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The "?X> THOO, GRBAT L1BBRTT, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN IRY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR I) KATI IS GLORIOUS I? THY OAUSB." BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY MARCH 16, 1906. NO. 12. i FATAL FIGHT Chief of l'olice White Shots and Kills Farmer Ashley IN A SHOOTING fcCflUP At Hupen Path, S C., and the Friends of the Dead Man Wanted to Lynch White, but Troops Were Sent to the Scene at Once. A terrtble tragedy was enacted at Honea Path on last Thursday after noon, as a re; if b of wt.loh John Mar lon Ashley was killed. A dispatch to Tu* State says Ohlei of PJ?O? White undertook to arreit a son of Mr. Ash ley when Mr. Ashley drew his pistol and attompted to shoot Mr. White, whereupon Mr. White drow his pistol and tiree! twice in quick succcs-sion, both balls taking tffaot, one entering the ohesb aud the other the st( mach. Mr. Ashley also Bred twice, one bah grazing Mr. v\i> es tl umb. After thia M White turned and walked luto lloi.it d s, when ho was tired at by some one from behind tho store. There w s a large crowd In town and considerable excltcujcnb prevailed for a time. Reports were current that an attempt would be made to lynett Mr. White and the sherill was tele graphed for and later the governor was asked to s nia company here to prevent pohsibl. nlo. dabed. The sher iff and a comp<...) ?rem Anderdon have arrived and evety toing is quiet at this hour. Mr. White sm\ondered to the sherill and has been Kent to Anderson. This is the tirst homicide that has occurred within three miles of tlonca Patti. Whlto received out wound. Excitement was high when shoot lng took plaoo and all kinus of wild rumors wen uh\wt as to the Intentions of the Ashleys, who were in 1 Ionen Path In lat KC numbers. So far they have done nothing oxcepb watch close ly what they think ls the hiding place of white, threatening to kill him at t?ret sight. Tho military company fr? nu ,,AMdc?$jj||^l I v < yo Honea Pivtli. Tue o m nany wa? lieut to give the best protection to tlie "po liceman. Tho whole bown was armed and had the Ashley's attempted to reach White a bloody riot would have followed. John Marlon Ashley died about 10 o'clock Thursday night. Capt. P. K McOuhy, Jr., arrived willi thc mili tary company dom Anderdon on n special train at tue sumo hour. Slier HT Green accompanied the troops and took commauo of conditions In lion ea Path Immediately on nis aril val. Po liceman White was placed cn the special train at d taken to Anderson for safe keeping. Ho wat. shot in the hand ano is not seriously hurt. While exe teme nt was In lenee immediate!) after tho shooting, it gradually suh sided au time, passed and when the military arrived thc streets were o.ear ed and order was restored, Toe Ashl ) Clan began to tl In out. Tho Slate ha.1, s news of the trouble reaohod Columbia annul seven o'clock Thursday ti ghi, in a message lo G^v lleywaid, asking him Lo uk.; s le pa te prevent fur l.er trouble, ll sei imo to bc feared that the Ashleys would at tempt to lynch Wniie ii he made an (hort to get uwiiy from the house to which he went after thc shooting. Gov. Hey ward at ene got Into commu nication willi Sheriff Creon of Auder sou and instructed him to go at once to thc scone and ordered the Anderson militia company to lum out subject to tlie orders of the sherill', giving lu struotlons also that a special train bo secured to take the sher I If and militia to linnea Path. Sher.ll' Green was al ready preparing to go, although he was sick, and ho immediately procoeo ed under the governor's Instructions. Capt. P. K, McCully, Jr., soon had his company ready to have Anderson, 35 htrong, and tho trip to ffonea Path was evidently mace in a short timo, lb is ten miles from Andersen to Helton over the Hine Ridge railroad and eight miles from Helton to Ilonoa Path over the Columbia and Green villo division of tho Southern. When the party reached Honea l^ili White was at oro; secured, win,out any tron?le from him, of course, and wm. taken to Anderson by the sherilT. Capt. McUully, lt seems, remained lu ohargo of the situation at Honea Path. Honea Path ls In the county cf An demon, but tho killing of tho negro Alien Pendleton last .September, lif which John Marion Ashley and otherh wero Implicated, look place a few miles from tho town of Honea Path In Abbeville county, the town being very near tho linc. John Mai ion Ash icy was one of thc men under Indict* ment for the killing if Pendleton. Thc case agni: si them was to hav< been heard at the ourt In Abbeville last m.m th, but was postponed. Pendleton, it will bo remembered, killed young Jim Moore and In turn was hims lr "lynched" by "unknown parties," for wh c i deed warranth were taken < ut fv,r John Marlon Ash ley, J. R M ion;, tho fall.er of tho boy kiilctl, John, .1 ish ahd Will Mooro, Ins brothers, Sam Hlgby and Hugh R wen, John Marlon Ashley was au uncle by marriage of tho boy Jim Moore, and according lo tho evi dence at tho Inquest he was the loader of the ga.ig who took Pendleton to the woods. John Marlon Ashley ls a cousin of tho Justly celebrated "Oil feen" Josh Ashley, who has for so many years represented Anderson county In the I, I? f "?A MftrvOwiva i\t Um Al,:... itgi.'ii.uuiii. i?iumuc ui Xiii" ..