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The Marlboro' Democrat. VOE. xxxil SE - "DO THOU, CHEAT IJIDEHTY, IN SH HE OUR SOILS AND MAKIO OUK LI VHS IN THY POSSESSION DADDY OH OUK DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." BENNETTS VI LEE, S. C., FBI DAY, JUNE 21 1907. NC WOMAN ROBBED # Columbia Woman Assaulted by Columbia Man in Texas. HE IS ARRESTED Large Sum of (luid Coin ami (.old CciiilLulcs in Valise Amounting lo. Sixty-One. Thousand. Dollar? Was Taken Dui Arrest Was Mad*' Before ll?' Could Make His 10s enpo. Mrs. Sallie A. Gibson of Colum bia, rich and very eccentric, was rob bed of $61,000 al San Antonia, Tex as Friday. The niau who robbed bor, Rufus Williams, is also a Co lumbian and formerly kept a livery stable near ber residence on upper Main street. The Hist news received of the rob bery was an Associated Press story Friday morning, which stated that Williams bad been arrested and had confessed. I "a fer in the day the fol lowing special was sent Tho Slate from San Antonia, Texas: San Antonio, Texas, .lune I I.- Ru fus Williams of Col tl m bbl is in jail lier charged with robbery and assault with deadly weapon upon Mrs. Sal lie Gibson, ile made the following confession (oday: "I came to San Antonio on the 13th Inst, from Columba, s. c.. vin St. Louis. Mo. Mrs. Sal Ho Gibson came with me. We hired a horse ami buggy to ride around and drove out in th? country some live or six miles from town. "We came to tl stream of waler and she said: 'Lot's go take a bath in tile stream.* We turned and drove up along tho stream about li.~> yards from tho road into a kind of open space. I got out. and hitched the horse and went mid sal down on the edge of the stream. "We got lo talking about our trip and told ber thal I knew I was doing wrong and that I was going back io my wife and children and that she had no business to persuad?- nie to go with her. Sin- said thal 1 was the only man sin? cared anything for and that she would kill nie ii I weill j back. I should have mciltoltlcd that before this. "She took $n0,000, all in $1,000 bills, from her bosom and laid il hy her grip, the money wrapped in a paper, bul I know thal it was $.">0, 000 as I had previously bad it in my possession. 1 also knew that she had $11.ooo in the grip, something over $7,000 in gold. I knew that she had all (bis money because ? sold several pieces ol' property in and around Columba for ber and this was the money. "After sin? sat down by nie on the edge of the stroan! we gol lo talk ing about our (rip. and after I had told ber thal I had made up my mind to go hack lo my wife she said that she loved mo bettor than any other imin on earth and that if I did go back she would kill nie. "Then there were several words passed and I got up and picked np a stick and just, as she was about lo get up 1 struck 1KM- on Hie head with the stick once und knocked her down. She foll in Ibo edge of j he water. 1 thou (ooh- all .ior money and put it in the buggy and Shirted to drive off and jusi as I storied she hollered and sahl: 'Don'! leave me, you have nearly killed nie.' I did not reply, bul drove back lo town , put the boise ;illd bugg\ in the livery stable, where Hie mana ger of Mn' stable hooked up another horse and buggy and We drove over town awhile. All Ibis lime I kopi the grip and Hie moues in the bug gy willi me. Aller driving awhile with the manager I asked bim io Iel me out at a barber shop lo gel ;i shave. I got illy shave ?ind walked i on the depot and bough I :i liekel lo Atlanta, Ca. I gol info the train, but was arrested before ii started." Williams had $(H';0Ufl belonging to Mrs. Gibson In his possession J^whon arrested. Airs. Gibson do clares thai WiPiams had her hyp notized and I bal this explains h li po WO I" over her. She is in a local hospital and will go back lo Columbia as soon as she is able, but Ibo district iiGorne> will have her held as a witness, Mrs. Gibson ls the niece ol' lin lalo Squire Levi IV Met/., who wa very wealthy, but on account ol' Ibo .failure of a bank In which he wm interested many years ago I bet i were many judgments against bin and he never deposited bis money In a bank. On bis (lentil Mrs (?il.son secured the ItlOlie.v lu- le.fi and om (leposil alone, made abo ll I I WO > ear ago, amounted lo $'.b"?.0O0 sin then began to dspose ol' hoi' reid es lato, selling two pieces for ri ho ul $lo,ono each, lier mind biran-.' weakened probobly on account <>i the worry II bo u I the large sum 0 money and I ho flu I i bili a large part of il was kepi al ber house Oil upper Main si reel. Last October srnne one hearing of Ibis, atleinpted to kill ber, bul ber Screams aroused the neighbors and (he man escaped Later Hie police arr.sled a negri who proved couelusivelj Ilia) he had nothing lo do with Hie case and nothing furlher was dom- Inward apprehending i lie assailant. ' Hie ol her peculiar babils was Hie mania tor Kobi coin and gold certif?calo? and practically ali of ber money, amounting io about $70,000 was in this form. As her mind becalm- more unset tled she showed a desire tor (nive! and left here a few diiys ago for tili ?Avesti G Wi,s hol known al Hu Hine thal WlllilllhS had gone willi her. although lodny it Wlis rema -ked thal she was missing ?'