The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 03, 1902, Image 1
VOL XVI.
C A MAMA TO KILL.
. A Trained Nurse Confessed That
Thirty-One Persons
HAD BEEN POISONED BY HER.
She W'ns Proven Insane and Scut to
tin .Asylum. Mow She Accomplished
ller Murders ntul
< >i her < 'ri nies.
All Massachusetts is shuddering at
the deeds of an insane trained nurse
by the name of Jane Toppan recently
tried at Barnstable in that State for
murder. Suspected of the death of
11 persons, but indicted tor murdering
onlv t hree. Miss Tonnaii has eonfe^serl
that she has killed during her career
as a professional nurse no less than .'11
human beings. This statement was
made to .Indue Fred M. Hixby of
I > rock ton, senior counsel at that trial
at Barnstable, when Miss Toppan was
found not guilty by reason of insanity
011 the charge of murdering Miss Mary
l>. (ilbbes. Judge Hixby said also
that Miss Toppan had admitted that
she had set tires and committed other
serious acts. Site said she could not
help committing the crimes. She argued,
moreover, that she was not insane.
She said she knew she was doing
wrong when she administered
poison to her victims, and she asked
Judge Hixby how, under such circumstances,
she could be of unsound mind.
Morphine was MissToppan's agency
for administering death. Many of her
victims were unsuspecting and most
intimate friends; others were the patients
of reputable physicians who
employed her on account of her ability
as a nurse. Miss Toppan was so
expert in her knowledge of how to employ
drugs and poisons that she was
able to escape detection for years. In !
the detailed story as told to Judge!
Hixby Miss Toppan did not enumerate
her many victims, although she did
admit the killing of Mrs. (libbs, Mrs.
Harry tiordon of Chicago and Alden
1'. Davis, all of whom died at Calumet
last summer.
Miss Toppan was arrested last summer
for these three murders, the
State electing to try her on the (libbs
count Monday. Miss Toppan was
taken to the Taunton insane hospital
to begin her life sentence. The case
rested on the testimony of alienists,
who do not only pronounce Jane Toppan
to no insane, but to he a degenerate.
They said her impulses irresistibly
compelled her to murder her patients
in order.That she might enjoy
the sight of their struggles. They
told of her confession of killing Mrs.
(iibhsby administering morphine and
atrophine, hiding the effects of the
former by the use of the latter.
To her senior council, Judge T. M.
llixby of Hrockton, she lirst admitted
killing the three persons named in the
indictment, and then of other persons
until the list entire numbers JI. This
is held by her counsel and it is not expected
that it will be made public.
The remarkable incident in connection
with this list is that when it; was
made up she repeated with a show of
interest the names of her victims,
checking off the number on her linger
tips. She told how she killed each,
saying she used morphine and atrophine
mixed in mineral water and
whiskey. Some times she used injec
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Calumet. She did not remember how
each individual was killed, but where
they were poisoned the drugs were
those mentioned.
A Worn All's View.
Women abhor cowards and still
more sneaks, though 1 regret to say
they often endure cads in a way that
belies their intelligence and good
taste, says Lady Colin Campbell in
the London News. They have a quite
pathetic desire to look up to men, to feel
their superiors in strength of body and
of mind, in calmness of judgment
and clearness of intellect. And it is,
indeed, a pity that men so often seem
to go out of their way to destroy their
most cheerful illusions. Above everything
a woman admires strength in a
man. It may be strength of body?
she will worship a Hercules with the
brain of a guinea pig. It may be
lill'mx.ll, ..f i.w.llrw.t L<l,n ../ill ../I/,.... ..
inn in IIM IUM I; oiu- u ill auwir <1
savant with the body of a Gibbon
monkey. It may be strength of
character she will break her heart
for a politician or a linancer who Is
unswervingly wrapped up in dreams
of personal advancement, and who
possesses no more heart them an
oyster, hut strength in some form
she craves unceasingly. It is a hereditary
instinct that has been be*
Fqueathed to her through Kve's disappointment
when Adam was tried in
the balance and found wanting. Woman,
secretly conscious of her own
physical weakness and lack of intellectual
strength, demands strenth
from man to make up for her own deliclencies.
