The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, June 26, 1907, Image 1

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VOL. XXI. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 26, 1907. NO. 39. BLOODY BATTLE. The Legal Troops Win After a Very Fierce Battle. DETAILS OF MEETING. th Which seventy Men Are Killea Md a LAirge Nuniber Are Wound di-Tlie Mitiners Arose at a Giv ei Signal. "nd Drok6 Into the Ar mory and Seized Riflos and Fired A dispatch fiom St. Pietersburg. Russiai says details of the mutiny of $ipers at Kiev show that it was. sypi-essed at midnight, June 17. be t*ten the mtitineers and the loyal troops, in which about seventy men *ere killed or wounded. kiev is one of the cities where rev diutionary ideas have made the greatest inroads on the army and revolutionary military organization is very powerful. counting among its members dozens of officers. The mutiny was planned to coin cide with a general political strike as a reply to the disolution of parli inent, involving the railroads, tele graphs and mails. In several of the southern provinces arrangements for the strike had been making for tionths udider the leadership of an eiperienced organizer. M. Loskoti, who was a member of the first par liament. The decision of the revolutionary staft at St. Petersburg to refrain from demonstrations was disobeyed by the hot-headed sappers. At midnight of June 17, 500 men, at a given signal., left their beds, disarmed the sentries; hurriedly dressed. obtained posses slon of their rifles, broke into the armory, secured some loaded cartrid ges and then marched to the camp square and fired a volley in the air. The officer on duty. Captain Aku loff, ran out and addressed the mut iners, advising them to disperse. He then called out another battalion. drew the men and led a charge on the mutiners. ordering them to sur render. On their refusal to do so. Captain Akuloff ordered the troops to fire and fell dead hignself at the first volley The fighting continued for several minutes. Half a dozen others were killed and about sixty were wounded. Finally the muti neers. with no officers, no leaders and no plans, wavered and fled. Two hun dren and fifty were captured but one hundred and nine-three eluded pur suit and hid in the city. The mutiny at Kiev was arranged by Shefch Evko. a revolutionist of good family. who entered the army as a volunteer for the purpose of undermining discipline and won over many of his' comrades but when he raised the standard of revolt they were frightened and the little band of ring-leaders were overpowered.I Three bombs were found in Shefch Ecko's tent. All the mutiners will be tried by courtmartial. The workmen employed in a big factory at Kiev struck after the mut iny, but they have not yet been join ed by the employes of other factor General Sukhmliloff, the comman der of Kiev, is taking the moderate energetic measures to arrest the lead ers of the movement. Hundreds of houses have been searched and 93 citizens have been, arrested, among them being officials of the railways and telegraph service and the editors of a newspaper. Numerous other arrests were made in Kiev, and a number of bombs were found, but order is now restored. The city is in the hands of the mil The Novo Vremaya in an article on the mutiny at Kiev attributes the sedition of the at my by the corrup tion of soldiers in the Japanese pris ons: second, to the presence of Jews in the army; and third, to the len iency -hitherto shown by the militar.y authorities. The paper claims, how ever,, that the prop)oga.nda has made but slight progress. Trouble has also broken out among the troops of the Third infan try division, stationed at Kaluga. General Orloff. who suppressed the insurrection in the Baltic provinces left st. Petersburg hurriedly to take charge of the garrison at Kaluga. No information is available as to the nature of the troubles. a stiet censorship on all incoming press dis patches having been instituted ic the dissolution of the parliamnent. The dispatches of the Associalte~ Press from Kiev. detailing the mun ity there, was turned over to the re sor and held up from 12 to 14 hor before they were delivered. The wo'rkmen of Moscoi are he coming restless and the connnfanldanu of that city has brought twenty tw companies of infantry into the place Several big meetings of workmenok the Moscow suburbs have been bo enhlesale arrests continue in St Petersburg. The preparation ofti gstration lists for the election o mebers of the new parliament havq begun. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ KILLED) BY LIG3HTNlNG. Young M1an Laid Low Hy Bolt a Rock Hill. A ipthto The State fronm Roel Al dsatcha Anderson. the 1 7-yeat l sys Sam r and Mrs. Geo. T Anderson. was intfl' iedI lightning Thursday te second sto 'clock. He was on tereted forh of a residenicOed nrme ted his ht father and had ha kingM' ths to with which he ~v~~rukt the CO cr post. Th tol et sid te l temple and followid h ant side the body, tearing di tt n - ering the shoe. On of was badi men was nearl" n a a shocked but not killed. FIRST NEW E.' T x. Cotton Comtia oi li'lii Yery Early The first bale of the new efl otton arrived at Houston.Hidai Thurday by express fromnidl county Texas.ulLast ar the f al heretofore was June 2-,1' SOME BIG SHIPS. Two Immense Battleships to Be Built by this Country. They Will Be Two of the Most Pow erful Fighting Machines Ever Built Anywhere. Bids were opened at the Navy De partment at Washington on last Thursday for the consiruction of two American "Dreadnaughts." each to be of 20.1000 tons displacenent. The total cost ol eacli when 'oniited is estmiated at $10.000.00I. Dimensions are: Length. 