The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 30, 1906, Image 1
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VOLUME XVII. . \\ CAMDKN, S.C., FUIDAY, MAIJCII :i0, ism:.
NO. 12.
All H Of Mill
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f ather Kills his Daughter and i
himself
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OPPOSITION TO MARRIAGE CAUSE I
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Brooding Over Prospect of Separa
tion, Devoted Parent, His Mind
Unbalanced, Shoots Daughter at
Home m Everett, Muhs., Three
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Houm Before Time Set For Wed- |
ding to Florida Man and Suicides. |
KvcrcU, Mass., Special. lx'.-s tlum
throe lit >11 1 h before flip t imc set lor
her \v?'<l(l iii<{ l'aii>\ Towuscud was
ami iu<?nuii\ wounded i>y her
i a i her, Joseph 1'. Townsend, in their
home in (his city, Townsend then
Ins own lite with a bullet.
Miss Townsend was to have been
married to FrancU I!. Perry. of Fort
M vers, Fla., at ti o'clock Monday
night nt t ho People's Temple, Boston.
Karly in l lie afternoon, tin; tat her
?cnt the only other member of the.
family, his li>yoar-old< son. Joseph,
i<? I'aSt Boston on an errand connect
ed with the coming wedding. 'l'iie hoy
ret urned about 4 ,:i*? ami let himself
into the house with a key. Callinj?
to his father and receiving mi an
-wcr, h" pushed open the silting room
door and entered. On the floor lay
i he dead hotly of his father, the head
in a pool of blood, and a small rifle
Heroes the knees .Beside him was a
revolve'- of a heavy ealibre. Mi-s
Towngtyiil ? lay upon a eoueh at the
?.ivle of the I'ONin and, according to
the boy 'a statement, was still alive.
The hoy tried to force sonui brandy
down Ins sister's throat, and failinir,
hurried after doctors. When they ar
rived the girl was dead. She had been
shot through the head.
The only clue to the cause ol the
tragedy wa? thi- noie, written by
Townsend: ~ ' ? '
"Al 4.!>0 ! have taken niy daugh
ter's life and my own. 1 do ibis
rather 'ban see her the wile ol Hrau
.?is Pony. "
Cameaw Offers $25,000 to Roanoke
College.
Salem, VaM Special.-- President .1.
A. Morehead announces that Andrew
t'arnegie offers lo yive $2,"), 000 for a
new endowment fund for Koauoke
t'ollege when a like sum -has been
raised and tl^e debt of $10,000 on
I he new building has been paid. The
object of proposed new fund of $,">0,
000 is to add professorships on ac
count of increasing ^Indent attend
ance. Kvery elTorf" witklio nuuie'To
mceL-the terms o \j the pnJposifion.
J. CSMcwRts^/Convicted of Man
slaughter.
Florence. Special.? -CourL of ses
sions adjourned Saturday at (>:30
o'clock The last ease tried was that
of Jo sue (Moments for killing Joseph
1 laker Inst wee k. The jury returned
a verdict, of guilty of manslaughter.
Me was sentenced to four years in the
penitent iary. after being refused a
now trial. An appeal was taken to
the. Supreme Court and Clements was
released on a $10,000 bond. It will
lie remembered that Clements and
I taker had some* ilillieuly last week
about some disrespetct ful talk Baker
had had about young Clements sister.
Secret Service Men Will Investigate.
Ch.'tt t inooira, Special.? The De
partment of Justice at Washington
has sent tour secret scr\ iee men here
to investigate the lynching la->t Mon
day night of' I'M Johnson, a negro
prisoner charged with assault, an ap
peal in whose favor has been granted
Ilia!; day by the Supreme Court of
the Uii'tod States.
News Items.
Chinese pirates captured and stole
arms ami ammunition from .a Stan
dard Oil Company's launch near
< "an ton.
The French miners' strike is break
ing up.
Rns Makonnen, (Jovcrnor of Ilar
i ar, Abyssinia, is dead.
ft is said the American suggestion
1or a mixed police force in Morocco
will not be pressed at Algcciras.
Crime is keeping pace with repres
sive measures adopted in llussia.
On. Juiio Sanbully, who took part
in the Cuban insurrections of 1 S<>S
find 1897 and was snspeett?d of lndnif
iij the pay of the Spanish Oovennient,
died ot 1 la van*.
Republicans fear that the disaffec
tion of the labor vote may cause
thorn to lose the Httse at the next
-?4cc4um. ^
Several villages in the Island of
SamtT, GrrmauSamoa* have !>een do*
troyod by a volcanic eruption.
WORK OF CONGRESS
What is Being Done Day by Day By
the National House and Senate.
