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VOL. XVII. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MAY 13190. NO 41 FINALLY SET FREE Agatha Reichlin Nurdered by "a Per son Unknown" is the VERDICT THE JURY RENDERED. The Testimony Did Not Tend to In ariminate the Accused Priest. Congratulated by Friends Whet Discharged. A dispatch from Elysia, Ohio, says at the end of a rather complete in vestigation into the cause of the death of Agatha Reichlin who was murdered last Thursday night, Coro ner French of this county this even ing gave this as his conclusion of the verdict: "Tbat Agatha Reichlin came to her death from wounds inflicted by a stone in the hands of a person uo known." The investigation was held in the presence of a large and deeply inter ested crowd of witnesses and specta tors. The conclusion reached by the coroner resulted in the feeling of Fa ther Walser from confinement later in the evening. The witnesses examined Wednes day included policemen who had been called to the Reichlin home at 1.30 o'clock Friday morning and Casimer Reichlin, a brother of the murdered girl. Rev. Charles Reichlin,. another brother, also testified. The concensus of the testimony of the witnessess Wednesday was favorable to Father Walser's claim of innocence and in support of the theory that a burglar or some other desperate man had committed the crime. Capt, Ketchum, chief of police, testitied that the bloodhounds did not pay any more attention to Father Walser's bed than to the other beds in the house. Describing his visit to the house, Capt. Ketchum said: "Going to the attic I found fresh mad on the floor, that had apparently recently dropped from a man's shoe. There was also fresh mud on the lad der that had been put up to the attic window." Casimer Reichlan, brother of the murdered girl, described the scene In his sister's room when he reached it after being arouse the night of the murder. The girl's left foot was drawn up and her head was bleeding and she lay partly on her left side. The bed clothes were smooth and un disturbed and the bed quilts drawn up close under her chin. The body was still warm. The door betvwen the girrs room and Rev. Walser's room was open, one bed in the latter room had been dist.urbed. The other had not. A ladder on the south side of the building leading to the attic window was found. It did not reach the window by two and a half feet. The window itself was out and leaning against an old trunk. He-noticed no tracks until next morning. When discovere'i the tracks were small, but not indistinct. He said -Walser gave him a description of the man he had seen as being thic, tall, wore a mus tache and a slouch hat. Casimer said the watch dog that was on the lower door of the house on the night of the mur-der had an ugly disposition. and usually barked when any one came around the house at night. The dog did not bark on the night in question, however, unteil after the murder had been discovered. There was suppress ed excitement when Prosecutor Stroup asked the witness: "You do not know of your own knowled;y who killed your sister?" *"No, sir," answered Casimer with emphasis. "You do not know whether the per son who killed your sister came from outside or whether he was on the in side?" "No, sir, I cannot tell you." Rev. Chas. Reichiin said as to the motive: "My first thought was that it might have been a jilted lover. Mr. Rospere was her last lover. I think the motive for the crime was robbery. My sister never expressed to me any love for Rospere. He called twice since November. My sister- lived alone with Walser during my absence in Europe last summer. Rev. Walser put a bolt on the door between his room and Agatha's at that time." THE PRIEST DISCHARGED. Father Walser, arrested last Satur day morning in connection with the murder of Agatha Reichlin, was brought to that city Wednesday night from the county jail at Elyria and dis charged from the charge of murder which was placed against him at that time. Prosecuting Attorney Stroup said: - After having listened to the e-vidence presented at the inquest Wednesday I can see that there is not sufficient evidence to hold the defend ant -The action taken on the part of the officers in arresting Father Walser has been in attendance with their duty. A terrible crime has been committed and if the suspicion of guilt~ had been placed against a.ny other person I can assure you he would not have been treated as the defendant has." Mayor King then stated as the prosecuting attorney had remarked there was not sufficient evidence to hold the accused and there wa noth ing to do but to discharge him from custody. Father Walser then addressed the mayor. expressing thanks for his lib eration and saying Agatha Reichiin was the last person he would have killed. Father Walser was generally congratulated upon his release. A Queer Case. A dispate h from Appleton to The -State says a mule belonging to Mr. Henry Walker came to his death in an unusual way two days ago. lHe was drawing a plow in the field when a queen bee, piloting a vagrant swarm of the industrious stingers, took a fancy to the ears of his muleship and alighted on the tip of one of these un stable appendages. The whole swarm followed the queen and was soon set tled over the head of the unfortunate animal. His efforts to free himself from the undesirable propinquity but enraged the bees, which stung him to such an extent that he died. A DFLURAal 0 -SCN -DITO'. Assassins Seem, to Have the L'aw and Press IIntiidatet. j. B1. Marcum. a