The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 25, 1905, Image 1
VOL. 14.
WACES OF SIN.
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A Florida Man Kills Himself in a
New York Hotel.
A WOMvN WII'H HIM
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The Man and Woman Eloped from De* !
land, Fla., and the Former, Bccom- {
lng Ccns^^ce Striken, Ended
V His life by Taking; Mor- .
phine. lie Left Letters.
Herbert Leon Kepler, a book keep
er whose home was In Deland, Kla.,
died In a r om in Slssen's hotel at
46th street and Sixth avenue, New
York, Thursday, from morphine
poisoning. With him at the time was
a woman who told the p dice that her
name was Mrs Dona Mil lor and t.n?t
she left Deland with K pier two weeks j
ago. Mrs. Miller said Kepler was the t
son of a Deland physician and that he t
left Florida suddenly because of some \
trouble which he opt into there. p
Mrs. Miller said she left her husband I
to oome with Kepler. She was detain- t,
ed by the police. In the room In which a
Kepler and the woman occupied the 1
police found two small bottles. One c
was filled with Morphine and the other c
nearly empty contained a traoe of the c
drug Mrs. Miller told the police that c
Kepler had been despondent for sever r
al days aud had told her that unless
his father did something at once to tlx l,
up the trouble at Deland he feared r
something dreadful would happen, i
When Mrs. Miller was arraigned In po- t
lloe court she was remanded to the l
custody of the coroner without exam
lnatlon. t
A note found in Kepler's room indl- p
cat ed that the man had deliberately s
taken his life. It was addressed to his a
nephew, Jonn Raymond, who is em p
ployed In that city, and said: ' Good r
bye, Jack. I thank you for all you have 1
done. You know as well as I the reason li
for this and wl?l forgive me. Again, 1 n
thank you, and again I say a last good )
hyo. (Signed) Herbert." Raymond e
told the police that his uncle at one v
time was a piomlnent tennis player p
and that ho won the sou hern chain- l
plonshlp several years ago. 1
Later Mrs. Miller told the coroner
that a portion of her story as she gave r
it to the police was untrue. She had s
not lived with her husband In several t
years, sho said, and did not llec from \
Deland with Kepler. She had been in a
New York or vicinity for several years., p
She also told the coroner that she had l
Deen a witness in the William Hooper j:
Youug murder cane In that city sever o
al years ago. She had lived In the v
house with the murdered woman, she t
said, and had iirst Introduced her to t
Young. t
Mrs. Miller also said that Kepler n
left a letter addressed to his father 1
and mother begging that he and Mrs.
Miller be not separated in death and a
that his parents and daughter forgive t
him for his act. Iti view of this letter v
the police believe that Kepler Intend- t
ed to kill both himself and the wo- t
man. i
A LltiL*. ROMANCE. 1
Sends for Ills Hwooiheart and Will
bo Married Soon.
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The Columbia K cord says the lirst
Incident In the romance line to occur
In Commissioner Watson's experience
with his new department of \p\ialgra
tlon and agriculture will taae the s
form of a double wedding of Scotch
couples, the cert mony to be perform
ed In Commissioner Watson's i nice In
the capltol building within the next
week or ten days.
One of the happy grooms to be Is
James Reid, a handsome young fel
low whom Mr. Watson brought here
last October and who inspired by the
bliss awaiting his successfully establishing
himself in this country has
been carving out a business career for
himself at Georgetown. Through ar
rangements made with the depart
ment's"agency in Glasgow Mr. Reld's
bride-to-be, Miss SchoHeld, sailed on
the 11th from Liverpool on ?e An
ohor liner "Columbia." SI^Ms (xpected
to meet Mr Reld in Columbia
the latter part of this week.
Peter Buchan is so charmed wloh
the prospects of this country that he
has determined to take a wife before
he has been here sixty days. lie
came hero In March from Gato Head,
Scotland, but being an expert dairy_
t ? ? _ J I I .. $ ? .-mm. atlr A?1 ?? ft ? * Vk
00 rcudny luuuu wui k un 101 m 1
right here In Richland oounty. His :
fiance sailed on the White Star liner .
"Raltio" from Liverpool about the ]
same time that Miss Sehofield started ]
out for happiuess and a home, and ,
the two are expected here on the
same day or within a day or so of eaoh
other. , I
Killed Himself.
I T. R. Tullos, formerly town^marshal
of Pnlladelphia, Miss , and one of
the most prominently connected young
men In Neshoba county, has committed
suicide by firing a bullet through
his brain. After being married for
five months, domestio troubles are
said to have arisen, and huabind and
wife agreed to separate. Ah the wife's
effects were b ing loaded on a wagon
preparatory t*? moving, Tullos went
to tier room and atked to kiss her
goodby. After doing so, he retired
at onoe to the rear of he house and
fired the fatal shot.
Italian* In IjouiMlana.
Last week a vessel brought 776
Italians from Palermo to New Orleans.
