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VOL. XXVs BENNE STffSVILLE, S. C., S "1)0 THOU, OKP.A? LIBERTY, INSI'IRU OUIt SOULS ANO MAKE OUU LIVES ijffi?lIY'POSSESSION HAIT'Y OH OUB DEATHS ULOKI0US IN THY CAUSE.' FBID A YffOCTO'l ? EB 13. 1905. NO. m GIVES FACTS Senator Tillman Renews thc Al legation Ile Made at Batesburg. ABOUT STATE BOARD Not Being Definite In their Advestlsc menta Calling for Bids, to Supply tlie State With Whiskey. News papers Asked to Print this Ankle. To tho Editor of The Nows and Cou rier: At the Batesburg masting Satur day, September 23, I m?de tho state ment that the Stat? board of oontrol of the dispensary has violated th? law and been dorellot, as they did not pur chase liquor under a competitive sys tem of buying as required by tho sta tuto. I further declared that tho sys tem followed r^ndo lt po?fllblo to sell to tho State XX rye and XXX rye out of Hie name barrel that the board on ita advertisement did not de:crlhe what X, XX or XXX rye meant, and that the Siato wa? left at tho moroy of the biddi rs bo deliver anything in the shape of vrhlskov with no guaran tee whalevcr as to >e goods oomlng up to thc simple, I . U\9 reason that the chemist himself riv** \rcd that he could detect adult?r?t- , but that he. could not toll anythl .'< about the grade or quail tv. Tho rion. John Bell T\ . M vorv ex oltedly declared that my statement was "not so," and, e.cosrdlng to thorne of the. newspaper reports, said post tlvely "it war ' Lise.1' Quito a healed coll quy ensu- '. r'cntrg KO sure of nay ground, for I hi 1 -?ad the adver tlsement the weal. ,.. . . 1 had not armed myself with ?be p,Aof, but 1 requested the reporter f . thc State newspaper, in whoso columns 1 had read tho advestlstnaent, to .-.end a copy of it to each of the Loxlngion and Sn luda papers with the request that they publish lt In or lor that the peoplo of the two counties represented at bbc. meeting might seo for themselves whether Mr. Towill had any right to dispute my word as he did. For some reason this has not been done, aud as tbewldoBt publicity has been given to tho issue o? veracity between Mr Towill and myself I ask you to pub lish as much of the enclosed advertise ments as 1 have marked in pencil, . and it will be seen that I had warrant fdr every word I said, and Mr. Towill is oonvloted of denco ignorance of what his own board is doing, to cay tho least of it. (The part of advertisement ref cr rod to follows:) NOTICK TO T.KiUOK DHAniCUS. onioeof S' . t ?Board of Directors of t ie South Carol a D.apensary, Colum bia, S. C. August 14, 1U05. To Distillera and Liquor Dealers: You aro hereby requested tot-ubmlt bids and samples, In accordance with the terms of the dispensary law, upon tho various kinds and grades of liq uors produced or handled by you, for supplying the South Carolina dlspen sary fonthe quarter.ending November 30th, 10J5. It is to bo understood that the directors of the d I* p sn sary shall have the;right to accept any quantity of any article hld upon to bo ordered shipped at our pleasure, with tho right to supplement such orders any time during quarter, according to tho needs of the dispensary, the di rectors'retaining tho right to rid Mt all-or any part of any bid. As io ls necessary to establish uni formity In values of grades denomin ated as X's, the following Retie must be obsorved by bidders! The actual minimum of intrinslo value of X'rye must not be le:m than.... $1 50 Of XX rye not less than.. . . 1 00 Of XXX ryo not lera than. 1 0) Of X Kin not le^s than. 1 50 Of XX gin not lo:a than. 1 o0 Of X rum not loss than . 1 60 Of X norn not lers than. I 41 Of XX corn not les* than .. 1 60 And^XXcorn, peach ard r.pole brandy must grade tn value not lf^s than. 1 O') aVe also solicit bids on rye liquors lo grade in value a? 82 $2 f>u and por gallon; corn, at?l 75 and il 86 per gallon, and malt at *2 and $2 lo per gallon. Bids and samples to be sent by ex press to S.atu Treasurer, charges pre paid, on or before Sopiember 12th, 1905 Chemical purity sn1 proof nnut be guaranteed 0'?iu drcd, II. II, EVANS C .airman, L. W DOYKIN. JOHN Brenn 'J owmn. There is absolutely no check to guard against defrauding tho State except the honesty (?) of the dealer, and I had a larga whiskey distiller tell me once tl at all mon who bandied whiskey had to bc watched. X In this advertisement I? Uko X In tho algebra, an unknown quantity except as to tho "proof" or strength ofitl.o liquor and every one familiar with the business knows tl at this ls no criterion what ever of quantity of value. Section 667 of the South Carolina Code provides: "And said contract shall ho award ed to the lowest responsible bidder, for such quantities and kinds of liq uors as may loo doomed necesiary to the dispensary for the quarter." In the light of this advertisement, I can asf-ert that there si compctlon tlon in quality, only comp?tition In price, and the spirit of thc law ls not compiled with at all. lt may bo said that tho sam pies that accompany tho bids are a check on the bidder deliv ering womothir.g else, but this ls an absurdity, as no man living can tell whethtr two samples of liquor arc identical simply by taste or by othor means for that matter. Yet liquor ls a staple artlclo and thc Govern ment's bonded ware houso alford a ohcok and absolute proteotlon against fraud, and liquor can be described in an advertisement as dearly as corn or baoon. I do not know how long this system of advertising has been in vo gue, but whoever invented