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Marlboro ?..DO THOU, GREAT LIBS?TT, ?H8?XB1?3 Uv ii ?JO?LS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." UT?, "XL VOL,>("XXI. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY MARCH 16, 1906. NO. 12. FATAL FIGHT. Chief of Police White Shots and K?ls Farmer Ashley IN A SHOOTING i GUY At llanca Path. S C., and the Friends of the Dead Man Wanted to Lynch White, but Troops Were Sent lo fhe Scene at Once. A terrible tragedy was enacted at ITonea Path on last Thursday after noon, as a reai't of whloh John Mar lon Ashley was killed. A dispatch to Th' State says (Jhlcf of Polio J White undertook to arrest a son of Mr. Ash ley when Mr. Ashley drew his pistol and attempted to shoot Mr. White, whereupon Mr. White drow hts pistol and ll red twice In quick succession, both balls taking tlVeot, one entering the chest ai d the other the stomach. Mr. Ashley also lind twice, one bali grazing Mr. u o es thumb. After this M White turned and walked into Hoi.a d s, when ho was tired at by some ono from behind tho store. There vv s a large crowd In town and considerable excitement prevailed for a time. Reports were ourrcut that an attempt would be made to lynch Mr. White and the sher.if was telo graphed for and later thc governor was asked to sula company here to prevent pOBbibh iilu. dabed. Thc sher iff and a oompuiij I rem Anderson have arrived and eveij toing is quiet at this hour, Mr. White suriendered to the sheri ir and has been seht to Anderson. This is the Hist homicide that has occurred within three miles of Ilonca Path. Whlto reoelved one wound. Excitement was high when shoot ing took plaoo and all kinds of wild rumors wert u ll oat as to the Intentions of the Ashioys, who were in Honea Path in laigc numbers. So far they have done nothing except watoh close ly what they think is the hiding place of white, threatening to kill him at ilr?fc sight. Tho military company to give the best protection to the "po liceman. The whole town was armed and had tho Ashley's attempted to reach White a bloody riot would have followed. John Marlon Ashley dlod about 10 o'clock Thursday night. Cap;. P. K. McCuliy, Jr., arrived with the mili tary cOmpauy Lom Anderson on a special train at the si?mc hour. Slier iff Green accompanied the troops and took oom mano of conditions In Hon ea Path Immediately on uls anlv.il. Po liceman White was placed cn the special train ai d taken to Anderson for safe keeping, ll i vwts shot In Un hand ano is nm seriously hurt. While exo tcment was Intend: imme(ilatel> after tho shooting, it gradually sub sided as time, passed and when the military arrived tho streets were c.ear ed and order was rei tor ed, Tue Ashl< j clan began to tl In out. The Stale sa:.s news of the trouble reached Columbia aoout nevon o'clock Thursday mghl, in a message Lo ? v Beyward, asking him to take steps ti prevent fur.her trouble, lt seemed to be feared that tho Ashleys would au tempt to lynch Whlto If he made an (Wort to get away from thc In,uso to which he went after the shooting. Gov. Hey ward at enc got Into commu nication with Sheriff Green of Auder son and instructed him to go at once to thc scone and ordered the Anderson militia company to turn outsubjret to the orders of the sheriff, giving in struotlons also that a Sp?cial train be secured to take thc sherill' and militia to linnea Path. Sher, ir (Leen was al ready preparing to go, although he was &lck, and ho inuit di ute I y proceed ed unrier the governor's Instructions. Capt. P. K, McCuliy, Jr., soon had his company natl/ tu h ave Anderson. 35 strong, and the trip to Hom Path wa8 evidently mane ina short time, lt is ton milos from ?nderst n to helton over the hine Ridgo railroad and eight miles from Belton to Hones Path over the Columbia and Green ville division of tho Southern. When the party reached Honea Path White was al mci Hecured, wm,out any trouolo (rom him, of course, and wah taken to Anderson hy thc BherilL Capt. McCuily, lt seem?, remained in charge of tho situation at Honea Path. Honea Path ls In the county cf An derson, but the killing of the negro Allen Pendleton last September, In* which John Marion Ashley and others wero Implicated, took place a few miles from tho town of Honea Path in Abbeville county, tho town being very near tho linc. John Mailon Ash Icy was one of the mon under indict ment for the killing < f Pendleton. The case agaii st them was to bay* been bearii at the Court In Abbeville last month, but was postponed. Pendleton, it win be remembered, killed young Jim Moore OM! lu turn washlms.lt 'I) nohed" by "unknown parties," foi wh c i deed warrautH were taken . ut for John Marlon Ash ley, J. h Mooro, the father of tho boy killed, John, ,1 sh and will Mooro, his brothers, S;im lilghy and Hugh B wen, John Marion Ashley was ari uncle by marriage of Hie bOj Jim Moore, and according to tho evi dence at th' Inquest he was the leader Of the gai.g who took Pendleton to the woods. John Marlon Ashley ls a cousin of tho Justly celebrated "Clil/.m" Josh Ashley, who lias for so many years represented Anderson county In the legislature. Members of tho Ashby family have had serious trouble be fore this with tho police of Honea Path. Policoman White, ?t seems, has not long been on tho forco of Honea Path. ON HIGHT LINE. HIL; NE W DISION