The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, August 10, 1905, Image 1
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VOL. II. NO. 28. CAMDEN. S. C? THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1905. S1.60 Per Year
LUKE HAMMOND,
THE MISER.
By Prof? Win. Hairy
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CHAPTER XIV.
Continued.
He extended bis hand as If to touch
her wrist. She raised It quickly
?with an expression of disgust, and a
knife gleamed in her sleeve.
Hammond started back. He glanced
toward the dishes on the little tabl^
and saw that Kate bad secreted ths
knife brought for use.
"I ordered you, old fool." said h?
to Fan. "not to bring knives to ths ]
prisoners! I said carve the meat be
fore you take It to them. And now
?he lifts a knife."
"I forgot?my head Is all a-pleees,"
?aid Fan, shaking her head sadly. "I
mm of no use to anybody any more?
frou see I can't think of anything
but "
"Silencer* roared Luke, stamping
bis heavy heel fiercely.
Old Fan drew herself closer together,
and closed moutb and eyes In a spasm
of fear. Fear of the thing in the well
fear of the man that put It there.
"Miss Elgin." said he. "you have not
tasted food. Why?"
"The wretch that dares to Imprison
me would not hesitate to poison me,"
said Kate.
"You have secreted a knife. I see
It in your sleeve," said Hammond.
??Why Is that?"
' "To defend myself."
"Defend yourself! You dread vio
lence?"
"Everything dreadful and barbarous
from you," replied Kate.
"You ore still untamed, Miss Elgin.
You will eat ere long. I have known
starving men eat rank poison, rather
than endure the pangs of hunger. But
do not fear poison from me. Your life
Is as valuable to me as my own. Youi
heart is strong, your will that of a
heroine. I might torture you If 1
?wished. What hinders me? But td
bend such natures as yours we musf
assail the soul. There Is one thought
that sustains your courage. You thinlj
James Greene will seek for you.**
"I know he will," cried Kate, proud*
ly. as she thought of him she loved.
"Catharine Elgin," said Hammond,
taking a seat near her, "I am goin^
to knock away one of the props of you#
courage."
"Strike them nil to the earth," said
Kate, "and yet one will remain that
Luke Hammond and all his assistant
demons cannot strike down?the God
of heaven."
"The days of miracles have fled for
ever," said Hammond, coldly. "I feai
mortal foes alone. I am here to tell
you that .Tames Greene has been here
tonight."
"Yes," sulci Kntc, "he caiue, you lied
to lilin, and he was deceived. But be
will come again and again. You can
not deceive hi in forever."
"He shall be deceived no more," said
Hammond, gravely. "Fan!"
The old creature looked up.
"It would do you good to tell what
you saw to Homebody who did not,
wouldn't It. Fan?" asked Hammond.
"You told me if I told, you would
kill me," said Fan. "But I would
rather tell it thau handle a piece of
new-coined gold. Ah! It lies so heavy
right here?on my heart?so heavy and
tiot?hot as my Irons get when I leave
them in the tire?heavy and hot?cold
as Ice, too?It's dreadful! dreadful!"
Fan shivered, aud drew herself close
again.
"You may tell it to Miss Elgin. But
?peak no names."
"Names!" said Fan. "Names are
dangerous things. I know a name I've
kept safe?safe as miser's gold these
thirty years."
Sho forgot she hod uttered it td
Kate Elgin the night before.
Hammond and Nancy Ilarker ex?
changed n startlod glance as Fan said
"thirty years," and poor Kate, expect' I
Ing a tale of horror, scarcely dared td
breathe. i
"What Is that name, Fan? I will
give you n dollar for every letter In
It," said Nancy.
"Not a cent?not a cent!" exclaimed
Luke. And then to Nancy: "Silence]
Dhl I not say the thing should remain
unsearclied? Better ignorance than
agony?to her, to us?perhaps. Comet
Fan, tell Miss Elgin what you saw."
But the mind of the old woman was
dwelling upon Nancy's offer.
*'A dollar for every letter of that
name!" she said drearily. "A dollar!
