The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 16, 1904, Image 1
VOL XIII
W SERVED AT LAST.
Polio? Break Down Doors to Arrest
Piatt Badge^ Woman.
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AFTEB A SIEGE OLIVER A WEEK
^L' hojusgdi I" tho HtreeU
I Upon tho I'rUonpi^ m Hho
i K in e r g o r h tVom Her
B Klcgant Mansion.
Hannah Ellas, the octoroon charged
r John F. Piatt with having produ^
^^Bd from him by blackmail methods
early 1700,000, passed the night in
he New York Mercer -treet police
Betatlon. She was taken from her
palatial residence In Central Park,
^ weet, (where the doors were knocked
down with axes) and taken to police
headquarters In a carriage. She was
arranging her toilet.
After having given her name, age,
H^tc., she was taken to Mercer street
Bar the night KfTorts to serve a war
In .1 civil suit had kept a
Hut tier house for a week and
Hletectives attacked the doors
MP in order to serve a warrant 1
Hwcriminal action which Piatt
^my had been prevailed onto bring,
Hre was a largo audience. As t i^p
Human left ttie house, lea ing heavily
Mipon the arms of the detectives, she
Kh&d to pass between soli i ranks of
Hurious persons, while street cars,
I^Harrlages and automobiles were lined
Hup in order that their pas engers
might view the outcome of the strange
^Rsiege which tins been on for days.
H^ She exproied no concern over her
^Htrrevst,. The specific charge on which
Hbe warrant was based is the alleged
^Ktortion from Mr. Platted $7,600 in
Hay last.
The woman was Wednesday held in
^Mf>0,ooo f r examination next Friday.
Hail was not furnished, and she was
committed to the Tomts prison.
M When the prisoner was taken from
Hher cell to cab in which sho was taken
ui mo courii sue was met by a jerrtng
crowd, which tilled the street around
police station.
_ The woman, accompanied by two
Slues, entered the carriage arid
Start for the court was made.
t as the cab started, however, a
[ ge express wagon drove directly in
(f$ath, and the crowd closed in,
DLftny men climbing onto the wheels
> peer into the vehicle. She appeared
much frightened, but it developed
^Rhat the crowd was more curious than
threatening. Assisted by several
patrolmen, the detective succeeded in
clearing a passage, and the carriage
continued to court.
HISTORY OF TRAGKDY.
"FTo" greatej* horror lias ever arisen
W from a case-of mistaken identity than
' in the instance of the brutal murder
of Andrfew 11 Green, "Father of
Greater New York," by the negro
Cornelius Williams, who, it now
develops, mistook the venerable
municipal statesman for John It.
Piatt, an aged millionaire glass manufacturer.
The wretched scandal that enmesh
. ed the old man when the assassin's
l^bullet had cut short his 11 'e and
silghced the only voice, seemingly,
that could clear his name, h.as been
an undying sensation from the time
the negro told his astounding story.
Where, a week ago, men spoke
sneeringly of Mr. Green and declared
their belief In Willi ims' story, nothing
is heard now but expressions of
sorrow, and at last the well-earned
laurel wreath is tindlng its place.
The crazy negro In his cell at
Matteawan asylum is apparently the
least interested man In New York h)
the terrible mistake he made, lit'
shot some one and vented his burning
Jealousy, and he is content. %
MANY KKVOLTINO DETAILS.
^^^In defence to Mr. Green and his
fcftt public work the newspapers at
^ 'Hiptod to squelch the scandal by reIrelng
to follow the developments,
^wrhe romance of the life of Hannah
Kllas, the mulatto woman who lived
In extravagant luxury in a brown
stone mansion facing Central Park,
is now being unraveled in p lbllc print,
and forms a revolting story, almost
^ inoredible.
Williams was jealous of .the attention
an old man was paying to this
negress. lie thought it \ as Andrew
> H. Green.
^ fnhM T> Plnff tt.l trnoiHi , ,1H no n* lr? I
*? v/uu * v# a iuuu| u i j vui , 1?^U?III
of industry, prominent 11 exclusive
clubs, and physically a p ototype of
Mr. Green, in his suit agalost Hannah
Ellas to recover $685,000, which he
gave the woman in the y- are he has
known her, has identltied himself as
the man Mr. Green's slayer sought.
^ Piatt and Mr. Green were of about
^the same age and the physical resemblance
of the two was as remarkable
as it proved fatal.
WOMAN HEAPED KOKTUNK.
Ilannas Ellas, the negross, rase to
wealth and luxury through her hold
upon the senile millionaire, Piatt.
Eor years she and her gorgeous heme
have formed the mystery of ejch^i ve
Central Park West.
^ WMatt admits that he gavtn?>r3T8t>,last
year and $126 209 the prevl? k>year.
Other yearly gifts ranged
$19,076 to $87,000. The
pfiBtakable contention of the millionaiVP
^^^VChat she deceived him into bellovgpjHng
that she was In love with him,
IMJand, believing this, he gave her freely
his fortune.
Now, he says he considers that she
W did not love him, but displayed aifecr
tlon solely for the purpose of blackmailing
him.
PLATT PLANNED SUICIDE.
In a publio statement Piatt said
that he had konwn the woman sinoe
she was 16 years old. He confessed
that she had told htm when Mr.
Green was shot that she bad known
Mr. Green but had seen him when he
visited bis nephew, who lived near
the Silas mansion. Piatt said that
he had contemplated suicide when
his name was threateued with exposure.
l He confessed that he had no lntenL
tlon of olearlng up the mystery to reft
move the shadow from Andrew H.
