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IF- : ' Sp GEN. ROBT. L LEE As Sees by t Gallant Union Soldier While a Prisoner of War t GEN. LEE'S FAME FIXED * Their Senseless Censures of an Ac< Vwt llrlnirN Xlidicnle on the Grand Army of the lie- ' i public, Says I.icut. Col. Walrous, the Union Soldier Referred To. The following graceful tribute to Gen. Robt. E. Lee is paid by Lieut. Col. Walrous, who was a*gallant Union officer during the war. In u letter to the Louisville CourierJournal Lieut. Col. Walrous says: In a battle to the left of Petersburg, .in Gen. Grant's closing campaign, one of Gen. Lee's soldiers shot my horse, ifnd a dozen more of ( them, a few feet away, . 1th guns aimed where they would do me the moBt harm, if discharged, demanded a surrender. Within three-quarters of an hour I stood face to face with the great Confederate soldier. When, in a gentle voice, full of sympathy, he looked at a wounded New York major and asked: "Are you badly wounded, major?" and the major said he was, and Lee replied: "I am sorry, I am sorry, major; take good care of him, gentlemen." I jotacd In saluting tuo enemy's leader, a great man with a gentle, kindly heart. A moment 'fater the Idol of the Confederacy, with his staff and escort. was hurrying to the field where a Dortion of Gen. Warren's Fifth corps wao driving the Confederate Gen. McGowan's division back <o White Oak road. I have related these incideni f'.r the purpose of saying that while they led to a growth of admiration for the man Lee and the Gen. Lee, the man and the general who at the most critical moment of his military life could ask a dying soldier what he asked the New York major, and 1 then, with as much sympathy as a fond mother might address a dyin^ son, say, "I am sorry, I am soiry." has nothing whatever to do with my firm belief that no Northern soldier or citizen should raise a voice or put an obstacle in the way of placing a statute of Gen. Lee in the hall of fame at Washington. There are many reasons why I give expression to this belief. In the first place the law of congress gives each State the right to place in the hall of fame statutes of two persons chosen by the State. Nothing is said as to how the statutes shall be made?how clad. What pleased Illinois should have been accepted. Wisconsin chose Pere Marquette, and in the garb of a Catholic missionary prieBt. A few people critlcisod Wisconsin for the selection, particularly the garb to which the statue appeared. but Wisconsin had her way, as she should have done. Virginia, without a dissenting voice, chose George Washington and Robert E. Lee. Does it not go without sayiag that these are two of the greatest Virginians? It is insisted by some that the statue of Gen. Lee should no exhibit the Confederate uniform. Virginia chose Lee in his uniform and Washington In his. Unquestionably it was a source of real pleasure to every Virginian who served under Gen. Lee, and to every living Confederate soldier, and the South generally that Virginia desired that the statute of Gen. Lee should show in the unifrom of the great general they little less than worshiped and her soldiers willingly fought under. As a Northern soldier I am frank to say that in this late day, nearly half a century after Gen. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, where he and his soldiers were so generously treated by another great American general, to whom he surrendered that I am glad to see the old Confederates who followed Lee made glad. What harm can come from making them glad? What danger is there In the gray uniform? It is but a memory. It makes Gen. Lee none the less one of the very first generals of the American republic, of the world, who, before wearing that uniform, had honored the United 04nt/v? i...