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VOL. XXXIJ
BENNETTSVltiIiE S. 0, ?BI0AY. ?? IOBR?AIIY 8. I?K??.
NO. 6.
THE SAD END
Of a Man Who Lost His All In
Wall Street.
HE KILLS HIMSELF.
. t? i"-' L- . '
Altor tho Recent Panic in tho Stock
Market lind Ruined Him Finan
dally. Tragedy in a Rich Homo.
Whore tho Wlfo Discovers tho
Pond Body of tho Husband* Who
lind Buded His Career.
'Commending hin wife to tho caro
and affection of hin parents and witch
ing her all tho "Juck" and happiness
tho-world could give. Samuel D. Van
Sidon, a brokor, committed suicido
while alono in his rooms, on tho fifth
floor of tho npartmont houso nt No.
408 Manhattan avonuo. Now York.
"jL.uck" was tho dominant factor
in Van Stolon's creed of lifo, nud bo
lloving that lt had failod him when
ho mot ovorwholming lossoa in Wall
Street, ho Haw no reason for prolong
ing his life. Hut his bollof In tho
fotlch of luck, and that lt would af
fect thoso whom ho waa loavng be
hind, was so Btrong that his InBt
words to his wifo, written In a noto
JUBt a fow minutes before ho died,
composed a prayer that good luck
should attend hor.
Uko many others whoso lives aro
centred in luck and chanco, Van Sto
len was silont and seemingly uncon
cerned by the turn of fortuno. H lu
galnB woro pocketed with sn impas
sive faco, and losses mot without u
murmur. Nono know, whon ho re
turned to hts homo from his office
downtown between four and half
past four in tho afternoon of ovory
business day, what his luck had been
and his wife never for n moment BUB
pocted that tho recent panic in Wall
Street had brought him to tho brink
of flnancinl ruin.
Vnn Hielen returned to his homo
at tho usual time Thursday after
noon. His wlfo was out at a funeral
and after ho had entered his apart
ments nothing more was soon of him
by servants or others n tho houso.
Mrs. Van Stolen returned about 7
o'clock and was told by tho elevator
boy that hor husband was at home.
She entered tho apartments with ?
latch key and was surprised to find
tho living rooms ia darkness. She
called several times to her husband
searched through tho rooms and was
Anally attracted by a light in tho
kltchon. She went thoro and saw tho
body of hor husband lying upon the
floor with a bullet wound in tho
hoad.
Hor shocking discovery caused Mrs
VanSIclon to scream with terror and
sho staggered from hor apartment.
She was mot by a hall boy, who had
heard hor crleB, and sae sont him
for n doctor. On his way tho mes
senger notified Policeman Mallen,
who wont at onco to tho apartments
of tho Van Stolons, and whon Dr. C.
H. Dockstndor, of No. 4 83 Manhat
tan avenue, arrived they made an ex
amination of tho body.
It was apparent that Van Sielen
had endeavored to make miro of hit?
death. Ho had wound a quantity of
legal tapo about his waist and tied
tho revolver to it, so that If the first
shot should fall, he could regain pos
session of tho weapon, although it
might fall from his hand from the
shock of tho first shot.
When Mrs. Van Stolen learned
from tho doctor that her husband
was dead she was prostrated, and Dr.
Dockstador remained to care for her
until her relatives could be summon
ed.
On the table lu the dining room
wore two letters written by Van Sie
len Just before his death. Ono wnw
addressed to "Mrs. P. Van Sielen and
Mr. A. Van Stolen, Jamaict, Long Is
land." It rend:
My Dear Father and Mother; For
give for this great wrong ?nd please
pray for me. 1 do not accuse any
ono for my troubles. Father, I ask
YOU, please help my dear wife.
SAM.
Tho other letter was for hlB wife
and road:
My Dear Wlfo: Forgive me for this
great wrong, but my heart ls broken
over my luck In Wall street. I whth
you good luck and happiness, ns we
havo been very happy together. Your
loving husband. SAM.
Van Stolen was the son of Abra
ham Van Sielen, of Lincoln road,
near Jamalen, one of the wealthiest
formers and landowners in Long Is
land.
HAD TO l'A Y FINK.
Now York Herald Pleads (iullty TV
Printing Obscena Matter.
After a plea of guilty of printing
obscene matter,sending same through
the mails had boon made Wednesday
flnea totaling $11!,OOO woro assosi
cd against James (Jordon Dennett
and the New York Herald Company.
Tho fines of $1,000 against W. ll.
Gilliam, manager of the Herald; %(>,
000 against tho Herald corporation
and $10,000 against James Gordon
Dennett, were paid lu tho court room.
Tho cases were the outcome of tho
famous ' personal" and "rodllght"
column, which was feature of The
i.orald for years.
MANY WILL HTA II VIC
Before Another Crop Is Made If Not
Given Food.
A letter from London says Dr.
Konnnrd, commissioner of tho socie
ty of Friends sent to Invest?gate the
Russian famine, writting from Sa
mara, in tho famine district, says
that there oro at least 20,OOO,000
people in the Southeastern provinces
of RuSsin who are without aid and
eau not live to soe another harvest,
In Sn ma ra he says thousands are
dying and nearly 750,000 aro starv
ing. Of tho totter only 372,000 are
getting relief, a dolo of ono meal in
twenty four hours.
Cut to Pieces.
it if; stated fieri. Lee ?hristmas,
tho American ofttoor In the sor vico
of Ilunduras, hns been cut to pieces
by Nicaraguan soldiers. Informa
tion wns contained in a letter that
there was no hope for tho Honllla
government and he was doomed to
death if he did not get ont of tho
country.
MADE A HAUL
Chicago Paper Says Sub-treasury
Mystery ls Cleared,
A Negro Woman Stole thc Ono Hun
dred ?nd Soventy-Threo Thousand
Dollars?
