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VOL. SXK BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1905, NO, 2ST
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WAGES OF SIN
A Florida Man Kills Himself in a
New York Hotel.
A WOMvN WITH HIM
The Man and Woman Eloped from De
land, Fla., and the Former, Becom
ing Conscience Striken, Ended
His life pY 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 Siren's hotel at
46th street and Sixth avenue, Now
York, Thursday, from morphine
poisoning. With him at the time was
a woman who told the o 'lice that ber
name was Mrs Dona Miller and that
ehe 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 bi cause of some
trouble which he gut into there.
Mrs. Miller saki alie lef c her husband
to come with Kepler. She was detain
ed Oy the police. In the room In which
Kepler anH the woman occupied the
police found two small bottles. One
was filled with Morphine and the other
nearly erupt) contained a trace of the
drug Mrs. M.lier told the police that
Kepler bad tuen despondent for sever
al days and had told her that unless
his father did something at once to lix
up the trouble at Deland he feared
something dreadful wi uld happen.
When Mrs. Miller was arraigned in po
lice court she was remanded to the
custody of the coroner without ex a in
inatlon.
A note found in Kepler's rorm Indi
cated that the man bad deliberately
taken Ids lif .. lt was addressed to his
neph) w, .lunn lt ly mond, wi o is em
ployed In that city, and said: '"Good
bye, Jack. I thank you for al! you have
done. You know as well as I the reason
for tbls and will forgive me. Again, 1
thank you, and again I say a last good
bye. (Signed) Herbert." Raymond
told the police that Iiis uncle at one
time was a prominent tennis player
and that he won Hie southern cham
pionship.several years ago.
Later Mrs. Miller told the coroner
that a portion of h ;r story as she g ive
it to the police was untrue. She had
not lived with btr hu-band in several
yearB, she said, aud did not fl;e from
Deland with Kepler. She had been in
New Yi.rk or vicinity for several years.
She also told the coroner that she had
been a witness in the William Hooper
Young murder cave in that cloy sever
al years ago. She had lived In the
house with the murdered woman, she
Bald, ai d had Orst introduced her to
Young.
Mrs. Mil'er also said that Kepler
left a letter aid risked to his father
and mother I egging that lie and Mrs.
Miller be not separated in death and
that his parents aud tiaughter forgive
him for bis act. lu view of this letter
the police believe that Kepler intend
ed to kill both himself and the wo
man.
A LlnL K IMPACE.
Hernia lor Hin Swvoihear! and Will
bo Married Soon.
The Columbia lt cord say.-, the first
incident In the romance line to occur
in Uommhsioi er Watson's experience
with bis new dt p ?rt.n int of iuimi^ra
tlon and agriculture will take the
form of a doui.le wedding of Scotch
couples, the cere m my to be perform
ed In Commissioner Watson's i dice in
the capitol budding within the next
week or len days.
One of the happy grooms to be Is
James Reid, a handsome young fol
low whom Mr. Watson brought here
last Oatobsr and who Inspired by the
bliss awaiting bis .successfully estab
lishing himself In this country has
been earvin? out a business 3ireer for
himself at Georgetown. Through ar
rangements mude with the depart
ment's agency in Glasgow Mr. Reid's
bride-to-be, Ml s Schotield, sailed on
the 11th from Liv >rp n.) on the An
chor liner "C. lumbla." She ls < x
pected to meet Mr Reid lu Columbia
the latter part of this week.
Peter Buchan is so charmed wich
the prospects of th's c. untry that he
hasdetirtxilutd to take a wife before
be bas been here sixty days. Hu
came here in March from Gate Hean,
Scotland, bu b i; g au expert dairy
man he readily f und work on a farm
right here in Ric iland c unty. His
fiance sailed on the White Star liner
"Baltic" from Llverp ol about the
same time that 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 HitiiBOir,
T. It. Tulles, formerly town mar
Bhul of Philadelphia, Miss , and one of
the most prominently conneoted young
menin Ne boba county, has commit
ted suicir.e bj tifinga bu'let through
his brain. A f..er being married for
five months, domistic ttouhles are
said to have arl.sen, and husband and
wife agreed to separat' Ai tho wife's
effects wire li lng loaded on a wagon
preparatory t i moving, Tullos went
toher rt om and a1 ked to kiss her
goodby. A'ter doing BO, he retired
at once to the rear of he house and
fired thc fatal ?hot.
ital kim In Ijollitiiaiia.
Last week a vessel hiouvht TTfi
Italians fi om Palermo to Nev/ Or
leans, All but ai.out ~u were permit
ted lo land. Those refused were
afflicted with dis?, ase or did not met t
the requirements of the law in som-,
other particulars. T ie immigrant?
were la:.(kd at New Orleans at the
suggostl >:i of tint Italian ambassador,
through whom sotn.liern planters
made an appi al for Italian laborers.
They will bo employed largely on tl e
plantations of Louisiana and other
Southern slates.
A DEIlSKIiXGr PLACE
Not Authorized in the .Establishment
of t?eer Dispensaries.