Statehood Bill Revived.
lho statehood bill wait taken from
the speaker's table in tlio House and
placed in the lutnds ol' conferees and
a inquest made of the Senate for a
conference on the disagreeing: wan
not accomplished without many words
and vote*. It was developed at once
however, that there were votes en
ough to carry out the programme
ot the Icuders. Then followed 40
minutes of lie i* v speeches, some of
which provoked the amusement of the
large attendance of members and
il>?? et'ou'ded galleries. Then came
the ilnal vote on the adoption of the
rule, which 17.") members approved]
and lf><> op|K)sed. Messrs. Hamilton {
of Michigan; Brick, of Indiana, and
Moon, of Tennesse, were appoined the
conferees on the pi^rt of fl^*.! louse.
The features of tltafriebate were
remarks by .7. Adam Bede, of Min
nesota, during which he told of his
approval of the President, particular
ly because he had given his daughter
in marriage to a member of the
House of Representatives and not to
a degenrate prince or to a repre
sentative of "that house of deten
tion at the other end of the capitol."
Mr. Dalzcll, of Pennsylvania, cham
pioned the special rule, and Mr. \Y?l-j
liams, the minority leader, suggested
that Republicans would need the s|K.'
c:al prayer of the chaplain after they
had made their record on statehood.
Several other short speeches followed
Would Ruin New England.
The railroad rate bill occupied prac
tically all of the time of the Senate.
There were two speeches, one by Mr.
Lodge and the other by Mr. Spooner.
Mr. Ix>dge spoke in advocacy of his
amendment looking to the enlarge
ment of the inter-state commerce
commission and in doing so replied
sharply to some recent utterances by
Commissioner Prouty. Referring to an
interview by the commissioner, Mr.
Lodge spoke first of an utterance of
Eugene Debs, and then said that it
was not capable of doing wo much
harm as Mr. Prouty. 's "statement. Ilev
outlined New England's nt tit tide to
ward the .-ate bill and said that with
the mileair-? system established all the
manufacturers in the New England
States would go destroyed. .
Mr. Lodge entered upon a plea in
support of the various provisions of
his amendment, first taking up the
distribution of the commissioners
throughout the country on the basis
of the judicial circuits, when he was
interrupted by Mr. Tillman, who ob
jected to this method of selection be
cause of the importance of the com
mission, and Mr. Poraker agreed with
liim, saying that location should not
be considered in filling the commis
sion. "If/' he said, "we are going
to have a rate-making commission, 3
shall insist upon the confining of the
number to three and that all be res
idents of Washington and free from
prejudice." As goinir to show h<<(W
location might influence action by
commissioners, he eitcd a case in
winch Mr. Clements, a member of the
commission had "written an opinion
favorable to Rome, (la., his own city,
as compared with Atlanta, in the
maximum rate case.
$1,480,000 to Jamestown.
The House Committee 011 industrial
arts ami expositions decided to re
fommcml a total ? appropriation of
$1,480,000 for the Jamestown Expo
sition. Of this sum $285,000 is a
direct appropriation. The exposition
sought a direct appropriation to $1,
000,000.
For the construction of n pier at
the exposition grounds $400,000 was
approved, and other items wera agreed
upon as follows:
Government buildings, $250,000;
government exhibits, $200,000; ren
dezvous for army and naval officers, ]
$80,000; rendezvous for enlisted men,
$100,000; transport at ion for soldiers
and arms, $100,000; for an exhibit of
negro development, .$100,000.
The proposed appropriation of $40,
000 <f<fiight for building a pier at
Jamestown Island and improving the
islands was referred to a sub-commit
tee, which will investigate what
rights the government will have on
the island, which is owned chiefly
by private parties. In case the gov
ernment can improve the island on
satisfactory terms, this appropriation
doubtless will be agreed upon.
Pass Fortification Bill.
Mr. Spooncr concluded his speech
in the Senate on the railroad rate bill
and the fortifications appropriation
bill was taken up and passed. The
bill carries and appropriation of
$125,000 for the erection of a powder
innnu factory and Mr. Daniel spoke
at length in support of the provision.
He declared that thp nation was en
tirely at the mercy of a J< powder
trust" and urged that the amendment
should be adopted as a safegoaro. As
)?asscd the bill carries an appropria
tion of $5,278,903.
Mr. Tillman also spoke on the vate
bill, suggesting that the interEtate
commerce commission should have an
?berity^to enjoin, the railroads from ,
increasing their rates. He said the
iuggcatkm had ben made by a "corn
field lawyer" in OkUhoma. .
Occurrences of Interest From
All Over South Carolina
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MANY HEWS OF STATE NEWS
A. Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover
ing a Wide Range? What is Going
Ou in Our State.
