The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, July 02, 1902, Image 3

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The Batesburg Advocate. I ? ? ; VOL. II. BATESBURG, S, C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 2. 1902. NCL24 A MANIA TO KILL. A Trained Nurse Confessed That Thirty-One Persons HAD BEEN POISONED BY HER. She Wax I'roven Insane ami Seal in an Asylum. I low She Accomplished tier Murder* and Other frillies. . All Massachusetts is shuddering at the deeds of an insane trained nurse by the name of Jane Toppan recently tried at Itarnstable in that State for uiiiuii. 01 lmu ocillll 01 11 persons, but indicted lor murdering only three, MissToppan has confessed that she has killed dtirin^r her career as a professional nurse no less t han :tl human beings. This statement was made to Judge Fred M. Mixby of lirockton, senior counsel at that trial at llarnstahle. when Miss Toppan was found not guilty by reason of insanity on theciiargeof murdering Miss Mary 1>. (iibbes. Judge I'.ixby sai<i also that Miss Toppan had admitted that she had set tires and committed other serious acts. She said she could not help committing the crimes. She argued, moreover, that she was not insane. She said she knew she was doing wrong when she administered poison to her victims, and she asked Judge Uixby how, under such circumstances, she could be of unsound mind. Morphine was Miss Toppan'.s agency for administering death. Many of her victims were unsuspecting and most intimate friends: others were the patients of reputable physicians who employed her on account of her ability as a nurse. Miss Toppan was so expert in her knowledge of how to employ drugs and poisons that she was able to escape detection for years. In ^ the detailed story as told to Judge Ilixby Miss Toppan did not enumerate her many vietims, although she did admit the killing of Mrs. ?1 ibbs, Mrs. Harry Gordon of Chicago and Alden 1\ Davis, all of whom died at Calumet last summer. MissToppan was arrested last summer for these three murders, the State electing to try her on the Cihbs count Monday. Miss Toppan was taken to the Taunton insane hospital to begin her life sentence. The case rested on the testimony of alienists, who do not only pronounce Jane Toppan to oe insane, but to he a degenerate. They said her impulses irresistibly compelled her to murder her patients in order that she might enjoy the sight of their struggles. They told of her confession of killing Mrs. Cibbsby administering morphine and atrophine, hiding the elTects <>f the former by ihe use of the latter. To her senior council. .1 udge K. M. lfixby of Brockton. she tirst admitted killing the three persons named in the indictment, and then of other persons until the list entire numbers :il. This is held by her counsel and it is not expected that it will be made public. The remarkable incident in connection with this list is that when it was made up she repeated with a show of interest the names of her victims, checking olT the number on her linger fe tips. She told how she killed each, B saying she used morphine and atro* phine mixed in mineral water and whiskey. Some times she used injections, as in the case of the deaths at Calumet. She did not remember how each Individual was killed, but where they were poisoned the drugs were those mentioned. A Woman's View. Women abhor cowards and still more sneaks, though I regret to say they often endure cads in a way that belies their intelligence and good taste, says Lady Colin Campbell in the London News. They have a quite pat hetic desire to look up to men, to feel their superiors in strength of body and of mind, in calmness of judgment and clearness of intellect. And it is, indeed, a pity that men so often seem to go out of their way to destroy their most cheerful illusions. Above everything a woman admires strength in a man. It may be strength of Imdy she will worship a Hercules with tin brain of a guinea pig. If may he strength of inellect sin- will adore ;i savant with the body of a Cihlnxi monkey. It may be strength ot character she will break her heart for a politician nr ;i tinancer who h unswervingly wrapped up in dreams of personal advancement, and win possesses no more heart them ai oyster. Hut strength 111 some torn: she craves unceasingly. It is a hereditary instinct that has been bequeathed to her through Lve's disappointment when Adam was tried in the balance anil found wanting Wo man, secretly conscious of her owi physical weakness and lack of Intel lectual strength, demands strentl from man to make up for her own de liciencics. Hven the strongest womei strong in Ixidy and mind, well