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The Marlboro' Democrat. "DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY. OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE.'* VOL.^QX. BENNETSVILLE, S. C.. FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1904. NO. 25 AN ASSASSINATION. Von Pl?hve, the'. Euasian Minister, Murdered. CAST A BOMB UNDER CARRIAGE Coachman Also Killed and Bestand- I era Hurt by tbe Terrille Explo sion. All St. Petersburg Is Shocked. A speoial from St. Petersburg says Minister of Interior Von Plehve was assassinated Thursday morning while driving tc the Baltic Station enroute to visit the Emperor at the Peterhof Palace. The crime waa committed at 10 o'clock. A bomb was thrown beneath the minister's carriage, which was com pletely shattered by the explosion that followed. Minister Von Plehve was terribly mangled. The assassin was immediately caught, and wild excite ment followed the news of the assass ination whlcu spread over the city like wild-fire. COACHMAN ALSO KI LL. KD. The coachman was also slain by the force of the explosion, and the mad dened horses, being free and frighten ed by the crash, dashed wildly away, with the front wheels and axle of the carriage draging at their heels. The an?mala had not galloped far before they fell with pools of blood nuder them. The minister's servant, who was also on tho coachman's box, was badly wounded and two ofileers driv ing in the cab were Injured by Hying splinters. ASSASSIN WOUNDED. The assassin, wounded In the eye, took to flight, hut at last accounts he had been overtaken and is now under arrest. . The people and gendarmes hurried to the scene of the assassination, wheje the body of the minister lay weltering in his blood. The roadway was strewn for a hundred yards with wreckage of the carriage and pieces of the red lining of the minister'^ coat. A few yards from Minister Plehv's body lay that of his coachman, '. which was a shapeless heap. CONSTERNATION IN CITY. The News of the tragedy spread like wild-lire over the city, and in every quarter consternation reigned. The police reserves hurried from all parts of the city and the various de ' 'partments of the government were notified of the assassination. EMPEROR NOTIFIED. The prefect of police at once noti fied the Emperor. Ile was at the Villa of Alexandra and was greatly affected by tbe uews, coming as it did upon the bad tilings from the seat of war and ft ara of International com plications and the strain incident upon the hourly expectations of an'helr. Whatever may have been tho motive of the crime, the act aioused the greatest indignation in the city and condemnation of lt was general every where. Senator Plehve was appointed min ister-of lnteiior April 18th 1902, and succeeded Minister Slpiagulne, who was assassinated two days earlier. He was formerly the director of the police department , when be prosecuted the regicides who were responsible lor the death of Emperor Alexander ll, in 1881. Before the Emperor called Plehve to the department of intelinr, he had been almost forty years in otli olal life and at time of his death he was about (iii years old. 8KYKKK OFFICIAI.. Although of Finnish bloo l uo man In Russia so si^nalizd himself for sev erity against the Finns. He was re garded by many as the power behind tbe throne, and he was dreaded on account of his centro) of the secret police. lt ls also alleged that he controlled the pi ess of Russia. . ASSASSIN A JEW AND TOOK POISON. The a'sassln, who ls reported to he ..?Jew," ?(as taken to Alexandra hos ~" pltal so 'dazed as to be unable to speak. Hfs condition ls accounted for by the fact that he took puisou im mediately after he threw the bomb. The force of the explosion was so great that windows of the Warsaw hotel, facing the street, were shattered, and some Droskev drivers in front of the railroad station were injured. THREW BOMU'FUOM HOTEL, WINDOW. According to the latest account the bomb was thrown from a window in tbe Warsaw hotel, and Von Plehve's head was torn ctr and the lower por tlon of his body was completely torn to pieces, while the upper part is unin jured. Only two conspirators, aceurd lrg to this verslou, were connected with the tragedy, and one of them threw the bomb from the window mid then bolted. When he was captured another bomb was found lu his pocket. YON i'I.KII V K STOOD NEXT To KM PEKOE. Thc assassination threw the city Into Intense excitement, and crowds gathered and started to discuss the affair when they were dispersed hy the police. Business was partially suspended, people rushed to the streets from their places of business and homes, and everywhere scenes bordering on a panic were enacted by the populace. Only the assassination of the Emperr* himself could have f created such wild excitement and more consternation, as next to the Emperor Von Plehve was regarded as the most powerful personality con nected with the Russian government. WAU OVKKSIIADOWKD UV TItAOKDY. The trago ly has overshadowed com pletely the news from the seat of war and the strained relations witli long land, which when St. Petersburg re tired Friday night appeared to he on the point of breaking. This morning the whole scene has changed and the war in the east and Hrltain are lost sight of and another dark tragedy, which has been added to the many already on the pages of Russian his tory, ls the sole and excited topic of talk In every orner of the empire. WAS N<> SURPRISE. A special from Washington Thurs day says Secretary Hay has cabled to Count LamsdroiT, Ruo?ian minister of foreign affairs, an expression of pro found sympathy ou the