Law Allowa Pay by lt DY ?Hy In Liiou
ol Salary and Diaponsora May
Bottlo Their Boer.
Attorney General Gunter In a
lengthy opinion Wednesday answered
three questions propounded by the
State board of dispensary directors
with regard to beer dispensaries, but
lb is not thought that the 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
qucstfou as to whether beer dispen
sers may bottle their own beer.
The definition of "premises" ls
lengthy and somewhat complicated,
but in brief it may be said that the
opinion defines "premises" to be
whatever the county board designates
as "premises;" ii. other words the
opinion ls 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 occurs lu sec
tlon f>Gl above quoted, ls fraught
with ditlljulty, for it Involves to a
great extent a question of fact, rt i O'er
lng in each particular case. From
such an examination as 1 have been
able to malte of this subject In the
legal authorities, 1 am unable to lay
down a precise definition for in such
cases where the matter has been dis
cussed so much depends on the techni
cal statutes and circumstances the
reusoniug is of hut little aid here.
"From a perusal of Mie dispensary
law it is manifest, however, lo deter
minirg the limits of the 'premises,1
recourse must be nad to the action of
the county biard of control, in select
lng a place for a dispen- er to operate.
"Section 5G5 directs: 'The county
board or control shall designate or
provide a suitable place in which to
sell the liquors,' and section 5154,
authorizing tue county bjard to ap
pointa dispenser: Says 'every appoint
ment BO made shall specify the liuild
ing, giving the street and number or
location in which intoxicating liquors
may be sold by virtue of the same.1
When the county board has designat
ed or provided 'a suitable place1 in
which to sell liquors that 'suitable
place' becomes 'premises' on which
liquor can not bo opened nor malt
liquors drunk.
"Were a provision of the nature di
rected to Individuals, premises under
such circumstances would be limited
to some place over which such indi
vidual had the legal right to exercise
autuorlty or control. This rule ap
piles to tho governmental agenay hav
ing the selection and control of the
place wher? liquors are sold and of
course, can not apply to places over
which the county board has no au
thorliy. There ls no law authorizing
the county board or any other otlluer
io provide a drinking place; if suc.i be
attempted it ls without warraut ot
lav;.
"lt follows that 'pr< mises' is such
a plac3 as is provided by the county
bo ird for the sale of liquors and over
which the State agencies have con
trol. Tins trust ls devolved upon
that holy to be perfjrmed ace trdlug
ly to the expressed meaning and pur
pose of the law."
VEILED MURDERESS DEAD.
Co ll ft neel Ovt;r Kil'ty Yearn. Hbo
Claimed Itoyal Blood.
A dispatch from Newburu, N. Y.,
says Mrs. Henrie ta Ito ?ins in, known
ss "the veiled murderess," diel at
the M vtt awan state h sp I tal Wed
nesday. She was convicted of the
murder of Timothy Lanagan and
Catherine Lubee in Troy in is?3.
During the trial site, wore a heavy
veil. Judge Harris, before whom she
was tried, arkell her to remove the
veil, but she refused, saying that she
would rather have any verdict pro
nounced thau to remove lt. Ht r
counsel, Martin I. Townson, stated to
the court that he could not prevail on
her t? remove lt. Finally she drew
thc veil for an Instant and, smiling to
the jury, replaced lt. She was sen
tene: . to be hanged on June 10, 1853
lier sentence was afterward ot) m mu
ted. S:?; was sent to the Auburn
state ht spit al for tho Insane in 187 :?
and later transferred t i Matteawan.
Mrs. Robinson was 89 years old.
When, a few days ago, it was certain
she inuit die, the physicians at the
hospital endeavored to lia ve her re
veal her identity, which she had hid
den since lier c mmitmont. She re
fused, saying that she had kept the
secret for ?? years and might as well
let lt die with her. Only once in her
long confinement did she ever rev? al
any i bing about herself, and then she
to id a physician that she came from
the Ko gi I sh royal family. Then, as
if nhe had forgotten herself, she re
fused lt) say anything further. She
has employed her time in recent years
in miking lace, which she wore.
Some time ago sho made a set of false
teeth out of buttons and wore them a
large share of the time.
Winthrop Commencement.
Invitations have, been sent out for
tlie annual commencement exercises
of Winthrop Normal and Industrial
College at R';ck Hill, on June 4, f>,
and tl. Fifty young women will re
ceive their degrees. Oh Sunday
morning, June 4, thc sermon will bo
delivered before the Young Women's
Christian Association, and at night
Rev. B. W. Smith, of Greensboro, N.
G , will preach tho bacalaorer.te ser
mon. On Monday the joint celebra
tion of the literary societies and an
Inspection of the buildings and de
partments will take place. On June
ii, the schedule provides for the
alumnae reunion, address to the
alumnae by Hon. E. D. Smith, of
Sumter. "Daisy Chain l'rocession,"
tddrefis to tho graduating class by
Hon. M. R. Ansel, of Greenville, and
the award of diplomas and certlti
cates.