General Cotton Market.
Galveston firm.. II I S
Now Orleans steady 10 l.Vlli
Mobile linn 10 7-8
8nvanim.il steady 10 13-10
Charleston firm 10 7-H
Wilmington steady 1<> 5
Norfolk firm . . 10 1 l-l(i
Baltimore nominal II .'l-S
New York quiet ll./>U
Boston ?|iii?'t 1 1
Philadelphia steady 1 ' .SO
Houston steady Ill -H
August a, tirm 1 l-S
'Memphis steady II l-S
St. I Amis firm J L I -S
Louisville tirm 1 1 ft-S
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These figures represent priees paid
to wagons:
Good middling II
Strict middling 11
Middling 10 7-S
Good middling tinged 10 7-S
| Stains 9 to 10 L-4
Board of Assessors.
I -ouipt roller General .Jones las; No
vember issued inst mictions to comity
auditors giving directions as to the
niuiinv-v in which proj>erty should b"
returned for taxation. In only one
eounty, Greenville, have his instruc
tions been di regarded.
llere the township boards raised the
points as to whether or not thev
should be requested to sign the oath
of olliee. Gov. Hey ward has been ap
pealed to by Mr. Jones to withhold
his signature from the commissioners
of these township boards unless they
subscribe to the oath. Last week Mr.
Jones gave out the following state
ment :
Permit me. to say that the country
government act was amended in 1800
abolishing boards of commissioners as
assessors and devolved the duties up
on township and special boards of as
essors and required the governor to
appoint on the recommendation of the
legislative delegaton. Certain count
ies named therein were exempt.
The act of 1800 lixed the term of
office of the township boards of asses
sors as conterminal with that of the
governor.
The constitution, article 4, section
17, requires the governor to commis
sion all officers of this State.
An appointee of the governor can
not assume or discharge the duties of
en office except by virtue of a commis
sion issued bv the governor, conferr
ing such authority.
It is not mv duty nor have [ noti
fied anyone in Greenville or anywher
Cist relative to appointments of town
ship assessors. His excellency, the
governor, was appraised of the fact
that only one assessor had been com
missioned in Greenville comity since
the act of 1800.
Code of laws 1002. Sees. ^17o'%ind
267. requires the comptroller geneiHil
from t iuW%^t ime to transmit to the
county auditors such forms and in
structions as lie may deem necessary
to carry into effect the provisions of
the tax lows. Th* instructions thus
given shall be obeyed by and shall be
binding upon all county, town and
munipal ollieers.
Hurt by a Train.
(treenville, S|>eeial.? Westley Hum
mey, a 14-vear-old hoy employed by
the , I'oo Mills, l'cll from a passing
freight train which lie was trying to
swing ?t tlit1 Huncombe street cross
ing latf Thursday afternoon ami ?s
ti result lies serously injured. The
hoy's left foot was horribly mauyled
by being crushed under the trucks.
Pharmaclutical Board.
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Columbia. Special ? The State
board of pharmaceutical examiners
met here to examine several appli
cants for permission to become licens
ed embalmers. There were four ap
plicants and two passed successfully
The members of the board present
were Dr. K. S. Hurnham of Charles
ton, Dr. M yron II. Saudi for of Hock
Hill, Dr. Matthews of liennct tsville,
l)r. DeLorme of Sumter. Dr. Frank
M. Smith of Charleston and Dr. O. V.
Owings of Columbia.
2'ound Dead in Tield.
Columbia, Special. ? Ilenry R.
Thomas, former railroad commission
er, was found dead in a Held on his
farm near Wcdgefleld Thursday ev
ening. He had been it burnt from the
house since morning and a searching
party found his body. He had been
ho>?rs. ? .The cause of
death was heart Vfiseasr-.fniin
he suffered for some tirae. No inquest
was held.
[ YOUN(i MAN SHOT 10 Ut IU H 1
M. .J. B. Gaylor Sl\ot and Instantly I
Killed hy M. Grove Mathis.
I ltl>hop\ ille, Special. IYid;l\ 1 1 1 u 1 1 1
?' ( In* home hi' Mi, \\'. |'. uiulaw ? ? f'
tin* H'-n ii>ti siM'i ion, 1,1V ?vi>iitii v, Mr,
(ilOVel Mill lit- -1 1. ?l ;l In 1 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 1 i \
killed Mr. ,1 K. (iavl'u, both vonm:
Well of lltal M't'l l? *1 I.