loss of his col league through the terrible crime re sulting m ids tragic death. Mr. Hay telegraphed a fi miliar expression to Count Cassini, the Russian ambassa dor to the United States. Thc news of the assassination was brief Hy cabled to tue state department by Spencer Eddy, American charge at St. Petersburg, and by Consul Gener al Watts. The news was forwarded to Secretary Hay at Newbury, N. H. A i though tbe assassination is deeply deplored here, it cannot be said that it lias caused much surprised In circles here but Informed as to the conditions in St. Petersburg. GREES VILLE NEGRO KILLED. Trio of Constables Arrested the Slayer With ni nicoli y. A special from Greenville to the State says: Early Thursday morning Constables Altom, Cooley aud Charles arrested and delivered to the county jail Koman white, colored, under tbe charge of killing barney Ilouseton, colored, at thc latter's bouse near the city limits on August* street. The body of Houston was found near the bouse, bis death having been caused by a shot through the breast. Coi oner Black was noli tied and em paneled a jury who returned a verdict that the death of Houston was caused by a gunshot wound in the hands of Hornau White. The shooting is sup poseded to have .been the result of a family row. The otllcers had been out all night on a raid and Thursday morning when 1 they were near the city limits shots were beard, two mullled, as if tired inside a house. The three were '?00 yards from the scene of the shooting, and ran toward the house. Altom ' went to the rear of the house, a thr^e room shanty, Charles to tbe rear und Cooley ran around the end of the ! house. Altom seeing a negro boy in the yard, asked wbero was the party who 1 did the shootlug and was told that he j was in the house. Pushing open the front door the constable stood face to j race with White, the negro wno bad ' shot Houston. Recognizing tbe oui- ' cer. White wheeled around and reached after his pistol which iay on tbe bureau. ' The otllccr was too quick for White and wheu ilie latter found out that Altom had the drop on him, he faced . bis capturer. At this juncture Charles tired from behind, and after a slight resistance White yielded and was taken in the ' city patrol to the county jail. Had the constable been rash be would , have shot the negro, who was evident ly trying to kill him and would have dene so but for Altom's quickness in handling a pistol. Constable Cooley found Houston at the end of the house lying on bis back with a gunshot wound in lils breast from which the blo^d was cozing. The vii-toiuiih? pisvui trhiiUiWiiica grabbed- ? when resisting is the one used in kill ing Houston and was tired iou-- times, two bullets being found In the cham bers. 1 A brother of the dead boy had a \ pistol in bis possession which he claimed belonged to the deceased. It was a .'(?-calibre and had nat been bred. SUMMER SCHOOL CL03ES Alter a Very Pleasant and Profitable Session. A special to the State from Rock Hill hays: The State summer school for teachers closed a very successful ( session last Tuesday. The total at tendance was about :?00 and in addi lion the educational conference add the State Teachers' association at- i bracted a large number of leading edu- s catois and laymen. I Tbe great body of teachers in at- i tendadce v>ere diligent and won from i President Johnson an expr ssed opln- j ion t hat the session just closed was j marked by greater energy, more dib- j gence and a more enthusiastic profes- j sioualism than any previous summer | Ecbool. t In his closing remarks he expressed ) Winthrop's pleasure at having the t school, and the teachers were made to ( feel that all that could be done was for ] their pl asure and probt. The splen- j did equipment of the college with \ every modern convenience, u strong faculty, a full and well-choseu course of lectures, and abo the attraction furnish d hy Superintendent Hughes and his cornet, hand all contributed to a month of pleasure and piolit to the tired and worn teacher. One of the last attractions was a lecture, full of force and instruction, by Dr. J. A. I>. Soberer, president of Newberry college. An address for the (dosing evening was announced to he given by President Poteat of Fur man, but Die school was disappointed upon Dr. Poteat's failure to arrive. Many are b'ginning lo point to these schools as so profitable for our teachers that the wideawake teacher cannot well alford to miss them. They make teachers grow, and those who fail to see. the need of continued preparation will soon fail to lill the demands made up ai them. A ('nuil Plan. In Germany, winn a person breaks down with consumption, lie is sent to a government sanitarium, where he is kept until lie recovers or dies. In the meantime bis family receives a weekly pension from a fund to which tile patient himself contributed when he was in good health, by this means the risk of spreading the disease is avoided. Oncer IMac? of Worship. < ?ne of the most remarkable places of worship In the world ls Hie mlnerfl' chapel in Myndd Menigdd colliery, Swansea, Wales, it ls clone to the bottom of the shaft. The only light is that obtained from asclitary safety lamp hung over the pulpit from the celling, and Hie oldest miner in th? colliery ls generally chosen to Officiate. A Double Tragedy. At Dallas, Texas, Samuel Cordell, an Insurance agent, Friday shot and killed his wife while she was asleep and then killed himself. Jealousy was given as thc came. Their two chil dren arc left homeless. TO DECREASE THE OUTPUT. The Cotton Mill Men A?ree to Cur tail Production. Cotton Manufacturers of South Caro