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The Batesburg Advocate. i | VOL. n. BATESBURG, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1902. NO. 31- | A ESDIAJilj SC'KAI'. Messrs. Hemphill and Latimer Do the Unexpected. i BUT IT AMOUNTED TO NOTHING. A Couple of "Ciisk" Words and a lilttle Gesticulation, With One Or Two Hlows. That's All. The Columbia State's correspondent says there is something either in the water or the atmosphere that calls forth a difficulty of some sort every time candidates or oitieials speak at UalTncy. It will be remembered that it was at that place that Senators Tillman and McLaurin found that arguments availed nothing and iroth tendered their resignations to Gov. McSweeney, and the incident of the "Jim" Tilltuan-DeCamp episode, a few weeks ago, is still fresh in the minds of the people. Ihit Thursday two would-lie senators came to actual blows: and all about a small matter. ; It happened this way: At the senatorial and congressional candidates' meeting held atHalTncy! in the court house. Thursday. Con-1 pressman Latimer was the lirst speaker for tlie I'nited States senate. When his turn came, the dinner hour having arrived, a majority of the ">uo audience left Latimer did not want to speak to the depleted crowd and asked permission of t he chairman to he allowed to postpone his speech until after dinner, the time allotted to the 1 congressmen. The matter was left to I a vote, and it was unanimously decided that the speech be postponed as requested. Latimer jumped up and said: "I; want you all to come back here and | hear me, for these live lawyers have been jumping on one poor farmer, and 1 am going to answer t hem." As they were leaving the bar of the | court room Hemphill said: "Latimer, you ought not to say that, for none of us have been jumping on you today, and you know it. i It has always been our rule to end a meeting before we stop, and it will not be right to infringe upon the time of the congressmen." Latimer You want to make me j speak to empty benches: you care nothing for the congressmen. Ilemphill -1 do care for the con-1 gressmen, and you know it. My this time they were facinir each 1 other and both very angry. jpp Inun .*r!L Ji.ii Jui.'lT ~ rare for them. Hemphill?(??d (1?n you. you know that is not true. A BLOW ON TI'E ( IIEEK. Latimer then drew hack and hit Hemphill a severe, stunning blow on the cheek. Several men jumped in between them and the driving blow sent by Hemphill at his antagonist fell short of its mark. Hemphill then grabbed his umbrella and tried to hit Latimer over the head of the interfering men. but he could not reach him. Several men grabbed hold of both antagonists, who were making desperate elTorls to get at each other, and in the scuttle Hemphill was pushed back between two chairs in the jury box, but was instantly helped to bis feet again. This ended the incident, as far asl this correspondent saw and heard. It is rumored that Hemphill followed Latimer out of the court loomandj asked him why lie struck him, and Latimer replied, "lteeau.se you cursed me.*' "l DID NOT (TUSK YOU.'' To which Hemphill rejoined: "i did not curse you." Latimer said: "Well, if you diu not curse me, 1 apologize." This latter statement is mere, hearsay, hut tile first part is testimony and was heard and witnessed by many. The whole affair was totally unex- 1 pccted, for during the entire campaign there has not been any controversy t<> amount to anything between these1 two gentlemen, either off or on the stand. HKKOUK TIIK MAYOK. Hot It Hemphill and Lat imer were notified to appear before Mayor Little the same evening, and pending an in : vestigatiuu both were required to put up $lo eaeli for their appearance. At. a late hour the same night Mayor Little decided to allow .Messrs. Hemp hill and Lai imerlo forfeit 1 In n deposit ol $ld until morning. They Waul II im. The Columbia Keeord prints a very sensational story of an alleged deal l?etween .las. II. Tillman and the blind tigers of the state, which is supposed toaceount for some of t he applause lie has received in various cities. The Record says: "A well-authenticated story in circulation is to the otl'ecl thai Jim Tillman has promised comparative immunity to blind tiger dealers in return for their support, and there is evidence right in 1 his city going to show t hat there is either