A Green's grave. He brought the suit
A because of the woman's alleged exceal^slve
demands after the murder up ip
BAtbreamjfbf exposure. ~ JL
ggp^W6wB^Grcei^ncoived the Idfl
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of consolidating Brooklyn, Manhattan,
Bronx and adjacent cities in Great
er New York and succeeded In carrying
out the plan. For many years he
was distinguished for his civil services,
and It was from these that he
gained his title.
WEATHER AND CROPS.
C Vtry Oencral Improvement in the
Cotton Crop.
Section Director Bauer Monday
issued the following report of the crop
conditions for the past week:
The week ending 8 a. m., June 6th,
had a mean temperature of 78 degrees,
which is practically normal. The extremes
were a maximum of 98 at
Clark's Hill and Little Mountain on
the 4th, and a minimum or 59 at
Greenville on the 3rd. The relative
humidity was about normal, and
much higher than lust week. The
winds were generally light to fresh
southerly. The sunshine was slightly
below normal.
The week's rainfall averaged nearly
twice the normal amount, with a
maximum fall of 3 05 Inches at Walhalla.
It was well distributed, but
was insufficient in parts of Charleston,
Chesterfield, Barnwell, Marion, Newberry,
Klchland, Fairfield, Williamsburg
and York counties where the
drought was only partially relieved.
In a number of localities the rainfall
was excessive and lands were harllv
washed, damaging corn and cotton to
a slight extent. A few places report
the occurrences of damaging hail on
May .'list.
Although farmwork was interrupted
by the heavy rains that rendered
cultivation impracticable, it is generally
up with the needs of Held crops,
but with numerous reports of grass
and weeds springing up rapidly since
the rains, especially in cotton tlelds.
Such reports originate in localities
where the rainfall was heaviest and
where the crops could not be worked.
Generally all field crops are clean.
There was a general Improvement
noted In the growth and color of corn,
bottom lands and stubble fields have
been planted, and the late plantings
are coming up to very good stands.
Early corn has received its third cultivation,
and some has been laid by.
Stands of cotton have improved,
since the rains, on red and clay lauds,
with late plantings and replantlngs
all up to good stands. There is a general
improvement in color and looks
of cotton, extending to the sea-island
variety that was suffering seriously
from lack of moisture. The week's
growth was rapid, due to the more
favorable moisture and temperature
conditions. The whole crop is now
quite promising. Squares have been
noted in Colleton and Hampton counties;
lice in Greenville county.
The rains benefitted both wheat
and oats; harvesting made siow progress.
Itice is growing nicely, and
.1 une sowings have begun. Tobacc > is
doing well, but is small, and it continues
too dry in places. A large
number of sweet potato slips were
transplanted. Truck shipments continue
heavy, with generally poor yields
of white potatoes. Peach shipments
are Increasing; the quality of peaches
Is normal. Sugar cane has poor stands
Melons are late but have improved,
as have pastures and gardens. All
minor crops are flourishing.
Soap from a Treo.
United States Consul Mahinat Nottingham,
England, has furnished the
Department of State with an account
ui kiii/uiprist; iu Algeria 10 manufacture
natural soap on a large scale
from a tree known as "sapindus
utilis." This plant, which has long
been known in Japan, China and
India, bears a fruit of about the size
of a horse chestnut, smooth and
round. The color varies from a yellowish
green to brown. The Inner
part Is of a dark color and has an oily
kernel. The tree bears fruit in its
sixth year and yields from 35 to 250
pounds of fruit, which can easily be
harvested In the fall. By using water
or alcohol the saponacous ingredient
of the fruit is extracted. The cost of
production Is said to be small and the
soap, on accountof possessing no alkaline
qualities, Is claimed to be superior
to ordinary soap of commerce.
Falls to Ills Death.
Turning over and over In a long fall
from the sixth story of the new Belmont
Hotel, New York City, which Is
being erected in Park aveuue, between
Forty-flrst and Forty-Second
streets, Charles Williams, of No. 135
Dykman street, Brooklyn, stiuck the
shoulders of James Davidson, another
workman, who was engaged just above
the first lloor, carromed to a pile of
stones in the street, and died two hours
later at Bellevue Hospital. Davidson
naa doui shoulders fractured. Friends
took him to his home, at No 36 South
street, Paterson, N. J. Williams, in
pulling a rope to get the boom of the
derrrick into place, lost his balance,
i It was thought at 11 'St that the comi
rade's shoulders had saved his life.
Hace Warin Ohio.
ClilTord Boylan, 24 years old, is believed
to be dying at the hospital and
Wm. II. Harrier and Daniel Fitzgerald
were shot and cut and bruised as the
result of a tight between negroes and
r^/lte men after a ball game Sunday
at Canton, Ohio. Seventeen negroes
were arrested, their confinement being
necessary, the authorities believe,
for the suppression of poasible violence,
by Boylan's friends who are greatly
Incensed over Ids injuries. Policemen
have been instructed to arrest every
negro that appears on the scene of the
trouble. Should Boylan die his death
may be avenged b? his friends but
the city officials have prepared for
any possible outbreak of the mob
spirit.
Old Death Avenged.
W. T. Eldridge, general manager
and vice president of the Cane Belt
railway, was fatally wounded by an
assassin at Eagle Lake Texas. This
was the third chapter in the famous
feud that started with the killing of
Captain Unovant, president of the
Cane Belt railroad, two years ago by
Eldridge. Both are milllouaries. On
a previous occasion, a year and a half
ago Eldridge ygas^inbushed, but es"7"
Stripping io his
^ ft the killing of
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A DEMENTED FATHER
Murdered Tl'.ree of His Children and
Then Killed Himself.