halanc ed as A theme herself, though thej may shield and protect, the weaknes> of the men they love and stoop to hel| them, will never do so without a sec re i feeling of contempt which is dist nation of all ideals. Man, in spite o that deplorable st art made bv Adam was intended to be woman's protecto and refuse from all harm. A woman's association in Topek; had a dinner a few days ago. it i noted, and one of the toasts was: "Wo man: Without ller, Man is a Unite." The trouble came next day when t li< local paper printed it. Woman, With out ller Man, is a Mrute." COTTON VERY FINF. Kaiits Hnve Cuusotl Deterioration in Some liOCiilitioM. The following is the weekly bulletin ! of the condition of the weather ami the crops issued by Director Itauer of l the South Carolina section of tiie climate and crop service of the Called States weather bureau: The .average temperature for the weekending Monday, June 23. was TO I degrees, which is slightly below normal. The highest was 97 decrees at ; Darlington and Florence on the 20th j t he lowest til decrees Liberty 011 the 21st. Partly eloudy weather prevailed during the greater portion of the time. The winds were generally light, except over limited areas wliere liigh winds accompanied thunder storms, aiifTm lieaufort county, wliere almost | liurrieaue winds prevailed early in the week. The rains 011 the 14-15th were genorallv heavy over the western half of : the State, where 1 lie amounts ranged from two to over tivc inches, shading otr to less than :m inch in the eastern ; portions. There were frequent, scattered showers over the whole State, , except in t he I Ve. Dee sections where the rainfall was limited, and where more rain is badly needed in many places. The ground lias been too wet to plow in the soul heastern counties, especially in the Salkehatchie valley,where grastields are becoming common, hut generally the cultivated tields are still clean, and show the good effects of their previous t borough cultivation. The rains caused a material improvement in corn, and the earliest has about all been laidby in good condition. It is in "silk and tassel." Later plantings look promising. Stubble i lands and l?otturns have been planted extensively, witli the soil in condition for quick germination. Itudworms i are still doing damage, hut on the whole there is less damage by worms | than heretofore. The condition of cotton is very line except in a few localities where excess ; of rain lias caused deterioration, and in other localities where lice have broken 111" hitherto almost perfect stands, and checked Its growth. Liee are fast disappearing. Mexican weevils have appeared in Marlboro county. A few tields have become foul with grass and weeds. I dooms have been noted in every portion of the State, and a few points report the plants blooming freely. Sea-island cotton made moderate improvement. Tobacco made rapid growth, and the crop is alwive average condition, hut needs rain in Florence and portions of Marion counties. Topping Is general, hut curing lias made slow progress. Uiee is a very promising crop. A , large acreage of peas has been sown on stubble lands. Wheat and oats thrashing is well underway; the yields I of both crops is poor over the western I nan d: i in- .-MiiLe. i ue wcauicr was favorable for transplanting sweet potatoes: slips are sea roe in Pickens county. Some peaches are rotting on the trees. The fruti crop will he a. moderate one except blackberries and plums which are plentiful. Pastures. ' gardens and other minor ciops were greatly improved by the copious rain fall and warmer nights. ROOSEVELT CRITICISED. Hi* Speecli at Harvard I'tiiversftj Augers Democrats. The special correspondent of Tin State from Washington says President Roosevelt's speech at Harvard university Thursday, in which he arraigned all those who have criticised the administration of Hen. Wood in Cuba as "unworthy of having their name.1 I , linked with his." has stirred up a hornet's nest among the Democrats in congress. They do not hesitate t< 1 criticise both the wisdom and the cor redness of the president's charges ir this respect, though none of them ex I press surprise that the president mad< them. Representative Hartlett of Georgia who introduced ;l resolution in tin house some weeks ago calling upon the secretary of war for a statement ! regarding the expenditures in Cuba during the occupation, said today ii reference to the president's criticisti of him and the other Democrats win voted for the resolution: "1 am not i the least, surprised at this last, inoppnr i tunc utterance of Mr. Roosevelt. It is in line with numerous others in has made since entering