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VOLUME XVT p: < FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9,1909 NO. 37
CAMDEN SHAKE?
Three Buildings Are Wrecked ud a%t
(tractive Fire FaO?ws
A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
Roveml Persons Hurt, and Propcrt;
Worth Approximately Ono Han
drtxl Thousand Dollars Ilestroyes
as Hraolt of Explosion of Uncer
tain Origin in Kxpress Office.
A special dispatch to The 8tat<
nays as a result of the explosion ol
a presto-carbon tank in the Soulhert
Express company's office Thursdnj
I night, Friday morning found aboul
a half block of Carhdon's finest
I business places in ashes, one color?
ed man probably killed, though tble
could not be verified; two prominent
young men badly hurt, and five otbl
ers painfully injured.
About 7:30 o'clock Thursday night
a severe shock was felt nil over
the town ond people rushed from
i their homos and places of business
to find Annies already gushing frcm
r Wntkln Brothers' establishment and
the express oflloe and to- learn that
the explosion hod broken the wall
between the express office and Watkins'
store, causing it to fall on
the occupants of the latter, not one
? of them escaping without injury,
f.' Those In the store at the time
? were Wlillo Salmond. Andrew
Whltaker, Charlie Wntkins. Willie
: Wutkins and Arthur Watklns.
i Messrs. Whitsker and Arthur Wat*
kins were badly hurt, while the others
escaped with severe bruises.
Had nil of the men been as badly
hurt as Messrs. Whitaker and Wat
kins, it Is likely that none would
have escaped. Fortunately, bow-over,
three of the men were able to free
a homselve* from the wreckage and
k to x jVe other1" fm> out wtth tbe a?sieumtv
of other men who happened
to be Gear at hand beforo the
I building wbh aflsiup. The low is
estimated at over $100,000.
It la generally thought that the
explosion was that of a presto-carbon
tank which had come to the expreos
ofllre conelgned to W. II. De
Loache for automobile lighting. It
was stated by employes of the express
office that the tank was some
dlstauco from the stove, which had
little or no tire in it. and the cause
of the explosion is practically unknown.
Tho explosion threw the walls on
either side in to tho Watkins'
lirothers nnd Haruche-Nettlos establishment
respectively. Fortunately,
however, the express office
nnd the Ilaruche-Nettles store had
closed some time before nnd only
the occupants in Watkins Brothers
were hurt. The explosion shattered
glasses throughout the city, principally
on Mnln street, and the shock
could be distinctly felt for miles,
many thinking that it was an earthquake.
In the nearby bather shop men
rushed to the streets with half shaven
fac<>s aud one shoe sblned to
Mulsh their toilet at some future
time.
The firemen did fine work and
though handicapped by tho low
pressure of the water, succeeding
In checking tho fir? at W. T. Smith's
store and made a noble effort at
saving Bruce & Langs, but it was oi
no avali.
During the course of fighting tbr
fire W. R. DeLonch ond Torn (Jood
ale received alight Injuries. Measrs
Andrew Wbltakor and Arthur Watklns
were the men most serious)}
hurt. Mr. Watklns whs taken to th?
hotel Camden after being rescue
and appeared to be resting well un
der tho care of two physicians am
a trained nurse. Tho extent of th<
injuries of Messm. Whitaker an
Watklns could not be ascertalne
as they were too painfully hurt t<
be lnimiedVptely examined. WIUI<
Snlmond was taken home. Wllth
an 1 Charlie Watklns were able tr
remain to make arrangements t<
open up their business Friday morn
Ing at another location.
Killed in Runaway.
At Salisbury, N. C., while William
Wntson and his two sons were
returning from their country home
at Woodleaf their team became
frightened at an automobile and ran
away. Watson was painfully hurt,
the elder eon jumped and was uninjured,
but the yo\mger boy. 6?voti
year* old. was dragged some distance,
dying afterwards from Injuries
to the bead.
Terrible Fxploeinn.
