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PICKENS COUNTY HERALD. VOV. IV. MISS FANCHER RELEASED She Must Appear at 1 lie Fall Term of the Court, llotveyor. She la Duly lGYoa. * oil! dkiI 1V»h ot Ex¬ cellent Character atul Reputation Until She Met Junei- The Kx a in l nation Was Held at Her Cell In Jail. Orlando, Fla., August ft. — Miss Myra Fancher had a preliminary heariug to¬ day for the killing of A. Cl. Jones. Bhe slept better last night than for two weeks past, but this morning she was not able to have a trial in the court house. It was held in her cell. About fifteen persons, mostly officers and rep¬ resentatives of the press, were allowed to be present. Dost night she made a statement to Dr. Hicks, the county physician, that the tlrs't time that. Joues became unduly familiar with her he took advantage of his superior strength, lie afterwards said that he would kill her if she told. At the examination to-day the prose¬ cution introduced Dr. M. G. McDonald, who testified that, one hall struck Jones at the base of the skull; the brain matter oozed out. One hit. him in the hack of the neck; two body wounds were also found, both necessarily fatal. R. T. Kennedy. H. W. Weaver, (col.), H. Jones, Isaac Morton, (col), all section hands work ing under Jones, yesterday testified to seeing Miss Fancher demand an interyiow with Jones, who refused to talk till after the train had passed (The train had already passed.) He called her a fool; told her to go away; he would lot her know when he was ready to talk. Jones then turned his back to her. She immediately fired four shots in rapid succession. No one saw the first shot fired: only H. Jones saw the man fall. All saw the last t wo shots fired. Jones was then down. The shots were fired at a distance of from six to eight feet. She went aw>-y, saying: “Now fool another young girl.” She told the telegraph operator to telegraph for an officer. Hiss Fancher was then sworn. She said; “I met Jones at Zell wood. He made love and proposed; I accepted. Soon after this he took advantage, fool¬ ed me. He still told mo that he inten¬ ded to marry me. I believed him. I went to Astatula. He came to see me there. I told him that he had ruined me ana must marry me, or 1 would have to tell my sister. He said he would go to Fer- nandina and get a new section where Me would not be know n, then come hack in three days and we would get married. He was gone over a week. When he came back 1 heard that he had been married at Lake City. A week from the date of his marriage he came to my brother-in-law’s house and wanted to see me. 1 went out to talk. He only used profane languge. My condition fright¬ ened me. 1 could not sleep. I wrote to him that if he did’nt give me satisfac¬ tion, I would come to Z 41 wood to see him Friday. He wrote; ‘Miss Myry, I will give you the satisfaction.’ I stole my brother’s pistol to defend myself, for 1 was afraid of Jones. When I got to Zellwood, Jones met me at the car door and asked me where I was going. I told him I wanted to talk to him. Be said he had nothing to say and refused to talk; he said he was going away, I followed him to where his men were at work, and asked him to talk. He said he wouldn’t. He cursed me. He told me I was the biggest fool woman he ever saw; saying that l had come there to let everybody know about it. He told me to go back and attend to my busi¬ ness and let him alone. These oaths were the last words that he spoke that I remember. That is all that took place except what the others have told. I was 15 years old when he fooled me. I am 16 now. I am an orphan. My parents died several years ago.” Counsel argued the case this after- noon. Judge Bryan then released the prisoner on her own recognizance till the fall term of court. J. D. Boggs ap¬ peared for tho state and J. M. Cheney for the defense. Miss Fancher left ibis evening for Leesburg where her sister lives. She is small, quite pretty and seems intelligent, educated and refined. She was horn in Wisconsin. She had previously borne an excellent reputation. Jones was a little wild, but most peo¬ ple speak well of him. The section hands liked him. His age is variously estimated at from 25 to 30 years. Public opinion is unanimous for the girl. On the stand Rhe was collected and tolrl her story in a straightforward manner. She seems to have no remorse. The Right* ot Debtor*. Debtors are the most abused set of un¬ fortunates on earth; worried and rasseil into a living hell, they don’t which way to turn. Yet, there many honest debtors who have which should be respected. A man have bad luck or a thousand things jiappen, which temporarily