lina, .North Carolina, Georgia, Ala bama and Mississippi after a brief con ference and discussion Tuesday after noon by a vote of 2,183,052 spindles against luu,09U adopted resolutions that all mills represented agreed tbat produotion shall be reduced during the months of August and September 25 per cent. The resolutions adopted were: "That the mills present agree that production shall be reduced during the month of August and September 25 per cent, by eltber running all of the macblney 75 per cent, of tbe time or stopping one fourth of the machinery all the time, as may be most advantageous to the prospective mills, tbe object being to limit productku to 75 per cent, of normal, and they further earnestly recommend that all the cloth mills in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama wbicb are not curtailing to this extent shall do so for the months of August aud September." lt was further agreed that the manufacturers would not pay freight beyond New York on goods destined to bleacheries and that the bills should be paid within ten days from date of shipment, or date of in voice." A rate schedule for the month of August was adopted and prices were tlxed below which tbe mills will not sell. A committee was appointed to notify the mills of any cbauges lu prices. Commission houses will be notllied of this tariff sheet. Telegrams were received from South Carolina manufacturers indicating a material improvement in the condi tion of the goods market since tbe Spartauburg conference when new higher prices were agreed upon. The question of curtailment aroused most intered and tbe committee ap pointed at the last meeting to ascer tain tbe extent of curtailment now ?xisting reported for North Carolina -Q nn>> ......^ . c<n.,,i. Cnrolins **($. il ila, Alabama and Mississippi, 25. Col. Jas. L. Orr, president of Pied? nont mills, presided at the meeting ind John A. Law, president of Saxou, W. E. Beattie, president of Reedy River, and J. I. Westervelt, president )f Brandon mills, were the secre tar ies. The meeting was primarily for the purpose of considering the curtailment ot the output of goods. The committee appointed to ascer tain and to discuss the feasibility of tbe proposition is made up as follows: Alabama, G. W. Pratt and Arthur H. Love of Huntsville; Georgia; J. P. Verder of Augusta and B. S. Walker of Monroe: North Carolina, George. B. Hiss and A. E. Smith, both of Char lotte: Soutu Carolina, E. A. Smythe of Pelzer and L. W. Parker of Green ville-and Columbia. ! 'Conditions affecting the business at the present time were discussed and the exchange of ideas as to the best course to pursue in an effort to place things on a better footing was had. There is such a wide margin between the price of raw cotton aud the selling price of the finished product- thai many mills have been running at a direct loss for some time. The man ufacturers believe the goods market mould be placed ou a more satisfac tory basis, and that benefit will result from concerted action.-Greenville Mountaineer. SNAKES BOARD A SHIP. Iluudredu ol' 'Bm Kluuro .? Yarn from Platte Uiver. The New York Evening Sun, says nemhers of the crew of the Swedish iteamship Ulf rest, South America, re oort that snakes of all sizes und in un ?eard of numbers took possession of ihe ship and threw the crew into a mule that continued two days and a light, during which thoo ninety-eight eptiles of various sizes up Lo 12-foot python were killed and thrown over joard. The story ls substantiated by jhe exhibition of several skins of the arger snakes, and was told too earn estly by tho crew to be a mere tale of ihe fort castle. The vessel began bo un oad quebracho wood at tho foot of Emerson street, Creenport, lt. 1. On ihe voyage up the Roi Platte for the A'oad she sailed further than any other iteamer has previously reported. While .aking on her cargo lu June, during ihe rainy season, a great Hood wash id down Ihe river quantities of debris, cciudlng grass, sod and growths of /arious kinds. Some of lt drifted ishore in the vicinity of the ship and tgalnst ber sides, lt. is well known to leafariug men that snakes inhabiting lease thickets climb trees and tall >ushes, and one may understand that o climb anchor cables, booms and ;angways ls no handicap to them. At ill events, the snakes got aboard the .Inp, into the forecastle, thc cabin and ,he holds, where the logwood cargo vas stored. The doors of the fore castle and cabin were Hooded with hot water to drive the reptiles out, and inti ves were hired to kill them as fast is they appeared. In this manner the ?row reports the disposal of nlnety ilght. Then none of the crew would go tito the holds until they had a ihorough steaming. No one knows bow nany snakes will be found among thc wood, for the hatches were open at lie time of the visitation, and lt is jelieved that hundreds round hiding ibices there. Negroes Not Wuutud. A great, many negroes were import id Into Chicago to take the places of strikers in the stock yards. They were assaulted and not permitted to <o to work except when they were secretly spirited into the shops. As the Angusta Chronicle says, the South may hang a mean negro occasionally, but lt ls the only section of this coun try where a law-abiding negro can lind employment without prejudice or hinder.mee. And this ls a condshier atlon of vastly more importance to the respectable negro than any other. To Succeed Dr. Lander. Rev. Dr. O. Wilson, presiding elder of the Cokesbury district, has been elected president of thc Wllllainston Female college at Greenwood to suc ceed the late Dr. S. Lander. A FAMILY MURDERED And the Bodies