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THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE. VOL. IL. 11ATESBURG, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1902. NO. 17. A - 3MH9HHHH A GREAT DISASTER. ! Forty Thousand People Perished In a Fiery Deluge ON THE ISLAND OF MARTINIQUE. I , A \ olcano llui-its a Morntjiiii A**un- < ; < dor, Destroying All liil'i* on hand and Sea. The World Was Shoekoil. The French eruiset Suchet arrived 1 at Pointe-aPitrc, Island of tiuadalupe, Freneli West Indies, from Fort do France. Island of Martinique, Friday morning, bringing several refugees. Site confirmed the report that tlie town of st. Pierre,'Martinique, was entirely destroyed at 8 o'clock on Thursday morning by a volcanic eruption. It is supposed that most of the inhabitants of St. Pierre were killed, that tlie neighboring parishes were laid waste and that tlie residue of the population of St. Pierre is without food or shelter. The British Hoynl Mail steamer Esk, which arrived at St. Lucia Friday morning, reports having passed St Pierre Thursday night. The steamer was covered with ashes, though she was live miles distant from the town, which was in impenetrable 1 darkness. A boat was sent in as near as possible to the shore, but not a living soul was seen ashore, only tlames. The Quebec Steamship company's steamer Koraima was seen-to explode 1 and disappear. The commander of the Suehet reports that at 1 o'clock on Thursday the entire town of St. Pierre was wrapped in tlames. lie endeavored to save about .'to persons more or less burned from the vessels in the harbor. His Officers went. ashore in small boats seeking for survivors, but were unable to penetrate the town. They saw heaps of bodies upon the wharves and it is believed that not a single person r? sident in St. Pierre at the moment of < the catastrophe escaped. The governor of the colony and his stall' colonel and wife were in St. Piorrc and probably perished. The extent of the catastrophe cannot be imagined. The , captain of the British steamer Koddam < was very seriously injured and is now ( in.the hospital at St. Lucia. All of NL his officers and engineers are dead or dying Nearly every member of the crew is dead. Super Cargo Cam pi >ell and ten of the crew et the Koddam ; ?-Jumped overboard at 6:1 wefc^st. The British schooner Ocean Travi ler of St. John's, N. K., arrived at the ; Island of Doininicu. British West I tidies, at:i o'clock Friday afternoon. She reported that site was obliged t<> lice from the Island of St. \ incent, K. \V. I., during the afternoon of Wednesday. "M:iv T in e? msei lUenee of a heaw tall of sand from a volcano which was erupting there. She tried to reach t.lie Island of St. Lucia, it. \V. 1.. but adverse currents prevented her from so doing. Tlie schooner arrived opposite St.. Pierre, Martinque, Thursday morning, May 8. While about a mile oil" the volcano (of Mont l'clee) exploded and tire from it swept the whole town of St. Pierre, destroying the town and the shipping there, including the cable repair ship ifiimppler of tlie West li'-*"1 and Panama Telegraph eopvany of London, which was cngar" 11,1 repairing the cable near the taetorv. The Ocean 'l'lav1 1 while on her way to Dominica -.'countered a quantity ol wreckage DETAILS 0? THE DISASTER That Pest roved the t'itv ami All <>t' / its Inhabitants. A dispatch from Paris says the commander of the French cruiser Suchet tclcgraplied In t lie minister ol marine, on Thursday night at ten o'clock, from Port !>e Prance, island of Martinique, as follows: "Iiave just returned from St. Pierre, which lias been completely destroyed by immense mass of lire which fell <>n the town at about 8 o'clock in the morning. The entire population of 25,000 souls Is supposed to have perished. 1 have brought hack the few survivors ahout :jf. All the shipping in the harbor has been destroyed by lire. The eruption continues." The French Colonial Minister received at o o'clock Pridav evening two messages from tlie se- relar. genera! of4.be government of Martinique. .1. E. G. Lehurrc, sent respect ively at " p. m. and 10.,"to p. m. Thursday. The earlier cable reported that the wires were, broken between Port de Franc w. iI.,,, it ,1,|,|1?| i, - ami or. i iviiv i?ul ?? nu.> view <if the reports that the erupt lor of Mont I'elee had wiped out t lie towi of St. I'ierre, all the lx?ats availahh at Fort dc France were dispatched P tile assistance of the inhabitants o that place. The second dispalcl continned the reports of the dost rue tion of St. Pierre and its environ and shipping by a rain <>! tire ; ik said it was supposed that tlie wliol population had been annihilated will the exception of a few injur* d person rescued by t he cruiser Suchet . Home Americans) IVrinlinl. The following cablegram nas jus lrecn received at the stale depart iu"iil Point a Pitre, May o, HM>2. Secrettiry of State, Wliashinvtton: At 7 o'clock a. m. on the Nth ins! a storm of steam, inud and lire ci vcloped the city and roadstead of s1 I'lerre, destroying every house in tl city and community. Not more tha 20 persons escaped with their live Eighteen vessels were burned an sunk with all on board, including I'm American vessels and a steamer fro Quebec named Poraima. The I'niti States consul and family are reporti among the victims. A war vessel lit come to < iuadaloupe for provisions ai will leave at live o'clock tomorrow. "Aymo, < 'onsul. I A dispatch from Poiide-a-Pit r Island of Guadaloupe, French West Indies, dated Thursday, says: "The Mont IVleo (St. Pierre) crater ejected yesterday morning molten nicks and ashes during three minutes completely destroyed St;. Pi rreand the districts within a four mile radius. Ali inhabitants were burned. About ci.eht