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'DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AMD MAKE OUR Ilt/THY POSSESSIO!* HAPPY. OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IM THY CAUSE." V0L.1Q?IX. -~r BENNETTS VILLE, S. CT, FRIDAY, APRIL 22,1904. NO.! TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. Ia the Stern Turrent of the Hage Battleship Uiosiouri. TWENTY-NINE MEN ABE KILLED Twelve- Inch Gan, Ono ortho Finest In the United Statns Navy, Exploded Alter Tbreo Hounds. A dispatch from Pensacola, Fla., says by the explosion of 2,000 pounds of powder In the after 12-lnch turrent and In the handling room o? thc battleship Missouri, Capt. Wm. S. Cowies cammandlng, 29 men were Instantly killed and Ave injured, two of whom will die. The Missouri was on the target range with the Texas aud Brooklyn at practice about noon, Wednesday when a charge of powder in the 12 inch lort haud guu exploded, ignited from gases, and drooping below Ignit ed four charges c f powder In the handling room anc all exploded, and only one man of th? entire turret and hundling crew survives. But for the pronpt and efflcient work of Capt. Cowies in flooding the handling room and magazine with water, one of the magazines would have been explode I and the ship would have been de troyed. Capt. Cowies, COD' pletely overcome with the disaster, -eferred all news paper men to Lieut. Hammer, the ordinance officer. The latter gave out a statement of thc explosion and Its probable cause. According td him, about noon after. ... the first pointer of the after 12-tnch piece had tired his strim.' and the second pointer had ?red the third sin t of his string the charge igidted. The fourth shot was being loaded and from all indications the first half of the chare.0, hud been rammed home and - tbe^seeond section was being rammed home, when the gasses from the shot previously fired or portions of the cloth cover ignited thc powder. The breech was open and a dull thud gave -notice of something unusual. No loud report was made, but dames were seen to leap from every portion of the turret. A few seconds later another explo sion somewhat more tierci: occurred. This was In the handling room below where 1,600 pounds of powder, or four charges, ready to be hoisted above, had Ignited. Fire quarters were sound ^ed and every man of the sh ip respond ""ed and the magazine and handling rooms were flooded with water. In less than five seconds afti r the first explosion, two streams of watt r were being played 'nto the rooms and . whonjtaUioJt*iarH.wftrfi_nalJiui *nr ..."-?' man of the ship responded, eager to go in! J the turrets and rescue tte crew. Capt. Cowies gave his commancs and but for bis presence of mind to gether with the olllcers of the ship, the Missouri woulddiave gone down. The second explosion occurred near one of the magazines and so hot was the fire that the orasswork of the magazines was melted. Smoke and the fumes of the burned powder made lt almost impossible to euler cither the turret ?ir handling room, but officers and men with hankcrchlcfs over their faces made efforts to rescue the men inside. Leading the rescuing party was Capt. Cowies. The officers endeavored to keep him fmm going below, as men fell unconscious as Uley entered and """-^.^had to he pulled out by their comrades, ^Jrtfvunheeding their advice the com mancuSog officer rus led below follow ed by Lftfut. Hammer, the ordinance officer, an'd Lieut. Cleland and Davis. Capt. C" vles caught up a dying blue jacket. In his a-ms and staggered to the deck with hi a. The bluejacket, with two others from the handling room had crawled jartly from their place of duty when they had been overcome. Before the 'imus of thc burning powder ha?> ';,,|*< ' ?e turret, officers and men w?re liftiog out the dying and dead mer, Three minutes a ter the explosion all were on driclt ind the surgeons from the Missouri, L'exas and Brook lyn were attending to those not dead. The 25 mci ofitlu turret were f mind lying in a heap. Y-Ti ey bad started for the exit when t!A? '?"st explosion oc curred and nao ?Ji st readied there when the more ue rlble explosion In the handling rorin. occurred, which burned and strang) id them to ?halb. Lieut. Davidson the officer in charge of the tur ut, had evidently given some comma id to the men as he was on top of tho heap of men, having fallen there after he had al lowed them to pasH bim to get out of the turret. The bod ie* were hardly recognlza a'nle, the terrible an:l qu^?k tire h iving burned clothing from V..; bodies of the men and the Hedi hur.g from th? m in shreds. Thc faces were mutilated by the smoke and llames. Only one mi.n was breathing whin the^turret crew was rescued and he ?lied a moment after he readied deck.; WHO THE OKKICFUS WEHR. A dispatch from Washington says both Midshipmen Neumann and Ward are understood to ha veteen engaged tobe marrkd. It ?s saki that Mid shipman Neumann was to be married to the sister of ^Midshipman Ward. The two mklshlpm ai were classmates and intimate frlei.ds. At their re quest they were assigned to the same ship. Lieut. Wm. C. Davidson is a native of Indiana and was appointed from South Dakota. He was assigned to the Missouri when she went Into com mission and wa? serving as a turret officer. Hlswlfe, Mrs. Juliet L. David son, resides lo Baltimore. Lieut. Ernest A. Welchart (junior grade) was attached to the Cleveland, and lt is assumed at the navy depart ment that ho was aboard the Missouri at the time of the disaster as an um pire during target practice. Ills father J. P. Welchart, ls a resident it Danbury, Conn. Lieut, dridley w;is a son of thc late "?Dpt. Grldley, who commanded the