Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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* • a . i / v !OMS IBBFTRAGEDY fthy St. Louis Man Meets With Foul Play. JLOODY HAMMER IS FOUND STATE PRIMARY IN JUNE. Mr. Cooper, the Victim, Was One of . the Wealthiest Men of St. Louis. Eath House Attendant Arrested E> the Police. St. Louis, Jan. 23.—Mr. a. Doan Cooper, treasurer of the Graham Pa per company, is dying as the risult of injuries sustained in a mysterious manner while in the Vista Turkish bath establishment at 3518 Franklin avenue, last night. William A. Stroth er, the negro man in charge of the bath house, who tells conflicting sto ries about the affair, is under arrest and a diamond ring worth and a valuable pin belonging to Mr. Coop er have b.een recovered from their hid ing place in the cellar of the bath house. Mr. Cooper’s Injury consisted of a fractured skull. A sledge hammer cov ered with blood was also found in the cellar and taken possession of by the police. Strother made a statement to the po lice that about midnight a boy brought Mr. Cooper a note, which he refused to answer. The boy went away and soon after a man and two women en tered. When he returned from the cel lar, where he had gone to fix the fires, Strother says he found Cooper on the couch unconscious. Doctors operated on Mr. Cooper and removed pieces of bone that were pressing on his brain. The injured man did not regain consciousness and finally died about 10 o’clock. Mr. Cooper was the owner of the bath house, where the assault was committed, but it is not managed in his name. It is located right in the fash ionable section of the city. Mr. Coop er, who was interested in various lines of business, was considered one of the wealthiest men in St. Louis. LARGE LAND SALE. Ohio Men Purchase 170,COO Acres Near Vidalia, La. New Orleans, Jan. 23.—One of the largest land' sales ever made In the cotton district has Just been consum mated. Messrs. Allen I. Shields and Howard Shields, of Cleveland, O., pur chased 170,000 acres near Vidalia, La., the land stretching back from the Mis ■issippi river to the Black river. The purchase includes some of the best cotton lands in Concordia parish and is heavily wooded. The purchas ers will rent all the land to western settlers, erecting the necessary saw mills, cotton gins and other factories CRAZED BY RELIGION. Followed Biblical Injunction and Plucked Out Her Eye. Nashville, Jan. 23.—Mrs. Beulah Ab bey, wife of a young merchant near Sparta, Tenn., is dead as the result of pulling out one of her eyes in a fanatical and literal interpretation of the scriptural injunction: “If thine eye offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee, for it is better to go into heaven having only one eye than to suffer the torments of hell fire.” She became much excited over re ligion last autumn and since that time she had been noted for strange vaga lies in religious work. Corn Blockade at Kansas City. Kansas City, Jan. 23.—A corn block ade with the grain commanding high prices and the great southwestern country buying from the north and east, Instead of having corn lor sale is the enomalous conditon that ex ists in Kansas City. The grain men say there are 1,000 cars of corn on track here and the railroad yards so full that it takes many days to get corn started out of the city after it has been ordereu shipped. Most of the corn is coming from Iowa and north eastern Nebraska, but the Dakotas and northern Illinois are contributing large supplies now. Executive Committee Will Probably Meet Next April. Savannah, Oa.. Jan. 23.—Vice Chair man E. T. Brown was in the city yes terday morning and spent some time in conference with Hon. F. G. du- Bignon. state Democratic chairman. Mr. duBignon, when seen after Mr. Brown’s departure for Florida, said that the state executive committee would probably be called together in xipril. He said that doubtless it would provide for a primary to be ».eld in June. Mr. duBignon s idea is that is best »or eac h county to vote direct for the candidates it favors and let tin* win ning side name its delegates. This plan has worked very well for the past four years, he said, and has had muen to do with driving Populism from the state. Besides, he said, it assures each county home rule. OPPOSES CHINESE EXCLUSION BUIS Ex-Secretary Foster Bei.ore Senate Committee. SUBMITS THREE PROPOSITIONS OIL FOUND IN COBB COUNTY. Discovered In Unique Way on George B. Nigh's Farm. Marietta, Ga., Jan. 23.