With a roar beard twenty-five
miles away, the nltro-Olycerlne Magazine
of tho Marlotta Torpedo Company,
at Cameron, W. V., cxplodod
Wednesday. Tho oil shooter was
Mown to pieces. Window glasses
In five hundred bouses were shattered.
chimneys topfdod over and
walls cracked. The cause Of the explosion
1b unknown.
t t t
Many Japs Prmm.
A fierce storm 6wept over tho vicinity
of Shimonosekt, Japan, Tuesday
night. The Klsagata Maru. a
Japanese veaael. foundered, and It
Is feared that all on board were lost.
Twenty-five bodies have been ?ubpd
? pi) ore.
|f, MAY MEAN WAR
ifAR SKIPS AND MARINES SENT
jf TO IRE STORM CENTRE.
be Rear Admiral, Placed In C'omWnd,
Will Ilnre Enough Men to
btttpotnt Zclaya's Army.
Saval forces of the United States
al being movtsl forward to both
<*it8 of Central America for the
p^rose of protecting American life
1 A.*l nrrvfuii? * *
. r.w|>v>k; ?u muniiiHun U) lorwj
ofirms, if the necessity arises.
Ilth the departure lote 'Thursday
frv) Philadelphia of the troopship
Frrie, with 700 marines aboard
- foiihe Isthmus of Panama, and if
t It I so decreed, for Nicaragua, and
, Mril the aaillng ffrom Magdalena
r baj^f the protected cruiser Albany
andjho gunlK>at Yorktown for Cort
intrlpn the Pacific coast of Nlcara-<
t gus|the war like activity of the
. nav departmout waa becoming mani
ifle-Von both oceans that wash the
Nlc.pgua shores.
nildes, the cruiser Dee Moines
and 'acoma and the gunboat Marietta
a> lying off Port Limon, Coeta
Rieaj-eady for any oall upon them
and \e guns of the little gunboat
VlckR urg are pointed towards the
cuntoi) house and town of Cortnto.
The gpboat Princeton is endeavoring
to take her way from the Bremerton
njvy yard, Washington, to Corinto
ski.
In aflltlon the transport Buffalo,
accordife |p what is said to be the
plan offhe officials responsible, will
sail frok 'Panama for Corinto. with
probably, as many aa 1.199 marines
aboard, (pon after the Pralre, which
left PhUdelphla a few days ago,
with ab<bt 700 marines, arrives at
Colon. \
On theAlbany nre about 2S0 blue
Jackets aid on the Vlcksburg. Yorktown
andPrln<H?ton. about lf>0 each
These, together vith the marines,
would n an army equal to an>
ofgnnlait<p reported to bo se:\lug
Utttier Z<?>a.
tbe;sime tlmo. the United
States wir have a formidable force
within sulking distance of the Atlantic
cosit in cane of danger to
American lives or property In that
section ot Nicaragua.
At Pon Limon. Costa Rim. am
anchored tho cruisers Dee Moines
aud Taoona. each with 280 men
aboard, aid tho gunboat Marietta,
with 100 men.
m ?
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN*.
Uneut Valley, N. Y., Widow Wants
*v ""
^Husband.
Mral^Hta^Prown, widow, of CJroat
ValleyjgMap.wnuts a husband, ac^>rding\jCflL=a
message found on the
under ftjde; 0f a wooden top to a
basket grape* bought by Mrs. 11.
V. HubELejM Ji>r> North Penusylva-*
nia ntr^ lodtuiiapolls. Ind. The
widow dasfH^ a husband who ruuBt
be "nlcaggKi^^tiy and have a happy
d,Bl>0W^ >-Bhe also wants blm
to have dMg^r complexion and wnnts
him for tfte remainder of her life
The mljlMge tad been written
with a leb& iwmcil and follows:
"If some Qjce youug man should
purehase thl, basket of grapes,
please wrlt0.at once to tho addre?6
below aud 1>^ me know what condition
tho ;Yf?pes warn In. They
are nice *-- -
-N. >x;o, ^roviiVll uy W VI. rj
nlco young fra6tJ widow, thirty-two
years old. *'>u to do. who would
like to renew married life, but I am
very particulak
"I prefer a -j^n of jerh complexIon.
medium ei^o. and of a good dla>oeltlon.
who lB woe thy.
