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-.-:---?-^ty^-*-?--*.-? "DO TnOU LIBERTY GREAT. \ INSPIRE OUR SOULS AT?D irAK? OUR LIV 1>S IK THY POSSESSIO] HAPPY. OR OUR BENNETTSVILLE, S. Ci FRIDAY, APE IL 29, 1904. NO. 18. 7 A BIOTINS MOB Burn? Six Peopl* to Death in a Pennsylvania Mining Town. AUTHORITIES ABE POWERLESS. Arniod inciters Patrol tho Streets anti Threaten to Lynch (he Foreman of the Garrett Coal Mine. A dispatch from Somerset, Pa., says twenty-four hours of terror and riot ing, reaching a climax in thc burning of a miner's home with the cremation of six members of bis family, ended temporarily Wednesday night in the mountalu village of Garrett with the arrival of the Sheriff and his posse and the arrest of two men said to be the ringleaders of the mob. Irresponsible bands who have been repudiated by the leaders of the mine strike there took possession of the un protected town at dusk Tuesday hight. Rioting bogan immediately, aimed exclusively at the miners imported by the Garrett County Coke and Coal Company to work the mines. Threats were made to wreak violence on the non-union men, who Ind in terror. The armed mob of hoodlums, the element that always springs up when a big strike is on, patrolled the streets all of Tuesday night and Wednesday, shooting into the houses occupied by several of those they threatened with death, and defying the village author! ties, who were powerless to cheek the outlawry. Tn KEATS OF LYNCHING. Ugly demonstrations were made be fore the home of Mine Foreman Mitchell. Bullets were rained through the windows and the mob kept shout ing, "Jfcylieh him," "Burn the house dowry*1' but for some reason no viol ence/was attempted there. Ufte lawlessness reached its height w>^o'clock Wednesday morning, when. -".^VfiTtofch was applied to the house, of Jeremiah Myer, who had incurred enmity by working during tho strike for the Somerset Coal Company. During tire rioting earlier in the night he had remained hidden. He '., discovered the flames after they had ' been started in several places and the entire house was ablaze. SIX BURNED TO DEATH. Access to the family was cut off and lie and a boarder, James Sullivan, barely had time to escape with their lives. Myer's wife and two children, his daughter-in-law and her two chil dren were bumed to death. The tragedy had the effect of some what quieting tho turbulent mob, but this was dispelled when tito word /??went around that Sheriff Coleman, of ^c^..! set. and a posse of tw?nl"-^iLv2. * -.were on the 'way* to Garrett. Angry boasts were made that no attention would be paid to the authorities, but the mob dispersed at night before the posse arrived. Coroner Louther went to the scene of tlie burning Wednesday and em panelled a jury, but, after viewing the bodies of the victims, the inquest was adjourned indefinitely. MINE SUES FOR DASLAGES. Excitement in olllcial circles in -Somerset County is only a trille less than at Garrett. At the time Super intendent Frank Black, of the (Jar rett Mines, made his demand for aid 11 . he filed an action in trespass against j i Garrett Borough for a MIHI not in L excess of $25,ooo for damages done his j company's property hy the failure of j t the borough authorities to protect it. The beginning of the present out break came last Saturday night, when [squad of men employed by the Gar ateo m pa ny went, Into the village to some purchases. They were f^nd beaten and held prisoners Ju a butcher shop. After ?ll approaches to Garrett ,\y rail and bigh ill route to the .non-union men 'since then they ?fiity in getting i t i I laits Him. 1 o?rnal says George \ ,of thoriate Charles c Surg, N. V., is t ':he West igno 100,000 of his t him at home, t ;s have traced > Orth over the I tiing of that c I his weekly 11 m lie would ;ing. Young ilfornla, but I changed his 1 i search for 1 f his heath, t 1er, who was J business at pnuo, never will cannot ound. The & Kramer, Jhicago po .m. ^ed Major of the Bi company, iis coonee Jell United [Kansas was ? Wednesday Pi,h resulted (ig over tile Of Senator cf his con fl*o company that ^enatorTMrryT?^r.is convicted. Twelve Miners Killed. XiA telegram from Capucha, capital of \the state of Hidalgo, Mexico, BtaviJng that an accident had occurred thcrl? in which 12 miners lost their lives.Nby being precipitated to thc bot tom oV a shaft 350 metre* deep. Thc cause ?\f the accldt it was the break ing of a\oab';o to v hlch was attached thc cage\ coutalnlr.g the men. The accident occurred in the La Blanca mine._ _ Killed in Virginia. John Morgan, a carpenter (10 years old, was struck and knocked dewn hy lilti Bon-in-law, J .fferson Jam:s, lu Norfolk count.,', Va. In falling MDr gan's head struck in obstruction 2nd ho died at o ace. There bad bean bud blood betw?en the men for three y ears. THE DEMOCRATS WIN. Uno Man Bhot und Killed in an ISIeo t ion Fight. In an uninteresting general election the Democrats of Louisiana last week swept the State, electing their ticket headed Lby Former Justice N. C. Blanchard for governor and practical ly a sol'd representation in both hous es of the legislature. Former Mayor J. W. Behan, an ex Confederate soldier and prominent su gar planter, headed the opposition ticket of Lily White Republicans. The regular Republicans put no ticket In the lielcl and practically no negro votes were cast. The Lily Whites control tlic federal otllces here and their eoutest Wednesday was simply