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- .y.?ww;i I IIP yaMilii f11' I"|lJ VOL XVII. * ELECTION FRAUDS. Affidavits are Presented to the Solicitor With Request to Prosecute. SPECIFIC INSTANCES OIVEN. Citizens of Charleston I'rjje Solicitor lllhlchruml to Prosecute Fraudfl In the I'rlmuiy antt <?lve 111m the Facts. The Charleston Post says the agitation made by the press of Charleston and by tlie good citizens generally for punishment of the frauds enacted in the late Democratic orimaries has borne fruit and the next term of the Court of Sessions will bear on its calendar cases against some of the offenders against right and the purity of the ballot who were so conspicuous in their defiance of public sentiment and all standards of good citizenship in the recent political contests. Affidavits, especially setting forth instances of fraud and making direct accusations of persons committing them, have been sent to Solicitor liildebrand, enclosed in a letter from prominent citizens of this city, without any partisan or personal motive hut merely in the general interest of good citizenship and with a desire to protect the ballot box against future defilement. The letter was mailed Thursday morning and Its text is as follows: Charleston, S. C.. Oct. 2H, 1902. P. T. Illldebrand, 10sq., Solicitor, First Judicial Circuit of South Carolina, Orangeburg, S. C. Sir: The general impression of fraudulent practice in the recent Demo crauc primaries in Charleston county is so extensive and the report of it in tho newspapers so detailed that a scandal of largc proportions has fastened upon the community, which should not go without elTort to remove. The press of the city is united in demanding that prompt and vigorous prosecution be made of the charges in which have hecn laid and it is stated in the public prints and by numbers of reputable citizens that evidence which will convict the preparations of the frauds can be put into your bands. For the good name of the community and for the protection of the ballot in future elections, it is our opinion and earnest wish that prosecutions should he pressed against allofTcnders and we respectfully call upon you to take the matter vigorously In hand and have justice administered. We would suggest that you make a public call for evidence, as we are assured that such a request would meet with a full response. F. Q. O'Neill, Jno. II. Adger, Wm, Henry Parker, Jr., (>. Walter Mclver, J. II. Thayer, P. II. Gadsden, Montague Triest, (). K. Johnson. F. II. McMaster, Henry A. M. Smith, Philip K. Cha/.al, C. B. Northrop. W. II. Welch, Alex W. Marshall. Chas. I<\ Middle ton, Henry Bulst, Julian A. Bar rot, Walter (1. Creon. J. C. Simmons. The affidavits which were enclosed leave nothing to be done but the arrest of the accused and their presentation to the grand jury. It is expected that Solicitor Hildebrand will come to Charleston at once and have warrants issued and that these will he executed immediately and the cases he presented to the grand jury at the coming term of court. The affidavits, it is understood, set forth all the circumstances inea-h case and name the witnesses who can testify to the offences. It is said that the cases are absolutely clear and convincing and true bills on them are almost certain to l>e returned by the grand Jury. Solicitor Hildebrand has declared thathe Is prepared to move in the matter as soon as evidence is placed in his hands, and with the affidavits before him his course is clearly marked out. It has been thought by some people that the agitation which was made , by the newspapers immediately after the recent primaries and the general demand of citizens for prosecution of the frauds has subsided and that nothing would be done in the way of H.n f . V t.w I 1..^ miiiK'iiK iur unniunr) l' > jumii r. Some of these offenders have even made sport of the whole matter and considered It all a good joke on those they regard as purists and supersensitive citizens. They are likely to take a different view of the situation when Solicitor Hilderbrand gets after them and will probably not show in the court the impudent front they presented at the polls. The names of those accused in the affidavits were not given out by the citizens who had secured the evidence, it being thought best to leave Solicitor Hiidebrand unhampered by any f publication which might put the offenders on their guard or give them warning which would perhaps porinit of their escape. it is expected that the ilrst intimation the Individual perpetrators of the frauds will have that they have been caught in the meshes of the