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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. Yon Plehve, the; Russian Minister, Murdered. CAST A BOMB UNDER CARRIAGE Couchman Alao Killed and Bystand ers Hurt by tbe Terrille Explo sion. All St. Petersburg Is Shocked. A s pe el ul from Sb. Petersbuig says Minister of Interior Von Plehve was assassinated Thursday morning while driving tx the Baltic Stat iou entoute to visit the Emperor at the Peterhof Palace. The crime was 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-tire. COACHMAN ALSO KILLED. 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 animals bad not galloped far before they fell with pools of blood uuder them. The minister's servant, who was also on the coachman's box, was badly wounded and two otllcerB driv ing in the cab were Injured by tlylug splinters. ASSASSIN WOUNDED. Tite assassin, wounded in the eye, took to flight, but at last accounts lie had been overtaken and is now under arrest. The people and gendarmes hurried to the scene ol the assassination, wheje the body of the minister lay welterin0- in bis blood. Thc ro&dw&y was strewn for a hundred yards with wreckage of the carriage and pieces of the red lining of the minister's coat. A few yards from Minister Plehv's body lay that of bis coachman, which was a shapeless heap. CONSTERNATION IN CITY. The News of the tragedy spread like wild-tire over the city, and in every quarter consternation reigned. The police reserves hurried from all parts of the city and the various de palrtments of the government were nofflied 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 the news, coming aa it'dld upon the bad tilings from tbe seat of war and nurs of international com plications and tile strain incident upon the hourly expectations of an heir. . ..-^..v.-.?fijo K" -y wu ERK ?Whatever may have been tho motive of the crime, the act aroused the greatest indignation in the city and condemnation ' lt was general every where. Senator Plehve was appointed min ister-cf inteiior April 18th 1902, and succeeded Minister Slpiagulne, who was assassinated two days earlier. He was formerly the director of the police department, when he prosecuted the regicides who were responsible tor the death of Emperor Alexander ll, in 1881. before the Emperor called Plehve to the department of interior, he had been almost forty years in offi cial life and at time of his death be was about tili years old. SEVERE OK, ?CIAL. Although of Finnish blood no man in Russia so signali/.d himself for sev erity against the Finns. He was re garded by many as the power behind the throne, and he was dreaded on account of his coutrol of the secret police. lt is also alleged that he controlled the pi ess of Russia. ASSASSIN A JEW ANO TOOK POISON. The assassin, who ls reported to be ?.Jew, V(as taken to Alexandra hos pital so 'dazed BS LO be unable to speak. Hi's condltiou ls accounted for by the fact that he took poison im mediately after he threw the bomb. The forceof the explofiou was so great that windows of the Warsaw hotel, facing the street, were shattered, and some Droskev di Ivers lu front of the railroad station were Injured. THREW ??OMU*KROM HOTEL WINDOW. According to the latest account the bomb was thrown from a window in the Warsaw hotel, and Von Plebve's bead was torn oil* and tbe lower por tion of his body was completely torn to pieces, while the upper part is unin jured. (July two conspirators, accord ii g to this version, were connected with the tragedy, and one of them threw the bomb from the window and then bolted. When lie was captured another bomb was found lu bis pocket. VON I'LBFIVK STOOD NEXT TO EM PERO lt. The 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 hy the populace. Only the assassination of the Emperor himself could have 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. WAR OVERSHADOWED UV TRAQEDY. The trage ly has overshadowed com pletely the news from the seat of war and the strained relations with Eng land, which when St. Petersburg re tired Friday night appeared to be on the point of breaking. This morning the whole scene has changed and thc war in the east and britain are lost sight of and another dark tragedy, which has been added to the manj already on the pages of Russian his tory, is the sole and excited topic ol talk in every corner of the empire. WAS NO SURPRISE. A special from Washington Thurs day says Secretary Hay bas cabled ti Count LamsdroiT, Russian minister 0! foreign affairs, an expression of pro found sympathy ou the loss of hts col league through the terrible crime re sulting in bis tragic death. Mr. Hay telegraphed a fimiliar expression to Count Cassini, the Russian ambassa dor to the United States. The news of the assassination was brief Hy cabled to tne state department by Spencer Eddy, American charge at St. Petersburg, and by Consul Gener al Watts. The news waB forwarded to Secretary Ilay at Newbury, N. H. Although the assassination is deeply deplored here, lt cannot be said that it has caused much surprised in circles here but Informed as to the conditions in St. Petersburg. GREENVILLE NEGRO KILLED. Trio of v^oiiHtabloH Arrested