—Cobb county has another product to offer. Oil has been found by George B. Nigh on his farm 1 ^ miles southeast of Marietta. A sample sent to State Chemist Mc- Candless was pronounced by him to be oil. The oil was discovered by fire break ing out on Mr. Nigh’s farm and on burning the grass until a small pool of water was reached near a brancli the water took fire and continued to burn for some time. An examination re vealed an ody substance oozing from the ground. Nearly a quart of this was gathered up and sent Chemist McCandless. Ad- ; joining farms to Mr. Nigh's show indi- ! cations of oil. NO NEW TRIAL FOR PRICE. Mrs. Rowland’s Slaysr Must Hang for the Crime. Macon, Ga.. Jan. 23.—Arthur Price, the murderer of Mrs. R. J. Rowland, will not get a new trial before the su per ior court of Bibb county. This was decided by Judge Felton, who heard the arguments in chambers yesterday morning. Solicitor William Brunson appeared for the state and presented affidavits from prominent persons showing that Price made a free and full confession of his crime to them. Price's attorney argued that the evi dence in the trial did not warrant the verdict in the case. Judge Felton held that It did, and overruled the motion for a new trial. Wedded By Wire. Carrollton. Ga.. Jan. 23.—Another telephone wedding has just been sol emnized from Bowdon to this place. Mr. Fred Kitchens and Miss Alice Fowler called over the telephone to get a marriage Hcense and magistrate. This done Justice J. T. Norman went to the telephone here and holding the license pronounced them man and wife, being 12 miles away. This is the fourth telephone wedding the Gainesboro Telephone company here Have aided in performing in the past six months, three being betwee . Bow don and Carrollton, two couples of whom were eloping from over the line in Alabama. Verdict for Mrs. Clarke. (^artersville, Ga., Jan. 23.—After a two days’ trial a jury in the superior court. Judge Fite presiding, returned a verdict of $7,500 in favor of Mrs. Minnie Clarke against the Western and Atlantic Railroad company, being the largest verdict rendered in this county in many years. Mrs. Clarke’s uusband, Ike Clarke, was killed about a year ago in the yards here in Car- tersville while arranging the air brake hose. Rooney to Manage Wigwam. Indian Spring, Ga., Jan. 23.—James J. Rooney, of Macon, Ga., will man age the Wigwam hotel here next sum mer, succeeding H. A. Daniels, wha has had the hotel for several seasons past. Mr. Rooney has been with the Wigwam before and his return to In dian Spring will be learned with pleasure. Cathedral Dedication. St. Louis, Jan. 23.—Over a thou sand persons witnessed the dedication of the Scottish Rite Masons’ cathe dral at Seventeenth and Locust streets last night,' many of them being Ma sons of high degree who had come from remote places. The building is one of the handsomest of its kind in the United States, it having cost $100, 000. Three Terms as Postmaster. Covington, Ga., Jan. 23.—H. D. Bush has been reappointed postmaster of Covington and his appointment con firmed by the senate. This is his third term. Mr. Bush is regarded as the strongest Republican in this section and he has had no opposition. His past services as postmaster met with the approval of the public. $100,000 For University. byracuse, N. Y., Jan. 23.—Chancellor James K. Day, of Syracuse university, announced today that John D. Rocke feller had given the university $100,000, which will be applied on the endow ment fund. When this fund reaches $400,000 John D. Archibald will dupli cate it. Incendiary Fire at Waycross. Waycross, Ga., Jan. 23.—The Rook ery, the handsome residence of J. K, Byrd, was destroyed at this place by lire. Nothing was saved from the flames. The family barely escaped with their lives. The house and fur niture were partly insured. The- fire is thought to have been the work of an incendiary. Large Catamount Killed. New Decatur, Ala., Jan. 23.—One of the largest catamounts ever seen and the first one that has been killed in this county for many years was shot by Charley Whaley io miles south of Lere. It measured four feet in length Death of Captain Napier. Lafayette, Ga., Jan. 23.—Captain N. C. Napier, editor and proprietor of the Walker County Messenger, well known throughout the state, died at ills homo at this place yesterday. He leaves u widow and eight children. Bryan Sails for France. New York, Jan. 23.—Charles Pago Bryan. United States minister to Bra- *11. who Is i n leave of absence, sailed for D", ice to t .*y on the steamer La Savoie. Prominent Southern Educator Dies. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 23.—Dr. Wil liam Leroy Brown, president of the Alabama Polyitnchnie institute, died suddenly this morning. Dr. Brown was regarded as one of the most eminent educators in the south. Mr. Foster Said the Mitchell or Pacific Coast Bill V^as a Plain Violation of Cur Treaty With China. Washington, Jan. 23.