to maintain their organization. A comparatively large vote was polled in New Orleans, giving blanch ard a majority estimated at 12,OOO, but there was great apathy In thc State, except in a few of the sugar dis tricts. Indications point to a total voie ol' approximately 00,000, with Blanchard's majority conservatively estimated at 25,000. In the January primary the Democrats polled 72,000. The election was uniformly peace able, tlie only exception thus far re ported being at Gonzales, in Ascen sion parish, where Capt. Sam Moore, a prominent merchant and planter and leader of the Republicans was in stantly killed by Deputy Sheriff Ed. Smith. Moore attempted to post dodgers containing pictures cf two negroes holding minor positions under the Democratic administration. Smith interferred and shot Moore dead when the latter attempted to draw a wea pon. The legislature elected Wednesday will choose a United States senator. Senator Murphy J. Foster, having been nominated in the primary will receive practically the solid vote of both houses. The ticket elected Wed nesday follows: ' Governor, N. C. Blanchard; lieuten ant governor, Jared Sf. Sanders;.sec retary c f state, John T. Michael; at torney general, Walter Guion; audi tor, Martin Behrnian; treasuer, J. M. Smith; superintendent of public edu cation, J. B. A swell. MTJ3T ENTER AT ONCE. liencftcinry Scholarships nt Clemson Must be Taken This Fall. The general assembly in February ast passed an act creating 124 new ' scholarships at Clemson college, de igned more particulary to aid stu lents desiring agricultural educations. ! Recently President Mell wrote the 1 itate super' xiruey general an opinion on the man ier in which the scholarships are to < ?e given. President Mell does not de- < ure that all of the student, shall enter ' the institution at once as tills would J greatly crowd the facilities. I Attorney General U. X. Gunter 1 ir., Friday rendered his opinion on I ihe subject. Ile thinks that all of tl e ( 124 cadets must enter Clemson this ? all. Ile says: ''Your communication, enclosing a ' etter from Dr. P. II. Mell, president < if Clemson college, requesting to be J id vised whether under an act approv- > d February 25tb, 1904, providing for 1 icneticlary scholarships in Clemson 1 ollege, has been considered. ( "The trouble, as I apprehend it, is ( hat the act establishes and creates * 24 scholarships, each of the value o' < H00 per annum, to continue for four ; ears, thereby creating a congestion ' he lirst year and every four years ? hereafter, which condition it is de- s ired to relieve by appointing an in- ; tallment this year and another next ; ear, if such action can be taken legal- ' y-. "Alter considering the act 1 am of I ipinion that the /hole number, 124, nust be appointed this year. Under ' ibe act that number of scholarships is < treated, to be available when the act lecomes effective, from and after July ' st next. There is nothing in the act I >ermilting a reduction in the number ; >r scholarships; If one is available all ' mist be. "Having readied this conclusion that all the scholarships are available ,hls year, 1 am requested to advise whether the number can be divided be jween the fiedtman and preparatory dasscs. 1 lind nothing in the act uniting admission to any particular ?lass. It is true the act provides that luch scholarship 'shall continue for Jie tenTi ol four years, or for such ength of time as the beneficiary shall )e allie to maintain himself and ?imply with thc rules of the college.' Liut 1 do not think that it can be .easonably contended that the term 'our years is arbitrary, and that a stu lent can attend for exactly four years. If a student can complete a course in ess time than four years he cannot for that reason be denied the benelits if the act. That period is the maxi mum limit for which a scholar can ivail himself of the benefit of a scholarship. Provision is made for an munal examination to till vacancies Lo meet this contingency. "Some provisions of tbe act, such as the examination feature, may lead to >ome confusion, hut I am satislied Lbat the above ls the proper view." A Fatal Accident. When C ; i t y Councilman Cuno Beck er, of Vineland, N. ST., opened lils front gate and entered his yard Wed nesday after a short absence, he saw bis four-year-old son, Curtis Becker, swinging by bis blouse from the limb of a big I ree, three feet from the ground. Laughing heartily at what he consid erered the boy's ridiculous predica ment, the father ran to his son's res cue, only lo find that thc body was cold and the faee purple and distorted from strangulation. The boy was dead. In climbing tho tree he had fallen, and the collar of his blouse had caught on the end of a thick limb in snell a way that he was choked to death Snow uicd Sleet. Sleet fell In Spartanburg on Wed Dead i y and snow fell In Anderson. Snow also fell in Asheville and Char lotte on the same day. This wcatbe ls unprecedented for this latitude. HE WAS A TRAITOR, Officer of the Japanese Army Sold Se vets to tho Enemy. TEJED AND SHOT IMMEDIATELY. Ho Wns Not Allowed to Seo His Friends or Family, and Was Hurled Immediately in tho Court Va rd. A correspondent of The New York Evening Tost, writes from Tokio as follows: This is the story of a Ja panese traitor-a Japanese Benedict Arnold. Since the beginning of the war lt has been evident that the Rus sians have been supplied with an inti mate