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% THE PLAIN FACTS la Regard to the Darlington Raids Is StataH BY SENATOR TILLMAN i In Answer to an Editorial Published l>y the News and Courier, Which II? Says May Mislead the Younger Generation, and to Keep the llecord Straight. iT" To the Editor of IThe News and Courier: It is not often that 1 consider anything in youi editorial coinnins worthy of notice. While yon ).?<>? ?l iuuto I I. it a * i; iiuooiau iiivnin tiiii 11 111 ll able In regard to me, 1 have let them go for what they are worth. The editorial in your paper of January 2 7, "A Reformed Statesman," might mislead some of the younger men of the State who are not familiar with the facts, and to preserve the record straight 1 will refresh your memory a little. The Darlington riot, which occurred in April, 1 904, >yas directly incited by The News nd Courier and The State and a few weekly papers which were in deadly opposition to the dispensary law. These papers called the constables "spies" and urged resistance to the State gov?rnnmnl Tho rounlt wna tliuf tlmvn was a conflict between the constabulary and the citizens of Darlington, who followed the constables to the depot and provoked the riot. Two citizens and one constable wore killed and one other constable was so badly wounded that he died later, and a mob of several hundred men tried to lynch the remaining constables who fled to the country. The dispensaries at Titnmonsvillo and Florence were broken into and looted; bodies of armed men were hurrying from various directions to reinforce the mob. As Governor I proclaimed the two* counties of Florence and Darlington in insurrection and declared martial law. I called on the militia of Columbia to go to the scene and suppress the rioting. They refused to obey the order. I then called on the Charleston militia and General Huguenln refused to .order out his brigade. All \of the militia in the State was ordered to Columbia and I sent be^ tween .'100 and 400 men to Darling| ton to restore order. The riot ocW* our red on Friday afternoon; tne militia reached Darlington Sunday night. Peace and order were restored and the law upheld. At the beginning of the riot on Friday night wild and incendiary appeals were sent broadcast over the State to the opponents of the dispensary system to rally to the aid of their friends in Darlington. These emanated from Columbia. As soon as militiamen upon whom I could rely reached Columbia Saturday afternoon 1 placed a guard in charge of the telegraph ollice to prevent these incendiary messages, whicn were calculated to produce civil war from being dispatched over th< State. Most of the arms in the possession of the Columbia militia hai! boon stolen from their armories. A mob had gathered on Main street and were incited by some of theii leaders to attack the Executive Mansion and hang the Governor. The State newspaper urged resistance tc law, and in every way incited insurrection. I notified the railroads U transport no bodies of armed met without permission from me. Fo< seizing the telegra .it office and in i manner the control of the railroads C had full warrant of law, as will b< shown by an examination of tin statutes still in the Code. The mob in Darlington dispersed the constables reached places of saf ety and were sent back to Darling ton to attend the coroner's inquest AXM?v?in ? wnoir nnnrc and order wen restored and the law of supremac; upheld. At no time did I interfere with the liberty of the press. I siin ply controlled the telegraph ofliee t? prevent incendiary appeals and false hoods being trWismitted over th' wires. I did threaten to stop the publi cation of the State unless it chang ed its tone, and to search ever house in Columbia if the arms whic] had been stolen from the iniliti armories were not returned. I ac coniplished both purposes and th people of the State at the succeed ing election by an overwholmin vote endorsed all my actions. For people who never learn an.