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VOL. XV ii. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1902. A RAG PICKER Inherits Three Hundred Thousand Dollars from a Cotusin. WAS A SHIP WRECKED SAILOR. The Old Woman i.ived in the Wz.t Slum o:' Cork. I r e I a n d. W .as I ewildered at Her Goof: Luck. A dispatch from London says it is doubtful if a fortune ever tumbled into the lap of a person less likeley to use it to advantage than the :100.000 which the United States supreme court recently awarded to t3-year-old Hannah Callaghan of Cork. as her share in the estate of her cousin. John Sullivan, who died intestate in Seat tIe, Wash. Wrinkled. haggard. with a narrow. pointed nose. thin lips. a bitter tongue and an aggressive disposition, the wo man who has just inherited S300.OO earned her living until a few days ago as a rag picker. For years she has made her home in a squand little room-for which she occasionally has been able to pay a shilling a week rent-in an narrow alley. appropriate 1 named "Crone lane." in Cork's worst slum. She began life as a cro chet woman and once earned as much as $5 a week-then she got to be a scrub woman and made less. and of late years she has collected bones and sold fruit. and generally lived from. band to mouth. She has been some what partial to gin. When the news reached Hannah Callaghan the other day that she had inherited half of John Sullivan's for tune-Edward Corcoran. a por Dub lin artisan, got the other half-the old woman was so bewildered that she could hardly realize what. it meant to her. She hrard that her cousin had died intestate. but had thought so lit tle of her own chances of getting a share of his estate that when the American lawyers came to her several months ago and offered to push her claim she made no trouble over sign ing an agreement that they should take half of any sum they succeeded in getting awarded to her. This doesn't mean, however, that the old woman was fleeced by her American attorneys. For six months they have worked like beavers to get her inheritance. and the enless trouble they took and the ingenuity they manifested certain ly entitle them to a pretty sizable fee. if not as large a one as they have gained. Besides tinding in the slums of Irish cities the the two obscure peo ple who are John Sullivan's next of lin, they turned up, after weeks of -searching certificates dating back as far as 1894. and even dug up the cof fins that held the remains of Sullivan'S parents, in order to copy the inscrip tions on the plates. Meanwhile they deposited to Hannah's credit in a 'Cork bank s':50, allowing her to draw $5 a week thereof-so sure did they feel of success. Since Hannah Callaghan became an heiress a clergyman in her neighbor hood has been looking after her, to see that no one takes advantage of her. The precaution is necessary, for the old Irish woman who hasn't 'yet ~decided to leave the dirty little room in which she has lived for so long, is. .being harried by folk who have sud *denly d]iscovered themselves to be 'relatives" of hers, disinterested souls 'who .would be willing to assist her to invest her money, as well as gallant .snlitors who love her for heself alone. I~dward Corcoran, the Dublin man tMogetsthe other half of John Sulli van's 50etone. is a saddler. Like Han nah Callagtan, he was Sullivan's first cousin. Like her, too. when approach ed by the American lawyers, he signed over to them a large share of his in heritance in case he got it. No sooner was he in possession of his legacy, however, than Corcoran tried to get his agreement set aside. He has not 'succeeded. If anything is needed to add romance Zo the story of how these two old peo ge having led lives of poverty, are suddenly made rich, it can be found in the strange career of John Sullivan himself. the builder of the fortune whichi Corcoran and Hannah Callag han have inherited, lie was born in the same Cork slum in which the old rag and bone picker has lived so long. He became a sailor and finally was shipwrecked on the coast of the State' of Washington. Alone of the crew of his ship, he was cast ashore alive. He suffered terribly from cold and lost several toes through frost bite. but manged to keep alive through killing and eating small animals and birds. Then he built himself a cabin and afterward a second one. which he rented to a man who happend along. Finally he had a whole village of shan ties, which he owned, but just as it was beginning to bring in a little ,something in the way of rent. the whole settlement burned down. Sullivan still owned the land. howv ever, and he rebuilt upon it.andi event ually as one of the founders of Seat tle grew rich. Marie Carr:au. the woman who claimed Sullivan's estate -on the ground that the Irishman had made it over to her by means of a ver bal will, came near being left in un - disturbed possession of it. The supe rior court of Washington admitted her *claim, but then the American lawyers *discovered Sullivan's next of kin. The *United States consul at Queenstow'n *held an inquiry, in which whole loads *of evidence were taken. after consider ing it the supreme court handed *down the verdict raised two people from wretched poverty to wealth. John Sullivan visited Cork last year, .singularly enough. to collect a legacy of about $l.000, wvhich hari beeni left him by his sister, but it is signiticant that hie neither visited nor commfunli cated with either of the people who have succeeded to his fortune. Another