knowledge of prospective Japan ese movements. The original plans of campaign were evolved in Tokio, and surrounded with great secrecy; apart from the Elder Statesmen, and about eighteen high stat! olllcers no one in the emplro wus aware of the objective points of landing troops from which the first strike was to be made. Soldiers were moving by thousands -entrained from all cities, em barked from all ports, but no one knew more than the fact that Japan was carrying war to the main land. Precautions to conceal army move ments have been the most thorough in history, to the dismay of foreign and native correspondents. But the Japanese officials found that their secrets were leaking. The first and second army corps were Lo Le ianded high in Korea and thrown forward towards Mukden, Lia Yan Chou and other various points. As fast as troops landed the Russian troops were there, formed in front. All kinds of impediments lay in the path of invasion. The army Office here was baffled; The first thought was that Russia's opposition and anticipation of the movement of imperial troops was superior craft-a masterly campaign of defence. Bul the idea of treachery soon rep'aeed his first thought and t he government set out tobe sure before'going further. Nine spies-Japanese olllcers disguis ed as Chinese coolies -were sent out from here. A number were ordered to work along the Trans-Siberian rail way; the others were scattered along the Yalu frontier. Every one of the nine were captured speedily, uner ringly, and put to death by the Rds- , sians. Without aid from Japan-do- ' scription, etc.-this could not have ? possibly happened. " , Then it was that the s'afT officers, inti even the elder Statesmen, were j placed under thecharacter.racklng.es .-donago of the Japanese ^PJL, "j^t?j" j The otu anti ?at?t record:! "ot "each in lividu?l "?sSra^ts We're overhauled . md seruliliL.-d.. No one was exempt id whosiv/lqi.owie'dge might have b en >old to tho eueqjy. Every man was Followed,- dogged, watched. These , methods finally sei/.t .1 upon certain , peculiarlti^ln thc \lt( and day's work DI" Lieut..Gol. Han/.oku of the general ? itatr. Ilan/.oku had been inlying preset 1. j! ike a race track winner. The women j if his acquaintance received valuable ewels. /The Yoshuwara knew Han '.oku, aBpfehe bank of the city showed le pos i amii his name. All of which ,vas ndftin the reach of a lieutenant , :olon6?s' salary. . lla/.oku was a bard , IrinBBft a gambler by European in d i nets', a frequenter of uncertain dubs, and Lhe idol of the geisha girls. Ile bore the distinction of introduo ng poker into Japan. Ile was, how- . iver, a graduate of a German univer sity, a military tactician of worth, md bad been decorated for intrepid service during the China-Japanese war. On account, of the latter ser idee he held a good position on the 1 general statT. i lt has been stated that before the withdrawal of the Russian embassy me of the attaches arranged with < ilan/.oku lo furnish St. Petersburg with detailed plans of Japan's pur- < po es. The Russian attache and lian- : r.oku had been very friendly, having I jeen students together in Germany. It is asserted that Han/oku was, a rear ago, in a very bad state financial ly, and that be lost during a game his i last piece of property. The details of a dual evidence i i gainst Ilan/.oku can not be had. No ! word of thc all'air has even reached ? Lhe columns ol' t he J a panes press, bul within tlie last few days the lieuton mt colonel was arrested, tried by ?ourt mart ial, and shot, by a detach ment of riflemen chosen from the im perial guards. Between thc end of the I rial and the sound of the shots lhere were only a few hours. Han ioku was watched over by a heavy jua rd, and was not allowed the honor killing himself; moreover, he was not permitted to communicate with his family, lt, is said that lie was exo 3Uted within the palace walls and buried at the edge of the inner moat. Moot (?Kuntic Trust. Tue Standard Oil company is said Lobe engaged in pushing plans to con trol every commodity of the country. It has been known that John I). Rockefeller and associates for s une time past have been prosecuting a systematic elTort to control thc rail way, coal, steel and iron business of the country. Likewise their growing Interest in sugar, coffee and cereals is a matter well known. Now it is learn ed that the company ls endeavoring to control the wholesale grocery busi ness. Tills developed in the Increase, just made, in tile capital stock or the Eldridge & Higgins company of Co lumbus from a half million to a mil lion, two hundred and tiffy thousand, lt seems certain that the Standard's owners will take the new Issue, and through the Eldridge company they expect eventually lo b introl the whole sale grocery business of Ohio, and later of the country. The Standard's ambition, lt ls said, is to compel peo ple of the country t?i buy all goods from lt. One Hundred Hurled. About loo miners have been buried by an Immense avalanche near tho village of Pragelato, Tunis. ? violent storm is sweeping over that locality and lt ls feared that other avalanches may result. A PROPHET OF DISASTER. Dreadful Tilings to Happen, Accord? lng to a Hitherto Successful Seer. Thc prophecies of Lee Spangler, a York merchant, who calls himself the last of the prophets, and whose hobby for 12 years has been thc making of prophee'es, arc creating a stir. at York, Pa., among