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1 A Girl Poisoned to Death by a Dead Man, Was WAS HER 8UIT0B. Takes Fatal Poison He Left When Ile Killed Himself a Month Ago. He dave Her the Deadly Poison, CalhVg it a Love Charm. Stranger than all tho tales of thc poisonings by the B ngias, aud sur passing all stories of death pacts by disappointed sweethearts arc tho cir cumstances surrounding tho death at Paterson; N. J., of Mao Agnes Mor ton, a young woman of nineteen, who a month after the death of her suitor, James Boucher, by his own hand, fell a victim to the dead man, a murderer In death. Only his surpassing belief In the wonderful power of thc you ag wo man's lovo for him could have Inspired the far-reaohing plot and sent thu young man to his grave conlLleut that his sweetheart, Innocent of any inten tion upon her owu lifo, but trusting In the etllcaoy of the potion he had left with her at their sad parting, would soon follow him to tuc land 01 tho shadow. The ohurch has sot Its seal upon the verdlot of murder against the young man, acquitted Miss Morton ol . the oharge of suicide, altin ugh she. 'confessedly died of poison administer ed by her own hand, and permitted her body to bo laid at ros'J In conse crated ground. It was tho law of the ll unan Oath olio Ohuroh wnioh forbids tue burial of thosolf-slain Inconseoratod ground, invoked lu this oise on behalf of M s^ Morton, that brought to light tho re markablo story of love, suicide and post mortem murder. In a sp. c i i f llvo weeks the plot was formed and made complete In tho duel tragedy, Miss Morton, well connected and socially prominent, who lived wltl her father, Alexander Mjrt? u, at N ;. 72 M.-.dlson street, mot, some mouths ago, James Buttoner, a young mtn of excellent ancestry, the nopho" of 1 > \ William A. Norval, cf No. 381 Malu street, a member of the Board of Freeholders. The young mau and woman became sweethearts, hut for Borne reason there was ol j ellon their marrying on tho part of M :> Morton's family, and after t io < pp > sltlon to their court-hip had contin ued for some time., and had only s av ed to ocmeut the bond cf all el lon be tween them, tho young man, d ?palt ing of his suit, decided to Lave Patdi son. Before the final parting tho plot for the death of Miss Morion and hims lr must have formt d tn. his mind, and at the last he put lt Into exi cu :loo. ll gave to his sweethcari ju it b? fore, n loft Patorson on Fe bru ,t\ 7 au euve' ope containing a number of tablets. He told her that they were a h v p ir tlon or charm, and that she should tako one of them every tinto she thought of him when Ito was aoseril ; that the mysterious power of tho tab lets would brit g them Into a c!o er communion of souls, and t he would know Bite was thinking i f him. The trustful young won: ;!) bel ev fi him, and Jealously guarded tho pre cious tablets, willoh wore Ju r.aht. corrosive sublimate, and deadly. On February 0 Boucher wa ? fcu:;d dead lu bin room in the LaCAwanna notel, in Soranton, Pa. lt was at first bellevod that he had died of heart failure, but a further examination Bhowed that his death had resulted from mercurial poisoning, and that he had countless killed himself. Ic ls believed now that he also took corro sive sublimate to end bis life. MIBS Morton was so affected by thc death that she was prostrated at her homo and unable to attend the funer al of look upon the face t f the dead man. Her grief over his d >ath made her forget about thc potion given to her by Boucher when they parted. Miss Morton, grieving over Hu. tragic death of Boucher and constant ly thinking of him, remembered a fe days ago the tablets In Dbe envelope and took a number of them, regan - less of tho pain they caused her. Shi took them j pst cf ti n eunuch to ?to duce the cumulative Ol'.co which re sulted in her death. "When Miss Morton became ill on Thursday it was bellevod that She was suffering with gastrltu Sue grad ually grew worse and tho physioinns diagnosed the case as one of p Isoning but bellevod it to be pt( m lino. She was then In a dying condition, ant the physicians questioned hoi* about what she had eaten, and fur tht first time learned of tho existence of the love tablets. The last rites of tho church \ ere administered to the dying girl, ai after her death a search was m td the tablets of which she had spok ti. The envelope which had conta ned them was found, but she had I k i all tho tablets. Some piwd from them remained and this was un i y/, d and found to bo corr, sive tubb . A lotter written to Boucher b M s Morton probably the day after : it, but never mailed, was found among her effjots, and In lt sho sp ike ah tut tho tablets and her determination to take them. Dr. McBride readied tho bcc'inletf finding that Ibo death was a sui ld , but tho authorities of St. .1 soph's Roman Catholic Church mat'e an in vestigation and oonoluded that the dead man was Kl'i'tv of munit r a d that thc girl was bl. mo less In 1 er death. Funeral services wert hold ovor her body In the church and Bl 0 was burled In tho Oernetcry of tho Holy Sepulohre. POrmot1 M onk Iii Al IM ly Joseph Granam, who spett :..