Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I I RED HANDED WAR B U Raw Oa ia Dead Ernest Between the P Government and Rtb-.Is. mtAItU AN AKBltU lAMr lu Chuhcs '.Villi Government Troops i Revolutionists Seem to lUve Ileen u Virtoriou.?Reports Say the Republic Fact* Most Serious Situation. Southern Mexico practically has been cut off from the Capital, railroad bridges have been blown up and the revolution has attained great proportions In that section of the Republic, especially In Yucatan. Thia is the burden of unofficial advices received at Washington. The recipients of the unofficial information declare that Vera Cruz will be captured by the revolutionists within three days, and that the revolutionary movement is sweeping northward. A copy of the proclamation issued by Gen. Madero was received at W-aahliyjton Wednesday. far It has not been presented to the State department. It contains ?n outline of he proposed new Government and pledg-js Mexican protection to American lives and property. Om of the highest official and one who by virtue of his position Is In close touch with the revolutionary movement In Mexico, that fighting Is now going on in Cuatro Clenegas, a large and prosperous city just below Mouclovd. It Is regarded as a stronghold of the nntl-Dlaz forces. This same authority says the sitItullriM n/vw In U ... *? > ivm uvf" iu uicAicu in liiuir m*i , loua than at any time In the past sev- ( eral years. He dclares the excite- , ment on -the" border la nothing compared to what it would be If all was ( kti'ivti of the situation ip the Inter- , tor. \ high Mexican oflicial stated that ( W was his opinion that the Diaz reign waa at an end. Went Livui daia, a New Orleans business man, , wha has reached EI Paso, Tex., from Torreon, confirms the report of .? clash between Federal soldiers and revolutionists. The Government forces apparently were beaten and the . rebels ..Inveettd Gomez Palncto , and Lerdo. 'The rebels at 3 o'clock Monday morning.'' said Idvaudals. "shot down the police on the corners <tJ Gomes Palacio. The garrison was #ent against them and many were reported kilbod. The soldiers were forced to full back and when 1 left Torreon" a large force from there had been sent to retake the town. Torreon Is praotically under niarti .1 law and everything is shut tight." Reports of lighting in Gomez, l\na< 10 and Torreon. Mexica, are in part conlirmed by Mexican official.* and army oUlcers stationed in Nenvo l.iredo, although it is denied thu I the battles assumed serious properties. It , is admitted that in b.u ties between the insurrectionists uiul the Mexican troops at both places sevtral deaths resulted, the mss >f life being evenly divided on both sides. It is generally understood that the dovernmeivt forces succeeded n fuelling the disturbances at both places. Reports were to the effect that Torreon had fallen in'to the hands of the revolutionists. This ts denied by army officers in Neuvo, I.aredo, who claim to be in touch with the situation. The army officers admit that the most bitter struggle occurred at domett Palacio, which is only four miles north of Torreon, in what is known as the famous l.uguna cotton district. At Ootnez Palacio it is acknowledged several deaths occurred on bo'h t?ides, but the officials decline to give \out any figures. A passenger train on the Mex.eo Northwestern Railroad, running r>et*?*n Chlhauhua and Madera, was tired into and several secoud-elass passengers killed. The number, name* and the other details eoul 1 not be secured as the telegraph wires hnve all been cut. Documents found in the house of ? revolutionist are said to have r" rmcu r? luunpii !i< ) u?r ioh wn <:e sale assassination of prominent (iovernrnent officers. Including Foreign Minister Creel, Vice-Prtsident Corral and other prominent men. Miguel S Macedo, sub-secretary i the Government, was also HsNd for death. President Diaz was to oe taken, hut bis life was to be spared, because If his past services to the country. The bodies of those killed were to be suspended from electric light wiret In the streets. The building of K1 Imparclal was to have be *n destroyed with dyn unite The papers exposing the conspii acy were discovered during ;? r:i d by the police on Sunday. Thrv employees of K1 Imparcial had been fur ntshed with the exphisive and 'n^ structed to use it at the first repo f of the uprising, which was planned for last Saturudy. The seizure of the plans on the day upon