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R'>~ * f ' /-v i 1 ' '1 V rvx m jAgXjZsCO ; 1 The Ratesfourg; Advocate. ' m * ? VOL II. BATES 15UHO, S. t\, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, B>(>2. NO. 42 MURDERS IMS WIFE. j; t Then Sends Bullet Through His Own ,, I Brain. , I AWFUL TRAGEDY IK AU JUST A. i i t Mnrrieil Only Fourteen ant: i < tin* Voiuik Will' ilntl 1$ ijiiii Suit lor Uivoi'i'.' lire in.?ie ol* Cruel Treat :nrn I. A terrible tr;ij;i"lv \va> eiru'.' ? I N in Augusta. lust S. itiii.ii is lie thought that would brill}; tin- i matter before the hoard of poll -e rum y missioners. Lieut. Collins replied: 1 "1 do not think so. That is a hum- : 1 ly alTair, and 1 don't see why the I l>oard would l-'ke it up." Walker then said he hoped il would ' not that lie did not want to go before 1 the board. He explained to the lieu tenant that his intentions had been to1 ' go ahead with his work and arrange " for the alimony, hut that be regretted 1 exeeediiiKly the publieation. the tiling 1 (if the divorce proceedings by his wife. , 1 The story published Saturday morn- 1 inn referred to by Walker is as 1 follows: "A sensational libel for divorce and 1 petition for alimony tiU<i in thesupe ! rior court yesterday, reads Mrs. Stella S. Walker \s. Charles II. Walker. "Although married hut little o\er a year, Mrs. Walker alleges that her ( husband, an otlieer of the police loree u cruelly and inhumanity heat her re- i pea ted ly and finally deserted her. she 11 alleged that as late as the --Id of this j month he choked her into speechless- | ncss. and. gathering up Ins personal ( effects, left her home, declaring lie! ,| would never return. ;i "The petitioner furthel asks liu i custody of her child, costs o! court, y attorney's fees and temporary alimony \ pending the tinul disp. isit ion oi lb- s case. y "Judge Itrinson has set l> v. > a.s ;t the date for hearing the petition foi i tern p< ira ry a 1 i moi iv. " Title ><MMVnO .1 ..... t . .U .... I a ! >! * W? ? ? * 1 . ? \ 'I I I I /* ? l\ j'ltU I " \ Lween the two policemen sh .rt 1 \ .11- i ter 7 o'clock, ami. as the lieutenant ;i turned to go into his house. W alker n walked olT in the direct i n < >f t he cat i line. i Charlie II. Walker and Miss Stella N S. Speer, a niece of I?r Specr, were t married ahout It mouths ago, and ot this union a hoy was Worn four mouths and three days ago today. When the young couple left the home of his mother, three montiis '' ago, they went to hiard at lit 10 1 It road street, where they have hoard- , ed together since, uulil a da.v oi two ago, when, some ot his friends slate, he left there, though this is not substantiated hy any of 1 he family. Ahout lO.tlO Saturday morning. ' Mrs. Walker, neatly att ired in a black , tailor suit, hoarded the Siuninei ville car. in front of 12 to I:r.>;ir) street, and 1 rode to Chafee avcinic. wlu-re .she h i t the ear, and proceeded to the house where she shortly alter met herdeath. Iter liushand must have known of her presence at his mother's home, ^ for shortly after he came rolling hy t ton his wheel and his wile went to tin ;i Kate and henan a conversation with r him. still wearing her iial. About the Kate issin arbor ot vin s. v and on the left si le of litis >lod Mrs. : Walker, just to I lie side <>t tlie walk ' inside the fenc " Her litish;uid stood " facing Iter on t he out side < t I he fence 1 What was said no one knows, tor there was no one near enough to see or hear what was uoin^ on. Mrs. Walker, however, had been talking ^ with tier liushand hut a few seconds c when her sister started out of the < house toward the tr.ite. .lust a . she t emerged, Mr. Walker diew his re vol- a ver and commenced linnv.'. I'our s siiots lie tired at his wife and then ji putting his revolver to the hack ot s his head ahout two inches behind the a left ear he pulled the trigger mi the t Jast cartridge in the chamber. and li muriiiiij_* \v if i i iiil " : i l:l ? i 11 Walker murdered iiis wife in e l;l blood, and then blew mil his own brains. The eotiple h id mii!;1 been married fourteen muiihs. lie wis thirty-two years old and t he wife oui v nineteen. Last Aujrust one \ear a^n ( the murdered wife, vii ? was before , her marriage. Miss Si eli.i Sneers, rni , away ami marrieo ?iit? nun \\ i > murdered her on Saturday. She come from one of the hest families in An( gusta. On Saturday morning at (he usual t "hour of relief, at the polit e barracks. Charlie Walker assumed his duties with his fellow otlleers. and went mil 1 to his heat known as I he uppcrtcrritory, including that portion of t!ie ' city in which his mother's residence ' is located, and where he and his young ' wife had lived, until about three t months ago, when, on account of some > domestic ditlerenees. tnev left ami ' went to hoard. His lot imate I riend> '' knew tt>at there was umvenncss in the course of his married life, ol re- 1 cent development. hut mine expected ' the serious turn affairs have taken. ' Saturday morning. as he went out o . 