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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-29

Governor Eiieroe received applause. Call
ed 10 the ofice By. the people ofboth factions,
be did not ask reelection if the infamous
charges against bin We proven He would
not bow to tbs politicians if be never held
Office HE only ambition had been to give
unsel6sh servics. No manly man would ad-
vance chargee tina. be could not sustain.
Tiilman bad made wbn'eeale charges against
his ADMINISTRATION, bet be would cot provs
them. Tillmar had gone 20 Clemson with a
minority report 10 bis pocket, but ,hsy bam-
boczled hin and be si12ed repo saying
the coile.e WIS doing grand wo.k
(Laugb,er Why d,dn't be have tbe cour-
age Of his COW c,iops? Ee wss soured by
defes. IN politics sod he Judgment has be-
come prejndiced II vas unfortunate that be
should cone a, tbs time. when the people
we're getting together, to ,.y End tear dowa
everything. ! did no, ioaugu.a,e the dis
pensary, though I.wisb ! had that honor
Ben Tillnar oil it. ssd does he George
Tillma2) dare gay ;hat he did it to corrupt
The morals Of tie people? The governor was
loudly applsuded as be co cluded.
Col. George Tilnso wss cheered as be
begao. E!!e.he's ensrge ,ha, be trying
to pull down Glen BOD was iufamously false
and El,erhe krew It Bu: Why should Cle1-
son s2erd 100000 when the mother college
speDds only $2o. o0o. He ocjscted TO th.
amouEt of money spent Time would show
that Clemson aud Winthrop were failures as
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-29

he ssked reelection on the sroond that be
had we'll served the people Of ,nis district
and OF the State and Is qualified By experi-
ence ~ serve them better 10 future
Nf. G. W. Gsrris, Of Csllelon, csod:da.e
fox Railrosd Commissioner let right toto Xr.
b. B. Thomas fer hayine asserted shat oooe
Of bis SIX opponents are qualified TO Gil the
oiice. Then be said word in bis own be.
haif and asked all Of Mr.. Thomas fellow ci,i-
Ss0s sbo do not expect &c vote for him 10 put
Garris on their tickets
Rev. ]. A. Sigh, anosser sspiraot for
fnomas,s job, congratulated Su1 ter Couoty
On havieg the ooly man with the abiiity to
al the Office OF Railroad Con missioner 1t
seemed to stick in his crax that Mr. .Thomss
had remarked in that gentle way of bis, that
ihs people bad jast - we'll elect painted
Indiae cigar sign to The Office as any of The
SIX wcu.d. be commissioners. His Reverence
spoke 80 if he thought Mr. Thomas intended
. personal reference. he also mentioned tae
fertiliaer rates and branched of TO discuss
the iength Of time Mr.. Thomas had fed ct the
pnblic's expense.
RaiErosd Commissioner, H. R. Thomas,
spoke of bis own ftosss for the position 70
which be seeks reelection. Bis edoratiou as
civil eagiaeer aud bis training in practical
railroad work we're exploited, sod then he
got do wu to the record as Railroad Commis-
sioner. The various noteworthy concessions
in behalf Of the people be had wrested from
the railroads were brought oot, and shor;
time vas devoted to the fertilizer tax
Ger. J. Walter Gray, OF Greenville, spoke
briefly and without particular roiD', ssve to
ask fer the vote of Sumter Conoty for the
Office Of Railroad Commissioner.
Mr. N. Il. S,ansill. of Ba:nme'l, made the
shortest speech of the day. saying that be
vented 20 be elected Railroad Commissioner,
and sast his policy would be 10 take care of
the p,opls aud let the railroads take care of
shemfelves.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08