lt has cor ftlnly put it in the power of tho liq nor dealers to defraud the State and foist off on the people immense quan tities of Inferior and porhaps poison ous stuff. No wonder there Is m oh an immense stook of "unsalablo" or dead Btock whiskey on hand. I trust all newspapers in thc State that have copied Mr. Tow IP's impu dent denial of my statement will do mo tho justice to copy this, and es pecially those papers of Lexington and Saluda counties. B. lt. Tillman, Trenton, S. C., October 2, 1905, A DAM M KOBBKRY. Two Boys aud 1 hree Men Hold up a i Bailrond Train. No One W?8 Killed? but tfio Hxprces MosBOiiKfr Was HorlouBly Injured by lOxulORioil. One of tho most daring hold ups in the history of railroad robbery took place at about live miles from Ballards in Washington Wednesday night. The selected by thc bandits for their operation wa3 the Great North ern'? Overland, ono of the most popular and richest trains in the west. This train loft Seattle early Wednesday evening and everything was running smoothly when a sudden halt and a terrible explosion shocked tho passen gers and crow. Before the passengers could realise what had happened they were looking down tho barrels of two large pistols hold In the bands of ahoy, while an other boy relieved them of every thing In the shape of valuables that they had about them. The'very peculiar feature of thc robbery was, ho .vcvor, that thc two boys had not b ion ouosrnid lu tbs planning of lt at all, but had merely takiii advantage of the plans laid by tb reo men, that the boya heard tal* lng over the whole i.ff,?lr. They were vllliaoous young fellows merely hoboo lng their way about tho country when this opportunity to bc roalbid was presented to them and Immediately t..kt n advantage ot by them. The real robbers wero thr;;e men who devoted tholr time ard attention to thc baggage and express oars which were dynamited and badly wrecked, when the mes eng ns refused to open the doors at th- demand of the men The boys wem captured Immediately after tho robbery and gave a complete story of the - ffjlr. Tney bald that they bed mounted the "blind big liage" to beat their way and found two men already on it When the train arrived at Bailareis another man jylncd the other two mon. T ils third maa reported every thing to bo ready for the hold up aud a general c mversation took pl ic ; as bo tho ways and means. Tho boys learning then for the ilrst time of the intentions of tho mon decided to enrich themselves at the same time. When one of the three men orawled over Nlie engine tender and oom mind ed the engineer to stop at the point of a pistol, thc boys dropped . ff the blind baggage and mada their way baek to the sleeping car. As soon as the explosion from tiie dynamiting of the cars In iront sounded and the pas sengers wore in a paulo the boys with the nerve of old bandits began their forsay, whioh was successful as far as securing a lot of pluuder was concern ed, but which ended In their capture for the lack of experience in getting away. Tho three men who dynamited the express car got the contents of tho safe and mudd their escape, going In an easterly direction. ll -ports from the seenc of tho rob bery are m eager as yet, owing to the fact that the tolcgraph wu s were blown down by the force of the ex plosion. No one ls reported killed, but tho express messenger, Charles Anderson, is reported badly Injured. Manager Waring of the Great North orn ls hopeful that tho safe did not contain a great deni of money, bot whatever it did hold tho lobbers got Itali. Every effort ls being exerted at this time to overtake the robbers. Thc men are unknown so far as the descriptions given by tho boys are concerned._ A Bolo Tn tel. In the city of Now York In broad daylight and with limul'eds 0< o^ople on thc street, Louis Brown a negro, made an attempt to roi) a Malden Lino jewelery store of ??2,0U0 worth of diamonds Thurbd^v. Ills attempt was frustrated by Oscar Wlndorff, a clerk, who grappled with the would be thief, anti v.h.i wa stabbed by the negro dm lng the light. Brown Isa carrier for Jewelery Salesmen, and he entered the s toro of Gross So Boguin, and asked to t-eo s< m .. jewel ery. Wlndorff noticed the neuro put atravof j'.weis under his coat and ho Immediately te / tl him. Brown dr; w a k life and si .shod the clerk Un til he dually got feco. A chase of several blocks followed, Brown livih.g mg right and lefij with his WJ pon as ho rushed through tho crowd. Ile w,"..s lin Jly captured by a policeman, who he attempted unsuccessfully to s^ab. Win ?r ll was not seriously Injured. _ _ Found Dead. A dispatoh b i The State s\ys the dead body of Nea. 1'rLo was found by the )>it!oof tho railroad track Tuesday morning near his home about three miles below ll m ; Path, lb Is sup po;>etl that ho was drunk and sat down on the end of a crosstlc and either wont to sleep or was ton rituv.k to notice the approaching of the cannon ball train and v.as struck by it and killed. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that he oarno tn his death from causes unknown tu thc Jury. Kxpioded n Homo, ? bomb lilied with dynamite and a quantity of inflammable oil, was thrown at the rear of a crowded teno ment bouse at IC ghth avenue and Due Hundred and Kort/ third street, Now York, Friday. Mjro than a scoro of sleeping persons wore hurled from their beds by tho explosion and two were oarrled from tho hOUSO un conscious. Within a minuto after tho explosion tho flimes had nearly enveloped the rear wall? of ten tene ment house. Tho police believe that "black hand" Italian ? jsasshiH threw tho bomb. Tno object of the attack was tho rear door of an Italian harbor shop on the ground floor. TURNED LOO Convicted of a Crime of W They Were Innocent. SERVED OVER A YEAH Ia thc Penitentiary, and Was Pardoned on Wednesday by Governor Hey ward. They Were Convicted of a Crime Which They Did Not Commit. Convinced that three innocent men havo boon serving a sontonoe in the State prison for a crimo committed in a town in whloh they claim they had never been, Gov. Heyward Wednesday issue;! a pardon setting at liberty II. dunningham, George H. Waring and Leonard Illnkcy. Tho three mon were arrested In Smithfield, N. C., on the nth of March, 1?04, were taken to Marlon, S. C., and there, within three weeks of their arre.t, were con victed ol having broken opon and robbed the bank and the poste iii ae at Latta, S. G. The State Says Gov ll ey ward has had this matter under advisement since the Urs?of July. Ile submitted the ci\.se to Soil3ltor J. Mmroe John son and to Judge R. G. Watts, and each of thobe made an unfavorable report, on tho petition for pardon Hub Gov. Heyward was convinced that innocent men wore being \;u.\ ished, aud lie authorized Mr. El. T: Gregory, thc post?lo ?e inspector, to sec Judge Watts In person and to lay b ?foro tue j idge the statement ol f;ici.s which had so Impressed Gov. Heyward. This statement of fact s, remarkable as lt may seem, is to the elf ct that two of t he parties actually guilty of complicity in the Litta robbery have been convicted of that and other orimes and aro serving a sentence in the ferlerai prison In Atlanta, and a third member of tho really guilty p:trty will be tried in Lancaster ne-xb week on the charlo of having robbed a postan ?0 at Heath Springs Thia same party, John Fisher, alias "Con necticut Shorty," was arrested the very day that Cunningham, Waring and ll inkey were being tried in Ma rlon. Tho ground on whloh Inspeo tor Gregory recommended the pardon of these three mon was not so much that they had been falsely convicted, as that others had been ooivloted, as I that others had been convicto i of the same offence, one of the party, now in prison in Vermont; having confess ed to the whole offrir and having ex onerated the three men in prison ir. Columbia. T ds man, MeOuthy, did not even recognises their photographs when presented to him, but designat ed without hesitation the likenesses of three afterwards convicted in Charleston as his associates In thc sv-c jess lon of crimes in the neighbor hood of Latta. According to the .statement of Mr. Gregory these men when convicted in Charleston, King and Johnson, admit ted that tln-y had boen the ones who had robbed tho bank and the; poste 111 :e at Latta. There has been no proof to show that there wore more than the four men at Latta, nam dy Mo Cirthy, King, Johnson and "Shorty", and tho three men who were released Wednesday deny stoutly that they were ever at Marlon; Latta or Dillon before they were taken to Marijn for trial. The prosecution was pushed by two otbor Inspectors, Mr. F. J. G. Pulsi pher and Mr. W. J. Maries. These llrmly believed the three men under indictment guilty and lt was largely through the tenacity of the posto lb oe Inspectors that Cunningham and the other two were convicted. Hut since that time Inspector l'ulsiph r heard tlie evidence which convicted John son, King and Rabona In Charleston, and h ; ls now sat siled that the three convicted in Marion are innocont. Under date of Ootobor 1st, Mr. Pul si plier wrote a strong st iti mont whloh no doubt Influenced Judge Watts very much in his determination to rec m - mend to Gov. Heyward that the three men be pardoned. Wednesday G >v. Hey ward recel vo l a letter from Judge Watts communi cating the fact tiu'.t thc br i vi j ti?e had changed lils opinion as Lo th guilt of the ptrtles, and thu pardon was Issued Immediately. In his loiter Judge Walis s ivs: "There is so i uoh rea onable doubt In my mind that if 1 were governor 1 would at onoo pardon Cunningham and the others." Toe pardon was turned O'er fco i rt porter of Tue sta?,? to ba handed to the superintendent of lha pennon'la ry. Tue three m n were found at their dally routine. Ilinkoy ls the only < ne of the tine-.- who ls dispos, d to iio rob dil ms, and he has suff ire I. Ho was found In thc kitchen where he Im been employed as help. Cnn ningham and Waring are painters and were, engaged in work on tho now buildh. g f >r prisoners suttor lng with tuberculosis. Th ir outdoor work in too sunshine had given thom a better o->lor( but Flinkey basa pale, anaemic look, and evidently ls not well. Cnn ningham ls Umping as a result of n recent fall. Cunningham is the most Intelligent man of the thrco. Waring ls also a very Intelligent workman, but not as talkative as his companions. H. IO. Cunningham ls 33 years old a. native of Petersburg, Va., a mgr palntor by trade, and a member of tho Catholic ohuroh, He ls a married man, his wife having been Miss Mo Henry of Lexington, Va. Waring is a natlveof Mansllcld, O , ls also a sign painter Haid to be ono of the Qnest In tho country. L. J. Hlnkey ls a nativo of Philadelphia, his homo hoing at .'120 Nort i Twenty sixth street. He ls a marin? copper smith by trade, and ls 29 yoars old. When arrested he was engaged in making stills and worms, to be u:ed by turpentine und whiskey distillera in eastern North Carolina. "Yes, I was tiavellng with ITlukey when wo were