\ thing my conduct then was wholl unjustifiable, and there will alway be efforts to distort it and tell lie about it. All right thinking peopl throughout the country, includin newspapers which have been mci SUBS i ROBBER UNKNOWN MAN KI LIJ3L> At LAURENS NOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED. My?tory Portkllf (learrd by Mr. H. A. Joum of I'akm Who Thlukw Ho Kuovvft (lie Mam. Laurens, Jan. 29.?While nothing nr?Hi t Ivn ? uuo ;ci uvril irui UfU rt'Kill'Uing the identity of the? yeggman 'killed yesterday by Oilleer Walker, a message from Union goes some | distance towards clearing up the mystery. This information, which came over the long distance telephone about I o'clock, and was giv| en by Mr. L. M. itice, is to the effect that Mr. it. A. Jones of Union thinks . he knows the man. Mr. Jones says that nine years I ago ho knew a man named L. J. j Parker, who fits the description of j the dead yeggman. The man workI ed as a clerk in a large store in j Chattanooga and left his position to "hobo." It is probable that this I identities! ion is correct, as the name on the newspaper found in the dead | man's pocket reset*.-.bled "L. J. 1'arI ker," though the name was indis tiuct. Inspector Gregory of the United States postollice department arrived ! here this morning and litis begun an | investigation into the identity of the mysterious stranger. He says he believes he has the man "spotted," but gives no further information Another photograph of the man was taken after the body was dressed for burial and this will be sent to the authorities in Atlanta for identification. The body will be kept here a week if necessary to reveal the man's identity. Naturally there are many stories afloat about people who have seen this stranger before. it Is evident that the two men have been In the city and vicinity for some days. There is one rumor that seems very probable indeed; That two strangers came here Monday afternoon and masqueraded as postofflce detectives; they called at the postofllce here, but it seems that they did not secure 'entrance, except to hold a slvort conference with one of the rural mail carriers, who is at this hour on his route and can not be seen, hence the purport of the talk with the strangers can not be ascertained. However, it is learned from some who have seen the carrier in question that he himself could not make out the purpose of this visit to him, and that the conversation was of such a nature as to make no impression on him. The surmise is, of course, that the men went into the oflice, not expecting to And the carrier in, to give themselves an ample opportunity to "get the lay of the land." The other man, the accomplice and companion of the dead man, is described as a tall, light-haired man, | quick and witty. A young man win lives some six miles south of the city came in last night and stated that he saw such a stranger going down the road towards Mountville at about i sundown. It. is judged that the ev . ! caped yeggman is making his waj : ' southward, possibly toward Colnm ! Ida. The authorities all over tlv J State have been notified and it i* I 1 likely that he will be captured. * t IjAfUIIKD TOO MUCH At Joke Tohl by Visitor and Dislo > > rates Neck. Pittsburg, Jan. 29.?Dislocating j J bor neck because of immoderate j laughter at a joke told by a guest ! Mrs. William Giesey suffered intense | agony last night, till the arrival o } ' a surgeon who relieved her suffering 3 ; and replaced the dislocated mem bor. Mr. and Mrs. Giesey were enter taining guests. One of them told t joke at which Mrs. Giesey began" te laugh. She became histercial tine 3 was unable to stop, when suddenl; ! she felt a sharp pain in her neel a j and soon her face turned black. / ?.v .jurgeon hastily summoned sooi -) pulled the neck back into place. a , tioned endorsed my course as soon a j they understood the situation. - j A free press and a licentious am - i unbridled press are two very dif y ferent things. 1 knew when I wrot h the dispatch to the New York World a which has been quoted with sucl unction by The News and Courier e , that Homo such use would be mad [- of it or, The News and Courier ha g undertaken, but I do not change m j attitude nor am I in the least hi r- | "reformer." y ! Those who are responsible for th s j Darlington riot ought to be asharn a od of their course at that time an e remain silent rather than Rtart afloa g a fresh batch of falsehoods. 