the charge of murder in California, and
the execution had been set TO take place
to-day.
He then proceeded to read his petition
at length. presenting the points which he
had hitherto presented to the individual
justices of the court, making application
for an appeal from the decision OF the
United States circuit court for the North-
ern district of California, in hope OF tnus
getting the matter into this court ana Sc
| curing a stay of proceedings in the matter
of Durrant's execution by obtaining an Or
| der for a writ of haheas corpus. lie also
set forth his action in presenting the mat
| ter to Justice Brewer and other members
| of the court in their individual character.
AS he proceeded Mr.. Boardman was ire
! quenty questioned by members oil the
| court. whose questions were evidently MADE
| for the purpose of calculating the points
Mr.. Boardman sought to present. He sald'
| in reply to Il question from Justice Har-
| Ian. that the main point in his apphca-
| ton for appeal in the habeas corpus
| proceedings before the California federal
court was his reliance on his constitutions
a! right of appeal which he claimed hdd
| teen denied by the refusal of the circuit
| court to grant this appeal He also claimed
| that the state court, by proceeding 10
sentence Durrant to execution NoNenpci
/ \ last. before the mandate OF the hlted
| States supreme court refusing to grant 4
| writ of habeaS corpus had been received
| violated the constitution and laws OF tne
| United States and acted rs denial oil the
rights of his client.
Taking up the proceeding IN the Cail-
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
THE FINAL APPEAL.
United States Supreme Court Refuses
to Grant a Writ of Habens
CnrnuS.

Washington, Jan. THE United States
supreme court, at three minutes past
o'clock to-day, rendered its final decision
in the case of Theodore Durrant. refusing
to interfere. The matter was before the
court on an application made by Attorney
L. Z. Boardman for leave to file IL petit
ton for a writ OF habeas corpus in Dur
rants behalf. This application was only
made by Mr.. Boardman after he had cx-
hausted all other resources. After seeing
Justices Brewer and Harlan last night
he called upon Justice Shras before the
convening of the court, but met with the
same denial which he received at the
hands of the other justices.
After this proceeding. Boardman had
no time left to see other individual JUS
tices. he repaired to the courtroom, with
the intention of presenting the matter to
the congregated court. He presented a
personal petition in his own name in Dur
rants behalf rather than to appear as the
latter's counsel. To appear in the latter
role it would have been necessary for him
10 secure admission to the bar. and that
proceeding would have required time which
Mr. Boardman felt he could i'll afford 10
lose In presenting the petition he had
the undivided attention of the entire court
all the members of which were present
eNcept Justice Brewer. and of an audience
which filled all the seats and the standing
room in the portion of the hall outside OF
the bar.
Mr.. Boardman lost no time in presenting
> his prayer to the court. Immediately aftel
court convened he moved swiftly from thu
rear of the bar enclosure to the front
where he calmly took his position and be
gan his presentation of the matter il
hand He briefly outlined the fact tina
Durrant was under sentence of death ol
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
TRIPLE LOUISIANA HANGING.
Three Negroes Executed for Murder
ing and RObbtnE Jewish
peddlef.

New orleans IAN. Three negro mur-
d,,.or- a;od ~, tho sc.froId at TI.bnville
oerers oieu on 'ne suaioni ID. i,at.i,, tnda,
Il small Town III ot. oiiiIies pai iHh 'os' 80,
Louis Richards. alias Pierre. alias Gre
ole" by the latter name being notorious.
was one of the trio. The others were George
,v.al;.ota "a Eoxa,, ntorris also ne
"ashihstoh aii" roNeS MI is' 60 aI.
groes. They were sentenced 10 oea'n ior
numbering and robbing Il Jewish peddier
named Zeieler. last June on Ellington plan
tation near Hahnville. The murdererS
We're traced by the discovery of Zeigler's
-, T.. ,,e.,.ossion of tboir fem.Ia conn
sooos III possess'o'' ot '"''' '''o
panlons.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
A HORN WITH A HISTORY.
For Years 1t Sounded a Warning TO
Maryland Mountain Moon
sinners.

