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VOL.XXVIL ... ', "DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR W#E3 IS THY POSSESSION HAPPY, OB OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS.IN THY OAUSE." BENNETTS VILLE, S. C.ifERIDAY, MAY 1, 1908. NO. 25. A BIG SENSATION. Official Stir in Washington Causo i by Serios of Scandals. A HIGH OFFICIAL DISMISSED. Ho Is On* un Bick Leave, and Ills j .Wife Goes to His OlHce and Take? Papers lVom Safe. A Washington dispatch says a most sensational development of thc inves tigation of the postolllce department affairs occurred just before thc depart ment closed Thursday when Postmas ter General Payne announced thc sum mary dismissal of .lames TS'. Ty ncr, assistant attorney general for the postolllce department, coupling with the announcement thc startling charge that all the papers and rccoros in the safe of the latter's lillico had been abstracted by Mrs. Ty uer, wife of the discharged official, with the as sistance of others. The facts are told tersely In the letter of dismissal, signed by Postmaster General Payne, late Wednesday afternoon and made public tonight. The letter is as fol lows: April 22, 100:i. Hon. James N. Ty ncr, Assistant At torney General for thc Post?nico De partment: Sir: You are hereby reino Veri from the office of assistant attorney general for the postolllce department. I deem it proper to give you the rea sons for this summary action on th j part of the department. Early in thc month of March L communicated to you,.through a mutual friend, the ic qucst for your resignation. After a painful Interview with you, and a more painful one with Mrs. Tyner, I con sented to modify the demand for your resignation so that it might take ef fect on May 1, 1903, with tho proviso, however, that you were given leave of absence from tho 'imo of the accept ance of the resignation to the date of its takiug effect, with thc understand ing that you were not in any way to undertake to discharge the duties of the office. Late Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Tyner came to the office of assistant attorney general for the postotlice de partment, entering in the regular way, and went through the main office to the private office, closing the door be hind her. She then unlocked the door, entering from tlie public hall into thc private rooms and admitted her sister, Mrs. Barrett, whose son was former ly an assistant in your office, and whose conduct is now under Investig? is Hon by the department. She .Uso ad-. yr mitted' in the same manner, G. G. JIamner, an expert In the employ of the Moiler .Safe company, with whom she made ari arrangement to meet her at the department. At her direction Mr. Hanmer opened the safe in the room, and she took therefrom all pa pers, records and articles of every kind and carried them away with her. Immediately upon learning what had been done I directed thc fourth as sistant postmaster general tosend two inspectors to your house to demand, in the name of the postmaster general, .thc delivery to them of any papers, .documents or other materials which had been abstracted from the safe. This demand was refused by Mrs. Ty ner; and she likewise refused to per mit the inspectors to see you or to sec :and examine the papers in lier pres ence. Mrs. Tyner further stated to .tho postolllce inspectors that sile cuni .'tnitted this act with your knowledge and by your direction, further com ment on this transaction, on my part, is not necessary. The facts in the case will be sub mitted to the attorney general of fhe United States for snell action in thc premises as he may doom proper. Very respectfully. II. C. Payne, Postmaster (?eneraI. Mrs. Tyner came to (he office of the --asslsi'ia7t-attorney general on tho ii f ti i Hour of tho poslollico building-, aU'3f45 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and remain-' ed there exactly an h.mr. When shu arrived Acting Assistant. Attorney General (Jhristlancy, who has had charge of tho office for moulds past in the absence of (ion. Tyner, who has been In poor health for a long period, was in tho office. The clerks wore at their desks. Mrs. Tyner passed from the public room into tho private office and closed tim dour behind her. He ilig tiioji alono in tho office she.stopped to the door .opening into the public corridor aaid, ?by previous arrangement udmitted Wis.. Marrett, mot her of Harrison J. ?Barrett, tho former law clerk oj the pofctoffieo department, and G. G. Damner, a safe export. An inspector discovered Mrs. Tyner :in the office and reported ber presence to his supervior officer, Fourth Assist i ant Postmaster General lirLtow. Posl . master General Payne was also not I lied. Mr. Hristow asked authority to have Mrs. Tyner ejected from the ? office. Tlie authority came too ritte. When the Inspector returned Mr.;. Ty .uer and her party had left, The safe . on being examined was found lo be .empty. The altair created much ex citement among the investigating of ficials, but the nows was concealed .carefully from the public. Two in spectors were dispatched to the Ty ner residence lo recover thc papers. Mrs. Tyner refused to give them up, ?saylng that she was acting under the direction of her husband. She told the inspectors, so they reported, that they had a right tu tho papers as Mr. 