The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, May 26, 1905, Image 2
The
iVlarlboro'
Democrat
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"DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IljfTHY POSSESSION HAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE.'
VOL. xx^
BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1905,
NO, 38T
WAGES OF SIN
A Florida Man Kills Himself in a
New York Hotel.
A WOM^N WITH HIM
The Man and Woman Eloped from De
land, Fla., and the Former, Becom
ing Ccnscience Striken, Ended
His life hy Taking Mor
phine. He Left Letters.
Herbert Leon Kepler, a book keep
er whose home was in Deland, Fla.,
died in a r om In Si sen's botel at
4Gth street and Sixth avenue, New
York, Thursday, from morphine
polsoniug. With him at the time was
a woman who told the o dice that her
name was Mrs Dona Miller and that
she left Deland with K pier two weeks
ago. Mrs. Miller said Kepler was the
Bon of a D?land physician and that he
left Florida suddenly because of some
trouhle which he got Into there.
Mrs. Miller said she left her husband
to come with Kepler. She was detain
ed by the police. In the room In which
Kepler an* the woman occupied the
police found two small bottles. One
was filled w 1 th Mi Tphiue and the other
nearly empt^ contained a trace of the
drug Mrs. Miller told the p dice that
Kepler had been despondent for sever
al days and had told her that unless
his father did something at once to fix
up thc trouble at Deland he feared
something dreadful wt uld happen.
When Mrs. Miller was arraigned in po
lice court s: e was remaudtd to the
custody of the coroner without exam
lnation.
A note found in Kepler's rot ru indi
cated that the man bad deliberately
tiken his Hf . lt was addre-sed to his
neptnw, Jonn lt ty mond, wi o ls em
ployed In that city, and said: "Good
bye, Jack. I thaek you for all you have
done. You know as well as I the reason
for this and will forgive me. Airain, 1
thank you, and again 1 say a last good
bye. (Sigucd) Herl.crt." Raymond
told the police tiiat, his uncle at one
time was a p: o mi neut tennis player
and that he won the voir hem cham
pionship several years ago.
Later Mrs. Miller told the ct roner
that a portion of h .i story as she g -.ve
it to the police was untrue. She Ind
not lived with htr husband in seve.rai
years, she said, aud did not fi'e from
Deland with K"pler. She had been in
New York or vicinity for several years.
She also told the coroner t hat she had
been a witness in tlie William Hooper
Young murder cave in that city sever
al years ago. She had lived in tlie
house with the murdered woman, she
said, ai d had first introducer! her to
Young.
Mrs. MiHer also said that Kepler
left a letter a .dr. s ed to his father
and mother begging that he and Mrs.
Miller be not separated In neath and
that his parents a;.d nnughter forgive
him for his act. In view of this letter
the police believe that Kepler intend
ed to kill both himself and the wo
man.
A Lit iL KUM ? A CE.
Sends lor Hin Sweetheart and Will
tie Married Soon.
The Columbia ll corri says the Hrs!
incident In the romance line to occur
In Oom tn bs i o< er Wats in's experience
with bis new departo cut of HnniLra
tion and agriculture wi il take the
form of a dout.lo wedding of Scotch
couples, the certm :.y to be perform
ed In Commissioner Watson's t dice in
the capitol bunding within the next
week or ten days.
Oae of the happy croon-s to be ls
James Reid, a handsome young fel
low whom Mr. Watson brought here
last Oatobor and who Inspired hy the
bliss awaiting his successfully estab
lishing himself in this country has
been carving out a business air..er for
himself at Georgetown. Through ar
rangements made with lite depart
ment's apency in Glasgow Mr. Reid's
bride-to-be, Mi s Schofield, sailed on
the llth from Liverpool on the An
ebor liner "Columbia." Sile ls ex
pected to meet Mr Reid In Columbia
the latter patt, of this week.
Peter Buchan ls so charmed wich
the prospects ;>f th's country that h'<
has doti realm d to take a wife before
he has been here sixty days. Ile
came here In March from Gate Hean,
Scotland, bu h li g au expert dairy
man he readily f und work on a farm
right Herc io Richland c unty. His
fiance sailed < n the White Star liner
"Baltic" from Liverpool about tlie
same time thai Miss Schofield started
out for happiness and a home, and
the two are expected here on the
same day or within a day or so of each
other.
Killed UiiiiBolf.
T. R. Tulles, formerly town mar
shal of Philadelphia, Miss , and one of
the most prominently conneated young
men In Nesbobacounty, i as commit
ted 3uicir.e by Hiing a bullet through
his brain. Af.er b ing married for
five months, dorntstic tioubles are
said to have arisen, and husband and
wife agreed to separat - As the wife's
effects wire b lng loaded on a wagon
preparatory I i moving, Tulles went
toher rt om ann a-lad to kiss her
good by. A ter doing so, he retired
at once to thc rear of he house and
fired tho fatal shot.
lui ?ll? III I ii. ll ir, HUI A.
Last week a vessel brought 77C
Italians fiom Palermo to Nev/ Or
leai.s. All but about 2u were permit
ted lo land; Those refused were
alli ctid with distase or did not meit
the requirements of the law in som*
other particulars, Tue immigrant*
were la'.ded at. N w Orleans at the
suggest! >:i of the italian ambassador,
through whom southern planters
made an app al for Italian laborers.
They will he employ ed largely on tl c.
plantations <f Louisiana and otln r
Southern states.
A DRINKING PLACE
Not Authorized in the Establishment
of Heer Dispensaries.
