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O. 1. MANNING, S. C.WEI)NESDAY. AUGUT 1N A SMALL SCRAP. Messrs. Hemphill and Latimer Do the Unexpected. BUT IT AMOUNTED TO NOTHING. A Couple of "Cuss" Words an!d a Little Gesticulation. With One Or Two Blows. That's All. The Columbia State's correspondent says there is something either in the water or the atmosphere that calls forth a dit iculty of some sort every time candidates or ctlieials speak at Galiney. It will be remembered that it was at that place that Senators Tillman and McLaurin found that ar guments availed nothing and both tendered their resignations to Gov. McSweeney, and the incident of the "Jim" Tillman-DeCamp episode. a few weeks ago. is still fresh in the minds of the people. But Thursday twp would-be senators came to actual blows: and all about a small matter. It happened this way: At the senatorial and congressional candidates' meeting held at Gaffney in the court house, Thursday, Con gressman Latimer was the first speaker for the United States senate. When his turn came, the dinner hour having arrived, a majority of the 50 audi ence left. Latimer did not want to speak to the depleted crowd and asked permission of the chairman to be al lowed to postpone his speech until after dinner, the time allotted to the congressmen. The matter was left to a vote, and it was unanimously de cided that the speech be postponed as requested. Latimer jumped up and said: "'I .t you all to come back here and Lear me, for these five lawyers have been jumping on one poor farmer, and I am going to answer them." As they were leaving the bar of the court room Hemphill said: "Latimer, you ought not to say that, for none of us have been jump ing on you today, and you know it. It has always been our rule to end a meeting before we stop, and it will not be right to infringe upon the time of the congressmen." Latimer-You want to make me speak to empty benches: you care nothing for the congressmen. Hemphill-I do care for the con gressmen. and you know it. By this time they were facing each other and both very angry. Latimer-I know that you don't care for them. Hemphill-G-d d-n you, you know that is not true. A BLOW ON TPE CHEEK. Latimer then drew back and hit Hemphill a severe, stunning blow on the cheek. Several men jumped in between them and the driving blow sent by Hemphill at his antagonist fell short of its mark. Hemphill then grabbed his umbrella and tried to hit Latimer over the head of the inter fering men, but he could not reach him. Several men grabbed hold of both antagonists, who were making desperate efforts to get at each other, and in the scufile Hemnphill was pushed back between two chairs in the jury box, but was instantly helped to his feet again. This ended the incident, as far as this correspondent saw and heard. It is rumored that Hemphill followed Latimer out of the court room and asked him why he struck him, and . Latimer replied, "Because you cursed me." " I DID NOT CURSE YOU." To which Hemphill rejoined: "I did not curse you." Latimer said: "Well, if you dia not curse me, I apologize,' This latter statement is mere hear say, but the first part is testimony and was heard and witnessed by many. The whole affair was totally unex pected, for during the entire campaign there has not been any controversy to amount to anything between these two gentlemen, either off or on the stand. BEFORE THlE MAYOR. Both Hlemphill and Latimer were notified to appear before Mayor Little the same evening, and pending an in vestigation both were required to put up $10 each for their appearance. At a late hour the same night Mayor Little decided to allow Messrs. Hemp hill and Latimer to forfeit th~eir deposit of $10 until morning. They Want Him. The Columbia Record prints a very sensational story of an alleged deal be tween Jas. H. Tillman and the blind tigers of the state, which is supposed to account for some of the applause he has received in various cities. The Record says: "A well-authenticated story in circulation is to the effect -that Jim Tiliman has promised com parative immunity to blind tiger deal ers in return for their support, and there is evidence right in this city go ing to show that there is either some thing definite in the report or that there is an expectation that they will not seriously be interferred with in the business in case of his election. There is said to be evidence of the same condition of affairs in Charleston and other cities. Of course combina tions of any sort may be made. but the local dealers no doubt recall the promises of a former governo'r and how they were kept. There is no needl to mention names. These men know the man. The whoule business is pret ty shaky at best in this city. and per nicious activity ini aiding to foist .Jim Tillman upon the people of this state is not calculated to make it any stead ier." A Frightfutl Outrage. News has been received of an out rage committed last Friday by outlaws at Morman Basin, in the Malheur country. in eastern Oregon. There was a settlement known as Chinatown, occupied by Chinesse placer miners. Outlaws set fire to the houses occupied by the Chinesse. The later gathered their money an rushed out, only to be met by the'robbers who knocked them down and relieved them of their treas ure. T wenty-two houses were burn ed. Information concerning the affaii is meagre and it not known whethel TWO MEN LYNCHED. One White and One Black Murderer Hung