"1 live in a njc0 Httle town, own
i nice home, '^ut am very lonesome,
nd am in hoj^g that this wl'l help
me in securing a partner for life.
"If any one ?bould huy this has
'tot who is ft'ready married, or who
loea not care t0 ^ pi?ase hand thie
Message to a njce young man who
'oes. and Ob'ilgp( Mrg. Ann Urown.
"Oreflft Valley' y.
COOK W*yV THK HOLE.
Or Elao How ^ ]{e Know Water
Maurice C4nnel, obnervor at the
weather burdu, gftn Jose, Cel.,
and the ?urr|??r pf the Qreely polar
expedition, wff*ada Or. Frederick A.
Cook from thi1 recent attack of V, alter
Wellmaf^,,- Connell declared:
"Wellraatf tt,n8 U8 that he could
manufactuitj^l, latitude observation
at any tlojigM^jcrtninly that la not
very conT^^^f. Hut. Cook could
v ? ' gflMgecturo a time obaervatlon
orfe;%yr*,pgl t u d ft observation,
neither jie manufacture the
' ; 'M !r *^S?*Wons nor above all
?i thT whether the Dorth
halT beo* Aort^ ?T *** unle6s bc
^_.a needed to affirm
CJWWfJviat be reached the
n^y <^^BTpirrar,v* of bls ,,our*
A S^|j fhwrnl.
A well-dre**^ amooth-looklng
">tne farm homes
| In Booth Dakqta Ho aundUDf0(1
himself a. au lnj(ipector of ? ,t<jck
He proceeded t? !n?p^, thft Cftttla
sheep, eto., anp tbetJ prf,sonted a
>111 of from $3, 60 t0 |5 ft0> ag thc]
~aao might be. i^ter tbe farm^rR
l'ZZ2J , th?
an Importer.
ON BRINK OF WAR
Charge d'Affain of Nicaragua Giten
His Passports.
SOME VERY PLAIN TALK
Zclaya, President of Nicaragua.
Branded un a Tyrant, and Will be
Held Personally Responsible for
the Murder of Groce and Cannon,
Two American Citizens.
Secretary of State Knox haB returned
the passports of Felipe Rodriguez.
charge d'affaires of the Nlcaruguau
legation. at Washington,
with a letter scathingly denouncing
the Zolayan administration. The letter
is definitely declared to repreeent
the views of President Taft. and is
About u plain-spoken & anything
emanating from the State department
In years.
The extraordinary feature of the
letter Is that it aeema to evince an
Intention on the part of the United
Statoa to hold President Zelaya personally
responsible for the alleged
torture and execution of the Americans,
Cannon and Orooe, and exhibits
the unique situation of one
government holding the Chief Executive
of another Presidency as a
common malefactor. Zelaya Is
branded as a violator of solemn international
conventions, a disturber
of the national and International
peace, a tyrant whose administration
has been a blot upon the name of
good government.
Secretary Knox virtually announces
the recommendation of the Nlcnrnguan
revolutionists, declares It to
be th?? conviction of the United States
that the revolution represents the
sentiments of a majority of the Niearuguan
people, and that there is
evidently no responsible Government
tvhh which the Unitod States can
deal. Mo therefore announces that
all parties will be bold accountable
for tbelr actions as affecting the
luterosts of Americans and tho peace
of Central America. He further Informs
Senor Rodrlguec that while
he has lost his diplomatic quality,
he may still servo oh sn "unofficial"
channel of communication with tho
faction which ho Is regurdod as representing.
This brings the crisis as near to
the status of war as It could be
brought by executive action without
a definite declaration by both houses
of Congress, which will convene next
Monday.
Knox's Letter.
