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MAY COLLECT OLD DEBTi
Government Loaned 28 Millions to 26
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States in Jackson's Time.
Washington, April 3.?The publication
to-day over the country of the
introduction by Representative Murdoch,
of Kansas, of a bill to call upon
the twenty-six States to repay to the
pnvprnmpnt 3528.000.000. which W8.S
distributed during Andrew Jackson's
administration, was followed immediately
with a flood of telegrams upon
members, senators' and newspaper
correspondents for more light on the
subject.
"I introduced that bill two years
ago," said Mr. Murdock late to-day,
"and no one paid any attention to
. it."
In 1830 there was a surplus in the
Federal treasury of $38,000,000, due
^ largely to the sale of public land in
?the Central West. Congress author;4"
ized the distribution among the
States upon their promising to repay
.it upon demand of the secretary of
P?-5. the treasury.
After $28,000,000 had been distributed,
but before the fourth instalment
had been paid, congress
t passed another law postponing payment
of the final instalment and incorporating
as a "joker" a provision
that the money distributed should be
subject to the demand of congress instead
of the secretary of the treasury.
It is said the matter of the repayment
was called to Mr. Murdoch's
& V attention by the claim of Virginia's
sip1-: a few years ago to the fourth instal
I meat, bun unuisuiuuivu.
The twenty-six States received the
three instalments in proportion to
their representation in congress. The
distribution among Southern States
was as follows:
Maryland, $956,000; Virginia, $2,199,000;
North Carolina, $1,444,000;
South Carolina, $1,051,000;
: Georgia, $1,051,000; Alabama,
> 1669,000; Louisiana, $478,000; Mississippi,
$382,000; Tennessee, $1,434,000;
Kentucky, $1,434,000;
i Missouri, $382,000; Arkansas, $287,000.
M COOMER ACQUITTED.
Negro Accused of Murder of J. E.
Gaillard Set Free.
v. -r Sumter, April 2.?Jack McCoom1
er, the negro employe of Cole Bros'.
, circus, who was convicted of the
murder of Former Deputy Sheriff J.
E. Gaillard and sentenced to the
penitentiary for life hearly two years
ago, was to-day set free, the jury in
the second trial having fcmd a verdict
of not guilty. George Spivens,
the white man, who was jointly inij
dieted with McCoomer, was granted
a second trial last year and was then
acquitted. McCoomer was ably defended
by L. D. Jennings, Esq., he
Ip-p-' having been appointed by the court
6|||-r' at the first trial.
The result of the second trial
causes no surprise, as those who
have followed the case most closely
have long been convinced that the
murderer of "Ted" Gaillard was
never arrested and that a mistake
was made in arresting Spivens and
McCoomer.
SUICIDE AT BLACKVILLE.
^Sl^v'^Yonng Negro Forges Father's Name
to Check and Shoots Himself.
* Robert Coleman, son of O. R. ColeKpSt
man, a negro youth of 18 years, endgp'
ed his life by shooting himself in the
. left breast with a pistol about one
jUl' o'clock Monday.
W&mF' The cause of Coleman's rash deed
Iwafe as follows: On Saturday he
went to Blackville and going to the
store of Mr. N. Blatt, presented a
check on the Bank of Blackville for
$8.00 signed "O. R. ^Coleman." Mr.
Blatt was somewhat uncertain what
to do, but the negro assured him
that the check was good, that it had
been written by his father, who ran
a bank account with the Bank of
Blackville. Mr. Blatt finally cashed
the check for him. On Monday
when the check was presented for
deposit by Mr. Blatt, he was informed
that the check was a forgery and
would not be accepted.'
Mr. Blatt then sent a message to
Coleman and his father, both of
whom live about two and one-half
miles from Blackville, telling them
what the bank had done. Young
Coleman was in the field at work
with his father. He said very little
about the matter, but when he stopped
work at noon he got on his
mule and went by T. Odom's house
and asked Odom to lend him his
pistol to shoot a rabbit nearby.
Odom got his pistol and handed it
to Coleman. The boy stepped out in
the yard and putting the gun against
his left breast fired, killing himself
almost instantly.