> of bis Ufe as a Trappist monk ij t o ?, monastery at New M?lk>rv i , loft that instil u;ion a Yi [, '"- ""T. speolal dispensation ol- i,. ,, " '"' * marry Mrs Dora Gol lulHnur Af Hil bl V. '? ?* V. have rigorous rules -r " ' ' P .. s ?over leave tho m'T^t, r, conversations ar ? 7' 8 " hold ?nJy an hour each w.^k r '" v if ToHgr took the vows of V, 1 m,n8 Tan ?ll thomon^y"fA,v,?;^'.',, tnt^ wi' pf tho society Mk?d?2"?\he '<..:<?< no could go back it?o ?L e* '!' *?l marketa patent w,, n"0rl>! tn .1 tho monks had patenf J v "Woh'/indl Graham has lived I l t . 'S,";e ^n ; Q t, he became acquainted WBH V w'">,(,i (! bert. The 160 A?,H Gel \t\\r. inthesp"ring7ttillttK0 W,J' take placeslipr I Hod tn ? J^.11,' - 1 ,H.CT GONE T WJ5NT Y* J8I?HT YEARS. Tho Vi iy S tr ?URO JLOxperleuo ol an Indiana Ptrycdotan. dispatoh from Ladoga, lad., say? in 1870 Dr. Byron Mahoney, one of tho promising young physicians In that section of the state, whose home life was ideal, strangely disappeared. His relatives and friends soarohed every well and all the streams and woods for many milos around ?nd ad vcrtlned for him far aud wide. Fivo years passed and the family became omviroed that he was dead. John Mihonoy, his father, spent a ?mall for Urne in thoBearoh, but at last gave up io despair. Ti on Mrs. Mahoney wont to Union City, Kan. believing that M her bus baud was not dc ad she had bean de serted, she obt" 'ned a legal separation Lalor she muriii d again and 1B now a mot! ey oi 8.x oh?drer. SatuiJw a well dressed nov, whose 'mir was sprinkled with white and who was apparently In good health, stepped from a Monon train at the L \di ga depot. Noti one recognized ulm and ho looked about lu complete bewilderment. The man Inquired for Dr. J. C. Mahoney and v. un taken to his homo. Neither reoognlzod the other. Dr. J. G. Mahoney was dually eon vi need that his long missing brother B/ron, had returned. Thon carno tho discovery that the man's mind was Absolute blank as far as tho past was eonocrued. Ho could tell nothing of .vi.oro ho had been. He did not even know whore ho bad boarded the Mo non. lr .in. Hoseims mil roly unable bo real zs the groat changes that have been wrought in his absence. About his Uri;b request was to see bis 'lillie boy," who was three when Dr. Mahoney disappeared from Lr.~ loga twenty eight years ago, and he seemed unablo to uuderstand that hie . 'little boy" ls now a man thirty one years old. Dr. J. C. Mahoney will keep his brother al his home, and will give him treatment in the hope of restor ing his mind. The only statement '.bat throws any ligbt upon his ooudl rA< n is ono one he frequently make. ''My head huns." His hands are whits end smooth, showing that he Mas p .ri'jrmed no manual labor receL . ly. M my are inclined to believe that bc liai been conliued In some asylum. S took- d tho Nailon. Brief comment on tbe recent battle lo tile Philippines was made in the Bouse ou F.ulay by Mr. Jones, who said, nrikh g every allowauce for the i ii .1 loiations known to exist bo ol?en i!.e president and Gen. Wood, ho v,as unable to understand how the president ouuld endorso tho kill mg of w ?men and condren. It had ihookcd ibo whole nation, "la my j idument," be cont inued, "thlsaciUm on too part of the ojmmandlr g geu aral i f our foicos lu tbe M >ro pre.vlr. co.s cannot bo condoned or ixjused." ile reg'vrdi d as highly Improbable that tho Muros tock their cblldron In bheir arras as shleic s and oharged the Amer otu bro ps. Tim Moros could uot light in that manner. J ?ll I) livery. Douglas, Ga., had a wholesale jail delivery Wednesday night. Wbile the j tiler, S. G. Bro.vn. was away, five nog roes, oro oharged with murder, three with assault with intent to unndor, ard one with a misdemeanor sawed efl the binges of the d)or and walked out wild no one to Ivndor. Track dogs were on the ?c*ne within half au hour, bub lt was found thal i. o i;; nu s had wa..lied their feet vs iib the disinfectant left in tho cor rid ir and tie de>gs failed to take the trail. IC ,8 bm an Hrowo, o lored, un dor a ohargei f assault with inbont to murder, rei used to go and ls now the eu ly prisoner In the jail, lt v. v? lilt?ni D. Hho? Dead. Rev William D, Shea, one of the oldest and best known mintstors lu ibo M thodlst church in bbe South, died at bis home In Atlanta, Ga., last Thursday, figed 77 years. Mr Shea, *a:i lu his early lifo, was a, resident of Hos wei I, Ga., was an attendant at tho wedding of President Hoosevelts mother. He was for 16 years presi dent cf llomir Female oollege, Louisi ana, moving afterward to Texas, where ho attained prominence as a Methodist minister. H? was super* animated in 18U3, when he returned io Atlanta, ?vhere the remainder of his lifo was .spent. Aoo'duntAlly Shot (limn,'ll, Mortally wcuoded by a pistol which bau fallen from his pocket and whloh had ac? dentally disohargod its load loto his abdomen, A E. Batolo, night watchman at tho plant of the Vlrgln i .