the Whiti > House. It will, however, not dote i me and my party from endeavoring t< > get at the troth of this whole Cubai i business and the sooner the peoph kiiow me truth mie iietter it, will lx tor all concerned." It is understood that-I udgc liartlett who never hesitated to call a spade : spade will make a speech in the housi between now and adjournment, whiel will give Mr. Uoosevelt even lictte t han he sent and will take rank as mi of the "wannest" speeches of the ses sion. < 'nltill ol* (alMHH. A corpse in ,a collin of glass wa? carried t hrough the streets of Haldol .N. Sunday afternoon. The form o the dead man was perfectly visible U the crowds of curious spectators win f watched the remarkable sight. Th . deceased was William Mathews, prob r ably the wealthiest negro in the sec tiun. Mis dying request was that hi: remains should lie encased in a glasi t casket and deposit in !i vault so 1 ha * visitors could see his hody at an; - time. The funeral was deferred tin* ' days in order to carry out his wishes e The frame of this pectiliar cotthi wa - i of heart cedar while the sides and to ! were of solid glass. HON. 1>. S. HENDERSON Delivers an Eloquent Speech at Columbia. RIGHT PRINCIPLES DISCUSSED Ho Stands Kijiiarely on the Democratic I'lat I'oiiii anil in Full Sympathy With ttio I'coplc in Their HkIiI Against Corporate (.recti. The following speech was delivered by Hon. I). S. Henderson at. the cam f'u^u Hireling III V iiiiiiiiiiiti. Fellow Citizens: The highest privi 'lege 1 know of to he enjoyed hy tin AoKgean citizen is the exercise of tin rigid of sutTcrage. To ask t he bestow nient of tiie fruit of that right on yoi Is to ask of your fellow citizens a great deal; and it should not l>c lightly done A uian who seeks public office'within the gift of the people should endear or ro leave liehinri?predujices am passions; and hope to be of some good It the country and the people as well a; I to elevate himself, l>eyausc we should 5 laltor not simply for ourselves hut for f the ineloration of the day and time in ? which we live. f I am sensible of the fact that tn j ask the sovereign people of the great I State of Sout h ( arolina i lie pri\ ilegc t? ; represent them in t he councils of t Im United States Senate is to ask a greal deal.l do not pretend to have any inerii fori he place peculiar to myself ascont r; distinguished from the gentlemen win have entered t he lists wit h me. lfy life begun within the State and spent conlinualy wit bin tiie public gaze foi the public good is to count for any thing! offer it to the scrutiny of t lit | people. I would n it desire toobtait the office by any contest of persona antagonism, mud slinging or brov f beating; hut shall endeavor to enlei the canvass with tiie liope that the is sues involved will be calmly and <1 is passionately discussed. One thing I know that in the consideration of tin questions Involved and pertinent t? | I he matters before the people you wil i at least know where 1 stand, so that j| you can judge of my right to your sul' Iferage, for it is due to the people ii public discussion to frankly set fort Ii your opinions. There is no need to harrow up the past unnecessarily and to bring tc I memory things that are settled. The I white people of Soul It Carolina always < have been Democratic, true to tin i faith of the fat lid's; and she always wil! l?e. Last summer in an olf political yea long lie fore the time for the senaloria election; wit 11 great blandishments tlx seeds of discord were being sowi against tiie principles of the Demo cratic party within this State; yea ii the entire South. Along with others answering the invitations of the peo pie. 1 helped to pull out of the aus | and cob webs of time the catechism: |oftbe Democratic faith and to reac I them anew to the people in the ligli I they were understood by Jefferson Jackson and Calhoun. It did not tak Ilong to ascertain the fact that tlx | hearts of the masses were all rigid i t hat t lie old time religion was goo< 1 enough for them; that they were no i.to he led awnv hv new fanirled idea jam! heresies: that they lielieved in pn Kress and advancement, in the intlu |ofeupital and enterprise in our iniiis laud its fullest and freest protection: ii j t he opening of the markets of t lie wort to its fullest extent by peaceable mean to all classes and trades, but they sai it then and they say it now empatht . cally that in order to enjoy and perpt tuate those advantages of the 2<)t (Century progress it is not necessary t become Republican. It is not necessary to forget the traditions and hitory of this glorious country, won b the blood of our fathers, in order t