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A FOOT, WITH MONEY: A Bloh Old Kew York Kan "Boo dooed" by a Woman. THE GREEN TRAGEDY RECALLER Hannah Ella?, About Whom Prom lnent New Yorker Was Mur dered, the Woman In the Case. A dispatch from New York says the murder several months ago of Andrew Oreen, known as the father of Greater New York and one of New York's most prominent public men, was re called Wednesday when suit was brought by John ll. Platt against Hannah Elias, a mulatto, to recover certain real estate and money in banks, held in her name. Mr. Green's murderer, a negro named Williams, said his victim had interfered to separate him (Williams) and Hannah Elias. Williams was declared insane and sent to an asylum. He had an noyed Mr. Green for some time and Mr. Green had said he never saw the woman Williams * referred to. lt] developed after the murder that Hannah Ellas had become wealthy and occupid a costly residence in Cen tral park, west. Mr. Platt in his P'-itt asks the cour? to hold that Hannan Elias holds prop erty as trustee for him on the ground that the money paid for the grounds and premises were procured from him by "fraud, duress, coercion and black mail without any consideration." In the papers filed, Mr. Platt says that he ls upward of 83 years old, a retired merchant, in feeble health and a wid ower. He says that he first met Hannah Elias prior to January, 1890; that she represented herself to be a single woman of .Spanish blood, but that he discovered afterwards that she was the wife of one Mathew C. Davis. The papers go on to say that Boon after Mr. Platt formed her ac quaintance she told him that he had gained her love. Mr. Platt says that these protesta tions of love were a scheme on her part to enable her to coerce and black mail him into giving uer largr. sums of money. According to the papers filed, Mrs. Elias said her husband was a negro and that her husband threat ened to do thc plaintiir bodily harm and expuse him. The plaintiff states that he paid Mrs lOlias $085, ooo at. different times between the years 1890 and 1904. lt is further alleged that Mrs. Elias told the plain tiff that she could not obtain a divorce unless her husband received $0,000 and that as a result of threat made by her he paid that sum of money and she obtained the divorce. This amount he, alleges, never was paid to the husband, and that during the year 1897 he was coerced into paying the husband, who in the meantime had been divorced, the sum of $10,000 not to press a threatened suit. DROUGHT PARTLY RELEIVED. Many Sections ot State Still in Sore Need or Itaiii. The Columbia State says the re ports that came in to Section Direc tor Bauer Tuesday indicated that the rains of the day before had cntlre yed uhe droughty cour dons in Alabama and Georgia, where from one to two inches and over fell on aV< sections of these States, but only part.1, of South Carolina were relieved. Wes tern North Carolina and the wester:, counties of South Carolina and thc long sulTeriug Savannah experienced good rains, almost as much as they needed, but the remainder of thc State had light rains. Lexington, Aiken, Saluda, Greenwood, Newberry. Laurens and Spartanburg counties were the mest generously dampened, while thc rainfall westward was light, as lt was in the Congaree valley. Those sections received enough rain to bring up late cotton and corn, con cerning which there lias b^en much fear the past few days. The rain came too late for the wheat and oat crops generally over the State, but these crops are in fairly goori condi tion In tile western counties. lu Charleston county, observer Jesunofsky reports thc drought is the most severe that section has experi enced since rain records began to be regularly kept there 100 years ago. Charleston had a quarter of an inch Munday night but in April only eigh teen hundredths of au inch fell and May up to Monday was even worse. In the two months not enough rain had fallen to make erne respectable shower. The se* jre diought extends over Beaufort and Hampton counties, but these places have had a little more rain than Charleston. The national weather bureau at Washington says although cotton continues small, a general improve ment In its condition is indicated, especially in the central and western districts where rains have been well distributed and generally ample. The least favorable crop reports are receiv ed from Georgia, Florida and portions of South Carolina, where the drought continues. Lice are not so generally reported in the central and eastern districts as in the previous week, ex cept in Georgia, but boll wcevills con tinue to increase in the southwest and central cotton counties of Texas. As a rule the crop is well cultivated. * Tho Farmers' Friend. The State says a government expert estimates that in Virginia alene the consumption of weed seed hy part ridges is no less than 57?1 tons a year. This expert further avers that the partridge is the deadly enemy of the bull weevil. And thc partridge is only one of the many of the bird tribe which work unceasingly for the wel fare of the farmer, who oftener return evil than good to his feathered friends. A Sato Bot. The State says: "W. R. Curtis writes that the only armed opposition to American rule in the Philippines ls "a small band of so-called 'patriots' who