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, , V % V , t i ; t4 * e 1 . VOL. XV L. " "C/OLUO^Z DIES." 8nid H* W?* N^t Berry f jr Hie Ci!rrr\ DEATH CAME QUICKLY. Wiihln Four Mir u a* from Vho Time He Left C;!l Ufa W** Extinct. Th?* Current Twice Applied. Loon F. Czolgosz, murderer of President William McKinloy, paid tho penalty cxaot< d by Uw at twcNo minuto.1 and thirty soconds afler sovon o'olook Tuesday morning, Ootobor 29, for bin orimo. IIo was shocked to death by 1,700 volts of clootrioity. IIo wont to the obair in exactly tho sumo manner as havo tho majority of murdorcrs in this state, showing no particular sign ot fear, but in faot doing what but few of thom havo ever done, talking to tho witnoBsos whilo ho was being strapped to tho chair. "1 killed tho president booauso ho was an cnomy of good pcoplo, of good working pooplo. 1 tm not sorry forllo orime." Theso we.ro his words as the guards hurried him into tho ohair. * A uiomout later, mumbling through tho half adjusted face Strang, ho raid: 44l am awiutly lorry 1 could not ece my father." Czjlgosz slept bo soundly that when Warden Mead wont to oall lum Tuea- i day morning shortly beforo 5 o'clock, tho guard inside had to shako CzolgObZ to awakon him. ilo sat upon tho odgo ; of tho oot and mado no roply to tho < wardon's salutation of44G ood inorning.' , Tho prison official took ' from his pookot tho death warrant and read it i slowly and distinctly to tho assassin, who hardly raised his eyeB during the ( perfunotory ceremony. Just as tho warden stepped away from tho ceil Czdgosz oallod to him , and said: 44I would, iiko to talk with ; tho superintendent." Then tho on i demnod man rolled over on his cot, anxious to bleep again. At 5:15, how , ovor, tho guard brought him a pair of dark trousers with the loft leg hi it so as ] to allow fioe application of tho eleo- , troocde, and light gr. y outing bhirt ilo was told to put theso on, whioh ho j did. Contrary co tho usual custom ho was givon a new pair of 6hoce. Whoa dressed he laid down on his cot again, and in thib attitude Superintendent (Jollies lound him. ''1 want to make a statement beforo you kill mo," ho ta>d. "What oo you wish to Bay, Czil i gotzY ' a?ktd Superintendent Coilina. "1 want to u.ako it When tlicro are a lot of people aiouno; want them to h.jar mo,"baiu tho pruoi.er. 4,Woj1, you oau't," taid tho superintendent. ' ' 44i'iien 1 won't talk at all," said Czol gUBl. I Alter Superintendent Cc'Kds lilt the guards brnugh Czolgtiz's 'steakfabt, cocibsisting of coif ? , teas-., Cggh and bacon, ana he a-e .t with ? rc'ibh. In the ohamm'r K:eotriOi*n Duv; abd i Former Wa dm Tt.ay r, ol Jlmneaioi *, had anaLgcu ti < cl uir not, placing a bank m twenty-two i .csi.de foenta across tfco arias and oonnuoiiu^ tho oleotrodo wircb at ciihct end. TLo witnesses woio oidcied soared and then Warden Mead bnclly addressed them, saying'. ''You aro here to witnefs tho legal death of Leon F. Czolgosz. 1 debiro < you to keep jotir beats and prcservo abboluto nilenco in tho death ohauiLer no matter what may transpire. 1 hero are plenty tf guards and pnson oflijials to preserver order aud to attend to tho proper details." Waiden Mead gave tfco signal to have the prisoner brought in, and at 7:10 Uhiof Keeper Turner swung open tho big steel door leading to the ontdimntd colls, and as tho eiccl bars ewuug aside two guards maiohcd the pti&onpr out into tho ooiiidor, two others following, and tho ohiot keeper walking in trout xtio guaruB cn ouncr biac ti l. * rigor z had hold of Lis anus ae ii eitiitr lo support him or to keop him from makihg any demonstration. Ab ho stepped over iho thrcbhcld ho stumbled, hut they held him up and as they urgca hicr forward to ward tho ohair ho