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80 RELIEF FOB WWMM JEWS.
European Powers Can Do Nothing
Unless Roumanians is Crushed.
IffBaence of United States Resented.
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Louden. Sept. 23.?"Nothing that
will be of any permanent good can re
sult from Secretary Hays' note to the
powers on Roumania's treatment\of
Jews unless somebody is willing to
crash Roumania, and no power seems
anxious to take on that task."
The foregoing quotation from the
utterances of % an experienced British
official.represents the real opinion of
the British foreign office on the sub
ject of the negotiations between Amer
ica and Europe and represents it with
. a terse straightforwardness which is
not likely to ?gure in r,he guarded,
diplomatic replies which Mr. Kay's,
note will eventually produce.
Great Britain's backing up of the
Uniteci States in the Roumanian mat
ter has only produced evidence , that
the signatories of the Berlin treaty:
absolutely refuse to take other than '
merely sentimental action towards al
leviating the persecution of the Jews.,
The exchange of Views regarding the
American note . solicited by Great
Britain has progressed sufficiently to
convince the foreign office here that
nothing material is likely to result.
To achieve more than promises from
Roumania it is believed at Downing
street, and apparently in the foreign
offices of the other capitals interested
that nothing 'short of a combined dis
play of force would be necessary. In
surmountable obstacles , appear to,
make such a step impossible.
According to official statements .the
British foreign office has also received
every indication of willingness, on the
part of several continental govern
ments to seize the opportunity of con
veying to the United States govern
ment the intimation that it is inter
fering in "matters which do not con
cern, " as various semi-official newspa
pers of the European capitals have put
it.
United States Ambassador /Choate
has given up his holiday in. Scotland
and returned-to London today. He is
ilkely to spend the next few days in
dealing with the Roumanian matter.
The information gleaned from Bxit?sh
diplomats or part of it would be un
officially communicated to Mr. Choate
for. transmission to Washington.
The hopelessness privately enterain
ed by the British foreign office, of
effecting a change of position on * the
part of the Roumanian government
will not be allowed to interefre with
the external course of t?te negotia
tions, and there is still reason to be
lieve that Mr. Hay's protest may re
sult in a formal joint note of the Ber
lin signatories demanding better treat
ment of the Jews. Regarding that
point, however, nothing is -definitely
settled, but if it is done, it will be
more in a spirit of acjies?eace with
the humane sentiments expressed m
Mr. Hay's appeal than to any belief
that good will be accomplished.
Rcumania's Answer to ?- S.
Vienna, Sept. 26.?The Nesse W?en
tier Tageblatt publishes a dispatch
from Bucharest saying that Rouma
nia iias found means of giving a mild
answer to the United States. Nothing
has been done to improve the condi
tions of the Jews, says the Tageblatt,
but telegraphic orders have been sent to
ali local authorities to stop the issue of
emigration passports to the Jews.
Many intending emigrants have been
thus stopped and a fresh grievance is
added to their old wrongs. Roumania
newspapers are urging the government
to show that Roumania is master in
her own house.
Live Stock to South Africa.
Pensatola, Sept. 25.?It is learned
that a statement ?as been authorized
that in a siaort time a regular steam
ship line will be inaugurated between
Pensacoia and South Africa, the ves
sels sailing bi-monthly.
It is learned that the main object in
establishing the line will be for the
purpose of transporting live stock to
South Africa to stock the Boer farms,
and general cargoes will be sent on
every ship. It is said that the line
will be operated by the Atlantic and
South Afncan company, limited, con
trolled by the Linglum Timber and
Trading company, limited, of London.
There are about a dozen corset man
ufacturing establsihments in this
country, and they jointly squeeze
about- $50,000,000 a year out of the
women who wear corsets. What a
powerful pull.?Wilmington Star.
Out of Death's Jaws.
"When death seemed very near from a
severe stomach and liver trouble, that I
had suffered with for years," writes P.
Muse, Durham, N. C, "Dr. King's New
life Pills saved my life and gave perfect
health." Best pills on earth acl only 25c
at J. F. W. DeLorme's drug store.
