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VOL. XVI11. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 3,1904. NO.45 AN ASSASSINATION. Von Plehve, the; Russian Ministe Murdered. CAST A BOM3 UNDER CAXRIAG Coachman Also Killed and Bystan ers Hurt by the TerrIflc Explo sion. All St. Petersourg Is Shocked. A special fror. St. Petersburg sal Minister of Interior Von Plehve w, assassinated Tnursday morning whi driving tc the Baltic Station enroul to visit the Emperor at the Peterht Palace. The crime was committed 2 10 o'clock. A bomb was thrown beneath tt minister's carriage, which was con pletely shattered by the explosion tha followed. Minister Von Plehve w terribly mangled. The assassin wa immediately caught, and wild excito ment followed the news of the assas ination whicn spread over the city lik wild-fire. COACHMAN ALSO KILLED. The coachman was also slain by th force of the explosion, and the ma dened horses, being free and frightei ed by the crash, dashed wiidly awa3 with the front wheels and axle of th carriage draging at their heels. Tb animals had not galloped far befol they fell with pools of blood unde them. The minister's servant, wh was also on the coachman's box, wa badly wounded and two officers drii Ing in the cab were injured by flyin splinters. ASSASSIN WOUNDED. The assassin, wounded in the eye took to flight, but at last accounts h had been overtaken and is now unde arrest. The people and gendarmes hurrie to the scene of the assassinatioE where the body of the minister la weltering in his blood. The roadwa was strewn for a hundred yards wit) wreckage of the carriage and piece of the red lining of the minister coat. A few yards from Ministe Plehv's body lay that of his coachman which was a shapeless heap. CONSTERNATIoN IN CITY. The 'News of the tragedy spreai like wild-fire over the city, and ii every quarter consternation reigned The police reserves hurried from al parts of the city and the various de partments of the government wer notified of the assassination. EXPEROR NOTIFIED. The prefect of police at once noti fled the Emperor. He was at thi Villa of Alexandra and was greatl1 affected by the news, coming as it di( upon the bad tidings from the seat o: war and fears of international com plications and the strain incident upor the hourly expectations of an heir. ACT CONDEMNED EVERYWHERE. Whatever may have been the motiv( of the crime, the act aroused th greatest indignation in the city an condemnation of it wasgeneral every where. Senator Plehve was appointed min ister of Interior April 18th 1902, an< succeeded Minister Sipiaguine, wh< was assassinated two days earlier Be was formerly the director of the police department, when he prosecutec the regicides who were responsible foi the death of Emperor Alexander II In 1881. Before the Emperor callei Plehve to the department of interior he had been almost forty years in offi clal life and at time of his death h was about 66 years old. SEVERE OFFICIAL. Although of Finnish blooi no mar in Russia so signalizd himself for sev erity against the Finns. He was re garded by many as the power behin' the throne, and he was dreaded or account of his control of the secre police. It is also alleged that h controlled the press of Russia. ASSASSIN A JEW AND TOOK POIsON. The assassin, who is reported to b a Jew, was taken to Alexandra hos pital so dazed as to be unable t speak. His condition Is accounted fo by the fact that he took poison im mediately after he threw the bomb The force of the explosion was so greal that windows of the Warsaw hotel facing the street, were shattered, ani some Droskev drivers in front of the railroad station were injured. THREW BOMB FROM HOTEL WINDOw According to the latest account th bomb was thrown from a window is the Warsaw hotel, and Von Plehve head was torn off and the lower por tion of his body was completely tor: to pieces, while the upper part is unir jured. Only two conspirators, accorc lng to this version, were connecte with the tragedy, and one of ther threw the bomb from the window an~ then bolted. When he was capture another bomb was found in hj pocket. VON PLERVE sTOOD NEXT TO EE rEROR. The assassination threw the cit into Intense excitement, and crowd gathered and started to discuss th affair when they were dispersed b the police. Business was partialJ suspended, people rushed to tb streets from their places of busines and homes, and everywhere sceni bordering on a panic were enacted t the populace. Only the assassinatio of the Emperor himself could ha' created such wild excitement an more consternation, as next to ti Emperor Von Plehve was regarded the most powerful personality col nected with the Russian governmen WAR OVERSHADOWED BY TR.AGEDY The trage-3y hasoversbadowed cor pletely the news from the seat of wi and the strained relations with Enj land, which when St. Petersburg ' tired Friday night appeared to be < the point of breaking. This mornii the whole scene has changed and tl war in the east and Britain are 10 sight of and another dark traged which has been added to the mal already on the pages of Russian h tory, is the sole and excited topic talk in every corner of the empire. WAs No sURPRIsE. A special from Washington Thu day says Secretary Hay has cabled Count Lamsdroff, Russian minister foreign affairs, an expression of p found sympathy on the loss of his coi league through the terrible crime re sulting in his tragic death. Mr. Hay Th( r, telegraphed a fimiliar expression to Count Cassini. the Russian ambassa dor to the United States. The news of the