Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ MURDERED MANY PHENIBENiL SUTEI AIRESTEI BY CIICAGI PIUCE WANTED HIM KILLED WIFE GIVE SIGNAL FOII HUSBAND'S DEATH. HER SUIN FOI HE1K HONEY Enticed Men and Women to Lonely Spots, From Which They Never Re turned Alive—-Says He Killed Two Persons a Week in Order to Get Enough Money for His Revelries. Mrs. Mildred Allison Rexroat, dancing teacher, who was shot to death at Wheaton, 111., a week ago, was the victim of a modern blue- beard, who, according to his own con fession, had killed thirteen others in in as many years. Hetiry Spencer, ar rested in a room near the South Side levee district of Chicago Sunday night, confessed that he not only kill ed Mrs. Rexroat, but that he had slain fourteen persons. He was posi tively identified as the mysterious Mr. Spencer with whom Mrs. Rexroat left Chlcaigo on the night she was killed. Mrs. Rexroat’s bloodstained rattan suitcase was found iu his room, as also was the revolver with which he said he killed her. Spencer's confession was so start ling that It probably would have re ceived no credence had not the bloody suitcase and the revolver at b ast con firmed part of his statement. All his murders except two. ho declared, had be.-n for the purpose of robbery The two policemen. Pennell and Devine, who were shot to death twelve years nito. he said. !o* and a companion kill ed to escape being arrested "I Intended to kt'.l Mrs A J Sco- flel !. proprietor of the rooming house » ! ere I have been living he said • If I had not been arrested .'ust at this time I moult have r»l!e 1 her lie the police he ha 1 killed four'e.-n persons In ail. ten s ure his release from the Illinois S'ate peni- ten' I»ry In September. l it 1 r and four previously Following Is the list of killings Spencer related to thief of |tetectl%ea Ha! phi 0 t>ne man and a woman about four teen years ago Policemen Pennell and l>evlne. twelve year* ago First wife near West Point N T Tw > girls at Pawpaw 1 ake. Michi gan last August One g rl at Lake Iteievjtn. Wlas last sum•' *t tine m -man at Uelle Island. Mich . Last summer. One t: at) shot in Chicago this fs!’. One old :i.*n shot In a South S.de park two months ago or e » .man sh,,* ai. 1 * urne l on the nor'h w e*t side of Chicago late last s t. m n.er On-- wman Vi!'*-1 n* nr the Cook ('(Minty h- spits! a few dio* ago Spencer caltr.'v tnhl ‘ s gruesome stor-. to ( apt Ha p n of the Chicago pole e force and a room full of >ie t'-ctites and newspaper men He said he never drank or smoked, hut thxt he chewed tobacco and smoked op um He had rot. however, the ap pearance of a drug fiend, having a healthy complexion and clear eye« 1 ' I be been a thief all my life," he declared "I killed all of these women to get their money 1 found It was the easiest way to live It cost we |400 to $500 a week to enjoy myself the way I wanted to in these cabarets and dives and the easiest and quick est way to get the money was to get some girl off by herself and kill her. "Mrs. Rexroat was easy. She thought she was working me the same way she worked the farmer. I let her think so. At first I was go'ng to take her to Michigan and kill ker there, but finally I decided it would he less trouble to take her a little way out on the car line and get it over in a businesslike way. She thought we were going to be married. “When we got out at the station it was nearly eight o’clock. We turned around and walked down the track until we got where it was dark. I took her by the right arm, pulled out my gun and shot her through the head. Then I laid her on the railroad track so she would be ‘torn up’. I took what few dollars she had and her diamond "ring. I opened her suit case and dumped her stuff out of it and brought it back to Chicago with me. I took the ne*t train back about ten minutes after I had shot her. I didn’t want the ring. I never go to pawnshops; that’s the way people get caught. I gave the ring to a girl. Just a common girl I met on the street. She went to New York Tues day or Wednesday.” Spencer said he had married four women, killed the first one near West Vrint, N. Y. He did not know ex- ictly how many years ago. One wife living in Detroit, he said, and an other in Chicago. He gave details of his alleged murders at the Wiscon sin and Michigan resorts, where he *ald he had spent most of the summer as a hotel thief, committing