-.iiity family have had serious trouble bc foro this with the police of Honea Path. Policeman White, it soems, lias nob long been on tho forco of Honoa Path. ON HIG HT L1NB. nu: M: W DI SIM; NS AI; V MOA un io CORRI3CT H13OI0NT A Hi SIM. Bequest Blank Feature Sovived in all Dispensaries and Goods May be Bent Hack. The new state board rf dispensary directors assumed control of tho busi* ness Wednesday af Us noon, adopting a sensation set of resolutlonal as a startor in what promises to bo an IEL- j proved and highly Interesting admin istration. Tho resolutions assert that, "several huudred thousand dollars .vorth of high priced Roods" havo been purohascd by tho old board "with no legal record of purchase" and ap parcntly "not ordered shipped In ac cordance with law." Therofore, the resolutions say, the board will em ploy the best counsel it eau lind and in the event this suspicion ls confirm ed "tho shippers of theBo goods will bo noll lied that those goods aro here sui j ,ot to their orders, and the same must bc removed at once." Tho resolutions go on to instruo'. the clerk to publish a complete in Y Dice of thc goods cn hand, seo that tho people of tho state eui and will sec thc condition of affairs at the state dispensary on thc 1st of Mirch, 1?00." And "the commlssonor ls hereby Instructed not to rec ?Ive any goods claimed to have been bought by 01 r predecessors in ( thoo, or any goods now ia transit; and that no goods whatever shall bo ordered exacpt gcods purchased by thc present bjarr" of directors. " Tue dispensary investigating oom iniu.ee is called upon to furnish thc names or any whiskey houses sus p?cted of unfair dealings with thc state "so that we can hold up their bids." The request blank feature of the law which Senator Tillman "roasted" ihe old board for allowing to fall Imo disuse is called bick Into operation in no uncertain terms, delinquents In this respect to ba Jerked up before thc governor. Auotner recommendation of S na tor Tillman ls carried out In chang lug tiie form of the advertisement for bids so as to put them on a competi tivo basis. Although the state dispensary ls lu urgent need of certain Hues of sup plies only about ?l.HOO worth of pur chases were made lu cheap goods to supply Immediate needs. The board adjourned to meot again on tho 2UMi when tho legality of purchases mado wy .mo Old board will bo further 'can vassed, The annual stook-taklng now In progress will not bo complete for sev eral days. Commissioner Tatum esti mates thc stock on hand at the state dispensary at 840,000. Probably moro than that amount ls in thc sub-dis pensaries throughout tho state. Five ca's of high priced whi>-key are n iw standing in tho yards, Commis sumer Tatum having refused them. How much more is on the road Is not Known. The old board has not yet made tts report to the legislature. The only member of the old board present io transfer the business to tho new board was Mr. Boy kin. Tue new board gave out a r umber of olerloal Jobs today. M. H. M.-bley was made cleik of tho board r.o m - ced G. il. Clunks, resigned. J S J Faust, of B m.?erg, was ma io genera) bookkeeper to suceed Mobley, Miss Sadie Thrallktll, of R'chburg, suco ?eds Miss bMorenco McKenzie as stenog rapher to tuc board and WI.liam F. Lamar, of Columbia, si. creeds Joe L. rp ?rp as lusp otor. Tho resolutions, which will create so much Interest, were Introduced by Ms J Blaok. They were unanimously adopted, A Petri Had Body. Recently C. W. McKo-vn, E. P. Macomson and Kenyon M ?Craw had occasion to lake up tiie remains of a lady relative who was buried in the Sorv'ce grave yard, about soven miles from Gaffney, and move lt to another grave in the same cemetery. When ? hey dug down to the box and attemp ted to move it they found lt too heavy for the help at hand to move. They opened the coffin and to their amtr. ment tliey found that tho body was partly petri dod. The head and feet had decayed but tho rest of thc body wai perfect. The body was reentered as was at first planned. This lady was one of Gaffuey'8 must highly rcspeoted and host bolevjd ladles. Murdin1 und Simmie A dispatch from Augusta, Ga., says M L Cohen, a young Ilobrew, at an early hour Thursday morning after retiring with his wife at a house on Market street, secured a gun, shot his wife and then himself. Ho died in stantly. Thc woman never regained c lusciousness, and died a short while after being f. u id several hours lauer Tney came from Savannah a fow days ago. Tney wore married hero six weeks ago. Ivl tl or Hilm ICd i tor. L. Stuckey, editor of The Pcoplo'K Demands, was shot and killed ai Cul fax, La , Thursday morning by A. M. Goodwin, editor of thc Colfax Chroni cle. The CAUSJ of the tragedy was the publication of au article by Sluok oy willoh it is alloged wus a rel! otloii on tho character of Goodwin. The shooting occurred on the depot p!at fo.m. Gcodwl fi i od turee shots, all of willoh tonk effect, killing SUickey almust instantly Hank KXAUlinOr. The governor, upon thc recommen - dation of the hanks, has appointed L. C. llolleman, assistant cashier of thc pooplc's bank of Anderson, bank exa miner. Mr. llolleman Is .'15 years old and a linc business man. Thc salary ls $3,000 and traveling expenses, and ho Is tr> have an assistant at a salary of *l,f)00. Killy HtorlrH. New York ls to have a skyscraper .00 stories in height, the top ol willoh will