From the Baltimore Sun.
There is an old battered tin horn In the
possession of an ancient colored man at
dalton. Ga. around which are associated
memories of many deeds of violence.
In ante-bellum days the horn was the
nroperty of Colonel Ben" Longbridge. a
wealthy planter of Murray county. 1t was
originally used to summon his many slaves
to work and to meals, and its welcome
vote AZ sunset was the signal for them to
rest from the days labors.
After the war the horn became separated
from the Longbridge family, and from that
time until a few months ago was the per-
iod of its stirring history. Murray county
has for years been stronghold of the
enue officers made desperate raids on the
illicit distillers. killing and being killed,
vet never entirely Subdung the stubborn
mouataineers. The mellow note OF the old
lin horn would always warn the whisky
rebels of the approach of their enemies.
and many mans death has 1t presaged.
The moonshiners would station q lusty
lunged sentinel on some prominent noun
tain rock which commanded a view of the
valley below. and the slightest symptoms
in the lower desiles was sufficient to send
the bass echoes of the old horn flying
and the moonshiners themselves flying to
their improvised fortresses, armed to the
what they considered their rights and In
defense of their Eearthstones. To the rev
enues" 1t always bore dismal informa-
ton that from the next crag or bramble
they might expect a staying volley from
The venerable horn is a special reminder
country up to within a year ago ii was
used 10 rally the forces of the gang. and
was often the preface to bloody con.
GiCt between them and the laws represent
When the gang was finally disposed OF
| the horn passed into the possession of old
negro. and the old man often brings it ou
and recounts its interesting history.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08

before going to the entertainment. At any
rate. Miss Williams went to the home OF
friend in this city. and at 7:30 o'clock
started for the entertainment. Half an
hour later she was seen standing in front
of Emanuel Baptist church talking to Dur
rant. She was never seen again alive. AT
$50 that night Durrant arrived at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Vogel where the entertain
ment was given. with flushed face and in
Il highly nervous condition. He asked to
be shown to toilet room in order that he
might wash his hands and later asked that
the person who directed him should say
nothing about the incident. When he was
arrested at Mount Diablo. Miss Williams
purse was found in his overcoat pocket.
Durrant said he found the purse on the
sidewalk while going home from the enter
tainment He was seen in the vicinity of
the church at - o'clock that night. and
it is supposed that he went back to the
library where he had strangled Miss Will
Jams. and finding her breathing feebly. cut
her wrists and forced part of her clothing
down her throat. The theory of the pros
ecution has always been that Durrant
murdered Miss Williams to conceal the
murder of Miss Lamont. The two young
women We're acquaintances. and Durrant
suspected that Miss Williams believed he
knew something about the disappearance
of Miss Lamont.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
TWO GEORGIA HANGINGs.
Thomas Cyrus Executed at Atlanta
and Simon Hopkins at Balm
bridge.

Atlanta. Ca, Jan. Thomas Cyrus was
hanged here at II: 40 a. m. The moose slipped
from behind his ear and death resulted
from stranguation. He made no state
ment whatever on the gallows.
The crime for which Thomas Cyrus was
hanged was the murder of Annie Johnson
a negro woman who was employed at the
home of Governor Atkinson as domestic.
The murder was committed on the night
OF June 2, in little cottage on Bell street,
in this city. Cyrus was infatuated with
the woman. who had been his mistress for
some time. On the evening Of June >, he
went to Annie Johnson's hcme and found
another negro man in her room. Cyrus
asked for an explanation. and failing to
receive a satisfactory answer he coolly
dew his pistol and shot the woman. She
fingered until the next day.
Cambridge, Ca. Jan. 7.-Simon Hopkins,
colored. was hanged here at 1870 o'clock.
He made confession to the effect that he
invegled a friend named Harris into a
swamp and killed him.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
RESTITUTION MADE At LAST.
Heirs of q Fortune In Germany About
to Secure Their
Own.

Chris Leischsenring. of Boone. Ia,
who conducts a merchant tailoring estab-
lishment, has recently fallen heir to a large
estate and will soon receive large sum
of money which has been due his family
for many years.
Over eighty years ago Mr.. Leischsen-
rings grandfather on his mothers side.
whose name was Schramm, and his brother.
lived in Germany. The brother. who
worked on nobeman's estate. one day
received letter from Holland. Not being
a scholar and being unable to read 1t, he
it for him. The nobleman told him that
he had been left an inheritance of $500 BY
a brother who had died at Amsterdam. bui
the trouble and expense of getting 1t would
be more than it would amount to-. The
nobleman generously offered to take the
Would Would provide for him for life on his es-
tate. and take the legacy. taking what he
could out of it. To this Ir. Scnramm
Mr.. Schramm lived and died on the es-
tate. but years after .. it was SAID the Legacy
grandfather tried in the courts to secure
his rights. but the other party had too
much money with which to fight. and the
Recently a grandson of the nobleman.
" he had inherited the wealth. when about
to die confessed that the amount OF the
legacy left to the Schramms was over
$4,000. and in order to square the matter
nbSna adG W III tRe Tshu her the
children of the man who was swir::!sd out
of it.
1t seems that brother of the Schramms
ran away from home and had gone to
sea years before since which time nothing
had been heard from him; He had become
at Amsterdam Holland. without leaving
any heirs. leaving fortune, of over $500 900.
This money now comes by Will TO the
heirs in America. who consist OF lr.
| Isischsenring. his sister and ten cousins
| twelve i'm all who will receive something
| over SIS 600 each If they only get the prin-
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08

