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DEATH DEALING I Tornado Swept Laredo, Texas, Saturday Afternoon. TWENTY-ONE KILLED And Many Others Injured by the Ter* rlble Wind, Which Came Without Warning and Was Soon Over Leaving Death and De struction in its Wake. Later details from the tornado * which struck Laredo, Texas, Saturday evening Indicate that first reports were by no means exaggerated either as to the number of lives lost or the financial damage resulting. Scores of people were Injured and are b^ing at tended by the various physicians. It will be impossible to state the num ber nf the Injured but it is not be llevue) that many deaths will result fron'1 Injuries. The number killed is 10 In Laredo. _ So far as can be learned their names are: Juan Guerrero, aged 40. Julia Guerrero, aged 18. Paneilla Guerrero, aged 22. -Guerrero, missing. Unknown mau servant, Laredo semi nary. 1'alllo Nuncio, aged 50. Juanita Jaramilla, aged 13. d~"h un Unknown man employed In the LU.^'*no hotel, vascouu^ Mun07( ajfed 50< .. .. Three members of a family named Trejo. Oue woman and two boys, aged 8 and 0 years, respectively, named Bar tera. Miss Gavetan, aged 17 years. The four first mentioned In thc list were members of one family and were ^."Tr: employ ed on the ranch of George peuBntlo)' Wood man. They were all crushed to Oum>ni\afdeath by the falling In of the heavy wai^s of house which they occupied. The others mentioned in the list met their fate in a like manner. The dam age wrought at the Laredo seminary is severe. Not one of irroup of mag nificent buildings which go to make up that institution escaped damage. The barracks, thc primary building, Emery ball and the chapel were dam aged from 50 to 75 per cent. The es cape from death of the teachers at present quartered in thc institu ion ls considen cl miraculous, as the wails of tome of the buildings which they oc cupied were completely demolished. Mrs. Easley, one of the teachers, was heroically rescued by several young cadet), students of the institution, they lowering her by a rope from a second story. She was b idly bruised. The Mexican National hospital building had the roof lifted from the edifice and it will require much time to replace tne buildh.gfor patients. A trip through the town falls to show a locality that has not suffered more or less from the storm. Trees, fences, telegraph and telephone poles, corrugated roofs, chimneys and walls and debris of all imaginable kinds strew the streets. The city authorities have set dili gently at work cleaning away thc wreckage of the storm, and at a late hour Saturday night the city ls he ginning to assume Its customary tran quil appearance Linemen are at work endeavoring to straighten out the tangled wires, aud it ls bellev d that within two days the electric light service can be resumed, lt is hoped to're-establish telegraph communica tion at least partially within two days. Conditions in New Laredo, across the Rio Grande river, are similar to those existing in Laredo, lt ls not of ficially known how many dead or in jured there are, but in au Interview a city official stated there were live dead that he knew of, although rumor has it that 10 lives were lost. Tue % five known dead added to the list of dead in Laredo would bring the num ber of dead In both cities up to 21 - persons. AN I X PE R ? 8H.0.T,. BbuotB On* tlio DrcbH nt' a Voting Liady Companion. At New York Col. Gaston B rde vorry, hailed as "the most accurate shot in the world," gave a private exhibition at the Hippodrome Wed nesday afternoon. Tue colonel, dress ed in the uniform of the Chasseurs d'Afrique, app ared with his assis tant, Mlle. Leoulne de Loulsanne. First he walked np the II pood rome's gallery and shot off a few pieci s of plaster lixet'. on a black disk. Mlle, de L> uisaone theu shot away some plaster tco. The cohmel decended, lay down backward on a chair, and shot lumps of sugar ard other tri Hos from the head of bis as 1st ant. Tuen the two orderlies, Pierre and Jean, put their heads together. Between the two foreheads was a little toy balloon. The colonel let the air out of that without any trouble. Then the colonel did a curl' us stunt. He has a piano which he plavs with a rille. Every time he hits a bull'n eje bi low in the neighborhood of the pedals be strikes a key. In that way he played the intermezzo of ''Cavallerla Rusticana." Next came what the colonel called "the vair sensational performance of shooting off mademoiselle's clothes." She appealed in evenh g dress of a brilliant scarlet hue, and mounted a pedestal. The colonel aimed at and hit a small white target on her breast, That unfastened a hook, and the capo dropped e ff. He then shot h r hat off. At the shoulders and at the hips were tiny white targets. With the first shot the marksman hit the righi shoulder targe t, and the gown slipped from that shoulder. A second shot, left her very much decollete. Tho shots at the hip targets left the young lady In a much be flou need pet ticoat. SoourgeO by Measles Bowman, Ga., is sc urged by meas les. Disease is In 75 per cent of homes and the public schools have forced to close. Mrs. Chandler Mur phy tiled of the disenso. Tino United Supremo Court has de livered a knockout blow to the labor unions. The Court, in the case of a New York law which limited the working day cf employees In bakeries and confectionery shops to ten hours, has deoided that no State has the right to place an arbitrary limit on the working day of those engaged In healthful occupations. MEMORIAL DAY Ot the South and Decoration Say o? the North. Tho History of tbo Two Day? li Clearly Sot Forth by B. M.