The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, February 24, 1898, Image 2
THE T/rcnOETt: GAFFNEY. S. CFEBRUARY 24,
OFFiCIAL INQUIRY IS OS
Board Pays Visit to Captain
Oenoral Blanco.
SESSION HELD IN SECRET
Consul !.«■<• Lends Iiis Assistunee to the
Court -More I todies Keeovered From
tUe Forward liiitelt of (ho Maine.
Kvldenee of Terrible Strn^le Just
After t lie Kx|dosIo:i.
Havana, Feb. 22.—Consul Genera 1
Lee and the members of the United
States court of inquiry into the loss of
the battleship Maine called this inorn-
Iuk upon Captain General Blanco and I
Admiral Manternlu. When these cere* j
monies were ended the court returned j
to the United States light tender Man* j
grove and resumed its sessions.
It is believed that a number of bodies |
will lx* recovered from the forward hatch [
of tlie Maine today. A majority of the
remains are understood to be those of ]
fin-men and many are said to have l>een |
mutilated in the struggle for life which
the divers say must have Ix-en frightful. !
It is announced that 1,(>()0 Swinish reg
ular troops arrived at Santiago do Cuba
on Saturday.
The military commander of Guana*
hacoa has onlercd the susix-usion of pub
lic festivities as a mark of respect to the
memory of the Maine’s dead. The pro
hibition will continue for three days.
COLO IN GOLD COUNTRY
na-nt s <!eniaiid for liaste. The contrac- |
tors say they will give all the aid in their
power l » haw the boats completed in
double-qui -k time. |
Fot for years has such activity bt’cn ,
seen in the shipyards of Baltimore, and i
evyrv man who can assist is being en*
1 in the sei vice of rushing the work, j
gage*
SCENES AT
New
Seventy Degrees Below Zero
Around Skaguay.
RICH FIND IS REPORTED
FORT SUMTER.
FortKieatioiis lieing <'onstructcd
Day mid Night.
ClIAHLESToN, Feb. 22. — It has just ;
leaked < nt l.eic tliat orders were re* j
reived at Fort Sumter immediately after i
the destruction < f the battleship Maine
for the work of equipping the forts on
Sullivan’s island to be pushed vigorously, i
From the Ix-st of authority it is fur- j
ther ascertained that similar orders have
been sent to all southern forts along the
south Atlantic and gulf states, including
the fortifications at Fortress Monroe,
Va.; Charleston, Savannah, Key West
and Pensacola.
At Sullivan's island there is a scene
of activity. A night force has been de
tailed for duty, and the fortification:!
arc Ix-ing rushed every hour in the day. |
Big gangs of workmen are employed ;
and the contractors are using every
effort to get things finished at once.
There is great excitement around
Charleston owing to the fact that the
city would be the first to suffer in cast
of war and the land troops are anxioiu
Vessels From Alaska Ileaeli Victoria.
Sooth Carolinians to Start For llit
Klondike This Spring—Feared There
Will lie a Clash Between Miners and
Federal Troops In Near Fiitagc.
Victoria, B. C., Feb. 22.—J. W. Beal,
a mining expert of New York, arrived
here today from Skaguay. He has licen
up the Stewart river, which he says is
practir ally an unknown stream. He
and his companions reached McQuestcn
creek, 125 miles from the mouth of the
river, but failed to make a p aying strike.
They started on the return trip on Dec.
J with 1(1 inches of snow on the ground
and the thermometer registering
grees below zero.
Continuous snowstorm, intense co’d
and difficulty of making their way made
the trip more than usually severe, even
in those regions of hardship. Once two
of the men in the had breaking trail
SHOT HIS FATHER-IN-LAW.
Young RrldO of Only Few Days Wn-,
Witness to the Tragedy.
Com m hi a , S. C., Feb. 21.—The thrill
ing romance of a young couple at Peak,
Lexington county, took a tragic turn
, today when the bridegroom shot his
father-in-law to death, while the brick
of a few days looked on.
