Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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" Do thou Groat Liberty Inspire our Souls and make our lives in thy possession happy, or our Deaths Glorious in thy Just Defence." YOI.. XII. I1 111 -1 NO.-8. THE GOAL STIUKE Is Settled by Both Sides Making Slight Concesaions. THE STATEMENT GIVEN OUT CrmtinlBBioii to Muquir? Into and l*oHt tl pon AU Ouest IOIIH nt Istmo l?otweon th? Operators and ?Minera. A dispatch from Washington says tile great anthracite coal strike h settled at last. A commission .of sh persons, with a seventh, Mr. Carroll 1). Wright, as recorder, will adjust dill'ercnccs between operators anti miners. President Mitchell of thc miners will take thc necessary metis : tires to call thc strike Off. The presi dent will urge immediate resumption of mining and operations are expected to begin this week. Organized labor has a representative on tho commis sion In the person of JO. JO. Clark, grand chief of the Order of Hallway Conductors, named as a sociologist. Tho president added lllshop Spalding of Illinois to the list of live members suggested by the operators. As nam ed tlic commission is perfectly satis1 factory to both miners and operators. Assent of the miners was given through President Mitchell and Mr. Sargent, commissioner of immigra tion and of thc operators through Messrs. Robert Bacon and George W. Perkins of tho banking linn of J. Pier pont Morgan ? Co. The lina! out come followed a series..of conferences, beginning with two during thc day with Mr. Mitchell and two during tlic night with Messrs. Bacon and Perkins. Evclis moved quickly at the last, the president being determined on a speedy settlement. Tho com mission will assemble in a few days and choose a chairman, probably Cen. Wilson, lt th?n will arrange for sessions and testimony, The follow ing otllolal announcement of thc close of^the.strikc was Issued at the White " House: After a eol?forcneo with Mr. Mitchell and some further conference with representatives of tho coal opera tors, tlie president has appointed thc members of the commission to inquire into, consider and pass upon all ques tions at issue between tho operator* and miners in thc anthracite coal Holds: Brig. Gen. John M. Wilson, U. S. A., retired (late chief of engineers U. S. A.), Washington, 1). G., as an of deer of tlni.engijH'cr. .corps ul*, citboi ' '" vr?'fo*o''-Tffl'lltS'ry*lir. naval service ot Ww United States. M. 10. W. Parker, Washington IX C.-as an export mining engineer. Mr. Parker is chief statistician of tho coal division of thc United States geologi cal survey and thc editor of thc En gineering and Mining Journal of New York. Hon. Ceorge Gray, Wilmington, X, l*?>f*2&J\ jot'ge of a United States "~~"court> Mr. JO. I0.s01ark, Cedar Rapids, la., grand chief of thc Order of Railway . Conductors--as a sociologist, the pres ident assuming that for thc purposes of such a commission the therm sociologist means a man who bas thought and studied deeply on social questions and has practically applied his knowledge. Mr. Thomas ll. Watkins, Scranton, Pli,, as a man practically acquainted with the mining and selling of coal. Bishop John L. Spalding of Peoria, ' lil. Thc president has added Bisher. Spalding's name to tlic commission. Hon. Carroll I). Wright has been ap pointed recorder of the commission. Forty Horses Burned. Forty horses were burned to death, and three men had narrow escape.' from a like fate in a lire that started early Thursday in the live-story structure at ?WO Wost loth street New York occupied by tho G.an/.voort Livery and Bo^hig'stables. Th J?iHdi/;;jv Was practically destroyed *'r together with ashed used for stormi vcehlCles. Nearby tenements wer emptied by a squad of police. Th lire started ina truck load of f ti rill turo in the Hist Moor. John I ly lani and James Kelly, stablemen, were ii the basement whore they had rooms Over the window of tho room in whicl they were was a stout wire netting The policemen pulled this away am drew thc men out. I leyland was un conscious and burned slightly. Koli; had struggled In such a strenuou maimer with thc grating trying ti force it up so that be and plseomrad could get out that his hands wer torn and bleeding, his arms and wrist ' lacerated and in many places then were gaping wounds on his hands ant tfftfc Js. After tho Hie was out on Workmen found John Spencer , in a Small shed in thc /ea ly burned. "Murder Will Ont. ' rank J, Field, a contractor, wa arrested Thursday at Newcastle, Pa. charged with tho murder of Cit; Treasurer-lohn Blevins who was fount dead in his ellice oho night in Jami ary 1800. Tho murder was a mysfcr, and remained unsolved up to thl time. After Blovln's death a short age of about $<lf>,OOO was found in hi accounts. Tlic warrant upon whicl Field was arrested charges that Flcli and his brother, Judson, conspire? with several persons to rob and mm dor Blevins. Judson Field died four teen months ago in Kansas and on hi death bcd, lt ls alleged, made a confes sion implicating his brother. "Mnko No Outcry." Gaining admission, as a caller, t the apartments Of Mrs. Amy G. Wat kins, New . York Wednesday, a mai who gaye rds name as Henry Dawson lmudcd her a statement which begin ? \yltt?;thesoy; words: "Mako no outcry i Phavo ft. bag of dynamite which I wll drop if you don't glvo mo,your dla ''m?nds,," Mrs. Watkins did mako ai Cutoff and,parson rushed from tlx house, taking his bag and 'drawing i revolver as ho went.' Ho was mot a the door by a policeman who arrcstet him and found that tho bag wa mpty. Dawson was hold for trial. WHY THEY GAME TO TE11MS. Coal Operntoi'H