VOL. XVI.
GREAT XITFKRINGS
Of United States Marines on the
Island of Samar.
A LIEUTENANT'S ACCOUNT.
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non *?-m n .1 IllN ?M I 11(' I II 111 I S II CI I 1'il 1'ty
Wore llcHCtiotl. Trickery of
Hie NutlveH In Time
Of Need.
The eastern nmlI has brought the j
report of M ijor Wall r upon the famous
expedition con in : 1! by liim across
the Island of S imar, esulting in the i
loss of a number of the marines and
hardships and sti:]"o.ings on the part
of the o'th ;rs beyond anything' yet
known in the. Philippine campaign.
Major Waller's reports are formal and
do not go int > th? details of the movements
of the marines, but the news of
tiie alTair is contained in a report from
Lieut. "W. It. Shoemaker, I". S. N.,
who conducted the relic! expedition
t hat succored the marines. After detailing
the arrival Into t lie American
lines of Capt. Porter and Lieut. Williams,
with a portion of the men, ttie1
report sa\ s:
"Capt. Porter and Lieut. A. S. Wilianis,
in conversation, pave me substantially
the following account of
their wanderings:
"On January 1, being then on half!
rations with very little food left, Maj. i
Waller decided to split the party -lie
taking 15 of tiie strongest men and I
pushing on for Itasey, and Capt. Porter
following 11is trail as rapidly as
possible with the main body. On the
2nd a notice came hack from Waller
with a note, slating that, ho, Waller,
had given up the idea of getting
through and would return, and directing
Porter to make directly for the
river and build rafts for the ent ire
party. This Porter tried to do but
failed to 11 nd wood that would lloat.
It. was raining hard at this time and
the river was about to feet above its
normal level and running with violence.
As Major Waller did not appear. Porter
sent Capt. Itearss to him to ascertain
his plans, then return and report.
Bearss failed to return hut he reached
Waller and went on with him.
"On the 3rd. 1 think, Porter rushed
ahead to get assistance with eight of
the strongest men, leaving Williams
to follow with the crippled and lame
as far as the boat, secreted on the way
up, to be used in an emergency like
the present. Porter reached the boat
but found she had been damaged and
was unlit for use. So he started on a
25 mile 'hike' for Lanung, reaching
there with three men on the afternoon
of the 11 tli. Five men had given
out, but, living on two dogs that
had strayed their way, they finally
reached the post.
"The relief expedition, under Lieut.
Williams, First infant ry, on account
of the height,of the river was unable
to get away until the morning of the
14th. Williams deserves the highest
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pnusc u?r ins j..t imic ugiu against me
current- and up tlic rapids, hauling Ins
boat along !)>' hand a good part of the
way. It was not until the morning of
the 17th t hat he reached the starving
marines in their last stopping place
near the river. Their condition at
that time was terrible. For days no
man among them had strength to carry
a rillo. Nine of them had either
gone crazy or had fallen by the trail
half dead from starvation and exposure.
It had rained steadily for eighteen
days. Lieut. A. S. Williams had j
made every effort to get them along
but had to abandon them, lie could
only save the men who were able to
reach the boat by the river, the probable
point of arrival of the relief expedidion.
lie got there on the night
of the lhth instant, bis party having
been without food, except roots, the
pulps of plants, and a very few sweet
potatoes, for tifteen days. To further
complicate matters, the native
bearers, about IK) in number, became
sulky, practically refusing assistance
to the white men. They would build
shacks as a protection from the con
tinua) downpour for themselves only,
and knowing the edible roots and
plants, were more skilful in obtaining
food. A time came when no white
man could carry a rilie, and those not
lost were in the hands of the natives;
under the altered condition, it required
considerable diplomacy on the part
of Lieut. Williams to handle them all.
Just before reaching the river two
beftrV'J's tried to kill Williams, stabbing
him about the chest with a bolo.
He tried to shoot but had not suilicient
strength to pull the trigger. Then
they tried to kill Mm with his own
pistol, but did not know how to work
the weapon. Williams was rescued by
a few of liis men who tottered up,
armed witli st icks, and * he natives
took to the bush. No Filipinos were
seen in the region, t here iieing no food.
The relief party saw some coming
from the direction of Ilermanc; so it
is probable that the insurgents ibout
there got wind of the desperate . ondition
of the marines and were ht.rrying
up to take advantage of it. Kclief
came just in time.
