Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Till: hi \| TVW WATCHMAN, i Miibfcuhed April, ISM. *Be Jwu and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Tby God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTMRON, Established June, 1SSS Vol. XXXV. No. 7. NOfil KILLED HIMSELF. - UREAT JAPANESE UENKR\L PAYs THIIU TF Tl> KMPEROH. (Mltjuillnii Huh Not Efftuvd Ancient Custom* In Japan?Nogl and III W ft> Pay Supreme Houur to Hictr Ruler. Tokyo, Sept. 14.?Oen. Count Mare ?unke Nogt. supreme military coun? selor of the Japense empire, and his wife, the Count es* Noffi. committed suicide tonight in accordance with an ancient custom a* a final tribute to their departed emperor and friend. Mutsuhlto. The death by their own hands of lythe famous general and his wife whs as dramatic as it was sad. The gen? eral cut his throat with a short sword and the countess committed hari kari. Following the samurai custom, the couple had carefully prepared their plann for killing themselves and timed them so that they would be coincident w'tb |be departure fjr ever from Tokyo of the dead emperor. Oen Nog I and the countess had at? tended the funeral services of Mut suhtto at the palace here today and it was expected that they would proceed to Aoyama tonight with the cortege. Instead, however, at the conclusion of the ceremony at the palace, they withdrew to their modest home in Akasak'i. a suburb of Tokyo, and there began their final preparations i for death. First the general wrote a letter to his new emperot, Yoshlhito, which later was found beside his body. Then he draped in mourning a portrait of the late emperor, which hung on the wall, and afterwards he and hie wife dressed themselves In full Japanese k costume und drank a farewell cup of sake from cups which had been pre? sented to the general by Mutsuhito. Darkness had Valien and Oen. Nogl and the countess sat and iwaited the signal they had agreed upon to an? nounce their leave taking. This was ? Ihr booming of a signal gun on the I 'palace grounds at Tokyo which was j to let the people know that the body of the emperor was starting on the \ funeral car for Its la?t resting place. As the boom of the gun resound.-i I through the clear still night. Oen. No*t arose and grasping in bis band a short sword plunged It Into bia throat while the countess stahhed b.?T*?df through the body. A student who resided In tho Nogl home lo ud the full of the bodies and rushed into the room. Lying upon the tloor were ( the hero of fort Arthur and his wife. 1 r...th still were breathing, but their spasmodic gasps showed plainly that death was near. The student hur? ried for aid ggf when he returned j with It both the general and the i countess were dead. * The tragedy created a profound I senaallon and eggggggtggg of sorrow were heard on every hand tonight. J Especially grief stricken was Prince i Arthur of Connaught, the special en- I voy of the funeral of Mutsuhito of [ (ireat Urltain. Prim e Arthur was to have gone with Oen. Nogl tomorrow ! to the former capital of iijj Shoguna- | te or Kumakura. I TfcgOg who know Oen. Nogl will de- 1 clared that bis calmness la killing himself tonight was the kind of stoicism he always had displayed, no' matter what erlogt faced him. They Instanced tho famous charge of Jap anese up 203 Metre hill during the Kussiapgggggj war. when, as com? mander of the Japanese third arm\, Nogl sew the Russians mow down his forces In hundreds, among them two of his own sons, and yet quietly and feareasly continued the battle, tsklng the hill and eventually httgg handed the oirreruler of Lieut. Oen. stoessel at Port Arthur. n. < 'ount NokI wan a nati mal hero in Japan It w?* he who ap tured Port Arthur from |gg RgggJggf In 1904 and assur? d the succees 0 hie country In the bOttlfl a| Muuden. The niunt w is hoi n if Haul In he gffgSjggCe of t'hosbu. In 1849. I'urlllg the Iglgg rehelllon Nog fought bravely \{ tin ggtUefl oi Tamagcuhl an I Twgrgggkf and Wgl wounded. After the rehelllon was ?uppreased he w is made a lieutenant colonel. Hocomminded 'he first brigade ot Infantry In the CgtQjO-JagOnSOS war and captured Port Arthur in one day I ?n tho outbreak of the Russo Japanese war In 1901 Oen. Nogl w II isppolnted commander of the third army Mis force took HI Metre hill after terrible slaughter and also de? stroyed the Kus?lan squadron In port. n. Nogl personally received Oen. Sfoessol'l SgOggagl |C surrender Port Arthur. FAUL HAZING CAUSES STIR. GOVERNOR OF NORTH C AROLINA ORDER! AN INVESTIGATION. CalLs loon l*realUeiit <>r State Vni verstty to Make Complete Inquiry Into Circumstances Attending heath of Freshman Whom So? phomores were Making Dunce on Barrel, when Ho was Wounded so that He Died. Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 13.?Governor Kitchln tonight caded upon President Venable, of the State University, to make complete Investigation of the death of Isaac William Rand, a fresh? man, as the alleged result of hazing by four sophomores. The coroner's Inquest at Chapel Hill this afternoon resulted in holding A. R. Styron. of Wilmington; W. C. Mer rirnon. of Wilmington; A. C. Hatch, of Mount Olive, and R. W Oldham, of Raleigh All are sophomores and are held In default of $5,000 bond each. The evidence brought out was that Rand was forced by the sophomores to sing and dance on a barrel, and that while performing the part he was either thrown by the barrel be? ing kicked from under him or he fell. A piece of broken bottle pierced his neck, severing the jugular vein and carotid artery. Two freshmen fled, but two others, and Rand's room mate, also the victim of the prank, remained and called for help. Rand died In ten minutes. President Venable had the four hoys arrested and an inquest was held this afternoon. Qen. Julian HL Carr, a millionaire of Durham, announced tonight that he would raise the bonds and allow the hoys to return to their parents. 1MPERIVL FCNERAL. Mutsulilto's Funeral Procession Moves to AoyaniH. Tokyo, Sept. 14.?The body of Em? peror Mutsuhlto was conveyed from Tokyo to Aoyama tonight on the first stage of the journey to its last rest? ing place at Monoyamiu It was a picturesque though solemn >rocession. Dorne on a two-wheeled cart drawn by oxen the huge easke. containing tho body of "The Emperor Of the Era of Enlightenment" WSH taken through lines of soldiers, back Of whom thronged countless thous? ands of natives and numerous for? eigners, over the three miles of road:? brilliantly lighted by torches and arc ] lights. I'nder the glare of these the I black and white funeral poles and | sacred trees stood out in l*dd relief 1 from the background of mourning ? draped and bellagged buildings. Following the impressive funeral services of today in the palace her: j tbo single detonation of a gun to- , night served an announcement to Up? waiting thousands in Tokyo that th.j j cortege was leaving the palace for j Aoyama. The tiring of this gun alsc. j It developed later, was the signal for . the suicide of (Jen. Nogi and his wift, who killed themselves so that they might be with the departed em? peror, Whom the general had served SO well In life. Within the palaOC park torches and ? lectrto lights illuminated the spec* taOlg Of the casket being conveyed from the palace and placed on the fumral car. One hundred thousani peraOM had noon favored with per? mits to gator the park and they stool silent as a military salute of IUI guns Was fired in honor of the dead ruler. Tha pallbearers included (Jen. Ku rokl. Gen. Oku, Admiral Togo, Vice Admiral Sato and Viscount Injuin. Immediately after the cortege de? parted the shades in the upper pal? ate windows were drawn and Empei - or Yo>i hihito proceeded in carriage to Aoyama? Mis majesty was accom** paaled by Prince K at sura, the lord chamberlain, who wore the uniform ol ? fuii general. At midnight the detonation of guns n.iH heard In every corner of tin- em* plre, It was ihn supreme moment of the ceremon] at Aoyama, when the emperor and the empress knelt be? j d< the Wer of the departed monarch ami prayed, while Ihe entire seeem* blage utood with bowed heads. Thous? ands ol bells In Ihe Buddhist temples md Christian churchei lolled it this h air and minute guni boomed on sea and land. Marriage License Record. Marriage licenses were Issued Frl df to Mr. ilertle <'. Young and MI Carrie Cole Flayer of Lynchburg, < Ine was also issued to Nathaniel Hunter and .1 aide Dennett of I [aMOod. A whiskey glass Is Ji tumbler?and so is I man who drinks too often from it. SHIPS TO, SANTO DOMINGO. MILITARY INVASION OF BLACK REPUBLIC MAY FOLLOW. Revolutionist* Belle Virtually All Cus? toms Along; Holder und Kmlungcr Interest! of Americans. Washington, Sept. 18.?American warships probably Will he sent at once to Santo Domingo as the result of a revolution that has broken out there and the seizure of the customs houses by Iba rebels. Invasion of the black republic by American forces also may be necessary for advices reaching the State department late today were to the effect that the revo'utlonists had seized virtually all the custom houses along the Dominlcan-Haitien frontier. These are under American supervis? ion. The action of the rebels is puzzling to State department officials. In past revolutions the leaders have carefully avoided Interfering with the custom houses, since thus they would invite action by the United States. Their high handed methods now, it is fear? ed, indicate that no foreign property is safe. Plans for the military expedition are being guarded with more than usual secrecy. It was acknowledged today by officials here that the sit? uation was serious. Orders probably Will be Issued for the sending of sev? eral detachments of marines as soon as the necessary vessels are forthcom? ing The gunboat Wheeling at Guanta nar.io, the gunboat Tacoma at Blue fields, Nicaragua, and the protected cruiser Oes Molnes, at Key West, each carrying a complement of marines and