1 histieat. he took the same ear with ' Lieutenant Collins, who was going t home, and talked with him oi the ' family troubles he was cxpeiiciioing. When they reached the pate ot tin lieutenant's home, voting Walkcrstopped and talked further. lie asked t'i< lieutenant: "Did you see that pic e in the morning paper?" The lieutenant replied that he had. and Walker asked his simerinr min-iM ve are now enjoying, lor this we coder heartfelt and si ileum tlcuiks to lie ittvrr of (?o<nl: and we seek lo iraise llim not by words only hut by leeds. by the w:ly in which we. do our luty to ourselves and to our fellow lieu. "Now. therefore. 1. Theodore iiosevolt, president of the t'nited atcs. do hereby designate as a day if general fliaiiksuivinu. Thursday, be 27tli of November, and do reooinnend that throughout the land the icople cease from tlieir ordinary occupations and in their several homes >11< 1 places of worship render thanks into Almighty (iod for the manifold i less in us of the past year." I'li.iMi'i.iiih .laitei'. A> a result of the twenty-live inliet menls let urned on Saturday by the trand jury at Indianapolis four physi iaits of prominence have been arrestd eharued with ur.ive robliery. This s only a preliminary as tlie investiuaion still proceeding. The followinu ihysi'-iatis are now under arrest: l>r. osepb ' ' Alexander, demonstrator of nalomy in the Central Colleue ot 'iiysieiiins and Surueons: I ?r. William dolt, demonstrator of the I'hysieoilediealColleue; l>r. Frank M. Wright ccrct.irv and t reasiirer of the Kclectie Iodic,il Colleue. and Dr. .lolin Wilson 'I lil'ilie Ol l UC l fill-Till t OllCJJC Ot 'hy.siciaiis and Surgeons. one of the loutors. a foiini ry prael it ioner, against vlniin an indictineni was found, lias ml yet I teen arrested. The physicians re charged v\ i111 taking. concealing nd buying c nrpse. Tiie arrest of le v tour make twenty-four who are low under hond or in jail charged vith rave rohhery and complicity in he cri me. \V in- I iocketl I n. The wedding of Miss Kva Taylor nd lieoiytt l.aiiison, holh of New hitain. was delayed 11 a 11' an hour I'll II I'm la.\ t hroiiith t lie ahsence ol the irideerooni. His father had absentnindedh locked him in while he was Inssim; and then left to attend the ereinony. I.anison was tinally loeatd after a searching party had scoured lie town. I.amsou is teller in the sew I Sri t tin Savings Hank. The bride s popular in loeal society. Wolves iii Mississippi. Wolves have anain appeared in line nmnhcis in Calhoun county, >liss..and a feeling of inueh uneasiiess exists amonn the farmers, as the nimals have ni'oun very liold in tlieir a vanes on live stock. A few days a farmer captured seven younn irolves while the parents were away mm t heir lair. A report from Yazoo oimty savs that wolves have anain nade their appearance in the Lake ieorne iiei>_'|||, u*|;ocid. the Genuine Xrticlc. Kinannel (trump, a 14-year-old nero Iriy. who had witnessed the reent li.'.nnioir ot Mat his and Lester at ivford. Miss., seemed a plow line and iimn it over .a t hree limb and arranged noose for a mock lianninn of himc|f. lie stood mi a milk jar and laced his head in the noose. In nine manner lie knocked the jar awav ml iiis mock hanninn dc. eloped into he genuine article. When cut down ie was (lead. ? I! backward on the sidewalk. Mrs. A'alkcr huxino dropped down beside he liasc of the arbor. As soon as drs. Walker's si>ter heard the lirst .hot tired, she fell in a faint on the lour oi the porch and remained there intit taken up and carried into the ion.se. I.nut Collins, probably the lust iciMiti. except lbs wile, to whom iValker had talked of his family rouble, arrived on the scene and nude a search of his body. .Inst tinier t be cdtfe of his cap. be found the uiliet lodged on the outside of the .kin. Kx-jept for his licit bidoeaud list a the only tbimr found was a crap oi yellow pap.'i*. torn from a i! b >k itn whieh. in Walker's handvi it in_* were l he words: "At the mercy of Tiberius." THANKSGIVING GAY. I'tnir>d:i,v. No\eioliri II7, .Vaineil jis a I toy ot'C.eio'rai 'l'liuiiksi;ivliiK. I'residi lit Kooscvelt Wednesday ssued Ids proclauiat inn designat inj; 1 .uirsday. Nov. liT. as a day of riianksej\iuo. Toe proclumution is l-? h 111* i w>. Aecnrdinj; lo i.li?? yearly rust nn of ?m people. it falls upon the president it 11 lis season to appoint a day of estiva I and thanks?i ?i ip to (iod. "t )vi-r a rent ury ;i>: t a quarter has lapsed sinee t In o-m t v t <m>K it s place inioiip the nations of tie' earth and luring that t'.tie we iiave ha*l on tievhol mot i he thankful for thin ias fallen I the lot ot any other penile. (loi,'!ati mi after p Deration lias ;ro\\n to manhood and passed a way. Kaeli has hail to 1m ai its peculiar toil lens, each ?o I ire its sptviai cri?i??es. 11 <I eaeli h is I.'town years ?f ^ im .rial, when I he < . unit ry was nun ir d ?y nnliec, d > n .Lie or foreign levy, alien the hand of the Lord was heavy ipon it ii. drought or ll<m>< 1 or pest i nce. when in h idilv distress and anjuish of soul it paid the penally of ollv and a forward heart. " Ni'vert heless. deeade t?y decade, we lave strujuried onward and upward; ,ve now abundantly enjoy inaletial veil hein>r. and under the favor of he M >st iliph we are striving cirlestly to achive moral and spiritual ipliftinir. The year that his just dosed lias lieen one ot peace and iverllowinu plenty. lJarciy luis any leople enjoyed irreat or prosperity t ban THE WORLD'S FAIR. : Col. Averill Tells the People About the Big Show. GREAT CHANCE FOR THE SOUTH. i Particularly In Tliis True av .111- iik South Carolina is ('once uetl. He (iiveN Some Fuels. Col. .1. II. Averill, formerly director general of the Charleston exposition, was in Columbia on Wednesday. Col. Averill is temporarily acting as r?|/wic?i vuiiillll>WIIUI I'U I IIU HI. LUUIh fair to present to the people of South and North Carolina the advantages to accrue to them from representation at the bin show to l>e held in St. j Louis in 1H04. To a representative of The State | Col. Averill gave the follow inn interview and facts preliminary to the ex> position: "It will l?e the largest exposition! ever held in any country, the total ground area being I.ISO acres, the j total funds to date being $20,000,000. "The principal main exhibit buildinns are manufactures, 52.7 x 1.200 feet, j with tower 400 feet in heinht. "Textile, 527x750, cost inn $4<?o.ooo. ' Mines. 525x750, costing $500,000. "Varied industries, "?2.">x 1.200,costing $004,000. "Machinery, 525x1,000, costinn $400,507. "Transportation. ">2.7x1.000, costinn $7,000." "Art palace, 450x830, costinn $1,| ooo.000. "Agriculture, .700x1.000, costing . $800,000. i "Horticulture, 300x1.000, costing : $200,000. forestry. 400x000, costing $2.70,000. | "Live stock, pavilions covering 2.7 | acres and costing $loo,ooo. "The general government will erect < a building at a cost of $4.70,OOO, being I ; $2.70,000 in excess of any amount here- ; I toforc appropriated for any exposition < ( building by congress, and $800,000 < 1 has been appropriated for the govern- < ment exhibit, being eight times in ex- ; i cess of the largest amount heretofore < , made for Chicago or Hulfalo. Tliese i iew iacis intricate m uu ex w< i onv.it inn ! "The management have their com-! i j uiissiouers in every civilized port ion I I j lit the old world, in Mexico, Central !| anil South America, and Hie West i [ indies and have already received as- i I suraiices from a large majority of the ; countries that they will be in evidence : with exhibits and many of them will i ! erect buildings. "As tile exposition is projected to celebrate the purchase of Lite territory west of the Mississippi, as would j' naturally tie expected lite States ' formed from that section will lie large- ' ly represented at the fair, and tlie 1 | legislatures of all them have made 1 large appropriat ions for the erection ' of State buildings and exhibits the : States east of the river will also be in \ evidence, Maine, New York, Massa- ' chusctts. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 1 jotiio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, ' Tennessee, Mississippi, Maryland and ' others having already ,signified their ' intention of being in the picture, and it is a picture wherein the southern J states should hold a prominent place. 