Even the strongest women
strong in body and mind, well balanced
as Atheme herself, though they
may shield and protect the weakness
> of the men they love and st*x>p to help
* * them, will never do so without a secret
feeling of contempt which is distructionofall
Ideals. Man, in spite of
that deplorable start made by Adam,
was intended to be woman's protector
and refuge from all harm.
A woman's association in Topeka
had a dinner a few days ago, It Is
noted, and one of the toasts was: "Woman:
Without Her, Man is a Brute."
The trouble came next day when the
local paper printed it, Woman, Without
Her Man, is a Brute."
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COTTON VERY FINF.
ltuliis Have Caused Deterioration in
Home Localities.
The following Is the weekly bulletin
of the condition of the weather and
the crops issued by Director itauer of
the South Carolina section of the
climate and crop service of the 1'nited
States weather bureau:
The average temperature for the
weekending Monday, June 23, was 70
degrees, which is slightly below normal.
The highest was t>7 degrees at
Darlington and Florence on the 20th
the lowest. 01 degrees at Liberty on the
21st. l'artly cloudy weather prevailed
during the greater portion of the
time. The winds wore generally light,
except over limited areas where high
winds accompanied thunder storms,
and in lteaufort county, where almost
hurricane winds prevailed early in the
week.
The rains on the 11-15th were generally
heavy over the western half of
the State, where the amounts ranged
from two to over tlve inches, shading
olT to less than an inch in the eastern
portions. There were frequent, scattered
showers over t he whole State,
except in the Pee Dee sections where
the rainfall was limited, and where,
more rain is badly needed in many
ivlncnc
The ground lias been too wet to plow
in the southeastern counties, especially
in the Salkehatrhie valley, where grastields
are liecoming common, but.
generally the cultivated fields are still
clean, and show the good elTects of
their previous thorough cultivation.
The rains caused a material improvement
in corn, and the earliest has.
atsnit all been laidby in good condlthan
It is in "silk and tassel." Later
plantings look promising. Stubble
lands and lmttoms have boon planted
extensively, with tin; soil in condition
for quick germination, Ituri worms
are still doing damage, but on the
whole there is less damage by worms
thiui heretofore.
The condit ion of cotton is very line
| except in a few localities where excess
of rain has caused deterioration, and
in other localities where lice have broken
the hitherto almost perfect stands,
and checked its growth. Lice are
fast disappearing. Mexican weevilshave
appeared in Marlboro county. A
few fields have become foul with grass
and weeds. Blooms have been noted
in every portion of the State, and a
few points report the plants blooming
freely. Sea-island cotton made moderate
improvement.
Tobacco made rapid growth, and the
crop is above average condition, tail
needs rain in Florence and portions of
Marion counties. Topping is general,
but curing has made slow progress.
I vice is a very promising crop. A
large acreage of peas has been sown
on stubble lands. Wheat and oats
thrashing is well underway; the yields
of both crops is poor over the western
half of the State. The weather was |
favorable for transplanting sweet potatoes:
slips are scarce in Pickens
county. Some peaches are rotting on
the trees. The fruti crop will he a
moderate one except blackl)errics and.
plums which are plentiful. Pastures,
gardens and other minor ciops were
greatly improved by the copious rain
fall and warmer nights.
ROOSEVELT CRITICISED.
IIIn Speech nt Harvard University
Angers Democrats.
The special correspondent of The
State from Washington says I'Tcsident
Roosevelt's speech at Harvard university
Thursday, in which he arraigned
all those who have criticised the administration
of ( Jen. Wood In Cuba as
"unworthy of having their names
linked with his," has stirred up a hornet's
nest among the Democrats in
congress. They do not hesitate to
criticise both the wisdom and the correctness
of the president's charges in
this respect, though none of them exnross:
ROt*ni*i?o. that, I ho nrosUflnnt, murlo
them.
Representative Rartlett of (ieorgia,
who introduced a resolution in the
house some weeks ago calling upon
the secretary of war for a statement
regarding the expenditures in Cuba
during the occupation, said today In
reference to the president's criticism
of him and the other Democrats who
voted for the resolution: "I am not
the lciist surprised at this last inopportune
utterance of Mr. Roosevelt. It
Is in line with numerous others he
has made since entering the White
House. It will, however, not deter
me and my party from endeavoring to
get at the truth of this whole Cuban
business and the sooner the people
know the truth the better it will Ik;
for all concerned."
