The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 02, 1900, Image 6
THE COUNTY RECORD.
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1ING8TREE. SOUTH CAROLINA.
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Editor and Proprietor.
There Is nothing very serious In Mr.
Carnegie's fear that he may (lie poor
trhen he says that he can at short
noMce raise $200,000,000.
In the Canadian Northwest provinces,
from Manitoba to the Pacific
Coast, there are probably more colo
nies of different nationalities tnan are
to be found on any equal area elsewhere
in the world. There are said
to be more Dunkards on the plains of
Alberta and Asslnil>one than in North
Dakota. Russian colonists are frequent
in these districts, but preference
has been given by the Russians
to the more northern province of Saskatchewan.
Throughout the districts,
scattered in large and small numbers,
are colonies of Greeks, Fiulauders,
French, Dutch and other nationalities,
as also a colony of Hebrew farmers
and several gatherings of Mormons.
The man who has done more, perhaps,
than any other to humanize. warfare
is said to bo living almost peani
less and forgotten in the liospiee of
Heiden in the Swiss Canton of Appenzell.
Dr. Henri Dunaut, the founder
of the Rod Cross Society, hy a little
work entitled "Un Souvenir de
Solferino." in which he vividly described
the sufferings of the wounded. !
and called upon the nations to do
something to alleviate the worst horrors
of war by the formation of
international hospital service, first
aroused the conscience of Europe to
action. The hook attracted much at- j
tention, and resulted in the Geneva
convention of 1S04, which established
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bulauce services, and in the founding
of societies in every country, with
an international committee at Geneva
as a centre.
The London Field observes that the :
advent of the automobile may operate
to revive those flue old wayside inns
that were common in the old coaching
days. Let it be so. Railroads
have done much for the utilitarian
world hnt tliev have torn a verv
interesting chapter out of the romance
of human life. We in this country
miss the old inn very little, for we I
hardly know what it is, exclaims the
Pathfinder. The iype of rural hotel j
with us is a blank and staring frame '
building ou which tin lager be**r signs
are prominent. There is seldom a
redeeming feature about them. In
England even yet there remain many
of the old-time inns?somewhat reduced
from coaching days, to be sure
?picturesque stone buildings draped !
with tender ivy, neat as a new pin
throughout, cozy and inviting. We!
have always thought that the bicy-1
cle was the herald of good roads, aud j
certainly the automobile or any other 1
will help the cause. And with more '
travel on the road the character of
our country inns will improve. Speed ^
the day.
An experimental rural free mail!
delivery in Missouri has proved as!
gratifying as .the like experiment in :
Maryland. The Missouri route is in
Macon County, from Callao to Kaseyville,
a tour of twenty-four miles,
serving a population of 1200. In six
months the delivery has increased
from 600 to nearly 4000 pieces of mail
per month. A registry system is
conducted for sending money, so that
the farmer can drive his plow team
up to the fence corner, pull out his j
pocketbook, and make a mail remit-1
tnnce without the loss of five minutes' I
time. Boxes have beeu established at
nil the gates and on corner posts of
the cross roads for the convenience
?*' those living off the round. An important
feature of the experiment will
the improvement of the roads. Every
one along the line is intersted in
seeing that the carrier has a good
highway to travel over, so that he
shall not be delayed, and many a
washout, mudhole, and gully has been
repaired by those in the vicinity without
any hope of pay save the prompt
receipt of their mail.
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A Negro Literally Shoi
cited P
MURDERER USES HIS WINCHESTER
With Deadly Effect, and Several Are
Killed and Wounded ?lie Is Finally |
Shot to Pieces.
Iffcw Orleans, Special.?After a des- j
perate battle, lasting for several hours,
in which he succeeded in killing Sergeant
Gabriel Porteous, Andy Van- j
Kurem, keeper of the police jail, and
Alfred J. Bloomfield, a youDg boy; fa- j
tally wounding Corporal John F. Lally, !