Law Allows Pay by Koyalty lu Lieu
of Salary anti DispcnsorB May
linttlo Their Boer.
Attorney Qencral Gunter in a
lengthy opinion Wednesday answered
three questions propounded by the
State board of dispensary directors
with regard to beer dispensaries, but
it is not thought that thc board Itself
will make an announcement until
Thursday.
The question whether the law al
lows pay by royalty in lieu of salary is
answered in the atllrmative as is the
question as to whether beer dispen
sers may bottle their own beer.
The detinition of "premises" ls
lengthy and somewhat complicated,
but in brief it may be said that the
opinion d.dines "premises" to be
whatever tile county board designates
as "premises;" ii. other words the
opinion is all that the most fastidious
beer dispenser could desire.
Says the opinion: "In regard to
your third request for a definition of
the word premises, it OCCUTB In sec
tion 561 above quoted, ls fraught
with riltlljulty, for it Involves to a
great extent a question of fact, allier
lng in each particular case. From
such an examination as I have been
able to make of this subject in the
legal authorities, I am unable to lay
down a precise detiultlon for in such
cases where the matter has been dis
cussed so much depends on the technl
cal statutes and circumstances the
reasoning is of hut little aid herc.
"From a perusal of the dispensary
law it ls manifest, however, in deter
mining the limits or the 'premises,'
recourse must be had to the action of
the county b< ard of control, in select
in? a place for a dispen. er to operate.
"Sectlou 565 directs: 'The county
ooard of control shall designate or
provide a suitable place lu which to
sell the liquors,' and section 564,
authorizing tue county board to ap
point a dispenser: Says 'every appoint
merit 80 made shall specify the nulld
lng, giving the street and number or
location In which intoxicating liquors
may be sold by virtue of che same.'
When the county board has designat
ed or provided 'a suitable place' in
which to sell liquors that 'suitable
place' becomes "premises' on which
liquor can not be opened nor malt
liquors drunk.
"Were a provision of the nature di
rected to individuals, premises under
such clrcumnauces would he limited
to some place over which such indi
vidual had the legal right to exercise
autuority or control. This rule ap
piles to the governmental agenay hav
ing the selection and control of the
place where liqu?rs are sold and of
course, can nut apply to places over
whlc.i the county board has no au
thorlty. There Is no law authorizing
the county board or any other olncer
to provide a driuklng place; if suca be
attempted lt ls without warraut of
law.
"lt follows that 'pa mises' is such
a placa as ls provided by the county
bo ard for the sale of liquors and over
which the State agencies have con
trol. Tnis trust is devolved upon
that holy to be performed acceding
ly to the expressed meaning and pur
I pose of the law."
VEILED MURDERESS DEAD.
Confined Over Fifty Vcaro. She j
Claimed Itnyal Blood.
A d'spatch from Newborn, N. Y.,
says Mrs. Henrie'ta Ho iluson, known
as "the veiled murderess." die 1 at
the M ittvawan state h spltal Wed
nesday. -She was convicted of the
murder of Timothy Latng^n and
Catherine Lu bee In Troy in 1853.
During tue trial she wore a heavy
veil. Judge ILirrls, before whom she
was tried, a^ked her to remove the
veil, but she refused, saying that she
v.ould rather have any verdict pro
nounced Miau to remove lt. II i r
counsel, Martin I. Townson, stat'd to!
the court that he could not prevail on
her t? remove lt. Finally she drew
the veil for an Instant and, smiling to
the jury, replaced lt. Sue was sen
tene: < to he hanged on June 10, 18511
Har senti nee was afterward eoruiou
ted. Sue was sent to the Auburn
state lu spit al for the. insine in
and later transfi rn d t > Matteawan
Mrs. Robinson was s 'J > ears old.
When, a few days ago, it was certain
she inu-.t die, the physicians at the
hospital endeavored to have lier re
veal her identity, which she had hid
den since her c nimltmont. She re
fused, saying that she had kept the
secret fur 50 years and might as well
let it die with lier. Only once in her
long oonlineinent did she ever rev? al
anything about herself, and then she
told a pn> aldan that she came from
the English royal family. Then, as
If she had forgotten herself, she re
fused to say anything further. She
has employed her time in recent years
in miking lace, which she wore.
Some time ago she made a set of false
teeth out of huttons and wore them a
large share of the time.
WI II ttl ron Com III en co mc nt.
Invitations have been sent out for
thc annual commencement exercises
of Winthrop Normaland industrial
College at Rock Hill, on June 4, 5,
and ti. Fifty young women will re
eel ve their decrees. On Sunday
morning, Juno 4, the sermon will he
delivered before the Young Women's
Christian Association, and at night
i Kev. G. W. Smith, of Greensboro, N.
C., will preach the hacalaurcate ser
mon. On Monday the joint celebra
, tion of the literary societies and an
\ inspection of Hie buildings and de
! partmcnts will take place. On June
i (I, the schedule provides for thc
, alumnae reunion, address Lo the
alumnae hy Hon. 10. D. smith, ol
. Sumter. "Daisy Chain Procession,'
aridrei-s to the graduating class by
i Hon. M. It. Ansel, of Greenville, and
. the award of diplomas and certlti
i cates.
HE KILLED FOUR.
A California Mad Man Tries To
Kill Everybody.
SHOT HIMSELF ALSO,
Supposed to Be Crazed by Liquor, Wil
liam P. Robinson, does Forth With
a Winchester and a Pistol and *
Starts Another Graveyard
in Sandiego, Cal.