51 0 feet. breadth. N.- feet. 2% inches; speed. 21 knots. The main battery will consist of 10 12-inch gaus. so arranged as to per :it a broadside fire 25 per cent reater than any battleship built, or building. The secondary battery will include fourteen :-inch rapid-fire guns and a number of smaller rapid fire guns. The actual total weight of hull and armor in the proposed designs is approximately 3.000 tons greater! than in the largest battleship so far built. The bids of the Newport News Ship Building Company with one hid at $3.987.000 and the Fore River" Ship Building Company. of Quiney, Mass.. with a bid at $4.377.000 were the successful bidders for the big 20, 000. ton battleships. The bidding brought together a, large number of shiphuilders and others interested in naval construc tion. Owing to alternative bids the bidding was necessarily complete. The Newport New Company submitt ed no less that seven sets of plans and were generally the lowest at all points and with all combinations, but the law provides that no company shall receive more than one contract. Bids other than the Newport News Company and Fore River were Cramp and Sons, deportment plans. $4,100.000: New York Shipbuilding Company. $4.445.000. The bids were referred for exami struction, whic.h will recomnial '.he structiop which will recommed the awards. THE SIGN OF DEATH. Made a Witness Refuse to Testify in a Court. In a New York Court one day last week Ignazio de Leonardo and Pietro ampinellia were convicted of kid napping and employing 'Black Hand' ne.thods of extortion. De Leonardo 'as first found guilty and at once offered to turn State's evidence. At the moment he took the stand Pam >iellia placed his hand on his tem ples and brought them down slowly until they met on the throat. The effect on Leonardo was startling. The witness turned deathly pale. Then he managed to say, "I am sick. I cannot testify." "-hy?" demanded Judge O'Sulli With an effort Leonardo replied: "Pampiellia has just given me the sign of death. It is the Black Hand. [ will not testify." The witness was removed from the room and given a chance to recover himself. Later he was returned to the stand only to collapse when his eyes met those of his partner in crime. He piositively refused to give evidence.. . Pampinellia was convicted, as De Leonardo had been, on the testimony of Salvator Siatta. who was stolen from his home last winter and, held a prisoner while "Black Handa let - ters demanded from his father. a prosperous barber, a ransom of $10. 000. The youth was eventually re leased. though the father denied that he had settled with the abductors. SAS WE'l) W1'N. Cnese Minister D~oes Not BelieveC War Talk, However. This 'ounltry has ani ardent chiaml pon in Sir Chen Tung Ling C'hang. the Chinese minister. Befor'e leaving Boston for Andov'er. where he wlli revisit the scene of his school days at Philips-Andover academy. lie foi'got his professional caution enough to sa that in the event of war with lpan there wvould be no doubt of he American army being vijctorious. e however, did not believe there s s any proslueet of a w~ar' between Ja )n and thie Uited States. "In my piniou Japan does not want to fight. America is too powerful BLAMES ONE DAY WII fot ('hargeid W\ith perjur'y Sa Shte ca~used His Arrest. Bithe and~ debonlair,. in spite of 1 h' act that lie has been arrested on 'gitiv' warr'ant from Dallas. 'e. -arging him with perjury. JIohn B. Baird aged 21 years. says he knows i trou1E- is all the fault of his ~W -iot'dy He married her in Dal las heforeO he wvas 21 years old Sh asolder that he. \fti liv'iing with his )vit'e f'or one - 'a.Baid returned to his parents in -. saeala.Cal He says he can show . at he was not guilt. ofpi'tYi h manner in which lie got around I he questoni as to his age. I XggE D)ONATIlON. anderbilt University Given One Hunl dred Thiousand Dollars. YAdispatch from Nashville says a 1w nnual alumni meeting at V an - drbit Chancellor .J. H. Kirkla an unoiicd a onuiribut ion of $1 '0 d 00 fromi Wiillianm K. \'anderhbi t t tity. W. K. \Vanderbill of evYr fand E. C. tffitton of Chicago wet ele ~.cted memberst of he \ander'bil - universit1 boarid of trustees. ttommtiits Suicide. t V con, Gan.. N. ID. Cohin, geus' Sma ouger ouf the aluconi Gi'o'er >0 compny1'A. and the wealthiest cit izel s, committed~ suicide at his residence1 go e ille. by shooting himself in th t hed with a shot gun. Ill health an a a aeneral nervous break down is th cas sined for the shooting. TROOPS DESERT. Revolt in France Spreads and Sol diers Fire on Mob. FOUR OF THEM KILLED Secret I40lic4 N.telt Lynched in Nar 11bnne. Which Phace Is See of Wild Excesses.-Eleven Persons Wounded in Riot.