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1 ?' r ? VOL XVII. THK NK(iRO FKOBLKM.j _ Roosevelt, "The President of the Blai-k Belt," and Is NOT AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT. Tin* I'i'rjiiillrc Attain*! tin* Ni'jjt'o i Is Not l<ncnl, llm l*roii>|i(<Ml l?y World-Wide Knee Scnl imcnt. The race question was a^ain discussed in the United States senate Wednesday. Mr. Monev of Mi<sivvin J w. |' pi spoke for two hours, 11is remarks having direct reference to the action of the president in closing the India nola. Miss., postollloe. Mr. Money explained at the outset of Ills remarks t hat if he could secure unanimous consent for leave to print he would not take up the time of the senate. The sentiment of the senate seemed t.o he that remarks not delivered should not lie spread in the record, lie there upon proceeded, and delivered himself of some severe st.rlctures of the president, stating in the course of his remarks that Mr. ltoosovelt was not ilie president of America, but tile president of the "black belt." At, times he was closely interrogated by Messrs. Korakcr and Spooncr. It was the inherent and constitutional rltfht of a ureal community, said Mr. Money, to have their mail handled regularly. Letters, he said, wliiofi have been addressed to Deathman, to important county oilleials residing at indiauola, have lieen sent to <Jrcenvillc, and tliis lie declared was an unwarrantahle interference with tlm liberty and rights of the people of lndianola. It, was indeed to nunisli the people of Indianola, and in his opinion, the punishment had gone far enough. The department has shown to I lie world its authority and nobody had disputed it. lie declared that the i postmaster general should do all lie could to lieal the breach and not continue stubborn and vindictive. "The department has made the people hate the administration." l)ireeling his remarks to President Roosevelt, he said that in the south it was believed that Mr. Roosevelt, when he succeeded Mr. McKinley, would make an American instead of a sectional president, but a change had come over this dream, "lie is not so much an American president," said Mr. Money, "as he is the president of the black belt," and he added with some feeling, "we don't consider him a great American president." He declared that of all the appointments made in Mississippi none have given such general disgust as those made by this administration and, lie said, the president had raised the question of social equality of the negro, but there could never possibly be any social equality between the two races. "There is a race prejudice in the south," he said, "and I thank Rod there is." The prejudice against the negro, he asserted, is not local, but prompted by a universal, world-wide sentiment. Answering Mr. Foraker, he said that these recent appointments have revived the race question and while the people of the south had heretofore t.ol rniM-u negro unicciioiners nicy (no not want any more of them. "Tills is a white man's country and a white man's government," said lie. "It has been carved out the wilderness and conquered from the Indians, not for the African, hut for the white man." I Mr. Forakcr asked Mr. Money if Ids' objection to colored people holding office extended to all olllces of all kinds, and also whether it would include the enlistment of colored men in the army to defend the Mag and the constitution. The reply was that he had no particular objection to colored men serving in the army, hut declared that it would he better if no colored men held any oHlcial position whatever. "Would you dceiti/enlzo the negro as to voting?" asked Mr. Forakcr, "and if so should that be taken into account in fixing the representation in congress?" "That is another question," said Mr. Money. The participation of the negro in the alfairsof the government, he t hought , was dangerous. "Is it the demand of the south," inquired Mr. Spooner, "that the president,<>f the United States shall in no 'v^frappoint a colored man to federal - ^_m?, in the south?" * vU '" -VT,ir. Money replied that there was r ifelf demand made and no authority fori it/Vju thjwas the feeling hi the south that ho Win.red mar, no matter what liis qualifications may l>e, shall hold federal ollicc. The whole truth of history, he declared, shows the utter incompetence of the colored race selfgovernment. Mr. Spooncr remarked