BEEF CATTLE BOUGHT
ANO INOCULATED
._
By the South Carolina Experiment
Station for Those Who Want
Them. Will Act as
Agents.
For more than 20 years beef cattle
have steadiy increase in price, and are
now topping the Chicago market at
$?85 per 100 pounds live weight. This
I has given great impetus to beef breed
ing in al parts of the country, and in
! States like South Carolina, where
land is cheap and grass grows in abun
dance, it promises handsome returns.
But beef cattle have been almost en
tirely neglected here and few thor
oughbred cattle of the heavy breeds
are to be found. Those who desire to
grade up their herds are compelled to
go outside of the State for breeding
s^ock. ? In order to assist those who
wish better cattle the experiment sta
tion now offers free the services of the
veterinarian in buying, shipping gnd
acclimating animals.
I am authorized to act as agent for
any citizen of the State in buyng any
kind of cattle that may be had at : the j
sales visited. I am now planning to
attend the big auction sales of short- !
horns, Polled Durhams, and Herefords j
ai Indianapolis, Ind., Oct 14th, 15th,
loth, with a view to buying a car load
of registered stock. I shall be ;glad
to-buy for any parties who may en
trust me with orders accompanied
with sufficient money to pay for the
animals desired.
Terms: All orders should be directed
to - the undersigned ; state specifically
the breedi age, sex and number of ani
mals wanted, and the highest- price
the purchaser is willing to pay. Only
the three breeds above mentioned can
be had in these sales, and all ? parties
ar? advised to buy youngest' animals to
be had, the oldest not to exceed 18
months of age. The whole lop will
be shipped to Clemson College, and if
desired, will be held long enough (60
to 90 days) to inoculate and thorough
ly acclimate them. They will then be
shipped as individual purchasers may
direct. The total cost to the ? buyer
will be the purchase price, freight and
actual cost of feeding while at the ex
periment station.
Tne bulls brought down last winter
cost from about $*o to $150, oran aver
age of $102, each, delivered at the col
lege. The freight on each .when re
shipped to his purchaser was from $4
to $6. Those who wish me to buy cat
tle for them are requested to send me
.at least $100 not later than Oct. 10th.
It is not probable that'any desirable
animals can be had for less than $75
and the freight on each one in ear lot
will be $5 to $8. The cattle will be
bought as cheaply as possible and any
of ;the money riot used will be refunded
. to the person sending it.
The station simply acts as agent in
making such purchases and assumes
no responsibility other than to give
the best of care and attention to the
animals until shipped to their owners.
For several years nearly all northern
cattle shipped to Texas, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama have been
inoculated (vaceinated) to prevent
their death from acclimation fever
(Texii-s fever. ) Young cattle shipped
to South Carolina should be thus im
munized in spring. During the past
two years I have inoculated So head
and so ,far only one of them has died
from Texas fever.
If you desire purchases made please
send order and money at onee, as the
time for the sale is near at haad.
Yours truly,
G. E. Nesom, Veterinarian.
Clemson College, S. C., Sepi. 19.
TO DIVORCE CZARINA?
New York, Sept. 24.?A St. Peters
burg cablegram to the New York
World says : y
The Czarina's position is growing
extremely pjeca rions at court, for, al
though divorce is forbidden by tire or
thodox Greek Church, there is a
strong feeling that some means should
be found by the holy synod to set her
aside because there is no male heir to
the throne.
D. Pobiedonostzeff the procurator
of the holy synod, who has already
undermined the Czarina's position
with the masses because he believes
her adoption of the orthodox faith in
sincere, is suspected of fomenting this
agitation for a divorce. The ostensible
ground suggested is that the Czarina
has never conscientiously conformed
to the orthodox religion and, there
fore, she never has been legally the
Czar's wife.
The Czarina's misfortunes, instead
of winning her sympathy, have
intensified the distrust and dislike
with which, as a German, she has
been regarded. Her children, .who
are extremely winning and attractive
girls, are not only not greeted, but
are actually scowled at, as they drive
through the streets.
The effect of this terrible strain on
the Czarina's mind, inclined as it al
ready is to hysteria, may be serioas.