stumbled pgsm 'on tho little rubber covered piaifoim upon which the ohair rests. His hoad creot, and with his grey flannel shirt turned back at the nook, he looked quite boyish. He was ifctonboly^pala and as ho trie d to throw his head baok and oarry himself erect his ohiu quivered poicjpubly. As he was being seated ho looked at tho assembled witnesses with quito a steady staro and sail: "1 killed tho president bcoauso ho was an ehetny of good people, of tho working j eoplo.". His voioo trembled slightly, but gained strength with every word. "I am cot sorry for my otimc," ho said loudly, lust as the guardi pushed his head back on the rubber head rest and dtpw the sttap aoross his forehead . and ohitt. ? As tho pressure on tho strap tight eneu and'bound .the jaw slightly ho mumbled: "1 am awfully sorry 1 could not seo my fathoir." It was exaofcly 7:11 o'olook when ho orossed the threshold, and but a minute hid elapsed, and ho had ja*t fin ished the last sUtoment wuen tho strapping was complete1, and tho guards stopped baok. Warden JMoad raised his hand and at 7:12:30 fittetrioian Davis turned the switoh that threw 1,7(10 volts of eleotrioity into Czolgotz's body. The rush of the ourrent threw th o body so hard [ ferent thing from industrial o< l ^ i tions. Ho said there are two f f s T agtinst tho Btraps that thoy oroakcd pcrooptibly. Tho hands olioohcd suddenly nod tho wholo attitudo was oqo of extromo looseness. For forty-fivo eoconds tho full ourrcnt was kept oo and then slowly tho dcotrioian throw tho switch back, roduoing tho current volt by volt until it was out off omiroly. Thon, just as it roaohod that point ho throw the ievor back again for two or throe seconds. 'iho body, whioh collapsed as tho current van rcducod, stiffened up again against tho straps. Whon it was turned oft again, Dr. MaeDonald> stopped to tho ohair and put his haud ortr tho heart. Ho said ho felt no pulsation, but suggested that tho current bo turned od for a few sooor.da avaiu. Onoo wore tho body became rigid. At 7.15 the current was turned off for good, lhe phyuioiaus present used iho blothosoi po and other tosts to dotermino if any life remained, and at 7:17 tho wardi n raising his haud au iiuunood: "Gentlemen, tho priuoucr is doad." Tho witncssis tiled from tho doatli chamber, many of tliom visibly atlcotud, and tho body was taken from tho ohair and laid on an operating taolo. It was buried noorotly withiu 48 hours in tho prison yard. Trying to Defeat Koester. At a meeting of tho Columbia Colored Ministi rial union, hold on Wod nosuay, mo loiiowiug preamble #nd roi o. uiiouu wero passed: "Whereas, as it has beon oharged and ourroclly rumorod that Goorgo It. Koestcr, who has been appointor! ool teoter of internal rcvoBUo for tho distriot of Soutn Carolina, participated in the lyuohiog if a negro abou.. ib'.H, at Gaston, L xtngton ooun?y, dom-nding the first shot, ai d after boasting of having liiod tho first Hiiot, in constq leuoj of the orowd ho led bavtug caught up with tho victim, prior to others iu pur suit; and Whereas, tho said ohsr^o romaina unticnicu up to this ti in < <; and Whereas, upon investigation tho said ohurgo seems to bo austained, thoroforo? We, tho s?i i colored niinistois, ast'amblod at Stenhouso hail, Columbia, 8. C., for liio purpode oi considering this heinous uiaucr and lor li o purpose of taking action, do doolaro our abhorretc ? oi this dasUrdly oriuio and indiguariiy protest against the > ppoiotmcnt of tho svid G.orgo R. Ivoo: tor, nnd if commission has boon issued, plead fcr its revocation until the sauiu has boon investigated. J. 8 Mobloy, Chairman, C. P. Nelson, B, J. Ramsey, ^ Commits o. A Prodigal's Tragedy. A.ead story fiorn Paris is mated of a piudigal con named L ms butt>nux, who, niter tea years' absence from h'mo, returned f om a far country 10 acknowledge his ui'scioitga nnd tino ; himself on parental liidui^onoo. When tie arrived homo Thursday nigat at hiH o.d lesideuocin tho Rue u'Ar :ou<. the young man was aiarumd at seoing Signs of mourning. Uu cutcriug an inner room ho found his mother bathed in tears kneeling by the si tie of a o liiu i - - **- - t-- 1% a m . ? . i uuuiaiuiug iiio nouy 11 file IitlUcT "You tityed t.way too Jodp, enid his bOuDmg m ?ther. 