JASPER, PICKENS CO., OA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 • *> •, 1891. him of the means of liquidating his debts, which lie would undoubtedly do under favorable conditions; and it bene¬ fits no one to drive him to the wall,spoil his reputation, and thus deprive him of both the ability and the disposition to pay. Some people, notably that class of people who collect or try to collect bad debts, seem to think they have the right to say what they please of a man be¬ cause they happen to have a hill against him. Irresponsible in what they say themselves, they do their best to make appear irresponsible. Dead-beat and debtor are not by any means sy nonymous, ss many appear to think, ami creditors are far more likely to be paid part and, in time, all of their money by treating a debtor as an honest man, and by accepting the real position. be in debt is not a crime, and making man’s life a howling wilderness by him with an arn.y of collec¬ is by no means conducive to pay¬ It finally ends in making a debt¬ callous and indifferent, and does to turn him into a “heat” than any else. Every man is entitled to a and an unfortunate debtor as as anyone. Italian Murderers. Louisvillk, Kt., August 7.— A Courier-Journal special from Uat.letts- tmrg, Ky., says that in Wayne county, W. Va.. on Friday night, Mr. Brom- field, liia wife and five children were by a party of Italian rail¬ laborers. The Italians were em¬ on the Norfolk and Western On Friday night about fifty of them drunk. Going to the home of who was reported to have mnch money, they demanded admit¬ tance, and with rails and clubs they began the attack. Bromfleld and his half-grandsons made a brave defense, but seem to have liad no arms. Their assailants broke in the doors and win¬ dows and heat Bromtield and the boys to death with the clubs. They then cut their throats and stabbed them re¬ peatedly. They then seized the wife and two younger children and put them to death. After searching the place for valuables they burned the house to the ground. It is said that enemies of Bromfleld incited the Italians to the murder. LATER. A Catlettsburg (Ky.) special says; The rumor is current upon the streets this morning that the sheriff's posse, in at¬ tempting to capture the Italians who murdered the Brumfield family Friday night, were forced to fire on the Italians, eight of the Italians being instantly killed. The London Globe publishes dis¬ patches detailing the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Brumfield and their five children in Wayne county, West Virginia, Fri¬ day last, by a crowd of drunken Italian laborers employed on the Norfolk and Western railroad, and in an editorial commenting on the crimes, says: “This horrible outrage will assuredly have its full effects upon the future rela¬ tions between Americans and undesira¬ ble immigrants. The swarms of Ital¬ ians who cross the Atlantic are by far most objectionable of all immigrants who go to America. They appear to have lost their only visihlo merit, that of sobriety. Self-defense, in some states where state protection is exceedingly elementary, becomes not.only right, but a duty. The murderers in this case will undoubtedly receive their deserts from the people and it will then bo seen if Italy will then demand a federal in¬ quiry with a view to procuring compen¬ sation. If Italy should do so, the an¬ swer that will be made to her demand will perhaps be spoken shorter and sharper than the one previously made by the United States government in re¬ ply to Italy’s demand for compensation for the families of Italians lynched at New Orleans. That country which cannot deal efficiently with its murder¬ ers, must not object to any sort of law that does the work for it.” Vtilll Kifri tlim. Ogden, U., August ft.—The first elec¬ tion in Utah on national party lines cime off to-day. There wore three tick¬ ets in the field,however, the remnant of the liberal party, made up mostly of re¬ publicans, nominating a full ticket. Thl Mormon vote was about equally vi led between the democrats and tho republicans. The former won by a small plurality over the liberals, who were slightly ahead of the republicans. The liberals carried Salt Lake City hy 900 majority, electing a full legislative and county ticket. Flood* in India. London, July 31.—Despatches from Bombay say that there have been heavy rains and serious floods in that presi¬ dency. The roads are damaged and Bixty miles of railroad have Iteen in- jured by washouts. The rivers in the district of Roonah are swollen and sands of acres of land are submerged. WE SEEK THE REWARD OP HONEST LABOR. BIG CROPS IN THl- NOHTrtWESf. An Ami »t llapi.iwilrai.il Yield from the Two Dakot-e .nd Mtnneantn. Duluth, Minn, Augu it 7.