-Body of O.i cer Dragged Through Streets. Paris is Alarmed. France seems to be having consid rable trouble with her rebellious itizens. A dispatch says the reb lious excesses and rioting in the didi are causing the greatest excite nent and apprehension in Paris. The )tl)reaks in Narbonne. Perignan. Iontpelier, and other places are re arded as of ominous character. Orders were wired to the 13th hasseurs at Beziers to proceed forth ich to Narbonne. where the riotous ?lenent of the populace cast off all estraint and the city became the eene of many wild excesses. A ecret police agent was lynched and I ther persons were treated with the : nost extraordinary brutality. For a gentleman to appear on the treets alone. was to court the risk i f being clubbed to death. The troopsIa ltinately were obliged to intervene i or the protection of the officers of . he law. which resulted in further I )oodshed. I The secret police agent who was ( ynched. was patrolling the promen- t Lde Des Barques when the mob sud- i enly invaded the street. They seized .im and clubbed him till he was I enseless. Then they riddled the I )ody with bullets and pitched him I nto the canal. Later they fished the body from the I ater and attached a rope to it drag- " ed it through the streets. acting fe- I 'ociously all the while. When the < roops arrived on the scene there i vas sharp fighting. The mob at empted to rush the soldiery. but the atter fixed bayonets, and repelled he assaults. Revolvers were drawn by the riot rs. and the troops were fired upon I intil they were forced in self-defense o shoot. Numbers of the mob fell. our persons being killed. among vhom was a girl twenty years of age. Eleven others are known to have een wounded. while many others vere carried off by friends. Several 'asualties occurred among the troops. ut just how many were killed or counded is not known. A battalion of infantry stationed t Adage has deserted with its arms ,nd amunition. and has joined the nsurgent wine growers at Beziers. The mutiners were mostly recruit -d from among the wine growers and umbered 400. Later they offered to -eturn to Adage if they were not pun shed. The premier replied that he refus ed to parley with deserters saying Lhat all the government's forces ~vould be utilized, if necessary, to uppress the uprising. The mutiners, fully armed. march d to Beziers. General Croisade, ommanding the brigade, met the nutiners ot Villeneuve. "Soldiers must kill me or obey e." he commanded. The soldiers elied that they had no desire to kill him. but were determined to re turne to Beziers. A detatchmenlt of gendarmfes at emted to bar their way, when the utiners fired a volley in the air, and were permitted to pass. The mutineers stacked their arms in the square at Beziers, where they were loudly cheered and warmly wel coied by the peop~le. The news has caused the gravest concern in government circles. It is announced that the government's watchword remains 'Law must reign.' FOUND EABY 1N BRUSH. W~andered in Wildernes.s, His Throat Parched W~ith Thirst Walking alone in a wilderness of sage brush, his throat parched with a thirst of forty hours, his sturdy lit tle legs torn and bleeding from briar thorns, the 1 9-months-Old baby of Lawrence Mtarsh. residing near Cal well, Idaho. was found Thursday alive and prattling to himself after Isearch which began with the child's disapearance on Saturday r.ight and in which a piosse of several hundred men were emp)loyed. As Henry A. Hanthorn, one of the io was standing, the little fellow looked up wide-eyed at the strange man in blue flannel shirt and wide brimmned hat and then to the horse. "Pony. baby ride pony?" the roungster questioned with glistening "You bet you can. bless your little old heart." cried Hanthon. BOGUS POULTRY D)EALERS. Obtained $100,000 Worth of Goods and Failed to Pay. Operating under various aliases. it is alleged by the Poultry Dealers' as sociation, of New York. a gang of s~inders obtained $100.000 worthl of poultry. butter and eggs for which not a cent was paid. The men oper ated under various firm names. The bogus dealers were last organ ized under the name of Harlem Pro duce company and had a store ii New York city.. where they did rushing b~usiness for about a month Heuy Rosenblatt has been arrestec 4and three other' men are being pur sued by the police, all charged witl grand lareeny for their part in th< swindle. STRU'CK BY A TRAIN. an an.d N-orse Killed and The Wag oni Demolished. A Beaufor't special to The Stat says a colorod n name'l .Vmc reIgory was killed Thursday rmol' ne at 'a er'ossing. on the track of thb Charlest on and1 \\'estern Carolina ra road near Sheldon. The train idl a or the crossing and the negro in] e 'wagon drove on the track. It wi :d too late to stop the train. The mn ee:was thrown IA feet. the horse killt and the wagon demolished. FOUR KILLED. And Three Fatally injured by Live Electric Wires. A Father, Son and Two Other Men Drop as Boiler They Are Moving Touches Live Electric Wires. Four men went to instant death a father and son dropping together without a chance to say good-by and three others were probably fat ally injured Friday evening at Mari ners Harbor Staten Island, in an ac cident characterized