Forced to Abiuulon Position Talton l\v Uiior. While in New York Monday G. F. Raer, chief of tile coal operators was interviewed. "Do you consider that tho proposi tion submitted to tho president hi the nature of a recession from tho stand taken by thc operators?" he was asked. "1 happen to have drawn thc prop osition myself," Mr. liner said, "or at least 1 bad a considerable part in preparing lt, and J may state that lt embodies my opinions and my views. Further than that 1 cannot say any thing." President Oliphant of tho Delaware and Hudson was asked if tho public would not look upon tho proposition of tlio operators as a concession to thc miners. * "lt is not a concession to thc mi ners," he replied. "It isa concession to humanity. It is amove taken to relieve tho distress prevalent through out Hie country." Pr?sident Fowler, on being asked what inlluonces If any Induced tho operators to submit tho dilVoroncos with their mon to arbitration, replied: "lt was chlolly due to the pressure olT public opinion, or, rather, you might say, public necessity. Wo recognized that tho public would suf fer from scarcity of coal if something was not done soon, and wo concluded that It would bo honorable to over look in a measure tho rights of tho interests that wc represent in order that a way out of a serious predica ment might bo found. Many of the schools wore getting ready to shut down, and still greater hardships might bo suffered." Ono of tho mon prominent in coal circles said : "Tho arbitration proposition now before President Roosevelt was formu lated by tho men whoso names and in terests arc appended thereto, lt is only fair to say that Mr. Morgan took an active part iii tho proceedings and his suggestions wore most valuable. 1 'Tho operators' realized that mat ters had to give way. As men of common sense they know that they could not freeze tho American public. Mr. Morgan was frank to say that something had to be done at once or tho hard coal interests would suffer serious harm. Tho force of his argu ment was generally recognized. "Wo believe wo have boen moro than fair in our position. (Jutil we know how it luis been received wo can say nothing moro."_ A Pour Days Hattie. . Tile battle near La Victoria,* Yencv zuola. between tho army Commanded' by President Castro and thc revolu tionary forces, willoh bogan Monday morning and resulted in tho retire men of President Castro to La Vie loria Tuesday afternoon, was resinned again licrccly at ? o'clock Wednesday morning. At that time tho president had received roonforccmonts and had over (1,000 mon engaged against 7,000 revolutionists. Thc artillery played i a part never before seen in Venezuela. Shortly before .') o'clock Wednesday afternoon tho revolutionists appeared to have gained a slight advantage Tho president's artillery, Which mun * bored 16 guns, had boon reduced to four guns. La Victoria was crowded ; with wounded, and there wore no pro visons in thc town. Thc British cru iser Indefatigable has left La (?uayra for Tucacas, with provisions for thc foreign residents herc, some of whom, I aro said to bc dying of hunger as a result of tho concentration measures adopted by tho Venezuelan aulhorl \ ties. Thc Indefatigable, to accom plish her mission, will lia ve to run tho . blockade of Tucacas. Flection Day Duty. Some people have an idea that af ter they have put themselves to thc , trouble of travelling, perhaps, several i miles to deposit their v^jtos al a prfin I ary election, that ^'neir duty to their . party is llnlshc/Ji, but such is not thc > case by any ly.eans. Fach party man ' Wves'.t to/fihnself to be at tlio polls on e November i., when tho general eloc . lion is hold, and work as diligently s, for tho nominees of the party as they e did when tho primary election was e tho absorbing topic. Those who were - defoe ted In tho party primary should 1 heall thc moro pressing when the 1th n comes, because they pledged them . solves to support the nominees of tho i party, and wo fake if that "support" . docs not morely mean "vote," but it 1 moans "work." With us, tho party is li rsl. It may make mistakes, and y doubtless does, but that ls neither s herc or there. An unbroken, resoluto, ) determined front, and continuous o work, ls what ls needed to bring vlc e tory and triumph to tho party of the s common peoplo j? .- . . Two N Oft roes Ar ros tod. Q Thursday morning Sheri lt Scranton ot Henderson county? N. c., armed ,'. with r?quisition papers, carried to Henderson ville from Spartanburir, Dock .Iones and Charles Foster, both colored. These negroes, while work s lng In a hotel, stole a ladies valuable gold watch and chain. They returned J to this city after thc resort (dosed for !| tho season, Spar ta ti burg being their home. Deputy Sherill* White worked " up thc case on tho pair, and secured ? several diamonds and an emerald, wlilch adorned ono of tho cases of the "s stolen watch. 1 % Pixing tlio Ulallie.. J Tlio Unding in tho inquest following ? tho accident in which President " Roosevelt's body guard, Wm. Craig, * was killed at Pittsburg Mass., last H September, Hied says that "tlio un " lawful acts of James T. Kelly, com ductor and Kuclld Madden, motor man," of thc electric car which ran Into tho president's carriage, "con 0 tributed" to thc death of Mr. Craig. " Tho Unding was by special Justice 1 Ohas. L Hibbard. . ll ~~TliO Coill HM Iko. . Strike declared.May 12, 1002 1 Duration of strike ...... > IM days - Mon thrown out of work. IO2?.0OP i Loss In Miners' wages.. . * 'l|,350,0d(j 0 Loss of operators. <I5;750,000 >, Loss to railways _..." 85,000,000 t Loss .to-merchants.. .... 