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+4 - VOL. _____ _______MANNTNG, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29.1908 NO 89. VO .XVII._______ _ A BIG SENSATLIUN. offeial Stir in Washington Cause~i by: Series of Scandais. A HIGH OFFICIAL DISMISSED. He Is Ofl on .;ick L ani H is Wit'e Goes to His Olfce ami Takes Papers from Safe. A Washington dispatch says a most sensational development of the inves- a tigation of the postottice department r affairs occurred just before the depart ment closed Thursday when Postmas ter General Payne announced the sum mary dismissal of James N. Tyner, n assistant attorney general f o r e the postottice depa~rtment, coupling with the announcement the startling charge that all the papers and recors t in the safe of the latter's otice had S been abstracted by Mrs. Tyner, wife of the discharged oftlicial, with the as sistance of others. The facts are told e tersely in the letter of dismissal e signed by Postmaster General Payne, i late Wednesday afternoon and made public tonight. The letter is as fol lows: 15i April 22. 1903. P Hon. James N. Tyner, Assistant At- v tornev General for the Postotice De- S partment: Sir: You are hereby removed from t the office of assistant attorney general e for the postotfice department. M I deem it proper to give you the rea- t sons for this summary action on the a part of the department. Early in the h month of March I communicated to d you, through a mutual friend, the ie- m quest for your resignation. After a b painful interview with you, and a more F painful one with Mrs. Tyner. I con- d sented to modify the demand for your resignation so that it might take ef fect on May 1, 1903. with the proviso. c however, that you were given leave of t absence from the time of the accept- p ance of the resignation to the date of b its taking effect. with the understand- -V ing that you were not in any way to I undertake'to discharge the duties of a the office. Late Wednesday afternoon Mrs. n Tyner came to the office of assistant s atlorney general for the postoffice de- r partment, entering in tbe regular way, and went through the main office to the private office. closing the door be hind her. She then unlocked the door. entering from the public hall into the ( private rooms and admitted her sister, e Mrs. Barrett, whose son was former- -a ly an assistant in your ottice, and f whose conduzt is now under investiga-. tion by the department. She also ad- I s mitted' in the same manner, G. G- t Hamner. an expert in the employ of t the Mo ler Safe company. with whom y she made an arrangement to meet her i at the department. At her direction b Mr. Hamner opened the safa in the n room, and she took therefrom all pa- r pers. records and articles of every kind5 and carried them away with her. Immediately upon learning what had been done I directed the fourth as sistant postmaster general to send two inspectors to your house to demiand. E in the name of the post~master general, 'l the delivery to them of any papers,i documents or other materials which : had been abstracted from the safe. 1 This demand was refused by Mrs. Ty-i ner; and she likewise refused to per mit the inspectors to see you or to see and examine the papers in her pres ence. Mrs. Tyner further stated to I the postotlice inspectors that she corn mitted this act with your knowledgei and by your direction. Further com- g Dent on this transaction, on my part, is not necessary. t The factsj)n the case wili be sub-i mitted to the attorney general of the United States for such action in the premises as he may deem proner. Very respectfully, H. C. Payne, Postmaster General. Mrs. Tyner came to the office of the1 assistant attorney general on the fifth1 floor of the postotlice building, at 3.45 o'clock Tuesday af ternoon and remain ed there exactly an hour. When she arrived Acting Assistant Attorney General Christiancy, who has had C charge of the offce for monhts past ( in the absence of Gen. Tyner, who has been in poor health for a long period. was in the ottice. The clerks were at C2 their desks. Mrs. Tyner passed from 2 the public room into the private ottice and closed the door behind her. Be ing then alone in the ottice she stepped I to the door opening into the public( corridor and, by previous arrangement I admitted Mrs. Barrett, mother of' Harrison J. Barrett, the former law i clerk OJ the postotfice department, and G. G. Hamner, a safe expert. An inspector discoveredl Mrs. Tyner in the office and reported her presence to his supervior offcer, Fourth Assist ant Postmaster General Bristow. Post master General Payne was also noti fled. Mr. Bristow asked authority to have Mrs. Tynier ejected from the ottice. The authority came too late.1 When the inspector returned Mrs. Ty ner and her party had left. The safe on being examined was found to be empty-c The affair created much ex citement among the investigating of ficials, but the news was concealed carefully from the public. Two in-I spectors were dispatched to th~e Ty ner residence to recover the papers. Mrs. Tyner refused to give them up. saying that she was acting under the direction of her husband. She. told the inspectors, so they reported, tha~t they had a right to' the papers as Mr. Tyner was still assitant attornzey ge eral, and. moreover, insisted that the papers were all of a private charac- . Ter. The inspectors reported thatu Mrs. T;-ner declared the papers be longed solely to them and she an nounced emphatically that she did not propose to have her papers