The mystory surrounding tho thoft
of a hundred and aovonty-threo thouH
and dolla-H from tho United States
Hubtroaaury at Chicago has boon
cleared.
The thlof In said to be a nogro
scrub woman, whom tho Bccrot ?or
vlco ofllcorB havo in custody and
from her trying to get a trace of tho
missing money.
The clew was secured by tho dla
play of a thousaud dollar bill by a
nogro in a saloon.
A soarch warrant has boon Issued
and the ofllcors aro to soarch tho
hotiHO of tho washerwoman.
Tho mouoy was stolen somo weoks
ago, aud tho dotoctlvos havo been
working on tho caso evor nineo.
AFTKR TIIK TIGBHS.
Want To Cut Off All Boozo Except
Dispensary Roozo.
Tho Charleston authorities aro de
termined to put tho blind tigers In
that city out of business. A confer
ence was held ono day last week in
the ofllco of Mayor Rhett, at which
ropresentatlvea of tho tranBportatlon
companies of Charleston hauling into
tho city by land and by noa wore pr?
nent for tho purpose of discussing
tho enforcement of tho ordinance of
Charloaton restricting tho importa
tion traille of illegal alcoholic liquor
Into tho city.
Mayor Rhett. John Marshall, of
tho county dispensary board of con
trol, Mr. Thoa II. Waring of The Evo
ning Post and Major J. C. Homphlll,
of The Nowa and Courier and repre
sentatives of all the transportation
linea that enter Charleston, were at
the conference. The general spirit
of tho currieT seemed to bo in co
operation with tho city for the en
forcement of tho ordinaneo.
Mayor Khott made it clear that
Charloaton was going to do all in UH
power to cut off the Importation of
"tiger" liquor, and emphasized to the
transportation agentB tho need of co
operation on their part. Each com
pany had full warning of the clty'a
adtttude in thia matter. Tho confer
ence was harmonious and should re
sult in good for tho enforcement of
thc ordinance.
FOUND HA I.F HTAHVKD
Hoy ?ot on Train T'\ut Went in tho
Wrong Direction.
Locked lu a boxcar atandlng on a
aiding in the frolght yards of th"
Pennsylvania Railroad at Delmont
and Girard avenues, Philadelphia,
Julius Kenney, a 12-year-old boy,
from Charlotte, N. C., waa discovered
by a trainman who heard tho boy's
foblo cries.
The lad, who was half starved,
was given a hearing before Magis
trate Gorman, nt the House of De
tention, and will be held until the
authorities at Charlotte can be com
municated with.
Two weeka ago young Jullua ac
companied a horaedealer who was
shipping some horses from Charlotte
to Pittsburg. After the horses had
been taken safely to their destination
ho left his employer and started out
to BOO thoslghts of tho Smoky City.
He soon got lost and, being unable
to lind hlf friend, began hunting foi
a means to get homo. Ho found lils
way to the frleght yard and crawled
Into a boxcar. Tho boy WHB afraid
to make hla presence known and waa
soon on his way to Philadelphia. .
TRAIN WRFCKFUS
Arrested Before They Had Accom
plished Their Hellish Design.
Detectives of tho Pennsylvanin
Railroad landed In jail at Qreonsburg
Ta., Thos. Oloughlln, and Thoa Mc
Inath of Allegheny who wore taken
from an east bound freight train ut
Derry Thursday morning. Track
walkers at 12:30 o'clock Thursday
morning came upon three men tam
pering with tho tracks near Btowurt
station.
One was captured thero, and tho
others two days later, after escaping.
The bolts In the rails had been loos
ened, but the fish plates bad not been
removed. The men were discovered
just before train No. 23 was duo at
Stewart.
It le alleged a railroad wrench waa
foUud In their possession. Th?? Cleve
land Myer on tho Fort Wayne division
struck an engine polo which hud been
wedged with spikes between the rails
ut l/owellvillo, ()., early Thursday
norn In?. No persons were Injured.
CERTAIN COST U MN ?j TA HO Ii I)
Vnd Cincinnati Women Are Told Not
To Wear Them.
The State says Olnclhnattl hus a
new and splendid possession In the
torin Of Chief of Police Milliken. Ono
of the first things Milliken under
took was th" regulation of women's
npparol. He is an authority ludging
from thin statement which he has Is
sued :
"Tlx* kimona must not be worn on
ti.o streets. The high heel must
go when accompanied by purple
stockings or other gaudy ankle In
casement. Skirts must not ho hold too
high, no matter how rainy the da)
Yopng ghin must not wear fascina
tors.",
He has COO people to ussist lilia,
and has told thom to arrest any per
son appearing on the streets, dressed
in clothes which would not look woll
In church. With all his policemen
to help him Milliken has tackled a
big Job. _
Why Did Ile?
Tho Macon Telegraph asks: "Why
did tho presiden! mark hts letters to
I Hardman "strictly confidential" If
I he merely wanted to talk to him on
railroad matters'? Ho insista on talk
ing from the housetops on that ques
tion, an railroad presidents who re
cently visited him found to their dis
co pi fort."
Fifteen Missing
Nine adults and six children are
missing, as a result of the wreck on
I the Canadian Pacific, west of Chap*
lloau, Ontario, Thursday.
SOME WILL TALK
John Tomplo Graves Makes Most
Foolish Proposition
AT A BRYAN BANQUET
When It Was Found Out That Ho
Was Going to Adview Bryan to
Nominate Roosevelt for President
Ho Was Not Allowed to Speak Un
til luyan Requested That Ho He
Heard?