law will be when the constables present warrants of arrest to them and haul them l>cfore the court. Aud this will probably be within a few days. ' rm \ m. .?:* m TAKES THE TOWN. . a. Carrie Nation* Makes Hpoochci oil the Streets In Columbia. The Columbia State, in speaking of the visit of Mrs Carrie Nation to that city, says one of the features of the early morning was a talk made by the Justly celebrated Mrs. Carrie Nation t i the Clcmson cadets outside their quarters at the old Agricultural hall. Mrs. Nation was hoisted into u window and from this vantage iioinl. <>*horli>fl for some little time the boys and many I others who gathered near, her every sentence being punctuated with vo5 eiferous applause and peals of laughter. "Do you know," said she after| wards, in the most artless way Imaginable, "wherever I go or whatever I say everybody laughs?*' There was nothing original in her little speech to the Clemson hoys, but she speaks clearly and directly and her Kngllsh Is very good indeed. She appears to have the Ihhle at her linger tips and to he thorougiy imbued'with the idea that hers is a divinely appointed mission. It may he as they say that she acts as she does solely foi the sake of the money and notoriety thus to be obtained, but those who hear her are apt in most instances to carry away the impression that she herself is thoroughly sincere if rather misguided. After she had concluded her speech Mrs. Nation opened up a satchel she carried and for some time did a rushing business selling tiny souvcnlcr hatchets, the proceeds of the sale to go, she stated, to the building of a home In Kansas for drunkards' wives. During the day Mrs. Nation madescv! oral speeches on Main street and she : never failed to draw a crowd, though the over-/.ealou? appreciation of the j auidencc interfered somewhat with ; the success of her oral Ions. Friday afternoon the chief feature on Main street was the excitement created by Carrie Nation, who mount I 1:1. >i I > ui i 11:11 l uouiJSLCps illUI ilUUreSHcd hundreds of amused citizens. She was chaperoned l?y Col. Jim Harris, proprietor of the. White Stone Llthta springs and one of the Jolllest fellows In South Carolina. Nobody seemed to take Carrie seriously, but it was all the same to her, as she found purchasers for hundreds of her souvenler hatchets. The crowd whooped when Carrie caught a young fellow mimicking her. She boxed his jaws good naturcdly and the Joke was on her tormentor. It is supposed that Mrs. Nation endorses (Ail. Harris and his mineral spring. I Col. Harris does say Ids spring is full of good properties. ltiinicd to IlealIt. A little girl, daughter of Mr. .1. II. Klrby, of WoodruIf, was burned to death on last Thursday. The child had been out of doors for some little time, and as the day was decidedly cool, she came into the house and went to a room where there was a tiro in the hearth. She stood too near the lire, and suddenly her clothing was enveloped in a sheet of llames. She screamed and her mother hastened to the spot. Before the parent could reach her child and render aid, the unfortunate young girl ran screaming out in the yard, and it was there that her mother caught her and extinguished the lire, which had spread over her body. The child lingered in acute agony until Friday morning at .'1 o'clock, when she died. The parents have the sympathy of many friends in the city and county In tliis sore bereavement. AHHiiultcd a Policeman. j\ uispuLcn to i. no rotate rrnm fort Mill says Chief of Police Nivens is suffering from a cut and bruised face. A few months ago Mr. Nivens locked up Messrs. Klrby and Ashley, two cmplnyes of the Catawba Power Company, for being drunk and disorderly. They threatened to be revenged and Thursday when Mr. Nivens went to the dam looking for a negro, Kirby ordered him oil, and on being joined by some friends the crowd started for N ivens, who drew his gun, but he was too late. Klrby got in a lick with a pair of brass knocks. When lie awoke lie was bound and on his way to the guard house in buck Hill, where he was lodged on a charge of assault and battery. Good lor WoflTortl. A dispatch from Sapatanburg to The State says Friday John B. Cleveland announced that lie will build a science hall on WolTord college campus. The plans, which are already drawn, call for the building which will cost between $ 12,000and $lf$,000. Mr. Cleveland authorizes the construction of the building at Ills expense. Mr. Cleveland is a graduate of Wofford, and while, not a Methodist, is one of the best friends the college has. A lituv Breaker Killed. In an attempt to liberate 11is