HE KILLED FOUR.
A California Mad Man Tries To
Kill Everybody.
SHOT HIMSELF ALSO,
Supposed lo Be Crazed by Liquor, Wil
liam P. Robinson, Goes Forth With
a Winchester and a Pistol and
Statis Another Graveyard
At Sandiego, Gal., on Monday, Wil
liam P. Robinson, a house servant,
ran amuck killing four persons,
wounding two others abd then killing
himself.
Tue dead:
William Stewart.
Mrs. Emma Stewart.
ll. W. Chase.
ITarry Doddridge.
W. P. R ibinson.
The wounded:
Mrs. W. H. Doddridge.
W. H. Doddridge was Injured by
falling out of a window.
At iirst 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 ho was a sailor. It
ls said also that he had expressed a
dislike for the Stewarts.
About 8 o'clock Monday morning
Robinson left his bouse at the corner
of Fourth and A streets and going to
the apartments in the same building
occupied by Mrs. Emma Stewart, the
landlady, and ber Bon, William, rap
ped for admission. Mrs. Stewart,
upon opening the door, was shot
through tile head by Robinson, who
had leveled a rifle Robinson theu
mitered the dining room where Stew
art, who had been seated at breakfast,
was just rising from the table. Rob
inson attacked him Immediately,
plunging a long knife into Stewart's
bo ?y dose to the heart and again into
tlic abdomen. At the second stab
Stewart sank to the lloor with blood
p Miring from his bo3y in a stream.
Robinson tberi 'nrarnedto hUroom.
Reloading h?s r il a id jewing his
knife, he si i pp da revolver into his
pocket. He cb?>n d-'.sc'nr'ed to the
first floor, in? porttoi of which is
usad as a cirpfn er tl op by n. W.
Chase. Ca e prot ab'y siw Robinson
enter, but pai l no attention to him,
for Robinson app cached cose to him
und, suddenly throwing up his rifle,
tired, tho bullet entering Chase's
brcast'oioae to tho heart. Chase died
immediately.
From the carpenter shop Robinson
proc eded on his bicycle down Ifourth
street for several blocks through the
business section of the town with the
rifle still in his baud. Ile went di
rectly to the house of W. H Dod
dridge, Internal revenue collector, on
the northeast corner of Second and ll
streets. He left his wheel at the
curb and ran up the steps to the front
door, carry it g his revolver in one h?iid
and his rifle m the other. In re
spouse to his ring Harry Doddridge,
son of W. II. Doddridge, who is an
engineer at the Sandiego brewery,
ope ed the door.
Robinson fired bis revolver ano
young Doddridge sank to the floor
with a bullet just above the heart
D,jath followed before medical assis
tance could be summuned. Mrs.
Doddridge, the yung man's mother,
bearing the shot and perhaps wit
nessi ng the tragedy, ran screaming
from the house Robinson, hearing
the screams, started through the
oouse after the woman. As she wa>
crossing tile yard the cruzad man
caught sight of lier and fired, the bul
let striking her in the back. She fell
headlong upon lier face in the yard
W. H Doch!ridge, who was In bed
on the second floor when the commo
tion began, jumped or fell out of the
window, breaking the hones of his
rlgiit hand and probably sustaining
internal injuries. Robinson searched
the house for more people. When he
came to the room just vacated by
Doddridge ho climbed upon the bed
and placing his revolver t> lils temple
tired a bullet which tore off the to
of his head. There is no known rca
sop for thinking there had been ill
feeling between Robinson and any of
ins victims. Collector Doddridge says
he n vcr even saw or heard of Robin
son he fore.
Doctor Dieu of Smallpox.
The Newberry Observer says Dr.
M. y. Hendrix, the most prominent
physician of Lexington, died on
Saturday night witli smallpox. He
must have been a man of rare ability,
judging from the trib-.i?e of the local
paper, though a mau of "peculiar
characteristics" and of "strong prc
ludlces." We infer from a remark
made by the town board of health, in
tile same papi'r, that the doctor had
not been vaccinated-this probably
being one evidence of his "strong pre
judclcs." The doctor'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, arid other members of the fami
ly hoing successfully vaccinated." We
refer to this case to emphasize two
points: 1. That the smallpox now
prevailing In the state is of a virulent
and dangerous type; 2. That vaccina
tion is the only sure protection
against this most loathsome and dan
gerous disease.
Carl M. Sp. ncr a former trusted
employe of tin DJS M ?int s National
bank, lias bern Indicted on a charge
of emb z/.'o n ii? and alleged fraudu
lent entries. The um- unt of lils short
age does not exceed $5,uu(>. There is
a pathetic story lu connection with
Spencer's confession, which he made
prior to the indictment. For many
years annually he had been taking an
invalid son east for medical treat
ment. Ho bad been unable to meet
the expenses and to save the boy's life
he tooK money from bise mployers.
In Sandiego, Cal.
Ti? Si v i SIIII'M Ijilo.