Secretary Knox's letter to Senor J
Rodriguez iB as follows:
"Since tho Washington conventions
of 1907, it is notorious that
President Zelaya has almost continuously
kept Central America in tension
or turmoil, that he has repreatedly
and flagrantly violated the provisions
of the convention, and by
a baleful lnfluenco upon Honduras,
whose neutrality tho conventions
were to assure, has sought to dls- j
credit those sacred international obligations
to the great detriment of
Co?ta Rica, Salvador and Guatemala.
whoso governments meanwhile
appear to have been able
patiently to strive for the loyal support
of the engagements so sol men ly
undertaken at Washington under the
auspices of tho Uulted Stat?u and
Mexico.
"It is equally a matter of common
knowledge that under the regime
of President Zelaya, republican
institutions huve ceased In Nicaragua
to exist except in name; that
public opinion and the press have
beeu throttled; and that prison has
been the reward of any tendency to
real patriotism. My consideration
for you personally impHa mo to
abstain from unnecessary discussion
of the painful details of a rugime
which unfortunately has been a blot
ui>on the history of Nicaragua and
a discouragement to a group of republics
whose aspirations need only
the opportunity of free and honest
government.
"In view of the Interest' of the
United States and of its relations to
the Washington conventions, appeal
against this situation has long since
been made to this government by a
majority of the Central Amerlcau
republics. There is now added the
appeal through the revolution of a
great body of the Nlcaraguon jxjoplo.
"Two Americana who. this government
is now convinced wore officers
connected with the revolutionary
forces, and therefore entitled to
be dealt with according to ttao enlightened
practice of civilized naI
tions, have boon killed by dlr<^ order
of President Zolaya. Their execution
Is raid to have been preceded
by barbarous crnelties. The
consulate at Managua Is now oflclal,
ly reported to have been menaced.
There Is thus a sinister elimination
of an administration also characterized
by a cruelty to Its own citizens
which has, until the recent outrage,
found vent In the case of this country
in a succession of petty annoyances
and Indignities which many
months ago made it impossible to
ask an American minister longer to
residue at Managua. From every
point of new it has endently become
difficult for the United States
further to delay more active resopnrcs
to the appeals so long made
to Itb duty to Its citizen* to Its dig
nlty, to Central America and to civilisation.
"The government of tho United
States Is convinced that the revolution
represents the ideals and tbo
will of a majority of the Nlcaraguan
people more faithfully thim
does the government of President
Zelaya. and that Its peaceable control
Is widl-nlgh R6 extensive as that
hitherto so sternly attempted by tho
government at Managua.
"There is now added the fact, as
officially reported from more than
one qunrter, that there -re already
Indications of a rising tu the Western
provinces in favor of a PrrHldentlul
candidate Intimately associated
with the old regime.
"It Is easy to ace new elements
tending toward a condition of Anarchy
which leaves, at a given time,
no definite responsible source to
which the government of tho United
States could look for reparation
for the killing of Messrs. Cannon
and Groce. or indeed, for tho protection
which must be assured Amorl
rau citizens and American interests
In Nicaragua.
"In these circumstances the President
no longer feels for the government
of President Zelaya that
respect and confldenoe which would
make it appropriate hereafter to
maintain with it regular diplomatic
relations, implying the will and the
ability to respect and assume what
Is due from one State to another.
"The government of Nicaragua,
which you have hitherto represented
is hereby notified, as will be also
the leaders of the revolution, that
the governm*Pt of the United Statep
will hold strictly accountable for tut
protection of American life and property
,the factions de facto In control
of the eastern and western portions
of the Republic of Nicaragua.
"As for the reparation found due,
after careful consideration, for the
killing of Messrs. Groce and Cannon,
the government of the United States
would be loatn to Impose upon the
Innocent people of Nicaragua too
heavy burden of expiating the acts
of a regime forced upon them, or to
exact from a succeeding government,
if It have quite different policies,
the Imposition of such a burden.