3(1,000,000 1 Other public,losses.....?. 21,1)00,00*0 ' Total llnanclal loss'/..:.$?i)3j?OO,?00 MUItDEIt-SUIGIDK. The Omcors of tho Climax Bottling Company Murdorod BY ITS FORMER PRESIDENT. Tho Murderer Thoo Kills lliiusoli'. (Jailed I-ropurcd to l*uy I'P a Shortage, Hut Unod Pistol. An awful tragedy was enacted hi the heart nf the city ul' New York on last Friday. Using a new automatic magazine pistol, Wm. G. Turner, for mer president and treasurer of tho Oil max Holding oompany, shot and killed W. .J. Mallard, secretary and treasurer of tho company and Robert Hamilton, its president, and then killed himself with tho same weapon. A second revolver, loaded in every chamber, was found In Tu ino t's pocket, and ii. is believed bo planne;! lo take moro lives than ho did. Tia; shooting was caused by a quarrel be tween the three mon over an alleged shortage in Turner's accounts, for which lie was threatened with crimi nal prosecution. Tho tragedy oee?ri?d In the ohlcos of the law linn ol'(Junior, Adams & McIntyre I ti.the heart of the Wall street district during tho busy noon hour. Turnor, who wits ?i? years of ago ?ind lived at Mount Vernon, X. Y., was a cousin of Gov. Odell of Now York. All of the principals in tho t ragedy wore man led. Mallan! was .'1(5 years old, a native of Atlanta, Ga., where he was well known in business and social circles. Ho was president of the Young Men's 1 m moe. ra Ile League there. Ile had been in New York about four years and lived with Iiis wife and two children in an up-town Hat. Mr. Hamilton lived in Pitts burg, vyhoi'o he was president of the J. T. & A. Hamilton glass factories. Ho was ..bout (10years old. He arriv ed in "New York Tburday in response to a telegram from Turner received at Pittsburg, which said: "Meet mc in Now York Friday and I will settle willi you." Thc three men mot in thc law of llces by appointment* to allow Turner to make a partial settlement and lie was asked for a certified check. "I have lt," he said, and then bc closed, tho dotti' of the room. Au Instant lalor bo drew a revolver and began firing. Mallard foll shot through thc heart and Hamlilton lived only a. few 1 moments. A number of other persons who were In thc room, clerks and members of thc linn, lied in a panic. After killing Hamilton and Mallard, Turner shot himself in tho bead. Some moments lalor, hearing no moir? shots, tho poisons who lied ventured back Into the room and found tho three bodies. Turner retired as president of thc Climax Mottling company last April when he was bought out by Hamilton. After tho sale it was discovered, in examining thc books of thc concern that there was a .shortage of $f>, 100 in Turner's accounts. Thc Climax com pany engaged John P. McIntyre, form er assistant district attorney, and M. Goodman, both of thc linn In whoso ofllees tho shooting occurred, to elfect a settlement with Turner and be en gaged Edgar Leventritt to represent lils interests. Some dilllculty-oi"'d been mot with in negotiations whiCiJ followed between tho lawyers, but it was llnally agreed to accept $2,700 and give Turnor a release in full. Thursday night it was agreed that thc settlement would take place In the oillecs of Cantor, Adams & Mc Intyre Friday at ll o'clock. Hcfore he left t he conference Thurs day night Turner anxiously asked that Mr. McIntyre bc present at Friday's fT?fitiug, and Mr. McIntyre has said since lift-'iJ.iootig lie did not like Tur ner's niannr viJ.\ui'.sday, as tho ]att,er, seemed, In lils opinion] VoVf?'u? him self recklessly and willi tho demeanor of a man who might do almost any desperate act. At thc appointed hour Friday Turnor, with bis lawyer, enter ed fbolawolllce. Mr. Goodman usher ed Turnor and lils lawyer into thc private office of Mr. Adams. Lovell? tritt, it iff said, told Turnor to romain outside. Turnor refused, saying that ho wanted to close thc matter at once. Turner immediately after entering .asked for Mr. McIntyre and showed anger when told ho would not bo at the conference. Negotiations for a settlement began at once, Messrs. Hamilton, Mallard and Goodman and Adams hoing pres ent beside Turner and Iiis attorney. Tho conference at lirst was in thc linn's general chico, but later Mallard asked to seo Mr. Adams and Mr Hamilton In Adam's private cilice, Turner having refused certain propo sitions. Willie thc conference, in thc private ellice was going on Tn mei walked lu. 'li? lawyer asked bim foi his check lo bo used in the sell lomon I and Turner said; "Yes, I'll lol you have it." Then Turner (dosed thc door of thc ellice. He was facing Mr. Mallard, who had asked him for tho corf I Hot) check. In an instant after he had shut the door bc drew a revolver and pointing lt at Mallard said: "I'll kill you, you tl-." Then ho llred two shots at Mallard. Instantly there was a wild scramble on thc part of the others In the room. All except Ham ilton dashed for tho door, hut Hamil ton when Turner Hied, sprang at him to grapple. Turnor wus too ( vick foi him, however, and dropping. \n wea pon to a lovel with lils victim -. breast llrcd. There is no witnesses to what followed. Mr. Leventritt, at tho Hist appearance of the revolver, rushed out of tho room, leaving his-hat behind. Goodman followed Levontrltt and Adams Jumped to his feet as soon as Mallard was sh?t, brushed past Tur i nor and got out of thc ellice. As they i loft the room moro shots were heil rd, followed by two heavy falls.' There , was consternation in tim ofllee. Clerks, ? hoys hud sevornl women cmployes'worc for $ few ipi mi tes too frightened to dc anything.' ' >.'-.'