Strike. The coal miners in Alabama have struck bec~ause the paymaster of the mines will not deduc't $1 from the pay of each miner' ti help, the anthracite miners in Pennoyvania. STAGE COACH iELD A nd the iasseni;er i(obbhed in the Heart of! New lurk. A stage ccach was hlk up and the passengers robbed right in the heart of the State 'f -New York on last Wednesday. The stage coach --Pioneer." which makes daily trips, httween Warwick and Goshen. was held up and robbed by three masked horsemen late Wednesday afternoon. The coach was bowling along the, road two miles from l'lorida. and at a lonely spot on the road Clinton and lloratio S. Wisner, who own the coach and were on it. saw the men on horse back suddenly emerge from the dense woods which line the highway. Clin- ? ton was driving. The robbers ortiered him to pull up his horses. This he re fused to do a:'d the. ib.:waymen< eopened tire with ievolvers. None of the 1 shots took etfe . but the shr .cing i had the effect of compelling t. whip to bring his horses to a stop. in the coach were Mrs. J. A. Cham berlin. Mrs. Fred Webster. Mrs. James Fuller, Mrs. Hart. Mrs. Ed. Johnson. all of Florida. While two of the high wavmen covered the Wisner brothers with their revolvers, the third. using many threats. compelled the passen gers to give up all their money and!, valuables. After the robbery had been completed the robbers spurred up their horses and escaped. When news of the hold-up became known the whole I section of Orange county was first astounded and then excited. Posses' of armed men were hastily formed and at once started a search for the high waymen. Clifton W. Wisner is presi dent of the village of Warwick. A Magistrate Indicted. Our readers are more or less fami liar with the facts in the case of Magistrate Boykin of Lamar in Dar lington county who it appears per- t formed the marriage ceremony unit ing in marriage a white man and a mulatto girl, and also the details of the defense of his action as he has made it. A few days ago the gover nor instructed the clerk of court of f Darlington county to lay the case be fore the grand jury of the county and I ass ed the solicitor to see that the full est investigation was made, pushing s the criminal prosecution if deserved. I Wednesday the governor was advised that the magistrate had been arrested t and had waived a preliminary giving t bond for his appearance at the court of sessions. This action having been taken the governor acted in accordance with the statute Lnd suspended Magis trate Boykin until the final action of the court in the matter. Sti uck by Lightning. In Spartanburg one day last week r lightning struck a tree in the yard of E Mr. E. D. Dean. This oak is situated I 15 feet from the rear piazza of the r dwelling and Annie Belle. the little four-year-old daughter of Mr. Dean r was on this porch at the time. The r lightning bolt extended from the tree I to the piazza, strikig the little one and rendering her unconscious. SheC remained in this condition for half anC hour. wvhen the physicians who were summoned instantly after the accident resuscitated the child. She is consid erably weakened by the shock, but theI doctors think that she will recover. In the tree which the lightning visit- t ed were five sparrows and each wasI killed. One of the five presented a peculiar sight, all of its feathers being burned off. Many Drowned. The steamer MIoana brings the news of the loss of several Australian ves- I sels during gales in the South seas.r The schooner Sybil, of Sydney, a re-t cruiting vessel, left Solomon Islands inr April with 110 persons on board for C Queensland and was never heard of 8 again. The steamer Quirange, of ~ Queensland. was lost on the Austra- ~ lan coast with all hands, numberingt 30,. never having been heard of after leaving Sydney, in inter oceanic trade. was lost off the coast of Santos: fortu- 1 nately all hands were saved. The schooner Eclipse was lost in the Solo mon. Islands, and Father Rlouillaie, Is the French priest, was drowned. ji Hounded to Death. Ludwig Bsraun of Richmond Stateni Island. N. Y.. committed suicide at C Orange. Texas. Wednesday, by tak- a ing poison- Hie was walking along the streets and suddenly fell. When assistance reached him he stated thatI he had tamken poison. Every effort to save his life was made. but withoutr avail, lie told the physicians that heC had been in the real estate business at Richmond, but had left there in an ef fort to escape prosecution and black- I mail on the part of a man whose name 1 he did not divulge. On his body was found a large sum of money, valuable 1 jewelry and a pass book on a bank at Stapleton, N. Y.. showing a credit of $4.000O. Woman in a Well.1 A colored woman had quite a close cl in Spartanburg une night last week. A\ hile wvalking home she fell into an uncovered wvell, which is situa ted near a path on property near the Wofford College baseball grounds. The I depth of this unused well is nearly 30 feet. The woman fell about 30 feet. landing on a rock abutment above th'e water. 11er outcries brought to her assistance Fred Talleyc. coltored .