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: '?DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAfcl^HJR LIVES IN 'PHY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." .]??_' . ? :'. VOL. XXVII. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FMpAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903. NO. 14. A Bia SENSATION. Official Stir in Washington Cause 1 by Series of Scandals. A HIGH OFFICIAL DISMISSED. Ho IR Off un Sick Leave, and Illa I .Wife GOCH to His OJUcc und Taken Papers from Snr.;. A Washington dispatch says a most sensational development of thc Inves tigation of thc postotlico department affairs occurred just before thc depart ment closed Thursday when Postmas ter General Payne announced thc sum mary dismissal of James Ts'. Tyner, assistant attorney general for tiie postofflcc department, coupling with thc announcement the startling charge that all the papers and rec o rc s in the safe of the latter's otlloo. had been abstracted by Mrs. Tyner, wife of the discharged official, with tire as sistance of others. Thc facts are told tersely in the letter of dismissal, signed by Postmaster General Payne, late Wednesday afternoon and made public tonight. The letter ls as fol lows: April 22, mo:'. Hon. James N. Tyner, Assistant At torney General for thc Postoflice De partment: Sir: You are hereby removed from the office of asslF.tant attorney general for thc post?nico department. I deem it proper to give you the rea sons for this summary action on the part of the department. Early in the month of March I communicated to you,.through a mutual friend, the ic quest for your resignation. Alter a ; painful interview wi tl? you, and a more painful one with Mrs. Tyner, i con sented to modify thc demand for your resignation so that it ml^ht take ef fect on May 1, 1903. with the proviso, however, that you were given leave ol' absence from the time of the accept ance of thc resignation to the date of its taking effect, with thc understand ing that you were not in any way to undertake to discharge the duties ol' the olllce. Late Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Tyuer came to the olllce of assistant, atlorney general for thc postolllcc de partment, entering in the regular way, and went through the main olllce to the private olllce, dosing the door be hind her. She then unlocked the door, entering from thc public hall into the private rooms and admitted her sister, Mrs. Barrett, whose son was former ly an assistant in your olllce, and -whose conduct is uow under Investiga > tion by thc department. SheHdso ad-, mitted' in thc same mautier, G. G. Hanmer, an expert in the employ of the Moslcr Safe company, with whom she made an arrangement to meet her ut the department. At lier direction Mr. Hanmer opened tile safe in the room, and she took therefrom all pa pers, records and articles of every kind :and carried them away with lier. Immediately upon learning what had been done I directed the fourth as sistant postmaster general bu send two inspectors to your house to demand, in the name of the postmaster general, the delivery to them of any papers, 'documents or other materials which had been abstracted from thc safe. 'This demand was refused by Mrs. Ty ;ner; and she likewise refused to per mit thc inspectors to sec you or to sec and examine thc papers in lier prcs . ence. Mrs. Tyner further stated to "thc postolllcc inspectors that she com mitted this act with your knowledge und by your direction. Further com ment on this transaction, on my part, 3s not necessary. Tiie facts in the case will be sub mitted to the attorney general pf thc United States for such action in thc premises as he may deem proper. Very respectfully. IL C. Payne, Postmaster General. Mrs. Tyner came to the ?nice of thc .-asslstSiil-attorney general on tho lifLia floor of tiie postoilice building, at 3.-15 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and remain ed there exactly an hour. When she arrived Acting Assistant. Attorney General Christ laney, who lias had charge of the olllce for mon h ts past in the absence of Gen. Tyner, who has been in poor health for a long period, was in the olllce. The clerks were at Iheir desks. Sirs. Tyner passed from tiie public room into the private oflice and closed ?the door behind her. Ho ing then alone in thc olllce she stepped to the door .opening into the public corridor ajad, ;by previous arrangement admitted Mrs. Marrett, mother of Harrison J. ?Barrett, the former law clerk oj the pof,tofllce department, and G. G. Hamncr, a safe export. An inspector discovered Mrs. Tyner :in the olllce and reported her presence to his supervioroillc.er, Fourth Assist . ant Postmaster General U rtstoiv. Post i master General Payne was also noti fied. Mr. Bristow asked authority to have Mrs. Tyner ejected from thu ? oflice. The authority came too late. When tho inspector returned Mr.?. Ty ner and lier party had left. The safe on being examined was found to be ?empty. The affair created much ex citement among the investigating of ficials, but the news was (.oncealed .carefully from the public. Two in spectors were dispatched Lo tho Ty uer residence to recover the papers. Mrs. Tyner refused to give them up, saying that she was acting under the direction of lier husband. She told the inspectors, so they reported, that tiley had a right to thc papers as Mr. 