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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-06-03
FATHER, MOTHER AND SON.
A Tale of Poverty and Wretchedness Re-
lated in Police Court.

A Tale of Poverty and Wretchedness Re-
lated in Police Court.
NEW YORK, May 30.-There was at
least one light heart within the anxious
precincts Of the Jefferson Market Police
Court yesterday morning-a child's.
Now hurting many syllableb Polish jaw
breakers at Justice Duffy, now slylY
eluding the vigilance OF bis guardians,
now engaging IN single combat with
pollceman's legs, a four-year.old boy
extracted all the enjoyment he could
out of his new situation. With each
prank came merry burst Of laughter.
And all this while the tale Of the degra-
dation of his parents was being tola.
The woman, Rosa Ferfankof, was
twenty-five years old, wore good clothes
and had regular features anda clear, dark
complexion. She had been arrested,
together with other women, on the
street the night before by Policeman
Herman, Of the Mercer street station.
Herman told Justice Duffy that she lad
frequented of late the neighborhood in
which she was arrested. As she seemed
LO Ut uuuSCu W QUILL a UuioklCoo ilC litlo
previously contented himself with warn
ing her away.
Through an interpreter the woman
told her story. She had $4,000 gulden,
she said, when she was married to
Moritz Ferfankof, in Poland, several
years ago, but all the money was lost,
and whcn she, her husband and her lit
tie boy arrived here eight months ago
they were penniless. Her husband got
little or nothing to do. and finally COM
PEELED her to 90 on the streets. When
she brought home no money he would
beat her.
The husband had come to court with
the little boy to see his wife arralgned.
Justice Duffy, on learning of his pres
ence, ordered his arrest, and, after an
investigation, committed him to the
Workhouse for nine months. The wo-
man he sent to Castle Garden with
view to having her returned to Europe
by the Commissioners Of Emigration.
The boy went with her, dancing and
shouting with glee as he passed from
dark quiet court room into the sunshine.
The woman was unconccrned through
Out
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GROWING A MAY QUEEN.
THE CLOSING EXERCISES OF THE
ORANGEBURG ACADEMY.
Miss Jessie Riggs Chosen by her Compan-
ions as their 0ucen-An Exhibition OF
CalistheniCs.

Miss Jessie Riggs Chosen by her Compan-
ions as their 0ueen-An Exhibition OF
Calisthenics.
ORANGEBURo1. May 2S.-Thc closing
exercises of Miss Rebccca 5. Aloer-
gotti's school for young ladies and little
boys took place here last evening in the
presence of the friends and patrons Of
the school. and quite large number of
our citizens. The principal feature of
the evening was the crowniny Of
Miss Jessie Riggs. who had been chosen
by her companions as May Queen.
The exercises were held in the large and
picturesque grove adjoining the school
building, where the throne had been
erected and comfortable seats provided
for the audience. This outdoor ar
rangement was certainly happy
thought, and is greatly to be preferred
to the crowded halls at this season of
the year in which our school exhibitions
are usually held.
At the appointed honr the students
of the school marched in double rank
from the sthool-room to the front
of the throne, where the order, ''open
rank" was given, and the queen
ly little queen,. accompanied by her
attendants, entered and ascended the
throne. The picture at this juncture
was complete. The beautiful throne,
with it's elaborate drapery, and back
ground Of evergreen festoons, and the
company Of beautiful girls in their robes
of snow" white. as seen by the soft
light whicn flowed out from the myriad
of Chinese lanterns which bedecked the
shadowy grove. just as twilight faded
into darkness, presenteda scene calcula-
ted to stir the emotions, and upon which
the eye delighted to dwell. The crown
inc Of the queen was so arranged that
each child of the school had some part
in the picture, and all of them acted
their parts nicely.
At the conclusion Of this part Of the
programme. the class9in calisthenics
was introduced, and for nearly an hour
delighted the audience with their exhibit
tions IN this hcathtul ~Xercise. This is
a new feature of the school, and is
under the charge Of Miss Fannie Nose
ley, the accomplished assistant Of the
school. Miss Moseley has met with
nattering success in this department.
and calisthcn;cs will doubtless hereafter
lol7n permanent feature Of the school.
Mins Albergotti's school has lorg
since become one of the fixed institutions
Of our growing city, and continues to
increase in usefulness and patronage
under the management tits accomplish
ed and popular principal.
The music last evening was under the
direction Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kohn,
of our city, and added greatly to the en-
joyment Of the delightful exercises Of
the evening. g.-News and Courier.
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A Distressing Occurrence.

