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PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. < ?Mr. J. J. Smoak spent Tuesday in Orangeburg on business. Ik ?Rev. C. E. Walker, of the HuntWf er's Chapel section, was in the city ' last Saturday. ?Messrs. Laurie Smoak and 1 Frank Adams spent last Sunday in Orangeburg with friends. ?Mr. C. D. Felder, who has been staying at Young's Island for some months, returned home last week. 4 ?Mrs. R. R. Jenkinson, of Man- . ning, spent a few days in the city < last and this week on a visit to rela- , tives. ?Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Berry, Jr., i of Branchville, spent Sunday in the . city with their daughter, Mrs. J. B. < Brickie. & ?Mrs. M. A. Bamberg and Mrs. E. B. Walker and little daughter are ( at home from an extended stay in : * Florida. ?Mrs. C. B. Free, Jr., and little 1 i son, of Summerton, are in the city on a visit to the family of her father, ; Mr. S. A. Hand. ?Miss Sadie Merriwether came over from Allendale on Monday to 1 spend some time with her aunt, Mrs , A. McB. Speaks. ?Miss Florence Clement, of Cum- i mings, Ga., is spending some time in , the city on a visit to her sister, Mrs. . W. G. Hoffman. 3 ?Miss May Justice arrived from " Baltimore last Friday to take charge of the millinery department of Mrs. 1 A. McB. Speaks & Co. ?Miss Christine Malone and 1 cousin, Mr. James Malone, of Colum- ' bia, were the charming guests last Sunday of Miss Alice Smoak. ' ?Mr. Vernon Brabham and family, who have been living at Cope for several years, moved to Columbia last week, where they will make their home. f ?Rev. W. H. Hodges and Messrs. J. A. Byrd and W. D. Rhoad attended a meeting in Orangeburg last Thursday in the interest of Columbia college. ?Mr. W. D. Hand, son of Mr. S. A. Hand, who has been in Asheville, N. C., for the past year under treat* ment, returned home last week greatly improved in health. The physicians have pronounced him sound and well. ?Mr. I. M. Loryea, special agent of the New York Life Insurance Co., is- in the city, and we are glad to know that he has decided to make Bamberg headquarters. He likes Bamberg and thinks the town has a magnificent future. ~ TXT D1 Dilar on/I Mrs _T i!U19? VY 1 , uuvi w* wD. Copeland, Jr., spent several days in Barnwell last week on a visit to Mrs. W. Gilmore Simms. While there r% they attended several receptions given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Simms, Jr., who were recently married. . ?Col. T. J. Counts was down * town last Saturday, for the first time in several months, he having been kept indoors by the bad weather. The Colonel is looking well, notwithstanding his advanced age, and his many friends will be glad to know that his condition is good and he will no doubt improve much as the spring weather comes on. PREPARED FOR SIEGE. Outlaws Well Fortified in Virginia Mountains. Hillsville, Va., March 17.?Two thousand feet above sea level, among k the crags and caves of the Blue 9 Ridge Mountains, the Allen gang, who demonstrated their contempt of constituted law by a massacre of the judge, the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff of Carroll county court last Thursday, continued to-day to defy capture. J""'" oaor/ih Ktt a nncco nf 7n pi ^ X UC K1CLJ O O^aiV/U UJ u ^/vwwv V*. w detectives and citizen volunteers demonstrated that unless the militia is sent here to begin a systematic siege of the hiding places of the outlaws they may never be brought to answer to the indictments for murder returned here yesterday. For such a plan a camping site was selected to-day by representatives of Gov. Mann. The county authorities are working in harmony with the State, and orders may soon be issued for companies of militia, if not for the search, certainly for the formal arraignment of the prisoners, which is scheduled here for March 26. The arraignment is likely to be postponed. Well-armed and Provisioned. Those who know the paths and passes of the highland and the points |^F of vantage from which outlaws could 3 - * ~ ?i. 1. ;? fnroo n-i +Vi looot rwa.ro. uul an atia^^iug iui vc mvu tv?ub hurt to themselves, say that the Aliens unquestionably arc concealed behind the overhanging precipices of ; Devil's Den, half way between here i and Mount Airy, N. C. There, with ' provisions and ammunition, of which [ f it is said they have plenty, an attack* ing fore? would find approach almost impossible. Some think it may be necessary to dynamite the mountain citadels. Quiet prevailed in Hillsville today. The village pastor preached in favor of capital punishment at all times and there was no mistaking whom he meant. From the countryside came the curious on