'Y u broke your failtor d lit art aril his ^net a. your ab Kenod kil itut.im, Lli dioU TiiUrhoay.' I Overcome Witu borrow, the young man liil upon hia fathors' corpse, Kissing it frantically, and then, rushing fi\>m tho rooui, he poized a kuifo, and in a a aeoohH of remorse plunged it- into ilia brenbt. flo'wao taken to tho Hospital do la Chanto, wh- ro ho lies in a gravo oonditiou. A Show Wrecked. A dispatch Iroiu Charlotte taya one hundred aim ten of tho liug Loraeu of Bntf'.lo li.lJ s wild west biiow wore eiuahi d to death in a railroad wreck near Li xtrgtor. at 3 o o.ook Tuesday morning. Among tho borate kilhd was "Old Pap," Col. (Judy's favorite t addlu koico "Old Eagle," tho star ring hotLC, was ktiioa aud his uunglcd body toll oa top of ono of tho wrecked engines. 1 no icaiu oi mules that drow ttio Dead-vood OuAoh wore also khlod. Col. Coay spent today at tho socno of rL. - I * iuu wren* Rii'i is ncart ercKcn ov*.r tho blaughtir. llo&ayu hislois 19 160,001). The accident was ifco result ol a head end ooili9?OQ balloon a last southbound freight train and iho tooond b.oiiou ol the bho.v (rain, and was cue to a una undoreiandiLg of orders, bevcial traia hauou were it jurod, but oo ooo was kil.ed. TheiChildren Friend. You'll n*vo a ojld this winter. Maybo >ou huve coo now. Your children will feoffor too. Fot coughs, oroup, bronchnid, grip and other winter complaints Oje Minute Uough Cure never fails. Aula promptly, it is very pit abaut to mo tauto and pcrfcotiy harmless. U. 1J George, vVinohcster, Ky,, wii.es ' Our htiio girl was aitaokou wiih oroup It '.o ono ni'iht led wis bo hoareo Btio c^uiu hardy speak, Wo g .vo hor a low doKoa ot Oao Minute Cough Uuro. It relieved her immediately and aho went to bleop. Whon sho awoke next morning olio had no signs of hoarseness or croup." Caught the Thief. A Parsian roughs who had for sometime boon suffering losses of jowolry determined to set a trap for the thief. So she loft a diamond braodot on her bureau, retiring into an adjourning room and began to watch through tho koy.bolo. Presently a starling hopped through the window, soiled the braoelet aoddepOsited it in tho obitnnoy, where all tho misticg jewohy was subsequently found.' This was, of courao, tho bird's equivalent of a human thief's habit ot putting stolon proporty up tho spont. imbltl ^Ttou%oni? nu oroos to J He wore black laoed shoes. t | p rf CONWAY, i "talk STIG iiTaUTT What a Qolorrd Editor Says About That Dinner. AN UN FORT UN AT E'l NCI DENT. A Scathing Arraignment of Many Northern Divine*, Merchanls and Manufacturer# tor their Rark Hypocrisy. Tho following artiolo on tho famous Booker Washington Ainuer is from tho Btoeklyu Defender, wljich is edited by 11. U. 0. Astwood, a colored man: Tho Booker T. Washington inoidont at tho Whito llouso, in our judgment, is ono of tho rnojt unfortunate inoidonts that has happened in national political affairs sinoo Kcoonetiuotion. It is like tho prcm&turo onfranohisemout of tho raoo that brought about tho irroprcssiblo oonlliot, and tho oarpot-bag regime in tho South that caused sectional animosities, that has ost almost a eca of blood, lioro worship is a bad thir.g anyway, and whothor wo try to deify man or idols, oonfl.ots