Together. ('harles Salyers. white, and Harry Gates. colored, were taken from the county jail at Lexington, Mo., by ' masked mob at 1.:0 Wednesday morning and lynched. They were charged with killing George W. .Johnson. a wealthy far mer. who surprised them at his hen house near town a week ago. They were strung up and Salyers made a statement to the mob saying that Gates had tired the shot that killed Johnson. .ohnson was one of the weathiest and most respected men in the com munity and the feeling against the two men was intense. Last night shortly after midnight. armed men came to town by twos and threes. most of them masked. They massed finally near the court yard in which the county jail is locat ed. The mob was orderly and well directed. each man doing his work eticiently and effectively. A demand on the jailor for the prisoners meeting with refusal. sever al men of the mob, who had come well prepared. broke in the outer door and made for the cells of the murderers. It took thirty minutes to cut through the s~tel doors. Salyers. was taken out first. then Gates. Without further ado, the mob start ed with their victims for a point half a mile south of town. Then Salyers was granted permis sion to make a statement. Ie said that Gates had shot Johns after firing three times, and that when the last shot tired Gates had hold of Johnson. Before being killed Johnston had exchanged shots with the men and Gates was found to have been shot in the right hip. Slayers' statement finished, the men were strung up to a tree. They were left hanging and the mob dispersed quietly. Only one shot was fired and that was to put out an incandescent light in front of a livery stable as the mob passed by on the way to the scene of the lynching. Salyer. alias Sacks, had lived here for a number of years and with a family. He had a bad re putaticn. Gates, who was 30 years of age, has served a term in the peniten tiary for burglary committed in Lex ington. A Hideous Curse. E.Benjamin Andrews. chancellor of the University of Nebraska, in a lec ture upon. "The Foes of Marriage" at the University of Chicago recently declared that the American divorce' laws are so loose that they are a curse both upon parents and their child rec. President Andrews also claimed that a bachelor has no place in the social scale and that to marry a consump tive is a crime. Advice to persons intending marriage was plentiful in Dr. Andrews' lecture. "Hasty mar riages do more evil to the marriage relation than anything else,' he declar ed. "Early marriages ought to be disduraged. No one should marry before the age of 21: 25 is the best age. The case which divorce is se cured in this country is the greatest foe to marriage, and, in fact, creates divorces which otherwise would not have been thought of. The injustice done to the children by a divorce in the family is so great that no langu age can do justice to it. No one who has ever been divorced can pass through the experience unharmed. With it goes the best possibilities of a life of service in this world never to return." - Policemen Murdered. Otticers Timothy Devine and Charles T. Pennil, patrolmen of the Chicago police department. were kill ed in Chicago Wednesday in a revolv-1 er battle with what was supposed to have beer. a gang of thugs. Mfuch mystery surrounds the shooting, for both men died before an adequate ac count of the shooting could be obtain ed. Devinie died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital and Pennell on the operating table n 'hile surgeons were probbing for bullets. The fight occurred just before dawn near Jack son Boulevard and Ashland avenue, in the aristocratic sectoin of the West Side. The tiring of shots aroused the entire neighborhood. Citiz.er~s who heard the dying policemen groan rush 1ed to their assistance and saw men running away. Ofticers Pennell heroic ally staggered to a patrol box 100 feet away and sent in an alarm for assis tance. At once the police set a drag net for all suspicious characters and soon had six men in custody. Before Pennell died he was able tn gasp out a few words about "robbers." giving descriptions of two men. Bolt Strikes Church. Richard Dodson was killed and 40 other were injured by a bolt of lightn ing which struck the Baptist church at Leslie. during services. The church was crowded with worshippers when the bolt descended, and that a large number were not killed outright is a miracle. The opening song had been rendered, prayers olTered and the minister had begun his sermon when a~ thnesomcaead fr the swept through the church, striking Dodson and killing him instantly. while 40 others were thrown to the loor byv the shock. but all will probab ly recover. Many narrow escapes were recounted. espccially in the case of a friend of young Dodson. who was sitting by his shoulder when the tiery messenger called him to eternity, and escaped with a very slight shock. which verified the proverb) that one should be taken and the other left. Fatally Injured. Dr. WV. E. Terry was fatally injur d by an explosion of gasoline at Pinnceton, Ky., Wednesday. Hle lit a maitch in the Terry and F-rayer drug store, w'hich caused the explosion and oriiaed a tire that did 8100.O0 damge before it was brought under c~ontroi. Among the losers were the Cumberland Telephonme Exchange and the luistal TIelegraph company. The opera house. Tlerry's drug store and two dry goods stores were destroyed so. Dr. Terry (lied later. BOTH WERE KILLED. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fair Meet a Harrowing Fate. TWO WEALTHY AMERICANS Were Driving an Automobile at Itate of' Sixty-Two Miles an Hour. When it Rec:tIze Uninanagable. 'Ir. and Mrs. Charles Fair. Ameri cans. also related to Mrs. W. K. Van derbilt, Jr.. (Miss Virginia Fair) were returning to Paris from Trouville Thursday when their automobile swerved and crashed into a tree 15 miles from Evreux, France. Both were killed. The chauffeur became insane as a consequence of the shock. Mr. and Mrs. Fair had been staying at Trouville during racing week. They had a very fast horse-power automo bile which attracted considerable at tention, and with which they were highly pleased. Mr. Fair had been from Trouvilleto Paris and back again in one day on the machine. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Fair were taken to the Chateau Brisson 1)u Mai. The accident occurred at half past 2 o'clock Thursday evening and almost in front of the Chateau Bisson Du Mai. The Fair's intended to dine and spend the night in Paris and return to Trouville for lunch Fri day. The wife of the gatekeeper of the chateau was the only witness of the disaster. She says she noticed a big red automobile coming along the road at a tremendous pace. Suddenly something happened and the heavy machine slid sideways from the right to the left side of the road. for about 60 yards. It then dashed up an em bankment, turned a complete somer sault and crashed into a big elm tree in front of the gate of the chateau. The auto was completely wrecked, the front axle was broken and other parts of the machine were smashed, includ ing the steering gear. When the auto turnea over, the wife of the gate keeper says she saw Mr. and Mrs. Fair thrown high in the air and fall with a heavy thud to the ground. The chaffeur, who was sitting behind the J air's, was precipitated into a ditch. Ie staggered to his feet, calling for help. The gatekeeper's wife rushed to his assistance and aided him in ex tricating Mr. and Mrs. Fair, who were buried beneath the wrecked machine :nd in the last throes of death. Both had sustained ghastly injuries and were almost unrecognizable. Mr. Fair's head had been chushed in, while his wife's skull was split. The chaf feur was terribly affected at the calamity and seemed bereft of his senses. He threw himself into a ditch :? the opposite side of the road and robed about crying. "My poor mas ters." Mr. Borson, owner of the chateau Bisson Du Mai. vac summoned, and after advising the local authorities of he accident he ordered the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Fair to be carried to the gatekeeper's lodge. Here - they ow lie on mattresses and flowers have been strewn over them. In the room are three wax tapers burning dimly. The accident was evidently due to the bursting cf a tire. At the time it ccurred the auto, which was capable f running 74 miles an hour was going t the rate of 62 miles an hour. A dispatch from Paris says the fatal accident occurred at the village of Saint Aguilin. Mr. Fair himself was riving his automobile at a high rate of speed when one of the pneumatic tires bursted. The machine swerved, collided with a tree with a terrible rash and was overturned. Mr. and Mrs. Fair were killed outright and their chauffeur was badly injured. The Fairs have been living lately at Paris at the hotel Ritz, and kept their apartments there while they were staying at Trouville. Thursday morn ing Mr. Fair sent a dispatch from Trouville to the managemen u of the Hotel Ritz saying he and his wife would arrive there Thurssiay evening. Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., who was Mr. Fair's sister, returned from Trouville Sunday and sailed for New York Wednesday on the North G;er man Lloyd steamship Kronpri nz Wilhelm. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fair left San Francisco in the latter part of May last for a trip to Europe. Charles Fair was the son of and was one the heirs to the immense estate of the late Senator Fair. 1t is peculiar that the son of the late John W. Mackay, one of Senator Fair's part ners, was also killed near Paris a few~ years ago by being thrown from his horse. A Young Hero. Joseph Land, aged 10 years. a sot of a Philadelphia builder, and Daine] De Angeli aged eight years, a son ol John De Angeli, of Philadelphia, were drowned in the surf at Atlantic City, N. J., Wednesday. Samuel Stagg, 11 years old whose home is In Newark, N. J., and who was bathing with Land and De Angeli narrowly escaped a similar fate. Land lost his life ina vain attempt to rescue D~e Angeli. The latter wvas carried off his feet bya sudden wave and swept beyond hiL dept :. Land wvent to his assistance and both boys were drawn beneath the surface by the strong undertow. Stagg attempted to aid his compan ions, but was buffeted by the break ers to such an extent that he tot would have been drowned had his cries for help not brought a life guard t( his rescue. Typhoid Fever. The Philadelphia Press says thal typhoid is a water-borne disease i; now universally admitted, and is th' chief justification for the enormou: expenditure now in progress to secur< city water from which the typhoit bacillus and other disease germs anc impurities shall have been filtered out lut filtration, while it will decrease typhoid, cannot be expected to ex tinuish it wholly. Ice and milk ar familiar vehicles of typhoid conv~ey ance, and as the