The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, January 23, 1901, Image 1

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VOL. XV. MANNING. S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1901. TIlLS IN KANSAS. Negro Burned at ..the Stake In Leaverw.rth. PROTESTED HIS INNOCENCE Saturated In Coal Oil and Strap ped to an Iron Post With Fagots Piled Aound Him. Only a few weeks ago a negro was burned at the stake in a little town in Colorado, and on Tuesday of last week another was burned at the stake in the very heart of the city of Leavenwortb, Kansas In both cases the negroes were charged with the same crime. The last negro burned was Fred Alexander, who atempted to assault Eva Rothes, in Leavenworth. Kansas, on Saturday evening, Jan. 12, and who is supposed to have as-aulted and murdered Mies Pearl Forbes in Leavenworth in Novem ber last. He was taken from the sher;ff s guard by a mob and burned at the stake at the scene of his crime, half a dozen blocks from the centre of the city. Probably 8,000 people witnessed the lynching. The negro was taken from his cell at the State penitentiary Tuesday after noon, Jan. 15, and carried to L:aven worth. Fifty deputy marshals surround ed him and Depucy Sheriffs Stance Miers, and Thomas Brown sat in the hack on either side of him. Fdty bug gies and wagons followed the hack. Ac Fourth and Oave streets the police in hack following the one in which Alex ander was concealed, jamped out and chased several negroes. In the excite ment the prisoner's hack was franticaly driven to the county jail, where he was locked in a cell ju-t as the mob reached the doors. The jail door were then looked. The crowd first attempted to gain ad mission by peaceful means, but Shcrff Everhardy refused to deliver the ne gro. Then the crowd pushed its way to the side door, and usiog one man as a battering ram, the door was fo ced from its hinges. Then the crowd surged into the co-ridor by the narrow door way. A L:oge iron bar fastened the iron door of tne cell room. Tne door was finally bent sufficient for the men to climb over it. Several gained an entrance in this manner. Meantime the crowd had pushe down tho side gate of the stockade, and a yelling pack appeared in the jail yard. The hinges of the side door made of heavy iron, were out off with sledge hammers and chisels and the door of the cell room broken down. A shaveless man was crouched down in one corner of the dai k cell. Five minutes' work and the heavy lock on the cell had been broken off. A yell of terror issued fronu the cell. Strong men filled the corridors with hysterical laughter. Outside the crowd was yell ing itself hoarse. Then into the cell rushed those who were nearest the door. The mob issued forth in a moment dragging the negro by the leoat collar. He had been struck over the head with a hammer, but was still conscious. Men fought to get at him, and, infuriated. struck savageiy at him. Up the hill into the court house yard they dragged him. Coniess before we harm you," said they. "I AX IssocIN." "I am innocent. I am dying for what another man did. I see lots of my friends here; they know I did not do it. If I had been guiltyJ would have said so at the penitentiary and would have stayed there for lie. The warden told me so. The policemen told me so. Would not I have told them if I was guilty ?" 'You lie," they cried, and one huge fellow struck Alexarnder in the fore head with his fist three times. He epoke with the resignation of a man who sees before him only certain death. A move was made for a large cotton wood tree in a corner of the court houe yard. My God, men," cried the negro in his agony, "l. have told you that I am innocent. I can't tell you any more. 1 did not do it." "He lies; burn him," cried the mob. "Take him where he committed the murder," suggested one. 1 muoediately the crowd, carrying the negro, who was throwvn into a wagon, pu.Led on towards Fvurth street. At 5 o'clock Alexander was brovght to the exact spot where Pearl Forbes, the murdered girl, was found, and a semi circle was fox med. Alexander was brought up in a wagon with a dozen men. The leader called for silence The roar ceased and Alexander was shoved forward into full view of the crowd. A howl went up which was quickly hushed as the prisoner raised his shackled hands and began to speak. Twice tbe crowd drowned his tremtzling voice. "You are going to kill me whatever I say," he said, "but you men are wrong. I want to tell you right now, you have got the wrong man. I did not do that and some day you men hero will run up against the man who did. I know it aint any use to say so, for you are going to kill me, but I didn't do it." The men standing behind Alexarder then shoved him from the wagon and the roar from the crowd drowned every other sound. The negro was q'.ikly driven down the embankment to the pile of wood, with his hands sti shackled, and there bound to the stake. Mar-y of the crowd ce.tried rails arnd boards. Several seized railroad irons and carriec them to the ravino. A railroad iron was planted upright in the mud. This was made fagt te cross iron firmly bound to the upright iron with wire. Arour~d the improvised stake wood arnd board, were piled. To this the maa was dragged ar-d chained in a starding position to the upright railroad iron. Chains and irons were wrappe d about him and with his handi shackled, he was made fast to the post. Coal oil was then poured over him. Before the a arch was applied Joht Forbes. father of the murdered girl stepped up to Akrxander and said: "Are you guihty of murdering ml danghte r?" "I don't know what you have me here for," said Alexander. Forbea renlie~d: "For killing my girl on this very spot. "Mr Forbe;, if that's your