which they wefe to he executed is th?dK r to have a great effect in heading off. the rebe'liou. A SLAIN BY TROOPS rHK SOUHKKS FIKK VOLIJCY 1>*TO CBOWOS OF PHOPLE. ^ riundreds of Whom Are Thereby _ _ a Killed and Wounded and the Heat ] . Hee for Llle. One hundred persona were killed t n riots which took place at Zacateci8 in the interior of Mexico, opposite [amplco on Saturday ulght. Mexican soldiers fired into a struggling ody of rioters with disastrous remits. One hundred is the lowest esimate of the loss of life, which may each 500. The Aiuericah consul at Zacatecas , elegraphed the first news of the riot f 0 the Mexican consul at Sun An- ^ onio stating that that town was in 1 state of terror and that the loss . >f life wuk uol less that 100. No dealls were given other than that a :otnpany of soldiers were ordered to ire upon a vast crowd of rioters which thronged the streets. Zacatecas is the capital of the itate of Morales, and is remote from ines of communications. News of he riots did not reach the outside *orld until late Sunday, althou th '.he battle took place on Saturday night. It is stated that quiet has now been restored by placing tho Sity under rigid military rule. The latest reports are that the slain are still lying in the streets, where they reii. Reyes to I/end the Rebels. A dispatch from Kagle Pass .Texts, says "Gen. Bernardo Reyes Is coming." This is the whisper which lias gone with telegraphic swiftness up and down the Rio Grande. If it is true, and many Mexicans assert that it is, it means thai*, the revolutionists have at their head a man juperior in military training -to any other man in Mexico, not oxen excepting President Diaz himself. Gen. Bernardo Reyes, once a bosom friend fo Geu. Diaz, is now said to be an exile from his country. He was sent a year ago to Paris, France, on a "military mission " sinpi. ihon ' - ...1-.. I ( 110 word has conio from hitu until now. when the cotillons words were sent from Ma tarn or as to I.an Varas. ( II was reported among the Mexicans that he had already "taken parage ' for New York, and would reach Kugle Pass within ten days. Heyes was Dovenor of the State of Neuvo Leon, the hot-bed of revolution in Mexico.^ During the lute ( campaign for President of Mexico, j some of his admirers proposed his ' name as vice president. Subsequent | ' events appeared to prove that -Iteyes. while avowing perfect amity and!' friendship for Dinz. was rioting against his downfall. Then it was than the stirring ' events in May 1909, occurred. Itey- j cs was surrounded by troops and1! was. to all intents and purposes a prisoner. He prepared to Mexico city, where he was sent on the for- j eign mission. Adherents of Doner al Heyes openly assert that he Is now foot-loose and they claim he has a stronu following in all puns; of the republic. 11KI ? WOltDs WKItK Tit IK. fluid's ! ? ? m? >11 it ion of Death Works Out Tragically. " Barbara," said Mrs. Mary liegensberger to her daughter of right Thursday afternoon as she w as dreg- : sing the child at her home in New ( York. "I want you to be a good girl today because . had a tooth to . drop out this morning and that's a j sign somebody is going to die in the family." "Why." said Hsrhaibt. ^'that's nv: I'm going to die.'' j; Her mother could draw no explanation from her. but while she was playing on a pier end she fell between the stringpiece and a barge and was drowned t'rippen \\ h.n Hanged A l/Omlon dispatch sa.vs Dr. Trippen was hanged at 9.0'J o'eloek Wed- ' nesdny morning, in the yard of the ! i'entonville prison. The morning of the day set for Dr. Crippen's exeeu- j tion afforded the gloomiest setting I A dense fog overhung the eity and traflic was at a standstill linn Over by Train. At Hock Hill Henry I.. Tiilley. a young "liostlcr" on the Charleston ; division, was run over by an cuglns-! iu the yard late Wednesday night and so badl> injured that he will lose out> of his legs and perhaps an arm. Killed His CouUtn. In a fight at Crane's sawmill neir i Liberty Sam Hoggs was shot and killed by his cousin, Henry Hoggs j They are prominent1\ connected. The slayer surrendered to the sheriff and , both are reported to have been ' drinking. Hint Killed Him. On a wager that he could drink ? pint of whiskey at one gulp William Andrews, of Kast Liverpool. O.. won the r.O cent stake but lost his life. He collapsed Immediately after1 he swallowed the liquor. * * * FIEND TO HANG ligktewer, the Negro Convicted ef Crim inal