sub mitted to the scrutiny of the inspec tors. It is suspected at the department that the papers have some connrection with the recent conduct of the o&:*e Some weeks ago a tu~rf invecstment concern, whose affairs were air--d in court, alleged that its operations and or-inge method hac been Sanctioned >y the assistant t -C g l for he postolie department. Tile barges involving the o:ice of the as istant attoriey general and a lawyer, tirmeriy connected with that ottice. vere ventilated very generally at that ime and an investigation was ordered iv the postmaster general. It was tally the inception of the investiga :on that has spre.ii into every part f the department. The complaints rystalize-d into nation, signed b 'ostmaster General Payne, on Marci 1( tb last. Mr. Ty ner had been in ex eedingly bad health for a long time nd had visited the office at only rare tervals, leaving the tiche entirely u charge of his assistant for months t a time. le is suffering from an nusually severe case of paralysis. nd in consideration of this fact the equest for his resignation was based n his ill health. Mr. Tyner then sent t n his resignation, to take effect May 9 st, and it was accepted. f The announcement of these develop aents were made by Postmaster Gen ral Payne late Thiursday afternoon to .large number of newspaper corre- r ondents. In a voice that trembled a vitb emotion he said he regretted to iave to say that he had found it neces rv to remove from otliee the assis ant attorney genera! for the depart- o ent. and after speaking in a general may about the facts tlat had develop d said the story was best told in the orrespondence, which he then read a a most feeling tone. Then he an- 0 o-unced that he would say nothing urther on 1he subject and that he referred n ,t to oe asked any ques- n ions. IIe was asked if any arrests d -ould be made as a result of the ab- e traction and if any one else im the I M'iee was involved. He said that b his he could not discuss; that it rest d wath the attorney general. to e thorn .he papers would go as soon as n he record of the case could be copied o nd submitted. The case, however, d e added, will be in the hands of the o epartment of justice 'Friday, and c rhat further steps will be taken will e decided by the attorney general. a le did not care to venture any pre- f; iction as to the outcome. p Mr. Tyner has been in the govern- s ient service, in various important t apacities, for many years. He is j rom Indiana. He was at one time _ ostmaster general. He is one of the t est known men in official life in C Vashington. le and Mrs. Tyner and b resident and Mrs. Grant were inti- t ate friends. V Mr. Tyner is in a very weak and al- e iost helpless condition from h is long t ckness. He remains in his room 1 lost of the time and sees very few e allers. c YNTENDED NOTHING WRONG. After being notified of Postmaster b eneral Payne's action Mr. Tyner s! alled into consultation R. Ross Perry 0 nd L. T. Michener. who are intimate v riends. regarding the matter. The C entlemen later made a statement r aying that Mrs. Tyner had no o hought of wrong doing in opening he safe, that the papers removed e ere the private papers of Mr. and d rs. Tyner, with the exeption of one s; undle not relating to department 2atters. These papers, the state- b 3ent says, will be placed at the dis osal of the proper authorities of the r overnent, t RIainedi a Terrayinl.t A dispatch from Anderson to The T tate says it rained a terrapin there a ~uesday afternoon. This statement ti vouched for by MIr. Rufus Fant, e Ir. Ab Fant and several little boot- - lacks. The MIessrs. Fant were stand- r og under the av:ning in front of the t ook store on Whitner street Tuesday d atching the rain fall. Some little tf otblacks were near them. Sudden - a y one of the boys exclaimed. 'DidLp ou see dat t'ing fall?" and ran out, nto the street and picked up a half- i own terrapin. Mr. Fant says that t e did -not see the terrapin fall from n he skies, but that be had been look- s ng at the very spot where the boys j icked it up only a few seconds before b ,nd that it was not there then. He ' eclaes that he believes that it fell s long with the rain. The bootblacks t ay that they saw it fall. The boys . tad the terrapin showing it aroundr own Tuesday anternoon. The crea ure is about four inches long and two a ches wide. Man W as a Woman. Aaron Bark, a farmer who died sud .eny at his home In Muhlenburg1 ounty, Ky., was discovered to be a roman, whose name is Mrs. Frederick reen. She came to Muhlenburg ounty about thirteen years ago. with ,small child. She was dressedin aen's clothes. She has lived on a arm the entire time and her disguise las never been suspected. Mrs. freen told a neighbor, who was with er before sbe died, that her home as in Massachusetts and that she ad assumed men's garb because she ould make a bett 'r living than she oud otherwise. The only knowvn liv ng relative of the deceased is her lit le daughter. Carroll. Would Not Eat. After living for nearly thirty days e-ithout eating a mouthful Bailey bance, the white man who has been n the county jail at Brunswick. Ga.., or lunacy for some "time. died Wed esday night. Chance was taken out f the jail Saturday and carried to his iome by the county physician, in the rope that he might be pers.aded to eat but the man still refused to swallow a nouthful. Chance wa~s ini jail eigh en days and did not eat. and it isl nderstood that lie refused to eat furl1 everal days before he was confined .1 The man.