-Carolin?, Chemical company, lay foi (1 vo hours oilling for help Thursday night. Tue roeldenb occured shortly fiei (5 o'clock ai.d B?tele was picked U J by tho crew of a switch engine ifter ll o'ol ok. Ho remained on scions until tho end came about 2 i'ob ck and gave a full stabement of ibo peculiar accident. He was slxty nlne years of ago and was Mghly cs t sn ed by all who krew him. <J*ll>0 Too liAtO, Tl h sid s'ory o im ?s from Savan- j h, Ga., Il .bert Lee Harper diet , Wednesday in the state asylum ad , Milicdgevllle. On Supt. 27 he was in j nod al Savan ah by a C utral rall- i *vay engine. Suit was brought and a i verd'et for *lf>,000 rendered in bis , v r, and tins was alllrmed ! Jusb a ( f< w d\ys a/o by thc supreme court. | Mr. Harper was boru in Augusta and , was thirty-four years old He leaves f i . idow and tiiroe children, The j Injuries he received in the accl- \ dei L caused him to bo sent to the ( asylum. ill mi Y li iv. A crazy old negress test!dod recent- f ly t! v\ M mphhi, Tenn, would sink ' .ut of sb:?it on tho 27uh of Maroh an i i I ii ..i >; OOH ? i" that c bv are leaving l io ? i y by hundreds everyday. Tnt I i .tv?*- ' ' - ' 'V"tor excursion ? . ^"ttt m **> ishitm ^l Jamestown ?n,i g ^li'wS^f?^Wl? nine om wore kiljotfai;?Jnoon> ""co of 'toh onwb?d th*-?22 ii0,l?ws lian 1 ?U'? '?ok he was uslftS in Tu0T po,eA nrl> ":w biokanri hi , the work l?d Instan ly nd bfoko neck HAVJR TO WOO BY L?W. And Unlawful fur Moa to Part Hair lo Middle, If a bill which has been introducer! lu the bouse ot the Mississippi legisla ture becomes a law men will ba de barred from parting their hair In the middle, no male prior to his twenty fourth year may pay court to a girl, a Md bald-headed wld wets above forty and red headed widowers under that age will not be permitted by law to pay attentions to any girl under eighteen. x Huco suicide of the Rooseveltian orand was the su J sot of the bill which was presented by Representa tive Tolbert. The Interest displayed by the members after the title was read proved BO great that lt was read In full, but the hitch occurred when t 'o question arose as to whato:mmit ti e to assign lt to. Charles Doherty, Of Tunloi county, manager agent of the racing string of E ?ward Corrigan during that turf min's invasion of Kugland, moved that the mea uro be referred to the liquor traillo committee. It was ilnal ly ordered to the j.Kildary committee. Should it become a law wholesale ohanges In tactics used by young and old lovers are sure to occur There will be less court iog and ll tr tin g and more marriages, and according to the author of tho bill there will result a notable multiplication of the human r oe. No man will be permitted to part his bair in the middle, and before he may pay attentions to a girl he must tlrst gain consent of the parents, lie will be rcau'red to mako affidavit that his attentions aro serious and that there will bono Hirth g. 13.ld-headed widowers over the age of forty or red-headed widowers under forty will bo restricted to cturtshlp among girls In their home county paBt eighteen yeats ot age. Exception is made for officers of tho state guard or bo tho state legislature, who aro de pended on to use their own conscience tn love affairs. The measure also provides against any youug woman wearing glasses be oauso it is stylish. She must also make affidavit when desiring court ship of a widower that she is receiv lng attentions with tho Idea of form ing matrimonial alliance, and that she will lind moro pleasure lu frying batter cakes and sewing on hutt mei than in playing with poodles and pet cats. Provision ls made for any couple re yarded as members of the old maid old bachelor olass to have them pro sentid w.tu a baby car Jage by the county board i f supervisors and that the couple will be exempt from all I tax. Ttio Himplo Ti Ulli, The South Carolina Churchman, a paper publish? d by colored people at Il.aofort in this state, utters asimple truth when lt says: "The negro in O lio ls getting a taste ot mob rule, cuey have been very loud In denounc ing us for our patience under similar trials, now wc shall look with very great Interest to seo what thoy are going to do. They should put In prac bice their teachings, and let us down this way see how it will work. We have very little faith in the pretended sym pathy of our friends in tho North; we have long slnoe learned that a great many of them love us 'afar ( ff;' that when we are biought In oontaot with them, that thoy are anything but friendly. We may have a poor oban oe In the S( uih, but lt is tho only chance that wo have in this country, ana wisdom would dictate that we make tho best terms possible with those with whom we have lived all our lives, and must continue to live. Call this truckling if you wish, but lt is the uaked truth and the sooner we learn this truth and Sob on lt, the better for us as a people." This ls tho best advice we have ever seen given the colored people in a paper edited by colored nairn. The day will never come when the colored people will ha"oany voice in the councils of this nation, and thc colored man who now teaches lils race that groat truth ls a bene factor to it. Tnis may sound harsh on the ears of some colored people, but lt ls a simple truth, and any man who tries to teach to the reverse ls an enemy to the negro race and will basten Ita downfall. There ls no cs sentlal di ff renee between the white man of the North and tho white man of South. Tney