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YOl. XVUI. BARNWELL. 8. C., THURSDAY. JULY 6, 1906. NO. 44. SHOT TO DEATH. Eight Prisoners Lined Up and ^ Riddled With Bullets borne with patience the delay neoee- | nary to MOurrlDg the endence agalnit the Holbrook murderers and had agreed | to let the law take Its course. The Impelling cause of the lynching with- | out doubt was the attempted rape by Sandy Price, which excited the people | all over that section. THECilMK BI DKTEBM1NKD MOB. oners at WatkinsTille. Pun of the Vicilms Was a White Mas, Whom s Citizen and we County Jailer Betted the 14 • : • — Mob to'Spear, bnt i t Re fused to Do So. A mob entered the Jail at Watkins ▼111©, Ga., at vwo o'clock Thursday morning and took the ref ran —nine 3endy Pr'oc, A Negro, Enters the Home of a LaCt And to Asssnlt Her. <« ■' A dispatch to the Atlanta Journal, under date of June 27tb, gives an ac count of the crime that lead to the lynching of the eight prisoners at Watklnsvllle, Ga, on last Thursday morning.. The dispatch said the Ooun ty of Oconee had another sensation, oo the Tuesday afternoon before the lynching of the eight men, that set prisoners, eight of whom were shot U» ^ people of WatkinsviUe, where the r death an(fihe ninth tt cap« d only by being thought dead by the mob. Tot prisoners token out and lynched were: Lon J. A}cock, white, charged will the muicer tf F. M. Hoibiock ant wife ol Ooonce county', ana seven n t groeS, Rich Robinson, Lewis Robin son, Ciaua E der, charged with the murder of the Boloicck couph; Sanoy Prioef a young ntgio, chaigei with attempted rape upon he person jf Mrs. Weioon Dooley; Rich Alien, a negro convicted ana under sentence ct death lor the murder of W ill Robert son, another negro; Gene Yejby, an other negro charged with the burglary of a ride irom Mr. Marshall, and Boi Harris, a negro, charged wltu shooting another negro. ~ ^ A dispatch from WatkinsviUe says there were about 50 to 15 men in the. crowd. All were heavly, maskoc ana no one knows whence they came lynching took plaoe, wild with excite ment, and came very near resulting in the lynching of Sandy Prlce^a negro max living at WatkinsviUe. Mrs. Weldon Dooley, the wife of a well known young farmer, living in the suburbs of WatkinsviUe, barely es caped from the dutches of this negro ;n time to give the larm to the neigh- burs and cause his arrest. Mrs Dooley aad gone into her room and was lying on tbe bed with her baby. Suddenly .be back door of tbe house was thrown open and this negro butted in and made a rush at her. She grabbed ber baby and ran through tbe front door in time to get out of bis reach. Assh iid so she screamed at the top of he voice, and the negro went out the hack door and made off Into the woods. Mrs. Dooley sent word back to Wat- klusvllle that this negro bad entered her bouse and in less than fifteen min THE RED FUG Of Revolution Flies at Mast of a Russian Battleship. THE CHEW MUTINIED The Officers of the Kniaz Petemkine, a Battleship of the Blsck Sea Squad ron, Murdered and Thrown Overboard bv the Crew of the Battleship. ALL TRAITORS. The Intire Plack Sea Fleet Fonoy- Combad With Treason. The Bhipa And Men W ho Samndered to Toffo With NebacAtoff Were from This Fleet. FATALLY SHOT. **’' . I ' . . . anaammnaMnMmm h ».»•> L Scharameck, an Augusta, Ga., Man, Meets Death- TRUE TO HIS OATH. | Vegroea Bound a White Tree and Man or to wLat point they returned^ They I ateH f u n y (Q^y armed men were on tbe V-- N- Mr went at otce tO-th© Loute of Towl Marabal L. H. Alkm and quietl) caiUa him.to the cuor. Ashe pui bis btad oui of tbe door he was beizeo and Una that ha muht deliver tbe Jai. key. He rtluteo ana men put pistoh in hla laoe and ovei powered him, b “beltg a rather fcmall man. Aiken re fuaea to orths, bui tome of tue part) Creased -him .atid-cairkd him along The mob next seized Courtney Eioer, a blacksmith, aua made linn biltg hit tod la aiong with bun. On tneir way to the Jail tbey were met by A. W. Asblcra, a prominent citizen of Wat kinavllie, wlo Laa btara the noise a< the maiabal’s house and came down -— town as soon as he could dress- ~ Mr Ashford begged the men to de slat *nd let tbe mw take Its course