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The Marlboro Democrat f "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKIO OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL XXXIII BENNETTS VILLE, S. C.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1908 NO. 9 SLAYS PRIES!. Father Heinrichs Murdered While Administering the Sacrament. DIES AT THE ALTAR. The Awful Deed Done by Allo Gui?-1 eppe, An italian Anarchist, AVho Was Kneeling nt tho Altar When ' He Fired tho Fatal Shot.-The j People Wanted to Lynch the AK" vassili. At Denver, Colo., Father Leo Hein richs was shot and killed Sunday by Alio Gutseppe, aa avowed anarchist and priest hater, while the priest was administering tho sacrament at carly mass in St. Elizabeth's Caholic Church. Kneeling at thc altar rail between two men, Gulscppo pressed the muzzle of a revolver against thc body ul' tie* preist, after receiving front hint the consecrated water, ?md shot tho priest through the heart. Exclaiming "My Clod! My Clod! My God!" Father Leo fell prone in front *%of tho altar and died. Tho assassin sprang Into the aisle, and, brandishing th;1 pistol, dashed to the church door. For a moment, tho hundred or moro persons in the church were dazed. Then a woman screamed and the congr?gation be came panic Strick Oil. S0v< ral women fainted and many others became hys terical. Several men, including Pa trolman Daniel Cronin, started in pursuit ol' Hu* murderer. Policeman Cronin overtook the fleeing Italian at the church steps. Giuseppe attempt ed to shoot the policeman bul was foiled, and overpowered after a des perate struggle. The murderer was removed to the city jail. As threats of summary ven geance were made hy men who quick ly gathered In front of the church, Chief of Police Delaney called out the reserve force of patrolmen. Deputy Coroner Daniel Hayes took charge of Father Leo's body.' X sin gle bullet hole in the white commun ion robes of the priest showed that tho lead hail gone straight to the heart.. The bullets remaining in Giuseppe's revolver had sharpened point s. Guisoppo was placed in solitary fton?nement. ile admitted to a po liceman that the priest whom he had killed was a stranger to him. and in explanation of his crime, said: "I jusl went over there because I have a grudg" against all priests ia genera). They are all against tho work inj.; man. I went to Hie com munion rail because I could get a better shot. I did not give a damn whether he was a German priest or any other kind of a priest. They are all in (he same class. "I left Italy three months ago and .went first to Central America and then came to Denver. 1 am an anar chist and I am proud nf it. 1 shot him, and my only regret ls that 1 Couldn't shoot the whole bunch ol' priests in the church. 1 am a shoe maker, bul have not worked since connu,' to Denver." KI0M0AL10D IN A PK 10 AIM. Long Lost liing Iiccovered by its Owner 'Ibis Way. j_ \ vivid dream thrice repeated ?hewed George Chester of Wi st Liv ingston, N. .1.. where to lind his wife's wedding ring, which she lost nearly five years ugo. The dream came to him li est on Friday llighti He saw himself walking along Roseland Av?ntt? lowan! Cu ld wei I. Aboul liaif way to Caldwell he seated himself under a bi;; trie. Afir resting a while he got up. His foot slipped and dis placed a small stone. Theil he saw .Ight object and i lek cd it up. lt the ring. * A LITTLE IIMKO Loses Her Life Trying lo Save a Lit tle Companion. At Cartersville, Ca., In an attempt to rescue her six-year-old companion Dave Hogers, from an approaching train recently Lillie Muy Kline. 