passengers from the Koraima of the (Quebec Steanislcp company's line were saved by 1 lie French cruiser Suehet. The inhabitants of the southern district of the island, who were dependent on St. Pierre for provisions lire menaced bv famine." A dispatch from Jamaica says: "The first intimation of a disaster (at Martinique) was the breaking of the cables on Tuesday. The French cable to Mart inique from Puerto Plata, was broken Wednesday. Cable communication with all the northern island is stopped. The survivors of the I iritis!) steamer Koddam describes tl e scene at Pierre as being 'glimpses ot hell,' beggaring description. The lbtddam'.s men were killed chielly by molten lava. The Uoruima was wrecked in a terrible upheaval of the land and sea. The w hole crew perished. Two ships were lost with all on hoard in an attempt to approach Mart inique." MAJOR GARDNER S CHARGES. Sonic of ttie At t roc i lies Committed l?y < >nr Soldiers. When the Philippine committee met Thursday Senator Lodge presented a cablegram from Lett. Chatl'ee giving the charges and specification of Maj. Gardner relative to Tayahas province. These consisted of allegations that troops had burned building, illtreat mcnt of nat'ves by Lieut. George cleG. Catlin and rape of live, women by soldiers. The cablegram is dated May h and is as follows: Maj. Cornelious Gardner's tirst letter contained no specifications on which 1 could act. From his second letter, however, in order to comply with the present instructions I submit in the form of charges the following data which are as complete as possible under the conditions in which I am at present situated: Charge The troops that succeeded the volunteers did not keep up the scouting and patrolling system. Specification That the troops stationed in the central towns of Tayahas, to wit: In Luchan. Tayahas. Lucctia and Saviayo, did in the spring nf 1 HO 1 for about three month fail to scout or patrol t he country except, as escort to wagon trains on the main road. Charge (turning of barrios or vil lages. Specitieution That troops during the laII of l'.Hil humed a number of bowlm i-? - tu4. - - -_j . .1 jucent towns. Torturing nat ives. Speeilicatlon 1 That I"nited States troops coming from San Pablo in or near the town of Dolores tortured a native by the water cure. This during t he summer of P'01. Specification 2 That the commanding otlicer of Laguiamanoc during the summer of IbOl malt re itedor tortured a native boy. Specification it That troops coming from I.vcene or Tavabas on several occasions tortured natives belonging to the Pueblo of Pabbi'ao. This during the summer an ''all of lt'01. Charge llac.m treatment of nat i ves. Spc meat ion 1 That men belong ;-ig to a detachment of soldiers si a tinned at Candelaria looted a store ii that town about the mo.ith ol Novem tier. P.KM. Specitication 2 That a detachment of troops took away from a peacefu citizen of Dolores a pony. This abou the month of September, Paul. Specification That .the house o a native of Candelaria forcibly lakei for a .mallpox hospital and afterwan tairned by order of the surgeon a Sariaya: that tliesai?l native was no remunerated. This in Candelaria ii July, UK)I. Speeitieation 1 That l irst Lieut (ieorge de( I. Cat I ill did strike witl hi* lirst natives of Luccna for failin to take oil their hats to him and di forcitilv vn i 11 i threats compel a nativ to deal cards for him. This atwiu ;sepi cm ner. i.mm. Spccilicat ion ."> That First Lieul (Jeoruc <K-?i. < *;it.lin at < alananan <li keep in tin* iruard house for thrt days a native without food or wain This ahoul Septemher, loo). Specification '> That first Lieut ih'oiye (let:, t'atlin did strike native in the face for failing t< remove the hats. This while lie was in commaii at t hat post. Specification T That a party ot s< diers at tacked with pistols three n: tivis working; on the roads near Li eel Ml. This atioiit Noveiuher, lttOl. Specification rt That certain sold ers heloiiuinu' toa troopof cavalry st 1 t loiied in Tayat?as I'uhrlu did viola live women of that town hy fore 1 'l'his in I lie month of .la unary or Fe ' | ruary. Itiol. 1 i The dates are approximate, and tl '.facts from complaints made to i '.; stated to t he hesl of mv recollect ion. ' ( ImtTcc. t \ \ovrl I'ardon. I J Gov. .lellersoti l>avis of Arkans pardoned Thompson, a nc^ro. on n dilionthat Thompson _>o to Mas? i . .. .... s iiniseiis Willi! 11 Mic !it \i w ii;i.vs wi tin1 intention nf becoming :i eiti/.en t.liiit Slate. Thompson was eoii\ irt in I'rairic eounty of assault with fen! I<? kill ami senlenecd I?? 11?i ' years in tlie |ieiiitentiar.v. The gi crmn inak<*s I In1 following endiirsenit on tlie applii at ion for pardon: "II; , ing jusf retiirneil from the north a ' having heard innn\ expressions by t > eiii/ins hi Massaehiisetts for wl 1 the\ wi re pleased to call the poor i e pressed ne^ro of t lie sunt li and de: ii ing that the\ shall have an oppor nil v to reform a certain portion of id negro popnlat ion of onr State. Tin fore, I. .tell -I son I'avis, gnvernoi m the State of /,rkansas hy virtun 'd ; t he eonsl it nt ion and ant Imrit > ves 'd jn me hy the eonstifution and laws of Arkansas do grant unto. >d drew Thompson. a negro, a full ; free pardon 011 eondition t hat he j come wit 11 i 11 the next :t0 days a eit i ?i i ol Massachusetts." I SHOCKING TRAOKDY. Paul Leicester Ford, the Novelist. Murdered by His Brother. WHO SHOT AND KILLED HIMSELF. The Family n Very Itich One ami I lie Muitler Was Caused by a Family Trouble About Money. Paul Leicester Ford, the novelist, was shot and killed Thursday by his brother. Malcnni Webster Ford, writer and athlete, who immediately sent a bullet into his breast, dying instantly. The shooting occurred