Colonel Noah Koon is a well-to-do
farmer of I> xington county, and Henry
Haitiv.anger, another farmer of the
I community, fell in love with Koon's
' daughter just rounding her sixteenth
i year.
I Koon objected to Hultiwanger’s atten
tions to the pretty ohild and gave him to
1 understand some time ago that hiscoucl-
1 ship must cease. The father’s oppo
tion served only to make the lovers i.
the more determined, and Haiti wan;: i
succeeded in getting the child to coi.m-.
to a secret marriage.
Several days after the marriage Haiti
wanger induced his little bride to got-
his house. Her father stormed aroumi
the place and took the girl home. Haiti
wanger persuaded her to leave hoan
MISS WIUARDHO MORE
Christian Work or Empires In
Now York City.
NOT AS BLACK AS PAINTED.
ABOUT 60 YEARS OF ACE
Well Known an a Woman of Great
Ability All Over the World—Chosen
President of the Christian Temper
ance Union in l.S.Sti and Ue-Klee ted
at Kneli Succeeding Convention.
New V ork, Fob. 19.—Miss Frances
E. Willard, president of the Wom
an’s Christian Temperance union, died
shortly aftor midnight at the Hotel Kin-
fell through the ice and were rescued
only with great difficulty. Nine and a
ilf days were occupied in making Ikl
. again and go to his house.
Colonel Koon went to the house tie
1 second time and by force took his young
daughter home. This angered Haiti
1 wanger beyond self control and he went
I to Colonel Koon's residence today armed
■ with a shotgun. The colonel refused to
let his daughter go out of the door and
! Haltiwanger raised his gun and killed
his bride’s father right before her eves.
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and willing to be pressed into service ] miles.
Beal says they found bars on the
Stewart very rich in flour gold, easily
STEPS MOST
SIGNIFICANT.
to Be
Plan of Attack on Spain Said
Already Prepared.
New York, Feb. 22.—A dispatch to
The World from Washington says: The
drawing together of United States war
ships into squadrons is regarded here as
most significant. Every vessel is un
doubtedly lieing so placed as to be able
to participate in some plan of attack
already formulated to be put into execu
tion in case of hostilities. They would
then subsequently assemble for protect
ing the Atlantic coast line.
The plan of attack, while guarded
with the utmost secrecy, is strongly in
dicated by naval movements. These
show that a quick descent can be made
upon SjKinish territory in three direc
tions. The first move would lx: that of
the Asiatic squadron upon the Philip
pine islands, one of Spam’s colonies re
cently struggling for freedom.
Tliis squadron is being gradually
brought to Hong-Kong, but 600 miles
from the islands. The flagship Olympia
is at that port with the Petrel. The
Concord is at Yokohama, and the
Raleigh is euroute to that port. The
Boston will be ordered to join these
vessels. ’
This squadron would swoop down
upon the Philippines, wrest them from
Spanish domination and hasten around
the South American coast to join in de
fending the Atlantic coast.
The flagship San Francisco of the
European squadron, with the gunboat
Helena and the dispatch boat Bancroft,
are at Lisbon. They could drop a few
shells into the Spauish coast cities aud
hurry home.
The vessels of the North Atlantic
squadron are in readiness to attack Ha
vana. The Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Wil
mington and Castine are south of Cuba,
the Brooklyn and Wilmington being en
gaged in a cruise through the West In
dies. These could drive the Spanish
from the South Cuban coast.
If these three attacks proved siv ssful
the United States would have 'kly
gaiued the prestige of victory aud all its
warships would be available for defend
ing the exposed cities along the Atkin tic.
should it be necessary.
SURVEY SIGNAL STATIONS.
Georgia and Florida Reserves Have
Orders From Government.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 22.—The
officers of the Florida naval reserves, in
obedience to orders from Washington,
are surveying the St. Johns river at the
mouth, and along the coast line, for sig
nal stations.