.holli Hu same Hmo, Williams kepi ? livor) stable near liol* residence and lalei on Assembly street and conns Ol' ai excellant family, his brother helli) (?.OUghl IVCll ol ll} I hose who UltOV hm. They (lld liol Know of lin trouble until told by a representa live of tho Stale and were greall; shocked. SF.v?'FM FD TH HANG. Gobcii starks .Mean-, Convicted n ...Murder of Annie Hell llusscll., . . A special from \\ hillsboro say Robert Starks Means was hied lo the murder of Annie Hell Russell ol Thursday and found gullly and sen tonccd to bo hanged on the I 2th da of July. 1907. RAPIST HANGS. Will Johnson Pays the Death Pen alty for Assault. While on (.'allows, Confesses. Many Ot hot1 Mysterious Climes Are Cleared, A special from Allanta Thursday says: Sta Hiing on the gallows, Will Johnson, i negro convicted of crim inally assaulting .Mrs. George Hom breo, a willie woman, in a suburb, last August, today confessed his crime and included in his Confession a list ot other assaillis and murders that have mystified the police of Kal lon conni y for the past year. When ho had finished ho warned his hear ers to avoid his example and the trap was sprung. His neck w;is broken and life was pronounced extinct in 3 fi minutes. Johnson admitted on the scaffold (nul he shot Amos Moody a white farmer, who was murdered on his way home on August 16, hist year, that ho attempted an assault on Miss Lawrence, near Atlanta, Aug. 20, by which she was loft uncon scious. Willi one oyo gouged out, for which crime another negro was sentenced lo 10 years Imprison ment; thal ho emptied ;t shotgun through an open door of the res idence of J. NV. Mryant, a farmer living several miles north of Hie city on the nihill of Nov. 1 li last, seriously wounding Mr Bryant and his sister; ho confessed lo attempted assault on two white women in the suburbs ol' Atlanta lust fall, ami he concluded his admissii ions hy loll ing of the murder of a man whom he called Jackson in Texas, several years ago. So convinced were tin? attorneys of Johnson's innocence .(hal they brought the case before Ibo state prison commission as late as Tues day of this week, asking for II com mutation ot sentence itt life Impris onment; This was refused anti Gov. Terrel also declined lo take action bli Ibo nppehl for clemency. AHMSTKONG ACQUITTED. Dent isl, Whose (ase Attracted .Much Attention boomi Not Guilty. A special fro iii Newberry lo Tho St;iic of I'YIday says; The courf of general ses;.ions convened on Mon day. Mr. I!. I'. Gretr of ibo Green wood har presiding, in place of I litige K. C. Walls, who wa;: kept awa> tm account ol serious illness in bis family., There was several cases tit gummi] I ute rest on tho docket to disposed of at ibis term, Int, onl\ toto bas been Lided that of C C Arm strong, the young Anderson tient ist who was charged with tho murder ol' Mrs. Merry by administering co caine or stone th ug while pulling her teeth. The solicitor did aol ask for a verdict ol guilty of murder, hui asked for a ve rd Iel of Involuntary ho micide. Tim jury, aller a few min utes' consultation, rotunrned ;i ver diel of aol guilty. MODESTY < ??sis un:. Guus Hack for More < 'lol liing ami Dies ju Hames. Mrs, Thomas (loolt am] her daugh ter, Miss Kslelle h'OUUlllIn, Were burned to deal li Sunday morning al havannah ai I wo o'clock in :i lire ibai destroyed the home of N, A Fountain, a son of Mrs. Cook Mr. Fountain was Injured hy a fall from au lipper window, bul will hrobnhl) recover. The hoilS? was localed beyond He di J limils ami the llrOtnon did not gO (0 rendel- SSsilttnce. The Hallie;; had gained great headway win n Ibo o> .npnnis of the house were ur roused. Miss fountain liad, ii is said, made 'o r wu> from I lib boase. Uer mod est v then forced her io run blick for mine clothing, sb?- hover reappear ed; Ko a ll i li i n w as g roping li ls w a y i brough ih<' ; moke when lie foll i brough i e w lutlow, PIHSOXUG DIES IN FLAMES blither (.'reel- Horned lo Heath in Helton Guard House. bullier Greer-, a prboimr in Hie llollbii M;uarti house, losi his life In a ire which destroyed tho guard house -,t an oarl> hour Sunda*, morning, h ?s generali) believed I hal ibo lire was d' incendiary origin; (ji'ber. who WHS about :?"> wars ol' ge and mai lied. vas. il appears 'rank ami \ ei \ (lba?rtlo,rl> Sain rda .? light. ile was uh es I od about mid light b> Chief ol' Police Uohinsoi ml bis assisi (lilt, Mr. Smith, who lo el her licked him up iii 1 lie luiiblliit .l W ll it'll ho lalor perished. Tip :uard house has I bree rooms, t wt His ju Hie buck ami a front room ! roer was jilli hi one ol' Hie cells M.out four'!. O'Clock dex I morning He roin purl ol Hie loom WHS seen ll all In, Hie llamos being discovered ?\ Dr. tiwens. li was impossible io e.-cue the prtSoUor; W I 1,1. VISIT CM NRLESTOW Commissioner of Immigrai inn, Sar? gent A. lt. I'ry. \ spechil froid NY ash i h gi on says Commissioner of immigration Sar gon! A. lt. h'ry, chief niighiOpr ol rovoi'liineiii building- ol' New York, md Mr. NVjiidohl tit Ibo Kiijiorvisot .irclilibcis. oiiice will leave New York Giinda) foi' Giilvesion lo clolorinlni upon the silo for I he HOW immigra iou SI al IOU, w hi. li b lo he erected here. They also will Vlsi I New Ol' loans and Charleston id lo. aie tin uew sf ll Hom which are lo he haili ,il I hose (iles. Al il;; last se.siol congress appropriated $7o.0ii0 fin Immigration siaHoils in euell <>i tip lili..