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VOL. XIV. MANNING. S. C., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 1905. NO. 20.
ANOTHER DEFEAT
For The Brice Dispensary Bill in
the State Senate
FEW SPEECHES MADE.
The Senater from York Defeated His
Bill in a Vigorous Attack on the
Dispensary, but it Was Killed
by a Decisive Vote by the
Senators.
The galleries and floor of the senate
were crowded Wcdnesday night when
the local option bill of Senator Brice
of York was brought up. There was
practically little bebate on the bill,
and it was killed by a vote of 18 to 11.
In the mornirg Senator Brice spoke
for the bill, and in the evening Sena
tor C. L. Bleass against it. Senator
Mauldin alko spoke for it.
The bill had been introduced by
him, said Senator Brice. to give the
people of South Carolina an oppor: un
ity of wiping (ut the dispensary, root
and branch. He said that if the naked
devil had come to earth this would
have been the sort of law he would
have framed. The law bad been adopt
ed as a ecmpromise and now was an
Iniquity.
Instead of being a solution and im
provement c f the lIquor questien, said
Senator Brice, the dispensary law was
retrograde in movement. Let the peo
ple say whar they want. This is de
mocracy.
The bill which Senator Brice has
introduced this year is practically
similar to his local option measure cf
1904, except that it has no taxation
provision. This was tacked on last
year against Senator Brice's wish.
He said in his speech that bordes
of negroes around the dispersaries
on Saturday afternoons were like "a
crowd of carrion crows around a car
cass."
Fighters against the dispensary had
been successful when cming out bold
ly, and the time is not far off when
the system will be broken up, he de
elared. The tax wculd not s-re the
counties which really wished to be.rid
of the dispe isary. Cteroke had voted
It cut in spite of the tax.
Senator Biease said that he believed
that the senator frcm York was sin
cere in his views on the dispersary
law, and In fact believed that be was
at one time in sympathy with it. He
alluded to the fact that the Probibi
tionists bad advocated the diipensarv
law after the Cuilds bill was defeated
In 1892. If the prchibitionists bad
helped the anti-prohibitionists the
dispensary law would never have been
passed. If a stone had been given
when brea'i was asked for, It was the
prohibitionistAs who had done it.
The argument had been made that
the dispensary would have been over
thrown if the people had ever bad the
opportunity. Senator Blease cited the
candidacies of C. C Featherstone andI
James A. Hoyt, who bad both been
defeated, and in passing paid a tribute
to both. Itis now adisgrace for the
State to sell whiskey, and yet the pro
hibition ticket had recommended it.
What mater If it was "for medicinal
purposes" the effect is the same.
In giving the advantages of the dis
pensary law, the spE aker cited the de
pravity of barrooms, the stringent
regulations on dispensers as to selling
to minors, keeping open after hours,
etc., and the stamping out of the so
cial drink. There is one stench in the
ncstrlls of the pec pie-the so called
"social club"-where men sit and
drink and play cards until the wee
small hours, but this cannct be laid
at the doors of the dispensary.
In defense of the late H. H. Crum,
dispensary commissioner, he read from
The Evening Record of Columbia an
article relating to the dead man's
estate. The article stated that, al
though Mr. Crum was reported to be
very rich, he left an estate of *13,000
and owed from this $3,000. This then
was the real fortune of a man who was
said to have come to the general as
sembly a poor man and died worth
$159,000. Why not tell the truth
about these things, asked the senator.
Pictures had been drawn of splendid
homes buist by those In charge of the
dispensary, when mn rcality some of
these htmes were really crowded cot
tages.
The questons was too big for local
control. If1 the 500 voters of New
berry decide d by a majority of 100 to
vote out this dispensary, would this
be justice to the other citizens of the
county?
He was sory that the dispensary in
vestigation resolution had not, as ori
ginally intended, been ca.rried out, so
that the cammlttee would have re
ported by Feb. 1st. It had been said
that this resolution had been dictated
by a member of the State beard of
directors, but this Senator Blease de
nied with great vigor.
"The si~igle question Involved."'
said Senator Mauldin, "is whether or
not the general assembly is willing to
leave the rr.atter to the people of the
counties." He said that the dispen
sary law was not being attacked as a
whole, and, if such a popular institu
tion as described by the senator fr. m
*Newberry, it was certainly in no dan
ger. A law of this kind would he the
first oppcr ;unlty for the masses to
really dem anstrate whether or not
they want the dispmnsary. Sena:or
Mauldin th~ught government by :;e
pe"ople true Jeffersonian D~emocricy
and therefCre only just. Tae dispbn
sary systel had had as its c~ef re
ommendati .n that it would reduce
drinking, a.d now its chief glory is
Its ficancial success. The State bad
literally set its seal of app'roval on the
system. L itely .a friend had asked
him: "Why not make your motoes
read, 'Duxm spiro spero bibo' and 'Ani
mus oplbt.s ue et paratus spiritus fru
menti?'
The ayes. and nays were demanded
and the vcte was as follows on Sena
tor Blesses motion to strike out the
enactirur wo)rd:
Blease, C. L ; Blease. E. S.; Carpen
ter, Cliristensen, Davis, Dennis,
Douglass, Hay, Manning, McGowan,
McLeod Raysor, Stackhouse, Talbert.