experience of on troops in the Spanish war showed. th soil contaminated by typhoid patient sa direct purveyor of thamt disease. A WARNING To Young Ladies Who Answer Matri monial Advertisements. Advertisements for a husband or a wife are frequently seen in the news papers and they. ore answered by many foolish people who believe that it is a sure and easy way to get mar ried rich. A few days ago a negro was arrested for some offense at Little lock. Ark.. and the following accounit was given as to hi-, connection with one of the matrimonial bureaus: A negro. a matrimonial correspon dence bureau. a packet of letters. evidently fro n white girls ai over tie U~nited Stales. was the am:r/.i:ly farcial combination that came t, light in the police department last night by the arrest of a negro calling himself Willie P. Prophet. The man was arrested fur a trivial offense. but it being the invariable custom of t he polic to search every person coming in their hands. the same proceeding was be:gun on Pro phet. A number of articles of no im portance were taken from him. but when the search reached his coat pockets be protested loudly rand tried to keep the ottce'rs from looking into them. This naturally made the searcher a l the more curious to leas n what the man concealed. he says, be cause in this way almost by accident. important matters have come to light. The searching proceeded. whether or no. and a large packet of letters ad dressed to "Willie Prophet." were found. Upon examination it develop ed from the text of the letters that the writers supposed the man to be white. they themselves being white girls. The source of the letters was explained by a ticket membership to a mutual matrimonial correspondence bureau in Austin. Ill. It is the cus tom of the members to give their names and addresses to the bureau. and through its agency are introduc ed by letter to some person of the opposite sex. with whom they corres pond flirtingly. sometimes seriously and courtingly. and rarely.the letters culminate in marriage. So far as known. only people of the same color are thus introduced. It would seem, however. that Pro phet has represented himself as a white man. or rather not represented himself at all, to the bureau and ob tained a membership. Extracts from the letters, however. show that whether or not he men tioned his color at the headquarters of the concern, be told his fair corres pondents some fabulous tales as to his good looks, even going into the de tails as to the color of his hair, for a sentence from one of them reads: "I like the color of your hair and eyes very much, also your age." The tone of all the letters is some what sickening, abounding in such ex pressions as "my own sweet dear" and "my darling Willie," "your loving sweetheart." Now and then is inter larded the single dears, darlings and sweethearts. At first the police were amazed. then wrathful and indignant. and the man had played the monstrous hoax on probably innocent, if indiscreet, young white women, and there were many expressions of regret that the negro could be tried only on the charge for which he was arrested. Some of the writers of the letters described themselves as having blue eyes, auburn hair, fair skin, etc. A few of the places which were given as the residence of the corres podents are Shenandoah, Iowa; East Jordan. Utah; Milford, Michigan: Gainesville, Texas; Ontaria, Canada; and Chicago. Most of the letters were written in small, feminine hands, and a part of them were evidently from young women of education. From other papers which were in Prophet's pocket it is evident that he is one of the victims of the "get rich quick" advertisements, and of every kind of hoax that be worked on the public. One of his letters referr ed to a magic ring, which would give the possessor a charmed life, which he had been wearing and ha:1 sent off to have repaired. Cut in Twain. A dreadful accident happened in the yard of the Atlantic Coast Line in Columbia on Tuesday afternoon. 1th instant, whereby Yard Conduc tor J. W. LaMotte, one of the most popular employes of the road, lost his life. The victim was a Columbian, the eldest son of Col. Thomas .J. La Motte, and leaves a widow and several children, who were not in the city at the time. lHe was about 45 years of age. The accident happened in this way: Conductor LaMotte was taking a number of cars down to one of the phosphate mills. lie was standing or. the top of the second car when sud denly he lost his baiance in some way and pitched between the cars. All nine cars following passed over his body before the train could be stop ped. Those who reached his body tirs; found him dead. The hody was prac tically cut in twvain across the waist. There wvas a contusion on the side cf the head but no other signs of wounds. A Murderous Plot. A plot to destroy the Adams county inirmary at Decator. Indiana, and t'> kill the forty-four inmates was dii covered on Wednesday. A. W. Butler, secretarv of the state board charities, was making an inspection of the buikc: ing and in the room of Charles Escher man. he found a pile of rubbish whica Ihe ordered removed. Buried beneath the rubbish 630 pounds of dynamite, two two-pound dynamite bombs and 115 feet of fuse were found. Escher man has been an inmate of the infir mary for more than twelve years and recently was reprimanded. Since that time he has been sulky. When the discovery of the dynamite was made Escherman disappeared and no trace of him can be found. It is known he has a dynamite bomb with him. Awi'uxl Tragedy. iA special to the Augusta Herald from Mitchell. Ga..