adapt ourselves to the new methods < new times. It is our duty as a poop I not to sleep and stagnate, hut load vanee and progess taking ad van tag of all the opening avenues of scienc and civilization, but at the sain time Jo take along with :;s tli 1 liouscKold Rods of our fathers an I the lied rock principles of America Democracy, which were well define jan t lie early days of t he Republic a J the reserved rights of the people, a loontra distinguished from the en cjoaehments of centralized govern ment. | There is no need to discuss settle j matters. Some t liings arc set tied bu some are not and never will be. I When Ree surrendered totlrant a IAppromatox: and.loe Johnston to Sliei man at Rreeuslxiro: two things wei settled as far as the terrible arbitra ment of arms could do it. Beyond eav I it was understood that never again i America would a human Ix-ing Is- pe mitted to be a slave; and tins nnio liecauie an "indestruet ibleunion," bi a union of "indest ruct ible States." The legal status of the negro wi fixed, but IJ*- race protilem was nt settled. Suddenly by the sellis machinations of his quasifriends I was embellished with the principles ( cit izenship before In* was prepared t exercise its functions. It was the forgotten that Anglo-Saxon blood r< deemed this country and it was to t theirs forever. The white man an his axe cleared the primeval forests li himself and bis progeny. And tlit will solve the race question as easily : they did l lie 1 udian quest ion, and wit more humanity,knowing t hat l be lilac man, left alone will help to build u the count ry; but Booker Washingtc i must not expect to sit at the same ? 1 eia! Ixmrd with us. ? j "THE INDEHTKUCTIBLK UNION!" ! i T^lnit was settled licyond peradve ; tun*. The parole of every Confedera ' soldier who came home, foot sore ai i? heavy hearted, wore the impress of i e The .South has tieen faithful to tl >- tlecree and ever will Is-. She is pa . e>f that union and a powerful part of i s i She has a share in its glory and powe s She should and will perform her du manfully and ought to demand h rights: and not be ashamed that she y ihe South and always will l>e so, y American in heart and soul. Hut we are a union of "indestn tiVrf- States;" and therein rests o i | CONTINUED ON I'AOK 4. \ I jfr * BOY IN BOILER MukoK Trip O'er Nen unit ItacapOH < 're iiiatloii. Rivaling the talcs of mythical for tunc hunters is the experience of a little Austrian stowaway in one of the boilers of the I'lnhria, which lias . just come into port. After the lad. who is lit years of age. had traveled 15,000 miles in quest of America, lie ! at last was put in the handsof a friend who promised to care for him. 11 is name is Itozo Ciacino and he j comes from Dalmatia, a province of Austria. 1 lis wondering liegan more than a >ear ago. when his father, a small farmer, gave him 100 llorins and told hi in to seek America. With great glee the littW Austrian ' left the village i f Scbciticn. for lie and his elder.brothels quarreled continu. . .1 1 ii,.,,i .. ,i i? v ? Uliy aim lie nail <i ........ ... ...... . .v.. whom he longed to join. After spend- j . ing thirty of lib tloritis he reached Trieste, the seil p<ut. where lie fell in with an obliging fellow who for the ' remaining To lit rins agreed to embark ' lUizo for America, ltoz? gave up his; I florins and the stranger diusppcured. . leaving a discouraged little lad to return to Dahnutia. (iacino's father then apprenticed i i him in a druggist . ??nt the Imy soon wearied of long I ours and small wages ' and ran away to Trieste, wh-rehe hid j in a steam ship bound fur Egypt. ! In Alexandria he slowed away In , | the Fabyian and reached Liverpool a , week later. Then heerawled into the j i hold of t he Cunarder, Saxonht. 1 pon reaching this port last spring lie was' * speedily deported after he had a lleet" ing glance at the busy harlior. When he was taken hack to Liverl' pool he evaded the English emigrat ion olllcials and tor twenty days lived oil * crusts found in the gutters, but al ways keeping a weather eye open for - an American bound vessel. I Fortune smiled upon his efforts on | * the night of June Iff, just before the i * LJmbria sailed, lie crept upon the deck looking for a hiding place. A lantern was Hashed in Iris face and the , sentry, believing that he was one of i the cabin l>oys, ordered him below. Without realizing his danger, the boy | crawled into a lwiiler which furnishes ! ' steam to the "donkey" engine. The ! boiler was not used throughout tlie * ! voyage, or otherwise the hoy would s i have been burned to death. Some ! friendly stokers discovered his prcr senee, but instead of disclosing his I secret they fed liini dur^^^Uie voy fl 1 On Tursday, however^^Plveehan, the refrigerator engineer, climlied on ' top of the boiier and proceeded to ' hang up some of his washing to dry. I t Just as the engineer was preparing to! s { climb down he was startled to see a I , head Ixib up out of the opening in the f I top of the boiler and then disappear J again. McJveehan crawled over to '' j tlie manhole and peered into the darkl' ' - on. ? !