The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 15, 1902, Image 4
WADI? HAMPTON
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ft! Eminent n ] sr««>ial «lKp»U'lir* fn*n» Mrrvrr»
iMir^nUtinit tlwt4iO*afr(lrr»t
AH IHTE&X8TnfO PEE90IAL
•'Itr Vl'ax KraroO Initio HoIhmiI TtiAt
Know Only OlHHlIrncr In
tho 8ovopol(tiity of
. the
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The recent death of Wade Hampton
of SouthXaroTTua, removes one of The
notable characters of the last half-
century. * * *
In the fieroe sectional discussions
which were prW*tpl tated for some years
lie fore the civil war Hampton took no
part. While he loved the South and
had all the pride of its noblest blood,
he was not an agitator, and earnestly
and sincerely deplored secessions and
civil war. Ho war. reared In the school
that knew only obedience to the sov
ereignty of the State. The pride of
the South Carolinian had taught him
that his was the noblest and grandest
of all the Commonwealllis—an empire
by courtesy called a State. The sov
ereignty of the State had beenMiaught
in his mother's lap. in every school he
entered, from every pulpit from which
he heard a minister of the Gospel, and
the great statesmen, such as Calhoun,
Me Hurtle and Haync. bad adv<xat< d it
rcavalry !
force was then In pis^cwdoii of Uiat 1
town and wan moving in the direction
of Ctuunlicndiurg. It was start ling
Intelligent^. Indeed, and it ' seemed
Incredible that a Confederate force
would attempt to raid Chambcrsburg,
only an hour's, distance from Hagers
town, where there was a large t'nlnn
force, will) ample time and equipment
to bring it t<>any point in the Cumlier-
land Valley. I waited for an hour
and was advised of the progress of Hie
Confederate force as It moved steadily
toward Chatnbersburg. I telegraph
ed to the fJnlon commander at Hagers
town, not knowing who he was. stat
ing the. facts and suggesting as a
matter of precaution that a small
force of Infantry and artillery should
Ire hurried to the defence of the town.
In charity 1 will not give the name of
the Union commander, tfTio answered
that the suggestion of a Confederate
force entering Chamlicrsburg was too
absurd to be considered. Half an hour
later the advancing Confederates had
reached Chamliersburg turnpike, and
were moving directly upon us and only
ten miles distant. 1 then repeated an
appeal to the Union commander at
Hagerstown, stating the facta and urg
ing him to send a force to intercept
the enemy, as there was yet ample
time to do so. hut the only reply was
an Intimation that military com
manders* had no time to waste on
lunatics. Kinding It impossible to get
any relief from the Union army, as
I could not liopcfuUy communicate
hwd a ptrasaiil evrtilng. rwwliint
tlw lolrrcMIng locidcnUtg IheChsMi-
lientiurg iA'I. From tlicn uulll tIn-
lust few vejnw 1 met him many tlnu«
In Washington and was always de
lighted to enjoy his genjai and kindly
companionship. He had liecn a ran-
didaje for Governor immediately after
the war and iiefore the Congressional
reconstruction of the South, hut was
defeated by Governor Orr. In isTt},
w hen the isjople were goaded to des
peration by the licenHous ctirpeUhag
rule of the State, Hampton was forced,
into the campaign for < Jovernor against
Governor Chamberlain, who was great
ly the I test of all the carpet baggers
of the State, and who would have
made reputable Republican govern#
ment bad It l»een possible. The con
test was one of unusual desperation,
but with all thtf"power and machinery
in the hands of the State authorities,
sustained by the army and by a State
constabulary that permeated every
precinct, Hampton, was elected by
1,134 majority. A State return hoard
In South Carolina had the authority
to revise the returns and it IsKlity
threw out the counties of Edgefield
and Laurens, the first of which gave
:»,ooo Democratic majority and the
second 1,100, by which it returned a
majority for Chamlierlain of 3,433.