especially pleaoing for Ayootk on tbe ground Lbat the evidence bad noi been secured to ytanant bla convlc tlon. He also begged them nut-to ► ' lynch these not chaiged with capita crimes. They told tjlm that they weit cool, sober and determined'and tbai he might as well go back heme sue . go to bed. The jail was then opened hy the town maisbal under cover ol several pistols atd' luaute the jail tbe mob held up Jailor Crow and dtmagd edthekeyg urtbe ceils. He re fusee 1 at fiist, but suirendered them artei being menaced with guts. -Jalloi Crow begged bard for A j cock on the same ground that Mr. Ashford die and also for the two negroes who wen not charged with capital crimes Members oi tbe attacking party \olo him to shut bis moiy-b. They knea ‘ whatto.ib, they said, and they were ! " _ going to clear out the jyhele Jan. Tne mob got qvery prisoner in tbi ' l . jail elcept TO^Thrasher, a negrt -^argeu with^gamblfbg, who .was on the misdemeanor'’ side oTlhe prison and was not dbticed. The prisoner* • were oarrieti to a point some 100 yard; iiqm it* jail and tied to three fence poeti by their tKC&a. Aycod: protest tid his inn< »PiiftK tn the la-t. He sale yj e y were killing an innocent man While the general belief In Ocone* county is-that Ay cock was not guilty, ; stlh mere were many who did not be lleve m. Rich Robinson said It was all right, so far as he was concerned, but that three more negroes were in the Holbrook oiurjler. jle named Sidney Norris, Jim Taylor and Vfrilej Durham as the three Implicated. These negroes had been In jail before on mis cnaige and had been releasee after full Investigation, by tbe com mlttee. Ibe other prisoners did no; open their mouths during their marcl * to their doom. After the prisoners bad been tleo to me fenceposts, tbe mob lined up and fired fivp volleys into tbelr bodies All died without a struggle, with tbt exception of Joe Patterson, a uegn who was charged with pointing a gui at Albert Ward. Patterson was sno; several times in tbe body but wat alive after tbe mob left and will reoov er. Aycock’s body waa„falrlv riddled with shot, a great hole was torn through his heart aud another through his right breast. Tue mob left quickly after doing its work, and none of lu members went toward Athens. It Is believed mat me men were from neigh boring counties, as tbe report was brought to WatkinsviUe Wednesday Afternoon by A. N. Bostick of Morgan . oounty that a mob would Ukely stack • the Jail Wednesday Tnls rumor, how fever, was not given much attention w scent la buggies and afoot. Tbe negr * as tracked for nearly a half mile to .he bouse of a negro woman and the aouse was surrounded. Price was told to come out and did so after a little iesltatlon. As he left tbe bouse some members of tbe crowd fired him two or three times, but all the shots missed the mark. He was then captured and carried 'o the Jill Id WatkinsviUe. He denied going luto Mrs. Dooley’s bouse, but ier identification ut blm was complete, and there was further Identification, .hat his shoes were fitted into the track In tbe back yard. Coming right after tbe Halbrook murder, which was a most brutal and cold blooded crime, i.bls affair has greatly stirred the com- nuuity, and had tbe negro been kept away from Jail much longer the crowd 'might have dealt violently with him Pals man was one of the eight men hat was shot to death on Thursday morning by the mob at WatkinsviUe. - TBE HOLBROOK MURDER, For Which Four Men Were Lynched At WAtktnavilie, Ga. The white man aud three of the oegroea lynched at WatkinsviUe, Ga., Tnursday morning,'were held in j ill fa the brutal murder of Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook, aud aged ciuple, which oc curred in May. With their heads ottered almost beyond recognition, F. M. Holbrc-ok and his wife, an aged xmnle. were found murdered on the night of May 9 on-the back porch of their home, five miles below Watklns- vllle. The couple lived by themselves and pwned a farm and country store. The store Jwas found to have been broken open and robbery was the sup pnwed motive for the murder. Black, an aged negro, who was walking near the borne, discovered .be dead bodies at an early hour on