'Tyner was still assitant attorney gen ?oral, and, moreover, insisted that the ipapers were ail of a private charac .ter. Thc inspectors reported that Mrs. Tyner declared the papers be longed solely to them and she an nounced emphatically that she did not propose to have lier papers stih . knitted to the scrutiny of the Inspec tors. lt ls suspected at thc department that the papers have some connection .with tiie recent conduct, of 1 lie olllce. ?Some weeks ago a turf investment .concern, whose affairs were aired in .court, alleged that its operations arni "working methods had been sanctioned by tho assistant attorney genoral for tho posto?loe department. The charges involving- theofUoo of the as sistant attorney general and a lawyer, formerly connected with that ofllco, were ventilated very generally at that time and an investigation was ordered by the postmaster general. It was really the inception of the investiga tion that has spread into every part of the department. The complaints crystallzed into nation, signed by Postmaster General Payne, on March <Jth last. Mr. Ty nor had been in ex ceedingly bad health for a long time and had visited the otllcc at only rare intervals, leaving the ellice entirely in charge.or his assistant for months ut a time. Ile is sulfuring from an unusually severe case of paralysis, and in consideration of this fact thc request; for ins resignation was based oil his ill health. Mr. Tyner tlieu sent in his resignation, to take etrect May 1st, and it was accepted. The announcement of these develop ments were made by Postmaster Gen eral Pay ne late Thursday afternoon to a large number of newspaper corre-. pondents. In a voice that trembled with emotion bc said he regretted to have to say that he had found it neces sary to remove from ofllee the assis tant attorney general for the depart ment, and after speaking in a gcueral way about the facts that had develop ed said the story was best told in the correspondence, which he then read in a most feeling tone. Then he an nounced that bc would say nothing further on the subject and that he preferred int to be asked any ques tions, lie was asked if any arrests would be made ns a result of thc ab straction and if any one else in thc oflieo was involved. Ile said that this he could not discuss; that it rest ed with the attorney general, to whom tho. papers would go as soon as thc record of the case could be copied and submitted. Thc case, however, be added, wi il be in the hands of the department ol' justice Friday, and wiiat further steps will he t aken will bc decided by the attorney general. lie did not care to venture any pre-, diction as to thc outcome. Mr. Tyner has been in the govern ment service, in various important capacities, for many years. He is from Indiana. Ile was ut one time postmaster general. Ile is one of the best known men in otllclal life in Washington, lie 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 bis long| sickness, lie remains in Iiis room most of the time and sees very few callers. INTKNDED NOTHING WKONQ. After being notified of Postmaster General Payne's action Mr. Tyner called into consultation lt. Ross Perry and Li. T. Michener. who arc intimate friends, regarding the matter. The gentlemen later made a statement saying that Mrs. Tyner had no thought of wrong doing in opening thc 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, thc state ment says, will be placed at the dis posal of the proper authorities of thc government. Knitted n Tcrrnttii?. A dispatch from Anderson to The State says it rained a terrapin there Tuesday afternoon. This statement ls vouched for by Mr. Hufus Pant, Mr. Ab Kant and several little boot blacks. The Messrs. Pant were stand ing under the awning in front of the book store on Whither street Tuesday watching the rain fall. Some little bootblacks were near them. Sudden ly one ol' the boys exclaimed. "Did you sec dat fing fall?'' and ran ont inlo Hie street and picked up a half grown terrapin. Mr. Pant says that he did not seo t he terrapin fall from the skies, bul. that he had been look ing attire very spot where the boys picked it up only a few seconds before and that ic was not there then. Ile declares that he believes that it fell along witli the rain. The bootblacks say that they saw lt fall. The boys had the terrapin showing it around town Tuesday afternoon. Thc crea ture is about four inches long and two inches wide. "Man \Vnnn Woman. Aaron Hark, a farmer who died sud denly at his hume in Muhlenburg county. Ky., was discovered to be a woman, whose naine ls Mrs. Frederick Green. Khc came to Muhlenburg county about thirteen years ago, with a small child. Shu was dressed in mon's clothes. She has lived on a farm thc ont.ire time and ber disguise has never been suspected. Mrs. Green told a neighbor, who was with her before she died, that ber home was in Massachusetts and