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e Mar?bor "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES (HfcnY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL. XX^ BUNNL SsVILLE, S. C., F i-v FllIDAYfOCTOBEB 13. 1905. NO. 4Sc Mv mr GIVES FACTS. Senator Tillman Renews the Al legation He Made at Batesburg. ABOUT STATE BOARD Not Being Definite in their Advcstlsc ment? Calling for Bids, to Supply the State With Whiskey. News papers Asked to Print this Article. To the Editor of Tho Nows and C ai rlor: At the Batesburg masting Satur day, September 23, I made tho state ment that the State board of control of the dispensary has violated the law and been doreliot, M they did not pur chase liquor under a competitive sys tem of buying as required by the sta tuto. I furthor declared that tho sys tem followed mn de it posslhlo to sell to tho S Late XX rye and XXX rye out of the same barrel that tho board on Its advTMsomfmt did not describe! what X, XX or XXX ryo meant, and that the SisAe was left at tho meroy of the bidders to deliver anything In tho shape of whlokev with no guaran teo whatever as to ,e goods coming up to tlic Simple, 1 . the reason that j the chemist himself c-* \red that be could detect adurerru. , but that he could not toll anythi "c about the grade or quality. Thc Hon. John Bell Ti ?1 vorv ex oltedly declared that my statement; was "not so," and, ?.ccerdln-? tu i-o ne] of the newspaper rrporta, sc'.ld poil tlvely "it wnp ' .\R':." Quite- a heated coll quy ensu '. Fooling KO sure of] my ground, for I h- 1 '?id the adver tisement the weal. *I had not armed myself with ?be ?' ' f>f, but I requested thc i eporter f * die State | nowspaper, in whoso columns 1 had read tlie advestlsement, to send a copy of it to each o' the L*xlng*ou and Sa luda papers with the request that they publish it 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 thowldoBt publicity lias been given to the issuo of veracity between Mr Towill and myself I ask you to pub lish as much of the cnolosed advertise ments as I havo marked in penoil, and it will bo seen that I had warrant ; .for every word I said, and Mr. Towill ls convicted of dence ign?ranos of what lils own board ls doing, to say the least of it. (The part of advertisement referred to follows:) NOTIOH TO LIQUOR DMA LRUS. Oi?loeof S; t "board of Directors of | t ie South L^rol a U.jpensary, Colura bia, S. C. August l-l, 1005. To Distillers and Liquor Dealers: You are hereby requested tofubmlt| bids and samples, In accordance with the terms of the dispensary law, upon tho various kinds and grades of liq uors proeaiced or handled by you, for supplying thc Scuth Carolina elispen sary forjthe quarter.ending November 30th, 19J5. It ls to be understood that tho directors of the dispensary shall havo thejrtght to accept any quantity of any artlclo bid upon to be ordered shipped at our pleasure, with the right to supplement such orders any time during quarter, according to tho needs of the olspensiry, the di rectors retaining the right to reJJOt 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 soale must) bo observed by bidders: The ac-.ual minimum of lntrh.slo value of X'rye must not ho lens than.... $1 50 Of XX rye not less than .. . . 1 00 Of XXX rye not 1er? than. 1 9 J Of X gin not less than. 1 50 Of XX gin not lo.s than. 1 <>0 Of X rum not less than . 1 50 Of X corn not lets than.1 47 Of XX corn not less than . . 1 50 And..XX corn, peach ai cl apple brandy must grade lu vauie not lo.'s than. 1 00 We also solicit bids on ryo liquors lo grade lu value at $2 $2 50 and $3 por gallon; corn, at il 75 and il 85 per gallon, and malt at $2 and $2 lu per gallon. Bids and samples to bc sent by ex press to S.ate. Treasurer, charges pre paid, on or before September 12?h, 1905 Chemical purity and proof must be guaranteed o< e i ui dred. II. II, Kv ANS 0 .allman, L. W DOYKIN. JOHN BKLL '\ own.r.. i'horo ls absolutely no check to guard against defrauding tho StMe except the honesty (?) of t he dealer) and I had a largo, whiskey distiller tell me once that all men who handled whiskey had tc be wa'ohod. X in this advertisement I? Uko X In Hie algebra, an unknown quantity except, as to the "proof" or strength ofttho liquor and every one. familiar with the business knows that this ls noicrltcrlon what ever of quantity of value. Section bbl of the South Carolina Code provloes: "And said ct-ntraot shall'no award ed to the lowest responsible bidder, for such quantities and kinds of 1 q uors as may bo deemed necessary to the dispensai> for the quarter." In thc light o? this advertisement, I can aat-ert that there si competlon tion in quality, only competition in price, and tho spirit of tho law ls not compiled with at all. It may bo said that tho samples that accompany the bids arc a check on the bidder deliv ering something oise, but this is an absurdity, as no man living o.xn tell whether two samples of liquor arc identical simply by taste or by other means for that matter. Yet liquor ls a staple artiolo and the Covern ment's bonded ware house alford a ohcok and absoluto proteotion against fraud, and liquor can be deaorlbcd In an advertisement as clearly as corn or baoon. I do not know how long this system of advertising has been In vo gue, but whoover Invented lt has cor talnly put lt In tho powor of tho Hq uor dealers to defraud the State aud foist olT on the people Immense quan tities of inferior and porhaps poison ous stuff. No wonder there Is m ch an lmmonse stook of "unsalable" or dead stock whiskey on hand. I trust all newspapers in the State that have copied Mr. Tow IP's impu dent denial of my statemeut will do mo tho Justice to copy this, and es pecially those papers of Lexington and -alucia counties. 