1' row i>il6iiuulioa . received it
Ki't'ins (lint t li?* i* was :i | i;t t'l v at the
house ot' Mr, Outlaw. Mr. ,1. |{, t Jay
lord escorted Mis? Alma t 'Uiyluiirtii
t<i (lie party. While 1 1 1 ? ? pleasures of
i
tin' owning were in progress and
everybody was apparently happv,
Mr. drover Mat hi* was taking a
prominade with Miss Coitghman.
When <?in of doors Mathis attempt
id to ! !?. k <? liln'i | ics with the young
lady. Sin* 1 ?* > i s i ? ? ? I this attempt ami
M"i''t I.V lebukcd 1 1 i 1 1 1 . lie |>ersistcd
and again annoyed her. She then
lctt him and went hark into the house
tiving. Mr. (taylord, her escort, and
to whom it is said she wax engaged
to he married, begged the young ladv
to tell him tin- cause of her trouble.
At first she declined to tell him, hut
finally intoimed her sweetheart thai
Mui his had persistently tried to take
liberties with her.
At an opportune time (laylord took
Mathis out into the hall for an iuter
veiw. After askinu Mathis why he
| had treated the young lady so un
geut leinanly, hot words brought on an
altercation. There are several reports
n> to how the tight started and how
the shooting was done, none of which
are pisitive, as this correspondent
has not been able to interview any
eye-witnesses. I'-irom repots. it
seems that (laylord had a knife and
Mathis had a pistol. When the light
was over (laylord was mortally
wounded ami-lived but a few minutes,
anil Mathis had one or two stabs'in
his shoulder. Mathis claimed to have
acted in ,sel I" defense. Tho reports
are conflicting ?>n this point, however,
some claiming that there was no ne
cessity or excuse for the killiiur, tlies/l
opinions being based on what they
have gathered from the reports.
Sheriff Muldr >w wa* notified altnul
! o elock and took Heputy Sheriff
Mooneyhyrm and wc?nf rn the seene of
tlie homicide. He wa* informed that
Mathis had come t<> llishovillr to sur
render. When ill.- >1 ic riff returned he
found Mathis here ami the prisoner
is now in jail.
D. G. Zelglcr Shot.
Sumter, Special. ? luigene Hogan,
Jr., shot I). <i. Seigle r Friday after
noon at 4 o'clock. The weapon used
was a 32?ealithre pistol. He fired five
times, the lirst ball entered directly
under the left whoulder blade and
took a downward fcourse toward the
right side. The second ball entered
just about two inches . hove the lirst
one and took au opposite course. The
third ball went between the bouv and
the elbow, grazing the tleslt on the
arm. The fourth and fifth shots went
wild. The tragedy was enacted on1
the stairway of the Winn building, l.'l
North Main street. Mr. Zeigler was
coming down the stairway. When
about haliy way down Mr. liogan be
gan tiring from the top of the stair
way. When the lirst ball struck
Zeigler lie turned, lie says, half way
around and begged Hogiiu to stop.
This accounts for the two balls cross- 1
ing each other in the body, presum
ably. Zeigler ran on down the stair
way info the street, then turned ami
went into Ourant's pharmacy where
he was made comfortahc until lie
could be taken to the Sumter hospital.
The physicians have made an exami
nation with the Kocnt:;fu X-rav, but
have tailed to discover the bullets.
New Entex-priscs.
'I'll" I >n ii k ?f I mini It has ask
ed I ?? t>i' incorporated. Capitali
zation to he Jfl 0,1)00. Corporators are:
II. Ballensre?*, .1. H. ( Josnell, .1. K.
(tihson, .1. A. Brock. .J. I). 1 1 ntri | ?li rics
ami Arch B. Calvert.
The Becker-Thomas-Bishop Com
pany of Sparl: uilmrir -isks for a com
mission. Tliis is n retail dim: ? com
pany to be capitalized at $0,000.
A charter was issued to the Bank
of Mt. Carinel, capitalization .$'2:~>,000
I?. F. Mauldin of Anderson is presi
dent ami .1, \V. Boyd is cashier. Di
rectors are: B. F. Mauldin, B. A.'
Boyd, John \\\ Morrah and T. M.
K no\*.
The Reedy Kivcr Power Company,
v. Iiicli was chartered by act of the
legislature, has paid the secre
tary of state the regular amount of
charted foes ? $."?0,00t) being; the capi
tli/ntion. The charter could not be
granted by the secretary of state as
certain rights were asked whieh the
leu is I it lire alone can grant.