arrested,'1 said (Jun ningham. "I knew Waring also, but had not seen him for six years uuti' just two days bofore our arrost. I fpaint the sign for the bauk at 0., and when I went there the job J. found Waring av i it. I told tho cashier that given my j >b to another mau. uot noticed that it was a new man until I told him. Waring did a beautiful job for him, We went on in corni any from that day until wo were arrested. No, we were not 'hoboing,1 as it is c ommonly called: Wo were working tlie small towns in tho coun try, for thero ls moro money In paint lug signs in the country than lu olt'.os for there are always a lot of sign painters in cities, whereas by travel lng through thc oouutry weean make from 85 to 835a day." And hero the narrator of thc strange experiences told the saddest part of all. We were traveling pro perly and Stopping at the best hotel? In the towns wo vlsltod. Why, I had my wifo with me. But tho people who caused my arro.it were so malig nant they cau?'t d the chief of pol'.ce at Smithfield to make my wife leave the town and 1 havo not heard from ber until this day." Cunningham does not even know his wife's ad lr ss, and seems to bo very muoh distressed on that aooount. The mon who wore ro^eased were given their suits of clothes and trans portation to Marion, this being a cus tom set by G v, James L. Orr, in lbMiti. Not wishing to go to Marion, the placo of their convlotion, the n i- loners tot k the alternativo, euh. T.ieir looK valued at 82J, ha?o been taken by the authorities in Manoa, although they soe no reason why their property should h wo boon con fiscated by the St to. Tiio prlsioners therefore ha/o nothing but, their llb orty, their now suit of clothes, in whioh they pro eut a very noat ap p u; nco, and i vs ' han ?5 in money. L'iiey stated that ttioy will be grate ful lor an v wore v/hic i can bo uiven them until they cai get money enough to reach their respective 0 M.s. Waring ard Cunningham aro undoubtedly very skillful painter:; The ex'ptiftoners aro nou disposed 'o rail at the people of Marion county for having cnn .icted them, but th *y aro very b u r in regard to tho Pink erton detective agency. Tlioy insist that they arc arrested moro on account of tho slz? of tho reward than for any o her reason, They complain of the treatment accorded prisoners at the State prison, and one of them has de dared his Intention to write a book on the mode of prison life. They gave evidence of some famillarty with thc relativa merits pf rysons, hut thl may ba ou iioootihrj or cneir peripatetic lives. Their numbers on the Sou tl: Carolina prison books were 17,031, 17,032 and 17,033. Eighteen monthe ago they were brought hero to serve sentences of six years each. They feel that tho S ate of South enroll .ia Ins rtcoivtd free their servi JOS foi this length of tima and they have boer forocd ro suffer tho humilatioa of prison life and felons' cells when they vsero Inno?ont of the charger. The men state that they were cern, vlcted bc usc ?ioy were not given a chance to prove their inn oenco anc &ee> now have ample evidence tx novo an alibi for eich man of the three. That evidenci they could nul produce in Smithliel 1, as they nae rut the money. They are sure thai they would havo b'< ri released wlthoul a trial but for the ?. [Torta of thc dctoo tlvo, J. W. Craig, who had then photographed and then lok th? photographs buck to Marlon and in ; ?ay hud Iheli identity established ai bhat of tho robbers, although the woman who had seen them, as sin swore, could not identify a:iy one o t u m In a crowd In the c; Urthouse. Toe threo man do not know exaotl; how to get their bearings, but wll look around a clay or two with tin nope ol' getting work to do, and wll v/lre their rotatives of their rcloasi ...id ask for money to got horne. On? thing which worries them very muo-l is the faC'- that their photographs au? a deorlptl m of each have been sen 'Ul over tho oouutry and as each om is p'ontifolly tatooed, they are afra'i that the moment they step into an ?i'.ty ?if Biza they will he oonfrontci with tbclr photographs in the rogues ery and they want to get soc' papers as will prove their pir?le, s : hat they wii! not b^ arrested on sus p... lou hereafter. I f - plo? y ?to Novo li i III, A1) N w Voik notwithstanding desperato in.rugg'n of his Wife and so .i hold h in >y oho feet after he ha fall?' o i ano t( pilled ov<-r th ? till of a open wind > v, tl so ?re I?\ Krapp cisii 1 i of "<e C >p r Msc iv.nge Bank, fe' 10 tho -t ce norn the fourth tl>or o his itoma at No 2? o W^si (J1M ?'r e i ,oay and was killed, Mr3. Kr.ip .slid he." son, lLorb rt, saw Mr Krap who .vas In ?ll health, aiiddeuly fa ovo:- baokwards. B ?th mother au son jumped to tho window in time I eizi the falling man by thc feel They hi Iel him safoiy fora few sc? oods, sereaftiiog for help, but tho at 11 tano was slow in coming, and Mi Kray p's weight began tO slip a.va from his ?es tiers. Tho n ali/al m ? ?his terrible, fact Cansid tho wlf.i strength to lo tye lier completely au tito sou, with his mother nmploss t nts side, compelled to hold his fathi alone, was too light foi his father suporlor weight, tSthauabed and o Lilt! pol .t of ht jpg dcadged over tl wh d iw Hill hi mae f, tho hoy lost h grip o : Mr. Kranp fell to the strei lie died i:)0n afterwards. j Bael ii? i t A Canadian farmer, noted for li absent roh dedness, went to town ci 0 vy j nd transacted his business wii 1 id utmost precision? lia start? b&ok; on hil way horn, however, wi' tho