an occa sional murder. “I killed the two girls at Pawpaw L^ks for their money and rings,” he of thorn one time lot mo with DOES IT TESTIFY -■ ■ - — MUZEIEMS lEfERCE fmilT tjiui mil She Drew Aside Her Window Blind So Indicate That Her Husband Was About to Leave. The drawing aside of a curtain and the appearance of the face of his af finity at a window in her home was the death signal for the killing of Frapk E. Nelson, in San Francisco, according to the confession of James F. Cook, now under arrest and charg ed with the crime. The startling charge that the wife of .his victim give the signal for the murder of her husband was made in a preliminary hearing in which she was tried for complicity in the crime. Cook declares he was under a strange spell against which he was powerless when he shot and killed Nelson. He declares Mrs. Nelson urged him daily to murder Nelson and that he killed him because he loved the woman. In his testimony against Mrs. Nel son, Cook declared she gave him $20 with which to purchase a revolver and do the ahooting. On the night before the murder he declares he sat for hours and pondered over the crime. He determined not to kill, and then some strange fascination seemed to draw him near the Nelson home. He was eager to see if Mrs Nelson would give the signal. "It was 4 4u,” says Nelson, "about the time Nelson usually left home when I appear* d on the street I walked down to the house to see If Mrs Nelson would give the » gnal Soon the curtain was put bark and the foe of Mrs Nelson appeared through the window "There was something fa»<-na'ir.g about tlat window I watched for a WIULIN’T IIAG WIFE IN minutes and then sa* Nelson walk from the front di>or " After the death signal was given l ook declares h*> felt Mrs Nelson lov e-1 Mm more than any on«> else m the world and determined to kill as she desire.1 He f .Unwed N'e]«,,n for ••veral *.;usre« and then shot him In the back He placed the revu.v.-r by Ms side and ran awav Cook state* he met Mrs Nelson dally before the tragedy but she con tided her d< mest c trouble# w.th Mm and often ri; reaeed the wish that her husband was dead Sulzer’s Attorneys Bay That the Rea son for Hi^Bnddea Determination Not to Testify in His Own Rehalf Was a Desire to Shield His Wife From All Publicity. Without calling either Gov. Sulzer or his wife to the witness stand, his counsel Wednesday rested their case in the trial of his Impeachment. Ac cording to D. Cady Herrick, .chief of hia attorneys, Gov. Sulzer decided not to defend himself in person, because he did not want to be placed in the position of shielding himself behind his wife—for it was for Mrs. Sulzer, according to testimony, that the gov ernor had recourse to Wall atreet dealing. The rest of thia week will be de voted to summing up the case by op posing counsel. Monday next being a holiday, adjournment probably will be taken until Tuesday when It is ex pected the verdict on the governor’s innocence or guilt will be reached JuJdge Herrick Wednesday night po'ntej out that the testimony Tues day of Allan A Ryan best dteelosei the reason why the governor had not taken the stand This was the con- v*nsat,on whu-h Rvan said he had with the lmp»-ar|.e,l rtVc-itlve •-ar’y !n September In relation to obtaining poll’.eg! Influence to *t..p the tr.al ' I suggested t<< Mr Sulrer " Ryan * te«’ m< ny ran. ' r.ow that e».r’a.n ha-ge* had been made »ga r.»t him ' at ! di 1 not »ee tt at he could af MANY SPANIARDS SLAIN RUMOR SPREADS OF AWFUL BUTCHERY AT TORREON. Rebels Have Bees Credited With a Boast to Slaughter Spaniards— City’s Capture Seems Confirmed. With the capture of Torreon by the rebels, rumors became current at Mexico City Wednesday of a massacre of Spaniards, which fT 1 confirmed, would approach the horror of the massacre of Chinese in the same city during the Madero revolution in 1910. It is estimated that there are between 60 and 100 Spaniards In the city of Torreon. Refugees who have communicated with the rebels in that district declare that it has been a common boast that they would slaughter the Spaniards if they suc ceed in capturing the town. The Spanish minister to Mexico, Senor Cologan y Cologan, Wednesday night was without information fur ther than the reports, but was greatly concerned. He held a long confer- enca with the American charge. Nel son O’Shaughnessy, and the latter mads an appointment with the Mexi can foreign minister. The Ameri can charge Is convinced of the truth of ths capture of the city and has so notified Washington Few Ameri cans are left In Torreon Resides Spaniards there are a number of French and Germans reoldlng there The diplomats here are making ef forts to learn their fate. Kvery effort has been made by the Meilran authorife* to ke»-p the news of the affa r from the pu'dir The newspapers even fallej to prnl a reference to the per«t**ent rumor* In banking rlrrle* the ra; ’ure of Tor reon ».