* Blaokburn. In older that "Memorial day" ant "Decoration day" may never be con founded by the children of the South the Ladles' Memorial Aasoolation o: Atlanta, bavo secured from Hon. B M. Blackburn an artiole in which thi history of the two days ls clearly se forth. Mr. Blackburn's artiole follows : "To the Ladies' Memorial Associa tlon : In answer to the honor im plied in your request that I prepan an article, defining the difference be tween 'Memorial day and 'Decoratioi day,' in order that these days ma: never be confounded by the chlldrei of the South, lt gives me pleasure te submit tho following, as the truth o history : M 'Memorial day is of Southern or igin and application. It stands a the day initiative, when honor is dom to patriotic soldiers, who fought ar. fell in defense of a cause as* sacred a heaven Is just. It was'adopted mon than two years before 'Decoratioi day' was even suggested in the north "The incident that suggested thi epiphany of the Southern cause is on? that adorns a distinct page In thi glowing volume which has made his torie the Southern character, accent uatlng the couplet. " 'The tenderest are the truest, "The loving are the daring. ' "A number of ladles representinj the Soldiers' Aid Society, of Colum bus, Ga., visited on March 12, 1866 Linwood Cemetery, tJ give a sprint dressing to the grave?, of Confederate soldiers. While thus attending thi: duty they observed the little daugh ter of Mrs. Williams gathering wilt Howers and placing them on the graves of the unknown Confederate dead. Thus the Immortal suggestion of organ zed remembrance was giver to these loyal Southern women by the Inborn patriotism of a little child Mcmotial (lay had its origin in the impulse that gave birth to the Con federate cause ; Innocent devotiot to the Southern homo. "On returning to their home: these true Southern women decider that day to organize the tirst Memo rial Association that was instituter. In the S >uth, and with a view t( making it general, Mrs. Mary Anr Howard Williams gave her name, auc the nam. s of her associates- to glory by addressing a letter to Tue Colum bus Times, which will ever remain : part of the imperishable service From this eloquent appeal I extrae the following stirring sentences : " 'The ladies at" now and have been for several days, engaged lu tbi sad, but pleasant duty of ornamentlnj and Improving that portion of the city cemetery sacred to the mcmor; of our gallant Consederate dead ; hui we feel it ls an unfinished work, un less a day be set apart annually fo l's special attention. We canno raise monumential shafts and in scribe thereon their many deer'sof he rolsm, but we can keep alive th memory of the debt we owe them, b: dedicating at least one da) In eaol year to embellishing their humbl graves with dowers. " 'Let the soldiers' graves for tha day at least, be the Southurn -mecca to whose shrine her sorrowing women like pilgrims, tray annually brlni their grateful hearts and ll oral oller logs. When we remember the thous ands who were burled "with the! martial cloaks around them," with out Christian ceremony of Interment we weiuld invoke the aid of the mos thrilling eloquence throughout th land, to Inaugurate this custom, h delivering on the appointed day, 26 tl day of April, this year, a eulogy 01 thc unburied dead of our gie ir iou Southern army. They died for thei country. " 'The proud banner, tinder whlcl they rallied in defense eif the bellies ; and noblest cause for which beroe ever fought, e>r trusting womei prayed, has been furled forever. Th country for which they suffered am died has now no name or place arnon| the nations of the earth. Legislativ enactments may not be marie to d honor to their memories, but tb ..verioat.-r.idl.euLl.lwK ? .. gr I geneaologv back to the deck of th Maj ll jwer, could not refuse us th simple privilege of paying honor t those who dieri, defending the life bi nor and happiness of the Souther] women." "Io order that the lofty courage t> this patriotic appia', which relle>ete< the unbending character of th Southern woman, may be appreciate! at thia late day, it must be recalled that it w?;S writte n at a time whei Georgia was tinier the ra ist oppres sive and suspicious military rule when oven a breath eif Confederan sentiment Invited the eagle eye o some suspicious military despot. ' The suggestions met with prompt and hiving approval, showing that il had been nurtured in the breast Ol the women of the South since the lirst soldier fell at Mana-sas, and the 26th day eif April became throughout the South, a holy dav. Here anc there wc observe a caution, born eil extreme crecdlsm, that would seem te indicate a lack of cor ll lenee in the sanctity ul th . day the sacriliglous de parture that changes the date wheu lt falls e.n tte Sabbath), but the truth and the beauty of the day ii exemplitied emly when lt ls observed on the date Axed, without regard tc the day cf the week on which it maj fall, in truth the Sabbath ls thc only day of the week that comports with so holy an observance. This occasional departure ts all that Inter feres with irs ceinslstent and univer sd observance In the South. This exalted view of the day is so domi nant In Georgia that the heads of the dlllerent Institutions eif learning in this State, in answer to sug gestions, have discontinued col lege athletics as sacreligious sport. "Memorial day ls more sacred, throughout the South, than any legal holiday. DKCOKATION DAY. " 'Decoration day is of northern origin and application, lt was evi dently suggested by the Southern meivement, as it was never generally observed in any of the states prior tc May, 1868. The day and Its purpose are hest described in the Encyclopedia Americana, v il. VI : "'Decoration day, a legal holiday In all the states except Idaho, foi decorating the graves of soldiers killed in the civil war, whether In national or private cemeteries. Thc I custom of "Memorial day," as it ls Otherwise called, originated with thc Southern States, and was copied scat teringly, and on different days, in some of the northern states, all in thc spring, for natural reasons. On thc c ? 