The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, June 23, 1905, Image 1

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"VOL. XXX BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1905. NO. 22. T-1=> HOW IT WAS DONE. The Story of the Battle of the Sea of Japan. HOW ADMIBAL TOGO, The Japanese Commander, Carefully Planned and Won a Great Victory Over the Rusian Fleet, The Tarpedo Attack was the Climax of the Battle. r" A special cable dispatch to the "New York Times frcm Tokio says it is now possible to write the story of the bat tle of the Sea of Japan and of the movements uf the belligerent lleets preparlng for it. From first to last Admiral TOKO never wavered In his conviction that tho Baltic llect must choose the Tsushima pass?e, his ar gument being that no commander would attempt to take a large squad runthrough the northern straits in the season of fogs and at great dis tance from neutral ports and refuge for damaged ships. There was also danger from mines in Tsugaru strait and Soya strait, whereas no such ap prehensions need be felt with regard to Tsushima. Rojestvensky apparently reasoner! exactly as TORO autlclpati d, though many of his olllcers advocated the northern passage. Some strongly urged the advisability of seizing a base in Formosa and compelling the Japanese to come thither to tight. This question was earnestly discusser! on board the flagship In Kamranh bay, where NebogatotTarrived on May B, receiving a tremendous welcome from the sailors of the second squad ron, who drew most favorable omens of ultimate victory from the nueces-; attending the safe voyage of the two squadrons, and the junction at a place thousands of miles from the European base. Rojestvensky, after hearing the ar guments of his officer*, announced the intention of entering the Pact flo, thereby gaining the advuntage of a double objective, then of returning to the China sea, via the north of For mosa, and steering direct for Tsushi ma. The decislou was welcomed with acclamation, the oi?lcers embracing and drinking to the success of the plan. Bojestvensky, having allowed nine days for the third squadron to re?u perate, steamed out of Kamranh bay, May 14, passed Balllntang unobserved on. tho night of May 17, and coaled off Klataus, where he stopped a Norwe gian steamer consigned to a Japauese firm, and Informed the captain tha? the squadron's destination was Taus hima, This was for the purpose of deceiving Togo, who would naturally infer that some other d stination was intended. Bojestvensky meant tn strengthen this Inference hy delaying his progress, so that lils nonarrlval within a reasonable timi might sug gest that the Russians had really headed for the northern passages, hut this device did not deceive Togo, who remained steadfast at Tsushima. Meanwhile Bojestvensky had wholly failed to obtain trustworthy informa tlnn of Togo's whereabouts. Tue se cret which was so carefully guarded remained unknown even io the Ja panese public to the very end. In May 25 six Russian transports and auxiliary cruisers entered Yangtr/e, which greatly perplexed the public, but was interpreted by Ti go as a sure indication of Roj estvensky's pres ince In the China sea. KUSSIAN FLEET SIGHTED. At 5.30 a. m. Ma> 27 Japanese scouts lying north of c? iel part Island reported by wireless telegraphy that the Russians were drawing up toward Tsushima, hut the fog ct nceiled thc exact character ( f the squadron, whether it was the main lighting force or only a few weak cruft sacrifi ced in order to attract the attention of the Japanese to the south while Rojestvensky himself passed by the northern avenues. Tbla question re mained uncertain until noon, when the intense aux:ety in Tokio waa rc lieved by a telegram from Togo an Nnouncing that the whole Russian il ?et was in sight. y Meanwnile Togo pursued his plan /unwaveringly, keeping his principal (squadrons carefully concealed in vplaces still secret. For the purpose /of promoting the belief among the 'Russiansthat Tsushima straits were weakly guarded aud drawing them through the eastern channel he sent out a number of second class ships, willoh, though slow, carried gur s suf iiciently heavy tc prevent the enemy from closing in. The fog helped tu preserve these vessels, which never theless Togo was not unwilling ti sacrifice on the altar of his main pur pose. Rojestvensky, until In the vicinity Of Tsushima, kept his auxiliary cruis ers In front, but immediately before entering the channel recalled them, after which the lead was taken by the battleships Imperator Alexander, Navarin and Kniaz SouvatotT. Tho , wind now freshening, the sea already rough began to run very high. The fog began to lift. Togo signaled that the fate of the empire depended upon this t frort, anrl the men must do t'ieir utm st. The Russians, still confident, held their course at a uniform speed of 12 knots, exchanging a desultory lire with ti e decoy squadron, which withdrew to the northeast. At 1 p. m. Togo entered the arena with lils best lighting material, dis tributed in two squadrons of six tea sels each, lils own sq ladr?n consist ing of four battleship.