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ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 3.1901. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. 1
GEORGIA SOLDIEI
Haven of Rest For Aged at
Reduced to Pile c
INMATES ESCAPE IN SAFETY!
,
Temporary Quarters Are Quickly Provided
For the Homeless Ones.
Movement Immediately Begun
For Rebuilding the Structure.
The Georgia Soldiers Home, in the
suburbs of Atlanta was totally destroyed
by fire Monday morning.
Of the seventy inmates of the home,
including eight invalids, all were taken
from the home with safety.
Nothing was saved from the build- ;
ing except a few personal effects of
the old veterans. In some instances !
the men came out of the home with
nothing but what they wore.
The fire started shortly after eight
o'clock, and was first discovered by
Dr. E. S. E. Bryan, the surgeon of the
home. At 8:30 o'clock Dr. Bryan went
into the lavatory, which was located
in the center of the building on the ,
first floor.
In the lavatory the Smead system of :
disposing of the refuse was used. Daily
the crematory in connection with the !
jk lavatory was fired up. i
The negro porter who started these ;
fires placed a wheelbarrow load of
shaving and other timber from the :
premises into the furnace Monday |:
morning. The fire burned fiercely and \
broke through the top of the furnace.
When Dr. Bryan went into the de
partment he noticed the flames. Pie :
ran out and asked if the flames were j i
not too high. j i
Superintendent James L. Wilson sec- ! i
ing the condition of the fire quickly 1
gave the alarm. By this time the
flames had commenced to burn the
woodwork in the vicinity of the fur- ,
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nace. ,
The smoke was pouring into the cen- j
ter of the house in great volumes, and ;
owing to the draft at this place the (
' flames spread rapidly. j,
The sight of the smoke brought all
the veterans able to be out to the
building. Eight invalid soldiers were
in the building and these were taken
?1 out
The fire apparatus which extended
v throughout the building was put into
use. Two large tanks of water on the
top of the building were turned on.
Demoralization, however, prevailed '
among the old men on the premises, >
and the hose in the home was not long
enough to reach to the fire.
No check on this account could be
given the flames. In twenty minutes
the building could not be entered, and
all hope of saving it or the contents
of the home, even the personal effects
of the old veterans was gone. ,
The Atlanta fire department was no- t
tifled, and Chief Joyner responded j
with a hook and ladder wagon from
headquarters. When the firemen j
reached the home the entire, roof was
gone and they could do nothing. c
Within an incredibly short time a :
grim array of blacKened chimneys, i
rising like specters from a smoldering,
shapeless mass of charred and
. twisted debris, was ail tnat was left
of the abode that for the brief space
of four months only had sheltered the
confederate soldiers of Georgia who
claimed it as their home. j
The Soldier's Home was insured for
$10 ,000. Five thousand of this amount t
is with the Hamburg-Bremen and $3000
with the Scottish Union National
Insurance Company. . j
The work of the people of the state, 2
covering a period of nearly twelve c
years, to provide a home which they e
had long owed to the surviving rem- s
nant or gray-haired soiciers or the s
days of civil strife was swept away s
even as the doors had just swung open v
to these true and fearless hearts.
The Home, with the additions and t
Improvements that had been made i e
thereon, represented a cost of $30,000. b
Inside the building were furnishings r
to the amount of $3,500. The building a
was insured for $10,000 and the furni- b
ture for $2,000. The actual ;oss. there* fi
fore, is something mere than $20,000. t<
The building was a mree-slcry frame n
McKlNLEY WILL PROBATED.
- Judge Day and Secretary Cortelyou ^
Appointed Administrators.
At Canton, O.. Monday the will of
President McKinley was admitted tc q
probate by Judge Aungst. The court ^
appointed Judge William R. Day and
Secretary George B. Cortelyou admin- ^
istrators of the estate. A joint admin- r
Istrator's bond of $100,000 was filed.
In their application for letters testa- t(
mentary Judge Day and Secretary Cor- p
telyou say that the amount of personal
property left by the late president will 1
be about $140,000 and of real estate ti
about $70,000. aggregating about b
$210,000. ' v
HEISTAND ON THE RACK.
Senate Committee Investigates Alleged C
Manila Hemp Combination.
At Washington Monday the senate
sub-committce of the committee on c
military affairs, consisting of Sena- v
tors Hawley, chairman; rroctor. Bur- 1<
rows, Cockrell and Harris, began the a
investigation of charges against Lieu- t
tenant Colonel H. O. S. Heistand, -.f t
the army, in connection with the al- v
leged Manila hemp combination. s
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CHURCH FOR ROOSEVELT.
Little Building In Washington to Be E
Replaced By Imposing Edifice.
