The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, June 17, 1904, Image 1
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VOL.^IX.
BENNETSVILLE, S. C.. FRIDAY, JUNE 17. 1904.
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NO. 25
SERVED AT LAST.
Police Break Bown Boors to Arrest
Platt Badger Woman.
AFTER A SIEGE OF OVER A WEEK.
Thousands in tho Streets Gaze
' Upon the Prisoner as She
EmorKors from Her
Elegant ManBion.
Hannah E'ias, tbe LC to-OOH charged
by John F. Platt with having produc
ed from him by blackmail methods
nearly $700,000, pissed the night in
the New York Mercer street police
station. She was taken from her
palatial residence in Central Park,
west, (where the doors were knocked
down with axes) and taken to police
-- headquarters in a carriage. She was
arranging her toilet.
After having given her name, age,
etc., she was taken to Mercer street
for the night. Efforts to serve a war
rant on her in a civil suit had kept a
crowd absut her house for a week and
when the detectives attacked the doors
with axes in order to serve a warrant
in the criminal action which Platt
finally had been prevailed onto bring,
there was a large audience. As the
woman loft the house, leaning heavily
upon the arms of the detectives, she
had to pass between solid ranks of
curious persons, while street cars,
carriages and automobiles were lined
up in order that their passengers
might view the outcome of the st range
siege which has been on for days.
She ex premed no concern over her
arrest. The specific charge on which
the warrant was based is the alleged
extortion from Mr. Platt of $7,500 in
May last.
The woman was Wednesday held in
. $50,000 fur examination next Friday.
Ball was not furnished, and she was
committed to the Tomi:s prison.
When theiprisoner was taken from
her cell to cab in which she was taken
to the court she was met by a jerring
crowd, which lilied the street around
tbe police station.
The woman, accompanied by two
detectives, entered the carriage and
the start for the court was made.
Just as the c:?b started, however, a
large express wagon drove directly in
'Its "pa'th, and the crowd closed in,
many men climbing onto the wheels
to peer into the vehicle. She appear
ed much frightened, but it developed
that the crowd was more curious than
threatening. Assisted by several
patrolmen, the detective succeeded in
charing a passage, and the carriage
continued to court.
HISTORY OF TRAGEDY.
No greater horror has ever arisen
from a oase of mistaken identity than
TfrfCf^Aiiurevi ii: njre3nT*"Fi.".^i or
'. Greater New York," by the negro
Cornelius Williams, who, it now
develops, mistook the venerable
-?N municipal statesman for .lohn lt.
? Platt, an aged millionaire glass manu
M facturer.
W The wretched scandal that enmesh
ed the old man when the assassin's
bullet had cut short hi i li-'e and
silenced the only voice, seemingly,
that could clear ids nain , has been
an undying sensation from the time
the negro told his astounding story.
Where, a week ago, teen spoke
sneeringly of Mr. Green and declared
their bellefin Williams'story, until
ing ls heard now but expressions of
sorrow, and at last the well-earned
laurel wreath is finding its place.
The crazy negro in Iiis cell at
Matteawan asylum is apparently the
least interested man in New Yoik in
the terrible mistake lie made. Ile
shot some one and vented his burning
jealousy, and he is content.
.-.MANY REVOLTING DETAILS;
In defence to M.\ G rem and his
great public work the newspapers at
tempted to squelch ;hc scandal by re
fusing to follow the developments.
The romance of the life of Hannah
Elias, the mulatto woman who lived
in extravagant luxury in a brown
stone mansion facing Central Park,
is now being unraveled in public print,
and forms a revolting story, almost
incredible.
Williams was jealous of the atten
tion an old man was paying to this
negress. He thought lt was Andrew
H. Green.
John R. Platt, 84 y ears old, captain
of Industry, prominent in exclusive
clubs, and physically a prototype of
Mr. Green, in his suit against Hannah
Elias to recover $085,000, which he
gave the woman In the years he haB
known her, has identified himself as
the mau Mr. Green's slayer sought.
Platt and Mr. Green were of al>out
thc same age and the physical resem
blance of the two was ai remarkable
as it proved fatal.
WOMAN REAPED FORTUNE.
Hannas Elias, thc negress, rose tc
wealth and luxury through lier hold
upon the senile millionaire, Platt.
For years she and her gorgeous home
have formed the mystery of exclusive
Central Park West.
Platt admits that he gave her $186,:
429 last year and $120 200 the previ
ous year. Other year)] gifts rang?e
from $19,075 to $87,000. The re
markable content ion of tho millionaire
is that she deceived him into bellev
lng that she was In love with him
and, believing this, he gave her freel}
of his fortune.
Now, he says he considers that sh?
did not love him, bul displayed alfec
Mon solely for the purpose of black
malling him.
PLATT PLANNED SUICIDE.
-- In a public statement Platt saie
that ho bad konwn the woman since
she was 10 years old. He confess?e
that She had told him when Mr
Green was shot that she had knowi
Mr. Green but had seen him when hi
visited his nephew, who lived nea
the Elias mansion. Platt said tba
lie had contemplated suicide whei
his name was threatened with expo
?ure.
He confessed that he had no lnten
tlon cr clearing up the mystery to re
move the shadow from Andrew II
Green's grave. He brought the sui
because of the woman's alleged exec*
sive demands after the murder upo:
threats of exposure.
