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Plie "DO THO?, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OOB BOU LS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN IHY POSSESSION HAPPY OB OOB DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY OA?SE." BBNNBTTSVILLE, 8. C., FRIDAY MARCH 16, 1906. FATAL FICHT. Chief of l'olice White Shots and Kills Farmer Ashley IN A SHOOT] NG frCftAP Al H unca Path, S. C., and the Friends ol thc Dead Man Wanted to Lynch White, but Troops Were Sent to the Scene at Once. A terrible tragedy was enacted at Honea Path on last Thursday af ter noon, as a re. ult of which John Mar ion Ashley was killed. A dispatch to Th- State say a Chief of Polio J White undertook to arrejt a sou of Mr. Ash ley when Mr. Ashley drew bis pistol and attoinpted to shoot Mr. White, whereupon Mr. White drow bia pistol and tired twice Ju quick succession, both balls taking tiTaot, one entering the chest and the other thc stomach. Mr. Ashley also ii rid twice, one ball grazing Mr. v\ o. es thumb. After thia TUA White aimed and walked luto Hoi.a ds, when ho was lired at by some one from behind the store. There w s a large crowd in town and considerable excitement prevailed for a time. Reports were current that an attempt would bo made to lynch Mr. White and the sher.IT was tele graphed for at-d later the governor waa asked to ania company here to prevent poasibh nlo. dshed. The sher ill and a comp,...:, ?rom Anderson have arriveu and eveijt.dng ia quiet at this hour. Mr. White aunendered to tho sheriff and has been sont to Anderson. This is the ti rat homicide that has occurred within three miles of llouca P^tn. White received one wound. Excitement was high when shoot lng took pl.'.e s and all kinna of wild rumors wer: ulljat as to the intentions of tho Ashtoys, who were in Honea Path lu lai gc numbers. So far they have done nothing oxcept watoh close ly what they think ls the hiding place of white, threatening to kill bim at drat sight. Tho military company lone a Pat h. ^?ol^ m nany^waa ??nt to give tho best protection to the "po liceman. The whole town was armed and bad the Ashley's attempted to reach Whito a bloody riot would have followed. John Marlon Ashley diod about 10 o'clock Thursday night, Capt. P. K. McGuliy, Jr., arrived with the mili tary company fiona Anderson on a special tiain at the same hour. Slier Iff Green accompanied the troops aud took command of conditions In Honea Path immediately on nts an i val. Pa llet man White was piaeed cn thc special iraln ar d taken to Anderson for safe keeping. Ila vwis shot in Un hand ano is not fu riously hurt. While exo tcment WHS In leuce immediate]!) after thc shooting, lt gradually sub Bided as lime passed und when tin military ariived thc streets were o.ear ed and order waa reitored, Tue Asid, j clan began to ti in out. Tho Slate t,i.1,s news or the trouble reached Columbia ai.eui aeveu o clock Thursday ti ghi-, in a mi ssa ge o G v lit y waul, ask I II? him to uk.; aiepu ti prevent, fur. her trouble. Il seemed to be feared that the Ashleys would ab tempt to lynch Will bo if he made an (Hort to get away from the huise to which he went after the shouting. Gov. Hey ward at c ne got Into commu nication with Sherill Green of Auder son and uiatructcd him to go at once to thc scone, and ordered thc Anderson militia company to turu outsubjtct to the ordern of the sherill', giving in Htrnotions aho that a special train he secured to take the sherill' and militia to linnea Path. Sheri if Green was al ready preparing to go, although lie was sick, and ho immuliately proceed ed tinner the governor's Instructions. Capt. P. IC, Mcdill. Jr., soon liad his company read/ to leave Anderson, 36 strong, and the trip to Honea Path was evidently mane ina short time. It ls ten milos from Andersen to Helton over the Hine Ridge railroad and eight miles from Hilton to Honea Path over che Columbia and tireen ville division cf the Southern. Wnen the parly reached Honea Path White was at ol ci secured, witi.out any trouulo from him, of course, and waa taken lo Ai ch.rson hy the sheriff; Capt. McOully, it seems, remained in charge of tho situation at lljnoa Path. Hones Path ls In thc county cl An demon, hut tho killing of the negro Allen Pendleton last September, iii which John Marion Ashley and othors wcro Implicated, took place a few miles from tho town of Honea Path In Abbeville county, the town being veiy near thc lino. J;,lin Mailon Ash ley was one of the men under indict ment for the kliliig if Pendleton. The case agah st them was to hav> been heard at the emit in Abbeville last- month, but was postponif|. Pendleton, it will be remembered, killed young Jim Mooro and In turn was hims lr "lynched" by "unknown parties," fo: wh c i deed warrants were taken i ut for John Marlon Ash ley, J. lt M .ore, tho father of the boy kided, John, .1 sh and Will Mooro, hu brothers, S.im Higby and Hugh I? wen. John Marion Ashley was an uncle by marriage of tho bo> Jim Moore, and according to tho evi dence at tho inquest ho was the leader of the gang wno took Pendleton to the woods. John Marlon Ashley la a cousin of tho justly celebrated "Oitiuon" Josh Ashley, who has for so many yt.ars represented Anderson county tn the legislature. Members of tho Ashley family have had serious trouble be fore this with the police of Honea