WoLFEBoRUGH, n. H.. May 2S.-
Yesterday afternoon Rev. T. &. Jerome,
pastor of the Congregational Church of
this village, with his two sons and
daughter and young man named Davis,
went out on the lake on fishing eXeur-
sion, AMI failed to return at 3 o'clock as
expected. A steamer which arrived at
four o'clock reported having seen
an overturned boat near Jamestown
Island. Search was made and late in
the evening the bodies Of the whole party
were recovered. MIR. Jerome was a
wealthy gentleman, owning about
s250,000 worth of property. He came
from New York two years ago. Irene
Jerome, the artist and authoress, is a
sister OF the deceased.
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MURDER WILL OUT.
MAXWELL MAKES A CONFESSION OF
PRELLER'S KILLING.

The Secret Divulged to a Detective in Jail
as Il Forger-Preller Injected with Nor
pl,ine and Then ..FIx.d''. will, C1,1oro-
form.
ST LOUIS, May 24.-In the Maxwell
trial to-day some sensational evidence
was given by J. F. Mccullough, de-
tective who under the direction of Detec-
tive Furlong, District Attorney Glover
and his assistant. Mcdonald, forged a
check on an Eastern house and presented
it at one of the city banks.
He was arrested and placed in jail add
assigned cell adjoining that Of Max
we'll. He testified that Immediately
after his incarceration he introduced HIM
self to Maxwell and worked himself into
his confidence, and about ten days after
wards he became engaged in conVersa..
ton with Maxwell about the murder
case. During the conversation. defen.
dant tuld witness that the only point in
his case about which he felt uncertain
aud uneasy was that concerning the
money. He said that if he could only
prove that he had plenty Of money when
Preller came to St. Louis he would have
no doubts about a speedy acquittal.
Witness offered to fix that all right, but
told defendant that he must know all
about the case or he could do nothing.
Maxwell then made free and full con-
fession of all the particulars Of the case.
beginning with his first acquaintance
with Preller on ship board. He noticed
that PreHer had in his possession a large
amount OF money; how that they
separated in Boston, Preller going 10
Philadelphia and Maxwell coming to
St. Louis. Defendant in his confession
said that on Friday night after Preller
Joined him in this city he. told him
(MaxwelD that it would be impossible
for him to pay defendants way to Auck-
land, whittier they had arranged to go
together. This, said defendant to wit
ness, angered him greatly, and he
determined then to ''fix" him for his
meanness. On the following night he
and Preller were sitting in the formers
room, when the latter complained of
severe pains in his side. Maxwell said,
ooh! | can fix that all right; L have
treated such cases BEFORE" He then
injected hypcrdermically into his friends
arm sufficient amount Of morphine to
render him unconscious. After he had
been in this condition for some time he
bound cloth saturated with chloro-
form about his friends head. and this, he
confessed to witness, tended the busi-
ness" He then secured all of Preller's,
money, about Sc, 800 in all, besides most
of his valuable personal effects, and
planned his escape, the -detaiIs 'of S'asIisft
are SO we'll known, >-zss:s.3a+
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NEW USE FOR PINE STRAW.
A North Carolina Company That Makes
,-t.Itz. it Into Yarn.

A North Carolina Company That Makes
it Into Yarn.
'!.Got any news, Captain?" asked an
Enquirer-Sun reporter of Captain 6. N.
Williams, of the Swift Manufacturing
Company, yesterday evening.
well, yes" replied the Captain.
'sI've5 got something out at the mill
that Is new to me. It was sent to me
by the Acme Manufacturing Company,
whoseniills are situated near Whining
ton, Me-"
s.s'Whatis it?" quered the reporter.
"Its;is a yarn made Of long leaf pine
straw. Il never saw anything like it
before, and it is entirely new use for
pine STRAW. The yarn IS somewhat OF
the character of jute, and seems to be
equally strong. 1t is said to be fine for
baggilsg, and is also recommend for
;pilielys! ahd Smattresses- as,it is claimed
y for. catarrtt. -.
Whoever thought Of pine straw being
made into yarn Or being put to any
other use than covering Irish potatoes
or the stable floor? Indeed, this is an
age of progress, and the question is,
"What neXt:?" Who knows but what
pine straw will yet be made into the
hagging that covers every bale of
cotton produced in this country Co
lumbus ENQUIRER Sun.
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A CHARLESTON MYSTERY.
A GHOST ON THE PUBLIC STREETS
CAUSING IMMENSE EXCITEMENT.