those who have faith in him. From time to time during the past 12 years he has issued pamphlets and tracts warning peor, .e to preparo for the end .of the world in June, 1908. During the wi.r between the British and the Boan; in South Afrloi he wrote a letter to Qeen Victoria in which he predicted her dearth within six mouths if she failed to withdraw the troops frcm South Africa. In a letter to President McKinley Spangler warned him against an assassin. Tile most recent of his prophecies to be fulfilled were the death of Mark Hanna and the breaking out of thc war between Russia and Japan. Spangler says that his prophecies are revealed to him in visions by the voice of God. lie said last night. "When the Maine was blown up In Havana harbor, before 1 had heard of the disaster, it was told me in a vision that a foreign country would perpetrate a terrible crime against this country. Spain was the criminal. Since the blowing up of the Main there has been no peace on earth. "The Castillans aroused thc war spirit, which had been slumbering, aud they applied the match which has caused the war Hame to spread. This was the beginning, tho end will be more terrible, more harrowing than it j is possible for the human Imagination to conceive. "The war now going on In the East is insignificant in comparison with the wars that arc to follow. Complica tions will arise which will draw many ut tue Euiupuuu nation? into t??6 lighting, and other wars wiil break out between Eutope nations. Within a year all Europe will be warring. "Tile United-States will be at war with foreign mbntHes, and there will be bloody race wars within her own boundaries. "Wc nave just had a severe winter, but tile severity of next winter will he greater. We will have cool sum mers and rigorous winters until the world is destroyed by lire three and a half years from now. "Just before tho destruction an archy will hold sway everywhere. There will be widespread famine and epidemics in all lands. Gola will bring about these things tc, prepare the faithful and discover and expose the insincere. "God's wrath will be especially vis ited upon women, jphm/ will, 1. b??mr-OTTcayT^jn3~\Li jiu "wm * t,uae this method to punish woman for ber <reat sin of vanity, which she has been cultivating since the expulsion from Eden. "President Roosevelt will be re elected as president as President of Lhe United States, but he will sigh a thousand Huies for private life again. Tlie cares of his ellice will be ihe greatest that any Ch cf Magistrate of Republic has bad, ;.nd his Anmini., tration the most tumultuous of any in tlie history of the United States. He will be living when the end comes. "King Edward will be the last King of England and will witness the destruction of the world by dre and Lhe coming, of .Christ." SHOT AS SPIES. Thc Russians Make Short Work of Two Japanese Officers. A dispatch'.frpm-St. Petersburg says tliajHrtperor has received the following telegram from General Kuropatkin, under today's date: ''AH was quiet tip: fr?e Yuin on the l!ith'aud.20th, and there has been no ..bange.- g? "On the.nigbt of the 19th, opposite ['ape Tower hill, west, of Kaleb ju, a steamer was observed sending off, boats, evidently for Hie purpose of* Laking .soundings. The boats soon j, ret tuned." In another telegram to tlie emperor G?n?ral Kuropatkin says: "l respect fid ly repo: t to your maj esty that two Japanese ofllcersnamed Steevo Yukoka and Giska Oki were arrested near Lhe slatiou of Turchl kba. In their possession were found ii three case of Byckford fuse, a French wrench, dynamite cartridges, tools for railway wrecking, cylinder con taining one and a half pounds of pyroxylin, good maps of Mongolia, Manchuria and Northern Corea and a number of notes. "A courtmartlal held at H bin, April 20, found them guilty wbno be longing to the Japanese army, of op erating against Russia and in order to gain success for their army, of de stroying or damaging telegraph and railroad communications by means of pyroxylin or oilier accessories provided for tbat puropse, and of making their way secrelly inLo Manchuria', where Lhey were arresLed by Russian paLrols thirty versts southwest of the station of Turchikha, on the Eastern Chinese railway. Tlie ofticers wore Mongolian dress Lo disguise their naLlonallty. The ofllcers were condemned to be deprived of their civil rights and to be executed by banging. "I confirmed the sentence, but, In view of tlie olllcers' rank, consented that they be shot Instead of hanged, sviLli Hie same loss of civil right. "I refused the prayer to sparc their lives and they were execuled aL (i o'clock on the evening of April 21. They Will Walk. At a large and representative gath ering of negroes at Richmond, Va., Tuesday formal prolest was made against Lhe law providing for separa Lion of the races on street cars, and resolutions were adopted, the gist of which ls that the negroes of the o/im muniiy will walk in future as evidence of the reality of their protests. Thirteen Killed. An avalanche from the Spithora at 2 o'clock Wednesdjy norning swept the lunn LL of Muehibac';, In S wit .ai lund. The inhabitants w;re asleep at tbs time and 13 wcro killed. THS?LUCKY ESCAPE. afan Invalid Wife Prom Death at the Hands pf Her N PREACHER HUSBAND. Kev. Dp. Huckle. Pastor or a Fashion? aulWlSlizabcth, Now Jersey, . vJhuroh, Wanted on a "lg Scriouri Charlo. Charged by hl3 Invalid wife with having, attempted