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VOL. XIV. FORTMILL.S.C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 4,1905. NO. 28.
AN INSANE MOTHER
Brained Her Seven Children and Then
Burned Their Bodies
MANIAC THEN TOOK HER OWN LIFE
Mrs. Clarence Markham of Cambridge
111., Survives Long Enough to Make
an Awful Confession.
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Rock Island, 111., Special.?Mrs.
Clarence Markham of Cambridge,
near here, in a lit of temi?orary insanity
killed her seven children with
an axe, after which she placed their
bodies on a bed, saturated it with coal
oil and set tire to it. She then hacked
her throat with a knife and threw
herself on the burning bed. Neighbors'
rescued her, but she was so badly
burned that she died soon after she
had made a confession. The oldest
child was nine years of age, the
youngest, a baby in arms.
Neighbors, attracted by the smoke
of the burning building, rushed to
the rescue and found Mrs. Markham
covered with blood and badly burned.
Barely able to tell her story, she at
first declared t lie crime had been
committed by a strange man, but
later when the sheriff arrived she admitted
that she had slain her children
one by one and attempted ,to destroy
their bodies and her own in the lire.
Soon afterward she died. When the
ruins of the home had cooled, a confirmation
of her story was had in the
finding of the charred corpses, each
with its skull crushed.
The Markhams lived apart from
neighbors, the husband being employed
as a laborer on a nearby farm.
He was compelled to he away from
home during the day. Having noted
his wife acting queerly for several
weeks he had kept the children, the
oldest of whom was but nine years of
age. out of school to bo with the
mother. She was never known to exa
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111 111 viuii'iu icnaencies previously.
The Carter Civil Suit.
Chicago, Special.?Cross examination
of I'apt. Oberlin M. Carter,
charged with defrauding the government
out of nearly $3,00,000, was continued
before Special Kxnmine.r \Vyinan.
The inquiry into the defendant's
stock and bond deals between
1HSKI and 1S9(? occupied the time at
Friday's session. The tinaucial transactions
of the captain were taken up
week by week and day by day, covering
a period of four years. Indications
are that it will take three or
four more weeks to conclude the questioning
of the witness.
Prince Charles Supported.
Coppenhagen, By Cable.?It is
learned on high authority that should
Norway's otter of the throne of that
country to a prince of the house of
Bernadotte be definitely declined during
the coming week, steps will be
taken by the storthing to invite Prince
Charles of Denmark to become king
of Norway. It is believed flint not
more than ten members of the storthing
are opposed to Prince Charles'
candidature. King Christian and the
British court favor it.
Five Arc Murdered.
Edna, Texas. Special.?Mrs. A. J.
Conditt ami four children, a daughter
of 13, and three boys from (> to 10
years old, were murdered in cold
blood at tbeir borne near here. The
mother and daughter were assaulted
and tbeir bodies brutally disfigured.
A baby about two years old was the
only one left alive. All of them seemed
to have been murdered with some
blunt instrument, tbeir beads w?re
crushed and their throats cut with a
knife or razor.
Glass Worker's Suicide.
tompt was made last nigdlu lu hi lulul
Millvllle, N. J., Special?Peter Smith,
a well-known glass worker, committed
suicide Monday morning by shooting
himself through tho heart with a rllle.
Business troubles over which he worried
aro given as the cause. His mother
lost her reason on seeing the body of
her son and it is feared that she will
not recover. His sister is also, prostrated
and in a critical condition.
Walked Out of Meeting.
Montgomery. Ala., Special.?At a
special meeting of the city council Aldciman
Sullivan opposed the resolution
to appropriate monex for the entertainment
of President Roosevelt
when he comes to Montgomery, saying
that he would oppose one dollar of
the people's money going this way.
Acting Mayor Melntyre, who is also
a member of the council, walked out
during the proceedings, leaving no
quorum and the rcsolutiou was laid
over.
GAINED OYER ONE BILLION DOLLARS
How the Cotton Crop in Six Years
Has Increased in Value.
Regarding another source of Southern
wealth, cotton, and the meaning
to the South of its higher price, the
Baltimore Manufacturers' Record
says, under date of Sept 'doth:
"The total value of the last six
cotton crops, not counting the seed,
has paid to the farmers was just a
little over .fit,(1(10,000,000, while for
the preceding six years the total, seed
likewise not included, was $1,800,000,000,
a difference in the lust six years
over the preceding six-vear period in
favor of Southern farmers of $1,'J00,000,000.