-who~ was passiniZ by. He secured and nail d together three ladders. wvent into the wvell and b.r' ught the helplessw man out. She ,vill rec ver from her fail. although she is badly bruised up. Murdered is Son. At Miitceleville. Tenn.. JTohn lHvrum shot and instantly killed his :su-year Old sonl in a family rowv Wednesday niht. IByrumn was whipping his wife and murdered the sonl. whoi soug~ht to protect his mother. I;yrum has not en arrested. Scalded to. Death. In a wre,- n th Stbt . Paul branch of the Fris.o syst em near Fayette ile. Ark.. rema Ab rahamn was kied andi Fuiner T homas kinney and ConCuor lHtraice 31i1ler were seriesly serided. The' engine left the track while baickin). IT WAS A FAILURE. such Was the Effort of President Roosevelt to SETTLE TH COAL STRIKE. rhe Striking Miners Appeal for Ar bitration, but the Coal Bar on, Will Not Agree to Anything. The conference between the presi lent, the coal barons and the coal trikers commenced at I1 o'clock Fri lay. The operators and representa :ives of the miners were presented to :he president. The president at the >utset expressed his hearty thanks for :heir attendance and stated that ow ng to his peculiar relations to the ituation. he felt that he should make :o them a very careful statement of is position and of his intentions in tsking them to meet. The president's statement follows: AN APPEAL To PATRIOTISM. At the beginning of the conference. resident Iloosevelt said: "I wish to ,all :our attention to the fact that here are three parties affected by the ituation in the anthracite trade; the >perators. the miners and the general )ublic. I speak for neither the opera ors nor the miners. but for the gen ral public. The questions at issue vhich led to the situation effect im nediately the parties concerned, the iperators and the miners; but the sit uation itself vitally effects the public. 1s long as there seemed to be a rea onable hope that these matters could >e adjusted between the parties it did lot seem proper to me to intervene in ny way. "I disclaim any right or duty to in erve ne in this way upon legal grounds r upon any official relation that I pear to the situation: but the urgency .nd the terrible nature of the catas rophe impending over a large portion I f our people n the shape of w winter uel famine impel me after much anx Lus thought to believe that my duty equires me to use whatever influence personally can to bring to an end a ituation which has become literally ntolerable. I wish to emphasize the haracter of the situation and to say hat its gravity is such that 1 am sus ained urgently to insist that each one of you realize the heavy burden of esponsibility upon him. "We are upon the threshold of win er with an already existing coal fam ne the future terrors of which we can ardly yet appreciate. The evil poss' ,ilities are so far reaching, so appall ng. that it seems to me that you are ot only justified in sinking but requir d to sink for the time being any tenac ty as to your respective claims in the natter at issue between you. In my udgment the situation imperatively equires that you meet upon the corn non plane of the necessities of the >ublic. With all the earnestness there . in me. I ask that there be an imme iate resumption of operations in the oal mines in some such way as will ithout a day's unnecessary delay neet the crying needs of the people. "I do not invite a discussion of your espective claims and positions. I ap eal to your patriotism, to the spirit hat sinks personal considerations and aakes individual sacrifices for the eneral good." UNION NOT RESPON[BLE. Upon the completion of the presi ent's remarks Mr. Mitchell made a tatement as follows: ''Mr. President, I am much im ressed with what you say. I am auch impressed with the gravity of he situation. We feel that we are ot responsible for this terrible state f affairs. We are willing to meet the entemen representing the coal oper tors to try to adjust our differences mong ourselves. If we cannot adjust hem that way, Mr. President, we are -illing that you shall name a tribunal rho shall determine the issues that ave resulted in the strike, and if the entemen representing the operators ill accept the award or decision of uch a tribunal, the miners will will agly accept it, even if it is against heir claims."~ The President: .''Before consider ag what ought to be done I think it nly just to both of you-both sides ,ad desirable from my standpoint, hat you should have time to consider rhat I have stated as to the reasons or my getting you together, and I hall tr espass so far upon your good atuire as to ask that this interview ease now and that you come back at oclock. I should like you to think ver what I have stated, not to decide ow, but give it careful thought and eturn at 3 o'clock." The conference then adjourned un il 3 o'clock. Upon reassembling, Mr. Baer spoke .s follows: 'r. President, do we understand -on correctly that we will be expected o answer the proposition submitted >y Mr. Mitchell this morning?" The president: "It will be a pleas ire to me to hear any answer that -o are willing to make."' Mr. Baer: ' 'I have prepared an swer." The oresident then asked Mr. Mit hell if he had anything further to AsKED TO "SPECIFY. M r. Mitchell said: ''The charge made by the gentle nen that 20 murders have been com itted in the anthracite coal regions luring the present strike is untrue. f they will name the men, and will howv that they have committed the nrders. I will resign my position. [hat is a fair proposition. Mr. Presi ent, that is a fair example of how ur organization and our peop le are naligned. The truth of the matter s. as far as 1 know. there have been eveni deaths unfortunfately. No one erts them more than 1 do. Three f them were committed by the coal d iron pulice. and no one else has en chiarged with them. God knw e .ainers d, not escape