that, she had ?issuhied men's garb because she could make a beltT living than Miel 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 hos been in the county jail at Hrunswick, Ga., for lunacy for some time, died Wed nesday night. Chance was taken out of the jail Sat urday and carried to his home hy the county physician, in thc hope that he might be persuaded to eat bul. the man still refused to swallow a mouthful. Chance was In jail eigh teen days and did not eat, and it is understood that he refused to cat for several days before he was confined. The mari, it is understood, would never eat anything unless the food was pre pared eil lier by his motlier or himself. A Leper in This State. A dispatch from Washington says a curious case Involving a leper soldier in the Philippines is before the war department, having been referred to the judge advocate general to deter mine in what manner thc a 111 ic Lcd soldier shall receipt for his pay. The leper is an enlisted mau in t he artil lery and at present is isolated in South Carolina. Pay ofllcers do not care to have him handle the rolls to sign tue rece it for his pay so an agreement probably will be made whereby the soldier can be paid through a power of attorney executed in the presence of the .physician and nurse in attendance. IN HOT FIST FIGHT. A Very Disgraceful Affair in tho Illinois Legislature. WHIRLWIND OF WILD DISORDER Grew Out oi* the Municipal Owner ship Fight, Chairs und Desks Completely Wrecked in the Melee. At .Springfield, lil., slugging and rolliug over across- each other aer?f-s the speaker's platform in a frenzied general light, at the feet of a score of female guests, the members of the Illinois legislature Thursday surpass ed the wildest scenes of the Austrian reiohsrath. Charges by the speaker of the house, Isaac Miller, that at tempts had been made to bribe him were formally made as an explanation of thc extraordinary actions on his part, which precipitated the riot. The interier of the legislative cham ber resembled, in a measure, the trace of a tornado, so general was tho wreck age ?if ?hairs and desks. Chicago street railway franchises,', more valuable than gold mines, were directly at stake, federal court receiv ership proceedings against thc Union Traction company of Chicago having brought the matter to a sudden issue. Thc stormiest time ever experienc ed in thc Illinois legislature began al most without warning, in a whirlwind of wild disorder, which arose Thurs day in thc house of representatives over rival traction measures, or so called municipal ownership bills. Adherents ol' the Mueller bill, indig nant at Speaker Miller's ruling in favor of Lindley bill, attempted to pull the speaker from his chi ar. The speaker raised bis voice above the turmoil and declared thc house ad journed. Thereupon Re prese ta tl vc Murray, a Mueller bill man, called for the election of a speaker pro tempore. Chas Allen of Verrnllilon was selected, but had ditllculty lu forcing his way to thc speaker's chair. The aisles were thronged with a crowd so excit ed that it wus almost a mob. Even tually be made the passage and Ilenry Reitler was made clerk. It was found exceedingly difficult, however, to -ac complish business. D?ring roll calls on amendments to the Lindley bill nearly half the mem bers of the 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 the front row.en thc D?mocratie 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. "Get them out," shouted Mr. Sher man, "get the ladles out. Do not act the coward." A light broke out on the Democra tic side, a few feet from the speaker. Wcrdell (Dem.), and Glade (Rcpt.) were the central figures, but eight or ten other members-In fact almost everybody in their immediate vicinity -appeared to be f aking a hand in thc melee, in evident endeavor to separate the two combatants. It afterwards developed that Wcrdell had started for the speaker with a menacing air and that Glade had seized him, tims precipitating thc encounter. The municipal ownership light now in progress is the most exciting which Hie Stale capitol has witnessed in many years. Chicago sentiment is said to favor the Mueller, and Mayor Harrison and others of iniluence haye been iiere several days working for it. The 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 bouse de manded.the roll call. Thc postpone ment motion was declared carried, amio"Lhe"piotestB of thc majority. To day Speaker Miller ordered the Lind ley measure advanced to a third read ing in thc tumult of voices rose In op position, during which the attempt was made to pull the speaker from his chair. After Speaker Miller declared Hie house adjourned the newly or ganized house recalled Hie bill from third reading and proceeded, section by section to substitute the Mueller bill Tor it. The time then ar rived for thc regular afternoon session and Speaker Miller resumed thc chair without opposition. Con siderable confussion attended at tempts to transact business and a recess was taken until evening. At the night session Speaker Miller said his action In refusing a roll call was due to reports that he could make