HIM nlfflliMiHMWOl'WH^ Mar "DO TH, OBBAT LJUltBTY, INF1RB OUR BOWLS ANP M ABB OU? LIVES IH THY POSSESSION HAPPY OB OCB DBATHS 0LORI0UB IN THY OAUSTC." VOL. XXXI{ BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1907. NO. TWO SAD DEATHS Two Young Men Go To a Watery Grave While Fishing. THE BODIES FOUND. They Visit Their Trout Lino on the Dam in a Hatean, and Not Return* in?, Causes Alarm ami Leads to a Search, Which Results in the Pind ing of the Bodies of the Two Young Men. Early Thursday morning the news .was received in 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. Both of these young gentlemen wore well known in Anderson, ns lt was their former home. lt seems that the two men set out trout lines across the pond Wednes day evening, and at two o'clock last Thursday morning they were in a bat tea ll visiting the linos, when the batteau 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 wns made. The lifeless body of Mr. Walker was found on one of the hooks of the trout line. The body of Mr. Hickson was found about noon about 4 0 feet below where the boat turned over. Mr. Walker and Mr. Dickson were brothers-in-law. They woro electri cal onglneers .and wore In charge of the power house at the ?am. They had been connected with tho com pany only a short timo. Both were tibout twenty-five years of age. Mr. Walker worked at the sub-sta tion of the Anderson Power Com pany four or Ave years. Ho left his position there about live months ago. Ho went down on the Laurens road of the Charleston and Western Car olina Railroad and from thore ho wont to work ut the Relton dam. He married Miss Rossie Dickson, the sis ter of John Dickson and tho daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Dick son, who are now residents of Ander son. His wife survives him. Mr. Dickson worked at the sub station with Mr. Walker two years. He left the services of the Anderson Water, Light and Power Company last February, when ho moved his family to the Relton power dam. Mr. Dickson married Miss Rossie Kay, who, with a child of two years and n child of one week, survive him. ~ The mother, father, sister and brother of Air. Dickson went to tho scone of tho horrible accident Wed nesday morning. The bodies of the men were carried to Anderson whore the interment took place. M ATlilMOMAL SWINDLE. Victim of His Desire to Wed a Tilled Woman? The arrest of Johann Fiedler, a tradesman, of Hermannstedt in Tran Bylvanln, and bis wife has revealed a bare-faced swindle practiced on a simple minded but welt hy land owner bf Roumanian nationality named Ko estant an Brat ea nu. Fiedler learning that it was Rrat eanu's ambition to marry a lady of title Introduced him td Frau Fiedler who posed as the Baroness Ida Kim who was unmarried and possessed of $1 on,non, in her own right. Frau Fiedler played her part with completo success, and on the day of her betrothal hor husband received $15,000, ns a commission. Fiedler next offered to obtain for Rrateanu the title of Baron from the Hungar ian Government for another $5,000, and this too, the simple landowner paid. Then Fiedler and his wife vanish ed and Brat eau u realized for the first time he had boon victimized. ? TRAFFIC IN WIVES. Said to be On ile a Practice Among French Peasants. The court of the Haute Loire at Paris has before it a case brought by a ponsnni who claims $<;uu damages from another peasant for tho nonful fillment of a contract for the sale of his wile. , The man who brought tho action bargained lo buy tho wife of a neigh bor for $ouo. When the woman hoard of tho transaction she not only refused lo leave lier husband's house l>ut told the two men strongly wha she thought of i hem. . The buyer was furious al mu be ing aide io obtain the execution of e contract duly drawn np and signed lind he determined to seek legal re dress. lt ls staled thal the sale .and pur chases of wives have taken place several limes during recent years. HP: (ROTS RIG PAV. John Rays Hammond Highest Paid .Man in (lie World. John Hays Hammond, (he mining engineer of New York, receives a sal ary aggregating $800,000 a year, which is mor? 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 ls paid so nearly a million dollars a year for professional advice. Hammond is tho greatest soldier of fortune of modern times, perhaps of all times, and was Hie model from which Billiard Hardin); Davis drew his hero in "Soliders of Fortune." ile was lorn in San Francisco llfty two y on r's ago, and graduated from the Sheeld Scient i lie School of Yale. During his boyhood In California ho hoard and dreamed ot nothing bul gold, for the Western coast was gold mad during this period. Convict Killed. In an attempt to escape from the penitentiary nt Bal legh, N. C., Thurs day by three young convicts, ne of (hem, 0. L. Scruggs, was killed and the others, Jack Williams and Dodd