S Alt Y OOAHD TO CORRECT REGENT ABUSE 4. Bequest Blank Feature lovived in all Dispensaries and Goods May bo Bent Hack. Tbo new state board rf dlsponsary directors assumed control of the busi ness Wednesday af lot noon, adopting a sensation set of resolutlonal as a starter in what promises to bo an im proved and highly interesting admin istration. The resolutions assort that "several huudred thousand dollar? worth of high priced goods" have been purchased by tho old board "with oo legal record of purchase" and ap parcutly "not ordered shipped in ac cordance with law." Therefore, the resolutionB say, tho board will em ploy tho best counsel it can find and lu tho event this suspicion is confirm ed "the shippers of these goods will bo notltled that these goods aro hore sui j .ot to their orders, and the same must be removed at once." The resolutions go on to tnstruo'. the derk to publish a complete in vjice of the goods on hand, seo that the people of tho state c\n and will see the condition of ai?airs at the state dispensary on thc 1st of March, moo." And "tho commlssoner ls hereby instructed not to rtcdve any foods claimed to have been bought by 01 r predecessors in ellice, or any goods now Li transit; and that no goods whatever shall bo ordered except goods purohased by the present bjarc1 of directors." Too dispensary investigating com mitten is called upon to furnish the names or any whiskey houses sus pected of unfair dealings with the state "so that weean holdup their bids." Tim request blank feature of the lav/ which Senator Tillman "roasted" the old board for allowing to fall imo disuse is called back Into operation in no uncertain terms, delinquents In this respect to bo Jerked up before the governor. Another recommendation of S n% tor Tillman Is carried nv*, in chang lug the form of the advertisement for bids so as to put them on a competi tivo basis. Although the state dispensary is in urgent need of certain lines of sup plies only about $1,200 worth of pur chases wero made lu cheap goods to supply immediate needs. The board ac journed to meet again on the 20th when tho legality of on robases made by tho old ooavd' will bo further can vassed. The annual stock-taking now in progress will not bo complete for sev eral days. Commissioner Tatum esti mates the stock oe band at the state dispensary at 840,OOO. Probably more than that amount 1? in the sub-dis pensarlos throughout tho state. Five oasof high priced whli-koy are n iw standing in tho yards, Commis .doner Tatum having refused them, flow much more is on tho road is not known. Tho old board has not yet made its report to the legislature. The only member of the old board present to transfer the business to tho new board was Mr. Boykin. Tne new board gave out a i umber of clerical J ibs today. M. H. M,mlrv was made clerk of Hie board to >u - coed G. ll. Chalks, resigned, J S J (Taust, of B mbcrg, was ma le general b okkcepor to MIC oed Mobley, Miss Sadie Thrailktl), ot Riohburg, succeeds M:SH Flore; ce Mclvfu zlo as Stenog rapher to tue board and Wi.H im V. Lamnr, of Coln*xbia, si creeds Joo L LViorp as Insp otor, The resolutions, which will creato so much Interest, were introduced by Mi j Black. They were unanimously adopted. A Petri Hail Dody. Recently G. W. McKown, B. P. Macomson and Kenyon McGraw had occasion to take up thc rcmahtB of a Indy relative who was buried in the Serv'co grave yard, about soven miles from Galfuey, aud move lt to another gravo in the same cemetery. When they dug down to the box and attemp ted to move it tliey found it too heavy for ttic help nt hand to move. They opened the collin and to their ama ci ment they found that tho body was partly petrified. Too head and feet had decayed but the rest of tho bony wai perfeot. The body was re enterod as was at first plannod. This lady was I one of Gaffuey'8 most highly respeoted and bust beloved ladies. Miii'ttor and Muioitlo. A dispatch from Augusta, Ga., says M L Coben, a young Hebrew, at an early hour Thursday morning after retiring with ids wife at a house on Market street, Secured a gun, shot his wifo and then himself. Ho died in stantly. Thc woman never regained c lusciousness, and died a short while sf tor being f> und several hours later. Tney came from Savannah a few days ago. They wero married hore six weeks ago. Editor KIIIH Editor. L. Stuckey, editor of The Pcoplo's Demands, was shot and killed at Col fax, La , Thursday morning by A. M. Goodwin, editor of the Colfax Chroni cle. The c tus i of the tragedy was the publication of au article by Stuck ey willoh it is alleged was a rell otlon on the character of Goodwin. The Shooting occurred on Mic depot plat fo.m. Gcodwl Hied three shots, all of willoh took el?ect, killing Stuckey almost instant ly itnuk ExAttilnor. Tho go vor nor, upon the recommen dation of tim banks, has appointed L. C. llollcraan, assistant cashier of the pooplo's bank of Anderson, bank exa miner. Mr. Holloman ls .'i6 years old and a "no business mau. Thu sunny la i.1,000 and traveling expenses, and ho ls to have an assistant at a salary of $l,f?no: Flit y Mtorlna. New York ls to havo a skyscraper 50 stories In height, the top of which will be erected at Broadway and Llb erty street by tho Singer Manufactur ing oompany. Hasty Found Quilty of Murder With Plea of Mercy. A PATHETIC SCENE, After