at 10.20 a. m., in tlie handsome new mansion which Paul Leicester Ford had built at 27 Last 77th street, in the city of New York, and had oeeupied for about a year. j\u i mi: i Miic mi i in' suooi nig mere I were in the house besides tlu? twn i brothers, Mrs. Paul Leicester Kurd. Miss lOllzabet h 1!. Hall, the novelist's see rotary, and the servants. The novelist was sitting at his desk in one. oorner of his library, a large, attractively appointed room at the back of j the house oil the sceond lioor. It is supposed he was busily encased at some literary task. Miss Hall was at her desk in another corner of the room about .'JO feet from Mr. Ford. Mrs. Paul Leicester Ford was in her own room at the front of the house on tile third tloor. Maicoin \V. Ford called, as he often had done, and went to his brother at his desk. Words were exchanged in a ' tone so low that Miss Hall could not ! hear w hat was said, though she says | that possibly she might have distingtished the words if she had been paying any attention to t his particular meeting of the brothers. Suddenly there was a revolver shot and Miss Hall, jumping up. darted from the room. Then, according to the statements of the police, Miss Hall said to herself that she must act more bravely and reenter the library. Meanwhile Malcolm Ford bad called her. As she turned towards him, lie placed his revolver to his heart: tired land fell, dying instantly. When Miss Hall turned to look at l'aul, lie was still standing at his desk, hut rapidly losing st rengt h. She helped him to a sofa and then ran next door for Paul I Ford's physician, l?r. Kinanucl Harueli. In less than trve minutes 1 ?r. Harm h arrived and the dying man. still conscious, was carried,up to a room beside his wife's and placed on his hie doctor tor his opinion, showing that be expected death and was going to meet it calmly and bravely. A tew moments later, about 20 minutes ; after lie was shot, Mr. Ford died. The bullet which killed Paul Lclces tor Ford just grazed the topot ins heart an 1 passed through a large artory ascending from il. The bullet which killed Malcolm Ford was tired with the same accuracy of aim, for it ; made a wound scarcely an inch lower I than the one which killed his brother. In fact, the wounds were almost in dent leal. .lust what disposition of Malcolm's body was made, ii.nnediate ly after the shooting, could not be ascertained, but it appears from the - statement of certain persons acquaint - od with the dot ails of the tragedy that i the ljody lav where it fell, on a rug in - 1110 library for sometime, possibly for several hours, so meat was the excitei ment in the house. In fact the mur1 der and suicide were not known to t the coroner until about 2::i0 p. m., and not to the police until l:2.*> p. m. f 1 >r. liaruch said that the time bel tween 10:20 a. in., and 2::?0 p. in.. 1 passed so rapidly that no one in the t house realized it. Much of the time t was occupied in trying to telephone a to the father of Mrs. I'aul Leicester Ford, lid ward II. Kidder ot llrooklyn, . who was the tirst person to arrive atli tor the physician. gi Mr. Kidder refused to make an\ ib statement in regard to the shooting e j except a brief memorandum which t was given to the police. In this it J was said that the cause of the shoot . | it il; could Ik* only surmised, luforma d tion from other sources makes it ap e 1 p< ar that Malcolm Ford called to get r. money from his brother, and meet in. i with a refusal shot him. I >r. Itaruci t. said that the murder was a result o s i temporary mental aberration on lb ir part of Malcolm Ford, due to ncrvou: il | exhaust ion. It is said that there was enmity be >1- tween the two brothers, and eonse a- <|iient bitterness, and that it was o ii- 11 years'?* standing: that never sine tlie death of their father have the i- been on intimate or brotherly terms a- This alleged enmity on the part u te Malcolm is said to have been hmugb e. about by the fact that the ratlin < h the hoys disinherited Malcolm, an that this action on the father's pal lie was because he did not wish Malcoh n?' In ilcvnlr himself lo ail atlllrt if r; reer. Police ('apt. Itrown said Thursda night that Malcolm \\ . Ford had h | sometime heen causing mneli micas i;is j ness to t lie family through eviucnct m- , of an unhalaiieed mind and declan s;>- t hat, ih his opinion, lie at lacked h I h hrot her (hiring a period of temporal of1 i insanity, t hen taking his own life, cil "The cause* of Malcolm Ford's act in- said ('apt. Itrown. "can he explain) roe by inference. For some time past ii iv- ''financial alTairs have !#. ? * pressh lit him a11'I he has repeatedly asked a: iv received material assistance from I nd brother. It is presumed that his it lie port unit i<\s Ii:i<I hern such and Ins <1 iat tnand so excessive that his hrot.li ,p- liad IK'dii forced l<? r? -fuse further aid si r- I'.iii I Leicester in id was .'tT yoti til- old, a novelist of much note, ".laid the Meredith" beintf his most pnptil re- novel. lie was married alioiit a yi of ajjo to Miss <trace Kidder, dniitflit ! of of Kdward II. Kidder of ltrookl\ ted lie was a son of <ior Ion Lester I the of Brooklyn, who died II years at \n- and left an estate of some *-.(?