money hy allowing a roll call on the Mueller bill, but as the house desired lt he washed his hands of the entire matter and would permit a roll call. An agreement was reached for a re consideration of thc Lindley bill and the house adjourned until Friday. Tim Iowa Disabled. The batlle-sliip Iowa, which left Pensacola, Fla., Monday to complete her target praclice in the gulf, was towed in Tuesday totally disabled by her steam pipe bursting and tearing away Hie steering gear. The accident happened tit ft.30 o'clock in the after noon and three government tugs were immediately sent lo the ship's relief. The extent of the damage ls very great and it will require IC days or more to make repairs. The vessel ls now lying ut the navy yard Thc sqtiurdon was to have departed for the north tomorrow, but the accident to the Iowa will prevent ils sailing as scheduled. O nicer a Suicide. Gen. Davis cabled the War Depart ment Wednesday that Lieut. Col. Henry W. Sprole of the First Cavalry committed suicide at Manila shooting I himself through t he head. Sprole was appointed from New York. THE TILLMAN CASE. Considerable Snrpriao at }ts Uetn/c Continued ls Expressed. Thoro has been sorao surprise throughout the state at the some what unuBuul manner In which the trial of J. iii Tillman for. the mur der pf N. G. Gonzales.was continued to thc July term or court for Rich land County. It is customary to (jive he defendant the benefit of any doubt that may exist as to the pro priety of continuing a case of such gravity as a murder case, nut this one seems to have been continued on a remarkably poor showing, if Indeed the rules of court have not been whol ly disregarded. An analysis of thc proceedings shows that a continuance was grant ed on the statement that two wit nesses were absent. One of these witnesses, J, A. While, madeatlldavil that lie saw a man talking to one Ilolsonback and heard bini say lie had. made Tillman show thc white reuther and would do so again. White djd not know the speaker, but Ilolsonback asserted that thc person who made the alleged threat was N. G. Gonzales. The defense showed hy atlldavit that White was ill. Nothing was produced rrom White lo indicate when, if ever, lie could appear as > witness, but counsel, by contending that thc rule had been complied with and tliat it waa their desire to lui vc these witnesses confront thc jury, in timated the purpose or the defense io produce them. The court, howevc \ did not require tho usual showinir on this vital point. The other witness because of whoso absence the continuance was asked was MJss Hoper, a young kinswoman of tile prisoner, who is a trained nurse. Miss Ito por, according tr? aill davit, is willing lo testify that while employed in her professional capacity by Mr. Gonzales to minister at tho death bed ol his uncle, she heard Mr. Gonzales Say Lo his stricken relative that he had made Tillman show the white feather ?ir would make him do so. The deren.se demonstrated that Miss Hoper was not at? her home in Spartanburg, and although it was known that she was at ii hospital in New-York, there was no exhibit to show that sile had been communicated with by her relatives or that she nad received a request to be present in Columbia when.the case was to be called, and oidy the counsel's belief that sile 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 atlidaylts?.but, Jp^.thjs .tho. defers?, wo?ld riotVonsiiiiti dec!ail hg 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 thc rules of court as evi dence that tlie whole proceeding was unusual lu practice and violation of those rules Hie continuance was granted.-Spartanburg Journal. A Pretty Spectacle. Thc 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 li? 1 uors without duty, because the naval station is a government reserve and Capt. Dunlop remains on lt. Capt. Dunlop refuses to come out or to per mit the police to enter. Commander Mentz, U. S. N., and Robert Giles, against whom warrants were aiso is sued on the charge, were arraigned and plead riot guilty. A preliminary hearing will be held because of the inability to apprehend Capt. Dunlop the date bf the hearing has not been set. P. V. Mohoun, paymaster, U. ,S. N., for whom there is a warrant out on the charge of illegally bringing in liquors, is in Hie United States and will he summoned later through the government. Di-i ip] .cd ii Tl i ou H a nd Koot. Four members or the Aero club who ascended from Paris, France, 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 thc rate of six ty miles an hour. The aeronauts, realizing that they were nearing the Mediterranean, determined td descend immediately. They dropped precioit ately and in a few minutes the balloon struck the earth. It rebounded for LtOO feet, and tl nally settled among some telegraph wires, which were broken. Thc rapidity of tile desce?? deprived the travelers of all sensation and completely deafened them. Other wise they were unhurt. After a rest they returned to Parla by rall. niNANtroiiH Explosion. A special rrom WI liston-Sa le. i, N C., says: Tho buller at Shore and Moser's saw mill near licthanla, ex ploded