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VOL. XXVII. BARNWELL, S. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1904. STATE CONVENTION. Tht Democratic Cmmittee luaed the Call For It on Tuetday light. CAMPAIGN IN SECOND DISTRICT trlct and also for State convention, any delegate from The Dates of the Meetings in the Several Counties and 01 the Primaries Have Been Fixed. In compliance with the call issued recently the State Democratic execu tive committee met at the office of the secretary of state Tuesday night of last week "and made arrangements for the campaign In jhe Second dla the meeting of the Ip the absence of Spartanjnirg, Gen. Wilie Jcaes, chairman of the com mittee, read an invitation from that city, button motion of Mr. T. B. Crews It was decided to bold the State con vention in Columbia and Spartanburg’s generous offer was declined with thanks. There was quite a large re presentation, very few counties being without committeemen on the floor.- The following delegates were pre sent: Abbeville—A. W. Jones. Aiken—J. M. Polatty. Anderson—J. P. Glenn. ^ Bamberg—0. B. Free. - Barnwell—W. C. Smithy ' _ Berkeley^It. W. Haynety Charleston—John F. Riley. Cherokee—John Q. Little. . • Chester—T. J. Cunningham. x . Clarendon—W. C. Davis. 1 Colleton—J. W. Hill. Darlington—A. J. A. Perritt. ' Dorchester—John D. Bivens, . Williams. Fairflelo tfCill. Ketchln. Florence -o. ...Trailer. Georgetown—J. W. Doar. Greenville—J.T. Austin. icicMo Hampton—M. B. McSweeney. Kershaw—John G. Richards.' Laurens—T. B. Crews. Lee—R. E. Carnes. Lexington^D. J. Griffith. Marion—James Stackhouse. - Marlboro—W. D. Evans. Newberry—0. L. Blease. Oconee—J. W. Sbelor. Orangeburg^ B. H. Moss. Pickens-W. T. Odell. Richland—Wilis Jones. Saluda—E. S. Please. Spartanburg—L. Y. Bennett. Sumter—A liamont Moses. Union—J. M. Greer. - Williamsburg A. H. Blackwell. York—J. C. Wllborn and secretary Jaa T. Parks. various counties on the dates herein after named: Aprils—Saluda^ / April 7—Edgeiield. April 9-Aiken. April IS—Barnwell. April 14—Bamberg. April 16—Hampton. April 19—Beaufort. 'It was decided that the primaries should be held on Saturdays, the county executive committees should meet on Tuesdays following, giving ample time for each precinct to be heard from and the State committee, or Its representative, on tbefCl^ridays following the meeting of the county committees. As the Second district is Interested more than the rest of the State, it was decided to let the special committee tabulate the vote instead of requiring the entire com mittee to meet, and exGov. McSwee ney, L. J. WilliamaTor his substitute), Thos. Martin, J. M. Polatty, C. B. Free, Dr. W. U. Smith and K. ; S. Blease, one from each county in the Second district, were' appointed with the addition of D. H. Magill, A. W. Jones, D. J. Griffith and Gen. Jones as chairman, i There being nh further business the committee adJohrned. As the campaign in the Second dis trict Closes on the 5th of April, the last day for tilling the pledges with the State chairman will be at noon of, April 4th.—The State. .. Truatii'Detitroy Individuality. Id an address before the students of the college of'CheTcity of New York, W. H. Trnesdale, president of the Delaware, Lackawanna railroad, de scribed tbe great combinations of capital and labor as socialistic, declar ing tbe tendencies are to shackle, if, not destroy, the American indl vlduali- ty to which the country owes so much. After describing the development of. the great industries, tbe greatest of which Is the railroad business, be ex- pressed the opinion that the gain is due to the spirit of American free dom, and he ^aid he does not expect SHEEHAN’S LIBEL: He Char ed Hampton With Burning Columbia to Injure Him, / GEN. HAHFaON’S INDEGRATION, The following offered by Mr. Magill adopted: "A convention of the Democratic party of tbe State of South Carolina la hereby called to meet in tbe city of Columbia at 12 o’clock noon on May 18, 1904, for tbe purpose of electing delegates to tbe~hatlonal Democratic convention, and to transact such other business as tbe convention may see proper. “The county chairmen throughout tbe State are hereby