* f nt>N Mn..i. tt.z\ uiu tvw uiiii;c?is ui in* mim had ever honored It. If I have long been of the belief that it was a good thing for the country to make tlint gigantic test of the TiOs, T do not censure myself for strongly advocating the allowing or Virginia to do just as she pleases, under the law, in the matter of the two statues in the Hall of Fame, I do not censure my. self; for being glad that the statues of those two great men, great sol? ? ? It was announced Saturday on the New Orleans cotton exchange that Frank B. Hayne, for a decade one of the biggest factors In the cotton future *narket, left for N w York, with W. I* Brown, the bull leader. It is understood a campaign for 20cent cotton will be waged in New Orleans, New York and Liverpool. ENGLISH SPARROWS RXPERTS CITE DAMAGE THEY DO CROPS AND BUDS. rile Department of Agricultnre Says Destroy the Last One of Them for the Public Good. The English sparrow Is the pirate ) of the air, just as the rat Is the freebooter of the earth, and ought to be exterminated. So rules the department of agriculture in a bulletion just ptuAjlished, which also tells how to get rid of him. He hunts and eats Insects which are beneficial to plant life, while he passes over more or less those which are harmful. The only good thing he does is to eat the seed of weeds and prevent their spread. Aside from that there is nothing to be said to his favor. More than tha.t he is murderous. He hunts the nesting places and destroys eggs and young bluebirds, house wrens, tree swallows and barn swallows. The robin, the catbird and the mocking bird he attackR and drives out of parks and shade trees. He has no song, but he drives out the song birds aud brings only noise in return. After having learned all this about the sparrow, after an extensive investigation, the department of agriculture shows a way to destroy him. First, whenever sparrows roost around your house destroy their nests. If they roost at night in your caves or cave troughs, drive them away with a long pole. By destroying nests wherever they are seen, raising can be prevented. The sparrow likes to nest in cavities and he can be tralVd through this preference. He will roost In boxes that may be put up to make his capture easy. He may be lured to spread grain and shot or killed In other days, or may be poisoned. Wheat soaked in strychnine is said to be preferable. This method has been adopted in California where it was necessary to protect ripening fruit. A sparrow's stoin ach will hold about thirty kernels of wheat, hut six or even one properly treated with strychnine will kill him. * Gives Way to Teddy. Congressman Cocks, of New York. Friday declared himself ready to retire from congress to make way for Theodore Roosevelt, who. according to report may decide to round out his public career in congress upon his return from Africa. dier3, and the best known type of Christian gentlemen, gladdens the hearts of Lee's soldiers and the South generally, I do not censure myself; for sincerely regretting the action of members of the Michigan Loyal legion in urging congress not to permit the statue of Gen. Lee, in the Confederate uniform, to be unveiled in the Hall of Fame, I do not censure myself. With deep regret I lament the unwise, not to say unpatriotic, action of a handful of Grand Army men in Chicago, who joii|ed the Michigan Loyal legion members in demanding that congress prevent the placing of the Lee st#tue in the Hall of Fame. It was in bad taste. I regret it because it will bring ridicule upon the Grand Army of the Republic and the Northern soldiers generally. I regret it because before this century is gone every descendant of the Michigan men and the Chicago men who placed themselves in a position to be ridiculed and condemned will blush when their action is recalled. Conduct of that character by Northern soldiers belittles them in the eyes of most of the public. We should not forget that this country is as much the South's as it iB the North's. That she has the same rights that the North has. That our flag is their flag; that they were as ready in '98 to assist in flghting the country's battles as the North was. and that no portion of the country would respond more promptly should other dangers demand great armies. Has there been a president since the war. had another war come, and Robert E. Lee still alive and In condition to command, who would not have selected him as the commander of an aftny? Grant, McKinley, Hayes, Garfleld, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, Roosevelt and Taft would have counted themselves lucky in secure his services. What Amer.can would have responded more promptly, or with a stronger desire to serve his country, than Robert K. | Leo? This is only a supposition, but it is a perfectly safe supposition. If alive, would