something delinite in the report or that there is an expectation tiiat they will not seriously be interferred with in the business in case of his election. There is said to be evidence of the same condition of a Hairs in Charleston and other cities. Of course combinations of any sort may be made, but the local dealers no doubt recall the promises of a former governor and how they were kept. There is no need to mention names. These men know the man. The whole business is pretty shaky at best in this city, and pernicious activity in aiding to loist Jim Tillman upon tic people of this state is not calculated to make it any steadier." TWO MEN LYNCHED. Om> Wliite mill One lllack Miirilcror Hunt; Together. Charles Salvers, white, and Harry Hates, colored, were taken from the county j;in at ijcxiugmn, Mo., by a masked mob at l..'to "Wednesday morning and lynched. They were charged with killing dcorge W. .lolinson. a wealthy farmer. who surprised them at his hen house near town a week ago. They were strung up and Salyers made a statement to the mob saying that ttales had tired the shot that killed Johnson. Johnson was one of the weathiest and most respected men in the community and the feeling against the two men was intense. Last night shortly alter midnight, armed men came to t >wn by twos and threes, most of them masked. They massed finally near the. court yard in which the county jail is located. The mob was orderly and well directed, each man doing his work efficiently and effectively. A demand on the jailor for the prisoners meeting with refusal, several men of the mob, who had come well prepared, broke in the outer door and made for the cells of the murderers. It took thirt y minutes to cut through t he steel doors. Salyers. was taken out first, then (Jates. Without further ado. the mob start ed with their victims for a point half a mile sout h of town. Then Salyers was granted permission to make a statement. He said that dates had shot Johns after tiring three times, and that when the last shot tired dates had hold of Johnson. before being killed Johnston had exchanged shots with the men and dates was found to have been shot in the light hip. Slayers' statement finished, the men were strung up to a tree. They were left hanging and the mob dispersed quietly. Only one shot was tired and that was to put out an incandescent light in front of a livery stable as the mob passed by on the way to the secne of the lynching. Salycr, alias Sacks, had lived here for a number of years and with a family, lie had a had rcputaticn. dates, who was .'to years of age, lias served a term in the penitentiary for burglary committed in Lexington. Kichard liodson was killed and 4h other were injured hy a Jm>11 of ll^litri' in^ which struck t lie liaplist cliurcli at Leslie. during services. The church was crowded with worshippers when I the holt descended, and Hint a lar^o uuinher were not killed outright is a miracle. '1'he opening sonjr had hcen rendered, prayers ottered and the miuistei had hetfitn his sermon when i a thunderstorm came and tie fore the j discourse was finished a hall of tire swept through the church, striking liodson and killing him instantly, while to others were thrown to the lloor I?v the shock, hut all will prohahly reeo>er. Many narrow escapes were recounted, esp. ciallv in the case of a Iriend of voituj; liodson, who was sit tintr hy his shoulder w hen the tiery messenger called him to eternity, and escaped with a very slight shock, | which verified the proverh that one should tie taken and the other left. i i? ! IUCU1IN l/'lirHC1* K. benjamin Andrews, chancellor of the University of Nebraska, in a lecilj i "T|i T i f Tj r at the University of Chicago recently declared that the American divorce laws arc so loose that they area curse both upon parents and their children. President Andrews also claimed that# a bachelor has no place in the social scale and that to marry a consumptive is a crime. Advice to persons intending marriage was plentiful in l>r. Andrews' lecture, "hasty marriages do more evil to the marriage relation than anything else,' he declared. "Karly marriages ought to be discouraged. No one should marry before the age of 21; 2i> is the bestage. The case which divorce is secured in this country is the greatest foe t?