ho erected at Broadway and Llb erty street by tho Singer Manufactur ing company. Hasty Found Guilty of Murder With Plea of Mercy. A PATHETIC SCENE, After Receiving Sentence of Life Im prisonment in the Penltentiaty the Prisoner Bicnks Down and Weep-i With His Friends in the Court House After deliberating for something over twelvo hours the Jury ohargod with the trial of Geovgo Hasty, at Gaffney, for thc murder of Milan Hen nett, brought in a verdlot on Tuesday morning of last week of guilty with a recommendation to raeroy. While no accurate poll could be at-cortained, lt is understood that tho majority of thefc jurors stood for oapital punish ment and acquittal was not an Issue. Shortly after 8 o'clook tte Judge re paired to the court room and thc ver dict was announced. The news of the agreement of the Jury spread the city like wlldiiro. Since tho men re mained out so lo..?y, tho prcdlotlon was expressed that a mistrial would result. Hut tho verdict was a triumph of law and order and decency, ic vin dicated tho majesty of the law, and will stand aa a warning to those who think that by any meena they can rid? blip ahod over what ia decent and -rderly, and in doing ao spill human blood and lightly eaoapo. Tho senti ment in Gaffney waa strong y against, the oonvicted man. Toe good people of Chen kee county do not want to go on record aa upholding or countenanc ing him and their verdict ia tho best evidence <. f their opinion. At ? 30 o'clock court convi ned. At tor ney 8 for defendant gave motion of a new trial, which was overruled. After a abort timo George Hasty, handcuffed, and accompanied by a*> otllcer, walked down the aisle from inc main entrance .f tho court room In an erect and indifferent manner On reaching t he chancel of the bar, inside of which he was aoon to alt, he pleasantly exchanged the greetings of the day with (Jul. George Johnstone, leading c junsol of the defense, who waa comfortably seated near a atove. Ho found his accustomed place inside the railing, and Ijco.xmean apparently uninterested and indifferent apeota tor. Judge Mommtngcr asked if tho de fendant waa ready for sontenoo ot court to be impoaod. Mr. H. K. Os borne, of cou.i8el for the defenae, stated that thc motion for a new trial would not ba argued-it would bo left with tlie court Hut au effort would be made for the arrest of judgment under tho act fit 1905, under which thia court ia held, which limits tho session for cue week, and that under rbis rule the verdict rendered after midnight last Saturday was null and void, and world ellmluate tho parsing ct sentence. Thc court replied that he woulo ho governed by section 27 v/hicli he had in view whou ho carried the case over, and further 8tated that it would be left to the supreme court to be the ai biter. Win n the |u>'ge again asked If the prisoner was ready for sentence, the icply was, "subject to our motion,'' l i e court said, "1 ara going ti) over rule boat motion; aro you ready for sentence V Mr. Osborne replied, "We have no further motion, your honor. " Tao pi i loner waa then directed to taud up. George Hasty arose and stood erect with his face tquarely facing the judgo. There was not the slightest bat of an eyelid, the falutest (julver or twitch of the muscles of featurca to Indicate that he was in any way impressed by the solemnity of the occasion. Hut there sat the Judge In his ermine-there were the ctllaera of the c >urt -about the pris oner were lils lawyers and in tho rear in tho room some three hundred poo pie. Tho scone waa dramatic and Judge Mi. malinger, In addressing the pris oner, said: "You have boen tried here on oharge of murder and you have sulfur ed the fearful and horrible ordeal of the last live days In which your life lias beer? hanging in the balance. I havo endeavored to give you an abs; lutely fair and Impartial trial. You havo boen represented by ablo and earnest counsel. You have had the henelltof a moat complete and able defense. I may have erred In the conduct of your lease. It la possible, hut I do not think so. 1 lia ve given you my best Judgment and best thought in tills case, The j try hus convicted you and given you the bene fit of the law, which reduces the pun ishment for murder from hanging to I m orison ment for life. Thc coort hus no discretion in tho matter. ' Havo you anything to say why sontonce should not bb pronounced on you?" Tue prisoner replied through couti ael. "Nothing, but what has been stated." The court said : "Listen now to thc sentence cf the law. lt being ir quired of the di f. n dant, Goorge Ilaaty, whether he hath anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced against bim, and ho saying nothing to tho contrary ex copt what has already been said, lt ls hereby ordained and lt ls thc sentence of the law that he, George Hasty, from henceforth and hereafter, be con lined at hard labor in tho State penitentiary for tho remainder of his natural life." After concluding thoacntonoc Hasty resumed his scat. After receiving tho sentence of doom, so solemnly and impressively uttered by thc JlKlgO, SH he stoOii strong, youthful and full of life In the sunlight that beamed through the windows of tho court room, and re -il.. . Mm^filf 11 ? r?v /.? .?-./-I tl..." II.... .!.>:.. i . i '...>.. i >u .