assassination was C g brieffly cabled to tWe state department li by Spencer Eddy, American charge at ban St. Petersburg, and by Consul Gener- fere al Watts. The news was forwarded to 00 Secretary Hay at Newbury, N. H. aga Although the assassination is deeply tha deplored here, it cannot be said that pro it has caused much surprised in circles the here but Informed as to the conditions -' I rs in St. Petersburg. isI le GREENViLLE NEGRO KILLED. tha ___ _ j dur ~ Sep Trio of Constables Arrested the runi Slayer With Difficulty. cen1 e foul A spacial from Greenville to the as n State says: E.trly Thursday morning proE Ls Constables Altomn, Cooley and Charles himi 3 arrested and delivered to the county nor! jail Roman white, colored, under the te charge of killing Barney Houseton, e colored, at the latter's house near the a city limits on August% street. dors The body of Houston was found d e near the house, his death having teen Sep - caused by a shot through the breast. - Cooner Black was notified and em ,, paneled a jury who returned a verdict ds e that the death of Houston was caused e by a gunsbot wound in the bands of e Roman White. The shooting is sup Vl r poseded to have been the result of a A o family row.Au s The officers had been out all nig htI ie on a raid and Thursday morning when sell noi g they were near the city limits shots not were heard, two mutilad, as if fired pno inside a house. The three were 300 noti yards from the scene of the shooting, T and ran toward the house. Altom mat r went to the rear of tthe house, a thrie room shanty, Charles to the rear and tpio Cooley ran around the end of the Spa 4house. T Altom seeing a negro boy in the T yard, asked where was the party who o did the shooting and was told that he t s was in the house. Pushing open the e s front door the constable stood face to ..is r face with White, the negro who had 50 P shot Houston. Recognizing the otfi- Q) cer. White wheeled around and reached after his pistol which lay on and the bureau. The officer was too quick for White ' and when the latter found out that Riv Altom had the drop on him, he faced of his capturer. T At this juncture Charles fired from TI behind, and aft er a slight resistance purr White yielded and was taken in the TI city patrol to the county jail. Had t - the constable been rash he would tai a have shot the negro, who was evident- the ly trying to kill him and would have La dcne so but for Altom's quickness in V handling a pistol. of Constable Cooley found Houston at of ss i the end of the house lying on his back Hss with a gunshot wound in his breast ottP from which the blood was oozing. The of P 32-calibre pistol which White grabbed ve when resisting is the one used in kill Cc ing Houston and was fired four times, the two bullets being found in the cham- Me t hers. -cur A brother of the dead boy had a thini Spistol in his possession which he The claimed belonged to the deceased. It the I was a 32-calibre and had not been 9lC fired' dire I SUMMER SCHOOL CLOSES ufac r - _____shou After a Very Pleasant and Profitable tr Session- Mou: A special to the State from Rock Hill says: The State summer school for teachers closed a very successful Run Session 1as-t Tuesday. The total at tendance was about 300 and in addi -tion the educational conference and TI -the State Teacheis' association at- men: tracted a large number of leading edu- steal cators and laymen. port SThe great body of teachers iu at- hear tendadce were diligent and won fiom the President Johnson an expressed opin- pani ion that the session just clostd was nigh marked by greater energy, more dili- repti -gence and a more enthusiastic profes- pyth > sionalism than any previous summer boar school. the .In his closing remarks he expressed large .Winthrop's pleasure at havIng the estly Sschool, and the teachers were made to the f ,feel that all that could be done was Mr load their pleasure and profit. The splen- Eme did equipment of the college with the every modern convenience, a strong woot faculty, a full and well-chosen course stea: of lectures, and also the attraction taki furnishW d by Superintendent Hughes the and his cornet band all contributed to ed di a month of pleasure and profit to the inch tired and worn teacher. vari One of the last attractions was a ashc lecture, full of force and instruction, agal d by Dr. J. A. B. Scherer, president of seaft SNewberry college. An address for dens d the closing evening was announced to bust d be given by President Poteat of Fur- to< man, but the school was disappointed gani Supon Dr. Poteat's failure to arrive, all Many are baginining to point to ship these schools as so protitable for our the teachers that the wideawake teacher was y cannot well afford to miss them. cast s They make teachers grow, and those wat e who fail to~see the need of continued nati y preparation will soon fail to till the as t y demands made upon them. cret e A Good Plan. eg In Germany, when a person breaks to down with consumption, he is sent to a government sanitarium, where he Isma e kept until he recovers or dies. in the dthe meantime his family reseives a beli weekly pension from a fund to which p.a tthe patient himself contributed when be was in good health. By this means the risk of spreading the disease is avoided. ed QueerPlace or Worship. tr ErOne of the mcst remarkable placesgo s- of worship in the world is the miners'sc e- chapel in Myndd Menigddcoleyth >n Swansea, Wales. It is c~ose to mae ibottom of the shaft. The only light but eis that obtained from a aciitary safety try st lamp hung