The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 23, 1903, Image 1
VOL. XVII.
MAI) MISSOURI MOB '?
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Takes Charge of Joplin and Hangs y
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WHO KILLED A POLICE OFFICER. J1
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A mob took possession of Joplin,
Mo., Wednesday evening, and took an j
unknown negro tramp from the city ^
jail and hanged him to a telegraph |
pole at the corner of Second and Wall s
streets, two blocks from the Jail. The 8
negro was charged with having mur- ^
dercd Police Ofllcer Leslio, who was s
shot dead Tuesday night In the f"
Kansas City Southern railroad yards N
wlillo endcavoilng to arrest several *
negroes suspected of theft. g
Olflecr Leslie had ordered several j
negroes who had taken rofugc In a box ^
oar to surrender and when they failed {
to do so ho tired several shots at the <j
car. During the shooting a negro c
slipped from the car and coming up j
l>ehind tho otllccr, shot him through .,
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viic ucau. i uu negro tlicn UCU ano
within a short time posses were after (
him. ^
About 3 o'clock Wednesday after- s
noon, Leo Fullerton, aged 21, located
the fugitive in a slaughter house Just ^
east of Joplln. The negro was armed
with a rifle and defied arrest. Fullerton
slipped into the strueturo unobserved
and crept up behind the negro.
Suddenly lie sprang at the unsuspect- H
ing fugitive and l>efore resistance H
could be made ho had the negro on '
iiis back with a knife at ills throat. (
The negro then surrendered his rifle, (
and pointing the weapon at him Ful- ^
Icrton marched him out of the building.
With the assistance of another 1
man the negro was brought to Joplin e
and placed in jail. 8
News of the capture spread rapidly 1
and tho jail w;is speedily surrounded 1
I... On.w1.-o.lo .** ~" rn t
I?jr uuiiuicwn \?l puwJJIi;. X 11151 u were
cries <if "Lynch him!" on nil sides and [
City Attorney II. II. Decker mounted 1
the jail steps and made a strong plea c
in behalf of law and order. This H
served temporarily to stay the mob *
but did not appease it and a short
time after Decker's speech the mob s
started to batter in a section of the H
Jail wall. Every effort was mado to 1
prevent the entrance of the mob, but k
without avail and within 15 minutes
the men had gained entrance to the
jail and secured the trembling negro.
As he was dragged forth City Attorney
Decker again interfered and urged
,< that the negro be given a trial. For
f half an hour he talked and the mob
listened to him with the negro in their
custody.
At one time it seemed that the
city attorney would win, as members
of the mob began dispersing, but suddenly
a rush was made for the spot
whero the negro was being held and
he was dragged two blocks from the
jail with a rope fastened around his
neck, and after the rope had been
thrown over the crossbar of a telegraph
pole a score of men attempted
to pull tho negro from the ground. (
As many more seized the negro and ^
pulled to prevent him being hanged, j
For some moments it was a verltablo j
tug of war, hut recnforcements on tho j
free end of the ropo proved the j
stronger and the negro, despite his (
protestations of innocence, was finally p
swung into the air and strangled to ,
death, while shouts of satisfaction ^
went up from the mob. The name of r
the negro was not known and he was j
a stranger in Joplln.
The lynching of the negro served
only temporarily to satisfy the indignance
of the mob and leter Wednesday
night hundreds of men again as- j
sembled and rioted through the negro i
section of the city, burning houses, f
stoning negroes and finally driving i
every negro from the confines of the ^
town of Joplln. Tho police wero pow- \
erless. The first act of the mob after (
hanging the negro was to demand the {
release from Jail of a local character j
known as "Hickory Hill," who was t
under arrest on the charge of assault- )
ing a negro. In the hope that this t
would appease the mob the prisoner ,
was set free. *
But the mob did not disperse. In- (
stead a rush was made through Main |
street, tho principal street of Joplln, \
and every negro was frightened off tho ,
street and fled to the northern part of ]
the city where the negro population j
resides. In this way the negroes were ,
unven iroin an parts oiuieciLy tome ,
negro section. Then the mob charged (
down on the section. Stones were
thrown, doors and wiudows of nogro
houses were broken In and Anally several
were Hrcd. The Are department
responded, but many of the houses 1
were burned to the ground. The mob '
made endeavors to prevent the Are department
from extinguishing the
f Aames and were partially successful.