At Sandiego, Gal., on Monday, Wil
liam P. Robinson, a house servant,
ran amuck killing four persons,
wounding two others and then killin?
bimself.
Toe dead: ?
William Stewart.
Mrs. Emma Stewart.
H. W. Chase.
Harry Doddridge.
W. P. R .blnson. j
Tue wounded:
Mrs. W. II. Doddridge.
W. H. Doddridge was Injured by ,
falling out of a window. ,
At first Robinson was said to be (
crazed by liquor, but later lt was said ?
that he had threatened Doddridge for ,
an alleged attempt to have Robinson |
shanghaied when he was a sailor. It ?
ls said also that he had expressed a j
dislike for the Stewarts. ?
About 8 o'clock Monday morning |
Robinson left bis house at tbe corner
of Fourth and A streets and going to |
tbe apartments in tbe same building ,
occupied by Mrs. Emma Stewart, the ,
landlady, and ber son, William, rap- ,
ped for admission. Mrs. Stewart, |
upon opening the door, was shot j
through the head by Robinson, who ,
had leveled a rifle Robinson then (
entered the dining room where Stow- ?
art, who had been seated at breakfast, \
was just rising from the table. Rob- ,
lnson attacked him immediately, t
plunging a long knife into Stewart's ,
bo ty close to the heart and again into ,
thc abdomen. At the second stab j
Stewart sank to thc door with blood ?
p turing from ht* hotly in a stream.
Robinson the-1 i mumed to bia room. (
Reloading his r ll and jewing his |
knife, he sllrp da n vo!v r into hi3 .
pocket. II2 Glien descended to the ,
tirst Uoor, i n . portion of which is ,
used asa e\rpen er ?-1 op by n. W. (
Chase. C .a e probably siw Robinson (
enter, but patt no attentl u to him, j
for Robinson approached ooo to him j
and, suddenly throwing up bis ritle, (
tired, the bullet entering. Chase's ,
breast'olo?e to tho heart. Chase died ,
immediately. I
From the carpenter shop Robinson (
proc eded on his bicycle down Fourth ,
street for several Uiocks through the ,
business section of the town with the ,
title still in his hand. Ile went di- ,
rectly to the house of W. H Dod- (
dridge, internal revenue, collector, on ,
thc northeast corner of Second and II .
streets. He left bin wheel at the. ,
< urb and ran up the steps to the front (
door, carrying his revolver in om- hand ,
and his rilla in tho other. In re (
?jponse to bis ring Harry Doddridge ,
son of W. H. DoJdrldge, who ls an ?
engineer at the Sandiego brewery, ,
opened tlie door.
Robinson tired his revolver and ',
young Doddridge sank to the tloor
with a bullet just, above the heart
Death followed before med cal assis
lance could he summoned. Mrs. .
Doddridge, tile y.ung man's mother,
nearing the shot and perhaps wit
nessiug the tragedy, ran screaming
fr.>rn the house Robinson, hearing
the screams, started through the ,
Mouse after the woman. As she wa- ,
cros.s?!ig tlie yard the orp.zed man
caught sight of her and tired, the bul
l.-t striking her in the back. She fell
headlong upon her face in the yard
W. il. Doddridge, who was lu bed
on the second tloor when the commo
tion began, jumped or fell out of the
window, breaking the bones of his
rlgtit hand and probably sustaining
internal Injuries. Robinson searched
the hou.ie for more people. When he
came to the room Just vacated by
Do;l.?ridge he climbed upon the bcd
and placing his revolver t) his temple
tired a bullet which tore off the tO'
of his bead. There ls no known rea
sop for thinking there had been ill
feeling between lt minson and any of
lils victims. Collector Doddridge says
be n vi r even saw or heard o' Robin
son he fore.
1 h rn i?- Dieu i >: Sm :\ I |HII .
Tlie. NJ wherry Observer says Dr.
M. t?. Hendrix, tlie most prominent
physician of Lexington, died oo
Saturday night with smallpox. Ile
must have been a man of rare ability,
judging from the tribute of the local
paper, though a man of "peculiar
characteristics" and of "strong pre
jud Ices." We infer from a remark
made by the town board of health, in
the same paper, that the doctor had
not been vaccinated-this probably
hoing one evidence of his "strong pre
judges." Tlie dector's wife ani chil
dren also had the disease, but he was
the only member of the family who
died. "Mrs. Hendrix now being able
to be up and about her household
work, and other membersof tho fami
ly hoing successfully vaccinated." We
refer to this case to emphasize two
points: I. That the smallpox now
prevailing in tlie state ls of a virulent
and dangerous type; 2. That vaccina
tion is the only sure protection
against this most loathsome and dan
gerous disease.
To Si v i MMII'H 1 .ile.
Carl M. Spiner a former trusted
employe of thi DJS M iln< s National
hank, has bet n iudi.lt d on a charge
of embezzle ja ligand alleged fraudu
lent entries. Toe um uul of his short
i age does not oxceed 15,000. There ls
: a pathetic story in connection with
i Spencer's confession, which he m?de
' prior to tin; ie.dlctment. For many
i years annually he had been taking an
r invalid son east for medical treat
i ment. Ile had been unable to meet
the expenses and to save the boy's life
he LOOK money from bise mployers.
FOR HOLDING COTTON
The Flan for Southern Farmors to
Fix Its Price.
