The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 09, 1905, Image 1
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V OL XIII.
ANOTHER DEFEAT I
For The Brice Dispensary Bill in
the State Senate
* FEW SPEECHES MADE
The Senator from York Defeated Mis
Bill in a Vigorous Attack on the
Dispensary, but it Was Killed
by a Decisive Vote by the
Senators.
The nailer 1cs ar.d floor of tHo senate
were crowded \V? due>day night when
the local option bill of S naior Ilrlce
of York w.u- brought up. There was
practically Itilc Debate on the hill
and it was k lit d by a vot< of 18 to 11.
In the mornitg Senator Ihlco spoke
for the bid, and in the evening Set ator
0. L. Ideas >. against it. Senator
Mauldin aho spoke f >* It.
Tl.e bill had been Introduced 1 y
h:m, said Surstor lir cc. to glvo t' e
people of South g*rollna air o\ per. u iiiy
of wiping tCTt the jlspensaiy, ro t
and branch. lie said I uat If the nak d
devil had come to earth this would
have been the sort of law he would
have fiamed 'I he law bad been adopted
as a cimpiomlse and now was an
Iniquity.
Instead of being a solution and !m
provemcnt o 'the l quor qursti n.said
Senator Briee, tl e dispensary law was
retrograde In movement. Lot tl e people
say whet they want. This is do
mocracy.
The bill vthich Senator Brlco has
Introduced tills year Is practlcallv
similar to Ins local option measure if
1904, except that it has no taxation
provision. This was tacked on last
year agains > Senator Brloe's wish.
lie said la his speech that hordes
of nocrrnna ?
p ww vuuu vliu 3hi ills
on Saturday afternot ns were like "a
crowd of carrion crows around a ear
cass."
? Fighters against thedbpr rsary had
been successful when c >ming out bold
ly, and the litre Is not. far oiT wheu
the system will be broken up. lie declared.
The tax would n it scare the
counties which really wished to be rid
of the dispensary. (Jheroke had vote I
It out In spite of the tax.
Senator Please said that ho believed
that the senator from York was sincere
In his views on the dlspei sary
law, and in fact bell vo ) that be wa-.
at ono time in sympall y with It. Ho
alluded to the fact that the Piohibi
tionists had advocated the dhpensary
law after the C illds bill was defeated
in 1892. If the pr< hibltionlsts 1 ad
ludped tin anti-prohibitionists tire
dispensary law would never base been
passed. If a stone hud been given
when bread was asked for, it, was the
prohibitionists who had done it.
Tho argiment had been made that
the dispensary would have been over
thrown if tile people had ever bad the
opportunity. Senator Please cit>ja the
candidacies of C. C Featherstoue an 1
James A. Iloyt, who L ad both been
defeated, and in passing paid a tribute
to both. It is now a disgrace for the
State to sell wMhkey, and jet the prohibition
ticket had recommended it.
What matter if it whs "for medicinal
purposes" ti e i fleet is the same
In giving the advantages of ttaedisDer.sarv
law. Hip. sn j?p?p p
pravily of barrooms, the stringent,
regulations on ditpr users as to s< Ut
to minors, keeping#1 on alter hours,
etc., and the MatciTn/Jf out of the social
drink. There ? one sir nob In the
nostrils of Ihe per p'e?the so called
"social club"?where men sit and
drluk and play cards until the we
small hours hut tills cannot bo laid
at the doors of the dlspensaiy.
In defense of the late II 11 Crum,
dispensary commissioner, he read from
The Evening It cord of Columbia an
article relating to the dead man's
estate. The article stated that, although
Mr. Crum was reported to be
very rich, In left an estate of $13 000
and owrd from this $3,000. This then
was the real fortune of a man who was
said to haw come to the general assembly
a poor man and died worth
169,000. Wny not till the truth
about these hirgar^ ked the senator
Pictures had tec n drawn of splendid
homes built by those n charge of t e
dl-pensary, when innality some of
these he met were ruilly crowded c >t
tages.
The questions was too big f r )o al
control. If the 500 voters of New
berry decided by a nrnj^riiy of 100 to
vote out th s dispensary, would this
be Jus! Ice to the other citizens of the
county?
He was wry that, the d'spensary Investigation
resolution bad not, as originally
intended, been curled out, so
that the committee would have reported
by 5b. 1st. It had been said
that this resolution had been dictated
by a member of the State b ard of
directors, hut this Senator Idea S3 denied
with great vigor.
\ '"The single question Involved."
said Senator Mauidln, "is whether or
not the general assembly Is willing to
leave the matter to the people of the
f" ' counties." He said that the dlspen
sary law waAnot being attacked as a
whole, and, if suoh a popular institution
as described by the senator Ir m
"Newberry, it was certainly in no danger.
A law of this kind would be the
lirst opportunity fur the masses to
really demonstrate whether or no'
they wanu the dlsprnsary. Stuator
Mauldln t might government by the
peoplo true Jcflersonian Democracy
and therefo*e only just Tno dispensary
system had had as its chief recommendatlt
n that it would reduce
drinking, and now Its ohlef glory lilts
flnaocia success. The State had
literally set its seal of approval on the
system. Lately a friend had asked
bim: "Wl y not make your motoes
read, 'Pum splro spero blto' aud 'Animus
oplbusque et paratus splritus frumentl?'
The ayes and nays were demanded
and the vote was as follows on Senator
Bleaso'a motion to strike out the
enacting vrord:
Aye??Senators Blvens, Blake,
Blcaso, O. L ; Blea-e, E. S.; Carpenter,
Ghristen&en, Davis, I) nnl8,
Douglass, Hay, Manning, MtGjwan,
McLeod Raysur, Stackhouse, Talbert,
Walker, Williams?IV).
