NEW YORK SLAVETRADE
ADOLPH METZGAR, AN IMMIGRANT. AND
I4 OTHERS IN BONDAGE IN NEXICV.
Two Drowned Themselves-Sufferers
First from Fever and Agne, Then from
Heat and Cruel Overwork-Agents In
dicted for Sending Men to Their
Death.
NEW YORK, June 1.-The results of
the infamous, human traffie carried on
by certain down town employment
ageuts, who scud ignorant, newly
landed immigrants to Southern task
masters to be abused, starved and mal
treated, was well illustrated in a letter
handed to Superintendent Jackson at
Castle Garden yesterday.
The letter was written by Adolph
Metzgar, one of seventy-five'men sent
down to Progreso. Mexico. It was ad
dressed .to Adolph Tirck of No. 144
Lewis street. New York, who handed it
to the superintendent. The letter was
dated at Progreso on May 25, 1589, and
the wavering lines showed that the
writer penned it while suffering from
great physical weakness.
Jack Fitzpatrick, -Liverpool Jack." is
now said to be under three indictments
for sending men to death in this way
He has a place at No. 32 Greenwich street.
Here is Metzgar's letter:
"DEAR FRmEND- We were eleven days
on the water. After the fifth day the
heat became unbearable. We went by
way of Newport News. After losing
sight of the Florida coast on the sixth
day I felt unwell and got the fever and
ague. Twenty-five of my fellow pas
sengers suffered the same way.
"We did not go by the steamer City
of New Mexico as per agreement, but
on the Tropic, a fruit steamer. My sit
uation while on the ocean defies descrip
tion. I shudder when I think of it.
I lay four days sick on the ship and six
days ashore in a miserable hospital
without windows. The heat is so in
tense that the skin peels from the face
and hands. The water is hot, there is
no beer and the wine is not fit to drink.
We sleep on the sand out of doors and
the mosquitoes troubled me so much
that I am again in the hospital.
"We have to work harder than a slave.
We were all cheated by the company
and are in a frightful condition. Pro
gress is in the tropics in the hottest part.
I am not well able to write, as my hands
are benumbed from hard work and my
whole appearance is miserable in the ex
treme, so that you would hardly know
me.
"The greatest misery is caused by the
heat and the natives, who as yet have
not seen many white people, and are
very hostile. Two of Qur party, dis
heartened at the condition of affairs,
have drowned themselves. Three that
ran away were caught and arrested. We
intend to go to California if we can get
.way.
"We don't get any news from any
where and we are like prisoners. What
wti become of me God knows.
* "I have kept a diary which I shall
send to you when I think my end is
near.
"If you hear nothing from me in four
weeks write to my friend in Vienna.
Any letters you have for me send to me.
in 'care of Agencia Commercial, in
Progreso, Mexico. Write to me as if
you were my brother and state in the
]etter that 'father is dead and that I
should start at once for Vienna. This is
the only way I can think to be able to
get away from here.
"ADOIPH MFETZGAR."
Detective Groden was at once de
...aieLt investigate the case. The
where the men were engaged. Mr.
Tirek, who handed in the letter, said
lietzgar was a man who could be de
pended upon, and that he had not ex
aggerated. Detective Groden said that
the sending of poor, ignorant immi
grants to Southern ports to be worked
to death was no uncommon occurrence.
In some eases the victims are kidnapped.
-and if they ever escape they rarely
make a complaint. The agents know
this, and trust to the long distance from
New York to hide their rascally trans
actions.
It matters not a jot to the employment
agent whether the men hiring the immi
grants are human devils or not, so long
as he gets his money for securing the
victims. The men are genlerally treated
like brute beasts, and when they arrive
in the Southern port they are turned
over to foremen, who divide them into
gangs and are worse tyrants than the
slave drivers of the South..
Hardly had Adolph Tirek left the Gar
den vesterday when two pale faced men
-entered. They gave their names as Mi
ehael- and Franz Poppe. They were
SAustrians, they said, and arrived in
America early in May. On May 14 they
. were engaged at No. 10 Battery Place to
work for a farmer near Witzburg, L. I..
at $14 per month. They worked one
month and were then dismissed, the
man refusing to pay them one penny.
*They were poorly fed-during the month
employed. Superintendent Jackson said
the case would be thoroughly investi
gated.
AN APPEAL TO EPISCOP ATITANWS.
Bishiop Howe Solicits Contributions Sto
Rebuild St. Mark's Church, Johnstown.
Caann~sTos, S. C., June 17, 1889.
To the Clergy and Congregations of
the Diocese of South Carolina-My Dear
Brethren: We have all of us most deeply
synapathized in the disaster of Johns
town, and have with our fellow-citi
zens throughout the country sent aid to
relieve the sufferers. I now. howvever,
write to ask that you will contribute to
'rebuild the.Church of St. Mark's. John
town, which was totally destroyed by
the flood,. together with the death of its
rector and his family. The parish is an
important one in the Diocese of Pitts
burg, numbering 239 communicants, but
in their present heavy private lnsses will
scarcely be able to think of rebuilding.