'Tyner was still asst taut attorney gen eral, and, moreover, insisted that the ,papers were all of a private chaine ?ter. The inspectors reported that Mrs. Tyner declared the papers be longed solely to them and she an rnouriccd emphatically that she did not propose to have her papers sub mitted Lo the scrutiny of the Inspec tors. It is suspected at thc department tb at tho papers have BORK' connection ?with the recent conduct of thc office. ;Some weeks ago a turf investment .concern, whose affairs were aired in .court, alleged that Its operations and .working methods had been sanctioned by thc assistant attorney gcnoral for the postofrloe department. Thc charges involving the olfloe of the as sistant attornoy general and a lawyer, formerly connected with that ollicc, were ventilated very generally at that time and an investigation was ordered by thc postmaster general, lt was really thc Inception of the Investiga tion that has spread Into every part of tho department. The complainte crystalized into nation, signed by Postmaster General Payne, on March 9th last. Mr. Tyner had been in ex ceedingly bad health for ti long time and had visited the olllce at only rare intervals; leaving the olllce entirely in chargc.or his assistant for months at a time. Ho is suffering from an unusually severe case of paralysis, and in consideration of this fact the request fur his resignation was based mi his ?ll health. Mr. Tyner then sent in his resignation, LO take elfeet May 1st, and it wits accepted. Tili? announcement of these develop ments were made hy Postmaster ti cu eral Payne late Thursday afternoon to a large number of newspaper corres pondents, in a voice that trembled with emotion he said ho regretted to have to say that be had found it neces sary to remove from olllce thc assis tant attorney general for the depart ment, and after speaking in a gcucral way about thc facts that had develop ed sahl thc story was best told in thc correspondence, which he then read in a most feeling tone. Then he an nounced that bc would say nothing further on tile subject and that he preferred n it to be asked any ques tions, lie was asked if any arrests would be made as a result of thc ab straction and if any one else in the o?licu was Involved. He said that this he could not discuss; that lt rest ed with the attorney general, to whom the papers would go as soon as the record of the case could bc copied and submitted. Thu case, however, lie added, will bc in the hands ot' the department of Justice Friday, and what further steps will bc taken will be decided by the attorney general. He did not, care to venture any pre diction as to Llie outcome. Mr. Tyner has been in the govern ment service, in various important capacities, for many years. He is from Indiana. Ile was at one time postmaster general. He is one of the best known men in ouioiul life in Washington. He and Mrs. Tyner and President and Mrs. Grant were inti mate friends. Mr. Tyner is in a very weak and al most helpless condition from his long sickness. Ile remains in his room most of the time and secs very few callers. INTENDED NOT11INO 1VHONO. After being notilied of Postmaster Genend Payne's action Mr. Tyner called into consultation lt. Ross Perry and L. T. Michcner, who arc intimate friends, regarding the matter. The gentlemen later made a statement saying that Mrs. Tyner bad no thought of wrong doing in opening tho. safe, that the papers removed were the private papers of Mr. and Mrs. Tyner, with the excptlon of one bundle not relating to department matters. These papers, the state ment says, will be placed at the dis posal of the proper authorities of the go vcr ii men t. Knitted n Terrapin. A dispatch from Anderson to The State says it rained a terrapin there Tuesday afternoon. This statement is vouched for by Mr. Hu fus Fant, Mr. Ab Fant and several little boot blacks. The Messrs. Fa nb were stand ing under the awning in front of the book store on Whinier street Tuesday watching the rain fall. Some little bootblacks were near them. Sudden ly one ol' tile boys exclaimed. "Did you sec dat fing fall?" and ran oui into tlic street and picked up a half grown terrapin. Mr. Fant says that he did not see t in; terrapin fall from thc skies, but. that he had been look jug at the very spot where the boys picked it up only a few seconds before and that ic was not there then. He declares that he lielicvcs that it fell along with the rain. Thc bootblacks say that they saw lt fall. Thc boys had llie terrapin showing it around town Tuesday afternoon. The crea ture is about four indies long and two i indies v, ide. ".Han WAH n Woman. Aaron Hark, a farmer who died sud denly at his homo in Muhlcnburg county. Ky., was discovered to be a woman, whose name ls Mrs. Frederick Green. She came to Muhlcnburg county about thirteen years ago, with a small child. She was dressed In men's clothes. Sile has lived on a farm Hie entire t? plc and her disguise has never been suspected. Mrs. (treen told a neighbor, who was witli her before she died, that her home was in Massachusetts and that she had assumed men's garb because she could make a bettT living than she could otherwise. The only known liv ing relative of the deceased ls her lit tle daughter. Carroll. Would Not Kat. After living for nearly thirty days without eating a mouthful Hailey Chance, the white man who has been in the county Jail at Brunswick, Ga., for lunacy for some time, died Wed nesday night. Chance was taken out (d' Ibo jail Saturday and carried to his home hy the county physician, in the hope that he might lu: persuaded tocal lint the man still rel used to swallow a mouthful. Chance was in jail eigh teen days und did not eat, and it is understood timi he refused to eat for several days before he was con lined. Thc man. if is understood, would