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VOL. XII.
DEADLY EXPLOSR
Twelve-Inch Gun Bursts W ith Fatal
Results. I
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INVESTIGATION BOARD AFPOINTLl).
Tha Damage to the Vessel of 5uch a
Character a-; to Necessitate Putting
Her Out of Commission.
Vrishington. Spc< iai.?Th ciphot"
tlisj received by the Navy Depnrtin>
nt, regarding the explosion on the
Iowa off Pensaeola was on Friday deciphered.
It was from Admiral Higcirison
and said: "Iowa's breach-loading
12-inch gun burst in front oT
trunnions, throe killed, four wounded."
Then followed the names given in previous
dispatch. The Department expects
fuller particulats. Another dispatch
was received as follows: "Puree!!.
landsman. Keile. seaman. F. T.
Perry, ordinary seaman, killed in Iowa,
will be buried at navy yard at Pcnsacola."
t'.cmuc of the meagre details of the
rxpp shn which Admiral Higirinson's
dispatch contained. oiilcials ai the
Na y Department can only speculate an
t;- its cause. An investigation hoard
lias already hern appointed.
Pear Admiral O'Neill, chief of the
I u:? au of ordnance, has already issued
?rdi rs for the transportation to New
Y i s of a new 12-inch gun which is
in ,i- 1k> Washington navy yard, and
i: w.11 placed on lite Iowa when that
ve.-e l omes to New York for repairs.
Admiral O'Neill said:
: .i> gun which burst was designed
in and manufactured at the naval
c\:: fa tory. January 1. 1905. The gun
ha . b?en lired 123 times. Yesterday's
ac. 1 nt j? die iirst tiiat lias ever hapI
.! (o any of tlie large calibre guns
he navy, except in the ca.-e of n>
U .mm on the Kcareage. tin no re
? f hi li was injured by a premature
i xi.'.cvsi >11 of a shell two years an n A
lir.mc, tube was inserted in thai gun
an.: it is in use at the proving grounds
No reason can yet ho assigned fo the
-u ident. As yet 1 do not know what
kind of powder was used, or details as
to the location of the shell. While ihe
a > .den: may have been due tn the prelum
u re explosion of the shell in the
Ik.re, such a contingency is unlikely, as
-lu lis have on several occasions broken
up in bores cf guns without any other
injury than the defacing of the bore. So I
r.\! a. the bureau is advised, all the
' >* a's rj-ini h shells as fitted with
1 ? overs, with a view to preventing
siMe p etnaturcs explosi >n duo to
t a *i 11 of the powder gasscs."
' : > huroau of navigation has sent
l>'.grams of sympathy to the families
' -ho men killed and wounded in the
vd' -i n. Acting Secretary Darling
- at the following dispatch of sympaih>
to Rear Admiral lliggins.u.
. iiuandcr of the North Atlantic licet,
at :'?':i?acola:
" Pi -ase convey to t'.r> officers and
inert of the lleet sincere sympathy of
t:.< Department in the less of their
comrades by the unfortunate accident
board t*he Iowa.
(.Signed) "1>A RUNG."
.illhough it had been intended that
I: Iowa should be repaired at the New
V-uk yard, the damage done by the explosion
will probably make it necessary
t put the vessel out of commission.
The damage to the battleship Iowa
canned by the premature explosion of
a shell in the forward port 12-inch gun
has developed to be more serious than
was thought when the first examinat:<
a vis mad" and as a consequence
"he 1ig ship has been ordered to the
N w York navy yard to go out of commission.
She steamed down to the
i < r.s.-icola navy yar d, where she is fiti
ng >ut with supplies and coal preparatory
to sailing soon as possible fop
the North, it is known that three
<ii ks including the upper deck in the
fv.tward part of th" ship, will have to
Ik entirely removed and rebuilt. It is
f<'tired that the steel supports under the
12-inrh port turret are sprung to such
an extent that they will have to be rer.
ove:i. though this cannot yet he atatp
sltively. The gun itself is a hope1
s wreck. Although the gun which
hirst went into numcv'iess pieces
the e:< J of tno gun is as smooth as if it
? a I jr. t l ien turned out of a 3hip, and
exivpr that it is about 12 feet shorter
than the st -.--board gun. it is hardly
n ti cable that an explosion occurred.