~it is unders-tood, would neverJ at anting unless the food was pre >ared either by his mother or himself. A Leper in This State. A dispatch from Washington says a :urious case involving a leper soldier n the Philippinmes is before the war lepa rtrauent. having been referred to :he judge adivocate' general to deter nine in what manner the afflicted t ;oldier shall receipt for his pay. The eper is an enlisted man in the artil ry and at present is ir'iated in South aroliina. l'.y ofticers do a -t care to save him handle the rolls to sign tne cueit for his pay so an agreement robably will be made whereby the Loldier can be paid through a power of ttorney executed in the presence of i :h phyciann anrd nurse in attendance. IN HOT FIST FIGHT. L Very Disgraceful Affair in theI Illinois Legislature. t WHIRLWIND OF WILD DISORDER t C ;rev Out of the Municipal Owner .hip Fight, Chairs and Desks Completely Wrecked in the Melee. At Springfield, Ill., slugging and o olling over across each other across he speaker's platform in a frenzied t eneral fight, at the feet of a score of emale guests, the members of the llinois legislature Thursday surpass- s d the wildest scenes of the A ustrian e r eichsrath. Charges by the speaker n f the house, Isaac Miller, that at- t empts had been made to bribe him I rere formally made as an explanation Il f the extraordinary actions on his a, art, which precipitated the riot- a The interier of the legislative cham- t er resembled, in a measure, the trace f a tornado, so( general was the wreck- t ge of 'tairs and desks. Chicagzo street railway franchises, I ore valuable than erold mines, were irectly at stake. federal court receiv- a rship proceedings against the Union ~raction company of Chicago having rought the matter to a sudden issue. p The stormiest time ever experienc- d d in the Illinois legislature began al mst without warning, in a whirlwind f wild disorder, which arose Thurs- a ay in the house of representatives w ver rival traction measures, or so- 0 alled municipal ownership bills. n Adherents of the Mueller bill,"indig- d ant at Speaker Miller's ruling in e vor of Lindley bill, attempted to b ull the speaker from his chiar. The d peaker raised his voice above the G urmoil and declared the house ad- tl )urned. Thereupon Represetative N lurray, a Mueller bill man, called for st e election of a speaker pro tempore. N, has Allen of Vermillion was selected, s ut had diffliculty in forcing his way k ) the speaker's chair. The aisles k ere thronged with a crowd so excit d that it was almost a mob. Even ally he made the passage and Henry r eiter was made clerk. It was found C Kceedingly difficult, however, to ac- c1 amplish business. ca During roll calls on amendments to be Lindley bill nearly half the mem ers of the house stood on their desks, l outing and gesticulating. Many -C iembers had seized bill brx)ks and ere pounding their desks. while Mr. t |ummings from his seat, in the front at w on the Democratic side, was vig rously wielding a board. Personal violence against the speak- w r was threatened. A number of la ies were sitting on the coiuch on the peaker's desk. 'Will the ladies please move from d( ehind?" shouted Mr. Allen. i "Get them out," shouted Mr. Sher-t 2an, "get the ladies out. Do not actg he coward." A fight broke out on the Democra ic sidie, a few feet from the speaker. Verdll (Dem.), and Glade (Rept.) tere the central figures, but eight or r n other members-In fact almost e verybody in their immediate vicinity S -appeared to be taking a hand in the r~ ielee. in evident endeavor to separate li e two combatants. It afterwards n eveloped that Werdell had started a r the speaker with a menacing air r rd that Glade had seized him, thus n recipitating the encounter., The municipal ownership fight now a, progress is the most exciting which si be State capitol has witnessed in a any years. Chicago sentiment is h id to favor the Mueller, and Mayor ir arrison arid others of influence have ti een here several days working for it. si ''he Lindley bill, the municipal owner- ,y hip measure favored by an ac- o le minority, has, however, been li orced ahead. Thursday the speaker a efused a roll call on a motion to post- g one consideration of the Lindley bill, lthough a majority of the house de anded the roll call. The postpone aent motion was declared carried, mid the protests of the majority. To *ay Speaker Miller ordered the Lind-a sy measure advanced to a third read ng in the tumult of voices rose in op- 1 osition, during which the attempt ras made to pull the speaker from his hair. After Speaker Miller declared t he house adjourned~ the newly or-r anized house recalled the bill from hird reading and proceeded, section y section to substitute the Muellera ill for it. The time then ar-3 ived for the regular afternoon ession and Speaker Miller resumed ~ he chair without opposition. Con- h iderable confussion attended at-d empts to transact business and a a ecess was taken until evening. A t the night session Speaker Miller- t aid his action in refusing a roll call as due to reports that he could make noney by allowing a roll call on the tueller bill, but as the house desired C he washed his hands of the entire 3 atter and would permit a roll call. p L agreement was reached for a re- a onsideraton of the Lindley bill and C he house adjourned until Friday. 