name, you h3:e the wrong man," said the ncgro. "Burn him; bura him," cried the crowd. "Gentlemen, you have got lots of time," said Alxa-ider. "You are burn irg an innocent man. You took advan t ag- of me. Y)u rave me no show. Can I see my mother?" A'exatder sgain asked to see his mother. She was called for but she was not in the crowd. Alexander then said: "Will you 14t me -hake hands with all my friend-?" "Y.u have no friends in this crowd. you damned beas-.," said one o! the nn in charge of the negro. "If you have any hi'-g to say, say it in a hurry.' Coal o I w -s then app'iel for the sic and time wh L Al xindt r ea'led to ac quaintances in the crowd and said good bye to them. He ta'ked rationzl'y until John Farbe-, the father of the murdered ;ri, hghted the marehl A.a n Al, xa- d r was a.kel to make a conf.ssion but he replied that he has nothine, t., say. As i ha n t l-?ape s abuat him Aler ander turned a ghastly hue and, clasp i~g his hands together began to sway to ard fro while the cro vd ye ll d. In 've m nutes the ce.ro was hang ing limp and lifeless by the chains that b.und him As soon as the crows saw that life was extinet, it begin to slowly disptr e. Hundreds, however, stayed to the last. Men kept piling on wood all the time until ab ,ut 7 o'cleck when the flames were allowed to die down. From 6 to S o'&c'ok there was a continuour stream of people going to and from the scene o! the burning. Later there was a wild scramble to obsain relies. After Alxender's arrest he was ta ken bMfori Miss Rota, who identrfiei him. Since then a mob has surround ed the penitentiary day and night. To day Gov. S anley ordered two compa nies of in lttia to be at reaiine-s t' start fo: Leavenworth at a moment's noz'c?. Gov. Stanly order 1 Warde'i Tom linson to re'use to tur2 Alexander over to th sher.ff unless he agree. in writ ing to protect him. HARD ON MCKINLEY. He Is AccusE d of Trying to Bribe Two Judges. It is unfortunate for President Mc Kinley that he should feel called upon to take such a tender interest in the sons of two supreme court j istices just at the time when the adminstration is a defendant in a most important case, involving the constautionality of the Porto Rican legislation and the policy of imperialism. One o er .ustices who, although a strong Republican, is suspect ed of an inclination to decide against the administrati.'n's contentions, is Justice Harlan. Mr. McKinley has gone out of his way to mate a son of this justice, who :ives in Chioago, Unitea States district attorney in that city-a highly important place. Con cerning the appointment, the Spring held Republican says that a leading hicago lawyer writes: " Une appointment just at this time of James S. H arlan, of this city to be attorney gener al of Poroto Rico, is a scauidi-ous perf rmance. It illustrates weil Mr. McKinley's methods. Mr Harlan is an attorney of a few years experience and good personal standirg. It does him no it jastice to say that there are fifty men at this bar of his age and experience who are e qually well quahified for the position ana there are nunc reds of such men throughout, the country. There can be no possible ex planation of his appointment, '-unre qaeated," just now, txcept that the vote of his father, as a j ustice of the supreme court, is desired by the administra nion in the pending eases affecting its colonial policy."I Anothe; jistice of the supreme court, whose inclination to side with the a ministration in regard the new possers ons is lets doubtiul, is Mr. Medenna, of California. Tnie Ne w York Limes says that Senator Pctagrew had objcet ed to the cot~firmauion o: young Harian on the score of propriety, and, further more: "At the same time it is asserted that he will also ask the senate to consider the propriety of thie seiection of a son of Asciate Justice MlcK:-nna, to be made a capita and inspector general ini rorto Rico. Hie had been a firat lieu tenant, havinzg teen graduated frim the military academy. Juist bef.>re his pro motion Lit utenant Colonel Rt B. Harri son was discharged from the post of int-pector general of Porto R es because there was no longier any need for his services. Yet, immnediately after his dismissai by telegraph from a post that aru'y officers unite in saying he had filed admira-iy, two officers were as .gned to the same service, Cap: ai Mc Kenna being one of them. Those who cumtnent upon the changes do net ques tion the competney of the war depart ment to judge of the necessity or desir ability of making changes, but it is considered unfortunate that in making the changes i: was consid red inportan to put a son of a ju~stice of the supreme court in a competent officer's place. Of course, it jastice Hiarian is dispos ed to decide against Mr. McKinley on constitutional grounds but takes refuge in toe fact of the appointment of his son to take part in the decision the ad-nini stration wiil succed in readlucing oy one the number of j-itices who will stand for the republic against the empire. We regard the manner in which the ireident is plainly attempting to in fluence the suj reme caurt in this ease as probably the most scandlous and shocking incident in our political his tory. We believe that absolutely no such incident has ever come to the public knowledge in the whele history of the supreme court-Hartford Daily Times. T wo Ladies Killed. A terrible accident occurred near the phosphate mills in Columbia on Tues day mornitg of last week. Two young lacies named Daniels, were on their way just before day light to work in one of the mills. At this point the Sea' board trestle crosses the Southern rail way tracks. The girls, walking arm in arm, stocd on the Southern s track to aatch the Seaboard's train frt m Savan nati