Editor John Tomple Qravoe' sug
gestion that W. J. Bryan nominate
Roosevelt, which tho Atlanta editor
intended in a ouloglstical speech to
Rryan bnnquotors Wednesday eve
ning at Chattanooga, Tonn., was do
ri iod utterance.
John Tomlinson of Birmingham,
ono of tho speakers and toastmasters,
mot Graves ou his arrival from At
lanta, at noon, and roquosted ommis
ulon of this roforenco in his speech,
Arguing Its impropriety in viow of
Bryan's presonco at tho banquet.
Col. Gravos declined to alter his
views or subject his speech to con
worship. Ho nttonded tho buuquet as
an Invited guest, remaining but a
short while, when he left tho banquet
hall for nu Atlanta train. Wednes
day afternoon Mr. Graves addressed
\ letter to tho prcsldont of tho Bryan
Anniversary club, defending his po
rtion.
In his letter Mr. Graves declared
hat he yielded to no ono in his pro
found and affectionate regard for
Vir. Bryan and for tho Democratic
)arty, bul that he was profoundly
convinced that In this period of tre
mendous economic crisis the only
ann who can carry to successful con
fusion the reform Instituted in be
ialf of tho people was the mau who
s already entrenched in tho power
?nd prestige of dauntless courage and
s a conspirions success in tho eocecu
,lve oflico.
Continuing, he said: "My reasons
'or stating this conviction nt a Bryan
lanquet, with Mr. Bryan present, was
recause I considered it tho manly
md Democratic ihlng to do.
"Tho time to voice a sentiment so
nomontous to tho life and prosperity
md to the realization of tho best
deals of a real Democracy is in o
iOUhsel of tho faithful and in tho
'ult presence of our great and shin
ling leader who would be there to
om meut, to approve or to condemn
vlth the full force of his influence
ind eloquence as he might seo fit.
"It appears to me that tho only
air and honest thing to do was to
ipeak my convictions in full council
md with open voice. In this boliof
ny speech, upon tho request of tho
Associated Presa haB already been
lent out to tho newspapers of tho
euntry.
"I have not ono particle of dog
natlsm, nor any moro prido of por
onal opinion, in pressing this mat
er, but tho publlcy already given to
ny speech commits mo to it so far
hat I can not encourage, or in con
istency, suppress that part on which
ho whole rovolves."
Dater Mr. Graves, after being per
vaded by members of the club and
it the request of Mr. Bryan himself,
ook his place at tho banquet tnblo
ind delivered his spooch. Graves,
vho ls tho editor of tho Atlanta Geor
gian, ls an erratic sort of a man, nl
hough he is a brilliant Bpeaker. His
peech at Chattanooga will not sur
?rlse any one who knows him.
State Senator J. B. Frazier re
poned to Mr. Graves' address, de
hiring that tho Democrats could not
ilford to take such action.
Bryan Speaks.
In beginning his address Mr. Bryan
?aid ms respects to Mr. Graves and
?.hat he had said. He complimented
Ar, Graves In tho highest manner for
ils honesty and his boldness nod said
f there was any place In tho world
?'hero absolute freedom of speech
ihould prevail lt ought to bo in a
)omocratic gathering. Ho ndded that
vhOn ho had heard that Mr. Graves
md retired from the hall because
here might bo doubts about tho whi
lom of what ho had to say, ho hod
ont for tho Georgia editor to return
md insisted that tho speech should
>e delivered. Turning directly to the
abject of Mr. Graves' recommends
lon, Mr. Bryan said:
"As at present advised I shall not
?resent tho name of Theodore RoOBO
'olt to the National Democratic con
'onHon. Bear In mind, I say, 'aa at
?resent.'' "
Mr. Brynn contended that if ?ifter
nant ure consideration and reflection
md tho presentation of arguments
ii the ease, he sho i'd feel that his
I ut y lay In that direction, ho would
.resent Mr. Roosevelt's name, even
hough lt should prove to be tho last
ict of his Ufo.
Ile then went on to nuy that if any
tepublicnn was to bo selected by the
lemocratS to head their national
Ickot the man should bo Senator Ln
?'<.Helte of Wisconsin. Mr. Brynn
hen proceeded with his speech, pro
iontlg reasons why. In his opinion,
Vir. Roosevelt was not the proper
nus for tho presidency.
RRYAN RKPL1HS.
'nu'! St e His Way Clear to Nominate
Roosevelt.
In an interview ut Norfolk on Fri
laythe Hon. William Jennings Biyan
was asked for an expression on the
lUggestion made by John Temple
riraves, of Atlanta, at a banquet on
Wednesday night at Chattanooga,
I hat Bryan nominate Roosevelt for
President. Mr. Bryan said:
"I said nt the banquet in Chattan
ooga all that at present 1 can say. I
Iben said: 'As at present advised, I
, annot SOO that il ls my duty to nom
inate Mr. Roosevelt.' In both of my
campaigns i stated that I would not
bo a candidate for a second torin if
ol oe tod, and ns I have endeavored to
secure a constitutional amendment
making a President ineligible for a
second term 1 could not conscient
iously urge the ro nomination of Mr.
Roosevelt for n second term oven if
there were no other rasons."
WOiild Bo III I.Imho.
The Kansas City Star naya: "if
President Roosevelt could send a
ITnltod States Senator to prison mere
ly because of a persosal prejudice
does anybody suppose that Forakor
and Tillman would bo going around
as chipper as they aro?
JOE EVANS HUNG
In Greenwood Friday For the Mur
der of Another Negro.
Tho Murderer Confessed His Gut?t
?nd Professed III? Entire Willing
ness to Die for Illa Crimo.
Tho first hanging In Qroouwood
County passed oil vory quietly Fri
day. Tho nogro, Joo Evans, appear
od composed and resigned. Ho show
ed no Blgn whatever of oither fear or
norvouHuees.