both belong to the greatest raoc of men ever orcated, and if the oolored man ever gots between them and their ambition they will grind him to powder. This has been the fate of other peoples who have at tempted to check the Anglo Saxon race In its march of progress, and lt will be the fate of the negro raoc In this country if the dayever comes when ho ceases to bo a hewer of wood and a drawer of water under the white man's supervision. We know that the color ed people genorally will dony this prop)sltlon, but it ls true nevertheless and Mme will vindicate it. Ollloor Shot from Ambuon. Tom Robinson,-marshal of Winokur, 15 milos north of Fo kston, Qa., was shot and Instantly killed by negroes at that place last Thursday night. A orowd of negroes were shooting on the streets and Robinson started towards them for the purpose of putting them under arrest. When the negroes saw thc marshall approaching they sec e ted th 'tnielves by the roadside. () ie if them got behind a hog pen and .poned lire with a rifle. Ile shot at lt b'nson four or live times before he was shot by tho marshall and Inst ant y klllocl. At this juncture another negro nearby opened tire on tho mar ibel with a doubled barrolcd shotgun, jhe ilr.-it shot penetrating his breast icar tho heart and killing him in ititntly. Lucius Crawford was placed ii Jail Thursday charged with the tilling, lt ibinson was about 25 year lld and leaves a wife and quo child. A Ilmtal Mordor, A most brutal and unprovoked m?r ier was committed on tho James Tripp plano In Beaufort County, near itu Ilolenavlllo Sunday evening. An ru IT tusivo old negro named Samuel Polite wortt? ?n hunt Mo <?.-> ?? ?. -i - ??'ick him two hi ?reek, "Jj tho afi!^^*JW Pon.' wholly nuwarra nr?,i 6 8hi,oting| 'JW nickI ?un? hi^?d mi?* r; ?hn win hf SM?/*11' Judge Of A FATHER'S APPEAL. He WIHIK H to Vina Mi? Lit?le Who Wu? M tolo H, \ Son The little son or Dr. S. L. Byers, of Seeley ville, Indiana, WAS stolen from bis heme one year ago last May. Dr. Byers bas spent his entire re sources In search for his child and bo says unions- the big hearted mon hors of tbe p ess come to rds assistance bis son will grow up an outlaw and an outcast among the , lowest people of tho earth. It is a cause that should appeal to everyone and no father reading these lines oan do so without a quickening of tho heart and a sym pathetic throb. It ls believed that if this artlclo, ls re-printed in the newspapers it will form an endless chain that will un cover the lost boy's concealment and return him to his distracted parents. Dr. Byers believes his boy is now on some houseboat OD some river walt ing to take the road In the ?pring. There is a reward of $500, awaiting any information that will lead to the boy's rec very. No questions will be asked and if the abduoter himself would deliver the boy to his parents he would not bo molested. Tho bo reaved parents are heart broken with grief and want only their child. If each Journal will reprint these linea, they will travel to very e.x ohango table in tin United States and bring back to a wretohed home a obild who is now no doubt suftorlng with cold, unfed and wretched to a degreo. Think of what your own feeliugs would he under similar oir oum8tancesl This appeal ls indicated originally by a publisher who saw Dr. Byers ouly once, has no personal in terest in his quest other than the bond of sympathy that makes thc world akin, and is Inspired from the br lief that the lost boy can only bo found through thc united ttfjrt of tho country press of which bo, 1B proud to be a member. Ills rco.vory will be a triumph in advertising and no editor whose heart ls placed right will ri:fuse this appeal. Remember, lt may be your child nextl The fol lowing ls a description of tho lost boy: Richmond Byers, if alive was' 0 years old last July, ls of light com plexion, has gray eyes, loft eye notlc ibly crossed, has a small Y shaped niok in tho edgo of tho left ear, has a sharp chin and and a narrow projooo ting forehead. He is rather small for his age and is unuRally bright and In telligent, talking after the manner of a boy muon older. Dr. Byers has searched among tho roving bands that frequent tho United States and be lleves that his son oan be found among traveling Junk de&lers, so call ed hot se traders or movers. Ae does not think the hoy was stolen by gonu inc gipsies. Ho thinks lie was taken by a wandering band that used him ?or the purpofo of begging in the towns along tho route. A WAY WARU GIRL. Au Atlanta Young Woman Who lu Stage Siruok. Atlanta. Ga . Uko other plaooj bas some foolish young women amond her residents. Ono ot these ls Bla/iohe Winters, a handsome 17 ye? whose home ls on West ttmihtroo Btrcet. Tue foolish young wongan prefers the life on the stage to thit of any other, and wanted to commit suicide because her mother had Iher taken from thc Star theatre in Atlan ta and sent her to the lloma of ti e Good Stiepherd in Cinolnnatl. Miss Winters, who ls an unusually prepossessing looking girl and has been raised well, recently disappeared from her homo. Her mother Institu ted a search and h cited the recreant daughter in the chorus of the Star, a theatre of the burlesquo