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Si VOT^XXI, BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, MARALI 2, 1906 "PO THOU, GREAT LTBBSTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND 2?A?E OUR LIV'?3 it? ?HY r&?wSSlON H API'* Oit OUR DEAT11? GLORIOUS IN T?Y OAUSK." JfiATHp GLORIOUS IN THY OAUSB.'? .A ? .rn tJimM fifi ?./?A . ? i Ititi" ?' NO. IO. TRIED TO BRIBE. Friend of Pickpockets Paid a Deputy Sheriff to LET THIM GETAWAY. The Officer Played Out The Qame and Caught thc Visiting Crooks In a Trap, who [ls Now in the Meshes of thc Law in Columbia. H. G. Miller of Chlogo, who has made several trips jfrona tho Windy City to Ou.'umbU in the lnfc?reit of the pickpockets who were tonvlctred Wednesday of last neck and seufceno ed to ten years lu tho penitentiary, has turned out to be a ?rot. k alto, a? baa been intimatod by Tho State since the Cbloago man appeared upon the acene. He was arrewttod for at tempting tu bribe Deputy Sherill W. C. Cathcart to assist In the release ul the p otpi cketa. The following ac oount ol the matter from Tho State will be re?.d -vlt^ t?toreht: Mr. Cathcart, knowing the man with wi : cn lie waa d .-allng, laid a clever trap tu oatoh him in bis dirty work and carried lt out toa finish. Immediately after recei ving the mon ey he not i tied Detective Thackham, who was aiding him, and then Sheriff Coleman, his Immediate superior. Sheriff Cjleman in turn roport?d tho matter to J ucige Ilydrlok as s nm as he ..readied the court Wednesday morning. Judge ?1 yd rick, acting wifah characteristic deois'oo, ordered the Immediate arrest c f M Uer and Wed nesday night Miller siept In the R'.oh land county jill with his pah-, Shultz and Beckwith, alias Kavanaugh. Tuesday night os Mr. Cathcart was on his way to the jail with the prison ers from thc court room be was ap proached by Miller, who, in passing, whispered into his ear: "I want to speak to i ou a few minutes. Come up to the hotel to see mo." At tho appointed hour Mr. Cath cart went tu the hotel, bu6 found Mil ler at dinner. In a short while he re turned and upon arriving at the hotel was accosted bv M?" * ?nt- on tho ihe'edge ot tho pavement and said: '1 /want to talk business with you." Mr. Cathcart replied. "All right, 1 am y< ur man." Miller then commented upon thc sudden ad verge turn the case had taken and dlspl lyed unir uai nervous ness. Ile anted Mr. Cathcart to walk with him, saying ?.?-at matit.ru lo? ked serious ano af>kwri Mr. Cathcart how much Le wc ti,d taite''io put lie* k with, abas Ko vans ugh, ana Sbuhzou the ground." m?ann-g, it was Infern? to aid in securing their release. Mr. Cathcart soLing that his plan was working cut, replied; "Y u will have to name the price." Tho foxy Chicagoan glancing nervously around, held up ii wo ? tigers and asked, ' How would that do?" Mr. Cathcart wanted to know j mt what he meant by that. "Hundieos," replied Miller. ''That's all right with me," said Mr. Cath cart. Du dug this time thc two min had walkidfrom the Columbia hotel to tho postcfllce and were returning Mr Cathcart to.d Miller that bl\ey ought nut tu be seen tcgeViier and that ho would go on thc othor aide of the street ?.nd would meet him again at the hotel, while Miller wenb to the hotel to get tho neoeeiary cush. As soon as Mllkr oame out of the hotel.ho suggested that they take a car, which they did. They rude how ever, only two blooks, to the puatofYioe. Hero titty lett ?he cae, walking down Laurel street from Main to Sumter. Willie down Lt arel street Miller aakid the deputy sheriff If ho ohewod gum and being informed that he did. Mil ler went Into an Inside pocket, bring lng ont a pp.ckage of gum on which appeared in large letters "Nixie, I wun't tell," whloh he handed to Mr. Cathcart- While In the darkest part of tho block Miller buddonly shook hands Bumptiously with Mr. Cath cart and left t200 In greet backs in bis palm. They then separated, Mil ler returning tu his huiel and Mr. Cathcart unlng directly to his home, where he reported the matter by tele phono to the sheriff. As suun as Judge Hydrlck roached tho court ht.uso Wednesday morning Sheriff Coleman reported the bribery bo his honur, who called in Deputy Cathoart, and after hearing a state ment from him, ordered that Miller he carefully guarded and not allowed to leave the court, room under any olr cumstauccs. Oilloers woro detailed to keep close watoh un Miller and guard the exits uf the court room. Miller evidently became suspicious that all wa? not going well and attempted to leave, the court room, win n he was: stopped by a detective and told t hat ho could not leave the n om, Wry soon thereafter, acting under lnstri.c tiona from Judge Hydrlck, the sheriff placed Miller under airest and gave him a seat in the court room, wiieio he was guarded on both sidos during thc clay. Miller has claimed nineo ho has ap peared in Columbia In connection with this oase that bo represented B, b\ Il ?gart, a Chicago attorney who had been employed to defend tho pick pockets and would ho here when court convoned. This Mr. Bogar <, has not Leon heard tn* so far anti it ls not pro bable that he will be here, as two of tho plckp cleats have boon convicted and tho other bas f rfeltcd a cash bund of $1 f)00 by non -appearance, ile has been extremely active in his of ferts to nee uro