1-. B.R.TILLMAN. CRIBE N( % t' ROBBERY CHARGE I ' * MADE AGAINST YOUNG MAN AND I11S WIFE. Thojr Lured Employer to Their Homo, Whore lie Wim Mudc to tiive Order for $5,<HH>.2B. Mobile, Ala., Jan. 29.?Fleetwood Lester, traveling salesman for tho Southern Supply Company, of this city, and his wife are in jail charged with holding up llardaway Young, president of the company, at the' point of a revolver, and robbing him of $f,,G00.25. The alleged robbery occurred at the home of the Lesters this afternoon and was sensational in the extreme. It is charged that Lester telephoned to Young to come out to his home on business connected with the sale of stock which Lester owned in tin' company. As soon as Young entered the Lester home, it is al-1 leged, Lester held him up at the point of a revolver and forced him tn write an order to his cashier directing him to pay Mrs. Lester $f),G0U.2o, the amount of stock which Lester is said to have owned in the company. Mrs. Lester took the order to the cashier, who wrote out a check for tho amount, accompanied Mrs. Lester to the bank and identilled her and the check was cashed. Mrs. Lester , then returned to her homo, where j Young alleged he was held at the point of a revolver during her absence, and gave the money to her i husband, who then advised Young j thut he could depart. Two hours later Young sworn out warrants against Mr. and Mrs. Los | ter, charging them wfth robbery, I and they were lodged in the county j jail. The affair is said to he the outcome of a recent misunderstanding between Lester and Young concerning certain business transaction. DYlNCi I.N II1S IIOOM. Mysterious A flair Occurs in a New York Hotel. New York, Jan. 2 9.?Conriedo Danielson, a Porto Kican, was found lying on the floor of his room at the Hotel Carlton in West Fiftyfourth street shorty after midnight ?unconscious and with a bullet hole in the right side of his head. The shooting is surrounded with considerable mystery inasmuch as the hotel management denied that it was a case of attempted suicide. Danielson lived at the hotel with his wife and one child. He was taken to the Roosevelt hospital, where it was said he would probably die. Danielson is said to be well to do and is thirty-five years of age. His wife just before the shooting fled i from the room and into the hotel oflice crying hysterically. Domestic troubles are said to have figured in ; the case. * IIL'NDItHD KlOPOUTHn K1LLK1) i By Lurthqunke Shocks in DiHercm ; I'arts of Spain. London, Jan. P.O.?A dispatch from Tarrasa says that Barcelona lias been overwhelmed by a tidai wave. The loss of life is unknown. - Subterranean roaring receded the tidal wave, causing jjlr.earful panic among the people on le promenades r | and in the buildings of the city, j A dispatch from San Sebastian Spain, says that a terrible earthi quake has devastated several towns f and villages in Sc.-li and South r eastern Spain. A tidal wave partially submerge*! the coast, near Barcelona, and r . great landslide at Geuta buried tin ^ village of Honiara and several hun 3 dred inhabitants. 1 News from Malgaga says thai y many houses were damaged in th< r town of Totana and several villag ^ es in the province of Murcia. ' l * Children Cremated. New York, Jan. 2 7.?Four child s ren were cremated and their parent! seriously injured in a lire whlcl 1 destroyed the home of A. M. Kendall at Bryan Hill, Dunbar, Pa. Mr. an< 0 Mrs. Kendall leaped from a secon< 1 story window and were dangerous!; h hurt. It is believed the fire starte< . from a small gas stove. e <3 Deadly llot Slipper. y Edgefield, Jan. 2.r?.?On Saturda; t night at a negro hot supper, nea Johnston, one negro, named Mc e Kinney, was killed and others ar ? A _ t A ? t % ,1 ~ ,1 XT i- reported 10 nave noen wmniueu. i> (1 details arc obtainable. Two negroo it wore landed in Jail here this after noon, charged with the killing or a * : Accessories to the crime. )W TO LIEN LAW DEAD If the Stoats Votes like the House, Wblcb FAVOURS ITS REPEAL That Ikxlv I*iismom u Hill in iti?u>..i ? I" the IiUW by a Very Large Majority?Fight Now (io?