I feel for them very deeply in this par
ticular, because it was our condition
after the earithquake, and because the
'Diocese of Pittsburg and its congrega
tions, and among them this very St.
Mfark's, Johnstown, came to our help. I
say thi.s, not so much to stin:aliate von
in your offerings as to inform you of
our indebtedness. Before addressing
you this letter I made inquiries of the
~Bishop of Pittsburg, who replies in these
words: "We shall need all the help' our
brethren can give us in rebuilding our
church-at Johnstown. Everything has
been -lean swept away by the flood. andl
the place where the church stood is now
a place for tents for laborers who are
cleaning away the debris." I ask, there
fore, that an offering be made in all of
our churches and nission stations to
aid in rebuilding the Chturch of St.
Mar'Enstown, on the second Sun
day in July, being the 14th day of the
month, or as soon thereafter as may be
most convenient to the congregations.
and that such offerings and donations
be sent to the Rev. .John JTohnson,
Charleston. S. C.. as treasurer, who will
lsentd the:n, when all in. to the Bishop
Sof Pittsburg, the Rt. Rev. lDr. White
head. F'aithfully yours,
WV. B. W. HowE.
Canadian Spinning Mill Burned.
CoRNwALL, Onut.. .1 une 20.-The Corn
wall spinning Mills wecre burned yester
,a Los $140,000.
LYNCHING A LUNATIC.
Rockton, Fairfield County, the Scene of
the Extra Judicial Execution-The Ne
gro an Escaped Inmate of the Insane
Asylum.
\WINNsaono, June 21.-[Special to The
Registeir.j-This morning, about 9 o'clock.
Andy Caldwell. a negro. attempted to
commit an assault upon Mrs. J. C. Beck
ham. a white lady living on the planta
tion of Maj. T. W. Woodsvard, three
mile-s from here.
Mrs. Beckham. at the time of the as
sault, was some distance from the house
in which the family lived. attending to
some gardening operation. In her com
pany was her 14-year-old daughter. Her
husband. Mr. J. C'. Beckham, was away
from home, having left early in the
morning to go to his work at or near
Winnstoro.
The negro came up and threw Mrs.
Beckham down and begun choking her
and treated her very violently. The
little girl ran to the house and got her
father's gun and came back to the scene
of the outrage, where she pointed the
gun at the ruffian, attempting to shoot
him. The gun snapped. whereupon the
negro released Mrs. Beekham and took
the gun away from the child.
lie told her she must give him all the
money in their possession, which she
promised to do: but when she turned to
go and get it, he discharged the gun at
her and hit her in the leg near the knee.
The whole of the contents of the gun
entered her leg, but she is not danger
ously wounded. The name of this brave
and heroic little girl, who acted so nobly
in defense of her mother. could not be
learned. The negro did not accomplish
his purpose. although he came very near
killing the child.
Immediately after the news reached
town, a number of gentlemen started
out in search of Caldwell. who was
soon captured. Caldwell was found to
be an escaped lunatic. He was sent to
the asylum some time during the early
part of the present year, but made his
escape on or about the 9th of May.
At the time of his capture he was
going through some kind of invocation
which he claimed he thought would re
lease him from the spell of the conjuror.
He was found burning roots and hold
ing a looking glass over the tfame in
order that the charm might be,
as he said, cured He is evidently in
sane, and but for this, he certainly
never would have another opportunity
to assault respectable ladies.
THE VENGEANCE IN THE EVENING.
The particulars of the vengeance
wreaked on the perpetrator of the out
rage are given as.follows in a later dis
patch from Winnsboro:
WINNSBORO, S. C., June 21, 1889.
Special to The Reg.ster. ]-Andy Cald
well, the negro who assaulted Mrs. J.
C. Beckham at Rockton to-day, was
taken from the guard on the train and
lynched. When the negro was turned
over te Sheriff Milling be telegraphed
to the asylum authorities that he was in
his custody. A guard came up on the
2:15 train and took him in charge,
and left for Columbia by the 4 o'clock
train.
There was some rumor that Caldwell
would-be lynched, and this coming to
the ear of the Sheriff he promptly made
arrangements to defend his prisoner.
He called upon Captain Jordan of the
Gordon Light Infantry and received his
assurance that in case of need he would
order the company out.
Several parties from the neighborhood
of the crime came to town and made
observations which aroused the suspi
ions of the Sheriff, who wired the ope
rator at Rockton to find out if there
was any gathering at that place. The
operator, misteking the calm that pre
cedes the storm for security, replied
that all was right so far as he knew,
whereupon he put him on the train.
As the Sheriff led the prisoner out of
the jail yard, one of the observing party
[twa sth *jo01s
immediately arrested the party.