Wednesday, killing three men and injuring another. The dead: Gie! T. Shore, one of the mill owners, married. Luther George, single. William Logan, married. Injured, but, not seriously, Samuel Moser Luther George, who was loading lum ber ai thc time of Hie explosion, was struck by a piece of the boiler, hi head lorn from Iiis body and tiling upon a pile oi' lumber. Shore was crushed under a mass of falling lim ber. Logan was scalded to death. Part or the boiler was blown 300 feet. The explosion was caused, it is thought, hy low water in the boiler. A Town Pillaged. A dispatch from Tangier, Morocco, says tribesmen have attacked and pillaged Mequinz. Thirty-seven in habitants of tile town and lil tribes men were killed in the lighting. Mequinz is about itu miles west by south of Fez. lt has a population of about ?10,000. Some mouths ago a number of American missionaries were located at Mequinz, but during the recent disturbances In Morocco they are reported to have left there for Fez. ARION CALL. Bryaqgfcgea^peroQoratp to u-Btand "llenare tor Honesty. HE ijPPLATJDS 8EN?T0R STONE. .' ._' Instead of Bein? True to His Party Bryan Declares Cleveland Uis Kruccii and Betrayed it. j DemooratB Apiilaud. At Kansas City, Mo., last Tuesday week ^Vllllam J. Bryan .speaking to the tba'.sb "Democracy" at the hanquet givch\jby the Democratic Jackson Count's blub and the newspaper men of Missouri complimentary to William J. Stone, bitterly arraigned Grover Cleveland and his supporters who are m-iklnjf'.btic pica for harmony among Demoi'^ats. The assembly was made np of Missouri Democrats and thc re marlts'i)f;Mr. bryan met with enthu siastic? favor with his hearers. Ho said hi j part. M Wi wt wc need in this nation is moral courage among men. We need moral courage moro than ability and we want to have, the kind of moral courage that will light for honest Democratic principles. KLOWEK3 FOIt BTOXK. "In your Junior senator. William Joel Stotie, you have in Missouri a mau who possesses both moral courage and ability.. I am glad that you have harmony in this state. 1 believe:th? Democrats of Missouri give the hest idea of how to secure harmony among the Democrats of the nation. I be lieve in harmony. "The'Dotnocrats' bed is wide enough lor all who want to come In, but we don't-"have to sit up nights to keep certain, pretenders from picking our pockets. Wc Invite all who have strayed from thu fold to come hack lr they so \leslre, hut wo want them to stay In after they nome. litfOUOII OK CLEVELAND. "We have had enough of Cleveland Ism in the Democratic party. Wo had four years of Cleveland, and after bis administration was over we found our selves weaker than wo had ever been before because we had been, betrayed. "Theseso-called harmonizers,Cleve land arid lils followers, showed their nearness to Uepuhulicanlsm by desert ing us In our hour of greatest need and supporting the Republican party. "Thc Democratic party won a great victory in 1892, which gave our party a . great opportunity, but Grover Cleveland betrayed the Democratic party and lt carried the burden of his adminhstrution through two national campaigns and there was not a plank in either platform that was such a detriment to me in those campaign as. 'tuuv-' uaW?i?-P?f'ttVp*' ' GItOVEK BETRYED PARTY. "Cleveland had the best opportunity to redeem-the Democratic party ever offered to any man since the time of Andrew Jackson, but instead'of being true to his party he disgraced himself. "As a party, we must stand true to Democratic principles and if we do I believe that Democratic victory will some day come and it will bo hero to remain when it comes. "He ls of thc highest service to his fellows, who can give thc 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 lias come to re gard thc American simply asa money maker and wc give causp. for the belief that we put nothing beyond wealth, and that money is ruling the country with an iron hand. MOUE IMTOKTANT TIIAN MONEY. The manhood and womanhood of thc United States are more important than money. Jefferson set a higher ideal for us than that of tho worship of money, and nothing but the ideals of Jefferson will ever lift us out of the slough of despond. The Democratic party is not the enemy of honestly acquired wealth. "I have heard lt ?aid that Demo crats hellevo that a man can not have money and he honest. I deny that as being false. "A man can have money and he a Democrat, but if money has him he luis lo be a Republican. JclTersun be lieved that money should ho sub servient to the man, and Jotrcrson was an educated man. There are people to-day who think that the educated man should he separated from the com mon rabble. Jefferson believed that the man who was toogood to take part In politics was not goodenough to live in a hind like this. Jefferson did not create the principles of the Democ racy; they existed long before .lefferson lived. He simply put the principles Into living form. There never was a time when thc people were more ready to accept Democratic principles than today. MUST APPEAL TO CONSCtE.VCE. "Wo must appeal tu the conscience of Hie people. Three remedies