The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, May 14, 1902, Image 1
THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE.
VOL. IL. 11ATESBURG, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1902. NO. 17. A
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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,