\* rreltte.J an t rau«.-d a Jum; of t wen 1 v point* In the Fx change Torre, n ha* been un Dr *iege for manv weeks but tt * a • recently re MS TARIFF BILL WEHT WTI iniATIIIt IN UST FKIIAT NIGIT IS NOV LAW OF THE LAND or 1 to put !. n.seif :n a poettion 'n P or,# ’1 <h * rebels ha 1 been drl* Mild not answer the . en bark It has always been declared Which he rha’ge* He »a'd tha’ the reawon | the authorities to Se Impregnable • a* that he did not want to drag his beeauae the heave artillery with w:fa into tt.e situation and ; ut her which 't la protected Ano’her un confirmed report Is tha! Gen Trucy who with a thnusanl men !<> 'hree week* ag.. to march to the re.'ef of Torreon. has gone afternoon aeaaion. craated a aenaatlon . 0, *r 1° the rebels In ths court room Soon after the • * • trial began 'I. v Sulser told nawepa THK • 14**1 I. per men that ha would pt's'.tlvely ap ' ♦ on the stand The su Men announcement that the. A l bert ca*e for tha defense was rioawd which came lata In tha 4A*!n*wday st with which I killed Mrs Rairuat When I got back to Cblrugo I mat | ( . har>t a man on# night who looked as If ha ! ad money 1 shot him In an alley . on the South Side tevew He did rot 1 have much money t ut enough f >r me to go to a hotel for a few days and '* ere I met ano’her man. an o i f.-l low who «*ld he w a* a broker \S e got fr • ndly and he let on to have a "ne ;. ;s.ne*» an 1 a lot of money He looked like monrv I » AS dlsaap po n'ed In that fe'low I got h m to take a w A lk w th me late one a'lernoon In Jacks.>n I’urk arid 1 shot him there and went through him He told me be ha 1 a lot more than I found 1 roiled Min into a s» am, y place, where they were dumping The papers had a lot about] , it, and called It a case of suicide " "Another rase the police called a • ulrid# was that of a woman I killed on the northwest side I killed her with a hammer, tore up her clothes and set fire to them The last woman I killed was a few days ago. two blocka west of the county bosfftal I put her to death with a hammer. Sha had two ringsVud $200. This murder was dona with th* hammer tk* polic* found wrapped In a towel by th* rail road tracka. They thought tha ham mer had something to do with tha Rexroat murder.” Spencer aald he killed three woman including Mra. Rexroat, with the re volver the police found in hie lodg ings. He said he bought it a month ago,, after his other weapon refused to work. He claimed to have held up many of the restaurants which re cently have been robbed by highway men In Chicago. “Why I spent $700 in two nighU last week in ‘Charley West’s,’ ” he said. “It costs a lot of money to hold up your end in these cabarets. I average two jobs a week all the time I’m out of Jail.” Spencer said none of the Jewelry he had taken from his victims ever would be receovered. “I never go into a pawnshop,” he said. “When I sell of it it is to some private person, maybe on the street.” p#ar In M# own d«far.*a >(• ** 3 that at that tim# k* would (all an Wound'ng •tor* tbal would f..rr* 1*1 V* *>*• ( \A Ith 11.41 Vkr>-*il F Murphy >*dac o' Turn i many Hall to t*k* th* ••and ta S’* 1 al*‘> rnl:i a few J*** ag > l w»« learned from au'h rlta’ *« • ■ .f’e* ’be j. >err."f w*» *t II !n»i*t ent H al he be a »rd to te . f,.« but M hr. a • ad to I be ad V !• It ; rrpa' c f »* t ’ at ex pec t r* » Vlr. D 1 H « >f M* attorney* '!'.»*• r v a* »e -.Mli VI'* T e ~ p a' ’ me t. * a* r. e r , . 1 . •*»••«»( *■»>««»» ♦*» • ’ •* •;i a ? r\ .art n_| »• !.»