Wilson, were recaptured, by the guard. CITY WIPED OUT In Mexico by a Sudden and De structive Earthquake. ft ls Reported Thnt Flvo Hundred People Were Killed by the Terribie Disaster. A dispatch from Chilpanclngo, Moxico, says that city has been com pletely destroyed by ono ot tho most serious earthquakes that has over visited that section. Up to Monday evening the known doad number ll, and tho badly injured sovon. A panic provalls everywhere and people are fleeing to tho open coun try. The earth continues to rock at half hour Intervals, and many minor shocks completed tho/ work of de rtrnctlon. All telegraphic communication to tho outside world ceased shortly after 11:50 o'clock Monday night, when tho first shock was felt. The tele graph operators have liiBtalled tem porary quarters in an opon square. Tho town of Chllapa, 4 2 kilomet ers to tho northeastward, has also boen destroyed. As yet no details havo been received as to tho numhor of dead and wounded, but lt is feared that the number will be largo. Doth tho volcanoes of Collina and ! Jorullo aro in this region and the . people fear that the recent eruption ot tho earth may cause these munn tains to become moro active and to destroy much property and mnnv , lives. A dispatch from the City of Mex ico says the National Hank of Mexico ' has received a tolegram saying that COO lives were lost in the destruction \f of Chilpanclngo and Chllupa. Tho ' telegram adda that both cities Were completely destroyed. In govern mental circles the report ls not crod- , Ited. lt ls admitted that both citlos were severely damaged, but it is not ? thought that the death list will even , approximate C>00 owing to the fact , that tho housos aro massive affairs, built of stone in order to resist earth quake shocks. The government of tho state of , Guerrero has dispatched military en- , glnoers and troops to the destroyed district and tho work of rescue and ? sanitation is hoing curried on in u systematic way. A dispatch from the City of Mexi co on Monday night says heavy earth quake shocks continued on the west ? coast until 4 o'clock Monday morn- . lng. At that date news from tho ?rea of greatest destruction shows ! that the devastation was grouter than at hist supposed. Besides tho destruction of Chilpan IclngO and Chilapn, it is now report ed that Tixtla, between thoso two ! cities, containing about tho sumo pop illation as Chllpanlcingo, was also leveled. Messengers from tho const wdio have roached Chllpanlcingo say that ' tho towns of Ayutlo and Omotopec 1 have been destroyed and that tho loss J of Ufo IB vory heavy. It will bo sev oral days before full portlculars will ' be received. HAD STATE OF AFFAIRS I One of tho Troubles Small Counties 1 Have to Contend With. According to a lotter containing 1 much vigorous language, Governor ] Ansel received Thursday from Mr. W. X. Faulting publisher of the Echo and Prosa at Monck's Corner, In Her- ' koley county, somebody has been ' tampering with the court schedule in 1 that neck of the woods for the pur pose of securing delny In the trial of 1 a number of criminal cases, Mr. Faulllng encloses an editorial 1 clipping from his paper, which cries 1 out against "the shaine that has been * practlcsd against the people of Borko- 1 loy county." He says that for some roAson, which ho ls unable to explain 1 bul on which Senator Haynes of the 1 county may bc able lo throw some * Unlit, the February term of court was 1 passod up altogether, although the ] criminal docket was the heaviest in ! tho history of the county, five murder 1 cases awaiting trial now. And according to the new court ' schedule for Berkeley; whick was ! provided for In the last Legislatur?', 1 ?une will bo no more regular terms ' ill next September, which will bo 12 ?ont bs from Hie last terni. Mr. Faulllng says tho chief justice has signed an order for a special term to i bo bold this month, but he wants the governor to look Into tho situation generally. In tho editorial clipping some judge, whose name is not called, is i severely scored for enquiring when ( tho next train loft Monck'a Corner soon as be landed In town. The edl tor says that the next Judge who .ame to hold court there should have ?ho fact Impressed upon his mind li?t Berkeley Is a part of thc State WAS A MAH .MAN. Champ Clark Relates au Incident at Gridiron Dinner. Champ Clark of ?Missouri made a '?peech al Hes Moines the Other eve sing in tho course of which he said thal tho half had not been told of tho Incidents at the Gridiron dinner at which Forakor and Roosevelt slashed al each other. "I was sitting a little way from tho President," he said, "and say, I have soon six men moid violent death at different times, but 1 never saw a madder mun than Roosevelt was at that timo in my whole lifo." "if." be continued, "wc compel the Harrlman-Bllss-Odol gang to toll the