V All the oAlcers of the city, township
and county were called out, but the
mob swept them aside and proceeded
with the rioting. Mayor Trigg ran
from corner to corner and mounting
boxes made earnest appeals to the
mob to cease, but beyond cheering the 1
mayor vociferously the mob swept on
and the depredations continued. The
saloons were hurriedly closed by the 1
mayor. After the hundreds of frenzied
men composing the mob bad
vented their wrath In the north end 1
of the city they rushed to the southern
end where lived a number of negroes.
Their homes were vacant and
not a negro could be found. Three
more houses were tired and two were
onsuined. All efforts to reason with
he rioters wore futile, as apparently
, frenzy had seized upon them.
A dispatch from Carthage, Mo ,
vhich is only a few miles from Joplln,
ays the negro lynched wasThos. Oilard,
a tramp, llo had confessed that
ic murdered Leslie In Tuesday night's
Ight. Karly Wednesday Sheriff Owen
lurried off to the county Jail at Garbage,
Dan Dullard, a negro who was
vlth Gllyard Just before the policenan
was killed. Wednesday night
hillard was spirited away from Garbage
for fear of an attack on the
ounty Jail.
The State OiapeiiNnry.
The report of the State dispensary
or the tirst fiscal quarter has been put
n the hands of the governor. The
rross sales for the quarter were $660,26.25,
against $588,296.20 for the
amc time of the preceding year. The
issets are reported as $788,85:1 8.1, including
supplies $57,485,52; real estate
152,860.56; liquor in hands of dispellers
$354,856.87, and merchandise in
>tate dispensary $291,409.62. The
:ross profits for the quarter were
H42,100.77, and the expenses $103,157.32.
The State's net profits were
139,809.15, in addition to which the
irolits of the towns and counties ag
jregate $149,805.46, making the total
(ruins ior liic iiseai quarter nns7,u74,
1. The State's protit showed an inreasc
of $9,000 over the same time
ast year. The contraband seizures
ggregated but $203.23 this quarter
gainst $1,215.35, showing the elTcct
if the seizures made by the federal
government. The expenses of the contabulary
showed an increase of $2, 00?
tiie difference between $11,722,(2
in 1902 and $13,793.59 this year.
A War Ship Rained.
The warship Reina Christina flaghip
of Admiral Montejo, which was
unlc by Admiral Dewey In Manila
lay, was raised last week. Skeletons
>f eighty of her crew were in tho hulk.
)ne skeleton evidently was that of an
ifllcor, for It had a sword by it side.
There were fifteen shell holes in the
lull of the boat, one being made by an
ilght-lnch gun, and the others were
mall. The main Injection valve was
nlsslng, showing the Hhlp was scutled
when Admiral Mantejo abandoned
ler. The hull Is In a fair condition.
Captain Albert R. Couden, commandng
the naval station at Cavlte, took
ihargc of the remains of the Spanish
oldlers, expressing his purpose to
rive them an American naval funeral,
rhe Spanish residents are eager to
hip the remains to Spain, and It Is
uggested that the United States
transport Summer convey them to
Jpaln by way of Suez canal In June.
A Serloua Charge.
A dispatch to The State says warants
have been issued In Anderson for
,he arrest of Mr. J. W. Pooser, an Inu
ranee agent who spent s< me time In
,hat city last winter. The dispatch
ays Mr. Pooser while in Anderson
eprescnted the Pennsylvania Casualty
:ompany and possibly one or two other
eliablc companies. He collected
noney for a number of policies that
tave never been received by those who
iald for them. Mr. L. C. Houston of
ireenvllle, the agent of the company,
las informed parties in Anderson that
ic never received the money for the
lolicles and has stated that he, too,
las a warrant Issued for Pooser In
Ireenville. The warrants charge him
vlth obtaining money with frauducnt
Intent and breach of trust. Mr.
Pooser went to Anderson from Colum
na and went back to Columbia from
lcre. A letter was received here a
lay or two ago from one of bin friends
itatlng that Pooser Is now in Callforlia.
This statement will be fully Investigated
and every effort will be
nade to have the warrants that have
>een issued served upon him.
.
Of What Governor.
