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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-01-24
The New York Stock Market.

Renorted for The News over the pri-
vate wire OF J. ]. QUINLAN ~ CO,
Stock Brokers, Sc Weybosset street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-01-24

Real Estate for sale; money loaned on
good security at 3. 8 and per ce.it
Hours S-l0 a. m: 1890 p. m. Telephone
1882. Division street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-01-24
EMPLOYMENT TICKET

when name OF child height (fest
and inches) eyes (coior) .. complex
Ion (fsir Or dark) .. hair (eolor) . pre-.
sents an age and schooling certificate duly
signed, intend 10 employ (him or herr
1T. mature % occupation) co..
tsignsture of intending employer OF
asent)
CTown or city and date)
ACE AND SCHOOLING CERTIFICATE.
THE eertihes that am the Gather.
0etAsr. gusrshn or eustodiAn) OF name
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-01-24

y Ex-Dividend.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
BENNEhsv1LTE, s O., FR1DAYy.'ooroBER Is, 1905

statement: After l got my supper
last night won't to Mr.. M0Dowall's
store ON Main street and waited for
hlm to close up. lie had given me q
bed at his house and 1 was going to
spend the night thete. He shut up
about half past o'clock and We walk.
cd toward his house along the north.
side OF DtKalb street. When we
reached Hampton park / remarked to
Mr.. MoDowall that had seen string
times there on one occasion, referring
to the occasion Of Hampton's visit
there during his campaign. And we
were about the centre Of the fqlare
then.
II have absolutely no recollection
Of anything that happrncd after that
until this mOrninE ! aid not see
anyone at all strike till or me. The
first thing l remc her af>or I was
hit was going up to an old tree In DR..
DeSaussure' ti:ld near the river and
Sitting down. Later / got up and
walked across the river bridge to @
pump and washed out bloody hand
kerchief | had and tried to wash the
blood of Of my face and hands. Then
1T was MIR. Tom Ammons came along
In his buggy and told ME to get in
and he brought me to town to DR..
Dunn"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Wholesale Maaaaara.

The Fankfurter Z,itung sounds o
warning to the entire Civilized world
that another massacre Of Armenians
throughout the entire empire of Tur-
key is imminent. The contemplated
slaughter, 1t declares, will surpass
that which occurred In 1898. ACCORD. .
Ing to information received by the
newspapers the Turkish minister of
wax and Of the interior have summon
ed the Armenian patriarch to the
Yildiz Kiosk, or palace of the sultan
at Constantinople, and have told him
THAT the sultan had resolved to give
orders for general massacre of Armen.
ians unless the Armenian revolution-
airy agitation is stopped immediately.
Foreign embassies at Constantinople
are displaying far less sympathy for
the Armenians than they cid In 1895,
and, according to the zsltung, tho
Armenians are doomed unless an In.
ternatioaal public opinion is so vigor-
ousley expressed that 1t will intimi.
date the sultan from carrying out his
plans for massacre
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
"A BDlo Thief.

In the city Of New York in broad
daylight and with hund reds o. people
On the street, Louis Brown negro,
made an attempt to rob q Maiden
Lane jewellery store Of 81 600 worth
Of diamonds Tnursdly. His attempt
was frustrated by Oscar Windortf, a
clerk, who grappled with the would
be thief, and who wac stabbed by the
negro during the fight. Blown is a.
carrier for JoHclery Statesmen, and
he cntered the store OF Gross s.
Begun, and asked to zee some jawol
cry. Windortr noticed the negro put
a tray OF jewels under his coat and
he Immediately soz 4 him. Brown
drew a ki.ife and 81 shed the clerk uM-
til he finally got fee. a chase OF
several block? followed Brown swing.
inX right and lafj with his w pen a.
he rushed through the crowd. He
was finally captured by Policeman,
who he attempted unsuccesstully to
stab. Wlndr II was not seriously
INJURED
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Cotton Ralen Ginnod.

The census bureau las issued 6
buIletip showing the Quanity OF CO..
ton 0inned from the growth Of 1905
10 September 25, to b 1858, 03l
bales The report is one of q serje!
which Will be issue raRuatly until
the completion OF the Rinnlng OF thu
cop of 1905 Reports by States arc
Alabama, $50, ,308; Arkansas. 9,253
Florida, 1864: Geo ,gia. 600, PIP; In
di@n Territory, ii Cos; Louisiana, A
70l; Mississippi, 99,6l7; Missouri
354; North Carolina, 121, 243; Okls
homa, 8,825: Soath Carolna, SGT, 882
Tennessee, 3 255;Texas, III, ,446; Vlr
gnl5, 393 Two round balea arc
counted as one square bale. The mum
ber OF round bales included Ia 78.1NN
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Starve<2 Him 20 Death.

