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V ~A~i __ 4 - '1-i H- I~t K Jhtl A~ 1A~'U~. - - - ------- - - - __ __ .-. _______ ___ _____ NO. 31. \~OL. XV. MANNINU. S._ C.. WEDNESDAY. N(~VEMBER 29q 189~). I1 11 ER W I L L PW L . 0 e Comes to Light in Graenvlle Afatr Te n Yas. IT CREATES A SENSATION. Vy .tric L s Hir.ts as to the Motive ,f the Mu:der, Said to Have Been Committe d by Two Persons. TheL G ee w. lle co~urnt% h:isoi is t .1rk o-u a :urder I.-t ry wilch, I. uxh it i. ten \ears old. i fuil of u sat ot,al it,:dUits aL.d daIrk plots of the de p at intt ret. i Le a 1, mi VCtim (-f the crime was Jaw-s Kirty, aud wiat makes the tup pos. d tuuider the more beint us is tne f.ct that he was datf and dUtLIb atd ph1s sically weak. ie came into tLe WYNhal aetio, eighteen unileS above tLe city, an et.,tre .-tranger, haiijn froi fLue te, as a farun hatd. A few orths afttr he had worked in that section he tuarried Mrs. '1arion Johu son, whoae husbatLd died a *.hoI titIe betire that from injuries te receivd in fallin in a tic while at work at a turidLi lathe :n the eighborhLod. Aiout six uontLs after the wariiage Kirby mwste;iously ciua ::red a'.d h has never aince beeL , e or heard from. A few -ia3 s aso the name of K;: was recalled L; tubiic dtclaratiou ef responsible mien to the tffcet that I e had been nmurder ted and tite crime Las been known since a tew daysafterir was committed to four er five perzous, who are, with one exceptiuo, itertstva ii its suppression. The story is that tw., men killed him and Lturied his b0 and that their conver,.at:on \Nith a third person immediatclyafter, in which the details of the deed were related, wa overheard. The person wh,, uusus pected, acquired the -erct, declared that the miuiderers said thiey had killh d Kirby an-d buried him ou tLe banks of a certain creek near where a certain trail crosses it. About five months after the disappearance Mrs. Kirby %%as married to Ex-Magistrate Tilotson and she is now living at Ardilgton, two miles east of Greer's. -Not the slight est suspicion attaches to Mr. Tilottoo, beosuse he was tarrit d at the time of the disappearance and fur other good reasons. Yesterday Deputy Sheriff J. 1). Gil reath and a reporter for the GSreenville News went to the senue of the supposed crime on a tour of investigation. The principal object in %iew was to make a thorough search for the bones of the man said to have been murdered. With the author of the statctment as a guide and with four other assistants, picked up in the neighborhood, the in vestigation preceeded to the la-e w here the body is believed to have been buried. The seaich ; roved absolutely futile. About two hours was spent on the grounds with picks and shovels and some had woik was done during that time. Evei) place that looked as if it at one tin- iiul'ht have been dis turbed for the puri -se of making a grave was dug into d.r p. but the fact that the grave had t~a made so matny years ago and the furmher fact that the indicated area was so great, wade the search devoid Af mucli hope. The search has not been gi-eu up. n..wever; it will be made agaiu andt a ore thor oughly. Returning th:ough A:linsten to board the train .at Greer's for Gr~en ville, the reporter stopped and inter viewed Mrs. Tillotson on her piazza. She is medium height and size, and in spite of her 43 years and many trials and troubles her dark eyes are bright and she still bears evidences of being a haqome woman. In answer to qjues tions, in o-bstance, she said: "Iwas narried to Jim K~rby three months after he mno'ed into the neigh borhood, the exact date I cannot re member now. We lived on Uncle Tom Babb's place there six months and he disappeared. Kirby wvas always kind to me and always provided anply for me and my children; I hadi to children by him. We lived happiiy until about two weeks before his disappearance. when he informed me that he had a liv ing wife and child in Tennessee." "Why did he tell y ou of his living wife, when he knew that by doing so he would convict hin self of bigamy, deprive himself of libet ty and nmake you furious? Had you 4uarrelled?" "Oh, no, sir; we rever guarrelled. While he was devilliL-r use one day he just up and toid me. "The fact that he had a living wife has never been heard by his neighbors, it seems. Did either you or nle ever tell it?' Mrs. Tillotson first thoueht she told it, then he told it. but tinally settled the matter by say ing that he Lad toll her that he had told it. and that she felt too much mortitied ton te!il it. In answa: to atother question she said she did not know what towvn in Tennessee Kirby had lind in. but she remembered he had a brother there named MVke, and reinimbers mnailitig a letter to Mike for him a day or 20 be fore the aisai pearance. "Kirby said he was going back to his wife in Tennessee." she continued, "and that's where I sutppose he is now. "What was the ia:t I saw of Kirby? It was on the afternoon preceding the morning of his disappearance. He left me to go to spend the night at Henry Babb's, so as to be able to go to work for him early next mnornir g. The next day he was to meet mc at Lebanon Church to attend the funeral of old ztan Milton Underwood. 