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"DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR ,LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." -V VOL. xsf??: BENNET?SVILIiE, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 903. NO. 24. MAD MISSOURI MOB Takes Charge of Joplin and Hangs an Unknown Black Tramp WHO KILLED A POLICE OFFICER. Tho Mob Raids Ne?ro Quarter and Drives the Black? from thc Town Defying tho Authorities. A mob took possession of Joplin, Mo., Wednesday evening, and took ah unknown negro tramp from thc city jail and hanged him to a telegraph pole at the comer of Second and Wall streets, two blocks from the jail. The negro wa? charged with having mur dered Police Ollleer Leslie, who was shot dead Tuesday night in tho. Kansas City Southern railroad yards while endeavoring to arrest several negroes suspected of theft. Officer Leslie had ordered several negroes who had taken refuge in a box car to surrender and when they Tailed todo so bc Ured several shots at the ear. During the shooting a negro slipped from the car and coming np behind the ofliecr, shot him through the head. The negro then lied and within a short time posses were after him. About J* o'clock Wednesday after noon, Lee Fullerton, aged 21, located the fugitive in a .slaughter house just east of Joplin. The negro was armed with a ville and defied arrest. Kuller ton slipped into the structure unob served and crept up behind the negro. Suddenly he sprang at the unsuspect ing fugitive and before resistance could be made he had r,hc negro on his back with a knife at his throat. The negro then surrendered his rill?, and pointing thc weapon at him Ful lerton marched him out of the build ing. With thc assistance of another man the negro was brought to Joplin and placed in jail. News of thc capture spread rapidly and the jail was speedily surrounded by hundreds of people. There were cries of "Lynch him!" on all sides and City Attorney II. II. Decker mountco the Jail steps and made a strong plea in behalf of law aud order. This served temporarily to stay thc mob but did not appease it and a short time after Decker's speech the mob started to batter in a section of thc jail wall. Every effort was made to prevent the entrance of thc mob, but without avail and within 15 minutes tho men had gained entrance; to the jail and secured the trembling negro. As he was dragged forth City Attor ney Decker again Interfered and urged that the negro be given a trial. For half an hour lie talked and the mob listened toJiira-with t h? negro In their custody. At one- time it seemed that the city attorney would win, as members of the mob began dispersing, but sud denly a rush was made for thc spot where the negro was being held and he was dragged two blocks from thc jail with a rope fastened around his neck, and after the rope had been thrown over the crossbar o? a tele graph pole a score of men attempted to pull the negro from the ground. As many more, seized the negro and pulled to prevent him being hanged. For some moments it was a veritable tug of war, but reen force men ts on thc free end of the rope proved the stronger and the negro, despite his protestations of innocence, was li nally swung into the air and strangled to death, while shouts ol' satisfaction went up from the mob. The name of thc negro was not known and he was a stranger in Joplin. The lynching of the negro served only temporarily to satisfy thc Indig nance of the mob and leter Wednes day night hundreds of men again as sembled and rioted through the negro section of the city, burning houses, stoning negroes and finally driving every negro from the confines of the town of Joplin. The police were pow erless. Tlie first act of the mob arter hanging the negro was to demand the release from jail of a local character known as "Hickory Hill," who was under arrest on the charge of assault ing a negro. In the hope that this would appease the mob the prisoner was set free. But the mob did not disperse. In stead a rush was made through Main street, the principal street of Joplin, and every negro was frightened oil thc street and tied to the northern part of thc city where the negro population resides. In this way the negroes were driven from all parts of the city to the negro section. Then the mob charged down on the section. Stones were thrown, doors and windows of negro houses were broken In and dually sev eral were fired. The fire department responded, but many of the houses were burned to the ground. The mob made endeavors to prevent the tire de partment from extinguishing the Hames and were partially successful. All the olll cc rs of the city, township and county were called out, hut the mob swept them aside and proceeded with tho rioting. Mayor Trigg ran from comer to corner and mounting boxes made earnest appeals Lt? the mob to cease, but beyond cheering the mayor vociferously the mob swept on and the depredations continued. The saloons were hurriedly closed by the mayor. Arter the hundreds or fren zied men composing the mob had vented their wrath in the north end of the city they rushed to the south ern end where lived a number of ne groes. Their homes were vacant and not a negro could be found. Three more houses were llred and two were consumed. All efforts to reason with the rioters were futile, as apparently a frenzy had seized upon them. A dispatch from Carthage, Mo , which is only a few miles from Joplin, says the negro lynched wasThos. Gil yard, a tramp. He had cont' : cd that he murdered Leslie in Tuesday night's tight. Early Wednesday Sherill' Owen hurried ol? to the county jail at Car thage, lian