aro almost euro to eomo. This btorm has been coming for some time and wo havo been predicting it. Tho writing of this editorial will be just as muoh misunderstood by tho oolored people generally, and tho hypooritioat and mawkish newspapors of tho North, as President ltocsevolt was misunderstood by tho sensational people and newspapors of tho South. Wo wi'l bo abused and traduced just as tho Prosi LaI? *?J i k ? v o .i uuui ia uoiug uauuouu uy rasa oouuicra criticism, and as tho South is being trauuocd and abubcd by tho rowspapers of tho North, and jot wo shall havo tho oourago to writo it. Wo aro toid by our bust friends that it will kill our olianocs for a Federal position. Well, it uiay; but tho truth uiunt bo told. Leaders aro born and uot created by men. Tno colored raco has not boon allowed to make or oicato thoir own leaders; these leaders havo always boon made and created by whito moo, and forocd upon tho raoo regardloos of qualifications. Mr. Washington is a gentleman and a soholar and a groat cduoalor along industrial linos; but it is preposterous and ridiculous 10 try to improsss upon tho world that bo is tho only and grcalost oo.orcd man and gentleman in tho United ri.ates. Thoru aro more than a thou and oolorcd mon,?yes, thousands- bottor cduaotod; just t.H gentlemanly, gr< a or leaders and more progressive in ovory way than Mr. WaSiitugion, bo.li in (Jtiuroh and Sate, who aro purposely ignored and tuu.cd do.vn by the whito puoplo ol tho North every day. Trident lUosevelt is a great Presi dent, Willi an honest heart, wi.h tho purpi so and oourago to oo right, lie had no sinister motive in inviting Mr Washington to tiiuo wiih him. Brougnt iuto tho Presidential chair under pocul.?r and t Xiraordinary conditions, ho was beinewial hanuJOni pod and would naturally te. k lor light in cveiy conceivable eircotion. Tho Bouth pre t out d tno grcaiost puzz.o to his inquir log mind, ai.d ho tries to paoiiy ana eonoiliato oilloronoi-s down there \u the ta.islaution ol all parties concern od. j'o do this bo maul uoi bo imposed upon by b?u white or colored lrioudu. Alio greatest diplomacy in ncocssaiy 10 Htjuui a vexed (locution not ye>t settied, but which wau beginning to boadjuutod by hid oauooub measures. Con borvativu while men woio being appointed to olbou ul<1 ucouonal baruoru wore being torn down. Two colored, leaders wtro called to tho VS huo House, one a B'shop in tho porson oi Bishop Abraham Grant, oqo of tho most oantiouu and ablest ooiorcd lcaec.ru of tho raoo in tho country; tho other an eduoator in iho person ol Pro! Booker T. Wash ington, tho eHtiniablo and honored principal of Tuukogco. Bib nop Grant was traoiously received, talked and idvised with tho Preuiuont, and, liko a o*utious prolate an ho is, life aud mado a good luipreuuion, as ho alwayu does. To show iho wiudom of thin man we quoto a bit of unwritten history, perhaps, bicaduo of his modesty, not generally known. Immediately after iho Spaniuh war wo had cauuo to visit tho Whilo ilouBO with Bishop Giant, President MoKinley, always graoiour, icojivod him oontidentially and, talking over tho appointmont of tho labor commission, ofiorcd him a piaoo upon it. Wo Insistud that ii:shop Grant aooopt it. lie said to the President, no, whilst ho considered it a great honor, yot it was ndt in kcepirg with his position as ohiof pastor in bis church. Tho Presidont said to him: Well, consult your Bishops and if you ail oan dooido upon a proper man I wiil appoint him. ThoyUid not dooido upon a proper man in timo and did not got tho appointmont. Wo print this to show Bishop Grant's diplomaoy. Now to Prof. Washington's non-diplomaoy. An oduoator is novor a poiitioian, or soldom a statesman; tako thorn out of thoir useful