- says: "Late Tfues -day afternoon a mad dog entered the ard of Mr. Stanley, a prominent far m ier living near there, and greatly ex cited the family. In attempting to kill the dog Mrs. Stanley shot and instantly killed her sister, Miss Ida [Baker." TAMPA SHOCKED. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. J. Allen Shc Down in Their Home BY A WEALTHY YOUNG CUBAN Whose Relations With the Womai Incensed Allen. She [Lan In to the Range o1'Chavez's Firing. A dispatch ;from Tampa. 1F lorida says at the hine of Charkcs J. Alien on Seventh avenue Tampa Ileights the most fashionable residenee sectioJ of this city. Allen 'id his wife we'n fatally shot by Manuel Chavez one of the wealthiest and most pro minent young members of the Cubat colony here. Alien died this evenin; and Mrs. Allen's death is only a ques tin of time. Many conflicting accounts of thE tragedy are current but the one gen erally believed is that Allen returnec home unexpectedly and found Chaves in his house. and that he assaultec Chavez. striking him a terrific blow it the mouth. Chavez then drew a pis tol and began to fire. One bullet struck Allen in the left side, another in the mouth and the third in the abdomen after passing through the body of Mrs. Allen, who had rushed between the men in an effort to separate them. The shooting of Mrs. Allen is believed to have been entirely unintentional. Immediately after theshooting Cha vez rushed from the house bareheaded and disappeared in his buggy that was standing at the back gate. le subsequently surrendered to the sheriff. An effort was made to get him released tonight. His father's firm, one of the largest manufacturers of. cigars here, offered to put up a hundred thousand dollar cash bond, but as the charge is murder Judge Robles refused it. Prominent attor neys, including Congressman Spark man, have been employed by the de fense. Captured in Philadelphia. The governor was again called upon Wednesday 'tWask a northern gover nor to hold a-South Carolina fugitive murderer awaiting a requisition. Dur ing the morning he received the fol lowing: Gov. M1. B. McSweeney, Columbia, S. C. George McFadden, charged with murder, arrested by Harry M. Quirk, superintendent police, Philadelphia, Pa., at my request refuses to return with requisition, denies his identity, am certain he is man wanted, police threaten to discharge him, take necessary steps to have him detained until requisition obtained, and I can go for him. Geo. P. Scarborough, Sheriff. The following was promptly sent to the chief executive of Pennsylvania: Gov. Win. A. Stone, Harrisburg, Pa. Please instruct Superintendent of Police Quirk to hold George McFad den, under arrest, cbarged with mur der, this State, until requisition pa pers from this office can reach you. Answer. M4. 1B. McSweeney, Governor. This reply was sent to the sheriff: Geo. P. Scarborough, Darlington, S. C. Have asked Gov. Stone to have Mc Fadden held pending requisiton. M. B. McSweeney, Governor. Funeral Directors. The funeral directors associatiot which meet in Columbia last Tuesda: adjourned sine die Wednesday. Th< annual election of otticers resulted as follows: President-Jno. F. Floyd, Spartan burg. First Vice President-J. M. Van Metre, Columbia. Second Vice President-W. M. Waters, Florence. Secretary-G. M. Tolly, Anderson Treasurer-W. H. D)ukes, Orange burg. Executive Committee-- J. M. Connel ly, Charleston: G. M4. Tolly, Anderson J. F. Mackey Greenville. The next meeting will be in Aiken, probably in August of next year. Messrs. W. W. Moore of Barnwell J. F. Mackey of Greenville, J. M1. Con nelly of Charleston were elected de gates to the national convention ir Milwaukee, Wis., in October. Mr. Con nelly is vice president of the Nationa association. Resolutions of thank: were adopted to Major Christian o Richmond for his able papers, and t< the local newspapers. School Teachers Murdered. A dispacth from Manila says an in vestigation made by the constabular; to clear up the facts in the killing o: a Cetu coaching party of four schoc teachers, shows that the party wa ambushed 12 miles from Cebu. Twi teachers were shot and killed at thb first volley, a third, who ran, was sh~o in the back, and a fourth who wya captured, was shot in the chest whil he was praying for mercy. It is sus pected that the fourth man was buriet alive. as his wound was slight, an< probably would not have caused hi: death. Dogs dug up two of the bodie and d.evoured the flesh. It is believe< that sutlicient evidence has beel secured to convict all the participant: in the crime. A Newspaper Lie. " A Georgia woman." says the Bbs ton Herald a few days ago. " is look ing forward to the pleasant privileg that has been granted her of spring ing the death trap that is to hang th negro slayer of her father. The sheri1 says he was looking forward to tha pleasure for himself, but being Southern gentleman. sah, he couldn ref use to comply with the lady' wishes in the matter." The Macol Telegraph nails rhe vicious stor, promptly and plainly, It says: " Thi is a bit of Boston rot. The Associate< Press dispatch about this affair wa sent out from this oflice. The Bostoi paper lies about the woman and th hrir." A TELEGRAPHIC ERROR. The Mix-Up it Caused and How Man Got Away. As has been stated. J. II. Adam who was under arrest