15. R. Tillman, Trenton, S. 0., October 2, l?O?, A DA JU NU ROBBERY. Two Boys aud 1 bree Men Hold up a i Railroad Train. No Ono Wa8 Killed, but tho Hxprcan MoBsoiiKer Was Horlou?ly Injured by ICxploeion. One of tho most daring hold ups tn tho history of railroad robbery took place at about live miles from Hallards in Washington Wednesday night. The selected hy the bandits for their operation was tho Great North ern'* Overland, ono of the most popular and richest trains in the west. This train loft Seattle early Werlnpsday evening and everything was running smoothly when a sudden halt and a terrible explosion sheck.d tho passen gers and crew. Before the passengers could realize what had happened they were looking down the barrel? of two large pistols hold In the hands of ahoy, while an other hoy relieved them of ovory thing In the shape of valuables that they had about them. The very peculiar feature of tho robbery was, however, that the two boys had not bien o moaned in tbs planning of it at all, but had merel] taken advantage of the plans laid by thn o men, that the bava heard talx 1I?K over tao whole {.flair. They were villlanous young fellows merely hoboo leg their way about tho country when tliis opportunity to be roalbid was presented to them and immediately taken advantage of by them. The red rob aera were three men who devoted their time and attention to thc baggage and ox pr? ss cart, wbioh were dynamited and badly wreck d, when tho mos ecgets refused to open the doors at th demand of the men The boys wore captured immediately after tho robbery and gava a complete story of tile - Hair. Tney tald that they bed mountod tho "blind bag naue" to b^at their way and found two men already on lt When the train arrived at Hallards another man Joined the other two men. Tals third nun reported every tiling to bo ready for the hold up aud a genera) c invers?t lon took pkca as to thc ways and means. Thc boys learning thea for the ilrst time of the intentions of the mon I deolded to enrich themselves at tho same time. When one of the throe men crawled over xhe entine tender and command ed the engineer to stop at the point of a pistol, the boys droppod . ir the blind baggage and mads their way back to the sleep!mr car, As soon as the explosion from the dynamiting o? the cars in front souuded and the pas sengers wore iu a punic the boys with the nerve of old bandits began their forsay, which was successful as far as securing a lot of pluuder was concern ed, but which ended In their capture for the kick of experience in getting away. The three men who dynamited the expross car got thc contents of the sato and mada their escape, going in an easterly direction. Rapotts from the saenc of tho rob bery are mtager as yet, owing to the fact that the telegraph wi s were blown down by the force of tho ex plosion. No one ls reported killen, but tho express messenger, Charles Anderson, ls reported badly Injured. Manager Waring Of tile Great North orn is hopeful that tho sate did not contain a great deal of money, bot whatever it did hold tho robbers got Itali. 1'lvory effort is being exerted at this time to overtake the robbers. The men are unknown so far as the descriptions given by tho boys aro concerner^_ A Bolo Ta tot. In the city of Now York In broad daylight and with hundreds of people on the street, Louis Hrown a negro, made sn attempt to rob a Malden Lano jewelery store of $2,000 worth of diamonds 'mund av . His attempt was frustrated by Ojoar Windah*, a cierk, who grappled with the would be thief, and who wa stabbed by thc negro dmln? tlie tight. Hrown Isa currier for Jewelery Salesmen, and ho entered the store of (.?ross & Boguin, and asked to i.eo H< m > Jewel ery. Windorff noticed tho negro put a tray of j v.vels under his coat and ho immediately i e /. d him. Brown drew akuife and si shea tho dork un til he: tinnily got free. A chase Of sev ral blocks followed, P-rown swing Mig right and li-'f'; with his WO pori as he rushed through tho crowd. Ile was finally captured by a policeman, who he attempted unsuccessfully to Stab. Wmor tr waa not seriously Injured. _ Found I), ad. A dispatch 11 Tho .State says the dead body of Ne&i l'ri^e, was found by the iddeof tho railroad track Tuesday morning near Ids homo about ti ive miles below ii unca Path, it is sup posed that ho WAS dian k and sat down on thu end ufa crosstio and either went Lo sleep or was too drunk to notice the approaching of the cannon ball train and was struck by it and killed. The verdict of the coroner1? Jury wafl that he oarno to nis death from causes unknown to the jury. i ? ! > oded * liomb. A be mb Ulled with dynamite and a quantity of Inflammable oil, was taro wu at the rear Of a crowded tone mont house at K ?lith avenuo and On? Hundred and l<\.rlv third streot. Now York, friday. Mjrc than a score of sleeping persons were hurlen from their beds by tho explosion and two were carrie?' from tho house un conscious. Within a minuto after tho explosion thc Hames bad nearly enveloped the rear walls of ten tene ment house. Tho police believe that "black hand" Italian assassins threw tho bomb. Tno object of the attack was tho rear door of an Italian harbor shop on tho ground floor. TURNED LOO Convicted of a Crime of W SERVED OVER A YEAR In thc Penitentiary, and Was Pardoned on Wednesday by Governor Hey ward. They Were Convicted of a Crime Which They Convinced that three innocent men ha\o boon serving a sentence in the State prison for a orlmo committed in a town in whioh they claim they had never been, Gov. Heyward Wednesday issued a pardon setting at liberty II. Cunningham, George II. Waring and Leonard Ilinkcy. Tho three men were arrested In Smlth?eld, N. C., on the nth of March, 1904, were taken to Marlon, S. C., and there, within three weeks of their arre .t, were con victed ol having broken open and robbed the bank and the poste lb JO at Latta, S. C. The State Says Gov Hoyvard har, had this matter under advisement since the drat of July. Ile submitted the case to Solicitor J. Monroe John son and to Judge ll. 0. Watts, and each of those made an unfavorable report on tho petition for pardoo But Gov. Heyward was conviuceu that innocent men were being pun tabed, aud he authorized Mr. El. Ts Gregory, the post?nico Inspector, to sec Judge Watts In person and to lay bc foro the j ldge the statement ot facts wblca had so impressod G JV. Heyward. This Hiatemcnt of fact s, remaikable as lt may scene, into the elf ct that, two of the parties actually guilty of complicity lu the L*tta robbery have boen convicted of that and other crimes and aro serviug a sentonee in thc federal prison In Atlanta, and a third member of tho really guilty party will be tried in Lancaster next week on the chargo of having robbed a pLdtctnco at Heath Springs This same party, John Fisher, alias "Con necticut Shorty," was arrested thc very day that Cunningham, Waring and 11 inkey were being tried in Ma rlon. Tho ground ou which IuspeOv tor Gregory recommended the pardon of these three mon was not so ruuc'i that they had been falsely convicted, as that others had been oo-ivlcted, as that others had beau couvloted of thc ??me offence, one of the party, now in prison in Vermont; having confess ed to the wholo t lf .'ir and having tx onerate.1 the three men In prison In Columbia. T da man, McCarthy, did not even recognl/,3 their photographs when presented to him, but designat ed without hesitation the likenesses of three afterwards convicted in Charleston as his associates In thc succession of orlmes in the neighbor hood of Latta. According to the statement of Mr. Gregory these men when convicted In Charleston, King aud Johnson, admit ted that they had been tho ones who had robbed tho bank and the; poste til ie 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 wore released Wednesday deny stoutly that they were ever at Marlon; Latta or I).lion before they were taken to Marijn for trial. The prosecution was pushed by two othor Inspectors, Mr. F. J. G. Pulsi pher and Mr. W. J. Marios. These llrmly believed the three men under Indictment guilty and it was largely through the tenacity of the postotlioc Inspectors that Cunningham and the other two were convicted. Hut shiee that time Inspector Pulsipher heard thc evidence which convicted John son, ICing and Rabens in Charleston, and h i la now sat aliad that tho t hro0, convicted in Marlon are Innocent, nuder date of Ootobor 1st, Mr. Pul si plier wrote a strong statement which no doubt Influenced Judge. Watts very much in lils determination to rec m . mend to Gov. Hoy ward that the three men be pat dom d. Wednesday G iv. Heyward receive! a letter from Judge Watts communi cating the fact that the trial Judge had Changed his opinion as to th guilt of the. p irties, and the pardon was ihsued Immediately. In his lc'ter Judge Watts svys: "There is so i uah rca onable doubt In my mind thal if l were governor I would at onco pardon Cunningham und tho others." Toe pardon was turned o/er to a rr porter of Too ?tate lob; handed to the superintendent of ?lie pcnlteiria ry. Tue three m n were found at ?heir dally routine. II Inkey is the ord/ < no of the three who ls disposed to bo rebellious, and ho has Buff ne Ho WHS found In tho kitchen whur lie bis been employed as lieh*. Cnn ningham and Waring aro painter, and were, engaged In work on tin: no.v building f ir prisoners suffering with tuberculosis. Th lr nu td or work In too sunshine ha 1 given thom a bettir color, but Iltnkoy basa pale, ana, lc look, and evidently ls not well. Cnn ningham ls Umping as a result of ll recent fall. Cunningham is the most intelligent man of the tbrco. Waring ls also ?. very Intelligent workman, but not as talkative as his com pan I >ns. H. K Cunningham ls .'