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m /fr" gr 1 oro / .DO TB, ORBAT LIBRBTY, INPIHJt OUR SOULS AND M AKH OUI? ?.IVKS IM THY POSSESSION HAPPY OB OUR ?BATHS OLORIOUS IW THY OAUSE." VOL. xxxit BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1907. NO, ?MTU lAfinr-n nur m^m -. - ? -_- I mu ?n? ucAino Two Young Men Go To a Watery Grave While Fishing. THE BODIES FOUND. Tiiey Visit Their Trout Line on tho Dani in a Hatean, and Not Return ing, Causes Alarm and Leads to a Search, Which Results in the Pind ing of tho Bodies of tlie Two Young Men. Early Thursday morning the news was received ill Anderson of the drowning of J. C. Walker and John Dickson, which occurred at 2 o'clock that morning on the pond of the Hel ton Power Company, six and a half miles from Helton, on the Saluda Ri ver. Doth of these young gentlemen wore well known in Anderson, as lt was their former home. It seems that the two men set out trout lines across the pond Wednes day evening, and at two o'clock last Thursday morning they wero in a batteau visiting the lines, when tho hatteau capsized for some unknown reason. As neither of the gentlemen re turned to their home in time to go to work Thursday morning, a search for them was made. Tho lifeless body of Mr. Walker was found on one of the hooks of tin; trout line. The body of Mr. Dickson was found about noon about -IO feet holow where the boat turned over. Mr. Walker and Mr. Dickson were brothers-in-law. They were electri cal engineers and were in charge of the power house at the Cam. They had been connected with tho com pany only a short time. Doth were about twenty-live years of age. Mr. Walker worked at the sub-sta tion of the Anderson Power Com pany four or live years. He left his position there about live months ago. Ho wont down on the Laurens road of the Charleston and Western Car olina Railroad and from there ho went to work at the Helton dam. He married Miss Mossie Hickson, the sis ter of John Dickson and tin- daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Dick son, who aro now residents of Ander son. His wife survives him. Mr. Dickson worked at the sub station with Mr. Walker two years. Ho left the services of the Anderson Water, Light and Power Company last February, when lie moved his family to the Helton power dam. Mr. Dickson married Miss Rossie Kay, who, with a child of two years and ii child of one week, survive him. "The mother, father, sister and brother of Mr. Dickson went to the scene of the horrible accident Wed nesday morning. The bodies of the men were carried to Anderson where the interment took place. M A l i i i M O M A li SWIM) LIO. Victim of Ills Desire to Wed a Titled Woman. The arrest of Johann Fiedler, a tradesman, of Hermannstedt lu Tran sylvania, and his wife lias revealed a bare-faced swindle practiced on a simple minded hui wolthy land owner of Roumanian nationality named Konstant an H ra tea nu. Flodlor learning that it was Hrat eann's ambition to marry a lady of title lu tro du cori him to Frau Fiedler who posed as the Baroness Ida Kim who was unmarried and possessed of ? 1 DO.OOii, in her own right. Frau Flodlor played her part with completo success, and on Hie day of her betrothal IHM- husband received $15,000, as a commission. Fiedler next offered to obtain for Hraieann the title of Haren from the Mungari ian Oovornmenl for another $5,000, and this too, the simple landowner paid. Then Fiedler and his wife vanish ed and Hrateanu realized for tho flrsi time lie had been victimized. ? TRAFFIC IN WIVRS, Said to he Quite a Practice Among French Peasants. The coull ol' the Manie Loire ai Paris has before it a case brough! liv a peasant who (daims $600 damages from another peasant for the nonful fillment ol' a contract for the Bale of his wlfo. , Tho man who brought the action bargained to buy the wife of a neigh bor for $000. When Hie woman he ard ol' I be transaction she not only refused to leave her husband's house bul told the two men strongly wha she thought of t hem. . The buyer was furious at not be inc ?ilile to obtain the execution of I' contract duly drawn up and signed und lie determined to seek Idgnl re dress. It is staled that Hie salo and pur chases of wives have taken place several times during recent years. ni: <n:rs mu PAY. John Hays Hammond Highest Paid .?Man in thc World. John Hays Hammond, UH- mining engineer of New York, re?oives n sal ary aggregating $800,000 a year, which is moro money than any Other man ever received for his personal services. Men make millions on in vestments or by manipulations of speculations, hut Hammond ls the only man In the world who is paid so nearly a million dollars a year for professional advice. Hammond is tin? greatest soldier of fortune of modern limes, perhaps of all timon, and was the model from whlcdi Richard Harding Davis drew bis hero In "Soliders of Fortuno." l?o was born in San francisco fifty two years ago, and graduated from the Shoold Scientific School of Yale. During his boyhood iii California In board and dreamed of nothing hut gold, for the Western coast was gold mad during this period. Convict Killed. In an a tl em pt to ??scape from the penitentiary at Raliegh, N. c., Thurs day by three young convicts, ono of them, C. L. Scruggs, was