\CCOr i inn to t lironnril <*f .k*. ? -< ?l--1
?WT . - v. wiuo I im CAIJIIMICU
;;vr, it was good for at least another
year >;f P'.vvlrp, and reports that t.ie
car. had been condemned are without
:lation.
Wind Chaplain Dead.
Washington. Special.?The Rev. Wa,
Henry Milburn, the venerable blind
chaplain of the United Stntt? Senate,
died in Santa Barbara, Cal., Fridiy.
Word to this effect was received here
tonight by Col. Randnll, the scrgeaitat-arma
of the Senate. The decerned
was a native of Philadelphia, whtre
he was born In 1823. When he was fve
years of age, a playfellow accident*ly
struck him In the loft eye with a pi?ce
of glass. For two years he was c<nfin9d
to a dark room under mcdbal
treatment and subsequently became olally-blind.
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SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
A 50.000 Spindle Addition.
It is announced that the Pulton liag
and Cotton .Mills of Atlanta. (Ja., will
build an addition to be equipped with
fit),000 spindles. This extension of the
plant will cost from $250,000 to $300,000.
and arrangements are now being
uiadc to begin the work of construetic
n soon. The company has at present
bi.000 ring spindles and 1 352 looms,
using steam-power, li.-, product is light
sheetings, seamless bags, burlap, cutten
and jute twines and batting, and
has been known on the market for
some y nrs. The company's present
capitalization Is $250,001).
A 5,000 Spindle Addition.
The Norrls Cotton Mills Co.. Cateechee.
13. C.. has decided to add 5.000
spindles, with looms and other complementary
machinery to suit. This
enlargement will require the expenditure
of probably about $100,000, and
iiiiuivmaie arrangememg will ue niaue
to effect the betterments. The 1). A.
Tompkins Co. of Charlotte, N. C.. has
been engaged as engineer In charge.
The Noriis plant at present has 13.248
ring spindles and 3T?2 looms, uses
water and electric power, and inane,
factures sheetings. Its present capitalization
Is $200,000.
To Add 3.000 boindles.
Tile Opelika Cotton Mills of Opelika.
Ala., has increased its capital
stock $30.00. making $130,000 in all.
for the purpose of enlarging the plant.
An additional building will be constructed.
work to begin at or.ee, and
.5.000 a Mitinjial spindles will be installed.
There will then remain space
for installation of 2.000 spindles more.
Contract for the new machinery has
1-een signed. At present there are
7.400 ring spindles in the plant, and
line counts of yarns Is the product.
Industrial Miscellany.
The big dry-kiln at Corbett's mills.
New Moultrie, (la., owned by Aycock
Bros., was destroyed by fire o:i the 3rd
inst. The loss is estimated at $3,000,
with no insurance.
The \V. 11. Smaii Spoke Manufacturing
Co. will build a liardwoo 1 saw
iu:m -.vim capacity or nu.U'JO root or
.lumber per (lay on tract of 1,200 acres
of timber land near Corinth, Miss.
Savannah trade bodies have endorsed I
the project for an inland waterway
connecting the Chesapeake bay with
Beaufort inlet. North Carolina, and
their secretaries will co-operate in assembling
statistics showing how the
project will benefit Savannah's trade.
The Board of Trade and Cotton Exchange
of Meridian, Miss., in a desire
to promote the common good of all tho
commercial and industrial interests of
the Stale, have invited the commercial
bodies of Mississippi to a convention
to lie held at Meridian on May 26. It
is designed to form a federation of the ;
commercial organizations in a union 1
of i f/crts and energies for the dcvel- j
opnient of Mississippi's resources and
the encouragement of the migration to
the Stata of men and money.
Textile Notes.
Messrs. D. K. Norris, J. T. Gassawayand
P. B. Morgan of Central.
5. C.,* and Q. A. Bobbins of Charlotte,
N. C? have Incorporated the lsaqucena
Mills of Central, S. C.. with cipltal
stock of $200,000. to build plant. This
enterprise is identical with the Norris
Central Mills, mentioned March 26 as
to be incorporated. The projectors
changed the title. Details as to the
plant have not as yet been decided.