The Senators and Representatives
elected on the Democratic ticket in
those counties were refused admission
to their seats and the result was the
oiganlzation of two Legislatures and
Hie inauguration of two Governors.
LftMi TAaj Iv-Wkst a EmIm
Writer Say**"
IH ORE OF HIS HOME PARSES
of reuiemhemd
<'« mcisMe
KiwmitlrN moil by Him
iu AtiNwrr lo <he ('«>iicliiNionir
of a licitImIi Penney
n Liner.
‘‘Uncle Dudley" writes in the Dos-
ton Sunday Glolie as follows:
Mr. Gilbert Parker, the Anglo-
Canadian novelist and member of the
liritlsh Parliament, lately visited our
Southern States, and he says the cli-
mafo of that region made htm lazy.
This may be true, although Mr.-Parker
does not assure us that he always has
been free from ‘‘that tired feeling”
under other skies.
When, however, lie attributes what
lie terms “the heavy . foote<\ progress
of tlie South" to the climate, he goes
iieyond his personal experience and
strays into a vast field of general dis
cussion and investigation. He hit
upon a handy and familiar reason for
the difference in conditions North and
South, but tliis explanation is not So
easy as it ifsiks to the multitude of
minds which hastily adopt it. Indeed,
it is one very difficult to maintain
\»* |xn«rtl iik
a iiiglil, •
And whim tin
with One
Toi llll I lie flowers
days.
And wander side l>\ side and on and on
Along the mystery of Its flagrant
ways.
Oil, there tlie heartsease that I long 1
t for grows;
And Hope's forget-me-nots and pan
sies bloom. ■
And Love's resplendent, hundred-pc-
t tiled rose
Hums like a scarlet cen.ser.through
the gloom.
And there my soul Is beautiful and new
And like a captive bird freed from
its liars. ^
And flown upon the wingsof song into
A shadowland of twilight and twin
stars.
There lies a garden wrought of won
drous t henjes,
' J-'ull sweet w it ii (lowers of delight
some thougiit,
Upon tlie mystic borderland of dreams,
Within the secret province of my
heart.
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
A Truvelliiij; Mini CmmnilN Suicide
In n («riw*nw«MMl Hotel.
IRK WEATHER AND CROPS
4
Cotton Nearly AH l*lnnted .tml Rniit
Ni’eiled.
Tlie weekly bulletin Of the.condition
of the weather and the crops was is
sued last week by Director Hauer of
the South Carolina section of the cli
mate and crop service of the I nited
States weather bureau as follows:
Tlie temperature averaged .2 de
grees during the week ending Monday
morning. May ’dh. which is aiiout ti
degrees per day aliovy' norinal. The
week bad a maximum of »ti degrees at
Gillisonville on the 3d, and a minimum
of 4S» degrees at Cheraw. Lilierty.
Longshore and Spartanburg, on April
28th. The nights were too cool early
in the week, hut latterly they were
warm. The sunshine averaged a Wive
normal and was favorable.
Thunder storms occurred on April
3ath. Mav 4stand~3d. iu all port ions
Mr. W. T. Witcher.
of the State, but they failed to supply
tlie whole State with sufficient mois-
i hire, as some points had no rain and
many had too little til be of much
benefit. The amounts ranged from
a traveling I “T" to 1.34 inches, tlie latter at Cln -
sinoerely and ably. He saw tb** im
posing watts and ptttjmmf Th.' rvarrm-' wHh unr .iffitvr beyottd -Hogerslowti.-*
tda Capitol slowly growing- up year I went to my office and sat down to,
after year to tie completed In Um* great- await event* and accept Umj aituatUm }
est splendor as the future Capttnt of a* |4dU*oplncaUy as pi*slt4e.