Path. Policeman. Whito, it seems, has not long been on tho forco of Honea Path. ON KW HT LINK. Tin ; M: w DISPENSARY HOARDTO CORRECT HEOENT ABUSE;). Bequest Blank Venturo Pevived in all Dispensaries and Gcods May bo Bent Back. Tho new Btate board rf dispensary directors assumed control of the busi ness Wednesday af tor noon, adopting a sensation set of resolutlonal as a starter in what promises to bo an im proved and highly interesting admin* letration. Tho resolutions assert that "several huudrod thousand dollars worth of high prioed goods" have been purchased by tho old board "with no legal record of purchase" and ap parcntly "not ordered shipped In ac cordance with law." Therefore, the resolutions say, tho board will em ploy tho best counsel lt can Und and In the event, this suspicion ls confirm ed "the shippers of these goods will bo not! tied that these goods aro herc sut J ,ot to their ordeu, and the same mu?t be removed at once." Tho resolutions go on to instruo'. the clerk to publish a complete in vjlce of the goods on hand, see that the people of tho Btate can and will see thc condition of affairs at the state dispensary on thc 1st of March, 1906." And "tho commissoner is hereby instructed not to rec ?ive any goods claimod to have been bought by oi r predecessors lo ellice, or any goods now in transit; and that no goods whatever shall bc ordered except goods purobasod by the present bjarc1 (d' directors." Tho dispensary investigating oom mittco ls called upon to furnish thc names or any whiskey houses sus prcted of unfair dealings with the state "so that we can hold up their bids " The request blank feature of the law which Senator Tillman "roasted" thc old board for allowing to fall Into disuse ls called back Into operation in no uncertain terms, delineiuents in this respect to bo Jerked up before the governor. Auother recommendation of S na tor Tillman ls carried out in chang lng tlie form of the advertisement for bids so as to put them on a competi tivo basis. Although the state dispousary is In urgent need of certain Hues of sup plies only about/ $1,200 worth of pur chases were made lu cheap goods to supply immediate needs. The board ac j Durne d to meot again on the 20tb ri tho legality of enrollases made by tue old iioatd will be further'can-' vassed. The annual stock-taking now in progress will not be complete for sov oral days. Commissioner Tatum esti mates the stock on hand at the state dispensary at 840,000. Probably moro Dhan that amount is in tho sub-dis pensaries throughout the state. Five oarsof high priced whkkoy are li iw standing in the yards, Commis sKiiier Tatum having refused them. How much more ls on the road is not known. The old board has not yet made its report te? tlie legislature. Tho only member of the old board present ."o transfer the business oo tho now board was Mr. hoy kin. Tee new board gave out a r umber of clerical Jobs today. M. H. M. bloy wa8 made olcik of tho board t.o i-u - ced G. ll. Chalks, resigned, J S J Faust, of II m ?erg, was ma.ie general b okkeeper to sue'fted Mobl?y, Miss Sadie Thrailktll, of Riohburg, suec eds Miss Floret ee McKmzlo as stenog rapher to tuc board and Wi.Ham F. Lim;-1; of Colmi bia, si deeds Joe L. fvmrp as I usp ct: r. The resolutions, which will create so much Interest, were, introduced by Mij Blaok, Tlioy were unanimously adopted. A Petri ii xi Body. Recently G. W. McKo^n, E. P. Macomson and Kenyon M ?Craw had occasion to lake up the remains of a lady relative who was buried hi the Scrv'ce grave yard, about soven miles from Gaffney, aud move it to another grave in the same cemetery. When they dug down to the box and attemp ted io move it they found it too heavy for the help at hand to move. They oponed tlie coffin and to their amt Ri ment they found that tho body was partly petrified. Tho head and feet had decayed but the rest of the bony wai perfeot. The body was re entered as was at first planned. This lady was one of Gaffney \s most highly respected I and best beloved ladies. ftluvdor Ami Muioido. A dispatch from Augusta, Ga., says M L Coiion, a young Hebrew, at an ..arly hour Thursday morning after retiring with lils wife at a house on Market street, secured a gnu, shot his wifo and then himself. Ho died in stantly. Tue woman never regained c lusciousness, and died a Short while ? f tor bi lng f? ind several hours later Tney came from Savannah a fow days ago. Tney were married hero six weeks ago. IOU tl oi< Kinn Editor. L. Stuckey, editor of The Peoplo'B Demands, was shot and killed at Col fax, La , Thursday morning by A. M. Goodwin, editor of the Colfax Chroni cle. Tlie caus i of tho tragedy was the publication of an artioleby Stuck ey which lt ls alleged was a roil dion OD the character of Goodwin. Tlie shooting occurred on the depot p!at fo.m. Gcodwl Hied turee shots, all of which took cITect, killing Stuckey almost Instantly c. ni Examiner. Tho governor, upon the recommen dation of the banks, has appointed L. C. llolleman, assistant cashier of the poople's bank of Anderson, bank exa miner. Mr. llolleman ls ;i5 years old and a fine business man. Thc salary ls 83,000 and traveling expenses, and ho ls to have an assistant at a salaiy of 81,f)00. Pitty HtorloB. New York is to have a skyscraper 50 stories In height, the top of which will bo erected at Broadway and Lib crty street by tho Singer