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ATE FLESH OF DEAD
Horrible Story of Two Survivors of Storm
Wrecked Bark.
DRIFTED FOR DAYS WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER.
Drew Lots to See Who Should Die and Furnish Blood
and Flesh to Survivors.
The British steamer Woodruff from
Hamburg, arrived at Charleston, S. C.,
Saturday with two half starved, half
wild devils who had lived for two days
on a raft at sea on a feast of blood and
human flesh. They were Morrison
Anderson and Goodman Thomas,mem¬
bers of the crew of the Norwegian bark
Drot, which was wrecked in the hur¬
ricane off the straits of Florida on Au¬
gust 11th.
The bark carried a crew of seven¬
teen. When the storm came down, the
vessel was smashed into, the captain
and eight men being swept overboard
and drowned. Eight men clung to a
raft, a part of the bark’s deck, and
drifted out. The waves, however,
smashed this in two, and left six men
swinging to the larger part. The two
men on the smaller raft were driven
away, and one saved by a passing ship
and landed at Baltimore.
When the storm had passed the six
meu were left drifting about, with no
help in sight and without food or wa
ter. Some of the bark’s trappings
were found on the raft and among
these was a fishing hook and line.
The fish caught were devoured raw
by the starving crew. The thirst was
fierce. While one of tbe sailors was
fishing with his Jine staying far out,
he drew in a fish, but in an instant he -
went mad. “I am saved!” he shrieked
as be lunged for the fish, ami he went
over and was lost. With his death the
last means of obtaining food was gone,
Soon after the man was drowned,
two members of the crew were taken
deathly sick from eating the raw meat.
Signs of death were falling over them,
and the three fellows, still strong
through all the suffering, stood by
them with a knife ready to cut for the
heart blood as soon as that organ fail
ed to beat. The sick man’s feet were
cold and clammy when his heart was
cut, aud the half fiends scrambled for
the trickling blood.
Cast Lot* For Victim.
While they were suckiug this, the
second sick man died and there was
the same rush for the weak blood from
his heart and veins. Parts of the
filthy, sickly flesh were eaten, but the
thirst for hot blood came over the three
men left and thev agreed to cast lots
to see who should die.
The unlucky man was a German, a
big sailor, thirty-five years of age. He
lost and surrendered manfully, baring
his breast that his heart might be
struck good and clear. The German
was stabbed. Anderson and Thomas
stuck their lip6 to his breast and drain
ed the blood.
Afterwards tha heart was chopped
out and particles of the warm flesh
eaten with a relish. All the time the
men were on the raft a steuch to heav
en had arisen and scores of sharks
came straggling up. They fought to
everturn the craft aud find the human
prey, but they were driven off and
parts of the German’s body was tossed
over to them. The survivors were
weak and thirsty aud had agreed among
themselves to cast another lot by Fri¬
day morning at sun rise if no help was
in sight, but the steamer Woodruff
sighted the raft Thursday afternoon
at 6 o’clock.
The small boats sent out Vo rescue
the men had to fight away the sharks,
Anderson aud Thomas were picked
weak, demented aud emaciated, with
ulcers and sores steaming over their
bodies. Both men were in a dreadful
condition and when lauded at Charles¬
ton were sent to a hospital for treat¬
ment.
Thomas was the cabin boy and was
only seventeen years of age. Thomas's
face and breast was bittou fiercely.
He claims that it was done by Ander
sou.
No intimation of what the courts
will do, if anything, is given.- The
Drot sailed from Pascagoula for Bne
nos Ayres on August 3. *
CANNIBALS WILL RECOVER.
Norwegian Consul At Charleston Makes
Investigation of Man-Katlng Story.
A Charleston .dispatch says: Con¬
sul Witte, for fhe government of Nor¬
way, made a report Monday of the
cannibalism reported from the raft of
the Norwegian bark Drot and forward¬
ed it to the consul general in New
York. The substance of the report
will be cabled to Norway.