The county jail at Kansas City,
Kansas, was surrouned Wednesday
night by men who insist that Mrs.
Belle higgins. her daughter Olarisss,
aged IA years, and her husband,
George higgins, held by the coroner's
jury for the death Of Higgins g., ear.
old son by a former wife, should bo
lynched. That the little boy was
starved and tortured to death ia speo.
ideally charged by the coroner's jury.
The boys 2-year.old sister was also
cruelty treated and is at the point of
death In o hospital. While Mrs. Rig
gins own children were we'll fed and
Kindly treated the two step children,
according to the evidence presented to
the grand jury, were literally starved,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
A Nest OF arafterg.

AZ Milwaukee, Wis, thirty eigha
indicted officials, against whom arc
l72 indictments returned by the last
grand Jury today, appeared before
Judge Brazse, ip the municipal court
ana entered pleas In nearly every oass
OF not guilty. Included In the list are
thirteen former supervisors, seven
supervisors, three members OF the fjre
department., two newspaper reporters,
State Senator, State asemblyrnan.
an Alderman, and an ex.Aldernan.
Ind the balance business men. Ths
cases pending together with the liBt
returhod by previous grand juries, il
u DO isyed, will require two or three
years to 1isDosa OF
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
work OF q nrute.

Presenting an appearance CHASTITY
IN INC exgiemo, Mollio Spencer wife OF
Charles Sponcar, we'll known local
caterer or Graenville, S. O., was
YoUnd in a house near the Brandon
milis, with hair and eysbroWa shaved
pif The vile says that while intoxi
cAtcd Spencer held 9 pistol to her head
"hile ho welded razor and clipped
Gcf fyo lNshes with scissors. He was
crested on city warrant IN the after
1a0n' retained an attorney and gave
500 bail A State warrant i8 also
llIn-
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Elopcd With Three Women

Adolphus Snowden, a nineteen. year
Old youth, living near Goshen, Ind,
ans developed remarkable hypnotic
powers, If the story of Mrs. Mary
Burleson, Mrs. Sarah Snowden and
Mrs. Alice Snowden are true, for the
6arec alleged that they were so hyp
notizod by him that they deserted
their families and went with him to
Fo. k'town, Dekalb county. When
found 1T was discovered that Mrs. Bur.
leson was living with Snowdan as his
VIE, and the other two, who are sis,
ters-in-law. were known as his sisters.
They we're all living in the same house.
Snowden was placed under arrest, and
the women, when taken to their
homes, told practically the same story.
They said that they did not under
stand the influence that the young
man exercised over them, for thoy
loved their husbands and children,
but when Snowden suggested that
they elope with him, they could not
resist
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
- s---s--a-D
EnitB HIS Own Ltfa.

At Now York, William r. rravars,
nNV)laire MA OF l3tslrs. sou Of
sho celebrated wit and Wall street
operator, William r. Travers, com.
nitted suicide Frlday by shooting
himself through the head Ia his apart.
ments in Madison avenue. The sui.
eide Is inexpllcable, Mr.. Travers be.
ing in the prime Of life, In fair health
and phe possessor Of 9 large fortune.
Mr., Travers married Miss Lily HRrri.
tnan, a5sister OF Mrs. w. X. Wander.
oil, Jfr The couple separated three
years ago, Mrs. Travers going to Paris
to live.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Exp,odcd q bomb.

A bomb filled with dynamite and a
quantity OF innanmable oil, was
thrown at the rear OF a crowded tene.
mont house at E ghtb avenue and
One Hundred and Forty third street,
New York, Friday. More than a
score Of sleeping persons we're hurled
from their beds by the explosion and
two were carried from the house un.
conscious. Within a minute after
the explosion the flames had nearly
enycioped the rear walls OF ten tene.
ment house. The police believe that
black hand" Italian :ssassins threw
the bomb. The object Of the attack
was the rear door of an Italian barber
shop on the ground floor.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Managed nudy Found,

y. Weish, of Johnson City, Tenn,
vas found dead In tho pit.of the ele.
Vator shaft at the Bodmann Tobacco
Warehouse oP Front Street Cincinnati,
OHIO, Thursday. His chest was crushed
and it'appeared AS though he had been
killed by the elevator descending on
Mn. Bscsaso OF what 2ero said to bG
suspicious circumstances the coroner
and tho police are investigating on
the theory that the man was first
murdered and then placed In the Gle.
vator pit to avoid suspicion.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
WILL BRAVE THE FEVER.
President Roosovolt Will Pay New
Orleans Visit.