11 The Iowa Disabled. b The battle-ship lowa. which left ensacola, Fla., Monday to complete er target practice in the gulf. was owed in Tuesday totally disabled by n er steam pipe bursting and tearing u .way the steering gear. The accident C appened at 5.30 o'clock in the af ter-b Loon and three government tugs were, mmediately sent to the ship's relief. [he extent of the damage is very reat and it will require 1C days or nore to make repairs. The vessel is mow lying at the navy yard Tl'e quardon was to have departed fors he north tcmorrow, but the accident o the Iowa will prevent its sailing as cheduled. - Offcer a suicide. s en. Davis cabled the War Depart- a ent Wednesday that Lieut. Col. r enry W. Sprole of the First Cavalry l' :omitted suiclde at Manila shooting r imself through the head. Sprole was a .pantd from Nw York. THE TILLMAN CASE. 'onsiderable Sarprise at Its Being Continued is lepressed. There has been some surprise broughout the state at. he sime ,hat unusual manner in which the rial of .1. II. Tillman for the mur er of N. G. Gonzales wa.s continued D the July term of court for Rich .Ud County. It is customnary to give be (efendant the benelit of any ouht that may exist as to the pro riety of continufing a Case of such -avity as a murder case,. but this ne seems to have be-en con tinued oni remarkably poor showing. if indeed ble rules of court have not ben wi,ol disregarded. An analysis of the proceedingI bows that a continuance was grant d on the statement that two wit. esses were absent. One of these -itnesses, J. A. White, madeatlidavit at he saw a man taking to one olsonback and heard him say he had iade Tillman show the white feather nd would do so again. White did 1 ot know the speaker. but Holsonback ;serted that the person who made .e alleged thriat was N. G. Gonz ties. Tne defense shoved 1 y at1ldavii mat White was iPl. Nothing was roduced from White to iodicate lhen. if ever, he coull appear as a itness. but counsel, by contending iat the rule had oeen complied with d that it was their desire to have iese witnesses confront the jury, in mated the purpose of the defense to oduce them. The court, however, d not require the usual showing on 1 uis vital point. The other witness because of whose sence the continuance was asked as Miss Roper, a yodit:g kinswoman the prisoner, who is a trained rse. Miss Roper, according to ali xvit, is willing to testi fy that while nployed in her professional capacity Mr. Gonzales to minister at- the math bed of his uncle, she heard Mr. onzales say to his stricken relative at he had made Tillman show the hite feather or would make him do . The defense demonstrated that iss Roper was not at her home in artanburg, and altbough it was iown that she was at; a hospital in ew York, there was no exhibit to iow that she had been communicated ith by her relatives or that she nad ceiv.ed a request to be present in >lambia whenfl the cise was to be led, and only the counsel's belief at she would be present at the next rm. in order that there right be no de y, the prosecution, as usual in such Lses, agreed to admit that these ab nt witnesses would. if present, swear i the allegations set forth in -their idavits, but to this the defense ould not consent declaring that bot1h itness had further declarations to .ake to the jury. On this showing ard against the 1 .otest of counsel for the prosecution, ho cited the rules o court as evi mce that the whole proceeding was 1 ausial in practice and violation of ose rules the continuance was ~anted.-Spartanburg Journal. 1 - A Pretty Spectacle. The police have not been able to ar st Capt. Andrew Dunlop, U. S. N., >mmandant of the naval station at in Juan, P. R., against whom a war nt has been issued for bringing in juors without duty, because the aval station is a government reserve ad Capt. Dunlop remains on it. Capt. unlop refuses to come out or to per it the police to enter. Commander a tz, U. S. N., and Robert Giles, ainst whom warrants were also is ed on the charge, were arraigned ad plead not guilty. A preliminary .aring will be held because of the Lability to apprehend Capt. Dunlop 1e date of the hearing has not been t. P. V. Mohoun, paymaster, U. S. .for whom there is a warrant out a the charge of illegally- bringing in nors, is in the United States and ill be summoned later through the vernment. Dropped a Thodsand Feet. Four members of the Aero club o ascended from Paris, France, in 2 airship Monday night descended 'uesday morning at Arles, marvelous escaping death. At dawn the bal on, which was at a height of 10,000 iet, was traveling at the rate of six i nailes an hour. The aeronauts, alizing that they were nearing the [editerranean, determined to descend nmediately. They dropped precipit ely and in a few minutes the balloon ;ruck the earth. It rebounded for 3 feet. and finally settled among me telegraph wires, which were roken. The rapidity of~ the descent eprived the travelers of all sensation d completely deafened them. Other -ise they were unhurt. After a rest ay returned to Paris by rail. Disastrous Explosion. A special from Winston-Salem, N .says: The boiler at Shore and ose's saw mill near Bethania, ex loded Wednesday, killing three men tad injuring another. The dead: id T. Shore, one of the mill owners,1 arred. Luthcr George, single.] ~illiama Logan, married. Injured, ut not seriously, Samuel Moser uther George, who was loading lum er at the time of the explosion, was1 ruck by a piece of the boiler, hi cad torn from his body and flung pon a pile oZ lumber. Shore was rushed under a mass of falling tim er. Logan was scalded to death. art of the boiler was blown 300 feet. 