It is understood that Judge Dartlett,
who never hesitated to call a spade a
spade will make a speech in the house
between now and adjournment which
will give Mr. Roosevelt even better
than he sent and will take rank as one
of the "wannest" speeches of the session
Collin of OIllSH.
A corpse in a coffin of k 1 ^hh was
carried through the streets of RaJoigh
N. C., Sunday afternoon. The form of
the dead man was perfectly visible to
the crowds of curious spectators who
watched the remarkable sight. The
deceased was William Mathews, probably
the wealthiest negro In the section.
ills dying request was that his
remains should be encased in a glass
casket and deposit in a vault so that
visitors could see his body at any
time. The funeral was deferred three
days in order to carry out Ids wishes.
The frame of this peculiar coffin was
of heart cedar while the sides ami top
were of solid glass.
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HON. I>. S. HENDERSON
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Delivers an Eloquent Speech at Columbia.
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RIGHT PRINCIPLES DISCUSSED.
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Ho Stands Squarely on Oio Democratic
I'lat form and In Full Sympathy |
Willi t lie People lii Their Piglit '
AKiiliiHt Oorpornlc Orecil.
The following speech was delivered *
by lion. I >. S. Henderson at the cam- (
paigu meeting in Cohnnhia.
Fellow Citizens: The highest privi- *
lege 1 know of to be enjoyed by the
American citizen is the exercise of the |
right of sufTerage. To ask t he bestow- |
niont of the fruit of that right on you ;
is to ask of your fellow citizens a great 1
deal; and it should not be light ly done. I
A man who seeks public ollice with- '
in the gift of t he people should endeuv- 1
or to leave liehind predujiees and
passions; and honeto bo of some good to
the country and I bo people as well as ,
to elevate himself, because we should
lalior not simply for ourselves but for
t be induration of the day : n.l t hue in
which we live.
I am sensible of the fact *t.hat to
ask the sovereign people of t he great
State of Soul li Carolina t he privilege to ;
represent them in the councils of I lie
United States Senate is to ask a great
deal.I do not pretend to have any merit
fort he place peculiar to myself as cent ra
distinguished from I lie gent lemon who
have entered i lie lists with me. If a
life begun wit bin the State and spent
eohthiualy within the public ga/.o for
the public good is to count for anything
I oiler it. to the scrut iny of I lie
people. 1 would n)t desire to obtain
the office by any contest of personal
antagonism, mud slinging or brow
healing; but shall endeavor to enter
the canvass with the hope that the issues
involved will be calmly and dispassionately
discussed. One tiling I
know that in the consideration of the
questions involved and pertinent to
t lie matters lie fore the people you will
at least know whore I stand, so that
you can judge of my right to your sufiferage,
for it is due tot.be people in
public discussion to frankly set forth
your opinions.
There. Is no need to harrow up the
past unnecessarily and to bring to
i memory things that are settled. The
while people of South (Carolina always
have been Democratic, true to the
faith of the fathers; and she always
will Ik.
Last, summer in an olf political year
jong oewre una urn* ior me senaroriui
election; with great blandishments the
seeds of discord were being sown
against tlu* principles of the Democratic
party within t his State; yea in
the entire South. Along with others,
answering the invit ations of the people,
1 helped to pull out of the dust
and cob webs of time the catechisms
; of the Democratic faith and to read
them anew to the people In the light
they were understood by Jefferson,
Jackson and Calhoun. It did not take
long to ascertain the fact that the
hearts of the masses were all right;
t hat the old time religion was good
enough for them; that they were not
to he led away by new fnnglcd ideas
and heresies: t hat they believed in progress
and advancement, in the influx
of capital and enterprise in our midst
and its fullest and freest protection; in
the opening of the markets of t he world
to its fullest extent by peaceable means
to all classes and trades, but they said
it then and they say it now empathtically
that in order to enjoy and perpetuate
those advantages of the 20th
Century progress it is not necessary to
become Republican. It, is not necessary
to forget the traditions and history
of this glorious country, won by
the blood of our fathers, in order to
adapt ourselves to the new methods of
new times. Jt is our duty as a people
not to sleep and stagnate, but to advance
and progess taking advantage
of all the opening avenues of science
and civilization, but, at t lie same
time to take along with us the
household Cods of our fathers and
t he bed rock principles of American
Democracy, which were well defined
in the early days of the liepublic as
the reserved rights of the people, as
contra distinguished from the encroachments
of centralized government.