tho reloasc of these men. Parker, whose bond wai rod ne ed fmr? $5,000 to $l,f>i)0 and who wa? fclea/icd >n the deposit of that so rr, is sam to be in Louisville, Ky. II? ls Bald to bo a woll known orook n"d detectives and police departments IQ varzin parts nf the country know him and hi? o^ree*- quite wei). Every op pnrtunity MU h? elven hipa tn return, ?rn his presonce ls moro desired than t' o oash. If ho dors not present birr - solf ror fcrlil bin bond will bu forfotted and Soholtor Tlminorrr?n will roor'ir mend that at l?wt $500 . lt red as a reward for his arres*". Tbore are also other rowarda outstanding for his apprehension. Afl-r ?rcurlng the release of Par ker, Miller also malo an effort t: have Stud-s rel ased from Jail op tn*; panie amount, but whon tho matter eame before Aaaoclit* JusMoi Woods at chambers, he reduced tho bond from 16 OOO bo $3.500, and Sunltz was ?nanlo to raise the amount. YOUNG MAN KILLED. Mot Horrible Doath Undor Whools of mn KIIK'HO. A dispatch from Dillon to Tho State says Dubois Sobers, aged 10 years, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. 8ellers of that placo was instantly killed Wednesday night at 8 20 o' olook by the northbound loeal freight. Thia train bad been at Dillon about two hourn, discharging freight, and several cara had been left standing cn a aldo traok very near tbe crossing north cf tho depot. The young man, in a top buggy, attempted to make this crossing. The engine, that time on the main, waa ploklug up cars preparatory to leavlug. The oars which had been standing on the aldo traok prevented tho young man's seeing the approaching engine until his horse waa on the track. The horse, frightened by tho apr roaching engine, wheeled and drew the rear whecll of the buggy immediately ir front of tho ecgino. Dubois was pitch ed foward io tho centre of tho track and his body badly orushed by the ei - glue. Ills right leg was broken at the knee, his neck dislocated, bead orushed, left oyo protruding from the socket, and death was instan tai : e us. Ills father happened to be among tho li rub to arrive at the scene of thc fearful tragedy and with Revcral others appioaohed tho bi dy but could not io en ti fv him at ilr?t on ac couut of the mutilation of bis fea tures, but with fearful foreboding be found a magi- tl ne which he had a few moments bafore given the boy at his ofllee to be carried benn. Tao most harrowing feature of tho sad cccur enoo was to notify his mother who was awaiting bis return, hiving bis suppei ready for him before the lire, lt was a orusbir g blow and tho whole town is appalled. Dubois was a bright hoy, vory lndustrlou with a promising future. He was to gradual at Dillon Lr-frfljflfr? shnnl 1 n " Buried tho Wron? Mau. AtChtoagoon Thursday Mrs. Annie : McGrcovy oauscd consternation in the court ro >m of Justice Gallaban, when abe rushed in screaming at top of her v deo that she had just met on the street her husband whom hbo had hurled 13 years ago. "1J i .t met him." -be sbcuii d. "I thought he wa? deaf'. I burled a man 13 years ago and 1 thought it was bim. I want bim baok. Hi has $300 of my money." When the woman beoamo quiet enough for the voice of the Justino to be heard, lie suggested that she take out a writ of replevin for the $300 and this Mrs. McGreevy did. "Iii told me that be bas beeu living with another woman," she said, "ai d lin ger the name of Thawles. The Idea! Liv r?g with another woman and onar-'lpg bis name from Irish to Dutchi I'd lix oin I" and Mrs. Mc G;cevy departed with a writ. McxiOAIl OlUlAWH. A pltOhed battle recently took plaoe lin tho Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexloo near Tornea between the bind of Juan Colorado, thc noted outlaw, and an oseorb of seven man conveying a rloh bullion train from tho Dolores minc? to tho Rio Grande, Slorra Madre and Pad tlc raliway. Tho bullion train waa ambushed by Colurado and his gang In one of the wildest portions of the mountain country. William Smith, an Amorloan, wa* In obarge of the treasure and Its guards. Tho at tack was resisted with desperation and the bandits were forced to retreat after sevoral volleys bad been tired and a ohargo led by Smith was mado upon their position. During tho light Smith wat mortally wounded and two of his men were killed i utrigbt, Colorado, tho outlaw ohitf, ls reported to have oeon wounded. Three of his own wore killed. One of tho mules of the pack hraln, heavily loaded with bulllou to tue valuo of several thousand dollars, sprang over a precipice during the battle and was dished ro pieces. H ?von Moll' Kiul nay. Geo, Schadeburg saved his own Ufo and that of bis boy by lunging to the tlOB ol a railroad trestle with one arm while a train passed. He was crossing lng the Wlsoon Outrai Bridge near j M an Ito woo Wis., with his two Child ren, and the younger boy had trailed lu tho rear. Tho father heard a train approaching and ran back to save the hoy. Grasping tho lad In one arm, be swung from tho side uf the bridge with tho othor and brid un until the train had passed. Ills arm was scvorly wrenched and ha was cumpietoiy ex hausted whfn assistance roached him. A lllftok Flood. A special from Andalusia, A'a., says a negro n in *.d Pedigree forced an entrance into tho house uf a woll known white oltizoti Thursday night and dragged a young