the m< rolng following the murder and gave the alarm. The nearest acighbor was Adam Smith, who re ‘ponded quickly and was J lined by other neighbors. Bloodhounds were secured from Athens and every effort made to cap- tore the murderer, but without avail. Citizens of tbe village formed them- lelves Into an investigation committee ind aa a result of 'tbelr work several aegroes were placed under arrest. Tbe store lu which Mr. Holbrook was attacked is annexed to bis house sod he was evidently showing his as sailants a suit of clothes when he was struck on the back of the head with a blunt Instrument. The suit of cloth es was. very bloody and hla spectacles were found nekr spattered with blood. He ran from tbe store rcom Into his bedroom probably to get his gun, as a ttreak of blood was found ou tbe wall near his gun. His body was found on tbe porch. His wife held a piece of scantling In ber band when found and bad on only one garment. She perhaps heard ber husband give an alarm and jumped from tbe bed and ran to his rescue. When found the bodies were per fectly stiff and tbe crime was no doubt committed early In the night. There were nine holes made with a blunt Instrument in Mr. Holbrook’s head A cable dispatch frtm O Tessa, on tbe Black Sea, says the red fiag Of revolution is hoisted at the mast of Koalz Potemkine, Russia's most pow erful battleship in tbe Black Sea, which now lies lu the harbor in the hands of mutioeers. Tbe captain and most of tbe (fflesrs were murdered and thrown overboard In the open sea and tbe ship is com pletely in tbe possesion of the crew aud a few officers who have thrown lu tbelr lot with the mutineers. The guns of the Kniaz Potertaklne command tbe city tjfOtessa and in the streets masses of striking work men who the day before 11 :d before tbe volleys of the troops are now inflamed by the spectacle of open revolt on iboard an imperial warship and are making a bjld front against the mili tary. All day lor g firing bas been beard in many quarters of the city. A number of barricades have been erected and tumult and disorder reign. The main > qu&dron of tbe Black Sea ttset, consisting of the battlesbip- Georgel Pobiedonosetz (George the Victorioiv), Tri Sviatic lia, Rostislav and Eaatenna II, with two cruisers, are txpeebed to come here and a reg ular naval battle is in pr< spect. Tne ri-tors are in a most defiant mood and are not inclined tJ surrender wltuou fighting. Reports of tbe muntiny, which oc cum d while the ba tlesulp was at sea, are oiffi ,ult to obtain, as the muti nee<s r fusao allow communlc&thD with the shore, but it is ascertained that it arose from tbe shooting .of a.j sailor who was presenting on behalf of tbe crew a complaint against bad f oi. Accading to one version, this saldor, whose name was Omiltcbuk, objected to the quality ut the “borohtca,” or soup, and was immediately shot down by a mess officer. > The crew then rose and seized tbe ship and the officers, eight of whom were spared, on cocdaion that they; would j do the mutineers. The others were kdltd and tudr bodies thrown overooard. Aft(Ej|.perijd of vaceila tlon the K'jlaz PbUmklae headed foi Oicssa and arrived here last night ac mpanled by two torpedo boats. Early Wednesday tbe body off Omilt- cuuk was brought ashore in one of the |. cit y batti? ibip’s boats and was landed on the new. mole, where it had oeea ex- wsed in semi-state all day. It was visited oy thousands of per sons, many of whom placed coins In a basket at tbe bead of tbe body toward fund to defray the cost of the funer al, which the sailors held Thursday and which the strikers made the coca sion of a great demonstrationr An inscriptiou on the breast of the dead sailor states un. behalf of the crew that CLniltchuk died for the truth because he presented a j ust com A cablegram from -St. Petersburg says more serious in Its possible effects than all the defeats In Manchuria or the destruction of Rojestvensky’s fleet was the news which reached 8t. Petersburg early Wednesday evening tba^ the standajrd of open rebellion was floating on board one of the em peror’s battleships In the harbor of Odessa aud that with shotted guns tbe mutinous crew beaded by eight officers