>., I. .llrt.- II,. iwinlrl ,lim. . ; ih*;v> mnimc ?*v, . ? . >. v.. ,1 | ly discern the out lines of a person, ! 1 ; and lie shouted to him to come out. s Receiving no response, the engineer h I attempted to reach inside and grab x ! the lsiy's clothing, but was severely ' bitten tor his pains. The engineer, satisfied that somes thing was wrong, went to Chief Kn,1 gincer Hardy, displayed Ins bleeding i- lingers and reported the occurrence. Hardy, thinking lie had a mad man to h deal with, called for volunteers to 0 descend into the boiler and two of the stokers responded. I>r. Charles Ifur** land, the ship's surgeon, was alsooaIIed and stood liy to render liis ser,1 vices if needed. When the stokers ie got inside the lioilertlicy found thai 1- the hoy had crawled underneath the e Lubes on the top of the furnace. After ** a struggle and some tight squeezing e .past the tubes tliey managed to get i their prisoner up to the manhole en,| | trance, where he was quickly pulled (| jOUt. >, ' All laughed when they saw the supls j posed lunatic, lie was locked up i:i i- j the steamship's hospital and when the r j vessel reached port a vigorous search . j for the bold lad's friend was made, j He was soon located in Harlem and 'signed papers which permitted the t young Dalmatian to remain in the - United States, c t- Storm \ iNfit.s Spartanburg. ,, A territic wind, rain and lightning' i- storm visited Spartanburg from s to n | U o'clock Thursday. A port ion of Unit right wing and tin- li ft wing of the Spartan Inn tin rootiing was blown Ls oil': the tiood-soaked ceiling is falling and the furniture is damaged. Twenu, ty-lhree rooms were badly damaged, also flu- dining and hall rooms. <1' Twenty-live square feet of the noith nj section of the roof of the fourth lloor b- I of Spartan mills, No. t. and .'to feet ' %t:n v j-?. .? ...... 1.1. 11 M | MJ11 <1 re* I HI .>1111 .>u. ?.i> mwn ii uii. (' The spinning rooms art- in those porlions and each room was badly Hooded IS and damaged. The entire rooting on I, Floyd's undertaking estahlisluucnt :k was blown oil and the stock ruined, ip Almost all the roof on the Southern ?n cafe at the Southern depot was hlown ?* oil, and the lirst and second stories damaged. There was considerable loss of property, St. John's A. M. K. n- church, a new building, was Mown down. No one is reported injured or killed from the storm. j'.j Two-Negro I toy Drowned, it. A special to 11 it* State from Iteaur. fort says Coroner It. It. Saines held an ty inquest Thursday on thclmdicsof two l'r negro ls>ys who were drowned while J* attempting to swim across a deep 1 creek near (>ak Mulligan, with hags i,-. of oysters on their shoulders. A verur diet of accidental drowning was render^-!ed by the jury. The boys were aged ! Hand 12, respectively. v I A FEARFUL STORM. ' s Over Two Million Dollars Done in i Indiana. C THE LOSS OF LIFE VERY SMALL. ? f 1" Only Two IliMitliN Reported. ??*t Over 1! w l-'il'ty People Were More or j; i LI Lcns Injured by I ho (( Storm. ff it The entire north cent ral section of J| nf Iniliaiiii was visited Wednesday j hy one of the most disastrous storms p I liat ever swept over the state. The q storm swept sections covering hun- *s< dreds ot miles, extending from Han- ^ rock eouiit.v northwest through the u uortiiern portion of Marlon county, sj Hamilton and Koone counties and do- n iiiii much damage in Tippecanoe and ; h adjacent counties. j f; Madison county also l'elt its tury. i i Hundreds <>1' buildings were razed, j j, t housands of trees were uprooted and ja now blockade highways, railroads and j p traction lines, crops utterly ruined, 0] causing a loss estimated at nearly 1 a 000.000 and tll't v persons were more or s| less injured. Hut two deaths have I p been reported with authority. That|sj was the killing of .lames Van Hoy, v who was caught in the ruins of a col- c lapsed barn r.ear Pendleton, and Jas. 0 Itailey. who was killed by Hying tiin- j. be.rs at McC'ordsville. w The course of the storm was south- ' a east and northwest. Its path was j j clear across the state. In the ruins | s, left behind are many factories, church-1 r, es. school houses and frame residences. | a The most severe damage was in