All but about 20 were permitted
to land. Those refused were
afflicted with disease or did not meet
the requirements of the law in some
other p&rtloulars. The Immigrants
were landed at New Orleans at the
suggestion of the Italian ambassador,
through whom southern planters
made an appeal for Italian laborers.
They will be employed largely on the
plantations of Louisiana and othqr
Southern states.
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A DRINKING PLAOiS
Not Authorized in the .Establishment
of Heer Dispensaries.
Ij*w Allows Fay by ltuy ally In Lieu
of Halary and DUpenaerH May
Bottle Tbolr Ileor.
Atbornoy General Gunter In a
lengthy opinion Wednesday answered
three questions propounded by the
State board of dispensary dircotors
with regard to beer dispensaries, but
It Is nob thought that the board itself
will make an announcement until
Thursday.
The question whether the law allows
pay by royalty In lieu of salary Is
wiswered In the atllrmatlve as Is the
luestlon as to whether beer dlspeniers
may bottle their own beer.
The definition of "premises" Is
engthy and somewhat complicated,
Dut In brief It may be said that the
>pinton defines "premises" to be
whatever the county board designates
is "premises;" in other words the
)plnlou Is all that the most fastidious
jeer dispenser could desire.
Says the opinion: "In regard to
rOur third request for a definition of
<he word premises, It occurs In sec
,lon 561 above quoted, is fraught
vlth dlftljulty, for It Involves to a
;reat extent a question of fact, differ
tiK In each particular case. From
uch an examination as I have been
ible to make of this subject In the
egal authorities, I am unable to lay
lown a precise definition for In such
sases where the matter has been dlsiussed
so much depends on theteohni
al statutes and circumstances the
easonlug is of hut little aid here.
"From a perusal of the dlspcu ar>
aw It Ih manifest, however, In deier
ninlrg the limits of the 'premises,'
ecourse must be had to the action of
he county board of control, In select
ng a place for a dispenser to operate.
"Section 566 directs: 'The county
inard of control shall designate or
irovlde a suitable place in which to
ell the liquors,' and section 664,
.uthorlzlng the county board to ap?olnt
a dispenser: Says 'every appoint
nent so made shall specify the buildng,
giving the street and number or
Doatlon In which Intoxicating liquors
nay be sold by virtue of tho same '
Vhen the county board has deslgnatd
or provided 'a suitable place' In
vbich to sell liquors that 'suitable
dace' becomes 'premises' on which
Iquor can not he opened uor malt
iquors drunk.
"Were a provision of the nature dl
eeted to Individuals, premises under
uch circumstances would be limited
o some place over which such lndl
'Jdual had tho legal right to exercise
.utborlty or control. This rule ap
>iles to the governmental agency havng
the selection and control of the
ilace where liquors are sold and of
nurse, can not apply to places over
vhloh the county board lias no au
horliy. There Is no law authorizing
he county board or any other otlloor
0 provide a drinking place; If such be
ittempted It Is without warrant of
aw.
"It follows that 'premises' is such
1 place as is provided by the county
loard for the sale of liquors and over
vhlch the State agencies have con>rol.
This trust Is devolved upon
hat body to be peiformed accirdingy
to the expressed meaning and purloso
of the law."
VEILED MURDERESS DEAD.
Jon fined Oror Fifty Years. Hho
Claiiucd KojhI lilood.
A d'spatch from Newborn, N. Y.,
ays Mrs. Henrietta Roolnson, known
;s "the veiled murderess," died at
,he Matteawan state hospital Wedlesday.
She was oonvicted of the
nurder of Timothy Lanagsn and
Jatherine Lubee in Troy in 1853.
During the trial she wore a heavy
tell. Judge Harris, before whom she
vas tried, &>-ked her to remove the
tell, but she reiused, saying that she
vould rather have any verdict pronounced
thau to remove it. Her
lounsel, Martin I. Townsen, stated to
,he court that he could not prevail on
ler to remove It. l<\n*lly she drew
,he veil for an instant and, smiling to
;he jury, replaced It. She was sen
.enced to he hanged on June 10, 1853
Her sentence was afterward commuted.
She was sent to the Auburn
itate huepltal for the insme in 1873
ind later transferred to Matteawan
Mrs. Itoblnson was 89 years old.
When, a few days ago, It was certain
ihe must die, the physicians at the
hospital endeavored to have her reveal
her Identity, which she had hid
ien since her c- mmltment. She re
fused, saying that she had kt pt the
secret for 50 years and might as well
let It die with her. Only once In her
long contim ment did she ever rev. al
anything about herself, and then she
told a physician that she came from
the English royal family. Then, as
If she had forgotten herself, she re
fused to say anything further. She
ha* employed her time In recent years
In making lace, which she wore.
Some time ago she made a set of false
teeth out of buttons and wore them a
large share of the time.
Winthrop Gonimenoemcnt.