6th o? May, 1868, General John A. Logan, then commander In oblef of the Grand Army bf the Republic is sued an order, appointing tbe 30th of May, of that year for Grand Army service, In so decorating graves; choosing that day, possibly, as being the date of discharge of the last union volunteer of the war. Since then all the States have adopted lt singly, there oelng no national law on the subj cot.' "The above is erroneous as to the adoption of Decoration day by all the States. While the graves of Union soldiers are decorated wherever found, largely by treasury appropriation, the Southern States, as such, have only adopted Memorial day the observance of which is made sacred by the volun tary offerings of the honie. In cer tain localities of the South, where climate conditions retard the birth of Spring, more suitable days are se lected, generally with a v|ew to com memorating some battle, but in eaoh case, carrying out the central idea of Memoria! day. "It does not appear from Mrs. Williams1 letter, or any authentic pa per that there was any special reason for selecting the 26th of April, and we may therefore assume 'that it ls merely coincident that a date was de termined upon which represents the anniversary of the last death strug gie of the Confederacy. "Holding in admiring devotion you, who keep the faith. I am with great respect, "Yours faithfully, "BENJ M. BLACKHUHN, Atlanta, Ga., April 22, 1905." FIRST IN THE SERVICE. air. ?J. C. CJarliiiKton Krcurs to tho KcoordH Upon tho Matter. To the Eiitor of The Stats: I have b2en somewhat interested in the controversy between Mr. A. W. Brabham of Olar, and Sergeant Ben son of "Gregg's First Regiment." As a matter of record, there were three infantry reft i nents from tills State in the Confederate army, each claiming tlie di signal iou, "First Regiment." I haye found quite a cent) lot in the testimony of eye-witnesses as to who i actually lired tho first shot on Fort Sumter, out no such doubt exists as i to the order of forma, iou of the sev 1 oral commands. On December 29 h ? the Secession convention ordered the 1 raising c? a regiment of volunteers, ) under the precautionary act of the i legislature passed on December-17th. 1 Eleven compi; n-, 1 059 men lncluel , lng officers, vitre mustered into ser - vic?, for defense of the State, for the ? period of six months. The first of these companies, the Darlington t Guards, reached Charleston January :trd, six hours In advance of the Rich J land lt ll s Next day they were 2 mustered lu, thc Richland Rill 's ns ? C -. A and Darlington Guards, Co. B. a Tills regiment was reorganize 1 in i Virginia and still retained its deslg t nation, "First Volunteers." Under tile same act of December r 17th the convention called for 12 t mouths troops and ia regiment was made up of compaules chilli/ from . Orangeburg and Barnwell; one frcm ti Colletou and a part of one from Lex y ington, was formed, with Johnson i Hagood, colonel, and T. J. Glover B lieutenant colonel. These troopi reached Charleston April 11th, 1861, t and the regiment was odie lally deslg ., natcd "First South Carolina Volun , teers. " g Under another resolution of the - convention and the act of the legls ! lature, creating "A Military "Kitab r Ushment for th State of South Caro lina," (January 28 h, 1861) author!z lng the raising of a regiment of in t fantry, a battalion of artillery and a e squadron of cavalry, 960 men, were y enlisted to serve for three y^-ars under a command of Brig. Gen. Dunovant, u known as the regulars, s J. C. Garlingt'in, r Columbia, S. C., April 25, 1905. " Suicide Canard hy Telephone. I Interruption of in a telephone s conversations at Lexington, Ky., n Wednesday evening is hold responsible e for au attempt at suicide which will -j prove successful. William T. Atchl { son. a brakeman, aged 23, had met e and courted Miss Minnie Thacker, ? a;;ed 20, hy telepiii.tic?, her parents ob e jeoting to thc suit. They had a mis -'?xAtjMr?iag which was b^iug dis Q cus..ed when the yoking ^v-imah ?2.j'TV e the telephones were disconnected. 0 Atchison evidently thought she had answered him by hanging up the re ^ ceiver. Going to the saloon of Tom Cock ri ll, famous in the Breathltt j county feuds Atchison wrote a fare ?> ,well mite and then made Cockrl'.l an ? offer fur a pistol on display. Asking 1 to ex ?mil e it he placed the mcz/.'e at his breast and tired a 45 c?liner bul j let through his body just over the . Ilea t ile is not expected to survive . the night. Murderer on .Jury. f James Work and hts wife, colored, arrested at Ridgefield charged with tho ' mur 1er of Ham Bini key, an a^ed ne ?I gro at Aiken last Thursday. Pinckcy was murdered fer his money as lie : %*as known to have money. James ' Work was drawn on the coroner's jury - which sat on the remains of the dead negro. It is remembered that Work sat with his head bowed in his arms 1 throughout the inquest. Testimony ' Involving him was not brought out at that time, but developed later. The ' evidence ls circumstantial, hut strong Another Minn Horror. I Sixteen men were killed and one , will die as the result of an explosion r at the Eleanora shaft near Big Run j P.a., Friday night. The mine is own i ed by tho Rochester and Pittsburg j C ia! and Iron Company. Tho night shift was small or there would have been more fatalitlzes as every