The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, December 13, 1899, Image 1
VOL. XV. MANNING. S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899. NO, 33.
A WE AK P~A'PI'I
A Message Th4t Smys Much But
Means Vry Little.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
Supports the Gold Standard. Op
posed ti T:usts. What He
Says About Cuba and the
Philippines.
Tae ithiird Ltnoual messnto e to co'unIet5
of Pre!ident Wi 'l;1u \lCKii'y is the
)ongst doeun.et yet ihsued by the
hesident. T .h w'!i at raet
widtspread a-ttion1 becaus it deals
with the new conditions brought about
by the accession of ve territory reyult
ing from the Spanih-Awerican war.
and because it will be regarded as the
plea of the Republican ;arty fur the
aupport of the Aieriean people in the
presidential election of next year. Its
main point, are summarized below:
The president begins by stating that
on the threshold of the deliberatios of
congress the members are called upon
to mourn with their counitr men the
death of Vice Pr sident 1,-bart, ay
ing tribute to the worth of the dead
statesman.
The president next declares ui.,I-ii
fiedly for the gold standard. ( this
momentous queitiou he say
"I urgently recommend that to sup
port the exitivg gold s:andard and to
maintain 'the party vulue of the ens
of the two metal (40ld and siiver) and
the Equal power t f every dolia at all
times in the mairket at d in tae pay
ment of debts,' the aeretary of the
treasury be giveu additioual jowe'r and
charged with the duty to sell Iiiteo
States bonds and to employ auch other
effective means as may be nececsary -
these ends.
Mr. -McKinley next discusses the
subject of an American merchant
marine, and earnestly recommends that
steps be taken by congress to encour
age and aid in the establishment of a
great marine, seemingly endorsing the
proposed ship subsidy movement with
out saying so clearly.
OPPOSITION To THE TRt'STS.
Perhaps there is no greater surprise
in the message tLan the president's
reference to the trusts. lie places hi
administration squarely in opposition
to the combinations of trade. On this
subject he says:
"Combinations of capital organized
into trusts to control the conditions of
trade among the citizens. to stifie etn
petition, limit production and deter
mine the prices of produfts used and
consumed by the peeple. are justly pro
voking public discussion and should
early claim the attent'on of congress.
-'NO ENTANGLING ALLIANCES".
Coming to the Transvaal- British war,
the president seemingly rebukes in no
uncertain tones the recent utterances
of Mr. Joseph Ciiamberlain, British
colonial secretary, and M1r. Joseph
Choate, United States ambassador to
England, proclaitno thit this country
and England are practically in alliance.
The president reaffirms the time-hon
oied doctrine that this country shall
remain free from entangling foreign
alliances. He says: -
"This government has maintained
an attitude of neritrality in the unftor
tunate contest between Great iitain
and the Boer states of Africa. We
have remained faithful to the precept
of a.voiding entangling alliaae' as toy
affairs not of our direct concern, Idad
circumstances suggerted that the par
ties to the quarrel would have welcomed
any kindly expression of the hope of
the American people that war might be
averted, good offices would have been
tendered."
TrHE DESTINY 'F CUIIA.
Coming to the acquisition of Porto
Rico and discussing the Cuban ques
tion, the president dwells on the des
tiny of both countries, recommending
the establishment of a civil govern
ment for Porto Rico as rapidly as pos
sibla and the raising of the customs
duties on exports of that island. Hie
declares that the island of Cuba, which
is temporarily under the protection of
the United States, must be turned over
to the people of the island as soon as
a stable government can be formed,
reaffirming the purpose of the govern
ment declared prior to the Spanish war
that the people of Cuba would be given
their freedom and the yoke of Spanish
rule swept away. He say s this pledge
is of the highest honorable obligation
and must be sacredly kept. Then he
speaks of the intimacy which must
exist between America and Cuba and
of the destiny of the island, declaring
we must proteet the people.
THlE PHiLIPPINEs ARE QetlS.
The president relegated the Philip
pines question away to the rear of his
message, but it can be clearly discerned
that he intends what he say on this
subjiect to be regarded as the most iai
portant part of the decument. le be
gins on the question by referrirg to the
treaty of peace betwecen Spain and the
United States signed D~eemtber 10th,
1898, by which Spain -ceded to this
country the Philippine Islands in con
sideration of $20,000,U00 and peace.
He declares on this question:
"The islands were ceded by the gov
ernment of Spain, which had been in
undisputed possession of them for cen
turies
"They were acc-epted not merely by
our authorized agents in Paris under
the direction of the executive, but by
the constitutiona. and well considered
action of the representatives of the
people in both houses of congress. 1
had every reason to believe and I guill
believe that this transfer of sovereign
ty was in accordanee with the wishes
and the aspirations cf tne great mass
of the Filipin9 reople
-'On the 21st of Decemnber, after thc
treaty was signcd; the comnu ander of
the forces of occup'ationl was instructed
'to announce and proclaim in the
most public manner that we came. not
as invaders and conquerors. but as
friends, to protect the natives in their
home, in their emnployments and in
their personal and religious rights."
"It is enough to say that the eiaim
o the rebel leader that he was promised
nependene by any offcers of the
1*-mi -ttes in return for his asalst
has no foundat ion in fact aud is
op)ric4Ally decid by the vcry wit
who were calIdd to prove it
1t u .St the insurgerit leader hoped
1, When ie caie to Manila was the
liberatirn of the islands from the
Spaiish control: which they had been
laborinz for years without uceess to
thro. off.