All the officers located here went down
to the mouth of the river early this
morning to select points where stations
could be placed in (use of war. The
Florida reserve is almost in the embryii
state, the membership being not over
200. If need be, however, more than
2,000 men could be enlisted here in 4f-
hours, as the feeling is strong against
Spain.
The fact of the officers going on their
errand today shows the urgent need of
haste, and it has produced much excite
ment in this section. It is understood
that the Georgia reserves have been
ordered out on the same duty. The
Florida officers will, it is expected, re
port regarding the defenses at the mouth
of the river.
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REPAIRS
The
ALABAMA
RIFLES.
Getting
State I>o;mrtii»eiit Is
Ready For Trouble.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 22.—It ii
just learned that the department of state
has arranged with a local firm to repair
and put in prime condition the 1,200
rifles belonging to the Alabama National
guards. The gunsmith has, in fact,
had his force of hands working on the
guns all day and all night for * he hist
three da vs, aud lias finished wita about
half of them and returned them to the
various commands from which they were
collected.
The military authorities of the state
decline to make any statement in the
matter, but it is a well recognized fact
that the fear of trouble with Spain is
the cause that prompted the precaution.
CATASTROPHE HURT CUBA?
Senor De Arango Thinks the Disaster
Will Help Hpantrds.
Cleveland, Feb. 22.—Senor A. C. De
Arango, a prominent Cuban and a mem
ber of the junta, in speaking of the
Maine explosion, said:
“It is needless for me to say that the
Cubans deplore that disaster, the horror
of which has sent a thrill to girdle the
globe,while its circumstances have called
fourth the condolence of the civilized
world.
“But it may interest the public to
know that we also regret the occurrence
for a reason quite separate from sym
pathy. The event will doubtless result
in bringing Spain and the United States
into more amicable rekitions. Already
the conciliatory courtesy of the Havana
authorities ana the Madrid administra
tion has neutralized the unfriendly feel
ing which so long prevailed in this coun
try. The Spanish ministry saw its op
portunity to strike the soft spot in the
American hearts and was not tardy in
embracing it. While this fact may not
aeriously militate against the Cuban
cause, we could wish for a different
condition.”
Touching upon the possibility of the
Cubans having blown the Maine up, Se
nor de Arango said:
“You may be very sure that it was
not the work of Cubans. All logical
theory must support this statement.
Why should Cuba destroy her friends
when she could demolish her enemies
with equal ease ? No, the Cubans wonld
not want to decimate the United States
navy; they would be willing to double
it if they could. In its strength lies Cu
ba’s safety and success. But for its nro-
tectiug power the struggle could not be
prolonged a single day.”
BUILDING TORPEDO
BOATS.
Being
Coristruetlon of Little Vessels
Rustled to Completion.
Baltimore, Feb. 22.—Work is being
pushed on the torpedo boats being built
here for the government. More men
have been put to work in the shipyards
mill the construction of the torpedo boats
will lx: rushed to completion.
Orders have been received from the
navy deparament in Washington de-
numding urgent haste. Night gangs
will be put on the jobs and with tin*
strengthened day force it is expected that
the little messengers of destruction will
lx*, turned over to the government in half
the time originally allowed by the navy
officials.
The fact that the harlxirs of the At
lantic coast are in need of defense which
Muss For the Maine Martyrs.
Cleveland, Feb. 22.—By direction of
Bishop Hoistmanu, a solemn requiem
mass was celebrated today in St. John’?
cathedral, this city, in memory of the
dead crew of the battleship Maine. The
cathedral was elaborately draped in
mourning and the function was attended
i by a crowded congregation. Rev. George
I Vahey, rector, officiated at the mass, as-
| sisted by the cathedral clergy, Rev. Drs.