class and which is frequented only by men. Policemen fuund the girl In a equal id room, littered with tho remnants of a late supper, and carried her to tho po'lee station. When her mother and Recorder Broylcs tried to extraot a promiso from the young woman to giv3 up the stage sho exclaimed dra matically: "1 wi 1 die bafore I give up the stage." When thc oillce started back to the coll wich her she begged him for htB revolver wltn which tx blow her baal ns out. Sho said she had rather die than go to the Cincinnati home. She was carried to Oinolnnattl home by Mr?. Kondinin, pul leo matron. Her mother Is heart-broken over tho glrls'a ac tlons. Hurt tn a Runaway. The Columbia Stato says "Mr. Gao L. Bakor, who was painfully injured by bo'ng thrown from a runaway at Orangeburg Tuesday afternoon, ls improving and ls expected to bo able to leave his room in a day or two. Mr. Biker, Dr. .1. J. Watson, Dr. B. M Whaley and Mr. Brown Hyatt were returning from a hunt about four milos from Orangeburg when tho ac cident lu which Mr. Maker was injur ed occurred. Mr. Hyatt and Mr. Maker weio In a buggy together and in some way one of the shafts broke and the vehicle ran upon tho horse. Thc animal becamo frightened and dashed til throwing both of them out and dragging Mr. Bakor some dis tance. He received a severo blow on ano of his evos and threo ugly outs on thc back of his head besides being badly bruised about tho body, Mr. Hyatt's back was badly wrcnohod and no was otherwise bruised. Ho has ludlolently recovered to bo out on the itreets. The physicians did every thing posstbio for thom and all re burned to tho city after the acoldont m thc night train._ Hu'olrio to Avoid Trial L mls Brown, twonty-nlnoyoars old iwalilng trial for tho murdor vt Flos do ll ese, at whom ho threw a lighted amp which exploded, fatally burning ,hc woman, committed Buicide iu ins joli In Norfolk KU nJMtfr?* v utting his throat with ash^A"? w' nlfe which ho had Jn sim ? t mu Upnor smuggled in ? ff i, fe? as formerly prominent ii' "own outh, Va. nSZT^Ut utT? money, his family having V** ?cd him, and grow desr l? ?ban' y ot hin trial ap Jo?^n1!? ,the r? reront 1*11 . "''?""'Kl. |);>H.... t Burrender^jwovv im,!r? Phrew Ilimeoif in Fro^Tr*, ! ^unidentified man abo tt "* years old, tot*Thto?Ti??M n o tavated ?-... ' ' 0,r ?? frf;nt Jto b.ok fou, " *lul w?w kJllfcd. ? "s % i :,t 0bo^Wr ?rv Peterson u * lnHorlptlor: , Franklin ' bandTastor, U S ' fanklln Qf?y md, Norf?)| TWO KAYAL CADBTSRIPf1. AOb?no? for Some of Oar Briant Vowti/t MODj The following notice, publlsho? by < request of Senr.tor Tillman, will t doubtless be read with interest by 1 many ambitious young men and their i parents ID South Carolina: < I hereby give n bloe that an ezam- : luation will be held In the State House at Uolutroia, beginning at i 9 30 o'olook, Tuesday, April 10, 1000, i under the dlreutlon of State Sap;rin dian of E luoablou O. U. Martin and ? two assistante. Toi lamination will i be written, aud bn by numbers, and i 4he physloa1 exam'nation will be con ducted by Dr. J. W. BiboOssk, witb the asslstanoo of two pbysloans whoo he will select. The phytdoal examina Hun will be held first and no boy who falls In thin, oau baie the mental ex aminatlon. Candidates In ordor to be admitted to the Academy must be well versed in reading, writing, spell* lng, punctuation and capitals, gram mar, geography, United States histo ry, world's history, arithmetic, alge bra and geometry. The physical r< quirerrents are: NJ candidato will bo aomitted who ls un der 10 yoais of eure or over 20, who ls deformed or aflltoted with any disease. He shall not o less than live feettwc Inohos, between tho ages ot 10 aud 18 and not less than fl /o feet four lnohes, botween the ageB of 18 and 20. At this examination two principals will be named to QU the vaoauolosnow existing, and three alternates for eaoh /acare v. The alternates are name so tint lu the event of the principal falling men tally or physical ly the bettor qual.fled alternate may succeed to tho vaoanoy. Inasmuch as some of the alternates whom I have appointed herotofoao havo failed to put themselves to the necessary expense of appearing for ex aminatlon, I give notice that in this COHO, boy no will bo permitted to stand the examination who does not pledge himself to comply with this require ment, should ho be given the place of alternate. After thc ?election of principals and alternates by this examination those selected will have to report thc sow ?id Tuesday in April, at a place here after designated for examination, phy sically and mentally by tho repr?sent atives of the civil service commissions, In oaso of failure then another oppor tunity will be offered at Annapolis on the third Tuesday in June. This examination ls only open to South Carolina boys who aro oona Adc permanent residents of the State and white. I will be obliged If all State papers will copy this notice. B lt. TILLMAN. A lt i*l Tragedy. William Thomas, of Saginaw, Mich igan, a member of the ohorus of the " Wonderland" compauy performing at the Columbia theatre, committed suicide at Washington, D. C., Wed nesday night by drinking carbollo acid while the play was In