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F VOL. XIII. M'fllF f,0FQ ' in Wt VJV/LW Confesses Murder of Hi : # Just P was stfanv nr \fdvf m thf r\n Charlottesville Wife-Murderer Meets Death Without a Tremor, Walking Unassisted to the Place?No Statement Forthroming When Asked at the Last Moment if He Had Anything to Say, But a Written Confession Was Given Out After the Execution by His Spiritual Advisers. ??????? Charlottesville, Va., Special.?Without a tremor, J. Samuel McCue met death on the scaffold at 7.35 o'clock Friday morning for wife-murder. Hardly had his struggles ceased when his confession was given out by his three spiritual advisors, Revs. U. L. Petrie, H. li. Lee, and John B. Thompson. McCiio listened calmly to the reading of the death warrant, and when Sergeant Rogers asked, "Do you think that if 1 gave you my arm you would be able to walk to the scaffold?" Ho replied calmly, "I can walk without your aid." On the way he stumbled once or twice and the oilicefs offered assistance. It was not needed, however. Thorn was 110 weakness. MeCue bad _ ?MJI|JVW Wll I liv J 1 zon snow. No Statement to Make. Hoforo he placed the rope about MeCue's neck. Sergeant Rogers put tiis arm over the condemned man's shoul \ J. SAMU tiers and whispered something to him. When everything was ready Mr. Rogers again spoke to McCue. asking him if he had anything to say. "Nohe at all." was his answer. The trap was sprung, and ninteen minutes afterward McCue was pronounced dead of strangulation. I lis neck was not broken. The body will be taken to Brookvllle for lnirial. Confession as Given Out. "J. Samuel McCue stated this morning in our presence and requested us to make public that he did not wish to Broke Into Jewelry Store. Suffolk, Special.?The jewlrv store of II. L. Brewer & Son. owned by R. B. Brewer. Jr.. former mayor, was entered and robbed. The burglars got in by prying tip with a crowbar a sill under a read window. The practical loss ,imic ?li?f? *.r --- - .... .... ....... ?.i uiLiura icii, ior repair. A $300 cash resistor was destroyed. but only $1 in cash was taken. Mr. llrower cannot ascertain his exact loss, hut it is estimated at between $500 and 3700. May Pur.ish Atchison Road. Washington Special Attorney Genoral Moody has appointed Judsop Harts* n. of Cincinnati, who was atiorncj general during the S"c* ml administration of ;-re-.i.h nt Cicyeland, and Frederick X. .Tudson, a prominent lawyer of St. l.ouis. to investigate the al: ged action of the At hi son, Topeka & Santa e'e Railroad In granting rebates to the Colorado fuel Iron Company. This < lnpioynient is with the view of la? ing legal proceedings against the company, if. after an Invcstig'itlon. such proceeding's seem jttstilie I. Roth lav.yc.s have accepted the appointment. ORT F( TO SCAFFOLD is Wife and Pays Law's 'enally leave this world with suspicion resting on any human being other than him- I self: that ho alone was responsible ! for the deed, impelled to it by an evil power beyond his control, and that he recognized his sentence as just." J. Samuel MeCuc was lt'? years old and twice had been mayor of the city of Charlottesville. The tragedy for ; which hi> rvniil thr> nnnnltu i nwlnil I more interest than any other crime ; i that has occurred in the State in the past quarter of a century. Story of the Crime. On Sunday night, September 4, McCue accompanied his wife to church and they returned home about 9.15 o'clock. Within 15 minute* after tlic.v had repaired to their room to retire for the nigat the city was aroused by | messages announcing the murder of | I Mrs. McCue, and friends, physicians, ; and officers hurried to the McCue j 1 home. Mrs. McCue was found dead ! in the bath room, and McCue was lying on this floor with an abrasian on his check and feigning unconsciousness. Ho later asserted that the attack had been made by an unknown j white man who had climbed through a window. Mrs. McCue had been dealt a blow that broke her nose and her left, ear had almost been severed by a second blow. Death was caused by I a gunshot wound just above the heart. McCue never was able to explain the presence in the bath room of a small piece of cotton undershirt which fitted exactly a torn place in the shirt which he had on when the officers arrived. . The women figured in the reports clr \ I E - McCUE, i culated <iS to the cause of the murder, i 'and a. letter tilled with endearing languago sent him by one ?