arc hiding somewhere in the mountains of northern Luzon."' Yet wo are wil ing to venture that Mr. Curtis is not making excursions Into any quarter nf the country that is not throughly guarded by American sol diers." Committed Suicide. Thomas Moore of Hartford, Conn., committed suicide at the McCain house In Asheville Friday afternoon by shooting himself through the head with a revolver. Mr. Moore was an invalid and lt is presumed that ill health caused him to commit the deed, ' TEE STATE CAMPAIGN. The Asseasraenta Upon the Candi dates the Samo AS Last Year. The Slate says the sub-committee appointed to arrange a schedule for the State campaign met in the office . ol Gen. Wilie Jones, State chairman, at the Carolina National bank last night. The dates of the meetings and the assessments upon candidates were deolded upon. At a former meeting lt was deolded not to require attendance upon all the meetings hy candidates who are with out opposition. The assessments fixed Thursday night are: For candidates for governor, $50; for lieutenant gov ernor, $12.50; for adjutant general, ,$25; for all other State offices, $37.50;. for congress, $50; for solicitor, $25. i The Itinerary as mapped out by the i committee is as follows: Sumter, Tuesday, June 21sti> i Manning, Wednesday. June 22d. Monk's Corner. Thursday, June 2.'1. ; Georgetown. Friday, June 24. < Klngstree, Saturday, June 25. < Conway, Tuesday, June 28. Marion, Wednesday, June 2i). Florence, Thursday, June 30. i Darlington, Friday, Jul> 1. Bennettsvllle. Saturday, July 2. Blshopville, Tuesday, July 5. Chesterfield. Wednesday, July 0. Camden, Thursday, July 7. Lancaster,.Friday, July H. York ville, Saturday, July 9, Union, Tuesday, July 12. Spartanburg, Wednesday, July 13. Gatfucy, Thursday, July 14. Greenville, Friday, July 15. Picketts, Saturday, July 10. Walhalla, Tuesday, July 19. Anderson, Wednesday, July 20, Abbeville, Thursday, July 21. Greenwood, Friday, July 22. Laurens, Saturday, July 23d. Newberry, Monday, July 25. Orangeburg, Tuesday, July 20. Bamberg, Wednisday, July 27. St. Georges, Thursday, July 28. Charleston, Friday, July 29. Walterboro, Saturday, July 30. Beaufort, Tuesday. August 2. Hampton, Wednesday, August 3. Barnwell, Friday, August 5. Aiken, Saturday, August 6. Edgeticld. Monday, August 8. Saluda, Tusday, August 9. Lexington, Wednesday, August 10. Chester, Thursday, August ll. Winnsboro, Friday, August 12. Columbia, Saturday, August 13. Although the candidates for the State olllces have until June 20th lu which to tile their pledges with the chairman of the executive committee, Gen. Wilie Jones, several have al ready rormaiiy entered by sending their pledges accompanied by the money. TAKES HIS OWN LIFE. Mayor M c I,ano, < il' tia 111 m orr Shoot? Himself 'n tho Head. A dispatch from Baltimore says. Mayor Uobert M. McLaoe, of that city, shot and killed himself at his home Monday afternoon in his bed room at his ros'dence, No. 29 West Preston street. His bride of less than two weeks was at the time of the tragedy asleep io an adjoining room, and was awakened by the discharge of the revolver, which Mr. McLane evi dently tired while standing before the mirror of the dressing case. The bullet entered the right tem ple, and crashed through the head in the rear of the left ear. 1 Mrs. NcLane and ether members cf tHe household rushed to the mayor's assistance, but he did not regaiu consciousness after he fell to the floor, and expired with in an hour. A number of physicians, who were immediately summoned, gave the opinion that the wound was necessarily fatal. No cause can be assigned for the act by thc members of Mr. McLane's family. Since the tire of last February lie has been kept assiduously at work administering the a?Tairs of the city, besides endeavoring to direct the re habilitation and rebuilding of the burned district. This, together with criticisms by bis political opponents, is thought by many to have caused a temporary abberration of mind. Coroner Benjamin F. Hayden sign ad a certificate giving suicide as ttie cause of death, and the remains were turned over to an undertaking tirm to be prepard for burial. Murdered H?H Mot her. At Trenton, N. J., Nathan Sihbett, the 14 year-old boy who was arrested Sunday week on thc charge of being responsible for the death of his mother, whose body was found at her liome at Jacob s creek in a pa'rtly de composed condition, was Friday for mally commited on a charge of m?r ier. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict to the etrect that Mrs. SIbbett caine to her death hy being pushed town stairs by lier young son. This irerdlct was rendered from the testl nony of police officials to whom young SIbbett made a confession. According x> the testimony of the otllcers the ad bad a quarrel witli his mother on jhe Tuesday before her body was 'ound and he pushed ber from the op of the stairs, her death resulting. Che boy then covered her body with ted clothing and left the house. He wandered around the neighborhood idling those who inquired that his Bother had gone to Philadelphia. When the house was broken into Sun lay and the budy found the boy pro 'esscd entire Ignorance of his mother's leath. After he had been locked up ind closely questioned by the authori ties he made thc confession which re sulted in Friday's