-The p-otnyt accuplish ment of thi
work by the American Dray and navy
!v-' hin. other ideas andt abi lotion. and
in-i U t Iuetions from various
:uarteis perverted the purpise and in
t*-WtA Ynith which he had taken up
- future gosernmeut of the
Piilppines rest- wit i the coUnrcss of
the: 1,I-nit1d S:a'es. H, we a*Ccep tneem
in a -'rt worthy of our race and our
tra: itmos.a Lreat Ipport unity coin:s
with them. The i:Iands lie under the
slelter of our riag. They are ours by
every title of law ad equity. They
cannot be abandomed if we desert
them. we leave them at once to anarchy
and tinally t. barbarim. We fling
then. a ohlein apple of discord. amonge
the rival wers, no one vf which could
terumit another t,, seize them unoiei
t:oneU.
--Their rich plains anl valleys would
be the scene of icmdiess strife ani
bloodshed. Tne advent of Dewe'
fleet in Manila bay, instead of being
as we hope, the dawn of a new day of
freedom and progress. will have been
the beginning of an era of misery and
violence worse than any which ha4
darkenc. th< ir unhappy pisr. TL e
ei n is been made that we
could r-o ince our au-bho:it y onr the
islaid. :ad giving them independence,
could ,. n a prot:ectorate over them
This pro.oition will : itt h.e nitld. I
am sure. wo)rt hy o 11r seri u amt u
tion. Such an ar an.:ement wu i -
volve at the eu;:et a cI breeh oif
Saith. It would 1-las-' the pe.eeful
ait la:n amj -rity. wlo ask for i o hinL
be-cr thao i tc.,pt our authml(it.., %t
the awrey t f the uniuoerity armed insur
Cent. it would make us responsible
for the acts uf the insurgent leaders
and alve us no p wer to control them.
it would charge us with the task of
protecting them agaicsz each other and
defending them against any foreign
power with which they choose to quar
rel. In short, it would take from the
congress of tbe l'nited States the power
of declaring ,ar and vest that tremend
ous prerogative in the Tagaio leader of
the hour.
A FATAL FIRE.
Six Hundred Working Girls Caged in
a Burning Building.
One of the most appalling fires that
has ever visited Reading, Pa., occurred
Thur.,day when the extensive hosiery
mill of Nolde & Hurst company took
fire. destroying the plant. causing the
death of Miss Louisa Clay and injuring
about GO other employees of the com
pany.
The hosiery buildig was a large
four-story structure, and nearly 6U0
persons were employed, most of them
being women and girls. The fire was
discovered about II o'clock and in a
-few moments the girls were panuic
stricken.
They made a dash for the fire escape
and the stairs, but found that the lat-.
ter means of eacape could not carry all
of them down at the same time.
Several hundred of the girls then made
a rush for the wiadows and appealed
to those in the street to save them.
Ladders were brought into use and
many girls were taken from the burning
building safely. MIost of them, how
ever, j';mped and were seriously ia
jured. For a few minutes fronm every
window on the second and third floo.rs
girls leaped one after the other. Some
lodred in the arms of those below, but
many struek the ground. They were
pick-ed up an~d rapidly removed to hos
pitals or their homes. Many of the
irls who escaped by the stairways and
ire e'eapes were badly burned, but
none of thetm, it is believed, was seri
ously injured.
The fire travelled with great rapidity
owing to inflamable stock in the build
ing. By tLose who saw the progress of
the fire it is considered mairactilous that
there was such a small loss of life.
There is much erttiuisml among the
employees because of the fact that the
screens in the windows, except those
at the fire escapes, were securely
nailed to the windowsills. The girls
had to break the window tereens be
fore they could get out to leap to the
ground. Some of the employ es say
that the doors were locked, as a ;uhe,
after the employes were in the build
img. The fire was caused by the ex
plotion of gasoline in the singeing
room. 1It is estimated that the loss is
about8175A.000, on which there is an
insurance of $150.00J0.
California Excursions.
Leaving Washington every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at 10.45 P. M.,
via Southern Railway. New Tourist
Sleepers, personally conducted, go
through to San Francisco without
change of cars, conductors or norters.
The route is through Atlanta, Mont
gomery, New Oreleans, Houston, San
Antonio, New Mexico, Arizona and
Southern Caliornia. The cars are the
very latest pattern of Pullman Tourist
Sleepers. birehwood finish, high-back
seats, sixteen sections, supplied with
linen: etc., same as standard sleepers,
lift~med with Pintschi gas, wide vesti
bule. doulde sash, roller curtains, lava.
tory and smioking room for geutleman
and two retiring room for ladies
Three and one half days to Mexico and
Arizona, foui days to Locs Angeles and
five days to San Francisco. The Tou
rist Car fare is less than via any ether
route, saving from $2300 to $30 00 for
trip. For information apply to any
Agentof the Southecr Raihvay, or A
T.~Ptoston, Ge neral, 51l Pennsylvania
A'.enue, Washington, J). C.
Shot by a Burglar.
Rev David B. Chenev of the First
Baptist C.hurch, ad his wife, were
shot by a bumrglar Wenesday at their
hobmne" en L \; Avnue, Racine, Wis.
lMrs. Chney was. shlot in the breast.
The tbl *lancd downw'ard andi is be
lieveud to have lodged mn her left lung.