InstructedJa .call together their executive committees and order meeting of tbeciuhsin their respective counties on Saturday, April 23, for the purpose of electing dele gate to the county convention to be held on Monday, May 2nd, 1904, for the purpose of electing delegates to tbe Stats convention. Each county>) is fotifeled to twice the number of delegates In this convention as It has members of the togfslat ure.” Tbe resolution also carried a para graph provldingTor a primary in the Second oodgroasional district on Tues day, tbs MRh of April. But as this is a special and not a general primary it was tivught fair to all of tbe candi- for tbs voting to be done on Saturday as that day of the week is morO satisfactory to the people in tbe rural districts. Accordingly a resolu tion was adopted to appoint a oom- of^vjoe*-jjBinber from eaeb county In the congressional district to , 'frame resolutions more explicit in their nature and fixing tbe primaries for Saturdays Instead of Tuesdays. Tbe members of tbe tub-committee were: M. B. McSweeney of Hampton, Dr. W> G. Smith of Barnwell, C. B. Free of Bamberg, J. M. Pollatty of AJken, L- J, Williams of Edgefield, E. S. Blease of Salnda, and Beaufort was OOt represnted. After some coonttation the follow ing amendment to Mr. Magills resolu tion was prepared and the resolution as amended was adopted by the exec utive committee: C. The committee, composed of mem- rspresenting tbs counties in tbe district, respect- the first primary nomination of a ooLgressman fill the vfibany existing in the Second oongremional district be held ' v April 23d. -A«^a second if the lame be necessary, be 7th. That the of tbe various tbe Second oon- jneet at their re- Ion the Tuesdays to tabulate county,, That tbe executive com' ■700 the Fridays 6a to tabulate recults of said the same proportionate mileage to be constructed hereafter, as the cost of the terminals will interfere, but the improvements will continue rapidly as ever. He said great combinations of capital are impossible elsewhere and it is a question if it do not stifle indi viduality. The labor organizations may be beneficial iu some ways and have done good in some cases and in jury in others, be declared, and when they stifie ambition they do harm,- - Fatal Kmlina of an Elopement. A special from Batesville, Ark.,, says: S. M. Hall, a well known mer chant of Austin, was stiot and killed Wednesday night at eight o’clock by H. C. Hancock. The tragedy is the sequel to the elopement of Hall and Miss Bessie Hancock, a daughter of II. U. Hancock, In January last. Hall recently returned to Arkansas and stated that lie proposed to live down the past and resurffe bus’ness at Austin. . Hall arrived In Batesville Wednesday afternoon. Hancock cqjne up on Hall in front of tfie epurt house at eight o’clock and ininiediately pulled a revolver and began firing Three of the four or five shots took effect in vital parts of the body. Hall fell after the first shot, dying almost instantly. Hancock surrendered to the sheriff and was placed in jail. A Fanny Cave. A dispatcii from Towanda, Pa., says forty years have been knocked .put of the life of Edward Smith, a farmer, by a single blow. Last week he was felling a large,tree. In fall ing it struck another small tree wfiieh fell on Smith,,cutting a deep gash in Iris foreivead. He was unconscious for some time, and since lie lias recovered he lias no recollection of his present life. . He acts like a boy again, al though.he is oyer fifty. He plays'the games he played wtiile a boy and goes about doing tlie same farm work did as a youngster. He lias no recol lection of his life for the~last forty years, but otlierwise is in good health. Hoped Never to t Meet Sherman aa . He Could Not Truat to Keep 1 Hia Hands Off the Milici- ous Slanderer. . . -J la a recent issue of The Saturday Evening Post, former Senator George G. Vest, of Missouri, writes of Gen. Wade Hampton with whom he served in the Senate, and wason terms of in timate friendship. One of the most interesting portions qf Senator Vest’s article is that dealing with the burn ing of Columbia, which Gen. ShermAn falsely, maliciously charged against