The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 12, 1905, Image 3
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CIVES FACTS.
Senator Tillman Renews the Allegation
He Made at Batesburg.
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ABOUT STATE BOARD
Not Being Definite in their Advestlsements
Calling for Bids, to Supply
{tr ie With Whiskey. Newspapers
Asked to Print
this Article.
To the Editor of The News and CouTier:
At the Batrshurg meeting Saturday,
September 23, 1 made the a'.a ement
that the Siate hoard of control
of the dispensary has violated trie law
and been derelict, as they did not pur chase
liquor uodfT a competitive i-ys
tem of buying as required bv the sta
tute. I further declared .that the system
followed I! ,it p&ssiHp t,o sell
to the State XX rye and XXX rye
out of the same barrel that the board
on its advertisement did uot describe
what X, XX or XXX rye meant, ani
/ho State was lert at the mercy
of iua blcldf rs to deliver anything in
the shape of whiskey with no guaran
tec whatever as to the goods o ml. g
up to the sample, for the reason that
the chemist himself declared that he
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cuum ueieub ii'Hii etHcion, oui iuat lie
cou'd not toll any tiling about the
grade or quality.
The Hun. John Hell Towlll very excitedly
declared that my statement
was "not so," ar,d, according to some
of the newspaper reports, said posi
tively "It was fa'se." Quite a heated
coll quy ensued. Feeling so sure of
my giound, for 1 had rqad the adver
tlsement the weak before, J had not
armocl myself wit h the proof, but 1
requested the reporter for the State
ncspe.por, In whose columns 1 had
read t he advestlsement, to send a copy
of It to each of the Lexington and Sa
luda papers with the requ st fcha* they
publ sb It In or^er that the people of
the two counties re in sonted at the
meeting might 5ee for themselves
whether Mr. Towlll had any right to
dispute my word as be did. For some
reason this has not b en done, and as
thewld st publicity bar, been given to
the Issue of velocity between Mr
T 'will and myself 1 ask you to publish
as much of the enc'osed advertisements
as 1 I ave marked In pencil
and it will be seen that I had warran*
for every word 1 said, and Mr. To will
Is convicted of donee ignorance of
what Ills own board is doing, to 6ay
the least of It
(The part of adverti82ment referred
to follows:)
NOTICK TO LIQUOK DEAL.KR8.
Olllce of State. B< ard of Directors of
tihe South Carolina Dispensary, Ooiurn
bla, S. C. August 14, 11)05.
To Distillers and L quor Dealers:
You are hereby requested tombnoit
1 bids and samples, In accordance with
I the terms of the dispensary law, upon
the various kinds and grades of Hq
uora produced or handled by you, for
v supplyinp the S u!h Carolina dlspen
' sary for the qu&rter?en<1lng November
\ 30th, 1905 It Is to be understood
that the directors of the dl pmsary
| shall have the right to accept any
\ -quantity of any article hid upon io be
ordered shipped at our pleasure, with
the right to supplement such orders
I any time during quarter, according to
j the needs of tbe Dispensary, the di
I rectors retaining the right to rt iect
all or any part of any bid.
Ah It Is necessary to establish uniformity
in values of grades donomin
atcd as X's, the following scale must
(be obsemd by bidders: The actual
minimum of intrinsic value of
IX rye must not be less than.... $1 50
Of XX rye not less than.. .. 1 (10
Of XXX r o not h'ss than 1 U)
Of X Klu not lei a than 1 6u
Of XX gin not le.-s than 1 60
Of X rum not Ions than 1 60
Of X corn not less than 1 47
Of XX corn not less than .. 1 5u
Ana XX corn, ptach ar.d apole
brandy must y.rade in value
not h sb than 1 60
We also solicit bids on rye liquors 10
grade in value at $2/ $2 50 and $3 per
gallon; corn, at$l 75 and $185 per
gallon, and,malt at $2 aud $2 10 per
gallon.
Iiids and samples to be sent by express
to S;afc} Treasurer, charges prepaid,
on <r before September 12th,
1005 Chemical purity an1 proof must
be guaranteed ore hundred.
II. H. Evans, chairman,
L. W Roy kin,
John Bell Towill.