—Reports from the West continue to bring most favorable reports ns to ti e hard wheat crop. The Duluth hoard’s daily report said there were light rains around Fargo last night but clear and warm weather to-day. The Van Dusi-n Harrington company says : “All our correspondents send us most encouraging reports. At Lisbon, N. D., where they had a drought last year, there is plenty of moisture, thi 1 wheat is filling out well, amt the largest crop in years ia piouiised. Fiom all parts of the Red river valley wo hear the same story, as well as from the region between the Red river valley and Devil’s Lake.” Spencer. Moore & Co. siy : “We have the best of reports from all over the Northwest. We hear of the promise of nothing hut enormous cro,>s. The grain is late and harvesting will not. lx- general throughout North Dakota until the 15th or 20th of next month. The only things that need be feared are too much rain an early frost. Think Minnesota and Dakota will have 110,000,000 to 115,000,000 bushels.” W. 8. Birch, who has just returned from a trip through the Red river valley, says al most everywhere he went, he found grain as high as the horses’ hacks, and in some instances counted forty-one t.o forty live kernels in the head. At Grafton, on the Great Northern, and Dawson, on the Northern Pacific, he found the prospects wort hy of special mention. From Crookston north there are six inches of water in the low lands, but in the high lands the ground was in perfect condition. At Oavillier, a little west of Grafton, there was a slight frost last week, attended by small damage, also a little rust, but no damage can result from the rust where the wheat is well headed out. Nearly every other report received here is of a similar nature, whether tiny come from elevator companies, agents of grain firms, farmers or crop experts. In the extreme northern part of North Dakota there are many fields which will not be cut until September. It is expected that Duluth will receive from 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 bushels more wheat this year than ever before. From the present outlook the difficulty will he in getting ears to move the crop fast enough. Prices here for Septem¬ ber and other futures are 21 cents above Minneapolis, and that will turn the bulk of the early movement this way. Other things will also conspire in favor of Duluth and against Minneapolis this year from present indications. Last year Minneapolis took a great deal of wheat away from Duluth to supply her trade with interior winter wheat mills. This trade will be mostly lost to her on account of the gi eat winter wheat crop. The combination of the Minneapolis mills will make competition among their buyers much less and it will have a tendency to re luce Minneapolis prices. The crops of Southern Minnesota and South Da¬ kota, nearer to Minneapolis than Du¬ luth, will doubtless be sufficient to supply the mills there, and Duluth will have nearly full control of the market for the Red river valley region. Duluth mills this next yeAr will need about 6,000,000 bushels. Topeka, Kan., August 3 —Although cars have been generally distributed by the railroads, but very little wheat is flowing eastward from this State. Alliance leaders attribute this to the circular sent out from Washington ad¬ vising farmers to bold their grain. Grain dealers declare this is not so, but insist that the reason is that the wheat is yet in stock drying, ana that, the little that has come in is damp anil musty and unlit for flour. In the southern part of the State where the yield was the greatest wheat has been threshed, and just enough has been sold to pay pressing debts, while the bulk of it has been put in storehouses to await higher prices. It appears probable that the Washington circula has had its effect, and farmers are holding back their crop. They have been told that hy doing so they will meet the flour from the Dakotas and then lower prices instead of raising them, hut they declare they will take their chances. A MICHI GAN .SEN SATION. Fourteen Men Mixed Up in an Old-Time AaMMlnatton. Alpena, Mich., August 7.