Lincoln. Grant. Sherman, Sheridan, Thomas, Warren. Smith, Sedgwick, Howard, Logan, llosecrans. Mead? or any of the great leaders of the Union army, approve of the clamor against the l<ee statue for the llnll of Fame? * Will Fight It Out. The war in Nicaragua will go on. President Madrit announced Thursday that Gen. Estrada's reply had served to end abruptly the peace negotiations and the relnforceme its had been ordered to the front with the puropose of striking a de :'sive 1 blow at the Insurgents. , ? j, t ? i ? GHASTLY CRIME I fro Women and One Mu Found Murdered in New York's East Side. ? < KILLED WITH HAMMER The Man Was a Prosperous Young ( Italian, and One of the Women 1 1 Was His Wife and the Other Was t Probably His Wife's Mother?Bobbery Was Motive. ' A triple murder was revealed In \ an obscure flat In the heart of New ' York's East Side, at No. 10 and 20 Montgomery street, at dusk Thurs- ' day. Two women and a man are | the victims, and the manner of death 1 was horrible. Gagged with silk handkerchiefs and their heads crushOr) n* I f h o V* r? rn m ~ at ....... <> uauiuici ui ?au, mtty were left bleeding and fully dressed on i the floor with a whimpering .bull ' terrier as companion for the dead. Robbery was the motive, or else it ( is another case of the lllack Hand. Salvatore Scalpone, a well-to-do , young Italian barber, hia wife and a middle-aged woman, believed to have been Mrs. Scalpone's mother, are the victims. His failure to appear at his shop started an investigation, which resulted in the dia- , covery of the crime. Policemen, summoned by the Janitor of the apartment, entered the locked flat , by way of a flre escape. In the kitchen Scalpone's body was found. It was tied to the door, , the fact battered beyond recognition , and lying in a great smear of blood. ] Near his master stood the whining , bull dog. cowering and blood spat- , tered. The animal had paced aim- , lessly from body to body, sniffing ( one pnd then the other, stalninc the floors crimson wtih his foot- . prints and waiting for human aid. , In the next room were the bodies j of the women, gagged as was the , man, the handkerchiefs similarly | knotted and the heads battered as , if the same instrument had been t used on all three. But no weapon with which such wounds could hav? , been Inflicted was found in the flat. . Inspection by the officers revealed dire confusion; drawers w ere dump- , ed out, cupboards ransacked, mat- , tresses ripped open and every con- , celvable hiding place for money or valuables pried open. In a little j hallway the last traces of the mur- j derer or murderers w<;re found. , Th^rP ronpnnla/J ? * ?u.v?.vu uuuci u jjoiam ! sack was a basin half-filled with , bloody water, a blood-stained vessel and a pair of overals, also bloodspattered. The water had probably been crimsoned as the slayer washed his hands before securely locking ] the apartment and making his es- , escape by the fire escape. Whpever took the three lives worked quietly, else next door neigh bors are confused in their statements. It was late at night that the fhimes were committed, for Scalpone worked as usual In his shop until 10 o'clock. Joseph Jingo, Scalpone's assistant barber, alarmed at the failure of his employer to appear for work gave the first clue to the murder. He called at the flat late in the afternoon, found it locked and summoned the janitor. The two tried the door, but with no avail. Then the police were called and by the familiar fire escape entrance stood aghast before the three lifeless forms. The police are of the opinion that more than one person took part in the murders for, with the bull dog 011 guard and three persons to cope with, one man would have been pow erless. Also, it is shown that Scalpone's body had been dragged from ? - - * me mums iuuui 10 me Kircnen, where It was tied. There is no direct clue, however, to the murderers. HINTER AX1) HUNTED. Perish Together l?y a Tree Falling on the Two. "Lying on a large raccoon, the capture of which had contributed : to the cause of his death, the body of Russell Bowman, aged twentyseven. a well known Somerset county. Pa., farmer, was found by freind-that had institued a searching party after he had be u missing over night Tlu> body of the man and the rac coon wore pinned to the ground by the trunk of a true in the niount ins. The man's