Nays?Senators Bbck, Brlce Hardin,
llrooks, Brown, Hood, Holllday,
Hudson, Mauldin, Mdver, Wells?11.
Senators Etird and W. 10. J nnson
were paired. The former would have
I voted aye, the latter nay. Senators
Marshall and l'eurlfoy wcro pilred.
The forme r would have voted nay, the
latter aye. S nators Von K'>oluluand
Warren we-e paired. The forrrer
would have voted nay, the latter aye.
The ft Mowing senators were absent
when the roll was called. Senator^
Bates, Butler, Enrle, Hough, W. J.
Johnson
TWO MORE JUUUhS
By a Big Majority the House Passes a
1 ill Creatir g Them
TJio ArinnR' ninnt of the Different
Counties ? Proposed bj the
Hill KB 1'nnHi tl.
I
The bill to create two additional;
circuits was pasod I y the houae
Thursday. The majority In Its favor
was 25. (j lite surprising. Theprlncl
pal objection came frjmthe fourth
circuit, which will have Its name
changed without receiving any b:ncllf.u
Tl,? V.III ' - - ' ? "
..?jin ^iuviu.s iur ine iouowhig
gr< uplngs:
F rst CJircult?Charleston, Colleton
and Beaufort.
Stcond Circuit?Berkeley, Georgetown,
Dorchester aed O angelurg.
Third Circuit?Hampton, Aiken,
Bamberg, Warn well and E gefleld.
Fourth Circuit?Clarendon, Florence,
Lee Sumter and Williamsburg
Fifth Circuit?Chesterfield, Darl
ington, Horry, Marlon and Marlbuio.
Sixth Circuit?K rshaw, Lexington,
Ltlohland and Saluda.
Seventh Circuit?Chester, FairHeld,
Lancaster and York.
K'ghth Circuit?Cherukee, Spartan
burg and Union.
Ninth Circuit?Abbevil'e, Green
wood. Laurens and Newb?rry.
Tenth Circuit?Andeisun, Green- <
ville, P c.kons and Ojonee.
The "special c turf law is repealed
by tiie following In the hill: "That '
in no case shall any special court lie <
held, but the governor may commission
some one learned In the taw to
hold a regular term of court when a 1
e rcult Judge is d sabled by sickness." I
After considerable discuslcn pro 1
a id con the question canoe to a vole
on the motion t.o strikeout the enact- '
lug words. The members were re- '
corded as follows: f
Nays?Speaker Smith and Messrs. <
Arnold, Baker, Ballentlne, Banks, 1
Bradliam, Brant, Brantley, Brlce, i
Bruce, CaBi von, Clifton, Cloy, C>'h <
ran, Culler, Davis, DeVore, D ar I
Dukes, Edwards, L. B Etheredge,
Fishburne, Foster, Eraser, Fo st,
Gaston, D. L. Green, Gyles, Hamlin,
Harrison, Ilarley, Hemphill, Hey- ,
ward, IligglnSj Irby, Keenan, LaFitte,
L' fton, Lomax, Lyon, Mc- j
Cants, McFaddln, McMaster, Morgan,
Muses, Nance, Nicholson, Otts, Parker,
Prince, Pyait, Uawllnson, Rich- ;
SordnM c ..... ? v - 1
..uuuvin, n v)D, IKil HO IK, OI1C1' |
rion, Slnkler, Splvey, Strong, Toole, ,
Trlbhle, Turner, V.rner, J. M. Wal- ,
kcr, John J. Watsou and Wnatley.?
Total fi7. j
Ayes?Messrs Ardrry, Ashley, !
Ha h, Hdamuuard, Hoyd, Colcoek, DesChamps,
Evrhardt, Eptlrg, E J. j
Ethererige, F>rd, Gause, Gibson, Gra- ,
ham, Gray, W. MeD. Green, Hall,
Herbert, Ktrven, Lmey, Lawson,
Lester, Little, Missey, Laban Maul- i
dlu, T. J. Mauldin, Miller, Morrison,
Ha t rsoa, Pitt man, Poston, Hyatt,
It avow, Riley, Sellers, Stoll, W. M.
Walker, Webb, Wlmberly, Yeldell.?
42.
The following pairs were reoorded:
Mr. McColl, aye, with Mr. Whaley, (
naj; Mr. Faust, aye, with Mr. Haskell,
nay; Mr. Drowning, nay, with
Mr. Nash, aye. Tlic last narped In
each of the pairs was absent. ,
The bill then passed second reading
after being amended bv Mr. Elwards
< f Spartanburg so that it dots away
with special courts.
('fink. (1 by n Ni'Ki'o.
At Darlington early Monday evening
week ago a y . ung 'ady while go- 1
log from h?*r sig or'H to her father's
borne on Change street, or ly a siort
jisiuic-, w;ih attacked by a negro,
who had hidden behind a 1 irga oik
tree. As the laoy approached the
I rate sprang from his lair and demanded
m >nfty. Tho lady siroamed for
help, and, with true courage and hero1
m, end avorcd to rid herself of the
hei.d, which she did, but not until
the demon had bruised her throat
with his heinous tinkers. A nolss in a
nearby dwelling is suppo ed als > to
have frightened the sooundrel, wh>
look to ids heels. A diligent search
with bloodhc uns was made, but tire
dogs seamed to lose the trail. A similar
attack was made on a lady 011 P?.arl
street not long ago and the assailant
a negr<>, as In this case, became frightened
and ran
l>ari lit KNflann.
Two convicts male & daring ccipe
from the peuiieutiary at Huntsville
Texas, Thursday. They overpowered
i.he engineer and tlreman of a locomolive
In the penitentiary yards and
steamed from the grounds under tire
of the guards. They ran the engine
about live miles, when they abandoned
It and took to the woods. One i f
the prisoners was Hervlng a life sen
'/enoe under the charge of murdering
Ills father.
