The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 14, 1901, Image 1
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tVOL.
XVI.
CONVICTS REBEL
Four Hundred United filatfls Civil
Prisoners Mr k * a Da*h
FOR THEIR LIBtR 1 Y.
Only Twsanty ?ix E*cjd'. Ono
is Killid and Fiv.i Mjn
Ar? Woundsd in 1h*
Figh*.
Oto man was killed, fivo others
datgercubiy weuacid and 20 tiosi orate
oenviots nru ?i Ictgo, }.s a result of a
mutiny Thursday alurtuoQ a'. the bite
of tho tew United ISiaiou prisoi, I we
miles bouiIica I of L avenwonh, K u.,
whero 400 jrisoLei from tho Icdcial
prison, in u .arto cf oO aimoU |.uar?. 8,
wore at work.
When t> o troublo b>. ran th~ rrhol'i
ous prisoners had only two icvo vers
'lhcbo had been beaded in one of the
walls cf ti e building by bomo uf kuowu
poreon. Tho walls aropailly completed
and tho rtiraindor of tbo hi o of the
buildiDg is* urreiunac d b> a high woodot
stookado. QusFaiieor of Ai more, 1.
T., ono of tho ring leaders ot tho mu
tiny, uuutr pretense oi a necessity,
walked to the oeruor of the bteckouo,
where tbo revolver* wcro conooalcd,
and under oovcr ot boiuo weed* sooureu
them without being seen, lie returned
to tho gang and p&beod ono of the ro
volvera to Frank Thompson, a regie
from South MoAloster, I. T., who
Hcorotod it about Iiib person. Wboc
T. K. llinds, superintendent oi the
construction, ana three unarmed
guards ptoparcd to round up tho men
at tbo end of the day b wora, tho twe
armed oonviots oovcro^ them with the
rovolvora aud onooursgod by tho otha
mutinous oouviotu forced tho men tc
tu? IL K/vf..-.. ' > ? '
nnta UU1V1U IhUUi kKJ till) UUJTlilWUbl
oorncr of the stockade, where th< y ex
pooted to msku a iu*h through the
opening. On the eumiuo ol tho stook
ado was au aimed guaid, and tho con
viots wore met at tho opening by (J. E
Burrows, a guaid, wl.o fought their
baok, but who reooiveti 'wo shots it
tho ucok. 'iho oonviots tliun ru-heei
over to tho fiouth wait to another upon
ing and wero mot by Arthur Tredford,
au aimed guaid, who is in ohargo ol all
tho oonviois. Trocllord rcsibud the
oouviots and wan bhot twice, but uol
r dangerously wounded. Doioatcd ir.
thoir attempt to tboapo at thin point,
tho men rushed to tho guaidhouec, t
temporary framo stiuoture, whoro tlic
armu aro kept. Tho guards from the
oulsido rut-.hed iu at this point am
drovo tho convicts from the guard nouso.
J. 1'. Waldiupo, a guard, shot and killed
Ford Quinu, trom ltjau, 1. '1', The
prisonois then mado a grand ruth foi
tho main cutianoo and 2d of tliem tui
oecdod in Cbeiaping. Most of (hcosoapce
men aro from Indian Territory. Oloselj
followed by tho guards the mcu rai
to a nearby forest and succeeded ir
ovading their pur.ucra. Tho met
wont in tho utrceittou ol Easton, K?s.,
and it iu reported hero that ihoy have
hold up faimcrs, uking heroes ane
olothing.
Tho oonviois, in thoir flight, com
polled F. E. 11 tiios, bupt ribiondent o
oonstruotion, to go wtto u.euj ?ud hi
was not allowed to return until thee
had geiio almost two miles. W. F
JFoasleo, ono of tho fugitives who ha:
only 15 months moro to servo, desertot
tho band a few momonts after Super
intondont Hinds was released. Th<
two men ronohod hero almost tho sam<
time. Thoy roported tout the fugitives
aftor holding a ejnsu.tation, deoidot
they would foim into several purl
HO that touio might LEoapo thougQ oth
ore should ho captured. It is tuo in
tention of all to auompt to roaod tht
rough oountry southeast of hero.
Twonty-iour members of tho Fourth
oavalry hautenod to tho scene of thi
trouble, butwhou they arrived tho con
'viots had csoa^cd ana tho Po'dicr<
could not partioipaio iu tho ohaso wuii
out ordeis liom then- superior. Fort;
aimed guards lroni tho federal prisot
aro in pursuit of tho iuguives.
Ihe wouDdtd rnou ?to iu ti c priaoi
hospital. J. H Virtuiupo was shot 11
tho head anu in th nook and is in "i
precarious oonniticu. Andrew Leon
aid, a guard, is in u^o hospital vu.h
broken Ug. fin was hurt a. iho prison
uin wviu ccuyjutr Uiall
entranoo oi khu tuook&Ou. O o oi l in
lugiuvtH humtu Oui.r WAs oL< t, bui h
Witb fculc Vo feu Wiiii ciiO OlhCi. bild til
exiont ot liio.iiijuiit in tfkku^wju.