flagship of Admiral Dowey when he ?ailed into Manila bay and fought the Spanish ships. His mother lives at Erie. Pa. ' Midshipman Thomas Ward, Jr., was a son of Gen. Thomas Ward, who recently retired from the aotlve list !n the adjutant general's ifflce In the United States army. Ile was ap pointed from New York. Midshipman Wm. E. T. Neumann was a native cf California. His mother is H yins at Honolulu. liatiKcd Herself. A dispatch from Plckens to The State s*ys: The reported suicide Sat urday was that of a woman-Mrs. Lizzie Goodson. She can to Piokens county from North Carolina about two years ago. She and her husband bad beeu separated foi some time and lt ls though that tho brooding over her unhappy domestic relations caus ed ber to take ber own life. She had threatened to commit suicide on two other occasions. The woman took duo precaution to conceal herself. Since her separation she had lived with ber married daughter. While the daughter and ber husband were away at work :;ornc distance from tho house Wie woman darkened her room with heavy quilts. He little grandson was with her hut she sant bim away on an errant and when he returned he found his grandmother suspended from a rope that had been thrown over the joist. The frightened boy ran to the Held and told his father and mother and they hastened home. Take Dead Dover'? Numo. At Morganson, N. C., In the supe rior court, Miss Nancy Johnston, of Birmingham, Ala., a daughter of Con fed?rale Rrig. Gen. llobert B. John ston, formerly of Charlotte, N. C., has. been given icve by a judge of the superior court to change her name to that 01' Mrs. Isaac Erwin Avery. She was to have been married to the gen tleman of that name, the city editor of the Charlotte Observer, who died very suddenly on thc night of April 2, and it was her special wiwh that in spite of the fate which prevented thc marriage which both had looked for ward to with so much hope, that she should assume the name of the man tojwhom she was so devoted. She at tended the funeral of Mr. Avery at Morganton dressed in the deepest mourning. The change of name is made in accordance to the special pro vision of the code ol North Carolina. Sad Kate ot'a Diver. It is practically certain the diver imprisoned under seventy feet of wa ter at the bottom of the Jersey City reservoir is dead, yet men at the pumps on the raft are still pumping away with a forlorn hope that they are giving him the breath of life. The elforts of rescuers, including four divers and other experts, aided by scores of landsmen, to save one man's life, have been ceaseless for the thirty hours I hat .tho unfortunate mau has ?ceil JJ 11 rg-\ju Vjn\,,?. ...ir.. "ouv_-f^_j. caught between the huge lead ann wooden ball and iron flange of the b'g exhaust pipe. This ball valve bad been lowered over the mouth of the exhaust pipe to act as a stopper, lt did not lit exactly, but e.tablished a powerful current, which sucked the diver's foot into a crevice and held him fast. Ile was trying to repair the leak when he was caught. Since 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon no signals have come from him. Foll to Her Death. After chatting merrily with the other girls in the shirtwaist factory at No. 2!? Willet street New York, Pauline Seder, a pretty young girl, twenty-live years old, walked to the open window during the lunch hour and sat on the sill. A moment later her body, crushed and bleeding, was found on the sidewalk. The skull had been crushed, and death was instau teneuus. Although none of them could say whether she had jumped or fallen, the girl's friends believe she died a suicide from the fact that she told sume of them she. did not want t.o live any longer, tis all of her sisters were married and she saw no prospect of marriage for herself. The girl's sis ter, Mrs. David Freedman, with whom she lived at No. 340 Eist Eigth street, said Miss Seder had plenty of admirers, and she was con vinced the death was accidental. Forfeited their Hail. The Columbia Record says thc coun ty of Richland ls richer by 81 OOO by the order of Judge Gary Thursday morning. The case against John Hays and J. ll. Rice will be remembered as thc second pickpocket affair during last fair week. ?lays and Rice were arrested on a street car while endeav oring to rob Mr. Newham and were first committed to jail In default of 91,000 bond each. This was after wards reduced to ??OO each and this was deposited in actual cash by the men's friends the two men being re leased. When the case was called at this term of court neither was pre sent. Solicitor Thurmond made mo tion for a forfeit of the cash to the county and this morning Judge Gary issued the formal order requiring the clerk of court to tum over the money to the county treasurer. Dont Her Money. A dispatch from Laurens to The State says at an early hour Wednes day morning Jane Field:;, an old color ed woman of that city, while prepar ing breakfast had her clothing to take lire from the stove and before aid could be.given she was badly burned, her clothing being almost entirely burned. In the pocket of her dress she had $70 in currency and a few dollars in silver. The bills of course were burned and the silver blackened. Her bodily Injuries not as serious per haps as her financial loss. ! ?iiled 1?H Dnyn. Turner Pearson, a yoipig man with a wife, and child, committed suicide at thc home of his father In-law In Milledgeville, Ga., on Sunday In the preset ce of his wife and others by shooting himself. He lived in Atlanta and wanted his wife to move there and live with bim, and she refused. Killed in Street Fight. A. P. Haley, town marshal of Le banon Junction, Ky., and John Rouzee were killed, and