that a president of the United States who would yield to the demand of any section that the right of citizenship should he surrendered would show himself unlit to hold the oiliee and quite willing to violate his oath as president. ^ Mr. Foraker commented upon Mr. Money's statements as being most remarkable because of their far-reaching '"tequences. com, Money expressed the conviction Mthe amendment to the constitutb.it rhich made negroc voters was a Hon unions mistake, and he said a tremeflimhcr of people of the north vast mined the same view, lie said enter!aas been no objection in thesouth therg(jtolored man working and none V U> jimeen killed for so doing as was caee in Illinois. The feeling ff i which obtained In the south, be said, was that if a white man did not think himself socially better than the negro he was not half as good. 1 n l he matter of these appoint tnenis Mr. Money said the president should consider conditions in the south. Appointing negroes loollicc in the south was most obnoxious and repugnant to that section, it was impossible, ho declared, for any one raised north of Mason and Dixon's line to know any thing about the negro. I le concluded by saying that there had Icon no Intention of creating any disturbance whatever in 1 ndianola, hut the idea of holding a public meeting was that it would apprise the postmist ress of l lie wishes of the citizens and that it might lead to her resignation. The basis ot all the trouble, lie said, was the referee system as it prevails in tile sunt It. CONFEDERATE RECORDS I'lie (hilled Slut oh (Jovri'it iii'Mil WmiiI'm lo Preserve 'I'll in. The Columbia llec trd says it was not, generally known that in t he appropriation act of the recent congress provision was made for the compilation of a complete roster of the otlieers and enlisted men of the Union and Confederate armies. Secretary of War Root lias sent, a letter to the govetnoisof all states asking theirco operation in t his work, which will he a most, imnortant and a stiineiiduoiis one. In his letter ho says there will Ik; little or no difllculty in preparing a roster of the Union soldiers, for the state's furnish!nisr them have already undertaken that duty and now have as complete records as possible, lie says, truly, that there will he oilUculty in obtaining Confederate records in Ids department, and we wish that was I the only dilllculty to lie. encountered in this great work, for the loan of the necessary documents might easily he obtained If they were in existence. We fear few of the Southern states have ever looked after this matter at all carefully or systematically, and we know that our own state lias mi rec irds t hat are at all complete. Time and again the legislature has been asked to appropriate a comparatively small sum in order that Confederate records might be preserved, and though at times kmall sums have been voted for the purpose, the amount has never been large enough to insure a complete and cornel list of the nanus of all the soldiers of t his state who enlisted in the war. It is hardly necessary to show that it is proper to preserve t he names of all who fought or died in the cause of our state, not only because such a compilation would he of great historical value, but hecause it is our sacred duly to do so. The legislature in looking after the matters of present or pressing need has neglected to appreciate, the Importance of this work, and the conseI I IIOlllUI lg f l? ? ? '<? !>>l Hi. ?wv? I I 11v.'* in uiiiiu m; iiiitu IIUU uimi: Ieeords for ourselves, anil unless Confederate camps now take the matter in charge and see to it that our records are complete, the government compilation so far as we are concerned will be very inaccurate. If the South Carolina soldier is to receive the full credit due him something must he done to put our records in proper shape, tor the government records in the future will he taken asotllcial and correct. A Terrible Tragedy. A horrible tragedy occurred at Kiley station, Ky., on the Louiseville and Nashville railroad Thursday when Deputy ShcrilT.I. it Williams with a posse of three men, went to arrest an unknown crafty man The maniac was armed with three p'stols and was frightening people in that vicinity, j lie imagine I a mob was after him to hang him. When Deputy SheriiT Williams and his posse approached the enraged man and attempted to overpower him lie drew