Into the questions of ultlmato reparation
there must enter the question
of the existence at Managua of
Q government capable of responding
to demands. There must enter
also the question how far It in possi
bio to reach those actually respon
Bible and tlioee who perpetrated the
tortures reported to have preceded
tho execution. If these be verified;
and the question whether the government
bo one otitlrolv
from the present Intolerable conditions
and worthy to be trusted to
make Impossible a recurrence of such
acts, in which c ifo the President, ns
a friend of your country, as he Ik
also of the othc republlcj, of C vitral
America. mi*ht be disposed to
have indemnity considered to wha'
was reasonably due the relatives of
th ?deceased and punity only in
so far as the punlslnuent :al<ht fall
where real'y due.
"In puieivc? of '.his poll v too
Rovernnio.it o' the United St oca wi I
uiiKirarP * w'? ihold its denimd for
reparation, in the meanwhile nklng
such steps as it deems wise and
proper to protect American Interests.
"To Insure tho future proteetl >n
of legitimate American Interests, in
consideration of the Interests of the
majority of the Central Amorlcan republics.
and In tho hope of mnk'ng
more effective and friendly offices
exerted under the Washington conventions,
the govornment of the
United States r??sorves for further
consideration at the proper tlmo the
question of stipulating also that
the constitutional government of
Nicaragua obligate Itself by convention,
f^r the benefit of all the governments
concerned, as a guarantee for
11h future loyal support of the Washington
conventions and their i>encoful
aud progressive alms.
"From the foregoing it will he
apparent to you that your office of
charge d'affaira is at an end. 1
have the honor to enclose your passports,
f<y use in case you deslro to
fcave this country. 1 would add at
the same time that, although, your
diplomatic quality is terminated. 1
Bhall be happy to receive you, aa 1
shall be happy to receive the representative*
of the revolution, each as
the unofficial channel of communication
between the government of
the United States 0T'l the de facta
authorities to whom I look for the
protection of American interests
pending the establishment in Nicaragua
of a government with which
the United States can maiutaiu dije
lomatic relations."
NEGRO SHOT DEAD
In the T>ark by a Cowardly WhJt<
Assassin.
Tbo Columbia Record says nowi
of an attempted assassination of ?
nncro Kt? a ?eWi??
_-0.~ a "mi'? ujou povrrai 111ll"
out on tho Wiunsboro road hao boon
received. The negro Ik named
Kennedy and a brother o( his camt
into tho city Wedneedjav morning
and had a warrant issued (or a ma:
named Metz. whose initials no on*
in roach recalled. Tho Kennedy no
gro lives out near the rao* tracV
and was returning home from bit
work, somewhere farther out in tht
country. When near a lonely plae<
on the homeward road, the negr<
w?s flrod upon by some one who step
pod from behind a tree, a sbotgut
being the weapon used. The negro
it is said. Is pretty badly woundoc
hut will likely recover.
SHOWS FIGHT :
*
Zelays Refuses to Notice Officially Knox's
Ulttimatom and
APPEALS TO CONGRESS
President of Niritnuniu Will it
ReporU'd, Ask Congress t?> Interftipo
With tlto State Department
Program?Men Supposed to bo His
Agents Keueh Washington.
President Zelaya lias not only refused
to take olUclal cognizance of
Secretary Knox's note, which was
practically an ultimatum, but ho Is
declared to have dispatched special
agents to Washington to endeavor to
have the State department's ultimatum
set aside, first by appeals
to the department, and ssondly by
direct appoals to members of Congress.
Tho State department Is entirely
awaie of the prosence and
Identity of these emissaries. These
special agents are boing watched In
a general way.
It win reported that any attempt
that Zelaya might make to escape
from the country would receive the
direct and vigorous attention of the
American warships now lying off the
coasts of Nicaragua. Secretory Knox
haB intimated in the plainest language
that the State department
looks upon Zelaya as the man responsible
for the torture and death
of the two Americans, Groce and
Cannon.
The plan to deflect the United
States government program with reference
to Nicaragua came to light
when Senor Fernando Sanchez and
Dr. V. M. Roman arrived at Washington.
Neither Senor Sanchez nor
Dr. Roman would talk. They gave
their address as New York.