The President will 90 to New Or.
leans, despite the yellow fever cpl.
demic. An oils announcement to
tnis effect was made at the White
House by Secretary Loeb today after
q conference with the President, at
which arrangements for Mr.. koose-
velO'a trip through the South were
arranged iinaljy.
In order to avoid complications over
6he QuaSangine regulations OF the
VARIOUS states the President has de
ciced to make New Orleans the fiual
Stop on his trip. He will be in Ne W
Oc!osns October 20. After the cere.
% nies III that ciry he will go abroad
. cruiser OF the Csvcla ."~a and
mako the journey from \ z Oleans
0" Washington by wat - Is ex-
p:cted to arrive mere ol a.l. II the
3J6n or the 3lsJ.
The President will J Washing
ton on the 18Th, ~ ia- ss st.
Augustine the "trip vi - made a.,
prcvlouly arranged. From ST.
Augustine the President will 20 tu
Mobile, instead OF Birmingham a.
previously scheduled, Themes TO
Tu krgee and Birmingham
From Alabama, he will go to Little
Il }ck and There the party will be dis
banded, the President ard Mr.. Leob
going to New Orleans, for the csre-
monies on the 26th, and the re M .inder
Of the party returning from Little
Rock to Washington.
1t has not been determined what
vessel the President will use on his
return, but 1t will probably be the
Cleveland, the Tacoma or the Calves
ton. In deciding to como to Wash
lngton by sea, the President was in.
huenced by desire not to como into
conflict with quarantine regulations
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
jHad IIcft

A Canadian farmer, noted for his
absent mindednesg, went to town one
aay end transacted his business with
Jhc utmost precision. lie started
baok; on his way home, however, with
the finn conviction that he had for.
8oyton s0meth' g. what 1t was he
could not rccsll, try how he would.
AS ho near home the conviction in.
creased and three times he stopped
his b sc and went carefully through
Il; pockotbo0k lii q vain GndeaVor TO
.lscover what he had forgotten. In
due course he reached home, and Was
met ny his daughter, who licked &t
him surprise, and exclaimed, Why,
father, where have you left mother2"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Riiesing ErOn Homo.

Nothing has been heard OF Edward
Beeman, 3 bookkeeper Of a lumber
concern near Charleston, who dlsap.
scared from there about three weeks
ago. His disappearance Is a mystery.
lie Is known to have had doout $500
On his person when he left shere and
10 is thought he boarded a train and
!s some distance from Charleston,
probably at or en route to Oregon,
Where he has relatives, He has a
wife and one child. He was married
about q year ago.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
IiIliod fiineeie

At Philadelphia William II. XII.
pa'i'ck, the Philadelphia agent OF
"he North"ostern Mutual Life In.
.ufaptc company, Of Milwaukee, was
round dead Tuesday morning in the
n&throt m OF his apartments with q
Ou lob wound In hls head. He had
Shod himself sometime during the
night Mr.. Fitzpatrick had been In
i'll i6Aith for some time, AID that la
supposed to have been the cause OF
his suicide.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Found Dad.

A dispatch t. The State says the
dead body OF Neal Pfi3e was found by
the side OF the railroad track Tuesday
morning near his home about three
miles below liOnca Path. 1T is sup
posed that he was druhk and sat down
on the end OF a CrOsstie aud either
went to sleep or was too druGk to
notice the approaching Of the cannon
ball train and was struck by it and
killed. The verdict Of the coroner's
jury was that he camo to his death
from Causes unknown To the Jury.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13

uOr dealers to deiraud the State and
foist off on the people immense guam
Titles of inferior and perhaps poison.
Gus stuff, Nc wonder there Is such an
immense stock Of unstable" or dead
stock whiskey on hand.
l trust all newspapers In the State
that have copied Mr.. Towil''s impu.
dent denial of my statement will do
mo the justice to copy this. and es.
peoially those papers Of Lexington and
.Saluda counties. b. II. Tillman,
Trenton, S. O.. October 9. 1905.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Brains Her Seven Children and
Burns Their Bodies.
TOOK HER OWN LIFE.
Mrs. Clarence Markham, Of Cambridge.
Illinois, was the Unfortunate Crea.
ture. She Survived Long
Enough to Make an Awful
Confession to Sheriff.
Confession to Sheriff.