man j was In the mine at the time of the . explosion, except one ls rep irted kill , ed. Three bodies were recovered, two r of them wero brothers named Kirk ! wood. The men were English speak ing and resided at Klean ira, a small mining village two milos from the shaft. Murdered lor iii-. Monojr. Sam Bick, colored, aged 75, who lived alone and was supp ised to have 1 money, was found dead In his house In Aiken county on Monday mouing, \ lils head having tuen crushed in and his throat cut. The purpose was 1 robbery. James Work, a young ne ! gro man, and his wife have been ar " rested, charged with the crime. The evidence against them is said to be . strong. i Killed by n Fall. ' At Florence, Italy, Wednesday, the ? fifteen year old daughter, Alex, of the i Pearburan family of rioh Now York? ? ers, attempted to rescue a pet d< g at tho Hotel Seville. The animal had i climbed out on the roof and the girl ? In following It fell through a skylight . and was instantly killed. A GRAND OLD MAH. AD Evening With Dr. James H. Car lisle of dpurtanboric. Editor Spartanburg Herald. I once heard a gentleman say face tiously that he could not live in Spar tanburg because he would not acknow ledge three tenets. The first was that Woflord College was a higher Institu tion of learning than the University of Edlnburg; tho seoond, that Dr. Coko Smith was more eloquent than the Apostle Paul, and the third, that Dr. Carlisle was a greater philosopher than Copernicus. I pass the two tir st without com ment, but of the third I wish to say that I do -not believe that young men found more pleasure or more to lift them up intellectually by sitting at the feet of Capernious, than they do at the feet of the Grand Old Man of the Old Iron District. I am thinking of an evening spent with him. and as I recall lt I am re minded of a grand figure whose feet touch the earth, but whose head ls above tbe clouds, and whose utteran ances make ordinary man ashamed ol his Fordid sentiments and selfish in stincts. Our conversation was on a wide range of subjeots; religion, poli tics, and domestic affairs. On eaob the utterance by him was of a senti ir eut HO human, Sonatural, so sim ple, but withal so filled with moral ur. lift, that there was made plain thc nobility in life of whatever sphere. Being myself from Fairfield county, the county of his nativity, our conver sation turned often tu incident* of hh boyhood days. He told of being stun? In a bed of nettles in WlnnBboro (the nettles are still there, I believe) and he explained the philosophy of thc stlrg. He told of a Mr. William Adger, whose plantation ls marked bj a railroad station of tha,t name, wbc after walling for the stage for Char leston, and finding it full upon its ar rival, Eet out and walked to Charles ton, gettirg there before the stage be c.us-1 of tue muddy roads. I haw heard of my grandmother speaking ol t'iis Mr. Adger as a "line old Irist krentleman-none finer on earth. " Anc Dr Carlisle coo firmed the opinion. And so it went Incident after in cident was told by this pbilosooher ol near four score with the clearness ol detail of a happening of yestcrdaj and the vigor of a man of thirty. Tuc whole would make too long a story foi this communication, but of especia interest is a half Mexican silver dol lar, which Dr. Carlisle has in keeping for Wofford College. It is a hilf dol lar with which General George Wash ington paid for his breakfast in Lan caster County, when he made a toui . f tin S uth in 1791. The father ol ods country declined private hospital itics on this trip and Insisted on pay ing for all he g t. When on his way back north ht stopped at the home of a patriotic family in Lancaster County, who wish cd to place all they had at his dinpo sal, but be insisted on paying for hh i breakfast, which consisted of a how: of porridge a piece of toast and a cuy of coffee, with the half of a Mexican dollar.. The half ct in was given tc the daughter of the family, whe treasured lt until ber death, at an ole ag?, when she bequeathed it to a friend, and he in turn presented, it tc Dr. Carlisle for Woflord College. -Thc coln ls of especial value as I under stand that even the Nath. '""I Go'r n ment has no piece whicn 'tiley cai tract back to the hand of Washing ton. It is indeed a treasure for Wofford and in after years it will be doubly sc for having been in the custody of ? second man whum power could nnl tempt, nor wealth bribe to cease t< serve bis God, his country and his fel low man. F. II MCMASTER. TRI CD 10 P01S JJ?J GUARDS. A Chain Gan? l*riHonor'a Dastardly Attempt at "lintier. A dastardly attempt to poison th< superintendent and the two guards o one of the county chalngauirs wa! made Wednesday afternoon at Hu camp, about twelve miles below O; angeburg, by John Sims, alias Curl} Sims, a negr i convict. Sims was senl to ti e chaingung from 0'angebu>"g convicted of house-breaking, and witt a year's sentence. He had made s good convict aud had reconth-.-Jg^ "i^.aJ^twsjy. As ho. 'aad '?n}y sl: more days to serv^-Mkil? believed ht intended, after the poison had dom its work, to free the other convloti and all would escape. Chain gang No. 2 was at work or the public road a few miles below Or angeburg in thc territory alloted tc the special supervision of Count} Commissioner Livingston. Sims wa left at the camp by thc guards as the} went to work with the other convicts Hims was the cook for thc guares, anc did light work around the camp When the guards returned to camr Wednesday afternoon Mr. Jas. E lioov. r diank a quutity of the wate: fiom the bucket kept for the use ol the guards, and observed a pecullai tiste ab ut lt. He called the atten tion of the other guards to this pe culiarity, which prevented them from driukii g also of the water. As It was tiley tasted the water to sue what was the matter with it. Very quickly Mr. Hoover was taken severely ill. A physician was sum mobed and for some time his life was despaired of. However, he is now thought to bs out of danger. The other guards had drank so little ol the water that they were not affected. As soon as Mr. Hoover was taken s) Sims disappeared, and lils wberta bouts are still unknown, Sim . W?? alone In charge of the camp, ur -' it is supposed that he placed poison lu the drinkiog water. Why lie should wish to do ii jury to the guards is nut known, as h's term of service would have ox pi red in about ene week longer. Ills sud'en di.