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BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1906.
HE WILL DIE
Qa the Gallows For a ?Most Hein
ous Crime.
BRUTE TO B'S HANGUP
Thc Law Vindicated in the Case of An
drew Thompson, Win, Within Five
' Weeks From the Commission
of the Crime. Is Tried and
Condemned to bc Hung.
There bas scarcely over been so
muob Interest st own in any orimlnal
trial lo Greenville as ls shown in Hu
trial of the rapist, Andrew Taomp
son, who is oharnod with assaulting
Mrs. Frank J unes, the wife of a
farmer, near Taylor's, Decorabcr 18
1806, which was begun lu the court
of sessions Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock, says a special dispatch to The
State. A vordlot of gu lty was re
turned Wednesday afternoon.
Acoording to tho testimony of Ben
?Smith and Charlie Moseley, both col
ored, they wore with tho defendant at
sundown on the day tho alleged orlmo
was committed, about a quarter of a
mlle distant from tbe James home
They parted at that point, after
having partaken of whiskey from a
pint bottle wblob the defendant had.
Before they parted this bottlo was
emptied. Thompson wont in the di
rection of the James h< ms, they to
their homes in an opposite dircotlon.
This bottle figured prominently in
the trial. An empty bottlo was found
at the place where Mrs. James wa*
assaulted, wbioh, when presented do
these witnesses, brought forth the
statements that "if lt wasn't thc
samo bottle Thompson carried and
from which they drank, lt looked very
much like lt."
Mrs. James' testimony was pathetic
ard caused no httlo Interest. There
was no disorder among tho crowd,
whloh was silent to catch tho words
of the witness. ?She was visibly af
fected as ?ho took the stand, lt was
a trying ordeal, and If tho courts h:v
auy way. to shield a woman from s.uob
publiolty it would undoubtedly be
done. Her voice was faint when she
answered the first few questions of
Solioitor Boggs, but she b< c ;me moro
confident as tho examination preced
ed and lt was not necessary fer the
solicitor to propound questions to se
cure her evidence. Sae testified that
a negro giving his name as Androv
Thompson came to I or tv use about ar
hour by sun and w no away. Aboul
dark tho same mar. returned and asko?
whero her husband was. She told
him that ho was in Greenville. She
suspeoted the negro was up to m
good and plckifg up a lamp, started
out at her front door for the home o?
Mrs. Pbillips, a few hundred yarii
away. Tho negro turned and went
toward tho back of tho yard. Aftei
she had gone only a few yards the
negro ran up behind her and takinp
hold of hor jerked the 'amp from her
hand. A terrible sci fill ensued. Shf
mado superhuman t flor ts to repule
tho attaok, but was overpowered anc
tho orlmo was committed, from willoi
sho si flared greatly.
At this point in tho testimony So
lloltor Boggs asked : "Ls tho dofen
dant who sits there the man who as
suited you, or is he not, Mrs. James? 1
Tho silence which provailod over the
crowded court room w.is deathlike.
Tho speotators had listened for this
question, wniob WSH the most Im
portant to oonvlot the defendant
Mrs. James looked straight at the
prisonor, who sat by tho sido of his
attorney. "That ls thc man," said
abo In a strong voice, "that did it"
and after a slight pause, "that's the
dog!" This testimony caused a con
siderable stir and tbe deputies moved
about among the crowd.
Constable ltalncy testified to the
capture of Thompson in his homo and
his Identification by Mrs. James tho
next day. Ile was in a drunken
Btupor when arrested and made differ
ent and confiloting statements to tho
magistrate
To show that the defendant was
not at the Jame? home when the orlmo
WU committed and that a strange
negro was in thc neighborhood is the
sole defence of the negro Thompson
and upon this tho defendant's oaso
rested. Attorney McSwaln for tho
defense in tho cross examination of
all witnesses for the State, sought to
bring out testimony showing there
was a strange negro in the vicinity
where the crime was committed
Such a strango person was there
abouts the afternoon of the crime.
The positive identification of tho de
fendant by Mrs. James and the chain
of ovldedce whioh clings about the
bottlo are strongly contradictory to
the theory of tho defenso and are
questions whioh will bo decided by
tho Jury.
Tim Stato closed its caso at thu noon
hour, all tho testimony being hoard
The defense put up no witnesses and
arguments wcro at onco begun. The
defence by not introducing any ovl
dence scoured tho last argument co
the Jury. Mr. Alvin H. Dean assist
ed tho preiaecution and mado tho
opening argument for the State.
Alwavs logical and eloquent, ho made
one of tho strongest speeches over
heard in a Greenville court room. Ile
was followed by Sol lei tot B rggs, who
made a short argument and annlyzod
the testimony. Eloquently tho so
lloltor appealed for tho protection ol
helpless women and the suppressor
of mob law by tho pottt Jury elolng lti
duty. His speech was forolble ant
delivered with charl?te?'st1" miment,
ness.
John J. McSwaln mado tho olosioi
argument. He was appointed by tin
court to defend Thompson, and t
br? vc fl ?ht was mada to provo the
Innooenoo of the accused. Every
point of testimony which was Intro
duced by tht State whioh bttdored
nu beirg irrelevant was contested.
E irnest'y and rlainly tbe attorney
recited tbe State's testimony to tbe
Jury and made a strong plea for his
client. R luctantly Mr. M-Swain
took the case, but he had no way cu*,
of it and be did bis duty well. Ho
urged upon the Jury to see tbat no
innocent man was conv'cted; the law
did not want it, and to give the pris
onev, v. i was helpless and In the
hanan o? tho law and his U _d, an im
partial veld lot.
A verdict of guilty was reached
after the Jury was out ono hour.
Thompson was sentenced to bs bang
ed on February ? No. motion for a
new trial was mado.