"It took practically all of January
18 to get the sufferers, .'11 in number,
including two oUlcers?18 in stretchers
unable to move?across the river
and out through the surf to the vessel.
The Job was finished at 6,30 p. m.
and at 8 o'clock wo started for Tacloban
direct, as an army surgeon said at
Lanang, that an hour saved in transit
might mean an arm or a leg to some.
We readied Taoloban at 8.:io a. m.,
and the worse cases were at once
9
transferred to the hospital. The others.
ineludlni? eljtht or ten natives, not
included in tlie alx>vc total of .11. was
transported to Basey, meet ing Major
Waller. His party appears, from the
statements of tlie olllcers, to have
Ixjen reduced to nearly the same extremity
as the ot her. They had practically
given up hope when the opportune
capture of a small boy, the only
native seen, resulted in their get lint?
through to the coast..''
WILLIAM J. BRYAN.
Uo U'ns Given Mend-oft' on Floor ot\
the House Thursday.
William Jennings Bryan arrived in
Washington Thursday from New
York, enroute to Unrrisburg. I'm. The
fusion members of the Nebraska delegation
in congress took breakfast with
him and later he visited ihe eapltol.
At the eapltol Mr. Br\an appeared
in the members' corridor of the house
of representatives, and he immediately
was surrounded by a large crowd of
representatives who givohim a hearty
welcome, for sometime he held an
informal levee, most of the I >einoerat io !
and quite a number of Republican |
members being presented to him.
Th > informal lcceptional lasted
some time and during its continuance
speaker Henderson came from bis private
ofllec and Representative Little-;
tield (Maine.) temporarily vacated tlie
cliair of the house, in commit leeof the;
whole, in order to join in the greet ing. i
When Representative (Jrosvenoi*
(Ohio,) shook hands with the N< hruska
man, tii?rc was an exchange < f jr?n?<l
natured badinage on president., d ?:uididacies.
Representative Swanson (\'a.,) iais-1
ed a laugh when referring to tlie Re- |
publican controversy on Cuban reciprocity,
lie said Mr. (irovesnor had
been "infused with twenty per cent
of Democracy." Mr. Ilryan took liiueh
at t lie house wing.
Later in the (lay Mr. 1 try an paid a,
visit to the senate wing. He was
tiicro entertained in the marble reception
room and met, most of tlie
Democratic and many of the Republican
senators. His conferences with
llicm were generally brief and tliey
were a rule devoted simply to an exchange
of social greetings. Mr. Rryan
said that his visit to the capitol
was without political significance.
Mr. Itryan left tlie city at 4 o'clock
this afternoon for Culpepper, Va.,
where he made an address tonight.
He will return to Washington tomorrow.
The Post tomorrow will say
that the ehief matter discussed by Mr.
Itryan with the Democratic senators
was the resolution proposing a constitutional
amendment for election of
senators by direct vote of tin; people.
Mr. Itryan urged Democratic senators
to use t heir best endeavors to force an
early vote on the resolution by the
coipmittco which now lias it in charge,
and that an issue he made on it.
Tlio Cabinet Muzzled.
President Roosevelt has introduced
a new style in administration circles
by putting muzzles on the members
of liis cabinet. This is a step further
than any other president has gone,
and it is understood that it. was
brought about by the publication of
the story that three members of the
cabinet sided with t he anti-Cuhan reciprocity
Republicans of the House,
and wore, of course, arrayed against
Mr. ltoosevelt and the Republican
bosses of the House, who instead of
carrying out his plans, are on their
knees begging the aptis to agree to
some compromise that will lessen the
I I m I 1 i'l 1 1/ ill nf i Ho t'/kC .* \ I u
ii?i .in mi uiv/il VI UIIVIIIDUI vun (tliu .MI,
Roosevelt. After the publication of
that story- it's t he truth that hurts
?Mr. Roosevelt jumped all over the
cabinet and forbid the members giving
any information whatever alxmt matters
discussed at t he cabinet meetings,
saying that he would instruct his secretary
to give out whatever he wished
to have published. Think of a scene
like that, with no cabinet resignations.
It is surprising that some
should think and say that sturdy
American self-respect is less general
than it used to be?
The Orent I.ihrary <Jive
Andrew Carnegie was the chief
guest and principal speaker Thursday
evening at the seventh annual dinner
of the New York Library Club. Mr.