lady from une room to anothor, where he kept her till 1 o'clock this morning. A posse looued tho kegro, who was Identified hy his vlotlm and several children. Toe pessc started to the j ill with the negro, when he broke and ran. Sumo one In tho crowd shot, and killed the nogro as he ran. ?im p < Uitdoor*. "Sleep out nf doors If you want to know tho wild joy of living," was the adv ci given to scoloty women hy Mrs. Blanche C. Martin, an apost'e of out? door life, in Now York recently. It Isa euro for many diseases. She woarr Just a slmplo wnlte linen or muslin night gown and ls warm evon at 20 beloW /.ero. But don't start tho habit when it ls that cold. lUV?H?K COURTS. ONE DAY'S S1C4SION AND TIIE| J TltAGKDIKS Dl?VI0IiO KD, Halls Where ? to fold Parchment? j That Have Made Ch ic. g ) F?tor iou?. What better diversion than a day In Gulea^o's Umous div^rco oourti? One may be assured < f tear? and tragedy and laughter and comedy. Tue tlrst caso ls an Enoch Arden story of real life. Mrs. Mary Oswald .s sooklug to have her marriage with William G. Oswald annullod. Roy II. I0v8tman, a derk Ina railroad ellice is tho Enooh Arden of the story relat tod to the Judge by Mr?. Oawald. Tho domestic history of Mrs. Os wald dates back to May 13, 1003, whon *ho and E atman wore married. They lived happily togother, with East man's motlier, the oourt ls told until, one day tho husband disap peared. 'T waited in rain for a letter," says the wltnoss, "but no word oasae from Roy. Tlitu my ?notner-ln law infor med me that her son had obtained a divorce at Fargo, N. D. At this time Mr. Oswald was oalling on me. Fro queutly bo wanted me to become his wife. 1 asked Roy 's mother if sho was quite B?ro about tbe dlvoroo and she said sbo was. So Janrary 28, 1004, Mr. 0,wale and I wore mar ried." Were you happy with your second Vusband also?'' asks tho judge. "O i, yes," said the witness, ''but one evening there was a knook at tho door. 1 opened the door and was dumbfounded to seo mv first huaboud staadlngon the poroh. 'What aro you doing bert?' I asked, 'I thought you had soourod a dlvoroe.' " Explanations followed, but Eas*) mau, unlike the hero of the bock who left his wifo wltti her second husb&ud insisted tbat she sbould return to him. "Which ono do you love now?' asked tho ojurt. "Well, 1 don't love either of them any more," replies Mrs Oswald, "for when lt.iy c\me back William loft me Immediately. 1 wish to have my marrlago with him annulled and then I intend to apply for a divorce from my ilrst husband, who is earning $75 a month and should bo made to con tribute toward my support." "1 seo, but you oan't get alimony from both husbands,you know," says 'Judge Walker UM he calls the next Mr? Marie Nu.,?.??, ? avenue, wishes a divorce from Isaac J Naubergor, who ls a monabor of the tlrm of Nunborger & Brown, whole sale clothiers at 201 Market street. Statutory ohsrges are nude by the complainant against her husband. Mrs. Neub?rger is very nervous as she tolls the story of her domestics life. She relates that sho and N::u nergcr wero married In 1893 and t hal thoy lived together until last July, when she disc vered the alleged in discretion of her husband. "1 learned through friends that my husband liad transferred his a?T-ot l ms to other women," says Mrs Neu berger, and then I began an Investi gation." "What did yon learn?" asks the otu t. " Well I dh covered that my Inn hand was in thelnblb of frequenting do wntown hotels with another wonan when I acoussed him of it wo separ at? d." Mrs. Miry Brown is the next one wno wau re- a dlvoroe. "W? were never conbonbed," sal? Mrs Brown In telling aboutit to th? jadgo' "and iiually Rufus packed up and said ho wa * going awsy and would never roturn. Ile never med bo koop his promlao, but that tims lie did. I haven't seen him since." They were married August 27, 1808 and Brownjleft July 1, looo. Judgr Gary will grant Mrs. Brown a d* cree. Mrs. Maude Robinson, ?tn actress, was granted a divorce bv Jadge Wal ker from bor husband, Walter Robin son, who ls said to have deaorbod his wifft three yoars ago. The complainant rotated that when her husband left her in July, 1003, elie was compolk.d to support their three ohildron. "Tue oldest boy was olevon, and 1 was Obliged to send him to the moun tains lu Now York," she said. "Fi nally ray aunb suggestod thab Mr. Robinson might bo compelled bo sup port tills ohil I, and we both wrote him. We reoolvcd no answor until my aunt wrote that wo wero about to pLco thc sick boy in tho poorhouse. This threat shamed Walter so that he came, and got tho child-" "Whore ls tho hoy now?" asked the court, "1 have no Idea whore olbher ho or my husband aro," replied bho woman. Sortons Aeontoiif. Tho Augusta Harald says a serious acoldenb happened to Everett Bryan at Langley on Tuesday of last week. Toe lad whilo engagil In play with another b)y, Denny llt/.?, was stuck in one of his eyes by th? sharp point of an umhrolla. The wounded lad was attended hy Dr. Shaw, of Lang ley, who deemed lb besb bhat the boy be carried to tho Augusta Olby Hos pital for treatment, and ho was tak ri to tile above institution, v. hero lb ls hoped, to savo his oyoslght. The chanceo are rathor against tho little1 fellow, as the sharp point of thc un brella ls said to have ploroed tho eye h..ll. ?