prominent lawyer and deputy United States commis sioner. was shot and killed Monday, May 4, while standing in the door of the court house at Jackson, Ky. The shot was fired from inside the court boLse. It is not known who did the snooting. Marcum was a leader of the anti-Hargis political faction and a friend of Cockrills who was killed two months ago in the Cockrill-Hargis feuds. A dispatch from Lexington, Ky., says Wood G. Dunlap of that city left Tuesday for Jackson, Ky., as attor ney for the fusionists in the Breathitt county contested election cases. He succeeds as counsel James B. Mar cum, who was killed at the court house Monday while tilir:g papers in these cases. It is feared that the proceedings at this time will precipi tate further trouble in the Cockrill Hargis feud in which a halt dozen lives have already been lost. A tele grDm from a mmiber of the Hargis faction to ex-Senator Alexander Har gis at 'in .jester. says that Uelven Ewen, who was talking with Marcum when he was shot by the assassin in the Breathitt county court house re cognized the murderer. Ewen when seen positively refused to say anything regarding the shooting. Not a line is being sent out of Jack son. Ky., by the local or resident cor respondents for fear of the feudists. A reliable man who came from Jack son to Lexington over the Lexington and Eastern railway on being promised by the Associated Press correspondent that his name should not be used, said, the conditions at Jackson were deplorable and renewed hostilities be tween the friends of Marcum and those now in power are imminent. No arrests have been made and there are no efforts made to apprehend the assassins. The widow of Marcum went to see the dead body of her hus band Tuesday for the first time, but Marcum's friend., have been afraid to be seen taking any interest in him. Mrs. Marcum went to the court house and wiped up the blood of her dead husband with her handkerchief. Suspicion points to three well known men, the third standing near Marcum and giving the signal. A Murder Mystery. William Patterson, a member of one the prominent and wealthy families of Nunice, Ind., and a brother-in-law of George F. McCulloch, president of the Union Traction company, was shot and fatally wounded Wednesday night. The trageby is shrouded in mysteryand the nolice are guardingthe house. The day was well advanced before news of the shooting leaked out. One story is that Patterson was shot about 3 o'clock in his own house. One bullet passed through the stomach and the other through the groin. Another report is that he was shot Ln the street at an early hour. Tht most generally accepted report is that the shots were fired whi.e he was in his own room, but by whom is not known. The Patterson family is one. of the oldest in the city and William: Patterson was pominent both in social ad business affairs. Cleveland an Roosevelt. Mr. Cleveland's reference to Presi :ent Roosevelt at the St. Louis dinner could not have faied to attract notice. "Let us not forget," said he, "that we owe something to this servant of ours.1 If any discredit fall upon him,.his dis redit is ours. With American fair play, let us, gentlemen, give him the benefit of the doubt, so long as we know that bowever wrong he may be,I he believes he is right," The Rich- j mond Times-Dispatch interprets this as "very nearly akid to the plea which1 they used to pin on the back of the pianist in the Western music ball: 'Do't shoot the pianist; he's doing1 the best he can.' "* Two Men Killed. At Moultrie, " Ga., Col. M. J. Par sali, solicitor of the city court, and Dr, Frank Daniel, physician for the Georgia Northern railway, were killed Thursday night by Dr. Daniel's motor car colliding with a log train on the Georgia Northern. The gentlemen had been- fishing and were returning - to town in the motor car. A heavy: rain was driving in their faces and1 they held an umbrella in front. Neither saw the log train, which was backing. Six cars of the train were derailed.1 Plagne and Famine. Plague and famine in China are becoming more devastating daily ac cording to cable advices received at the state department from United States Consul McWade at Canton. He states that the plague is increas ing in that city and that the famine in Kwang Si province Is spreading. An American missionary is his authority for his statement. In one village the boy of a famine victim was eaten by the starving people. He Was D~runk. Scarcely had the convention of the city democracy of Charleston adjourn-1 ed Monday when the report of a pistol. rang out in the lobby of the Hiber nian Hall. A rumor flashed through the building that a man bad been shot. An investigation indicated, however, that this was not the case. Policeman C. W. Cooper had an alter cation with .Policeman Collins in the course of which he crew his gun and discharged it. Anot her Buffalo Tragedy. Uuffalo. N. Y., must be a very tough place. As the culmination to domestic toubes John Costelly. the millionaire S andard Oil man, was shot and per haps fatally wounded Wednesday afternoon by his wife, Sarah. His w.ife immecdiately surrendered to the! police. Se went to her husband's ottce and drew a pistol. Trhe husband ran into the hall and was shot as he tried to escape into another omehe. He Is Caustic. The Louisville Cy vrier-Journial says: "An esteemed contemporary asks us why we refer to the Smart Set as os cillating 'between hell and the iron works.' Because it gets its inspira tion from the one. its money from the other * TWENTY LIVES