All tho morning two colorod minis
ters hud been with him, praying and
singing. These two preachers, tho
Revs. J. C. Coode and John W. Swink
remained with him until tho Inst.
Evnnn did not eat any breakfast,
although he ate a hearty supper
Thursday night and slept well. Dep
uty Shoriff Dukes snys Evans has re
frained from eating every Friday
since ho WOB sentenced.
Shortly boforo il o'clock ShorifT
McCaslan had Evans made ready to
louve tho jail and said to him: "Joo
Evans, this is your last scene. It IB
the Htate of South Carolina that is
going to hang you, and not the sher
iff of Greenwood county. I nm going
to road to you my authority for hang
ing you."
Tho BherlfT then road tho sentence
When ho had finished Evnuu said:
"Yos, slr."
Evunn was calm and seemed per
fectly resigned. He then mado thin
statement: "I havo mado penco with
tho Lord, am glad that. Ho allowed
mo time to make peace with Him.
Tho march to tho scaffold was then
made. Standing on the platform
Evans asked the sheriff If he could
sing, andupon permission hoing giv
en ho sang with steady voice a song,
ono of the songs used by negroes In
revivals when feeding In tense. There
seemed no special beginning or end
of lt When ho stopped tho Rev.
John W. Swink, colored, offered a
prayer for the condemned man.
Evans himself prayed in u low tone
all the time the Rev. Swink was pray
ing for him.
At the conclusion Evans offered
the following prayer of his own: "I
am at peace with all men. I am
guilty of tho crime. Lord, I thank
theo for the time You have allowed
mo. Co with Thy people who are
standing around mo. I nm so glad
I um allowed this prlvlledgo to talk.
Oh, Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord, I
brought my sins to You and You have
forgiven me.."
Tho hangman's black cap was then
lowered ovor his face, and at 12.30
P, M. tho trap was sprung and 12
minutes later he was pronounced
dead by Dru. Hood and Owens.
Tho Rev. J. C. Goode, tho colored
minister, who prayed for tho negro
who waB lynched for tho attompted
assault on Miss Drooka last Summer,
was also on tho scaffold with Evnns^
and had been with him during the
morning.
At 12:50 Evan's body was cut
down, lils neck wna broken by tho
foll. Hisbody was turned over to
relatives, who carried lt to his old
homo, near Coronaca for burial.
Evans was hanged for tho murder
of his brother-in-law, Hughey, Evans
attempted to assault his sister-in
law, Ilughey's wife. Hughey came
to Greenwood and had a warrant
sworn out for Evana Immediately af
ter. That night Evans caine to his
nouse, called him out and shot him.
TAUGHT THEM A LESSON
Preacher Thrashed Cowboys Who
Tiled To Make Him Drink.
Rev. John McVey, a missionary,
who in working among tho settlers
in the Dad River country, In South
Dakota, soundly whipped two burly
cowboys, George Carney and Fred
Temple, because they tried to compel
him to take a drink of whlckoy. Tho
minister ls a college man from tho
East, and used to bo a football player
and all round athlete.
Ho wan on bin way to a ranch to
hold a religious meeting, whon tho 2
cowboys, who had sworn to prevent
the meeting, waylaid him, handed
him a bottlo and told him to drink.
He declined, whoreupon they sought
to force tho liquor down his throat.
In live minutes with hts bare fists,
..icVoy knocked out both men and
took from olio of them a rovolver
which he had drawn In tho serai1.
Carney got up and shook hands
with tho missionary. Temple was ug
iy and threatened to shoot McVoy on
sight. Carney, however, mado hin
partner apologise to the missionary,
shako hands with him and promise
to "threat him right" In the futuro
Then the throe mon luounteo .heir
capuses and rode on tog t,*.*?.? to tho
ranch where the meeting was to bo
held. At tho mooting Temple got up
and told how McVey had knocked
out Carney and himself.
SHOULD NOMINATE BRYAN
Hendricks Club Makes Hotter Sugges
tion Than Grave?.
Tho Hendricks Club, of Evansville,
Ind., the largest Democratic organi
zation in tho State, while celebrating
the birthday ot Thomas Jefferson,
the other night adopted tho following
resolution ami telegraphed lt to John
Temple Graves, of Atlanta, Qa.
"The Hendricks Club, of Evans
ville, bel loves that, In tho interest of
u 'square deal,' Roosevelt should
uominnto Bryan for President in
1 908, ns there lu now no doubt that
Bryan was beaten In 1896 by tho
contribution of money from insur
ance companies, railroad companies
and tariff protected monopolies, and
that President Roosevelt knows this
to boa fact; and that Bryan, In 1 8??G
stood on the platform on which
RoOBOVOlt now stands on railroad
regulation."
ROOSEVELT HAS CHANGED
He Championed Once Sollie Tilings
He Now Antagonizes,
Hon. W. J. Bryan, while In Norfolk
last Friday, in a Interview spoke of
tho Harrlman-Hoosevolt episode, say
ing:
"The President seems unduly ex
cited over tho alleged $50.000,ft00 '
raised by Wall street to prevent bin'
re-election. If Wall street ls opposed ?
to any doctrino hold by Presldont !
Roosevelt, lt ls cortalnly not a Re-?
publican doctrine. Whon we came
up against the corruption fund in
189(5 wo found no more ardent
champion of these special intoroBts,
than Mr. Roosevelt.''
FELLED BY MANIAC.
-
Paroled Lunatic Attacks An Old
Lady and a Man.
Tho Old Lady Struck in tho Hood
And tho Man Assaulted With an
Axo and Knife.
While In a flt of violont insanity
and thinking, na ho said, that some
one1 was trying to kill htm, JoBoph W.