The balance of the party got on board
the Southbound train. When they
neared Rockton some one in the train
made a signal by waving a handker
chief or some other article, and as- the
train stopped the prisoner was forced
off by those inside and itmmediately
LED AWAY TO EXECUTION.
The lynching party consisted of forty
or fiftyv men, none of whom were masked.
The mnan was hurried away, amid the
excitemant which prevailed, to a tree
about 200 yards from Rockton, on the
public road leading to the rock quarry.
The intention seems to have been to
hang him, but the lynehers afterwards
changed their minds and shot him..
He was shot anparently with a shot
gtn loaded with 'buck shot. Only one
wound oould be discovered tupon his per.
son, and that was in the side of his
head, and from the aperture the brains
oozed out.
While being carried away Caldwell
asked most piteously that his life be
spared, buf no heed being paid to him,
he asked fo'r time to pray.
Whether his request was granted could
not be learned. At the time of his
arrest it was not known that he had ac
comphshed his purpose. This was riot
known until some time after he had
been in the custody of the Sheriff.
The inquest will be held by the Corn
nr as soon as a jury can be summoned.
TROUBLE AT JOHNSTOWN.
Overbearing Bosses and Short Rations
at Xigh Prices Cause a Strike Among
the Laborers.
JoH~srowN, Jutne 20.-The strike
among the laboring men here is fairly
on, andl this morning there are not 1,000
men all told at work. Those employed
by McKnight, the Pittsburg contractor,
are idle, arnd the dissatidfaction and dis
cord is spreading to other workmen.
Overbearing bosses and short rations,
for which the men are made to pay libe
rally. are the grievances. The military
arc on active dty this morning. and a
lcal company of the Fifth Regiment
has been ordiered out: and while every
thing appears quiet on t he surface, there
is fear that an undercurrent of discord
will break out at any time and a riot
will follow.
A largely attended meeting of strikers
was held in the open square this morn
ing and their grievances freely dits
cussed. A committee was appointed to
cofcr with those men at work and find
outhe exact numb~er of men in sy mpa
thy with the strike. This committee
will report to another meeting to be held
at noon to-day. Three car~ loads of
Italians arrived here this morning from
the East, but a commit tee of striking
Italians met them at the station and
persuaded them not to leave the train
until the present labor trouble is set
ted. They were sidle-tracked and will
~e fed by the strikers.
A Gigantic Foundry.
SAmre idea of the extent of Messrs.
Krupp's estmlishmenut may be gathered
from a work just published at Essen. It
appears that in 183I: there were only
nine wor kman and in 184s seventy-four.
In JIulv, 1898, the establishment em
)loei 20,960 men, of whom 13,620
were at Essen. Including the families
of the workmen they supported a popu
lation of 7:3.769 souls, of whom 24,193
lived in hotuses provided by the firm.
There are at Essen 1.195 furnaces of
various construcetion, 296 boilers, 92
steam hammers of tfromn 100) to 50,000
kllogramm res, :370 steam engines, with
a total or 27,oO0 horse power: 1,724 (if
ferent machiines andl 361 cranes. Of
coat and coke e,r33 tons are used dlai ly
and 11 high furnaces ot' the latest con:
struction produce nearly 600 ions 4
STONEWALL JACKSON'S WAY.
Prof Dabney's Statement of the Views of
Jackson on the Conduct of the War.
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, June
13.--I was greatly pleased to learn that
Mrs. Anna Jackson proposes to give the
public a biography of her husband, Gen
eral T. J. Jackson. This estimable and
accomplished lady will doubtless give a
portraiture of that good man's private
character and life of the greatest cor
rectness and value. We hope that her
readers will be numerous.
The Chronicle of Charlotte N. C., in
timates. on the authority of Gen. Rufus
Barringer, that one cause necessitating
another biography is the obscurity or
ignorance or misconception of my life of
Jackson upon two important points
General Jackson's preferred plan for
the war and his views concerning pris
oners of war. To-the Chronicle and to
.the public I have a few words to say on
these two poin .
During the \ alley campaign and that
around Richmond, in 1862, I was Gen.
Jackson's chief of staff. His prudent
reserve was noted; it was such that he
never disclosed anything of his owtn
military designs except the necessary
orders to his chief of staff, or even to
his Major General next in command,
and he was chary of expressing to them
his thoughts on the general conduct of
the war. Col. Alex. R. Boteler, an ac
complished scholar and statesman and
honorary aid to the General, was the
foremost civic representative of the peo
ple in Gen. Jackson's military district.
He seems to have employed him as such
occasionally as a medium of communi
cation with the government. The state
ment of his views fo: the subsequent
campaign of 1862, chapter 15, Cedar
Mountain, was given on the express au
thority of Col. Boteler, and, indeed,
almost in his words. I believe he is yet
alive and will attest his own facts. They
may be relied on as perfectly accurate
and intelligent as far as they go.
