The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, October 14, 1897, Image 2
THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, 8. C., OCTOBER 14, 181)7.
THE CASE TAKES A TURN.
The Bloody Work of Burglars
In a Jersey Town.
1
AH AGED WOMAN IS ASSASSINATED
Dang lifer Alio Shot to Itaeth—The Son of
Oiin of the Victim., '‘ufT'erliig from Tj-
pheld Fever, Ulve. the Alarm—Tlioncht
He Will Die a. a Ke.ult of the hhock
loe'.dent to the Trageilj.
Camdex, N. J., Oct. 11^.—Mrs. Err.m;*
Vaue, aged G5 years, widow of Captain
Eli Vane, and her daughter, Mrs. t?arah
M. Shaw, aged 40 years, were shot and
killed here, it is believed, by burglars.
Mrs. Vauo was instantly killed and
Mrs. Shaw expired in less than half an
hour without recovering consciousness.
The two women lived at 242 Lynn
street, in the lower part of Camden,
near the river front. It was about 4:00
a. m. w'hen the attention of the police
was called to the crime. Eli Shaw, a
son of Mrs. Shaw, was seen at the third
story window of the house and was
shouting for the police at the top of his
voice.
The young man has been laid np with
typhoid fever and iu a statement to the
police said that he was awakened shortly
after 4 o’clock by u pistol shot. He made
his way down stairs and at (he bottom
of the third story stairs found his mother
bleeding and unconscious. He ran to
the wiudow and gave the alarm.
When the police entered the house
the^ found the mother of Mrs. Shaw
sitting in a chair iu the sittiugroom
dead, with a bullet wound iu her head.
Mrs. Shaw vns at once removed to the
Cooper hospital, where she died in a
few minutes without making any state*
Blent.
The shock incident to the tragedy has
caused a relapse iu the couditiou of
Mrs. Shaw’s son and, it is feared, will
result fatally.
An examination of the house shows
that a rear shutter had been forced open
and a bereau drawer on the second door
had been ransacked.
Now Mov* Mb«I« at t'karlvalmi la ttaa
Soabonn! Air Llua .'lilt.
ChaRT.esion, Oct. 12 —A new move
was made here iu the Seaboard Air
Line ivjuuotion casei Judge Leigh K.
Watts, Judge W. A. Fisher and Mr. G.
Hatton appeared before Judge Simon-
ton and Detained leave to file pleas to
fhe jurisdiction of the court in the two
cases instituted by Thomas and Kyau
against the Seaboard Air Liue. The
documents were seut to Virginia aud
North Carolina to bo filed.
Iu the case of Ryan against the Sea
board and others judge Watts, Louis
McClain and Andrew C. Tryppe each
entered pleas. The other case is that
brought by George B. McClellan Har
vey against the Seaboard and Roanoke
railroad. The same defendants entered
pleas iu this case against Judge Siuiou-
ton’s jurisdiction.
The court filed an order fixing a hear
ing on the question of jurisdiction at
Richmond on rules day in November.
Iu the meantime it is ordered that the
special master suspend his conferences
until that question is settled and umil
further orders from the court.
A: the aunual meeting of the stock
holders of the Seaboard and Roanoke
railroad in Portsmouth last Tuesday
week the injunction from Judge Simon-
ton restrained the trustees of the pool
from voting the pool stock, bnt it did
not restrain President Hoffman, Judge
Watts and others from voting stocic
held by them, although it was in the
pool.
CHAINED TO THE CEILING.
Only Two Succumb to Fever In
New Orleans.
WILSON ON THE WARPATH.
P*pall"t
»»<t
ADDITIONAL OASES ANNOUNCED
Mill-
CAR STRIKES A CARRIAGE.
Tlie
Iu.
Wife of a ISaUlmore Grocer !•
Klantl) Killed bjr a trwllay.
Baltimore, Oct. 12.—Mrs. Kate Heim,
wife of a gnx;e.r of this city, was iu-
gtautly killed and her husband aud two
children were badly injured by a Mount
Carmel trolley ear just beyond the city
limits.
The family were returning in a car
riage from an outing, and jusi as they
were crossing the track the car came
along at lightning speed and struck the
vehicle. The carriage was dashed to
pieces. Mrs. Heim fell on the track di
rectly in front of the car and was car
ried along under the wheels aud dragged
for some distance. It was found uecos-
•ary to use a jackscrew to rescue her
mangled body.