A diamond for every letter of that
name woulid not tempt me to speak It
*Twas a good name once?written In
diamonds, It wasn't any brighter to
me, nor among men, than In plain,
honest Ink, Mrs. Ilarker. A dozen
dollars and a dozen diamonds a dozen
{times ovet could not buy my tongue
to speak It, and know I said It." '
M "A dozen," thought Nancy, count
ing in her mind, and shunning tho
flsree glance of Luke. "Sho dwells on
}tho number without knowing It. Thero
were twelve letters In my father's
Same. I must not think of it. I shall
Iscovcr something dreadful."
"Oome, Fan," said Hammond, "eas*?
your mind, and tell Miss Elgin what;
you saw."
% "Ar'n't you afraid to hats U toldj
X<uke Hammond?" said Fan, rolllni
her bloodshot ejes fearfully.
"I command you to tell her."
"I will," said Fan. "It will do mi
good."
"No names. Fan."
"Oh, no?names are dangerous, 01
sacred things," replied Fan. "I win
tell you, young lady. An old and
wicked woman?not so old by a thou
| sand years as she was wicked. Miss-1
I led a young and handsome man?1
wonder If he ever robbed his pari
I ents "
"Go on! and no wonder about It!"
thundered Hammond, while Nancj
grew pale and dlzsy.
"Yes," said Fan, "the old and wicket)
woman led the young and handsome
man Into an old store-room?dark, chll
(y place?my flesh creeps to think of It
And the old woman knew there was s
man, a desperate man, watching he!
to shoot her If she paused. Then th<
old womsn left him In the store-room'
?left the young man?left him stand
ing on a trap-door, right over a deep
dark pit. Augh! so deep and dark."
She shuddered, and Kate Elgin's fact
grew terrible In Its ghastly attention
Kate's eyes were fixed upon Fan's livid
face, but her body was slowly lean
lug more and more towards Hammond,
who expected to see her swoon and
fall every Instant.
Fan continued:
"The old woman left the young man
there and fled. Suddenly It grew a*
light as day, and looking back, the
old womsn saw the desperate man she
knew had followed In the dark. He
bad a pistol In one hand, a rope In the
other. He said something?the old
woman did not know?she was all fear
?he pulled the rope, the trap-door fell,
the youug man vanished?he Is In the
j well now!"
"His name?bis name!" gasped Kate,
her eyes wide open, her lips all white.
"Was James Greene!" said Ham
mond, opening his arms to receive her
If she should swoon.
Like a tigress from her lsir, like an
arrow from a bow-string, Kate Elgin
darted in between Hammond's arms,
and shrieking:
"Die, assassin! die, Satan! if death is
In you!" and plunged the secreted
knife twice into bis breast with all her
strength.
Hammond staggered back, clear to
then wall, and his own dagger was in
his hand in an instant.
Kate Elgin glanced at the knife in
her hand. The miserable blade, a mere
table-knife, blunt and weak, was bent
aa If of lead, and save Hammond's
sudden fright and surprise, he was un
hurt.
"O, Heaven!" groaned Kate, dashing
the useless, faithless knife away, "does
thy justice, thy mercy sleep! Oh,
James! James, my lover, my darling!
James! dead! murdered!"
She clasped her hands in agony, and
fell lifeless Into Nancy Harker's arms.
"Place her on the bed," said Luke.
"She has fainted?nothing more. Fan,
there's a gold dollar for your story.
You told It well. Nancy, when she
?hall have recovered, use your influence
to bend her to my will. We have no
time to lose. My purpose accom
plished, we will fly to South America.
This news of James Greene will weak
en her greatly. She would not have
believed It true If I had told It; but
as old Fan related It, Kate Elgin can
not doubt. If you want anything, let
Fan get it. I am going to the crimson
chamber."
He departed, exulting in his villainy,
and old Fan muttered, as she secured
the coin he had tossed:
"A brave man! A dreadful man!
My son must have grown up just like
him! Luke Hammond and Naney
llarker! Two gay imps?gay imps? j
they ought to be brother and sister, i
yes, and begun by robbing their par- j
cuts. But I feel better?better now i
after that easing of my mind." j
Unfortunate Kate recovered soon,
and found some sad relief In a tor
rent of tears, a tempest of sobs, a
whirlwind of woe.
And then, weeping, she fell asleep,
with Nancy Harker glaring hat* and
trjumph by the bedside.