—Ex-Secretary of State John W. Foster appeared be fore the senate committee on immigra tion today and spoke in opposition to the Chinese exclusion bills which have been iutroduceu in congress. His re marks were directed particularly to the Mitchell or Pacific coast bill which, ae said, was a plain violation of our treaty with China. Mr. Foster said that cur government bad four times asked China to modify existing treaties in the interest of American citizens, and that in every instance China had acceded to the re quest. He then submitted for the con sideration of the committee three prop ositions. The first was that any law passed by the present congress which contin ues the exclusion of Chinese laborers beyond 1504 would be not without in ternational authority, but would be in violation of treaty stipulations. He said that during the negotiations re sulting in the treaty of 1854 the Unit ed States sought to have the exclusion of Chinese laborers extended to 20 years, and tflat the Chinese govern ment refused to make it for more than ten years. He also insisted that when the treaty of 1854 came to an end the Burlingame treaty of 1808 would be revived and come into force, wnlch treaty stipulated for the free and un restricted emigration of Chinese of all classes into the United States. His second proposition was that the exclusion raw should not be applicable to all our insular possessions, and said the Hawaiian islands presented the exact state of affairs which was con templated by the American negotiators of the exclusion treaty, when they gave the assurance that to such a con dition of affairs tne exclusion laws would not apply when all the interests of the islands asked for Chinese im migration and the local authorities agreed that it would not in any way affect white labor. Mr. Foster’s third proposition was that the existing exclusion laws and the legislation proposed are in clear disregard of treaty stipulations. He cited the provision of the treaty of 1854, which guaranteed to all Chinese in the United States the most favor ed nation treatment, and the provisions of treaties with other nations guaran teeing to them the same treatment as to the protection of their persons and property as that enjoyed by native cit izens. PEACE OVERTURES ARE MADE. Asserted That Boers Have Made Ap proaches to England. London, J n. 23.—A representative of The Daily News in the lobbies of parliament hears that there has cer tainly been some sort of peace over tures from the Boers, but that the un yielding attitude of Lord Milner, the British high commissioners in South Africa, has, as before, proved an ob stacle in tha matter. The Hague correspondent of l-e Daily News says that Dr. Leyds, the Republican representative of the Transvaal, and Abraham Fischer, the leader of the Boer delegates, are hav ing prolonged interviews with D. Van Linden, the Dutch minister of foreign affairs, and Professor Asser, the Ju rist and chairman of the arbitration counsel at The Hague. TRACK LAYING RACE. Middlcsboro Mineral Road Wins Over Louisville and Nashville. Middlesboro, Ky., Jan. 23.—The race between the Middlesboro Mineral rail way and the Louisville and Nashville railway, in which the latter sought to grade and lay a track from its main line to cross the right of way of the Mineral road at Bennetts Fork and thus stop its competitor, was won by the lormer company, which beat the Louisville and Nashville road to the fork by several minutes last night. One of the contractors of the Min eral road said this morning they would build a house on the spot, put a wire fence around it and then put a family in it. The Louisville and Nashville has enjoined contractors on the Mid dlesboro Mineral railroad from work ing on the crossing. This will uol prevent work at other points. HOT HEADED TEXANS HAVE BLOW BATTLE Town of Bellville Scene of * Fatal Affray. PHILIPPINE TARIFF. THREE DEAD, FOUR V/OUNDED Strikers Return To Work. Jeffersonville, Ind., Jan. 23.- fn ac cordance with an agreement reached last night between the striking wood-.: workers employed by the American Car and Foundry company and Man ager Ingram, CbO men who went out several days ago through sympathy with about 25 body builders who claim ed that their contracts with the com pany had been violated, returned tc worn tills morning. Rich Find of Coal. New Decatur, Ala., Jan. 23.—A rich find of coal has been made by J. K. P. Sheldon on his plantation 15 miles west of this city. The vein Is said to be three feet thick. Arrangements will be made by Mi. Sheldon to wins it as early as possible. Trouble Was a Factional One and Grew Out of the Case of One Pen nington on Trial for the Murder of a Man Named Odom. Bellville,* Tex., Jan. 23.