The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 07, 1901, Image 1
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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.
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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.
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"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
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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
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I was praoifoal and oonYiu*Au8.
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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.
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, THE FIRE FIEND.
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i Tha Bm'ni?S8 P rtlon of Tim
monsville Laid in Ashe s.
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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.
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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.
Mr. li>an notiliod tho polioo, who ar
rested young Houthwiok shortly after
tho Ryan boy hod arrived at his fathor's
storo unharmed, having boon roloasod
by Southwiok. Ho oonfoeaid that bo
did it of his own volition and that ho
had no acoomplioos. lio exprossod no
ropontanoo, and said: "I would havo
hit tho old man for $8,000 if 1 thought
ho would havo stool for it."
Serious Fire in Darlington.
Darlington had two firos 'lhuraday.
tho first At tho Darlington oil mill ana
tho sooond, which ooourred aftor night
was at tho freight dopot of tho Atlantic
Joast Lino. In both iastanoos thoro
wao great damago done, Tho wholo of
tho woodon part of tho mill was destroyed
togothor with a largo lot of cotton
in hales. Tho wind was from tho
north. Tho gin and faotory together
with Eevcral outbuildings woro destroyed,
inoluding tho cffico, though
tho books woro rosoued by omployos.
British Losses.
Wo havo reason to congratulate ourselves
that tho Philippine islands aro
not pooplod by Boers. Tho latest official
report shows tho British casualties
in South Africa since the beginning of
tho war to bo 548 officers and 5,823
mon killod in action; 1,521) officers and
23,032 noon wounded, 3t>5 officers and
8,471 noon captured or missing, and
10,738 doaths from disoaso and aooidonta?a
total of 55,500 dead, wounded
and missing.
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