Lotter From Prceldont Harvle Jor
dan As to tho Plan for a Chato
of Cotton Warehouse*.
One of the most important move
ments ever inaugurated in the South
ls now rapidly taking form, and once
lt is completed, the Southern farmer
and cotton grower will be able, for
the first time In history, to set his
o vn price upon his own commodities,
exclusive of tbe outside influences of
thc Wall street "bull" and "bear."
This is the vast bonded warehouse
system, supported by the Southern
Cotton association. By this it is
hoped to erect a fireproof warehouse
in every communltv in which 2,000
bales of cotton are marketed. In this
way the farmer may store his cotton
and borrow cheap money on the re
celpts, holding the staple until che
price is high enough to warrant him
selling.
President Ilarvie Jordan, ina letter
given out Thursday, outlliicsthe plan
af the movement as follows:
The time has come lu the South
when our business men and farmers
must align themselves together for
mutual protection and safeguarding
the great stn pie crop of thin section of
the union. The cotton growers pro
duce the crop and prepare it for mar
ket and the sagacity and financial
jupport of our business men, bankers
ind merchants are needed to aid in so
wiling the crop as to make the staple
?ring its full legitimate value.
One of the essential features in the
future handliug of the cotton orop by
ihe producers ls to provide adequate
warehouse facilities in which to store
cotton aud use it as a collateral to
aorrow cheap money until the owner
s prepared or ready to sell it These
warehouses should be constructed in
?VL-ry commuulty where 2,000 bales or
nore of cotton is marketed and should
je built, operated and controlled by
Lhe farmers and business men in the
ocal communities. A great many of
these warehouses will be built this
pear and the Southern Cotton associa
tion will be glad to furnish the latest
ind most improved plans and specl
lications issued by the Aro insurance
companies. Each warehouse should
be so constructed as to reduce the
jost of insurance and storage to a
minimum. In connection with the
warehouse proposition the Southern
Jut ton association is also deeply inter
Bsted in the development of the Cot
ton Planters' Commission and Hold
ing company, which was organized
luring the late New Orleans cotton
sonvantion. This holding^aompabJe
If properly indorsed "and subscribed'to
by the farmers und business men of
the South, can soon develop into a
power of strength to proteot the grow
ars against any of the schemes and
S?vices so often resorted to by certain
liasses for the purpose of depressing
the price of the staple. The stock of
this company has been tlx d at the
par value of one dollar per share, so
is to place lt within the reajh of
3very f irmer in the South. The char
ter provides that no stockholder will
?ver be liable for :in amount greater
than iii.-? subscription. Every banker
lo the South lias this stock in hand for
sale, be^id ?a a large number of cuuuty
md stats agmts. lt is hiped that
the stock to this company w?!l b<
rapidly subscrib d to so that the peo
pl? wi o gr.?w ti e co'ton tnay.be. nb e
t build upa hu w irk of safety b
bw en thems Iws an i ihe ?l?ment
which hus so long b en engig. d i.i de
pie sii g the col?n.i maiki t.
The ass cl it lo:i ? ill be glad to fur
nish detailed information wah refer
ence to these two 'inuortant adj mets
?f the association's work to all par
ties interested. Thc farmers have al
ready whipped the tight us to reduo
Hon of cotton acreage a> d use of
guano under cotton for 1 OO?J N iw
let the people get o oser t igethf-r and
continue the light for their emancipa
tion from the dominating influences
of tile speculators.
IIAKVIB JOKDAN,
President Southern Cotton Associa
tion.
itryau lu ihe 1'ul pit.
W. J. Bryan tilled thc pulpit of a
Methodist church at L ncoln, Neb ,
recently. A very large crowd was in
attendance. He took up the Sermon
on the Mount, with his text the
words: "Blessed are the pure in
heart, for they shall see Grid." He
declared Iiis belief that religion con
sisted more in kindness to and consid
eration fur fellow men, more in char
ity fur otheis and In per.-onal purity'
than in dogma, ceremony or creed.
He deplored the tendency to higher
criticism of the Scriptures and rejec
tion of parts of it because one could
not understand. He declared that he
found dally more mysteries in life
than were bound up within the cov
ers of the Hlbie. Ile believed the
higher wisdom lay In accepting the
good we understand, and hope for un
derstanding later of that wo don't.
He insisted that no man could com
mand real success In the world unless
he possessed an Ideal, nor could he be
of real value to the world so long as
selfishness and low conceptions of his
duty to himself and others dominated
his life and conduct.
Ni'vcr lind Any.
President Hadley of Y*le Unlverlty
was one of the speakers at the dinner
of the Cornhill Alumni, of New York
city. Dr. Hadley told a story of a
little boy whose mother had died and
whose fallier had married again, hav
ing two sons by the second wife. "I
had a mother and l'vo got a step
mother," said the boy, "but Hilly and
Harry, all they've got ls a stepmother.
Tliey never liad any nrmtho.r."
Tilt) i / ..:-. i Survivor*
The body of Hiram Cronk, the last
survivor of the war of 1812 was car
rlod to New York from Boonvllle,
and laid away in the Cypress Hills
cemetery w!Mi full military ?lonors.
Accompanying the body wore Cronk't
three survivrig sons and one danghtei
-Philander Cronk, aged 81, William,
aged 82, John, aged 60 and Mrs. Sarat
Rawley, aged II,
A Would-Be Assassin Dies by Ks
Accidental Discharge
ON HIS OWN PERSON,
Two Detectives Were Also Blown to
Atoms and Twenty-three People
Were Hurt. The Man Was .