the Svuttieru Kepulilic. if the sectional. must iitCTlxu wiTU u oirru*
laaue should ever l< ad t-. the dlamem-j n*.h after'lark weral Oaifeili raii -*' eli i tion fraud was |N-rtH'tra.tciL-and
WOljMrftoaUnkibj^^ff^THtle J B ^| W .. ir „| ||„ H.-t. m pirtoi tt M ! driving lb. ,i e.ir|Mt Isjgg.-rs
town with a while rag tie«l on a stk'k. from Uh 1 Slat*-: l*ut he liHd his js-**-
and ttniHMKMvd in Uw» Urst eHlwnal pie su-adilv tn law ami ••nk-r f*^d»nr
tliry met Uat ttiey Wire a rtagJo tnnv aasun^l Gat in time ttie right would
from tlie Coofwlerate army and .k.-slr triumpli. I'nwldent lla|rew*a asstinno-
e«l t*i nmdueted Ui the Un|un,cu«il-1 had hern given Gat tls* |s oesratit
mandi r of the town Aa there w«-re
m. tnaqw in CluiiiWrsl.org they were
«•> mf. rmrd. and Giey aakr<| to la-isui*
diirted t«i w>me ettlaefiB *if the town
with wWun they omid (swismunlratr
Um- wlahrm >4 11k11 w.mwsamler They
were tif*<ughl Ui ny odWr Wliere ttiry
rt«s*ual) ano.atni'rd Gat they
«»iiiiK"^:i 2 .. will. .» of r..ru,,
1 «irra>( 1 a^ilinst It. W g v*-. r*«rr» * <mr: Tur. /fr. MliaTiT Til fti.A t . ,^r*'rr>
Kvp.wIG ••• HwHu*‘Id’ MimGiof Msj.
•Ntioiicrn iS.illiisi.i. tlie Allan*
tkC«a>t L. 1'* !' ’.Tint System
have arra yed to continue the sale of
thciii.Mp i n-xd iy * idjets to the Ex-
•, iHii.m sol I d^u•i;l'., , the nionth of
April, on every l‘u/> lay and ‘J'hurs-
day during the imKitn of-May. This
will cnatile all wb . ti.ive not yet visit
ed the Exposition to do so during its.
closing month, and those who have
visited it. to-agaih take advantage of*
i the low rate otT-'rod. as many will un
doubtedly do. There has been a great*.
Ideal said through tlie columns of pie
papers in regard to the Exposition,
and Its many Uttractive features.
There is due however that has been
■ almost entirely ignored or overlooked
| by all correspondents, and probaMy
j from the fact that its location is such 4
as-not to attract general* attention.
Reference is madotFi the (irass G; r
: (kn of the U. S. Agricultural Deparl-
! ment, which c itisists of tour acres of
ground, and is i icated just east of tlie
I•iwampment of lii>- Marine Corps.
Every fay ih r who visit* the Exposi
tion. should visit t ids Garden. Here
are to !*e fourid growing over tifty dif
ferent spirns ot forage crops suitable
fur our Southern Mins, as well as
wheat, rye, and liar ley of many kinds.
Tlie seeds of th • di tie rent forage crops
rPfetT^tVv ti:iv.'-ti.. .|i y.ittn ri**1 from
drrwimslthal G»W nagidtUs-ot »true-
lure would within hi* lifrtlmr lie
hastily and rudely completed for a
meeting in which hi*own ftlave* would
tie hi* lawmaker* Imt even when this
bitter humllUtioo cam* u* l*lat lie lad
the courage to t»>w U> the InertUlMe.
and .*ily i«e year after the war lad
ended tie pleaded the rauwr >4 U» ne
gro, laying “A* a slave hr wa»
faithful to wa. a* a free man let u*
treat him am a friend deal with him
rrr*
■I f.
of Ijmti
Carolina
»* Giey 1
Man*,
would W
rfr undn
ti
frantty Jimtiy and kimlty." Had I
<*mer*iia .aniad »nw4fn igiii>a ad twii
twvmd and wpaainie tlewa ^ Kirn r "f
the peeurKi of fwnwMtrwtem w**
haw Tewti an ewey *w*r and the ***1
m«ld taw *e*o *|awii etispeak*!