come into the trestle above them. They did not ice a Southern shifting engine backing down upon them. One of the girls was killed and the other was so badly injulred that she died later ini the day. THE ARMLY BILL PASSFD. It Gives President Authority to In crease Army. Just before 6 o'clock Friday evening the senate finally disposed of the army reorganization bill. The measure hav ing originated in the senate, the final question was not upon its passage, but upon agreeing to the senate amend ments. They were agreed to by a vote of 43 to 23. The debate upon the bill closed under the special order and the voting be gan upon the amendments to the bill. Mr. Mallory of Florida offered an amendment striking out section 26, em powering the president to amaintain the enlisted force of the army at the max imum strength during the present es igencies of trie service or until such tine as congress may hereafter direct. ['he amendment was re jeoted-26 to 42 Mr. Money proposed an amendment providing that the provisions of the pending bill should remain in force only untii July 1, 1903 after which time the army shoulo be recueed to tre numrr proviced by law prior to April 1, 1898 B jected-25 to 39 Mr. Berry proposed an amendment directing the president to issue a proc lamdton within 10 days after the pas sage of the bill disolaiwing any inten tion on the part of the Uuited States to txe:c'se sovereignty over the Philip pin- islands except for the purpose of pac fi-ation and thereafter to leave the overnment of the islan-is to their peo ple. B jtcted-22 to 43. Senator Mca Liurin voted with the R.:publicans. Mr. Gallinger then offered a new sec tion to the bill, providing that all licenses for the sale of liquor in the Pnilip,>ines heretofore granted, be re voked, and that none hereafter be granted; and that the importation of beer, wine and distilled spirits into the islsands be prohinitea. The amendment was rej cted-23 te 43. The detailed vote follows: Yeas.-Allen, Bacon, Bard, Berry, Clay, Daniel, Debre,Dillingham, Frye, Galiinger, Hale, Hansorough, Harris, Jones of Arkansas; Ledge, McCumber, Mallory, Suilivan, Taliaferro, Teller, Tilltman, Towne, Turley.-23. Nays.-Aldrich,Atlison,Baker, Bate, Barrows, Caffery, Carter, Chilton, Clark, Culb rzon, Dolliver, E kins, Foraker, Foster, Hanna, Hawley, Kean, Kenny, Kyle, Lindsay, McLau rin, Moilian, MaM.son, Morgan, Pen rose, Perkins, Pettus Platt of Connecti cut; Prichard, Proctor, Q iarles, Raw lins, Scott, Sewell, Snoup, Simon, Spooner, S:ewart, Thurston, Turner, Warren, Wellington, Wetmore.-43. Lie amendment of Mr. Lodge pro hibiting the importation into the nilippines of distilled liquors, except for medicinal purposes, was rejected 23 ro 41. Mr. Gallinger then offered his amend ment in moaified form providing that the liquor licenses heretofore granted in the Philippines be revoked and that none hereafter b3 granted. Rejected 20 to 41. Mr. Bacon proposed an amendment striking out of the bill the paragraphs author.zin& the president to increase the numter of men in any eompany of inantry, any troop of cavalry or any lattery of artillery to the maximum. Rj~ctd-22 to 43. 'The measure having or'ginated in the senate, the question then was upon agreeing to the bill as ame..ded. 'Tie motion to agree was adopted -43 to 23 as follows: Yeas -Aldirch, Allison, Bard. Bur rows, Carter, Clark, Deboe, Diling ham, Dousver, Alains, Forak -r, f'oster, Frye, Galainger, Hale, Hanna. Hans brugh Hawiey, Kt an, Kyle, Lindsay, Lodge, McComas, McCunwber, McLau rin, MloMillian, Mason, Morgan, Pen rose, Perkins, Piatt of Connecticut; Pritchard, Proctor, Qiaarles, Scotu, Seweil, Shoup, Simon, te wart, Suli van, Tnurston, Warren, Wetmore. -43. Nes.-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry, Cahry, Chuton, Ciay, Cookrell, Cut berson, Daniel, Harris, Jones of Ar kanas; Kenny, Mallory, Prztus, Ra w ins, la iaferro, Telier, Titlman, iowne, Tuiriey, Turner, Wellington. He Wrecked a Train. Norman Mclinney, colortd, has been lynchied for wrecking the Plant sybttm fast train near iluiinell Fla., on banuay, nigtan~d the victim implica ted two otners wno may share the same late if tuey are cauicht. Ln less than two hours after the wreck, in whieti the engineer was killed, t e Citrus coun ty i.flisers were on the trail of the wreters and a de zen arrests were made before Moncay at noon. All of the ar rests were made on suspicion a.id seve ra of them were liberated, proving con ciasively that they were not the guilty partes. Monday afternoon MceKinney was taking a deep interests in the affair and was promptly arrested by the offi cern also on suspicion. That night he asqestionled so closely and to d so many cot.flicting stories that it was de cided to carry him to Inverness to the county jail. Os the way a mob of 50 or more overpowered the officers and took the prisoner. He was taken back to the scene of the wreck and there confessed to the crime, implicating and describing the two others who escaped but are now being hunted. After the confession, in which he stated that the train was wrecked for the purpose of robry, he was hung to a tree. The coroner's returned the verdict that he met death at the hands of parties un known. No More Child Labor. Sixty North Carolina mill owners, said to represent over 100 cotton mills, met in Greensboro, N. C., Wednesday and cnsidered the questions of redue tions of hours anid child labor. An "agreement and petition" was signed by 40 of those in attendance and it was decided to circulate it among all the mill owners of North Carolina for their approval, It provides that, taking effect March 1, 1901, one week's work shall not exceed 66 hours; no child less than 12 years old shall work in the cot ton mill