There Is abao.utoly 110 check to
guard against defrauding the State
except the honesty (?) of the dealer,
and I had a large witlskey distiller
tell me once that al! men who handled
whiskey had to be.wa'ched. X In this
advertisement Is like X.tn the algebra,
k .an unknown quantity except as to the
| Jlmroof" or strength ofithe liquor and
f 1 3 |y one familiar with the business
rJkf Iws that tins Is no criterion what1f
?X of quantity of value.
' ^f'jectlou 557 of tb^ South Carolina
NJe provides:
J*And said ontroot shalloe award.
J to the lowest lesponsible bidder,
such quantities and kinds of llq
Is as may be deemed necessary to
I dispensary for the quarter."
In the light of this advertisement,
lan aggert that there ?i oompetion
In in quality, only competition In
loe, and the spirit of the law Is not
fnplled with at all. It may be said
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that the samples that accompany the
bids are a check on the bidder delivering
something else, but this is an
absurdity, as do man living can tell (
whether two samples of liquor are
Identical simply by taste or by other
means for that, matter. Yet liquor is
a staple arttolo and the Government's
bonded ware house afford a
check and absolute protection against
fraud, and liquor can be described In
an advertisement as clearly as corn or
bacon. I do not know how loDg this
svstem of advertising h*s been la vogue,
but whoever invented it has cer- 1
talnly put It in the power of the liquor
dealers to defraud the State and '
foist off on the people immense quantity
s f inferior and perhaps p nson- '
ous stuff No wonder there is such an {
immense siock of "unsalable" or dead 1
stock whiskey on hand.
I trust all newspapers in the State '
thai have copied Mr TowiP's irapu 1
dent denial of my statement will do
me the Justice to copy this, and es- I
peolally those papers of Lexington and
Saluda c ?untles. B. R. Tillman.
Treuton. S. C , October 2, 1905. 1
8AYtt THBY WILL WIN.
l'ro?ld?'nt Jourdan Oat In Uivm Farinert*
to Stand Finn.
President liar vie Jordan, of the Cot
ton association, Issues a circular, in i
which he rejoices at what Is deemed
assured success, and calls upon farm
era not to weaken in the light. He
aa^s:
The Southern C)tton association,
the Farmers' E lucational and Ceop
erative uuion, the American Soctctv
of Equity, the Farmers' alliance of
W /M> I it f ? /> I ?1 ft % <-** * 4- 1 r?.-- #- *? 1
J.1UI U1 UU.'UUIHJ, IC^llD'.'UHIljj (13
do all of tbe leading farmers' organl
zi ions in the South, have agreed on
a minimum price of eleven cents per
pound for this crop and every man Is '
expected to stand Arm with every bale
that he can hold or llnance
The banks have pLur.v of money bo
advance on cotton. All tbe money
that is needed can be easily secured
We are now up against a hard tight,
as the rec. nt government bureau re
port has been considered as bearish
and hasglv m the "bears" renewed
hope and an additional weapon t"
tight the market with. The whole
South knows that the crop Is a short
one, far s ort-er than Drat of last
year, .and that the spinners will ne< d
every pound that we can raise.
Let the slog.jn be eleven cents from
every hilltop v,nd valley throughout
the. entire South. If the farmeis
weaken the market will break and tl e
cause we have fought s > hard to sua
tain will be greatly j vjpard'z *d. Pay
no attention to pap-r contracts or
bearish literature tloudlng the country
and stand tirm for your rights in the
face of all obstacles and the light w.ll
soon be whipped.
As president of the Southern Cot
ton association I ask the earnest and
ac.tvo ou operation of Die entire
Southern pross in oalllrg upon the
farmers to stand iirm and refuse to
give an inch of ground in the face of
those who arc making such desperate
< ITorts to depress the markets for '
purely speculative purposes. This U ,
a fight for the whole South anrl our
future prosperity depends upon win
u.ng the great struggle ih which we
are now engaged.
A 15 >lo T 'I tel.