•wffevtng and e 4i’*<w
Mate
amt s*
(hHr pL*
riev-tert eiwl after wpwvai e*wvr**ti re* *
hrl we»-n te<G» Gk* dtyputrng pc. ft lea
and the l*rvwi«l> nt. mitkrw wa* a wall i
glwn that the Federal tneipa wimld
le withdrawn fnawt • luniaa and ll«at
wa#
I he eMf I U44
thaai that .then* awaw ww tweffiw u*
l» nr them. andThaX thew waa nothing
I** hiMkr Ihrm flwm cwteWng I ham
Ikf*i*ifg whenever they cfnmr tn
■rt tmt a* TMl Urol InvanAm *4 Ihe
enmny natnfhlty pmelweed the wtldwl
WorttiV Wit floss.
If we ouglifoot to talk a)«>ut thing*
Hat wed-n't knoyt anything aUmtw*-
ought to lie rqually arrupulmt* not to
^alk about people Gat we don't know
anyGilog alemt. Th*- minute wed*.
Gal we vulwGtuteour im.vg.nat 1.41 fur
our ku«wle>ige awl aw adrift '<41 a
« .rrt.-s* tmttfhled tea of peejudke
and igwuance.
If. thvMiuda. we wiah tnwee what
rdn'i the nontherw climate ha***n the
SMttlhren p- pie me id mil rvnh
.•n ini*. *nap ywdgvncwtn «4i mi hi aw >4
i.u'niu * .fig. aiaioiutriy wnaw*ww '■
^ *r‘| «*»«**■« <mr ihiairy I--.
hi* hndy.
link* Into c
were hair
McMahan.
Athena. G%
S. IL, care t
Mr. tirtnanr
ifvidi
plaee hi* pui
hr* wa
Ih I
bullet
ear h
hail even put IU*
•an n
(in Gm* lioreau
lei i«-
All*
M’
rural
l»r*q»r
fS addrranrd to J.
rtw. Ga.: E. It. Mr
J.
Wise
ledel:
et*4
H HI
I hr tel
Cuiumuia.
and •me to
4 the fire-
r rv hr had
’ #31 aim
tunwe4f iwn.. thmhrai
' Mm imra of Uw right
ed anmwd the ivaar of
a hmh menad lie had
^^^■Aha affiaah*
panic ! U»«- thutuler atorms at 11
point*. ImI. a* crop* are imalt.
: damage waa light.
.TV wcatlirr waa extremely fa
aide f<4 prvnwuting farm w*«rk. w.
adiancwl rapid'y. awl. were it re>i
t!«r lark of m*4%turr In pi«
1 render* stiff nets t«»* tmrd tn c-
•vale, the '-•wilt!• an wmld •• •
Weil tw hrttrwd I td-kv aW w* <
. pared, well ewitivated and ctna*'-
minamm ha* knew fait** «wt>«*a« -
iffHaffih aia pewerohy fgie- ge *e«**
Inew rapvd fwrewtl* and the **11*
»ae» nmdunm •• im> •—»** *4 m
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Kg:
rpt. Ubiaa.
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•fUlrtty gave np Me
i erma and Ihe Ihvma rai
i Lrgmlaliw <dfenrfa nrn
|l«* if tillI f«Ai|
i llutliltf t»mr+l |
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p. art \ § w » * pM |
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imm4 mi Um *
ttemeWtateg
a* wnd Mw 1
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«r iwtipnimm llaa
*«wnA* ami Um ■
ten mi hi* rniMMI
or wunnded IVrt
Levant apeekai arr
* -<w * air* (swamna
-v
um viitrarHi
oampalgo la (hr «altry t
the Junrtkei uf tthrrtdan
at Lynchiiurg 71c wa*
ant general and nano or
cavalry In August and tw
brrof Mocrmful raid*, - a
prtnmrrs ind at 'me time
hiur hundred licef cattle from Um
Union army In one of thnw* raid*
hi* am a gallant officer under him,
wa* killed in action. # .