< Authy Burned* At an early hour Wodnesdar morn ing the Infant ohild of Mr. John B. Cleary, of bite Trinity seobionof New berry county, wan fatally bumed, the child succumbing bo bho ii jutloa at noon. The child was playing beforo lire in the houss, the mother being absent from the room at tho timo. In somo way tho clothes of the little hoy oaught lire and before the Ihmes I could ho extinguished tho body had been terribly burned. Death rollevcd tho little follow from his Builorlng at about ll o'cl.ok of tho same day, LIVED ALONE In A tfut With a Big Fortune Near Her. MISERLY OLD WOMAN Deposited Her Money In a Bank and Efforts Are Belog Made to Re cover from Her the Money Owed by Her Dead Uncle. Tb? proceedings whleb bavo hoon instituted before eke Judge of probato of Rlehland Oounty In Columbia bold lng up a deposit of $50,000 In thc Na tlonal Loan and E,change bank hy Mrs. 9alllc A. Gibson until the result oan be determined of tifirta mado to rooelvo an old Judgment for 100,000 secured against Mrs. Gibbon's uncle, old "Squire" Levi Metz, will roveal a plcturerquo story cf an old woman worth perhaps $100,000 living In a tumble-down old house in an alloy alono for years with a fortuno iu cash In an old greasy grip sack. Tho story as told the Augusta Chronicle by W. H. MoCow, readB Uko ilotlon. lloro it ls: Ono of tho most disastrous bank failure this state has known was that of tho old Oommoroial bank here about 15 yoars ago. This was organ ized by O. J Iredell, nov living In Virginia, and associates, who aro now prominent In Columbia business and soolal olroles, upon tho wreok of the banking firm of Motz and Iredell. Tho debts of the Metz and Iredell oonoorn wore paid out of the new bank, willoh held a nuoibor of worthless olalms besides notes signed by Iredell as man agor of the old ilrua. Suit was brought against Mfttz as tho only financially responsible member of the firm, and judgment was obtained against him for 100,000. Metz, a thrifty Jew from the Dutch fork seotlon of Lexington cjunty aorc ss thp Oongaroo river from this county, at the time owued perhaps a di zen plantations in this and Lex ington and Newberry counties. When he was taken up in supplementary proceeding, there was practically no property In sight to pay the Judgment though his lawyers got fat foes. >?r 'Iv1 the Judgment ??<r.a. oon?.vr titania ?4,000. About a year ago Metz died and bis niece, who had lived alone with bim In tho alley where she now lives, brougtit in this will drawn ten years ago by Attornoy Andrew Crawford, and had lt probated paying the fees In Hickies and dimes: "First, I give, duvise and brqneath to my ni? oe, Sallie A. Gibson, all of my estate of any naturo or kind what suever and wherever the same maj be, whether it consist of realty or personality or choses in action, or olaims whioh now may be dormant hut which later may be devolopcd against the Commercial bank of Co lumbia or other corporations or per sons, or persons against whom I may havo claims or demands. And, secondly, 1 nominate, consta tuto and appoint my said niece, Sallie A. G b on, executor of u.\y wl!l with full powors hereby vested lo her to set'lo, compromise or liquidate any ai d all demands whioh 1 luve against othera or whioh others havo against mo. "In testimony whereof I havo here under written my namo and affixed my seal at Columbia, in said state, the 10th day of December, 181)7. "Lie vi M KT/. " Tho will is witnessed by Judge Crawfird, John A. Civil and Judge Duncan C. Ray. About six months ago, Mrs. Gib eon, on the advice of her attornoy, de posited in the Natlenal Lian and Ex change bank over $10,000 lu oaah, nola and silver. A few weeks age a city salesman called on lier to soil her soma sup piles for a new framo house she was building. "You look Uko a young man Iootild trust with a soorot," she said to him in a conti lontlal mood, aftor finding out that he was a singlo man. "I will show >ou something that looks good to a poor man." Hhe dragged out that old grip sack and poured the oontonts out on thc bsd In front of his startlod gj zi. Ho helped h?r count lt. Thero was $.18,000 of all in bank notos, in de nominations up to $500. Tao young man then dutifully sot about to porsuado her to doposit it in bank. Ile told her how sho might un murdered and robbed and how safo ano rollablo the brnk wai. She had had what she considered a bitter ex porlonoo with banks and was at first opposod to changing tho hiding place of the troosure. Finally, after sev eral days visiting hor and talking to hor tho young man Induced her to put tho money in bink, Then thc story of tlie big doposit got out from tho bank; and the lawyors got busy. Mrs. Gibson has lived in a vory try ing atmosphere foi many years, and being naturally of a nervous temper ament, this suit over hor money will probably completely dorango hor. " Whnii I carried that money to tho bank," sho said to mo, "one of thoso bank men tried to nip out a $500 bill with ono of thoso X rays. He got ono bill and ran behind thoso bus bo fore I could catch him. People used to always lie aftor my money at home roaching through tho celling after it with tiloso X rays," Mrs. Gioson protests that this ia all hor own money; that sho had monoy and proporty before sho came to Ure with her uncle. She docs not hoi.1 Mr. Iredell In tender memory. She rails against