Hilliard, a negro who was with Gllyard just before the, police man was killed. Wednesday night Hilliard was spirited away fiom Car thage for fear of an attack on the county Jail. BELONGS TO OUR COUNTRY." Secretary Moody't?Tribute to the Con? j federate Torpedo Boat Heroes. Secretary of the Navy Moody, in a cordial letter of acknowledgment, has completed a pleasant Interchange of tokens of good feeling between the North and South. On the Battery, In Charleston, S. C., there ls a hand some .granite monument to the men who lost their lives In the operation of the Confederate torpedo boat "Hundley," called by thc Federal authorities the "David." On Secre tary Moody's return from thc West Indies he received through Mayor Smyth, of Charleston, a handsome double frame containing photographs of the two inscribed faces of the "tor pedo monument." Thc following let ter from Mayor Smyth accompanied it: "You cxprcesed a wish for a pho graph of the monument on our Bat tery to our torpedo heroes during a drive I had thc honor to have with you when recently in our city. 1 mentioned your request to Mrs. S. 15. Conner, president of the Charleston Chapter of the Daughters of the Con federacy, and also your remarks as you stood with head uncovered before that monument, 'Mr. Mayor, this be longs to our country, not to Charles ton alone!' "lt gives mc great pleasure to pre sent this photograph to you and to thank you for your kind words and the Interest you have manifested in thbi old city. Such feelings as you ex pressed do honor to your brain and heart, and will be cherished by us all as typical of thc true and broad Ameri can citizen you have always proved yourself to he." Mr. Moody's response was in the same kindly vain. What was known as thc "Fish tor pedo boat," a submarine, was built at Mobile, In 1803, by Hundley and Mc clintock. Hundley lost his own life within his boat and eventually she went down for thc last time with her victim, the Housatonic. The "David" was an entirely dilferent type i f tor pedo craft and was never en ti ri 1/ sub merged.- Ed. Thc N. and C. A Serious Charge. A dispatch to The State nays war rants have been issued in Anderson for the arrestor Mr. .J. W. Pooser, an in surance agent who spent stine time in that city last winter. Thc dispatch says Mr. Popser while in Anderson represented the Pennsylvania Casualty company and possibly one or two other reliable companies. He collected money for a number of policies that have never been received by those who paid fdr them. Mr. L. C. Houston of Greenville, the agent of the company, has informed parties in Anderson that he never received thc money for the policies and has stated that he. too, bas a warrant issued for Pooscr in ("reenville. Thc warrants charge him with obtaining money with fraudu lent intent ano breach of trust. Mr. Pooser went to Anderson from Colum bia and went back to Columbia from here. A letter was received here a day or two ago from one of his friends staling that Pooscr is now in Califor nia. This statement will bo fully in vestigated and cverv etl'ort will be made to have the warrants that have been issued served upon him. A Warship Raised. Thc warship Reina Christina flag ship of Admiral Montejo, which was sunk by Admiral Dewey in Manila Hay, was raised last week. Skeletons of eighty of her crew were in the hulk. One skeleton evidently was that of an officer, for lt had a sword hy it Ride. There were tifteen shell holes in tho hull of the boat, one being mad-.; hy an eight-inch gun, and the others wore small. The main injection valve was missing, showing the ship was scut tled when Admiral Mantejoabandoned her. The hull ls in n fair condition. Captain'Albert lt. Coudcn, command ing the naval station at Ca vi te, took charge of the remains of the Spanish soldiers, expressing his purpose t give them an American naval funeral. The Spanish residents are eager to ship the remains to Spain, and it is suggested that the United States transport Summer convey them to Spain by way of Suez canal hi June. Ol'What Governor. A dispatch to Thc Slate from Mor ristown. N. J., says: David Telfer, au old man, a grandson of a former governor of South Carolina', who has been a charge on this county over a year, is tobe taken back td his home In South Carolina tomorrow. How he came north is a mystery. Tart of the time he has been in the asylum and part of the time in Jail. The author ties have been quarreling with his re latives In South Carolina as to who should take care of him. They didn't want him as he does not live here. The authorities did not think they should keep him herc. They tried tb persuade his relatives to keep biro, but this they refused. So now the old mau is to be sent to South Caro lina and literally dumped Into the State. Then they will have to take care of him and the burden of his maintenance will no longer be on this county." A Dotihle Tragedy. A dispute!, from Savannah, Ga., says Tuesday near pullman, in Brooks county, Ivy Dampier a young man 2;i years old, committed suicide by shoot ing himself in the head. A deputy sheril? had gone from (?Hitman with a warrant for him. Arrangements were made for him to make bond, and the officer was asked to take dinner with his family. I 'ampler asked permission to bathe, and change his clothing. Soon alter retiring to lils room thc sound or a pistol shot alarmed the household, and he was round to have placed a pistol to his left temple and sent a bullet through lils brain. Farly thc next morning Miss Georgia Hogers, who ls said to have been en gaged to marry Dampier at an early date, placed the muzzle or a shot gun against her breast and