TUB nntMNO or (OLI MIU V.
When Johnnon organixe<l hi* army
In North Garni I ua to oppose the ad-
vam-e of Sherman northward ^rom
South Carolina Hampton was assigned
to that amry to aimnjapd the cavalry.
He was in possession of hi* 'home city
of Columbia, the Capital of the State,
when Sherman advanced upon it, and
retreated northward as Sherman's
army entered. Iiefore retiring he ti red
a considerable amount of cotton that
was stored in the outskirts of tlie city
anti this gave suuu* color of plausibili
ty to the chargithat he was responsi
ble for the burning of Columbia. A
somewhat heated controversy occurred
between Hampton and Sherman after
the war as to who was responsible for
the destruction of the beautiful Capi
tal of the I'almetto State, hut (he
weight of testimony certainly acquit
ted Hampton. He surrendered with
Johnson's army to Sherman in North
Carolina and returned to his home
with the hope of gathering up some
remnant of his broken fortune. • From
the day that the war ended no expres
sion of bitterness or resentment ever
came from Wade Hampton. On the
contrary, he not only earnestly urged
the restoration of peace and fraterna-
brotherhood, but was one of the few
men in the South who appreciated the
fact that the negro wa* not only a
freeman, imt a citizen, and wa* enti
tled to be treated and reaper ted as
such.
at iiiAvauumt ko IMI
My ftiat acquaintance with llamp-
itnOboOrr. l*tj, wtM-fiN'aart
iM erMUated raid or-und Me-
army. thaw la Maryland |
i «• Arty at l!*m*bwrg, a*
0
" »ppr
y to panic.
• a raaoMAL ixnMkrT.
In crOHning Gw Centre squar a
short time after Hampton'* force had
entered 1 was familiarly slapped on
the shoulder, and, turning Ttround,
recognized Hugh l/ogan. then a cap
tain in the Confederate army and Gie
guide of the raid, as he bad been Uirn
and grown up on the South Mountain,
in Franklin County, and I hud once
successfully defended him wlv-n
charged with kidnapping, lie was
one of tlie rugged mountaineers whose
tldclity is equally rugged, and he in
formed me that I was one of a num
ber of citizens of Franklin County
whose names had lieen selected and
given to Gen. Stuart, who commanded
the raid, to bo taken as prisoners to
Richmond to lie held as hostages for
Hope's arrest of civilians in,Virginia.
1 told him that I had met Hampton,
although he did not ask my name
of 4.1 III
Ml MV Gm-
t Im- pop
t busi.iM I
hi* i'-tig career, and
lad f.io-d the storms
was borne to his tinai
tin- profoundl) sorrowing
A. K
if *4 winters I
rest ing p!a< c I
lUltittlflc.
Met - 1 u re.
Kllle«l liyr Fniil (•sim-m.
»rk
tils pr
Mate.
ilow ii (•• the c'liiipanGseiy
es of the civil war tlie Ninth- j
eru armies showed tliemselve* quite a* i
j alert and lardy os their euemis could
•Wire tlM-m t** lie.
T he financial ability and live mechan
ical ingenuity with which the agrirul*
1 tural population or the South main
an not stand
laid asfctetlie ckrthlng
it «hi me. Hop- you
brethren will see Gat
Uf four Now \iirk Tongshoremen | gained f-ir four years Hie Confederate
wlio went into the Lucania's hold to | ^ivernment. witli It* great forces on
get out her cargo of.fruif Daniel j sea antMand, properly iielong among
the narvels of history. Certainly the
leadi^rs which tliak long struggle devel-
tffRrlen was tirst. When the iKitcb
w as Liken oil .an enormous rush of gas
from decayed fruit swept over the
men. and three of them retreated,
shouting for (i'Rrien to follow. No ye-
!sp.nw* was received, and three, men
' volunteered to go to O'Rrien's aid.