Walker, Williams-19.
Nays-Senators Blek, Brice Hard
in, Brooks, Brown, Hood, Holliday,
Hudson, Mauldin, McIver, Wells-1i.
Senators Efird and W. E. Jonnson
were paircd. The former would have
voted aye, the latter nay. Senators
Marshall and Peurifoy were paired.
The former would have voted nay, the
latter aye. Scnators Von Koolnit z and
Warren were paired. The former
would have voted nay, the latter aye.
The following senators were absent
when the roll was called. Senators
Bates, Butler, Earle, Hough, W. J.
Johnson
TWO MORE JUDGES
By a Big Majority the House Passes a
F ill Creatirg Them.
The Arrangement of the Different
Counties as Proposed by the
Bill as Passed.
The bill to create two additional
circuits was pased by the house
Thursday. The majority in its favor
Was 25, quite surprising. The princi
pal objection came from the fourth
ircuit, which will have its name
hanged without receiving any bene
fits. The bill provides for the follow
ing grcupings:
First Circuit-Charleston, Colleton
and Beaufort.
Second Circuit-Berkeley, George
bown, Dorchester ard Orangeburg.
Third Circuit-Hampton, Aiken,
Bamberg, Barnwell and E Igefleld.
Fourth Circuit-Clarendon, Flor
ence, Lee Sumter and Williamsburg.
Fifth Circult-Chesterfield, Darl
ington, Horry, Marion and Marlboro.
Sixth Circuit-K+ershaw, Lexing
ton, Richland and Saluda.
Seventh Circuitr-Chester, Fair
aeld, Lancaster and York.
Eighth Circuit-Cherokee, Spartan
burg and Union.
Ninth Circuit-Abbeville, Green
wood. Laurens and Newberry.
Tenth Circuit-Anderson, Green
;ille, Pickens and Oconee.
The "special court' law is repealed
)y the following in the bill: "That
M no case shall any special court be
eld, but the governor may commis
ion some one learned in the law to
iold a regular term of court when a
ircuit judge Is disabled by sickness."
After ccnsiderable discusion pro
wd con the question came to a vote
n the mzotion to strike out the enact
ng words. The members were re
orded as follows:
Nays-Speaker Smith and Messrs.
Irnold, Baker, Ballentine, Banks,
radham, Brant, Brantley, Brice,
3ruce, Calliion, Clifton, Cloy, Coth
-an, Culler, Davis, DeVore, D.,ar,
)ukes, Edwards, L. B. Etheredge,
ishburne, Foster, Fraser, Fros'.,
laston, D. L. Green, Gyles, Hamlin,
Harrison, Barley, Hemphill, Hey
yard, Higgins, Irby, Keenan, La
Eitte, Lcfton, Lomnax, Lyon, Mo
ants, McFaddin, McMaster, Morga~n,
loses, Nance, Nicholson, Otts, Par
ter, Prince, Pyatt, Rawlinson, Rich
rds, Sanders, Saye, Seabrook, Shel
on, Sinkler, Spivey, Strong, Toole,
Eribble, Turner, Verzier, J. M. Wal
ter, John 3. Watson and Whatley.
[otal 67.
Ayes-Mess-s. Ardrey, Ashley,
Bass, Beamguard, Boyd, Colcock, Des
)hamps, Eiarhardt, Epting, E J.
Etheredge, Ford, Gause, Gibson, Gra
1m, Gray, W. McD. Green, Hall,
Eerbert, Kirven, Laney, Lawson,
.ester, Little, Massey, Laban Maul-]
ln, T. J. Mauldin, Miller, Morrison,
P~attson, Pittman, Poston, Pyatt,
i aves, Riley, Sellers, Stoll, W. M.
Walker, Webb, Wimberly, Yeldell.
12.
The following pairs were recorded:
Er. McColl, aye, with Mr. Whaley,
ay; Mr. Faust, aye, with Mr. Has
cell, nay; Mr. Browning, nay, with
Mr. Nsh, aye. The last named in
~ach of the pairs was absent.
The bill then passed second reading
fter being amended by Mr. E iwards
>f Spartanburg so that it does away
with special courts.
Choked by a Negro.
At Darlington early Monday even
ing week ago a young lady while go
ing from her sister's to her father's
bome on Orange street, only a short
listance, was attacked by a negro,
who had hidden behind a large oak
tree. As the lady approached the
brute sprang from his lair and demand
ed money. The lady screamed for
help, and, with true courage and hero
lm, endeavored to rid herself of the
fiend, which she did, but not until
the demon had bruised her throat
with his heinous fingers. A noise in a
nearby dwelling is supposed also to
have frightened the scoundrel, who
took to his heels. A diligent search
with bloodhouns was made, but the
dogs seemed to lose the trail. A simi
lar attack was made on a lady on Pearl
street not long ago and the assailant
a negra, as in this case, became fright
ened and ran
Darin~g kEcape.
Two convicts made a daring ercape
from the penitentiary at Huntsville
Texas, Thursday. Tney overpowered
the engineer and fireman of a locomo
tive in the penitentiary yards and
steamed from the grounds under fire
of the guards. They ran the engine
about five miles, when they aband( n
ed it and took to the woods. Onie cf
the prisoners was serving a lire see
tence under the charge of murderiag
hIs father.