his pistol and comm meed to lire. The deputy shcrilT was shot through t he body, sustaining a serious wound: Gabriel Kloyd, in the back, Samuel Payne, through the arm and Samuel I tavern received a scalp wound. After Williams had fallen he. raised and flred a bullet through Ids antagonist's head killing him instantly. Nothing was found on the dead man's person to identify him, hut tie had $12 in money and a gold watch. Marly in the day lie had said that his mother lived in Nelson county. The 'recovery of Williams and Eloyd is doubtful. Two l>octot*H OlU'erod. A special from Tarboro, N. C., says: Dr. II. T. Pass, who was shot here Sunday by Dr. .1. M. Daker, died at his residence that night between 11 and 12o'clock. lie was on the operating table, and as he began to show signs of sinking the operation was not completed. IOarly in the night tie became unconscious and thereafter sank rapidly. The funeral took place from Calvary church this afternoon. I to v. Dr. Gamble conducting the services. The church could not seated the immense crowd that attended. The remains were interred in Calvary churchyard. Dr. (taker, who is out on ootid, left here Wednesday Tor Richmond on professional business. The coroner's jury went to the house of the deceased and viewed the remains this morning, then adjourned until the 2:trd, when they will hear testimony. The preliminary hearing will he on Monday. Mkmi'iiis and Nashvillo are engaged in a war of words as to which city lias the most and the "widest open" gamblers. We agree with the Augusta Chronicle that it would be letter to devote the time spent to presenting arguments for reducing the numl>crs and shutting up those that remain, in both cities. ' " CONWAY, \ BRIGHT OUTLOOK. The Governor Tells of the Day o Industrial Prcsperity. GREAT FUTURE FOR THE STATI The IVn|tle ol* South Cnrolhiii Art Ileitis ltrou^lit into Touch Wilt Those ol' Ot her States. Gov. Ileywar.l attended the miniversary dinner of the llihrrnian Society in Charleston last Tuesday nitfht week. He responded to t,he toast ol South Carolina and spoke as follows: Mr. Toastmaster and Meinhers of the 11 ibornian Society: liel'ore addressing myself to the subject of tin: toast, which has just, been announced a toast which st i ike.s a responsive chord in every heart around this hoard and tinds it, echo in the hearts of every true Carolinian from the restless wave of the Atlantic to the rantfc of blue mountains on the northern border of our State I must say a word of thanks for the invitation which brings me here tonight. To tell you that I appreciate most highly the honor you have done me woiild not he expressing all t hat I feel. It, is not only an honor hut a privilege to commemorate with the members of this historic society the birthday of him who is the patron saint of the Emerald Isle. Today with fonder memories, the hearts of Irishmen the world over are turning hack to Erin. Today they rejoice because that liberty which has a I\v:iVK lent -i htmiii In I i-i?jl? I...!. ,? . ..Mix in >11011 iu til 1 r> about to tind a lodgment on Irish soil. Today the prophetic words of your own poet, llio' we of America and of the south ran claim him too, are being realized, when he said: "Look aloft! look aloft! the clouds drifting by, There's a gleam through the gloom there's a light in the sky, 'Tis the sunburst resplendent far Hashing on high! Klin's dark night is waning, her daydawn is nigh!" It cannot, my friends, come too soon From our hearts we all should say: (Sod speed t be coming of that day. Nevermind how poor an Irishman may be when lie comes to our shores there Is one tiling which he always brings with him, and that is bis love of country; but loving and remembering the land from whence lie came makes him none the less loyal to the laud of his adoption. Irish South Carolinians Irish Americans, are true S tilth Carolinians, they are true and p it rjotic A nun .cans. They love South Carolina and 1!i<*> low America willi tins same love that they love Ireland and hence it is that on such an occasions as this, when a toast is proposed to the "State of South Carolina," the l'almcttn is greeted hy as "loyal hearts and true" as ever hailed the shamrock in an Irish banquet hall. The few words which I shall address to you tonight shall Ik; to you not as Irishmen or as descendants of I rishmcn, hut as Charlestoniaus and as South Carolinians as