J. I). Gentry was shot in the right leg during a street battlo which occurred Wednesday fol lowing an attempt by Haley to arrtit Charles Martin. THE SAD ENDING. Of a Popular Young Man's Lifo in Columbia. Tho State ot Friday says Mr. Robert A. Vanderborit, formerly of Charleston, was found Thursday morn ing In a dying condition lying on the door of the little office Of the Vir ginia-Carolna Chemical company's mill, which ls situated on the South ern's tracks about a quarter of a mlle west of the union station. The ofllce isa two-room one-story trame affair occupying a central position In the mill yard. Mr. Vanderhorst was em ployed In the ofllce as a bookkeeper, which position he had held since Jan uary a year ago. Near his handB lay a 32-eallbro revolver v/lth one empty chamber, with evidences that it had been recently tired. A bullet had penetrated the brain about two Inches above the right ear ann about an Inch to the right of tho centre of the back bead. Two hours after be was found in this condition Mr. Vanderhorst was carried to the Columbia hospital, where at 12.45 p. m. he died without regaining consciousness. So far as is known he bad not made any state ments Indicating an intention to destroy himself. A scaled note ad dressed in his hand-writting was found on his desk. No inquest was held. The body was carrie"! to Charles ton Thursday afternoon, where the funeral will bc held, probably Fri day. Mr. Vanderhost was thc first of the ofllce force to arrive at the olllce Thursday morning, coming In about 0.45, which was a trifle early for lum. TT> D flt vii came In. Mr. Vanderhorst spoke pleasantly to him, he : ays, and he saw nothing unusual in thc young man's, appearance or conduct. Mr. Civil left Immediately to take up his duties in the mill. Mr. Alfred Wallace came In next, about 7 o'clock. His ex perience and observation were the same as those of Mr. Civil, ile left at- once to go out and call the roll of employes. He came b ick at 7.10 and found Mr. Vanderhor t lying on the floor, it was discov.-rcd that the revolver was one which the ofllce men used in common top.otect valuable papers going to and from the olllce ao night, lt was kept in an unlocked drawer at the centre counting desk, where lt was Mr. Van 'erhorst's cus tom to work. No rep rt of any kind bau been heard, and Mr. Wallace's discovery was a complete surprise to him. The company's phys clan, Dr. S. F. Williams, was near at hand and wats at Mr. Vanderhors .'s side ll v e minutes after he was f mnd. He said that the young man's death was a question of a little while, and it wa; therefore at first thought needless to remove hlrr *tt?iu. i--^ ?. v* ho.na bBjj?Wi he was reinoveu co the hospital In the hope that a suc cessful operation might be performed, but after he reached there and was seen by Dr. Willam Weston and Dr. LeGrand Guerry, the oporatlon ap peared useless and none was perform ed. Mr. Vanderhorst was popular among his associates at the mill and his ser vices seem to have been highly appre ciated by his superiors. His position was clerical having no financial re sponsibility. Mr. Vanderhorst seemed to be by nature a very reserved man, and that he was dlrticult to approach was noticed and commented upon by those who met him. He was a man of splendid intellect and fine sensibilities, how ever, and those he receive/! on any thing like terms of friendship found him a delightful young man, and they thoroughly liked him. ile was an unmarried man about :!"> years old. Wanted nt Kansas. Governor I ley ward has received a letter from Gen. II. C. Corbin, the commander of the Atlantic division stating that lt is desiied that some Of the troops of the state participate in the joint field movements to be held at that point in September. The letter states that it ls Impossible to Invite all of the milit a of each state in this division, that the- quota from this state would be about 1019, al though if a larger number be furnish ed it is requested th.it thc depart ment be notified and perhaps arrange ments can be made. Under the ap portionment however not over 18,000 of this division can participate, the p;ty being for 15 days? As some of the companies cannot be absent, for over 7 days and in this way perhaps more can go. The movements are to be trade under the act of 1903. sec tions 15 and 21 and the department wishes to know how many can attend, transportation and pay to he furnish ed, the number of days the companies can be present and whether Septem ber 5 or 12 would be the most suitable date for the encampment. As there is plenty of time the \. jvernor will ne t answer thc request ? t once but will look into the matter. A Marrying ' Vomau. Miss Lizzie McCarty of Marion, Ind., has the distinction of navlng been married six times in nine years. The first husband was Jesse Hammer, whom she married when she was 20 years old, at Kokomo. She was di- ! vorced from him Litre ; months later, and two months afterward she mar ried him again, a sec- nd divorce fol fowlng In less than four months. Her next husband, Lemuel Moore, v? ..s sent to prison, and she obtained a divorce from him. She moved to Tip ton and there married Devi Jack, from whom in less t'un a y :ar she obtained a divorce. The trouble killed this husband it is said. Then the young woman married Eli ( oats at Tipton and lived witlt him two years, when she was given a di von e on account of cruelty. She caine to Marion and ma ried Ed Hunt from wh im she obtained \ a divorce after six m< nths. She hts resumed her maiden nam. DlnaHtcr in Hrhish Navy. The British torpedo boat destroyed, Teaser, which ran as lore during the naval manocuvers c-l? Porstmoufh Thursday night, has