over the pulpit from the n yceiling, and the oldest miner in the hin ay collhery is generally chosen to ortciate.ai A Double Tragedy. the IAt Dallas, Texas, Samuel Cordell, an insurance agent, Friday shot and -killed his wife while she was asleep of r- and then killed himself. Jealousy was ele, fIgiven as the cause. Their two chil- Fei -dren are lef t homeless. cee ro DECREASE THE OUTPUT. Cotton Mill Men Agree to Cur tail Production. otton Manufacturers of South Caro , North Carolina, Georgia, Ala ia and Mississippi after a brief con nce and discussion Tuesday after a by a vote of 2,183,052 spindles q inst 106,09c) adopted resolutions 5 all mills represented agreed that iuction shall be reduced during months of August and September >er cent. he resolutions adopted were: That the mills present agree q production shall be reduced S ng the month of August and ember 25 per cent. by either b aing all of the machiney 75 per e . of the time or stopping one b th of the machinery all the time, ay be most advantageous to the pective mills, the object being to t productic n to 75 per cent. of 0 nal, and they further earnestly a mmend that all the cloth mills in t States of North Carolina, South >ina, Georgia and Alabama which not curtailing to this extent shall f o for the months of August and a ember." It was further agreed I the manufacturers would not pay ht beyond New York on goods ned to bleacheries and that the should be paid within ten days S< i date of shipment or date of in- s< e.'' di rate schedule for the month of h ust was adopted and prices were I below which the mills will not A committee was appointed to a: fy the mills of any changes in g s. Commission houses will be fled of this tariff sheet. elegrams were received from South a lina manufacturers indicating a h arial improvement in the condi. n, of the goods market since the b tanburg conference when new ter prices were agreed upon. l :ie question of curtailment aroused a J interest and the committee ap ted at the last meeting to ascer the extent of curtailment now Jing reported for North Carolina ti er cent.; South Carolina, 26; Geor- si Alabama and Mississippi, 25. fr 1. Jas. L. Orr, president of Pied- tj t mills, presided at the meeting t ohn A. Law, president of Saxon, ti E. Beattie, president of Reedy rf r, and J. I. Westervelt, president c 3randon mills, were the secre- b, S. ti ie meeting was primarily for the ose of considering the curtailment ti ,e output of goods. hi ie committee appointed to ascer- le and to discuss the feasibility of t >roposition is made up as follows: h( ama, G. W. Pratt and Arthur H. gE of Huntsville; Georgia; J. P. bl ler of Augusta and B. S. Walker so onrce: North Carolina, George. B. lil and A. E. Smith, both of Char- in : South Carolina, E. A. Smythe hi 0zer and L. W. Parker of Green- hi and Columbia. st nditions affecting the business at th )resent time were discussed and w, xchange of ideas as to the best cc e to pursue in an effort to place s on a better footing was had. S1 -e is such a wide margin between t rice of raw cotton and the selling e i of the finished prcduct that Ii y mills have bEen running at a ti t loss for some time. The man- lo Lurers believe the goods market *w !d be placed on a more satisfac- tr basis, and that benefit will risult b: concerted action.-Greenville DJ ataineer. al SNAKE BOARD A SHIP. d si dreds of 'Em Figure in Yarn frorn Platte River. ie New York Evening Sun, says bers of the crew of the Swedish - nship Bifrost, South America, re-h that snakes of all sizes and in un d of numbers took possession of ship and threw the crew into a c that continued two days and a t, during which time ninety-eight h les of various sizes up to 12-foot ~ on were killed and thrown over d. The story is substantiated bya exhibition- of several skins of the r snakes, and was told too earn- P by the crew tobe amere tale of t orcastle. The vessel began to un- h quebracho wood at the foot oft rson street, Greenport, R. I. On ~ voyage up the Roi Platte for the she sailed further than any other a er has previously reporte d. While h ag on her cargo in June, during ' rainy season, a great tiood wash- I awn the river quantities of debris, iding grass, sod and growths of r >us kinds. Some of it drifted c re in the vicinity of the ship and ~ nst her sides. it is well known to ring men that snakes inhabiting s e thickets climb trees and tall tes, and one may understand thatt :limb anchor cables, booms and ways is no handicap to them. At evets, the snakes got aboard the ,into the forecastle, the cabin and holds, where the logwood cargo stored. The floors of the fore- V le and cabin were flooded with hot a r to drive the reptiles out, and ~ yes were hired to kill them as fast ~ dey appeared. In this manner the reports the disposal of ninety it. Tnen none of the crew would go I the holds until they had a ough steaming. No one knows how y snakes will be found among the d, for the hatches were open at time of the visitation, and it is yed that hundreds found hiding2 es there-. Negroes Not Wanted. I It great many negroes were Import-t nto Chicago to take the places of kers in the stock yards. They I e assaulted and not permitted to1 ;o work except when they were etly spirited into the shops. As Angusta Chronicle says, the South hang a mean negro occasionally, it is the only section of this coun where a law-abiding negro can l employment without prejudice or 1 derance. And this is a condsider- I ) of vastly more importance to respectable negro than any other. To succeed Dr. Lander. lr te. Dr.