12 years-old, was struck by tho train and with tho child In her innis both were crushed to death while the fath er of the girl who was walking with the children looked on, For State Senator. Ex-State Dispensary ulrector Huh Evans authorizes the announcement of his candidacy for state senator from Newberry. Ile was formerly i mayor of tho town of Newberry, and, ???.'aa recently defeated for another | term In that office by only eleven i voles. Ile is one of the few state, dispensary olliebilB of his period of j service not under Indictment. And personally he lu one ot ?he most pop ular men in th? ?lute. OFFICERS KILLED By Violators of tho Law They At tempted to Airest. Mintiera Took Place in Columbia, 8. C., Dillon, s. C., mid Fayetteville, N. O. Three officers wore killed last week whilo trying to arrest violators of th? law. Tho Ilrst was ia Columbia on Saturday, whoa YV. II. S?ller? shot and hilled Constable Jas. Farmer. Sellers ls n notorious blind tiger, and Constable Farmer and D?tective OK? went to his house, where lie stores whiskey, with a search warrant to hunt booze. Sellers refused to lot them In and they forced thc door. Sellers fired and Jumped behind the door. fanner fell mortally wound ed ?ind Ogg beat a retreat. Sellers was arrested and ls now In jail. Another Constable Killed. Mr. Il ag) a nd R. Rr un.son, of Dil lon, who for several months has boen neting as constable for upper Marion, was shot and instantly killed at !i o'clock Sunday afternoon by a ne gro Whom be was attempting to ar rest. Ile had previously arrested a negro on Dr. Stackhouse's place, about eight miles above Dillon, and was returning with bim in a buggy when he met another negro for whom he had i\ warrant driving a buggy As he got down to servo the war rant, the man drew a pistol, firing three shots into Mr. Brimson, who turned and endeavored lo get into tho buggy. With the assistance of the negro already under arrest he got Into the buggy and requested the man to assist him to Dr. (Collar's of fice, about two miles back. Ho lived only a few minutes, dying in the bug gy, Great excitement prevails in Dil lon, Mr. Brimson being a very popu lar and highly esteemed mau and having a largo family connection In tho town and surrounding country. Chief of Police Killed. Jas. H. Denton, chief of police of Fayetteville, N. C., was shot and kill ed early Sunday afternoon by a no ?ro. Tho murderer. Sam- Merchis on, was captured an hour after tho crime and despite three distinct ef forts to lynch him was safely lodged in jail. Murchison quarreled with om; of his own race and shot his antagonist, Inflicting a Blight wound. Chief Hen ion started out In search of Murchis on and after a few words the negro drew his pistol and shot the officer through tho head. Murchison fired one shot nt n cit izen who attempted to stop him and was wounded by one of three shots fired by Charles Henton, 17-year-old son of his victim, who look his fath er's pistol and started in pursuit of the murder r. Murchison1 continued bis Hight to the outskirts, when, af ter 30 policemen and many citizens bad hunted him for an hour, he was overhauled. An unusual circumstance ol" Sun day's tragedy is that it is Hie second time within a year that Fayetteville luis lost a p(dice chief al Hie hands of a desperate negro. Less than a year ago Chief ol' Police Chesson ami ono of bis oill co rs were shot by a negro desperado POWD10H I'I J ANT lOXl'LODED. Four White Moil and Twehty-Four Chinamen Killed? Willi a force that shook the entire bay region Uko an carthqunkc, the packing lau ) of the Hercules Pow der W oi ks Pinole. I 1 miles non li of P.erkely, Cal., blew up at 1 o'clock Thursday nf lomon ? and in the ex p?o; ion four while men and twenty four Chinamen were killed. Toil lons of liynahdto went up lu the ter rille blast, shattering the sheds to dust ?ind splinters. SV. M. Stilwell, foreman of Hie packing house, was blown to atoms at his post of duty. Manuel Cnos, Joseph Crace ?ind W. A RodrigUOZ vere the other white men killed. The twenty-eight dead Included every man who wau at work In the packing house. Flames burst forth in the ruins fol lowing the. explosion and threatened the gelatine houri', where two score of girls were at work. A paule ensued and many were cut by flying glash and crushed and trampled In the mad rush for the doom. AN Al TOlKT KCED For Making ? Mule Kn? Away und Killing Driver. Mr. Harry Ruhl, u wealthy resi dent of Pittsburg, Pa., who, winters in Augusta, (ia., ls being sue dby Melissa McClady, a negro woman, lor $;{,()tui for the (ieatli ol' her husband. While autoing on a country road a few miles out of Augusta, Mr. Dahl's machine frightened a mule which tho woman's husband was driving, caus ing it to run ?way and kill him. LAID TO REST Remains of Sen. Asbury C. Inti mar Sleeps in Home Town. FUNERAL CEREMONIES Were Most Impressive.