Receiving Sentence of Life Int m in 011 m cut io the Penitentiary the Prisoner Bicaks Down and Weep? With His Friends in thc Court House After deliberating for something over twelvo hours tho Jury charged with the trial of George Hasty, at Gaffney, for the murdor of Milan Ben nott, brought in a verdict on Tuesday morning of last week of guilty with a recommendation to mercy. While uo accurate poll could be atcertalned, it is understood that tho majority of thejjurors stood for oapital punish ment and acquittal was not an Issue. Shortly after 8 o'clook tho Judge re paired to tho court room and the ver dict was aunounced. The news of thc agreement of the Jury spread the city like wildlife Since tho men re mained out so lojg, the prediction waa expressed that a mistrial would result. But the verdict was a triumph of law and order and decency. It vin dicated tlio majesty of the law, and will stand as a warning to those who think that by any meena they can ride blip shod over what ls decent and -rdcrly, and lu doing so spill human blood and lightly csoapo. Tho senti ment In G.ilTney was strong'y against the oonrioted man. The good people of Oherckte county do not want to go on record as upholding or countenanc ing him and their vcrdiot is the besl evidence < f their opinion. At 9 30 o'clock court conv. ned. At borueys for defendant gave motion of a new trial, whloh was overruled. After a bhort time George Hasty, handcuffed, and acc( mpanlod by au officer, walked down the aisle from tho main entrance >t tho oourt room in au erect and Indifferent manner On reaching thc ohanccl of thc bar, inside of which he was soon to sit, lie pleasantly exchanged the greetings of tho day with Col. George Johnstone, leading c musel of the defense, who wan comfortably seated near a steve. Ile found his accustomed plaoo ln.siiie tho railing, and beo^me an apparently uniuterested and indifferent specta tor. Judge Memmingor asked .if tho de - fendant was ready for sentence of court to be lmposod. Mr. H. K. Os borne, of counsel for tho defense, stated that thc motion for a new trial would not ba argued-lb would ho lt fe with the court. But au etfort would be made for the arrest of judgment under tho act ,of 1906, under which this court ls held, whloh limits the session for one week, and that under I his rule the verdict rendered after midnight last Saturday was null and void, and world eliminate tho passing ot sentence. The court replied that he would be governed by section 27 which he had in view when ho carrico tho case over, and further stated that it would bo left to thc supreme conn to be tlie a; bl 1er. When the judge again a^ked If the prisoner wa? ready for sentence, thc te ply was, "subject to our motion," rue court said, "lam going to over rule boab motion; are you ready for sentenocV" Mr. Osborne replied, "We have no further moiion, your honor." Tuc pii-jonor was then directed to baud up. George Hasty arose and stood erect with his face iqiaroly facing the judge. There was not the slightest bat of an eyelid, tho faintest quiver or twitch of tho muscles o? features to indicate bliab he was in any way Impressed by the solemnity of the occasion, hub thero sab the Judge lo his ermine -there were the cUlcers of thc c mrb-aboub bim pris oner were his lav/vers and In tho rear In tho room some bhtee hundred poo Plie scene was dramatic and Judge M.?. mminger, in addressing bho pris oner, said: "You have been tried here on ohargo of murder and you have sulT^r ed the fearful and horrible ordeal of the lasb live days In which your life has been hanging in thc balance. 1 havo endeavored to give you an abs) lutely fair and Impartial trial. You have boen represented by able and earnest counsel. You have had bhe I bcnetlb of a moat completo and able defense. I may have erred in the Conduct of your (case, lt In possible, I bub 1 do nob think so. 1 have given you my best judgment and best thought in t>lHs case, The Jury lias convicted you and given you the beuc ht of thc law, which reduces the pun ishment for murder from hanging to imprisonment for life. The courb has no discretion In tho matter. ' Havo yon anything to say why sentence should not bo pronounced on you?" Tue prisoner replied through coun sel. "Nothing, but what has been stated." Tuc ccu rb said: ' Listen now tn bbc sentence of the law. lb being h quired of tho defen dant, George Hasty, whether he bath anything bo say why sentence should nob bc pronounced against him, and he saying nobbing bo bbc contiary ex copb whab has already been said, lt h. hereby ordained and lb is thc sent enco of thu law that he, George Hasty, from henceforth and hereafter, bo contincd ab bard labor In tho State penitentiary for the remainder of his natural lifo," After concluding bhosentoncc Hasty resumed his scat. Af ber receiving Mw sentence of doom i so solemnly and impressively ubbcrcd by tho Judge, aa ho stood sbrong, youthful and full of lifo in tho sunlight that beamed through lue windows of tile courb room, and re scabing himself, lb appeared bhab Has ty was a man of iron. For live days he had pasBcd tho ordeal and lt seem ed that tho crucial test surely ha l boon experienced. Was tho man really mado of Iron? Was thero any man nur in which to roaoh his heart; or was he to any degree susceptible to gentler or enne hiing Influences? Then