John Banville, ex-Policeman Frank i
H. Evans, A. S. Leclere, a leading con- '
fectioner of the city, and more or less
seriously shooting several citizens, the
negro desperado, Robert Charles, who
killed Captain Day and Patrolman j
Lamb and badly wounded Officer Mora, J
was smoked out of his hiding place in
the heart of the residence section of
the city and literally shot to pieces.
The tragedy was one of the most remarkable
in the history of the city
and 20,000 people, soldiers, policemen :
and citizens, were gathered around the
square 'in which Charles was finally ,
put to death. Tremendous excitement
reigned in New Orleans, as the battle
went on between the police and citizens
and the negro with his Winches- |
ter. After the tragedy was over and j
Charles was dragged from the mud 1
and slush in which he had fallen, xvith
the mob howling for the burning of .
his body, statements were made that !
the man killed was not really the des- |
perado who had killed Day and Lamb, !
but papers found on his person and ]
the fact that he fought so desperately ;
for his life and shot so accurately seem
to leave little doubt that the right
man was put to death.
Sergeant Gabe Porteous, one of the
best known officers on the force, and '
Sergeant John F. Lally, who has a fine !
record for bravery, were informed during
the day by a negro that Charles
was in hiding in a house on -iio, near
Saratoga street. Determining to take ,
him alive if possible, the officers summoned
a number of patrolmen to their
assistance and went to the house
where Charles was supposed to be in
concealment. The negro informant
of the policemen accompanied the officers.
They entered the alley side of
the house and were surprised in "practically
the same way as were Day and
Lamb. Before the officers were aware
of their danger, Charles, who was hidden
behind a screen on the second
floor of che building, raised his Winchester
and began a furious but accurate
fire. Lally fell with a bullet in
the right side of the abdomen. Porteous
was shot through the head and
dropped dead across the body of Lally.
The other officers and the negro fled ;
from the scene. The reports of j
Charles' Winchester and the fact that J
two officers lay bleeding in the yard, |
raised tremendous excitement.
Hurry cills were sent to the mayor,
the chelf of police and Col. Wood, in
command of the special police, and as
fast as possible armed help was rushed
to the scene. In a little while there
was Immerse crowd around the
square it which Charles was located. |
In the meantime Father Fitzgerald, of
St. John s church, was summoned to
administer extreme unction to the po- :
lice officers who were lying in the alley. I
i lie prirsr. respoiiueu piuuipu.v aiiu uc |
was anointing the body of Porteous
with Alfred j. Bloomfleld, a young boy,
standing by his side, when Charles
again fired from the window. The lad
saw him at once and begged the des- 1
perado not to shoot him. Charles im- ;
mediately fired his Winchester again
and Bloomfleld fell dead. The priest. ;
unhurt, left the scene after pluekily 1
General Massacre In Progress.
London, By Cable.?The Daily Express
has the following from Che Fu,
dated July 27: "Four more British j
missionaries have been murdered in |
the province of Shan Si. News from !
the native Christian sources say that {
for eight days a general massacre of j
foreigners has been in progress :n the
provinces of Ho Nan and Shan Si.
Mob Burns Schoil Bui ding.
New Orleans. Special.?At a late
hour a mob which had evaded the
militia and police, attacked the Thorny
Lafon school house. Sixth and Rampart
streets, upon the supposition that
negroes had stored arms an:l ammunition
In the building. They quickly
gained possession and fired the struc*
ture, destroying it completely. The
school building was erected a few
years ago by the city and was devoted
exclusively to the education of colored
children. No negroes were found in
the school, but a number who emerged
from houses in the vicinity were pursued
for quite a distance. A strong
force was dispatched to the scene as !
soon as the alarm was given but too
late to ^ave the school. i
NFW ORI.FANS.
t to Pieces By an Ex*
opulace.
performing the last offices of the dead
officer.
