The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, October 02, 1901, Image 1

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VOL XVI MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER, 2, 1901 NO.9 SENTENCE PASSED, Cz igosz to D e Dudrg Litter Part cf Octcbbr. HE COULD NOT WHI SPER. Realiztion el His Awful Pred.ca mint Just Seems to be Comirg to Him, The Scene In Court A dispatch from Buffalo, N. Y. says Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin of Pres ident McKinley, was Thursdasy afternoon sentenced to be electro outed in kuburn State prison d aing the week beginning Oct. 28, 1901. Before sentence was passe, the as sassin evidenced a desirQ to speak, but he could not get his voice zsbove a whisper and his words were repeated to the court by his counsel. "There was no one else but me," the prisoner said in a abisper. . "No one else told me to do it and no oDe paid me to do it. I was not toia anything about the crime and I never thought anything ab.,ut that util a couple of days before I committee the or~e." Czolgotz tat dowc. He was q-ilt calm, but it was ev.deut tat his nnd was floded wi&h thoughts of h' own distress. His eyes were diland mat ing them appEar very bright. His onteis wore a trifle pale ana nis out stretoed haud tremoled. The guaras pu; hanaculfs on his wrists. He looked at the cflicss. There was an expres sion of pref aundest fear and helpieas ness in tis eyes. He glanced about at the people who crowded together in ef torts to get a loon at him. The prison er's eyenas felt tremolously anu then ne fi.xd his gaze upon the floor in front of him. At thiS poiLt Judge Titus came over to the prisoner and bade him gocd bye. Czoigoez replied very faintly, letting his eoe rest upon the man who has been tis cour r ai. -'Good bye," he said weakly. Czwigots was then hurried down stairs ana through the "tunnel. f sobs," to the j di where he will remain until removeu to Auburn to pay the penalty for his crime. Althougn the ame announced for the convening of court was 2 o'clock every seat and ev -ery foot ci standiag room were occu pied before 1 30 ana scores were oiam inng outside itr admission. Te doors were locked and no more were admit tea to the room. The prisoner was brought into the zoom at 5 mmutes to 2. Five minutes later Justice White took his piace up3n the bench. As soon as Justice White assumed the bench, Crier Jitss said: "uruanL to a recess, this trial term of the supreme court is now open for the transacuon of business." - District Attorney Penney said: "If your honor please, 1 move son tence in the case or the people vs. lLdson cz algosz. S&and up, Czainoaz." ilerk Fishler swore the prisoner and hie record was taken by the dismrit at norney as foliows: Age 28 yeari; nativity, Datroit; res .idence, Broaway, io wak, Buffato; oc - cupation, laborer. M1arried or single, snagle. Degree of educauion, commor' schcol and parochial. Itehgioas in strucuen, Catholic. Parents, father lig, mother dead. Temperate or in temperate, temperate. Former con vicuaon of crime, none.. The cerx of the ourt then asked: "Have you any tegal cause to shiow now why th~e senteincs of the court ahourd no; be now pronounced against '4 cannot hear that," replied the prisoner. "Clerk Fisher repeated his question and L~zolgosz replie: "ICd rather have tnis gertlemen here spear," looking towaros Demtrit A; torney Penney, "1 can near hi be; ter," those in ste court room tast they mnust be gaiet or they wculd b~e excluded fromi the roo.. Mr. Penney then Eaid to the prison er: - Czoigot Z, the court wanets to Zno i .1f you have any reason. to give Wny senl -ence snould not be pronouneed against :you. Have you anytnlng to egy 'o the .judge? Say yes orxno." The prisoner did not reply and Jus rice Waite, adaressing the prnsoner, said: -In this behalf, what ycu have a .ight to say relatts explicuily to the suojecot in irazd at tnis uime and which the Iaw provides, ahy sentence shovuld not be now pronounced agamns you and is dekneu by the statue. "1'he fiet is that you may claim that you are insane. --4he next is that you hive good cause to offer either in arrenl of the Juagmenlt about to be pzonounced against you, or ior a new trial, inhose are the grounes specihed by mne stature an whicti you have a rngtt to spe ar at this uim.. and you are at pertect lib rcy to do so if y ou wish." 'The prisoner replied: "I have noth ing to say about that."', 1'ne court said: -Are y ou ready?" Mr. Penney replied: "Yes." "Eiave you any thing to say?" asked Jusuice 'A bite. -Yes," replied the prisoner. "I think he should be peupitte-d tc make a statement in exou4ation of has act if the court please," sai Juege Ti ius. The court replied: "That will depend upon wham his statement is." Justice white then said: "Have you Opeating to Judge 'titus) an.ything to say ia benatf or the pnieoner at this time?" . . --. have nothing to say within the definition of what your henor has read," replied the attorney, "but it seems to me in order that the innocent should not suffer by this defendant's crime, the ourt shouid permit him to exculpate at least his fatnter, brother a.d sisters." From the court: "Certainly, it that is the ot~ject of any statement he wishes to make, proceed." The prnsoner said: "There was no one se but me. No one else to do it, and . o one paid me to do it:" Judge Titus repeated as follows: '"Owing to the prisoner's fee ble voice, * h sa no ne had anything to do with the c inoimin of n, ernme but him itf; - LL.