Sumter County; Hon. O. B. Martin, of Pickens County, at present State Superintendent of Edu cation; Hon. D S. Henderson, of Alk en; Hon. Jas. A. McCullough. of Greenville; Hon. George Johnstone, of Newberry; Hon. E. D. Smith, of Florence. A LITTLE HERO Loses Her Life Trying to Save a Lit tle Companion. At Cartersville, Ga., in an attempt to rescue her six-year-old compa-nrn Dave Rogers, from an approaching train recently Lillie May Kline, 12 years-old, was struck by the erain and with the child In her arms both were crushed to death while the fath er of the girl who was walking with the children looked on. * Made Deep Impression. The newspapers at Lopaz, Bolivia, commenting upon the passing of the American fleet off Valparaiso, de? are that the Armada has created pro found impression in the mi' s of thousands of South American . :-nd is an excellent demonstration of :lio power of the United States