him and his associates, claiming that thoy havo dione hor unolo out of a fortuno of $200,000. A year ago she appealed to tho railroad commission to foroo President W. G. Childs of the t?. N. and L. road to givo hor a pass to Newberry, 00 miles from boro. 8everal yoajro before Metz male his w ll he had tinlef of Polloo Ratcliffe aud & private search his promises for 111,000 he hui lost. While the chief waa under ttiej.house eora! ohing about among tho codiwobs, getting dirty and bumping hitf?head, the private was going throng1! things ab ye him with Mrs Gibson soo mpanying him. Flually, wffen ho had about given up hope he swed an old dusty broken pitcher sitting on a narrow ?e'g above a window? "What's lnfyhat pltoho!?" "O, notbin* ba?l, tbatl know of." "l guess I';l have to sae (or my self." Further protests that lt would be useless exolteft his su iplolons a d be wont up after lt. He had not laid hands on it ,beforo he realized its weight told ?> . itory. The pltohoijf was full to the rim with gold and silver, whloh was poured out on tho bod, -vi tho private oalled to hts superior to como up. Mr. Metz came In and Mrs. Gibson oonfessod and got down on her knees ?o him begging him to forgive her. He finally did forgive ber. These aro the facts connected with this Incident is they were told by Mr. Ratcl IT *. BURN UKKbE?S ALIVE UANDI rs LAUGH AS DIABOLIC DI, I A) IS DONE* Fearfully Horrible Story From Mex. ico. Survivor resoribes i i'cono. A dlspitoh from Durargo, Mexico, says ouo of the most frightful crimeB in thc history of that stake has Just come to light. Three shoop herders named FollpojRamos, ZavIaGulttercz and Juan Obedez, after being robbed of their Hooks] were literally skinned Vii ve; then their quivering bodies wcro thrown on an immense brush heap and inoiherated, by a band of desperadoes Whloh has been operating in the neighborhood of Corrales, northwest of there, lu the foothills of the Sierra Madre mountains The details fire related by Domin ico de Leon, who waa one of the four herders attacked in the vicinity of Corrales the morning of Sunday.- He say: , 1 Myself,' RS mos, Quitterez and Obo dez had performed our morning devo tions within tte sound of the ohurch bells of Corrah.: Sunday m n-n'ng. Tho other three r down at tho slope of a mound to t a siesta? wbile'I went <??to the Y search of ix stra> returned within a of tho plaoo whore I had left my ti .oe companions, b'.ood olrdling orlos ireaohed my ears, and 1 recognized the1 voices of my dearest friend", shrieking in frightful agony. Dropping thc lamb I h?d boen carry lng, 1 hurried toward, keeping well within the shadow, until I reached a point where I could see all that was going on and slid not bc sean. "The scone I witnessed was horrl bl9. A i c >re of brigands, armed with guns and long knives, wild, fierce* looking fellow,, wero dancing arouad as though intoxicated. About a score mere were gathered around the pros trate, naked bodies ot my former com panions, who had boen stripped of ev ery stltoh of olothlug. Tue sec md gang of brlgans were engaged in skin ning liam* z, Guiborrz and Obedez a'ive, with large knlvs. "The cries of tho unfortunate men made mo heartsick and I thought two or three titres I must faint. Hut the frightful sight faoluated me and I crept nearei and nearer, until I oould hear the brlgans demanding tho hid ing place of tholr victims monoy. The latter declared before God that they r-ad noue. IO oh denial brought forth more torturo for thom. Finally col lecting a heap of brush, the brigands having bound thc three borders liando and feet, throw them on the heap and sot Uro to it, watching tho dimes sooroh and burn . the quivering flesh and laughing at tho shrieks of an ouilh wrung from tho tortured souls of my oompanlons. "The brigands rcmalred Cuntll all was still when corralling tho sheep, my own among them, they drovr them In a northwesterly dlreotlon toward the mountains. For myself when the devils departed, I tried to rise but fell baok, fainting dead away. "At nightfall I was discovered by the parish priest of Corrales, who was on his way to a sick oall to a her der named Fernanda/. Gonsalvos." Il II I, ri i 'lin-m nul ven. A dlapatch from Colquit, Ga., to the Atlanta Journal says the coroner has Just returned from lUbcock, Ga,, whoie ho went In rosponso to a tele gram from Capt. Jackson, oapt.aln of tho convict oamp at Babcock, Ga. Tho coroner says that ho held In quests over tho bodies of O. C. Thom son, white, and Dock Gaines, colored, both convicts. From what tho ooro states it seems that Thomson and Guinea wero playing, and Thomson threw a rope around Gaines* neck in a playful way and threw tho othor end of the rope around a piece of shafting while lt was running and the end gc t o.uighb and began to wind tho negro, up. Thomson seeing lt tried to get tho rope looso from the shafting and ho was oaught it lt and tho resuit was both parties lost their liv s. A KOAI Tragody, At Donver, Cal., Mrs. C. L, Fielder leaving her seat In a box at Thurs day's matinee In the Crystal Palaoo Theatre, made hor way to thu stage and after flourishing a revolver In full view of tho audience shot herself in fliotlng a fatal wound. Tho audlonoo thought the shooting part o? a bur lo' que act and made no outcry untli the screams of tho porformors In tho wings