The injured are Fred W. Heim, aged
87; Martini Heim, 12, and John lioe, 12.
Mrs. Heim w.s Z'i.
Beneficiary * 0.1 <vt at Smith Carolina
tary Academy Treated Badly.
Charleston, Oct. 12 —P. W. Way, a
beneficiary cadet at the South Carolina
Military academy, broke ranks and fled
to his home iu Berkely county with black
braises ou his neok. According to his
story a crowd of cadets severely beat
him aud afterwards fastened a chain
around his neck aud swung him to the
ceiling. He dangled above the floor
until his face was black, when the
crowd became frightened aud lee him
down. A
Fear of other attacks prevented the
boy from reporting the outrage. At the
first opportunity, however, he gathered
np ins effects and slipped away from
the institution. He cannot be induced
to return.
He says a cadet has already left the
academy because of rough treatment.
The matter has been reported to the
board of visitors, aud au investigation
is likely to result.
Iltnatlon at UJorarria I* Ho)>ort«nt At«Va
Parlous—Sal.l That Crmcont City M»r-
cli.'nU Am Violating Quarantine Itegn-
laliona Ur el»lpi*lng Goo.la Into Other
•lutes—Shreveport Scared.
New Orleans. Oct. TJ —At 1 p. m.
the board of health announced 14 new
oases and two deaths np to that hour in
the city.
Among the new cases are Mrs. Hunter
C. Leake, wife of the general agent of
the Illinois Central road; Hartwig Moss,
a prominent insurance man, and J. P.
Hecker, a real estate broker. Brother
Philip is among the cases iu the Hotel
Dicu.
The Rowe of the fever in Houston,
Tex , has created no large meaeure of
surprise here, but the same regulations
will be enforced against that city as
against Galvsston. However, as rail
road traffic aud ocean trade has l^eou
suspended between the Texas ports aad
New Orleans, it Will not be difficult to
keep Houston aud Galveston people
out of his city even if they cared to
come hither, which is extremely un
likely.
Dr. Guiteras is expected here Thurs
day. Completing his work in Texas,
he is reported to have started for New
Orleans on a revenue cutter. What his
mission is here has not been learned.
Charges are being maile that certain
New Orleans merchants have violated
the quarantine regulations of othof
states in shipping goods from here and
the boards o' erode and health axe in
quiring into the matter.
SITUATION MORE SERIOUS.
r^oAor Kourertly S««r«s Rati or
Kaseall la Hla Maw Fapar.
Ralkiuh. ©ot 9.—Otho Wiieoa. Pop
ulist leader, first state chairman of that
party and once deveted ally of Senator
Butler, is now at daggers’ points with
the latter and aiso with Governor Rus
sell for their attempt to suspend him m
comwwsstcuter. He issued me first copy
of his p.»*er. The Hayseeder, which is
for the one purpose of making things
uncomfortable for the senator and gov
ernor. Thousands of copies are being
sent broadcast.
In his editorials Wilson says be des
pises bossism, whether Rassellism vr
Butierism; that kis paper, unlike Sen
ator Butler, has uo subsidy from i ae
state printing and publishing officers}
that he intends to held Ins office by law
and does not use it for pmitieal pur
poses at the dictation of Russe l or But
ler.
He attacks Russell iu the plainest
terms, saying he never expressed him
self during the campaign ou the matter
of the lease of the North Carolina rail
way. regulation of freight and pseseu-
per faros aud taxing corporations.
PURVIS GETS A RESPITE.
North Carolina Mtirdemr In Nn l*hyleo<
Cnadltion to Ha Ha n«o4 Marw.
Raleigh, Oot. 12.—Governor ttutwell
has reprieved until Wednesday, Nov.
17, Edward FtH'vls, a negro, convicted
of murder in the the first degree at the
fall term of Haruett superior court and
•ehtenced to be hanged Oot. IS.
The respite is prayed tot by the trial
and presiding judges, the solicitor who
prosecuted, the clerk, register, treas
urer, sheriff and county phyetefan of
Cumberland comity, where the pris
oner is incarcerate^ by the foremau of
the grand jury aud other prominent
citizens, all of whom certify that the
prisoner is apparently in a dying condi
tion from hi Julies received by being
struck by a train before hie capture,
and is iu uo physical condition for the
judgment of the court to be exwcuted.