Carnegie, on the subject of libraries
for rural communities, said: "1 have
been much gratitied by the numerous
applications of small communities in
the West for binaries. And in this
connection I will say that as 1 knew I
would have the pleasure of dining here
tonight, I felt I ought to do something
to deserve that pleasure. I have dealt
with about forty of these applications
today and am glad to say that in all,
except perhaps two cases, I have seen
my way to grant, them." After the
dinner Mr. Carnegie was asked for a
list of the libraries he had endowed
but he said he was unable to give it.
lie said, however, that the application
for a library for Albany, N. Y., was
one of them, and he thought the
amount lie had given was $175,000.
A Hriite Hanged.
Oliver urecr, a negro l>oy, was
handed at Anderson Friday for a
criminal assault committed upon a
white lady near Helton last December.
Greer was cool and appeared unconcerned
as to his fate, and talked freely
to all visitors, lie acknowledged
his guilt and that he deserved Ills punishment.
The execution took place
in the jail yard at 11.19 and there was
a large crowd of both white and black,
| drawn there by a morbid curiosity.
Everything pawed off quietly.
The shirt worn by Charles I to the
scaffold has been auctioned off at 200
guineas at Covent Garden, says t he
London correspondent to the New
York Tribune.
it Hi
CONWAY, S. C.
OUR OLD VETERANS. '
General Orders Issued by General
John B. Gordon
xu inri ulu ouu
Calling Their Attention to tin* Reunion
ol* tlio I'nitetl Oonfetlerate
VeteraiiH at Dallas,
Texas, in April.
Headquarters L'nited Confederate
Veterans, New Orleans. La., March
15)02.
(Jeneral Orders No. 271.
1. The general commanding announces
thai the twelfth annual meeting
and reunion of the fulled Confederate
Veterans will he held as stated
in general orders No. 2117, current series,
from these headquarters in tin;
city of Dallas, Texas, on April 22nd,
2.'!rd, 241h and 25th, 11)02. Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday respectively.
Also, by request of its patriotic'
president, Mrs. \V. .1. Italian, t he general
commanding announces that the
Confederate Southern Memorial Asso-,
elation will hold its tbird annual eon-1
vent ion in Dallas. Texas, on the same
dates as the f. C. V. reunion, and
these "Mothers of the Confederacy" :
will open their convention with memorial
services in honor of JelTerson
Davis, in f- 10 pi.sen pal ehurdi in Dallas.
Texas.
All ('on'ederate organizations and
Confederate .void! era and ^:iilnt ; <a till
arms, grad -s and depart moot. Daugh- i
tersof Hi-.' Confederacy, and Sons of J
Veterans are cordially invited to at,-!
tend I his twelft h general reunion of
tlie I'. C. V.'s.
KOltM INTO CA.Ml'S.
2. With pridcand pleasure lie also
announces that l.llu camps are
already enrolled in the 1J. C. V., I
organization, witli application in fori
over 100 more. IOx-Con federate sol- '
dicrs and sailors everywhere are urged :
to form themselves into local associations,
where tills has not already been
done: and all associations, bivouacs,
encampments and other bodies not
members of the t\ C. V.. association
are earnestly requested to send in up-1
plications to these headquarters, without
delay, so as to be organized in
time to participate in tliis great reunion,
and thus unite with their comrades
in carrying out. the laudable and
philanthropic objects of the United
Confederate Veteran organization.
lie heartily approves of the wisdom
shown by the veterans in their selection
of the "Queen City of the
Southwest," the beautiful and progressive
city of Dallas, in the Umpire
State of the South, the mighty state
of Texas, the youngest of the glorious
sisterhood of southern states, but now
the greatest in territory, population
and resources, and with a limitless future,
as a meeting place for this their
twelfth annual reunion, as it is so situated
geographically, that it, is accessible
to a very large number of tbe
U. C. V. camps.
In addition to this Dallas, and, in
fact, the entire state of Texas, is
noted for boundless hospitality, and
for the love and devotion which her
golden-hearted sons and lieantiful and
accomplished daughters have always
bestowed upon the "Old Heroes of the
SIyI ins." will, utrM.rl ffii' f/ini* l(.i>,r I'/i'iin
??. im.n jtmn
before such overwhelming odds.