horseback, muleback, by ox carts and rigs of every description, fording the high water of the creek and climbing the steep hills to the summit, where reposes the ^hamlet of Hillsville. Wounded Clerk Tells of Tragedy. Dexter Goad, clerk of the court, with a bullet in his left cheek and a bandage across his face, showed the folks to-day just how it happened. He rehearsed the scene with vivid details, pointing out the scarred chairs which were occupied by Judge Massie, Sheriff Webb and Commonwealth's Attorney Foster. A row of bullet holes, low on the right-hand wall, were added evidence of the tragedy. A shattered rail in front of Clerk Goad showed how Attorney Foster, after being fatally shot, staggered and dropped his head upon a sheepskin volume of the law. A dark coat of blood on the book was mute evidence. Another Victim May Die. Andrew Howlett and Stuart Worrell, both bystanders, wounded at Thursday's assassination, to-day rested easily. One has a bullet in the lung and the other was shot in his side. Juror Columbus Kane, who was shot in the abdomen and is most seriously injured of all, may die, which would bring the death list to six. Over the rain-channelled moun( uineirip the nnssc searched to-day to no avail. Contrary to earlier reports, the telephone wires throughout this district have not been cut by the Aliens or anyone else. Communication from the outside world has been difficult in* the last two days, principally because of the heavy outflow of press dispatches. Jasper Allen, known as "Jack," who is a brother of Sidna and Floyd, but who is said ont to have been involved in the tragedy, made a statement to-night on behalf of the Aliens. At his home, seven miles from Hillsville, he said: Jasper Allen's Statement. "I am greatly surprised and shocked at what has happened. I do not think my brothers had made any plot or plan. When I saw Sidna the night of the shooting he told me he knew nothing of any trouble beforehand and was himself surprised when the shooting began in the court room. "I do not believe my relatives will give themselves up, for I am not sure that they would get a fair trial in Carroll county. My brother Sidna was wounded when he passed my bnmo Thnrsdav nierht and was alone. I do not know where he has gone and have received no word trom him since, and I shall not try to advise them about giving themselves up. They must do as they think best." Landed in Roanoke Jail. Roanoke, Va., March 17.?Floyd Allen, his son, Victor, and Byrd Marion were brought here from Pulaski early this morning and put in jail. The authorities thought feeling against the court house assassins was running too high at Pulaski for their safety. Allen was brought oh a cot, with one broken leg in a cast. He is wounded in the other. The prisoners were widely separated in the jail and all outsiders were kept out. This order even extended to the religious workers, and there were no services in the jail to-day. Young Allen and Marion, both under indictment for murder, protested to their guards that they took no part in the shooting. ot-o too t?ovpthip Aeents UUHCU ?vf ? Weaver and Hendricks returned from Hillsville to-night. They passed Sidna Allen's house on Thursday afternoon after the shooting and saw him there. The officers had heard of the tragedy, but did not know Sidna Allen had been implicated in it. They are perhaps the last persons outside members of the clan to have seen Sidna Allen. Held on Assault Charge. Dothan, Ala., March 18.?Two young white men, one named Mimms and the other Davis, are under arrest at Chancellor, Ala., charged with assaulting and robbing a young woman, 24 years old on Saturday night, according to information received here to-day. The victim had been left at home by her husband Saturday night while he attended a lodge meeting. She +>,0+ onnn Qftor hp lAft Rhe heard dctj d Lliat OWJU Ui-vv* MW . a knock on the door, opened it and was struck a heavy blow on the head. The men, it is alleged, after tying the woman, assaulted her, afterwards ransacking the house and securing a number of valuables. When the husband returned home he secured a posse and bloodhounds and the trail led to the Mimms home. He was arrested. Davis was later taken into custody and both were identified by the victim. They were then rentoved to the Geneva county | Jail. THREE NEGROES NEAR C Alfred and Richmond Du Attempt to Burn Ma; in Olar and are S The first lynching for Bamberg at county occurred last Wednesday af- ! of ternoon when three negroes, Alfred 1 ev and Richmond Dublin and Peter Riv-! lii ers, were taken from Magistrate 0. j k* J. C. Lain and Mr. J. E. Cooke, who ! th were bringing them to Bamberg to ! w; be placed in