\s to tlio Senate. The Vote of Tlint Body Decides It Fate. Columbia, Jan. SO.?By a vote of Sf> to 3f? the house yesterday paused to third reading Mr. Richard's bill for the repeal of the lien law. The vote was taken after some time spent j in debate and after two roll calls on a motion to order the previous question, thus shutting off further de' bate. It was a foregone conclusion what the result would be but the 1 opponents went down bravely to a I certain defeat. | The passage of tho bill to third ! ritn *1 I ?? iv * " * . . v %?v. ...fe t* tic. iiui u surprise, although the largo majority was somowliat unexpected even by the supporters of the bill. After receiving its third reading the bill will be sent to the senate. In the senate there is a bill by Senator Kelley along the same lines, and it is in the senate that the tight is expected, although Mr. Richards said yesterday that he believed that the bill would pass by a small majority. The Vote. On the motion of Mr. Hncker to strike out the enacting words of the bill the vote was as follows: Ayes?Hrown, F. M. Bryan, Bunch, Bush, Carey, Clary, Casque, J. P. Gibson, Glasscock, (iritlin. liainor, . It. Harrison, Jackson, Lee, McColl, Mauldin, Mobley, Mosley, Patterson, \V. L. Riley, Rucker, O. L. Sanders, Singleton, K. P. Smith, Stanley, Tobias, Vuughun, Way, Watlev, O. I). Wilson, Wright?35. Nays ? Amick, Ashley, Ashley, Ayer, Berg, Itodie, Bowers, Bowman, Boyd, Brice, Bryan, Cantrell, Carrigan, Carter, Carwilo, Celey, Clark, Coker, Daniel, Dick, 1,ingle, Dixon, Doar, Duval. Foster. Frasor. Fnltv. I \V. J. Gibson, Graham, Greon, Greer, Hall, Harmon, Harris, W. C. Harrison, Hines, Horder, Hollis, Hughes,' Hydrlck, Klhler, Lane, Lawson, League, Leland, Lengniek, McFnchern, McKoown, McMuhan, Mann, Mars, Nesbitt, Nicholson, Niver, Nunnery, Pauling, Richards, Hldgell, (5. M. Riley, Robertson, Iloessler, I). C. Sanders, Sawyer, Scarborough, Seihels, Shuler, Shuler, Simkins, C. A. Smith, M. L. Smith, Spears, Stubhs, J. I). Sullivan, Suydam, Todd, Utsey, Vander, Horst, Wade, Wells, Wiggins, Williamson, W. H. Wilson, Wintro, Wynch, Speaker, Whaley? 85. The Discussion. /\" L ^ 1-..-. 1 i r mv, liOOl \j II UII Lilt! 1 1?. * 11 ItlW CipCMlCMl the morning Hession of the house, (lie hill being special order for 10: 10 o'clock. Mr. Simkins, urged the repeal, stating that he believed the law robbed the farmer of financial independence and because ho believed it was time for the farmer to establish a personal credit. ! Mr. VV. I). Bryan also urged rel peal. He did not expect immediate i benefit, but the coming generation would be independent. The repeal > was demanded by the farmers. Mr. Foster stated that several i years ago, when a member of the house, he had voted against repeal. , Since this he had investigated and found tho farmers overwhelmingly * for the repeal. Tho law had been passed not for tho merchant, but for the farmer and when the farmer I asked for the repeal it should bo i j granted. When bankers or lawyers > uskcu ior rerorms uiey wore grant ed; the same consideration should be given the farmers. Ho had known t cases where the merchants and bank' ers had entered into a conspiracy - whereby the farmer could not get ' money at the hank, but would be compelled to give a lien to the merchant for advances. Mr. McColl said he spoke neither b as a farmer nor merchant. The r statement had been made that the , farmers demanded the repoal of the 1 J law. There was an assertion made 1 ! that the repeal of the law would y ! better labor conditions. It would J instead, cause the poor farmers te flock to the cotton mills, because they would be unable to get anj credit. He personally knew of cases v of that kind. Ho appealed to the r members to reflect before takinj. Ing an unwise step. 0 Mr. Wright said if the lien lav o ; was repealed it would work hard a ! ship on the small farmer. H< - ! thought the poor farmer should lmv< a some credit. I Mr. Hamer callod for the prevlou THE H( WOMAN IS KILLED ; AtXlOKNTAIXY BY HJiOTHHIt OF CHICAGO'S MA YOB. WttN lustrwtiufC Maid How to I'w Revolver in Xwirby Hounc Wh?