progress. Thomas was an admirer- of Idra Cor doo, a 10-year old girl, also a member the company, and who is said to live in New York. Tho suicide war, caused by disappointment booauso she would not raciprocato his attentions. After the show was ovar, Miss Gordon went to the hospital to which Thomas had been removed, and on seeing his body, said: "I did not know be thought so much of me. I did not mean to break his heart. He misjudged me." Thomas was 22 years old. The couple wore in the property room of the thea re at 8 45. Thomas sat with a goblet in one hand and a bottle in thc other. Pouring out the poison he ac oused her of playing with his affec tions, and, saying "Goobby, old girl," drank tho poison before she could stop him. The play continued uninter ruptedly, tho audience not being aware of what lu.d transpired. Villages Destroyed* Tlie ofllc rs of tho steamer Sierra, which has arrivod at Hawaii, from Sydney, N. S. W., report's that the eruption of the volcano on tho Island of Savait, of the Samoan group con tinues on a largs soale. Three villages have been oompbtely destroyed, in cluding Malaoola, where was located the llnest cocoa plantation on the Island. The residences of A. Klug and G. Birleley, have been reiuoed to ruins and are a total lo?s. The lava from the volcano is flowing Into thc ocean In a stream quarter cf a milo wide and twenty feet deep, at the rato of twenty feet an hour. At night a solid wall of molten lava live miles long oan be socn roaching far out into the Bia. For a distance tho sea water ls bolling and the surf breaking ovor the flory stream. The government recently chartered the steamer Maori to remove, women and children from the /one of dinger._" Gangat In a .Storm. Tho steamer Tavlnul, from the Sa moan Islands, bring additional details of thc storm which swept over Society, Pau matu and Cook Islands on Febru ary 8. Thc only white person who ls known to havo perished was a care taker who wai drowned. The dam age tu the harbor at Papcelo Is esti mated at $600,00J and on tho wholo Island of Tahiti ?900,000. It ls be lieved that thrco sohooners were lost at sea. Heavy seas swept over many islands, natives seeking refuge by climbing cocoa palms. Six lives were lost on the Island of Tahllc Inoludlng Father Paul, a Cathollo missionary. Tweney-llve persons were drown ed on Anao Island and six on the is land ot Motutonga. Wanted 1'arkhurHt Kilted* Tho report of alleged plot to kill Hov. Charles H. Parkhurst was made, public in Mow York Wednesday. Mr. Parkhurst IISB been prominent for years as a pt 1 loo reformer, lt ls un derstuod that the district attorney's ulllje has prepared to sumirons savei <l witnesses In connection with this plot, which ls said to have originated beoause of a raid mado on a disorderly houso by agent? of tho Parkhurst ?n 3letv some time ago According t.D aTto?? ?eeo ,lirod to ? ,?rkhuritref,ZuoX?.,tS?,f- o ... Murderer Fre?n-' P( Word reached Boon^m 'fr ur^y. Ky? friday? t?h (>l?y flc Appeals had de?ied ? T>? C?,,rfc Hiram Brandenburg, who ??ar,n? My convicted of iL ? was rc- nU hort Lynn!, Ar tMo nrder 0f & condemned 'man* ZoLl S** waj ?o of the Jailer Joh,, ?,d,fch0 r**1' ho, Mm to open tho door'nf Vi t on()oel JJleaeo his pr??oner ?Tt?v P,r,8?n A MA DK A BIOS OT UNDER BIVBR I'oiloonmn'D Duty Took Ulm 1> WP 8 baft and Into Tunnel. A New York policeman bad a queer experience recently. A dispatch from boat olty says Patrolman Norton lu ''taking it easy" at lils home aftei making an early morning arrest undei jondltlons remarkable for even thc New York police department*. Down a 100 foot shaft In a buoke* md then through a suco salon of al tocks to a point more than 100 feat mt .under the Hut river In searoh ol % negro desp i do, who bad Jus smashed a comrade's skull with ? ?teel drill, ls not an ordinary morn Ing's Job. even for a patrolman. A quarrel over a erip game led to thi assault. Out thorp, 125 feet from the river bank and 105 feet below the surfaoe, the world seems far away and remote The wounded man's companion stooc by and saw the thing done, too fasci neted with terror to move a finger to save bim-until lt was too late. Patrolman Norton learned of the assault shortly after lt had take place, and that the negro, Co'cm an. had remained In the air luck. H< hastened to the shaft head and bad the er glneerh g ula iv lower him dowi the clear hundred f<:oi, botween th? clammy, dripping rook walls, In the smull buoket chat even the sand hog are oareful with, to the bottom, where ho started oft' Into the yawning black ness of the tunnel m uth toward th? flint air look. He finally reached a p?tet whero he could oommunloate with tho half dcz en meu, among whom was Coleman, remaining at the head of the line next to the shield. Ile ordered thea tooomooutand they erne willing enough, especially the negro, who en deavored to push by the policeman But tho latter was too qulok for him, and had him safely under arrest be fore he reached the foot of the shaft. KILLED HKR OWN SISTER. A Terrible Tragedy tn Atlanta (Jausotl by Jealousy. At Atlanta on Friday Mrs. Edward M. Sandifer, aged 25 years, shot ano killed her sister, Miss Chappell Whlse mant, aged 18, alleging