A MAS HUN Ti
.
The Escaped Convicts B*Ii g Capture^
Dead or AliveAll
tho polioc, deputy sheriffs am
farmers in the oouniry adjaocnt t
Leavenworth were on tho lockout Fri
day for tPo 20 federal convicts who cg
oapod from the stookado Thursday. A
a result fhree oonviots have been killed
anothor wounded and dve captured uc
hurt. The casualties took p^sco in
fight near Nortonvillo, K?s , and re
sultod in the death or oapture of fiv
men. Tho dead: James Hoffman
aged 20, white; J J. Poffanholon, age
25, white, a soldier convict; Joh]
Qreen, aped 21, white. Tho fourth
Willard Drako, white, rged 19, i
wounded and rcoaptureo, and tho fifth
Fred Gore, aged 16, a negro, ,is recap
tured.unhurt.
Tho five mon wero dieocVercd in th
barn of Fay Weisha^r, near Norton
ville, Kas.. about 31 o'olook Frida;
afternoon. Weishaar Went into tho ban
and was ordered out)at the point o
- tuns. He lushed to/ Nortonvillo am
volvers, shotguns ami a fow Winchesters,
hastoned to tho toono. Tho oonviota
saw tho men coining and rushod
from tho barn, Thoy had two shotguns
and revolvers. Tho posse pursued thorn
and a running fight resultod. Tho
oonviots were at a disadvantage and
their shots hid no cffiot, while at every
volley from iho posso ono of the oonviots
fell. After of two them had falh n
two of the others gave themselves up,
ono being wounded, tho other unhurt.
Tho fifth was fully 20ft yards awav
when a man with a Wiuohestor drew a
b.ad on J im and fired. Lie evidently
had boon hit, but tried to go on, a volUy
77as fired at him and ho fell deed.
It-ports oatuo from numerous print".
Friday of the arro^t of men supposed to
bo luyifvo con viol 9. Two unarmed
convicts wore found Lidiig in a ravin
1 on a fsmi notr Jarlalo, has., and they
* HUvror.'Jortd without resiscanoo. The
eh*.rill of D.uglaja oountv has o\p'
tu < d two conviocrv at Lawrenoo,
The obdi a. of tiie fugitives is a ed 2d.
Q ' n Fort, who was hilled Friday,
W 'H 1ft y> ars of ago. Ono of tbo eon
ViO'b b ill at largo is a ur.lb.nry prisoner
And tho rcma;nder w< ro Berving tern s
l robbery cr assault. On * is an Intiiau
' I ?-.i _i? -M
nuu bitu i?iu ur^rueti noiriy a.i oamo
from Oklahoma and Indian Territory
1 and they &ro supposed to bo making for
thru oouutry. Tlxoy are baidy moo,
' used to firoArms and horses, Some have
obtainod both, but others aro on foot
and dcfnneioloss. Waidufl MoClaugklicy
bavti ho will capture cvcr> oco 01'
> too linn In districts around the oily
ovt-ry road and ri?or crossing that
* fugitives might be expected to use is
1 guarded by armed roon, tbo farmers
having turned out to earn tho $ti() ro'
ward that will bo paid for tho return
1 of each oonviot. Tnoso of tho men who
1 aro armod, t.ro likely to bo shot on sight.
' Tho oonviota captured at Lawrence
[ wcro Olo Babo, a halfbrocd Iodiar, and
1 Jos. 11. Djoktn, a soldier serving a
1 term for desertion and assault to kill.
' Frank Thompson, tho negro desperado,
who led tho outbreak, is supposed to bo
' uoar Lawrenoo heavily himcd. Ho will
' probably not bo tukeu alivo. Two
otoaped ooaviots wero oauglitin Topoka
bndry night. At midnight only 15 of
tho fugi'ivofl were l'roo.
A FANATICAL MURDER.
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i
I 8:iys the Deed Was Demanded by the
, Almighty.
i
s Eliza Nosbit, tho wild woman of tho
t notorious Red Top section of St. An
1 drow'a Parish, killed kor paramour,
[ Wil'io Robertson, on Sunday after
nooo. Tho woman was arrostod Tkuras
day by Jack Holmes, ono of Magistrate
^ Stroliccker s constables, and brought to
Charleston and lodged in jail Thursday
| night.
Robertson and tho woman had a
r quarrel. Roth nogrocs had their u. ual
supply of pop skull liquor aboard and
I wore in a lino humor to tight. Roll rt
son oallod iho woman by a n&mo wliioh
suited hor or.lling and sho puliol a
sharp pointed knifo out of her slocking
quick as a flash and put it into Robertson's
neok. Sho stabbed only onoo,
but her aim was good and tho jugular
vein was puaoturcd. Sho was satisfied
with her work and started to leavo tho
sooco. Robertson folio.ved but soon
fell to tho ground and in sevon minutos
ho was doad.