truth about the campaign contrlhu Hons, we would sweep the country. If we bad a district attorney in Now York that was worth powder and lead to blow him to hell, Sing Slim would beso full Ol those thelvlng Re publican bosses that their arms and legs would be sticking out of the windows." Rilled Hts Sou. Al Gadsden, Alu., O. P. Hodson, a telegraph operator, shot and killed bis three-year-old son Thursday while In n dom on tod condition, and nt the same time tried to kill his wife, lie escaped tu die woods, but was lated captured by aid of dogs. Killed by Cigarettes. Capers Jones, eighteen, son of L. M. Jones, n prominent planter of Stftfrsvillo, Ga., ended his life nt noon Friday by shooting himself through tho ho..rt With a shotgun, lt ls stat ed that tho young man's mind was undoubtedly affected from cl garotte smoking. WHOLE WORLD Was In tho Throes of Hugh Earth quake Last Week THOUSANDS KILLED. The Series Has Deen Most General Mid Severo In History mid Wero Accompanied Hy Darkness, Light ning Storms and the Stilling Odor Burning Sulphur. Authorities Try ing to Suppress Kcal Loss of Life. Dispatches received from four con tinents Indicated that tho whole world has hoon in the throes of ti re markable serios of earthquakes. Moro than 1,000 lives have boon loss in Merlcp and many towns have boon swallowed in the rents of tho oarth. Violent earthquakes aro reported In the Russian trans-Caspian terri tory in Asia; in Southern Spnln, in Tyrol and throughout Turkey and Syria. The startling eruption of a volcano in Chile is accompanied by darkness, lightning, storms and tho stifling odor of burning sulphur. A dispatch from ICI Paso, Texas, says more than a thousand persons ' were killed in the earthquake which devastated tho territory southwest ' j{ Mexico City. 1 The Hst of dead may bo Increased 1 treatly, according to late dispatches ' received Friday from tho affected 1 country. New volcanoes have brok 30 out and the burning lava has sot ( Ire to tho forests and people and live dock aro Hoeing for their lives. Scores of towns lying between Mox- ( co City and tho Pacific ocean have ' icon wiped out by the earthquakes 1 In morty Instances tho earth opened ( ind in tho groat chasms thus formed, JW allowed whole vllllges. 1 The greatest damage done be- 1 tween the City of Mexico and tho Col- ' ima volcano, which seemed to be the 1 Harting point of the disturbance. Co- 1 Ima is now In violent eruption, the 1 lost severe in the history of Mexico, * ind no estimate can now be placed 1 JU tho extent of tho damage done or ?.et to be done. 1 One of the most alarming feature? f s tho Indication that thor? '?MS boen i large loss of life In the City of Mex- ' leo, n fact which the authorities are \ ?Tying to suppress. 13 ff or ts to com- ? nu nica te with tho authorities have ' failed, but privat advices to com- I merdai houses say that tho loss of lfo has been heavy, but that no an louncement would bo made by the dllclnls. Messages received at the town of Touro?., In Mexico, just across the -Iver from Fl Paso, say that when all )t the dead In the scores of towns ind vintages to the southwest, have noon enumerated, the list of dead ?viii far exceed 1,000. This series of earthquakes was tho nost Bovere in tho history of the ?Olintry. Not only did the disturbance extend from Mexico City to Colima, mt there was a great disturbance on .he bottom of tho gulf of Mexico. Fishing boats returning from the .ed snapped banks report that they ?vero overtaken by most remarkable storms in which cross tides attacked diem, water spouts appeared, and ;roat columns of steam shot from the mean. Several ol I hese boats were nade so hot by the steam from the ten that Ice which their fish were lacked with, was melted. All of the railroad lines In tho muthern and western part of Mexico, nive been practically destroyed. In icores of places tho roadbed was car ded completely away This has Interfered greatly with ho execution of the government's nensures bf relief. The bishop of ,'hilapa telegraphs that the destruc ion of (Millapa was almost complete hat in many Instances wdiole tami les were killed and that the need ol eliot' was urgent. The tidal wave which swept over he town of Acaptllo did great dorn ige. Tho Ilga I wji/e led two moto .ologlsts to believe that the oarth lUnke was of world-wide dimensions. MAI Ii ( ARRII.R AHR10ST IO I) W. I,. liOvlnggood Charged With Tampering With Pouches W. L. Lovlngg??d, collored, mail messenger at tho Orangeburg posto f llce, was arrested Tuesday on a war rant sworn out by Post?nico Inspector f. H. living, charged with cutting moll pouches. I.ovlnggood's duties ire to take tho mall to.and from the Mains, and it is understood that sev . al tines during March tho locked ponche-! w li Ich contain letters and H er valuable mail were delivered ii the postolllco cut. showing