At this time the ambulance arrived
and two citizens volunteered to go into
the alley way and bring out the body
of Lally. They entered aaid while they
were attempting to take the body of
the dead officer f.om that of hi3 colleague,
Charles tiered again. The citizens,
nevertheless, got Lally's body out
of the alley, and succeeded in taking
Porteous" body out also. In the meantime
an immense throng had gathered
in the vicinity and schemes were set
on foot to get Charles out of the build,
ing. Charles, however, did not propose
to be captured without selling his life
dearly. Time after time he came to
the window and as citizens, one by one,
entered the alley, he blazed away at
them. In this manner Confectioner
Leclere, who was one of the special
police squad; ex-Policeman Evans,
.Tnhn P^nvill* and Oeorere H. Lvons.
sen of the head of the biggest drug establishment
in the South, were wounded.
At the moment of apparent indecision
some one went to the neighboring
grocery, purchased a can of oil, and.
pouring it over the rear steps of the
building, applied a match and soon had
the building in flames. So fiercely did
the fire burn that it became evident
that no human being could live in the
building and picked men from the police.
special squads and members of the
militia stationed th'em=elves about the
building in order to pick off the desperado,
as he attempted to leave the
house. A young soldier named Adolph
Anderson, a member of the Thirteenth
Company of the State Militia, was one
of the first to see Charles as he ran
down the steps leading to the second
story. Charles ran across the yard and
entered the room. He fired several
times at Anderson and the latter who
was armed with a Winchester rifle,
phot the negro in the breast and he
fell and died soon after.
As soon as the negro fell numbers
of people, armed with Winchesters and
revolvers, rushed in and fired into the
body. Charles was literally shot to
pieces. After it ws certain that he
was dead a mob entered the yard and
dragged the body into the street. There
the police and the mob emptied their
revolvers into it while the son of one
of the murdered men rushed us> and
stamped the face beyond recognition.
There were then loud howls that the
body should be taken to a vacant
square in the vicinity and publicly
burned. At this instant, 1 owever, a
big squad of police dashed up in a pa
troi wagun. i acre were uiousuuus ui
people congregated in the vicinity and
it seemed as if there might be a clash
between the officials and the mob. The
police seemed, however, to have regained
their courage and they promptly
pushed the crowd aside, picked up tha
body and threw it into the patrol wagon.
.The driver whipped up his horses
and the wagon started off with 5,000
people running after it and clamoring
for the cremation of the body of the
desperado. The wagon, however, wa3
fleeter than the mob, and it ultimately
made its way in safely to police headquarters.
There an immense crowd
had gathered, and great difficulty was
experienced in taking the corpse of the
negro from the wagan into the morgue.
When Charles' body was stripped it
was found to have heen literallv lacer
ated from head to foot by the bullets
of the mob. Shortly after the body had
been placed upon the marble slab in
the morgue Annie Gant, a negro woman,
who was alleged to have known
Charles intimately, came to the morgue
and, after regarding the body carefully,
declared that it was not that of
Charle3, but of his half brother, Sly
Jackson. Later in the evening, however,
Joseph Stass, a responsible Italian,
arrived at the prison, and, seeing
the body, said positively that it was
that of the murderer of Day and Lamb.
Coroner Richard said to a representative
of the Associated Precs, upon examination
of the clothing of the deceased
he had found a slip of paper
bearing the name of Robert V. Charles
who also went under the name of So
Jackson.
News Items.
A frvr'TYiar ohiof olorlr nf tho TTnnfa.
a iv/i ui?i vutvi vivt n vi iuv
vflle (Ala.) postoffice has sent to the
Treasury a conscience contribution of
$12.68, representing wages received for
Sunday work before resigning his
place. ^
Four thousand pantmakers of Manhattan
and Brooklyn, N. Y., unexpectedly
went on strike for a ten-hour
day.
Louis A. Lurienne, manager of the
r reucu xe.TgTapn wauie t,ompaay siation
In New York, has been made a
Knight of the Legion of Honor.
Alfred E. Crow, whose wife and son
were killed by the explosion of his
gasoline launch Sasco, at New York,
will recover from his severe wounds.
Because they are under contract to
work in a lace mill to be opened at
Pawtucket, R. I., several English lace
makers are detained at the Barge Office
at New York.