avooa linna rnr\ A ininnf iKrm Ir?in rvA I i i i /to -A/1 ?IVMM ?UV% AUJUVV VUV U4 1 U IV IIUU thoy booome absolute failuros. Book-' or T. Washington, booause of his great 6U006B8 as an industrial tduoator, in our judgmont the greatest in tho nation, doing more good in his way than any other one man to solve a diffioult question, had been proolaimod a god and a Moses, a marvel, a phenomenon, the only eduoatcd oolored gontloman in tho Unitod States, when we have upon our lingers mon his superior in ovory way saving only tho lines of industrial cduoation; he has boon flattered and favorod, both by tho white' people of tho .North and the South, until both he and the President misunderstood the _ (8pivev V I was praoifoal and oonYiu*Au8. mil | 5. C. THURSDAY, N( difficult political undorlying situation But Mr. Washington bhnuld havo been tho wiser of tho two. When President lioosevolt invitod l'rof. Waaluogton to tho Whito House to confer wich him ho did tho propor thing, for which wo applaud him. VV'hou ho invited him to dino at tho Whito House bo did tho gentlemanly thing, tho lawful thing; but tho most inexpedient political thing poseiblo. St. Paul, tho great apostlo, said: 44All things aro lawful, but all things aro not expediont." Mr. Washington had given to him tho greatest opportunity of his lifo; had ho boon a statosman or a politioian, had ho boon a Bishop Grant, a John-Motoor Langston, a Pinohbaolr, a P. K. Bruoo, a Fred Douglass; a Lynch, a Lyon, a Whito, a Uhoatham or hundreds of other ab!o oolored leaders that wo know; had ho considered thb ^olfaro of tho l'rcsidout or his race, ;bo would havo confidentially said to tho Prcsidont: 1 appreoiato this groat honor, hut might it not bo misunderstood and <l*uvo-the dying projndioos and oiubors of scOtional fooling that wo aro trying to oxtinguish? Jtiad" ho done this it would havo boon a triumph in diploma oy and tho astuto and quiok porooiving President would havo takon tho hint. But tho groatest harm that may rosult from this impolitic and undiplomatic incident is tho abuso of* tho Northern press And Northern pooplo of tho South, it is not sinooro nor is it ocnfcistcnt. - Tlx* prejudico in tho North is uioio malignant and spitoful than it is in tho South. Tho South has a oauso and a griovauoo; tho North has no oauso or'griovauoo; and yot its pro jud 103 is greater in proportion than it is South. It is a protty hard thing for a man to bo forocd uudor ordinary conditions to aoorpt a iuau as his t^ual, in a quarter of a oontury, who had boon his slave for two centuries, and tho North rot uses to do it, outside of a fow ooi lego dinners, whoro tho oolorod iuao was never hu slave. -The K?v. Ilytf iuau, at Bryn Mawr, tho Mothodist proaohcr, who offered the resolution in tho preacher's mooting on Monday, commending tho President, oroatod a revolution m Bryn Mawr, locoauso a house belonging to him was routed to a oolorod minister of tho sauio porsua sion and used every means, ooolcsiasti cal and legal, until ho was rcjootod. Tho young man was as gentlemanly and as thoroughly oduoaiod as Mr. \Vash< iiigton. Bishop Potior, our good and Worihy prolate, has many oolorod piiosts of his denomination hero in tho North, and yot ho does not sot tho ex ampto by having thorn tpoolybrato at Holy "Trinity and othor Episcopal torn pica horo iu tho North, or invite thoui to bit indisorimina^oly at thq Lord'* tafdo to tenon tho" South the fat nbr hood of (Jod and tho ^brotherhood of- man. Bishop Holly, .of 1 tayhi, one of Vlio ui >st Icarnod and scholarly negroes in tho World, who oomos herb periodioally, . .. - ? ? ^ - J . i 1 ? ' in ignuruu ai.u allowed 10 eoira 111 a ooloiod bonding bouuo )Q Brooklyn, u Hioau of bciug tbo guo .t during t^iu hihy ?u bomo of tic wbiio parinbca. Tiio Nvitito utwapApora, huoii as tuo Phila d ipiua Record, the iNow York .Journal, iho Nu'aii American aiid other papers wno rii bule tbu journal* of tno Souui, . 