; Farrell and Mylott. After the absolu-
j tion Father Vahey delivered an ekxiueut '
j and patriotic address, telling of the
i brave victims’ devotion to duty aud of
the debt of gratitude owed to them by
the nation.
Says Maine Cun Be Saved.
St. Louis, Feb. 22.—Captain John T.
Guyro, for more than 30 years a diver in
both salt and fresh water, who helped
raise the Milwaukee, a double turreted
boat, sunk at Mobile, says the Maine can
be raised. He says there is no question
about the divers being able to determine
whether the Maine was sunk by a tor-
E edo. Captain Guyro says the Milwau-
ee was wrecked in about the same way
as the Maine and lay in about the same
E osition. The Milwaukee was finally
r.iught to the surface so she could lie
towed off.
Monarch to Raise Maine.
New York, Feb. 22.—The Merritt &
Chapman Derrick and Wrecking com
pany signed contracts with the govern
ment to raise the battleship Maine.
Their most powerlul tug, the Monarch,
now at New York, will proceed at once to
Havana. The Monarch will be followed
by other tugs and the work will be be
gun as scon as possible.
Will Try to Raise Warship.
Washington, Feb. 22.—The details of
the wrecking expedition of the Maine
have been completed. The tug Right
Arm will proceed at once from Key
West with three divers. The wreckers
Underwriter and Jones and the mam
moth tug Monarch will follow, with a
total equipment of 100 men.
Injured Are Improving.
Key West, Feb. 22.—The injured men
of the Maine at the barracks and hos
pitals are doing nicely. The wrecking
tug Right Arm is still here and if not
sent to Havana will leave for the north
tomorrow with the schooner Belle
O'Neill in two.
saved, but in various gulches and streams
they proHjK'Cted, nothing was obtained
except light flake gold, which it is al
most imposible to save except with quick
silver.
The Stewart river enters the Yukon
about 66 miles above Dawson City.
ALASKAN VESSELS ARRIVE.
Latest News From the Recently Dis
covered Gold Land.
Victoria, B. C., Feb. 22. — Three
steamers, the Danube, the Thistle and
Tees, have returned from Skaguay, each
with a few Dawsonites on board. There
was very little gold on board.
Passengers from Skaguay bring news
of a blockade of the Dyea trail by min
ers and packers who resisted the de
mand of a detachment of United States
troops to go over the trail before them.
It was feared at Dyea that trouble would
arise over the affair.
Another shooting affair occurred at
Skaguay in front of a saloon. Tom j
Ryan shot and wounded a newcomer, |
whose name was not given. Ryan was |
promptly arrested aud taken to Sitka for |
trial.
Mike Quinlan, formerly of Minneapo- |
lis, Minn., has been appointed marshal
of Skaguay. A jail is being provided.
Two men whose names arc* not known
were detected robbing a cache at Sheep
Camp, and one of them while trying to
escape turned and fired at his pursuer.!
who returned his fire and dropped to t’.:o
ground. Thinking he had kill the man,
the fugitive turned the revolver on him
self and sent a bullet through his brain.
The other man was taken bock to Dyea,
where he was paraded through the
streets with a placard on him setting
forth that he was a thief. Fie was after
wards lodged in jail.
Complaints are being made at Skaguay
in relation to the number of men arriv
ing there by each boat without means of
subsistence.
GOING TO HUNT FOR GOLD.
South Carolinians Will **tart In Search
of Wealth Soon.
Greenville, S. C., Feb. 22.—In a few
weeks a party ctf 30 will start from
Greenville to the Alaska gold fields. C.
F. Dill, a prominent Lawyer, is at the
head of the scheme, aud ho is working
with Mr. Robert S. Baker, agent at
Denver, Colo., for the Copper River
Yukon Transportation company. About
20 persons from South Carolina will go
in the party and ten from Colorado.
Mr. Baker formerly lived here and has
a brother in this county. He now gets
(5,000 a year salary, but has heard aud
seen so much of the wonderful finds in
Alaska that he will give up his job.