1 "They can there show the unprece- 1 j dented progress they have made in the last quarter of a century. They ' can there show to the world thai the 1 south lias enterprise, and that the promises oi the tuture for the southland are practically unbounded, and 1 that it can otfer as fair a tield any section of our vast country for capital. ! and as attractive inducements tor , home seekers. "There are other reasons why the south should he fully represented at ( St. Louis. One should sutllee: The Latin-A'mcriean republics and the West Indies are enjoying mueli the , same prosperity in every line, as the southern States. They are large ex- , porters and importers. Much of this J trade could and should lie handled t through southern commercial centres Those countries will lie represented ^ with their industries and resources. lMlll'l1 t lhM? of t I... o.int I. .o, ..?.i,.i o : . - ...... w? tin oi'Utll r.MIIMH I' III wheretlicir people can see them. have tl?i? southern representatives at St. Louis to tell the visitors from the far ^ south what inducements run be of- ( fered them to trade with the south,1, and much good will lie sure to follow. "As to South Carolina's place in the ; picture, the showing made by the ( | State and continues at the recent ex- y | position in Charleston was a revelation to every visitor, and lias been commented on in most favorable terms by the press of flu entire country, and t lie wiirL- i I,' uicir ||IIV||U> ? brin^in^ forth ^r??<><1 results in many 1 port inns of the State. Shall it stop i with what has been done':' Sumo will say yes: the State cannot alTord to > continue the work of (jiving publicity , > to its industries, resources and possi- ; I>11ities. It can he sai?l In opposition I t(? this sent iment. no surer means of i continuing to huild up the prosperity ; of the Slate than by means of an ex- : position. "They are tin1 timekeepers i of progress." The Slate needs eapi- v tal. increased population and dlversi- t tied industries. If a comprehensive \ exhibit of its Indus! t ies and resources I is made at St. Louis they will not Tail I to attract and brinjf to the State ' what is alone needed to place South t Carolina touch higher in the list oj t southern SUites. in the march of pros- < iwrity." , I / HE WAS TOO QUICK. A I'rcneher llunirerouiily stalls %n Mini at I'uilnculi, liy. Through an unfortunate misunderstanding lie v. (leorm Waverly Jtrijojs, I>. !>., pastor of the Mro^dway Methodist eliurch of l'aducali. j^y , tlie largest eliurch in the Weft Kentucky, Wednesday idtfht stabbed T. J. (birr, proprietor of The Inn, a fashionable hoarding house. The weapon used was a small pocket knife. The blade entered the small of the back, on the left side, intlicliiiit a serious, but not fatal wound. The atfair occurred about 7 o'clock, at tlie Inn, where B' inn*" family is living. Mr. tiarr hud licen skylarking with the minister's little h-y ear-old son. NVaverly, anil lifted the lad from the Hour, intending to swing him upon bis shoulder. The boy's bead struck :i lnooster rail of llu> sluln^iuii l.-wll< hrising his fact'ami cutting the scalp. The lad's screams brought his father. S< bbinpmply the victim of the tnish:it> said Mr. <birr had struck him. Ib-licYing in his excitement that the Ik?v meant Garr had assaulted him. l>r. I iris's put the question: " I>id you hit him?" lie understood Mr. Garr to say that lie had. Garr says lie answered no twice. Fired hv anger, tlie clergyman dealt the boarding house proprietor a hlow. Mr. Garr returned tlie blow. A rap'd exchange of rights and lefts' followed. In the heat of the struggle I'r. Hriggs drew and used his klnTe. ilthough lie lias no recollection of stabbing Mr. Garr. A physician was called ,.nd the injured man's wound was dressed, lie is resting easy at midnight. TlieatTair. which created a sensation, is deeply regretted by both g ritlemen. Subject I'or an Asylum. A dispatch from Ottawa says in-' piiry in otlieial (piarters in regard t<> I lie reports from the west about t he I louklmlmrs elicits t.lie information Lliat there arc a number of them,| prohalily a thousand in ail, alfeeted with the relipious mania. They are going from villape to villape amonp j their own people and it it said t!l.