Manufactur ing oompany. Hasty Found Quilty of Murder With Plea of Mercy. A PATHETIC SCENE, After Receiving Sentence of Life Im prisonment in the Penitentiary the Prisoner Bicaka Down and Ween s With tils Fricada In the Court Mouse After deliberating for something over twelve hours the jury oharged with the trial of George Hasty, at Gaffney, for tho murder of Milan lieu nott, brought In a verdiot on Tuesday morning of last week of guilty with a recommendation to mercy. While uo accurate pull could be ascertained, tt ls understood that tho majority of theiJnrors stood for oapital punish ment, and acquittal was not an issue. Shortly after 8 o'clook the Judge re paired to the court room and tho vor diet was announced. Tbe news of thc agreement of the Jury spread the olty like wlldtlro. Since tho men re mained out so lo.jg, tho prediction was expressed that a mistrial would result. But tho verdict was a triumph of law and order and decency. It vin dicated the majesty of the law, and will stand as a warning to thoso who think that by any meeus they can rldo h Up shod over what ls decent and ?rderly, and in doing so spill human blood and lightly escape. The senti ment In G.iiTncy was strong y against tho cen? lote d man. Tue good people of Cherckee county do not want to go on record as upholding or countenanc ing bim and their verdiot ls the best evidence <. f their opinion. At ? 30 o'clock court convi ned. At tornoys for defendant gavo motion of a new trial, which was overruled. After a bhort time George. Hasty, nandou ff ed, and accompanied by an chicer, walked down the aisle from thc main entrance f the court room in an erect and indi li?rent manner On reaching the chancel of the bar, inside of which he was soon to sit, lie pleasantly exchanged tbe greetings of the day with Gol. George Johnstone, leading c musel of the defense, who was comfortably seated near a st .ve. Ho found his accustomed place inside the railing, and beo.>me au apparently uninterested and indifferent specta tor. Judge Mom minger asked if tho de fendant was ready for sentence of court to bo imposed. Mr. H. K. Os borne, of coutisel for the defense, stated that tbe motion for a new trial would not ba argued-it would he left with the court. But an effort would be mado for the arrest of judgment under tho act ,of 1905, under which this court is held, which limits the session for one week, and tbat under this rule the verdict rendered after midnight last Saturday was null and void, and world eliminate tile parsing of sentence. Thc court replied that ne woulc be governed by section 27 which he had in view when ho carrico tho eas? ovor, and f ur i her stated that it would he left to the supremo court to be the a!biter. When the |u Jge again a^ked If the prisoner was ready for sentence, tlx icply was, "subject to our motion," ri. e court said, "lam going to ovor tule teat motton; are you ready for sentenceV" Mr. Osborne replhd, "We have no further motion, your honor." Tue pil?ouer was tuen directed to tand up, George Hasty arose and stood erect with his face iqiareiy facing the judge. There was not the slightest hat of an eyelid, tho faintest quiver or twitch of the muscles of features to indicate that he was in any way lmp;?.sscd by thc solemnity of thc occasion. But t?tere sat the, Judge In his ermine-there were the culvers of thc c mrt -about the pris oner were his lawyers and In thc rear in thu room some thieo hundred poo pie. Tho scene wah dramatic and Judge Mf.mmlnger, in addressing tho pris oner, said: "You have been tried herc on oharge of murder and you have stiff ir ed the fearful and horrible ordeal of the last live days in which your life has been hanging in the balance. 1 have endeavored to give you an abs y lutely fair and impartial trial. You havo boen represented by able and earnest counsel. You have bad the benellt of a most complete and able defense. 1 may have erred In the conduct of your lease. It ls possible, but 1 do not think so. 1 have given you my best judgment and best thought In this case, Thc jury bus convicted you and given you the bene llt of thc law, which reduces thc pun ishment for murder from hanging to imprisonment for life. Tho court hus no discretion In tho matter. "Have you anything to say why senleuce should net be pronounced on you?" Tue prisoner replied through conn sci. "Nothing, but what has been stated." Tue court said: "Listen now to thc sentence of the law. lt being lr quired of thc defen dant Gscr"<j Hasty whether he hath anything to say why sentence Should not bc pronounced against him, and he saying nothing to tho contiary ex copt what has already been said, lt 1? hereby ordained and it is thc sent once of thc law that he, George Hasty, from henceforth and hereafter, bc confined at hard labor In the State penitentiary for the remuiuder of his natural life." After concluding thescntonce Hasty resumed bb seat. After receiving tho sentenco of doom, so solemnly and Impressively uttered hy thc Judge, as he stood strong, youthful and full or life in the sunlight that beamed through the windows of tho court room, and to seating himself, lt appeared that ?las ty was a man of iron. Ifor liv.; days he had passed tho ordeal and lt, seem ed that tho cruolal test surely ha 1 boon experienced. Was the man really made of Iron? Was there any manner In willoh to reach his