"It is quite uncertain whether dur
ing t lie six years of low prices, in
which the crop averaged only $300,000,000
a year, there was not an actual
loss to the producers?certainly
if there was no loss, it was simply
swapping dollars without profit?but
during the last six years of higher
prices the Southern farmers have
gotten on their feet financially. They
have received an average of $500,000,000
a year for their cotton, and
to this might be added, in round figures,
about $50,000,000 a year from
the seed. The increase of $1,000,000,000
during the last six years over the
preceding six is nearly twice as much
as the entire national banking capital
of the United States, it is more than
the total savings bank deposits of
all New England.
'For the first few years of this
period the profit on cotton growing
at these better prices was absorbed
in paying up the debts which had
accumulated during the low-priced
period, but, with debts out of the way
and the farmers in good shape, they
have been stimulated into making
many improvements as to better
homes, better farm machinery and
more of the conveniences which add
to the comfort and happiness of life.
"The towns and villages and cities
of the South have shared in the prosperity
of the farmers, find added to
the prosperity brought about by the
higher price of cotton, has been the
great incrense in the production of
foodstuffs?grain and meats, fruits
and vegetables?end a vast expansion
in railroad and industrial Interests.
It is no wonder, in view of these
facts, that as recently pointed out in
the Manufacturers' Record, the as
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sfssi-u vumc 01 aouuiern property is
now increasing at the rate of $250,000,000
a year, while the true value
of Southern property is probably increasing
at more than double that."
Fireworks Factory Destroyed.
New York, Special.?By the explosion
of a large quantity of powder the
fireworks factory of Joseph Speizo in
Greenpoint, was totally desthoyed,
Speizo's sixteen years old son, Antonio,
was instantly killed and his wife
and two younger boys and a workman
were seriously injured. The explosion
shook buildings within a radius
of a mile and for a time it was
believed that many persons had been
killed. All members of the Speizo
family worked in the factory, a small
frame structure in an open lot, in
which they turned out saluting bombs
for use in Itulian festivals. This involved
the use of much black powder
quantities of which were scattered
over the work benches. Joseph Speizo,
the proprietor, was absent, the
place being in charge of his eldest
son, Manuel, who escaped unhurt
when an alarm was raised by one of
the younger boys that an explosion
was imminent.
Martin H. Littleton Declines.
New York, Special.?Borough president,
Martin \V.Little, of Brooklyn,
made public a statement declaring
that lie hud learned his name was to
he presented to the fusion conference
as a candidate for mayor, and that
he would not accept the nomination.
Forakcr's Creates A Stir.
Washington, Special.?Senator Forakcr
of Ohio who caused quite a stir
by declaring in speech at Bellfontain
that lie was opposed to conferring
rate making power on interstate
commission is annoyed by newspaper
comments which make it appear his
utterances indicate that he has fallen
out with the President. "It is
true," he said, "That the President
favors this power be conferred 011 the
commission and that I opposed it, hut
there is 110 radical disagreement between
the President and myself."
Five Men Meet Death.
Philadelphia, Pa., Special.?A rearend
collision between the east bound
New York Limited Express from St.
Louis and a local passenger train
which was standing at the Paoli station
of the Pennsylvania railroad, 10
miles west of this city, resulted in the
death of five men and the injuring
f more than twenty others.
WILL SOON LIFT THE QUARANTINE
Louisiana Parish Health Officers
Showing Willingness To Clear President's
Path?New Orleans Record
23 New Cases.
Now Orleans, Special.?Report to
G I\ M.:
New eases, 23; total, 3,023.
Deaths, 3; total, 391.
New foci, 4.
Cases under treatment, 227; discharging,
2,405.
The Sunday report would have been
the lowest on record but for the report
of a nest of infection in another
convent and asylum, the attending
physician reporting six eases among
the girls in the Mount Cnrmcl Institute,
on Piety street. There have
been several eases in the Mount Carmel
Convent on St. Cloud street, and
as these two institutions are closely
allied, it is very likely the infection
was transmitted front one to the other.
Another ease is reported from
the French asylum, on St. Ann street,
the patients former residence being
far out on Gently road. Only four of
the new eases were above Canal street.
The Algiers side turned up two eases.
Among the deaths is Sister Mary
Edith of the Convent of Perpetual
Adoration, on Marias street. She was
only eighteen years of age and had
only recently taken Her vows. She
was Miss Pctronillc Nigel.
l)r. Souchen's circular letter to the
parish health ollieers suggesting that
they fix on October 1~> as the date for
raising the parish quarantines against
the city, has already produced results,
the board of health of Lafayette wiling
that that town agreed. It is not
at all unlikely that by the time the
President arrives, the quarantines in
Louisiana will be only an unpleasant
memory.
