The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, November 08, 1901, Image 1
Mar
moci
VOL. XXVI
.Do Thou Liberty Great. Inspire Our Souls and Make Our Lives iii Thy I'o^seeMon Happy, or Om Deaths Glorious in Thy Jua* Defence."
BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8, 1901
NO 45
CZOLGOSZ DIES.
Said He Was Nit Sorry for His
Orlm*.
DEATH CAME QUICKLY.
Within Four Minutes from tho
Timo Ho L?ft Coll Ufo Was
" Extnncr. . Tho Currant
Twico Applied.
Leon Fi Czolgoez, rourdorcr of Presi
dent William MoKiuloy, pa'd tho pcu
alty oxaottd by l?w at twolvo minutes
and thirty seconds after sovon o'oloek
Tuoaday morning, Ootobor 29, for lue
orimo.
Ho waa ohookod to death by 1,700
voltB of ilcotrioity. Ho wont to tho
oh a ir in cxaotly tho samo manner ts
havo tho majority of murderers in this
state, showing no particular oign of
foar, but in feet doing what but fow
of thom havo over done, talking to tho
witnossos whilo ho wau bciug strapped
to tho ol'iiv.
"I kilh d tho prcsidont booauao ho
.Was an onomy of good propio, of good
working people I am not sorry for tho
crime"
Theeo wore bia words no tho guards
hurried him into tho oh air.
A moment later, mumbling through
tho hali adj usted faca uti ap?, ho rad:
"I am awfully torry 1 eoalu not tte
iny father."
Czdgosz slept so Bcuudly th*t when
Warden Mead wont to oe.ll him Tues
day morning shortly bpforo 5 o'olcok,
tho guard inoido had to ahuko ?2 zo) gop. z
to awakon him. Ho rat upon tb.? eiifjo
?of tho cot and rua'o no reidy to th
warden's salutation cf "Good morning."
Tho oiison official took from big
pooket (ibo death wan ant ard reid it
biowly ond diatirotly to tim AHSUBMO,
who hardly raided his eyes during tho
porfunotoiy ooroiuouy.
Just us tho wr.rdtn stepped away
from tho ooll Czolgosz called to bim
?nd said: "1 would like to talk with
?fri? superintendent." Thou tho b)o- I
?demoed man rolled over on his oot, ?
?anxious to bloop again. At 5:15, how |
?ovor, tho guard brought him a pair of
.dark trousers with tho loft leg filit so as
to allow fioo application of tim oleo
trooodo, and light grey outing shirt
Ho waa told to put tkeao on, which ko
' did, Contrary to tho usual custom he
was givon a nov/ pair of shoes.
Whoa dressed ho laid dnvu ou bia
oot again, and in ibis atticudo Superin
tendent Collins found him.
" "f want to mako a 'statement before
you kill roo," ho enid.
"What do you wish to say, Cz)l'
goss?" asked Supcrintondont. Collius.
"1 want io make it when there aro a
lot of peoplo around; want them to hear
mo," said tho prisoner.
"Woll, you can't," taid tho suporin
tondent.
"Then I won't talk at all," said Czol
gosz.
After Supcrintordjnt Collin? left
tho guards brought Gzolgoj zs break
fast, oonssisting of oolloo, toast, eggB
.and bsoou, ana ho ato u with a relish
In tho onathVor iOlootrioian .Davis and
IFormor Wardon Thayer, of D^nnemora,
had arrangod tho chair test, plaoing
??a bank ot twenty-vwo i?oandesconts
?aoross tho arms rad oonncoliug the
.olootrodo wiroa at either ond. Tho wit
stoBBCS woro ordered souled and thon
Warden Mead bricily addressed thom,
paying:
"You aro hero to witnois tho Ic^al
doatn of Loon V, Czolgo&z. 1 desire
you to koop jour coats and prcsoivo
absoluto silcnoo ru tno doaih ohamhor
no mnttor what may transpiro. Thora
?re pionty of guards and prison officials
to preservo ordor und to attend to tho
proper details."
WaidcnMoad gavo tho signal to havo
tho prisoner brought in, and at 7:10
Chief Keeper Tumor Bwucg open the
big steol door leading to tho o mdemned
collB, and as the ?tctl bars ewung aside
two guards mai ohed tho prisoner out
into tho oonidor, two otb ord following]
and tho ohiof keeper walking in Trout
Tho guards on ottuor i>ido ol' CgilgfttZ
had hold of bis arms no if oiincr to
support bim or to kcop bim from
making any demonstration* As
bo stepped over tho threshold ho
stumbled, but thoy hoid lum up
and as they urged bim forward lo
ward tho oht.ii' he Blum riled again on
tho little rubber covered platform upon
whioh tho oh&ir rostir.
His head creoi, av;d VJ'h his grey
fflannol thiit turned hack at the nock,
.?ho looked quito boyish. Ho wad in
. tonsoly palo nr.d aa ho tide ci (o lin o v
j bia bead back und c??r/y i'imsdf cnoi
jhiflohin quivered peicipuoly,
Au ho vms bei h g tic.-ntd hi looked kt
itlio a?bemblcd wunobBCB with quito a
iStoady slide and uiiv.
"1 killed tho pro&idont beotuije he
\was an enemy of good people, ot ibo
workii.g i copio." Hi? voice trembled
slightly, tuc gained S'.nmglh ?iib OVory
word.
"i nm not torry for my orimo," ho
said loud;, j uti. un tho f uMd* pushed
his hi'fcd back on tho ruuhor hoad le^r
and drew tho btrap norms his forehead
and ohm.
As tho pressure on tlio strap tight
onod ai d bo ufad tho jrw eli; li ly ho
mumbled. '1 am awfully torry 1 o.m.?
not ROC my father."
lt was exactly 7:11 o'clock winn hi
orosscd thc threshold, and eu?- a min
uto bad claimed, an<! ho Iud juot fin
rnhed tho la,t slaloment v/non tho
strapping waa oom ploted, and tho
guards stepped brok.
Warden Mead raised, bia hand and
at 7:12:30 BUottjolkn Davis turned the
switoh that fbr/;W 1,700 volt* of elec
tricity into ( %)lgoia's body. Tho ru b
of tho currone throw tho body BO lurd
against tho straps that thoy eroaktd
porooplibly. Tho hands oiinohed sud
denly and the wholo attitudo wau ono
of extremo tonscueaa.
For forty-fivo aooonds tho full our
: rent was kopt on and then slowly the
olootrioiau threw tho switoh baok, re
ducing tho oirront volt by volt until
it waa out oh ontircly. Thon, just as
it reached that point ho threw the
levor back again for two or threo soo
. ondn.