I was selected, not by myself--not hav
ing taken up the faintest idea of such
an attempt-but by Gen, Jackson's fam
ily to write his biography. I sought the
help of all suitable documenF which
the family possessed. All which were
allowed me 1 employed diligently and
faithfully. It scarcely need be said that
I was not responsible for such as were
withheld.
General Barringer shows that Jack;on
was thinking out, in addition to an im
mediate threat upon Washington with
60,000 men, a permanent plan for the
future conduct of the war. The details
given are full of interest. I am forced
to believe that the types here played a
trick upon General Barringer in describ
ing General Jackson as planniag four
or more "light columns" of 50,000 men
each. General Jackson was certainly
aware that General Lee's heariest masses
would hardly exceed 50,000 men and
would usually be under that number, as
General Johuston's always were. Such
being the real size of the two grand
armies of the Confederacy, four or more
"light columns" of 50,000 men appear
entirely improbable: the numbers should
have been probably 5,000.
Upon the other point-General Jack
son's view of taking prisoners -he prob
ably spoke as fully to me as to any one.
If I am asked why, then, I did not ex
plicate these views in the biography,
the simple answer is that General Jack
son gave them to me in a confidential
conversation, the privacy of which he
did not give me' the right to disclose.
Now that the Charlotte Chronicle asserts;
the authority of his family for revealing
this point. I may do so without impro
pricty.
On the 18th day of May, 1862. (be
tween the battles of McDowell and Win
chester.) 1 was ritding alone with th~e
General along the Valley of Mossy
Creek, in Augus a County, to visit the
bivouac of the famous Twelfth Georgia
Regiment, i ~. He was, what
verse with me. Our thoughts traveled
naturally upon the prospectof our strug
gle. Encouraged by him, I expressed
my own conclusions with the unreserve
(perhaps the indiscretion) of one of
tbose citizen-soldiers whom General
Jackson thought so well of. I said that
the manner adopted by the Confederate
government for conducting the war
tilled me with apprehensions. The gov
ernment, dominated &y the technicalities
of West Point, and ot professional sol
diering. seemed to forget what was
needed in a revolutionary war such as
ours. They were relying upon the rou
tine methods, good for mercenary
standing armies, but iiappropriate to
our circumstances. In this species of
tactics the enemy's superior numbers
and riches, backed by Europe, would in
the end beat us. The longer the catas
trophe of the was was delayed the
more we should lose of that splendid ad
vantage we now possessed in the martial
spirit of our gentry and yeomanry, for
mere drill carried to compltteness would
replace their elan; that a defensive war
would be sure to wear us out- and crush
us in the end. The supineness of the
authorities in failing to reach out after
the fruits of our victory at First Manas
sas had especially discouraged me. I
seemed to hear the voice of history and
of God at once demanditng, in view of
that fatal omission, "How can ye escape
who neglect so great salvation?" (This
inaction at First Mfanassas the General
pronounced '-a terrible blunder," enipha
sizing the phl-ase with a stern frown and
a forcible gesture.)
But he replied to me by reminding me of
how much had been done by the Confed
erate government in the first year in
creating resources and armies. He spoke
of the victories already gained hope
fully, and of the kindness of the good
Providence in which he believed. I pro
ceeded further to argue my apprehen
sions, when he tturned himself towards
me in the saddle and said, with a smile
more sad than cheerful: "Stop. Mfajor
Dabney; youi make ine low-spirited." L.
of course ceased to speak, with an apal-.
ogy for my insistence. After riding in
silence for t wenty paces he said, with an
air and tone of profound seriousness:
"Well, I do not profess any romantic
sentiments as to the vanity of life. Cer
ainly, no man has mor-e that should
make life dear to him than I have in the
relations and affections of my home.
But I do not desire to survive--the in
dependence of my country."
The con versat ion, when resumed,
turned upon some recent threat of
bloody retaliation which Mir. Davis had
been compelled to make by some one of
the numerous outrages. The General
said, in words to this effect, that such
ani emergency would not now appear
had the war been begun on that plan
which commended itself to his judg
ment. I exclaimed, with much inter
est, that a rumor had flitted through
his army that he would have begun the
war unde~lr the black flag, and that I
was curious to knowv from him whether
it had any foundation, or what. Hie re
plied very sqtuarely: Yes, he belicyed
we should have not begun to take any
prisoners in this war, and that he should
have adopte'd this plan distinctly in the
interest of humanity. Because he felt
sure the war wvould have been thus
ended with far less effusion of blood.
He added that this could not be. like
other diplomatic wars, a struggle for a
boundary or a province, but for
our people, a struggle for life and
death, and it would have been ibest
for the people to have its true character
unmasked to them from the fir'st. This
war. before its end, will certainly dis
close its piratical character. Thus Mi-.