Mr. Cheney was shut in the abdomen
and brcast. Both will recover. The
burglar escaped. A large posse of po
lice~ officials and private citizens is
scouring the city for him. [he city is
all excitement. If he is caught it is
believed the law will be powerless to
porvnt his being lynched.
Ll\OA R A 0 .ANTED.
Fow'er, Who was Sent up for
Forgery, is Freed.
CLOSE OF CELEBRATED CASE
Review cf Romantic Career of
Former Presbyterian Preacher
Who Went From Pulpit to
Penitentiary.
S-v 3 ereene Wevinesday granted
a fal pardo3ri A. . loltr. tie
fanwtu5 ar: so l'wrsrbyterian preacli
er. who was convicted in Jly, lS!7, of
forgerv in Greiiilet county .:nd sen
tenetd by Judze Watt-, to Serve three
yar in the State penitentiary. On
Auzust 22 lat Fowler was transferred
by a cOnnuutati,,n to the Greenville
e1unt hainzarn.. where he has since
ben c r inz. The man has now served
nearly twoyears f his sentence and
has a devoted wife and children in
Greenville. Vcry .trong petitions were
presented. Aiong those asking his
pardon were S:te senator Dean. the
tuaster. the clerk of e.urt, the county
auditor. Col. M. L Donabson. E litors
Ilvyt acd ~Willainm. a nui'er of pron
iut ut la ie,. several (f the jir-s %%ho
Sotvieted himn, the ufieers of the chain
gan. ard ot hers.
The following letter from the county
sjpervisor also had much to do Mith
the covroir's deciion in tlw- ente:
11d .M. B1 13 'eLn en2 y. Sv'rn i f
Sw ' Carolina. Cobubia. S CJ.
1),ar So: I have the hionor to request
vnour .n-ileration of the ptti i cf
A. I. a'r for a pardon. I feel that
in onir.g : , it is for the bn-st interests
o. GreeriLe'C county as well as for the
puisoner.
Mr. Fowler was sent to labor on the
public works of this county fron the
penitentiary, having been confined
there about two 3 ears. le has no
hands and is therefore of very little
service, while requiring much more at
tention and care from the cfficers in
whose care he has been committed than
in ordinary cases. His value as a la
borer does not equal the expense of his
maintenance, and it will be a relief to
the officers when this helpless man is
discharged from custody.
I am satisfied that a pardon will meet
with the approval of the best people of
this section. Yours very truly.
J. E. Speegle.
The following facts about Fowler's
case published in The State in August
last at the time of the commutation will
be of special interest at this time:
Number 14,513 will leave the pen.
A. I. Fowler's sentence has been com
muted by the governor. Tl health is
the cause assigned.
Sentenced for forgery, and yet lie has
no hands with which to write! Seem
ingly an anomaly, but nevertheless
true. An ex-Presbyterian minister in
the garb of a felon. When Fowler
committed the forgery of which he was
convieted he had one hand with which
to write, but now he can write just as
weil with none.
When he first arrived at the peniten
tiary the management was puzzled to
know what use to make of a convict
with no hands. lie was first put to
work protecting the strawberry patches
from the ravages of the English spar
rows. Afterwards he was assigned to
other bits of work, and now he is a
very useful laborer in the hoisery mill,
being able with his stumps of arms to
carry the yarn and finished stockings
from one part of' the building to an
other.
The case of A. R. Fowler has been
the subject of many newspaper com
ments, but it is a tale which is very ro
mantic even when twice told.
He was not always without hands,
but lost one hand about five years ago
as a result of an accidental discharge of
a gun while out hunting, lie was sub
jected to censure at the time, for he
had but a few days before taken out
an accident policy, which he had not
received, but the first premium on
which he had paid. The insurance
company contested the payment of the
policy, and its position was sustained
by the courts. He claims that at the
time he was accomplained by a friend,
who testified that the loss of the hand
was accidental. They were riding in a
buggy and the gun was disch'trged with
out his touching it. The member was
taken off midway between the vwrist and
elbov.
The right hand was also lost in a
similar manner. Three years ago last
November, while acting as an insurance
agent in Union county, Tennessee. he
was hunting with a friend, John HI.
Davis. They were sitting on a fence
when a covey of partridges suddenly
flew up. lie reached down for his gun,
catching it with his one hand by the
muzzle. It caught on the fence and
was dsscharged, taking off his only hand
cloe :o the wrist.
The history of the forgery case, as
related by Fowler at the time of his
inareraten, is, of course, somewhat
mitigating in his favor, but lhe makes
no denial of the forgrery.
About three years ago he contmacted
with a gentleman in G reenville, 31r. B3.
H. Livermore. for the purpose of ob
taning a chart(er for a mutual insur
anec company to be e'stablished in
Texas. According to his stetement, M1r.
Livermore was to advance .91,000O and
Fovler was to give his note for thtt
amount until the charter could be ob
taned, lie was arrested for forgring the
endersement on the note. The endorse
ment was that of his brother in-law,
3r. J. D. Harris. [-owleradmuitted forg
irk' the endorsemnit, and, after sen
tene, appealed to a higher court. On
.January is. IUS, he was informed by
his attorney that the appeal had been
disissed.
Fowler sass that lhe v~rote to the
sheriff that he was re-ady to go to the
penitentiary. and was informed l-e
(Fower) would have to lay his own
way. lie stay~d at bomne, spenumng
only c-ne night away, until Corpi Smith
of the penitentiary guard came for him.
And it was charged that he evaded the
law and attempted to escape from-being
brought to the penitentiary.