Boiler Exploded.
An explosion of two 20-horse p wer
steam boilers in the dry hcuse of the
Gross Lumber Manufacturing come
pany occurred at Lexington about
closing down time Wednesday after
noon, completely destroyingc the dry
house, and, it is feared, fatally injur
ing Mr. Fred H. Gross, one of the
owners of the plant, who was stand
ing near by. Mr. Jasper D. Trice,
who operates a brickyard near by,
was struck by a flying timber and~
esaping steam, breaking his right
arm and scalding him severely, though
flt fatally.
JOHANN HOCH
The Chicago Bluebeard, Caughi
in the City of New York.
HAD PLENTY MONEY.
tioch, Who It Is Said Has Married About
Thirty Women, Was Found In the
Boarding House of a Woman
to Whom He Had Just
Proposed Marriage.
Johann Hoch, the Chicago "Blue
beard," who has for weeks been sought
by the Chicago police, who charge him
with having caused the deaths of sev
eral of the thirty women he Is alleges
to have married, was airested by the
>olice Wednesday night in a furnished
room house at No. 546 West Forty
aeventh street New York-City.
The man gave the name of Henry
Bartels, but the detectives say they
?.re possitive the man is Hoch. Mrs.
Catherine Kimmerie, the landlady,
ays the man was In the house twenty
minutes when he asked to be allowed
to peel some potatoes for her, and the
econd day he proposed marriage.
rhen she notified the police and they
rrested him.
At the station house the man de
;cribed himself as Henry Bartels,
orty-five years old. Everything the
man had in his possession was new.
Re had a new suit of clothes, six new
andkerchiefs that had been half
;oaked in cologne, a new razor and a
iew trunk.' Besides, the man had six
1100 bills, five $5 bills and change in
veey pockct of his clothing.
MARRIED THIRTY WOMEN.
Hoch is credited with the amazing
otal of twenty known wives, of whom
en, at least, according to the records
)f the police, have died within a short
period after they were married to the
ncdern Blue Beard. In each of these
ases Hoch is a'lege-i to have
irofited largely by the deaths of his
vives, and in the majority of the cas
s no sufficient explanation of the
eaths have ever been made.
With regard, to the other wives.
To h deserted them as soon after the
2arriage ceremony as it was poss.iTle
'ir hi= to &ecure all the money that
be wives had in hand. From all sec
:Ions of the country reprrts are com
an of his having marrih d momen for
heir money, and it is confidently as
erted by the police that when the
mplete record of his victims is made
ip it will greatly exceed the number
ow placed to his credit. The names
if the wives, so far as known, and the
ate which befell them follows:
HIS MATRIMONIAL RECORD.
Anna Hock, married in Vienna,
881, died 1883; Mrs. C. A. Mayer,
isr-led in Cnicago, 1892, died three
reeks later; Mrs. H. Irick, married
n Chicago, 1892, died one month
ter; Mrs. S. Hauck, married in
eoria, Ill., 1893, deserted Immediate
y af ter the ceremony; name unknown,
2aried in Chicago 1894, died two
onths later; Mrs. Julia Steinbrecher,
aried In Chicago, 1894, died two
onths later, left $4,000; Mrs. Janet
peI~cer, married in Chicago, 1895, de
erted two month later, lost several
undred dollars; Callie Charlotte An
rws, married in ChIcago, 1897, de
rted two hours later, lost 8500; Mrs.
. Hluse, married In Wheeling, W.
ia., 1897, died three months later,
eft $2,500; Mrs. Martin Ifotz, mar
led in Chicago, 1898, died t'eree
2oths ]ater; sister of Mrs. J. H.
~chart zman, married in Milwaukee,
899, died three weeks later, left
1200; Mrs. Mary Schultz, married at
rgus, Ind., 1900, b.>th she and
aughter disappeared, left 82,000;
rs. Mary Becker, married In St.
aouis, 1901, died a few months later;
~irs. Anna Hendrickson, married In
bicago, 1904, deserted after a few
reeks, lcst $1,000; Mrs. Lena Hoch,
arried in Milwaukee, died three
eeks later, left $1,500; Mrs. 3aro
ine Stricher, married in Philadelphia,
904, deserted after one week, lost
1200; Mrs. Marie Walker, married in
)ricago, 1904, died one month later,
eft $250; Mrs. Emilie Fisher, married
n Chicago, 1905, deserted after one
eek, lost $750.
CALLED FEIEND OF HOLMES.
About the man, all of the romance
f crime centres. He has been partial
y identified as a close associate cf the
otorious H. H. Holmes, who was
anged in Philadelphia ten years ago
wIth a record of twenty murders. In
hicago he is described as a swindler,
a, bypnotist, and a marriage broker
who selected as bis victims elderly wo
nen with means upon whom he work
d the scheiies that have given him
a unique record in the annals of
Irimne.
There is a peculiar white powder In
which he dealt that is described by
some of his victims who escaped, but
which the police have not been able
to get hold of, and whicu, it is believ
d, would shed light upon the fate of
sveral of the wives who died
o mysteriously within three or four
weeks after they had followed Hoch
o the altar.