- .iii.:- hamed I A IM. HXIM.OSION. \ (irren Mund Drops Sparks lui. Pow tier Ive",, A green hand dropped a spark in ib a keg of powder in a slag pit a llossoinor lalo Thursday and tho ox plosion probably filially Injured BOV Oral others Houses for severn blockt wen ?haken l>> the ".Xpb". !o? MILL MEN MEET Cotton Growers and Manufactur ers in Session. MANY ATTEND. Executive Commit (co Holds a Pour Hour*' Electing. Several Matters of Importance to (he Craft Iteceivo Attention. What Cotton ?Mills Waid.. One Woman President At tend. A special from Asheville to the Slate of Thursday says tho South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers' As sociation is now in session at tho llatlcry Park Motel, lt is a line and representative body of men. They have huilt up the cotton mill Indus try until today lhere are fully seven ty-live millions of dollars in one way and another invested in the Industry. There aro three and a half million spindles in Soul h Carolina, and of that nu ut ber less than 260,000 spin dles are outside tho Association, un der Capt. Ellison A. Smyth. There are I L'S active colton mills in the Sfaie, and of ihat number 104 are ill the Association. The cotton mill men are always busy. While they have como here with their wives to enjoy themselves, they are talking shop, and working on the cotton sel lers, railroads and others to lighten the looso bolls. The conon mills now are contend ing for three Illings with tho cotton dealers. First, on grades whore Hiere is disagreement they want lo cal or home arbitration, are not will ing to accept New York arbitration. Second, they want lite hill of lading issued by I be railroad lo gVO car number and initials. This is de sired to protect tho buyers. At pres ent tho railroads issue bills of lading on codon before it is loaded and while ii is in I h eco m press or on tho phil lorin. M neb coll?n, il s con tended, is from four lo six weeks or longer on I lie road, and colton has hoon out Hinch longer, '?'his is re garded as dangerous and Ibo Cotton Mill Assocalion has deeded thal ii will noi pay drafts for colton unless' tho car number and initials are given in Hie bill of ladng. Third, the cot ton mill men object io paying a three-pound weight allowance on compressed cotton. They wish lo pay for what they gol. The execu tive committee heard a full discu si?n of the cotton questions. Tho colton dealers were repre sented by Mr. I lowell, of Augusta, for Inman, Ackers & Inman: Mr. Jennings, of Spartanburg, for Ceo. ll. McFadden & Brothers; W. I). Nesbitt, of ?rmlngham, for Knight. Yancy & Co. The claims of thocot toil mills were presented by the fol lowing committee from South Car lina colton mils. August W, Smyth, Spartanburg. Leroy Springs, Lancaster; J. M. Geer, Wasley. Commit lee from North Carolina manufacturers: ,1. W, Cannon.chair man. Fugene IT oil, W. Cjllullln, B. S. Robertson. IO. A. Sin.vt.lb U- M. Miller, Jr., president ol lite Manu facturers' Association of North Car olina, who aro ox ofhcio mem hers of Hie committee. hr. il off Davis, of Cocoa, president ol' tho Georgia Association, joined in the discussion. Messrs. C. C. Cowan and Williams, of ibo Memphis Col son Fxcliangb, were present. Tim South Carolina Association adopted iules with recan? lo the re fusal ol' conon mills to accept colton purchased by them. In Ibo roll (d' the members there appeared Hie name of Mrs. M. I'. G ridley, who is thc only woman president ol' a cotton ililli in tho SI ll I e. Mrs. (?ridley is the success ful executive head of Hie Balosville Vam Mill, which position she Inher ited from ber fallu -. Capt. George Lun/.. of ClinrlestOi . T Wt ) HOiS B BOWN EIL While W at? hing Mad W aters of a ? Swollen SI ream.. . \ Times special from Abingdon. Vu., says: While six boys were itaildillg on a wire fool bridge inst icross Helston Uiver, eight miles be low- A biiigerdoii, Thursday evening, vatcllillg Ibo mad waters ol' Hu- swol len stream, wave struck Ibo bridge ml loro it from ils moorings, (he >oys hoing carried Into Ibo river .'. bf thom swain ashore, bm the ilher IWO were (11(1 U 110(1. 'I'm- liddies lave not yet hoon recovered. The I row ned boys were Frank Miller ind Henry Mclnllro, sons of proinl icu i fanners of thai scclion, BABY EATS BYE .mi ts Vovt Gradually Starving io I loath. I:<.?:. ti i of his stomach having ? .en lacerated h> l.i e ? inch he at< rom a i an. ibo oin--year obi baby II Mr. and Mis. .lain-/. A\er>, neill' 'ol toll wood. Ala. is starving lo death 'he lillie fellow shows every syinp om ol hunger bul nothing can be put .in Hu- stomach, as tho membranes -re tom by Hie alkali into shreds n has taken nothing for a we.-k. and is slowly slai'ving to deiillt. The iii Ile child gol into a can ot concentra !i-d Ive and ale considerable bf ii hefore discovered hj ie mot her, KILLED ll Y HIGHWAYMAN. \iigusl Myer, Brooklyn Shoe Denim Realen lo heath. A Igust My?f, a well lo do Shoe Joiiler, of Brooklyn, New Norh was M> severed y beaten liv highwaymen Thursday tba' he died a few hours lalor. Om- ol' Hu- alleged assail inls. Nieladas l-'eiininioi e. a J oui li .o' :.'u years, ls nuder arrest, Tuc ' ulliers escaped Myer fought hard bul the assailants wore loo much foi 1 him and he was terribly heaton be fore his cries for help brought a po 1 j Hcenifin io his assistance, IA ll ER KILLS CHILD. i.y Retiring Carbolic Acid |>OWII Hoi Throat. liol..