Invitations have been sent out for
vuo annum commencement, exercises
of Wlnthrop Normal and Industrial
College at 11 ok II111, on Juno 4, 5,
and 0. Fifty young women will re
oelve their degrees. On Sunday
morning, June 4, the sermon will be
delivered before the Young Women's
Christian Association, and at night
Rev. E. W. Smith, of Greensboro, N.
0., will preach the baoalaurcate sermon.
On Monday the Joint celebration
of the literary societies and an
inspection of the bulldlBgs and departments
will take place. On June
6, the schedule provides for the
alumnae reunion, address to the
alumnao by Hon. E. D. Smith, of
Sumter. "Daisy Chain Procession,"
address to the graduating class by
Hon. M. R. Ansel, of Greenville, and
the award of diplomas and certificates.
rite
CON
HE KILLED FOUR.
A California Mad Man Tries To
Kill Everybody.
SHOT HIMSELF ALSO.
Supposed to Be Crazed by Liquor, William
P. Robinson, Goes Forth With
a Winchester and a Pistol and
Starts Another Graveyard
in Sandiego, Cal.
At Sandlego, Cal., on Monday, William
1'. Robinson, a house servant,
ran amuck killing four persons,
wounding two others and then killing
himself.
Toe dead:
William Stewart.
Mrs. Kmma Stewart.
II. W. Chase.
Harry 1) iddridge.
W P. Robinson.
The wounded:
Mrs. W. H. Doddridge.
W. H. Doddridge was injured by
falling out of a window.
At first Robinson was said to be
crazed by liquor, but later it was said
that he had threatened Doddridi/e for
an alleged attempt to have Robinson
shangnalcd when he was a sailor. It
Is said also that he had expressed a
didlke for the Stewarts
About 8 o'clock Monday morning
Robinson left tils house at the corner
of Fourth and A str ets and g >ing to
the apartments In the same building
occupied bv Mrs. Hmma Stewart, the
landlady, and her sou, William, rapped
for admission. Mrs. Stewart,
upon opening the door, was shot
through the head by Robinson, who
had leveled a rifle Robinson then
entered the dining ruom where Stewart,
who had been seated at breakfast,
was just rising from the t?bte. Robinson
attacked him Immediately,
ulunglng a long knife into Stewart's
1)0 y close to the heart and again Into
the abdomen. At the second stab
Stewart sank to the floor with blood
p mrlng from his body In a stream.
Robinson then returned to his room.
Reloading Ids rifle and leaving his
knife, he slipped a revolver Into his
pocket. He then descended to the
flrst floor, one portion of which is
used as a carpenter shop by II. W.
Chase. Chase probably saw Robinson
enter, but paid no attention to him,
for Robinson approached close to him
and, suddenly throwing up his rifle,
tired, the bullet entering Chase's
breast close to the heart. Chase died
Immediately.
From the carpenter shop Robinson
proo eded on his bloyolc down Fourth
street for several blocks through the
business section of the town with the
rifle still In his hand. He went directly
to the house of W. II Dod
d ridge, internal revenue oolleotor, on j
the northeast corner of Second and II j
streets.' He left his wheel at the ,
curb and ran up the steps to the front (
door, carrying his revolver In one hand (
and his rille in the other. In re ,
sponse to his ring Harry Doddridge, j
son of W. H. Doddridge, who Is an j
engineer at the Sandiego brewery, ,
opened the door. j
Robinson '"red his revolver and ,
young Doddridge sank to the lloor j
with a bullet just above the heart. ,
Death followed before medical assla ,
tance could be summoned. Mrs. |
Doddridge, the young man's mother,
hearing the shot and perhaps wit
nessing the tragedy, ran screaming
from the house Robinson, hearing ,
the. screams, started through the ,
house after the woman. As she was (
crossing the yard the cruzed man ,
caught sight of her and tired, the bullet
striking her in the back. She fell
headlong upon her face in the yard ,
VV. II Doddridge, who was In bed
on the second floor when the commo- ,
lion began, Jumped or fell out of the
window, breaking the bones of his (
right hand and probably sustaining
internal Injuries. Robinson searched
the house for more people. When he
came to the room Just vacat-d by
Doddridge he ollmbed upon the bed
and placing his revolver t? his temple
tired a bullet which tore off tne 10
of his head. There is no known rea
son for thinking there had been 111
feeling between Robinson and any of
his victims. Collector Doddridge says
he n"V? r even saw or heard of Robin
son before.
Doctor Dies of Kmal pox.
The N wberry Observer savs Dr.
M. (*} Iloidnx, the most prominent
physician of Lexington, died on
Saturday night with smallpox. Ho
must have been a man of rare ability,
judging from the tribute of the local
paper, though a man of "peculiar
characteristics" and of "strong prejudices."