heart; or was he to any degree susceptible to gentler or enuc hiing inlluenceh? Then the unexpected happenod and In avery abrupt and startling manner. Ills honor had retired to tho ante room and thero was a stir and bustle about thc oort room. li v. Ernest Ross, a yoting minister, walked to the seat of Hasty and placed his arm around tho unfortunate young man. Then the pent up feelings of a week, the latent springs of emotion burnt forth in a torrent of tears. Tho young man wept unceasingly, without sound, but tho slide Od wa? more pain ful and awful thau tho sharp shrill cry of mauy babes or women. Hort was a strong man in agony. Thc minister wept with bim. Presently they wore J tined by John Kltoiilns, a bat bar and elosc friend of the prisoner he is a youth of slight build, light oom pl ex lon with hair to matoh and blue eyes. He too wept. The three made a strange plot uro as they g'oup ed 1/ gother arouud a denk in the chancel of the bar, wbllo a short ils tance off several leading lawyers car ried on a lively convocation, inter sported w'th laughs and smiloa, to tally oblivious of tho great grlof only a few feet away. When the minister departed Klteblns remained with Hasty. The two sat together In the chancel and throughout tho talk tear would trickle down Hasty's oheck and bia companion sorrowed with him. After remaining lo court room for an hour after sentence had hum pro nounced the handcuffs were placed on Hasty by the s'.ierti and bo was ac companied again to the ct unty Jill, where he will remain until the su rremo court lltially settles the matter whether or not ho will got another trial. In the event bo falla tho re mainder of hi? life will be spent in the penitentiary. Miss Sheridan and Miss Bishop were not present when sentence waa pasaeo on tho man who had deprived each of her Intended husband. These young women who, during their stay her. have been shown many courtesies am attentions lo Gaffney, will return tc morrow and Tl u rad ay to their north era hom's. Misa Bishop g?;es to Chicago and Miss Sheridan to Now York. The writer has lt ou excellent authority that thc verdict of the j irv ls satisfactory to these young women, who have tull* red so much as the re sult of the tragedy, Mr. J. C. Outs, pf counsel for the prosecution, received a telegram from N. M. Comlelgh, president of thc Ac tors' S cloty of America, which reads as follows: "Congratulations to you and o'har gentlemen, who so admirable con ducted pios?o ition. Compliments to Mr. Sease and thanks to you all for magniiieent defence of ladles' diarao tors against Johnstone s cowardly as 8uult#" aaas ? ;_~ - LOST IN THE SlRfiKTS. S'x Oblblron DiHaopoAr in Now York In T\v.> Days. A dispatch from New York says Into the mysterious maze of tho me tropolis six children have vanished from their homes since Monday with out leaving a single clew to aid their relatives and the p dice In the search which ls belnir made for them. Albertina Wolr.z, Mfteen years old, pretty and tall, left her home at No. 5"J8 East Om. Hundred and Fifty, third street, Moi diy morning to go to her wi rk ai thc Eitorprlao Dyeing c mpany'ri p'ant at C Jumbos avenue ?.od Eighty-fifth street. Sha has not boon seen since, although every tlf ri hus be- n made to lind her. Her par ents ballcvo that she bas been kidnap ped. Margaret Kemp, aged thirteen year?, aud 10 Ina Wyaiss, aged ten, temporarily held at thc Laura Frank lin home and hospital for foatraent, were seen ta1 king to a strange man Monday afternoon on the hospital pi azza. Tiley have not been seen since, although they wore dressed In thc gray uniform of the home, and are bc mg sought by the police, tho Gerry society and their relatives. Thomas Rowlina, aged eighteen, of No. 1514 Lexington avenue, invited A milo Hyams, ?ged sixteen, of No. 115 Eist Nltietv-t'ightb Street, to go out and get soma soda v/ater with him Monday ev bing, Thc b.iy displayed ?S50 In the store. After leaving thc store nothing has been seen of the youth and ins e ?mpanlon, General alarms have ht on sent out In the ?ftse of each of tho missing children, an I all tho policemen i f ov ery precli ct have been searching for timm, but in vail, so far. ftiiirdorei Frood, Word roncho i Poonevllle, Owsley county, Ky., Fri ay, that tho Court -f Appeals .had domed a rehearing to Hiram Brandenburg, who was rt . e. nily "on vie ted of tho murder of ll I.? rt Lynch. At an eaiiy hour that leeming half a dozsn friends of the condemned man entered tue rosl dence of the J tiler, John ll/ker, and at the p lint of their pistol.? compel" ?erl him to open thc door of the priSOu and release lila prisoner. They lock ed tho jailer In the cell with bis own keys. The Jailer says he ?a car tain he does not know who tho men were, nig <i nu Ti Htio. "How does the j"g tr.ido hold OUlV queried a Herald reporter toan em pioye of thc S ?Uth?rn Ehtpross c mpa nv EViday. There ls a s Ight Increase, you might say, Instead of the seventy live gabon por day average, lt would oe a conservative estimate to put lt any whi r, frrm e ghty to ninety Ral? lons pi r r ay. On Some dayl Pr. (iay and Sui unlay s for instat e i, there la a tremendons rush; but tho average throughout tim week will hold good at eighty or ninety gallons per day. This from the Spartanburg Herald shows that tho jug trade In that ol ty ls flourishing, Found in ? Tree. When