Members of the Central American
diplomatic corps, however, were in
a flutter wbon thoy discovered the
now arrivals, flenor Sanchez, tbey
declared, is o partner of Zelaya In
many of the latter'* busin^cs ventures
In Nicaragua, and he has managed
to ama?s a fortune of betweop
four and live million dollars In gold.
Dr. Roman, tho report continued,
long has been Honor Suchcz's business
adviser, snd he also Is n close
friend and adherent of Zelaya.
During Friday afternoon and early
evening more than a score of telegrams
were dispatched from Beuor
Sanchez's rooms. Almost an equally
large number were received. This
telegraphic activity . tho Central
Americans insist, is aimed at members
of Congress, with a view of
winning over enough of them to
render the Administration's present
program inoperative in the event it
is presented to Congress.
Dr. Salvator Ca-strlllo, the diplomatic
agent of the provisional government
of Nicaragua and representative
of the revolutionists. here,
made formal request to Secretary
Knox that he be received on equal
terms with tho agents of the Zelaya
government. It la generally believed
that Dr. Caatrlllo's request will
bo granted.
While making all preparation for
action, this government has resumed
the claim that preceded the Issue of
Secretary Knox's note. There were
no developments In tho State department
Friday. To all appearanc
os the department Is "marklug time"
until occasion arrives for further
action. *
SOCIETY DEGENERATING.
Roving Rout Held for the Entertainment
of "Four Hundred."
Another chapter has been added
to the psycho-pathological history of
New York's "Society," a record of
deplorable, physical, mental and ethical
degeneracy and decay. This
time It was not a do* or monkey
dinner or an evening entertainment
with nude women as the principal
feature, but a series of genuine
boxing bouts with actual knockouts,
which was arranged by one
member of the "Select" for the edification
of u party of guests also
belonging to the "Four Hundred."
1 \Yhat makes the thing even more disgraceful
Is the fact thut the host,
on this occasion, was a woman and
that the pugilistic entertaiument was
given at her country seat on I.ong
Island, where a house party was in
progress.
? Farmer Kills Himself.
John M. Folk, living about eight
miles from Columbia. committed
i suicide Tuesday morning with a
( shotgun. Tie was about fifty years
, old. and leaves a wife and two cbilHrnn
Tk?.? I- ~~
( ... . ii.Tn. mi nuown railSO.
I 1 In was apparency in pood health
and financial ciroumRtanr* ?. Ills
fathor was one of tho wealthiest
, farmers of Newberry.
Pnl'h Count Got to John D.
t Count P. A. rto Vrtn? waf succouri
ful this pa*t. week, in reaching John
i D. RocknfoJlor at his home in Fore,#
) Hill, near Clevolaad. O. Tbs co^t
j sought to Interest tho financier tn
- his scheme to drain the Zydor Ur-o
1 Holland, and open it to tru^ktaur
. lie had tried frequently to n#??*.
[John D., and once was fired uo#n
when ho por6isted r?o strotiglv. ?
NEGRO BURNED ALIVE
THE AWFt'L WOKK OF AX EtV
HAG EI) MOB OVER IX OA.
A Colored Pnwher Who Fntallj
Shot n White Mnn U Cremated
With I.I);lit\vi)od.
A dispatch from Cochran. CJa.
tells of the awful work of a mot
of enraged citizens of that section
John Howard, a negro preacher, who
shot and fatally Injured Will I)
Booth, two miles from Cochran lutt
Wednesday afternoon wim
i by n mob of enraged citizens live
miles from Cochran Wednesday night
at 10 o'clock and burned at n stake,
more than n carload of llghtwood,
it Is stated. being heaped about th*
body.
Booth 1b a well known business
man of Hawkinsville and was en
route to Cochran in an automobile
when the shooting occurred. He
droTe up behind Harvard, who w&<
in front of him in a wagon.
Harvard charged that Booth's machine
frightened hie muio. He drew
a pistol after a few words and fired
upon Booth, three shots taking effect.
Booth returned the fire and
it was learned after the negro wn:
captured that he carried two bullets,
but neither struck vital spots and
ho easily made his escape.
He was found In a barn three
miles from the place where the shooting
occurred.