LOST By the Sinking of the Steamship Saginaw at Sea. FULL ACCOUNT DF THE TRAGEDY. The Steamships Saginaw and Hamil ton Collided in a Dense Fog, and the Saginaw Was Sunk. A collision at sea that cost the lives >f twenty or more people and the sink ing of the Clyde steamship Saginaw by the Old Dominion Steamship com pany's liner Hamilton occurred be bween Winter Quarter lightship and Fenwick island lightship, on the Vir ginia coast, at 4.40 o'clock Tuesday morning May 5. The Hamilton left .ew York the afternoon before at 2 >'clock for Norfolk and the Saginaw passed out the Virginia capes at 9 )'clock the same night bound from Richmond and Norfolk for Philadel phia. A dense fog settled along the :oast shortly after nightfall and both vessels were going at reduced speed when the crash occurred. The scene of the collision is about welve miles off the shore and be ween 180 and 200 -miles south of New York, or between 125 and 140 miles north of Norfolk. The fog whistles of both vessels were distinct ly heard by each other for several minutes before the collison occurred. According to Capt. Boaz of the [lamilton his ship was going about ine miles an hour and the Saginaw iout ten. The fog was so thick that objects a ship's length away were invisible and when the two craf ts hove in sight of each other, bow on, there xvas but a moment's interim before they met. The Saginaw veered, as did the amiton, but they had not thet time to clear each other and the knife-like teel prow of the southbound vessel truck the Clyde ship on the port luarter about 20 feet from her stern, :utting the entire rear of the ship iway. The inrushing water caused %he Saginaw to settle rapidly in the tern and the itmpetus of the kIamil ;on took her out of sight of the crip ied vessel. Engines already reversed were put full steam to the rear and ;he Hamilton circled to the scene of ;he wreck, at the same time lowering jwo life boats. There was consterna tion among the passengers of the 3d Dominion ship and first thoughts ere of their safety, but as soon as it was discovered that the ship was prac tically uninjured, only some bow plates being stove in, all efforts. were lirected to the rescue of the Clyde :ompany's steamer. When the Saginaw was again sighted 2er stern was under water and her 3ow high in the air. Panic sticken .iople rushed over her decks and ;crambled toward the bow. Lifeboats were being lowered and into the first L5 colored women were piaced, accord ng to Second Officer W. L. Morris, who was in command. The boat was wamped as it struck the water and .ts occupants were thrown into the ;ea. All were drowned except the econd officer and the colored stew Lrdess, who was caught by First Of cer Goslee and held until a boat from she Hamilton reached them. 5The woman was pulled in but the gallant nate sank immediately. The woman lied before the small boat reached the Eamilton, more from injuries received >y the impact of the collision than by frowning. In the meantime the rush of wa ers into the Saginaw had caused the lecks to burst their fastenings with a oar like the report of big guns and ons of freight of all descriptions soon ittered the sea. To this the strug ing people in the water clung and nany were rescued by the boats from he Hamilton and Saginaw. Before he lifeboats of the Hamilton had *eached the Saginaw the latter had lisappeared beneath the waves and iothng but her topmasts were -visi )le. To these several men were cling ng, one of whom was the aged cap ain of the Saginaw. J. S. TJunnell. When he was taken off It was found ,hat he had sustained severe, If not serious, internal injuries. Thae Hamilton hovered around the ;cene of the wreck for over an hour, >ut no sign of life could be seen among he mass of floating freight. Two >jdies, one of a man and the other of woman, both clad in night dress, were observed drifting between the males of cotton and cases of goods. The irst. news of the disaster was received at Old Point where the Hamilton stopped for a few moments on her way to Norfolk. She arrived at her pier in Norfolk about 2 o'clock Tuesday aternoon. Her bow plates were stove in and tons of wreckage still clung to ber.. All of the damage was however. aove the water line. On board the survivors of the Saginaw had been given clothing by the passengers and seamen of the more fortunate vessel and a collection was taken up among the passengers to be distributed among them. Capt. Tunnell could not be seen. He was in a stateroom on the Ham ilton under the care of a doctor. His in juries are said to consist of two broken ribs and interal disorders. It was some time before any definite state ment could be secured from the o0li cals of either line regarding the real number of pcople lost and saved, and even ncw alter official lists have been given out there is great discrepancy be tween the statements of passengers and the company's statement. Ac cording to the Clyde officials, the nameg of only IS passengers are known and it is admitted by Second Omleer Morris that 15 colored women, all of whom are now dead, were in the swamped lifeboat. Te crew of the Saginaw numbered 26, all told. From the omeers of the Clyde company her e, the following list of passengers was obtained: E. 13. Coles, Philadelphia: J. Trevor. Philadelphia: R. B. Younghead, Ches ter, Pa.: George B. Hood, Philadel phia; II. F. Winters, Camden, :;. J-. all white. Morris Payner. Northwest v irg John Reese. Norfolk; Miller F Norfolk: Judson S. Willis Berl Va.; David Rowland, Newport N Mary Robertson, Florence Newby, na Ward, M. E. Jones, P. L. Pei ton, A. Gilmore. 