?(|t Smitljficlii Jtcrulb. y price one dollar per tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, 01 R CO! NTBY AND OUR GOD.' single copies three cents VOL. 21. SMITH FIE LI), X. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 18. 1902. XO. 0. WADE HAMPTON DEAD. Noted Figure of the Confed eracy Ends a Long Lite. JUST PASSED 84TH BIRTHDAY. The Noted General Elected Governor Twice and Served two Terms in the United States Senate. Columbia. S. C., April 11.?Gen. Wade Hampton died here at H:50 o'clock this morning from valvular disease of the heart. He had been uacouscious several hours. The General had just passed his eighty-fourth birthday. Twice during the winter he had attacks which greatly weakened him, but he rallied wonderfully 011 both occasions. He was out driving a week ago, but it was evident his strength was desert ing him. The death of Wade Hampton, who was a lieutenant-general in the Confederate Army, leaves but three officers of that rank sur viving ?James Longstreet, Steph en l). Lee and Alexander 1'. Stewart. General Hampton was of Rev olutionary stock. His grand father, who bore the same name, served under Sumterand Marion. In the War of 1812 this stout old Revolutionary veteran was made major-general and given command of the army on Lake Champlain. When he died in 1835 he owned 3,000 slaves and enormous tracts of land, being j considered the wealthiest planter in the United States. The sod of this Wade Hampton and father of the soldier who has just died kept up the family's prominence in arms. He served gallantly during the War of 1812, aud was inspector-general under Andrew Jackson at New Orleans. The third Wade Hampton was born in the Khett House, Charles ton, S. C.. March 28, 1818. He was graduated with honor at South Carolina College in 1887, and then studied law, but took up the pursuit of a planter. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted first as a private and was a member of Capt. A. It Taylor's Congaree mounted rifles during the attack on Fort Sum ter in 18(51. He then organized and bore a large share of the expense of equipping the "Hampton Legion," made up of cavalry, infantry and artillery, of which he was colonel. He took port in the Peninsula campaign, having been promoted to brigadier-general. In the bat tle of Seven Pitas, or Fair Oaks, May 80-31, 1802, hecommanded a brigade in Whiting's division of Johnston's army*, composed of the Fourteenth and Nineteenth Georgia regiments, the Sixteenth North Carolina and Hampton's Legion. He took part in the battle of Chancellorsville, May 1-5, 1803. In June of that year he was in the engagements near brandy Station, where he commanded both the Confederatecavalry and the mounted artillery. A + i mrcr ho vvnu ill firui ? ? w " w "??? "w time? wounded, and out of twen ty-three field officers of his bri gade twenty-one were either kill ed or wounded. Foi Ins conduct at Gettysburg he was promoted major general and commanded the first of three divisions in Stuart's cavalry corps. fie successfully opposed Gen. 1'. H. Sheridan at Trevillian Station, June 12-13, 1S64, as he did at White House, June 21, and at Samaria Church during the succeeding days. In Septenil>er of that year he struck the rear of the Federal army at Cilv I'oint, bringing away 400 prisoners and 2,4S0 beeves. General Hampton fought Gen. .1 W. Wilson at Sappony church, broke his main line of battle and pursued him to Ream's Station, where he was intercepted by the Confederate forces and roub-d. In a |>eriod of 23 days Hampton marched 400 miles and fought six days and one entire night, capturing 2,0O<> prisoners, be sides guns, small arms, wagon? and materials of war. He de feated the purpose of twoformid able and well-conceived expedi-. ttons of the Federal Army. In this exploit he lost 7I'd in killed, wounded and missing. In January, 1865, he was or dered to South Carolina, where he reported to General Beaure gard. He fought General kil patrick, who commanded thei cavalry of Sherman's army in the march from Savannah to Washington and had his last en gagement at Bentonville near Raleigh, N. C., March 19, I860, after the evacuation of that city by the Confederates. After the war General Hampton returned to his home in South Carolina and sought to build up his fortune ruined through the conflict. He also took a leading part in the redemption of his peo ple from carpetbag rule. I11 November, 1876, under his leadership, the people succeeded in breaking up the ring of politi cal adventurers who had gained control of the State government, and his diplomacy and modera tion won for him the respect even 1 of the men he overthrew. He was elected governor of South Carolina over Daniel Henry Chamberlain, the candidate of the party in power, by a majority of 1,165 votes, but was not al lowed to take office until after President Hayes had withdrawn the United States troops from the State. On Marcn 5, 1877, the State passed from thechaotic misrule of 10 years to a condi tion of law aud order. TK, 187'.). General Hampton was] re-elected for a second term, in 1884, but was defeated in the election of 1890, when the Till manites got control of the