brought a realization that a real tragody had boon enaotcd. Five flumed to DCA::-.. At Johnstown, Pa., live porsons burned to death, two othors seriously Injured and four housesoomplotoly de stroyed by a Uro whloh originated In tho homo of Patrick Grogan, at Tun nel Hill, about 27 miles east of this ot ty. Tho monetary loss was about $10,000 partly Insured. The Hepburn Measure Adopted by the Senate Committee. TILLMAN SELECTED To Beport tho ii ill to the Striate, and Thus a Temoorat is Given Contr 1 of a Measure Passed i by Ri publicans in the House. In the United States Senate on Fri- ' day by a voto of 8 to ? the senate oommlttee (on Interstate com mei co agreed to repc.t the Hepburn railroad 1 rate bill without amendment, but the resolution adopted reserves to the members of tho oommlttee freedom of aotion concerning amendments < Herod In the sonate, hy a vote of 5 to 3, Republicans prevailing, Senator Till man, a Domoorat, wai given the hon or of reporting tho bill- This estab ' llBhes a preoedent, In that a Republ ican senate com mlttoe has given to a Democrat oontrol cf an Important I measure passed by a Rcpubltoan house I a id endorsed by a Republican presl ey ?nt. Senators Cud un and Oarmack I were absout and tholr votes were re corded only on the main proposition. The resolution follows. . 'Resolved, That the Interstate com merce committee report favorably house bill 12087 as it passed the house ot representatives, it being under stood that members of the oommlttee bave a right to vote as they ohoose on amendments or to offer amendments in the senate on oonsldaration of the billi" Senator Dolli ver ( li ned the tlrst part of the resolution and Senator Al drioh made a motion to amend by ad ding tho restrictions concerning amendment. The A'.drloh motion pre vailed, the atllrmative vo'es being El kins, Aldrich, Kean, foraker, Grane, Tillman, Foster and Newlands. Tile uegBtlvo votes were D dliver, Clapp and MoLaurln. After the meetiug, however, Senator McLaurin siid that he had intended to vote for the change and a change was made in the oom mlttee ?record, leaving only Dolli ver and Capp for tho resolution as offered by Senator Dolli vor. The vote for tho resolution as amended was as fol ^Adlrmativc-Oullom, rfjillvor, Olapp, Tillman, MoLaurln, Garmaok, Foster and Newlands. Nogativo-Elkins, Aldrich, Kean, Foraker and Crane Senator Aldrich thon moved that the bill be reported by Chairman El kins, but Senators Dolllver and Till- ? mau protested that some friend of the i measure should make the report, and Senator Aldrich amended his motion, providing that the report should be made by Senator Till man. He stated that the D<ux ocratic members furnished tho i rn?J irlty of tho votes for tho bill and that it was proper to have tho minor ity "father lt." Tola was takon by Senators Dolllver and Clapp as an* .Hort to humiliate them, but they re mained silent. Chairman E'khiB suggostod that rme roport shuuld be made by Senator Dolli vcr, who has been ono of tho men who helped draft tho Hepburn bili, and a leader in the tight to prevent tho adoption of amendments. Only Senator Clapp supported this sugges tion, whloh had been made informal ly. A vote was then had on the ques tion who should roport the bill result ing as follows: For Senator Tillman-Aldrich, Kean, Foraker, Crano and MoLaurln. For Senator Dollvor-E.kins, Olapp and Newlands. Not votmg- -Dollvcr, Tillman and Fostor. Before thc Eeislon today tho result was in doubt. Tbs division of the Re publican senator,, on the question of jndioial review of orders of the inter state oommeroe commission left thc Domooratlo members lu absolute con trol. It was apparent that if they divided tho court review amendment would bo?adopted. Tho minority mern bors, aftor vainly trying to got to gcther last night, held a second con* ferenoo oarly this morning. Tho ex pression at the oonferenoo wa-i to re port tho bill without recommandation of any oharaoter, but tho agreement was not binding. With that under standing the D..-moorats wont into the moetlng. The minority did not mak its decision known and the Hepburn bill was takon up and tho "oonscrva tlvo Republican ilotlon" sought to amend the first Motion. At that june turo Senator Deliver, loading tho forces that wero opposed to amend ments, read a tole^ram from Senator Cullom asking that ho be recorded against all amendments than were not recommended by tho committee unan Imousty and to oast hi? vote for the Hepburn bill as it oamo from the bouso. Senator Dolt ver thon moved to re port tho Hepburn bill favorably as lt was passed by tho home and said tim on tba-, ho would demand that Sena tor Cullom's vote bo reoordod. Th:s precipitated a lining up on tho o dy important contention and tho Domo crabs desired tlrno for further oonsu - tatton. A recess was than taken until 2 p. m. The four minority member present withdrew to bt natur Tillman s committee room and then deoldcd to stand as a unite for tho Hophu^n bill, with tho roservatK-n provided In the resolution that wa? llnally adopted. Whon tho cammltteo reassembled Senator Deliver culed for a vote un his motion, which was takon with tho result given abi.ve. S nator Tillman, who was uoslgna ttd lo report tue Hepburn bill, said I after the oomm.ttco adjourned: "It was an uncxpeolod, and, In one sense, an