>f his women c lients was produced at the trial. Mo- t Cue had quarrelled with his wife a ' number of times. She was 40 years old and the mother of four children. The coroner's jury held MjrCuo for the i ! murder three days after it occurred, | and he had since been confined in the j jail, vehemently protesting his innocence, His trial was concuided Nov-j ember 5. and he was convicted, the jury being out. only 20 minutes. Judge Campbell to be a Candidate. Richmond?Special?It is reported that former Judge Clarence J. Camp- l boll will be a candidate for the legislature from Amherst county this year. Judge Campbell was removed from the Amherst county bench by the legislature 'or rowhiding Rev. Mr. Crawford, j of the \nti-Saloon League. He had I ' * -* ** .......... .i ,?ii. oi.h.m'ki or ine cnargo of contempt of his court. Fire in Jacksonville Jail. Jacksonville, Fla. -Special ? What the <>fi": ""J" believe t<> have bcejr an efI/on < a the part of a negro prisoner to escaj by rettin-r tiie jail on fire1 re?:'lt"i in one negro being klllcl by! ! seoi .-atIon and 1"> escaping. The cries j of fire in the Ita nl>; rry Park chy jail. | ; rhortly after 1 o'clock, awoke Jailer Pay an, \ ho ru f: mi hlr. room to I ti e corridor to run rtain th?? troubl".' .A' he <! the door leading intothe ,il proper ;> dense sn.ok?> crr.nc mailing (oWanl hint. lie immediately ' went to < a h 11 an 1 released the prlroners, and tin :i rent in the alarm. I MI] )RT MILL, S. C., WED1 SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE The House and Senate Getting Down to Solid Work. The entire time of the senate Tuesday night was devoted to a discussion if ihe ten circuit bill and the end is , not yet. The apponents of the bill founded their speeches on constutional technicalities but the supporters took a broader view and held that no mere technicalities should stand in the way of progress and relief from congestion in the courts. Senator Brown moved to postpone the consideration of the bill until the \ next session but Senator Hood moved to table this. COMMITTER REPORTED. The joint committee appointed from the house and senate during the session of 1904 to investigate the books, and accounts of the State officers, yes teryday mnde their report to the gen- ! eral assembly. The report on the secretary of state's office appears on the face of it to be a condemnation or rather a relinks of lax methods of that , office. The committee has been thor-i ougli in its investigation and has not j spared words.?Columbia State. HOUfeK. By a vote of t'.s to 111 the house of representatives Tuesday night put it self on record nal "Hiiro bill." This bill was introduced by Mr. Toole of Aiken, and was the identical bill presented liv Senator Hrice of York last year. The vote last year was 4'J to ?>?'>. the majority being in favor of placing the odious half tax on the counties voting out the dispensary. Among the new bills introduced were: Senator Uut.h r?Fixing the time for holding courts in the several circuits This bill is conditional to the passage of the ten circuit bill. Senator Hutler?T? incorporate the Cherokee. tJnion and Spartanburg railway. Senator MeCmvnn To incorporate the Reedy River Power Company. At the morning session e?" the senate third reading bills 011 the calendar were read and debate begun on the 10 circuit lull but this was interrupted by the visit of the house so that acts might be ratified. ACT RATIFIED. Debate was then curtailed by the en trance of the speaker and elerk to * * - -- ..imi y ,i< i i luiiuf iiii r> laws as pillow*: To allow county treasurer of Chester to borrow funds. To prohibit trespass. To allow Clio school district in Marlboro to issue bonds. To dispense of all moneys in Si ate treasury known as direct tax funds. Ceding to government certain land ; on Snilivan's Island. Amending law relating to powers of trustees of the S. C. M. A. For the protection of aids to navi- j gation established by the failed States lighthouse board. Fixing liability of stockholders in banks. After ratification was over it was not long until the senate adjourned until evening. The house sent word that it refused to include traction engines in the pro- i visions of the automobile bill and the j president appointed Senators Mcl-eod and Warren as members of a conference committee on tilts amendment. The historical commission bill from \ the house, was amended on motion of Senator C. I>. Bleaso by reducing the : salary of the clerk from $1,200 to $1,000. The bill which the senate sent to the house had the amount of $1,000. j The bill known as the matrimonial