Andrew H. Green conceived tho Ide
of consolidating Brooklyn, Manhattan,
The Bronx and adjacent cities in Great
er New York and succeeded in carry
ing out the plan. For many years he
was distinguished for bis civil ser
vices, and it was from these that he
gained his title.
WEATHER AND CROPS.
A Very Gener.M Improvement In tho j
Cotton Crop.
Section Director Bauer Monday
issued the following report of the crop
conditions for the past week:
The week ending 8 a. m., June Cth,
had a mean temperature of 78 degrees,
which ls practically normal. The ex
tremes were a max'mum of 08 at
Clark's Hill and Little Mountain on
the 4th, and a minimum or 59 at
Greenville on the 3rd. The relative
humidity was about normal, and
much higher than last week. The
winds were generally light to fresh
southerly. The sunshine was slightly
below normal.
The week's rainfall averaged nearly
twice the normal amount, with a
maximum fa'l of 3 05 inches at Wal
hal'a. It was wejl distributed, but
was Insufficient in parts of Charleston,
Chesterfield, Barnwell, Marion, New
berry, Richland, Fairfield, Williams
burg and York counties where the
drought was only partially relieved.
In a number of localities thc rainfall
was excessive and lauds were badly
washed, damagiug corn and cotton to
a slight exteot. A lew places report
the occurrences of damaging hall on
May 31st.
Although farm work was interrupt
ed by tlie heavy raits that rendered
cultivation impracticable, it is gen
erally up with the needs of field crops,
but with numerous reports of grass
and weeds springing up rapidly since
the rains, especially in cotton fields.
Such reports originate in localities
where tho rainfall was heaviest and
where the crops could not he worked.
Generally all Seid crops are clean.
There was a general improvement
noted in the growth and color of corn.
Bottom lands and stubble fields have
been planted, and the late plantings
are coming up to very good stands.
Early corn has received iLs third culti
vation, and some lias been laid by.
Stands of cotton have improved,
since tho rains, on red and clay lands,
with late plantings and replantings
all up to gcod stands. There is a gen
eral improvement in color and looks
of cotton, extending to the sea-island
variety that was su Hering seriously
from lack of moisture. The week's
growth was rapid, due to the more
favorable moisture and temperature
conditions. Tito whole crop is now
quite promising. .Squares have been
noted in Colleton and Hampton coun
ties; lice in Greenville county.
The rains ?benefitt|d both, wheat
. and oats; harvest? *"aiade slow nm-.
|i^?oB??*5awT*w-gTOwihg 'nicety," and
June sowings have begun. Tobacco is
doing well, but ls small, and it con
tinues too dry in places. A large
number of sweet, potato slips were
transplanted. Truck shipments con
tinue heavy, with generally poor yields
of white potatoes. Beach shipments
are increasing; the quality of peaches
Ls normal. Sugar cane has poor stands.
Melons arc late but have improved,
as have pastures and gardens. All
minor crops are nourishing.
Soap froni a Tree.
Knited States Consul Mahinat Not
tingham, England, has furnished thc
Department of State with an account
of an enterprise in Algeria to manu
facture natural soap on a large scale
from a tree known as "saplndus
utilis." Tiiis plaut, which has long
been known in Japan, China and
india, bears a fruit of about the size
of a horse chestnut, smooth and
! round. The color varies from a yel
I lowish green to brown. The inner
part is of a dark color and has an olly
kernel. The tree bears fruit in its
! ixth year an ! yields from 35 to 2,">u
pounds of fruit, which can easily be
harvested in the fall. By using water
or alcohol the saponacous ingredient
of the fruit ls extracted. The cost of
production ls said to be small and thc
soap, on account of possessing no alka
line qualities, ls claimed to be superi
or to ordinary soap of commerce. *
Kalin to His Dcuth.
Turning over and over in a long fall
from thc sixth story of the new Bel
mont Hotel, New York City, which ls
being erected in Bark avenue, be
.ween Forty-first and Forty-second
street^, Charles Williams, of No. 135
Dykman street, Brooklyn, struck the
shoulders of James Davidson, another
workman, wi.o was engaged just above
the first floor, carromeci to a pile of
stones in the street, and died two hours
later at Bellevue Hospital. Davidson
had both shoulders fract ured. Friends
took him to his home, at No 3d South
street, Paterson, N. J. Williams, in
pulling a rope to get the boom of the
derriick into place, lost his balance.
lt was thought at ti st that the com
rade's should irs had saved his life. i_
om Dentil Avenged.
W. T. Eldridge, general managei
and vice president of t he Cane Beit
railway, was fatally wounded by ar
assassin at Magie Lake Texas. This
wtis the third chapter in th? famous
feud that started with the killing o:
Captain Unovant, president of th<
tiane Belt railn ad, t wo years ago bj
Eldridge. B ?th are inillionaries. Or
a previous occasion, a year and a hal
ago, Eldridge was ambushed, but es
caped death through tripping in hi
steps. At the time ol' the killing o
Unovant, his sister took a solemn natl
of revenge.
A Hn<l Story.
At Norfolk, Va., on Friday, E. II
Jones, a trolloy car motorman, t ried ti
lift a fallen wiro out of the way of hi!
car. lie dimed on a shed and tool
hold of the wiro, ile fell to the grouni
dead, still holding to it. Ills wife
standing upon her fr nt piazza, sa\
the accident and rushed out to ext ri
cate her husband. She too was in
stantly killed. Jones and lils wif
leavesix small children, three of whoi
saw their parents killed.