Crowds Gathering to See it-VieTs Taken
at Safe Distance-A Citizen Ventures
Near and is Sent Flying Home-Pistol
Balls Have no Eject on it.
There has been Immense excitement
for the past two weeks Oh Meeting.
about Calhoun street, caused by the
nightly appearance of strangclyeac-
ting appar;tion, like a woman in black.
It is tall, wears no hat, and regularly at
the dead hour of night perambulates the
vicinity. It is .unapproachable. and
regardless Of the crowd that gazes at it.
and the curious remarks and inquiries
made abous its singular conduct, carries
out its programme. Although 1t is but
a woman in appearance. it has inspired
such fear taat no one will venture to 60
close to,it, or endeavor at short range to
discover its identity. Whom it is. and
where it came from, and where it disap-
, pears to are mysteries unsolYed. A
prominent citizen a few days ago de.
termined TO look in its face to see If
possible what it was, but he had no
sooner got within good reach of it when
it gave him blow That made him stag
ger. He drew his pistol and fired away
at the object, and expected to see
lheless corpse on the pavement. but
when the smoke cleared away there it
was, as before. This was too much for
his nerves at that time of night. and he
took to his. heels and made bee line
for his home. HIS door being locked,
he jumped the fence and fell sprawlng
on the .groand. He then breathed treer,
but with bated breath. About midnight
there can De seen bold and intrepid men.
with an arsenal of arms about them,
lodging around the tree-boNes. peeplng
at the weiced spirlt-but will not venture
near. Parties Of q dozen or more men
have nightly volunteered to solve this
mysterious ghost, but none have been
bold enough to unravel the mystery.
The citizens can be seen late at night at
their windows peeplng out oftheir bowed
blinds with fear and trembling, anxious
ly looking for the nightly visit of this
awful thing. Men, women and children.
white and colored. are on tip-toe of
excitement about the ghost, the citizens
in the Upper Wards are gathering
together at the street corners discus
sing the ghost question, and committees
of strong armed men are being formed
>. to patrol the quarter indicated, to see
ifthey cannot ascertain the cause Of the
trouble, and allay excitement. No one
has yet had the hardihood to meet the
apparition face to face, fearing the
consequences. The ghost must be
captured and disposed otin some way.
If it can5ot be b, ffStce, it;fnastbe
overcome by strategy. Any waywill
do, so long that positive results are
reached. The public pulse needs relief.
-CharlestOn DISPATCH.
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THE ANARCHIST MURDERERS.
A Perfect Volume of Indictments Against
the Chicago Gang.

CHICAGO, May 29.-It is learned
that Spies, Schwab. Flelden, Parsons,
Fischer, Engel, Lingg, Seliger, Schnau-
bel and Neebe were indicted under SIX
charges. The first two are contained in
two volumlnous indictment, in which
the defendant are named collectively.
One of these is the "bomb" Indictment,
which charge them with wilful murder
in ignlting fuse and casting bomb
into the ranks Of the police; the other
is the same except that ''revolvers and
bullets" is used in place Of ''bomb."
Besides these there is an indictment
against each Of the ten men named
charging them as individuals with the
crime of murder by bomb throwing, and
also another set ofindictments charging
them with murder by pistol shots. In
addition to the two series Of indictments
charging the defendants with murter
there is also a series charging the ten
persons named with :'conspracy to muir
der" These words conspiracy tomur-
der" taking the place in this series Of
the words ''kill" and ':klll and mur-
der," which are mentioned in the first
two series. Six conspiracy indictments
each in turn charge conspiracy to Kill
and murder the six officers who have so
far died from the effects Of wounds re.
celved during the riot of May 4th. The
first named of the deceased officers and
the name Of another being given in each
indictment. one name only being gwen
in one indictment.
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SUICIDE IN COLUMBUS.
Accused of Infidelity, a Lady Shoots Her
self Through the Heart.