being .ared with everything~ done there. They speak about burnings. Thiere was a reward offered for burnings. I an brinu atti davits of a hundred pco ,e it aneesar th-at the lightning caused one burning that they cnarget to the United Mline Workers. Mr President. I have admitted on more than one occasion that there has beer some lawlessness, but I will say that a large porti n of such lawlessness ha: been provoked by criminais who havc been brought into the anthracite re gions to recruit the iron and coal po lice. 1 want to say, Mr. President, that. I feel very keenly the attacks made upon me and my people. but I came here with the intention of doing nothing and saying nothing that would affect reconciliation." The president then asked the repre sentatives of the anthracite com panies whether they would accept Mr. Mitchell's proposition. They answered "No." In response to a further ques tion from the president they stated they would have no dealing whatever with Mr. Mithell looking toward a set tlement of the question at issue. and that they had no other proposi tion to make. save what was contained in the statement of Mr. Baer, which in effect was that if any man chose to resume work and had a difficulty with his employer both should leave settlement of the question to the judge of the court of common pleas of district in which the mine was lo cated. At about .5 o'clock the conference was brought to a close without agree ment. A BETTER OUTLOOK. Estimates of the Cotton Crop Have Been Raised. Wednesday Director Bauer of the South Carolina section of the climate and crop service of the United States weather bureau issued the following bulletin of the condition of the crops in the State during the past week. this being the last bulletin of the season. The week ending Monday, Septem ber 29th, was slightly warmer than usual, with a mean temperature of about 76 degrees. a maximum of 93 iegrees at Darlington on the 27th, nd a minimum of 59 degrees at Blow nan and Bennettsvilie. Sunshine was slightly deficient. with more loudiness towards the close of the week. when showery conditions pre ailed. The rainfall was quite general over the State, although below normal, with a number of localities that had from one to two inches. The rain was needed and benetitted late cotton. late orn, peas, gardens, cane. truck. and put the soil into excllent condition ror sowing oats. and, while it intere rered with cotton picking, it did not jamage the staple to any material ex tent. Early and medium corn is being housed, while very late corn is only now ripening. Early cotton is practically open, and picked, except in numerous locali ies where laborers are scarce. Some ields have been picked out. Late cot ton is now opening freely, and Is most !y open, except the- new fruitage that, in a few localities, is heavy, but will need a full month of favorable weath ,r to reach maturity: in most fields here is no top- corn, or else a very mall one. Estimates of yields have een raised by some correspondents nd lowered by others, and from the verage of these estimates it appears hat the yield for the State will prob bly compare favorably with last year. ea-island cotton is a better crop than sual, and although it opened slowly eretofore, is now opening rapidly. he lint of both upland and sea-island ~ottn Is of a high grade, and very ittle has been weather stained. In eneral, picking is further advanced han usual at this date, and will pro ably be finished during October. Rice harvest made favorable pro ~ress. with May and June plantings ipening and about ready to cut. The *ice crop is very satisfactory. Truck rops are doing well. Peas vary great y in condition. but average a fair crop. he same is true of grass for hay. A oderate crop of both peavine and ther hay has been saved in tine con lition. Oats sowing made slow pro ress, but early sown oats are coming tto good stands. Minor crops con :inue to do well, but need more rain n places. Epidemic of Suicides. In commenting on the suicide of ommander Bronaugh, of the United tates navy, Captain Harrington of he Brooklyn navy yard says: "There s an epidemic of suicides in the navy s surely as there was ev-er an epide nic of fever. Such a thing may occur, Lnd cannot be explained. The man ~robably had been thinking of the )ther suicides which are very sad af 'airs, and then in an unguarded mo ent the desire to'try it seized him .d it was all over in a minute." Blew Out His Brains. Liut. Commander Win. V. Bro laugh of the United States navy, ommitted suicide Wednesday on the attleship Kearsage at the Brooklyn avy yard by blowing out his brains vith a revolver. Friends of Comman ir Bronaugh believe he was very nuch worried over the manifold du :ies of his position as executive oflicer uvhich are considered to be more ardu .us than those of any other position f rank in the navy. Hunting Gold. Considerable excitement has been ~rated in the eastern part of Knox; ile, Tenn.. by parties digging in an isolated yard for several nights of late. It is stated that years ago a man died In the house on this proper y and that before he died he had buried inl the yard a small fortune in tld. He failed to disclose to any one the identity of the spot where the treasure was located. The recent mid night diggers are reported to be searching for the old man's gold. To Wreck Train. An attempt to wreck the Coast Line's train No. 32 seems to have been made near Selma. N. C., Sunday night. A lot of crossties was put on the track just a few miles south of the junction. 