A dispatch to The State from Morrlstown,
N. J., says: David Tclfer,
m old man, a grandson of a former
jovcrnor of South Carolina, who has
icen a charge on this county over a
vear, is to be taken back to his home
n South Carolina tomorrow. How he
;ame north Is a mystery. Part of the
Jme he has been In the asylum and
?art of the tlmo In Jail. The authorJen
have been (juarrellng with his reativesln
South Carolina as to who
ihould take care of him. They didn't
want him as he does not live here.
The authorities did not think they
ihould keep him here. They tried
bo persuade his relatives to keep him,
Dut this they refused. So now the
lid man is to be sent to South Carolina
and literally dumped into the
State. Then they will have to take
;aro of him and the burden of his
maintenance will no longer lie on this
county."
A Doable Tragedy.
A dispatch from Savannah, Ga.,
lays Tuesday near Quitman, In Brooks
county, Ivy Dampter a young man 23
years old, committed suicide by shooting
himself in the head. A deputy
sheriff had gone from Quitman with a
warrant for him. Arrangements were
made for him to make bond, and the
ufilccr w.cs asked to take dinner with
his family. Dampior asked permission
to batho and change his clothing.
Soon after retiring to his room the
sound of a pistol shot alarmed the
household, and he was found to have
placed a pistol to his left temple and
sent a bullet through his brain. Early
the next morning Miss Georgia
Rogers, who is said to have beeu engaged
to marry Dampter at an early
date, placed the muzzle of a shot gun
against her breast and discharged It.
Her breast and shoulder were terribly
lacerated. She is still alive, but there
are doubts that she will recover.
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THE RACE ISSUE. J
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Ex-President Grover Cleveland 8eems (]
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SOLUTION OF NEGRO PROBLEM j
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Hosts 011 Houthoru Shoulders. Those ^
Who Iilft the Weight Must 1
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Says lie. j
Former President Grover Cleveland j'
was the principal speaker Tuesday f
night at a meeting held in the concert i
hall of Madison Square Garden New t
York, in the interest of the Tuskegec v
Normal and Industrial institute. J
Among those on the platform with Mr. (]
Cleveland were Mayor Low, who pre- 1
sided; Hooker T. Washington, Kd- 0
gar G. Murphy, l)r. Lyman Abbott,
President Nicholas Murray Jlutler and |
Dean .1. Van Amringe of Colura- c
hla, W. H. Bold win, Chancellor j
McCrackcn of New York univer- v
sity,J ohn DeWitt Warner and George c
F. Peabody. Mrs. Cleveland, sat in r
the gallery witli Mr. and Mrs. Andrew t
Carnegie, who .are Mr. Cleveland's [,
hosts while he is in the city. Mr. a
Cleveland, who was greeted with pro- (J
longed applause as lie was introduced p
by Mayor Low, said: li
"I have come here tonight as a sin- a
cere friend of the negro and I should p
be very sorry to suppose that my good p
and regular standing need support at j,
this late day either from certificate or n
confession of faith. Inasmuch, how- i,
ever as there may be differences of n
thought and sentiment among those p
who profess to he friends of the negro, e
I desire to declare myself as belong- v
ing to the Hooker Washlngton-Tuskegee
section of the organization. \\
"I believe that the days of 'Uncle s
rum's Cabin' arc past. 1 believe that 0
neither the decree that made the
slaves free nor the enactment that sud- n
detdy invested them with the rights ()
of citizenship any more purged them p
of their racial and slavery-bred imperfections
and deiiciuncles than it p
changed the color of their skins. I a
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ijfiii"vu milt among inr nearly nine g
millions nf negroes who have been In- si
tor mixed with our citizenship, there C{
is still a grievous amount of ignorance, NV
a sad amount of viclousness and a tre- p
mendous amount of laziness and thrift- y
lessness. I bellve that tliese eondl- w
tions inexorably present to the white j,
people of the United States, to each in j,
ills environment and under the man- S(
date of good citizenship, a problem (j
which neither enlightened self interest f,
nor the higher motive of human sym- w
pathy will permit them to put aside. ^
I believe our fellow countrymen in the jj
southern and In the late slave-holding ^
States, surrounded by about nine- j,
tenths, or nearly eight millions of tills 0
entire negro population, and who re- u
gard their material prosperity, their ^
peace and even the safety of their civilization,
interwoven with tho negro
problem, arc entitled to our utmost
consideration and sympathy and fellA...nh(.x
f *1 * ? * * "
luvmiiii'. a am uiuruugmy convinced r
that the efforts of Booker Washington 11
and the methods of Tuskegee institute p
point the way to a safe and beneficent R
solution of the vexations negro prob- CA
lem at the south and I know that the p
good people at the north, who have ;
aided these efforts and methods, have
illustrated the highest and best citl- *
zenship and the most Christian and '
enlightened philanthroplsm.