It is said but for the comfort and sym
pathy extended by the Grand Duchess
Serge she would already have broken
down.
Wanted.
We would like to ask, through the col
umns of your paper, if there is any person
who has used Green's August Flower for
the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and
Liver Troubles that has not been cured?
and we also mean their results, such as sour
stomach, fermentation of food, habitual
costiveness, nervous dyspepsia, headaches,
despondent feelings, sleeplessness?in fact,
any trouble connected with the stomach or
liver. This medicine has been sold for
many years in all civilized countries, and
we wish to correspond with you and send
you one of our books free of cost. Jf you
never tried August Flower, try one bottle
?rst. We have never known of its failing.
If so, something more serious is the mat
ter with yon. Ask your oldest druggist.
G. G. Green, Woodbnry, ?. J.
ROOSEVELT KNOWS BETTER.
_
His Pian for Dealing With the
Trusts is impractical. He Talks
Merely to Fool the Public.
Senator Money, of Mississippi, has
dissected President Eoosevelt's plan of
dealing with the trusts and shows con
clusively that the Presidents sugges
tion is impracticable and impossible of
being put into operation. Senator
Money says, in part :
The President sent a message to Con
gress last December, suggesting a rem
edy for the trusts, which was to give
publicity to their doings and bring
everything to the public view. His
suggestion was embodied in an amend
ment to the Census Bill, , offered by
Senator Dubois, and every Republican
voted against it, thu? declaring that'
they were not in accord with the Pres
ident on the subject. The President
sent in no message recommending
a constitutional amendment for the
control of the trusts. If he .had done
so, it is a -question whether it would
not have met the fate of his suggestion
of more light," but he had patron
age* to dispose of, ancfa real earnest
effort on his part probably would have
carried Dubois' amendment to the
Census Bill or the President's recently
proposed amendment to the Constitu
tion. He attempted nothing while
Congress was in session.
He now proposes a constitutional
amendment, which seems to be th?
only 'remedy present to his mind.
Nobody knows better th?n the Presi
dent the exceeding difficulty of passing
an amendment to the Constitution.
Even those amendments which settled
the status of the freed negro as a citi
zen, civilly and politically, were only
made, amendments by dragooning
Southern States into their support by
the threat of depriving them of .their
Federal relation, and ra the State of
Indiana by a certificate that two
thrrds of the Senate bad voted affirma
tively when, in fact, two-thirds were
not present. That question was immi
nent and overwhelming, and some set
tlement was vitally necessary, and yet,
after the heat of the four years' con
flict, and the enormous sympathy
developed for the negro in the North,
and the necessity for fixing his status,
which was obvious to everybody, there
was really no fair adoption of the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amend
ments.
As a student and writer of history,
the President is acquainted with these
facts and it will be singular if be is.
not aware of the difficulty of the con
stitutional amendment that he speaks
of. It sounds very well to the people*
Words are cheap, but performance is
difficult. Even if the required two
thirds vote of each House could be
obtained, and the President -should
give his signature, then three-fourths
of the States must ratify the amend
ments and to say that one-fourth of
the Republian States, at least, are not
absolutely dominated by the trusts and
their politicians would be to absurd
and would torture credulity. One who
fears the power of the trusts and who
recognizes the terrible menace to free
institutions can take little comfort
from any utterance of Presidenht
Roosevelt on this subject, and, giving
him credit for some knowledge, it is
difficult to give him credit for sincerity.
If he is sincere, then he is repudiated
by his party, end no hope of reform
in this particular can be expected by
the pubic from the Republican party
and its President.
Philippine War News.
Manila, September 23.?Capt John
J. Pershing, of the 15th infantry, ope
rating agai?st the Moros, in the isl
and of Mindanao, has found the
Morro position at Macin, island
of Mindanao,1 to be strong and
has delayed Ms attack on it. He must
throw a pontoon bridge across a swamp
and possibly aeeeive reinforcements
before engaging the enemy. The Cap
tain made a reeonnoissance close to the
Moro position and found a fort on an
elevation, close to the lake shore,
flanked by swamps, virtually making
the promontory an island. The Ameri
cans built rafts preparatory to attack
ing the Moros from the lake and then
decided to bridge the swamp and make
an attack from all sides. The Sultans
of Macin regard the position as im
pregnable and have refused to treat
with Capt. Pershing.
