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: V.:, '.V . ,<... ? . \ THE eAMOEN 0HRQNI6LE. ' <??> VOLI'MK XVII. CAM DION. S. K 1(1 DA V. .1 A M A K V 12. im. NO. , MIS SHOUTING flffl ! ? South Carolina Physician Bent on Murder ? - ~ A SAD TRAGEDY AT LANCASTER j A. Serious Difficulty Results From i Seemingly Trival Mattor Wound ed Man Popular. ? I "?Ht'astt'j-, S. < Special. -I. 1 1 :is<?| 'V it herspoou, liic | it 1 1 it 1 1 u r in.i i tit u - ot ill'1 Lancaster Mercaul *!e ( 'ompa:i\ , '?I wllii'h Cul, l#i;;oV Spi II1HS i-> pres ident, was dan^cvousK s!t? ?t Sal ir.d.iy by Dr. K. S, Mi l lu'.v, a | ? r. i < - 1 i<-uiv? ? ? i 1 y - sician (?!' Lancaster. 'i lie ?1 i 1 1 y occurred in I rout of llie ?-. <> u | *a i ) y 's store and ( Sk> p.u I ictd.irs air :i l>< ? 1 1 1 a? I <?1 lows : Mr. Willi, ? IS | II H Ml v.; s >t U\ !i I \ f I ??' lil lk I ili? lo Mr. Samuel liobeil s, a farmer. 1 1'OiU whom lie had .jt'sl -miih1 cotton, w lien Hi*. M ??!>?? w walked up and asked Mr. Wilherspooii about the mm; any 's refusal lo send liim a lamp which he had ordered. Mr. Wither spoon icplicd thai the doctor had Hot treated (hem ri^lil about a baby carriage. reterriiiii" lo a previous mailer. Dr. Mi Dow struck at Mr. N\ illlClspooll over I lie shouldei it \1 r. Roberts, who wa.- standing bel ween l hem, hioeUiiit; on' Mr. Woberl-' hat. \\ . Mel). Ilruwn. a clerk, ill il.e store, ran up and struck Mr. Mcl'low, knock iny liim down. As the doctor arose In1 he^an shoo' in;; with a revolver which he had drawn, lirintr three shot-'. Two of the bullet. -- ?ir".k Mr. Wither .spooii, Dim iii i he bmly, enlerini: liie lunus. and oilier hilling' liim ??n ihte wrist. One bnllei struck Mr. Hhiaii on the linger. Mr. (Jeor^e 1 1 <*a ! li . nijuajicr o|' the I lent li-.liines Company, and others ran up and slopped :lie shooting. Mr. Heath placing himself in front of Mr. Wilherspooii and beting' Dr. Mellow not to shoot liim attain. Dr. Me Dow was arrested and taken to jail by Sheriff limit t*i* and police-, men. The sherilV lirst disunited I lie doctor, who had I wo pistils. As soon a? a conveyance could be secured Mr. Witlicrspoon was carried lo i is home. Ir addition lo a local physician lie is be in if at tended by Dr. l'rayor of ( 'h es ter and Drs Kennel and Steve- i ' liock Hill, the iaU/.w4 v" vUO| 'j1-?1.. A? vo Jt-asicr oi> The physicians recant Sir. Wilher spooii 's condition as being; exlremely critical. They say there is some hope i'or liim, however, if pneumonia does not scl nor abscess forms around the bullet, ' whirth. they think, lodged in the liuiir. Tlie shooting lias caused intense ex citement here. Mr. Withersiioon is one of the most popular young men in Lancaster. being a universal favorite and the entire community anxiously awaits tidinjrs from hi.* bedside. Dr. McDow s siid to be a brother of the late Dr. T. I?. Ale Dow of Char leston, who shot ('apt. H\ W. Dawson, editor of the News and Courier. Double Suicide. Raleigh, N. Special ? Violet Rage, one of Raleigh's tenderloin wo ? ? ' ? ? ! I ? I ? I. ... lllt.Ml, IIIHI *> . II. IHMMI. <1 i\Oit iV ii young ninii of this city, committed suicide together Sunday bv taking landman :t i i<i died in n close embrace, the deed having been done in a house in a quest ion:; ble quarter of the etiv, owneVl l\y' a negress, .lane Itesjsley. Hood rented" the room Sal unlay Vj t ami later look Violet ihcrc. The wo man who owned the house noticed nothing unusual * until about noon when her attention was attracted by heavy breathing iu the room. She knocked at the doors and windows bull received no response. She then telephoned for jmli^einen and relatives of Hood. Members of the police l'oree responded at onco and broke open the door to find the woman dead and the man drawing his last gasps. Xim* empty lnudnum bottles on a (able in the room told the tale; they were two ounce bottles and bore the label of a (Jrevnshoro drug store. ISe- ! sides the empty ladmim bottles, on 1 he t libit* was found a note from Hood to his wife, enclosing a ring and a watch for hi> M\o little girls and a ' life insurance policy for her- i self. Tlio not gave no reason lor the terrible deed. Big Steamer Blown Ashore. IVnsacola. I1 la.. Special.? The big coast steamer I*. J. Thisllewood, from TaHifH?