was bolding the ship against all comers. The authorities are in almost s state of panic and at the admiralty Consternation reigns. Admiral Wl* renlus, chief of the general staff of the navy, said to the Associated Press that the admiralty had r«gel*ed ad-' vices regarding the mutiny, bat that be was unable to give details. He frankly confessed that tbe situation was very grave and that be did not know wbat to expect. Tbe Black sea squadron, which left Sebastopol Tues day under command of Vice-Admiral Kruger, was due to arrive at Odessa Wednesday night and a battle with thy prmtinftTE m>y occur at any mo ment. Tbe Kul&z Potemkine is a more powerful ship than any in Kruger’s squadron and the gravity of tbe situ ailon Is Increased by the fact that tbe city is pr&o Joally in possession of the strikers, who, according to tbe dis patches, had already been encouraged | to open resistance by the mutiny of the Bailors aud were erecting barri cades And fighting tbe police and the troe ps iu tbe streets. Ever since the war started ugly re ports about the crews of tbe Black sea fleet hare been current. Men hav^ been shot and even officers oourt- martlalled for disobedience, and at Sebastopol twelve sailors were con demned to three years imprisonment for mutiny. v No better evidence of tbe spirit o: 1 tbe crew is need thsn an official an nourc ment made by tbe admiralty that Admiral NebsgaUff and the itber officers who surrendered in the of Japan would have to stand IT WAYNESBOBO, GA, A Danish Cadet Ship Rammed ty Loag Studlax Few! Wiped Oat With V - Weed. D. C. Cartfs, Africsltarsi Parbier of SclraaMck. Al so Isstaatly Killed. Third Mss Fatally lejared. I sea trial by courtmartlal upon tbelr re turn. Practically all of tbe crews o: tbe vessels which surrendered came from tbe Black sea. Tbe fact that Odessa is not a fortified fort ex plains why tbe Koiaz Potemkine is able to lie In the harbor unmolested ODESSA BOMBARDED. land a Mrs nole made Holbrook’s by a pistol ball In head. After the fclnoe' so many of before. Sheriff Overby was on his farm Wed nesday afternoon and he was not notl fled by Mr. Bostick. In fact the pur quite natural, as the wounds were al on the back of the head* except one Its kind had come | bruise on Mrs. Holbrook’s face. Fatal Collision. The Atohsidn, Topeka and Santa Fe . limited, bound for Chicago, collided nose of the mob was accomplished so I with a train on tbe belt Una railway quietly that the sheriff, wno lives a at Troost avenue two mike from the mile from the jail, knew nothing of | oeatre of Kansas City, eariy Thurs- tbe occurrencelintU Tautsday morn day., JT*” kllled log, and tbe retidente of WatkinsviUe three injured. > The hilled wer ® were taken completely by purprke. The DCbule of Oconee county are tor Engineer Willis was fatally hurt, riflai al tbe occurrence. Tbey bad j passengers were ieiloari| hurt. Fire- vine, A dispatch from Waynesboro, Ga, says two men are dead and one seri ously wounded as a result of a shoot ing affray that occurs! then Monday. The parties to tbe tffelr were L. D. and John H1U, of Drone and L. Sobra- meek, of Augusta, and D. C. Curtis, of St. Clair. John H1U wee seriously wounded In tbe stomach and thigh. Curtis was shot In tbe face and through tbe heart, dying Instantly, aud Schrsmeok was shot in tbe bead and through the heart, also dying In stantly. Both parties met In Waynesboro Monday while on legal business, and friends could shooting was done. It wss tbe out come of a feud of long standing, and wss not unexpected. An inquest was held over tbe bodies of the dead men with tbe following verdict: “That Curtis was killed by Dozier Hill in defense of bis life, while It Is not known Who shot Schrameck.” Tbe bad blood was of long standing, having been In existence since 1893; but tbe tffelr Monday was tbe result of a fight between some negroes on tbe respective places of Our tip and Hill. Schrameck was In lib'way con nected with the feud. He-was a part ner of Mr. Curtis, and wss In tbe city with him when tbe shooting happen ed. Both parties were getting ready to go borne, and as tbe shooting be gtn Mr. Schrameck’s bone was fright ened and atarted to run. One of tbe bullets