\Vhcji persons connected with thc law oillccs ventured hack into the room, they fouiuLthb threo, bodies .lyJ lng close together. On Turner's body; was found an unsigned telegram read ing: "Tclcphono message rceoivod." Will accept $2,700 either from Hamil ton or Mallard." On Turner's eorpso tho coronor also found a certified check for $2,700. Tho latter is re garded as throwing a peculiar light on Hie case, fur lt ls thought to indi cate that Turnor went to the oftlco with the probable intention of paying tlio sum of money which was to have settled thc difilculty. If he did in tend to pay, it ls argued, ho changed ids mind suddenly and dcelded to kill. NEGItO WHIP WILDCAT. A l'ail hl'ul ?oft Helpa II I? M UH tor to Win tho Fifth (. Iii Dead river swamp, Ga., Wednes-. day aiiernoon George Tarpley, a ne gro man of gigantic stature and strength, encountered a tremendous wild cat ferocious from hunger. The two engaged in a battle which lasted for a quarter of an hour. T.hc man nearly lost his lifo before lie came" Out of tho fight victorious, and had not his faithful dog joined him carly in tlio encounter thc result might have been ri Hie rent. Tarpley bad boen hunting. Ile heard a great commotion deep in the swamp and au investigation of the noise brought him upon tho wild cat, which was chasing tut keys. The; man's interference enraged tho ani mal, and it sprang ?poll him before he realized Ins danger. Tarpley toro too clawing beast from his shoulder and throw lt from him, This partly stunned thc cat and be fore it could recover Tarpley shot lt In the breast. Ho thought he had killed lt and turned away, but no sooner was . bis back turned than he felt it alight again on his shoulder and Hs shaim claws ripped lils neck like blades ol' steel. Ho fell to tho ground. Then his dog broke in on thc battle. Tho dog got thc cat by tho throat and dragged it from tho. negro. Tarpley staggered to lils foot and tried (Lo got another shot, but, fearing lest he hit tlio dog, could ,oiily stand by and watch tlio two gamo animals as'they battled for Ufo. Over and over they rolled, howling, bitting and clawing. First tho dog, then thc cat had the advantage. Blood spattered against tho tree trunks as they fought. It was a desperate struggle between thc wild dcnl/.en of tho swamp and the faithful dog protecting his master. Finally Tarpley managed to club the cat with the butt end of his gun. He thought to break Its back, but the blow failed of this end and the, cat turned again on tho manv As it came up in ?i*s Spring li? caught it by ? teg and Hung lt against a troo. Tho dog was upon lt, as lt foll to thc ground stunned and thc light soon ended. In tho throat tho savage tcctli of the dog gripped tho cat and Its pugnacious spirit was literally ground out of tlio torn and bleeding body. Tho cat was. weighed in town and tipped the scales at sixteen pounds. Wants to Conic Herc. The Secretary of State has received a letter from Henry Spang, of St. Louis, Mo., wlVb is connected with a largo wholesale dry goods house, look ing to thc establishment of a hosiery mill in South Carolina. For the Infor mation of tho dlficront towns of the State, who would Uko to have such ti mill, tho letter ls herewith publish d. lt reads as follows: Dear Sir: Tlio writer is seeking a location for a hosiery mill, which will employ about oho hundred hands at ' the si/a rt, and possibly employ 200 to .'100 in thc Course of a few years. Tho labor wanted must be white anti cheap in order to compete successfully with eastern manufacturers. A town of 1,600 ? ttl 2,000 inhabitants, with a good coal supply and good shipping facilities to St. Louis, is desired. Tho writer lias been informed that a good many Southern towns aro ol?e?^ lng certain concessions toJrim,j.c' ?nan. ufnotiVrcrs^ an(1 Lol 'W.'.'?h'e'any mich concessions would be quite an Inducement to me. Would also prefer to get as close to tho cot ton yarn spinning district as possible, and would prefer to locate in a town where" there ls no hosiery mill at pre sent. Any Information with which i you can supply the writer will bo very much appreciated, and would mention that 1 can furnish the very highest , class of references. 1 desire to take this matter up shortly, and would thank you lo give same your earliest attention."_ Dead Hortins in Street. A special from Indianapolis, Ind., on Monday says that four dead bodies wore found tied in sacks in Georgia street and In thc rear of thc Central College ol' Physicians and Surgeons i that morning. Tho bodies were idon ! tilled as those of Mrs. Johanna Stil/., said to have beep stolon from tho Eb enezer cemetery; Miss Glendore Gates, alleged lo lui vc boen stolon from An ; dcrson cemetery; Wallace Johnson, ? taken from Ebenezer cemetery, and Mrs. Catherine Doehring, from tho German Catholic comotery.. It ls sup posed at least ono hundred graves have been despoiled within tlio last throe months. Judge Alford, in his Instructions to members of the grand jury, told them to go to thc bottonVof tho outrago and punish every man for his part In lt, regardless of his promi nence. i Whip Wrecked. ' Thc wooden steamer C. H. Look ? wood foundered hi a storm about lf> miles off Ashtabula, O', Wednesday night. Tho captain and crew suc 1 cecded In launching two boats Just be ' fore thc steamer went down., Ono of tho boats containing tho captain was ' picked up near tho harbor tills morn ' lng. Tho other boat has not been ' hoard from! Tugs and lifo savers aro 1 searching for tho missing boat, which contained 10 members of tho crow. ? lloauvolr Sold. Tlio formal salo and transfer of beauvoir, tho home of Jefferson Davis, by, Mrs. Davis to thc Sons of Confett ; crate Veterans, was consummated Thursday at tho opening session of tho ; reunion of tho Mississippi Division, i Sups ot Confederate Veterans at Jack don! The homo will bo used fis a homo ?'