the Slayer With Dlttlculty. A special from Greenville to the State says: Early Thursday morning Constables Allom, Cooley and Charles arrested and delivered to the county jail Roman white, colored, under the charge of killing Harney Houseton, colored, at the latter's hou^e near the city limits on Augusta street. The body of Houston was found near the house, bis death having been caiiEed by a shot through the breast. Coi oner black was notified and em paneled a jury who returned a verdict that tlie death of Houston was caused by a gunshot wound in the hands of Kornau White. Thc shooting ls 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 they were near the city limits shots were heard, two muflled, as if tired inside a house. The three were 300 yards from the. scene of thc shooting, and ran toward the houHe. Altorn went to the rear of the house, a thr^e room shanty, Charles to the rear and Cooley ran around the end of the house. Altom seeing a negro boy In the yard, asked where was the party who did the shooting and was told that he was in the house. Pushing open the front door the constable stood face to face with White, the negro who had shot Houston. Recognizing the otll cer. White wheeled around and reached after his pistol which lay on the bureau. i The otllcer was too quick for White and wbeu the latter found out that Altom had the drop on him, be faced his capturer. At this juncture Charles lired from behind, and alter a slight resistance White yielded and was taken in the city patiol to the county jail. Had the constable been rash be would ! have shot the negro, who was evident ly trying to kill bim and would have dene so hut for Altom's quickness in handling a pistol. Constable Cooley found Houston at the end of the house lying on his back with a . gunshot wound in his breast from which the blojd was oozing.. The j?-?ubrc pistai w?iiotUiWhtt? grabbed when resisting ls the one used in kill lng Houston and was tired iou-- times, two bullets being found In the cham bers. A brother of the dead boy had a pistol in his possession which he claimed belonged to the deceased. It was a :i2-callbre and had not been lired. SUMMER SCHOOL CL03E8 Aller a Very IMcnsnut ami 'Profitable Session. A special to the State from Rock | Hill says: The State summer school for teachers closed a very successful session last Tuesday. The total at tendance was about :?00 and in addl li ?n the educational conference add the State Teachers' association at tracted a large number of leading edu catois and laymen. The great body nf teachers in at tendadce were diligent and won from President Johnson an expr ssed opin ion that the session just closed was marked by greater energy, more dili gence and a more enthusiastic profes sionalism than any previous summer school. In his closing remarks he expressed Winthrop's pleasure at having the school, and the teachers were made to reel that all that could be done was for their pl asure and protit. The splen did equipment of the college with every modern convenience, a strong faculty, a full and well-chosen course of lectures, and abo the attraction j 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 hist attractions was a lecture, full of force and Instruction, by Dr. J. A. U. Soberer, president of Newberry college. An address for the closing evening W;LS announced to he given hy President Poteat of Fur man, hut the school was disappointed upon Dr. Poteat's failure to arrive. Many are beginning to 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 s ion fail to lill the demands made upon them. A Gootl l'lau. In Germany, winn a person breaks down with consumption, he !.? sent to a government sanitarium, where he ls kept until he recovers or dies. In the meantime h's family receives a weekly pension from a fund to which the pat cut himself contributed when he was in good health. Hy this means the risk of spreading thc disease ls avoided. Queer I'lnce ol' Worship. One cf the most remarkable places of worship lu the world is the miners' chapel In Myndd Menlgdd colliery, Swansea, Wales, lb ls close to the bottom of thc shaft. The only light ls that obtained from asclitaiy safety lamp hung over the pulpit from the celling, and tho oldest miner in thc colliery ls generally chosen toofllciate. A Double Tragedy. At Dallas, Texas, Samuel Cordell, an Insurance agent, Pr Ida v shot and killed his wife while she was asleep, and then killed himself. Jealousy wai ! given as the cause. Their two chil dren are left homeless. TO DECREASE THE OUTPUT. The Cotton Mill Men Aureo to Cur tail Production. Cotton Manufacturers of South (Jaro 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 100,090 adopted resolutions tbat all mills represented agreed that production shall be reduced during the months of August and September 25 per cent. Tbe resolutions adopt2d were: "That tbe mills present agree tbat production shall be reduced during tbe month of August and September 25 per cent, by either running all of the macbiney 75 per cent, of the time or stopping one fourth of the machinery all the time, as may be most advantageous to the prospective mills, the object being to limit production