There is no need to discuss settled
Simile I hiinrc <iri> tint
some are not and never will lie.
When Lee surrendered to Grant, at
Appromatox; and.toe Johnston to Slier111
an at Greensboro; two things were
settled as far as the territile arbitrament
of arms could do it. Beyond cavil
it was understood that never again in
America would a human being l>e permitted
to lie a slave; and this union
liecame an "indestructibleunion," hut
a union of "Indestructible States."
The legal status of t he negro was
fixed, but the race problem was not
settled. Suddenly by the selfish
machinations of his quaslfricnds he
was embellished with the principles of
ritixenship licfore he was prepared to
exercise its functions. It was then
forgotten that Anglo-Saxon blood redeemed
this country and It was to be
theirs forever. The white man and
his axe cleared the primeval forests for
imuseii anu ins progeny, aihi nicy
will solve the race question jus easily sis
1 hey did the Indian question, and with
more humanity .knowing that the black
man, left alone will help to build up
the country; but Hooker Washington
mutt not expect to sit at the same socuaJ
board with us.
"Til K INDESTRUCTIBLE UNION!"
Tliat was settled lieyond per ad venture.
The parole of every Confederate
soldier who came home, foot sore and
heavy hearted, wore the impress of it.
The South has been faithful to the
decree and ever will lie. She Is part
of that union and a powerful part of It.
She has a share in its glory and power.
She should and will perform her duty
manfully and ought to demand her
rights; and not be ashamed that she Is
the South and always will lie so, yet
American In heart and soul.
Hut we arc a union of "indestructible
States;" and therein rests our
I CONTINUED ON I'AUR 4.)
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BOY IN BOILER
"T" !
llakoN Trip () OP Not* ami INonpew
frentut ion.
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Rivaling ttales of mythical fortune
hunters is the .experience of a
little Austrian stowaway in one of
he lxiilers of the I'tuhHa, which has
just come into port. After the lad.
,vho is 1(1 years of aire, hail traveled
If).000 miles in quest of America, he
it last was put in the liandsofa friend
who promised to care for lilin.
Mis name is Itozo tiiidno and he
.'.nines from I>ahnatia. ji province of
Austria. 11 is wondering he^an more
than a year ago, when his father, a
tinall farmer, gave him 100 llorins and
told him to seek America.
With great glee t lie little Austrian
left t he village of Sehenlco, for ho ami
ids elder brothers (piarrcled coutinuilly
and he had a friend in America
whom he longed to join. After spending
thirty of his llorins he reached
Trieste, the sea jrort. where he fell in
with an obliging fellow who for Ihe i
remaining 70 llorins agrcei} toeinhark
I>o/.o for America. Motto wave up his
llorins and the stranger diasppeared, i
leaving a discouraged lit.tie lad to re- i
I urn to I >almat ia.
(iaeino's father then apprenticed
him to a druggist, hut tlijf boy soon
wearied of long I ours and small wages
mid ran away to Trieste, where lie 11i?I
in a sleam ship hound for Ifcypt.
In Alexandria he stowed away in
1 - .Iwwl i i ? .1
Iii<> i aoyian inhi n iu in ii inn . ,,
work later. Then he crawler! into the
hold of the ('unarder, Saxonla. 1 poo
reaching this port lust spring he was
speedily deported after he had a Heeling
glance at the busy harlMtr,
When he was taken back to Liverpool
he evaded the Knglish emigration
ollicials and lor twenty days lived oil
crusts found in the gutters, tint always
keeping a weather eye open for
an Atnerican bound vessel.
Fortune smiled upon his efforts on
the flight of June l.'l, just before the
Umbria sailed. He crept upon the
deck looking for a hiding place. A
lantern was Hashed in his face apd the
sentry, believing that he was tine of
the cabin boys, ordered him *)elow.
Without realizing his danger. t>hc boy
crawled into a boiler which furnishes
steam to the "donkey"' engine. The
boiler was not used throughout the
voyage, or otherwise the boy would
have been burned to death. Some
friendly stokers discovered his presence,
but instead of disclosing his
secret they fed him during t he voyage.
On Tursday, however, McKeehan,
the refrigerator engineer, climbed on
top of t he boiier and proceeded to
hang up some of bis washing to dry.