In the city of "New York in broad
daylight and with hundreds of neople 1
on the street, Louis Brown a negro, <
made an attempt to rob a Maiden
Lane j iwelcry store of $2,000 worth 1
of diamonds Tnuri dxy. IJi* attempt
was frustrated by Ojcar Wlndorff, a '
clerk, who grappled with the would
be thief, and who was stabbed by the <
negro during the light, Browa is a <
carrier for Jjwelery Salesmen, and
in) entered the atora of Gross &
Boguln, and a?kerl to nee some jewel
ery. Wjudoril noticed the negro put
a tray of jewels under his coat and
he immediately selzid him. Brown
drew ak ?ife and slashed the clerk until
he finally got free. A chase of ,
several blocks followed, Brown swinging
right and left with his wespon as
he rushed through the crowd. lie
was finally captured by a policeman,
who ho attempted unsuccessfully to ,
stah. Win'Ir.tT wnji not. haHoubIv
inured. ,
Kxptodod m Bomb
\ bomb tided with dynamite ami a
quantity of inflammable oil, was
cnrown at the rear of a crowded tene
merit bouse at E ?hth avenue and
One Hundred and Forty third street, 1
New York, Friday. More than a
score of sleeping persons were buried
from their beds by t.ho explosion and
two were carried from the house un
conscious. Within a minute after
tiie expii sion the flames had nearly
enveloped the rear walls of ten tenement
house. The police believe that
"black hand" Italian assassins threw !
the bomb. Tae object of the attack 1
was the rear coor of an Italian barber
shop on the- ground fl 'or.
Blown up by Mln-j.
I
Tbe coasting steamer Hsiesho, plying
between Shanghai and Tien Tain, <
struck and was totally destroyed by a <
mine ninety miles south of the Snan- i
tULg promontony Saturday morning.
Fifteen persons on board the vessel
were drowned e.mong them being
Euglneers Miuchan and Mulr. <
The foreign passer gers and a portion 1
of the ore v of the Hdesoo were res- I
cued by two passing steamer. *
Boat liOHt.
Major General Coibln, cabling to ,
the war department regarding the ro
cent typhoon in Manila, says that all
of the cfflcirs and six passengers or
board the Leyte, thegovernmentocast <
guard boat, were lost. Tnc dispatch '
adds that temporary shelter posts at <
six points were destroyed. i
A DARING ROBBERY.
Two Boys and Three Men Hold up a
Bailroad Train.
No On? Was Killed, bnt the Express ^
Messenger Was Herlously
Injured by Explosion.
One of the most daring bold ups in
the history of railroad robbery took
place at about Ave culles from Ballards
In Washington Wednesday night.
The selected by the bandits for 1
their operation was the Great North- J
arn's Overland, one of the most popular <
Mid richest trains in the west. This ]
tr&iu lelt Seattle early Wednesday r
evening and everything was running
smoothly when a sudden halt and a
terrible explosion shocked the passengers
and crew. I
Before the passengers could realize (
what had happened they were looking <
down the barrels of two large pistols |
held In the hands of a boy, while an- |
other boy relieved them of every thiug r
in the shape of valuables that they ;
had about them. (
Tne very peculiar feature of the ;
robbery was, however, that the two (
boys had n >o b :eu o lac^rii id In the
planning of It at all, but had merely (
tak. n advaLt ige of the plans laid by ,
three men, that the hoys heard talK
ing over the whole f tlalr. They were |
villlanous young f..llows merely Lioboo |
lug their way about the country when j
this opportunity to be real bid was t
presented to them and Immediately .
taken advantage of by them. ,
The reil robbers were three men !
why devoted their time and attention .
to Hie baggage and express cars which
were dynamited and badiy wrecked,
when the messengers refused to open
the doors at the demand of tho men
Toe boy s were captured immediately
ifter the robbery aud gave a complete
story of the IT dr. Tney said that
buey had mounted toe "blind big
to beat their way and found two
men already on It When the traiu
wrrived at liallards another man j lined
the other two m n. This third man
reported every tning to be ready for
the hold up aud a general c jdversalion
D' ok phci as to the ways and means.
I?ne boys learning then for the lirst
time of the intention t of the men
iectded to enrich themselves at the
same time.
When one of the throe men crawled
>ver the engine leader and c >mmandd
the engineer to slop at the point
if a pistol, the boys dropped (IT the.
ollud baggage and made their way
back to tho sleeping car. As soon as
the explosion from the dynamiting of
bne cars in front sounded and the pasieugers
?.ere in a panic the boys with
the nerve of old bandits began their
Forsay, v/hloh was successful as far as
souring a lot of plunder was cnuoernd,
but which ended In their capture
Pnr I llrt InoV r?f nvnai-lon.m ! . ... i *1.-...