{.'J years o'd rt. native of Petersburg, Vu., a Mgr painter by trade, and a member of tho Cathollo church. He ls a married man, his wife having been Miss MC Ilenry of Lexington, Va. Waring ls a natlvoof Mansfield, O , ls also a sign painter said to be ono of tho llnest in tho country. L. J. Uinkey is a native of Philadelphia, his homo being at 320 Nert i Twenty sixth street. He ls a marine copper smith by trade, and is 29 years old. I When arrested ho was engaged In They Were Innocent. Did Not Commit. making stills und worms, to bo ired by turpentine und whiskey di ..tillers in eastern North Carolina. "Yes, I was traveling with rllukey whon wo were arrested," said Cun ningham, "I knew Waring ah;o, but had not seen him for dix years unti" just two days before our arrcat. I swas to paint the sign for tho hank ab .feunu, N. C., and when I wont there totktarb the job I found Waring av woMt on it. I told tho cashier that ho bad given my j )b to another mau. Ile baa, not notlcod that it was a new man until I told him. Waring did a beautiful job for him. Wo went on in oompar.y from that day until wo were arrowed. No, we woro not 'hoboing,' as 1?; Is commonly called: We were working the small towns in tho coun try, for thero ls more money lu paint ing signs in the c.unbry than lu cities for there are always a lot of sign painters in cities, whereas by travel lng through the country weean make from 85 to $35a day." And boro the narrator of thc strange experiences told the saddest part of all. Wo were traveling pro perly and stopping at the best hotels In tho towns wo visited. Why, I bad my wifo with me. But tho peoplo who caused my arro.it were so malig nant they cau?u d the chief of police at Smithfield to make my wife leave thc town and 1 have not heard from her u rtll this day." Cunningham does not oven know bb? wife's ad lr ss, and seems to bo very uauoh (iintrcsscd on that aooouut. The men who woro ro'eassd were given their suits of clothes and trans portation to Marlon, this being a cus tom set by G v, James L. Orr, in l.OG. Not v/lahlng to go to Marion, the place of their conviction, the p-h loners to< k the alternar Ivo, cish T uhr tooli, valued a?i ?20, have been aken by the authorities In Marlon, although they soe no reason why their property should have been con liseated by the Sb . to. Tho prisionera therefore ha^e nothing bu J their lib en y, th'ir ncw suit of clothes, in Addon t';ey pro eut a very noat ap p ia ru nco, and i vs than ?5 lu money. .' i , .;;.at.; 1 that riley will be grate ful 1er anv wore which can bo given them until th y cai get money em-u^h to reach their wp iel. Wc homes. Waring and Cunningham aro undoubtedly vorv skillful painter:; Tho ez'prisoncrs aro nou disposed . o rall at the people of Marion county tor having c n.Jeted them, hut th ?> are very bhb r in regard to tl" Pink er ton detective agency. They lusist that thy are arrested moro on account .of the slza of tho reward than for any n her reas m, They c mpiain of tho tP-rUrn oit <v carded prisoners at tho S'ato prison, and one of them has de clared bia Intention to writo a book on the mode of prison life. They gave evidence of some familiarly with the1 rnlatlva merits of n'isoas, but. fchl may ba on aoeontitoi choir peripatetic lives. Their numbers on tho South Carolina prison books were 17,031, 17 032 and 17,033. Eighteen months ago they were brought bore to serve sentences of nix years each. They feel that tho State of South Carolina has received free their services for thia length of tima and they have boon forosd m nuffar tho humilation of prison lifo and felons' cells when they vero Innoja it of the charge). Tho men state that they wore Con victed boc Mise ! h jy were not given a chance io provo th' ir inn oenoe and bi ey now have i.mple evidence te prove an alibi fir eich man of the t hroe. That evlder-O) they could uot produce in Smlihtlel I, as they had not the money. Tney are sure that they would have b -c n released without a trial hur for theefDrta of the detoc tlve, J. W. Craig, who had them photographed and then took thc photographs b::ok to Marlon and In a vtay had their i ?entity established a:: that of tho robbers, although the woman who had seen thom, as she swore, coulel not identify anj one ol btu m In a crowd In the e; urbhouse. Thc th reo men do not know exaotlj hov/ to gob their bearings, but wll look around a day or two with th? hope of Ketti nw work to do, anl wll wire their relatives of th"'r release and ask for money to got home. One thing which worrlos them very mool ls the fae'- that their photographs au? a decrlptl m of each have been sen] ill over tti3 country and ai each one ls plentifully tatoocd, they are afrah that thc moment they step Into an} olby of Blxe they will ho confronto with their photographs In the rogues and they want to get sue/ papors as will prove their parole, s that they will not be arrested on sus plolon hereafter. If . j ? ? i - s to H nv o Illili. AS Nsw Y uk notwithstanding i desperato \\ i ugg n of his w Ito and soi .o h?hi h m >y Lue feet after ho hat faint ? i ann 1 poled ov. r th ? sill of ai opt o wiodo'-V, G.songo 1?\ Krapp eish r of the C ipor l?se > .''go hank, fol to tho .-t cot from the fourth lljor o hi 4 home ?a tl J 2i h Wc si ?7oh rr e today and waa Killed. Mri. Kr.ip? and her son, llorh rt saw Mr IC rap] who was in ill health, suddenly fal over baokward*. Huh mother aui son Jumped to the window in timo li setz j tho falling man by the fenn They held him safely fora few BOC o ids, screaming for help, but tho as >i>ti<nc was slow In cimieg, and Mt Ken,p's weight bogan to slip a wa (rom hiu res mers. Tho realization c this tcrrlblo uet caused tho wife* strength to leave her completely au the sou, with his mother liolplosn a HIS side, compelled to hold his fathc alone, was too light foi his father fiiiporior '/eight. Bxhaustod and o biro point of being tl a;* ged over th wii tl iw sill bimse f, the boy lost h grip md Mr. Kraop foll to tho stree ile died sion afterwards? < M ?a Left A Canadian farmer, noted for h absent mindedness, went to town ci ti vy i nd transacted his business wit i o utmost precision? Ila