*Mho body, whioh collapsed as tho
ou?ront was roduood, stlffonod up again
. against tho straps. Whon it mn turned
cit again, Dr. Mao Dormid stoppod to
tho ouair and put his hand over tho
heart.
Ho ? a iel ho foll no pulsation, but sug
gool od that tho ourrout bo turu od on
tor a fow sooonda attain. Oaoo moro
tho body boouuio rigid.
At 7:15 tho ourront was turnod oil
for good. Thop&yoioians prosont used
ibo stothoioopo and other tost ti to do
termino if any lifo remained, and at
7:17 tho wardon raising his hand an
nounced: "Uontlomon, tho prisoner is
doad." <
Tho witnesses filod from tho doath
ohaiabor, many of thom visibly affect
ed, and tho bedy was talton from tho
chair and laid on au oporating table
It was buried ooorotly within 48
hours in tho prison yard.
Trying to Dofoat Kooster.
At a mooting of tho Columbia Col
ored Ministeml uuion, hold on Wed
nceday, tho following prcamhlo and
r?solution? woro planed:
"Whereas, au it has boon ohargod
and ourrout ly rumored that dcorgo lt.
KOCH itv, who has boen appointod col
lector of intornal rovonuo for tho dis
trict of South Carolina, p^rtioipatod in
tho lpnoniog cf a nogro about 18?4, at
Custon, L xiugton county, doni?udiog
tho first ?hot, abd wier boasting of hav
ing lirod tho tirac (Shot, in oonee q. ?cnoj
ot (ho orowd uo lcd hnviug oaught up
with LI.?J victim, prior to odicio lu pur
|idi< ; ano
Yvocreas, tho said ohnr^o roiu?ins
undented up lo thia time; and
Where ai, upon investida ti o a tho said
charge bet ma io bj ?uatainod, thoro
lure
Wo, tho said odored ministers, ns
(?atuulod afc Stenhouao han, Columbia,
h. C., for tho purpose pf considering
toits hoinous mailer and for ibo pul
poso of taking aotton, do deolaro our
abhorroLOg Of thu dastardly crime ana
ind)ghaitil y protest a&ainoi tho i ppoiut
rn?, ut o? tho s ?id Ucor&o it. K icstor,
?nu it oouimissien ?Val been issued,
plead for na revocation until tho baale :
ue.3 boon investigated.
J. t? Robley, Chairman,
C. P. Nilson,
li. j. Kains?y, i
Committ' e. j
A Prodigal's Tragedy.
A tad otory front PsriB io related o?
a piodigal* ton named L nuu t Dussnux,
Who, niter ton years' absohoo frouj
home, returned hom a i*r country io
aokuowlodgo hi? misdoings and throw
liiiuo?f un parental indulgoaoo. When
no arrived homj Thurnday night at
bis o.d residence iu tho ituo d'Ary:out,
tho young man waa alarmed at oooing
sigusof mourning. On entering nu in?
uor ioom ho found bia mother bathed
in tears Kneeling by tho sido of ft ooifin
containing tho body of his father.
''You Htayt'd t.way too long," fcftid his
Booettig motlier. '"You bioko your
lather's heart ?od Ma griof at your ab
omino killed hini. flo uiod Thursday.''
Overcome with sorrow, tho youug man
loll upon hid fUhora1 corpno, kissing
it irbnuoalty, and thou, rushing from
thu room, ho to:zjd a kuiio, and in au
aooocs of remorse plungod it into hi?
bicdst. Ho waa takeu to tho Hospital
do la Chante, witt rc ho lies in a gravo
oondition.
A Show Wrecked.
A dispatch fruin Charlotte nays ono
huudroa aaa un of tko ring horses of
jLiuiliio lillis' wild west ?now wero
oiu.uK.il to death in a railroad wreck
near Lexington at ? o dook Tuesday
morning. Among tho horses kilted was
"Cid .f ap," Coi. Cody'? iavonto oaddlo
hor&o. "Cid i'jAglu," tho ?tar ring
korao, waB kitlou and hie m?nglod booy
foll ou lop ui ono of tho wrookod on
ginos. Tuc lu.vm of mules that drew
tho Doadivood ooaoh wbre also killed.
Ooh Coay spent today at tho aocno cf
thu Wreck und ia heart bruk ..n over tho
UlaUfthUr, Ho naya ni? lo JU I? *tiO,000.
Tho accident iva? coo roiult of a head
ond ouilimon boonoon u id.it southbound
freight train and tho ancona tKo.iou of
tko ii how train, and tva? duo ie a mi?
audoraianding of trdors. t?ovoral irai?
nnutis were ujurod, but no ono wu?
kilicdi
Cleveland Started lt.
lu speaking of Hoosovclt's dianor
wiwi booker. Washington, tue P.uia
d?lphiM bulletin guys: Other Presi
dent?, numbly Oiovtr Clovoiauo, havo
liad uoioiuQ gue? u ut too l'Jxooutivo
JXIUUIWOU. Vory iittiu oruiuiom waa
iibkl'U wt.cn mr. OicvotaiiU oi.uiiainod
U'icu trick Douglass, tho then must
conspicuous mun ol too ooloiou lueu m
oho Uuiu? ?hfttod. Tho miro IUUL thai
Piufji?oiit KuOscVdlt, coming mw oihoo
aa ho uid, lavitcd \\ usntngcon io umo
WUK him uo sum ty ut tur u.a c.co..on to
ti.o lij^?iLt cihjo Mithin tue &iii> cf the
AiuerivUu people, hau ?itr.td a louior
tiietigueUti ino eounti>, nuu tue rosuitu
to iii' m ho ij ooueoiu.d du llk..ly to
iLijuio ui? inurostu as a oi?auiu<?co for
c..j it.-.put>lioan Pro^iuoutial womina
tloh lu lUu-l.
From Quo i'otato,
An in-.ironing agricultural itom in
lepfiiilOt. lu tim iiuiiUun i'imt? from
it? losuo bf Cot. 10, 1?U1: "A Mr.
Vadhoic td HtcktuzU harm, near PcOie,
I<.?'J i ear pian ted ono Jt/oiai.0, Win oh
piounoio nun '??it ia numbor, isud there
yVbuldj hKvo buou atiil mon, hau nota
oo> l?de ono t'l i ho t'j ou <??C?,i tho Puii?
ie wa? eut in puce? 'lho X^ruict
jirtViug LAVOU ino v>iic<to ol thom, had
citom pi ...ted, ythlOQ lie hal noif ouc;
up, anu tinda that they haye muuiplioa
to tho huuitior o? M,A3U, t.u? viei^i'
liiowc. 3ipa , wh.ua ctrtaiuiy i? ? vvr>
^xottt inoiea-jo flem ouo ?ni?io loot lu
uve yortis."