Gen. Hampton. Senator Vest brings out no new facta in relation to the matter, but presents the whole' case very concisely and clearly, as fqjlows: It is not my purpose to revive any bitter memorie»of the ci^il war. 1 hold it -to be the first duty of every citizen to promote as far as he can tbe era of good feeling which now exists to a large degree between those who were once engaged in armed conflict. I should not now allude to the con- troversy between Gen. Sherman and Senator Hampton In regard to the burning of Columbia, but for the fact that I have lately seen the statement made in a widely circulated publica tion that Hampton was responsible for that terrible event. I deem it my duty to lay before the public,, without comment, tbe unquestionable state ments of Gen. Sherman himself and bis officers as to the responsibility for the destruction by fire of thirteen hundred bouses inhabited by non- m - ¥ chairmen of the this diatrict are mble their committee and to for ' “Married.- — Mrs. Fannie Blake Gillian and Lieutenant Governor John T. Sloan were married Wednesday night at the home of Dr. and Mrs. L. T. Blake, at Spartanburg. Bishop W. W. Duncan officiated. The bride wore a hand some gown of lilac chiffon with an under dress of taffeta and a valuable diamond tiara, the gift of the groom. A largely attended -reception was tendered Colonel and Mrs. Sloan by Dr. and Mrs. Blake, which was the decided social affair of the spring season. The couple left tonight for California, and upon return, will re side in Columbia. Bride of a Week Dies. A dispatch from Clinton* to the State says Mrs. Richard E. Copeland died there Monday week after only two or three days’ illness. Mrs. Cope land was a bride of only a little more thaB^9£ :*ee!<i tmvlng married on the 13th day of this month. She was Miss East and a native of Alabama, having moved from -that State to Clinton just a short while before Christmas. She, was a niece of Mrs. R. J. Copeland and Dr. East, who liv es a abort distance from Clinton. — Game Grower* Con vent Ion. A letter b'as been received from D. G. Purse, president of the Interstate cane gropsHilfsociation by Governor Heyward asking the appointment of five delegates to th$ next meeting of the association which will be held in JacksonviU May 4 fir" the governor has replied stalling that be does not care to Undertake the appoint of delegates in this way but should any one desire to go they can be appointed by communicating with the governor. combatants and not used for any mili tary purpose. In tbe official report, made in the spring of 1865, of his march through the Carblfnas, Gen. Sherman made the statement'that the burning of. Columbia was cauiied b> Gen. Hamp ton,. who commanded the rear guard of the Confederate forces, ordering tbe cotton, which he had caused to be piled up in the streets of the city, to be fired,, and that, although Sher man’s soldiers labored earnestly to extinguish these tires, the wind rose and caused the burning cotton to be bl(Mp upon the roofs of^the adjacent houses until the ffje became unman- |^h OTmaD made against him ageable. “And without hesitation, charge Gen. Wade Hampton with having burned his own city of Colum bia; not with malicious Intent, as tbe manifestation ofa Billy Roman stoic- IsiDt but from folly and want of sense in filling it with lint cotton and tin der.’’ Op July 14,18657Gen. Hampton re plied to this cnarge, and stated that so far from ordering the cotton to fye fired in tbe streets of Columbia, he had, oAtakiug command of the rear guard the night before, issued an or der that no cotton should be tired within the, city, and that when he evacuated Columbia on the next morn ing there was not a bale of cotton on in the streets nor anywhere else. In a letter published in the proceed ings of Congress in April, 1866, Gen. Sherman says: “The citizens of Columbia set fire to thousands qf bales of cotton rolled out into the streets, and which were burning before we entered Columbia. I myself was in the city as early as 9 o’clock, and I saw these fires.’’ In a deposition of Gen. Sherman, taken before a United States cJmrfils- sioner at Washington city in 1872, in the case of Browne vs. United States, he swore that a brigade of tbe Fif teenth army corps, commanded by Brig- Gen. Stone, of Iowa, were the f r first Federal troops to reach Columbia and that this brigade formed the pro vost guard which was distributed throughout the city. He also reit erated bis pbante that the city was burned by the flaming cotton which Hampton had iired before heieXt, aud. which WEB Tarried by tbe high'wind to tbe adjacent bouses. r In January, 1873, Brig. Gen. Stone, who commanded, the Federal troops that first occupied Columbia, made the following statement in The Chicago Tribune: Tbe entire brigade was distributed through the 'CltjL “ Up to this time no fires occurred in any part of the city save those of public buildings and quartermasters’ stores, fired by the enemy the day before we entered, I think, but which tires had not -ex tended and did not extend to any other part, of the city. The streets the city had been eaten out, and tbe men’s appetite for revenge satiated, yet it was then considered that a di vision of troops was heoeesary for pro vost duty.” In his Memoirs (page 288), Gen. Sherman says: ^“Having utterly ruined Columbia, tbe right wing began its march north west to Winnsboro on the twentieth.” What Gen Sherman thought in re gard to the rules civilized warfare is best explained by himself.^ Gen. Halleck having written to Sherman at Savannah that he hoped when he cap tured Charleston the city would be re duced to ashes and salt sown upon the ruins, Gen. Sherman in his Memoirs (page 226), says he answered Halleck as follows: “Tt Is war differs from European wars in this > particular: We are not only fighting hostile armie&rbut a hos tile people; and must make old and young, rich and -poor, feel the hard hand a f w ir, as well as their organized armios. * * * . “1 will bear in mind your hint as to Charleston, and do not think it will be necessary. When I move, the Fif teenth corps will be on tbe right of the right wing, and their position will bring them into Charleston first; and If you have watched the history of the corps, you will mror remarked that they generally do their work pretty well. The truth is, the whole army is burning with insatiable desire to wreak vengeance upon South Caro lina. I almost tremble at her fate, hut feel that she deserves all that seems in store for her.”—- He also stated in his deposition in the case of Browne vs. United States, to which reference has already been made, that he and bis army, both of ficers and men, thought that South Carolina should be extirpat* d. which meant otter destruction beyond the hope of resurrection; and he also stat ed in tbe same deposition tiut if he had thought it necessary he would have destroyed Columbia aa he would a prairie-dog village. In his Memoirs (page 287), Gen. Sherman sayfc that the fire that de stroyed Gotombla was Accidental, and on the same page he says: “In my official report of thisconfia- gration l distinctly charged it to Gen. Wade Hampton, and confess I did so pointedly, to shake the faith of his people in trim, for he was, in my opin ion, a braggart, and professed to be the special champioh of South Caro lina.” In the last conversation I ever had with him on the subject, (^en. Hampton said that tbe charge of aa to the burning of Columbia was the moat fiagrant injustice that, could possibly be perpetrated by any man who claimed to be a soldier and gentleman. “During the whole war,” hs contin ued, i“l never jcommitted an act In violation of the rules of civilized war fare and never permitted my soldiers to do so. I was second in command when the cavalry r&icl was, made into Pennsylvania in 18tf2, and Col. Mc Clure, the well kaown editor of Tbe Philadelphia Times, has testified in bis memoirs how scrupulously I caused the rights of private citizens and non- combatants to be respected by my men when we captured Chambers- burg. Of course, we^took such neces saries belonging to private citizens as we were compelled to have, but in every instance the owners were given vouchers upon which they could collect the value of the property so taken from the United States govern ment. I never permitted my