for existing evils have been suggested to mc. First, an appeal to thc conscience of the people; second, by legislation, and third, by revolution. Hut revolu tion ls not to be thought of. R?volu lutlon ls not a remedy in a country where people can vote. "People can vote themselves free in tliis country and if they could not do that, they could not fight them selves free. Jefferson stood for thc people and their interests and Hamil ton believed that the president and tho senate should be elected for life or during good behavior. Thc Republi can party today ls forming not 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 bc Demo crats. MANY1.ETTICH8 OK KKORKT. Letters of regret from Richard Olney, Senator Gorman, Senator Car mack, W. B. Hearst, Tom L. Johnson, Edward M. Shepard, D. B. Hill, Sena tors Daniel Clark, of Arkansas, and Balley were read. The letter of John json and Iloarst ralucd a tumult of ap I plauso. THE GOEBEL MTJBDEE. Voutsey Hayn Gov, Taylor Haid Deut h j Plan Wau Good. - ^ The evidence brought out Jo the trial of Jumes Howard for the murder of Governor Goebel, of Kentucky, at Frankfort in that State, fastened the guilt for the dastardly deod upon the l Republican Governor, who was in of fice when lt toeured, as much as it| does upon any one else. Henry Yout sey, who confessed the ol her day that] he planned the assassination while un the witness si and, was recalled on I Wednesday. Youtscy was a ked ir he did not re-1 fuse lo tell Assistant auditor Fiank Johnson where be was when Goobel was shut. He said Johnson asktd him the question, and he told Johnson's he was In a safe place. Johnson said t hat, | was not sulUclently definite, as the de tectives had called for particular data I as to where all employes of thc oltlce ! were when the shot was tired. Youtscy then told him he was In the toilet room in the basement of the executive building. Youtscy denied that he had ever told General A. Loads^prior to the shooting, that Goe bel once beat him out of a fee and that he depisc? hin). Hp admitted that he told ll. H. Witherspoon and other realatives that the newspaper | reporUs that he had named Jim How ard as the man who tired thc shot were without foundation. "It was my defense at that time," j said Youtscy, ''that Howard and me | were strangers, and I 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 thc killing conspired together to clear themselves andi throw tho entire responsibility of the] crime upon him.. Responding to questions as to ne gotiations with Hr, Johnson lo kili Goobel, Youtsoy said ho went tu i Senator Deboe, and told bim 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 office and lt would not bc necessary to kill Goebel. Deboe said It must not bo done. Witness went back and told Johnson] what Deboe said. Johnson told him not to pay any attention to Deboe, but to go and see what Governor Tay-1 lor said about lt. He went to see] Taylor and told him him what John son said, and Taylor raised no objec-1 tlon to the plan of shooting from sec retary of state's otllcc. Obstructed tho Mail. An interesting case was tried last week In the United Stated Court at Greenville. David Sherarcd, colored, I was indicted for obstructing the muiif:lrj'tbat.-be refused to get out of the road with the wagon he' was driv ing to let Mr. Trescot, the mail 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 j on oath that he threw down the lines, folded his arms and said to Mr. Tres cot, that he would remain there until doomesday before he would move the wagon out of his way. This evidence jon his part resulted ina conviction, thc jury being out only ten minutes,, and his consequent imprisonment will , bc due to the desire for playing the I smart-Aleck, asno one else testified to this expression. Kc IH Right! At Richmond, Va., Thursday Dr. Lyman Abbott gave an interview on the negro question. He said among [other things: "I think, In thc main, that the relation between the blacks land whites in the south are better than they are in thc north; that the doors to Industrial relations are more open to the negro In the south than ' in thc norte; that if he ls industrious, honest and reasonably intelligent he j has on the whole a better chance in thc south than in the north; and to put thc whole thing in a few sen tences, if I were a negro I would rather live in a southern than a northern State." Many Candidates. Thc State says although Mr. A. F. II. Dukes was buried hut Wednesday there are a dozen applicants for the position on the board of directors of the dispensary mude vacant by his death. These aspirants may not be applicants in the sense that they have appeared In person and have asked the governor for the appointment, hut it Is ti fact that their rriends have recommended to the governor, which amounts to the same thing as a per sonal application. The position pays ??4 a dny ror not exceeding 100 days in the year, wi tu mileage at the rate of ? cents a mile when on business for the dis pensary. Wanted to fjyncli Him. Henry Scruggs, colored, of Frank lin, Tenn., charged with murdering Simon Jones, another negro, near Franklin, Saturday, had