firm convlotior that ho had f? go.lon somothi g-what lt was 1 could not roes ll, try how ho woul As ho ncar .d homo thc convlotion 1 crossed and threo timos he stopp his b' i se and went carefully thront hi pocketbook in a vain endeavor osoover what he had forgotten, due. oourso ho reached linmo, and w mot hy his daughter, who looked him auturlaa, and oxolaimcd, 'Wh fathor,, where havo you left mother DONE TO DEATH. flK]jK> A Camden Merchant Murdered in the Street by Robbers. A ?BBPBRITJ? CRIME. pads for thc Purpose of Robbery. Mi. R. A. Mol)iwall, a merchant, of Camdon, S. (J., was waylaid and foul ly rnurdorcd ou his way home on Tuesday night of last week about 0 o'clock and robbed of bis watch, koys and ail the money ho had with him. Ho waa struck In tho back of thc head presumably with a heavy club. Tho fipoli solectcd waa near a largo tree .oppi site Hampton park. As be was lp.te coming boure Ulta. MoDow all, lila wife, said to nor sou, Robbie, who fa about 13 or 14 y cari old, that he h?d?bolter go and sro what was detaining bia fathor. Ho had not gone far before he stumbled ovet his father wno was in tho lust throes of death. Tho olty is thoroughly aroused and all sweets are hcav . gu rded to pro? vont tho escape of the ts-;&ssln. Tho blooohoun swill bo i od lately he cured from the Suite far a, .. : ch ls about 12 milos di A mb. Chief i f Po lice H U lo is Vi ry .io ive a id is le wing uar,hing undone to capture tho gudt> party. Ti? i Stato says: It i : na itiral thal Canad ??> should bo de ply stirred Cv? r the bold aud lerriblo murder of a peaceable oitizen in t io heart of t.io town. It seems that if there ls nhl a g*ngof desperate thugs aud high way men lu tn.s Si i ?>, that t .. ive ol a new form of la wi. 8 uei-s baa taken hold here, as rob K o s of lila .-o:r, suehjas have occured i ?olu ibla reo eutlyt aro noitco^um . I : S u li Caro lina, 'whatever 61 .o uiay ue .:.o t,.:uiv comings of the S^ate. Mr. McDowell, tho murdered man, was ?bout; 48 year.so ? and wai a rc speotod, sober metobaut of Carn den. He leavo:; hiu orte s ur and hi wife,'who was Miss Balle. Ho lia brother of Mr. W. M. M?Djwsll, the edito;. It was stated that Mr. MoDowaU was miry tug home his books to post ?t\|,i'i\>n.hn^i"' ?f* *nd near his hi. 'His wife, h; coming uneasy about ls delay in corni ig home, sent her ion to sea what was the matter, and tho son found h's father not more than a half blook from his home. The spot where'Oho murder wai commit ted ls on DeKalb street, between Main street and trie Southern rail way depot, opposite Hampton park, lt ls not known hov.- ru loh? If a;..y, money Mr. Mc Dowah had on his per son when killed, an t a peculiar thing 13 that lila keys Wv re takon, as was tho casi whoo the highwayman held up Jud^e fchnest Gary in (J ?lumbla a week ago. lt ls bald IS at Mr. MJ Dowah was not known to havo ene mies and that roi.bery ls the only mo tivo for the murder. A telephone mesuige from Camden at 1.40 o'clock tbis morning stated that the bloodhounds from tho State farm had then just arrived and wore being taken to Ui3 scene, whlc.i had been carefully g ur rded In order to prevent the obliteration of the tont. lt seems that Mr. Mci)..wall was struck on the side of the hea l nuder tho lett oar a powerful blow which munt have felled him at ono arel per haps prevented any , attempt on his part to li.cht for his lifo, lt ls thought chat thero was o dy ono robber but there is said to be absolutely no chic or suspicion of his Indcnlty. lt ls stated that the robber secured, be sides the kejs in Mr. McDowell's pookots, the amount of sci? In cash and his walch. A larg?'} crowd ?vas at the scene until tho dogs arrived, At 2. lo this moaning a m:s,ago from Camden was to the ctr^ct that tho bloodhounds bad neon on tho ground for some time, but had failed to take tho scent, and were wander, lng arco d the puk, where 25 or 60 men were stld gathered awaiting de velopments, There was Raitt to be no solution Ct tho mystery, no light yet on the do."Mi o( Mr Mci).)?vail. THL ?^v,i.? J.tf ^w-^?O. Another rvian Ku oked Insonolblo When MoUoWAll w i i Kill tl. Another chapter ol Tues lay nights dastardly murder waa Uuea.i tu ;.t Camdon e..Hy Wo : .day morning when Mr. TV rh Amin us, ct m i f b o town from Wy i Walroo, lou d Mr R. W. Porter, a su i tvubial farmer of that section, at tho bridge wicn hie Skull fraotured and very weak and d i/, d (rom tho lo a of blood. Wu n it became known tl il hiv. P rtor w?s wa.king homo wno Mr. K. A, Mc Dowah when th latter recolv 1 the mot tal biow J nd wh *i h? rou.-.. :f wa? knocked into Inscn wbility, ix: urneut ran high A dispatch to Tl o 9 al sa; s Mr. Porter, like M \ Mt l > . i\ I, was ..tm >k In the head, the cub ti I flo rend? in tue wounds bel?g that the fi ucl ure of the formor's skun soi ma tu havo teen thc result o? a blow with a sharp Instru ment, while tho latter's wound han moro the a pecara noe of having leon delivered by ablount Instrument. Mr. Porter was wearing a derby hal when he was attacked and this Was out al most In half. All day little groups of men could besoin on tho streets earnestly dis cussing the various th. orlos advanced as to the motiv? for the at-taok. The fact that Mr. Poi ter was a Juror en gaged lu the trial of J. bi. Gillis for murder caused considerable rumor of a sons\tlonal obaraoter, but this Idea, was given little credence by tho clti zons. As tho matter stands now no ono rooms to bc able to sugges ? a con BlStent theory and thc casu romaine onshroudad in mystery. Mr,, Porter makes the follow.ag .; (he Heart of the City by Foot statement: "After I got my supper last night I went to Mr. MoDowall's store on Main street and waited for him to close up. JIc Ind given mo a bed at ilia house and I was going to spend the night there. Ho Bhut up about half past 8 o'clock and wo walk cd toward his houso along tho north side of I) K*lb street. When we reached Hampton pr.rk 1 remarked to Mr. MoDowall that I had seen stiring times thero on one oooaslon, referring to tho occasion of Hampton's visit thero durlug his campaign. And we were about the centre of the rqnare then. "I have absolutely rn recollection of anything that bi pp;1 ned after that until this morning. 