1 did not see him there and I found out after inquiry that he had not been there. I found cut afterwards that I e had nerer reached Hlenry's. Nobody ever saw him, nor was any tr-ace ser found of him after we told each other good-bye that afternoon. A short time after that I married 31r. Tiltson. No. 1 have no recor d of the .'a: :iage andt can not Temiember the exaet date. I caunuot tell now just ;.hat y ear it xea. Mr. Tillotsoun reinmwhred the date as "Novecmber ..f the yenar when Trdl man was first e&ceted go-vernor," which was in 1S90. "Your dauj hter, 31ies Rosa Johrnson. vwho died a 'few 3ears ago. - asked the reporter. would nosv be 20J years old. I believe. I understand that she was a pretty girl with a bright and cheerful di-osiion but tha dmin the last ir w ers ft her ife ,he grew bitter atd Co-s. Can you as-iga a reaSon for th's, if it is true?' I don't think that was so," ,he re plied . '11 'sa wos a'wayv a brkht aid es cr iCi urir. I w t of ut hing cal 'U.A to mI 1ki ter titter. She always j.t toLit he L alt ucp do a .trt time i rectie her deat h 1 , ; Vou know that tbe throry noW i. sid :e rtIo: tt r, :,peakiue rii, "-that Kirby was tCiur-ired and hi: ti badd1 Ltar wte:e 3tu dlnd he -No I de uat: wh i .hat fur ad Jus. then Mr. Tillotson wa'kei on to ht:.e ima from the street, and the re portt r turned t.o hinfor the daIe of his marriage to Mis. Kirby anid after ob taitli it the ii forunatiou lI t. bteig un dble :i ai r Marv . TIIilUt's qUeS lite theirv 3Mrs. Tillotson lias ad Naueu to txplain the disappearance. so the neihbera understand. is that Kirby got maad and quit. Tra( a!eIed murdartr-. it i. s dO. qua r. lie aud foutt 6. v, ral tim n re ccL y. But both have boasted to a nuauberof per:,,ns -'that hovver bit thr citles they become, they know ctrtain thiztza amoua the c-ees which they wiII ue er diu~.-esai d Couri r. Why '!hey Did Not Come The folloAdiae t he r, asons essInd by Mr Otis ittiuore. a noted a-trou - tuer ,f I ie.ig a. for the nont: ,ppearatiee If Wi e o! S, o A't'r !a-t w% ei be i d have oit Upelaed .U g - 0 :, -bt t t 1is im e is r, ImI , . , I e tli d a e c ri t . o t. ad I.0t0u0 ate not SUia.eOII t t1 'eta o tmake accurat, gr e2i..- e- i.ceam thei. a. r t(i u.eri a-i .d rtaLons to expeit a uIllch reate isplay thanI has et le curr- . It is till p i-ibi1e that we will !,I a cordder : snoer. bit the chi.t s :are : ..,t It, and t .ev I. s-eu ever I :y. Amnglt tl.e prob'able causts of ther not] )pperau--e are: -Firs, the earlier ones may have pass.d through tLe meteor stream in da time, whtn even Lhe mast brilliant di4play otherwite w uld have been completely masked by the sui's rays. It takas the earth enly hrn four to eight hours to pass through the meteor stream. and it is quite possible for the earth to pass through them in the day titme. If this has been the case it is likely that a portion of the earth ta least was exposed to the edge of the paning stream during the early dawn. This may have been in the ocean, or in sparelV settled land areas. "Again, there is some reason to think that the Leonids travel in several groups along the common orbit, and tbat at this return the earth s:iipped between the sepa:ate aggregations with out collision with the main body of the mlueteors. -Another possible explanation lies in the tidal effect of the sun's attr:e tion, which constantly ter.ds to disia teerate the me teorie mass and distribute the nieteoric matter uniformly around the orbit. The earth at each return would intercept a hss number of meteors in this thin stream. These little bodies for thirty-three years have been exposed to various disturbing forces along their path, and a very slight change in their erbit would .end them clear of the earth's path. Hilling Sweet Potatoes. The rotting of sw'eet potatoes in the hill during the winter months is a com won eau-e of complaint, especially during a season of continued wet. frtez ing weather. The trouble is more of ten caused by neglect or improper b.ill ing, than from any other source. Sweet potatoes properly banked, will never rot under any circumstances, but will keep sound and in good shape un til the following spring. Potatoes, in the first place, should never be gath ered until fully ripe, or until after a killing frost has whitened the vines. Tney should be harvested on a dry day with the sun shining, if possible- Po tatu s put in a band should be dry and free from all cuts and bruises. Bank the seed potatoes to themselves, using the smallest tubers for that purpose. In preparing the bank raise the bed for the potatoes six or eight inches, put down a thick iayer of straw or shucks, and care. uiy pile on the pota toes ini sugar-eane shape, about thirty bushels to the hill. Next, cover the potatoes with a layer of cornstalks or stra ., and over that place a layer of barca, breaking the joints, leaving an opeLing about six inches round at the op. Over the boards thro-v a thin layer of dirt one inch in thick iess. arnd eit er the top with a plank to shed the roi,. Tretoch around the bill at the tittom to carry off al: water. About the tirt of Dseember throw on two inches dirt and close the hole at the op. Potatoes w ill keep sound banked in this way-. A Wise Decision. T be appellate division of the supreme court in Briooklyn has denied the apeal of Elizabeth Cisco, negreis, from the decision of the special term, ref using a p. rempltory writ of nmanda mus to compel the school board cf Queens borough to admit her children , the public school on Brenton avenue, Jamacia, an~d make no distinction on acaunt of color. She claims the right to have her children accepted as pupils in the school in question, but w as t old that they maust go to a separate school for colored children. J1ustlee Godich, writingt the opinion for the a~ pelate divisi ~D, say s that the prc viions, of the constitution which pro vies that equal school facilities shall be furui.,hed to all children cannot be held to mean tha: the white chiildreu and the black children must be permit ted to attend the same schools. Served Them Right. A dispatch from Key West Fia., avs Annie Foy, the white woman who recently married a Negro near Key W twas Thursday given a sentence of' rie ear in the penitentiary on the chare aof tui:eegenation. The marriage ocained tmuch excitement