a q lanlty of nitro glycerine exploded near Willlamston, W. V., two weeks ago, n D. ivarr wasciriv lng a wagon in which it Wftfl being carried. All that could be found of him Immediately after tho explosion was a few pieces of llosh and these were shipped to Ohio for burial. Fri day his laooratcd body was found In a tree three hundred foot from the soeno of the explosion. Over Twelve Hundred Men En tombed in a Furnace. TERRIBLE DISASTER. Hundreds sf Bodies Have Been Tsken Ont. Trance ls Shocked by the Magnitude of the Catastrophe the Worst In Mining A rliepatch from Paris says a min ing catastrophe of Incaluable horror and magnitude has stricken thc groat coal centre of northern France. An explosion of tirc-damp at 7 o'clock Saturday morning carrlod death and destjuotton throughout the network of o ' al mines centered at Courrlore, and Ure followed tho explosion, mak Irg pscue dinioult, and almost 1m P legible. AU France has been pro funnily sheeked by the magnitude of che disaster, whioh 1B said to be the gre;* ?.est in the history of continental minirg. T ie hcene of the catastrophe ls the mountainous mining region near L?ns in the department if Pat-de-Oalaia. Here are huddled small hamlets of ihe'mlnc workers, who operate thc mos o produo:ive coal mines in France. Tro subterraman chambers form a s rles of tunnels. Six of tho outlets am noar Dens, and others are at Cou-rlere, Verdun and many other points The output of these mines lb par:jculu.rv aombmtible and is largely usen lo tho manufacture of gas and In smelting. About 2,000 mlne^ work the group of mines and, with .heh- families, make a population of fro/;? 0,000 to 8,000 souls The catastrophe took piace shortly af'or 1 705 msu hud descended Into the .mino Saturday mornlug. There wr.i a deafening explosion .vhloh wrs followed by the cages and mild: g ap paratus bciug hurled from tim mouth or the Courlere mino. Men and h( rs?.s nesfiby outside the mino woro either ml/ic cilice was t'^rn cit. Immediately oluiw1-.- the explosion tho flames :,j^.< . .jai thc mouth of tho pit, driv Ingfback those without who sought to enter and dooming those within. The work of attempting to resoue tho imprisoned miners was hastily be gun by i Mel?is, engineers and miners irora the uurrounding mlues, who trorued parties and made heroic ef forts to penetrate thc smoke and foul gases and bring out the imprisoned men. Tho families of the entombed miners crowned about the shaft, seek lng fathers or hUMb.audsand threaten ing In their efforts to obtain details to force Lack the gendarmes who kept them from the mouth of the pit. Toe populace of the district is appalled hy the disaster which ill ct s overy household. Those persons who were rescued were terribly ..inned. lb baa beon learned that cut of 1,7'J? men who ri- ?cended into thc pi is bc work, only 501 have come up, leav ing 1,204 burled in tho three pits. Throughout the afternoon bbc heroic . IT rts at rescue were continued, but nightfall brought the oouvlebion thai the entombed men had been suffocated and tho dlapatch fruin Lille at 8 45 p. m. announcing bbc norah :r of death at 1,1115 appears bo remove bhe lasb hop.; Chat Obliers may bo broughb bo the surface alive. Some cf bhe imprisoned miners soughb to escapo to bhe pit? whioh re mained iutaob and Bcveral resoues were made. Tho tirsb cages carno up ab 10 o'clock wibh about a ch./.in half suffocated men, who were promptly taken to the hospital. Among them was M Voisin, an ongluoor, wno had attompted to organ/.) a suocor. To wards noon wounded workmen began to bc brought up In tho baskets r?ud the bodies of two men were taken from ?;lt. 10. It ls fearod tho remainder had been asphyxiated. Assistance reach ed (Jour ri ere from all sections cf the department and a large force of volun teers took parb in tho efforts mado to rei 0U0 tho entombed miners, recover the bodies of tho killed and help In I e killed and help in the work of sal 'ago. 0.:e of tho rescued miners, Pierre Dasson, said: "1 was 280 metres from thc shaft when I heard a deafening explosion. The air Immediately bf oame iarlfled and tilled with poisonous vapors. Instinctively 1 groped m> way toward tin |bottom of tho shaft of pit 2, near whioh I round a number cf suffocating comrades who had fallen ocipless in thc galleries and were cry i .g for assistance. 1 assisted thom to mount the trolley ami thus thoy were 'nabled t.o reach the shaft." A state jfstupor and desolation prevails ove.i the Courrierc mining reg O I. Toe most agonizing scenes aro witnessed at the pit mi ir hs and tho gendarmes xperh coe the utmost difficulty In re straining tho crowds of people eager io ascertain the fate of their relatives. Thc chief engineer of tho di part mint Pa i-.li-Jal?is, M. L'on, says that tho Ure haiku out In tho pit ab ;j o'clock lasb Monday afternoon and tim engineers ocped with it aa best they were able, bub bhab Friday, hi ing unable to master it, they closed all the outlets. Fissures, he thinks, must havo formed which permitted the gases to cjcipo and these becom ing lg .ltod, resulted in an explosion. Orio of tho engineers of the mine says that the cage was unable to descend moro than 150 motres, whilo tho gal-, lory where tho miners aro entombed is 50 motres farther down. Rescuers who descended In bills cage report having heard distinctly the im prisoned mon tapping