killed and the others, Jack Williams and Dodd wilson, word recaptured, by the guard. M 11 vvirnu UUI In Mexico by a Sudden and De structive Earthquake. It is Reported Thnt Five Hundred People Were Killed by tho Terrible Disaster. A dispatch from Chllpanclngo, i Mexico, says that city has boen com pletely destroyed by ono of tho most serious earthquakes that has ?ver visited that section. Up to Monday evening tho known doad number ll, and tho badly Injured seven. A paule prevails overywhoro and people are fleeing to tho opon coun try. The earth continues to rock at half hour Intervals, and many minor shocks completed tho, work of de- | st ruction. AU telegraphic communication to the outside world ceased shortly after 1 11:60 o'clock Monday night, when tho first shock was felt. The tole- | graph operators have installed tom- . penny quarters in an open square. Tho town of Chilapa, 4 2 kilomot- < ors to tho northeastward) hus also boen destroyed. As yet no details j have been received ns to tho number of dead and woundod, but lt ls feared ' that tho number will be largo. Doth tho volcanoes of Colima and i Jorullo aro in this region and the , people fear that tho recent, eruption of tho earth may cause these moun- f tains to become moro active and to destroy much property and many . lives. * ; A dispatch from the City of Mex leo says the Notional Hank of Mexico lias received a tolegram saying that f)00 lives were loBt in tho destruction of Chllpanclngo and Chilapa. Tho : telegram adds that both citlos were completely destroyed. In govern mental circles the report ls not crod- . Ited. ' lt ls ndmlttod that both citlos were severely damaged, but lt. ls not j thought that the death list will even ( approximate GOO owing to tho fact j that tho housos aro massive affairs, ' built of stone In order to resist earth quake shocks. Tho government of tho state of t Guerrero has dispatched military en- j ginoors and troops to the destroyed district ?md tho work of rescuo and h. sanitation is hoing enrried on m u systematic way. A dispatch from the City of Moxi- 1 co on Monday night says heavy earth quake shocks continued on the west . const until 4 o'clock Monday morn- . lng. At that dato news from tho s rea ol' greatest destruction shows . that the devastation was greater than J at first supposed. Besides tho destruction of Chilpan- \ icihgO and Chilapa, it is now report ed that Tixtla, between thot>o two j cities, containing about tho same pop ulntlon ns Chilpanlcingo, was ulso r leveled. Messengers from tho coast who . have roached Chilpanlcingo say that ,J tho towns of Ayutlo and Ometopoc r Pavo boen destroyed und that tho loss * of lifo ls vory heavy. It will ho Kev- * oral days before full portlculare will be received. BAD STATIC OW API AIDS One of tin? Troubles Small Counties 1 Have to Contend With. According to a letter containing 1 much vigorous language, Governor ' Ansel received Thursday from Mr. W. *. N. Paulllng publisher of the Kcho and Press at Monck's ('orner, In Her- ' koley county, somebody has been ( tampering with HU? court schedule In 1 that neck of the woods for tho pur- K poso of securing delay in the trial of 1 a number of criminal cases. Mr. Faulling encloses an editorial j J clipping from hts paper, which cries | 1 out against "the shame that has boen s practicad against the people of Berke- 1 loy county." He says that for some reason, whick llO ls unable to explain ' bul on which Senator Haynes of the 1 county may be able to throw some ( light, tho February tenn of court was 1 passed np altogether, although tho \ criminal docket was tho heaviest in . tho history of tho county, five murder 1 l ases awaiting trial now. And according to tho new court 1 schedule for Berkeley, whick was '< provided for In the last Legislature, 1 here will bo no more regular terms ' ill next September, which will be 12 oaths from tho last term. Mr. Gnulling says tho chief justice has signed an order for a special term to \ be held this month, but ho wants the governor to look Into the situation generally. In (lie editorial ?lipping KOtUO judge, whose name is not called, is sevoroly scored for enquiring when the next train lofl Monck's Comer soon as he landed In town. Tho edl tor says t hat the next Judge who .ame to hold court there should have <\\o fact impressed upon his mind hat Berkeley is a part of the Slate. WAS A MAD MAX. ('hamp Chli'k Relates an Incident a. Gridiron Dinner. Champ Clark of Missouri made a ipeecll al Des Moines the other eve ning in tho course of which he sahl thal the half had not been t?d?l of thc incidents at the Gridiron dlnnor at Which ForAker and Roosevelt slashed at each other. "I was sitting a llttlo way from the President," ho said, "and say, I have seen six men meet violent death at different times, but I never saw a madder man than Roosevtdt was at thal timo in my whole lifo." "if," ho continued, "we compel the Hnrrlman-BllsB-Odol gang to toll the truth about the campaign contrihu Hons, we would sweep the count ry. If we had n district attorney in New York that was worth powder and lend to blow him to hell, Sing Sin?; would be so full Ol those delving Re publican bosses thal their arms and legs would l?e sticking out of tho windows." Killed His Son. At Gadsden, Ala., 