and comn ment wi heC a it occurred. and the sentence Thurdayi in the eri iaal court puts an end to the much-talked-of ease. The Nero, Wtll liarrisoo, wae trieri on the saeharge. and was sentenced to one year in th~e penitentiary. The. tmiriis tr wno- married them. 1lev. Mr. Kerr. came out in a card viadicating hiinself. as he claims the couple had a legal lcense and the church only asks if they Ihad been married before. It is likely that inquiry will be made as to who is A RACE WAIL Battle in Night Between Negro Soldiers and Whites. AT RIO GRANDE CITY. TEXAS. Tlhe Governor of Te xts Asks In. vest'gation and Removal of Un ru'y Negro Troops From Fort Ringgold. Gov. Sayers. of Texas, received a telegratu at Austin, ot Wednesday from the commanding officer of the United States troops at Sari Antonio conveyiig Ih information that there had been a race riot at Rio Gr tnde City 'Tue'day niirht between the federal ne ra treps stationcd thore and the citi zens 4f that town. A'..'ut the i:1e ibis tel:grant ua. receiv-d another catme from the eurity judie at that place and they are omexbat conftuin. lie militaly cotImInder at San An tonio. ('r;. M Kibbon, telegrpl that the ori#-;'.r he rceive d froen the cow. narder at F rt Riqggdei tear Iio Grande City .tat' that all the iroopi were in the 1a.4 Ini 'lu iieday night at 7 o clock when it h1 i-izp,.r of th it own aiv ar eed (iet the ft rt ani lire!d UPn11i the guarl. Tie Liuard-retirn~etd the fire n the entire rarris,w w:ls at once edled to aruns. The citiz&ns contioned their firirg upon the fort a,' the sol diers returned the fire and di'la had brin tle G(itlilg 0un- 1. y t. dijg. r- t he at taeki rt-' T''e conen tt er statt tlat he Iears tr, u:e .d -k for n.?oie troops The tel arain from the eioutt julge sta:es :hi the ncro Siddl~ s ii ithe fort thi . viloyed it a r.hvt en tile edae of it! toxn anid fir d ioto and over t0e toxn for snmething like an hour and a half, -hootirg in a nuw ber of boues, wounding one in t,. and frightning the women and hild-en so badly that a number of themn had fled to the surrounding ranches for safety; that the attack was eatirely unprovoked and that the community was highly in censed and further trouble was lookcd for at once. Governor Sayers sent the fo'lowivg telegram to the secretary of war at Washington: "PI'ase direct imnediately impartial and searching investigation into the conduct of negro soldiers at Fort Rinz gold, Star countr, Texas, last night. Also issue order for immediate removal of troops. Following telegram jast re ceived from the county judge of Star county: Negro soldiers at Fort Ring gold deplo: ed in a ravine at south edge of town at 7 p. i last night and fired over 1.500 shots into and over the town. The fusilade contioned at intervals over one and one-half hours. One citi zen wounded in his house. Houses all over town penetrated by balls. Women and children ded to the woods and ranches. Population terrorized. I fear the people may decide to avenge themselves for this dastardly act. Civil authorities would be powerless to con trol. I understand that Lieut. Ruabot tomn. commanding, directed this cow ardly assault. No cause for the act. Wire Washington and San Antonio for searching investigation and removal of troops at once. (Szgned) " Joscph D. Sayers. - Governor. Gen. McKibben, in charge of the Texas division, has recivedl the follow ing: "Fort Ringgold, Nov. 21. "Every man in garrison last night. Citizens began firing on our guard at 7. Troop D and scouts placd on guard around garrison. Enemy opened terrific fire on garrison at 7:30 on side next to Rio Grande City. and continued for some time. Our men obliged to protect garrison, fired several volleys. Finally ordered out Gattling gun and silenced enemy's fire. Ncone of our men hurt; no trouble since, but rutnors of gathering in country. If true, may need miore troops. Cannot treat with citizors who will not even respect Unitd States mail carriers; unsafe for arrison. Shall I send men after mail! (Signed) "Rubottom.' Gen. McKibben has ordered two troops of cavalry from Fort Brown to proceed by forced march to Ringgold. Gen. McKibbin hlas consulted with Gov. Sayers on the subject and has been asked by the governor to take whatever steps in his power to concili ate the citizens and the soldiers. Troube bat seen the negro soldiers on the frontier posts and the Mexican population has been brewing for some time A collision between the police and the negro soldiers at Laredo a few weeks ago has resulted in the abandon ing of the port there. A small sized riot also occurred at Rio Grande City ast month, in which some soldicrs were alhot and others were arrested and ined. Since then the Mexicans and soldiers at Rio Grande City have been at the bitterest enmity. A Pointer to Merchants. The New York Herald gives this poiter to merchants or all who have an article to sell or buy: -Advertising has become the merchant's greatest help toward a.:hiev-ir.g success.Th complacent tre~desman who relies solely upon his individual merits to buill up a thrivitg business may be commended for the faith that is in him: but such faith is without a solid foundation. It is much like that which was character istic of the optimistic Mr. Micawber. who, being ba'd, was of the opinion that he had been providently deprivtcd of his har in order that he might without dis comfort wear the wig of a lord hich chancellor. A merchant may he ever so worthy but in these huatling times he must in a-liition do something in order to get the public intteres.ed in his esabihment. Good newspapl~fr ad vertiing a'swers the purpose. Burned in a Swamp. News was received at Jlackson. Ga., Thursday that a small posse of cit ivns who have been searching for the Ne gro