ItffMl lill-. ItoyH.
The board of directors of the NJ
tlonal Union bink of Bock Hill i
meeting Friday adopted a rule when
by no one who smokes cigarettes ca
timi employment In that institution.
A DEMENTED FATHER
Murdered Three of His Children and |
Thee Killed Himself.
FAMILY NEABLY WIPED OUT.
A Ut tie Boy, the Bolo Survivor]
Tell? of the Lait Day? of
His iiittlo Brother
and Slater.
Officers Kenny and Hennessy, of
E'izabeth, heard three shots lu the
house of Joseph M. Pouch, No. 139
First avenue, Roselle, when they rang
the bell Tuesday evening to And what I
was meant by a letter sent to County |
Physician Westcott by Pouch.
The front door was locked and the
ofllcers forced it In. When they reach
ed the top of the stairs and pulled
open the door to the front room on the
second lloor, the b dy of Pouch fell to
the door. There was a bullet wound
in Iiis temple and he died soon. On
the lloor beside him lay his daughter,
Minnie, live years old, dead from a
bullet wound through lier body, and
beside her Albert, her_ brother, ten
years old, bleeding from a wound in
his side, bub not fatally injured.
The door to the connecting back
room was forced open, and the officers
found lying on the bed, laid out in
their night clothes, with their hands
cros-ed over their breast, the bodies
of Grace, eighteen months old, and
Lillian, aged seven. These children
had been choked to death Saturday
night, aud to make their death sure
poison had been poured into their
throats.
Pouch had been working for the
Singer Sewing Machine Company at I
Elizabethport as a henchman, buti
after the death of his wife he had
only worked but a short time. He
grew morose and h's mind seemed
ready to give way under tbs butds!
He did not refer to the death of his
wife, but whenever it was mentioned
he became excited and afterward
would go away by himself and sit for
hours without uttering a word.
Pouch employed a housekeeper after
the death of his wife, as the children
were too young to be left at home
alone while he was at work. Several
days ago she left the home of Pouch,
and it is believed that he sent her
away. Since that time Pouch has been
in the house alone with his children,
and the neighbors on either side of his
house, which is a two story and attic,
did not see any of the children Sun
day.
Sunday evening Pouch was seen
talking to a woman in front of his
house. Later, when a storm came up,
Mr. Packard, of Elizabeth, who knew
Pouch, sought shelter at his house.
Hjj.j:emained.fojLjaJaflut,half an hour..,
Tie says that Pou?h appoared hoTvous !
and unstrung and he believes that
Baby Grace and Lillian then were
dead in the upstairs room, with their
brother and sister locked in the ad
joining room, forbidden to leave their
beds.
It is believed they were held over to
be shot, when Pouch bad planned to
take his own life.
The letter to County Physician
Westcott was received by him Tuesday
afternoon, and was mailed in the
morning, lt was properly addressed
and simply requested that he come to
the address given as there was some
thing for him to do there. The letter
was signed by Pouch, who gave his
address.
Pouch was not seen around hts home
after he went out, returning in a short
while Tuesday morning, lt ls probable
that with bc, with revolver ready and
children locked In the room with him,
waited for the ring at the bed which
would announce the arriva' of the
County Physician as the sign.il for kil
ing his t wo remaining childi on.
Albert, thu eldest, has a bullet hole
through his body, but the physicians
at the Elizabeth General Hos pital say
that he has a chance to live. He was
conscious when taken to the Hospital,
and told what he knew of the tragedy
which robbed him of his sisters and
father, lie was not asked about the
death of his mother, but probably can
throw light on that if he recovers
sutliciently to tell In detail of the
tragic events in his home.
"My sister Minnie and myself sleep
in thc front room with papa, and Lil
lian and baby Grace sleep in the back
roora," he said. "The door ls open
between the two rooms at night, and
we can hear the baby or Lillian when
they cry or want anything. On Sat
urday night papa told us to go to bed,
and I don't know what time he came
to i ?ed.
"On Sunday morning he get up
lirst, and went into the back room.
He sbut the door and was gone quite
a long time. When he came hack
Into the front room he locked the
door between thc two rooms and said
that Minnie and myself must remain
in bed until he told us we could get
up. He stayed in the room awhile
and then went out.
"Ile locked us in the front room and
went out. We were afraid to get out
of bed after he told us to stay there.
Ile came in and out lots of times, but
never seemed to pay any attention to
US. Minnie was hungry, and so was I.
Finally Minnie started to cry, and
papa seemed to remember us and got
us something to eat. When lt was
dark he told we had better go to sleep,
and then he wroto a letter. He was
still in the roora when I went td
slee p.
"Tills morning the door between
the two rooms was locked and we had
to slay in bed until after papa had
gone out. Ile came back soon,
though, and then told us we could
get up and dress. He walked up and
down the room, looking at us all thc
time, and neither Minnie nor raynell
said anything, because we wen
afraid. We didn't hear any sound
from the hack room where lfaby
Grace and Lillian were sleeping. 1
think be must liavs made them stay li
bed too.
"ICvery time a wagon or carrlag*
would come by our house he woulc
stop walking and listen. We sa
down and played with some things
He watched us all the time.