0. P. Dodson, a holograph operator, shot and killed his three-yenr-old son Thursday while In a demented condition, and nt the saino time tried to kill his WlfO. 110 oscaped to the woods, hut was lated captured by aid of dogs. Killed by Cigarettes. Caporn Jones, eighteen, ron of L. M. Jones, a prominent planter of Starrsvllle. Gn.. ended bin life nt noon Friday by shooting himself through tho heart with a shotgun. It ls slat ed that Hm young man's mind was undoubtedly affected Lom clgarotto smoking. WHULt WORLD Was In the Throes of Hugh Earth quake Last Week. THOUSANDS KILLED. Tho Serlos HUH Reen Most General ami Severo lu History and Were Accompanied Hy Darkness, Light liing Storms and tho Stilling Odor Burning Sulphur. Authorities Try ing to Suppress Heal Loss of Life. Dispatches received from four con tinents Indicated that tho whole world has hoon In tho throes of a re markable series of earthquakes. More than 1,000 lives have l oon loss in Merico and many towns have l)een swallowed in the rents of the ' sa'rth. Violent earthquakes are reported . n tho Russian trans-Caspian terri tory in Asia; in Southern Spain, in Tyrol and throughout T ukey mid Syria. Tho startling eruption of a volcano in Chile is accompanied by ! larkness, lightning, storms and the ! itifling odor of burning sulphur. A dispatch from lil Paso, Texas, ! mys more than a thousand persons ' vero killed In the earthquake which levastated the territory southwest 1 )f Mexico City. 1 The list of dead may bo Incrensod * greatly, according to late dispatches 1 ccolved Friday from tho affected 1 iountry. New volcanoes have brok- ' .n out and the burning lava has set 1 Ire to the forests and people and live dock aro docing for their lives. 1 Scores of towns lying botween Mex- ( co City and the Pacific ocean have ' icon wiped out by tho earthquakes 1 n ninny Instances tho earth opened ( md In tho great chasms thus formed, ?wallowed whole vllliges. 1 The greatest damage done be- 1 ween the City of Mexico and the Col- - ma volcano, which seemed to la; the * darting point of the disturbance. Co- 1 Ima is now in violent eruption, the ' lost severe in tho history of Mexico, * md no estimate can now be placed ? m tho extent of the damage done or .et to be done. I One of the most alarming feature?* 1 s tho Indication that thors 'ms been i large los? of life In the City of Mex- * co, a fact which the authorities are 1 rying to suppress. IDfforts to com- ? nunieato with the authorities have ' ailed, but privai advices to com- * norcia! houses say that tho loss of lfo has been heavy, but that no an? I louncement would bo made by the ' dllclals. Messages received at the town of 1 iaurez, In Mexico, just across the Iver from 101 Paso, say that when till if the dead In tho scores of towns md villlagos to the southwest have t icon enumerated, tho list of dead viii far exceed 1,000. This series of earthquakes was the nest severe? In tho history of the iountry. Not only (lld tho disturbance ( ixtond from Mexico City to Colima, . mt there was a great disturbance on < ho bottom of tho gulf of Mexico. Fishing boats returning from tho > ?ed snapped banks report that they ' vere overtaken by most remarkable itorms In which cross tides attacked hem, water spouts appeared, and croat columns of steam shot from the . mean. Several of these boats were i nade so hot by the steam from the j len that ice which their fish were lacked with, was melted. All Of the railroad lines in tho 1 out horn and western part of Mexico, nive been practically destroyed. In ] cores of places tho roadbed was car- j 'led completely away. c This has interfered greatly with | be execution of tho government's ( nea s tires of relief. The bishop of Jhllnpn telegraphs that the dost me lon of Chllapn was almost complete bat In many instances whole fann ies wore killed and that the need oi .ellet' wits urgent. The tidal wave which swept over he town of Acapulo did groat dnm tgo. Tho tlgal waze led two mete ologlsts to believe that the earth make was Of world-wide dimensions. MAH / CARRI Kit AHHIOST IO I > kV. L. iiovlnggood ('hinged With Tampering With Pouches W. ii, Lovinggood, collored, mall nessenger at tho Orangeburg postof ice, wits arrested Tuesday on a war tint sworn out by Postofllco Inspector I. H. Irving, charged with cutting nail pouches. Lovlllggood'8 duties ire to take tho mail to,and from tho rains, and it is understood thal BOV 'i'lil tnios during March tho locked Honchos Which contain letters and .ther valuable mail wore delivered it tho postolllce cut, .bowing that i hey had been tampered with. Tho postolllce authorities In Wash ington woro notified and Inspector Irvin nsslngod the case. lt ls not known what evidence the Inspector holds, or whether any valuable mail was taken from tho cut pouches, but these facts will doubtless come out it tho preliminary hearing which United States Commissioner Robert I .dc fixed for April Whether the nags were cul oil the train or after Uley lett the train is the question. Lovinggood bears a good reputa tion, and ba.: been mail carrier be tween tho postolllce and tho various trains for several years. This is tho llrst t i mo that any suspicion was ever thrown on him, and thoro aro many who do not believe that ho is