Old Fan, not wanted there, crept
away to hido her "yellow birdie," and
silence reigned In the white and gold
chamber at midnight.
CHAPTER XV.
JAMF.S GRKF-NK DROINS TO WORK.
Leaving Hammond on his way to the
Jcrlmson chamber, let us look after tho
welfare of James Greene, whom wo
)eft bruised, stunned, but not dead,
hanging by his clothing to a broken
Iron rod ten feet belo^ the brink of
the well beneath the old store-room.
When James Greene recovered hie
consciousness, be opened his eyes to
find himself In total darkness, and
breathing an atmosphore that almost
luifTocated him. Feeling too weak at
flrst to move a muscle, he waited to
reflcct upon his dreadful situation be
fore attempting to stir.
From his posture he knew he was
luspended by his clothing; but how, or
where he was, be had no conception.
Grow ln< stronger and stronger. uA
feeling the blood gat be ring la bis neck
and bead, until tbe pain was terrible, j
be ventured to stretch forth bis hands.
His left found nothing, bnt bis right
touched cold snd slimy atone. Sweep*
ing bla hand as far.around sa possible,
be suddenly paused, snd said:
? "Heavens! *1 am In a well! I feel
the curving of the atones. I must hare
fallen here when the trap was aprung
bj Hammond."
Reaching up with Immense difficulty,
for be hung face downward, he at
laat sucecded in grasping the Iron bar
above.
"I have lodged In falling," said he.
"My head la bruised and bleeding. It
must have struck the edge of the floor
aa it fell. But for the strength of
Hammond'a overcoat, I were now
dead. I must get out" (
He heard a great noise above him,
as he swung himself up, so aa to sup
port bla body by swinging upright,
with the Iron bar under bla right arm.
"Hammond la not aatlsfied," aald he.
"He comes to make aure of bla mur
der." And though brave and noble aa
man could be, Jamea Greene felt an
Icy borror gripping at bla heart.
"He la nailing faat tbe trap!" he
said. "I am to be entombed alive In
thla horrible grave."
'Twaa not Luke, but old Fan nailing
and aecurlng the trapdoor. Tbe nolae
at length ceaaed, and James Greene
thought:
"By tbs sound I judge thst I sm not
many feet below the trap-door. There
muat be some amall interval between
tbe door and the edge of the walL
The area of the door, as well aa I
can remember It when It fell, muat be
at last four feet square."
He swung bla feet out boldly, and be
touched tbe other aide of the welL
"Good." aald he, quick and true In
measuring. "The well Is less than five
feet In diameter. The trap-door must
have swung downward to its full
length?say four feet at least. There
fore there must be a space of four
feet at lea8t between the level of the
floor and tbe mouth of the well, for
otherwise the door would have atruck
the combing of the well, and so shot
me aside; whereas, from the sound I
have juat heard, the door la right over
my head. Aa near as I can judge from
that hammering, I am only ten or
twelve feet from tbe level of the trap.
Take the swing of the door from that,
and I am six or eight feet only from
the edge of the well! I must try to
stand up!"
This cost him much time and labor,
for the well wall was slimy and
smooth. At length he found an iron
bar, or spike, a few Inches long, stick
ing out of tbe stones immediately at
his left. This was once a part of tbs
Huuie bar he was swinging on.
James Greene we know was a car
penter, and as a general rule carpen
ters can climb like cats. Give a spry
carpenter three strong nails and a ham
mer, und be can go anywhere.
Greene was bold and active, and In
spite of his slippery footing he final
ly stood erect, but with one foot on tbe
first bar that had saved him, atod the
other on the last found iron fragment,
lie was clear six feet in stature; but as
be now stood, his feet wide apart, and
bracing bis body with his outstretched
bands against tbe wall line, a line
drawn from his toe to the level of bis
head would not have measured four
feet.
"I must try to stand on one foot,"
id 1(1 ho, "If but for a seeond."
At an imminent rink of falling to the
bottom of tbo well?and of its depth he
Imd no idea?he arose on one foot,
nnd at the same time threw his arm |
upward to its full length.
To his great joy the tlrst joints of
iiis lingers clung to the brink of tho
well.