never etit anything unless tho food was pre pared eil lier by his mother or himself. A Leper in Thin Hinte. A dispatch from Washington says a curious case involving a leper soldier in the Philippines ls bsfure the war department, having been referred to the judge advocate general to deter mine in what manner thc alliictcd soldier shall receipt for his pay. The leper is an enlisted man in the artil lery and itt present is isolated in South Carolina: Pay ollicc rs do not care to have him handle the rolls to sign tue re?oit for his pay so an agreement probably will bc made whereby the soldier can be paid through a power of attorney executed in tiie presence or thc.physician and nurse in atj^mdance. IN HOT FIST FIGHT. A Very Disgraceful Affair in tho Illinois Legislature. WHIRLWIND OF WILD DISORDER Grew Out of tho Municipal Owner Hlnp Fight, Chairs und Dcuks Completely "Wrecked in the Melee. At Springfield, 111., slugging and rolling over across-each other across the speaker's platform in a frenzied general tight, at the feet of a score of female guests, the members of the Illinois legislature Thursday surpass ed the wildest scenes of the Austrian rciehsrath. Charges by the speaker of the house, Isaac Miller, that at tempts had been mado to bribe bira were formally made as an explanation of thc extraordinary actions on his part, which precipitated' the riot. The interior of the legislative cham ber resembled, In a measure, the trace of a tornado, so general was the wreck age of ?hairs and desks. Chicago street railway franchises., more valuable, than told mines, were directly at stake, federal court receiv ership proceedings against the Union Traction company of Chicago having brought thc matter to a sudden issue. Thc stormiest time ever experienc ed In the Illinois legislature began al most without warning, In a whirlwind ot wild disorder, which arose Thurs day In tho house of representatives over rival traction measures, or so called municipal ownership bills. Adherents of the Mueller bill, indig nant at Speaker Miller's ruling in favor of Lindley bill, attempted to pull the speaker from his elnar. The speaker raised his voice above the turmoil and declared the house ad journed. Thereupon Represetative Murray, a Mueller bill man, called for the election of a speaker pro tempore. Chas Allen of Vertniliiou was selected, but had dlflleulty lu forcing his way to the speaker's chair. The uisles were thronged with a crowd so excit ed that it was almost a mob. "Even tually be made the passage and Henry Ileitler was made clerk. It was fouud exceedingly difficult, however, to -ac complish business. During roll calls on amendments to the Lindley bill uearly bair the mem bers of thc bouse stood on their desks, shouting and gesticulating. Many members had seized bill books and were pounding their desks, while Mr. Cummings from his seat, in thc front rowden the Democratic side, wus vig orously wielding a board. Personal violence against the speak er was threatened. A number of la dies were sitting on the couch on the speaker's desk. "Will the ladles please move from behind?" shouted Mr. Allen. "Cet them out," shouted Mr. Sher man, "get thc ladles out. Do not act the coward." A light broke out on the Democra tic side, a few feet from thc speaker. Werdell (Dem.), and Glade (Rcpt.) were thc. central figures, but eight or ten other members-In fact almost everybody in their Immediate vicinity -appeared to be taking a hand In the melee, in evident endeavor to separate the two combatants. It afterwards developed that Werdell had started for the speaker with a menacing air and that Glade had seized him, thus precipitating the encounter. Thc municipal ownership light now in progress is the most exciting which the State capitol has witnessed in many years. Chicago sentiment is said to favor the. Mueller, and Mayor Harrison and others of inlluence have been here several days working for it. Tile Lindley bill, the municipal owner ship measure favored by an ac tive minority, has, however, been forced ahead. Thursday the speaker refused a roll call on a motion to post pone consideration of the Lindley bill, although a majority of the house de manded thc roll call. The postpone ment motion was declared carried; amiiV'thcptotests of thc majority. To day Speaker Miller ordered the Lind ley measure advanced to a third read ing in thc tumult of volees rose In op position, during which the attempt was made to pull the speaker from his chair. After Speaker Miller declared thc house adjourned the newly or ganized house recalled inc bill from third reading and proceeded, section by section to substitute the Mueller bill for it. The time then ar rived for the regular afternoon session and Speaker Miller resumed the chair without opposition. Con siderable confusslon attended at tempts to transact business and a recess was taken until evening. At tho night session Speaker Miller said his action in refusing a roll call was due to reports that he could make money by allowing a roll call on the Mueller bill, but as the. house desired it bc washed his hands of thc entire matter and would permit a roll call. An agreement was reached for a re consideration of the Lindley bill and the house adjourned until l-'riday. The low? Disabled. The battle-ship Iowa, which left Pensacola, Fla., Monday to complete her target practice in the gulf, was towed in Tuesday totally disabled by uer steam pipe bursting and tearing away tlie steering gear. Thc accident happened at f?.30 o'clock in the after noon and three government tugs were ! immediately