to 75 per cent, of normal, and they further earnestly recommend that all the cloth mills lu the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama which are not curtailing to t Hs extent shall do so for the months of August and September." lt was further agreed that tbe manufacturers would not pay Height beyond New York on goods destined to bleacheries anti that tiic 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 Axed below which the mills will not sell. A committee was appointed to notify t he mills of auy changes in prices. Commission houses will be notified of this tanti sheet. Telegrams were received from South Oarolina manufacturers indicating a material improvement in the condi tion of the goods market since the Spartauburg conference when new higher prices were agreed upon. The question of curtailment aroused most interest and the committee ap pointed ? t. the loot meeting Lu ascer tain the extent of curtailment now existing reported for North Carolina 50 per cent.; South Carolina, 2(5; Geor gia, Alabama and Mississippi, 25. .Col. Jas. L. Orr, president of Pied* mont mills, presided at the meeting and John A. Law, president of Saxon, W. E. Beattie, president of Reedy River, and J. I. Westervelt, president of Brandon mills, were the secre taries. The meeting was primarily for the purpose of considering the curtailment of the output of goods. The committee appointed to ascer tain and to discuss the feasibility of the proposition is made up as follows: Alabama, G. AV. Pratt aud 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: South 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 aa to the best course to pursue in an effort to place things on a better footing was bad. There is such a wide margin between the price of raw cotton and the selling price of the finished product that many mills have been running at a direct loss for some time. The man ufacturers believe the goods market should be placed on a more satisfac tory basis, and that beneiit will result from concerted action.-Greenville Mountaineer. SNAKES BOARD A SHIP. Ilundrudw ol' 'Km l-'luuro in Yarn from Platte Uiver. Tlie New York Evening Sun, says members of the crew of the Swedish steamship bli rest, South America, re port that snakes of all sizes and in un heard of numbers took possession of the ship and threw the erew into a paule that continued two days and a night, during which time ninety-eight reptiles of various sizes up to i2-foot python were killed and thrown over board. The story is substantiated by the exhibition of several skins of the larger snakes, and was told too earn estly by the crew to be a mere tale of the forecastle. The vessel began to un load quebracho wood at the foot of Emerson street. Creen port, lt. I. Un the voyage up the Roi Platte for the woad she sailed further than any other steamer bas previously reported. While taking on ber cargo in June, during the rainy season, a great Hood wash ed down the river quantities of debris, including grass, sod and growths of various kinds. Some of it drifted ashore in the vicinity of Hie ship and against ber sides, lt is well known to seafaring men that snakes Inhabiting dense thickets climb trees and tall bushes, and one may understand that to climb anchor cables, booms and gangways ls no handicap to them. At all events, the snakes got aboard the ship, into the forecastle, the cabin and the holds, where the logwood cargo was stored. The doors of the fore castle and cabin were Hooded with bot water to drive the reptiles out, and natives were hired to kill them as fast as they appeared. In this manner the crow reports the disposal of ninety eight. Then none of the crew would go into the bolds until they bad a thorough steaming. No one knows bow many snakes will ho found among tho wood, for the hatches were open at the time of the visitation, and lt is believed that hundreds found biding places there. Negroes Not Wanted. A great many negroes were import ed Into Chicago to take the places of strikers In thc stock yards. They were assaulted and not permitted te go to work except when they were secretly spirited into the shops. As the Augusta Chronicle says, the South may hang a mean negro occasionally, but it is the only section of this coun try where a law-abiding negro can lind employment without prejudice or blnderance. And this isaeondslder ation of vastly more importance to the respectable negro than any other. To Succeed Dr. Lander. Rev. Dr. O. Wilson, presiding elder 1 of the Cokesbury district, bas been 1 elected president of the Wllllainstoii ' 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. WAS A MOST HORRIBLE CRIME. Tho Htmbund Wan Mm tiered at tho Oat? ami Hin Wire, Who Kan tu Illa Heaouo, Shared tim Same Fate. A dispatch from Statesboro, Ga., to The Augusta Chronicle sayB that Statesboro and Bullock county were horrilled Thursday over a diabolical crime which was perpetrated at the home of Mr. R. Henry Hodges, seven and one-half miles west of Statesboro. Mr. Hodges and hlB family, consisting of his wife and three children, were murdered and their bodies burned in their home 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. ISP