- fathor aad mother aod no n e d angin t o do with and ::C~v U ' .; I t." Thei v pe ner cor;inue: "I was not tod Ca thag about 'Lbtht criae and I never tiLo ) r .ig abou, mui:,r un.il a to d odys before I com nused l crime." J uiige Titus &asin repeated as fel lows: "lie rever iold any one about the crime and never itended to commit it uril a couple day befzre its com 'n J ustice White passed sentance as fLlon: In teking the 1Ie of our beloved preEident x ou commited a crime whic4 shocked and outra. the moral sersa of th iviliz. ru. You have con f2red thuAt gu't d afr learning all C.a n at this tizo can bc learncd freom ihe facts s:: ens'ances the case, 12 gCad jaro:s hve pruunoed you -yad havc found .Cu g-ilty of n urEr in t.e rst degrCe. "You hav Sid, acec reing to the tes dimony of credit:blo witness and Vcurself that no other prerson a:ded cr abetted you in tCh commissien cf this terrible act. Gc d grant it may be so. The p:naIlty for the crime for which you stand convicted is fixed by this statute and it nov becomes my duty to pro nounce this jaigement against you: "To ser.s:ce of toe coura i; that in the rek beginning Oat, 28, 1901, a the placea, in the manner and means Ipresornbed by law, you suffer the punishment of death." "Remove the p:isancr." The cro d slow!y filed out of the room and court adjourned at 2:26. Tre death warrant signed by Justice White is addressed to the agent and warden of Auburn Saste prison and di rec:s him to execu:e the sentence of the court within the walls of the prison on tome day du:ing the week begianing Oct. 28 Lext Dy causing "to Pass through the body of the said Leon F. zolgozz a current of electrioity of suf ffizient intensinty to cause ceah and that the appheation of the said currens of elec;ricity ba continued until he, the said Lzcon F. ( zo!gosz, be dead." Wreck on the Southern. A wreck occurred on the Southern railway Wednesday nigh; near Colum bia, ocaioned4 by a rear erd co1sion. No Ines were lost, t; several persons were badly itjared. Tne wreck blockaded the track fcr a while, but ander the direction of Superintendent Weiles tho treek was quickly cleared and trains .over the divisicn are run ning on time Thursday. Tne follow ow is a list of personal iz~juries: Paa sengers, J. J. Mundy, Lenoir, N. C., rght shoulder and cnest injured; J. D. King, 5idropville, contusion of ChEs.; L V. Wiczer, Coiumbir, shoul der biuiaeu. Epinu , A. S. Sans, Charleston, flagman, right arm bruised; N. H. Bocne, Roweaviile, baggagemas ter, Aef; shouluez ejrained; B. F. Nice y, eni:ineer, left shouicer bruised; John Rkiar, mati clerk, irjurea inter aily; C. fi. Keste:, colored, fireman, eft ankle fractured. As Iz Should Be. The anncuncemant is now made that :enator lianna, Judge Day and other pe:onal fras oi Llhe late President McKniey will form an asciation for the purpose of erecting a mcnumenL o his memory. This is as it snouin be. Tney are the proper persons to ndertake the work; their admiration and affection for him a:e a guarantee diat the plau will be successtuily car red out when~as if the proposition be rompted by a mecnentary and emo onai sympathy on tiL3 par: of those who havo no:t sie motives that actuate hese, his frioizis. inaure is apt to > the rat. .iera : no reason why ontr1iuuuons to the m~onumnent lana shulid no: be secured in ali soiions of :~e country, inciudmng ihs south, from he late president's samirers irrspee ive of party. A iFool Mayor. Ace iading to W isatas to the New Yrn Sun from Not:;h Plai:.field, N. J. ne maaior of ,.:: taan hiss far bidden ho srai of trze Newv Yorz Journal with an tne :imi~s of the musiicipaliry. The nyor cialmns to have acoted on tine aQ ie of thiOe c..rporst-on counsel and asrs bis decree, et i ore on the aile enLn -.tai mhe J.arnai isrcsponiie r anashoy adt a I c-.3-r crimes and vjs. ii ia u ncesiary "' r mar that~ he said mayoz is sa unutter.c-e fool. i-e ises the best ad.verus51.g agent ihe Journal has ever igen soie to se are. T.ne ircedo~m or the press is guar auteid by the coa'etu;.in of the Unit cc Sates c~rd a N.:v de:oey mayor cant at amena teuoaumoe.- Ce dr:ate. A shocking Tragedy. A very ia~d cearn occurr:d in the lower a~esio2 of Greenwiood county lu:day, Sep;. Z-l alnanoon. Young Uare~ca ausoa. thj 16; year old son of Janies 'W. Coliisan cof t.fis city was asce.aentaty shot anu instantly xinied wie eangagnd in taigei thooaing with a Miss 3.iebat, a vinr nt the home of hier trctner-.n-law, Elagene Bowers, with wflom young Goluison was staying. Tne young ?auy had the rifle in ner hand anu in some way it wentoff, the buet striging Gollison in the forehead. '.'e bullet camne out a: the case of the skul. He cand instantly. Oh: the Pity. The Columbia State sas a the Spanish duke of Alva has arrived in New York to witnet a theinternau:enal yacht iace. eis dci,.red to be seven iius a duke, nine times a grandee of Spain of the fl:st clauF, twe~ve times a ma rjaus and jourteen Lt~is count. 'A hat a pity that he cannot be de-married-for e ieaves a wife in pain-and appro priately sabuivided to ireet the wile needs of the New Yora heureseb! Every miilionaire wito mamrageacle ciausnte~re must thank it an outrage upo~n rre-eneai comion sense that all these desirable titles and should be concentrated in ene unavailable individual, May Pay Uim. Some timne ago Joaqain Millk r, "the poet of the Sierras," tooh a lot or prai rie land in TeXxas in payment for ser vices as a lecturer. As be coulcn't take the land witthhim and didn't have any particular use for it anyway, he left it tnere and f or got all about it. Now they are tapping oil wells all around it and the old lellow may get more money out of it than he will know what to do SHE WAS A REBEL. Th3 Mother of President Rooso velt Loved the Soulth AND THE "LOST CAUSE." Hung a Confederate Fieg From the Window of Her New