FOR HOLDING COTTON
The Flan for Southern Farmers to
Fix Its Price.
Loiter From President Hardie Jor
dan As to tho Plan fora Obaln
of Cotton Warehouse*.
Oae of the most Important move
ments ever inaugurated iu the South
is now rapidly taking form, and once
it is oompleted, the Southern farmer
and cotton grower will be able, for
the firbt time in history, to Bet his
own price upon his own commodities,
exclusive of the outside influences of
the 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
ceipts, holding the staple until the
price is high enough to warrant him
selling.
President Ilarvle Jordan, Ina letter
given out Thursday, outlines the plan
of the movement as follows:
The time has come in the South
when our business men and farmers i
must align themselves together for i
mutual protection and safeguarding
the great staple crop of this section of i
the union. The cotton growers pro
duce the crop and prepare it for mar- i
ket and the sagacity and ?nancial i
support of our business men, bankers 1
and merchants are needed to aid luso 1
soiling the crop as to make the staple !
bring its full legitimate value. i
One of the essential features in the i
future handling of the cotton crop by l
the producers is to provide adequate ?
warehouse facilities In which to store '
cotton and use it as a collateral to I
borrow cheap money until the owner i
ls prepared or ready to sell it These <
warehouses should be constructed in ;
?vtry community where 2,000 bales or l
more of cotton is marketed and should i
be built, operated and controlled by
the farmers and business men in the 1
local communities. A great many of i
these warehouses will be built this {
year and the Southern Cotton associa- t
ti ou will be glad to furnish the latest ]
and most Improved plaus and spec?- j
fications issued by the fire insurance t
companies. Each warehouse should t
be so constructed as to reduce the ?
cost of insurance and storage tc a <
minimum. In connection with the t
warehouse proposition the Southern |
Cotton association ls also deeply inter- <
ested in the development of the Cot- t
ton Planters' Commission and Hold- i
lng company, which was organized ?
during the late New Orleans cotton <
convention. This hojdlnrr istyirnjgjmy M
If properly 'Indorsed and~sut)7cribed to (
by the farmers t ad business men of <
the South, can soon develop Into a \
power of Btrength to protect the grow
ars against any of the schemes and \
devices so often resorted to by certain |
classes for tho purpose of depressing
tue price of the staple. The stock of |
this company has been tlx d at th>- i
par value of ono dollar per share, so ?
as to place lt within the rea.h of ?
every f irmer In the South. The char
ter provides that no stockholder will ?
ever be liable for an amount greater :
than his subscription. Every banker i
lo the South has this stock lu hand for i
sale, besides a large number of county
and statB agents. lt ls h ?ped that
the stnek to this cern,.?any will b? i
rapidly subscribed to so that the pao
pie w o grow 11 e co'ton tuay.be ;.b e
to build upa bu wirk of safety tia i
tw en thei.s lv?.?s ati.1 ?he element
which hus so leug b en engig. d lo de
pieasing the cotton maiki t.
The aaa cl nio:; v ill be gla. I to fur
nish detailed Information with refer
ence to tuese two 'muonant adj mets
of the association's wirk to all p*r
ties iot-f-re-.ted. Tile farmers have al
ready whipped the tight as to red nc
? lou of cotton acreage ai d use of
guano under cotton for 15)05 N >w
let the people get c oser together an I
continue the tight for their emancipa
tion from tlu- dominating Influences
of the speculators.
IIAKVIK JUKDAN,
President Southern O.ttou Associa
tion.
Bryan In the Pulpit.
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
un the Mount, with his text the
words: "Blessed are the pure in
heart, for they shall see God." He
declared his belief that rellglou con
sisted more In kindness to and consid
eration for fellow men, more in char
lty for others and In personal purity
than In dogma, ceremony or creed.
He deplored the tendency to higher
criticism of tho Scriptures and rejec
tion of parts of it because one could
not understand. Ile declared that he
found daily more mysteries in life
than were bound up with'u the cov
ers of the lhble. He believed the
higher wisdom lay In accepting the
good we understand, and hope for un
derstanding later of that we 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
j duty to himself and others dominated
his life and conduct.
NeTor llrttl Any.
President Hadley of Yale Uni verity
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
whoso father had married again, hav
ing two sons by the second wife. '"I
hada mother and I've got a step
mother,'' said the boy, "but Hilly and
Harry, all they've got ls a stepmother.
They never had atty nrmthnr."
Tho ijAMt Survivor.
The body of Hiram Cronk, the last
survivor of the war of 1812 waa car
ried to New York from Boonvillc,
and laid away in tho Cypress Hills
cemetery wi Mi full military honors.
Accompanying the body were Cronk's
three survlvi )g sons and one daughter
-Philander Cronk, aged 81, William,
aged 82, John, aged 06 and Mrs, Sarah
Bawley, aged /l.
AWould-Be Assassin Dies by Its
Accidental Discharge
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ON HIS OWN PERSON,
Two Detectives Were Also Blown to
Atoms and Twenty-three People
Were Hurt. The Man Was .