law was killed. The House, by a vote of 77 to 20. , refused to kill Mr. L.. O. Patterson's j hill for the establishment, of an industrial school for boys at. a cost of $15,000. It then passed, the bill amend- ; ed so as to reduce the amount to 000, but requiring the penitentiary poo- i pie to furnish the necessary convicts ! without expense for the construction of I the original buildings. An amendment 1 also requires three of the seven trus- ! tecs to he women. The board is to | select the place for the school. The Senate passed the tenth circuit j bill, amended so as not to interfere 1 with the present arrangements regard- j lug judges and solicitors. It makes a ' ninth circuit out of Greenville, Ander- | 5<>n$ Oconee and Pickens, and a tenth j circuit out of Charleston, Beaufort and i Berkeley. Answering the invitation to address the Assembly on the 9th. in the inter- i est of the Jamestown Exposition, Gen- ! eral Fitzhugh l.ee wired his regrets j from Washington, saying that on that day the matter would come up in Congress. and he could not reach South Carolina. He suggested tlint, the mat niiiiu m- in n'licicd to next year, j but thou Kb t it might lie host for the . Senate to take action now along tho ! lines suggested in his letter of a few days ago. One of the interesting features of House legislation so far was the de- j tisive majority with which that body 1 last night passed the Toole bill, which j eliminates the tax feature from the T'ii< e act, allowing counties to vote out ' their dlen usuries. The Senate has hilie i a somewhat similar measure, but the Senate hill went further, and a'- ' lowed not only counties, hut communities, to vote out their dispensaries, and the jr; aids of the Toole bill nr by n>? means discouraged with the prospects el its passing the ;? n.iic. To hold ties proviso of half a mill tn >vt : the heads of tko.-.e counties desiring ctr which might desire to vote out their dispensaries is looked upon as t threat, which is 1. inj; re> a, The handwriting upon the wnil has Iv en brought into ! old relief by the ration " the j, , which com .. fr< . ht t from 'ho p ipl . !n the Hot; e of Heave nt dive T'.l.l-i- !nv . - "' ' ' v.:' .in ti 0:1 Mi'.l'.'fi r. oil's bill : > r;;tn'li .1 an industrial ixhool for I- . i LL 1 MESDAY. FEBRUARY The ten-hour labor bill was killed, , as was also the inheritance tax bill. Col. D. O. Herbert's bill to codify the militia laws of tlie State was ' passed by the House. Col. Herbert explained that the laws of this State are in imperfect condition, and the bill would re-enact these laws with a number of desirable changes. The bill provides for no appropriation, although it does increase the salary of the adju- . tant general from $1,500 to $1,000. lie showed some instances in which there ) is r.o warrant of law for the militia organization; there is no statute to provide for three majors to a regiment, although every regiment has three majors to comply with the manner of organization in other States. There was no opposition to the bill. The house gave second reading to the ways and means committee's bill to provide for a committee of live to inspect the hooks and vouchers of the State treasurer, comptroller general, secretary of state and sinking fund comillissinn Tllo ..nrnrnin.... I..... 1- ? toforo consisted of three members. but Mr. M<isps explained that the work is j very heavy and the committee ran save time by having :t large number of members and dividing the work. The Senate recurred to the ten circuit bill and made a slight change. In joint session acts were ratified as follows: Issuing s le.ol lion Is in district No. :h; in Orangeburg. Amending the a. i requiring payment of Met nse fees (coin ens an error 1. Relating to hoard of trustees of | Presbyterian College of South Cam- ; Una. Having State Treasurer issue dupli- * eate instead of triplicate receipts. Aincndiug law relating to primary olec t ions. Ratifying charter of Parr Shoals Power company. Allowing eoftntv com mission ts of Lee to borrow money. Relating to bond issue for court house at Camden. Electing town atulitor for I'nion. Validating sale of two lots in Darlington to C. \V. Hewitt. lt? luting to s; hools districts of Marion. Mullins Dillon and Latta. I'txiug time for electing t ustec.. in ISaslev school district. Providing tor ienjipraisemont and luxation or certain abandoned rice Holds. Authorizing town of Wagoner to is31:0 bonds. Authorising school ilistriii No. of Orangeburg to issue bonds. Authorizing school