AN OFFICER KILLED.
ATIMVll'T TO A Kit IO ST lil-AVHK
ENDS IN OFFICE El'N DB.ITH.
Bf oCormick tho Peone of a D faculty
in Whioh State Constable
lost His Tife.
A spooial dispatch from Augusta,
Ga , to The State says Mr. J. O
Holst ion of MoOormtok, a member cf
Hie State oonstabuliry, died in the ?
Augusta city hospital Tuesday morn
ing, Jan. 33, at 8 o,oh.ok, having been
brought to the olty Mondsty in a ser- <
tous condition from a gunshot wound ,
Mr. Holstein was accompanied by Dr- ,
R, M. Fuller of McOjrmlok, who wai; |
with him until tho end carno, and es- |
corked tho remains to Mr. Holstolu** <
former homo, at Batcaburg Tuesday |
afternoon. I
Dr. Fuller was seon by tho State's
representativo and gave the following ,
statement for publication; (
'Mr. J. O. Holstlen, Smte consta- ,
bio at McCormick, was shot by Mr. ,
Wade Cothran, a farmor living about ,
bwo milos from MiGormlok. The |
shooting tock plaoe on Main street In .
tho pr cuenco of a number of witness- ?
es. j
"Mr (Jothran and Mr Tump Wide- ?
man woro about to gob into an alter ,
oatlon when Mr, Cothran drew a 38 f
oallbre Smith & Wesaou pistol. Tho j
town marshall, M?\ J. R. Brown, came j
upon tho sceno and plaocd Mr. Coth
ran under arrest, tut ho re fused to |
give up bis weapon. The marshal ;
oalled upon Mr. Holstein .'or asBlst i
anco. Ho stepped up end it seems \
took hold of the barrel cf the weapon ^
aud requested Mr. Oothran to let t
bim have tho pistol. Mr. Cofchran j
still refused and endeavored to pull 9
the pistol from Mr. Oothran, when it c
was di. charged. Tho bullet, nntnred i
vim ohest about two and a half "inches 'j
below the nipple, on a line pnnotrat- t
lng tbe diphragm In two plaocs, pass (
lng through tho ponioardium and \
tbrough the lower lobe of tho left ^
lung, lodging Just under the skin at a ?
point of tho shoulder blade.
"Mr. llo ntoiu was taken to thc c
oity hospital by his physician on the c
sfternoon t.ain. Ho continued to
^row worse until (Fath ensued at 8
j'oloek Wednesday morning. An
lutopay revealed tho faot that both c
.ibe abdomen and plurae were Ulled J
with blood.
"Mr. Wade Cothran was cut two or '
three timcB by Mr. Wldeman after 1
tho shooting took place. Ills wound (
were flesh wounds and not llkoly to 1
give him trouble
"Mr. llolstoiu was cool and collect- 1
ed. Ho walked nearly two blooks to 1
the physlc'an's etil e aftor tho wou id \
iLd was counclous until about 15
minutes before ho dlod. Ho made no
statement in regard to the wound.
"His remains wero shipped to Hates- 1
burg, his furmor homo, on tho 3 30 1
train Tuesday afternoon whore the (
interment will tako placa tomorrow. 1
His fither, mother, ono brother and
one bister survive bim. Tho throe i
cains over to Augusta on tho morn- '
log train, roaoblng hore ajshort while 1
after his death. 1
"Mr. Holstein was a young man 1
about 30 yoars e f age and well liked
by every one In Mc'Jorni'ok, whoro hs 1
had boon stationed for tho past two I
and a half years. Ila was a mombnr 1
of tho Knights of Pythias and his '
friends wore numerous."
A CON V.SE I GO?S IHi SANE
Anti DtoUroB dod Told Him to Kill
tito l'roftotior.
nis mind unbal . i'oed, u victim of
roligluus mania, Phillp Robins, aged
(If by, was lodged in Jail at Catskill, N.
J., rec3ntly on complaint of R v. H.
[, II ?ag, pastor of Methodist Episco
pal church at Leeds. Robins ls prop
ristor of the Marlon house at South
Cairo *nd recently experienced reli
gion through attendance at revivals
conduotod by pastor.
After singing hymns and quoting
Soripturo for tho bonotlt of the neigh
burs, Robins suddenly declared that
God had commissioned him to u'ay
i.iri Loads divine, and accordingly he
dashed oiT through mud, oovorlr.g tho
throe-milo stretch <*f highway between
his home and the Methollst parson
ago. Confronting R$T. M. Hoag, ho
touched briefly on tho outlook for Ice
and then with olinohcd list ai mod a
blow at tbs pastor's head shouting:
"God commanded me to kill you ano
I must do it."
Tho mlnlstor, driven to a corner
of tho room by tho onslaught retallat
cd in kind and when opportunity of
ferod darted pant the madman and Hod
to the house of I>r. Rouse. Robins was
c osely watched by the doctor until I
tho arrival of some county (ulolols,
and when lodged In Jail was examined
by two physlolans. Ho will be com
mltted to the state hospital at rough
kcopalo. _
Wanted to liynoti Him.
Tho peoplo bf Georgia came mighty
near lynching a Mothooist preaohor
who recently stood well In tho confer
* once. Ho had deserted his wife and
i children, leaving them ponnlless while
j he Hod with the wife of a former par
1 ishonor in another town. Tho woman
. bad robbed hor husband o! a bU sum
of money to take with horan! hor
former pastor. Ho had returned to
! his tlrst wife and tried to nra'co up
when tho people got after him.
WENT ON ROCKS.
steamer Valencia Wrecked on
the Coast of an Island.
MANY PERSONS LOST.
?t ls Thought That One Hundred and
Twenty>One Souls Perished on the
Ill-fated Ship. Not a Woman
or Child Among the
Rescued.