British LIOS?OS.
Wo havo reason to o mjra'u^to our
sclvoa that tho Phi lippi no laiantlo KIO
not poopled by liotri. ThO late?t (fH<
ciftl report show? tho British ca(ju*Uics
tn South Africa pinoo tho beginning of
tho w?r to bo 548 omooro and 5 823
mon killod in aoiior ; 1,629 offiiors and
23,032 mon wounded, 305 oifiocrs and
8,471 mon otpturod or missing, arid
10,738 deaths from diseaso an,dl,uooi
donta-a total of 55,506 dead, ?i?'ndcd
aid miasing.
Will Never liappon.
Wo 6till Roan in vain tho sooiety col
umns of tho Northorn papers to where
tho ultra fashionable Hopnblioans ivo
entertaining the negro on a looially
equally basts. It seems as if tho presi
dent ie hagging this class of ontortain*
mont."
>
TALKS RIGHT OUT.
What a Ctolored Editor Says About
That Dinner.
AN UNFORTUNATE11 NCI DENT.
A Scathing Arraignment cf Many
Northern Diviner, Merchants
and M anufaclurcre lor tho ir
Rank Hypocrisy.
Tho following artiolo on tho famous
Bookor Washington dinnor is from tho
Brooklyn Defondor, whioh is editad by
II. 0. 0. Ast wood, a oolorod man:
Tho Bookor T. Washington inoidont
at tho Whito Ilouso, in our judgmout,
is ono of tho most unfortunate incide n tn
that bau happened in national politioal
affairs B?UOO llooonstruotioo. It ia
1 i ko tho premature onfranohiscmont of
tho raoo that brought about tho irro
proEBiblo ooL?iot, sod tho oarpot-bsg
rugimo in tho South that oauaed sec
tional animosities, that has coot al
most a fb? of blood. Horo worship is
a bad thing anyway, and whothor wo
try to deify man or idols, oor.il ats aro
almost euro to como. This Btorm hon
buen coming for nemo limo and wo
have been predicting it. Tho writing
of thia editorial will ba junt an muon
misuudeijtood by tho odored people
generally, and rho hypooritioal and
mawkitth nowepapcro of tlio North,
aa President liocs/velt waa misunder
nixed by tho pens?t ional peupla atd
newspapers of tho South, Wo will bo
abused and traduocd just aa tko Presi
dent iu being traduced by raab South
ern oriticiam, and as tho South is be
ing tracucod and abu?ed by tho newB
parora of tho North, and jot wo (dial)
bave tho courago to write it. Wo arc
loid by our best friends that it will kill
our chances for a Federal poaitiou.
Well, it may; but tho truth must bc
told. Leadoi? aro born and not orentod by
mon. Tho odored raoo bas not boon
allowed to nicko or orcato their own
lcid<rrt; theiio leaders havo always been
mace and created by whito ?OO?, ?nd
forced upon tho raoo regardless of
qualilioatious. Mr. Washington is a
gentleman and a eoholar and a great
educator along industrial lino:1; but it
in propontoromi and ridioulous io try to
impreufiB upon tho world that, ho in tho?
only and groatofit colored man and
gontlcman in tho United States. There
aro moro than a thoutaod oolorod
mon,-yet.', thousands- hotter oduaoted;
just ns gentlemanly, grcator loaders
and moro progroesivo in ovory.way than
Mr. Washington, both in Otiuroh and
Stato, who aro purposoly ignorod and
turnod down by tho whito pooplo of
tho North every day.
President ltiosevolt is a groat Presi
dent, with an houoot hoart, with tho
purpeso and oourago to do right. Ho
had no sinistor mutivo in inviting Mr
Washington to dino with him. B/ought
into tho Providential chair undor pe
oular and extraordinary oonditions, ho
was somewhat handicapped and would
naturally tock lor light in every oon
toivablo oircotion. Tie South pi o
sontodtho greatost puzzlo to his icquir
ing mind, and ho tries to paoify and
oonoiliaio dili'crcnoos down tbcro to
tho fa'.ififr.otion of all parties oonoorn
od. To do this ho must not bo imposed
upon by his whito or oolorod friouds.
Tho greatest diplrmaoy is ncocssary to
adjust a vtxed quostion not yot sot
lied, but whioh was beginning to bo ad
justed by hiHOftutioufi measures. Oon
aoivativo whito mon wcro hoing appoint
ed to obi ci and sootioual barriera woro
being toru down. Two oolorod loaders
wero called to tho Whito Iloueo, ono
a Bishop in tho porson of Bibhop Abra
ham Girant, ono of ibo most oautious
ana ablest colored leaders of tho raoo
in tho country; tho other an oduoator
in the person of Prof Booker T. Wash
ington, tho estimable and honor od prin
cipal of Tuskegee Bishop Grant was
fcraoiously recoived, talkoa and idvi?cd
with the President, ar.d, liko a oautious
prolate an ho in, Ufo and mado a &ood
impression, au ho always docs.
To H '.mw tho wisdom of thia man wo
quote a bit of unwritten history, por
napp, biciuao of his modesty, not gon
i rally known. Iminediaioty alter
ibo Spanish war wo had camm to visit
tho Whito ilouso with Bishop Grant.
President McKinley, always graci
ous, rcodYod him ooulidonciully
Mid, taming over tho appointment
of Ibo h. bor oommibiiion, of
J o ed him a plaoo upon it, Wo insist
ed that Binhop Grant noorpt it. lie
said to tho President; nc, whilut ho oon
aidorod it a great ho..-or, yob it wau not
m keeping with hm i;Oaition au ohief
panter in his church. Tho Prcsiuont
taid lo him: Weil, consult your B.sh
op? ann if you all oau decido upon a
prontr tuan I will appoint him, They
cia noe deoiuo upon a proper man in
limo and did tot get tho appointment.
Wo print tbs to bhow Bis nop Grant's
diplomacy. Now tu Pref. Washington's.
ncu-mpiouiaoy. Au oduoator ia cover
a politician, or boldom n ?talonnai!*
i.!.i.o tiiom out of thoir U ireful avooa
tiona and ifcjfcot tin m ii<to politics and
they become absoluto failures. Book '
cr T. Washington, bi oftusoof bis great
sucooaa b* au indusbrial educator, in
our Judgmout li.o groatoiit, in tho na
irne, doing moro &oo;i iu his way than
any other ono mau to solve a difttou'U
quo/ilion, h:..d bien proclaimed a gcd^
auU i Monee, a marvel, a plieromonon,
mo only educated oolorcd gentleman in
thc United States, when no have uuou
out lingera mon his luporior in every
way saving only tho linos of industrial
education;; ne bas boon flattered and
i avered, both by tho whito poof, lt of
tho North and thc South, until both ho
and tho Proeidont minunderatood tho
difficult politioal underlying situation.