who attempted an assault on Mrs. hmas McClue MIondayt came upon the man in a swamp on the Oemuegee river near Jackson late Monday night and immediately riddled his body with bul lets. It is reported that he was buried in the swamp. The posse quietly re turned home and news of the killing TARRED AND FEATHRED. White Woman and Ntro Ken Thus Treated "Up North." [he town-<,f W t('..r Liberty. Ot i,. is utder great eXcit''nwn I over the carring qid feather'ug of itl'ce people-31rs. Nel .iack-in. whiu: I' I . Jack-on and David R1ieuK an. c..Ior-d. \h ir-hal Kr.bill's barn nxias burned on Friday morning, with the cont-Its. iuel'viatug a rco W. )lr,. Jacksoi, who, it is alleged, had made threats to burn the barn. was arrested, and her fa her-in law. Ed'. Jackson, and Itickman were arrested for reistinr Oicers. About miduihzbt on the day of the arrest one hundred and tifty wa.,ked men gathered at the jiii. demanding the prisoners of .N1arshal Krabill, who refused to sar reader them. The mob battered down the jail doors and forwed three divi The tir:t p ity took irs. Jackson to a mill stream near by, stripped her naked. e vered her with tar aid feath er. put her into there feet of water and made her march up avi down the stream for the amuisemewnt of tbe crowd. The second divi ion came itch Rick nan. and the wjman was phewd on the b~rk. while R-ekmnan wa. treated the same as the woman, %%i-h the aidition of t'. i wit pp-d aid poulnded. He was to maren up ami doin iu thue wa tir urtil the trird ,ectio, camte %%with E I. Jack-'u, wi-i was i ritedl In a :,ill hr i,nner Th tr:o was then forced back in it he '. t-r and Made to ilay 'pI uin Il.e pi-rm.ers wemi 'hn m:1rche , throu h --ev ral r(ets. it d, a nd -tre w ipp d A;! thni ,taried for muel,.u iii nakei. Rick Wan waTi-d i c' s ver ile b-fore h rot any e i:. Th e t a we e.- ui. ld cl eho' Thie umb,- wti tsor celored pcopie goorlz to the aid of the irisi nirs. when tiey were ardly dis ,-hj aid madeC o' fi~. T-oday t e viins are bcd-fast, con-red ;iih ets 1d brui-cs. All deny anv conne-:tion with 'he barn burning. Jackson is a wel ret-peted wan seventy years old. Twelve 3 cars ago the woman married Jack-n's son Grant, a edlored tou.:h. who afterwar's became notorious for insulting white women, until he, like his father to-ay, was tarred and feath ered. He was arterwards killed in a fiaht. The widow and two children have since made their hoie with their father in-law. After Jacksou's death the widow led a wayward life, resulting in the present trouble. Physicians say the victims lad vitriol thrown in thcir eyes. To a re porter Mrs. Jackson said, regarding the barn burning, that she was in bed when awakened by fire. and she called her father-in-law. The burning shingles were falling in her v-.rd. She said she would uot have lired a buildinv s. elone to her ovii bome. Her breas. was terriby Ice rated. BREASTPLATES WERE MADE. They Were Made to Mr. J. Dudley Haselden's Order. The following cards on the charge that Mr. J. )adley Haselden had breastplates made at the Marion Iron Works a few days before his fight with the Sellers is interesting reading: M1arion. S. C., Nov. 23, 1899. To Whom it M1ay Concern: Having been requested by MIr. B. B. Sellers to state what I know about the manufacture of breastprlates by the 3arion Iron Works for M1r. J. D). Has elden, I beg leave to state that 1 am employed in said works; that on or about the 14th of November, 1S99, 3Mr. J. D. Haselden came to me and placed an order for two breastplates. He directed them to be made so as to fit over his breast and stomach, with holes at the shoulders and near the bottom so that they could be tied on. They were also to be oval in shape. Hie stated that some one had threatened his life and he wanted to be prepared against him. I made the two breast plates out of tork steel, and one of them was sent to him that evening and I am informed that the other was shipped to hi:n next day to Columbia. They weighed 12 pounds each and were made out of tork steel. .J. F. Spears. M1crien, S. C., Nov. 23. 1899. To Whom it M1ay Coreern: At the request of M1r. B. 1B Sellers I state what I know about the nmanufac tre of bre'astplates by the Miarion Iron works. I am employed in the iron works. On or about the 11th of this moth M1r. Spears, the blacksmith of the iron works. m imde two breastplates ot of built r steel at said works for 3Mr. Dudiey llaaelden. I saw M1r. Hlasel den iia thle shop whdle the work was being done, and heard him say to M1r. Spears that a certain piece of sf'iL would answer. One of the breastplates was deliyered to him that day and I packed th3 other the next day and shipped it to M1r. Ilaselden at Colum bia. His Attes' : Enos X Powelh. 11. E' lanforud. M1ark. To Whom it 3May Concern: At the ripust of MIr. B3. B. Scllers I w~ill state what I know of the manufac ture of breastplates by the 3Marion Iron works for M1r. .J. D). II-iselden. I am employed in said works. On or about the 14th of this mouth I siv M1r. Spears at work on what he said at the timle was a breastplate. I sag M~r. Daley llaseldeni at the works that day. I do not car, to state what I heard romn others at the tune. Carl Masthews. The Vice President Dead. Garrett A. Hobart, vica president of the United States, diud at his home in Paterson, N. J., at 8::rj o'clock Tues day, (morning Nov. 21. At his bedside were 3Mrs. Hobart and his son, Garrett A. hlabarr, .Jr , .egether with Dr. Wilam K. Newton anl his wife and Private Secretary E.'ans. 3Mr. Hobart's death had haeti expceted for some hours. The beginningz of the end came Mitaay afternoon when there was a sudden failure of the heart, and from tis attack MIr. Ilobart never rallied. lie had b-en sick for a long time, and had st~i-red frequently