Coleman's father is a highly respected
colored man in his section
and has the confidence of all who
know him.?Barnwell Sentinel.
gpy; ' f Wilson May Hold Job.
Joshua Wilson, Florence's colored
postmaster, came to Washington last
week to find out what was going on,
oil* nnr>o r?r twipfi nrflHTlli
omuvu tuv Uli VUVV Vf* V ?r *vv
V the White House, found that apparently
he was good for another year
in the office and quietly slipped back
: home.
Indications strongly point to his
retaining the office for several
mctaths unless some agreement can
be reached and no fight made in the
senate. Wilson, after remaining
here a day or two and taking in the
situation, went home, saying that
'everything looked good to him and
that as he appeared to be on top he
would remain so by staying out of
the fight.
Howard Cassell, who is trying to
land the office, has filed with the
president and with the postoffice department
papers showing that he has
been a citizen of Florence for the
last five years, that he is the owner
of considerable real estate in surrounding
counties, and that, better
than all, he is engaged to one of the
best young ladies in Florence county.
It is believed these recommendations
are sufficient to eventually pull him
through.?Washington special to
News and Courier. ,
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ADMIRAL CERVERA DEAD. ?J
Gallant Sailor Who Commanded
Spanish Fleet at Santiago.
T"> ?? 1 Ani.il 9 Vino
jruertu xveai, opaiu, o.? ?,
Admiral Pascaul Cervera, who com-1
manded tne Spanish neet in the hat- I *
tie of Santiago de Cuba, died here j
this afternoon.
Admiral Cervera was retired from j
the active list of the Spanish navy on j
December 14, last, at his own request; j
on account of tailing health. He suf-j,
fered from an affection of the heart, i j
Admiral Cervera was born on Febru-1,
ary 18, 1839. On the outbreak of > f
the war with the United States he;
sailed from Cape Verde islands with 11
four cruisers and three torpedo boat
destroyers in April 1898, entered the
harbor of Santiago de Cuba May 19,
and lost his entire fleet off that port i
July 3, in an attempt to force his way j
through Admiral Sampson's blockading
squadron. (
Portsmouth, N. H., April 3.?News 1
of the death of Admiral Cervera was
received with great regret in Portsmouth
because of his bravery and
courtesy. He and other Spanish
prisoners of war arrived in Ports- .
mouth on the steamers Yale and Har- :
J Of T Anio anH St,
varu, iuimciij cue uv. uvu.s
Paul, in July, 1898. The admiral
and his surviving officers came on
the Harvard July 15. After remaining
a week they were sent to Annapolis,
where they were quartered
until arrangements were made to
send them to Spain at the close of the
war.
The admiral" returned to Portsmouth
early in September and rejoined
the sailors who had been hfid
here. All the Spaniards except 15
who died in camp and were buried on
Seavey's Island, sailed for home on
the steamer City of Rome on September
12.
CONTRAST IN CEREMONIES.
Japanese and Russians Commemorate
the Battle at Chemulpo.
The dismal city of Chemulpo, on
the west coast of Corea, recently witnessed
two strangely contrasting ceremonies,
each conducted by aliens in
the land, and each commemorating
the historical event which served to
make the name of the town known
around the world. The occasion of
the demonstration was the anniversary
on February 9 of the battle between
the Russian and Japanese na
val detachments ouisiae me uaruui. j
Hundreds of Japanese came down \
from Seoul,, the capital city, sixty ]
miles away, to join with the large \
Japanese colony at Chemulpo in mak- j
ing the day a typical holiday of their <
home land. All of the Japanese quar- i
ter in the town blossomed with bunt- (
ing, flags and lanterns, day fireworks ,
banged off the new stone quay at the
waterfront and every sendo and .