been towed efl and docked. During a sham battle during the night the Teaser's ofllcers were dazzled by the searchlights and the boat ran at full speed Into & sea walls. All of the crew were saved. ONE MAN'S IDEA. Capt. Petty Gives His Reason for the N morons Murders. THAT TAKE PLACE IN OUR STATE He Thinks it Started Durin? Reoon utruotion Times and Uaa Grown Worse Since That Timo. The fact that 222 homicides were I committed in South Carolina during the year 1903, has been published. Capt. Charles Petty, of Spartanburg, S. C., was asked tho other day what I in his opinion were tho causes leading | to such a record. Ile replied: "Our own citizens wore less shocked by tho bloody record than those of other States, for we had by degrees got accustomed to hornir.ld?. Tt. did not appear to be a phenomenal record, oven to our law-abiding, conservative citizens. They understood how lt was brought about. It would be well for people outside of the State to learn that this record is only tho log ical result of many years' infraction of law. "The organization of the Union league, principally among negroes, four or live years after Appomattox, was the first step. It required little Lime for these organizations to learn the power of the mob, and they under stood that courts would not hurt them for any outraces committed. "Tho second step was the organiza tion of tho Kuklux Klaus, the object af which was to check and ropress the lawlessness and violence of the lea guers. After striking terror to the negroes and some of tho white natives who were united with thom, they ex tended their power and struck down jome innocent men and began to turn igainst each other. "Just then, when good citizens I were shocked and uneasy day and night, the United States government jrought its strong arm to bear on the situation and tho klaus scattered like thin mist before a driving wind. "Then came a few years of the 3arkest political history that any State ever made. Ignorant negroes Trom rico Heids and plantations, call ing themselves a legislature, inaugur ated a system of robbery and financial fraud that bas no parallel. "The white people endured all that, out not without protest. They open ly held conventions and begged the carpetbag government to hold up. But it was too late. "The State government, like the Kuklux, had become unmanageable^] .Zbnv ..WQuld not R0tw??A/i<uria.\snn J/ xrgtn.ietio. xtu ir only ino >-^?MU so long as there was a dollar to steal it was their privilege to grab it; This high handed rapine and robbery under the name of the law was a third step In this downward course. "Then came tho famous campaign of 187(5, when Wade Hampton was electei governor. After the election an open boast was made as to the use of tissue ballots. It waa considered a big joke for minors to vote. "All this seemed well enough until a few years later when tho same methods used against the carpet-bag | government were used in our primary elections. It was evident that men who had been familiar with election frauds from their youth would exer cise the same methods In closely con tested elections that concerned ordy the white people. It came to pass that election laws bad to bo made rig id showing that our people could not] trust each other. "With the inauguration of the Hampton government came a better J understanding between the two races, for Hampton was the governor'of all the people. Then followed Hugh S. Thompson, now living In New York, and Gen. Johnson Hngood, good and able men, who earnest ly desired and labored for the welfare of the whole SUite. "During their administration law lessness was not encouraged. Lynch ing was not advised In public or pri vate. They sought to enforce the law impartially and to preserve good or der. "For ten years or longer it looked as if the State would retrace the downward steps she bad made from 1808so 187?), and that the white peo ple would get back to tho good old fashion of conducting elections fairly and having ti high regard for human life. It was a hopeful period. "But for various reasons there was unrest among the people, of the State. They had lost confidence in them selves and everything. It was then that a sharp, shrewd man, understand ing well their condition, took advan tage of the situation and assumed leadership. "Tho famous campaign of 1800 be gan when the former administrations from 187<)to 1800 wore abused for in compentcy, dishonesty and every pos sible political crime. Tho people, be ing greatly dissatisfied with their fi nancial condition, began to look on Benjaman R. Tillman as the Mo*es j who was to lead them out of thc wil derness. "Never was a man so much praised and idolized in this State as ho was. The people followed him with a wild and unreasonable zeal. They repudi ated Hampton, Thompson arid hun dreds of other true and good men be cause they were thus instructed. "The teaching of the campaign of] 185)0 and subsequent ones was that all who wero opposed to tho Tillman movement, were enemies, moccasins, dogs, for all these epithets were used I by their leader, lt was publicly taught that a negro had no political rights that ti w lite man was bound to] respect. Lynching was the pioper] punishment for a certain crime and when done for a misdemeanor, or for j no crime, tho perpetrators wore not! punished. "It was only one stop from killing a negro to killing a white man. So it j has como to pass In a most logical way that white men. arc shot down with impunity these days. "lt has got to bo that tboro 13 not much respect of color In the killing, bu al ness. All one has to prov* or swear to ls that some one scowled at him or that ho had at some time threatened-him. Once sure of