~0. Wilson, presiding elder the Cokesbury district, has been :ted president of the Williamston I nale college at Greenwood to suc r1 the late TDr. S. L-arler. I FAMILY MURDERED Lnd the Bodies Burned With the Raft ers of Their Home. VAS A MOST HORRIBLE CRIME. 'he Husband Was Murdered at the Gate and His Wife, Who Ran to His Rescue, Shared the Same Fate. A dispatch from Statesboro, Ga., to 'he Augusta Chronicle says that tatesboro and Bullock county were orrified Thursday over a diabolical rime which was pe-rpetrated at the ome of Mr. R. Henry Hodges, seven nd one-half miles west of Statesboro. r. Hodges and his family, consisting r his wife and three children, were iurdered and their bod.es burned In leir home Mr. Hodges, who was a prosperous rmer and good citizen, was last seen live Thursday evening about 8 clock at the home of Mr. Isaac kins, with whom he stopped a few inutes on his way home from the houl house. le had gone to the hool for his little daughter, who was layed by a heavy rain from coming ume. Mr. Hardy Moore, who lives a mile ad a half from Mr. Hodges' place, rst saw the fire about 10 o'clock hursday night and went to the place soon as he could. He found the use nearly destroyed and could find D trace of Mr. Hodges and family, t found his mule and buggy in the it and supposed he must have been 5 home and his body in the burning alding. FOUL PLAY SURE. Further investigation proved that iere had been foul play. There were gns of a struggle and blood at the ont gate and also on the walk from ie gates to the house. As soon as ie heat had subsided the bodies of all ie family were found burned beyond ,cognition and the skulls of all were ushed. It is thoaght that the mem rs of the family were .murdered, e house looted and burned. There was a lamp found bu-ning at e front gate after the neighbors td gathered. It is supposed it was 1 ft by the murderers in their haste get away after searching the )use. The signs of a struggle at the Lt are supposed to have been made r Mr. Hodges and the person or per ns who committed the crime. He ely heard a noise and went out to vestigate and was seized, fought for s life and was murdered by having s head crushed with some heavy in rument. His body was carried in e house and his wife and children re brained and the home tired to ver the crime. I Business has been suspended at atsboro and the citizens of the wn and county are exerting every Drt to apprehend the guilty parties. overtaken it is very likely that ere will be a lynching bee in Bui ck county, as the people are much rought up. Mr. Hodges was indus bus and frugal and was thought to tve considerable cash in his house. ispatches have been sent out to hold suspicious characters. Sheriff Ken 'ik has wired to Savannah for the1 atham county bloodhounds to as-1 st in tracking the criminals. EILLED AT THE GATE. Further investigation proves that r. Hodges was seized some distance om his dwelling and struggled for s life until he reached his gate, hen he was knocked down and killed, there was blood on the fence and Lte posts. His hat was found in the ne near his cowpen and it is thought Swas penning up his cows when he as attacked. The robbers likely did )t expect to find him Out of the house1 that time of night, but as they did iey decided to get rid of him and1 oceeded to take his life. His wife's acks were found coming Efrom the us'e to the gate, and It is thought iat she heard the noise and came out ith the lamp to see what was the atter, and she was killed at the gate so, and both bodies carried in the ouse and the house searched for. oney, the children killed and the )rch applied. The bodies were all found in one om, the man, woman and oldest aild occupying positions opposite to 'here the beds were, which shows they 'ere lert lying on the iloor. One of the nailer children was in the remains of 3e bed and the other in a cradle. Mr. [odges was struck only on the back of 'e head, while his wife was struck on e forehead and the back part, the >p of her sku:1 being nearly severed. [r. lodges' ax was found near the odies. The bloody work was done 'ith this instrument. There had been rain just before the crime was com itted, which will be an aid in over lking the criminals. DOGS TAK.E THE TRAIL. Track were found in the rear of the ouse acrcss a corui patch of a person rearing a small dress shoe and one arefooted, but having small feet. heriff Kendrick put his dogs on the rack and run it off froti the house piece and found they took the run of ,branch a hundred yards or so, but1 he dogs had no trouble in finding the eene anew and were running it when he Chronicle man left, and it is hought the criminals will be caught. eople are present from all over the ounty and a large posse is following he dogs. Two of the children were ery small, which only makes the deed 2ore horrible. MIURDERIERS A RRESTED. Several negroes 1 ave been arrested or the murder and the burning of the' ouse. Paul Reed and Will Cato are he most deeply Implicated. Paul eed's wife has confessed to Mr. Madi on Parrish and others, that Paul Reed Lnd Will Cato came to her house early Chursday nigrht and secured matches ?aul went away with the shoes that were found near the scene of the ~rime. She says the two men were one several hours and when Paul came )ark it was aot ne 'clock. He SLAYER OF DAWSOW I Dr. Thomas D. Mcfow, Found Des in His Bed. IN HIS HOUSE ALL ALONE. Judging from the State of HJ Decomposed Body, He Must Have Been Dead Several Days. A special to the State from Charles leston says: Dr. Thomas B. McDov the slayer of