soldiers to enter an orchard or to draw water from a private well or cistern without first obtaining the permission of the owner. No outrage or violence was d by them in any instance, and yet when I ret u rned home after, the war I found my residence burned, which was two miles from Columbia, and also Millwood, the home of my grandfather and father, around which clustered the most sacred memories of my iife. 1 had lost in the war all my estate- and had seen my brother and youngest son shot down upon the battlefield; but Gen. Sherman was not satisfied with tills, and has attempted to place upon me the terrible stjgma of having burned the houaea^oLmy RAILROAD MILEAGE Built Last Tear in this State and the United States. OUE STATE SHOWS UP LAMELY. The Railroad* Now Have Nearly ‘ ,v Thirty Million Dollar* Worth . ..... of Property In Sooth . Carolina. .’ * ‘ ... „ •;», It would seem that nearly th&entife surface of the United States is by this time a net work of railroads, but the statistics show that there was more mileage in new roads last year than at any other limeslnce 1887,jwhen the construction was more than twice as much as last year. South Carolina shows but a small percentage of the construction, the to tal being but 27.68 miles. However, If the roads projected are built in 1904 this State will shoW up better in next year’s statlstidal reports. The roads constructed last year were: Benpettsville and Cheraw—Kollocks to Bennettsville, 14 miles. Carolina Western—Extension to Smltbvllle, 1.75 miles. Charlotte, Monroe and Columbia— Hamberg Junction'to Jefferson, 11 miles. ‘ - Edgmoor and Marietta—Extension to Lando, .93 miles. r . The Railway Age gives the following list of roada projected (not ..iacludiug the projected line to Saluda court house, 14 miles): Aicolu—Extension to Motts, 0 mites. D. W. Alderman, vice president, Aicolu. " • ' *• Carolina and Western—Smlthville to Tillman, 16 miles; under construc tion. H. B. Horton, auditor, Hamp ton... Charlotte, Monroe and Colombia— Jefferson, S. C., to Monroe, N. C., 25 miles. Wm. Moncure, president and general manager, Raleigh, N. C. Chesterfield . and Lancaster Ruby to Lynchs River, 17 miles; surveyed. A. II. Page, general manager', Cheraw. French Broad and Southern —Tox- away, N. C., to a connection with the Southern railway in Oconee county,, S. C., 50 miles. John S. Verner, Co lumbia. .- Hampton and Branchville—Maul- dinton to St. George, 18 miles. W. C. Mauldin, general-superintendent, Hampton. Minnesota 14 Mississippi.. . '.10 Missouri 11 Nevada. , .. <—* 1 Ncflf Jersey.. *\. ... 2 New Mexico... New Yrirk... North Carolina, <. . V. 9 North Dakota.... . v-» 5 Ohio ... 10 - Oklahoma. .^... .*. •13 ()regoa .. . 7 Pennsylvania -.1 32 South Carolina, . . .'. 4- Vr Tennessee........ Texas t Utah 5 Vermont . .. 1 Virginia . . 9 Washington. n West Virigina.«.. . .. 24 Wisconsin.-... X~. _ 10 Wyoming ... 1 Total in 43 States and Territories.. . ... 401 198.19 130.40 242.67 71.00 16.00 2.12 192.7,7 45.10 112 60 129.76 132.69 653.32 31.50 245.18 27.68. 102.48 356.68 120.52 5.00 45.17 116.13 165.80 86.73 3.00 5,785.98 I The report of the comptroller gen- eral^sbows that last year the railroads returned for taxation 3,005 miles of track In this State, and that tbe total value of ail railroad property In tbe State was 629,467,716.—The State. To Oo Back to Iowa. • / ' • JesseHufTiMD, a soldier now sta tioned at Fort Fremont, S. C., will be taken back to Centrevllle, Iowa, in a day or so, to stand trial on tbe charge of forgery. The story of Huff man's crime was told by W. B. Davis, an officer of that town, who called on the governor Wednesday morning for requisition papers and the warrant. Huffman was a rather bad character, although ef good family, and it was after ffe joined the army that it was discovered that be had forged f note of the National Bank of (Jentfeville. The amount secured by Huffman was only 627.50, but the bank is willing to spend 6200 to get him hack. Cor respondence was had with the war department, and it was found that his release could be secured in order that he might be tried. Governor Cummings wrote to Governor Hey ward in the matter, and as