-ri Jolly, aged forty, killed hi: seven-year old daughtor, Gladys; ot Thursday morning by pouring car boliC acid down her throat, Tin slayer escaped, bul Hie [10 ll CO are 01 tho look out for him. No ruolivi is Known. MONEY TO STIR WAR. Thousands of Dollars Raised by Japs in This Country. insist Upon Thoh' Government Tak ing Steps to l?ut a Slop to Alleged Out rn gea in this Country.. A dispatch from Washington says thousands of dollars are being raised by tho Japanese of the Pacific roast to narry out the compact they have entered into with tho Progres sive party of .Japan for the overthrow of the Snoinji ministry, Hie annul in en I of the exclusion clause in the Immigration hill and the guarantee of I he naturalization rights of the Japanese subjects residing In this country. These additional facts in the In ternational plot art? vouched for in seilll-olllclal circles. The enormous fund which is being collected will be used lt) arouse a feeling in the Ja panese empire antagonistic lo the Amor lean government. Notwithstanding tho sweeping de nial Of tile existence of tho alliance between the Japanese of the Pacific coast anti Progressives, tho nanti nd ministrnllon party in Japan, given out by Charles Takabashi, the Asso ciated Press has secured the texts of certain reports walch lie forwarded lo Yallinoka in Seattle anti lo the Ja panese Society of Seattle, in one of the reports, which it is authorita tively staled was afterwards retid by Takabashi al a ?oe re I mass meeting of .lapaaaeso in Seattle on the even ing-of May 2(1 he quotes Ambassa dor Aoki's statements in regard to the relations bot ween Hie United Slates anti Japan, growing oui of a recent, disturbances In Snnfrauclsco anti the adopGon by the Congress of the United States of tho immigration law, excluding coolie labor from coe (ineulnl United States. ilofore ihe department tit" Takuhn ashl from the elly, ho sent lo Yallin oka, who had not then sailed for Japan, a report in which he I ol tl of a confer?nce With Secretary of Com merce and Labor Straus on .May 7 regarding immigrai ion law. In this report I'akahasui quot ntl statements made Secretary Srnusus which he said were directly contradictory to those made by fOmhassndor Aokl as io ino agreement uf the two govorn mments on tho clause of excluding coolie labor from the country. li was after the Interview willi Secre tary Straus thal Takabashi, N?da ami Kawawami received an Invita tion from Viscount Oki. to dine al Hie embassy. Takahashi's answer was: "We tlid not ctnne here to eal. bul to settle grave diplomatic questions". Just beton? Yamaoka's departure for Tokio on May l l, Takiishashl seul him a lelogrnni from Washing ton as follows' "Depart from Japanese Instantly anti arouse public opinion as we un derstood before. There ls no hopi? with (lu? Japanese embassy here." A dispatch from Tokio says the council of tilt? Progressive. ?it a meeting Wednesday, adopted ti res olution tile substances bf witch ls as follows: ' The anti-Japanese feeling upon ihe Pacific Coast ol' Hie United states, especially in Snnfrauclsco, culminated in an assault upon Jap anese trading places last month, con stituting a most llagrant violation of Hie rights guaranteed bj the treaty concluded upon an equal fooling be tween Hie two nations. "Those anti-Japanese acts are not of a temporary nature, and the Ped eral government al Washington must be held responsible for its fail ure to prevent such outrages. . rho attitude of our government Inwards that In Washington lias so far been unsatisfactory to the nation and il is necessary (hat primer steps be taken hy our government In or der io maintain the national dignity ami permanent ly ensure the safety of (he rights and property of our com patriots in America." HOYS HAD A CLOSE CALL. Goat Capsized in Squall ami They Were Thrown Info Waler. Tom I. and Charles Webb, two boys in their 'teens were brought to .be city says the charleston Post of last Thursday, In (lie launch of tho keeper of Morris Island 1 igbI house, having been capsized in the harbor sometime during lije afternoon and pent i be night as i ho guests of i be Keeper John Wick linc,. The arrival ul' ibo hoys lo tho (itv settled the lese and unxlel\ which were fell for Hudr safely. Diligent search by parties daring the afternoon sand |l|ght ?Ul?(1 failed lo locale Hie where abouts of the boys or their craft Tho only hops ol the parents and friend;; of (he hoys was thal they had sough! refuge br been picked al the Morris Island StlllioUj where so many pal lies have been rescued from drown ing ?H the overt Urning of sailing craft in squalls, and this hope was realized The hoya were Ibo guest of Capt. W'iekling. lind lhe> were Well eared for. The l?floOll fool boat in wjlicil the boss bad sel oui lo linvi lle Hie habror was los!. I,M'SLY WO MA N < 'ON V I< "I CD. l ound (milty of Murderous Assault on Dr. Lintier. A special fr on Union nays I lie ?lirj in Hie eas? td' Lucy Lipsey, who was I ried lor assault Und battery willi litton! to killi >'i">n G'' NY- I. Limier, (ame oui aboul midnight, and lil?d a sealed verdict ?tiler hav (Hg Poon in I he jury room fully I 2 |)0 IU>H, The verdict was published Thhursdny morning and found the woman guilty as chai v.t? 1. A motion j for a new trial va- a. once niatle. , ..,,d il will oe .. i'Jpn I bill r. ll will ,". ree a 11 nd that 'be idionllhg bf Hr Ll ini or in Mar< b rfd used ?. d . Idem hie i ?'xcPomei-?, iiml Ihe crowdol coiif.lJ I Inn of th . 