SPira TO m BIG SOM
Our Officials Say Tolon’s Claim
Is a Just One.
CAR ROBBERS
in- coufyr.
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INSIST ON THE $50,000 INDEMNITY
KILLS SELF WITH KNIFE.
FeVan Maw Cave* of Favor at Kdward*.
but No Daatlia Kaportad.
Epwards, Miss., Oct. 13.—The situa
tion here is somewhat more serious.
The following new cases are reported:
Whites—D. triohetto, William Piufleld
and three children, Hiram Cook and
one child.
Total ruses, T; total to date, 423. No
deaths Several negroes reported sick,
but no record yet. Three cases are re
ported serious—Mrs. Keister, with black
vomit, and D. Y. Howell and Randolph
Neisou. All the balance are doing well.
CONFESSES AN OLD CRIME.
Maa
South Carolina I'hytlclaa G<>»« to Atlanta
and Commit* Suicide.
Atlanta, Oct 12.—Dr. J. T. Monroe
of Union, 8. O., committed suicide ut
the Hotel Alvin by cutting his jugular
vein with a small pocket knife. He
bled to deatli iu less than ten minutes.
Dr. Monroe was one of the most
prominent physicians in his section, bat
for several years had been a victim of
botn the morphine and whisky habits.
The fact that he was addicted to these
habits brought him to Atlanta ami
finally caused him to take his life.
COMER 13 AGAIN CHOSEN.
X»e>Elrctr«l l’rei,i.lei,t l»y »li« stockholder*
of tin* t'entrul H;ii 1 rtimi.
Savannah, Oct. 12. — The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Cen
tral Railway company was held here.
The only ht'Hik with voting power is
owned in New York by Pierpout
Morgan <£ Co. This is :*.j,0<J0,00().
Mr. H. M. Comer was re elected pres
ident and the old board with the excep
tion of Gunby Jordan of Columbus,
who succeeds G. M. Williams, deceased.
Jordan wan once one of the railroad
com mi-sinners of Georgia. He is a
Lu ge banker and railroad builder.
Tha rumor that Patrick Walsh of Au
gusta W’oulfi resign was found to bo un
true. He was not present, but re-elected
with others.
Mr. Comer will fur the present re
main at the hcau ot tiie road.
A Trolley < «r I* Held IT|».
Portland. Or., Oct. 12.—A car on the
Portland and Oregon City Electric line
was held up about 11 miles south of this
city. Two men boarded the car at Mei-
drum station, one ou the front end, the
Other on the rear platform. When the
Country was reached they prodjuced re
volvers The nioteruiau was compelled
to stop the car and the man ou the rear
platform shut off the light Then the
men went though the pockets of 30
frightened passengers, ton of whom
were women. The passengers made no
resistance. The robbers got about $200.
McLatirlti Appoint* .Money.
Jackson, Miss , Oct. 12.—Governor
McLauriu has appointed Senator elect
Hernando DeSoto Money as United
States senator to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of the late Senator J Z
George, whbse terra expires iu 1899.
Senator George, before his death having
declined to again become a candidate
for the high office, au electiou for the
regular term was necessary, and the
lust legislature, a :er a long deadlock,
•lected Mr. Money for the regular term,
begiuuiug in 1S9J.
Miuortty r<>tiall*U to M«at.
Raleigh, Oct. 12.—A meeting of mi
nority Populists, meaning those who
favored Senator Pritchard’s re-election
and voted fot him, is called here Oct.
21. It is asserted that the minority
Populists and their sympathizers num
ber 1,000 ia the state and stand ready
for action. I'hiH means a direct attack
ou Senator Butler and his motives.
An <>fr«r to Llllaokalaul.
Wichita, Kan., Oct. 12. — Former
Queen Lilinokalaui has been offered
$2 ,000 to preside over a carnival here for
three days iu IbOH. The invitation was
extended through Dr. Martin, formerly
of Wichita, who was the queen’s phy
sician at Honolulu.
Ctirolina Centit&l *tockhol<loni.