sent to the ship's relief. Tlie extent of the damage ls very great and it will require IC days or j more to make repairs. The vessel is now lying at the navy yard The squardon was to haye departed for thc north tomorrow, but the accident to the Iowa will prevent its sailing as scheduled. Oftlccr u Suicide. Gen. Davis ca'o'cd the War Depart ment Wednesday that Lieut. Col. Henry W. Sprole of the First Cavalry committed suicide at Manila shooting himself through tim head. Sprole was appointed from New York. THE TILLMAN CABE. Considerables Hurpriio at Tts Deina Continued ls Expressed Thora has been soroo surprise throughout thc state at the some what unusual manner in which the trial pf J. II. Tillman for tho mur der of N. G. Gonzales.was continued to tlic July term or court for IUet> land County. It is customary to give lie defendant the benefit of any doubt that may exist as to the pro priety of continuing a case or such gravity as a murder case, but this one seems to have been continued on a remarkably poor showing, ir indeed thc rules of court have not been whol ly disregarded. Au analysis of thc proceedings shows that a continuance was grant ed on tile statement that two wit nesses were absent. One of these witnesses, J. A, While, made affidavit that he saw a man balking to one Ilolsonback and heard bim say lie had. made Tillman show the white feather and would do so ugaiu. White did not know thc speaker, but flolsonbaok asserted that the person who made thc alleged throat was N. G Gonzales. The defense showed hy a tilda vic that While was ill. Nothing was produced from While to indicate when, if ever, lie could appear as : witness, but counsel, by contending that the rule had been complied with and tli?b it was their desire lo have these witnesses confront the jury, in timated the purpose of the defense lo produce them. Thc court, ho we vc , did not require thc usual showing on this vital point. .The other witness because of whose absence, the continuance was ashed was Miss Hoper, a young kinswoman of thu prisoner, who ls a trained nurse. M'ss Hoper, according to aill davit, is willing to testify that while employed in lier professional capacity by Mr. Gonzales to minister at the death bed ot his uncle, she heard Mr. Gonzales Say to his stricken relative that he had made Tillman show the white feather or woukj make him do so. The defense demonstrated that Miss Hoper was not at lier home in Spartanburg, and although it was known that she was at a hospital In New .York, there was no exhibit to show that she had been communicated with by her relatives or that she nad received a request to be present lu Columbia when , thc case was to be called, and otdy the counsel's belief that she would be present at the next term. In order that there might be no de lay, the prosecution, as usual in such cases, agreed to admit that these-ab sent witnesses would, if present, swear to the allegations set forth in their uftidavlts, bj^t 40 ..this JLho defebs?. would ??hiconseiib declaring that both witness had further declarations to make to the jury. On this showing and against the protest of counsel for the prosecution, who cited tile rules of court as evi dence that tile whole proceeding was unusual in practice and violation of those rules the continuance was granted.-Spartanburg Journal. A Pretty Spectnclc. Tho police have not been able to ar rest Capt. Andrew Dunlop, U. S. N., commandant of the naval station at San Juan, P. lt., against whom a war rant has been issued for bringing in liquors without duty, because the naval station is a government reserve and Capt. Dumop remains on it. Capt. Dunlop refuse? M) come out or to per mit the police, to enter. Commander Mcntz, U. S. N., and Robert Giles, against whom warrants were also is sued on thc charge, were arraigned and plead not guilty. A preliminary hearing will be held because of the inability to apprehend Capt. Dunlop the date of the hearing has not been set. P. V. Mohoun, paymaster, U. S. N., for whom there isa warrant out on Hie charge of illegally bringing in liquors, is in tho United Slates and will he summoned later through the government. Dropped a Thousand Keel. Pour members of thc Aero club who ascended from Paris, Prance, In an airship Monday night descended Tuesday morning at Aries, marvelous ly escaping death. At dawn the bal loon, which was at a height of 10,000 feet, was traveling at the rate of six ty miles an hour. Thc aeronauts, realizing that they were nearing the Mediterranean, determined to descend immediately. They dropped precioil ately and in a few minnies the balloon struck the earth. It rebounded for ?J?0 feet, and finally settled among some telegraph wires, which were broken. The rapidity of the descent deprived the travelers bf all sensation and completely deafened them. Other wise they were unhurt. After a rest they returned to Paris by rail. DisaHtroiiH Explosion. A special from Winston-Sale.a, N C., says: Tho buller at Shore and Moser's saw mill near Bethania, ex ploded Wednesday, killing three men and injuring another. The dead: Gid T. Shore, one of the mill owners, married. Luther George, single. William Logan, married. Injured, luit not seriously, Samuel Moser Luther George, who was loading lum ber at Gie time of the explosion, was struck hy apiece ol' the boiler, hi head torn from ids body and flung upon a pile bf lumber. Shore was crushed under a mass of railing tim ber. Logan was scalded to death; Part ol' thc boiler was blown .lou feet. Thc explosion was caused, it ls thought, by low waler In the boiler. A Town lMllugcd. A dispatch from Tangier, Morocco, ?ays tribesmen have attacked and pillaged Mequinz. Thirty-seven In habitants ol' the town and Kl tribes men were killed in the lighting. Mequinz is about 'M miles west by south of Pez. lt has a population of about :tu,uuu. Some months ago a number of American missionaries were located ?it Mequinz, but during the recent disturbances in Morocco they arc reported to have left there, for Pez. ^?LABION CALL. ...... - - Brya^f^rgcB^erooprftts to u-Sta?tl ^ Square tor Honesty. .'