YorK Home During thle Civil War From the father's side may have come some of the blood that gave President Roosevelt his indomitable spirit, but certain it is that the mater nal branch was rich in that quality that marked the Bulloobs of Gooegia for tneir resoluti6of, perzinacity and strength of will. No bettcr exponent of thosa traits could be found than Miartha Bulloch Rosevelt, the mother of the president, says the Savannah Mening News. N~t long after the civil war Mrs Roosevelt was en a visit to S vannah, where she had mny friends. She was a Georgia woman of distinguished an cestry, the Balloch family being one of the best in tie state, and its distine tion in the highest po-itione. It was but natural, therefore, that she should h&ve been well received upon her visit to this city, and that there should have been rare pleasure to her, and unrecon struted "rebel," in her intercourse with her own people, those who had fought and bled upon the field of battle or fought the greater fight of waiting and watching. Reunion with her southern friends, after the years of the war that she had spent at her home in Naw York, was a pleasure to Mrs. Roosevelt, and -it was with the keenest relish that sho recoun ed stories of the times and of the trials that Ehe suffered in the city of her adoption through her unswerving loyal ty to the cause of the Eguth-a cause in which one brother, Irvine I. Bulloch, fought as an officer aboard the cruiser Alabama, and which another b:other represented at England's capita. city. One of these stories clearly revealed the character of the woman and leaves little difficulty in determi2ing whence the president gets some of those quali ties that have tended to his prefer ment. It was at a dinner given in Mrs. Roosevelt's honor by Mrs. Henrietta 9. Cohen, that she told the story. Of late years, because of Theodore Roose velt's rapid advancement, it has been recalled by his mother a old ftienda, who feel pr'd, in having known the mother of the president, and gladly ascribe to her some of the. traits that are seen in the son. It was just when the spirit of peace, uncertain as to whether it should alight, was hovering over the land. New York was afhme with passionate patriotism, and any thing smacking of the Confederacy was not tolerated. Feeling ran high, and woe was it for any who braved the pop ular tide and showed a leaning t.oward the cause of the south. Theodore Roosevelt, the older, de ided at about that time to give some great social function. The Roosevelt mansion was accordingly bravely deck ed in bunting and with American flsgs. Fiom every window, save one, fisw the Stars arnd Stripes. That one wpas of Mrs. Roosevelt's boudoir. Her hus band had not designed to omit it from the decorative scho'me, but she would have none of it. Instead, she hit up on a plan that would clearly reveal her sentiments. Scopying not to consider the peril in which it might place her ar~d her husband, but determined to show that all in that house were not of the cause of the north, she drew from among her most chezishsd treasures the stars and bars, the emblem of the south. Going to ihe window, she firmly fixed its staff and allowed its folds to fintter from the breeze. Oa the instant, almost, the hostile ensign was noted. A passerby in the street beiow described it. In hot in dignation, he pointed is out to another. As mobs wmli, so one began to grow, at d soon the e tteet was chooked with angry peoplei, who shook threatening tists at the Confederate flag and invei ghed most bitterly. Alarmed by the gatheriug that was swelled every mom ent and that directed its wrath again his home, Theodore Roosevelt sought the cause that had stirred the people to anger. He was net long in finding it. Fierce acclaim directed his gaze, which rested upon the -fluttering embl em of the south. Trhe Rooseveit nai ure has isever qunailed before a crowd Theodore, the elder, saw that imminent danger ould probably be averted only throngh his persuading his wife to re move the objsectionable flag. With a word to the crowd, he left, entering tho house and finding his wife. He told her what she already knew--that the anger of the mob had been excited by her indiscreet display of her colors, and that it would be well for her to take in the flag. "I shall not do so," dec'ared the mother of the president." The flag is ine; the boudoir is mine. I love the flag, for it represents my native land. No ruffian hand shall invade the pri va:y of my boudoir to drag down that flag, nor shall ruffian shouts force me to remove it from the window of a room that is wholly mine. Explain to them that I am a southern woman; that I love the south. Do anything you like except touch that flag. It shall net come down." And is did not. Theo dore Roosevelt went again to face the crowd. He made a speech, dwelling with finesse upoM his wife's love for her own land and maulding the mob to his will an to an indulgence of Mrs. Roosevelt in her desire to fiy the flag of her beloved south. The crowd dis persed, but the story remains to show a maternal quality that has made a president.