< marriage, and. in fact, creates divorces which otherwise would not have been thought of. The injustice done to the children by a divorce in t he family is so great that no language can do justice to it. No one who has ever been divorced can pass through the experience unharmed. With it goes the best possibilities of a life of service in this world never to return." I Nil ice III oil >1 urilereil. < Mlicers Timothy Devino and Charles T. I'ennil, patrolmen of the Chicago police department, were killed in Chicago Wednesday in a revolv n ii.uiii' wim wimi was supposed to have been a ^atiK <>f tlmps. Much mystery surrounds tin* shooting, for both men died before an adequate account of tlie shooting could tie obtained. Devinc died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital and IVnnell on the operating tatile while surgeons were p robbing for tnillets. The tijrht occurred iust before dawn near .lackson lioulevard and Ashland avenue, in the aristocratic sect on of the West Side. The tiring of shots aroused the entire neighborhood. Citizens who heard the dyinff policemen ffioan rushed to their assistance and saw men runniii}.' away. < Ml leers IVnnell heroically statue red to a patrol box looted awaj and sent in an alarm lor assistance. At once the police si-l a draff net tor all suspicions characters and soon had six men in custody, before IVnnell died he was able ! ffasp out a few words about "robbers." piviiif,' descript ions of two men. Kolt Strikes Ctiiircti. BOTH WERE KIM,El). T Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fair Meet a Harrowing Fate. TWO WEALTHY AMERICANS * P n I Were llrlviiiK an Automobile at ^ Hate i>l' Sixty-Two Miles ah ri Hour. Wlien it Became i n I' nimiiiauahlc. w Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fair. Ameri- 01 cans, also related to Mrs. W. K. Van- j derbilt, dr., (Miss Virginia Fair) were c, returning !< Paris from Trouvllle I ' 'hursday when tiieir automobile I; i swerved and erashed into a tree 1"> n miles from Kvrcux, France. llotli ^ were killed. The ehaulTeur beeaine iiinuur ?l CUIIM;i|IR'lli;V Ul nil" SHOCK. (I Mr. and Mrs. Fair had hoen staying Cl at Trouvilleduring racing week. They I* had a very fast horse-power autoino- SJ hile which attracted considerable at- I' ' tent ion, and with which they were P1 'highly pleased. Mr. Fair had been w from Trouvilleto Paris and hack again P in one day on the machine. t< The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Fair ' were taken to the Chateau Itrisson ** Du Mai. The accident occurred at vv * half past 2 o'clock Thursday evening and almost in front of the Chateau ' i itisson Pu Mai. The Fair's intended ' to dine and spend the night in Paris 11 and return to Ttouville for lunch Fri- d day. I ft The wife of the gatekeeper of the|C( chateau was the only witness of the I 'I disaster. SIic says site noticed a big w red automobile coming along the road g at a tremendous pace. Suddenly something happened and the heavy :i machine slid sideways from the right h to the left side of the road, for atioul ltd yards. It Llieu dashed up an em-, " hankment, turned a complete soincr- <l sauIt and crashed into a big elm t ree j ei in front of Hie gate of the chateau. ? The auto was completely wrecked, the ; P front axle was broken and other parts I a of the machine were smashed, including the steering gear. When the auto ^ turned over, the wife of the gate- a i keeper says she saw Mr. and Mrs. Fair thrown high in the air and fall with P a heavy thud to the ground. The w chatTeur. who was sitting behind the h Fair's, was precipitated into a ditch. lie staggered to his feet, calling for help. The gatekeeper's wife rushed to ids assistance and aided id in in ex- ti jjieating Mr. nnd.Mrs Fair, who wcr-* '> TuftT^SSl^TS^liewrecKeiMinumhie P and In the last throes of death, both g tiad sustained ghastly injuries and t were almost unrecognizable. Mr. * Fair's head had been finished in. while li his wife's skull was split. The chaf- v four woo tni<??il.l?? .? #v * - * * 1 wu> Mitn 1VIIIU1J .IIICILCII ill, nil" calamity and seemed bereft of his v senses, lie threw iiimsclf into a ditch P on the opposite side of the road and rolled about crying, "My poor mas- s ters." 1? Mr. liorson, owner of the chateau -s lfisson Du Mai. was summoned, and after advising the local authorities of t the accident lit- ordered the bodies of " Mr. and Mrs. Fair to be carried