'*1 cannot, however, keep out of my ,l,
mind tonight the thought that all we
of the north may do, the realization
of our hopes for the negro must, after
all, mainly depend, except so far as it
rests with the negroes themselves, .
upon the sentiment and conduct of the ,
leading and responsible white men of ^
the south, and upon the maintenance *
of a kindly and helpful feeling on their .
part towards those in their midst who
so much need their aid and encourago- ?
ment.
''1 need waste no time In detailing p
the evidence that this aid and encour- ?
agement has thus far been generously
forthcoming. Schools for the education
of negro children and institutions
for their industrial training are scat- R
tercd all over the south and are lib- ,
eruny assisted oy uie southern public "
and private funds. So far as I am in- ?
formed the sentiment in favor of the '
largest extension and broadest Influ- r
ence of Tuskegec institute and kin- (
dred agencies is universal, and I believe
that without exception the negroes
who fit themselves for useful oc- v
cupatlons and service find willing and 1
cheerful patronage and employment c
among their white neighbors. v
"I do not know how it may be with v
other northern friends of the negro, 1
but I have faith in the honor and sincerity
of the respectable white people y
of the south in their relations with the
negro and his improvement and well- s
being. They do not believe in the so- ?
clal equality of the race and they make
no false pretense in regard to it. That \
this docs not grow out of hatred of the
negro is plain. It seems to me that *
there is abundant sentiment and abun- (
dant behavior among the southern '
whites towards the negro to make us 1
doubt the Justice of charging this denial
of social equality to prejudice, as
wo usually understand the word. Per- 1
haps it is born out of something so t
much deeper and more imperious than I
prejudice as to amount to a racial in- 1
stlnct. Whatever it Is, let us rcrnem- 1
ber that it has condoned the negro's 1
share in the humllation and spoliation i
of the white men of the south during 1
the saturnalia of the reconstruction
days and has allowed a kindly feeling
1 for the negro to survive the time when
thejsouth was deluged by a pcrlltous |
orvti
0., THURSDAY, A1
lood of Indiscriminate, (intelligent ?k
incl brightlng suffrage. Whatever It
s, let us try to ho tolerant and coniderate
of the feelings and even prejullced
racial instinct of our white fe)
ow countrymen of the south, who in
lie solution of the negro problem
nust, amid their own surroundings,
icar the heat of the day and stagger
inder the weight of the white man's
nirden.
"There are, however, other cotisld-<
rations relating to this feature of the L
icgro question, whicli may be regarded
ls more in keeping with the objects
nid purposes of this occasion. As I
riends of the negro, fully believing in i
lie possibility of his Improvement and '
idvanccmetit, and sincerely and con
idently latiorlng to that end, it is folly
or us to ignore t he importance of the
ingrudging cooperation on tlie part of
lie white people of the south in this
vork. Labor as we will, those who do
he lifting of the weight must be
hose who stand next to It. This eoiperation
cannot be forced; nor can it
le gained by gratuitously running
ounter to firmly lixed and tenaciously
icld southern Idea s or even prejudices.
Ve are not brought to the point of dong
or overlooking evil that good may
dine when we proceed upon the theory
hat before we reach the stage where
ve may lie directly and practically
onfrontcd with the question of the
icgro's full enjoyment of civic advatiges
or even of all Ills political priviPi/cs.
t here are immArliiit.nlv linfnni no
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ml around us questions demanding
ur immediate care and that, in dealtig
elTectlvely with these, we can condently
rely upon tlie encouragement
nd assistance of every thought ful and t
atrlotic citizen of the land, wherever |
ic may live and whatever may he his
[leas or predilections concerning the 1
dore remote phase of the negro prob- '
jm. These questions that are so 1111- I
icdlately pressing have to do with the
raotlcal education of the negro and
specially with titting him to compete j 1
dth his white neighbors in gaining a 1
ecent, respectable and remunerative j <
ivcllhood. Hooker Washington, In t
[leaking on the conditions and needs (
f his race, has wisely said: 'It Is at
he bottom of life we must begin and 1
ot at the top; nor should wo permit '
ur grievances to overshadow our oportunities.'