The Greenville party has secured an
option on a steamer and thev will each
put in (-100, which covers all expenses
for four months. The party expects to
sail from San Francisco by April 1. A
large merchant is now preparing to close
out his business to go and a leading phy
sician will join the party. There are
several substantial farmers in the party.
The plan is to go directly to the Cop
per river region, which is said to be
richer than the Klondike country, and
the climate, according to the govern
ment reports, is much milder, the tem
perature seldom fulling much below
zero.
The gold fever has struck this section
in earnest and the departure of the Dill
party may be followed by others.
Mining Company No More.
Chicago, Feb. 22. — The Cudahy-
Healy Yukon Mining company is no
more. Outside stockholders who invest
ed in the concern have had their money
returned with interest. The North
American Trading and Transportation
company has absorbed the holdings of
Cudahy-Healy company, which was or
ganized in July, 1897, with a capital
stock of $25,000,000, and which secured
32 placer mines from the North Ameri
can company, which at that time de
cided to devote itself exclusively to trad
ing and transportation.
Scurvy Among Gold Seekers.
Dawson, N. W. T., Feb. 18, via Vic
toria, B. C., Feb. 22.—Scurvy has de- |
veloped among the miners to such an |
extent that there arc now 17 cases in the !
public hospital. It is estimated that
there are from 12 to 15 cases in private j
cabins, swelling the whole number to 30.
Precautionary measures are being taken I
to prevent the spreading of the malady.
OUSTED HIM AS DIRECTOR.
Hancock Lost One of Ills Jobs and Will
Soon Lose the Other.
Raleigh, Feb. 21.—President Robert
Hancock of the Atlantic and North Car
olina railway went to see governor Rus
sell today and urged the latter not to
take up the matter of his removal from
office until May, on the ground that it
might prejudice his interest in the $10,-
000 damage suit against him by the
mother of the girl he is alleged to have
enticed to her downfall.
The governor said he would not delay.
He asked Hancock if he would resign.
Hancock said, “No.”
The governor then said that the delay
until Feb. 22 in taking action was to
give Hancock an opportunity to resign.
Hancock said, “I swear I will never
resign.”
Then said the governor, “I will dis
miss you.”
Hancock repeated his words, “I will
never resign,” and added that the courts
will have to oust him.
The governor at once called the board
of internal improvements together and
ousted him as director.
To lx: president one has to be a direc
tor. The directors will oust him on Feb.
22 and then there will be an end to the
affair, it is thought.
AN ENTIRE COUNTY ABLAZE.
Woods Catch Fire and Burn Very
Rapidly In Worth.
Albany, Ga., Feb. 18.—Nearly the
whole northern portion of Worth county
has lx*en swept by flames during the
past 24 hours, and at List reports their
progress had not been checked. The
county around Oakflcld and Warwick
has suffered losses that will amount to
thousands of dollars.
The woods near Warwick caught fire
late Tuesday afternoon and the flames
rapidly spread in every direction. There
has been no rain in that country for
many weeks and the woods are dry as
tinder.
Many buildings have been destroyed,
dwellings, gins, barns, stored with
guano, cotton, corn, etc.
A number of cows, sheep and hogs
have been caught by the flames and
burned to death, w’hile mile alter mile
of fencing has been destroyed. A large
quantity of wood belonging to the - Al
bany and Northern road was burned
and the loss to owners of timbered lands
caynot be estimated. The 1c ss so far on
burned buildings alone will amount to
mauv thousand dolLirs.
FOUR MEN IN THE FIGHT.
Prisoner Kills Ills Guard.
Canon City, Colo., Feb. 22.—Frank
McPherson, a guard in the penitentiary,
has been fatally stabbed with a jack
knife by Charles Reynolds, a prisoner
serving a term for burglary. Reynelds
had refused to obey orders and hail been
rei>ort<4 by the guard.