*u Trigger \V?n Pulled. Chlcugo, Jan. 3 1.?George Busse, I brother of Mayor Fred A. Busse, of Chicago, tonight accidentally ahol and killed Mrs. L. C. Tuckorman, wife of a fruit dealer, at Milton, N. Y. The bullet struck Mrs. Tuckerman in the heart and she died almost instantly. The shooting occurred in the Walton apartment building. Mrs. Tuckorman was visiting her father, Brigadier General A. C. Girard, retired, who lives in the Walton. Shortly before 7 o'clock. George Busse, in bis apartment across an area way l'rotn General i Girard's apartments, was demonstrating the use of a revolver to Miss Bertha Lamoke, bis house maid, so . that she could employ the weapon; in case burglars came. The revolv- I or was accidentally discharged and | the bullet went throuuh two win-1 (lows, crossed t he areaway into th ? Cirard apartment and pierced Mrs. Tnckerman's heart. Mayor Husse was present at tha shooting, and as soon as ho learned of the fatal consequence, informed t he police. Mrs. Tuckernmn was in a hoi room dressing. When struck by the j bullet, which crashed in the area | window at her side, alio staggered into a hallway. (.Sonera! (Slrard and Mrs. Tnckerman's live year old son, Alfred, rushed from an adjoining sitting room as the woman cried: "Oh! I've been shotv and I'm dying." | A minute afterward Mayor Husse and bis brother, George, entered the (lirard apartments to see whether [ the bullet had done any damage, j They were horrified to find that Mrs. I Tuckerman was dying of a bullet wound. Mayor Husse's wife and mother tried to assist the wounded woman, while the mayor summoned a physician. Hut the woman died before the physician arrived. No arrests were made. General Girard expressed himself as satisfied that the shooting was accidental. According to the statements made to the police, Oeorgo Busho was about to leave for Cincinnati on a business trip. He did not care to leave his mother and the maid at home alone without some means of protection. He therefore, purchased a revolver and was instructing the maid how to use it when the trigger was pulled accidentally. 4 OUK VOT1C NOT CAST. Kvcry Other State Has Sent Its doctoral Washington. Jan. 21).?Somebody in South Carolina is in danger of having to pay a line of $1,000 for not delivering the State's electoral vote to Vice President Fairbanks, according to the requirements of tin; Federal statutes. According to . ?wv I .. l I - .1 .. iiit; i.nv mi i ihj ?uujui;i iin? ume lor delivering the count of the last l'resinential vote expired last Monday. At that time three States, Colorado, Montana and South Carolina, had not been heard from. The two Western States have now shown up, however, leaving only South Carolina unheard from. In order that there might he no trouble in the matter, Senator Tillman today telegraphed Governor Ansel advising him of the situation, and suggesting that whoever charged with the duty of bringing the count to Washington do so immediately. It is assumed that upon receiving this telegram Governot Ansel will take some action looking to having the State's vote brought in. 4 Soldier Found Murdered. New York, Jan. 27.?With his skull fractured and a bruise over the 1 right temple, the body of Thomas Kirnan, a private of Company K Twenty-eighth Infantry, IJ. S. A. was found in the lower bay In a poo ( of backwater. It is supposed h< ! was murdered and robbed. 5 question. I Mr. K. P. Smith called for th< . ayes and nays on this. By a vote o > G3 to 53 the house ordered the pre J vlous question. Mr. Brown moved the clincho * on the previous question and on thi ' Mr. Itucker demanded the ayes am ' nays. The house by a vote of 1', to 47 applied the clinch. f The (|uestion then came up on th motion to strike out the enactini 3 words. By a vote of 85 to 35 th 3 house refused to strike out the enao* Ing words and the bill went to thlr s ; reading. I m HE! ? t > tui * i r*% * n r . V'A* BOTH WERE KILLED DOmiJi TAAilHDY IN CTItKKT* M WILaMINiiTON. VuHDir !?