The executive committee of the
Home Mission Board of the Reformed
Church in America at a meeting in ^
Pittsburg Monday night laid the plans
at the opening session of its quarterly ?
meeting for a new memorial church at l
Washington to replace Grace church,
in which President Roosevelt wor- j
ships. All the English speaking syn- <.
ods of the church in this country will ?
be to contribute. _ i (
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IS' HOME BURNED
id Infirm Followers of lee
if Smoking Ruins.
structure. It contained seventy-five
rooms, of which sixty were sleeping
apartments.
With the first word of the disaster
the news spread like wildfire throughout
the city, and car after car went
to the scene of the conflagration,
crowded to its fullest capacity. From
the heart of Atlanta came one mighty
throb of sympathy for the veterans
who, without warning, had been robbed
of the home that gave them shelter
and comfort.
When the officials of the Home realized
that the saving of the building
was impossible, they at once set about
arranging temporary quarters for those
who had been occupants of the home.
Colonel Calhoun, the head officer, very
soon after was told tnat the Thomp
son hotel, on Marietta street, had been
rented, furnished, for one month by
The Atlanta Journal as a temporary
home for the veterans, i'o this hostelry
the occupants of the late home
were taken in afternoon on special
cars, and so far as personal comfort
was concerned, nothing was lacking
that desire could dictate or suggest.
When the Soldiers' Home was ac- I
ccpted by the state an appropriation
of $15,000 for its maintenance during
the first twelve months was made. To
this was added something like $5,00'
from other sources, this latter coming
in the nature of contributions. Treasurer
Amos Fox said that there is still
on hand about $7,000 of this fund,
from which the bills Oi last month
must be paid. It is said, however, that
this amount will bridge over the needs
for the present until some definite action
can be formulated looking to the
future.
Will Be Rebuilt at Once.
When tidings of the destruction of
the Home had gone out, the sentiment
was uttered with one accord that the
lome shall be rebuilt. It was a sentiment
that found a responsive echo in
the hearts of every beiftg within Atlanta's.gates.
It was a sentiment that
;s destined to go resounding throughout
the cities of Georgia and the south
and. The home was a gift from
Georgia to the survivors of the grandest
army that ever faced death in re pcnse
to duty's call. To Georgia beongs
the right to give another home r?>
:ake the place of the one that is no
nore.
When the flames were at tnelr fiercest,
and even while the remnants *>f
;ke home had not yet been consumed,
naterial expressions looking to the
mmediate erection of another struo
.ure came pouring into the offices >f
Ulanta's newspapers, and ere the last
vail fell, a fund had sprung into exstence
to give back to the veterans
is a tangible expression of gratitude
;hat wiich is theirs by right?another
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A GHOULISH FAKE?
itory of Guard at McKinley Vault It
Now Discredited.
A special from Canton, O., says: The
>fficers and men of Company C, of the
fourteenth United States infantry, on
luty at West Lawn cemetery guarding
he resting place of President McKlney,
worked diligently Monday invesigating
the strange story in which
Private DePrend, who was on duty at
he top of the vault Sunday night,
igured so prominently. The same reicence
imposed by military regula*
ions which prevented the officers and
aen from making detailed statements
cncerning the incidents was still oprative.
The representative of the Asociated
Press saw all of the commisioned
officers, several non-commisioned
officers and a number of priates
and gleaned the following:
All the commissioned officers and
he members of the company in genral
accepted fully the story related
>y Private DePrend Sunday night and
eally believed that the prowlers were
bout the vault with no good purpose,
low only one of the commissioned ofcers
adheres to the belief that an atempt
had been made upon the sentic-1
for ghoulish purposes.
WHITE REPUBLICANS* ACT.
lerr.bers of Party In Georgia Will
Send Petition to Roosevelt.
The fight of the white republicans of
ieorgia for less recognition of the nero
in the south during President
toosevelt's term of office has appaently
begun in Savannah.
The members of the Savannah Coton
exchange have signed a petition to
'resident Roosevelt asking that when
he present term of John H. Deveaux,
he collector of the port, is out that he
e not reappointed, but that some
,'hite republican be given the place.
TO CONTROL ELECTIONS.
Cubans Approve Suggestion of Gover*
nnr ftpnpral Wood.
A special from Havana says: The
onstitutional convention held a priate
session Monday and considered a
stter from Governor General Wood,
dvising the appointment of a commitee
of five members -- have charge ^5
he forthcoming elections, and also adising
that two elections be held intoad
of four.
HATCHET WAS USED.
Jrother Confesses to Murder of Sister
and Her Suitor.
At Desoto. Mo., Monday night. Wil- ,
iain Greenhili made a confession to
Prosecuting Attorney Williams in
vhieh he says he and iu's brother. Dan- !
el Greenhili. killed their sister, Mrs.
Sadie X*ren. and ner suitor, John Meoy.
the weapon used being a hatchet.