Mrs. E. M. Waller, Thomas Bartles
and William Bosely, occupants of a cab
at Alton, 111., were struck and killed
yesterday at a crossing of the Illinois
Central Railroad.
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THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
The South.
The consecration of Dr. R. W. Barnwell
as Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Diocese of Alabama took place
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It ?3 understood that Chairman
Richardson will make imperialism,
militarism and trusts the three leading
points in his speech at the Bryan ratification.
meeting.
Police Captain John T. Day, one of
the best men on the force, and Patrolman
Peter J. Lamb were killed in New
Orleans by negroes who were resisting
arrest. Patrolman Mora was
wounded.
The water system of Atlanta, Ga,
has failed twice within two weeks, being
out of use for nearly twenty-four
hours and causing much inconvenience.
The North.
The Kansas fusion Populist, Democratic,
Silver Republican conventions
nominated John W. Breidenthal, of
Topeka, for governor.
The League of Local Building and
Loan Associations met at Indianapolis,
Ind.
Geheral Wm. is. Draper, 01 nupedale,
Mas3., has sent to Washington a
letter tendering his resignation as
United States ambassador to Italy.
W. J. Bryan has accepted the invitation
to attend the Grand Army encampment
at Chicago next month.
A society has been formed by prominent
persons In Philadelphia for the
purpose of furthering an alliance between
England and America.
Wm. C. Maybury, mayor of Detroit,
was nominated by acclamation for
Governor of Michigan on the Democratic
ticket The platform deals
largely with State issues.
At their convention the Kansas
Democracy surrendered to the Popu
I lists and thereby made possible me
most harmonious fusion that has ever
existed in that State. The ticket was
endorsed by the Democrats, Populists
and Silver Republicans. It is headed
by John W. Breidenthal, Populist, who
was nominated for Governor.
Several hundred striking pantsmakers
in New York returned to work at
I last year's scale.
Convention Hall, in Kansas City.
Mo., has been insured for $150,000,
with more policies yet to be issu^-.
Kansas Populists, Democrats and
Silver Republicans nominated John
w nroMonthol frvr fioVP-rnor.
Ex-Representative George M. Curtis,
of Iowa, has declined the office of
First Assistant Postmaster Genera)
Foreign.
The Austrian war ships Kaiserin
Elizabeth and Aspern have sailed for
China,
United States Minister Conger has
sent a letter from Pekin, dated July 4,
stating that on that date the legations
were under heavy fire from Chinese
troops.
An edict has been issued in China
calling upon Governors to prepare for
national defense.
In the House of Commons Liberals
attacked Chamberlain's South African
policy, moving as a manifes:ation of
displeasure that his pay as Colonial
Secretary be cut down.
Lord Roberts has notified the British
Foreign Office of a general advance
from the position he has been
holding east of Pretoria.
Peru is now on a single gold standard
basis, the libra being the coin of
unit, of the same fineness and weight
as the English pound sterling.
The outbrak of yellow fever among
the United States troops at Pinar deJ
Rio, Cuba, has been checked.
Governor Wood's 'decree for a constitutional
convention has reached
Cuba.
A municipal government has been
established at Vigan, Luzon, Philippine
Islands.
Korean advices report the Wiling of
80 Russians at An Tong by Boxers.
The Chinese feebly cannonaded
Blagovestchensk, Siberia, on July 2-.
The Japanese government is read?
to mobilize three additional divisions
for service in China if required.
The French Consul at Shanghai reports
that five French missionaries
have been billed in Southern Manchuria.
Max Gruss, an American painter in
Berlin, has been ordered from Prussia,
Russian troops from Nikolsk and
Sungary River are hastening to the reii?#
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beria.
Miscellaneous.
The National Committee of the
Gold-Standard Democracy decided unanimously
against fusion with the
antMmperialists and not to nominate
a Gold Democratic ticket.
Democratic National Chairman Jones
has gone to Washington, whence he
will return to Chicago abo .t August
1, when the campaign will begin in
earnest.