jail, and taken about! fir 100 yards behind Union Baptist! P< church, colored, at Odom's bridgej fe over the Little Saltkehatchie river, j ca and shot to death. As to what hap- j ar pened after the mob took the negroes I tn from the officers is mere conjecture, hi as no light has been thrown on the 1 M tragedy so far. The officers imme- ! ed diately took the road back for home, j T1 and when about three hundred yards j wi away they heard the shots which; m ended the lives of the three victims, J fe and next morning they were found fr down in the woods beyond the'-church sa tied to small trees and their bodies j w< riddled with bullets. ! ne These negroes were charged with m setting fire to the residence of Mr. j J. E. Cooke at Olar Monday morning of last week, just before day, and fe had confessed the crime. Last Tues-1t0 day night we heard that an attempt i ar had been made to burn the home of j 4- V? r% 4- r?/\ o Vl Q H I 3.T A11*. L/UUKt?, UUl mat jlivs cix x ggbo been made at that time. Wednesday j cc afternoon after we had gone to t*1 press we learned of the arrest of!at the three negroes and of their con- & fession, and the statement was made that they were to be brought toj th Bamberg and lodged in jail the same j w afternoon. 101 Thursday morning, Col. Jno. F. J Folk tendered a seat in his auto-1 mobile to Solicitor Gunter and the j writer, and soon we were at the jm scene of the tragedy. There a grue- j C( some sight met our eyes. Down the |in hill beyond the church, in a small j al open space, somewhat of a natural | amphitheatre, were the bodies stiff j ^ and stark, tied near together with |111 their faces to the trees, their bodies !m riddled with bullets, most of which j al appeared to have been fired from j the back. Alfred and Richmond!w Dublin were very near together, and 'c* their ropes had allowed their bodies 1 R to come to the ground, but the body of Rivers, a little farther away, was | Sl resting on the rope which tied his |01 hands, it not having slipped and al- j ^ lowed his body to rest on the ground. " Most of the bullets were in the body, j Sl but a few struck their heads, and j Q1 Alfred Dublin's face was turned;n backward and he had been shot in j the face and his eye shot out, his | ^ face being smeared with dried blood, j n< His face was the most repulsive: sight, but the faces of none of them ;k showed fear or hate. They seemed ; hi to have died peacefully and without j , a struggle, and the faces did not ex-1 ir hibit brutality and ignorance to that! w degree usually found in negro crim-; bi inals. Peter Rivers was the older,; b he being about forty years old, Rich- j g: mond Dublin about 35, and Alfred ! ci Dublin about 25. The two Dublins j n wer brothers, and Rivers their first n cousin. i o: A large crowd of white men was |aj present, many of them being from j Olar and the surrounding country, j11 A number of negroes were also j d there, including a number of women,; but all were as quiet as possible.;a' None of them spoke except in hushed j & tones, and they were not heard to j T make any comment on the lynching. *3 Coroner Zeigler had already ar- , rived, and Deputy Sheriff Pearson at I ri once summoned the jury of inquest, j ^ with Mr. A. L. Kirkland as foreman, j a the members sitting down on the je' ground in a circle only a few feet j v feet away from the bodies which had | h n not been touched, they being tied j with their hands in front of their ^ bodies just as they were when taken u from the officers and with the same p ropes put on them by the officers. Mr. J. E. Cooke was the first wit- ^ j ness sworn, and he testified that he r' woke up a short while before day n j Monday morning and had occasion ^ to go outside and found fire burning under the house. As soon as pos- p t' I sible he procured water and put out the fire, and upon investigation found two bottles which contained kerosene and several fat splinters c: which had started the blaze. A sill e had been saturated with kerosene n and the splinters laid on that and the I h fire started. The fire had just been | ti set, and had he come out a few min-^ tl utes later the house could not have J tl been saved. He told of the efforts j c maHo tn run down the criminals and j t< how bloodhounds were secured from ! b the county chain gang. Alfred Dublin was first arrested, and after a i] short time he made a full confession fi and told how the three had discussed C the crime beforehand, where they got f: the axe to cut the splinters and p where they were cut off a stump, all it LYNCHED )DOM'S BRIDGE. ch w ti blin and Peter Rivers u yor Cooke's Home * ihot to Death. t> d n >out. the kerosene and the details the visit to set the