O Akins, with whom he stopped a few minutes on his way home from the school lu msc. Ile had gone to the school for his little daughter, who was delayed by a heavy rain from coming home. Mr. Hardy Moore, who lives a mlle and a half from Mr. Hodges' place, ?rst saw the Ure about 10 o'clock Thursday night and went to the place as soon as he could. He found the house nearly destroyed and could lind no trace of Mr. Hodges and family, but found his mule and buggy In the lot und supposed lie must have been at home and his body lu the burning building. KO UL FLAY SU HE. Further investigation proved that there bad been foul play. There were signs 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 had subsided the bodies of all 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, the house looted and burned. There was a lamp found bu nlng at the front gate after the neighbors had gathered. It ls supposed it was left by the murderers in their haste to get away after searching the house. The signs of a struggle at the gat^ are supposed to have been made by Mr. Hodges and the person or per sons who committed the crime. He likely heard a noise and went but to investigate and was seized, fought for his life and was murdered by having his head crushed with some heavy in-, si ru ment . His body, was carried in the house and his wife and children were brained and the home tired to cover tlie crime. Business has been suspended at State sburo 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 bul lock county, as the people are much wrought up. Mr. Hodges was Indus trious and frugal and was thought to ha\ j considerable cash in his house. Dispatches have been sent out to hold all suspicious characters. Sheri IT Ken drick has wired to Savannah for the Chatham county bloodhounds to as sist in tracking the criminals. KILLKI) AT Tn IS OATH. Further investigation proves that Mr. Hodges was seized some distance from his dwelling and struggled for his life until he reached his gate, when lie was knocked down and 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. Tue robbers likely did not expect to lind him ot t of the house at that time of night, but us they did they decided to get rid of him and proceeded to take lils life. Ills wife's tracks were found coming ifroni the bouse to the gate, and lt is thought that she heard the noise and came out willi the lamp to see what was the matter, and she was killed at the gate als ), and both budies carried In the house and the house searched for money, the children killed and the torch applied. Tbe hollies were all round In one room, the man, woman and oldest child occupying positions opposite to whore the beds weye, which shows they were lett lying on the floor. One of the smaller children was in the remains of the tied und the other in a cradle. Mr. Hodges was struck only on the back of the head, willie his wife was struck on Hie forehead and Hie l ack pirt, the top of her skull being nearly severed. Mr. Hodges' ax was found near the bodies. Tho bloody work was done with this instrument. There bad been a rain 'uso before the crime was com mitted, which will be an aid In over taking the criminals. DOOS TA KK Tl IK TUA IL.. Track were found In the rear of the house across a corn patch of a person wearing a small dress shoe and one barefooted, but having small feet. Sheriff Kendrick put his dogs on the track and run lt off from the house apiece and fouud they tock the run of a branch a hundred yards or so, but the dogs bad no trouble in (hiding the scene anew and were running lt when the Chronicle man left, and it is though,. Hie criminals will he caught. People are present from all over the county and a large posse is following the dogs. Two of the children v\ere very small, which only makes the deed more horrible. MUKDKIIKKS A IlKKSTKD. Several negroes have been arrested for the murder and the burning of the house. Paul heed and Will Cato arc Hu; 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 1 were found near the scene of the 1 crime. She says thc two men were gone several hours and when Paul came back, lt was about one o'olock. He was barefooted and had blood on his pants &<$ his clothes were wet. He told her he Vud committed a horrible orime. She iu^her stabed that Paul Reed und Will .0 ?0 went to Mr. Hodges Satur day-ph lt week to commit the crime, but met Mr. Hodges before they got to the house and decided that the oppor tunity, j was not as favorable as they wiBhed, and decided to defer lt till another time. They told Mr. Hodges they came to get some spirits of turpentine. She says there are others implicated. She knows by what} she has heard from Reed and Cato's talk. R?ed bold her he would kill her if she told it. The woman says | tbatu-Rcrd and Cato Bald that Mr. Hodges had three hundred dollars bur led back of his house and they were going to have it. .KILLED Hi: 3ELF. Negro, ?Ved Brown, Cuta nia Throat | ; n|ln tho Penitentiary. We'ojip the following from The State, which says: Fred Brown, a life terni , negro convict, sent up for murder, out his throat after making a murderous assault Thursday afternoon upon Will Lewis, also a life