Senator White lo Retire.
Los Angeles, Feb. 22.—Senator White
has stated that he will not be a candi
date for re-election. He added: “I say
this with reluctance, for my duties are
congenial to me aud I am well ratified
with my situation in the senate. But
business considerations of a personal
character appear to make it essential
that I should waive my p^edelictious. , '
Garrard and Berner to Make* the Race
For Governor.
Atlanta, Feb. 21. — The announce- 1
incut of State Senator Robert L. Berner
that he is a candidate for governor puts
three squarely in the race and it is con
fidently believed Hon. Louis F. Garrard
of Columbus will be forced into the con
test by bis friends. With Candler, At- ]
kinsou, Berner and Garrard seeking the
nomination a most exciting campaign
is assured.
Mr. Berner's platform accompanying
his announcement is nothing short of
sensational, attacking, as it does, rail
roads and other corporations. He de
dans 'hat “if the people do not control
the .railroads the railnxuls will control
the people.” Mr. Berner declares he is
the candidate of no ring or clique, but
has an honest ambition to be governor.
Committee Meeting Called.
Atlanta, Feb. 18.—Chairman Clay
has issued a call for the members of the
state Democratic executive committee to
meet at the Kimball House March 17,
1898, at 11 o’clock a. m., to fix the time
for holding the state convention and to
fix the time and provide the manner for
holding primary' elections to nominate
governor and statehouse officers, aud for
other purjxjses.
Golden Is Found Guilty
Buchanan, Ga., Feb. 18.—The argu
ment in the case against Dude Golden,
charged with assault on Mrs. J. J. Pope,
was concluded hero ast Friday. The
jury failed to agree until Wednesday
mominq, when they brought in a ver
dict of guilty of assault and battery. A
motion for a new trial will probably be
made.
Sam Jones For Candler.
Atlanta, Feb. 22. — Rev. Sam P.
Jones, whose announcement Saturday
that he would lx* a candidate for gover
nor created a big sensation all over the
Rate, now says he is seeking votes, but
hot for himself, aud declares bis iuteu-
lion of supporting Allen D. Candler.
Law Knds Luby’s Life.
Blakely, Ga., Feb. 21.—C. C. Luby
was hanged in the jail yard here for the
murder of his wife, committeed laM
April-
t
HISS FRANCES E. WILLARD,
pire, this city. She had been ill for
about three weeks.
There will be funeral services in New
York city and Liter in Evanston, Ills.,
Miss Willard’s home, where the body
will be taken.
Frances Elizabeth Willard was born
in Churchville, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1839.
She was graduated at Northwestern Fe
male college, Evanston, Ills., in 1859,
became professor of natural science there
in 1862 and was principal of Geuessee
Wesleyan seminary in 1866-67.
Miss Willard left her profession in
1874 to identify herself with the Wom
an’s Christian Temperance union, serv
ing us corresponding secretary of the
national organization until i879 aud
since that date as president
In 1886 she accepted the leadership of
the White Groks movement in her own
unions, which had been established
through her influence in 12 states for
the protection of women.
In 1888 she was made president of the
American branch of the International
Council of Women and of the World’s
Christian Temperance union, and she
was repeatedly re-elected. Besides many
pamphlets and contributions to maga
zines and the press Miss Willard has
published several volumes relating to
temperance and other reforms.
SHOT CiRL AND HIMSELF.
Unrequited Love Causes Double Trag
edy N?ar Charlotte.
Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 18.—News
has reached here of a distressing tragedy
in Cleveland county, 5D .miles west of
this city. Sid Grigg, a youth about 17
years of age, had long been desperately
in love with ElLi Williams, a very
pretty young girl who had just turned
16. Ho besought her to elope with him
to South Carolina, where they could be
married, but she refused all his over
tures and told him she did not love him.