fire. How- e, er, he stated that Richmond Dub- if 1 set the fire, Alfred handing the tl jrosene, splinters, and matches r( rough a little wire fence which tl as right by the house where the 8j 'e was set. Alfred said he and tl iter Rivers did not get over the s. nee, and that when Mr. Cooke a me out they had just set the fire, a id he and Peter Rivers ran off, but tl at Richmond Dublin stepped be- g nd the chimney and was so close to h r. Cooke that he could have touch- a [ him when he first came out. si len, when Mr. Cooke ran back for ater'to extinguish the flames, Rich- a ond Dublin went off alongside the a, nee out of the way. That he, Al- w ed, watched from a distance and tl w that the fire was out, when he 0 snt home. Next day the other two p igroes were arrested, and Rich- Cj ond Dublin told the same tale as tl Ifred, only he stated that Alfred set a e fire and he stayed outside the n nee. Rivers also confessed, and all h Id the same tale. When Alfred was a rested he was put in the guard n )use at Olar and a guard placed n oundjit, and he was not allowed to a mmunicate with the other negroes, iey being kept in the waiting room ii . the depot until they started for d amberg. c; Mr. Cooke stated that he talked to 'i ie negroes at length and asked them t< hy they had attempted to burn him ti it, alluding to the kindnesses he ^ id extended them. They placed ^ ie blame on Rivers, saying that he e ad persuaded them into it. As t< ayor of Olar, some time ago Mr. v 3oke had fined Rivers $100 for sell- h g liquor, which was paid, and had t< so fined Alfred Dublin $10 for 1: jating his wife, and he had served lirty days on the chan gang, being t aable to pay the fine. Mr. Cooke c entioned these things, and also t luded to the fact that he had been h reed to discharge them while c orking for him, while he was in large of loading seed for Mr. C. F. e izer, asking them if these things t ad brought about enmity to him a ifficient to cause them to burn him s ? - - - - rt it. Dublin replied tnat ne was a j ttle "miffed" about sending him to t le gang and he was not hard to per- s lade by Rivers. Mr. Cooke also a uestioned Rivers and he expressed t jgret for the crime, saying that if ? e had hid any idea that he would i ave been caught up with he would s ever have attempted it. He said that s lis was only the beginning of this f ind of" work and Mr. Cooke just t appened to be the first one. d ?Mr. Cooke testified as to meeting c V ig the mob. Mr. Lain was in front L ith Alfred and Richmond in his * q uggy, and he close behind in a uggy with Peter Rivers, all the ne- f roes being tied. On rounding the ^ irve at the church, just before 2 caching Odom's bridge where two s Dads come together, he saw a crowd f men come running to meet them, 1 11 of them having pistols, and some c vo pistols, one in each hand. These ^ ten called "Halt! pull your hats r - . . r own over your faces ana oeat it ~ "om here just as quick as you can," t t the same time running to the bug- * ies and jerking the negroes out. c he whole affair was over very quick- ^ T. There was woods on the left of 2 le road and into this the men hur- 1 ied with their victims, and Messrs. 1 ooke and Lain turned their horses round after the crowd left and start- 2 d for home, hearing three separate 1 olleys of shots when about three c undred yards away. They had met 1 o one on the road and were com letely surprised when the mob came ^ pon them, the number of which he c ut at about seventy-five. Mr. Cooke 1 ras asked several questions by Solic- ; ;or Gunter, who was present to repssent the State. Mr. Cooke said the 1 ion had handkerchiefs tied over T heir faces, others with their coats lrned wrong side out and their hats 1 ulled down over their faces, and 1 hat he did not recognize any of iem. Mr. Cooke said that when the rowd of men came rushing up Rivrs asked him if he supposed the len meant to take their lives, and e replied that it looked like serious imes were ahead, and Rivers replied , tiat he supposed it was all right, . tiey should not have attempted the rime and if the crowd did kill them o tell their folks where to find their odies. Mr. Lain, the magistrate who was 1 2 front with the two Dublins, testi- { ed practically the same as Mr. t !ooke, only his horse had become 1 Tightened and got into a boggy 1 lace and by the time he could get . he animal under control the crowd | j as upon him and threw the lap Dbe over his head, and by the time e could get straight and look, the rowd was hurrying off through the oods, he just getting a glimpse of leir backs. He said he never saw 3 many pistols at one time in his fe. Some men stood behind trees nd presented their pistols, one