a full crew of bluejackets are the most available forces for the work. None is more than threo days away from the island. The gunboat Petrel is already in Santo Domingo waters. The custom houses of the Island, controlled by the United States by treaty, must be protected against seizure by the revolutionists. Further than that advices this morning conveyed news of eo serious a nature that the State department began preparations for immediate ac? tivity. The latest outbreak is believed to be promoted by the prime movers in the recent Insurrection which culmi? nated in the battle of Dajabon August 4-6, when that place was taken by the revolutionists. Latest reports to the State depart? ment indicate that, notwithstanding reassuring promises from the Domini? can government, that revolution sever has been completely suppressed, but has smouldered only to break out afresh and with greater intensity. Officials her?' believe the movement has been fomented by a junta In New York. Oen. Horatio Vasques, a prom? inent member of the cabinet of Pres? ident Caceres, who was assassinated I last November and who was a candi i date for presidency when Gen. Eu ! ladio Victoria was sleeted, Is Interest? ed in it. Whan Victoria assumed the preeidentlal chair, Vasques tied to Haiti and afterward was reported in .W w York. Although the rebellious sentiment is supposed to be widely disseminated, the focus Is between Puerto Platz on the northcoaet and Sanchez on th.e Hay of Samana. News reached here today of a san? guinary battle within the last 4S hours at a small town In that section. Al? though the Dominican government claims victory for its army, the rebel movement is believed to have sus? tained rio serious check. Officials ?t ttlS State and navy de? partments here decided on further ob? servations and to await developments of the next day or two before dis? patching warships to the Island. The petrel is on her way to Guan tanamo to replenish her coal supply, she promptly win be dispatched to the e.ist or north coast or* Santo Do? mingo when she has tilled her hunk? ers, unless it Is found that the gun* boat Wheeling is more available for th it service, sum J, Nieb?ll-. iHvlliio**, Bpartanburg, Sept. 12.?--8am J. Nicholls, who was yesterday appoint? ed ;i member of the board of regents of the Stiio Hospital for the Insane hy Qov, Mease, has declined to ac? cept the appointment, Mr, Nicholls was appointed to succeed .1 Wright Nash of this city, who resigned, Mr. Nicholls says his duties here will no! allow him to give the time necessary to the work required of members of the hoard. Sono men are horn poor, some achieve poverty and other,', meet up v. Ith h freinled financier, ANARCHY IN BULUTH. \ - BUSINESS BOD.i;s APPEAL TO GOVERNOR. Mob storms street Quern?*Compel Company to Suspend Service Alter Six Men are Beaten by Hoodlums. Duluth, Minn., Sept. 13.?Business organizations tonight appealed to Gov. Eberhardt for troops to help quiet the riotous outbreaks that to? day compelled the street car company to suspend service after six car men had been Injured by strikers and tv?*>< friends. Five arrests were m |4|0> the police could do little v crowds. Stone throwers were lost in the mass and there were not enough officers to drive back the attackers. Mob violence flung itself up the main street and through the city to da>, coming from the west end, where for most of the week an ungoverned mass of men has dared the police and wrecked the cars. The mob stopped Ions enough to uproot and destroy a starting station, then went on to meet a cross current at Lake avenue, where mill hands joined the west enders just as a car came into sight. The conductor and motorman each receiv? ed a beating, one being pitched through a window. The crowd then dissolved. In the West End the 5,000 men, boys and women stood with missiles. A car would clang into the crowd. Trie motorman would put on all power drop to his knees in the vestibule and try to run through packed humanity, but his trolley pole would be pulled from the wire, the crowd, pouring though the car, would beat the car crew until in some instances they had to be carried bruised and bleeding to drug stores. Appeals, demands, charges and countercharges were made today by civic organisation heads and municipal officials. Busi ness organizations are appealing by wire and telephone for State troops to quell the trouble. Gov. Eberhardt is hastening back to St. Paul to look Into the Duluth situation. lie may order the troops here. Tonight way, looked forward to wi :h great apprehension by the police Talking of firing the car barn after dark was heard In the crowds today The street car company gave up early this afternoon and called in Its cars Many w ild rumors were afloat durum the day. one declaring that several strike breakers had been killed, but this was untrue. VICTOR ALLEN ACQUITTED. Verdict in Last of HlllevlUe Cases Greeted with Applause. Wythevllle, Vs., Sept. 13.?"Not guilty," was