-Atlanta Journal. For Negroes Only. A bank exclusively for the patronage of negroes has been opened in Phila delphia. "Negroes who have any re collection of the Freedmen's bank at Washington will show good judgment by not getting excited over this Phila delphia negro bank, and tumbling over each other to deposit in it," says the Wilmington Star. INKLESS PRINTIEG. An Invention' More Wonder ful Than Wireless Telegra-hy. More wonderful than wireless teleg raphy is the discovery of a mode of printing without the employmen of ink orany I iment whatever. The proceEs was accidentally discovered by Mr. Friese-Greene, who was working in his laboratory endeavoring to perfect a process for the reporduction of photo graphs in natural cnlcrs. The process as described in the last number of the American PresS is interesting. "It would seem that in the last dis covery had been found that long sought desideratum of the ancient alchemists, the "great arcanum." or art of trans muting metals, for the different colors in this inkless printing proces are pro duced by using different metals for types. Thus the action of electricity upon types of blocks of copper produces a green impr3sion; brass, brown; zinc, yellow; gold, oraLge; and by treating tie paper with potash the inventor is able to print in red from types faced with silver. All these colors can be produced at the same time and with rapidity exceedirg even the rate at which newspaperi are turned off the press by present processes. Photographs may be reproduced without interven tion of a "screeen" and with all the ex qaisite detail to be seen in the original. It will not be long before our maga zines and newspapers will ba brougut out beautifully illustrated in colors and at a cost much less than at present, ow ing not only to the saving in inks and in attendance, but t) the rapidity with which the inklese machines may be op erated. E:ectriaal printing machines cin be run, the inventor claims, at a much greater speed than the present day perfecting presses, for the ac ion is so quick that a strong, clear impression is produced by the contect of type with paper during even a thousandth part of a second., The only radical departare is in the presses, the ink rolls being done away with entirely. so that the necassary amount of time and labor involvid in their preparation and car3 may be av avoided. The invention-may be adopted, it is said, to any machine at present usea, which may be converted into one for electrical printing without any great change or expense, it being necessary only to remove the ink rolls and make the electrical connections and, of course, to use the newly invented types. The new printing machine is simple, compact and inexpensive as compared with the intricate presses now in use and can be set up and operate d wherev er sufficient electrical power is avail able. The discovery that electricity might prove dtrectly applicable to printing was made acidentally, in the same manner as many other great inventions have come about. Mr. Friese Greene the inventor, was working one night in his laboratory-for. he has been a long time experimenting on a process for color photography and has become known through his scientific research e-ard accidentally placed a silver oin en a piece of white paper which was re sting on a sheet of tin. The tin plate happened to be connected with the positive pole of ani electric battery, and the coin chanced to be touched by the negative wire. Upon removing the oin a perfect impression was found printed on the paper. The experiment was repeated again and again, always with thae same result, n exact reprc duction in every detail of he original priateel in black. Per eiving the great possibilities in this acidental discovery, the experimenter abandoned all other work and devoted imself unremittingly to a solution of the problem so unexpectedly presented. Afer many weeks of experimentation. ating dierent papera impregnated wih various chemicals and nseg sev ral metals, he at last pzerfected his dis ovry and not only obtained perfect impresions it' black rqgeal to these pro ued withtie best inks, but, by using ifierent. blocks of metals, actually printed any clor desired. B~y enating the portion of the blocks where red is rquirc d with eilver the requisits effect is obtained, with copper for green, brass for yellow, gold for crange, etc. Practiced on .Johnson. George Johnson, colored, aged 37, of Brooklyn, died Wednesday from the :ffec.s of a blow on the point of the ja w received in a frien ily bou.t with ommy West, the well known welter weight pugitiht, at the latter's training uarters, where West was getting him s.f in csondition for a c )ntest at Fort Erie, Canada, with Al Weinig. John son was taken to a hospital and never regained consciousness except for a few minutes after arriving there. West was placed under arrest and held with out bail on a cha4rge of homicide. Fired at a Train. Near Lanes on the Central road Sun day week, a through freight train was ired into, and two small shot imbedded themselves in Engineer Layton't shoul der. The shot was fired on she fire man's side but that individual was not Louched. Mr. L ayton says he hasn't any enemies and cannot aerunt for the shot. It came from a dense wood. A physician extracted the leadon pel lets. __________ Wanted a Change. Miss Helen Bloodgood, the 18 year old daughter of a well-to do New York er, whose whereabouts have been un known, and for whom the police have been on tbe lookout, was found in san obscure New Jersey hotel living und.er an assumed name. She says she "be came despondent" and "ran away from hme fo'r a change,'' and was unaware of the exestement whicn her myster ius departure had created. He May Run. The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier says: "there is some talk that Governor McSweeney will make the race again for governor and there is no dobt about the fact he is be ing strongly urged to do so and frcqu enie letters have been received by h:,m from political friends advising him that his administration has been so success ful that he ought to make the race at all events." Beer and Murder. The Augusta Herald says "Emma Goldman baptized an anarchist baby