Just as the engineer was preparing to
climb down he was startled to sec a
head bob up out of the opening in the
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Lop or LI10 Doner tinu im-u uirt?i
again. McKeehan crawled over to
the manhole and peered into the darkness
inside the boiler, lie could dimly
discern the outlines of a person,
and he shouted to him to come out.
lieceiving no response, the engineer
attempted to reach inside and grab
the hoy's clothing, hut was severely
bitten for his pains.
The engineer, satislied that something
was wrong, went to Chief Engineer
Hardy, displayed liis bleeding
lingers and reported the occurrence.
Hardy, thinking lie had a mad man to
deal with, called for volunteers to
descend into the boiler and two of the
stokers responded. Dr. Charles norland,
the ship's surgeon, was also called
and stood by to render his services
if needed. When the stokers
got inside the boiler they found that
the hoy had crawled underneath the
tubes on the top of the furnace. After
| a struggle and some tight squeezing
past the tubes they managed to get j
their prisoner up to the manhole entrance,
where he was cpiickly pulled
out.
All laughed when they saw the supposed
lunatic, lie was locked up i:?
the steamship's hospital and when the
vessel reached port a vigorous search
for the bold lad's friend was made.
He was soon located in Harlem and
signed papers which permitted the
young Dalmatian to remain in the
United States.
Htorm ViHitH Hpartaiilxirg.
A terrific wind, rain and lightning
storm visited Spartanburg from 8 to
!?o'clock Thursday. A portion of the
right wing and the left wing of the
Spartan Inn tin rootling was blown
olf: the liood-soaked ceiling is falling
and the furniture is damaged. Twenty-three
rooms were badly damaged,
also the dining and ball rooms.
Twenty-five square feet of the north
section of the roof of the fourth Moor
of Spartan mills, No. 1, and .'10 feet
square on Mill No. 2, was blown olf.
The spinning rooms arc In these portions
and each rr>om was badly flooded
and damaged. The entire rooting on
Floyd's undertaking establishment
was blown olf and the stock ruined.
Almost all the roof on the Southern
cafe at the Southern depot was blown
olY, and the first and second stories
damaged. There was considerable
loss of property, St,. John's A. M. 10.
church, a new building, was blown
down. No one Is reported injured or
killed from the storm.
Two-Nogro Hoy Drowned.
A special to the State from beaufort
says Coroner It. It. Samcs held an
Inquest Thursday on the bodies of two
negro boys who were drowned while
attempting to swim across a deep
creek near Oak Mulligan, with bags
of oysters on their shoulders. A verdict
of accidental drowning was rendered
by the Jury. The boys were aged
Hand 12, respectively.
II Will
, .Jt'LY U><)2.
A FEARFUL STORM.
Over Two Million Dollars Dono in
Indiana.
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THE LOSS OF LIFE VERY SMALL.
?>nI> Two ItontliH Kepoitrd, luit Over
I" i l'? y People Wore More or
|<rwH Injured by llic
Storm.
The ent Ire north central section of
of Indiana was visited Wednesday
by one of the most disastrous storms!
that over swept over tho state. The
storm swept sections covering hundreds
of miles, extending from 1 Inn-1
cock county northwest through the
northern portion of Marion county,
Ilamilton and itonne counties and doinjf
much damage in Tippecanoe and
adjacent countles.
Madison county also felt Its lury.
II'.indreds of bnildin^s were ra/.ed.
thous'ihds of frees were uprooted and
now blockade highways, railroads and
traction lines, crops utterly ruined,
causing a loss estimated at nearly $2,
ouo.uoo and lifty persons were more or
less Injured. 1 tut two deaths have
been reported with authority. That
was the killing of .lames Van Hoy,
who was caught in the ruins of a collapsed
baru near Pendleton, and das.
Itailey, who was killed by Hying timbers
at McCordsville.
The course of the storm was southeast
and northwest. Its path was
(dear across the state. In the ruins
left behind are many factories, churches,
school houses and frame residences.
The most severe damage was in and
near Hancock county. All wire communication
between I he cities and
towns in the devastated districts is
cut oil'. Telegraph and telephone
poles are down for many miles and it
will require several days to establish
any wire service.
At Maxwell, Hancock county; the
United Stales Chain factory was
ruined, all the buildings being destroyed.
Seven workmen were injured
by being caught beneath the wreck.