. tvJ-f - T-?--, HE>AH?I.AlJDg 8EN?T0B STONE. Instead inf Being True to His Party Br|aii Declares Clcvelniul Dis . : ijrraceu and-Betrayed it. ) Democrats Applaud. Al.illansos Oily, Md., last Tuesday weckvyVllHam J. Iiryan speaking to the toast "Democracy" at the banquet (il ven ?by the Democratic Jackson Count) blub and the newspaper men of Missouri complimentary to William J. Steine, bitterly arraigned Grover Cleveland und lils supporters who are nrikititf.thc plea for harmony among LK-mocVuts. The assembly was made up of Missouri Democrats and thc re marksjofMr. Bryan met with enthu siastic} ra vor with lils hearers. Ho said in] part. ''Wliab wc need In this nation ls moral courage among men. We need moral courage moro than ability and we want to have thc kind of moral courage that will light for honest Democratic principles. .KLOWEKS KOK STONE. "In your junior senator, William Joel Stone, you have in Missouri a mau who possesses both moral courage and ability.: -1 am glad that you have harmony iii this state. 1 believe thc Democrats of Missouri give thc best idea of how to secure harmony among the Democrats or thu nation. I be lieve in harmony. "Thc, Dc tn oe ra ts' bed is wide enough for all who want to come hi. but we don't have to sit up nights to keep certain pretenders from picking our pockets. Wc Invite all who have strayed from tho fold to come back if they so/ieslre, hut wo want thom to stay in after they come. liNXlUOU OK CLEVELAND. "We have had enough of Cleveland Ism in the Democratic party. Wo had four years of Cleveland, and after his administration was over we found our selves weaker than wc had ever heen before because we bad been, betrayer!. "Theseso-called harmonizers, Cleve land and his followers, showed their nearness to Repubulieanlsni by desert ing us in our hour of greatest need and supporting the Republican party. "Thc Democratic party won a great victory in 1802, which gave our party a great opportunity, but Grover Cleveland betrayed the Democratic party.and it carried the burden of his administration through two national campaigns and there was not a plank in either platform that was such a detrin\???.fcp,me In those campa]gn_a.S. .GROVEK BETKYED PAKTY. "Cleveland had the best opportunity to redeem-the Democratic party ever offered to any man since the time of Andrew Jackson, but instcadof being true to his party he disgraced himself "As ? party, we must stand true to Democratic principles and if wc do believe that Democratic victory will some day come and lt will be hero to remain when it conies. "He ls of the highest service to his fellows, who can give the highest ideal There has been a lowering of ideals In this country. Money is talked about morning, noon and night. Commer cialism is the curse of the country to day, and it has debauched our coun try. The foreigner has come to re gard the American simply asa money maker and wc give cause for the belief that wc put nothing beyond wealth and that money is ruling the country with an iron hand. MOKE IMPORTANT Tn AN MONEY. Thc manhood and womanhood of the United States are more important than money. Jefferson set a higher ideal for us than that of thc worship of money, :ind nothing but the ideals of Jefferson will ever lift us out of the slough of despond. Thc Democratic party is not the enemy of honestly acquired wealth. "I have heard lt ?aid that Demo crats believe that a man can not havel money and be honest. I deny that aa] being false. "A man can have money and bc a Democrat, but if money has him he has to bc a Republican. Jefferson be lieved that money should bo sub servient to the man, and Jefferson was un educated man. There are people to-day who think thut the educated man should be separated from the com mon rabble. Jefferson believed that the man who was too good to take part in politic? wns not good enough to live In a land like this. Jefferson did not create the principles of the Democ racy; they existed long before Jefferson I lived. Ile simply put the principles into living form. There never was a | time when the peoplo were more ready to accept Democratic principles than today. MUST APPEAL TO CONSCIENCE. "Wo must appeal to thc conscience I of tho people. Thrco remedies for ? existing evils have boen suggested to] me. First, an appeal to thc conscience of the people; second, by legislation, and third, by revolution. But revolu tion ls not to be thought of. R?volu lotion ls not a remedy in a country where people can vote. "People can vote themselves free In this country and If they could not do that, they could not tight them selves free. Jefferson stood for the people and their luterests and Hamil ton believed that the president and tho senate should be elected for life or during good behavior. The Rep?bli ca n party today is forming nut Jeffer son clubs but Hamilton club. "Never swerve in your loyalty to Democratic principles. I would not give one Democrat who really believes in Democratic principles for a whole barn yard full of trimmers and com promisers who pretend