8. Jerrigan, all ored. Those known to be lost are: Passcngers--A. Gilmore, P. L. dleton. Florence Newby, Edna I M. E. Jones, Mary Robertson. Crew--Edward Goslee, tirst a Wm. Bittes, first assistant engir Mary Anderson, stewardess; - C cook: Wm. Morris, steward: unkr colored waiter. Peter Swanson, a lame membx the crew, is a among the misi Just how many of the above pas gers were included in the 15 that, lost in the swamped lifeboat cann determined as yet. A number of passengers left Richmond Sunda3 the Saginaw, and until the lis1 these is secured it will be imposi to secure an accurate estimate of dead. The discipline of the crew admirable and "women first," was initial command of Capt. Tunnella the lifeboats had been prepared lowering. 'lhe first two boats frorr Hamilton first made a brief surve that vessel's condition and seeing no serious injury had been sustai hastened to the Saginaw. C. K. Berwin of New York was of the passengers on the steamer B ilton, which was in the collision. account of the wreck is graphic. said: "Fog settled down like a pall 'r ocean about 7 o'clock Tuesday nil Suddenly when we were two h late Wednesday morning, six I rang and I knew something was wr The crash came next and- a grin which made the ship shiver. Not] had happened to our ship below. Saginaw appeared with 20 feet of stern torn completely away. I ci look right into the steamer. At 1 timesbe was still afloat,but she qu ly disappeared in the dense fog sank just 19 minutes after the or The first thought was for our own.Q ty and our own boats were lowered the bull examined. When it found that bhe was not injured t the captain and his crew turned ward the other boat, hoping to : some human lives. " When the Ila too circlad and we again saw steamer through the fog and misti her two masts were showing, as had scuttled and was resting qui on the bottom. It was provider that the sea w'as quiet. Our b brought off 10 people, four of wl were white. The captain was las to the mast with one white passen but two of his ribs were broken. great was the confusion that one i put life preservers on his feet when seen later was drowned floal feet up. E. B. Cole of Philadelp who was saved from the Saninaw, just sold out his business in Newj News and was en route home. placed $70. and a diamond pin neath his pillow before retiring. V the crash came all thought of va bles was forgotton and he sought s ty on deck. When he remembered money he started below, but he driven back by the waters. Mr. ( grasped a piece of wreckage and n aged to reach one of the topm2 from which be was rescued by on the Hamilton's boats." Pay Up Or M1arry. In the Argentine Republic 1 have solved to their own satisfac the "bachelor problem" by the sir method of making it cost an unr red man as much money to live in married bliss as it would cost bitt rarry. A man is marriageable in gentina when he is twenty. If f that date and until he passes twenty-eighth birthday he wishei remain single, he must pay $5 a mc to the state. For the next fiv'e ye the tax increases 100 per cent. Betv thirty-five and fifty, the bachelo multed to the tune of $20 a moi From his fifteenth year to sevel five, $30 a month is the tax, but I ing reached the -seventy-fifth y the tax is reduced to $10 a year. A eighty. a man can remain single w out paying anything. Therei paragraph relating to widowers, are given three years in which mourn, and pick a successor. Il said that the new law works lik~ charm. The Case of the Leper. In the Savannah Morning News recent date appeared an article f Washington, which stated "A cur case, in volving a leper soldier from Philippines. is before the War Dep~ ment. having been referred to judge advocate general to detern in what manner the affiicted sol shall recept for his pay. The lepe an enlisted man, in the artilery, at present is isolated on an islan< South Carolina, near Savannah."' a matter of fact this leper patien now, and has been for upw'ards of mnths, at Fort Screven, on T: Island. and the statement that the 'fortunate man is isolated on an Is: in South Carolina, near Savannal absolutely without foundation. case has been repor.ted to the gov ment authorities at Washington robably two months, during w time the man has remained at Screven under treatment, and analysis of his blood has demonstr beyond question that he is ailii Iwith this loathsome malady. Foot Race f'or Bride. A dispatch fromn New York Tomn Dalton and James Rosen ar run a two mile race, the winne get for a bride Rtay Bernstein, a pr east side milliner. The race wil run at the outing of the Young 3 Waldorf Club. The fair trophy she does not care which of the y< men is the victor. She loves t both. The young men love her perately. They'd run their leg! for her. Rosen is a drummer Dalton an insurance agent. The little difference in their ages, boti ing about twenty. The objec their athletic affections is nine1 The young men met Miss Bern at a club entertainment about Iweeks ago. The other day a met of the club suggested that they a foot race for her. The propos Iwas readily accepted. inia: TERRIBLE TRAGEDY nell, cley, ews: Ed- On a Public Highway in the Count3 idle col- of Bishopviile. Pen- W. E. CREECH SHOT TO DEATE ard, By Spain Kelley, Who, After Wound tate; leer: ing Creech. Pursued Him on ook, a Horse, Caught Up and Own ' . Finished Him. :r of A special from Camden to The State ing. en- says: W. E. Creech of Bishopville vere was kiiled by Spain Kelley of Lee t be county