in Savannal escaped being brought to this stal probably through a telegraphic err< in sending a name. This is probab the first instance of the kind that eve happened in this state or any other. Governor McSweeney telegraphe the governor of Georgia to have th sheriff of Savannah hold .1. H. Adan until he could send requisition paper for him. An hour or two afterward he received a message from Governo ;Candler that he had instructed tl sheriff to hold "Williams" as request ed. Governor McSweeney was nor plussed for the moment, as he coul not recall any "Williams" that h wanted held. He thought that ther might be a bare possibility that hi telegram might have said "Williams rather than "Adams," but looking over his telegraphy copy book h found that the name "Adams" wa there all right. HIe immediatel; telegraphed Governor Candler that i was Adams he wanted and not "Wi] liams," and soon after he received o reply saying that the sheriff had bee: instructed to hold Adams, but adding that Governor McSweeney's telegranl read "Williams." How "Adams" got changed t "Williams" is the curious thing con nected with the case. The Wester Union officers say the telegram wen "Adams" from here, which, if true puts it up to the Augusta and Atlanta office to show how it was transformer to "Williams" when it got to the lat ter place. It may have been an erro: caused from an operator having one name :n his mind while he was at tempting ;to send another name. Such a thing frequently happens when one is writing, and telegraph operator, are sometimes, no doubt, similarly affected. The telegraph people are making at investigation how it all happened, bu without result, so far. As it happen ed, Gover Candler's message to hol< Adams got to Savannah too late, foi that man had been released for the lack of prosecution and was fined $10 for carrying concealed weapons, whici fine he paid. iHad it not been for the telegraphic error in transmission Adams would no doubt be under arrest in this state, his second wife being g resident of Hampton county. Wed nesday he received a letter from the sheriff of Chatham county stating that by the time he received the tele gram ordering him to hold Adams, the recorder had released him and he hat escaped. To Kill Chaffee. Prepared to take the law into he hands. Mrs. Annie White, of Verde Arizona, is on her way to New York where she expects to have a settlemen with General Chaffee when he arrive from the Phillippines, says The Trib une's El Paso, Texas. correspondent She is the widow of a discharges soldier of the Eigth infantry. On hi deathbed her husband exacted; pledge that she would prefer charge against General Chaffee for allege< cruel treatment at Camp McDowell, post near the San Carlos reservation Arizona. Mrs. White charges tha General Chaffee, then a major, sen soldiers to their home, which was jus outside the reservation, burned thel house. and drove off all their cattle When seen at El Pasa, she said: ". am going to New York to meet Gen eral Chaffee, and if he does not giv me satisfadtion I'll shoot him dead ii his tracks. I have preferred charges but he prevented then from gettin before congress. I have told Genera Miles about it and he says for me t wait. I have waited long enough. want a settlement and I am going t have it. I'll have his life or satisfat tory reparation." Good Sport Ahead. Sportsmen who delight in a da afield with gun and dog are entertait ing the brightest hopes for next seasor They believe that there will be great many quail. These birds ar by long odds the gamest and the mos highly prized of any that are to t found in the South, with the possibl exception of woodcock. The beliE that there will be many quail is ir duced by the fact that May and Jun were dry months. The young bird f lourish best under such condition: When those months are very wet wit heavy rainfalls the chances are the many of the flrdglings will lose thei lives by drowning. During July ther was plenty of rain. There were storrr that, had they come in May or JunE would have left a splender crop ( new birds for the sportmen to seek. Mysterious Homicide. A special from Saluda to The Stat says Tuesday afternoon late the bod of Edinborough Coleman, a negro, we found near Mr. Chester Taylor's. abou 1:2 miles from here. Coleman ha been missing since Sunday. Two gu shots were heard on Sunday mornin that seemed to have been tired nea the spot where the negro's boay wa found. The inquest was held Tfhur! day. but owing to the fact that n evIdence could be had, the usual vei diet " unknown" was rendered by tli jury. The examination of the bod disclosed the fact that two loads< shot had penetrated it. This is ti second (dead negro found in Salud county this year where there was r evidence as to the party doing tI' killing. Fewer Schools: Better Schools. -Of what value can a school of tu to three months, taught by a Si teacher, be to a community? asks tl Educational Bulletin. It can only I a waste of money. Every man can have a school at his door. It will I much better for the children to wal two miles to a six months' school tha to have a three months' school at the door. In some states they have four it to be much cheaper to furnish fr transportation and maintain few schools than to have many schoo located con veniently to the pupils. sis not only found cheaper. but a larg~ and more regular attendance secure d anid more good accomplishe for the money. FOUND DEAD IN BED. a An Unknown