friend, S. (). B. Jones, from the county Jail at Mount Olive, Miss., Thursday night, John Mills, a white man, was shot and instantly killed by Deputy Sheriff Walker. Mills approached the jail, armed with two six shooters and an axe, and when ordered to halt attempted to draw Ills guns, whereupon Oitiecr Walker tired, killing Mills instantly. A Sheriff" Bobbed. Sheriff It. K. Rlllson'of Winnsboro was relieved of his pocket hook Friday by a crook on the capitol ground In Columbia. The sheriff lost $220 in cash, a check for $100 signed by W. F. Martin, and another check for $15, signed by Col. T. W. Ilolloway. The police were.immediately notified but up to a late hour Friday night noth ing had been heard of the lost purse" CONWAY, S. C. MURDERS HIS WIFE. * t? M Then Sends Bullet Through His Own s| IU Brain. llt h< AWFUL TRAGEDY IN AUGUSTA. |>< \\ tr Married Only Fourtocn Months, and in d< tllO Ymuiik Wife Ilntl Hokum bl Srt Suit for Divorce IIccuiino pj ol* Cruel Treatment. IK A terrible tragedy was enacted w in Augusta, (?a., last Saturday morning when Policeman Chas. II. Walker murdered liis wife in cold blood, and then blew out his own >r brains. The couple had only been married fourteen months, lie was thirty-two yearsold and the wife only nineteen. Last August one year ago jS, the murdered wife, who was before T her marriage, Miss Stella Spoors, ran ' away and married the man who l,s murdered her on Saturday. She come (() from one of the best families in An- at gusta. On Saturday m >rning at the usual hour of relief, at the police barracks, Charlie Walker assumed his duties I (h with his fellow olllcers, and went out w to his beat known as the uppertcrritory, including that portion of the P' city in whieli Ids inotiier's residence ki is located, and whero he and hisyoung wife had lived, until about three months ago, when, on accountof some al domestic differences, they left and ,r went to board. Ills intimate friends knew tiiat there was unevenness In NS the course of his married life, of re- l,i cent development, hut none expected '(>l tho serious turn affairs have taken. K' Saturday morning, as lie wont out on his heat, lie took the same car with Lieutenant Collins, who was going ',!1 home, and talked with him of thy w< family troubles he was experiencing. W( When they reached the gate of the lieutenant's homo, young Walker stop- no ped and talked further, lie asked the 111 lieutenant: ?'( "Did you see that piece in the ov morning paper?" , P? The lieutenant replied that he had, 1 w' and Walker asked his superior olllcer n> is he thought that would bring the ^ matter before the board of police com Pr mlssloners. Lieut. Collins replied: f'? "1 do not think so. That Is a famlly alTalr, and 1 don't sec why the m hoard would take It up." Walker then said he hoped it would not that lie did not want to go before the board, lie explained to the lieu- ()t> tenant that his intentions had been to go ahead with Ills work and arrange m for the alimony, but that he regretted l)c exceedingly the publication, the tiling 0,1 of the divorce proceedings by his wife. :U1 The story published Saturday morn- 111 ing and referred to by Walker is ;rs follows: "A sensational libel for divorce and petition for alimony tiled In the supc- . ^ rior court yesterday, reads Mrs. Stella S. Walker vs. Charles II. Walker. s 1 "Although married but little over a year, Mrs. Walker alleges that her ,|j' husband, an officer of the police force, |)( cruelly and inhumanity beat her re- w< peatcdly and finally deserted her. She alleged that as late as the 22d of this . ^ month he choked her Into speechless- ' ness, and, gathering up his personal effects, left her home, declaring he |tl would never return. . "The petitioner further asks the custody of her child, costs of court, j attorney's fees and temporary alimony '' pending the linal disposition of tlie . L. II CaSo- si< "Judge Hrinson has set Dec. 5 as ' j, the hate for hearing the petition for temporary alimony." 