Consul Witte saw Anderseu and
Thomas, the survivors, oud got their
story. He is unable at present to say
if the courts of Norway will deal with
the wen.
Anderseu and Thomas are recover
ing aud their lives can be saved.
COURT WORKS RAPIDLY.
Trial of Rioters in Darien Satur¬
day Resulted in a Split-Up
Verdict.
At Darien, Ga., Saturday, the court
moved more rapidly in the trial of the
negro rioters. The jury, out Friday
night on the second batch of five, sat
oa the case for twelve hours and then
returned with the statement that it was
impossible for them to agree on the
woman, Josephine Bird, while for
Abram Green they found a verdict of
not guilty.
Judge Seabrook sent the jury back
and told them to agree ana report. r
The foreman stated that they would
not. agree if they were out six months,
and Judge Seabrook told them they
could sit seven if necessary, In
about an hour the judge sent for the
jury, accepting their verdict, as they
w'ere then ready to return it.
Those convicted were Jones Green,
Moses Miller and Lawrence Baker.
Josephine Bird’s case was reported
a mistrial and Abram Green was found
not guilty.
The cases against Charles McDon
aid, Dave Petty, Hugh Thompson,
Moses Bailey and John Thompson
were on trial in the meantime and the
jury was out only about ten minutes
when a verdict of guilty against them
was returned with the exception of
John Thompson.
The case against Bill Jenkins was
tried separately, he having employed
a different lawyer from the rest, and
the jury brought in a verdict of guilty
against him in about ten minutes’
time.
Court then adjourned until Monday
morning.
The grand jury Saturday afternoon
took up the case of Henry Delegal,
charged with rape, and about
tlj e entire trouble at Darien origina
ted* The jury did npt conclude its
labors and adjourned until Monday,
BYRNE TAKES STRONGHOLD.
F,1, pino Rebels C With Great Lnli
From the Town 5
A Manila special says: Argogula.the
most impregnable stronghold of the
k ands w kich have been destroying
plantations and levying tribute on the
P e °pte °f Negros, has been taken by
the Sixth infantry under Lieutenant
Colonel Byrne. The only means of
reaching the town was up a perpen
dicular hill, covered with dense shrub
^ery and a thousand feet high,
The Americans accomplished this
under fire * although an officer and sev¬
eraI men were hit and f ocks rolled
down upon them. The native strength
wa3 estimated at 400. Many of the
rebels were wounded and captured,
and t w ®nty-oue were killed,
CHAMBERS IN WASHINGTON.
Chief Justice of Samoan Island* Will
Stake Report To the President.
Hon. W. L. Chambers, the chief
justice of the Samoan islands, arrived
iu Washington Sunday from his home
in the south. While at the capital he
will make a report to the president and
the secretary of state of recent hap
penings in the islands and of the part
he took in the affairs there,
BLACKBURN BREAKS DOWN.
Bad Health Causes Him To Abandon
the Tour With Goebel.
A spicial from Lexington, Ky., says:
Ex-Senator Joe C. S. Blackburn has
broken down and will have to go home
to Versailles and rest, while his
brother, James Blackburn, ex-United
States marshal of Kentucky, will ae
company Mr. Goebel on his tour
through the mountains.
CARTER’S FRIENDS ACTIVE.
They Declare Courtmartial Verdict Will
Never Be Approved By McKinley.
A Washington dispatch says: Agi¬
tators of the now notorious case of
Captain O. M. Carter are slowly but
surely crowding the front page of the
leading newspapers, and relegating
the french military scandal to less
prominent columns.
Captain Carter’s attorneys are show
ing more courage and determination
in pressing their case before the pub
lie, and are declaring with apparent
confidence that the sentence of the
courtmartial will never be approved
by tbe president.
5Dsi
Strongest Evidence Yet Given In
Favor of the Prisoner.