State. He was appointed United States Commissioner of Railroads by President Cleveland in 1893, and was retained in office by President McKinley until the fall of 1897. bun Bursts ana Kills Ten Men. Queenstown, April 15.?The British warship Mars, which ar rived here today, reports that one of her twelve inch barbette rifles burst during practice off Berohaven yesterday, practically annihilating the entire gun crew. Two lieutenants and eight men were killed instantly and four men weie badly wounded. The wounded men were taken to the Queenstown hospital. The force of the explosion was terified and uei'innjlv (latiuxroil tlio naiirliKnr. ni i iuu viiv ing parts of the vessel, lieutenant Bourne, the gunnery officers, and one of the men killed by the ex plosion, were blown overboard. The scene around the burst gun was terrible. Dead and wounded men lay in a heap, many of the latter horribly disfigured. Died at 19, Wed Three Times. Wilkesbarre, l'a., April 15.? Though not quite lb years old, Mrs. Paul Panon, of Hazleton, who died last night, had been married three times. She pos sessed the largest matrimonial record for the short space of her life ever known here. She was first married when nearly Id years old. but after some months her husband left her. Later he died. She married a second husband witlnu a year. He did not treat her well, she alleged, and she got a divorce. The third she mar ried about a year ago. She would have been lb years old on April i 25rd. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Some Happenings of the Week . Tersely Told. Many Items of Interest Concerning Tarheeldom Clipped and Culled From the State Press. A horse which had been bitten by a mad dog several weeks ago, died of hydrophobia at Golds boro Friday. John Fashion, of Troutman, was kicked by a mule Sunday afternoon and died Monday from the effects of the injury. W. E. Abernethy, of Ruther ford College, lias announced that he will be a candidate for the congressional nomination in the Ninth district. The capital stock of the Kesler cotton mill at Salisbury, of which Mr. F. L. Bobbins, a Statesville man, is manager, will be increased from #125,000 to #187,500. Capt. John Henry fell over board from his vessel?a sharpie ?into Xeuse river at New Berne Thursday evening and was drowned. His body was not re covered. The Chronicle says the com- ( missioners of Wilkes have let the contract to L. W. Cooper & Co., of Charlotte, to build a new court house for that county. It is to cost over #12,800. w nue Durning corn stalks in a t field the 15 year old daughter of , Mr. E. P. Leach, near Mocksville, ( was burned to death Friday afternoon. Her clothing caught j from the burning stalks. North Carolina has more than 1 doubled its appropriation for ex- 1 Confederate veterans in the past ten years. In 1892 its appro priation for Confederate pen- 1 sioners was $92,280. For 1902 1 it is $200,000. Milton Belfield, the negro who ; shot and killed Thomas Stephen son at Roxabel, in Bertie county, j last week was arrested at Weldon. He attempted to escape when the officers approached and was shot , and seriously wounded. The North State Manufactur ing Company's plant atThomas ville was burned Saturday morn ing. Loss about $8,500 with inshurance of $5,500. The com pany manufactured (grain!) cradles. The origin of the fire is unknown. The inter collegiate debate be tween the chosen representatives of the Universities of North Caro lina and Georgia, which took place at Chapel Hill Friday night, resulted in a victory for the Georgians. Judge Conner, Prof. Crawford and Prof. I). Matt Thompson, of Statesville, were the Judges. The Charlotte Observer says that John Pope, a reckless youth of Linwood, while beating a freight train from Lexington to Salisbury, met a horrible death Sunday afternoon. He was rid ing a box car and while passing other cars on the siding at Lin wood leaned out his head, which came in contact with the other cars. He was killed in stantly. In I? u rke Superior Court Friday Jesse Mean, indicted for the kill ing of Hilly Hayes, plead guilty of murder in the second degree. Judge Council sentenced him to the penitentiary for 2o years. There was no evidence of premed itation and it appeared that the men were friendly until a few moments before the crime was committed, which was about three weeks ago. At Hamlet Saturday afternoon David C. Loughlin, of Henderson, while intoxicated, made a dash at a train which he thought was leaving him. He fell between two cars and both feet were cut off. Loughlin was for many years a rider in circuses under the name of Cnstella. He has for fifteen years been a barkeeper at Henderson. His wife was also widely known as an equest rienne. Three vears ago his brother was killed by a train. Loughlin said that his injury was due to his I own carelessness and to drink. Preliminary surveys have been made for a railroad to be run from Raleigh to deep water at Washington via Wilson. The parties who are interested in the road are confident that it will be built, thus giving Wilson a com peting line of railroad. Ex Senator Ransom has been invited by President W. W. Fuller, ? of the North Carolina