"Will It bear my weight?" waR his
next thought. "1 have hold enough to
lift me until my left hand ean take a
(lrmer grasp. But the stone seems
crumbling, or 'tis mortar under my
linger tips." j
lie paused awhile in great doubt; tho
peril was terrific. If the stone should
crumble his fall would be certain.
Something splashed In the slimy ooze
far below him. He listened. Another
splash, and a squeak.
"Hats!" said he. "They have dis
covered my presence, and will doubt
less attack me. I must trust In God
and act."
And commending his soul to his Cre
ator, lie swung his body out from th?
well and threw up his left arm.
The stone did not crumble; It was
firm In Its place. Drawing himself up
as high as his breast, then throwing up
his knee and gaining additional brace,
he was soon seated upon the brink
of the horrible grave from which ha
had escnped.
"Thank Heaven," lie murmured, itf
he took breath after his labor. "So
, far I am safe."
Feeling about, he found a large stone
lying loose. This he dashed In the
well, and the splash of Its fall routed
the squadron of ferocious rats begin
ning to movo upward for assault.
"And now to explore; for my work
Is but begun," said he, groping about
with extreme caution.
After about ten minutes spent In this
manner, he paused and reflected
"I am In a square prison?fifteen feet
from wall to wall. Tho well Is In th?
centre, and the floor of tho trap about
flvo feet from the ground. 1 am here,
walled up as It were. Ah, Katy, If yo^
knew your love's situation, how yom
dear heart would bleed! To what bor.
rors are you exposed In the power ol
that outrageous villain, Luko Ham
monds"
To bo continued.
? It's better to be a Ilvo man In tt de*<
town, than a dead man In a live towft
?New York New* ^ ~
E. P. HOWELL DEAD
Popilarud Usefil Georgian Passes
From Labor to Keward
4 LEADER OF S9UTBEIN PROGRESS
One of the Meek Potent Factors in
TJp-Bnildinf Georgia and Its Pres
ent Capital After the Civil War
Dies of Carbuncle Complicated With
Diabetes at the Age of 66?Confed
erate Soldier, Lawyer, Publisher of
the Atlanta Constitution, Director
in Every New Railroad Built Into
the City, Fosterer of Expositions,
and Recently Mayor of Atlanta.
Atlanta. Ga., Special.?Capt. Evan P.
Howell, long prominently Identiflfled
with Southern journalism, died at noon
Sunday, after an lllnesa of three weeks, I
brought In by a carbuncle complicat
ed with diabetes.
Captain Powell was born December
10, 1839 in, Milton county, Ga. He was
a gallant Confederate soldier, entering
the service as a member of the Flrftt
Georgia. Regiment, later commanding
Howell's Battery of Artillery dnring
practically the whole of the war.
After the surrender he settled in At
lanta. taking up the practice of the
law. He was one of the most potent
factors in rebuilding this city and in
the development of the State from the
devastation of the war. As a young
lawyer he served as -Solit itor General
during the stormy days of the recon
struction period. when to his
services was largely due to sup
pression of the lawlessness then
so rife. In 1876 he bought the
Atlanta Constitution with Henry W. ,
Grady and William A. Hemphill. He
retained control of this newspaper un
til 1897, when he retired, and since then i
has not been in active business.
Captain Howell has been prominently
identified with the Democratic party
ever since the war, naving been del- )
egate-at-large from this State to sev
eral of the national convention and a
prominent figure in each. He served as
member of both branches of the State
Legislature some years ago. but held
no other political office save that of
mayor of Atlanta, for which he was
nominated during his absence from the
community. His term of service to this
office ended last year.
He has been prominently identified
with every movement for the develop
ment'of this city.and section, notably
with the firat Cotton* Exposition in
1882, which opened the eyes of the
country to the South's industrial pro
gress and with all the later exposi
tions. He has been a director in every
new railroad built into Atlanta since
the war. He was a member of the
commission which built Geogia's new
capitol and which performed the feat
of completing its works within the orig
inal appropriation and turning back
into the Treasury a surplus. Captain
Howell was tendered a place In the
diplomatic service by President Cleve
land, but declined it. He served by
appointment of President McKinley
upon the commission to investigate the
conduct of the war with Spam. His
wife, who was Miss Julia Erwin. and
seven children survive him, among
them Et'ltor Clark Howell.
Run Down After Shooting Six.