Wednesday evening on the the public highway leading from Camden on to Bishopville, about 10 miles from ible the lormer place. - It is stated that the Mr. Creech was returning from Cam was den, :driving a buggy, Mr. Howard the Singleton teing with him. While go fter ing up a hill near the Lee county line for they met Mr. Kelley in a two-horse the buggy driven by a negro boy. F of Kelly evidently did not recognize hat Creech until be was nearly past him. ned As .oon as be did, however, be picked ' up a pistol lying beside him and ired one three shots in rapid succession which am- entered Mr. Creecb's back. Mr. Sin 11-s gleton got out of the buggy and was He foll-wed by Creech, whose horse took fright and bolted, whereupon Mr. Creech ran up the road to a buggy the driven by Mr. King, which was going ht. towards Bisbopville. urs As Creech ran up the road Kelley, ells who had in the meantime gotten out, j119' s-iAzd a double-barreled breechloader o9 rom his buggy and aimed it at Tim, iing .ut Singleton stepped in front of the Te muzzle of the gun and Creech reached her the buggy in safety and was driven ,uld off at a rapid pace. Kelley attempted to fPllow them with his team, but the Ic~. pursued had made such headway that ano he realized he could not overtake as. them. He thereupon unhitched one afe- of his horses and jumping on its back, and armed with his breechloader, galloped was after the buggy, overtaking it after it hen had passed the Lee county line. Kelly to- tired three more shots, killing Creech. ave It is rumored that this act on Mr. il- Kelley's part was in consequence of the an irremediable wrong done by the de l ceased to a member of the former's she family. tly Mr. W. E. Creech, a North Caro tial linian by birth. was a partner of the >ats Bishopville branch of Mr. George T. iom Little's Camden livery stable. For bed several years previous to his departure ger, for Bishopville the deceased was em So ployed by Little in Camden and here nan bore the reputation of being a peace and ful and quiet citizen. Ing ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Ina, had A dispatch from Bishopville to The lort State says: This town was shocked He Thursday morning to hear of the be- tragic death of W. E. Creech, who hen was shot to death Wednesday evening lua- by Spain Kelly. Mr. Creech was re fe- turning from Camden in company with his H. H. King and Howard Singleton. Was About 12 miles from Bishopville they 11e were met by Kelly, who was riding in an- a buggy, accompanied by a negro and sts, leading another horse. As he came Sof opposite to Creech and Singleton, who were riding together,- IKelly drew his double-barreled gun from i.'hder the buggy seat and aiming his gun at Oreech said; "I have been hunting hey you for 48 hours." Dionl He then fired, but the negro knock iple ed up the barrel and the load went ar- over the top of the buggy. Creech un- and Singleton then jumped out and to the horses ran away. Kelly fired Ar- again, the load striking Creech in the, om side and arm. King then caught his Creech and pulled him into his buggy, to driving rapidly away. Kelly mounted nth the horse he was leading and rode ~ars after the retreating men. King, see 'een ing that Kelly was fast appproaching, e is whipped his horse into a run and this ith- pace was kept up for more than two ity- miles. lav- Coming opposite the house of Mrs. ar, Sallie Boykin, Oreech begged King to fter stop as he could go no further. They ith- drove into the yard-, Kelly following. s a King pleaded with Kelly not to shoot ho again as the man was dying. Kelly rode to up to the buggy and fired twice with i1i his revolver, killing Creech instantly. e a Neither Creech nor the two men with him were armed. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that the deceased came rto his death by means of gun of shot wounds at the hands or Spain ,rom Kelly. The cause of the shooting is ious a mystery to everybody here and no tou motive can be assigned for the deed. the Mr. Creech was manager of the livery athe stabec here of the firm of Creech & the Little. He had made many friends ne since his residence here and was a r highly respected young man. and , HAD NOT WRONGED H~I. AsThe State of Friday morning says As frurther information in regard to the tw i hocking tragedy was brought to Co tw imbia Friday night by Mr. John rhMilady, who was In Bishoprille when un the shocking news was brought to the an vwn. He stated to a reporter of The , s tate that the entire town is in gloom, 'his Iand practically all work has b~een sus er pended and stores closed. Both of foric the principals in the awful affair were athpoua in the town. It is said that otwith his dying breat Creech declared anhis innocence of any wrong toward lie lly. The body of the dead man eted was taken to Tennessee Friday night by Mr. J. B. McLaughlin, a lawyer of that place. Young Kelly is said to be a man of says quiet demeanor and well educated, e to having attended the grammar schools r to in Bath, England. is father is alsc etty a man of' retinement, and was at one be time the champion cricketer of Eng en's and. Th'e State's Informant says says that Kelly is one of the commission >ung to adjusi the debt between the coun hem tv of Lee and the old counties from des- which it was made, and is a member off of the legislature. in this connection, and however, it should be stated that the re is member of the legislature is B. F. Kel. be- ly, while the dispatches declare that of Spain Kelly killed Creech. een. The escape