'u I room during : le '< i rial ?how "I Ihdl int i"d in ni" tast - batt not Ulbd I STEAMEH GI IINCD. I Captain Saws Two Hundred Passen r gel"- by Douching Dis Goal A Danish excursion steamboat willi '.inn passengers on ?ard ant a bound Ito Ibo Island of Moen, Lon i don. caught lue Thursday. Tho iii' spread rapidly ami the scenes ol' pan * ic were terrible. The captain, how i over, succeeded in beaching the boa o aie! innding Hie. passongors. Th v. sei was totally destroyed. INNOCENT MAN FREED The Confession of Outlaw Gives Liberty to Convict. Circumstantial Evidence- Curried (tie Conviction That Was Overthrown Hy Murderer's Dying Stntomout. Tho dying statement of Byron Colo an Oklahoma outlaw, gave completo exoneration and freedom Of Al Bani ster, serving sen tonco of lifo Impris onment In penitentiary at Lansing, Kan. Harpster was convicted of tue murder of Martin Julian. All evi dence offered hy Hie prosecution was circumstantial, ii took the jury -is hours to find a verdict of guilty. Harpster re ceived sentence'In Aprn, IJIOO. Forty-four days later in a hattie between deputy sherill's and a band of oui laws Cole was fatally wounded. In his dying statement he confessed to having killed Julian. Harpster was granted a new trial, found not guilty and given his free dom. The murder of Marlin Julian oc curred on the evening of June LT?, I!H>r>, near Pooca City, Kan. In April of the following year Harpster was lound guilty of the crime. Jealousy was given as tho mot i vt? for the crime. lt was alleged that Harp ster was envious of Julian on account of the attention he received from Miss Della Lewis. lt. appears thal Julian and .Miss Lewis ami harpster and Miss Nollie Edwards were driv ing on the night of the murder. Tim defense showed thal the latter couple returned to their house be fore ibo time o? tho sheol lng. Harp ster was convicted on thc testimony of a farmer who had seen him and a young lady driving with Julian and another young lady ami that Harp ster was ahead. The shot that killed Julian was fired from tho front. Fur ther Harpster's shoe fitted in Hie track of the man who shot. Julian. After the shooting Miss Lewis look Julian to a farmhouse and cared for him. ito made no slatemonl impli cating Harpster. In a statement made after leaving the penitentiary Harpster said that be had never known Byron Cole, hut that even if be was an outlaw lhere must havo been some good in him 1.0 causo a confession that would release au innocent, man from life imprison ment. Harpster insists thal three days previous to Cole's confession ho had a presentiment of good nows and told tho foreman that be soon would be free. The light lu which Cole was fatal ly wounded occurred in a wheat field near Ringwood, Okla., about June I, 1901?. Cole was shot by Deputy Sheriffs Campbell and Barwell ia a battle wAKb Winchesters. In his dy ing timur he confessed to killing Marlin lilian while Julian was driv ing with. Miss Della Lewis, near Ron co City. \ He said the killing followed an allen pt to hold up the man. in when Julian resisted. He also con fessed to killing a man In Colorado and to taking part in a nu Ul bor of railroad and bank robberies in Den ver and other western cities. NEC BO MILLIOXAIBE. Former Slave of Jefferson Davis Owner ol' a Mine. Samuel Jefferson Davis, negro mine owner and millionaire, of Warm Springs, Wyo., was once the slave of Jefferson Davis, presiden) ol' i he Southern confederacy. When Jefferson Davis was chosen io tho highest office in the Confederacy, his slave. Sam. went to M i 11 idgevil le, the first capital, willi bim. at the close of I he war, his master gave him $600 and told him lo move io the North to live his new lile as a free man. Sam obeyed ami is now ono of the richest negroes in Hie United Stales. Samuel Davis was horn on the Davis plantation in Mississippi, in 1840. After his Immigration from tho South ho went io Cheyenne, then drifted lo tho calilo ranges and bo gan to cook. He saved enough mon ev lo buy a few cattle. Ile soon had a' herd. A fow years ago lie sold out his cattle ranges and stock for a hand some sum and went Into the mining business at Warm Springs. He struck rich deposits. His business promises lo lie one Of the best ill I lie stale. W ithin a few weeks lu- bas invested more than $ lu,min in machinery. KILLED TWO SULTANS. Philippine Troops Have Had Trouble Willi the Unruly Moros. According to a letter received from Lieut, .lollll .M. Merrill. Jr., of Show llegan, Me., who is serving in the constabulary in tin- Philippines, the Killian of Cali I'lanipn, a Aloro leader h dead The letter recounts a duel in which Ute lieutenant killed two ruler m'tor being wounded bj bini. Tim encounter occurred al t'laina. Tim hoops (d' ile- constabulary had I..-en lighting for som.- i ino- wit li I he M ?ros. Finally, after a hot ri fl lo lire, the combatants came together In a hand-to-hand com ba I. Lieut Mer lin came face to face willi Hie sui lan who was armed with a kris, a Iteonedgod weapon used by natives. The sultan felled the oillcor by a blow on the knee, bul before he was able to make a second si roko Merrill ;;bol and killed him. On i he expedi tion under Capt. MllllagptlllO Ma? 111, iii Moms were killed, among I hem a second sultan, ruler of Di la in ba > a n WHOLE TO WW AT ODDS. DI If e renee of Opinion Concerning .h< W hipping ?d' Roy by Teacher. Thc ar ros i and lining of Miss Car ol.vii Schult/., teacher in tho Harlan, school, at Oolwein, la., for whippitif . W'illiard Cook, II pupil, has ca ti sei . Hu- principal Of Ibo school ami Mis SchUlt/.'S fellow teachers lo go Oil I strike, As tue whipping occurrot OUlSkh -I' the teacher's classroopi the judge held that she oversleppei her Jurisdiction. The case will I) appealed lo the District COUI't. The boy in the case exhibited blue] and blue marks over much ol' Iiis eu , lire body. Miss Schult/, said sh I whipped the children with a piece o . rubber bose, following ont the ir a structions of a former principal, an - that she had never been told t - cease this form of punishment. Th I children are having a holiday and th ? population of tho town h. divided 0 tho Question. EDITORS MEET. South. Carolina Press at the Isle of Palms. LARGE ATTENDANCE. Thirty-third Annual Session Calle?! 