'rain No. :12 struck them while go ing at a rapid gait and made kindling wood of the obstruction. The engine was not hurt. The supposition is that it was the work of some malicious per son in deviltry or somebody who is not pin the art of train wrecking. ! THE BOODLERS Of St. Louis Being Brought to Justice in the Courts. THE STORY AS BEING TOLD. One Man Was Offered One Hundred Thousand Dollars to Vote and Work for Cer taii Bills. St. Louis, Mo.. has a most sensa tional scandal on her hands, and it is now being aired in the courts. It seems that there has been wholesale bribery of her members of city council to vote for certain street car, lighting and other franchises. The trial of Robert M. Snyder, banker and promo ter. on the charge of bribery in con nection with the passage of the Cen tral Traction bill, was commenced on Thursday.*and some sensational things have been unearthed. Frederick G. Uthoff. who was a member of the city council in April, 1898, was put on the stand by the State. In answer to questions put by Cir cuit Attorney Folk, Uthoff testitied that while a member of the city coun cil in 189'8,when the North and South Traction bills were pending Robert M. Snyder, called on him at his resi dence, having been taken there by Louis Dieckmann, by appointment. Uthoff continued: "After talking socially about half an hour Snyder spoke of the Central Traction bill I told him I did not want to talk about the matter. He said we were both Masons and we could discuss it the same as lodge matters. He said I ought to favor him with his bill. "I told him I had been approached and offered 850,000 for my vote. 'I will get that amount and send it by Dieckmann,' said Snyder to me." Witness said Dieckman brought the package next day. Uthoff said he next saw Snyder at the Planters' hotel. At this meeting Snyder talked of the Central Traction bill and also of a gas bill. Uthoff said Snyder told witness that if be would introduce this gas bill as a "rider" to the Central Traction bill, and work fur its passage as well as vote for the Central Traction bill, he would give wianess $100,000. "He said he would give me $60,000 next day." Uthoff explained, $15,000 when the gas bill was Introduced and $25.000 when the gas bill was passed. "Then Snyder took up two handfuls of bills," witness stated, "and said Uthoff, here is $25,000. Dieckmann is on the floor of the council with $10. 000 more. I would have had $60,000 for you, but Charlie Carroll got $15, 000 from me today. "Uthoff said he refused to take any of the money then offered him by the promoter." Witness next saw Snyder at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, where defendant saia he had $5,000 belong ing to promoters which he was ready to give Uthef. He got $2,500 on that visit and $2,500 fnore three or four months later. Witness told of Sny der's attempts to get the $50,000 from Meier. Snyder said he would turn it over to Uthoff. Circuit Attorney Folk then proceed ed to question the witness as to the opposition to the Ceutral Traction bill which had developed, and sprung the mozt Interesting bit of information which the Snyder trial has yet dis closed, involving the name of John Scullin, ex-street railroad magnate, and Edward Butler. a local millionaire politician, in what the witness char acterized as an attempt to defeat the Central Traction measure by the use of a big sum of money distributed in relays of $5.000 each to the certain councilmen every month. "In March, 1898. Mr. Scullin gave me a bill to introduce called the Uni ted Traction bill,'' Uthoff stated. "It was designed to head off the Central Traction bill. "I niet Mr. Scullen and he paid me 825,000 to push his bill and defeat the other one."~ "What did you do with the mon ev?" "I returned it to Mr. Scullen through Ed Butler." After some further testimony in the course of which witness said Snyder had told him he paid Councilman Chas. E. Carroll $15,000, Judge Priest. for the defense took the witness in hand and began the cross examina tion. Uthoff testified under cross exami nation that last week he and Scullin were before the grand jury together and that he told the grand jury that Scullin gave him $25.000 to vote against the Central Traction bill. Louis Dieckmnann, speaker of the house of delegates, while the Central Traction bill was pending testitied that Snyder asked him to assist in getting the Central Traction bill pass ed and Snyder said he would see that any promise made by George J. Ko busch (president of the St. Louis Car company) would be kept. George J. Kobusch testitied that Snyder had told him he paid $50,000 to U'tholl to pass the Central Traction bill. Result of'CoaI Strike. In tinancIal ditliculty as a result of the coal strike Henry C. Scheel. a coal merchant of New York, tried to kill himself Wednesday by shooting. The doctors say there is little hope for him. Mr. Scheel is 15 years old. He lives with his wife and three children in a handsome residence and generally has been thought to be prosperous. A relative of Mr. Scheel said he had a large sum of money-about $200,000, tied up in litIgation and that his busi ness was his source of revenue. The disturbance in the coal market had affected his business seriously causing him to become despondent. Engineer Stonedl. The Pennsylvania coal strike is still on. While Engineer T. Hoffman was on a Lehigh Valley locomotive at Mount Carmel Thursday night lhe was stoned by a mob because he was