Little of the man's early life is
kown. He was born, it is said, in
ermany, and there is a story of a
woman married and deserted there,
>efore he came to the United States,
where he entered upon his career in a
wholesale murder.
Caicago seems to have been made
as principal headquarters. Most of
~iis wives were either wooed and won
~here and taken tnence immediately
after marriage where they died, or
were deserted as soon as they had
gven over to Hoch all the money of
which they were possessed.
Because of the fact that he has liv
d in a score of places and under half
a dozen aliases no connected story of
is operations is to be had as present.
A~s early as 1894, he was found
practicing his peculiar profession in
Chicago, where he matrried Mrs. J.
SteiLnbrecker. Three weeks af ter the
mrriage, Mrs. Roch died, and on her
cine which her husband had adminis
tered to her, and expressed the fear
that she had been poisoned.
Benno Lechner a saloonkeeper at
Np. 394 Larabee street, Chicago, tes
titles to this chapter in the life of the
Bluebeard, and asserts that the man
disposed of an estate of $4,000 belong
ing to his wife immediately after her
death and within a month afterward
was again married.
WENT UNDER MANY NAMEs.
At one periud in his career Hoch
was known as Albert Buschberg.
Under that name he is alleged to have
married Mrs. Mary Schultz, a widow,
of Argus, Ind., representing himself
as a wealthy Chicago druggist. Short
ly after the marriage the woman and
her five-year-old son disappeared, and
have never been seen since. Just be
fore her disappearance the husband
collected $2,000 insurance on her first
husband's life.
During the years 1897 and 1898
Hoch furnished at least seven flats in
Chicago.
Ie bought the goods for the flats on
the installment plan, and afterwards
sold them again and defaulted in pay
ment of the monthly accounts. For
this he was arrested, convicted and
sent to prison for a year.
Two Milwaukee women aLo fall
victims to the man. Both of them
died suddenly after their marriage to
him, and Mrs. 1. H. Schwartz'ran,
sister of the woman who was known
as Mrs. Lena Hoch, declares that
Hoch disappeared with 81,200 of her
sister's money immediately after her
death.
Under the name of John Schultz
Hoch is said to have married Mrs
Mary Becker in St. Louis in March,
1902. The woman lived with him a
year all but two days, and then died
suddenly. Hoch collected $500 insur
ance and returned to Chicago.
From Cincinnati, San Francisco,
Wheeling, W. Va., and other places
come reports of the man's operatio.is,
and all of them tell the safne ghastly
story of a wedding, followed by a
death, the collection of insurance
money and a disappearance.
Dr. Reese, a Chicago physician,
who attenced Mrs Mary Walker-Hook,
another wife of the Bluebeard, says
that while he diagnosed the cause of
death in this instance as nephritis, he
has since heard that Hoch gave his
wife a strange white powder that had
not been prescribed for her, a short
time before her death.
John McKIonney, formerly a police
man in Chicago, whose post included
"Holmes Castle," at Sixty third street
and Stewart avenue, during the time
that the multi-murderer was conduct,
ing operations fnere, has identified a
photograph of Hoch as that of the
junior partner in Holmes estsblish
meLt. At that time, accerding to Mc
Kinney, Hoch was known as "Hatch."
FATAL ROW IN A CIRCUS.
One Killed for Merely Sneering at
the Performers.
During the performance of Reed's
Circus at Baldwin, Ala., Wednesday
night, a free for all fight occurred be
tween some of the spectator3 and the
performers. Between fifteen and
twenty shots were fired in a few sec
onds and when the smoke had cleared
away it, was found that Charles Peter
son of Franklin had been killed and
Martin Ashley of Baldwin had been
sht twice through the right arm and
through the left side below the heart,
the latter wound being considered ser
ious.
Both Peterson and Ashley were
spectators. So far as can be ascertain
ed none of the showmen was hurt.
The show people had been drinking
during the day and were in an ugly
mood. Peterson was beaten to death
with poles or some of .the stakes used
to hold the guy ropes of the tent, hisi
face being terribly mutilated.
Two trapeze performers were doing
the brother act when, it is said, either
Peterson or Ashley yelled: "We can
do that!I" The performers finished
their act and immediately rushed over
to the spectators to get at the men
who guyed him. They were joined by
other members of the company. Shoot
ing became general and a panic re
sulted.
Deputy Sheriff Dumesnil, with the
assistance of some of the residents of
Baldwin, did some quick work and
succeeded in arresting and jailing 12
of the 14 performers, including Mrs.
A. H. Reed, wife of the manager and
owner of the show. Reed escaped
with one of the employees, Siddel.
With them went the money bag.
Died of Poison.
A dispatch from Blackville to The
State says Miss Minnie Hutto, a beau
tiful and well thought of young lady
there, was found in her bed Monday
morning at 5 o'clock breathing her
last breath of life. Miss Hutto had
attended services at the Baptist
church both morning and evening as
usual on Sunday. Her door was lceked
but one of the sash of her room was
raised and the blind open. Her aunt,
Miss Sallie Hartzog, with whom she
lived, entered the window and found
her just breathing and summoned Dr.
L. F Bonner immediately, who found
her dying from laudanum poisoning.
Miss Hutto's father and mother are
both dead, but she has a brother and
several sisters who are very much
shocked at this suaden end of a sister
they loved so well. Miss Hutto had
not been despondent and seemed In
the best of humor Sunday.