to be Demo crats. MANY-LETTERS OK UKO It KT. Letters of regret from Richard Olney, Senator Gorman, Senator Cnr mack, W. B. Hearst, Tom L. Johnson, Edward M. Shepard, D'. H. Hill, Sena tors Daniel Clark, of Arkansas, and Balley were read. Thc letter of John ?son and Hearst raised a tumult of ap j plauso. THE GOEBEL MURDER. Yowtsey Suva Gov. Taylor Sala Death Plan Watt (JODI?. - ^ The evidence brought out In the trial of James Howard for the murder nf Uovernor Goebel, of Kentucky, at Frankfort In that State, fastened the guilt for the dastardly deod upon the Republican Governor, who was In o? tlcewhenlt iccured, as much as lt does lipon any one else. Heury Yout sey, who confessed the other day that he planqed the afsasslnathm while on the witness stand, waa rtculUd on Wednesday. Youtscy was a ked If lie did nut re fuse lo tell Assistant auditor Fiauk Johnson where he was when Goebel was shot. He said Johnson askt d bim flic question, and he told Johnson'.-, he was hi a safe place. Johnson said that was not sufficiently definite, as the de tectives had called for particular data as to where all employes of thc (alice were when thc shot was fired. Youtsey then told him he was In the toilet room in thc basement of the executive building. Youtsey denied that he had ever told General A. Leadsrprior to the shooting, that Goe bel once beat him out of a fee and that he ilepised him. Mo admitted that he told ll. II. Witherspoon and other realatlvcs that the newspaper reports that he had named Jim How ard as the man who tired the shot were without foundation. "It was my defense at that time,'' said Youtsey, '"that Howard and me were strangers, and 1 told everybody I had never seen Howard till we met in jail." Further along in the Interrogation Youtscy declared that from and after the shooting or Goebel, all of thc others engaged in the killing conspired together to clear themselves and throw tho entire responsibility of the crime upon him. Responding lo questions as to ne gotiations with Dr. Johnson lo kili Goobel, Youtsoy said he went to see Senator Dehne, and told him Johnson and others were willing to do it. Sena tor Deboo, according to witness, re plied that enough Democrats were go ing to vote with Taylor to retain him In ofllee and it would not be necessary to kill Goobel. Dcboe said it must not bo done. Witness wont back and told Johnson what Dcboe said. Johnson told him not to pay any attention to Dcboe, but to go and sec what Governor Tay lor said about lt. He went to see Taylor and told him him what John son said, and Taylor raised no objec tion to the plan of shooting from sec retary of state's otllce. Obstructed tho Mail. An interesting case was tried last week In the United Stated Court at Greenville. David Sherarcd,.colored, was Jndicted for obstructing .the mullein'that-he refused to get out ot the' road with the wagon ho was driv ing to let Mr. Trescot, the mall carrier, pass along on his route. Mr. A. II. Dean defended the negro, but his efforts were rendered nugatory by the testimony of his client, who said on oath that he threw down thc lines, folded his arms and said to Mr. Tres cot, that he would remaln there until doomesday before he would move thc wagon out of his way. This evidence on his part resulted In a conviction, thc jury being out only ten minutes,, and his consequent imprisonment will bc due to the desire for playing thc smart-Alcck, as no one elso testified to this expression. He IH Right. At Richmond, Va., Thursday Dr. Lyman Abbott gave an interview on thc negro question. He said among other things: "I think, in the main, that the relation between the blacks and whites in the south are better than they are in the north; that the doors to Industrial relations arc more open to thc negro In thc south than in the north; that if he is industrious, honest and reasonably intelligent he has on thc whole a better chance in the south than in the north; and to put the whole thing in a few sen tences, if I were a negro I would rather live in a southern than a northern State." ."Vinny Candidates. Thc State says although Mr. A. F. ! ll. Dukes was buried hut Wednesday thi're are a dozen applicants for the position on thc board or directors of the dispensary made vacant by his death. These aspirants may not be applicants in the sense that they have appeared In pc iso ti and have asked the governor for the appointment, luit lt is a fact that their friends have recommended to the governor, which amounts to the same thing as a per sonal application. The position pays *4 adiiy for not exceeding 100 days In the year, with mileage at the rate of 5 cents a mlle when on business for the dis pensary. Wanted to Lynch Jilin. Henry Scruggs, colored, of Frank lin, Tenn., charged with murdering Simon .Iones, another negro, near Franklin, Saturday, had a narrow es cape from a mob of his own race Tues day night. Sheri IT Tucker of William son learned Wednesday afternoon that a mob was rapidly forming thc the purpose of lynching Scruggs. Thc nefcro wassccretely removed last night to Hie Jail In Nashville. The murder of Jones is said to have been a most brutal one. Chinese Horror. Advices by the steamer Express of China, tell of the cruclilctioii of a Chinese desperado in Kwung Tung, who confessed to sixVy murders. When he confessed it was decided that de capitlon was too lenient as punishment and he was crucified. He was nailed by lils hands to a wooden cross and placed in a public place as a warning to malefactors. Ile lingered for three days before he succumbed to his terri ble suffering. Murder