Charleston' is to have a bij? furtili
zer plant. It is beleived iiaot C h** pur
pose of this organization is to buck
the so-called "I not." The secretary
of state issued a commission t<f the
Planters' Fertilizer and Phosphate
company of that city to be eapitnliz
td at *350.000, The corj>olators ate
i . \V, AV ngncr. W. IF. Welsh, Otto
Tiedmanu, Johu A.. Heft?u"Tr It Hanr
| nahnn. R* I*. Kavcn^l, A. C. Tobuus
and K. 11. Janz,
WHI1ES OF HIS VIEWS
Mr. Ansel's Position on Dispensary
Iaaue.
1 1 \ i ! I*1, S|K>c(jit. Thi- 1 1.|!,, ,\ 1(,._r
idler has lu'ta given ,.iU j,,i
; unu" l,v N|' - Al . I '- A Uriel, candidate
Ul ,'U> U|' governor of South
' ivoh.iu ;
.?\ h.g alreadx announced niv
'?r Ibu ..m ,, or B?Vrt,
??. ill*' Mall- of K..UI li ( 'iiioliiiii, jna-jy
ni-x i )i roug 1 1 < > it i die stale
,1"<' 1 rnv ms vi.M.K
?.li> pen v.i i y quest fit
iJk ret ore, l it kt? this opport tin it v
w' a'-ai" "iMiii-jf my jKiaifion amj
"tall Ih.jk' to satisfy a Mia.jn;^ of
tlm vol, -is of the stale thai my h,]?.
of I liar .vbjcot is correct.
'?'? a lHI,r j >n III i> lu'<| |,v me
Aup-f, 1 !>(?.>. I stated my lM,,i(ioll if|
substance, as follows;
" t'?o Urst place f t)J,,MWU|
\? th? ot a state dispensary.
I once thought it ||,o |>est Molution of
rhi' liquor fimrtion, because 1 thought
't would minimi/,, ami decrease the
of i? M.is slat,*, but when
we consider the great amount of li
q?or that has been sold by the various
dispensaries the pas, year, my hopes
| bave been disappoint,-,! and u ap
pears to that some other method
shov.ln bo ndoptod.
" 4 In tli- second place, 1 am in fa
vor oj local con nly option, as he
reon prohibition and county dispen
saries tha< is, I am in favor of anv
loun v m li,, state voting u|>ou the
?, in^hon as to whether they wish pro
luhitioji Mr llu,t county or whether
tliey Wish county dispensaries. If a
majority of t ho qualified voters of
* ''ount v desire prohibition for that
particular oounty, then I am o?e who
believes that they should have it, and
J further believe that the pood people
ol sueh county will see, to it thai the
)>rohibit ion law is enforced.'
" I also stated in that letter as
tollows: ' Personally I would like to
? liquor sold in this Ktnt? as a
beverage, but it is a condition which
confronts us, and the "question is how
best to deal with that condition. There
h no law that can be passed' ilmt will
keep some people from drinking li
quor. still 1 believe it to be the duty
ol the state to pass such laws as wiil
minimize the use of liquor as much as
possible. ' '
"I stated also in that Idler, as
follows: '1 am opposed to the high
license system, as it is too near the
barroom system, and would not de
ticase the sale ol liquor, whatever
the restrictions might be.' .
J ha\e no cause to change mv
"pinion jiinee the publication of said
letter, but the more I consider it. the
stronger is my conviction that this
position is cored
bounty prohibition has boon a
success ui many counties in the jifitcs
of (ieorgia and North Caroling and
in tbo.se counties in the two Mutes
named where county dispensaries
bave hoard of no complaints. \
"Why should we not adopt the
same system in our state that has
been tested in those states? We
should at. least be willing to give it
a trial.
"The 'Morgan bill' as it passed
the house of representatives at the
last session of the legislature had
many good features in il, was on the
line o| | he. laws of the states named,
and had it passed, T believe it would
have given more satisfaction lo tint
people cd I h 0 stale than the present
law.
''In the several counties in this
stale where elections have been held
under the ' Hricc law ' and prohibition
has been adopted, so tar as mv infor
mation goes, it lih.s ployed a success,
:.nd the longer tin* law is ui force, I ha
stronger will be it:; favor in I lie minds
of the people.
In short , I am opposed to the svs
' em ol a state dispensary.- 1 am in
lavor ol local cwuiily option as be
tween prohibition ami couniiv dispen
saries. I am opposed to high license
and am in favor of such laws as will
decrease the sale of liquors in this
state."
A Horrible Death.
( 'olmnbia, SjMrri.il.'? Si 1 ver f'hnp
pels, an a^ed colored woman, met a
most horrible death at her nome on
Indigo street Thursday afternoon >>y
falling in a fit- almost into the fire.
She lay there senseless and helpless
while she roasted to death. The wo
man was about 75 years of age and
was alone in the house when she is
supposed to have swooned awnv. l'all
ii.g with her head so near the tire
that a cloth thrown over her head be
came ignited and burned slowly un
til her clothing caught and was burn
ed away from tho body.