term negro convict in the penitentiary. Browp: Was head couk of the guards' and otlicers's mess and Lewis ls a waiter. The light b-piran In the kitchen and the otllcers were aroused from dinner by Lewis rushing Into the room, ;; stream of blood gushing from his ne-K, and Brown Dashing after him wyalong kitchen carving knife. Afternani chase Brown was over power?d'and taken to the whipping room'beneath the hospital. While wailir . there for instructions the guard dd little attention to the man until l?:; heard an exclamation, and looklng. up saw the murderer slashing his own! throat. He lived for several hours, cdying at 8.:iO Thursday night. Messrs. W. 6. Black, boukkeper, T. H. Leiieiia. commissariat: Dr. S. E. Harm'^ Capt. J. M. Graham and First Saargeant 0. C. Roberts were at dinner in the mess when Brown at tacked Lewis in the kitchen, which is only lb br 12 feet from the mess hall. No quarreling was heard. Not a sin gle discordant word in the routine service was noticeable, uot even an audlbln suggestion from the cook to his assj^bant. Suddenly they heard a scream and immediately the lleeing servant ?waa rushing into the room shouting: ' Stop him! he's killing me!" Then everything was . turned topsy turvy as the odlcers saw the form ^f-./irown with a long lU-inch catVinteknife in his hand making des perdte ?unges at the lleeing man try ing tn ktab him in the back. In and out thc otllcers' quarters and around convict! be mui bec ? the building the infuriated Pursued bis victim with the otlicersJin hot chase after the would As Brown was about to ? he made a.tlesperate cast of i Utrr^j once knife" at' the" head ol' his, escaping foe, the knife sinking deep into a.half closed door through which the pursued man had just passed. Sergeant Roberts was the first to seize Brown and when the other oQl cere arrived he was turhed over to a guard with orders to take him to the whipping room and wait instructions, as the superintendent must always hear the cause before corporal punish ment is administered. While walting 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, he hacked and raked at his throat until the windpipe was com pletely served. Dr. S. E. Harmon at this time was in the hospital with Will Lewis, whose head and neck wore badly cut and he did not know uf'the sequel until some, time later. Ile summoned Dr. L. A. Gritllth and they did everything In their power to save Brown's lite. The wound was sewed up and treated. The man talked for a short while. He stated tint he Intended to kill Lewis but would not tell why or what brought on the assault. Lewis, who is still in the hospital, but ls not considered dangerously wounded, stated to a repoiter Thurs day that he and Bru.'.ii had been friends for years and had never had any trouble of the slightest nature. Ile 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 fully worried today," Lewis got a pan and was stooping over a pot when without another word he was struck in the back of the hoad with the big kitchen knife. Fred Brown had been in the peni tentiary for Bl years. Ile was con victed of murdering Lem Jackson, colored, at Belleville, Lexington coun ty, in June, 1890, aud was sentenced by Judge 1. ?. Witherspoon to bi hanged March ?0, 1901, In the Lex ington jail. During this interval Brown escaped jail but was recaptured and on the night before he was to ex piate his crime Gov. B. II. Tlllmar commuted the sentence to life impris onment in the State penitentiary. During Gov. McSwecney's adminis tration several petitions for the man'.' pardon' were "ubmitted to that olllciai but he refused executive clemency and since then the officials say Browr had become morose and dejected, fre quently saying thcie was no hope foi bim and he would have to spend bh entire life in prison, which he would say was worse than death. Superintendent Griillth says Browr has been one of the best convicts ir tho prison and has for years been cook for the ollicers' mess but that recently, since he was refused pardon, has acted queerly. It is his belief that thc man was crazy when be attempted thc lile of his life-term companion. Georgian Assassinated. A special to The Augusta Chronicle from Washington, Wilkes county Georgia, says tint while Charley J Tyler, a prominent young larmer o the northeastern section of the coun ty was at supper with his wife Fri day night, Dr. Thomas C. Burel emptied two loads of buckshot from thi window In the body of Tyler kllllni him Instantly. Dr. Burch has beer takon In custody aud otllcers are nov ..carrying him to Washington, thi ! I county Beat of Wilkes county. SLAYER OF DAWSON, Dr. Thomas D. McDow, Pound Dead ia His Bed. IN HIB HOUSE ALL ALONE. J luigi from trio state or ills I> e e u m p o s e tl Body, He Must Have Been Dead Several Days. A special to the State from Oharles leston says: Dr. Thomas B. MoDow, the slayer of Capt. F. W. Dawson, late editor of The News and Courier, was found dead in bed at his residence on R-itledge avenue Tuesday morning, having been dead since probably Saturday night or Sunday morning, judging from the state of decomposi tion of the body. Dr. MeDow's wife and daughter were in tbe mountains