COLUMBUS. GA, May 2S.-Yester-
day afternoon, about 3 O'Clock. Mrs.
Silas Foster committed suicide by shoot
Ing herself through the heart. She was
about 25 years old and had been married
about two years. She and her husband
could not agree. He charged her with
infidelity and mistrcated her on more
than one occasion. About three week,
ago they separated, and Mrs. Foster
made repeated threats that she would
kill herself. Yesterday she fastened
herself up in her room with q little three
-year-old son Of a neighbor, and IN 4
short time the occupants Of the house
were startled by the report of pistol.
The door was forced open and she was
found lying on the bed breathing her
last. 1t Is sad that her mind has not
been well balanced since last Christmas,
and that she had previously attempted
to take her life. Foster is an cmploye
of the factories. When he heard Of the
suicide. this afternoon he. walked into
his wlfe's room. took Il look at her. and
walked out without bctraying the slightest
emotion. The weapon used by Mrs.
Foster IN taking her life was 4 little cap
and ball single barrel pistol.
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SUICIDE IN NEWBERRY.
A Negro After Quarreling With His Wife
Hangs Himself.

Hangs hfmSelf.
The Newberry Observer of the 9th
instant says: On Friday last Mattison
Antney, colored, who has been living
with Mr.. N. Fl. Young for year or so.
about one and a half miles South of
Prosperity, committed suicide by hang
ING himself to q tree in the pasture.
He had some trouble with his wife Fri
day morning, and threatened to cut
his throat with his razor. He left the
house asying he was going to kill him
self; but no one thought anything more
about it. He did not come home, and
1T being too wet to work it was thought
that he had gone to his fathers. He was
found Monday morning, and Coroner
Bass held the inquest. The jury found
a verdict that the deceased came to his
death by hanging at his own hands.
The razor was found upon his person
when examined. 1t was evident from
the struggles that he endeavored to save
himself after stepping of the fence, as
he was astride the fence, when found,
and his face showed that lie had.a strug-
gle, as it was scratched up considerably
where it had come in contact with the
body Of the tree.
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TO RESTORE CAPTURED PROPERTY.
The Treasury Prescribing Rules for the
Guidance of Claimants.

WASHINGTON. May 24.-A few
weeks ago Congress passed bill which
has already been noticed in these dis
patches. authorizing the Secretary fthe
Treasury to restore to their rightful own
ers certain property captured during the
war and now on deposit in the vaults of
the Treasury. This property consists
Of watches, jcwelry, silver plate and
other valuables that were sent TO the
War Department from time to time:
much Of it having been captured in
Georgia and South Carolina during Sher-
mans march to the sea. One very large
lot belongs to citizens CT Columbia,
S. c., and was captured while being
taken in wagons from that city to a
place of intended concealment. Other
articles were taken from the bodies Of
dead soldiers on the battlefield, Or from
the wounded who died in the hospitals.
This property has since been lying in
tie vaults Of the Treasury unnotlced
until Treasurer Jordan took charge.
when he recommended the passage Of a
bill to restore it to its owners. Acting
Secretary Fairchild will write an order
tomorrow prescribing rules for the guild
ance of claimants, who are requested to
furnish description ofthe articles claim
ed, and affidavits to show their owner
ship at the time of capture, anil the cir
culnstances under which they were
captured. Upon the receipt of these
af1idavlts the Secretary will advertise
for two weeks, at the cost of the claim
ants, in the newspapers nearest their
residences, a notice setting forth the
nature of the claim, and calling for in
formation from the public concerning it.
The Secretary will also require a bond
of not less than the value Of the property
claimed to indemnify him IN case it is
given to the wrong person. At the end
Of a year all articles remaining uncla!nl-
cd will be advertised, and then sold at
auction for the benefit ofthe govern
ment.
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! sA.STRANGE ACCIDENT.
A Romantic -story-saved from n Charge
-gs%tsSssi, of Murder.

