The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 23, 1903, Image 7
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The Sick Pontiff Slill Holding His
Gun.
OlbSLS THOSE WHO FRAY FOR Hi.tt
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"f. l.a[i|ium vaimvt
Pontiff is F.otter, but Says fie Is
No N\ orse. j
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Sar :;~(Iay morning's cablegram from
Roni< says: "I cannot say the Pope
is bettor, but he is no worse." In
the words of Dr. 1 a upon i summed up
/or the Associated Press Friday evening
the Pontiff's condition at the end I
of the second week of his illness, in J
all iht varying periods of which the ;
Pontiff has scarcely had a quieter day ,
than this, with result that Friday j
night's bulletin declares him to he a
little i?ss depressed. In the morning
after a night during which stimulants
end nursing restored him to a
fairly good condition, the Pope com
plained of soreness, due to me inmi>
days be had passed in bed. To relieve
this and to humor him, the patient
was allowed to sit in his arm chair
for a short time with apparent Rood
effect. The celebration of mass was
heard by the Pope. Prom latest examination
of Pope it appears that
th^fr liquid in the pleura remains at
aWiit the same level which is marked
with a dermographie pencil on the
Pontiff's side. The physicians think
the iinuid amounts to about 1.2M
gran: Considering the physical condition
of thc-Pcpe the .lot tors do not
believe it possible that his holy can I
absorb it. as might a strong, well- J
nourished organism.
After the visit of the physicians the
Pope received Cardinal Rampolla who ,
remained in the sick room only a few
minutes, lie again gave the Pope a
full acount of the prayers offered iu !
"* M wnrltl His ?
his bcnaii an uvvr im
Hoiino?~. raising both hands said: "I j
bless a?! ".hose who iirav to God for
me."
iti Vati 'in circles. th* re is gossiping
over the groat reception given by
Mon-ignor Adjuti. at Lisbon to celebrate
h's elevation to the cardinnlate
and also i:ver the solemnity with
which Cardinal Agliradi toon posses- j
.-'ion of his new office of Vice Chan- i
eel! .r of th." Church. The Associated j
Ptv.-s correspondent. however, learns'
that the I'cue h'm-ch". has had a last !
i:it< : view with Ca ditial Agliradi.
In . 'ear;: contrast with these corf - I
monies ere the continued preparation?
a* the Vati'-an for the death of
the T'onlif. A huge spit. feet long
which he ivci used for roasting food,
for in. <enclaves since the time of
Gregr-y XVI. was brought from an old
store room and will bo employed to
roast quarters of beef for the isolated
ar(i:r.ils while they are deliberating
111 i he < enclave ovnr the election of
the successor to i.eo XIII.
Di?. Igippcni and Maz>:oni absolute!,
deny th statement published
k'i The rr.it" 1 States that Pope l.i,i
v.fffeiing from cancer, and ridicule
it as anignorant invention. They say
they are sure that I)i. Uos.oui takes
ill" same vi- v.*.
Tox&way Dan Not Safe.
< .isr itf'/i. P. C. Special.?President
I.. Orr. of the Piedmont Manufacturing
Company, of Greenville, one
o" .he leading cotton mill presidents
in the State, has just returned trom
the Sapphire country, where he c.ir?fully
examined the Toxawav dam. He
thinks the structure unsceure and says
that if water should rise above the surface
of the dam it would be washed
awav in two hours and the valleys of J
the Keowee and Saneco river would j
tncet with another Johnstown flood. In ;
the event of a break the Southern and I
the nine Ridge railways would be im- j
perilled, as well as many large manu- J
factur.ng enterprises.
I)?ath of Prominent Minister.
M.-ecn. Ha.. Special ? Rev. J. W.
H;ns !:. on? of the moat prominent
.Vrrh'idist ministers of the State. di?d
lu re Thursday. He ha i served in the
; .ive ministry tor 30 years, having
seved as pastor of th;? Mulberry Street
church. Macon, and of St. Paul's Coin
nous. Ga. Hp was presiding elder for
- rr.ny years.