-i'*?r New Orleans, fs on the (lull beaeh 20 miles east of Pensaeola bar, wjiqre she .was blown by the pre vailing ' he vessel is reported in a dangerous condition, but little information could be obtained "Wed nesday Jvgardiug her. Tugs left here at once to go to her assistance, stop ping at the life-saving station to take on hoard the life-saving erews I hens in order that the crew might be res cued wilb^less danger. i Aged Widow of Promient Virginia Baptist Minister Dead. Roanoke, Va., Special. ? Mrs. Su sanna Virginia Coeke, widow of the late Rev. Charles T. Cocky, I). I)., died at Holins Institute, noal: Roanoke, aged ^ years. Her hnsbaiM was for fifty years presideht of HolJins In stitute, and was widely knowii as a ! Baptist preaeher. ? I * ? ? ?? ? ? ?) ? ?- - . CONGRESS AT WO UK AGAIN What Our National Law Makers Art D.ing Day by Day. Both Houses Rc Convene. Hoili il.c Senate ;iu?l Mouse <>t l . !l\cs re ('OIIVl'l It'll nil .1 Sill* miry lili. N?i I dug was done mi 'I IihI'mIii \ . l;owc\ er. Ihmoi.I meet ii)i? and adjoin nini'iit , a timul many 1111*111 beis lu'lliu absent 1 roiu I licit" SOU lb. "Champ Clark Democracry." "< liii 11 1 1 1 ( lark 1 >cnioerucy " was expounded to tin* delight and enier 1 21 in tiKii 1 1 ?| 1 In* I louse I'm' three hour* !??)? ay by Mr. < Inrl*, nf Mis souri, iiiul const ii u led i!n? lealure id llie di'lia l <? on tin- Philippine tarifl bill. Mi ('lark's speech took a V. idc range and during its progress In- labeled his political beliefs an a hove in answer in a iptcslion as t<> wind kind <?t Democrat lie really was. Mo lalki'd of die Philippines and fa vored the |>ending bill; lie discussed llu* general la rill' t|iieslion ;nid in par ticular 1 In* lit'iiiiaii taritV situation, lie ascribed future greatness lo what he termed ihe isreal '"stand pat*' disciples one oj' these. Secretary Shaw. whose ii'coid as Sect'MaTv id' the I rea>ur\ iiii-luded. he said, classi ' .x i 1 i.U lines' leys :is poultry and ponies a* ''household articles*' tor (lie collection oX revenue, was a 1 ? ?i* i - e;il Republican l'i csident iai possibil ity unless 1 lie mantle should Call on "the gra\ and yri/./.led Speaker. I ni'le .lye < 'annon. * ' GINNERS' ASS 'N SAYS 9.(594, 0'JG. Estimate of Cotton Ginned to Dec. 31 98.t> Per Cent. Picked and 97.3 Ginned. Dallas, Tex.. Speeial. hollowing is the eompilat ion of Ihe rejjorls from eotton ginncrs over (lie South. h\ the Na tioual dinners' Association. Figures follow inir names represent, respect i\i-lv, total, ginned, per cent, picked, and per eenl. ginned: Alabama-? I . I 7 <>,7 li.'l, 70. !?; Arkansas /?0<S,S70, OtS.H, 02.0; Flor ida? 71 , 401. 00.4. 00; Georgia? l.(ili7, 00.(5, 00.1 ; 1 1 1 d i 11 1 1 Territory 2n2,l."?:i. Ofi.S. 0 I .'J ; Louisaua l.'M, 440, 00. 'J. !?."). I; Mississippi - 1,01(5, 07:i. OS/2, !).">. 0 : Missouri? VMS US, 07.0, i).?.(S; North Carolina I 52 7. > , Oil. 'J, <*fchiiiomo- -270..~>07, !)."?. 0, 03.S ; South Carolina? 1 .0S1 ,S0t5, 00.(5. 00.1; 'IViitiesscc 24;?.0~>(5, 0S.2. PS. 7 ; Texas ? 2,224,1 4 .' t, 07. 0(5. (S; Virginia and Kent nek v I .">,07 I . PP.4 0S.0. Total, 0.004.041. The report is of cotton ginned to Dec. .'51, and shows the total per cent, picked as OS. (5, and total ginned us 0/.3. The anituinl ginned from Dec. 13 to ,">1. inclusive, was 402,041 bales. This, ad ded to tlu* last census report, makes 0,(501,041. Loss at Albany, Ga., $l.r>0,000. Alhanv, Ga., Special. ? The property loss cansrd by the tornado which struck this city and section is con servatively estimated at $1. ">0.000. The \ irginia-( arolina Chemical Company is the heaviest loser, the damage to their plant being estimated at $50,000. The Georgia Col 1 011 Oil Company, the Artesian ( ilv lee ('ompany, the Cen tral of Georgia Haiiway Company the telephone and telegraph - eomjianies were heavy losers. It was near 110O11 Thsursilay before normal eonditionr as to wire conununicat ions with the outside world were restored. Two dead, four seriously injured and r. la rge nninher slightly injured are in cluded in the revised casualty lis!. All the tleat! and seriously injured are negroes. ? McCall Pays the $235,000. New York. Special. John A. Mo 1 Call, president of (he New \ ork Life Insurance Company, lias paid to (lie company' the $2;5.">,000 advanced t ? ? An drew Hamilton an so far n? > t account ed l'??r by Mr. Hamilton. Thomas I*. Fowler. cliair.na 1 of the company V investigating committee appointed h\ tin* hoard of trustee.-. received a c!i>e!> from Mr. McCall for ,$S.'?.(i()() ami nolc for ^ I .">0.04)0. A meeting of i!ie I oard of trnstecs was calbV. and i! v. :?s ac cepted as a fad lUal Mr. Mi Ca'I's resignation as proidcut will he then presented. Went to Sleep on Track. Danville, Special.