I.ouisvillo (Ky.) Cotton Mills Co.
lias engaged Messrs. C. It. Makepeace
6. Co., Projvidence, It. I? as engineers |
ill I'hnrffo r.f ? 1 1 '
... .u> i|iiuiciiiviiia ami mi I
<1 it inns of ^nachlnery. referred to last
weok. All (contracts for machinery
have practically been awarded. Messrs.
1). X. Murphy & Bio. of Louisville are
about conrploting plans for the new
building, Which will lie 100x00 feet in
size.
Woodrufi' (S. C.) Cotton Mills' addition,
now; in course of construc tion,
will be equipped with 10,500 spindles
and .'194 looms, as was announced some
weeks agot The company will have
space in t.ais new building for 22,000
more spindles, which it hopes to install
during the next few years. Con-,
tract has been placed for machinery
required u<t present.
Messrs, iA. C. Vclasko and C. Q.
Culin of S yracuse. N. C.. are conferring
with the Business Men's League
of Florence". Ala., with a view of buildLug
a hosiery mill in that city. Mr.
Yelasko la i mann^i r of the Oak Knitting
Co. a t Syracuse, New York.
A. K. C.lark, now engaged in cotton
manufacturing at Augusta. Ga.. con"templates
^establishing :i plant of 5000
spindles afnd 150 looms at Jackson.
Miss.
The Spr'ay (N. C.) Yv'oolen Mills is
having pla'ns prepared by O. A. Robbins
A Co*, of Charlotte, N. C., for a
four-aet w<bolenmill.
A compi'iny has been organized to
build cotte ?n mill at Pauline, S. C. E.
D. Forest of Fair Forest. S. C., is reported
as president.
H. B. N1 eal of McDonough, Ga.. is
organizing company to build cotton
mill at Ni -al. Ga. lie owns a waterpower
whi (ch it is proposed to develop
in connect ion with the mill.
Messrs. B. Frank Mebane, \V. \Y.
Walker a: id J. S. Patterson, all of
Spray. N. C.. have incorporated the
Rhode l.sl: aod Co. to manufacture cotton.
wool and other textiles. The capital
stock is $125,000.
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ORT MILL, S. C., WEL
10 PERSONS KILLED.
A Path of Desolation Cut Across a
Prosperous Farming Section.
LITTLE ALABAMA TOWN RAZED.
Besides Those Killed Outright. Three
or Four Were Fatally and a Score
Seriously Injured.
Birmingham, Ala.. Special.?Without
a word of warning the little hamlet of
Hopewell, forty miles north of this
city and one mile from Ilanceville,
was swept away early Wednesday
morning by a cyclone, which cut a path |
oi (i solation across a prosperous farming
section of Blount county. Ten persons
were killed, three or four fatally
and a score seriously injured. The I
dead: Nathan Griflln. .James Grflin.
Henry McCoy and three children; C. C.
Oden, a prominent planter. Heiter
Oden. Miss Thelnia Oden. Mrs. C. C.
Oden. The injured: A son and niece
of Nathan Griffin, Mrs. Griffin. Mrs.
Nora Oden. Mrs. Henry McCoy and
two children; It. G. Quick. Dink Quick,
family of McCoy, seven persons; Mrs.
Holstin Horton, Miss Inc. Horton,
ltiehard Griffin.
It is believed that several of the injured
will die. The storm traveled in a 1
northeasterly direction wrecking everything
in its path. One of the first
houses struck was that of Nathan
Griflln. the house was demolished and
Mr. Griffin and his son. .lames, were
killed. Mrs. Griffin was so badly injured
that she died later. Another son
and nh ce of Mr. Griffin made a miraculous
< scape by running from the house
before the demolition was complete
and saving their lives. They were injured.
but all recover.
The house of John McCoy was then
next wrecked, but he and his family
escaped with severe bruises. The home
of Hvnry McCoy, son of J elm McCoy,
received the worst impact of the storm.
His wife was severely injured, two of
his children are still unconscious and
may die. and he and his babe and two
other children are dead.