Ameh ii Columbia WILL HANG NEXT MONTE kfter Hearing TcMilniony of VicCiii and Several Other WitnesitCH ?Iurj lletums Ventirt of "Clulltv" It C?m of Ilruto, Charged With Kav ittliing Youok Columbia Marries Woman. For the heinous crime of assault dlnus Hightower. a young "negi\ lend, will pay the death |>enulty ii Columbia on December 23. The hand of the law moved swift y and with unerring decision Mo a lay. in the trial of the young fiend vho. on October 18, ravished a mar ied woman of Columbia. Placed 01 rial Monday morning, at a specia erni of Court ordered by the Gov rnor. the evidence iu his case corn ileted at 5:30 o'clock, lilghtowe tnew his fate within three minute ifter the jury retired. The senteuci it the Court was immediately an louueed. following the verdict o guilty." There was no special demonstra ion aguinst the negro, although th< :rowd appeared eager for the lat :o be carried out. It is only withii the range of surmise that migh tiavo been done if the verdict ha< been othtrwlse. Likewise la th question as to how many of the mei bad pistols. The Governor's Guard ind the Richmond Volunteers wer an guard during the trial. Tlies ire two of the oldest military com sanies in the State. The husband of the prosecutrix luring the morning hours, had a pi-5 tol in his pocket. When this ni found out by the sheriff, the pis'J was taken away. The talk aroun the Court room was that the hus hand intended to stait somethin If his wife hnd to testify before tli crowded Court room. That af:ei noon, the husband was closely watch >d in Court. He Is a p tinier h trade, and there were many of hi friends, both inside and outside th Court room. The police co-operate with the militia and officials of th county and Court in handling tli case systematically. In addition to that ot the prosecti trlx. there was testimony by a negrc John Franklin, who stated thd Hightower did not go with him o ? hunt, as the accused had stated i tail. Policeiuun Hite. who made th arrest, and one or two othtr witnes: i's also testified. The Court appointed Alfred Wa lace, Jr., and Kicharl K Carwil to defend the negro. When Mlntt Highower was arrested, within h.il an hour after the assault, with whithe is charged, was committed h nave the nante of "Ed Bvrd.* Dai lug his arrest tie had other alias n hut Minus Hightower is his rlgli name. I'nder the law, the newspaper may not print the name of a wt man U|)on whom an assault or a tempted assault has been committee The prosecutrix in this rase is a pre ty young woman. She liv^s 111 in northeastern section of the city. Th State did not take advantage of tli I1U- l\t 1 IU)(l .... I .-I ..... v.. , v, tin vw I ll\ JMUOfi UUI A testimony, but she was in Court ;iu testified. On the convening of the Court ill grand jury, (Jen John I). Frost bein foreman, was polled and the Indie nient. drawn in usual form, w< handed out l>y Solicitor Cobb. O the bench was the linn. T. Yanc Williams, of Lancaster. presiding h appointment of Governor Ansel Th grand jury retired, briefly examin a ?^f of the witnesses for the Sta. and soon returned with a true bll Shortly afterward the prisoner w.i brought in for arraignment. Short Coleman headed the little group, i the midst of which walked the negrt ltural Colic-men Hipp and lluffina ;*iid Coui t FiaililTfi (Jrimsley an running were the officers immediau ly in chargt of the accused. Th-; seated the negro in the dock an took chairs around it. Other depi ties and rural policemen had pr? viously bPen disposed about ?h room and among Mm spectators bal iff s moved with heir staves, enjotr ing silence on all One rural pnllct roan, standlinr look in th.. way leading to the bar from the tnai portion of the room. The tension was lis* than mig. have been expected. An inli'W keen, bu' impersonal, composed i the main of a livolj curiosity wa the prevailing emotion manifestcc There was no display of arms. Th only soldiers within tin Court rooi itself though, of course, it ?u known two com pun log were tunic arms n?