thal i hey had been I am pe red with. The postolllco authorities In Wash ington were notified and Inspector Irvin assingod tho case. lt ls not Known Whal evidence the inspector holds, or whether any valuable mail was taken from the cut pouches, but these facts will doubtless come out itt the preliminary hearing which t'nited States Commissioner Robert Ldc fixed for April 26. Whether tho hags were cul on tho train or after they left the train is the question, I.ovlnggood boars a good reputa tion, and hail been mall carrier be tween tho post?nico and the various trains for several years. This ls tho lust Hmo that any suspicion was ever thrown on him, and there are many who do not believe that he is guilty of tho crime ch ar god against him. If he wanted to rob tho malls he could have done so wlliout cutting a mail bag as he is in and ont of the post ?nico at all hours of the day and night. LovlnggOOd was balled and ls now out. Postmaster Webster report ed the matter as soon as he discover ed it and had the matter Investigated with Hie above result. (?lil Defends Self. [0l\ ter lng a farm house six miles south of Decatur, Georgia, whero Ada Smith, a fifteen year old girl was alone with a three year old Child, .Hm RI Holt, fi negro, threatened lo kill the girl with a knife which he car ried threateningly. Miss Smith re treated across the room and seizing a shot gun leveled l< nt IOIliott. who jumped through a window to escape two shots fired by the brave girl. IOI 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 111 After Eating Oatmeal. 7* * ~r - Three of the surviving mombers of tho Ill-fated Motto family, of No. 2849. North Harding avenue, are dy ing at tho Swedish Hospital, How manville, Chic igo, ns a result of a second poison plot dlKcoverod Thurs day by tho irving Park Authorities, in tho poison mystory 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 childron, is now in dangor nf death. This ls Mrs. Mary Sludok, tho married daughter, who is now at Dunning being examined for her san ity. The names of tho victims of what tho poilce believe to bo a now attempt to exterminate tho onttro Motto fam ily are: Joseph Motto, nlneteon; Rudolph Motto, thirteen; Frank Motte, Jr., ten. All of' tho victims became suddenly ill Thursday aftor Dating oatmeal for breakfast. The boys were unconscious when tho policeman arrived and placed them In the ambulance, lt. was dis covered there was no room for the riotlms In Dunning Hospital. The liol Ice took them on to tho Swedish Hospital in Mowinnnvlllo, tho institu tion where their father died. "Tho condition of the threo boys ls so serious that they are likely to Ile at ony time," said Captulu Hain es. "Ono of them will not recover md there ls little chanco for tho i thors." Lieutenant Collins, of tho Irving Park police station, detailed a dozen >olIcemen and detectives on the cas'o. r* quantity of the oatmeal found on ;ho table was given to a cat, which it once was thrown into spasms. Tho miloo are now certain that food In ho house ls Impregnated with pel ion. Mrs. Mary Sladek, who was token o Dunning Hospital, wns agaiu ex imincd for the "third degree." Coupled with this renewal of ac lvity by the police carno tho report .hat isJmli Sladek, husband of Mrs. Vin ry Sladek Is about to bring suit 'or divorce, having loft her and gone o Los Angeles. The police sny tho woman was on he verge of 0 breakdown and a con fession was expected momentarily. The Coroner says tho woman ls not nsnno. MILLION DOLLARS ASKED Vs a Ransom for the Little Stolen Marvin Roy. A dispatch from Dover, Del., says ino million dollars ls tho ransom iskod for little Horace Marvin by Salvatore Antone, of Hoboken, from ./hom Dr. Marvin received a letter Thursday morning. Antone says he has the child in ils custody, and If un advertisement s inserted tn a New York paper toli ng where Dr. Marvin will moot him, ie will deliver the baby. On the lack of Antone's letter, a large black land was drawn. Dr. Marvin received about, thirty otters Thursday morning from all ?arts of the country. Moat of them i ff or ed condolence', the writers ex cessing tho belief that the child L> load. One writer suggested that D'1. Marvin odvertice in the papers of 10 urgest cities of the country. Clove and was underscored several timed. >r. Marvin said he would advertise n all the Cleveland papers. Dr. Marvin was Informed Thursday norning that the Pinkerton dotec IVOB, who had been working on the .ase, since the child was reported Hissing, had withdrawn. 'The distracted father wa-5 hurried ly summoned from the Capitol Hotel Thursday morning by tho report that hts baby had been found dead in the woods near the farm at Dover Del. 