discharged lt. lier breast and shoulder were terribly lacerated. She is still alive, but there are doubts that she will recover. THE RACE ISSUE Ex-President Grover Cleveland Seemo to Grasp the Case. SOLUTION OF NEGRO PROBLEM Hes t s on Soutlicrn ShonlderH. Those j Who Ult tho \Vol?ht Must Stund Next to lt Saya He. Former President Grover Cleveland was- the principal speaker Tuesday night at a meeting held in the concert hall of Madison Square Garden New York, in the interest of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial institute. Among those on the platform with Mr. Cleveland were Mayor Low, who pre sided; Booker T. Washington, Ed gar G. Murphy, Dr. Lyman Abbott, President Nicholas Murray Butler and Dean J. Van Araringe or Colum bia, W. II. Bold win, Chancellor McCracken of New York univer sity,.! olin DeWitt Warnerand George F. Peabody. Mrs. Cleveland, sat in the gallery with Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, who arc Mr. Cleveland's hosts while he ls in thc city. Mr. Cleveland, who was greeted with pro longed applause as he was introduced by Mayor Low, said: "I have come here tonight as a sin cere friend of the negro and I should be very sorry to suppose that my good and regular standing need support at this late day cither from certilieatc or confession of faith. Inasmuch, how ever as there may be differences of thought and sentiment among those who profess to be friend-; of the negro, I desire to declare myself as belong ing to thc Booker Washinglon-Tuske gce section of thc organization. "1 believe that the days of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' aro past. E believe that neither the decree that made tho slaves free-nor the enactment that sud denly invested them with the rights of citizenship any more purged them of their racial and slavery-bred Imper fections and deficiencies than it changed the color of their skins. I believe that among the nearly nine millions of negroes who have been in termixed with our citizenship, there fs still a grievous amount of Ignorance, a sad amount of viciousness and a tre mendous amount of laziness aod thrift lessuess. I bell ve that these condi tions iuexorably present to the white people of the United States, to each io his environment and under the man date of good citizenship, a problem which neither enlightened self Interest nor the higher motive of human sym pathy will permit them to put aside. I believe our fellow countrymen In thc southern and in tho late slave-holding States, surrounded by about uine tcntbs, or nearly eight millions of this entire negro population, and who re gard their material prosperity, their peace and even the safety of their civi lization, Interwoven with the nc^ro problem, are entitled to our utmost consideration and sympathy and fel lowship. I am thoroughly convinced that thc efforts of Booker Washington and the methods of Tuskegee institute point the way to a safe and beneficent solution of the vexations negro prob lem at the south and I know that the good people at the north, who have aided these efforts and methods, have illustrated the highest and best citi zenship and the most Christian and enlightened philanthropism. "'1 cannot, however, keep out of my mind tonight the thought that all we of the north may do, thc realization of our hopes for the negro must, after all, mainly depend, except so far as lt rests with the negroes themselves, upon thc sentiment and conductor thc leading and responsible white men of the south, and upon the maintenance of a kindly and helpful feeling on their part towards those in their midst who so much need their aid and encourage ment. "I need waste no time lu detailing the evidence that this aid and encour agement has thus far been generously forthcoming. Schools for the educa tion of negro children and institutions for their industrial tralnlug are scat tered all over the south and are lib erally assisted by the southern public "hud private funds. So far as 1 am In formed the sentiment In favor of the largest extension and broadest influ ence of Tuskegee Instituto and kin dred agencies is universal, and I be lieve that without exception thc ne groes who fit themselves for useful oc cupations and service lind willing and cheerful patronage and employment among their white neighbors. "I do not know how it may bc with other northern friends of thc negro, but I have faith in the honor and sin cerity of the respectable white people of the south in their relations with the negro and his improvement and well being. They do not believe in thc so cial equality of the race and they make no false pretense in regard to it. That thiH docs not grow out of hatred of thc negro ls plain. It seems to me that there Is abundant sentiment and abun dant behavior among the southern whites towards thc negro to make us doubt thc Justice of charging this de nial of social equality to prejudice, as we usually understand the word. Per haps lt is born out of something so much deeper and more Imperious than prejudice as to amount to a racial in stinct. Whatever lt ls, Ictus remem ber that it has condoned the negro's share lo thu humllatlon and sp-..lint lo i of thc white men of the south during the saturnalia of the reconstruction days and has allowed a kindly feeling for the negro to survive, tho time when the south was deluged by a perlllous Hood of indiscriminate, untclligeut and brighting suffrage. Whatever lt is, let us try to bo tolerant and con siderate of the feelings and oven preju diced racial instinct of our white fel low countrymen of the south, who In thc solution of thc negro problem must, amid their own