1 did nob nee anyone at all strikt bi?a or mo. The first thing I romeo.her uiver I way hit was going up to au old tree In Dr. DoSaussure's ll ld near tho river and sitting down. Litor I got up and walked across tho river bridge to a pump and washed out a bloody hand kerchief 1 had and tried to wash the blood off of my faoo and hands. Then lt was Mr. Tom Ammons came along In his buggy and told mo to get In and he brought mc to town to Dr. Dunn." WILL BRA.VJS THEE?Vf,R. I'roRldcnt UooBovolt Will Pay Now Orlomis A Visit. The Presldont will go to Now Or leans, despite thc yellow fever epi demic. An otb dal announcement to this effect was made at tho White. Houso hy Secretary Loeb today after a conference with thc President, at . ich arrangements for Mr. Roose velt's trip through tho South were arrangod finally. In order to avoid complications over i o quaran ino regulations of tho various Slates the President has do ch ed to make Now Orleans the li nal . op on his trip. Ha will bc In Now O rio ?ns October 20. After thu oere m oles In that oby he will go abroad a cruiser of tho devela ^ and mu ko the Journey from .s -: (?loans ij Washington by wat , o ls ex .1 ed to arrivo here KI ;l.er the 30th or tho 3Iso. Tho President will ; Washing ton on the I8.J1, Ai far as Sc. Augustine tho trip w.ll ' made as previously arranged. From St. Augustine the President will goto M bile, instead of Birmingham a. previously scheduled, thebes to Tu k'goo. and Birmingham. Prom Alabama, he will go to L'.ttle Il ok and there tho party will be dis banded, the President and Mr. Ln.ob going to Now Orleans, for the c;re monlos on tho 26th, and the re m ?.Inder of the party returning from Little tieck to Washington. lt has not been determined what vassal tho President will usa on his return, but it will probably be thc Cleveland, the Tacoma or tho Galves ton. In deciding to como to Wash ington by sea, tho President was In fluenced by a desire not to como Into om limb with quarantine regulations. jBlopod With Throe Woiiion. Adolphus Snowden, a nineteen year ?old youth, living near Goshen, Ind,, nas developed remarkable hypnotic .lowers, If the story of Mrs. Mary Burleson, Mrs. Sarah Snowden and Mrs. Alice Snowden are true, for the bhreo alleged that they were so hyp nolized by him that they deserted tin lr families and went, with him to Po.kitown, Dekalb county. When found it was discovered that Mrs. Bur leson was living with Snowden as his wife, and the other two, who are sis ters-ln-law. were known as his sisters. They were all living in the same house. Snowden was placed under airest, and tho women, when taken to their homes, told practically the hame story. They said that they did not under fund the influence that the young man exorcised over thom, for they loved their husbands and children, but when Snowden suggested thab they elope with him, they could not resist._ M lan hu; Front Homo. Nothing has been heard of Edward Uceman, a bookkeeper of a lumber concern near Charleston, who dlsap teared from there about three weeks ago. Ills disappearace isa my story. He is known to have had r bout $300 v n his person when he left .here and is thought he boarded a train and !s some distance from Charleston, pr b ably ab or cn route bo Oregon, viler? he has relativos, He has a wife and one child. He was murie l nb nib a year ago. Work ul A rjrute. Presenting an appearance ghastly 111 le: ex erne, Mollie Spencer, wife, of Charles Sp nosr, a v,eh known locil caterer, of Greenville, S, C., was nd in a he uso nour bbc Brandon ils, with hair and eyebrows shaved ? l?. I he wife Bays that while lntoxl e i d S pi nen held v. pistol to her head wi Ile ! o wielded a razor and ollpped i ' yo I sh :s with scissors, Ho was rn ted on a city warrant lu the after i ou, : Valued an atti n ey and gave $loo ball. A Suato warrant lu also out. Kill od illmocl C. Ab Philadelphia- William ll. RH patrick, the Philadelphia a/ent of the Northwestern Mutual Lifo In uraneo company, of Milwaukee, was found dead Tunad ay morning tn the batu roi m of his apartments with a bu lot wound In his head. He had i ot himself some.timo during the night. Mr. Kilpatrick bad been In .ll I ..vth for some limo, a'.d that is np posed to have been tho causo of hu hulolde. Li>K Ollt, John 1). R lokefcllor gave his oin cbs on Monday for bbc ten million dollars to meet his subscription of that amount made last June for the pur posos of education. Thc chi cks were mirlo tiiM/attln to fl?i?r<rn ltY?ut<??? l>n? - body, treoaurorof the general board of education; six were for ono million each and two for two millions each. ItOAt liOHt. Major Genoral Corbin, cabling to tho war department regarding tho re cent typhoon in Manila, says that all of tire officers and six passongers on board tluvLjytc, tho government o a?'