We Infer from a remark
made by the town board of health, In
the same paper, that the doctor had
not been vaccinated?this probably
being one evidence of his "strong pre
Judoies." The doctor's wife anil children
also had the disease, but he was
the only member of the family who
died. "Mrs. Hendrlx now being able
to be up and about ber household
work, and other raerabersof the family
being successfully vaccinated." We
refer to this case to emphasize two
points: 1. That the smallpox now
prevailing In the state Is of a virulent
and dangerous type; 2. That vaccina
tlon Is the only sure protection
against this most loathsome and dangerous
disease.
To Save Son's I.llo.
Carl M. Spencer, a former trusted
employe of the Des Moines National
bank, has been indicted on a charge
of embezzlement and alleged fraudulent
entries. The amount of his shortage
does not exceed 16,000. There Is
a p&thetlo story In connection with
Spencer's confession, whloh he made
prior to the Indictment. For many
years annually he had been taking an
Invalid son east for medical treatment.
He had been unable to meet
the expenses and to save the boy's life
he took money from hlse mployers.
WAY. S. C., THUB
FOR HOLDING COTTON
The Flan for Sonthern Farmers to
Fix Its Price.
Letter From President Harvle Jordan
At to the Plan for a Chain
of Cotton WarehouMoa.
Ouo of the most Important movements
ever Inaugurated In the South
Is now rapidly taking form, and onoe
It is completed, the Southern farmer
and cotton grower will bo able, for
the tirst time in history, to set his
0?n price upon his own commodities,
exclusive of the outside Influences of
the Wall street "bull" and "bear."
This is the vast bonded warehouse
system, supported by the Southern
Cotton association. By this it is
hoped to erect a fireproof warehouse
In every community in which 2,1)00
bales of cotton arc market* d. In thh
way the farmer may store ids cotun
and borrow clnapm?>ney on the re
ceipts, holding tiie staple until the
price is high enough to warrant him
selliDg.
President llarvie Jordan, In a letter
given out Thursday, outlines the plan
of the movement as follows:
The time has come in the South
when our business men and farmer
must align themselv s together for
mutual protection and sift-guarding
toe great staple crop of this section of
the union. The cotton growers pro
duce the orop and prepare it for mar
ket and the sagacity and financial
:upport of our business men, bankers
and merchants are needed to aid in so
selling the crop as to make the staph
bring its full legitimate value.
One of the essential featuies In the
Future handling of the cotton crop by
the producers is to provide adequate
warehouse facilities in which to store
cotton and use it as a collateral to
borrow cheap money until the owner
Is prepared or ready to sell it These
warehouses should be constructed in
jvery community where 2,000 oalesor
more of cotton is marketed and should
bo built, operated and controlled by
the farmers and business men In the
local communities. A great many of
these warehouses will be built this
year and the Southern Cotton association
will be glad to furnish the latest
vnd most improved plans and specifications
Issued by the fire insurance
jompanies. Each warehouse should
be so constructed as to reduce the
jost of insurance and storage to a
minimum. In counection with the
warehouse proposition the Southern
Jotton association is also deeply interested
in the development of the Cot nn
Plan^ral n i? ? ?t_?j
jv... I Iia.iuv.iri UUUJ1U1591UI1 tVIHl I1U1U"
ng company, which was organized
luring the late New Orleans cotton
jouvention. This holding company,
f properly Indorsed and subscribed to
uy the farmers and business men of
[.he South, can soon develop into a
power of strength to protect the grow
jrs against any of the schemes and
levices so often resorted to by certain
jlasses for the purpose of depressing
t,he price of the staple. The stock of
this company has been tlxed at the
par value of one dollar per share, so
is to place It within the reach of
jvery farmer in the South. The charter
provides that no stockholder will
sver be liable for an amount greater
than his subscription. Every banker
in the South has this stock in hand for
iale, besides a large number of county
\nd stats agents. It is hoped that
the stock to this company will be
rapidly subscribed to so that the peo
pie wtio grow the cotton may be able
bo build up a bulwark of safety be
bw> en themselves and the eloment
which has so long been engaged In depressing
the cotton market.
The association will be glad to furnish
detailed Information with refermice
to these two Important adjunots
of the association's work to all par
Lies interested. The farmers have already
whipped the tight as to reduc
lion of cotton aoreage and use of
guano under ootton for 1905. Now
let the people get o!o>>er together and
continue the tight for their emancipation
from the dominating influences
of the speculators.
Haryib Jordan,
President Southern Cotton Association.
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tiryan in iho I'ulplc.
W. J. Bry?n filled toe pulpit of a
Methodist ohurch at Lincoln, N- h ,
recently. A very large crowd w.is in
att ndnuce lie took up the S rmon
>u the Moun', with his t< xt fcne
mt /).. . ? 1.1- ? -
nuiut. iMunnt u are tne pure in
heart, for ihey shall see G?d." He
declared his belief that religion c-n
hinted more In kt.idness to and consideration
for ft How men, mo'e in char
ity f >r others and in per onal purity
ihan in dogma, ceremony or creed.