.? for'- indigent Confederate voterans. i fofos; Davis rc?olved $.10,000 for the ' homo; ?"?.."? fe THE KABTi? QUAKED For Six Hours Soufri?re Belohed Flames, Stones and Ashes. ,THE VOLCANO IN ERUPTION. [??e'nyy Uoport? WUH Accompanied With Activity ol' tho Moun tjiii?M. Fi.vtont ol' DUUIUKO Not Known. -MMlO V fell of m vol?anos In the little, Islands tho United States are active again. A. dispatch from Kingston, ?t. Vincent Island, says a tonillo eruption of tho Soufri?re volcano com menced Wednesday night. During Ibo preceding dav (Tuesday) earth tremors apparently too slight to bc considered Important were experlcne "t/crhi thu central and northolm parts of tho island. j At 8 o'clock Wednesday night there >TO|? indubitable indications of an '.';;iiption. Rumbling noises wore hoard, they increased until fi o'clock, when the roaring volcanic giant bel ?n ed out its deadly contents. This ertiptlun was followed by a brief lull. Tnojh froth io o'clock until 4 o'clock Tbiusd?y morning tho upheaval con ilimed. Thc outbreak was accompani ed by an Incessant and confused can oiiadhig. There were incandescent c Yunis and sparkling matter was ejeot eth After 4 o'clock tho disturbance gi'?d?ally decreased but tho noise of Hie boiling caldron is still audible in tlie dlstili?t near thc volcano. I Kith orators of thc Soufri?re were apparently active and have been steaming all day long. Sand foll heav ily every whore from half past ono un- ? tiVlMh'-past, -three' this morning. At j souther ir'.points the sand is half an inch, deep, tho depth gradually in creased ?towards the volcanic cone, whole tho o ?'wore showers xjf large stuhos, pebbles and cinder. '.Kingston and other southern points of |ho' Island have not. been damaged. Uoports f rom tho Wind ward district aie ..waited.. Thc sand ejected during this o.i'upturn has a .Stronger sulphur ous odor than any previously thrown out*j and ono square foot of it wolghs exactly 'ono pound. A dispatch from Bud|.'ctown, Island of Barbadas, says volcanic kdust from tho Sow fdoro volcano on the island of St.fiVlncohij is falling hero and has ca?sOd iv'?;stoppage pf business. Thc 0;''^*V?epoi^:^lr?;-yUbfjjh:i^':;..iii?ii$ stoics dliu'a?c rei ur til ng to tlici r homes. 11 was sq dark at 10 o'clock this morn Ing'that lt was necessary to light the lamps. A dispatch from Passe Teno, Island of Guadeloupe, says between midnight and ?. o'clock Wednesday morning loud detonations were heard and glim mering lights were seen in tho direc tion of tho Island of Martinique. Thoo wore two earthquakes Tuesday at Les Saintes islands, off tho south ern end of Gaudcloupe and at Marie (?alante island, south southeast of (?audoloupe. A TKUlUniiK TYPHOON. A terrible typhoon has spread disas ter all over thc northern part of Ja pan. lt was accompanied by seismic tidal waves at Oda wara, which del-' uged thc (toast villages, thc loss of life and property hoing immonso. Sub scription lists haye boon opened in towns by thc leading Japanese people/, and newspapers. A localJournalsj^j; "Prom telegrams and~ por.s(uiy[,^ar.' rations it scorns that tho^i,ypiloon which visited this sc?th>?i of Japan on Saturday night^.h Sunday ?ontrah l/.ed its mmia the region of Odawara. tidal wav^8 visited thc shores at Oda wara, WMgiij Kamekura Oizo and '"^^.'...fc and immense damage to property ensued. Tho telegraph re ports that at Odawara alone 50 houses were washed away and eight persons killed on Sunday morning. Tho Yu molo-Kodzu-Odawara lino was com pletely paralyzed. Whole sections were lifted bodily-sleepers and rails nd transported hundreds of yards In inti. At tho power house thc dynamo was reported still there, but (/hoh?use was supposed to bo up the mounnfain somewhere. Thc loss will oat up a considerable amount of tho year's prollt of the line." Plenty ol'CuHh. A dozen big rolls of greenbacks were found, according to District Attorney .loromo, in tho safes of two of the (Ive New York gambling houses which were tho scene of raids Wednesday night by order of the district attorney. j "I understand that there is a great deal of money deposited each night by bookmakers in these places," said Mr. Jerome. "Hut I do not know who owns tho, rolls. It will not bo suffi I clent identification for a man to sn , "that $10,000 roll is mine.' " ' It has been ascertained that the total amount of money in the rolls found in the sare is about $250,000. slapped Ills Face. H. o. Colt, a membor of the famous Colt family of gunmakers, who makes I bis home In Charlotte, was slapped in tho face on tho street by a pretty ac tress, Miss Oraco Hobart nanson, a member of "Tho Tyranny of Tears" company. Mr. Colt was walking be side tlio lady on tho street. When she reached the main entrance of tho Central hotel thc young woman hurst Into tears and as suddenly drew back her hand and slapped Colt full In the faco. She then quickly entered thc hotel, while tho crowd of traveling mon and guests around tho hotel ou trance applauded her., Mvont lui Voyage. Tho American four-mnstod ship j Shenandoah arrived at Now York on Thursday from San Francisco, aftojt an oventfui passrtgo of >123 days. Ono man was killed on the voyage and two others Injured,'and tho ship had sev eral combats with tho olements,whlcli damaged hor sails and deck houses. Tho Shenandoah had fine .weather an ti) July 27th. on Septomb?r,27th tho rudder head twisted off and tho crow thereafter Avoro obliged to steen; by tackles on a monkey . roller.