Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PURE AIR IN CHURCHES. Jackson, Lincoln, Gar* field, McKinley. ^ackflon MlraoulouslyT'avcd From a Lunatic’s Bullet—Lin coln, the Beloved, a Victim of Fanatical Political jpteiT—Bar field Murdered by a Disap pointed Office Hunter—The Stories of These Tragical Inci dents In the Nation’s History. «tJL£RS ASSASSINATED IN THE PAST CEN TURY. Cmprror Paul, Buswia, chokH 1801 Multan Selim, Turkey, atal>bed 1808 President d'Istria, Greece, sal>er 1831 Duke of Parma, Italy 1S54 Resident of Haiti, atabbed 1869 President Lincoln, United States, shot 1866 President Balts, Peru, shot 1872 "President Moreno, Ecuador, shot 1372 President Guthriz, Ecuador, shot 1873 Sultan Abdul Aziz, Turkey, stabbed 1374 President of Paraguay, shot 1877 President Garfield, United States, shot 1881 Czar Alexander 11., Russia, bomb 1881 President J. R. Barrios, Guatemala, shot 1885 ^ueen of Korea, poisoned 1890 President Carnot, France, atabbed 1894 ■hah of Persia, atabbed 1896 President Jose Barrios, Guatemala, shot 1898 ^.JCmpress of Austria, stabbed 1899 Cing Humbert, Italy, shot 1900 Prior to the assault upon Mr. McKin ley at Buffalo three presidents of the United States had been attacked while In office with murderous intent. Of these throe the first, Andrew Jackson, escaped unharmed, while the other two, Lincoln and Garfield, died from vrounds inflicted by their assailants. On the afternoon of Jan. 30. 1835, President Jackson was in the capitol "it Washington in ottendance upon the funeral of Hon. Warren R. Davis, de ceased member of congress from South Carolina. As the president, with See- -Petary Woodbury of the treasury on his arm, was retiring from the rotunda to roach his carriage at the steps of the portico he was confronted by Richard Lawrence, who stepped from behind 4>ne of the columns and pointed a pis tol at the president, who was less than ten feet away. The percussion cap ex- ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JACKSON. [At IVasbiiigtuii. Jan. 30, 1835.] ploded with such a noise that several witnesses supposed the pistol had filed. On the instant Lawrence dropped the pistol and transferred another from his left hand to ids right, lie pointed the second pistol at the president and pull ed the trigger, but again the eap ex ploded without discharging the pistol Just as Mr. Jackson, with upraised cane, made for his assailant. Law rence, however, was knocked down and secured by others before Ur president could reach him. That Mr. Jackson was uninjured by the attack upon him was little short of marvelous, and his escape was discuss ed at the time by many in a tone of su perstitious awe. Tests were made with the pistols of Lawrence after his at tempt, and they were found to be an elegant pair in most excellent order and loaded with powder and ball al most to the muzzle. The powder was ©f the highest quality, and the percus sion caps found on bis premises when tested proved to be of the very best of that time. In fact, the two pistols, with new caps taken from Lawrence’s box, were tired at the first attempt in each case by the officers who tested them. Richard Lawrence was a painter and bad a shop in u tnlckly settled part of Washington. He was about thirty-five years of age and. though small iu stature, was a handsome man. His father, an Englishman, had died some years before, but young Lawrence had • sister and other relatives liviug iu Washington. At the trial it was shovvu that Lawrence was insane, that he had been unbalanced mentally for about two years. In justification of his act he claimed'at bis trial that President Jackson owed him money; iu fact, that the president was bis clerk and was withholding money that belonged to him. He also claimed to be king of England and America and made other wild assertions, some of which it was •hown he bad been making for a year or more before bis attempt to kill the president. Lawrence was adjudged insane and was sent to an asylum, where he re mained an Inmate for upward of thirty years, when he died. Partisan feeling was running high at that time, and at first many. Including the president himself, thought that Lawrence waa the tool of others. So tfrtat was the excitement produced by 1 the nffal r *' !>’(• uf .lackson’s pn lillcnl orl’oi' K iiu hiding (’lay. Cal houn n'H Pnludexter, were iu the i frenzy nf the luoiiielit suspected of i having ciin ph-cd to get rid of the j president, but it was soon discovered flint this suspicion was unwarranted and unjust, and that the crime was hatched and matured in the brain of n lunatic. Abraham Lincoln, sixti'cnth president of the United States, was shot while sitting iu a box la Ford’s theater in Washington on the night of Friday, April Hj 18G5, by John Wilkes Booth, art actor."h Washington was celebrating the sur render of Lee at Appomattox and the tennlnation of the war of the rebellion. ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN BY JOHN WILKES BOOTH. [At Ford’a theater, Washington, April 14, 1865.] resounded with the music of bands. The Inhabitants were hoarse with cheering. At about 8 o’clock Mr. and Mrs. Lin coln started for the carriage. As soon as they were seated in the carriage the president gave orders to the coachman to drive around to the home of Senator Harris for Miss Harris. A few min utes later the presidential party of four persons—the president and Mrs. Lin coln. Miss Harris and Mr. Rathbone of Albany, stepson of Senator Harris—ar rived at the theater and entered the front and left hand upper private box. The play, “The American Cousin,” was being presented by Laura Keene, the famous actress. From the story of that great crime as told in the life of Lincoln by John Hay and John G. Nieo- lay the following is taken: The president had been detained by visitors, and the play had made some progress when he arrived. When he appeared in his box, the band atruck up “Hail to the Chief,” the actors ceased playing and the audience rose, cheering tumultu ously. The president bowed In acknowledgment of this greeting, and the play went on. The moon rose that night at 10 o’clock. A few minutes before that hour Booth called one of the underlings of the theater to the buck door and left him there holding his horse. He then went to a saloon near by, took a drink of brandy and, entering a^e theater, passed rapidly through the crowd in rear of the dress circle and made his way to the passage leading to the president's box. He showed a card to a servant in attendance and was allowed to pass in. He entered noiseless ly and, turning, fastened the door with the bar he had previously made ready without disturbing any of the occupants of the box, between whom and himself there yet remained the slight parti tion of the door, through which he had bored the hole. The murderer seemed to himself, it was after ward thought, to be taking part in a play. Par tisan bate and the fumes of brandy had for weeks kept bis brain ir a morbid slate. He paused as if expecting applause. Holding a pistol in one hand and a knife in the other, he opened the box door, put the pistol to the president's head and tired. Drop) ing the weapon, he look the knife in his right hand, anil when Major Rathbone sprang to seize him he struck savagely at him. Major Rathbone received the blow on his left arm, suffering a wide and deep wound. Booth, rushing forward, then placed his left hand on the nailing of the box and vaulted lightly over to the stage. It was a high leap, but nothing to such a trained athlete. He was in the habit of introducing what actors call sensational leaps in his plays. He would have got safely away but for his s| ur catching in the folds of the Union flag with which the Iront of the box was draped. He fell on the stage, the torn flag trailing on his spur, but instantly arose as if he had received no hurt, though in tact the tall had broken his leg. He turned to the audience, brandishing his drip ping knife and shouting the state motto of \ ir- giiiia, “Sic Semper Tyrannis,” and fled rapidly across the stage and out ut si^ht. The wounded president was borne to the house of Mr. Petersen, across the street from the theater, where every thing within the powers of surgery and medicine was done to save his life. It was at 7:”2 Saturday morning, April 15, that President Lincoln breath ed his last, closing his eyes as if falling asleep, his features bearing the repose of perfect serenity. There was no indi cation of pain and only the gradual ASSASSINATION OF OARFIELD BY OCTTEATT. [At Baltimore and Potomac depot, Washington, July 2. 1881.] cessation of his respiration to show that the end had come. The Rev. Dr. Gurley, pastor of the New York Ave nue Presbyterian church, knelt at the bedside and offered fervent prayer, again voicing his grief a moment later In the adjoining parlor, where there were waiting Mrs. Lincoln, Captain Robert T. Lincoln and Mr. John Hay, the private secretary. John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of the president, made good hit escape. A l\ pi i|'i‘iioll ;t |j(i 1(1* * Ids accomplices. It was on Thursday, April 117. tl t the news came of the death of Boot while tr.viiiy: to escape from a hurniti A (Men I'or tin- I’popcr Ymtllntion ot (lie I! u i' (I i it tvs. Considering the extent to which the benefits of fresh air have been exploit barn near Port I loyal, Va., whore In and Ida