Capt. F. W. Dawson late editor of The News and Couriei was found dead in bed at his residenc on Rutledge avenue Tuesday morninj having been dead since probabl Saturday night or Sunday morninj judging from the state of decompos tion of the body. Dr. McDow's wi: and daughter were in the mountair and he had been occupying the hous alone, which accounts for the lon time that elapsed between his deat and the finding of his body. The discovery of the dead body wa made by J. C. McDow, a stablemat cousin of the deceased, who wa notified Tuesday morning about o'clock by Dr. McDow's negro bugg driver that he had not seen the do( tor since Saturday afternoon and wa fearful that something had happene to him. When the negro failed to se the doctor Tuesday he concluded tha he had taken a run out of the cit3 but tinding the house shut up agai Tuesday morning, after attending t the horse and stable he notified th cousin of the aead man. McDoi forced open the door of the house an then entered the bedroom, to find th doctor dead. The room was in a orderly condition. The mosquito ne had been carefully tucked in aroun the mattress, Dr. McDow's clothe were laid on a chair near his bed an a pitcher of water and a glass stoo on a table by the bed. The body wa on its back, with the arms carefull; thrown over the chest. There wa no evidence of any struggle and i looked as though death had peacefull and suddenly come to him. NO .UTOPSY HELD. An autopsy was not held, being Col sidered unnecessary on account of Di McDjw having been under treatmen for heart disease, Dr. A. E. Baker is suing a certificate that this was th cause of his death. Dr. McDow hai a fainting spell a few days ago at tbi office of the Charleston Light an Water company while paying his wa ter rent, and the supposition is tha the repetition of the attack was to great a strain for the organ to beas and he succumbed under it durin Saturday night or 'Sunday morning. Dr. McDow was 49 years of age. H has been practicing his profession her for a number of years and was con sidered to be in good circumstances He had a nice home on Rutledge ave nue. THE DAWSON TRAGEDY. On March 12, 1899, Dr. McDov shot and killed Capt. Francis War rington Dawson, editor of The New and Courier, one ol the best knowr men in South Carolina and a man c national reputation in the world c journalism and politics. Capt. Dais son had gone to Dr. McDow's ffce ti remonstrate with him concernini alleged attention by him to a youni woman employed as a domestic i: Capt. Dawson's family, and it was while the two men were alone in th' offce that the killing occured, al about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. I1 was not until several hours afterward that the tragedy became known and it made an immense sensation ir Charleston and all over the country After killing Capt. Dawson, by shoot ing him with a revolver, Dr. McDom attempted to hide the body in a smnal unpaved passageway leading from hi: offce, which he tried to dig a grave He testified at his trial, upon a chargi of murder, that this was done in the high excitement and nervous trepida tion following the death of his victin and not with any intelligent idea c hiding the result of his deed, and tha as soon as he had come to a realiza tion of what he had done, he reportet the death of Capt. Dawson to th authorities. The trial of Dr. McDow was al event of absorbing interest in Charles ton and every feature of it was closel followed by the crowds that packe the court house. He was acquitte upon a plea of self-defense, his cli being that Capt. Dawson had threat ened him and had struck at him wit a heavy cane. In the excitement following th first news of the killing of Capt. Daw son, there was some talk of a lynchin party and actually plans were laid b; some of the overwrought friends of tb slain editor to take Dr. McDow froi the county jail and execute him sunr marily, but better councils, fortifiel greatly by citations of Capt. Dawson own firm views upon the dignityC the law, prevailed, and there was n demonstration made. Since the tragedy Dr. McDow ha continued to live in the house on Rut ledge avenue and to have his offcea the place where he killed Capt. Das son, and it was in that residence tha he died and his body was found. * Died from Cigarettes. Mr. Chas. Steele, a young man2 years of age, shot himself through ti head with a revolver at the homec his brother, William Steele, in Vai cluse near Aiken on Sunday afternoot His bramn was pierced with the bulle and it is reported there Monday tha he is dying. Disappointment in lov is said by some to be the cause of h: act, and by others it is thought tha his brain was etfected by cigarett smoking. _________ Woman Instantly Killed. Thursday in the Ashmore sectior nine miles from Greenville, Len Agnew accidentally killed Minnie M( Karnel], another negro woman, wit a small parlor rifle. The McKarne woman was sick and the other ha called to visit her. The rifde was on table nearby and as the visitor picke it up to lay It aside it was accidenta: ly discharged, the ball entering tb sick woman's brain uver the left ey' producing instant death. was barefooted and bad blood on hi, pants and his clothes were wet. He told her he had committed a horrible crime. She further stated that Paul Reed and Will Cato went to Mr. Hodges Satur day night week to commit the crime, but met Mr. Hodges before they got tc the house and decided that the oppor tunity was not as favorable as they wished, and decided to defer it till another time. They -told Mr. Hodges they came to get