Carrying the Bomb to Use
on Another Maa.
A dispatch from Warsaw, Russian
Poland, says a workman who was try
lng to avoid the observation of two
detectives on Miodowa street at noon
Friday stumbled on the curb of tbe
sidewalk and a b mab which he was
carrying in his pocket exploded killing
the workman and li ah detectives ann
wounding 23 persous. It is belli ved
the bomb was intended for Gov. Gen.
Maxlmovltoh, who was expected to
pass tbe spot on his way from the ca
thedral, where be was attending the
service in honor of the czar's birth
day.
The bodies of the victims were lit
erally blown to pieces. A cafe near
the scene of the explosion was entirely
demolished, all the windows in the
neighborhood were smashed and a 1
lamp post was torn out of the ground.
The number Injured by the explosion
includes three women, one student
and two school boya. One of the lat
ter ls detained at the police station, 1
having been noticed warning people
against going into Miodowa street.
The man who was carrying thc bomb !
bas been identified as a Polish shoe
maker named Dobrowolski, a member I
of the violent section of the Socialists. ?
Many arrests have been made since
the. explosion and the police are busy
making domiciliary searches. '
Tho authorities are convinced that
the bomb was intended for the gover- !
nor general. He was attending thc
services at the cathedral, which ls
situated at the corner of Dluga and
Miodowa streets, a few yards from the
scene of the explosion. All the high '
officials and members of Russian so- 1
clety there also was present. The gov
ernor general had recently been tbr. at '
ened with a bomb attack particularly 1
since the May day disturbance. The
police accordingly exercise the great
est vigilance whenever be leaves the 1
castle. After the o til dals had ente ed
the Cathedral detectives observed a 1
poor}y- dre-.sed man loitering on Mio
d J wa street. When the man saw the '
d>* -.?iye * } ran towards the entrance J
or a confectioner's store, when he?lth
er tripped or threw the bomb back
wards at the detectives. 1
The explosion occurred only a min
ute before the people commenced to 1
pour out of the cathedral. !
Three minutes later the governor
general would have passed the spot.
Cossacks who were hastily summoned
soon cleared the streets and the gov 1
rm r general drove bv another route i
co the castle. Friday's outrage is t:.e
sixth of similar character lu Warsaw ?
siuce the January disturb inc-'S. The 1
editors or Polish papers there have de
cided to publish, li thc censor will
permit it, strong articles denouncing
such attacks, lt is stated that G >V.
Gen. Max:m vitch recently received
an annoymous letter threatening that
is be Ind allowed men, worn? n and
c illdren to be sn t d >wn ou May dav,
o he would he killt d with his wife
..nd chi dren, the writer addii g that
ev n rem doing within the castle
vould not save them from tint fate.
I)ruKU"U to Death.
A dispatc'i from Johnston to The
State says Mr. Jeter W Crlm was
killed Tuursday afternoon in a pecu
liarly norrlble manner. Mr. Crlm h id
b. en out plowl g and about sundown
started home rpm the lieid, r.dlng
the hor.ie, sitting slde.vays. In some
way the horse bolted, and Mr. Crim'.s
feet became entangled In the harness
He was dragged for a quarter of a
mile, with the horrie going at full
speed. When the horse was stopped,
nearly at Mr. Crlm's home, the unfor
tunate man .was still alive bJt unable
t > speak and in that condition lie liv
ed for about 30 minutes. Mr Crlm was
(30 years of age and was a Confederate
veteran. He was a farmer and senior
member of the firm of Crlm & Son.
The om LiOTo Ituvived.
Miss May Story, of Thomson, and
Mr. L. h. Harker, of Marietta, Ga.,
were married at Thompson, Ga ,
Thursday, and created quite a ripple
of excltem&nt from the fact that the
engagement of Miss Story to a pro
minent young man of a neighboring
town had been announced, tho wed
ding to be solemnized in June. All ar
rangements had been made for this
wedding, which was to be the society
event of the season, but lt appears
that an old sweetheart appeared upon
the scene, with the result above men
tloned. The newly married couple left
Immediately for Marietta, Ca., where
they will make there future home.
IMt atlml Utility.
L. P. Ohllger, ex-president of the
closed Wooster, Oolo, national bank,
ploaded guilty before Judge Taylor lu
the United States district court Wed
nesday afternoon to a count in one of
the Indictments charging him with
having Issued a draft when there were
no funds In the bank to meet lt. Judge
Taylor sentenced Obliger to eight
years' Imprisonment In the Ohio pen
itentiary. Obliger ls an ex congress
man, ex county treasurer, postmaster,
at Wooster under President Cleveland's
first administration and collector of
Internal revenue at Cleveland during
Cleveland's second administration.
Two r labor Cam Caught.
O. W. Streeter of Holton, N. Y ,
caught In traps In the Holton moun
tains recently two fisher cats, animals
i rarely seen In this part of the country.
The animals have heads which resem
? ble that of a bear. They weighed
. about ten pounds each. They possess
, a fine black fur, wtdoh ls valuable,
i Mr. Streeter says the animals arc
ferlons and will put up a good j fight.
SHIPS THAT VANISH.
Some Bemarkable Mysteries and Po
crots of the Great Ocean.
Fino Ships that Have Bailed Away
and Disappeared Forever
from the Sight of Men.