10 Oidor hy Us President, Elbert II. Aull. Mayor lt. Goodwin Kltct and Mr. \V. NV. Gall of Gio Nows und Courier .Extends a .Cordial Welcome. Tho thlrtj'-thtrd annual session of lh<> Soillh Carolina Stale Press Asso ciation was called le order in tho parlors ol' (he Motel Seashore Thurs day morning at about ll o'clock hy President H. 11. Aull of (ho New berry Herald and News...At the linn' there were about ono hundred newspaper mon and ladaios present ?ind all heard with attention and in terest the welcome extended by Mayor lt. Goodwin Rhett and Mr. W. W. Hall, of ((he Nows and Cou rier: and the pleasant and apprecia tive words of President Aull in their during tin? day, and severaladdross replies.. . ii li probable that the members of tin Association will de cide to take a i l ip io Jamestown to view the groat Exposition at that Point, hm ibis feature of (he pro gramme has not been llxed upon as yet. In addition to tin? work accom plished ibo editors and ladles en joyed Un' afternoon on the beach Wa tell I Hg the fine automobile races. 11 was a litt!.? aller I I o'clock when Presiden I Aull, sealed at a ta ble conveniently placed in the main parlor nf i he Hotel Seashore, called foi- o-'dor anti said thal the Slate Press Association was ready for business or Ute thirty-third annual session. The room was well with representative men and women from various places in Ibo Slate anti all gave altonion When .Mayor H. Good win Rh?tl was Introduced anil bade the Association welcome tinco more to ('ballest?n anti the Isle of Palms. Mr. William A'. Hall, of (he News and Courier, followed Mr. ttheit, speaking for (he newspaper frater nity, and made a very bright anti cntcrlahting linle talk. President Aull spoke first in re sponse to the welcome, aptly and foi Hildy evidencing lin? appreciation of the entire Association. Tin? com ing of Hu? editors to Hit? isle of Palms the second time was ?imple proof ol' th<? pleasure experienced oi) tue Hist visit and thu members wore coil fl dont the present visit would bo ?is delightful as the tlrsf. The Hon. Louis Appelt. State Sen" alor from Manning, editor of the Manning Times, followed tho presi dent of Ibo Association anti added bis wann and hearty endorsement to all Hie pleasant things said to Charleston anti lier people. ALASKAN ll EGOISM. Dravo .Man ami Sick Wife Travel 175 Miles by Hog Sled. To save the life ol' his sick wifo. .lames P. Galbraith, an Alaskan, con voyed ber a distance of ITT. miles over the hazardous trail from the Duncan district lo Dawson. The .'lourney was accomplished in three days by dog sleds. The animals were Hie bed trained ones in tilt? Duncan District. The sick woman was plac ed in a basket sled ami made as com forlNhlc as possible, while ber faith ful husband ran along behind. Some ni the streams were running water ami it was necessary to wrap Hie si.k woman in canvas to keep her from getting wei while the dogs half swam iilfd ball' ran over Hu? si retches ol' wa i er-co vertid ice. The husband waded. While passing I brough a bleak Wilderness on Hie thrall they bearii the bowlings ol' a pack ol' wolves anti wore forced to quicken their speed. The dogs seemed lo realize that their burden was a pref.'ous one and that I bey must reach Dawson ere it was loo bite. They did reach the goal and now Ibo sick woman is Improv ing under the care ol' a physician. A MOGAL QUESTION. Milwaukee May Have Public Trysting Places for Voting People. Milwaukee is facing a perplexing problem of morals, which effects the lives of ils young .girls anti boys. Tin? common council bas decided t bat somotllhlg must be done to save them from lives of ruination ami shame. "What can bc done "'' in Hie question Hint has called forth many siiggos l ions. One limn bas suggested thal I lie city should provide public trysting places where voling girls ami boys maj meei and have a jolly good limo in a clean atmosphere and under tho supervision of propel' chaperons. Their they do their courting, if thej are al I tic courting age. ll they are not (dd enough to do courting, they could have a merry limo without the danger of immoral practices. li is probable that something along Hie line ni public clubs or trysting places will be provided by lim city, .lust what iis Character will be, has aol hoon decided. Il may be that thc schoolhouses will be used ?is meeting places. One prominent schoolteach er condemns clubs ami says children should ho taught lo stay at home. \\ A NTS A DCMG WM G. Eligible Widower's rh st Wife Ta! kei , Incessantly. j A woman w il bout Ibo power o s Speech, lilli able l<> bear, is .be sor 1 of wife heilig SOUght for nv Itober ' M am he.-1er, a widower, of Pim .' iHdge. S. H., whoso Hist wife diet one yeal' ugo- She was ?in inrossnn 1? talker and gave bim not a minute' peace. Manche. 