and be bad been occupying the house alone, which accounts for the long time that elapsed between his death and the buding of his-body. The discovery of the dead body was made by J. U. McDow,.a .stableman, cousin of the deceased, who was no!?lied Tuesday morning about 8 o'clock by Dr. MeDow's negro buggy driver that he had not seen the doc tor since Saturday ufternoon and was fearful that something bad happened to bim. When the uegro failed to see the doctor Tuesday be concluded that be had taken a run out of the city, but buding tbe house shut up again Tuesday morning, after attending to tbe horse and stable be notified the cousin of the aead man. Me Dow forced open the door of the house, and then entered the bedroom, to lind the doctor dead. The room was In an orderly condition. Tbe mosquito net bad been carefully tucked lu around the mattress, Dr. MeDow's clothes were laid on a chair near his bed and cf water and a glass steed on a table by tbe bed. Tbe body waa on its back, with the arms carefully thrown over the chest. There was no evidence of any struggle and it looked as though death bad peacefully and suddenly come to bim. NO AUTOPSY HELD. An autopsy was not held, being con sidered unnecessary on account of Dr. Mc Dow having been under treatment foi- heart disease, Dr. A. E. Baker Is suing a csrtitlcate that this was the cause of lils death. Dr. McDow had a fainting spell-a few days ago ' at the otllce of the Charleston Light and Water company while paying bis wa ter rent, and the .supposition is that the repetition of the attack was too great a strain for the organ . o bear and be succumbed under it during Saturday night or Sunday morning. Dr. McDow was 49'yearsof age. He has been practicing bis. profession here' for a number of years and wis- con sidered to ?be^in good'r?lrftum?Bn??S;; He bad a nice home on Rutledge ave nue. TOE DAWSON THAGEDY. On March 12, 1899, Dr. McDow shot and killed Capt. Francis War rington Dawson, editor of The News and Courier, one of the best known men in South Carolina and a man of national reputation in the world of journalism and politics! Capt. Daw son had gone to Dr. MeDow's jfllce to remonstrate with him concerning alleged attention by him to a young woman employed as a domestic in Capt. Dawson's family, and it was while the two men were alone in the otllce that the killing occured, at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. It was not until several hours afterward that the tragedy became known and it made an immense sensation in Charleston and all over tho country'. After killing Capt., Dawson, by shoot? lng him with a revolver," Dr. Mp Dow' attempted to bide the body In a small unpaved passageway leading from bis otllce, which he tried to dig a grave. Ile testitied at bis trial, upon a ciiarge of murder, that this was done lu the high excitement and nervous trepida tion following tbe death of bis victim and not with any intelligent idea of hiding the result of his deed, and that as soon as he bad come to a realiza tion of what he had done, he reported the death of Capt. Dawson to the author! Lies. The trial of Dr. McDow was an event of absorbing interest in Charles ton and every feature of it was closely followed by the crowds that - packed the court bouse. He was acquitted upon a plea of self-defense, bis claim being that Capt. Dawson had threat ened him and bad struck at him with a heavy cane. lu the excitement followiug the lirst news of the killing of Capt. Daw son, there was some talk of a lynching parly and actually plans were laid by , some of the overwrought friends of tbt slain editor to take Dr. McDow fr?re I the county jail and execute bim sum I marlly, but better councils, -fortified greatly by citations of Capt. Dawson'! j own timi views upon the dignity o the law, prevailed, and there was n< demonstration made. Since the tragedy Dr. McDow ba . continued to live in the house on Rut J ledge avenue and to have bis otllce a , the place where be killed Capt. Daw son, and lt was in that residence thai bc died and bis bjdy was found. * Died I'rniu Cigarettes. ! Mr. Chas. Steele, a young mau 2; years of age, shut himself through tin head with a revolver at the borneo: 1 his brother, William Steele, In Vau } cluse near Aiken on Sunday afternoon " His bram was pierced with the bullei : and lt ls reported there Monday tba1 ' he is dying. Disappointment In lovi j is said by some to be the cause ol' bi ' act, and by others it is thought tba his brain was et?ected by cigarette smoking. ; Woman Instantly Killed. . Thursday In the Ashmore section ? nine miles from Greenville, Lem f Agnew accidentally killed Minnie Mc ? Kurnell, another negro woman, wltl . a small parlor rifle. The McKarne; 1 woman was sick and the other ha< 1 called to visit her. The rlile was on i ? tablo nearby and as the visitor plckei 1 lt up to lay lt aside it was accidental ' ly discharged, tho ball entering th J sick woman's brain over tbe left eye producing Instant neath. DEATH OF MB. H. H. CEU H. Dlea Soddenly from a Stroke or Av poplexy. Wo clip the following from the Den mark correspondent of the State which says Mr. H. H. Crum died at his resi dence here Tuesday at ll . o'clock, lingering less than 12 hours after the stroke of appoplexy of the evening be fore. . ? Mr. Crum had spent Monday out on his plantation, several miles from town, where he was superintending the cutting a canal through his lands and bad been Interested in this work for several days previous. Ile returned to hlB home at the close of the day, ate a hearty supper and showed no sigu of the approaching stroke. After supper was "over he retired to his favorite porch' to catch the cool breeze pf the evening. A few minutes later Iiis wife joined him, but did not remain with him, feeling that the cool air was not beneficial to her. Mr. Crum remained in ?the piazza for a short time before he was heard by his family making bis way .