Outrage By Negroes.
Tti. hntorrd." Special.?James L. Shel
i t;, ex-member of the Assembly from
county, an-i now a resident of
city, was attacked by negroes and
"bri.ir-n into insensibility, while walking
in the grounds f the Hermitage
Golf Club in the western suburbs of the
c:ty. with a young lady, a nurse in on?
<>f ihe hospitals. Friday night. It is rriahthat
Hie lady was dragged into
.m adjoining field and feloniously as
shotted. Later it was barium tnai mo
yc::nc wr*::an was not assaulted.
Drops Dead.
TVi:::: ;.! e. Man.. Special.?P. M. Ar~Isr.
grand chief of the Brotherhood
cf Lr.com aiive Mnainters. dropp-d
dead at midnight, wr.ile sptahin?: at
the batjfput which dosed the ar.anal
convent!.!. cf that body, which had
beer, in session for the past few days.
Mr. Arthur had just arisen to icapand
to t. toast, and -uprated the wrds:
I: .t<<e my parting words to yon."
wfctr " >< .V.l bs"'iv.ar.t and expired ia
?a lev. m-n^tes.
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EVENTS IN POPE
r.?rn at CarpSm'Jo
2 Kntcml : ! Koine
j Kiuviv<i ?.r Nni.!,.
I;;? ?! a priest I?y < ";ii*?II :i:i 1 <M. s.
, it!ir ?'iio!?>rii 'K.spitals <iumi;' wnm
j 4 Put n:tir <>t" Spntrio
!' l'apal at r.ru?M'is
!? Dcovatt il 1 y Kitii; l.<op<>i<l will: <\r;
j? Kir.u.
I? As AriibNhop ??l" IYrupia preventod
! I ory XVI
: J f'n-ated Cardinal
| J Created Cardinal < *;>? to I'opi
j> Looted I'ope aft or three ballots....
|> Itovived Koin.ui Cath.die Iii orarehy
I? Founded i*idie tie for A rinonians i: I!
| Caitied diplomat ie vietory over 1'riin
{ trivially relations with Cerinany,
I? Chosen to oitlc quarrel between < ?<
? Matnls.
t lleeopni/.ed unity of Italy
| ( (-lebmted Loldeit inbih-o of his aeet
J Celebrated fiftieth anniverviry of his
? Mtv d appeal to Kna'.and for reitnioti
? <'eiehrated sixtieth anniversary of hi
! Created eleven now i-ardii.als
{ <Vlobrated twenly-lil'f h anniversary
| Koeeived King Kdwanl in April, and
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CAREER OF POPE I
In tho little town of Carpinoto. ]
n-rchod on a high otninoneo in tho I>i??*eso
of Atiapnl. Italy, already famous
is tho birthplace of four 1 oj?es?Inno ent
III., Gregory IX.. Alexander IV.
iml Boniface VIII.?(> loach inn IVccl
Loo XIII.i was born. March 1S10. j
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!Ie was a mem nor 01 an oiu ami 11111.-*.rious
family of Siena. Toward the!
niddle of the thirteenth century the;
Pecci family already wielded trreat
)ower in the eon itry. They soon beNr.ne
so powerful that when Pope
Martin V. visited Siena he was very j
jomfortahly quartered, together with !
Mi his court, in the house of the broth-j
?rs Ciovanni and (liaconio Pecci. who
'urtlier lent him the sum of I.'.ihmi
Jorins.
When flte future l.eo XIII. was horn
H was a dark time for the Papacy.
Italy being then under the heel of Xaaoleon
and Pope Pius VII. a prisoner
tnd divested of his temporal power,
l'lie clouds lifted, however, in 1S1-I.
a lien, as one result of Napoleon's over:hrow.
Pope Pius returned to his sovereignty.
He at once restored the Society
of .Testis, whleh had beeu sup*
.Messed by Clement XIV.. and to the
Jesuits the Count and Countess Peecl
'idrusted the education of the future
Pope.