. Carrying the Bomb to Usc
on Another Man.
A dispatch from Warsaw, Russian
Poland, says a workman who was try
ing to avoid the observation of two
detect! vs on Miodowa street at noon
Friday stumbled on the curb of the
sidewalk and a b >mb which he was
carrying in his pocket exploded killing
the workman and b)th detectives and
wounding 23 persons. It ls belli vod
the bomb was intended for Gov. Gen.
Maximovltoh, who was expected to
pass the spot on his way from the ca
thedral, where he was attending the
service in honor of the czar's birth- 1
day.
The bodies of the victims were lit- 1
erally blown to pieces. A cafe near 1
the scene of the explosion was entirely 1
demolished, all thc 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
md two school boys. One of thc lat
ter is detained at the police station, 1
oaving been noticed warning people
against going into Miodowa street 1
The man who was carrying the bomb 1
oas been identified as a Polish shoo
maker named Dobrowolskl, a member j
jf the violent section of the Socialists. .
Many arrests have been made since 1
the explosion and the police are busy
making domiciliary searches. '
The authorities are convinced that
?he bomb was intended for the gover- !
?or general. He was attending tire
services at the cathedral, which is
dtuated at the corner of Dluga and
Miodowa streets, a few yards from thc
?cene of the explosion. All the high ;
iffiolals and members of Russian so- 1
?lety there also waa present. The gov
?rnor general had recently been tim at '
med with a bomb attack particularly 1
?ince the May day disturbance. The 1
police accordingly exercise thc great- '
sst vigilance whenever he leaves the '
jastlo. After the officials had ente ed 1
the cathedral detectives observed a 1
poorly- dre-.sed man loitering on Mlo
iowa. street. When the man Baw the <
J** jt^ye.^Vran towards the entrance 1
3r a confectioner's store, whon ne el th
jr tripped or threw the bomb back
wards at the detectives. 1
The explosion occurred only a m?n
ate before the people commenced to !
pour out of the cathedral. !
Three minutes later the governor
ieneral would have passed the spot.
Cossacks who were hastily summoned '
loon cleared the streets and the gov- 1
rn< r general drove by another route .
DO the castle. Friday's outrage ls t.;.e
sixth of similar character In Warsaw 1
since tho January disturb inc-'S. Tba 1
aditors of Polish papers there have de
sided to publish, if tho censor will
permit it, stroug articles denouncing 1
such attacks. It is stated that Gov.
Gen. M ox. m vltch recently received
an annoy mous letter threatening that
is he had allowed mon, wornt n and
o lloren to be sn t d >wn ou May dav,
Ohe would be killi d with his wife
md chi dren, the writer addii g tba'
ev m rem lining within the castle
would not S'.ve them from that fate.
i>' ?'KU'-<I r<> Death.
A dlspatci from Johnston to The
-Hate says Mr. Jeter W Grim was
killed Thursday afternoon in a pecu
liarly horrible manner. Mr. Crlm bad
h en out plo wi i g and about, sundown
started home fr>>m the Held, riding
the horse, sitting sideways. In some
way the horse bolted, and Mr. Crim'.s
feet became entangled In the harness
ne was dragged for a quarter of a
mile, with the horse going at full
speed. When the horse was stopped,
nearly at Mr. Crlm's home, the unfor
tunate man .was still alive bat unable
11 speak and In that condition he liv
ed for about 30 mlnut-S. Mr Grim was
80 years of age and was a C infcderate
veteran. He wos a farmer and senior
member of the firm of Grim & Son.
Tilt? Old liovo Knvtvod.
Miss May Story, of Thomson, and
Mr. li. L. Harker, of Marietta, Ga.,
were married at Thompson, Ga ,
Thursday, and created quite a ripple
of excitement 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 thc 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, (Ja., where
they will make there future home.
I'll-atlod lin Illy.
L. P. Obliger, ex-president of the
closed Wooster, O^.io, national hank,
plonded guilty before Judee Taylor lu
the United States district court Wed
neBday 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, pi sttnaster,
at Wooster under President Cleveland's
lirst administration and collector of
Internal revenue at Cleveland during
Cleveland's second administration.
Two J- lulu-1- Uatfl Uatiigttt.
G. W. Streeter of Holton, N. Y ,
caught in traps in tile Holton moun
tains recently two Usher cats, animals
rarely seen In this part of the country.
The animals havo heads willoh resem
ble that ot a bear. Tlioy weighed
about ten pound ; each. They possess
a fine black fur, whloh is valuable.
Mr. Streeter says tim animals arc
ferlous and will put up a good j fight.
SHIPS THAT VANISH.
Sumo Bemarkable Mysteries and Pe
crets of the Great Ocean.
Fino Ships that HATO Sailed Away
and Disappeared Forever
from tho Sight of Men.