man resented a double barrel gun from ehind a tree, and all of them were isguised in various ways. He did ot recognize any of the mob. The coroner and solicitor then aski if there were any other witnesses, ' anybody could throw any light on le affair, and only one old negro ?plied that he did not know anyling about it. Several persons :ated that they heard the shots, but ley knew nothing else, so were not worn. Nobody appears to have seen ny of the mob gathering nor going way after the lynching. The jury ten rendered a verdict that the neroes came to their death at the ands of unknown parties, th4s being 11 they could do under the circum^ances. It appears that there was considerble excitement in Olar that day on ccount of the arrests and that there as a good sized crowd in town, but lat it had thinned out before the fficers started to Bamberg with the risoners. It was the desire of the itizens there and Mr. Cooke that ie law be allowed to take its course, nd although some threats were lade, Mr. Cooke told the writer that e did not really expect any trouble, s he had begged the crowd at Olai ot to do anything rash, as there was lore behind the affair and that by lawful course tjie whole thing ould come out. No doubt some lyching talk was indulged in at Olai uring the day, for the solicitor was ailed up on the long distance ihone, he being in Aiken, and asked d recommend a special term'of court 3 try the negroes. Judge Copes 'ho was holding court in Bamberg: :as also called up. It appears, howver, that no promises as to a special erm would or could be made. II -as stated to us that if the solicitor ad agreed to recommend a special erm there would have been nc inching. So it may be as-sumed after al' hat a lack of confidence in ths ourts brought about this fearful ragedy, which is regretted by a verj arge majority of tiie citizens or mis ounty. But back of it all is a series ol vents which were bound to cause rouble sooner or later. Some month: go a white man named Main was hot and killed by a negro near Olar "he negro was tried at the recen erm of court and acquitted, the hooting appearing to have been ai .ccident. However, it seems tha 10th the white man and the negre /ere drinking, the white man hav ng gone to the negro's house to ge ome whiskey, and the negro wai hooting around promiscuously. A ew days after the killing the negro's lalf-brother indulged in some incen liary talk' and was taken by a crow( if white men, put over a log, and i luggy trace properly applied, whicl aid him up for a couple of weeks ?his the negroes resented, and ii act the negroes of the Olar and Go an section have been rather sauc: md uppish with white people fo: everal years. About the first of the year severa legro men were made to leave th. ounty on account of their relation: vith some white women of the com nunity, a stench that had unfortu lately been allowed to go uncheckei oo long. However, there was n< riolence done the negroes. A crow< >f the best citizens of that sectioi jot together and sent for the negroe tnd talked plain to them about th< natter, telling them that they an? heir families must leave the county This the negroes did, but the wif< md son of one of the negroes re nained, and a short while afterwar* >ne of the gentlemen of the part; net this negro in the road and in luired if he and his mother were no joing to leave as well. The negr< lursed the white man and drew hi )istol on him, telling him that hi vas going to stay where he pleased warrant was sworn out for him an< vhen the arrest was made he wa vorking on a building in the town o Mar. The negro was badly beatei IP on that occasion, and this furthe nflamed the negroes. The nex lappening was a store in Olar bein; jurned at night, and the circum itances were such that incendiarisn vas strongly suspected. This fir< vas only a few weeks ago, and thei :ame the attempt to burn Mr. Cooke' -esidence, where his daughter la; vith an infant only a day old, a fac mown to the negroes who attemptei he crime. Bailee Charged with Theft. Chicago, March 19.?An indict nent charging Solomon B. Aultman " ? inir. -nri * Vi lar/^onv a ) I X dLLLiyd., r I a.., rnvu ?