*arh> in their aitnor.es wei Major Joseph K Allen, conimandin the Columbia battalion of the 11 regiment, and his orderly. Private \\ It W illiams, both in olive drab sei vice uniforms. The victim was not in the ('our room Her husband, a slight youn man, ?at beside the solicitor. It > happened that the attorney retains by the victim's family, to assist ' the prosecution. Mr. A K. Splgene I ijpn \ j " WHAT CAUSED DEATH? WAS WALKKH WINN. OF HAMPTO* OOVXTY, POISONED? Tb? Coroner's .Fury I'nsatlsfled j \Miether or not Young Man Was PoLsoned u1()l "Dortnlwl" U*hluL n* Was young Walker Winn poisoned to his death when he took a f drink of whlBkey one Friday afteri noon about two months ago? This is the question that is perplexing the residents of the Fechtilg communI ity. where young Winn lived in Hampton county, and the members of the coroner's jury. It is generally talked and was brough out in the testimony before i the coroner's jury that Winn was i not on 6ood terms with his young wife, Lillian, nor with her father. _ Mr. J. \V. Lee, that their relations . were estranged and that threats on the lll'e of young Winn were made. Walker Winn, on Friday, Septeuii berlG, at Fechtig, was taken sudden1 ly ill. It Ik stated that he had Just taken a drink with his father-in-law. . He hud convulsions, was paralyzed i? and blindod. and, although given s medical aid, died within twentye four hours to the minute after he . was stricken. Ills skin turned I* black, and he died in conculslons. My request an inquest was held, . aud the testmouy adduced at the (? first meeting of the coroner's jury v was such as to warrant the sending ii off for chemical analysis of the co.it tents of the stomach of the deceas3 ed. It appears thut no other pa- a e of the alimenary canal were sent n At subsequent meetings of the jury K of inquest, letters from c.iemls'a ,. were read in which it was state 1 e whether or not any traces of poisou . were found. At the instance of the Jury and the coroner. Judge Memminger at i. the recent term of Court passed an K order requiring the body of the de,l censed to be disinterred and other j parts of the alimentary canal to be j. sent for chemical analysis. ? The coroner's jury or inquest held e its fourth meeting uoTsday, and in . their presence the body was iuterr >a i_ and Dr. C. A. Fush took out the iny testlnes and sent them off as r?v M quired by order of the Court. Further testimony was offered. j <i. c. Owen* lestilied that on Frip tiny. September 16. Mrs. Lillian e Winn, wife of deceased, who at that time was not living with her husi. band, asked witness if he hail seen ,t her father with Walker Winn that. tt day. When witness answered in the u aflirmative, she then said that Wal? ker would be dead within three ,? days, and that it was n wonder her i- father did not kill him that day. It is understood that Mrs. Winn [. will appear before the jury of 111t. quest at Hampton next week. s l?r. T. It Whatley is reported to l>- have testified that if the deceased I) had been given poison, it was possie hie for it' to have pulsed out of the r_ stomach. It is stated that this di? rert <|uestiou was asked of Dr. Whalit h'V. The results of the chemical analy s sis will probably put an end to the work of the jury of inquest, who [. will have met six times on the case. 1 The report of the Columbia chemists I. Is awaited with much interest by e people there. L> K> Town Ittirncd Down. s Fire which originated in the seed ond story of the Hose hotel Friday practically destroyed the town of io St. Stephens, about 40 miles from , Charleston Ten stores and residences - were wipe*! out, the merchants los.s ing practically all their stock in adit dition to the buildings. The ioss will y aggregate about 150,000. while the y insurance will among to about $10.0 fioo. ?l e is the same who defended thr vici. tint's husband. upon the Intier's trl.ij is for murder several years ago the fT case arising from the death of a n voting tiniu-r at Kpworth. following >. an altercation. In this case the nr. n cused was acquitted on a plea <1 d self-defence. t- The Court appointed as eo tinsel 1 for the defendant Messrs. Alfred ! Wallace. Jr.. and It. K Carwlle. Upon his arraignment the aceus i ' said his na ne was Minus llighlowej. c and refusing to plead was credited 1 w ith a* pier* uf not guilty. His cottn.i sel retired with him for a cnnsult'i? tion. and. returning announced 'hey ' would waive their threeday contlnn nance and would proceed to trial at 12 M. ii When tin- jury had been empun ' el led and polled. Mr C?V"wile. of n counsel foi the accused moved th it s the Court room he cleared. He said i. that his first witness would be the prosecutrix herself. The Judge or n dered the C'onr room Hmtrod. lea vs> injj prownt only tbe jurora. the r Judge, thi sheriff and one bailiff, * Chief Catheart, of tin Columbia {>"> e 1 !?. force; (tie huslmud and ;? fed male relative of (tie prosecutrix. the Court stenographer, the elerk co>.r?sel tor the Sta'e and the defence, the accused himself and on? or *w> t others who w ere deemed neceSHnry. g Into the presence ol these was led o the prosecutrix. She was placed d upon the stand and there told hT n story to 'he Jury. The t'lliag took about half an hour. OFFICIAL COUNT Shaw That fa Denocrats Hare Large M?jority in fa H?a>c. THE RESULT PLEASING There Ik One Socialist in the IVxIy, unci the I>emocrats Have Sixtythree Majority.?In the Senate the Insurgent* Will Assist the ISemoorat*. The Democratic representation in the next house will be 227. as I aga'nst 163 Republicans and one So cialist. accord'np to the roster of the house, published Tuesday. These figures give the Democrats a majority of 63 and a plurality of 64. According to this publication, Kan sas is the only State of any siat which has a solid Republican dele Ration. A number .however, contain only one Democrat. among those thus included being Iowa. Minnesota California and Wisconsin. All of the Southern States have solid Democratic delegations, except 'Maryland. Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. Maryland and Virginia have one Republican each. while Tennessee and Kentucky have two members of that party apiece. Colo ra.io is the only Northern State represented entirely by Democrats, but Indiana, possessing a much larger representation,, presses close upou its heels with 12 Democrats out of 13 members. Illinois has 11 Democrats in its membership of 26, Massachusetts four out of 14, Michigan two out of 12. New Jersey seven out of 10, New York 23 out of 37. Ohio 16 out of 2S and Pennsylvania nine out of 3 2 Missouri's delegation consists of 13 Democrats and three Republicans. The Nebraska delegation is evenly divided, three and three, as is Maine's two and two;. Oklahoma battwo Republicans and three Democrats; Washington is represented by three Republicans. All of the States ntKMih vim- r?]irv8cniniire oniv are itopn blicans. House ?f Lords in Hanger. In spite of rumors to the contrary the conference between the lords and commons over the veto question has ended in a disagreement. Perhaps that is just as w?li for a compromise on a question in "Which principle is involved is usually unsatisfactory to all concerned. Now the matter will have to be threshed out in another general election In the near future, and the probability is that the Liberals will be returned with an increased majority. If such should prove the case drastic dealings with the lords would naturally follow. Willi characteristic blindness to their own true interests and those of the people the lords have persistently blocked the way of reform, and now the inevitable judgment awaits them. The whole question 's of more than passing interest to Americans because of the growing discontent with the present method of choosing I'nited States Senators. While the question with us Is not nearly so acute a?- the Hritish find theirs yet the feeling exists that direct or popular election of senators will prove an advantage in many ways. The House of Lords are in y u ?>t;i . England, while having a monarchical form ot government has lu fact one of the most Democratic governments in the world. The House of Lords seem to have lost sight of this and have determined by obstructing reforms which the people are demanding, to commit political suicide. The indications arc that in the near future the present hereditary House of Lords will be abolished and a Senate similar to ours, with the members elected by popular vote will take its place. it is a wonder that the House ot Lords has stood as long as it has, but it is n.ow doomed Sliof by I nknoun Man. Oriu Hubbell. a farmer near Her Hard. Mo., and his wife, aged ?.0. and two children, a bo> and a girl, aged 4 and 6 respectively, were shot and killed at their home Wednesday night by an unknown person, who set fire to tin* bouse to conceal tbt crime. Homicide in t'ivkeus. Friday afternoon, about o'clock, near Liberty. Henry Hogge shot and killed Sum Hoggs. Both were about 2u years old, and it is said were drinking. They are prominently connected ' Trained to Stoul, The police of ftrorkton. Mass.. are Bfnkltif 'wo men who profit through thefts committed by a trained dot; He removes clothes and furs from back yards and carries them away 10 his owners Thousand Drowned. A dispatch trom Saigon. French Indo-China, sa>s one thousand persona were drowned and 400 harks were lost durinK floods In the piovince of gannRtiKia, iu Annua. 