surroundings, bear the heat of the day and stagger under the weight of thc white man's burden. "There are, however, other consid erations relating to this feature of the negro question, which may be regarded as more In keeping with thc objects and purposes of this occasion. As friends of the negro, fully believing In tho possibility of his improvement and advancement, and sincerely and con fidently laboring to that end, it is Tolly for us to ignore the Importance of the ungrudging cooperation on the part of the white people of the south in this I work. Labor as we will, those who do the lifting of the weight must be I those who stand next to lt. This co- operation cannot he forced; nor can it he gained by gratuitously running counter to ilrmly lixed and tenaciously held southern Idea s or even prejudices. We arc not brought to the point of do ing or overlooking evil that good may come when wc proceed upon ibo theory that before we reach the stage where we may he directly and practically confronted with the question of the negro's full enjoyment of civic advan tges or even of all his political privi leges, there are immediately before us and around us questions demanding our Immediate care and that, in deal ing eirectlvely with these, weean eon lldently rely upon the encouragement and assistance of every thoughtful and patriotic citizen of the land, whcrevfcr he may live and whatever may be his ideas or predilections concerning the more remote phase of the negro prob lem. These questions that are so im mediately pressing have todo with the practical education of the negro and especially with Utting him to compete with his white neighbors Iii gaining a decent, respectable and remunerative livelihood. Hooker Washington, in speaking on the conditions unc?; needs ol' his race, has wisely said; 'It is at tlie bottom of Hie wo muf.t begin and not at the tcp; nor should we permit our grievances to overshadow our op portunities.' "In su m mi tig up tho whole matter, there is one thing of which we can be absolutely certain. When we aid Tus kegoe institute and agencies liko lt, striving for thc mental and manual education of the negro at thc south, we are iii ?very point of view render ing him thc best possible service. Whatever may be his ultimate destiny we are thus helping to lit him for fill ing his place and bearing Its responsi bilities. We are sowing well in the soil at 'thc bottom of lifo thc seeds of the black man's development and use fulness. These seeds will nut die, hut will sprout and grow, and if it bc withinthewisepurpo.se of dod, thc hardened surface of mi untoward sen timent of pejudice can prevent thc bursting forth of the blade and plant of the negro's appointed opportunity Into the bright sunlight of a cloudless day." OTU Ult SI'EIiCUliB. At the conclusion of his address Mr. Claveland introduced h'dgar G. Mur phy, who said: "I think that wise men everywhere are recognizing In the principal of Tuskegee one of the great est moral assets In the life of our country today. The south has not ap plauded him with undiscriminating agreement or with mohotonous, thoughtless, profitless acclaim. The south has sometimes blamed him. But the south Ss too fair to him and to hla race to allow these occasions of dis agreement to distort the broad per spective in which she has viewed and appreciated that arduous public ser vice through which, for 20 years, in cheerful patience and unaffected modesty, he has labored for the up building of his humble and untutored fellows, lie has greatly done a great work In response to a great need. North and south there have been those who have seen perlai in the ne gro's progress. Bot if the progress of the negro bring peril with lt that peril is nothing in comparison with the perils attendant on the negro's failure." Dr. Lyman Abbott, who followed, said that tho south deserved great credit for taking up as lt had an un tried problem, in helping the negro to help hlmHolf. "And thc north," he said, "has given her scant credit. She has given him schools that thc north has refused him and done many other things towards his future that the north never thought of." Dr. Abbott next spoke of the great work of Hooker T. Washington and praised him in the highest terms, de claring he had done as much for the white race as for thecolored race. His work had really brought about thc uniou of north and south In the work that he had taken up as his life task. Quoting a remark made by Henry Ward Heecber, to the effect that wt should "make the negro worthy first and then give him suffrage," Dr. Ab bott said: "We made the mistake ol giving him suffrage first and the un fortunate negro has had to suffer ever since. What the negro wants is edu cation. It all depends upon education whether the negro will he a shackle tc our feet or wings to our body." HOOKER WASHINGTON STEAKS. Mr. Cleveland, hi introducing Hooker T. Washington, thc last Speaker of the evening, said: '"I have to Introduce to you a man too well known hy every mau In the United States; a man who has been spoken of too frequently and too favorably for it to ho necessary for mo to say inorr than-here ls Hooker T. Washington." Hooker Washinton then spoko as follows: "Thc Tuskegee Normaland Industrial Institute at Tuskegee, Ala. ls fcho outgrowth of the efforts of (?on. S. C. Armstrong ol' the Hampton in stitute In Virginia, lien. Armstrong was one of tho great seers and pro phets who realized that thc task of thc nation was not fulfilled when thc shackles of physical slavery were struck from the limbs of tho million!: of slaves or the south. He realized that uinc millions of human being* steeped