A dispatch from Viotorla, B. O ,
savs tho Valencia, which waa on route
from San Francie c-?, with 04 passen
gers ar d a c ew of 00, went ashore at
midnight Tuesday night during a
thick fog and a largo number were
drowned when attempting to leave the
Wp. The steamer is on the reeks
against a high ell il', and ls likely togo
to pieces at auy time. Oae boat's crow
reached Capo Bealo at 3 o'olock Tues
day afternoon, and nine mon got
ashore near the telegraph hut, about
15 miles from tho lighthouse Two
men are prisoners on the face of the
.viii near wbi :h the steamar went
ishore and cannot get up tho oh il or
rot urn to tho wrtck. Tao sea will
probably reaoh them when the tide is
nigh. The men report terrible scenes.
3no woman dropped hor child Into
iba sea when trying to hand it to her
lusbard who was in ono of the boats.
When the boat's orew left there
was a little b >y running about the
leeks crying for bis mother, who was
Hmong tho drowned. Thore aro still
ibout 126 persons on tho wreck, with
Umost certain death staring thom in
?tie faoo. The steamer Queen, whloh
irrlved hero at 4 o'clock from San
Francisco, landed her passengers aud
eft at once for the scene of the wreck.
The steamer Q leon City left at mid
night on hor regular coast cruise and
mould reaoh tho tcene of tho wreok
u a few hours. Urgent messages are
acing received for assistance.
A dispatch from Gape Beale says
ibo steamer lost ls tho Valencia of
ian Francisco, whloh wont ashoro on
Vancouver Island coast near Oloose
The lighthouse koopor says about 100
vero drowned. Tho nows of tho dis
ister on tho Vancouver Islaud coast
u meagre, balng conti uni to tho mes
ago recolvad by Oapt. Gaudln, agent
>f tho marine service, from Light
loiiRo Tfennn.r " ~ " ~> ?>. DIUT?
Seale,'saying': " "Steamar wrecked be
iweeu here and Oleoso, about 100
Irowned, ni? e reached tolcgraph hut.
(Viii wiro more iratlculars SB soon an
lossible." Cape Beale is on Vanocuv
s laud at the southern sido of tho on
rance to Barolay suund. The name
>f the wrecked vessel has not been as
?ertained.
NO slew OK ui i"ic.
The correspondent of tho Assoclat
;d Press on board the steamer Salvor
ms wired from Barnfield as follows:
Thc steamer Valencia was looated by
/lie steamer Q leen at 0 a. m. today on
Point Plauway, about live miles from
Dapo Bealo. Tao tug Cut went in to
investigate and report that thc
itcamer was ashore, stern first and
ncr decks swept clear with the ex
japtlou (f a small part of the deck
louse and her two masts standing.
No poisons could Oe men allvo on
Kiard In the rigging of tho foremast
was what the oaptaln of tho lug Cz ir
:ook to bc a signal, although ho was
mable to say whother it was a pleoe
af sail or a human being chuging to
;he rigging.
Tue steamer Si.lv r stood in for
ibout two milos but was unable to go
my further as a heavy Bea and a weat
arly gale was blowing, making it high
ly dangerous, if not impossible, to
make a oloser approach.
The Czar was within throe quarters
of a ailie from the wreok but oould
JJ no further towards the Valor ?la
und aftor making as complete an ex
amlnatlon as possible, she returned to
tho Qieen and Salvor. Tho latter
steamer and tho tug C/.ar then loft
for Bamllold creek, tho Queen stand
lng by her companion line. When the
Salvor left tho socne there was a heavy
swell from the southwest and rain
was falling In torrents. The Quaen
rep irted having heard three gunshot*
shortly before tho arrival of tho Sal
vor, but nothing of any living person
was to bo seen.
Advices from Cape Bealo say that
16 men have arrived, ono of whom is
the boatswain, the others being aall
ors. They reported a passongor list of
04 and a crow of 00 and said that
When they left tho wreck yestorday
morning there wore about 100 persons
on board, a largo pctointago of whom
wero women and ohildron who were
on the quarterdeck. Two boats wore
smashed alongside and all the oocu
pants wero drowned.
The Valencia loft San Francisco
about 11 o'olock on Saturday last and
heard no sound and saw no light pre
saging danger. Tho ofllcers wero run
nlng by dead reckoning and woro on
tho outloon for Chumatllla reef light
ship when tlie steamer struck. She
was backed olf after she abruok but
the water ll lcd tho engine roora, the
lires were extlngulghcd and the on
gino orew forced out of tho room, al
tin ugh nob beforo the Valon?la had
boon d ri von bard on the beach.
HOURIllLIO KXI'KUIKNOICS.
A ?pedal representativo of The]
Post-lntolllgcnoor wired from Port
Angelos at 3:30 a. m. Thursday
morning that the rescue ship City of
Topeka picked up a life raft at 1
o'olock Wednesday afternoon six milos
o(T Cape Bealo with 20 survivors of
tho Valencia on board. The mon
were in a pltlabio condition and al
most dead from exposure. Tho men
on their frail support battled bravely
with a pair of oars to reach tho City
of Topeka, whloh, owing to the dan
gerous ooast, oould not run in any
closor to thom. Within half a milo
from tho raft- a boat* was lowered from
tho deck, whloh was with rnuoh dinl
nulty, mado fast with a line to the
raft The work of resouo was dan
gerous. The men wore too exhausted
to oven tie a rope about themselves.