All will recover. The New It rot hers
Hour mill and grain elevators were totally
dest royed and the friends church
was hk wn away. One house was totally
destroyed and several damaged
by having roofs and kitchens blown
away,
At Cleveland, six miles southeast of
Maxwell, the storm broke as the funeral
of Mrs. Mary Marie was being
held. The roof of an adjoining house
was blown away and a piece of timber
was hurled through the side of tile
house of mourning. It struck exCounty
Clerk Sample, breaking his
leg. Several others were slightly Injured.
(hitside three horses hitched
to carriages were hurled by the wind
against trees and killed. The hearse
was demolished and the horses harnessed
to it were injured so that one
of them had to he shot. The funeral
had to be postponed, finest Hurst
and 10. Holms were badly hurt by being
blown against t he side of a bouse.
The postoHlee was unroofed and one
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Mill" I ) 11 I \V 11 (Jilt.
At Wilkinson live people were seriously
injured, one perhaps fatally.
This was Charles Shepcrd of lied Key.
Four houses were destroyed and general
havoc created by the wind.
A t Stringtown Mrs. Cicero Hamilton
was seriously injured by being
caught under the wreck of her house.
A Koinuntic Marriage.
The Spartanburg Journal says a
romantic marriage took place at 5
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the
residence of the bride's parents near
Cedar Springs, when Ceo. A. brooks,
a teacher in the school for the di#f at
Austin, Texas, wedded Miss Nettie
lingers, both bride and groom are
totally deaf. Ilev. Lewis M. Roper
performed the ceremony, with Superintendent
N. I '. Walker of Cedar Springs
as Interpreter. The couple will go to
Savannah for their honeymoon. Miss
lingers is considered one of the brightest
pupils who has ever received training
at Cedar Springs. After graduation
there, she went in the fall of 1801
to Gallaudct College, Washington, I).
C. There slm first met the groom,
who had graduated from the Texas
school where he is now teaching, and
entered Gallaudct at the same t ime
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wu<ii him. logcbiier nicy graduated
from tlic latter institution in June,
1890, and just three years later, he has
returned here to claim her ashls hrido.
A Serious Charge.
P. II. Madden was arrested at Cross
Hill Wednesday morning, charged
with burning his own and three other
stores at Cross Mill on the night of
June 12. The arrest was caused by a
detective. Madden is an elderly man
| and is well connected, He had $500
insurance on his store and $2,000 on
Ids stock. The Governor and town
| council of Cross Hill each oiTered $100
reward for the supposed Incendiary.
It is stated that detectives searched
j Madden's house and found articles that
had come from his store. Madden
claims to be able to satisfactorily explain
this.
CriiHiof lllown |Tp.
A special from London Sunday says
a dispatch to the Central News from
Shanghai says that the Chinese cruiser
Kai-Cld was wrecked Saturday by a
terrific explosion while lying In the
Yang Tee River. The Kai-Cld sank
in thirty seconds and 150 others and
men on )>oard were killed or drowned.
Only two men on lx>ard the cruiser
escaped death.
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JQHN J. HEMPHILL.
Sketch ol"<>ne ol"the <'aii<ll(liiton lot'
the I'iiIIimI StateM Senate.
John .1. Hemphill conies of good old
Chester stock, and has heen a citizen
of tluitcounty till his life. (Iraduat iit^r
from the fnlverslty of South Carolina
to ISttlt he entered in 1st I the 11 rm of
Hemphill \ Hemphill, attorneys. '
which has lasted thirty-one years. In
1 m71? he led the Ifemoeratle ticket for
the legislature and heeame a metnher
of the famous Wallace House, distinguishing
himself in debate, and having
ureal lulluenee in shaping legislation.
Elected to congress issj he was
the youngest member of that body,
but soon made himself useful to his '
party. His speech on the financial <
question advocating a commission to |
securo International bimetallism was
I pronounced hv Morrison, the HemoI
cratic leader, 1 'the alilcst, fairest and '
most creditable present at Ion of t hat <
side of the question." 11 is power of <
repartee was marked. In the contest
between Elliott and Smalls the report (
favored the seating thelatter; hut Mr. |
Hemphill as leader of the tight for |
Elliott tarried the war into Africa
and proved the hyprocrisy of the llepuhlicans
by showing that they excluded
the negro from politics, schools (
and employments in the north. The ,
sharp arraignment brought a doy.cn |,
Itcpuhlicans to their feet at oner, tail (
single handed Mr. 1 lemphill mot and !
vah?|uisli<Ml 11 it'll). (ieneral Spinola
characterized Ids speech as "a shown!
of brickbats intothc lb-publican camp.