"I was almost getting sleepy and 1
was almost dark when somebody rani
the bell. Just as soon as the bell rani
papa reached out and grabbed me
and tben I heard a noise and it seemed
to knock me down. I don't remember
much, then."
The Officers who went to the Pouch
home say that Pouch, with his hand
on the door knob, shot himself in the
right temple, and was still leaning
against the door when it was forced
open.
The little daughter"was directly In
the path of the body as it fell. She
was dead, and In a short while the
father also died. The boy, dazed and
bleeding, was curled up near the head
of the father."-New York Ameri
can. *
THE BOLL WEEVIL ANT.
\Wint Ho I? Expected tu Do for the
Texan Cot tun Crop.
Prof. Cook of the entomological de
partment is on his way from Guate
mala to Texas with a large colony of
the red ant that is expected to de
stroy tho boll weevil. Great hope is
placed in the ant by those who have
seen him at work in Guatemala,
where it is said he keeps the cotton
free from the pests; but there are
many skeptics, lt is hardly probable
that the ants, however etlicacious
thev may bc, can be spread over the
Infested belt enough to affect mate
rially the growing crop. The weather
bureau at Washington, in its report
on Tuesday, says: "Boll weevils are
increasing rapidly and doing consider
able damage in a number of south
western and south central counties of
Texas." The Newberry Observer says
a friend has handed us a Texas paper
of recent date which contains some
account of a red ant in the infested
district that promises to do great
things for the cotton crop. The ac
count ls given by a writer in" San An
tonio. It says:
"Bexar county possesses an ant
that has the Gautemala weevll-eatlng
variety beaten to a standstill, with
the advantages of being right on the
spot now and In need of no transplant
ing. They are iu the Held by the
I millions and waging a relentless war
I upon the weevil. This little red ant
j is routing the boll weevil in Bexar
I county. According to reports from
the county it will not be necessary to
send to Guatemala to rid Bexar coun
ty fields of the cotton pest, and it
may be that this county can furnish
! all the auts necessary to eradicate the
weevil all over Texas.
'Mose Cassiano, ex county collector,
who has several hundred acre* of cot
ton in this county, ls the bearer of the
good tidings concerning the work of
the ant. Mr. Cavslano's lields less
j than a month ago were live with wee
! vii aud he looked forward to discourag
ing prospects of losing the greater
part of his cotton through ravages of
the Insects. Today ho said that there
was not a live weevil In.his Held. The
:rows are etrewn. with. dnfoi.-weevil,"
which the busy little red ants are car
rying away by the thousands. Mr.
Cassiano says a close Inspection failed
to show a single live weevil on a cot
ton plant or anywhere else in his
?elds.
"The ants are on the plants and in
the rows between in countless thous
ands. They stem to have completed
the slaughter of the weevil and are
now engaged in carrying the corpses
away, probably to be stored away for
food. Mr. Cassiano says that even the
roads in the vicinity of his ranches are
lined with ants marching in colums
bearing the dead weevils from the
Heids. The importance of this discov
ery to the cotton growers of Bexar
county and probably of the whole state
of Texas Is inestimable. If the ants
that have cleaned Mr. Cassiano's lields
can be introduced into all the cotton
lields of the state, it means a gain of
millions of dollars to the farmers of
the .--tate."
Dr. L. o. Howard, the chief ento
mologist of the department, has re
ceived a report from his experts in
Texas regarding the reported discov
ery in Bexar county of an ant that
! destroys the weevil. The rt port says
that the ant mentioned is the common
Texas ant and that nothing unusual
has been developed bv the investiga
tion Into the matter. It suggests that
the weevils had been feeding and de
positing eggs on tho plants left over
from last season and that many of the
females which had died and fallen
were eaten by the ants, and adds that
that as the extreme dry weather had
reduced the number of plant lice ou
the cotton, the ants, thus deprived of
their natural food, merely took advan
tage of the opportunity to feed on the
weevil.
Sud Afluir Near Monroe.
The Monroe (N. C ) Journal says a
most distressing thing happened near
Utiionvllle last Friday night in the
death of Anulo, the 12 year-old
daughter of Mr. T. J. Trice, and the
circumstances which brought about
this result. The child was thought
to have dropsy, and while sitting on
the piazza in the afternoon, fell over
in convulsions, from vs hieb she never
recovered before death came at 12
o'clock that night. When this attack
came a doctor was called, and thc pa
rents lirst learned that a crime,
which ls known to the law as felony,
had been committed upon tho person
of their child, and before she died
another life had been brought into
existence. The child mother gave no
indication as to who the perpe trator
was, and this seems now likely to for
? ever be a mystery, and if so, the
i State's prison will be cheated of Its
just deserts. The occurrence Itself is
! very unusual in medical history in
this climate, if not altogether unc
I qualed, particularly as the offspring is
of ordinary size, living and doing well.
Shot Through the Heart.
. At St. Louis, Don Menuel Cervera,
r a Spaniard, who on last Sunday week,
; before an audience which had gathered
I In a pavilion near the fair grounds to
> see a bull light, was introduced as the
[ favorite matador ol' the King of Spain,
i was shot through the heart and In
stantly killed Wednesday by Carlton
? Mass, known as "The American Mata
1 dor." Bass and live other bull ilglt
L crs, who witnessed thc shooting woe
. arrested. The shooting resulted fron
a quarrel regarding the llasco of Sm
t day when the authorities stopped tlc
< bull tight, and the angry crowd bun
r ed the structure. Cervera's body ww
, taken to the morgue.