He deplored tne tendency to higher
criticism of the Scriptures and rejection
of parts of it beoause one could
not understand. lie declared that he
found dally more mysteries In life
than were b.iund up within the covers
of the lhble. He believed the
higher wisdom lay la accepting the
good we understand, and hope for understanding
later of that we don't,
lie insisted that no man could command
real success In the world unless
he possessed an ideal, nor oonld he be
of real value to the world so long as
selfishness and low conceptions of his
duty to himself and others dominated
his life and conduct.
NsTor Had Any.
President Hadleyof Yale Univerity
was one of the speakers at the dinner
of the Comhlll Alumni, of New York
olty. Dr. Il&dley told a story of a
little boy whose mother had died and
whose father had married again, having
two sons by the scoond wife. "I
had a mother and I've got a stepmother,"
said the boy, "but Billy and
Harry, all they've got Is a stepmother.
They never had anv nru tbpy "
The U?t Survivor.
The body of Hiram Oronk, the last
survivor of the war of 1812 was carried
to New York from Boonvllle,
and laid away In the Cypress Hills
cemetery with full military honors.
Aocompanylng the body were Crook's
three surviving sons and one daughter
?Philander Cronk, aged 81, William,
aged 82, John, aged 86 and Mrs. Sarah
; Raw ley, aged 71.
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SDAY, MAY 2ft, 18<
KILLED BY BOMB.
A Would-Be Assassin Dies by Its
Accidental Discharge
ON HIS OWN PERSON.
Two Detectives Were Also Blown to
Atoms and Twenty-three People
Were Hurt. The Man Was
Carrying the Bomb to Use
on Another Man.
A dispatch from Warsaw, Russian
Poland, says a workman who was try
lug to avoid the observation of two
deestlv s on Mlodowa street at u<>on
Friday stumbled on the curb of the
^dewalk and a b <mb which he wacarrying
In his pocket exploded killing
th i woikman and both detectives ann
wounding 23 persons. It Is belli ved
r.he bomb was Intended for Gov. Gen.
Maxlmovltoh, who was expected to
pass the sp >t on his way from the ca
thedral, where he was attending the
service in honor of the czar's birth 1
day.
The bodies of the victims were lit (
e.rally blown to piccrs. A cafe near 1
the scene of the explosion was entirely !
demolished, all the windows In the
neighborhood were smashed and a 1
lamp post was torn out of the ground.
The number Injured by the explosion
Includes three women, one student,
and two school boys. One of the lat- '
ter Is detained at the police stolon, '
naving been noticed warning people
against going Into Miod iwa street 1
The man who was cvrrylng the bomb f
has been Identified as a Polish shoe 1
maker named Dobrowolski, a member {
of the violent section of the Socialists
Many arret*In have been trade sitter
the explosion and the police are busy
making domiciliary searches.
The authorities are oouvlnced that
the bomb was Intended for the governor
general. He was attending the
services at the cathedral, which is
situated at the corner of Dluga and
Miodowa streets, a few yards from the
soene of the explosion. All the high
otllclals and members of Russian society
there also was present. The gov
ernor general had recently been thr? at
ened wltb a bomb attack particularly
since the Mav day disturbance. The
police accordingly exercise the greatest
vigilance whenever lie leaves the
castlo. After the otllcials had cnte ed
the cathedral detectives observed a
poorly dressed man loitering on Miodowa
street. When the man saw the
deteotivos he ran towards the entrance
of a confectioner's store, when lie clth
er tripped or threw the bomb backwards
at the detectives.
The explosion occurred only a minute
before the people commenced to
pour out of the cathedral.
Three minutes later the governor
general would hav passed tlio spot.
(u ii #il/n .uK.% * .1 * ?
v/vmiapiva nuu VYCIO IliiSlliy 8 VI ID tHOHOCl
soon cleared the streets and the gov- (
ernor general drove by another route {
to the castle. Friday's outrage Is the 1
sixth of similar character In Warsaw 1
since the January disturbances. The (
editors of Polish papers there have de- 1
elded to publish, If the censor will J
permit It, strong articles denouncing 1
such attaoks. it Is stated that Gov. ]
Gen. Maximi.Titch recently received '
an annoymous letter threatening that 1
as he had allowed men, women and 1
children to he snot down ou May day,
so he would be killed with his wife (
and children, the writer addle g that !
even remaining within the castle 1
would not save them from that fate. '
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l)r?XK?sl to Oi-atli. ]
A dispatch from Johnston to The
State says Mr. Jeter W. Grim was
killed Tuursday afternoon in a pecu i
llarly horrible manner. Mr. Grim had i
been out plowing and about sundown !
started home frum the tieid, riding i
the hor*e, sitting sideways. In some i
way the horse bolted, and Mr. Grim's i
fe? t became entangled In the harness
IIo was dragged for a quarter of a i
mile, with the horse going at full
speed. When the horse was stopped,
nearly at Mr Grim's home, theunfor
lunate m\n was still alive but unable
t sp ak and iu that condition lie lived
for ab tut 30 mmut 8. Mr Gri n was
80 y? ais of ai/e and was a f! inMaraia
veteran. He w s a farm r and senior
member of fch* tirm of Orlm & Son.