-y ire likely to arranpe to meet in some I central place, probably at Voakton. to decide upon what they ^ are poinp to tlo. The Doukhobors hplievr it to be i sin to liold domestic animals in restraint, and they lv^^^icrcforc turned 1' ir; uponTITe pralri* >-111 md^HP leather shoes or any climbing produced rrom animals and tln> i%d; and women have been yoking tlienlselves to the plow and wagon. A latW- autnber of I lie horses and cattle liava^ieen seized >y i ne government anil sold* at public inoti<>11 Hie ainiixiinil.realized, about 120,000. will be use' 'M take care of Hie fanatics when the winter s.' s in. 1 Itoblicry. The boldest bank robbery of recent rears in Iowa occurred at Prairie i'ity early Tuesday. The robbers iynamilcd the sale of the Iowa State tank and secured an amount upproxi- ' mating 41.000. They exchanged a fusillade of shots with local ollicers md escaped. Night Watehinan l-Irikine discovered four nen approaching the bank at 1 o'clock. < >nc of the iiieu cornered him and kept him jovered with a ri tie for three hours while another broke open the Kink door and worked on the safe. The other two men patrolled the ?treel and by a system <>1' signals .vere able to hold at bay the citizens ivlio were attracted to the scene. I'ive dynamite shots were tired by lie man in the hank before lie suc ecded in getting to the cash box. I'lie sum secured was mostly silver. At 1 o'clock the four men left the aaiik and disappeared. A Mysterious Afl'aii*. A special dispatch to the Hallimorc sun from Parkersburg, \V. \*a.. under late of < >ct. 2ii, gives t he following ?lory of the shooting of a man who s we. known all over South Carolina: 'Lying on his bed. wit 11 the knowledge that he is alMJUt to die. \V. It rooks llarley. the proprietor of the M :ilili:>* t :i n eliili wlm ivmu vl...t i > ?i. uea.st Tuesday inorniiur, bravely lakes upon liimself the blame for the at.il i??t. which lie declared was tired it linn l>> Ids wife. The cause of the .iioolini; is a mystery. Ilarley arrived mine from hiscluhat I a. in. and in 1 few minutes thereafter the police ivere summoned. I'pun their arrival Hurley declared that his wife had hot him. hut afteiward he denied his. and has since stout ly maintained dona witli the other inemhers of the amily. that he shut himself and that I was purely accidental. As there vas no witness outside the family, it vilt never he known unless the family hi-tiM tel', what occurred. Texas fever. \ spi ial dispateli to Tiie State sa,\ s 'ousiderahle uneasiness and anxiety i is been caused at Willlamston withn the last lew days on account of the '.fin ii hi a milliner or line cows from vliat appeared In lie a very inyst(Minis cause ami in order In -live I in- ease i I lioroiiL'li investigation. In*. .1. It. I'nsler. I lie Stales assistant veterinaiau from Clenison was s iminoiiecl. iii<I came down this morning. Aftei i postmorlion examination lie prolouneed the disease "Texas fever." vliieli In- says is incurable-. the lies I einedv neintf to separate all cattle vliieli are infested from the others. Ic says t lie disease is communicated >y what is commonly known as the -t iek," and after a cow comes in conact willi the disease tUrouith This licdhim. and is taken simk. nothing an save her from dentbjj which fol-l ows within a few hours. 1 i I ELECTION FIUI DS. Affidavits arc Presented to the Solici- A tor With Recjuest to Prosecute. SPECIFIC INSTANCES OIVEN. ~ I c< i(I'iti/.ciis i>r Charleston Solici* w lor Ii iI< 1 ? I> !?ii<I to Prosecute < '( frauds in the i'riniury anil Cive ilitii ilif Far Ik. " tl 'i'li ('hark'ston I'osl says the a^ita- '' lion made by tlie press of Charleston s 1 li and by I be yawl eiti/.ens generally for j punishment of lb*' 1 rands marled in n the late Democratic uriinarics lias { li borne I not and lite next term of the | ,l Court of Sessions will bear on its eal- j en it* ras's ag linst some ol the olfcii- \ dels against right and t he purity of w the ballot who were so conspicuous in ai their defiance of public sent intent and J1 all standards of good citizenship in jthe recent political contests. tl Atlidavits. especially setting forth P instances of fraud and making direct '' accusations of persons committing Kl them, have been sent to Solicitor Mil- ,| debrand, enclosed in a letter from prominent eiti/.ens of this city, with- t: out any partisan or personal motive ni but merely in the general interest of N good eili/enship and with a desire to n protect t lie ballot box against future d detileinent. The letter was mailed li Thursday morning and its text is a> b follows: si Charleston. S. <ict. "js, it>02. k 1\ T. Ilildebiand. Kmj., Solicitor, ci first .liuliciul Circuit of South Car- n olina. Orangeburg, c. Sir: The general iinpression of fraudulent practice in the recent Democratic primaries in Charleston county [' is so extensive and the report ol it in tlie newspapers no detailed that a scandal of large proportions has fastened upon the community, which should not go without elTort to re- " move. The press of the city is united " in demanding that prompt and vigor- ! ll ous prosecution be niadeof the charge.