of Mir. Howard Single tein ton is said to be remarkable, for he six received but one slight wound in the nber hand. The horse which he was driv. run ing was struck by six buckshot and ition the buggy was riddled. Mr. W. D. Trnthnam, a leaing lawyer of Cam den, stated Friday night that he knew Creech very well. The latter was about 32 years of age, a splendid Judge of hortes and a man of pleasing per sonality. In Camden Creech was re garded as a man of blameless life. Mr. Trantbam at that time did not know which Krilly had done the shoot ing. PREACHER SLAIN BY 1OB. The Leader of "Sanctified People" Lynched in Missouri D. M. Halone, a preacher for a sect known as "Sanctified People,'-' and Constable W. J. Mooneyhcon were shot and killed by a mob at Wardell, 1 Mo., on Wednesday. Malone had been I prosperitying in this county for sever al months and considerable feeling had been aroused against him. A wo man named Mrs. Frill having left her 1 husband, caused much agitation re cently by living with Malone, who left his own wife. Mrs. Alice Malone, 1 the preacher's wife, objected vigorous ly, and Malone declared her insane and caused her to be detained in jail 1 pending an inquiry. This action 5 aroused the citizens to frenzy, and a I warrant was issued against Malone I and Mrs. Frill on the charge of un lawfully living together. Constable Mooneyhoon Saturday night arrested both because of the lateness of the hour decided to take them to his home for the night. Shortly after midnight there was a knock at the front door and Mooney hoon opened the door. le was shot dead in the door. A mob rushed into the house, and, seizing Malone, drag- t ging him into the darkness. Mrs Frill frantically begged that no harm be dlone to him, but she was roughly pushed into the house and the mob de parted. Malone was taken to a wood some distance away and shot to death. The Tnob then dispersed. "No harm was offered to Mrs. Frill or to Mrs. Mooneyhoon. Intense excitement has resulted t fronm the tragedy. It is not explained why the constable was shot by the mob but it is believed he was either f mistaken for Malone or the mob was angered because the constable took the couple to his home after arresting them. Captured Ten Forts. A dispatch from Manila says Capt. Pershing's column has defeated the sultan of Amparugano's strong force of Moros in the Taraca country, on the east shore of Lake Lanao, island of Mindanao. The Araericans cap tured 10 forts. One hundred :,nd tif teen Moros were killed, 13 were wounded and 60 were made prisoners. The Moros captured included the sul tan. Two Americans were killed and seven were wounded. The 10 forts t constituted serious and strong posi tions on the banks of the Taracariver and from them the Moros vigorously resisted Capt. Pershing's advance. The American troops attacked the forts Monday and captured eight of them without suffering any losses, though the 36 obsolete cannon mount ed on the fortifications were served with the best of the enemy's ability. The garrison of the ninth fort resisted5 fiercely and Capt. Pershing ordered the forts to be shelled and captured by assault, which was done. Lieuts. Shaw and Gracie, leading two compa nies of the Twenty-seventh infantry and a detachment of cavalry surround ed the tenth fort, where the sultan had sought refuge and it surrendered Tuesday. The forts have been dlis mantled. Fatal Runaway Accident. Mr. Morgan Shumaker, one of the oldest citizens of Orangeburg county, who lived about three miles from El loree, was thrown from his buggy on Monday of last week and idjured so1 badly that he died the same evening. Mr. Shumaker was entering Elloree in a buggy when his horse took frightV from a train, which was leaving the depot and ran away. The animal was thoroughly frightened and ran at great speed. In turning'a corner the buggy was turned over and Mr. Shu maker fell with a great force on his face. He was picked up and exami nation showed that his face was badly cut and his skull crushed. Dr. A. C. Baxter was called to see the unfortu nate man, and after awhile restored, him to consciousness. He was then removed to his home and lingered un til Monday evening when he died. A colored woman who was in the bug gy witb Mr. Shumaker escaped with afew slight bruises. Mr. Shumaker wa~s a highly respected citizen and his tragic death is greatly deplored by many who knew the old gentleman. He was over eighty years of age. A mbushed and Sht A dispatch from Eastover to The State says Wednesday evening while going toward his bomne riding a mule, just after dark, Carolina Jones, one of the staunchest colored men of thatC section, was shot from ambush near his house, about three miles south of Eastover. The weapon used by the 1 would-be assassin was a shot gun 1 loaded with No. 7 shot, the load tak- 1 ing effeet in Jones' back and face. Jones, who has ample means, at once telephoned Sheriff Coleman to send 1 bloodhounds to the scene of the shoot- 1 ing. The hounds trailed Jones' own sons to his (Carolina's) house where a gun was found with one empty cham ber apparently just shot. From all that can be gathered it seems that ( three of his own sons did the shoot ing. However, no arrests have yet been made. It it thought now that Carolin a will recover. In Good Hands.1 The Augusta Chronicle, the oldest1 newspaper in the south, was sold1 Tuesday at public auction. The pa per was bid in by Thomas W. Zayless, chief editorial writer of the Atlanta1 Constitution, for 240.000, representing himself and H. H. Cabaniss, business