The confession says the brothers obected
to Meioy's attennons to their
lister because he was a spendthrift
ind wanted to marry Mrs: Uren he:
>au3c shQ was wealthy.
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} STATE NEWS ITEMS. \
CNjcsjfMfsjcMrjrsicsif
Watching Prescription Clerks.
The State Pharmaceutical Association
has employed inspectors to sou
that drug stores do not employ proscription
clerks who are not legally
qualified. These inspectors have recently
made six arrests, the propria
tors being indicted.
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Jones Suggested For Governor.
Great pressure is being brought to
bear on Colonel Wilie Jones, cf Columi
bia, to enter the race for governor ir,
the next election. Colonel Jones has
already announced that he would be a
candidate for the United States senate
against Senator McLaurin.
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Bolt Finally Caused Death.
The death of J. Andrew* Cullum, of
Ridge Spring, Lexington county, from
a stroke of lightning received two
months ago, is remarkable. Mr. Cullum
was one of the most prominent
men in his county. He was one of
the largest fruit growers and poultry
fanciers in this state. In the latter
part of July he was struck by lightning.
His shoes were torn off and
there were burned places on his lef
sirle. Mr. Cullum was picked up unconscious,
but soon rallied, and in r,
few days was out again. But the spot,
burned by lightning would not heal.
Carbunkles formed on the burns and
sapped his strength and life.
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Schools
Are Booming.
j Despite the unfavorable crop prospects
in South Carolina, the colleges
for men and women have opened up
with more students than ever before.
Last year the colleges made a record
and this fall the governors of these in
stitutions are congratulating them
selves and the state on the full ranks.
The addition of a dormitory building
at Winthrop and the filling of that
state institution has not had the effect
of injuring other female colleges wheie
tuition is required.
It has been reported that the Columbia
Female college, the institution supported
by South Carolina Methodists. 1
might be moved from Columbia, but i1
President Daniels says this will not be I
done, but that additional buildings will
probably be erected.
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Carolina Tobacco Statistics.
A Columbia special says: Five
years ago Carolina planters began experimenting
with the growth of tobacco.
Farmers in nearly every county
of the state tried a patch of
ground with the weed and the trial I
has, in its entirety, proved a decided j
i
success.
But the work has shown almost conclusively
that the plant can be more
successfully grown on the rich sandy
lands with a clay subsoil near the
Great Pee Dee river, in which the counties
of Florence, Darlington, Marion,
Marlboro, Horry, Clarendon and Williamsburg
are numbered. Large warehouses
and stemeries have been built
for the handling of the crop and the
business is conducted as well here as
in Danville, Lynchburg, Farmville and
other Virginia sections. The crop for
the past year was heavy and was sold
at an average of 10 cents, yielding the
producers $2,000,000. The crop is put
on the market as early as the first
week in July and the sales continue
until the following April.
The tobacco culture has not mate j
rially decreased the cotton crop in
that section and in this state is looked j
upon as an extra money crop, the same :
as the peach crop is regarded in Georgia.
Tnhacco is an exDensive and uncer
tain crop and requires the most careful
cultivation and attention. Those
who succeed best are the small white
farmers who, with the assistance of
tneir wives and children, do all the
work. Few can be found who will admit
that the crop pays if all the labor
is hired and* paid for out of the proceeds.
The American Tobacco Company has
a buyer in every market and practical*
Iy fixes the prices from day to day. The
South Carolina product is used principally
in the manufacture of cigarettes
and smoking tobacco, a large proportion
of which is shipped to England
and Europe.
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Warrants For "Sightless" Tigers. ,
The Charleston police department
has issued more than one hundred
warrants against blind tiger keepers,
who will be required to appear before
the city court for violating the new
anti-liquor ordinance. Recently the
Honartmonf copnrorl the nnmpc r> f flli
dealers, five hundred or more, and the
first cases have been made out on information
and belief. The indictments,
instead of going to the state court,
where the grand jury absolutely refused
to return true bills, will be sent before
Recorder Jervey. Jury trials in
this court will be demanded, however, '
and it will be left to the people after
all to weigh the evidence. 1
Mayor Smyth has issued orders to
the chief of police to see tnat the new
law is enforced, so far as his depart- I
ment is able, although it is not likly i
that the unlawful traffic will be bro* i
ken up by any city laws. Unless r?
better class of jurors are secured the <
tigers will continue to go free, but
there will be a reform in the jury system
which is expected to bring about
better results for law and order. Just
now the tigers are worried, as they
are uncertain as to the probable out
come of the first hundred cases.
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To Exhibit Tourist Trains.
Contracts have been awarded in
Charleston for the erection of the railway
terminals at the exposition
grounds, where trains operated by th?