j Gunnysaeks dipped in water were put
j over t heir heads and they were hivv
cred into the hold. They liad hardly
reached the low deck when a cry for
help came up. The chain was hoisted
again and two of the would-be rescuers
were brought up in a fainting condi
tion. O’hrLeit, who had lieen over l.'i
and had his assurance that officers minutes among tin- deadly fumes.
would be paroled, and (hat 1 was an
army officer. He answered in a char
acteristic, terse manner: “Well,
Hampton's a gentleman, and if you
are taken and get to him he'll dis
charge you. but Jeb (Stuart) wants
died without recovering consciousness.
A .Little Nloimtcr.
As the result of tlie death of t; year
old Colin McDougall of Atlanta. Ga.-
op'd on the Southern side can not be
pointed to as illustrations of tlie dele
terious influence oftheir native clime,
in vigor of mind and sternness of char
acter Jefferson Davis, tlie Mississip-
pian, well might pass for a product of
New England. No latitute would be
-ashamed to own Robert E. Lee, while
tlie militant piety of Stonewall Jack-
son would make him-the pernnial boast
of Forefather Day oratory had he not
been a son of the South.
In the universal fondness for gener
alization we like to chalk off the World
and its swarm of humanity into con
venient sub-divisions. This done, we
have no trouble, when anything hap
pens. of accounting for it to our own
satisfaction, at least. All we need to
you damn liad." Seven citizens had i ;i
which is claimed to have lieen caused j
by sewer gas poisoning. Victor NutaR,! 1 ° ‘ s K) anc< * *( our pocket charts
and say, ‘Ah. that is tlie result of liv-
|aged It.Awas arrested Wednesday
lieen arrested and were taken to Lili-: charged vvitli the murder of the buy. ,n K on one side of a river rather than
by, one^of whom died Iiefore Ids re- j* j s ailei/ed that M-ver-ti dav* oo the other, or on’ a-mountain side
(rose I ask.'dTogan what Ih- tliought Nuun ^ comianioiis 'forc^ Vis *' W ‘ r "
it b*-st that I sliould do. tu which he In*. McDougall child t'(go wlth*niem^ * ^"ipie and mmprehen-
aiiswert-di “Go out to your home.
We’re -In a hell of a hurry and you
prolably won’t tw disturbed, IniI If
you are taken I’ll put you out tomor
row ■Ighi." If 1 tad been taken he
would have fulfilled hi* protntar. even
kt the peril ut Ute. I weal bi my
bom# «m a farih wore dtaconev toil
Aide the U»wrw. and fownd my Im hnmw
had airwwd] i—w vumwrrlpted mu* Ihe
CMhf*dr«wi4«nByt I w«* md dmt«#v
el Mkd IhW <arw|K*d an MfhrmmM
_ W LlWky prtmmaml tfhr am-
i mi am awpm* he Uma Mmwm
ft# m*
into a stni t sewer and while there
Nnull i* reported to lave compelled
him to remain under Ihe filthy slime
until tie * wallowed Mifficient sewer g.u
Ui have rwimed hi* death. Melmugali
died In ainvui*i'*M l**t Min^av. - The
pawn!* uf the (*>) eUim that la a
•talemeat befc-re tm drath their aua
■tad* nrftnta rhakk** *daia*i Natali j
l Imt earned hm amni.
SI ve formula tliat imi one likes to tw
without It..and it i* no wonder Hat
Mr. Gillwrt Darker carrte«l It with him
on hi* Southern journey. It wo* just
the thing fur the owcaalKi In hi*
chmalic lodolmoe he w** enabled by It.
•Hhiatt atetiUi eorrUija, to luiro Uf
hi* - wn •aus/artam une ut the great
riddles uf eihtiw aaaarif arhy pme
pit art art all aMV*
a*y* that alto#
my body is sent to AtlM-nscare of \\ .