guilty nf the crime charged against him. If he wanted i<> rob tho mails ho could have done So wihout cutting n mall hag as he ls In and out of thc post office al all hours of the day and night. Lovinggood was bailed and is now out. Postmaster Webster repoll ad tho matter as soon as ho discover Od ii and lind the matter Investigated with the above result. (Jill Defends Self. Rulering n farm house six miles south of Decatur, Georgia, where Ada Smith, a fifteen year old girl was alone with a three year old child. Jim [Clliott, a negro, threatened te kill the girl with a knife which he car ried threateningly. Miss Smith re treated across the room and seizing a shot gun leveled it at Fd I lott, who jumped through ti window to escape two shots fired by the brave girl. 101 liott. was given a hearing and held for trial. POISON PLOT May Kill Three Little Children in the City of Chicago Father and Mother Slain. All tho Victims Suddenly III After Kating Oatmeal. ? Three of tho surviving mombors of the Ill-fated Motto family, of No. 2849. North Harding nvonuo, ure dy ing at tho Swedish Hospital, How manville Chicago, as a result of a second poison plot discoverod Thurs day hy tho Irving Park Authorities, in tho poison mystery that has al ready resulted In the death of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mette, father and mother of the latest victims. Ono member only of tho family which consisted of father mother and four children, ls now in danger nf death. This is Mrs. Mary Sladok, tho married daughter, who ls now at Dunning hoing examined for her san ity. Thc names of tho victims of what tho police hellevo to ho a now attempt lo exterminate tho ontiro Motto fam ily aro: Joseph Motto, nlneteon; Rudolph Mette, thirteen; Frank Motto. Jr., ten. All of' tho victims became suddenly ill Thursday aftor Dating oatmeal for breakfast. The boys wore unconscious when Ibo policeman arrived and placed them In the ambulance. It. was dis covered there was no room for the pict lins in Dunning Hoopltal. Tho liollcv took them on to the Swedish Hospital in Bowmanvlllo, tho institu tion where their futhor died. "Tho condition of the three boys ls so serious that they are likely to Ile at any time," said Captain Hain es. "One of them will not recover ind there is little chance for tho ithers." Lieutenant Collins, of tho Irving Park police station, detailed a dosen io)Icemen and detectives on the caso. ?. quantity of tho oatmeal found on ho table was given to a cat, which it once was thrown Into spasms. The lollce are now certain that food in he house ls impregnated with pot ion. Mrs. Mary Sladok, who was taken o Dunning Hospital, was again ex imincd for the "third degree." Coupled with this renewal of ac Ivity by the police came tho report hat tim i i Sladok, husband of Mrs VI a ry Sladok ls about to bring suit or divorce, having loft her and gone o Los Angeles. The pollco sny the woman wns on he verge of a breakdown and a con 'esslon was expected momentarily The Coroner says the woman ls not nsano. MILLION HOLLAHS ASKED \s a Hansom for the Little Stolen Marvin Hoy. A dispatch from Dover, Del., says me million dollars Is thc ransom isked for little Horace Marvin by Salvatore Antone, of Hoboken, from vhoni Dr. Marvin received a letter Thursday morning. Antone says he has the child in ils custody, and if an advertisement s Inserted In a New York paper tell ng where Dr. Marvin will meet him io will deliver the baby. On tho lack of Antone's letter, a large black land was drawn. Dr. Marvin received about thirty otters Thursday morning from nil ?arts of the country. Most of them ?ff o rod condolence, tho writers ex cessing the belief that the child 1? lead. One writer suggested that D'", dnrvin advert ice in the papers of 10 tirgest cities of the country. Cleve and was underscored several timed. >r. Marvin said he would advertise n all the Cleveland papers. Dr. Marvin was informed Thursday norning that tho Pinkerton dotoc ives, who had been working on the ?aso, since the child was reported Hissing, had withdrawn. Tho distracted father wai hurried y summoned from the Capitol Hotel Thursday morning by the report hat his baliy lind been found dead in the woods near tho farm at, Dover, Del. 'The rumor proved to be un ! rue. MAXY NYAH SHU'S. Will Pe in the Fleet During thc Ex position. Never in tho history of the United States Navy has there been such a formidable army of warships at? that will gather in Hampton Hoads this month to participate in the James town Kx position , 'The hugest Hool over previously nSSOmblod under the command of ono United States naval otllcer was that which was reviewed by President Roosevelt in Long Island, September :i, 1006. While the Jamestown aggregation of fighting sea monsters will not quito equal thal of Oyster Hay in number of numerical strength, lt will surpass lt in fighting power, and counting the foreign vessels of war, which will form a part of tho naval display, the Jamestown fleet will bc superior to tho review last fall. Visitors to Jamestown, however, will be given the opportunity to nco both fleets, for the navy department has decided to place In the govern ment building an exact reproduction by modol of the Long Island Fleet. Roar Admiral F.vnns will he In com