London Tit Bits says there are few
things which are so full of mystery,
or which makes such a powerful ap
peal to the Imagination, as the stories
of ships that sail gallantly out to sea
and of which nothing is ever heard or
seen after the mastn hitve dipped be
low the horizon. At present the pa
pers are full of .the recordB of these
marine tragedies. Today, it ls the
(Jlaverdale, which left Hong Kong on
November 23, for Vladivostok, and of
wbioh no trace has been found for
over two months; yesterday it waa the
Royalist, which cleared a few dayB
later from Singapore to Hong Kong,
and has never reached her destina
tion; the day before it was the Idum,
from Noway, which has vanished from
human view; aud so on, -through the
long list of shrps that have sailed and
disappeared.
What are tlie secrets of these mys
terious vanishings of stately ships
with their crews and cargoes? In
nineteen cases of twenty the Becrets
lie with the ships many fathoms deep,
and will perhaps naver leap to light.
To this day no one knows what be
came of the City of Glasgow, which (
set her sails so 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.
Thc Burvio 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
she dropped down the Channel It
was on May 10, 1854, that Lady Nu
?ent spread her sails at Madras with
Hil of the 25th Madras Light Infant- ,
ry and other passengers on board.
[1er destination was Rangoon, but
tialf a century has gone, and neither
Rangoon nor any other port has <
sighted her. i
Nearly two years later the Collins
Liner, the Pacific, dropped down the ?
Mersey with 180 souls on board. She ,
was accounted one of the stoutest and
jwiftest vessels of her time-and so, !
no doubt she was. But she went the ,
way the City of Glasgow had gone a ,
couple of years earlier, and for forty- |
[line years has been lying at the bot- ;
tom ot the sea-but where, none may |
f;ow till all secrets are revealed. The ,
brading vessel Atlanta started, a quar- {
ter of a century ago, for ash ort orulse <
In bermudan waters, and from that
tay to this no one knows what be <
jame of her and the 250 souls she car- ?
ried.
On January 28, 18*70, the Ciry of ,
boston sailed from Halifax for Eng- (
land, with 101 souls on board. Sue :
was an Inman Liner, a fine ship. ?
splendidly equipped and handled; but
sh;', too, was destined to vanish from
tue 'ace of the waters. i
Tue victim of another still remem- ?
bered ocean mastery was the Preni
len", a tine vessel which wa? expected ,
it Liverpool in March, 1841. Marc i |
pissed and Liverpool saw nothing of ,
tier. Thc lung d<day In her arriva
?.iused gnat anxiety, and the wildest ,
rumor? tiegau to be circulated. 0<i ?
April 13 news came that lier eugine- ,
iud rudder had been disabled in heavy
weather and that she had put Into
Maderia for repairs, and there natu
rally followed a reaction from gloomy 1
forebodings to transports of joy. The I
vessel was expected at Liverpool on a
certain day, and her arrival was
awaited hy hundred:! of people whu
had friends aboard; but she never
came, and ii was f.mnd that the story
of lier arrival at Maderia was a heart
less hoax. All the time the ill-fated
vessel was at the bottom of the sea.
Oe November 30, 1888, a large ves
sel was seen from the beach at? Deal,
sailing toward the Goodwin Sands.
S e was a fair picture to look on, as
she mi,ved over the waters with her
stately spread of sails, But as the
eyes of the watchers followed her she
was seen to pause, and within a few
seconds she vanished utterly from
meir view. What caused this trag!
cally sudden disappearance of a state
ly ship? Tnat Is an itherof the count
less secrets which the ocaan has in its
jealous keeping.
Forrest Honored.
At Memphis, Tenn., to the accom
paniment of martial music and In the
presence of thousands of ci tizona and
visitors the iquestrlan bronze staue
of Lieutenant General Nathan B.
Forrest was unveiled Tuesday after
noon in the park that bears the Con
federate general's name. The statue
ls the work of the sculptor, NlethauB.
lt was cast in Paris. Little Miss
Bradley, a great grand-daughter of
the dead horo, pulled the silken cord
which exposed to view the handsome |
monument. The municipal officers
declared a half holiday and tlie city
was crowded with visitors.
Drowned olTtlio island.
The Charleston Post 8ays J. Amos
Kelly, a painter employad on the Isle
of Palms by Contractor n. D. Sohua
cher, was drowned Wednesday after
noon od thc island. He left the
beach In a boat, which wai over
turned by the waves In sight of the
shore, and tho unfortunate painter
sank without the possibility of help
being rendered him. His body hat
not yet been recovered. Kelly with
his wife and child lived in tho rear of
Mr. John I). Cappelmann's residence,
200 Rutledge avenue. He was a man
of kindly dispution and of good
tabs -cuca d about 46 years old.
UetM liiK Fay.
Tlie Philadelphia Enquirer says that
Nan Patterson was in this city today
and signed a contract to appear on the
stage of tlie 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, it
is understood, was represented by
Attorney Daniel J O'Reilly. Accord
ing to tiie Enquirer, she is to appear
in an act at tho head of blx other
ohorus giris. The length of the en
gagement ls not known, j
DREAMED SHE SAW THIEF.