<> ?? ?- "** '? A~ " * w n?f W TtUIHlHJ Hcboul Mt4 liunbntid WIio Kcnumstrut cd About Their Child. Wilmington, Jan. 3 1. ? Evidently enraged because she would not return with him to Atlanta, or surrender their seventeen months old child, Edward A. Mizer, intercepted his young wife in a street in the fashionable residence section of Wilmington, N. C., this afternoon and shot her twice, and then turning his pistol to his own head blew out his brains. .Mrs. Mizer died two hours later at a hospital; Mizer was dead before by-standers could reach him. The young woman, yet in her 'teens, was on her way to Sunday school when the husband met he; and began remonstrating with her about their child. Passing sina'l boys heard the quarrel and a moment later tin? three shots rang out. Both fell to t*w. ..i.i ... ... piurw 411 IV gasping for breath and being strangers roinallied there for some time before Identity was established. The young wife was married to Mizer in Atlanta about two years ago while she was at a business college tiiere. The marriage was kept a secret from the girl's parents for several months, but finally t lie daughter wrote her father and money was sent to tiring both husband and wife to Wilmington, where it was thought profitable employment might be found for Mizer. He was employed for several j weeks, but lately had become dissatisfied and wanted to return tc Atlanta. The fact that the wife | would not return with him inspired the tragedy. Mizer is said to liav i I relatives in Columbus, Ga. He had i been In Wilmington six weeks. Mrs. Mizer was the daughter of John H. I,and, a well known carpenter of Wilmington. Among Mizer s effect.! was i no o that clearly shows that the act was premeditated. The note reads: "A woman with the disposition my wifo has got is not worthy of the breath of life. I done this act for revenge, though it is costing me my life. I would not let my baby be raised up in such a mess as she is now. * MCHDEItKI) W HOI JO FAMILY. Man Accused by His Wife of Terrible Crime. Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 29.?Hob Clemmcnts was arrested at Woodland mills in Morgan county this afternoon, charged with the murdei of Tom ICdniondson and his familv. 10(1 mondson, his wife, mother and two children wore murdered and 1 ho bodies burned by setting fire to I the house and barn. Cleinment's j wife broke down and gave all the I particulars of the tragedy, j She sai<? TOdmondson came home | and found Clemments and Mrs. 10d j moiKi.'on at the barn and that a quarrlel ensued during which the man and wife were both killed. Clemments then went to the house ! and killed the mother and two chil, dron, according to Mrs. Clemments ! and on the following night he re| turned to the place and burned the buildings into which the bodies had been carried. * KILLS HIS ALLY. t Hiillet Aimed at Revenue Ollicc Hits Ills Prisoner. i | unanoue, is. c., Jan. 20.?In ?. 1 ! battle between Federal officers and I l moon-Khiners, near Mortimer, Caldj well county, this afternoon, W. \V. ' Iloneycutt, wbom the oflicers had ' under arrest, was killed by a bullet ' through the heart, fired by I)olph } Prltchard. The bullet was llred ; from ambush, and Prltchard aimed ) to kill Deputy Sheriff Garland, to whom Iloneycutt was handcuffed. The second bullet from Prltchard's 1 gun shot Deputy Sheriff Smith's pls; tol from his hand, while the third took effect in Ofllcer Garland's face. . ' The sheriff of Caldwell county left Lenoir tonight with a posse of six 3 deputies to bring in the inoon-shin0 '1't.n ....... I I!"..' ? ?--? ? -- I i a. i m: iiii-il 1111 |?I IUUIOU , lilt'1 11(1 111 g . Honeycutt, havo defied the law for ( years. * r s Scramble for JiKlffCslilp. 1 Spartanburg, Jan. 29.?There is J eonsderable lindignatlon in Spartanburg over the methods that are hee ing employed in the election of an K Associate Justice in Columbia, o Prominent citizens say the scramble ?- Is the most disgusting ever known d in connection with tho election of a judge. RALD