during a school term; provided this sh3ll not apply to children of wid os or physically disabled parents; that 10 years shall be the lowest limit at which children may be worked; all wil] promoe the education of the working people, on the basis of these agree ments, the cotton mill owners petition the legislature nos to pass any labox law. at this Ssion. IN THE HOUSE, There Will be No More Special Legislation. TILLMAN ELECTED SENATOR. A Recent Decision of the State Suprems Court Causes Gen era! Assembly to Proceed Cautiously. The session of the House on Mon day of last week was devoted almost entirely to the introduction of new bills. The record in the engrossing de partment shows that 150 bills have been p.epared. There was only one second reading bill which the house discussed--that relating to county government in M'rl boro. Mr. Richards moved to strike out the enacting words, on the gr. und that this is special legislation. Mr. Freeman explained that the ex ibting law as to Marlboro is special legi-lation, and there has been some difculty in collecting taxes in that county for that reason. The bill merely seeks to restore Marlboro under the provision of the general act. After some discussion, it was decided to refer the bill to the special commit tee to consider all matters relating to ecunty government. Under previous action of the house, the comnmittee is to consist of one member from each coun ty. Speaker Stevenson called the roll of counties and the following were named by their respective delegations: Abb-ville. Jno. C Lomax; Aiken, R L Gun:er; Anderson, R B A Robin son; B.mherg, A Me. Bostick; Barn well, J 0 Patterson; Beaufort, C J Coleock; Berkeley, E J Dennis, Jr.; Charleston, R M Lofton; Cherokee, T B Bu.ler; Chester, P L Hardin; Ches terfield, G J Redfern; C arendon, M C Qallncbat; Colleton, J W Hill; Dar liogton, W E James; Dorches-r, J D Bivins; Edgelield, W A Strom; Fairfield J G Wolling; Fiorence, J M Hum phrey; Georgetown, M W Psatt; Greenville, B A Morgan; Green wood, J H Brooks, Hampton, B H Theus; Horry Jeremiah Mishoe; Ker shaw, M L Smith; Lancaster, J N Est ridge; Laurens, R W Nichols; Lexing ton, A F Lever; Marion, J E Jarnigan; Marlboro, R L Freeman; Newberry, Joo. F Banks; Oconee, W M Brown; Orangeburg, A H Moss; Pickens, J M Mauldin; Richland, J C Robertson; Spartanburg, F C West; Saluda, J M Sigler; Samter, Tho'. C McLeod; Union, A C Ly es; Williamsburg, J D Carter; York, W N Elder. This is a very important commission. There are many s3 stems of county gov ernment in operation in the State, and it is hoped that a more uniform system can be adopted. For t"at reason this sreial committee was appointed to con sider the general subsented. Mr. Tatum introduced a resolution that one member from each county be appointed a committee to look into the abuse of the fish indistry. After some dicusion the resolation was adopted. The house concurred in the senate resolution to create a special committee of two senators and three representa tives to frame a general bi:1 relating to salaries of county ofiiers. The fol lowing were appointed on the commit tee by the speaker; Jno. P. Tbomas, Jr., J R Ooggeshall and F H MoMas ter. The committee to notify the governor ad lieutenant governor of their elec tion consists cf Senators Appelt and Brice and representatives rarker of Abbeville, Raineeford of Edge field, ampbell of Marlooro, Wells of Flor enee and Cruin of Bamberg. A host of new bills were introduced and the House ad j murned to Tuesday. -rUESDA. When the house assembled at soon Tuesday and when the preliminary busi ness had been disposed of, the speaker called attention to the fact that this was the day and the hour set for the election of U ,ited State senator to suc eed Bon. is R Tillmnan. Reresentatives Gaston, Seabrook and Stroman were appotnted tellers. The speaker then sta'ed that nomina tions were in order. There was no re .ponse, Aftei a pause the speaker si'ed that the balloting would e3:n mence without nominations. Mr. Rtchards of Kershaw suggested that it would be in better taste to have nominations, and he placed the name of Hon. B. R. Tillman before the houe. At this there was a ripple of laughter A number seconded the nomination. The first to vote for Senator Till man was the representative from "Anner son," Mr. Ashley. There were 120 votes cast, of which number Mr. Till man received 120. The house agreed to Mr. Cosgrove s resolution providing for the appoint ment of a standing committee on bank ing and insurance. The speaker subse quently announced the appointment of te following committee: Jamest Cos rve, Arthur Kibler, W H Parker, W H Lockwood, A H. Moss, B A Mor gan, George H Moffatt, Jno. W Crm and W B deLoach. The speaker announced that, as the senate had agreed to the resolution of Mr. Sinkler providing that the validity of certain lost bonds be inquired into, the folloaing members of the house would form a part of that committee; Mr. Jno. P Thomas, Jr., Mr. W H Parker, Mr. W S Smith and Mr. Thos. H Rainford. The last matter under discussion was a concurrent resolution fixing February 1st as the day of final adjournmneus of the house. Mr. Tatumn, authe~r of the resolution, spoke in its favor. Mr. De Bruhl showed the impracti cability of adjournieg on that day. Tne prelions question was called and Mr. Tatum demanded a yea and nay vote, to put the individual members on recrd. Before the motion could be put, Mr. Williams moved to adjourn until Wednesday at 11 o'clock. This motion prevailed, arnd Mr. Tatum's resolution was lef t in stau gqio. The House then adjourned to Wednesday. The House was in session but one hour Wednesday. Very little business a disnosed of, although the calendar was cleared. Under the rule of