run ning a car full of supplies Into the sol diers' encampment. The car was al most totally wrecked. Hoffman es caped iniury by lying down. Before the mob could jump on the engine a detail of soldiers drove them away. AN OLD WOMAN. Was a Sixteen~Year Old Girl Whe, Washington Was Elected. There recently died in Laurens ai old negress by the name of Hannal Milner, whose claim to longevity i beyond doubt unparalleled in thi section. According to her reckonini she was three years old when tha immortal paper, the Declaration o Independence. was promulgated, "gal" of 16 when George Washingtor became presidsnt. or, in other words she was born the last of October 1773, and therefore had she survived six weeks longer she would have at. tained the great age of 129. Of cours in the absence of any record there is more or less doubt to her claim, but there is abundant evidence of her vera advandced age. First of all she wa. born in Virginia. which accounts foi the fact that she distinctly remember, ed Washington as a general during the Revolutionary war and then a: president, incidents which she related to those around her all through lif4 clear to the end, circumstance whici would have occurred considerably over a hundred times if she had told it onl3 once a year. She was probably brougl to South Carolina by the Milner fami ly, as she was first known, by the old est people now living in this section as the property of Thos. Milner. a slave owner who lived near The Knob, this county, many years ago. "Granny" Hannah, as she was gener ally known, was the wife of Henry Milner, a slave, and they had thirteen children. Henry died long before the civil war, an old man. Four of the youngest children survive, a son and three daughters. The youngest of these is a great grand-mother herself, almost an octogenarian. It is said her oldest son died at the country home a few years ago at the age of 98. She lived to see four generations of her own family and to this day they are African blood pure and simple, old fashioned, polite and bard working. Martin Burnsides, aged 60, is one of the numerous grandchildren who live in the county, and he is a thrifty and respectable negro. "Old" Granny be longed to the African Methodist shurch and her faith never deserted her. Her health was all that could bave been expected up to within a week or so before the dissolution. She was hearty, could walk around some ind all her faculties-mind, voice, bearing and eyesight-continued good to the last. Most remarkable indeed, but this is the brief story of Hannah Nlilner's long, very long life. The Deadly Current. Within sight of his father and 1,000 persons, Richard IHouser and his 9-year-old companion, Freddie Peholo, of Woodhaven, L. I. ha,:e been killed by an electric current. Peholo had climbed to the top of the iron pole to recover his hat, which bad caught on the wire and was slow ly being burned. As he reached out For the cap his hand came in contact with the wire. The shock passed through his body, killing him instant y, and forming a circuit between the pole and the wire. Young Housen, believing his comrade only stunned, :limbed up the pole to release him and arry him to the ground. When he reached the top he placed his arm around the body holding fast to the pole with the other hand. The cur rent from the body passed through im, forming a second circuit with she pole. The bodies were badly urned before the current could be shut off. Hanged for Murder. Theodore Smith and Thomas G. Faircloth, the young white men who illed the aged Lewis couple one month ago were successfully executed by Sheriff Sutton Wednesday morning it Bronson, Fla. Both men had won lerful nerve and ascended the scaffold with steady step. They had their cof Es opened and inspected and com ented on them. Faircloth remarked that they were all right, and both en addressed the immense crowd with clear and unbroken voices. The ons and daughters of Lewis witness d the execution. The bodies of the ranged men were turned over to rela ives for interment. Smith had a foung wife and baby. Faircloth was ngaged to be married and just before the execution expressed a desire to aave the ceremony performed, but the sheriff would not permit this to be kne. A Bank Robbed. The Fort Mill Savings Bank, of Fort Mill, S. C., was dynamited at an early hour Tuesday morning and it is sti mated that between six and ten Ihousand dollars were stolen. An en brance was effected through the front Soor of the bank and the vault and afe doors successfully drilled and dy amited. A clock on the wall of the anking room had stopped at 3:55 uesday morning, evidently indicat ing the time of the explosion. The ank otticials refuse to make a state ment as to the extent of their loss. A arge amount of paper money was round torn to shreds by the force 01 he explosion. The robbers are thought to have been professionals. There is no clue to the perpetrators of the Seed. Cholerat Raging. The Philippine Islands are being devastated by cholera. It is announe ed that 5,124 cases of cholera and 2. 740 deaths from that disease were re ported in the province of Iloilo, Island of Panay, on Monday. This is the highest record for any district since the outbreak of the disease, and ex ceeds the total of Manila and many of the provinces since the commence ment. The people are tIeeing to the mountains, leaving the dead unburied and the dying uncared tor. 