-Throngs of Friends and Associates Gathered to fay the Last Tribute to Their State's Deceased Representative. Hedy Laid in the Family Plot ot Helton Cemetary. A dispatch to The Stato from Bel ton says all that was mortal of As bury C. Latimor, lilto senator from1 South Carolina, was laid to rest In! (ho family plot at tho Helton ceme tary Friday. That Senator La timer was esteem ed by his colleagues in congress was evidenced by tho kindly expressions uttered by them, that he was es teemed by the citizenship of his home I community was evidenced by tho unusual tribute paid bis memory hy his townspeople in the suspension of business and the large outpouring of people, not only from the town but from till neighboring localities, was apparent at every hand Almost every store and business house of tho town was closed from ll o'clock until ofter the funeral in the afternoon, and nearly every bus iness house wits draped In mourning as ti tribute of respect to his mem ory. The postofllce and the p ii DI ic schools wore also closet) in honor of the distinguished dead The special train over tho Southern railway bearing the body of tho de ceased senator accompanied by the committees from the senate and house of representatives, arrived on time. The body was Immediately taken to the Methodist church of which the senator was a consistent member, where it lay in state until tho hour of the iuneraL E?vch trait? .brought, dc-'TogAtlons from various or ganized bodies tind Individual citi zens who had come to pay the last tribute to their repersentatlve in tho senate and their persona) friend. The little town of Helton, tho home of the late senator, swarmed with! people from every section of tho State, who were there to honor the memory of the man who had done j so much for himself, but who bad done mott' for his constltucntti, in that he has been a faithful an ?lilli geht public servant. The funeral arrangements were in charge of Mr. io. Livingstone Cornel ius, assistant Rergeaht-at-arms of the senate, and the ti alu was in charge of Mr. C. VV. Fletcher, city ticket agent of the Southern railway In Washington. Col. H. W. Hunt board ed the train at Spartanhurg and look ed after the funeral party to Helton. The funeral serviles were hold at the Methodist Church, of which Sen ator Latimor had long been H mem ber. The Kev. W. Ii. Holroyd, tho 'pastor, assisted by the Kev. W. T. Tale, pastor of Hie Haptist church, and the Kev. A. .1. Cauthen, presid ing elder ol' the Anderson dist rb i. Senator lattimer's former pastor, con ducted tho church service. Perhaps the most moving feature of i he funeral was the (ouching and rio,?rn ni prayer of tho Kev. Mr. Cant hen. '"Asleep In .testis" and "I Need Thoo livery Hour" were sweetly ren dered by Hie ( hoir and at Hie con clusion <d' I he church service "Near er, My Cod lo Thee" was sung by the assemblage, lifter which tho body was removed from tho church and the service was concluded at the j grave. I A lott,bing Incident while the body I hiv in slate was when (be old fam ily servants, about ~.r> in number, pu : ed (brough Un- lillie church to 'take a last look at their dead mas ter. One old negro woman, nearly in? years of age, said with tearful face, "Cod bless him," and foll in a .faint, having to be assisted from the I church; j The congressional escort, the hon orary pallbearers, headod by Senator lt. lt, Tillman first entered the church and were seated near the bier. The active pallbearers were: A. M. Carpenter, It, S. LlgOU, .1. M. Kayne, C. F. .tones and .1. J. Fretwell of An derson, and W. K. Stringer, .lohn A. Horton, L. I). Harris, D. A. (leer und Dr. W. H. Haynie of Helton. In accordance with resolutions adopted by the general assembly of South Carolina the following mem bers were present to represent the senate; C. W. Sullivan, Georgs .1. Ilolllday, T. I Rogers and J. K. , Farle. I On the part of the house these gen tlemen attended: K. I'. Smith. .1. T. ( ox, .1. A. Hall. L. s. Clinkscales, c. w. Dick, 10. H. Richardson', Allan Johnson, J. H. Miller and Herbort iCyles. i Among th? floral tributes, which Several Gentlemen Hope to Suc ceed Late Senator Latimer. POLITICAL GOSSIP. legislature Expected to Hold Elec tion OD March li to Pill the Unex pired Terni.