Eliza aunounocd that sho had boon
instruotod by God to kill Robertson.
It was a divino inspiration, sho said,
aud at (! o'clock Thursday aftoruoon
she was to shako off tho mortal coiland
follow her paramour. Hor prediction
spread aud thodOnizons gathered.
1 ho woman harrangucd tho nogroosall
Thursday until finally sho foil to tho
ground from nhoor norvous exhaustion
and (xoiunuent. Tho negroes oontir-ui
d to auM^uihle, al expecting to
see hor lifted up bodiiy into heaven at
tho appointed hour, as sho had predicted.
800 lay a short dntnnoo Irom
tho railrad traok and when tho afcernoon
tram rolkd up about tho hour
.hero wore at least 500 negroes about
l or. Sho w-s lifttd up, hut only to the
H >r>r ol' tho express oar, aud thore was
uonij story a ,out it, either, es Goqstatue
Holmes (>*id when bowai helped
Q by several no -roes in lifting tho body.
^ The h>;log process seomol 10 a>ouao
tho w man from hor stato of ocrna and
sho laon hed iff into at other hatui.^u ,
R doolerir.g ihat tho people of R d
lo. < o to he wiped cu, of existoLOj
oy thu^ d( r and lightning. She was
tent from the suiiou 10 the j .11 in a
13 i uu.. ?uj. > 1
ymvt >i OJIU BUUH CAUHSltiU I
h j -.ell and today eho wts rosti. g a* |
0 quiet At> a iatab, having r< covered troia
her exoicuu.t i.t ?Charles ou Post.
Capt. Anderson Dead.
A osblugram received at die war do^
pai ;u nt Thurs ay from (Jen. ? i..tloo,
iiui.ouTCCs the death from pneumonia |
o CYpt Robert II. Anderson of tho
Ninth infantry. Capt. AndtMou was j
J appointed to tho army iu 1884 from
c.vil life, being orediied to Gcoigia. A
dhpateh from Savannah Hays Capt.
[* Anderson was bom in that oily iu 1861.
i- Iliii father was Gon. Robert H. Anuor9
son oi tho Confederate army, and for
many >c*ischuf of polioo ot Savannah.
' Young Anderson was appointed a sooond
liemor.aot in tho army by Prc.i(
d< iit Arthur in 1884. Ho served gallantiy
in Cuba, and afterwards iu
(J:, ina and tho Philippines. llis family
^ connections in this sootion are cxtcnn
sivo and promineut. Ho leaves a widow
aud two ohitdron.
ll
Made a Haul.
1 Burglars blow the bank vault at
Biaok Rock, Ark,, oar)y Wednesday
0 and scoured $2,000 in oaah and $10,
. 000 worth of pearls belonging to W. 1).
y Riul, which had boon placed in tho
Q vault for safe keeping. So quickly was
f the work done that the robbers osoaped
1 before the oitis one, arouaed by the ex
lie gf
CONWAY, S.
A GREAT SPEECH.
Counsel Raynor's 8pl?ndld Dafence
of the H*ro of Santiago
MADE THE AUDITORS WEEP.
Evan iho Admiral* Competing the
C:urt Touched and J)irtcd
Others in Exvanding Congralu
a*lon*.
Tbo climax of tho Sohloy court of
inquiry Wednesday aftornoon when Mr.
Rayncr, tho ohicf oounuol for Admiral
Sohloy, concluded a brilliant argumont
of over throo hours with a peroration,
eo eloquent and impasaionrd, that all
within tho pound of hia voioo wcro profoundly
touched, la vivid ooloia ho
painted tho pioturo of the Brooklyn
with Oomrocdoro Schley on tho bridgo
fighting tho entire Spanish fleet until
tho Oregon appeared out of tho smoke.
The thundjra of tho Brooklyn, mu?io
for tho can of hia countrymen, ho paid
urnnnpii A<lir>ir??l SI.IiImvu fnvimi
Ho pictured tho vio'oriouB sailor suffer
ing *s few have suffered for throo long
>oar? whilo the fires o persecution
loaprd around liJm ar d row await, d the
hour of bin vindication in tho vordioi
of tho court.
Tho eoono in tho court room as Mr.