to u the gatekeeper's lodge. Here they > now lie on mattresses and (lowers have " been strewn over them. In the room are three wax tapers burning dimly. ^ The accident was evidently clue to the ^bursting of a tire. At the time it <1 occurred the auto, which was eapahi'c c of running 74 milesan hour was goin^' at the rate of <>2 miles an hour. P A dispatch from l'arissays the fatal 1 accident occurred at the village of Saint Aguilin. Mr. Fair himself w;is driving 11is automobile at a high rate a of speed when one of the pneumatic u tires burs fed. The machine swerved, a collided with a tree with a terrible J crash and was overturned. Mr. and Mrs. Fair were killed outright and ' ' their chauffeur was badly Injured. 1 The Fairs have been living lately at r Paris at the hotel I lit/., and kept their c apartments there white they were t staying at Trouville. Thursday morn-1 c ing Mr. Fair sent a dispatch from t Trouville to the management of the Mi Hotel Hit/ saying lie and his wife h .1.1 ? i '? >? J-- > ......... unlit, un-ii i ii 111 mi,ty ? vt" ill 11H. Mrs. William K. \ underbill, .lr.. who was Mr. Fair's sister, returned from Trouville Sunday and sailed for New t York Wednesday on the North Herman Lloyd steamship Kronprin/. Wilhclm. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fair left San Franeiseo in the latter part of May last for a trip to Kurnpe. Charles Fair was the son of and was one the heirs to the immense estate of the late Senator Fair. It is |>eculiar that the son of the late John W. j Maekay, one of Senator Fair's partners. was also killed near l'arisa few years a^o by beiiiK thrown from his j ! horse. i A Young* llt-ro. Joseph Land, a>;rd 10 years, a son i of a Philadelphia builder, and Ikiinel | [ lie A Hindi :iin-il i iulil '*' I.lyhn l)c Anyeli, of Philadelphia,!1 were drowned in the surf at Atlantic 1 City, N..I., Wednesday. Samuel Stayy. . II years did whose home is in Newark, i' N. J., and w I in was buthiny with Land and he Anyeli narrowly escaped a similar fate. Land Inst his life in a vain attempt til rescue he Anyeli. The latter was carried ofThis feet hy a sudden wave and swept beyond bis ; dept I:. Land went to his assistance ! and both boys were drawn beneath ? the surface by the strony undertow. < Stacy attempted to aid his eompan- < ions, but was bulTcted by the break- ' ers to such an extent thai lie too I would have Ik en drowned bad biseries < for help not bvouyht a life tfuard to | Ills rescue. i A fl A W All NIK i '?? Young liiwIlesWIyi Answer Matrlmonlal Advertisements. Advertisements for a husband or a ufe are frequently seen in the newsapers and tliey are answered by uiny foolish people who believe that , is a sure and easy waj to get marled rich. A few days ago a negro was nested for some offense at Little lork. Ark., and the following account as given as to Ids connection with neof the matrimonial bureaus: A negro, a matrimonial corresponence bureau, a packet <>r letteis. vidently from white girls all over the 'nited States. was the amazingly ireial combination that came to ght in the police department l ist iglit by tin' arrest of a negro calling imsclf Willie 1'. Prophet-. The man was arrested for a tiivial ITense. but it being the invaiiable istom of the police to search every crson eoming in their hands, the line proceeding was iieguu on Pro In?t. A number of articles of no imnrtance were taken from him. 1ml hen the search re: -lied his coat ockets lie protested loudly and tried ? keep the officers from looking ito tin-ill. This naturally made the archer a 11 the more curious to leai o hat the man concealed, lie says, beinse in this way almost by accident, nportant matters have come to light, lie searching proceeded, whether or o. and a large packet of letters adressed to "Willie Prophet," were mud. I'pon examination it develop1 from the text of thy letters that le writers supposed the man to lie liite. they themselves being white iris. The source of the letters was vplained by a ticket membership to mutual matrimonial Correspondence ureau in Austin. 