Fowrler is a native of Greenville coun
ty, and had a little farm up there. His
sentence is for three years. Wheo
wi1 return to bis farm. try to nac
money enough to pay his debts and
then if he succce.i in reinstating *im
self into the confidence I the ple he
will resume the duties f tie mliistry.
Fowler attended the col'ege at Clia
ton, and says that ie :pent a wli~e at
the Columbia Theological seajinar.
le is now, or Las recently bern writ
ing a book. a lstory of his life. It
s.eem o niafalk me that he can wriTe.
and is .;ateineit to that itfeet was
douIbe un tiI i t ixn-;., emonistratedl Ihait
bty tN a p!n t !he -tu ,f hiis right
id h c-uW v.rie as rapi6dly and as
letilyl as an e x pert boiokkeeper with all
Not Much Smalloox.
Dr. .bmsi es E-:an-. scoretary of t: e
state ioard of hteahlh !,a, rite a let
ter to Govert.or Cadilr which ,'; a
r-ply to the u:-ual Gceor;C ia state-me'cnt
that no smallpox (,r ot hor conti.iOs
diseases oI irat(d in that state Dr.
Evan:s in his letter gives a clear and
detinite statement as to the smallpox
situation ifi this state. li :-ays that
the very few eases in the state are in
counties bordering on the Savannah
river. There are only -l f thin and
the state board of health ias isilated
every one of them an3 ha:, t_ forced
compulsory vaccination in the va:ious
communities affected. The rceo ris
show that the disease a .-:r.( ii Ilif
ton Head, Belliger's Hil aid D au.di
Island in Auzust, and ite botrd of
health has traced the hitory 4;f the
ea-e-s to show that it was (:riginlally in
tr. d d e- a Neiro f rom Savannah.
L:, r il 0_.iiba r the disease w i in
tred d from eses origniatl'g in
S iva'ah o:' Aii-luta or throanLhl ieo
p l w had 1 d throuh thm to
this .t:ae.
Fought a Burglar.
dd I. g-te from th- Ol Crors society to
thw 'liii e inlani.. is lyi at the
b m of S1rs. S $ Wi-e. 4Tnir1y
third ent, Chicagi. under a phn.-i
ein ius eire with her fa. e bruise-i and
swollcn anld her arms and body black
and bil as the result of a atruggle
with a unrilar Thursday night. Mrs.
Siurzauburg is a member of a prom
inent family and was on her way to
Washington after being in the Philip
pines sineelast M1ay. E.rly Thursday
morning she was awakened by hearing
some one in her room. M1rs. Schurt
zenburg jumped up end crappled with
the burglar. screaming for help. In
the struggle for the possession of MTrs.
Seburtzenhbrg's jewel ease she was
struck time and time again. The bur
glar finally plunged through a window
and escaped. Mrs. Sehurtzenburg
would have left for Washington Thurs
day but will probably be confined to her
bed for some i-me. She saved hor
money and jewehy.
Body Found in the River.
A dispatch from 1acon, Ga., says
the body of 31rs. Euenia Pottle, widow
of the late J udge Joseph Pottle. one of
the iost prominent men in that see
ion and a daughter of Col. John Hamil
ton, wi; took a prominent part in the
border troubles in 31issouri and Kansas
before the war, was found in Oemulgee
river, just above the city Thursday af
ternoon. Mrs. Pottle disappeared
while on the way from Macon to her
Jones county plantation Monday, Nov.
20, and the searcht for her since that
time had been unavailing uip to Thurs
day. An investigation of the ease
lead to the belief that she had been the
victim of foul play and circumstances
strongly pointed to Allen Fuller, a Ne
gro, as her probable murderer. Fuller
fas been arrested and lodged in Bibb
ounty jail where he will await more
thorough invcstigation of the ease.
M1rs. Pottle was well kraown through
out the State and was a woman of
marked peculiarities.
A Montana Sensation.
A special to The Times from Butte,
Mont., siys: Prof. 31alachy Dwvyer,
an old resident of Butte, formerly of
Ogdensbuarg, N. Y., during a heated
religious discussion with J. S. Charle
bois, the divine healer. attempted to
strike the latter. Charlebois called on
God to protect hinm and Dwyer dropped
dead. The men were i': the public
library at the time. Charlebois, who
is from Helena, is editor of a publica
tion called "The iving Truth..' Dur
ing the discussion with Dvyer, the lat
ter called Charlebois a liar and made a
rush for him with upraised hand to
strike him. Charlebois says he stood
up and called on God to protect him and
before Dwvyer could strike he dropped
dead. Dsvyer was GS years old. The
coroncr' s inquest Thursday evening
developed the fact that death was dlue
heart f-silure produced by excitemnt.
Suffered on Suspicion.
Two Negro women. Dolphuse and
Ida Hooks have been in jail at Macon,
Ga.. for several weeks under indict
ment for the murder of .Jima Jones,
colored. Wednesday Jones made his
appearance and his cominig has caused
a profound sensation among the Ne
goes. A dead Negro was found in
Suth Nacon several months ago, who
had plainly been murdered. Ie was
identified by .Jones's mother as .Jones,
and was buried by her. Suspicion
pointed to the llooks women and their
conviction was regarded as certain.
Jones says he has been working on a
turpentine farm and did not know he
was thought to have ben murdered.
Solicitor 'General Houdges ordered thle
releas-e of the aecused women Wednes
Murdered His Wife.