'The rumor proved to bo un I rue. MANY WAR SHU'S. Will Rc in the Fleet During thc Ex position. Never In tho history of the United States Navy han there been such formidable array of warships as that will gat lier In Hampton Hoads this month to participate in the James town ICx position , The largest beet ever previously lissom bled under the command of one Culled States naval olllcer wan that wb ich was reviewed by President Roosevelt in Long Island, September 3, 1906. VVhilo tho Jamestown aggregation Of lighting sea monsters will not quito equal thal of Oyster May in number of numerical strongth, lt will surpass lt In lighting power, and counting tho foreign vessels of war, which Will fi?rin a part of tho naval display, the Jamestown Meet will be superior to tho rovlow last fall. Visitors to Jamestown, howevor, will be given the opportunity to see both Hoots, for the navy department has decided to place in the govern ment building' an exact reproduction by model of the Long Island Fleot. Roar Admiral Evans will be In com mand of tho Jamestown fleet, which will consist of 116 war-vessels. There will bo 1 f> Hist class and ono second class battleship, whereas tho Oyster Hay fleet contained only 12 battle ships. A N IN LAW FPL WERRI Nt allowing his friend and cabinet dtlcor to ho prosecuted. Harmon horetipon quit and the caso was Iropped. , , Harmon is quite much of a man ill right, but tho opinion is that ho s too "safo and sano" for the sontl nont of tho party and of the country ,t this timo. ., , , BIO DISPENSARY TRADE. Vhnt Was Taken During the First Month. j According to figures which State 11 mailor W. B. West has just checked ip, tho gross sale of tho Caroy-Coth nn dispensary liquor throughout tho ?tate for March, the first month of iiislness sluce tho now system was , m.ngura ted, amounted to $153,444,- , G. There aro now only nineteen . ounties under the new system, and onie of these, particularly Charlcs on, did not get started under the ow system at once. Tho nales by counties were: kbbeville.$ 6,553.85 Liken.7,917.19 lamborg.2,068.90 Inrnwoll.2,015.25 lharleston.17,991.83 Sheeter.6,900.12 Clarendon. 3,826.40,, Jolleton. 1,537.10 )orchestor. 3.3 28.10 M 'airfield.3,lf7.32 Toronco. 6,343.65 ?eorgetown.9,01 4.9 f. Cershaw.7.3 25.35 ?nu rons. 4,466.95 .exington. 1,669.90 ,eo. 2,769.ST? Irangeburg. 16,756.86 tichlnnd.38,438.30 limiter.11.S05.98 EDITOR SENT INTO EXILE. Vhipped, Imprisoned and Banished for Offending Guatemalan Ruler. Francisco Osorno Rojas, former di tor and proprietor of a daily paper n Guatemala City, is at New Orleans, a exile. Ito jus says that just beforo the luatemala congress assembled Pros dent Cabrera sent him a copy of his nessnge, with instructions to display t. in the nort (sue of his paper. The irst pago had already been made up md primed, so Rojas printed tho .resident's message on the last page. Cabrera thought this was les ern esto, had tho luckless editor arrested md beaten with a bul whip, and thon tept in durance vile for a month. Fi ialy ho was given his liberty on iroroise that ho leave the country, ['he only possession ho has today is he bull whip. DISFRANCHISES NEGROES I'he Florida Legislature Dont Want Him to Vote. The Florida nate by a vote of ?5 to 5 adopted a Joint resolution to Inclure the fourteenth and fifteenth imendraentsln tho federal constltu lon void and to disfranchise tho no? jro in Florida. Tho resolution was introduced by 3enotor John S. Board, of Pensacola, tvho spoke at length upon tin* subject. Senator John S. Beard, of Ponsacoll, that, the supreme court, of the United states would uphold th action of the Hate in disfranchising the negro. The housn ls overwhelmingly for the resolution and the question of tho legality of the amendments In ques tion will thus go before the United 3tates supremo court. Crowded gal leries cheered tho action of the sen ttto. LITTLE BOY STOLEN Strange Man Gave Child Money and Candy to I,ure Him. . John Snhol, aged six, was kidnap ped on Sunday afternoon from lils homo nt Hauto, Pa. Tho boy ls the hon of a Slavolan miner. John and his threo-yoar-old broth er, Joseph, went for a walk. A short time later Joseph returned and said that a etrango man had given John a dollar and some candy to go along with him. There ls no known motive for tho kidnapping, as the father of the lad ls in ordinary circumstances, und tho kidnappers could not hope for a ran som. THE OLD VETS Program of the Reunion to Be Held in Columbia WILL HAVE BIG TIME. The Sponsors Aro Provided For. They Will Bo Given n Reception and a Hall. Tn Most of tho Events, However, Place of Honor Has Boon Reserved for the Old Confederate Veterans. Mr. E. B, Clark, chairman of tho committee of 'tho chamber of com merce which has charge of tho prep arations for tho Confederate reunion at Columbia Muy 7-9. has completed the detailed program, lt ls ns fol lows: Tuesday, May 7. 11 a. m.-Presentation of Gen Johnson Haygood's portrait at Col umbia theatre. 12 m. to 5 p. m.-Band Music on Main street. 