-fi.. . lian' ty waa a man of iron. For liv.! days he had paascd tito ordeal and lt acorn ee! that the cruolal teat surely had been experienced. Waa the mau really made of Iron? Was thero any manner In wbioh to reach his heart; or was he to any degree susceptible to gentler or emu hiing lulluenceb? Then the unexpected happened and In avery abrupt and startling manner. Ills honor had retired to tho ante mom and there was astir and hustle about thc ourt room. It v. Ernest Boss, a young minister, walked to the seat of Hasty and placed his arm around the unfortunate young man. Then the pont up feelings of a week, the latent springs of emotion burst forth in a torront of tears. The young man wept unceasingly, without sound, but tho silence was more pain ful and awful than tho sharp shrill cry of many babes or women, nore was a strong man in agony. The minister wept with him. Presently they were j lined by John Kltchlns, a batbar and close friend of Hie prisoner he is a youth of slight build, light oomplex.on with hair to matoh and blue eves. Ho too wopt. The three made a strange picture as they g'oup ed t< gether around a desk lu the ohancel of the bar, whllo a short ils lance oil several leading lawyers car riod on a lively conversation, inter neived with laughs and smiles, to tally oblivious of tho great grlof only a few feet away. When the minister departed Kltchlns remained with Hasty. Tim two sat together in tho chancel and throughout tho talk tear* would trickle down Hasty's oheck and his oouipanion sorrowed with him. After remaining lu court room for an hour after sentence had bien pro nominal the handcuffs were placed on Hasty by tho sher IT and he was ac companied again to the oounty j til, where he will remain until the su rrcmc court tinnily settles the matter whethor or not ho will get another trial. In tho eveut he falls the re mainder of his lifo will bo sprmt In the penitentiary. Miss Sheridan and Miss Bishop were uot present when sentence was passeo on tho man who had deprived each of her intended husband. Those young women who, during their slay her. have been shown many courtesies an' att?nuons In Gaffney, will return to morrow and Ti ur.iday to their north ern homes. Miss Bishop gu?s to Chicago and M:ss Sheridan to New York. The writer has lt on excellent authority that the verdict of the j irv ls sutisf.ictoi v to these young women, who have luff red so much as tho re sult of tho i ragedy, Mr. J C. Oota, pf oounsel for tao prosecution, received a telegram from N. M. Com leigh, president of thc Ac tors' S clety of America, which reads ?is fellows: "Congratulations to you and oth?r gentlemen, who so admirable con ducted pio^o itlon. Compliments to Mr. Seaso and thanks to you all for magnificent defence of ladles' ^harao tera against Johnstone s cowardly as LC ST IN THK SlRfiKTS. 8'x Uhihlrou Ditompenr iii New York in T\\\> I) iyH. A dispatch from New York says Into thc mysterious muzo of the me tropolis six children havo vanished from their homes since Monday with out leaving a single clew to aid their relatives and the pillee In the search which ls being made for them. Albertina Wulcz, Hf teen years old, oreti y and tall, left her home at No. 538 East Oao Hundred and Fifty thirdstreet, Moi diy morning to go to her werk at toe 10 ltorprlso Dyeing o mpany'ii plant at C .bimbos avenue iud Eighty-fifth street. She has not boen seeu sicco, although every efl ri hus bo> n made tu lind her. Her par II's biillevo thai, she has been kidnap ped. Margaret Kemp, aged thirteen years, and IO Ina Wyalss, aged ten, temporarily held at thc Laura Frank lin home and hospital for treatment, were soon talking to a strange man Monday afternoon on the hospital pi azza. They have not been seen since although they wore dressed in the gray uniform of thc home, and are bc mg sought by the police, the Gerry society and their relatives. Tnomas Rowlins, aged eighteen, of No. 1514 Lexington avenue, invited Annie Hyams, aged sixteen, of No. 115 Eist Ninety-eighth street, to go out and get soma soda wator with him Monday ev ning. The b'jy displayod $50 In tho store. After leaving thc sti r-j nothing has been seen of the youth and Ins companion, General alarms have he on sont out In the oaso of each of the missing children, and all tho policemen of ov i ry predi ot have been searching for t.'om, but In vain so far. Murdurei Frond, Word reiiche I ltooncvlllc, Owsley county, Ky., Fri ay, that tho Court, of Appeals .had domed a rehearing lo Hiram Brandenburg, who was re el oily LOU vic led of too murder of lt h.rt Lynch. At an early hour that morning half a dozsu friends of Hie condemned man entered tho resi dence of the j iller, .lunn ll ker, and at tho point of iheir pistols compel led him to opcu the door of the prison and rt dense lils prisoner. They lock ed the juiler in tho cell with Ids own keys. Tho Jader says bc is or tain lie docs not know who tho men were. lug .1 ag Trade. "How floes tho jug trade hold out? queried a Herald rt porter toan em ptoye of the s ?Uth?rn ICxproas o mps* nv Friday. There is a Slight inoreaso, you might say, instead of tho seven ty live gal.nu per day avorago, lt would bo a conservativo estimate to put lt anywhere frrm e ghty to ninety gal lons per ray. On some da>?,-Fr.