Mys. Clarence Markham of Gam.
bridge, Illinois, in o fit of temporary
insanity Monday killed her seven child-
rem with an axe, after which sho
placed their bodies on o bed, eaturat-
ed 1t with coal oil and set fire to IL.
She then hacked her throat with
knife and threw herself on the burn.
ing bed. Neighbors rescued her, but
she was 30 badly burned that she died
soon after she had made O. confession,
The oldest child was nine years of
age. the youngest, baby In arms.
Neighbors, attracted by the smoke
OF the burning dwelling, rushed TO
the rescue and found Mrs. Markham
covered with blood and badly burned.
Barely able to tell her story, she at
tirs5 declared toe crime had been com.
ml5ted ~ q strange man, but latar
Wnen thc sheriff arrival she admitted
thaG She had slain heT cnildren one -by
one aud attempted TO destroy their
naoieS and her own In the fire Soon
hftcrward she died. When the ruins
nf the home had cooled, a confirrna-
tion OF her STORY was had in the find
,ng of the charred corpses, each with
!! ts skull crushed.
The Markhams lived apart from
neighoora, the husband being employ
ed as laborer on a nearby farm. He
was compelled to be awaysfrom home
during the day. Having noted his
wife acting queerly for several weeks
he had kept the children, the Oldest
Of whom was but nine years Of age.
out of school to be with thc mother.
She was never known to exhibit VIC.
lent tendencies previously.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Big CIT.

John ID. Rockefeller gave his checks
on Monday for the ten million dollars
10 meet his subscription OF that
amount made last June for the pur-
poses of education. The che cks we're
made payable 70 George Foster Pea
body, treasurer Of the general board
OF education; six were for one million
each and two for two millions each.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Blown up by MSino.

The coastlng steamer Hsiesho, ply.
ing between Shanghai and Tien Tain.
struck and was totally destroyed by a
mine ninety miles south of the shan.
tung promontony Saturday morning.
Fifteen persons OH board the vessel
were drowned among them being
Eas:nesrs Mauohan anu Muir.
The foreign passengers and q portion
OF the crew OF the Hsiesho were res.
cued by two passing steamer.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
TIE MYS&InY lN0nnA3ED.
Another man knocked InsonSlbio
when Nj oDowAil was IIllIad.


Another chapter Ol Tues lay nights
dastardly muIdur was uulaltleo 1t
Camden eahy Wo4a:aaay morning
"hen Nj. Tom Ann. rs, ctm Z i.to
Gown from W9su Wagorcu, iou4d Mr.
II. w Porter, su9SQsublal farmer OF
Ghab section, at t1o bridge wlun lis
skull fractured and very weak apo
dazad from the 10 or blood. WnGn
10 became known the6 M. Porter wps
"A!klnH homo "itn MIR. H. a. Me
D)wail when tho latter recoIvsH Vie
In0rGal D0W ana Wn n ne himSClf was
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13

Major General Corbin, cabling to
cue war department. regarding the re-
cent byphoon In Manila, says that all
or the ofiicers and six passengers ON
Soard therhsyte, the governm ent coast
euard boat, we're lost. The dispatch
adds that temporary shelter posts at
six points&Src destroyed.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Many lives T,oas

The governor general OF the Phi,tu.
pines oaoled the war department. wed we'd
nesday morning that five officers and
one post hospital clerk and aix .,asM
sengers, twenty.seVen OF the Grew of
the coast guard cntter Lsyte were loa.
by the wreoking OF the vessel OF Sand.
ar during tine recent typhoon,
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Hn. p.nts TO anvo Him.