The sor vi vor? told terrible taloa o'
the wr ok of tho vesiol. When tbe>
left tho ship there were about 90 peo*
pie OD board, most of them clinging
to the rigging. '
G. Willis, ono of the men roioued
from tho raft, lu desorlbiog bis ex
perlenere said two of tho boats woro
smashed as Boon as they strict the
water aud a third fell into the water
?tern fl .st, prec; pi tating its occupants
Into the w.'U.fr. Then, ho said, au
attempt was made to got a line
?ishoro. "A Aroman nu m 3d Oigale?
agreed to swim ashore Ho was In
the water fully half an hour, but was
unable to mako tho beaob. O JO mau
wns ?wornpt ashore and succeeded in
landing on a small rc ok. Wo shot a
lino to him and thon ho tried to ollmb
the til i tr, but he fell and was killed bo
Toro our eyes.
"In tbe morning another sad ca
lamity occurred. About 15 or 20 por
tons, among them ono or two women,
tiad taken refuge in the fore topmast.
Suddenly, and without warning, the
nant tottered and there carno a shriek
from those on it, and tho next mo
neut it fell with a orash, carrying
ts load of human freight to a torrible
ieath.
"Capt. Johnson lost bis bearings
md ran tho ship ashore, lt was a
lark and stormy night, and nothing
lould bo seen. The ship struck while
unning full speed. Wo all thought
ve wero to tho southward o' Flat
?ry, and after striking CJapt. John
ion proved himself a hero. Ho made
the statement that ho would never
eave tho wreok alive and I belicvo it.
rho chief engineer ls also carrying a
ovolvar with whioh to blow out his
irains when the orltloal mbmint
omeo."
SUUMKUOKD AND HltOKKN
With only 33 of tho 154 poraooR 011
loard known to be safe up to a late
tour Thursday night, t ie wreoked
teamor Valenola now Hes submerged
ni broken on the Vanoouver coast
iva miles from Gape B?alo. Oaly a
no tion of a mast stands above the
vator and the (bet of steamers and
ugs Thursday turned their attention
o patrolliug tho coast in the hope of
Inding boats, rafts or wreckago still
lloat with survivors. Hub the belief
:rows stronger each hour that 121
lorsons. lncludlug most of tho passen :
.ers aro lost.
Oi tho 33 persons definitely acooun
ed for, ' and these do not inolude 1
hror men, believed to be survivors 1
een on shore by tho whaling ves
el Orlon, six have been taken on thc
lalvor, bruised, half naked, and ex
iHusted. Nine others in a similar
light are still oamped on Darling
reek in a telegraph hut, while the
emainlng 18 wero picked up by the
Jity of Topeka from a raft. .
Vf nfi A wnmrtn r?r nh ll ri In omnnn *-u~
aved, survivors saying that tho wo
ien refused to leave the wreok
ven who J told tho s ip was going to 1
teces,
CONFEDERATE G?AVE3.
'ox'.'.Kev PiiBlioa His Bill to Mark
Them With Stone?.
Confederate veterans and Southern
rs generally are taklrg a deep inter
st in the Foraker b'll to appropriate
200,000 to buy the lands In Northern 1
tates wherin rest the bodies of Cou
oderatos who died In thc Northern
irisons in tho civil war, to improvt
beso grounds substantially and to
reot headstones over the graves. A
ood deal of N jr them seniimcnt, too,
3 with the people of tho South tn this '
natter, as is evidenced by tho fact
hat Senator Foraker, hlmsell a lire
atlng veteran of the rebellion, isurg
ng the passage of tho bill.
President Roosevelt himself ls fa
'orablo to proper care of the graves
if Confederates who died in tiic
Northern prisons. Ho recommended
.bis in his last message.
President Me Kinley was also favor
iblc to it and through IIIB efforts the
Confederate dead tn the District of
Columbia ovor six years ago were all
irought together in Arlington ceme
tary aud a seperate plat proparcd for
?hera.
The great dlilljulty in the way of
die proper caro of tho Confederate
fra ves In the Northern states is lu
,ho house. Thero, for tho political
eason that -uivlvors cf the civil war
nthe Noithcrn stateB might otjiot
SO appropriating money to expend on
/ho graves of Confederates, nothing
t?as boon done and tho opposition to
lolng anything has by no means pass
3d. The bill Sanator Foraker now
lias Introduced, lias already been
twice passed by tho senate.
Statistlos gatheedon tho number of
[Confederate dead In tho. North show
the total la 30,152 Of tho number
;i,300 are burled in tho national oomo
tories. Their graves aro given as good
attention as those cf tho soldiers
who defended tho union. The graves
of the remained aro m ottered about
and dcslgnatlon-and looatlon are rap
Idly bocomlng imposible. Unless the
government takes charge of them and
either buys the laud in willoh they are
situated or removes tho remains of
nal,ional ocmetarles, lt will in a few
yoars, bo out of the question to And
them.
Close Cati,
A dispatch from Ormond, Fla., says
(Charles Hamilton, and
dropped 3U0 foet with lils airship
Tuosdayand narrowly escaped fatal
injuries. Hamilton was pitched for
ward upon the board walk and ron
dorod urcjiioious. No bone? wore
broken, Oollapao was due to tho In
sn Molent power of tho six ty-horse
power touring car whioh was used to
do the towing. When tho speed of
the tow hogan to loasen and the air
ship bogan towabble and Hamil
ton, by mistake, droppod bis oa,
ca, which was to have boen tho signal
to the tow driver to stop. Tho aero
plane at onco began to flutter down
ward.
ivar in Chinatown i
A dlspatoh from Now York say?
war hroko out Wodnesday In thr
streets of Chinatown batweon two
Chinean socictlos, tho Hip Sings and
tho On On Locngs. Two Olilnamcr
wero killed during a shooting affraj
and a third was mortally and a fourti
barny Injured.
PASSED AWAY
den. joe Wheeler Has Joined
His Comrades Under the
SHADE OF THE TM ES.