undesired honor and respon sibility that was thrust upon m^. Af far as I am able I will endoa.o. to ao coro the passage of the bill through Hie renato with suoh amendments as will nuke lt more acceptable to tho business Interests of tho country and remedy the evils which have produoed such widespread agitation. Tho policy ls essantlally Demooratlo. ''".o pro posod bill has tho unanimous support; of the Domoorats of the house and I hope that with a few slight amend ments lt will get the same support In the senate. " Senator Tillman said that oho of the orst essential amendments he should endeavor to procure looks to "the absolute divoroo of publlo oar? rlers, &s suoh, from the production ot omi, as minors, which condition of monopoly has created suoh a strong feeliug of dissatisfaction and anger In the bituminous and anthracite coal regions." Ile has already drafted an amendment covering this point. He Bald that something also ought to be donn to compel the trunk lines to make connection with Bpurs and feed ing lines and glvo them fair treatment I tho distribution of oars and offer oqual facilities with other shippers. Senator Tillman stated that In making the report on the bill he would not prepare a formal analysts for pre - seutatlon to the sonate, but that the report would simply transmit the ac tton to tho senate together with tho synopsis of tho testimony taken be fore tbe committee. Ho said he would press tho bill with the view of having the discussion oommenoed as sion as convenient and possible. A TBAGI? STORY. WOMAN DROWNED HER THREE OHlLiDItEN AND HERSEL*F. Phe Tossed Her Children from the Fall Biver Steamer Fly. mouth. The open door of a state room which had been occupied by a woman kind three young children on a trip ot the Fall Uiver Line steamer Plymouth, from New Ycrk to Fall River, Mass., early Tuesday morning lcd to the dis covery that Mrs. John Waiters of Brooklyn, N. Y., had taken tho lives of her three little ones and then her own. Mrs. Walters apparently had thrown overboard her two daughters and infant son and then jumped after them. Investigation by the attaches of tho steamer Indicated that the tragedy oc curred between midnight and 3.30 a. m., the fsot of tbe state room being unoccupied having been discovered Just before the Plymouth made the Newport landing. Tho woman left two notes addressed to her husband. In one penciled on the back of an enyo - ope she begged forgiveness; In tho other, written on wrapping papor, she ii y ld that she "had worried" until Bhe feared insanity and could not boar to leave the children. Somo hours after the arrival of the Plymouth at hor port, Dwight Brady son of Capt. James Brady, oollector of the port of Fall River, identified ar ticles found In tho state room as be longing to his slstor, Mrs. Watters, who apparently was coming to Fall River to visit her relatives. Mrs. Wat tors was about 30 years of age. Her children were: Helen, aged 4; Doro thy, 2 years, and an infant son of ten months, PROSTRATED WITH GRIEF, A dispatch from New York says john W. Watters ls manager of the Insurauoe bureau of the nationol As sociation of Manufacturers. Ho was prostrated wbon told of his wife's death. To a business aasoolato, Mr. Watters said that his wife had been subject to short spells of Insanity and that she spent some time in a sani tarium several years ago. Mr. Wat ters said his wife's troubles were en tiroly Imaginary and that their home life was always happy. Mrs. Watter's mental affection, which It was thought had been prac tically cured, took the form of a do - porato anxiety for her children. A GOOD LAW. Tho Governor Will Soon Sign the Re formatory Act. Tho reformatory bill, which exoited ao much Interest during its passage by thc g?n*rtl assembly, will soon bc signed by tho governor and will bo como a law. Tho bill provides for tho establish ment of tho reformatory and tho ap pointment by tho governor of a board of Bevon pcraons-all men-bo control lt. In addition to theso persons, the governor, the State superintendent of oduoatlon and the attornoy genera! are ex-olllolj members. Tho momhors hold their places on the board on a varying scalo of years, tc-wit: two for two yoarp, two for four years and three for six years. Tho remuneration Is S3 o'- diem and four cents mileage A.H goon as the board is appointed It --viii moot in that olt> to select a loo? tlon for tho school and prcoeod t< oulld it. Into tho Institution will go white boys bobwoon eight and 10 years old, voluntarily oommltted by thoir pa r snts or by thetmelves Or, if a mag lstrato or circulo Ju ige deems b.