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HE WILL DIE On the Gallows For a Most Hein\ ous Crime. r, BRUTE TO RE HANGEl). The Law Vindicated in the Case of An* drew Thompson, Who, Within Five Weeks From ,the Commission of the Crime, is Tried and Condemned to be Hung. There has scarcely ever been so much interest soown in any criminal trial in Greenville as is shown in the t.rlal nf Uifl nnlit AnflfAw 'IVh/vnn. son, who Is ^h&rged with assaulting Mrs. Frank .James, the wife of a farmer, near Taylor's, December 18, 1805, which was begun la the court of scsdons Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, says a special dispatch to The State. A verdict of guilty was returned Wednesday afternoon. Acc >rding to ths testimony of Hen .Smith and Charlie Mcseloy, b >th colored, they were with the defendant at sundown on the day the alleged crime was committed, abiut a quarter of a mile distant from the James home. They parted at that point, after having partakeD of whiskey from a pint bottle which the defendant had. Before they parted this bottle was emptied. tThompson went in the direction of (he James home, they to their homes in an opposite direction. This bottle figured prominently in the trial. An empty bottle was found at the place where Mrs. James was assaulted, which, when presented to these witnesses, brought forth the statements that "if It wasn't the tame bottle Thompson carried and from which they drank, it looked very much like it " Mrs. James' testimony was pathetic and caused no little Interest. There nm o r\ /l ? artv/^ nn n iwnrnr t li n />i?. ,n>rl nttfj 1117 UIOl'lUCI rtUiUMK UIJV V;1U*VU, which was silent to catch the words of the \vitnuss. She was visibly affected as she took the stand. It was a trying ordeal, and if the courts had any way to shield a woman from such publicity it would undoubtedly ho done. Her voice was faint when she answered the tirst few questions of Solicitor Iiqggs, but she bicimo more confident as the examination preceded and it was not necessary for the solicitor to propound questions to secure her evidence. Sne testified that a negro giving his name as Andrew Tnompson came to her house about an hour by sun and went away. About dark the same man returned and asked where her husband was. She told him that he waR in Greenville. Sue suspected the negro was up to no good and picking up a lamp, started out at her front door for the home of Mrs. Pnillips, a few hundred yards away. The negro turned and went toward the back of the yard. After she had gone only a few yards the negro ran up behind her and taking hold of her jerked the lamp from her hand. A terrible scutte ensued. Sue made superhuman elTorts to repulse the attack, but was overpowered and the crime was committed, from which she si ITered greatly. At tins point in the testimony Solicitor Hoggs asked: "Is the defendant who Hits thai-A thn man who as suited >ou, or is lie not, Mrs. James?'' The silence which prevailed over the crowded court room was deathlike. The spectators had listened for this question, wnich was the most important to convict the defendant Mrs. James looked straight at the prisoner, who sat by the side of his attorney. "That is the man," said she in a strong voice, "that did it"? and after a slight pause, "that's the dog!" This testimony caused a considerable stir and the deputies moved about among the arowd. Constable Kainey testified to the capture of Thompson in his home and his identification by Mrs. James the next day. lie was in a drunken stupor when arrested and made different and conflicting statements to the magistrate. To show that the defendant was not at the James home when the crime was committed and that a strange negro was in the neighborhood is the sole defence of the negro Thompson and upon this the defendant's case rested. Attorney McSwaln for the defense In the cross examination of all witnesses for the State, sought to bring out testimony showing there was a strange negro In the vicinity where the crime was committed Such a strange person was thereabouts the afternoon of the crime. The positive identification of the defendant by Mrs. James and the chain of evldedce which clings ahout the bottle are strongly contradictory to the theory of the defense and are questions which will be decided by the Jury. The State closed its case at the noon hour, all the testimony being heard. The defense put up no witnesses and arguments were at once begun. The defence by not introduoing any evidenoe secured the last argument to the Jury. Mr. Alvin H. Dean assisted the prosecution and made the rpening argument for tbe State. A.lwavs logical and eloquent, he made one of the strongest speeches ever heard in a Greenville court r-om. lie was followed by Solicitor Hoggs, who made a short argument and ai?aly/.