that she com mitted the deed beoauso of ber hus band's attontlon to her viet!m. The dead girl was to have been married this week to a young business man of Seneca, S. C., and all plans for the marriage had ocen practically com pleted. Mrs. Sandifer went early Friday to the home of her brother-in-law, D. P. Dunham, with whose family Miss WhlRemant mado her home, and en teied the sleeping room of her sister. What words passed between the two wore known only to the two, but soon four shots rang out and Miss Whlse mant fell, wounded in in the breast Just above the heart, aud in other vital parts. She died half and hour later without having spoken. Mrs. Standlfer went to her home and telephoned to her brother in law's home, asking if Miss Whisenaut was dead. Being informed that she had died, M s. Standlfer expressed no regret for her act, and said she would f ?How Mr. Dunham's advice and surrender to the police. She was arrested later. During the day she conversed freely with the police chi dals, declaring she had "avenged j her outraged womanhood." E. M. Standlfer came to Atlanta about two years ago from Gadsden, Ala., where he married lila wifo. Hi<? father, he says, is W. E Siandifer, United States marshal at Gadsden, and his uncle, W. H. Standlfer, he asserted, is assistant Utilted States dlstriot attorney at that place. He was detained at the po lice station after his wlfo was arrest ed, on the suspicion that he may have had somo guilty knowledge of tho orlme. The dead girl is said to have been engaged to be married to J. E. Sitton, of Soneoa, S. C. I J? bor or Crusbed to Doa?Ii. William Wilson, colored, an em ploye of tho Ohicora Phosphate oomp any, was orushed last Thursday be tween two oars, dying Instantly. He was loading a car whon another oar was being pushed by several liborors into position for loading. Wilson was botween the cars that he was loading and the approaching car, but beseem ed to bo unaware of lt?) approaoh and was horribly mang ed Tho empty oar was pushed hack and the body extr'c ated, being sent to his homo on Nas sau street. Thc coroner found no blame on tho mon who shoved the empty oar np HI unfortunate man and they wore not arrested. This is the second death from mangling in three days, tho elevator conductor of the Royal Rag and yarn faotory having met his death in being crushed on TueMay between the elevator and the. loor A Oom. I j cw. The Sportanburg Journal says the polico aro keeping a watohout on thc cooaine "sniffers" since tho ocalne and morphine ordinance, passed at a recent meeting of the city counoll, went Into til jot. The ordinance makes lt unlawful for either drug to bo sold In tho city except hy a p'O 8oriptton from a regularlioensed phy sician. Tho >ise of cooaine was becom ing wldesproa:! among a certain class rf colored peoplo, but now that a stringent ordinance prohibiting, the Balnof the drug tho "sniffers" will lind a dillioult matter to seuuro tho white powder that furnishes them so muon delight._ KOIIOIH llnboadcd. Tho leader of tho rob?is of Kuan g Si province, and threo others, who wore implicated In tho attack on the bouse of Rev. Dr. Andrew Beattie, American missionary, at Fa tl, In Feb ruary, were beheaded, Mardi 12. The executions passed off quietly and with no unusual {Incident. ABSHNHlnatod. T. C. Thompson, colored, was she ?jvwl l,-n...l r- ix *Un ..I-.?? - * T->.. T ^oppe at Switzer, SnarfLV1' ?' J> y. on Saturday njffh?a)fianbur? ?0"n no o'clock, wSl? ha a"rt6?ween ,2a?d >n was a shotgun ?nd ir Jh? ?ea' om tho outaiS* fc WAS "r*d )w -?m bbjrotigh a win n ?ot Tw^ty YoarZ ' ?ontoneed io ff, de*ro? ?nd 1 'ears ? fchoP?"'tontlary for. i ".-.-r_" .- ..y. ??j;-.?-1_ <? <?Mjaeaai?a^L>, i .mr.r i ?!,>? I Early Cabb?ge Plant? Guar CARLY JERSEY CHARLESTON QUCOE WAKEFIELD LAROE TYP! Tho Earline* WAKEFIELD Tho Karl Cabbage Orown Booond Earllea? Bead Vi PRlCEt Inlotiof 1 to 4 m. at sl.BO ptrm., 6to On F. O. B. YOUNG'S ISLAND, .. C. My fi f ',, ,v 1 guarautoo Planta to giropuroh IjUarantee prloe to auy customer who I? ol? Kiowa lu tho opon fl?.Id. on Hoaooaat Of Routh growing tho hardloat plautn that eau bo grow rouet in tho Interior of tho Soutuorn Htstoi qi Maroh. They will ata?d ?overo cold without o i 'UKO Two to Tbroo wooka uoouor tuan lr you frames. . , . _ ? My Sargent Ountomora aro tho Mnrkot Oar 1 tho Mouth. Thotr pr.?nt deponda upon thotu ba' C i||H uiy planto for tholr crops. I AUO grow a full lino orolhoriPlantisiiri Fi *j Tomato. V.ifg Plant amt Pepper PlnaUi Appli < Troca, Pig iluauoa, ?nd Grape Vlnea. ?Z Special tcnni to periont who mike up club \X/1V/T I JJ erdei*. Writ? for Waltraud catalogua, . *? CABBAQB PLAN I have had several years oxpoiienoo lu g and bnvo ready for uni putout Early Jo ruo; Wtikofloldd, I lender son 8'cocas whbh are' od truck farmers. Theso plants are grown sovoro oold without Injury. Pi?os, puked 100. IiOts of 5,000 at $1.25 por 1,000. Sr Eress eoiupnny ls giving us cheap rates 1 o shlppod O. O. unless you profor to orders will haye my prompt und parson Address all ordors to lt. J ?.?.?.??