Little Rock. Ark, Special.?A special
to The Gazette, from Lewlsvllle, Ark.,
says:
After killing two persons, seriously
and probably fatally shooting two
others, one a woman, and less seriously
shooting two more, Ike Kinney, a des
perate negro, was killed In a river bot
tom at Doelln, six miles south of I^ew
isvllle, at noon Friday, after a hot fight
with a posse of citizens that had sur
rounded him. Ills bloody record for
24 hours is: August 2 (morning), killed
a negro at Stamps; August 2 (after
noon), killed E. R. Ferguson, claim
agent of the Louisiana & Arkansas
Railroad, a member of a posse, three
miles from Stamps; August 3 (3 a. m.)
seriously shot Mrs. Stewart, of Greens
burg, Texas, and her husband; August
?. (noon); shot Alvln Harham through
the neck, and shot a finger off one of
C. F. Nash's hand*.
Telegraphers * Strike
St. Paul, Minn., Special.?At tho end
of the fourth day of the telegraphers*
strike on the Great Northern and the
Northern paciflflc Railroads, officers of
both railroads declare that the rtrlko
is ail but a closed Incident, and that
more than 80 per cent, of the stations
on tho Northern Pacific and 70 per cent,
on the Great Northern are now sup
plied with agents. Officers of the Te
legraphers' Union assert that the strike
has not fairly begun.
Electrocuted in Chester.
Chester, 8. C., Special.?Jno. M.
Weir, a flremhn on tho ISouthern
Railway, was Instantly killed by an
electrical current received from a
wire rope, used for lowering and rais
ing tho arc light, attached to a post at.
tho corncr of Valley and Gadsden
streets, Saturday night about 9:00
o'clock. Weir and a number of
friends had been discussing the death
of Rradshaw In Charlotte, and ho
wont out to tho post and had a simi
lar experience. The accident occur
red shortly after a big rain and tho
post was highly charged with elec
tricity. Weir wan about 21 years of
ago and was unmarried.
No Trains in or Out of Shreveport.
Shreveport, I*a.. Special.?Shreveport
Is effectually bottled up. Word was
received at tho local offices of tho
Vlcksburg. Shreveport & Pacific. Hall
road, tho only road remaining open,
that tho two remaining trains on that
lino had been cancelled from tonight.
This loaves this city without eit?hr
passenger or freight communication
with tho outside world. No mall Is
being received and none ?ent out.
DISCUSSES DISPENSARY AT LENGTH
Tillman Hade Vo Direct Charges
Against the Administration But
Puts the Responsibility on Investi
gating Committee.
Edgefield, Special.?Senator Tillman
spoke here Saturday to a large crowd,
discussing the question of dispensary
or Prohibition for more than two
hours. Tho length of the speech pre
cludes our giving it in full, but the
leading points are covered in the fol
lowing report:
TILLMAN'S SPEECH.
Mr. Chairman. Ladles and Fellow
Citizens: It is six years since 1 have
had the pleasure of addressing a pub
lic meeting in this my home county.
On that occasion the Issue was the
same one which we have today.
The people have passed on this ques
tion five or six times and settled it
by overwhelming majorities. That year
the aggregate vote for the two candi
dates who were running as dispensary
candidates was 28.000 more than the
prohibition candidate got, but there
are some people in South Carolina who
have never been willing to submit to
the rule of the majority. They think
they know more, that they are better
than the masses of the people, that
they have the right to dictate to them
what they shall do. So here we have
again this same old bone of contention
brought forward for politicians tu
gnaw on.
"THE PRICE OF SILENCE."
I am here today to discuss this ques
tion. Some have said it was Improper
and out of place for a United States
senator to meddle with local affairs.
These men have felt aggrieved because
I will not consent to shut my mouth,
and close my eyeB to the condition In
which I am as much interested as you
are, and they havo demanded of me
the price of silence. I ain't built that
way. Thank God I ain't built that way.
(Laughter and applause.) When 1 get
to cowardly to stand up in your midst
or anywhere else and speak the truth
as I see It and understand it then 1
will have become -too cowardly and
worthless to represent you any
where.
I know I shall make enemies. I
know many of my best friends are to
day lined up in antagonism to the
liquor system which I devised. Be
cause they have changed am I to sur
render my conviction? I again say I
ain't built that way. The office of Uni
ted States senator Is a high and noble
one, but the office is not worth tho
price which some men demand of
me.