with beer. IBeer and murder seems to be t-he trng plan k of anarehists." GOES FOR CAPERS. Deas Taiks ot the Condition of the Republican Party IN SOUTH CAROLINA. He Speaks Plainly About Some Things. Claims That Ha Has Been Warned as National Committeema-i. The State says Edmund H. Deas, the Republican State chairman, was in the city Thursday on his way to Wash ington where he is going to lock after a number of things that are in the air in Republican aircles just now. The recent death of Collector Webster, the national committeeman from this State, has started a great deal of talk about the status and future cf the Republi can organi-ation in South Carolina, and the old line Republicans %re boginping to take 02 new life with the advent of President R os.velt. Daas is not only Cte State chaairmau of the party organizntion bat he is now virtually Webster's successor on the national committee also. He goes to Washington having in him pocket the endorsement in writing of 18 of the 24 members of the Republican State committee for the position of national committeemen succeeding Webster. This amounts to his election by the committee. He don not intend, he says, to retain both positions. but will do so for the piesent, until things are mcre settled than they are Just now. Daas was considerably wrought ip over the column article cn the local page of The News and Courier Thurs day in regard to the Rep2blican situa tion in this State. In speaking of the matter he said: "In the article headed, 'Mr. Blalook Wins,' it is stated that there will be an appointment in two or three days. I myself am willing to put up $1,000 that there will be no appointment in two or three weeks. And I am willing to wager another $1,000 that Mr. John G. Capers will never be national commit teeman. This article bears the ear marks of the captain. It is a nice way to win the favor of the negroes by reflecting on them as he has done in this aruole. He ought not to think that he can run over the Ripublicans in South Carolina roughshoa while he himself is a registered voter in the S:ate of Maryland. This article is only intended to force and intimidate the negro into endorsing him. It says: 'It i not out of place j ast here, in pass ng, to remind some of the negroes who are holding ctae that they are loosening the hold they once had on job by dabbling in politics. It is said thst there is an axe for every negro hoding office in Charleston, and 1 sup pone it is meant that there is also one for every negro holding office in Soth Carolina,' Their names have been i nred, it is alleged, on the Esacrifice onnter' and they are to be handed own, and so quickly that they will nt know what hit them. They will ot listen, however, and the men who ave the federal patronage of 8>uth arolina at .the finger tips will put1 cross mark upon the name of every egro who has been doing the con'er mene stunt in Charleston. This was in eprecation ef an alleged conference said to have been held in Charleston, f which your humble servant knows othing. This will hava no effect on the sell-respecting negroes of South arolina. Tney wili stand by their ranization, unawed by fear, unbribed > gain. It is evident tnat this will in imidate and force the negroes into en ersing him as a member of the na ional committee. But the vacancieg n the national commiutee are ~Iied by election on the recommendation of the tate executive commitree as in this :e, and the nationat committce- wifl i~ot meet for about three years to come Mr. Blaieck is a very nica man, a goed epublican and deserves the clleetor thip and we have no objection to him; ut the bad company he keeps and his fool friends that epeak for hi~n are killing him. The Repuolicans have the organization of the State and as be een the patronage and the organi ition, they Will seep the former to the loss of the latter." Lost One Eye. Mr. P. 0. Hagermy of Macon, Ga., was paiafuily irnjured late Saturday night by the explosian of a bottle of p~olonaris water he was opening and as a result of the accidsiit wil lose one fhis eyes Mr. Hagerty was opening the bottle of water which is very i eavr ly charged with gas, when it burst, a fragment of the glass ponetratieg the ee and completely destroying the pupil. As soon as possible he was given sur 1 cal attcntion and the pain was some what aleviated, but the surgeon at OrLee saw that the eyesight had been com pletely destroyd. Mr. Hagerty was remved to the city hospital where he still remains under the casre of the sur geons. His many friends deeply re gret the accident and heartily sympa thize with him iu his tifiomion. From Dorchester. And it now appears that IPresident Roosevelt was of the house of Stewart, South Carolinians of the olden timee, (lecendants of Gen. Daniel Stewart or Rlevolutionary fame. Win. P. Houseal .f Newberry says that among the child en of Gen. Daniel Stewart were Dan :tel McLaughlin Stewart and Marths Stewart. T'he family lhved at Dorches er, in this state. Daniel McLaughlin Stewart was the father of Capt. T1. C,. S:ewart of Newberry, but now in Flori (Ia. Miss M~armha Stewarm married James Stephen Bullock of Georgia, and her daughter married Theodore Roose velt of New York, who was the father f the present Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United states. A Bich Find. Eplorers in and about Chama, Guatemala, have unearthed some rich &nds of coins and jewels, valued at i0,00, supposed to have belonged to the Aztecs centuries ago. The digging fever has struck the natives, and hun dreds of them are gouging into the arh on the hunt for treasures. EVIDENCE OF CONRPIRACY. A Specimen of the Testimony in the Schley Case The