and | a near Hancock county. All wire com- n mimical ion lietween tlie cities and f, towns in the devastated districts is cut oil. Telegraph and telephone |K>les are down for many miles and it () will require several days to establish t any wire service. e At Maxwell. Hancock county; the p United States Chain Factory was; v ruined, all the buildings being de- e stroyed. Seven workmen were injured ]< by being eauglit beneath the wreck, jp AH will recover. The New brothers t flour mill and grain elevators were to-1 e tally destroyed and the Friendschuroh y was bli \vn away. One house was to-! a tally destroyed and sc'veral damaged > by having roofs and kitchens blown n away. . ! s At Cleveland, six miles southeaster J t Maxwell, the storm broke as the fun- i cral of Mrs. Mary Farle was being ' p held. Tlie roof ol an adjoining liouse j a was blown away and a piece oT timber 11 was hurled through tlie side of the p house of mourning, it struck ex-! County Clerk Sample, breaking his n leg. Several others were siightly in- a jured. Outside tliree horses hitched j t to carriages were hurled by the wind ' < against trees and killed. The hearse s was demolished and the horses liar- q nessed to it were injured so that one : u of them had to lie shot. The funeral i had to be postponed. Finest Hurst ! \ and F. Hoims were badly hurt by be- t ing blown against the side of a house. \ The postotlice was unroofed and one 1p side blown out. j i At Wilkinson tive people were seri- j; ously injured, one perhaps fatally, i This was Charles Shcpord of Red Key. a iMiur nouses were destroyed and pen- \ oral havoc created by the wind. : s At Strlnptown Mrs. Cicero Ilamil- h ton was seriously injured by beinp cuupht under the wreck of her house. t A Itomuntic Marriage. The Sparlanburp Journal says a i romantic marriape took place at f> j; o'cloc k Wednesday afternoon at the i y resid nee of the bride's parents near j ( Cedar Sprinps, when Ceo. A. P.rooks. ;i a teacher in the school for the deaf at t Austin. Texas, wedded Miss Nettie m I topers. Moth bride and p room arc 1 totally deaf. Ke\. Lewis M. Itopcr l performed the ceremony, with Superin- i tendent N. F.Walker of Cedar Springs!] as interpreter. The couple will po to j Savannah for their honeymoon. Miss i 1 topers is considered one of the bripht- < est pupils who has ever received traininp at Cedar Sprinps. After pradua- ; lion there, she went in the fall of 1 S'.? i ; to Callaudet Collepe, Wasliinpton, 1). i c. There she first, met the prooin, 1 who had pradua ted from the Texas school where he is now tcuchinp. and entered Callaudet at tlie same time ' i with her. Topcther they praduated from the latter institution in June, lsith. and just three years later, lie has ret urned here to elaim Iter as his bride. A Serious Charge. 1*. 11. Madden was arrested at Cross I Hill Wednesday morninp, charged wmi miming nisnwnaiiii uiree other stores at Cross llill on the night of i June 12. The arrest was caused by a detective. Madden is an elderly man ! and is well connected, lie had $f>00 j insurance on his store and $2,0110 on ! | his stock. The Huvcrnor and town! council of Cross Hill each offered $100 reward for the supposed Incendiary. j It is staled that detectives searched Maddcn's house and found articles that had come from his store. Madden i claims to he able to satisfactorily ex-1 plain this. 1 'rosier lllown I |?. A special from London Sunday says a dispatch to the Central News from Shanghai says that the Chinese cruiser Kai-Chi was wrecked Saturday by a terrific explosion while lying in the i Yang Tee lliver. The Kai-Chi sank in thirty seconds and LiO otlicers and! men on Ixiard were killed or drowned. I <>nly two men on Imard the cruiser j escaped death. k. JOHN J. HEMPHILL. kcicli ttl'Otie oi'the faiulldhteM for I ho Vitltcil States Senute. John J. Ilemplilll comes of good old hester stock, and has been a citizen f that county all his life. (iradualing rom the I'niverslty of South Carolina i I8(i? he entered in 1871 the firm of lemphill Hemphill, attorneys, hich has lasted thirty-one years. In 87b lie led the Democratic ticket for tie legislature and became a member f the famous Wallace House, distinulshing himself in debate, and hav-J ig great influence in shaping legisla-1 ion. Elected to congress 1882 he was lie youngest member of that body, ut soon made himself useful to his j Jirt v ilis: cnimpli nn * lw? lit...../.:... I ?. . ..... ?