In Ignorance, minus experi ence could be but free. He forest, that the nation must havea new birtl and a new freedom and that this re generation must include thc Indus trial, Intellectual and moral and re ligious freedom of thc ex-slaves. "In this connection I am glad thal we have another great American and Christian statesman in the person ol lion. Grover-Cleveland, who ls mani festing by his presence and words bert this evening that he too is conscious of the fact that the lifting up of thc negro ls not alone Tuskegee's problem ubt alone thc sou th's du ty, but is thc problem of the nation, because thc whole people were responsible for tin introduction and perpetuation ol American slavery. In behalf of oui struggling race 1 want to thank you Mr. Cleveland, for your deep interest anti to say to you that because of your Interest and raith in us wc shall see to it that thc nation ls not disappointed In our progress nor In our usefulness." PROGRESS IN FARM WORK. Report ol'tho i'luiiting Operations of thc l'ust Week. Mr. J. W. Hauer, section director of thc weather bureau, last week issued his weekly report of farm operations, compiled from letters from correspond ents throughout the State. He says, In part: "It appears tint the frost of the 5th reached to within a few miles of the coast, and that thin ice formed over the northern counties, but that thc damage was slight and was con fined to white potatoes and other leu der garden truck. Fruit escaped lu Jury. There were quite general rains on thc 8th, heavy in the western and northern counties, that delay farm work materially by making thc ground tuu wet to plough in thc already named divisions, where ploughing was practicable on one or two days only at thc close of thc week, "Thc rainfall was light over the eastern half or thc State, and farm work was rcarcely interrupted by lt. Tho week closed with warm, cloudy, threatening and showery conditions prevailing that arc favorable for growth ol' vegetation, but arc unfavor able for the rapid progress of farm work. "Planting operations made favora ble progress in thc eastern and south eastern counties, where they are as far advanced as usual at this season. In the western counties planting ls from IO tq 15 days later than usual, witt) but little corn aud no cotton planted. "Corn that waa planted carly ls coming up to fair stands, and some ls being cultivated. Hirds aro dostroylng stands In a few counties. "Cotton planting has not advanced beyond thc central counties, and In places in thc easton) is lr;lng purpose ly delayed, awaiting more settled weather. "Oats look well in a few localities only. Generally they have been seri ously damaged by a grain aphis and hy rust. Some Holds ore ruined. "Wheat has an unusually rank growth, but lu places tho plants are turning red, in other localities rust has appeared, both conditions tending to mar its prospects. "Rice planting has made fair pro gress, except In the Georgetown dis trict, where the lands are stil? too wet to work. I "Tobacco plants are plentiful and early. Transplanting is actively un der way. Some farmers have almost finished this work. " .' "Strawberry shipments are being mahe from all the eastern truck dis urU&? "Melon plants are sickly tn the Charleston district, owing to defective Reed. Other truck crops are growing slowly. Dugs have appeared on white potatoes. Pastures afford line graz ing. "Fruit prospects appear to be un impaired, with, however, a few locali ties that report poaches sparsely set." Tho State Dispensary. The report of the State dispensary for the first fiscal quarter has been put in the bands of the governor. The gross sales for the quarter were 8000, 120.25, against $588,200.20 for the same time of the preceding year. The assets are reported as 878S,853.83, In cluding supplies $57,185,52; real estate $52,860.50; liquor In hands of dispen sers 8354,850.37, and merchandise In State dispensary $201,400. G2. The gross profits for the quarter were $142,100.77, and the expenses $103, 357.32. Thc State's net profits were $30,800.45, in addition to which the profits of the towns and counties ag gregate $140,805.40, making the total profits for thc fiscal quarter $187,074, 01. The State's profit showed an In crease oi ?0,000 over the same time last year. The contraband seizures aggregated but $203.23 this quarter against $1,215.35, showing the etfect of the seizures made by the federal government. The expenses of thc con stabulary showed an increase of $2, 000-the ditference between $11,722, 82 in 1002 and $13,703.50 this year. Tin; Ohl Veterans. Thc work preliminary to thc enter tainment or the Confederate veterans at their approaching annual reunion in the city of Columbia on May 12, 13 and 14 is getting well under way. I tis requested that thc members of all camps throughout the state wear their camp badges when they go to Columbia, thus identifying themselves and materially aiding the entertain ment committees that would meet them at the depot. Thc entertain ment committee proposes to establls ) headquarters at the dopot where veterans arriving can be given proper direction. Too Many WiVCH. Chas. I). Smith who recently mar ried a young widow In Charleston and was carried back to his old home In Monroe, Mich., on thc charge of biga my, pleaded guilty on Monday and was sentenced to four and a half years in the penitentiary. Ile had been married twice before coming to this State and lt was his second marriage for which he was convicted. When arrested hi Charleston, Smith was mak ing arrangements to go in business in that city. His last victim believed In Smith to the last, as he assured