The storm then struck the hnuan ?f
C. C. Oden. Trees in the yard were
twisted into gnarled shapes and even
the vegetables in the garden were torn
up by their roots. Mr. Oden was killed
out right, as were his three daughters.
aged 15, 12 and 9 years, respectively.
Mrs. Oden received injuries
front which she died later.
The honte of Mr. Henry Wharton
was next attacked by the storm and it
was wrecked but Mrs. Wharton was
not badly injured. Then canto the
honte of It. (I. Quick, it went to pieces
and he and his two children were injured.
but there were no fatalities
there.
Little ltoek. Ark., Special.?Specials?
to The Arkansas? Gazette front
several towns in White and Cleburne
counties. Ark., tell of a tornado which
swept through that sertivm Tuesday
night, leaving death smd destruction
in its wake. The major portion of the
country through which the storm
ploughed its way is remote front railroad,
telegraph or telephone lines.
The dead are: Jim Leggitt. Little
Hod; Joe Leggitt, Little Ited; Tom
King and wife. Little Red; 3 King
i miuit-ii, young lany scnooi leacnt r,
who was hoarding at King's; A. C.
Williams, near Heber.
The injured are: Infant child of
the King family; Mrs. A. C. Williams,
near Heber, not expected to
live; Buck Neeley, Searcy: Albert
Keoler, Elbert Derritt, Walker Pollard.
Little Red; two of the Pollard
family near Albion; Mrs. llovcrton
and child, Pangbnrg, not expected to
live; Miss Hurkhoustn. Little Red.
leg broken and skull fractured; Walter
Muller Pangburn, leg broken;
Mrs. Henry Wells, injured internally,
fatally; unknown woman, Pangburn,
both legs broken; Tom Houston, near
Heber, both arms broken; unknown
man at Bradford.
A special from Heber says: "In the
tornado which swept across this section
last night A. C. Williams, living
ten miles south of llcber. w.i? killed.
He was 70 years of age. and lived with
his wife on top of one of the mountains
south of this town. His house was
caught tip by the wind and thrown
down the mountain side, ho being
killed and his wife badly injured. At
Pangburn six residences were blown
down. A large church near Pangburn
was blown half a mile."
Forty-three residences and sixteen
barns destroyed and other wreckage
is the record of the damage reported
up to 8 o'clock.
Mr. Stevenson Wounded.
Bloomington, 111., Special.?Adlal 12.
Stevenson, former Vice President of
the United States, lost his hair and
moustache and received painful burns
on his face, head and hands Wcijjj-sday,
while trying to extinguish a fire
in his home. The fire started in a bedroom.
When Mr. Stevenson rushed into
the room the curtains were in a
blaze. Without calling aid he attacked
the flames. In a moment the hair on
his head went tip in a pr.ff of smoke.
The fire then seized his moustache t>im'
blistered his face. Then Mr. Stevensvm
j railed for help. He retreated before
the flames eaught his clothing. The
' loss to the houac was $1,000.
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MORO BOMBARDED.
Eleven American Wounded in the
Battle.
PERSHING'S FORCES TAKE BACOLOD.
The noros Were iMroiijjIy Fortified
and Defended the IMa.ce Desperately.
Manila. By Cable.?The investment
of Bacolod which was captured by Captain
Pershing's forces, after a ll^ht in
which a hundred Moros were killed,
occupied three days. The tlnal assault
was made at noon Wednesday. Desperate
flKhtiifft took place inside the
forts. Seven cannon were captured
tinu eiuvmi Americans were wounded,
a few of them seriously. It is probable
that all the Americans will .ecovcr.
The column approached Hacolod early
on Monday and found new forts, which
ha?l been a year under construction.
Hying battle tings. The Moros did not
wait to be attacked, but tired a volley,
which wounded two Americans. Captain
Pershing then decided to bombard
the fortification, and Gatley's batteries
took up positions and shelled the forts
and works until Wednesday morning,
the infantry and cavalry supporting
the attack. Many of the Moros left the
forts on Monday and Tuesday nights,
and escaped in boats on the lake. The
assault on Wednesday was carefully
prepared. The column carried forward
a bamboo bridge, on which the troops
crossed the moat under lire and afterwards
scaled the walls. The lighting
inside the forts was most desperate.