Raynor finished was thrilling. Tho
luUndanoo hau bocu largo all day and
hi the morning Be scion a lady hid fainted
from exoitemcnt. As Mr. ltaynor
began his oulogv of Admiral Sohley
those iu tho aidienoo, many of whom
woro ladies, leaned forward in their
Beats. Tho spell of his oratory was
over them aud wlun ho doeoribid the
admiral's gallant docds and tho long
persecution to whioh ho had boon sub
jeoted many of thi m broko down and
wopt. Tho memboiB of tho oourt displayed
ovidooco of emotion acd Admiral
Hchley himself was plainly
moved. IIo sat, loaning back with his
hands behind his head. His ohin
chin Iwitolud and as his oountel said
ho could afford to await tho vordiot of
posterity two big tears rolled down his
obooks. lie moved uneasily to oonocal
bis emotion and under tho pretense of
adjusting his glassos brushed tho toars
aside. For full 30 sooordi after Mr.
lUynor closed thoio was not a sound.
Then tho tension broko iu a loud
burst of applause. Admiral Dowoy,
after about a half minuto, aroso to re
mind tho spootators that such a demon
stration wan out of plaoo. A moment
afterward tho oourt adjournod, tho
judgo advjoale pleading that ho could
not well go on that day. Thou another
remarkable thing happonod. As soon
as tho gavel fell tho cntiro audionoo
eurg.d forward to shako tho hauds of
Admiral Sohky and Mr. ltaynor. llut
tho onoomiug spootatora foil baok a
moment ad thoy saw Admiral Dowey
aud his two assooiatos movo around tho
tabio, as if by a common impulse, and
oongratulato Admiral Sohley and his
oouiit.il. Even Capt. Lomly, tho judgo
advooate, oamc forward to join in tho
congratulations. Yhou tho publio hold
its innirg and for 15 minutes after tho
oourl adjourned Admiral Bohloy and
Mr. llaynor woro kept buoy shaking
hands.
Mr. lUynor mado a pica ior tho consideration
of questions from what was
at that tiino Oommodoro Schley's point
of viow. "Lot us," ho said, put our
selves in his plaoo and sco what tho
oirournstanoes woro. Wo all know now
what it would have boon wino to do."
Dioouftsing dispatch No. 7, known ts
"Dear Schloy" letter, Mr. ltaynor now
contended that tho order conveyed in
that meet-ago mado it inoumbent upon
Oommodcro Sobioy to romain at Cienfttcgos.
lie declared tliat this was tho
key to tho whole cr.io and that it did
Lot admit of any other oonsiiuoiion
than that Commodoio Sobioy tihuu d
remain at (Jienfuegos. Ordor No. 8,
upon whioh tho counsel ou tho other
Hido had laid so much stress, ho said,
did not pirmit Commodore Sohley to
leave unlit sstis&eu that iho Spanish
were not in Cienfuegos. Tnat dn.patoh
reached Oommouoro Scblry on tho day
. WAJ.-1- .. ?_ - * ? -I
<nu auum niw aunt tu?a ikCi wnion
Mr. lliynor i&id ho regarded as ouo of
iho most important in tho oaaipaign.
W-on tho Adula did not ooiu* out tho
D'XL day at* her bkippor had agreed to
do, Admiral Sanity v*uo still farther
oonfirmad <u tho belief that Ctrvora
w*u in CioufuegoB
Mr. Kayror dovotcd attention to
m i -igos Bald to l. wo boon oj rru d by
tho Kvglo and by Li <ut. Hood to Ad
miral titi'ay oooowiuiDg tho 8i-ari.su
11 c. Wi hout impugning any v-lhjcr
o. the Am r oan liter, Mr. itaynoi do
oiarcd thai A UiiraiSohlty wau tho vio
tun of an uuioriuoato oom nnution of
oirouiaatanoos that loft hua .in total
darknesB as to tho location ot tho Spanish
Huct. Concerning tho qutH'ton of
ooaaog at Bta, Mr. Hay nor road the ton
li-cjooy of Brvoral witnosftoa to prove t ho
gr at ditfioulty cuoh a task involved.
Ho Baid that all they wanted to provo
w*b UjAI Aouiirn fiotiley was honest
when he informed the department of
his inoroasing anxiety regarding the
ooal supply and that he aoted aooordiog
to tho dictator of his own oonsoienoo.
He said the question was not how long
tho 11.et could have remained eff Santiago
on blookade, but what the fljol
could have done had tho Spaniards oomo
out. Ho was prepared to prove that
one ship oould not have followed the
Spaniards six hours and have had
enough loft to roturn to Key West.
Mr. Raynor discussed tho ninth specification
which dealt with the loop of
the Brooklyn on July 3 and the possibility
of oolliding with thp Texas. Mr.
0t X |t
C. THURSDAY, NOVJi
mony of Capt. Cook, who, all IhingB
taken togothcr, had tho boat opportunity
to givo all tho information about tho
loop. What might havo happened had
tho Brooklyn tnrnod to port was purely
a inattor of oonj<.oturo. The turn in tho
othor dirootion was completely puooobbful.
It was intimated that tho tarn to
tho southward had boon to got away
from tho efleroy, yot it waa au indisputable
fact that tho turn had brought
tho Brooklyn closer to tho Bpanieh
fl et and aho roooivod HO of tlio IHshots
whioh atruok tho American ships. Oapt.