verdict. Charged With Murder. At Winchester, Va., live men, jfeorge, Charles, Baymond and Hun ier Carver, brothers, .and Edgar Car der, were arrested Thursday afternoon lear there In connection with the dis tppearance of the Carvers' cousin, \shby Pugh, who lt ls believed has jeen murdered. George and Charles vere committed to jail without bail ind the others were released oh live Kindred dollars bonds each. Thc case nts caused the greatest excitement in Jie country. Monday morning Pugh vas beaten by the Carvers. They say ie went to the creek to wash the ilood from hts face and has not been ?cen since. The Deadly l'nrlor Itille. A dispatch from Anderson to The State says by thc accidental discharge if a parlor rille In the hands of his roting brother Friday afternoon, little iialph Edwards, six years of ago, was thot through the head and fatally wounded, lt is not thought that he will ive through the night. The child ls a ?on of Mr. and Mrs. A M. Edwards of Monterey, Mexico. Mrs. Edwardsand amlly are spending the summer there vith Mrs. Edwards' mother, Mrs. Hary Browd, but Mr. Edwards ls in vlcxico. The family is one of the old st in the city and the news of the ae :idcnt ^hocked evey one. SAID BERKELS? WAS PABODIBE. A Promoter Who Told Pairey Stories . bf Mytuloal Town'. The Charleston Post says thc wilds ot Berkeley county have never been Bald to be the Que and glorious coun try, as one D. L. Risley, president of the Berkeley Railroad Company, has represented the place to be, in his efforts to induce settlers to buy pro perty and settle In the alleged nourish ing colonies of Ch leora and Berkeley. A few days ago Attorney Julllan Mitchell, Jr., representing William Stafford, instituted proceedings in che United States ciroult co?'.ri< for a re ceiver of the Berkeley vallroad and to secure posscsion of certain stock. The numerous affidavits which Mr. Mitch ell took in the preparation of the papers to show that Risley ls not the proper party to manage the property, cast some Interesting light on Kinley's character, and furnishes at the same Lime some amusing reading. Never before was Berkeley county represent 3d as a "paradise," which Risley claimed for lt, and lt .will be news to the public to learn that a regular weekly railroad service is operated between Berkeley and Chicago. The Berkeley railroad is a small affair, running from Monck's Corner to Chi para, a distance of ten miles, and ac cording to one Garrit Dewinkel, a Hollander who sold out all his pro perty In.Minnesota and came South to settle In Berkeley, upon Risleys rep resentations, the road is in such a condition that after getting the free puss over the road which was given as i further inducement for his settle ment In South Carolina, he was afraid Lo usc lt, and walked tho distance of the road rather..than risk his life and limbs on the cars.. The followiug affidavit of Dewinkel is similar to those tiled, with the court which now has the matter under ad viS2ment, and it will be Interesting ind amusing reading to those espec ially, who are acquainted with the primitive conditions of life and busi ness pursuits in the county which ls pictured In such glowing terms by the promoter: State of South Carolina, Charleston .ouuty-Personally appeared Garrit Dewinkel. who being duly sworn, says ie has been living at Springfield, Min ?esota. That he is a native of Bol and, and not well acquainted with ?he language and the country. That ie was induced by Mr. I). L. Risley to ..erne down to Chlcora, being induced thereby by letters from Mr. D. L Risley to himself, setting forth the lourishing colonies of Chlcora and Uerko'.ey. That Berkeley was a new ailony and that from the letters from Mr. I). L. Risley and also from Mr. J. h. Risley he came to the conclusion ihat the country from its description nust be a paradise, aud determined :o come down and buy a farm. He ?vas also informed that they had a lelightful house, barn, chicken house ind outbuildings which he could rent .ery reasonable on the farm, and that Jiey also enclosed to him a compli mentary pass over the Berkeley Hall oa:! Company. That efforts were nade to get him to pay down some Doney before leaving his home, which ie decliued to db. That upo J arrlv ng at Chlcora he found no settle nent at all at Berkeley, and none of he facts stated in the letters to him o be true, and that everything had leen misrepresented to him. That he house they showed him was hack ut in the woods-there were no barn, hicken house and outbuildings on the arm and one could see through the oof of the hollie at almost every oint. That the railroad was in such condition that he was afraid to use iis complimentary pass and walked aek. That the whole thing as des ribed to him was a fraud, and that e, a poor man, has been put to the reat expense of using his savings to urne down for nothing. That he iu inds Lo return to Minnesota. That e sold out everything he owned in lie world at auction toc?me down nd buy this farm. That he was also Informed to bring is machine and other appurtenances f hi? trade as tailor-that he could et a number of cu^tomeri and do a lenitive business as tailor in this ew settlement. That on his trip up ? Chlcora he never saw a single mau ht i had ever had a suit of clothes lade or would ever have one made to der. Puund Charred