to murder her by strangling and suffocation as she lay sleeping and. facing arrest and dis missal'from his pastorate, the. ll3/. Dr. George Buckle, for twenty years pastor bf the fashionable Greystone I'resbytariau Church at Elizabeth, N. J., fledj'Wednesday with 320,000 in cash and securities. Detectives failed to Hod pim, and it is believed that he lias lefti thc State. This is the sequel of an amazing and, according to members of the Buckle family, a fiendish attempt at murder. Tbe only motive attributed for the alleged crime la that the would-be slayer was tired of his wife because she was an Invalid. DAUGHTER WEDS SHORTLY BEFORE. Romance is blendid with the tragic element of tho case, as the murder Is said te have been attempted early Tuesday mcrnlng a few hours after Dr. Buckle solemnized the marriage of his eldest daughter, Ruth, to Rufus Stuart Adams, a wealthy resident of Montclair. This ceremony was per formed in the parsonage drawing room directly-under the sleeping apartment where husband and wife later had their terrible struggle. Although the attempted slaying oc curred two days ago, it was not until Wednesday that the Elizabeth police were notified, mecause she shrank from the notoriety of a public com plaint, nearly thirty hours passed be fore Mrs. Buckle applied to Police Justice Mahon, of Elizabeth, for a warrant for her husband. Before papers could bo served on the accused pastor, who learned in some mysteri ous way that his arrest was threaten ed, disappeared. FAMILY PROMINENT IN SOUTH. Neve- has Jthe aristocratic section of Ellzabe h,, been so stirred as by this narrowly averted tragedy. This is due not only to toe prominence of the Kev. D.'. Buckle, but to the populari ty of hh; wife and.daughters, the two eldest being leaders in the mot;'., ex clusive younger set of Elizabeth. The marriage of Miss Ruth Buckle on M??da? evening was.a society -Tl? ? '-hoseason. Only one fen -o h!;. marred tllO Cj.V' i' '"vuj - iri^ ub^x...vyC"vX^??vv mother. ! It was learned Wednesday that shh had protested against her husband performing the cerjmony, in view of certain all?gations which w re ender consideration by the church alders at the time. All was otherw se cleasint, however, and the yot ig nuple started 01 the way to tin I'ranclsco and tte Orient on tt.dr toneymoon. According to mamiersof the fami ly thc Imckles ret red early, follow: ag Lac departure of their guests, and hy Diidnighb the orly persons in the parsonage were the the husband and YU fe, with their seventeen-year-old laughter Virginia, and a four-year lld baby girl cradled in the saine room ivith her parents. WIFE'S WIKRD STORY. Shortly after mi might, Mrs. Buckle lays she awoke tc lind lier husband banding over her. Frightened by Lbe hatred in his eyes, she hurriedly ?sked bim what was the matter. "Oh," she says he replied, "1 just .?'anted to see il you were asleep." She complained ol having a headache, ind he offered to dampen a towel, she ?lid, and put it on her forehead. What occurred then was told to police Justice Mahon by the complainant, ts pale and still hearing marks of a violent struggle, she vividly described j J the terrible ordeal as follows: When my husband offered to relieve my suffering 1 was somewhat surpris- 1 2d, as he seldom showed mc any cour- ( Lesies of the kind. But he left the i room and returned in a few minutes I with a large Turkish towel. Before i bringing lt to me he carefully closed i Hie door leading Into the adjoining roora occupied hy our daughter, Vir ginia. 'Then he brought the towel to me. It was dampened with warm water instead of cold and 1 told him that a warm towel would not relieve a bead ich". Ile replied that it was good enough and folded it In a thick square. I noticed this, as we always kept a dim light burning In the apart ment because or our baby, who slept In a cradle near the ?:ad. TOW BL COVERS NOSE AND MOUTH. Suspecting nothing, I permitted him to lay the towel over my face, but remarked to him that it was too far down, as it covered my nose and mouth. He said. "No matter; you will feel better in a few moments." 1 was grateful because of his un usual kindness, and was slow to real ize that tba towel was being tlrmly and gradually pressed closer. Then came the awful realization that 1 was at thc mercy of a murderer. His look of hatred, which I had noticed upon awakening, new came Into my mind and I tried to scream. But it was useless. Thc damp towel com pletely shut elf utterance and my breath was rapidly leaving mc. Several times I .rapped on the head of the bed with my ring in hopes of arousing my daughter in thc next room. As soon as my husband heard this sound he grasped ray arm and pinioned lt under one hand, while he placed lils right knee upon my breast, so that it was impossible for me to move. My strength was rapidly giv ing way, but by a desperate effort I managed to give a feeble scream when tie raised the towel slightly to peer Into my face. It was not loud enough to be heard. Tho moments seemed hours n't I struggled there In the dimly llgl ted .OOH. Just as 1 bogan to lose b ipo ind. consciousness 1 managed b\ a tup?rhuman effort to move oye\f to the edge of the bed and then, exert ing my strength again, I turned a lit tlc moro and fell to the door. II aa I bean sleeping la the centre of the bed he would certainly have smothered mo to death. CRIBS AROUSE HER DAUGHTER. But In falling I dislodged the towel