CANDIDATES FIGHT.
Br _
NEITHER MAN 18 MUCH HURT.
Mr. Mebfoy At tuc UH Mr. Kvaiw, Who
Gqutloiuen Aro Bepa
?rated by Friends.
The Columbia State says after hav
ing received an unsatisfactory reply to
certain demands made by himself
upon Mr.: W. Boyd Evans, Mr. Jno. G.
Mobley. qt Fairfield Thursday attacked
Mr. IO,-ans with a rawhide. The
affair created a dcoldcd sensation, for
it occurred almost in front of the
court house at a busy hour of the
morning j and before the two men
could bc parted a large crowd hud col
lected. '
It waa evident that no mere politi
cal disagreement caused the affair, for
Mr. Mobley, though a man of high
spirit, has always been regarded as
very amiable and kiudly in his nature.
Ile and Mr. Evans are candidates for
the ofliye. of railroad commissioner,
and were contestants for the same po
sition two years ago. It was said
Wednesday that at a political meet
ing at Hampton an encounter of this
kind was narrowly averted.
Mr. Mobley, witnesses say, struck
Mr. Evans at least four blows with
his horsewhip which he had purchased
for the purpose. Mr. Mobley was un
armed and offered this, he says, as the
deepest insult which he could to one
who, he believed, had invaded his pri
vate life- in making a political cam
paign. The two clinched after the
tlrst few passionate blows frum the
rawhide, and friends rushed up. Mr.
Mobley tore himself away from those
who were trying to calm him and
there was another short encounter be
fore Sheriff Coleman appeared and
separated the belligerent parties.
Each v.'as put under a peace bond Tor
$300 and summoned to appear in the
recorder's court Friday morning.
Mr. Mobley stated Thursday that in
the last campaign stories damaging to
his charaoter were circulated. Not
withstanding the fact that he has
court records and affidavits from hon
orable men to show that thc attack
upon himself was unjust, the same
stories have been put Into circulation
recently. When he came to Columbia
Wednesday from his farm in Fairfield,
he was (old that Mr. Evans was re
sponsible for the circulation of these
damaglug reports. Ile immediately
determined to demand an explanation
of Mr. Evans, and failing to get a sat
isfactory statement, he would apply
the horsewhip.
Thursday morning Mr. Mobley, ac
companied by his counslu, Mr. F. M.
Mobley, catted on Law Range until
Mc. Rv -..'-or introduc
ing .-'i.. cousin-to Mr. Evans, Mr. Mob
ley stated the Object of his Interview.
Mr. Evans denied Mi. Mobley's accu
sation, whereupon Mr. Mobley, lt is
said, drew his rawhide from the pap?r
in which lt was wrapped and struck
at Mr. Evans' face. The latter, ward
ing off the blow, received the stroke
on his shoulder. In an instant several
blows with the whip were struck,
when Mr. Evan-; closed in upon his as
sailant.
lief ore serious hurt was received by
either party friends Interfered and
pushed them 15 or 20 fee.t apart. Upon
both demanding to be released and
freeing themselves, they rushed to
gether and several blows were passed
before tbe sherill arrived.
The sheritT immediately telephoned
for Magistrate Moorman and as soon
as the papers could be executed Mr.
Evans and Mr. Mobley were put under
peace bi nds. Mr. Mobley stilted that
as far as he was coucerned he was
satisfied and that he would not oller
any further personal violence to Mr.
Evans. Later both were summoned
to appear before the recorder's court
Friday morning on thc charge of
''disorderly conduct", luis probable
that a f ill account of the whole affair
and circumstances lealing up to
Thursday's denouncement may be
brought out. Mr. Evans, when asked
by a reporter if he desired to make
a statement of the affair, said he was
reluctant at this time to go into the
whole matter and only c ired for the
present to make thc foll jwing state
ment.
"1 have been summoned to appear
before thc recorder tom jrrow morn
ing, being charged with disorderly
c induct) and I presume that Mr.
Mobley ls also to be tried. At the
trial I will testify, and db not think
it proper for me to make a statement
prior to that time."
Mr. Mobley was also asked for any
Statement that he voluntarily cared to
make public. Ills position as eharac
crtzed by himself is as follows:
"Having been informed by a gentle
man of high standing that Mr. 10vans
was using unfair metho:is to damage
my character 1 gave him an oppor
tunity to deny or confirm this, which
he evaded in an Insulting manner, I
then applied a horsewhip to him.
"1 was totally unarmed, not hav
ing even ?, pocket knife on my person
at the time of the encounter. As
much as I regret having lo do this I
have no excuse to olTer for having
thus protected ray honor, which 1
hold dearer than my life."
The Slate says the allai r belsveen
Mr. Jno. G. Mobley and Mr. W. ltoyd
Evans was not aired in the recorder's
court Friday. Lt lind been expected
from the Statements of the two parties
concerning that interesting matter
would be presented. Mr. Mobley
pleaded guilty to the charge of dis
orderly e nduct and the case against
Mr. W. H ?jd Evans was dismissed as
the charges could not be proved. This
result, appeared satisfactory to all par
lies concerned.
i Sister Theodora, of St. Vincent's
i Catholic school, four miles from Shel
by ville, Ind., early Wednesday heard
sjme one prowling through the build
ing. She instituted a search ar.d
suddenly met a negro face to face in
the ball. He Hour.shed a revolver
i which she grabbed and the two fell In
i the struggle. The burglar escaped,
but later was captured at Waldron
! and is I? ia!! there, lie had on him a
. revolver, pieces of candle and burglar's
i tools. Sister Theodora was not In
jured.