—About G o’clock yesterday evening'an affray oc curred here which resulted in three deaths, the fatal wounding of another man and the slight wounding of three others, none of whom will die. The dead are: Raymond White, constable at Wal ii§. Milam Odom, his half brother. Henry Dippert, a bystander. The fatally wounded: Walter Pennington, shot through the bowels, the bullet going entirely through the body. Wounded: Lnhu Pennington, scalp wound. Antoine Dippert, of Bellville, a by stander. flesh wound in the side. John Havkvath, of Scaly, a bystand er, bullet through foot. The case of Walter Pennington, un der indictment for the murder of J. C. Odom, a brother of Milam Odom, and a half brother of Raymond White, was called in the district court and a large number of people came here from Wallis as witnesses, among them the relatives of the deceased. There was no outbreak until the parties met at tne depot, where a large crowd oi people were assembled awaiting the trial. Just how the affair started no one seems to know definitely, but it is generally claimed that the first hos- Lie act was committed by the Odom faction. The first person wounded was Walter Pennington. me bullet entered his stomach and ranged upward, passing through him. He then opened fire and in an instant the shooting became general. The two Dipperts were standing together and had no chance to get under cover. Henry was struck by a bullet and dropped dead where he stood. An- tone’s wound is in the side, and it is believed will not prove dangerous. Havkvath was shot while trying tc get out of range. When the shooting ceased it was found that White and Odom had been instantly killed. White dying with his pistol cocked and ready to fire. He and Odom were lying close together. Walter Pennington was carried tc the hotel, where ue now lies in a dy ing condition. His father, Elihu Pen nington, was struck only once, the ba!l plowing through his hair under the scalp on the left side of his head. BLOODY TRIBAL CONFLICTS. Royal Wedding at Vienna. Vienna, Jan. 23.—The archduchess Elizabeth, granddaughter of Emperor Francis Joseph, was married today tn Prince Otho Von Windisch-Graetz at the Josefl chapel of the Hofburg, in the presence of Emperor Francia Jo- sepn, Countess Lonyay (formerly the Crown Princess Stephanie), the bride’s mother and a number of princes and princesses belonging to the imperial family. Great Gas Well Struck. Parkersburg, W. Va., Jan. 23.—The largest gas well in the state has been struck in Pleasants county. It is flow ing at the rate estimated to be about 15,000,000 feet of gas a day. In addi tion to the gas it is also producing over 250 barrels of oil a day. The drill has only reached the top of the sand and a larger flow is expected when the well is drilled in. British Transport Stranded. F Queenstown. Jan. 23.—The British iuni» -yt Minnesota, with troops on ||und for South Africa, strand leaving Queenstown today. high out of th<‘ water and she st to starboard, hut it is expectei^Ttiat she will he floated at high tide tills evening. Smallpox on Steamer. London, Jan. 23.—Two cattle men, suffering from. Bmallpox, were landed here today from the British steamer Jacona, which arrived in London Jan. 10 Irom Portland, Me. Another man on the steamer, who contracted the disc; se, was sent ashore at Blyth. Governor Taft Talks On Subject Be fore Union League Club. ban Francisco, Jan. 23.—Referring to the Philippine tariff in a speech before the Union League Club, prior to his de parture for the east Govertior VV. H. Taft is reported to have said: “I know from reading your papers and talking with some of your mer chants that you are anxious to have free trade between the Philippines and America. In many respects that would be an admirable arrangement, if it were possible to run the government of the Philippines without the indirect taxation involved in levying customs duties. It would gratify the commis sion very much ii congress would take off altogether the tariff imposed by the Dingley bill. Ail we desire is to have money enough to run a good goveru- men My view is that as soon as trade is established and avenues open ed a small tariff will form a very slight obstacle to the course of busi ness betweeu the Philippines and Cal ifornia.” ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED. Fierce Fighting Has Occurred Between Kurds and Bulgarians. Constantinople, Jan. 23.