^Unoof this piiry rig tlio ?hip carno into port. Says Time is Ripe** FOR A DEMOCRATIC VICTORY; fin Says HopubUcnim Should Not bo . Permitted to Occupy Our Tnr ?IV llolbrm Ground This Year. . To a ..representative of Tho New York I?)vening Post., who asked him his Views in robard to tho outlook foi- and tho duty of tho nomocracy In tho approaching congressional cloe tlons, ox-Prosldent Grover Olevoland said: "It seems to me that If tho Democ racy ls really In earnest lt cannot.fall largely, to Increase Its representation lu the next congress, but In urder/to do so I think there must ho a constatiji' and stalwart Insistance upon tho thing which arc recognized hy all to he true Democratic doctrines. Of coil rsc, by far the most important of tlies? is tarllf reform. On this issue, I am satlslicd that tho Damocraoy is face to face with a great opportunity. All of the signs of thc times point to a recognition, far beyond all party lines, of thc benefits, which would ac^ oruo to the peoplo by a readjustment of the tariff, and it would be worse than lolly for tho party under tho stress of any temptation or yielding to any allurement to permit this to be subordinated to or overshadowed by any other issue. "Tho present restlessness in Repub lican ciroles on this subject, often amounting tp protests against I.tepub- , Hean protective theories, shoiild warn thc Democracy of an impending dun* ger. I mean by this tho possibility that our opponents may orowd us from our position on this subject, if we al-, i low them to do so by our lukowarm?* i ness and indifference and to occupy our ground, just as wo permitted them to crowd us from the ground that bolongod to us on the question of sound money. ? "I am very muon pleased with thc deliverance of the Kew York Demo cracy on thc tarll? issue, and lt was j lit and proper that thc Ampire Stato < should sound the right note. It is my i olear conviction that tho best assur- < ance of success for tho Democracy in i tho next national campaign will bc 1 found in a sincere and unremitting in- < sistencc upon'its.old time dootrlno of .1 . a..fall:.and^beneficent tarll? adlw$: . mont. This liislstetico slioulcl bo from i now on It need hardly bo said that 1 success will depend upon thc presenta- i tlon of tariff doctrine not only rc- < cognized as truly Democratic by those 1 who may be termed veterans in the ' party, but also commending itself to ? tho hosts of tho younger men of our ! land. Thousands of these await the j opportunity to espouse a cause svhlch i must appeal to disinterested love of 1 country and which is based upon the i thoughtful regard of all our people and thc safety of the Institutions un der which wo live. To these young men no hope is offered for the rellza tlon of their patriotic aspirations ex cept through tho conscientious en deavors of tlie Democratic party. "I am at a loss to understand by what process of reasoning the notion has gained a footing in certain. V^??/? ^atlo quarter^. ?iutrt^r?hat no 1m \?n?M? ati?>?ches to a Democratic as ?f^v^^in the next house of repre sentatives, but even that lt might be advantageous to party prospects In lUO-l for it to continue in its present minority now. Powerful warfare ought to be reagarded as continuous, and if tho results battled for are worth hav ing ai all, they are worthy of our best efforts at all times and under all cir cumstance. Constant vigilance and unrelenting attack are essential to vic tory, armies arc captured by Hist driv ing in tlie outposts. I cannot believe that the bright prospects of tho Democracy lu the present campaign aro to bc married by any lack of hard work and stronuous lighting." ? Solo ot'Tlckot ?Ox tended. Thc Columbia Stato says on Friday morning an announcement was made that will bo pleasing to hundreds of people all over South Carolina who contemplate going to the fair. Here tofore tlie vail roads have only had tickets on sale at stations on cortaln days of fair week and not running through Friday. In view of the fact that lt is tire purpose to make Friday ono of thc biggest days this yoar, and Friday nlghftho most eventful night by far, a Joint committee from thc Elks and tho City Fair association recently took this matter of tho offer ing for salo of tickets up with tho railroad people. Friday morning tho committee was notilicd that tho roads had dot ermined this year tootler tho cheap tickets for salo at all stations on the Saturday boforo the fair and will continue them on salo through Friday of fair week. Tills will onable. m.anyjtto como hore to spond tho Sun day before tho fair, and otbers who can only come for ono day will bo In a position not to miss tho great carnival parade, coming In if they desire on Friday evening in timo for the night's festivities ?ind returning Saturday. j KlllOll JllltUJOlf. ' ' . IO. A. Sohrocdcr, of Now York, a tobacco salesman, and son of Kx?Mayor , Schroeder; of Brooklyn, committed suicide Wednesday morning on tho train from Jacksonville to Savannah , by shooting himself through tho head. He had taken tho drawing room on tho sleeper and lt was In this that his body was discovered when tho con ductor wont through to tako up tho tickets. On tho body was* found a i lottor, addressed to tho publto, in which was written: UI have coin? 1 mtttedagrcat crime; tho law cannot j pnnioh mc heneo I punish royaolt." t Another lotter requested that h' fathor and hlswlfo be notified.. " - W Ibeliqvcd tho young man was mentally unbalanced. ;Th<? body ls bdlnghoUl rtt Wayoross for . ^itA'uotlpns from Now, York.' Schroeder Wa&;?iarrlcd six wcclfs ago to>'the divorced wife of 10x-A?dorri>an Howard P. Okio, form erly Miss."ChcsoborQugh, a. sister