'The number of victims makes ordinary sanitary measures imrnpossible. The totals for all the provinces Monday were 5,390 cases and 3.091 deaths. Five Killed. Five persons were killed by the ex plosion of a boiler at Jesse Hinslow's mill at Rocky Hill. Ky., Wednesday. The dead are Jesse Ifinslow, William Hinslow, Allen Shackelford, Johr Crumnp and Peter Crump. The acci dent wvas caused by lowv water in thc biler. A BRAVE MAN Ull Alone Fights Five Well Armed, Daring Furglars L D PUTS THEM TO FLIGHT, Lfter Killing One and Wound ing Two Others, and is Shot. Twice by the Robbers. A brave man had a desperate fight hursday night with five masked and esperate rubbers, who attempted to ab the safe of the Mounterville Pas anger Railway station at Williams ort. Pa. In a battle with revolvers, hich followed the attempt, one of hi desperadoes was killed and two thers slightly wounded by Engineer ,ien Bly, who was shot twice by the :b jers. Snrtly before 2 o'clock, while En incer Alem Bly was at work in the ower house of the Montoursville Pas mnger Railway company, he was artled by a terrific crash, caused by ie front door of the building being attered in with a heavy plank. Bly ished to a desk which contained his volver, and as he turned to face the itruders he was met with a fusillade r shots from the revolvers in the ands of five men, who had the lower art of their faces covered with hand erchiefs. One of the shots struck ly in the hip and another made a sh wound in the thigh. The ounds did not disable him, however, ad he leveled his revolver and fired-. ,one of the burglars, who was several et in advance of the others. The allet pierced the heart of the despe ado and he fell dead. The engineer kept firing at the rest the gang, who kept up a continu is fire. Two of them were slightly ounded. After his revolver had en emptied Bly retreated through a ar door and ran to a nearby factory 3d aroused the wastchman who >nded an alarm by blowing the fac >ry whistle. While Bly was absent ie robbers dragged the liody of their sad companion outside the building, here they left it and fled. Up to a ur Thursday night no trace of them id been found. A National Concern. The following was made public at ie White House Wednesday after yon: - . "The following telegrams are the sult of the conferences between resident Roosevelt and the members his cabinet, held Tuesday afternoon id Wednesday: "White House, Washington, Octo .r 11. "George F. Baer, president Reading Railway System, Philadel phia; W. H. Truessele,--president Delaware, Lackawana and Western Company, New York; E. B. Thomas, chairman of board of Erie Railroad Company, New York; Thomas Fow ler, president New York, Ontario and Western Railroad Company, New York; R: M. Oliphant, presi dent Delaware and Hudson, New York; John Markle, New York: "I should greatly like to see you on riday next, October 3, at 11 a. in., SWashington, in regard to the fail ce of the coal supply, which has be >me a matter of vital concern to the hole nation. I have sent a siIr spatch to John Mitchell, president the United Mine Workers of merica. "(Singed) "THEODORE BoosEvE.LT." ohn Mitchell. President United :ine Workers of America, Wilkes rre,. Pa. "I should greatly like to see you riday next, October 3, at 11 a. in., tWashington, in regard to the fail re of the coal supply, which has be >me a matter of vital concern to the hole nation, I have sent a similar tspatch to the presidents of the an iracite companies. (Signed) THEODORE RooSEVELT. Ex-Gov. Chamberlain. Ex-Gov. D. H. pamberlain arrived iColumbia l1~ Wednesday. Mr. hamberlain was up to a few years ago ie receiver of the old South Carolina ilroad, now the Charleston division the Southern railway, and under is management the road prospered reatly. The State says when seen at is hotel the ex-governor, who now iakes his home at West .Brookfield, [ass., said that his visit had no sig ificance whatever. He recently lost is last son, who but U7 years of age. [r. hiamberlain felt the blow keenly, >much so that he became completely roken down from nervousness and iugh apparently well, his physician iised him to take a long and comn ete rest from labor of all kinds, and dd that he needed a change to a ilder climate, winter having already agun in Massachusetts. Mr. Chamber ,in himself preferred to come to olumbia, and he stated last night :intended to spend the entire winter ere. For several years past Mr. hamberlain has acted with the 'emocrats in politics. Conided in Tunnel. Five person were killed and three tjured in a head-on collision between vo freight traius in a tunnel near orwallis. W. Va., on the B. & 0. iroad Thursday. Fred Pierce, gineer of one train, Win. Miller, a akeman and a tramp were killed. was thought several others are in mel. and two bodies can be seen, t are beyond reach at the present me. One train carried several cars cattle, all of which were killed -or ijured. Twenty cars were wrecked 2d the tunnel is filled with debris. Served Him Right. The morning after the affray which ~sulted in his brothers death, Stuy sant Fish was giving such informa on as he could to some reporters in ew York. One of them attempted take a snapshot of Mr. Fish. The tter, angered at the bad taste dis ayed, denounced the newspaper man ad smashed his camera. saying in ef ct: "Tell your manager that if he -ill send a bill for the camera I will ay it. and if he will call in person I -i11 see that he is soundly thrashed." ANOTHER NEW YORK MURDER. a A Young Girl Found Dead in a Tene nent House. New York has a number of sensa tional murders on her hands to solve. Last week James B. Craft, a rich resident of Long Island, was murder-, ed in a most brutal manner in a saloon. All the evidence goes to show. a that Craft. who had been making the rounds of the tenderloin, incautiously displayed a large amount of money in the Empire and was killed by one of the waiters known as Thomas Tobin. for the purpose of robbery. The police also say that knock-out-drops were first administered and that then the victim was dragged into the baseient d and killed with a cleaver. r, The body of Jennie Larsen. a young a Danish woman. 