most remarkable testimony yet given before the Sehley court of inquiry is that of Lieutenant Commander L. P. Heilner, who was navigating cffiser of the Tsxas in the battle of Santiago. Desfcribing to the court the ailegcd danger in which the Texas was placed by the Brooklyn's celebrated "loop," Heilner affirmed that the distance between the two ships was only 150 yards, yet when he was given the of ficial chart drawn up by Heilner him self and signed by him and ihcr navAl officials including Secretary Long it was shown that the nearest the Brocklyn came to the Texas Pas hailf a mile. Heilner promptly extricated himself by declaring the cbart inaccurate and this refutation of the cffiial document was anproved by j a Advoca:O Lemly. This is very strange, for the chart in question purports to have been piepar ed by seven naval oacerF, thle navigat ing officers of fe participating vessels, endorsod by the seeretary of the navy as correct and submitted to the senate committee in -Lubstantiation of the charges against Sohley. The secretary's report the chart closed bysaying: "In reconiling differez.cas of opinion in re gard to d-.stances, bearings, ranges, etc., full liberty was given to the repre sentative of the ship under dis cussi*)n to bring in any argument or data he considered necessary, and the boaid submits this report with a feeling that under the circumstances it is as clearly correct as is possible so long after the engagement." This "so long after the engagement" was three months-July to October-set after more than three years CommaIdr Hilner repudiates his recollection of three months! Verily this incident is a sweet morsel for those who have been harging a conspiracy against Schley. t is confirmative of that change and it also discredits Heilner's testimony. The S:ate. Fatal Gas Explosion. Six men and possibly seven, were killed and seven injrcd by the ex plosion Thursday of an oil tank of the Essex aid Hudson Gas company at Newark, N. J. The tank which ex plod'ed was one of a number of im mense steel reservoirs which was un ergoing its periodical cleaning, hav ng been emptied of its oil in the morn ing. The tank was 20 feet deep Kirch, geyer entered the man hole first with )ut taking the precaution of having opes tied about them. They were mmediately overcome by the fumes. S'oreman Newman saw this and started own after them, after shouting a warning to the other workmen in the ard. He, too, collapsed in the tank. Nicholas Miller, a grocer - nearby, had mce been foreman of the works. He was in the yards and at once assumed sharge of the rescue. Summoning oth rs the mon began with chisels to out a arge ring in the tank. It is supposed e of the chisels in striking the steel ,used the emission of a spark for in tauntly there was an exploion like that >f -a cannon and then the sheet of lame. Ten mon were cn top of the ank at the time. They were swept away in all directions. Miller, Sny er and the unidantified man were own many feet into the air. The ank was rent in twain and after all as over the bodies of the three in it er taken out. The other tank in he yard were surrounded by flames for ort time but none exploded and the remen had little to do. Ue Wanted IHelp. "The experiment ei taking men from he interior states for service in the avy has, in the main, boon a success ul one," said the naval officer who is m leave of duty, "although it is ex sperating work trcaking them in. iany of them see salt watt r for the irst time when they enter the strvice, rfd their greenness concerning every hing makes them the batt of ail the thers, and, although we try to pro. et them all we can, the old men often ake advantage of their ignorance to muse themselves at the expense of the ~ew men. ' Not long ago I was station d on a neceiving ship. One day during ny wate.1 one of the new men c~ame huang up, and, without going through he rrmai2ny 0f saluting, tiured Cu:: 'I can't do it alone, miste!' "-Can't i whatT I asked,-takang in the situa ion. " 'Why, one of the chaps order dme to weih the anchor, an' I1 can't i t it alne! Daen it all, I don't even now where th~e scales are." Wu's Wholesale Wishes. Wu Ting Fang, who was a guest at a ~ecent wedding in Washington, was ap >roached after the ceremony by 'the est man and jocularly asked to go over o the young ouple and pronounce a 3hinese parental blessing. The oblig .ng Wu immediately complied. Piac *ng his hands on the blushing bride and haking groom, he said: "May every new year bless yon with man child offsipring until they shal i :umber twenty five in all. May these :wenty-five man-children offspring pres 3t you with twenty- five times twenty ive grand children, and may these rand-children-" It is said that the little bride grew ysterical about that time, and the best an made another request to Wu-this ~ime to desist.