'rickishaw man in town was out be- ,
hind a brass band, trailing his enthusiasm
through the narrow streets }
of the mongrel town. j
There were long speeches in the ,
high sounding formal oratory of the j
Japanese, a parade drill of some of ]
the Japanese soldiers still retained in ]
Corea, for the good of the Coreans, <
and a long night afterward of saki (
drinking and dancing by the geisha. 1
The Russians, who- came v down
from Seoul, had no part in the Japanese
festivities. With M. de Somow,
the Russian consul general, there j
were M. Birukoff, the archimandrite 1
of the Orthodox church in the dio- 1
cese of Corea; a few attaches from 1
the consulate and a half dozen Rus- *
sian merchants and travelers. (
They went out to the little foreign J
burying ground on one of the bleak, I
treeless hills back of the town and J
* % ? oil nf thf? dead that had
IUC1C, nuci v uti
been recovered from the Variag and *
Korietz after the battle were buried,
the archimandrite conducted the
orthodox service for the repose of the
dead. The responses were sung by
Corean converts.
Among some of the foreigners who
stood in the cemetery with uncovered
heads while the priest offered up
prayers for the brave dead were
those who remembered the day when
the Variag and Korietz came limping
back into harbor, after having
stood off for more than an hour the
overwhelming squadron under Admiral
Uriu. The Variag, her unprotected
sides punctured like a sieve,
was listing to such an extent that
the blackened snouts of some of her
starboard guns were dipping in the
waves. The Korietz, little gunboat,
hardly bigger than an American revenue
cutter, had been under the protection
of her bigger sister and was
practically unhurt.
Then it was that, as the foreigners
who ranged the hillsides back of
the town and the knobs of the harbor
islands saw the conquering Japanese
squadron coming in to take its prizes,
the roar of fired magazine smote the
1? ori/^ th<=> two RUS- ?
Ugly 11U1C tUITU ?uu ?- ? -
sian ships dropped to the mud of the r
harbor. Even as the smoke of the c
explosions mushroomed out in the ?
higher air strata, and the bay's wa- I
ters were peppered with the falling 1
fragments of the fighting ships, the
band on the Italian cruiser lying at ?
anchor in the inner harbor struck up ?
the heavy cadences of the Russian c
national hymn in a requiem. ?
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rWO "YEGGS" AT LIBERTY
'TENNESSEE DUTCH" AND GEOBARTON
BREAK JAIL.
Drill Holes ill Rock With Umbrella
Handle, Fire Explosive and
Make Off?Not Yet Caught.
Greenville, April 4.?Blasting a;
lole in the rock bottom of their cell
it the jail here, Garber Moore,;
tnown as "Tennessee Dutch," and
Jeorge Barton, alleged yeggmen, ai -;
ested in Birmingham and brought j
lere on March 10, early this morning !
jroke jail and made their escape.
"Tennessee Dutch" has used I
nany aliases, among them being
fohn Rutherford, John Hinkle, Jake i
Vloore and "Gobbler." He is one of
;he most notorious crooks who has
jperated in this country. His pal,
Jeorge Barton, is equally well known
n police circles.
The watchman on duty outside the
:ell says he does not know how or
vhen the prisoners left.
At the present term of the federal
jourt Moore and Barton were to be
:ried for tearing up the safe in the
Pelzer postoffice. One year ago they
jommitted this daring act and South
Carolinians in particular were pecuiarly
interested in their capture. The
loise made by the explosion which
:ore away the front of the safe at the
Pelzer government station awoke the
jeople of the city, and when Ruther
lord and Barton were making their
'get away" in a buggy two pistol
jhots were fired at them by a man
vho stood on the veranda of a hotel
)orch. Neither shot took serious effect.
Arrested in Birmingham.
They were arrested in Birming1am,
Ala., early in March and held
lor the robbery at Pelzer. Postoffice
Inspector Gregory captured the two
nen. He took them to Atlanta, from
;he jail of which they had once escaped,
and. United States Marshal
Duncan Adams, at Charleston, was
lotifled of their arrest.
He wrote Sheriff Pool asking that
:he men be kept safely here and sayng
that he would furnish a guard at
;he jail.
E. C. Carter, former arresting officer
for the S. P. C. A., was delegated
ly the government to guard outside
>f the jail, lest the yeggmen get out
>f their cells and away from conflnenent.
Deputy Sheriff Phillips lives in the
luilding, a part of which is used for
:he prisoners, and he, his wife and
lis children were ignorant until early
:his morning that the notorious safeilowers
were not ready for their
Sunday morning breakfast. Carter
vas on the outside, presumably. He
lid not know, at any rate, how or
tvhen the men left.