Southern railway will assist in handling
the exposition traffic. The station
will be equipped with all modern conveniences,
and will occupy a position
at the main entrance tq the grounds
Near the station there will be other
buildings for the general railway exhibit,
and according to the information
given out by the managers this di*
play will be elaborate and unique. Ir?
view of the fact that so many winter
tourist travelers will stop over at
Charleston en route to Florida and
Cuba, the railroad companies are anxious
to show what they can provide in
the way of elegant tourist trains, and
this feature will be handsome and interesting.
A novel part of the exhibit
will be the representation of the firci
railway trains which were run in this
state just after the building of the old
South Carolina line out of Charleston.
The famous train, "The Fiying Dutchman,"
which made 15 m_.es an hour
and which was considered the top limi}
for speed, will be shown along with
the flyers which go faster than a mile
a minute.
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Blue Ridge Charter Amended.
The charter of the Blue Ridge railroad,
which now extends from Anderson
to Walhalla, has been amended bv
the secretary of state so as to perm It
the road being extended to the Georgia
line. It Is understood the road will be
extended to Rabun Gap, Ga. Work will
begin at once.
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Paid Fire Department fcr Greenville,
Fire Chief W. R. Joyner, head of the
fire department of Atlanta, Ga., visited
Greenville the past week, for the express
purpose of organizing a fire department
in that city. Chief Joyner
went to Greenville at the earnest re?
quest of the mayor and council of thai
city. Policy holders in the city are
threatened with an increase in fire insurance
rates unless steps are taken
for the better protection of property.
For some time past, it seems, the
number of fires that have occurrc-d in
Greenville has been the subject of
much serious consideration on the pari
of insurance agents who represent
companies carrying business there.
Prominent agents in Atlanta are interested
in policies held by citizens of
Greenville, and the matter has as*
sumed such shape as that the insurance
companies are threatening to advance
rates.
The town is protected by a volunteer
fire department. Cities operating
paid departments always receive better
rates than those naving only vol*
untcer companies organized to keep
[lown fires. The threatened advance
in rates has been instrumental in causing
the mayor and city council of
Greenville to take up the matter of
establishing a paid fire department.
"KUKLUX" GANG CAUGHT.
Thirteen Desperadoes Are Landed In
Jail at Pineville, Ky.
At Stonega,* Wise county, Virginia,
Monday a dozen officers arrived with
thirteen prisoners destined for Pinevillo,
Ky., j-ail for safe keeping until
they can be brought to trial. The
prisoners are members; of the "kuklux"
band, operating in Letcher c?raaty
Kentucky, and that immediate section
for the past several months. During
that time a number of men and
women have been mysteriously murdered
and these crimes are charged
to this "kuklux" gang.
THIRTEEN PROSPECTORS DROWN
While In Camp They Are Whelmed
By Terrific Couldburst.
News has ust. been reoelved in San
Antonia, Texas, of a terrible disaster
that occurred in Presidio county,
near the Rio Grande river, some days
ago, thirteen men who were prospecting
for cinibar losing their lives in
floods caused by waterspout or cloudburst.
The men were in two parties, camped
a mile apart in a dry ravine known
as Alaminto creek, in which there
had been no wate rfor fifteen months
AUTO FRIGHTENED BULLS.
Innovation In Ancfent Sport Fails to
Work Satisfactorily.
A dispatch from Bayonne to The Figaro
(Paris) describee a buil fight
which occurred there Saturday in
which an automobile replaced the
horse of the picador. The novelty drew
an enormous crowd; seven bulls in
succession turned tail and fled at the
sight of the auto.
NEGRO PROPERTY INCREASED.
Colored People of Georgia Advancing
In Prosperity According to Digest.
Captain W. H. Harrison, of the Georgia
tax department in the comptroller
general's office, has given out the
following interesting figures relative
to the taxable property of the negroes
of the state. The returns from the
137 counties of the state show the total
taxable property of this class to
be $15,629,811 for 1901. For 1900 it
was $14,118,720. showing an increase
this year of $1,511,0111.
UNIVERSAL MOURNING IN CUtfA*
General Wood Says Islanders Deeply
Feel Death of President McKinley.
General Wood, who arrived in Washington
Wednesday, said he had never
3een such universal mourning as was
shown in Cuba for the death of Mr.
McKinley. and that its extent and sincerity
showed how deeply the Cubans
felt It. General Wood states that important
business with the secretary
of war brought him here, and that he
would probably return in about a
week.
CRAZED LOVER'S CRIME.
Professor Slays Swestheart Who Rejected
His Proposal of Marriage.
At Holla. Mo.. Tuesday night J. S.
Croswell, an instructor at the school
of mines and metallurgy, shot Miss
Mollis Powrtl through the heart aid
killed her almost instantly.