Corpse. Detectives of Delaware county and hiladclphia, Pa., are working hard i an endeavor to unravel the mystery ?nnected with the (hiding of the xly of a man on Decoration day in ie marsh close to the banks of Darby eek, south of the city. On the banks Darby creek are scores of boat tuses, many o? them being the rend evous of dissolute men and women ho spend nearly every Sunday dur g tho summer months In drinking id carousing, lt ls evident an at mpt had been made to destroy all cans of identification by hurtling ie body and the murderer or mur ders covered their tracks weil, ithin a few hundred yards of the ot where the boiy was found is the rm house of Home. On the night Sunday, May 22d, a rope and two eces of chain were stolen from orne's barn. This chain was found ose to the body of the murdered an. It had been fastened to fence sts by staples and after close in stigation, the detectives have come i the conclusion that the man had icomc involved in a quarrell over a ime of cards in one of the boat mses and had been murdered; that s body was chained t<> the posts, tura'ed with oil and then set on e. A two gallon oil can, compara vely new and which had been stolen nm the Horne residence was lying ose to thc charred trunk, which ou)d seem to bear out this theory, wo suspender buckles, half of a ind, and thc toe of a shoe are the dy means by wjilch the detectives .n hope to identify thc murdered an. Two Men And Hoy Drowned. IL ls feared that two men and a boy ho left Ocean City, N. J., laitThurs ly, bound for Holly Beach, Md., ina nail b;>at have been drowned. A >at has been found b ittom upward .ar Holly Beach. Capt. Isaac Jones this place had charge of the boat id was going sturgeon llshing. Ile ulwitb him William Short and Wil im Jones, thc latter tifteen years d. v; ' Two Villiers Killed. While attempting to eros-s tin.Wa ish tracks at St. Louis, near the Van ?.venter"avenue station Friday night iss S. MI. Unger, of Martinsville, a., was killed and Albert H. Wells, Washington, D: C., war seriously jured by being struck by a Wabash Broad passenger train, / } BEATS THE RE ?ORD. Wai Married Tea Tltnoft*nd Divor ced Eiifht TlinP*. "Peter West is the rrjost married and most divorced man lii'tbe United States." This ls the_.tf?nment of Pension Commissioner fcWare, on the application o? Petfr West, of Pendleton, Ore/, formtfly of the Seventh U. S. Cavalry, vtVo was mar ried ten times and divorced eight times. He was, it appeafs, a private in the company of Mr. Wfre. West found dl?lculty.W getting, his marriage and divorc^ r?cord on :one application blank. . He therefore made additional co-nment to the ef fect that the Gove nment might give more room for suoh detals. He makes application on th* ground of physical aliments, such AS rheumatism and diabetes. HIS ;marrlago .record fol lows: Eliza Hubbard, in Waterloo, Iowa, divorced In J'868. Bertha Nelrs, married December 7, 1808, lu Independence, Iowa; divorced In Waverly, Iowa, In 1873. Emma Dixon, married In Sacra mento,Cal., October 12,1875; divorced Janua?y 18. 1879, In Iowa City, Ia. Elisabeth Bray, married July 4, 1879, In Winnemucca, Nov., divorced December 19, 1881, at same place. Frances West/fall, married August 20, 1882, Rye Patch, Nev., divorced June 10, 1885, at Winnemucca, Nev. Mary Pendleton, married November 24, 1886. Oakland, CU.; divorced De cember 19, 18<J0, at Reno, Nev. Lucy E. Johnson, December 31, 1890, Reno, Nov.; divorced February 13, 1896, Pendleton, Ore. Melinda E. Hanley, July 2, 1897, at Pendleton, Ore.; died May 17, 1898, at same place. . t Laura F. B?rget, married August 21. 1898, at Pendleton, Ore.; divorced April 4. 1899. . . Pauline Miller, married-October 25, 1899, divorced at Pendleton, Ore. Only one of tho eight divorcees ap pears to be dead. 1 Loni,' as West has been on wives, he ls short on children. There but four, and none ol them, wer.eheto die1 today, would secure an orphan's pen sion, all being over sixteen. Ot all his wives, ligures show that he liked Emma Dixon best; he was her husband for fourteen years. It ls shown that he got divorce* in almost as many States as he had lingers or wives. HEALING THE SCARS OF WAR. A. Southerner is Surprised at Senti ment ol'tlio Decoration Day Orator?. To the Editor of The State: 1 wish 1 could reproduce In every paper in the S mtli utterances and sen t?mente made public here Decoration day. Surely the north has awakened to the fact that the war is over and the south entitled to credit for thc part it took in that great struggle. 1 must say 1 was agreeably surprised no such conciliatory showing has ever before been made. The good people south began the good work when they at Florence, S. C. for the lirst time decorated the graves of the northern .soldiers buried there. As one very pro minent speaker said here, ''They for ever banished our anger, when they garlanded the graves of our dead." President McKinley followed with his memorable speech: "The American soldier has never been defeated except by an American soldier. Hereafter let us remember on these .'ons both the men who-were t~ /.d- tho men who wore thc gray. The occasion this year seems to htyve been the climax for fr?Uernallsm. and on all sides the kindest things were' given utterance to. Your correspon dent attended some of the ceremonies, which, by the way, are big ones up here. He went expecting to hear un-' pleasant (lings at the Confederacy, but, to the contrary. Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Joseph Wheeler, M. C. lintier were all alluded to by name and in the highest terms. So suprised was the writer that he has through the press here expressed his agreeable surprise and in doing so told these people that they were on the right track at last, and suggested that now they curb or control the few of the press and pulpit-all that remain -who occasionally give utterance to uncalled for, unfair, untrue state ments. I know the south will read with both interest and pleasure the news that the nortn has about 'ceased Its abuse, that an entirely dilierent feel ing from the past prevails, espially when they can be assured of this by one from the south who not only watched and listened to these sentiments but weighed them well as they were utter ed, and could see they were sincere. Rev. Dr. Charles Edward Locke, who outdated at the McKinley funer al, ?and who made himself famous by some very patriotic utterances on that occasion, is now the pastor of the lead ing Methodist church in Greater New York. Dr. Locke is one of the speakers alluded to that 1 felt like applauding frequently during the delivery of his address. With a few very slight chang es Dr. Locke's address would have been is titting on the 10th of May south as here ctn the 30th. The doctor needs enlightening on the authenticity of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and will be. The author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, tis said, regretted writing that exag gerated story and said bael she foreseen the stir and wide publicity she never would have permitted its being put in print: yet there are those up here who liave never heard of thl3and naturally look on that work as authority and use lt as reference of the real, true condition south the black mau was in. lt was the sale of the negro girl at auction by Henry Ward Beecher, from uis pulpit one Sunday morning, to de monstrate conditions prevailing south, that did more to lire the north and jring on thc war than all the news paper articles written and speeches made. Beecher was a brother of Mrs. Stowe and together with Lyman Beecher, these three persons forced thc war. Otherwise the commercial in terests that stood lt olf so long would [lave continued powerful and control led, conceding demands the s tutti made from time to time. Not that bliese business Interests loved the louth but they loved their pocket books. Be all this as it may, a sensible view Is at last being taken and by people of weight and If they hold out as they give promise to it means much for both sections towards true reconciliation. H. W. Finlayson. 676 Broadway, New York City. The Privilege Tax. The privilege tax recepits up to June 1 this year arc $10,380.60, or over 10 percent, greater than they wore up to the same time last year, which in dicates a heavier cotton crop. The lax so far this year amounts to $101, I75.6f> as against $90,785.05 for the jame time last year. The tax this year ls the same as it was last year ??cents a ton. HAMPTON'S SWORD FOUND And Returned to the Relatives or the Old Hero. The lost has been found-a beauti ful silver chained sword. The 1< ng lost sword of Gen. Wade Hampton of South Carolina, has been returned to his relatives. A special dispatch from Marietta, Ga., to the Atlanta Journal says through the long and continuous efforts of Major J. Gid Morris, of that place, the sword which was presented to Gen. Wade Hampton by the ladles of Richmond, Va., during the civil war, has been located and returned to the nearest relatives of the lamented General Hampton. While discussing the building of the Polk monument with a union soldier ? who ?as visiting the Kerinesaw bat tlelields, the sword was located and found to be In the possession of Capt. Joe Majors, of Eureka, 111., who was captain of company A, Hot h Illinois regiment. It was the purpose of Mr. Morris to have this sword sent to the Marietta Camp U. C. V. at this place, and have this camp turn It over to General C. A. Evans at the approaching. Nash ville reunion, and have-him turn it over to General C. 1. Walker, of South Cwobna, aud by him delivered to the relatives of General Hampton. But mistaking the plans of Mr. Morris, Ca ptain Majo s sent the sword direct ly to Governor Heywo d, of South Carolina, and he has turned it over to the relatives of the late Gen. Hamp ton. Major Morris has been more th:n two years In locating and having re turned the sword carried by General Hampton in the Confederate s-orvice, and he is very proud of the fact that it has at last been returned to those who prize it more highly and to whom it rightfully belongs. Captain Majors has written to Ma jor Morris stating that he did not cap ture Ute sword nor did he steal it dur ing tho war, but that ho purchased It of a union soldier near Columbia on the night prior to the evacuation of that city by the Confederate, sadlers, about tho 1st of April, 1805. .One of the most remarkable incl dents connected with the lucation and return Of this sword after an ab sence of 40 years, is that the man who now returns it-Captaiu Majors5 lost his sword at the battle of Kcnnc saw mountain on June 27th, 18H4, who was relieved