' Bought By The Bells.
Camden, Special. ? Mr. T. B. Mc
Lean, owner of the local telephone ex
change, has just cjosod a deal with
the Hell Telephone company whereby
the latter secures control of his ex
change. The Bell people have been
?trying trf get into C'amdea for soiue
"time ami now promtw nn "rrp-ttr-datc
exchange. They will take over the j
business about May 1st next.
GOVERNOR CURRY TRAPPED"
Trwirrv ot Filipinos Causes Fitrlit j
??ml Slaughter, I
MAY ISSUE CALL FOR TROOPS
I II* Ma Hull. I <|l Wmh I
li?* l?i u *iul K? in (h?
Ai't ol Nurr*iMUrlii(>fjHii' <'lii?ii> uml
(liii" lltiiulreil >l?ii ICngitcrilo'Ainci'i
mini Hint limlir* i>l Hie Main. ,
0
!Nf 24 1 1 1 T m . Philippine Isliiiuls. ACi.'Ol'd
lug to advices' received. tin* recent
li^lit at MiiiSao'.i, Saiuar. between 1 1 m ?
constabulary mul 1 'ulajaiWs was
caused by tin* treachery of tho natives.
Thirty l'nlajanes wuro killed and six
ti'.Mi of the constabulary wert; Killed
ami wounded.
A dlspa ifb received from Caplain
Jones, ot tin' constabulary, at Mug
i uOii, .ifiyf; thfll on March iitt Ortvci'iiilt'
Curry, Judge l.ohingcr and Superin
tendent of Schools Hoove." arrived
there and cam pod over night near the
Pulujane*. The leader of tho rebel
lions natives announced thai he would
surrender his force tho next day, and
tho Americans returned to Ma^laou]
accompanied by Colonel Agnilar, a
Pulajane ehiof.
The next, day, Saturday, four I'ula
jane chiefs with over on? hundred iikmi
and fourteen guns appeared at Mag
tnon and 1 1 1 toil up In front of tho con- !
stahulary barracks. Hetween tin- bar- 1
rucka and tln> I'll I a. juntas stood Wio j
jjroup of American otlicialK.
$ i)ui! of tin* chiefs expressed a wish
that his party he photographed in tho I
act of surrendering. and Captain
Hoover, in r-ompllanco with tho re
finest, was adjusting his camera when
the Pula janes' leader blew a whistle
and gave an order to advance. The en
tire party of natives thereupon rushed
on the American oUichtls. who escaped
to the .? ?? "*.varti to the
opposite bauU.
When tin1 treachery of the natives
was apparent the constabulary imme
diatefy opened tire and a fierce tight
ensued, in which the constabulary
gained a decisive victory. Tho Pulu
lanes were chased to the mountains,
but the pursuers lost more guns than
they captured.
The American ofllelals were later
found wltii the exception of (Jovernor
Curry. He was last seen being chased
by Pnlajanes.
Three hundred constabulary are now
on the trail ?.?C the fugitive -natives.
c;ov. C'tiitttv Mt:i:t)i:KKi).
II in llody Itmlly ItackwO liy tin* Kanatlcul
I'mIm.Imii** of Saturn-.
Manila, Philippine Islands'.? An uti
ollieial report says tlnit the body of
(Jovernor Curr.v of the Island of Samar.
who was missiipt after an engagement
between the constabulary and a force
of Pulujane-, fanatical natives, baa
been found badly hacked by his mur
derers.
.Indue l.uhinser, n school teacher
named Iloover and the other Ameri
cans a l*o safe. The constabulary re
port that several of their number were
killed and wounded. They burled
thirty of the I'ula janes.
7 fJovcrnor Curry was formerly a row
poy in Now Mexico. He served In tlie
Spanish war as a captain In tho Hough
Jjililers' regiment and afterward went
to the Philippines as a member of the
Eleventh Cavalry,^? chic/ of police
of Manila he slowed ability, whlbn
led to his appi>iiMtnen#"n* Governor of
Samar, which was roco-uizttl as n
.4+ttlcu It posl .
.TOIINSOM AND SMAL1< 3AX(5KD. J
Murderers r.f Miss Florence Allison at ?
Moorestown, N. X
Mount Holly. N. .T.? ltufus Johnson
and fJeorge Small. negroes, were
hanged in the county ji|lt here for the
murder of Miss Klornnrp Aliison at
Moorestown January IS Isixt. The ne
groes were executed at the same lu
stant. the doable drop falling at 10.10
o'clock. He fore going t? the gallows
Johnson confessed his ;;uilt. Small,
however Insisted liq was Innocent.