Hagood Saturday made a murdorous
attack upon Mrs. Kugonla Smith
wi?fc an axo, fracturing hor skull,
and with a long knlfo stabbed Mr.
John J. Illloy In the back In Colum
bia. Mrs. Smith and Mr. RUoy aro
now ".udor care at tho Columbia hos
pital and some doubts aro entertain
ed aa to thoir rocovory.
Tho Stato says Hagood has been on
a parole from tho insano nsylum for
Just 30 days and up to his tragic
dood Saturday has been conducting
himself commoudablo since his ro
Mof. But Saturday morning ho waa
seized with a torrlblo malady and got
tlng an axe he went to tho houso oc
cupied by Mrs. Smith, Mr. Kiley and
others, and battorod down tho door
of the roon in which tho helpless
was. With a blow ho foiled Mrs.
Smith across tho bed, inflicting a ser
ious fracture of tho skull, and thon
ho went to tho room where Mr. Riley
was in bed.
Mr. Riloy, a ono-legged man, hoar
ing tho noise In tho back part of tho
houBO got out of the bed and started
to leavo tho houso when he was seen
by Hagood. Tho maniac gave chase
to Mr. Riloy and soon overtook and
overpowered him, dealing him a blow
on tho hip with the axo and then
stubbing him In tho back with a knife
nour tho backbone.
About this time a gouornl alarm ,
had been given by Mrs. A. Andrews
who was in the house at the timo, !
und Mr. J. H. Faulk and others over- \
powered tho maniac and after sum
moning tho police patrol placed him j
In the wagon, where ho was carried
Lo tho station and locked up. i
Dr. C. F. Williams, tho city physi- ,
sion, who is attending tho injured (
people, said he can not say Just yet ,
what will bo tho outcomo of their In- ,
iurioe. Mrs. Smith's fracturo is of a .
cory serious naturo and may prove ,
fatal. Mr. Riley will probably get ,
(veil, unless tho knife penetrated Into
Lho lung, which the doctor fears. ,
Floth parties were resting well late \
Saturday night. Saturday afternoon ]
ho unfortunate man was remanded
,o tho State hospital for the- lnsaue ,
igaii). i
HO was carried to tho hospital in -
ho ps,vol wagon and was vory order- {
y nn[l quiet, tho only thing that (
joemeji to worry him was that ho |
'oarotf B?nie ono would at any time ,
hann, it seems. Hagood is a ,
p.jrtltu^vr by trade and ls married. |
ills wife saw a part of tho sad affair (
ind tried to control her husband, but j
>ould not. Sho seemed not to be .
ifrnid of him, os Bho had seen him .
?ndergo spells at other times.
PliOT TO KILL. '
Sun Powder is Found In Auto that
Blew Up W. J. Jarvey. !
Chas. E. Mooro, a wellknown deal- *
>r in automobiles in Boston, caused ]
i sensation by declaring that ho had {
itumblod on a murder plot in connoc- 1
;ion with the explosion of ono of his
lutomobiles In the town of Auburn, j
Vinos., last Friday nftornoon in which .
Wilfred J. Javery, of Boston, was so
leverely Injured that his death is lm- j
minent. ?
Mooro says that he removed the j
marker box from tho wrecked auto- (
nobile, nnd upon exr.amlnatlon found
in it two tablespoonfuls of gunpow
ler. Further, he found as much
nore in the oil. He believes it was
glaced there by so m o ono who wished
to cause Javery's death, for lt was ex
ploded by tho sparks.
J ar vor y is the man who holds the
milo record (45 seconds), and knows
if no enemy who would attempt to
encompass his death.
A FATAL FIGHT.
Quarrel Over Tiival Mutter Ends In
Terrible Tragedy.
Tho killing of Charles E. Newbury
ind tho fatal shooting of John Mc
Kinlay and D. M. Curry at tho Cltlce
furnace slag pile near Chattanooga,
renn., Thurdsay, ofternoon created
profound excitement and rogret in
the neighborhood of tho scene and
nmong friends of the parties.
Ono of tho most pathetic Incidents
In connection with the shooting is the
fact that J. A. Curry, father of D. M.
Curry, took his bleeding son and
placing him in the wagon which he
was using to haul slug and hauled
bim to tho hospital.
The wholo troublo seems to have
been tho result of a quarrel between
young Curry and o negro employe of
Newbury over a trival matter. Tho
lather of young Curry was beaton In
tho face hilt was not seriously hurt.
He was clinched with McKinlay at
tho time of tho shooting.
FRAUD ORDER."
The Molls Closed to tho Concord Pub
l.shlng House.
Alleging hundreds of women In the
United Staten and Canada have been
defrauded of money, the postofflce
department recently issued a fraud
order against tho H. W. D. Conrad
Publishing company, Biblo and book
publshers of Philadelphia, denying
lt the use of the malls. It is claimed
that, by advertlsments, letters and
circulars, women In half tho states of
tho ?inion wore induced to pay a dol
lar to reglstor with the company for
writing letters for lt. None was pnld
for work, and to a few money was re
funded, lt io charged.
Daniel II. Chamberlain Dead.
Daniel H. Chamberlain, who was
governor of South Carolina during
tho turbulent times of the Recon
struction ern, died Saturday at tho
home of William C. Chamberlain
noar the University of Virginia, at
Charlottevillo, Va. Ho was tnkon ill
of cancer of tho stomach last, fall
upon his return from a trip to Egypt.
Ile had recently disposed of his prop
erties In view with a view to locating
In Virginia. Ho was a graduate of
Yolo and Hnrvard law school and
was 72 years of ago.
THEY ALL STOLE.
Federal Officer fells of Stealing
by Sherman's Army.
A BAND OF ROBBERS.