of lt by a man named John Williams, a Confederate s ddier at the famous Cheatham Hill fight, and returned to him on the thirty-fifth anniversary of that battle by a grandson of the man who cap tured it. The fact that Newton M. Morris, a brother of Major J. G ld Morris, was the courier of General Hampton from Georgia during the entire Confeder ate service, is an additional ctaise cf rejoicing on the part of Major Morris, that he was instrumental in locating and returning the sword to thc rela tives of the general with whom his brother was so closely associated, be log with bim through many stirring scenes, hy his s'de when wounded, and surrendered with him in North Caro lina on April 26tb, 1805. Although the plar.s were not carried out as originally intended by Major Morris, his nevertheless very glad that the sword which was no douht held in dearest esteem by ooe of the south's most gallant soldiers, has at last been returned to his relatives. CONFESSED HIS CRIME. A special from Victoria, B. 0., 6ays: If thc voluntary declaration of a dy ing man ls to be believed, Unis bas been written to the historic Snell tragedy of 15 years ago and Tascott, the long sought murderer, self-identi fied, has paid the penalty of bis crime with penitence and now tills an un marked grave in the heart of the Alas kan wilderness, whither he had fDd for thc effacement of his Individuality. Phillp Robertson, a strictly reliable man, prospector and miner, received the dying man's confession, and tells the story simply and dramatically. Robertson left tue Klondike capital, be says, late last fall in a small boat bound for the new placer grounds at Fair Banks. He reached a point near Dahl river in a particularly desolate and forbidding region, when the for lorn walling of a dog surprised his ears. He found the dog, a half starv ed shepherd, seemingly in much dis tress. Following this annimal, Rob ertson was brought to a seemingly de serted cabin some 10 yards above the river, concealed in a chimp of spruce. "1 ventured to the door of the shack and*knocked," says Robertson, ''and there was a feeble 'Come in.' All was darkness inside and there was no sign of a fire. I caught sight of a blt of candle which I lighted and then ad vanced to where a man lay. "With a feeble effort, he turned and started ar me for a full minute. Tlte man's hair was white as snow, his face had a color in it that looked like death and he had the most terri fied and hopeless expression 1 have ever seo.t on a human being. 'Part ner,' he said, finally, rolling over on bis side and little more than whisper ing, '1 am leaving a word that I did dot appreciate. I'm going to where I belong.' He lapsed into si lence ajjain and what 1 thought a sleep came over him. Two hours passed and he suddenly wakened with a shriek and then sank back In bed. "In a few minutes he gave another wild scream and straightened up in bcd, then in a voice you would think came from a good, strong man, he said: 'See here, boys, my name ls Tascott. I'm Tascott. Do you un derstands I'm Tascott that they have been hunting like a wolf for years. I cannot run any more. I'm getting paid for what I did. 1 know I'm dying and 1 know where I'll go. Tell the boys when tney come back that 1 am Tascott, and you can tell the world, too, for the world bas hunted me a long time.' About 3 in the morniug I heard a noise like a man expelling the air from his lungs. 1 rushed over to thc bed and felt the man'i pulse and heart. He was dead. The man was burled by his com rades. Tue facts Of the murder ls as fol lows: "Amos J. Snell, a wealthy holder of much property on the west side of Chicago, was murdered at his home In Washington boulevard on tho night of February 8, 1888, and robbery was declared to be the mo tive, although hy many it then was and still is believed that tito burglary was concerted. However, after many arrests the police hit upon the -Willie Tascott dow. Tascott had been an elevator boy at the Palmer house. It was represented t hat ho had been em ployer? by day and committed rob beries at night. Heavy rewards, one for 810,1)00 which was subsequently raised to $20,000, were offered for Tas cott and fqr ' two or three years Tas cott waa turning np. dead or alive, in all parts of ?Wth and South Ameri ca. Eventually Mrs. Snell withdrew the reward/for Tascott." THE REVOLUTIONARY ROLLS. Names of Heroes Who Served Under Bf arion. Sumter mut Piokens. Names of some of the heroes who fought under Marion, Sumter and Pic kens os published by the State: William Barr, Capt. Martin's com pany, Sumter's brigade. Jame) Barrantine, Bickens' brigade Joseph Barrett, Roebuck's regi ment. Matthew Barrett, Pickens' brigade. Nathaniel Barrett, Picken's bri gade. Reuben Bairett, OJ pt. Charles Hol loway's company from August 1 to September 15, 1780; Capt. Dennis TramrnelPs company from Si pt. 10, 1780, to Feb. 12, 1781; Capt. Julio Lawson's company from March 28, 1781, to February, 1782; the whole In tbe Spartan regiment, commanded successively by COIH. Thomas and Roe buck. It ls noticed on this account that two of these captains (probably Holloway and Trammell) were killed and one moved to Virginia. Richard Barrett. Col. Brandon's regiment. William Barrett, Col. Richardson's regiment, 1780. 