FAMILY NEARLY WIPED OUT.
| A Iilttle Hoy, the Hole Survivor
Telia of the Ii?at l>aya of
Ilia Ijlttlo II r ?> t h e r
and Stater.
Officers Kenny and Hennessy, of
E 'Izabeth, heard three shots In the
house of Joseph M. l'ouch, No. 139
First avenue, Hose lie, when they rang
the bell Tuesday evening to find what
was meant by a letter sent to County
Physician Wistcott by Pouch.
The front door was locked and the
officers forced It in. When they reached
the top of the stairs and pulled
open the door to the front room on the
second lloor, the b dy of Pouch fell to
the floor. There was a bullet wound
in his temple and he died soon. On i
the floor beside him lay his daughter, i
Minnie, tive years old, dead from a
bullet wound through her body, and
beside her Albert, her brother, ten
years old, bleeding from a wound in
ills side, but not fatally injured.
The door to the connecting backroom
was forced open, and the officers
found lying on the bed, laid out in
their night clothes, with their hands
cros ed over their breast, the bodies
of Grace, eighteen months old, and
Lillian, aged seven. These children
had been choked to death Saturday
night, and to make their death sure
poison had been poured into their
throats.
Pouch had been working for the
Sing r Sewing Machine Company at
101 i/.abethport as a henchman, but
after the death of his wife he had
only worked but a short t me. He
grew morose and h's mind seemed
ready to give way under the burden.
He did not refer to the death of his
wife, but win never it was mentioned
lie became excited and afterward
would go away by himself and sit for
hours without uttering a word.
Pouch employed a housekeeper after
the death of his wife, as the children
were too young to be left at home
alone while he was at work. Several
days ago she left the home of Pouch,
and it is believed that he sent tier
away. Since that time Pouch htslieen
in the house alone with ids children,
and the neighbors on either side of ids
I louse, which is a two story and attic,
did not see any of the children Sunday.
Sunday evening Pouch was seen
talking to a woman in front of ids
house. Later, when a storm came up,
Mr. Packard, of Elizabeth, who knew
Pouch, sought shelter at Ids house.
He remained for about half an hour.
He says that Pouch appeared nervous
and unstrung and he believes that
llahy Gra<e and Lillian then were
dead in the upstairs reom, with their
brother and sister locked in the adj
;ining room, forbidden to leave their
beds.
It is believed they were held over to
be shot, when Pouch had planned to
take his own life.
The letter to County Physician
Westcott was received by him Tuesday
afternoon, and was mailed in the
morning. It was properly addressed
and simply requested that he come to
the address given as there was something
for him to do there. The letter
was signed by Pouch, who gave his
address.
Pouch was not seen around his home
after he went out, returning in a short
while Tuesday morning. It Is probable
that with he, with revolver ready and
children locked In the room with him,
waited for the ring at the bell which
would announce the arrival of the
County Physician as the signal for kiling
his two remaining children.
Albert, the eldest, has a bullet hole
through his body, but the physicians
at the Elizabeth General Hospital say
that he has a chance to live. He was
conscious when taken to the hospital,
and told what he knew of the tragedy
which robbed him of his sisters and
father. He was not asked about the
death of his mother, but protably can
throw light on that If he recovers
sutliclently to tell in detail of the
tragic events in his home.
' My sister Minnie and myself sleep
In the front room with papa, and Lillian
and baby Grace sleep In the baok
room," he said. "The door is open
between the two rooms at night, and
we can hear the baby or Lillian when
they cry or want anything. On Saturday
night papa told us to go to bed,
and I don't know what time he came
to bed.
"On Sunday morning he got up
first, and went into the back room.
He shut the door and was gone uulte
a Ion# time. When he came back
into the front room he locked the
door between the two rooms and said
that Minnie and myself must remain
in bed until he told us wo could get
up. He stayed in the room awhile
and then went out. . ,
"He locked us in the front room and
went out. We were afraid to get out
of bed after he told us to stay there.
He came in and out lots of times, but
never seemed to pay any attention to
us. Minnie was hungry, and so was I.
Finally Minnie started to cry; and
papa seemed to remdtaber us and got
us something to eat. When it was
dark he told we had better goto sleep,
and^toen he wrote a letter. He was
stllrin the room when I went to
sleep.
: "This morning the door between
the two rooms was locked and we had
to stay in bed until after papa had
gone out. He came back soon,
though, and then told us we could
get up anddress. He walked up and
down the room, looking at us all the
time, and neither Minnie nor myself
said anything, because we were
afraid. We didn't hear any sound
from the back room where Baby
Qrace and Lillian were sleeping. I
think he must have made them stay in
bed too.
"Every time a -wagon or carriage
would come by our house he would
stop walking and listen. We sat
down and played with some things.
He watched us all the time.
"I was almost getting sleepy and It
was almost dark when somebody rang
the bell. Jaat as soon as the bell rang
jBBHHRed out grabbed^ me,
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and then I heard & noise and it seemod
to knock me down. 1 don't remember
muoh, then."
The O nice re who went to the Pouch
home say that Pouch, with bis hand
on the door knob, shot himself in the
right temple, and was still leaning
against the door when it was forced
open.
The little daughter was directly Id
the path of ttie body as it fell. She
was dead, and In a short while the
father also died. The boy, dazed and
bleeding, was curled up near the head
of the father."?New York American.
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THE BOLL WEEVIL AHT. |
W hat He 1* Kxpected to Do for the
Texas Cotton Crop.