'in tiolouipioy a ooiorcd man upon tboir tuiid or id ud>? other important place iu liuiroftioeb, bo they over ho oojupo tout. iiio wlilto bu iuLHd tlOUnOi of' mo N01 ill, tao factories and icdusvrial pi ad iHj wnl not employ oulorud uuoa or women in any of tbeir department* a /ovo the menial, and jot tboy rail a iiio South, wncro Biavnry existed loi two hum red yearn, lor lighting political and social cquali y. Tlio North is ro bpoQblOlO lor u all; lot it ulop ltd hypoenay, givo *- practical lodboud of ita good iuouiloud and not begin at tbo' White liouao. If Hootional projudi'coH be again inflamed and bleodslied bo tbo outcome and Watlungton ia appealed to, tho negro will be loft to tight It?'cut alone and bihiud the barricade of Slaie rightH. Tito Defender ia the trinnil of tho President and of Hooker T. Wash ington. Wo want to seO the ouo suooood and ro oicotcd to tho Presidency, and tho other to continue hia groat work aa an industrial cduoator at l'uskogeo, and Wo hope that our Southern irionds will not miBundorPtand - the ProbidojOii and overturn the good fooling now apparent; but that thoy will trust to his good judgment And equitable treatment 01 all tho pooplo aiiho. Wo .ojidofao tho ternpotato sooumoAt aa expressed in the Times-Democrat, of Now Orleans, printed in tho Philadelphia Record ot Monday laat, and hopo now that the storm- has exhausted itaoif and tho era of good fool jog bo rerqslablisiiud. Tho iaoidoht was unfortuoato and rcgrottablo. - Editor. pf thp-Dcfender, h; o; e. afttw?od. Sont-Hiin a 'Possum. The Washington correspondent of tho Charleston Post1 bays #omo tiouthorn "gentleman" fcont'to the President tho other day a 'possum# * The card of the donor was not attaolied, but it was labolod Hooker Washington." Tho President, is s*id: t<j bjtfvdry fond ' of opossum, And as tho howbutler of 'the White House, 'Honty Plnoknoy, is a South Carolina negro, ho irf familiar with thu art of preparing tho dish in truo South Carolina stylo. It is said tho Prodidont will havoit served on his table atsomo futuro time. Tho Prosi; dont would liko to know, howovor, who his "admirer" is. NoderASut^ry Surpassed / "While suffering ftom a bad o?so of piles I consulted a physician who^advised mo to try_ ar,bo* of DjftWiitt's W ltoh Hazol Salvo," say^-QtS Atlanta, Ga. "I proouyed a b.ox-and was ontirely ouro d. DbWitPs Witoh Hasol Salvo is a splendid aure for $les, giving reliof instantly and 1 heartily recommend it to all sujUerpa." ?utgory is unnooflsary to ouro pilos. DoWttts Witoh Hazel Salve will ouro May daao. Outs, bums, bruises ana sll 'olher wounds are alsoquiokly oUred bjf it. Boware'of-eoupteifaita, v .or -r. 7>?-.' : *' ?v 1 , )VEMBKlt 7. 1901. , THE FIRE FIEND. > i Tha Bm'ni?S8 P rtlon of Tim monsville Laid in Ashe s. I W. F DENNIS ARRESTED. Ho and His PartnosaMan Named Smith. Charged With Apply ng th? Tot eh to Thnlr tttoro Tho town of Tinnuonsvillo, on tho Wilmington, Columbia and Augus'a lUilroad, between Burnt or and Flor onco, was visitod by a most dimerous firo on laBt Wodnosday morning at four o'olook. Ninoty-livo thousand dollars worth of property, including twouty threo Uouhoh, was deolroyod. A dispatch to Tbo Stato says tho town was awakened by a terrific explosion auu summoned to witness tbo greatest fire in tho history of tho p'aeo. Tho explosion wa*< thrd of a keg of powdor in ono of the *u .? t toroa in the postoflioo block, supposed to bo that of Smith & Dounia. Tho flro spread rapidly, aided by an oast wiud. Soon tho jewelry houso of S. S. Carroll, tho