accomplice, Ilcrold, had been brought to hay by a party of troops under command of Lieutenant Edward Doughty. Booth waa shot by Sergeant Boston Corbett and lived two hours. Men»ld waa arrested.f The conspirators who were responsi ble for the assassination were tried by court martial at Washington, and four —namely, Payne, Herold, Atzerodt and Mrs. Surratt—were banged. The stage carpenter at Ford’s theater who turned out the lights to facilitate the escape Ocstli, who held his horse at the stage {dSiraDW aud Dr. Mudd, who set the limb which Booth broke In Jumping from the box, were sent to prison for long terms. At almost precisely the time the pres ident was shot an attempt was made to assassinate Secretary Seward, who was lying ill In his home. The would be as sassin, one of those In the plot with Booth, the assassin of Lincoln, entered the secretary’s bouse by a subterfuge, fought his way to the room of the in valid and stabbed him as be lay in ids bed. He then escaped from the house. James A. Garfield, the twentieth pres ident of the United States, was shot while in the Pennsylvania railroad sta tion in Washington on the morning of Saturday, July 2, 1881. Fie had just entered the station, accompaniad by James G. Blaine, secretary of state in his cabinet, to take the train for Long Branch. As they entered the street door of the station Charles Jules Guiteau stood waiting near Vfce center of the women’s reception room. The president and Mr. Blaine walked through the room, while the assassin circled about until he was behind them. He drew a revolver aud fired. No one seemed to realize what had happened. The president half turn ed, with a bullet through his left shoul der. An instant later Guiteau fired again. Thi.i time the bullet struck Mr Garfield in the back, over the left kid ney. He staggered forward, scuk to his knees and then pitched to the floor. Mr. Parks, the ticket agent, saw the shooting through the window of his office and as the second shot was fired ran out aud grabbed Guiteau as lie dodged to get into the street. He held him until a policeman ran up. In his — ■ s ed of recent years in connection par ticularly with the cure of phthisis, it might naturally be expected that in public places a state of affairs would not now be tolerated which Is contrary to (hi* recommendations of medical au thority. We are all perfectly aware of the necessity for free ventilation. We understand why Indiscriminate spitting Is an abominable danger and how close rooms and stuffy omnibuses and over filled railway carriages Increase tde Chances of Infection even for healthy persons,. Moreover, we know that In the pTesodce of an Infected person, as Xvhere one member of the family is the subject of pulmonary tuberculosis, a constant supply of pure air In plenty is a paramount necessity for the health of those who are bound to live under the same roof as the sufferer. So much, then, being matter of com mon knowledge, it is little short of marvelous to see in what kind of at mosphere this enlightened public is content to confine Itself at certain times. A visit to the courts of law or to the churches of every denomination might well lead to a belief that to these places resorted a class of beings for whom fresh air was a dangerous thing to be carefully excluded and that only in a thick, carboniferous, organically tainted atmosphere could the brain of man discern truth through the mazes of legal bewilderment or ids soul re spond to the solemn claims of a reli gious service. There eaa be no greater mistake than to neglect the conditions of atmos phere in which mental labors, be they legal or of any other kind, are under taken. The weariness, the headache, the Indifference to food or inability to assimilate it, that are apt to follow a day in the courts or a few hours In a church are often the result of a foul at mosphere. Tiie theater and the church, viewed from a low but practical stand point, have much in common. In mat ters of ventilation, however, the mod ern theater has advanced in a way which religious communities might Im itate with advantage. There can be nothing unholy In a pure atmosphere. The first clergyman who devotes a “collection” to the construction of effi cient ventilation for Ids church will de serve well of his congregation and will most assuredly take an effective stop toward increasing its members.—Lan cet. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT M’KINLEY BV CZOLGOSZ. [At Buffi lo, Sept. 5. 