Therefore I am here in asnwer to
your invitation to teil you what I
think, not to dictate? I know you aro
not built that way. you do your own
thinking, and not as I eay. What is
tho Issue? How shall we sell liquor
or whether we shall sell It at all? That
is the whole proposition stated in a
brief sentence.
There are three systems that have
obtained in the State, not in the State
as a whole, but in parts of the State:
one is the license system, the ohl bar
room system, the second is the dis
pensary system under which we are
now working, and the third is prohi
oitlon. The ingenuity of man never
devised any more than those three
systems for the liquor control. Which
one of those is the best? You have
hoard eloquent and strong arguments,
facts and figures as they were pre
sentel in favor of prohibition.
I confess to you a3 between prohi
bition and the barrooms, saloons or
tioniFts. ? But will prohibition prohibit?
tionists. Hut will prohibition prohibt?
I say no. These other genotlemen
say yes. loot's give the facts.
Here Senator Tillman gave statis
tics from Maine and Kansas to show
that more spirits are sold and drunk
and more arrests are made for drunk
enness In prohibition territory than
In South Carolina, In proportion to
prohibition..
My objection to prohibition is. wo
are not yet angois, more the pity; I
do not see any wings sprouting on any
body's shoulders; we aro sinful .iu
man beings, made by God Almighty in
His wisdom with shortcomings and
the weakness of man; we have our
appetites, and it is in the nature of
the beast to gratify that, appetite for
stimulants, nnd if he cannot get It
lawfully he Is going to get it some
? 'her way. There has always l*;on and
always will be a demand for liquor
as ft beverage, simply because man
likos the tasto and Its effect, not be
as a beverage, simply be
cause man like tho taste and
its effect, not because he
needs It as a medicine, but simply for
his stomach's sake as Paul said to
Timothy, and somebody will always
be ready to supply It for tho money.
That being the case, 1 have tried to
deal with this question as a true man
and from a common-sense standpoint,
to treat men as I find them and not as
I would have them to be, but to try
ai. teach them to minimize and re
duce the evil of whiskey drinking. I
have not Indulged In liquor myself,
but I have seen It, some of my family
have suffered from a, I have seen Its
misery, the misery it causes; I have
seen too much not to know that If wo
could destroy the formula of alcohol
either from fermentation or anything
else It would Injure tho medical pro
fession In their business, dcprlvo men
of their valuable stimulants In certain
diseases, but tho sum of human misery
would l>e reduced. But the best thing
In my Judgment as a practical man is
to treat men as they are and try to
teach them to restrain their appetites
as far as practical and minimize the
evil of liquor drinking, you havo heard
ft good deal about blood money.
Sometimes 1 go awfully sick In the
Senate wh^n I hear a fellow get up
and twaddle about what he knows
I nothing of; when 1 hear preachers
talking about the drinking of whiskey
being blood money, 1 look back to
I the history of the world, I find that no
I man, no preacher, priest or states
! man ever dreamed of attempting to
j prohibit the use of liquor until about
75 or 100 years ago. have not under
took until the last 80 years to say
that man should not drink or that it
was a sin. 1 do not heBitate to say I
can find in the Bible a dozen or two
dozen texts recognizing the use of
liquor to where you can find one which
discourages it or denounces it. Where
does the sin come in.'
i'he s.n does not rest upon the Bible
authority, it rests upon the preacher's
authority, and 1 object to any preach
er changing the Scripture to suit his
fanaticism and to make me swallow
his religion. (Laughter and cheers.)
You cannot show me in the Scriptures
except in one or two isolated cases
where the use of wine is denounced as
a sin, and I can show you a dozen
passages where it is spoken of other
wise. When a man talks to me about
blood money I put him down as au
abominable ass. I do not intend any
thing personal. I cannot see any pos
sible excuse for any one to make such
charge.
Some say you are going to vote the
abominable dispensary out and sub
stitute blessed prohibition. I don't
care if you do, and sometimes I rather
wish you would so you can get a dose
of the physic for twelve months.