starte b&okj i ti iii j way noire, however, wit the tlrm convlotlor that ho had f<> go ion somethl g what lb was 1 could not roca iii try how ho wouli As ho near nt homo thc conviction li creased and threo times ho stoppt his b' i .oand wenb carefully throng hi pocketbook In a VaiO ?ndeavor .iseover what he had forgotten. J due oourno ho roached home, and wi mot hy his daughter, Who looked i him sururiso, and oxolalmed, 'Wh fathorv where havo you left mother D?NE TO DEATH. A Camden Merchant Murdered in the Street by Robbers. A. BESPE&tTft C?IME. 1 i Mr. R? A. Ak Do will I. a Prominent Mer cIn'4t,Waylald and Assassinated in thc Heart of the City by Foot K pads for thc Purpose of Robbery. Min K. A. MoDowall, a merohantof Camden, S. C., was waylaid and foul ly unurdored ou bis way homo on Tuosday night of last week about 0 o'olookand robbed of his watch, keys and ail thc money ho had with him. Ho was struck In tho back of thc bead presumably with a heavy club. The spot soleoted wis near a large treo .oppi sito Hampton park. As he was late coming home Mro. MoDow all, bis wife, said to hor son, Kobble, who i's about 111 or 14 yearn old, that he ha'd* bettor go and see what was detaining his father. Ho had not gone far before he s u ab od i ver his father wno was ia tho last throes of death. Thu olty le thor IU fhly aroused and all t.treoti ern heavl) . guarded io pre? vont tho escape of ihn us-iassln, 'J. i o oloodboua swill be ninodlatcly sc eurea from the State far u, a i eh ls a mut 12 miles di ?taut. Col: f ( f Po dee Hallo ls v. ry AC IVS a ?? .? le tviog nooning undono to cap Lure tho guilt) party, Tho Sbato pa: s: It lg natural that Camdm should bo do ply ftttrred over the bold aud lorri >lo oiur .. i of a traceable citizen ia t.. ; h.:..-, ot the town, It seems Um? if t. i re ls not. a garaf of desperate thugs aud hlgu way men lu tins Si ?that a .. tve i ; a now form of lawh s ness hay taken hold here, as robberies of this >o:-, suchas have occur d i On u da r.-c eu tl yt aro not common in South Caro lina, [whatever et .o .u.;,y be Luc short comings of tho State. Mri MeDowall, tho murdered man, was a/bout 13 yeaioo'.d Hud was a rc spcot?d? sober mei chant of Oam den. Ho leave:: hi. ono s iu and his wife,: who was M isa Hallo, He ha brother of Mr. W. M. MoDowall, the ed I to; . It was stated that Mr. MoDow?ll was ('wrying homo his hooks to post VA h..-u.. i-.ynd near his Ci, 'His wife, blooming uneasy about Is delay in coming home, sent her ton to see what was the matter, and the son found h's father not more than a half bloek from his home. Tho spot whore tho murder wa* commit ted is on DeKalb street, bel ween Main street and tne Southern rali way depot, opposite Hampton park. lt ls not kim vu hov/ much? If a...y, money Mr. MoDowall had on his per son when klllod, an.I a p cuitar thing i3 that his keys w< re tasen, as wa* tho case whoa the highwayman held up Judge Ernest Gary in Columbia a week ago. it ls said tfcat Mr. Mo Dowall was not known to have ene mies and that roi.bery is the only mo tivo for the murder A telephone mesnigo from Camden at I. IO o'clock tbls morning stated that the bloodhounds from tho State farm had then Just arrived and were being taken to the scone, which had been oarcfully guarded In order to prevent the obliteration of the scent. It seems that Mr. McDowall was struck on the hld;; of the head under tho lett oar a powerful blow which mu.st have felled him at orce and psr hap.s prevented tiny, attempt on his part to fight for his lifo, lt ls thought that there was ouly one robber but there ls Bald to be absolutely no clue or suspicion of bis indontty. lt is stated that tho robber Becured, be sides the keys In Mr. McDowell's pockets, the amount of $2? in cash and his watch. A largn oro .vd was at the scene until tho do.?;.s arrived. At 2. If) this ino ni og a ni 583 ago from Camden was to the cilect that tue bloodhounds had been on thc grounl for some time, but had failed to take tho seo b, and .vero wander* lng arou dino park, ..iure 26 or 50 men were still gathered awaiting do velopments. There was Bald tc ho no soiu.hm of tho mystory, ho Hght yeo on the doath of Mr MoDowall, TH!? M?^ i/? INJiUJAdj?D. Another Han Ku lolcetl liinonolblo Wlion MoUowAll WA : Kill il. Another chapter ot Tues lay nights dastardly murder was ut. earl tu at Camdon early We : ida y morning .vbeii Mr. T m Am m ns, ci m. g no town from lY??, Wa tc roc, lou d Mr K. W. Porter, a nu ist.v itial farmer of that seotion. at tho bridge wita ul? Bktill fractured and very WC:IK aod daz?d (rom tho lo s of blood. When it became known tl al Mr. 1' ri ir was walking homo with Mr. u. a. Mc? Dowah when th lilt or ive nv 1 the mortal bmw od wit U h . bim.*,! ?f ?.