But Mr. Washington ahould havo been
thc wiser of the two. When Pronident
lloosevolt invitod Prof. Waihlogton to
tho White li juno to canfor with bim
ho did tho pioporthing, for whioh we ap
plaud him. Whoo he invited him to
dine at tho White ilouso he did tho
gentlemanly thing, the lawful thin*.;
but tho most inoxpodiont politioal
thing possible. St. Paul, tho great
apostle, saidt "All things aro lawful,
but all thing* ero not ox ped ion t," Mr.
Washington had given to him tho groat
oat opportunity of bio lifo; had ho boon
a ?tatonman or a politician, had ho been
a Bishop Grant, a John-Mo;oor Lang?
eton, a Pinohbaok, a P. K Bruoo, a
Fred Douglass; a Lynob, a Lyon; a
While, a Ohoatham or hundreds of
other ablo colored lcadors that wo
know: had ho considered tho wolfaroof
tho Prosidont or his raoo, ho would
havo confidentially said to tho Presi
dent: I appreciate this groat honor,
but might it not bo misunderstood and
darno tho dying prejudices and otnbers
of sectional fooling that wo aro trying
to extinguish? Had ho dono tbis it
would havo beon a triumph in diploma
cy and the astuto and quick porooiving
Prosidont would havo takon tho hint.
But tho groatest harm that may ro
8ult from this impolitic and undiplo
matic inoident ia tho abuso of tho
Northern prosB and Northern pooplo
ol tho South. It is not sinooro nor is
it consistent. Tho prejudioo in tho
North is moro malignant and spitoful
than it is in tho South. Tho South has
a oauso and a grievance, the North has
no oauso or griovanoo; and yet itu pre
judioo is greater in proportion than rt is
South. It is a protty htrd thing for a
man to bo forced undor ordinary condi
tions to accept a man as hf? tonal, in a
quartorof a oontury, who had noon his
oiavo for two centurion, and tho North
reiuscs to do it, outsido of a few epi
logo dinnoi'0, whore tho ooiored man
was novar hil slave Tho Bov. Hoff
man, at Bryn ?Mawr, tho Methodist
prcLohcr, who offered tho resolution in
ibo preaoher'fl meeting on Monday,
commending tho Prcsidont, oroatod a
revolution in Bon Mawr, bcoauso a
houso bolon^iog to him was rentod to a
colored nu nia ter of tho samo persua
sion nod uacd ov.-.ry moanu, oooleBiaati
eal and legal, until ho WAS rejeotod.
Tho young man wno as gentlemanly and
ns thoroughly oduca ea ns Mr. Wauh
iugten Bishop Potior, our gopd and
wm shy prolate, bas many- oolerod
pi icing of bio denomination horo in the
North, and yet be doo? uot not tho ex
atop id by having thom to cdobyato at
Holy Trinity nv? othor Kpiucopxl tom
p?en Hmo m tho North, or invito thom to
sit ?r.d.woiiimntuoly at the LcrdV table
to tenon tho South tho lathoihood of
God and tho brotherhood of man.
liifikop Holly, ot' Hayti, ono of tho
m Jtit lcarnod and uohularly uogroos in
tho world, who oomca hero periodically,
is ignored and ailowod to bo.nl in a
ooiorod bcardicg houno in Brooklyn,
instead of being tho guo-t during his
stay at eomo of tho white parishes. Tho
white newspapers, such as tho Phils*
dolphia llaoord, tho New Yolk Journal,
tho North Amorioan and other papers
who ric joule tho journals of tho Suuih,
will not employ a ooiorod man upon their
staffs or in any othor important plaoo
in Un ir offiooD, bo thoy cvcr so ooaipo
tent. Tho white busiaoss housos of
tho North, tho faotorioS and industrial
plants, will not omploy ooiorod mon or
women in any of their departments
abovo tho menial, and yot they .rail at
tho South, whore slavery existed for
two hundred y care, for fighting politioal
and sooial equality. Tho North is re
sponsible for itali; lot it stop its hy
pocrisy, givo practical losftous of its
good intentions and not bogin at tho
White House. If seotional projudioos
bo again iLfUm?d and bloodshed bo tho
outoomo and Washington is appealed
to, thn nogro will bo loft to fight it cut
alono and behind the barrioaue ofSsaio
rights. Tho Dofondor is tho friend of
the Prcsidont and of Bookor T. Wash
ington. Wo want to seo tho ono soo
oeod and re oleoted to tho Picaidouoy,
and tho othor to oontinue his groat
work BB an industrial eduoator at fus
kogco, aid wo hope that our Sou thorn
frionds will not misunderstand tho
Probidont and overturn tho good fool
ing now apparent, but that thoy will
trust to his good judgment and equit
able treatment of all tho pooplo aliko.
Wo endorso tho temporato sontiniontas
cxprossod in the Timos-Democrat, of
New Orleans, printod in the Philadel
phia ttooord ot Mot d ty last, and hopo
now that tho storm has exhausted itaolf
ar.d tho era of good fooling bo re-estab
liuhod. Tho inoidont was unfortunate
and regrottablo.
EJitor of tho Defondor,
H. 0. 0. Astwood.
Election of Officers.
At the annual mooting of the Stato
Agricultural and Mechanical Sooioty
hold in Columbia Thursday night, tho
following cfliocrs ff oro oleottd:
A H. Whito, of Kc ok Hill, Prosi
The vioo prooidonto elootcd aro:
A. T. Smytho, firit oongro3sional
dist riot, Charleston.
It. B. Watron, sooond oongrofl?iorml
disiriot, ll:d?o Spring.
T. J, Kinatd, third oocgtoBsional dis
trie, Ninety Six.
J. Wash Watts, fouih oongroosional
disiriot, Mouutvillo.
J. W. Da uno vat, Ufth oongrossional
diririot, Chcstor.
B. P. Williamson, sixth oongresiion
al disiriot, Darlington.
G. A. G?it;?Krd, seventh oongrossion
al ms 'riot, Brookland.
IOKOU/?VO oommitloo: M. L Don
aldftou, Grdonviilo; A. Porter Hankoll,
Columbia; T. O. batidora, Hagood; li.
P. Hamer, Jr., Humor; J. J5. Wanna
makor. Sc. Matteows: J. G. Mobloy,
Wionfcboro; C. F. Mooro, Bee notts
ville; J. II. Wharton, Wntorloo; D. J?,
Elird, L-.xiogtoii; J. W. Dreher, Loes
ville; lredcil Jo?os, Book Hill; W. G.