From Harper's Round Table
Dr. Junker the Russian explorer who
did not see a white person for years while
he was studying the natives and natural
histor of the upper Mabongi-Makua river
made use of an ingenious eXpedient to get
to the coast on his way home in lSS6 He
could not descend the Nile. for the Mahdists
blocked the way. He could not follow the
beaten road by way of Victoria NyanZa
for the Waganda and other tribes had been
killing whites. and if they did not murder
Junker they would at least detain him as
"A prisoner. Arab traders would not take
him in their caravans for fear they would
lose the friendship of the native chiefs
along the road. At last the doctor went to
You cannot take me with you as IL
friend he said. - but you can take me as
a slave Look at this And DR. Junker
showed the trader an order written in
Arabic and signed by well known firm
in Zanzibar, authorizing the doctor to
make any arrangements he desired with
the Arabs of Central Africa, and the firm
| would honor his drafts.
Now" continued DR.. Junker. Il have
written out a contract. and if you will
sign it with me l shall reach the coast.
| 1t provides that when you deliver me
alive at Zanzibar the sum of 1850 (Aus-
| trian thalers) will be paid to you by this
| firm. You cannot take me with you as a
| traveller or friend. and you must there
| fore take me as a slave
The bargain was made on this basis In
| man was represented to be slave who
| had been purchased from a negro tribe
| further north. AS slave he passed mus
| ter even at the court of cruel King Mwan-
| GO. and was allowed to pass on in peace
| with his supposed master.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
THE QUESTION PUZZLED HER.
"What You 'LOwin' for EEGs:" Was
Beyond the Comprehension of
the Modern SaleswOman.

From the New York Sun
This was in one of the big retail houses
in the shadow of Grace church. The
man was Enthusiastically a farmer. Not the
rounded. successful and assertive farmer
of the present. who can take care of him
self. but the elongated, cadaverous. chin
whiskered. wind-wasted farmer. who helps
his wife in her housework and who often
wears her apron. He carried basket
The care which he bestowed upon this
basket was proof that it contained eggs.
He finally reached the shoe department,
and asked a young woman if she had any
shoeblacking. She showed the old gentle
man several brands. They were in bottles
and some in pink-covered boxes. The Gus
toner shook his head.
Il want some of that backing" he
said that l have had all my life, and
that my father had. 1t comes in big.
round box bout the size of baby flap
jack. and has a yallow label on it and a
on n the il posh Of boot ees that I niger
has just shined up. Amt you never seen
any such blacking?"
been transferred from the book department
because she had offered new novel to d
man who, asked for Pilgrims Progress. :,
said she had never seen any such and that
she had never heard of it.
1T would outshine all creation" said the
old gentleman; and would turn water like
goose 5 back. A DoN OF II uSe.t 10 laSt
in our house whole year. Which do you
think is the best, this in the bottle or the
box?"
The young woman explained the qualities
of each, as she understood it.
'.Then this in the bottle is for Wimmin
shoes, and this in the box is for mems:
You say you put it on with a fiannin rag
same as you do salve? And it II keeI
the leather from creakin. and IL turr
water"
He was assured on these points. and then
in hesitatinG manner, he asked acros:
| the showcase:
What are you 'lowin' for eggs to-day?'
| The young woman did not understand
| How could she? She had never lived II
| the country. She had never sold goods IL
! the general merchandise store at the eros
roads But the floor walker who was call
| ed in had lived in Woonsocket and roun'
| about. He knew that the good old gentle
man had eggs which he wanted the hous'
| to take at the highest cash price in ex
| change for goods.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
Lost for Twenty Years.