< d the testimony. Elcq lently the solicitor appealed for the protection of helpless women and the suppression of mob law bv the petit jury doing its duty. His spe? ch was forcible and delivered with charaeterist'c earnestness. John .7. MeSwaln made the closing argument. H>? was app inted by the cou*t to defend Thompson, and a brave tight w-as made to prove the Innocence of the accused. Every point of testimony which was introduced by tht Sra'e which bordered on being Irrelevant was contested. Earnestly and plainly the attorney recited the State's testimony to the jury and made a strong plea for his client. Reluctantly Mr. McSwain took the case, but he had no way rut of it and he did bis duty well, lie urged upon the jury to se^ that no innocent man was convicted; the law did not want it, and to give the pris oner, who was helpless and in the bauds of the law and his God, an itr. partial verdict. A verdict <-f guilty was reached after the jury was out one hour T uimoson was sentenced to bo hang ed on February 2 Not motion for a new trial was m ide. AN OITTUBK KILLED. ATri'Dil'T TO ARREST SLAVISH ENDS IN OF PIC Hlt'S DEATH. tfcCormick the Feeuo of a Pfilculty in Which Hate Oohstabie lost His Iife. A special dispatch from Augusta, r1,, irx mu^ c.?. A %? - i vr<* , iu x no ontlt) &l\yn itir. J. KJ llolstien of MoO Ttnick, a member of the State cOfiSfjhbul vry, -lioci in the Augusta city hospital Tuesday morniup, Jan. 33, at 8 o,"l< ck, havlug been brought to the city M >wUv in a serious condition from a gunshot wound. Mr. Iiolstein was accompanied by I)rR. M. Fuller of M Cnrrnck, who was with him until the end came, and escorted the remains toMr llolstein's former home at llAttsourp Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Fuller was seen by the State's representative and gave the following slatemcut for publication; 'Mr. ,1. C. llolstien, Si.Ate constable at M<C>rmtck, was shot bv Mr. Wade C ttlirao, a farmer living about two miles from MoOornolck. The shooting took p'.aco on Main street in the presence of a number of witnesses. "Mr Cothran and Mr. Tump Widenian were about to pet into an alter cation when Mr, Cothran drew a 88 calibre Smith Jc Wesson pistol. Toe town marshall, Mr. J. R. Rrown,came upon the scene and placed Mr. Cothran under arrest, 1 ut he refused to ptve up his weapon. The marshal called upon Mr. iiolstein for assist ance. He stepped up end it seems took hold of the barrel of the weapon and reunested Mr. Cothran to lot him have the pistol. Mr. Cothr&n still refused and endeavored to pull the pistol from Mr. Gobhran, when it was dhc larged. The bullet entered the chest about two and a half inches below the nipple, on a liae oenetrattng the diphragm in two places, pass ing through the penicardium and through the l"wer lobe of the left lung, lodging Just under the skin at a point of ohe snoulder blade. ''Mr. Hoisteln was taken to the city hospital by his physician on the afternoon t.ahi. lie continued to grow worse until death ensued at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning. An autopsy revealed the fact that both the abdomen and plurae were tilled with blood. "Mr. Wade Cothran was cut two or three times by Mr. Wtdemari after the si looting took place. His wounds were lljsh wounds and not likely to give him trouble. "Mr. Ilolstein was cool and collected. He walked nearly two blocks to the physician's ctli ;e after the wound and was Goundou# until about 15 minutes before he died. He made no statement in regard to the wound. '*111-? remains wer'1 shipped to hatesbur^, his former home, on the 3 30 train Tuesday afternoon where the interment will take place tomorrow. Ills fither, mother, one brother aud one sister survive bim. The three came over to Augusta on the mornI ok train, reaching here a^short while after his death. "Mr. llolstein was a young man about 30 >ears of age and well liked by every one in Mc Jorm*ck, where he had been stationed for the past two aud a half years. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and his friends were numerous." A OoHurietl Village. After expend ng more than $1,600nnn rtnrlm/ tVia riftflt. otw xietawa In ?.<? V.V.A .ups v.iv .< niA jr cain a Li |Siu chasing and working the Copper Fields mines, for many years the third largest in the United States, George Westinghou.se, of Pittsburg, has abandoned his search for copper in the Vershire mountains In Vermont as a result the village is now practically deserted. Westinghouse's representatives declare that the copper vein is worthless. Scores of miners and their families have left town, and now there are not a dozen families, where the population at one time was more than a thousand. Throughout the village all the dwellings formerly occupied by the employes are being sold and moved away or torn down. The maehlnery, boilers, and fnrnaoes are being blown up by dynamite. V , WENT ON ROCKS. Steamer Valencia Wrecked on the Coast of an Island. MANY PERSONS LOST. It Is Thought That One Hundred an^ Twenty-One Souls Perished on the Ill-fated Ship. Not a Woman or Child Among the Rescued. A dispatch from Victoria, It. C , savs the Valencia, which was en route from Sun Francif-c ?, with 5)4 passrn gers and a cow of 00, went ashore at midnight Tuesday night during a thick fog and a largo, number were drowned when attempting to leave the j dilp. The steamer is on the recks . against a high clIIV, and is likely to go to pieces at any time. () ie boat's crew reached Cap , Beale at ii o'clock Tues day afternoon, and nlue men got ashore near the telegraph hut, about 15 miles from the. lighthouse Two men are prisoners on the face of the cMIT near which the steamor wont asaore and cannot get up the cl.tr or return to the wrick. Too sea will probably reach them when the tide is mgu. i no man report terrible scenes. One woman drooped her child into toe sea. when trying to hand it to her husband, who was in one of the boats. When the boat's crew left there was a little b >y running about the decks crying for his mother, who was amoiik' the drowned. There are still about 125 persons on the wreck, with almost certain death staring them in the face. The steamer Queen, wnich arrived here at 4 o'cloca from S*n Francisco, landed iier passengers ano left at once for the scene of the wreck. The steamer Q leen City left at midnight on her regular coast cruise and should reach the scene of the wreck in a few hours. Urgent messages are being received for assistance. A dispatch from Cape Bcalo says the steamer lost is the Valencia of San Fraucisco, which wont ashore on Vancouver island coast near Cloose The lighthouse keeper says about 100 were drowned. The news of the disaster on the Vancouver island coast in meagre, being con lined to the message received by Capt. Gaudln, agent of the marine service, from Light house Keeper Patterson at Cap1 Beale, saying: "Steamer wrecked be tween here and Oloose, about 100 drowned, nine reached telegraph hut. Will wire more raticulars as soon a possible." Cape Beale Is on Vancouv Island at the southern side of the en trance to Barclay sound. The name of the wrecked vessel has not been ascertained. NO SION OF LIFK. The cor respondent of the Associated Pre^s on board the steamer Salvor has wired from liamtielii as follows: The steamer Valencia was located by the steamer Queen at Da.m, today on Point Plan way, about live miles from Cape Beale. The tug Czar went In to investigate and repor that th steamer was ashore, stern ilrst and her decks swept clear with the exception of a small part of the deckhouse and her two masts standingNo persons could he seen alive on ooard. In the rising of the foremast was what the captain of the tug Czu took to be a signal, although he was unable to say whether It was a piece of sail or a human being clinging to the rigging. Tno steamer Salv >r stood in for about two miles but was unable to go any further as a heavy sea and a westerly gale was blowing, making it high ly dangerous, if not impossible, to make a closer approach. The Czar was within three-quarters of a miie from the wreck but, could go no further towards the Valencia and after making as complete an examination as possible, she returned to the Queen and Salvor. The latter steamer and the tug Czar then left for Baaaiield creek, the Queen standing by her companion line. When the Salvor left the scene there was a heaw swell from the southwest and rain was falling In torrents. The Queen reported having heard three gunsnots shortly before the arrival of the Salvor, but nothing of any UviDg person was to be seen. Advices from Cape Iiealc say that ifi men have arrived, one of whom Is the boatswain, the others being sailors. They reported a passenger list of 94 and a crew of (30 and said that when they left the wreck yesterday morning there were about 100 persons on board, a large percentage of whom were women and children who were on the quarterdeck. Two boats were smashed alongside and all the occu nftniu aiAva |/uuvn nvig uiv;micu, The Valencia left San Francisco about 11 o'clock on Saturday last and heard no sound and saw no light pre saglng danger. The officers were run nlng by dead reckoning and were on the outloon for Chumatilla reef lightship when the steamer struck. She was backed off after she struck but the water tilled the engine room, the Ores were extinguished and the en gine orew forced out of the room, although not before the Valencia had been driven hard on the beach. HOItlUHLK KXl'KUIKNCES. A special representative of The Post-Intelllgenoer wired from Port Angeles at 3:30 a. m. Thursday morning that the resoue ship Oity of / " V A 'K-peka picked up a life raft at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon six miles otT Cape H<*ale with 20 survivors of the Vale? e'a on board. The men were In a pitiable condition and almost dead from exposure The men on their frail support battled bravely with a pair of oars to reach the City of Tnpeka, which, owing to the dangerous coast, could not run in any closer to them. Within half a mile from the raft a brat was lowered from 'be