Cook's toat?mony ho paid, illumined
this muuouovcr aud ho planted himself
upon this tcbtiuiony. Mr. IUynorihon
d>B.<u bed thu testimony of lloilncr and
Hodgson, and in this o >uiuoiion lidi
cub d the oh ait prepared by thenavi/a
tors of tho t>hips in tho battle. Thai
mvicato^s ohar% paid ho, is a thing ul
joy forevor. It is like tho obiiteru d
epitaph uoon au aun<iuaiod tcmhbU no
8:x navigators met and hft? r thr. c
months of unremitting labor th.y ir
polvcd to givfl tho world a chart of ti'c
battlo of Santiago which, for all pv rpo-es
of hisurioal aoouraoy, might a*
well be a chart of tho battle of Ther
uiopilao or tho hold of Waterloo. Ah
a > ieuH'roUH failure tho ohart is a in.r.<
bit!c^ot Buoorso.
"In his ovidtuoe," said Mr. Uaynor,
"Licutorant Commander Hcilnor sr id
tho Brooklyn pasBed aoross tho bows
of tho Texan lone than 150 yards away
whilo on too chart which ho helped pro
paro tho diblauoc botweon t no two
ships is t ivon as 2,400 feet. Whether
the ongiuos of iho Texas wire stopped
or hacked, Mr. iUynor said, mattered
little. This whole oontrovorsy about
the loop Hoemcd to havo boon started to
provo that tbo Brooklyn ran away.
When tins failed an attempt wm mndo
to drag in tho alleged Hangar of tho
Texas. Tho tontuuony of Capt. Cook,
ho doolarcd, exploded both. Mr. Uayn?
r thoc took up specification It) concerning
tho Hodgson controversy. Ho
said ho would not uudertako tho task
of extricating Lieut. Commander Hodgson
from his prodioamcnt. Ho read
portions of Hodgson's testimony aud
again fell haok upon Capt. Cook's tcsti
uiony as decisive of tho point of that
issuo. Capt. Cook had said, Mr. Kavnor
stated, that the danger of collision
bad novor cntorod his hoad. No ono,
bo said, had intended to attaok Lieut.
Commander llodarson. hut ihn onii
o>ntr >vcrsy wan Hodgson's own fault.
"Imagino &uoh a controversy botwoon
tho commanding tfliooi of ft great fleet
and a subordinate officer at such a
timol" Evon if Cominodoro Sohlcy
bad Bftid "Damn tho Texts," continued
Mr. lt&ynor, "it would-cot Lavo bcon
suoh a very serious ma'ttor, as it could
not hnvo bcon moant seriously. Down
in Anno Arrundlo oounty, Md., ho said,
thoy uso puoIi language in salutation,
biijing: 'Dam you, how aro you this
morning?'"
Mr. liaynor then roturncd and took
up tho first bpooification?Admiral
Sohloy's oonduot during tho oampaign.
"Now wo oorno to Mr. Wood and Mr.
Potts," ho began. "Mr. Potts and Mr.
Wood: Mr. Wood and Mr. Potts."
(Laughter in tho oourt. ) Aftor reading
tho testimony of sovor&l offioors as to
tho splendid boaringof Admiral Sohlov,
Mr. itaynor read tho testimony of Mr.
Potts to tho (tfoot that tho admiral appeared
nervous; "that ho got up and
sat down." "Lieut. Potts," wont on
Mr. liaynor, "lias covered himself with
rono*n. His namo will ooho through
tho ages of undying fame. W1 on
Manila shall bo forgotton and Santiago
will bo buriod iu oblivion, tho namo of
Potts shall live. WhonOvor an admiral
or a oommodoro or a captain is ongaged
in tho oarnago of mortal oontliot, beware
of Potts, bowaro* of your looks.
Do careful how you talk. Bo oaroful
how you sit down Borosorved and rotiocnt
in your speech- Modol your oritire
oourso and oonduct of action according
to Potts, that precious ohifd of tho
kindergarten, who confesses that he
was always.soart d when ho waB in bit?
tlo, but who unfortunately, was never
engaged iu any battle nulfioiont enough
to arouse his timidity."
At this point Capt. Lomly protcstod
and his protest led to t. dramaotio socr.o
la iho oouro room.
"Mr. protiidcnt," said Capt. Lomly,
"Lieut. Commander Potts has nov.*r
said that ho was always soared when
lin isiij in hntrln M?nu i ihiUbaoo K?t/
..v v. . ?m wmvvi* 4'amu/ ninvwiiugn m* ?
oooured ia whioh counsel has absolutely
misstated the ovidonue ai.d i
think hb (should bo Qomptllod to abid"
nDaolutoly by tbo facts, pnf<ieu)sr'y
whon ho attouiplinK to traduoo the
i\ , utulioa of an offioor. He hr,s no
rJw.lio to spoak in thin inannor of an
cthocr who is above any 6Uoh assault "
Mr. ltaynor: "And jou havo no right
to traduoo tho reputation of Admiral
Soulcy."