Lin-'oln is reported as now declaring
that mL is not a war of aboliition. But
,.+other he knowvs it or not, it is surely
detined to beonme such. Then they
will proceed to arm our own slaves
against us. Then, said he, when these
outrages are perpetrated, of course it
will be absurd and impossible for us to
treat that -war as civilized war! To do
so- will be perdition to our oause. It. will
be the practical admission of claims
damnable to our pretensions of right and
ruinous to the morale and self-respect
of our people. Thus, before this war is
ended. Mr. Davis is going to find him
self in this dilemma: The enemy
will adopt means such that he will
be obliged to meet them with ex
tensive bloody retaliations or be
ruined. But then these enemies will
have in their hands, it may be, thou
sands of our friends, so that it will
be attended with the fearful conse
quence of thereby consigning our sol
diers to massacre. ' Now, he added, fore
seeing these things. I would have ad
vised taking no prisoners, and teaching
our volunteers at the outset that when
they went into action it must be victory
or death literally fof them, as it is going
to be for their country. Since the ad
ministration had adopted other ideas,
he obeyed. He had all along been as
careful and scrupulous to preserve the
lives and health of his prisoners as Mr.
Davis himself could have been.
Such were unquestionably General
Jackson's thoughts at that time. How
prophetic they were any well-informed
man must judge for himself.
R. L. DABNEY,
Prof. of Phil., University of Texas.
THE FAT MAN'S FUNERAL.
They Had to Saw a Hole in the Side of
the House to Get the Casket Out.
ELMIRA, June 19.-The single-story
red house on Hart street, near the water
works fountain, was to-day the scene of
a remarkable funerhl. John Lawe", the
fat man, who weighed 040 pounds, and
was the biggest man in America, lived
there a number of years and died there
on Monday. Many curious people went
to see him in life and a crowd stood
around the little house and tramped over
the lawn this morning in a fruitless at
tempt to see the face of the dead. De
composition set in early, and this morn
ing the big casket was not opened. The
minister engaged for the funeral at 10
o'clock did not appear, and the services
were delayed until 11 o'clock, when the
Rev Mr. Wright of Grace Church con
ducted the services. The casket could
not be taken through the door, and a
carpenter sawed out the side of the
house. Twelve men carried the coffin
out, placed it in an open wagon, and it
was drawn by two horses to the ceme
tery. Sexton Abbott had prepared a
grave that looked like a cellar. Two
oak planks were placed across it to hold
the casket. Mrs. Lawes and her five
children wept while nine stal rart men
lowered the coffin into the grave, which
was forty-two inches wide. The average
grave is only twenty-three inches. The
interment was in a lot in the Northeast
part of the cemetery.
DARK DEEDS.
A Widow Seventy Years Old Makes a
Terrible Confession.
INDIuNAPOus, June 20.-On Novem
ber 12, 1888, Richard 0. Allen, an aged
farmer living near Washington, Ind.,
was found tied to a tree near his house,
with his throat cut from ear to ear. The
death was thought to be a case of sui
cide, and no inquiry was made. A few
days ago, while laboring under religious
excitement, Mrs. Charlotte Allen,
seventy years old, widow of the dead
man, confessed to two colored servants
that she committed the crime. She
said se ed-her-tmnsband had trouble
as to who was the rightful owner of the
farm, and in order t:' settle the dispute
she gave her husband morp- his
heten procur~ a table knife rctif
rope, and tied the rope around his
body, and making sevcral slashes at his
throat, half severed the head from the
body. She then dragged the body to the
tree aiid tied it there.
Pour Boys Murder a Companion.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 20.-A boy named
Snyder, 13 years old, residing at High
land. near Terre Haute was murdered
by four boys whose ages range from 9
to 15. The boys are two brothers
named Pearman and two named Doug
las. Snyder's body was found in a
creek. He had been stabbed and shot.
All the boy; are under arrest.
Charged With Murdering Their Two
Daughters.
LINcoN,Neb., June 20.-Mr. and Mrs.
John Leavitt were arrested yesterday,
charged with the murder of tbeir twc
daughters near Gresham on Sundaynight.
GUSSIE'S STORY OF THE FLOOD.
A Seven-Year-Old Survivor Gets Lost in
Jersey City.
NEw YORK, June 18. --A little girl,
hatless and shoeless. was found wander
ing around the streets of lower Jersey~
City on Sunday. She said she was lost,
and she was taken to the First Precinct
Police Station. Sergeant O'Connor asked
her what her name was and she said:
"Gussie Miller, and I come from Johns
town. I'm a survivor." She said she
was seven years old. and that she came
from Johnstown last Thuisday with her
aunt. Mrs. Buckhart, and Mamie, Anna
and Rosa Buckhart, three other little
girls. She went out for a walk, and
couldn't find her way back to tne house
where her aunt was. She didn't know
in what street the house was. Captain
MKaig, Sergeant Archibald and Ser
geant O'Connor got her talking about
the flood and she tol the following
story:
'My papa worked in the steel works
and we lived down near the works,
mamma and papa and me and Mr. Buck
hart and Mrs. Buckhart and Mamie and
Rosie and Annie, and we heard an awv
ful noise, and papa ran in and told us
all to run after him up the mountain.