IV vuw tuu? U? UAJ/OHOill/li 111 ^';UUIU|^ I
iway. ]
Tne throe men who dynamited the
express c?r got the contents of the (
*a!e and made their escape, going In j
in easterly direction.
it ports from tlie scene of the rob j
hery are m-agor as yet, owing to ciie
fact that the telegraph wires wt-re ]
blown down by the force of tne ex- i
plosion No one is reported Wiled, ,
but the express messenger, Charles <
Anderson, is reported badly injured, j
Manager Waving of the Great North ,
em Is hopeful that the safe did not .
contain a great deal of money, hut ,
whatever it did hold the robbers got (
It all. ;
Erery effort Is being exerted at
r.Ms time to overtake the robbers |
The cr.Gh are unknown so far as th'
descriptions givon by the boys are ,
concerned
TO RAISE PaiCE OF COTTON. j
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Bull Pool Hah MillionH for the Pur- i
po80 Ha yn Hay no.
A dispatch from New Orleans says
that Frank B. Hayne, the noted cot- ,
ton bull operator returning to New <
Orleans after a three month's absence 1
on the floor of the New York cotton
exchange, declared that the bull pool
now operating to raise the price of '
cotton Is the richest pool ever or^an 1
ized ill AmttrifAA anri la amni?
#U nuijdj auto bU
do what it. baa set out to accomplish. 1
llayne's statements regarding the
pool hayo broken the mystery surrounding
the new aggregation which
oxperts to put cotton ou the top notch. '
Heretofore the greatest secrecy has
beon maintained n gardlng every de j
tall of tbe pools personnel ar d move- 1
meats and even Mr. Hay no was not
ready to give the whole matter to the
public.
Ho stated, however, that the pool 1
was not composed of southern m n <
although many New Orleans men, h? \
declared are very bullish on cotton. 1
Mr. Hayne would not admit nor deny i
that he was in the pool himself, but (
stated that his ideas wore In line with I
the ideas of those in the deal, which <
was that cotton Is cheap at the pres ]
ont. price, and that during no month i
?f the oming year will the stanle i
*T
m?11 for lean than 10 cent*. j
Hayne estimates the crop at 10,- l
500,000 baits. The demand, he says
will be enormous. Hayne is ver successful
cotton man, having made millions
of dollars in a very short time '
by his deals In cotton. What be says. \
on the subject of cotton has great
weight in New Orleans, where he Is '
well known. He thinks cotton cheap (
at ten cents, <
Got off bight.
Oolumbus W. Walker was convict <
ed at Oovlugten, Ga., on Monday of <
wlfe-murier and, the jury having re* <
commended him to meroy, was sen* i
tenceh to the penitentiary for life. <
HOLD YOUR COTTON.
in Urgent Appeal to the Farmers,
Merchants and Bankers.
Indications That (Jrowera Arc Not
Putting Their Product on Market
In Some Sections.
The following appeal to the farriers,
merchants and bankers of the
Hate Is made by the president of the
Southern Cotton Association, Mr. E.
D. Smith.:
Fo the Farmers, Merohants and Hankers
of South Carolina:
lu view of the present decline in
ibe price of ootton I consider it my
iuty to make an appeal to the farmjrs
to hold their ootton off tho martcet.
1 a&k that the merchants and
cankers assist them in doing this.
The meioiants by not pressing them,
uid the bankers by lending them sufti
jleut money on their cotton to enable
them to meet the obligations that
jannot be deferred.
The price fixed by the executive
:ommittee at Ashevllie at 11 cents
may seem to some rather high, but
when the New Orleans convention
fixed cotton at 10 cents the difference
oetween the current price at that
time and 10 cents was veey much
greater than the current price now
ind 11 cents. You will recall that
sotton when the New Orleans con
mention assembled was under seven,
ibout six and a half. Ity standing
together, by unity of action, by a little
sacrl tice and patriotism, the .S juthjrn
Cotton Ass elation forced the
tornu tier to pay to the producer more
than 10 cents. Have you thought
what that difference In prloe meant
to the individual and the south? The
grower has a right to tix the price of
his product, and can tix It if he will
ttaud bv thsl association, whlol is
making a gallant 11 'ht to keep too
<peculators from , Lting cotton a
ihelr own price.