the unexpected happenod and In a very abrupt and startling manner. His honor had retired to tho autc room and there was astir and hustle about the cjurt room. li v. Kniest Ross, a young minister, walked to the scat of Hasty and placed his arm around the unfortunate young man. Then the pont up feelings of a week, tho latent springs of emotion burst forth lu a torront of tears. Tho young man wept unceasingly, without sound, but tho silenca wat) more pain ful and awful than tho sharp shrill cry of many babes or women. Hon was a strong man in agony. The minister wept with him. Presently they were J lined by John Kltohlns, a harbor and close friend of the prisoner he is a youth of slight build, light complexion with hair to match and blue eyes. Ho too wept. The three made a strange plo! uro as they g'oup ed ti gether around a desk in the ohancal cf the bar, while a short JIS lance off several leading lawyers car ried on a lively conversation, Inter pnr.od with laughs and smiles, to tally oblivious of tho groat grlof only a few feet away. When the minister departed Kltchlus remained with Hasty. Tho two sat together In tho chancel and throughout tho talk tear-, would trickle down Hasty's ohcek and bia companion sorrowed with him. After remaining In court room for an hour after sentence had baen pro nounced thc handcuffs were placed on Hasty by thc slier!fl and he was ac companied again to the county Jill, where he will romain until the su [rcrao court dually settles the matter whether or not ho will get another trial. In the event he falls the re mainder of his lifo will be sp^nt lu the penitentiary. Miss Sheridan and Miss Bishop were uot present when sentence was pass?e on tho mau who had deprived each of her Intended husband. Those young women who, during their stay her. have boen shown many courtesies am attentions in Gaffney, will return le morrow and Ti ursday to their north ern hom's. Miss Bishop goes to Cnlcago i>nd Miss Sheridan to N.^w York. Thc writer has lt on excellent authority that the verdict of the j irv ls satisfactory to these young women, who have i uff red so much as tho re sult of tho tragedy. Mr. J. G. Otts, pf counsel for the prosecution, received a telegram from N. M. Coraleigh, president of thc Ac tors' S cloty of Amcrloa, which reads as fi "Ho.vs: "Congratulations to yeti and ot har gentlemen, who so admirable con (1 tic ted prosecution. Compliments to Mr. Sease and thanks to you all for magnificent defence of ladies' charao tera against Johnstone s cowardly as SUUU"" _?_- . -:'? LOST IN THK B?RSKTS. S'x Oh 11 (iron Dmippoar in New York ht Two J)nyn. A dispatch from New York says Into thc mysterious maze of the me tropolis six children have vanished from their home? since Monday with out leaving a singlo clew to aid their relatives and the police In thc scaroh which ls being made for them. Albertina Wolr,z, fifteen years old, oreti y und tall, left her home at. No. 5.18 East O.io Hundred and Fifty third street, Moi d'.y morning to go to her wi rk ai tho B ?torprise Dyeing c mpatiy's plant at C .bimbos avenue aud. Eighty rd f th street. Shebas not boen seen since, although every efl rt has bc n made to lind tier. lier par ents hollow that she has been kidnap ped. Margaret Kemp, aged thirteen years, and E ina Wyalss, aged ten, temporarily held at thc Laura Frank lin home and hospital for treatment, wore Been talking to a strange man Monday afternoon on the hospital pi azza. The) have not been seen since although they were dressed In thc gray uniform of thc home, and are be mg Bought by the police, the Gerry society and their relatives. Thomas Rawlins, aged eighteen, of No. 1514 Loxlugton avenue, Invited Annie Hyams, aged sixteen, of No. 115 lCtst NInetv-eighth street, to go mit and get some soda water with him Monday ev Mug. The b iy displayed $50 in tho store. After leaving thc s Gi re nothing has boon seen of the youth and his companion. General alarms have been sont out In the case of each of tho missing children, nn I all tho policemen cf ev ery precinct have been searching for them, but in vain so far. Aluritorei Kroml, Word renelle i Booncville, Owsley county, Ky., Fri ny, that ti e Court . -f Appeals .had denied a rehearing to Hiram Brandenburg, who was re ce?? ly "on vic ted of tuc murder of li h;rt Lynch. At an carly hour that morning half a dozen friends of the condemned man entered tho rosl in nee of the J iller, John B ker, and at tho point of their pistols lompel-' .erl him to opou tho door of tho | risou and release lils prisoner. Thoy lo. k t d the jailer In tho cell with his own keys. The Jailor says he ls curtain he dOi.s not know who tho men were, in? J UK Ti *ilo. .'How does thc Jug trade hold out? queried a Herald reporter toan em p oyfl of tho S iUthom F.".?:re:,:; 0 mpa iiv Friday. There is a s i/ht Increase, you might say, Instead of thoscvonty iive gal.on per day average, lt would bo a conservative estimate to put lt any when frrm e ghty to ninty K al lons pi r cay. On nome daw Fr. day and Saturdays for instare?, Mitre ls a tremendous rush; but tho average throughout the week will hold good at eighty or ninety gallons per day. This from the Spartanburg Herald shows that the jug trade in that city ls flourishing. Pound In a Tree. When a inanity or nitroglycerine exploded near Wllllamston, W. V., two wcoks ago, II