He carried me and Rosie part of the
way, and Annie and Mamie ran awful
fast after us. My mamma didn't run
so fast and she got caught between two
ars and got crushed, and Mr. Buck
hart and Mrs. Buckhart went down.
We lived in a house on the hill for two
days and papa went to work. Mrs.
Buckhart, my aunt, not Mamie's mam
ma, brought me on to Jersey City two
or three days ago."
The child's friends were found and
she was returned to them. They lived
in Jersey City a year ago.
A Colored Priest to be Ordained.
Cardinal Gibbons will shortly per
form the initiatory ceremony toward
ordaining the first colored priest in the
Umited States by admitting Randolph
nles to the clerical; state. The cere
uony of the tonsure, the act of cutting
the hair, and receiving the robes of the
hurc-h will take place at the Cathedral
n the 21st inst. The candidate is a
Baltimorean and one of the first of
everal students to enter St. Joseph's
sminary. He is studying at that in
titution and attending lectures at St.
iary's Seminary. If he is ordained he
will work among the colored people.
r'ho only colored priest in the country
was ordained in Rome and is stationed
n Illinois. -Baltimore Sutn.
A Colored Murderer Hanged.
MAYS LANDING, N. J., June 20.
rimes, the colored murderer of John
fartin, mate of the schooner Annie
.ar, at Atlantic City, last Chritsmas
D~ay, was hanged here this afternoon.
other Arrest Made-Martin Burke Pos
itively Identified.
CHICAGO, June 20.-Detectives last
night arrested a grocery clerk named
Kuhn, who is familiarly known as
"Coonsey," to make him explain his
close intimacy with Dan Coughlin during
the month of March and April. He
was the ex-detective's constant compan
ion and accompanied him to Peoria,
where Coughlin made threats against
Cronin. Chief Hubbard said last night
he did not think Kuhn was a participant
in the murder, but he thought that ow
ing to his intimate association with
Coughlin for such a long period, he
might be able to tell more about the ex
detective than anybody knows now.
Chief Hubbard received the following
dispatch this afternoon from Officer
Collins at Winnipeg: "I have identified
the prisoner here as Martin Burke. He
has employed a lawyer, but tbere is no
chance of his getting away. Chief of
Police McRae retained counsel yester
day."
ST. PAtL, June 21.-A Winnipeg spe
ial says: Burke will come up for trial
to-day, though Detective Collins will
make an attempt to obtain a full confes
sion from Burke before taking further
proceedings. It will now be necessary,
in order to secure his extradition. to
make out such a case as would secure
his commitment for trial at a higher
court were he charged with committing
the offense in this country-that is, to
make a prima facie case against him.
This will necessitate the bringing of
witnesses for the prosecution from Chi
cago. Should a case be made out, the
Judge will issue an order for his extra
dition. He will be- then given fifteen
days in which to appeal, and if no ap
peal has been entered before that time
expires, he will be handed over. It will
probably take at least a month to secure
Burke's extradition, should he not con
fess in the meantime.
The source of Chief McRae's informa
tion, on which Burke was arrested, is
mystifying a great many people here.
The Chief says he has an object in main
taining secrecy at present, and when the
proper time comes he will give publicity
to all be knows about the matter. He
says it is not in his province to divulge
his source of information, but he has
telegraphed complete details to Chief
Hubbard of Chicago, who can likely
make sorne further use of them in work
ing up the case against the Cronin mur
derers.
THE SPIRIT OF CAMERON'S PASS.
A Wild Woman is Found in the Rocky
Mountains.
In the summer of 1882 W. C. Hart,
the geologist, and two other enthusiastic
collectors of specimens were encamped
near the lava -beds between the head
waters of the Cache de la Poudre River
and North Park. It was a rough,
broken region, and the desolation was
heightened by the proximity of the crater
of an extinct volcano, while tare rocks
and dead timber were everywhere. The
hope of securing rare formations for
their cabinets attracted the gentlemen
to the uncanny spot, for every one
averred that Cameron Pass was haunted
by the spirit of an emigrant's daughter.
Joe Shepler, a well-known mountaineer,
who was piloting the party through
the hills, had often seen the ghost
and promised his companions that
they should view the strange
I apparition before returning to their
homes. He said the spirit was a thief,
and frequently stole food and furnmture
from ihe camps of hunters wvho ventured
within the precincts of her uninviting
domain. At~ dinner August 12, 1882.
Shepler calmly announced that the spirit
of Cameron Pass was approaching. and
pointed to a strange being which
was swiftly moving towards
the camp. The marauder came
to withi -.~.-.hundred yards of
m nd seznPfeiad-i
son wh~ ad been placed on a ston4
ran with it. H'artpickedup his rifle, and.
calling on his coliirades to follow,
started in pursuit ot the thief. She-they
were sure it was a woman-led thema
lively race directly toward the lavabeds.