-- A young man named lless, whose residence is un known, was killed by a train near Hut (in, X, C. He bad been employed a> a flagman ami' had been sent out to flag a train. While waiting he leli asleep on the tracks and was run over. The body has not been called for, and it is 'being1 held for orders. By Wire and Cable. An order for 20,000 freight cars placed by the German Government is to mean that preparations are being made to- move troops to the frontier as an answer. to similar aetion on the part of France. Charles Edwards, a wealthy retired chemist of New York, was mysterou* ty shot while stepping in the'Tiome of his brother-in-law, Charles A. ilillor. in New Haven, and died as a result oi the wottud. Occurrences of Interest from i All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wido Range? What is Going j On iu Our State. General Cotton Market. Galveston x(<?a<l\ 11 11 -Hi New Orleans wry steady .. II II- Ul M < ? I ? i 1 ?? < i i f ii 1 1 1 ?? Savannah steady 11 7-Hi < ImrleKton tinn II1 t Wilmington sieudy 1 1 1 i Norfolk linn Il'o Baltimore nominal 1 1:( i New Yoi I; < |ii ii*t . ! Hl.*? Most Oil < 1 1 1 i?* t 1 1 11.) Philadelphia steads 1220 I lnusiun steady II 1 1 - 1 ( ? Augusta steady II 1 1 -Hi Memphis (piicM 1 1 ''s St . I ,ouis quiet 1 1 Louisville linn !l 'i Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Good itiiddl l II -4 I I .< ?0 Strict m idd I i sitr 1 1 1 ?? M iddliiu; 1 1 ;t s Good middling tinges 1 1 :''k St ricl niidulin g I inncs 11 1 g Stains I 1 , More Rapid Transit to Isle of Palms. Charleston. Special. -Plans have been perfected by the < 'ousoUdated eoinpaiiv for an improvement oi the scr\ 'ice between ('harleston and the ls|e of I'alms which will laud passen gers between the terminals in I I niin ules or less, adding to the popularity of the resort. A new >icel hull steam o?' is to take the plaee of the ?ld ( ( itnnodore Perry, new three-track tcrininafs are to be built at the Isle of Palms and new engines are to he Sullivan's Island. The three-track service will be for the purpose of pro viding a su pa rate run for the passen ger, cars along Sullivan's Island and Mount Pleasant, allowing, the other track to be usc<(f exclusively for the express service between Charleston and the Isle of Palms. The station will he a fine one at the resort, pro viding protection lor J he public iu had weather. To Preserve Mills' Assets. I Charleston, Special. ? in the United Slates Circuit Court here Judge Braw i lev tiled jiii order in the ease of the j I Union and Buffalo Cut Ion Mills Com- I panics against the I'nion Manufact ur- i ing and Power Company, of Baltimore ami the Cnion National Hank, of Ma honoy, Penn., restraining and enjoin ing the defendant, company from dis posing of property or Assets or from contracting or obligations other than absolutely necessary for the custody and presevatiou of l he property. The Mercantile Trust & Deposit Company is enjoined from selling or disposing* of the bonds of the I'nion Manufac turing ?, c Power Company, now held or controlled by it- Defendants are ordered to show cause January 17 why a receiver should not be appointed. Child Burned to Death. Conway, Special. ? Sad news reach ed here from Wampee that an infant child of Mr. ami Mrs. ,1. Z. Ward of that place, while playing around a stove, caught its clothing all re and burned to death. The infant was too young to attract attention, and the burns were too far advanced to pre vent death. The accident is n great shock throughout the county. Mr. and Mrs. Ward are among the best people of the county, and have the sympathy of their many friends. A Dispenser cn Trial. Laurens, Special.? 'flic court of s? s- i sious is enynged with the cast* of the i Siai<- against A. I?. Sullivan, for mer dispenser at this place, charged j with breach of truM i?1 misapvuopri- i atiny fluids of the dispensary to lit. extent ol about jfl.SSM). The alleged shortage was discovered several years ago but I lie case has never been s-el ! led in court . The Removal of Ulnier. (!ov. I ley ward has removed from of fice Magistrate Cliner. who by his Ila grant disregard tor dntv&was largely responsible for the fearful lynching in Barnwell county. The (Jovcrnor has taken a step iu the right direc tion, but he shoul follow it up witji moie drastic measures. Death of Mrs. Roper. (.aureus, Special ? Mrs Caroline Ma lm iTev Koper, wife of Mr. 1,. U. H oper of Paul, this county, <lied at her home alter a lingering ilness. The funeral and burial services took place at Ka bun Creek Baptist church, 1'J miles w est of Laurens. ? Charleston^ Record. Charleston, Social. ? The coroner'? annual statement, made up Tuesday, show's that he ofliciated in 50 cases* during the past year, there having been this number of violent deaths, which does not include the many sud den deaths from natural causes. There were 24 homicides and two suicides. l>oth of t lie latter being prominent white citizens. Of the deaths, JO were accidental, Kight ol* t lie number ?.'cre I killed in the raitrond yard*. ? NEW INDUSTRIES SPRING UP I The State Starts the New Ycai With Signs of Great Industrial Activity. J he banners' Loan and Trust min pan.x l- a Mishopvill* concern. The <-a pit a! is ?'JM,0U0 ami I In* olliccis arc: W. A. <1 a iltes, president ; I, A , \ ice president ; Mel laid t>a\'.s, M'e retary. and .1 Ito-coc I'ailor, treas I uri'i . I'lic Jackson 14.. 1 1 1 - at' I \ a. in Ander son, <-;i | > 1 1 :i 1 1 t at 'f.iJ.'t.OiMi, leccived a charier. Tin* otliccrs an : I >. I'. M >? j Krayei, picMdcnt au?l 1 1 ?*r ; .1 I*'. | McDonald, secret ar\ aiul, I" t '. .lack son a.-.-if t ant treasuivi Tin' I'dens < mn|?an> .>l Sumter re ceived a cliai lei. I !:i- is a ueneral merchandise ??? ?i ? 1 1 >:t ?i\ capitalized at jj?|0,tMM> and the ntlirrvs arc: II. T. I'ajcns, president; T. T. t !attiil(<>>), \ i iijfsideiit and t rear uiv; !!. S. }'. Wells, secretary . The < ircenv > I i>k News ( ninpanv increased its capital stock from 1 1 001) tu $20,000. .1. |', t ahlvvel! i.-. pres ident and l>. II. Met 'it'.loifih secretary. A commission was issued in j the (Jreer's Live Stock coiupanv. capital-' ized at $ 1.000. The cnrpiM atoi s au*r d. \|. \\", Kid, L. II. Littlelicld. <). 1'. Smith and Frank Bureess. Tin- ( ietieral Mainil act uriui*' com pany of Orau.^vhur*: will make and sell cement products. The capital i ^ $2.01)0, A commission was issued to Willi. on ( '. W olfe, Joseph A. Merry and Thoiiuis l?". Hrantley. A chartcr was Issued the \ a 1 1 ? ? \ 1 lit - provemeiil company of Warrctivillc. in A itii ?n county. Tin* capital is $>.000 and the officers are: \\ . A. Kd wards, president and tresurer; las. I'. I'.d wii ids. vice president, ami t Maude K. I Sa w y??r. secret a r.v. Shooting in Laurens. I. aureus. Special. John Madden was shot in the neck hy Waiter Thompson, lioyd is said l<> he htidly wounded ami the physicians have hewn unahio to locate the hall from Thomp son's pistol. I loth are yoi my men, scarcely passed their majority. Thompson is the sou of IMohatc Judge O. ((. .Thompson ami is himself just re covering from a wound received in a dilliculty at t'alhouu I'alls three weeks a^o. lie has not heen arrested. The shooting occurred at a store belonging to a relative of Thompson's, on the outskirts of town, and is said to have heen the result of a <|uarrel. Killed as He Sang. Kdfieltcld. Special. After ami ex traordinary .calm ami peaceful Christ mas I hvoii^litiii t Kducliehl. a most hor rible affair took place here when Kin 11 ia 1 ioHoway, a i ? woman of some -50 years ol' age, killed a negro 1ml of 17. named Waller Toland. Tim wo man suddenly struck llie hoy a heavy blow on the lower neck, from which lie died in a lew minutes. The boy is sit ill to have been sitting on or near a public sidewalk sinning. The wo iimii- was immediately arrested and lodged in jail. The jury of imjuest gave a vcrdict in ae<'or?lauce with the tacts as above stated. The State and Her Finances. Some lime ago tin* Slate treasurer announced that he had on hand hut about $ I ?">0,000 with -which to meet I the outstanding interest accounts due | by the State and payable on the 1st of January. The treasurer appealed to the patriotism of the people of the Slate to pay their taxes at as early a date as possible in order that lie might have funds sutllcenl U? ?)oet the $2! )">,( >0(1 which lie must pay. Mr. S. T. Carter staled -Monday that lie had received up to the 'Jitth $.'>1*2,000 ? or more than . the amount needed im mediately. Negro Chjld Burned. Simile r. Special. Joe Lang. ?If., a colored infant, eiyht in<>nihs ol' a^e, was left i:i a room by himself on Tues day and the child's clothing, ?.itch inu lire from spuiks I'rotti the tin place. t!i?