S1S GEORGES BAY. n. F., May o.
A French brig arrived here Thursday
from Saint Malo, North of France,
bouna onsa fishing expedition to Port-au-
ChoiX. She: diverged from her course
to send on.shore Miss Louise JourneauX,
who was rescued from shell boat at
sea about twenty miles from the Island
of Jersey. Her story is this: That on
Sunday, April Is having left church, she
went Eout boating will, gentleman
companion. While rowing the oars
man nalost one Of his oars, and in the
effort to rescue it he lost the other.
Being asgocd swimmer. he unhesltating-
ly jumped over to- recover his oars.
Meanwhile the wind was fresheniDg and
the tide was setting from the shore. He
lost sight of the boat and must have
sunk Miss tJourneauX was then alone,
and during the two days and nights was
drifting about in her fragile craft, which
was almost filled with water and at the
compIete mercy ofwind and tide. When
the French; brig proyidentially arrived
on the scenetshe was in most hopeless
condition. She was taken on board the
brig and cared for, and failing 10 reach
jersey was; brought 1000 miles away
from shome to the West coast OF New
foundland. Meantime, Farne, her COM
panion, succeeded in reaching shore, and
boat. was dispatched in search of the
missing shell boat, but without success.
Farneswas arrested next day and exam
ined $before the Mayor of st. Helers,
and committed to custody on a charge of
murdss The sentry at Elizabeth Castle
deposed that about the hour of the oc-
currence he heard cries Of murder off
St. HeIer's harbor. The circumstance
al evidence against Farne is now dis
proved BY the living woman's evidence.
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A HElNOUS CRIME.
A Fasher Hunted in Two States For As
s.. sauit on His Own Daughter.


!; Sheriff Nc earleyt ytax,,eeently received a
letter from a nsrty near Charlotte,
North Carolina, making inquiries about
one George Moore, formerly of this
County, who had been committed to jail
in Mecklenburg for an outrageous as
sault upon his own daughter. Some
time in February he left this County,
and It was reported that the colored
people around him had threatened to
lynch him, as it was believed that he
had again assaulted the same girl, who
is only about fifteen years otage. When
he left he took the girl with him and
located near Charlotte. and as stated
above has been arrested and lodged in
jail on a charge Of rape. When he left
here he changed his name to Robert
Hall. and under this name he was ar
rested. His right name is George
Moore, and he IS a notorious character.
In 1873 he was tried and convicted of
manslaughter, and was sentenced by
Judge Mackey to life Imprisonment. He
was pardoned after being IN prison for
several years by Governor Hampton,
and returned to this County. In 1888
he was again tried and convicted of
larceny Of live stock, and sentenced to
Imprisonment in the Penltentiary. His
term expired little over year ago,
and he had been living in the County
until February, when he left for the rea-
son above stated.-Wmnshoro News
and Herald, May 26.
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DYNAMITE FIRED.
Terrific Explosion-TwoP Persons Instantly
Killed.

BARNEGAT, n. j., May 27.-An ex-
plosion occurred this morning at the
United States Dynamite Works, two
and a half miles from the village of
TOMS River, the vibration ofwhich was
felt throughout Ocean county. The
building in which it occurred contained
two hundred pounds Of dynamite, and
was blown to atoms. Two men were
killed, their bodies being horribly mutt
lated. Several persons were at work in
the building, but had gone out just be-
fore the accident, and thereby narrowly
escaped death. The plastcring was
shaken from buildings in TOMS River
village. window glass was broken at
ForEed River, thirteen miles distant,
and doors were forced open by the con-
cussion at Wartetown, seventeen miles
away. The sensation was similar to
the effect of the recent earthquake. This
is the third blow-up which has occurred
within the past few months at these
works, but fortunately in the others no
lives were lost,
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Arizona Terrorized by Indians.

CHICAGO. May 29.-A special from
Tucson. Arizona, asserts that the
Indian situation is growing serious. 1t
is feared that a general outbreak from
the San Carlos reservation will take
place. 1t is said that there is no room
for doubt that the hosLiles are being re-
inforced from this reservation, and that
the long continued success of the hos
tiles has emboldened others. General
Miles is very active. and Is enlisting
rangers from the most determined men.
A company is being recruited at Tucson
which will take the field at once. South
ern Arizona, it is stated is in state of
terror