Brig. Gen. Samuel S. Sumner will
send the Moros an ultimatum, demand
ing peace and the return of stolen pro
perty. If his demands are rejected the
place will be assaulted. Cant. Persh
ing has carefully examined the position
and its surroundings, and is confident
of his ability to capture it without
serious loss.
Capt. Pershing has returned to Camp
Vickars, whence he reports that the
Sultans of Macin alone are hostile in
that section of the Lanao country.
A new cotton mill with 8*200,000
capital has been organized ir* Laurens
to make as fine goods as*now produced
in the United States.
A tragic -little story of theatrical
life came from Hungary last w?ek.
Julia Pakey and Julius Bardos, both
Austrian players, were engaged to be
married. The man broke the engage
ment. They were acting together in a
play in which the heroine shoots the
hero. The actress loaded the revolver
with bullets and in the scene of the
play shot her faithless lover, who was
playing the hero, dead. The curtain
was lowered immediately. Before the
other actors could reach the stage the
murderess had killed herself.
America's Famous Beauties.
Look with horror on Skin Eruption?,
Blotches, Sores, Pimples. They don't have
them, nor will any one, who uses Bucklen's
Arnica Salve. It glorifies the face. Ecze
ma or Salt Rheum vanish before it. It
cures sore lips, chapped hands, chilblains.
Infallible for Piles. 2 c at J. F. W. De
Lorme's drug store.
LAWLESSNESS IN MEN COUNTY.
Highwaymen so Plentiful that
County Treasurer Won't Drive
in the Country.
Ai ken, Sept. 24.?It seems a sad
commentary on civilization in South
Carolina that the treasurer of Ai ken
county is obliged to advertise that he
will not visit points into the county
not touched by railroads, for the jmr
pose of collecting taxes, on account of
the numerous hold-ups. In his annual
advertisement, just given to the pa
pers, he says: "1 do not think- it
would be doing justice to myself, or
the county, to risk my life and their
money by traveling through the coun
try in private conveyance as hereto
fore, so in the future I will only go t?
such points as can be reached by rail. "
No one can blame the county treas
urer when it is remembered that at
least half a dozen hold-ups have taken
place around Aiken and no arrests
made.
Murdered by a Negro.
Newberry, Sept. 23.?Mr. Ed. Adams,
living in the upper part of the coun
ty, about 12 miles from Newberry, was
shot and killed this morning by George
Caughman, a negro. It seems that
last night Caughman became engaged
in a difficulty with a negro woman 're
siding on the Adams place. The diffi
culty being reported to Adams, he and
a man by the name of Poe administer
ed to Caughman a severe whipping.
This ? morning Caughman went to
Adams's house, called him out and
shot hi ni three tmes. Caughman is at
lr.rge. Several posses are in pursuit
and excitement in the neighborhood
is. running high.
Ailedged Error in the Code.
Columbia, Sept. 26.?The Secretary
oi State's office thinks that the recent
ly adopted Code has made some law
that is not warranted by the Acts of
the Assembly, upon which the Code is
based. The . Code, however, was
adoped in toto as the statute law and
so that settles the matter. ! It is fortu ?
cately a very small matter, and it
tiakes but little difference whether
the Secretary of Slate's office or the
Code commissioner is correct. The
suggestion is that the final paragraph
of Section 1,851, at page 712, relative
to the fees for increasing capital stock,
is not correct.. The paragraph refers
only increases of capital steck andato
Ttothi?g else.
Washington, N. C, Sept. 23.?The
graded school committee yesterday
abolished the private ownership of
school-bpooks. Every book in the
different branches has been bought
over. They will be rented at small
cost. The chief benefit derived from
this system is to the poor children,
who are unable to buy expensive sets
of books. Washington is the first
North Carolina city to adopt this
method.
Paris, Sept. 25.?In a dispatch from
Seoul, Korea, the correspondent of
The Figaro says it is reported that the
emperor of Korea is dead.