1781 and 17S2. . JameH Barron, lieutenant in Capt. Barnett's company from May 12, 1780, to March 1, 1781, (240 days). This covers the period when lt is as serted that there were no troops In South Carolina. Thomas Barron, Branden's regi- ! ment. John Barron. Thomas Barron, under Lieut. Wil liam Barry during 1779. Dead at close of Revolution. William Barron, Capt. Barnes' com pany. Audrew Barry, captain from May Ul, 1778, to August 27, 1779, in Col. Thomas' regiment; as captain from .1 une ll to September 10, 1780, prl vate in Capt. John Barry's com pan v; from February ll to September 10. 1782, private in Capt. Samuel Nes hilt's company, Col. Benjamin Roc- ; buck's regiment. i John Darry, commissary, Capt. Par son's company, Col. Brand's regi ment. Richard Darry, from May Di, 1778, to August 27, 1779, In Capt. Andrew Harry's company, Col. Thomas' regi ment. Wdlam Darry, lieutenant, during 1779, lost horse at Sumter's Fishing creek defeat. R' gcr Harry. Nicholas Bartlett, lieutenant on ' frigate South Carolina. lioherf. Bartley, 38 days in Capt. John Graham's company, and 15 days under Lieut. John Gatm, Col. John , Marshall's regiment. , George Harsh, under Capt. Gersham Kelly of Sumter's brigade, and Lieut. Col. Thomson of Henderson's brigade. Wdllam Harton, 2S3 days In Capt. Parson's company, Roebuck's rey i | ment, during 1780 and 1781. Banister Battin, Pic-kens' brigade Benjamin Harton, Roebuck's regi ment. Francis Harlen, Roebuck's regi ment. Robert Barton, Capt. Martin's com pany. Thomas Barton, Roebuck's, regi- 1 ment. William Bafquen, lieutenant, Col. Hezekiah Maham's regiment. Right Basy, sargeant during 1782. Andrew Raskin, in CoL Johu Mar shall's and Eli Kershaw's regiment. I Hugh Biskin, Capt. William Bas kin's company as sergeant from May 12, 1780, to July 12 1783. James Haskins, lieutenant, Capt. William Baskln's company, from 1780 to 178:1. Wiiliam Baskin, lieutenant in 1779, promoted and served to close of Revo lution. Aoraham Bassant. Dennis Hates, Capt. Waters' com pany, Sumter's brigade. John Hates, quartermaster sergeant. James Bates, Roebuck's regiment. Robert Bates, Capt. Chcstnot's com pary. Thomas Bates, Capt. Postell's and Samuel Elliott's company. William Bates, Waters' company, Col. Williamson's brigade in the Stono expeditlen. Stephen Bnyt, in Capt. Joseph Johnson' company, serving under lieu tenant John N. Fray subsequent to Capt. Johnson's death. Also Capt. Frederick Woramock. William Bayt, same as above. Ulrick Bauchman, Col. W. R.Thom son's regiment, Capt. Gabriel Fridig's company. John Bawdy, sergeant and lieuten ant, Dickens' brigade. Israel Bixter, Herved during 1782. John Baxter, captain and major, and lieutenant colonel, Marlon's bri gade. Commanded the Pee Dee regi ment on June ll, 1782. This regiment was stationed at (Jeorgetown, June 23, 1782. Thcophalus Baxter, served during 1782. John Baxton, lieutenant in Capt. John Moore's company. Col. William Ilarden's regiment. Commanded a de tachment at. King's creek in 1780. Benj train Baxton. Jacob Ballard, cared for four wound ed men in action In 1781 and 1782. Served as a member of Capt. Joshepb Bouchillon's company, Alternately from August 5, 1779 to May, 1782. Franeis Hazel, during 1782 In the Horseshoe company, and from 17th December in Capt. Voungblood's troop of horse, Prior to fall o' Charles ton he served in Capt. Snites' com pany of light horse. William Beal, third Continental regiment. John Beady, Col. Brandon's regi ment. Charles Beeue, Col. Water's regi ment. Jesse Beem. Daniel Beene, Waters' regiment, subsequent to the regiment to the re duction of Charleston. Thomas Bean, during 1782 in Capt. John Turner's company, Col. Winn's regiment. William Bean. William Bean, Jr., Picken's bri gade. James Beards, Water's company, of regiment under Gen. Williamson in the-Stono expedition in 1779. William Beard, from December 10 in Cd pt. Edward Martin's company, Col. Richard Winn's regiment. David Beard, wagonmaster during 1781, Col. Anderson's regiment. Dead at close of Revolution. David Heard, Capt. Andrew Miller's company. James Heard, Capt. John Irwin's company, from July, 1779, to May 1780, and from May, 1780, to May, 1783. John Heard, same service as above. Nathan Beard, Picken's brigade. Ulrick Beard, from August 0, 178 0. until Augut 20, 1782, in Col. Thomas Taylor's regiment; from February, 1782, 49 days as second lieutenant of Capt. Gabriel Fr idig's.company. 17 Instructors. MEDICAL ? Write for Free < -*-7ltedical SDepartntent, I Curriculum Include ; twenty-three lecture < quiz; seven laboratory courses, and threo 1 elaborately equipped with modern apparatus J. Dillard Jacobs, At. D., Secret "WHAT l >O0?S AV rile lo us ami we will be glad you on PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES mo? COLEMAN-B ALL-MART] :i(i" King Street, Everything for supplying Saw Mills Belting. Packing, Shafting. Hanirers. jectors,; Lubricators, etc. 10,000 ft. ol for sale. Write COLUMBIA S Columbia, S. O. The ma C1n? \IJ, f^U Don't think that I HIC V . '-.ICU makor" is oorapotc nra f nil tr QnrnnatAi K Pill 1 fl Tl (T best-wo can 'mah lYCLfcllllll^. our prices aro c iVhon our charco for work Is 81.50 or over wo w vatch, P. H. LAOH1CHOXTE & C YWN??rM?Oolj??G Prepare yourselves to meet thc dem and bookkeepers. Write for cata] MACPEAT'S BUSINESS Cl W.n. Macfeat, official Court Stenoi Southeastern Lin] CHARLES! Building Material of all kii "RUBEROID." Whiskey I Morphine I Clgaret ( Habit, Habit Habit Cured by Keeley 1 1320 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Oolu .nee solicited. Ivime Cerner Terra Cotta Pipe, Booting Pa: Caroll?