^st, boy criminals oan be s ::;t to tho re formatory In tho oaie of a voluntary c-mmltmont, a olrcult, probate - or county oourt judge Inspects tho pa pers. noys shall, except upon a conviction for orimo, remain until 21 yearB of ago, unless sooner dismissed, this dis missal hoing obtain? d from the govor nor, a circuit oourt Judgo, a supreme c urt just!co or tho board of trustees Tho board may also allow the boys leave on probation If fleshed. Whon tho reformatory lo establish ed, the present Lexington reformatory will bo usod for oolorod boys, remain ing unilor the control of tho ponitcn. tlary as lt ls now. An appropriation of $4,600 ls made for the reformatory, and also a p r capita tax will be collected monthly from thc counties In proportion to the numbor of their rcspco'lvo Inmates. Stabbeil to Death. Oharlle Knerson, a farmer w?.s h tabbed to death on tho ttreots cf Lamar, Darlington county, on Satur day night. It ls not known who did lt, but two nogroos are suspected and are under arrest. Three* Cadets Burned to Death and Min* Injured at k MILITARY S?HOOL At Kenyon, Ohio, Where Severa Buildings Were Destroyed, Ret* utting tn a Financial Lois of One Hundred Thous and Dollars. Partial ly Insured. Three are deal and nine seriously lajured and several others more tr less hurt as a result of a fir? whleh destroyed Milner hall, Kenyou Mili tary academy, Delano Mid North halla and North annex at Gambler, Ohio, early Saturday. Tim tko broke out at 4 a. m. while the students and "col-~ lege authorities were aslo'p and quickly spread through the building? named, which were consumed. The search for tho missing boys, the bod* les of whom it ls now certain, are In one ruins, was kept up till late Satur day afternoon wben the walls of the burned strnotures fell and their re covery is now regarded as Improbable for soi.iO time. The'search during the day was Im peded by the faot that the ruins were still red hot and made passage through ohem nearly impossible. Tbe falling wallB bnv.iy missed Dr. Pierce, presi dent of Kenyon, aud Regents Wlant and Williams, who were leading a party of resouors through the ruins. Che dead and Injured are all students of tho military aoademy and Old Ken? yon. Parents, sisters and brothers of the dead* and injured students arrive on every train. The news of the fire spread quickly all over the State and telegrams were sent at once by the college authorities to parents of the beys injured. The messages were not made alarming; but even while mildly stating the oase aroused grave appre* nenslons and the anxious fathers and mothers have rushed to aid their loved ones. The property loss by the dastrao??' tion of the buildiugs is estimated ab ' 8100,OJO with 60 per cent, insurance. Following ia a Hat of the missing and injured : Missing, believed ' '-'-'*? ..V Henderson, Everett, 18, of Illinois. Kunkel, Winfield Scott, 16, of Asba? bula, O. Fuller, James J., 18, of Warren, O. The Injured: Barnes, Harry 0., Cleveland, splno injured and leg brok en from jumping four stories, may die; Baker, Lenox W., Cleveland, in ternally injured, jumped four stories; Nicholson, J. Underwood, Steuben ville, terribly burned about body.aiay die; Shannon, R A., Wellsville, lOY baa i y bruised from jumping; Thier-* weokner, Homer, Oak Harbor, O., badly burned about tho arms; Blerell, A. G., Columbus, feet badly burned; Galway, F. R , commercial master, Ad min, M ?cu., internally injured, may die; Dorsey, W. O., Dallas, Tex as, b&div bruised, jumped three stor ies; Brown, Arthur, Cincinnati, stu dent of 0:d K nyon, badly out whllo as-dsting m tuc resoue. Barnes was one of tho last to leave the Delano hall, and jumped from the fourth story window into a blanket. Tho blanket gave way and he was precipitated onto tho pavement, sus taining injuries to tho l ack. One leg wp? broken, He will die. E ghty-flvo boys wer) in the dormi tory when tho fire broko out. An ef fort was made to effoot the military formation but tho younger student forgot their military training and rushed about tho burning building In a panlo, shrieking and orying for help. Fell KiK'tiy Feet. The mangled remains of three whlfts men were found Wednesday morning beneath a high trestle of the Liais vllle and Nashville railroad leading to moir bridge across the. Tonnes*? ri vor. Several hours labor they were identidad by Dr. C. B. Jones of Soar borougu, Tenn., as three young mea ,vho lived In his vicinity, Wm. Dun naway, Wm. Turpin and Jamos Gara bio. All were unmarried. Dunna way and Turpin wore 30 years of age and Gamble only io They were green country boys and the theory advanced ls that they stepped from the train, immediately after tho station name tad boen cal hid, while the train was standing on tho trestle which ls folly 80 feet high. Turpin's body was nu nd lying across that of Dunaway. wnllo Gamble's bod} was not more than three feot fr m the other two. Hook HniiKOd, Johann H ?oh, tho wife murderer, vas hat-god at Oblongo on Friday. He *as dead two minutes after the trap vas sprung. A short timo before the hour bet u/r too execution Roch's at t irneys (Hod a position in fe tmitrn s at c. olrouit o urb asking Federal In terventlo.i to save H ooh. Tue petition aid that ti e State authorities were ndeavorlng to exoute Hool? In viola don of the Fourteenth amendment of the Constitution and without dut pro cess of laws. T-ie petition wa? di aled. A B >rr> Follow. Tho sorriest man on earth ls the follow, who will sit around and cuss his own town If I lived astride ot tho north pole 1 would call lt home and ba ready to boost lt up. If I could not say any thlhg nice about lt L would say that my ice bill didn't oome high: I would not stay In a town I had to ouss-not while the world ls as big as lt ls now, A White Fiona. A dlspatoh from Andalusia, Ala., says that a white man namod Cox baa been arrested on suspicion cf being aa accessory to the assault on Mm J. L. Bay at that place Thursday, for which the negro Pedigree was shot to death by a posse Wednesday. Cox was ar *sit*d Rt Georgiana, Ala,