Every follow was bit before be saw j
wboro tbe blow was coming from." j
and a correspondent wrote, "except
1 tut terwortb and Cox I have never j
seen a congressman more ready in bis
reply to savage thrusts." The Kiclimond
Dispatch declared "tlie coolness
and self possession of tbe speaker, who
made not one blunder, won the ease
for Elliott."
In tbe Fifty-first, congress, Lodge
of Massachusetts, introduced tbe famous
force bill, putting all Federal elections
in the bands of the Federal government
with an unlimited number of
irresponsible Federal marshals. This
would have destroyed every vestige*'
civil liberty in the south. Mr Hemphill
led tbe light against tbe hill, measuring
swords with the brilliant New
Hnglandcr and holding 11is own with
ease. Lodge was rewarded for bis fight
with a seat in the i'nitcd States senate,
hut tlx; Iniquitous bill was killed.
Mr. Hemphill also scored a point in
opposing the admi^sio^i yf as a
State "until tltft rtlon aWifa manage
to got along with fewer wives."
in tariff debates lie strongly expounded
the doctrines of the South,
and strenuously opposed all increase of
taxation. Since ids retirement the
taxes have been doubled.
For eight years lie was on the commit
tee on the District of Columbia,
and four years chairman. This district
is under the exclusive control of
congress and the people have no vote,
so that t lie committee is all important.
The Washington Star said of its chairman,
"The people of Washington
have no better or wiser friend than
he, and they appreciate the fact, lie
lias the confidence and respect bot h of
the community and the house, and j
the district congratulates itself that
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I im; win t tuiniMiL m act as cnairman.
I Another paper said: "Mr. Hemphill '
Is conceded to have been one of the
ablest chairmen the committee has <
had for years. He Is the most conspicuous
of the new generation of the
southern congressmen."
In 181)2 losing the nomination for
congress by a few votes, though his
county sustained him strongiy, he
urged his friends to join him in support
of his opponent, lie has always
attended to the minor duties of a citizen,
being an active member of the
Chester Democratic club and preserving
bis registration as a qualified voter
of Chester county. In 1805 he
was a member of the county convention
to choose delegates to constitutional
convention and helped to arrange
a "peace and harmony" ticket,
lie was nominated from the lloor
as a delegate, but declined in favor of
others, lie has at different times
canvassed a number of doubtful States
for the Democratic ticket under the
auspices of the national committee
and has ever supported the Democratic
ticket, county, State and national.
lie lias recently received an
invitation to speak on "The Southern
Democrat," at the approaching Democratic
lovcfeast in New York, to
which Cleveland, Hill, liryan and others
are invited. He believes in the
old Democratic, idea of peaceful expansion
in commerce and in the acquis!
tion of such territory only as may lie
admitted to Statehood, lint he stren
ously opposes the bloody conquest and
depopulation of the Philippines, (lie
subsidy to rich lines, and the protection
that enables trusts to sell to
foreigners at prices 30 percent, diaper
than those charged home consumers.
Mr. Hemphill Is an able lawyer, and
is frequently called beyond the limits
of the State In important cases, before
the court of claims and other
tribunals.
Ten years In congress, In association
witli able statesmen tit him to enter
the senate not as a novice, but as a
well equipped veteran, ills ability,
experience and readiness in debate
would make him a strong addition to
the Democratic array inthatlxidy.
Two Tramps Killed.
A freight train on the Norfolk and
Western railroad was wrecked ten
miles west of here Thursday by the
breaking of a car wheel. Forty Ik>x
cars were derailed and two white
tramps who were stealing a ride were
killed. They have not been Identified.
None of the train crew was hurt.
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(ilVKN ASS ISTA^K^JBM
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ienate Agrees to Appropriation for
Charleston Exposition Company.
I
$160,000 APPROPRIATED.
i n Help Out I fir llrnve People
Wfiii Were Wllllnu fo Suffer
Tliut Their < tiy Should
Proa per.