Wilmington, N. C., Oct. 11.—The
annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Carolina Central Railroad company
was held hero. The beard of directors
elected for the ensuing year is as fol
lows: lv C. Hoffman, J. L. Mills. C. D.
Fisher, George N. Moulu and W. H.
Blackford of Baltimore; J. Augustus
Johnson and A. J. Oiiderdouk of New
York; William H Chamberlain o: Nor
folk; D. A. Tompkins of Chanotte; J.
L Honey and James C. Stevenson of
Wilmington. Tno boaid elected the
following officers: R C. Hoffman, pres
ident; E. St. John, vice president, and
J. H. Sharp, secretary.
Mnltreated bv .Mooii*liirier«.
Raleigh. Oct. 8.—Moonshiners are
attacking people near the Franklin aud
Warren cViunty boundary. Raids of
illicit stills have late y been made in
that locality. The moonshiners sus
pected two respectable citizens of in-
forming the revenue officers. They
Went so the houses of these citizens at
night, pulled them out of their beds and
whipped them and maltreated them.
One was taken from his home in me
presence of a wife and two children.
Indignation is intense throughout War
ren aud Franklin counties.
Shrevoport I’eopte Seareil.
ShreVkfokt, Lx, OtL 12 —Tha situ
ation here gets more stringent with the
declaration of fever at Houston and
Galveston. Trains are running from
here to Vicksburg subject to special re
strictions, aiso to Marshall, Tex., and
down as low ns Boyce on the Texas and
Pacific. The Kansas City road has been
permitted t -resume traffic to Kansas
City by agreement.
Three New Oaae* at Mobile.
Mobile, Oot. 12.—New cases: G. B.
Bonueau. Augusta street near Marine;
John Keefe, 2tf8 South Lawrence street;
Alphonse Goubil, 20a Sonth Hamilton
street. No deaths. Discharged: Mrs.
W. P. White, Eugene Easthurn, L. P.
Wugauer, Joe Kierre, Charles A. Girod.
ArreaAed Fer Oh# Killing' Atlmlt*
Committing Another Marrinr.
Raleigh, Oct. 8.—Last week a roan
was arrested at Reck Hill, who, R was
claimed, was John Cheatham, who, it
was thought, was the murderer of John
Hav, in Wilkes county, N. 0., 22 years
ago All these years a kinsman of Hay
had been iu pursuit of the muroerer.
The man was taken to Wilkes and
now a strange fact develops, that though
he is not Cheatham, he is a murderer.
He confesses that his uatuo is Aaron
Chatwood, who, 12 years ago, killed
James Estes in Allegheny county. He
says they were fighting and ttr* Estes
was on top; that he then drew two pis
tols and with both shot Estes througii
the heart and then escaped.
He will be taken bacg to Allegheny
oouutv for trial.
MinUknr Woodford to Ho Inutrnotod to
Demand an Immedlato Snttlomant nl
tn« Mattar—Uous Mellora sag**!* 'V111
Soon SmIvo tb# KxUtlng Cuban DitBcul- 1
tie*—Madrid Cablunt Holds Meetlug.
New York, Oct 12.—A special tc
The Herald from Washington says: In- 1
■tructions to Minister Woodford are be-
ing prepared at the state department
for the presentation to Spain of another
demand for the immediate payment of
the claim for indemnity made by Sam
uel T. Tolon.
The original demand was presented
to the Madrid government by Mr. Tay
lor, who has just retired from the office
ot minister. He stated la strong lan
guage that this government would ex
pect Spain to pay the claimant f50,00d
as indemnity for the sufferings he had
endured.
Spam’s reply was that it was under
no obligation to pay Tolon aud this haa
been followed by another statement
which declares that the action of the
Spanish authorities iu Cuba was a gub-
eruative meaiyire and that Spam would
be uujust to herself should she indem
nify Tolon.
State department officials insist that
the claim is a just one and will continue
to press it.
Tolon was natnrnlized in New York
city iu 18?t>. He established a general
business ia Cardenas, Cuba, in 189d.
He left Oardenas for Havana on Sept, 1
of last year, intending te sail for the
United States ou buriuesx White ou
board the steamor Seneca he was ffr-
rested by the police authorities and im
prisoned for ten days in the Interior
poreh of the courtyard of the polioe
station.