I and also struck tho cradle in which baby was sleeping. Her cries min. gkd wltb mine and aroused my dajghter In the next room. Virginia came In, she says, just as her father, sci ambled to bis feet, but I was lying unconscious on- the ?loor. She asked him what was the mat ter, and he was explaining tin t I bad fallen out of bed while asleep. He heM the towel behind his b ick and was still explaining the matter when I revived. I t?ld our daughter that her father bad tried to murder me and ask?d ber to call the neighbors. She rushed next door and awakened the Stevens family, au alco Dr. H. R. Llvengood. Mr. Stevens and Dr. Llveng?od hur ried to the parsonage and confronted my husband. Despite my own and the accusations of my daughter my husband declaraed that he had mt intended to hurt me. He told them that lt was simply a nlght-mare that I had had, but when they saw my bruised face and wrist, where he had clutched me, he was silent. Dr. Llvengood Insisted upon my daughter and myself spending the remainder of the night at the Stevens House, and we left Dr. Buckle with our then sleeping baby at the par sonage. RETURNS TO ASK FORGIVENESS. On returning home the next morn ing Dr. Buckle had gone, but ho came back in the afternoon and begged me to forgive him. He even began weep ing. I told him that I could never really forgive him, but that If he would tell the truth to our neigbors that, for the sake of our children, I would try and live with him. He said that he would be discharg ed from his pastorate if he told the bruin. Then, as 1 was ?rm in my iemand, he left and did not come back until this, Wednesday, morning. His hair was dishevelled and he ap pared to have been walking about all night In the street. He again pleaded with me not .to ruin him, and while I was talking aver the matter with.my daughter he ?vent into his study and took a small Iron box, In which he kept his own ind my property, to the value of ibout 820,000 in securities, cash and two large life Insurance policies. Be fore I returned he had left the house. WIFE IMPUTES AWFUL MOTIVE. As for his motive for wishing to imotber me, I am firmly convinced that he thought Ita good opportunity bo accomplish his purpose and i hen explained that it was heart failure, brought on by the excitement of the wedding ceremony. - I Juij.--n-n>....k.:. - ~ .-- . " > * - bold myhusband that "Dr. Llvengood, mr family physician had cautioned me against taking any violent exer cise, because of heart trouble. By smothering me he could easily ha *e explained that was heart failure that eau sed my death. As soon as my husband left the uocse I went to see Judge Mahoi, md 1 hope they will be able to place nay husband behind the bars. He s unworthy of officiating as a paster ind it is a crime against man and G?:l for him to do so. Besides attempt ing to murder me, he has neglected me and our children in favor of an )th;r person, and is in every way a langerousaod unfaithful father and lusoand. A SAD CASE. ?hot Herself Demi at thc Gruvo of Her Sweetheart. A dispatch from Berlin. Ge many, layi. Miss Edith Brlcont, o:' New i'oik, ended her life at the g-ave of 1er fiance in a cemetery near this city < iVe Inesday night, shootiug herself ihrough the heart. 1 be young woman was to have left or New York Thursday by way of Iamburg, and had gone for a last ooh at her sweetheart's resting place. Miss Brlcont, who bad lived for the ast few years abroad, mee a young :ivll engineer last Fall by the name jf Rose, who was studying here, and : ihey quickly fell in love. Their en gagement was announced about a i month ago. i Miss Brlcont was In Wiesbaden when she heard of Rose's illness, and with her parents and brother at once hurried hack to Berlin. They arrived boo late to see the young man alive. The young woman refused to leave the scene of her sweetheart's death ind lived with his sisters, lier pa rents, wishing to divert her attention, Insisted on her returning to is'ew York, and they were all to meet at Hamburg and sail Thursday. Wednesday she asked to be allowed bo go to Rose's grave for a last time done. After sho had been tn the cemetery for a short time an attend int heard a shot ..nd, going to the plaoe where he had seen the young woman, found her stretched across :ier lover's grave dead. nie. Out pm ol' (?old. The enarmous output of gold coin ige at the Philadelphia mint contin ues at a rate which surpasses all pre vious records. Sin'e February ?, up to April 10, there has been coined S(10,180,;t90 in S20 gold prices. The soinage during the week begining Monday, April ll, and ended on Sat urday, April lu, inclusive, aggregated ?Bl 1,21)2,(100 in gold, an average of nearly 82,000,000 jer day. On the last day of this record-breaking week . the coinage was S2,f>uo,OOO, also a re cord-breaker. The weight of tho gold to produce this one week's coin age was over forty-two tons. Tills vast coinage of gold In so short a time, lt was announced at the mint, has never been equalled by the mints of any other nation, nor by any mint in this country._ tx iii/', r'ire. The total loss by the tire which de stroyed tho wholesale district of To ronto Wednesday night will, accord ing to thc most conservative estimates r^ach $12,000,000; the total Insuranco is ??8,360,000. Tim. area swept by tl ie arc embraced 14 acres and from 5,000 to 7,000 persons are thrown out of employment. CONFEDERATE CROSSES. A Beautiful sentiment Has