(Japt. Lomly: "Counsel gets up and
uayn that we aro, in tho discharge of a
most painful duty, trying to traduoo
Admiral Schley."
Mr. lltytor: "I havo borno willing
1 nn 1 1 4/* 4l. A ? - - A I - 1 ? 4 ? III
ttnuu.'ui'jr in liUU lUll>?(UIIIt/ Willi
whioh ho baa tried his easo and tbo
dalioato position ho ocoupioa. Bat J
do ask my biothor not to got up and*
ooulradicc mo, and say that 1 i am unreliablo
when I road tho testimony that
sustains mo."
Admiral Dowoy: "The oourt of
oourso will read all tho testimony that
has boon given. We will bo governed
by tbo testimony. We know exactly
what Lieut. Commander Potts
said. He said ho was seared, hut oouusol
did enlarge a littlo on it."
Mr. Hay nor: "Yos, I probably did
et largo."
Capt. Lomly: "And that said, I am
sorry I mado tho remark."
Admiral Dowey: "It is only one day
moro and 1 think we ought to get along
peaoeft|!ly."
Mr* Kay nor then took hp the fifth
specification alleging disobedienoo of
the orders of May 25. 1 Ho arghed that
there was nothing positive in the department's
information. In other words
U-rVjii- .j-ffinnHilnad on naste 4.H
ii' ^V time until December I hitor av
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SHAMEFUL ROBBERY
Of Ihn United States Treaiury by
So-Called Veterans
UNDER PEN BION SYiTEM
Which B?tm? to bi Rotten to
the Core CpanlstvAmerican
Veterans Raiding by the
R-. gim nt.
In liia annual report tho commissioner
of pensions disoutses at length
tho faults of tho present sj stent of pensioning
aud the difficulties in -he way
ot detimining tho moiitp ot claims lor
pcotiona and inorea-o. Alt* ntion is
<1 reoud to tho friot'ou and unkit d fooling
that attond't tho adni'ni'ration of
ino act of Aug. 7 1882, which provides
that tho open atauntoriout adulteiou<
coha'-ittt'ion of a widow pono'oner shall
operate to terminate In r ponsioo, Lut
tho aboenon of such a la v woold onoour
ago and permit suou pensioners to livo
in aduliery and dishouor tho n.> -r
of thoir Boldior husbands while ?n.lin
Jo\ing tho bounty of tbo govor uien*,
and oq tho other baud tho widow who
ror pints tho law and honors eooiotv by
1 lit. i-L >L _ .
ir^ix.iy umcnu^ IUIU U10 IUtmagO tOlfi
I'oq loses hnr pensi n.
Tho ootumifsiourr sta'.os that while
(he law is a most dolioato and ditlioult
one to administer, yet ho cannot tooouimcnd
its repeal. Attontion is invited
a>;aiu to tho nccoH;ity of repealing
tho aot <f .Juuo 7, 1888, which
swept away all limitations as to tho hi
iug ot' widows' claim > under tho general
law, and brought about conditions
whioh are a standing iavitatiou to ii'o
fraudulent claims, tho arrearages being
so largo and ohnnors of detection so
small. It is stated Dial widows' olp.iuis
avo usually filed within 80 da>s after
tho doath of tho soldier, hut siuco tho
pissago of the law of 1888, many claims
have boon fillod by alleged widows of
,80'diers that died or woro killed during
the oivil war. Koforring to "slavo marriages,"
tho commissioner saya that
with a shrewd and oompotcnt attorney,
backed by willing wiinoshos,'.the government
has no ohanon, and if tho special
oxamiDors of the bureau ondo.tvor to
asoortain tho facts, tho iotorestcd parities
ory aloud that 4'tho spies" of tho
buroau aro persecuting the poor widowo.
In January, 11)00, a rulo was adopted
requiring guardians of pensioners to
render to tho buroau annual accounts
of their rcooiptn and oxponditurcs of
pension moooy. UuardiaDS woro found
to bo drawing ponuionn long aftor tho
death of their wards. Many oasos worn
found where insano pensioners had
boon plaord in aHylums and other pub
lie institutions as indigent persons,
and tho oflioinlB had no knowlcdgo (hat
thoeo persona wcro pensioners, while
tho guardians had drawn tho pension
during tho wholo period. Other caios
wcro rovor.lod in which tho guardiana
wore approj liatiug tho pension to thoir
own U90, whilo tho wards woro being
maintained at publio expense.