Croswell was desperately in love
with Miss Powell and begged her to
marry him, but she always turned a
deaf ear to feioi
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^ Summary of the Most
I 4 Important Daily
1 J Happenings Tersely Told. ?
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?The Georgia Soldiers' Home, in the
| suburbs of Atlanta, was completely doj
stroycd by fire shortly after 8 o'clock
| Monday morning. All inmates. 72 in
number, got out in safety, but all ot
their little, effects were consumed with,
j the building.
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?"Fighting Bob Evans was a witi
nrss before the naval inquiry court
Monday and went over the entire
j Santiago campaign,
j ?Senate committee at Washington
i begins investigation of charges
against Col. Heistand in connection
with alleged Manila hemp combine.
?President McKinley's will was proj
bated at Canton Monday. The coura
Uj t uiiiLt:u outlaw kJ<xy anu ocuciai;
Cortelyou administrators of the estate,
which aggregates about $210,000.
?Democrats favoring ratification of
new constitution in Alabama are or1
ganized and will open the campaign
actively this week.
?Railroads are preparing a grand
display of trains at the Charleston" exposition
for the observation of winter
tourists.
?According to a Manila special Company
C of the Ninth infantry was almost
exterminated by Filipino rebels
Saturday. Of the seventy-two men in
the company, fifty were killed and eleven
wounded.
v ?In a pitched battle between a mob
of strikers and pclieemen in San
Francisco Sunday seven men arc
known to have been shot, one of whom
will die.
?The guard at the McKinley tomb
at Canton claims to have been attecked
Sunday night. He fired a shot, and
i received a knife thrust from a second
I man prowling about the vault.
?Lord Kitchener is banishing captured
Boer leaders and confiscating the
property of those still in arms. He
asks for 25,000 more mounted men.
?The people of nineteen Russian
provinces are facing starvation owing
to the failure of the crops. The government
is taking measures to relieve
the distress.
?Prince Chun, the head of the Chinese
expiatory mission to Germany,
left Berlin for home Monday. The
kaiser would not permit him to visit
other European capitals or the United
States.
?The empress of Germany is reported
to be seriously ill. Professor Olshausen,
specialist, has been summoned.
?The closeness of the first race between
the Columbia and Shamrock
greatly raised the hopes of British
yachtsmen as to the outcome of the
series.
?Georgia's department of agriculture
has paid into the state treasury
$47,457.19 as receipts for the inspection
of fertilizers and oils for the past
fiscal year.
?S:it"nrr!nv's spssinn of inrmfrv 0071 rt
developed the fact that Admiral
Schley's message was garbled and the
original cannot be found.
?The yachts Columbia and Shamrock
succeeded in making their first
race Saturday. The Columbia won.
but the Shamrock was dangerously
close up.
?Another effort has been made bv
Kentucky officials to secure extradition
papers from Governor Durben of
Indiana for W. S. Taylor and Charles
Finley.
?A riot occurred at Canal Dover. O.,
late Friday night between non-union
men and strikers in which two of the
Matter were killed.
?The United States will ?pay no
money for ransom of Miss Stone, the
American missionary held by Bulgarian
brigands.
?Seth Low has accepted the nomination
of the anr.i-Tammanyites for
mayor of New York.
?The United States cruiser Cleveland
was launched at Bath. Me., Saturday.
The vessel was christened by
Miss Ruth Kanna, daughter of Senator
Mark Hanna.
?Owing to light winds the first
race between the yachts Shamrock
II and the Columbia at Sandy Hook
was called off.
?The will of the late President McKinley
was read to his widow at Canton
Friday. He leaves the entire estate.
valued at $2.r>0,000, to Mrs. McIvinley,
but specifies that $1,000 shall
be paid annually to hrs mother.
?Before the Schley court of inquiry
Friday a letter was read from Admiral
Sampson, asking that counsel
might appear for him. The court re
fused to grant the request.
?According to a Paris dispatch
Russia, France and Germany have
agreed to combine against Turkey.
?Venezuela, Ecuador and Nicara
gua openly giving aid to Colombian
insurgents.
?President Roosevelt has assured
Congressman Griggs and Mr. R. J.
Lowrv, Georgians, that lie will seek
the best men to till the offices in the
south, and in making appointments
will give due weight to democratic
opinions.
?Thirteen prospectors who were
camped in a dry ravine in southwest
Texas were drowned in a cloudburst.
The men were sleeping when the water
overwhelmed them.
BANISHING BOER LEAJERS.
Lord Kitchener Using New Tactics In
Attempt to Stop the War.
A pamphlet has been published at
Pretoria under Lord Kitchener's authority
containing notice of the permanent
banishment of several Roer leaders
raptured since September 13.