In 1S.12 the young student entered the
Icademy or .'oHoge for Noble Kccle-nasties.
the nursery of most destined
'or.a diplomatic or administrative career
under the Papal (Toverntnent.
Phcre he was educated it: elvil and ecclesiastical
jitrisnrudenee. as well a<
'Ju-oloary. In 1 lie won a prize of
51TJ by a thesis on the subjoct.of "Ini'iiediate
Appeals to the Koman Pontiff
n Person."
The Asiatic choWa was sweeping
">ver Italy. Mgr. Pecci. not being yet
in priest's orders. could not minister
'o the spiritual wants ami comfort of
ho plague-stricken. hut ho was active
iikI devoted in assisting his chief, Carlinal
Sala. in his important work of superintendence
over flie cholera hospitals.
It may have hoen due to his nnxety
to serve the sick and dying in a !
nriesily character that, on November!
i:> of that memorable year, he received
<ub-Peacn?ship and Poaconship at the
lands of Cardinal Odescalclti. the
!*o]h?'s Vicar-tienenil. in the Chapel of
st. Stanislas Kostka. in the Church of
'St. Andrew on the Qnirinal." On the
last day of that same year?1S."?7?Car-,
lin.'l Odescalehi. in the private ehapel
>f his residence, in the vicariate, conferred
the order of priesthood on Joachim
I'ecei.
While still in his thirty-third year
Mgr. Peed was appointed Apostolic
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.M1I1CIO ill IJ It- niuii in iiM.inui, Km.
die titular dignity of Archbishop of
Ilamiettn. In the struggle between
secular and religions education lie
strove to show* the superiority of the
religious method by making the religious
schools better than the secular.
Meantime Gregory XVI. had died. |
ind IMus IX. ascended the Papal
throne in time for the exciting scenes
which made Ids Pontificate memorable.
It was an era of struggle and of rcvolu
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LEO XIII. *r 111E TIME OF HIS ELECTION AS
PONTIFF.
ti?.n. and the wave did not subside bo
tore it had spread from one end of the
Papal Slates to the other. But it: Peittgia
the taet and wisdom of Archbishop
IVvci prevented a serious outbreak,
and his personal interposition was sullicient
to stay the risin.tr tumult.
In 1ST,:} Mgr. Pecei was created a
Cardinal, taking his title from St.
Shot ?ml Killt'd His Slopping tVlff.
1-Tvnk Manoley s!:ot and killed his
wif" while she was sleeping lu bed.
;:t Baltimore. She was shot four
ii:n<>s in the head. Manoley says he
was dreaming that he was shooting
at a burglar.
Worthy Poor In Crt SIO.OOO.
Ten thousand dollars is bequeathed
to ('he^tertiold, .M??s.. by Horace 1'.
Taylor for "the won by pnor who have
never been pubiie eharges and who
are disposed to earn their own support
far as able."
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vEO XIII. IN DETAIL.
[ chrvsogonus. This ancient Roman
church ii.ul its origin in the time of
| Constantino and was rebuilt in A. I>.
; T.'tl iiy (Jregory III.
On February lit?. l^TS. Cardinal roeel
i was elected, after three ballots, to be
the successor of Pius IX.
The secret balloting which preceded
1 the momentous choice was of unusual
length and the proceedings of the dignitaries
who took part in it were, it
would seem, much agitated.
On Tuesday. February 1'd. the first
balloting l'or the election of Pope took
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plai-c. Sixty-one Cardinals were pros-1
eut. Cardinal Joachim lVeci*s iiaincj
! was road out twenty-three timos. but.!
! though far ahead ol* all others it lacked i
j the necessary two-thirds vole. In tin*
' afternoon another ballot was taken.
Cardinal IVeei's name was announced
thirty-eight times. IIo had fervently
prayed that he might escape the* great
burden which he doomed himself unable
and unworthy to bear.