Th?* Out Iioto il*<Tiv?(li
M'ss M*y Story, of Thomson, and
Mr L L Marker, of M irletta, O t ,
were married at Th> mpnon, Ox ,
ThnrHoay, and created quite a ripple
<f exoitem nt from the fact that the
engage ment of Mi.->8 Story to a pro
minent young man of a neighboring
t iwn had b eu announced, the wedding
to be solemuized in June. All arrangements
had been made for tills
wedding, which was to be the society
event of the season, but it appears
that an old sweetheart appeared upon
the scene, with the result above men
tloned. The newly married couple left
immediately for Marietta, Ga., where
they will make there future home.
Flt'ftdrd Oullty.
L. P. Ohliger, ex-president of the
closed Woonter, Ohio, national bank,
pleaded guilty before Judge Taylor in
the United States district court Wed
nesday afternoon to a count In one of
the indictments oharglng him with
having issued a draft when there were
no funds in the bank to meet It. Judge
Taylor sentenced Ohliger to eight
years' ImDrlsonmenfc in t.hn Dhin nan.
itentlary. Obligor 1g an ex congressman,
ex county treasurer, postmaster,
at Wooster under President Cleveland's
first administration and collector of
internal revenue at Cleveland during
Cleveland's second administration.
Two Fisher Oats Caught,
G. W. Streeter of Bolton, N. Y.,
caught in traps In the Bolton mountains
reoontly two fisher oats, animals
rarely seen in this part of the oountry.
The animals have heads whloh resemble
that of a bear. They weighed
about ten pounds each. They possess
a fine black fur, whloh is valuable.
Mr. Streeter says the animals are
ferloui and will put up a good., fight.
Iftaltl
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SHIPS THAT VANISH.
8ome Bemarkable Mysteries and Secrets
of the Great Ocean.
Fine Hhlpi that Have Hailed Away
and Disappeared Forever
from the Bight of Men.
London Tit Bits says there are few
thlugs which are so full of mystery,
or which makes such a powerful appeal
to the Imagination, as the stories
of ships that sail gallantly out to sea
and of which nothing Is ever heard or
seen after the m %st.s have dipped be
low the horizon. At prrs nt the papers
arc full of the rcoords of these
marine tragedies. Today, It Is the
'Jlaverdale, which left Ilong Kong on
November 23, for Vladivostok, and of
which no trace has been found for
over two months; yesterday it was the
Ltoyallst, which oleared a few days
later from Singapore to Ilong Kong,
and has never reached her Gemination;
the day before It was the Idum,
from Noway, which has vanished from
human view; and so on, through the
long list of ships that have sailed and
disappeared.
Wnat aro the secrets of these nays
terlous vaulshlngs of stately ships
with their orews and cargoes? In
nineteen oases of twenty the seorets
lie with the ships many fathoms deep,
and will perhaps naver leap to light.
To this day no one knows what be
came of the City of Glasgow, which
tet her sails so gallantly In the Mersey
half a century and more ago,
hound for Philadelphia, nor was she
seen again after the hills of Wales
were 1 ?st to view.
The Burvio Castle left London some
years ago od a long voyage to Austra
ha. She should have made a final
all at Plymouth, but she never came
within sight of the Hoe, nor has hu
man e>? ever seen her from the day
ihe dropDed down the Channel It
was on May 10, 1854, that Lady Nu?^nt
spread her sails at Madras with 1
107 of the 25th Madras Light Infantry
and other passengers on board,
tier destination was ft&ngoon, but
lalf a century has gone, and neither 1
Itangoon nor any other port has
lighted her.
Nearly two years later the Collins '
[jiner, the Pacific, dropped down the
Mersey with 180 souls on board. She '
was accounted one of the Btoutest and
iwlftest vessels of her time?and so,
10 doubt slio was. Hut she went the
way the City of Glasgow had gone a
jouple of years earlier, and for forty- '
line years has been lying at the bot- 1
.om of the sea?but where, none may '
enow till all secrets are revealed. The 1
trading vessel Atlanta started, a quarier
of a century ago, for a short orulse (
n Hermudan waters, and from that 1
lay to this no one knows what be 1
same of her and the 250 souls she car- I
led.