by remarkable incidents. A high tension current of 15,000 volts in three wires sped through the bodies of the four men and a heavy ercentage of this tremendous power aralyzed the other three. The tragedy occurred in the big ;oap factory of Procter & Gamble. n Western avenue. Only half a lozen men saw the lives of the vie ims snuffed out. Two of the dead have been identi ied. They are Williah Goruy and iis son, William. both of No. 358 W. orth-sixth street. Manhattan. The names of the other dead and f the three survivors who are in St. incent's Hospi(itl at Livingston have ot been learned. Two foremen. Patrick Sweeney. of ort lane. Mariners' Harbor and Wil ini Burke. of No. 4 Taylor street. lariners' Harbor, have been arrested n charges of criminal negligence. It was about 5.30 when the seven nen, employed as laborers in the ards of the factory, were told to re nove a big boiler in the rear of the tructure. Hundreds of employers tad filed out of the gates by that ime and were hurrying home. Soon nly half a dozen men were left he watchman and belated soap fat enderers. By six o'clock all preparations had een made for taking the boiler tross Western avenue to the new ilding erected by the firm. From the rear yard there extends hrough a sort of alley so wide that t might be called -a street, a single rack upon which flat cars run. A errick had been used to hoist the oiler to one of these cars. and the ;even workers had lashed it to the ramework. Goruy and his boy were side by ide. panting with exertion. Just as he men were about to release their old and let the car slip, through the orce of gravity, down the alley and tross the street. there was a tremen ous flash of blinding. incandescent ight. and a succession of sharp, deaf ning explosions. The boiler stack had severed three )f the ten wires. instantly becoming conductor of electricity. Without en a moan Goroy and his boy. both )f whom had their hands on the etal. dropped as if struck by light ing. stone dead. The two unidenti led men on the other side of the car unged to the ground, instantly kill d. The three workmen at the rear. aving hold of the woodwork, did ot receive a shock immediately. One f the three severed wires. which vere sputtering on the ground and -quirming and twisting like so many nakes. swished up and coiled around Lhe neck of one man, unwinding in n instant. The other two wires were plung ing and flying about, emitting show rs of sparks. On the ground lay the an whose neck had been encircled. n the fraction of a second his com anions were down--not stretched out as would be a man who was shot r stabbed to death, but huddled in the shapeless heap) that is the result f the awful contraction of the muscles incident to death or injury by electricity. TWO COWS DROP DEAD. Mr. W. G. Austell of Gaffney Loses Two Fine Animals. A special to The State from Gaff ney says Mr. W. G. Austell had two fine cows to die under rather peculiar circumstances last week. They es caped from the pasture wvhere they were confined and got into a patch of sorghum of which they ate a little as they passed through. This was about noon; at seven o clock after they had been driven home they both dropped dead within two minutes of each oth er. Mr. Austell does not think that the cane caused the death of tne cows because the quantity which they ate was so small. HER WEIGHT IN HEART BALM. Jilted Heavyweight Got Fifty Cents Per Pound Damages. Heart balm to the amount of 5( cents a pound was awarded to Mis: Amanda Stuffiet of Royersford, Pa She weighs 230 pounds and she wat awarded $125 because she was 31ltei by Daniel Kinsell, aged 68 years She said he was the third man wh had "gone back on her." in the other two cases she did no b~ring suits. but the third disappoint meat was too much. and she said sh determined not to submit meekly t this last and "unkindest cut of all. She is 4S years old. BURNED) TO DEATH. Colored Boy Supposed To Have Con mitted Suicide. A dispatch to The State says a co ored boy named Feaster, was foun dead in the woods near Gregg Shoalt 20 miles from Anderson. When la: seen he was going hunting with rifi 'of small calibre. When found by colored woman all of his clothes ha been burned from his body and bullet hole was through his -neck. is thought that he committed suici( and his cloths conght fire from tl exlosionl of the cartridge, being close range. FALLS FROM TRAPEZE. When Hecr Partner's Teeth Failed Hold Up Rope. At Desumines~'. Iowa. through i filuro of har mate's teeth to hold - ling trapoze' act in Rlobimson s C - .ls. Emle linernVa was dashed to t ing from n'earI the top of the 1 [Itent. Her hack is sprained, her rig ankle broken. and right side cut a brhuisedl. It is feared that interr sinuries may result in death. E: Minerva's real name is Mrs. Willib (1 Davis, and her home is in Freepo 111U1 HUNG AT LAST. The Closing Chapter of a Noted Case in Georgia. Convicted of Hurder, Escaped from Jail, Surrendered in California, and Finally Hung. A dispatch from Cardale, Ga., says after having made two sensational escapes and finally surrendering to authbrities in California, George W. Bundrick was hanged in the jail yard there at noon Friday for the murder of John