deck, which was with much dilliculty, made fast with a line to the raft. The work of rescue was daugerous. The men were too exhausted to even tie a rope about themselves. The survivors told terrible tales of the wrick of the vessel. When they left the ship there were about 90 people oo board, most of them clinging to the rigging. G. Willis, one of the men rescued from the raft, in describing his experiences, said two of the boats were smashed as soon as they stri ek the water and a third fell Into the water stern tlrsfc, precipitating its occupants Into the water. Then, ho said, an attempt was made to get a line ashoro. "A fireman named Cigales .agreed to swim ashore- Ho was in | the water fully half au hour, but was unable to make the beach. Que man was nwempt ashore and succeeded in landing ou a small rt ok. We shot a line to him aud then he tried to climb the cliIT, but he fell and was killed before ou r eyes. "In the ' lornlng another sad calamity occurred. Ab >ut 15 or 20 pur| sons, among fchera one or two women had taken refuge In the fore topmost Suddenly, aud without warning, the ! mast tottered and there came a shriek fH/.a . ..n It- .. ? ,4 tt.. 1 i j win vi'ii cs wii iu, ?iuu but; 11i x.Vj mil ment it fell with a crash, carrying its load of human freight to a terrible death. "Uipt. Johnson lost his bearings and ran the ship ashore. It was a dark and stormy night, and nothing could be seon. The ship struck while running full speed. We all thought we were to the southward of Flat tery, and after striking CJapt. John son proved himself a hero. lie made the statement that he would never ieave the wreck alive arid 1 believe It The chiif engineer Is also carrying a revolver with which to blow out his brains when tho crltlc.il moment comes." SUHMKHOKD AND HltOKKN With only 33 of the 151 persons on l*oard known to be safe up to a late hour Thursday night, t te wrecked steamer Valencia now lies submerged and broken on tho Vancouver oast live miles from (Jape 11 >ale. Ouly a portion of a mast stauds above the water and the ll :et of steamers and tugs Thursday turned their attention tjo patrolling the coast In the hope of lidding boats, rafts or wreckage still bloat with survivors. Hut the belief grows stronger each hour that 121 persons, including most of the passen gers are lost. Of the 33 persons definitely acooua fed for, and these do not include threr men, believed to be survivors seen on shore by the whaling vessel Orion, six have been taken on the Salvor, bruised, half naked, and ex hausted. Nine others in a similar plight are still camped on Darling creek in a telegraph hut, while the remaining 18 were picked up by the City of Tjpoka from a raft. Not a woman or child is among the I saved, survivors saying that the wo men refused to leave the wreck ven whe l told the sdp was going to pieces. A Sorrowful ttoniftooo A e'ever and beautiful girl of nineteen, named B troness Irma Von IIolz, das just died at Bejrlin, (i jrnaany, the result of consumption, Her death tarings to light a romance. As a girl sue turned die heads of the barons and counts frequenting the salons of the best Berlin sootety. Driven from her home by her proud parents because of her determination to marry a mau of whom they disapproved, and who later deserted her to marry another, she commenced the selling of flowers la the streets of ICreois, where her parents resided. They had refused to give her any a^dstance whatever. Finally the young baroness brought an action against her parents to force tnem to acknowledge her as their daughter. She woa iier case, but did not win from toem much in the way of monetary assi ttance. The consumption she con traced as the result of exposure to all weathers In following her calling of 11 )wcr seller. Society Women Scored. Chicago society was astoneded when It learned that the recent Kirmess had been denounced by ttie lie v. Sydney Strong speaking before a large audience at the Second Congregational Church, as the most Improper social gathering ever held in Chicago. In an address that fairly bristled with Invective the clergyman stigmatized In the entertainment as "half naked, painted, sensualized creatures, full sisters to the benighted Fetish dancers of South Africa, promoters of the Kirmess, which was held two weeks ago, raised 12 S,000 for the Children's Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Walter S. Brewister, treasurer of the Kirmess, declared after she had heard of Dr. Strong's remarks that none of the dance was immodest and that the costumes worn by the women who dispensed punch complied with every rule of propriety. Might Hi*it Homo. At Pittsburg, Pa., at a meeting of the Woman's Cluo one of the members suggested that women were wearing thei* dresses too long and said they should not extend below the knees. "That might do for a lady with your form" spoke up an angular member * 'bnt I don't agree with you one bit." PASSED AWAY. I Gen. Joe Wheeler Mas Joined Mis