grooory stores of llill Bros. and Marion Sims, woro burning beyond control. By groat effort tho postoffioa was savod, but nothing oould | rovent tho tiro from oroscing tho Btroot and burning tho carriage housj of J. B. Harper, Win gale's barber shop, IUrroU's grooory and finally taking hold of the bank and Culpepper's drug storo, thereby insur ing tho destruction of a solid biiok S'luaro of 10 stores. Thoro was noth jug with which tho 11 ro oould ho fought and a groat company of oitizoDs ruffe red iho awful ordeal of watching tho business hoart of I heir town burn to tho ground. When tho fh o had our nod to the hardware houao of Welling auu Bonnoitt it Btoppt d, thcro being a stroct across which it oouid not go. It was a fearful i.couo and brought tears to many eyoa. Tho following storos woro burned: S. 9. Carroll, Iobs 11,200; insurauoo $600. 1,. Anderson, Iobb $7,000; insurance m, ... Vi ill Winga'c, loss $100; insuranoc nothing. W. li. Lowrnan, loss $000; insurauoo $1,000. Uus Johnson, loss $.">00; no insur anoo. Hill Bros., loss $1,100; inBuranoo $900, C. A. Smith, Iobb $211,000; iosuranoo *8,1)1)0. .it (5. 8avorenoo, Iobh $11,000; inouratioe $1 600. J.F. uulpopor, loss $2,500, iu,ur no $1,050. F. M. Sjidh, loss $1,750; itsurnnoo $1)00. i., . M^y.vc. n building, loss $8,000; ;n suranoo.$0,000. Wo.hng <Sc Bonuoiti, Iohh $10,000; itsuranoo unknown. y^shury A Lowhorn, loss $40, no iusuraboo J. B. Harper, loss $1,000; insuranoo $1 500. Armory Furniture, loaa $1,000, insuranoo $ 100. Fylhian hsil, loan $1,200; inuuranco $975." A. J. Broom, loan $8,000; inaurauoo $2,500. ; Bank* building, loaa $2,000; insurance $800. Louis Lyons, loss $2,000; no insuranoo. J. 1). Itameoy, loss $1,000; insuranoo $500. Matfonio Furniture, loss $750; insuranoo $800. ? Suiu-b-A. Dennis, loss $2,800; insuranoo $2.8U0. , Tbia ootistiluteu tho largost portion of business houses of tho town. At , one tirno the largo storo of John MoHwecn was in danger, also D. II. Traxlor, but wcro 6avod. A 81N3ATION. - A gonsation greater than tbo firo itself was thoTarroflt'thra afternoon of W. K. Dennis of the firm of Smith <k Dennis, who was charged with tho burning. As tho rumor to tho effoot that this was responsible for the groat firo b gan last night;, late in tho aftornooa several oitiv.oue wont to tho houso of those moo and on aearohitig tho proraiaos found several harrols of shoos and hats and othor goods. Smith loft townoarlyiu tho morning for his country homo, but Donnis was at homo. Ho was iuditior ent in mannor and had to bo urgod to go to tho barn and asobt tho oitizend in thoir soaroh. Ho wanted tho moo to await the roturn of Smith boforo soaroh, bat this tboy rofused to do. Donnis professod ignoranoo of tho goods iu tho nam. Ho was arrosted and sont to Floronoo. A warrant has boon sent for Smith. Thoso partios oamo hero from Clarondon county in tho wintor and J - ? 1 -i upuuou a Hinan store. rney Doro good refutations and tho poo; lo aro Hhookod at tho turn things havo takon. SMITH AKRK8TED. Atando Smith, of tho firm of Dennis <St Smith, was arrostod Wednesday night* *a.t tho homo of his brother in (Jlarondon oounty 25 milos southwoit of Timmohsvillo and oarriod Thursday mating to Floronoe jail to await a prolrauuary hoaring on Saturday. Mr. Smith ezplainod tho prosonoo of tho goods in tho barn by saying that thoy bolongod to a party in tho oountry, but the explanation was not satisfaotory. -It will be shown at tho hoaring that a very largo part of the stook oarried by tho firm had boop saoretly oarriod-from the store to the residenoe and atorod in the barn under hay. - ', *. t . 