—The Kurds are afield in Armenia and sanguinary tribal conflicts have occurred in the vilayets of Bitlis and Van. Twenty men were killed in the Bitlis fight and both sides suffered heavily at Van. Bulgarians and Turkish troops have been in conflict in the vilayet of Kos sovo. Ten Bulgarians were killed. Boat Capsized, Crew Rescued. New York, Jan, 23.—According to the Montevideo correspondent of The Herald, a boat from the United States cruiser Atlanta, with a party of offi cers in it was capsized at Montevideo recently. The officers and boat’s crew were thrown into the water, but were rescued by a craft from the office of the captain of the port. The United States naval officers were on their w r ay to a British vessel to extend congratu lations on the first anniversary of King Edward’s accession to the throne when the accident took place. Good Sale of Iron. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 23.—The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company has sold 14,000 tons of basic iron at $13 per ton, to be delivered after June 1. This is the best price secured on iron for future delivery this year, which, prominent iron man ufacturers say, indicates that the nrice of $13 for basic iron will be maintained throughout the present year. All of the furnaces are overtaxed with or ders, and no iron is sold for earlier de livery than June. Conductor Captures Dye. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 23.—A. J. Dye, the Nashville man who escaped from the county Jail with Frank Dun can, the convicted murderer, and two others, was brought back lust night by L. W. Clark, a conductor ou an Ala bama Great Southern railroad freight train. Sheriff Burgiu gave Clark his check for $100, the amount of reward offered for Dye’s recapture. UNCLE SIM AP TRAITOROUS N. War In Batangas to Be orously Prosecuted. MARTIAL LAW TO PREVAIL French Settled cn Mobile River 200 Years Ago. Mobile, Ala., Jan. 23.—The first day of the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the site of the French on Mobile river and the founding of Fort Louis de La Mobile by Jean Bai>- tiste Le Moyne Sieur de Bienville was very successful. The weather was fine. At 1 o'clock there was a parade of the police, the fire department, the city and county officials, the ladies’ committee, federal representatives, confederate veterans. Woodraen and schoolboys. At the close of the parade a bronze tablet was unveiled at the courthouse bearing an inscription in honor of the Le Moyne brothers, d’Iberville and de Bienville. The program was an invocation by Rabbi Moses, address and presenta tion by Hon. C. W. Butt, acceptance by Mayor T. S. Fry and benediction by Rev. W. J. E. Cox. A salute of 21 guns was then fired. Factory Wrecked By Wind. Mobile, Jan. 23.—The factory of the Elastic Wood Pulp company located at Prichards, 3 miles north of the city, was blown down and completely wrecked. The cuilding was filled with heavy machinery and was thought to be solidly built The puff of wind which struck and demolished it must have been of hurricane force. The watchman felt the building trembling and got out in time to escape being caught in the wreck. Fortunately no employes were in the factory at the time of the accid nt. Milton's Preliminary Hearing. Luverne, Ala., Jan. 23.—The prelim inary trial of J. Lee Milton, charged with the murder of Thomas Acker man, was held here Tuesday. The state was represented by Deputy Solicitor G. O. Dickey and the defend ant was represented by J. O. Sentell. The trial consumed the entire day. Justice J. C. McLendon, before whom the preliminary trial was held, bound the defendant over to await the action of the grand jury in the sum of $1,000. Milton will make the bond. United States Having Failed After Two Years’ Strife to Subdue Insur rection Has Determined on the En forcement of the War. Washington, Jan. 20.—Having fail ed. after two years’ strife, in subduing the insurrection in Batangas province, which lies just south of Manila, and having satisfied himself that 1 -nient treatment of the insurgents is produc tive of no good results, General J. franklin Bell, the military commander in that province, has determined ou the enforcement of the war in tha most vigorous and determined fashion, involving reeoncentration in a modifb-i form, the application of martial la. in all directions and the unsparing Pursuit and punishment of the natives who act as spies and traitors to the United States. The reconcentration order is dated at Batangas Dee. 8 last. It provides for the establishtment of a zone around the garrisons into which the friendly inhabitants are to be required to come under penalty of confiscation and de struction of their property. This is said to he necessary to prevent the collection of foiced contributions from the inhabitants by the insurgents. The military officers are allowed to fix tha Price of necessaries of life, and it is promised that the people may return as soon as peaceful conditions are es tablished. This order is followed by a long cir cular by General Bell to his station commanders. It begins with the state ment that the shares in the general conviction that the insurrection contin ues because the greater part of the people, especially the wealthier ones, do not really want peace, but the greatest good to the greatest nur.'