mand of the Jamestown fleet, which will consist of 86 war-vessels. There will be- 1(> first class and ono second class battleship, whereas the Oyster Hay fleet contained only 12 battle ships. AN UNI/AWFUL WEDDING Pastor of African ('burch at Orlenn, N. J., Arrested. Rev. W. F. Coffey, pastor of nn African church at Orlean, N. J., was arrested Friday night on tho charge of unlawfully marrying Arthur Jonos, colored, and Dora Hitchcock, white. Coffey was held for tho grand jury in the sum of $500. Frod Hitchcock, tho father of tho girl, and Arthur Jones, to whom she was married woro nrralned. They ploadod not guilty to disorderly acts. , ,\.r t SAFE AND SANE. Harmon of Ohio is Suggested as Such a Candidate. Some Aro Of tho Opinion, However, Thnt Ho Is Too Bofo omi Sane to Win. Zach McGhoo, tho Washington cor-1 respondent of the Btate Bays tho con servativo nomocracy hno tlxed upon a candidato for tho presidency, no the tale goos in Wanning ton. It is Judson Harmon of Ohio. Ho WOB attorney gonoral in President Clovoland'B sec ond torin. The information cornea from an Rastern Democrat of national repu tation, and it strongly appears that tho forcee of tho Parker nomination In 1904 are back of lt. Harmon is to b? tho "safe and sane" enndiduto as against Bryan, tho "unsafe and tn- j fl?ne" candidate. That's the pro gram. .Harmon made au oxcollont attorney genoral, and slnco his retirement has boen practicing law in Ohio. He did one notnblo public service about 3 years ago when President Roosevelt appointed him to look into tho alleg ed violation of tho nntl-robnto law. ( bftho Atch son, Topeka and Sante li Fe railroad. (Harmon looked Into it und found ttyat Paul Morton, a member of the pro8ident'o cablnot was tho guilty party, for Morton was president dur- * lng tho time tho rebates wero given. ( Harmon and his nssociato tn the ? work recommended that prosecutions c bo instigated against Paul Morton t and nomo of tho othor oillcinls of the ? oiid. This did not ?ult the ad m in is* ? ration though, at all, which wanted " lo prosecute tho rnilroad tracks, the <1 ocomotlves and things of that sort, ind put them all in jail. u illarmon oxpresoed the opinion that s f rebates were given somebody was o responsible and they offered to show e .he president pretty quick who and o tidw, but tho president had no idea C jf allowing his friend und cablnot v jlQcor to bo prosecuted. Harmon 6' dioroupon quit and the case was lropped. , , a Harmon is quito much of a man I ill right, but tho opinion is that he g s too "safo and sano" for the sontl nent of tho party and of the country lo it this time. .. , , IV ? Il DIO DISPENSARY TRADE. |j b .Vhat/iWas Taken During the First ^ Monti?. n n icording. to figures which Slate m Visitor W. H. West bas Just chocked ?| ip, tho gross salo of tho Carey-Coth .an dispensary liquor throughout tho Hate for March, the first month of melness since tho now system was nnugurated, amounted to $153,444.- . 10. There aro now only nineteen . :ounties under the new system, und ^ ?onie of these, particularly Charles on, did not get started under the ? low system ut once. Tho aales by counties wore: (\ Abbeville.% 5,0 53.85 y liken.7,917.19 '? lam berg.2,GOS.90 H lamwoll.2,015.25 lharleaton. 17,991.83 .'hester.G. 9 00.1 2 11 Clarendon. 3,820.40,. kiloton. 1,537.1 0 )orchostor. 3,3 2 8.10 11 airfield.3,if7.32 ?Moronce. 6,343.65 . leorgetown.9,01 4.011? , kershaw. 7,3 25.35 " ,aurons. 4,460.95 Lexington. 1,669.90 "K >0.2.7G9.8: )rangcburg. 16,756.86 richland.38,438.30 Sumter. 1 1,805.98 EDITOR SENT INTO EXILE. d Whipped, Imprisoned and Banished 1 ' for Offending Guatemalan Ruler. I h Francisco Osorno Hojas, former | u ?ditor and proprietor of a daily paper n Guatemala City, is at New Orleans, f< in oxlle. c Hojas says that just beforo the g ^t?ntemela congress assembled Pres ident Cabrera sent him a copy of his message, with instructions to display t. in the nert (sue of his paper. Th? first pago had already been made up j a ind printed, BO Rojas printed tho j n president's message on the inst page. Cabrera thought this was les ma l?alo, had tho luckies!! editor arrested ?md beaten with u bul whip, and then kept In durance vile for a month. Fl nnly ho was given his liberty on promlso that ho leave tho country. Tho only possession ho has today ls the bull whip. DISFRANCHISES N EG HO ES The Florida Legislature Dont Want Him to Vote. Tho Florida senate by a vote of 25 to 5 adopted a Joint resolution to (lociare the fourteenth mid fifteenth. \ amondmentsln the federal constltu- t lion void and to disfranchise the ne gio In Florida. The resolution was Introduced by t Senotor John S. Heard, of Pensacola, fl who spoke at length upon the subject. < Senator John S. Heard, of PensaCOll, that the supreme court of tho United States would uphold th action of the state in disfranchising the negro. The house la overwhelmingly for the resolution and the question of tho legality Of tho amendments In quos- I lion will thufi go before tho United 1 States supremo court. Crowded gal leries cheered tho action of the se? alo._ LITTLE ROY STOLEN Strange Mau Gove Child Money and Candy to Lure Him. . John Sahol, aged six, was kidnap ped on Sunday afternoon from his home nt Kauto, Pa. The boy ls the non of