Prof. Cook of the entomologloal department
Is on his way from Guatemala
to Texas with a large oolong ol
the red ant that is expected to destroy
the boll weevil. Great hope is
placed In the ant by those who have
seen him at work in Guatemala,
where It Is said lie keeps the cotton
free from the pests; but there are
many skeptics. It is hardly probable
that the ants, however efficacious
thev may be jan be spread over the
Infested be enough to affect materially
the growing crop. The weather
bureau at Washington, in its report
on Tuesday, says: "Boll weevils are
Increasing rapidly and doing considerable
damage In a number of southwestern
and south central counties of
Texas." The Newberry Observer says
a friend has handed us a Texas paper
of recent date which contains some
account of a red ant in the Infested
district that promises to do great
things for the cotton crop. The account
Is given by a writer In' San Antonio.
It says:
"Bexar county possesses an ant
I t Ito t hno B#* n ^ ? ? " ' ? 1 ' A *
umu nan wo VJO.U tUIUdlil WUC VI l-Cailllg
variety beaten to a standstill, witb
the advantages of being right on the
spot now and in need of no transplanting.
They are in the Held by the
millions and waging a relentless war
upon the weevil. This little red ant
is routing the boll weevil in Hexar
county. According to reports from
the county it will not be necessary to
send to Guatemala to rid Hexar county
fields of the cotton pest, and it
may be that this couuty can furnish
all the ants necessary to eradicate the
weevil all over Texas.
''Jose Cassiano, ex county collector,
who lias several hundred acre* of cotton
in this county, is the bearer of the
good tidings concerning the work of
the ant. Mr. C&ssiano's fields less
than a month ago were live with weevil
and lie looked forward to discouraging
prospects of losing the greater
part of his cotton through ravages of
tho insects. Today ho said that there
was not a live weevil in his field. The
rows are strewn with dead weevil,
which the busy little red ants are carrying
away by tho thousands. Mr.
(Jassiano Bays a close inspection failed
to show a single live weevil on a cotton
plant or anywhere else in his
fields.
"The ants are on the plants and in
the rows between in countless thousands.
They seem to have completed
hhn uluildhtrM' r\t Iia kiaamU ?
vaju muu^iivui wi uuc nuuvn ana aiu
now engaged In carrying the corpses
away, probably to be stored away for
food. Mr. Casslano says that even the
roads In the vicinity of his ranches are
lined with ants marching in colums
bearing the dead weevils from the
fields. The Importance of this discovery
to the cotton growers of llexar
county and probably of the whole state
of Texas is inestimable. If the ants
that have cleaned Mr. Cassiano's fields
can be Introduced into all the cotton
fields of the state, It means a gain of
millions of dollars to the farmers of
the state."
I)r. L. (). Howard, the chief entomologist
of the department, has received
a report from his experts In
Texas regarding the reported discovery
In Bexar county of an ant that
destroys the weevil. The report says
that the ant mentioned Is the common
Texas ant and that nothing unusual
has been developed bv the investigation
into the matter. It suggests that
the weevils had been feeding and depositing
eggs on the plants left over
from last season and that many of the
females which had died and fallen
were eaten by tho ants, and adds that
that as the extreme dry weather had
reduced the' number of plant lice on
the cotton, the ants, thus deprived of
their natural food, merely took advantage
of the opportunity to feed on the
weevil.
Sail Affair Near Monroe.
Tho Monroe (N. 0 ) Journal says a
most distressing thing happened near
Unionville last Friday night in the
uuiiuii ui ^vnnie, me iz year-old
daughter of Mr. T. J. Price, and the
circumstance* which brought about
this result. The child was thought
to have dropsy, and while sitting on
the piazza in tho afternoon, fell over
in convulsLons, from which she never
recovered before death came at 12
o'clock that night. When this attack
came a doctor was called, and the parents
first learned that a crime,
which Is known to the law as felony,
had been committed upon the person
of their child, and before she died
another life had been brought Into
existence. The child mother gave no
Indication as to who the perpetrator
was, and this seems now likely to forever
be a mystery, and If so, the
State's prison will be cheated of its
Just deserts. The occurrence Itself Is
very unusual In medical history In
this climate, if not altogether unequaled,
particularly as the offspring le
of ordinary size, living and doing well.
Hhot Through the Heart.
At St. Louis, Don Menuel Cervera,
a Spaniard, who on last Sunday week,
before an audience which had gathered
in a pavilion near the fair grounds tc
see a bull fight, was introduced as fchi
favorite matador of the King of Spain
was shot through the heart and Instantly
killed Wednesday by Carl tor
Bass, known as "The American Mata
dor." Bass and five other bull fight
era, who witnessed the shooting wen
arrested. The shooting resulted fron
a quarrel regarding the fiasco of Sun
day when the authorities stopped th<
bull fight, and the angry orowd burn
ed the struoture. Cervera' body wa
taken to the morgue.
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U^RSDAY. JUNE 1(
1 CANDIDATES FIGHT.
JfMart. J. G. Mobley and W. B. Evans
I Have an Encounter.
NEITHER MAN IS MUCH HURT.
Mr. Mwbley Attacks Mr. Evans, Who
1>? fends Himself. The Two
t Gentlemen Are Heps|
rated by Friends.
1 The Columbia State says after Having
received an unsatisfactory reply to
certain demands made by himself
upon Mr. W. Boyd Evans, Mr. Jno. G.