- child was so badly burned that he died within a few hour-. The accident occurred jnst outside the city limits on w? -1. Liberty stwvi. Homicide in Leo County. Ibshopville, Special. ?On Monday while at a gathering of negroes near i'.lliott, where they wi're shooting at a bull's eye, I'd Davis was -shot and instant ly. kilhM hv Tom McXair. both colored. Slit-riff Muldrow and Coro ner Brown were nolilied of the shoot ing and went immediately t^^lUt- scene. Sheriff Nluldr?'Av"~^^-it>J<f thaC-Me Xair had coifie on up to mshopville to surrender. lint as yet he has not shown up. The coroner's jury returned the usual verdict. It is said that McNair claims to have acted in self-defense. Item 8 of State News. Mr. John M. Daniels has been com missioned bv the governor to audit the bonks and accounts as the State dis pensary. CJov. Hey ward has offered ft reward of $100 for the arrest of Samuel Far re r, the Fairfield despnrado, who, while serving a life sejitam-e, was used at the State farm, and there cs- ? raped. | ARREST IN EOWABDS MSI Cornier Orders Maxcy Hillcr, Broth ef-in-L:?w, Held NEW HAVEN'S MURDER MYSTERY lni|u<ut l inti TIh'iv 11 h>i licfu I'.IIUm I trllr.u (her liolitlR ul AtrJ ' II 1 1 1 Mint flint K?l w .1 i.l ? i?n<l ? 111* Wir? >1 :*<l trxiiif.l lot lht<li live* ? I tin < u??* t>i * Nul?li?ill. N e xv lla\?n, i '* > 1 1 1 1 As a startling climax to a May fraught with sensation- j 1(1 incidents III Hit' i II VCSt l(j!l 1 i< >11 lllto J tlic death ul Charles A. Kd wards in the , hoiiu* <ii his hroihcr-iu law, Judge < Charles A 1 1 1 ll? r. in Coilege sIi'itI, j i here fii'iif tin* il'.'tciil ion for a couple . of hours ol A Max?v lliller, lawyer, j former ;il' '-iilrlll Ol' l hi' Hoard of -M i dcrnicti Jiiul candidate lor Mayor of j tliU city* The detention of lliller, whoj also was ft,i)ioili?M- In law of Kdwards, i did iiyi eonupue beyond t ln? hearing. | Tin u ln> wnn' driven to his home in a carriage \v<Jth two detectives ami a ' uniformed policeman. Coroner .\lfV eatd positively that : Maxey was uol under surveillance, and there was absolutely no charge agains; j him. Ho was >im,ily a witness. \o> only did I ln> temporary detention of IlilhT. who is one of the most prom- ' i I : I ini'll ill this city, cyme IIS n Stir | prise. hill it revealed a light in one of j ill.' oldest and proudest families iu this State over the estate of a mother, in v hi'li brother and sister are arrayed ? gainst brother. The testimony on which Miller was detained was given before Coroner Mix by .Mrs. Kdwards. the widow, who is a sister of th<> man under detention, and by Judge diaries 1 1 iller, his liro! her. The action of i lie Coroner was due also in part to the many contradictory statements .Maxcy lliller iiad made since tile death of his brot^mr-in law and the fact ahal.'ever sincetne death of his mother, he had been in a contro versy with his brother and with Ed-' wards, who represented his wife, in the settlement of his mother's estate. .Maxcy denies that he knows anything about the shooting, and says he was asleep in his own home when the deed was committed, lie was detained after being questioned for four hours by Cor oner Ml*, and was taken to Police Headquarters, where he was placed In charge of two detectives. . , Following the order to Detective Her- t geant Ward to take lliller to Police Headquarters there was a short delay, in order that Hriiss P. Arvlne, ids coun sel. could be reached by telephone. He came over and accompanied lliller to headquarters. lliller walked calmly along the street, hut on reaching tin lo Indian mills'. Yet x\e former oountry Itho latter. Thin In <)0 fact tlmt Indian n lining plants only, .(g no looms at all, loy spin being- sold 1 on the domestic *'ie bulk of the re i.o China to be usod t Germany Imports of yarn annually h0K ... . . T. mi r\ \ t/uviti -vrv I f\ me with a nast/ right off the reol i Hoeing my chanC< around the body on the turf witn shook tho wind < wont to our corn all for mo. In tho third roun fight, but If I had Jako a lot of tin his gamenoes push that was coming t old. ami. likC,riiu?'*otlicr members 01 Ids family and ill . of his brother it** law. he lias been prominent in circles of culture and refinement. He is chair man of the Hoard of Directors of the . City Library, and for several months ; lias been active in having tile library j enlarged. Tlie dentil of Kdwards in 1 lie home . of lii.s brotlu r-in-la\v under circum stances tluit led t!ie police to belle vo j I he had been murdered brought* into i Jin- ?a.