Jumped Overboard.
A passenger of the Clyde Steamer
Arapahoe, en route from Jacksonville
to New York. jumped overboard while
the vessel was In her dock, at Charles
ton it is thought, with suicidal intent.
The man first threw his watch and1
then his pistol into the water and
climbed the rail and followed these
articles. The immersion in the cold
water scon brought him to his senses
and he offered no objections to the
rescue by the cre w of the vessel, who
lowered a life boat and went after
him Immediately upon his rash act.
Fourteen Strikers Killed.
At Moscow, Russia, Wednesday
evening In a fight between strikers1
and the soldiers, fourteen persons
were killed. The struggle followed
an attempt of the strikers to assemble
in a public square. Some strikers
pulled revolvers, whereupon the aol
ders opened firs and the strikers re
OAUGHT AT LAST.
Young Man Arrested in Charles
ton for Being a Firebug.
HE SET MANY FIRES.
The Accused is a White Boy and Ad
mits that lie Set Several Fires.
lie ls the Same Boy that Was
Nearly Killed by a Tiger
Sometime Ago.
The mystery of the many fires that
occurred in Charleston last month
was cleared up by the arrest of a
white boy b) the name of Raymond
Bowman on Thursday. There had
been about fifty fires in Charleston
since January 1, and people were be
coming alarmed at the thought that
a band of firebugs had invaded the
city. No one for a moment suspected
a white b-y of Charleston with being
the cause of the fires. Bowman is
charged with setting fire to cotton in
the East Shore Terminal Company's
shed, with trespassing on the premises
of M. Schmancke's hay and grain
store, with trespassing on the prem
ises of 11. Bhode's feed store, and with I
attempting to rob the safe In the A.
0. L ticket office in the Charleston
Hotel.
He was arrested at the hav and
grain store of C. D. Gartleman & Co.,
at noon Tnursday by Detective John
E Brennan, of the Charleston detec
tive force, and lodged in a cell at the
central station. Bowman admits set
ting fire to the cotton, but said that
It was by accident through the throw
lug away of a cigarette, and Chief
Boyle stated later Thursday after
noon that the prisoner had practical
ly admitted responsibility for the
series of fires that have taken place
in Charleston during last month, by
which some $30,000 worth of proper.
tt has been destroyed.
It is said that Bowman was the
first to warn Molony and Carter that
their place was on fire the first time,
that he was among the first to warn
Manager Kent of the fire at his
stable. He was seen to leave the
warehouse of Molony and Carter on
John street, just before the fire start
ed, by John Molony and the Southern
railway watchman. He was about 1
the Argyle Botel when the fire-there
started a few days ago, and recently
went to work for Mr Arnold, whose
stables were burned Wednesday.
Detective Brennan had been shad
owing Bowman all the morning, fol
lowing him into Gartlemans store on
King street Tbursday, and arrested
im at noon. Bowman was Identified
by Messrs. Schmancke, Rhode, and
Molony as the person seen about their1
plaaes, and Mr. W. B. Wallace, who1
has charge of the telegraph station at1
the Charleston Hotel, Identified him
as the person caughti trying to n
lock the ticket offiee safe at about 9
'clock one night some weeks ago.
The first clue that turned the st-.
tention of the police to young Bow
man was given by Mr. Rhode and by
Mr. Walpole at the Charleston Horsel,
who told af the attempt made by
Bowman to rob the safe. The boy
ame into the office late one afternoon
and asked the agent to change a five
ollar bill. Mr. Walpole went to the
sfe, a small hon one under the north
ounter. which is unlocked by two
keys, and after he had finIshed using
his bunch of keys he threw them on 1
th~e desk behind him. Young Bow
man left, and one of the safe keys on
the bunch was found to be missing.
Later in the evening Mr. Wallace
left the cifice to get some silver
changed into bills at the hotel desk, 1
and when he returned he looked overt
the ticket counter and saw young 1
Bowman trying to unloor the safe
When asked what he was doing, he
said that he was looking for some
thing. Mr. Wallace went for a po-t
liceman, and when he had left it -is
said that the boy jumped over the
counter and left the hotel throughL
the front entrance. He returned the
key next day, when Mr. Walpole sent
for it.
He was seen during the Charleston
Transfer Co-npany lire, running into
Bailey and Lebby's store, and the
weight of evidence worked up by De
tective Brennan from information
gathered firat through Mr. Rhode,
and from circumstances that Molony
and Carter thought odd, and from the
A. C. L. ticket agent caused the
arrest of Bowman, on the charges
specifie3d. In his enfession to the
police Bowman practically admitted
the burning of both Molony and Car
ter's places, and that of Gartleman,
and two other places.
When arrested Thursday in the rear
of Gartleman's hay and feed store1
where the fire of Wednesday occurr
ed, Bowman said that he had come to1
look at the work of the fire. At
Ehode's and Schmanke's, where he
was warned off he gave trivial excuses
for his presec. Bowman is not
more than sixteen years old, the son1
of Mr. Saul Bowman, and lives at 171
Anson street. Some years ago hei
was badly bitten by a tiger in a cage1
of a show on King street, near Cal
oun. Ha was a little fellow thenC
and had been permitted to enter thee
cage of the tiger, which tit him se
verely, and he was In the infirmary
for some time. He is understood to
have been married recantly in Au
gusta.