* nay and Saturdays for Instar:ca, there is a tremendous rush; but thc average throughout tho week will hold good at eighty or ninety gallons per day. Ttiis from the Spartanburg Herald shows that tho Jug trade in that city ls flourishing, Found in ? Tree, When a q nan I ty of nitro glycerine exploded near Williamston, W. V., two weeks ago, ll D. Kerr was driv ing a wagon in willoh it was being carril d. All that could bo found ot o?iii Immediately after Hie explosion was a few plocos of Mesh and these wero shipped to Ohio for burial. Fri day lils lacerated body was found In a tree thrco hundred feot from tho II -eim of the explosion, Over Twelve Kundred Men En tombed in a Furnace. TERRIBLE DISASTER. Hundreds o? Bodies llave Been Taken Oui. France ls Shocked by the Magnitude of the Catastrophe thc Worst In Mining History. A :11s patch from Paris says a min ing catastrophe of incaluable horror and magnitude has strioken the great coal eentre of northern France. An explosion of ilrc-damp at 7 o'olook Sat A 'day morning carried death and dost! uotlon throughout thc network of olz.) minos centered at Courrioro, and Ure followed tho explosion, mak lpg rescue difficult, and almost 1m p asi?le. All Prance has been pro foin dly shi eked by the magnitude of ibo disaster, whioh is said to he the greatest in the history of continental min ir g. T ie keene of the catastrophe ls the mountainous mining region near L?ns In the department if Pat-de-Calais. Here are huddled small hamlets of the mine workers, who operate the moso proiiuo.Ive coal mines in France. Tro subterraman chambers form a a rivs of tunnels Six of the outlets ar?? near Dens, and others are at Courriere, Verdun and many other points The output of thouo mines is par^culti.ry eombmtlble and is largely uae'd m tho manufacture of gas and In smelting. About 2,000 uilnen* wOJk the group of mines and, with .heh families, mako a population of from U.0U0 to 8,000 souls The catastrophe took piaoe shortly af tor 1 795 uasn hud desoeuded Into the miuo Saturday moruiug. There wee a deafening explosion which wrs followed by the cages and mini: g ap paratus being hurled from the monto of the Couriers mino. Men and h( rsi o neinby outside the mino wero either stuhned or killed. Tho roof of the mise ellice was t'urn oft. Immediately 'oliov--- the explosion tho flames . ..jiu thc mouth of the pit, drlv logfback thofift without who sought to enter and dooming those within. The work of attempting to rescue tho Imprisoned miners was hastily bo gun by i nt Mais, engineers and miners irom the surrounding mluea, who troaied parties and made heroio ef forts to penetrate the smoke and foul gases and bring out the imprisoned meu. Tho families of the entombed miners crowded about the shaft, seek lng fathers or husbands and threaten ing in their efforts to obtain details to force back thc gendarmes who kept them from tbs mouth of tho pit. Toe populace of thc district) Is appalled by the disaster which iff cts every household. Those persons who were rescued were terribly binned. It has been learned that cut of 1,795 men who (in cended into the plis to work, only 501 have come up, leav ing 1,204 burled In tho three pi is, Throughout the afternoon the heroic .ff rta at rescue were continued, but nightfall brought the convietlon thai the entombed mon had been suffocated and tho dispatch from Lille at 8 45 p. m. announcing the number of death at 1,195 appears to rcmovo thc last hope that others may bo brought to thc surface alive. Some of the Imprisoned miners sought to escape to the pits whloh re mained iutaot and several rescues were made. Tho lirst cages came up at 10 o'clock with about a ch.?rn half suffocated men, who were promptly taken to the hospital. Among them was M Voisin, anongluoor, wno had attompted to organ zi a succor. To wards neon wounded workmen began to be brought up In tho baskets and the bodies of two men were taken from pit 10. It is feared tho remainder had been asphyxiated. Assistance reach ed Courriere from all sections r,f the department and alargo force of volun teers took part in thc efforts mado to re cue tho entombed miners, recover the hollies of tlie killed and help in t, e killed and helo in the work of sal 'ago. O ;o of tho rescued minors, Pierre Dasson, said: "I was 280 metres from thc shaft when 1 hoard a deafening explosion. The air Immediately bt eame'nirlll \d and tilled with poisonous vapors. instinctively I groped m> way toward thr|bottom of tho shaft of pit 2, near whloh I lound a ni mbor cf suffocating comrades who had fallen helpless In thc galleries and were cry log for assistance. I assisted them to mount tho trohoy amt thus they were rumbled to roach the shaft." A state ir stupor and desolation pn vails ovei t he Courriere mining reg OJ. Tue most agonizing scent s are witnessed at tho pit meu:hs and the gendarmes xporit nee the UblUOSt difficulty In re straining tho crowds of noonie eager io ascertain thc fate of their relatives. The chief engineer of the dtpart ment P.iht-di-Jal?is, M. L?on, says that tho tire broke out in tho nit at 3 o'clock last Monday afternoon and tho engineers ooped with it as best they were able, but that Friday, hi ing unable to master it, they dosed ? all thc outlets. Fissures, he thinks, must havo formod which pcrmlttod the gases to ci cipe and these becom ing lg .ited, resulted in an explosion. Ono of tho onglneers of the mine says that Mic enge was unable to des3end more than 160 metres, whllo tho gal-, lory where the minors aro entombed is 50 metres farther down. Rescuers who descended in this oago report having het.rd distinctly the Im prisoned ...... .,-?un HIV *<?