During the comparatively brief
line the senate was in session Tlnlrslay
Mr. Morgan of Alai>ama presented
he conference report on tlie Isthmian
anal l)ill, tlie liouso conferees acccptng
the senate substitute. On motion
>f tlie Alabama senator, the report
was agreed to without comment.
Tlie general dellciency Will, t he last
if the big supply measures, was passed
practically witliout debate. A slight
protest \v;is made against tlie appropriation
of $f>oo,ooo for tlie buffalo exposition
and $hln,000 for the CharlesIon
ex posit Ion, I nit dually t hey were In
luded in the hill. The measure also
carries $!."?,000 for the payment of the
expenses of t he last, illness and deat h
if President Mclvlnley, that amount
including the pay or tlie physicians.
When the appmpriat Ions of $500,000
f<ir t he ItutTalo ex posit ion and $100,000
for the Charleston exposition were
reached Mr. ItaiIcy of Texas protest*
ed. lie insisted that if congress
should meet the present demands it
would he called upon to meet a still
larger deficit in the St. Louis exposition
lie t hought it was a gross misapplication
of public money.
other senators, Mr. Ilale, Mr.
Spooner and Mr. Teller, while they
sympathized with Mr. llalley's views,
thought that the calamity which had
befallen the people in Buffalo in the
assassination of President Mc Kin ley
had much to do with the dellciency,
and should be taken into consideration.
.Mr. Hale believed the example of
those cities would he a means of stopping
the mad rush of cities for expositions.
He hoped that not again In a
generation would the government extend
llnaneial aid to exposition enterprises.
With the understanding that the
present appropriations were not to tie
considered as a preceedent. Mr. Bailey
withdrew his objection and the amendments
were agreed to.
By a vote of is to 30 the senate, on
motion of Mr. Money of Mississippi declined
to consider the bill to revive
and amend the act which provides for
the payment of cotton seized by the
t'nlon forces during the Civil war.
DOES TOBACCO DISINFECT?
Tlic I'i'dm mill Coiih ?l' tin* i^ucmiou
< 'oMHhlereil.
Despite the fact that the general
public are continually being warned
of the evil elTccts which will assuredly
follow indulgence in soothing weed,
smoaklng continues in much the same
manner as usual. There can lie no
doubt that smoking to excess, or following
the habit when young, Is hurtful
to the health, and to some people
a positive danger. The wisest way is
to steer a middle course.
There are, too, enthusiasts with regard
to tobacco, and who attribute to
the weed all the virtues under the
sun. These eulogies, of course, are
as much in error as those who deny it
any saving grace.
A discussion was raised in an English
lay paper of a recent date as to the
merits of tobacco as a disinfectant,
and much interesting matter was
brought forward. The Lancet was
. llli./i I < > irl V.I U? i I / ? 1/ AW
v.iiii* *! u' ? >" UA|A;IUU|MIIion,
;ind further information on the
matter was forthcoming.
The belief that tobacco posesses extraordinary
properties in warding olf
certain diseases of a contagious nature
is almost as old as the introduction of
smoking Into Europe. During the
great plague tobacco was largely used
for this pnrposc, and children were encouraged
to smoak as a precautionary
measure.
"In 1888," says the Lancet, "Dr.
Haul Tassinari of IMsa subjected the
germs of various deadly diseases such
as anthrax, cholera, and typhus fever
to the action of dense clouds of imprisoned
tobacco smoke, during periods
of 100 to I "?0 hours, and he came to
the conclusion that in most cases, arid
especially when large cigars had been
employed as generators, the development
of pathogenic bacteria was
either partially or wholly arrested."
This experiment.however, by means
proves the ease, for, as The Lancet
says, no one keeps a cigar in his mouth
for 100 hours at a time. Workmen In
tobacco factories are often pointed to
as examples of tfle disinfecting properties
of tobacco. It Is declared that
they art1 immune from epidemics. On
the authority of some experiments
conducted in France, it would appear
that there are some fairly good
grounds for this belief, but the investigations
have not been carried ouf to
a sulllciently wide extent to Justify
the passing of any authoritative opinion.
The matter is as yet subjudlce, and
will probably remain so for an indefinite
period. Strong tobacco will keep
away insects, and certain mildsoecies
of mosquito, but that It will render a
person immune to contagion is a theory
that will not commend itself to
the common sense of a sane man.
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