1>A MAUI N<1 BV1DENCR, It is thought tliat thcro was very litt!o in tho storo when tho buildiog b'iruid. Shoes had boon taken froui tho paper boxes and plaood in barrols, the bi xch boiug put again on tho pholves ard tho barrels oarricd to tho barn. VVi'ncssoB will nwoar that tho firm wan neon i acking goodp in boxes on tbo night of tho firo. Another witness will testify that a niombor of tho iirm was rocn hiding tho goods in tho barn. Hull another witness will swoar that ho was awakened by a horso at full spood ootrioK from tbo buMincpa sootion of town Just before tbo tiro alarm booamo goueral and goiog into tho yard of tho firm's residence. Thoso aro somo of tho very damaging items of ovidonoo which havo bioouuo publio. Tho caso is very strong against tho aocusod. They had only rcocntly Ukon about all tho ineuranoo thoy oould Peouro. On Saturday tho lirar.ug wilt bo had horo and then everything will bo brought out. LOOP TURNED LVENTd OF DAY 8chley 8ays Movement Was Turning Point in Battle With tbo opening of tho Sohloy oourt of inquiry Wodncadav Admiral Sohloy began tho tilth day of his tostimony and tho third day of his oross-oxamination. joHliouiug Hjhloy as to tho oauso oi ibo delay in beginning a ro oonnoiesanoo uliur Cervoia s where abouts woro ditoovorcd, tho admiral said two dajs woro neooossary to ooal and to bo ready inoaso tboenomv oamo out. Tho oross examination on thobattlo of Santiago began with tbo question an to what w.vi tho first movement of tiio Brooklyn's holm after tho ouctuy's ships wore flighted coming out. "Wo were hoading west by north," ho replied. "At first tho holm w*s to port." "Capt. Cook gave tho order for tho turn?" "Yob." "You regard that turu as very important, don't you?" "I think it wa9 a movovont that dooidod tho events of tho day." Tho admiral said in rosponso toques tiona that ho had not mentioned tho loop in tho roport of tho battle. Lt wau an inoidont of tho battio which ho had no idea would over ooino into oou trovorfly. Capt Cook had given tho or dor without orders from him, except under his general ipstt uetious to oloso in and koip simowhoro about 1,0(J() yards away, outsido of tho broadsido torpodo lango Wiion tho time c^nio for tho turn Capt. Cook's oouooptiou of tho movomoutooino'.dsU wiili his own. "Do you assumo full roaponsibility for tho turn?" "Absolutoly, If I did not givo tho order, I ai proved it," ropliod tho ad miral. "Did tho Brooklyn stand in and attempt to sink tho Spanish Hoot in tho oh an noi?" "L blurted in at lirst to holp I.ho other vessels ar d havo them help mo. I oit ii wo could stop tho Spaniards tho batticShips could go iu and h nk thorn. ) never had any idea thoy would got away." Continuing, ho s:id: uWn estimated Hutu.o Brookiyu had gono into wiiiuna milo t r a unlo and a naif of tho mou lt of < ho J arj?ir and was within range of tho flhoro halt r en. I thought or s mcu lvo to fourtoon ooiuu cs tho 11 g'.ti p Ji 'I bet n wr.iiiii arab/o of less than li,DDI) yards horn tho Spanish iv?p3. l aoy looked vory oloao," ho bfttU. "When tlu Spanish ships sucoocdod in getting out oi i ho harbor without boiug uur k iu aeoonUuoo with orders, what alternative was thcro hut to ohaso thomV" | Tho admiral said that whilo several of tho vcsaols had failed to jnu iu the ohaso, leaving tho work after tho siuk-1 iug tf tho ft res a aud 0<iuondo to the Brooklyn aui Oregon, this was bootiu c they could not follow at tho paoo net by tho Spaniards. A Montana Prodigy. A special from (heat Kails, Mont., cays that a twolvo yoar olu boy named Southwiok kiduappod tho six yoar old son of (i. W. ltyao, a wrominont grocer of that oily and font a noto to tho father demanding fl,5lJ0 ransom, threatening to ram pieces of glass into tho child's eyes and out his hands of! unloftH tho dounanl wan oompliod with. 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