Once before in the hospitable city
of Houston, in 18t)f>, and now again in
that slate of marvellous growth and expanding
greatness, the lovely city of
Dallas; Texas, through her chivalrous
sons and glorious women, has invited
the remnant of the followers of that
mighty southern army, to the valor
and great ness of which she contributed
so much through her noble sons
and peerless women, to meet once
again upon tier soil,'and nenew old tics
formed in the camp and uppn the battlefield,
and old friendships' made
amids danger and hardships, to "drink
again out of the same canteen," to sit
again around the same camp tiros, and
clasp hands in comradeship once again
before t hey all cross over to Join Davis,
Lee, Jackson and the host of the rank
and file of that matchless southern
army now encamped upon t he other
shore.
(?KT KKADY TO GO.
f. The general commanding, therefore,
urges the oflicers and members of
all camps making the preparations to
attend this reunion, to commence now,
without delay, preparing for delegates,
alternates and as many members as
possible to at tend, so as to make it the
largest and most representative re-1
union ever held; as business of the I
greatest gravity affecting the welfare
of the old veterans will Ik; transacted I
during this twelfth annual reunion
such sis t lie benevolent care, through
state aid, or otherwise, of disabled,
destitute and aged veterans and the
widows and orphans of our fallen
brothers in arms, which will be ono
of t he most important matters for our
consideration, in this connection the
general commanding calls especial attention
to the increasing age, multiplied
sorrows and corroding cares of
many of the gallant old soldiers, who
risked their lives and fortunes for what
thoy considered right during the
eventful years of 1801-6f>. Through
the mortuary rejiorts received at these
headquarters he is daily and almost
hourly reminded that the lengthening
shadows of time are fast setting over
the old heroes- -reaching out already
beyond toe allotted span of human
life, many of whom had already passed
the age of manhood when, over forty
years ago, they prompt ly ajnd nobly responed
to their country's call. It Is
m
Itttt 1
, THURSDAY, MAI
our bounded duty and the chief mission
of the tl. C. V. association that
these unfortunate, sick, disabled and
indigent comrades and brothers and
their widows and orphans should have !
our attention, care and such help in
their old age as their more fortunate i
comrades can procure and give and as :
their intirinitlvesand misfortunes re- j
quire. i uis m inin win oe it uioor 01
love, and to the carrying out ol' which
he will devote his best elTorts, and in
the prosecuting <>f which sacred work
he appeals to all the members of the
l'. C. V. association who are able, for
their earnest, prayerful, patriotic help.
PI TY TO OLD COMUADK8.
We must take care of our old comrades;
and in doing this he feels confident
that appeals for employment
for the old Confederate veterans, who
are so rapidly passing away, and sub- j
stunt ia 1 aid for these old sick, wounded j
indigent and unfo.t unate soldiers will!
not be made in vain to any slate, municipal
govcrnmentor citizens of any
southern state nor to the rising generation.
themselves the worthy descendants
of heroes, who are alike
participants in that heritage of glory
so proudly emblazoned unon the his-;
tory of each st ate by t he unparalleled
valor and endurance of these aged,
wounded and disabled old warriors, as
it would be ingrat itude without parallel
and degradation without precedent,
that any of these should turn their
backs upon th* old heroes and their
ever-glorious records in their old age
and dire (listress.
ft. Other' usincssof the greatest importance
will also demand careful consideration
such as the care of the
rraves of our known and unknown
dead buried at (Jettysburg, Fort War-1
ren. Camps Morton, Chase, Douglas,;
Oak wook Cemetery at Chicago, I took
Island, Johnson's Island, Cairo and at
ail other points; we must care for t lie
graves of'"Our Dead." and see that
they are annually decorated, the headstones
preserved and protected, and
complete lists of the names of our)
dead heroes with the location of their I
last resting place furnished to their,
friends and relatives through the me- 1
(Hum of our camps, t hus rescuing their i
names from oblivion and handing'
t hem down in history: t he best met hod
of securing impartial history and to
enlist each state in the compilation
and preservation of the history of her
citizen soldiery; the consideration of
means to complete t lie monument to
the memory of .IcITerson Davis, president
of the Confederate States of
America, and to aid in building monuments
to all of the other great leaders,
soldiers and sailors of the south: i
to make such changes in the const it u- '
tion and bylaws as experience may
suggest, and other matters of general j
interest.
KLKC.'T DKLKOATKS.