Who Stolo Everything They Could
Find mid That Was Wort li Carry
ing Off. How tho Valuables That
Wore Stolen Was Divided, and
What Docomo of tho Old Negro
Men and Women.
In tho possession of a lady in Ma
con, Go., who with her ulster, also n
resident of Macon, was an eye-wit
ness of tho sack of Columbia forty
six years ago by Sherman's army,
thoro is a lotter found In tho streots
of that city nftor tho Yankees had
loft lt In usbes, which Bhows the pro
cesa by which tho union wns restor
ed. Tho signature 1B that of a lieu
tenant in Sherman's army, tho ad
dress that of his wife In Heston. Thc
letter speaks for itself.
Camp near Camden. S. C.
February 20, 1865.
My. Dear Wife: I have uo timo for
particulars. We have had a glorious
time in this state. Unresisted license
to burn and plunder was the order of
tho day. Tho chivalry have been strip '
ped of most of their valuables. Gold '
watches, silver pitchers, cups, spoons
forks, etc., are as common in camp aa
blackberries.
The terms of plunder are as fol- '
Iowa: The valuables procured are eatl '
mated by com paules. Fach company \
ls required to exhibit the results of 1
its operations at any given pine
ono-flfth and llrst choice falls to the
share of the commander-ln-chlof and 1
uto ff, ono-flfth to the corps command
er and staff, ono-flfth to tho field of- 1
dcors of tho regiments and two-fifths
to the company. 1
Officers aro not allowed to join
these oxpeditlona withoua disgulalng
themselves as privates. One of our y
?orps commanders borrowed a rough
mit of clothes from ono of my men *
Ind was successful in this place. He
sot a largo quantity of sliver among ?
ithor things an old silver pitcher,
md a very line old watch from a Mr. (
DoSaus?ure at this place. DeSaus
jure is one of tho F. F. V.'s of South (
karolina and was made to fork over
liberally. '
Officers over the rank of captain
iro not made to put their plunder In ^
he estlmato for general distribution.
This is very unfair, and for that rea- ^
ion, in order to protoct themselves,
mbordlnnto olllcorB and privates keep I
jack everything thoy can carry about
;holr posron, mich os rings, earrings, *
ireast-plns. otc, of which, if I ever
ivo to get home, 1 havo about a *
juart. I am not Joking, I have at
east a quart of Jowolry for you and \
Ul tho girls and sonio No. 1 diamond
lins among them. *
Gen. Sherman has ?ilver and gold
mough to start a bank. His sharo in C
;old watches and chains alono at Col
nubla was $275. i
Dut I said I would not go into
particulars. All the general ofllcers, C
ind many besides, had valuables of i
?very description, down to embrold- *
ired ladles' pocket hankerchlefa. I
lave my share of them, too. We took P
;old and allver enough from the d-d
.obels to have redeemed their Infer- ?
ml currency twice over. This (the
mrrency) whenever wo carno across I
t we burned, aa we considered lt ut
:orly worthless. (
I wish all the jowolry this army
lias could be carried to the old Hay 1
State. It would deck her out In glor
ious style, but, alas! it will be scat- 1
lored all over the North and Middle
?tutes. 1
The d-d niggers, as a general
rule, prefer to stay at home -partie- 1
ularly after they found out that we
only wanted the able-bodied men and <
to tell the truth, the youngest and
best-looking women. Sometimes we t
took off whole families and planta
tions of niggers, by way of repaying <
tho secessionists. Hut the useless
part of thoa e wo soon managed to 1
lose sometimes by crossing rivers,
sometimes by other ways. 1
I shall write you again from Wil
mington, GoldSboro, or some other <
place In North Carolina. The order
to march has arrived, and I must
close hurriedly. Dove to grandmoth- J
orand Aunt Charlotte. Take care of
yourself and tho children. Don't I
show this letter out of the family.
Your affectionate husband,
Thomas J. Myers. I
Lieutenant, otc. i
P. S.: 1 will send this by the tint i
Hag of truce to bo malled, unless I i
have opportunity of sending lt to Hil- i
ton Head. Tell Sallie I am saving a i
pearl braceles and earrings for hoi*. ?
Hut Lambert has the necklace and
breastpin of the some set. I am try
ing to trade him out of them. Those
were taken from tho Misses Jamison,
daughters of tho president of South
Carolina secession convention, We
found these on our trip through Goer
gio.
FIVE WOMEN KILLED
Fire and Lightning Single Out Pe
?nalo Victims.
Five women died from accidents
In Indiana Monday, three of thom be
ing burned to death and two struck
by lightning.
Mrs. Del Licke, of H ll ff ton, was
washing a shirt waist In Gasoline
when the liquid ignited and exnloded
covering her from head to foot in
Hames. She Jumped Into bed mid cov
orod herself up, but could not smoth
er tho Hames.
Mrs. Harry Drighty, of Lnfoyeeto,
was found In her home burned to a
crisp. Her clothing had evidently
caught lire from a stove. Neighbor?
heard her screams and rushed to her
rescue, but she dlod In a few mo
ments.
Kerosene exploded in the homo of
Mrs. Henry Maitz at Michigan City,
and her aunt, Mrs. Mary Kussel, 81
years old and blind, wan burned to
doath. Mrs. Mart/, wan severely burn
ed but will rocovor.
During an electrical storm near
Cambridge City, Mrs. Monroo Sherry
and her daughter, Mrs. Lulu Scott,
were In a little outbuilding. H was
struck by lightning and both women
were killed. Tho husband of tho
two women BOW the Dolt. It soonied
to be divided os lt Struck the roof,
ono port striking Mrs. Sherry and tho
other Mrs. Scott.
GOOD WORK DONE
By the School Improvement As
sociation of South Carolina.