Spartanburj? Woman Recovers Her j
Money that WIR Stolon.
Skeptically inolinerl persons, im
mersed in material affairs and alive |
only only to the dally grind of life and
the gathering in of sheckels, place
little faith In dreams; but Mrs. Curtis
Wall of Arch street, Spartanburg,
whose husband is a well known con
tractor, attaches a deep significance I
to her drearriB, and has excellent rea
sons for doing so. Mrs. Wall ls a rela
tive of Officer Henry Dodd of the po
lice force, who related to a newspaper
man a dream and its sequel, which
will never be forgotten by the lady.
Several days ago there was 920 se
oreted in a closet of Mr. Wall's house.
That night on retiring Mrs. Wall
who bad placed the money away foi
"a rainy day," dreamed that twice it
had been stolen by a little negro boy
and the features of the thief were in
delibly stamped on her mind. She
dreamed that this boy had stolen ?
ten dollar bill and a one dollar bill,
leaving four, of the sum total-$20.
Friday morning she went to the houst
of a negro man, not a great distance
off, and feeling so sure of the identity
of the thief of whom she dreamed,
she walked in and saw a little negro
boy about eight years of age who fit
ted the picture and Bild, "I have
come for my money." lt was quickly
forthcoming-the ten dollar note, five
dollar note and one dollar bill. Oo
account of the extreme youth of the
negro, he was not prosecuted. He
3onfes3ed that he went to Mr. Wall's
une afternoon recently to buy milk,
when there was no one at home.
HIRED A8BASaINS.
To KUI Mor Hntbtnd And Got Into
Much Trouble,
On May 3, at midnight, masker!
men entered the home of Henry Black
shire, at Brookville, Calhoun county,
und shot him dead in the presence of
his wife and s m. Wednesday night
Mrs. Blackshlre ls in the Calhoun
xiunty jail. Her neighbor. Rcbsrt Mc
Ulosky, is in the same prison and Loub
Hendricks ia in the Parkersburg jail -
ill charged with complicity In the mur
ler.
The arrest cf Mrs. Blackshlre Wed
aesday was brought about by the
itatement of Hendricks. He said he
was at MoOlosky's home several dayh
Di-fore the murder and heard Mrs
Blaokshire offer McChskey money ti
dil her hush ind, and say that If h< | (
refuted Dbe would get some one else
[?o do lt. He says he told Mrs. Black
ihlre after the murder what he heard,
ind she ofiered to give bim $100 a
} on ts she collected her husband'?
i fe insurance if he would leave town.
He and McOloskey left together thr
lay following the murder and remain
ad near Parkersburg till McOloskey re
burn to Brookville on Sunday to get |
lils pay and while there ht was place*
In jill. During their absence Mrs
BlaoKBhlre attempted to col ect th
Insurance, am milting to $1.000. Pub
Ile sentiment was so outraged over in
reports of her (k. jpllcity that she w?.?
threatened with lynching, but no a'
tempt was made to wreak vengeanct
m her. McOloskey admits being at
the house at the time of the murder
ind also says Mrs. Blackshire wanted
fier husband out of the way, bui
charges Hendricks with the murder.
Lotn.ii Appointed.
Secretary Taft appointed Majo;
General Lunsford L. Lomax, of Vir
ginia, a member of the Gattyfcburp
tiattleiield park commlslon, to till th<
vacancy caused by the death of Majo
W. M. Robins, of North Carolina, om
of the Confederate commissioners.
With the single exception of Maj i
General Robert F. Hoke, of Nortl'
Carolina General Lomax ls the senior
i fficer of the survivors of the Army ol
Northern Virginia, ne was born ir
ll io;le island, but established his le
gal residence lu Virginia at an earl>
age. He was graduated from the Mil
itary Academy and before the outbreak
of the civil war was tirst lieutenant of
cavalry In the United States army and
commanded the escort of President
Lincoln, at the latter's tirst inaugura
tion. Scon afterwards he resigned fron
the army and cast his lot with tin
Confederacy. In April, 18l>2, he wa1
appointed a compiler of the ellice of |
war records, war department, and has
continued lu clerical duty in the war
department ever since.
Sentenced to Death.
On Friday at Chicago Johann Hoch,
who by his own confession ls a polyga
mist, and who is charged by the pollct
with having married at least 40 wo
men in the last 15 years, was found
guilty by a Jury of murdering the next
to his last wife, Marie Welcker Hosh,
and thc death sentence was recom
mended by the Jury. Hoch had been
married to MrB. Welcker only a short
time 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 nooh bad poisoned her sister
and a search for Hoch was begun. Ht
was found two weeks later In Nev,
York and brought back to Chlcag.
and confronted by several alleged
wives. During the trial expert testi
mony was offered by the State that
Hoch had poisoned the woman by ad
ministering arsenic.
A Sad A (Tatr.