'j, This conversation took place be- ,,,| tween the two policemen shortly af- .. ter 7 o'clock, and, as the lieutenant (|j turned to go into ids house. Walker ., walked off in the direction of tlic car er line. b| Charlie II. Walker and Miss Stella wj S. Speer, a niece of I)r Specr, were married about I I months ago, and of tlds union a boy was born four months and three days ago today. When the young couple left the 1,! homo of his mother, three inontiis 'M ago, they went to board, at 1210 ('c Hroad street, wliere they have board- w' ed together since, until a day or two ?' ago, when, some of ids friends stiite, lie left there, though this is not substantiated by any of the family. r'; About lo..'i() Saturday morning, 5ir Mrs. Walker, neatly attired in a black a tailor suit, boarded the Summervillo "( car, in front of 1240 Iiroad street, and w rode to Chafce avenue, where she left r(; the car, and proceeded to the house , w where she shortly after met her dcat h. " Her husband must have known of ty her presence at ids mother's home, 1 /or shortly after lie came rolling by *a on ids wheel and his wife went to the m gate and began a conversation with 0:1 idm, still wearing her hat. lo About the gate is an arbor of vines, and on the left side of this stood Mrs. Walker, just to the side of the walk m inside the fence* Her husband stood y facing her on tho outside of the fence w ?njtL was saia no one knows, for c> there was no one near enough to sec rp or hear what was going on. Mrs. 0f Walker, however, had been talking u with her husband hut a few seconds when her sister started out of the house toward the gate. J ust as she emerged, Mr. Walker drew his revol- 111 ver and commenced tiring. Four shots he tired at his wife and then putting his revolver to the back of ^ Ids head about two Inches behind the fc left ear he pulled the trigger on the 01 last cartridge in the chamber, and st U'VI) j , THURSDAY, NO 11 backward oh tlv sidewalk, Mrs. ralker having dropped down beside n; base of the arb ?r. As soon as rs. Walker's sister beard the llrst lot fired, she fell In a faint on the >or of th*' porch and remained there itil taken up an I Qirried into the RKD Lieut. Collins, probably the last M'son, except bis wife, t > whom ralker bad talked of his family ouble, arrived on the scene and I'b1. a search of his body. Just, un>r fchaed/o of bis cip, lie f mini the illet I > Ige 1 on tbe outside of the in. Kxcopt for hL btit budge and stol the only tiling found was a rap of yellow paper, torn from a >te book on which, in Walker's handrit i(ivc were I h 1 words: "At the m M'ey of Tib 'rius." THANKSGIVING DAY. liiii'Htlay, November U7, Xanuul as a Duy ol'Cenorul Tlinoksgtviiii;. President House.volt Wednesday i sued Ids proclamation designating j luirsd ay. Nov. 27, as a day of banksgivlng. 'i'be proclamation is I follows: According to the yearly custom of ir people, it falls upon the president this season to appoint a day of stival and thanksgiving to Coil. "Over a century and a quarter has issod since this count ry took its place nong the nations of the earth and iring that time we have had on the ; hole more to be thankful for than is fallen to t lie lot of any other pro- ' e. (reiteration after generation hat own to manhood and passed away. ; licit lias had to bt ar its peculiar bur- \ ns, eaclt to face its special crlslses, td each lias known years of grim lal, when the count,rv was misinrol I r malice, domestic or foreign levy, , hen the hand of the Lord was heavy )on it in drought or Hood or pest I- | rice, when in bodily dist ress and anlish of soul it paid the penalty ot 11 v and a forward heart. "Novell In less, decade by decade, we ! ive struggled onward and upward: ' 3 now abundantly enjoy material 3ll liolng, and under the favor of 10 Most High we are striving caristly to aehive moral and spiritual illftlng. The year that his Just' )sed has been once ot peace and ; erflowitig plenty. Harcly lias any 1 ople enjoyed great or prosperity than j ; are now enjoying. For tills we nder iieartfidt and solemn thanks to e Giver of. Good; and we seek to alse Him not by words only hut by cds, by the way In which we do our ity to ourselves and to our fellow en. "Now, therefore, I, Theodore josevelt, president of the United ates, do hereby designate as a day general thanksgiving, Thursday, e 27th of November, and do recomen I that throughout the land the :ople cease from their ordinary ocpatlons and in their several homes id places of worship render thanks lto Almighty God for the manifold essings of the past year." Snyn Negro Will l>le Out. A sensation was created at Muscatic, Iowa, by llev. J. L. Murphy, of ic IOnglish Lutheran Church, who Id in a lecture on 1 lie race problem lat the study of the sociological 0011- ; lion of the Negro today proves that ' is deteriorating in tills country, 111 later lapse into barbarism and liilly become extinct, lie points out lat before the war the Negro was wiji Luy <t11<i uiu iKtnor or any ^man in the South was safe without e protection of wliite men. Today, ?wcvcr, a white woman scarcely nes venture forth alone. Mr. Murly says that not only is the black an becoming degraded morally hi le South, but also physically, i'liy3ians