Mississippi Fever Summary.
Jackson, Miss., Special.?The Mississippi
yellow fever summary is as
follows:
Yieksburg, live new eases; Natchez,
five new eases, one new focus; Serftnton,
eight new eases; Guifport, one
new ease; one death; Mississippi
City, six new eases; Hamburg, two
new eases, one death; liosetta, two
new eases, three suspicious cases.
Handsboro, one new case.
No new infect ion at Port (Jibson,
Harriston, Koxie or Moss point. Supplies
have been sent to the people of
Hamburg, who are in destitute circumstances.
The Marine Hospital
Service has sent Dr. Descbette to the
place to undertake the fumigation and
detention camp work. Surgeon Wasdin
reports that he will place an officer
in charge of the infection at
Sera 11 ton.
Alabama Bans All Mississippi.
Birmingham, Ala.. Special.?State
Health Officer, Dr. \Y. II. Sanders, after
consultation with the local board
of health announced that Alabama
had quarantined against the entire
State of Mississippi, effective at 3
o'clock. This action is supposed to
he consequent upon the spread of yellow
fever in numerous Mississippi
towns, although an official explanation
is withheld.
Capt. Charles Price Dead.
Charlotte, Special.?Capt. Charles
Price, division counsel for the Southern
Kaihvay, ami one of the best
known constitutional lawyers in the
south, died early Thursday morning
at his home in Salisbury of Bright's
uisease, ageu .?!?. lie was lor one term
speaker of the general assembly of the
State, had held many positions of
honor, and conducted some of the
most notable railroad suits in the
south.
Private Car Lino Inquiry.
Washington, Special.'?Hearings in
the private car line inquiry instituted
by the interstate commerce commission
wil be held iu this city on October
IS. and probably wil continue for
more than a week. The eases are directed
against the Central of Georgia
the Southern, Atlantic Coast Line,
Pennsylvania and other railways.
United States Court Suit.
lvnoxville. Special.?Daisy Kherrin
vs. the Southern Kail way is the most
recent damage suit against that corporation
that is the outcome of the
Southern Kail way wreck at New Market
in which sixty-four persons met
death, and of which Sunday, September
24, was the lirst anniversary. The
plaintiff sues for ten thousand dollars
for alleged personal injuries sustained
in tjie accident. Iler home is
iu Mississippi. She is represented
by Pickle, Turner & Kcunerly, of this
city. The suit was tiled in the United
States court.
PROGRESS IS MADE
An Exhaustive Statement Concerning
Philippine Situation
TROUBLE
STILL IN SOME QUARTERS
An Outbreak of Ladronism Recently.
Sentiment for Immediate Indcnpendcnce?Troublesome
Questions Yet
to Be Solved.
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San Francisco, Special.?In an interview
with an Associated Press
representative, Secretary of War W.
II. Taft, who arrived on the Korea
from the Philippines ,after describing
various incidents of the trip to
Japan, referred to the political situ<i.
. in-i
aniMi 111 me iiuuppines, saving:
"The political situation in some respects
was not as good as it ought to
be. A wave of ladronisin lias swept
over the province of Cavite, and it has
been found necessary to suspend the
writ o? habeas corpus in the province
of Cavite and Batangns, the neighboring
province. The same was true of
Samar, but the use of troops on Samar
and the use of the supreme court of
the United States and constabulary in
Cavite lias put an end to this business;
however, there were two or three
men responsible for the keeping up
of the ladronism, who 'had not been
captured. Complaints were made
against the constabulary and while
many of them were unfounded, it
was probably true that a change in
the constabulary ought to be effected, ;
and it is now under consideration by
the government. 'The distressing agricultural
depression, due to the loss
of 75 per cent, of the agricultural
cattle, drought, locust and the cholera
as well as other causes, will probably
not cease to be for several years. This
naturally subjects the government to
criticism because this alien government
is much more likely to he criticized
for existing conditions, however,
free from blame in respect to them,
than a native government.
"Some of the younger men of education
have been advocatinir immed
into independence. It, therefore, became
necessary to state with considerable
emphasis the policy of the administration
on this subject and to say
that in the opinion of the administra- 1
tion there was no possible hope for
independence short of a generation,
because the people could not he lilted
for self government in that time; in- 1
deed, it will probably take a much
longer period.