n Slavolan miner. John and bl? three-year-old broth er, Joseph, went for n Walk. A short time later Joseph returned und said that a otrango man had given John a dollar and Homo candy to go a'.ong with him. There ls no k.iown motivo for the kidnapping, ns the father of the lad Is In ordinary circumstances, and the kidnappers could not hopo for a ran som. . .... THE OLD VETS Program of the Reunion to Be Held in Columbia WILL HAVE BIG TIME. rho Sponsors Aro Provided For. They Will Ile Cl I von u Reception ami a Dalli In Most of tho Events, However, Place of Honor Has Reen Reserved for tho Old Confederate Veterans. Mr. B. B. Clark, chairman of tho jommtttec or the chamber of com nerco which has chnrgo of tho prep nations for tho. Confederate reunion lt Columbia May 7-9, has completed he detailed program. It is as fol ows: Tuesday, May 7. 11 a. m.- -Presentation of Gen rohnson Haygood's portrait at Col lmbln theatre. 12 m. to 5 p. m.-Band Music on Hain street. G p. m. to 7 p. m.-Reception to Sponsors ut Metropolitan dub. 8 p. m. to 10 p. m.-Concert on lapitol grounds hy Columbia Urans mud. 8.3 0 p. ni,- Columbia Theatre. Wednesday, May H. 9:30 a. m.-Assembly of ail who viii occupy scats on the stage at the tal um bia theatre. This will include ill specially Invited guests, tho may u and aldermen of the city of Col imbia, participants In tho program, noni hers of the reunion executive ind r?ception Committees and the axillary executive committee of la lies, the commander of tho army of .orthern Virginia, and staff, coni iiandor of tho state division and taff origade commanders, command r of the state division, sons of vet runs and staff; president of tho state rganizatlou of Daughters of tho lonfoderacy, and the department, di lston, brigade and regimental spon ors of the U. C. V. 10 a. m.-Opening exercises of the numil reunion of the state division, hilted Confederate veterans, the pro ram being as follows: Overture, Columbia ochestra; dox logy, assembly called to order, Capt. r\ D. Starling, commander of Camp lampton; opening prayer, Rev. Dr. . W. Flinn; address of wescohie on eba If of the city of Columbia, Hon. . H. Gibbes; music, Columbia or liostra; address of welcome on bo alf of tho Columbia chamber of com lorce. Gen. Wilio Jones, presidont; ? lusic, Columbia orchestra; address f wolcom? on behalf of Camp Max- ! / Gregg, U. S. C. V., Hon. Porter 1 tcMaster, commander; music, Col- ' mhla orchester; address of welcome I ii behalf of Camp Hampton Col. U. ? . Brooks; music, Columbia orches- I a; address of welcome to the Con- I iderato veterans by his excellency, ? on. M. F. Ansel, governor of South < molina; response on behalf of the < DUth Carolina division, U. C. V., by I oneral Thomas \V. t;arwlle; music, ol umhin Orchestra; reunion formal ? opened; c?r?monial tribute of re ?ect to tho Confederate dead by the , ssombly; presentation of credentials nd calling rolls of camps, annuoncc lents, adjournment. ?1 p. m.-Reunion assembles at Co nn ida theatre; visit of children of j ie city schools. 4:30 p. m.-Business session. 8 p. m. Presentation of sponsors tColumbln theatre by Hon. George i ell Tlmmorinnn; music, Columbia rchostrn; response on behalf of the lonsors by Miss (?race Lumkin. 9 p. m.-Presentation of tho corn ily drama, "For Her Country's Sake. Thursday, May 1). !. a. m. -Reunion assembles for asl ness. IL' m.-Delivery ol' Hie annal nd ress to the division by Hon. Andrew raw ford. . 5 p. m.-Annual veteran's parado ended by military and flower chll ren. Hine of march from post?nico 3 state house. 6:30 p. m .--Reception to the Con fi?rate veterans by the ladies and hlldren of Columbia on tho capitol tops. 8 p. m. -Reunion assembles for uslness. 8:30 p. m.- Exp?rience melding. !? j), m.-Confederate war tableau nd cami? scenes, "Auld Hang Syne;" nal adjournment. 10 p. m.-Annual reunion hall at Jravon Hall. 1X )N 'T BE Ll EV IC IN W AR. Ivy an Makes Notable Speech Before tho Peace Conference, William Jennings Bryan was the list speaker before the New York ?eace Congross on last Thursday light. He sahl: "War conies from mlsunderstand ngs. At tho finish both parties will ell you that it was a defensive war. Vhon they will submit to having a brough understanding of their grlOV inces, war can he avoided. "I believe one of tho subjects of his convention is to cultivate peace ind to dispel tho idea that man must lie in the battlefield to be a patriot. \nd this convention will not do Its luty unless it Impresses upon tho vorld the Idea that it ls ns much a nan's duty to live for lils country ns t ls to dla for 1?. "I expect to see the world loved nto peace. Love ls tho groat force. [Don't toll me that to secure peace you mist build great armlos and navies. [ want to soe peace by ldvo and not !