Kiwi Km ,;h.i OIT.
RURAL CARRIER'S SALARIES.
Wage* to Be Based on Number of
Miles Traveled.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gener
al Bristow Wednesday announced that
he salaries of the rural free delivery
mall carriers will he adjusted on the
basis of the number of miles traveled.
Further than this, Mr. Bristow would
not discuss the adjustment, which is
now being made In the classification
of the carriers. The postmasters
throughout the country will be notifi
ed LO the adjustments in the their re
spective otllces. Thc following state
m. nt regarding the outside business
privileges of thc rural catrler was is
sued at tho postofllce department Wed
nesday, aud the order will bo promul
gated at once by the postmaster gen
eral.
1 Under the law rural carriers are not
permitted to solicit business or receive
orders of any kind from any person,
lirra, or corporation, and cannot, dur
ing the hours of their employment,
carry any merchandise Tor hire except
that they may carry merchandise for
hire for and at tho request of patrons
residing ( n their respective routes,
provided i he same shall not interfere
with the proper discharge of their
ofliclal du ies, and under such regula
tions as tue postmaster general may
prescribe.
"Under this provision of law nc
mallabie matter may be handled by
rural randers while serving their rout
es, unless the proper postage has been
-prepaid, with the single exception ol
couuty newspapers, which, under the
law, are permitted to be carried free
throughout the county in which they
arc published, to actual subscribers,
and such newspapers, residents on
rural routes, must be deposited at the
post olllce, tlie same as papers for
other subscribers.
"The hire for merchandise carried
on request of the patrol of rural free
delivery must be permitted to receive
any compensation from the seller of
such merchandise.
"Articles e>r packages which are
mallabie, which are handed to the
carrier or deposited in the pcstoftlce or
in a rural letter btix or in a collection
box located on a rural route, with re
quest that the rural carrier deliver
same, arc subject to the rules regulat
ing mail matter, including the pay
ment of postage thereon.
"Articles or packages that are not
mallabie, which the patrons desire the
rural carrier to carry, must be deliver
ed to the carrier in person, and in car
rying merchrndi.se for hire rural car
riers are not permitted to leave their
routes as oftlcially laid out or to accept
anything that will In any way delay
the delivery of the mail or In any way
Interfere with the efficiency of the ser
vice."
Flood Victima Appeal for Aid.
A strong appeal foi advisory assist
ance for the people in the Hood strick
en country in the wes; reached
Washington Friday in a telegram to
the department of agriculture from
Representative Carle) C. Held of
A kansas. He wired as follows:
"Almost the entire Arkansas river
bottoms Inundated Probably all the
cotton crop destroyed. It h extremely
late to replant. Can you suggest the
kind of cotton seed that mature early
In the fall and where it may be ob
tained. It is contended t.mt cotton
planted now will not mature. Please
furnish as early as possible any Infor
mation or suggestions that you may
have of value to us. The loss to this
country is the biggtst ever known.
Many families are destitute."
Acting Secretary of Agriculture
Brigham immediately contened with
his a sis tan ts and later Col. Brigham
telegraphed in reply that he regretted
that the. department could not furnish
th? seeds, and said: "If the local
seed planted immediatlely by the 15th
th? re is possibility of getting a crop
but the dunces are against lt. lt is
ditlicult lo procure seed from here in
time to make a crop."
Jumped Overbonrtl.
At New York George Billups of
Norfolk, Va., a cabin passenger on
the Old Dominion line steamer Prin
cess Anne, frum Newport News to
Norfolk, jumped overboard Friday
while the vessel was steaming up the
lower bay >ff the Romer shoal. The
ship was stopped and a lifeboat
launched. Within 2o minutes of the
time UiilupS jumped through the port
hole the bi at was alongside the steam
. er and thu man taken un board in a
dying condition. Every effort was
made to restore life, but without
avail. A dispatch from Norfolk says
PUBLIC.
n
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?at I represent some o:
?JRANCE Companies
ts to Terms and Rates.
i JNO. S. MOO.BR.?
mile this side of Hopkins Friday.
From a letter found in a pocket it
was learned that the deceased ls E. E.
Hay who has been an employe of the
Richland mills. Coroner Oreen, Dep
uty Sheriff Cathcart and Dr. S. F.
Pisbburne went out to Hopkins to
make any Investigation that circum
stances might warrant. The body
was brought to Columbia Friday night
and put In a morgue. The physician
will examine the body to ascertain the
probable cause of death. It is believ
ed that young Hay was riding ona
freight and fell off sustaining mortal
Injuries. His body was found about
four feet from the railroad track.
Killed by a Cave-in.
At Atlanta, Ga., one man dead, two
probably dying'and two more in a pre
carious condition was the result of a
cave-in late Thursday afternoon of
Mitchell street, near thc centre of thc
city, where excavations were made for
the New business bleick. All thc men
were negroes! Eight men were engag
ed at the work when tons of earth
with little warning slipped down on
them from one side of the excavation.