and Suicido. Daniel Dove, a prosperous farmer of Columbus, Ark., Tuesday shot and killed Mrs. Zan Dove, the wife of his brother. Immediately afterward he rode to his home and killed himself. It is thought that a dlltlculty over a land matter between Dove and his brother caused thc killing of thc wo man. KILLED HIS SON. A W li i tu Man Goes to the Pcnitcn? tfary for Five Years. If the conviction pf white men In this State continues we will soon have u material deoreose In tho number of murders. So far there has been one white man sentenced to be hung, two to imprisonment for life, and several to terms of Imprisonment from five to ten years in the pententiary since last January. Last week J. W. itnddiford was con victed at Klngstrce for the murder of his s<>u and si ut to thc pi niunliar> for tivcytais. Outof the four homicide cases up at this term of court, lhere wie ihreo convictions ?nd one ac quittal. The sentences were four and live years, and one fur life imprison ment. This ought to hold up tim Tree use of the pistol lu Williamsburg county for a willie at least. lt seems that Hoddiford met several members of the Gains family not. far from his home on the night of thc day of the murder, and a quarrel en sued, being superinduced probably by Unfriendly relations which existed be tween the above named parties. Moth parties resorted to li rearms, both pis tol and gun. and a general melee fol lowed, lt was discovered after the shooting that young Hoddiford, son of the defendant, was lying dead with a bullet In his ht ad. The fathcr.it seems, did not know that his son was anywhere about tile place of the shooting. Most of the testimony brought out showed that lt was a general combat between the several Gai uses on one side and Hoddiford on thc other. Thc bullet lu young KoddiTord's head was the same size as the other bullets that thc defendant li red and it was testi fied that this was the only pistol 01 that calibre in use. After the testi mony was all in, the aigutneuts beard and thc Jury charged, thc jury retired, reluming in about two hours with a verdict of manslaughter. Judge Gage sentenced BoddiTurd to live years In the penitentiary. CHANCE FOR A BRIGHT BOY. Senator Tillman Mus Another Ap pointment ufa Midshipman. Having to appoint another midship man to the ?. S. Naval academy, I hereby announce that there will be a competitive examination in the stale house at Columbia on Thursday, the 7th of May, at 9.30 a. ra. Under the regulations of the navy department there will be one principle and three alternates, the candidate standing the best examination receiv ing the first position while the others will follow in orderof merit. If for any reason the principle falls the first alternate takes his place and so on. The age limit js from fif teen to twenty years. The physical examination is very severe and young men would save themselves trouble and expense by nob attempt ing to enter the physical examination. Ten of those who entered last year out of twenty eight were deficient physicially. After the competitive examination ls held the successful candidate will be required to go to Washington, May 12th, to stand the civil service examination. The physical examina tion by the government will be held at Annapolis on the third Tuesday in June at the same time that the final mental examination is held. In order to be qualified for appolnt ment'ln case of the failure of the principal the alternates will have to be examined at the same time and place, viz: Washington May 12th. In order to compete in this ex amination young men must bc bona fide residents of this state and white. The name of those who will constitute the examining board will bc announc ed later. B. lt. Tillman, Senator. Peculation in Ofllce. The State says a prominent person age connected with the State govern ment was placed under arrest Thurs day the confines of the capitol having been invaded by one of the detectives of thc city police Torce, who was arm ed with a warrant for one bearing the euphonious and uncommon name of Smith-Ed. Smith, to be more ex plicit. The charge against Smith is that he pilfered the stamp drawer of thc office ol thc secretary of state and did so to the promotion of thc fatness of his own pocket book Detective Strlctland, who worked up the case, found where thc negro porter had sold as much as five dollars worth of stamps at one time. Just another case of frail humanity being unable to with stand the allurements of the opportu nity to speculate at the expense of the government. A Marquis for Sale. Armed with document to verify his claim to nobility, Marquis Arthur de Durrazzo of Naples, Italy has come to New York with the avowed inteu tion of marrying au heiress and has advertised to this effect. The mar quis thinks New York the Mecca for heiresses. "There is more money in New York than In all Europe," he said. "You see I am young and would like a young aud beautiful bride with a large dowry. So I some here to find it. Americau girl s arc beautiful be yond all others." Asked if 3100,000 would be a fair dowry, he said. "It would do, but ls not much of a return for the honor my title brings. My family ls nearly 050 years old and has large estates in Naples." l'uunil Dead In Heil. A dispatch from Charleston to The State says William Alexander Blair, a traveling man of Asheville, N. C., was found dead in his bcd at the Pavilion hotel Tuesday morning. Ile had been here about a week and it ls said he had been drinking heavily. A half-filled bottle of whiskey was found In his room. It was at first