Mobley ef Fairfield Thursday attacked
Mr. Evans with a rawhide. The
> affair created a decided sensation, for
it oocurred almost iu front of the
oourt house at a busy hour of the
morning and before the two men
could be parted a large crowd had col1
lected.
It vras evident that no mere political
disagreement caused the affair, for
Mr. Mobley, though a man of high
spirit, has always been regarded as
very amiable and kindly in his nature.
He and Mr. Evans are candidates for
the of ice of railroad commissioner,
and were contestants for the same position
two years ago. It was said
Wednesday that at a political meeting
at Hampton an encounter of tills
kind was narrowly averted.
Mr. Mobley, witnesses say, struck
Mr. Evans at least four blows with
his horsewhip which he tiad purchased
for the purpose. Mr. Mobley was unarmed
and offered this, he says, as the
deepest insult which he could to one
who, he believed, had invaded his pri
vafce lire in maaing a political cam
paign. Tlie two clinched after the
tirst few passionate blows from the
rawhide, and friends rushed up. Mr.
Mobley tore himself away from those
who were trying to calm him and
tnere was another short encounter before
Sheriff Coleman appeared and
separated the belligerent parties.
Each was put under a peace bond for
$300 and summoned to appear in the
recorder's court Friday morning.
Mr. Mobley stated Thursday that in
tho last campaign stories damaging to
his character were circulated. Notwithstanding
the fact that he has
court records and affidavits from honorable
men to show that the attack
upon himself was unjust, the same
stories have been put into circulation
reoently. When he came to Columbia
Wednesday from his farm In Falrticld,
he was told that Mr. Evans was re- j
sponsible for the circulation of these
damaging reports. He immediately
determined to demand an explanation
o' Mr. Evans, and failing to get a satisfactory
statement, he would apply
the horsewhip.
Thursday morning Mr. Mohley, accompanied
by hlscounsli, Mr. F. M.
Mobley, waited on Law ttango until
Mr. Evans appeared. Af .er Introducing
his cousin to Mr. Evans, Mr. Mobley
stated the object of h s Interview.
Mr. Evans denied Mr. Mobley's accusation,
whereupon Mr. Mobley, it is
said, drew his rawhide from the paper
in which It was wrapped and struck
at Mr. Evans' face. The latter, ward.
iuK off the blow, received the stroke J
on bis shoulder. In an Instant several
blows with tho whip were struck,
when Mr. Evans closed in upon his assailant.
Before serious hurt was received by
either party friends interfered and
pushed them 15 or 20 feet apart. Upon
both demanding to be released and
freeing themselves, they rushed together
and several blows wero passed
before the sheriff arrived.
The sheriff Immediately telephoned
for Magistrate Moorman and as soon
as the papers could be executed Mr.
Evans and Mr. Mobley were put under
peace bonds. Mr. Mobley stated that
as far as he was concerned he was
satlslied and that he would not offer
any further personal violence to Mr.
Evans. Later both were summoned
to appear before the recorder's court
Friday morning on the charge of
"disorderly conduct". It Is probable
that a full account of the whole affair
and circumstances leading up to
Thursday's denouncement may be
brought out. Mr. Evans, when asked
by a reporter if he desired to make
a statement of the affair, said he was
reluctant at this time to go into the
whole matter and only cxred for the
present to make the following statei
ment.
"I have been summoned to appear
before the recorder tomorrow morning,
being charged with disorderly
conduct, and 1 presume that Mr.
Mobley is also to be tried. At the
trial I will testify, and do not think
It propir for me to make a statement
prior to that time."
Mr. Mobley was also asked for any
statement that ho voluntarily cared to
make public. His position as charact'rlfcP.rl
VlW h 1 manl f la no fnllrviMo.
"Having been informed by a gentleman
of high standing that Mr. Evans
was using unfair methods to damage
my character i gave him an opportunity
to deny or confirm this, which
he evaded In an insulting manner, 1
1 then applied a horsewhip to him.
"I was totally unarmed, not having
even a pocket knife on my person
at the time of the encounter. As
much as I regret having to do this I
i have no excuse to offer for having
thus protected my honor, which 1
1 hold dearer than my life."
1 The State says the affair between
Mr. Jno. G. Mobley and Mr. W. Boyd
Evans was not aired in the recorder's
1 court Friday. It had been expected
> from the statements of the two parties
1 concerning that interesting matter
' would be presented. Mr. Mobley
pleaded guilty to the charge of dis1
orderly c nduct and the case against
Mr. W. B ?>d Evans was dismissed as
the charges could not be proved. This
result appeared satisfactory to all par,
ties concerned.
| Kan Burglar Off.
> Sister Theodora, of St. Vincent's
> Catholic school, four miles from Shel,
byville, Ind., early Wednesday heard
> some one prowling through the bulldi
lng. She Instituted a search ar.d
suddenly met a negro face to face in
- the hali. He flourished a revolver
a which she grabbed and the two fell in
) the struggle. The burglar escaped,
- but later was captured at Waldron
a and la In }all there. He bad on him a
revolver, pieces of oandle and burglar 'i
i tools. Sister Theodora was not Injured.
- I -
p?!lf
J, 1904.
THE COTTON STALE WEEVIL.
Director Bauer H*ya the Matter I*
Much Overdrawn.
The "coW<on stalk weevil," a new
Insect which has made Its appearance
in Georgia and is almost as daugerous
as the boll weevil, according to the
Augujjtti Chronicle, does not exist in
this State, so far as Section Director
Itaucr Is informed and believes. Mr.