Holler Exploded.
An rxpl< ston of two 20-horgc pjwer
steam boilers In the dry house of the
GrobS Lumber Manufacturing com?
pany occurred at Lexington about
closing down time Wednesday afternoon,
completely destroying the dry
house, and, It Is feared, fatally Injuring
Mr. Fred H. Grws, one of the
owners of the plant, who was standing
near by. Mr. Jaj-psr D. Trice,
who opera'es a brickyard near by,
was struck by a Hying timber and
esc&pirg steam, breaking his right
arm and scalding him ttverely, though
njt fatally.
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JOHANN HOCH
The Chicago Bluebeard, Caught
in the City of New York.
I
HAI) PLENTY MONEY.
Much, Who It Is Said Has Married About
Thirty Women, Was Found In the
Boarding House of a Womau
to Whom He Had Just
Proposed Marriage.
Johann Iloob, the Chicago "Bluebeard,"
who has for weeks been to lght
by the Chicago police, who charge him
with having caused the deaths of several
of the thirty women tie is allege3
to hav" msrrled, was at rested by the
police Weill e day night. In a furnished
room house at No. 540 West Fortysin
nth s'.reat New York City.
'PL c man gav; tiie name of Henry
Battels, liu'i the detectives sav tiny
are positive the rcan is Hooh. Mrs.
Catherine Kim merle, the landlady,
sajs the man was In the house twenty
n.luuto wiicn lu asked to he allowed
to put 1 some potatoes fur her, and the
second day he proposed marriage.
I hen she untitled the p.dice and they
arre; ted him.
At. the station house the roau dcsorlbcd
himself as Henry Bartels,
f >rt\ Hve years old. Everything the
nr an had In his possession was new.
Bet ad a new suit, nf <?lnt.hou ni*
banc kerchiefs that had been half
soaked in cologne, a new raz <r and a
now trunk. Besides, the man had six
$100 bills, live $5 bills and change in
eveey pock 0 of Ills clothing.
>1AUltlKD THIRTY WOMEN.
II ich is credited with the amazing
total of twenty known wives, of wlmm
t< n. at lea?t, according to tiio records
of tl e police, have died within a short
period after thoy were married to the
modern Blue Beard. In each of these
3?t es Hoch Is a'lo^e I to have
proll ed I irgely by the deaths of iris
wives, and in the majority of the cas3s
no Hiilllolent explanation of the
lea'lis have ever been made.
With regard, to the other wives.
Hoch deserted them as soon after the
a arilage ceremony as it was possible
for blm to si cure all the money that
the wives had in hand. From all SfC
lions of the country r? p r s are 0 urn
lug of his having m&rrlid raomen for
Lhelr money, and It is ouuhdently as
icrted by the police that when the
complete record of his victims Is made
up it will greatly exceed the number
now placed t j bis credit. The names
uf the wlyts, so far as known, aud the
fate which befell them fellows:
1118 MATRIMONIAL 11KCORD.
Anna llock, married in Vienna,
1881, died 1888; Mrs. C. A. Mayer,
mirricd in Cniosg ', 1892, died three
weeks later; Mrs. II. Irlck, married
In Chicago, 1892, died one month
later; Mis. S. llauck, married in
Peoria, III., 1893, deserted immediately
after the ceremony; name unknown,
married in Chicago 1891, died two
months latei; Mrs. Julia Stelnbreohor,
married In Chicago, 1894, died two
months later, left $4,000; Mrs. Janet
spencer, married In Chicago, 1805, do
verted two montli later, lest several
hundred dollars Callie Charlotte Andrews,
married in Chicago, 1807, do
sorted two hours later, loit $500; Mrs.
J llus*, married In Wheeling, W
Va., 1?97, died ih'ee months later,
left $2,500; Mrs. Martih DjIz, married
in Chlcag?, 1808, died tVree
months later; sister of Mrs. J. II.
Schwartz nan, married in Milwaukee,
1899, died three weeks later, left
$1200; Mrs. Mary SchuMz, married at
Argus, Ind., 1900, b ?th she and
daughter disappeared, left $2,000;
Mrs. Mary H eker, married In St.
Louis, 1901, died a few months later;
Mrs. Anna Ilendrickson, married iu
Chicago 19(14 rirHui-tr>rl aftoi- ? #?...!
r> ? ? > ! vvyvi ur VVA rt iVTT
weeks, 1st $1,000; Mrs. Lena Hoch,
marrl <1 in Milwaukee, died three
weeks later, left $1,5C0; Mrs. Curo
line Stricher, marrlod in Philadelphia,
19(i4, deserted after eve week, lost
$2o0; Mrs. Marie W ilker, married In
Chicago. 1904, died one month later,
Lift $25o; M s. Emllle Plsber, married j
I i Chicago. 191:6, deserted after one
week, lost $760.
CALLED FRIEND OF HOLMES.
Ab >uo tile man, all of the ro nanoe
of tiime centres. He has been partial
ly identified as a cloie associate cf the
notorious II. II. Holmes, who was
Landed In Philadelphia ten years ago
wltt a record of twenty murders. In
Chicago he. is described as a swindler,
a hypnotist, and a marrlnge broker
who selected as bis victims elderly women
with means upon whom he worked
the sobe nes that have given him
a i rrquo record in the annals of
crime.
There is a peculiar white powder in
which he (halt that is described by
some of his victims who esoaped, but
which the police have not been able
to got hold of, and whtou, It Is btllov
ed, would shed light upon the fate of
S2Vcr.il of the wIvls who died
so mysteriously within three or four
miui outyy null iOilOWCG 11JOD
to 110 altar.
L tile of the man'# c&'ly life Is
Vno vii. lie was horn, It Is said, in
Germany, and there is a story of a
woman married and deserted there,
hefcre he came to the Uulted States,
where he entered upon his career in a
wholesale murder.