.t gu>?it1)oat, ?vero lost. Tho dispatch f-fcilds that temporary shelter posts at ] l ix ponusogf co destroyed. BAND OF YE??MEN Raid to bo Coming or Are in The State. Many limvo Deon Sontonend to Pris on tn This Minto for Hobbing Hanks ?nd K*ostoflloes, A K:UIK of yeggmeu and safe blow ers arc reported to havo descended In this direction and tho police authori ties generally over tiie stato are main tained a sharp lookout for suspicious ohnrac - ra, several of whom have al roadv tn <u rounded up on general oh't g .i vagrauey, says tho Char !. il m Post. T j detective force of Charleston ls al,o exercising vigilance, but this oity Renns not to be tho headquarters of thc gang, as it was during tho expo* sltion and several subsequent periods since the yeggnion first started their operation? in South Carolina. If the gang ls using Charleston as their baso, they aro keeping very quiet, but the reports Indicate tbab their base is up fie sta'e, probably at Columbia, willoh plaoo tbe Noland-McKinley gang, four of whom are now doing time In thc federal prison at Atlanta, haying boon convicted In Charleston two years ago, made tbelr base of op orations. Detective Brennan ls pro bably thc best informed of tb? local fo'co about tbo habib! and ways of tho ycygmon, having been associated with tbo posto ill oe inspectors in tb' conviction of Edward Morgan, John Ki;>g and Rudolph Rib ms, a Cnar lesion man, with tr.eir numerous aliases at the April torm of tho Unit, ed States circuit oourt. The stato authorities are being materially aided in ?heir surveillance of the suspicious oharaotcrs by the bright secret servio:; nv-n, who an endeavoring to rid this section of tho s,ifc blowers who have been giving trouble for several years. Postotlico I lisp.- ctors Gregory, Pulsipher and Mariel) aro keepit.g a prei.ty close .vatoh through South Carolina and lowor Nort't Carolina, while Inspector Mulla, of Virginia, who with lus pc 0 tor Gregory has do'.e the larger share of thc work of sending u i the yeggmeu f oon this section, is also operating with the int pectors of thia Immediate s.ellon. Inspector Pulsipher, who 18 assign ed to the section of the state above Columbia, paid a Hying trip to Char leston a fuw day ago, but had nothing to say about his mission. Inspector Gregory has not boen in Charleston tor some weeks, having boen giving some attention of tho oases against John Fisher alias .'Conncctloy Shortly" and Ciarles ?'lVay, who aro held by Sher II un ter at Lancaster for the robbery of Health Spring bank last spring. In spector Gregory bas a number of oases ng*lmt Fisher i he hoing ono of the men ludicted untried for the Latta POSto?ioe robbery, for whloh Morgan, Klug and Habens were oonvlotcd last April, and he. also has a CSBO against O'Day, who ls an equally notorious yt Kg niau, for postoilice robberies In Virginia and North Carolina. The government has, however, yielded the mon to Slier l? Hunter for the South Carolin a statutes provide life Imprison ment, whereas the limit of the feder al law ht only live years for burglarly, and since thc stato .seems to have a cloar case, the inspector would rathor that, the state put the men out of business for the rest of their days. Thc suspicious circumstances con nected with the arrest of several men recontly through the state conti rm tho authorities of the presence of tho safe blowers. Ono of the characters ar rested at Clinton a few days ago had hi his possession a diagram of the town, with tbe site of the bank mark cd and tho contiguous streets, whloh is considered by thc authorities as in criminating evidence against him. Thirteen men have been sont up in South Carolina during tho past two and a half years for breaking post oilice safos and robbery of government funds and stamps, and a oheok has bcon placed upon tho operation of the yeggs hi this section whloh was most Inviting at tho start. Morgan, King and Habens were tho last bunoh to be convicted. Habens case was appealed by his attorney, Mr. W Turnor Logan and tho case will bo called this month beforo the court of appeals at Rloh mond, United States Distrlot A.t.tor noy Capers going to Richmond to represent tho govern mont. The yc?fgman are tho most danger nus ola-sof criminal?, and the punish ment of their pals seem to havo but little deteraing force upon them ai d their operations can be controlled bj only the strictest vigllanoc and prose cution. Cotton in len dinned. The census bureau i as iSBUed r. bulletin showing the quaoity of oo* ton ginned from the giowth of 10 )5 (j Si p tomber 25. to b 2,358,0:11 bales. The report in t ue of a sorle.^ wltioh will bo Issue i v gu.arly until the completion of tho ginning of thc c.