«■' t la* e • • i • • a- i **• , • . *s * President Wilson Impresses Upon His Colleagues That the Legislative Journey is Only Half Accomplished and Urges Upon Them the Neces sity of Currency Reform. Surrounded by the leaders of a united Democracy President Wilson signed the Underwood-Simmons tar iff bill at 9:09 o’clock Friday night at the White House. Simultaneously telegrams were sent by the treasury department to customs collectors throughout the country putting into actual operaton the first Democratilc tariff revision since 1894. A nappy group of legislatoy, mem bers of the fabinet and friends en circled the President as he smilingly sat down nnd with t»o gold pens slowly afiixed his sifinature. He presented to Representative Under wood the pen that had written the word “Woodrow", and the one which had completed the name to Senator Simmons. Amid Impresalve silence the Presi dent rose and delivered in easy, nat ural ton*-s an eiiemporanrou* speech that br ught prolonged applsue Th** President declared that the Jour n< y of leiri.la'ive accomplishment had be*.* only par* y completed that r'eat servir,. h»d been done for the rank and file of the countrv. but that the »e<-.>n I step in the emancipation "f b'i*lfi'-*« was currenev reform He earne*'lr railed upon h • eo! leaf ue« to y. tt r rr»t of the Jo irney" with 're«h ln.pu.se 'Gentlemen. 1 fee! a »e-v peculiar pleasure aa! t the Pre* dent. In • hat I ha** Juat don* by way of tak leg part in th* romptetlnn uf a great pier* of bualne** It la a pleasure • h'ch la very hard to ai i r*«a In • orda Wraaaa tha fealiag that I hat* ta that w« have doe* tha dank and fila <>f tha paopl* ot Ik la eoaatry great a*r*!r* !t ta hard to ape*k of th**** th.aga without awamlag to go off In! > arnpaign «lo>iu**r* but tha l* n >t my Reeling It la oe* of pro found gratt’ude that wording *'th ! *• * *{>1*0 I'd twea who h**a r ar-tet • h. • tt ng thro-igh w th avudiowa •* . lhere was aoa* haffptw than and Ilka man with a quiat science, knowing that wu hava aarvui our fallow aioa and ham tharalf tried to terra God.” .. j v It was aa anosaal spectacle wltidh attended the completion of a legistMt- ive reform that had been savaa non ths In Congress and eml>raetifj|k tariff revision of a most far-roaching itharactcr. * Happy nnd Jubilant, the inrltoil cruasts earns to tha axecailve ofBcof. They chatted and jested with th* President in an ante-room whllo waiting for the full group to appear. When the members of the Senate finance committee and House wa|h and means committee finally arrived, Vice-President Marshall was ushered into the President's office, followed by Speaker Clark, Representative Ua- derwood and members of the Cabinet and Congressional committees sad their friends. No photographers were admitted, as the Tresideat thought the occasion too solemn to he disturbed by flashlight apparatus. The guests crowded about the Presi dent’s desk, over which aa electric lamp threw a bright glow. Why Nine O'clock Was Choeea. ”1 choose 9 o’clock,” explained the President slowly, "on the advice of the Attorney-General, in order that the bill might be signed after busi ness transactions everywhere, includ ing San Francisco. “I will not say anything about the bill,” he added with a smile, “until I have signed tt. i don’t want It to get away from me.’’ Promptly at 9:09 o'clock tha Presi dent began writing and at 9 ifi he had written the words: "Approved 9.10 p. m.. 3rd October. 1911. Wood- row Wilson,’’ on the one hundred and eleventh page of parchment contain ing the engrossed bill Aa the President roe* and ban l*d the pen* to th# men who had et**rad the measure aucowesf ally through both house* of Congress. th#r* wee • n enthualsatir outburst of baadetap* ting The Pi eat deal had sot Island ed to make s long a peach sad had •«< •ven prepared a statement on tha •pur of tha moment hut was moved to ripresa hia gratification Tha aaall audience crowded sheet him offering congratslauoaa. Lewd- tng figures of tha Pass or rail* party — hpeahey dart. Merretary ftryna. sad Kepciasntat Ive Fader weed steed to gether sponsors with tike Prmlasat tu>a that had heaa aaaumpttahad fcg th* lyemocratlc platform of re form. They gave th* Proaddoat their per sonal aemgratotaUoaa and reiterated promt tea of support While the President was surroend- *d fcv members of hie oiBrtal family. ■ m. t. »•; ' r t h * ! tn ; * A r > rx. r I,! tt a 'i , av*-'* ’ a 1 Hr fur* » b ■ :n ’. *.' v tat A A ft • i; *■••!*■ 4 in p .! <- n r. r r b . ’ t a T • M | ' 11 t «,«« x» ! • r.» * * * * * -rr X r * !><*' rr < .. > •irt xd .m i ri.