men who rejoice that "over tlie newly-wedded mountain and seaboard" as expressed in my toast, "peace and prosperity" now reign. I know, my friends, and my countrymen, that I voice the sentiment of every true Charlestonian and of every true South Carolinian, when I say 1 re joice that the day has come when, forgetting the things of the past we can, hand in had and shoulder to shoulder, with renewed courage, as brethren, press on to the tilings which lie before. If it has fallen to my lot, as you kindly intimate in the sentiment which has just been read, to bear an humble part in bringing about this happy condition, I can only say that I found a fertile Held, in the pi wing of which 1 found ready and willing helpers from the mountains to the seaboard. In every section of our State 1 found sturdy South Carolinians men who loved South Carolina men whose warm handclasps and whose untiring labor did far more than anything I could do to accomplish the results upon which we felicitate ourselves tonight. The era of peace and good will which today is prevailing in South Carolina means much for us in the present and for the future -for us, for our children and for our children's children. Whether or not we shall attain our full measure of good depends upon us and upon us alone. If we sire t.<? /ml Kiio/iooi'fiillii W ...? v<^ 1? v?? * WWV ??\* V?->V/.M t VIII J l/llly great future which 1 believe lies before us as a people, we must practice not only in our lives but also in our politics the principles of the golden rule. We should seek to build up and not to pull down to understand and not to misunderstand, remembering always that we are one people with a common heritage and a common destiny all sons of one mother and that mother the grand old common wealth of South Carolina. A brighter day Is breaking over our State a day of industrial prosperity such as our forefathers never dreamed of. It is cumin# as surely as the sun will rise upon the morrow. We can see its si tins on the horizon we can breathe it in the very atmosphere. When a storm Is over, and the lightning has ceased to flash and the thunder to shake the earth, how gladly does the traveler behold the rainbow in the cloud! It ascends from the rugged mountain top and with its myriad of colors spanning the sky, it seems to sink to rest In the intsom of the ocean ?-a holy covenant that never again shall tlioso waters cover the earth. 4 own , *",;i . 1 , S. C., TUUHSDAV, So it is with that prosperity which today Is gradually spreading its bright bow of promise over South f Carolina. From the "everlasting bills" of the Piedmont to the bar ou yonder harbor Its light is beginning to radiate. That light is entering ^ today the bumble home of I he laborer, making his homo better and happier, it is causing the farmer to sing he' hind the plow, it is touching, as with the wand of a magician, our sleeping marts of trarjo and bidding them awake; it is making us South Carolians realize the fact that truly "our lines are fallen in pleasant places" and that, we have "a goodly heritage." And even beyond lids. In placing us in closest commercial touch with all parts of our country, it is also placing ' us in closer social hatch with our sister States it, is making us and our fellow citizens In distant States know and understand each oihci; h tier, and again like that how in the cloud, it stands as 21 pledge, a covenant, that never again shall the people of South Carolina pass through the struggles t hat they have iu days gone by. In the great future which I feel sure lies before us as a State, Charleston, the chief metropolis of South I Carolina, must play a conspicuous part. This old city has never heon found wanting hi the past in (lie days which tried men's souls, and she will never he found wanting in the future when she is called upon to work for the upbuilding of the State and the betterment of its people. 