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fluni Wm THE SUMTER WATCHMAN* Established April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not-^Let all the ends Thou Aims't at he thy Couiitry'3, Thy God's and Truth's." Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1906. THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Ame, t?? ---- .?w , New Series-Vol. XXT1. So Cfe ^attirait an?r Soutljrmi ? yj -J Published Every Wednesday, -BY- ^ GSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Terms: $1.50 per annum-in advance. Advertisements: One Square first insertion.$1.50 Every subsequent insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve privat? interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. MAGOOX TO RULE CUBA. Governor Winthrop Frist Named, But After Hearing From Taft Roosevelt Decided to Adhere to His Original Choice. Washington, Oct 3.--After a talk at the White House with Governor Magoon today the president recon? sidered the plan he had formed last evening of sending the judge to Cuba as civil governor and decided that in view of the fact that Secretary Taft had already taken up the subject with Beekmaii Winthrop, the present gov? ernor of Puerto Rico, he would not? interfere with the programme. Later it was announced that upon further consideration of the subject the president had decided io adhere to his plan formed yesterday and send Charles E. Magoon to ?ba to re? lieve . Secretary Taft as provisional governor of Cuba, allowing Governor Winthrop to remain in Puerto Rico, where his services are needed. It was stated today that the pres? ident had reached his intention not to 9 j send Governor Magoon to Cuba, ,4s announced earlier in the day, because of advices then in hand from Secre? tary Taft intimating that the arrange? ments made for Governor Winthrop assuming duties of provisional gover" nor had gone too far to be changed conveniently. A later dispatch from the secretary, however, put the ina-t ter in a different light and indicated that the secretary was willing that the governor should remain in Puerto Rico. President Roosevelt, who has .all along been anxious to have Mr. Magoon go to Cuba, acted promptly? on the secretary's dispatch and inf? mediately announced the appointment of Mr. Magoon. The decision, he feels, leaves Governor Winthrop to finish important work which he has in hand in Puerto Rico and will de? lay for but a few months Judge Ma goon's departure for the Philippines. ANNEXATION INEVITABLE. Everyone in Cuba Expects Annexa tion to Follow By Gradual Stages. Havana, October 4.-Everyone in Cuba expects annexation to result by gradual stages. The Cubans and Americans declare openly that the United States officials and army men acknowledge in private conversation that Cuba will never be turned adrift again. The mutiny of the volunteer army on Figaras street last night be" cause it was claimed it had received no pay was dispelled by an army of police. THE DISPENSARY RECTIFIER. Plant Has Been Installed and Will Be Put in Operation Some Time Next Week. Columbia. Oct. 4.-The rectifying plant at the dispensary will be install? ed in a few days and after that the dispensary will blend its own goods with bonded whiskey purchased from government warehouses. Commis? sioner Tatum said yesterday that he had Ibeen in correspondence with a number of expert rectifiers and had about determined upon the man for the place. The State board will be officially notified at the meeting next week. The Southern railway will give pas? senger conductors an assistant to col? lect tickets and fares, so that the conductors may devote all their time to the management of the train. Washington, October 6.-It is re? ported here by an authority very close to Senator Thomas Platt that he will shortly tender his resignation as United States Senator. The venerable statesman has decided to take this course, it is said on account of fail? ing hea'th. Mr. Thomas Bradham. Sr.. of Man" ning, died Friday morning. Plans are on foot to extend the dickens railroad from Easley to An? derson. WORSE THAN EARTHQUAKE. THE SUBWAY EXPLOSION IN PHILADELPHIA A TERRIBLE AFFAIR. <_ Business Section Wrecked and Street Converted Into Raging Inferno of Flames-Seven Killed and Many Injured. Philadelphia, October 5.