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 24.?The Unit
ed States cruiser San Francisco,
which arrived at the Norfolk navy
yard a week ago, sailed this morning
for Panama, where she goes to protect
American interests on the isthmus.
Besides her regular complement of
marines and sailors, the San Francisco
carries 35 marines from the barracks
a? the navy yard who will foe detailed
for garrison duty on the isthmus.
Washington, Sept. 24.?President
Roosevelt returned to Washington at
half past 6 o?clock via the Pennsylvania
railroad from Indianapolis He stood
the journey from Indianapolis remark
ably well and when he was carried in
a wheel chair from the raiiroad car to
his carriage he was in excellent spirits
and appeared to be free from any pain.
Houston, Tex,, Sept. 24.?A heavy
rain fell last night over South Texas,
breaking a severe drouth in the cattle
coutiry, which had caused a heavy
loss to cattlemen along the Rio Grande
and the lower coast. Reports from
northeast and north. central Texas
show that the rains of the past two
days have doue considerable damage
to the open cotton and that the fields
are so boggy as to seriously interfere
with picking operations.
Readcrille, Mass., Sept. 23.?Ban
Patch, the famous pacer, went against
the world's record of 1.59??, made .by
Star Po.nter on the Readvule track
five years ago, this afternoon, and in
\ a truly magnificent performance equal
j led the record. Dan Patch's time by
) q ua rters vas 30i 4: 59:>4 : 1.29* t : 1. 5*9
The quarters: 30^: 29??; 29)4:
'30.
] Columbia,. Sept. 2L?Yesterday af
ternoon at 2 o'clock Mr. Luther Dent
died at his home near the corner of
Marion and Tobacco streets, as the
result of laudanum poisoning. Mr.
Dent had been despondent for some
months on account of domestic trou
bles and to end a life of trial and pain
the young man drank, a small bottle of
laudanum such as is ordinarily pur
chased at drug stores for 10 cents. He
came home about 10 o'clock and an
hour afterwards went to sleep in his
room. About 2 p. m., Utforts were
made to awake him, but to no avail.
The empty bottle was found near his
bed.
Goes Like Hot Cakes
'"The fastest selling article I have m my
store." writes druggist C. T. Smith, of
Davis, Ky., "is Dr. King's Now Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, be
cause it .always cures. In my six years of
sales it has never failed. I have known it
to save sufferers from Throat and Lung
diseases, who could get no help from doc
tors or any other remedy." Mothers rely
on it, best physicians prescribe it, and J.
F. W. DeLorme guarantees satisfaction or
refunds price. Trial bottles free. Regular
sizes, ?>0c and $1.
TROUBLE FOR DRUGGISTS.
Unlicensed Druggists and Their
Employers to Be Arrested.
Colnmba, Sept. 25.?Yesterday af
ternoon J. F. Bateman, chief con
stable, swore ont a warrant for the ar
rest of Dr. O. L. P. Jackson on the
charge that he violated the pharmaceu
tical laws of the State. The specific
charge is that at Dr. Jackson's drug
store in or near the mill village pre
scriptions were compounded by a young
man who is not a licensed pharmacist.
May 10th, 1902, is the date named in
the charge.
It may not be understood how such
a warrant should be applied for by a
dispensary constable, but Mr. Bate
man has been designated by the gover
nor as a special officer to aid the phar
maceutical association in protecting
the people of the State from prescrip
tions prepared by incompetent drug
clerks.
Dr. O. .Y. 0wings, president of the
association, said last night that the as
sociation has had the case in hand for
some time. The object in pushing this
case is not to persecute any druggists
or proprietors of apothecary shops,
but to elevate the profession and to
eliminate incompetent clerks.
The young man Dent who committed
suicide in the mill district Tuesday
procured the laudanum from this drug
store and the bottle was exhibited at
the coroner's inquest. It may be that
this fact caused the Pharmaceutical
association to have the warrant issued.
The preliminary hearing may. come be
fore Magistrate Moorman today.
?- II? ?
London, Septr. 22.?In a dispatch
from Shanghai, the correspondent of
The Standard declares that' Boxerism
in the provinces of Sue Chuen has not
been subdued. The premises of the
China inland mission at Mei-Cbouhas
been destroyed but no lives were lost.