1 rejoice to see Charleston taking on new life and in saying this I feel satistied 1 bespeak the sentiment of ail South Carolinians. Asa friend of Charleston 1 rejoice that from the belfrey of old St. Michael's the watchman can again call out over your city, as he did in the days gone hy: "All is well." As a South Carolinian, I rejoice that crv need not lie confined to t he limits of this city, hut can extend far beyond. It can fall, as a benediction, upon the cars of the sailor, as from yon quiet harbor lie turns Ids prow to seaward, and t hen it can lie caught up by the whids of the ocean and wafted hack across ouv entire State, even to its mountain tops. Although there is st ill much to tie done; although there arc still great problems to In? solved, and evils to ho eradicated, yet the wisdom, under <Sod, to solve them, and the determination to eradicate them, and hence it is that of South Carolina it. can he 1 t ruly said "All is well." We have no cause for discouragement we have every cause for en coiiragcment. As one of your watchmen on the tower, I can say to you i t. might that the. State of South t Carolina i;; advancing In every way, and that, beneath tier banner united march her sons. "< >ur union is river, lake, ocean and sky: Man breaks not the medal, when (iod cuts the die: Though darkened with sulphur, though cloven with steel, The blue arch will brighten, the waters will heal." AN ELEPHANT DIES AT SEA. Whole ("row of h Steamer Wan Kept Huny Hy 'Hugo. The elephant .lingo, said to have I been larger than .himho, (lied at sea on the steamer <*corgic, which arrived at New York'Wednesday from Liverpool. The animal's death occurred March 12th and the huge body was buried at sc.". An animal show brought Jingo in London. The elephant had not traveled since infancy, and from the time of sailing from Livorpool it, fretted and pined away, Jingo was 22 years old, 12 feet high, weighed six ton and was valued at $f?0.000. For 00 hours proceeding It* death the mammoth iieast. trumpeted without cessation and twice knocked down Its keeper, Thomas Lawrence, who attempted to pacify it. The cries of the elephant aroused the leopards and tigers which were on the shipand they, too, joined in the cry which for tiireo days kept the crew of the (Jeorglc on its guard. As each day passed Jingo seemed to grow weaker la; squirmed in his narrow cage in an elTort to get out. lie was securely chained to the cage in such a position in the aft hatchway that escape was impossible. On the fifth day out t he animal's condition became such that Lawrence gave him whiskey and kept him under the inllucnec of liquor for almost three days. It. w ii u tlinn - w f>m<i vnvii miuu ? i^w i?a/(inn; uvl'll more savage than ever and began the trumpeting. The entire crew weht to Lawrence's assistances on the 11th clay and joined witli him in an elTort to pacify Jingo. They all failed, however, and twice the beast got its trunk ftirough the bars of the cage and struck the keeper with such force that he was thrown to the deck. The other animals joined in the. great- noise until alstut ' ? o'clock 'on the morning of tlio 12th, when suddenly Jingo's cries ceased. Lawrence ran to the cage to find the animal dead. His caftcass was examined and after It was* jleclded 1t could not he sttifTed it?was thrown overboard. Shot From AiiiImihIi. It. 0. Cheatham, Robert Quattlebaum and Clelie Penn, tiierc wellknown farmers of the Phoenix section of Greenwood county, were seriously shot from ambush at 2 o'clock Thursday morning. Cheatham received a charge of buckshot in his chest and arms and is the most dangerously wounded. It Is reported that the desperadoes were negroes anu Hiat seven or eight volleys were exchange I. MA KC11 20, 1000. POUND AT LAST. | I Thinking Her Husbnml Dead a Liuly Marries Another Man. CURIOUS STORY OF WEDLOCK I i I'lic lliiKbniHl MVHtorlim^ly Dlsnp. pi-nretl Tliroo ji'ki'h \u-?. nnil Ills Itt'iniiiiiK I'iiiiikI in (lir Is I,its! Week. The following dispatch published ed hi The Stale on Tuesday, 17th instant, caused considerable comment in Columbia and elsewhere: "A human skeleton was found in an isolated spot, in a pasture six miles j from Wihninnlon, near the coast, and ident ilied, as a result of an invest lea- I t ion by t he coroner Wednesday, as that or W. W. Youut;, a white car- : penter, It2 years old, who disappeared from Ids homo in t.11 is city May I'.)00. The canto of the man's deatli is unknown and the investigation is heini; pursued. Members of 11 is family say they advertised for the man and made diligent search, at. last jjiv- j( hitf. up hope of limlin^ him. Yountf j < has a wile and t \v<> children in < 'oluin- ' t?ia, S. ()., Mrs. Voting having married a railroad employe named Huberts | after the tirst husband's disappear-i' anee." ()n hist Thursday morning t he State ' pulilislied the following sequel to the above dispatch: . The Mrs. Yowntf referred to is the widow of t.he late Mr. Win. .1. ' Koborls, a car Inspector in the employ ] of I lie Southern railway, who was kill ed a few weeks ayo by hein^ run over ^ in the At lant le Coast Line yards. She married Mr. Huberts, believing her ( first husband was dead, no word having been heard of him.since May, IHOO. The. dispatch from \Villin^ton was the first information site has had con ^ ceriiiiiK 11iin siiice that t one. Mrs. Younu, or rather M rs. Ilolierts, . lives at U2<mhik st reet in t lie Shannon district, and when seen Wednesday hy a State reporter jjave the details of her tirst husband's strange disappearance. 