>,<.?. pipes, but tho hopo that was rekindled by thia statement was extinguished by Engineer Loon, who ostlma'.od that it would tako eight days to dis lodge tho debris in tho shafts, and that meanwhile the miners would die, either from starvation or asphyxiation The latest news news reoeivod in Paris is to the effect that resouers were still at work, but wero making slight progress, their work helng most difficult and dangerous. Up to the present time 160 bodies have been taken from pits 10 and ll, all thc having been asphyxiated. KILLED HER OWN BISTSR, A Torrlblo Tr?KO?y lu Atlanta Caused by Joalouny. At Atlanta cn Ifrlday Mrs. Edward M. Sandifor, aged 25 years, shot and killed her sister, Miss Chappell Whine mant, aged 18, alleging that she com mitted the deed because of her hus band's attention to her victim. The dead glrlw^s to havo been married this week to a young business mar of Soneca, S. C , and all plans for the marriage had been praotioally com pleted. Mrs. Sandifer went early Friday to the home of her brother in-law, D P. Dunham, with whose family Miss Whisomant made her home, and en tered the sleeping room of her sister. What worda passed between the two wore known only to the two, bub Boon four shots rang out and Miss Whiso - 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. Stand Ker wont to her home and telephoned to her brother in law's home, asking if Miss Whisouant was dead. Being Informed that she had died, Mrs. Staudifer expressed nu regret for her act, and said she would f dlow Mr. Dunham's advice and surrender to the police. Sue was arrested lator. During the day ?ho converged freely with the police elli eials, declaring abo luid ''avenad her outraged womanhood." E M Staudifer came to Allants about two years ago "from Gadsden, Ala., where he married hin wife. Un father, he says, ls W. E Siandifer, Uuited States marshal at Oad-,den, and lila ui de, W. ff. S-audife.-, he asserted, is assistant UuU-ed S tatet district at-.orney a'., tnat pl c?. flo was detained at tho po lice station after hts wife was arrest ed, on the M.sp oh.n that ho ma nave had si mn ^uili y knowle- go < (he or I me Tneciead girl is saul c. have been engag?e to be married u J. E Sitton. o' 3?' . ci, S O S. .HI III) > MOO A dispatch from Wanning'on Raye tenator Tillman, s'noo ho nus bei jrjught prominently forward in tin rate legislation tight has mi <i ?. oui announcomeut that has b:on well re ceived In tbe Senate and even in the House. It ls to tho effviot that there ls no necessity for him to visit tbf White House for conference with tin President. "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 bin duties in the case in making recommendations to Congress and ii. expressing his views as to what In thinks ought to be done." Tho ides of Senator Tillman is voiced mosi heartily by the Senat;). D.jAtli ot I/out. JL'iko. Tho Columbia Record syus Rsv. J. M. Pike, of this city, recdved a tele gram Thurw1r?y morning from For! Russell, \\ /oming, announcing th? death there of lils son, Lb ut. R, S. Pike, of pneumonia, Biter a short iii ness. The body will b? brought lu r for interment and will probably a - rive Monday. Lieutenant Piko wa 20 years old and was birnie Nova .Scotia. He bad entered the army buforo his father located here, but bus visited Columbia and has many friends here. Ho saw activo service In Coba and the Philippines._ A Tale Of Horror. Advices received from Due?os Ayres Argentine Republic, state that a Por I tuge80 meat dealer, named Jose Mo deiry, had been arrcstid there oharg ed with murdering men and women and then selling their ll juli as pork. Modeiry did a nourishing business until he fell Into the bands of the law. The police found tho remains of j fourteen human bodies in Modeirv't?i shop and when his customers learned they had been eating human flesh they trlod to storm the J .11 and lynch the prisoner, but tho ponce prevented tho maddened people from wrecking vengeance. Wonion In M Duel. At Mlddleboro.Ky,, ?In a pistol din 1 one day Iaht week b?lwron Mrs Altci Moore and Mrs. Lucy Tucker as a re mdt of a long time quarr? 1, Frank Maden was killed by a bullet n m tl e revolver of Mrs. Tucker. Too womoi met in front of a saloon and after > x changing a few words drew weap ?tu? Mrs. Tucker was the tl st to open li At tho third shot Mrs. Moore tun e and ran dwwn the s-root unharm. This shot ?truck Mad?rn, wi.o v,,..s u. ar tho saloon door engaged In a game of pool. Tho Cause cf tb trouble is said to have boen a 1? vo af fair. DlHAKro'iH with llooaeve t A dispatch from Washington say Senator Tillman stated on TnursdaV that bc did not propose lo i ff-r any proposition to amend the Tillman (i llesple railroad Investigation resoh - tion, in accordance witli ti.o stigge - tl"*!!i of too pres deDt. He ia>s Hu resolution is si.fib,ont to n e. I tue i b jpots Intended un i i e tiis.igre.ui with tue view o' 'De of^ H ?V, A N w I'.ol. Khtii, The boaiM of trusties of tho Souti Carolina university on Wednesday elected Mr. W. Hand, hupailnteudml of the oily ?ohools of Chester as prc feasor of pedagrgy. Mr. Hund ly a tirBtrato school man. lt ls not llkch ho will aodopt, as his salary In his presont position is tlio samo as for tho now position-$1,600. Ho