from heart fail ur, and his strength had been under mined. Gradually the failure of the heart's action became mere apparent. and soon alter midnight MIr. dobart became unconscious. Ile remained in that condition until Lis death. MIr. Hobart's death was due directly to angina pectoria, comiplicating myocar elitis. HARD FIGHTING. The insurgen's Are Disputnig Every Foot of Ground. AGUINALDO FLEES NORTH. Generals Young and Wheaton's Columns Failed to Close in on Him as Expected They Would Do. A dispatch from Manila says severe lighting in the nrorth of Iloilo began Tuesday, Nov. 21. Four Americans were killed and 25 were wounded, in cliding three officers. The insurgents are retreating to Santa Barbara, but the fighting continues. Col. Carpenter Nov. 18. advanced to Santa Barbara, Straight north from Jaro, taking trench after trench. the enemy fighting and re tratirig. Gen. Hughes' column has steadily beer advancing north to gain a po-ition west of Santa Barbara. It encountered the enemy in swalldetach trit. Six to ten Americans were Weunded in this column. C l. Carpenter started during the night of Nov. 20 and opened with Bat ,cry G of the Sixth artillery, at day break. No7. 21, on the trenches. The enetnv volle)ed as the artillery took up a po.sition, wounding four. Two ego.pinies of the Twenty-sixth regi *min 4arr1stingj Jaro, moved through Cip.tcaz. attacking the enemy on the rijht fl ink, just north of Jaro at day bre-ak Nov. 21. drving them toward Ci. Car p-uter. Te country between Jar.O and Santa Barbara is thickly en irte-iwii'. especially near Pavia. The Sixth arsillery fired ou the trenches aid the Eighteenth regineut charged, the enemy rttreatirg to the next trench. Ihe Eighteenth again charged, encountering and attacking a force of B3olomen, who were hid in the long grass, and %h, severely w'ounded sev eral Americans. Daring the afternoon of Nov. 21 tha "fighting was severe immediately south if Pavia three miles north of Jaro. I he tweuty-sixth's companies returned te Jaro after the flank movement, hav ing captured three six- pound smooth bore cannon and a quantity of arms and ammunition. The enemy's loss was not obtainable, but seven men were found dead in one trench. The insurgents are falling back on Santa Barbara, which, it is expected, Gen. Hughes has attacked before this. Gen eral Young reported that Aguinaldo, with a party of 200, including some Women and a few carts, passed Aringy on the coast between San Fabian and San Fernando in the province of Union on Friday, Nov. 17. The general adds ibat Aguinaldo probably inteuds to -strike inland through the Binqu uuun iains toward Bayombong, in the province of Nueva Visaya. General Young, with cavalry and Maccabbees, is pursuing the Filipino leader, part of the American force taking the direc tion of San Fernandino. In a fight with Aguinaldo's rear guard at Aringya one Maccabbee was wounded and the insurgents retreated. Their loss is un known. The opinion of many military men and of resident foreigners is that Aguinaldo has probably escaped by changing the seat of war into the north era part of the island. They think he has taken a considerable army with him. This, if true, will necessitate a new series of operations on our part, and Aguinaldo has gained a temporary strategic advantage. Those holding this view point out the fact that the insurgents never intended to hold the alleged capital at Tarlac as a permanent capital, as it was only slightl5 fortified. Tney also claim that the railroad bridge left intact while much rolling stocK was burned and destroyed indi cate that a rapid retreat was made sev eral weeks back. This retreat must have been accom pliahed at the time Lawton began his San Isidro movement. Therefore the insurgents have had lime to move out their principal supplies and munitions. [t is also a fact that our circle of troops has been closed up so far without ma terial resistence, exceptjin the region of escape to the'north, near Wheaton's colutan. T he captured supplies, too, have proved insignificant compared witb thonse that would be required. Aguinaldo's supposed army in this valley was estimated at from 10,000 to 20,000 men. Their known large quan tities of artillery are still unaccounted for. The opinions of General Otis and General Schwan differ somewhat from ths view. They sav tioday that they do not know whether or not Aguinaldo, with his army, has eseipeo into the tobacco valcey to the north. If so, they doubt whether he has escaped with any considerable force. They be lieve that Aguinaldo himself has gone. They also believe that a considerable number of theinsurgent force is scat tered in smnall bands within our lines as amigos. Killed in a Runaway. 31rs. M. A Vickroy, of Alexandria, Va.. died Wednesday as the result of atn accident. She was out driving with Judgc N. L. Griffith. of Presscott, Ariz. The horses boiring, both occu pants of the vehie'e were thrown violently to the gro mrd. Griffith was unconscious for two 1-ours and is in a eritical state. Mrs. Vickroy and her husband resided in Arizoaa in the early days, thbe latter owning extensive interests here. lIe erected the first stamp mill in the territory. Mrs. Vickroy was a familiar character in the national capital during the past fifteen years. having successfully put clarns of $400.000 through the courts for the destruction of mining property. Ktiled by a Train A dispatch from Eustis, Fla., says John E. Wheelock of Grand Island was run over and istantly killed by a railroad train at that place Friday morning. lIe was walking on the track and, being deaf, failed to hear the caution sienal of the engineer. Mr. Wheelock ~was an old Union veteran. Sonmc years ago he went to Eauador and was imprisoned on a trumped up