.'-'-r, he says, can he best brought a! out by putting a prompt end to the insurrec tion. Therefore he directs the ai.pli- cation of General Order No. 100, in force during the civil war in the Unit ed States, which practically regards an insurgent as a guerrilla and outside the pale of civilized warfare and sub ject to the death penalty wherever such insurgent does not engage con tinuously in the war and observe all the rules of war. It is provided that there shall be no executions without the approval of the superior officer. It is pointed out that there is no just cause for exceptional caution or ap prehension in attacking insurgent bod ies wherever found, as excessive cau tion will do the army Incalculable harm. The best defense against tha insurgents, he says, is to assume a vigorous offensive, to retire in tha presence of the enemy is hazardous and discouraging. A special injunction is laid on tha commanders to hunt down through loyal spies secret sympathizers. SAW BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Birmingham’s Fire Record. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 23.—Accord ing to the report of Chief J. T. Mul- lin, of the Birmingham fire depart ment, the value of buildings where fires were located during the past year in this efty was $845,840 and the contents $594,121, a total of $1,435,- 5G1. Insurance was carried on build ings $461,550 and on contents $252,- 425, a total of $714,379.59. The dam ages on buildings and contents dur ing the past year in Birmingham by fire amounted to $136,515.34. Centenarian Roederer Remembers In cident Perfectly. Quincy, 111., Jan. 20.—Leonard Roe derer, of this city, will next Tuesday celebrate his 102 birthday. He is one of the very few person^ left in tha world who witnessed the conflict on the plain of Waterloo, which changed the map of Europe and humbled tha pride of the “Little Corsican.” That will be 87 years ago on June 15 next, but the events are still fresh in tha mind of this centenarian. He was there as a member of General Bluchers army and has his discharge papers. It is now 58 years since he cama to this country from Germany. A few years ago he lost control of the Eng lish language, which he spoke fluently, and now can converse only in Ger man. His hair is as white as snow, but otherwise Mr. Roederer exhibits no special mark of his extreme age. STOVE PLANT NOW IN ASHES. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 23.—The vet erans of Camp Pomax, in this city, have joined the Kentucky Daughters of the Confederacy in protesting against further performances of ”Un- cle Tom’s Cabin.” The play has been given here several times, but the crit icism has been private. Mitchell and Wilson Exonerated. Indianapolis, Jan. 23.—The minern’ committee exonerates Mitehell and Wilson and say the statements of Miss Meredith do irreparable damage to the miners' organization. Lord Mayor of Dublin. Dublin, Jan. 23.—Timothy C. Har- lington, member of parliament for the harbor division of Ibis city, has beeu Ie oh etc d lord mayoi of Dublin. Memphis Factory Valued at $250,000 Destroyed By Fire. Memphis, Jan. 20.—The plant of tha H. Wetter Manuiacturing company, manufacturers of stoves, located south of Calhoun street, was totally destroy ed by fire last night, entailing a loss of $250,000. The loss is covered by insurance tfl the amount of $250,000, largely dis tributed among many companies. The conflagration was discovered about midnight and the entire fire de partment responded to the alarm. Tha firemen worked valiantly to save tin big plant from total destruction, but the flames gained such rapid headway that their efforts were unavailing. Manners Fully Identified. New Orleans, Jan. 20.—Mr. P. O. Tbebaud, of New York, today fully identified T. E. Manners, the prisoner In the jail at Gretna, as Edward Kern, Jr., his late valet, who robbed the The- baud mansion in New York of $60,000 of diamonds and Jewelry. The identi fication was prompt and complete. Jack Deegan Dies. Savannah. Ga., Jan. 20.—Jack Dee- gau, the young man who was shot Dec. 26 by Doc Dortie, a bartender for merly living in Augusta, died today. Dortie burst into tears when told that Deegan was deal.