HOPE OF DREYFUSARDS IS AWAY UP
They Declare That Conviction la Now Im¬
possible and That the Tide
Has Turned.
Elation is the only word that could
express the feelings of the Dreyfus
ards after Saturday’s proceedings of
the Dreyfus courtmartial at Rennes.
The tide has turned at last, they say,
and Dreyfus cannot be condemned af¬
ter the evidence given Saturday morn¬
ing. I he spirit of the Dreyfusards
are now bouyant, and they claim the
evidence puts the verdict out of doubt
and the judges must acquit Dreyfus.
Major Hartmann, of the artillery,
occupied nearly half the session with
the conclusion of his expert evidence
to the effect that Dreyfus as an artil¬
lery officer would not have displayed
such ignorance regarding the guns
and brakes as was shown in the bor¬
dereau, while the other subjects of the
bordereau were matters upon which
any officer should inform himself.
Major Hartmann’s testimony prac¬
tically stood uncontested, as neither
General de Lcye nor General Mercier,
who replied,refuted any material point
therein. Labori asked General Gonse
to enumerate the documents to which
he alluded.
Colonel Jouaust, president of the
courtmartial, however, declined to put
the question, whereupon Labori raid he
reserved to himself the right to'submit
a formal application for these docu¬
ments.
Then came the leading witness of
the day, M. Defend Lamothe, a pro¬
bationer contemporaneously with
Drevfns, who is now a civil en¬
gineer, aud has no reason to fear the
wrath of the military clique. The
witness opened bv declaring that de¬
spite the fact that he had a brother
in the garrison at Rennes, he came to
tell what he knew in favor of Dreyfus,
and proceeded to make a statement
which, according to the Dreyfusards,
practically decided the case. First he
recalled the fact that a circular was
sent to the probationers on May 1,
1894, informing them that they must
rot go the manouvres, thus showing
that thfe man who wrote the bordereau
in August and said, “I am going to
the manouvres,” cannot be Dreyfus.
The witness then pointed out that
none of the ministers, who, he believed,
acted in good faith, were informed of
the existence of this circular, which he
declared: “I consider a vital point in
the case. The circular,” he continued,
“shatters the prosecution, because af¬
ter May 17th Dreyfus could not say,
‘I am going to the manouvres,’ for
then he knew he would not go, while
prior to May 17th he could not have
known the five documents comprised
in the bordereau.”
This practically ended the session,
which was one of the most
and undeniably the most favorable to
Dreyfus yet held.
GEN. OTIS ACCUSED.
Counsel for Captain Carter Charge* Phil¬
ippine Commander With Perjury.
The Chicago Times-Herald says:
Charges of perjury and subornation of
perjury have been filed against General
Elwell S. Otis, commander of the
American army in the Philippines
with President McKinley by Frank P.
Blair, one of the counsel for Captain
Oberlin M. Carter.
Counsel Blair declares that at an
early date he will also file charges of
perjury and subornation against Gen¬
eral Advocate Colonel H. B. Barr with
President McKinley. Colonel Barr
appeared in the famous trial of Carter
for the government. General Otis
was president of the Carter courtmar¬
tial.
BRYAN WILL HELP M’LEAN.
Nebraskan Will Deliver Speeches For
Democracy In Oliio
Hon. W. R. Burnett announces that
Bryan will visit Ohio and take a swing
around the state with McLean.
James Seward, of Mansfield, has
been selected for chairman of the ex¬
ecutive committee, aud ex-Mayor Con¬
stantine, of Springfield, is slated for
treasurer.
DAIRYMEN OF GEORGIA
To Hold Annual Meeting at Grantville Oc¬
tober lath and 13th.
Mr. M. L. Duggan, the secretary of
the Georgia Dairymen's association,
is sending out a prospectus and pre¬
mium list of the sixth annual meeting
of the association, which is to be held
at Grantville on October 12-13.