toon aa proper papers could be obtained Mr. Davis came on for his prisoner. Word was wire* the captain of Huffman’s company at Fort Fremont and the man was placed under arrest to be carried back to Iowa. NO 26 KILLED THEM ALL. A Wife’s Lots of Dancing Makes Sir J Husband Commit Big Damage*. The Charleston Post says fi fieri thousand two-hundred dollars was the Mouut riemnt and O^rgehmn- I ST aWarded ^ rviirvt Dlxxooont tsv la rto trill A ift Xiftfc CftS6 Of Mount Pleasant to 'McClellansville, 65 miles. W. G. Miller, president, Sum merville. ' n Mount Pleasant Southern—S>utli- port to Glbsonville, projected. Pee Dee River—Mars BluflT to Ran kins Mills, 30 mile. . W. L. Rankin, Mars Bluff. 1_ Saluda River Lumber Co.—Green ville to Davenport, 23 miles; to be built over the old roadbed of the Caro lina, Knoxville and Western, R. E. Johnson, president, Greenville. vs v the Atlantic Coast Line, which was tried in the court of common pleas Wednesday. The verdict is one of the heaviest for damages ever ren dered by a Charleston jury. Mr. P. H. Gadsden, attorney for the railroad, said that lie would make a motion for a new trial. The plaintiff brought suit against the road for injuries received* last October, while in the employ Of life company as brakeman and switch man. The accident occurred in the sod ttrton-S^rtttn L"rak« ir<r tyi Union in mlloc I rvoornnru t oH lW0 10 'nspeci 90016 DraKeS that were defective when the train moved, passing over both his legs, in juring both members fccTsuch an ex tent that amputation was necessary. burg to Uniop, 30 miles; Incorporated. Tennessee, Georgia and South Car olina—Anderson, S. C., to Charleston, Tenn., 200 mile. W. B. Frink, presi dent, Blue Ridge, Ga. Union and Glenn Springs—Buffalo, to Murphys Shores, 4 miles. George M. Wright, general manager, Union. The South Carolina end of the Ten nessee, Georgia and South Carolina will be considerably less than 200 miles in length, as recorded by The Age. The Spartanburg and Union line is supposed to be a projected elec tric line. stanffs Oklahoma stands first States and territories with 653 miles, and Louisiana is second with 456 miles to her credit. There are eight States and territories showing over 200 miles each, as.follows: Oklahoma, 653 miles;- Louisiana, 456 miles; Texas, 357 miles; Indian Territory, 319 miles; Arkansas, 263 mile; Penn sylvania, 245 miles; ‘Missouri,- 243 miles, and Iowa, 240 miles. The following table shows track laid by years since 1886: ISoclety Polygamy. Some ugly features of aur national life and what to do about them was the subject of a lenten sermon. Sun day night by tbe Rev. Dr. McKim of tbe Epiphany church at Washington, D. C. Dr. McKim made a direct, forcible attack on tbe “Almost con scienceless extravagance arid passion - for display” that has spread do wo of all the ward among the people. He drew a vivid picture of the “Progressive polygamy” of society divorces, as com TEBHIlLl 1TOHDXR ANUSUIGXBjJt Mortally Wounded, the Wife Fight* for Her Child, |mt the Frea- sled Husband Kill*Child and Himself. Maddened by jealousy and stung by bitter words of reproach, Christian. Kirschoffer. a Williamsburg, N. Y„ hotel keeper, ^abot and mortally wounded his young wife, slew his four-year-old son and took his own life Wednesday. Tbe tragedy was the end of a martial history of five years, beginning with Klsoboffer’a elopement with tbe woman be killed Wednesday aud who was then hia wife’s niece. After the death of his wife be married the nieces Residents in the neighborhood of Kent avenue and South First street were startled by a succession Of pistol shots in the second story of Kirscboff- er’s Hotel, at No. 965 Kent avenue, about 10:30 a. m. Wednesday. Tbe shrieks of “Murder!” “Police!” In a woman’s voice, brought Policeman Fallon, of the Sixtieth Precinct; George Ebnenn, a citizen, and fire man George Mulligan, who rushed up stairs, burst in the door of the apart ment in time to see tbe murderer fire a shot intb his own head. The policeman grappled with the man, who, although wounded to- death, still struggled savagely to fire upon the Intruders. Aa the revolver was wrenched from the maniac's hand, he.fell