A proclamation has also been issued
providing for ihe sale of properties of
burghers still in the field in accordance
with the terms of Lord Kitchener's P"~
vious proclamation.
1'KiNLEV WILL READ
Document Is Offered For Probate
at Canton, Ohio.
WIDOW IS SOLE BENEFICIARY
With Great Effort Mrs. McKinley
Bears Up During the Proceedings?Estate
Valued at Something
Like $250,COO.
Secretary Cortolyou arrived in
Carlton, 0., from Washington Friday
morning to assist Mrs. McKinley in
disposing of matters connected with
the late president's estate, lie was
at once driven to the McKinloy
home. After meeting Mrs. McKinley,
the question of filing the will was
taken up. The trying tusk of reading
it to her was undertaken by the
faithful secretary. Mrs. McKinley
made a heroic effort to hear up, and
succeeded in doing so, although the
ordeal was difficult for her. She is
resting well.
At 3 o'clock Friday afternoon
Judge Day and Secretary Cortelyou
went to the office of the probate
judge and offered the will of President
McKinley for probate. They
carried with them the following:
"I, Ida S. McKinley, widow of William
McKinley, deceased, hereby decline
the administration of the estate,
and ecommend the appointment
of William K. Day and George B.
Cortelyou as administrators, with the
will annexed.
Following is the text of President
McKinley's will:
"I publish the following as my
latest will and testament, hereby revoking
all former wills:
"To my beloved wife. Ida S. Mckinley,
I bequeath all of my real estate,
wherever situated, and the income
of any personal property of
which I may be possessed at death,
(luring her natural life. I make the
following charge upon all my property,
both real and personal: To pay
my mother during her life $1,000 a
year, and at her death said sum to
bo paid to my sister, Helen McKiuley.
If the income from property bo
insufficient to keep my wife in great
comfort and pay the annuity above
provided, then I direct that such of
my property be sold so as to make
a sum adequate for both purposes.
Whatever property remains at the
death of my wife I give to my
brother and sisters, share and Share
alike. My chief concern is that my
wife, from my estate, shall have all
she requires for her comfort and
pleasure, and that my mother shall
be provided with whatever money she
requires to make her old age comfortable
and happy.
"Witness my hand and seal, this
22d day of October, 1S97, to my last
will and testament made at the city
of Washington, D. C.
"WILLIAM M'KIXLEY."
"The foregoing* will was witnessed
by us, this 22d day of October, 1897,
at the request cf the testator and his
name heretofore in our presence and
our signatures hereto in his presence.
"G. B. CORTELYOU,
"CHARLES LOEFFLERi"
Will Total $225,000.
It is given out on authority that
the McKinley estate will total $22o,000
to $2:30.000, including life insurance
of $07,000. Aside from the $07,
000 mentioned, tlio estate consists ot
real estate here and contiguous to
Canton, and of deposits in Washington
banks.
Monday morning at 0 o'clock has
been fixed by the probate court for a
hearing prior to probating the will.
Then it is expected Secretary Cortelyou
and .Judge Day will finally bo
appointed administrators cf the estate.
The will is in the president's own
handwriting, and is on executive
mansion letter paper.
BACON TO FILIPINOS.
In Speech Georgia Senator Pledges
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t-reeaom wnen war c.nui>.
A Manila special says: Senator
Bacon, of Georgia, at a banquet Tuesday
in Camari-nes province, said that
so soon as the war was finished the
United States would extend to the
Filipinos freedom as it was known in
America.
Representatives Gaines, of Tennessee,
and Green, of Pennsylvania,
spoke in a similar strain. The republican
congressman of the party of legislators
visiting the Philippine Islands
refrained from speaking.
DIED OF BROKEN HEART.
Old Man Cries Himself to Death Over
Murder of President McKinley.
Caleb Ilarvey, an old and wealthy
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resident of La Porte, mu., uieu i mirv
day as the direct result of grieving
over file assassination and death of
President MeKinlov. The pliysieians
who attended Harvey say that ho lit' rally
cried himself to death.
FEMALE EMBEZZLER CAUGHT.
Gay Miss Nellie Boyer, Bookkeeper,
Arrested By Boston Police.
Helen or Nelliie Boyer, the young
woman bookkcepejr of the Federal
Telephone Company, of Pittsburg,
Pa., for whom the Atlanta police were
asked to keep a lookout, because she
had been heard to say she once lived
in Georgia's capital, was arrested in
Boston Friday. She is charged with
the embezzlement of nearly $1,000*
CZOLdOSZ BREAKS BOWK. |
On Reaching Auburn Prison Assacsin :
Suddenly Collapses and Gives
Guards Trouble.
Czolgosz, President MeKinleys' murderer,
in the custody of Sheriff Cald,
well, of Erie county, and twenty-one
deputies, arrived in Auburn, X. Y.,
at 3:13 a. m. Friday. The prison Is
only about fifty yards from the depot.