Sixty dead Moros were found inside
the walls and -10 were killed in the
trenches. The whereabouts of the Sultan
of llacoloa is not known, lie is
believed to have escaped Monday
night.
Murder at Buffalo.
Hnffola. Special.?A shooting affair
in which a U-ycar-old boy was killed
and a woman mortally wounded, an attempted
murder, two suicides ami two
"? f t/mi llto o ? ? * - "
,?i nun uic mill may IX'SUll I Utally.
occurred in this city. Joseph
Kwaitkowski, 51 years old, a representative
Polish citizen, is locked up
at police headquarters, charged with
shooting his landlady anil killing his
own 9-year-old hoy. Kwaitkowski
formerly conducted an extensive hardness
in one of the markets of the city.
1 i is wife died a trout a year ago, leaving
two children. Since tire death of
his wife, business difficulties drove
him to drink. For the last four months
he liar, lived in rooms at 190 Coit
street. The owner of the house, Mrs.
Tekla Wiuski, her husband and the
children, occupied the rear part of the
building. The children of the two
families were constantly quarreling.
Sunday night Kwaitkowski returned
home and found the children in the
usual turmoil. Mr. Wolinski informed
him that he would have to move,
whereupon Kwaitkowski drew a revolver
and began firing, hacking out of
the house as he did so. Mrs. Wolinski
followed the infuriated Pole and grappled
with him. He pointed the revolver
at her breast and fired. She
fell to the ground, mortally wounded.
Kwaitkowski fired several more shots,
one of them striking his own 9-yearold
son. Peter, killing him instantly, i
A large crowd quickly gathered and I
Kwaitkowski retreated int., tl,?? 1,'
locking and barricading the door behind
him. Then began a lively exchange
of shots through the windows
between the policemen who had gathered.
and Kwaitkowski which continued
until the latter exhausted his ammunition
when the officers battered
down the .lc?>r and captured him.
George Denning, 55 years old. had
been separated from his wife for some
time. He called upon her ami tried to
induce her to resume martial relations.
She refused. He drew a revolver
and fired. She fell to the lloor in a
faint, and believing that he had killed
her. Denning ran away. His body was
found later in the evening in a Salvation
Army lodging house. He had
taken poison.
Two (turned to De'tlb.
Indianapolis. Special.?Nathan Morris.
one of the lust kn 'wn attorneys . f
Indiana, and Prank Haas, the 12-year
ol'l son of I)r. Jos. Unas, were Iturnc.l
to doatli Sunday, and Mrs. Jos. Haas,
Miss Hello Haas. Miss Rose Haas.
Louis Haas and Grace Lemon, a governess,
were injured more or less seriously.
The residence of Dr. Jos.
Haas was nearly burned to the ground.
IXmands of Textile Workers.
Philadelphia, Special.?Union textile
workers of this city assembled in convention
Sunday, for the purpose of formulating
demands to be presented to
the operators. The convention adjourned
at night after adopting a resolution
demanding a 55-hour week, dating
from June 1. leaving the wag"*
question for future consideration. Time
and half time will he asked for all
work done in excess of the 53 hours. A
committee was apponited to present
the demands to the manufacturers wno
will also be informed that a strike will
follow their refusal to accept the proposition.
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One of the greatest pugilists that
Aifterica ever produced. John Dwyer,
of Brooklyn, quit his regular occupation
to enter the counting room. He
died within a year from tuberculosis.
The explanation in this case was simple
enough. The immense lungs,
which were necessarily an advantage
in the prize ring, fell into disuse in
th" counting room. Disuse meant degeneration.
and
.i .i in- .1 in a
lark of resistance, of which tubercle
bacillus was not slow to take advantage.
Virginia Debt Paid.
Washington. Special.?Senat r Daniel.
of Virginia, has hecn advised by
the Comptroller of the Tiv#sury that
an otlleiai decision has been reached
and a settlement by offsetting of the
claims?made of the long-standing
claims of the Cnited States anil the
State of Virginia against each other.
The claims amounted to nearly $L\000,000
each. Ily the terms of the settlement
Virginia will receive a check for
$"?. and some interest-bearing Virlginia
State bends that have been held by the
United States. The bonds, it is said,
will amount to over half a million dollars.