>y force. MYSTERY CLEARED. Mall Agent Caught Who Took Ton Thousand Dollars. The mystery concerning tho dis appearance of $10,000 In transit by the Atlantic National Hank of Wil mington to the Chemical National Hank, of New York. N. Y.. waft clear ed up hy the arrest ai tho Installe of POStOflice Inspector Fd ward A. Nel son, employed by the mail service. Nelson, whose home tn at Wilming ton has made a confession. His run was between Wilmington and Rocky Mount, N. C. Most of tho money was found undor Nelson's bouse where ho had burled lt. Altogcthor $9,4 00 was recoverod. FELLED BY MANIAC. Paroled Lunatic Attacks An Old Lady and a Man. Iho Old Lady Struck Jn tho Hoad And tho Mon Assaulted With nn Hg - Axe mid Knife. While in a fit of violent insanity and thinking^ ns he said, that some one was trying to kill him, Joseph W. Hagood Saturday made a murderous attack upon Mrs. Eugenia . Smith with an uxo, fracturing her skull, and with a long knife stabbed Mr. John J. Riley in tho back in Colum bia. Mrs. Smith and Mr. Riley aro now undor care at the Columbia hos pital and soino doubts aro ontortaln od ns to tholr recovery. .' The State Bays Hagood has beon on a parolo from tho Insano asylum for just 30 days and up ta. his tragic deed Saturday has been conducting hlmsolf commendable since his re lief. But Saturday morning ho was seized with a terrible malady and got tlng an axe he wont to tho house oc cupied by Mrs. Smith, Mr. Riley and others, and battered down tho door of tho roon in which tho helpless was. With a blow he felled Mrs. Smith across the bed, inflicting a,ser ious fracture of thc skull, and then ho went to the room where Mr. Riley was In bed. Mr. Riley, a one-logged man, hear ing the noise in tho back part of tho house got out of tho bed nnd started lo leave the house when he was seen by Hagood. The maniac gavo chase to Mr. Riley and soon overtook and overpowered him, dealing him n blow on the hip with the axe and then stabbing him in tho back with a knife near tho backbone. - About this time a genornl alarm had been given by Mrs. A. Andrews who was In tho house at tho time, and Mr, J. H. Faulk and others over powered tho maniac and after sum moning the police patrol placed him In the wagon, where ho was carried to the station and locked up. Dr. C. F. Williams, tho city physi cian, who ls attending tho injured people, said ho can not say Just yet what will bo thc outcomo of their In juries. Mrs. Smith's fracture is of a very serious nature and may provo fatal, Mr. Riley will probably get well, unless tho knife penetrated Into the lung, which the doctor fears. Moth parties were resting well late Saturday night. Saturday afternoon the unfortunate man was remanded to the State hospital for tho Insane again. Ile was carried to the hospital in tho patrol wagon and was very order ly nnd autot, the only thing that seemed to worry him was that he Feared some one would at any time io him harm, lt seems. Hagood ls a luiskster by trade and ls married. Ills wife saw a part of the sad affair ind tried to control her husband, but ;ould not. She seemed not to bo ifraid of him, as she had seen him undergo spells at other times. DELIGHTFUL MEETING The Doctors Had a Pleasant Time at llcnncttsvllle. The State Medical Association met it Donnettsvillo this year and thc mom hors had a most pleasant time, The following ofilcors were elected ki serve for the ensuing year. President, Lo Grand Querry, Col limbla; vice presidents, R. A. Marsh, Edgofleld, J. Adams Hayne, Green" ville, Mary lt. Baker, Columbia; sec rotary, Walter Cheyne, Sumter; treas iiror, C. 1'. Almar, Charleston. Stat?' medical examiners, 1st dis trlct, W. P. Porcher, Charleston; and district. J. A. Rosamond, Eadley; 5th district, H. A. Hratton, Yorkvllle; 7th district, J. J. Watson, Columbia. The members from tho other districts hold over. State board of health, Robert Wil son, Charleston; ll. T. Hall, Aiken C. C. Cambrell. Abbeville; J. A [layne, Greenville; W. J. Burdell Lugo ff; James Evans, Florence; C S. Williams, Columbia. Committee on scientific work, G A. Notifier, Abbeville; J. T. Taylor Adams Hun. .Committee on public policy and leg islation. C. n, Earle, Greenville, T. Orango Simons, Charleston; J. H. Mcintosh Columbia. H. A. Marsh was elected alternate to tho American Medical Association. The delegate, J. ll. Hamilton, was elected last year. F. H. MoLoed was elected delegate to tho North Caro lina Association. The resolution to make Columbia the permanent meeting place war; de feated, and Anderson selected for the next meeting. , SECURED DIVORCE Because Ills Wife Wanted ?lilli t<? Commit Suicide. Arthur E. Masher, of Adrien. Mich was recently granted a djvorce from Sarah Comfort Mosher, for nlle.lg 0(1 cruelty of an unuasual nature. Shortly after tho marriage he claims his wife wanted him to enter into a suicido agreement, but he declined. Hater ?hov occupied seperate bed rooms and one night, he testified, she caine Into his room after he had re tired and uncovered the magazine of LhO Coal StOVO BO tho gas would es cape. Another time while out driv ing he said she wanted him to drive in 'front of an approaching train. Holli are Quaker.