-to an inner appartment. Be got to the Bitting room, closed the ana locked it. A few feet away from the door, or just as he turned from the door bo join his family, he must have received the apopletlc stroke. Mrs. Crum was engaged in conversa tion with her children and expected every minute to see her husband enter the room. Fifteen minutes or more elapsed before she began to bblnk that possibly the repetition of the nols? made by-her husband, the moving of. the foob Over bhe floor and forced clear ing of bhe throat, meant ill news to bis beloved family. Mrs. Crum went out to Bee bim and fouud tue bail dark. Calling for a match, bhe gas was lighted,, and there sat her husband on the floor, one arm resting on a large rocking chair, his head inovlug bo and fro. Mrs. Crum called bo him, he look ed upTnto her face and tried to speak. Mr. Crum had evidently tried to get, up, using the chair as a support, or possibly he felt the attack coming on bim and tried to sit in the chair. Physicians and kind friends were called, bub the stroke was serious and gradually life ebbed away. Ills entire family and many friends stood around his bed unbil death came. M.s. Crum and her children are grief stricken, and bhe community mourns bhe loss of a good clbizen. Mr. Crum had just completed his One residence on Palmetto avenue, and had scarcely bad time bb place in order bis new home,' and in one sense' a new and happy life bad only begun. Mr. Crum was 40 years old aud had Ber ved Barnwell and later Bamberg county .in the lower house of the gen eral assembly several terms, after which he was elected in 1 DOO by the general assembly to manage the State dispensary, - all of which positions he filled with exceptional satisfaction bo thepeopre.ofhls commonwealth. His .body was Interred?. Wndn^d^y at ll o'clock at the Denmark cerne-"" bery. Died in Religious Service. ,Mrs." Mary Blocker, wife of Joshua Blocker, mobher of 10 children, all liv ing, died during services ab Taylor chapel in the upper township of Rich land county on Wednesday. The ques tion was asked by the pastor. "Who would meet him On the obher Bhoie?" She responded that she WOU'.J and commencsd falling. She war. caught by lier sisters, who prevented her f rom falling bo bhe door. This was ab about 10 p. m. The membership crowded around, rubbed her vigorously, ap plied first cold water and afterwards camphor. Consclouspess not return? lng, about 12 m. Dr. Lever was sent for, and arr'lved at the* church at 1 a. m. The woman wa? puk-eless and no sound could be heard over the heart and no breathing. She had vomited' from mouth aod tluld was in the nos- j trlls. KlTorbs were made bo Induce artiliclal respiration for half an hour or more when she was left to family for disposition. ' * Civil Service Examinations. The United Stabes civil sar vice com mission announces an examination on August 17-13* li?, 1904-, at Columbia tb secure eligibles from -which tO make certification to., fill a vacancy ;ln the? position of euglneer draftsman lp to? supervising architect's ortlce, ab ixl ,200 . per annum, and obher similar vacan cies as bhey may occur in that otUce..* On August 24ih?atr' examination to secure eligibles, for-the-. position of economic tand stratigraphic geologist and paleontologist Jri yhe'* PtyUlppfne ' service ab 82,000 per annum W.IU >be held. ' /. . F . . J < . On August/31st another. examina tion secure .eligibles for the ? position of bookkeeper )n the reclamation ser vice of. bhe geological J survey will be held. This position carrlcs>a salary '? of $2,000 per 'annum. * 1 ' ? J ? l :? : . -.-r.-? f \ tri ? * . ? (i e o rfc 1 a. . Fa mi i y jM-ujr d e r e d. I : . A special frum Sfcateboro,' Qa., says i that Henry Hodges? nig wlfe-and three f children were brutally-murdered near ) there Thursday night. , Af tor the crime, had been c'ommlbbed bbelr home ? was burned.' Corpses: found in bhe - debris fellowed that the skulls 'of the t grown people had .been, hroken. by ?i blows from some blunt lnsbrumenb. b Robbery is supposed, to,have been the motive: - No arres tis ' h?ve y e't been made. There ls 'thc greatest excre ment in Sbatesboro and vicinity. s .'.??i lOntorciiiK the IJAW. f Justice David Gllmer, at Johns . bown, Pa., has just imposed what is probably the heavlesb fines ever made 1 under bhe presenb fish laws of bhe t 8bate upon three men who were" con 2 vlcbed of catching 160 oirp and . cat s tish by building a feuce across Buffalo I creek, driving the tish Into wire pens ;. and killing them. The line was $10 * for each fish, or a total of 8l,?