Burned With the Bait ers of Their Home. WAB A MOST HOBBTBLE CRIME. Tho Huabaud Was Muvdcied at tbe Gate and Hia Wife, Who Kau to His Hescue, Shared the Same Fate. A dispatch from Statesboro, Ga., to I Tlie Augusta Chronicle says that Statesboro and Bullock county were b orr i lied Thursday over a diabolical crime which was perpetrated at the borne of Mr. R. Henry Hodges, seven and one-half miles west of Statesboro. Mr. Hodges and bis family, consisting of bis wife aud three children, were murdered and their bodies burned In theirhome Mr. Hodges, who was a prosperous farmer and good citizen, was last seen alive Thursday evening about 8 o'clock at the home of Mr. Isaao Akin;;, with whom he stopped a few minutes ou his way home fi om the school house. He had goue to tbe school for bis little daughter, who was delayed by a heavy rain from coming hume. Mr. nardy Moore, who lives a mlle and a half from Mr. Hodges' place, j Oreti saw the lire about 1U o'clock Thursday night and went to the place as soon as he could. He fouud the bouse nearly destroyed and could Und no trace of Mr. Hodges and family, but fouud bis mule and buggy in the lot and supposed lie must have been at home and his body In the burning building. FOCL TL A Y SURE. Further investigation proved that there had been foul play. There were sign? of a struggle and blood at- the front gate and also on the walk from the gates to the house. As soon as the heat bad subsided the bodies of ail the family were found burned beyond recognition and the skulls of all were crushed. It is thought that the mem bers of the family were murdered, ! tlie house looted and humeo. There was a lamp found bu nhig at the front gate after tlie neighbors bad gathered. It ls supposed it was left by the murderers in their haste to get away after searching the bouse. The signs of a struggle at the gat1, are supposed to have been made by Mr. Hodges and the person or per sons who committed the crime. Ile likely heard a noise and went but to Investigate and was seized, fought for bis life and waa murdered by haying bis head crushed with some heavy in strument. His body was carried in! tbe house and bis wife and children were brained and the home tired to cover the crime. Business has been suspended at Statesboro and the citizens of the town and county are exerting every effort to apprehend the guilty parties. If overtaken it is very likely that there will be a lynching bee in Bui lock county, as the people are much wrought up. Mr. Hodges was Indus trious and frugal and was thought to have considerable cash in his house. Dispatches have been sent out to hold all suspicious characters. SheritT Ken drick has wired to Savannah for the Chatham county bloodhounds to as sist lu tracking tlie criminals. KILLKI) AT TllK O ATE. Further Investigation proves that Mr. Hodges was seized some distance from his dwelling and struggled for his life until he reached his gate, when he was knocked dowu aud killed, as there was blood on the fence and gate posts. His hat was found in the lane near hiscowpen and lt is thought he was penning up his cows when he was attacked. Toe robbers likely did not expect to bud bim out of the house at that time of night, hut as they did tliey decided to get rid of him and proceeded to take his life. His wife's tracks were found coming if rom the house to the gate, and it is thought that she heard the noise and came out with the lamp to see what was the matter, and she was killed at the gate also, and both bodies carried in the house and the house searched for money, the children killed and the torch applied. The hollies were all round hi one room, the man, woman and oldest child occupying positions opposite to where the beds wejre, which shows they were lett lying on the tloor. One of tlie smaller children was In the remains of the bed and the other In a cradle. Mr. Hodges was struck only on the back of the bead, while his wife was struck on the forehead and the hack part, the top of her skuil being nearly severei. Mr. Hodges' ax was found near the bodies. Thu bloody work was done with this instrument. There had been a rain just before the crime was com mitted, which will be un aid in over taking the criminals. nous TAKE TUE THAU.. Track were found in the rear of the house across a cora patch of a person wearing a small dress shoe and one barefooted, but having small feet. Sheritf Kendrick put his dogs on the track and run it off from the house apiece and fouud they took the run of a branch a hundred yards or so, but thc dogs had no trouble in Unding the scene anew and were running it when the Chronicle man left, and it is I thought the criminals will be caught. People are present from all ever the county and a large posse is following the dogs. Two of the children were very small, which only makes the deed more horrible. M U KUKUKUS A RRESTKD. Several negroes have been arrested for the murder and the buming of the house. Paul heed and Will Cato are the most deeply implicated. Paul Heed's wife has confessed to Mr. Madi son Parrish and others, that Paul Reed and Will Cato came to her house early Thursday night and secured matches Paul went away with the shots that were found near the scene of the crime. She says the two men were gone several hours and when Paul came back, lt was about one o'olook. Ho -. * 'Sf* was barefooted and bad blood OD bis panta a/ifl his clothes were wet. Ile told her he a id committed a horrible crime. Sile fur ber stated that Paul Reed and Will O :o went to Mr. Hodges Satur day ol. it week to commit the orlme, but met Mr. Hodges before they got to the house and decided that the