Ilauer Was shown this clipping from
the Augusta paper Friday:
"A new insect, known as the cotton
stalk weevil, bus made its appearanoe i
In Georgia and Is raising havoc with
the young cotton in Terrell county, i
State Entomologist Willmon Newell i
has Just returned from Dawson, whero
he made a thorough examination of
the v eevil and Its work, and he Is uow i
arranging for a treatment of the
cotton plants which have been attacked
by the Insect and for a remedy i
that will completely destroy It.
"The Insect attacks the stem or the
stalk of the cotton and nearly every i
plant attacked dies very shortly afterwards.
The farmers In Terrell county
are very much alarmed over the i
appearance of the new kind of bug.
Eutoraologlst Newell states that he
has never seen or heard of such au Insect
before.
"The bug Is almost as dangerous as
I the boll weevil, as It destroys the
: stalks of the cotton before the boll
| weevil appears. If the Insect should
scatter over the State as fast as It Is
scattering in Terrell county It will be
a serious thing for the farmers to contend
with thisyeai, aud the cotton cotton
crop In Georgia will be materially
shortened.
"Entomologist Newell says he will
exert every effort to destroy the Insect
before it makes a spread of the
State. He does not think that the boll
weevil has as yet made Its appearance
In Georgia, but he regards the new Inj
sect which has appeared and which attacks
young cotton stalks as a very
dangerous factor and he Is anxious to
gel rid of It as soon as possible."
Mr. Hauer thought after reading the
clipping tnat about the only thing
that could be calmly reported as hav
up uccii uiscovcrea was an excited lmagiuatim
of another Georgia newspaper
reporter. He was of the opinion
that the Georgia State entomologist's
estimate ol the importance of the subject
had been very materially changed
and colored almost beyond identification
after percolating through the
brain af the newspaper man.
"Never heard of such an Insect,"
Mr. Hauer said. "There is none such
in tills State, so far as 1 have been informed;
and I don't believe it exists
in Georgia
"It will propably end like my 'new'
hickory nut insect ended this week. A
correspond int In Charleston reported
the appea ance there of a new insect
which he thought would eventually
put the hkkory nut out of business. I
wrote him to hold his 'base while he
sent me jp some specimens of these
terrible pists. 1 forwarded them to
Clemson and have just received a formal
report from that Institution to the
effect that our new insect was a very
old and very common insect Indeed and
to dismiss any harassing fear I or ray
correspondent might have regarding
the future of the hickory nut crop."
Wrecked Newspaper Ofllce.
At Victor, Col., eight unknown
moil anucu witil piSUJIS, rillCS, 81101guns
and sledge hammers entered the
olllce of the Victor Record Wednesday
night, ordered the men to throw
up their hands, broke the machinery
and then told the men to get out of
the district as fast as they could.
There is no clue to the Identity of the
men. George Kyncr, proprietor of
the paper, was at lunch, and Foreman
Walter Sweet was In charge of the
men. The workmen obeyed quickly.
The unknown men then wrecked two
linotype machines, several job pressses
and all the equipment of the olllce and
smashed the telephone and a typewrl
ter. When their work of ruin was
completed they marched The Record
employes out on the sidewalk and told
them to get out of town. The Record
has liecn known as the organ of
the Western Federation of Miners In
this section.
Mob ThroAteiiH McDonald.
At Indianapolis, Ind., .James McDonald,
who was acquitted of the
murder of Miss Sarah Schafer, a young
school teacher of Bedford, after a Jury
trial which lasts two weeks, has been
twice sought by a mob in trie last two
days. Except for the precaution that
he had taken not to remain at home
at night he might have been hanged.
McDonald applied to the authorities
for protection, and Thursday night a
guard was placed at the house. Early
Friday morning a mob appeared for
the second time, but when the police
presented themselves the wou'.d-be
avengers of Miss Schafer lied. There
is a belief that the real murderer of
uie young woman, who Is said to bo
a well known clt/.en, is back of the
demonstration, and wishes to force
McDonald to leave the town.
Filed Their lMed^*.
The State says among the candidates
who tiled their pledges Thursday
witb Gen. Jones were D. 0. Hey ward
for governor, U. X. Ounter, Jr., for
att irney general, O. B. Martin for
State supi rintcndent of education,
Jno. D. Frost for adjutant general,
A. W. Jones for comptroller general
The candidates have only until June
20 to file their pledges and are a little
backward this year.
OorreHpondont Killed.
Private telegrams received from
Shankalkwan sav that Lewis Ktsel,
correspondent of The London Daily
Telegraph, and Ernest Brindle of The
London Daily Mail, were fired upon
by Chinese soldiers In a junk near
Erdlke. Etsel was killed but Brindle
is believed to be safe. Etsel was
a native of Butler, Pa., and his father
lives in the West. *
Took Her Idle.
Mrs. N. V. Collier, of Talbotton,
Ga., committed suicide at noon Wednesday.
She was visiting Mrs. Finley
Green, five miles in the country. At
dinner sue complained of being
111, went lo an adjoining room and
shot bdrse.f through the heart with a
, pistol. Site was cheerful and seemed
happy. She was 21 years old and had
been married 18 months. She leaves
a baby four months old.
\
RURAL CARRIER'S SALARIES.
Wage* to Bo Uued on Number of j
Miles Traveled.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Hrlstow Wednesday announced that ^
he salaries of the rural free delivery
mail carriers will be adjusted on the s
basis of the number of miles traveled.