On January 28, 1870, the City of
lioston sailed from Halifax for Kngand,
with 191 souls on board. Sne
.v<is an lnman Liner, a line ship,
iplendldly equipped and handled; but
ihe, too, was destined to vanish from
die face of the waters. 1
The victim of another still.remembered
ocean mystery was the Presi- i
lent, a line vessel which was expeoted
it Liverpool in March, 1841. March
passed and Liverpool saw nothing of
icr. Tiie long delay in her arrival
lauscd great anxiety, and the wildest
umorn began to be circulated. On
\prll 13 news came that her engine- '
md rudder had been disabled In heavy
weather and that she had put Into
Maderla for repairs, and there naturally
followed a reaction from gloomy 1
forebodings to t.r?nur?<m-t.o nt 'ph*.
-3- r?.??v. JW/.
yps-el was expected at Liverpool on a
sertaln day, and her arrival was
iwalied by hundreds of people who
oad friends aboard; but sue never
jamo, and It, was f<<U'id that the story
>f her arrival at Maderla was a heart
less hoax. All the time the Ill-fated
vessel was at the hot torn of the sea.
On November 30, 1888, a largo vessel
was seen from the beach at Deal,
-ailing toward the Goodwin Sands.
She was a fair ploture to look on, as
-he moved over the waters with her
stately spread of satis, But as the
t*yes of the watchers followed her she
was seen to pause, and within a few
seconds she vanished utterly from
their view. What caused this tragi
cally sudden disappearance of a stately
hlilpV Ta&t Is another of theoount
less storets which the ooean has In Its
] alous keeping.
Forrest Honored,
At Mi-mphis, Tenn., to the aooompant
merit of martial mustc and in the
presence of thousands of oltizens and
visitors the iquestrian bronze staue
of Lieutenant General Nathan B.
F irrcst was unveiled Tuesday afternoon
In the park that bears the Con*
federate general's name. The statue
is the work of the sculptor, Nlethaus.
It was cast in Paris. Little Miss
Brad lev, a great grand-daughter of
the dead hero, pulled the silken cord
which exposed to view the handsome
monument. The municipal effloers
declared a half holiday and the olty
was ciowded with visitors. r ' *
Drowned Off trio Island.
The Charleston Poet says J. Amos
Kelly, a painter employed on the IhIo
of Palms by Contractor H. D. Schuacher,
was drowned Wednesday afternoon
off the Island. lie left the
bcaoh In a boat, which was overturned
by the waves in sight of the
shore, and the unfortunate painter
Rank without the possibility of help
being rendered him. Ills body has
not yet been reoovered. Kelly with
his wife and ohfld lived in the rear of
Mr. John D. Cappelmann's resllenoe,
200 llutledge avenue. He was a man
of kindly disposition and of good
tabs -enoa d about 46 years old.
C*et* Big Pay.
The Philadelphia Enquirer says that
Nan Patterson was in this olty today
and signed a contract to appear on the
Rtaueof the Harlem Music hall, New
York, at a salary of $2,000 a week. It
is said she arrived here in the afternoon
and returned to Washington
Immediately after the negotiations
had been olosed. Miss Patterson, it
is understood, was represented by
Attorney Daniel J O'Ueilly. According
to the Enquirer, she is to appear
in an act at the head of six other
chorus girls. The length of the engagement
is not known.|
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Hl&Bl) ASSASSINS.
To Kill Hor Husband And Clot Into
Muoh Trouble,
On May 3, at midnight, masked
men entered the home of Henry Black
shire, at Brookvllle, Calhoun county,
and Shot him dead In t.hf> nrnuonrtn of
Mb wife and 3 ?n. Wednesday night
Mrs. Hlaekshlre is in the Calhoun
county Jail. Iler neighbor, R.bcrt MoClosky,
is in the same prison and Louis
Hendricks is in the Parkersburg Jail
all charged with complicity in the murder.
The arrest of Mrs. Hlaekshlre Wed- ,
nesday was brought about by the
statement of Hendricks. He said lie
was at MoCloRky's home several days
before the murder and heard Mrs.
Hlaekshlre offer McCloskey money to
kill her husband, and say that if he
refused she would get some one else ,
to do it. He says he told Mrs. Hlack
shire after the murder what he heard, 1
and she ottered to givo him $100 as
soon as she oolleoted her husband's
life insurance if he would leave town.
He and McCloskey left together the '
day following the murder and remainad
near Parkersburg till McCloskey return
to Hrookville on Sunday to get
Ills pay and while there lie was placed
in Jail. During their absence Mrs
Hlaekshlre attempted to collect the
lnsurar.ee, amounting to $1,000. Public
sentiment was so outraged over the
reports of her complicity that she was i
threatened with lynching, but no at- '
tempt was made to wreak vengeance
on her. McCloskey admits being at
the house at the time of the murder
and also says Mrs. Hlaekshlre wanted
her husband out of the way, but I
tjbor7es Hendricks with the murder.
Lomai -appointed.
Secretary Taft appointed Major
General Lunsford L. Lomax, oi Virginia,
a member of the Gettyhburg
hftt.t InHaM nurlr OAm rv? I?. Wr\r. f$*11 * l?
yMH??vuvtv4 piun vviu iiiiniVU| UU 1111 (lit?
vacancy caused by the death of Major
W. M. Robins, of North Carolina, one
of the Confederate commissioners.