(J lleago seems to have been made
ids principal headquarters,. Most of
hls^vlves were either wooed and won
there and taken thence immediately
after marriage where they died, or
were deserted as soon as they had
given over to Ilcch all the money of
which they were possessed.
Because of 11.c faot that he has lived
in a score of places and under half
a dozen aliases no connected story cf
his operations is to be bad as present.
As early as 1804, he was found
practicing his peculiar profession in
Chicago, where he married Mrs. J.
Stelnbrecker. Three weeks after the
marriage, Mrs. Hooh died, and on her
deathbed she told of the white mcdl*
Mian
^VAY, S. C., TI1UR
cine which tier husband had administered
to her, and expressed the Lar
that she had b en poisoned.
Renno Leohner a saloonkeeper at
No. 394 Laratee street, Chicago, testities
tojthis chapter In the lite of the*
Bluebeard, and asserts that the man
disposed of un estate of 14,000 belonging
to his wife Immediately after her
death and within a month afterward
was again married.
WKNT 17NDKK MANY NAMKI.
At one periud in his carear Hoch
was known as Albert Buschterg.
Under that name lie Is alleged to h wo
married Mrs. Mary Suhultz, a widow,
of Argus, Ind , representing himself ,
as a wealthy Chicago druggist. Shortly
after the marriage the woman and
her live-year-old son disappeared, and
have never been seen since. Just before
her disappearance the husband
collected 12,000 insurance on her first
husband's life.
During the years 1897 and 1898
Hoch furnished at least seven flats in
Chicago.
lie bought the goods for the llats on
the Installment plan, and afterwards t
sold them again and d faulted in pay- s
ment of the monthly accounts. For
this he was arresttd, convicted and N
sent to prison f ?r a year. '
Two Milwaukee women al o foil 1
victims to the man. Roth of them h
died suddenly after their marriage to
him, and. Mrs. J. II. Rchwartzrran,
sister of the woman who was known a
as Mrs. L?na llccb, d<ic!ares thu.t c
Hoch dlsappeartd with $1,200 of hor a
S'S'er'8 money immediately alter her t
death.
Under the name of John Schultz c
Hoch Is said to have married Mrs
Mary Becker In St. Louis In March, s
1902. The woman lived with him a Q
year all but two days, and then died s
suddeuly. Hoch collected $500 insur- \
ance and re urned to Chicago.
From Cincinnati, Sail F.anclsco, |
Wheeling, W. Va., and other places .
come reports of the m ill's operatlo 8, '
and all of them tell the same ghastly ^
story of a wedding, followed by a ;i
death, the collection of Insurance j.
money and a diHappearance. t
I)r. Reese, a Chicago physician, c
wboatteuoel Mrs Mary Walker-IIock, t
another wife of the Bluebeard, says
that while he diagnosed the cause of
death In this instar.ee ?s uephritis, he
has since heard that Hoch gave his u
wife a strange white powder that had j
not been prescribe d for her, a short 8
time before her death. I,
John Mi Klonney, formerly a police- h
man in Chicago, wliose, post included t
"Holmes Castle," at Sixty third street
and Stewart avenue, during the time g
that the multi-murderer was conducting
operations fhore, iias Identified a ^
photograph of Hoch as that of the ^
Junior partner in Holmes establish- :
mei.t. At that time, according to Mc- w
Kinney, Hoch was known as "Hatch." j
FATAL KOW IN A CIRCUS. ei
ri
t:
Otto Killed for Merely Sneering at R|
the Perform era. w
81
During the performance of Reed's
Circus at Baldwin, Ala., Wednesday (l
night, a free for all tl^ht rmeiirrort In. .
tween some of the spectators and the r
performers. Between fifteen and ^
twenty shots were tired in a few sec ^
onds and when the smoke had cleared y
away it was found that Charles Petef- p
son of Franklin had been killed and tl
Martin Ashley of Baldwin had been y
shct twice through the right arm and a
through the left side below the heart, \
tiie latter wound being considered ser (J
lous.
Both Peterson and Ashley were ^
spectators. So far as can be ascertain
ed none of the showmen was hurt. ^
The show people had been drinking ^
during the nay and were in an ugly p
mood. Peterson was beaten to death 0
with poles or torn j of the stakes used aJ
to hold the guy ropes of the tent, hi* {j(
face being terribly mutilated. Hf
Two trapize performers were doing ^
the brother act when, it is said, either ^
Peterson or Ashley yelled: "We can ^
do thai 1" The pirformers ilnlshed t|
their act and immediately rushed over n
to the spectators to get at the men t|
who guyed him. They were Joined by
other members of the company. Shootlug
became general and a panic re- c
suited. - h
Deputy Slier!ff Dumesnil, with the t
assistance of some of the residents of p
Baldwin, did some quick work and y
succeeded in arresting and jailing 12 s
of the 14 performers, Including Mrs. t
A. H. Reed, wife of the manager ani p
owner of the show. Used escaped h;
with one of the employes. Siddel (.
With them went the mo ey bag. t
llleii of t'OJWOII. k
A dlSDatch frc in ftluelciillw tn Tho I f
State says Miss Minnie Hutto, abuautiful
anl well thought of young lady 1
there, was found In her bed Monday 1
morning at 5 o'clock breathing her v
last breath of life. Miss Hutto had t
attended services at the Baptist K
church both morning and evening as a
usual on Sunday. Iler door was ltoked a
but one of the sash of her room was ^
raised and the blind open. Her aunt, a
Miss Sallie Harizog, with whom she 8
lived, entered the window and found P
her just breathing and summoned Dr.