-e (>>o families winch tor gener- | atioiis have trod tlie shaded path of ! learning, and which now suddenly find j themselves in the full glare of the po- i lice limelight. In a nurshi'll ilie fnct revealed In the Kd wards murder case are as f?S- : low* : Autopsy disproves possibility of .sui cide. I Aosenee of ihe weaf>on from which! the fatal shot was lired precludes acci- ' dent. | .Members M 1 li o family admit that , bad feeling existed over disposition of Ihe SKio.tHHi estate of Mrs. Abigail Hil-1 lor. iiioihcr-iti law of the dead man. | IM wards had complained to a friend | In New York lhat lie had incurred the | iMimif.v of a relative by marriage and was in fen r of his life. Allan Maxcy lliller, brother-in-law. j dlii not speak to Kd wards when they J met ill the llilhr hoiuestend oil Ihe I 'J'ue-day afternoon before the tragedy. j diaries Alhlis lliller and KihvartN j enjoyed a pleasant evening before re tiring Hie night of I lie mill'der. . Mrs. Kdwaril*. her brother Charles j nnd her husband were opposed to Allan Maxcy lliller being made adminbtra- . tor of i lie 1 1 illcr ??.?;a t<V ! ^ulv three persons ai*? known t>> hn\e had kiys to ihe fllller house, where i!i" yiurd'-r was committed Mrs. Kdward*. diaries and Maxcy Ilil le:\ Xervanis in the house declared ftiat lights that had be. n put out when all went to bed were hurtling in tlie morn ing. The back door was found un locked. A wallet known to have contained Important pa|M>rs is missing from Mr. Edwards' clothing, money and watch were not taken. Allan Maxc.v lliller arrested in New Haven pollco and ln-H without hall. Predicts a Panic. .Tycob TI. SchitT. in a speech before the Chamber of Commerce. New York City, predicted n panic in the event of a failure to reform the currency. Shakes !HHK) Hands. The Presid nr shook hands with over fXX>0 quests at a reception at the White llouse in Washington. i>. C. McCIellnn's Lu^t Ofllce. Tn taking 1he oath Mayor McClellnn, of New York City, said it was probably the last office lie would ever hold. = " Killed In It lot. A I tempting th quell a new year riot In Ids saloon at Belleville, law Tanuebili killed Wllliiun Bonien. PU I OU I OF WHITE HOUSE ! I'olio + I' j^o' Mr-*. Morris, Who * c.i to Seo KiosevelL Slutri o I Kr |ir#k)>itlH I i vi* Mull I tiNl <!?><l mi | < ft .1, | > I :? i ii tin; lo (lit* I ' i t*i I < i' lit tit llii II II ?li ii Hi I'm Hi* i ? V.i I. I W :i > 1 1 1 ii v. i ? < ? i . ! > Scre.'i in' 1!^ atnl I ??s i i ?i;jf mi Iw'.MIy :iii<I s i v cheinenti v licit hln- i-a .i- (I a pan.i' in Mini a!. out tin' While ) Mis. Minor wife ?>1 In Mil or \ 1 1 1 ;??- i s ami a sis'i :? in law <ii 1!< n. i -entail \o Hull, of low a, Chairman ni the 1 i ? 'onnuitti'o mi 1 Military All.;.-. was carried t^diiy i I r<>in the K\i ? .it i\ e i iiii>- 's nf liii- \V ii.;i* Hnitv ti.\ a | ii ?1 ' ? i ! :i 1 1 . a S? c;vt SilV'.Pe in. in ami a servant in tin* President'." household. | >t:l ? I'll in a pa tut} w?:.4<ni ami si'iit t<? i iic 1 louse nt l)i ;i in .on. I lor offense wa? irsisiiny upon sccniy President I ! no- 1' \ rlt to :isU lor ihe l< installment of her hu-iiand as a cifu iv in llie iilhri* <>| i lir Utiv^foU l!euc,'ai, cremiun a scene ii 1 1 1 >? i-'xi'i ut .e ollttys. and l et living lo leave w hen re quested to do so lS* Assistant SiVn .ary it !?'. I'.ai lifS, in r?i i, sli(_> w K,v SO <ii lei uiiiH'ii to mm* tin* President m liciiali of h?*r hmdmud that she took a scat in tin* rcccption loom and threatened lo i'iini|) out lln re lor a i tic mi 1 1 1 or until her miui'st tor an i;.*ervlew had liven granted. 1; wa? i>y all odds tin* juum (list .ehsiiiK Mi-ni' ? hat had iii*?*ii en aeled in m l.ear the While 1 loose v., lire I Mr. P.o.i-cvclt lieejiino I 'reiid.Mil . and ? allied nr??at i'\< Ui-nn*nl and much re Kiel. Mrs. Mollis i s an accomplished mu sician, a woman of education and eul line, who has traveled abroad. She is the wife of Dr. Minor Morris, who i Home time a;jo was diMinissed from tin* 1 I iliteil States Army Medical Museum. It was soon after 1 oVloi-U p. in. that Mrs. Morris, handsomely gowned, en tered the Executive ollices. Sin* is ahoiit fifty yen I'm old and stout. Mrs. Morris was released from the House of Detention Into In tin* after noon. The charge of disorderly con1 duet was wiped ofl' tin* Plotter hy di rections from the White House.' She was then charged with insanity The police surgeons ex^iiiincd Mrs. Morris, hill decided thu< she was perfectly sane ami ordered