-.appearance in connec tion with the other circumstances load to thc suspicion that, he ls respon sible for the polsonirg of tile water. Efforts are b^ing made to effect hU capture and prosecution upon the charge of attempting tho lives of the guards will hu instituted. Sims is a young, slim, black negro, and has thick curly hair. Frank Inablnet, an ex convie, is suspected of having something to clo with the dastardly attempt to poison the guards, as he was seen about the camp on Wednes day and disappeared with Sims. Robbnrji and Murdor. At New York the body of Marie Daccl, forty five years old, waa found dead in a room of her apartment at 54th street Wednesday morning with a handkerchief stuffed down her throat. Tho woman was evidently strangled for the purpose of lobbary. Tho police are looking for two men who, lt ls s nd by her daughter, visit ed her mother Tuesday. The woman was separated from her husband. A ?EEAT CHARITY Ten Million pi Dollars Given Pension Eotircd Teachers. Given by Andrew Carnegie, ?nd Is to be Known as tho Carnegie Foundation. A gift of 810,000,000 by Andrew Carnegie to provide annuities for col lege professors who are not able to continue In aotive service was announ ced Thursday by Frank A. Vander lip, Vice presid? nt of the National City bank of New Yo/k. Professors in the United States, Canada and.New foundland will share in the distribu tion of the income of the fund. United States Steel corporation 5 per cent, first mortgage bonds for 810, 000,000' have been transferred to a board of trustees and steps will be taken at once to organize a corpora tion to receive the donation. Dr. Prit chett, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, anr?Mr. Van derlip have beeji selected by Mr. Car negie to obtain data on the subject to j be presented at the first treeting ot the board of trustees, which will take place on Nov 15 The bonds have a par value of ?11,000,000 and will pro duce an annual income ot 8500,000. The corporation which ls being form ed will be styled the Carnigie Found ation. Mr. Vanderllp S3nt a letter to the press giving the foregoing information and inclosing a letter from Mr. Car negie dited April 18, which says in part: "I have reached the conclusion that the least rewarded of all the profes sions is that of ttie teacher in oui higher educational institutions. New vfork city generously, and very wise ly, provides retiring pensions for teach ers In her public schools and also foi her pollcem. n. Very few indeed of om colleges are able to do so. The conse quences are grievous. Able men hes! tate to adopt t eaching as a career and many old professors whose places should be occupied by younger men cannot he retired." ' Mr. Carnegie says that the fund will apply to universities, colleges and technical schools "without regard tc race, BPX, need or color," but not tc institutions supported by State ot colonial governments. Another das; > xcluded is sectarian institution. ''O ?ly such as are under control of z sect or require trustees, or a m??jDrity thereof, or oOloers, faculty or students to belong to any specified sect, oi which impose any theological test, are to be excluded." Mr. Carnegie*speci(ks the duties ol the trustees and concludes with thc hope that "this fund may do muct for the cause of higher education anc to remove a sourca of deep and con 5 staut anxiety to the poorest paid anc ' yet one of the highest of all profeS' . 8lOUS." Among t ho e named as trustees are i President Edwin 13. Craighead of Tu I lane and George H. Denny of Wash 1 ington and Lee. ! - ~8?ILL IN JAIL. iii .-ii y on V. Millard ltemiiins in th? Custody of thu Sheriff. The preliminary hearing set foi Thursday in the case of Kenyon V Millard before Magistrate Brunson foi bigamy was postponed until nexl Thursday at the request of the attor noys for the prosecution. In the mean ! time Millard will remain in Jail, when , he has been contined since his arrest t he having failed to give the bond o - five hundred dollars required f ir bli appearance at court. When Miliare was Hist arrested he employed Gen Jae. F. lzlar to represent bim, but ot Thursday bc- announced that lie woulc conduct his own case and dlspens; with tho services of Gen. Izlar, Mil 7 lard has no money to pay an attorney and lawyers, like newspapers, cannot , work for nothing. No doubt this li j tho reason why lie (?ave up the valu s able services of Gen. Izlar. } Attorney Wi eks, of Sb. George, die not come to Orangeburg, but com ? municated with Solicitor Hildebrand |. who appeared for him before Magi? trate Hruusou and urged t?