The following morning. February Llo. i
1S7S. the balloting was resumed, and
Cardinal Fe-ei's name was read fortyfour
times, the two thirds majority
limit was passed, and Cardinal Pecel
was eanonieally elected Supreme Pontiff
of the Church of Christ. To the
question of he sub-dean asking by I
what name he wished to be called lie |
answered "By the name cf I.eo XIII."
It is supposed, and not without good
reason, that the advanced age of Cardinal
Poeci. his apparent feebleness
and the belief that he would not live
very long to till the throne which some
of his companions in the Sacred College
coveted, had much to do with his [
election.
The ability which he revealed in Ben-1
evento lie has since displayed as ruler
of the Roman Catholic Church. Although
he ascended the throne at a moment
of great difficulty lie showed himself
quite able to achieve his heavy
task.
His predecessor. Pius IX.. had been
a temporal as well as a spiritual sovereign.
Pope Leo XIII. bad an effective
spiritual jurisdiction only.
The anxious throng which stood before
the lefty portals of the grand Basilica
after I.eo XIII.'s coronation, hoping
that by appearing at the traditional
window to bless the people, "t'rbi et or
I l>i," he -would iiiiw to the now order]
[ which had swe.u away tlio aneieut I
I temporal power. Tore disappointed. I
j For Leo turned his ha ok upoti the!
erowd an< ?hut liituself up in the Vati-I
; can. His pale. wan. intellec tual face J
Salvation Army Exhibit.
The St. Louis Exposition rnrnncontent
has offered Commander HoothTucker,
of the Salvation Army, land
for an army exhibit. One of the foatuers
of the army's exhibition will
be a colony farm. The army will
erect a two-story exhibition building.
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V. S. Treaty I>e?cl!ocke<l.
The American treaty negotiations
are deadlocked, owing to the failure
of the Chinese authorities at Pekin
to reply to the demand for the opening
of Manchurlan ports to trade.
was not disclosed to tlicm. His fragile '
hand was not outstretched above their |
heads for the expected benediction. I
I.ike Pope Pins. I.eo XIII. also was "a
I prisoner."
I'ut there was a wide and striking
| difference be:ween the manner in
which Leo XIII. labored to attain his
i ends and that of bluff Pope Pius.
Hi* strove, lor instance. vainer ior i
I lit* principle than for the material re- \
: l;t.v of the temporal power. Ho woitM
possibly have contented himself with
x ei v i s i g sovereignty over that portion
of ]ionic across the Tiber on
wliieh stands St. l'ctcr's and the Vatican.
and a strip of territory extending
to the seaport of Civita Veeehia, so
that lie might have liecn aide to receive
ambassadors and pilgrims alike |
on Papal territory.
Without conceding anything to Kins
Humbert and Ids successive .Ministers,
while openly defying them at times
1 and making protests against the repeat- !
ed interferences of the monarchy with
: the cherished privileges and with the
| property of the Church. I.eo XIII. conciliated
rather than estranged his adversaries.
I?y his diplomacy, his foresight and
1 th<> curious shrewdness which distin!
gnished him la* also won the good will
or respect of foreign nations.
It was at the beginning of his reign
his ardent wish to bind the Papacy to
all the courts and rulers of the earth
ny diplomatic tics.
As time rolled on lie modified this
ambition, and made It bis most zealous
aim to gain the pood will, the honor
and support not of the rulers hut of
their peoples.
And, as we know, his prudence, his
sapaeity. Ids horror of extremes did
not exclude a certain quiet, dopped
firmness. It was this lirrnness that led
Rismarek to accord the I'ope a deference
which he reserved for few. Indeed
Pope Leo and Paul Kruper were
the only statesmen whom he thoroughly
and honestly admired.
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Thoso who Avoro ndniittod to the in- I
titmift- nf 1 ??? VI II fiivi'iiril thl> flnSA 4 (
of his beneficent career are well aware
of the not perhaps unnatural and most
innocent pride with which he regnrck
ed his own health and longevity. Thi%
pride occasioned liis physician. Dr.
Lapponi, mue'i anxiety, as it frequently
led Leo XIII. to overwork himself
quite needlessly. Almost to the end
the late Pope's eyesight was unimpaired.