wa? not a candidate. i*ut on ibo TraOk Ron Bradford, a negro, told tho Sa vannah police a very queer story Thursday. Ho was picked up on tho tracks Of the A. ?. L, , having been struck by an engine Bon says he was drugged,robbed and placed upon tho traok. The polioo are investigat ing his story. He lost an aim by his oontaot with the train. ADAMS TO H ANO, M Ult DHltKil OP HUNKY .fAOUKS HM HAD A LO NO KIOPKIKVJ ? Sentence of Death Was Poised Tare* Tears Ago, but Adams ?.. oaped From Jail. The State supremo court has re manded the case of R. A. Adams to tbe circuit, court In ordor that sen tence of death may be passed. In sus taining the appeal of Solicitor Davin, the supreme court in a dignified man uer appears to rebuke the circuit court for ordering a new trial on "after discovered cvidenoc" after the caso had been decided upon by thc supreme court,. The Hupreme oourt scorns to think Ghat tf thero were any suoli evidence discovered after the trial (iud discov ered after duo dillgenoo had failed to bring lt out before) the appeal for a now trial Bhould have boen made to tho supremo court after that tribunal bad passed upon tho oaso in its orlgl nal form. R. A. Adams killed Honry Jaques at CottBgcvll o, Uolleton county, on tho lltb of February, 1003 Tbo two men wore omueoted by marriage. In tbo trial which followed, R. A. Adams was found guilty of murder and wa*, sentenced to b3 hanged on tho 5bh of lune, 1903. These ocourenoes wore three years ago. Adams escaped from tho Oilleton oounty Jail before tho day set for his; execution. Strange Btorles came to Coiumbia occasionally, by letter and otherwise, and Gov. lloyward off jred rewards aggregating a largo sum for the capture of this man. Tbo ofter Of a large reward har? tho efl :?t in tendee ?nd tho tfllcers bf the lav received b tip that the fugitivo would visit hit 0 no on a certain night. Tho posse captured Adams afte> ?nc or two shots had been exchanged When the caso oame up in tho olrcu o urta year ago last Maroh, Mr. Jam?.?. B Davis, tue solid tor, movtd foi Judgment, lu accord?t oi with the br dei ?f tho mpremo oouit, for the case ba 1 been decided by the supreme oourt ht fOre Adams made his e:capi). Tiio condemnation of the oourt, in ) mol?anos willi the verdiot of til j ny, was stayed a?ain last Mareil, .vi.eu ex-Ju inc D. A. Towns jud wat presiding; for tbe defendant's atbor ieys argued that they bad soino nev, vldenoa and a new trial was granted v r the s lioitor's protest. Mr. Di/h nade an appeal to the supreme court The opinion Hied Friday sustain? he o intention of Mr Davis and the supreme oourt says that the circuit o tu rt bad no Jurlsri lotion to grant a new trial. In conoluding, tho supreme i?ourt says? "The order of tho ohoalt oourt ii roversed for want of Jurisdiction ano the case ls remanded to tho circuit court for the purpjse of having a ue.v lay assigned for the execution cf the ^entence In conformity with the ac clou of this oourt. " At tho next term of oourt the son '.enoe of death will be pronounce? tgain. It ls probable that tho Statt 1 ard of pardons will bo called up;n In this oabe. THK JU JQt?. WAS DRUNK. .) mit io ' ul .M .I) mr. StiUrom t Court Took Too Muoh. The Christian Advocate, publlsbci .. Bom i gunn, Ala., reo?ntly con al ned a ohtrgo of drun'toniess .gainst'A is ci it i Jiu loi of the Su preme Court J.ihn O. Audarson, ano in Its ourrent istue it oontalus.a lette) from Judge Anderson ack lo'wle fglttH his guilt. Tno editor rf the newsea per charged that Judgo Anderson, with two other state t illcials, was drunk at the funeral of Onl?f Ju st let McClellan, At Athens, and ho asker that all three resign. The edito; charged that J nd ne Anderson was s drunk that he had to be taken fron tho train to tho hotel by his friends I Judge Anderson, in a lotter to tlu editor, says that he did take a ll .th too much, and add-: "I trust and promise.by the help of God tocomrr.il io act of folly that can r.?oC. up M me aa a o tlzsn or brlw? kn qucstlm the reputation of an roborable otu . bestowed up >u me by til)? g tod p pl"? of mv native state." Riv J. B. ion ts, editor of* the ne vf - paper v/hloh contained the articles, lr pp d de ul J nr. after reading th loiter t f .lin in Andiist n. The new? . pHpersof lob stain are demanding th resignation of the < fflo*als who wert | charged with bel g drunk oo this ec c ?sion. Judge A tdenpn when s c. natcd that he had nothing furtboi to say than i ' at. he hud vrlttou. itu ir i, it . ? /. i . A O nalia N D., Jules Al lieus i J CK Mt o it'll, w -il kno vn : ' u g ' - un : s ni jn, Kr d -y Dight c e I I h <. on; of tbe d o' v/.doh Ol ? h ri ll) (i 118h his claim up tn t i . ir' .VI a >.u'u Baker, a prettys cir y p r. f r wtinsi' f tv ;r bbl h nf < b n ?re ri v.u.. Wuili* tho garni1 wa lng played M s B k r s ood it d ene uiaged vi.e men. After each won a Kamo, Mitchell threw (oursix alid laying < ff the tie. Miss B.k nen b g. ?ii Altneus to lot ber p^ fir hnu, tolling hi bo might los . But A li hens refused Mid threw h hand hims If Ile got a pdt of d' Ut) . ind, aft rs taking hanns with bo h Mitchell and M ss Biker, left, flavin, ho would never o ill on ber again. ilorwoe Duraeu, Tho C.n.nbla Roo ird says early fhu SP ay niorinng iho burn of Mr. 11 ow. ard Green was burned, and the li ss was quite serious Hostiles the building and other contents