At Yoakam, Texas, K. S. Mason, a
prominent business man, was shot and
killed by M. A. and P. A. Newman,
brothers, w?o were concealed lu the
Lane hotel and who used rllles. Ma
son, lt 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
agc died at Range, and shortly there
after Dr. J. M. Boyd, a highly re
spected physioian, was bound over iu
$5,000 bond to answer a charge of
malpractice in connection with the
young womans death.
Water Atter Uxoroiuo Fatal.
At Lancaster, N. Y., Dr. A. W.
Martin, aged for-elght, died this ev
ening from neuralgia of the heart,
proJuoad by drinking largo quantities
Ot water af tor 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 in
Virginia for Which Another
Man Was Lynched.
lu a letter to the police authorities
of Chester, W. Va., a man signing
tdmself "A. Johnson," and claiming
co be a partner of Henry Williams,
?ho was recently executed In Roa
noke, Va., has confessed to fi^e mur
ders and numerous robberies.
His reasons for writing are that
other men have suffered for his crimes
ind his conscience troubles him. He
says he has been converted. The
tates and manner in which the dif
ferent crimes were committed as fur
bished in Johnson's letter are more
complete than the police records, and
?he authorities believe its authentic
ty.
According to Johnson he killed a
woman at Chester, W. Va., two
Italians at Un ion town, Pa., a man at
tlyndman, Pa., and a woman at Mar
lin's Ferry, Ohio. He also claims to
nive assaulted a woman at Staunton,
Va., for which crime, he says, an
ther man was lynched.
TELLS CONFLICTING TALES.
A dispatch from Cincinnati, Ohio,
ays Albert Johnson, colored, was ar
rested in Newport, Ky., Thursday for
mending threatening letters through
?be mails The officers express the
oellef that he is the same man who
wrote to the Chester, W. Va., chief
if police, confessing various crimes
for which other men had been or were
ibout to be punished. A postal card
o James Mooar, son of Capt. Luke
VIooar, threatening him with death
vas turned over to the United States
justal authorities and led to Johnson's
irrest. Johnson acknowledged writ
ng the postal and was then asked:
'Did you write that letter to the
3nester, W Va., chief of pollcer"
''Yes, sir, 1 did and every word In
bat letter is true," he responded.
"Why do y cu make these voluntary
; ,nfefcSions?"
"Because I am now converted and
L Intend to lead a better life."
"I bad three other men spotted to
till In Cleveland, but since my con
version I have abandoned that idea.
[ informed the men that they bad
>ose calls for their lives and thought
?liglon was all that had saved thtm."
Later Johnson retracted his state
icnt that he had killed Uve persons.
I have been bad," he said, "but I
ever killed any one aud don't know
mytbing about that letter."
Johnson's record in Newport in
MudcS an attempt to kill Amos Phil
ips by shooting, but Johnson claims
hat he acted in self-defense.
Our Fenelon List.
The Columbia Ricord seems to
oink that South Carolina newspapers
can not afford to criticise ether States
or abuse of the pension law, when we
lave so much of the evil here at
mme. The Record says the State
oaard has found hundreds of names
m the Hst which ought not to be
obere. Tuis is not meant as an attack
m the old soldiers, because they are
entitled to all the State feel justified
in paying, yet in almost every county
men who never shouldered a musket
iud who never heard the sound of a
oattle are living on the money which
>bould 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 Re
cord, "by publishing the county lists
ire instrumental in having the names
it those not entitled to pensions
itrlcken off they will in some measure
perform a duty to the public and to
the Confederate soldiers."
CruBlietl to Dom ti.
A special dispatch froui Oalquit,
Ga., to the Atlanta Constitution says
chat while Dr. P. E. Wilkin and Miss
Jennie Edgerton were out horseback
riding Monday afternoon they met two
four-horse wagons loaded with spirits
of turpentine. In attempting to pass
che firht wagon the horse Miss Eager
ton was riding became frightened and
che 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 mungled that it was kill
ed. Dr. Wilkin was slightly hurt. Miss
Eagerton was the adopted daughter
of Mrs. Floyd. The body will be ln
cerred in the family burying grounds
aear Brlnson, Ga. A party of young
people will escort the bjdy to Its last
resting place.
In Hara Luok.
As the climax to a run of hard luck,
Joseph S. MoBrydo, a well known eitl
z m of Columbus, Ga., lose his only
foot Wednesday. He was alighting
from his delivery wagin, carrying a
shotgun. He has au artificial limb
and it became entangkd in tho gun,
c uising thc dlscuarge of the weapon.
A hole about thc size-of a dollar was
blown through his right foot and the
doctor afterwards found amputation
necessary, so MeBryde ls now minus
ooth his feeo. Not very long ago his
home was burned. A few years ago
fire destroyed his boiler works and
iron works on Seventh street. Re
cently he lost a fine horse.
A Omni Law.
The "whipping post law" for wife
beaters went into effect Thursday in
the State of Oregon, Tne law provid
es that a man Convicted of wife beat
ing may bc punished with wblppit g,
not exceeding 20 lashes, bub this is
only an additional punishment as the
old punishment hy fine or imprison
ment ls still in effect under the new
law.
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