oppor tunity J was not aa favorable as they wished, and decided to defer it tlli^another time. They told Mr. Hodges they came to get some spirits of turpentine. She says there are others implicated. She knows by whan slio bas heard from lleed and Cato's talk. Reed told her he would kill her .if she told it. Tbe woman says that Heid and Cato said Unit Mr. Hodges hud three hundred dollars bur ied back of his house and they were going tu have it. [KILLED HIMSELF. Negro, ?Yell Brown, Cuts HIH Throat |ln the Penitentiary. We clip the following from The State, which says: Fred Brown, a life terrn negro convict, sent up for murder, out bis throat after making a murderous assault Thursday afternoon upon Will Lewis, also a life term negro convict in tbe penitentiary. Browh:was head cook of the guards' and otbeers's mess and Lewis ls a walter.:/: The light began lu tbe kl toben and the otllcers were aroused from d|nuer by Lewis rushing Into the room, ar'stream of blood gushing irom his nefen", and Brown Dashing after bim wjftbalong kitchen carving knife. After Siward chase Brown was over povverei]"and taken to the whipping room beneath the hospital. While wattie . there for instructions the guard .. .ld little attention to t he man until lu heard an exclamation, and looking up saw the murderer slashing bis own] throat. Ile lived for several hours, ?Hying at 8..J0 Thursday night. Messrs. W, G. Black, bookkeper, T. H. Leslie, commissariat; Dr. S. E. narmoii, Capt. J. M. Graham and First ^sargeant C. C. Roberts were at dinner in the mess when Drown at tacked Lewis In the kitchen, which is only 10 or 12 feet from the mess hall. No quarreling was heard. Not a sin gle discordant word in the routine service: was noticeable, not even au audibb- suggestion from the cook to bis assolant. Suddenly they heard a scream and immediately the lleeiug servanl* waa rushing into the room shoutin'gV ''Stop him! be's killing mel" Then everything was . turned topsy-turvy as the'otllcers saw the form $je.?rown with a long l?-ineh carving knife in lils hand making des per?te i'iu'nges at the fleeing man try ing to ktab him in the back. In aijd but the otllcers' quarters and around the building the infuriated convicij pursued bis victim with the otlleersiin bot chase after the would i oe muj /. As Brown was about to I be c he made a*desperate cast or t.di,mce lr?i??Talr the" bead of lils escaping foe, the knife sinking deep into a half closed door through which the pu vriued man bad just passed. Sergeant Roberts was the first to seize Brown and when the other oftl cere" arri ved be was turned over toa guard with orders to take him to tbe whipping room and wait instructions, as the superintendent must always hear the cause before corporal punish ment is administered. While waiting in this room Brown took a small pock et knife, about two inches long, from his clothing and, in full view of the man who had just arrived to lay on the lash, be hacked and raked at his i throat until the windpipe was com pletely served. Dr. S. E. Harmon at this time was in the hospital with Will Lewis, whese head and neck were badly cut and be did not know of'the sequel until some time later. Ile summoned Dr. L. A. Griffith and they did everything in their power to save Brown's life. The wound was sewed up and treated. The man talked for a short willie. He stated that he intended to kill Lewis but would not tell why or what brought on the assault. Lewis, who is still in the hospital, but is not considered dangerously wounded, stated to a reporter Thurs day that he and Brown had been friends for years and had never had any trouble of the slighted nature. He said that there was no quarrel be tween them Wednesday, that the only words spoken by Brown were in a whisper, that In said, "Lewis get your dinner now quickly as I am aw j fully worried today," Lewis got a pan and was stooping over a pot when I without another word he was struck j in tlie hack of the head with the big j kitchen knife. Fred Brown had been in the peni tentiary for la years. He was con victed of murdering Lem Jackson, colored, at Belleville, Lexington coun ty, in June, 1890, and was sentenced by Judge 1. D. Witherspoon to be hanged March 20, 1901, in the Lex ington jail. During this interval Brown escaped jail hut was recaptured and on the night before he was to ex plate his crime Gov. B. lt. Tillman commuted the sentence to life impris onment in the State penitentiary. During Gov. McSwecney's adminis tration several petitions for the man's pardon were submitted to that otllciai but lie refused executive clemency and since then Hie otlicials say Brown had become morose and dejected, fre quently saying theie was no hope for him and he would have to spend his entire life In prison, which he would say was worse than death. Superintendent G rilli th says Brown has been one of the best convicts In tho prison and has for years been cook for the otllcers' mess but that recently, since he was refused pardon, has acted queerly, lt is lils belief that the man was crazy when he attempted the life of his life-term companion. Georgian Assassinated. A special to The Augusta Chronicle from Washington, Wilkes county, Georgia, says that while Charley J. Tyler, a prominent young larmer of the northeastern section of the coun ty wa*; at supper with his wife Fri day night, Dr. Thomas C. Burch emptied two loads of buckshot from the window In the body of Tyler killing him Instantly. Dr. Burch has been taken in custody and officers are now carrying him to Washington, the county seat of Wilkes county. SLAYER OF DAWSON, Sr. Thomas D. McDow, Found Dead in His