three horses, a oalf, buggy and harness were destroy od. Tho origin of the lire Is not known. Mr. Green lives a short distance out east of the city. Shut III M O*it<. Ephrlan Hall, a?ed 25, was shot and fatally wounded in Spencer's cafe, Greenville, on Saturday night after midnight with a pistol. There Wofe live, men in the placed at the ttmo, most of thom under tho Influe nco (f whiskey. Tho eoronor's Jury found a vordlot Against Thos. Harrison, with Peter Rowley M aooesory. BATTLE AT JOLO. Six Hundred Moros and Twenty Two Americans Killed. ? STUBBORN B1TTLE. With a Desperate Baad of Native Oat laws on the Island of Moro, deo* Wood Reports That tb? Moro Forces Were Exterminated. A dispatoh from Manilla says an Important notion between Amorloan forces and hostile Moros bas taken place near J do. Fifteen enlisted men were killed, fouv commissioned t Moors ? and thirty enlisted men were wound* ed, and a naval contingent operating with the military sustained thirty? two oasualtlos. The Moros lost Blx hundred men killed. Mijor Gen. Leonard Wood, com mander of tho dlvldon of the Pnlllp olncB, reports as follows from Jolo, o->. .Uni of the Sulu Islands: "A severe ao lon ootween troops, a naval detachment and constabulary, and host He Moros bas takon place at Mount. D ijo, near J.do. The engage? neut opened during tho afternoon of Ma'oh G and ouded lu the morning of Marou 8 foo action Involved tho capturo of Mount DJ J ), a lava oone, two thous ind, nno un ide d feet high, with a irater at, Its sum nit and extremely -t? t p. Tim list tour hundred feet >;ore at an aogle cf s'xtv degrees, and nore were fifty p ?rpeudloular ridges, I 3 ver d with a growth of timber ant itrougly fortified, and defended by an i ti vltt ble force of M ?ros. "Too army ca utitles wee fifteen mlisred men killed, four commission id .M ..ir i aud thirty enlisted men vouu'Jied. Tue naval o v .ualtles num oered thirty two. Easlgned H D. (Jo ike, Jr., commanding the United States steamet P.tmpanga, was severe ly wounded and Coxswain Gilmore was *3verely wonuded in tho elbow. "Tho constabulary casualties^were O .pt. John II Wnibe, wounded in ihe thigh, severely; three enlisted men killed and thirteen wounded. Oapt. Tyree Rivers sustained a slight flish ?vound tu tho thigh; Lieut Gordon was dighUv wounded tn the right'rj'&na}." Lieut. Wylie T. Conway, of the 6 on infantry, was slightly wounded In the left eyo. All the wounded aro doing .voil. "Col. Joseph W. Duncan, of the ti Mi infantry, directed the operations. All t?ie defenders of the Muro strong? mid were killed. Six hundred bodies -vere found on the field. "The action resulted lu the ester* ?biatlon of a baud of outlaws, who, reogntzlng no chief had bsen raiding 'rtendl) Moros, and owing to their 1. ii ance of the Amerloan authorities au1 stirred up a dangerous condition f ??T .ira. "T JO artllery was llftel by blook nd tackle, ? di tance of 300 fact into . pi/, iou on tho lip of t ie criber. . Brig General Ul bs and myself were /r?sout throughout the aotion. "Tho attacking odumns were oom? nanded by Mijor Om >r Bundy, (Japt. K. P. Lawton, Oipb. Hivers, Oapt L. M. Ko rider, Capt. MeGlaohlin and Lia* t J .>iuisr.on. "Tue c Moora and mon engaged ilKhlv oo.nmoud tho Moro oonatabu* iry, who did excellent work, their casualties numbering seventeen out of too foroj of forty four engaged. 'To is Impossible to conceive a stronger natural position than that vttaoked. . Tue fighting lasted two days among .ne Uva ridges, which had boen trongly fortified by tue Moros. Art illery had to ba holitod by means of ?..?pei up tii i la t live hundred feet at ?u angle ? 0 ' d -r... Q,_ i- I i II, !'. Kc > ll V . A dispatch from Sin DVandl600 says wenty-two modern niles and io ooo .cutida i f ammunition w^re a ly. ul in he quarters ot tne Chinese orew on P.cilio mail steamer M ii.churla, c leduled to sall for tue Orient T iura .i> at temoon, Toe o m pony's iffl o?ala thereupon ordered, it is said, as orough a searoii of the vohStla-i pov , b (! witina resulted In two more loxes of riflsa bein? f .uud in the ro.im d an a . .isiau i engineer. Tho engin* s r ai d Chinese were questioned and was fiiu ul t hat me nuns nad been * rob ..sed In t tis o.ty b/ the erglu au i smuggled nboir.i tho vesstl. v r w lt lOiiuit, OAP . io H ? P. ll irt, of the mast H M ,1m , hOUOouer L.zz.e v. k, u uso o.v. f Miyon, w?re n a Goo -.i r, Miss , Thura , b e B ul tn f>e m. ncr Kl ou w io lad rea urod tue Onad C s 's i i 0 . from Locir St ki ig v.-t lt ,tpu Hatteras, on T. us lay. i U ia i * lo;., oouad from Miyport, ifia , fur Nj* Y ok, wi tu lumber, was i niblcu uy a ' reviiivli g oyoh no,'? ,i ..n !, a qu.u.ity of maoaronl uni wu ter foi fo;d and drinking. 0 pr. U.trt ana his min oriftt d at the ueroy cf tue tomp^S? and sea for three days. Shot by Hlup'n nillo..r. At Now Yurk ou Tnuiedaya fight lu ino forecastle of the steamer Mas* saohusotts, in widen about twenty members of the orew participated, ended when James H looa m was shot and killed by Fourth 0(906! Elmer H. K rwln. Another i.Moor was being beaton Into unconholousnoss by Slo ouin when Kerwin rushed to his as* wlslanoe and puta bullet through Sith oum's brain. Di,nih lu a Hiioxvolioe* A dispatch from Norway s&yh a ..now alvalanchc at Lofoton Islands Friday buried a number of flaher raen's huts. Resouera extrlo&ted $1 dead and 30 injured.