1901. J hand Guiteau waved a letter, which he shouted was for General Sherman and explained everything. Tiie president himself was the first to realize his condition. In the station, after Dr. Townsend had made a hasty i examination, he asked his opinion. Tiie physician replied that be did not con sider tiie wound serious. “1 thank you. doctor,” said the presi dent, “but 1 am a dead man.” All that day the president talked calmly and courteously to those about him. He was suffering great pain and was partially under the influence of opiates, in the evening the course of the bal! was traced. It was found to have fractured the eleventh rib and penetrated the liver. It was seen thou that the condition of the president was exceedingly serious. It was believed that he could not live beyond mid night. The next day Mr. Garfield was worse, and from that time, during the three months that life lasted, he 1m- j proved and failed Intermittently. For a time his physicians were hope ful, aud the bulletins for a period led the public to believe that the president would resume his duties, but when the torrid weather of midsummer came the patient failed perceptibly, and. al though it was done at great hazard, he was removed on Sept. 0, 1881. by a special train to Elberon, N. J. The in vigorating sea breezes seemed at first to have a beneficial effect, but on Sept. 15 unmistakable symptoms of blood poisoning were discovered, and on the 19th. after a few bours of unconscious- ness, he died. Charles J. Guiteau. who had fired the pistol at the railroad station, had been promptly seized and taken Into cus tody. He had been a persistent but unsuccessful applicant for an appoint ment to office, first as minister to Aus tria aud then as consul general at Paris. He described himself as a law yer. a politician and a theologian. Guiteau was sentenced to be hanged after a sensational trial, in which his sanity was one of the main points In volved. The leading insanity experts In the country testified. The sentence of the court was carried out, although by many It was believed Guiteau was rrasy. The IU pi nco psa 1 Church on Divorce. I A good many persons seem to hav* received the impression that the Epis copal church has altered its rule about the remarriage of divorced persons i That is not true. A committee appoint ed at the last general convention hal unanimously recommended that Epis copal ministers shall he forbidden to unite In matrimony persons who hav6 been divorced so long as the former spouses of such persons are living, it has also recommended that divorced persons, except innocent parties in di vorces secured for adultery, who mar ry again during their former spouse's lifetime shall be excluded from the sacraments of the church, except when In extremis or when penitent and liv ing apart from the husband or wife last acquired. But these recommenda tions are not yet laws of the church i and won’t lx* until the next general convention, which meets iu San Fran cisco, has ratified them.—E. 8. Marti! iu Harper’s Weekly. nin XelKliborn. Fix-Attorney General Miller recently told litis story, which is thoroughly en joyed by the narrator: ‘ ’Alien President Harrison invited me to become a member of Ids cabi net.” lx* said, “1 determined to visit my boyhood home iu Indiana before going to Washington. 1 had not been iu the town for twenty years. At the railroad station I was met by the village liack- u tin, who knew me when I was a boy. He greeted me as if I had left the town only tiie day before. On the way to the hotel in his ramshackle ‘deep sea going’ back I said: “ ’Well, William, what has happened since I have been here?’ “ ‘Nothin’,’ he replied. “ ‘William,’ 1 continued, T’ve been chosen a member of the president’s cabinet. What do tiie neighbors say to thatV’ “ ‘Nothin’,’ he answered. ‘They just laugh.’ ” Retnnrknble Eni;rttx Intf. The lord provost of Perth lias Just completed a work of special interest. On one side of a small plaque of gold the size of a threepenny piece he lias engraved: (1) Tiie Ten Command ments; (2) the beatitudes, as in Mat thew v, 3-10; (3) the Lord’s Prayer; (4) Numbers vi, 24-20, anti (5) the dox- ology. There are 43 separate lines of letter ing, 32 verses of Scripture, 512 sepa rate words and 2,153 letters. On the other side of the tiny plaque ! Is engraved within a circle of about ; half the diameter the profile of the Sn ; viour. copied from the portrait report ed to have been given to Pope Inno cent VIII. by Sultan Bajazet.—London Mail. Alfred Ayrea Confonnded. Alfred Ayres, who Is such a purist re garding the use of English language that he Is sometimes regaled as n crank, wandered into the office of the Appletons, the publishers, tbe other day and inquired for Colonel Appleton. “He flew the coop, 1 guess!” said one of tbe young men. “What r “He flew tbe coop.*” “Oh! 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