-?.?.?.?.??????? ?.???.?.?????????????.?.Hi I THE GTJINARD j Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proof X Flue linings and Drain Tile. Prc ? or millions. COTTON QINNERS AND Al Write for Prices on Babbit Couplings Guages Drills Guage Cocks Oil Cups Hacksaws Oil Cans Bolt, leatl Fittings Injectors Pipo Lace Leather, Packing all kinds, Sliaf til else In mach?n Columbia Supply Co., . . Bonovolont AHHIIMIIR?lon According to the dlspatohos from the Philippine Islands some more benevolent assimilation bas been done over there. The assimilated wore a band of Moros, and it is carefully explained by Gon. Wood in the offi cial reports that they were a band of outlaws. lb s?em8 that Gen. Wood and his troops made a clean job of it The Moron, who were to bo assimila ted, were oiught In the orator of an extinct volcano. They were surrouud ed In this death trap, and B J. hun dred of them, including women and children, wore "paoltled" in death. No prisoners wete taken, as Gen. Wood says the action resulted in the extermination of this band of out laws. Frequently we get a report of this sort from our Philippine posses sions. Taere is never any report of tho number )f outlaws wcunded. There is never any report of tho number of prisoners taken. The brigands are always exterminated to a man. "but the thing we would like to know." says the Atlanta Journal, "is tills are these people really outlaws, In the ordinary, accepted sense of the term, or do the government reports call them outlaws simply booause tho ad ministration does not wish to admit that its program in the archipelago has never met with the endorsement of the native population, and that, as a matter of faot, armed rebellion has never ceased; ar d never will cease so long as somo of the natives aro able to got th J arms? If these peoplo who are being slaughtered are meroly dan gerous brigands, who in no way rep resent the real sentiment of the na tive population, there is some hope that the inhabitants of the islands as a whole wtll one day become recouoil ed to American rule. But if they are really rcbols waging a hopeless war for what they conceive to be their rights, and really represent the feel ing of a largo part of the natives to ward Americans, it must bo very evi dent that the cheerful government rfc ports concerning the manner in whloli the Filipinos have become rcoonoiled to American rule are very highly col ored. It would be to tho advantage of all parties coucerned if the admin istration would bc quite frank about the matter and let us know whether we are killing outlaws or killing rebels in that country."_ Moot After Thlriy-Ouo YOUTH. A spoolal from Birmingham, Ala., Thursday says Mrs. C. W. Clifton of Dalesford, W. Va., and Mrs. J. T. Kimberly of Dallas, Texas, mother and daughter, after a separation of :?1 years, met today. Mrs. K innerly tho daughter, remembors being stol n from her homo when 6 years of ago. She was finally re1 cued by worthy peoplo in T.xas, tho gypsies being placated with gold. The mother and daughter located each othet only last month and met hero by appointment. They left immediately for Ti xis. The tender oare of a g od wlfo is the Hoist thing In tho world PLAGUJS bPOT8 IN THU BLOOD A HcmodY Found to CloiiBO the IOntlro System. Half of tho disoasos from which mankind BU (Tors aro causod by Impuro blood. That headache, tip BO pains in tho joints and inmolen, thai tired fooling!, uro nil causod by poisons in tint blood. Tho reason Khmunut ism, ?olatlca und (lout cannot bo cured by rubbing willi Un* Hiltonia mid ?>U?i ?u ?l?tt tho '.ii:'.; ::.:;-. Originated in tho blood, and an Internal disonso cannot bo lb ??pwIn tim worid" 'BWB???^fc1 Wood1, ?ht to tho soat SfVd?2^2?S . ??0a "0 poisons out of tho I i" SW,B? R' 1 \ ken wm, tho dCi* ;:ru,vV",'w I ?k aproad thron? " ",Vf "v\ lower 1 ?nb?' 'Wattie gfStiyf ?Ut?fe, My ?>?ok ? 'P dOWl) Blairs on!? *v '..vi ?0?I4 I 3,,|ty I locelv?d ir?i,y ? ?ratest but was n H bono tod V^?r,y ,\hm roooinmo- dod to ni i ii, ou* mf'??Ino on. tho dlson.il\?ttm? ^\ t?ki"? two 'olly woll ovo Pr'l ? ?, % ,!'lv? anteed to Satisfy Purchase*,|: B8I0N AUGUSTA SHORT STEMMED TRUOKCR FLAT DUTCH Host TUt A little luter Largest and Lat??. [\rloty ' than Buooesilon Cabbage n. at 11.25 per m., 10 m. and ovor, nt St.00 per m. ?pedal Bxpreas Rat? ?a Plants to Vary Low. aooraattsfaotlop, pr will refund tho purofc laatlsfjod at oud of season. Thea? plants Carolina, tn a climate Hint ls Just aultct ? lu tho Unltod HtutOH. Thoa iring tho months of January eins lnjurod, and will mst' grow your own plants In doner* near tho Interior towna and otttea of ving Karly Oabbagojfor that reason thay pur? , rait Troos, nvioh aa Strawberry, Sweet Potato. ?, Feaob, pour, Plum, Cherry and Apricot n rcDATV BOX86. U. l>aLi>l\/-% 1 laroUNO-a ISLAND.a,C TS POR SALB. I ;rowlug Cabbage Planta for tho trade J f WakeQolds, Char1 eaton Large Type Y tho boab known varieties to oiporlonc- X noar aalt water in open air. Will stand *> ! iu light boxee V. O, B , hore, $1.50 per ? molal prices on larp.e ordors. Tho ox- ? 'or plants this soasen. All plants will Y Bond tho mouoy with tho orders. Your T. al attoution. Give rae a trial order. Y . DONALDSON, MEGGENS, S. O. X ?-xi ?.?.????o??? ..wno?? * BRICK WORKS, I IA. O. 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