He Wag a Hero of Two Wars, Was Of
ficially .Thanked By the Sooth
Carolina Legislature For His
Defense of Aiken Dur
ing Slici nun's Raid.
Gen. Joseph Wheolor, the famous
Confederate eavalry leader and a bri
gad.jr general of the United States
army stnoo the war with Spain, died
at 5.36 O'clock Thursday afternoon at
the home of hie sister, Mrs. Sterling
Smith, in Brooklyn. Tue veteran of
two wars was 60 years old, but in
spite of his age, LIKU o was bopo until
Thursday of his recovery from tho at
taok of pneumonia, which caused the
death.
lt bas not yet been announced
where the body will bo buried, but
prcbtbly it will ba in Arlington cem
etery, noar Washington. Anuounce
ment for the plano for the funeral
will bo made tomorrow. Gen. Whooler
was talion ill six days ano at his sister's '
homo, whore be has been living re- 1
emtly. Ho contraoted a sovore cold
whtoh developed into pleurisy and l,
pneumonia. From the ttrst bis age
told against bim but the family did '
not give up hope until Wednesday
Dight, when the disease was found to
have aff.'oted both lungs. '
Gen. Wheeler's Immediate relatives ,
wero ali with him. His daughters,
Mrs. W. T. Harris aud the Mis es (
Anne, Lucille ard Curio Wboalor, (
had boen summonod from tho South \
?nd arrived early in the week. His '
son, M.I.J. Jos. Wheolor, Jr., U. S. A., *
now stationed at West Point, was ah>o
preBontrVas well as Gon. Wheeler's
sister, ^Ers. Sterling Smith, and her
son.
Tho family wore summoned to the )
bedsldojof the patient at midnight *
Wednesday night, when tho doctor's
tn consultation con-hided that the end
was but a matter of hours. The gen
oral was then awake and ?onsnlous and 1
his mind was apparently aotive. He (
seemed to know that death was* ap '
nroo- on* thrush too weak to :
ipea ~ Hucoeeuuu in givuiK uiKUB m j
recognici?n and encouragement to hts
ohlldreh. 1
Later thc general sank into a peace- 1
ful slumber, and at the request of the (
doctors tho family quietly withdrew
from tho sick man's bedBlde.
Gen. Wheeler was never again more ?
than semi ojnsolous. Ile lingered un- ,
bil this evening and passed away j
quietly. . j
OKN. WllBELBR'S OAItEBli. I
Joseph Wheeler, soldier, born in I
Augusta, Ga , Sopt. 10, 1836. Ho was t
graduated at the United States Mill- ?
bary academy In 1859 and assigned to '
the dragoons. After a year's sarvice '
it the oavalry school for praotioe at <
Carlisle, Pa., ho recolved tho full rank <
.f second lloutenant, but on April 22,
1861, resigned and entered the Cou- '
federate army. He was made colonel i
of tho Nineteenth Alabiraa infantry ?
on Sopt. 4. 1801, and served princi
pally tn the West. 1
At Shiloh he oommandod a brigade i
and coverer! the Confederate rotroat 1
from the field. In July, 1802, ho was I
transferred to a cavalry command and I
engaged in raiding Western Tennessee <
During the Kentucky campaign of ?
that year ho had charge of G^n. Brax
ton Bregg'a cav.ilry and fought at <
Oreen It vor and Perry ville. Ho com- I
manded tho rear guard of tho Confed
erate army when lt retreated into
Tennessee and on October 30, 1802,
wau promoted to brigadier general. A t '
Murfreesboro he was lu ohargo of the
cavalry, and thereafter he was contin
uously activo in contesting Gon. Wil
liam S. Itoscorans' advauco, also at
tacking bis Hanks, rab'ing in the rear
ind destroying his trains. Ox Janu
ary ll), 18(53, ho received his commis
sion as maj jr general and opposod the
Union advance at Chattanooga. He
commanded tho cavalry at Chloka
mauga and after the battle orosscd
Tennessee ri vor and fell upon Rose
crans' line of communications, defeat
ing thc foroe that was sent against
him and destroying over 1,200 wagons
with stores. On this raid ho succeeded
In damaging federal property to tho
value of $3,00J,000, but, after losing
(100 men, was driven bmk to nothern
Alabama. Subsequently ho took part
in the siego of Knoxville and covered
bragg's rotroat from Lincoln Ridge
and Lookout Mountain.
During tho wlntor and spring ho
oonlnually harassed tho Union troops,
and, on tho advance ot Gen. William
T. Sherman's army toward Atlanta,
I ho opp: sed every movement and fought
ainu st dally, often with his men dis
mounted. July 27 30 he f ught the
raiding f<rco of Gen. Geo. Stoncman,
General Kenner Gerard and Gen. fiji?
ward M. McUook, and capto ted many
prisoners, Including G m. Stoneman
and all the artillery and transporta
;lon. On Aug. 0, 1801, he was sont by
Gen. .lohn D. Hood to capturo thona
uional lupplleSt burn bridges and
break up railways In the rear of Gen.
Sherman's army. Passing through
northern Georgia, he went Into east
ern Tennossce as far as tho Kontucky
une, and thence through middle Ten
oessce back Into northern Alabama.
During this raid, which lasted one
month, he was continuously engagod
and ruined mu oh property. He was
unsuccessful tn destroying Sherman's
communications, and was filially ^rlv
en back by tho national oavalry. When
jho Confederate commandor beoamo
convinced of tho Impossibility of ar
1 resting Sherman's advanco, Wooler
? was sent In front of the army to pro
! vent tho Union troops from raiding
' and foraging. Ho then engaged in
I tho dofense of Savannah, and for lils
! defense of Aiken reooived the thanks
II of the legislature of South Carolina.