of Mrs. noland p. Molineux. r?ri' A an>i>^ (State says U?C?V<TN grossman in that ?c^", .last week. Geo. W. Miirniy; 'ox-'congrcssman,thought that hifjTf?ir?tr. was qulokly drawing to uti end. It ap pears that ho had a fuss with a white man at Providence. No blows passed and tilings wore settled In a quiet manner. Four or il ve young men at Gaillards "X-roads hearing some rumor of tbo fuss rode to Providence to hear about lt. Ono of Murray's brothers was there and whon luvsaw.tlio crowd gather and start, talking about thc row ho Immediately took up tho idea that lt was a lynching affair, lie ran four miles to warn bis brother, telling him that a gang of white men wore coming to murder him. Murray im mediately sont to Sumter to tho sher ill' for-protection and proceeded to get a body guard. County ?Supervisor Seale went up there, arriving at Murray's house about ll p. nV Everywhere you looked J&hcrc were armed negroes. The shadow of every tree was the hiding place for them, lt is thought that there were 1,50 women dud-?ich stand ing guard. It took Mr. ^eido Some time to porsuado Marlay that there was nothing doing Ju tho way of a "lynching airair and that tho white man with whom lie had fussed was then in thc city ot Sumter..; A. very serious matter might hayo been pre cipitated by so many ai med negroes being called together, and then there, might havo been ample justUicatlon for Murrays fears, for bc certainly would have been handled had his armed mob Hied on a whito. person. Murray may not havo known lt; but ho was playing with lire when he call ed tho armed negroes to his house to protect him. Ho Wan D?siiomlont.' Tho body of Henry Cordes, who committed suicide Tuesday at Jaolo sovlllo, whero bb Went In search of work, was brought to Charleston Wed nesday and Interred In Hothany ceme tery. Cordes was formerly in business In Charleston, having conducted it grocery and liquor establishment. Ile failed and then went to Jackson ville, n.'li i-iv/. 1*0 Ort rt, , y*f\el A???' ..?-^kv. A*0 ? rv v i . . v. v.l.., (/IVJIUUIIU UH til mr ii ost his placo and bOj.J.t same despondent, finally commlttlh? suicido, to ohd ble.y-nuine.T ^ri?o sul uldo was deliberately planned. Ile told his friends goodby, destroyed a nuiubor of old letters, antf packed lils jffcots that they inlglit easily be sent back to Charleston. . After drinking a yjal of:?a,vi.ioiie:acldIV?-VOpaired'a'?vb?t?'P x circle of frionas at his boarding iiouso and cooly announced tho fact that ho had drunk the acid. Ile sat lown on a chair and awaited the end, which carno about 15 mtnuies after he had announced tho drinking of thc iicid. The efforts of lils friends and later of a physician to savc^ lils Ufo proved of no avail. Ile was 27 years Did. Ho lejivcs a sister herc, tho two having come ovor to this country from Germany a few years ago. Tho Handy Pistol. Mr. Perry Mltchem, a well-to-do farmer living in the upper part of Morgan county, Ga., shot and almost Instantly killed Walter Booth, of Mad Ison, Ga., and Mr. HaningyJolrTBlvn place, at Madlson^^kjanesday after noon. WiilteJ?^jT Main's circus was in luis?n and a very large crowd gath ered there to witness the performance. It ls sakljihat many people were drunk and whiskey flowed freely Tho fight in which Mitcham killed Booth and Uamby, occured over a dispute about a bottle of whisky, lt appears that tho dispute was between Mltch em and Uamby, and that Booth was ?d disinterested party attempting to act as pcaco maker between tho two men. Mltchem Hied live shots from his revolver, two of which killed thc two men and two of the romalnlng three taking effect In bystandors. Ono white man and ono negro were in Jured by stray bullets. Tho shooting occurred In an alley lu the rear of the store of Vason Brothers. Mr. Booth leaves a wife and four children. Mr. Uamby was a single man. Mltchem was drunk at tho time tho shooting occurred." Late last night ho stated ?that bc was very sorry he killed Mr. Booth who had nothing to do with tho trouble. Mltchem ls lu-Jail. Ho Hiiro anti Vote. Thc day for the gonoral olectlon will bo Tuesday, November 1th. Let1 every whito voter romombor tho day, so that bc can look up tho registra tion cortlilcato, lu order that ho may go to the polls and cast his ballot as ho should'. Many of our people look upon this matter as of secondary con sideration. It ls not only lnoumbont | by reason of tho pledgo at tho Demo cratic primaries to support tho nomi nees, but lt enables our representa tives in Congress to present a strong caso when a contest existe, as is gen erally the case. This one thing, if for no other consideration, should make j ps go to the polls on tho fourth of Novombcr and oilst a'ballot for tho Democratic standard bearers. It ls tho Intention of tho Republicans to nominate a congressional oandldate lh each district In South Carolina for tho sole purpofco of getting up contests should tho noxt congress bo Uopublh can. Every Domoorat should vote and give Our congressional candidates a rousing majority, Propheten SuoCQSO. "It scorns to me, that a Democratic victory ls In tho air," said Hon. Stophcri Brundidge, membor of con gress from Arkansas, Wednesday. My opinion is that it will material I/o In tho near futuro iii tho congressional elections, but If not then, 1001 wlllbo momorablcas the year tho Democrats swept tho country. Tho groat victory of 1802 will surely bc duplicated two yours hence,If not In tho present cam paign, It docs not rcqnlro a high or j -* t of intelligence tor ftny ono to see /??iat the country .is getting;, rostlcss iOYet %cJuicqualltlcs and exactions of o\ir tariff systom. Strong .ttorjnbhcai districts arc showing as great chscdn tent at oxcesslvo taxation nS'U\foun hi Democraticstrong holds. '.'