111. It is the cus1111 of the members to give their ames and addresses to the bureau, nd through its agency are introduci tiy letter to some person of tlie pposite sex. with wliom they eorresond llirtingly, sometimes seriously ud courtiugly, and rarely the letters iilminatc in marriage. So far as nown, only people of the same color re thus introduced. it would seem, however, that Prolict lias represented himself as a liite man, or rather not represented iniself at all. to the bureau and oblined a memiiersliip. Extracts from the letters, however, low that whether or not he menonaents some fabulous (jBcs as to lifs OOd looks, even gohi(.-#ito the deails :as to the color of Js hair, for a entencc from one of tl.'i reads: "I ike the color of your Jliair and eyeti cry much, also your age." Tlx* tone of all ihc letters is somediat sickening, abounding in such exrcssions as "my own sweet dear" and my darling Willie,'" "your loving weetheurt."' "Now and then is inter irded the single dears, darlings and weet hearts. At tirst the police were amazed hen wrathful and indignant, and tin nan had played the monstrous hcai n probably innocent, if indiscreet oung white women, and there wert nany expressions of regret that tin icgro eould lie. tried only on tin barge for which lie was arrested. Some of the writers of the letter: leserihed themselves as having blu< yes. auburn hair, fair skin, etc. A few of the places which wen riven as the residence of the corres lode 11 Ls are Shenandoah, Iowa: Kast brdan, Utah; Milford, Michigan iainesvillc, Texas; Ontaria. Canada ,nd Chicago. Most of the letters wen rritten in small, feminine hands, anc , part of them were evidently fron ixing women of education. From other papers which were ii Tophct's pocket it is evident tha ic it. one of the victims of the "go ich <piick" advertisements, and o very kind of hoax that 1m- worked 01 he public. One. of his letters referr d to a magic ring, which would giv lit* possessor a charmed life, wltirh h' iad lieen wearing and had sent otT t lave repaired. <ui iii Twain. A dreadful areident happened ii he yard t?f the Atlantic Coast Lin* u Cohunhia on Tuesday afternoon 'Jth instant, whereby Yard Conduc or .1 \V. LaMotte, one of the inos ?opular employes of the mad. lost hi it'r. The vielim was a Columbian he eldest son of Col. Thomas .1. La dotte. and leaves a widow and severa hildreu, who were not in the city a ,he time, lie was about, la years <1 it,''"- The accident luppetied in thi way: Conductor LaMottewas takin i nuinlier of cars down to one of tti ihosphate mills, lie was standingo ll#? Inn lit flu* ccfnihl ?"ir ti ih'tt cii.l lt'iily lii' lost his balance in some.wa mil pitched lietwcen the cars. A line cars following passed over it sidy before the train could lie stoj led. Those who reached his Inidy lir? found liiin dead. The liody was prai Ileal ly cut in twain across the waisi J'liere was a contusion on the side < itje head hut iio other signs of wound: Fatally In.iiircil. I>r. W. K.Terry was fatally inju d by an explosion of gasoline .1 I'rineeton, Ky.. Wednesday. He 1 1 matcli in the Terry and Frayer dru tore, which caused the explosion an iri^iuated a lire that did $100.0( Inmate before it was brought imd( ontrol. Among the losers were fl Jumberlaiid Telephone Exchange an the Postal Telegraph company. Tl pera house, Terry's drug store an two dry goods stores were destroyt also, i ?r. Terry diet! later. TAMPA SHOCK Kit. Mr and Mrs. Chas. Ji. Allen Shot Down in Their Home BY A WEALTHY YOUNG CUBAN WIioho KelatIoiim With tin' Woman IncciiNi'tl /tllen. Slie Kan Into thi; liiuiKL' ofCliavei s Firing. A dispatch from Tampa. Florida, says ?t the home of Charles .I.Allen, on Seventh avenue Tampa Heights, the most fashionable residence section j of this eitv. Allen and his wife were fitallv shut by Manuel Chave/.. j one of the wealthiest, and most nro-! mi del it young nieinliers <*t the (Julian ] colony here. Ailun died this evening .and Mrs. Allen's death is only a qiicsi tIon of time. I Many conflicting accounts of tlic tragedy are current hut the one gen-1 dally believed is that Allen returned home unexpectedly and found Chavez ! in his house, ami thai he assaulted Chavez, striking him a terrific blow in j the mouth. Chavez then drew a pistol and bewail to lire. < )ne bullet st ruck J Allen in the leftside, another in the mouth and the third in the abdomen 1 after passing through the body of Mrs. Allen, who had rushed between the men in an effort to separate them. I The shooting of Mrs. Allen is believed to have been entirely unintentional. ; I mmediately after theshooting Cha- \ vez rushed from the house bareheaded and disappeared in his buggy that , was standing at the back pate, llei subsequently surrendered to the sheriff. An effort was made to pet him released tonight. Ills father's j tirin, one of the larpest manufacturers j of clpars here, offered to put up a j hundred thousand dollar cash bond. i hut as the charge is murder Judge! 