Bed. IN HIS HOUSE ALL ALONE. Judging' from tho State or Bia Deco in posed Body, He Must Have Been Dead Hovera! Days. A special to the State from Oharles leston says: Dr. Thomas B. McDow, the slayer of Capt. F. W. Dawsou, late editor of The News and Courier, was found dead in bed at his residence un Rutledge avenue Tuesday morning, having been dead since probably Saturday night or Sunday morning, judging from the state of decomposi tion of the body. Dr. McDow's wife and daughter were in the mountains and he bad been occupying the house alone, which accounts for the long time that elapsed between his death and the finding of his-body. The discovery of the dead body was made by J. C. McDow,.a,stableman, cousin of the deceased, who was notified Tuesday morning about 8 o'clock by Dr. McDow's negro buggy driver that he had not seen the doc tor since Saturday afternoon and was fearful that something had happened tu him. When the uegro failed to see tbe doctor Tuesday he concluded that he had taken a run out of the olby, bub finding bhe house shut up again Tuesday morning, afber attending to bite horse and stable he noli Qed the cousin of the aead mau. McDow forced open bhe door of the house, and bheti entered bhe bedroom, to find the doctor dead. The room was in an orderly condiblon. The mosqulbo net had been carefully tucked lu around the mattress, Dr. McDow's clothes were laid on a chair near his bed and a pitcher of water and a glass stood on a table by bhe bed. The body waa on lbs back, with bhe arms carefully thrown over thu chest. xueru waa no evidence of any struggle and lb looked as though death had peacefully and suddenly come bo bim. NO AUTOPSY El BLD. An autopsy was nob held, bel?g con sidered unnecessary on account of Dr. MCDJW having been under treatment for heart disease, Dr. A. E. Baker is suing a certiflcabe that this was bhe cause of lils death. Dr. McDow bad a fainting spell a few days ago at bhe othce of bhe Charleston Light and Waber company while paying his wa ter reub, and the supposition is that , bhe repeblblon of the abback was boo , great a strain for the organ to.bear , and he succumbed under ib during Saturday night or Sunday morning. Dr. McDow was 40years of age. He i has been practicing ins profossion ?J?exe for a number of years" and waii" con sidered to-M?fin good CIrciimsiS%c?s. Ile had a nice li?me on Rutledge ave- ; nue. TnK DAWSON TRAGEDY. On March 12, 1899, Dr. McDow shot and killed Capb. Francis War rington Dawsou, edibor of The News ' and Courier, one of bhe best known men in South Carolina and a man of national repubation in the world of journalism and politics. Capb. Daw son had gone to Dr. McDow's jfllce to remonstrate with him concerning alleged attention by him to a young woman employed as a domestic In Capb. Dawson's family, aud lb was while bhe bwo men were alone in bhe oUlce bhab bhe killing occured, ab about 4 o'clock in the afbernoon. lb was nob until several hours afterward that the tragedy became known and it made an immense sensation in Charleston and all over bhe country'. Afber killing Capt. Dawson, by shout? ! lng him with a revolver," Dr. MpDoW ? abtempted to hide the body'In a'small unpaved passageway leading from his otllce, which he bried to dig a grave. Ile test i tied ab his trial, upon a charge of murder, that this was done In bhe high excitement and nervous trepida tion following the death of hts victim and nob with any intelligent idea of hiding the result of his deed, and that as soon as lie had come bo a realiza tion of what he had done, he reported bhe death of Capb. Dawson to bhe authorities. The brlal of Dr. McDow was an evenbof absorbing interest in Cliarles-' bon and every feature of it was closely followed by the crowds that' packed the court house. Ile was acquitted upon a plea of Helf-defense, his claim being bhab Capt. Dawson: had threat ened him and hud struck at him with a heavy cane. lu the excitement following the lirst news of the killing of Capt. Daw son, there was some talk of a lynching party and actually plans were laid by some of the overwrought friends of the slain editor bo take Dr. McDow from the county jail anti execute him sum marily, bub hettoi councils, iorbified greatly by ci tablons of Capb. Dawson's own firm views upon the dignity of the law, prevailed, and there was no demonstration made. Since the tragedy Dr. McDow has continued to live in bhe house on Rub ledge avenue and to have his otllce ab' bhe place where he killed Capb. Daw son, and lb was in that residence thab he died and his bjdy was found. * l>i< ; 1 i omi Cigarettes. Mr. Chas. Steele, a young mau 23 years of age, shut himself through bhe head with a revolver ab bhe home of his brobher, William Steele, In 'Vau cluse near Aiken on Sunday afternoon. His brain was pierced with the bullet and lt is reported there Monday that lie ls dying. Disappointment in love ls said by some tx? be the cause of his act, and hy Obliers lb is thought bhab his brain was elYecbed by cigarebte smoking. Woman liiHtantly Killed. Thursday in bhe Ashmore section, nine miles from Greenville, Lena Agnew accidentally killed Minnie Mc Karnell, anobher negro woman, wlbh a small parlor rifle. The McKarney woman was sick and the other had called to visit her. The rifle was on a table nearby and as the visitor picked lb up to lay lt aside lt wus accidental ly discharged, the ball entering the sick woman's brain over the left eye, producing instant death. io DEATH OF MB. H. H. OBUM. Die? Suddenly from a Stroke of Ap poplexy. We olip the following from the Den mark correspondent of the State which says Mr. H. H. Cr inn died at bis