1 ii the year IS'.io Young, a carpenter by trade and a native of Camden, married a Miss Kairliy, (lie daughter of a farme,' living in that county. This is tin- present. Mrs. Ilolierts. They made their home in tills city \ for a short period ot time, leaving it. , to go to I'arksvllle, and thence to Augusta. Alter t wo years' residence 1 the couple went, to Wilmington, N. 1 C. I lliirhur llw> itmd.wl #>f II,..I., lif.. I r. " kii' i i in' n: I that latter city Viniu^'s healt h broke down and he was aide to work at Ills trade only at intervals, lie urew no 1 I letter and gradually his mind became .k alfccted. At the end of seven years , Mrs. Youiik decided to leave Wilmin^- | (on with her two children and return to this city to make her home with her i father. The little family was then in < very reduced circumstances and the i plan was practically forced to a con- 1 elusion by this dire necessity. Voting, I who was then almost totally incapaci- : tilted for work, was left with Ids sisters in Wilmington in the hope that ( lie mitfht recover. I Mrs. Yountf was in constantcommu- i nication with his sisters from time she left North Carolina in Novemlicr, < 1 Htm, but her husband's mental eondi- } tlon did not I'rtlprove, Ile tfrew moody i and took long walks .alone if not < watched. At times far out in the < forests lie would fall to the ground in tlie rigors of an epileptic lit and in | his paroxysms inllict personal injuries , upon himself. Once or twice he was < found lying across his mother's grave | In Hellevne cemctry. , Finally it was decided that he | should be sent to the North Carolina State Hospital for the Insane and a medical hoard was appontcd by tlie uouiio.iuk n IAI I .111111 I I l(* I 11 II1 ?l?s I, II 11 IS sanity. Hut on the day previous to the examination Young mysteriously disappeared and nothing has ever'ceo heard of him until the gruesome discovery on Monday last or Ids grinning skeleton lying in the dark woods near the mouth of the ('ape Fear river. A ft<;r Young was lost to sight every attempt was made to ascertain his wherealKMits. The country for miles around Wilmington was searched and advertisements offering rewards inserted In the newspapers of the State. His fate.remained a mystery, through it was practically concluded that hehad fallen, In one of his perambulations, into the Cape, l-'ear river and had been drowned. His life was Insured and his widow kept up the premiums for many months, expecting that ids Ixxly would he recovered. For 1 this purpose she used in part the receipts from the sale, of his tool chest. When all hope hud been abandoned the policy was allowed to lapse. Mrs. Young has now two children 9 and II years old respectively, born to her by her lirst husband. On February (?, 1902, she married Mr. Roberta, firmly tielicving at the time that her llrst husband was dead. If is a question as to whet her his death had occurred at the time, but the probabilities are that it had. I To Cui I Take Laxative Bron 1 Seven MQBon boxes sold In post 12 m lit ?. . - J*?* HOW HE WORKED FARMERS. | \ Swindler Taken Advantage of n l </Hh|i In Advance ('iiHioin The Columbia Stale Hays a ucnlle* i man from Newberry county !ells of I lie manner in which II. It. Ilray and his associates "worked"' the conlidlnc people, of the rural district. Ilray, | Johnson and Jones are the names | h'lven by the three who caused the j honest yeomanry to separate themselves from money which represented toll, self-denial .iikI whose investment in biiccies would have pievenli d the farmers tiom imjoyliar holue conn'oi l,s. , Now they have not bine to show f>u ! the money and Ilray is.cone. It' is an easy manner to '^llhn-llani" the farmers according lo the statement of I Ins cent leman. They