6 p. m. to 7 p. m.-Reception to Sponsors at Metropolitan club. 8 p. m. to 10 p. m.-Concert on capitol grounds by Columbia Brass band. 8.30 p. m.- Columbia Theatre. Wednesday, May 8. 9:30 a. m.- Assembly of all who will occupy seats on the stage at the Columbia theatre. This will include all specially invited guests, tho may or and aldermen of the city of Col umbia, participants In tho program, members of the reunion executive and reception committees and the auxiliary executive committee of la dles, tho commander of the army of . .orthern Virginia, and staff, com mander of tho state division and staff origade commanders, command er of the state division, sons of vet erans and staff; president of tho state organization of Daughters of the Confederacy, and tho department, di vision, brigade and regimental spon sors of the U. C. V. 10 a. ni,-Opening exercises of the annual reunion of the state division, Unlte'd Confederate veterans, the pro gram ticing as follows: Overture, Columbia ochestra; dox ology, assembly called to order, Capt. W. I). Starling, commander of Camp Hampton; opening prayer, Rev. Dr. J. W. Flinn; address of wescomo on behalf of the city of Columbia, Hon. T\ H. Gibbes; music, Columbia or 3hostra; address of welcome on bo liolf of tho Columbia chamber of com morco, Gen. Wlllo Jonos, president; ?nusic, Columbia orchestra; address jf wolcomo on hohulf of Camp Max- 1 jy Gregg, U. S. C. V.. Hon. Porter 1 VIcMnster, commander; music, Col- I nubia orchester; address of welcome I >n behalf of Cami) Hampton, Col. U. < lt. Brooks; music, Columbia orches- 1 :rn; address of welcome to the Con- 1 federate veterans by hts excellency, i Hon. M. F, Ansel, governor of South < karolina; response on behalf of the ? louth Carolina division, U. C. V., by I General Thomas W, Carwile; music, Columbia Orchestra; reunion formal y opened; ceremonial tribute of re meet to the Confederate dead by the , issombly; presentation of credentials ind calling rolls of camps, annuonce nents, adjournment. .I p. m. Reunion assembles at Co nni bia theatre; visit of children of ? he city schools. .1:30 p. m.-Business session. 8 p. m. Presentation of sponsors itCoIumbln theatre by Hon. George 1 Sell Timinormnn; music. Col um bin >rchostra; response on behalf of tho mousers by Miss (?race Lumkill. 11 p. m. Presentation of the com edy tiran?a, "For Her Country's Sake. Thursday, May t). !i a. 111. Reunion assembler, for business. 12 m. Delivery ol' the annal ad dress to tho division by Hon. Andrew Crawford. . 5 j?, m.-Annual veteran's parade headed by military and flower chil dren. Hine of march from postof?lc? to state house. 5:30 p. m. - Reception to the Con federate veterans by tho ladles and children of Columbia on the capitol steps. 8 p. m.--Rounlon assembles for business. 8:31) p. m.--??Experience meeting. 9 p. m.-Confederate war tableau and camp scenes, "Auld Hang Syne;'' final adjournment. 10 p. m.-Annual reunion ball at davon Hall. DON'T BELIEVE IN WAR. Bryan Makes Not utile Speech Before the Peace Conference, William Jennings Bryan was the last speaker before the New York Peace Congress on last Thursday night. He said: "War comos from misunderstand ings. At tho finish both parties will tell you that lt was a defensivo war. When they will submit to having a through understanding of their griev ances, war can bo avoided. "1 believe one of the subjects of this convention ls to cultivate peace and lo dispel tho Idea tba? man must die In tho battloflold to bo a patriot. And this convention will not do Its duty unless lt impresses upon the world tho Idea that it ts as much n man's duty to live for his country ns it Is to dla for lt. "1 expect to see the world loved Into peace. Hove ls tho grout force. Don't toll me that to secure peace you must build great armies, and navies. 1 want to soe peace by love and not by force. MYSTERY CLEARER. Mall Agent Caught Who Took Ten Thousand Dollars. Tho mystery concerning the dis appearance of $10,000 in transit by the Atlantic National Hunk of Wil mington to the Chemical National Hank, of New York. N. Y., was clear ed up by the arrest at the installe of I'ostolllce Inspector lOdwnrd A. Nel son, employed by the mall service. Nelson, whose home ls at Wilming ton has made a confession. His run was between Wilmington and Rocky Mount, N. 0, Most of tho money was found under Nelson's house whore ho had burled ll. Altogether $9,4 00 was recovered. FELLED BY MANIAC. Paroled Lunatic Attacks An Old Lady and a Man. lho Old Lady Struck iii tho Head And tho Mnn Assaulted With an Axo and Knife. While in a flt of violent insanity and thinkingT as ho said, that some ? ono was trying to kill him, Joseph W. Hngood Saturday made a murderous attack upon Mrs. Eugenia .Smith with an axo, fracturing hor skull, and with a long knifo stahbod Mr. John J. Riley in the back in Colum