1er likes a woman willi I sunny disposition and prefers her b ?f be good looking. He's not going t run any risks, so ..o wishes lier I 1 be dumb. Ht? h:.s been (ravelin " over the entire state of South Dakol (\ in soar Ch (d' just such ?t woman, bu none scorns fort booming. The mnt ,% i'imoni?l agencies ?ire aiding him. Il ' lis finite well to do. lins good mannet land ls not ba .iking. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT A Naval Launch Lost With Ail on Board. Twelve Member? of the Battleship Minnesota's Crow Drowned in Hampton Hoads. A telegram received at the Navy Yard at Washington Tuesday from near Admiral Evans at Norfolk says: "Minnesota* steam launch, after going to the exposition is still miss ing and grave fears aro entertained I hat slio was run down and sunk. She had a crew of live mon and as passengers Midshipmen Wold, Ste venson, Holden, Ulrich, Murfln and Second Lieutenant Randall. Soarch has benn made hut without success." Tuesday night Admiral Evans tele graphed that the live missing seamen are: R. H. Dodson, seaman ; H. L Vandorn, ordinary seaman; F. H. Plumber ordinary seaman; G. W. Westphal, fireman, flrst class; Jesse Conn, coal passer. The loss of live bright young mid shipmen fresh from tho academy at Annapolis, a young marine olllcer very recently appointed, and a cox swain and four other enlisted men attached to the big battleship Minne sota 1 1 men altogether-as report ed briefly to the navy department, was one of the most severe blows thal has fallen upon the personnel ol the navy since the Spanish war in the estimation of thc officials Midshipman Henry C. Murfln, Jr., was a native of the Ohio and a mem ber of the second class at c..o naval academy. Like the others, ho had been sent aboard the battleship Minnesota for a summer course of inst i ncl ion. lo afford the practical cd neal ion necessary to supplement the theoretical work at the naval academy, Philip 11. Field was a midshipman from Colorado, who belonged to the first (dass of the academy. Mdshipman Walter C. Ulrich of Hie second class was from Wisconsin. .Midshipman W. H. Stevenson, North Carolina, member of second class, and Henry C. Holden of Wis consin, member of same das?' .Midshipmen 10. R. -.oleomh, Del aware, second ( lass. David M. Randall, CCSOlld lieuten ant of marines, was born in Now York and appointed from Kansas, en tering afier a competive examination, March IO, I nari. Naval oflicci'8 at the department recalled many perilous passages be tween ship and shore in these little steam launches. Hu!, the general opinion was that, with careful man agement, the In mudies COUtd weather almost any kind of a storm. The conclusion was reached at the navy department that either on account of tlie lateness of the hour of tho re t?n'n trip the Minnesota's launch tn her haste liad been driven hard Into tue heavy sea that prevailed In Hampton Roads Tuesday night or thal tho little boat had been run down by some of the giant tramp steamers that made use of the Roads as a refuge in time of storm. CAUSES DISSATISFACTION'. Chattanooga People Arc Angry Over Appointment of a Black Negro.. A special from ('hattanonga dated June 13 says n bomb was exploded in the ll. ('lay Evans camp there when it became known that F. E. Ruder, internal revenue collector for ibo second collecting district, had appointed Garfield Thompson, one of Hie blackest negroes in the city, as guagcr for the Scott-Price distillery. This is the list lime in the history of Chattanooga thai a negro has been appointed to internal revenue service The appointment has received such storm of opposition that proprietors ol' Scott-Prlcc distillery threaten to shin down the distillery Ibis week if i he negro is not removed. His name is Garfield Thompson and lu is said lo be a full pledged negro. Proprietors of Scott-Prico distillery assert ho is incompetent and they have sent ii]) a petition to Mr. Rat ler to have Thoinpsson removed. lt ls said thal lintier, who is an appoin tee of Congressman Brownlow, is at tempting to appease Hie wrath of Evanltes by giving negroes in this district recognition. AXOTHEH NAVAL ACCIDENT. Ulliled Slates Torpedo Roats Collide at Norfolk. There was a collision at tho Nor folk Navy Yard Thursday between United States torpedo boats Whipple and Rlakcly, ill which tho Whipple rammed the Rlakoly, puning a cul in her side. Roth vessels were pul in the dry dock. The following dispatch from Com mandant Reny al Hie Norfolk navy yard, regarding the collision between ihe torpedo boats Whipple and the Rblkely, came lo Hu- navy depart ment ibis afternoon: Whtpplo ram med Rlakoly in coming to wharf, cut ting completely into the aller lire room, driving Hie Rlakoly against Hu- sen wall and tllatlening in lier bow. Whipple uninjured. The ac cident due lo errors in engine room, going ahead full speed when Signall ed to back. M A N Y SEAMEN A RR EST ED. Mutiny Impending '? Hillel? S?Ml Fleet at Sebastopol. A dispatch from a news ag01ic> from Sabaslopol. London Tlllll'Sdaj says thal Vice Admiral Wlron, it command of Hie Black Sea Floot, ha; sifted oui and arrested the disaffect Od seaman of that port amid plaee< six hundred ot" them on board Hu cruiser, ll Udor n strong guard. Ad I dil ional arrests are being made, am ii probably will bo necessary t<? II out another penal cruiser. The sea P men of tho fleet aro exasperated bc cause HO charges have been prefer ; red against tlVO arrested men, aili t ii is said a mutinous outbreak is Ilk ly lo occur. ( A BIDE