her release. MISS KOOSKV KI.T'K WKDDIMS. II Will Take Place in the While? House Nwii oil rVliniiiry^fi Washington, I). C.?Tlie President mikI Mrs. Roosevelt announced that the wedding ol' .Mi** Alli'c Roosevelt to Representative f.ongworth, of Clucin nnti, would occur ?)ii Saturday. Febru ary 17. at noon, in tin' Fast Kooni of till' White I louse. The Ki'v. I ?r. Henry Yates Sntterlee* Misliop of Washington, \v!U officiate, fssisted liy the Rev. Roland Cotton uilth, rector of St. John's Church, 'ollowing the wedding ceremony a aireakfasl will lie served in the stnte a(lnlng room, Muckner Wnlllngford. of ou luclniuiti, a binlher-in-law of Mr. ei??ongworth. will probably be the best iiian,' hud Representative Robert jAibuns, of Pennsylvania. and Henso't Ilu'oraker, son of Senator Foraker, will ode two of the usher*. Mellamy Stofcr. o inerican Ambassador at Vienna, has .fpplicd to the Stale Department for leave of absence to attend the wedding. Mrs. Storer is a relatlvo of Mr. l.oi^g worth. RODRKH'KZ K 1 1,1.101 > IN IIAYTI. (iencral Ccspvdev Routs Ills Hm-m.v and Knds His Ambitions. < 'ape H.tytien. 1 1 ay t i. ? < Jenernl l>cm' etrlo 1 tod I* 1 1.' i ii*'/. whom* ririny uiimiu>. cexsfully attacked I'orto Plata, was killed by therforei s of the present < Jov eruiuont of Santo Domingo, command ed by (iencral Cesped.es. The (Jovernm. 'ill's troops at:ack'?d Rodriguez outside of I'orto l'lata, in ? he position :o which* lie retreated. Stubborn fighting followed, many be ing killed ? wounded. Rodriguez's army was routed and its leader. wiio had announced Unit he would he a enn didate for President if he captured Porto Plata, was killed. Porto Plata's streets are almost de serted. stores are closed and business has stopped. (iencral Demetrio Rodriguez. called I he "Czar of Monte C|intl." his native place, was known by many .young New Yorker*, having been for two yc.'trs a student at Sr. John's College, Fordlntm. lie left there two years ago to renin.' to Santo Domingo. KXPRHSS COMPANY ItOKKKD. About 518,(100 Taken Met ween Atlanta ami New York Cily. Washington. 1 >. c. It was learned that a tn *1K,<mki was taken from an express pouch between Atlanta, < la., ami New Y< rk a few days ago. The Southern Kxpress Company received tin* package at Augusta. Front there it went to Columbia, S. C\. and it ar rived in Washington early on Sunday morning. The Adam* lOxpress Com pany sent "it to New York, nrul thorc the loss was discovered. OfHclal* of [ the express company are making mil investigation. but nothing has yet been I found to indicate wli|^t<K>k the money. Charge Fraud in Franchise Tax. Charge?, of the most scrlou* charac*. I?>r involving a branch o i the govern ment of New York State, which col lects the franchise tax upon corpora"-' lions amounting to between JJKI.OO'MKm) and a year, have been ttlod with State Controller Otto JKeisey. at Albany, Mr. Kelsey wild that ho would begin ; n immediate investigation. Iron and Steel I.ead. Iron and steel lead the industries !n strength of demand and prices. British Aliens Act Hi gins. The new Eriilsh A'ltcns*'Act bceaine operative. Staples Remain Strong. Staples generally maintain all their old strength. - v; J Retail ClearAwo Sale*. Retail clearance sales have begun rather earlier then usual. Youth at C?ii<*rfonia, Minn,, Shools (ittve H ";lj)lcGJ Women. hEJEOTtD L'.VEHTAKfcS REVENGE U-ll., liimx-ll Itv Sr||.|ri''t(M?'() 1Yomii<4 hi tin ll<;til ? On? Sl?lt?r of III* rt>?f rl li ni I hi H,in?? % wliil J'ritjftMljr ? it-iil ;:?<| ||<iiii? linvi'lllllll I'K Vntiliy Ni'l (liltili < ill lll?i Vlrillllli i ';:lf!ln.ii.i. M inn. Prcujsy nr'Sing I'l'.Kll iti^.l |I| oillt IIH'I'J ill wllllt lie <-all<*l I.ivr l".l :i ymiii'4 dental k t m 1 ? ? * 1 1 in tho I ;il versliy > i Minnesota, Matthuw S:\ t<i i in' ?.liU'iJiruTiii'l.v (?dwTiWIiy ii "fil-'i- i>l three cii ;l 1 1 ? I to I I.' xiiwt his k\\ ??<?! li??nrt to tli :< tt*l s nt. I':; ',iil bullets through her mother : i : ? I sifter, Then he wounded himself 1 i*;> . iixl recovery illiit Hung hint serf down to die wiili li I ^ head <iu "tli t* bvyattl. ??!" lu r hi* would have wed. Nnuif of tli.' women had a <hu nee tor life. Tho ,.i.* ii *hoi ( hem down one ul'ter another v )ic sped from room to room. I Varl Wlii'.