(>(' ,( ind divided between his children, with t he-j exception of Malcolm \VM who \\ /.en disinherited by I he will. Mr. Ford v j a member of the Players, Ueform a i '.t-olier clubs. the Century association and Sons of the Revolution. Malcolm W. Kurd was born in Brooklyn Feb. 7, 1802. He was educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic institute. He took up athletics while at school and for a number of years won championships in this country and Canada and in the hundred yard run, two twenty yard hurdles, running broad and running high jumps. He was the all around amateur champion for half a dozen years, lie was so passionately fond of athletics that, lie is said to have neglected everything else to devote time to running and jumping. He married a daughter of Robert Craves, a wall t- per manufacturer, but they were divorced. He was a member of the Lawyers' club. A MiKumlcrstmidinKThe Raleigh, V". Ya., Register, says :t runny thing happened over at Green Sulphur a few days ago. A young man was courting in that vicinity and kissed his girl, wlien she blushed and pretended to be otfendedand threatened to tell her father and rushed out t ? the back porch where the old man was oiling his gun. By the time she reached her father, herangerhad cool ed and In account to her father for her sudden appearance' said, "Ba, Mr. Kissutu wants to see your gun." Taking up the gun the man went to the parlor door, and the young fellow seeing him with the gun thought lie was going to he shot and jumped through the window and lied. The old iv.ui thinking lie had gone insane wa nt through the window after him. lie never stopped running until he thought lie was safe from tli" old man's wrat h, who returned to the house where his daughter explained. It took a twenty j page letter for the girl to explain the situation, and now things are running smoothly again. A Kegreltuble "Accident." The War Department Wcdmvlay evening received the following oahlegran from Manila: Adjutant General, Washington. flen. George W. Davis reports Saturday afternoon. May .'1, prisoners that had been disarmed silting on open hill top and surrounded hy strong guard, at a concentrated signal sprang to their feet and rushed down tlicit i 11. Several endeavored to sie/.e ritles from guard, and one succeeded while soldiers was drinking from canteen. Direction of t he Might such astohriug tlieni to ilie rear of the company so thai tiring upon the Moms would endanger our men. Guard and one company opened tire without orders killing Nine were recaptured and the others escaped. Ilegret this accident as it was desired to release the prisoners, except a few of the leaders and encourage the return of others to peaceful labors. Chaffee. Heir Most and the I.juv. llerrMost. the New York anarchist, t nrK Monway. ."Host naw uetrir rurmu guilty of circulating incendiary literature some time ago and sentenced, hut ids lawyer appealed the ease. Bending a decision. Most was out on hail and spent his time circulating more literature of the same kind. The case was decided against Most and he was informed Sunday that lie would he arrested t hat night. The anarchists of New York gave him a rousing send olf, and the police had great ditlieulty in getting Most oil' of the hall. The v..\> V.iri ivmoK s itp thiit Most and , 11is associates have hoi n amongst the newly arrived foreigners ??f the city and exciting great sympathy for i themselves l?v posing as martyrs, op| pressed hy the government, and, as a consequence, have gained many con| verts, who will in the future give the police much t rouble. Sa> ^ 11 Is Trui*. Mr. Adam Loskoskio, an Anderson j hoy who has heen serving in I'liele Sam's army in 'he Philippines, has 1 been spending a week or so with rela;ti\es in and near that city. Mr. I.oskoskie fully con ol hi rates t hestoric* that have heen printed in the newspapers a bout 11 cruelties practiced upon the natives l>v the America! t loops. Some of the atrocities t In soldiers have been guilty of are. lit says, almost beyond believing. 11? saw the noted "water cure" ad ministered numlicrs of times, and oi one occasion he saw a hatch of 1", ua 1 tives taken out and handed beeausi itliev would not give certain informe ! t ion regarding t lie insurgents whiel they Were supposed to possess. Ih ; said that the orders given l>y tin iitliivi's were oft? 11 verv distasteful h I lu- enlisted men in carrying out t.hes 1 cruelties. and thai there was muol ' j dissat isfaet ion. Hiiriii'il <i \\ li?)lc % ear. The Jacksonville Titnes I'ninn ant . Citizen of Saturday says: While tIt . tire which started on May it, Ittoi, am 1 devastated the eii.v was under contrt i> within seven hours, yet it has beet v burning for t he past :tu.> days. .1. 11 K(joker, William (taker and a Time ,f I'nion and Cili/.en reporter went t t the ruins of the Old Mohawk hloel >f and with a shovel du^ntT the top < (I the pile of broken hriek and mortii t Three or lour inches from lite top tl i) place was warm and sun>kc was seen I t- come from the hole dtltf. I>i^ruii | t ill deeper each shovelful became ho v ler as it was taken out. I>ij_rizit)t,' ,i lit t le deep r. red coals were foiln< j. and as soon as the breeze fanned s it hla/.ed. The tire department w; s notified and a stream of water w. is ttinted on. > Horrible \cchleiif. lour men were killed, two fatal injured and two 01 tier torriniy nurn by bcinn caught in a torrent of nmlh ls metal recently in the lVnnsylvaii k | Steel Works at Steelton, I'a. All 1(1 'lie men were \ustrians. The m "s j wore at work in the pit behind t "ehockers" when the iron ore buil ' over t he furnace burned out and I entire pit was turned into a pool ' lire. The pit Imiss Dockelt, tfavi ,s ery of warning as the iron eoinnienc to Mow into the pit and three oft " latiorers escaped fatal injury. T others thinkinp evident 1}' that t ,>r overllow was a slight one, similar " those which occur frequently press " ' against the side of the pit and w eauirht in the awful liooil. Ii,. iii'iuli of Sani|iHoii. as Hear- Admiral Sampson died at. ran residence in Washington on Tucs< nd | of last week. i A SPICY DEBATE. Senators Carmaek and Dolliver Compliment Each Other AND THEN LAUGH ABOUT IT. The Two Senators Ml.xed on tin* ? Philippine 11111. Which is Now ID'inu I>Iscukk<mI in tin* Heuute. Discussion of the Philippine bill In nil DtllcllV, Willi!" It M'.linMV ilUilU'U in bitterness, took on an amusing phase Thursday. In a breezy speech Mr. 1 Do'livcr of Iowa made such a good nalured, and yet such a sarcastic ar. 1 rah nment of Mr.Carmack of Tennessee that senators and occupants of 111? 