In a Recent Hu UH lu tho President,
Miss Fair, Gives Some Interesting
Information.
One of tue moat potent factors Jfor
Behool development ls that agency
which makes tho school room bright
and choorful and. thorefore attractive
to children. "Tho School Improve
ment Association of South Carolina"
is doiug a gr?at work on this Ruo.
Tho membership of this association
ls growing and, by reason of offorlng
prizos to toachors of rural schools
who obtain best results in the way''of
making school rooms attractive., tho
interest of all tho teachers of the
State is being arrousod. ft
Each mom ber takos this pledge:
"I do hereby pledge myself to do nt
loaBt ono thing for tho improvement
of at least ono rural school some
timo during this yonr." Arid wtion
ono good deod ls attomptod another
is suro to follow.
Tho ofllcerB of tho association Sro!
President, Miss Mnry T. -NancAj Ab
beville; vice presidont, Miss Knther
iuo Mnzyck, James Island; recording
secretary, M?BS Lizzie Rodgers, Lung- |
ley; corresponding secretary, Miss
Anna P. Starko, Rock Jilli; treasuror
Miss Will Ixni Gray, Laurons.
Executlvo Committoe-First Dis
brict: Miss Louisa D. Poppenheim.lt
Chnrloston, chairman; second dis
trict, Mrs. Alma C. Stewart, Green- i
wood; third district, Mrs. bora Deo i
Walker, Appleton; fourth district, t
Mrs. C. Y. Roamer, Columbia; fifth 1
iistrict, Miss Gertrudo Shorer, Lan- ?
castor; sixth district, Miss Hertha t
Heaves, Mullins; seventh district, i
Vllss Theodosia Dargou, Stntoburg.
Tho County Organizers aro: t
Abbeville-Miss Lois Crawford, i
Abbeville; e
Aiken-Mrs. M. C. Robortson,
Mkem ,, r
Andorson-Miss Lillian E. Erwin, c
il. F. D., Pendleton. \
Hamberg-Mrs. S. L. Baker, Olar. fi
Barnwell-Mrs. Dora Deo Wulkor,
Vppleton. j
Berkeley-Miss Essie Harvey, fi
doncks Corner. , o
Charleston-Miss Katherine B. Y
duzyck, ??amos Island. , , , t
Chostor-M isa Floronce Bradford, r
'hester. v
ChoBtorileld-Miss Frances Berger r
Chesterfield.
Clarendon-Miss Fnnnio Davis, e
rlanning. j
Colleton-Miss Mildred Pndgott, |
Vnlterboro. b
Cherokee-Miss Bonnie McCluney, d
Vilkiesvllle. h
Darlington-Miss E. Ellis, Dari
ngton.
Dorohoster-Miss Carolino L. Die
inson, Summerville. . | f,
Edgofleld-Miss Hattie Newsome,
Sdgofleld. 1
Falrfiold-Miss Katherine Patrick,
Vhito Oak. 11.
Florenco-Miss Lalla Hepburn, | |j
florence.
Georgetown-Mrs. Mattie Price,
?eorgetown.
Greenville-Miss Margarot A. Rob
nson, Greonvillo.
Groenwood-Miss Alma C. Stuart,
Jreenwood.
lampton-Mrs. M. R. Goodin,
lampton.
Horry-Miss Lettie Harrelson,
*JIC1IO1B.
Korshaw-Miss Alice Dunn, Cam
ion.
Lancaster-Miss Gertrudo Shorer, 1
^ancaster. li
Laurens-Miss WU Lou Gray, s
Iray Court. 1;
Leo-Miss Hattie McCrutcheon, q
Ushopvllle. f
Lexington-Miss Sue H. Corley, c
lexington.
Marlon.Miss Berthu Reaves, Mul
.ns. , o
Marlboro-Miss Mattie Covington, r
VicColl. c
Orangeburg-Miss L. T. Tatum, d
2opo. ( n
Dickens-Miss Olive Boggs Now- i
on, Dickens. s
Rlciiland-Miss Madalelno Splgon- K
ir,Columbia. ?
Saluda -Miss Ruth Etheredgo, Sa- t
eda.
Spartanburg-Miss S. A. Nabors
inman.
Sumter-Miss Mildred Rent Ck, OS- t
tv ego. r
Union-Mrs. C. Murphy, Union. t
Williamsburg - Miss Etta Jacobs, r
Iv in gs tree.
York Miss Nora Williamson,
rjuthrlosville.
The purpose of this organization
Shallb e to unite all the people of
Ibo community foi tho Improvement
:>f the school: (1) by placing In tho
school facilities for honlth, comfort
and education, together with objects
of beauty; (2) by planting trees,
shrubs and Howers in the school
ground; (3) by encouraging tho es
tablishment of a library in the school
a centor for the community, by fur
nishing Instructive amusomont.
The regular annual meeting was
held lu Columbia December 31, 1006,
january 1, 1907. This meeting was
well attended not only by teachers,
but by prominent club women and
other public-spirited people. At this
meeting tho name of tho association
was changed to the "School Improve
ment Association of South Carolina."
The association was united with the
StntO federation of woman's clubs,
and will be represented by two delo
gntes nt tho annual meeting in Or
angeburg in May.
TRYING ORDEAL.
A Young Woman Sees Surgeons Cut
Off Her Ix'gs.
At Cleveland, Ohio. Miss Minnie
Gottschalk. eighteen yoars old, the
solo support of a big family, had both
legs amputated at Charity Hospital
Thursday. She was perfectly con
scious during tho operation and con
versed with tho surgeons and nurses
while oho watched their every movo.
Tho girl was recovering from pneu
monia when the circulation in both
logs stopped. Gangrene sot in, an
amputation of both legs was Imporn
tlvo. but. sho was too weak to take
other or chloroform.