-, and the cruiser Nlshid and Kasuga; Kamlmura's squadron, consisting of six armored cruisers. Togo was steaming at a speed of 14 knots, Kamimura at Ki knots. At about 1.30 p. m. the fog thining Rojestvensky sighted Togo's battle ships In single column, line ahead, rounding the north of Tsushima, bearing down on bis port bow. Shortly afterward he Bighted Kamimura rounding tho south of the island and covering his stern on the same side, while the decoy t quad ron, strongly reinforced, threatened bis starboard. The Russians immediately formed in double column, line ahead. The east column was led by the battleship Imperator Alexander, tho west line was composed of cruisers, while the auxiliaries were between the columns in the rear. The sea now was very rough, with a strong southwest wind blowing, so t bet the Japanese had not only the benefit of the sun at their backs, but were also assisted by the heavy smoke which poured down upon the Russians. The heavy seas, too, were eminently in favor of the Japanese gunners, who habitually practice in stormy weather with the refult that their aim was not disturbed by the unsteadiness of thc gun platform. Further they were able to take advantage of the expos ure of the enemy's Jvital parts ocoa stoned by the rolling and tossing of the ships. The Russians opened fire at 12,000 metres, but it was wholly ineffective. Tue Japanese reserving their fire until the range was 7,500 metres, when they tired six trial shots and sc .-red three hits. The battle now became general. The Russians perpetually essayed to force their way northward, but the Japanese, steaming ata higher speed, constantly headed them back, so that the Russian course described a loop, the ships filing past the Japanese who poured in a deadly fire from three di rections. Rojestvensky's gunners maintained a much higher rate of fire, but their projectiles nearly always Hew high or burled themselves in the sea, euldently owiug to the gunner.^ want cf experience in gunlaylng in rough weather. Before evening five Russian warships had been sunk, including three battle ships, which apparently lest their stability, owing to the piercing of their water tight compartments on ane side only, and the action of the fore and aft bulkheads. Meanwhile the Kassian formation had been bro ken, but the ships were still confined to the southeast corner of the Sea of Japan. Thus far Togo's strategy had work ed perf(c;ly, but thc most important part of his work remained, namely, the loosing of 10 squadrons of torpedo boats upon the Russians during the night, when their were partially dis abled and confused. There were great fears at me time that this would be. Impossible, as thc sea was too rough for torpedo boats. However, towards evening the wind and waves subsided, the night became q itet, and the star light exceedingly w^li suited for the work of the torpedo boats, which rushed lu from three q ?arters, re serving their missiles uutil within 300 metres at the most, and making a practice so deadly that it redeemed all previous failures. The Japanese deny any use of sub marines, and the conditions under which the battle was fought were ob viously unsuited for them. Meanwhile the Japanese sighting squadrons had dropped off to the north, leaving the Held free for the torpedo craft. By midnight only nine Russians remain ed with the formation under Neboga toff. These struggled northward with torpedo boats clinging to their ll .inks and constantly stabbing, so that dawn found only five remaining, the battle sill ps Orel and Nikolai, two coast de fense ships and the cruiser Izumrud. Having lost his bearings owing to complicated manoeuveres, Admiral Ntii.ogatoll decided to steer westward until ho p eked up seme feature of K irea's coast that he could identify. Presently thc Izumrud, which was scouting, reported that she made out the Dinvny islands (Llancourt rock*), whereupon the Russians, recovering heart, si.aped their coun-e for Vladi vostok, but almost Immediately they observed two .. q tad rous of Japanese approaching at lull speed, ahead and recognizing the (lags of Togo and De wa. The Izumrud steamed off at top speed, but Nebogatoff's ships encum bered with wounded, with ammuni tlon lacking, decided to haul down their colors. Other still floating fragments of the Russian ll?et wore pursued and destroyed by the Japa nese, who had been organized in view of this contingency, into groups of homogeneous ships. I The battle shows no novel feature. The Russians fought with 'devoted valor, but were outclassed at every point. Their shooting was lncompar ably Inferior to that of the Japanese, who scored an extraordinary number of hits with their 12-inoh guns. The Japanese, projectiles also were much more effective than those of the Rus sians. N >thing was more notable than the Japanese skill In using tor pedoes, contrasting markedly with previous ill success, and evidently re sulting from the special course of training recently pursued and from the teachings of experience. St,Mi Him.,I'll'. W. H. Verner, of Columbia, S. G., committed suicide at Morgauton, N. C., at half past six o'clock Thursday evening. A bullet hole In the head caused instant death. Ile was found in a lumber yard. From thc meager details that can be- obtained he is thought to have came to Morgantou on Southern railway train No. ll Thursday to enter the hospital there for treatment, for a nervous disease. A letter was found In o*io of his pock ets addressed to his father In Colum bia. Young Vorner was the winner of a Cecil Rhodes American scholar ship at Oxford university, longland. KiiKiuocr (Scalded. Southern railway passenger train No lu, northbound, was wrecked onr mlle north of King's Mountain Thurs day night. Engineer Charles Oauble, of Greenville, S. C., was badly scalded, but will recover. The negro fireman, B )b Witherspoon, of Greenville, can not bc found. No others are thought to be seriously Injured. Thc