Lot every farmo withdraw ids cotton
from the mar'? t. This will check
the rcc ipts, aud ^.ie market will be
ibllged to ad vanco. If you have to
jell, try to find some man who will
Duy it and retire it from the market.
There are plenty of men In each conn
;y of sufficient meaus and patriotism
to do this.
In spite of the report circulated by
ihe bears and their allied interest who
ire trying to depress the price of your
votton, we are reliably Informed
throughout the southern states,
through the inlluence of the Southern
Jotton stssoclatlon, that the farmers
are holding their cotton olT the martet.
Let us stand by our southern
brothers In this great fitjht. It means
the financial emancipation of our oe
loved southland.
lu a word the situation resolves lbself
int? a clear, clean-cut buttle betwixt
the farmer and the speculator.
Had the government report been bull
ish and c mdltlons reported Huch as to
warrant an ad vanes in the future market,
it would have been claimed that
xmdttions warranted or brought about
Lhe mlnioQUQQ price for which we are
contending. Ah it is the government
das brought out another ridiculouaestimate
as to condition, and the bears
ire confidently predicting a large crop,
therefore if the farmers and merchants
will now hold off their cottonibsolutely
hold It oil?the spinners
must have their supplies and coming
Into the market will quickly raise the
price to that of our minimum. This
jscqqs almost another providential opportunity
like last year to test our
ability to control the market. Let
every man see to it that he will absolutely
withhold his cotton 'for 30
days. E. D. Smith,
Presidents. C. Div. S. (J. Association.
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A Canadian farmer, noted for Ids
ibsent mindeduess, went to town one
lay and transacted his business with
the utmost precision He started
back; on his way borro, however, with
the linn conviction that he had for?Otten
soraetld g?what It was he
sould not rec 11, try how he would.
As he nea^ a home the conviction In
creased and three times lie stopped
bis h . se and went carefully through
hi pocketbook in a vain endeavor to
isoover waat lie Had forgotten. In
3ue course he reached home, and wan
met hy his daughter, who looked at
him sufDrise, and exclaimed, ''Why,
father, where have you left mother?"
Hnds Kin Own
At New York, William R. Travers,
naull>nvr> tn in of 15 sin, sin o'
the celebrated wit and Wall street
iperator, William R. Travers, com
mittod suicide Friday by shooting
himself through the headiu his apart
merits in Madison avenue, lhe suiside
Is inexplicable, Mr Travers bo
ng in the prime of life, In fair health
md the possessor of a largo fortune.
Mr. Travers married Miss Idly II ?.rrl
nan, a sifter of Mr.i. W. K. Vauder
oil, Jr. The couple separated three
/ears ago, Mrs. Travels going to Paris
no live.
Oovenor flevward Wednesday nooning,
on a report filed by the comptroller
grnoral, suspended Dr. J. T.
Pattison, county treasurer of Edge
[iold county. The report fi.ed by the
comptroller general and his experts
charged that the treasurer was some
thing over $4 000 short in his accounts.
A/ter suspending Patterson the governor
notified the senator from that
county and the county auditor of that
xcunfcy, rr questing the latter to look
ifter the books until the delegation
could meet and select a successor.
INSANE MOTHER
BrainsjJHer Seven Children and
BurnsYTheir^Bodies.
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TOOK HER OWN LIFE.
Mrs. Clarence Markham, of Cambridge,
Illinois, was the Unfortuaate Creature.
She Survived Long
Enough to Make an^Awful
Confession to Sheriff.
Mrs. Olarenco Markham of Cambridge,
Illinois, in a tit of temporary
Insanity Monday kllle 1 herjseveu children
with an axe, after ^vvhloh she
placed their bodies on a bed. satur&t
BAND OF YEOUMM
fiaid to be Coming or Are in The
State.
Many Have Boon Sentenced Co Prison
in This State for Robbing
Banks anil Postollloes.
A gang of yeggmen and safe blowers
are reported to have descended In
this direction and the police authorities
generally over the state are maintained
a sharp lookout for suspicious
haraoters, several of whom have already
been rounded up on general
oharges of vagrancy, says the Charleston
Post.