1 thronged galleri?s were convulsed witii1 laughter. While seemingly considerable temper was aroused by the d<bate, good feeling was shown bv tieactive participants in the war of; words Mr. I)olliver and Mr. Carmack who cordially shook hand ; an ' laughed over the encounter. Mr. Burton of Kansas concluded 111 speech which lie liegan Thursiiay. I!< | rcferrcd,as instances of ast roi ions cruelty. to the battle of Wounded Knee, to the Mountain Meadow massacre am! to the massacre of I'nion soldiers at I Fort PJtlow and contended that the! I action of the American troops in tie ! Philippines was, In most Instances, j entirely within the regulations >t i j civilized warfare. Continuing. Mr.! Burton referred to the remarkable 1 speech delivered in the senate Wednesday by Mr. Tillman of South Carolina, lie paid a tribute to the work hcing done by Booker Washington for the colored race and suggested that if the colored people would follow bis advice they would be successful. CAItMAl'K "l.OOohNS I l\" Mr. Carmack of Tennessee replying to Mr. Burton, made a bit tor denunciation of (Jen. Funston. He said lie did not question his physical courage but a few acts of dare deviltry in the Philippines did riot make a hero. When Funston had stated thai Auguii>al<lo 1 had buried :ton people alive atone time, said Mr. Carmack. he told a deliberate and premeditated Bo. The sudden waking up of llcpuhlicans, lie said, was for the deliberate I purpose of reviving sectional hat.- in ' . order to divert this debate and tin at-j I tent inn (if t lie people from the atroriI ties whieh have been permitted in the j Philippines. I suppose it is in obedience to instructions from the White House," j : waif) lm "tlwit t loi i.1. j j that have been healed." Facing the Kepublican side, and speaking with evident emontion. Mr. Carmack said: "1 shall he ready to meet every slanderer of the south and every detainer of its honor, whether the assailant comes from some part of the country tievond the borders ol the south or whether it he some recreant and degenerate son who has I proved a traitor to thewomband bo-: sum of his mother." Mr. Par mack said, referring to the charges of lynchings. etc.. in the; south: "Vo'i cannot help us by denudation. The best tiling you can [ do is to keep your inout h shut and let us alone." UKV 11.1 SII mn DEM K. Mr. Cannack declared that Mr. ; Lodge was dishonoring the American arn y and the American senate by defending orders which looked t" the murder of women and children. Such ordt is of death, a brutal and inhuman order, could not he justified by anybody: yet these were the orders widen senators had the "devilish impudence" to ustify. " I iocs t he senator t liink." asked M r. Sp'inner, "that such a phrase, 'devilish impudence' is proper under the rules t j of the seiialeV" "No, I do not," said Mr. Cannack, "and i withdraw the expression." Mr. Carmack said that Mr. Lodge had not suggested any reason why lien. Smith should not lie hanged us a common murderer. "Smith lias not," said Mr. Cannack. "hurtled people at the slake. He had done nothing hut hotelier a whole pmple in cold blood. He has dislion' ored t lie whole American ariny." Mr. Fonrkvr inquired i: Mr. Carmack thoughl It was the purpose of President McKinley in taking over tin Philippine inlands to provide a thealn 1 of scoundrelisui. 0 . . ni'TiaaiNT rvimisEU. j Mr. Carmack replied that McKin le* 's purpose was that of "benevo1 ..... I.I i..,.." ?l... , , I* 111, H IM IIJ I ill I It'll . tllV |M..,.wo. ... .... Republican parl v now is malevolcn1 ( dissimilation." (Lankier.) Mr. Dollivcr read an editorial fron 'J a Memphis newspaper upon Mr. Car ' mark's recenl speech on the Philip pine <11<t si ion in which that paper tool . I sharp issue with the Tennessee sena i tor as to his <'onehisions. Mr. l>olli " i ver's comments upon the editorial a I lie read it were highly amusing am I I hotli senators on the iloor and peopl I j I in the galleries laughed heart H\ at hi sarcastic allusions. as | ls J .TILLMAN' < 11 "I"!'A l.h HI >. In reply Mr. Carmack said he tia no idea of "tossing jawbone with th j redoubtable tongue slugger froi I low,i." lie said ^hat where his lai |>n guage was not winy his gestures wei I t rid ieitl lot is. "So far as Ids argumci is eoneerded." said the Teiincsst ( I senator, "he might just as well ha\ (i(, heen swinging F>\ his prehensile la (1|. from a lealy hough." [1(> He saiiT that the newspaper! fri ^j.1 which Mr. holliver read w;s owiu j largely by laike K. Wright, a iner (('l her of the Philippine commission. I I charged that Mr. holliver in hisspeei .||(i just itied murder in t he Philippines at jh, defended the order of Hen Smith. , j(ii "Poor old Smith." he continue jl the scoundrel the murderer t Iruteher. 