engine, mall and baggage cars left the track. IllaGkKl>ui'K Dnpot Burned. A dispatch from Rlacksburg says tho euire freight plant of thc South ern railroad at that place was wiped out by fire Tuesday morning at ?1 o'clock and it was with dlnlculty that the passenger station was saved. The origin of the Ure is a complete mys tery. The loss ls estimated at 11,500. A PICIJLIAR CASE. A Massachusetts Van Turns Bis Skin Into Souvenir Purses. Shod His Outtolo a Second Time This Year for tho Thirty* Seoond Timo. Having shed his skin from neck to foot two weeks ago, Selig Goodman, of No. 23 Washlogton street, Worces ter, Mass., is undergoing a eec md process of shedding his cuticle Uko a black snake. Worcester physicians who have studied the paculiar case say it is the most remarkable they have heard of. Goodman says they are not more puzzled than physicians In Philadelphia, Pittsburg and in Europe, where he has made a obange. For thirty two years he has had a new net of skin each year and in some years two ohanges. This is one cf tbe year? when he will have two new sets. Before the process of the first shed ding was complete, Goodman noticed another layer of skin, under the outer cuticle, which bevan to barden a few days after the old ?-kin was removed. He has given strips of hide to his ac quaintances. When they heard that ne was to have another change of skin he was besieged with requests for BOU venir patches. "The second shedding which I am undergoing he said Wednesday, "ls the first 1 have had that is not pain ful. All I ask is relief from pain. 1 have given up hopo of being cured. "Tue pain I suffer is what annoys me. Otherwise I do not mind lt. Af ter getting a new skin I feel like a sixteen-year-old bny. In the seven weeks since the first shedding began I have lost 25 pounds. I weighed 165 pounds and now tip the scale at 140. I am beginning to feel strong agalr. The secona change is not weakening balf f o much a3 the first one. "I have peeled the skin from my body, legs and arms. I am lotting it harden on my hands and feet. It ls the second process this year, and lt ls the first that I have undergone that ls not painful. Before the skin be gins to harden 1 suffer with a rash which ls torturous. 'T expect In two days time to fin ish the second round. By Sunday I will be all right, for at least one year." Mr. Goodman showed two patches of skin, each three by four inches, taken from the palms of his hands at the first shedding. The lines ar?? plainly visible. The skin is hard, and by tanning they will make a covering for a real hand-made handbag, he says. "I have been offered $25 for these,", he continued, "but "do not care to make capital out of lt. I give tbem to acquaintances. I will have these two patohes made into a souvenir pocketbook. I have quit trying tJ learn thu ciuse or a cure for it. Every physician whom I have seen admits that it puzzles him." Goodman was born In Tilsit, Prus sta, Germany, June 2?, 1804. He was reared across on the Russian border, where his parentsstill live. His grand father on his father's side and grand mother's side are living, and each is nearly 100 years old. Ile has four brothers, three of them in the LL.ited States, and one sister. None, of them is affected the way he ls. His father ls a Ltrain merchant and well to-do. "1 was eight years old when I first shal my skin," he said. "I was taken to Koenig-birg, where Dr. Kahurok, a specialist of skin diseases, said he nad never heard of a similar case. Of all the different treatments! have un dergone, none of them cured. Dr. bradford treated me fifteen years apo. In Philadelphia, and I was In bed twenty-six weeks. Last year Dr. John Mi ITatt, of Philadelphia, was my attending physician. He advised buttermilk and a light diet. Dr. Nightingale indorsed this advice, and adds salve. Usually lt takes from Six to ten weeks f jr one shedding. This j ear I will go through with two iu seven weeks. "The skin on my feet ls twice as thick as that on my hand. I am sav ing it '.or an acquaintance, who wants thc patches for a wallet." Kiitt.'? iij m F Al I. John W. Arnold, a white well dig ger, fell from his seat in a large bucket which was being hauled up from the bottom of a well, and was Instantly killed Tuesday. Arnold and several workmen were employed to deepen a well of the D. H C inverse company, near the Glendale mills, Spartanburg county, and he was lowered to the bot tom to Inspect the undertaking. As he was being towed back to the top, and about the time he had nearly com pleted the trip, he suddenly lost his perch and fell headforemost to the bottom. Bis neck waa broken by the fall. Arnold had complained of being unwell prior t,> begining the work. The accident was in no montier due to the workmen wno assisted him. An Klevon-Yoar-Ohl Wi f.j. New York's sensational martial case was brought Into the courts again Tuesday when the trial of Jacob Finc IIte was continued before Magistrate Finn. Flnellte is being prosecuted oy Lena Flnellte, a child of eleven years, who claims that she was mar ried to thc man in January and that he hns abandoned her, refusing longer to contribute to her support. Flne llte is about thirty five and wealthy. Ile has denied that he married the child, but a certificate and witnesses have been produced which seom to bear out the truth of the child's claims. Hean DIHOHHO lOptdoniio. The fact that a hundred and twen ty-five persons died last week in New York city from organic heart disease, wheu the death rate the correspand lng week In 1004, was only