Now. we come to high license; this
combination which we are facing to
day. the high liccnsc people, the pro
hibition people and the blind tigers,
the same we have been fighting since
1893. These people who are advocat
ing high license. The State, of Colum
bia. the News and Courier and some
other papers, and some of our fellow
citizens, they are not tn favor of pro
hibition; they tell you so; they say.
let's kill the dispensary, then you will
have prohibition, and then what?high
license. The preachers are going one
road, the prohibitionists are going an
other rt>ad and the blind tigers are
traveling a third road; they are all
alert to kill the dispensary, and when
they kill it and it is gone, poor thing;
then what? There will bo a fight
among the people to say whether it
shall be high license or prohibition,
and what will the dispensaryltes do
then? If we are so far and few be
tween that there will be no hope of
restoring the dispensary, I am going
to line up with my friend Talbert and
shout for prohibition. I will never
consent l>y my vote and influence to
aid in the re-establlshment of saloons
in any# county in South Carolina.
Here' followed a little spat between
Mr. Talbert and the Senator, which,
however, was soon quieted, and Till
man continued. The substance of his
closing remarks was for a thorough
purging of the dispensary system and
tor giving it another fair trial.
Ttain Kills Three.
Huntington. W. Va.. Special.?The
Guyandotte Valley passenger train Fri
day had an unlucky run from I^ogan,
killing throe men and injuring anoth
er. Frank Adams was struck and
killed by the train shortly after it le?*
Ixjgnn. Adams' rompanlon was sexi
or.tdy injured. John Ashen, an old man,
was killed as the train reached Ilar
1-cursvMle. He stood on the track In
front of the train, thinking It ran on
'MM th'r track. While the locomotive
was to the round house in Hun
?'tv.'tMj. (Jcorse Zirkle was struck and
'..ilKd.
Poisoned Herself and Son.
Baltimore. Special.?Mrs. Annie
Whiteford is (load and her 5-year-old
son is in a hospital suffering from the
efforts of cyanide of potassum, taken
l?y the mother with suicidal intent
and by hor Riving to the child with
the expectation of ending his fife also.
A sister of the suicide was attracted by
thr> screaming of the suffering Infant
and found him writhing in agony across
the body of bis mother, who lived
only a short time after being found.
Mrs. Whiteford. who Iris been separat
ed from her husband for several years,
waa a sufleror from melancholia.
May Appeal to Congress.
Oyster Bay, Special.? Attorney Gen
eral Moody left after a days visit at Sag
more Hill. The conference between the
Attorney General and tho President
?was mainly devoted to the recent scan
dals in the agricultural department.
When Moody reaeheed the depot, ho
talked interestingly upon the subject
of tho laws limitations and said tho
remedy must come from Congress. It
is quite probable that the President
will make a strong plea in his next
message for tho much needed legisla
tion.
Rapidly Enforcod.
Norfolk, Va.. Special.?The quaran
tine against ail vessels from Southern
ports Is being rigidly enforced by the
Federal and State authorities at tho
Virginia Capes and in Hampton Hoads.
Kvery vessel entering the capes is held
for a thorough examination by tho
United States Marino Hospital authori
ties. The British steamship Othello,
from Mobile, to Bordeaux and Havre,
and the French steamer Longway, from
Port Tampa, were held up. but later
passed and came in for bunker coal.
Detective Fatally Shot.
Somervllle, Mass., Special.?George
L. Frazer, a private detecelve, was shot
and almost instantly killed while trying
to gain entrance to tho house of Jo
seph Evans, In Moore street: Evans
Is under arrest, charged with the shoot
ing.
According to the information ob
tained by tho local police, Frazer and
two other detectives accompanied A. J.
Barber, of Woonsocket, R. I., to Ev
an's homo In search of Barber's wife
who, It was said, was Evan's house
keeper. Evans objected, and it Is al
leged that Evans drew his revolver and
shot Frazor.
.HAVE BWEN WORSE DEFEAT8.
"Rojest vensky needn't feel fo
bad," remarked the citizen who Is al
ways sorry for tho misfortunes of
others.
"Why not?"
"Well, Togo lost a small torpedo
boat. Dowey didn't even do that.''