1 am glad to stay that t senator from Iowa is the only in; thus far that lias risen in his place .defend that bloody old scoundrel, his "1 do not call t he senator from hv lay o order." said Mr. Carmack. "If had l?ecif any other senator on tli side, i would have done so. I did not call him toordei, because i knew that to require him to apeak the language of decency and courtesy in delate would have been to condemn him to absolute silence for the rest of his life." a call to omdkk. "1 call the senator from Tennessee to order."surestccI Mr. I loar of Massachusetts, "and I desire a ruling from the eliair on my point of order.'' "The language,*' said- the chair, "was clearly out of order. Hut the senator has taken his seat." "1 do not." intcrpossed Mr. Dollivcr. "regard the language <?f sutlicient 1m[K>rt ;nce to pay any attention to." "Tnatsettler it," said Mr. Cannack, "if the senator from Iowa think., it of r.o importance it cannot Ik*, llovevei Mr. I'resident, since tire chair rules t hat my language is out of order I will wit lid raw it." With tl is statement the exchniute of personalities ?h-i ween the senators from Tennessee and Iowa ceased. Almost immediately Mr. Carmack rose from his s( at and walked over to Mr. I >< '111 ver and shook hands wit h him cordially. After chatting' a minute ot two in evident good feeling, the !'enu<-.see ,senator stepped down to t he desk of Mr. Hoar and shook' hands as cordially with the venerable senator from Massachusetts. Thus the sharp debate bet.ween senators was ended in perfect good lunpor, TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. A Travelling Man Commits Suicide in a <?reeii\v?M>il Hole!. Mr. \V. T. Witebcr. a traveling man of Athens, (la., committed suicide in the Oregon Hotel at (Jreenwood 1.11 Thursday night by sh >oting himself in the head, lie was very deliberate about the deed. On the l>ed he had placed the clothing and clean linen which lie wanted osed on his body. He had even put his culT links into clean culls. ( >n the bureau were four letters addressed to .J. J. McMahan, Athens, (la.: K. H. Mell. Athens, (la.; W. .1. Wise, Columbia. S. care Central hotel: and one to Mr. Brinson. proprietor of the Oregon hotel. With the letters he had place his purse containing $21..'i7 also his watch. lie had shot himself twice, the tirsi bullet striking hhu hack of the right ear had glanced around the Ikisc of skull, making a tlesh wound, lie had been felled, however, by the sho<*k. Struggling up, after this tirst sliot. however, he had made his way to the wash-stand and had attempted to prepare some poison. The print of his bloody lingers where he supported himself while standing there could he plainly seen. Ti e glass in which Iw-W. "WMl! M.YWtiUy to dissolve, for the remains of two tablets were seen in the bottom. Making a second attempt with the pistol he was successful. The bullet entered lust in front of the riirht ear. ami death was instantaneous. An inquest was held at ouee, although he staled in liis letter t<? the hotel proprietor that it would he unnecessary. The members of (IreeiiI wood lodge No. 91, a. f. and A. m. took charge of the body. Mr. Wise ol Columbia, stated that he knew of no cause for the deed save that of despondency. Mr. Witeller hud no business troubles that he knew of. Witcher was about 51 years old. lie leaves a wife and four children ii | Athens, (ia. one married daughter, two single daughters and a son. lit ! was known here as the traveling rep i resentalive of ( ray ton .V Knight ol j Atlanta, hut tecently had been rcprc sent ing a soda concern. His letter tc \ Mr. Itrinson i- as follows: Mr. Itrinson: My Hear Friend: I humbly ask you I pardon for the awful calamity whicl I has befallen me in your house. Oh. in; I Hod, 1 struggled against il hut ?a power!* ss to prevent il and 1 k.iov ! \ou will pil> and forgive me. Vot j will tiud on I he last sheet t he names o | parties who 1 ask you to telegraph t ! as soon as you tiud out my condit ion I leave my watch, valise and samp! case and purse, containing about You will please pay for my Uiardan lelegramsandgive t he balance to sum of my friends from AI liens if t he\ com or send ii t*? Mrs. W". T. Wltcltej Athens, i?a.. with my valise, etc. leave ia letter to my Masonic brethro j t?f < i reeiiwood which you will plea* I give them and ask them to kind! grant my request and take care of m IkkIv and put ii in a plain eheap ca ket not lo cost over #15 or as I ai . a poor man. (Don't embalm my hod t as my f.nnih cannot gtftnd Cue e pense.) 1 have laid aside t he cdot hit which I wish put on me. Hope yi and my Masonic brethren will see t h; my bony is sent to Athens care-ot V K. I)orsey. master ol Mount Verm lodge. I', and A. M.. as quick a-, pc 'jsihle. No t186 to hold an inquest ; 1 letters show the facts. You know tl train schedules from \t liens and C i luiuhia and trust you will get the tel . grains off tonight, so my friends c; . come in on tirst early morning trail If the Western 1 nion olliee is ek>s< when \on know mv condit ion. you m; get the railroad olliee to do the wo and deliver the messages tonight, it N 111> Hod. this is terrible, hut fate I against me, and it had to come. Aga i ...I t,. :..t t i" I ilM\ #>uil M' |'ii\ im dun i <' n i i s expense be us lit 11?* as possible, as am a poor. unfortunale man ami i family will In- left in a bad lix. 1 t n you and my yoou Masonic bietln I and Christ iun friends in <; recti wood ie ffiJint mi t lie it <111< ~>t asked, and I pi njtIoil tn bless Mill and that lie vv | ?.ave my soul, as I believe lie will, ,, Jdointf what eon Id not be averted. I Now I commit this all to,von a liny friends in tSreenvvood, lielievl you will do what I have asked, a ' | praying Cod's blessings, I am II Yours in deat h, \\ . T. Wileher, >ii Athens, <Ia SCIIIOV'H <?rimtomM Y . IVle Admirl Sehley made the follow b statement regarding the death of . uC iniral Sampson: "I regret very m the death of Admiral Sampson am d, sympathize with his family. No lie lias heard mc utt-orone unkind vv lie about him. (>n account of his de mi I have requested my friends in It;: to more to postpone the delivery to which was intended to have ta iva place Wednesday niplit of the Cri lie hill Colone service of silver, and t lat have acceded to my request." THE WEATHER AND CROPS. 