L. F Bonner immediately, who found
her dying from laudanum poisoning. a
Miss Hutto's father and mother are
both dead, but she lias a brother and 0
several sisters who are very much v
shocked at this suaden end of a sister c
they loved so well. Miss Hutto had
not been despondent and seemed in 1
the best of humor Sunday.
Jumpixl Overboard. n
A passenger of the Clyde Steamer c
Arapahoe, en route from Jacksonville t
to New York, jumped overboard while I v
the vessel was In her dock, at Charks- c
ton It Is thought, with suicidal Intent. 1:
The man first threw his watch and a
then his pistol Into the water and c
climbed the rail and followed these v
articles. The Immersion In the oold f
water soon brought him to his senses I
and he offered no objections to the g
rtscue by the crew of the vessel, who
lowered a life boat and went after s
him Immediately upon his rash act. c
Fourteen Striker* Killed.
At Moscow, Russia, Wednesdiy }
evening In a fight between strikers 8
and the soldiers, fourteen persons r
were killed. The struggle followed (
an attempt of the strikers to astemble. ?
In a public square. Some strikers f
pulled revolvers, whereupon the sol- a
dlers opened fire and the strikers retreated.
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SDAY, FE13RUAR
CAUCHT AT LAST.
Young Man Arrested in Charleston
for Being a Firebug.
HE SET MANY FIRES.
The Accused Is a White Boy and Ad*
mlts that He Set Several Firea.
He Is the Same Boy that Was
Nearly Killed by a Tiger
Sometime Ago.
The mystery of tho many tlrys that
>ccurred in Charleston last month
vas cleared up by tho arrest of a
vhlte boy by tho name of Raymond
Jowmaa on Thursday. There hid
>oen about llfty tires In Charleston
Incc January 1, and people were looming
alarmed at the thought th it
band of tlrobugs had Invaded the
ity. No one for a moment suspect d
, white b y of Charleston with being
he causo of the tires. 11 jwman is
harged with setting tire to c .tt<>n in
tie ftost Shore Terminal Company's
bed, with trespassing on the premhes
f M. Schmancke^s hay and grain
lore, with trespassing on the prim>08
of 1?. Rhode's fee l store, and with
ttemptlng to rob the safe In the A.
! L ticket oflloo in the Cht.rkstcn
lot el.
He was arrested at the htv and
rain store of C. I) Oorlletnan .& Co.,
t noon Thursday by Deteotivj John
) Rrcnnan, of the Charleston dcteclve
force, and lodged In a cell at the
entral station. Bowman admits sot
Ing lire to thecotion, hut said that
h was by accident through the throwiK
away of a clKarettc, act; C ilef
I jylo stat d later Thursday after
0011 that the prisoner had practical/
admitted responsibility for the
aries of llres that have taken place
i Charleston during last month, by
rhtch some $.10,000 worth of propery
has b en destroyed.
It Is said that Bowman was the
rst to warn Molony and Carter that
heir place was on lire the 11 -si, time,
bat lie was amoiiK the tlrst to warn
IinaKcr Kent of the tiro at his
tabl$. He was seen to leave the
rarehouso of M ilony and Carter on
ohn stre; t, Just before the Arc start
d, by John Molony and the S uthcrn
all way watchman. He was about
he ArKyle Hotel when the tire there
tarted a few days ago, and r'c ntly
'ent to work for Mr Arnold, whos
tables were burned Wednesday.
Detective Brenn&n had been shad
wing Bowman all the morning, foltwlng
him into Gartleman's store on
Hng street Thursday, and arrested
Im at noon. B iwman was identilkd
V MpKHr.a finhmannlrn l"?. 1
t ?jv/llUi(?IIVAl.| I V' I' liU I W 11 1 I
[olony as the person seen about their
laoevS, and Mr. W. B. Wallace, who
as charge of the telegraph station at
tie Charleston Hotel, identified him
i the person caught trying to unick
the ticket < fflee safe at about y
'clock one night some weeks ago.
The llrst clue that turned the atmtlon
of the police to young Bow
l&n was given by Mr. Rhode and by
[r. Walpole at the Charleston Hotel,
ho told if the attempt made by
owman to rob the safe. The boy
imo Into the otH-ie late one afternoon
nd asked the agent to change a live
ollar bill Mr. Walpole went to the
ife, a small Iron one under the north
ounter. which Is u looked by two
cys, and after he had tinlshcd using
is bunch of keys he threw them on
lie desk behind him. Young Bowlan
left, and one of the safe keys on
lie bunch was found to be missing.
Later In the evening Mr. Wallace
ift the effljo to get some silver
hanged Into hills at the hotel desk,
nd when he rcturL?! he looked over
he ticket counter and saw young
t.iwman trying to unhc-i tho safe,
Vhen asked what he was dr lug, ho
aid that he was looking for som
hlng. Mr. Wallace went for a p >
loeman, and when ho had left It is j
aid that the hoy jumped oj r i e.
ounter arid left the hotel through j
ho front entrance. He returned tnc I
ey next day, when Mr. Walpole scot I
or it.
He was seen during the Charleston
transfer Cnr\nanc iir?? i?ia!
-r" ? / ,i,vl * XA 1,J,U5 '*i
lalley and Lobby's store, and the
felght of evident worked up by Do
active Brennan from infont atloo
uthercd first through Mr. Rhode,
ud from circumstance s that Molotiy
nd Carter thought odd, and from the
L 0. L. ticket agent caused the
rresfc of Bowman, on the charges
peel 113d. In bis omfesdon to the
>oltce Bowman practically admitted
hi burning of both Molony and Car
er's places, and that of Oarlleman.
,nd two other places.