struck Mr. Schrameck In tbe hand, and be jumped out of tbe bug gy aud started for one of the stores, when be was hit again, falling and dying Instantly. It seema that be was trying to get away from tbe fight, but tbe bullets were flying so fast when be was struck that no one knows really who shot blm. His horse was struck again and fell dead. Doaler Hill was given a preliminary bearing and arquitted. ▲UOUBTANS MUCH XXCTTKD. The news of the shooting at Waynesboro created quite a sensation early Monday afternoon Rjlatlve* of tbe family, acoompanled by Under taker Wilson, left ou an early after noon train, to take charge ot jhe re maius, and bring them to Augusta. Puystoians examined Mr. Schrameok’s body and found tbe following wounds: A Jagged wound of the right wrist, almost severing tbe band, possibly made by a slug. A number of wounds in tbe back, evidently made with buckshot and rifle balls. In all there were seven or eight of these wounds. Two or three were slight abrasions of tbe akin, seemingly made by spent A State ot War Declared in the Port ot Odesaa. Tbe London Daily Mall prints tbe following from its Odessa correspon dent, timed 10.40 o’clock, Taursday □igbt. “Using full % charges, the Kniaz Potemkin opened fire on tbe this evening. The first shell struck a house lu Nyeejiusksya street and tbe second fell on a brewery. In tbe walls of both buildings large holes, nIx yards wide, by three yards high, were torn. So lar there has been no more firing. The governor ordered tbe gas lamps extinguished and the,. . . . electric currents severed, so that the wound oau > ln « dealb. city Is In total darkness." . ° P - A dispatch from St. Petersburg says 18UUC * Threatened to KIH Hint If He Old -> Not Reveal the Beereta of Free Masonry, Thomas Davenport, a prominent citlztn of Tocooa, Ga., has been tbe victim near Buford, Ga, of one of tbe most vicious crimes ever perpetrated in thle section. According to s special TV W* c-. Tnrttaf S'At M- water w food for 30 hmnsrintf^ the end of that time hanged to a tree and left for dead, is the experience he passed through from 6 o’clock Satur day afternoon until early Sunday morning.* Divenport was brought to this place Sunday almost a total wreck, and the story he tells sounds more like a tale of border adventure than an actual happening In a civiliz ed community. Daren port says that on Saturday afternoon he was enticed from hi* home In Toccoa by a note, presumab ly forged, from a friend in New Hol land, a little town on tbe Southern railroad, two miles north of Gains ville. This note stated that Daven port’s friend was in distress, and urg ed him to come to New Holland at once. Unsuspecting, Davenport went to New Holland on the first train, ar rivlbg there soon after dark. About one-half mile from tbe New Holland station while on tbe way to bis friend’s borne, Devenport says he was seized by three Degrees who bound and hoodwinked him, and ordered him to make no sound under penalty ol death. He was then placed in a buggy wblob was driven all Saturday night Sunday morning be was taken from the buggy and cirried into the woods, when be was ordered to disclose the secrets of Masonry. Upon hie refusing be was tortured and threatened lu var ious ways through tbe dey. Finally, Sunday at midnight, he was strung up to e tree and left for dead. In order, however, to mskf hie osse, aa the no gross said, appear one of suicide, be fore Davenport was swung to tbe tree bis bonds and hoodwink wore removed f r tbe first time elnoe hla capture. He thus managed to cvtch to tbe tree and hold while releasing himself from the nooee. ' For several hours Davenport wan dered In tbe wood in darkness emerg ing at last into a road that led blm to tbe home of Z ibedlab H aunah, a prom inent farmer wbo lives three miles from Buford. The news wee at once communicated to this place, when Davenport wu brought here and placed on a train for hla home, and hie relatives at Tocooa notified of bis whereabouts. There Is tbe greatest excitement BOYS DIED IN BUNKS. J* ■ese of tbe Night Near Denmark, aad at Least Twoaty - Two Perseat Lest TMr Lives la the Crash. ~~ A dispatch from OopenhigaB, Dm- mark, says a serious disaster