His interest in the social, political
and spiritual affairs not only of
Catholics hut of humanity at large,
was. even in the last months of Ills
Pontiticate. phenomenal.
Poi>e Leo was always a man of extremely
simple tastes, which he
brought from his childhood's home at
Carpiueto. amid the hills, and possibly
his cautious temperament, curiously
combined wit it power and unhesitating
decision, was inherited from Ills i
mountaineer ancestors.
For his personal use His Holiness selected
Instead of one of the numerous
magniticent suits of the Vatican a few
simple rooms containing little beyond
absolutely necessary articles. His bed
stands in an alcove, separated from a
larger room by n curtain hanging
gracefully over marble columns. Above
the lied is a nieture of the Madonna
:iii<l Child. Reside it is a prayer table
surmounted by a crucifix. A ward- (
robe against tiio wail faces tlie bed.
and between the latter and the wall is '
a couch. The rest of the room was
used as a study, and contains a writing
table with a eruc'iix: a chair on a carpeted
platform, chairs and tables for
the Pope's secretaries, writing materials.
ami a few books, anions: which
are the works of Dante. Virgil an*'
Horace, besides a Bible.
The Pope, even when in pood health,
| slept only four or five hours each night,
and often in the morning his bed was
undisturbed and the Pope was found
! asleep in tb? chair before his writing
i table.
Faintly Waking "Queer."
J. C. Adams, his wife and son .Tofforson
were arrested at Bonanza. \rl:..
on charges of making and passing
counterfeit money. A counterfeiter's
outfit and S.'lbO worth of spurious coin
were found in tho Adams barn.
To Crc? Speedy Adoption.
It was said in Washington that strong
representations would probably be
made to President Marroquin of Colombia
to induce him to urge the
speedy adoption of the I'aunua Canal
treat}*.
THE POPE'S SUCCESSOR.
The Mode of Procedure on the Selection
of p New Pontiff.
On the death, or at the latest, the
twelfth day after the death ot' the
Pope, the conclave assembles for the
election of the new Pontiff.
It is held at the beautiful Sistine
rhapel within the walls of the Vatican.
Ee.i h cardinal is allowed the services
of a secretary and an attendant, who
while the conclave lasts occupy rooms
adjacent to the peculiar cell allotted
to their master. On the day fixed for
the meeting or tno conclave tne cardinals
assemble to hear a special mass
for the Holy Spirit and to take the
oaths of faithfulness and secrecy.
Once within the confines of the conclave
the massive doers arc shut with
double locks, and from that moment
until the new Pontiff is elected, no
person is permitted to pass in or out.
The meals for the assemblage are prepared
within the walls of the Vatican
and delivered through a wicket gate,
or rather, casement let into the great
doer.
It is here, also, that on the first day
of the conclave, a committee of cardinals.
appointed by the whole body,
gives audience to the foreign envoys.
This, however, takes place before thg
conclave has actually men for the papal
election.
The Sistine chapel Is especially fitted
for the holding of this momentous
council of the Church. The stalls tot
the cardinals, ranged on each side, ar<
surmounted by canopies of cloth in
the ecclesiastical colors, and at the far
end, opposite the high altar, are places
assigned to the secretaries. On the al
tar itself, or on the table in front or it,
is a chalice of silver on which rests the
pix containing the host.
When the mass has been said and
all is prepared the conclave proceeds
to its solemn task. The election of a
Pope is effected by three methods, by
acclamation, by adoration, in which
Is embodied the idea of direct divine
inspiration; by the compromise or by
vote.
Pope Leo was elected on the second
:;av of the conclave by acclamation.
The system of voting, called the Scruptinum.
is regulated by exact prescription.
The proceedings are under the
directions of six cardinals, two from
D?."h order of bishops, priests and deacons.