a narrow es cape from a mob of his own race Tues day night. Sheriff Tucker of William son learned Wednesday afternoon that a mob was rapidly forming the the purpose nf lynching Scruggs. The negro was secret?ly removed last night to the Jail In Nashville. Thc murder of Jones is said to have been a most brutal one. Chinese Horror. Advices by the steamer Express of China, tell of the crucltlction of a Chinese desperado in Iv wa i i? Tung, who confessed lo sixVy murders. When he confessed it was decided that de cap! lion wits too lenient as punishment and be was crucified. He was nailed by his hands to a wooden cross and placed in i. public place as a warning to malefactors. Ile lingered for three days before he succumbed to his terri ble suffering. Murder und Suicide. Daniel Dove, a prospcrours farmer of Columbus, Ark., Tuesday shot and killed Mrs. Zan Dove, tue wife of bis brother. Immediately afterward he rode to his home and killed himself. It ls thought that a dilllculty over a land matter between Dove and bis brother caused thc killing of the wo man. KILLED HIS SON. A. Will to Mun Qocs to tho Peniten tiary for Flvo Year?. If the conviction of white men in this State continues we will soon have a material deorease in thc 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 puutentiary since last January. Last week J. W. Uoddirord was con victed ?a Kiugstrce for t he murder or bis son and st ut to thc puiitt-uliur.\ for ? vc yeats. Outof thc four homicide cases up at this tuim of court, Liiere W"ie three convictions and one ac quittal. The sentences wert: Tour and tlve years, and one for lire luiprlsiai ment. This ought to hold up the Tree use of the pistol lu Williamsburg: county Tor a while at least. lt seems that Uoddiford met several members or the Gains.family not. far from his home on tho night of the day of the murder, and a quarrel en sued, being superinduced probably by unfriendly relations which existed be- i tween the above named parties. Moth ! parties resorted to firearms, both pis tol and gun, and a general melee fol lowed, lt was discovered after the shooting that young Uoddiford, son of the defendant, was lying dead with a bullet In lils' head. The falhcr.it seems, did not know that bis son was anywhere about thc place of the shooting. Most of the testimony brought out showed that it was a general combat between the several Gaitises on one side and Boddlford un the other. The bullet In young Hoddiford's head was thc same size as the other bullets that the defendant li red and li wrs testi fied that this was thc only pistol ol that calibre lu use. After the testi mony was all in, the arguments heard and thejury charged, the jury retired, returning in ahout two hours with a verdict of manslaughter. Judge Gage sentenced Uoddiford to live years in the penitentiary. CHANCE FOR A BRIGHT BOY. Senator Tillman HUM Another Ap pointment ufo Midshipman. Having to appoint another midship man to the U. 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. m. 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 thc others will follow In order of merit. If for any reason the principle fails the first alt?rnate takes his place and soon. The age limit is from fif teen to twenty years. The physical examination is very severe and young men would save themselves trouble and expense by not attempt ing to enter the physical examination. Ten of those who entered last year out of twenty eight were deficient I physicially. After the competitive examination is held the successful candidate will fae required to go to Washington, \ May 12th, to stand thc 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 tinal mental examination is held. In order to be qualified for appoint ments case of the failure of the principal the aiternat.es 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 be bona tide residents of this state and white. The name of those who will constitute thc examining board will be announc ed later. Ii. Bi Tillman, Senator. Peculation In Office. The State says a prominent person age connected with thc State govern ment was placed under arrest Thurs day the confines of the capitol having been invaded by one of the detectives of the city police farce, 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 lie pilfered the stamp drawer of the ofllce ol the secretary of state and did so to the promotion of the fatness of bis own pocket book Detective Strickland, who worked up the case, found where thc negro porter had sold as much as live 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 thc government. A Manpiis for Sale. Armed with document to verify his claim to nobility, Marquis Arthur dc Durrazzo of Naples, Italy has come to New York with the avowed Inten tion of marrying an heiress and has advertised to this el?ect. The mar quis thinks New York the Mecca for heiresses. "There is more money in New York than In all Europe,'' he said. "You sec I am young and would like a young and beautiful bride with ii large dowry. So 1 some here to find lt. American tri ri s are beautiful be yond all others." Asked if $100,000 