Man About Fifty-fig Years of Age. ;, The Columbia State says Thursda morning an unknown man supposed 1 be named .Johnson was found dead i his bed in the H ill house in that cit3 r The man was known to the propriet< Y of the 11ll house, as he had taken se' r eral meals there in the last few day le was found helplessly drunk o d Wednesday night and taken to t1 1Hill house, where he was given a roon a Yesterdas morning about 6 o'clock h s was asked to change from one. room t S another and did so. S About noon a chambermaid opene r I the door of the man's room with a pas e key in order to clean up the root She noticed that Johnson was ver - weak and gasping and ran for help i Otlicer Marsh was summoned, but b e the time he reached the man he cease e to breathe, though he was still warm s Dr. Knowlton was called and pro " nounced Johnson dead. An inquest was held last night. a e whichlittle devoloped, except that th s supposition that the man's- name wa Johnson bad been established by th fact that a lady had heard Sheriff Bu - ford of Newberry address him by tha name. Several persons testified I among them Dr. Knowlton. who as serted his belief that the man die( 1 from natural causes. A verdict was rendered by the jury expressing thi theory. Sheriff Bnford was tele - graphed by Coroner W. S. Green re garding the indenity of the man, bul up to a late hour last night no answe , had been received. The body will b held for indentification at the under taking establishing of McCormick 3 - Pletscber. "Johnson" was a man of apparent ly about 160 pounds in weight and about 55 years of age, His hair is iror gray closely apped and his face is shaven except for an iron gray mous che. Upon the right forearm is tat tooed a star and a flower. Behind the left shoulder is a large scar and be hind the right shoulder a small' one. There are vaccination marks on both aams. A small ring was found on the little finger of the left hand. By Maryland Women. The memory of the Maryland Con federates is to be perpetuated by the women of Maryland, in a monumen1 which will be erected in Baltimore The sculptor is F. Wellington Ruck stahl, of New York, who calls hi: - production "The Spirit of the Con federacy." The Brooklyn Eagle thus describes the stature: The group is 12 1-2 feet high and speaks for itself In it Mr Ruckstahl has put the best spirit of the South, of the soldier wh< went into the fight from a simpli sense of duty as he saw it, who fough his losing battle bravely and loyall, eunder most discouraging condition and in face of sore privations, whos valor both north and south are prou a to honor as Americans. The soldie in the monument has fought his fight - and lost it. He is dying, but dying it the arms of Fame. There is neithe I hate nor bitterness in his heart. Morta pain there is in his face and a sugges ition of sadness. The uselessnessof it a. s Is in the limp, nerveless arm, with it I broken musket stock. But Fame hold Sthe drooping figure in one arm, whili ,with the other she holds aloft to th world the laurels that he has fairl t won. The group is an apotheosis a t the Confederacy, its valor, Its suffex r ing and its sublime patience, and sug .gesting the Spartan spirit of souther [womanhood, nerving her sons to th - last measure of devotion and subtait a ing them in the throes of the final di iaster." S Looked Death in the Face. 1 Mr. Frank M. Harrison, a promir D ent citizen of the Walnut Grov l neighboi-hood, of Spartanburg County D had a horrible experience while di - ing to his home from Spartanburg a few days ago. The public highwa crosses the railroad down a steep ir cline, and on one side the trac is sunk in a deep cut. -Just as M3 -Harrison, who was accompanied by -little girl named Lillie Veagey, al 'proached, a freight train passed, an e he considered the crossing safe. A t his horse's bead reached the centre< e the track, however, he heard a shori e and looking up saw a material trai f backing down upon him at trement -ous speed. The shout had come froi e the engineer, 100 yards away, and tb s nearest car was within twenty feel -With a powerful effort Mr. Harriso [ jerked the horse to its haunches; bu t the hill behind Was too steep to admi r of retreat by backing. The first ca e struck the horse's head, and the pasi ing cars rubbed the animal's bea 4 neck until a projecting bolthea I caught in a hame, bending and breal ing it. With remarkable intelligenc the horse stood firm. Because of tl little girl Mr. Harrison did not jumi e and in this horrible- position they si I until the entire train passed. s Aside from the nervous shocd t which was terrible, the only damag on account of the experience was tt broken hame and an ugly stab in tt I horse's throat. Saw Strange Sights. o Captain Richard Nye, who was or .of those on the steamer W. S. Phelp: e tells of many wonders of Galapag islands, which that vessel recent] fvisited. In an Interview be sakc e "The islands are full of minerals a shad is of bones. On Albermari o there is an extinct crater, miles e diameter, in which there is in sigh 40,000 tons of pure sulphur. T.uhe cre ter is about 10 miles inland and tramway will be necessary for tran! o portation to the coast, but this shoul 0 be a small matter, considering th e possible profit. One of the que( e things Albemarle island is that it : 't overrun with wild dogs. The animal e are mongrelbreed and were left on t1 k Island by whalers. The dogs have be n come wild and are extremely viciouI r They are wolf like in their habits an d run in droves." Captain Nye al e tells of a remarkable lake on the islan r of Chatham at an elevation of 3,00 s feet above the sea level. This lake *t according to the captain, rises an r falls with the tide and no soundin s line has ever reached its botton d Many relics of an ancient race wei found. BOAT BLEW U1'. e Four of the Crew Were Killed or Were Drowned. n CAUSE NOT ASCERTAINED. 