fifty-six, has given rise to the belief amon^ physicians that tho New Yorkers are living too rapid lives. The strain of business and the cares attendant on tierce competlon in the financial cen ter of the city and the worry attend ant on the anxiety to gain wealth is given as the explanation by the physi cians of the condition which exists In the world's metropolis today. Who Was Murdered bv Order of Gen. F. P. Blair. OF SE?MAN'S ABMY. A Lucid and Thrilling Account o! One of the Many Uncalled fur Crimes of the Great Incendiary While Moranding in this State During the War. To the editor ot The Sunday News: 1 have read with interest the articles of Mr. Ford and others In recent issues of The Sunday News, in reference to the shooting of James Miller hy Shcr man'sarmy, In March, 18(>f>, In retail atlon for the killing of a Federal sol dier by supposed bushwhackers. Mr. Miller lived near Jefferson, in Chester field County, S C.. and I knew his brother, the late Mejor J no. S. Miller, and many of his neighbors and friends amoru: Hie m some of those who parti cipated with him In the casting of lota. Some years apo a newspaper was placen In my bands by'a son-in law ol James Miller. In which was an account of the shooting of Mr. Miller, purporting to havo been written hy an ollicer con nected with the affair and present at his death. 1 have forgotten the name of the ( Ulcer, aud of the newspaper, which 1 think was published, in Lan caster or Chesterlleld, S. C., ann re produced the article from a Western paper. Thl3 paper was in my port folio, which was mislaid, . s or stolen about two years ago. EXCUSE KO ll MILLER'S MURDER. It stated that thc dead body of a Federal soldier, belonging to a West ern cavalry reg: nent, I think from Michigan, was found where he had ev idently been murdered by bushwhack ers, that the Federal commander had determined to resort to retaliation to prevent such killings, and Gen Francis P. blair, who commanded the 17th army corps, issued orders for the cast ing of lots for one man to be put to death for the killing of thc cavalry man aforesaid. My informants did not know all who participated in the casting of lots, but among them were Mr. B. lt. Clanton, DOW living in Chesterfield County, Mr. Robert Griffith and others who knew james Miller. I have talked wi th. and corresponded with ojthers^abQub-iA^ oruel tragedy, arid from them and chi^ account by the Federal olllaer before mentioned my Information was ob tamed. DRAWING LOTS TO DIE One or more of the participants said it came as a great surprise to all who were made to cast lots, and one of them declared that he never before or after found it such a task to stretch forth his right haad to draw a little piece of paper out of a hat. James Miller drew the fatal lot. He was a man between forty-five and lif cy years of age and had been capturer! a day or two before some distance west of Che raw, wliile on his way home on fur lough from Flori nee, S. C., where he had been engaged in guarding prison ers. Ile protested that, while he sym pathized with his Sure In lier strug gie, and had given of lils means for the support of the Cause, he was over age for active service, and had nut tir ed a gun In the war. but he was told that tiie order was impe rative. He beg ged bo te hilo A od to communicate with nis wife and children, but this privi lege was denied tiim. He then asked to confer with such of his neighbors and friends as were cap! ives with him self. To those he gave directions for his wife, asking that she be told he was not coming home, and advising her about his farm a: d about tho chit oren, ju?t as if lie were going < ff ou a jourm-y to bo absent for a time. MILLER'S LAST REQUESTS. Ile then made some rt quesi s of those who were about to shoot him. Ile asked, in the ti rsl place, that he be i.ot bound either hann or root, saying he was not gob g to un. that he was pre pared, and not afraid to die. Ile then a-kid that he he not blindfolded, say ing he wished to look Into the c^es of t.io-e who were to shoot him. And lastly, he begged that lie be not shot, j in thc faca, declaring t hat God had given him bis face, and that in all his life he had never done anything of which lie was ashamed His last willi es were respected. He was marched off a Bhort distance, ihe liring squad drawn up, the guns discharged as ono and James Miller lay dead, as much a hero as If he had died at the cannon's mouth at Gettysburg, in the charge up Snodgrass Hill at Cliiekamauga, or at tile bloody angle at Spottsylvania. "Dont shoot me In tho face, for God gave me that, and in all ray life I have done nothing to bj ashamed of." What a sentiment, what a model! MILLICH S HUMUM-: i IRA Y E. At Five Forks' Methodist Church, in Chehtertield County, on the road from Lancaster to Chesterfield Cc.irt House, and half way between the two, ls the little mound that marks the last resting place of James Miller. I have passed there a few times, but never without dismounting and going softly with uncovered head to thc spot and recalling the manner and causo of his death. Chesterfield County bas pro duced some of the great men of South Carolina, hut she never gave birth to a purer patriot or more unostentatiously brave, man than James Miller. HOW A NEG HO SERVED HIS MASTER. bub Hie Federal cavalryman, for whose killing Mr. Miller was shot, was not killed by a Confederate or bush whacker at all. Mr. Gilliam Sowell, of Kershaw County, owned a negro man named Ephraim, and entrusted him to hide his horses and mules from thc en erny