The two men were in the same cell
?one of the strongest cells in the
jail?and while Rutherford, the man
vith the numerous aliases, had done
most of the talking to the outsiders,
it is supposed that Barton was at
tvork arming a noie imuugu
ioor. It is believed that an umbrella
iandle was used for a drill. After
slowing the hole the men dropped in:o
the basement and made their
jscape through the jailer's , apartnents.
A Notorious Yegg.
Garber Moore, alias John Rutherford,
alias John Hinckle, alias "Tenlessee
Dutch," etc., is one of the
nost notorious "yeggs" in the' history
of the operations of professional
jafeblowers in America, and his pal,
Jeorge Barton, alias "Chicago
\rmy," is almost equally notorious.
Each has a score of postofflce and
sank robberies charged against him.
'Dutch" and Barton were arrested
it Birmingham the first of March,
md Inspector Gregory, who was in
;hat section on a still hunt for the
)air, easily identified them, and he
;ook proceedings before the United
A? thoro tn h p vp
SlUieS UUIIlLUlSSlVUd VU\/A V W _ ;hem
held for the Pelzer job.
'Dutch" employed counsel to fight
extradition to South Carolina and
>ven had his attorney offer a reward
'or his (Dutch's) return to Missislippi,
where he escaped from the
iiankin farm of the Mississippi State
jenitentiary while serving a fiverear
sentence for burglary. His eforis,
however, were unavailing, and
he postoffice inspectors had no trou)le
in holding him for the Pelzer job
ilong with Barton.
When arrested "Dutch" had in his
)ossession $195 in money, a mileage
>ook, etc. He denied acquaintance
vith Barton at first, but not after Inipector
Gregory had flashed his "inerview"
with the cracksmen. Inspec:or
Gregory was thoroughly familiar
vith the operations of "Dutch," and
'Dutch" knew it. "Dutch." is a Hungarian
Jew, a native of Tennessee,
md his criminal career was begun
jarly in life. He has traveled extenlively
in the United States and Eu ope,
and it is not unlikely that he
jperated in the old world. He is
ipparently 35 years of age, 5 feet
\Vz inches in height, weighs about
L62.
-n?"William Ward." serv
.Dill LUiI, 0.0 irtiiMu .. ,
id three years in the federal prison
it Atlanta for burglary of the post)ffice
at Woodbine, Ky. He was afjtjrwards
arrested for cracking a post>ffice
safe, but escaped from the At-,
anta prison while awaiting trial.
Barton is an American, about 34
rears of age; height, 5 feet 11
nches; weight, 145; slight built,
ight arm off at elbow.
Official Charged With Perjury.
Frankfort, Ky., April 1.?Upon a
varrant sworn out by County Judge
3. H. Davis, of Shelby county, Adjt.
Jen. Garnett Ripley was arrested
lere to-day charged with perjury. It
s alleged he swore falsely in his
;estimony in the sensational $25,000
lamage suit filed by Mrs. Hazlett
igainst Walter Duncan, in Shelby
iounty. Duncan killed Newt Hazett
on the roadway and was parloned
by Gov. Willson on the ground
;hat Hazlett was a night rider and
vas about to attack Duncan's tobac:o
barn. Ripley was on patrol duty
vith State militiamen that night and
>wore at the trial he had heard
ihots. It was claimed by the solliers
with him that he was too far
)!I to have heard the shots.
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Trained to Steal by Its Dishonest
Owner.
A monkey was arrested lor shoplifting
in a large jeweler's shop yesterday.
Incidentally its owner, a
Mexican named Miguel Androval,
was also taken into custody.
Androval, who is described as a
traveling mountebank, has long been
under suspicion by the police, who
were informed that valuable articles
had disappeared in a most mysterious
manner irom shops which Androval
had visited.
For some days the man has been
carefully watched by detectives, but
although his actions were apparently
auuve susyiuiuu, mc iuchs continued.