occurred Monday night near here, when the Danish cadet training schooner Georg- Stage was rammed aad sank by tbs British steamer Ancona. TheGeorg- Stage sank In one and oos balf miao us. Twenty-two cadets ware drowned and 57 monad. Tbe boys were all In tbelr banka at tbe time of the disaster. Tbe night waa overcast bat it wee not so dirk ,t objects could not bssosBntmmm distance. Tbe Ancona was considerably dam aged along her water line. The port authorities have placed an embargo on tbe Ancona, which will remain bare until the Inquiry Into tbetbe ooUMoa is completed. Thos tar only a tingle body has beep recovered by tbe divan wbo have gone down to tbe wreck. First officer Myhre of the Georg- Stage attributes the actidant te the Ancona changing her conae. Ha mid tbe Ancona's bow showed mem test Into tbe training sobooosr*a tide, bringing down tbe latter's mists and rigging, and preventing many of tea cadets from gaining tbe date. Tbm who were not entangled In tbe wrack- rge sprang on board the Ancona aad assisted in launching the life boats. Mybre himself jumped into tea water end rescued many boys wbo wan en tangled in tbe rigging. Tbe Georg-Stage was a eohoooer of 206 tons regisver and waa 101 fast long. Apparently she was a training vessel for the, mercantile marine and was owned by a private linn of Copen hagen. e-- * A UT 07 RASCALS War* tbe Men Mananing tha Bqmi- table Life laamraaea < One by one the ‘smooth’ | here over the crime, and partite are | q, lDnec ted with the of the physicians, tbe right pl&iut of the crew. “The authorities lave made no attempt to remove the x)dy, the sailors having served notice that the ship would open fire, on any one seeking to interfere with it. A police agent vlsltlng'the spot was kill ed by strikers. During the day a red flag was hoist ed on the Kaaiz Potemkine and mem bers of the crew rode from ship to ship in the harbor, forcing the stop page of all work thereon. Food was supplied them by sympathizers ou shore, wbo. pillaged the marltme store houses. Toe strike Is now general in the city aud the rioters are growing lu numbers and boldness. Tnere were exchanges of shots all day, but the Qumber of victims cannot be stated. Tbis evening a bomb was thrown In Cartbedral palace, killing its thrower and a policeman. A telegram from the mayor of Odes sa, who is at Moscow, Imploring the oliizeug to restore order, has been posted tbroughout the city. During the day one of the torpedo boats which aooompaled the Kmlaz Potem kine came luto the harbor aud seized the Russian steamer E.perauza. Tue steamer was laden wltn 2,000 tons of coal, which the battleship is taking on board.’ The government has tele graphed for a squadron to be Mnt from Sebastopol. A dispatch from Olewa dated Wed nesday n<ght, says the whole of the quays and buildings around tbe bar Dor as well as much shipping are In dimes. Mohs of incendiaries prevent ing the fire brigade working. Troops the emperor has Issued the following ukase address to the senate: “In order to gnarantee public Mfetv and to terminate tbe disorders at Odessa and neighboring localities, we have found it necessary to declare a state of war In Odessa and district and to Invest the compander of tbe troops tn the military district of Odessa wish the rights of mill tar? authority and special rights of civil administra tion for tbe defense of order and pub lic tranquilly. 1 ’ The crew of a government trans port which arrived at OdesM Thurs day from Nickolleff, sized their offi cers and joined the crew of tbe bat tleship Kniaz Potemkin, to whom they turned over the captain and other officers of the transport. It Is reported that the foreign consuls have applied to tbelr respective govern ments to send warships to OdesM. The Russian Mtlors at Liban mu tinied Thusday night, attacked tbe govercm' > ut stores, seized tbe arms sod fired id to the officers’ quarters. Infantry, sit’llery and Cossacks were brought to the seoene of the lighting, but the result Is not known. Intense excitement prevails. He be la Surrendered. A dispatch from OdaKa mys with out firing a gun or making the slight est show of resistance, tbe mutineers on tbe Kniaz Potemkin hauled down the red flag