Al NV York notwithstanding o.
desperate BoIugB OF hiH vito aad son
80 hold m 1y Uho feet after he had
tain 81 and toppled over the Gill OF an
open wiadoo, GAooRc Il. Knapp cash.
lor Of oue Q apar ESclfDge Bank, foil
10 the st cc5 rom the fourth ll)Or Of
his home at NJ 30 West 97jh Str ct
tDday aud vas killed. Mrs. Knapp
end her son, Herb ri, saw Mr. Knapp
who was in i'll heGl5n, suddenly fall
ovor backwards. B Jth mother aud
son jumped to the window in time TO
s"'z} the failing man by the feet.
They hrld him safely for few sec
Onds, screaming for help, but the as
ststanc was slow IN coming, aud Mr..
Kcapp's weight began to slip away
from his rescuers. The realization CT
this terrible fact caus d the wifa's
strength TO lave hor completely and
the sou, with his mother hclploss at
MS side, compelled to hold Ills father
alone, WAS % light iOt his fathers
superior ~cigh5. EYnaus5ed and on
Uhe point OF being dtaAged over tho
wird1W sill hmSe /, the hoy lo8t his
grip ana Mr.. KraDp fell to the stree t.
| lie died soon afterwards
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
on Bond,

John Marion Ashley, J. r. Moore,
John Moore, WIN Moore and Hugh
Bowen, charged with bhe murder OF
the negro Allen Pendleton at Honea
Path, have been bound over to court
In theSsnm 81 900 each.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-13
Senator TiIlman Renews the AL
legation lie Made at Batesburg.
ABOUT STATE BOARD
Not Being Definite In their Advestlse
ments Calling for Bids, to Supply
the State With Whlskey. News.
papers Asked to Print
fhju Article
this Article.

10 the Editor of The News and Cou-
rier: At the Batesburg meeting Satur-
day, September 80, made tho stale,
ment that the State board of control
of. the dlspepsary has violated the law
and been doraliot, rs they did not pur-
chase liquor under q competitive sys,
tenn Of buying Us required by the sta
tute. further declared that the sys-
tenn followed u'sde 1t possible to sell
to the State * rye and xxx rye
out of the same barrel that tho board
on its advertisement did not de Icribe
what X, Xxx or Xxx rye meant, and
that the State was left at the mercy
Of the bidders to deliver anything in
the shape Of whlskoy with no guaran
tee whatever as to 20 goods coming
UP to the sample, s.. ths reason that
the chemist himself GHa' trcd that he
could detect adul erAt. 3, but that he
could not tell anythi'y about the
grade or quality.
The Hon Jchn Bell II, i very ex
citedly declared that my statement
was mot So" and, according to come
of the newspaper reports, sid posi-.
lively 1T was also" Quite q heated
coll, guy ensu''. Tcelirg SO sure OF
my ground, for | r. il .sHd the adver
tisemont tho veal .l.:>. had not
armed myself with pne p"of, but
requested the reporter lhc State
newspaper, In whose columns hao
read the advertisement, to seId q copy
Of it to each OF the Lexington and Sa
luda papers with the request that they
publish it in order that the people OF
the two counties represented at 6he
meeting might SEQ for themselves
whether Mr.. Towill had any right tc
dispute my word as he did. For some
reason this has not been done, and as
the widest publicity has been given to
the Issue OF veraclty between Mr
Towill and myself 1 ask you to pub
lish as much OF the enclosed advertise.
ments as | have marked In pencil
and 1t Will be seen that had warrant
for every word said. and Mr.. Towill
Is convicted of dence ignorance OF
what his own board is doing, to say
the least OF 1T.
(The part of advertisement referred
to follows3
NOTICE TO LIQUOR DEALERS.
ONCE OF SIT .ENard OF Directors OF
tle South Carol D.jpensary, Colum
bia, s. G. August Ia, 1905.
TO Distillers and Liquor Dealers:
You are hereby requested to submit
bids and samples, In accordance with
the terms of The dispensary law, upon
the various kinds and grades OF liz
uors produced or handled by you, for
supplying the South Carolina dispen
sary forsthe quarter. ending November
30th, 1905. 1t Is to be understood
that the directors OF the diapensary
shall have the.right to accept any
quantity Of any article bid upon to be
ordered shipped at our pleasure, with
the right to supplement such orders
any tine during quarter. according tC
the needs OF the dispensary, the di.
rectors retaining the right to rcj ,ct
allsor, any part Of any bid
AS 1t is necessary to establish uni
formity In values Of grades donOmln-
ated as KS, the following schls must
be observed by bidders: The ac.ual
minimum Of intrinsic value OF