(>. Each camp now admitted into
the United Confederate Veteran organization,
and t hose admit ted before
the reunion, are urged to at once elect
accredited delegates and alternates to
attend as only accredited delegates can
participate in the business part of the
session. The representation of delegates
at the reunion will be as tixed in
Section I, article 5 of the constitution:
one delegate for every 25 active members,
in good standing, and one additional
for a fraction of ten members;
provided, every camp in good standing
shall be entitled to til least two delegates.
Each camp will elect the same
number Of alternates as delegates who
will attend incase of any failure on
the part of tin; delegates.
7. Attention of camps is called to
section 5. article 5 of the ennsHtn.
tlon: "Camps will not be allowed ,
representation unless their per capita
shall have been paid to the adjutant |
general on or be fore the iirst day of
April next preceding the annual meeting."
8. A program to he observed at the
reunion and all t he details will he furnished
to the camps and to all veterans,
and also full Information, hy applying
to Col. C. C. Slaughter, president
executive committee confederate
reunion, or Gen. C. L. Martin, secretary,
Dallas, Texas.
9. The general commanding respectfully
requests the press, both daily
and weekly, of the whole country, to
aid the patriotic and benevolent
objects of the United Confederate
Velerans by puhllcat Ion of these orders
with editorial notices of the organizat
i<mi.
10. The general commanding respectfully
requests and trusts that
railroad otlicials will also aid the old
veterans by giving the very lowest
rates of transportation so as to enable
them to attend.
11. (Jfflcers of the general staff are
directed to assist department, division
and brigade commanders and others
in organizing their respective states,
and generally to aid in the complete
federation of all the unrvi In f?nn
grand organization under the constitution
of the United Confederate Veterans.
Ry order of J. B. CORDON,
(Jeneral Corn mand I ng.
CEO. MOORMAN,
Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.
llutH MllNt. Go.
The following notice has been placarded
in the entrance hall of Wurzburg
University: "Honorable ladies
who attend public lectures are Infromed
that before entering the lecure
room they must take off their
hats. In case of non-compliance with
this not ice, they must expect to have
their hats taken away by force." This
is signed by the Janitor.
An Unhealthy Job.
The Job of Sullan is not a very desirable
one. Of the thirty-eight Sultans
who have ruled the Ottoman
Empire since the conquest of Constantinople
by the Turks, thirty-four have
died violent deaths.
Iml
lien 20, 1002.
1 "
ENDS HER LIFE. |
A Young Lady in Columbia Commits
Suicide.
SHE SWALLOWED LAUDANUM.
Story of Another Nn?l t'nse of Self
Dent met ion. The CaiiNo
Seems to llnvc Itopu
l>(>N|>Ollll<MIOy .
There has been another sail case of
suicide in Columbia. The State says
Wednesday morning about 7:l."?a. in.
Miss Sallie I'nrham, a vomur ladv of
about li 1 years of age, died of luida
mini poisoning by lier own band. The
family witb wIhmii she boarded on
Marion street say that she was fully |
resolved to end ber life, having often :
expressed that intention during ber:
residence wit h them. .
Her brother, l'\ M. I'arham, who is
employed by tin* Southern railway,
persuaded ber to leave ber borne in ;
I'liion and come to tbe city about
eight months ago. She secured a
place in Moiiekton's dry goods store!
and shared t he room of her sister, who !
boarded with Mr. I >. (J. W. .land.son
at. l'?*J I Marion stieet. After a little;
while she nave up her situation and
higan to solicit subscript.ions for a
b Hik. being engaged in this o vupation
<tl t lie time of her death. For tlie
last week or two she has acted rather
st rangely and about ten days ago she
t >ok morphine, but fortunately the
quantity was not sutticlent to do more
t lian to st upefy her.
Tuesday morning Mrs. Jamison noticed
that she appeared agitated and
watched her more closely on that account.
Miss I'arham made several
rapid tripsin Main street and the last
time she ret urued t lie house was empty,
except for the cook. When Mrs.
Jamison returned she noticed in her
pantry a glass with some laudanum
in if. Site Immediately went to Miss
I'arham, who was lying in bed, and
asked her if she hud taken theopiat.
The girl denied if and no more was
t bought < >f t lie matter.
Aboil! U o'clock Miss I'urham got
up and t ?ok supper with the family
and drank a cup of strong eolVee,
which it is supposed deadened for a
time tli < iVeet of the laudanum.