Ids witness,'jae may shoot. "Whljethe people are taught by their leaders that it is no harm to kill a negro Suspected of orlme or a white man who has made threats, this hom icide mania will hot stop. There are thousands of good conservative peo ple who dq.not believe in it, but their voice is; powerless against the tide which has been set rolling for the last ten yeats. "Sompof the jurors aro always In sympathy with this sentiment which has led to the reckless taking of life, and it Is impossible to lind ?2 men who will convict for murder. Espec ially is this tiie eas?, when the accused belongs-to tho party in control, and which lias had much to do in the ejec tion of; judges. Men who are good and true under ordinary circum stances: cannot stand the pressure, of the church and partisan politic wi ion brought, to bear in trials for murder. "So 'South Carolina scored 222 homioides last year. Our people havo been years working up to that record. ; lt will bo a decade or two before we can retrace our steps and get back on a high plane, where hu man life is sacred and tho man who , takes lt wantonly is considered a felon. "But just now, when one of our , leading; politicians preaches tl ie shot gun policy for negroes at every public , meeting to willoh ho is Invited, in tliis State and abroad these homicides , will continue. The old proverb, 'Like priest like people,' is a-; true as the | jther. . "But South Carolina will rise one 3ay and free herself from this charge < ?\f ivnnt/tn 1 - : H ?- rpi.? .11-.- A- . - ?, ?. ? V-* ' A U.JIH^, A ?IVJ ui.l^KlVU V( UC.l j aob attach to the State, but to those i men ofjpowcr and influence who hold \ murderers up to honorable men, and ? ?'ve them great ovations when ac- ( pi it ted and elect them to high and ( honorable otlices. The State of South } karolina is not disgraced by the bloody i record."-New York Sun. 11 Hhot Htr Rival. I While walking along Airbrake ave- s mie In .Wilmerdlng, Pa., Saturd ty 1 jvening, Mrs. Laura Rebacb, aged .'12 1 fears, of Pitcairn, wai shot aud kill- 1 kl by Mrs. Il ugh Beninger, wit h ivho?e husband Mm. Rebach was strol- ! Tig. Beningor, who first drew the ire of his wife, wis shot in the leg. J Mrs. Beninger and her husband were j suth locked up in the Wilmerdlng j ?ail. Beninger's injury is merely a lesh wound. The Beningers and the ] Rebachs are uelguhors in Wilmerdlng J ind i&issaid that Mrs. Beninger was ! rsauelv jealous of her husband. Ile ! eft Xomo early i i the evening for vV^lraemlng and li ; protests that the . meeting with Mrs. K?bach was purely ?sun-!, j Mrs. Boningcr. however, is 1 laid bive followed 1"-T '""Kban.i, j reine ' ? (\ when she mot lom ..: -wm- , pentf'*Hh Mrs. Rebach,*wftnout aT! worane ,e drew a revolver and flred at . 1er lir sband, aiming low. The bullet I odgch in BeniLger's icg. While he was protesting'to his wife not to shoot . igain, Mrs. Rebach started to tlee lown the street. Mrs. Beninger tum jd on her and tired. The woman fell io the ground without a moan and . ivas dead within 15 minutes. The . bullet entered the back of her head , near the ear. The tragedy was wit lessed by many Saturday night shop- j pers. When Mrs. Beninger realized - what she had done she collapsed. , Cotton Koot Hark. The attention of the Charlotte ( Chronicle's reporter has been called i to thc fact that there is a new sou reo ? ur revenue for cotton growers, if they . will only avail themselves of lt. "Despite the fact that cotton has reached the highest point it has oc cupied in years," lie said, "the grow- , ers could make still more money if they would gather and st ll the bark from the root of thc cotton stalk. There is always a ready sale for tho bark, and at present the price per bound is greater than the prico of lint cotton the wholesale price in New York rang ing between 15 and 20 cents. Thc j discovery of the medicial quality of cotton-root bark was made by the slaves in the South many years prior to the civil war, and it was used on the plantations for many years before it was taken up by the druggists. Stolen Fortune In Stamps. With the arrest of Eddie Kay, Post otllce Inspector James E. Stuart thinks tlie mvstecry as to the identity of the men who some months ago rob bed the Chicago postollice of $74,OOo in stamps, bas been tully cleared up. Inspector Stuart said that he was su re Kay planned the whole affair and pro fited most by it. Fay is now in Jail at Superior, Wis., ard is to be tried for robbing thc postotllce there. Of the others implicated in the robbery ' Liud" Ilowllhan is In the peniten tiary at Raleigh, N. C., "Tom T?rke" and "Australian Mac" i re now at large, and "Jo" Hopkins is diad, having been killed by "Da i" Ripley in a tight ever a woman. Two Drowned. A dispatch from Washington un-ier date of April 14 says: Thigpen Whit ley, a 17-year-old boy of this city, and a negro named Charles Fortesleue, were drowned at lied Banks Wednes day by the overturning of a skiff. A tnird man, Herman Hicks, swam ashore. Whitley was drowned by toe f'antic negro, who was unable to swim, seizing him In an effort to save himself. Young Whitley's mother vas at prayer when they brought her news of her boy's death. Named tho Man. During the session of the house on Tuesday Representativo Bartlett of Georgia, in tho course of a speech, said he knew who would be nominated f jr president by the democrats. Upon ] teing asked by a republican member ! who lt would be, lie answered: "Judge Parker of New Yt rk." Tho announce ment elicited co lsldcrablo applause from the democra Jc side. Found I UH Match. E. P. McDonald, member of a pro minent .family in Birmingham, was shot and killed in a street tight on Monday night