-r.uii, 1 1 m- i inr." liver V imunoritjt. w is ,1),* Ifl.st lie .vhot before tiji'liiug. liii> weapon <ni him so >i . Her mother, Mrs.' S. N. \Y Ilea ton, ami iter . tdstei* Until It'll In li ? *i* defence. A smaller <-iM. : csc.iped student's bullets by ii?;' k i 1 1 k i living leap through :t WlliildW h\ \\ hi-h Styer cut erod tlliA housr. Stycv i:. iii hi'i'ii icjeeleiL/ by Pearl \V lien ton. 11.' WIMlt to till! JlOUSC It* tin' railv hours, when he UnexV Wheaii'ii hail not returned home, ami rapped on i lie hall door for admittance. Mrs. When ton opened the door a fjMV inches and told the you tit; man he could not riitcr her home. St>er hurled liim sili against tin" door, hilt it wfy'fc held by a safety chain. Then he fuhIhmI along the veranda to a window iinrl smashed it with a blow of his list. Hit* hand was rut severely, hut lie Wat on paiir alter pane until all the ({lass wu* broken, and then he buttered down tll?? trame. Wood was streaming from tl?r? uashrs in his wrists when he apran< Into the house. "Vott must n't come here'." cried It til 1% Whratoii. . >. ?? "1 niusi see Pearl," Styer shouted. "Stand hark!" shrieked the girl, Jew eling a revolver at the Intruder. The* maddened man snatched the pistol froin her grasp and shot her thrice Hot!! builets pierced her brejisi, ami ???#? sank uiieousclous to the lloor. Styer - leaped across her. only to he confront ed by Mrs. Whcaton. "You shan't kill both my daughters.**" " the mother st-rcamed, throwing herself upon hi in. lie shot her through 4 tul arin, but she grasped him about the neck "with the other and tried to him to the floor. He fired again, lliff; hall passing through her throat, uiul .she. fell across the sensless glrf. "rcarl! Pearl!" cried Styer, bounding upstairs. Jt was then the child got away. The elder Miss Wbeatou wan barricaded in her room. Styer borxt:! the'tovk and pushed hack the fur?t~ lure that Jield the door. Ho Kent r ImiW let through the young woman's besrt auf} shot Himself In" the head. Ttl?*' girl's body was found on the floor by neighbors. Half way across 'If," lilw head above the heart his bullet had pierced, lay Styer dying. Surgeon* found "that heart cleft It* twain. They said they coijld not save the lives of. the wour.ded^jJeraonB. farmer llulvhrri lumllr. Rochester, Mich.? Alarmed by? the de scried appearance of tho farm bou^ of riarenre A. Itanium, who recently net tled near here. neighbors broke flit**. I lie houifyt and found Baruutu, bfa wlf#. * 1 ?*;- [iOuis;, t\gicu ^hrce, and Iiis son. Chester, aged hIjc-' tetoi, all lying dead. The wife and tb? son aiul daughter had apparently been murdered with an nx. A single.-bnrreled * hot gun lying hi? corpse and the fact that bis Ir??ff was almost entirely blown off, phowetf * how Barnnm himself had met bis end Mr?. Barnnm's body lay in tbtf wood-, shed. It appeared that she bud bceii able to r?vi*f the murderer for a brief time, or at any rate had succeeded in eluding him long enough to reach Mw shed. Here she was struck down tttul"" met the same fate that bad befsiietr" her son and daughter. . HarntiMi sold a farm near ITou'etv Mich., only a few months ngo mT came here late In the season. Kit* said that the harvest In Ills new lionic tiid not meet ids expectations and that he had lieepAic despondent. IIiIh was made evtflejit in a letter be bad written to a brother in Waterloo. X. Y. Two other sorts and a daughter were? away from home \vh6n the tragp'dj^ occurred. ? ? William Barnum is editor of the Col lege News Letter, an official publica tion of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. .Joint Barnum * lives ii? Cold water, Mich. The SWVXttlitr daughter. Mary Barnum, lives in Al bion, Mich. HERMAN' ARMY'S NEW IIKAJ>. Count von Moltke, Nephew of I-'auious Commander, In Command. Berlin. ? Jormany.? I.leutenant-(?c?er? N?l Count von Moltke haS, been appolut ed Chief of the General Staff, succeed ing Field Marshal Count von StwJef fen. 1IS? is the nephew of the fnmoua Count von Moltke. Puerto Plata Besieged. The Dominican revolutionists be1 sieged Puerto Plata, and all ingress ft.4 egress from the town was stopped ex cept for those who wlshed^o go on board the American war ships. ("Juid and Silver Production. The preliminary estimate ?f.tbe IM-? "rector of the Mint, at Washtngttitf, 1>- " C. upon Hie production of gold and ' silver in the United States in tbftjMfc... endar year J1UV? s|iows a gain pf suoc ~ proximately .*tf.OOt?,(KK? hi gold and " OOU.QOO ounces of silver over tlie net of 190-1. The N >H hv.'est Prosr- ?ro*?r. The Nor.bwest was never ca r* it 1 =? to-day. NcTPr befrtre .ir<U?. ?w uiuvh !:j ??ireulation there,' ,'T..