"In summing up the whole matter, 1
here is one tiling of which we can be v
bsolutely certain. When we aid Tus- ^
ogee institute and agencies like It, r
Lriving for the mental and manual '
[location of the negro at the south, 1
re are In every point of view renderig
him the best possible service. c
Whatever may lie his ultimate destiny ?
'C are thus helping to lit him for till- '
ig his place and bearing its responsi- ^
111 ties. We are sowing well in the ^
jii at toe uouom or lire' the seeds of K
lie black man's development and use- a
illness. These seeds will not die, but *
rill sprout and grow, and If it be
rithin the wise purpose of God, the
ardened surface of no untoward sen- vf
Imcnt of pcjudice can prevent the '
ursting forth of the blade and plant J
f the negro's appointed opportunity '
ito the bright sunlight of a cloudless T
ay." t
OTHER SPEECHES.
At the conclusion of his address Mr. |
levcland introduced Edgar O. Mur- R
hy, who said: "I think that wise
icn everywhere are recognizing in the y
rlnclpalof Tuskegee one of the great- _
st moral assets in the life of our j
ountry today. The south has not aplauded
him with undiscriminating
gr cement or with monotonous,
tioughtlcss, profitless acclaim. The
luth has sometimes blamed him. But y
lie soutli is too fair to him and to his
ice to allow these occasions of disgreement
to distort the broad per- H
pective in which she has viewed and 1
ppreciated that arduous public ser- '
ice through which, for 20 years, in 1
heerful patience and unaffected
nodesty, he has labored for the up- f
eliding of Ills humble and untutored 1
allows. J Ie has greatly done a great *
rork in response to a great need,
forth and south there have been (
hose who have seen perial in the no- (
ro's progress. But If the progress of 1
lie negro bring peril with it that
ieril is nothing in comparison with the J
erils attendant on the negro's '
allure."
I)r. Lyman Abbott, who followed, (
aid that the south de.servp.d i/rpat. '
rcdlt for taking up as it had an un- (
ried problem, in helping the negro to I
iclp himself. "And the north," he '
aid, "has given her scant credit,
ihe has given him schools that the 1
lorth has refused him and done many '
ither tilings towards his future that
,he north never thought of."
I)r. Abbott next spoke of the great
vork of Hooker T. Washington and J
iralsed him In the highest terms, dc- j
daring he had done as much for the 1
vhite race as for thecolored race. His
vork had really brought about the
inlon of north and south in the work 1
,hat he had taken up as his life task.
Quoting a remark made by Henry '
Ward Beecher, to the effect that we
hould "make the negro worthy first
md then give him suffrage," I>r. Abx>tt
said: "We made the mistake of
flving him suffrage first and the un'ortunate
negro has had to suffer ever
ilnce. Wiiat the negro wants is education.
It all depends upon education
whether the negro will be a shackle to
>ur feet or wings to our body."
nOOKKIl WASHINGTON SI'ICAKS.
Mr. Cleveland, in Introducing
Booker T. Washington, the last
jpeaker of the evening, said: "I have
to introduce to you a man too well
known by every man in the United
States; a man who has been spoken of
too frequently and too favorably for it
to be necessary for me to say more
than?here Is Booker T. Washington."
Booker Wash in ton then spoke as
follows: "Tho Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial institute at Tuskegee, Ala.
is the outgrowth of the efforts of Gen.
fml
>ltIL 253, 1!)<>53.