--New Yzork Times. His Reason. A pariah priest going his rounds one uly day in a little Irish village, met Sfarmer whom he knew well, but who was a Protestant, and not a member, of se flock. Says Pat: "Af ye plase, ier riverince, would ye be so koind as :o pray for a we drop o' rain come Sun lay next, for sorra a thing'il grow in no little garden wid the present hate f the weather," "I'm sorry to hear .t," said the priest kir.dly, "but why lo you not ask your own clergyman, Pat?" "Ah, share, yer riverine," re plied Pat, "and what for would I be xin' him to pray for rain wid thim ocks o' hay a standing on his lawn?" A Novel Idea. The prohibibition people of the town af Dickson, Tenn., have struak on an riginal way to get rid cf the saloon. rher is only one in that town, and they ave opened an opposition beverage dis pensary where drinks of all sorts are 3old at cost. When they drive the )ther fllow out they will shut up shop. WEATHER AND CROPS. Open Cotton Beaten Out of the BoU by Rain. The following is the weekly Iulletin of the condition of the weather and cropi in thre State issued last week by DiTctor Bauer of the South Carolina section of the climate and crop service cf the United States Weather bureau: The first of the week ending 8 a. m., Monday, Sept. 23, was warmer, the lat ter portion decided cooler than usual, with a msximum temperature of 93 de grees at Blsckville, and a minimum of 47 degrees at Greenville. The winds were generaily northeasterly, and were higi during a part of the week. The sunshine waugenerally deficient during the first of the week, while the last three dais were almost cloudless. The rainfail ranged from 0.21 at Charleston to 8.10 at Anderson, with excessive amounts over all but the southeastern portion of the State. The rains were damaging to open cotton, and caused floods in all the "up coun try" streams, submerging lowlands to a greater depth than any previous freshet this season. The rains were beneficial to growing and immature crops. A drought of considerable severity pre vails in the southeastern counties, along the immediate coast, to the in jury o'fall truck crops; there also the sroutd lacks suffcienc moisture to quickly germinate recentlj planted seeda. Cotton picking was delayed, and open cotton beaten out of the bolls, by the heavy rains and winds. The recent cool weather checked the rapid and pre mature opening and decreased rust and shedding. In some sections a large partion of the crop is open, in other places but little has as yet opened. The crop is further advanced, and poorest over the eastern half of the State, while over the western half it is uDusually late, with many young bolls that will require at least a month longer to ma ture. Sea island continues to bloom freely and has improved. Cora is being gathered, and the poor yields confirm previous estimates. Wios is not so good as it appared to be be fore harvest; in the Georgetown district the crop is short; harvest is nearing completion. The hay crop is the largest in years, ard much of it has already been seeured in fine condition. Sweet potatoes are very good. Peas are good. Oats are being sown, and some have came up to good stands. Minor crops as a rule promise excellent yields. Death Was Inevitable. The only important testimony given at the trial of Czolgosz was that of the urgeons, who were thus afforded an op portunity to explain the character of the pr6sident's wound and the exact caase of death. Their testimony as tenographicaLly reported for the New York newspapers is somewhat techni cal but highly interesting. The sur geons who performed the operation a short while after the shot was fired and the surgeon who conducted the post mortem examination, as well as the other attending physicians and sur geons, agree that death could not have been prevented nor could that rasult ave been foretold; that all possible nesures known to edical and surgi al Feience were taken to preserve Mr. McKinley's life, but that from the irst the injuries were fatal and noth ng could have saved him. These men rc of the highesl~ repute in their pro fession, and this fr-es together with he circumstances that no difference of >pinion at any time existed among hem should be conclusive that death was inevitable. The surgeon, who pre formed the autopsy testified that the fforts to flnd the bullet were unavail ng since the family of ected to the mtilation of the corpse which would ave been necessary to locste the fatal issile. This mares is evident also hat any further attempt to locate and xtract the bullet while the president was alive would only have hastened his eath and justifies the procedure of the sureons at that time in desisting from heir search for it. The causes set in notion by the assassin's bullet were slo in operation but their effect was ertain and inevitable. Robbed of its ehnical verbiage that is what the sur eons' testimony means.-The State. Repairing the Damage.' The Galveston News makes the statement thae; the city, which was verwhelmed by d.saster about a year ago, has du~ieg the past twelve months pent morse than $5,5G0,000 in repair ng the damages of wind and flbod. mmense business blocks, big grain ele rators, huge storehouses, fine church s, palaniai residences and costly thea ers and public buildings have been er eted, and today Galveston stands as a mech flner and more imposing city han it was before the dreadful havoc was wrought by the tidal waves that wept over it. In addition to the re biding it is stated that Galveston's xport trade during the past year has xceeded $100,000,000 and has been $16,000,000O greater than for any year preceeding the disaster. Will be Vindicated.. The State says the witnesses who ave thus far appeared in the Schley iquiry have manitestad a strong ani nus against Rear Admiral Schiey, all f them seeming to "have it in for im," as the saying is, yet their evi ence has not been nearly so damaging s the anti-Schleyites would like it. ndeed Admiral Sacly's attorneys have et .with unexpected success in draw ng from hostile witnesses admissions favorable to their client. Unless the overnment is holding its most efife ive ammunition for later use the re mut, it now seems, will be Schley's vin ication. The one thing already un nitakably shown is that a strong rejudice against Rear Admiral Schley ervades the servica. The causa of his is not yet clear. The progress of he inquiry may bring it out. Fatal Famiily Row Randall Meets was snot and killed on he street of