Yesterday morning the Mexican
visited a fashionable jeweler's aun
asked to be shown some rings. A tray
was placed in front of him, and after
pretending to examine its contents,
Androval indicated another tray and
asked to examine it also.
The shop attendant turned to pick
up the second tray, while Androval
stood a couple of feet from the counter,
in such a position that the
slightest movement would have been
detected. The man did not move, but
a detective, who was watching
through the plate glass window, saw
a tiny head peep furtively out of Androval's
overcoat pocket.
Then, in a flash, a small brown
monkey sprang out, deftly seized two
diamond rings, and disappeared
again into the pocket before the shop
attendant could turn round with the
second tray of jewels.
The monkey fought furiously when
arrested by the detective. It was removed
to the Fourriere, a depot
where lost or strayed animals are detained,
and its owner was taken to
the police station.
In the latter's pockets were found
many pieces of valuable lace and
jewelry which had been stolen by the
monkey. Androval is said to have
trained the animal so cleverly that it
would pick up articles which its owner
had previously touched with his
fingers.?Paris correspondent London
Express.
Dates for Press Meeting.
Greenville, April 3.?Col. E. H.
Aull, editor of the Newberry Herald
and News and president of the State
Press Association, was in the city to
night in conference with Editors
Brunson and McGhee and Secretary
Wood of the board of trade. It was
decided to hold the press association
meeting on July 6 and 8 in the Ottaray,
Greenville's handsome new
hotel. The programme will be announced
by the executive committee
in a few days. A trip will be arranged
as is usual after the meeting.
Negroes Sustain President.
Washington, April 1.?A delegation
of negroes from Mississippi,
comprising bankers, business men,
lawyers and educators, called at the
White House to-day to tender to
President Taft whatever asisstance
they could render in helping him to
work out the policies outlined by him
in his inaugural address. The visit
had to do solely with the so-called
negro problem in the South.
In his address to the president the
chairman of the delegation said:
"Like you, we do not believe that
any satisfactory and lasting results
can be reached without the co-operation
of the representatives of the
more than 10,000,000 negroes who
are the bone of contention; like you,
we do not believe that any satisfactory
and lasting results can be obtained
without the approval and cooperation
of the dominant race, the
whites, in our section, and any policy
that makes for peace between us,
that means to bring us more closely
together so far as the public good
is concerned and the general uplift
of our section, and in that uplift the
uplift of the nation as well, is much
desired by us, and our presence here
is to assure you 'that the negroes of
Mississippi will do their part in
bringing about the desired ends, and'
hope not to so conduct ourselves at
any time as to embarrass your well
begun administration."
FIRE IN HARTSVILLE.
Store of J. L. Coker & Co. Completely
rtest.ro ved.
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Hartsville, April 2.?The large department
store of J. L. Coker & Co.,
a frame building worth $20,000 and
stock worth $70,000, were totally destroyed
by fire this morning. The
loss is practically covered by insurance.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
It was discovered about 6 o'clock
to be burning fiercely on the m-1
side. The local fire company, assist- j
ed by the damp weather, did splendid
work and saved nearby buildings.
A brick warehouse will be fitted up
as a temporary storehouse. Plans for
a new store will be drawn up at1
once. !
The losses to nearby stores, to
glass fronts, etc., from heat and water
is as follows:
Harris Music Co., damage to
building,* including offices on the
second floor, about $500; Stewart's
pharmacy, damage to building and
stoclj, several hundred dollars; damage
to stock of L. Z. Hicks, dry
goods and millinery, damage to
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glass irunl <iuuui ^1 w> auivuuv %**
insurance of each unknown.
The destruction is the largest
ever known here. Hundreds of employes
of the various Coker industries
will necessarily suffer some inconvenience,
but systematic plans
are now being provided and the general
business of the concern within
a few days will move on uninterruptedly.
The buyers for the firm will leave
at once for the Northern markets to
purchase a complete stock of goods.
The company's brick fertilizer
warehouse will be converted into a
temporary store soon, and after a
few days business will be resumed.
The new store, soon to be erected,
will be a brick structure of modern
style and appointments, of sufficient
size to accommodate the demand of a
large business and will be a substantial
improvement to the town.
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