to the floor and expired. The room resembled a shambles. Oo the floor, near tbe door leading into the rear room, lay the murderer’s little son, gasping in the throei of death. Swooning, at tbe window, which the wounded mother had raised in her frantic efforts to escape her doom, hung the body of Mrs. Kirsch offer, with blood streaming from a wound under tbe chin. The police officer picked up the did and hastened with him into the street in search of medical aid. But the little fellow expired before an am bulance from tbe Eastern District lospital arrived. Hia father’s bullet bad pierced his brain. Meanwhile Ebnenn and Mulligan carried tbe wounded woman down-, stairs, and Into a neighboring atom. She did not regain ooriacloutosM, but murmered the name of her little boy. Vben partly revived by Ambulance Surgeon Shanks she prayed-than to save her baby. 4 Tbe crime was undoubtedly pretned- toted aud carefully planned. Kinob- offer was Insanely Jealous of his wife. She bad youth and rosy cheeks, and was but twenty-six years old. He was forty. He objected to her gayetf, and protested against her attend ance at dances. She went over to Elizabeth port on Monday night to at tend a masquerade. The husband oh- ected, but the young wife bad pre pared a costume, and she went, de spite protests, to tbe home of her cousin, Michael Martt, with whan 4 in some places contained bales Of cotr ^on, which had been out open, and these caught fire twice or three times during tbe day, but these fires bad been promptly put out by some of the firemen, aided by a detail of soldiers undercharge of an officer.” He further says: “Ool. D. J. Pal mer, commanding my regiment, the Seventy-fifth Iowa, and to whom I bad intrusted tbe charge of tbe most dangerous part of the city, con firmed my opinion that there was a plot to burn the city by telling me several fires had started in his district; that he had succeeded in putting them out sq- ftr, but could not much longer, and that. In his opinion, tbe next one would fire the city. Tbe wind after sunset bad increased in violence, and friends and neighbors in Columbia. A more cruel and false accusation was never made, and though I shall not make myself ridiculous by seeking any personal satisfaction, I hope that we may never meet, for I dist rust my own self-control if face to face with a man who has wronged me so foully.” A London Tragedy. A ghostly crime was today un earthed at Kensalrise, a suburb of West London, England. The police found s trunk in a boarding house, containing the bodies of a woman and child, who disappeared two months ago, and who had been murdered. The bodies were covered with several incties of cement. The officer sus pected a lodger in the house named Grossman. When they attempted to arrest him he dashed through the streets pursued by a large crowd. Seeing escape impossible,. Grossman drew a razor and committed suicide by cutting his throat. The police now are digging in the garden of the house, thinking other bodies are possibly buried there. district rigtrt toward tbe heart of tbe city. All at once fifteen or twenty flames from aa many different places along the river shot up, and In ten minutes tbe fata of Oohuabto was settled,..,. “The next morning it was discovered the guard bad been too small; and al- thougb a square mile of the heart of ^—a i - v:, ^ • • Horrors of the Deep. The British steamer Cuba!A which arrived Thursday at New^ York f;from Peru and Chili, reports that on Feb ruary 12tb, in the Straits of Magellan, she fell in with a Chltllan sealing about ? o’clock was blowing Almost a schooner in distress. The schooner hurricane from Col. Palmer’s pared with tbe polygamy of the Mor mons, and made a caustic reference to the “graft top to bottom of society,” and ‘ even the dark and portentlous shadow of tbe betrayal of public trust lying across the legislative halls of tbe nation.” i— : .......... Year. 1887 ......imm 1888'....... .-tttt . 1889 1890 1893^. tr:r.. 1894 istfs 1 ; 1896.;:. 1897 1898 .. 1899.. ... ; ..,. 1900 ^ 1901 ......... 1902 1903.. In Cannada 839. , . ^ • - . . . • • . 7,106 . 5,230 . 5,670 . 4,281 . 4,192 . M49 . 1,803 . 1,848 . 1,880 . 