district No. To in Orangeburg to issue bonds. Developing duties of board of public works on town council and treasurer and clerk of (lUfi'ncy. Although the Senate was too dignified to confess it. it adjourned until 11 o'clock this morning so that the senators might go to the minstrels last evening. There was no night session. as all wanted to attend the theatre. The Clemson Bill. Debate began Friday In the senate on the Pollock bill. This is the house bill to establish at Wintlirop an inspection bureau to examine fertilizers. Clemson now derives the total income front the privilege tax and if the bill passes the senate Wintlirop will he a part beneficiary in it. The bill has been on the calendar i for some time, ever since it came over from the house. Senator W. J. Johnson lias on the senate calendar a sinv ilnr bill but he will let it rest now that the Pollock bill has arrived. A good deal of speech making was engaged In Friday on this hill, but no action was taken. Its consideration occupied both the morning and even ing session. The house of representatives lias declined to pass any legislation ti amend the dispensary law. Saturday the senate bill was considered as a substitute for Mr. I!rant ley's bill, and the whole matter was indefinitely post polled after a long fight. Will Iiici 'case Levy. The "supply bill," or the bill to lis the levy for taxes for t he current year, was gi<en second reading in the house of representatives Hut unlay The levy for State and county pur poses is raised in the hill front f> ti 1-2 mills. This is the tlrst time in two score years that the levy has ex eeeded 5 mills. This hill occupied prac tically the entire time in the House. In the Senate routine business only was considered. Many members wer? absent. Bad Blizzard in the South. Memphis. Tenn., Special.- With a blizzard raging in north and east Texas and rain and sleet falling in many districts in Louisiana. Mississippi and Tennessee, weather conditions arc decidedly worse than at any time since Mie present storm began. A blizzard ; has been sweeping over the cattle ran ches of western Texas for two days and tonight shows no sign of abatement. Thousands of cattle arc reported to be suffering ami in many ca.soi totally deprived of water. Situation in Poland Serious. St. Petersburg, Ity Cable. ?For the moment the startling crime in llelsingfors has withdrawn attention from the strike situation throughout Russia. Tuesday's events in Poland and Cru- ' casus, howov* r, are quite serious enough i*i themselves. Mist; dors in the smaller industrial towns in Poland Jinw ndilcd rt.ore iii;in a : -nro to the tntjil of tlir- killed, and 'ramps have hi-. ;i : :.t to War i\v anil Kutno r ! it ilis v.pft of Warsaw! to cjit 11 ttpri i?i -.? there. The : tr:!:. >ndi ions In On v.s are i.< i aiitiK wort" an 1 tr:uI. -tt ilie 'J'rart:-t'aui asian it liiv. is ll'.tt : 1 Athletics Enl.-.rrc G r' H 'ads A No. 0 than t?io li* !;:< fi? ye:; a".o. The ; . iris 11:y - ' tic a.:d j ti.^-ir h: ; 1 :;v- ;rown. pta/TT: L 15, 1905. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS Records in the Office Not in a Satisfactory Condition For a Considerable Period. The report of the legislature speeial summit tee to examine the books of State officers in part as follows: To tiie General Assembly of South Carolina: Your committee appointed to make piarterly examination of the offices of he State treasurer, comptroller general. sinking fund commissioners air' lie secretary of state beg to report: That they have examined the hook )f accounts of tl.o above named officers Jnd find the offices of State treasurer, '?mptroller general and sinking fund orrect. with proper vouchers, the ofIccs and the hooks neatly and well \opt. ami the committee, with pleasure. ouimemi the efficiency :in<! courtesy of ho officers am! assistants in these several departments. i Appended are statement from the iooks of the several departments. We hep; to call attention to the fact hat the office of the comptroller general is sorely in need of cases, etc.. for lie preservation of the valuable records 11 that office. Papeifc of great value ire compelled to he left uncovered and mprotected for lai k of safe and convenient places to (lie them, and should i lire occur in that office, as did occur n the secretary state's office, the loss would he irreparable and nothing would he saved except such records and hooks as can he ami are kept in the ll ready crowded safe. We earnestly urge supplying this office with proper fixtures