Gon. Whoelor received bis promotion
to tbe rank of lieutenant general on
Feb. 28,1805, iud oom inned in charge
of the oavalry uider Gon. Joseph IO.
Johnston until the surrender In April,
1806. The death of Gen. James E B.
Stuart, on May ll, 1864, made him
senior oavalry general of the Con fed -
arate army. After the war, he studied
law, whloh profession and the occupa
tion of cotton planting he followed
until 1880, when he was eleoted to
oongress as a Domoorat, and took his
seat on Die. 6, 1881; but bis plaoe
was successfully contested by Wm. M.
I/we, and he was unfeated, June 3,
1882. He was reeleotcd to tbe same
oongress on tbe death of Mr. Lowe, a
few months later, and nerved until
after the war with Spain, li M*y,
1808. be was made maj >r general and
was active In tho war with Spain.
DREW HIS MIL ti AG fi.
Burton Poepad into Moantu to Oom
i>i.v with law,
Sonator Burton, of Kansas, drew
his mileage Wednesday, aud thereby
bangs a remarkable tale. The law
rrq lires that in ordor for a senator to
dr*w mileage be must have been saen
in tho senato chamber by an offlc al of
that august tribunal. Had the
Kansas senator stepped within the
portal, and bad the eyes of, say Sena
tor Balley, of Texas, been clapped
upon him, there ls no doubt that a
few warm remarks would have been
submitted by the Tex m. To avoid
embarrassment of this sort, and pos
sibly of some other kind, Mr: Burton
deolined ilrmly to show himself in the
chamber proper.
All acojunts of tho highly elating
incident agree that ho was in the Ri
publican cloakroom: that ho was lur
od to the door by one oOlolal of thc
lenate, who artfully engaging him in
jouveraation, induced him to faoo the
irena where ho once sit among the
nighty of the laud, wearing tho toga
with the purple bordee, and when he
was gaging-oh, ever so wistfully
fazing-toward the vice president's
lais, two other chljlals of the sonate
ooked him iquarcly in his downcast
jyes, then eft* they strode to the
lillee of Financial Clerk Nixon and
iwore that tney had soon S.-nator
Horton in tho senate chamber. Aud
10 thev had.
Then Mr. Burton drow this mil
lage, amounting to something more
;han 8500. Mr. Burton, of course,
las been drawiug his salary all along
11 noe tho senate bas deolined to take
lotion on his case until the courts
lave finally passed upon tho convie
tilons that hang over him. Whother
Mr. Burton stays in Washington
nueh could not bo learned Wednea
lay. Nor could his abode there be
iscortaiuod. Naturally the Kuisas
ion tl i M ; ont decline to db outs hm or
?'-".?? Ml??-l?1 ~f"?..-~ . rn,,?,? ?,..
s still a soi?ator cf , united States
mwover is now fully attested by thc
.ecords, exe ipt of course tba records
if the daily proceedings of the senate.
ltcod'H Doath Kxhumod.
A dispatoh from Bamberg to Tho
State says as a result of reports and
rumors which have gone out conoorn
ng the death of B T. Reed, who died
in Bamberg on the morning of Janu
?ary 14tn, after an llness of only a
!cw hours, an investigation was be
(un Thursday by the order of Coron
it J. H, Z ilgler. Tho coroner's jury
vent to the burial grounds at Cope,
whore Reed was burled, and there
lislnterrcd tho body. Dr. J. J.
Jlcckley performed the oporatinn.
The results, If there are any, will be
.nought, out in the oourt house in
i tow days. At the time of Reed's
ieath tho commonly accepted report
was that he had died of paralysis of
the brain. But Mr. G. B, luttrell,
\ brother In-law of tho deceased man,
tiearlng tho rumor that Raed had
Ooen poisoned, carried part of the
body to Augusta, Ga , where he
rdatms that a obemtst found a largo
quantity of arsenic in the stomach
The investigation in process ls to
alear up all this mystery if possible
?ind to got tho faots of the caso. In
tho meanwhile Elisha Hunch, a white
woman who resides in tho mill dis
trlot of this town, and Viola Wesley,
oolorod, aro in jail, being held as
parties connected with the death c f
Reed.
A Morrow! ul Itt mi o HUD
A clever and beautiful girl of nine
teen, namod Baroness Irma Von Hoi*/.,
has just died at Berlin, Germany, tho
result of consumption, Her doath
brings to light a romauo. As a girl
she turned tho heads of tho barons
and counts frequenting the salons of
tho best Berlin sooiety. Driven from
her home by hor proud parents be
r ius'.: of her determination to marry a
man of whom they disapproved, and
who lator deserted ber to marry
another, she commenced the soiling or
Howers In tho streets of Krems, whero
her paronts resided. They had re
fused to give hor auv assistance what
ever. Finally the young baroness
brought an action against hor parents
to force them to acknowledge her as
their daughter. She won her caso,
bub did not win from thom muoh lo
tho way of monetary assistance. Thc
consumption she contracted as the re
sult of exposure to all weathers in
following her calling of Mower sollor.
A DoHortod-Vllli?K?^
After expend rig moro than ',$1,000
000 during tho past six years in pur
chasing and working tho Copper
? Flolds mines, for many years the
third largest In thc United States,
George Westinghouse, of Pittsburg,
has abandoned his search fir copper
in tho Vorshlro mountains in Ver
mont as a result the vlllago ls now
practically deserted. Wostlnghouso's
representatives declaro that tho cop
por vein ls worthless. Scores of min
ors and their families have loft town,
and now thore are not a dozen fami
Hos, whore thu population at one
timo was moro than a thousand.
Throughout the village all the dwell
ings formorly occupied by tho omploy-1
es aro being sold and moved away or
torn down. Tho machinery, boilors,
and furnaces aro hoing blown up by
dynamite.