D. Korr was driv ing a wagon lu which lt was being carrhd. All that could bo found of him Immediately after tho cxplos'on was a few pieces of flesh and these wero shipped to Ohio for burial. Fri day lila lacerated body was found In a troo three hundred fuel from tho soeno of the explosion. Over Twelve Hundred Mea En tombed in a Furnace. TERRIBLE DISASTER. Hundreds af Bodies Have Beca i ak.... Ont. France ls Shocked by the Magnitude of the Catastrophe the Worst in Mining History. A rllspatch from Paris says a min ing catastrophe of lncaluable horror and magultude has strlokcn thc great coal centre of northern France. An explosion of ilrc-damp at 7 o'olook SaliV'day morning carried death and destruction throughout tho network of o: al mines cantered at Courriero, and Uro followed tho explosion, mak lrg ..'cseue difficult, and almost Im p itsible. All France has been pro foundly shecked by the magnitude of rho disaster, which is said to be the greatest in the history of continental mining. T ie scene of thc catastrophe ls the mountainous mining region near L?ns in the department if PaL-dc-Calais. Hore are huddled small hamlets of Lin1 mine workers, who operate the mose procHio:lve ooal mines lu France. Tr o subterrant an chambers form a s ri: s of tunnels. Six of the outlets aro near Duns, and others aro at (Joui-rh.re, Verdun and many other points Thc output of theuo mines ls par:jcuU).rv aombustiule and ls largely u?eft in the manufacture of gas ano in smelting. About 2,000 minen* wo) k the group of mines and, with .heh' families, mako a population of from 0,000 to 8,000 souls The catastrophe took piacc shortly af?Cr 1 70;J man hdd descended luto tiie. mino Saturday morni-ig. There wai a deafening explosion which wr s foll ?wed by the cages and ui.nA g ap paratus biiug hurled from thc moutn of the Courlere mino. Men and h( rst s nomby outside the mino were oithei stunned or killed. Tho roof of thc mthe ellice was t'urn off. Immediately oliov?1- the explosion the flames . '..JIU thc mouth of the pit, drlv ?ngfback those without who sought to enter and dooming thoso within. The work of attempting to reBOue tho imprisoned minors was hastily bo gun by c ni dals, engineers and miner;, irom tho liurroundlng mlues, who fronted parties and made heroic ef forts to penetrate the smoke and foul gases and bring out the imprisoned men. The families of the entombed miners crowned about thc shaft, Beek lng fathers or husbands and t hreaten ing in their efforts to obtain details to force back thc gendarmes who kept them from the mouth of the pit. Toe populace of the district is appalled by the disaster which iff eta overy household. Those persons who were rescued were terribly "urned. It has been learned that cut of 1,705 men who ascended Into the phs to work, only 501 have come up, leav ing 1,204 burled In tho three pits. Throughout the afternoon thc heroic . ff .rta at rescue were continued, but nightfall brought thc conviction thai the entombed mon had been suffocated and thc dispatch from Lille at 8 46 p. m. announcing tho number of death at 1,105 appears to romovo tho last hop ; that others may bo brought to the surface alive. Some of the Imprisoned miners sought to escapa to the pits which re mained iutaot and several resoues were made. The first cages oame up at 10 o'clock with about a dc/.sn half suffocated men, who were promptly taken to tho hospital. Among them was M Voisin, an ongliioor, wno had attompted to organ /i a succor. To wards neon wounded workmen began to lie brought up In tho baskets arid the bodies of two men were taken from pit 10. It is fe.>?od the remainder had been asphyxiated. Assistance reach ed (Jourricre from all seotlous cf the department and a large foroeof volun teers took part In thc efforts mado to rc; cue tho entombed mlucrs, recover tli? bodies of Hie killed and help In I >. killed and help in the work of sal rage. O ;e of tho rescued minors, Pierre Daason, said: "I was 280 metres from thc shaft when I heard a deafening explosi?n. Tiie air Immediately bt oimc'iailll id and Ulled with poisonous vapors, Instinctively 1 groped m> way toward tin-{bottom of the shaft of pit 2, neat willoh I found a number cf suffocating comrades who had fallen helpless lu thc galleries and were ory i?.g for assistance, 1 assisted them to mount, the trohoy and thus thoy were mauled to reach the shaft." A state jfstupor and desolation prevails ovei che Courriero mining reg O i. Tue most agonizing seems aru witnessed at tho pit mouths and the gendarmes xpertence the utmost difficulty In re straining the crowds of people eager to ascertain tho fate of their relativos. Thc chief engineer of the di part ment Pa-i-di-Jal?is, M. Lion, says that tho lire broke out In tho pit at 3 o'clock last Monday afternoon and the engineers coped with lt as best obey were able, but that Friday, hi ing unable to master lt, thoy olosed ail thc outlets. Fissures, he thinks, must have formod which permitted thc gases to o; cipo and these becom ing Ignited, resulted In an explosion. Oao of tho engineers of the mine says that the cn go was unable to des send moro than 160 metres, whllo tho gal lery where tho miners aro entombed ls 50 metres farther down. Rescuers wno descended In this cago report having heard distinctly the Im prisoned men tapping on tho water pipes, hut tho