Further than this, Mr. Brlstow would
not discuss the adjustment, which is
now being made in the classltleatiou
of the carriers. Tho postmasters
throughout the country will be notiQ- t
ed to the adjustments in the their re- j
spective offices. The following state- D
ment regarding the outside business u
privileges of the rural catrie* was is- ^
sued at the postoftlce department Wed- t;
nesday, and the order will be promul- >
gated at once by the postmaster gen- i
eral.
' Under the law rural carriers are not ^
permitted to solicit business or receive v
orders of any kind from any person, j
tlrm, or corporation, and cannot, dur- ^
ing the hours of their employment, t
carry any merchandise for hire except t
that they may carry merchandise for r
hire for and at the request of patrons t
residing on their respective routes, t
provided the same shall not interfere c
with the proper discharge of their v
official duties, and under such regulations
as the postmaster general may c
prescribe. I
"Under this provision of law no ^
mailable matter may be handled by t
rural rarriers while serving their rout- H
es, unless the proper postage has been c
prepaid, with the single exception of a
county newspapers, which, under the \
law, are permitted to be carried free j
throughout the county in which they t
are published, to actual subscribers, s
and such newspapers, residents on f
rura1 routes, must be deposited at the c
past office, the same as papers for a
nt.her siiKunrlUnru
"The hire for merchandise carried |
on request of the patron of rural free
delivery must be permitted to receive f
any compensation from the seller of f
such merchandise. p
"Articles or packages which are t
mailable, which are handed to the r
carrier or deposited In the postolllccor p
In a rural letter box or In a collection n
box located on a rural route, with re- u
quest that the rural carrier deliver c
same, are subject to the rules regulat- p
Itig mall matter, Including the payment
of postage thereon. j
"Articles or packages that are not \
mailable, which the patrons desire the p
rural carrier to carry, must be deliver- n
cd to the carrier in person, and In car- D
rylng merchrndfBe for hire rural car- r
rlers are not permitted to leave their 'j
routes as olllolally laid out or to accept a
anything that will In any vsay delay
the delivery of the mail or in any way j
interfere with the eftlciency of the ser- t
vice." i
?: 1
A Brave Woman. n
Miss Mary Creveling, a school teach- ri
er at Dunnfleld, N. J., with some of ti
her pupils went up on the Kittatinuy n
mountain Saturday to pick wild Mowers.
While pushing along through the p
bushes she suddenly felt something d
coll tightly arqpnd her ankle. She e
knew, of course, that It was a snake, c
She raised her skirts, and seeing the a
the oscillating head of the reptile, t
made a grab for its neck anu caught
It in a firm grasp just below the head.
The snake drew it coils tighter. The
young woman called to oho of the boys e
to give her his knife. With It she cut a
the snake in two, and kicking the t
M,lm> f* - -
vuiuH Hum uci luut, promptly nunlcu ^
away. The snake was a rattler, with ij
six rattles and a button, measuring t
four feet seven inches long. Although v
rattlesnakes are much more common In n
New Jersey now than for a half cen- ^
tury, this Is the first one seen In the i,
Ktttatlnny mountains this year. n
Jumped Overboard. s
At Ne.w York George IMlups of 0
Norfolk, Va., a cabin passenger on ?
the Old Dominion line steamer Prln- J
cess Anne, from Nowport News to J
Norfolk, jumped everboard Friday .
while the vessel was steaming up the
lower bay off the Homer shoal. The a
ship was stopped and a lifeboat ?
launched. Within 20 minutes of the .
time Hlllups Jumped through the port
hole the boat was alongside the steamer
and the man taken on board in a H
dying condition. Every eflort was 0
made to restore life, but without
avail. A dispatch from Nor:'olk says
Hilllups was a son of Cecil Hlllups,
one of the largest farm implement v
manufactures in the south. He had e
been in a melancholy mood for several c
months and his people were worried a
over his mental condition. Ho had r
threatened suicide on several occa- 1
slons. t
Killed by Hewer U??. I
In Chicago on Saturday by anexplo- r
slon in a hutre sewer he in or pwictrnnM
on Thirty-ninth street, manholes were i
blown up for many blocks, the street c
was badly torn and a frame building t
demolished. Four persons including r
City Engineer Miltimore were killed. a
Three workman, accompanied by City t
Engineer Guy Miltimore, who carried r
a gasoline torch, were going down 8
into the sewer when they encountered (
sewer gas and the explosion followed. .
All four men were killed and thier ,
bodies entombed. In addition to sewer
gas It is thought that possibly petroleum
had leaked into the sewer, as
for 15 minutes after the explosion tire
burned fiercely. It was two hours be- ]
fore a successful attempt could be made ;
to rescue the bodies.
Wiped Oat. i
A dispatch from Hal Cherg says a i
tlanking movement of the Japanese 1
around the Russian left from Feng (
Wang Cheng June 9 was repulsed with ?
a loss of two whole battalions. A ?
large Japanese foroe moved out in the i
morn'ng along the Feng Wang Cheng 1
and Hal Cheng road. The Ruaslaus
had a force strongly posted in airavine
30 miles southeast of Hai Cheng.
The Japanese were preceded by two i
battalions who walked into the Ilus- t
slan ambuscade. They received a 1
muderous rifle and artillery Are at close e
range and were wiped out, only one or (
two esoaping. The main Japanese i
force, whioh was greatly superior totho f
Russian force, tried to outflank the 1
Russians, who drew off without losing <
a man. The Japanese closing In <
found the ravine vacant save for their i
own dead. I
^ *
NO. 10
A PITCHED BATTLE
in Which a Number of Union Micors
Are Killed
IT THE TOWN OF DUNVILLE, COL.
k>hllera Hoourlng tho Mountaliia, and
the Miners Firing Upon Them.