The only motive thiat cin be as
signed to his strange actions is that
of robbery, it seeming to be the in
tention of young Bowman to empty1
the eash drawers of the pEople whom
he excited by fire, and in their ab. 1
sence to avail himself of the opportu
nity of robbery. Perhaps somie men
tal weakness has been at the bottom
of his actions. The mystery of the
fires that have occurred is now cleared
away, and the department and polies
oa take a rest, as also can all the 1
nwnmTS of hay and grin stores.
The theory of spontaneous com
bustion had few supporters, for thi
regularity and the frcquency of th
alarms, together with the flndinj
j immed into the crack of a door o
the Brown Crockery warehouse or
Liberty street Monday morning a:
excelsior, a stick, and a paper fus
partly burned, made the Idea of in
cendiarism generally accepted.
Detective Brennan, with the co
operation of the fire victims and th(
police deserve the admiration and
gratitude of the whole city for th(
good work that has discovered the fire
bug, and a great load Is lifted fromr
the minds of the men who are respon
sible for the safety of the city from
the danger of fires. The effect of the
steady alarms and destruction of pro
perty had begun to tell on the nervea
of citia ns, and there now seems lit
tle danger of a repetition of the situa.
tion.
The Bres must have been set by
matches, of which there were several
In the pccket of the lad when he was
arrested, and he evidmtly trusted tc
his coolness and warning tactics to
guard him from suspicion.
The prisoner could not be seen by
the reporter Thursday, as the police
authorities did not wish Bowman to
be interviewed. -Charleston Post.
FARUES SUR TO WN
[I They Will Stand Together and
Hold Their Cotto,.
Valuable Information concerning
he status and condition of the Egyp
hian cotton crop, showing as it does,
?he wisdom of southern planters hold
ng their cotton for a higher price,
ras just come to the department of
ommerce and labor from Consul
imyth at Tunstall, England. Tuns
all is in the Lanahire cotton spin
ng district. Of the reports concern
ng the Egyptian cotton and of efforts
f English spianers to force down the
rice of the American~ crop, Mr.
;myth said in his dispatch:
"These reports are very diseourag
ng, inasmuch as they foreshadow a
hortage In this year's crop of the
lass of staples that comes Into com
>etition with American cotton. For
his reason I do not hesitate to say it
vould be advisable to warn the south
In planters against any move on the
>art of Ltncashire manufacturers to
orce sales at low prices in order to
eet the requirements of such a do
lelency.
"The general opinion in Lancashire
s that a plentiful supply of American
otton can be had on a 'f penny ba
is,' that is to say, 10 cents per pound.
ombinations are being formed to
old the price at this notch, if possi
>le and these combinations intend to
iperate thrugh agents sent specially
o Louisiana and all the cotton pro
lucing centers of the South. The
iroubles among the cotton nfanufac
urers of the East are expected to aid
n the development of this scheme,
or they are calculated to have a de
ressing effect on the home market in
heir relation to supply and demand.
"My candid opinion is that an enor
nous amount of money can be saved
o our planters by taking this matter
p.in time, and Invoking the assis
ance of the banks or the national
reasury, If such an arrangement can
e made to enable the planters to
rarehonse their cotton until the pres
nt stocks are worked up on this side
nd the necessities of the manufac
urers compel them to treat on more
iberal terms with the growers or their
opresentatives as the case may be.
"The erection of new mills in Lan
ashire and the effect which their con
umption Is likely to have on the mar
et next year lend additional inter
t to this subject, and serves to em
ihasize the views I have taken the
Iberty to present In this dispatch.
!iteen cent cotton, or even 12-cent
rould cut a very important figure in
he net assets of one year's crop and
bdd materially to the wealth and
>rosperity of the South."
Burned to Death.
A negro named Tilden Davis was
>urned to death in his home in Brit
n's Neck Saturday night. He bad
>een to Marion on Saturday and re
urned home early in the evening in
Lf intoxicated condition. After say
g a few words to his wife, he went
o sleep on the floor before the fire.
Eis wife and children retired to an
ither pars of the house and went to
ileep, and about 11 o'clock wore awak
med by the roaring of fire and found
he house in flames. She hastily got
he children out, and attempted to
escue her husband, but he, in his
irunken condition, resisted her ef
orts. Failing to get him out, she
an out to call for help, but before
LDy one could reach the scene it was
:o late for the house was almost
lwn. The deceased was a well
mown and very reliable negro, with
nly the failing which resulted in his
leath.
Hilled i. Warif.
A dispatch from Goceenville to The
state says Sheriff Gilreath was noti
led early Thursday morning that a
nan had killed his wife in the Prince
~on neighborhood during Wednesday
ight. He at once dispatched Depu
y Sheriff Ballenger to the scene of
~he crime. The murder occurred
bout one-half mile from Princeton
~nd nine and a half miles from Honea
Path. Dennis Wood, a white man,
~enant on a farm, killed his wife who
as said to have been half-witted. It
s said that Wood beat her first and
hen shot her, the woman only living
few minutes. The couple have four
ri five children. The man was arrest
d and is now in the Greenville coun
y jail.