Neither of the negroes had^auything to
say on the gnllows. ' ^
Miss Florence \V. Allison kept board
ers r.t Mnorestown. On the morning
of January" IS <i ist she went Into her
barn. Some time afterward .'p.hnson
went into her house, toltf jV child to go
and nlav in tlie nttic and then robbed
the house. That afternoon Miss Alli
son was ftrtind dead on the barn floor.
She bad been beaten mo strangled.
Johnson was arrested hi F.alllmore.
He confessed and iinplicatetl Small,
saving that they had been hiding in the
barn, fearing nrrcst for a robbery the,.*
had committed, when Miss Vinson en
tereo. Small confessed and then re
tracted hi confession. ? I
Anarchist Most'* Body Cremated.
The body of .Tohnnn MoRt wns cr(>
mated In Cincinnati. Ohio.. There wits
no reliirlous ? ceremony. but some of
Most's comrades delivered brief ad
dresses. Mrs. Most will take her hus
band's asdics to New YArkr"" '
Sentiment Against Cnmpaiffh" (Jlft*. I
A ft rone Bcentlmeut dovelo|?ed in the
United Slates Senate in support of the
Culberson amendment prol.lbtine rail
roads from contributing to campaign
funds. ...*
J.lculenant Schmidt Put to Death.
T.leutenant. Schmidt, the leader of
the mutiny In t)ic Black Sea fleet nt-Se
bastopol, Ituss^has been put to death.
CI over nor Cummins Scores Elldn*.
Governor Cummins. of Iowa, wrote
to Senator Elklnf, of West Virginia,
repeating hi* charge that the Senator
stand* for railroads and asaiust the
poopfe. ?
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Will Punish Standard Oil.
Attmney-rttfneral H ivlley, * o* Mis
souri, s:?y* IhatBtate will punish the
HtamWrt OM -THist severely in ease
of ft verdict against it.' He sugigeKft'
ii possible conflict; t Ion o( the Trust's
KILLED IN HIS P'lJL.PJT
'I he Kov. ,f, B, l.entz, Mormoi\ P.xst >t*.
Struck by Lightning*
Itoll Mmm !4?>wU(ni ??f tl>? (miKr^A**
Hon of U?a Dky KhiiiU* Church
?t Canon, low*.
? 'avspn, 1 fotvM-. When *
frightened congou <K>n IJiy t tlii ri ? \vm
Uy CUUbQ to n ihllUduiiKtOt'Ul. th?>
Ui v. IV. liirintK. paftor ol tin*
Latter J >ay rtntnt**' rhureh, wuh utruek
dead tat'llL. in ui?..puUiiL _
here. Many persona were injured in u
pantc-strickcn rush from tho HiuWli,
Mini. lire breaking ortf. for wrao ttnm ?
there *v iik danger of ibo l>(M)y of the
pastor being ercuiUlod where It' fell.
Tho htoVlll was of' terrific tllU'USllj'.
and it (taenicd to centre directly over
i ho church. There wore about'*<ii(>rt
persons it) morning wot>hip in the
*?*li which is one of the most .Im
posing buildings in the ? ? 1 1 y . The morn
inn had been clear and bountiful, but
ahoui U o.ioi-k tho weather bcciuno r
itiiuonS unbearably eh>sn. l?M, Lent?# ,
had just begun his soriuoh vvh? n th? ? ,
lirsl thunderclap was Ilea I'd. lie spoke
for about fifteen minutf*. giving nn
attention to the storm; then, observ
ing that many women In t Ii<h pews wore
UuomlnK rt sth->vs. he.. stopped, in Jilt* _
discourse and requested the congre
gation to remember that thuudorstormtt
were unusual in this season and that v
there vs us little or nothing to feai* irorn *
them. llr wan just raising hit* voice
in a further plea for quiet, when sud
denly a bolt struck through the roof
of tho church. . ?' ' <rt
The whole interior of (he building ---
bhr/ed with light. Tho lightning struck
a ehandelifi*. and from there It passed
to the preacher. 1 ?r. I -out/ had been'*'
standing with Ida bunds grasping the
side of the pulpit. lie Was partly
leaned over, ami was talking with
ureal earnest noKs. At tho shock his
head dropped on the lllhic before him.
and then he slipped dead to tho floor. '
lit :in instant the whole congregation
W!|H in a panic) 'uu.1 n simuiiaiieoort
rtish was made for the door. There '
was mil# one means of exit, und scorest
of women were terribly crushed' More ?*
than twenty women fainted, whiiQ oue
child was almost killed. TLu> w/>r
shlpers fought with one another des
perately. It was almost ten minutes
before the congregation tfot iilto the
street. M.v that" time the storm wan
almost spent, and many men ivho bad
struggled- tyi frenzy to get out of the
church became stricken with remorse,
and Ravo themselves with great en- ^
ergy to the carrying ov.t of the fainting
and in buttling. Willi tltb flame*, . ? .