Iliram Sharp shot and killed his wife
and~ wounded his wounded his imother
in-law at Lithana, Ga., Wednesday.
aimily trouble was tihe cause. Sharp
and his wife had been married 2i vears,
Sharp cscaped into the woods, and a
party of citizens, headed by the sheriff
and a poss~e. have started inl pursuit.
It is ud(erstoo)d there has beeni an es
trnemenr a. several years 'existence
heto en Sharp anjd his wife. A ahort
timeC ..g -Le let him, after a bit
ter quanrrel, but she ret urned, and sinice
they have becCI livi 'g tigeZt at their
country hemne.
A Good Plan.
When the town of Bethlhem, Pa.4,
feeds tramps she raquires them to pay
for their food by brealking stoue, As
stone breaking is not a congenial occu
patios to the average tramp, lie breaks
from that town after the first meal and
gives the town such a hard name that
the other tramps he meets -teer clear
BUI{NE) AT STAKE.
By Thousands of Men at Mays
ville, Kentucky.
PENALTY HORRIBLE CRIME.
Taken from the Sheriff at Court
House Steps Chief Actors
Known. No Concealment
Being Attempted.
Htiehard Coleman, clAorcd, confessed
muderer of Mrs. James Lashbrook, wife
of his employer, expiated his crime in
daylight at the hands of a mob, con
sis:ing of thoubands of citizens, by
burning at the stake after suffering
indescrible torture. The dreadful
speeta(l: occured on peaceful cricket
grounds on the uutskirts of Mavsville
Ky.. Wednesday.
Just two mouths ago liichard Cole
man. the tiusted eiip'loye of Farmer
James Lashbrook, murdered the
woman who had been his benefactor.
Cleai had b. en lEft in charge of the
hou-c. Mis. Ladbbrook had driven to
31ay eville and returned, when coleman
askd her to enter the cabin to look at
olue work at which he had been en
gaged. The negro lock~d the door on
the inside. Mrs. Lashbrook became
frihited and screamed. Coleman
struck her on the head, knocking her
deND, but not sto ping her cries. lie
tLui seized a raz)r and cut her throat.
ile picked up the blecding body and
;hiecd i, on the bed. Ile then left the
rL):u, but returning, heard her still
grebalig and with an axe he struck her
regcatedly on the head until he was
:ure -lie was dead. The negro washed
the blood from his hands ard clothing
and went to where Mr. Lashbrook was
at work in the field and told him that
he had better come to the house, as
some one had killed his wife.
It was not until after the officers ar
rived that suspicion was directed
against Coleman. Blood spots had been
found on his clothing, but he accounted
for that by saying that he had been kill
ing chickens. That night, however,
at Maysville, a partial confession was
obtained, and, knowing the result if
that fact should become known, the
officers quietly took him to Covington,
Ky., for safe keeping. He was indicted
for the murder. Shortly after his in
carceration at Covington, he made a
complete confession of his crime to the
jailer. The story of his crime, includ
ing worse than murder, was told with
out any appearance of feeling by the
prisoner.
The trial was set fur Wednesday.
Sheriff Perrine determined to lave
Covington by the train on the Ch ca
neake and Ohio, which started at 7:30
chek Wednesday morning from Ci
uinnati and Covington. Coleman had
been apprised Tuesday night to prepare
to return to the scene of his crime.
Ile was instahtly stricken with fear and
beggcd piteously to be permitted to
remain in Covinging until af ter his
tial. He said he expected to die, but
he dreaded the vengence of a mob.
When lie was hanreuffed on leaving the
jail in Covington be was almost
paralyzed and had to be assisted to the
patrol wagon. On entering the train
he seemed unable to sit down until one
i the guards forced him into a. seat.
It developed that in the crowd at
Covington and even on the train there
were some of the relatives of Mrs.
Lashbrook, ready to convoy information
if any attempt was made to secrete the
prisoner. Messages were sent here.
The prisoner with his escort arrived at
10:20 o'clock. Sheriff Perrine while
en route to Maysville, had been
informed that a mob was awaiting the
arrival of the train at the depot and he
astely prepared for it by swearing in
deputy sheriffs. As the train puffed
sloiwly into the old station the mob
formed on both sides in two long but
losely huddled crowds. Armed men
stationed themselves at the platforms
of the cars and warned the frightened
passengers to remain quiet and not to
interfere. The sheriff and his assis
tants were str'ngly armed and there
was some resistance as the leaders of
the mob jostled roughly against them
and demands were uttered from the
outer fringes of the crowds for the
prisoner. Sheriff Perrine made a bold
movement and started, walking swif tly,
but with no indications of panic, from
the ear. A step behind him followed
the officers with Coleman in their
midst, seeking to protect himself
behind the brawney form.s of his pro
tectors.
As the offieers p'roce ded the numn
bers of the mob were co e antly swelled
by new arrivals and thr.,oh the down
town business streets to the court
house they were closely fellowed. Hun
dreds ot stones and other missiles were
thrown and revolvers and rifies were
freely displayed. The prisoner was fre
(uently struck and lie presented a
frihtful appearence. the blood stream
ing from wounds on his face and head.
At the court house a mob of over :0000
men headed by James Lashbrook, the
husband, had been hastily fo:med. A
demand for the prisorer was made.