are accustom .1 t i order from agents whocoine around with cat a lollies, and the purc.l laser is required to make a cash payment to | insure the company thai it. will not lose the freight tolls should the purchaser fail In conic up with II ic money when I he ends arrive. ( I lilt. Ill ay seems I u ha ve been c reedy. , lie was nol satisfied with an advance ( payment of a nominal amount, but i required half of the value oT the art I- !. ele. In this way his sales were fewer i | hut il did not make him an object of ; suspicion. When lie did catch a farm- . , V UH-II llllll \V I' I I . >> III It' III' ll.Hl , ealalopucs from a well known mail or- , Ier house, t here is no evidence to in- j ilicate that they were aware of lfray's , heinvr in litis section. The justly eel- , dnated I tray came from Chicago, and lie praet iced on the lllinoise fanners , before coining south. ( Soars, KneltucL ?S; (Jo., the linn L whose name lias been used hy l.ray \ have offered a reward for the capture ; tf I tray, Johnson and Junes, and, | partly l h rough I heir elforts, a party I, ivho duped laimeis in Mississippi in ' v lie same way lias already lieeu jailed for thi'ee years. This would lend In | show lack ol complicit y on t he part of , Lite (Jhicuuo house. < It is strange that with all (lie ras- , alit.y of wltitdi If ray lias been guilty | Lite ollleials of the law in ('oluiuhia , ia\e heen furnished wit h no adequate leseri|it ion ot his personal appearance, \ His disappearance is now causing Item to loon lor a glance at Itis face. , SOLD DEATH FOR $100 I llerh Itoi'liir A i rcmeil lor AdiiiiiiiH- j I*olsiiii (<i Thirty* l-'oiir Mr it. i Seventy letters, written mostly hy i women, have heen found in the home 1 1 < M'oiK'f 11<n?s?*v, I lif iH'j.1, i'i? "herb loci 'I ' in' I'niladelphla, who is sit - . jused til l -iiiK <111 accessory lo I,lie al- I c^cd imirdcrof William (J. Dari/.e. ( These letleis, which are said lo hi' 1 ii an Incrimlnatihtf nature, vary liltlc ii their terms, and, it is asserted, iliow that, lloosey charged $too for very case. Some of the. let ters point ( [,o payment of the fee Installments. The police otlloials have directed J t#he opening of :m graves, having se nred evidence that lejtds them to ; lelieve t hat tieOr^C lloosey, t he liej/ro | "herb doctor," is resp.mslhlc for at ( least that many deaths, lloosey is in ( jail as accessory to the murder of William <i. Danxc, whose widow is ( hailed with having administered to { Iter husband slow poison furnished hy Lhe ne^ro. I "We do not know how many poisuiltlft cases can he traced to lloosey," . <aid a police otllcial today, "hut t hus ' Tar we have secured evidence that has warranted us in directing the opening , if 'M graves." This case is assuming proportions ( far heyond the comprehension of t hose , [connected with It :tt the time lloosey was arrested. The real investigation Is just, he^intdh^ and before it proceeds much further startling develop- < ineuts will crop out. ; I Itui'iil 1'i-ee Itoute*. There are now 2ild rural free delivery routes iu operation in South Carolina and more in process of beioK ' established. These carriers are paid by (checks issued by Postmaster lOnsor 1 against funds on deposit in the Caro- 1 lina National hank, the national de- : pository in (J ilumhia. Some Idea of the magnit aide to which this service has grown in this state can he obtaincd from the statement that the monthly pay roll of these carriers amounts to over $11,000. They W II he There. Among other novel features of the St. Louis exposition will he the reunions of the Smith and Lewis families, which all the Smiths and Lewises in the country will he invited to attend. The Smiths are raising a fund of *10,- ' 000 for the erection of a building on the exposition grounds to he used as their headquarters during the fair. Torn I?y a Hear. (). It. Sanders, an aged resident of Houston Tex., was attacked and almost torn to pieces Wednesday night hy a savage hear. He was thrown to the ground and horribly mangled by the frenzied animals tusks. Two hull dogs and three men came to ids assistance and rescued him. ills injuries are frightful. re a Cold in On* io Quinine Tablets, js , onths. This signature,^- ' '?