Grigg brooied over his unrequited
love and resolved that as life was no
longer worth living, he and ElLi should
die together. He concealed himself in
a hedge by the roadside along which he
knew she would pass. She soon came
along accompanied by her little brother.
As they came along from the hedge a
shot rang out and Ella Williams fell fa
tally wounded. Not sure that the sin
gle bullet would do its work, Grigg
rushed out from his concealment, stood
over the Ixxly of the dying girl and shot
her three times. After he saw that she
was dead, ho put the smoking pistol to
his own temple and fired. The entire
top of his head was blown off and he
died almost instantly.
Both the murderer-suicide and his fair
victim aro to Vie buried side by side in
the same graveyard at the same hour.
Fleeing From Forest Fires.
Raleigh, Feb. 18.—Forest fires have
done immense damage to pine timber all
the way from Rockingham to Sanford,
a distance of 80 miles. Entire forests
are swept away and quite a number of
farm houses. Many people hail tr flex*
for their lives. At sojue places the lire
1 was five miles long. Men on horseback
gave warning and no doubt saved many
lives. The greatest destruction was
along the line of the Seaboard Air Line.
Its crossties were on fire at many phices
and a section house was burned at Ham
let. It is estimated that the timber loss
is at least $100,000.
Forest Fire Proves Fatal.
Camden, S. C., Feb. 22.—While R. W.
Seegars, with a negro driver, was going
from Kershaw to his home in the north
eastern portion of the county he was
caught on the road by a forest fire, and
liefore ho was able to get to a place of
safety his wagon and one mule were
burnt up. He and his driver managed
to get the other mule out, but in so
doing both he and the driver were so
badly burnt that at last reports it is
doubtful if they will recover.
C'harlestou Bonds Sell Well.
Charleston, Feb. 22.—The entire is
sue of $100,000 of 4t a per cent city bonds
of Charleston was sold to C. II. White
& Co. of New York, highest bidders, for
$104,114. Many bids were* made, some
for small amounts for a higher figure
than that of the award, but the White
bid was accepted because it was quite
the best bid made.
Younger Spoils Some Thrilling Storlca
About IliitiKfdf mid Brothers.
Dallas, Feb. 22.—Chief of Police
nold, who was accidentally killed
cently by the R. v. G. W. Truitt, laid
been on the Dallas force for 24 years,
during which time he had some thrilling
experiences. Bui tin* Dallas News num
bered among Arnold’s exploits tin: fre
quent subduing of the Younger br<,til
ers, when they would, as The News
said, invade Dallas aud “shoot up the
town.”
A Dallas friend of the Youngers has
received a letter from Cole Younger,
written in the Stillwater penitentiary,
on Feb. 13, in vindication of himself
and his brothers, Bob and Jim. In thi>
letter Cole Younger declares that, no
matter what their career may Lave Uen
after they left Texas in the early .even-
ties, they never committed a wrung act
in that state. Cole says that he . ildicrcd
ftom and for Texas during the civil war,
and never did an act during that time
that would reflect on a soldier or a gen
tleman.
After the war he and his brothers not
( lily served on the city police in Dallas,
but also as deputy sheriffs in Dallas
county, and instead of being in league
with the lawless element they helped to
suppress, that element; and that the y
left Dallas and Texas before Chief Ar
nold became a member of the force, end
that consequently he and the Youngers
never met in any capacity, here or else
where.
Cole Younger pleads for justice for
himself and brothers, and refers t ) many
prominent men in Texas and Missouri,
to vouch for their uprightness as sol-
dieis and citizens during and immedi
ately after the war. He proves by dates
that he and his brothers never could
have met and known Ben Thompson,
Jim Courtwright, Luke Short, Sam Bass
and other desiieradoea mentioned in the
newspajx'r story, as they came to Texas
long after he and his brothers left, and
that he and his brothers were in Still
water penitentiary when most of the
crimes their names are connected with
were committed.
Alleged Swindler Arrested.