Comrades Under the SHADE OF THE TREKS. He Was a Hero of Two Wars, Was Officially Thanked By the South Carolina Legislature For His Defense of Aiken During Sherman's Raid. Gen. .1 >seph Wheeler, Die famous Confederate cavalry leader and a brl gadier general of the United States array since the war with Spain, died at 5.35 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the home of his sister, Mrs. Sterling Smith, in Brooklyn. Toe veteran of ,wt> wars was ou years oin, b ir? In ;uUe of his age, theio was hope u ltll Thursday of ills recovery from the alack of pucumonla, wiilch caused the death. It has not yet boon announced where the bodv will bo burled, but pri bibly It will be In Arlington com tery, near Washington. Announcement for the plans for the funeral will be ma le tomorrow. Gen. Wheeler was taken i.l six clays aero at his sister's home, where he has been living recently. Ho outraoted a severe cold wiilch developed into pleurisy and pneumonia. From the tirst his age told against him but the family did not give up hope until Wednesday night, when the disease was found to nave all' -cted both lungs. Gen. Wheeler's immediate relatives were all with him. His daughters, Mrs. W. J. Harris and the Misses Anne, Lucille and Carrie Wheeler, had been summoned from the South and arrived early in the week. His son, Maj. Jos. Wheeler, Jr., U. S. A., now stationed at West Point, was also present, as well as Gen. Wheeler's sister, Mrs. Sterling Smith, and her son. The family were summoned to the bedside of the patient at midnight Wednesday night, when the doctor's in consultation concluded that the end wa-* but a matter of hours. The gen oral was then awake and conscious and tiis mind was apparently active. He seemed to know that death was ap proaching and though too weak to | <peak, lie succeeded In giving signs of recognition and encouragement to his children. Later the general sank Into a peaceful slumber, and at the request of the doctors the family quietly withdrew from the sick man's bedside. Gen. Wheeler was never again more than semi c mselous. He lingered un til tills evening and passed away quietly. (UCiN. wiieislku'b cakkeu. .Joseph Wheeler, soldier, born In Augusta, Ga., Sept. 10, 1800. lie was I graduated at the United Slates Mill lary academy In 1859 and assigned to the dragoons. After a year's service at the c ivalry school for practice at Carlisle, Pa., he received the full rank of second lieutenant, but on April 22, 1801, resigned and eutered the Confederate army. He was made colonel of the Nineteenth Alabama Infantry on Sept. 4, 1801, and served principally in the West. At Shllon tie commanded a brigade and covered the Confederate retreat from the Held. In .July, 1802, he was transferred to a cavalry command and engaged In raiding Western Tennessee During the Kentucky cimpalgn of that year he had charge of Gen. Rraxton Hrogg's oavilry and fought at Green R'verand Parryville. Hi com onauded the rear guard of the Confederate army wnen It retreated Into Tennessee and on October 30, 1802, was promoted to brigadier general. At Murfreesbor j be was in charge of the cavalry, and thereafter he wascontln uously active In c mtesttug Gen. William S. Rosecrans' advance, also attacking his Hanks, raiding in the rear and destroying his trains. Oa .January 19, 1800, he received his commission as maj ir general and opposed the Union advance at Chattanooga. He COnamandp.fi M>p navulrw at" f!hJnta. mauga and after the battle crossed Tennessee river and fell upon Rosecrans' line of communications, defeating the force that was sent against him and destroying over 1,200 wagons with stores. On tills raid he succeeded In da in igi ng federal property to the value of *3,000,000, but, af1&w?9lng 000 men, was driven back to noth^m Alabama. Subsequently ho took part in the siege of Kooxville and covered Bragg's retreat from Lincoln Ridge and Lookout Mountain. During the winter and spring he conlnually harassed the Union troops, and, on the advance of Gen. William T. Sherman's army toward Atlanta, he opposed every movement and fought almost daily, often with his men dismounted. July 27-30 he fiught the raiding force of Gen. Geo. Stoneman, General Kenner Gerard and Gen. EL ward M. McCook, and captured many prisoners, including Gen. Stoneman and all the artillery and transportation. On Auk. I*. 