Japanese correspondents accuse the
Russians of brutal inhumanity in the
fighting at Tientsin.
STILL LYING, LIKELY
Chinese Still Claim That Ministers Are
Alive.
THE CHINESE PUZZLE UNSOLVED,
The Emperor of China Says the^ljpirations
of Great Britian are for Commercial
Extension.
Washington, D. C., Special.?The
Chinese minister came to the State De
partment early to deliver an eaict received
by him to Secretary Hay. It is
similar in form to the edict published,
in London. The minister says that
the only differences are those involved
in separate translations. Mr. Wu's
tjanslation of Sheng's dispatch is as
follows:
"Edict of 28th of the sixth moon
(corresponding to July 24), states that
fortunately all ministers, except Baror
von Ketteler, are . alive and unharmed.
They are now being supplied
with vegetables, fruit and provisions
by the government, to show its sympathy
for them."
If Mr. Wu had any doubt as to the
safety of the ministers it seems to have
been dissipated by this edict. He la
| Dorea earnestly witn aetrewuy nay w
convince him that he was bound to ac?
cept this 'official declaration of the
Chinese government. He pointed out
that this last declaration did not represent
merely belief of a minor official
or a viceroy; it was the solemn declaration
of the Chinese government.
The day brought forth the usual
crop of edicts and reports from various
quarters and the usual department all
bearing directly ujon the welfare of
foreign ministers in Pektn. This consistently
growing mass of assertion Is
beginning to have a cumulative effect
upon the sceptics, and there v/as a noticeably
more hopeful view taken of
the state of affairs. Beyond
the fact that it is scarcely conceivable
that the Chinese authorities should
persist in repeating and strengthening
these stories up to the rapidly apnroaching
moment when the whole
truth must be disclosed by other agencies,
it appeared upon careful consideration
of the reports that there
was really little more ground for
hope as to the safely of Mr. Conger
and his colleagues at Pekln
than there was a day ajo. The depressing
fact is always in mind that
the Chinese authorities, by their own
statements, able to communicate with
the legalloners, for some mysterious
reason do not permit these uo^tunates
to communicate with their^^n
governments. Mr. Wu's explanamm
of this, namely, that the Chinese
methods are different from our own,
is scarcely sufficient for the officials
here. The minister, -owever, is honestly
trying to get a further communication
through from Mr. Conger, and
it may be that success in this undertaking
will afford him a brilliant vindication.
At least he maintains a
wonderful show of confidence in the
safety of the legationer3 and managers
to impress this in some degree
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contact.
While the positive statement is
made that it is not the present intention
to send any more troops from
Manila to China, at the same time it
is known that all contingencies hav?
been canvassed, and that if an emergency
should arise in China which
made it imperative to have additional
troops, they would be drawn from the
Philippines for temporary duty at
least. Some time ago Gen. MacArthui*
was advised by Secretary Root to
maintain sufficient transports to carrysupplies
between Manila and Talcu.
and these transports would be available
for emergency troops. The
Pennsylvania, Indiana and Sumner,
when the latter arrives at Manila, will
be held for service between Manila an!
Taku and will be available for the contingency
which may occur, but which
the department does not expect to
arise.
Te egr*phic Briefs.
Sheep raising in Utah i3 a failure
this year.
Lord Roberts has reported to the
tedWar Office that Boer forces have re%
treated in disorder from Middleburg.
China has offered to produce the foreign
diplomats shut up in Pekin on
condition that no further advance be
made by the allied armies.
Towne To Withdraw.
Minneapolis. Minn., Special. ?The
Journal says: "Charles A. Towne will
be withdrawn as Vice-President candidate
from the Populist national ticket
about August 15. At tnat time the
Populist National Committee will accept
his resignation and replace
with Adloi E. Stevenson as the nominee
of the Populist party for VicePresident.
The source from which theannouncement
is received is such as tomake
it impossible to question its accuracy.
During the campaign Mr.
Towne Is to be utilized as a campaign
orator, to whom wrillvbe assigned the
I most desirable tours. He will speak
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