|/v/vvu wi? uuv initi.iiv.iai uestion advocating a commission to . cure international bimetallism was ronounccd bv Morrison, the Demoratic leader, "the ablest, fairest and lost creditable presentation of that ide of the question." His power of par tee was marked. In the contest ctween Elliott and Small* .he rei>ort ivored the seating the latter: butMr. lemphill as leader of t lie tight f,,r llliott tarried the war into Africa! nd proved the hyprocrisy of the lie-! ubllcans by showing that they ex-1 tudod the negro from politics, schools i nd employments in the north.- The | liarp arraignment brought a dozen . lepubllcans to their feet at once, but Ingle bunded Mr. Hemphill met and atiquislied them. General Spinola tiaracterized his speech as "a shower f brickbats into the Republican camp. Ivery fellow was hit Ircforc he saw here the blow was coming from," nd a correspondent wrote, "except tutterworth and Cox 1 have never sen a congressman more ready in his eply to savage thrusts." The Itiehlond Dispatch declared "tho coolness nd self possession of the speaker, who lade not one blunder, won tlie case jr Elliott." In the Fifty-first congress. Lodge f Massachusetts, introduced the faiuus force bill, putting all Federal elccions In the hands of the Federal govrnmcnt with an unlimited number of [ responsible Federal marshals. This .ould have destroyed every vestige of ivil lil>erty In the south. Mr Ilempliill ;d the tight against the bill, measur>g swords with tlie brilliant New toglundcr and holding his own with; use. Lodge was rewarded for his tight . itli a seat in tlie United States sente, but tlie iniquitous hill was killed, j Ir. Hemphill also scored a point in pposing the admission of Utah as a! fate "until tlie men could manage o get along with fewer wives." In tariff debates he strongly exmunded the doctrines of the South, nd strenuously opposed all increase of 1 axation. Since his retirement the! axes have been doubled. For eiudit vears lie was on the mm-! nit tec on the District of Columbia, nd four years chairman. This dlsri jt is under tlic exclusive control of I ongress and the people have no vote, o that the committee is all important, j Hie Washington Star said of itschairaan, "The people of Washington lave no better or wiser friend tlian j le. and they appreciate the fact. Hej ius the contidencc and respect Ijoth of he community and the house, and ' he district congratulates itself that le will consent to ad as chairman." I t not her paper said: "Mr. Hemphill s conceded to have been one of the iblest chairmen the committee has lad for years. He is the most con-I pieuousof the new generation of the lOUthern congressmen.'' In losing the nomination for ongress by a few votes, though his sounty sustained him strongiy, lie' irged his friends to join him in support of his opponent. He has always ittended to the minor duties of aciti-! :en, being an active member of the > Jhester Democratic club and preserving his registration as a qualified vo-1 er of Chester county, in I Mil") he .vas a member of the county con veil- i don to choose delegates to constitu- i lional convention and helped toar-i range a "peace and harmony" ticket, lie was nominated from the floor is a delegate, out declined in favor of thcrs. He has at different times anvassed a number of doubtful States for the Democratic ticket under the iiuspiees of tlie national committee and lias ever supi>orted the Democratic ticket, county, State and national. He has recently received an invitation to speak on "The Southern Democrat," at the approaching Democratic lovefcast in New York, to which Cleveland, Hill, Bryan and others are invited, lie believes in the I ,111 Dcmucrilt il' a if tli'Ma'aiflll a>v puiisiuti in commerce and in theacquisi lion (if such territory only as may lie admitted to Statehood. lint he strenously opposes the bloody conquest and depopulation of the Philippines, the subsidy to rich lines, and the protection that enables trusts to sell to foreigners at prices 30 percent, chaper than those charged home consumers. Mr. Hemphill is an able lawyer, and is frequently called beyond the limits of the State in i 111 pint ant eases, l>efore the court of claims and other tribunals. Ten years in congress, in association with able statesmen tit him to enter the senate not as a novice, but as a well equipped veteran. His ability, experience and readiness in debate would make hi in a strong addition to the Democratic array in that body. Two Trumps Killed. A freight train on the Norfolk and Western railroad was wrecked ten miles west of here Thursday by the breaking of a car wheel. Forty bis cars were derailed and two wliiu tramps who were stealing a ride wen killed. They have not been identified. None of the train crew was hurt. -.'