London Tit Bits says there are few
things which are so full of mystery,
or which makes such a powerful ap-1 \
peal to the imagination, as the stories 11
of ships that sall gallantly out to sea
and of which nothing ls ever heard or I ~t
seen after tbe masts have dipped be-1 ?
low the horizon. At present the pa
pers are full of .the records of these
marine tragedies. Today, it ls tbe
Giaverdale, which left Hong Kong on
November 23, for Vladivostok, and of
which no trace bas been found for
over two months; yesterday it was the
Royalist, whloh cleared a few days
later from Singapore to Hong Kong,
and has never reached ber destina
tion; the day before it was the Idum,
from Noway, which has vanished from
human view; and so on, -through the | [
long Hst of ships that have sailed and
disappeared.
What are the secrets of these mys
terious vanishings of stately ships
with their crews and cargoes? In
nineteen cases of twenty the secrets
Ile with the ships many latboms deep,
and will perhaps nave, leap to light.
To this day no one knows what be-1 f(
came of the Oity of Glasgow, whloh
set her sails BO gallantly In the Mer
sey half a century and more ago,
bound for Philadelphia, nor was she
seen again after the hills of Wales
were 1 jst to view.
The Burvie Castle left London some
years ago OD a long voyage to Austra
lia. She should have made a final
call at Plymouth, but she never came
within sight of the Hoe, nor has hu
man eye ever seen her from the day
me dropped down the Channel It
was on May 10, 1854, that Lady Nu
s'.-nt spread her sails at Madras with
3li7 of the 25th Madras Light Infant-1 g|
ry and other passengers on board
lier destination was Rangoon, but
half a century has gone, and neither
Rangoon nor any other port has
sighted her. I rj
Nearly two years later the Collins | rj
Liner, the Pac!tic, dropped down the
Mersey with 180 souls on board. She
was accounted one of the stoutest and
swiftest vessels of her time-and so,
no doubt she was. But she went the | Hi
way the City of Glasgow had gone a
couple of years earlier, and for forty
uine years has been lying at the bot- | 13
tom ot the sea-but where, none may
<eow till all secrets are revealed. The
brading vessel Atlanta started, a quar
tier of a century ago, for a short erul.se | s?
In Bermudan waters, and from that
lay to this no one knows what be
3ame of her and th? 250 souls sue car-11
ried.
On January 28, 1870, the City of
Boston sailed from Halifax for Eng- ei
land, with 191 souls on board. Sne ^
was an Inman Liner, a fine ship. ^
{plondidly equipped and handled; but [,
ihe, too, was dcsiintd to vanish from r-j
tue 'ace of the waters. ti
Tue victim of auother still remem- ?j
bured ocean mastery was the Pres! r)
lient, a hue vessel which was expected ,t\
it Liverpool In March, 1841. Marc i
passed and Liverpool saw nothing of 01
her. The long delay In her arriva rj
l?.iused great anxiety, and the wlldot a
rumor? hegan to be circulated. On n
April 13 news came that her engine- 0|
aud rudder had been disabled in heav
weather and that she had put into
Maderla for repairs, and there natu
rally followed a reaction from gloomy G
forebodings to transports of joy. The g
vessel was expected at Liverpool on a b
certain day, and her arrival was
awaited hy hundreds of people who V
had friends aboard; but she never o
cime, and ii was found that the story V
of her arrival at Maderla was a heart G
less hoax. All the time the Ill-fated
vessel was at the bottom of the sea.
On November 30, 1883, a large ves
st l was seen from the beach ao Deal,
sailing toward the Goodwin Sands.
S e was a fair picture to look on, as
-he moved over the waters with her
stately spread of sails, But as the
eyes of the watchers followed her Bbc
was seen to pause, and within a few
seconds she vanished utterly from
their view. What caused this trag!
cally sudden disappearance of a state
ly Bhlp? Tnat ls an itherof the count
less secrets which the ocsan has in its
Jealous keeping.
Forrest Honored.
At MemDhis, Tenn., to the accom
paniment of martial music and in the
presence of thousands of oltlzens and
visitors the iquestrlan bronte staue
of Lieutenant General Nathan B.
Flirrest was unveiled Tuesday after
noon in the park that bears the Con
federate general's name. The statue
ls tlie work of the sculptor, Nlethaus
lt was cast in Paris. Little Miss
Bradley, a great grand-daughtor 0
the dead boro, pulled the silken cord
which exposed to view tho handsome
monument. The municipal officers
declared a half holiday and the city
was crowded with visitors.
Drowned O fr toe Island.
The Charleston Post says J. AmoB
Kelly, a painter employed on the Isle
of Balms by Contraotor H. D. Sohua
dier, was drowned Wednesday after
noon ot! thc island. Ho left the
beach In a boat, which was over
turned by the waves In sight of the
shore, and tho unfortunate painter
I sank ' without thu possibility of help
being rendered him. His body has
not yet been recovered. Kelly with
his wife and child livod in the rear of
Mr. John D. Cappclmann's residence,
200 Rutledge avenue. He was a man
[of kindly disposition and of good
labs -enea d about 45 years old.
CletH Ho: 1'uy.
The Philadelphia Enquirer says that
Nan Patterson was in this olty today
and signed a contract to appear on the
stiueof the Harlem Music hall, New
York, at a salary of $2,000 a waek. It
is said she arrived here in the after
noon and returned to Washington
immediately after the negotiations
had been closed. Miss Patterson, lt
ls understood, waa represented by
Attorney DinielJ O'Reilly. Accord
ing to the Enquirer, she is to appear
In an sot at tho head of t lx other
ohorus girls. The longth of the en
gagement ls not known. 4
DREAMED 8HE SAW THIEF.