by Alex Lawson, an employe of tho L. & N. road. Lawson WM badly wounded. McDonald nad previously killed two men. A BRAVE POLICEMAN KILLED. His Drunken Assailant ls Fatally Shot by Another Of?cor. A dispatch to The State says a ter rible affair took place Tuesday night in Greenville lu thc vicinity of tue Southern railway on Washington street and Immediately adjacent to Wilson's beer dispensary on Cooke street, in whioh Policeman J. P. Tucker was mortally wounded by Ellis Sanders, who in turn was fatally shot by Policeman Z. J. Brown, whom San ders slightly wounded in the thigh. Policeman Tucker died Wednesday evening. The shooting took place on King street near the corner of Cooke, where tho beer dispensary Js located, and over which Sanders had a room. He was night watchman of the South ern railway. The origin of the trouble was the arrest of a negro wotaan by Policemen Tucker and Brown in the afternoon, which incensed Sanders on account of bis relations with the woman, and he procured her release on ball at thc city ball. She is a notorious woman, and was arrested for being drunk and dis orderly. Just before 9 o'clock Tuesday night Browja and Tucker left the home of the latter on Hampton avenue and went in the direction of the railroad station, which was their beat, and on reaching the corner or Cooke street they were accosted by Sanders, who was under the Influence of liquor, and he cursed them for arresting the negro woman. Tacker expostulated with Sanders, say i ag they were obliged to make the irrest, iud talked in a quiet manner to Sinders, who pulled his pistol from juderneatb his overcoat and fired dir ectly at Tucker In a few feet of him, ibe ball entering the abdomen and jutting the Intestin-s In 15 places be ?Ide:; making a three Inch incision of me nhidder. Sandern turned bis pis.? ;ol I istantly upon Brown and Indicter i slight wound in his thigh, by which time Brown began firing at Sanders, striking him lu four places, one wound n the breast and another in thc itomach, either of which would prob tbly prove fatal. Mr. Tucker did not use his pistol at Ul, ind said that bis wound threw aim at once ot? bis balance, but he xml3 have returned the 1?re in a few ?eco ids afterwards only that the shotting was over lu such a short time ihat there was no occasion for it. He was taken at once to bis home, where l?verai physicians had been sum non 3d, and it was decided tc take lim without delay to Ur. Black's ?an) .ailinn. . Si nders went to bis room ov er the jeer dispensary and climbed the stairs witt the assistance of a negro man, ?oing straight to bis .bed and was ying,dowh when the sherill au 1 pbyT' ?ouis he"wasJalso taken to Black's lanioarium. ,It is hardly possible that ie cm rally from bis wounds, and bis' leath is expected at any raomT... Sanders tired only the two shots and hopped his plst ,1 when Brown opened )n bim with live sbous, four of which ;ook effect, as already stated. San iere bad a cartridge belt around his Dody and another pistol was in bis Ded. He was a desperate man, and ibout a year ago tried to shoot Chief Kennedy in front of the police station the chief narrowly escaping, a wound dmilur to the one Tucker received Tuesday night. No man on the police force was more dreaded than Tucker by the criminal class, as he was fearless and untiring In the suppression of crime, iud was gifted with the natural In stinct of a detect! ve, which made bira very unpopular with evildoers of every kind. He was universally esteemed by the community, and there is gen eral sorrow at the fal al termination of his wound. Policeman Tucker died at :i o'clock Wednesday afternoon, meeting his fate bravely and fearlessly and telling his children it was all right with him in fae other world, where he would meet their mother, who died 12 years ago. The funeral was held at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon In tho Plrst Bap tist church of which be was a mem ber. The brave officer vas about 50 years old and had been on ;he force 12 years. The Deadly Parlor ltlllo. ThcSpartanburg I lerald says Thurs day afternoon about 1 o'clock Mrs. C. D. West was accldcntlly shot by an eleven-year-old nei/ro boy named Lewis Thornton, while she was walk ing alon? In St. Pau .'s street. Thorn ton and several otter little negroes were in a grove nei.r i he old Union depot, some twenty or thirty yards from the sidewalk, shooting at birds with a parlor ritle. Thornton was the lad with the gun. Mrs. West, who lives on Park avenue, started to visit tier sister, Mrs. J. H. O'Dell on Pine street. Walking along in. St. Paul's street, she was suddenly struck In the bac : of the head by a bullet. The neg o boy bad tired the rifle and the bullet sped wide of Its mark and blt the lady. The ball struck just at the base of the brain, behind jhe left ear aud entered the flesh. Medical aid was quickly summoned. It ls not thought that Mrs. West ls dangerous ly injured, although the bullet bas not been extracted. She stood the shjok and nervous excltment remark ably well. The negro boys dlcappai cd immediately after thc occurrence. Th? Thornton boy bad not been ar rested up to last night. Tho shooting was purely accidental. Taylor's Opinion of a Candidato. Thc Hon. Bob Toylor, of Tennes see, describes the man who asp res for pul lie office as follows: ''Every hon est man who runs for office* is a candi date for trouble, for the fruits of po ntt al victory turn to ashes on his Hps. To me there ls nothing n this wot ld so pathetic as a candidat ?. Ile ls like a mariner without a compass, drifting on thc tempest tossed waves of uncertainty between tho t miling cliffs of hopo and the frowninp crags of lear. He ls a talking