> u jailee, was returned here to-day b; ;he grand jury on complaint of Mis Elizabeth Bickerdike, daughter of i pioneer settler of Chicago. Mis 3ickerdike declared she had been vie :imized out of property valued a f 150,000 inherited from her father WAS GREATEST OF ALL FAKERS. Cagliostro Was the Most Perfect Scoundrel in All History. History presents no better example of a great impostor than is embodied in Cagliostro. In many respects he was the greatest of all fakers who, from time to time, have successfully carried out their nefarious schemes of fraud through their skill at decep tion. Thomas Carlyle pronounced him "the most perfect scoundrel that in these later ages has marked the world's history; by profession a healer of diseases, abolisher of wrinkles, friend of the poor and impotent spirit-summoner, gold-cook, grand-coptha, prophet, priest, moralist and swindler, really a liar of the first magnitude, thoroughpaced in all provinces of lying; what one may call him is the king of liars." Cagliostro seems to have been a marvelous man, for he was able not only to impose along certain lines, but he was the master of hundreds of brilliant fakes, even his high-sounding name being an example. He was really Giussepe Balsamo, the son of a , poor shopkeeper of Palermo, born in 1743. As a mere child he seems to , have acquired a devilish penchant for i faking. Being expelled from a charity , school for mischief, he was placed in a monastery and, being set at reading "The Lives of the Saints" to the > monks whilst they ate their meals, he was detected in further misde meanors, and he was literally "kick ed out." ; But having got to work in the monks apothecary shop, he showed a ; positive genius for medicine and soon ? knew more about chemistry and the use of drugs than did any one#else in ( the whole brotherhood. He was also . clever enough to learn that people I trust physicians as they trust no one else, and that a large percentage of the public is * really fooled by any nonsense that is clever enough to at. tract them. [ After he was expelled from the t monastery he forged theatre tickets, robbed an uncle, cheated a goldsmith [ into buying from him, at a large > price, the secret of a treasure cave, , and being accused of murder he was I compelled to flee Sicily and started ? on a wandering tour through Europe , I and the Orient, perfecting himself in r the best art of all the fakers he met 5 on the way and swindling every simple-minded traveler. Then, with a f gloriously beautiful girl, whom, he ? had married in Rome, he launched 3 fortk as the- discoverer of a miracu- ? 5 lous liquor; which he called "Wine of . Egypt," and which he claimed would t prolong life and restore youth. Point3 ing to his lovely young wife, he rei lated that she had recently been a t withered old crone of 80, arid that he ) himself had lived for 2,000 years by - constantly drinking this wine. t In a coach-and-four these impostors 3 rolled through Europe, found access I to the highest society, and mysteri- , 3 ously dispensed potions, washes . charms and love philters. People 1 listened greedily to Cagliostro's abi surd, lies, and through the sale of his i "Wine of Egypt" he grew fabulously . rich. Princess and other notables i vied with one another to do him hon or, and he speedily became one of the f foremost men of Europe. r Apart from his wine and other equally marvelous drugs Cagliostro 1 became famous as a founder of a sort 2 of Masonic cult, and secured thouss ands of converts. He even instituted - Masonic lodges for women. He claim ed to be of almost divine origin, said I he could make himself invisible, and d that he could transmute bacer metals I into gold. i Cardinal de Rohan, bishop of StrasV. tnnl, nrv Pq cl in?tro and s UUU1 g, casci lJ tvvn. , e for five years followed the Impostor 1 blindly and believed every word he . said, and in those few years he gave e the faker more than $200,000. From Strasbourg he went to Paris, i where his vast charities made him y popular, and his boundless wealth - backed his assertions that he could t make gold. In this blaze of prosper3 ity destruction was near. De Rohan, s the dupe in that mysterious and fae mous business of the diamond necki. lace, which tie sold or imagined he I sold to Marie Antoinette, was thrown s into the bastile, and with him his f friends, the Cagliostros. After an a imprisonment of nine months they r were released, but ordered to leave t Paris. g They went to England, then back - to the continent, and were driven " ?-1"?. *Vn aiitVinr). [2 irom pictct? 10 piduC) iui ku^ auiuvi* e ties everywhere had become convinc2 ed of their being impostors. At the s end of 1789 they were seized in y Rome, and the Pope condemned them t to life imprisonment as an enemy I of the Christian religion. Cagliostro was for a time confined in the castle of San Angel, and died in the Fortress of St. Leo on Augusta 26, 1795, after having for years duped the - whole world.?Detroit Free Press. l? ? $6,250,000 for Orphanage. s London, March 19.?A bequest a of 16,250,000 was left by the late s Baron Wandsworth for the foundation of an orphanage. It will be est tablished in England probably in the ^ environs of London.