NATION FIN ED. Created a Disturbance in Wnshhi} , (on Saloon. [? Mrs Carrie Nation was lined $2 in the police court in Washingloi [\ D. C., Wednesday night on chai JJ ol' Creating a disturbance at a si loon, She paid the line and said '6 was the 29th penalty that had ber ... imposed upon "uer by the courts . the country. SWEPT TO DEA A Cloudburst Submerges a Town in Kentucky. TWENTY ONE KILLED. Foaming Torrent Created by Heavy Kains Strikes Town in Night Time, Carries Away Residences, Sends Score of People to Their Death, and Devastates Largo Track of Farm Lnnd. Twonty-ono persons dead, tho vil lage devastated and soveral thousand acres of growing crops ruined, aro the havoc wrought by a cloudburst that caused Big Creek to submerge Gradyvllle, Ky., und vicinity Satur day night. All the dead aro residents of Gradyvllle, and although reports aro meagre, it is believed that rio further fatalities will be roportod from the surrounding country. Tho dead : Mrs. Ii. C. Noll, wife of Stuto Sen ator Nell, and her four children. Mrs. Gumhill and one child. Mrs. Carl Wilmore, nor daughtor and her granddaughter. Paul Wilson. Mrs. Hartfield Moss and her six children. Mrs. J. w. Keltner and one child. Miss Mary Moss. The disaster was due to the erra tic behavior of Gig Creek, which was already swollen by recent rains. When the cloudburst precipitated throe Inches of rain in. an hour on Gradyvllle and vicinity tho creek leaped from Its bed and took a new course with the force of a tidal wave. Inhabitants of Gradyvllle wero nearly all in bed when the foaming torrent strack the town, carrying away six residences, a mill and a large number of small houses. Near ly nil the victims were drowned, but four were crushed by the collapso of dwellings, State Senator Nell, who is a phy sician, owes his escape from tho (fata that overtook his family to the fact that he was several miles away in tho hills sitting np with a patient. When the news of the disaster reached Col umbia, the nearest town of any size, several hundred citizens departed for the scene with wrecking appliances, food and clothing. All tho physicians available went, along. They found the residents of the devasted village dazed and help less, hut by nightfall al) the relief possible had been afforded. Several persons were injured but none will die Gradyvllle is a village of 175 Inhabitants, in Adair County, six miles from Columbia, and IS miles from the nearest rail road station. Suffered Much Damage. Dispatches from various places In Southern Illinois. Indiana and Ken tucky tell of severe storms of tornado severity, which caused some loss of Ufo and the destruction of mindi pro pe rt y. Early Saturday the town of New Minden. Ills., 25 miles southenst of St. Louis, was visited by a tornado which killed four persons and Injur ed a score of others. At York. Ills,. Saturday night 25 or thirty lloutes were destroyed and a number of people are said to have been killed. Because of the loss of telegraph wires, exact, details are not available. The storm is said to have been es pecially severe in Southern Indiana md at Pnrmersbui'g and Sullivan, much damage was done by wind and rain. Du quoin, 111., was also visited by tho same storm that caused tho de struction of York. A number of houses were blown do.wn, bul no lives were lost. Many Houses Demolished. The meagre details from West Yoi1:, lils., tell ol' a destructive tor nado, Which visited Hie villinge of York, located on the Wabash Uiver Saturday hight. The known dead: lion ry Rook, 50, found crushed to death in his garden. Mrs. Malinda Pingstotl, aged 45. Members of ibo families of tho two victims were all more or less in jured. A dispatch from West York staled bat owing to the wires ticing down ind the bridges liebig washed away, .ommunication was impossible. It was further slated that. 40 or 50 houses had been demolished. PopOl'tS from points in Indiana say that the storm was severo and several Inches of rain followed, doing big damage. MAY SOON (GOT PAU DON. Respite of Thirty Days Given Hel lo Prepare Her- Petition. ,i Mrs. Angie irdsong. convicted of killing Hr. Thomas Huller, at Monti I Ho. and given live years in the pen itentiary, may bi? pardoned by Gover lor Yardaman, says the Atlanta tournai of Thursday. The supremo iOUrl anirm?d Hie decision of Hie 'ewer court Which sentenced Mrs. Birdsong.. After Hie decision was mnounccd. Governor Ynrdainnn (ranted a respite of thirty days in br ier that Mrs. Birdsong might ar range and publish her petition ns ho law requires. Nf rs. Birdsbn ls i niece of Hie United Slates Senator 1 Vh Hanl in. Sin? shot Hr. Butler 1*6 Itroct Statements ho is nlledged to have made thal be was Intimate 1 willi her.i While in the ellice, Mrs. ' Birdsong alleged Hr. Huller attempt .d io criminally assault her, and Hbo ? shot him... Mrs. Birdsong has gone i lb bor l?o Ule at Mendenhall. . . Many petitions asking for her pardon have ,Oon circulated and Will be presented ? in her behalf... e PYTHIAN EDITORS NAMED. Members of the Journnl's Publica!hm Hoard Chosen. Grand ('hancclor Mendel h. Smith Thursday announced tho board to publish the proposed Pythian journ & d, provided for by the Grand Lodgo b ast week, nt Anderson. Tho board E<" onsbds of Elbert ll. Aull, of New Y berry, chairman; Past Grand enan 11 'oilers H. C. Hey ward, of Columbia, >n md M. Rutloge Rivers, of Oharies? 5? ?on; J, Thoa. Arnold, of Greenville, and J, E. Williams, of Columbia.