-au km.ckcd lalo insohnb lit j i exolt? meut ran high A dispatch to T o 9 ato says Mr. Porter, like Mr. Mc Do ft l, was -ru n. lu the bead, the ohlj difference n too wounds being that the fracture of tho former's skull sot m's to have Leon the result of a blow with sharp lustru? ment, whiie tho latter's wound has more the appearance of having been delivered by a bl uut Instrument. Mr. rorter was wearing a derby bal . h u ho was attacked and this was cut al most In half. All day little groups of men could he SCL/U on uno streets ea) iiettLly dis oussing tho various th orb s advanced as to the motivo for thc attack. The fact that Mr. Putter was a Juror en gaged In tho trial of J, 10. (lillis for murder caused considerable rumor of a sensitlonal charaoter, but UIIH Idea wRs given little oredoncc by the citi zens. As tho matter stands now no ODO seems to he able to suggest a con sistent tlioory and the oaHo romains enshrouded in mystery. Mr. Porter makos toe follow!' statement: "After I ?ot my supper last night I went to Mr. MoDowall R store on Main street aud waited for him to close up. He had given me a bed at his house and I wis going to spend the night thero. Ho shut up about half past 8 o'cloek and wo walk od toward his house along tho north sido of D Ktlb street. When we reached Hampton pr.rk 1 remarked to Mr. MoDowail that I had seen stiring times there on one occasion, rtferring to the occasion of Hampton's visit there during his oampalgu. And we were about the centre of the f q rare then. "i have absolutely HO recollection of anything that happened after that until this mornln?r. 1 did not nee anyone at all strikt him or mo. The first thing I romeo.her afVjr I wa? hit was going up to au 'dd tree lu 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 I had und tried to wash the blond 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 me to town to Dr. Danu." WILL BRA.VJS THE FEVJ5R. President ltoosovclt Will Pay Now Orleans a Visit. The Presldont will go to Now Or leans, despite the yellow fever epi demic. An olll dal announcement to this effect was made at the White. Houso by Secretary Loeb today after a conference with tho President, at whioh arrangements for Mr. Roose velt's trip through the South were arranged dually. In ordor to avoid complications over i o quvan ino ovulations of the vari us Slates thc .President has de Oh H tn make New Orleans the llual op on his trip. He will be In Now O lo ?us October 26. After the cere m ni - s in bbat oby he will go abroad a cruiser of tho O.ovehi .';v??i and mtiko the journey from N -: t > loans D * Washington by wat , '.> ii ex pected to arrive hero ot ;hor the il i or the. 3lst. Tho Presldout will ; \ bashing ton on tho 18M, A? f,v RS St. Augustine the trip vvill ' na ado a* previoudy arranged. From St. Augustine tho President will goto M bile, instead of Birmingham a. previously scue?.tiled, tbenod to ru k g je and Birmingham. From Alabama, he svill go to L'ttle R ?ck and there the party will be dis banded, the Pres!d.mt and Mr. L".ob going to Now Orleans, for the c re monios on the sill Sb, aud tho reminder nf the party returning from Little lljck to Washington. It has not been determined what vessel the President will usa on lils return, but lt will probably be thc Cleveland, the Tacoma or tho Gal ves ton. In deelding to come to Wash ington by sta, tho President was in lluenced by a desire not to como Into coulhct with quarantine regulations. fSlonod With Three Women. Adolphus Snowden, a nineteen year old youth, living near Goshen, Iud,, has developed remarkable hypnotic powers, If tho story of Mrs. Mary Burleson, Mrs. Sarah Snowden and Mrs. Alice Snowden aro true, for the ?hreo alleged that they were so hyp tiollz.-d by h in t'.iat they deserte ! ttu lr families and went with him to Fo.kd.own, Dekalb county. When found it was discovered that Mrs. Bur leson was living with Snowden as his wife, and the other two, who aro sis tors-In-law. were known as his sisters. Tliey were all ll vin? in the same house. Snowden was placed under airest, and tlie women, when taken to their homes, told practically the same story. They said that they did not under stand thc Influence that tho young man exorcised over thom, for they loved their husbands and children, but when Snowden BUggested that they elope with him, they could not resist._ .vi t nih i ic Front Homo. Nothing has been heard of Edward lineman, a bookkeeper of a lumber couoern near Charleston, who disap ; eared from there about three weeks ago. lils dlsappearace Isa mjstery. Ile ls known tu have had about $:K)0 ( ii his person when ho left there and lt ls thought ho boarded a train and ls some distance from Charleston, probably at or en route to Oregon, where he has rolatives, He has a wife and ono child. II3 was mirrie i nb mt a year ?go. Work ol a Iftruto. Presenting an appearance ghastly 1 i ho ex remo, Mollie sp ucer, wire, of Charles Spencer, a welt known Ioctl caterer, of Greenville, s. C., was .?io a ht use near the Brandon mills, with hair and eyebrows shaved II l he wife says that while Intoxi .(l Spencer heida pistol to her head wi le ho wielded a razyr and clipped eye lashes with scissors. Ho was arrested on a city warrant in the after moo,] babied an attorney and ?ave $100 ball. A s?ate warrant ls also 'Jllu. Killed Himself. At Philadelphia- William H. KU? patrlokj the Philadelphia a^-ent of . e Northwestern Mutual L fe lu uri' co Ot mi any, of Milwaukee, was fou i dead Tu .day morning In the irot m of Ids apartments with a bu l u wound in his bead. H s had Ot hin.