-Tho' mb. dlo West protests against Ul and so docs New England. Tho leaven of tarill reform ls working all ovev the I count! y. . 1' . /!;V: & nf IOI?htcoJi-">loiTir.~? ... 'jWlrjfllBI tor. Hayn ilo Is Not j^*^;-->>JHH 'Morry* As tho bloody sequel ofj?$d?v6rco suit, Archie Woodlh, 23* /?atV old, ls under airest at Mount Pleasant,Mich igan, charged with ? triple murder and that community Was shocked Thursday by a bloody tragedy in which Mrs. Woodln's parents and thc prisoner's '18:months-old', daughter, wore shot' and killed. Wood in was over-powered just as ? ho turned t/lio | weapon Upon himself and had inflict-^ J cd a wound that is dot expected td *.''". prove fatal. He visited tho court imUSo Thursday morning about h o'clock and looked over tho, papers In x suit for divorce which lils wife in stituted Oct., 10. From there he went directly to JsbePs hardware store where he purchased a revolver. There tvas.no Interruption. in his career of ?rimo froin'the ihohiont his hands lot ?p of tho T?gnl. papers in tho court House, until his viotims lay dead in two farm houses six miles apart, tiavlng secured the weapon ho ilrst :odo his wheel to tho Gullck farm) Mr. and Mrs;'Joseph C ulick hoing tho ilrst victims. Mr. Gullck was shot tw^cio,pnce, above the heart and once imthe'rlght side, and was Instantly trilled. Wood in then turned upon hts mother-in-law, who.was sitting ht.? rocking chair, and shot her In the throat.. She run into tho kitchen and foll upon her back. Woodln followed ind emptied tinco."chambers bf Wsrqr- , colver.into her breast, killing holy p t-i-ycar-bld daughter of GpUe^%'no vj n at the sound of the ftj?<; "-wrote and 1 ?Oeing tito blood Olr?t?pwmothor's nook l an ' to tho ypighws and gave tho ilarm. wn^^runhing down the ro?d <u~#**rt*i iihe lash throe shots. Ths;g|| jf^rderer then dashed to his mothor's rome 'six miles away. He rode his. vhcel for ono mlle, thou tearing off ils coat and throwing it 'with his bl jycle into a fence corner, rah a mile ind a half through tho ilelds. He nado the last four miles on a borrows tcPhorso. . Passlmig tho time of day ;v ivh kv ii rou p. of - ?ipDlcy.ipiolcei'ii' on Jt\\a nothor's farm, he entored tho house is though nothing unusual had hap pened, and picking up his little ghi, >arrled her into an empty loom. In a noment a shot rang out. Woodln's vlfe was Miss Anna M. Gullck and. >hoy were married March 25, 1000. Woodln was a soldier in tho Oubau. war. At tho jail he rofuses to balk > ixcopt to express regret that he f ailed TO kill himself. Ho was laboring iiii 1er thc j m pression that his wife's pa ints had caused tho divorce proceed ings, though his wife's bill of com plaint charged personal violence. ?rimo o?' Ciroumstanttal Kvkloncc. - TJ1.8torv 4?#W?i ^u?fmnc?s" w'her?i iimocoiit men have beon hung for murder and other crimes on . circum stantial evidence, tho facts of tho case f requently not hoing known until many years after the tragic mistake has been made, but probably no cir cumstance of this kind has over car ried with it a more shooklng realiza tion of tho enormity of a man's life bolng taken by tho law because clcum stances are apparently against him than a case tho details of which have recently been published. In liieh mond, Va., on October tho third, John Wesley Hicks, convicted of the mur der of Milton Bourne, his somin-law, was hanged at Louisa Court House. Just twenty years ago, a man was <. hanged In Virginia because circum stantial evlvcnco pointed to the con clusion that ho had murdered for their monoy an old man and his wife named Massey. So strong was tho , evidence that everyone believed that the prisoner committed tho crime; but tho sequal proves that" lawyers, judge, jury and public wore wrong. Tho sequel is this: Just beforo Hicks paid the death penalty last wcok.ho , publicly confessed that he had coni- ' milted tho crime for whloh another had paid his lifo, detailing the circum stances in such a manner us left no doubt in his hcarors' minds as to his . own guilt and martyrdom of the man who died assotlng his innocence. Woman Drawing Plowoi An Iowa traveler baok from' tho now Northwest frontier, says Pear son's Weekly, ro?ales som, if the hardships of life there. Ho says: "I saw a colony of Gallclans in Saskatch? o wan, and thoy gave mo tho most ex traordinary exhibition or human pa tience and fortltudo I over hohold. I saw from a dozen to .fifteen women hitched two and two on an 18-nlch breaking plow, and thoy'marched Straight ahead through tho tough ground with that plow, tearing up flvo ?acres a day on an average. There, was a man holding tho. plow. Tho ?work these people did was as effective as could lurvo beendon? by horse or oxen. Tho women secmod to take to their hard labor as a matter of conrso. Thoy aro very cheerful over lt.. J. aux told that scores of theso women who draw plows all day have vitality Chough left to dance through tho grouter part of tho night." Dont li ni' n Convict . Lonnie Huntley, white, a convict on tho Andorson county chain gang died Wednesday afternoon from a Stroko of ,appoplexy at tho convlet camp near tho city limits. Ho had apparently boen In tho best of health ovor slnco ho had been cm the chain gang, and on Sunday was as wolf ns usual. Ouidng tho ftfWrnoon von? of ' tho guards told him to attend to some duty about the camp. Ho started to Obey and wont walking oil, when ho suddenly fell backward, tty tim Ihne; those who saw him . could r<ach his side ho was dying.,.? Ho expired'.In a few mluutes, and did not. speak after ho fell.