44 The party consisted, as is known,
of Democratie as well as Republican
senators and congressmen, and their
interviews represent al sides of the
Philippine question, but, with a selfrestraint
and moderation which cannot
he too highly commended, it was
tacitly agreed between the members
of the congressional party on both
sides that it would he most unwise
for them to discuss before the Filipinos
their differences of opinion, and
therefore that any statement should
he made by the representative of the
administration as to the policy of political
administration. ilouec the
sight of which some of the irreconcilable
Filippinos had hoped for, towit:
A constant combat between
Republican and Democratic members,
with the Filipino people as an andience,
was not presented, and i can- ?
not express too einphat irally my ap- (
prcciation of the patriotic stand which
our Democratic, brethren took in. this J
mm h i hi rcmil ling a Ullllision <>S ?111 ferenccs
of opinion to the proper representatives
in congress.
"While the conditions in the Philip- ;
pines are not as favorable as wo would I
like to have them and probably will
not be favorable until the depressing
conditions shall be followed by a prospcious
season, still progress is being
made. The government is more eflicient
men are being eliminated and
things are settling to business. Keonomy
is being practiced more and
more in the government. Filipinos are 1
being introduced very rapidly to the ,
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piuce 01 .americans and on me wnme, f
in looking back over two years, decided
steps forward have been taken.
"Of the questions whieli were open 1
when we started on this trip and in ^
the settlement of which it was hoped t
tl>e trip might lend aid, one was tinestablishment
of a special tribunal
the hearing of disputed questions in
relation to possess ion of churches and
rectories and cemeteries. I am glad i
to say tthat before we reached the t
islands a satisfactory law had been s
enacted, which, it is hoped, will rapidly
dispose of these cases. The law <
refers the issues directly to the su- *
preme court.
I " CUT II
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flj cure womb or ovarian troubles
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Sold at every drug store in
M WRITE US A LETTER
H Put aside all timidity and write tin
D| freely and frankly, in strictest conflH
deuce, telling us all your symptoms
Hi and troubles. We will send free advice
3H (in plain, scaled envelope), how to
j9l cure them. Address: Ladles'Advisory
W Dept., The Chattanooga Modiciue Co.,.
En ChatlanooKU, Teuu.
"Th<Te was also remaining unsettled
a question about the title to onelinlf
of the frair lands?those owned
previously ^y the Peminician order.
After a Conference with the representatives
of the vendors, a satisfaetory
compromise was effected by which
good title to the lands will he immediately
conveyed to ilie government
and possession given, as far as that
possession is in the vendors, and the
difference as to price, a matter of
some $200,000, will he loft to adjustment
by arbitration.
Guilty of Wife Murder.
Covington, Ga., Special.?The jury
in the case of Columbus \V. Walker,
charged with wife murder Monday
at ft o'clock returned a ovrdiet
of guilty with recomendntion for
life imprisonment. The jury was out
less than fortv minutes
The children of Walker testitled in
Iiis behalf. The verdict was contrary
to the expectation of the public.
Death Warrant For Three.
Tallehassee, Fin., Special.?The
death warrant for the execution of
Isharn Harris, one of three negroes
convicted of the murder of lion. N.
W. F.ppes, of Leon county was issued
Saturday. The date of the hanging
is set for November .'Jrd. An application
to the hoard of pardons will he
made shortly for a change in the sentence
of Caldwell and Lnrkius, who
were convicted with Harris.
"Prophet" Dowie Stricken.
Chicago, Special.?.John Alexander
Dowie, who claims to he the Reincarnation
of the Prophet Elijah, and to
have divine power to cure all diseases,
has been stricken with paralysis.
Dowie is oil his way to .Mexico, and
the disease attacked hint while on
tfe- train. In a letter to his followers
at /.ion City, Dowie announces that
he has chosen his successor, hut that
the name will uot lie revealed until
?ftor b:-.death.
Steamer Destroyed by Fire.
Chefoo, By Cable. The coast ii;g
d earner Hsicsho, pi vim; between
Shanghai and Tienstin struck and wa*
tally destroyed hv a mine ninety
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try Saturday invr. f*'it't?*t*n per mis
on hoard I In? vessel were drowned
111.??11vr tlieni ln?itiir Kiiuineer Mam-han
iud Muir. I In* liiri'ivii passengers
! lid a portion nf the e I'eiv of (he
Isiesho were rescued In l\vi> jiassine
>t earners.
Russo-Japanese Treaty.