When arrested Thursday In the roar
f Gartlemau's hay and feed store
v he re the fire of Wednesday cccurrd,
Bowman said that he had 30ine to
ook at the work of the fhe. At
Rhode's and Scbmanke's, w lere he
v&s warned of! he gave trivial exc ises
or his presetoi. Bowman is no
nore than sixteen years old, the son
>f Mr. Saul Bowman, and live* at 17
tnson stre&t. Some years ago he
vas badly bitten by a tiger In a cagt
if a show on King street, near Calmun.
He was a little fellow th< n
,nd had been permitted to enter the
.ige of the tiger, which nit him se
wreiy, ana ne was in the Ir tirmaiy
tr some time. He Is undent >o 1 to
lave been married recently in Auueta.
The only motive that oin be as
Igned to his 6trange aotlons Is that
if robbery, It seeming to be the In
entlon of young Bowman to empty
>he cish drawers of the p(Oplo win m
te excited by tire, and in their ab
enoe to avail himself of the opportuilty
of robbery. Perhaps some menal
weakness has been at the bolt >m
>f his actions. The mystery of the
hes that have occurred Is now c'< ared
iway, and the department and polios
ian taks a rest, as also oan all tha
iwners of hay and grain stores.
iftalil
Y <), 1905.
The theory of spontaneous combustion
had few supporteis, for the
regularity and the frequency of the
alarms, together with the tlndlng
jtmmed into the crack of a door of
the Brown Crockery warehouse on
L berty street Monday morning of
excelsior, a stick, and a pap r fuse
partly burned, made the idea of incendiarism
generally accepted.
Detective Brcnnan, with the o>
( p ration of the tire victims and the
police deserve the admiration and
gratitude of the whole city for the
good work that has discovered the fire
bug, and a great load is liftul from
the minds of the men who are responsible
for the safety of the city from
the danger of Ores. The efTcot of the
steady alarms and destruction of property
had begun to tell on the nerves
of clt'a ns, and there now seems little
dang r of a repetition of the situation.
The thes must have been fot by
matches, of which there were several
In the p; cket of the lad when be was
arrested, and lie evld ntly trusted to
Ills c jclncss and warning tactios to
guard him from suspicion.
The prisoner could not be seen by
the reporter Thursday, as the police
authorities did not wish Bowman to
bo interviewed. -Charleston Post.
FAUMSR3 SOKE TO WIS
II They Will Stand Together and
Hold Their Cotton,
Valuable information concerning
the status ani condition of the Kgyptlan
cotton crop, showing as It does,
tile wisdom of until Horn nl?nto
w. mwm vtavttt pioill VCIO I 1UU1 *
lng their cHtpri for a higher price,
has just come to the department of
commerce and labor from Consul
Smyth at Tun till, England. Tuns
tall Is In the Lancashire cotton spinlog
district O, the reports concern
tng the Egyptian cotton and of eflorts
of English spinners to force down the
price of tho American crop, Mr.
Smyth Mild In his dispatch:
"These rep nts arc very dlsoouragIng,
inasmuch as they foreshadow a
shortage In this year's crop of the
class of staples that comes Into com
petition with American cotton. For
this reason 1 do not hesitate to say it
would be advisable to warn the southern
planters against any move on the
pirtof Lancashire manufacturers to
force hales at low prices In order to
meet tho requirements of such a detiolenoy.
"The general opinion In Lancashire
is that a plentiful supply of American
cotton cao he had on a '11 penny I a
is,' that Is to say, 10 cents per pound.
Combl nations are being formed to
bold the price at this botch, If possible
and theso combinations intend to
operate thr ugh agents sent specially
to Louisiana and all the cotton producing
centers of the South. The
troubles among the ootton manufao
Hirers of the East are expected to aid
in the development of this scheme,
for they are calculated to have a depressing
i IT. ct on the home market iu
their relation to .supply and demand.
"My candid opinion Is that an enor
mous amount of money can be saved
to our p antcrs by taking this matter
up In time, and Invoking the assis
Lance of the banks or the national
treasury, If such an arrangement can
be made to enable the planters to
warehouse their ootton until the pres
cut suicks are wonted up on this side
and the necessities of the manufacturers
conpi 1 them to treat on more
liberal terms with the growers 0r their
representatives as the case may be.
"The erection of new mills In Lancashire
and the ell ot which their consumption
Is likely to have on the market
next year lend additional Inter
est to this subject, and serves to emphasl/.o
the views I have taken the
liberty to present In this dlspatoh.
Fi t* en cent cotton, or even 12-ceut
would cut a very Important liguro In
the net assets of one year's crop and
add materially to the wealth and
prosperity of the South."
Huriuid to Death.
A negro named Tllden Davis wrs
bum d to death In his home In Brit
toil's Neck Saturday night. He had
been to Marlon on Saturday and returned
home early in the evening in
an lnt xicatcd condition. After say
ing a few words to his wife, he went
to sleep on the lljor before the lire.
Ills wife and children reared to an01
her pan of the house and wont to
sleep, and about 11 o'o ock were awakened
by the roartrg of tire and found
the house In Mimes. She hastily g t
the children out, and attempted to
res ue her husband, but he, In his
drunken condition, resisted her efforts.
Falling to get him out, she
ran out to call for help, but before
any one could reach the scene It was
io> late for the house was almost
(\ itun rPhn rlanAftM ~?1'
?? /????. x uv uowao u wtw a Wt'Il
known and very reliable negro, with
only the failing which reunited in his
death.
Hilled IIih Wire.
A dispatch from Gooenvllle to The
State says Sheriff Gllreath was notified
early Thursday morning that a
man had killed his wife in the Princeton
neighborhood during Wednesday
night. He at onca dispatched Depu
ty Shcr fT Ballenger to the scene of
the crime. The murder occurred
about one half mile from Prfnceton
and nine and a half miles from Honea
Path. Dennis Wood, a white._man,
tenant on a farm, killed his wife wno
was st.id to have been half-witted. It
is said that Wood b^at her first and
ih?n * hot her, the woman only living
a few minutes. The couple have four |
in live ciiuurcn. rne man wasarrfNt
(1 and is now In the Greenville county
jXll.