Wanted to Kill Retr.
Fraulein Reubke of the Court Thea
er, Munich, Barnara, who~ is playing
he juvenile lead in Hauptmann's
'Berschmede," found on her dressing
~able Thursday evening a beautiful
yobon box with a nOte requesting
ier to open the box before going on
he stage. The actress was too much
ccupied to do so until before the last
ct. When she did open it an adder
larted out and fastened its fangs in
ier dress. Fraulein Beubke screamed
Lnd fell In a faint and the attendants
illed the adder. After some delay
she actress was able to Inle the per
THE CZ &R'S STORY
Of the Late Troubles in the Russima
Cities. Given Out
The Grand Duke Vladimir, the Cir'i
Uncle and Ppokesman, Gives His
Version of the Situation.
A dispatch from St. Petersburi
says the Grand Duke Vladimir, unci
of Emperor Nicholas and commande
of the Imperial Guard, granted al
interview to the A.sociated Press a
the duke's palace in Quay de Ia Cour
adj Ainlg the winter palace. Thb
correspondent was received in th
grand duke's private study.
"The newspapers abroad," suggest
ed the correspondent, "have mad(
many statements regarding the eventi
of January 22."
'I know; I have read accounts i:
the foreign press. I have sto.d aghasi
at the frigh.ful stories of the butch
ery of Innocent people which they
have printed. I know they say wel]
intentioned patriots, with a priest at
their head, coming peacefully to place
their grievances before his majesty
were ruthlessly shot down in the
streets; but we know that behind this
peaceful procession was an anarchistic
and socialistic plot of which the over
whelming majority of the workmen
were merely innocent tools. We know
from examination of the dead and
those arrested that some alleged
priests were actually revolutionary
agitators and students In disguise.
We had to save the city from a mob.
Unfortunately to do so innocent and
guilty suffered alike. But suppose
140,000 men had reached the gates of
the winter palace, they would have
gone elsewhere and the whole city
would have been delivered over to
anarchy, riot, bloodshed and flames.
Our duty was the duty of every gov.
ernment."
"They say that Gorky will be
hanged," suggested the correspon
dent.
"Nonsense," replied the grand
duke.
"It is asserted that some of the
troops refused to obey ccmmands"
was the next suggestion.
"There Is no question of the loyalty
of the troops," asserted the grand
duke. "They did their duty. They
are ready, asIamready, to die in
the streets for the emperor. A soldier
was asked by one workman why he
fired, the qaestioner saying to him:
'You'11 be a workman soon.' 'Per
haps,' he replied, 'then you may be a
soldier and know what It is to obey
your oath to do your duty to your
emperor."
"Might I ask your Imperial high
ness' view of the present situation,"
said the correspondent.
"With this unhappy war upon our
shoulders," said the grand duke, "we
are passing through a crisis. In the
interior there are many elements of
discord, but the situation is not so
bad as it is painted. The disorders
at Warsaw, Kieff and elsewhere are
iargely industrial, produced by trade
depression and consequent Lack of
employment on account of the war.
Ihey are not revolutionary at base."
Then without being asked the grand
duke went on:
"People speak of a constitution. A
constitution would mean the end of
Bussia, as the state would be gone,
anarchy would supervene, and when
it ended the empire would be disinte
grated. Jinland and Poland and per
haps other frontier provinces would
hiave broken away. Russia is not
ripe for a constitution. Go out among
the peasants who comiprise the vast
bulk of the empire's population and
try to explain to them government by
suffrage. The peasant knows nothing
of government; he does not even know
wbat the word means. He knows his
emperor. For him the emperor is
everything. Give the peasant a vote
and all would be anarchy. Still there
is nec'-dsty for reforms, and they
will be granted by the autocracy."
"Maintaining the principle of au
tocracy, then, the people will have an
opportunity to be heard in the gov
ernment?" questioned the corres
pondent.
"Yes," was the reply; "they can
and I am sure they will be given a
voice. Of that I am certain," and he
repeated the words emphatically, "I
am ce-tain," and continued even mcre
deliberately. "They will be given
the means of presenting their needs
and grievances direct to the sover
eign."
With these significant words, fore
shadowing perhaps the Immediate
grating of something in the Dature
of the zemskyzaboe (land parliament),
the grand duke ended the interview.
He then turned to Prince Belaselsky,
his aide, instructing him to give the
Associated Press every facility for in
dependent investigation.
The Jury Did Not selieve Her.
A miracle, broughtabout by prayer,
was sworn to In Court Wednesday by
Miss inga Hanson, a former member
of the Salvation army, who is on trial
In Chicago, charged with perjury in
connection with a personal damage
suis brought by her against the
Chicago City Railway Company. U~n
der oath Wednesday she testified that
the alleged miracle restored her sight,
speech and hearing. This remarkable
explanation came from the lips of the
young woman as the answer to a
charge that her ailments had been
conceived to further a $50,000 cou
spiracy, had been adroitly simulated
through five years of litigation, and
had suddenly ceased. The scene of
the alleged visitation was in Bich
mond, Va., and according to the girl's
claims, was produced by prayer with
an itinerant Methodist missionary
who visited her. Miss Hanson lost
tier suit against the street railway
company.
White Stone Sold.