'J : I Cotton Nearly All I'lunteil and Haiti _ ' Se , Needed. The weekly bulletin of the condition of t he weather and the crops was is sued last week by Director Hauer of E the South Carolina section of the climate and crop service of the United States weather bureau as follows: At The temperature averaged 72 degrees during the week ending Monday morning, May 5th, which is about <i degrees per day above normal. The week had a maximum of 00 degrees at j <lillisonville on the .'Id. and a minimum of lb degrees at Cheraw, Liberty, ] Longshore and Spartanburg, on April ,2tth. The nights were too ctxil early 'in the week, but latterly they were warm. The sunshine averaged alxive ma normal and was favorable. he Thunder storms occurred on April 1 30th, May 1st and 3d, in ull portions ' ! of the State, but they failed to supply | the whole State with sulllcieiit mois- foi I ture, as some points had no rain and lec ! many had too little to Ix* of much ve. ' i henetit. The amounts ranged from \t,r t to mciics, Urn latter at Che, ruv>, with an average of 0.50 for the ?^e, '! State. The drought in the eastern j| j counties was broken at a number of '! scattered localities, but not generally mt su, and over a largo area it has become \ quite serious, ami a menace to young jjr crops. Hail and high winds aceom- fjel panied the thunder storms at many p., points, but, a?crops are sinal' the j/ ( damage was light. . pa. The weather was extremely favor- C(? able for prosecuting farm work, which ,.ol advanced rapidly, and, were it not for the lack of moisture In places that nj^ renders stiff soils too hard to culti- wa vate, the conditions could not very ( ,,, well he bettered. Fields are well pre- WM] pared, well cultivated and clean: germinntion has been fairly satisfactory: t,.r stands arc generally Tull: growth has been rapid recently, and the only un- saj( toward condition is the need of a gen- me oral rain, and this need is not urgent sta except in spots that, however, repre- cau sent large areas in the aggregate. ^)a L'pland corn has about all l>ecn |j0j planted, and on many bottoms the y,a work is linished. Stands are fairly good, but have been injured by worms and birds, making some replanting , necessary. Corn has quite generally . * received its first working and in many ia i places has been cultivated the second .00 time. tl"1 Cotton is nearly all planted, with j'.".1 some still to plant in all sections. It .'a is coming up to fair stands, ami as ^'{' yet has required little or no replanting, J*.0 > although rain is needed to bring up . t: recent plantings. Some fields liave , beeu cultivated. Chopping out has be- J*.' gun and will be general next week. .<lJ Sea island cotton planting is nearly ^.n linished. and, where showers oeepred, planted, and wft.li few scattered exeeptlons good stands have been se- * cured, and the crop is doing excellent- ' ^ lv. The acreage has been increased me over last. year. as , It ice is doing as well as can be expected and is coining up to good stands. ^ while planting is not yet linished. Wheat is growing well and in places lial 1 is heading, hut owing to thin stands 4U< and want ot copious rains at this Prt critical time, the crop will not be a llu ! full average one. Oats range from *Jr very poor to exeremely promising, the j*1 latter generally where recent heavy rains have fallen. It is heading gen- l<) crally. low in places, and in the vicin- slt Ity of Charleston harvesting has lie' gun. 1'caches are dropping in places, hut w< I t fauic u I'tv Uiim vili' li cirltv/l V iMvlitc ti ro i plentiful. Pastures afford K,M,d graz- w: iiiK. Gardens doiiiK well. St rawber- W( ries abundant . Tiuek shipments very s*' heavy. Potah huffs arc numerous and Pe destructive generally, but are less A' t roublesomc than last year in the vi- 1 , cinily of Charleston. n(1 fn Mr. Oomiiiick lOxonerateil. wi v The joint legislative committee In sea- ^ ' si<>n Wednesday afternoon to invest!- C(J Kate t lie charges made against Ilepre[' sentative Dominick, after a lenjrthy session, exonerated Mr. Dominick. 0 Several wit nesses were examined, but d notbiiiK of a sensational character ^ e was developed and at six o'clock the - 111 l" commit tee went into executive ses sion. At 8.:to they came out, but ai would not make public the text of 'J! tins report, but it vas ascertained lv tliat all members of the conference v% iv committee will be exonerated. The s- committee it is understood will hold ** n that the testimony shows that the ai V' actions of Mr. Iiominick in attempts" inK to amend the bill in the way lie a did was open and not accompanied by misrepresent at ion of facts, .As to the y complaint that he tried to Insert for- 1 ai eiKn matter, it is said that the at- " i>- tempt was made openly and he sup- 11 is ported the proposition upon the t1(M>r ' of the bouse at lenKtb in a speech. " ?" The report will attach no blame to J ' " his actions except insofar as the eom|N i inlttce docs not approve of such lcjjis- 1 lMj lation though it lias been indulged in s iv I before. J I, A Utile Monster. 1 .'s j As the result of the death of 0 year N l"'! old Colin McDoiiKall of Atlanta, Ga., | I which is claimed to have been caused nN ; by sewer K;ts poison inc. Victor Nutall. isl j ageo ii. was ?i r resi.e* 1 it runi'Mia.i vim charged with the murder of the Ixiy. . <<> li alleged nait several days ago Nutall witli two companions forced 1 the Mcl>ouga11 child to go with them ^ ; into a street sewer and while there ltd Nutall la reported to have compelled in(J him to remain under the til thy slime iiid until lie swallowed sutlicienl sewer gas to have caused his deatii. McDougnll died In convulsions last Sunday. The i parents of t he ixiy claim that in a ' statement I>ofore his death their son made ecrtain charges against Nutall that caused Ids arrest. ing Ad- j A strange taw. l,c'11 In the city of Hot Springs. Ark., ' ' running is a misdemeanor," says Viconr tor Smith in the New York l'ress. on' "Any person going faster than a walk :i"'' Isarrested and lined. This law is in the interest of invalids who throng the ,m>- streets and sulTer relapses from the ex!xCn eitcment caused by tlio undue haste s^?