willie Sherman's army was pass ing and bc war, found in Lynches Creek Swamp by a soldier, who eeizod them and made the negro go with him. After they had gone some distance the sua carno out, the finit time In quite a while, thelftrooper said he was very tired aud sleepy and suggested that he would lie down and tako a nap, if the negro would keep watob for bim, and arouse hinauf anyone approached. Ile was soon asleep, and Eraphaijn, not relishing that mauner of appropriat ing his master's property, proceeded to repossess it by killing the trooper with a lightwood knot. He oarried tiis mas ter's horses and mules, as well as the soldier's horse, baok into the swamp, and they were all rescued. Mr. Sowell, Ephraim's owner, was thc father of Mr. James M Sowell, the well known supervisor of Kershaw County. PATH. Of THE AMERICAN ATTILA. Sherman's march from Savannah to Raleigh, ?ud especially through South Carolina, .was a belt of absolute deso lation, forby miles wide, wbeie black ened ruins and lone chimneys Btcod as silent wlinetisis to show where p^ace and plenty and happy homes had been. The inherent grit and self-reliance of the Southern character have reclaim ed the cl;:, ?lat?: fields and larg, ly made them blossom as the rose. Toe chim neys and blackened ruins may be fer g tten by, those who are to come af'er us, but tbc hen lc death of James Mil ler aud of others who perisher! In the .spring of{18?6, will ba remembered. WM D THANTIIAM. Camden, S. C., June, 1, UR'S. DISAPPEARS FROM HOME. A York County Farmer Deserts His TYilo and Children. Erwin Carnes, a farmer living on tho Jim Moss plantation near Tirzah, left his hqme early last Tuesday morning.and nothing has been heard from him since. Carnes has been married three times, his last wife be ing a widow living in Concord, N. C , when she married Carnes. Her mai den name was Harris. She come of a good family and has relatives In thc county. ' Mrs. Carnes awoke just be fore day Tuesday morning and miss ing her husband, called him several times and claims he answered her from the piazza the last time she called, and thinking he would return In a few minutes, she gave the mat ter no further concern at the time. Hut if (?atnes was on the poroh whet, his wlfAcilled for him, he made good use of t^'few minutes while she was waiting; ipr; him to come in, for he was no where in sight when a search was made for him a few minutes later. He left? a letter for his seventeen year old son and one to his wife in which he stabed, that he was forced to leave on" nb of his son and his wife's t dav giving him so much trouble, ha,' '> jenner one of them would work aj^i he could not control them. He .i.Hrrled* nothing with him except a !vun anda few .clothes packed ina valise, nis. wife ls muon wrought up over tne matter and has tried hard to find some trace of Carnes, but all in vain. Carnes, lt is said, left his first wife twice but returned on both oc casions and lived with her uEtil her death. He was married to his last wife less than a year ago.-Reek HUI nerald. _ A Numil Crop. A dispatch from Dallas, Texas, says John T. Garner, business agent and manager of the cotton depart ment of the Farmers' Union, hus is sued a cotton report, showing reduc tion of cottell us uer sworn statements from union and non union farmers through the southern cotton belts Ilet-ays that about January 1, 150,000 cotton coupons wore sent out to mem bers of tuc union, on which coupons the farmers were each to state what their cotton acreage was last year, and to write a pledge that it would not exceed a given number of blai k acres this year. Ha adds: '"1 have had everv coupon tabulate.1 and the full report show; a reduction in cotton acreage of 30 1-3 per cent. Tue lite cold, wet weather has caused a still greater reduction In acreage; then the web, or as some call lt, the "carele s worm," ls stripping the folijgj til' of thousands of scores all over Texas, most of which will have to be planted over even at this late date. At the presiiij outlook this years crop will not exceed 8,000,000 bales." BavuU Guard's bile, Frank Davis, a ne? ro convict on the Fairfield c'iaingang, has been reward ed for savina a guard's life, by bei un released. Davis was s?;nt up in 1?D2 f ii housebreaking and larceny and ins sen'euee was live years. Tue other day one of the nek'ro convicts on the same k'ang wich Davis plauned to es cape. While the guard's back was turned the negro rushtd at him with a pickax and only the quickness of Davis prevented a tragedy The other invro f, ?tfht desperately, but Davis finally overpowered him and the sup er visor of Fairfield at once took steps to have Davis sot free. Governor lleyward signed a commutation of sentence to the present timo and the order for freedom was sent on at once. _ Georgi* At Tit? Head. Members of the class of 1906 of the United States Military academy re ci Ived their diplomas from the hands of Col. Albert L. Mills, superintendent of the academy Tuesday morning. Tho head of the graduating class this year is Dewitt C. Jones, of Georgia. T.'JO four next highest In the order of thoir class standing are Kniest (iraves, of North uarollna; Francis 1'. Wioby, of Masschusetts; Clarence H. Riley, of Indiana, and Alvin II. Harber, of Oregon. Prominent among the other members of tho class is Calvin M. Titus, who as a volunteer soldier was thc first to the wall at Pekin, China, during the Boxer troubles. .MidsIilpiiiRii Drowned. A dispatch from Anuupolis says a wireless message was received at the naval academy Tuesday