Hiueon, Charleston; L. J. Browning,
?edalla; lt. M. Pogues, Choraw. lix
ollioto mnjubers: Thomas W. Wood
ward; ttookton; J. B. Humbort, Prince
ton: Thomas Taylor; Cohiuibi?; JO. ll.
Mcivor, Palmotto; ?J F. Drayton, Ac
ilor/ioo; IV A. Love, Chester; D. P,
Duncan, Columbia; Thoa.-J. Mooro,
Moori; T. J. CuunirgUam, Clowney;
W. D. fCvans, Uheraw.
Col. T. H. Holloway of Peinarla was
ro-eleotod seorotary, and Mr. A. Garee
well L?. .Motto of Columbia wairo-oloot
ed treasurer. Tho ornoo of assistant
Boorotary is to bo supplied.
Sent Him a 'Possum.
The Washington correspondent of
tho Gharlotton Post says como South
ern "gontlornan" sent to tho Prosidont
the othor dav. a 'possum, Tho card of
the donor was not,attached, but lt WAS
labeled "Booka*. Washington." Tl/o
Prosidont ip sai<L to bo' very fond Of
'poisum, and as inp now buiior of' (be
Whito Houso, Henry Pmoknoy, is a
South Carolina ho'gro, hoia.,familiar
with the art of preparing the dish in
truo South Carolina etyWMjArli Mid,
tho Presidont will havo'it norvcilon bin
table at nomo futuro time. 'Tho -Prosi
hio ,,Admlror" io. ? ? . .
dont.
THE FIRE FIEND.
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The BUtlnnss Portion of Tinr>
montville Laid n Aah?8,
W. F, DENNIS ARRESTED.
Ho and l?ia Partner, a Man Named
8mlUS Chared With Applying
th? Torch to Their
Store
Tho iown of Timnionbvillo, on tho
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
lUilroa$, botwoeu Suoitor and Flor
enoo,Av.?h?vialtod by a most disastrous
Ero on las)'Wednesday morning, at four
o'olock. finely-five thousand dollars
worth of proporty, irjoludiag twonty
throe bousos, was dcstroyod. A din
p&toh to Tho State says tho town was
?v/ftkcncd Y'7 D t orri tlc (xplosion and
bummoncd io wilone tho greatest firo
in tho hip'<:y of the p'aoo. Tho ex
plosion'Wt.? thii- of ? keg of powder in
oho of tho ?mall otoreo in the poslojU io
blook, supposed to bo that of Smith
Dennis. Tho firo spread rapidly, aided
by an oast wind. Soon, tho jewelry
houGO of S. 8 Carroll? tho grooory
stores ot Hill Bros. and Marion Sim?,
woro buming beyond control. By
great effprt tho poateffioe ?as savod,
but nothiug could prevent tho Uro from
oroBbing tho streot and burr.irg thc
oarria?o boes?) of J. li Harper, Win
jato's barber phop, Htrroli'e grooory
and finally taku-g hold of thc bank and
Culpepptr'o drug atoro, thereby iusur
ing tho .doHtruotion of a solid biiok
Piutro cf 10 Blores. There was ??otb
ing vmhwhioh tho firo could bo fought
and a great ocinpany of oitizjns i-.uf
ferod ?he awful ordeal of watching tho
business heart of their town burn to
tho ground. Whoo tho firo hud bumed
to tho hardware house of W?lling and
Borr.oitt rt ntoppi d there bointr a alroct
j eoroMB whioh it oould not go. J.t way a
fearful tootie and brought tears to many
eyos.
Tho following stores wore burned:
8. S. Carroll, loss $1,200; insurauoo
$000.
L Anderson IOBS $7,000; inouranoo
$2,000.
Will Wiugnto, loss $400; insuranoo
aothir g
W. ll. Lowman, lo3S $600: insurance
$1,000.
Qua Johnson, los? $500; no in nur
anco.
Hill Bros., loss $1,400; insuvanoo
$900.
. ?C.-A Smith, loss $23,000; iasuranoo
ll' C. Savoronoc, loss $11,000; insur
anoo $4-800. ,....
J7F. Culpopor, loss $2,500; insur
ance $1,050.
F. M. Sims, loss $1,750; insuranoo
$900.
MoSivcon building, loss $8,000; in
Burauoe $6,000.
W?lling & Bonnoitt, loss $10,000;
iKsaranco unknown.
Sausbury & Lowborn, loss $10, no
iut-uraLOJ
J. B. H*rpor, loss $1.000; iusuranoo
$1.500.
Armory Furniture, loss $1,000; in
suranoo $400.
Pythian hall, IOSB $1,200; inburanoo
$975.
A. J. Broom, loss $8,000; insuranoo
$2,500.
Bank building, lo3S $2,000; insur
anoo $800.
Louis Lyons, loss $2,000; no insur
anoo.
J D. ltamsoy, loss $1,000; insuranoo
$500.
Ma?onio Furnituro, loss $750; insur
anoo $300.
8mith & Oonnis, loss $3,800; iosuv
anoo, $2,300.
TbiB ooustiluteo the largOBt portion*
of business houses of tho town. At
our, time tho largo storo of John Me
Swoon was in danger, also D. H. Txax
lor, but wcro saved.
A SENSATION.
A sensation groator than tho firo itself
was thc arrest this afternoon of W. F.
Dennis of tho firm of Smith & Donnis,
who was ohargod with tho burning.
As tho i timor to tho elf cot that this
waa responsible for tho groat tiro b'gau
hut night, lato in tho aftornoon sovoral
oitizonB wont to tho houso of thoso mon
and on soarobing tho promises found
sivoral barr?lo of shoos aud bats and
ot hor goods. Smith loft town oarly in
the morning for his oountry home, but
Dennis was at homo. Ho was indi ?tor
?nt in mannor and had to bo urgod to
go to tho barn and asaht tho oitizouuin
ihoir soaroh. Ho wantod tho men to
await tho return of Smith before soaroh,
but thia they rofueod to do. Donnis
profcesod. ignorance of tho goods in the
barn. Ho was arrested and neut to
tfloronoo. A warrant bas boon sont for
Smith. Theso partios oamo hore from
Clarondon county in tito winter and
opened a small storo. They boro good
reputations and tho poof lo aro ohookod
at the turn things have taken.
DM ITU ARRESTED,
Alar, do Smith, of tho firm of Dennis
Sc Smith, wau arrosted Wednoidfy
night at tho homo cf his brother in
Clarendon county 25 milos southwo?t
of 'limmonsvillo and oarriod Thursday
morning to Flot?nos jail to await a pre
liminary hoaring on Saturday. Mr.
ii.-ni th ox pl cu ned tho pl ono it on cf tho
goods in tho barn by Baviug that thoy
bolougod to a party in the oountry, but
tho explanation was not satisfactory.