-iii sometime dining the night. Mr. Kilpatrick had been in .11 ; ealth for some lime, ar.d that ut Supposed to have been tho causo of his suicide. H H ont, John D, Rockefeller gave hlsohcOks on Monday for the len million dollars to moot his subscription of thai amount made IUB'J June for tho pur* p s is of education. Thc oin oks were made payp.blo to George Foster Pea body, treaauror of the general board of education; six were for ono million each and two for two millions each. Ihl.lt t ililli. Mi.Jor Genoral Got bin, cabling tc tho war department regarding tho ro cent typhoon in Manila, says that all of tho officers and six passengers on board theJ.'iyte, thogovernmonto asl KU)jdfl Q were lost. Tho di spate! mporary shelter posts al destroy od. iv BAND OF YEGOMEN Said to be Coming or Are in The State. ninny Have Deon Hontonood to Prig on In This State for Hobbing Hanks and PoatolUoon, A gang cf yeggmen and safo blow ers are reported to have descended In this direct!jn and tl e police authori ties generally over the stato are main thined a sbarp lookout for susplolous oharao1 r rs, soveral of whom have al readv w :u rounded up on general dn y '.i vagrancy, says tho Char lo ?tor. Post?. T .? detective force of Charleston ls ah.o exercising vlgllauoe, but this olty se^m3 not to bo tho headquarters of the gang, as lt was during the expo sition and ssveral subs?quent periods since the yeggmon first started their operation? in South Carolina. If the ?.rang is using Charleston as their baso, b'.ey aro keeping very quiet, but the reports Indicate that their base is up tbe state, probably at Columbia, which place the Noland-MeKluley gang, four of whom are now doing time in tho fedora! prison at Atlanta, tiaving boon oonvlcted in Charleston two years ago, made their baso of op erations. Detective Brennan is pro bably the best Informed of the tocal fo;co p.bout tho habits and ways of tho yoggmon, having been associated with tho post?nico inspectors In th' conviction of Edward Morgan, Join? King and Rudolph Rib ms, a Ofiar lesion man, with tr.eir numerous aliases at tho April f orm of tho Uult. cd States circuit court. Tho state authorities are being mate)lally aided in their surveillance of tho suspicious oharaoter8 by the bright Beoret servio:; men, who an endeavoring to rid this section of the safe blowers who have boon giving trouble for soveral years. Postotllce inspectors Gregory, Pulsipher and Nh* rles are keeping a prer.ty close .vatch through South Carolina and lower Nort'i Carolina, while Iuspsc^or Mulla, of Virginia, whowifch Inspector (ircgory has done the larger share of the work of sending U J the yeggmeu f'Oia this section, is alvo operabiog with the InBpectors of this immediate s ellon. Inspector Pulsipher, who is assign ed to the section of the state above Columbia, paid a Hying trip to Char leston a few day ago, but had nothing to say about his mission. Inspector Gregory has not been in Charleston for ?some weoks, having boen giving some attention of tho oases against John Fisher alias "Conuecticy Shortly" and Ciarles O'Day? who aro held by Sher Hunter at Lancaster for the robbery of Health Spring bank last spring. In spector Gregory bas a number of oases against Fisher, he being one of the men indicted untried for the Latta POStoffloa robbery, for which Morgan, King and Habens were oonvloted last April, and he also has a caso against O'Day, who is an equally notorious yeggman, for postoilloe robberies In Virginia and North Carolina. The government has, however, yielded the men to Sheriff Hunter for the South Carolin;?.statutes provide life Imprison ment, whereas the limit ot the feder al law ls only live years for burglarly, and since thc state seems to have a cb>ar case, thc inspector would rathor that the state put the men out of business far the rest of their days. Thc suspicious circumstances con nected with the arrest of several mon recently through the state confirm the authorities of the presence of tho sato] blowers. One of the characters ar- ' rested at Clinton a few days ago had in his possession a diagram of tho town, with the site of the bank mark ed and thc contiguous streets, which is considered by tho authorities as in criminating evidence against him. Thirteen men have been sent up in South Carolina during the past two and a half vears for breaking post oillce safes and robbery of government funds and stamps, and a oheok Ima beon placed upon the operation of tho yeggs In this section which was most inviting at tho start. Moigan, King and Habens were the last bundi to be oonvloted. Ribens case was appealed by his attorney, Mr. W Turnor L igan and tho caKe will be called this mouth before t he court of appeals at Bloh mond, United States District Attor ney Capers going to Richmond to represent) tho government. Tiie yeggman are tho most danger ous ola-:; of criminals, and the punish ment of their pals seem to have but little detoraing force upon them ai d their operations can be controlled hy only t hc strictest vlglluuos and prose cution. Cotton Ilnlcn Oiiinnd. The census bureau i as Lsued a bulletin showing the qu.vilty of cv ton ginned from the giowth of i?)5 bo September 25, to b 2,368,031 haies. The report is one ot a Boric* which will be issue i regularly until the completion of the ginning of tho cop ot 1006. Reports by States au; Alabama, 330,808; Arkansas, 0,2;">:t; I . rlda, 18,804: Geo rta, 600,212; In dian Territory, l i 096; Louisiana, 44? 