The Boxers, according to\ th?" corres
pondent, are now threatening.
Chicafgo, Sept. 23.?September
wheat today gave strong evidence of a
congested condition, advancing from
76?4 cents, the Dottora price at the
opening, to 85c., a gain of nearly 10
cents over yesterday's bottom price.
Walterboro, Septl 22.? Bobbers tried
to carry off the .safe in the depot Fri
day night but were frightened away by
some one who happened to be passing.
They had a hand car on the track' im
mediately in front of the door* ?^t lefu
before they could get the safe on it.
The safe and the tools were left in the
middle of the room.
? Walterboro, Sept. 22.?Saturday
~i?ghiLa?JOUi,Iii)!jcIock in front of Mr.
J. M. Pennington's store, about eight
miles below Green Pond, Jacob Gil
liard and Fred Legare, two negroes,
were scuffling over an old musket when
the gun was discharged. The load
took effect in the neck of a negro
named Edwards who was standing
near by. Edwards died from the
effects o'f the wound' in about two
hours. Magistrate Huggins was noti
fied and will hold the inquest today.
Gilliard and Legare are both under
arrest.
Chicago, September 23.?A daring
hold-up in the midst of a crowd in the
retail district of Chicago occurred
shortly before noon today on State
street, near Van Buren. As Mrs.
Upham, an aunt of Fred "W. Upham,
president of the board of review, was
walking along the street she was stop
ped by a gang of six men, who robbed
her of ? valuable diamond brooch and
850 in cash. Before anyone could inter
fere the robbers had secured their
plunder and escaped. The police say
it was the very audacity of the attack
which made it successful.
Charleston, Sept. 23.?The candi
dacy of Mayor Smyth for election for
a third term was annonnced this after
noon. No mayor of Charleston has
served three terms, and this unique
honor will come to Mayor Symth, if he
is re-elected;
Haven. Me., Sept. 23.?Maj. J. W.
Powell, director of the bureau of eth
nology at the Smithsonian institute
at Washington, died at G o'clock to
night at his summer home here. He
had been critically ill here for jsome
days.
The Bucalo Cotton Mill at Union
has estabiismhed a ginnery to be run
by direct electric power.
Things oerainly have changed when
the negroes; who were thought good
enough by the republicans after the
war to be placed over southern whites,
are not now thought good enough tobe
permitted to belong to the same party
with white republicans.?Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The rapid increase of the slaves un
der the excellent hygienic surroundings
of the old plantations produced quite
enough of them and to spare without
bringing in aay more. It is an estab
lished fact, owing to the hygienic con
dition of the old .plantations, says
Leslie's Monthly, that if the rate of
increase of the negro for the first hun
dred years of slavery had been main
tained up to the present time we
should now have a negro population of
20,000,000, and yet there are now barely
9,000,000 in this country, with an
equal number in our newly acquired
territory. At present I know of no
Southern city where the negro birth
rate eqnals their death rate.
The Worst Form.
Multitudes are singing the praises of
KodoL the new discovery which is making
so m&uy sick people well and weak people
strong by digesting what they eat, by
cleansing and sweetening the stomach and
by transforming their food into the kind
of pure. rich, red blood that makes you feel
good all over. .Mrs. Cranrill, of Troy, I.
T., writes : For a number of jears I was
troubled with indigestion and dyspepsia
which grew into the worst form. Finally
I was induced to use Kodol and after using J
four bottles I am entirety cured. I hearti
ly recommend Kodol to all sufferers from
indigestion and dyspepsia. Take a dose
after meals. It digests what you eat. J.
S. Hughson <fc Co.
QUEER MARRIAGE IN COLUMBIA.
The Alleged Groom Denies That
He is Married?Is the Cere
mony Binding?
The State, Sept. 25.
For the past fortnight there has
been considerable talk about the alleg
ed marriage of Mr. Fr. Schmidt,, the
proprietor of the Columbia Steam
Laundry, and Miss Nora Martin, but
The State has refrained from mention
ing the matter understanding that it
would -be a question for the courts to
determine whether the conple have
entered into a binding contract. The
case is a most peculiar and unsual one,
an^d for this reason has excited much
comment.