It will bo shown at tho hoaring that a
very largo park of tho stock oarriod by
tho firm had boon loorotly oarriod from
tho atore to tho rcsidenoo and storod in
tho barn undor hay.
DA MAO I NO XVIDENOE.
It is thought that there was vory lit
tle in tho store when tho building
humed. Shoes had boon taken from
tho paper boxes and plaood in barr?lo,
tho boxes hoing put again on tho
sholvos and tho. harrold carried to tho
buta, Witnonsoa will swear that the
firm was seen paoklng goods in boxes on
tho night cf tho firo. Anolhor witness
will toatify th nt a member of tho firm
Was soen hiding tito goods in tho barn.
Billi another witnoas will swear that ho
viss awakened hy a horao at full speed
doon np, from - tho business geotion of
town just boford tho firo alarm booamo
goneral and going into tho yard of tho
firm's residence. Phoso aro BOUIO of
tho voiy damaging itoms of ovidonoo
which havo b( oomo public Tho oaso
ia vory strong against tho aoouscd.
Thov had only recently takon about all
tho insuranoo thoy oould eoouro. On
Saturday tho hearing will bo had hero
and thon ovorything will bo brought'
out._
LOOP TURNED EVEN Td OF DA*'
Sohloy Says Move mont Was Turning
Poiut in Battle
With tho oponing of tho Sohloy court
? of inquiry Wodnosdav Admiral Sohloy
bogan tho fifth day of his toatimony
and tho third day of his oro^n-examina
tion, Questioning Sihloy ss to tho
oauso ol tho dolay in boginning a ro
oonnoissanoo aftor Ocrvora's whoro
abouti wcro discovered, tho admiral
said two days wero ncooossary to ooal
and to bo roady in oaso tho onomy carno
out. Tbo'eroBS-examination on tho bat
tle of Santiago bogan with tho question
as to what WAS tho first moyemont of
tho Brooklyn's helm aftor tho enemy's
chips wcro sighted coming out.
"Wo wero hoading wost by north,"
ho replied- "At first tho holm was to
port." .
''Capt, Cook gavo tho ordor for tho
turn?"
"Vos."
.f "Youregard that turnas very im
portant, don't you?"
"i thiiik it waa a movevont that do
oided tho events of tho day."
Tho admiral naid in rospona? to quss
tioos that ho Imd not' moutionod tho
loop in tho report of tho battlo. lt
Wft? an incident of thc battlo which ho
had no idea would ever oomo into ooo
truvorsy. Capt Cook had given tho cr
cor without orders from him, except
under his goncral intrudions to oloao
in and koop s ) ina whoro about 1,000
yards away, . outside of tho broatlsido
to*podo ringo Whoa tho time o&mo
for tho turn Capt. Cook's oonooption of
tho movement ooinoidod with his own.
"Uo you asHumo full responsibility
for tho turn?"
"Absolutoly, If I did not givo tho
order, 1 approved it," ropliod thc ad
mirai.
"D;d tho Brooklyn aland in and at
tempt to sink tho Spanish ilul iu tho
ohannot?"
"1 started in *t fir?i to help ihn oth
er voKO-da ?nd have thom help mo. I
felt if wo oould fuop tho Spaniards tho
battleships could go ir and sitik thom.
I never had any idea they would get
away."
Continuing, ho sxid: "Wo estnuU
odthat tho Brooklyn had gone into
within ?mulo or a milo and a half of tho
mouth of tho harbor and wao within
range of the clio:o battcrios. 11bought
for somo twelve to fourteen minutos tho
flagship had boon within a rango of loss
than 2,000 yards from tho Spanish
ships. . Thoy ?ookiid ?very o'uso," ho
said.
. "When tin Spanish ships su^ooodod
in gotting out of tho harbor without ho
ing sunk in aaoordanoo with orders,
what alternativo was thors but to chaso
thom?"
Tho admiral said that while several
of tho voHcola had failed to J ia in tho
ohciBo, loaving tho work aftor tho sink
ing of tho Te rosa and Oqao&d j to
tho Brooklyn and Orogon, this waa
beoauio they ooulu not follow at tho
paco sot by tho Spaniards.
A Montana Prodigy.
A Bpooial from Groat Falla, Mont.,
? a yo that a twelve year ola boy namoci
Southwiok kidnapped tho aix yoar old
Bon of G. W. Ry ay, a wrominont gro
oor of that oity ana Bont a noto to tho
father domanding $1,500 ransom,
threatoniog to ram pieces of glass into
tho ohild's eyes and oat his hands off
unloss tho demand waa oompliod with.
Mr. Ryan notifisd tho polico, who ar
rostod young Southwiok shortly aftor
tho Ky an boy had arrived at MB fathor's
nloro unharmed, having boon roloasod
by Southwiok. rio eon fenn jd that ho
did it of his own volition and that ho
had no ncoomplioca. Ho cxprosBod no
ropontanco, and said: "I would havo
hit tho old man tor $8,000 if 1 thought
ho would havo Btooa for it."
Triplo Tragedy.
Tho story of a triplo tragedy has
roaohod Shrovoport, La , from (hoon
wood, Lt., 14 miles from Shrovoport.
Tho pauioii implio&ted wero all negroes
and wore ourpiojod ou a plantation
known aa tho Hoon place, near Green
wood. Wash Rawlins outored tho
homo of Viotoria Andorson, a nogro
woniAD, and found her in tho company
of a nogro namod Charley Williams.
Ho at onoo oponod tire on Viotoria,
killing her iusiantly. Tho weapon was
thou turned on Williams, who attempt'
cd to osoapo, but failed and waa fatally
wounded. Rawlins rushod to tho door,
turnod his woapon on himself and pull*
od tho trigger, dyiog intuutly.
Sorious Piro in Darlington.
Darlington had two fires Thursday,
tho firat nt tho Darlington oil mill ana
tho sooond, whioh ooouired aftor night
waa ab tho iroight depot of tho Atlantic
JouH Lino. In both instanoos thoro
was great tlamago dono, Tbj whole of
tho wooden part of tho mid was do
th roy od together with a largo lot of ool
loo in bales. Tao wind waa from tho
i. oi th. Tho gin aud factory togo th or
with fcovoral outbuildings wero de
stroyed, including tho ellice, though
tho books woro renoue d by omployos.
CaughtTtho Thiof.
( A Persian actross who had for somo
limo boob differing losses of jowolry
determined to sot a trap for tho thief.