-Seven were hurled to death by an explosion at 8:40 this morning in the rapid transit tunnel at Sixth and Market streets, and fourteen men are in the hospital suffering from ? injuries. There are probably dozens more in? jured of whom the police have not heard. The business part of the citi? on Market street between Fifth and Seventh is completely wrecked. Pe? destrians and subway workers were I hurled high in the air following the explosion. It is safe to say that a hundred men and women were cut, some seriously, by glass, which feel from every window in every building in that part of the city. A dump cart drawn by two horses and driven by a negro was turned directly ever. At that portion of the subway where the explosion occurred. The whole outfit was sent high in the air and fell into the pit which suddenly opened and in a minute was converted into an infer? no of flames that leaped higher than the buildings and only because of the quick action of a half dozen men six boys were rescued from the flames, dragged to the sidewalk and then removed in police station patrol wagons to the morgue. Only one of the killed was an employe of .;he subway builders, the others being pedestrians. When the explosion oc? curred men, planks and horses and trolly cars we're thrown into the air. Debris is being hurriedly dumped into the subway to extinguish the flames. Two unknown men died at the hos? pital after being removed from the scene of explosion. COTTON CONSUMPTION. Census Bureau Issued an Interesting Bulletin Today. Washington, October 4.-The cen? s?is bureau issued a bulletin that 4," 584.347 bales of cotton were taken by manufacturers ?of the United States in the year ending August' 30,' 1906, 4,871,169 bales were consumed and 675,987 were held to the close of the year. TORNADO AT NEW ORLEANS. Great Property Damage-A Woman and Child Severely Injured. Ned Orleans, October 5.-A torna? do passed diagonally across the resi? dential portion of New Orleans about 8 o'clock this morning, blowing down houses, fences and doing other dam? age. At First and Magnolia streets a ho* as demolished and a woman and Mid were severely injured. COL. KOHX RETURNS. Veteran Newspaper Man is Out of the the Hospital. Columbia, S. S., ^ jtober 4.-Col. August Kohn, chit., of the Colum" bit bureau of the Charleston News and Courier, is expected home today from New York, where he went about two weeks ago for expert medi? cal advice. . For some time he has been suffer? ing from chronic appendicitis. In a letter to a Columbia friend, Col. Kohn says that the surgeons have deemed it best not to perform an op? eration. His . friends here and throughout the state hope that he comes home much improved in health as the result of the treatment he has undergone during his absence. THREE FIREMEN" KILLED. Explosion of Powder Blew Them From Ladder. Warren. Pa.. October 6.-Three firemen were seriously injured in a fire which destroyed the warehouse of the Pyckert Hardware Company 'his morning. They were on a lad? der and were blown down by the force of an explosion of powder. The building was filled with paints, oils i^nd a quantity of powder. The fire was caused by lightning carried into the warehouse on the electric wires. The loss is estimated at $100,000. ' Arthur Turner, a white man. fell so feet from the t<">P of the super? structure of the steel bridge that is being built across the Congaree riv? er at Columbia into the river on Fri? day. He miraculously escaped death anrl except for a few bruises was un? hurt MR. J. E. GAILLARD SHOT. SHOT WITHOUT PROVOCATION BY HENRY SMALL, A CIRCUS NEGRO. Mr. Gaillard Is In the Sumter Hos " pi tal In Very Serions Condition Messrs. Emile Burkett and Charles Haselden Wounded By Same Man -Negro Captured. From the Daily Item, Oct. 6. One of the most atrocious crimes, one of the most malicious and unwar" ranted attempts to murder was per? petrated at Manning last night, when Henry Small, a negro in he employ ot Cole Brother's circus, shot down and probably killed Mr. J. E. Gail lard, of Sumter and painfully woun? ded Messrs. Emile Burkett and Charles Haselden, of Summerton. Mr. Gaillard has for some months past been engaged in farming at Summerton. Yesterday he went with a party of friends on a fox hunt, and reached the depot at Manning while the circus people were loading their train preparatory to going to Bishop" ville, where the show is billed for two performances today. Mr. Gail lard and his friends remained moun* ted on their horses and watched the interesting sight of a large circus get" ting together its large quantity of effects, as has proven an attractive, specticale to any number of people. Just as the train got under way and started to leave the railroad yard, a negro man on the rear of the last car shouted to the gentlemen on horseback: "What did you say to me?'' and with the question and en? tirely without provacation came a volley of five shots from a pistol in the hand of the negro. Mr. Gaillard was probably fatally wounded. A ballet struck him in the lower part of the abdomen and ranged upward, and he is now lying in the Sumter Hospital in a-i almost dying condition. From what can be gathered there is little hope of his recovery. Mr. Burkett received a slight flesh wound in the arm, and Mr. Haseldon was shot in the chest, the ball ranging around the body. Neither of these gentlemen are wounded to an extent that would warrant much un? easiness about their condition. The first information of the shooting was received in this city by the police of* ficers about midnight, which was in the form of a telegram