'he explosion was caused, it is 2ought. by low water Ir; the boiler. A Town Pill1wed. A dispatch from Tangier, Morocco, tys tribesmen have attacked and illaged Mequinz. Thirty-seven in abitants of the town and 13 tribes ien were killed in the lighting. lequinz is about 363 miles west by uth of Fez. It has a population of bout ~30,000. Some months ago a umber of A merican missionaries wvere cated at Mequinz, but during the cent disturbances in Morocco they A CLARION CALL. Bryan Urges Democrats to Stand Square tor Honesty. H2 APPLAUDS SENATOR STONE. In.tead of Being True to His Party Bryan Declares Cleveland Dis graced -nd Betrayed it. Democrats Appland. A t Kan.sas City, Mo.. last Tuesday wcek William .. Bryan speaking to the toast "Democracy" at the banquet given by the Democratic Jackson County club and the newspaper men of Missouri complimentary to William J. Stone. bitterly arraigned Grover Cleveland and his supporters who are making the plea for harmony among Democrats. The assembly was made up oLIissouri Democrats and the re marks of Mr. Bryan met with enthu siastic favor with his hearers. He aid in part. "What we need in this nation is moral courage among men. We need rnoral courage muore than ability and wt want to have the kindl of moral 1 :ouragt that will tight for honest D)erncratie principles. FLOWERS FOR STONE. "In your junior senator, William oel Stone. you have in Missouri a man xho possesses both moral courage and y bility. I am glad that you have I iarmony in this state. 1 believe the i Democrats of Missouri give the best dea of how to secure harmony among I he Democrats of the nation. I be- t ieve. in harmony. c "The Democrats' bed is wide enough t or all who want to come in, but we t on't have to sit up nights to keep c :ertain pretenders from picking our >ockets. We invite all who have trayed from the-fold to come back if ( hey so desire, but we want them to 5 tay in after they come. a ENOUGH OF CLEVELAND. t "We have had enough of Cleveland- P sm in the Democratic party. We had our years of Cleveland, and after his Ldministration was over we found our- t elves weaker tLan we had ever been fore because we had been betrayed. "These so-called barmonizers, Cleve and and his followers, showed their earness to Repubulicanism by desert- b ng us in our hour of greatest need , Lnd supporting the Republican party. 1 "The Democratic party won a great S rictory in 1892, which gave our party t L great opportunity, but Grover r eveland betrayed the Democratic >arty and it carried the burden of his tdministrution through two national ,apaigns and there was not a plank n either platform that was such a etriment to me in those campaign as ;at burden was. GROVER BETRYED PARTY. ~ "Cleveland had the best opportunity c xo redeem the Democratic party ever A )ffered to any man since the time of h 1ndrew Jackson, but instead of being t rue to his party be disgraced himself. o "As a party, we must stand true to f Democratic principles and if we do I ( ~elieve that Democratic victory will ~ome day come and it will be here to1 emain when it comes.C "Hie is of the highest service to his 1 ~ellows, who can give the highest ideal. There has been a lowering of ideals in 1 ~his country. Money is talked about orning, noon and night. Commer- 1 ~iiism is the curse of the country to ay, and it has debauched our coun :ry. The foreigner has come to re ard the American simply as a money naker and we give cause for the belief ,bat we put nothing beyond wealth, mud that money is ruling the country1 ~vith an iron hand.1 MORE DIPORTANT THAN~ MONEY. The manhood and womanhood of he United States are more important han money. Jefferson set a higher deal for usthan that of the worship >f money, and nothing but the idealsi >f Jefferson will ever lift us out of the 1 lough of despond. The Democratic 1 party is not the enemy of honestly equired wealth. "I have heard it said that Demo rats believe that a man can not have money and be honest. I deny that as being false. "A man can have money and be a Democrat, but if money has~ him he ras to be a Bepublican. Jefferson be-1 ieved that money should be sub servient to the man, and Jefferson was i educated man. There are people to-day who think that the educated man should be separated from the com mon rabble. Jefferson believed that the man who was too good to take part in politics was not good enough to live in a land like this. Jefferson did not reate the principles of the Democ racy; they existed long before Jefferson lived. He simply put the principles into living form. There never was a time when tbe people were more ready to accept Democratic principles than today. MUST APPEAL TO cONsCIENCE. "We must appeal to the conscience3 >f the people. Three remedies for xisting evils have been suggested to ne. First, an appeal to the conscience f the people; second, by legislation, td third, by revolution. But revolu-t :ion is not to be thought of. Revolu ution is not a remedy in a country 1 ~vbere people can vote. "People can vote themselves free in 1 Is country and if they could not do ;hat, they could not tight them ;elves free. Jefferson stood for the ~eople and their interests and Hlamil on believed that the president and be senate should be elected for life or luring good behavior. The Republi an party today is formin~ rnot Jeffer on clubs but Hamilton club. " Never swerve in your loyalty to Democratic principles. I would not five one Democrat who really believes .n Democratic principles for a whole :arn yard full of trimmers and comn promisers who pretend to be Demo :,rats. MANY LETTERs OF REGRET. Ltters of regret from Richard( Diney, Senator Gorman, Senator Car- I mack. W. B. Hearst, Tom L. Johnson, I Edward M. Shepard, D). B. lill, Sena tors Daniel Clark, of Arkansas, and Bailey were read. The letter of John son and Hearst raised a tumult of ap-. plause.I THE GOEBEL MURDER. Youtsey Says Gov. Taylor Said Death Plan Was Good. The evidence brought out in the trial of James Howard for the murder Af Governor Goebel, of Kentucky, at Frankfort in that State, fastened the guilt for the dastardly deed upon the Republican Governor, who was in of ice when it ccured, as much as it loes upon any one else. Henry Yout sey, who confessed the other day that ie planned the assassination while on ,he witness stand, was recalled on WVednesday. Youtsev was asked if he did not re- i 'use to tell Assistant auditor Frank Fohnson where be was when Goebel vas shot. He said Johnson asked him be question, and he told Johnson's be Nas in a safe place. Johnson said that ras not sufliciently definite, as the de ,ectives had called for particular data Ls to where all employes of the office vere when the shot was fired. Youtsey then told him he was in the ollet room in the basement of the xecutive building. Youtsey denied hat he had ever told General A. eads, prior to the shooting, that Goe ej once beat him ogt of a fee and hat he depisea him. He admitted hat he told Rv. H. Witherspoon and ther realatives that the newspaper eports that be had named Jim How rd as the man who tired the shot were ithout foundation. "It was my defense at that time," aid Youtsey, "that Howard and me were strangers, and I told everybody bad never seen Howard till we met n jail." Further along in the interrogation Eoutsey declared that from and after be shooting of Goebel, all of the thers engaged in the killing conspired ogether to clear themselves and brow the entire responsibility of the rime upon him. Responding to questions as to ne otiations with Dr. Johnson to kill oebel, Youtsey said he went to see enator Debde, and told him Johnson nd others were willing to do it. Sena or Deboe, according to witness, re lied that enough Democrats were go ,ig to vote with Taylor to retain him . office and it would not be necessary o kill Goebel. Deboe said it must not be done. Vitness went back and told Johnson rhat Deboe said. Johnson told him ot to pay any attention to Deboe, ut to go and see what Governor Tay ir said about it. He went to see 'aylor and told him him what John on said, and Taylor raised no objec ion to the plan of shooting from sec etary of state's office. Obstructed the Mail. An interesting case was tried last reek in the United Stated Court at reenville. David Sherared, colored, Fas indicted for obstracting the ail, in that be refused to get out of he road with the wagon he was diiv ag to let Mr. Trescot, the mail arrier, pass along on his route. Mr. L. H. Dean defended the negro, but is efforts were rendered nugatory by he testimony of his client, who said n oath that he threw down the lines, lded his arms and said to Mr. Tres ot, that he would remain there until loomesday before he would mov.e the ragon out of his way. This evidence in his part resulted in a conviction, he jury being out only ten minutes, .nd his consequent imprisonment will e due to the desire for playing the mart Aleck, as no one else testitied 0 this expression. He Is -Right. At Richmond, Va., Thursday Dr. ~yman Abbott gave an interview on be negro question. He said among ther things: "I think, in the main, hat the relation between the blacks nd whites in the south are better han they are in the north; that the lors to industrial relations are more pen to the negro in the south than n the north; that if he is industrious, ionest and ieasonably intelligent he las on the whole a better chance n the south than in the north; and a put the whole thing in a few sen ences, if I were a negro I would ather live in a southern than a ortern State." Many Candidates. The State says although Mr. A. F. I. Dukes was buried but Wednesday ere are a dozen applicants for the osition on the board of directors of ,he dispensary made vacant by his leath. These aspirants may not be ~pplicants in the sense that they have ppeared in person and have asked he governor for the appointment, ut it is a fact that their friends have ecommenned to the governor, which mounts to the same thing as a per onal application. The position pays 854 day for not exceeding 100 days In the ear, with mileage at the rate of 5 cents mile when on business for the dis ~ensary. Wanted to Lynch Him. Henry Scruggs, colored, of Frank in, Tenn., charged with murdering imon Jones, another negro, near ranklin, Saturday, had a narrow es ape from a mob of his own race Tues lay night. Sheriff Tucker of William on learned Wednesday afternoon at a mob was rapidly forming the be purpose of lynching Scruggs. The Legro was secretely removed last night o the jail in Nashville. The murder >f Jones is said to have been a most irutal one. Chinese Horror. Advices by the steamer Express of hina, tell of the crucitiction of a ~hinese desperado in Kwang Tung, rho confessed to sixty murders. When e confessed it was decided that de apition was too lenient as punishment ,nd he was crucitied. Hie was nailed y his hands to a wooden cross and laced in a public place as a warning o malefactors. Hie lingered for three :ays before he succumbed to his terri le suffering. Murder and suicide. 