her everything would be cleared up. Tahl Him to Kick. Isaac, ll. Stratton of Colorado Springs, Col., realized $235,000 net on Thursday from $350,000 paid him In thc compromise over the contest about his father'? will. His lawyers got $115,000, ex-Senator Wolcott receiv ing $('2,500 for his fee. A Mystory. Further Investigation hi the de falcation of James Si Campbell, late treasurer of Richland county, now deceased, reveals a shortage of $11, 000. Mr. Campbell was regarded as ari honest man, and the shortage Isa mystery. BRAVE SAILORS. O?lioial Report of Rescue of Cubans in Habana Harbor. MADE BY COMMANDER 8T0NBY. Tho Soutli Cai ol I nu Olllcor' ttccuni incndM Proper Howards For - tho Men Who Performed the During Servie*. Asked to name tbe pleasantest In cident of bis cruise in the West In dies, Secretary o? the Navy Moody upon his return to Washington replied with a smile of genuine satisfaction: "1 recall nothing tbat was so in spiring, so splendid, as that incident lu-Habana harbor when the men of the Dolphin came to the rescue of a party of Cuban sailors whose boat cap sized in the squall. The spontaneity of their action was One, but finer still was their presentation of tho $100 re ward given them by President Palma to the mother of one tho drowned sailors." interesting details of tho gallantry of the Dolphin's crew., aire contained In a letter received at the navy de partment Thursday from Lieut. Com mander G. M. Stoney, who, by the way, is a South Carolinian, command ing that vessel. In this letter, which is dated at sea April ll,-Qjiinmandor Stoney says: "I have thc honor to call your at tention to the worthy conduct of the crew of thc Dolphin and tho specially gallant conduct of Chief Boatswain's Mate H. P. Rabbusch and Seaman Dennie Cartln, on the occasion of a very heavy rain and wind squall In tlie harbor of Habana, Cuba, on March 15, 1903. and beg that Chief Boats wain's Mate Rahd tisch and Seaman Cartin be specially rewarded and that the other members of the crew who were with them be given some recogni tion. "My attention -was attracted by a most terrille fall of rain with no wind. This rain coming so suddenly, 1 was positive there was something behind it and went Immediately on deck and gave orders preparatory to meeting what might follow. In about five minutes after the commencement of the rain a strong wind came, struck tho ship and keeled her over un.il she swung bead to. "At thc time there was a boat with natives In it under sall a short dis tance away. This boat capsized and a cull for volunteers was made to man a boat. Thc entire crow responded, led by Chief Boatswain^ Mate Rah buscb. The gig, then at the boom; was at once manned and in company with tbe steam launch which was also at thc boom, went to .thc rescue re turning with five men, xme of whom was apparcutly dead, but was revived by Passed Assistant Surgeon C. D. Langhorne after more than half an hour's work. Surgeon Langhorne showed great professional skill In re suscitating tho apparently drowned man. "Tho violence of the squall can be better understood from the fact that a number of other boats wer? capsized in the j harbor. The velocity of the wind was reported at 60 miles an hour. .'Chief Boatswains Mate Rabbusch was the first man to respond to thc call for volunteers. Ile was the fir?t man in bbc gig and took charge, man aging the gig io a most seaman-like manner. "Seaman Cartin wa > ono of the gig's crew. Tbe man In the bow grabbed at thc sinking man but missed bim. Cartin Immediately dove after him, brought him to the surface and sup ported bim until he could be pulled Into the boat. "The following are the names of the boat's crews: "Steam launch: C. I.Mlson, cox swain; H. A. Harmon, apprentice sec ond class: W. (J. Coe, ordinary sea man; G. C. Miller, oller; C. E. Smith, coal passer. Gig: II. P. Uabbuscb, X. J. Svend sen, A. Liable, F. Spoerr, R. Watts, D. Cartin, S. R. Nixon. "In connection with this rescue 1 also have the honor to report that the president of Cuba, the Hon. Thomas Estrada Palma, forwarded to me $100 in gold to be given to the men who elfected the rescue accorapained by a most gracious letter of thanks. The money was given to thc men and al most immediately returned to me with the request that I would return lt to President Raima to be given to thc mother of thc boy who was drown ed during the squall. This request I complied with." Upon recolptof Commander Stoney's letter the. bureau of navigation at once made the following recommendations to thc secretary, who will cheerfully approve them: "1. Thal Chief Hoatswaln's "Mate Herman P. Rahbusch bc permitted to appear for examination for appoint ment as acting boatswain in the United States navy, waiving the fact that bc ls seven years over thc agc limit. "2. That Seaman Denis Cartin bc given a permanent appointment as quartermaster, third class, bc being a graduate nf the petty olllcers' school. "3. That all the members of thc' steam launch and gig's crew, Cblei Boatswain's Mate Rabbusch and Sea man Carlin receive commendatory let ters from the department." There was a British warship in the harbor at the time of, the squall which was nearer the Cuban boat than was thc Dolphin.