1 tobies refused it. Prominent attorneys, including Congressman Spark- j man, have been employed by the de- i fense. Captured in Philadelphia. The governor was again called upon j Wednesday to ask a northern gover-; nor to hold a South Carolina fugitive ' murderer awaiting a requisition. During the morning he received the following: Gov. M. It. McSweenev, Columbia. s r'k'u.1 " V '[i ueorge Moiadden, charged with t murder, arrested by Harry M. Quirk, 1 superintendent police, Philadelphia, f Pa., at my request refuses to return with requisition, denies ids identity, am certain lie is man wanted, police threaten to discharge him, take I necessary steps to have him detained until requisition obtained, and 1 can t | go for him. i Geo. I\ Scarborough, SheritT. I The following was promptly sent i to the chief execut i ve of Pennsylvania: : U Gov. Win. A. Stone, llarrisburg. l'a. - i J'lease instruct Superintendent of j < Police Quirk to hold George McKad-1 i , den. under arrest, charged witlimur-': . der, Uiis State, until requisition pa- ] < . pers from tliis otllce ran reach you. Answer. ^ M. ii. McSweeney. Governor. 1 ^ This reply was sent to the sheritT: Geo. P. Scarborough, Harlington, < S. C. Have asked Gov. Stone to have McFadden held pending requisiton. . M. P. McSwceney, Governor. A >1 ni'iti'i'DUa Plot. A plot to destroy the Adams county infirmary at Iterator, Indiana, and to 1 kill the furtv-four inmates u js dts- , covered on Wednesday. A. W. liullor. ! 1 secretary of flic state lioard charities. ; ' was making an inspection of t he build' injt ami in the room of Charles Kscherman, he found a pile of rubbish which 1 he ordered removed. Ituried beneath the rubbish t>0 pounds of dynamite, two two-pound dynamite boinhs and I 11.*i feet of fuse were found. Kscher- | " man has been an inmate of the iidir- ; mary for more than twelve years and j recently was reprimanded. Since that | time lie has been sulky. When the I II discovery of the dynamite was made * Ksehertnan disappeared and no trace | < of him can lie found. It is known lie " has a dynamite Iminh with him. t s' ScIhm?I Teacher* Murdered. b A dispneth from Manila says an in - vesi cation made by the constabulary d to clear up the facts in the killing of t | a Cel.u coaching party of four sehool 'f teachers, shows that the party was s ambushed 12 miles from Cehu. Two H I teachers were shot and killed at the ! r fir<! vnllof -i Cliiril volw. ?-*?n u ic clw.l " in the hark, ami a fourth who was I- captured, was shot in the chest while j y 1 he was praying for mercy. It is mis- | H j pectud that the fnurtii man was huricd Is I alive, as his wound was slight, and > probably would not have caused his death. Dotfs dut; up two of the bodies and devoured the llcsh. It is believed 1 that sutlicient evidence has been ?f secured to convict all the participants in the crime. Coacli Held t |>. r- Kl Correo I ?e Sonora brings an licit count of a hold-up near Mazatlan, it Mexico, hj three masked men, supik posed to have lreen outlaws. The id rohljcrs secured *1,000, and made tfood 10 their escape wit h t he plunder. Mariano tr (iordillo, tlie driver, was shot dead, te The stage was full but the passengers id were unmolested. A shipment of u* $4,000 to a bank at Mazatlan was the id booty the robbers were after and when 'd they secured this they allowed the stage to proceed. A TELEGRAPHIC ERROR. it ('ntiNetl and How h Man Got Away. As has been stated. J. II. Adams, who was under arrest in Savannah, escaped being brought to this state jrobably through a telegraphic error n sending a name. Tills is probably lie tirst instance of the kind thatever lappened in tliis state or any other. Governor MeSweeney telegraphed lie governor of Georgia to liave tlie heritT of Savannah hold .1. H. Adams int.il lie could send rc<|uisition papers <11 mill. /\II lioiir III IWI) UIHTWiirilS le recei ved a message from Governor Uindlcr that lie had instructed the .heriff to hold "Williams" as request d. Governor McSweeney was nonilussed for the