The lightning set lire to the pulpit,
and souie of the pews. WJUcu .tbeHrfit:^.
of the resellers wont-up the alsleK they
found tho pastor'* body to be separated
.from thcin 4>y a line of tiro across the...
church. The lire was spreading rap
Idly. and it became evident at once
that unless effective work was done
quickly tile pastor's body wtnild" b?.X
burned to a^h^x. When the Ureuiei^-f;
arrived the men of the covgregutUwi
were . battling w.frth mi?:lit and liu\ljL.
The tire apparatus ltad hetn
into action, and two streainv AVClT --
poured ntendily 011 the b*n\y ^
from the reach of the tiauaoK.
The .body -was enrrled out by two of. ?
the leading metnbets of the >eonRi'f
gatlon and two. of Ihe -tireiiieui-^- 'Kho J
men wrapped wet clojhft arom?d tl^lf
heads, and. dashing along the aisle, ,
they passed In safety through the
flames, rttid suwi*>eded fti on rryln^ the
body bnek through tbe.flre itnd?tmt*?^ ?;
the church. . j
Au examination showed that tbe
lightning had barned almost All' tho
Vlothlng of r>r. I.ent/ Into af crUp.
There wa? a scare<l llffh down the
back. Part of tbe hair ha4 h?e? <
burned off, but the boll had wade uo .
deep mark oti tli^ body, I^ysicloha
saFii tlint iiearh"4?ttt Wti lit
slant. ? ? ? ? ' '' -^">v ? , ti
The tire wn* extingultdied after^^;:
hard bMlle of bqlf ay hour,. , '4,'hQ Iokh ?
to the church was comparatively auinll.
The tragedy onused a pioftfuna 'sen- i
satlon here, and practically the entlrW
population visited tbo;J cl?itch ^ th<?'~*
afternoon. I)r. l^en \7. xvas popular
Avlth all classes and setpN He leave#
a widow aful two efilldrert.
FAM1I.Y OF 8EVICN K1LI.HD. . i
. .*<??:? ? "T"T i- ? ?<i . ? ?i pi A
Three (ieucrathuis Mept I}c?lh.i;? Grade ,,
Ccwtliig ij ma *liou ,t h o , i u? ? . i\
Snnbury. Pa.? A Inst capres.* on tl?o:i
Philadelphia and Hauling Railroad,
struck it whgpn containing a futility of
seven. killing six of them lusttfntly nn/l
so badly injuring the seventh, ft cii it<l? - '
that she died before reaching tlio Iior
pltal, . ; t
Washington ^'eldlg* a f.tvnicr. wns
returning home from this pla'<& nccrfm
panied by his font?. Cyrus and Clin*- '
ehce, ihe laiiei's wife find their threr; ;
children. At n grade crosslug just out
of the city tho wason pii struck by
the train) 1 ' > ? ? ? - -
When the train was stopped 700 feot
from the crossing the bodies of two of /
the children were on tlwv pilot The I
others were terribly tnmtllated. Mr. V
\eldlg paw the trflln when it was too i
late, according the; eiiglnt^r, find. .
whipped up the hordes to ?lear tlm
tracks. Tho horses escaped without
Injury. ?>
The family is completely ? wiped out
vrlth the exception of tho aged grand
. mother ,of the children.
To Make Brnr.ll an Ally^ *
The real purpose of Secretary Root's
proposed visit la liraill to attend the
meeting of the PumAwericnu Con grew*
is said to be the cementing of au alli
ance . between the United States and
lirazif and to bind tho latter natlou
to the policy. of the Monroe Ductrlue
iu South America. -- rr -v
Seven Slain by Yaqufa.
Wofd was received at T^Sv^fteiee*---;
j Gnl., of the murder at J?a Dura, 1h" Ho- ?
no fa. Mexico, jjl redrft MejtjrrvmtniHjr
! coutra?tor. :w?l his wife, <hree children "
ami two relatives. Mrs. Holt aud lie*
soil, '^bcodofCy "riiey ^'TO, kiUod by *
baud of Yuqul Indians hi d luot?iti?Wia
^orfto between Lj? Dura rrad" Ccajn1-!
' io4a>
: st~l .Iry D(K-^; imiriiv * . **
tnj dock i? ?'i> |iun4i^
Gibraltar, SpaRi, ou he? wto*
vumvi v*. . _