some pirits of turpentine. She says there are others implicated. She knows by what she has heard from Reed and Cato's talk. Reed told her he would kill her if she told it. The woman sayE hat Recd and Cato said that Mr. Hodges had three hundred dollars bur ed back of his house and they were going to have it. KILLED HIMSELF. ,egro, Fred Brown. Cuts His Throal iin the Penitentiary. We clip the following from The tate, which says: Fred Brown, a ife term negro convict, sent up for nurder, cut his throat after making a nurderous assault Thursday afternoon ipon Will Lewis, also a life term 2egro convict In the penitentiary. Brown was head cook of the guards mnd officers's mess and Lewis Is a vaiter. The tight began in the citchen and the officers were aroused rom dinner by Lewis rushing into the oom, a stream of blood gushing from ils neck, and Brown Dashing after 21m with a long kitchen carving knife. kfter a hard chase Brown was over owered and taken to the whipping oom beneath the hospital. While raiting there for instructions the uard paid little attention to the man intil he heard an exclamation, and ooking up saw the murderer slashing 2is own throat. He lived for several ours, dying at 8.30 Thursday night. Messrs. W. G. Black, bookkeper, T. 1. Lesene, commissariat; Dr. S. E. armon, Capt. J. M. Graham and irst Seargeant C. C. Roberts were at inner in the mess when Brown at acked Lewis in the kitchen, which is mnly 10 or 12 feet from the mess hall. o quarreling was heard. Not a sin le discordant word in the routine ervice was noticeable, not even an Ludible suggestion from the cook to ils assistant. Suddenly they heard a cream and immediately the fleeing ervant was rushing into the room outing: ''Stop him! he's killing ne!" Then everything was turned opsy turvy as the officers saw the orm of Brown with a long 16-inch arving knife in his band making des erate lunges at the fleeing man try ng to stab him in the back. In and out the officers' quarters and ,round the building the infuriated nvict pursued his victim with the dcers in hot chase after the would ie murder. As Brown was about to ie caught he made a desperate cast of he 20-ounce knife at the head of his scaping foe, the knife sinking deep nto a half closed door through which be pursued man had just passed. Sergeant Roberts was the first to eize Brown and when the other offi ere arrived he was turned over to a uard with orders to take him to the rhpping room and wait instructions, .s the Superintendent must always iar the cause before corporal punish ent is administered- While waiting n this room Brown took a small pock t knife, about two inches long, from is clothing and, in full view of the nan who had just arrived to lay on ,he lash, he hacked and raked at his broat until the windpipe was comn >letely served. Dr. S. E. Harmon at this time was the hospital with Will Lewis, whose ead and neck were badly cut and be lid not know of the seqiuel until some ime later. He summoned Dr. L. A. riffth and they did everything in heir power to save Brown's life. The ound was sewed up and treated. ['he man talked for a short while. e stated that he intended to kill Lewis but would not tell why or what >rought on the assault. Lewis, who is still in the hospital, )ut s not considered dangerously ounded, stated to a reporter Thurs lay that he and Brown had been 'riends for years and had never had ~ny trouble of the slightest nature. Ie said that there was no quarrel be ,ween them Wednesday, that the only ords spoken by Brown were In a hisper, that he said, "Lewis get rour dinner now quickly as I am aw ully worried today," Lewis got a pan Ld was stooping over a pot when without another word he was struck *n the back of the head with the big itchen knife. Fred Brown ha] been in the peni Lentlary for 13i years. ie was con icted of murdering Lem Jackson, olored, at Belleville, Lexington coun iy, in June, 1890, and was sentenced by Judge L. D. Witheispoon to be tanged March 20, 1901, in the Lex ington jail. During this interval Brown escaped jail but was recaptured and on the night before he was to ex piate his crime Gov. B. R. Tillman commuted the sentence to life impris onment in the State penitentiary. During Gov. McSweeney's adminis tration several petitions for the man's pardon were submitted to that offcial but he refused executive clemency and since then the officials say Brown had become morose and dejected, fre. quently saying there was no hope foi him and he would have to spend his entire life in prison, which he would say was worse than death. Superintendent Grimfth says Brown has been one of the best convicts in the prison and has for years been cook for the otticers' mess but that recently, since he was refused pardon, has acted queerly. It is his belief that the man was crazy when he attempted the life of his life-term companion. Georgian Assassinated. A special to The Augusta Chronicle from Washington, Wilkes county, Georgia, says that while Charley J. Tyler, a promineut young farmer 0f the northeastern section of the coun ty was at supper with his wife Yri day night, Dr. Thomas C. Burch emptied two loads of buckshot from the window in the body of Tyler killing him instantly. Dr. Burch has beeD taken in custody and oftlcers are no'w carrying him to Washington, the conty eat of Wilkes county. DEATH OF MR. H. H. CRUM. d Dies Suddenly from a Stroke of o poplexy. We clip the following from the D mark correspondent of the State wb says Mr. H. H. Crum died at his r .s dence here Tuesday at 11 o'clc lingering less than 12 hours after stroke