Tho roport presents a nuinbor of interesting
foAturoa oonnooted with tho
fl ing of claims for pensions on account
of tho war with Spain and tho insurrection
in tho Philippine Islands. Whilo
the oivil war lasted four years and tho
casualties wcro enormous; aad tho
Spanish-Amorioan war lasted only
about four months with oomperativo
fo'v casualties, it is shown that throo
years after tho oloso of the 8panishAuiorioan
war, claims for pensions
amounting to about 20 per oont. of tho
numbof of soldiors engaged in that war
bad boon fiiod, whilo in 1872, or seven
yonra after the oloso of tho oivil war,
only about 0 per cent, of tho soldiors
engaged in that war had filed claims.
'i'bo com nissioncr states that ho is
not propared to belicvo that these who
engaged in tho war with Spain, many
of them sons of votorans of tho civil
war, were less patriotic than their an
oostors, or moro oovotouu, but in his
opinion it is tho fault of tho system of
pensioning, with its aotivo army o? aitorney,
solicitors and drumtu re, who
are praotioally li joined by tho government
with tho promise ol $25 lor c&oh
ola.ai allowed.
Li Hung Chang Dead.
T.: /ii /n
mj\ i i uujf, vyii-tup;, VUIUONO BUUtBlUBn
and diplomat, diod at Pekin at 11
o'clook Thursday moriiing after months
of iii health and sutf iring. At
o'tliok Wednesday evening while Karl
Li was still alivo the oourc yard of tho
yamoa was filled with lifoizj paper
horses and chairs with ooolio bo*r? r
whioh hia friends Hont, in aoo rdaiico
with Ohinoao ouatom.a, to ho huriod
whoa ho died in order to oa ry hi i soul
to hoavou.
The Children's Friend.
You'll havo a oold this winter. Maybo
you havo ono now. Your children
will suflor too. For ooughs, oroup,
bronohitis, grip and other winter oomplaints
Ono Minuto Cough Cure never
fails. Aots promptly. It is very pleasant
to the tasto and porfqotly harmless.
C. B. Goorge, Winchester, K7.,
writes "Our little girl was attaokod
with oroup W<e ono night and was so
hoargo alio could hardly apeak. Wo
gtjdr her a fow doses of Ono Minuto
Cough Ouro. It roliovod her immedi
atoly and she wont to sloep. Whon
sho awoko next morning she had no
signs of hoarsouess or oroup."
Dr. E. Norton.
Big DiuidoiiK.
The Standard Oil oompany has deolared
a dividend of $8 per aharo payable
Deo. 16, making $48 per share for
; -the calendar year, whioh is the saino
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THE ELECT10N8.
The North Goes Republican and the
South Democratic,
I'liootioDS woro held in uovoral states
I rr j & i * ?
uu xuohuhv ci last wcck:
TAMMANY ROUTED.
In tho city of Now York, Soth Low,
fusion candidato for mayor, wan clootcd
ovor Klward M. Shophard, tho Douioora.io
candidate, by a plurality cf 21),811.
Tho c ntiro fas'on tmkot wan olcotcd
Tho fusion ticket twin composed
of Democrats acd Republicans, and
w?h voted for by tbou suds of Domo
orats. Tho Democratic tir.kot wan supported
principally by members of rammany
llall. Tho victory cannot bo
call* d a llepuhliotn victory, but more
(1' a defeat of Tammany.
TUB MACHINE WlNH,
A e'milar fight for purity in government
to that rnado in Now York w.?.h
ui?do in Pbiladolpi a also, but the Hepublicans
r^fir d to oeoond tho efforts
of tho D omoiats, m tho Democrats
did in New York, and tho cootu<iucdoo
was tho 11 j uhlioan machine oaed'dates
were (Ito'.od by ever lift." thousand majority.
UNION I.A noil WINS,
A surp ise oouos fr in 8a i Kraooitoo,
Gal., wbe:o Kugeno Solum z, tho union
labor oandidato for mayor, bun be, n
elco od by & p'utility of 2 500.
Sohiui'z is propiiour i f a local theatro
and also to -rotary aid manager of "a ma
oliiuo shop. Hurotoforo bo wa? known
as a Republican, though novcr prominent
an a politician.
UALTIMORK GOES REI'UIILICAN.
Tho latest retains from tho oity cf
Bsltfmoro ir dionto that it ha< henn carried
by tho Republicans by about 3,000
plurality. Tho outim Ropublioan city
ticket, with tho possible exception of
sheriff. has been clootod. It is still
possiblo that tho general a-'sombly uiay
bo Democratic on a joint ballot,in which
event ex Senator Gorman will again become
United Slatoo senator.
MARYLAND ALL RIGHT.
Returns from tho flUto aro very slow
coining in and tho tirot exporiouoo in
tho gonoral olootion under tho now law
has not proven satisfactory. Not for
many years has thero been so groat a
dolay in gottiug the returns. Shortly
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aucr noon ji wao announced lioro that
Alloghanv bad given tho Democrats, a
nifjority, and tho cntiro legislative
tioKot is almost a ocrminty. This
makes it almost certain that tho Democrats
will control both branches of tho
legislature, as Allegany had bocn regarded
as tho Republican stronghold,
and both Hidos plaood it in tho Rcpub
lioan oolumu as a matter of oourso. It
is tho home of United S a'.cs Senator
Wellington aud foruur Governor
Lowndes.