The detective force of Charleston Is
also exercising vigilance, but this city
seems not to be the headquarters of
the gang, as it was durlDg the exposition
and several subsequent periods
since the yeggmen lirst started their
operations in South Carolina. If the
gang is using Charleston as iheir base,
they are keeping very quiet, but the
reports Indicate that their base Is up
the state, probably at Columbia,
which place the Noland-McKlnloy
gang, four of whom are now doing
time in the federal prison at Atlanta,
having been convicted In Charleston
two years ago, made their base of operations.
Detective Brennan is pro
babty the best Informed of tho local
fotce about the habits and ways of
the yeggmen, having been associated
with the poatcftlce Inspectors In the
conviction of Edward Morgan, John
King and Rudolph Ribens, a Charleston
man, with their numerous
aliases at the April term of tho Unit,
ed States circuit court.
The state authorities are being
materially aided In their surveillance
of the suspicious characters by the
bright secret service men, who are
endeavoring to rid this section of tho
safe blowers who have been giving
trouble for several years. Postotllce
Inspectors Gregory, Pulsiphor and
Maries are keeping a pretty close
watch through South Carolina and
lower North Carolina, while Inspector
Bulla, of Virginia, vihowlth Inspector
Gregory has done the larger share of
the work of sending lip the yeggmen
from this section, Is also operating
with the Inspectors of this immediate
section.
Inspector Pulsipher, who is assigned
to the section of tho state above
Columbia, paid a Hying trip to CharInalnn
u fum rlo ?? Vv.?* I.?? *1 ?
lUOUVil Cft LKs TW UU/ d|^U| UUU IlCVll IIU Oil tUK I
to say about his mission. Inspector
Gregory has not been In Charleston for
some weeks, having been giving some
attention of the cases against John
Fisher alias ''Connectlcy Shortly" and
Charles O'Day, who are held by SherIluntcr
at Lancaster for the robbery
of Health Spring bank last spring. Inspector
Gregory has a number of cases
against Fisher, he being one of tho
men indicted untried for the Latta
Dostotllce robbery, for which Morgan,
King and Ribens were convicted last
April, and he also ha* a case against
O'Day, who Is an equally notorious
yegg man, for postoillce robberies in
Virginia and North Oaroliua. The
government has. however, yielded the
men to 8herill Hunter for the South
Carollnasiat.utes provide life Imprisonment,
whereas the limit of the federal
law Is only live years for burglarlv.
and since the state seems to have a
clear case, the Inspector would rather
that the state put the men out of
business for the rest of their days.
The suspicious circumstances con
nected with the arrest of several men
recently through the state confirm the
authorities of the presence of the safe
blowers. Ooe of the characters arrested
at Clinton a few days ago had
hi his possession a diagram of the
town, with the site of the bank mark
ed and the contiguous streets, which
is considered by the authorities as incriminating
evidence against him.
Thirteen men have been sent up in
South Carolina during the past two
and a half years for breaking postoffice
safes and robbery of government
funds and stamps, and a check has
been placed upon the operation of the
yeggs in this section which was most
inviting at the start. Morgan, King
and I tab? os were the last bunch to be
convicted. Rabens case was appealed
by his attorney, Mr. W Turner Logan
and the case will be called this month
before the court of appeals at Richmond,
United States District Attorney
Capers going to Richmond to
represent the government.
The yeggraan are the most dangerous
class of criminals, and the punish
ment of their pals seem to have but
little deteraing force upon them and
their operations can be controlled by
only the striotest vigilance and prosecution.
TVf >1 mrlcll ltn?l v fc'nnnH
T. Welsh, of Johnson City, Tenn.,
was foun i dead in the pit of the elevator
abaft at the Bod man n Tobacco
Warehouse on Front StreetCincinnati,
O 1I0, Thursday. 11 is chest was crushed
and it appeared as though he had been
killed by the elevator descending on
him. Because of what were said to be
suspicious clroumstances the coroner
ar.d the polloe are investigating on
tiie theory that the man was tirst
murdered and then placed In the elevator
pit to avoid suspicion.