bia. Mrs. Smith and Mr. Riloy aro now under caro nt tho Columbia hos pital and som o doubts aro entertain ed as to their recovery. The Stato says Hngood hus been on a parolo from tho insano asylum for just 30 days and up ta. his tragic deed Saturday has been conducting himself commendable slnco his re lief. Rut Saturday morning he WUB seized with a terrible malady and get ting an axe he went to tho bouse 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 foiled Mrs. Smith across the bed, inflicting a ser ious fracture of the skull, and then he went to the room whero Mr. Riley was in bed. Mr. Riley, n one-legged man, hear ing the noise in tho back part of tho house got out of tho bed and started to leave the house when he was seen by Hagood. Tho maniac gave chase to Mr. Riley and soon overtook and overpowered him, dealing him a blow on tho hip with the axe and then stabbing him In the buck with a knife near the backbone. About this time a general 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, whore ho was carried to the station and locked up. Dr. C. F. Williams, tho city physi cian, who ls attending tho Injured people, said he can not sny Just yet what will bo the outcome of their In juries. Mrs. Smith's fracture ls of a very serious uature and may prove fatal. Mr. Riley will probably get well, unless the knife penetrated into tho lung, which thc doctor fears. Both parties were resting well late Saturday night. Saturday afternoon tho unfortunate man was remanded to tho State hospital for the Insane again. Ho was carried to tho hospital in the patrol wagon and was very order ly and quiet, the only thing that seemed to worry him was that ho feared somo ono would at any time 10 him harm, it seems. Hagood is a 11 u sk s ter by trade and is married. Ills wife saw a part of the sad affair ind tried to control her husband, but lould not. She seemed not to be if raid of him, as she had seen him indergo spells at other times. DELIGHTFl' L MEETING The Doctors Had a Pleasant Time at Rennettsvllle. The State Medical Association met it Rennettsvllle this year and the mem hors had a most pleasant timo, The following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year. President, Lo Grand Guerry, Col umbia; Vice presidents, Ri A. Marsh, ridgefield, J. Adams Hayne, Green ville, Mary R. Raker, Columbia; sec retary. Walter Cheyne, Sumter; treas urer, C. I*. Ali?ar. Charlest?n. State medical examiners, 1st dis trict, W. 1'. Porcher, Charleston; and district. J. A. Rosamond, Easley; 5th district, R. A. Bretton; Yorkvllle; 7th district, J. J. Watson, Columbia. The members from tho other districts hold over. State board of health, Robert Wil son. Charleston; H. T. Hall, Aiken; c. c. Cambrell, Abbeville; J. A. I layne, Greenville; w. J. Burdell, Lu go ff; James Evans, Florence; C. s. williams, Columbia. Committee on scientific work, G. A. Neuffer, Abbeville; J. T. Taylor. Adams Run. .Committee on public policy and leg islation, C. B. Earle, Greenville, T. Grange Simons. Charleston; J. H. .McIntosh, Columbia. lt. A. Marsh was elected alternate to the American Medical Association The dOlOgate, J. IL Hamilton, was elected last. year. F. H. Mcl.oed Was elected delegate to the North Caro lina Association. The resolution to make Columbia the permanent meeting place was de feated, and Anderson selected for the next lin et lng. , SECURED DIVORCE Because Ills Wife Wanted Ulm to Commit Suicide. Arthur E. Masher, o? Adrien, Mich was recently granted a divorce from Sarah comfort M?sher, for alledg ed cruelty Of an unuasual nature. Shortly after the marriage he claims his wife wanted him to enter Into a suicide agreement, but he declined. Later they occupied seperate bed rooms and one night, ho testified, she came into his room after he had re tired and uncovered the magazine of the coal stove 80 the gas would es cape. Another time while out driv ing ho said she wanted him to drive in" front of an approaching train. Both are Quakers. SHOULD BE HANGED. Husband Saw Two Brotes Brut all] Assault His Wife. At Kingsport, in tho proseneo of lier husband, and fouvteen-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 Reicher home and compelled Rol eber to gm out of bed and be Hod. .One man then assaulted Mrs. Bel cher while the other piado an at tempt on the girl. Belcher's frantic efforts to get at the men were stop lied by a blow on the head which rent I dered him unconscious. Citizens uro wildly excited over tho outrage and there ls open talk of lynching. Posses aro scourlug tho country. LITTLE' SHOCK Qt Earthquake Was Jolt tn Char leston Last Friday. IN SUMMERVILLE TOO. But Nowhere Did Any Dmnneo Result and There Was Little Alarm Over lt. Probably a Reflex of tho Gon ?rnl Disturbance Over tho Earth . Some Pcoplo Wore Awakened. A little shock of earthquake was felt in Charleston Friday