Cocaino was injected into tho spi
nal cord, destroying all senso of feel
ing below tho point whero tho drug
was injocted. Not tho slightest pain
ronchod the girl's brain.
Tramps Killed.
Tho westbound Oregon Railway
and Navigation paseongor train was
wrecked in tho Umntltla river bottom
Thursday. Two trampa woro killed,
tho Aroman is missing and 16 passen
gers woro hurt.
FAILED TO AGREE
Only Five of the Thaw Jury Fa
vored Acquittal.
WILL BE TRIED OVER
The Celebrated Catto Ends in a Mis
trial, tho Jury is Discharged and
TIMHV is remanded to the Tombs
Without Boll, Whore Ho Will Stay
Until tho Second Trial Which WiU
He Next Fall. ? * ,
Tho Jury In the Thnw caso, which
hos boon up In tho New York Court
for over ton weeks, has failed to
agree, standing ilvo for acquittal and
?oven for conviction. After forty?
woven hours of deliberation tho Jury
itnnouncol that thoy wero hopelessly
?livbled aid could not possibly agreo
upon a verdict.
? Tho twolvo mon woro promptly
discharged by Justice Fitzgerald,
lyho declared that he, too, believed
Lhoir task was hopeless. Thaw was
remanded to tho Tombs without bail
:o await a second trial on tho charge
)f having murdered Stanford White,
the noted architect.
The scenes attending tho announce
uont by tho jury of Its inability to
igree upon a verdict wore robbed of
iny thealrlcalism by tho general bo
lof that aftor their long deliberation
md reports of a wide division of son
imont tho jurorB could moko no oth
>r report than one of disagreement.
Thaw, surrounded by the mom hors
)f his family-tho dovoted, aged
nother, palo young wife, the titled
lister, tho Countess of Yarmouth
dm. Oeorgo Carnegio and Edward
md Joshiah Thaw, tho brothers re
lived tho nows In silence. But it
vns plain that tho verdict was a dls
ippointment.
Whon it. bocamo known that tho
ury was about to mako its report,
md that tho case would be disposed
if Thaw called his wife to a seat by
Us sido, and sat with his right arm
brown about her until ho was com
nnuded to stand and face the jurors,
vho und just come in from tho jury
oom.
Smiling and confident as he ontor
d the court room Thaw sank limply
uto his chair when ForomanDoming
1. Smith, in response to a question
y Clerk Penny as to whether a ver
ict had been agreed upon said: "We
ave not." This ended the long trial
fhlch will all have to >..o gono over
gain next Fall.
Thaw's counsel will apply for ball
or their cliont, but it is doubtful If
o goto lt, as tho District Attorney
ayn ho will oppose granting him
all. Tho standing of tho Jury, seven
a flvo against the prisoner, will have
ts influence in dotorminiug tho mat
er. Should ho fall to got ball Thaw
rill havo to spond tho long summer
ii the city prison.
KEPT GOOD STUFF.
'resident Harrisons Way of Telling
a Good Presbyterian.
Col. Dan Kansdell, sergeant-at
rms of tho Senate, and a lifolong
riend of Benjamin Harrison, says he
ins known few public men moro ab
teminous than was tho President,
mt that on one occasion he was re
liiired to obtain a drink of whisky
or the Chief Magistrate under clr
umstances that wore somewhat em
mrrassing.
Ho had accompanied the President
>n a trip to Cleveland, which they
cached in tho midst of a drizzling
old rain. Mr. Harrison intimated a
leslro for a glass of something good
,ud Rnnsdoll consulted tho butler.
Mils dignified personage had boon in
truded not to offor liquor of any
:ind to tho President, whom the host
.now to bo like himself, a rigid Pros?
?yterlan.
But Kansdell was not to be put off
md tho whiskey wno forthcoming,
(macklng lils lips appreclately after
he genorous drink, Prosldent Har?
ison said: "Dan, 1 havo always no
iced that the better Presbyterian a
nan in tho hotter whiskey ho keeps.
CHANCE FOTI DEMOCRATS.
lo Win Next Time If They Will Get
Together.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch
lays there in ground for suspicion
hat the allegod conspiracy against
Ur. Roosevelt ls a puro Invention for
)olltlcal purposes only. Whothor so
>r not, tho nows from Washington is
hat the President is making good
,ise of into lino. All Republicans
mist now stand up and bo counted,
md he who halts is dammed.
The president will call the roll,
md those who do not answer will be
tot down as members of tho conspir
icy. Tho black Hag has been hoisted
ind all who fail to enlist and march
in th?? Roosevelt army will be num
bered with the transgressors mid
[luntshed an they deserve.
The big stick will be wielded with
unusual force, and every head that
Tails to nod to tho President's wink
will be knocked. Evidences multiply
that Theo. Roosevelt <s not only n
politician, but a glam nnong politi
cal bosses. Get togetlu . Democrats,
got together! Opportunity ls ham
mering at your door.
OWES FOR B0?ZE.
Anderson Six Hundred Dollars in
Debt to State Dispensary.
A dispatch from Anderson says
County Treasurer Payne has recolved
a lotter from Mr. W. F. Stevenson,
the attorney for the state dispensary
commission which soys that accord
ing to the books of the commission,
Anderson county owes tho stato dis
pensary $669.2$, which amount won
advancod by the state dispensary for
tho ohforcomont of tho disponnary
law In Andorson county, since lt bo
camo a dry county.
Mr. Stovonson wrltos that the total
amount duo from all tho counties
will aggregate $2*1,000, and that tho
commission is anxious to got tho
money . Treasurer Payne wrote Mr.
Stevenson that there ls no lovy tn
this county for tho enforcement of
tho disponnary law and therefore he
bas no funds for that purpose.