testify that he is more susccpl?le to disease than a few years ago, id especially In pulmonary troubles, lcumonia is almost always fatal, lie position taken by Mr. Murphy is latin time the progressive class of acks will tiro of the conditions in lis country and return to their formAfrican home to teach their fcllowacks while those left in this country ill then rapidly become extinct. Texas Fever. A special dispatch to The State says nsiderable uneasiness and anxiety is been caused at Williamston witlithe last few days on account of the iath of a number of tine cows from hat appeared to bo a very mysteriis cause and in order to give the case, thorough investigation, l>r. J. It. ister, the States assistant vetcrina:io from Clcmson was summoned, id came down this morning. After postmortem examination lie prolunccd tlic disease "Texas fever," hicli he says is incurable, the liest medy being to separate all cattle hicli are infested from the others, e says the disease is communicated ' what is commonly known as the Lick," and after a cow comes in conel with the disease throncrh t.hU ? I edlum, and is taken sick, nothing , n save her from death, which fol-, ws within a few hours. HufTocAlod. Allen Ore and Will Wcedon, white en, while working on a grade for le Kastern Kail way of Alabama, , ere killed as a result of a premature [plosion of dynamite near Annlston. j lie explosion unloosened a Quantity dirt which entombed the two men, le re by causing suffocation. l)OKH VH HlWlM. Some man wliose mind runs on llg'c?, has found that It costs as mucli > keep a dog as sixty hens, capable ' laying six hundred dozen eggs, [en will continue, however, to pre?r the dog until the superior ability ' the hens to set birds is demonrated. . Km) VK.MBEH (?, ltM >2. /in aut uinii iumo. Tht' v;i ass**s ure dent I and brown, The leaves are golden and red, The wind has an aut innn sound, The suininert ime days have lied: There's nothing left but a rose, delated and blooming apart. Not hlntf left hut a rose. A ml I he love In my heart. i A rose and a love oh, (Joel, Abloom in the autumn weather, ! Surviving t he golden-rod Thev should have died together! for w hy should a love out last The fading of suininer Mowers, To shiver In autumn's blast And tieinhle in Iree/.ing showers? A red rose blooming alone, When its tender mates have died; A sail heart lOViug on In spite of its bit tor pride. And over the dark blue sea, While sails receding last, As wild w inds bear from me The dream of a vanished past, Tonight In the dusk and gloom Tne lingering rose will die, Slain in its beauty's bloom Uv frosts from the autumn sky, And well if the morrow's dawn Should Hud me dead in despair, For love in my heart lives on The same as when skies were fair. tile I wo orplw. I 1 v 1 ),lCniu*rv. cn.WTi'ju xi, TI1B SKOltlOT, ' The chevalier's cmphat le refusal to many tilled his uncle with astonish' moot. That any one In liis right mind should refuse to accept of the means of advancement to the royal favor] when it was to he purchased hy such a simple, anil in the present ease, such an agreeable means, w as past t he old gent Ionian's comprehension. it required some little time for him to understand iliat his nephew had rejected t he king's Hat tering proposals, and then his anger lycgau to g<t the lielter of his surprise, The Countess de l/mieres, with a woman's ready wit, understood that t hero could tie hut one cause for stieli a decided refusal, and that must ho that he was already in love. The chevalier was t he son of her sister, who had died several years previous to the opening of our story, and for that reason, as well as his own noble qualit ies, she loved him as she would had ho boon lior own sou. Understanding her husband's quick and variable teimier I !>,, / <>>!..t I " darted a warning glance at I>e Vaudrey, which, if it was seen, was not hooded. "before committing yourself irretrievably, Chevalier do Vutidrey, relied,," said the count, In an angry tone. "I know t he weakness of yout h, and the temptations to which it is exposed. 