moment, ;|?s lie could lot recall any "Williams" that lie ?.tilled held, lie thought that there night t>e hare possibility that liis elegrain might have said "Williams" atlier than "Adams," but looking >ver his telegraphy copy book he omul that the name "Adams" was here all right, lie immediately elegraphcd Governor Candler that it vas Adams he wanted and not "Wiliains," and soon after he received a eply saying that the sheriff had lieen nstructed to hold Adams, but adding hat Governor MeSweeney's telegram ead "Williams." How "Adams" got changed to 'Williams" is the curious thing coniccted with the case. The Western 'nion olilcers say the telegram went 'Adams" from here, which, if true, aits it up to the Augusta and Atlanta ifflce to show how it was transformed o "Williams" when it got to the later place, it may have been an error auscd from an operator having one lame in iiis mind while he was atempting to send another name. Such . thing frequently happens when one s writing, and telegraph operators .re sometimes, no doubt, similarly ffected. The telegraph people are making an nvestigation how it all happened, but rithout result, so far. As it happend. Gover Candler's message to hold Idams got to Savannah too late, for hat man had been released for the ack of prosecution and was lined #10 or carrying concealed weapons, which ine he paid. Had it not been for tlie clegraphic error in transmission, Ulams would no doubt he under arrest 11 this state, his second wife being a esident of Hampton couuty. Wedlesday he received a letter fr?m tlie ll<<rifT of f'hnMvim rMimtv cf.afinn rram ordering him to hold Adams, the ecorder had released him and he had fseaped. To Kill ChatTee. Prepared to take the law into her lands, Mrs. Annie White, of Verde, \rizona, is on her way to New York, where she expects to have a settlement with General ChatTee when lie arrives from tlie I'hillippincs, says The Tribune's KI Paso. Texas, correspondent, die is tlie widow of a discharged ioldier of the Kigth infantry. On his Jeathhed her husband exacted a pledge that she would prefer charges igainst Ger?<v~G ChatTee for alleged . ruci treatment at Camp McDowell, a post near the San Carlys reservation, Arizona. Mrs. White charges that General ChatTee. then a major, sent soldiers to their home, which was just outside tlie reservation, burned theii house, and drove otT all their cattle. When seen at Kl l'asa. she said: "I am going to New York to meet General ChatTee, and if he does not givi me satisfaction I'll shoot him dead in his tracks. I have preferred charges hut he prevented then from getting licfore congress. I have told Genera Miles aliout it and lie says for me t< wait. 1 have waited long enough. J want a settlement and I am going U have it. I ll have his life or satisfae tory reparation." Funeral Directors. The funeral directors assooiatior which meet in Columbia last Tuesda; adjourned sine die Wednesday. Thi annual election of otlicers resulted :u follows: President .Inn. I'. Floyd. Spartan burg. First N ice President .1. M. Van .Metre, Columbia. Second Vice President W. M Waters. Florence. Secretary (J. M. Tolly, Anderson Treasurer W. 11. 1 hikes, Orange burg. KxecutivcCommittee M.Connel ly, Charleston: (?. >1. Tolly. Anderson .1. F. Mackey tireen ville. The next meeting will be in Aiken probably in August of next year. Messrs. W. W. Moore of Parnwcl .1. F. Mackey of Greenville, .1. M. Con i.elly of Charleston were elected del( gates to the national convention ii Milwaukee, Wis., in < tctober. Mr. Cot nelly is vice president of the Nation: assoeiation. Resolutions of thank were adopted to Major Christian < Richmond for his ahlc papers, and t the local newspapers. .\ I 'rititot'ul Outrage, News has been received of an ou rage commit! ed last Friday by outlav at Morman Itasin, in the Malhet country, in eastern Oregon. Tliei was a settlement known asChinatowi occupied by Chincsse placer miner < hit laws set lire to the houses occupit by the Chincsse. The later gathen their money an rushed out, only to I met by the robbers who knocked the down and relieved them of their trea ure. Twenty-two houses were bun led. Information concerning the atfa ' is meagre and it not known wheth j there were any fatalities. BOAT BLEW UP* Four of the Crew Were Killed of Were Drowned. CAUSE NOT ASCERTAINED. Four of I he Frew Were IMcke<l