>. C. Armstrong of the Hampton institute
in Virginia, (ion. Armstrong
.vas one of the great seers and prophets
who realized that tlie task of the (
latlon was not fultilled when tiie
shackles of physical slavery were
struck from the limbs or the millions
if slaves of the south, lie realized
hat- nine millions of human beings '
steeped in Ignorance, minus expert- '
nee could be lint free. lie foresaw (
diat the nat ion must haven new hirth |
md a new freedom and that this ic{eneration
must include the industrial,
intellectual and moral and re- t:
iglous freedom of the ex slaves. i
"In this connection I am glad that |
ac have another great American and i
Jhristian statesman In the person of i
lion. U rover-Cleveland, who is maid- \
'csting by his presence and words here 4
diis evening tliat lie too is conscious
>f tiie fact that the lifting up of the 1
icgro is not alone Tuskegce's prolilem, (<
jot alone the soulh'sdnty, hut Is the 0
problem of the nation, because the i
vhole people were responsible for the <
ntroduction and perpetuation of |
\mcrlcan slavery. In liehalf of our t
itruggllng race 1 want to thank you, i
Mr. Cleveland, for your deep interest, \
md to say to you that because of your (
ntercst and faith In us wo shall see to j
t that the nation is not disappointed i
n our progress nor In our usefulness." (
PROGRESS IN FARM WORK. f
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deport of t??o rianting Oporatlona of j
(ho I*nat Work. [
Mr. J. W. Bauer, section director of (
die weatlier bureau, last week Issued \,
lis weekly report of farm operations, s
compiled from letters from correspond tils
throughout tho State. He says,
a part: 11
"It appears tint tho frost of the e
>th reached to within a few miles of '
,he coast, and that thin Ico formed ^
>ver the northern counties, but that
he damage was slight and was conIned
lo white potatoes and other tenler
garden truck. Fruit escaped lull
ry.
"There wore qulto general rains on
he 8th, heavy in the western and 1
lorthern counties, that delay farm
vork materially by making the ground
oo wet to plough in the already
lamed divisions, where ploughing was
iracticablc on one or two days only at
he close of the week.
"The rainfall was light over the
astern half of the State, and farm
rork was scarcely interrupted by It.
!?he week closed with warm, cloudy,
threatening and showery conditions
irevailing that are favorable for
rowth of vegetation, but are unfavor,ble
for the rapid progress of farm
"Planting operations made favora- "
ilc progress in the eastern and south- r'
astern counties, where they are as
ar advanced as usual at this season,
n the western counties planting Is
rom 10 to 15 days later than usual, *
rlth but little corn and no cotton <l
danted.
"Corn that was planted early Is
omlng up to fair stands, and some is
icing cultivated. Birds are destroying '
tands In a few counties.
"Cotton planting has not advanced
>cyond the central counties, and In
daces In the. eastern Is being purposey
delayed, awaiting moro settled
vcather.
"Oats look well In a few localities
inly. Generally they have been serilusly
damaged by a grain aphis and
>y rust. Some fields are ruined.
"Wheat has an unusually rank
;rowth, but In places the plants are
.urnlng red, In other localities rust
las appeared, both conditions tending
o mar its prospects.
"Itlce planting has made fair progress,
except in the Georgetown dis.rlct,
where the lands are still too
vet to work.
"Tobacco plants are plentiful and
;arly. Transplanting Is actively unler
way. Some farmers have almost
Inished this work.
"Strawberry shipments are being
nadc from all tho eastern truck districts.
"Melon plants are sickly In the
Charleston district, owing to defective
leed. Other truck crops arc growing
dowly. Bugs have appeared on white
potatoes. Pastures afford line graz- (
Ilg.
"Fruit prospects appear to be unimpaired,
with, however, a few localities
that report peaches sparsely set."
Tlio <)I<1 Veterans.
The work preliminary to the entertainment
of the Confederate veterans
it their approaching annual reunion
In the city of Columbia on May 12,
13 and 14 Is getting well under way.
It Is requested that the members of
all camps throughout the state wear
their camp badges when they go to
Columbia, thus Identifying themselves
and materially aiding the entertainment
committees that would meet
them at the depot. The entertainment
committee proposes to establis i
headquarters at the depot where
veterans arriving can be given proper
direction.
I'aIiI 111 in to Kick.
Isaac II. Stratton of Colorado
Springs, Col., realized $235,000 net on
Thursday from $350,000 paid him in
the compromise over the contest at)OUt
his father's will. His lawyers got
$115,000, ex-Senator Wolcott receiving
$02,500 for his fee.
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THE CRACKSMEN CONVICTED.
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I'uy u Fine.
After being out two hours the jury
eturned a verdict of guilty Thursday
n the case against William McKlnlcy,
jharlcs Howard, Thoniiis Nolan and
Odwurd Dugan, in the I'nited States
ireuit court, at Charleston, on the
:harge or conspiracy, breaking Into
lostotllces and larceny of goverment
unds. Immediately upon the anlouncement
of the verdict, Judge Sinonton
sentenced the men to live
'ears In the peneitcntlary and a line
1500 each.