resi dence here Tuesday at ll . o'clock, lingering less than 12 hours after the stroke of appoplexy of the evening be fore. . ? Mr. Cram bad spent Monday out on his plantation, several miles from town, where he was superintending the cutting a canal through bis lands and had been interested in this work for several days previous. He returned to ills home at the close of the day, ate a hearty supper and showed no slgu of the approaching stroke. After supper was over he retired to his favorite porch to catch the cool breeze pf the evening. A /ow minutes later tils wife joined him, but did not remain with him, feeling that the ecol air was not beneficial to her. Mr. Crum remained in -the piazza for a short time before be was heard by hin family making bis way to an Inner appartment. He gob to the sitting room, closed the and locked it. A few feet away from the door, or just as he turned from the door to join his family, lie must have received the apopletic stroke. Mrs. Crum was engaged in conversa tion with her children and expected every minute to see lier husband.enter the room. Fifteen minutes or more elapsed before she begau to think that possibly the repetition of the nols2 made by. her husband, tbe moviog of the foot Over the door and forced clear ing of the throat, meant ill news to his beloved family. Mrs. Crum went out to see him and found the ball dark. Calling for a match, the gas was lighted,, and there Bat ber husband on tbe door, one arm resting on a large rocking chair, bis head moving to and fro. Mrs. Crum called to him, he look ed up fnto her face and tried to speak. ? Mr. Crum had evidently tried to get up, using the chair as a support, or 1 possibly he felt the attack coming on bim and tried to sit h; thc chair. Physicians and kind friends were called, but the stroke was serious and ; gradually life ebbed away. His entire family and many friends < stood around his bed until death came. < Mrs. Crum and her children are grief 1 stricken, and the community mourns the loss of a good citizen. Mr. Crum : had just completed bis fine residence on Palmetto avenue, and bad scarcely 1 bad time to place 1n order bis new i borne, and in one sense' a new and ? happy Ufa had only begun. 1 Mr. Crum was 40 years old and had 1 served Barnwell and later Bamberg I county In the lower house of the gen- .< Bral assembly several terms, after 1 which he was elected lu 1900. by the 1 general assembly to manage the State i dispensary, all of wblch positions he alien with exceptional satisfaction to 1 theneopte of-his commonwealth. 1 Hl?. body was interred : W?dnfa'dtj y ! it 11 o'clock at the Denmark cerne-1 tery. 11 Died in Religious Servioe. I ,Mrs." Mary Blocker, wife of Joshua 1 Blooker, mother of 10 children, all liv- 1 lng, died during services at Taylor t chapel in the upper township of Rich- i land county on Wednesday. The ques- ? tion was asked by the pastor. "Who c would meet him On the other slio'eV" c She responded that she WOU'.J and t commenced falling. She war. caught ( by her sisters, who: prevents d ber f rom r falling to the door. This was at about 1 10 p. m. Tlie membership crowded \ around, rubbed ber vigorously, ap plied first cold water and afterwards (? camphor. Consciousness not return- r, ing, about 12 m. Dr. Lever was sent for, and arrivedat the" church at 1 a. 1 m. The woman was1 pulseless and no sound could be heard over the heart and no breathing. She had. vpmiicd: from mouth and fluid was In the nos- , trlls. Efforts were made to Induce 1 artificial respiration for half an hour 1 or more when she was left to family 1 ior disposition. ' * 1 Civil Service Rxaiiiinuciona. '; The United States civil sarvice com mission announces un examination on ' August 17-IS-lt?, 1904-, atCol?mb'la tb 1 Becure eligibles from -which to' make certification to, fill a vacancy .lu the? position of engineer draftsman lp the- 1 supervising architect's office, at 8d,200 . per annum, and other similar vacan- j des as they may occur fa that of?be. * ? Oh August S'libyaiy examination 'to < secure eligibles, for the : position of 1 economic vand stratigraphic geologist and paleontologist ?ri J/he ' Philippine Ber vico at $2,000 per arpi?m w,IU i bp held. . "ii . . 4 .t . Un August/lUsfc-'anotUer. examina- < tion secure .eligibles for:tbe position , of bookkeeper }n the.reclamation ser- ( ?vice of. the geological; survey WWI be . held. [-This posici?n carries>a salary , of $2,000 per '-annum.'*' * > ? . -x-!--fifi- < ' Georg la .Family jAiurde red. A special from Sfcatqboro,1 Ga., says that Henry Hodges? hltfwife-and three children were brutally-murdered near there Thursday night. , After the crime had been committed their home \v..s burned.- Corpses: found in the debris showed tba* tho skulls 'of the grown people had >been . broken, by blows from: some blunt instrument. Robbery ls supposed fo,ba ve. been the motive." No arrest's have yet been mad?. There is'the greatest excite ment in Statesboro and vicinity. ? 5 ? Kn lon-i nc tilt" Law. Justice David Gihner", at Johns town,; Pa., has Just Imposed what ls probably the heaviest lines ever made under the present fish laws of the state upon three men who were: ;oa vlcted of catching KIO carp and cat tish hy building a fence across Buffalo creek, driving the fish into wire pens and killing ti.nm. The Hoe was $10 for each fish, or a total of $1,000, In lieu of which they must serve Ititi days In jail. ' .'