\ia continu I ance, which waj^Tahted. Magistrat? t Ijnmsu^-ga'id he could not divulge th< .evidence submlctcd by thc proseen tlon, as it was not complete, but il was of such a nature that ho had nc ^ hesitancy about granting the contin 1 uance. Neltherdld the lawyers here in terested in the case divulge the result of their inquiries, but lt was learned from unofficial sources that other let tors had been found which prove cnn . elusively that Dr. Millard has been married twice before corning to South ! Carolina and that there ls grave double as to wife No. 1 ever having secured I a divoice. It has been reported that Millard j had written a letter to his last victim since he was arrested confessing that . he had been married three times bc . fore his coming to South Carolina and . that the wife he married in Orange burg made his fourth matrimonial venture. It. ls further stated that he ' confessed that he did not. know posi ? lively whether he had been divorced ! from any of his nunn rous wives or not or whether they were living or dead Whether he wrote s ich a letter or not we do not know, but we are satts.ied that Millard had been married at least ! three times before he married Miss , Keryon, and If 'he State has the foCts lt ls claimed it has Millard is heading for the penitentiary for a term ol . years long enough to consume what ii bl ie time he has icft. Millard is at least ::lxty years of age, a,nd a ten , year term would wind up his earthly , career. Tno young lady be so cruelly wronghed ls still with her mother at St. George. Yank and Keb .?ti .. This year's celebration of Memorial Day lu Philadelphia will be marked by the participation in the exercises, in an official capacity, of a Confeder ate leader, Cen. Fltzhugh Lee. This will be the first time in the history of the Grand Army In Pennsylvania that a Confederate general has delivered a Memorial Day oration under the aus pices of a Grand Army post. Gen. Leo will be the guest of Col. William L. Curry Post No. 18. AH Und ma England. Rider Haggird, who is now travel ing In America as the representative of tho British government to Investi gate the overcrowding of the popula tion in cities and its relief by rural colonization, recently dellvored an ad dreis at the University of California in which he s lid: "I do not want to talk about American conditions, but from what 1 have seen and from what your statesmen tell me the lot of the poor here is lust as bad as it ls in my own country. The problem ls Just as real as lt is in Eigland, and you will have to solve It sooner or later." - A Bank Robber Says They Have Very Little Trouble IN THE SMALL TOWNS Ia Going Through and Robbing Banks, PoBtoffices. Stores and Other Places of Business. He Says Bis Gang Operated AH Through the South Successfully. At Baltimore "Johuny" McCarthy, alias Dandrell, alias "Johnny" Wil son, a notorious yeggman and bank burglar, while on bis way back to the Vermont penitentiary where he is serving a seven-year term for bur glary, talked freely toa roporter of his past. Ile had just been brought hack from Charleston, S C., where be was taken to testify against yeggmen arrested In Baltimore and now con victed of postofflce robberies in South Carolina. McCarthy no longer at tempts to conceal the details of bis criminal career. "I was one of the gang of yeggmen, who last year robocd country stores and small banks throughout Maryland, Virginia and Delaware," he said. "It was our push that got into the safe in the cotton mill o ill co at Illohester, Md., and we also bl--w open 'boxes' (safes) in Dover, Braeville and ' Townsends, Del., and Churchill, Md." -McCarthy ls only twenty-live year? ' old, and is possessed of considerable Intelligence. Ile says be has made up [ his mind to sever all connection wi?h "crcokdom," and aft r he is released from prison will endeavor to lead au honest life. 1 "I was a clerk in a Philadelphia 1 manufacturing concern,'1 said MeCar ' thy, "and occasionally I used to take a run down to Wilmington. There 1 met 'Ned' Morgan, who was the lea ' der of a band of yeggs operating in ' the Eist and South. Tnis wu s in ; 18J7. The ?rst job I did was in Mur ?reesboro, N. C. Morgan sent me 1 down there to look over the ground. I reported fav( rably, and the gang 1 went down there and blew open a safe. Well, we worked that seotlon 1 of the country pretty thoroughly, and : then came up through Virginia-Mor 5 gan, 'Irish Jimmy,' 'Charlie' Cross and myself. " "In the winter of 1?03 Morgan, Maurie Morgan, and I had a house lu j Alexandria, Va. Morgan got into trouble there by shoo:.ing a man who . Insulted Maude. The man didn't die, ' but'Ned'skipped town. Last March ' a year ago we all came to Baltimore, and worked off the jobs at Illohester . and Church HUI. I wasn't in the ' burglary of the Sandy Springs (Md.,) ' bank or the La Plata bank. Just then 1 was attending to some work on my own account. "Our gang at first hung up on Pratt street, near Gay. Tuon Steinbaob, 5 alias Johnson, came to Baltimore from the South and opened a saloon at 23 South Front street. Morgan knew him, ? and we made his place our hang-out. . While the main part of the gang hung r up at Steinbach's place, Morgan, ti 'Charlie' Cross, 'Ohio Hump,' ?nuther - member of the gang, and myself took . a Hying trip through Delaware. i "We blew a safe at Dover, the cap , Ital of the state, and at Brldgeville. r This was in April or May, PJO-I. We got i Btfelv away with the goods, about SL, 1 200 ia all, and the next job we did . was at Port Norfolf, Va., where we i tapped a safe lu the poste trice and got ! $2(>5 in money and $105 in stamps. 1 ? we:;t up North then with the other ? section of the gang. The Southern , bunch stayed here, and ?.li except.our ; were rounded up when Puraphrey and i his m -n raided St^nbach's place, a'. 23 . Suuth Front street. "Whew! but that was a warm raid. I lt gave people of our profession a ter rihle jar. I was picked up In Ver , mont ;. Morgan and the rest of the ??ang were landed here. 