1 also know that within certain limits It is well to close the eyes to faults, provided I hey are not too serious. This marriage is an honor which his majesty desires to confer on you, and when too king has spoken "I will go to the king!" interrupted the chevalier, and speaking with great rapidity and earnestness, lie added: %,l will thank him for his goodness, I will place my services at his disposal My devotion, my life are Ids, hut my all'eelions are my own, and 1 wish to remain free!" "Free!" exclaimed the count, scornfully. "Free to lead a life of dissipation which you may not always be able lu 11nit* irum uie worm," Those words which implied so much, stung the nobleliearted l)e Vaudrey more than any words of anger or reproach could have done. "There is not liing in my life to hide," he said, proudly, but impatiently, "nothing for which I have reason to blush." "Are you sure of that, Chevalier?" asked t lie count, in a tone t hat plainly said the sneaker knew differently. Conscious 01 his own uprightness, this doubt cast upon his word was more than the chevalier could boar, and he advanced toward his undo with a menacing air. "Monsieur!" he began, boldly, "1 cannot "Maurice! my husbandl" exclaimed the countess, as she stopped bctwoon the two men to prevent those words from being spoken which both would have afterward deeply regretted. "Defer the conversation for the present. Permit me to sneak to Maurice." " Very well," said l>e Linieres. sternly. Then turning to the chevalier, he said, in a voice which he had never before used folds nephew: "We will retail") to this another time. You will remember that , as head of the family, its honor is confided to my care, and 1 will not siilfer any one to sully if with a stain." I)( Vaudrey had nearly lost all control of his temper, and in a moment the outbiyak which the countess was so anxious to avoid would have broken forth, had not t he count, wit bout, giving his nephew time to speak, said, quickly: "I leave you with the countess, and f hope that your respect and affection for her will cause you to lend more weight toiler counsels than you are disposed to give to mine." As if fearing that lie might have tried the young man's temper too far, or that lie did not wish to prolong a useless controversy, t he count left t he room as lie finished the sentence, and Do Vaudrey was alone with his aunt . The countess went up to t lie noblelooking young man, and taking 11Is hand in hers, asked, in a sweet, winning voice: " Who is this woman you love? What obstacle prevents the avowal of youi passion? If it is only a matter of for tune, take mine; it Is ail at your dis posai. and i will give ii to you cheer fully." "Ah! whore shall I And a heart lik< yours?" exclaimed the chevalier, in 8 voice trembling with emotion. "Yoi have divined my secret. I love a yonnj. girl as charming as she is pure. I km her. vet inv lins have never smn/iii hers. I adore her, yet I have nevei dared to whisper my passion." "Her name her family?" asked th< countess, eagerly. "She was born of the people," sail I)e Vaudrey, proudly, yet tenderly "She is an orphan, and lives by tlx labor of her hands." The countess, who had never for < moment Imagined such an answer t.< lit* her <1 nest Ion, was surprised, and < showed plaiulv t hat grief wasmlng willi her surprise. "And you would makesuch a worn your wife?"she asked, reproachfully " I )o not judge her Hilt II you h;i seen her,' entreated the ehevali Consent to see her, and t hen adv inc.'' And the young man took the cm t ess's hands in his, and looked Impl< ingly into Iter face. lint his aunt turned .away from hi ! with a gesture of sorrow. " In such a mat riatrc." she said an ly, "there can l>e m<j happiness foryo and for her, only mis *ry. Jltelieve 111 I know the result of those line iu ' unions. You must renounce her. it i owe obedience to your fumily and your king." As the countess said these word Which, If they were obeyed. WOll doom the young man to give up a t hat t lie world held for him,she t una I wearily away, and sunk IlltO a Ctiul as If the advice came only from ll echo of her husband's words, and ik from her own loving heart. "Can you tell me that?" asked tl chevalier, In a tone of sin prise. "Yc who have suffered so much, and ha\ j been a victim to a blind ohedion* which has suet diced your life, an made you inisreablcV" "Mow do you know?" exclaimed tli I countess, springing from her chair i if I>c Vauorey's words had struck d leclly toiler heart, and their passau | had torn open wounds that the pin woman thought no one save herself an , t lie good (iod knew of, "Who told yo this? Who lias torn aside the ve i front my secret, and revealed to yo the cause oft.hu anguish I have mi 1 fercd fot eighteen long years?" The chevalier looked sadly upon tli woman ho had wounded so deeply b, 1 11 is words. ' "There was hut one soul in th world tender and noble enough to aj predate and sustain your own in it i rials," he said, in a gent le voice, t ha seemed to carry a halm wit h it. "You i dearly beloved slstor my mother. Ii ' her last moments she exuded from in the promise to devote myself to yoi should misfortune