hopo that ?vas rekindled hy tilla statement was extinguished hy l?ti'xinoor Loon, who ostlmatod that 5.6 would tako eight days to dis lodge tho dobrls in tho shaftB, and that meanwhile the minors would die, either from starvation or asphyxiation The latest news news reooivod in ra ri ? ls to the effoob that rescuers were still at work, but wero making slight progress, their work being most difficult and dangerous. Up to the present time 150 bodies have been taken from pits 10 and ll, all the having been asphyxiated. KILLED HER OWN SISTER. A Torrlblo Tr?KOtly tn Atlanta Caused by JoAlouoy. At Atlanta on Friday Mrs. Edward M. Sandi U r, aged 25 years, shot and killed ber sister, Miss Ohaipell Whine man t, aged 18, alleging that she com mitted the deed because of her hus band's attention to her vloMm. The dead glrlw.'.s to have been married thin week to a young business mar of Seneca, S. C , and all plaus for the marriage had. been practically com pleted. Mrs. Sandlfer went early Friday to tho home of her brother lu-law, D P. Dunham, with whose family MIHS Whlsemant made her homo, and en tered the sleeping room of her Bister. What words passed between the two were known only to the two, but soon four shots rang out and Miss Whlss mant fell, wounded in in the breast just above tho heart, and in other vital parts. She died half and hour later without having spoken. Mrs. Standifer went to her home and telephoned to her brother lu law's borne, asking if Miss Whlsouant was dead. Being Informed that she had died, M s. Standifer expressed no regret for her act, and said she would f dlow Mr. Dunham's advice and surrender to the police. She wa* arrested lator. During the day she converged freely with the police elli elals, declaring she had "avenged her outraged womanhood." E M Standifer came to Atlante about two years ago from Gadsden, Ala., where lie married his wife Hi8 father, he says, is W. E Standifer, United States marshal at Gadsden, and his ut c!e, W. H. S aodlfe., he asserted, is assistant Uolied Scatef district attorney at boat pl c?. Ho was detained at the po lice station af ter his wife was arrest ed, on the M.sp ob.u that ho m.?. nave had s< nv guilty knowle' go t tihe crime Tne oead girl is saul c baye been engag?e to be married ti J. E Sitten, o* 8?*nioa, S (J S. ,H tito . au? A dispatch from Washington say> ?euator Taiman, s'noo he has bee, iroughb prominently forward in tin rate legislation light has mi-.di one announcement that has been well re ceived in the Senate and even in the House. It is to tho effeot that there ls no neceasity for him to visit th?s White House for conference with th? Presldont. "The Senate now has charge of this matter," ho says, "and will be able to perfect lt without as sistance. The president has perform ed lils duties in the case in making recommendations to Congress and ip expressing his views as to what he thinks ought to be done." Tho ide:< of Senator Tillman is voiced most heartily by the Senate. DJ At ti ot Lieut, i'iko. Tho Columbia Record syas Rsv. J M. Pike, of this city, recd ved a tele gram Thursday morning from For' Russell, YV yomlng, announcing tb? death there of his son, Ll? ut. It. S. Pike, of pneumonia, Biter a short ih ?less. The body will be brought ?u r for interment and will probably a - rive Monday. Lieutenant Pike wa 29 years old and was b ?rn in Nova Scotia. He had entered the arms before his father located here, but has visited Columbia and luis many friends iiere. Ho saw activo service in Cuba and the Philippines._ A Tain ol' Horror, Advices received from Buenos Ayres Argentine R mubllc, state that a Por tugese meat dealer, named Jose Mo delry, had been arrested there oharg cd with murdering men and women and then selling their flesh as pork. Modeiry did a nourishing business until he foll Into the hands of tin law. The police found the remains of fourteen human bodies in Modeirv's shop and when his customors learned they had been eating humin flesh they tried to storm the J vii and lynch the prisoner, but tho ponce prevented tho maddened people from wtockln^ vengeance. Women In n Dun. At Mlddleboro.Ky,, ?In a pistol dud one day last week bitwon Mrs Allei Moore and Mrs. Lucy Tuoker as a re suit of a long time etil ur? I, Frank Maden was killed by a buil<>t fi m the rovolver of Mrs. Tucker Too womei met in frout of a saloon and after ?x changing a few words drew weap i Mrs. Tucker was i be il st to open ti . At the third shot Mrs. Moore turi c and ran down the s reet uuharmi Tills shot si ruck Madden, who v.. s ni ar tim saloon door engaged lu a game of pool. The caii-u cf to trouble ls said to have been a l'.vo af fair. i ' 11 ? ? i - i M who Roosevo t A dispatch from Washington jay Senator Tillman stated on Tnursdav that he did not propose tOClIir &by proposition to arnaud the Tillman G Hepple railroad investigation resolu tion, in accordance with ti.o sugge - tiens of the pros dent. Ho t?