PROGRESS OF FEVER
Government Takes Over the Fight oa
Yellow Jack
4J NEW CASES IN A SINGLE DAY
Still Refusing to Admit the Situation
Beyond Control and Avowing the
Hope That Federal. Management
Will Revive Outside Confidence and
Provide Invaluable Facilities For a
New Campaign, State and City
Raise a Macedonian Cry.
Now Orleans, Special.?Fever re?
port to t> p. m., Sunday:
New Cases. 28.
Total cases to date, 533.
Deaths, Sunday. 8.
Total deaths to date, 105.
New sub-foci. 2.
Total sub-foci to date, W.
The fever report is a great Improve
ment. over those during the middle ot
the week. and the fact that there is
only 2 new sub-foci, one up-town an*
one down-town, is a source of special
encouragement. An effort Is being
made to dotermino the numbefr of
cases under treatment, and allowing
ten days, which is a liberal estimate,
for a pntient to either recover or
die. It is; figured that there are now
233 eases under treatment.
The city has contributed $250,000
to assist the government In handling
the disease.
The decision to ask the Federal gov
ernment to take control was reached
at a meeting of city and Stato officials
and others, held late Friday at th?
cotton exchange.
DOUBLE MOTIVE FOR AC't.OIS.
It was the consensus of the meeting
that government control would restore
confidence throughout the other
States in the South, and the belief was
expressed that Surgeon General Wy
man would bo able to send a force of
physicians to New Orleans thoroughly
equipped for the handling of the yel
low fever situation because of their
experience and unquestionable facil
ities to enforce a scientific campaign
against the fever.
When local health officers first took
charge of the situation it was hope<l
that the fever could be stamped out
within a reasonable time, but the in
fection has spread, and so frightened
have the people become in the South
over the increase in the number of
cases that l\ew Orleans is threatened
with a serious paralysis of trade by
reason of radical quarantines.
A telegram signed by the mayor and
others present, was addressed to Gov
ernor Hlanchard, telling him of the ac
tion taken.
Baron Rosen Introduced.
New York, Special.?Acting for the
President , Third Assist ant Secretary
of State Pierce communnicated to
Haron Itosen,. the Russian amhnssa
<lor, and Mr. Takahira, the Japanese
minister, the official program for the
formal presentation to the President
of the Russian and Japanese plenipo
tentiaries to the Washington confer
ence. This program has for weeks been
a subject of much study on the part
of the President and Mr. Pierce. Many
of the details regarding the journey
to Oyster Ray and thence to Ports
mouth already have been published.
Desirous of being strictly neutral in
all the arrangements for the presenta
tion. it was decided at the outset l>y
the Washington government that the
President would recognize no prece
dence based on success in the present
war. Recall ho Haron Komura was pre
sented nt Sagamore Hill almost a
week before Mr. Wltte arrived in this
country, it was decided that for this
reason Haron Komura must take prece
dence over Mr. Wltte. This, however,
will be recognized only in the half
hour's difference in the time of the
presentation of the two missions.
Tidewater Wins.
Norfolk. Va.. Special.?Tho Tide
water allway has won out. before tho
State corporation in the great, tight
that the Norfolk & Western Railway
was making against Its petition for
grade crossings In Norfolk county.
The Norfolk & Western sought to
compel the Tidewater to erect via
ducts over its tracks at. two points
on the approach to Norfolk, and tho
Tidewater sought grade crossings over
the Norfolk & Western, which the com
mission lins Just allowed. Tho Nor
folk & Western has the right, to appeal
to the Supremo Court of the State.
Not Yet Locatcd.
Paterson. N. J.. Special.?Despite tho
efforts of his former friends and busi
ness assocelates, the whereabouts of
the missing mayor, William II. Rel
ohcr, of this city, have not been discov
ered. Friday an Investigation was be
gun to discover what disposition had
been made of the estate of James P.
Stewart, late Congressman. of which
Mayor Delcher was solo executor. It
was valued at $10,000.
Business Mar a Suicido.
Columbus, (?a.. Special.?Rlanchard
F. Mrdeeheat. president and manager
of the Columbus Paper Company and a
member of a prominent Columbus fam
ily. committed suicide Friday morning
by shooting himself through the tem
ple with a revolver. He was at homo
nlone when the f:ital shot was 11 rod.
Ilis wife and three chlhhen survive
him. No cause ha* been assigned tor hia
rash act.