*- j '• J th*- r '• r »• •• Ik u t J ' i ■! g . I - n *- x riM'tl v T*. . V • r re ’ s bit.k rian.ic-r i '* a >' * • ' Auto Turns Turtle. Miss Gright Kelly, twenty-two years old, a prominent society girl of Covington, Ky., was killed and two other young women .and three men were slightly injured early Thursday when the big touring auto mobile In which they were riding rot beyond control of the driver and turned turtle on the Indian Hill road near Madlaonvllie, Ky. Dogs Trails Right Polka officials at Jarsayrilla. Ill , Friday uaad bloodhounds U> traca tha parnoa who dipped tha long auburn hair Of Mias Myrtle feamlltoa. four- hloodhooada n i-g* - ' ’!,* (i.*Mka of th* n<'W i unrt ( art.eg!* Tru*t rMtiipxiiy sn ! 1 ! arr.*■» (' M.*.!er sn ofT'- a! of th* F ifth avenue Hank of N. w York fudge (’ullen held that the Introduc | tion of their teatlmony "would tnjoct n*w evidence and reopen ths case " • !!.*• ! a: ' ip » ' -ti f *t f /r .*, 'a, ! » !. t U> gr u ’> l» » ti * ’ t ’ ” • ! ■ i ■ ' > ! - o- • • * i • M. t.g an I P .- * > ’ !li ■ tia . * a . r a » rr g* t • ortji ‘ it It t 1 SI. A TH FARM HAND. Ijiaren* (’oaaty Farmer Shoots Self-Defea#*. in Thomas H. Nsal, a farmer residing about four miles below Cross Hill In Laurens County, shot and instantly killed Isaac Smith, a negro farm hand, Friday night shortly after mid night. Saturday morning Neal sur rendered to the sheriff. After the in quest was held Saturday afternoon, John M. Cannon, attorney for the de fendant, appeared before Associate Justice Watts at chambers at Lau rens and secured bail in ( the sum of $1,000. Rond was immediately se cured and Neal returned home. It is alleged that the negro with out Neal's knowledge or permission, took one of the defendant’s mules from the stable Friday night and drove it until about midnight. When he returned with the team the negro was intercepted at the barn by Neal Reing caught, the negro became de fiant and drew his pistol on the white man, whereupon Neal fired upon Smith, shooting him dead. Lever Invited to Kaasaa. Congressman Lever is in receipt of a telegram from President Waters, of the Agricultural College of Kansas, inviting him to deliver an address at the celebration of the semi-centennial of its establishment, on the subject, “What the Lever Rill Will Accom plish if Enacted Into Law.” Mr. Lever delivered an address at this in stitution last year and wpuld like greatly to accept the InvltAtUn of President Waters, but baa bad to de cline. BCre** Plead. OwUty. W. B Street plead guilty ta graad at tke Chariaals* Oaert mt 011 1 * 11 It •t.K’b ’ ’ !i- pr.n it t-rv’Ak '* • 1 r » M-.r wi *o ,••.« m the **-a c t' - I t> tan b* dnfie to prntlM t t' pr**-o-.t crop N*-**-rt tide*.*, a f • n »r nn Inaure th*- crop of the ( Min'nK H'ta-Mij sgalr. 4t Injury by the r»s» with comparaMvely little trou Me and expense The a«tlon that should be taken wherever Injury has occurred this year Is to pick the cot ton as quickly as possible and Imme diately thereafter to plow and har row the fields. This work will result In the destruction of the .rnmature stages of the worm which have pass ed just beneath the surfan of the soil. In addition to the effect In de stroying the insect the plowing and harrowing of the fields will have very great value in the way of preparing for the crop of the following season. Methods of control of the boll worm are applicable In different sea sons of the year are described in Farmers’ Rulletin 290. Shot at His Door. Rising from the breakfast table to answer the doorbell, Frank Ivy, a real estate dealer of Los Angeles, Cal., was shot by his first wife in the pres ence of his second wife and their two babies. The woman then dropped the weapon and fled. Ivy picked it up and fired as the woman ran down the street, the bullet striking her in the leg. The shooting was the result of a quarrel over the divorced pair’s fifteen-year-old daughter. Use Citizen as Shield. Six bandits held the whole town of Fulton, Ark., at bay while they rob bed the Rank of Fulton of $70 in pen nies. They used a citizen they had captured as a shield to prevent his townsmen from shooting them down. The bandits appear to have been the same gang that robbed the First State bank at Dardanelle, Ark. 'entpifi 1! * ’ rtf all fount ? •*."('] b a » * hat ; • f • n **• r < : r, f 'he ; * <? t h! a <-o.-rnrji •• we *-, , *• be'n •t't* ns 11 > ae : x e -’em ever alnce ! <-*n remember 1 ‘axe h*,l the a< tump ah meat of ». rr.e’* f like t * I • »’ t ej • t e>rf • ure I ■ aa a '•< * an t know men • tan«'.i.s arcub.l ** e xi h.