>8 tin resolution ls btffUient to II u t tue i I) Jeots intended au i to ois^ro.s wah the view of 'ho pro pi ,,>t A N w PfufcNUor, Tlie boara of trusties of th?: South Carolina university on Wedin sdav elected Mr. W. Hand, sup .Intend, ni of the oily schools of Chester as pro fessor of pethigfgy. Mr. Hand ls a flrstr&to school man. it ls not likely ho will accept, as his salary in his present position is tho samo as for tho now position-$1,600. Ho waa ! not a candidate. l'ut on tho Truck lion Bradford, a negro, told tho Sa vannah polioo a very queer story Thursday. Ho was ploked up on tho tracks of tho A. C. L., having been struck by an engine Bon says he was drugged,robbed and placed upon the track. Thc polioo are Investigat ing his story. Ho lost aa arm hy lils ooutaot with tho train, ADAMS TO H?NW. MU Kill MU! tl OP HENRY .1 AQU K l ll Vii HAD A LON? IUOl?H110V10 Sentence of Death Was Passed Thro0 Tears Ago, but Adams Ea tuned From Jail. The State supremo oourt has re manded the ctse of it. A. AdamB to the olrcult oourt In order that sen tonco of deatb may be passed. In sus taining tho appeal of Solicitor Davin, the supreme oourt in a dignified man nor appears to rebuke the oinutt court for ordering a new trial on "after discovered evidente" after the caso had been decided upon Ly thc supreme oourt. The supreme oourt seems to think lihat If there were any suoh evldenoe discovered aftor thc trial (iud discov ered after duo dlllgcnoo had failed to bring lt out before) the appeal for a new trial should have been made to tho supremo court after that tribunal had passed upon tho caso in its origl nal form. lt. A. Adams killed Henry Jaques at Cottagevll e, Colleton county, on the llth of February, 1903 Tho two men were onncoted by marriage. In tho trial whloh followed, R. A. Adams was found guilty of murder and was ?lentcnct d to be hanged on tho 6th of lune, 1903. Thoso occurenoes were throe years ago. Adams escaped from tho O illoton count; Jill boforo the day set for his execution. Strange stories came tn Columbia occasionally, by letter and otherwise, and Oov. Hey ward ofT>.red rewards aggregating a large sum foi thc capture of this man. Too off.'r of a largo reward han tho eff ;otinteudcr md tho iUlcers of the law received u rip that the fugitive would v;slt b i o ne on a certain night. Tho posse captured Adams after mc or two shots had been exchanged Wain the case oame up In tho olrcu o -urta yoar ago last March, Mr. Jamo R Davis, tue solicitor, movid foi judgment in accordai O? with thcordi a if tho lupreme oouit, for the case ha J deeu decided by thu supreme oourt bt 'oro Adams made his etcipo. Tho condemnation of tuc oourt, in )>mpllanoe with the vcrdiot of til jny, was stayed again last Marci), .veeu ex-Juige D. A. Townsend wat presiding; for the defendant's attor neys argued that they had some nev? vldeo?e and a new trial was granted v r the solicitor's protest. Mr. Di/1> nade an appeal to tho supreme court Tiie opinion flied Friday sustain? he o intention of Mr Davis and the supremo oourt says that the ciico.it oiurt had no Jurisdiction to grant a new trial. In concluding, tho suprome v'ourt says; "The order of tho olroolb oourt li reversed for want of Jurisdiction ano the case ls remanded to tho oiroult court for tho purpose of having a hew lay assigned for the execution cf the xontence In conformity with the ac olon of this oourt. " At the next term of court che son .enoe of death will be pronounce* igaln. It ls probable that tho S^a'.. board of pardons will bo culled upon lu this case. THE JU JGii. WAS DRUNK. .J m t?o i of Al*b in* Sudrciw i Court Took foo .Much. Ti n Christian Advoo\te, publlshc-i > lf.imigium, Ala., reoantly ooo al ned a o lurg a of drunkenness .gainst Ais cl it ; Jut lo of the Su preme Court-John C. Anderson, and lu Its ourrent lstue it contains.* lette) from Judge Anderson ack lowledglnu his guilt. Tao editor cf the newsr-a per charged that Judgo Anderson, with two other state t lliolals, was drunk at thc funeral of Coief Ju st lei McClellan, At Athens, and lie asker ttiat all three resign. The edito; charged that Judge Anderson was s. drunk that he had to be taken iron tiie train to tiie hotel by his friends Judge Anderson, lu a lotter to thi editor, says that he did tike a li -tb too much, and add : "I trust and promise, by the help of God to commit no act of folly that oin rcfleot up in me as a o tizan ot hiing In quesMni t ie r? pu.at iou of an honorable oUloi li .stowed up >u me by tho g ?od p plo of my native state." lt V J. B. Kills, editor Of the nov, - piper whloh contained the articles lr pp?d dead J no after reading th ie K r t f Ju j.' Andiisi n. The newt pupers <f lue slate tire domiudmg thi resignation of tho t (Heals who wi ti charged with bei g druck on this oe oisslon, Jil ige A iderson when s e stated that he bad nothing furthoi to say than i' at, l o 1 d rillen. Kttfl'ii u n|(j?tr . A O naha N o., Jules Al hens .i .) CK Mi cull, well known >ou v io s men, B'rdvy night c o' t v f nra of the d c v/. lob o. 0 sh n Hr q ilflb hl9 claim upon tu > i irl .VI a ..u'u Baker, a pro>'y ??? on y p r, f r .vinnie f iv ii bo h nf the <n ?re rival*. W. ttl le th? g i m . wa. lng played M s M k r s et d b d DUC u.aged vi a man. After each won a game, Mitchell threw (our six and lityng (ff the tie. Miss B k lu ii b g jd Al-,neus to let lu r pu i i hun. telling hi xi ho might los . But a I? be us refused ond threw h hand hims If H? k'>t a p.ilt of d U s ind, uf'u rs inking bauds with bo ll Mttohell and M .