-Various Persons Are Mentioned for the Place. Names of tho Candidates Who Expect to Hun In the Primary. Tho announcement of the death of Senator Latimer on Inst Thurs day throw tho Gonerai Assembly In to political turmoil. Coming with in two days of the expected end of tho session with the certainty that the Legislature must fill tho vacan cy before it could adjourn, the whole aspect of legislation was changed, tn addition, the removal of Senator Latimer from the race in tho primary entirely niters the condition of af fairs, nial that the political situation in South Carolina had beon complete ly transformed. Within an hour arter tho an nounccment that Senator Latimer was dead had reached tho State House, lt was seen that tho names of moro than ono member of the Gen? eral Assembly would be presented foi the unexpired term and their friends at once got to work. This may have appeared somewhat heartless, but at that time it was the prevailing opin ion that tho eiCCtloii would have to be held on Saturday and it was real ized that in this case no time could bo lost. Investigation of the law was set on foot however and it was then dls covoi-od that tho General Assembly might not have to elect at this time., und further, that is was possi ble i .. ? .<. election fccYUld inn be held at'tills timo. Though no ofllcial Information was served from Wash ington until transmitted through (be message of Governor Ansel Thursday night, the judiciary committee of both House and Senate mot and con sidered Hie question that was pre sented. Senator Carlisle, chairman of tho State judiciary committee then gol Into communication with Wash ington and talked with Senator Hall ey on tho long distance telephone, Mr. Hailey being regarded as an au thority on such questions. Mr. Hailey Informed Mr. Carlisle that after consulting Senator Till man ho and Senator Tillman wore of tho opinion that the Gem al Assembly could at once elect upon receipt or Ofllcial not ?tic;.t ion of the vacancy but that Senator Hale and other Republican Senators, who WOtild In tho final analysis decido the point if lt wore raised, held differ ently and thought that tho General Assembly could not elect until the second Tuesday after the receipt of official notification of the vacancy. Senator Hailey then advised as it was ? Democratic egislature electing was a Democratic legislature electing best liol to elect anyone now, but to follow tho procedure which Senator Hale COU! ?dined legal. Ill llCCOrd ance willi ibis opinion the Leg I ?IO lUro adjourned on Sd t ll rd a > until Tuesday. March :<. when ii will moot and fleet a Senator for tho unexpir ed tenn oi* Senator Latimer, which has about OHO year to run yet. On the understanding thal the General Assembly would elect some 'one 10 lill the unexpired term alone. ?and not one of the candidates for tho long term, tho following members of tho (?eiieral Assembly were at once suggested : Lieutenant Governor T. G. McLeod of LOO County; lion. Krahlt H. Dary, of Abbeville; Hon. Ceorge Von Kol nitz, of Charleston; Hon. .lames Cos grove, of Charleston; Hon. W. L, Mnuldlh, of Greenville; Hon. Legrand Walker, Of Georgetown, Senator; Hon K M. H?cker, of Anderson. The name <?f Cen. Wilie Jones, chairman of (he State DoniOCratlC coinmiHee, was also presented. The list of candidates and prob? able candidates, as published In The News ftlld Courier a few days ago, was a follows: Coi. John J Dargan, of StatOSburg, Sumter County; Hon. O. lt, Martin, of Dickens County. Ot present state Superintendent of Edu cation; Hon. l) H. Henderson, of Aik en; Hon. Jas. A. McCullough, of Greenville; Hon. Georgo Johnstone, of Newbery; Hon. 10. I). Smilh, of Klorenco. wme Humorous and beautiful, were pieces from the senate committee on Immigration of which Senator Lat imer was a mom her, tho guests of (ho Congross Hall Hotel, where the Senator lived, mid Individual offer ings fruin Ibo various members of lb? son it? and other friends. HE WILL RUN. Mr. C. C. Featherstone Will Op pose Gov. Ansel