He was thrnst into a small, hot. filthy
eeli on Sept. 13, and deprived of all out
side communication. He was removed
to the interior porch on April 12 and
was deported to the United States seven
days later.
Mr. Tolon has also penditig a claim
for $100,000 arising out of the carnage
done to his property iu Cuba by Span
ish soldiers.
Pisa of Gollly I* Kutered br Sis of
D#D#o train Flrato*.
Dalton, Ga., Oct. 12.—-Six members
of the noted car pirate gang, Waiter
Bohannon, the ohief, Tom Kiuneman,
Bill Long, Ben Pearce, Ed Morris and
Sam Painter, entered pleas of gailty
when arraigned hem Ralph Ellison, a
tlrayuiau, who, it is cimrgrd, often han
dled the stolen goods for ttie robbers,
pleaded not guilty and decided to take
chances of a trial. Judge Fite did not
sentence any of the prisouera He will
wait until all the cases are disposed of,
those indicted for receiving the stolen
goods a* well as those who stole them.
The gang stole over $100,000 worth of
properly aud hod been working system
atically for years. Tue plan of the rob
bers was to go out ou the railroads and
break into cars. Before reaching Dal
ton the goods were thrown out aud car
ried away by confederates. The goods
were afterwards sold by the gang to
Dalton merohauts.
Su|>oriutendent Vaughan of the South
ern railway put detectives on the case,
who, iu the guise of trumps, joined the
gang and located the robbers.
HORSE
SHOW IN ST. LOUIS.
More Than Fit# Tliiillianil People Attend
■ lie Openlnf- Ezerol*#*.
St. Loris, Oct. 12.—The now colis
eum at the national stock yards. East
Bt. Louis, was formally opened vnth
appropriate exercises, and the great
special sale of fancy horses began.
More than 5.000 people crowded what is
the finest and best equipped pavilion
for the sale of horses in the United
htates. The pavilion is modern in all
its appointments and was erected ut a
cost of over $20,000.
The horse show is one of the finest
ever held, more than 500 specimens of
the equine race being here for sale. Mr.
Bratton is authority for the statement
that there ate more fine horses ut the
sh >w than were ever gathered in any
one ring in the United States before.
The exhibition included four-in hands,
tandems, pairs and single drivers.
CARNIVAL AT KNOXVILLE.
Shot and Killed Hi* 'weelbeert.
Asheville, N. C., Oct. 9.—Jonathan
Bennett, a young farmer of Yancey
county, while at an apple paring bee,
shot Nora Ray, a girl 17 years of ag®,
With whom he was in love, killing her
almost instantly. Bennett was drink
ing aud tried several times to get a seat
by the girl, but each time she moved
away from him. The last time lie drew
his revolver and deliberately shot her
twice. He is at large.
Money For Southern Dock*.
Washington, Oct. 12 —The detailed
Mtlmates f >r the yards and docks for
the navel establishments include the
Wowing: Norfolk, litt?,846; Port Royal,
U f $70,090.
IMuatree State Foatmeatere.
Washington, Oct. 9.—The following
appointments of fourthclass postmas
ters have been made: North Carolina—
Fines Creek, Janies R. Silver; Florence,
W. D. Riggs; Friendship, John D.
Hunt; Lindhurst, C. N. Webster; New
ell, J. F. Snidex; Rogers Store. William
A. Pugh; South Gaston, William Ba
ker; Speedwell, Mr* K. M Watson.
Cndy Krotlinr* Are Kelenaed.
Butte, Mom, Oct. 8. — The Cody
brothers, held at Red Lodge for tha
North Carolina authorities, have been
teb-used ou habeas corpus on the ground
of the iusufflency iu the sheriff’s re
turn. The men are under sentence of
death for burglary in North Carolina.
Cotton Mill# Get • Charter.
Rai.kigh, Oct. 8.—The state charters
the Anchor Cotton and Woolen mills,
•t Huntersville, Mecklenburg, county;
capital $50 U00. Incorporators, C. W.
Jonusou, W. E. Holt and J. S. Spencer.
Calvert I* Agnlo Clioeen.
SP\RT AX BURG. S. O., Oct 9 —In the
Second primary here, Arch B. Calvert
Was re elected tuavor of Spartanburg
by a majority of 86 J-Jui B. Floyd, bis
Oppou-i il receiving 372
l*rop!i«t of t!t« Ore.it % m<»kie4 Arrive* and
Make* Some 1'reiilctlon*.