charge, but through the in terces:,i.n of the state department at Wasnington was finally released. He received a large indemnity from the KILLED A HELPLESS PRISONER. An Unarmd Man Shot Dead While Begging For Mercy. Theo Cuttall, of Lawrence Kansas formerly of the Twentieth Kansas regi went, in a letter to Tihe Topeka Jour nal, m'akes the charge that Colonel Metcalf, recently breveted brigadier general for gallantuy in the Philippines, shot and unarmed and supplicbting Filipino prisone r, and in support of it furnished the foliowing affidavits of Private Huskey. of the Twentieth Kan sas, and First Lieutenant Ferguson of the Thirty-six infantry: 'Philippine Island, City of Manila Personally appearcd before me this 24th day of July, 1899. Private Harris 0. Huskey, of company K. Twentieth Kansas itfantry, United States voluin totrs, who being duly sworn, deposes and says that at the battle of Caloocan be was orderly for Major W. S. Met calf, Twentieth Kansas infantry, United States volunteers; that at a point where the insurgent trenches cross the traveled road nearest to the right of the tramway, he saw a prisoner brought out of the trenches to Major Metcalf. Deponent further says that 1ajtr W. S. Mletcalf, Twentieth Kan sai infantry, United States volunteers, shot the prisoner with his revolver, and at the time of the shooting the prisoner was unarmed and on his knees. "H.aRRIS 0. HUSKEY. "Ptivate emi.any K, Twentiety Kan sas infantry. "SRvore and subscribed to before me this 24th day of July, 1S99. F. H1. LAWTON, "Faret Lieutenant Twenty.first infan try." The affidavit of First Lieutenant Ftrguson reade: "San Atonito. Philippine Island. Auau-t 24, 1899.--Oa the 10th day of Februar , 1899, 1 was enraged in the taking of Caloocan by Uaited States troops, beivn a corporal in company E, Twentieth Kansas infantry. Itmedi ately after the crossing of the first line of insurgent trenches, about 300 yards south of the Caloocan church, I heard a shot fired to my left and rear, and looking that way, saw a native falling apparently lifeless to -the ground. -Major Metcalf was standing about six or eight feet in front'of the native with a smoking pistol and the impression I received was that the major had shot the native. But other matters called me and I went on with the line. ' AAT11UR 1. FERGUSON, "First Lieutenant Thirty-sixth infin try United States volunteers." Metcalf has made a denial of the charge. A SERIOUS CHARGE. Against the Wife and Daughter of John Laird. The Columbia Record of last Friday says the sheriff of Richland County received a letter from Orangeburg which contains charges which, if true, prove that a diabolical murder was committed in this city a week previous to the fair. The letter is as follows: Mr. V. V. Laird was in here this a. m., and tells me his brother was killed in your city near the phosphate mill. He was buried Wedpesday, November 8th, 1899. He wants to know if you have any one in jail for killing him. ie tells mc that he is satisfied his wife and daughter had him killed and Policeman Riley and Dr. Gibbes can tell you something about it. So write mec if anything has been done. Has there been any warrants issued for any one. lie seems to think his brother was murdered. Yours truly, W. Hampton Dukes. The facts in the case, so far as de veloped, are as follows: John Laird, a mill operative, was found lying along the railroad track near the Globe phos pha-e mill in Columbia iust a week bef're the opening of the fair. He was uncentscious and it was presumed that in a drunken spree he had fallen. There were a few bruises on his body and a slight e t on his head, but an examina tion madc by Dr. Gibhes did not indi cate that the man was seriously hurt. In fact, it was believed that it was a case of acute alcoholism and Laird was taken to his home in the mill district. He lived a week, when he died. Dr. Gibbes made postmortem examination and found that the skull had been cracked and that death was caused from a hemorrhage of the brain. It was a rather suspicious case and 31r. P. 1B. M1c)aster, acting coroner in-.1r. Green's absence, held an inquest. Not much light was thrown on the case, though it evidently was the belii f of some of the witnesses that Laird had been mur dered. It was developed that another operative had been stea w'th him and that this same fello.; had ILft for parts unknown, leavitng sjxue money due him at the Richland mill. This man's name could not beasceriained today, but it is known to the coroner, whosa records were not available this morning. It appears, however, that thc testimony imphecating this man was mere con js eture and little attention was paid to the circumstances. The vrdict of the jury was in effect that Laird had come to his death by be ing struck on the head by some blunt instrument in the hands of parties un known. There the matter dropped and Laird was buried. The circumstarces of the case had passedl out of the nainds of the oficeials until this i. tr was rL ceived from 31r. Dukes. There is no such policeman as Riey and the police know nothing of the case. No arrests have been made and it has not been decided what will be done about it. M1r. Laird only thinks that the v:ife and daughter are impliated in the murder and futute iaves-iation will determine what action will be taken in regard to them. Ev'erybody was so enerossed with the fair that the cirtiums. mees of the death of Laird were n"e generally known even to the sheritf and other county tfihials, but the letter f comu 0:ange burg may institute an iavestigation which will throw some light on the crime. Town Destroyed. A telephone message from Pa~ris. Lokan count'y, Texas romrts the town of 31agazine destroyed b;: a tornado Tuesday night, M th;z ie i, on