Shroeder. This was the first execution to take place in the new county of Crisp and perhaps in any of the new coun ties created at the last session of the legislature. The trap was sprung by Sheriff George W. Sheppard, for mier sheriff of Dooly county in which office he officiated at several execu tions. There was not a hitch. Bundrick marched coolly to. the gallows and met his fate stoically. He has been resigned to his fate for some time, reading his Bible and con versing cheerfully with his death watch. He had made a desperate ef fort to secure executive clemency. In many ways it has been one of the most remarkable cases in the his tory of the state. Several years ago in Dooly county a feud grew up be tween the Bundricks and John Schro der. George Bundrick and his brother met Schroder in the public highway Schroder and his wife were in a bug gy, and the Bundricks stepped from oncealment and shot Schrodpr to death and seriously wounded his wife. Walier Bundrick was sent up for life. George Bundrick escaped and after several months was captured. On trial he was convicted and senten ced to hang. Then came a long legal fight, which terminated in the su preme court affirming the conviction. Then followed the fight before the prison commission to save Bundrick's life. On the day prior to that on which he was to die on the gallows, the governor granted a respite. and that night Bundrick escaped frnm jail. For weeks nothing was heard of him. Then came news of.his sur vender in California. DEAF MUTES MARRY. Interesting Marriage Ceremony Wit nessed by Many Friends. The Spartanburg Journal says at the Baptist Church at Cedar Springs at two o'clock Thursday, Miss Docia Smoak, of Cedar Springs, and Wil liam W. Worley. of Pittsburg, Pa., were united in marriage by Rev. J. W. Michaels, of Little Rock, Ark., a deaf Baptist evangelist, who perform ed the ceremony in the deaf lan guage. the only language known to the contracting parties. In order to make the marriage legal there was one deaf witness. The marriage ceremony was novel and interesting and was witnessed by a large number of friends, many ,of the pupils of the Cedar Springs in stitute being present. The bridal party entered the church at two o'clock and the bride and groom took their place before the minister, who went through the regular ceremony of the church, us ing the sign language. The usual questions were asked and the re plies made by signs, after which the minister pronounced the happy cou ple man and wife. The bride graduated at Cedar Springs two years ago. She is at tractive looking young woman and has many friends at Cedar Springs. Mr. Worley graduated at the deaf and dumb Institute in Bristol, Tenn., and also at the deaf and dumb insti tute in Washington. He now holds a responsible position with the West inghouse Electrical company in Pitts On Wednesday Robert P. Smoak, a teacher at Cedar Springs, and Miss Caroline McCaslan, of Hodges, were married at Hodges at the home of the bride's sister by Rev. Mr. Mich aels. The bride and groom being deaf the sign language was used. Mr. and Mrs. Smoak went to Spartanburg to attend the wedding of Miss Smoak and Mr. Worley at Cedar Springs. WOMEN IN TERROR. Plead Against Release of Murderer Who Killed Their Protector. The people of Coleman county Tex., have been appealed to in pa thetic earnestness by Mrs. Beulal Hanks, who has asked them to re frain from signing a petition for th4 pardon of Sam Cole, who murderec her father and threatened to murdei her mother and sister. If Cole is released she said h< twould carry out his threat and ad< -two more murders to his list. He Smother and sister have niot only beel broken hearted, because of the mur der of the husband and father, bu the are in mortal terror of the mal who took his life. They feel sur that the moment he is released fren irison their days are numbered. -'Sympathy for the prisoner's mot~ er has arroused the people. Mr i-anks said she, too, pitied the ol lady, but she has .warned the peop1 - gainst causing the unhappy mothe d any more sorrow by _releasing he .son to commit more crime. t In conclusion she said: "In clo.. elg I warn you once more. My poc a other and sister are standing wit dearstained faces and outstr'eatche a rms. pleading with you for prote [ ion. .Will you not heed this cry Le roken hearts?'' tt PIRATES ROB HOUSE. Silverware Valued at $10,000 Tak Froim Country Place. Pirates from Long Island Soul worked foi' more than an hour r moving valuable silverware from t e ummer' home of Jacob H. Langlot n president of the American Metal o r an. did not awaken a memb e ofte family. The Langloth home a t ye. N. Y. - tebo hr The pirates carried off tebo dvalued at $1 0,000 from the house al boats at the shore's edge. lled te aniily plates and a tea set valuetd 2 2,500, given to Mr. Langloth by t,, mployes of the American Metal co~ an, were taken. SAFE CRACKERS Gets Ten Years land One Day in The STATE PENITENTIARY. Convicted of Blowing Open the Safe of J. T. Shuler at Montmorenci. Short Sketch Of Other Noted Safe Blowers Convicted Several Years Ago. -A special to the State from Aiken says: William McKinley, alias "Day tos Scotty," and Edward Duggan, alias "Los Angeles Star," two