Knoxville, Oct. 12.—Over30,000peo
ple from this and neighboring states
were here to witness the arrival of the
prophet of the Great Smokies, which
inaugurated the carnival season.
Tne propnet approached from the
mountains and was received ou this
sine of the Tennessee river bridge and
wa* tendered the keys of the city iu a
speeon by Mayor S. G. HeiskelL Ho
then delivered his prophecy as to the
future of greater Knox.iile, which will
be a consolidation of Knoxville and
West Knoxvdie, to be made Jan. 1.
A trades display followed the proph
et’s entry. The carnival lasts four days.
The weather is good.
Found Dead 111 a swamp.
Columbia, S. 0., Oct. 12.—A few
days ago a white man. generally known
as “Old Man Marlow.” was wanted iu
Lattu, Marion comity, for some offense
against the municipality. He resisted
arrest aud went into a swaa.p nearby.
A posse was summoned and Marlow
pursued. When they met, Marlow
opened lire with a pistol, which was re
turned by the pos*e The pursued man
ran bock into the swamp. Later his
body w.i* found wuh a bullet hole
through the breast. He held a cocked
pistol in his hand.
Cast of Keeping Couvlete.
Raleigh. Oit. 12.—The state auditor
reports to the chairman of the peniten
tiary board that iu tne past 20 years the
total penitentiary appropriation has
been $5,657,000 and total earnings $1,-
400,000, or abont $70,000 auunally.
There has also been a total cost of $i80.-
000 >or bringing sentenced convict* to
the penitentiary. The auditor *nvs the
net xopiiditures would have nufficed to
bund 1,000 miles of macadamized road
at $1,400 per mile.
The Hoard of Control Meet*.
Columbia, S. 0., Oct. 9 —The board
of control listened to tales of woe from
county boards respecting the falling off
in sales. Advice was asked as to re- 1
during expenses in local dispensaries so ■
us to partly meet original package com- |
petition. Lust mouth J. St. Judan i
Yates, who has long been connected
with the dispensary, obtained a beer
privilege for Charleston. Ho sold it to
J. Blank' of Charleston, and the At- |
lantu Brewing company, simultane
ous.}. His privilege will bo revoked.
l ady Killed by l.lghtulni-.
Winston, N. C, Oct. 12.—A moat
distressing tragedy occurred at Union
Ridge church, situated about 2 miles’
south of here. E. P. Huntman, with
his wife, drove up to church in a wagon i
to attend Quaker meeting, which has
been in progress here about three weeks.
As Mrs. Huutmau was alighting a ‘ j
of lightning struck a tree under
wagon, giving her such a severe s
that she died un hour afterwards,
others were seriously injured aim
not expected to live.
Aulteville Kitnlior* -Arrested.
Asheville. N. C., Oct. 8.—W. E. j
Breeze, W. H. Penluud and J. E. Dick
erson. respectively president, cashier 1
and director of the failed First National
bunk of this city, have been arrested on |
u charge of einbezz.enient and conspi- I
racy and held in $30,000 bond each.
The warrants for tneir arrests were
founded on indictments handed down
Wednesday at Greensboro by the grand
jury of the United States court.
Orislniil I'McLag'* M«n lx>*e.
Greenville, S. C., Oct. 11. —Green
ville original package dealers made an
unsuccessful attempt to get the council
to revoke the ordinance taxing their
business. The ground of appeal was
that the liquor is protected by interstate
commerce law and the ordinance tax
ing them and not taxing dispensaries
is discriminative and out of the city’s
power to enforce. The courts will
likely he appealed to.
A Sliuotlog at Aniterean.
Anderson, S. C., Oct. 11.—Charlie
Jenkins and Dave Burton, both negroes,
engaged in a controversy over a woman,
resulting iu the latter shooting, and it
is thought mortally wounding, the for
mer. Burton was captured after a stub
born resistance, in which Policeman
Dil.ingham was overpowered aud dis
armed.
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Murdered Wife l>y MIntake.
Columbia, S. C.. Oct. 11 —Ben Hutto,
j a negro, laid in wait for a negro man
n n ar his hotun. He fire<- four timeii it
tne first peieou who walked by. It was
his wife. She was killed instantly.