stating that Mr. Gaimard had been severel wound? ed and describing the negro who did the shooting. The officers im? mediately went to the depot to inter? cept and search the train for the party described when it passed through Sumter en route to Bishopville. The officers got to the train as it was about to leave the yard, but in time to smuggle Officer Pierson into the caboose. He went to Bishopville with the show, and the succ?s of his trip was made known to the local au? thorities by a telegram stating that he had the man and would leave for Sumter on the first train. A white man and two negroes have also been arrested and held as witinesses to the crime. Officer Pierson and his prisoners will reach town this after? noon. At 4 o'clock Mr. Gaillard rallied and regained consciousness. His pulse was stronger and his condition gave a very slight ground for hope of re- . covery. His wound is of the most serious nature and if he recovers it will be a miracle. The ball perfora? ted the bowels in thirteen different i places and landed in the muscles of the back. J. E. GAILLARD DEAD. One of Sumter's Most Popular Young Men Has Passed Away. From The Daih- Item, Oct. S. The gloom of an untimely death i has spread a shadow of sorrow over the entire county. Genial, big heart? ed, jolly Ted Gillard has passed to ; the great beyond from among those - to whom he was dear and those who i could grasp him by the hand and call 1 him friend. It may truly be said of him that he loved the world and the ] world lovod him. No more popular young man ever lived in Sumter. He was a Knight of Pythias, a Woodman ] of the World and a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of ' Elks. Ail of these secret orders sent 1 representatives today to pay the last 1 tributes of respect at he grave of < their deceased brother. After the operation that he under" went at the hospital, his short rally s brought hope n:?-l encouragement to those who eagerly awaited news of his con lition, but on Sunday morning he grew gradually worse, and died at : about 31:30 o'clock.. He was in the 1 THE GAILLARD INQUEST. A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE TESTIMONY AT HEARING TODAY. Thc Evidence Is Cumulative That the Negro Known Among the Circus People as "Campfire Bill," Who Was Head Cook For the Show Did the Shooting-White Man Held as Accessory. From The Daily Item, Oct. 8. Coroner Flowers yesterday em pannelled a jury to inquire into the death of Mr. J. E. Gaillard, who was fatally wounded on Friday night by a negro man in the employ of Cole Brother's circus. The inquest was, however, not concluded. The testi? mony of one of the witnesses exam? ined involved the white man under arrest and in the .?ail at Bishopville, and in order that the whole affair might be thoroughly probed, further investigation was postponed until tomorrow so that additional wit? nesses might be summoned before the jury and required to testify. Coroner Flowers has issued subpoena writs re? quiring the attendance upon the jury tomorrow of five citizens of Manning and two from Bishopville. Mr. Charles Hasselden, being first sworn, testified as follows: He was at the depot at Manning on October 5, 190?, Mr. Gaillard passed me and rode up to the circus train on horse? back. Mr. Gaillard called to me and made some remarks about the train being a very short one. A negro came off the train and inquired if anyone wanted him. Mr. Gaillard replied, but he d:d not remember what the answer was. The negro then fired on Mr. Gaillard twice, and turning fired on him, striking him in the chest. He then fired at Mr. M. O. Burkett. He fired five shots in all. Mr. M. O. Burkett testified as fol? lows: That he was also in Manning on the 5th day of October, 1906. He met Mr. Gaillard at the depot. Mr. Gaillard and Mr. Hasselden engaged in a private conversation, of which he heard nothing. Then Mr. Gaillard started up the street. Mr. Gaillard made some remarks about the train; he rode up within ten or twelve feet of the train. A negro stepped off the train, made some remarks to Mr. Gailla^nftpimd cursed at him. The ne? gro then threw his hand to his hip pocket, drew his pistol and fired up? on Mr. Gaillard. He then turned and fired upon both Mr. Has elden and me, striking both of us. Mr. Gaillard cried out that he was mor? tally wounded. I went to Bishopville on the 6th of October and saw the man in jail that did the shooting. He was positive that the man he saw in jail .was the man that did the shoot? ing. This is Dr. Walter Cheyne's state? ment: "Being sworn, I, Walter Cheyne, M. D., state that by reason of the knowledge derived from an operation performed on J. E. Gaillard on the 6th day of October, 1906, that his death was caused by gunshot wounds of the intestine (About 13 in number) and the shock and hemor? rhage therefrom. The following gentlemen comprised the jury: R. L