Intense Exeltouiont in
Mining Keglou.
A pitched buttle between the miliary
and union miners was fought at
)unnvllle, the new mlulng camp, 13
alios out of Victor, Colorado, shortly
fter 3 o'clock p. in. Wednesday. John
'arley, a union miner, wns killed and
Ive others. The troops returned to
/ictor at 8 o'clock Wednesday night'
(ringing with thorn 14 captives.
Before the special train left Victor
>earing the force under Gen. Bell It
vas reported that tho miners in the
dlls about Dunnvilie numbered about
150 men, and that it was their intenlon
to march into Victor Wednesday
light In a body and attempt to .Ibeate
by force the inmates of tho tcm>orary
"bull pen" in Victor. That
he force actually consisted of but 21
nen is the statement of ono of tho 14
vho were captured by the militia.
The train proceeded in the afterloon
to tho immediate vicinity of
)unnvllle without unusual incident.
iVhcn about a quarter of a mile disant
from the Dunnvilie temporary
tation the otlicers could see the camp
f the miners. It included one oabiu
md six or seven tents. The otlicers
oft. t.lio t i*n I r? of f l.? ? * " ""
... ......u c?u uiiu command or uen.
lell and prepared to advance upon
he camp of the unionists in regular
kirmlsh order. As they emerged
rom the cut in which the train had
one to a stop they were greeted with
, volley of shots which came from
lolnts of vantage surrounding the
dlls.
The deputies returned the tire and
iromlsouous shooting was indulged In
or a period of ten minutes. From
he character of tire shooting from
he hills Gen. Iiell immediately reoogdzed
the fact that the strength of
he miners had been greatly overestinated
and that he trad sutllclent force
inder ids command to make an imnedlate
roundup and capture the enire
opposing force.
The captured miners Include John
ames, charged with shooting John
)avis in the riot at Victor. Among
lie dead was John Carley, a union
oiner of Cripple Creek. Great exoltcnent
prevailed in tills city upon the
ecelpt of the news of the battle,
[ lie deputies secured the arms and
mmutiltion of parts of the miners.
As the special train bearing the
leputles drew up at Dunnvllle the
inion miners, entrenched in the neighKirhood,
opened ITre. Gen. Hell got
lis men out and stormed the entrenchnent,
capturing 15, the arms and amnunltlon
being captured. In the
lerce tight which followed six union
diners were killed.
Tiie miners occupy well entrenched
loslttons in the hills and are shooting
lown at the soldiers and guards at
very opportunity. The surrounding
ountry is favorable to the miners,
,nd it seems that Gen. Hell will have
o take evory defense separately.
Town ut Auction.
Unless the courts Intervene, the
ntlre town of Carlisle, Arkansas, and
bout 3,600 acres of land surrounding
ho town are to be sold at public auclon
on an order granted by the pro*
>ate court of Lonoke county to the
iclrs of the orlgnal owner. The order
vas secured by the guardian of three
ninor heirs of a Frenchman, named
Jomlo, who years ago owned all the
and on which tho town of Carlisle
iow stands, as well as much of the
urrounding country. The original
>wner sold much of the land years
go, but in 1879, presumably to make
itle clear, he secured a patent from
ho state for the whole tract. He
ailed, it is said, to make new desds,
or the land which he had sold, and as
, result the heirs now claim tho proprty.
Three of the grandchildren of A
he original owner, who reside In Louslana,
claim an undivided sixteenth M
>f the property, and through their
:uardlan secured an order for the sale V
if the whole tract.
I Joy Heroes.
At Great Harrington, Mass., the ^5wrecking
of the PitLstleld-New York S
xpress with the almost certainty j
>f a great loss of life, was barely *
verted Wednesday by the presence of
nlnd of Raymond Perblzet and Step*
len McCue, two thirteen year-old
>oys. An unusually severe rain storm
tad undermined the tracks of the
Vew York, New Ilaven and Hartford
ailroad on the outskirts of the town
tnd carrier] away 25 feet of the road
>ed. The dangerous spot was discovered
by the youths shortly before i
.he express was due at this station. <
The boys ran to their homes near-by I
md procuring a red sweater returned M
o the track and flagged the train. ^
The eugine was brought to a stand- J
till ? * - - -
iuiu mwiiu a iow yarns or uie wash- 1
>ut. The train was well filled with
ja^songerH who rewarded the boys by
naklng up a purse for them. .
The Deadly Lightning.
The Columbia State says Jane and fl 9
[tena Fair, wife and 3-year old daugh-??B
^r, respectively, of Myers Fair,
Taylor Htreet negro resturanteur wlil |
ias accumulated much property, werdBRffi
nstantly killed Tuesday afternoon
icar the "tin bridge" by a bolt
ightning which descended the trugByjal
>f a tree under which the woman wMK?Sra
it work washing clothes. The mothorVnB
md child were together, but they
vere thrown in opposite directions
'rom the base of the tree. #
Cruol to His Beaat.
A dispatch from Bastover to Th9H9
Itate says the Star Band of Mt roiMaaM
/he local branch of the Society for tljB6S*a|
Prevention of Cruelty to AtilniaMlMH
tucceded In having a negro,
irant, convicted of cruelly beatfl^^^H
in ox. He was sentenced to pt.y $ ^HS
)ne of 116 or work on the chaingaftJnTC
lor 30 d$ys. The soolety has the iyHH^S
)n its side and Mr. Trumble, the
lent of the bank, expects to proa^flgffiSH
rigorously every case of orue^^BH^SH
tnlmals reported to him.