20 years old. nas found in the apartment of Louise a Appleord. on the third floor of a tene- t ment in Harlem Wednesday. She , has been dead for days, according to a medical expert: the body was mu- r tilated and much decomposed-and gas tilled the room where it was found. Despite the gas and stench which first p revealed the tragedy, Appleord, in a s dazed mental condition, was in the s room when it was entered by the po- t lice. Dr. Donovan, who examined b the body. found that the abdomen r had been gashed in several places. He r said he believed the woman had been i dead five or six days, and it was his o belief that she had been the victim of h a criminal operation. Appleord was arrested as a suspici- k ous person and taken to the station. B It was learned from his incoherent t talk that the young woman was his w niece. He had caused her to come from at Denmark 10 days ago, he said, to be al his housekeeper. Appoleord is 53 fE years old and a conductor on a line of b, horse cars. I Coroner Scholer's opinion is that the girl was strangled to death. He did o1 not believe a criminal operation had of been performed. Appleord, when w questioned by the police would say b little except that he had turned on re the gas in the room for the purpose of al committing suicide.- The police do St dot accuse Aupleord of murdering the et young woman but think that be ti knows more about the case than he is d willing to tell. h The Jewish New Year. h Wednesday afternoon at sundown the Jewish people throughout the world began the religious celebration t of the Jewish New Year. This is a feast of marked significance in their religious calendar and is observed by all the congregations throughout the r world. The year that is ushered in is 5663. It is the new year of the o Old Testament, and in the Hebrew at tongue is known as Rosh Hoshana. The day is a month latter this year than usual. This is due to the fact that the year 1902 is, according to the Jewish calandar, a Leap Year. As the Jews use lunar time instead of solar time, like the Christians, they add one month to their year instead of one day. This celebration extends over a period of ten days, ending with - the feast of Yom Kippur, or Day of Atonement, another most solemnly observed holiday. F Had to Pump ror Life. The Hamburg American line steam- u er Pennsylvania. from New York c< September 16, which landed the crow w~ of the Norwegian bark Bothnia at di Plymouth last Friday, arrived at o: Hamburg Wednesday. The captain A reported that the crew of the Bothnia were rescued in an exhausted condi tion Sept. 24, after having worked at " the pumps for seventeen days and 3N nighti. The bark was on the verge be of sinking when the Pennsylvania sighted her, and Captain Hansen, her F comander, decided to set fire to her to it avoid the possibility of her interfering u: with navigation. ,ce Drowned Himself. dj A sad suicide occurred a Avalon, ~ 1Cal., on last Thursday night by a young man named George Seeligson, Jr., aged 21 years. He jumped in the bay and was drowned. He was the son of Geerge Seeligson of Galveston, it and was accompanied here by his par- C ents and sister. The family was t traveling for the young man's health,r which had been imparied by hard a study at Harvard college. He was h suffermng with nervous prostration.g During the night he arose, went from h his room to the wharf and tying a heavy weight t-> his legs jumped over board. -________ Twelve Moros Killed. h The war in the Philippine don't seem to be over yet. A dispatch from b Manila says the column under Capt. t Pershing which wvent out against the Machin Moros in Mindanao, has at-a tacked the enemy and captured three of their forts. The Moros stood butn a short time against the Americanb artillery fire. Twenty Moros were killed and many were wounded.' There were no American casualties. h An Old Bridegroom. . What is probably the most peculiar ~ marriage license ever issued by a State otlicial was prepared by the county clerk of Gloucester county, Va.. Sat urday last. The peculiarity in this jI instance lies in the extreme age of the ti contracting parties. the man being Ci 102 years of age and his intended wife r 80. The newly wedded pair are Solo- er mon Lewis and his wife, both respect- bi able colored people of that ecunty. i Father and Son Convicted. b Joe Cole, Sr.. who killed Roadmas- ti ter Stevens in a riot on a Seaboard o Air Line train last July, was convict- ir ed of murder in the first degree at al Henderson. N. C., Thursday and sen tenced to be hanged. Joe Cole, Jr.. wh shot Train Porter Mitchell, who was attempting to save the life of re Conductor Clements. was sentenced v< to :30 years imprisonmenlt. t ITHE white Republicans in Alabama la Ihave turned the colored brother out in. p the cold and have taken full charge Ial of the feed trough. Capers wants to f( do the samnething in South Carolina, w but it remains to be seen if he will p