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 is nearly 050 years old and has large estates In Naples." Found Dead lu Hud. A dispatch from Charleston to The State says William Alexander Dlair, a traveling man of Asheville, N. C., was found dead in his bed at the Pavilion hotel Tuesday morning, lie had been here about a week and lt ls said bc had been drinking heavily. A half-tilled bottle of whiskey was found in his room. It was at first thought that he had committed suicide, buta post-mortem examination showed that his death was due .ta natural causes. Ills body will be shipped to Asheville, of which city be was once mayor and a well-to-do citizen. A SAD TALE Hopes His Conviction Will Se Lesson to Others. IT WILL DO THE STATE GOOD Hopes His (Jase Muy bo a Lesson to Other Younj? Men to Shun His Sud Fete. The correspondent of The State had a talk with Lonnie C. Meyers,"a young white man who had just been . convicted of murder and-scntenced to the penitentiary for life by thc court at Kingstrec. The correspondent says his conversation disclosed some unusual sentiments to be uttered by a man who has stood the excruciating orden 1 or ti three days' trial, with a consequent verdict which virtually re moves him from thc material world for lire. The prisoner stood his trial remark ably well, but Tuesday the terrible mental strain of thc last few days be gan to leave ifs trace upon Iiis feat ures. During the conversation, the prisoner did not utter one word of bit terness, baited, or anger against a single witness, who testified against him. Hu spoke appreciatively of the fair, upright manner in which Solici tor Wilson handled the case, .of the earnest efforts of his attorneys who fought has battle so well and of the consideration that he met with at the hand of the court. Ile spoke feelingly of the wife and four little children whom he leaves behind to win their own bread, and ended Iiis conservation with this sen dace: "1 hope this will do South Carolina good; I hope that my case may cause oilier young men 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 attorneys have given notice of a motion for a new trial, but tho pris oner seemed reconciled to the sentence of life imprisonment that, has fallen upon bira. He expressed the desire of securing work in the penitentary that he is able physically tovperform and said further that it shall be his ear nest endeavor to make a mpdel, obedi ent prisoner. r.. . This is a sad taTef and should be a warning to all-young mcu. Meyers is a young man and be murdered bis brother-in-law in a, quarrel about a . line fence, which should have been settled without any trouble. If he could uudo what he did, no doubt ho would give all he possesses, but it is too late now. Ile 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 the battle of life alone. But the sentence was a lust one, as in no other way can so ciety be protected. Tho Lightning's Work. Thc bolt of lightning, which struck the home of J. P. Relue Wednesday afternoon, came very near being fatal in its result and did considerable damage. Mrs. Relue and young Iielue, 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 burnec? in the legs also. The bolt evidently came down an iron pipe that is used as a stove Hue. It broke thc 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 thc back piazza broke a porcelain wash basin and probably went 'nto thc ground by way of the drain pipe. The shoek~to Mrs. Bclue 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 auy serious consequences.-Spartan burg Journal._ In Hard Luck. Samuel O'Neale and Florence Rcd inger were married at Chaneville, Penn. After the ceremony while the bride and groom and several others were eu route to the groom's home, In a swollen stream the wagon upset and the bride washed 100 yards down the stream before, she was .rescued. The groom bought a wagon load* of furniture. While going home the straw iii the wagon bed became ignit ed from a lighted cigar which cause a can of oil to explode, which set tire to the furniture. O'Neil was seriously burned otid everything except the horses was consumed. What a aicss. A dispatch from New York says Oliver Ilarrisinan, Jr., brother of Mrs. Lewis Morris Ruthford, admitted Tuesday at his residence that his sis ter will marry Wm. K. Vanderbilt, but refused to state the time. "Mrs. Ruth ford is going to marry Mr. Van derbilt," he declared, "and that's all Icare to say." Mr. Vanderbilt has gotten permission from Justice Geige rlch to wed. Thc decree of divorce of Iiis ex-wife, now Mrs. O. II. P. Bel mont, prohibited his re-marrying. Head This, Girl?. lt is stated on the authority of thc head of the Chicago board of charities that during tho year 1DJ2 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. Had cookery and slovenly house-keeping were the direct causes of these marriages being failures. Touched Him Heavily. E. J. Kennedy of Greensboro, N. C., who arrived at Norfolk on Wednes day on a Roanoke and Southern tralu, claims he was robbed of a wallet con taining ?il,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 far there is no i trace of the missing rnonoy.