Being close pressed, the hunted creatur(
dropped the meat and sped onward tc
the opening of a cave. The pursuer:
entered the cavern on the heels of the
strange robber and found the wanut
body of a dead woman. The fright and
exertion had killed her. The corpse was
that of a woman about twenty-five years
old. Her only clothing was a rude
gown fashioned of skins. Her hair was
very long and she was sunburned and
barefooted. The -remains were buried
decently. An exploration of the cave
disclosed the fact that it had for some
time been used as a habitatior
by the alleged spirit. The
ground was covered with bones, and,
although there were cooking utensils
about, it was evident that they had
never been used. The unfortunate girl
had subsisted on stolen meat and roots
and leaves. She had dried meat for
winter use. For several years the wild
girl was thought to be a spirit...-Chicagc
Hefrald.*
Sensational Scene in Court.
A sensational scene was enacted
Saturday morning ini Judge Outcalt's
court-the Common Pleas-in Cincin
nati. He has had on hearing and under
consideration for several months an un
usual habeas corpus case, where two~
women claim to be the mother of the
child for whom the writ was issued.
Miss Kate Schaller averred that she gave
birth to an illegitimate child and
placed it in the hands of Mrs. Humser,
the midwife, to dispose of, and that Mrs.
Humser placed it in the family of Mr.
W. J. White. to be adopted. Subse
quently Miss Schaller wished to recover
possession of her i ild and applied to
Mrs. White, when ihat lady informed
her that the baby she had was not
an adopted child, but was her own.
The testimony before the court was most
conflicting, but Mr. and Mrs. White
brought manylwitnesses to show that
the baby was theirs. They have had it
in charge during the trial. Saturday
the Judge was to render the decision,
but Mrs. White appeared in court with
out the child. When asked bf the court
where it was Mrs. White. in a determined
manner, answered: "Judge Outcalt, I
was submitted to severe examina
tion the other day, and I understood
you were going to decide against me
and I have protected my child. 1 know
the consequences and am here to abide
by thlem, and if I have to stay
in prison ten years I am satisnied,
so if at the end of that time I
have my darling." This reply, of course,
made a sensation. Her attorney
promptly disclaimed having advised this
course of action and asked that his
client have time to reflect. The Court
said that if Mrs. White did not produce
the child she must suffer the conse
quences of contempt of court, and he
allowed her until noon to consider. The
resolute mother for two hours was
urged by her attorney and friends to
produce the child, but at the end of the
time she remained firm and went bravely
to jail under sentence of the court for
contempt. Meantime the Judge with
holds his decision of the merits of the
case.
Not Works of Necessity.
INDIANAPouis, June 20.-The Supreme
Court yesterday decided the case ot an
appeal by a barber named Knox. who
wa. arrested and fined for keeping open
on Sunday. The Court holds that shav
ing and hair-cutting are not works of
necessity within the meaning of the
statute, and the judgment of the fine
THE CONErAUGH FLOOD.
The Stupendous Power of Water Strik
ingly Illustrated.
The stupendous power of w ater was
never more forcibly illustrated than in
the Conemaugh Valley. As the liquid
sparkles in the dew drop, when con
gealed clinks merrily in the glass and
invites the weary and heavily laden to
rest and refreshment, as it sings in the
tea kettle a song that to the expectant
hungry man is sweeter than the sweetest
notes from the most successful diva, it
gives no bint of the strength it exhibits
when its particles are combined and
made mad at the criminal carelessness
of man. A correspondent of the Ulobe
Democrat has recently been going over
the path plowed by the flood from the
South Fork dam and what he saw he
tells in terms that are graphic. He'de
scribes where in one place a locoumo tive.
that probably weighed not less than sixty
tons, had been picked up by the
resistless tide at the Pennsylvania round
house and carried a distance of two and
a half miles and thrown down on Vine
street, in Johnstown, and then lie mor
alizes: "Cyclones have overturned en
gines, and floods have moved them from
their tracks, but where is there a prece
dent for such a trip?" This engine was
not rolled along as bowlders are rolled
smooth on the bot om of some rapidly
running stream, for it was not disman
tIed and ruined, as it would necessarily
have been had such been its experience.
It was picked up like an eggshell. and
rushed along with the rest of the endless
wrecks of houses, of factories and every
thing else that seemed firm and stable.
With the iron tracks and ties. so
thoroughly imbedded in the road ballast
that it seemed as if nothing but an earth
convulsion like that sustained at
Charleston could move them, the floods
toyed as if they had been nothing but
spiders' webs spanning au half dozen frail
straws. In one spot the waves lifted
one side of the track with a gradual
slope urtil the ties stood almost perpen
dicular and with the rails in position
formed what at a distance looked tike a
powerful picket fence. "There is a spot
in the bed of the river," says the corres
pondent, "where a gigantic granite bowl
der stood eight feet in diameter and five
feet high. Its general shape was rounded
so that a.iy ordinary object striking it
would glance off. A wave struck that
bowlder and split it in two, carrying
part of it a dozen rods downstream."