The escape of the five was stopped by
a wagon which was being loaded with
dirt.
THE GOTTOH STALK WEEVIL.
Director Bauer Hays the Matter I?
Much Overdrawn.
. The' "cotton stalk weevil," a new
insect which has made its appearance
in Georgia and is almost as dangerous
as the boll weevil, according to the
Augusta Chronicle, does not exist in
this State, so far as Section Director
Dauer IB informed and believes. Mr.
Bauer Was shown this clipping from
the Augusta paper Friday:
"A new insect, known as the cotton
stalk weevil, has made its appearance
in Georgia and is raising havoc with
the young cotton in Terrell county.
State Eutomologist Wlllmon Newell
has just returned from Dawson, where
he made a thorough examination of
the weevil and its woik, and he is now
arranging for a treatment of the
cotton plants which have been at
tacked by the Insect and for a remedy
that will completely destroy it.
"Tlie insect attacks the stem or the
stalk of thc cotton and nearly every
plant attacked dies very shortly after
wards. The farmers in Terrell coun
ty are very much alarmed over the
appearance of the new kind of bug.
Entomologist Newell states that he
has never seen or heard of such an in
sect before.
"The bug is almost as dangerous as
the boll weevil, as it destroys the
stalks of the cotton before the boll
weevil appears. If the insect should
scatter over the State as fast as it is
scattering In Terrell county lt will be
a serious thing for the farmers to con
tend with this yeal, and the cotton cot
ton crop in Georgia will be materially
shortened.
"Entomologist Newell says he will
exert every effort to destroy the in
sect before it makes a spread of the
State. He does not think that the boll
weevil has as yet made its appearance
in Georgia, but he regards the new in
sect which has appeared and which at
tacks young cotton stalks as a very
u&Dg?f?uS factor and lie is anxious to
get rid of lt as soon as possible."
Mr. Bauer thought after reading the
clipping that about the only thing
that could be calmly reported as hav
ing been discovered was an excited im
aginatim of another Georgia news
paper reporter. He was of the opinion
that the Georgia State entomologist's
estimate of the importance of the sub
ject had been very materially changed
and colored almost beyond identiiioa
tion after percolating through the
brain af the newspaperman.
"Never heard of such an insect,"
Mr. Bauer said. "There is none such
in this State, so far as I have been in
formed; and 1 don't believe lt exists
in Georgia.
"lt will prupably end like my 'new'
hickory nut Insect ended this week. A
correspondent in Charleston reported
the appearance, there of a new insect
which he thought would eventually
put the hickory nut out of business. 1
wrote him to hold his ?base while he
sent me jp some specimens of these
terrible pests. 1 forwarded them to
Clemson and have Just received a for
mal report from that institution to the
effect that our new insect was a very
old and very common insect indeed and
to dismiss any harassing fear I or my
correspondent might have regarding
the futuro of the hickory outcrop."
Wrecked Newspaper Olllce.
At Victor, Co!., eight unknown
men armed with pistols, rides, shot
guns and sledge hammers entered the
otllce of the Victor Record Wednes
day night, ordered the men to throw
up their hands, broke the machinery
and then told the men to get out of
the district as fast as they could.
There is no clue to the identity of the
men. George Kyner, proprietor of
the paper, was at lunch, and Foreman
Waloer Sweet was in charge of the
men. The workmen obeyed quickly.
The unknown men then wrecked two
linotype machines, several job pressses
and ill the equipment of tlie otllce and
smashed the telephone and a typewri
ter. When their work of lulu was
completed they marched The Record
employes out on the sidewalk and told
them to get out of town. The Re
cord has been known as the organ of
the Western Federation of Miners in
this section._
Mob Threatens .McDonald.
At Indianapolis, Ind., James Mc
Donald, who was acquitted of the
murder of Miss Sarah Schafer, a young
school teacher of Bedford, after a jury
trial which lasts two weeks, has been
twice sought by a mob in tlie last two
days. Except for the precaution that
he had taken not to remain at. home
at night he might have been hanged.
McDonald applied to the authorities
for protection, and Thursday night a
guard was placed at the house. Early
friday morning a mob appeared for
he second time, but when tho police
resented themselves the would-be
vengers of Miss Schafer lied. There
s a belief that the re.il murderer of
- he young woman, who is said to be
*? i well known eitzen, is back of the
3 lemons'rat ion, and wishes to force
McDonald tc leave the town.
Ifloppy Household.
When the toils and cares of the day
are over, und the children are at home
from school, then comes the most de
lightful hour to the family circle. The
outside world is dismissed, and father
and mother and children are together
in sweet communion and unshaken
trust. There is no vacant chair. There
ls not a face missing. Deatli has never
visited this home. The hour of re
tiring comes, and blessed with father's
instructions and mother's prayers, the
little group retire for tlie night. May
it not be that angels hover over such
a home during the silent watches. All
homes where the family circle is un
broken can be just such a homo as this
with a slight etfort on tba part of each
member of the household.
Accedes to Bandit.
The Sultan of Morocco has acceded
to all demands of Raisuli, the captor
of Bedlcaris and Varley. < inicial In
formation to this effect was received
by the navy department Thursday
morning from Admiral Cnadwlck.
Ills dispatch reads: "The minister
of foreign affairs has instructions ac
cording to all the demands of Raisull."