Wanted to Kill Hi r.
Frau'ein Reubkeof theOourbThea
Lor, Munich, Barvarla, who is playing
the Juvenile lead In Ilauptmanu's
"Beisohnoicde," found on her dressing
table Thursday evening a beautiful
boi.ban box with a note requesting
her to open the box before going on
the stage. The actress was too muoh
occupied to do so until bafo e.the last
act. When she did open It an adder
d irted out and fasten* d its fangs In
h r dress. Frauleln Heubk* screamed
aud fell in a f tint and tin attendants
killed the adder. After some delay
tne actress was able to fluUh tha parformanoe.
L
THE CZXRVS STORY
Of the Late Trouble* iu the Ku.sian
Cities Given Out
ThoGrnnil Duke Ylatliuiir, IhoCi^r's
Undo and HpokoHinan, OIto# IIIh
Version of the Hit nation.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg
says the Grand Duke Vladimir, unc'e
of Kmperor Nicholas and commander
of tlie Imperial Guard, granted an
Interview to the A soctatvd Press at
the duke's pa'ace In tjuay de la Cour,
adj luli.g the winter palace. The
o ^respondent was received In the
grand duke's private study
"The newspapers abroad," suggest
ed the correspondent, "have made
many stab merits regarding the events
of January 22."
I know; 1 havo read acc unts In
the foreign press I havos'oul eghast
at the frigh ful stories of the butchery
of Innocent people which they
have printed. I know they say well
lutentloned patrlo.s, with a priest at
their head, coming p>acefuily to place
their grievances before his m.?j sty
wore ruthlessly shot down in toe
streets; but we know thatbhini ibis
peao/C ul procession was an anarchistic
and socialistic piot of which the overwhelming
majority < f the workmen
were merely Innocent too-s We know
from examination of the dead and
those arrested that some alleged
nrlodt u n.%* - 4 '
r..t^ttuvuui/ revolutionary
agitators and Btudenta In disguise.
Wo had to save the city from a mob.
Unfortunately to do bo Innocent and
guilty suffered alike Hut suppose
140,000 men had reached the gites of
the winter palace, they would have
none elsewhere and the whole city
w. uld have been delivered over to
anarchy, riot, bloodshed and dames.
Our duty was tbe duty of every gov
ernmcnt."
"They say that Gorky will be
banned," suggested tbe correspondent.
"Nonsense," replied the grand
duke.
"It Is assorted that some of the
troops refused to obey cr mmands"
was the next suggestion.
"There is no question of the loyalty
of the troops," asset ted the grand
duke. "Tney did their duty. They
are ready, as I am ready, to die iu
the streets for the emperor. A soldier
was usked by one workman wiry be
tired, the questioner saying to him:
You'll lie a workman soon.' '.Perhaps,'
lie replied, 'then you may be a
soldier and know what it 1st) obey
your oath to do your duty to your
emperor."
"Might I ask your imperial highness'
view of the present j^tuatlon,"
said the correspondent.
"With this unhappy war upon our
shoulders," said the grand duke, "we
are passing through a crisis. In tbo
Interior there are many elements of
discord, but the situation is not so
nad as it is painted. The disorders
at. W1 rua ?M? 1/ IaAP *? ^ -
uv <1 uinan , AICU iillll BHBWliere ftTfi
argsly Industrial, produced by trade
depression and consequent lack of
employment on account of the war.
lhey are not revolutionary at base."
Then without being asked the grand
duke went on:
"People speak of a constitution. A
constitution would mean the end of
Russia, as the state would be gone,
anarchy would supervene, and when
it ended the empire would be dislnte
grated. Finland and Poland and i erhaps
other frontier provinces would
have broken away. Russia Is not
ripe for a constitution. Go out among
the peasants who comprise the vast
bu k of the empire's population and
try to t xplaiu to them government by
suffrage. The peasant knows nothing
of governmt nt; lie doesnoteven know
wi at ti e word means He knows his
emperor. For him the emperor is
everything. Give the peasant a vote
and all would be anarchy. Still there
Is neccs-ity for reforms, and they
will be granted by the autocracy."
"Maintaining the principle of au
t.ocraoy, then, the people will have an
opportunity to he heard in tho gov
eminent?" questioned the correspondent.
"Yes," was the reply; "they can
and I am sure they will he given a
voice. Of that I am certain," and ho
repeated the words emphatically, "I
am ce'talo," and contlnu* d even more
deliberately. "They will ho given
the means of presenting their needs
and grievances direct to the sovereign."
With these sign (leant words, foreshadowing
perhaps the Immediate
granting of something In the nature
of the zemskjziboe (land parliament),
the grand duke ended the Interview.
He then turned to PriuOe Rc'aseisky,
his aide, Instructing him to give the
Associated Pi ess every facility for Independent
investigation.
The Jury l>til Not tioltevo Her.
A miracle, broughtabout by prayer,
WitQ atnorn tv? In Onn?? 117,1 ~ J 1 -
?w w in wuiv ncuuusuuy uy
Miss lnga Hanson, a former member
of the Salvation army, who Is on trial
In Chicago, charged with perjury in
connection with a personal damage
suit brought by her against the
Chicago City Railway Company. Under
oath Wednesday she testified that
the alleged miracle restored her sight,
speech and hearing. This remarkable
explanation came from the lips ?f the
young woman as the answer to a
charge that her ailments had been
conceived to further a 150 000 conspiracy,
had b^cn adroitly simulated
through five years of litigation, and
had suddenly ceased. The sc.'.nc of
the alleged visitation was in Richmond,
Va., and according to the girl's
olalms, was productd by prayer with
ail itinerant Methodist missionary
who visited her. Miss Hanson lost
nor suit against the street railway
company.