Society of New York, to deliver the address on the occasion of the celebration of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence by the society on May 20. Roth of the present North Carolina Senators will also speak on this occasion, which is to be made a memorable1 one. The celebration will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria. The Washington correspondent of the Charlotte Observer says that North Carolinians have contributed their portion to the McKinley memorial fund and Senator Prichard will promptly forward the amount to the national committee. In fact, North Carolinians have evinced] more generosity than was ex pected of them and have sent in more than the sum apportioned to the State, which was f1,000. DR. TALMAGE IS DEAD. One ot the Best Known Ministers of the Country Passes Away. Washington, I). C., April 12.? Rev. T. Re Witt Talmage, the noted Presbyterian divine, died at 9 o'clock tonight at his resi dence in this city. It had been svident for some days that there was no hope of recovery and the attending physicians so informed the family. The patient gradu ally grew weaker until life passed away so quietly that even the' members of the family, all of whom were watching at the bed side, hardly knew that he had gone. Thomas DeWitt Talmage was born in the State of New .Jersey in 1832. He graduated at New York University anu later stud ied theology at New Brunswick He was called to the Reformed Presbyterian Church at Syra cuse, N. Y , in 1859. 1 rom 1862 to 1869 he was located in Phila delphia. In the latter year he began his connection with the Brooklyn Central Presbyterian Church. Here he made such a reputation as an orator and preacher that people flocked to near him. An immense "Taber nacle" was built In 1870, but was destroyed by fire two years later. In 1874 a new building of brick and stone was dedicated. It was of Gothic architecture and had a seat ng capacity of 4,600. This was destroyed also by fire in 1889, but was rebuilt. A great debt had been involved however, and it was owing to some misunderstanding about this that charges of falsehood and dishonorable business con duct were brought against Rr. Talmage before the Brooklyn Presbytery. He was acquitted and the decision was sustained. The Tabernacle was for the third time burned iu 1894, after which Rr. Talmage resigned the nastorate and accented a call to a church in Washington, where he has ever since preached. Dr. Talmage was one of the most eloquent men that ever adorned the American pulpit. There was such a demand for his sermons that they were syn dicated and published all over the United States. The country papers especially ran these ser mons; and in this way I)r. Tal mage became the best known minister iu the country. There is hardly a Christian home in the whole land where he was un known, and his death will cause genuine regret to thousands., He was no less celebrated as a lecturer, and when he made a tour of the country, thousands flocked to hear him His lecture on "The bright Side of Things" is one of the best known and most widely admired. "(lirls, don't place too much faith in flattery," warns the Manayunk Philosopher. "Just because some fellow calls you an angel it isn't necessary to begin Taking lessons on the herp." GENERAL NEWS ITEMS, j Brief Summary of the Week's Happenings. Some of the Most Important News ot the World condensed tor the Readers of the Herald. Hooker T. Washington, princi pal of the Tuskegee (Ala.) Nor mal and Industrial School, has bought a house at South Wey mouth, Mass., for his summer home. Mrs. Edward Tower, wife of a millionaire at I'oughkeepsie, N. Y., last week shot and kiiled her son, 14 years old, and then killed herself. The only reason assign ed for the deed is that the woman was temporarily insane. The cholera conditions in the Philippines is alarming. The to tal of cholera cases in Manila up to date is 24"?, while there have been 1!>2 deaths fromthedisease. In the province there has been j 41H cases and .'518 deaths. The grand jury in St. Louis has indicted seven of the alder men for accepting bribes ranging from $.'$,000 to fo(l,000. One of the little fellows has been con victed and sentenced to the peni tentiary, and two of the big ones have skipped the town and State. I he funeral of Gen. Wade Hampton at Columbia, S. C., Sunday afternoon, was attended bv an immense concourse of peo ple. Notwithstanding the wishes of the dead man and the wishes of his family that the funeral should be private thousands were present to pay their last re spects to the old soldier. Henry Fletcher, a negro, was hanged at sunrise in St. Louis Friday for the murder of Louis Koth, aged 1(5 years, in 1900. Thirty-five minutes after the fa tal drop the sheriff received a tel egram from Governor Dockery granting a respite of fifteen days in order to investigate testimony to the effect that Fletcher acted in self defence. \ severe hail storm did great damage to berries, cotton and corn in Texas this week. The loss to strawberries alone is estimated at $00,000. In Fayette county cotton and corn were beaten into the ground. It is asserted that hailstones more than an