A dispatch from Spartanburg says
Dougan & Scheftall, and Solomon
Sche f all, wholesale merchants of
'Savannnah, have pu-ciased the
White Stone Lithia Springs property
and will at once begin improvements
and innovat~ons lookirg toward the
establishing of a modern tourists ho
tel In Spartanflurg county. It is
understood that the consideration
A FATAL RIDE'
Seven Women Killed Outright
and Two Die Soon.
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
The Siegh in Whkh the Won Were
Riding'Was Esocked te Splinters.
The Briver Tried to Step the
Sleigh, Bt COd Nt
Contol the oerse.
A pasenger train on the P1ttsburg,
Shawmut and Northern Bailroad
Wednesday night crashed Into a sleigh
containing thirteen women, killed
seven outright and so seriously in
jured and maimed six that two of
them died after being removed to the
hospital. Of the other four, two are
in a serious condition. The accident
occurred near the city of Arkport,
N. Y. The sleigh was one of the
three carrying a party from the Uni
versalist church, of Hornellsville,
N. Y.
The dead: Mrs. Mary Gillette, Mrs.
Charles Thomas, Mrs. Eugene Shaw,
Mrs. Jos. Hallett, Mrs. 0. 0. Graves,
Mrs. Bert Moore, Mrs. Coates, Mrs.
Fred Green, Mrs. Ruth-Patchen.
The Injured: Mrs. F. Boughton,
Mrs. F. B. Rowley, Mrs. Bond, Mrs.
Wallace Clark.
Members of the Ladles' Aid Society
of the Universalist Church went toa
farm house near Arkport to spend the
afternoon. It was nearly dark when
they started on the return trip to
Hornelliville. The occupants of the
leading sleigh saw the train approach
Ing as they neared the Shawmut cros
Ing. The drIvcr urged his horses
ahead and the sleigh passed over the
tracks In safety. The women in the
first sleigh then attempted to warn
those in the one following of the dan'
ger and they did succeed in directing
their attention to the rapidly ap
proaching train.
The driver pulled up his horses, but
he could not check the heavy sleigh
quickly enough, and when it came to
astandstill the box of the sleigh was
directly across the railroad track.
The pilot of the engine struck the
sleigh with great force, reducing It to
splinters and hurling the women in
all directions. Every-woman on the
sleigh was killed or injured.
The other members of the party
hurried back to the assistance of their
unfortunate companions, and the
train was stopped and backed up to
the crossing.
The bodies of the dead were placed
upon the train and the injured were
laid upon improvised c.>ts in the bag
gage car. The train then proceeded
to Hornellsville. The. news of the
accident had been telephoned to the
city and hundreds of friends and rela
tives of the unfortunate women were
awaiting at the station. The dead
were at once taken to the morgue
and the Injured were placed in ambu
lances and taken to the Mercy Hos
pital.
Elisha Quick, driver of the second
slegh, was bakly hurt. He said he
tried to stop the sleigh, but could not
control the horses.
Seriously flurt.
A dispatch from Al1ren to The State
says that two daughters of Mr. B. B.
B. Armstrong were seriously hurt'in
a runaway accident Tuesday after
noon. The young ladles we're driving '
a pair of horses, and as they started
down a hill leading to Coker Spring,
owing to the shortness of the tongue,
the buggy sudde2ly lurched forward
and frightened the horses. They broke
and ransfor some distance, finally run
ning into a tree and throwing both
the young ladles out. It was thought
that one of the young ladles was fa
tally hurt, but she has Improved con
siderably and Is now considered out
of danger.
Fataly Burned.
A dispatch from Alkento The State
says a telegram was received there
that Mr; Geo. P. Ashley, formerly of
Alken, was burned to death in the
offiee car attachied to the railroad
omp of W-J. Oliver & Co., at
Wyckliffe, Tern., at 2.30 o'clock
Thursday morning. Mr. Ashley, who
was abont27 years of age, had been
in the employ of W. J. Oliver & Co.,
and had worked hswayup to are
sponsible position with that large
firm of railroad contractors. No fur
ther particulars of the tragedy were
given in the telegram.
Water Pipes Exploded..
At Union one morning last week
the hot water pipes in the big cook
ing range at the home of Dr. J. H.
Hamilton exploded with terrific
force, blowing out the end of the
range, sending the utensils in every
direction and plastering some of the
food on the celling, but fortunately
not injurnng any one.- People should
thaw out their water pipes when
frczm before building a fire In the
stove.__________
Tratamen Killed.
A special from McDonough, Gs.,
says that two persons were kliled in a
headon collision between Southern
freight trains Nos. 34 and 83 at Mo
Donough at an early hour Wednesday
morning. The dead are:
B. 0. Wilhelm, engineer of No. 34.
Calvin Archer, Jr., fireman of No.
34. _________
Calhoun (ounty Doomed.
The house Thursday night received
from the judiciary committee an un
favorable report on the bill to create
Calhoun county. There was a minori
ty report signed by five members.
There were 14 who signed the un
favorable repert, soit Is quite probable
that the new county wilh not be given
birth.
Fur Trainmen Kied.
A southbound passenger trian and
a north bound freight train on the
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
railroad met In collhsion Friday near
Tallahoma, Tenn., killing four train
men and injuring geveral passengers,
nna setenasls.