hack had been brok n. Deside the body when found lay Dow man'a axe. gun. hat and coat. The tree he had evidently cut down in order to ratch the rac eoon. * Damages the South. Dr. Joseph A. Danna, house snrg. on of th Charity Hospital at New I Orleans, thinks that there is a good deal of humbug about the hookworm. "The very fact that Rock efeller gave $1.0001000 to hQlp stamp out the hookworm has added inuch to the talk of the disease," said Dr. Danna Thursday. I DEATH IN A TUNNEL FIFTEEN WORKMEN ARE KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION. [Tharge of Nitre-glycerine Goes Off Prematurely Force of Concussion Slaying Fleeing Victims. rifrOOn man K* * ?ft%vvaa m*MK;u ,IU1 CC U1 LUCU1 ALUen* ;ans, were killed late Friday afternoon by a premature explosion of litor-glycerine in a tunnel which is to form part of the great aqueduct which will carry water from tho \sholand dam in the Katskills to S'ew York city. Five were terribly mangled, bu* were so near the mouth of the tunnel that they were rescued alive. The other 15 were found beneath \ mass of rock and berls, literally hammered by the force of the explosion into a bleeding mass of heads, limbs and torsos. It is believed that the explosion was caused by one of the workmen, who, carrying a torch, tripped and fell, igniting a fuse and setting ofT a series of charges of nitro-glycerine. The squad of 20 men who were Involved in the accident, having drilled the holes and plnced the explosive, were trooping from the excavation, 15, those who were killedt in the rear, and five, all of whom were foreigners, in the lead. As the five neared the mouth of the tunnel there was a terrific roar, the countryside shook and the five foreigners were hurled senseless to the ground near the opening. Inside death was Instantaneous to the men. The contracting firm, R. K. Everett & Co., employs 150 men In all, and the premature explosion indicated that there had been a disaster. A hundred laborers rushed to the tunnel's mouth and after dragging forth the Injured set to work clearing away the rock and earth to get at the dead. As the nltro-glycerine had been purposely set to shatter rock it did not damage the tunnel's Interior more than the contractors hud planned and after two hours' work the bodies were reached. The scene was such as to preclude the possl bility of Identification except by a roll-call of the firm's employes and the list of dead had not been announced at the time of this report. There were exactly 20 men in the tunnel, however, the five wound:?d are accounted for, and, although the tangled mass of humanity was jo grewsome as to make the counting of bodies almost impossible, it is certain that the number of dead will not exceed 15. Besides the three Americans there are among the victims Itlaians, Hungarians and negroes. The scene of the accident was near the top of a small mountain a mile and a half southeast of Cold Spring, eight miles south of New York. The explosion marks the first serious accident of any work connected with the aqueduct. * WOMAN FOULLY SLAIN. Decapitated and Mutllat?Hl Hody Found in a ltcsort. The decapitated and mutilated l>ody of a woman identified as Anna Furlong, was found in a room in a resort at 50 West Seventeenth street, Chicago, Friday. The head was missing and the police believe that it was carried away by the murderer in an attempt to conceal the woman's Identity. The woman had evidently made a terrific struggle for her life, as the room was found in great disorder, chairs, tables and other articles being thrown about. Tbe body was covered with a night-gown, which was cut and torn in several places. The police think that the woman had been dead for several hours. When found, the body was disemboweled and parts of the hair and scalp were scattred about the room. The body was Identified by other inmates of the place who said that the woman had lived there for several weeks. * EATS THEM A 1,1VE. A Man Eating Tiger Causes <?reat Terror in India. A man eating tiger of surprising audacity has been 1 vying his tribute of blood in the Ganjan district of Madras. For three years, it has created a reign of terror among the natives, its human victims during that period numl>ering no fewer than 150. It would often carry off a men from among 2 0 to 2<> others. The Madras government has now ofiVrcd a reward of $2."