Killed by Falling Cannon.
Mobile. Ala., Special.?While superintending
tin* removal of a six-pounder (
gun from the wharf to the I nitcd ]
States barracks here Saturday. John i
it. limns, aged 25*. an electrical en- <
ginecr. was instantly killed by the gun.
which broke from its fastenings and '
passed over his boilv. The remains will
]
be interred in the National Cemetery
here. Burns was from New York city* 1
Urigham Young Dead.
Salt Lake City. Utah. Special.? '
Urigham Voting, president of the Conn- i
cil of Twol\ Apostles of Mormon |
Chttrcli died in the city Saturday night. ,
...v., .. i mi, iiiiiim. Ill- was DOIII
at Kirtland, O.. .11 1830. ami was the
cldcrcst son t?f President Brighatn '
Toung. j ]
Tappa! unnock. Special.?Alt-x John- I .
son. colored, of this place, was drowned I t
in the Rappahannock river, near Port j
Royal, lie was out in a skift'. whirl) 1
was upset by the high winds, and 1
though an expert swinuncr, did not (
succeed in reaching the shore. (
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Broke the Record.
Pensacola. Fla., Special.?World's I
records are being smashed here with 1
frequency by the ships of the North
Atlantic licet. The Illinois lowered all I
records for accuracy with 13-inch guns f
and the Iowa took the record with six- j
pounders. The vessel was firing the <
guns of this size in the gulf Wedres- 1
day afternoon when the gunners fired '
30 shots in succession each falling true ' a
at a range of 1.700 yards. Three gun t1
crews participated. 1 I
t
Thirty Killed; Hany Wounded. |
Berlin. By Cable. \ dispatch to The t
Local Anzeiger fr m St. Petersburg
dated Wednesday says that 30 p.- rsuns 11
have been killed and thai 100 were in- '
jured during labor disturbances near j t
Nijini-Novgorod. The disturbance or- j j.
curred at a large factory near Nijini- t
Novgorod. The authorities were un- <
al)lc to restore order. Troops were 1
called out and artillery was brought up
an.i urea point blank into the midst of t
the rioters, killing thirty men and
wounding a hundred. v
n
Government Forces Whipped.
Willemstadt, By Cable.?News hus ^
been received here that the Venezuelan a
revolutionists have defeated the forces '
of the government near Caracas and !
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captured two cannon and a large a
quantity of ammunition. They have V
also captured the city of Barqulsmeto,
which is the key to the western part '?
of Venezuela, taking many prisopers.
Heavy fighting, undecisive as yet. has .
taken place at Coro. '
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Telegraphic Briefs. ti
Republicans carried Cincinnati and
Democrats won in CI -veland at the municipal
(lection. Michigan Ueniildican-(
< !. ted their State ticket by from 35.-j
t'CO (d 40,000 plurality.
Pro.ddent Itoo: . volt continued his ^
lour of South Dakota and made a "
; peech at Sioux Kalis on the work tho 1
Government is doing for farmers and '
wage-earners. 1
Twenty-two monuments on the hat- j
tlefield of Shiloh were presented to tho (
nation by the State of Indiana and j
dedicated.
From Bugler to General.
The career of llrigadler General Ed- '
ward M. Hayes (familiarly known as i
"Jack" Ilayes), who has Just been \
promoted from the colonelry of the i
Thirteenth Infantry, is unique in the
annals of our army. Ho enlisted in
the army as a boy In 1855 as bugler in
the company in which Fltzhugh I.ee
was lieutenant. When the war began
he enlisted as a private and rame
out an officer. With the reorganization
of the army in 1808 he obtained
a commission, since which time he
has made a most brilliant record, first
on the plains and lately in tho Philippines.
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NO. 4.
FOUND TRUE BILL.
The Slayer of Editor Gonzales
Appeared in CourtTHE
TRIAL WAS POSTPONED:
ucxause 01 Absence of Two Witnesses
the Hearing of the Case Went Over
Until June Term of Court.
Columbia. S. 0., Special.?.lames IT.