Willacoochee, Ga., Friday y 1Eish Lott, his father-in law. Both amilies are prominent. Lott is well o do. The men had some family rouble a few days ago. When they et in the street today each drew his evolver and the shooting began with ut preliminary. Lott's bullet pierced the heart of Nleets and he fell dead. Lott was not hurt, and at once surren derd to the sheriff IT IS COMING. Wireless Telegraphy to Flash Messages Through the Ar. IN GEORGIA AND CAROLINA. The New Company .That is Oet ting Ready to Operate In This Section. How it Works. A specisl dispatch from Atlanta to the Augusta Chronicle says the West em Union and Postal telegraph com panies, from the latest reports, may have formidable and far reaching op postion in the south-a kind of "com petition that competes," contra-distin guished from the brand being dispens ed here in Atlanta by the quondam rival street railway companies. This new entry into the eld is to be the Federal Wireless Telephone and Telegraph company, who propose to flash messages through the air at one cent a word. This new wireless telegraphy bids fair to revolutionize things in the com mercial world if it can be made a go, and the experiments seem to demon strate that it can. The above company will have the exclusive right to manufacture and operate wireless telegraphing instru ments in the state of New York Now Jersey Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virgiia, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The comjany wants to obtain a foot hold in Georgia and if it succeeds, con tral offices will be established in At lanta, with branches in Augusta .and the principal cities and larger towns in the state. Offices will also be established be tween San Francisco and the Klon dike region where the elements pre vent the erection of telegraph wires The installation of a New York Philadelphia line is the first step in. the undertaig. Others are to follow as rapidly as possible, and in a short time the company will boready to open up here in Georgia. The cost of installation is a very small fraction of that of the other com panies. Not only is the.savingin wire, poles and other equipment, as well as the right of way, but the necessity of municipal permits, votes of municipal bodies, and such things is absolutely removed. All that is neneessay is to rent a a room for the instruments at each end of the line and the requiuile ofices where the messages may be handed in by the public. No conduits, no patching of lines, no fights with municipal authorit *i no obstreperous land owners to be pacdee -nothing but the instruments, the fee of ten cents and the flashing of the message through the air, which is as free as it is to the birds. Can it be done at the rate of ten cents for ten words? It is said itocan be done at the rate of one cent a messa'ge, if necessary. The amount of capital engaged in manufasture and trade in the states above mentioned is more than six times that of all the remaining states and territories. The shipping which annually leaves from its ocean and lake pdria is more than thirty times that of the other states. The articles concerning the wonder ful achievements of wireless tele graphy, to which the leading newspa pers of this country and Europe are devoting columns of their valuable space read like fairy tales. -. Such marvelous feats have been as compiished as the sending and receiv ing of messages from oean steamers many miles from land; the sending of telegram through brick walls and iron safes without wires. On the Dake of York's yacht recent ly a wireless message was sent for a distance of 185 miles. The United States government is now working wireless telegraphy 127 miles, under the supervision and direction-of Professor Moore, chief of the weather and bu reau, and Professor Fessenden, govern ment electrician. "No Such Premium." Strange as it may seem some mags trates in different portions of the State have had the idea that because a man loses his citizenship upon being con victed and sent to the State prissa he is not required to pay taxes after he is set free. One magistrate wrote the attorney general about the matter and Mr. Bellinger replied as follows: Daar Sir: In your letter of the 21st inst., you ask to tie informed "if a man who has been convicted and served his time out at the penitentiary at Colum bis, is amenable to poll tax?" In reply I beg to say that no one is relieved of the burden of paying taxes, either upOA. property or r ill, by reason of indict ment or conviction for crime. The law does not place such a premium upon . violation of la w. Promptly Convicted. A dispatch from Buffalo, N. Y., says Leon F. Czelgoaz alias Fred Nieman was found guity Tuesday Sept 24, of murder in the first degrae by a jury in part 3 of the supreme court, in having on the 6;h day of September shot President William McKinley, the wounds inflicted afterwards resulting in the death of the president. The wheels of justice moved swiftly. The trial of the assassin consumed eight hours and 26 minutes and covered a period of only two days. Practically all of this time was osecupied by tha prosecution presenting a case so clear, so conclusive .that even had the pris oner entered a plea fi insanity it is doubtful if the j ary would have retura ed a verdict different from the one rendered. __________ Schley Court Adjourns. The Sohley court of inquiry was brought to a sudden termination for the day in eighteen minutes after con vening Tuesday morning by the an nonncement of the sudden death of Judge Jere Wilson senior ceunsel for Admiral Schley. The announement was made to the court by Hon. Iuidor Raynor. the assistant counsel.