t be new Choctaw and 31emphis rc:d, tio miles east of Fort Smith. All effiorts to reach M1agazine by wire today failed. Booneville, ten miles from 31agazine, suffered a severe stormn, houses being blown eiown and cattle killed. HUMAN BRUTES HUNG. Ed Luckey and Tom Mitchell Hanged at Darlington. A special dispatch from Darlington to The State says Edmund Luckey and Thomas Mitchell, two Negroes about 18 years of age, were hanged there Friday in the county jail for brutally assault ing and ravishing Miss Josephine Laf ferty, a young white woman, near La mar, in that county, Oct. 8th. Th drop fell at 10:45 and both necks were broken, death being instantaneous. The manner in which the execution was done reflects credit upon Sheriff Scarborough and his deputies. Both the condemned fully realized that they would die and Thursday professed con version. The colored m;nisters have been with them daily. Their breakfast Friday morning remained untouched, and when first seen about 9 o'clock they were sitting on their ct with their faces buried in their hands-and chant ing a monotonous dirge, swaying their bodies from side to side and patting the floor with their feet. Luckey stated that he was guilty, but did not think that he ought to be hanged, and in the same breath added that Tom Mitchell was not with him at the time and had nothicg to do with the commission of the crime. This statement is different from the one he made during the trial, and upon whose testimony Mitchell was largely convicted. Mitchell has always protested his innocence and held out to the end. HISTORY OF THE CRIME. Sanday morning, Oct. 8, Miss Jove phine Lafferty, who lives within two miles of Lamar, in this county, with her aged mother and sisters, left her home at 10 o'clock for that of her brother, about a mile distant to proeare somei neccssary articles of food. To shorten the distance between the houses a path had been made through the woods, which led by a negro cabin in which were collected a number of negroes, as is their custom on Sauday mornings, to shave each other, smoke their pipes and discuss the events of the week. Miss Lafferty was not at her brother's home more than half an hour when she returned by the same route. As soon as she passed the ne gro cabin, according to Luckey's testi mony in court, Mitchell called him out and they followed her. She wore a large sunbonnet, and doubtless little thought of the danger behind ner. Sneaking stealthily up behind her Luckey grabbed her by the neck and choked her into insensibility. The only exclamation she was neard to make was, "Please turn me loose." The rest of the story is too horrible to relate, and she was left on tLe ground for dead. More than two hours afterwards she was seen approaching her home, scarce ly able to walk, her hands supporting her head, nose and mouth bleeding and her eye-balls protruding beyond the lashes. To her sister she said: "Ed mund tried to kill me; he choked me nearly death, but thank God I am still alive." Dr. Josie was summoned and has attended her ever since, her broth er Will stating Friday that an abscess had formed on each of the large arte ries in the neck and one was now dis charging on the inside of her mouth. Her condition is still critical. SAD END OF A HERO. Suicide of "Brave Bill" Anthony Who Made Famous Report to Sigsbee. William Anthony, better known as "Brave Bill"' Anthony, died at the Presbyterian hospital in New York last Friday half an hour after he had swal lowed a quantity of cocaine at one of the Central park entrances. He was the man, who, on Feb. 15, 1893, when the battleship Maine was blown up in Hlabana harbor, reported t> Capt. Sigs bee ia the famous words: "Sir, I have the honor to report that the ship has been blow'n up and is sinking."' On his return to this e runtry An thony was accorded receptions every where. Hie received invitations from cities to be their guest. For mouths he traveled over the country, being ac corded the honors of a hero. When his leave of absence was ended, An thony was promoted to be a sergeant of marie.es and was detailed at the Brook lyn navy yard. In one of his pockets was found a letter written by him to his aunt which read that he was discouraged and dis eonsolate and was going to end it all. Among the other articles found was a picture cf his one-month-old child, on the back of which was written: "Bury this with mn." A Spanish-American war medal, such as all survivors of the the battleship M iine received, was also found. _______ They Swung Him. The body of Wesley L->wrance, the Negro whio a fusq days ago criminally assaulted Mrs. WV. M. Botyman, near MecDavid, in Escambia county, Fla., was found Wednesday moreing swing iog from a tree near the scene of his crime. An armei posse found him in a swvamp near Canoe, Ala., too ex hausted by hunger to offer fight. He was carried to the home of Mrs. Baw man, and after he had been positively identified, was hanged to a neighbor in" tree. As his body was hoisted from the ground it was riddled with bullet from some 200 rifles and revol vers. Sheriff Smith is investigating he lynching. Two Men Drowned. Pilot Fran~k WV. Walter and an Ital ian sailor were drowned at Pensacola, Fla., Thursday night. Walter boarded the Italian bark Pensaccla to pilot her in. A high sea was running and the vessel began to bump the side of the channel. Walter ordered the anchors out and with three of the sailors started in a ana'll boat for the pilot steamer Somers N. Smith to assist the bark. Thle boat e~ipsn.:d. T wo of the sailors were re:,eused but Walter and the other sailor were drowned. Elections Declared. Tihe State board of canvassers met Wednesday and canvassed the returns from se'.eral special elections, declar in't the