Just before going to lied she went
out on the hack porch where Wednesday
'morning two empty laudanum
bottles were found. It was learned |
Wednesday that she had purchased !
these two bottles, each from a different
druggist, on one of her trips to
Main street on Tuesday morning.
Between 1! and .'I o'clock Wednesday
morning her sister, who sleeps with
her, was awakened by her fearful
groans and Dr. (Jucrry was hastily
summoned. All that could he done
for the unfortunate girl proved of no
avail, and she died about 7 o'clock.
The coroner held the inquest at the
residence at, 1 I o'clock Wednesday
morning. Drs. Coward and I 'ishburne,
who assisted l>r. Guerry, test!tied that
death was due to opium poisoning.
Mr. and Mrs. .1 amison were also heard,
their testimony coinciding with the
story as already told. The Jury rendered
a verdict in accordance wit h the
fact 8.
The motive for the deed is hard to
ascertain. Those who knew the
young woman claim that suicide had
been her monomania since early childhood.
Once when very young she saw
a woman shoot herself and the idea of
death being made easy by self-destruction
seems to have seized upon her
mind. Not long ago, when a prominent
young physician was found dead
lt\ lite n eiiwdk't S i' \l t dc Onrhorti l>ll (i>i?
an mo ui iiiviKiih .'i ion a (iiikimi i?n ivr
ly deplored t he fact t hat the accident
had not happened to herself instead of
to another.
Another theory Is that she dreaded
death from consumption a disease
which has fat tally attacked many of
her family. The hody will he taken to
Union Friday morning by the brother
and sister.
11 In Ninth Wife.
Upon the complaint of his alleged
eighth wife, formerly Mrs. Mary A.
Parker of Plattsburg, Mo., Christian
C. Nelson, alias Capt. A. N. Freeland,
alias John Anderson, alias Nelson
Porter, was arrested at a hotel at San
Antonia, Texas, Friday, while in company
with a woman, claimed to he his
ninth wife a Mrs. A. K. Milburn,
whom he married at Fort Scott Kas.,
two weeks ago. Nelson admits that
he is wanted in several States and it
is charged that he has undlvorccd
wives in Los Angeles, Cal., Portland,
Ore., Plattshurg, Mo., Fort Scott,
Kas., Salt Lake City, Utah, St. Paul,
Minn., and at other points, lie is
about 45 years old, rather good looking,
well dressed and speaks with a
slight accent. The State says this
much richly married charmer appears
to he the same concerning whose mar
rlage to a lady connected with Sumter
people so much was published a few
mouths ago.
They <?ot Mnrriol.
A. I). Rainwater and Miss Mellsa
Toncy were united in marriage at
Fairburg, Ga., Thursday, the Rev.
F. .1. Dodd performing the ceremony.
It was a Gretna Green afTair, and but
few knew that t he young couple were
contemplating such astept. The bride
is a sister of Editor Toney of the
Campbell News, and the groom is
employed in the News olllce. Roth of
them being compositors in the oltlce of
the News and being constantly associated
in their work an attachment
followed.
ft*
MURDERED FOR MONEY.
T!??- M\pinnatIon of the DisappearillkCU
of l-'lfly Men .
John Welsh, a white man, who has
been implicated by allegation by Mattie
llcnnctt. the actress leader of the
Kan# of rohhers and murderers which
has been operating at Iteaumont,
Texas, was carried to Haumont Thursday,
having been arrested at Houston
on the strength of the woman's confession.
Welsh denies complicity in
lilt: murders. lie was an Iron moulder
employed In the foundry whore
benjamin Pearson, one of the murdered
men, worked. In jail the liennet
l woman talked freely to a repor- '
ter. She confessed everything exeept
direct murder, and went fully
into the details followed by the gang.
"The business has been going on
for six months," said she. "The men
would go out to the saloons and st reet
corners and lind men that had money.
They would tiring them to my house
and I and the other woman would
give them beer with knock-out drops
in it. Then t he men would fit her beat
them up there or rob them or take
them out int i the hobo yard. I don't
know how many men I have drugged:
too many to remember, and all of them
were robbed. "1 don't know what
them folks that I've told the sheriff
about will do to me. I know I am
safe in Jail now, but If ever 1 get out
they will kill me, if any of 'em are
alive and are out of the penitentiary
then."
