The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, July 06, 1905, Image 1
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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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