'Cou Shorty, the Guinea,' not the 'Con Shorty' who j is awaiting trial on the charge of > burglarizing the bank at Sandy . Springs, Md., and 'Charlie' Cross went j down S ruth. Bjth of them ?vere shot ) while attempting tocimmlfc a bur . glary at Wadesboro, N. C., last week . Crcsi will probably die, but they say , 'Shorty' will recover. I The gang is pretty well broken up, and I'm out of it for go id. We use'd nitro-glycerine exclusively In blowing i asafe We made the'soup,'as we call i lt, from dynamite. We c mid crumble i tho dynamite on a piece ef paper, and 1 then mix it with warm watet in a gauze b 'g. This bag we would put In I a bucket of warm water, and then i squeeze it with our hands and the , nitro-glycerine would be extracted and would precipitate on the bottom of the t ticket. Then the water would be withdrawn with a syringe and the ni tro glycerine bottled for u-e. It Is a dangerous stuff to mix, and if a piece ot sanrl or anything gritty gets Into lt it is likely to cause friction and ex plosion." i''iro itu? Arrested. J. B. Hoy er, who was arrested on the charge of setting lire to N JW , Brookland and was released after a preliminary hearing by the magls trate, has tiyen arrested awaiti. It is sild th'-re ls strong evidence against him and that the magistrate who re leased him so rapidly will have charg es preferred against him for ?flic-lai misconduct in connection with the case._ Plfteon Thousand Killed. The Lieutenant Governor of Pun jab, India, in the course of a public address on behalf of the earthquake fund, stated that he hoped the deaths by the earthquake had not exceeded 1 fi,OOO. Flo added that within the affected area, 300 square miles, with a population or 250,00c, nearly every buildlrg had coi'.apsiedor been render 1 ed uniutiabUable._ Two Hoy? Drowned. Laverne McCrlllls, aged nineteen, of Trlonvllle, and Arabio Clark, aged niti3teen, of Centreville, students at the State Normal School.at Edinboro, Pa., were drowned Wednesday in Conneaut Like while out duck lniut lug In a rowboat. Thc boat drifted ashore containing only the overcoats of the two >oung men. Stint by Polloe. At Pittsburg, Pa., W. D. F. Lapp, aged 10, a member of a prominent and wealthy east end family was shot and killed Wednesday by Policeman Ullom. Two of young Lapp's com panions were arrested and held as witnesses, hut the third ono esoaped They ran when ordered by the polldo. man to halt. Ullom was arresteep. Dr. Hathaway Can Cure You at Your Own Home. Write thia Skillful Specialist About Your Trouble, He Will Give You His Expert Opinion Free, Which Will Be Worth More to You Than What Your Local Doctor Will Charge $5 or $10 for. HIS SYSTEM OF HOME TREATMENT IS PERFECT. No extra oharge for nicdiolnes." "No misleading statement or deoep ti ve propositions al* lowed in my advise meats." DR. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, Whose Knowledge is free to tho Hick. If you aro feoling ill, and <l > not know just what ia tho matter with yon, do not ranke tho mil uikc of calling on your Ional 'doctor fur consultation but just ?Imply write'to Dr. J. Nowton Hathaway, 88 luman Bldg, _ Atlanta, Ga,, just how you suffer, and ho will coun BOI and advino you for nothing, while your homo doctor will charge you anywhere from $1 to $10, for tho same service, and nguiu, Dr. Hathaway's advice ia worth ten times.moro M you, for his wido oxporience in tho treatment of those diseases (25 years), enables him to at once understand tho oxact naturo of your . trouble. He will also send you a Solf-Exami nation Blank and a valuable book on your disease, of which ho is ?io author, f roe of charge. Dr. Hatliaway'a> specialty is diseases of a chronic or lingering nature, mid thoso ho has successfully treated for over twenty-llvo years. Tho success ho hus mot with is some thing remarkable. He has roached tho head of his profession and his title of "tho recog nized authority on Chronic Diseases" justly belongs to him. Not only has ho cured thous and of sufferers who call athis ollico for treat ment, but nearly ovory Stato in tho Union is represented on his list of cured patienta whom ho was able to euro by his method of home treatment. Ho has had special success in cur ing cases of longstanding and of a complicat ed nature, after several doctora lind given them up tis incurable, but whether your caso is of long stauding or not, you should at onco seek the advice of this great specialist. It will 1MS of gro.it benefit to you, oven if you do not take treatment. Ho baa a positivo and permanent c?ro' for - diseases bf m?n and women such as LOST MANHOOD. STRICTURE, VARICO'ELE. NERVOUS,DEBILITY,ENLARGED PROS TATE, RHEUMATISM, SPECIPU BLOOD POISON, KIDNEY AND BLADDERTROU BLE, HEART DISEASE, STOMACH AND BOWELL TROUL'.E, DIABETES, BRIGHTS DISKASK, URINARY TROU BLE. ENLARGED PROSTATE, FEMALE TROUBLE, WOMB TROUBLE, OVARIAN TROUBLE, LEUCORR1HSA, ErC., and if you aro afflioted with any of thoso diseases, you should loso no timo in consulting this famous specialist. His treatment for thoso diseases is based on ovor a quarter century of closo study, and when ho once discharges you as cured, you need have no fear that you will over bo trou blnd with your disease aguin-his euros are per manent. Dr. Hathaway is the author of eight valuable medical booka which Bhould be in the hands of every ono ulliictod, or overy hoad of a family, and ho will send nny ono of those books to you on receipt of your name and ad dress. 