There was a brief strio:ele in which
weapons were hast~'v arawna by the of
ticers and then the r dif and his as
sistants were overee:.. by force of
numbers and the prioner was -seized
by the leaders of the mob. The pris
oer was uragged along by ropes loosely
atteahed to his body. Hie was the tar
gt again of hundred of missiles and
several timies he sank half-conscious to
the ground while the crowd pressed
forward, striking at him with clubs.
sticks and whips until his head and
boy were scarcely recognizable. More
dead than, alive he was dragged along
and forced to his feet. Scores of women
jired the men. The wretch could be
heard ple'dinig for his life, but the ciry
o the prisoner was answered with an
ath and a blow.
The-1lace of esceution had been se
lected weeks ago and all the other de
ilS of the 3rogramme mapped out by
the leaders of the mob. The prisoner
was strap~ped against a tree, facing the
husband of the victim. Large quanti
ties of dry brush and larger bits of
wood were piled around him while he
was praying for speedy death. James
Lashbrook, the husband of the victim.
applied the first match to the brush
the second match. Some one with a
knife was vainly slaslhitng at the pris
oner's chest. Not a single shot was
fired. The purpose seemed t o be to
give the wretch the greatest possible
amount of torture. A fatal shot would
have been merciful and there was no
mercy in the crowd surrounding Rich
ard Coleman.
The ropes securing him to the tree
were burned and his body finally fell
forward on the burning pile. The
crow" used rails and long poles to push
his body back into the flames. It is
not certaih how long lire lasted. Dur
ing the process. while his voice could
be heard, lie begged for a drink of
water. At the end of three hours the
body was practically cremated. Dur
ing all that time members of the family
of Mrs. Lashbrook had remained to keel)
up the fire.
In all the thouzandi -lho constituted
the mob there was not a single effort
made to disguise or conceal identity.
No man wore a mask. - All the leaders
of the nob aie well known and there
are hundred of witnesses who can tes
tify to their participation in the trag
edy. They are leading citizens in all
lines of business and many Pre mem
bers \of churches. County Judge
Harbeson will empanel a special grand
jury at once to make a speedy investi
gation and return indictments against
the leaders of the mob.
The coroner Leld an inquest on the
charred remains of Coleman and ren
dered the simple verdict "death at the
ihands of a niib." The body was left
lying there and at present has not been
removed. Relic hunters took away
teeth and bones and flesh and every
fragment that they could lay hands
upon. All the afternoon children,
some of them not more than six years
old kept up the fires on the blackened
oody by throwing grass, kindling wood,
brush, bits of boards and everything
embustible that they could gather
Theact-on of the mob seems to be
generdly apor)vcd. even by women
who think that hereafter they will be
safer.
BADLY SCARED.
Believe the World i3 to End About
Christmas Time.
Wild and super;titious negroes in
Charleston are very much excited and
alarmed at what they believe to be the
approaching end of the world. Accord
ing to the opinion expressed by ignor
ant leaders the worla is scheduled to
make a grand finish with the end of the
present year, and negroes who take
stock in this doctaine are making prepa
rations for a religious departure. The
fact that the century is about to close
has strengthened the belief that the
end cf the world is near and in many
of the smaller churches around town
ministers are hitting hard licks in the
converting line. The . congregations
have been told that their time on earth
is short: that when another year should
blossom forth it will not blossom, but
that a great sea of fire will sweep down
and the end will come. Naturally the
word of a preacher is believed by ignor
ant followers and among certain classes
there is a strong belief that the year
soon to close will be the last.
There are thousands of negroes
round here' however, who are scoffing
roperly at the wild teaching of the
'daffy" leaders. The end of the world
will come, they say, when no man
watcheth and "while the bridegroom
leereth his sleep.' But notwith
standing the preaching of intelligent
eaders the first impressions made by
wild-eyed gang are still being believed
irmly and it is rather diffieult to put
he ignorant classes straight. The
ther week, when the meteors were
xpr cted to appear, there was a state of
ahbect fear and terror among the super
titious negroes, for they believed that
he falling stars were coiming down to
estr":; the earth, and when the nights
passei without the appearance of the
stars th negroes thought that dates
had becn mixed and that the grand
lame. the fiery burning bush, had been
switehed~ on to a siding to roll down at
the Christmastide. At any rate there
is wild exeitement among the ignorant
negroes and until the new year gets
well on its way they will still believe
that they are to be snatched off at any
old moment of the day or night.
Unavoidably Detained.
Gov.-3IcSweeney expected to go to
Drangeburg Thursday morning to at
tend the M1ethodist conference educa
tional meeting, but owing to the fact
that Private Secretary Aull was called
home yesterday by the sickness of one
of his children he will be unable to
leave the office. He last night wired
the 1Rev. H. B. Browne: "You have
my best wishes, and I greatly appreci
te invitation to be present at educa
tirLal meeting. 3Iuch to my regret
oficial business will prevent me from
being present. Please place my name
n the list for $25.
With bast wishes.
31. B3. 1eSweey."
Ran Away With a Horse.
A dispatch to the Columbia State
from Laurens says: '"Warren G3errald,
young ,vhite man well known to the
uthorities in Greenville, is in jail here
harged with stealing a horse. Thurs
:ay Gerrald hired a horse from Geer
Bros, of Belton, and failing to return,
ne of the 31esars. Geer followed the
man, arriving here shortly after Gecr
raled had been arrested in the act of
selling the animal f or 24 by the offi
ers who had been notified to be on the
ookout for him. Hie will be carried to
Aderson probably by the sheriff of
hat county.
Defended His Mother.