The Ncchos river when; live Innlles
of supposed vlet'iniHOf the gang were
found, skirts the town of lieuumont.
II isahout 150 feet wide and .'10 feet
deep. In some places swamps run
hack. A body thrown into the swamps
stands small chance of lieing found.
If it is true that tifty persons haVO
disappeared from Itcaumont, this may
he the solution of the mystery of the
missing bodies. The case in some of
its features recalls the Itender family
murders in Labette county, Ivans.,
I hirt.y years ago.
Itldinjc to Tliclr 11 ii I it.
A Washington dispatch says the
Democrats are rejoicing over the serious
threats of disruption in the ranks
of their Itepuhllcan friends, it, looks
very much as If the Democracy will
stand a chance of winning the house
in the elections tills year. The trouble
seems to lie that if the party is divided
Into sections which cannot agree as to
whose benefit the government is to be
run for. In congress there is a split
between tlie sugar interests on Cuban
reciprocity which has lined up the
party in two bitterly opposing factions
ami caused a merry riot in the
party caucus. In New York there is
a strong feeling against the president
for Ills Independence of Wall street,
whose magnates have been set at
naught. There Is a chance of Democratic
success in the Umpire state.
Piatt and O' Dell arc trying to patch
up the breach. In all of the western
states there is great fording against
the administration for its pro-liritish
I sympathies and Imperialistic tendencies,
and the. German and Irish vote
there is very large. The trust interests
are mad, the tarlIT reformers are
mad, the "America for Americans" in
tli north and west arc made, there
arc local tightsand disturbances everywhere,
and it looks as if the Republican
party is about to ride to ruin. A
big tight will he made by the party
this summer to hold the house, and
big contributions are to be called for.
Twenty-t wo Ilrowncd.
The steamer Providence, plying lietwecn
Yicksburg and Lake Palmyra,
was overturned Wednesday morning
by a sudden squall at loud Landing,
and twenty-one of her passengers and
crew were drowned, The dead are:
Capt. Win. Cassldy of Yicksburg, masIt,*...
m 1,.. 1 > - P \ * l i - ? - ? ' '
| i?"i , wiiili it'n ivwiijj 1)1 > ICKMIII I'g, CllM'I
{ engineer; Clyde Scott of Vlcksburg,
j cotton seed buyer: Dr. N. A. Lancaster,
a prominent physician and planter i
| of the I'ahnyra neighborhood. Seven
teen colored roustabouts and deck pasI
son^ers whose names have not been reported.
A Ghastly Fintl.
The (Jrconwood Journal says the
dead body of an unknown negro boy,
| apparently about sixteen years of age
; was found Wednesday morning under
the platform of the C. & W. 0. depot.
! Evidently he had crept under this
J shelter to sleep and died, either from
I the cold or some disease, there being
no marks of violence anywhere on his
person. No one recognized the features
of the unfortunate creature.
'I'he boy had been dead, undoubtedly,
for several weeks.
HuiokelcNN CoaI.
The Somerset Smokeless Coal and
1 Cake Company has been organized at
1 Harrlsburg, Pa. The new company
proposes to supply a quality of coal
that, when handled by com potent firemen,
will be almost free from smoke.
The company has 125 acres of coal
land near Itcrlin, Pa., and alK>ut .'ton
I - - -
| tons of coal a day arc now being mind.
I The coal Is found at 50 feet beneath
the surface and Is said to be of a different
quality from the ordinary coal.
Hi* Hawh in a Pie.
A dispatch from Aberdcem, Miss.,
says the Will Lanier case continues
to develop Interesting Incidents.Thursday
night at 8 o'clock, while otllcors
John Harmon and Joe Pope were on
guard, a little girl brought the
condemned man a pie from his
mother, which when opened by the
guards developed six little steel saws.
WHO IS IT?
A Partly Decomposed Corpse Found in
the Edisto River.
SOME THINK IT IS WARREN
Mn vHoprn ami Wriipona Indicate
That it Ik tlio Hold Kxpreiw
llohhcr Hut I'rool* In
Yet Hacking.
The fully-dressed l>ody of a white
matt was found Friday In the Kdlsto
river Itelow llranchvillo, one-quarter
of a mile front where the safe was recently
left hy rohhers. On his person
were found a number of addressed
expressed envelopes and two money
bags with money in them. Two pistols
were buckled to the body and a
cartridge belt with cartridges it it.