morning, causing some alarm among those who oxporloncod it, but the seismic dis turbance was not serious and did no damage oxcept to scaro timid peo Jlo. The Post says tho shock occurred tit 3:30 o'clock and was said to have lasted botwoon eight and ton seconds und to have beon accompanied by a light roaring Bound, puff of wind and wave motion, the disturbance seem ingly moving from southeast to the northwest. The shock was moro distinctly felt In Summerville than in Charleston. Kt the pineland resort, it is said to liavo boon attended with tho breaking >f ornaments which fell from man tels, but this was exceptional. , Whllo the shock was naturally moro generally felt in Summerville than in Charleston, at neither placo lld tho disturbance roach any docid r;d proportions or causo exits from houses or any stampede. Tho shock was quito perceptablo but lt was not comparable to tho shocks which pre ceded the great earthquake bf Tues iay night, August 31st, 1886. There is no soismograph n Char leston and no reglstor of tho undula ory motion of the earth could bo ro iordod. The weather bureau has nany delicate Instruments with nee lles, dipped in Ink, moving over tab ilatcd sheets, recording wind and aln variations, but nono of those iras affoctod, by tho disturbances, /bleb goes to show how mild tho reiinor really was. Tho fact that a slight tremor was olt should causo little if any uneas nesu for tho pross reports have boon oting those disturbance for some Imo. Only a fow days ago, reports f similar occurrences were hoard rom .Tennessee and Kontucky and at ifforent times and places\report of arthquako shocks have beon.mado. Tho fact that Charleston was trlckon with o big shook nearly 21 cars ago has no significance and it oos not follow that there will bo nothor terrible earthquake there, mother may strike some other city r section of the country and prehaps isit thoso places with grouter de traction than was over wrought nt marleston. Earthquakes aro things 'hieb can not bo avoided and run wny from. People may Uno from an epidemic f fovor or other disease, but thoy an not run away from an earth uako, for they never know where ne will occur. Tho disturbance at lharleston Friday was probably caus d orconnectod In somo way with tho Isturbances in Mexico and tho trem r of the ground may probably bo imply the settling of tho portions ,ithin the earth and the resumption f normal condition, after the vlo aht shaking up In Mexico. The Evening Post received a mim er of telegrams and long-dlstunco elophono messages from newspapers f many cities making Inquiries about he extent of the damage hy tho arthquako. Some of tho inquirios aid that lt was reported at these laces that Charleston had boon de troyed and that property which tho arthquako had not shaken down vim being devoured by flames. These exaggerated reports were of ourse promptly denied and mossag s were put on tho pross wlros as uring the pcoplo of tho country that marleston was unhurt, that not the lightest damage had been dono to ?roporty, and thal the shock was in act. so light, that most people did not eel lt and did not know that it had icourrod until they hoard lt talked ibout during the day. K1LLI0D HY PHONE. rums on Light Reaches for Receiver Ami Falls Dead. At Marlboro, Mass., Miss Anna Greenwood, aged twenty-nine, was tilled by electricity while using tho elophono at her home. An exnmlna ion showed a slight burn on the wrist, indicating that a cuff button tad touched tho switch as oho turn ed on tho light, tho cuiront passing through her body Into the telephone Instrument, which she was touching With her other hand. After dinner she left tho tablo laughing at a remark mado by her father and stepped from tho dining room to t?l?phone to a friend. Thero ls an electric light directly over the telephone, and she.reached to turn lt on she started to ring for control Irai. Instantly all the lights In tho house were extinguished, and Mr. Greenwood hoard his daughter fall. Ho hurried to her but sho was dead. BITTEN BY WILDCAT. Never Flinched or Murmured Under Pressure of Benst's Jaws. When a vicious wild cut bit Honry T. Justice In tho anklo whllo ho was hunting In the Maine woods, Sam Provost, aa guido, was astonished at his employer's bravery. Justice never winced nor mado an orlng to tear the flesh he took careful orlng to tear tho flest ho took careful aim and fired at tho animal. Ho missed tho cat and lt escaped. Tho guide, after he had recovered from his astonishment, at tho wondor ful exhibition of bravory, suggested that they hurry to a doctor. "No," said Justice, "what wo need Is a car peni er. You seo tho cat blt my cork leg." _ Killed By Her Child. At Jacksonville, Fla., Friday Mrs. Mary Gardner was shot and killed by hor Ave year old son, who was play ing with his father's shot gun, which was accidentally discharged.