on thc water pipes, bub bbc hopo that was rekindled by thia statement was extinguished by IOnglnoor Loon, who estlmatod that lt would take eight days to dis lodge tho dobrls in the shafts, and History. killed. Tho ro*>f of the that meanwhile the miners would die, either from starvation or asphyxiation The latest news news received in Paris is to the o iv-.ot that reaouers wore still at work, but wero making uliKht progress, their work hoing moat dlQlcult and dangerous. Up to tho presont time 150 bodies hava been taken from pits 10 and ll, all the having boen asphyxiated. KILLED HEB OWN SI8TER. A Torrlble Tragedy In Atlant? Caused by Joaluuny. At Atlanta on Friday Mrs. Edward M. Sandifor, aged 25 years, shot and killed her sister, M his Ul.a joell Whine man t, aged 18, alleging that abe com mitted the deed because of her hus band's attention to her victim. Thc dead giriwa to have been married this week to a young business mar of Seneca, S. O , and all plans for the marriage had been practically com pleted. Mrs. Sandifer wont early Friday to tho home of her brother-in-law, D P. Dunham, with whose family Miss Whlsemant made her home, and en tered the Bleeping room of her sister. What words passed between the two wero known only to the two, but soon four Bhots rang out and Miss Whlsa mant fell, wounded In in the breast just above tho heart, and In other vital parts. She died half and hour later without having spoken. Mrs. Standifer went to her home and telephoned to her brother-in law's home, asking If Miss Whlsouant was dead. Being informed tbat sbc had died, Mrs. Staudlfer expressed nj regret for her act, and said abe would fdlow Mr. Dunham's advice and surrender to the police. Soe was arrested lator. During the day she converged freely with the police till cials, declaring sho had "avenged her outraced womanhood." E M Staudlfer came to Atlant; about two years ago "from Gadsden, Ala., where he married his wife. Hu father, he says, is W. IO Standifer, Uultcd Stat' s marshal at Ga.d-.dcn, and his ui clo, W. IL S audlfe. , ht asserted, is assistant Uulted Stater district at'.orney at tnat pl c. lie was detained at tho po lice station after his wife was arrest ed, on the eu sp cb. u tbat ho ma nave had sc nv (.tully knowle-go < r.he oritne The dead plri is saul t. bave been enyageo t<i be married ii J. E Sltton. of S?*mca, S G S. \H IIIU . RUO A dispatch from Wast.lng on say> senator Tillman, s'noe he bas bcei jrjught prominently forward In tin rate legislation light has m,.d i om announcement that has b:en well re ceived in the Senate and even in tin House. It la to the effeot that there ts no necessity for him to visit M>* White House for conference with tin President. "The Senate now hat charge of this matter," he says, "and will be able to perfect lt without as sistance. The president has perform ed his duties In the case In making recommendations to Congress and ii expressing his views as to what ht thinks ought to be done. " Tho ides of Senator Tillman ls voiced most heartily by the Senate. D.iath ut I/out. I'iko. Tho Columbia Record syus Rsv. J M. Pike, of this city, recived a tele gram Thursday morning from For; Russell, Wyoming, aunoui.olut; tb? death there of his son, Lh ur. R. S. Pike, of pneumonia, itt r a short 111 ness. The body will be brought btr for interment and will probably a - rive Monday. Lieutenant I'iko wa 29 years old and was b ?rn In Nova Scotia. Ile had entered the arm\ before his fatbor looa!ed here, but has visited Columbia and bas many friends bere. Ho saw active service in Cuba and tho Philippines^_ A Tale of Horror. Advices rocclved from Buenos Ayres Argentino Republic, state that a Por tugese meat dealer, named Jose Mu delry, hud been arrestiri there charg ed with murdering men and women and then selling their ll-jsh as pork. Modeiry did a nourishing business until he fell into the hands of th( law. The police found the remains ol fourteen human bodies In Modtlrv's shop and when his eustomors learned they had been eating human flesh they tried to storm the j .11 and lynch the prisoner, but tho ponce prevented tho maddened people from wrecking vengeance. WOIIIOU tu a Duel. At Mlddleboro.Ky,, jin a pistol dud one day last week between Mrs Allot Moore and Mrs. Lucy Tucker as a re suit of a long time quirnl, Frank Maden was killed by a bullet it rn tl e revolver of Mrs. Tucker. Too womoi met In front of a saloon and afti r t x changing a few words drew weap i Mrs. Tucker was I be il st to open tl . At thc third shot Mrs. Moore turi a and ran (Wwii the s reet unliarmi This shot btruck Mad*r.i, wi o v.,.s n. ar tho saloon floor engaged in a game of pool. Tho o.iu^c cf tn trouble ls said to have boen a lovo af fair. I)IH*K?'0?H with lloOBCVO t A dlspatcb from Washington say Senator Til man stated on Tnur?