The trial last d exactly one week,
t began on Hood Friday, which was
onsidered hy some people as being
immuous lor the robbers. In all over
00 witnesses were put on the stand.
)f this number, the defense put up
ess than a dozen and these were only
o prove an alibi for the. accused. The
awyers for the defense did not atempt
to sustain the private character
>f the men, which the government
ninetured easily by the many witlosses.
In fact, Nolan, the only one
?r the defendants who was put on the
tand, did not ncsltate to admit that
ic was of the sporting fraternity and
flint he made his living hy gambling.
The Columbia witnesses gave eerain
testimony (if the disreputable
daces which the accused frequented.
The lawyers for the defense pitched
heir ease on the common principle of
aw, that the case against the men
hould be proven by facts, which they
barged had not been shown, and not
laving been proven to be guilty, the
ncn should be judged not guilty. The
ivirdcn of proof was put on the govrnmcnt
hy the lawyers for the do A
ense. It was gladly accepted by the
overnment attorneys and they made
.strong piooot tlon of their testi
nony for the Jury to pass upon.
The ease has been followed with
nuch interest, not only In Charleston,
mt through the State and especially
11 the several communities where the
(ostolllees were robbed. The defendill.s
have shown that t hey had friends
nd means, by the employment of
lessrs. Nelson and Mario of Columbia,
nd llagood of Charleston, to repreent
them, for without g<K>d hacking
hey could never have made the deense
that they did. It, is understood
hat some of the sporting fraternity
ven followed the accused to Charlcs011,
attending the trial and giving
noli assistance and encouragement as
rouId come from their presence, not
o speak of the financial aid which
hey contributed. The trial has been
long hearing, but the case has not
cen'without a good deal of general
uterest, and every day the large court
ooin was crowded with spectators.
Th? Murder of Gov Qoelitl.
The facts connected with the assasInation
of Gov. Qoebel, of Kentucky
bout two years ago, are slowly comng
out. Frank Cecil, who Is under
ndictment for complicity In the crime,
* a witness at the trial of Jim Howrd,
who is charged with the murler.
('cell only recently surrendered
dmself to the commonwealth, after
icing a fugitive for a year in Califorda
and Honolulu. He is now under
lond. Cecil told a story substantially
.he same as the testimony of Culton,
Joldcn and Hroughton, former witleSHPft.
who rlctallcrl arid :?U?i.nwl ?>l,o I
o bring about the death of Goebel.
,'ecil says Caleb Towers adopted the
uggostlon of Henry llroughton that
le (Cecil) might be contracted with to
commit the crhno and asked him to
10 it. Continuing, Cecil said. "On
fanuary 30 L was In Taylor's ofllce and
I'aylor said: 'Goebel lias to i>e killed
>r I'll be robbed. 1 have $2,600 of
,he campaign fund and I'll give that
ind a free pardon to the man who
vill kill him. "I told Taylor I was
lot In that business," said Cecil.
Jecil said lie went Into the agrlcultur11
ofllce after the shooting and was
there until the soldiers came. He
?aw Harlan Whittaker arrested and
proposed to help take VVIdttaker away
from the man who had him. The
Taylor referred to by Cecil was the
Republican governor of Kentucky
when Goebel, who had been elected
Governor to succeed him, was murdered.
He ran away from Kentucky to
keep from being tried, and is now a
resident of Indianapolis, the Governor
of Indiana refusing to honor a
reposition for ills return to Kentucky,
where he is under Indictment as one
of the murderers of Gov. Goebel.
Cecils testimony puts Taylor In a bad
lights before the country.
Million Dollar Fir?.
A dispatch from Beaumont, Texas,
says a careless workmen kicked over a
lantern at one of the Caldwell oil
wells on block 3H, Ilogg-Swaync tract,
on Spindle Top Wednesday and started
a tire that resulted In the loss o
property valued at $1,000,000 and the
bankruptcy of 20 or more of the smaller
companls. There were 175 wells on
the three blocks of the tract and only
live of the derricks and pump house
are left standing- Kvcry company
that had property In the lloggSwayne
tract Is a loser. The lire
swept the three blocks covered with
derricks and pump houses clear of all
Its buildings. The derricks left arc on
the edges and are few and far between.
None of the companies had a
cent of insurance.
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TELLS OF THE CRIME.