Tillman, who is charged with the killinn
of N. (?. Gonzales, the editor oC
The Columbia State in January, was
taken to the Criminal Court here
Wednesday for the purpose of havinK
him plead to the indictment returned,
against him last Monday for murder
and carrying concealed weapons or
unlawful arms, as they are termed Itt
Lhis State. The arraignment was not
had. however, and the proceedings
which it was thought would he of a
purely formal charaet< r turned out tc>
he highly sensational. The trial of the
defendant had been set for next Monday,
and both sides had caused the
report to be circulated that they were
ready for trial. Much to the surprise
the spectators and lawyers here,
he defense availed themselves of the
ipportunity presented to secure a continuance
on the ground that it had
men impossible to secure the attenJuicc
of two material witnesses. (Papain
J. A. White and Miss Julia 1 to per.
Tillman, the defendant, was brought
nto court short 1> before the proccednir?
M'l'l-I' mmm.ii".".! II..
in- ?uis ari'iim>anicd
by his uncle, Senator Bin Tillnan.
who appeared to be very much,
iiore deeply coiicerneil about the proceedings
than the prisoner himself.
Distinguished counsel appeared on.
jotli sides. The people were reprcm
nt?*d by Col. Amlrew Crawford and
Solicitor (Commonwealth's Attorney)
I. W. William Thurmond and the demise
by Congressman Ueorge W.
Jroft, who was at one time the defenmt's
law partner, and Patrick II.Ncl
ion.
The prosecuting officer opened the
iroceedings with a request for an aruigumcnt.
Counsel for the defense inerrupted
to enter a motion for a coninuancc
v>n the ground of the absence
>f the two witnesses already mentionid.
They presented affidavits from the
vitnesscs which in a measure indicated
what they would testify to. The
iroseoutlon promptly announced that
t was entir |y willing to accept these
tffhlavits and strenuously objected to
my further delay in the ease. The
mint wjm made that the defense bad
tad ample time to prepare for the
rial ''mi the affidavits were all that
vas eeessary in the defendant's bolalt
so far as the witnesses in quesiou
were concerned.
The prosecution urged that a rute
lad been made recently to prevent
continuances under such clreumstanes
as those sitown in tliis case hut
he court ruled against them and
iranted a continuance until the June
erm on an affidavit of defendant's
ounsol stating that it had been imKjssible
to get witnesses in time for
his term. The solicitor th< n urged
liat. the defendant he arraigned at this
ime, but Judge Klugh declined to need
e to this request and the prisoner
ins remanded and the ease continued
mtiI the June term of court.
May Cotton Up.
New York. Special.-- The rise in roton
which 1 egnn almost four month*
go was continue! when May touched
0.10 and July 9.99. new high records
or the present movement. The maret
opened active and strong all
round, hut the shorts were almost the
uyers of May. the bull element hold:ig
off and taking only so much as was.
ecessary to strengthen tlieir position,
idvances tended from 1 to 7 points, hut
he hulk of the trading was in May and
uly. Offerings of July cotton at 9.98
,'ere liberal and sales at that figure
tere moderately large. By 11
'clock May sold off to 10.33 and July
o 9.93. May close.I 10.29 hid; 10.30 askd;
July 9.90 bid, 9.91 asked.
Telegraphic Briefs.
There has been renewed on the New
for!; cotton exchange the agitation for
l system of deliveri s of <-otl m in ear?
ying out contracts; made oti the floor
>f t lie New York cotton exchange at a
uunhcr of Southern ports instead of
'Jew York only as at present. A com>any
has liecn selected to work in favor
>f the plan to which there is considerible
opposition.
A London dispatch says: "Mrs,
Mabel Townsend, formerly of the
Alcazar Theatre, San Francisco, shot
herself with a revolver on the doorstep
of her residence In Great Lltchfleld
street. Sin* was dead when taken
to the hospital. Mrs. Townsend is sahl
to have been suffering from religious
mania."
An Indianapolis dispatch says:
"The national executive hoard of the
United Mine Workers met hero at
which it was understood recommendations
would he made for bringing
all the miners of the country Into the
organization before the next annual
convention. There are probably 150,000
men about the mines who do not
belong to the organization.''
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