Every cardinal is provided with a
voting paper, on which he writes the
name of his chosen candidate, but not
his own name. N'o one is permitted
to vote for himself. When the requisite
interval has passed, each cardinal,
beginning with the one of the most
ancient creation, leaves his stall and
advances to the high altar. Amid a
folenin hush the elector prays for
awhile on the altar steps, and then
declaring aloud that his vote is given
according to his conscience, drops his
voting paper in the chalice. When all
have voted in like manner the six scrutinizes
examine the papers and proclaim
the result.
If no cardinal has obtained the reir.irod
number of votes?two-thirds of
the number of cardinals present, plus
3 tic ?the result is declared void, and
'he voting papers, collected together,
?re burned in a brazier with damp
.traw, the dense smoke from which
issues from a particular chimney, vision,l
nifiirn<5 tn the
taken place.
Under these circumstances, on the
ifternoon of the same day, a second
rote takes place, supplementary to the
lirst and called the accessit vote. In
is the procedure embodies the theory
hat the cardinal who obtained the
i.rgest number of votes in the morn,ng
is the most acceptable to the conhave.
Consequently his name is the
mly one considered for the moment
ird each cardinal votes for hiin by
writing the word "Accedo" on his
Svheda or voting paper, or signifies his
iissent by the words " "Accedo nemr.i."
If this new vote leads to no result,
he papers are burned as before and
:he conclave adjourns until the folowing
morning, when the election hetins
afresh and quite irrespective of
he previous day's proceedings. When,
it length, the determining vote is
:r.ken and the cardinal deacon, as
scrutinizer, announces that a certain
andidate has been elected Pope, there
;s a departure from the proceedure
idooted hitherto. The cardinal deaon
opens each folded paper fully, and.
ending the Latin motto which each
ii-dinai has to inscribe on it for the
purpose of ultimate identification,
iiakiis known bow each member of
the conclave has voted.
The election being over, a summons
is a,1 once seat to the perfect of ceremonies,
who speedily enters the chappi.
bearing the fisherman's ring. An
Interval occurs, during which the canopies
are removed from the stalls of all
the cardinals except that of the newly
ilected Pope, and His Holiness retires
to robe himself in the pontificial vestments.
On his return the fisherman's ring
Is placed on his finger by the cardinal
ramerlingo and the new vicar of Christ
gives his first solemn benediction to
the members of the sacred college from
the step~ of the altar.
Then, ta'fing his seat on the Sedia
CJcstatorit the Pope receives the homige
of their eminences and communiiates
the names which it is his pleasure
to assume as Pontiff. Next, the
first cardinal deacon takes the oath
of obedience, and. hastening to the
grand loggia or balcony of St. Peter's,
looking onto the great piazza, announces
to the expectant multitude
the election of the Pope, using the
form of words, consecrated by immemorial
usage: "I bring you tidings of
neat joy. We have a Pope, the most
high and reverend Lord ihe-c ho gives
i ,,lr,,-imo ,,r' the now
III.* I ili i.Mian .nm . ... __
['op."), who has taken upon himself
f: : name of Pins X or I.to XIV.
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>Ne\vs of the Day,
An inscription on a stone tablet
found in the ruins of an old synagogue
in Kaifengfu shows that the
Jews first entered China during the
llan dynasty, from D. C. 200 to A. D.
22(?.
About $1,000,000 is to be expended
on the repair and improvement of the
cruiser Mew York. It is expected that
the work will not be finished in less
time than a year or cighioen months.
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WHITE MAN LYNCHED
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tvemucKy moD rxetuics murucici ?
i Respected Citizen.
Maysrillc. Ky., Special.?Enraged
! at the tardiness of the courts, a mob
broke into the Flemingsburg Jail and
hanged William Thacker, a white
man, who had been given a life sentence
for the murder of John Gordon
two years ago. Thacker, in a quarrel
with Gordon at Foxport, shot and
killed him and then sat on the body.
Winchester in hand, while he smoked
his pipe and dared any one to attempt
to arrest him. At the time
Thaiker escaped, but he was later arrested
and lodged in jail at Flemingsburg.
He was given two trials and
finally got a life sentence.