Booth was carried to Cochran immediately
after the snooting. Burgeons
gave out the statement that
there was little hope for his recovery.
He has a wife and several
children.
Officers from Ilawklnsvllle in automobiles
and carrying track hounds
went immediately to the scene of
the shooting, but a party of enraged
citizens was quickly formed and
trailed the negro on horseback to
his hiding place.
He showed fight, hut wac suffering
so severely from the effects of
his Injuries until he could offer
but little resistance. He freely admitted
the shooting and stated tt
Justified his action by the fact tha?
Booth's automobile frighteued his
mules.
Harvard was given an opportunity
to pray, after which he was securely
bound with chains to p.-' improvised
stake. The fuel was piled
high above his head and the torch
ai>nlte<t Th.i ?-i.... ..r ?
r, ? - ? .?? iuf, ui me iiiwiics
prevented sound being audible, if au>
escaped the man's lips.
NKGRO RRKAGIIKR \VAXTKI>.
f?lwnw<MHl Sheriff looking for ?>i?e
on Cluirnc of 1'raud.
A Greenwood dispatch says a negro
preacher, giving the name of
William McKlnney, is wanted there
by ofllcials and five well known negroes
on a rather serious charge
of cheating and defrauding. McKlnney
wont to Greenwood several
weeks ago and represented himself
to a number of negroes as Go\ eminent
contractor, who had Just finished
a largo Job somewhero at a
profit to himself of $20,000. H?
liked Greenwood, ho said, and proposed
to get up n ldg negro s'ore
on the eo-operatlvo plan. lie wanted
most of the stock himself, but he
proposed to the five well known
colored men bImjvo referred to, tc
let them In on the ground floor und
graciously received from their noxious
hands twenty-five dollars eacli
towards organization expenses.
McKlnney has gone .and the duped
ones want to see McKlnney In Jail
One of the five has been to Lancaster,
where McKlnney hailed from
and renorts thai he fnnn.1
and child, deserted, there, and heard
McKinney had another wife in Sumter.
lie ulso reported that MoKinnej
duped a number of old negroef
In and around Lancaster se\era
years ngo by representing himsell
as a Government nio-nt who had th<
disposal of a large sum of monej
in the national treasury for forniei
slaves. lie collected a dollar eat!
and skipped.
He is described as being 4? yean
old, height five feet, ten; weigh
about 2UU pounds, chocolate color
mustache, two upper teeth golc
crowned; hair slightly tinged witl
gray; wore a square cut. b!a?-u cos
and light trousers; had double cum
gold watch and pearl handle knife
which he displayod trequently.
Another Mine Trouble.
Eight, moti wero imprisoned In
cave-in and fire Tuesday in cme o
the several copper mines of tb
(Tennessee Copper Company at Cop
per Hill, Tenn. Four oxygen hel
mots, two funks of oxvKen and oth
er mine reeeuo paraphornalla wor
sont from Kuoxvlllo to tho mlno h
a special train.
Barber Foil Dead.
The Georgotown Item save Hoar
Simmons, a negro harbor of tha
city. dropped dead a few days ag
while In conv#rBatlon. It Is sal
that he Jomped up Into tho air. rlaj
pod his hands to his head, hollowe
and foil doad. Wo learn thai fc
i was a hard drinker. No doubt th
1 habit produced paralysis of the biali
' KILLED NEICE
A Grey-Haired Spinster Arranged Before
Redorder For A
. A MOST HORRIBLE CRIME
Murdered Woman Had Valuable
>
IVtipprty and tarried Heavy IJfo
> IiiNurance?Body Found In Uath
Tub, Whore it Is Thought the Wo
( mutt whs DMwntxl by Husband.
Virginia Wardlnw, n gray-haired
spinster, w.t6 arraigned boforo a
, recorder at East Orange, N. J.,
Thursday formally charged with th?*
murder of her young niece, Mrs.
Occy W. N. 8nor?d. whoso body was
found lu a bath tub In a deserted
i house In East Orange Monday.