and tlm? ?nrri. ' .ii>|ir?i|iriaiim he made fur this purpose at this session. " * * As to the seretary of state's office, the report says: Tliis office lias not been iui-lmlcil in in- examinations lieretofore, hut last year tliis additional duty was placed >n this committee and it has been an uierons. unpleasant and extremely difficult matter to ascertain the exact and true condition of the finances of this office due to many reasons which we will atenint to show later on. When we tir: t went to this office in April, lfitii. we were infor. e.l tint we :ould conclude our labors ' in Id minutes" and were shown the hank hooks and a mere statement of amc..i::tsr aggregate. rein ive 1 in that office and amount paid State treasurer. On in.istlng tltat we came for a real examination we were bogged for time to prepare books, etc. However, your committee went to work, but soon found, on account of the absence of books and improper entries of cash received, wrong and improper entries made in the books furnished, which had boon badly kept. Your committee feeling the need of a thorough examination adjourned and secured the services of an accountant. Mr. .1. Hollis of (Jaffney. 3. and with his valuable assistance made up a hook of every item we could tind and was furnished by Mr. it. M. McCown, the assistant clerk, said hook being now in llio possession <>f your ommittee. After adjourning and hofore our return with Mr. Mollis many ?erasures anil corrections were made on the books attempted to lie kept. The inly way we could do was to handle each declaration for charter, return, application for notary public -in fact every paper during Mr. (lantt's admin (ration. Seeing that considerable time would be consumed in this examination. we did not feel justified in going back of his term without express authority. so did not do so. but feel now that Ibis should be done by the committee to lie appointed. In comparing the return of corporators to the charters that were rerorded. we found some unrecorded and others eroneously recorded, such as where a < barter ha I been granted in the sum of .*11,000, same was recorde I as having been issued ia tbe sum of $.10,000. Tills work we did not eomplete >n account of a very damaging lire in the office whore, principally, all records were kept, and since that time we have been unable to do any sin h work, for the books were badly injured, hence such examination was necessniily suspended. in many cases we found where over collections had been made, aggregating ranging from .10 rents to $77.10. There was no evidence that these various items had been returned to the proper parties, but on the contrary, the secretary of state informed us we "ha>l nothing to do with these excess amounts, as that was a matter between himself and the parlies sending them." We do not ag:ee to such a proposition. On the hook which was suunosed to he kent items were left off entirely. To illustrate: Camperdown mills, elinrtere:! April HO. 1001; charter lee $100, and others. Improper amounts credited to State; I'lickhaber Bros., Charleston; charter fee $.",p; amount State credited with, $:March 2 !. 1001. We feel compelled to rimdi'inn this carelssness in handling the people's money and in not keeping proper entries of all moneys coming through the office, also the method that has prevailed in many instances where a credit system has been allowed. To give an instance, the N'orris Cotton mills, charter increased on April 10, 10011; charter fee $.~>U; amount r eived after chart" r issued, $nr>; and the claim was niad< that the late Col. I ). K. Noi l is colli" a Cd liial "the mice already owed '> m Ki:bor this money is lost to the St:it<' or is a los to the secretary of state; at nnv at surli pr;icl. e shoul i ln> (iiscont iai.e I. Tin re are ohor iim?uin< Tin - > Ileum i.T over-col leetinmy1 may have l.i- m i< tnrm I. l>n( wo linyo ?n? ? \ ? n<? t>." a:no. Your comiiiiiti <> i: c ounii. nil < .' mi' instance wh<fit there I... hecu a i iniii!. The linj i r v.. - r.\nt"il on February 2:t, lOtAt. ami n ..1:1 I ma Juno 2::. 