?0 for the killing of the brute. A reward of $80, previously otTered. was insufficient I to induce the local hunters to take lite risk of tracking the redoubtable man eater to its lair. Walsli in I'rison. John E. Walsh, the convicted banker, arrived at the Fed- ral pen' tentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., at noon Wednesday, and at once began serving his aeutence of live years, rtts numbep as a convict will be 6864* WRECK OF TRAIN Canadian Pacific Cars Plunge lute Waters at Spanish Riser. FORTY-EIGHT PERISH And Nearly One Hundred Persons ( Sustian Injuries?Passengers Meet < 1 Death in the Cold Waters of the t River, Many Dead Found In the 0 ? Submerked Coaches. 1 Though it is impossible to secure names of the dead and injured < and details of the Canadian Pacific wreck reported on the "Soo" branch of that line near Espanola, Mich., , Friday afternoon, it is asserted that I 48 lives were lost and 92 passengers I ] injured. According to reports the rear por-1 ] tion of a westbound train was de-1 railed by a broken rail on the bridge j over the Spanish river. A flrst-classs coach and dining car were submerg ed, it is said, in the stream. All of the killed are thought to have been in those cars. A special relief train with a sub- I marine diver aboard left the Soo at 9 o'clock Friday night for the scene of the wreck. Until the diver reached the submerged cars none of the bodies of the dead can be rescued nor the names of the victim? secured. A portion of the injured were I transferred to Sudbury on a special train where they nre being cared for. I , Espanoln, the scene of tfce accident, is 140 miles east of the Soo. I , EXPLOSION NEAR MAYEHVILLE. , Four Men lfurt, One Fatally, by Accident in Saw Mill. The boiler at Mr. Sam noyl's saw ( mill, about four miles south of Mayesvllle, exploded at 4:15 o'clock < Thursday afternoon and at least one 1 of the victims is probably fatally in jured. The accident was due to carrying ' 110 pounds of steam in a boiler that ' was supposed to be capable of car- I rying a pressure of only eighty ! pounds. The governor refused to I act, and when the pressure ran up I ' an attempt was made to fix it, but I while one of the hands was at work I 1 i on the governor the explosion occur-1 ' red. The boiler was entirely demol-1 1 ished by the force of the explosion, I and fragments of it were scattered I 1 over a space of three hundred yards. I The following were injured. Mr. Sam Boyle, badly bruised and I scalded. I ' Joe Singleton, white, badly scald I : ed and skull fractured; injuries I probably fatal. I 1 Boss Simpson, white, scalded and I bruised. I.awrence Howry, colored, bruised ! and scalded. B. J. Hancock, white, slightly I bruised on the arm. All of the Injured, except Mr. Han-I cock, were employed in the mill. I lie was nnssinc thn r?iHi k..,i i stopped only for a few minutes when the explosion occurred. The wounded men were immediately taken to Mayesville. where they received medical attention and had their wounds dressed. COMMITTED SUICIDE. Young Woman Strangles Herself With Her Own Apron. Miss Minnie Finkenstedt committed suicide in Atlanta on Friday She was a native of Walhalla and leaves three brothers, William Frederick and Charles Finkenstedt, of Walhalla, and a sister, Miss Dora Finkenstedt, of Atlanta, surviving. All are known In Charleston, the family having moved to Walhalla with early settlers of Walhalla from that city. The deceased was about 4 0 years of age and had for several years been employed in Atlanta at the Piedmont Hotel. She took her own life at her home, haying used her apron with which to strangle herself. She had been in poor health for quite a while. * Woman Awkward in Skirts. The warden of the inil nt Que., discovered the past week that a person committed two weeks ago under the name of William Dubers, 65 years old, is a woman. She admitted having masqueraded as a man for 35 years, most of the time g: filing her living as a deck han 1 on lumber barges. "William" now is in the infirmary of the Jail wearing a skirt, which sh- finds most awk ward. ? Occnstonallv :i plpri'Vtii-in Ui .u ' " t forward as an advocate of the 7i'ino I tr&de. When that la the ( ,f| J proves that he is suffering from a had moral twist that needs a lly to be straightened. What connection any such man can find between drink and the righteousness ho I? supposed to teach Is beyond the i comprehension of the ordinary mor tal. i STATE BAR MEETS jEN. M. I* BONHAM OF ANDERSON ELECTED PRESIDENT. >ther Officers Elected bjr the Aseoclatlon and the Circuit They Represent In the State. The South Carolina liar Association meet in t'o'umblc last ween and mjoyod their usual banquet. The 'ollowing ofBcen wore elected for he ensuing year: President?M. L. Bonhom, AnderK>n. Vice president. First circuit?B. dart Moss, Orangeburg. Vice president. Second circuit? 