So sho loft a diamond bracolot on hor
bureau, rotiring into an adjourning
room and began to watoh through the
koj bolo. Presently a starling hopped
through tho window, soiasd tho braoolot
and deposited it ia the ohimney, whore
all tho missing jowolry was subsoquont
ly found. This was, of course, tho
bird's equivalent of a human thief's
habit ot putting stolon property up the
spoof.
Suicido Made ISasy.
A Ohioago man hos struck on A now
sohomo and proposes to open a shop
whore people who want to commit sui*
oido oan do it mooly and without much
trouble. All thoy havo to do is to go
in, Uko it soat in an olootrio chair,
touoh tho.button whoa they (tro' roady
and tho apparatus doon the rest. It is
not statod what ho proposes to oh?rgo
for tho aooommodntfott.
BOERS STILL FIGHTING.
They Iofliot Another Diiaster to
Brltith Armo.
A dispatch from London Haye Lard
Kitohomr has r.portod lo tho war of
fioo a disastor to tho British nour
Bothol, oastora Transvaal, in whioh
two guns wero lout, several ofhcors
killed or woundod, and 54 mon woro
killod and 160 wounded.
Tho following is the text of Lord
Kitohoncr's di?pal oh datod Protoria,
Nov. li
"I havo just hoard of a ii overo at tn ok
mado on tho roar guard of Col. Ben
son's column when about 20 railos
northwest ot Bothol noar Brokenlaagto
during a thick mist.
"Tho o '-ron gt h of tho ono my is re
ported to havo boon 1,000. Tnoy rushed
two guns with tho roar guard, but it is
unoortain whotber they wore ablo to
movo them.
.'I foar our casualties woro hoavy.
Gol. Benson was woundod, but not BO
voroly. A rolioving column will roach
him this morning."
Lalor, Lard Kitohonor tolographod'
a a follows;
"Col. Barter, who marched from thc
constabulary lino ye s ord ?y? roached
Benson's ooluron cany thiB morning
(lerida}) unopposed. Ho reports that
Col. Bonson diod cf his wounds.
"Tho other casualties aro tho follow
ing;
"Killod-Col E. Guinno?s, Major F.
P. Murray, Uapts. M. W. Lindsay and
V. T. Thorold, Liouts. E. V. I Brooke
and lt E Shepcord, anet Second L'o'ut.
A. J. Ou'iett,
Diod o( his wcmdi-Capt, E/ro
Loyd."
Lord Kitohenor thon gives tho names
of 13 oinur ethoora who word- wounded,
most of thom eoveroly, and announces
that 64 non oommituuoncd officers and
men wero killod and 100 wounded, add
ing that four of tho latter luv o si neu
died of their wounds.
The dinpatoh then says:
. *l asiuaio that tho guns havo boon
rooovorcd and tho enemy has with
drawn, but 1 havo no further dotails.
"1 docply regret tho loss of Col. Bon
son and tho oiliocra and mon who foll
with bim. in Benson tho sorvioo loses
a most gul ! nu t and oapablo oflioer who
invariably lod his column with marked
?tt???orl hud j nil peineni.
"Tho lighting was at vory clot e quar
ters and maintained wil? great deter
mination by bath oidos. Too onomy
sulforcd heavily, but I havo not yet
roooived a vcliablo OBiimato.
"Tho Boors rothed oast."
Gotting Better.
Thoro is groat interest m tl)o condi
tion of Tom Hill, tho Greer's depjt
agent, and it is a oauao of rejoicing
that he is likoly to rooovor. Ho is a
bravo man and his. nervo is noodod in
tho world. This is a timo when 'tho
peoplo will koop one oyo on tho corpo
rations in whoso behalf Mr. Hill wont
right into tho jaws of death. It will
bo said it is nono of tho people's busi
ness but thoy arc decidedly of the
opinion that the railroad and oxpress
oompanios ought to troat him hand
somely, and in tho oaso of tho railroad
thoro is ronron to hope ho will bo taken
caro of. Tho moral off oot of tho dcod
is worth a lot, asido from what was
saved. As is usually tho oaso, Tom
Hill don't look like a hero. Ho is ono
of thoso small, wiry mon whoso worth
is nevor known until a groat test comos,
ono of tho prosaio looking giants cf ro
maneo.
Tho Banner City of Anarchists.
Bpring Yalloy, 111., is the banner
anarchist oity of tho United States.
With a population of 7,1)00, ic oas 500
people wno aro anaiotnsis. That moans
coat ono out of every 14 of its popula
tion is an anaroh?t, or botwoon 7 and
8 per cont. No city io tho United
Statos can show nnything liko this pro
portion of tho foliowors of tho rod dig,
nnd it is doubtful if any oity in tho
world oan. It is quito true that thoro
ato othor Amorioan oitios that contain
more anarchists that Spring Yalloy.
Ohioago, for instanoo, has 8,01)0, ac
cording to Capt. Sohuottlor, who has
tho most acourato knowledge of this
subjoot of any man on tho polioo force.
Pittsburg is ?another anarohist eon tro,
and has 1,500 donn ?nt Ozalgo&zjs.
Paterson, N. J., is gouorally rogarded
as a veritable hotbed of auarohy, and
with a good OAUSO. Yet Patterson has
only 2,000 anarchists.
Postoffice Bobbed.
On Tuesday .night lato, tho postomao
at lluthorfordton. N. C., Was broken
into and tho safo blown to pieced. Tho
robbors and oaf j crackers scoured an
amount of money, sovoral ohooks and
notes and a lot o'' stamps. Thoro is
not tho slightoat duo a? to who tho
during burglars wero. IDutraaoo was
effected by breaking down tho back
door. Tho postofftoo ia Italherfordton
is a frame building, oooupiod for no
othor purpose and no one Bleeps in it.
Tho safo explosion WAS ovidontly tho
work of artists in that lino. Mr. J. t?.
MoHaniol is postmaster at Buthorford
ton.
Nono Too High.
Tho Pittsburg Pispatoh finds that
tho investigation has boon fully jmti
fiod by results. It Bays: ''Thoro oannot
but be a feeling of satisfaction that tho
oourt of inquiry has boon bold. High
ly as his oountrymon havo hold tho v?o
tor cf Santiago tho testimony shows
that tho ostini ito was nono too high.
If it orrod it was up JU tho lo-isor bide
Foot PI have boon brought forward that
might havo novcr booomo publio know
ledge." _f
Stftto Exhibits. J'
Wo aro requested to annonnoo that
no shipmonts to tho o?porintondent of
tho State exhibit in tho State building
at tho exposition at Charleston bo
mado without notifying tho suporin
tondont. Otherwise they will ho
charged full freight ratos. Notify
Superintendent A. W* Love, Ohoster,
S. C., and ho will send shipping direc
tions and frank.
Eaton Up by tho Knomy.