%da\ that he Old not propose toetfr any propocltb n to amend tbe Tillman G llesple railroad Investigation re^o'i - tion, in accordance wi in ti.o sugge - lions of tue pres'de nt. He 'a>s t it resolution I? t-i flloient to ?: o; I too . '; jects Intended au i i e nisigre>s with tue view o' 'bf o'" b' "*. A N w I'tufcMHOii Tho boam of trustees of tho Soutl Carolina university on Wedneeda? elected Mr. W. Hand, sup-.Intend, m of the city AOIIOOIS of Ones tor as pro fessor of pedagrgy. Mr. Hand ls a ilrstrato fchool man. lt is not likel> ho will aooept, as his salary in his present position is tho same as for tho now position-$l,G?O. Ho was not a oaudidatc. l'ut on tho Traok son Bradford, a negro, told tho Sa vannah pollco a very queer story Tbursday. Ho was picked up on tho tracks of tho A. C. L,, having been atrtiOk by an engine. Ben says ho was drugged,robbed and placed upon tho traok. The police are Investigat ing his story. Ho lost an aim by his contact with thc train. ADAMS TO KANO. MU tl I>10 UH ll OP HENRY JAQUE4 HA? HAD A IJONG REPRIEVI? Sentence of Death Waa Passed Ture* Years Ago, but Adams Es oiped From Jail. The State supreme oourt has re manded the eise of R. A. Adams to the olrcuit oourt in order that sen tence of death may be passed. In sus taining the appeal of Solicitor Davis, tho supreme oourt in a dignified man uer appears to rebuke the circuit court for ordering a new trial on "after discovered evidence " after the caso bad been decided upon by the mprome oourt. The auprcme oourt seems to think ?hat if thero were any auch evidence discovered after the trial (md discov ered after duo diligenoo had failed to bring it out before) the appeal for a now trial should have been made to the supremo court after that tribunal had paaaed upon tho oaao in its orlgl nal form. ll. A. Adama killed Ilonry Jaques at (Jottagevil e, ?Jolleton county, on tho 11th of February, 1003 Tho two men wore onueoted by marriage. In tim trial which followed, R. A. Adama waa found guilty of murder and wa*, sentenced to bo hanged on tho 6th of lune, 1903. Thoao occurenoes wore three years agi). Adams eacaped from the O dloton county Jill boforo the day set for hhs execution. Strange Btorles came ti C?iumbia occasionally, by letter and otherwise, and Gov. Hey ward ctT;red rewards aggregating a large sum foi the capture of thia man. Too off :r ot a largo reward had tho elT .ot Intender and tho cMaera of the law received ? tip that tho fugitivo would v^slt h t o no on a certain night. Tho posse captured Adams af te" ?nc or two ahots had been exchanged. W ien the case o uno up in the olreu 0 urta yoar ago last Maroh, Mr. Jaine* IC Davis, tue Bollol tor, movid foi Judgment In accord?t O? with theordn .f tho uipremo oourt, for the case ba 1 been dooided by the supreme oourt ht 'oro Adams made his o cipo. Tho condemnation of tuc court, In ; mullane} with the verdict of th 1 ny, was stayed again last March, .vt.eu ex-Ju1ge D. A. Towns jud wa* presiding; for the defendant's attor r ys argued that they had aomo nev. vtdenoe and a new trial was granted v r the s licito-"a protest. Mr. Dad? nade an appen' the supreme court The opinion L.ed Friday sustain* he o intention of Mr Davis and the lupreme court says that the circuit oiurt had no Jurisdiction to grant a new trial. In concluding, the suprema ?curt says: "The order of tho ol rou lt oourt ii rovcrscd for want of jurisdiction anr. ohe case ls remanded to tho circuit court for the purpose of having a new lay assigned for the execution cf the sentence in conformity with the ac oiou of this oourt. " At tho next term of court the son ..enoe of death will be pronounce igain. It is probable that thu Stat? .i; ard of pardons will bo called upoi In this Oise. THE JU JG?. WAS DRUNK. JuHtloo of Al?b in? Sudrcmn Court Tock r.'O Much Tl o Christian Advoo^te, pub?shet Biimiugoam, Ala., rco^ntly con lined a ohirga of drunieniass .gainst A is ci it ? Jui'loi of the Su preme Court John 0. Audirson, and in Its ourrent iieue it contains a lette) from Judge Anderson ack lowledglng nbs guilt. Too editor c f i he newsra per charged that Judge Anderson, with two other state < fllolals, waa drunk at the funeral of Chief Justice .Mowellan, At Athens, and ho asker that all three resign. The edito; charged that Judge Anderson was si drunk that he had to be taken fron the train to the hotel by his friends Judge Anderson, lu a letter to tin editor, says that he did tike a ll -tl too much, and add-: "I trust and promise by the help of God to commit io act of folly that can r tliior, up in me as a o tizan or hiing In qucst-lm ehe ri pu cation of an honorable oin bestowed up m me by tho good p plo of my native state." Riv J. b\ Bills, editor of the now - p i uer willoh contained the articles lr pp d de id J isr, after reading tb ie ur if J u? gt Andi jai n. The nowa papers <f lue state ?re dom iud mg th resignation of the < Meals who wen charged with bel g di ur a on this oe evasion. Judge Anderson when s e dated that lie had nothing furtbe I io.say tuan i'at, lo "il -ritten. Liu it ti o ??uir . A O nalia N D,, Jules Al lieus ai J t> Ml 0 ? H. w -il kilo vn i U ;' mei s m in, l<'r d y night Ct- I t i- nm of ibo d o* which Ouo h r?-l lr qrlsh bia claim up m ti i iH .VI a ..n u Baker, a pre" y . on Ri \ r, f r v., is? f iv i ho li ! f n ? rc ri Wini" tho g * na i1 iva lng played M a li.ker s cod b d ?