of the notorious gang of 'safe blowers which operated in Souta Carolina several years ago, were convicted in Aiken Friday in the court of gen eral sessions and sentenced to serve ten years and one day each in the State Dententiary. This was Der haps, the most Interesting case tried in Aiken in years and large crowds were attracted. They were charged with having entered the storo of Mr. J. T. Shuler, at Montmorenci, Aiken county on Dec. 16, 1902, and steal ing therefrom the personal funds of Mr. Shuler after having blown open his safe. The case was taken up at 9:30 o'clock on Friday morning and was given to the jury at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the jury rendering a ver dict of gulty in ten minutes.., , McKinley and Duggan had no at torney and dd not ask for one. They seemed to realize that a con viction was sure to follow and their manner was rather that of insolent indifference., The State put 20 witnesses on the stand, including the following from Columbia: W. C. Dowie and W. J Garner, former policeman; Sergeant W. W .Quarters and W. T. Morse, at present members of the Columbia police department, and Mr. J. H. Ele zer, a prominent merchant of the capital city. The principal witness for the State was Postoffice Inspector H. T. Gre gory, who was on the stand for one hour and a half, detailing the crim nal history of the defendants and ex plaining their plan of operation in pursuing their profession as safe blowers. His testimony was inter esting and was -of tself sufficient to establish the guilt of the two "yeg men.'" Mr. Gregory has had charge of all the cases aainst the gang of safe crackers' which opera ted so successfully in South Carolina and has been detailed by the gov ernment to handle similar cases in other States. -His straightforward unostentatious manner on the wit ness stand and his polite, quiet de meanor on the outside make. him ad mired by all and it is evident that when he enters a case against one of these professiolial "crooks" he is able to 'deliver the goods." The defendants introduced no wit nesses and did not attempt to plead their case. The chain of evidence against them was very convincing and there can be no doubt about their being the parties who "cracked" Mr. Shu lers's safe. Judge Klugh's charge to the jury was brief but clear strong and able. As soon as the verdict was rendered the defendants were asked if they had anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon them. They asked the mercy of the court and Judge Klugh gave them 10 years and one day each at hard labor in the South Carolina penitentiary. They will be carried to Columbia Monday morning. The Yeggmanl's Record. McKinley and Duggan were Joint sions at Aiken on Feb. 5 for the sionsat Alken on Feb. 5 for the breaking into the store of J. T. Shu ler. The postoffice at Monmorenci was then located in Mr. Shuler's store, he being the postmaster as well as the railroad and express agent. For the robbery of the Montorenci postoffice, at the same time as the store, Duggan and Mc Kinley were sentenced on April 16, 1903,~ in the United States circuit court at Charleston. to serve sen tences of five years' imprisonment in the United States penitentiary, Atlanta, Ga., and to pay fines of The leader of the gang of three in the robbery of the store, postof fice and blacksmith shop of Bonnet1 & Keel at Montmorenci on th4 night of Dec. 16, 1902, Willian Morray, alias "Kentucky Billy," i: now in the Massachusetts State. pris on, Charleston, Mass., serving a sen tence of 19 years for marislaughte: which he committed at Boston Mass., in May, 1904. This gang of three were the pio neen members of the Nolan gani at Columbia and associated on thi losest terms of intimacy wir.n tir four members who followe~d then into South Carolina, occupying th same houses, frequenting the sam resorts, etc. But in actual safeblow ng the general gang usually i ide into two squads of three and fou afe blowings and burglaries com mitted by Billy Duggan and McKEi ley in 1901 and 1902 were pisi o ffices in the following South Carc ina towns: Central. Mayesvill( Blacksu rg. Walterboro. RowesvilII Motmorenci and Batesbur'g. SIBrought to Aiken From Atlanta. , ,uggan was relased from the fe elral prisonl at Atlanta Jan. 21. 190 nd was brought to Aiken and lodge in the county jail. McKinley ha o serve 30 days more at Atlant han Duggan on account of havin a ssaulted one of the wardens at tb~ edfeeral prison. He was relased fro the penitentiary on Wednesday, Fe' 2 0 after United States Deputy Ma shal Scott of Atlanta had carrie him before O. C. Fuller, clerk of til United States circuit court, Atlanti o make oath as to his inability py the fine of $500. a part of a sentence. Immediately after his r lase he was taken into custody I Messrs. .J. Tye and N. A. Chastai -d deputy sherifi from the office of She -f Nelmis of Fulton county, Atlant iead later delivered to Sheriff T. e.Raboi of Aiken cousty. _McKinlj w- as accompanied on his trip to Ai r n by Sheriff T. P. Rlabon. Depu is heriff A. L Edison and Fostofii Inspector H T. Gregory. . Ansel's First Requisition. to The requisition on the governor ee eorgia for Duggani and Mcinl at was the first