night from Commander C. J. Iladgcr, command ing the U. S. S. Newark, conveying news of the death by drowning of Midshipman L. I. Vertreea-.r^c.sec ond class. The Newark ll wN <><... the vessels now enga?ed in tin * md navy joint exercise? and watD, jh off Hackett Point when ^r trees was In Brimming wltti _?.ne companions. Young Vertrees wrtlu years of age and a son of W. J. \ or trees, of Bushnell, Illinois. t GRAY HEROES Gather Again to Talk of the Days That Are Not. THE BOYS IN BLUE Send Greetings to Their Old Enemies. The Convention City Crowded to Overflowing With Visitors and Old Veterans. All thc Old Officers Re elected. For the .second time in live years the United Cobinderato "Veterans and auxiliary organ /. itlous gathered In Louisville for their annual reunion, their reception Wednesday under a bli zing tun and with ralles ot bril liant buming H..i ig in the breeza be iug in strong contrast to the weather conditions o? live years ago,-when the record breaking r Ins prevailed during the entire period of the r?uni n and even caused a p stponen ont of the parado on the labt day. Toe decora tiona this year arc on alavish scale and it ia remarked that the American Dap predominates The reunion wis otllclaliy opened shortly after tho noon hour, when Gan. Bennett ll. Young, commander of the Kentucky ri!vision, calle! the per.-piriug mass of humanity lu the horf-eshow building to order and In troduced the chaplain general, J. William J nts of R'chmond, Va. Dr. Jones In his invocation prayer that the blosing of Almighty God may rest upon the president of these United States, and "that he may en abled to bc the president of this wholr country and every section." A few moments later Gov. .1. C. W. Beck ham, In speaking Kentucky's welcome to the old men in gray. A roinM.ig receptiou was given the commander-in-chief, Gen. Stephen D. L~e, when he arose to respond for the veterars to the addresses of welcome. The gencrul was in splendid voice de spite the long walt in the heated build ing and bis speech was interrupted many times by cheering. Cheers were ts'lvcu the few remainin great ligures of the Confederacy as they made their appearance. They venerable Simon Iloliva Buckner, who is approaching his 80 years, was heartily greeted and delivered a speech which woold have done credit to a man hull his years. Lloufc. W. L, Cabe!, commander of the Trans Mississippi division, wes helped to the platform hy many will lng hands and his appsarauce was the signal for a prolonged outbrust of har.dch-.ppirig. The rtceplicn accorded Gen. Joe Wheeler was second to none of the day. Thc famous cavalry ollloer was cheered from the thr.e his grey-fopped head was diserncd in the great throng until he asc?i.did thc ro?trum and motioned for siletce. Ile thanked the \eteranj. for the heartiness of their reception and assured them that their greeting v/ent deep into his heart. KU' irts to arrive at the exact num ber or veterans and visitors in Louis ville Wednesday night were necessari ly futile. Railroad men who have had experience in V.\c ha dllug of ero vds at o.lier reunions assert that the num erous special trains ananged for the Louisvi.k- meeting were inure crowded than at any other reunion in the past dve years. A consol vati ve estimate would, however, ^eetn toset thel'nurc at near the 2? cou mark. Tue convention Thursday re-elected the old officers as follows: Commaiifier-ln chief, Lieut. Gen. Stephen 1). Loo, Mississippi. Commander trans Mississippi de partmeat, Gen. L W. 'labell, Texas. C Lumaoder Army of Tennessee de OT.rtm.n-, Lieut. Won. Clement A. Evans, Gd trgla. C imu ander Army of Nurtl ern Vir ginia department, G. Irvin Walker, South C ire iina. New Orleans had little difficulty in Kr cu rh g the convention for liiO?. F aten ai greetings were read from ihe Slit- euoumpii-cntof G. A. R. of Indiana lo session at Madison. The fo.lowiog W?S Introduced and adopted: "Whereas, thc bill before congress for the rare of th graves of Confcd i rat-; soldiers buried near hospitals and pri .ons in T lie north has ho far failel of piSSage by that body; "Bc lt resolved, That thin associa tion of United Confederate Voter.ms in convention assembled, urges the passage of this bill, asa matter of right and duty, not only on the part of ttl . si.-nat or* and representatives lu congress from southern States hut alsj on t.;o parL of those from all oilier States of th.e United States, in that the government is charged with the sepulchre of those who died prisoners In Its hands, according to the usages of civilization, of which the United States forms a largo competent part." Friday's feature of tho reunion was the parade of the oid soldiers which began about noon. The line of march covered three miles. Huge floats, gally decorated, wore prepared for the veterans who were unable to walk. The precautions, looking to the safety of the soldiers and their oare in case of Illness, had boen taken by the med ical department of the reunion com raittee, many ambulances and physi cians and nurses being scattered along thc lino of march. After tile transaction of much rou tine business on Friday the con vention adjourned sine die at half-past six o'clock. Kilted Hy A Rattler. The Charleston Post says a negro man by the name of Rihert Courtrlet was received Into tue city hospital Thursday, Bullering from a rattle snake blt .. Ile died Thursday after noon at 2:45 o'clock. The rattlesnake, said to have been four feet long, blt thc mau at Midland park, some miles from I ho city and the negro was