the verdict rendered by the jury in the case of Victor Allen, charged with participation In the Hilsville Court House murders on the 14th of March last. Tho announce ment brought a demonstration from the spec tators, a large portion of w hom were women. Arguments were completed this af ternOQB at 4.30 O'clock and the ease was given at once to the jury. It was out thirty minutes considering their verdict. When it was announced, Mr. Poague, of counsel for the Common? wealth addressed the Court, stating that he and his assistants desired to do no more than their duty, and with the permission of the Court the other indictments against the defendant would be dismissed. This was done The prisoner, surrounded by his four small children, received the congratu? lations of many in the room, and is he shook hands with the jury tears coursed down his cheeks. Many of the Court room spectators were wo? men. This Is the last of the trials grow? ing out of the shooting up of the Carroll County Court, last March, when the presiding judge, the sher? iff, the Commonwealth's attorney, a Juror and o witness met death at the hands of the Allen clan. For the mur? ders, two men have been sentenced to the electric chair, Floyd Allen and Claude Allen, father and brother of the matt who was acquitted today. Two other members of the clan, Friol Allen and Sldnn Rdwards, were given long t? im* in the penitentiary, Cld na Allen and Wesley Edwards, who escaped, are still at large with ap? parently little hope of their capture, Mr. tl, T. China win in- tgent. The many friends of Mr J. T. China will be glad to know that he will soon return to make his home in sumt< r Mr. China will he sent here by the new South Carolina Western Railroad as their agent for Sumter, Mr. China i a former resident of Sumter and Is verj popu* i i r here. ORDERED ON FRONTIER. AMERICAN THREATS DRIVE TO QUIET REBELS. situation There Seeon Better ? Elsewhere Than on Border Revolu? tionary Outbreaks Been to be Con- J tinning. Washington, Sept. 13.?There was a distinct air of relief in the war de? partment today when Oen. Shuler re? ported from Douglas, Ariz., the with? drawal southward of th* Mexican threat ? C *?*?P1# e bor ? ?rvrn uouglas. The retreat is be? lieved to be largely due to the un? compromising attitude of the Ameri? can patrol. Orders to prevent fight? ing at Agua Prieta, if fire was di? rected toward Douglas, would have been carried out to the letter, accord? ing to the general staff, even if that involved the sending of Americpjis across the international boundary. While the situation on the border has been improved, reports continue to arrive of revolutionary outbreaks in other sections of Mexico. Zapatistas are said to be threatening the town of Antigua on the coast north of Vera Cruz. Uprisings are momentarily ex? pected in the States of Coahuilla and Xuevo Leon, according to advices from the State department. The rebel plans in that quarter are said to include the capture of Monterey and Saltillo and the destruction of San Pedro, the home town of President Madero. The Mexican government is sail to be hurrying reinforcements to El Tigre, Sonora, where is situated X>n*i of the richest mines in Mexico, oper? ated by American capital. An attack by the rebels there is said to be im? minent. GOV. JOHNSON SEES RACES. Progressive Vic*- President Nominee Admits it and Waits Till the Heat is Over. Chicago, Sept. 12.?That human In? terest on a hot day centres more eas? ily In a horse than in politics was the decision of Oov. Johnson today at the Streator fair when he delayed starting his address until after the 2.02 trot had been finished. Amid applause the Progressive vice presi? dential nominee said: "My friends, I preach the doctrine of the human race but no race can compare with a horse race. Let us see the heat out." Then he faced the horses and saw the heat run off. Some saw an anal? ogy between the start of the horse race and the political contest. A horse named Teddy was a long time get? ting started, but the race finished with Teddy in the lead and the crowd shouted: ? Teddy wins." "He always does and will this year," remarked the governor. Qov. Johnsons' itinerary today car? ried him through the scenes of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates of lN?:*. His addresses dealt mainly with social and industrial questions. Cheering crowds greeted him in every city he visited, At uttawa the governor compared the critics of the Progressive party to the man who put his fingers in a buzz saw to prove it would rtin. The governor returned to Chicago tonight ami tomorrow he will address the Progressive convention in Milwaukee. ST CHARLES BANK OFFICERS. Stockholders of New Bank Met and Elected Officers Friday. The Hank of St. Charles was or? ganized Friday at a meeting of the stockholders when a board of direc? tors and officers for the institution were elected. The capital stock of the bank was made 112,000, although more than this