manager of the Atlanta Journal. Messrs. Cabiness and Loyless will go to Augusta to assume the active management of the paper, the former as business manager and the latter as editor. E. B. Hook, editor of The Chronicle, will continue in the edito rial1 deartment of the papner. LOOKS LIKE WAR Russia Has Sent a Larger Force t< Occupy Manchuria. The state department has received official confirmation from its agents in China of the increase of the Russian garrison in Neu Chwang, Manchuria, and there is-reason to believe, if Presi dent Roosevelt approves, that it is preparing to take vigorous steps ir the matter. Secretary Hay is in communication with President Roosevelt in California nd until the latter's decision the sec etary's course will pend. It is stated hat the department has had its )atience tried by the course of the yents in Manchuria and that it now ,ontemplates a more radical step than my which has heretofore marked the egotiations between the powers on his subject. The proposed step con emplates joint action by Japan, Eng and and the United States. The preceeding negotiations have een hampered by the inability of his government to act jointly with ther nations without violating its raditions, but it is now hinted that ome plan of co-operation with Eng and and Japan may be devised that vill have the effect of convincing the tussian government of the united de' ermination of the three nations to in ist upon Russia's evacuation of Man uria, while not actually committing he United States to a formal alliance. This program is subject' to the ap )roval of the president. If it, is not ooked upon with favor by him the tate department may fall back on its ormer method of individual represen ations to Russia and ask another ex >anation of the happenings in Man uria. In such event the Russian swer is already forecast by the ofli ials here. Under the Russian repre entation to the powers the troops vere to have been withdrawn from eu Chwang just one month ago to lay. It is understood as a matter of fact, hat a potion of the Russian force vas withdrawn from barracks in the ity to tents outside. It is presumed rom Pekin advices that these trool s iave now returned to the city. Ho,% er, it Is pointed out that Russia mployed a saving clause in the pro nise to withdraw from Manchuria, he language being. "Provided, how ver, that the action of othor powers hall not stand in the way." Russia, t is understood, now claims that this )roviso was violated by Japan when he mobilized her fleet and otherwise howed signs of military preparations vhich were construed as a menace to ussia. Accompanying the news of the re cupation of Neu Chwang comes a varning from other agents in Chira ,hat the Russian attitude is injuring he chances of the treaty which Mr. onger and Consul General Goodnow iave been negotiating with China in olving the opening to American trade >f the ports of Taku-Shan and Mouk ten in Manchuria. The latest advices are that the reaty is already practically lost owing o0 Russian opposition. This fact is onstrued to give the United States direct interest of what is happening n Manchuria. A DEATH TRAP. he. Lives of Nine Uoland Men Crushed Out. Details reached Roanoke, Va., hursday morning of a fearful catas rophe which occured last Wednesday ~vening in the east end of the West ~nd tunnel, known as Tunnel N~o. 2, t Eggleston Springs, Giles county, .on he Norfolk and Western railway, in hich nine men were killed and five njured, three of them fatally, while wo others were almost miraculously ~aved. Railroad contractors were en aged in double tracking the two tun iels at the point named, and it was o their operations that the accident appened. It seems that when the unnelng force had removed the eartb Lnd stone for the tracks at the point vere the calamity occured, a huge lide of solid stone gave way on the nountain side and came down at an ngle of about 45 degrees, striking the rang fairly and literally crushing the ife out of nine men. Tr~is strata of olid rock was found, on examination, o be connected only by clay seams, nd when the foundation was remov d the strata, some 50 feet long, came ith tremendous force -and without warning, catching the men in the leath trap. One man was in a niche f the tunnel-way and was only grazed n the face and head and escaped with light Injuries. He was removed with ut great difficulty. A second man, who stood on the outer edge of the lide, was only slightly hurt, but three thers were more unfortunate and o badly injured that is is feared they will die. The bodies of the other nine nen, some of whom are white, are oder the mountain slide. A wreck g car and derrick was taken out rom Radford, but so far have been of o avail. There is no likelihood that he bodies can be recovered soon, as he rock will have to be dynamited Lnd removed by the bit. This is con idered a most dangerous proposition s the length of the strata cannot be Lscertaned, rand there is imminent langer of a second crash as soon as the ase is removed, and a consequent loss )f other lives. Beauty Foods. One thing to be set down as gospel, begin with. is that all of the adver ~ised beauty foods-" skin foods," et id genus omme-are humbugs. The best )f them are useless and not a few are iarmful. The only real foods for beauty are of the every-day kind, but to be properly and judiciously selected. Bone Caused Death. Mrs. F. Lee, a wealthy woman of Bulfalo, N. Y., died at Charlotte, N. C., Wednesday morning, from effects >f a chicken bone lodging i her