3,08 4 ,437 5,222 5,648 5,786 - new was a very small craft, with a-orew of, sixteen men. They had been oat six months and were starving. They had caught 150 seals, and the 'Only pro visions obtainable wars shellfish and water. Their boat had been stove in and rendered useltos In bad weather. Cant. Berry supplied them with abuod- ant provisions. miles of road were built last year on 27 lines, and incomplete returns from Mexico show 341.43>miles of track laid on 12 lines. The Railway Age gi ves the follow ingAS tbe summary in each of several tes last year: ‘ - No. States. lines. r Miles. Alabama /. 15 121.83 Alaska 1 10.00 Arizona .....—* 7 117.52 Arkansas... 15 263.59 California...r... 12 159,49 Colorado.;.. ' 6 43.62 Florida 9 416.77 Georgia....;.-.;..... « 147.50 Idaho ...... ...., 2 16.00 Illinois. Indiana 10 62.35 Indian Territory.... 14 > 319. Iowa >*•,#« family she attended the ball. Mrs. Kirschoffer did not return home until nine o'clock Tuesday morning. he husband met her with furious anger. A bitter quarrel followed dor- ng which dishes were thrown by both. Having exhausted |their nusband and wife front about their seven' * restaurant, tbe man going upstairs, donning his beat clothes and then hurrying to tbe butcher shop 1 he’bought a lot of meat He bought a pistol, which he: From tbe gun shop went Into tbe saloon kept by htiJI|s- ■friend, Frederick Berta, at toe A Peculiar Aceident. Lieutenant Barton E. Gardiner, Miles. S ’ ob furlough from his in A rlzorii 'ihirA bound Southern Pacific traja^ going to visit his mother In Massachusetts, met with a peculiar accident Thurs day as tl\e train was nearing the de pot in Tlatoma, Texas. He was seat ed in a chair car and was asleep. . He limke as the brakeman called but the name of the station, jumped from the window and fell under the can, both egs cut off. Immediate attention *as given him and he is resting well. Gardiner 'sataMvhen he heard the brakeman announce the station he dreamed his captain commanded a charge and it was this which caused the'accldent. ong corner of Wythe avenue and Sooth firirt street. Here be drank deeply, announcing that it waa the last glass of liquor he yrould ever swallow in this world. Arrived at hlAhome thiman called bis wife and child Into tbe sleeping rooms of the family on the second floor, locked the door and deliberately murdered them. He threw the wo man upon the bed In the front room and fired the weapon Into her throat, tbe ball passing through the chin and nto the bones of tbe bead. The wo man appears to have struggled wildly for her child’s life, for she broke away, and running to the window farthest from the bed, throw up the lower sash and shrieked for help. Aid came too ate lor is tKe woman ran the husband put a bullet In the boy’s head. Kill* Himself. | Henry Madison Mann, an eleven- year-old boy, son of T. 0. Mann, a prominent citizen of Abbeville, shot himself through the heart. The lad became Exasperated, it is skid, be cause of the release of a pet bird that he kept in a cage. It is stated he entered his room and locked the door. A moment later the report of a pistol attracted the attention of the family Mrs. Mann, the lad’s mother, rushed to the room. Henry opened the door for her, stepped back and fell to the floor dead. Robbed tbo Gallows. At Tuskagee, Ala., on Thursday Ralph Armstrong, under sentence of Killed by Uaa. In the city of New York throe peo ple were killed by illuminating gee in a five-story tenement In east Elev enth street Wednesday and many oc cupants of neighboring Data were more or lem overcome. The deed an: Otto Grossman, 36 yean old, a host ler; Jennie Grossman, 32 yean, hie wife, arid Rosie Longfelder, S3 yearn old, a seamstress, boarding with Grossmans. Two gas jeta were turned on fall head. According to the neighbors Grossman several tlmm threatened to tarn on the gas and end hie life and that of hie wife. Tone- day night,Jt le said, there wee e mer rymaking at tbeOromema flat and —n drtmk 183.79 death for the murder of hlg ooi »mmftted nth i Kentucky. Main. » «rw *<v k e Alice Armetong, oomr sui- . Mrs Robert He refused the young vtUe, to merry Telfair . a son the i f e« •x. i, ‘3^