of appoplexy of the evening fore. Mr. Crum had spent Monday out his plantation, several miles fi town, where he was superintending cutting a canal through his lands 9 had been interested in this work several days previous. He returnet his home at the close of the day, al hearty supper and showed no sign the approaching stroke. After sup y was over he retired to his favoi porch to catch the cool breeze of evening. A few minutes later his w ,e joined him, but did not remain w S him, feeling that the cool air was : :e beneficial to her. Mr. Crum remair g in the piazza for a short time bef h he was heard by his family maki his way to an inner appartment. S got to the sitting room, closed and locked it. A few feet away fr the door, or just as he turned fr 8 the door to join his family, he m have received the apopletic stro Mrs. Crum was engaged In convel s tion with her children and expec d every minute to see her husband en e the room. Fifteen minutes or m elapsed before she began to think t possibly the repetition of the n made by her husband, the moving the foot over the floor and forced cle e ing of the throat, meant ill news his beloved family. Mrs. Crum w d out to see him and found the 1 e dark. Calling for a match, the gas lighted, and there sat her husband t the floor, one arm resting on a la d rocking chair, his head moving to a s fro. Mrs. Crum called to him, he lo ed up into her face and tried to spe Mr. Crum had evidently tried to s up, using the chair as a support, F possibly he felt the attack coming him and tried to sit in the chair. Physicians and kind friends w called, but the stroke was serious a gradually life ebbed away. His entire family and many friei stood around his bed until death ca Mrs. Cram and her children are gi stricken, and the community mow t the loss of a good citizen. Mr. Cr had just completed his fine residez e on Palmetto avenue, and had scarc I had time to place in order his n B home, and In one sense a new a i happy life had only begun. - Mr. Crum was 40 years old and h b served Barnwell and later Bamb county In the lower house of the g( eral assembly several terms, af f which he was elected in 1900 by t general assembly to manage the Sta dispensary, all of which positions filled with exceptional satisfaction the people of his commonwealth. His body was interred Wednesd at I1 o'clock at the Denmark cen tery. Died in Peligious Service. Mrs. Mary iocker, wife of Josh g Blocker, mot -;r of 10 children, all l 1 ing, died dv .ng services at Tay] r chapel ini the upper township of Ric r land county on Wednesday. The qu tion was asked by the pastor. "W would meet him on the other shore She -responded that she would a commenced falling. She was caug i by her sisters, who prevented her fr( falling to the floor. This was at abc 10 p. m. The membership crowd around, rubbed her vigorously, n pled first cold water and afterwa3 camphor. Consciousness not retu: 1 lng, about 12 m. Dr. Lever was se 1 for, and arrived at the church at 1 .m. The woman was pulseless and sound could be heard over the he: and no breathing. She had vomil 1 from mouth and fluid was in the n a trils. Efforts were made to id .artificial respiration for half an h< a or more when she was left to fain B for disposition. Civil Service Examinations. SThe United States civil sar vice cc e mission announces an examination August 17-18-19, 1904, at Columbia j secure eligibles from which to ma e certification to fill a vacancy in 1 position of engineer draftsman in t supervising architect's office, at $1,: per annum, and other similar vaci cides as they may occur in that offici On August 24th an examination secure eligibles for the posision economic and stratigraphic geolog and* paleontologist in the Philipp service at $2,000 per annum will held. On August 31st another examii e tion secure eligibles for the positi -of bookkeeper in the reclamation a vice of the geological survey will Sheld. This position carries a sali e of $2,000 per annum. - Georgia Family Murdered. I A special from Stateboro, Ga., si s that Henry Hodges, his wife and th: f children were brutally murdered nm 0 there Thursday night. After 1 crime had been committed their ho S was burned. Corpses found in 1 a- debris showed that the skulls of1 t grown people had been broken r- blows from some blunt instrume .t Robbery is supposed to have been 1 motive. Nio arrests have yet bi made. There is the greatest exci muent in Statesboro and vicinity. 9 __________.____ Enforcing the Law. r Justice David Gilmer, at Job .|town, Pa., has just imposed whia .| probably the heaviest fines ever m~ t under the present fish laws of .t state upon three men who were c e lvicted of catching 166 carp and s| fish by building a fence across Bufi *t |creek, driving the fish into wire p l and killing them. The fine was | for each fish, or a total of 31,660 lieu of which they must serve days in jail. ,Rural Telephones. ~. There are 994 mutual telephone s ii tems of rural character, with 89, y instruments and 70,915 miles of sin d wire. In addition to these the cc a mercial companies operate 15,598 rmu d lines, with 1:38,425 miles of single a i. and 121,905 telephones. There are a e 4,985 independent farmers' lines w , 49,965 miles of single wire and 55, instruments. ROOSEVELT NOTIFIE Of His Nomination at His Home at Sagmore Hill. ich HE ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION Ok, In the Presence of an Assemblage of he Distinguished Men. A Pho be tographer Was Present on to Take Them All. OM the On last Thursday Theodore Roose mnd velt