Gordon was a good citizen and an
inoffensive man. After being sentenced
Thacker appealed to the Court
of Appeals and was waiting for another
trial. Thacker had some money
and was able to command the support
of some influential men and it was
feared that he might escape punishment
altogether.
The mob collected at Mount Carmel,
where Gordon once lived, and
came into Flemingsburg by twos and
threes in order liot to arouse suspicion.
They advanced upon the jail
shortly after midnight. The jailor re
fused to surrender the keys. He was
overpowered and tile keys taken from
him. Thacker was hurried to a tree
near the jail and was given time in
which to say his prayers, which he refused,
but begged for his life. To
hush hi3 cries he was hit on the
head with a stone and his uifconscloua
body strung up until life had become
extinct
Saved From Lynching.
Albany, N. Y? Special.?The quick
wit of a deputy sheriff at Coxsackle
this afternoon prevented the lynching
of James Little, a 19-year-old negro
hailing from Summerhurst, N. Y., who
early Tuesday morning, near New
Baltimore, criminally assaulted Emma
Cole, age 11 years, daughter of Joseph
Cole, a farmer living one mile back
of New Baltimore. The negro escaped,
after threatening the child with death.
Two other children had given the
alarm and Mr. Cole and neighbors met
the child coming home and at once
organized a party to scour the woods.
Little was captured on the railroad
track near Coxsackie. and he confessed
the assault and was locked up.
A mob of 150 enraged farmers started ?
from New Baltimore for Coxsackie.
augmented by a large number of
striking Coxsackie moulders and
river men, all frankly vowing their intention
to lynch the regro. Deputy
Sheriff Van Loon, realizing that the
coming of darkness would mean the
breaking of the ilimsy local lock-up
and the violent death of his prisoner,
smuggled the negro out and took him
down the river on the boat to Catskill.
where there is a well-built jail.
The Cole child is seriously iniurea.
but mav recover.
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Death of Mrs. James G Blaine.
Augusta. Me.. Special.?Mrs. James
G. Blaine died at the Blaine homestead
here Wednesday. She was 76
years of age. From. Washington, a
short time ago. she came to the old
family residence on State street. She
was in an enfeebled condition, and
had been under almost constant medical
attention since. Mrs. Blaine'a
maiden name was Harriet Stanwood.
the daughter of a leading citizen of th?
State of Maine. She met her husband
while both of them were teaching in a.
school in Kentucky. They were married
in Pittsburg, and later came to
Augusta, where Mr. Blaine became editor
of The Kennebec Journal. She
leaves one son, James G. Blaine; two
daughters. Mrs. Harriet Beale and
Mrs. Walter Damrosch. of New York,
who were at her bedside during her
last sickness. The funeral services t
will be held at 4 p. m.. Saturday. aDd
the body will be buried at Washington
Monday.
Exchange Commission.
Berlin. By came.?me unuea
States international exchange commission
arrived here from The Hague and
was received today by the Under Secretary
for Foreign AfTairs. Dr. Von
Muehberg. The German newspapers
have hitherto manifested very little
Interest in the commission. All the
expressions on the subject indicate the
belief that the American propositions
are impracticable.
Illegal Contract Set Aside.
Tensing. Mich.. Special.?A majority
of the Supreme Court, Justice Grant
dissenting, set aside a judgment of
$10,000 secured by the Detroit Salt
Company in the Wayne circuit against
the National Salt Company for salt
purchased under contract. The Supreme
Court says that the officials of
th.o Detroit Company knew that the
National Company was endeavoring to
secure control of the salt market and
the contract is therefore declared to be
illegal, being in restraint of trade, and
tllO ( Oil! IS Will not ilUl in iur umnsr.MRt
of illegal contracts.
A Curious Rumor.
London. By Cable.?According to the
Press Association, a curious rumor
was current in the lobby of the House
of Commons to the effect that some
United States warships had seize.!
about 20 small islands off the coast of
Boreo. which, it is understood, belong
to Great Britain, and had planted the
American flag cn them. It is probable
that a question on the subject will b?
asked In the House.
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