> ran *ar the • an.e th t.t • ho h * x e been •altiac to »ee t'e 'h ns» (lone • h If h It • a. P.vueaaa-* to 4m n i>r-ler that there r*\trh* M«'Mr in Ibe ! t,ited fitate* atMl bo ' ta a aolec n rnoment that brlrsa *u<h a buan.e*a i u a conclu a.on ' I h o pe ! w ' 11 r ' '' o Jt'-t to be dernxnd'n* too rn iit. of ni*»elf or of n v r ■ I'ear 1 1*• * * ht-n I •* that thta sreat a* It t* I* the a ' otnp!lahtuent of on’y half the Journey \4> have a*t the huatncBB of 11,1* coimtry fee#- from tboae condition* which have made monopoly not only poaaMle but th*’’* la no uae taking away the con d'tlon* of monopoly If we do rot also take away tha power to create mon opoly, and It is financial rather than a merely circumstantial and economic power "The power to control and guide and direct the credits of the country Is the power to soy who shall and who shall not build up the industries of the country, in- which direction they shall be built, and in which di rection they shall not be built. We are now about to take the second step, which will be the final step In setHng the business of this country free. That is whot we shall do in the eu-n ney bill, which the House has already passed and which I have the u* most confidence the Senate will p-ss much sooner than soin« t toistic individuals b«Meve. Pecause the question, now that this piece of work is done, will arise all over the countrv ‘for what do we wait?’ Why should we wait to crown ourselves with tjonsummate honor? Are we so self-denying that we do not wish to complete our success? Covets Honor for All. “I was quoting to some of my col leagues in the Senate, those lines from Shakespeare, which have al ways appealed to me: ‘If it be a sin to covet honor, then am I the most offending soul alive,’ and I am happy to say that I do not covet it for my self alone. I covet It with equal ar dor for the men who are associated with me and the honor is going to come from them. I am their asso ciate. I can only complete the work which they do. I can only coanael when they ask my advice. I eaa come In only when the last stage* Of the baslnees are reached. And T covet the honor for them qmile ns modi an I covet It for ~~ I fool to-night M » H V4 11 M>n yoasfar krw<k#r of tk* t'hiaf FievuMva ok* Friday eight »•mt to WasMagtoo from Rallti t<> o it a*** tka aifalag Mra WU and iaugVera atilt are at Coratolk. S’ H He*14e* * he off *• tala • lert* anmhor o' aeoapagor m#a crow4*4 tato tk# I'r eat leal a office Tk*r* was aa In formal rorogtion for n few mini and »k*n tha L n4*r wood-Him t tariff law was carried away to the de partment of fftat* and deposited la the arrhtvoa along with otbwr historic piece* of teclalatton WHAT U»C« AMR OF THKW Jexaela Kup|Hwr*J to Hava llae* Tahem 14j hhrrmaa at CVdwnabtn. The following piece la clipped from The Pathfinder, a weekly published In Washington, D C It tali* of tbo efforts of Lord and I«ady Banff, pre sumable English by their title, to reimbursed for soma of their Jewelry whl<h was supposed to bhve b*«D lakea from Columbia by Sheruaa w hen he burned the city. In the War Department there are no records of Sherman aa to any Jewelry taken. As this magazine is published in Washington, the news it gives must be correct. The article follows: “In Civil war times the people of Columbia, S. C., fearing the approach of the Federals, took their Jewelry and silver and concealed them under the floor of the Ursurline convent there. When General Sherman with his army came through he set fire to tho convent, and the nuns, fearing that the valuables would be destroy ed, revealed the hiding place, Gen. Sherman, according toN.he story, se cured the jewelry and plate and sent them to the treasury department at Washington for safe keeping. Now Lord and Lady Banff, owners of some of the property, are trying to recover it but the government departments are unable to find any records of tho deposit by General Sherman.” Dying in Poverty, Worth a Million. Edward McDonald, a plainly dress ed middle aged man, was found ill in a cheap lodging house in San Fran cisco, with $1,270,000 in negotiablo bonds nnd securities sewed in an in side pocket The papers are said to be securities of 47 bona fide com panies and all drawing interest Tho man is is s coma nnd no explanation regarding hia wealth can be bad.