1, dis ases of tho throat aud lungs; 2, kidneys and urinary tract; 3, diseases of women: -1, skin, rectal, rheumatism; 5, blood poib'u'i li. nervous debility and vital weakness; 7, stricture; 8, varicocolo. His book for mon eui i timi'..Manliness, Vigor and Health," should be in tho hands of every man. Write for it, it is free. If you do not suffer yourself send him tho name of somo one that does. Do not forgot the address. J. Nowton Hathaway, M. D., 88 Inman Bldg., At Inn t i. Ga. KILFYRE! KILFYRE ! ! KILFYRE ! ! I That ls exactly what lt Is. aFIre Miller. Di nonstration every day at the State Fair showing Its Are fighting qualities. Every Farmer, OH Mill, baw Mill, Ginnery and any one owning property should have them. For sale by COLUMBIA SUPPLY 00, Cohtmbia, R C* The ranchinerv Snpplv house of the State Wh'ske I Morphine I Claret I All Drug and Tobaooo Habit, Habit I Habit | Habits. * ?Ourod by Keeley Institute, of @. <C 1321 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 7R) Cob mbia, S. O. Confidential corr? ipond se ottd. THE GUINARD BRICK WORKS, COLUMBIA. ?5. O. Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proof Terra Cotta Building~Blocks, for Flue linings and Drain Tile. Prepared to till orders for thousands or millions. CROPS INJURED. Fuller Itnports to Section Director Un ncr IndloatCB Ililli. According to Section Director Bauer the week ending Monday morn ing, April 24, averaged much c o'er than usual, especially during the first three days with s'owly rising tem peratures until Saturday when max ima above 80 degrees were recorded tn the south-eastern cnunti s The lowest f ir the week was 28 degrees at Greenville on the 18th. The week closed with temperatures considerably bolow normal. There wore general showers and thunderstorms on the 21st, with hall in the central counties, but the rainfall was very light in the extreme western and southeastern counties where the need of rain ls in dicated. There was no damage by hail. Full reports on the damage to fruit, vegetables and field crois by the freeze and frost of the 17th and 18th, indicate severe and extensive injury to peaches, apples, plums an ! other fruits In the western cmntles, especi ally on low lands where the destruc tion was practically total; In the cen tral counties and In the commercial peach raising districts the damage was 3crlous but not total destruction at any point; while in the eastern and southeastern counties the damage to fruit was slight. Garden-truck was largely destroyed In all sections, ex cept In the coast truck regions, where the damage was not material, although thin ice was noted to within about twenty miles of the coast. Corn that was up was nearly all cut to the ground, but only a small por tion of lt will need to bo replaced, as lt is thought that it will grow again. Very little of cotton that was up escaped and practically all will have to be replanted; considerable has al ready been replanted. A few reports indicate that wheat and oats were in jured, though the large majority re port both grains all right and still promising. Tobacco that was set out was only damaged. Watermelons, cucumbers and like field crops were practically all destroyed and will be replanted. Miny of the correspon dents state that lt is too early to de termine the extent of the damage to peaches, as the fruit is dropping rapid ly The weather was generally favor able for farm work and rapid progress was made In cotton planting. It was too cool for favorable, germination and growth Corn looks yellow and sick ly. Early corn ls being cultivated. Cut worms are numerous in many places. Transplanting tobaco was delayed by the cool weather, but to wards the close of the week made fair progress. Cotton plantlrg ls nearly finished in the eastern parts of the state and about half finished in the western part where the season ls later than usual. THK baseball season opened on Wed nesday, and everything elso will now be hide-tracked. Baseball has the right of way. A Proposition of Interest To all readers of this paper, who call or write for treatment within the next 150 days 1 will cure them of the following diseases for ONE-HALF my usual charge: LOST MANHOOD, SYPHILIS (blood poison Vf GONO RE E, GLEET, STRICTURE, VARI COUtiLE, RUPTURE, CATARRH and all CHRONIC DISEASES, of both sexes. Diseases of women cured without operation. PILKS cured under guarantee without the knife or any tying or burning operation. Consultations, Examination, Advice Free. T. S. HOI LEYMAN, M.D., THE SPECIALIST. Rooms 121 and 422 Leonard Building, Augusta, Ga. N. B. Catarrh of worst form cured quickly at home. cio o Organs | g You want the Best. We haye . exactly what you want. Don't . wait to feel exictly ready. We * can make, you able. Our prices o are LOW-our terms are EASY. # W rite us at once for catalogues, 2 prices and terms. Address I MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, COLUMBIA, S. C. LEARN TELEGRAPHY And R. R, AGENCY--We doo train you for Tho U. S. SIGNAI. COUPS. School ostab lis' i*(l 17 yoarfl. flu at? hoard, low tuition, and Our Plan INSURES position. Catalntrun froo. QA. TELEGRAPH COLLEGE." SoDoia, Ga. The Canning Business. Reduce your cotton acreage and In crease your income by putting ina small canning plant. Large prolits in canning all kinds of fruits, vegetables, herries, etc. A card to us will bring you desired informa tion. RANBY CANNKH Co., Chapel Hill, N. O. GUARAN / TEED BY A BANK DEPOSIT Railroad Faro Paid 60C FHEK Courses Offered S3KB8BSBH9BBH9 B -.rd at Cost Write Qutd ?EORGIA-Alftlie!"* R'J.?I'JESSCOtLEnE MacotLGt Swiped tho Funds. Frank G. Bigelow, president of the First Natlunal bank of Milwaukee, was arrested Monday oharged with the embezzlement of over f100,000 of the bank's funds. The arrest of Mr. Blgelo\7 followed his confession to the board of diiectors of tho bank that he was a defaulter to the'extent of tl, 450,000. Following Mr. Bigelow's con fession ho was removed from the pres idency of the bank, aud the faots in the case were laid before the federal authorities.