F. Ikus*')-. master of Mount Vernon
lotlge, F. ami A. M., os quick as p**-
silik-. No 4iv to liold an inqiu-sl :ia
letters show the fact*. You know t in-
train si-lH-'lult-s from Atbens and Co
lumbia and trust you will get tlie tele
grams off tonight, so my friends can
come in on tirst early morning trains,
if the Western Union office Is closed
when you know my condition, you may
get tlie railroad office to do the work
and deliver the messages tonight. Oh,
my God, this is terrible, but fate is
against me, and it liad to come. Again
I ask you to pity me and-toffr) the
expense Ik- as little as possible, d-s I
am a poor,-unfortunate man and my
family will Ik- left in a bad tix. 1 t rust
you and my good Masonic brethren
and Christian friends in Greenwood to
grant me the request asked, and 1 pray
God lo bless you and that He will
save my soul, as I believe He will, for
doing what could not Im- averted.
Now I commit-tiiis all to you and
n\y friends in Greenwood, liclievihg
you will do what 1 have asked, and
praying God’s blessings, I am
Yours in death,
W. T. Witcher,.
Athens. Ca.
IjONt Iloth liegM.
Over In Augusta last Wednesday a
party of seven negro men were shout
ing- craps wreder a freight car in the
Georgia railroad yard and thinking!
there was n<> danger of interruption '
paid no atteiffi'iNi to the »wiu-h c*-ri
glne which was working in the yard.
When they had been there fur *uw>e*
time the engine aaipted naUn one end
of the airing uf i art and look Ihewi <41,
cutting off t*4b leg* of oar of the crop
■imouia. Thr wadHtlaaor waa onai-
■uawd aa4 th* rergro lafeea w Ih*
l ant iwnfMtal
gt««w a* Haney iM*an* TV*
A *pe« ial from Wa*liliigt'<n <ot s:
"The death of It*-pi* M-ntative Nat-
nuNt oeeiiM pre-ulUrt) nod.** *4id Rep
resentative Hetlany o»la). wIhi ia-tu-
pied a neat near to tlat of the New
Jerv y congressman. “A few day*
ago Representative Gilb(*rt made a
Kp-ech in euiogy of the laic Repre
sentative .^toki-s, of South Carolina,
tlie Rp-aker sLinding just in front of
my desk. After Mr. GllU-rt had con
cluded Mr. Salmon seemed effected by
tlie.Ulk. coavpnmftitcd Mr. Giiln-rt.
and expressed tlie hope that Mr. Gil-
licrt could say tliat much of him w hen
lie died. It seems a singular coinci
dent tliat Mr. Gilbert, now has this op
portunity.
Student* Iturnt to Death.
Two Hves were lost in a lire which
destroyed the Burns University school
near Cbarlottsville, Va.. early Wed
nesday. The dead are J. C. Knox <*f:
Richmond, Va., and Agnew McNcal
of Albermarle, Va.. iioth students.
Thejr bodies were found in tlieir:
rooms. The origin of the lire is uii-i
known, but it is .siipposed to have lieen j
incendiary or the result of lightnin
striking the building. The hostler o'
the place discovered the (lames and I
Immediately gave the alarm. Some of
tlie students escaped by jumping ffbm 1
the windows, and one of the teachers, 1
Mr. Sheffey, Was painfully injun-d in
escaping the same way.
Wnrv Mr. Bryan in l**,*;. in accord
witlrtlM- aentimenl of hi* pirt> el-,
prevroii in tIm- (Tiicagti platform iitjub-
■‘govrmmrtit liy injunction'' an umn-
of the campaign tie wa* ck-nouncrd a*
an atan in*t. Yet thr Repuldicaa
Immiw uf repmmtative* pmmmTan oat F
jnjunrs iun tall wtnrfi *r*-k» to remrdv
thr rvtl* ofaiirt wturb Mr Hry *n wa*
wwrh “a daregrnmh* Agitalu# .**
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