~i t. ri iMj given assistance. Senate Agrees to Appropriation for Charleston Exposition Company. $160,000 APPROPRIATED. To Help Out the Ilrave People Who Were Willing to Suffer That Their City Should P row per. Itnrinir t.lim n..?r...o ? ?... ..h WIIV v^'UipaiUtMClJ unci time tliu senate was in session Thursday Mr. Morgan of Alabama presented the conference report on the isthmian canal bill, the house conferees accepting the senate substitute. On motion of the Alabama senator, the report was agreed to without comment. The general deficiency bill, the last of the big supply measures, was passed practically without delate. A slight protest was made against the appropriation of $500,000 for the buffalo exposition and $100,000 for the Clwirleston exposition, but finally they were included in the bill. The measure also carries $45,000 for the payment of the expenses of the last illness and death of President McKinley. that amount including the pay or the physicians. When the appropriations of $500,000 for tjie buffalo exposition anJ $160,000 for tiie Charleston exposition were reached Mr. bailey of Texas protested. he insisted that if congress should meet the present demands it would he called upon to meet a still larger deficit in the St. Louis exposition He thought it was a gross misapplication of publiu money. Other senators, Mr. Hale, Mr. Spooner and Mr. Teller, while they sympathized with Mr. bailey's views, thought that the calamity which had befallen the people in buffalo in the assassination of President McKinley had much to do with the deficiency, and should be taken into consideration. Mr. Hale believed the example of these cities would be a means of stop- ping the mad rush of cities for expositions. He hoped that not again in a generation would the government ex- ^ tend financial aid to exposition enterI With the understanding that the present appropriations were not to be considered as a precccdcnt. Mr. bailey withdrew his objection and the amendmerits were agreed to. by a vote of 18 to fit) the senate, on motion of Mr. Money of Mississippi declined to consider the bill to revive and amend the act which provides for the payment of cotton seized by the i'nion forces during the Civil war. DOES TOBACCO DISI1TFECT? The Pro* and Conn of the (jufHilon Considered. I >espite the fact that the general public are continually being warned of tlie evil effects which will assuredly follow indulgence in soothing weed, smoaklng continues in much the same manner as usual. There can be no doubt that smoking to excess, or following the habit when young, is hurtful to the hcaJth. and to some people a positive danger. The wisest way is to steer a middle course. There are, too, enthusiasts with regard to tobacco, and who attribute to the weed all the virtues under the sun. These eulogies, of course, are as much in error as those who deny it any saving grace. A discussion was raised in an English lay paper of a recent date as to the merits of tobacco as a disinfectant, and much interesting matter was brought forward. The Lancet was called to give, so tosp?_.ik, expert opinion, and further information on the matter was forthcoming. The belief that tobacco posesses extraordinary properties in warding off certain diseases of a contagious nature is almost as old as t he introduction of smoking into Europe. During the great plague tobacco was largely used for this purpose, and children were enj couraged to stnoak as a precautionary i measure. "In 1888," says the Lancet, "Dr. Haul Tassinari of Pisa subjected the I germs of various deadly diseases?such as anthrax, cholera, and typhus fever to the action of dense clouds of im prisoned tobacco smoke, during periods of loo to 150 hours, and he came to the conclusion that in most cases, and especially when large cigars had been employed as generators, the development of pathogenic bacteria was either partially or wholly arrested." This experiment.however, by means proves the case, for, as The Lancet says, no one keeps a cigar in his mouth for loo hours at a time. Workmen in tobacco factories are often pointed to as examples of the disinfecting properties of tobacco. It Is declared that they are immune from epidemics. On the authority of some experiments conducted in France, it would appear that there are some fairly good grounds for this indief, but the investigations have not been carried out to a surtlciently wide extent to Justify the passing of any authoritative opinion. The matter is as yet subjudlce, and i will probably remain so for an Indefinite period. Strong tobacco will keep away insects, and certain mild species of mosquito, but that it will render a i person immune to contagion is a the. ory that will not commend Itself to the common sense of a sane man.