c-saIits. Mr. McDermott was declared electei senator ft'mi Hiorry yuoty: and' Mr. Cro'ssort will succeed Col. Gritlith in the senate from Lexing ton county. Mr. Brantley was de elared elected a member ot the house from Orangeburg county to succeed Dr. DEWEY IS MAD. Because He Was Criticised for Giving Away the House THE PEOPLE GAVE HIM. ays He Would Give it Back to the Donors if it Were in His Power to Do So. A special dispatch from Washington to The News and Courier says Admiral Dewey is out in an interview complain ing against what he claims to be unjust and unpardonable condemnation of his course in transferring his house to his wife, who subsequently transferred the property to the Admiral's son, George. The Admiral displays considerable temper in his condemnation of the newspapers and the public for criticis ing his action, and declares he would not have accepted the house had he understood that a string was attached to it. He claims the right to dispose 'of it according to his own ideas, and he believed he .was doing an act which would meet universal approval by giv ing the house to his wife so she might ' have the pleasure of bestowing it upon his son. The Admiral is reported to have made the following remarkable statement: "While I was a hero two months ago I am now reduced to such a position that certain people cannot say things too villanous, too scurrilous awouL me; and no one defends me. If I was so much of a hero then and tne American people thought well.enough.of- me to give me this house, why do no some of those people defend me now? "If I had known how much trouble, how much villanous abuse was to come upon me as the result of accepting this house I would never have taken it at the hands of the American people. When I sailed into Manilla Bay over dangerous grounds, with death and even worse in front of us, I little thought that in such a brief period of time af ter I returned to my native land the American people would countenance such monstrous attack upon me because I was doing what I considered to be the most gracious thing I could do, to present my home to my bride. "I do not intend to arraign the entire American people for the acts of a few, but I am hurt; I am cut to the quick. I have never felt so badly in all my life. want the American people to know it. I want them to know that if I could I would return to the contributors to the fund the house purchased with it. I would never in the world have accepted it if I had known what it would cost me. If I should feel to-morrow as I feel to-night I would cut it all, throw up everything., go on the retired list and go abroad. In.fact I feel so dis couraged, so worn out to-night that I aearcely know what I will do. I hard ly feel like living in a country where I can be attacked in such an outrageous manner without being defended by any one." One report printed has it. that the transfer was made to preserve the house, as Admiral Dewey fears a suit for breach of promise will be instituted against him by a lady employed in the bureaai of equipment, of which the ad miral was the head before he was as signed to the charge of the Asiatic squadron. It is stated upon what ap pears to be reliable authority that an engagement of marriage existed .be tween the two at the time of the ad miral's departure from this country more than two years ago. There is deep regret mingled wita the indigna tion, but no one as yet has felt called upon to defend his course, and even his best friends feel that he has shown bad taste in the matter, to say the least. Gold Medal for Blue. A dispatch from Columbia says the beautiful and artistic gold medal for Lt. Victor Blue, U. S. A., South Caro lina's hero in the Cuban war, has arrived. The association for Patriotic A ward was formed January 31, 1899, with Mrs. Ellison Capers as president and Mrs. E. WK. Screven as secretary and treasurer. Its object was to pro cure a suitable testimonial to Lt. Victor Blue, and it was then and there decided that the testimonial should take the shape of a handsome gold medal. The secretary was instructed to write to a lady in each town and con siderable village informing of her ap pointment as collector for the associa tion and requesting her to gather funds for the medal. No sum was named the association desiring the offering to be as general as possible, what each one was able to give, however small, a voluntary and cheerful outpouring throughout the state. In four months, over $300 were sent in, coming from all quarters of the state, and accompanied by let ters testifying to the senders pleasure at the opportunity. Hanged Himself. Joseph Richards, of Macon, Ga., white, twenty-eight years of age, the owner of a dray line, hanged himself Thursday. The suicide was the re sult of religious mania. Richards had attended the Silvation Army at Augusta. Thursilay morning he told one 'of his men that he had been tried Wednesday night before the bar ef God for a great crime that he had com mitted an tha: ha m-23t die and n~t see the f d of GAl. Au hour later his body aca found suspended from a raftcrin wasbarn. -Returned to Columbia. The Keeley Institute, which for some mnths has had its establishment in Charleston, is now located in Columbia, where it will be ready for the reception of patients on and after Monday, De cember 4th. The fame of the Keeley ure for the whiskey habit is now firmly established. There are so many in stances,"all over the country, of its blessed effects, that the best testi monials of its success are in the num bers of men whom it has released from the thraldom of the bottle and restored to happiness and usefulness. The whiskey habit is recognized as a disease, and for the cure of that disease the Keeley treatment is employed with