petition and a living prayer. He ls a pac {-horse of publlo sentiment. He ls the drom edary of politics; and even If ht reaches thc goal of his ambition, lu will soon feel the beak of the vulture In bis heart and th? fang of the lei pent In bis soul." SENATOR TILLMAN'S VIEWS. Saya Judge Parker is Unobjection able to Him as a Candidato. Senator Tillman ls reported as fol lows by the Washington correspon dent of The News and Courrier: "South Carolina will, in my Judg ment, send an uninstructed delegation to 'the St. Louis convention," said Senator Tillman. "I have not talked politics for the past eight weeks," continued Senator Tillman, "but I am pretty well assured that Demo crats of South Carolina are not com mitted to Mr. Ilearst or any other candidate. In my judgment we will send an uninstructed delegation to smell around for the strongest and best available candidate, who ls not dominated by either the Cleveland or the Bryan element in the party. All we want to" know about a man is whether he ls a straight Democrat and bas always voted th? party ticket. " "Understand, I am speaking for myself alone," added Senator Till man. . . "For I have nob boen able to follow the political situation during the past eight weeks." "How does South Carolina regard J iidge Parker as an available candidate for president?" asked the repor ter. "Judge Parker is not objectionable to me, so far as 1 am personally con cerned," replied Senator Tillman. "My views regarding our party's nominee have not changed during my forced absence from the senate. Eight weeks ago, before I was taken ill and compelled to undergo a series of opera tion in my throat, I then stated that I would be in favor of any clean, con servative man upon whom all the fac tions In the party might unite. We have got to put aside Clevelandism and Bryanism for it is Impossible to produce a satisfactory mixture of these two con'licting clcmcpto "I ara not worrying my head secur ing a declaration from Judge Parker as to his position on political issues. It is perhaps fortunate that he ls without a record on the issues which have heretofore divided the Democra tic party, and it is perhaps fortunate for the party, and also an element of strength to.Judge Parker, that he is not required to do any at this stage of the proceedings." The managers of Mr. Ilearst insist on placing South Carolina in the ilearst colum," remarked the report er. "I cannot prevent Mr. Hearst's managers from making claim to South Carolina, bub I am in a measure fa miliar with the sentiment of our peo ple regarding a candidate, and we ex pect to go to tho convention and vote for tho man we think has a chance of winning, iii my judgment our pres eut prospects are bright, and I_be\\eVv half o? a safe, practical . candiSiit?f who is nob directly identitied with either the Cleveland or the Bryan wings of the party, we can elect him." Tliis is the lirst political statement made by Senator Tillman since his dangerous illness. He return td to Washington from his home in Edge Held and was given a cordial greeting in the senate by his associates on both sides of the chamber. Goes for Cleveland. In the House of Representatives Thursday Mr. Cochran, Democrat of Missouri, attacked ex-President Cleve land for forcing his tinancial policies on the country which, he said, were at variance with those of the majori ty of voters, and said that Mr. Cleve land's arbitrary way of doing so was a menace to constitutional government. Mr. Cleveland was u man "whose friendship means destruction, whose touch means paralysis ind whose sup port means dishonor." The ex-presi dent bad been exiled "never again to reinstate himself in tte confidence of bis countrymen." He said that now the country was retuning to patriot ism and sanity, he would commend to those in charge of tb i booms of cer tain men seeking the Democratic nomination to bear in mind that one of the most circuitous routes possible or imaginable was a certificate of good character from Mr. Cleveland, "late Republican president of the United Sba tes. _ Tho Liuw In Charleston. The Greenville New*, the editor ol which knows Charleston pretty thor oughly from his experience there as a reporter, says: "Tho congressional party which will arrive in Charlestor. Thursday with Mr. George Legan will be met by a committee which ii compossed of men whose names have always been foremost in society anc State, and by others whose namei have been identified with violations of the dispensary law. This might lead to the impression that the old so cial lines in Charleston have beei blotted out, it likewise proves tba Congressman Legare is a very smootl politician." Aud it also helps toan un dcrstandihg of the failure of Charles ton Juries to c jnviet violators of th dispensary ia. When men who bah ibually violate a law are put Toward a representative citizens of their cum munlty we need not expect juries t send them to Jail.