inch in diameter fell in the locality of Swiss Alp. A number of cows and hogs were killed by light ning. One life was lost by drown ing. In Detroit last week Prof. Jos. M. Miller, a music teacher, bru tally murdered Miss Carrie M. ?Jennett. a young girl whom he had ruined. Miller was arrested, plead guilty, and 7'2 hours after the murder was sentenced to im prisonment for life. Miller had a wife and children. The girl want ed him to run away with her. He refused to leave his family, but offered to provide for the girl. She declined his offer and he killed h->r with a hatchet to get rid of her. i tie executive committee 01 trie Democratic congressional com mittee is composed of Hen Cable, of Illinois, chairman; Lewis Nix on, of New York, chairman of the finance committee; David Over rrieyer, of Kansas; Thomas Tag gart, of Indiana; Richard Olney, of Massachusetts, and Daniel La mont, of New York. The execu tive committee will do the real work of the campaign. It will be noted that Olney and Lamont are both Clevelandites an l ex niembers of his cabinet. President Roosevelt has taken out a lite insurance policy for $30,000, besides continuing other policies which he took out before he was elected Governor of New York. President Pooscvelt's policies. i( is understood, exceed by si3,000 or !?20.00u those lield by President McKinley at the time of the latter'sassassina tiou in Huff do Mrs. McKinley was |>aid $00.0(10 on policies on her husband's life. When Mr Roosevelt succeeded to the Presi dency he became convinced that it would lie prudent for him to largely increase his life insur ance. Washington News Notes. The House Saturday passed a bill granting the widow of Presi dent MeKiulev a pension of $5,000 a year. The measure had previously passed the Senate. The President has appointed Eugene Ware, of Topeka, Kan., Commissioner of Pensions to suc ceed H. Clay Evans, resigned. Ware is a lawyer and was for years a newspaper man and a magazine writer of note. Representatives Champ Clark and Cochraneof Missouri,have de clared themselves in favor of Sen ator Joe Ruiley of Texas, for the Democratic Presidential nomina tion in 1904. Bailey's rise and advancement since he entered the Senate have been truly remarka ble, and though oneoftheyoung est members of that dignified body, he is easily one of the strongest. The Senate last week passed the river and harbor bill, pre viously passed by the House,and increased the amount of the ap propriation. In the increase is an item of If 150,000 for the im provement of the Cape Pear River at Fayetteville, N. C. The bill now goes to conference com mittee and whether all the items added by the Senate or that part of them will be allowed to stand is yet to be determined. President Rhosevelt informed a party of Southerners Tuesday that he intends to make a tour of the South as soon as he can conveniently do so. He is en thusiastic over his trip to Char leston and delights in telling vis itors that he never received such gracious treatment in his life. The President, will be invited to visit North Carolina on this trip, and it is almost certain that he will accept the invitation, as he was most favorably impressed with the Tar Heel representation at Charleston. Representative .Moody, of North Carolina, Friday reported from the House committee on agriculture the bill establishing a national forest reserve in the mountain forest regions of Vir ginia. West Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alaba ma and Tennessee. The bill car ries an appropriation of 000,000, of which f2,000.000 is immediately available. The re port sets forth the need of pre serving this region and argues that the national government is the only power to conduct a work of this magnitude. The United States Senate last week passed the bill giving the Shipp Monument Association permission to erect the monu ment to Lieut. W. E. Shipp, killed in the Cuban war, on the government grounds in Char lotte. Mr. J. P. Caldwell, presi dent of the monument associa tion, was present in Washington when the bill passed the Senate and he invited the North Caroli na congressional delegation to be present at the unveiling of the monument May 2()th. Sena tor McLaurin, of South Carolina, a schoolmate of Shipp, was in vited to deliver an address at the unveiling and accepted the invi tation. .senator rritchard spoke at length Tuesday afternoon in op position to the Chinese exclusion measure, in which he upheld the cause of the southern cotton manufacturers. The speech was a carefully prepared one, and gave much valuable information i on the extent of the trade enjoy ed by the southern cotton goods manufacturers in China and the Hast. Senator Pritchwd took the position that these interests - would be greatly injured if the proposed stringent Chineseexclu sion bill should become ti law. j Ihiring the course oi his speech Senator lTitchard declared for the construction of an Isthmian n all and the ship subsidy bill? measures, he said, that would vastly benefit the growing indus trial enterprise in the South. Character is a unity, and till the virtues must advance to gether to make the perfect man. | ?Druinmond.