ever come, and gladly gave my word." She would have said many thing which would have hut added fuel b lie ilamo that was burning in th count's breast, had not the chevaliei si epping close to her, whispered: "Take care!" " Madame!" exclaimed lie Linieres looking at her in surprise, "to wliou do you refer? < )f what are you speak i ing, when you use the words, 'pride falsehood, despair'?" ller husband's cool, sarcast ic words I . % I II 1 4 ? ' ' ' ' ' iiiirini in u voice which chilled, ri called her to a sense of what she ha< said, and u deat hly feeling came ove her, causing her to seek I he support ti t lie Chuil'. Tito count looked at. her lixedly, am she saw that some answer was reqitit ed of her. In a voice scarcely audi hit the unhappy woman faltered: "I meant, I spoke of "Monsieur." said t he chevalier, an> ions to shield t he poor lady,"I lie word of t he count ess a re hut the echo i t hose she just hoard inc. utter. The arc the Irrovocable revolt <>f my hoar against, the marriage and the sulVcrin you would impose upon me." The Count do Llnieres was far froi being sat islled with t he chevalier's e> plana! ion. Looking at. his wife in manner which showed that lit; did no believe what had just been told bin bo asked, in a cold, st itf voice: "Had your words no other meaning madamc?" "No no!" answered the count est confusedly, as though she knew in: the meaning of the words she uttere< ",1 am agitated, faint you sc? monsieur, I am ill." "That is evident," answered tli count in a voice which had in its tone no sympathy or emotion. Then tun ing to his nephew, he ordered, rat la than requested, "Chevalier, conduc the countess to her room, and ret ur immediately. I desire to speak wit yon." With a compassionate look at h aunt, t he chevalier olTered lier his an and conducted her to her apart incut: Hardly had he left! lie room when tli minister, seat ing himself at histahU wrote a few words <>n a paper, an iuicr uavmg scaled ll, rang the he sharply. The old clerk answered I lie sun monsP and to liim the count hande the paper, saying: "Take tlds to the keeper of t li secret records, and return with wlni he gives you. Like a well-made automaton, tli clerk took the paper, made a still bov and with a precise, mechanical mat nor, left tllO room. Left to himself, the envied mtnisL of police gave way to t lie. passion wu\ that had threatened to overwheh him in the presence of his wife. 1 le paced the room in tlie same wil way that Ids wife had done Imt a fo' moments before, and waited Impat len ly for t he ret urn of his nephew. At last the chevalier returned, an the look upon his face showed plain thai lie had nerved himself for tl struggle which was Inevitable. "Chevalier!" said t he old gent Ictnai going up to Do Vaudrey in an angr nervous manner, "you can readl understand that propriety and coi siderat ions for my own dignity indu 1 ed me to accept t he explanation ma< by you on India If of t he count ess." "Monsieur!" interrupted Do Vain rey, In an angry tone. "You also understand that that e planatioh did not satisfy me,"contin Od the count, not heeding the angry e clamation. "Well sir," said the chevalier, in 1 cool, in dating tone,; "what are yc ' pleased to think?" "1 think, sir," ?. answered I I .illihi'lW hAW i.Atii/l*.< i . .. .., .....T IIINKMI in ^MICI IIIIIISI with rage, "that the countess wep ! not for you, but for herself. You spol I of her own griefs, of tier early lif I which is shrouded in some dark sccri i perhaps a guilty one, which weighs u | on her conscience, and is t he tormoi ] of Iter life and mine. Speak, (Jhcv Her, what Is it?" It was impossible for De Vaudrey tell how much of the conversat ion tl count had heard, and what reply 1 make. lie must shield his aunt from i J suspicion of wrong; hut how? There was now but one way, a that was to deny everything until could know what had been over-heat "Monsieur de Llnleres," he begii ^ in an angry tone, and purposely art j (Continued on page 4) I . ' " NO. 15. 