1 Daniel Dove, a prosperours farmer 'f Columbus, Ark., Tuesday shot and1 iiled Mrs. Zan Dove, the wife of his rother. Immediately afterward he1 ode to his home and killed himself. ] t is thought that a diffculty over a and matter between Dove and hi1s ~rother caused the killing of the Wo nann KTD D HIS SON. A White Man Goes to the Peniten tiary ror Five Years. If the conviction of white men in this State continues we will soon have a material decrease in the number of murders. So far there has been one white man sentenced to be hung. two to imprisonment for life, and several to terms of imprisonment from five to ten years in the pententiary since last January. Last week J. W. Boddiford was con victed at Kingstree for the murder of his son and sent to the penitentiary for tive years. Outof the fourhomicide cases up at this term of court, there were three convictions and one ac quittal. The sentences were four and ive years, and one for life imprison ment. This ought to hold up the free use of the pistol in Williamsburg county for a while at least. It seems that Boddiford met several members of the Gains family not far from his home on the night of the day of the murder, and a quarrel en sued, being superinduced probably by I unfriendly relations which existed be tween the above named parties. Both parties resorted to firearms, both pis- I tul and gun, and a general melee fol lowed. It was discovered after the L shooting that yqung Boddiford, son Df the defendant, was lying dead with t a bullet in his head. The father, it s seems, did not know that his son was I nywhere about the place of the f shooting. t Most of the testimony brought out e howed that it was a general combat f etween the several Gainses on one c side and Boddiford on the other. The r bullet in young Boddiford's head was he same size as the other bullets that f 'be defendant fired and it was testi- b led that this was the only pistol of e ,hat calibre in use. After the testi- t mony was all in, the arguments heard C md the jury charged, the jury retired, n eturning in about two hours with a v verdict of manslaughter. Judge Gage a sentenced Boddiford to five years in c :he penitentiary. CHANCE FOR A BRIGHT 30Y. n 0 0 enator Tillman Has Another Ap pointment of a Midshipman. S Having to appoint another midship- 1 man to the U. S. Naval academy, I e Jereby announce that there will be a ompetitive examination in the state aouse at Columbia on Thursday, the 7th of May, at 9.30 a. m. Under the regulations of the navy s lepartment there will be one principle nd three alternates, the candidate tanding the best examination receiv ng the first position while the others t ill follow in order of merit. If for any reason the principle a 'ails the first alternate takes his place 1 mnd so on. The age limit is from fif- a een to twenty years. The physical 1 ,amination is very severe and Foung men would save themselves c ,rouble and expense by not attempt ing to enter the physical examination. ren of those who entered last year 1 >ut of twenty eight were deficienta physicially. After the competitive examination is held the successful candidate will be required to- go to Washington,r hIay 12th, to stand the civil service 1 examination. The physical examina ion by the government will be heldt at Annapolis on the third Tuesday ina une at the same time that the anal mental examination is held. In order to be qualified for appoint ment in case of the failure of the principal the alternates will have to1 be examined at the same time and place, viz: Washington May 12th. In order to compete in this ex amination young men must be bona fde residents of this state and white. The name of those who will constitute the examining board will be announc ed later. B. IR. Tillman, Senator. Peculation in Office. The State says a prominent person age connected with the State govern ment was placed under arrest Thurs day the confines of the capitol having been Invaded by one of the detectives of the city police force, who was arm ed with a warrant for one bearing the] euphonlous and uncommon name of 1 Smith-Ed. Smith, to be more ex plicit. The charge against Smith is that he pilfered the stamp drawer of the ofilce ot the secretary of state and t did so to the promotion of the fatness of his own pocket book Detective I Strictland, who worked up the case, found where the negro porter had solde as much as five dollars wort.h of stamps at one time. Just another case of 1 frail humanity being unable to with- I stand the allurements of the opportu- I ity to speculate at the expense of the government. A Marquis for Sale.( Armed with document to verify his I laim to nobility, Marquis Arthur ' de Durrazzo of Naples, Italy has come to New York with the avowed inten- 1 ion of marrying an heiress and has I advertised to this effect. The mar-d guis thinks New York the Meeca forI beiresses. "There is more money in New York than in all Europe," her said. "You see I am young and would I like a young and beautiful bride with large dowry. So I come here to find it. American girl s are 'beautiful be vond all others." .Asked if $100,000 would be a fair dowry, he said. "It b would do, but is not much of a return t fr the honor my title brings. My d famly is nearly 650 years old and has t arge estates in Naples."a t Found Dead in Bed. h A dispatch from Charleston to The ~ tate says William Alexander Blair, a raveling man of Asheville, N. C., C was found dead in his bed at the Pavilion hotel 'Tuesday morning, lHe and been here about a week.and it is said he had been drinking heavily. A C lalftilled bottle of whiskey