White Stone Hold.
A dispatch from Spartanburg says
Dongan & Scheftall, and Solomon
Scht ftall, wholesale merchants of
Sivannnah, hive pu e lased the
White Stone Ltthla Springs property
and will at once begin tmprovem n s
and Innovations lo kirg toward the
establishing of a modern tourists hotel
In Spartanburg county. It Is
undcreto d that the consideration
was 1150,000.
I
NO. 44.
a "fatal r?e7
Seven Women Killed Outright
and Two Die Soon.
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
The Sleigh In Which Ihe Women Were
Riding .Was Knocked Into Splinter*.
The Driver Tried to Stop the
Sleigh, But Could Not
Control the Morses.
A passenger train on the Pittsburg,
Shawmut and Northern Railroad
Wednesday night crushed Into a sleigh
containing thirteen women, killed
seven outright and so seriously Injured
and maimed six that two of
them died arter being removed to tho
hospital. Of tho other four, two are
In a serious condition. The accident
occurred near the city of Arkport,
N. Y. The sleigh was One of the
three carrying a party from the Uulver-allst
ol uroh, of Ilornellsvillo,
N. Y.
The dead: Mrs. Mary Gillette, Mrs.
Charles Thomas, Mrs. Eugene Shaw,
Mrs. Jus Hallett, Mrs. O. C. Graves,
Mrs. Llert M tore, Mrs. Coatcs, Mrs.
Prcd Green, Mrs. Ruth Patchen.
xiu' injured: Mrs JT. Houghton,
Mrs. F. R. Rowley, Mrs. Hond, Mrs.
Wallace Clark.
Members of the Ladles' Aid Society
of t-b?? 'inlversallst Church went to a
farm house near Arkport to spend the
afternoon. It wr.s nearly dark when
they started on the return trip to
1 Iornellsvlllo. The occupants of the
leading sleigh sav the train approaohIng
as they neared the Shawmut crossing.
The driver urged his horses
ahead and the sle gh passed over the
tracks in safety. The women in the
first sleigh then attempted to warn
those lu the one following of the danger
and they did succeed In directing
their attention o the rapidly approaching
train.
The driver pull d up his horses, but
he could not check the heavy sleigh
quickly enough, aid when it came to
astandstill the box of the sleigh was
directly across the railroad track.
The pilot of the engine struck the
s'elgh with great force, reduoiug it to
splinters and hur .lng the women In
all directions. E rery woman on the
sleigh was killed cr injured.
The other menbers of the party
hurried back to the assistance of their
unfortunate coir panlons, and the
train was stopped aud backed up to
the crossing.
The bodies of the dead were placed
upon the train and the Injured wero
laid upon improvised o >ts In the baggage
car. Tue train then proceeded
to iJornellsvlllo. The news of the
accident had been telephoned to tho
city and hundred* of friends and relatives
of the unfortunate women wero
awaiting at the station. The dead
wero at once taken to the iSQrgue,
and tho lrjured were placed in ambulances
and taken to the Mercy Hos- \
pltal.*
KdshaQjlck, driver of the second
sleigh, was bakly hurt. He said he
tried to stop the sleigh, but could not
control the horses.
Hcriounly Hurt.
A dispatch from Aiken to The State
says that two daughters of Mr. it. it.
it. Armstrong were seriously hurt In
a runaway aooldent Tuesday afternoon.
The young ladles were driving
a pair of horses, and as they started
down a hill leading to Coker Spring,
owing to the shortness of the tongue,
the buggy suddenly lurched forward
and frightened the horses. They broke
and ran for seme distance, finally running
Into a tree and throwing both
the young ladies out. It was thought
that one of the young ladles was fatally
hurt, but she has Improved considerably
and Is now considered out
of danger.
i< hi ally liurued.
A dispatch from Alkeu to The State
sajs a telegram was received there
that Mr. Geo. P. Ashley, formerly of
Aiken, w.ih burned to death in the
otllce car attached to the railroad
c.mp of W. J. Oliver & Co., at
WyokllfTe, Teno., s.t 2.30 o'clock
1'hursday mornlog. Mr. Ashley, who
?a> abo jL 27 years of age, had bsoa
in the employ of W. J. Oliver & Go.,
and had worxed his way up to a responsible
position with that large
11 rm of railroad ontraotors. No furtin
r part culars of the tragedy wero
given In the lelet/ram.
Watur I'ipjM Kx(iiuil< (I.
At Union one morning last week
the hot water pioes In the big oooking
range at tne home of Dr. J. II,
Hamilton exploded with terriflo
forc3, blowing out the end of the
range, sending t ie utensils In every
direction and plnsteriug some of the
food on tbe celling, but#f0u,unately
not injuring any one. People should
thaw out their wAter pipes when
frczm before building a fire in the
stove. ________ ___________
Tramii.an Kilted.
A special from McDonough, O*.,
says that two penoaB were killed In a
headon collision har.wAAn ?
uuumioru
freight trains N<?s. 34 and 83 at MoDonougli
at an esrly dour Wednesday
morning. The d rad arr:
it 0. Wllhelm, engineer of No. 34.
Calvin Archer. Jr., fireman of No.
34.
rklhoun Ocumy Mootued.
The house Thurelay night received
from the Judiotaiy committee an an*
favorable report ui the bill to create
Calhoun county. There was a ml nor 1*
ty report signer by five members.
There were 14 who signed the unfavcrab'e
epcrjo It la quite probable
that the new couaty wilt not be given
birth.
Four Trainmen Killed.
A southbound passenger trlan and
a north bound freight train on the
Na>hville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
railroad met In collision Friday near
Tallahoma, Tenn , killing four train*
men and Injuring several passengers,
none seriously.
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