OTHER HTATKH.
Tho most oonaorvativo catimatos
plaoo tho Dcmooraiio majority in Virginia
at 25,000 Indications arc that
tho Republicans have oleoted ono socator
arid 11 members of the houso.
That body will still bo overwhelmingly
Democratic however.
In Kontuoky, tho Demceuats Bwopt
everything, and the Republicans did
tbo same thing in Iowa. In Nobraeka
tho result is vory o'oso. Tho official
count will have to decido.
THANKSGIVING DAY.
The Governor Issuoa His Proclamation
to the People.
It is not many days beforo Thanksgiving
Day will bo horo with all its
pleasures of tho gridiron and tho turkoy
dinner tablo. To mako sure that
tho people of tioulh Carolina will not
forgot tho day tho govoruor Thursday
iasuod tho following proclamation:
''It is a beautiful and timo honored
oustom which sets ap?rt ono day in
oaoh yoar as a day of Thanksgiving
* d prayer for tho blessings of illo and
liberty whioh wo or joy.
"In our B ate there has boon nothing
during th.i i?if lnm?? < V? k ? * .* s ??
0 j ~v m.m* %nu
arid prosperity of our peoplo and tho
labor of our hands han boon amp'y ro
warded. Ouod ferl.g continues to bo
maoifoMfc and wo have b<on Hpared any
visitation ly pUguo or poB.iluuoo. Tho
tduoati.n u d moral upiiftiug of tho
peoplo in evid-iQvj a ou ovory hand aud
iho niatonui progrtai and development
of tho 8 mo oall forth tho favorablo
oomuioiiloi all thoughtful pooplu.
"To tho ond, therefore that wo may
give ovidonoo of our appreciation to
tho G.v,r of all good, and without
whoso sustaining hand wo oould do
nothing, and in conformity to (ho proclamation
of 110 preai o t of ihe Uni od
8>at0d, I, >1, If. MoSvoenoy, governor
of tho S a o oi 8ou?h Carolina, do horoby
aut a, ai t l hu.iday, tho 28.h day of
Nevouubor, 1901, as a d?7 ot thaukagiving
and prayer to bo obsorvod by all
tho people of this Sh<o.
"On this da/ 1< ' v. the piblio t til ;es
bo oicbtd aod all privato businose and
labor ot ovory kind ooase, and lot our
pcoplo as9eiub'o in thoir aooustomod
plaoos of worship and rondor thanks to
our iloavonly Father for tho bhssings
wo oojoy and bosoeoh lliw in humility
not to withhold IIid sustaining hand,
but to oontiouo tho suushino and tho
rain, tho sood timo and tho harvost.
it is propor on this oooasion, also, to
romombor tho poor and tho orphan. In
to hotter way oan wo show our approoiation
cf tho gojd things wo ecj >y
than by giving to thojo who need our
gifts."
Unowned in Samar.
First Llout. Robert T. Crawford, of
the First infantry, a sergeant and tiyo
men, while attempting to oross the Baboan
river, in Satnar. drowe>|4t
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A Doplorablo Affair.
A dispatch from L-osvillo says tho
Huiotuoaaof our town was brokon Wodnouday
when it wan loarucd that ono of
our loading young mon had boon shot.
Tho unforlunato atfair happened about
throo miles west of Loosvillo and the
result is that lion. E. L. Asbill is lying
in a oritioal condition at tho point of
death. Mr. C. W. So'loo of Batosburg
did tho shooting. Both parties aro
highly oonuootod and tho unfortunato
affair is doplored by tho ontiro community.
Mr. Asbill is a young man,
an attorney and represented Lexington
oounty in the Stato legislature a few
years ago. Mr. Solloo is ono of Batesburir'a
lcadinir niarahintn ?nd b*n nr.
tonaivo farming iutoroats. Hath partios
havo always borno tho name of
poaooful and law-abiding citizens.
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ami s also wonderfully quick to relievo
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Dug Up Spanish Dollars.
Whilo excavating for a collar on a
plot of land on North street, Boston,
whore onoo stood a house occupied in
revolutionary limes by William Dodd,
an Italian laborer, dug up two iron
boxes Oiled with Spanisn dollars of anoient
mako. The ouan was U9ing his
pick at tho time and, striking iron,
shovelod away tho earth from two small
metal boxes. Without saying a word,
ho tucked ono undor each arm and Had.
Ho 10 known to his employers only by
? nuaibjr ftnd liis follow countryman
refuse to toll hia u?mo. In his flight
tbo Iuliftn dropped 27 of the dollars,
whioh wore piokod up. All of theie
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