85 A BAD FAILURE. an ^ The Atlantic Coast Lumber Company 1 in Hands of Receivers. m TTMAorr n*s\ T> ? *? - h- uiinojj?i iu r/n ITS INTEREST. Im I lie Aelion \\ as llroit|{!it by Hh Trus* dII, Icch, I !?? Colonial Trust Coin10, : ,ll |?iiny, ol" Now York,lobe >11 to1 ItcorKiinl/.oil, Is, lii Hi" United States Circuit Court '|J in New York City on Wednesday .,1 Erccmaii Eairund I'd ward J. Ilathr, orne were appointed temporary rccelvl'( ers of tlie property of the Atlantic Coast Luti)Ix r Company, witiiin the 10 Southern department of New Yoik. hi The same temporary receivers were e ! appointed previously by t he United ''' States district court for the Eastern (l hist riot of Virginia. Mr. Earrwasthc |(> former president of tlio eompany. !s The appoint inent of tlie receivers j. was due to an action brought against e i the company t?y Its trustees, tlie Colou nial Trust company of New York, the d lumber company belli# unable to meet !' i lie Interest payments clue the trust 11 company. A statement Issued Wed!' nesday l>y those interested In the two ' lumber companies savs the vn.rlf.ne r,>. ?m Ivors wore appointed in connection v willi the reorganization and contemplated consolidation of the principal e In in her companies owning and hand?* ling what is known as North CaroJ4 Una pine. The statement claims that ( even in the case of liquidation the as (1 sets of the two companies will be in v excess of till liabilities, n IMans arc already In process of forI mation fortlie reorganization of the company and the consolidation of the s Southern Pine Lumber interests. Wii1 tcrman A. Taft, Edward .J. ilnthorne I and Men L. Falrchlcld were appoint* ' ed in the Supreme Court Wednesday temporary receivers of the Export ,, Lumber Company on the application II of the majority of the company's dl rectors asking for a voluntary dissolu'? tion of the corporation. The petition says that thesum of $/>0,0t)0 liabilities '' due and al>out to mature cannot he I met. , The total liabilities amount to if ami nominal assets t3,r>98,020. The company was Incorporated In d 1878 and has a capital stock of half a million dollars. The property to come \ Into the hands of the receivers In tills State will not exceed that amount. The principal styekholdcrs are Chas. IS F. Flint, Alsden Swan and John 1>. if Carherry. The company has branches y at Post,on. Georgetown, S. 0., and in t Canada. g ('oll'ec /.one Destroyed. li A dispatch from San Francisco says a tlie entire colTec zone of Guatemala 'i lias been destroyed hy llames and L smoke from the volcano of Santa Maria. Eruptions threaten the destruction of every living thing within . reach of the fumes and lire that pour ,i i nun ilie luiriling mountain, according I. to a cable to Castle Bros., Importers \ of that city, received from their cofTee plantation in Guatemala. Only |C meagre details are given. s "Last Monday," said Louis Hirsch, of Castle Bros., "I wired to our rep* rcHcntatlve there, asking for news of n the erupt ion of Santa Maria, and last h Thursday night, I received In reply this cablegram: is " 'It is true. Knormous losses; n probable volcanic eruption. CotTee s /.one destroyed. Our lives are in dan* ger. further reports will follow.' (j "The colTee districts referred to," II said Mr. Hirsch, "are the Costa Cusa and Costa Grande. They are the tln) est plantations in the country. If d the coffee district is destroyed as the cable seems to indicate, one-third of 11' the crop Is most likely involved. "That volcano of Santa Maria is 1C located between lletalhulcn and v Que/.altcnango. The towns in the i- neighborhood to l>e most likely de stroyed arc San Felipe, Ma/atenango 'r and Quezaltcnango. The volcano lias lieoii?|it lot for years. ii , Fatal Kiotlng. (' Political rioting at Ponce Porto iV llico, was renewed rimrsday evening. From U to 11 o'clock tlie city was In ,1 the hands of a Republican mob, ally leged to have been aided by munlcik> pal police. The Federal club was lircd on. One man was killed and several n, were wounded, but not fatally. The rioting was renewed, business at 'y I'once, Is suspended. Another man was killed during Thursday's attacks j(l of t he ltepubllcans, and a number of men were severely wounded. The 1- rioters announced that they intended to attack the Federation of Labor x- club and another club during the day, "* which caused the closing of all the x" stores in I'once. A Spanish dramatic a company which had been playing at Ponce applied to the Spanish consul for protection, and, it is reported, that )e the consul communicated with the If Spanish minister at Washington. >L I Shooting and rioting occurred inside | |,|||. t.llMt.rn Wo/lnnc/law ? i.vuuvnun; nielli mill since that day the company has l>cen unable to perform. nt a- Won tnckril In. The wedding of Miss Eva Taylor ,t(J and (leor^e Lamson, both of New ,l0 Britain, was delayed half an hour Thursday through the absence of the x\\ | bridegroom. Ills father had absentj iniudedly locked him in while he was nd dressing and then left to attend the he ceremony. Lamson was tlnally located after a searching party had scoured m* the town. Lamson Is teller in the 111! New Britain Savings Bank. The bride is popular in local society.