* ( of a st ranger. One who runs is suplH,y posed to lie a thief, murderer or escaped inmate. CRUTH OF HISTORY. I nator Ve6t, of Missouri, Speaks for the Confederacy. CE DENIES A FAMILIAR STORY m>iit tho llamptoii lloutlM Conferencr. Which Wan (Quoted l?y ( Senator II. It. Tlllmun or thin State. Iji the United States Senate on | iiirsday Senator Vest called attenii to the statement of Senator Till- ;ij in made Wednesday, which lie said was compelled to t?lke notice of in t ice loth to 1 lie living and the dead, lat statement, which had been ind in the public pressand upon the turo platform for the last three irs, was that at the historic conenoe In Hampton Roads in 18?4 beeen President Lincoln, NVm. II. ward, secretary of state: Alexander Stevens, vice president of the Con- .,5 leratc States: 11. M. T. Hunter, forr United States senator, and John Campbell, formerly Justice of the dted States supreme court: Presi<it Lincoln wrote ujion a piece of per "save the union," then handing bo Stephens, said. Alex., take this per aigl till up for yourselves the r"~ idilious of peace Ijetween the two mtries." vi r. Vest sn id the story had been de- ? d by John I!. Reagan of Texas, who s titc last surviving member of the ' nfederate cabinet. He knew per- I tally, said Mr. Vest, without hav been present at that combined inview that* the incident waswitliout slightest foundation. "If true," il he. "it would place the govern- /"" lit and ollloers of the Confederate tes in the category of criminals, beise it olTered the Confederacy aii .t it ever demanded in the wildest >e of the most extreme partisans of t cause if they would only return bite union." "I AM THE ONLY STTUVIVOR." i deep silence had fallen upon the mbcr and every member on the r listened to him with rapt atten1. With great delil?erateness lie , j tinued: "If true, it would tncan t the Confederates could have i red on that sheet of pnptfr the perual establishment of silvery and right of secession, tliesJiiost exme demand that had ever taken illy even in the dreams of any Conerate." From tlie lips of Stephens^ J I Hunter had come to him, lie said, j details of what took place. iJoun ? I un as mi. _ .vr?e ??. a member of the cabinet and him^v^y ' a member of the Confederate sen . "1 am today the only surviving inber of the 2(5 gentlemen who acted Confederate senators," he said. WHAT LINCOLN SAID. dr. Vest then stated that what did ppen at Hampton Roads beyond rstion was this: That when the sldent and Secretary Seward met ?commissioners of the Confederacy, . Lincoln, addressing himself to Mr. inter, whom he know well, said n the tirst place, gentlemen, 1 desire know whether your powers and In IICU'HIS inilll llic lllCIlIUOIlU gOVtTll:nt," avoiding, said Mr. Vest, as r. Hunter told him himself, the >rds "Cunfederate States.'' Mr. Hunter, to whom the inquiry is addressed, said: "Mr. President, are instructed to consider no predion that does not involve tlie indendenee of the Confederate States of merica. I'lien," said Mr. Lincoln, he interview may as well terminate iw. for 1 must say to you gentlemen, inkly and honestly, that nothing ill be accepted from the government Richmond except absolute and unmditional surrender." Mr. Vest then said that this terinated tin; interview and as the Conderate commissioners retired, Presi nt Lincoln, addressing Stephens, ho was the last to go out, said: Stephens, you are making a great listake. Your government is a failure id when the crash conies, as it soon tust come, there will be chaos and isasL r which we cannot now foresee liich must come to your people." "This account of that interview." mtinucd Mr. Vest, "substantially ml almost word for word as 1 have ^ iven it came to me from Mr. Stephens nd Mr. Hunter." THE TUI TII OK IU8TOKY. Mr. Vest said that he considered it is duty to make this statement in rder that the men who were said to iave refused this offer at the hands of 'resident Lincoln, should not lie made o sin in their graves, adding, "for if hey had refused what was said to iave been tendered to them by the (resident they would have been accesories to the murder of every man who ell from thai time in defense of the 'onfederate cause, and they should iave given the lie to tlie intentions vliicli they professed when they risked everything, everything that is held I,... . ...... mm. i . rlnfnnun ?l... 1V.1I I..V.. ... uvivuno ...? H1U Confederate cause." A SOI.KM N DKN1AL. While the deep silence :-till reigned n the chamber as he spoke and with very eye directed towards him, Mr. Vest concluded as follows: "It may Ije but a very short time till 1 shall |oin the 25 colleagues I had In the Confederate senate, and 1 did not want this statement to no into the record of this country without my statement of these facts and my solemn denial that there is no shadow of truth in this assertion which has Ix'en going the r >unds of the newspapers of the country for the last few years." Have Yow Lands? To the Editor of The State. This department is in receipt of a numlier of inquiries in regard to farms in the State suitable for settlers. An urgent request comes from parties in San Luis I'otosl, who want descriptions of locations. Information will t>e gladly given to those who will correspond with sueli parties. Respectfully, James G. Glbbes, SLite Land Agent. J Columbia, S. C., May 7, 1902,