(!0, in lieu of which they must serve Ititi days In jail. ' 1 Kural Telephones. There are 994 mutual telephone sys i terns of rural character; with '89,3IC y Instruments and 70,915 miles of single 1 wire.' In. addition bo bheae bhe com x merdai companies operate (6,598 rural 1 lines, with 198,425 miles of single wire . and 121,905 telephones. There are also e 4,985 independent farmers' lines with i, 49,905 miles of single wire and 55,47-1 instruments. ? ROOSEVELT NOTIFIED Of His Nomination at His Borne at Bagmore Hill. HE ACCEPTS THE NOIdTNATIOH In the Presenoe of an Assemblage of Distinguished Bien. A Pho tographer Was Present to Take Them All. On last Thursday Theodore Roose velt formally opened the campaign o? 1904 at hlB beautiful country home at Sag inure 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 an assemblage of men distin guished lu all walks of lifo, he formal ly received and accepted the nomina tion of the Republican party for president of the United Staten. Speaker Oana n and his committee of notification together with many ot 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 the committee and other guests as they arrived at Sagamore Hill. Ile knew almost every man personally. After the visi tors had been greeted by the president, Secretary Loeb presented each one to Mrs. Roosevelt and to Miss Alice Roosevelt. The guests were seated on the veranda, where the notification ceremony was held. A3 Speaker Can non, attired in a dark gray frock suit, stepped upon a chair standing near the veranda railing, hs was given a cordial reception. . While Mr. Cannon read his speech, President Roosevelt stood at his right band, giving close attention to the address. Mrs! Roosevelt, surrounded by her children, Kermit, Ethel and Quentin, stood facing Mr. Cannon, almost in the centre of the orowd. Mr. Cannon was interrupted frequently by ap plause. President Roosavelt shook Mr. Can non's hand heartily at the conclusion of his speech and then mounted the chair to deliver his address in re sponse. He was gl ven 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 he seldom referred to it. The address was punctuated by applause. When he concluded he was heartily congratulated first by Speaker Can non, then by Chairman Cortelyou and hy,the pthprq^rpsqnt. . y ? ;:>_1 . After the informal reception which* followed the address Speaker Cannon suggested that all the visitors assem ble on jhe lawn at the foot of the ve randa steps "in order that they may have ther respective shadows secured ere che substance fa-le. " As the pres ident descended the steps to face the pnotographer, he called for Gov. Par dee of California and W. S. Simpson of Texas to stand near him. These two with Speaker Cannon, Chairman Cortelyou, Gov. Odell of New York, Cornelius N. Bliss and Fra'ak S. Black, stood about the president as the photographs were-taken. A buffet luncheon followed and the guests were served by the president's e. did ron and his nephews and nieces, i Senator Platt aud Elihu Root were not present but sent regrets. . Tho Western States. Conditions In several of the western States, Senator Dubois said in a re cent interview with Judge Parker, give the Democrats a good chance of success. He mentioned particularly ;ldaho, Colorado, Mootana and Neva da. In Washington it bas been set tled thiit Former Senator George Turner. wlll: be nominated for the gov ernorship' There is a local fight on IO Washington over an effort to com pol the ; railroads to pay "their Just Mh-are of., taxation," which Senator DuJnois?declares will weaken the Re publican party and, added to the per sdual'ipopularity of Senator Turner, will enable the .Democrats to carry that State. f_ Hi ll.Ml liy a fruin. t Jim Petty, colored, aged HO years, Was struck hy a yard shifter near the Southern depot In Spartanburg Thurs day ' night, and died from the effeots of his Injuries early Friday morning. There were no eyewitnesses to the ac cident. It appears that about 10 o'clock last 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. Ab 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. Three Killings In Uno Day. A disdatch from Greenville says Barney Houston, colored, was shot and Instantly killed by his step-father there Thursday. Jane Aguew, col ored, was shot Wednesday evening and Instantly killed by another col ored woman. The shooting ls said to have been accidental. A negro man was shot and supposed to be fatally injured by a young physician near Marlettu Thursday. The shooting was in self defense as the negro armed with a gun, v/as said to be advanolng on the white man when shot. All three shootings occurred in that coun ! ty within twenty-four hours. Wo Hope He Wiii. The Columbia Record says Chair man .Taggart, of the Democratic com mittee, lt is stated, has long desired the honor of leading tho party to vic tory. He made an act! ve campaign to having himself elected to the position, and In the face of considerabl? opposi tion ids 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.