—Sixteen years ago Albert Molitor, known as the king of Preeque Isle, this county, and his clerk, Edward Sullivan, were myste¬ riously assassinated in Molitor’s office. The trouble was supposed to have arisen from the arbitrary manner in which Molitor conducted his office as county treasurer. At the time of the murder Wm. Repke, a well-to-do farmer of Rog¬ ers City, was suspected of the crime, but the evidence to convict was lacking and he was never arrested, On Thursday night when the story of the shooting had almost died troiu the minds of the people, ltepke made a con | feSsion Of the Clime, implicating with him fourteen of Rogers City’s best known citizens, among them August Uoslin, Carl Vogler, August Forgenfrier, Fred 11no, Ferdinand Bruder, Llenry Jacobs, Gottlieb Lambert, Herman Mon/.o, Chas. Wyssengest, August Thurman and four all well known in the county TllK TREMORS OF CONSCIENCE. In his confession he says the only reason for making it is that ill-luck has fiffi’sned him for the past few years. His ’'ildren have t>een drowned, his barns A,,,< houses burned, without apparent fAuse ; his investments all turned out and his horses died. AII this would not have made him confess he says, hut of late he lias been unable to sleep at night from thinking of the crime and he could not stand the strain any longer. The confession stirs up a great tion, as all the people implicated will he sr res ted and Ropko is in jail. A VILLAGE TERRORIZfD - a Dancing Party ltroken Up— a i.ady ami Cowboy Kiltr.fl. Denver, Col., August 7.— A special I from Durango to-day says; At Ball, in tho Blue mountain*, on July 24, a terri hie tragedy occurred, which is seldom equalled in the history of crime. While dancing was going on merrily, a tough I character named Tom Roach insisted on I dancing, lie was drunk and armed with a six-shooter and a knife. He was told that the sets were all filled, and was requested not to interfere with I sons already on the floor, hut lie declared gen-1 he would dance and took hold of a tleman and attempted to remove him from the floor. This was resented and I I the parties became engaged in a scuffle. I When Frank H. Hyde attempted to end the disturbance, Roach turned in-1 on him and stabbed him with the knife, flicting dangerous wounds in several places. Roach then left the room, but continued to act in a disorderly manner. be-1 A cowboy named Billy McCord, longing to the “I O.” outfit, tried to pacify Roach hy going out and talking I to him. This seemed vO enrage him I more than ever, and drawing his gun, | he killed McCord on the spot. By this time the excitement had be-1 coroe intense, and as no one was armed, I the people wore almost panic-stricken. I A boy slipped away to a house near by I and securing a Winchester, returned to I the school-house. He t< ok aim and I fired, but miss' d Roach and killed Mrs. I Charles E. Walton, an estimable woman I living in the community. By this time I consternation had seized all and terror | reigned supreme. I In the excitement Roach left the place, since which time he has not been seen. I The entire community is searching for I him. HORRIBLE HYDROPHOBIA. a o.ig- Bitten nojr stums Every Symptom ot Rubles, I Saginaw. Mich., August 7.—Morris Godfrey, 17 years old, is suffering from I hornble attacks of hydrophobia, with no chance of recovery. On July 4 last, while returning home from a picnic, he was attacked by a I strange dog, which knocked him down I and hit him m several places, inflicting I severe and painful wounds. I The hoy’s wounds were dressed hy a local physician on the following day, he then went about his work. Several days ago he complained of feeling un¬ well and remained at homo from his work. Yesterday, at the sight of a glass of water, he was taken with spasms, and since then lie lias gone from ono convul¬ sion to another. He snarls like a dog, and tries to grab his attendants with his teeth. Three or four men are required to hold him during his frenzied exer¬ tions, and ho pitifully begs his attend¬ ants to kill him. The physician says it is a well devel¬ oped case of hydrophobia, and there is not one chance in a hundred of saying his life. He is a remarkably strong boy for his age and extreme difficulty is had in keeping him quiet. Hadn't Kitten In Seventeen Years. Dr. Oergara of Villacienzo, Province of Burgos, lias published to the world the details of a strange case of sustenta- tion of life without food. A married woman, aged 48 years, residing near the doctor, has not taken nourishment of any kind for seventeen years, except a little water every throe or four days. During all that time she has not left her bed, but lies in a state of lethargy. Her condition is easily mistaken for death, as she rarely moves, except when disturbed, as by light falling on her face. There is no question of money-making involved, as the woman’s husband free¬ ly admits people who wish to see the strangely afflicted woman, and the local physicians and officials are satisfied that there is no fraud connected with the ase. NOT AT AL< ENCOURAGING. Review at the Done Daring me I'n.l Week. Nkw Y'okk, Angst 7.