This Summer. The Distinguished Prohibitionist Au noumea His Candidacy on sn An ti-Dispcnsnry Platform. The Columbia correspondent of Tho Newe and Courier says the pol itical situation was still further com plicated by tho announcement Thurs day night that Mr. c. c. Feather stone, of Laurens, will bo a candi dato for Governor In the primary this summer. Mr. Featherstone was lo Columbia Thursday night on his way home from Orangeburg County, where he had gone to deliver two prohibition speeches. Ho said he believed tho time for the enactment of a State prohibition law had arrived and that he had acceded to the wishes of his friends to enter tho race for Govern or to adv?calo that policy. Mr. Featherstone was a candidate for Governor in 1 SOS on tho prohi bition platform and was defeated by a combination of peculiar circum stances, and by a very narrow major ity. Ho has not since that timo par stand in tho next campaign is not known. Mr. Featherstone ls one of the strongest lawyers in Hie State, ls a man of fine address and manners and is personally very popular. Ho has served as grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, and is an ac tive and prominent member of the Methodist church. Govornor Ansel some time ago an nounced that he will he a candidate for reelection. Ho was elected two years ago on tho platform of local option, but before that campaign he was an out and out State Dispen sary advocates Just where ho will stand in the campaign is not bown, Mr. Featherstone is a candidato that will have to be reckoned with. Those who think that Gov. Ansel will have a walk-over In tho campaign this Summer will find that they aro mint liken a', tho end of tho campaign. Many who believe in the dispensary will support Mr. Featherstone against Gov. Ansel. Gov. Ansel is not near as strong now as he was two years ago, and many who voted for him then will oppose him now. Many people regard him as dictorial in the extreme, and this has made him many enemies in ail parts of tho State. Ther?! has been considerable talk to the effect that Mr. John G. Rich ards, of Kershaw, may enter tho race for Governor this year and Mr. Richards in reply to a question said he had the matter under considera tion. He ls also for State prohibi tion. * WILD DE IN DACE. !(.'ov. neyward Announces His Candi dacy for United States Senator. Ex-G0V. D. C Ileyward Thursday night announced that he would be a I candidate in the Democratic primary this summer for the nomination to the Knited stales senate. Gov. Hay ward has received messages and com munications from all parts of tho state urging him to announce his candidacy. Hast night he stated do ll ni tel y that ho will become a candi dato, and Ito expects to w ill, i "i will bo a candidate for Knited States Senator in the Democratic primary this Summer," he said, "and I Will ntl?ke tho race on my record and I qualifications for tho ellice, whi.sh I trust are known to the people of South Carolina, I The con: tit ul ion of (he Democratic I party in South Carolina provides that each candidate for the Knited States senate shall lib' a pledge that he will j support tho political principles of tho party during the tomi of ellice for which be may be elected and work lu accord with his Democratic associates in congress on all party questions. 1 win of course abide by that pledge and will therefore bo bound by tho platform adopted by tho national Democratic convention nt Denver. At present it ls not necessary to discuss .national issues. 1 only wish my friends to know I am in the race and in to win." I COY. Ileyward came Into politics six years ago. Up to that Hmo ho bad a considerable personal acquaint ance over tho State. Capt. Ileyward, With four Opponents, lacked 11,000 votes of receiving the nomination on tho first primary. In the second 'primary ho had n sweeping victory, a majority of 1 ll,OOO votes. In his own county, Colloton, he lost but 58 out of 2,200 votes. Another remark able feature of bis career is that ho had no opposition for re-election, tho first time In years, possibly since tho war, that such had been the case. lt ls understood that Gov. Iley ward ls not seeking election at tho hand of