bleed ing profusely when he reached the olty. GREATLY PLEASED. A Northern Man's Eyes Was Open?d at Chapel Hill. Congressman Boutoll, Talcos Oppor tunity to Say Nioe i. li in RB About the Soutb and Her People. Congressman H. S. Boutell, of Illi nois, who recently delivered the com mencement address at Chanel Bill, N. G.. before the State University there, ! saw many things during his vlsi; whioh gave him a better insight Into conditions In the South than hs had previously enjoyed. The Institution, at which President Polk, Senator Bon ton and many other prominent South ern statesmen graduated, was founded in 1770, and maintains a high stand ard of merit In all its departments. Yet it has not lost the ila vor of thc ole1 times, Bald he, speaking of its at mosphere as a center of plain living and high thinking. This, coming from a ITarvard g-aduate, ls praise worth nothing, as was his opinion that it would bs a good plan if home Northern vouug men would go there to study. One of the striking revelations diedos ed to him was that a leading member of the graduating class, whom he judg ed from h!s courtly boarlng and line presence to belong to the old aristocracy of the South, proved to have corni from a one room cabin in the North Carolina mountains, who had an i ved at Chapel Hill without a dollar and earned lils way through college. These . xcursionB into the South by Northern statesmen should be made oftener. It would be well to send them there whet young for a more thorough comprehen sion of the country and people, but there are few, however advanced in age, who would not profit by a betttr aequaintance. Mr. Boutell's visit, agreeable as lt was to him lu Its revelations touching the standard ot educational lnstitu tionsin the Soutb, the courtesiesshown him and his recommendation in regard to sending Northern youth to C?apc Hill caunot but bear good fruit in pro motiog a more national spirit. His veiws are directly in the Hue of thos: which have been lccently expressed bi the Courier Journal upon the subj-cl and In keeping with thc Spirit of late addresses by Presidents Haily, ol Yale, and Eliot, of Harvard. Especial ly enlightening to the North is the incident related hy bim of the young graduateof humbleantcccndents whom he mistook for one of aristocratic birih. It will serve well to correct an impres sion too prevalent in the North that wealth and high birth are essential for success in the South, and that the poor man is practically barred from hope of rising in life. There never wa1 a more groundless idea, as the histor> of men who have attained eminence in that section abundantly proves. Andrew Jackson was the son of poor Scotch-Irish emigrants and he was born In the Waxhaw settlomeut, near the dividing line between North and South Carolina, his father dying In his Infancy. He was a red-haired, freckle-fa*:ed, barefooted boy whocarv ed his way to fame over all his more aristocratic associates. Henry Clay was known as the Millboy of the Slashes, a locality near Hanover Courthouse Va., where be was born. Yet vo two men were of more distinctly Southern and American type. The Hst could be extended Indefinitely to prove that in the South personal merit and capacity are quite as distinctively the qualities which win success as in the North. The result of Mr. B outell'8 visit cannot, but provo bene?clul in tending to desectionalize educitlon and pro mote a better understanding arnon*. i he educated class In the North of con ditions as they exist in the South, not only lu regard to educitlon, but in all other material facts There ls no pan of the Union in which education is commanding more attention, not onl> as to the white, but also the black race, as to which, with limited excep tions, there is equal interest with t qua! support from the public treasury. Wi at is especially needed now is just such enlightening of the Northern mind as has resulted from the visit of Mr. Boutell to Chapel Hill. That one of such otherwise wide Information and long prominence, in public life should not sooner have become inform ed upon the subj :ct, is the key to much; of the lingering sectional feeling which exists between the North and the South.-Louisville Courier Joum al. _ Claused AH a Fraud. The p. stal officials have issued an order debarring from tho u.-e of thc mails Dr. WinlL-ld & Co., of Rich mond, Va., who advertised a com pound which would turn tho skin of the blacKcst of mcgrees to a illy white. The story is related that several years a^io Dr. Winfield met a celebrated French scientist, who gave bim his discovery, "marwin," with which bb guaranteed to change red, blue, black, green or yellow to a beautiful pinkish white. Department chemists say "marwin" is composed of biclorid of mercury, benzoin, glycerine and dis tilled water. "While the compound has a temporary bleaohlng etfjet, lt is not permanently banefioial, but it ls ultimately Injurious," sajs the de partment fraud order. Auto Accident. William Butler Woodbridge, of Bos ton, Mass., second vice president of the Columbian National Life Dsur ance Company, was killed in an auto mobile accident in Saugus Thursday night and S. Herbert Walt, of New York, an actuary, was seriously Injur ed. A. C. Childs and W. E. Taylor, Boston business mt n, were slightly hurt. The ace'd mt was caused by the party mistaking the road In the darkness and running into a barbed wire fence. Stannard Oil Caught. A dispatch from Columbia says that the Standand Oil Company has beou trying to dodge the license tax by making a part of Its