With the single exception of Maj r
General Robert F. Hoke, of Noith
Carolina Oeoeral Lomax in the senior
fflcer of the survivors of the Army of
N uthern Virginia. He was born In
R ioie Island, but established his legal
residence In Virginia at an early
age He was graduated f?om the Mil- (
1' ary Academy and before the outbreak
of the civil war was tlrsc lieutenant of
cavalry in the United States army and
commanded the escort of President
Lincoln, at the l&tter's tlrst inauguration.
Scon afterwards he resigned from
the army and cast his lot with the
Confederacy. In April, 1802, he was
appointed a compiler of the ofllee of
war records, war department, and has
continued In olerloal duty In the war
department ever slnoe.
HentmiO"(l to I)e?th.
On Fjrlday at Chicago Joh&nn Ilooh,
who by his own confession ts apulyga
mist, and who Is charged by the police
with having married at least 40 women
in the last 15 years, was found
guilty by a jury of murdering the next
to his last wife, Marie Welcker Iloau,
and the death sentence was reconr
mended by the Jury. Hoch had been
married to Mrs. Welcker only a short
time when she took suddenly sick and
died. He then formed an alliance with
the sister of the dead woman and securing
the sister's money fled from
Chicago. This Mrs. Hoob told the polio*
that Hooh bad poisoned hor sister
and a search for Hoch was begun. He
was found two weeks later In New
York and brought back to Chicago
and confronted by several alleged
wives. During the trial eipert testimony
was offered by the State that
Hoch had poisoned the woman by ad
ministering arsenic.
A Sad AffAlr.
At Yoakem, Texas, K. S. Mason, a
prominent business man, was shot and
killed by M. A. and P. A. Newman,
brothers, who were oonocaled in the
Lane hotel and who used rides. Mason,
it is said feared trouble, but had
adopted the policy of going about in
his shirt sleeves to show that be was
unarmed. Several days ago Miss
Lillian Newman, about 28 years of
age died at Kunge, and shortly thereafter
Dr. J. M. Boyd, a highly respeo:ed
physician, was bound over in
16,000 bond to answer a charge of
malpractice in connection with the
young womans death.
A Good Law.
The "whipping post law" for wife
beaters went Into effect Thursday in
the State of Oregon. The law provides
that a man convicted of wife beating
may be punished with whipping,
not exceeding 20 laNhes, but this is
only an additional punishment as the
old punishment by fine or imprisonment
is still in effect under the new
few.
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every day.
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Propretor.
Our 1'minioii Met.
The Columbia Rioord seems to
think that Soutu Carolina newspapers
can not afford to criticise other States
for abuse of the pension law, when we
have so much of the evil here at
home. The Record says the State
board has found hundreds of names
on the list which ought not to be
there. This is not meant as an attack
on the old soldiers, because they are
entitled, to all the State feel justified
in paying, yet In almost every oounby
men who never shouldered a^xmaket
and who never heard the soi!^^Mii|^^^
battle are living on the monev^l^^^^^W
should go to those who fought
South. All of us can doubtless point
to some particular case of grafting.
"If the newspapers," says The Record,
"by publishing the county lists
are Instrumental In having the names
of those not entitled to pensions
stricken oft they will in some measure
perform a duty to the public and to
the Confederate soldiers."
CruNtied to Death.
A special dispatch froui Oalqult,
Ga., to the Atlanta Constitution says
that while Dr. P. E. Wilkin and Miss
Jennie Eagerton were out horseback
riding Monday afternoon tbey met two
four-horse wagons loaded with spirits
of turpentine. In attempting to pass
the first wagon the horse Miss Eagerton
was riding beoame frightened and
the mules became unmanageable, the
result was that Miss Eagerton (ell
under the wagon and was crushed to
death. The horse that Dr. Wilkin was
riding was so mangled that It was killed.
Dr. Wilkin was slightly hurt. Miss
Eagerton was the adopted daughter
of Mrs Floyd. The body will be Interred
In the family burying grounds
near Brlnson, Ga. A party of young
people will escort the bjdy to Its last
restlug place.
la M?rd Luok.
As the oil max to a run of hard luok,
Joseph S. McHryde, a well known cIIk
zin of Columbus, Ga., lest his only*
foot Wednesday. He was alighting
from his delivery wagon, carrying a
shotgun. lie has an artificial limb
ana it> oeo&me entangled In the gun,
causing the discharge of the weapon.
A hole about the size of a dollar was
blown through his right foot and the
dootor afterwards found amputation
necessary, so McBryde is now minus
both bis feet. Not very long ago his
home was burned. A few years ago
lire destroyed his boiler worlcs and
iron works on Seventh street. Recently
he lost a tine horse.
It is a very easy matter for us to
down the sins we never commit.
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