Been Grossly Abused by Mistake. The Confederate soldier was as brave, as faithful, as heroic as any who ever wore the emblem of the Le gion of Honor or the. Victoria Cross? yet his only decoration is a> simple oross of bronze. Conferred not by a successful and powerful government,' for the government for which he fought failed, nor by a monarch in state and ceremony-but conferred nevertheless by the queen of the Con federacy, the womanhood of the south. It was a beautiful conception that originated with the Daughters of the Confederacy, the conferring of this cross upon the vet?rans of whose faithful service, bravery and courage there was no doubt. Of course these emblems of respect and confidence lose all value if even one of them is bestowed upon a man whose record does not deserve that honor, or if it is obtained otherwise than through the properly accredited channels. Yet lt seems that very macy of the crosses of honor have been thus secured and that they are being generally distrib uted througnout the country. The abuse, it appears, ls so great that the Daughters ot the Confederacy have felt obliged to call attention to it In the following circular which has been sent Tiie State for publication: United Daughters of the Confederacy, OtDce of the Corresponding Secre tary, Martinsburg, W. Va., April ll, 1904. Dear Sir: The Daughters of the Confederacy learn with great rsgret that through misapprehension or In advertaice a large cumber- of badges have been ordered from Schwab & Co., of Milwaukee, manufacturers of the cross of honor, and used and eistrlbut at the late Veterans' reunions; these badges-are, in some respects, facsimi les of this cross of honor which it bas been their happiness and privilege to present on- stated occasions and con ditions to veterans of the Confederate army. As the free distribution of these badges has caused confusion and mis taken reports, thereby diminishing greatly any ?value that may be/.pos sessed by the cross ,.ofv honor:, the Daughters of the Confederacy now en treat the Associations of Confederate Veterans to refrain hereafter from using such badges, and also as much as possible to collect and destroy the thousands that have already been dis tributed. This request, lt will readily be seen, comes from no spirit of criticism, but from the wish to keep in the hands of the Daughters of the Confederacy, the power to honor by this little token of respect and affection all true Con federate Veterans. "With sentiments of the highest re s' cots-_Ver.v irU'V-Vnuri. ... i ITlllSl. 1 lliul.M.-i 1<. Jlt/Uliu ...A. ; Corresponding Secretary. By order of the president, Mns. AUGUSTINE T. SMYTHE. It will be seen from this that the crosses have been bought from the manufacturers of the genuine article, 1 and "are in some respects fae similes of this cross of honor." Every one 1 who bolds In respect the Confederacy I and Its true heroes will heed the warn In of this circular and assist the U. 1 D. C. In preserving this emblem as a ! token ol' honor for the veterans who < are entitled to that distinction.-Co lumbia State._ TRUSTS A MENACE To the llepubllc, Says Jud ice Gross cup, nf Chicago. The supremacy of "some political party with a settled policy regarding Hie great corporations of the country" has been declared by Judge Toter S (irosscup to be the means of escape from "an impending transformation in the ideals-lying at the foundation of a republican form ol' government." Speaking before Hie Chicago Con gregational Club, the jurist declared himself a friend of the "honestly managed corporation," while deplor ing that "the individualism of thirty years ago has been lost in vast merg ers of capital." The plat form of his proposed new political party was outlined by the speaker as follows: Recognition of the fact that the corporation is "here to stay," and cannot be driven out by a "mad dog" policy. A demand that the capitalization of a corporation shall represent ita assets. Insistence that the great seal of a State shall not be employed to sanc tion the existence of institutions 1 "horn bankrupt." Restrictions on the organization of corporations "of Eiffel Tower con struction," offering "ground door privileges" to a few stockholders. The subjection of i.ll corporations to government supervisiion. "The dishonest corporation es an Institution of this country will never bo broken up until such policy lias been adopted by a courageous, high minded political party, and no such party will ever take it up until it is assured of favorablo public senti ment," said J udge Grosscup. Tho Texas Crop. The census bureau says careful in quiry regarding the boll weevil has developed the fact that this insect is now in 06 of the 178 cotton produc ?rig counties of Texas and destroyed cotton of the crop of l!)i?:t amounting to 739,360 bales, which is the differ ence between an ample and a short crop for the country. Including the value of the seed, the loss is equiva lent, to $49,272,989. A conservative est imate of the loss resulting to Texas from tho imperfect weather conditions which affected that section in com mon wit h other cotton States is placed at i!