>i,c Ut aged vi S men. Afu r e-.e\ won a game, Mitchell t. re.w (cur six and laying (ff the tie. M'ss Bk luui b g ;U AI neus to lot Uer p U fir him, tibios hin he might lua . But A i? hens re-used MK! threw h hand him* if Ile tf.it a pair of ri ti . o?d, aft r s inking bands svitii bo h Mitohell and M ss Baker, left, savin, ho would nt v, ; ?ill np hor again. tiorHUM lt,ir .mil, Tha O i'.uaabla Boord says early i nn s^ay morning iho barn of Mr. I loy v? ard Green was burned, and the h ss was quite serious Besides the building and other contents three horses, a eialf, buggy and harness were destroyed. Tho origin of the tire 18 nob known. Mr. Green lives a short dlstauoo out oast of the city. Shot In * <J*IV. Ephrlan Hall, aged 25, waa shot and fatally wounded In Spencer's cafe, Greenville, on Saturday night after midnight with a pistol. Thero wein (Ivo men In the placed at tho time, moat of thom under tho inlluenco if whlakoy. Tho coroner's jury found a vordlot against Thoa. Harrison, with Peter Rowloy as aoce&ory, Six Hundred Moros and Twenty Two Americans Killed. 4 STUBBORN BATTLE. With a Desperate Baad of Native Out laws ou ihi Uland e! Mero, Gen? Wood Reports That tb* Moro Forces Were Exterminated. A dispatch (rom Manilla Bays an Important action between Amorioau (orees and hostile Moros has taken place near J do. Fifteen enlisted men were killed, (our commissioned c Ulcers iud thirty unlisted men were wound? ed, and a naval contingent operating ,vlth the military sustained thirty? two oasualtles. The Moros lost six hundred men killed. Mijor Gen. Laonard Wood, com? ! mander o? the dividion o? tho Pnlllp eines, reports as follows from Jolo, capital of the Sn Mi Islands: "A severe ao lou oetween troops, a naval detachment and constabulary, and host ho Moros has taken place at Mount Dujo, near Jolo. The engage neut opened during the afternoon of March 0 mi ended In bho morning of Maren 8 foe action Involved tho capturo of Mount DJ} ), a lava cone, two thous ind, one hundo d feet high, with a ?rater at its summit and extremely ? tee p. The last tour hunired feet were at an augie of s'xtv negrees, and here were fifty perpendicular ridges, i >V6T- d willi a gr >wth of timber an i ?trungly fortified, and defended by an Invisible foroeof M .ros. "Trio army ca-uiltles were fifteen mllsted men killed, four commission id ill - .i i and thinly enlisted men vouu'ied. Tue naval oasualtles num bered thirty two. Eaalgned H D. (Jo ?kc, Jr., commanding the United Scates steamet F impanga, was severe ly wounded and Coxiwain Gilmore was severely wounded In tho elbow. "The constabulary casualties^ were CUpt. John lt White, wounded In i'.ie thigh, severely; three enlisted men killed and thirteen wounded. Capt. Tyree Hi vorn sustained a slight flish vound In tho thigh; Lieut Gordon was .lightly wounded iii tho ri Lieut. Wylie T. Cbnway, of the 6sh7 infantry, was slightly wounded in tho left eye. All the wounded are doing .veli. "Col. Joseph W. Duncan, of the ?th infantry, directed the operations. \il the defonders of the Miro strong told were killed. Six hundred bodies vere found on tho field. "Tho aoblon resulted lu the exter niualloii of a band o? outlaws, who, c igntzlrig no ohiei had been raiding ' denni} Moves, and owing to their 1, dance uf the American authorities a i stirred up a dangerous condition f a S ki rs. "T ?o artllery was Hf tel hy block arl tackle, s di .tance of 300 fdot into . p . .'. iou On M io np of t ic er*ter. Ihig Gj.uihl HU ?saud myself were ?resent inir^u^hout the action. "Tho iibt v king 6 ilumn8 were oom nanded by Mijor Om ir Bundy, Capt. K P. Lwtou, Ctpt. Hivers, Capt L. vi. Koihlov, Capt. MjGlaohllu and Lieut J jiuision. "Tue ettijer.-i and men engaged dghly oom mond the Moro oonstabu ary, who did excellent work, their otsualblts numbering seventeen out if tiui ford of forby four engaged. "Io in Impossible to conceive a itronger natural position than that ittacxed. - Too ILhtlng lasted two days among ,ne lava ridges, which had bien trongly forbid .d cy the Moros. Ar lie i y hid co ba hohted by means of ?. mes up b?i ? la-t five hundred feet at .u angle"/ 0 ' d .?"? ?. tiol.HH? lt(U(l> . A dispatch from Sm BVandl&oo says vent)-two modern rifles and lo ooo cunda i f a ammunition W^TO sized in he ti ruters of the Ohlne.se crew on he P.ellie mall steamer Mi..churla, O i iduled to sall for the Orleu&T iurs cty alterno m. Toe o rapany's tffl* utah thereupon ordered, it is said, as I borough a search of the vettSc-la* p?? I ? h lo wbioh resulted in two nure ices ul ri lbs being f >unc' In the ro.im an aplatano engineer. Tho engin ir and Ublueso were questioned sud was found that the guns bad been iv. 11 ..si1..! In t .is c ty b/ the ergiu au mug "M. d vb ur I tho vos,<. I. . r w lt . ou. rt. Otp. ' hool ?a F. Iltrb, of the mast o M.lue, ..clio nar L.zz.e s K, u ns C u .v of hoveo, were il i tr o c it r, Miss , Thurs , h e B ul wi .sc to. uer Kl oti w .c. .<?.! rvs urod the Onad c..*s?'io . from t. teir si kl tg vet? lt jape llattoraS, on T. u slay. ?a (J ia I lo ., oOUud fr tm Miyport, ?? a , ? i IN J ?' Y ik, witulumber, was dstibltu oy a 'revolving eveline," ?vlih oiiy ft qu .n.tty of macaroni iud wa ter for fo <ci and drinking. J pi. Uart and ids m n orifti d at tho ueroy if tue tempos^ und sea for three nays. Kimi Ly rSlllp'n Oltloor. At New Yurk on Tuu/aday a fight lu the forecastle of the steamer Mas sachusetts, in wblou about twenty members of tho orew participated, ended when James Slocum was shot and killed hy Fourth Ollloer Elmer ll. K rwln. Another etti ?or was hoing buatCu into iiuconbOiou8nes8 by S lo com when Korwin rustled tn his as* slstanco and puta bullet through Blo om nV. brain. Doat.h In ? HIU.WBIHIC. A dispatoh from ?Norway says a ..now alvidanchc at Lofoten Islands Friday burled a number of fisher men's ino-.. Relouera extricated Zl dead and 80 injured.