Hutto fled.
SENOR QULLON HAS A SAY.
SpauUli Minuter of Foreign Aft'*lr« Now
Look* For n 'perily -el tlrmeuL
Madrid, Oct. 12.—A semiofficial state
ment, issued after the cabinet meeting
of Monday, says that by employing na
tive volunteers in Cuba instead of Eu
ropean troops the expenses of the cam
paign would decrease and the operations
against the insurgents would be con
ducted more rapidly.
Senor Gallon, the minister for for
eign affairs, hag communicated to his
colleagues the views of the European
and American press in regaru to the
now ministry, pointing out that the for
eign newspapers are almost unaui-
inouMy of the opinion that the program
of Senor Sagasta, the new premier of
Spain, has caused au important change
in the attitude of the Washington cabi
net, leading to the belief that the deci
sion on the Cuban question will now en
ter upon a more favorable phase and
demonstrate that the steps taken by the
ministry have had an excellent effect
in showing the government is choosing
practical means to solve the e-xistiug
difficulties
The minister for the colonies, Senor
Moret, announced at the cabinet meet
ing, with a view to proving the sin
cerity of the government’s promise to
grant autonomy to Cuba, he had tele-
graphed to Senor Montori, the leader of
the Autonomist party, asking him to
nominate candidates for appointment tc
some of the important posts iu the Ca
ban army administration.
Nuteil Hank Kub!>er Nubbeil.
Kansas City. Oct. 12.—Jerome Mar-
tie, alias “Dutch” Weber, one of the
most wanted men in the country, leader
of the quartet of nien who committed
the sensational robbery of the state bank
of Savannah, Mo., Feb. 7, 18915, has
been captured in Detroit, ami is now
nndor arrest in that city. Weber is
wanted aii over the country for bank
and postoffice robberies. In Chicago a
reward of $51)0 has been offered for him
by the government for a postoffice rob
bery committed there, and he will prob
ably be taken to that city.
Ueiiiie**vy on Fop„’* Health.
Wichita. Kan., Oct. 13.—Bishop J.
J. Hennessey of this city, who led the
recent American pilgrimage to Rome,
has returned. The bishop spent con
siderable tune at the Vatican aud en
joyed exceptional opportunities for
learning the exact state of Leo’s health.
Bishop Hennessey said: “I see uo
change in his holiness since my last
visit four years ago save that he is bent
a little more, but his physical health is
good, hi* eye is bright, his mind clear,
his judgment excellent and his memory
extraordinary.”
Mlg Mr* at ItonuetUTtlla.
Bi nnettsvillk, S. C., Oct 11—A
large part of the business portion of
Beuuettsville has been destroyed by fire.
Estimated Iohi, $15,000; insurance, $3,-
000. The origin of the fire Is unknown.
North t:arollMa*s Baa||*,
Raleigh, Oct. Ik—Tb« statement of
97 banks in North Carolina shows re
source* aggregating $19,921,582, a de
crease of $387,000 as compared with a
year ago. The stats debt is $6,086.2*0.
SERIES MAY BE STOPPED.
Donor of the Temple Cop Iu the National
League Dls.atUfleil.
Pittsburg, Oet. 12.—The Temple Oup
eeries In the National league may be
contested no more. W. C. Temple of
Pittsburg, who presented the magnifi
cent silver trophy to the league, is dis
satisfied with this year's contest He
declares he will attend the league meet
ing iu November aud request that the
cup be returned to its donor.
“I will also,” said Mr. Temple, “ask
that the league investigate the charges
that the Baltimore and Boston players
this year agreed to an equal division of
the receipts iu face of the league’s ex
plicit conditions, abont 60 per cent to
the winner and 40 per cent to the loser.
These rumors hare been very annoying
to me and if proven true 1 will ask that
the offenders be blacklisted. The cup
was offered to benefit the game gen
erally and to develop a fast senes. This
year’s has not been such.”
BULLET FOR HIS
Sian Shout* anil Kill# llliu*elf After Trjr-
iiiK to A: mu in it Munler.
Raleigh. Oct. 12.—Albert L. Wat-
bou, a prominent young ineebauie of
this city, shot and probably fatally
injured his bride of six mouths and then
killed himself. Watson had been drink-
tug for several weeks and committed
the enme iu a drunken frenzy.