1r Four of the Crew Were Picked Up in an Injured Condi a e tion. Was Built in e Charleston. 0 The boiler of the Tug Jacob Kuper d blew up Wednesday near St. Georges, Staten Island. Four of the crew were y killed or drowned. - There were eight men on the tug V and all were blown into the water. Four were rescued. Three are injured badly and one at least is not expected to live. The tug sank almost immediately and later a quantity of wreckage and clothing and the name board came ashbre with the ebb tide along Staten Island. The owners of the tug are G. D. Kuper and Brothers. The tug was towing a lighter loaded with cotton from Brooklyn to Staten Island. The Staten Island ferryboat Castleton was near the scene of the explosion when Jit occurred. Capt. Braisted of the _ ferryboat says the explosion and the sinking of the boat were almost simul taneous. The tug seemed to break in two amidship. The Castleton was at once stopped and boats were lowered. Only one man was picked up by the Castleton. His face was horribly burned and scalded. The other re cued men were picked up by a passing tugboat. One of the men, a deck hand named Hanson, was taken to Smith infirmary andthe other to the Marine hospital on Staten Island. Neither was able to give any account of the accident. The lighthouse boat Daisy is at the place where the tug went down grappling for the bodies of the lost. She was built I i Charleston in 1885. She was 96 feet long and was of 144 tons gross. She was originally named Bristol but was chartered by the gov ernment and the name changed to ;. Cheyenna, then back to Bristol and finally to Jacob Kuper. A GOOD APPOINTMENT. Mr. John S. Ir .ynolds Made Snpreme Court Librarian. To fill the vacacy in the office of librarian of the State supreme court, eccasioned by the death of Mr. T. S. Moorman, the court has selected Mr. John S. Reynolds, of the Columbia bar, the appointment being thus announced Wednesday morning: r State of South Carolina-In the Su preme Court. It is ordered, That John S. Reynolds, r Esq., is hereby appointed librarian of 1 the supreme court, to hold during the . pleasure of the court. 12th August, 1902. Y. J. Pope, Senior Associate Justice. Eugens B. AssociateJ Ira B. Jones, Associate Justice. . The appointment is made for an . indefinite period. Since reconstruc a tion there have been but two men in a the position. In 18'T8 Mr. Robert A. .Lynch was appointed and served until .1889, when Mr. Moorman succeeded him. The salary is a good one. Mr. Reynolds qualified and took charge of the office Wednesday. -He has withdrawn from the race for master in this county, leaving the contest between Messrs. Verner and :Sloan and doing away with the neces sity of a second race. Mr. Reynolds will also resign- his position as United States commissioner here.. Mr. Reynolds' many friends were congratulating him Wednesday upon. his appointment. He is not only a - good -lawyer and a man of culture, but is peculiarly fitted for the work sthat will be required of him in the ~library. The profession regards the t appointment with approbation. a'Mr. Reynolds is 54 years of age. He was born in Charleston. He was edu acated at the Mt. Zion institute at Winnsboro and the University of South e Carolina. He was instructor of belles alettres at King's Mountain Military tschool from 1870 to 1875. He was ad t mitted to the bar in 1876. He served r in the Confederate army from 1864 to rMay, 1865. H~e has represented this tcounty in the general assembiy-The State. Girl Turning to Marble. e Dorothy Stiles, aged 16, residing enear Bay City, Mich., is dying from 4 'disease which has baffled the physi tcians. The girl several months ago noticed a peculiar sensation at the ' joints of the shoulders, hips and an e kles. One night when taking a bath e she called her mother to observe that eher heels were perfectly white and as hard as stone. This condition was ob served also at shoulders and hips. Since then the disease has spread, un e til now the girl cannot sit up, her hip 4 joints have lost power to bend, all 's motion is gone from her shoulders, Y and the doctors say death must ensue Swithin a few months. The girl takes s no nourishment but fluids, and these e with difficulty. Pieces of the sub a stance. it is asserted, have been t chipped off from her body and seem like pure marble. The girl's father attributes the trouble to his having -experimented with some chemicals in d the batfltub. Hie thinks he was not e careful enoughl about cleaning it. r The doctors scout ibhis theory. s Cca Meld Up. e El Correo lDe Sonora brings an ac -count of a hold-up near Mazatlan, -Mexico, by three .masked men, sup d posed to have been outlaws. The robbers secured 84,000, and made good d their escape with the plunder. Mariano 0 Gordillo, the driver, was shot dead. , The stage was full but the passengers dwere unmolested. A shipment of $4,000 to a bank at Mazatlan was the -booty the robbers were after and when e they secured this they allowed the etag to proceed.