Awaiting the arrival of the train
there was a crowd oi about 200 people.
Either for fear of the crowd,
which was not very demonstrative, or
from sight of the prison, C'zolgosz's
legs gave out and two deputy sheriffs
were compelled to practically c?vry
the man into the prison. Inside the
irate his condition became worse, and
he was dragged up the stairs and into
the main hall.
lie was placed In a sitting position
on the bench while the handcuffs were
being removed, but he fell over and
most abject teror. As soon as the
handcuffs were unlocked the man was
dragged into the principal keeper's office.
As is the case of all prisoners,
the officers Immediately proceeded to
strip him and put on a new suit of
clothes.
During this operation Czolgosz cried
and yelled, making the prison corridors
echo with evidence of his terror.
Flio prison physician. Dr. John Gerin,
examined the man and ordered
his removal to the cell in the con- j
demned row which he will occupy
until he is taken to the electric chair.
The doctor declared that the man was
suffering from fright and torror, but
said that he was shamming to some
extent.
The collapse of the murder was a
surprise to every one. En route from
Buffalo he showed no indication cf
breaking down. lie ate heartily of
sandwiches and smoked cigars when
not eating. He talked to some and expressed
regret tor his crime. He said:
"I am especially sorry for Mrs. MeKinley."
He reiterated his former statement
that he had no accomplices and declared
that he nerer had heard of the
man under arrest in St. Louis, who
claimed to have tied the handkerchief
J over his hand, concealing the pistol
I with which the president was -shot.
He says the handkerchief was not tied.
lie went oehind the Temple of Music,
arranged the handkerchief so as
to hide the weapon and then took his
l>lace in the crowd. To Jailer Mitchell
he sent this message to his father:
"Tell him I am sorry I left such a
bad name."
Friday afternoon Czolgosz was In
a normal condition and seemed to have
fully recovered from his collapse.
There are five cells for condemned
i men in the prison and Czolgosz was
j placed in the only vacant cell, so all
are now ocupieu.
HURLED INTO ETERNITY.
Six Men Die Instantly and Seven
Others Injured By Explosion of
Big Oil Tank.
Six men, and possibly seven, were
killed and seven Injured by the explo^
sion Thursday of an oil tank of the
Essex and Hudson Gas Company at
Newark, N. J.
The known dead are: Lawrtnce
Kirch, William Meyer, Otto Newman,
Alfred Snyder, Nicholas Miller and an
unidentified man.
j Many witnesses say there is a body
in the river, as they saw it hurled
high in the air and thrown in that direction.
The tank which exploded was one
of a number of immense steel reser
voirs which was undergoing its periodical
cleaning.
The men began with chisels to cut
a large ring in the tank. It is supposed
one of the chisels in striking the
steel caused the emission of a spark,
i incfontiv there was an explosion
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like that of a cannon and then a sheet
of llarae.
Ten men were on the top of tho
tank at the time. They were swept
away in all directions, ^filler, Snyder,
the unidentified man and the one
supposed to be in the river seem
to j have borne the brunt of
the terrific shock. The three first mentioned
were not badly mangled, but
not a bone in their frames was left
unbroken, says the county physician,
tin's Sact being due to their being
blown many feet into the air and the
force with which they struck the
ground. The tank was rent in twain
and after all was over the bodies of
the three men in it were taken out.
*>AM.ncnu nPNiPD COUNSEL.
onmrwvn
He Writes Letter to Court Members
and Is Turned Down.
In the Schley court of inquiry Friday
a letter was presented from Rear
Admiral Sampson asking to be allowed
to be represented in th : court
by counsel, but the court refused to
grant the request, on the ground that
"the court does not at this time regard
you as a party to the case."
DETAILS ANARCHIST PLOT.
Man Arrested In St. Louis Tells Sensational
Story to Pol'ce.
Edward fiaftig. arrested in St. Leais
Monday afternoon, suspected of petit
larceny, tcld Chief of Detectives Desmond
that he was one of three men
who conspired to assassinate President
McKinley at Buffalo on September
fi. and that he, Safiig, tied around
Czolgosz's hand the handkerchief that
j concealed the weapon with which he
shot the president. Saftig's story win
he i&vsstigated,
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FIFTY KILLED
BY FILIPINOS I
American Troops Surprised 1
While at Breakfast M
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SAMAR ISLAND THE SCENE J
Of Twenty-Two Who Escaped Eleven v?
Were Wounded?All Stores, Rifles
and Ammunition of the Ameri- ..
cans Were Lost?Disaster
Shocks Washington. ^
A special from Manila says: A dls- .
astrous fight between United States
troops and insurgents occurred Satur- ^
dav in th? island of Samar, near Balan- "
giga. A large body of insurgents attacked
company C, Ninth infantry,
only twenty-two members of the company
escaping.