was found d n his room. It was at first thought c hat he had committed suicide, but a t oost-mortem examination showed that t i death was due to -natural causes. I lis body will be shipped to Asheville. t f which city he was once mayor and e ,welto-do citizen. t A SAD TALE. Eopes His~ Conviction Will Be a Lesson to Others. [T WILL DO THE STATE GOOD 0 H1opeS His Case May be a Lesson t Other Young Men to Shun His Sad Fate. The correspondent of The State had a talk with Lonnie C. Meyers, a young white man who had just been convicted of murder and sentenced to the penitentiary for life by the court t Kingstree. The correspondent N says his conversation disclosed some - anusual sentiments to be uttered by a-- -, man who has stood the 6xcruciating yrdeal of .a three days' trial, with a onsequent verdict which -virtually re-. noves him from the material world-, or life. The prisoner stood his trial remark , toly well, but Tuesday the terrible nental strain of The last few days be ran to leave its trace upon his feat ires. During the conversation, the risoner did not utter one word of bit erness, harted, or anger against a ingle witness, who testified ast im. He spoke appreciatively o air, upright manner in which Solici or Wilson handled the case, of the arnest efforts of his attorneys who ought has battle so well and of-the onsideration that he met with at.the and of the court. He spoke feelingly of the wife and our little children whom he- leaves ehind to win their own bread, ad nded his conservation with this sen- 4 ence: "I hope this will do South aroling good; I hope that my case ay cause other young men to halti rhen they are faced with trouble, nd that it may be a lesson thatwill ause others to try to avoid my fate." - is attorneys have given notice ofa' iotion for a new trial, but the pris ner seemed reconciled to the sentenced f life imprisonment that has faln1 non him. He expressed the desire of ecuring work in the penitentary that e is able physically to perform and aid further that it-shall be his ear Lest endeavor to make a model, obedi- - nt prisoner. This is a sad tale, and should be a rarning to all young men. Meyers i a young man and he murdered xrother-in-law in a quarrel about a ine fence, which should have been. ettled without any trouble. If he ould undo what he did, no doubt he rold give all he possesses, but it. oo late now. He robbed a wife bildren of their natural protector nd now the law condemns him to life ng imprisonment and his own wife nd children must fight the battle of lfe alone. But the sentence was a st one, as in no other way can so iety be protected. The Lightdiing's Work. The bolt of lightning, wlhich struck the home of J. P. Belue Wednesday fternoon, came very near being fatal -- n its result and did considerable -k amage. Mrs. Belue and young - 3elue, who is about 15 years old, were 'endered wholly, unconscious for some ine and the boy's right leg was tem orarily entirely paralyzed. His right roiser leg was cut off about the hip a cleanly as if done by a knife and 'rom there split to the bottom. He ~ vas severely burned in the legs also. (he bolt evidently came down an iron ipe that is used as a stove flue. It >roke the bricks that support the :ooking stove, split a shelf in a closet n which stood a number of jelly and >ther glasses, shattered the glasses, ipped an oil cloth from a table and >n the back piazza broke a porcelain uash basin and probably. went 'nto - be ground by way of the drain pipe. [ue shock to Mrs. Belue and her son u'as very great and that they escaped vith their lives is wonderful. They tre both doing very well Wednesday Lnd there is no cause apparent to fear Lny serious consequences.-Spartan >urg Journal. In Hard Luck. Samuel O'Neale and Florence Red nger were married at Chaneville, Penn. After the ceremony while the ride and groom and several others vere en route to the groom's home, n a swo~en st-ream the wagon upset -- Lnd the bride washed 100 yards down e stream before she was rescued. . fhe groom bought a wagon load of -- urniture. While going home the traw in the wagon bed became ignit- - d from a lighted cigar which cause a an of oil to explode, which set fire to e furniture. O'Nel was seriously urned ond everything except the orses was consumed. What a Mess. A dispatch from New York says )liver Harrisman, Jr., brother of Mrs. ~ewis Morris Ruthiord, admitted uesday at his residence that his sis er will marry Win. K. Vanderbilt, uut refused to state the time. "Mrs. ~uthford is going to marry Mr. Van erbilt," he declared, "and thrat's all care to say." Mr. Vanderbilt has -otten permission from yXustice Geige ich to wed. The decree of divorce of is ex-wife, now Mrs. 0. H. P. Bel ont, prohibited .his re-marrying. Read This, Girls. It is stated on the authority of the lead of the Chicago board of charities hat during the year 19)2 four hun red deserted wives, who applied to he bureau of charities for assistance, nd later obtained divorces, admitted hat they could 'neither cook nor kteep ouse,' and, of course, could not keep usbands. Bad cookery and slovenly ouse-keeping were the direct causes f these marriages being failures. Touched Him Heavily. E. J. Kennedy of Greensboro, N. , who arrived at Norfolk on Wednes ay on a Roanoke and Southern train, laims he was robbed of a wallet con ining Sl,761l in cash and a railroad icket from Winston to Denver, OLi ennedy recently sold out his mercan ile business at Greensboro and start d for Colorado. So far there is no raer rof the missing- money.