This means that Raisuli, if he fulfills
his promises will release two of tho
prisoners as soon as a ransom ls paid
which lt ls believed will be about
tlfty thousand dollars.
A PITCHED BATTLE
[n "Whick a Humber of Union Mixern
Are Killed
AT THE TOWN OF DUNVILLE, COL.
Bolillero Scouring the Mountain*,and
tho Miners Firing Upon Them.
Intenso Excitement in
Mining Region.
A pitched battle between the mili
tary and union miners was fought at
Dunnvllle, the new mining camp, 13
miles out of Victor, Colorado, shortly
.ifter 3 o'clock p. m. Wednesday. John
Carley, a unios miner, was killed and
(Ive others. The troops returned to
Victor at 8 o'clock Wednesday night
bringing with them 14 captives.
Before the special train left Victor
bearing the force under Gen. Bell lt
was reported that the miners in the
hills about Dunnvllle numbered about
250 men, and that it was their inten
tion to march into Victor Wednesday
night in a body and attempt to libe
rate by force the inmates ot the tem
porary "bull pen" in Victor. That
the force actually consisted of but 21
men is the statement of one of the 14
who were captured by the militia.
The train proceeded in the after
noon to the immediate vicinity of
Dunnvllle without unusual incident.
When about a quarter, of a mlle dis
tant from the Dunnvllle temporary
station the otu oe rs could see the camp
of the miners. It included one cabin
and six or seven tents. The officers
left the train at the command of Geo.
Bell and prepared to advance upon
the camp of the unionists in regular
skirmish order. As they emerged
from tlie cut in which the train had
cone to a stop they were greeted with
a volley of shots which came from
points of vantage surrounding the
hills.
The deputies returned tho fire and
promiscuous shooting was indulged in
for a period of ten minutes. From
the character of the shooting from
the hills Gen. Bell Immediately recog
nized the fact that the strength of
the miners had been greatly overesti
mated and that he had sufficient force
under his command to make an im
mediate roundup and capture the en
tire opposing force.
The captured miners include John
James, charged with shooting Joba
Davis in the riot at Victor. Among
the dead was John Carley, a union
miner of Cripple Creek. Great excite
ment prevailed in this city upon the
receipt of the news of the battle.
The deputies secured the arms and
ammunition of parts of the miners.
As the special train bearing the
deputies drew up at Dunnville the
union miners, entrenched In the neigh
borhood, opened fire. Gen. Bell got
his men ont and^t?rmed the entrench
ment, capturing 15, the arms and am
munition being captured. In the
tierce tight which followed Biz union
miners were killed.
The miners occupy well entrenched
positions in the hills and are shooting
down at the soldiers and guards at
every opportunity. The aunoundlng
country is favorable to the miners,
and it werris that Gen. Bell will have
to take every defense seperately.
Town at Auotion.
Unless the courts intervene, the
entire town of Carlisle, Arkansas, and
about 3,500 acres of land surrounding
the town are to be sold at public auc
tion on an order granted hy the pro
bate court of Lonoke county to tue
heirs of the orignal owner. The order
waa secured by the guardian of three
minor heirs of a Frenchman, named
i Comio, who years ago owned all the
land on which the town of Carlisle
now stands, as well as much of the
surrounding country. The original
owner sold much of the land years
ago, but in 1870, presumably to make
title clear, he secured a patent from
the state for the whole tract. He
failed, it is said, to make new deeds,
for the land which ho had sold, and as
a result the heirs now claim the prop
erty. Three of the grandchildren of
the original owner, who reside in Lou
isiana, claim an undivided sixteenth
of the property, and through their
guardian secured an order for the sale
of the whole tract.
Boy Heroes.
At Great Barrington, Mas?., the
wrecking of the Pittsfield*New York
express with the almost certainty
of a great losj of life, was barely
averted vVelnesday by the presence of
mind of Hay mond Perbizet and Step
hen McCuo, two thirteen-year-old
boys. An unusually severe rain storm
had undermined the tracks of the
New York, New Haven aud Hartford
railroad on the outskirts of the town
and carried away 25 feet of the road
bad. The dangerous spot was dis
covered by the youths shortly before
the express was due at this statiion.
Tho boy8 ran to their homes near-by
and procuring a red sweater returned
to tlie track and Hagged the train.
The eugine was brought to a stand
still within a few yards of tlie wash
out. Tho train was well tilled with
passengers who rewarded tho boys by
making upa purse for them.
Tho Deadly Lightning.
The Columbia State says Jane and
Rena Fairr wife and 3-year old daugh
ter, respectively, of Myers Fair, a
Taylor street negro resturanteur who
has accumulated much property, were
Instantly killed Tuesday afternoon
near the "tin bridge" by a bolt of
lightning which descended the trunk
of a tree under which the woman was
at work washing clothes. Tho mother
and child were together, but they
were thrown in opposite directions
from the base of the tree. ?
Cruel to His Boast.
A dispatch from Eistover to The
State says the Star Band of Mercy,
the local branch of the Society for the
Breventlon of Cruelty to Aulmals,
succeded in having a negro, Paul
Grant, convicted of cruelly beating
au ox. He was sentenced to pay a
line of $15 or work on the chalngang
for 30 days. The society has the law
i on its Bide and Mr. Trumble, the prsl
dent of the bank, expects to prosecute
i vigorously every case of cruelty to
animals reported to bim,