All the others are reported to have
been killed. ' J&SM
The company were at breakfast when 4 ~;?j|
when attacked and made a determined
resistence; but the overwhelming num
bers of the insurgents compelled them
to retreat. ?113
According to the latest returns the
strength of the company was seventy- .
two. The survivors include Captain
Thomas W. Connelly, First Lieutenant Edward
A. Bumpus and Dr. R. S. Grlswold,
surgeon.
Captain Edwin V. Bookmiller, of the |jj|
Ninth infantry, reports that General
Hughes is assembling a force to attack
the insurgents.
The insurgents captured all the
stores and ammunition of the company
and all the rifles except 26.
Saw Service In China.
Company C. was a portion of the
Ninth regiment of United States infantry,
which went to China at the time P
of the boxer outbreak and while there.
troops went to Manila and were eni
catrpri in nrnvo&t dutv in that city. Dur- ^
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ing the past summer a battalion of the . ^
Ninth was sent to Samar.
Washington Is Shocked.
News of the disastrous fight between
troops of the Ninth infantry and the insurgents
in the island of Samar was
sent promptly by General Hughes com- ^JgSjj
manding in that island, to general Chaf- $||
fee, at Manila, and by him transmitted
to the war department. It reached the
department during tfie early hours of y*M
Sun-day and Adjutant General Corbin
realizing its importance, at once mado
it public, after sending a copy to the
white house. General Chaffee's dispatch,
which agrees with the Associated
Press dispatch, is as follows:
"Manila, September 29.?Adjutant \3gjj
General, Washington: Hughes reports
~ Dic-cnir cntithem Sq.
1U11U W lilg XlUiU XXMgvj, WVUVMVM ?.-a
mar: Twenty-four men Ninth regiment ;
United States infantry?11 wounded?
have just arrived from Balangiga; re- .;J|
mainder company killed. Insurgents '
secured all company supplies and all ' |
rifles except 12. Company was attack- -JjS
ed during morning September 28; company
was 72 strong; officers, Thomas
W. Connally (captain), Edward A. 'WM
Bumpus (first lieutenant), Dr. R. S.
Griswold (major surgeon), escaped. *;
"CHAFFEE." ;|||
,, The news created a sensation in offl- ^
' cial circles. It was the first severe
reverse that has occurred for a long-~^3jS|
time. Still, the officials were not un- ?3
prepared for news of just this charac> ^ &
ter. From Samar, in which the revolution
started by Aguinaldo still con- / -vljjg
tinues. Samar is a country about as
large as the state of Ohio and the ; ^
American forces of occupation number
in all between 2,000 and 2,500 men.
These are distributed among various
posts in the island, a large number be
? af fVioi Trinra imnnrfflnt ft>n.
ters. Spain never made any effort to "W;
occupy Samar, and it only has been for :
probably three months past that the >"-38
United States has undertaken that
The latest report made by General
Hughes to the war department was
that the number of Insurgent riles In
the island aggregated about three hundred.
The Filipinos carried on a guer- '/M
rilla warfare, a*d operations against ' 4^
them were difficult The disaster to 4^
Company C occurred, it is believed, 4|||
while it was engaged in an expedition
to clear the country of roving bands of
these insurgents. The fact that the
Americans were attacked while at ;^S*|
\ breakfast indicates the pluck and daring
of the insurgents.
Immediately upon receipt of the dispatch
Adjutant General Corbin cabled ~
General Chafeee to send a complete re- : r -M
port of the fight and a list of the cas
ualties.
Colonel Oempsey Retired.
Colonel Charles A. Dempsey, commanding
the Thirtieth regiment of Infantry
in the Philippines, was placed
on the retired list Saturday after forty --V'il
years' service. ?
JAIL DELIVERY AT CANTON. rf|
Eight Men Saw Through Bars and Get
a Start of Five Minutes.
Eight prisoners broke out ofthe conn- ,
ty jail at Canton, O., Sunday night by |||
sawing the bars over a window opening
upon a court between tfle jail and ||
court house. They had five minutes'
start when their absence was discov- ..-2
ered. Bloodhounds were immediately
put upon the trail.
TO CONTROL McKINLEY MINES. ; ^
! ComDany Is Organized at the Pan- ?
American Exposition.
There was organized in
Y., Friday at the Mines
the Pan American expositioj^^^^^^^^H
pany which will control the
mines, located in Whitepine^^^^^^^H
iievada. The company is cap^BJP^HH
at $1,000,000 ana will be incorporateSBj^S
under the laws of the state of NctTm I
Jersey. Mrs. McKinley will hold
000 worth of the stock JflH
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