formally opened the campaign of for 1904 at his beautiful country home at t Sagmore Hill. Standing on a spot oa made dear by the associations of a per lifetime, surrounded by his family and ite relatives and friends, and In the pres :he ence of an assemblage of men distin ife guished in all walks of life, he formal ith ly received and accepted the nomina lot tion of the Republican party for Led president of the United States. )re Speaker Cannon and his committee ng of notification together with many of He the invited guests arrived there on a he train from New York. The attend )m ance of the members of the committee )m was notably large, regrets being re st ceived from ouly three, James N. re. Combs of Florida, Senator Chauncey sa- M. Depew of New York and Senator ;ed Clarence D. Clark of Wyoming. ter In all, about 125 persons were pres )re ent at the ceremony. p 'at -President Roosevelt personally re se ceived the members of the committee of and other guests as they arrived at ar- Sagamore Hill. He knew almost to every man personally. After the visi mUt tors had been greeted by the president, all Secretary Loeb presented each one to as Mrs. Roosevelt and to Miss Alice on Roo3evelt. The guests were seated on 'ge the veranda, where the notification ,nd ceremony was held. As Speaker Can k- non, attired in a dark gray frock suit, ,k- stepped upon a chair standing near et the veranda railing, he was given a or cordial reception. on While Mr. Cannon read his speech, President Roosevelt stood at his right "re hand, giving close attention to the nd address. Mrs. Roosevelt, surrounded by her ids children, Kermit, Ethel and Quentin, le- stood facing Mr. Cannon, almost In ef the centre of the crowd. Mr. Cannon 'ns was interrupted frequently by ap im plause. ice President Roosevelt shook Mr. Can aly non's hand heartily at the conclusion ew of his speech and then mounted the nd chiir to deliver his address- In re sponse. He was given so cordial a re ad ception that it was quite a minute rg before he could proceed. He was In I- excellent voice, and though he fol er lowed the printed text of his speech he he seldom referred to It. The address te was punctuated by applause. he When he concluded he was heartily to congratulated first by Speaker Can non, then by Chairman Cortelyou and &Y by the others present. te- After the informal reception which followed the address Speaker Cannon - suggested that all the visitors assem ble on the lawn at the foot of the Te a randa steps "in order that they may v- have ther respective shadows secured or ere the substance fade." As the pres h- ident descended the steps to face the s- photographer, he called for Gov. Par ho dee of California and W. S. Simpson ?" of Texas to stand near him. These ad two with Speaker Cannon, Chairman ht Cortelyou, Gov. Odell of New York, im Cornelius N. Bliss and Frank S. ut Black, stood about the president as A the photographs were taken.. .P A buffet luncheon followed and the ds guests were served by the president's a ecnildren and his nephews and nieces. nt Senator Platt and Elihu Root were Snot present but sent regrets. no _________ Lrt The Western'tates. Conditions in several of the western ceStates, Senator Dubois said in a re ur cent interview with Judge Parker, ly give the Democrats a good chance of * success. He mentioned particularly Idaho, Colorado, Montana and Neva-3 da. In Washington it has been set Itled that Former Senator George on Turner will be nominated for the gov to ernorship. There is a local fight on ke in Washington over an effort to comn he pel the railroads to pay "their just he share of taxation," which Senator 00 Dubois declares will weaken the Re .1- publican party and, added to the per -. sonal popularity of Senator Turner, to will enable the Democrats to carry of that State. st ne Killed by a Train. be Jim Petty, colored, aged 60 years, was struck by a yard shifter near the a- Southern depot in Spartanburg Thurs Onl day night, and died from the effects er- of his irnries early Friday morning. be There were no eyewitnesses to the ac ry cident4 It appears that about 10 *o'clock last night Petty was walking up the track of the main line, leading s from the depot to the junction, when se a shifting locomotive struck him..The ar wheels passed over his left leg and his he head was injured. At the coroner's e i nest held this morning the verdict he was that the decease came to his death he by being struck by a locomotive In the by Southern's yard. at. Three Killings in One Day. _ he A disdatch from Greenville says. te- Barney Houston, colored, was shot eand instantly killed by his step-father there Thursday. Jane Agnew, col ored, was shot Wednesday evening s- and instantly killed by another coi is ored woman. The shooting is said to de have been accidental. A negro man h1e was shot and supposed to be fatally mf. injured by a young physician near at Marietta Thursday. The shooting lo was in self defense as the negro armed ms with a gun, was said to be advancing 11 on the white man when shot. All in three shootings occurred in that coun t66 ty within twenty-four hours. We Hope He Win. The Columbia Record says Chair ys- man Taggart, of the Democratic com 16 mittee, it is stated, has long desired le the honor of leading the party to vic m- tory. He made an active campaign to ral having himself elected to the position, Ie and in the face of considerable opposi so tion his efforts were crowned with suc Ith cess. If he will use the same poltica -74| finess against the Republican partyl we mayrfeel asure or the result.