thought that lie had committed suicide, but a post-mortem examination showed that his death was due .to natural causes. His body will be shipped to Asheville, of which city he was once mayor and a well-to-do citizen. i A SAD TALE. Hopes His Convi?tion Will Bo a Lesson to Others. IT WILL DO THE STATE GOOD. Hopes lils CUM: Sf a Y bo. a Lesson to - > Other You UK Men to Blum His Sud Pute. The correspondent ot The State had a talk with Lonnie C. Meyers, a young white man who had Just been convicted of murder amLschtcnced to thc penitentiary for life by the court at K'ngstree. Tho correspondent says his conversation disclosed some unusual sentiments to be uttered by a man who has stood thc excruciating ordeal of a three days' trial, with a consequent verdict which virtually re moves him from the material world for life. The prisoner stood Iiis trial remark ably well, but Tuesday the terrible mental strain of thc last few days be gan to leave ils trace upon his feat ures. During tlic conversation, the prisoner did not utter ono word of bit terness, baited, or anger against a single witness, who testtlicd against him. He spoke appreciatively of the fair, upright manner in which Solici tor Wilson handled the case, .of thc earnest efforts or his attorneys who fought has battle so well and of thc consideration that he met with at the hand of the court. He spoke feelingly of tup wife and four little children whom he leaves behind to win their own bread, and ended his conservation with this sen tence: "J hope this will do South Carolina good; 1 hope that my case may cause other young mon to halt when they are faced with trouble, and that it may be a lesson that will cause others to try to avoid my fate." His at torneys have given notice of a motion for a new trial, but the pris ouer seemed reconciled to thc sentence bf life imprisonment that has fallen upon him. He expressed the desire of securing work in the penltentary that he is able physically tovperform and said further that lt shall be his ear nest endeavor to make a mpdel, obedi ent prisoner. This is a sad t?lef ?nd should bc a warning to all-young men. Meyers is a young man and he murdered his brother-in-law in a quarrel about a . line fence, which should have been settled without any trouble. If he could undo what ho did, no doubt he would give all he possesses, but it ls too late now. He robbed a wife and children of their natural protector and now the law condemns him to life long imprisonment and bis own wife and children must fight thc battle of life alone. But thc sentence was a lust one, as in no other way can so ciety be protected. The Lightning's Work. The bolt of lightning, which struck the home of J. P. Belue Wednesday afternoon, came very near being fatal in its result and did considerable damage. Mrs. Belue and young Belue, who is about 15 years old, were rendered wholly unconscious for some time and the boy's right leg was tem porarily entirely paralyzed. His right trouser leg was cut off about the hip as cleanly as if done by a knife and from there split to the bottom. He was severely burned_in the legs also. The bolt evidently came down an iron pipe that is used as a stove flue. It broke the bricks that support the cooking stove, split a shelf in a closet on which stood a number of jelly and other glasses, shattered the glasses, ripped an oil cloth from a table and on the back piazza broke a porcelain wash basin and probably went *nto the ground by way of thc drain pipe. The shock~to Mrs. Belue and her son was very great and that they escaped with their lives is wonderful. They are both doing very well Wednesday and there is no cause apparent to fear any serious consequences.-Spartan burg Journal._ In nani Luck. Samuel O'Neale and Florence Red Inger were married at Chanevllle, Penn. After the ceremony while the bride and groom and several others were eu route to tho groom's home, In a swollen stream the wagon upset and the bride washed 100 yards down thc stream before, she was .rescued. The groom bought a wagon load- of furniture. While going home the straw in the wagon bed became ignit ed from a lighted cigar which cause a can of oil to explode, which set fire to the furniture. O'Neil was seriously burned ond everything except the horses was consumed. W?mt u Mess. A dispatch from New York says Oliver Ilarrisinan, Jr., brotherof Mrs. Lewis Morris lluthford, admitted Tuesday at his residence that his sis ter will marry Wm. IC. Vanderbilt, but refused to state the time. "Mrs. Hu th ford is going to marry Mr. Van derbilt," he declared, "and that's all I care to say." Mr. Vanderbilt lias gotten permission from Justice Geige rlch to wed. Thc decree of divorce of his ex-wife, now Mrs. O. IL P. Bel mont, prohibited lils re-marrying. Kemi This, Girls. It is stated on the authority of the head of the Chicago board of charities that during thc year lU")2 four hun dred deserted wives, who applied to thc bureau of charities for assistance, and later obtained divorces, admitted that tiley could 'neither cook nor keep house,' and, of course,, could not keep husbands. Bad cookery and slovenly house-keeping wore the direct causes of those marriages beinn failures. Toil ohed Him Heavily. 12. J. Kennedy of Greensboro, N. C., who arrived at Norfolk on Wednes day on a Roanoke and Southern train, claims he was robbed of a wallet con taining $1,701 in cash and a railroad ticket from Winston to Denver, Col. Kennedy recently sold out his mercan tile business at Greensboro and start ed for Colorado. So rar there ls no ! trace of the missing monoy.