Spartanburg Woman Recovers lier
Money that Was Stolen.
Skeptically Inclined persons, 1m
mensed in material affairs and alive
mly only to the dally grind of life and
the gathering in of Rheckels, place
ittle faith in dreams; but Mrs. Curtis
Wall of Arch Btreet, Spartauburg,
whose husband ls a well known con
tractor, attaches a deep sign Hi canee
;o her dreams, and bas excellent rea
ions for doing so. Mrs. Wall ls a rela
.ive of Officer Henry Dodd o? the po
ice force, who related to a newspaper
nan a dream and its sequel, which
viii never be forgotten by the lady.
Several days ago there wai 820 se
?rcted in a closet of Mr. Wall's house.
That night on retiring Mrs. Wall
vho had placed the money away foi
'a rainy day," dreamed that twice it
md been stolen by a little negro boy
.nd the features of the thief were in
Iclibly stamped on her mind. Slu
Ireamed that this boy had stolen ?
on dollar bill and a one dollar bill,
saving four, of the sum total-820.
friday morning she went to the housi
f a negro man, not a great distance
ff, and feeling so sure of the Identity
f the thief of whom she dreamed,
he walked in and saw a little negro
oy about eight years of age who fit
sd the picture and said, "I have
ome for my money." It was quickly
)rthcoming-the ten dollar note, five
ollar note and one dollar bill. On
ooount of the extreme youth of the
egro, he was not prosecuted. He
jnfes3ed that he went to Mr. Wall's
ne afternoon recently to buy milk,
'hen there was no one at home.
HIRED ASSASSINS.
o Kill Her Hu?band And Got Into
Mach Trouble.
On May 3, at midnight, masked
len entered the home of Henry Black
alre, at Brookville, Calhoun county,
nd shot him dead in the presence of
ls wife and s in. Wednesday night
[rs. Blackshire is in the Calhorn,
Dunty jail. Her neighbor, Robsrt Mc
losky, is in the same prison and Lout
lendrlcks is in the Parkersburg jail .
ll charged with complicity in the mur
er.
The arrest of Mrs. Blackshire Wed
esday was brought about by th>
;atement of Hendricks. He said he
as at McOlosky's home several day.'
i-fore the murder and heard Mrs
lackshire offer McClcskey money ti
ill her hush ind, and say that if h> i
jfused she would get some one else
) do lt. He says he told Mrs. Hku k
lire after the murder what he heard,
ad she ofiered to give him 8100 a
on ts she collected her husband't
fe insurance if he would leave town.
He and MoOloskey left together thc
ay following the murder and remain
1 near Parkersburg till McCloskey re
?rn to Brookville on Sunday to get
ls pay and while there he was place?
i jill. During their absence Mrs
laowshlre attempted to coliect th
isuraoce, am muting to 81,0U0. Pub
e. sentiment was so outraged over th
sports of her complicity that she WL?
Greatened with lynching, but no a'
?mpt was made to wreak vengeanct
a her. McCloskey admits being at
lie house at the time of the murder
nd also says Mrs. Blackshire wante?
er husband out of the way, hui
narges Hendricks with the murder.
Lomax Appointed.
S?cr?tai / Taft appointed Majoi
eneral Lunsford L. Lomax, of Vir
lnla, a member of the Gettysburg
attletield park commision, to lill tie
acanoy caused by the death of Majo
V. M. Robins, of North Carolina, ont
f the Confederate commissioners.
Vith the single exception of Maj i
leneral Robert P. Hoke, of Nortl
Jarollna General Lomax is the senior
dicer of the survivors of the Army ot
"iorthern Virginia. He was born ir
loode Island, but established his le
;al residence lu Virginia at an earl)
.ge. He was graduated from the Mll
tary Academy and before the outbreak
?f the civil war was first lieutenant of
lavalry in the United States army and
iommanded the escort of President
Lincoln, at the latter's first inaugura
tion. Scon af terwards he resigned fron
ihe army and cast his lot with tht
Jonfederacy. In April, 1SU2, he wiu |
ippointed a compiler of the cilice of
war records, war department, and bas
.ont limed lu clerical duty In the war
lepartment ever since.
Sentenced to Death.
On Friday at Chicago Johann noch,
who by his own confession is apolyga
mist, and who is chirged by the police
,#lth hiving married at least 40 wo
llen in the last 15 years, was found
guilty by a jury of murdering the nen
io his last wife, Marie Welcker Hosh,
ind the death sentence was recom
mended by the Jury. Hoch had been
married to Mrs. Welcker only a short
Lime when she took suddenly sick and
died. He then formed an alliance with
the sister of the dead woman and se
curing the sister's money fled from
Chicago. This Mrs. Hoch told the po
Hoe that Hooh had poisoned her slate
and a search for Hoch was begun. lit
was found two weeks later in New
York and brought back to Chicag.
and confronted by Beveral alleged
wives. During thc trial expert testi
mony was offered by the State that
Hoch had poisoned the woman by ad
ministering arsenic
A Sad Adair.
At Yoakum, Texas, B. S. Masou, a
prominent business man, was shot and
killed by M. A. and P. A. Newman,
brothers, wno were concealed lu tht
Lane hotel and who used rides. Ma
son, it ls said feared trouble, but had
adopted the policy of going about In
his shirtsleeves to show that he was
unarmed. Several days ago Miss
Lillian Newman, about 28 years ot
age died at Runge, and shortly there
afti)r Dr. J. M. Boyd, a highly re
spec: ed physician, was bound over in
85,000 bond to answer a charge ol
malpractice in connection with the
young womans death.