t house to that effect, a number of bi could not be considered as printi copies had not been plheed upon t] desks of the members 24 hours. The first second reading matter take up was Mr. Tatum's motion to fir Fe ruary 1st as the day for adj rnmer The pending motion was to inde finite postpone. The motion prevailed by vote of 86 to 27, and the resolution w thus killed. &veral other unimporta bills were killed. At noon the senate attended in t' house for the purpose of declaring j. int assembly the result of the electi for United States senator. This w merely formal. The clerk of the sena announced that in the senate B. R. Ti man had received 34 votes. The elc of the hem-e announced that in t house B. R Ptllman had received 1 votc.s. B R Tillman was declar elected. Senator Joo C. Sheppared E-1efield presided at the j tint asset by at.d made the announcement. was a singular turn of events that ti result should be declared by the mi who was l'illman's opponent in t! heated campaign for governor in 189 When the senate had returned to i chamber, the house ac j urned at 12:1 THURSDAT. The first of the s. c -nd reading bil taken upin the House Thursday w that of Mr. Jno. P. Thoma., Jr., to r gulite the botds of public officer There was na debate on the bill. It provides that bonds of all coun office:s must be recorded by the ele: or with the register of mesne conve ance and by him transnti ted immed ately to the secretary of statg, wl shall fire then with the sate treasure The bonds of ounty disp niers mu alts be recorded w.tt the cierk of ca and must be filed with directors of t] State disptn ary. The bonds of State, district and ci uit officers must be reco:dLd by t. secretary of ptate and filed with sta treasurer-and the bond of the latt must be filed with the g-:vernor. A certified espy shall be good at sufficient evidence in suits instituted < such bonds. The last section reads: "That it shall be unlawful for al person to assume or attempt to a-sur the duties of any office in which a boi is required, without in good faith ha irg given the bond required; and ai person asssumiog or attempting to a same the duties of any office as afor said, shall be guilty of a misdemeant and shall be subjeat to a fine of $50 or imprisonment for not less than thr months, in the descretion of the court There was a spirited debate over N Tatum's bill to prevent reckless drivi; on the highways. The bill passed s cord reading. When the bill came i Mr. Tatum said there is now no late < the statute books to reach this offens He declared that the bill had been r ported unfavorably because membe of the committee own race horses at want to speed them on the highway He recalled the fact that one of tI best citizens of Orangeburg had recent been killed by a negro driving reckles ly. Mr. Gaston of Chester spoke in fav of the bill. He had bad occasion to r present a man whose property had be< danaged by a negro driving reckless, and the law gave no redress. Mr. Dunbar of Marlboro and M Rainsford spoke in favor of the hi. Mr Morgan opposed it. The house by a vote of 60 to 41 r' fused to strike out the enacting word Mr. McGowan offered an amendmel to include bicycles un;1er the provisio: of the bill. This was adopted. Mr. Gaston offered an amendment declare more specifiailly what hig1 ways were meant. The bill was impe feet in this particular. The amendme> was r< j aoted. Mr. Sanders off red an amendme: to make the provisi' ns apply to tl towns and cities. This was agreed The House did not do much wor but soon after assembling ad j greed Monday in honor of Gen. R .E. Ls birthday which was Saturday. Mr. Weston's Plari. Mr. Weston Wednebday presented the house a bill to rearrange the co gressional districts. The toll owing the grouping he suggests: Pee Jee Distrit-The counties Marlooro, Chesterfield, DLarlington, Ml ron, Fiorence, Harry and Clarendan. Santee District-l'he counties Georgetown, Williamsburg, Charle town, Berkelev and Dorchester. Wateree Dirtrict-The counties Richlanid, Fairhield, Kershaw, Samte Lan taster and Lexington. Eis~o Detict-The counties Orangeburg, Barnwell, ianiber Hampton, Beaufort and Colleton. Saluda Dirict-The counties Edgefild, Aiken, Sa ula, Ne wberr Greenwood and Laurens.. Keowee Distrit-The counties Abbeville, Anderson, Goonee, Picke and Greenville. Catawba Distrit-The counties Spartanurg, Union, Cherokee, Yo and Chester. Verdict of Guilty. Walter Mc.listr, Andrew J. Cam bell and Win. A Death, three of ti four persons indicted for the death Jenne Bssebie:er, a mill girl of Pate son, N J., who was murdhred on 1 night of Oct. 18 last, were adjudg guilty of murder in the second degre According to the New Jersey law t maxinum panalty for the prisoners 30 years imprisonment. The jury to 14 allots and after summ*oning Jud Dixon and the prisoners, filed into t court room. The pritoners appear very nervous. Mo Alis ter seemed mo exoted than any of the others. He bitting his lips while waitieg. Cam b'll thrust his haid into his trous pockets and clinched his fists in thbe: De ith loaked anxioudly about the cot rom for a mcm'nt and then assumi the same attitule as Campb' 11. An Exciting Scene. There was another effrt in Wedn< day's executive session to t senate to secure the confirmatic of Mr. James S. Harlan to the attorn general of Puerto Rico and as on Tu day, the effort failed because oft absence of an argument. The attempt Ireach a vote resulted in an animal scene in which Senators Foraker a IPettigrew were the principal acto There was a lively exchange of perst alitis. ie N THE SENATE, la !d le Ueutenant Governor Tiliman in the Chair t. a HONORING LEES MEMORY. as at A Number of Bill Passed, Some ie in Killed and New Ones as Brought In te The Senate was in session