--Columbia State. A Convict 1).owned. Near Abbeville, Hud Lee Clinck scales and Lewis Miller, two negro convicts on the gang of road workers, went in swimming in Little river at Martin's mill. Their shackles were not removed and when they got be yond their depth were cntagled and weighted down by them and could not swim or regain the bank. Before assistance could be. bad they both loss consciousness. Miller was recovered, but Cllnkscales was dead before any means or reviving bim could be ob tained. Cllnckscales bad about six months more to serve as a convict. THE CRACKSMEN CONVICTED. Goes to Prison Tor Five Years and Pay a Fiue. !? ,\'.j?';. ? Atter being put two hours tbe jury | returned a verdict of guilty Thursday In the case against William McKinley, Charles Howard, Thomas Nolan and Edward Dugan,.in the United States circuit court, ut Charleston, on tbe charge of conspiracy, breaking into | postoldces and larceny of gove ri?en 11 funds. Immediately upon the an-i nounceme?t of the verdict, Judge SI- j mont?n sentenced the men to live years In tbe penitentiary and a linc $500 each. The trial lasted exactly one week. It began on Good Friday, which was considered by some people as being omninous for tbe robbers. In all over 100 witnesses were put on the stand. Of this number, the defense put up less than a dozen and these were only to prove an alibi for the accused. Tbe lawyers for the defense did not at tempt to sustain the private character of the men, which the government puuetured easily hy the many wit nesses. In fact, Nolan, the only one of the defendants who was put on the stand, did not Hesitate to admit that he was of thc sporting fraternity and that he made bis living by gambling. Thc Columbia witnesses gave cer tain testimony of tbe disreputable places which tne accused frequented. The lawyers for the defense pitched their caso on tbe common principle of law, that the case against thc men should be proven by facts, which they charged had not been shown, and not having been proven to be guilty, the men should be Judged not guilty. The burden of proof was put'on the gov ernment by the lawyers for the de fense. It was gladly accepted bj thc government attorneys and they made a strong pre entitlon of their testi mony for tho jury to pass upon. The case bas been followed with much interest, not only In Charleston, but through tho State and especially In the several communities where the postotllces were robbed. The defend ants have shown that they bad friends and means, by the employment of Messrs. Nelson and Earle of Columbia, and Hagood. of Charleston, to repre sent them, for without:good backing they could never have made the de fense that they did. It is understood that some of tbe sporting fraternity oven followed tbe accused to Charles ton, attending the trial and giving such assistance and encouragement as would come from their, presence, not to speak of the financial aid which tbey contributed. The trial bas been a long bearing, but the case bas not been without a good deal of general interest, and every day the large court room was crowded with spectators. Tlie Murder ol'Gov Goenel. The facts connected with the assas sination of Gov. Goebel, of Kentucky about two years ago, are slowly com ing out. Frank Cecil, who is under indictment for complicity in tbe crime, is a witness at the trial of Jim How ard, who is charged with the mur der. Cecil only recently surrendered hlmse.lf to the commonwealth, after being a fugitive for a year in Califor nia and Honolulu. He is now under bond. Cecil tolda story substantially the same as the testimony of Culton, Golden and Broughton, former wit nesses, who detailed, and-alleged plot to bring about the death of Goobel. Cecil says Caleb Powers adopted the suggestion of Henry Broughton tbat he (Cecil) might be contracted with to commit the crime and asked him to do lt. Continuing, Cecil said. "On January 30 I was In Taylor's oflice and Taylor said: 'Goebel bas to be killed or I'll bc robbed. I have $2,500 of thc campaign fund and I'll give that and a free pardon to the man who will kill bira. "I told Taylor I was not in that business," said Cecil. Cecil said be went luto the agricultur al olllce after the shooting and was there until the soldiers came. Ile saw Harlan Whittaker arrested and proposed to help take Whittaker away from the man who had bim. The Taylor referred to by Cecil was the Republican governor of Kentucky when Goebel, who had been elected Governor to succeed bim, was murder ed. He ran away from Ken' jcky to keep from being tried, and ls now a resident of Indianapolis, the Gover nor of Indiana refusing to honor a requsltlou for bis return to Kentucky, where he ls under indictment as one of the murderers of Gov. Goebel. Cecils testimony puts Taylor in a bad lights before the country. Tho Good Old Doctrine. Kev. I. O. llcrrold, pastor of thc Christian Church at San Jose, Cal., must he an eloquent and convincing speaker. Many years ago a man cheated a woman at Wabash, Ind., out nf 35. Tlie woman bad forgotten about it, but thc cheater bad not, A few Sundays slucc tbe man listened to a sermon by thc San Jose minister on "Restitution." His conscience was stirred, and after the sermon bc ap proached tho pulpit, confessed his crime, gave thc address of the victim and handed thc minister $10-$5 fori the principal and $5 for thc Interest requesting that the woman living on the banks of thc Wabash far away be repaid, r.very community in the land needs that sort of a preacher. If the hoodlers and shysters could be moved to return their stealings, thc taxes of honest men would be considerably re duced for a time thereby. And, by thc way, bas not the modern preacher ncurly forgotten to insist upon thc goud old robust doctrine of restitution? The old divines hammered this belief Into the hearts of their bearers. True repentance In those days meant thc righting, so far as possible, of all past wrongs. Nowadays repentance ls often preached as a sort of mushy senti mentalism of sorrow, having no regard to past sins. Let us have more