amount had been subscribed. The officers of the new enterprise are: President, R. 1. Manning; v ce presidents. D. L. Shaw and R, M. Jen? kins; cashier, T, E, Cooper The board of dir? ctors consist of the following men: D. L. Shaw, Ed? win Wilson, i >r Walter Cheyne, K. M. Jenkins, K, M. Cooper, T, E. Cooper ami Ft. i. Manning. The ro w bank is an Independent one ami. situated as it Is In the heart ot a prosperous farming district, is expected to do a good business. A home has been secured n the T. E, Cooper store which will be re? modelled and renovated at once, and the bank will open for business as soon as the contemplated changes on tIn. building will nib>w, A girl's Idea of a fast soung man Is one who trie* lo flirt with her; if he doesn't she dubs him low. SELLING AFFECTED GO ITH. PERSISTENT ATTACKS ON MAR? KET SHOOK UP HOLDINGS. Bean ere Contending that c rop will Reach Fourteen Million Bales, but Bulls are Numerous and Argue that tills is not Probable wldle De? mand will bc> Much Heavier than Had Been Expected. New York, Sept. 13.?Cotton prices have felt the effects of heavy selling for both sides of the account. Large spot concerns have sold freely and free offerings in Liverpool of the ac? tual cotton have also been a note? worthy feature. Also Waldorf As? toria interests have attacked the mar? ket persistently and fiercely, offering blocks of from 10,000 to 25,000 bales at a time. The effect has been to dislodge a good many holdings among smaller traders which, in the aggre? gate, proved large, while some large holdings have also, it is understood, been shaken out. The receipts at Texas points have been large. The ginning figures is? sued by the census beureau evidently impressed many as relatively large. Liverpool has sold here. So have Wall Street and Western houses. Memphis and apparently the Southwest have at times sold freely. From many points of the belt favorable reports have been received, including sections I where dry, hot weather was supposed to be doing harm. Liverpool spot sales have been small. Spinners have bought the actual cotton sparingly in this country. Bears contend that the crop looks like 14.000,000 and that with supplies carried over from last year and increased crops in India and Egypt stocks will bo so liueral that prices must decline. On the other hand many reports in? sist that a good deal of shedding is resulting from continued hot, dry weather over much of the belt, that the deterioration usually in August is going on now and that the crop is ot likely to exceed 13,500,000 bales, and many argue that it cannot reach such figures. Bulls maintain that the indications point to a world's oonsuin ution of American cotton of 14,000, 000 bales or more, so that the spin nable quality of the last crop was not so large as has been generally sup? posed and that with general trade I awakening to greater activity than for five years past on both sides of the j Atlantic, and Ann rica raising 70 per ' cent of the world crop there is every i likelihood of higher prices, especial* 1 ly after the first pressure of the re i i fipts is over. J They think that the short interest ! has been much increased, that much if not all the week long interests ha>i ? been eliminated and that the techni cal speculative position, to say noth? ing ot anything else, has been latter? ly greatly improved. Parts Of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama need rain. Temperatures in most States hve recently been notice* ably above normal. KILLING AT BAMBERG. ? - i O. Moye Dickinson Shoots W. Paul Hiley. Bamberg. Sept. i:i.?W. Paul RUey was killed by Q. Moye Dickinson at 11 o'clock last night. Mr. RUey was found with a shotgun wound in the shoulder, and another in the head. The news spread rapidly and soon the whole town was aroused. Both Mr. RUey and Mr. Dickinson are very prominent men in social and busi? ness life, and are connected with the best families of the town and com? munity. The homicide is the saddest event of the kind that has ever oc? curred here, and has cast a gloom over the entire town. At II o'clock last night two gun? shot were heard by Mr. Dickinson's neighbors, and quickly a number of people gathered to find Mr. RUey ly? ing dead on the ground. Death had occured instant! Mr. Dickinson at once hurried to Lhe jail, which is next door to bis house, and gave himself up to sheriff Hunter. His nerves were badly shaken. Coronet '/.oigler was aroused nnd . eon reach* d the scene of the kill Later tin body Wat removed t< Itileys homo. This morning th< coroner's jury assembled at the court house, the so* Itcltor having come from Alken t?> be present, Very few witnesses were ex? amined, and the f o ts surrounding the sad e\ent will not be fully known un? til the cam comes to trial in court Will <.o To Florida Mr. U, K. Brown his determined t< go to Florida ami engage In the trmk raising business. Mr. Brown will move soon to his new home in the southern part of that State.