- ? in which have been laid and it is stated in the public prints and by 11 numbers j>f reputable citizens tliat i evidence which will convict the preparations of the frauds can be put into your lianas. commu- / niYytihf "a"c?fl-protection of tin- t?ailot in future elections, it is our opinion and earnest wish that prosecutions P should be pressed against all otTendcrs /( and we respectfully call upon you to take tlie matter vigorously in hand and have justice administered. We would suggest that you make a a public call for evidence, as we are as- c' sured that such a request would meet ' with a full response. c' I'. <4?. O'Neill, Ino. It. Adgcr. Win. 11 on r v Parker. dr.. o. Walter Melver. <J .1. II. Tliavcr. " P. II. Hadsden. sl Montague Triest, 'l < >. K. Johnson, F. II. McMaster. Henry A. M. Smith, l'hilip K. Cha/ai. . tj p.. Northrop. p W. II. Welch. Alex W. Marshall, \\ ( lias. F. M iddleton . q Henry Itnist. j, Iii 1 iu 11 A. Parrot. u Walter n. i ireen. ,, .1. <Simmons. j] The atlidavits wliieli were enclosed ^ leave nothing to he done but the arrest VN of the accused and their presentation (| to (lie grand jury. It is expected that j,( Solicitor Ilild-brand will come to q; Charleston at oneo and have warrants ^ issued and that these will he executed ,, immediately and th" cases tie present- t| ed to the grand jury at the coining i s, term of court. The allidavits. it is tj undersh->d. set form all the eirenin- ;ll stances in ea h ease and name the p witnesses who can teslifv to the of- jfences. It is said that the eases are i n absolutely clear and c-iuvinciiip and i,| true hills on them an- almost certain . j to be returned l?y the grand jury. , Solicitor 11 ildchraml has declared that j, ;-.e is prepared to move in the matter! w as siHiti as evidence is placed in his hands, and with the atlidavits liefnre him his course iselearlv marked out. It has lu-en thought hy some people j( that 111?* agitation which was made > h.v the newspapers immediately after .. the recent primaries and the general j demand of citizens for prosecution of - >n the frauds has suhsided and that 1 nothing would lie done in the way of bringing the otl'enders to justice. (|| Some of these olfcnders have even made sport of the whole matter and t! considered it all a good joke on those s| they regard as purists and sii|iersensi- ( five citizens. They are likely to take sj a different view of the situation when sI Solicitor llilderhrand gets after thern and will prohahly not show in the court the impudent trout they pre- ' seut' d at t he polls. ( The names of those accused in the ^ atlidavits were not given out hy the (j eit i/ei is who had seen rod t lie ev idenee, (M it being thought best to leave Soliei- j tor Iiildehrand unhampered hy run u puhlieation which mip.it put the of- ( fenders on their guard or give the in j wanbnp wlflch would perhaps permit of their escape-. It is expected that the lirst. intimation the individual perpetrators of the frauds will have u that they have lieen caught in the ! meshes of the law will lie when the ol constahles present warrants o! arrest M to them and haul them hcforc the h court. And this will prohahly he o within a few days. si A DOUBLE CRIME. Teri-iliie Sitilii Mot tin; (iazi) of Visitor** to a ilaiuli. A special from licarmouth, Mont., ives the followinj? details of the disivery of/the double crime at tlie onn ranch on Willow Creek, which as at first believed to have Ix-en numitted hy the bandit who robbed le Northern I'icilic train last wek: A member of a threshing crew on an IjoiniiiK ranch had occasion to visit ic Conn ranch and when he entered le farm house a terrible si^ht pre?nted itself. < )n the floor, with the rains oo/.inp from ltisliea I. lay.James nil d ad. with a ragged bullet hole non-ili bis temple. Near hnu lay is inotlier, Iier bead crushed in with blunt iustrunieut, presumably the utt of a revolver. At the time of the holdup of the ortheiu l'.ieilic train bloodhounds i ere put upon the trail of the robi>er mi ?;i<- wo^s iiiiiimvvii