-!. SHOULD HE HANGED. Husband Saw Two Brutes Brutally Assault Ills Wife. At KingSport, in the presence of her husband, and fourt.Min-year-old daughter, Mrs. Frank Belcher was assaulted at an early hour Friday morning by two masked white men. With draw weapons the men entered tho Bebher home nnd compelled Rei cher to gov out of bed and bo tied. .One mun then nssaulted Mrn. Bel cher while the other made an at tempt on the girl. Relchor'fi frantic efforts to get tit. the men wero stop ped by a blow on tho head which ren dered him unconscious. Citizens are wildly excited over the outrage and there ls open talk of lynching, posses aro scouring tho country. Of Earthquake Wasjelt in Char leston Last Friday, IN SUMMERVILLE TOO. But Nowhere Did Any Dnnmgo Result and Tiiero Was Little Alarm Over lt. Probably ? Reflex of th? den eral Disturbance Over tho Earth . Home People Wore Awakened. A little shock of earthquake was felt In Charleston Friday morning, causing some alarm among those who experienced lt, but tho seismic dis turbance was not serious and did no damage except to scaro timid peo Jlo. The Post says tho shock occurred at 3:30 o'clock aud was said to havo lasted betwoon eight and ton seconds and to have been accompanied by a light roaring sound, puff ot wind and wavo motiqn, the disturbance seem ingly moving from southeast to tho northwest. , Tho shock was moro distinctly felt In Summerville than In Charleston. At tho pineland resort, lt ls said to havo boee attended with the breaking of ornaments which foll from man tels, but this was exceptional. , 'While the shock was naturally more generally felt lu Summerville than In Charleston, nt nolthor placo did tho disturbance roach any decid ed proportions or cause exits from houses or any stain podo. The shock was quito porceptablc but it was not comparable to tho shocks which pro ceded tho great earthquake of Tues day night, August 31st, 1886. There ls no seismograph n Char leston and no register of tho undula tory motion of tho enrth could be re corded. The weather bureau hos many delicate Instrumenta with nee llea, dipped in ink, moving over tab ulated sheets, recording wind and .sin variations, but nono of thoso vas affected, by tho disturbances, vb Ich goes to show how mild tho remor really was. The fuct that n slight tremor was olt should causo little If any unons ness for tho press reports havo boon toting those disturbance for some Ime. Only a few days ago, reports if similar occurrences woro heard rom .TonncBs?o and Kentucky and at liff oren t times and places vreport of larthqunko shocks havo hoon made The fact, that Charleston was trlokon with a big Bhock hourly 21 'oars ago lins no significance and it loos not follow that there will bo mother terrible earthquake thoro. Another may strike some other city ir section of tho country and prehaps lslt thoso places with gr?ator de traction than was over wrought nt Jharloston. Earthquakes are things ditch can not bo avoided and run .way from. People may fleo from an epidemic if fevor or othor disease, but they an not run away from an oarth inake, for they ne? or know whore ?no will occur. Tho disturbance at marleston Friday was probably CUUB id orconnectod In somo way with tho listurbances in Mexico and tho trem ?r of the ground may probably bo limply the settling of tho portions vlthin tho earth and tho resumption if normal condition, after the vio ent shaking up In Moxlco. The Evening Post received a nura )er of telegrams and long-distance elephono messages from newspapers >f ma '" cities making Inquiries about he extent of the damage by tho mrthquake. Some of tho inquiries aid that lt was reported at th >se daces that Charleston had been de stroyed and that property which tho mrthquake had not shaken down ,vas being devoured by flames. These exaggerated roports were of course promptly denied and messag es were put on tho press wires Ba nning the people of tho country that Charleston was unhurt, that not the dtgbtest damage had been done to property, and that the shock was in fact so light, that most people did not feel lt and did not know that it had occurred until they heard it talked ?bout during the day. KILLED HY PHONIC. Turns on Light Peaches for Receiver And Falls Dead. At Marlboro, Muss., Miss Anna Oreen?, cod, aged twenty-nlno, was killed by electricity while using tho telephone at her homo. An examina tion showed a slight burn on tho wrist, indicating that a cuff button had touched the switch as sho turn ed on the light, tho cuiront passing through her body into the telephone instrument, which she was touching with her other hand. After dinner she left tho table laughing at a remark made by hor father and stopped from the dining room to telephone to a friend. There ls ah electric light directly ovor the telephone, and she roached to turn it on she started to ring for control trat. Instantly nil the lights In tho house wore extinguished, and Mr. Greenwood heard his daughter tait. Ho hurried to her but she wr.s dead. RITTEN RY WILDCAT. Xever Pl inched or Murmured Under Pressure of Roast's Jaws. When a vicious wild cat hit Honry T. Justice In tho ankle while ho was hunting In the Maine woods, Sam Provost, aa guido, wan astonished at hts employer's bravery. Justice never winced nor tnado an oring to tear the flesh he took careful oring to tenr tho flest he took careful aim and tired at the animal. Ho missed tho cat and it oacapod. The guido, after he had recovered from his astonishment at tho wonder ful exhibition of bravory, suggested that thoy hurry to a doctor. "No," said Justice, "what wo nood ls a car penter. You seo tho cat bit my cork log." _ - Killed Ry Her Child. At Jacksonville, Fin., Friday Mrs. Mary Gnrdnor was shot and killed by hor flvo year old son. who was play ing w'tli his father's shot gun, which; was accidentally discharged.