the legislature to fill tho un expired term, but ls tho campaign this Stimmer. . Gen, Stoessel Condemned to Die For Surrendering the POST OF PORT ARTHUR Court-Martial Which Hus Reen Try ing him for Cowardice in Surren dering Port Arthur Returns Ver dict Sentencing Famous General to Death, but Recommending Ten years in Prison Instead. Liout-Ge. Stoessel WJIB condemned to death Thursday evening by a Military Court al St rotersourg for tho surrender of Port Arthur to tho Japanese. The Court recommend ed that the deal h soatenoe upon Lieut Cen. Stoessel be commuted io ten years imprisonment ia a fortress and lie be excluded from the service. Cen. Frock, who commanded the 4th Fast Siberian division of Port Arthur, was ordered reprimanded for a disciplinary offence, which was not connected with tho surrender, and Cen. Smirnoff, acting command Reiss, chief of staff to Gen. Stoessel, Roiss. chief of staff to Gen. Stoessed, were acquitted of the charges against them for lack of proof. Cen. Vodar, president of the Court, read the sentences amid a tense si lence. Dy a great effort of self con trol Cen. Stoessel maintained rigid soldierly-like impassivity. Gen Smir noff also was seemingly unmoved, but there were tears la the eyes of Gea. Reiss. Tho sentence of death was pro nounced upon Cen Stoessel, "for sur rendering the fortress before all tho means of defence had beca exhaust ed, for falling to enforce hts author ity and for military misdemeanors." Commutation of tho sentence was asked oa tho ground that "Port Ar thur, beset by overwhelming forces, defended itself under Gen. Stoessel'a leadership with unexampled stub bornness and Ulled the world with as tonishment at the heroic courage of. its garrison; that several assaults have been repulsed with tremendous losses on the part of the enemy; that Gen. Stoessel throughout the seigo had maintained the heroic courago of the defenders and finally that ho bad taken energetic part lu threo campaigns." Before the sentence was read, measures were taken to prevent a de monstration in favor of Stoessel by a number of tho younger ofllcers. and witnesses who were present. These later sent a dispatch to tho Empress saying that they would hum bly bear testimony that Gen. Stoes sel was the soul of the defence of Port Art hui-; that he had always encouraged and put heart ill the gar rison, and that in case of war they would wish to sorvc again under such a hero. They asked the Rm pr CBS graciously to bespeak from the Em peror a full pardon. There was a dramatic moment af ter tho reading of the sentence whim a dotatchmcnt of soldiers filed Into tho hall. The spectators, thinking they wore about to seize Gen. Stoes sel, displayed great excitement, sev eral women fainting, lt developed, however, that this was merely ll guard for the disposal of the Court. Cen. Stoessel, who was accompan ied by his son, was the object of a sympathetic, demonstration, friends j kissing and shaking him by the hand .is ho left tho Court leaning on his ?son's shoulder. The basis of tho Indictment upon which Lieut. Cen. Stoessel, Gen. frock, who commanded tho 4th East Siberian division of Pert Arthur, nnd Major Gen. Reiss, chief o? staff Ito Cen. Sloe: : el, were tried for their lives, was a secret report made by Lieut. Cen. Smirnoff, on tho defence of Port Arthur. Smirnoff was acting command ant of tho fortress, Stoessel being commander of tho Kwang-Tung Pen insula. Smirnoff categorically ac cused Stoessel of cowardice and in capacity, and finally of the deliberate and treasonable hastening of tho sur render to save hts owa life and de fiance of tho decisions of two suc cessive connells of war. Gen. Smirnoff declared that tho foi tress, which was surrendered to Hie Japanese January 1. 1906, could have held out for six months longer. Tho stands taken by Gens. Stoos nel, Reis? and Frock wero that the Unto of Port. Arthur was sealed with the capture of the "Eagle's Nest," and two other positions. I The indictment against Gen. Smir noff charged him with having failed to remove Con. Frock from his com I mond, although ho suspected tho agreement between Gena. Stoessel pn-i Frock to surrender tba 'fOrt TSBBt ,u,^?.,i.a.*il. -