-The State. Great Host In Field. The Echo de Pari.': publishes th following dispatch from Its St. Peters burg correspondent:. Thc First, Sec omi, Third and Foin th army corp have taken up positions in Manchuria and the Fifth army corps ls in West ern Siberia, advancing toward design ated positions. These, with tho Tent! and Seventeenth army corps, th Cossacks actually In the for East, an< the Causcasian cavalry now being mob llizcd, will bring the total number o men in the army at the seat of war u] to 400,000 by the end of May. . Killed by an Editor. Will Hawkins, son of Jerr; i nawkins, of Hall county, died Thurs day at his home In Lawson, Okla i boma, as the result ot wounds inflicto ; by the editor of tim newspaper at tba i place In a dlfllculty. The body wi I arrive in Gainesville on Friday aud b ; burled hero. Mr. Hawkins was ? scrgeant-at-arras In the territory ai > sembly at Lawson, and a gentlema ? of prominence. The shouting can: ? about because of certain things pul r llshed by tho editor and ft^ld to rt fleet upon Mr. Hawkins. AN AWFUL DISASTER. A Kussian Battleship SinkB With Six Hu-dred of Her CreW. THE SHIP TOUCHED A MINE. The Russian Squadron lind Gone Out from t?ort Arthur to Meet Ja panese Picot, aud Was Iloturninjr. A dispatch from Port Arthur to the Czar says: '?The Petropaviovsk struck a mine, which blew lier up and she turned turtle. JO\.L squadron was under Golden Hill. The Japanese squadron was approaching. Vico Ad miral MakarolT- evidently Was lost. Grand Duke Cyril was saved. He ls slightly injured. Capt. Jakovleff was saved,. though severely injured, os were live oilicers and 32* men, all more or less injured. The enemy's fleet has disappeared. Rear Admiral Prince Ouktolsky has assumed command of the fleet." Another dispatch from Viceroy Al- '? exieff to the (.'zar says: "According to reports from the commandant at Port Arthur, the battle ships and cruisers went out to meet the enemy, but in consequence of the enemy re ceiving reinforcements, making his total strength ' thirty vessels, our squadron returned t'J tho roadstead, whereupon the Petropaviovsk struck a mine, resulting in her destruction. , Grand Duke Cyril, who was on board, was saved. He was slightly injured. Tim whole squadron then re-entered the port. The Japanese are now off Cape Liao-Shan. No reports have been received from the acting com mander of tho fleet up to tho time this dispatch was sent. " DETAILS OF THE DISASTER. ' A disnatcii from st. Petersburg says: The awful-disaster to the bat tle ship Petropavolvsk at Port Arthur, with the loss of almost uer "entire . crew of over six hundred men and the death of Vice Admiral Makaroll, has been a terrific blow. It would have fallen less heavily if the ship and the commander-in-chief of the fleet had been lost in battle, but to be the re sult of another accident, following upon the heels of a succession of tragedies of which the Port Arthur fleet has been the victim, has created something like consternation. "Reverses we can endure, " said a prominent Russian, "bub to have the Petropaviovsk meet the fate of the Yenesei and the Boyarin is heart breaking." Besides, it has just be come known that the battle ship Pol- ' . tava,tseveral weeks ago, had a hole . rammed in her by the battle ship Se vostopol while the latter was manoev urlng in the harbor of Port Arthur. CU?E&?..dau -^i^s^SS^. ofmteiiso ex-. inkling of tho catastrophe" leaKef i?rsfc on account of a telegram to Grand W Duke Vladimir, from lils son, Grand Duke Boris, announcing the loss of the Petropaviovsk and the wounding of Grand Duke Cyril, who was first oflleer. The Grand Duchess Vladimir was almost frantic on tho receipt of the telegram, being convinced that the message was only a precursor of worse nows, as it was signed by Grand ? Duke Boris, instead of by the aide to Grand Duke Cyril, Lieut. Von Kube. Lieut. Von Kube had gone down with the ship. ANOTIIISR no AT SUNK. Rear Admiral Prince .Ouktomsky wired from Port Arthur Thursdiy that the Bezstrashni one of th-3 Rus sian torpedo boat destroyers sent out during the night to reconnoiter, be came separated from the rest of the fleet, owing to the bad weather pre vailing, was surrounded by Japanese torpedo boat ilestroyes and was sunk In the tight. Five men were saved. Admiral Oukcomsky adds: "I have taken command provisionally of the fleet since the disaster to the Petro paviovsk. Di ring some manoeuver Ing of the battleship squadron tho Pobieda struck against a mine amidships on ohe starboard side. She was able to regain port by herself. No one on board of ber was killed or wounded." T?KJAPS LURED THEM. A dispatch from Chefoo says lt has been learned from Japanese source here that the attack on the Russian Port Arthur fleet of Thursday morn ing was planned and put Into effect In the following manner:' At day light the Japanese torpedo boats made a demonstration before the port and at the same time laid minc; across the outer entrance to the harbor. They then retired and joined the main squadron. The squadron then ad vanced and as it drew near the Rus sian ships were seen coming out. The i1 battleship Petropaviovsk fitruck ono t of the mines laid hythe Ja oanese.tor il I pedo boats ana was destroyed. Wants a Wifo. If there is a tall, blonde girl in Chicago who is anxious to become a French countess, she might forward her name and address to Count Al phonse De Champan at the Audito rium Annex. The count i:i in Chica go. He is looking for a wife, and she must bo tall and have li?*'lt hair and blue eyes. She must also possess a graceful figure, with an income of $50,000 a year and be willing to sign checks. The Count is a queer sort of a man. Served Him Hi^lit. Sam llunnlcutt, a young white man was tried before the mayor of Rock FI ill Monday morning on eight seper ate charges, the moit serlo is of which was grossly indecent conduct in the presence of a numbor of ladles. Ile was convicted on each of the counts and was tined $200 or 240 cays on tho county chalngang. lt Is understood that llunnlcutt will appeal to the cir cuit court;_ Acoident tn Snltula. News bas been received In Columbia of the accidental death of Nathan Oxner, a citizen of Saluda county, on Wednesday, who was driving taeam, tho wagon being loaded wi jh shingles. In some way tho horses became fright ened, the wagon was overtured and Oxner dragged along the ground until ho was killed. Oxner was a prom inent cltizen'.of that seotlon.