From the Lexington Herald.
Over twenty years ago Mrs John T
Shelby wrote to friend, who was then
married and living in Chicago. The letter
was not answered then, and all recollection
of IL had faded from Mrs. Shelby's mind
till a short time since, when she received
a letter from that friend that she had just
received the letter, written over two de-
cades ago. the envelope of which she in
closed. and which is in a most tattered and
dilapidated condition. with postmarks of
various kinds and descriptions stamped over
it. Since the letter was written the lady to
whom 1t was written had become n widow.
married again, and had moved from the
city in which she lived and to which the
letter was directed and was living in an
other state. Where it has been all these
years what its travels have been. why it
was not delivered long ago-John Shelby
says he has not carried it in his pocket
ali these years-are questions which no one
can answer: but how the postoffice officers
finally discovered and delivered the letter
to the proper person. now living in another
state and under different name from that
to which the letter was directed, seems be-
yond explanation.
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
fernia state supreme court. Mr.. Board.

fornia state supreme court. Mr.. Board
man detailed some of the errors alleged
to have been committed by the court. read
ing minutely from the minutes of the
court. closing with the presentation of the
claim that the decision of the federal su-
preme court in the Jugiro case left no
question of the right to prosecute an ap-
peal in similar case. 1t was then Chief
Justice Fuller uttered sentence which
evidently forcasted the decision OF the
court:
We decided in that case. said the chief
justice. that the state courts could pro-
ceed in such cases in the absence of the
mandate of this court
With this Mr.. Boardmans presentation
of the case closed. and the court retired
! for consultation at 12:2S, returning at three
minutes past /. The crowd in the court
room remained
In announcing the decision of the court.
the chief justice said simply: In the mat
Ter of the application for writ of habeas
corpus in the case of Theodore Durrant.
the petition to file an application for a
writ is denied. upon the unanimous opin-
ion of the court
Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08

swayed to and fro a moment, when the
body became motionless.
The crowd surged forward. but the war
den's voice was heard to eXclaim Back.
The doctors. however. We're permitted to
so forward. where they felt the pulse. and
finally decided that Durrant was dead.
In just eleven minutes and twenty-eight
seconds all signs of life had vanished, and
the most noted criminal of the nineteenth
century was officially dead.
The body was allowed to hang for fifteen
minutes when it was cut down and placed
in a black coffin provided by an undertaken
from San Francisco. 1t is not yet known
what disposition of the body will be made,
as Durrant's parents have been so far un-
able to secure accommodations in any of
the local cemeteries for the body of their
son. 1t is very probable that the body will
be cremated.
AS soon as the drop fell. the spectators
hurried out of the room, and nobody re-
mained except physicians and newspaper
men.
Durrant Sr. went Immediately to his
WIFE who was waiting in one of the guard
rooms, and. together. they accompanied the
body of their son to San Francisco.
Praise for Durrant's Nerve.
The prison officials were all enthusiastic
been feared by them that, in spite of his
apparent bravado, the condemned man
W ould break down at the last moment and
make scene. At one time. several days
ago Durrant gave evidence of a collapse.
| but he managed to pull his nerves together
once more, and proudly declined all offers
/ OF stimuants to enable him to make a
! bold showing on the scaffold. The GRIM
inal was apparently proud of his race, and
vowed that he would Die like a Durrant.
| Durrant's most urgent request of War
den Hale was that no autopsy he held or
his body. The prisoners medical training
st emed to have imbued him with a horror
| of the surgical treatment of corpses, anC
he vowed that no knife should ever touch
! his flesh. He also requested that the rope
with which he was hanged be burned. Hi:
wishes in both these respects were OBJ
served by the warden.
1t was a sad day. not only for Durrant
but for eight other murderers who arr
confined in San Quentin, and whose fat
depended on the success of the fight mad,
by Durrant's attorneys in his behalf. The,
We're all prepared 10 follow the same tao
tics for delay, but now that the court
have shown that 1t is possible to hang
murderer in California, they nave Givei
UP hope.