Henry Youtsey at Last Makes a full
Confession
JAMES HOWARD KILLED OOEBEL
And, Said YoutMcy, "(iov. Taylor IX*
reeled Mv<'ry(liliiK Wo Old." Up*
Knriloil us lioador I?y tbo
A ss;?hm! us,
James Howard is now on trial for
the second time at Frankfort, Ky.,
for the murder of Governor (loebel
about eighteen months titfo. Henry
10. Youtsey Thursday for the tirst
time told on tiin witness stand his
story of tiie killing, lie u imed James
Howard, Lho defendant, as tho man
who tired the shot. Youtscy said he
saw Howard for the tirst time a few
minutes before the shooting. Howard
had a letter sent him several days before
by the witness at Gov. Taylor's
dictation. Youtsey says he took
Howard into the oillee of Caleb l'owers,
then secretary of state, which had
been especially arranged for the shooting.
tie showed Howard the Marlln
rlllc, the bullets and tho window from
which the shooting was to be done,
lie says Howard asked what he was to
get for doing tho shooting.
" What do you want for it?" Youtsey
says lie asked, and that Howard
said he wanted a pardon for killing
George Hakcr.
"I told him ho could have that and
more too," said Youtsey. "About
that time," said the witness, "Goebel
came in the gate and L pointed h m
out to Howard and then ran from the
room. As I disappeared down the
steps to the basement I heard ttie
crack of Howard's rille."
Youtscy said that after the shooting
he passed through the State house
basement and a few minutes later
came back into the executive building,
from the east side entrance.
"I stayed In the olltoe of Assistant
Secretary of State Matthews," said he,
km <?, k;?t iiiiuim.i;.-> illiu BilVV lUiltllieWK
break open Caleb Powers' oil loo and
find the guns that had been left in
there."
Voutsey said that at the time of the
shooting lie was private secretary to
Auditor Sweeney but that while his
political status v/as not definitely
llxed it was understood lie was to have
a good place under Taylor. "Gov.
Taylor," said Youtsey, "directed
everything we did. We regarded him
as our leader and lie was morally responsible
for all we did. We knew we
had the governor and the pardoning
power behind us and we were not
afraid of punishment for killing
Goebel."
Youtsey, on cross-examination, said
that after he was arrested and later
sent to the penitentiary, he still had
hope of gaining ids liberty, lie
thought Yerkes would be elected governor
and would pardon him. Yerkes
was defeated, however, and about a
year ago lie decided to talk and did
tell his story to Prison Physician Tobin.
Youtcscy said further that he had
an additional Incentive to tell the
story, as Taylor, Powers and others
had used him as a cats paw and scapegoat
and then deserted him when lie
got into trouble.
The Good Old Doctrine.
Itev. I. O. Ilorrold, pastor of the
Christian Church at San Jose, Cal.,
must lie an eloquent and convincing
speaker. Many years ago a man
cheated a woman at Wabash, Ind.,
out of $;j. The woman had forgotten
I about it, but the cheater had not, A
few Sundays since the man listened to
a sermon by the San Jose minister on
"Restitution." Ills conscience was
stirred, and after the sermon lie approached
the pulpit, confessed ills
crime, gave the address of the victim
and handed the minister $10?$5 for
the principal and $5 for the interest?
requesting that the woman living on
tlie banks of the Wabash far away lie
repaid, r.very community in the land
needs that sort of a preacher. If the
tioodlers and shysters could be moved
to return their stealings, the taxes of
honest men would he considerably reduced
for a time thereby. And, by
the way, has not the modern preacher
nearly forgotten to insist upon the
good old robust doct rine of restitution?
The old divines hammered this belief
into the hearts of their hearers. True
repentance in those days meant the
righting, so far as possible, of all past
wrongs. Nowadays repentance is often
preached as a sort of mushy sentimentalism
of sorrow, having no regard
to past sins. Let us have more ilerrolds
in the pulpit.
Champion Lazy Man.
Bruce Marco in, a white man, con
vlcted of vagrancy, was sold into
servitude for six months at Jackson,
Ky., on Saturday, the highest bid being
being only $(5.50. lie is 27 years
old and a member of a well known
family, but too lazy to work.
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Over SeiiHative. ?
Mrs. Clarence Bishop, a bride of
17, of Port Jervis, N. J., drowned
herself Saturday in Neversink river
because her lO-year-old husband spoke
lightly of her Easter hat.
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