A dispateh from M1ontgomery, Ala.,
as word reached there from Crenshaw
ounty that the 15-year old sonl of
idow Rhodes shot and killed Wil
im .Jones and1 mortally wounded John
Pruitt, while th-:y were attempting to
orce an entrance into his mother's
ome. They battered down the door
ith a fence rail when the boy fired.
Bulling the Mule Market.
Purchases of mules in America for
the use of the British government
seems likely to upset tile calculations
of Americafn live stock men. It is said
orders have been received to purchas
10,000 more animals. Almost this
number have already been shipped
frm southern points.
A GREENVILLE TRAGEDY.
In Which A Moonshiner and a State
Constable Are Killed.
Wednesday afternoon a desperate
fight took place a few miles above
Greenville between Constables Corn
well and Cooley of the State constabu
lary, and George Howard, whose home
is just outside the city limits, on the
Buncombe road near the Sampson and
Poe cotton mill. It seems that Corn
well and Cooley were on the scent of
whiskey wagons and met George How
ard with another man coming from to
wards the mountains, but there is no
accurate information as to what took
place except that shooting began with
out any unnecessary delay.
A dispatch to The State says the
shooting affray took place in a piece
of woods near the Paris mountain road,
just before it crosses the Southern rail
way. George Howard was there with
his unknown companion, who had driv
en a covered wagon into the woods this
morning. The constables were out on
a raid, and circled around the wagon.
One of them discovered liquor kegs and
notified the other. Cooley took charge
of the liquor and carried it to his bug
gy, while Cornwell approached the men,
who were sitting on the ground before
a fire near the wagon. The men sur
rendered without resistance and How
ard says that Cornwell took hold of
him, at which he remonstrated, telling
him that the liquor belonged to the
other man, but that Cornwell again
seized him. After saying this much he
declined to talk anymore.
Cornwell has said that Howard in
formed him that he was not armed, but
that Howard opened fire on him, which
he returned at close range, inflicting
five wounds, and when Howard was
found on the roadside by his nephew
his overcoat was afire from the powder
of Cornwell's pistol. Cooley was put
ting a keg in the buggy on the opposite
side from where the others were stand
ng. and says he was fired upon when
his back w as towards them. He thinks
it was the man who ran away that shot
him, and says the fire was repeated al
most instantly. He raised up and fired
a rifle at Howard and then emptied his
revolver at him.
Howard was wounded five times, the
most serious of which is in the left
breast, just below the nipple, the bul
let going in straight, and the doctors
are afraid to probe for it. He was
taken to his home on the Poe hill, and
the physicians injected nitro-glycerine,
keep his heart going and prevent a col
lapse, while they were examining his
wcunds. Cornwell's wounds are also
considered fatal, the ball passing
through his intestines, and the physi
cians do not express any hope of his
recovery. He was married about two
months ago in Chester county and his
wife is seriously ill at their home,
which caused him to be taken to the
hotel. Cornwell iEalked about 50 yards
on the ro'd to town before he fell, and
when Cooley found him on the side of
the road he was too weak to get into
the buggy. Cooley theu hastened to
town for assistance, which was speedily
given. iowaid walked 100 yards be
fore he gave up and when his nephew
came to him on the roadside driving a
wagon out of town on his way home
Howard informed him very cooley that
he had been in a shooting scrape and
was certain that he had shot one of the
constables.
A dispatch from Greenville to the
News and Courier says: Dispensary
Constable John B. Cornwell, who was
mortally shot in the stomach by Geo.
Howard in Tuesday's fierce battle be
tween dispensary constables and moon
shiners, died Thursday morning at, 2
o'clock. Howard, who was shot five
times by Cornwell, died Friday night.
He made no sworn statement. Cooley
testified before the coroner that he
killed Howard. Cooley's condition is
somewhat alarming. A reporter ac
companied Drs. Wright and Bramlett
on a visit to Mr. Howard at 6j o'clock
Thursday night. MIr. Howard had then
recovered from the first shock, his tem
perature being normal.
The gritty moonshiner looked like a
wounded panther last night as he lay
on his bed with a bored expression on
his face, slightly drawn with extreme
pain, but fire in his clear blue eyes as
he opened them occasionally.
"Did Cooley run?" he repeated in an
swer to a question. "If he done any
running it was at me, not away from
me. Naw, he never run. I know themi
both and saw what each was doing dur
ing the fight."
"Who fired the first shot of the bat
tle-your friends who ran away?"
"I1'll tell you all about that in a few
days," was the reply, after somo hesi
tation. "It hurts me to talk, now.
Naw, it svan't Will Gosnell with me.
I ain't seed Will Gosnell."
The Governor.
Mr. W. A. Reckling, the photogra
p~her, Thursday delivered to the gover
nor's office a composite picture of the
governors of South Carolina since 1876,
which was ordered some time ago. It
is to be placed in the private secretary's
eiziee and is composed of five pictures
of the following governors:
Wade Hamnpton-1876-79.
W. D. Simpson-1879 S0.
Johnson Hiagood-18S0 82.
TF. B. Jeter-1880.
Hugh S. Thompson-18S2-S6.
Tao. C. Sheppard-1S86.
John Peter R iehardson-18863-90J.
B. R. Tillman-1890 94.
Jno. Gary Evans-1894-96.
Win. HI. Ellerbe-1896-99.
Miles B. McSweeney-180)9.
Of these all are living save Govs.