- ip of 11105. Reports by States a" ; Alabama, :i.io.:,o8; Arkansas. o,25;t; Kl okla, 18,864: Uro ./la, ?00,212; Itv titan Territory, 14 ODSj Louisiana, 44 704 j Mis laslppl, 08)61?; M^s^url, 364; Ni nh Carolina, 121,243; OkH houaa, 8,825; Sooth parolina, 82t,882j Tennessee, 3 255;Texas, 777,4 10; V.i gin I j, 3i).'l. Two round hales aro counted as ono i quare bile. The mi m ho.r of round bales Inoluded ls 78,11)0. Mangled Dody l<'onnd. T. Welsh, of Johnson City, Tenn., wan found dead In tho pit of tho ele vator shaft at tl te Pod mann Tobacoo .Varohouse on? Front Street Glnolnnatl, O l?o, Thursday, lils chest was orushed and it appeared as though ho had been killed by tho clovator descending on 1,1... ll.n.nnn ,xt n.t.nf r.f. Irl V," ,1,1... I'.U.Itl.lV VJ A W..I.U .v../ ?C*.I? IA? UV suspicious clrourostanoes tho coroner and tho pollen are investigating on the theory that the man was first murdered and then placed in the ele vator pit to avoid snsploion. on Bond, John Marlon Ashley, J. R. Moore, John Mooro, Will Moore and Hug! liowen, charged with the murder o tho negro Allen Pondleton at lionel Path, havo boon bound over to cour Mn the?sum 87,oou eaoh. Brains^Her Seven Children and Burns Their Bodies. TOOK HER OWN LIFE. Mrs. Clarence Markham, of Cambridge, Illinois, was the Unfortunate Crea ture. She Survived Long Enough to Make an Awful Confession to Sheriff. Mrs. Olaronce Markham of Cam bridge, Illinois, in a fib of tempor?r/ Insanity Monday killed her seven child ren with an axe, after whioh shs placed their bodies on a bed, saturat ed it with ooal oil and set fire to it. She then haokod her throat with knife and threw herself on the burn ing bed. Neighbors reioued her, but I sho was so badly burned that she died ? soon af ber she had made a confession. Tho oldesb child was niuo years of age, bhe younga it, a baby in arms Noighbors, attracted by the smoko of tho burning dwelling, rushed lo the vere ie and found Mrs, Markham oovored with blood and badly burned. TJ're'y able to till her story, she ab diso declared the crime had been oom ml ".'.ted by a strange man, bub later wiieu bbc sheriff arr i mi she ad mi tted that she and slain her ohlldreu one by one and attempted bo destroy their babies and her own In the fire 8oon afterward she died. When bho ruins of the homo had cooled, a confirma tion of her story was had in tho find ing of tho charred corpses, each "wibh lbs skull orushed. The Markhams lived aparb from neighbors, tho husband being employ ed as a laborer on a nearby farm. He was compelled to bs away from home during bho day. Having noted his wife sobing queerly for several weeks he had kept bhe children, bhe oldest of whom was bub nine years of agc, out of school bo bo with th" JIXVJ 61 IC V. She was never leno wa bo exhibit vio lent tendencies previously. Wholesale Massaore. The Fankfurter Haltung sounds a warning bo the enbire civilized world bbab another massaore of Armenians bhroughoub bhe entire empire of Tur key is imminent. The oomtomplabod slaughter, lt declares, will surpass bhab whioh occured in 1808. Accord ing to information received by the newspapers bhe Turkish minister of war and of the intorlor have summon ed the Armenian patrlaroh to the Yildiz Kiosk, or palace of the sultan at Constantinople, and have told him that the sulban had resolved to glvo I orders for general massaore of Armen ians unless bhe Armenian revolution ary agitation ls stopped immediately. Foreign embassies at Constantinople are displaying far less sympathy for the Armenians than they did in 1806, and, acoordlng bo the Zeitung, the Armenians are doomed unless an in ternational public opinion is so vigor ously expressed that lt will Intimi date the sultan from carrying out his plans for a massaore. Btarvc'l Ulm to Death. Tho county Jail at Kansas City, Kansas, was surrouned Wednesday night by men who insist that Mrs. Belle Biggins, her daughter Clarissa, aged 14 years, and her husband? George Higgins, held by tho coroner's jury for the death of Biggin's 0 >ear old son by a former wife, should be lynched. That tho little boy was starved and tortured to death ls spec ifically oharged by the coroner's Jury. Tho boy's 2-year-old sister was also cruelly treated and is at the point of death in a hospital. While Mrs. Hlg gin's own children wero well fed and kindly treated the two step-children, according to the ovidenoo presented bo the grand jury, were liberally starved. A Nest of Gratters. At Milwaukee, Wis., thirty-eight indicted otlloials, against whom are 172 indiobments reburned by the last grand Jury today, appeared before Judge Brazr.e, in the municipal court and entered pleas In nearly every oas? of nob guilty. Included in the listare thirteen former supervisors, seven supervisors, three members of tho fire deparbment, bwo newspaper reporters, a State Senator, a Stato asemblyraan, an Alderman, and an ex-Alderman, id the balance business men. The oases penning together wi bb tho list returnod by previous grand Juries, it . i OL leved, will r< quire bwo or bhree years to dlspoi e of, Hil ts His Own Lil fe. At. New York, William H. Travers, nh ?f. ri mm of Ins ri S)a o? lu celebrated wit and Wall street .perator, William U. Travers, oom .nibbed suicido Friday by shooting b'msolf bhrough the hoad In his apart ments in Madison avenue. The sui cide is Inexplloablo, Mr. Travers be lng in the prime of life, in fair health and the possessor of a largo fortune. Mr. Travers married Miss L'ly II arri man, a sister of Mrs. W. K. Vander bl?i Jr. Tho couple separated three years ago, Mrs. Travers going to Paris to live. Blown up by Mino. The coasting steamer Hsiesho, ply ing betwoen Shanghai and Tien Tain, struck and was totally destroyed by a mine ninety miles south of the Shan tung promontony Saturday morning. Kif teen persons on board the vessel wero drowned among them being .?^i/iu unuuimii ttutf .muir. Tho foreign passengers and a portion of tho orew of the Hsiesho were res cued by two passing steamer. Many Live? Ltost. Tho governor general ot the Philip, pines cabled the war department Wed nesday morning that five officers and one post hospital dark and Sis P$J& f I seng?rs, twenty-seven of the orew et tho coast guard ovttter Ley te wert los b I by tho wreoklng of the vessel off Said* ar during the recent typhoon.