Water Alter lOxorcino Fe. tal.
At Lancaster, N. Y., Dr. A. W.
Martin, aged for eight, dlod this ev
ening from neuralgia of the heart,
pro hied by drinking large quantities
ot wat ar after violent exercise.
/
FIVE MURDERS
Confessed to by a Negro Who Is
Now in Jail.
OTHERS PUNISHED
Por Some of the Crimes He Says He
Committed. He Claims to Have As
saulted a Young Woman ia
Virginia for Which Another
Man Was Lynched.
ID a letter to the police authorities
of Chester, W. Va., a man signing
himself "A. Johnson," and claiming
.0 be a partner of Henry Williams,
who was recently executed in Roa
noke, Va., has confessed to five mur
ders and numerous robberies.
His reasons for writing are that
other men have suffered for his crimes
and his conscience troubles him. He
says he has been converted. The
dates and manner in which the dif
ferent crimes were committed as fur
nished In Johnson's letter are more
complete than the police records, and
r.he authorities believe Its authentic
ity.
According to Johnson he killed a
woman at Chester, W. Va., two
Italians at U(liontown, Fa., a man at
Hyndman, Pa,, and a woman at Mar
tin's Ferry, Ohio. He also claims to
lave assaulted a woman at Staunton,
Va., for which crime, he says, an
jthei man was lynched.
TELLS CONFLICTING TALKS.
A dispatch from Cincinnati, Ohio,
ays Albert Johnson, colored, was ar
rested in Newport, Ky., Thursday for
sending threatening letters through
.lie mails The officers express the
oelief that he is the same man who
wrote to the Chester, W. Va., chief
if police, confessing various crimes
ror which other men had been or were
tbout to be punished. A postal card
0 James Mooar, son of Capt. Luke
.VIooar, threatening him with death
vas turned over to the United States
JOS tal authorities and led to Johnson's
irrest. Johnson acknowledged writ
ng the postal and was then asked:
'Did you write that letter to the
?nester, W Va., chief of police?"
.'Yes, slr, 1 did and every word In
hat letter is true," he responded.
"Why do you make these voluntary
: .nfebsionb?"
"Because I am now converted and
1 Intend to lead a better life."
"I had three other men spotted to
c 111 tn Cleveland, but since my con
version I have abandoned that idea.
I Informed the men that they had
.ose calls for their lives and thought
oliglon was all that had saved them."
Later Johnson retracted bis state
i?.nt that he had killed five persons.
1 have been bad," he said, "but I
ever killed any one and don't know
.nytoing about that letter."
Johnson's record in Newport In?
jiudts an attempt to kill Amos Phil
ips by shooting, but Johnson claims
hat he acted In self-defense.
Our Pension List.
The Columbia RiOord seems to
oink that South Carolina newspapers
can not afford to criticise ether States
ur abuse of the pension law, when we
?ave so much of the evil here at
lome. The Record says the State
ojard has found hundreds of names
m the Hst which ought not to be
.here. Tuis is not meant as an attaok
m the old soldiers, because they are
entitled to all the State feel justified
td paying, yet in almost every county
men who never shouldered a musket
ind who never beard the sound ot a
oattle are living on the money which
.hould go to those who fought for the
South. All of us can doubtless point
co some particular case of grafting.
"If the newspapers," says The Rs
jord, "by publishing the county lists
ire instrumental in having the names
if those not entitled to pensions
.tricken off they will In some measure
perform a duty to the public and to
che Confederate soldiers."
Crushed co Death.
A special dispatch froin Oalquit,
6a., to the Atlanta Constitution says
Uiat while Dr. P. E. Wilkin and Miss
Jennie Edgerton were out horseback
riding Monday afternoon they met two
four-horse wagons loaded with soir ita
of turpentine. In attempting to pas3
che first wagon the horse Miss Eager
ton was riding became frightened and
tho mules became unmanageable, the
result was that Miss Edgerton fell
under the wagon and was crushed to
death. The horse that Dr. Wilkin was
riding was so mangled that lt was kill
ed. Dr. Wilkin was slightly hurt. Miss
Eagarton was the adopted daughter
of Mrs. Floyd. The body will be In
ferred lu the family burying grounds
.lear Brinson, Ga. A party of young
people will escort the bjdy to Its last
restiug place.
In Uara Liuotc.
As the climax to a run nf hard luck,
Joseph S. Mc I try de, a well known oiti
z :n of Columbus, Qa., losti his only
toot Wednesday. He was alighting
from his delivery wagin, carrying a
shotgun. Ile has au artificial limb
and it became entangled In the gun,
causing the discharge of tho weapon.
A hole about the size-of a dollar was
blown through his right foot and the
doctor afterwards found amputation
necessary, BO M.; Bryde ls now minus
ooth his fi et. Not very long ago his
home was burned. A few years ago
Ure destroyed his boiler works and
iron works on Seventh street. Re
cently he lost a tine horse.
A Oootl Law.
The "whipping po.it law'* for wife
beaters went into effect Thursday in
the State of Oregon. Tne law provid
es that a man Convioted of wife beat
ing may bo punished with whippii g,
not exceeding 20 lashes, but thia is
only an additional punishment as the
old punishment by fine or Imprison
1 ment ls still in effect) under the new
Ur,