9 FINE COHON CROP MARKS FORTY-ON K UA1JC8 OA ID AC11KS OF LAND. ins ls um iu-cvixI MimIi- by a k?mer In Hampton County According to the Report. A correspondent writing to th? Augusta Herald from Allendale Bays tie went to that town tor the specific purpose of Inspection the cotton crop of Mr. Josiah W. Walker, who lives at Cove, a small station on the Southern Railway about five miles from Allendale. The following la what the correspondent says about Mr. Walkers cotton crop: Mr. Walker showed me two patches of cotton with a combined area, of 19 acres, off of which he had picked nearly two bales to the acre, with the remaining remnant he confldantly expected would make a total of forty-one bales gathered froiu nineteen acres. . 1 do not hesitate to say that I share with Mr. Walker the confidence he expressed. I may have seen as fine cotton, for 1 have seen many of the finest specimens of intensive farming that this stction affords, but I never saw a field of such luxuriant growth aud fruitage, with every boll on the stalk mature, open and picked. The cotton is planted in five-foot rows and locked in the rows. it seemed to ^ vera go about five feet high, and ran very regular all over the field. The ground perfectly level and free from grass, giving evidence of careful culture. The stalks are full of empty burrs from bottom to top, and no half-grown bolls of any consequence. Mr. Walker says he gathertd more than a bale at a picking, and if he gets as much an five bales additional, which he 1r almost sure to do he will have fortyone bales from nineteen acres. The land in tills' vicinity is naturally very soft and pliable, being, for the most part, a sandy loam, with occasionally a light mulatto subsoil. It breaks up into small clods that readily crumble and pulverise like ashes. Mr. Walker broke his land up with a 2 4-inch plow, bedded and put iu 700 pounds to the acre of the Southern Cotton Oil Co.'h 8-3-3 made at the Allendale plant. Nest lie made an application of 4 00 pounds of their Top Dream, or 4-7 1-2-4. and then a second application of 400 pounds of Top Dream. lie used no nitrate of soda and ni lot manure. He ascribes the great number of fully matured bolls that characterizes his cotton to the "plant food" contained in the Top Dream. It sets the stalk with fruit that open before the killing frosts come, and consequently, his cotton is now tilled with empty burr.- froui bottom to top. Ho showed me an adjacent field 1 where lot manure had been freely 'used. It was very fine cotton, and in marked contrast with the cotton >f the surrounding country, but the ;tent number of half-grown bolls, tlear the top that had not opened md never would open, was moat noticeable. 1 examined a number of hem to see if there was any possiullty of their ever opening, and iu very instance I found that the ram had soaked into them and soured. Til K NADUS <?! SIS. * ?. * | Mail Murders it Woman ami Then i Kill*. Himself. At I .ok Angeiet). Oal.. .1 W Wheoi r. :t blacksmith 36 years old. formerly of Echo. Ala., last Wednesday night murdered a woman who registered with him as his wife, under the naino of Mrs May Wheeler at an East Fifth street hotel, lie then attempted to kijl himself. The couple had been In their room less than iive minutes when live ^hots rang out in quick succession. Persons in the hotel rushed into the room and found the woman's body on the floor and Wheeler standing with a wound in his head. He held a revol\er in one hand and a knife in I'm- other. Hefore any one could in' terfere he slashed his throat. tiirl Itrinkv Poison. \ f t er handing two unaddressed rotes to by-slanders. in the Ituena isto hotel at Home. Ha.. Wednt'sjday. Miss May Lancaster, aged 11?. of Early. drank an ounce of carbolic acid and died in great agony a ii'-.v minutes late. One of the notes jrejul: "Tell Hob goodbye." The other told of tier relations with "Hob." (Joes to Florence County. Ninety-three square miles of Williamsburg County, including the prosperous town of l.ake City, has voted almost unanimously to annex itself to Florence County. The vote was Ito 4 in favor of the proposition. Ilridges CloHil. A hip sipn has been posted at tho international bridges connecting K1 f'aso. Texas. with Juarez, Mexico, denying any person to pass over between the hours ol midnight and six o'elock a. ni. The action was taken at the inutance ot the Mexieau government. ?