A spooial dispntoh from Antwor
says' that a detachment bf black troop
recently sont by tho Congo aufchoritio
to quell a rovolt at Balinghi, In Kansai,
was OApturfcd and that tho soldiers wore
murdered, roasted And eaten.
A RACE WAR.
Whites and Bleck? In Battle for
Halt an He ur.
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A TRAOSO OTORY OF BLOOD.
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i4Oo You Want Any Mort? And
tho Am war Comos From ./.><.
th? Blacks "No."
Ocvoral Killed
A ope dal to tire Now O don vi H Pica
yune from Ball Town, La,, says that
tho raoo war bot w'oon tho blaoks and
whites whioh stavtodat a nogro camp
mooting at Duncan Ohapol. Sunday
forms a story of blood uucquallod ia
tho history of tho Poarl rivor valley.
Ono whito man io doacl another is
dying with a bullot hole through his
stomaoho, and a third white man is
badly injured.
Nine uogroos wero killed in tho
bloody affray ; fivo moo, throo women
and ono small ohild. A dc /.cn or por
haps moro negroes osoapod to tho woods
and swamis with wounds that aro be
liovo I to bo certain doath in tho brush
away from medical oaro.
Tho dead, whito: Josoph S ord, son
of Willis Seal, aged 32 roisdonoo at
Varando, La. Woundod, whito: Olar
cuco Thomis Elliott, pg sd 26, fattally
woundod now dying, resido woo Varan
do La. Edward Thompson, 15, shot
through thigh and flosby portion of tho
hg, ruaidonoo, Varando. Dear?, color
ed; Hov. Alexander Connolly 50, pas
tor Duncan Chapel, Mary Davis, 30,
bia daughter; Croar Lott, 46; Julia
P?terV, Lotto daughter, 24; Mellon -
Polers, hor ohild, 4; Amy Tony, 75,
mother-in-law of Crear Lott; Lewis
Dueoau, 18, son of Helon Duncan, liv
ing in Pophrviilo: Thomts Parker, 24;
Kid Bjvorly, 18, a tarpon ti no worker
from Georgia.
No ono JO i bio to estimato tho nula
bor of woufidod negroes who escaped
tho carnage bohitd tho ohuroh. They <^
ioattored in all directions.. Homo are T,
known to havo boon shot, bat thoy havo
not boon found.
Tho ootfliot raged for an hour. Thoso
nt B diatanoo say tho firing sounded
liko a battlo botweon troops.
To tho otmp meeting negroes had
ooruo from 200 miloo, all up and down
tho valloy. Elder? Scophcn Duncan, of
New Orleans for whom tho chapoleas "
named, wan present. . ..
On lat>t Thursday the mooting open
ed with i eve ral hundred nogroos en
camped around tho church, in tents
and in rudely oonstruotod shantios.
O a tho day previous to tho camp
meeting, whoa the nogro, Hill Morris,
had boon burnod at tho stako near Bait
Town for an assault on Mrs. J. J. Ball,
publio fooling was at a high pitchv
Under thoso conditions tho nogroos
gaterod at Live Oak. Thoro was trou
blo ovor a lioonso and Croar Lott's tent
booamo tho oontre of contention. Somo
troublo ooourred Saturday ovoning, but
thoro was no bloodshed. It oame up
again Sunday afternoon when Consta
ble Boon and a posse rodo up to Lott's
tent with a warrant.
Lott carno out and ts reported to havo
shouted with an oath:
"Ooo nogro has been burnod. but a
whito mau will bo next."
Wado Walkor, one of tho constable's
posso, WAS struok ovor tho' hoad with
a Winchester, and thon tho slaughter
bogan. Tho blaoks flod from tho frail .
woodon ohurob, for it was no sholtor
from tho rain or bullets. Lott retirod
into his tont, shooting and fighting.
John Soal rooeivod his death wound.
Proaoher Connolly WAS shot while
standing in his yard. His daughtor foll
I just inside tho houso. Tho othor no
groos around Lott's place kept up a
steady rain of I. allots.
Lott's old mother-in-law, his two
daughtors and tho little boy foll in n
hoap i rmi .to tho sholtor, Sophio Lott
savod her life by concealing herself bo
hind tho stove. Thon sho osoapod and
tho mon did not harm her. Thoyworo
af tor Crear Lott.
Ho was barrioadod and tho next move
was to Uro tho plaoo, which they did.
Whoa tho fire roaohod him from undor
oovor ho appeared in the doorway and
twonty nillo balls went orashing
through him. Ho foll ia a hoap, hoad
foremost on tho ground. Parker and
Beverly, both blaoks foll with him.
Por twenty-four hours it looked AS if
a gonoval uprising would wipe out the .
biaok raoo in Washington parish. Over
1,000 ?muid mon yostorday woro at tho
(?eolio of tho battlo.
Tho nogroos who wore loft in a hoap..'
where thoy had died, woro piled into
thoir unmarked gravea, dug near the
oharrod remains of Lott's tout houso.
f boro WAS no oororoo ny. Tho minis tor
and his daughtor lilied ono of tho holes,
tho woman and a ohild the othor, tho
mon a third. At tho samo timo pro
minent oiiizono hold a oonforonoo,
whioh was attondod by Sheriif Sim
mons, and a mossago WAR sent to tho
nogroos: "Ho you want any more? '
"No," oamo tho reply.
This had u quioting .offcot and the
nogroos left tho. country. It is boliovod
thoro will bo no furthor trouble
'.I'lfSmash Kvorythingt"
Tho Gorman press is disouesing in
livoly fashion tho following uttovanoo
attributed to Emporor William:
"If no oommoroial troatios aro nego
tiated, I shall ? mash everything to
piooos."
In an address at a mooting of tho
Ploct Sooloty in Hanover, Capt, von
Woltluim. of Gorman Navy, is ropro
soutod to havo said;
"ftorunny'a intorosts in thc ftvo ro
publios of Central Amorioa, in viow of
American ooinpoiiUon, eau only bo
maintained whoo WO Imvo a Hoot strong
onough to say to tho Americans 'Monds
Off.'"
Toil doolrtx'ation was recoiv?d with
stormy applause Tho .pap?isgoner
ally ignore it, and tho Freisinnige /oi
tung obsorvos:
"jChcrb is a spooiosof political mis?
ohiof-mi>king wbioh. whi.lo not uuioh
ablo undor tho Ponai Code* is hono the
loss calculated to CAUSO appr?hension.'
IA Poaor,
: ghat's Bookor Washington going to
<lo with tho nogro m?Ohaaics bo is
training, Thoy would bo shot down if
thoy wont to PormoylvAuia, Ohio or 111 *
I iuois to find employ moat, Thc ?eooordi*
show this,