Many Liven Lohi,
Tho governor general of the Philippines
cabled the war department Wednesday
morning that tive oftlce/s and
one pes j hospital clerk and six past
sengers, twenty-seven of the crew of
the coast guard cutter Leyte were lcsby
the wrecking of the vessel off Samar
during the recent typhoon.
ed it with ooal oil and not tiro to it.
She then hacked her throat with
knife and threw herself on the burning
bed. Neighbors rescued her, but
sho was so badly burned that she died
noon after she had made a confession.
The oldest child was nine years of
age, the youugest, a baby in arms.
Neighbors, attracted by the smoke
of the burning dwelling, rushed to
the rescuo and found Mrs, Markham
covered with blood and badly burned.
Ilaroly able to tell her story, she at
tlrst declared the crime had been committed
b/ a strange man, but later
when the shorifr arrived she admitted
that she had slain her ohlldro n one by
one and attempted to deHtro y their
babies and her own in the Are Soon
afterward she died. Wheu the ruins
of the homo had cooled, a co tirmation
of her story was had In t finding
of the charred corpses, each with
its skull crushed.
The Markhams lived apart from
neighbors, tho husband being employed
as a laborer on a nearby farm. lie
was compelled to bo away from home
during the day. Having noted his
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?ut5 auuuiK queeriy ior several weeKS
he had kept the children, the oldest
of wliom was but nlno years of age,
out of school to bo with the mother.
She was never kuown to exhibit violent
tendencies previously.
A BIO SYNDICATE.
I'rcHldent Jordan and Hocrotary
Cheatham Now in New York.
Ilarvie JordaD, and Richard Cheatham,
secretary of the Southern Cotton
A&sociuiion, arrived in New York on
Saturday and have since that time
heen in close consultation with the capitalists
who are interested in the 1,000,000
bale purchasing syndicate project.
John Martin, agent of the Farmers'
Union, is also In New York, and
is interested in the same matter.
Although the plan was not formally
presented at the Asheville meeting,
Mr. Jordan has been in constant communication
with those Interested since
that time. lie would have been In New
York before bad it not been that his
many duties detaiaed him in the
South.
The projoot seems to meet with the
hearty approval of all those who are
interested In a higher pries to the cotton
producers for his staple, and it is
said that the New York capitalists
who are interested in the. matter have
their money ready and are willing to
at once put up $1,000,000 if it is desired
to bind themselves to carry out
their part of the project.
Vf - .. ^
iuk< uuiuau in v?;ry CO'IUI'CUL inni
the farmers will hold for 11 cent* anyway,
but thinks that this purohase
syndloato would Insure an 11-cent
minimum price,
The plan, as has been explaiaod before,
Is an agreement between a syndicate
and the Southern Cotton Association
and the Farmers' Union, by
which the syndicate agrees to buy 1,000,000
bales of cotton at minimum
price of 11 cents a pound. The association
will obtain the cotton from Its
members, each man selling only a part
of his crop to the syndicate, and holding
the rest for the minimum price.
The project, which Is a most elaborate
one in its details, and which
would make the syndicate the bitf/est
and most powerful spot cotton factor
in the world, has been submlted to
some of the loading financiers and
bankers of New York and approved
by Itiem. It is expected that an Important
announcement will be made
In the matter In a few days.
(Starved Him to Dnath.
The county jail at Kansas City,
Kansas, was surrouned Wednesday
nitfht by men who Insist that Mrs.
Hftllft Rli/trlna hor Saii<?ht-ni- ?i
atfed 14 yearn, and her husband,
Gjor^e liitfKlns, ^cJd by the coroner's
Jury for the death of ttlggln's tt->carold
Ron by a former wife, should be
lynched That the little boy was
starved and tortured to death is specifically
charged by the coroner's jury.
The boy's 2-year old sister was also
n?i i/tll ii ? ?J i- - * *
uiucujr uicawu anu is <11. UIC O'ilIIF< 01
death in a hospital. While Mrs, Riggin's
own children were well fed and
kindly treated the two step children,
according to the evidence presented to
the grand Jury, were literally starved.
On Uund.
John Marlon Ashley, J. R. Moore,
John Moore, Will Moore and Hugh
Howen, oharged with the murder of
the negro Allea Pendleton at Hone*
Path, have been bound over to oourfc
In thejaum 17,000 each.