t'|i in uu liuured Comlltiou. Wuh Ituilt in CharleHton. The lx?iler of the Tun Jacob Kuper blew up Wednesday near St. (Jeorges, Staten Island. Four of the crew were killed or drowned. There wore eight men on the tun and all were blown into the water. Four were rescued. Three are injured badly and one at least is not expected to live. The tun sank almost immediately and later a quantity of wreckage and clothing and the name tmard came ashore with the ebb tide along Staten Island. The owners of the tug are G. I>. Kuper and Druthers. The tug was towing a lighter loaded with cotton from llrooklyn to Staten Island. The Staten Island ferryboat Castleton was near the scene of the explosion when it occurred. Capt. Braisted of the ferrytKKit says the explosion and the sinking of the boat were almost simultaneous. The tug seemed to break in two amidship. The Castleton was at once stopped and l?oats were lowered. Only one man was picked up by the Castleton. His face was horribly burned and scalded. The other rescued men were picked up by a passing tugltoat. One of the men, a deck hand named Hanson, was taken to Smith infirmary and the other to the Marine hospital on Staten Island. Neither was able to give any account of the accident. The lighthouse lx?at Daisy Is at the place where the tug went down grappling for the bodies of the lost. She was built In Charleston in 1885. She was 90 feet long and was of 144 tons gross. She was originally named Kristol but was chartered by the government and the name changed to Cheyenna, then back to Bristol and linally to Jacob Kuper. A GOOD APPOINTMENT. Mr. John S. IloynoltlM Made Supreme ^ To till the vacacy in the office of librarian of the State supreme court, occasioned by the death of Mr. T. S. . Moorman, uie court, nas selected Jir. JohnS. Reynolds, of the Columbia bar, the appointment being thus announced Wednesday morning: State of South Carolina?In the Supreme Court. It is ordered, That John S. Reynolds, Esq., is hereby appointed librarian of the supreme court, to hold during the pleasure of the court. 12th August, 190J. Y. J. Pope, Senior Associate Justice. Eugene R. Gary, Associate Justice. Ira R. Jones, Associate Justice. The appointment is made for an indefinite period. Since reconstruction there have l>een but two meu in the position. In 1878 Mr. Robert A. . Lynch was appointed and served until ; 1889, when Mr. Moorman succeeded , him. The salary is a good one. Mr. Reynolds qualified and took r charge of the ofllco Wednesday. 1 lie has withdrawn from the race for , master in this county, leaving the I contest between Messrs. Ycrner and , Sloan and doing away with the neces. sity of a second race. Mr. Reynolds will also resign his position as United States commissioner here. Mr. Reynolds' many friends were congratulating him Wednesday upon 1 his appointment. He is not only a \ good 'lawyer and a man of culture, ' but is peculiarly fitted for the work 11kil win ijc required 01 nun 111 uie library. The profession regards the appointment with approbation. Mr. Reynolds is f>4 years of age. He was born in Charleston. He was educated at Lite Mt. Zion institute at Winnsboroand the University of South Carolina. He was instructor of belles ' lettres at Kind's Mountain Military school from 1870 to 1875. He was ad. initteil to the bar in 1876. He served in the Confederate army from 1864 to '* May, 1865. He has represented this county in the general assembly?The ' State. A Newspaper I.ie. [' "A Heorgia woman," says the Boston Herald a few days ago. "is look" log forward to the pleasant privilege . i mat lias oeen granted ner or spring1 I ing the death trap that Is to hang the '1 negro slayer of her father. The sheriff says he was looking forward to that pleasure for himself, but being a Southern gentleman, sail, he couldn't refuse to comply with the lady's wishes In the matter." The Macon t- Telegraph nails the vicious story v* promptly and plainly. It says: "This ?r is a bit of lioston rot. The Associated re Press dispatch about tills affair was 11. sent out from this office. The lioston s- paper lies about the woman and the id sheriff." d )C In a Kit ot* Jealouny. m At Lone Elm, 3f> miles east of Port -s- Smith, Ark. Manse lluggins, assls11 tant postmaster, shot and killed his ir wife while in a Jealous rage and then er committed suicide. They leave tlve children.