requisition mad ee Gov. Ansel, and on the first day n- his administration. The trial of these men was set WIPES OUT FAMILY. A Man Kills His Wife, Three Chil dren and Himself. Unhappy Domestic Relations are Said To have Been the Cause of the Awful Crime. A special to The Journal from Jas per, Fla., says W. W. Barton, a car penter, shot and almost instantly killed his wife, three children and himself at his home, there on last Thursday night. One victim, a child five year s of age, survived long enough to tell that Barton did the killing. The shots were heard about ten o'clock that night, but no attention was paid to the matter until early next morning when neightbors dis covered Barton's body lying on the front porch and that of his wife on the back porch. * The children were found in a bed room, the pistol having been held closed to the mouth in each instance and the faces were powder marked. Unhappy- domestic relations are be lieved to have been responsible - for the crime. Barton left home Tuesday and did not return until late Wednesday eve ning, when he found the doors nailed against him. He battered them down and began his work of destruction. ENDS HIS LIFE While in Custody of an Officer for . Forgery. After presenting a forged order for $850 in the office of the paymas ter of the department of the gulf in the Candler building, Atlanta, and while handcuffed and in the custody of two policemen, a negro giving his name as John Williams, swallowed carbolic acid, which he had conceal ed on his person. He fell to the floor and died In a few minutes. The negro represented himself -as John Williams, a'discharged corporal of the Twenty-fifth Infantry; which has been giving the government trou ble for some months by presenting forged orders for back pay. He recently tried to work the game on the army .paymaster at Kansas, but failed, and made his escape. The department of the gulf officials had been notified of the forger's opera tions and were watching for him. When he appeared and presented the order he was held in conversation until officers arrived. As the negro swallowed the poison he said: 'I will never go to jail." MERCHANTS IN, DUEL. Two Dead and Dying as the Result of a Post Office Fight. Rivalry between the biggest mer chants of Glimpsville, Tenn., over the location of Uncle Sam's post of fice ended in a tragedy last week. John C. Glimps, for whom the city was named, emptied the contents of a shotgun in the body of Waddy Tat um, causing death, and receiving wounds. himself which will probably result fatally. Bad blood had existed between the two for some time, owing to business rivalry, and this* was kindled- afresb when the location of the post office was agitated. Glimps' two sons were with him at the time of the shooting. Tatumn was game, firing several timei from his pistol after he fell to the ground. $15 TOO MUCH FOR WIFE. Jisband Returned $14 of It to Mat Who .Took His Squaw. Concluding that $15 was vastly to< much to ask for his 230-pound wife Cervada, an Indian at Oklahoma Cit: gave back $14 to Big Mike, wh< bought Cervada's spouse. Big Mik weighs 220 pounds and he longed fo: a wife of equal proportions. As Cer vada weighed but 120 pounds, Mike seemed to think it was his duty t< relieve his friend of the heavyweigh spouse. So he just took her awa from Cervada's wigwam -and left $1 in cash. When Cervada returned and foun 'that he had been relieved of hi heavy wife and given $15 in the bar gain, he concluded that Big Mike wa entirely too generous,, so he return ed $14 of the money. June 24, but the date was changed. Ten Convicted Second Time. Of the 11 safeblowers sent frot South Carolina in April and Ma: 1903, to the United States penitent ary at Atlanta, Ga., to serve senter -ces each of five years' imprisonmen Simposed by the late Circuit Judt S imonton on four at Charleston at District Judge Braw.leY on seven 1the United States circuit court SGreenville. ten have been releasE nd extradited from Georgia .or tri n other burglaries. The eleveni m an. James Lang, alias "Black Billa one of the four convicted of, the poe ffice robbery at Greers, in Gree vlule county. will not be released b fore October of this year. 'he ten who hove been extraditi have all been tried and convicted at eceived sentences to the penitentia ies of this State and North Carolin Nine Sentenced to S. C. Penitentiary The following professional saf c -tackrs are now serving sentenec dn the South Carolina penitentiar -~l members of the famous Nolang. insey gang: John Fisher, ali "-'onecticut Shorty." and Charl 'Day, alias "Missouri Cnarlie, se enced to 10 years each for blowi the safe of the Heath Banking a M ercantile company at seath Sprin Ton I-amilton. alias 'foledo Da nv" Joe Bird, a.,as -'Columbus Joe and William Oliver. sentenced January to ten year each forto ig the safe in - Feb Cok' store tva Andersonl county. Fe.3.- 0 Ihomas Nolan. alias "Chicago 1 n " and Charles Howa'rd, al I Texas Dutch," were sentenced . S partnburilg in April to ten yei e each for blowing the saf.e of the E~ - ee Manufacturinlg company. Th buve takenf an appeal to the supre1 e court and are yet iai jail in Sparta urg awaiting the hearing of the 2f When McKinley and Duggan rel ly the penitentiary at Columbia the w ill be including Nolan and Howa ofnie of the notorious gang of ye; men doing hard labor for the St ON 'THE ALERT. War Ships Should All Go to the Pacific Ocean. SAYS NAVY BOARD. Land and Sea War Game to Test the Efficiency of Our Defences.