-T,(.il5 bales. The proportion of tho Texas crop to the total crop in creased from 23.5 per cent in 1902 to 25.1 percent, in 1903. ?Hc? Writing Thanks. A special from Cullom says: S. H. ' Herrin, who was recently nominated In the Democratic primary for dork of the circuit court dropped dead at his home herc Wednesday while sign ing a note to thc voters of his coun ties. Just as he had signed his name he was stricken with heart disease and died almost Immediately. ' TILLMAN FOEP?KKER He Says Delegation of TM? Stat? Will Support Him. INTERVIEWED BY A REPORTER. Says Hearst ls Not tho Man Wo Want. Roosevelt's Ileoord the Great Issue, lin Thinks. Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina, passed through the city Wednesday morning with his family, returning to bis home at Edgefleld, says the Charlotte Chroni cle of Thursday. On account of ? renewed attack of a throat trouble, which un?tted him for work several weeks ago, the senator will not return to Washington during the ?present session of congress. When approached by the reporter, - In the Pullman where he . and his family occupied a section, the^cnator was affable and in an unusually pleas ant mood. He said that he had. work ed hard during the present session, but now, that there was nothing else of much Import to transpire' during the remaining two weeks, he thought that, with his bad throat and a much needed rest ho was entitled to a vaca tion. Senator Tillman talked with much Interest about the approaching na-' tional convention, and the chances of. tho different candidates for tho presi-1; dentlal nomination. "Senator, what do you think of the action of the New York convention In ousting Tammany?" "Why, they did exactly right. Hearst ls not the man we want. The . people of this country are tiring of che radical iura of mind wiiioh ia now dictating the policy of the govern ment. Tlie president is. an extremist and is trying to get the country into all kinds of trouble.' A war with a foreign country would exactly suit his easfc?. ^he,. people are beginning to realize'that he is unsafe in his policy and methods, and that he is the wrong man for the high ol?ce he holds. "TUB money men realize his unsafe ness and will not support him. If the. Demoorats will nominate a good, safe, level-minded, conservative man, the people will rush over each other tosupport him, and he will ho elect ed. The president' cannot stand against it." "Senator, I believe you are a Park- . er mao," said thc reporter. "Iain for a good, safe, Ievei-headt ed, C(.'U.s-jrvat.ivo-rs?3, who is -hones frii his .policies au? enough to carry .them out/' "Well, I bslleve he ia," ?aid the Senator with a smile. "Do you think New York will cast ber vote for him in the convention?" "Yes, without a doubt. Tammany is badly defeated." The reporter asked Senator Tillman bis opinion as to the sentiment in re gard to Parker lu his own state and was told that, although the conven tion would not likely instruct the lelegates how to vote, they would, In ill probability, vote as a unit for Barker. Senator Tillman gave it as bis opinion that almost all of the Southern votes would he cast for Barker In the convention. "There isa great national prejudice against Mighty and unsound policy of the president, and he will be over whelmed if that conservative man is nominated," the senator siid in con clusion. A? American Lor il. Albert Kirby Fairfax eldest son of the late John Co?t?e Fairfax of Prince Georges county, Maryland, andMn heritor of his titles of Lord Fairfax and Baron Cameron in the peerage of Scotland, has assumed these titles and has taken his seat among his peers in the British House of Lords. Mr. Fairfax went to London two years ago to accept a position in a bank, and with no idea of giving up his American citizenship. His claims to a peerage were too well known how ever and he was soon sought by mem bers of the aristocracy. Then he was adopted as the legal heir of a wealthy Englishman and now he has consented to assume the titles named. The tltlo of Lord Fairfax was tirst worn in this country by the man who was a friend of Washington. It has never been allowed to lapse, being confirmed for ever to the family heir by special royal grant. Would Soll Hl? Body. At Kingston, Ont., the medical faculty of Queen's University, at its meeting Thursday night, had before them a letter from a man In central Vermont who was In need of money and desired to mortgage lils body to the college. Ile declared that he was no freak and was willing to come to Kingston to be examined z.n? to sign a document turning over his body upon his death, for a money consider ation to be paid immediately. No amount was mentioned, the faculty being asked to make an offer. The communication was tiled away, the faculty not caring to make deals on bodies which may not bo procurable for a quarter of a centuery. An April Blizzard. New York city was visited with a small snow storm Wednesday morn ing, "the beautiful" falling at Inter vals for several hours. It was as cold and raw as a December day. Tele grams from points in New York state and points lu New England also re port snow and bitter cold at those points. From Buffalo comes a report of nearly a foot of snow In that olty during the night and a blizzard which raged several hours. Below I'Yeczltift. A dispatch, from Knoxville, Tenn., says snow to the depth of 18 Inohes ls reported from the mountain Bectlons In this vicinity. In the city three or four inches fell and the temperature ls below freezing. Cattlemen have already placed their cattio on the mountain ranges and stand to loso heavily as a result of the cold weather, which ls a novelty for this section at such a period of thc year.