Uer rolds in thc pulpit. A Fearful Accident.. Enoch and William White, two brothers, attempted to plug a bole lu an Iron furnace at Bristol, Va., Wed nesday before ail the moltcu Irod bad passed out. Tbe Iron exploded lt, covering thc faces and bodies of the men and burning deep boles In thc llesb. The scene was sickening. Both will die. TELLS OF THE CB IM E. Henry Youtcey at Last Makes a full Confession JAMES HOWAED KILLED QOEBEL Am!, Sahl Youtsey, "Gov. Taylor Dl ' reeled KverythiHjr Wo Did." Re garded us Leader by ibo AHHUHHIIIH. : James Howard is now on trial for tbe second time at Frankfort, Ky., for the murder of Governor Goebel about eighteen months ago. Henry E. Youtsey Thursday for the first time told on the witness stand bis story of thc killing. He named James Howard, thc defendant, as the mau who fired the shot. Youtsey said ho saw Howard for the first time a few minutes befare the shooting. Howard had a letter sent bim several days be fore by the witness at Gov. Taylor's dictation. Youtsey says he took Howard iuto the olfice of Caleb Powers, then secretary of state, which had been especially arranged for the shoot ing. He showed Howard the Marlin rille, the bullets aud toe window ?roui which thc shooting was to be done. He says Howard asked what he was to get for doing thc shooting. "What do you want for lt?" Yout sey says he asked, and that Howard said bc wanted a pardon for killing? George Baker. "I. told him bc could have that and more^ too," said Youtsey. "About that lime," said the witness, "Goebel came in thc gate and I pointed bim out to Howard and then ran from the room. As I disappeared down thc steps to tile basement I heard the crack of Howard's rille." Youtsey said that after the shoot- " ing he passed through tbe State bouse basement and a few minutes. later came back into the executive build ing, from thc cast side entrance. "I stayed in the otllce of Assistant Secretary of State Matthews," said he,, "for a few minutes and saw Matthews break open Caleb Powers' office and find the guns that bad been'left in there." Y/outsey said that at thc time of the shooting he was private secretary to Auditor Sweeney but that while bis political status was not definitely fixed it was understood be was to have a good place under Taylor. "Gov. Taylor," said Youtsey, "directed everything we did. We regarded him as our leader and he was morally re sponsible for all we did. "We knew we had the governor and the pardoning power behind us and we were not afraid of punishment for killing Goebel." Youtsey, on cross-examination, said that after be was arrested and later sent to thc penitentiary, ho still had . hope of gaining his liberty. He thought Yerkes would be elected gov ernor and would pardou bim. Yerkes was defeated, however, and about a year ago be decided to talk and did tell his story to Prison Physician To bin. Youtesey said further that he had an additional incentive to tell the story, as Taylor, Powers and others had used bim as a catspaw and scape goat and then deserted him when be got into trouble. A Burglar Killed. In a battle following an unsuccess ful attempt to rob the First National bank of Wampum, Pa., early Satur day morning, one man was killed and another seriously wounded. The dead man was one of the burglars, and be has not yet been identified. The wounded man was Henry Willoughby, a baker, who surprised the burglars while at work. His injuries are seri ous, but not fatal. Willoughby was passing the bank at an early hour on bis way to work when bc was sudden ly confronted by a man, who at the point of a revolver ordered him to throw up bis hands and keep quiet. He did so, but in his right band was a revolver, and a moment later both men tired at each other. At the re port of the revolvers two other men rushed from thc bank and took a hand In the shooting. The tbree-eornered revolver tight aroused the people in the vicinity of thc bank, and they were soon at thc scene of the battle, but before their arrival the burglars lied. While tbe men bad broken Into thc banking rooms they bad not completed the drilling of the safe and their attempt ?at robbery was unsuccessful. Satur day morning thc body of one of tho burglars was discovered in a vacant let on the upper end of town. As the bullet wound was near his heart it is presumed that his companions bad to drag or drive their dying comrade from the bank to where be was found. While be was dressed in only an ordi nary suit of clothes he was not shab bily dressed, and on bis body was found a gold watch and $41 in cash. Willoughby was shot in both legs, and it is supposed he lired the shot that killed thc burglar. Great excitement prevailed in the town and a posse was organized to pursue and capture thc burglars. Million Dollar Fire, A dispatch from Beaumont, Texas, says a careless workmen kicked over a lantern at one of tbe Caldwell oil wells on block ?18. llogg-Swayne tract, on Spindle Top Wednesday and start ed a lire that resulted in the loss o property valued at 91,000,000 and the bankruptcy of 20 or more of the small er companis. There were 175 wells on the three blocks of the t ract and only live of the derricks and pump bouse are left standing. Every company that bad property in thc Hogg Sway nc tract ls a loser. The lire swept the three blocks covered with derricks and pump houses clear of all Its buildings. Thc derricks left arc on thc edges and are few and far be tween. None of thc companies bad a cent of Insurance. Hits Third Trial. Bandmaster Innes bas married the third time, having been divorced twice already. His latest acquisition is Miss Frances Hoyden of Cincinnati.