-Rush Work in All the Navy Yards.-A Orders Sent to Manila and Hono lula Urging Great Activity in For. tifying the Harbors. The Washington correspondent of the New York American sa-s com prehensive Dlans' for putting the Navy in a state of preparedness for any emergency were sent to Secretary of the Navy Metcalf for immediate dispatch +o the president, on Wednes day of last week. By special direction of the Presi dent the General Board of the Navy,. of which Admiral Dewey is the presi. dent, has been in session for several days discussing the needs of steps to *insurethe presence of the war feet, in fighting condition, at the paint where it could render the nost-ef fective service in case of an emer gency; and the board has now for mulated and handed to Sedretary Metcalf a series of recommendations,. which include the following: That the entire battleship squad ron of the Navy be concentrated one the Pacific Coast. - That 5rompt measures be taken to, improve to the highest point of effi ciency the shipbuilding plants and! dry docks on the Pacific Coast, even to the extent of taking these plants and docks under Government con trol if that be found necessary. Other recommendations of similar tenor are included in the plans sub mitted to Secretary Metcalf. 'While these plans' have been pre pared by the Navy Board at the di rect request of the President, it is. not certain that they will be approv ed by him. Butthe fact that he has thought it necessary to seek-counsel from the navy exierts at this time is regarded here with the. utmost sig nificance and has stired navy circles to an unuasual deg ' of activity and interest. Nor is this likely to be lessened by the announcement made that the See retary of the Navy will leave for Cal ifornia where he will make a special study of naval conditions on the Wes tern coast, and that a joint naval and army game is shortly to ben augurated on the Pacific slope for the purpose of ascertaining what success a foreign foe would have in passing fortifi'-ations and entering certain specified ports with landing expedi tions. Information is to the effect that at Honolulu and Manila orders have al so been issued to put more energy into the work of fortifying the two * harbors that has heretofore been shown. Immediate interest, however, at taches to the recommendation of the Navy Board, and therfore of Admir al Dewey as well, that our. complete force of battleshipsbeconcentratedin Pacific waters. The board has many times expressed the opinion that the greatest usefulness of the battleship. is attained) when such vessels are maintained in squadrons in the places where they are most likely to be needed.. It is significant, that, in pursuance of this opinion, the battleships which have heretofore all been gathered to gether in the North Atlantic, with the exception of the Oregon and Wiscon sin, at present out of commission, should be recommended for conceg tration on the PacIfic. Here is the full complement of ships which the Naval Board desires to have sent around the Horn, traveling in a re verse direction over the course of the historic Oregon: Conneticuit, Captain Hugh Oster haus, 6,000 tons. Mains, Captain Nathan E. Niles, t12,500 tons. Missouri, Captain E. C. Pendletonl, 12,500 tons. Louisiana, Captain A. R. Couden, 16,000 tons. Virginia, Captain Seaton Schroe der, 14,948 tons. Georgia, Captain R. G. Davenport, 14,948 tons. New Jersey, Captain W. W. Kim ball, 14,948 tons. Rhode Island, Captain C. G. Bow man, 14,948 tons. Alabama, Captain S. P. Comly, 11, 551 Iliois, Captain G. Blockliniger, -11552 tons. K- ersarge, Captain Herber Winslow i520 tons. :eKentucky, Captain E. B. Barry, d11520 tons. Ohio, Captain L. C. Hellner, 12, dIdiana, Captain D. H. Mahan, 10, ;h8 Iowa,.Captain Henry McCrea, 11, 34Mnnesota, Captain John Hubbard, 1- 000rtont,.Captain William C. Por teor flag 0oficers are assigned t Ldthese batleships Rear Admiral a. Cals M. Thomas, Reahe Admira ioldiamaHde ready to start on their courn e toathe pacific in sixty days' iouress should the President op osie therecosmmendation, and as to - that there in naval circles there is s h cretabelief that the order for Ses thmto prepare for the trip will be issued by the president in a few days. *LOST THEIR'LIVES. - Two Boys Are Drowned at the Gluck - A dispatch from Anderson to The at State says Gordon Hill and Roy Ban ulster. two lads of 10 years, were ~ drowned Thursday afternoon in the as pond at the Gluck mills. The boys at were in swimming and got into, deep srswater. The pond is about 14 feet deep in ey the deepest place. They sank and ne before assistance could reach them ~ u-life had departed. - Coroner Pruitt went to the scene_ but decided an inquest was unneces .chsary as death was due to accidental eredrowning. The boys lived with their parents -g- in the mill village, about three miles te south of Anderson. The deaths have ~+castn glomovr the mill village.