704; Mississippi, 08,617; M-Mrud. 354; North Carolina, 121,243; Okh horns, 8,825-, Roath barolin*, 32t,882; T- nnessee, 3 255;Texas, 777,446; V.r glnia, 303. Two round bales aro counted as ono \ quam bile. Tho mun ber of round bales Iholuded ls 78,1 DD. Mangled Dody *'pp. nd. ')'. Welsh, of Johnson City, Tenn., v/as found dead In tho pit of tho ele vator oha{t at the Bodmann Tobacco i vVarohouse on? Front Street Cincinnati, Odo, Thursday, ll ls chest was crushed and lt appeared a.. though ho had been i killed by tho elevator descending on ? m m. HfCiv.'RO of what- were said to bc suspicious circumstances tho coroner i and the police are Investigating on thc theory that tho man was first murdered and then placed In the ele vator pit to avoid snsplolon. On Bend. I John Marlon Ashley, J. lt. Mooro, i John Mooro, Will Moore and Hugh i Bowen, ohargod with the murder of i tho negro Allen Pondleton at Ilonoa j Path, ha\'o boon bound over to court in thojsujn. $7,000 eaob. INSANE MOTHER Bralns^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 au Awful Confession td Sheriff. Mrs. Clarence Markham of Cam? bridge, Illinois, In a flt of temporar/ insanity Monday killed her soven child ren with an axe, after whioh aha I plaoed their bodies on a bed, saturat ed it with coal oil and set fire to it. She then hacked her throat with knife and threw herself on th? burn ing bed. Neighbor* rououod her, but she was so badly burned that sha died noon after she had made a ooafesslon. Tho oldest child was nine years of age, the youngest, a baby in arma. Nolghbors, attracted by the smoke of tho burning dwelling, rushed to the rescue aud found Mrs, Markham covered with blood and badly burned. li .? re'y able to tell her story, she at first declared the crime bad been com* rn ! ted by a Kt range man, but later when the sheriff arrived she admitted that she bad slain her ohildr?u brie by ono and attempted to destroy their babil s md her own in the flro 8oon afterward she died. When tho ruins of t he home had cooled, a confirma blO'.i of her story was had in the find ing of tho charred oorp.?,03, each "with lbs si<u!i crushed. The Markhams lived apart from nolghbord, the husband being employ ed as a laborer on a nearby farm. He vf.vi compelled to be away from home during tho day. Having noted his who acting queerly for several weeks he had kept the children, the oldest of whom was but nine years of age, out of Behool to bo with th v auufiher. Sue was never known to exhibit vio lent tendencies previously. Wholesale Massacre. The Fankfurtor Zjitung sounds a warning to the entire civilized world that another massacre of Armenians throughout the entire empire of Tur key is imminent. The oomtemplated slaughter, it declares, will surpass that whioh occured in 1898. Accord ing to information received by the newspapers the Turkish minister of war and of the intorior have summon ed the Armenian patriarch to the Y lld iz Kiosk, or palaoe of the sultan at Constantinople, and have told him that the multan had resolved to give orders for general massaore of Armen ians unless the 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, acoording to the Zaltung, the Armenians aro doomed unless an In ternational public opinion 1B SO vigor ously expressed that it will intimi date tho sultan from carrying out his plans for a massaore. Starved H'm to Ocatb.. The county Jail at Kansas City, Kansas, was surrouned Wednesday night by men who insist that Mrs. lie'f.w Higgins, her daughter Clarissa, aged 14 years, and her husband, George Higgins, held by the coroner's jury for the death of Higgin's 6- j ear old son by a former wife, should be lynched. That tho little boy was starved and tortured to death hi spec ifically charged by the coroner's jury. The boy's 2-year-old slstti was also oruclly treated and ls at tho point of death in a hospital. While Mrs. Hig gin's own children wero well fed and kindly treated the two stepchildren, according to tho ovidonoe presented to the grand Jury, were literally starved. A Neat of Grafters. AtMtlwaukeo, Wis., thtrby-eigh% indicted oftlolals, against whom are 172 indiotments returned by the last grand Jury today, appeared before Judge Uraz'.e, in the municipal court and entered pleas In nearly every oass 0/ nob guilty. Included In the listare thirteen former supervisors, seven supervisors, throe members of the tire department, two newspaper reporters, a State Senator, a State ascmblyman, an Alderman, and an ex-Alderman, and the balance business men. Tho oases ponding together with tho list returnod by pr* vlous grand Juries, lt u? believed, will require two or three yearti to dispose ot. lOn IN it>s Own Life? At Now York, William H. Travers, ittUUKtaifo n '.'i of his i .? s)a of ?.lu celebrated wit and Wall street ?per abor, William H. Travers, com mitted suicide friday by shooting h rasolf through thc head in his apart ments in Madison avenue. The sui cido ls inexplicable, Mr. Travers be ing in thc prime of life, in fair health and tho possessor of a largo fortune. Mr. Travers married Miss L'ly Harri dan, a sister of Mrs. W. K. Vander oll, Jr. The couple separated three years ngo, Mrs. Travers going to Paris to llvo. Blown up by Mine. Tho coasting ?beamer Hslosho, ply ing botwoen Shanghai and Tien Tain, struck and was totally destroyed by a mine ninety miles south nf tho Shan tung promontony Saturday morning. Fifteen persons ou hoard the vessel woro drowned among thom being Engineers Manchan and Muir. Tile foroign passengers and a portie* of tho orow of tho Hsiesho were res cued by two passing steamer. Many lave? ??mr. Tho governor general of tho Phillp pines Gabled the war department Wed nesday morning that five officers and one post hospital olark ?n/i oiy, p*-* sengors, twenty-seven of the crew et , tho coast guard outter Lay te were loa i by tho wreoking of the vessel off Sar? ar during the reoent typhoon?