There are acres of territory in the
Conemaugh Valley from which all soil
has been as thoroughly stripped as it a
river had flowed over it for a million
years. The soil is not only gone, but
the earth and rocks in places to a depth
of six, eight and ten feet. Streets there
were in this valley whose length was
measured by the mile. There were
shade trees of half a century's growth on
each side and beneath them were lo
cated beautiful houses. One of the
streets in particular as a boulevard had
made the valley famous. There is now
no vestige of it left; not a board or brick
to mark a house, not a stone to inaicate
a foundation wall, not a root to tell
where once grew an elm or maple.
Everything was swept away and the
country there is as barren of vegetation
or possibilities of vegetation as the bot
tom of a coal mine. This tremendous
Titan of the Conemaugh laughed at
gravitation's laws as a giant would
laugh at the resistance of an atom.
Cincinnati Times Star.
EVEN HAWKINS MUST GO.
President Harrison Discharging All Co]
ored Employees of-the White House.
WASHINGTON, June 16.-President
Harrison doesn't like to have colored
servants about him any more than he
likes to have the malodorous ailanthurs
tree in the grounds around the White
House. The Tresident has had all the
ailanthus trees cut down and taken
away from the lawn, and his environ
'pt is soon to be as clear of colored
peo coog and moseof
the colored servants whel used to be
around the White House'-in Mr. Cleve
land's time have been dispensed with,
and the few that remain will be given
their liberty during the Summer season
when the Presidential household is
away at Deer Park, anid will not be
invited to return when the summer
season is over. White men and women
vil[ take their places. One part of the
late lamented Lord Saekville's domestics
are now on deck at the White House.
The kitchen mates and area belles of
the British Legation under Lord Sack
ville will soon have a complete reunion
at the White House under Mr. Harri
son. Lord Sackville's French butler,
who has been spending the tedium in
Paris. is understood to he about to
return to the United States to rejoin his
accomplished French wife, who has been
for some time in charge of President
Harrison's "wittles." Even poor old
Hawkins-the historic Hawkins-is not
to be spared. A white man is hence
forth to sit on the box of thre White
House carriage, and as Harrison insists
upon a footman, which Mr. Cleveland
never did, the whir e coachman will he
reinforced by a white footman.
Behring Sea Seal Fisheries.
S. H. Webb of New Westmrinster,
British Columbia, says he has infornma
tion to the effect that England and the
United States have come to an under
standing, in accordance with which no
seizure of British vessels will be made
in Behring Sea this season. As soon as
the existing contract with the Alaska
Fur Company expires an effort will be
made to hold an international confer
ence for the purpose of taking steps to
jointly protect the seal fur fisheries
there, as well as in the South Pacific
Islands. Mr. Webb says the Unitetd
States has undoubtedly superior rights.
The indiscriminate slaughter of seals is
having a bad effect. For seven seals
shot only one is secured.
George IL Cunninghaim, of Charleston.
has been appointed United States Mar
sal for this State Hie is a liberal' Re
publican and is regarded as an honest
man.
JOSEPH F. RHAME,
ATTORXEY AT L.AW,
MANNING. S. C.
OHN S. WILSON.
Attorney and Counselor at Lau-,
MANNING. S. C.
F. WILSON,
INS URtA CE AGENT
MANNING. S. C.
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
FORESTON, S. C.
Offers for sale on Mlain Street. in buness'~
ortion of the town, TWO STORES, with
nitable lots: on Manning and R. R. stre.-ts
'WO COTTAGE RESIDENCES. 4 arnd 6
ooms; and a number of VACANT LOTS
uitable for residences, and in different lo
calities. Terms Reasonable.
Mir G. Bryant.JAs. M1. LEL.GD,
South Carolina. New York.
Grand Central Hotel.
BRYANT & LELAND, PnoPrIr.ToBs.
Columbia, South Carolina.
Tho grand Central is the largest and best
kept hotel in Columbia. located in the EX
CT BUSIXESS CENTER OF T H E (.'ITY,
here all Street Car Lines pass the door,
nd its MENU is not excelled by any in the
Suth.
R. C. Bamzy, President.
C. BISSEL JENILNS, Gen'l Manager. RIcBer S. GA&or, Sec. & Treas.
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- Keeps always on hand at the
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a full supply, and choice assortment, of
FAMILY AND FANCY GROCERIES.
Bread, Cake,Candy, Fruit, Ete.
I always give a full 100 cents worth of goods for the )ollar
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ESTABLISHED 1844.
Charleston Iron Works,
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We are the sole manufacturers of this de
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chemists in Atlanta. Ga., during '"Prohibi- - -
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ida. It fills a long felt want for a stimulant ~
an d appetizer th it is not intoxicating; pleas- --
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live dKozen at si per do:zen, and in casks of ~~
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