1004, alter these mat or., ha i lain culled to the a;t nt in of l'i.. oliice, , v ? ... ? ? - * / ? / 4 "I k <Mv ' ^ r I '% ;s. % NO. 4 7. We regret to report that "all moneys" have not been paid over "quarterly" to the State treasurer as is required bv law. same being held, in some j instanees. considerable time after the expiration of the several quarters. Your committee begs to report that, as the repor* of receipts and disbursements will slow, hereto appended, the secretary of state has deposited in bank several hundred dollars in excess of the amounts shown by his books or evidenced by proper vouchers in his office, as having been collected for fees. In this amount, no doubt, is included some of these excess collections sent by mistake by different parties throughout the State and which do not belong to the State, but should be refunded to the proper parties when the charters were issued. We found by mere chance that one item of $102.50 for charter of the Union Warehouse company of Columbia, ehar; tered on the 15th day of January. 1002. during Mr. Cooper's administration. I was presented for payment in June. 1!)04. and lias not yet been turned over to the State treasurer, being, we are informed, now in the office of seerefary of state. There may be other items of Mr. linntt's predecessor still outstanding. but. as we stated, v.e did not go bark that far. A Distressing Accident. Klloree. Special. - Charles Livingston, a young man about til years old. while adjusting a belt at A. L. Otts' ginnery was caught in the shafting and both aims and legs were broken. The body of the young man was wrapped around the shafting in a most torturing manner, mutilating the ilesh of his legs and breast before assistance could reach him. Medical aiil was quickly summoned and till that is possible is being done to save the voting man. At this writing the patient is resting fairl well, luit grave nonius as to his recovery are held. As to Duke's Sanity. New York. Special. The question of whether Urodle L. lbikc. of Durham. N. is competent to manage himself and his property, was suhmittc I to a jury l?y a decision of Justice Lcventrilt, in the Supreme Court. The petition for a commission to decide whet Iter M Duke is competent was lilc l by his son. It. Laurence Duke The motion was opopre.l by Mis Alice Webb Duke, to whom Duke \\n .married in December last. Man Charged With Asault Escapes. Marion, N. Special. News reached In ve, ili.it Ail' Hooper attempted to as:mil tlie IT. yen -old daugiit< r of John J. Spmitse at Denning. in this county, on the night of the sth. lloop.er had her n working for Sprouse that day. and only lived a short distance front Mr. S-proUSC. He went into the .sleeping room of the Uirl ami she awoke and called, thinking it was her father, and then 11 roper ran off. making good his escape. He was tracked this way tint it he came to Marion and took the train for Tennessee. Oil Men Support Kansas. Toledo, () . Special. At a meeting Sunday of the Oil Men's Association, composed of ern le oil producers in the Trenton rock-nil fields of Ohio and Indiana, the situation in Kansas was discussed hy the 150 or 10 members present, and resolutions wore unaiiimoiilv adopted that the State of Kansas is entitled to the sympathy and moral support of the oil trade everywhere in its contest wit 1 i the Standard Oil Company. More Election Laws Needed. Washington, Special.--The House committee of merchant marine and fisheries ordered a. favorable report on six of the eigh' bills introduced by ttie bureau of navigation to make mora oTieient the steamboat regulation laws, whose inadt quacy was exposed with horrifying effect by means of the Slocuin disaster. Village Taken. St. Petersburg. Ry Cable.?The Emperor has received the following <iispateh from (Jeneral Kuropatktn: "The Jafanese during the night of .January ill attacked I >j:nn;i nenan. on tho lef' imtili of tin I tun river, opposite Chaugtan. They captured the village, but su' sequent ly were driven out, with great, loss. Toe Russian casualties were loo. The Japanese, alter a sei vero cannonade, re-attacked our forces at Djantnichenan at noon February 1. I Tin- Russians first retired, but ultimately rcoeeupiod ihe village. though outlying posts are in the bands of the enemy." Attorney's Services Valuable. T. 1). Shea. :iti attorney of Nantieoko, J'a., hns ju t rotiirn<asl victor in a >u suit uaalust the Hnsqin hnn i::i Coal O iinpanv. Ho suorl f.,r $r,,:in() i : 1 < .'I ' iv.r i'Mriii'4 th< fcroat ? al strike of two \ tits ae.o. The corri|i.'i:y, a part < f the IViui ylvanla j railroad y i > i. was unwii'in^ to j ay i, r?::;? sr? n. claiming that was I" iiayav.it for Hi'" service rendered. Mr. Sh'-a i:- ovrr mx loot tali and built proportionately. It was hold by tho counsel that tii ; proscnce r.lov omoim tli i.trikrr, kept tliem f:\iin liiiriniiiK tho company's property. Tho jury took ih<- same view and ( awarded hint !j ^ i r~ 5^*' * . . . \y a--;vV