j-st half 1_ an hour Monday night of lase week On r Tutsday was in session three hour:. After the roll call and prayer Preai d dent Scarborough announced the ap o pointment of Senators Gruber and Gravdon and Representatives J P. T omas. Jr, J. R Ceggeshall and F. ,f Me Ma'ter as the committee to pre M pare a bill fixing the compensation for county officers. e At 12 o'clock, on motion of Mr. 7s Sheppard, the senate proceeded to bal lot for United States Senator, as re q tired by the constitution. This was gone through with without any fireworks is or blowing of horns or clashing of cym as bals. '1 nominate Hon. B R. Till e- man of Elgefield, who was nominated s. at the recent primary," said Mr. Hend erson. "I second the nomination," ty said Mr. Brice. The clerk then called rk the roll and each senator present voted v "Tillman I" when his name was called. i There were 34 senators present and 1o Senator Tillmin received every vote. r. Not more than three minutes was con st sumed from the time of Mr. Sheppard's rt motion until the result of the vote was ie announced, and the senate quietly pro ceeded to other business. ,r The house resolution to extend the le time for the payment of taxes was then to taken up. Mr. Blakeney moved to er strike out the resolving wdrds, and the motion was seconded by Mr. Brice, id Mr. Ilderton spoke for several minutes in in favor of the extension, and there were a number of other expressions pro and con. Finally the senate refused to ty strike out the resolving words by a vote le of 19 to 13. as follows: t. Yeas-Appelt. Blakeney, Bowen, v- Bries. Douglas, Gains, Glenn, Hern >y don, Henderson, Hough, McDermott, y- Stackhouse, Sullivan.-13. e- Nays-Aldrich, Barnwall, Brown, r, Deao, Dennis, Goodwin, Gruber, Gray 0, Ion, Ray. Hydriok, Ilderton, Marshll, ce Mower, Ragsdale, Sarratt, Sheppard, ." Stanland, Talbird.-19. r. The house resolution was then adopt 2g ed by the same vote. e WEDNESDAY. IP The senate was in session not quite D two hours Wednesday, but notwith e. standing that a great deal of time was e- spent in discussing Mr. Graber's "con rs struetion bill," the calendar was id cleared and a number of new bills and s. resolutions were introduced. The sen 1e ate wastes very little time over unim I; portant matters. The two houses met a- in assembly at 12 o'clock to ratify the election of Senator 'illman, but this Dr did not take more than 15 minutes. e- The senate met at 11o'clock and aoj )urn at 1:50, to meet at 11 o'clock this morn , ing. Senator Graydon introduced a con r- current resolution, which was adopted, Scalling on attorney general to report at once what action, if any, he has Staken in regard to the fertilizer trust, sas instructed by a bill passed at the ~last session. 1s The special order for the day, Sena tor Gruber's bill to declare the construc ttion to be placed on certain acts amend ing former acts, was then taken up and r Mr. Gruber spoke in favor of its adop a tion. Senator Mower thought such a law would be harmful and gave illus at trations by which the interest oE the 1e general assembly would be defeated 0- and the result then would be remedid. Mr. Gray don favored is, saying he want k, ed to make the laws so plain that any to layman might read them and tell what es they meant. Mr. Ragsdale favored the bill, as he thought it would prevent many laws being repealed by implica tion without the intention of the legis in lature. Barnweli opposed it. He thought a. the bill unnecessary and calculated is to make confusion worse confounded. Mr. Henderson favored the bill, saying ,f that at present the preamble of an a ct a- re fers to one thing and the body of the aft refers to something entirely diffr* yr ent. A motion w-s made to indefioate a- ly postpone the bill but this was lost by a vote of 21 to 6, and the bill was read of and ordered to its third reading... r, Mr. Marshall's bill as to requiring peace officers in mill towns to give of Dond, passed its third reading and was gsent to the house. The house resolution as to the exten of sion of the time for the payment of tax Ses was read the third time in the sen ate. The senate then adjourned to of Thursday. 2S THurnsAT. On Thursday on motion of Mr. Gray Ddon, the senate adopted a resolution : calling on the attorney general for in formation as to the enforcement of the law in regard to the fertilizer trust. Mr. Sheppard announced that he had been P requested to state that the information ie desired will be found in the forthcam o ing report of the attorney general, which r- will be placed on the desas of the mem ie hers in a few days. id The following bills pa~aed their third e. reading and were sent to the house: 1e Mr. Gruber's bill declaring the con la struttion to be placed upon certain acts k amending former aets. e Mr. Sheppard's apportionment bill. e Mir Gruber's bill to ratify the smend d ments to the constitution providing for Sthe etndemnation and assessment of at landi ft.r drainage purposes. P Mr. Livingston effered the following r resolution. n- "iResolved, that the comprtoller gen ,rt eral be and is hereby requested to re dpo rtto the senate at the earliest prac able day whether or not the provisions of an act to provide for the taxation of telegraph, telephone. palace ear, sleep - ing car, drawing room oar, express and he fast freight, j uint stock associations, na companies, partnerships and corpora ey sions, transacting business in the State i of South Carolina," approved February he 18, 1898, have been compiled with by to persons affected thereby; what com ed panie'l, assocations and corporations ud have made the returns required by said r. acts and whether or not such returns 'm- are in ompliance with the termls of the saidi law: the aggegateO valueo assessed Igainst each of said companies, sso :iations and corporations, and the amount assessed against each in this 3:ate, and any other information he many be able to give the senate in refer ence to the execution of said act." The resolution was adopted. At 12 o'clock the senate went over to the hou-e to bit in joint assembly to witness the inauguration of the gover nor and lieutenant governor. The ex ercises occupit d about 40 minutes. The full account is given elsewhere. After Col. Tillman had taken the oath of office Mr. Sarborough, the re tiring lieutenant gaverner, removed his robe of (ffi:e and helped to adjust it about the shoulders of his Eneessor. There was har.dc!apping in all parts of the hall as the new lieutenant governor faced the assembly aad took the gavel. Cal. Tillman formally anseun. d that the business for which the jo:ns assem bly had convened having been trans acted the joint assembly was dissolved, and the senate returned to its chamber LIXUr. GOV TILLMAN'S ADDESS. W nen Lieutenant lovernor Tulman called the senate to order the aises on ttie floor as well as the galleries were filled with spectators. His inaugural address was brief, but his words and his sentiments were well chosen and he was greeted with applouse as he concluded His address was as follows: 'Senators: In assu ing the dudes of the office to which I have been elected I am not unmindful of the responsibili ties thrown about it, nor am I ungrate fal to the people who put me here, nor can I forget that I preside over a body wh:ch has written some of the highest pages in South Carolina's history. Wnat standard of merit will mark my career in this cffioe, I do not know, but impartiality shall be my guide star. 'It is hardly necessary for me to ex press the wish or even refer to the fact that I trust the accustomed harmony will preval in this body. "In the vast domain of the old een tury, I am gratified to know that there may be found the eemetery of factional differences in South Carolina; and that standing here in the dawn of the new century, we find this is not only a re united State but a reunited nation. Centuries have faded into shadows; in that great period of the past Napoleon had his greatness and his grave; the Southern Confederacy blossomed like the rose, faded and fell; "we stand here t the end of the mighty years' with all the responsibilities of an advanced citizenship; grave conditions confront our country, perhaps a decade may find this the greatest republic that the world has ever known; an empire, ruled by an emperor in royal robes, or a pres ident with imperial powers. It there fore behooves the party, to which we ill belong, to unite and join in the des perate struggle that will decide the destiny of our country. 'Invoking the blessings of the Deity upon your deliberations and asking the gidance of His divine hand for myself L now declare the senate ready for any business that may properly be before it." Mr. Henderson offered the following res )lution, which was seconded by Sen tor Mower and others and adopted by a rising vote: -'Resolved, That the thanks of the senate are due and are hereby tendered :o the Hon. R. B Scarborough, our re iring presiding offieer, for his uniform kindness, firmness and urbanity in the ischarge of his arduous duties.'' On motion of Mr. Sheppard the sen ae then adj jurned to met at U1o'clock Friday morning. The Senate attended only to routine business on Friday and ad journed over to Monday in honor of Gen R. E. Lees birthday which was Saturday. The Salt Cure. A remarkable mall cure is reported from Chicsgo. A seven months-old ihdd was so desperately il of a fever that the family physician gave the ease up, saying the ehi.d had only a few hours to live. Another physicisa was caled. and as a desperate resort it was agreed to use salt. A solution of com mon table salt and water was injected into -the stomach and a smaller quantity into the region of the heart. T welve hours later the injections were repeated, and almosL at once a change for the better was noted. Wihixn twenty-four hours the fever had gone down, consciouscess had returned and the pulse was normal. After the lapse of about three days the child was pronounced well on the road to eom plete recoivery. Five Killed. A head-on collision between freight trains on the Grand Trunk railroad near Lock's Mill Maine early Friday morning resulted in the death of five men serious injury of several others, and four locomotives and 12 cars were demolished. Each train was drawn by two engines. The cars took fire and explosions occurred. It is laimed that the conductor of each believed he had the right of way with a clear traok and each train was taking advantage of down grade to make a fast run. Tne trains met with a terrific rash on the curve at a point where the two grades met. In an instant the four sngines mere nothing but a shapeless pile of iron and steel. Less Than Ten Million Bales. The New Orleans Times Demoerat publiahed a letter from 8tatistician Sil in which he shows that his esti mate at the beginning of the cot'on season, that the ectton crop gould not exceed nine and three quarter million bales, is substantiated by the season's receipts, the present visible and future cutlook.