hroat. She was on her way home from Florida1 accompanied by her bus / LOST IN A FOG. The Fishing Schooner Gloriana is Wrecked on Whale Cove. FIFTEEN LIVES LOST IN WRECK There Are Only Three Survivors and They Had to See Their Ccmranions Die. BEfore Their Eyes. A dispatch from Canso, N. S., says the American fishing schooner Glo riana, Capt. George Stoddart of Glou cester, Mass., rand ashore during a thick fog on the cliffs at Whale Cove, near White Point ledges, Wednesday night and 15 of the crew, including the captain, were drowned out of a total of 18. The survivors are John Ricbards, Eugene Leblanc and Frank Nicker son. The drowned are Capt. George Stoddart of Gloucester, Armswortb. Thomas, Eli Manson, Ansel Goodwin, Reuben -Surr, Harry French, Fred Doucette, Thomas Frazier, George V. Muizee, Martin Goodwin, Alex Hanson, Charles Pierce, John Moule song, Arthur Bonaghan and one un known. The Gloriana left the northeast bar of Sable island Wednesday afternoon bound for Canso. There was a heavy easterly gale blowing, with thick fog. - The vessel was kept under short sail, and it is presumed that Capt. Stoddart believed he bad plenty of sea room. When the Gloriana struck on'the ledges she passed-over the outer ones, but brought up on the inner reef, but ted against a cliff of rocks and then fell off into the sea. When the vessel struck the cliff Richards, Leblanc and Nickerson were on deck and they ran forward, rushed out in the bowsprit and climbed up the cliff to a place of safety before a receding wave carried the vessel off again. *The others of the crew who were below rushed on deck half clad and started to lower the dories. As soon as each boat touched the water it was smashed to pieces. The high seas were breaking clean over the vessel and she swung broad side on the ledges and commenced pounding heavily. Lines were thrown ashore from the schooner several' times, but they were either broken or torn from their fastenings on the rocks by tne surging of the vessel. Your of the crew jumped overboard and attempted to swim ashore, but they were caught in the breakers, dashed against the rocks and killed in the attempt. The others who -wer on the vessel took to the rigging and clung there -while their strength lasted, but the enormous seas were more than they could battle against and one by one they were swept away. The three men onthe rocks could see their companions clinging to the rig ging and their shouts for help above the-roar of the sea, but it was impos sible to do anything to save them. The three survivors spent a terrible night on the cliffs. When daylight dawned they saw, one man still cling ing to the rigginig, and made their way to the mainland for assistance. The shore folk hurried to the scene of the wreck and the man was taken from the rigging, but he was dead. The place where the Gloriana -was wrected is one of the most dangerous on the KNova Scotia 'coast. It is less than a mile from where the steamer Blaamanden was totally wrecked last year and only a half mile from the scence of '.the wreck of the steamer Tiber in February, 1902, when 22 - lives were lost. ,Skeletons Exhumed. The Charleston Post says while en gaged in digging trenches for water mains in Franklin and Magazine streets Thursday, negro laborers un earthed-a number of human skeletons and rotting coffins. The trench dig gers dug through a number of graves and grinning skulls were thrown up from under ground one after another. The digging up of the skeletons .and rotting cottins created a sensation among the negroes for a time, but their nerves soon became steady and the work was continued, the laborers throwing the bones and skulls to one side in the street. It is believed that the skeletons are the remains of Brit ish soldiers, who were killed in an ex plosion of a powder magazine that stood at the spot during revolutionary days. It is on record that about 1780, . while the city was in the hands of the British forces, there was an explosion of a magazine in that section, in which a number of soldiers were killed - and their bodies were buried about the site of the building. The loca tion of the magazine is shown on some old maps of the city and it was from that building that the street ac auired its name. Mail Carrier Held Up. A dispatch from Gollatin Tenn., says the carrier on rural route No. 1 was held up Thursday afternoon by two masked men and threatened with death if be did not resign. The car rier is John Allgood, a colored man, and the feeling has been strong against him ever since his appoint ment. The matter is being investi gated by the postoltice authorities and another carrier was sent out over Friday morning. -There is no object tion to the carrier personally, but the patrons along the rouite are opposed Ito him ou account of his color. Post master Geneu ral Payne has suspended service on the route pending investiga tion and it the reports of the affair are contirmed summary action will follow. 'The incident may bocome a second Indianola case.. The Deadly Parlor Rufie. The Atlanta Journal says "a parlor rifle in the hands of Clyde Walters, a i 2-year-old boy, Thursday afternoon caused the death of little George Pur dy, a 10-year-old lad. The shooting was entirely accidental and young Walters is hea~t broken over the death of his chum and playmate. The shooting occurred Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, in the rear of 48 Druid Circle, Inman Park. Death was instantaneons. No arr'ests were made. as the shooting was the result of an accident.