, Death, according to the coroner,
was due to drowning In leas than a
foot of water, but In view of inya'
terloua features of the case?the
' vouug womon'B detention in deserted
houses while having a $20,000
insurance policy on her life, and
owning property In Brooklyn valued
at $10,000 and iter apparent helplessness
for months past ? Miss
Wardiaw wae held without hail for
examination Monduy.
Two other women said to have
been associated with the victim, are
under surveillance nccordiug to the
police.
Tho Wardiaw woman's demeanor
in court was grim and taciturn and
in keeping with the mystery whl n
surrounds the entire case. When
the formal charge of murde* was
read she manifested no emotion,
but when taken to a cell broke dovn
and wept, evincing concern over ?er
niece's body, which she feared wouid
bo hurried In potters field.
The police theory Ib that Mrs
Snead had been in a helpless condition
for months, unable to direct
licr own affairs and was at the mer
cy of whoever acted as her guardian.
A will has been discover* 1
said to have boon signed by the
victim, which gives to nn infant enn
tho sum of $.'>00 and bequeaths the
remainder of the estate, both rml
and personal, to Mrs. Snead's grandmother.
Martha Ellas Wardlnw.
Tbn Infant '
... .......Ji r.ni ii'icrrfKi lo in the
will wns born In August last but waR
taken from Its mother and presumably
placed in an instItutlnn.
ATTAl'KKI) IIV I'Olil'OISK.
I toy* llavn an Kxrltiug; Fiicounter
With a IH? Fish.
The Charleston Post says Tom
Holder and Lewis Slender had an
exciting experience Wednesday morning.
The lads hud been marsh hen
hunting In a small batteau and were
returning to the city. In the middle
of the river a six and a half
foot porpoise showed himself soiih
Ustance ahead of the boat. The
ttHh have very peaceful reputation,
hut as la the case with many a man,
the lighting properties can be finally
aroused anil this Is uhat happened
when one of tho hoys took a slut
at the porpoise.
Wtung by the shot, tho Hsli rah" 1
his head Just hl?h enough to get
Ills hearings and then h<> made for
the hoys In the boat. The flsli gave
, several hard slaps at the boat, with
his (In and Id all hut actually got
Into the boat after the boys The
young men saw their predicament
, ami moy anew now flint It wa? i
fight for the .finish. lfcjitunaicly
there wus one shell 1? ft, and It w is
, necessary to put the shot In thn
right place. This was done just
I under tho right flu In one of tieslaps
that the porpoise mad* . and
th'-n the fish lay quiet.
. StM IKTV (illtl. KILI.S IIKUMI I
Miss Ltla-I Norman of (ircenslsiro
l N. l'? 1'iols ller l.lfe.
J. Without any previous Intlmati -n
, and with no Incentive other than a
, slight remonstrance from a in-m'-a r
- of her family about extravagant inj
dulseuees, Miss Kthel Norman, a )
17. prominent In society In <.r- aa
. horo, N. (J.. committed aulclda
t V. e Inesday afternoon - o " ln?'
herself through the heart \\l:h a
j revolver. She came homo a ? it
, i?;30 o'c'iu* : and passing her n c-r
t in the hall wont directly to her room.
e whore she pressed tho revolver to
lt her heart and fired, doath rofuiltius
luttautly.
Girl <"li/?*e<l and Shot.
^ .MISS Tillto Gable. a r
f year-old girl, had a Thanksgiving
e party at her home, No. K.7 \.> oi i
i. street, Williamsburg. N Y . which
I- ended In her being chased d > n
i- lyeonard street for a Mock ?v Wi.
e lla.ni Kennoy, one of the guests, who
y was lufatuatod with h? r <n 1 shunting
her because she would not < >nsent
to marry hini. She wa.- only
slightly hurt.
y
lt They Were All 80vert.
o A dispatch from Duck town. Tonn.,
d says the eight men who wera itnv
prisoned In the London mine a *' h
id result of a shaft Are were wrought
ie to the surface. Not one was phyalIs
cally disabled following the entomba.
rnent.