. . ; limul Telephones. . There are 994 mutual telephone sys tems of rural'character; with '89,310 instruments and 70,915 miles of single wire. ' lu addition to these the com mercial companies operate 15,598 rural lines, with 138,425 miles of single wire and 121,905 telephones. There are also 4,985 Independent farmers' lines with 49,965 miles of single wire and 55,474 Instruments. ROOSEVELT NOTIFIED Of His Nomination, at His Homo at Sagmore Hill. HE ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION In the Presence of an Assemblage of "T Distinguished Men. A Pho tographer Was Present to Take Them All. On last Thursday Theodore Roose velt formally opened the campaign of 1?04 at his beautiful country home at Sagmore Hill. Standing on a spot made dear by the associations of a lifetime, surrounded by his family .and relatives and friends, and in .the pres ence of ap assemblage of men distin guished in all walks of life, he formal ly received and accepted the nomina tion of the Republican party for president of the United States. Speaker Cann n and hts committee of notification together with many of the Invited guests arrived there on a train from New York. The attend ance of the members of the committee was notably large, regrets, being re ceived from ouly three, James- N. Combs of Florida, Senator Chauncey M. Depew of New York and Senator Clarence D. Clark of Wyoming. In all, about 125 persons were pres ent at the ceremony. President Roosevelt personally re ceived the members of Hie committee and other guests as they arrived at Sagamore Hill. He knew almost every mau personally. After the visi tors had been greeted by the president, Secretary Loeb presented each one to Mrs. Roosevelt and to Miss Alice Koine veil. The guests wore seated on the veranda, where the notification ceremony was held. As Speaker Can non, attired in a clark gray frock suit, stepped upon a chair standing near the veranda railing, he was given a cordial reception. . . While Mr. Cannon read his speech, FreaidenL Roouuveil stood at his right band, giving close attention to tho address. Mrs. Roosevelt, surrounded by her children, Kermit, ?tbel and Quentin, stood facing Mr. Cannon, almost in the centre of the crowd. Mr. Cannon was interrupted frequently by ap plause. President Roosevelt shook Mr. Can non's hand heartily at the conclusion 'J? his speech and then mounted the '?hair to deliver his address in re sponse. He was given so cordial a re ception that it was quite a minute before he could proceed. He was in excellent voice, and though ' he fol lowed the printed text of his speech tie seldom referred to it. The address, .vas punctuated by applause. . When he concluded he was heartily iongratulated first by Speaker Con lon, then by Chairman Cortelyou and 3y: the nthets present.._ After tho informal reception which followed "the address Speaker Cannon luggesled that all the visitors assem ble on jhe lawn at the foot of the ve randa steps "in order that they may lave ther respective shadows secured ire che substance fa le." As the pres dent descended the steps to face the i?otographer, he called for Gov. Par lee of California and W. S. Simpson if Texas to stand near him. These .wo with Speaker Cannon, Chairman Dortelyou, Gov. Odell of New York, Cornelius N. Bliss and Frank S. (lack, stood about the- president as ,he photographs were, taken. A buffet luncheon followed and the ;uests were served by'the president's ?..didron and his nephews and nieces. , Senator Platt aud Elihu Root were ml present but sent regrets. . Tho Werner ii States. Conditions in several of the western States, Senator Dubois said in a re cent interview with Judge Parker, hd ve the' Democrats a good chance of success. He mentioned particularly Idaho, Colorado, Montana and Neva da. In Washington it bas been set tle 1 thal Former Senator George Turner .will?be nominated for the gov ernorship^ There is a local fight on in Washington over an effort to com pel the. railroads to pay "their Just ?hare Of., taxation," which Senator Dithol s ?declares will weaken the Re publican party and, added to the per idnal'ipopularlty of Senator Turner, will enable the Democrats to carry that State. .. '. ?'.'. Hilled by a Train. ..Jim Petty, colored, aged uO years, twas struck by a yard shifter near the Southern depot In Spartanburg Thurs day night, and died from the effects jf his Injuries early Friday morning. There were no eyewitnesses to tho ac cident. It appears that ai.om 10 o'clock lost night'Petty was walking up the track of the main line, leading from the depot to the junction, when a shifting locomotive struck him. The wheels passed over his left leg and his head was Injured. At the coroner's injuest held this morning the verdict was that the decease came to his death by being struck by a locomotive in the Southern's yard. Throe KillingH in One Day. A disdatch from Greenville says Barney Houston, colored, was shot and Instantly killed by his stop-father there Thursday. Jaue Agnew, col ored, was shot "Wednesday evening and Instantly killed by another col ored woman. The shooting ls said to have been occidental. A negro man was shot and supposed to be fatally Injured by a young physician near Marietta Thursday. The shooting was In self defense os the negro armed with a gun, was said to be advanoing on the white man when shot. AU three shootings occurred In that coun ty within twenty-four hours. We Hope He Will. The Columbia Record says Chair man .Taggart, of the Democratic com mittee, lt is stated, has long desired the honor of leading the party to vic tory. He made an actWe campaign to having himself elected to the position, and In the face of considerable opposi tion his efforts were crowned with suc cess. If he will use the same pol?tica finess against the Republican partyl we may feel assured of the result.