-.s Bikor, left, savin, ho would never o ill '>n her again. liol MOM ll,tr,Mill, The C ? u ndia Hoe ?rd says early Phu sflay morning thc barn of Mr. Hey ward Creen was burned, and thc b ss was quite scrlouB Besides the building and other oontenta three horses, a oalf, buggy and harness were destroyed. Tho origin of the Ure is nob known- Mr. Green lives a short distance out east of tim city. Shut lu * O ?fe. TCphrlan Hall, aged 25, was shot and fataily wounded In Spencer's cafe, Greenville, on Saturday night after I midnight with a pistol. There weie five men In the placed at tho time, most of them uudor tho Influcnco if whiskey. Tho coroner's Jury found a verdict against Thos. Harrison, with Toter Uowloy as aooesory. BATTLE AT JOLO. Six Hundred Moros aud Twenty Two Americans Killed. ? STUBBORN B-1TTLE. With ? Desperate Band of Native Ont laws on the Uland of Moro. deo. Wood Reports That toe Moro Forces Were Exterminated. A dispatch from Manilla says an Important aotlon between Amerloan foroes and hostile Moros has taken place near J do. Kif teen enlisted men .vere killed, four commissioned t Moura '.nd thirty enlisted men were wound* ed, and a naval contingent operating with the military sustained thirty two casualties. The Moros lost six hundred men killed. Mvjor Gen. Leonard Wood, oom* naoder of tho di vi don of tho Pnllip? Pines, reports as follows from Jolo, capital of the Sulu Islands: "A severe ao iou oetween troops, a naval detachment and constabulary, and hostile Moros baa taken place at Mount D iJo, near Jolo. The engage neut opened during tho afternoon of March 0 and ended lu the morning of March 8 foo aotlon involved the capture of Mount? DJ J ), a lava ooue, two thous ind, one hundred feet high, with a ?rater at its sum nit and extremely dseep. The last four hundred feet were at an aogle of s'xtv degrees, and nore were li tey p upendloular ridges, 3 ver d with a gnwth of timber an i itrongly fortified, and defondtd by an i .i viii bio turee of M ?ros. "Tno army ca u il ties wore fifteen Hilisf'-d men killed, four commission ad (tillers and thirty enlisted men vouuded. Toe naval oamaltles num bered thirty two. Eoslgned H D. (Jo ike, Jr., commanding the United S ates steamet l'un panga, was severe ly wounded and Coxswain Gilmore was severely wounded in the elbow. "The constabulary casualties-wore dipt. John lt White, wounded in nie thigh, severely; three enlisted men Killed and thirteen wounded. Capt. Tyree Rivers sustained a slight flish vnut.'d lu biio. thigh; Lieut Gordon was dig'htlv wounded in tho ldglit^PM Lieut. Wylie T. Conway, of the 65h infantry, was slightly wounded In the left eye. All the wounded are doing -veil. "Col. Joseph W. Dunoan, of the nth infantry, directed the operations. VU the defenders of tho M)ro strong? mid were killed. Six hundred bodies -vere found on tho Held. "The aotlon resulted lu the exter mination of a band of outlaws, who, cognizing no chief had been raiding friendly Moros, and owing to their le (lance of the Amerloan authorities ad stirred up a dangerous condition f affairs. ' T io artlbry was Hf tel by blook nd tackle, ? di tance of 300 faot into . p "'. iou ou tho lip of t ie enter. Brig G 3.1 M al Bliss and mysolf were ?r?sout throughout the action. "The attacking o ilumns were oom? Tianded by Mijor Om ir Bundy, Capt. K P. Lawton, Cipo. Hivers, Capt L. M. Rodder, Uapt. M^Glaohlin and Lieut Johnston. "Tue tinder* and men engaged ilghly commend tho Moro oonstabu , irv, who did excellent work, their o isualtles numbering seventeen out if the foroo Of forty-four engaged. "I? is Impossible to conoeive a itronger natural position than that vttaoked. * Too fighting lasted two days among ,ne lava ridges, which had boen trongly fortified by tno Moros. Ar dlery had to tod hoi ?tod by means of . jpa< up th a lat live hundred fest at .ii angle G ' d *. A dispatch from Sui ITrandlsco says went)-two modern rifles and io OOO .ouuda i f ammunition wf>re s. izad in he oj tartera of the Chinese crew on he 1'-cilio mail steamer Mii.churla, oheduled tos ill for tho Orient T lura aj alterno m. Tue o mpany'a iffl ? .11 thereupon ordored, it is said, as ..orough a search of the v.:,s l.u p , bin wuio i resulted in two more coxes of r.lljs being f mud In the room .: an a..lstan'i engineer, Tha engin? i3 r ai d Chinese were questioned and w. .* (ou m t hat v i ic KUHS had bean i rob MI! In i> its City b/ tho erglu ra'and smugifh d iii > ?.r i tue vesail. . r xv kl ' mi, ?I, tio n ia K. ll *rt, of the mast n ?M .Im., .-oho no r L.zz.e , a, u us c o.v . f seven, w?re n a G o c ->t .r, fil ias , Thura , b o B ulm schooner Kl on w .o i ..ul res ur?d tue Onad 0 s .io. from tueir st kl ig v<'h it ,vpu Hatteras, on Tiusiay. 1 U ai io.., oouad from Miyport, ?e .i, i i N i v Y i k. with lumbar, w.*s i udco oy a ' rev, lvh g oyoli ne," ?Ith only a qu .n.ity of macaroni mo water foi food and drinkh g. J pt. lint and Ids m n orlfti d at the nercy if the tomposu and sea for three days. Bhoi ny wini?'? Otlloer. At New Yurk on Tnuisdaya flghb lu tue foi co na ie of tho steamer Mas* saohusotts, In whlon about twenty me in bora of the crew participated, coded when James Slooum was shot and killed by Fourth Ollloor Elmer H. K rwin. Another officer was hoing beaten into unconholousneas by Slo oum when K erwin rushed to his as sistance aud puta bullet through Slo cum's brain. numil in M H iu> wal mc* A dispatch from Norway says a ..now aivalancho at Lofoten Islands Friday buried a number of fisher men's buts. He.oucrs extricated $1 dead and 30 injured.