Worst Than War.
Statistics show that 17 700 people
lout, their ll VA? in Allegheny OOlinty,
Pennsylvania, the past yoar by acci
dents in iron and stool mills, blast
furnrois, ooal mines, railroads and
othor lines of industry.
A STitANOK AFFAIR.
SOUTH OIROLINA GlH? 'J KIMI)
IO MA KUY ANOTHER GIHh.
'ays Fer Beal Name is Pauline Web
st?r, Daughter of late Noah
Web?ter, of Gaffney.
A Sruth Oarollna yr man, Pauline
Webster, bas been arrested at Kan
ias City, Mo., on the chai go of mas
querading as a mau and fraudulently
jrocurrlng a marriage lloense and
narrylng anoihei woman in that
5lty.
The ca e is singular and muoh In
;ercst att .ches to its on'como. The
l?ense to marry was scoured by thf
Webster woman in the name of John
\llaine Whitman and it ls on UK
sharge of perjury that the woman ls
low to bo prosecuted. The story of
>he marrlago is told in the following l
?xtrno'j from a Ka isas City paper: <
"I am a womau, but I have dressed
is a man for three yean?," said John ;
Ulaloo Whitman, when questioned i
n the presenoe of Chief Hayes this i
norning. "I have worked as a man
n d lived as one. I married this girl I
vhen she said that she could uot Uvo >
without me. - My'?real name ls Paul- I
no; Webster." i
''I loved him andithought that with I
ils money and my little savings we <
vould buy a restaurant and make a I
food living," said Marietta Jolley in i
1er home at Sheflleld. "Wo were
narrled Friday morning. I can not
jelleve he-she-ls a woman. lb lb '
loo av? ful. I thank dod though, that
[ did not leave Kinsas City with <
dm, or her, or-oh, I don't know j
vhat to say. Ile wanted me for my :
coney, little that it was." <
John AUalno Whitman, or Pauline I
Vebster is probably flvo feet four 1
uohes in holght and weighs about 130 I
ounr?s. She has strong features, sal- >
JW complexion, brown hair, blue grey
ye3 that never look long at any one
r anything. lier hair is out short
nd lt ls stringy and neglected. <
Hbo wears a ohcap dark suit and !
Ight melton overooat. She weam wo I
aon's shoes. She smokes a pipe or oi
ars and chews tobaooo. She talki <
ood Eugllsb and In an lntorvlew last
ug nearly an hour she used not one 1
ingrammatloal sentence and no slang,
ibo was ptrfiOtty calm and apparent
V unconcerned or Ignorant of the sc
lousness of tho offenoe which she has f<
ommitted. Her voice ls unpleasant, ?
oing soft and feminine one moment, ?
id breaking hoarse in tho next. She
ays she ls twenty-one years old, but I
ppears muoh older.
VI was bpm at Gaff ioy city, ,S.. C.. J
??bl ?t??ame* w?s No^fWebster. He v
ras a big Mason. When he died,
ight years ago, he left some money c
o me and my two brothers J. E ?
Vebster and J. H. Webster. I dtd
ot think I was getting my Bhare,
nd so after quarrelling with my
?.others, 1 left home and started ou
o earn my own living. I have been
duoated, bub do not care to say
diere. My mother died when I wab
ob i ld.
''1 worked In hotels and restaurants
oin about three years ago, when, (
ne d.iy In Dallas, Texas, while I was ,
mployed In the Kimball Hotel, I I
card ttiat a cook was wanted by a j
hoatxloal company that traveled In a
rlvate oar. Tue owner of an em- \
iloymeut agency told me If I was a t
oan I could get 800 a month. That j
ave me an Idea. I went away and \
.ought mysolf a oheap suit, out off <
ay hair and tho noxb day wont back t
o tho agency and was hired for the {
heatrlcal company. Tho employ- i
neut agent did not recognize me In <
ay new rig. I talked little to any .
ne. 1 took no one into my coull
lenoe." I
Bo o i? ty Women Scored. .
Chicago sooioty was astonoded when
t learuod that the recent Klrmcss i
lad been denounced by the Rev. Syd |
ley Strong speaking beforo a large ?
ludlence at the Seooud Congregation |
il Church, as the most Improper so ?
slal gathering over hold in Ohloigo. <
in an address that fairly bristled with i
avectivo t|ie olorgyman stigmatized ,
n tho entertainment as "half naked, i
painted, sensualized orcatures, full
i.aors to tho benighted Fetish dane ?
'rs of South Africa, promoters of the
Kinness, which was hold two weeks ,
igo, ratsod ?2S.000 for the Onildren's ,
Memorial II tspltal. Mrs. Waltor S |
[irowlster, treasurer of the Klrmoss, ,
leolarod after she had heard of Dr. ,
Strong's remarks that none of the ;
lance was immodest and thafa the cos
L?mes worn by the women who dis
pensed punoh compliod with evory rule
)t propriotv.
Gon, Grunt on lion, IJ JO.
At New York Wednesday night
ipoaklug at tho annual banquet of the
Uonfedorato veterans camp of New
York City, Gonoral Frederick D.
Grant, commanding the department
of thc easb, C. S. A., proposod an in
formal resolution that steps bo buken
immediately to make January 10,
lOol, the ono hundredth anniversary
of tho birth of General Robert E. Lee
a national day of memorial. He spoke
of his fabhor':: friendship with Gener
al I .oe and of the latbor's herlbabe to
tho country. Tho resolution waa
adopted amid oheors. F. Hopkinson
Smith spoke to the boast "O.d Plan
bablou Days." In his address he de
clared tho sulT age of the negro was
the "greatest orlme of the century."
Oun't We?r Thc ni.
Chinabas recently issued and edle*,
prohibiting, except In the treaty ports,
tho salo of metal rimmed speotaoles.