returns under the name of the Standard Oil Co. of Kentucky, which has a few plants In the state. The comptro.ler gener? aid has rai sr-d the amount from $17, 000 to $120,000 for this company. The rest of the license tax of the Standard was previously on a valuation of 8200, 1000, making altogether 8325,000. THERE IS FRAUD In the Crop Reports of the Agri cultural Departments. THE RUMORS AFLOAT In Washington Are of a Most Sensation al Character. Chief Wilkie, ef the Secret Service Bureau, Said to Have Made Some Start ling Discoveries. The Washington correspondent of The News and Courier says some very sensational discoveries are being made is the investigation of the "leaks In the crop report3" from the agrlcultur al department progresses. A Govern ment otllcial. who is taking an active part lu the Investition, In conversa tion with The NJWS and Courier cor respondent to day, said in substance: "Chief Wilkie, or inc secret service bureau, who has the investigation in hand, has m ide s .?me startlh g discov eries, which may involve not only As sistant Statistician Holmes, but also Chief Statistician Hyde, who is now lu Europe, and one of the female clerks in the agricultural deprrtment who handle the data upon which the cotton crop reports aro based. "While some of thc evidence ls cir cumstantial, enough has already been , HscloseA to ?how that advance Infor mation on the cotton crop report, and also other reports which affect specul itlon. has reached a few stock brokers through the medium of 'a woman' The woman in the ca;,e ls said to be one of the three persons to handle the ligures for the last time before tho of dcial report is promulgated. This wo man, who, it is said, receives 850 a month salary, has reemtiy bought a comfortable rcs dence in this city and furnished lt lu tine si,yle. Oa the same authority it is said that Assistant Statistician Holmes has invested large ly in suburban real estate, from his meagre salary, Mr. Holmes is now und jr suspension, because of the in vestigation and the redactions upon him. The progress of the investigation is being kept a profund secret, pending the absence of Cheif Statistician Hyde, who sailed for Europe a few days be fore the charges of leakage In the de partment were died. Secretary Wil son, who is sincere In his endeavors to probe the matter to the bottom, has requested Mr. Hyde to abandon his European trip and return to Washing ton at once. Thus far Mr. Hyde has made no reply to the summond^, and some of those who are interested in '.he investigation declare that he has no inleution of returning to face an Investigation. ? Members of Congress who have been specially favored by the department of agriculture In the way of allowances for their respective districts are en deavoring to smellier the investiga tion, claiming that lt will be injurious to agricultural Interest generally to nave the experimental appropriations and disbursjmoats by the department too closely scruntlnl/.ed. A i'romtor Stabbed. At Athens Theodore P. Delyannls, the popular premier of Greece was .tabbed and mortally wounrod by a professional gambler named Ghera karls, at the main entrance of the chamber of deputies at 5 p. m. Tues day. The premier died within three nours. Toe assassin who was Imme diately arrested, said he committed the deed In revenge for the stringent measures taken by Premier Delyannls against the gambling hou;es, all of which recently closed. The premier arrived at the entrance of the cham ber In a carriage. Gherakarls approach ed, saluted the premier and opened he carriage door. The premier was lh the act of thanking Gherakarls for his courtesy when the gambler plucg d a long dagger into M. Delyannls abdomen, I nfl toting a frightful wound. The murdered was immediately over powered by the attendants. Work ol an AoHftUuiii. What is believed tobe the sequel to a feud of long standing resulted at Val dosta, Ga., Wednesday night In the assassination of the 17 year-old son and the 10 year-old daughter of W. L. Carter, formerly a Baptist minis ter. The young people were attracted hy the barking of a dog In the yard surrounding their home and went out to Investigate, followed by a younger child. They were tired upon by some one from behind the smokehouse. The young lady fell dead, the young man I crawled back to the house, where he jicd, and the younger child was wounded. Carter tired upon some one prowling in his yard early Wednes day, lle?ays the intruder was a ne gro. He believes the assasssins are negroes, but says others may have been instigators of the crime. Retorna Hin l'eimlon. Commissioner of Pensions Warnor Thursday received a contribution of 11,024 to the conscience futid of the treasury. It came from a pensioner arid ls the total of porndon money drawn by him S1I;CJ thc civil war, be ginning at the rate of 32 and rising to $i> per month. The identity of the pensioner is withheld at the latter's request. Thc name will be dropped from the roll. Toe reason for refund ing the money and declining to accept more Is that thc pensioner has not earned arid do^s not, rirs*??* * pension. Tb rue Mon Orownoil. Through what ls believed to have been the accidental caps-zing of a boat from which they had been fish ing three men, Alexander Chisholm and Newt and Dennis Bunch, broth era were titos* ned in the Potomac near Analston Island opposite Wash ington Wednesday. The first intima tion of the drowning was when a boy 1found a floating fishing rod with a Hue attached and on pulling it drew to the surface Chlrholm's body.