St. Petersburg, Ry ('able.?The Russo-Japanese
treaty will lie signed during
the first days of next week. Mr.
tVitte. who had a hour interview and
luncheon with Foreign Minister I.ninslorf,
will he received at Petcrhof, and
jive the emperor a rojiovt on the conference.
hut the treaty itself will lie
aken to Peterlm! by Count Lamsdorf',
.vhose counter signature will complete
ua execution 01 im- iiimhuih-iii.
A SLAP AT HER.
"Our children," said Mrs. Cassidv.
Whose husband had come In for sonic
money, "will spend the summer i"
ho country, away from the ha.~
iv the city."
"Yis" replied the jealous Mrs.
"asoy. "Palth, the Country Wake Association
is a itreat charity, so It Is."
?Philadelphia Public Press.
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treatment that will positively W
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GAVE UP SUPPORTER. H
"I worn * * importer for four year*, to MS
np tny womb, which Im.l crowded pvcrythlnil
down lie. .irt' It," a rue# Mr*. N. J. Cliruunau.
of Mnnnsvilie, K. Y. "My doctor told m* no
medicine would help mo. 1 uflorod untold
imiory.andcould linrdly walk. Aftertxklnv
two bottle* of Cardul 1 jmveup my tupportar. HH
Now 1 aui taklnx toy fifth boiOe. law no bad
fcollnx* aa furtnorly,ami ran be 011 uiy foot W^m
half a day at a time. I atronxly mcOCUliOUil
Cardiii to every tutlerlux wouxan." HB
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FOUND AN EASY VICTIM.
Boston Photographer Falls to Very
Old Trick.
A man went into a Boston photographer's
gallery the other day. Men
have done this before and survived?
even though taken from life. The
man was on the usual errand, n fact
that, ho carefully imparted to th?
artist.
"Make the best presentation you can
of mo. gentle sir," he said in a courteous
way. "And while I need but one,
a dozen will not come amiss. Let
them be your premier cabinets, for I
would not curtail the expense."
The photographer rubbed his hands I
together in a purring way. I
"I will try to satisfy you, sir," he (
said. "Pray he seated."
The subject smiled as the artist J
posed him. "1
"I will admit," he said, "that I d0?
?ue 10 iook my very best. A heart's
happiness this portrait makes."
"I fully comprehend," said the artist.
The sitter glanced at his vest.
"Seems rather dull and tame to
me," he said. "Ought to be brightened
up a little. Here, supose you let .
me wear that watch and chain of
yours just, as a catchy outward decoration."
So the smiling photographer passed
him the gold watch with its heavy
chain and the siuer donned them with
perceptible pleasure.
"That'll go fine with the rest of tho
makeup," he said, and a moment or
two later after the photographer had
stepped out. to get a dry plato ot;
something he returned to find that tha
watch and chain had gone with tha
rest of the makeup to parts unknown.
And all this happened in simple old.
Host on.?Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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TOURING CAR ON THE TABLE.
It Was There for Decorative Purposes
Only and Filled the Bill. *
Nowhere else in the United States
is the cnizc for dinner table decorations
carried to such an extent as iu
New York. Men who can afford such
luxuries will nay almost any price fo?
a new idea. *
In a fashionable Fifth avenue re?
taurnnt the other night fourteen
friends of a member of the Automobile
Club of America were Riving hina a
farewell feast before he started on aa .
auto trip through Southern Kuropa fl
In the center of tin' table was a tour
ing automobile marie of steel wlrs
covered with roses. The wheels wen
made of blue satin and yellow velvet.
A wax chauffeur with pink satin gog
gle.s sat in the box seat. Elect; 1c
headlights shed their glow upon th? \
tablecloth. An artificial fan kepi
streamers of ribbons flowing behind
so as to give the impression that th? j
chauffeur was scorching beyond speed
limit. Every little while the boa!
pressed a bulb beneath his feet and
blew a horn. The menus were in th?
Shape of auto touring coats.
Mr. MacQucen as a Minister. < /
The Rev. 1'eter MacQueen tells this
story on himself: It seems that Mr.
Murphy, tho famous ii>mncmnr.n
tor, made one of his groat speeches in
the West Somerville Congregational
church some years ago. At the close
of the service one of Mr. McQueen's i
I arishionors, a worthy Scot addicted
to strong liquors, came up to sign
the temperance pledge. ]
Mr. Murphy talked to the Scotch- j
man and asked him if Mr McQueen j
was not a brother Scot. "1 A kind J
of a minister is Mr. \L, ^ een?" ^
said Murphy to the converter tippler "He's
a foin mon, that Mister Mac- I
Queen; a grawn moenister that;
there's nane o' this dom'd releegion j
aboot him." replied the old Scotch- JS
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