His wife, who was Miss Ada F.
Pierce, is but 18 years old. Last year
his father, Gib Watson, an engineer ou
the Seaboard Air Line, was killed in a
collision at Rockingham, and last year
his wife’s mother was killed by light-
mug.
Watson last spring attempted suicide
by taking laudanum. Both the murder
and the suicide were in the presence of
the wife's 13-year-old sister. -s
CAROLINA BANK IS CLOSED.
Fir^t NatlounlU l allure C'hiia#** \V«,Aterti
to I>rHW Out Fut»(l4.
Asheville, N. 0.. Got. 12.—When
the First National bank failed on July
80 many depositors in the Western Car
olina bank endeavored to draw out their
funds. The 69-day rule was enforced
as soon as the demand became large and
Tuesday morning the bank did not open
its doors. A statement ou the door
rays: “This bank closed for liquida
tion.”
It is understood that the bank was
Over!or.tied with real estate, especially
country property, and on which reali
zation aviII be slow. The number of
small depositors is large aud there was
some excitement when tne doors of the
bank aid not open Tuesday.
1
Shot ami Killmi Hu* >on.
Norcross, Ga , Oct. 12—John Bran-
yan. a well-to-do farmer living near
Hoyle postoffico, 2 l a miles miles from
Norcross, shot and killed his 16-year old
sou. Branyau had just retired. He oe-
cuuied the same room with his son. He
was awakened by some one walking
ou the veranda, aud finding his room
door a littl* open, suspected the pres
ence of a burglar. Getting his gun. ne
sat on the fool of his bed. In a short
while some one started in ou the ve
randa. Branyau aaaed the person to
halt He failed to stop, and Branyau
shot aud killed his own sou.
A Tregedjr on 'taten ielnnil.
Neav York. Oct 12.—During an al
tercation a i Prohibition park, Staten
Island, Conrad Henselbetz sbot aud
killed Thomas McSorley, a prominent
business man of West New Brighton,
aud mu rwtrds attempted to take his
own life by severing the arteries of his
wrists with a razor. Henselbetz may
not recover roqi the effects of his inju
ries. The i ato men wer« engaged in an
animated uscuMiou at the time, bat the
exact subject of the argumeut is uu-
kuown.
Intarsuce Made ConapuUerr.
Beunk, Switzerlaud, Oct. 13 —The
national council, by a vote of 101 to 9
has adopted a bill making insurance
'against *ickne*s compulsory in the case
of all persons not having independent
means.
HalleoMlag Aer»*e a Chaaael.
Eabt Bourne, England, Oct 13.—
Charles Pollock, s nephew of Baron Pol
lock, has eturted in a balloon from here
in au attempt to cross the Kuglish chan-
Senator Itllmnu Very Sfok.
Columbia, S. G, Oct. 12.—Senator
Tillman has arrived iu Columbia from
Trento), his home. He is a very sick
man, suffer.ng from catarrhal jaundice,
and he came here for treatment by pny-
sicians who had attended him during
his term as governor. His condition is
not serious at present, though lie evi
dently apprehended that n might be
come so by coming here to receive
treatmeut.
Dam! Alan'* Head In < uart.
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 12.—The body
of a man recently shot in Marion has
been exhumed and the head cut off.
This will be put iu evidence this week
by the prosecution when the trial of
the slayer takes place. Self defense will
be the plea and the wounds iu the head
are to luruish evidence against this.
The Heine to He D»eked.
Washington, Oct. 12.—The secretary
of the navy has ordered the flrstclsss
battleship Maine dotted at the govern*
ment drydock at Port Royal, 3. O. This
is the first time the Port Royal dock
has been used siuce the Indiana was
docked there about two y n ars ago.
Roek Hill Hoe Hnd Fire.
Columbia, S. G. Oct. 12.—In Rock
Hill, the livery stables belonging to
Kerr & Heath aud several adjoining
buildings were horned. Most of the 60
head of horses were saved, bat some
horses and all vehicles and stock were
destroyed. Loss, abont $12,000.
Carolinian Appolntad CoaeaL
Washington, Oct 1$. —William O.
Dec her of Sonth Carolina hss been
E mted consnlar agent nl Markneu-
rchsu, Germany.