Tan shoes aro also tt. booed, and any
one dealing lu bhom renders himself |
liable bo dtoapltabton. The latbor
drasblo regulation ls duo to the faot
that yellow ls bhore tho Imperial color,
to be worn by none Have members of
bhe royal family. ,
Aequlttod.
V. T. Sanford, former tax oolleotor
of Floyd county, Ga., was acquibbed
at Rome on Saburday of the murder
nf Gooree Wrlghb. He acknowledged
tho killing and his defense was that
Wrlghb had intorferred with his do
mesbio rolabions. He ls now suing his
wife for clvjrod.
GREW PERISH
By Fxplosion on a Brazillian
ru? retied Naval Ship
AN OFFICER SAY
the Accident Occurred lo the Powder
Magazine, and the Ship Sank In
Three Minutes. Poiir Rear Ad
mirais Were on Board,
and Were LoBt.
Ro J metro, J*n. 22.- nit Brazil*
lan turret ship Aquldabau has been
muk at Port Jaoarepigua, south of
Rio Janerio, as tho ro mit of an ex pin
don on board. It ls reported tbat
Linea hundred of her o row perished
?nd that only one oflloor was ?aveal.
Four rear admirals perished on
board tho Aqulbaban, whlsh had
been used for the accomodation of a
number of supernumerary Otlloors and
men attached to the flotilla escorting
bhe ovu i tier Barroso. The Barroso had
DU board the minister of marine and
lits staff, who were inspecting the
dtes proposed for a new arsenal.
The explosion on the Aqildaban
ocourred in the powder magazine.
The vesssl sank In three minutes.
The Aquldabau was of 4,950 tons
Displacement and 0,200 horse-power.
She wa? built in England lu 1885 cb
i cost of .1,725,000. Tao armament
consisted of four 9.4 looa guns and
tour 5 5 inch guns and a number of
muller guns. She had five torpedo
tubes. Her orew numbered 350 ofiloora
ind men.
DKAD 190; INJUKBD 30.
Rio Jauorla, Braz.il, J AU. 22.-Tho
jrulser Baroso has arrived here from
Port Jakerepagna, with those Injured
)y the explosion on tho Aquldabau.
Che Aquldabau blew up at 10.45 host
tight. Nearly all tho tithers were
tilled or injured. Toe daad number
00 and tho injured 30.
NAMBS OF ADM III ALS.
Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 22.-The
ollowlng members of the commission
diioh hu j the arsenal on board the
iqutdaban, were drowned:
Raar Admsral Rodrigo Jose Ba
toona.
R>.ar Admirable Franolsoo (Jalboi rc?
?ito,** A ,i . -Vii/
Two commanders, two German pno
ographers and one reporter also wero
Irowned.
FOUGHT BUBL FOR GIRL.
<V>rtb From a Rallro?m-Went Men
\ - -
With Loaded PlHtols vs
lu a duol with a girl as tho pw
or the yiotor, James Walker, son or^
jroporous farmer, was shot and in
itantly killed by his rival, Peter For
jes, flso a farmer's son in Lsreal Hill,
Prince Edward County, Va.
The men fought with pistols. They
wont from a ballroom together and
;;ok aim by the light pouring through .
?he windows. Foibes was engaged to
ved Miss Rosa Carew, and he had as
sorted her to the ball. Walkor bad
if on an old sweetheart of the woman
iud when they met at the ball he re
sewed his suit. Tnere had been reports
)f the engagement being broken be
tween Forbes and Miss Oarow, and it
ippears that these were confirmed by
1er encouraging Walker. She danced
with him repeatedly until Forbes J aal
)U8y, drove him to fury. He went to
Walker and upbaided him, Hot words
were exohantred and tho two deolded
j o fight to the death- Without telling
i word of their lute tlon to anyone
obey disappeared from the ballroom
ind the pistol shots stopped a danoo._
when it was In full swing. A silence
Tell over the brilliantly lighted room,
ind then several persons rushed to
the windows.
A slgb. more dramatlo than if
shown on the stage mot heir gaze.
I1 wo beams of light poued out and
one fell on Walker, IUt on his back
dead, and the other on Forbes, stand
ing with tho pistol still ready in hand
ind with his faoo still sot in bato and
?leterminatlon, Miss drew became
liysterioal when she realized what had
happened, and is in a serious condi
tion tonight, Forbes ls in tho lookup.
What Tillman Hays.
Tho Washington correspondent of
the Charleston Post says Senator
Tillman deollnod to oxprcss an opinion
as to tho prospootsin the Legislature.
"If I should say anything," ho do
eUred, thero would be dirty accusa
tions of popping his whip, eto,1 and
consequently I shall not talk. It ls
pretty plain, though that Sonator
Tillman proposes to make tho oam
palgu this summer a hot one. His
health is better than it has boen tor
yoars, and ho will mike tho issuo tn
South Carolina so olose that nearly
every vote in the State will bo polio 1.
That issue will determine whether the
peoplo will stand by those wno stand
by those who stand by tho dispensary
or whether they will roward thoso
who have turned against it.
Might Hutt Homo,
At Pittsburg, Pa., at a mooting of
tho Woman's Chi o ono of the morn
I bers suggestod that women were wear?
I lng their dresses too long and said
they should not extend below the
knees. ''That might do for a lady
with your form" spoke up an angular
member "ont I don't agree with you
i one blt." _
Plenty of Gold.
A British explorer rcomtly return
ed fiona Abyssinia says that he was
for four months in a region hitherto
unknown to white men. Along tue
tributaries of tho Blue Nile he foudd
a mlhln? population Ang?gftr? tn
washing gold. He ropotts that there
ls an enormous quantity ot gold
in that region, in which thousands of
natives work,