Simpson, Hlagood, .Jeter, Ellerbe and
Richardson. The picture is one of pe
culiar interest, covering as it does two
revolutionary. periods in South Caro
lina polities.-C'olumbia State.
Dive For a Livinsr.
U-ver 100 Japanese women following
the hazardous profession of divers are
found alone the coast of the peninsula.
They are div ded into four batches, and
their age ranges5 from 17 to 30. They
comne almost exclusively from Shima,
Miyeken, a noted fishery center in
Japan. Their earnings are of course
not uniform, as they are paid according
to the amount of their work, which con
sists in diving for agar-agar, seaweed,
sea-ear, sea-cucumber, and so forth.
.Tapan News.
BAD NEWS.
No Hope for Peace in the Philip
pine Islands.
AGUINALDO AND HIS ARMY.
The Americans Cannot Suppress
the Insurrection For a Long
Time and Our Troops Must
Suffer Hardships.
A dispatch to the New York Herald
from Manila, P. I., says:
Hope ol ending the insurrection and
halting military operations in the
Philippines, which seemed 3o bright a
few days ago, has ag iia fadcd into the
uncertain future.
Much has been accomplished. Dur
ing the last few weeks the campaign
ing has been almost phenomenal.
In dreadful weather through a de
yastated country, across swollen rivers,
along roads that were itapassable for
wagons, artillery and in some cases for
cavalry, the advances of the troops have
been so rapid and in so many directions
that they have often been beyond the
military telegraph lines and operations
have necessarily been independent in
being conducted by the field command
ers. The army is rightfully proud.
The insurgents have had a series of
routs and disasters. The slaughter has
been great. They have lost a large
quantity of supplies and ammunition
of war and more-than one toousand of
their armed men have surrenderel or
been captured during their r.:treat in
the last few weeks.
Their government has been s !ttered
or captured. What of it is at liberty
is in flight. A portion of Agu ealdo's
family are in our lines. Aguinaldo
himself is a fugitive.
Notwithstanding all these thiags,
there is no reason for an extreme opti
mistic view of the situation. Nothiog
more is heard of having the rebellion
stamped out in the course of a few
days. That sort of talk only lasted
while the insurgent leader was slipping
away last week. Field commanders
now think that the end is still afar.
It is almitted that little is.definitely
known of the present strength or
whereabouts of the insurgents.
Aguinuldo's army is estimated at
from 20,000 to 30,000 armed men, scat
tered throughout the islands. There
are 45,000 Americans soldiers 'now in
the Philippines, 35,000 being in Luzon.
These are already so greatly scattered
by the recent operations with the ex
ception of those in Manila, where 12,
000 are concentrated, that they seem
like a mere handful. Still we hold less
than one-third of the area of Luzon,
but what we have is the most desirable
territory.
Indications are that Aguinaldo es
caped to the north with a much larger
body of troops than was at first sup
posed. This force reported at from 2,
000 to 3,000 men, was originally re
cruited in the northern provinces and
the men are reputed to be good fighters.
Not one of our columns is in direct
contact with the enemy.' It is a game
of hide and seek and a weary game
it is.
A Filipino Amazon.
A Manila newspaper called Freedom
prints this story as part of an interview
with a Spanish prisoner escaped from
the Filipino lines: "One thing not
generally known is that a saddle-col
ored Joan of Arc is leading a brigade
of the ragtag army. She is described
being about 35 years of age, a pure
Filipino and very plain looking. She
was dressed in trousers, high boots,
short khaki jacket, and carried a hand
some belt, with two revolvers attached.
She wore one of the United States
service hats, and on her shoulders the
straps of her rank. The natives -gave
her every honor and said she was per
fectly fearless on the field. Her hus
band, whom she was with when he was
killed near lImus, was a major; when
he fell she seized his revolver and
tried to reform the flying 'gugus,' but
in vain. For this she was commis
sioned in her husband's place, and has
since been promoted for bravery to a
brigadier."
Will Succeed Brooks.
Gen. Leonard Wood had a conference
with the secretary of war Friday re
specting his future. While neither of
the principals had anything to say for
publication as to the conclusions
reached, it is gathered that Gen. Wood
is to be the next governor of Cuba, suc
ceeding Gen. Brooks, who will return
to the United States. It is expected
that the military force in Cuba can be
greatly reduced in the near future, so
that while Gen. Wood, by commanding
the troops remaining will be a military
governor, the~tre will be so little Jeft of
the militaiy establishment that his
office will be mnch more civil than
military in fact. The reduction in
force will enable the war department to
withdraw some or perhaps all of the
general officeers of the regulars now in
Cuba.
Tampa Cubans Excited.
Cubans at Tampa, Fla., are much ex
eited over several speeches which were
made in cigar factories this morning by
Cubans whose names will not be re
vealed. The speakers were bitter and
incendiary in their language regarding
the American occupation of Cuba and
advocated the use of force and dyna
mite to rid the island of all Americans.
There are several thousand Cubans in
Tampa and it is believed these orators
have come from Cuba to excite the
colony and to raise money later on to
carry out some plan of insurrection.
No More Quails for Him
A man's ability to eat 30 quail in 30
days has been the subject of much spe
culatation. but Clay Smith, a barber
livine in DLanvilie, lil., has proved.that
he can do even better. He has eaten
33 quail in 33 days, and says he will
try to keep the record up for 40 days.
One would not think the task a hard
one but it seems to be. Smith says he
never wants to see another quail as long
as he lives after he wins his bet this