Bartow Warren's friends who have
seen the body say they think it is his.
The body described Is that of a man
of medium size, f> feet 8 inches tall,
fully dressed and well dressed. The
whole body is slightly decomposed,
the face not being recognizable. The
man had a full set of good teeth except
that one of the upper front teeth is
gold tilled, lie had a full beard. Of
the express envelopes, one was addressed
to J. Warren Stratton, Athens.
<>a.;oneto I). M. Degolia, Augusta,
< J a.; one to Booth & Batman, Athens,
<*a., and there was some kind of
package addressed to 0. 1). Dukes,
FrcgnaU's, S. C. There were two pistols,
one a Smith & Wesson, live-inch
barrel, the other a 38-callbrc (Jolt's,
Six-ilich barrel. lie h:i<l :l i'hnan
Ansonia watch. There were t wo money
bags found in ids pockets and each
contained some money. This money
was not described.
The body was found by Cornelius
Ott at Minus' landing, Colleton county.
Tliere Is a dllTerencc of opinion
as to tlie exact point where the Ixxly
was found, whether it was txdow or
above tiie spot where the safe was
dumped into the river, but the best
opinion is that it was one-quarter of a
mile below. Those who know Warren
say that from the articles found upon
the body the Indications are all that
it is Harlow Warren. The teeth, they
say, indicate that it was Warren.
A very close Inspection of the ixxly
and papers has not yet been made, as
it was pulled from the river on th<?
Colleton side and left on the bank,
where it will have to wait the arrival
of the coroner of thatcounty. There
were no evidences of death from
wounds of any kind. The dates on
the postmarks of the letters and pakages
that could be deciphered was
.Ian. 27, the night of the hold-up of
the Southern train, and the taking
away of the express safe.
()ne eye and half of the face is gone.
The ixxly hud on blue coat and vest
and dark check pants, and a number
six shoe. On account of the decomposition
of the Ixxly it could not be
positively Identified, but from what
parties say it is almost certain that it
is the Ixxly of Hartow Warren. If not
Warren it is almost certain that it is
the Ixxly of one of the men connected
with the express robbery near Fiftyeight
on the night of January 27th.
The inquest has not been held and a
guard will be left with the ixxlv until
the coroner arrives. The most rc;isonable
theory advanced Is that in crossing
river after dumping the safe, the
robber, weighted by tlie heavy pistols
and cartridges was drowned.
Fired Into t? Cur.
Strike sympathizers at Norfolk, Va. 1
threw t)rlcks and then tired a plsto
sliot into a street carat the line of
the city limits at 10 o'clock Thursday
night and Private Bailey of Co. M,
Fmporia, Ya., was wounded in the
right thumb. The same shot caused
a large piece of gloss to strike Sergeant
Carr, Co. I, Franklin, Va., and cut
his face severely, causing tlie services
of a physician to be called in. At tho
same time tlie shot was lired, several
bricks were trown into the car and
Private Burgess, CX>. 1, was struck on
tlie knee and painfully Injured. The
car was stopped and the soldiers
chased several persons who were runid
ng away. Five shots were IIred and
two men in the crowd stopped. They
were .). F. Ruth and John Olive. The
men were sea relied but no weapons
were found. They were taken to the
car barns and kept under guard all
night. They will be brought to Norfolk
in tlie morning for a hearing.
Ilor Weight in Hilver.
A German paper reports a singular
freak of paternal lil>erality In the matter
of a wedding dowry. On the betrothal
of his daughter Ilcrr Duchatsneek
had announced that ho would
give her, as a marriage portion, hor
weight In silver currency. Accordingly,
on her wedding day, the bride was
formally weighed in the drawing room,
in the presence of the assembled
guests, before proceeding to church.
The bride turned the scales at 140
pounds, a sack was at once tilled with
silver crowns to the same weight. Tho
exact number of crowns was 13,500,
about $2,800.
A I'oNtly CVnt.
A Wisconsin woman who dropped a
penny in a dry goods storo insisted
upon tile cent being recovered. Tho
clerks struck a match and looked for
tho copper, a roll of cotton batting
caught the tlame and sixty thousand
dollars was lost. When tho wreckage
was cleared away the woman asked
the proprietor of the place to make
good her loss.