The matter came to the public prints
by means of the following which ap
peared in the classified advertisement
column of The State on Tuesday
morning:
MARRIED.
Martin-Schmidt?September J3, by
Rev. W. W. Daniel, at the residence
of the bride's father, Miss Nora Mar
tin to Mr. Frederick Schmidt.
Yesterday morning, also in the ad
vertising columns of The State, ap
peared the following, which caused
many to wonder:
TO THE PUBLIC.
The notice in this morning's State
announcing the marriage of Miss Nora
Martin to Fred Schmidt was inserted
without my knowledge or consent.
Notice is hereby given that I deny the
marriage and refuse to recognize Miss
Martin as my wife or to be in any
manner liable for her debts or con-,
tracts. Fr. Schmidt.
. Sept. 23, 1902. '
These notices being so completely at
variance the public interest became
intensified, and inqairies were made
as to the issue involved. It developed
quite early in the investigation ths.t
legal proceedings were in the air.
p It is needless to give the various
stories that are in circluation. Mr.
Schmidt has employed Allen J. Green,
Esq.," it is said, to represent him in
any developments in the matter. Last
night w?en Mr. Green was seen he
declined to have anything whatever -to
say for publication. It was stated,
however, that. Mr. Schmidt claims
that when the ceremony was perform
ed, between 1 and 2 o'clock in the
day, that he was not in mental condi
tion to enter into such a solemn and
binding contract
The lady in the case is highly es
teemed by all who know her, and the
matter:"Sr " E - regretted- by her
friends.
Mr. Schmidt has lived here for years
and was an alderman of the city. He
is well known all over Columbia.
On account of th??interest manifest
ed by the public in this strange case. .?
Mr. W. Boyd Evans was asked for a
statement of the alleged bride's side
of the case. At the door of the office
the representative of The State met
Mr. Schmidt accompnied by Mr.
Jesse Martin, who is alleged to be Mr.
Schmidt's father-in-law. They are
quite good friends and want the public
to let the case alone.
Mr. Evans stated that Mr. Schmidt
had been paying attentions to the
young woman for some time. Recent
ly she received a hurt and was under
medical treatment. When her physi
cian, Dr. Kendall, called on the Sat
urday of the alleged marriage, he
found Mr. Schmidt there. The sub
ject of marriage was brought up and
Dr. Kendall was delegated to go and
get the Rev. Dr. Daniel to perform
the ceremony. When Dr. Daniel came
in he inquired particularly if the cere
mony should be proceeded with ano^
was given an affirmative answer. The
minister observed that Mr. Schmidt
was in a happy frame of mind but did
" ^t appear to be in a state of mental
incapacity on account of drugs or such
influences.
The witnesses were Dr. Kendall and
a Mr. Higgins, who boards in the
house and is a rural free mail delievry
agent. Mrs. Martin and her other
daughter would not witness the cere
1 mony and Mr. Martin was in the coun^
try. " Mr. Schmidt remained around
the house until late in the afternoon
saying that he would be back when he
had paid oil his wrkmen at the laun
dry. He did not come back Saturday
night and Mrs. Schmidt began to
make inquiry. It was then that^ she
; was informed that Mr. Schmidt's
family declared the marriage a nullity
on the ground that Mr. Schmiudt was
irresponsible at the time. Mr. Eyans
says that a member of Mr. Schmidt's
family called at the Martin place, 1414
Pickens street, and congratulated the
newly wedded pair Saturday afternoon.
Killing of Moses Brown.
Ocala, -bla., Sept. 24.?In a duel
early this morning between Moses
Brown and W. T. Frierson, Brown
was shot and killed and Frierson dan
gerously wounded. The trouble is
said to have been caused by Brown's
attentions to Frierson's wife. Brown
was a prominent young business man
of this city. Public sympathy appears
to be entirely with Frierson."
London, Sept. 24.?A dispatch from
The Hague today confirms the report
that the donor of the $100,000 sent to
Gen. Botha for the relief of destitute
Boers was Henry Phipps of New. York
city.
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