1884, he was sent by Qen. John D. Hood to capture the national supplies, burn bridges and break up railways in the rear of Qen. Sherman's army. PasslnK through northern Georgia, he went Into eastern Tennessee as far as the Kentucky line, and thence through middle Tennessee back into northern Alabama. During thi8 raid, which lasted one, trovh. lie was continuously en^a^cd and ruined much property Fie was unsuccessful lu destroying Sherman's communications, and wan finally 4riven hack by the national cavalry. When I the Oonfed?rate commander hecamo convinced of the Impossibility of arresting Sherman's advance, Weeler was sent In front of the army to prevent tho Union troops from raiding and foratflntf. He then en^a^ed In the defense of Savannah, and for his defense of Aiken received the thanks of the legislature of South Carolina. Gen. Wheeler received his promotion to tho rank of lieutenant general on Feb. 28, 1805, andconMnued In charge of the cavalry under Gen. Joseph K. Johnston until the surrender In April, 1805. Tho death of Gen. James K. It. Stuart, on May 11, 18(?1, made him senior cavalry general of the Confederate array. After the war, he studied law, which profession and the occupation of cotton planting he followed until 1880, when ho was elected to congress as a Democrat, and took his seat on Die. 5, 1881; but his place was successfully contested by Wm. M. L >we, and ho was unseated, June 3, 1882 He was reelected to the same congress on tho death of Mr. L i-vo, a f.jw months later, and served until after the war with Spain. 1 i May, i 181)8, he wan made maj >r ^mral and ?vas active In the war with Spain. CONFEDERATE G iAVE3. ttirakor 1*uhI??h IUh (till to Mark: Tliom With Stonot, Confederate veterans and Southerners tfr>uer\llv ar?? t.aklmr a rln?i\ infm-. ? w > K est iii the Foraker bill to appropriate 4200,000 to liuy the lands iu N jrtheru states wherin rest tho bodies of (Jmfederates who died hi the Northern prisons in the civil war, to improve these grounds suiistantially and to erect headstones over the graves. A. good deal of N jrthern sentiment, t'>o, Is with the pjople of the South in this matte, as Is evidenced by the fact that Senator Foraker, himsell a lireeating veteran of the rebellion, Is urging the passive of the bill. President, Itioscvelt himself Is favorable to proper care of the graves of Confederates who died In the Northern prisons, lie recommended this In ills last message. President Mclvinloy was also favorable to It and through his elf >rts the C in federate dead in the District of Columbia over six years ago wero all brought together In Arlington cemctary and a seperate plat prepared for them. The great dlilijulty In the way of the proper care of the Confederate graves In tho Northern states Is In the house. There, for the political reason that survivors of the civil war in tho Northern states might object to appropriating money to expend on the graves of Confederates, nothing has been done and the opposition to doing anything has by nu means passed. The bill Senator Foraker now has introduced, has already been twice passed by the senate. Statistics gatheedon the number of Confederate dead In the North show the total is .'10,152 Of the number :i,.'100 are burled in the national cemeteries. Their graves are given as good attention as those of the soldiers who defended the union. The graves of the remained are scittered about and designatlon-and location are rapIdly becoming Imposlble. Unless the government takes charge of them and either buys the land In which they are situated or removes the remains of national cemetarles, it will in a few years, bo out of the question to find them. lteod'H Death I'll hit mod. A dispatch from Bamberg to The State says as a result of reports and rumors which have gone out concerning the death of B. T. lteed, who died lri Bamberg on the morning of J inuuary 14th, after an ilness of only a few hours, an investigation was begun Thursday by the order of Coroni er J. 11. '/. dgler. The coroner's jury went to the burial grounds at (Jope, i where Reed was burled, and there i disinterred the body. Dr. J. J. Oleckley performed the operation. The results, If there are any, win be brought out In the court house in a few days. At the time of Ried's death the commonly accepted report was that he had died of paralysis of i the brain. But Mr. O. B. Klttrell, i a brother-in-law of the deceased man, hearing the rumor that Used had been poisoned, carried part of the body to Augusta, Ga , where ho claims that a chemist found a large quantity of arsenic In the stomach. The investigation in process is to clear up all this mystery if possible and to get the facts of the case. In the meanwhile Klisha Hunch, a white woman who resides in the mill district of this town, and Viola Wesley, colored, are In jail, being held as parties connected with the death of Reed. Gon. Grant on (Jon. I< j?. At New York Wednesday night speaking at the annual banquet of the Confederate veterans cvmp of New York City, General Frederick D. Grant, oominanding the department of the east, I J. S. A., proposed an Informal resolution that steps be taken Immediately to make January 19, iwuj, trie one hundredth anniversary of the birth of General Robert E. Lee a national day of memorial. He spoke of his father's friendship with Genera) Lee and of the letter's herltate to the oountry. The resolution was adopted amid oheers. F. Hopkineon Smith spoke to the toast ''Old Plantation Days." In his address he dadared the suffrage of the negro waa the "greatest orlme of theoenturj,H