^r?ire?iiciifa^C? wVtfS William Beard, from Juiy, 1779, to ?lay, 17?:t, in Capt. John Irwin's com lany. * JROUQHT ENTIRELY RELIEVED. deutle, Generous, Soaking ila ins Fall Throughout fCntirc Slate. Section Director Bauer had the re rcshing and cheerful announcement ,o make Wednesday that the reports bowed that the drought had been ximpletely and delightfully relieved n all parts of thc State and in a 'ashton that left no room for a desire or the thing to have been otherwise ?hau in thc way it was done. The ains were general over the State, and ?he eastern part, which had been ?tillering most, got half au inch, with ! 42 inches In Florence and Darling ion counties. Some sections had re .eived more than they needed, but ?be rains were "gentle" everywhere, ind consequently no damage was lone. Asked to estimate what damage in lollara the drought had done, . Mr. lauer said that he had nothing on vhich to base an intelligent estimate, ti bis opinion, however, relief came lefore there was any material damage 0 the staple money crops, with the. xceptioo of trucking interests on the oast, where the dry weather has re uced t\v yields from 25 to 00 per ent. bel? i normal. Com at fl cotton have plenty of time 1 which to recuperate. In fact the rought lias possibly been more bene cial to these crops than otherwise, Ince the relief came In the form of catie rains, which soaked thoroughly, >r this reason: The natural tendency f growing plants ls to seek moisture, f this is not found above the earth lie growth ls toward a bigger rootage, nd while there is apparently no rowth In dry weather the plants are usy gaining a wide earth feeding, 'he gentle rains penetrating deeply, ie upper growth and development re the moro rapid when relief does unes. The rain? of this we^k have ot washed out thc commercial ferti zers, but have tended to make them du ble. Tue rains which relived the ry spell of last May were of the wash ig variety, and the result was that Tactically all the fertilizers were ashed away. Battle With a Hawk. Freeman Lane, a wealthy farmer, Ighty years old, had a tierce battle -Ith a huge hawk in his woods near ay ville, L. I., Wednesday, while "rolling in a pine wood. When near pine in which there was a hawks' est one of the birds swooped down pon the old man, struck him square ' In the face and knocked him down JD feet in a gully. The hawk con nued scratching his face, and for a mg time tho old man lay as dead, ace rallied his remaining strength, rawled out of the wood and reached ome. His face was badly torn by ie bird's talons and he was suffering .om a severe shock. Holt Wa? Fatal. Three children were killed, ohe man itally injured, and.a woman and child ?rlously injured Thursday by an elco .lc shock which partially destroyed ie home of John Gentry nearTenny in, Ind. Tho storm swept over aeon derablc portion of southern Indiana, sing great damage to telegraph and ilephone wires. iii ?mr? Janas Wirke?, e? DTIte*, PLCSS CRIPPLE. titer, i f c? Aulutt ll, IflOtl touched or hlpi. 1 WM ?. httflMt M . >.?( ?rm? ind legt wer? h ?id ?nd ihrltol.d Mt. 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Repaire ra who ,t. .ire a/??fi*?. \Va ?ort 0nIy ons -* ? ./, **~~ o any part of a watch, or aloompleta watch, f ton r.o more than you psy for Inferior work, ill pay express cliarge ono way) Send ni your O, Jewelers, 1424 Akin St., Columbia, ?. C. and for Stenographers, typewriters logue of \ 3LLEGE, Columbia, S. O. ' ~ \* irapher, President. te & Cement Co. "ON, S. C. ida. High Grade Roofing Write for prices. 3 I AlliDrug and Tobacco I Habits, ri ?phi t ute, of $S. G. mbia, t?. O. Confidential correspond tl;,' Plaster, per, Car lots.jtmall lots_, write, iii bo., f/nariuston, ts: "<-..-? Killed by Lightning. The Columbia State Fays a bolt; ot llghtning instantly killed little Jacob Wages, a 13 year-uld cotton mill oper ative of the Olympia village, Tuesday afternoon at 20 minutes to 7. Tho boy was sitting on a little bench next, the stoop of Galne's store, which ls locat ed on the Bluff road in the mill Til lage about 100 yards from Wages' home. The boy's face was slightly scratched, but otherwise there were no marks on the body and the coroner's physician testified that there were no hones broken. Standing in the door o? the store within two feet of the boy was C. C. Lawhorn, also an operative. Ile was knocked backward on the floor but was not injured. T. E. Mitchell, the clerk, wno was Btandlng behind the counter near the side door, about 25 feet from the front door, was not even shocked, be says. The Hash fol lowed by the loud report like that of a cannon frightened a horse attached to a wagon near the side door and Mr. Mitchell ran out and stopped bim from running away. W. T. Cox, a laundry wagon driver in tba store at tbe time, was only slightly shocked. The bench on which the boy sat was under a shed which shelters the door and surround ings. Near the bench a high wire fence connects with the corner of the store roora. There was no scorching of anj of the surroundings. 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