3eorge H. Hates, Barnwell. Vice president, Third circuit? Thos. G. McLeod, Hlshopvllle. vice president. Fourth circuit?W. F. Dargan, Darlington. Vice president. Fifth circuit?P. H. Nelson, Columbia. Vice president. Sixth circuit?A. L. Gaston. Chester. Vice president. Seventh circuit? 3tobo J. Simpson, Spartanburg. Vice president, Eighth circuit? Walter H. Hunt. Newberry. Vice president. Ninth circuit?J. P. K. Bryan, Charleston. Vice president, Tenth circuit? William G. Sirrine, Greenville. Vice president. Eleventh circuit? B. W. Crouch, Saluda. Vice president, Twelth circuit?J. P. McNeill, Florence. Secretary?Joha J. Earle, Columbia. Treasurer?W. 8. Nelson, Columbia. Bxecutivo Committee?W. T. Aycock, W. F. Stevenson, J. L. Glenn. John J. Earle, ?x-oflleio; W. S. Netson, ex-offlcio. Committee of Arrangement? Christie Benet, H. N. Edmunds, R. II. Herbert. Francis H. Westos. Reception Committee ? R. W. Shand, John P. Thomas, W. H. Lyles, John J. McMaban. Local Council?First circuit, W. L. Glaze, R. E. Copes; Second circuit. W. S. Smith, J. F. Carter; Third circuit, Louis W. Glllaud, L. D. Jennings; Fourth circuit, G. K. Laney. I. K. Owens; Fifth circuit, L. A. Wittokowsky, A. G. Reiser; Sixth circuit, J. II. Foster, A. S. Douglas; Seventh circuit, W. S. Hall, S. J. S'ichols; Eighth circuit, A. C. Todd, 3. H. McGhee; Niuth circuit, A. C. Tobias, Jr., B. A. Hagood; Tenth aircuit, T. Frank Watkins, R. T. Jnyaes; Eleventh circuit, N. G. Evans, J. Brooks Wingard; Twelth aircuit, E. T. Hughes, Henry E. Davis. General Council?First circuit, R .3. Weeks; Second circuit, Jamei F. Brynes; Third circuit, W. C. Davis; Fourth circuit, T. I. Rogers; Fifth circuit, Frank G. Tompkins; Sixth circuit. Thomas F. McDow; Seventh circuit, J. Gordon Hughes; Eighth circuit, F. B. Grier; Ninth circuit, J. II. Peurlfoy; Tenth circuit. J. K. Hood; Eleventh circuit. C. M. Eflrd; Twelfth cicruit, Henry Mul11ns. nk<;ro shot at aikkn. Livery Stable Hand Probably Fatrlly Wounded. At Aiken Joe Jones, a negro, was shot Monday afternoon by 11. Monroe Weeks, a prominent white man, and probably fatally wounded. Jones was employed by Weeks, who is proprietor of the Weeks Livery and Transfer Company. Monday nfternoon he sent the negro out driving wtih a customer, and in a few minutes it Is said the customer returned, saying the negro was drunk. Another boy was sent with the man. A little while later the negro became insolent, and upon being reprimanded by Weeks, is said to have made at Weeks with a pitchfork, whereupon Weeks picked up a shotgun and shot him i nthe stomach The nosro is still alive, but will probably die. Man lluriicd in lirick Oven. Rurned to a crisp and beyond recognition, even as to race, the body of a man was found a few days ag"? in an oven under a drying rootn of the Chattanooga River Rrtck Company, near Chattanooga, Tenn., by an engineer searching for leaks In steam pipes in the oven. Officers believe that the man was murdered and his body placed in the oven to hide the crime. There is no cluo as to the dead man's identity. A Wonderful New Straw berry. Howard's early new strawberry, the !> it ; 't i.itroluc plants st ?iit, \i ?i 11- y.row-'ifree from all dt y : goo! plant. maker; frn'' of be ft * t fju it;-; heavy < > r; flrr . rood earr *r to distant, 1 -; I 'seller. 11. i a seed11 ' f ;li v.*-tl-knovn lioffman, but ' r :y th: i its parent. My catalogue, which is sent free for (lie 1. Tf!ti . f 11; .'. .-..Til. s tltls berry Tid "til other kinds; .IT. years expeii-!!' A id: s John W. Hall, M 11 i < ?n Slit ion. M (1. !i is said that tin* first step In the (Ntnipni n for the re-ob rti n of an insurgent Republican Congressman is to prove that he shook his (1st in old man Joe Cannon's face. 4 i