__________ Served Thern Right. At a joint caucus of the Pennsylvania sente and house Democrats Wednes dy. resointions were adopted expelling frm the party and denouncing in very igorous language those Democtats who aided the Qiay Republicans in the or ganation of the house and Win. J. Calvin who also voted for Mr. Quay for United States senator. It Jarred Him. A Georgia jadge who tried to imitate King Soloman in deciding the owner ship of a six months old baby was non plsed when, as he put the infant on the table arnd announced his intention of cutting it in halves with a big butch er knife, the women oried, "Don't do that; keep it yourself," ad left the court hnrritalv SOUNDS THE ALARM Orover Cleveland Speaks of National Decay. OLD POLICIES ABANDONED And the Republic is in Orave Danger A Strong-Appeal for Return to Our First Principles. Ex-President Clev'land was one of the speakers at the Holland society dinner in Now York on Thursday night. He spoke as follows: "The question is suggested whether in preseat condition this conservatism characterises the conduct or guides the sentiment of -our people? There can be but one answer to this question. Con servatism has in a great degree been j auntily cast aside, or condemned as opposed to our country's welfare and glory. ! strange voyage bas been en tered upon without count of cost and without chart or compass. The tried and uMre foundations of our liberty and national happiness have been discredit ed. Reverence for our naional tradi tions has been relaxed and satisfastion with our country's mission has been undermined. The restraints and limi tations of our canstitution have become galling and irksome under the tempta tions of national greed and aggrandis3 ment. Oar old love of pesoe, honor and justice has been weakened and fragauty and contentment are not now traits insaperable from American character. "War, even with the -world's ad vanced civilisation, may still be some times necessary and justifiable, but whether necesaryani jast.fiable or not, ti e demoralisation that follows in its train can never be evaded. It. teaches bloody instructions, which in a- country whose citizens do the fighting, cans not fail to leave their impress for a time at least upon public and private life in time of pese. "Thirty years after the close of the war for the preservation of the union, a treaty of arbitration was formulated between the United States and Great Britian which, if completed, would have gone for towards removing every - pretext of war between the -two coun tries This treaty failed of confirms. tion in the senate of the Uaited States. Less than five years passed and tnese English-speaking champions of peace and arbitration are -still operating on paralled lines-one in the Philippines and the other in South Africa-but no longer for peace and arbitration. Both are killing natives in an effort to poe seas their lands. "This indicates asad relapse, and in our case it is a most serious one. If Eagland succeeds in her attempt in South Africa, she will but add another to her list of similar acquisitions; a brave people will be subjugated, and because of our engagement in a simi lar venture in another quarter they will miss the expressions of American sympathy which we are accastomed to extend to those who struggle for na tional life and.-independence. On the other hand, with success in our sub jugating effort a new, untried and ex eeedingly perilous situation will be forced upon us. We can conquer the Philippines, and after conquering them, can probably govern them. It is in the strain upon our institutions, the de moraliation upon our people, the eva siona of our constitutionat limitations and the preservation of our national mission that our danger lies. As a dis tinguished bishop has said: 'The ques tion is not what we shall do with the Philippines, but what the Philippines will do with us.' ''Oar country will never be the same again. For weal or woe we have al ready irrevocably passed beycad the old line. The republic will an some sort be saved. Shailit be only in name and semblance, with fair external ap pearance but with the germs of decay fastened upon its vitals; or shall it, though changed, still survive in such vigor and strenath as to remain the hopeand pride of Americans? '-the problem is a momentous one. In the midst of reckless tumnult and in the confused rage of national greed and bloodiness, let it be proclaimed that American; freedom..and popular rule cannot perish except through the madness of those who have them in their keeping, and by the blood and sacfices of our-fathers, by the lofty achievements of the free institutions they established, by cur glorious viz tories of peace and by our reliance on the promise of God, the Dateh con servatism enjoins upon our people a faithful discharge of their sacred trust." A Mysterious Murder. The body of a man, with his throat out from ear to ear and showing other marks of violence, was found in a trunk on a pile of skids at the bulkhead of pier 11, East river, New York just be fore noon Wednesday. It was identi fled two hours later by a woman as the body of Miichael Weiseberger, or Weiss berg, an East Side Hebrew, who was employed by a jewehy dirm to sell jew elry on the instalment plan. Police Capt. Titus declared that the motive for theocrime was robbery, and intimuted that at least two men were concerned in in the murder. Attention was called to the trunk by some longshoremen working on the pier. It lay within 50 feet of the rear end of the old Slip sta tion house and on a busy thoroughfare. There~ was a spatter of blood on the trnk. Patrolman Riley opened the trunk, Lying on its left side, and with knees doubled up, was the body of a man, the upper part completely drenched in blood. Examinstion of the body showed, in addition to the terrible gash in the throat, a number of bruises on the abdoen, forehead, chin, nose and lips, and three of the victim's front teeth had been knocked out. The body had been partially undressed. Father and Son. Alexander Chester was ground to pieces Thursday in a shift of the Penn sylvania Coal company at :Pittsburg Pa. His father was was killed in the sam. shaft a short whil. ago.