—The business failures occurring throughout tho coun- try during the last week number for the United States 226 and Canada IS; total, against 254 last week. U. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says; Business continues dragging and dull, The stock market is greatly deprrssed, the average price of active stocks being $1.50 lower than a wi ek ago. False re- ports of failures have something to do with the decline and some of the houses t hus assailed ure actually among the strongest in the street. It is a more important fa t that o|ierators are loaded with BtockH and the pub- lie is not buying, and the apprehension of bankers and brokers forces liquids tion. The earnings of the railroads are good and their controversies appear less serious in effect, but the companies are poor and many of them forced to econo¬ mize in purchases, although an enoi- rnous movement of crops has begun. SOUTHERN TRADE DULL. In commercial circles there seems to lie a very general and growing oonfi- that the business of tho fall will **» large iU '<l profitable, and some mv- provement is seen, but not enough as vet to justify sanguine views. Trade at the South is peculiarly depressed because there is too much cotton, with several hundred thousand bales of last year’s P loft over in the world’s markets, w itli competent judges predicting crop even larger than that of it is no wonder that prices are low i producers scarcely get enough to P ft y f° r raising and picking, Hence the country merchants do not y freely and the prospects of a great which at other times might lx* h,,1 P ful . tendB to produce stagnation, A «ain, in parts of the West where crops failed last year, trade has not yet ro- f rom the great depression result- K> and as long as the corn crop is in ,oubt a complete recovery is not to be P<“otod. TROUBLE APPREHENDED. In several states legislation hostile to capital causes much dislur bar.co. Fur- ther, the collapse of real estate specula¬ tion in many parts of the West and has brought severe losses and em- to many. At tho East, the uncertainties have a power- influence, European difficulties do pass as quietly or fully as was ex- ted, and now a serious financial is apprehended in Russia be- of the failure of the crops, which only help this country in the end. is a growing doubt whether tho of the crops here will not a temporary drain greater than Eastern money markets can meet, bnt if the grain can lie sold the gold come. The apprehension grows also that next winter may dangerous legislation by congress possibly the unlimited coinage of One largo financial institution bought English consols to a consid- l® amount and a leading trust com- an y ,s sa id t° have $4,000,000 of its in gold. The treasury lias only $25,000 to the circulation ur * n K tbe week, absorbing the gold, * ; * BH11 * n FT more silver and treasury ‘ 1 hough no gold has been ex- )0r h’ f L Hie outgo of currency to the West and South is felt here and at Bos- - SUPPLY AND DEMAND. Money is close at Buffalo and Cleve¬ land ; in active demand at Chicago, Cin¬ cinnati and Dotroit; firmer at 7 to 8 per at St. Louis; in gootl supply for le¬ business at Milwaukee; close at Nashville and Atlanta, tight at but easier at Savannah, and in fair supply at Now Orleans. Bus¬ iness is reported good in the east, west and north as a rule, hut at southern points it is dull or only fair, though cu¬ riously improved at one or two localities because of the injury to cotton by the heavy rains. The great industries show no impor¬ tant change for the week, though it must tie said that the disiieartonment in the woolen goods trade seems to in¬ crease, and it is admitted that the rates are not equal to last year’s, though the trade was dragging then. Much of the trouble is attributed to the excessive credits in the clothing trftdo. Philadelphia describes the iron mar¬ ket as frightfully dull and sales to real¬ ize are made at prices considerably be¬ low quotation. The structural mills are well supplied for the present and bar iron is steady, though the poverty of railroads makes the demand scanty, but plates are irregular; buyers refrain from taking tho rails and the lower grades of pig iron are offered hero below quota¬ tions. The Destroying Worm. Montgomery, Ala. August 7.