Portland, Me., Feb. 22. — Edwin
Rosenfeld, rice president and general
manager of the Snow and Ice Transpor
tation company of Chicago, which has
made a contract with the government to
transport relief supplies irom Dyea to
Dawson City, has been arrested on a
telegraphic warrant from the chief of
police of Seattle, charging him with ob
taining money under false pretenses.
Rosenfeld says he is absolutely ignorant
of the cause of his arrest. The chief of
police said Seattle wired that the com
plainant was Minnie Cronin, and that
she alleged she had been defrauded out
of $300 by the Snow and Ice Transpor
tation company.
Corpse Found In a Greek.
Watertown, N. Y., Feb. 22.—Lewis
White, a railroad section hand, went to
a small creek near the tracks to get a
drink yesterday morning. He broke a
hole through the ice, got down on his
hands and knees aud saw that he had
broken the ieo over the Ixxly of a man.
At the morgue the man was recognized
as Hugh Fitzpatrick, a chees ‘maker,
who lived near Philadelphia, N. Y. Fitz
patrick left home a week ago to go to
Rome, and was supposed to be there
still. It is thought that he started to
go to Wag*rtowu instead, and fell from
a culvert into the creek where he was
found.
Mining Property Is :"old.
Cedartown, Ga., Feb. 22.—The valu
able properties of the Augusta Mining
company, with headquarters hero, have
been sold for $65,000 at receiver’s sale,
under order of Judge Newman of the
federal court. The sale was conducted
bv the receiver, Mr. C. W. Haskins of
New York, and was bought by Mr. J.
W. Reinhardt of New York for the ma
jority bondholders. The Augusta Min
ing company is one of the largest min
ing corporations in the south and exten
sive operations here are* looked for after
the reorganization of the company.
Mrs. AV. C. Whitney Injured.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 22.—Mrs. Wil
liam C. Whitney was struck on the fore
head and knocked from her horse 2
miles from Aiken, where the Whitneys
are sjieuduig the winter, this morning.
She was picked up unconscious, a car
riage was pnxmred and the wounded
lady taken to her home, the blood pour
ing from a gash 6 inches long and right
across the upper jxirt of the forehead
She regained consciousness in a half
hour.
Awakened Only to Perish.
Elizabethtown, N. Y., Feb. 22- —
Twenty persons were sleeping k 1 P'der
Liberty’s house when it caught fire at 1
o’clock this morning. The house was
destroyed and John Bradford of Essex, a
teamster, was suffocated and burned to
a crisp. The others got out safely.
Curing House Consumed.
Quincy, Fla., Feb. 22.-One of the
largest curing houses belonging to the
Owl Cigar company, of this city, was
burned to the ground this morning, with
a large amount of bulk tobacco. Ike
loss may reach llW.OOO*. The building
mid contents are* partly insured.
Catholic Bishop For China.
Peking, Feb. 22.—Pere Favier, head
of the Roman Catholic missions in China
and a resident here for more than 30
vears, wis today consecrated bishop. The
Chinese say that this was done in conse
quence of representations made by the
emperor to the Vatican.
A Snowstorm In London.
London, Feb. 22.—Snow continues
falling in the southern and western dis-
/ triets. Many roads and railroads are
blockaded, snow plows are working and
drifts from 3 to 12 feet deep and tele
graphic communication
terra pted.
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has been in-
Colonel Willingham Die*.
Macon, Feb. 19.—Colonel B. L. Wil
lingham, one of Macon’s oldest and
moss honored citizens and prominent
business men, is dead as Jho result ot
congestion of the brain./ He was 6,
yean* of age. j
01) Years Old; Saw 10 Birthdays.
Pana, Ills., Feb. 22.—Alexander W.
Call, an old citizen of this pLix:, is dead.
The peculiarity connected with his life
was that, although he was 69 \cars of
age. vet ho had s^n only 16 birthdays,
having been born Feb. 29, 1826.
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