and surrendered tbe bat tleship to Vice Admiral Krueger’s hadron which arrived noon Friday. It wss an anxious moment for Odes sa, ss tbe squadron ot five battleships and seven torpedo boats, with tbelr crews at quarters and tbelr decks cleared for action, steamed within range of the Kniaz Potemkin, tbe shoulder, penetrated the right shoul der blade, traversed tbe right lung, severing tbe larger arteries of tbe chest, and coming out through the upper portion of tbe breast bone. This wound is almost HI a median line through the body, is very large and jagged. GAUSS OF THE FEUD. Friends of the family state that several years ago, when cotton wu very low and the farmers of Burke county discouraged, Curtis and Scbra meek optionally bought a large tract of land, supposed to contain between 1,500 and 1,700 seres. Tbey were to pay 15 per acre. When cotton ad vanced and the feeling was better, the seller wished to back out of the bargain. Bbt be wss bald to the agreement. Wben tbe purzhasers in sisted on tbe laud being surveyed, to determine bow muob tbey owed there was another bitch, tbe matter finally going Into court, where Curtis and Schrameck won out. It Is declared that bad blood exist ed between the Hills and Curtis. It is said that Dotier Hill wanted the property, and was responsible for tbe fight put up for It by tbe former owner. It also appears that Curtis had become financially Involved iu sCme way, and only Saturday Schra meck was advised to.go down and see If be oould not settle the matter, and gbten np accounts. Curtis was running tbe large farm and Schrameck was the financial backer. Scrameck went down Sunday, spent the day on the farm, and went to Waynesboro Monday with Curtis, to sea If tbs matter oould not be settled. ▲ later dispatch from Waynesboro Mys John Hill died Tuesday afternoon tn Augusta from tbe wounds be re- soouring all tracts of woods in tbe vie Inlty of where Davenport found him self, In an effort to obtain a due to tbe identity or whereabouts of the ne J roes. Offiiersare working on tbe case rom here and from New Holland, but S3 far as is known no clue hM yet been discovered that promises a capture the criminals. t On tbe War Path. 1 At leMt twelve ranchers end sev eral women and children met death at the hands of a band of a hundred Yaqul Indians who have been md- tbe country along the San Miguel -Hr-Ures district of Sonora, Mexico, and a party oompoeed largely of American mining men, headed by Joseph DeWetj,, has gone‘out * PoZ) station to rescue the unfortun ates wbo are iu danger of being mas- Mcred by the Indians. After several families bad been murdered by the In dians, the ranchers made^a determin ed stand at {jueuos Ayres ranch, where they were aided by employees, they succeeded in repulsing the In dians, although Jesus Ortondo, tbe proprietor, his brother and Louis Car- ronza, proprietor of an adjoining ranch, with several other neighbors, died from wounds received In tbe fight. It larihought fully twenty In dians were killed. Leaped to His Death. Capt. Robt. D. Graham, a lawyer 65 years old, who served in the Con federate army throughout the Civil war and the son of a former cabinet officer, leaped from tbe portloo of a window of the sixth fl or of an apart ment house iu Washington Tuesday and was so seriously Injured that he died a few miuutes after being picked up. He had been 111 for some time and It is thought became despondent. Tbe coroner gave a certificate of death from suicide. Capt. Graham was a na tive of North Carolina and a son of Wm. A. Graham at one time governor of that State and secretary of tbe navy iu the cabinet of President Pierce. The deceased wu for three years secretary Cf tbe first administra tion of President Cleveland. tbe Equitable are being polled oat te- to tbe light,” Mys tbe Ooinmtia State. “H>de and Alexander were tbe first victims, but tbe work gosa on apace. Toe latest object at In quiry Is Senator Depew. For years, - heaven knows Just how asanyl this le gal adviser’ of tee Equitable company has bean drawing from teat corpora tion the annual salary of 120,000. Aa loveetlgatloQ into tbe scope of his duties sesms to Indicate that tbe mate of bis efforts were