—The cotton worm is reported in many parts of Alabama and Mississippi. A tele¬ gram to the Advertiser, from Mobile says: A Macon, Miss., man says that NO. 41. ho Iijih seen the worm outing the cotton plant. The crop is two or throe weeks late, and as new cotton ia coming in the worms, if they develop, will do great damage. So far they have done very little. Worms are reported hy Noxu¬ bee and Monroe counties in Mississippi, and are particularly numerous in the neighl orhood of the prairies. They are reported also in Wilcox, Mcrnroe, Clark, Terry, Choctaw and Marengo counties, Ala., and pretty nearly everywhere m spots along the Mobile and Ohio rail¬ road. A correspondent from Selma tele¬ graphy the same paper that he s-vw sev¬ eral prominent farmers in town, and each was of the opinion that the crop was to lie very slim. One man had just returned from a trip to several places around Selma, and reported that the worms hail appeared on almost every place. He told the reporter that though they did not seem to lie in great quanti¬ ties, yet they were in so many different places that with these fine rains, it would not he very long before they would be in swarms- Poison is being purchased, and in many places Selma fanners is are trying to poison the crops. in Dallas county, the center of the finest cotton region in the Htate. ELECT IONS IN KEN TUCKY. Thojr Go Off Very Quietly—Democrat* po Top All Through. Louisville, Ky., August ft —The vot¬ ing is proceeding quietly all over Ken¬ tucky, with indications that the pro¬ posed constitution, against which a strong fight has been made, will be rati¬ fied hy a very large majority, and that the plurality for Brown anil other Dem¬ ocratic nominees will lie between 30,000 and 50,000. There are four tickets in the field, and it is estimated that the third party will poll about 20,000 votes. The next Legislature will, of courso, be Dem¬ ocratic, with a big representation of the farmer element. With a quiet election Kentucky has to-day elected a full Statu ticket, adopt¬ ed the constitution and chosen a Legis¬ lature to enforce it. The State officers elected were; Governor, John Young Brown, of Henderson ; Lieutenant Gov¬ ernor, M. (J. Alford, of L ixlngton ; At¬ torney-General, W, J. Hendrick, of Flcmingshurg ; an Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, register of the L ind Office and clerk of the Court of Appeals, All ure Democrats, and go in hy ma¬ jorities ranging from 20,000 to 40,000. The returns are now in, however, from only 50 out of lift counties, and tho re¬ turns are not full from these. The new constitution has lieen carried with a sweep and the majority for it is placed at an estimate from 50,000 to 100, 000. It lias not lost in a single county. The people’s party lias polled only about 20,000 votes. These have come mostly from tne Republican party and from the cities. While the Alliance was supposed to be back of the People’s par¬ ty it has d3ne very little for it on ac count of the dissensions w hich arose laht January. The Alliance has devoted itself to the Legislature and probably has practical control of that body and so will control the revision of the laws under the new constitution. In only a few instances has the Alliance put out candidates in opposition to Democratic nominees, but it has taken care to control the Demo¬ cratic nominations. So, while the Leg¬ islature will he nominally Democratic, it will have strong Alliance affiliations and tendencies. This may make its inter¬ pretation of tho anti-trust, anti-corpora¬ tion and the Railroad Commission feat¬ ures of the new constitution very nearly wiiat the Alliance leaders desire. In several instances where the Alliance has made Legislative nominations it has won. The Prohibition party had a full ticket in the field, hut polled a very light vote. Drowned While liathlug. Savannah, Ga., August ft.—L. Stoval Henry, a young business man of Au¬ gusta, was drowned at Tybee yesterday afternoon. He went in bathing at 3 o’clock with a party from Augusta who came down with him, consisting of Win. Goodo, Frank Robbe, Charles Blouut, W. Southall and Thomas Sharkey. The others came out at 4 o’clock and said they didn’t know where Henry was, as he could not lie found among the bathers and had not come out, as was proved by the fact that his clothes remained in the dressing room. His companions betiayoil considerable alarm as to his disappearance, but said they had to take tho 4:55 train for Au¬ gusta, and left at that time. Henry’s body washed ashore at 4 o’clock this morning on the northern end of the beach, two miles from whe r e he was bathing. of foul play, but There were rumors Coroner Dixon, after viewing the body, decided the rumors wer%without foun¬ dation in fact, and considered no in¬ quest necessary. He considered the drowning accidental. bathing Two hundred people were in at tho time of Henry’s disappearance, and no ono saw him sink.