Manning, foreman; Leo. Miller, J. P. Booth, J. H. Cun? ningham, A. J. Stubbs. J. M. Wood? ley, S. B. Mitchell, Geo. D. Shore, W. B. Boyle, W. H. Seale, D. J. Winn, Jr., and J. C. Huger. From The Daily Item, Oct. 9. Coroner Flowers resumed the in? quest in the matter of the killing of Mr. J. E. Gaillard at 10:30 o'clock today in the Court House. There was an interested crowd of about fifty or more people present throughout the examination of the witnesses. There was some delay at the begin? ning as it was decided to employ a stenographer to take the testimony. Mr. L. L. Hunter was finally en? gaged to act. Dr. S. C. Baker was the first wit? ness. His testimony, which was sub? mitted in writing, described the wound that caused the death of Mr. Gaillard. In brief he said that the 34th year of his life, just in the prime of manhood. His mother and sister, Miss Mary, survive him. This morning at 9 o'clock, from the ? home of his mother, the remains of i Mr. Gaillard were taken to Stateburg ; where the interment and burial ser- : ^ice took place at 1 o'clock. A ? large, number of Sumter people ac? companied the remains. The active pall bearers were: 1 Messrs. J. C. Huger. T.. R. William- ; son. Tom DuBose, W. L. McCutchen. E. S. Booth and A. S. Flud. Honary: . Messrs. W. A. Bowman, W. H. Kp- ; person, IT. W. Scarborough, W H. : Seale. A. B. Stuckey and Alfred Owens. ., *^tf?j*?? Powder AbsolutelyFure A wholesome cream of tartar baking powder. Makes the finest* lightest, best flavored biscuit) hot breads, cake and pastry? Alum and alum-phosphate powders are injurious. Do not use them. Examine the label BOYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. NEW VOW", ball entered the left side of the al domen, passed across to the rigl side and lodged in the right hip bon perforating the intestines in il course. The bullet, a 38 caliber wa produced and delivered to the core ner. Dr. Baker stated in reply t questions that Mr. Gaillard made n statement except that he was sittin on horseback when shot. Mr. Hasel den, who testified at th hearing on Sunday was put on th stand. He stated that he went t Columbia yesterday, saw the negr known as Campfire Bill in the peniten tiary and positively recognized hir as the man who shot Mr. Gaillard Mr. Burkett and himself. Mr. Henry Clark, of Manning, wa in the office at the Manning depot and heard the reports of the pisto but did not see any of those con cerned. Heard no disturbance an< did not know anyone had been sho for sometimes aterwards. When th< circus train pulled out for Sumte: about twenty minuses later, he saw ? white man standing on the platforn of one of the coaches with a pisto in his hand. Said he would recogniz< the man if he saw him again. Geo Spivens, train master of Cole Br?then show, who was arrested in Bishopvill? last Saturday as a witness, was brought in. Mr. Clark positivelj identified him as the man he sau with the pistol. \ Mr. Plummer Clark, of Manning, standing on the depot platform when the shooting occurred some dis? tance down the track. Heard two re? ports and turning, saw three flashes as the pistol was discharged the three last times. The shooting was too far away for him to see anyone in the darkness. He also saw a white man on the car platform with a pistol in his hand as the train pulled out. George Spivens was brought in and was identified as the man with the pistol. John Washington, colored, a speci? al policeman on the Manning force the day of the circus, was at the de? pot when the shooting occurred but was some distance away and did not know that anyone had been shot un? til he went up town sometimes after the circus train left. Saw white man on platform of one coach with pis? to7 in his hand when the train pulled out. Identified Spivens as the man. Mr. McSwain Woods, of Manning, said he went to the depot after the night performance of Cole Brothers show Friday night to see the show loaded. He was standing on depot platform when shooting occurred and saw the flashes. There were two flashes close together and then three more in quick succession. Saw a man on platform of one car with pistol in his hand when the train pulled out. but did not think he could recognize him if he were to see him again. He heard no fuss before or after the shooting to atract his attention to the spot where the shooting occur? red. George Spivens. white, train maser of Cole Brothers s?.ows, said that he superintended the loading of the show as was his duty. He heard the shooting but was not near where it occurred. He knew nothing about ii and saw none of those concerned in it. Did not know anyone had been shot until after reaching Bishopville next morning. Then heard that a man had been shot through the hand. The morning he got to Bishopville he drank too much liquor and was mad besides about things going wrong. He did not remember ex aetly what he had said to the flag? man ot the train, Mr. J. C. McLeod. In talking about the shooting he had asked him if a man was not justi