directed toward seeing that tbe officials of tbs Equita ble were not underpaid! Also teal they were equitably paid. When young Mr. Hyde found that tn order for him to maintain hie lettnne of servants and also pay hie antomoblla bills he most have a raisA of 025,000 a year in salary. Senator Depew, (Jos* man that be Is!) saw to It teat Mr. Alexandar, too, got a Ilka Inersaesk There was nothing niggardly in Seoa- >r Depew’s sttitude toward young Hyde; the senator wss iteriQr efis> oerned to see that thsn das no dis crimination. By all means tbs hard working Mr. Hyde, should hate his ’raise,’ but Mr. Alexander, too,should bave bis. And did Mr. Dspew also grant himself an Increase? Not a hit of it, Hs went right on working zealously for bis employing oompany on bis miserly salary of UO.OOOI Think of tee self saerlfice, whan he might just m well have had MO,MO or even 0140,0001 All honor to Do pe w! He worked hard raising tbs salaries of the other fellows, bat not one cent mors for himself. Honmt old soul, he probably imagined that he was not really earning mors than bis twenty thousand.” bodite were~clabaimsd* they looked I ft&kstalp flying aigoul which reals: (eelved in teeabootlng affray between No and •> proach within reach of the Kalaz Pot emkina's guns, which threaten a dls- Mtrous bombardment. The city la appalling illumloated by burnlrg buildings and terror prevails every where. Sleep is ImpoMibleand every body Is watching and waiting. Toe whole garrison has been requisitioned for patrol duty. It is thought teat It may become neeitary to summon foreign warship# for the protection of American colonies. Tuesday night’s collision between the mobs sbd polios military lesulted in the lues of llfes, Including three police men. “Yield or be sank.” Tbe the surrender is not known. terms Has Not Suirendered A dispatch to thevLocdon Dally Mall from OdesM, dated early Friday morning, assarts test tbe Koalz Po temkin bas not surrendered. The ounmander tf tbe troops bis re ceived s telegram from tbe govern ment ordering him to sink tha rebel ships without regard to a possible bombardment. I hate Information regarding this second mutiny ou ab solutely authority.” L. Scrameck of Augusta and D. G. Curtis of St. Clair on Up one side, and John Hill and L. D. Hill on tee other. ; ’ Friends and relatives dmlsrs-that when the shooting began, Schrameck was Just driving into the back yard with his his hone. It Is also said that he endeavored to get out of harm’s way, bot falled. He was not armed and took no part In tbs shoot Ing. His relatival charge that he was shot by Dozier Hill, and further Hill did not deny it Tues day (a Waynesboro. A Million Immigrant*. Figures compiled for the fiscal year show that the past twelve months broke all records of foreign immigra tion In this country.' The total reach es tee enormous figure of over l.OOR;- 000. The highest reached in any pro vious /ear was iu 1903, when the num ber was 857,000; ■ ~~~ \pte>a. Then.Milled Hlraselt. B. Erank Vaughan, 1 aged 55, promi! nent in Porumoute, and employed in tbe offloes of the Baltimore Steam Packet Oompany of Norfolk, Va., at- ter-castiog iu tee Portsmouth Demo ertio municlpil primary election wbat ba declared would be bis last vote, started to Norfork and. In the fan > waiting rooms committed suicide by ahnnfrimr |n fehn Amd. Saved From n Mob. A special from Qua, Art., ays teat tee Rev. J. J. Gray, a minister of Pottsvlile bss been mvsd from rough treatment at the hands of a mob only by Beversl little gills, who clung dose to him ss be left a aebool house, be fore •’which nearly a seoro of men bad gathered Intent upon seising tbe preacher. Grey had bash warned to preach no more at Ossa, hot dlve- garding the injunction, he rods late tee town Tuesday evening, sooompai led by his smell daughter. Hs was hi the midst of a sermon, delivered at the school bouse, before a composed mainly of wow reo, wben the mob tbs building. The minister lately left tee pulpit aad i tbe door. A number of fearfal fqr his Mfety i and tiling close to BMi minister had msds hM way the mob and ssaaped in tha Under the terrlbit t killed and i hey bad i been arrested gary. alleged to have tit SMi 4