* jjLvau no. ;h two drowned While Asleep on a Steamer, Which Suddenly Sinks While THE PASSENGERS SLUM' EFED, The WitlriN I'oiiimmI In XwnkcnliiK Men, Women iiii11 < li 11 Iron In ii TorriMo Itenltty nl" Their I'ntr. A ()isp:iti !i from I'alalka, Fla., says lho sic.unci Motauiora of the Lucas lino i u11niii|? up I ho ( k-kUwaha river sink Thursday morning a lllllo after three o'clock four miles above the month of the tivor. As the passcnjyoiswere all asleep and the steamer sunk almost without a moment's warning it is almost a miracle that so few were drowned. IJufus Kink and Walter Watson, toil 11 colored losidentsof I'alal ka weie drowned. Manual Myers, the well known pilot, who was at the wheel when thohoal went down, was the llrsl to discover that the Iniat was linking, lie immediately called CupLain Mercier, who had just retired. IOhjs'inoer Fred I'rlest, who was on I ii t y at. the time also noticed the peculiar lurching of t he vessel and turnsi on the midship syphons, but tindn^ no water he started aft and dls overcd that the vessel was sinking stern first. Engineer Itosl^nal hy this time was >n deck and ordered all hands to the ahln top. In a?i Instant the vessel nade a lureji to port striking the dmher on the north hank of,the river uidwitha criish reltouuded to starlotird and sank, suhmerRlnR' the sec>nd deck and tilling the state rooms villi water. Willi an axe Engineer Postanal iroke in the doors and windows, while tlier mem.iers of the crew under 'anlaili Mercicr carried out t.ln? Iiowned passengers, some of whom lad to lie passed to the eabin roof iver tlie outer rail. A boat was immediately sent to Aetata and within an hour row boats mil launches were, at the scene of the lisaster. < >n these the terror stricken ivomen and children were taken to A'eluka, where they were clot lied and ed. Little or no baggage belonging to lie passengers lias I Mie n recovered. Many ilseaped in their night clothing inly. The Iwait Ik-sat. an angle of alnost I!> decrees. It is thought she -an In- tloated. It Is not known with erlainty what, caused the hoat to link, hilt it is believed her hull st ruck i sunken log, causing Iter to spring a leak. There were twenty passengers m I Mia rd and all were saved. The tv\o men who were drowned were of the jrew. >lai?y Wiinl .IoIih. The News and Courier says the most important fact which lias come >ut in connection wftli the Crum ?it nat ion is that more than one bunI red red white men have applied for positions in t lie Custom House under I.lie negro collector, if tills list could I>(! secured for publication it would >pon llw eyes of the city, or, at least, I hat was tho statement made by a prominent. I!rpubliean. The name ?r a well-know citizen has been mentioned in connection with the deputy ,;ollectorship and tho chances favor Iris appointment. Crum has made no promises, so far as the politicians can ascertain, although it has leaked out In the quiet ortlce-seeking circles that the list of candidates is resplendent with the names of men,,some of whom would naturally be regarded as opposed to the nomination of a negro to any important Federal oillce. Nothing i'.ui Rot. The Columbia Record says a good leal of imlivu'iisilen I Oritur .... w??. . ./V ./V fS md pu)>1 islicrl us to what was said between Chicco and the governor in their interview, and some of the bright 'sayings ascribed to the blind tiger dealer, he Is mentally Incapable ?f conceiving, much less saying. The interview, in so far as Chicco was concerned, was in one sense an ootVage)us Insult to the majesty of the law, and had he not come inujer a Uag of truce, as it were the governor* would have iieen justltied in at once placing hint in jail. This making Chicco the hero of conversational controversy, so to speak, is d sinistiinr. when the eir iMiinstances arc considered. Think* I'minell Did It. A liuljalo preacher has undertaken (.<? place responsibility for the murder )f iturdick upon the lawyer, Fennel), who was crushed to death beneath his automobile ten days after the mysterious crime had been developed. The preacher declares that I'ennell killed Iturdick and afterwards deliberately drove Ills automobile to a death plunge to kill himself aM his A fatal Accliliittf. "* n < * At Fort Wayne, Inch,. a . frefjjht train crashedMttto a furniture. vaij of the North Side Transfer Company at the Sandusky street ero&slng, at Allegheny, Wednesday, wrecking the van and killing two men. Two others were seriously injured. The van was completely wrecked and threo horses were killed. BDoys^HTl V#. V* > ? . i " " <