i' iot several iiles iu tin direction of Willow Creek rritory, but lost the scent. Those [ imiliar with t!ie country decided at ie time of the robbery that in all j lobabiiitv the outlaw would attempt i escape thai way, as the country is j nch as to alTord an excellent oppor-j unity to evade capture, being heavily I inhered. The discovery of the crime was; lade at 4 o'clock iri the afternoon, ml olltcers are now at the scene. | car the stable the threshing men! let a demented woman who had j welt with the Conn family for some! inc. This woman killed her lius- i and about 2o years ago, and it is1 iggesled that she may have ktiow dge of the tragedy. The Scene of: rime is aliout .'to miles from llcarlonth, and details are meaner. I'oftVe /.mie llfNlroyi'll. A dispatch from San Francisco says ie entire cot fee /one of (iuatemala j as been destroyed by flumes audi uoke from the volcano of Santa J laria. Kruptions threaten the deruetiotiof every living tiling within .Midi of the fumes and tire that pour roin the burning mountain, according a catile to Castle ltros.. in parter.s f that city. received from their coffee Imitation in Guatemala. Only icagre details are given. "Last Monday," .said Louis liirsch, f Castle ltros.. "I wired to our repL'.sent itive there, asking for news of he eruption of Santa Maria, and last 'huVaday night. I received in reply his cablegram: 'It is true. Knormous losses: robable volcanic eruption. ColTee jnc destroyed. ?)ur lives arc in duller. Further reports will follow.' "The coffee districts referred to," lid Mr. Iiirscli, "are the Costa Cusa nd Costa lira tide. They are the ti list plantations in the country. If lie coffee fiistriet is destroyed as the seems to indicate, one-third of lie crop is most likely involved. "That volcano of Santa Maria is mated liotween Iletallnilen and iivm11 t illing) >. i no i?iw lis mi I lie eifrhborhood lu l?o most likely deLroyed are San Felipe, Maxatenango nd (4Mie/.altenaiikr"- The volcano has eon quiet for years. Says Will l>ie Out. A sensation was created at Muscaine, Iowa, by Uov. .1. L. Murphy, of lie Knirlish Lutheran Church, who iid in a lecture on the race problem liat the study of the sociological conition ! the Negro today proves that < is deteriorating in tiiis country, ill Into lapse into barbarism and lially become extinct. Ile points out tat before the war the Negro was ustworlhy and the honor of any (Miian in tin South was sale without ie proteetiou of white men. Today, owever. a while woman scarcely arcs venture forth alone. Mr. Moray say.s that not only is the black inn becoming degraded morally hi ic South, nut also physically. I'liycians testify that he is more suscepble to disease than a few years afro, mi especially in pulmonary troubles, neumoiiia is almost always fatal, lie position taken h\ Mr. Murphy is ml in time the progressive class of lacks will tire of the conditions in lis country and return to their form African home to teach their fellowlacks while those left in tins country ill then rapidly become extinct. Mrs. Nation in < olumliia. The >tatc says Mrs. Nation arrived i ('olumliia on Thursday afternoon, lie created quite a stir in Col. Holloay's ottice about .'t:du o'clock when ic was introduced to the fair officials id to a number of other people. She ilkcd fast and" interestingly for while and scented to tie thoroughly iisincss-like. When iut rod need to a prcsentatlve of The State she no* ced a riirn ml I ? in lii< linml ,,,<1 .,c it? stopped hack slit' raised her hands, ied "oil. horrors!" and instantly ipped the cigarette from his hand, ampin^ on it as it fell. She ex- . laincd that she did not propose to How any one to commit. suicide right nder her very eyes. Mrs. Nation is woman of more than middle age, out and not uncomely. She has a ishiny,' eye and is foil of vigor and riergy. After a hrief chat with those i t'til. Ilollowav's oilier she found out here the place for her lecture was, ok her two valises and left to keep er engagement by the lirsl ear. I >1 IJJS VM II CIIN. Some man whose mind runs on ligr. s. lias found that it costs as much keep a dog as sixty liens, ivpahlc f laying six hundred dozen eggs, len will continue, however, to pre r the dog until t he superior ability I the hens to set birds is demonrated. A HAD FAILURE. i The Atlantic Coast Lumber Company in Hands of Receivers. UNABLE TO PAY ITS INTEREST. The Action Wun ItrouKlii by It* Truk!? ? ?, ilic Colonial Trust Company, of \cw York, to be IteorKitnlzetl. !n the United States Circuit Court in Now York City on Wednesday Freeman Farr and Fdward J. Ilathorne were appointed temporary receivers of the property of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Company, within the Sou 11 tern department of New York. The same temporary receivers were appointed previously by the United States district court for the Eastern district of Virginia. Mr. Farrwastlie former president of the company. The appointment of the receivers was due to an action brought against the company by its trustees, the Colonial Trust company of New York, the lumber company being unable to meet the interest payments due the trust company. A statement issued Wednesday by those interested in the two lumber companies says the various receivers were appointed in connection with the reorganization and contero- * " V plated consolidation of the principal lumber companies owning and handling what is known as North Carolina pine. The statement claims that even in the case of liquidation the as sets of the two companies will be in excess of all liabilities. Plans arc already in process of formation for the reorganization of the company and the consolidation of the Southern Pine Lumber interests. Waterman A. Taft, Edward J. llathorne and Pen L. Falrchield were appoint* ed in the Supreme Court Wednesday temporary receivers i f the Export Lumber Company on the application or the majority of the company's directors asking for a voluntary dissolution of the corporation. The petition says that thesum of $50,000 liabilities due and about to mature cannot be * met. The total liabilities amount to $2,l ::."iS.f>.'J8 and nominal assets $3,598,W40. The company was incorporated in l *78 and has a capital stock of half a million dollars. The property to come into tlic hands of the receivers in this State will not exceed that amount. The principal styckholders are Chas. K. Flint, Alsden Swan and John 1). Carbcrry. The company lias branches at lioston. Georgetown, S. C., and in Canada. TABLE CLIMBS WALLS. Two Charleston Young I,allies Makes ! 'urnit nre Cut l^ueer Capers. i iiu v iiiirmsbuu nisi says mere are curious manifestations of spiritualism at night at a house on l^ueen street in that city through the medium of two young ladies who are sisters, both claiming to be spiritualists. The young ladies arc having bushels of fun, but their parents and friends arc much disturbed. About two weeks ago the young ladies in question discovcrd their pov.er as spiritualists and ever since then there have been nightly seances in their 100m after they retire at night. The manifestation are kept up nightly from about 10o'clock until 1 p. tn. One night a little more than two weeks ago after the young ladies had retired for t lie night curious sounds were heard in the room, tappings at the head of the bed and strange sounds of scraping on the tloor. The young ladies were alarmed, but they managed to pass through the night without alarming their parents. The next morning at the breakfast table the happenings were related and the members of tin family laughed over the matter, telling the young ladies that they were only dreaming. The following night, however, after the ladies had gone to Ijed, the tapping on tiie l>ed and the scrapings on the lloor were heard. A shoe belong in^r 10 one or the ladies was seen to ily across the room as though tt was Itossessed of win^s. The basin on the washboard left its place, settled on the Moor, and finally turned itself upside down. The occupants of the room were more alarmed than ever before and they hastily called in their parents to witness the strange happenings. When t lie parents of the young ladies saw what was really taking place they l>ecamc much disturbed, for they were at a loss to explain it. The manifestations were, indeed, queer and there was little sleep In the household that night. The next day the matter was mentioned to some friends and they told the young ladies that they were spiritualists, which explanation was accepted and now the ladies are having lots of fun. Several times they have invited their friends to witness the capers that are cut in their room at night after they have retired. The parents of the young women are very much alarmed over the matter, as they do not believe in spiritualism. It is said that the spirits will obey any command of the ladies. Several nights ago a table was made to climb the wall of their room.