Five hundred dollars in premiums
will be given for the best displays and
exhibits of dairyman’s products, and
it is expected that the exhibits this
year will be the best ever seen at a
meeting of the association.
The program of the meeting is being
arranged, and it will include many
features interesting to the dairymen.
EDITOR M’LEAN
FOR GOVERNOR
Ohio Democrats Nominate Him
By Acclamation.
ONLY ONE BALLOT WAS TAKEN
Chicago Platform Is Reaffirmed
And Renomination of Bryan
Demanded.
A special from Zanesville, O., says:
With the Ohio democratic convention
cheering for Bryan and free silver,
John R McLean was dominated Wed¬
nesday morning for governor on the
first ballot, receiving a vote of 402$.
Kilbourne received 227; Haskell, 55*
Sherwood, 27; Seward, 25; Lentz, 6.
The nomination of McLean was
then made unanimous.
There was no need of an exertion
on the part of his supporters, and
with a portion of the support missing,
he was carried through with cheers.
The convention much of the time
was boisterous and beyond the control
of the sergeant-at-arms and his assist¬
ants.
The convention was properly repre¬
sented in its platform and the key¬
note speech of Judge Moouey. The
name of Bryan was cheered whenever
it was mentioned. The convention
showed demonstrations over free sil¬
ver, anti-imperialism, auti-bossism and
all the indictments in the speech of
Judge Mooney and in the platform.
Extracts From Platform.
Following is an abstract of the
platform adopted:
“We heartily reaffirm the entire
Chicago platform of 1896; and we
especially emphasize the financial
plank therein, aud we continue to de¬
mand the free and unlimited coinage
of silver and gold as equal in primary
money at the rate of 16 to 1, inde
pen dent of all other nations in the
world.
“Hon. William J. Bryan still retains
our entire confidence, and we demand
his renomination in 1900. We recog¬
nize the solemn fact that our govern
raent cannot be both republican and
imperial.
“We stand in line with Washington,
Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln,Grant and
all other American patriots, living or
dead, in desiring the perpetuity of our
republic.
“We are radically and unalterably
opposed to imperialism in tbe United j
States of America. When we have
solved some of the race problems that!
confront us at home, then by et
ample we can proclaim the blessings
that flow from free institutions and
thus procure ‘benevolent assimula
tion without criminal aggression.’
“We are opposed to entangling al- i
liances with foreign kingdoms and
empires. We commend the action of
congress declaring that our war with
Spain was for humanity aud not for
conquest.
“We proudly recognize the valor
and glorious achievements of our gal
lant soldiers from Bunker Hill to this
very hour, as being among the mest
thrilling and glorious in the history of
the world, but we profoundly regret
that American soldiers are being un¬
lawfully used in the name of liberty,
to crush and destroy dawning repub¬
lics in the orient and we denounce the
secret and vicious alliance now in evi¬
dence between England and the re¬
publican administration whereby this
nation may become involved in war
with foreign nations.
“We demand that the Cubans and
Filipinos not only be permitted but
encouraged to establish independent
republics, deriving all of their govern¬
mental power from the consent of the
governed.
“We are in favor of maintaining our
splendid and efficient navy.
“A large standing army in our re¬
public is a menace to liberty.
“We favor the initiative and refer¬
endum, the passage of the eight-hour
labor law, the more rigid inspection of
mines and workshops, the prohibition
of sweat shops and the abolition of the
contract system of labor.
Success comes always to those whs
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meat.
REBELS ORDERED TO~AI)VANCE.
Aguinaldo Will Attempt To Wrest Inins
From the Americans.
It is reported at Manila that Aguin
aldo has ordered the rebel generals in
the province of Cavite to close in ou
and attempt to take the towu of Imtis,
and it is added that troops are concen¬
trating around the town from the lake
country. The rebels, it is further said,
have au outpost of 700 meu ou the Las
Marinas rond and an equal force iu the
towu of Auabo,
A hearty laugh indicates a degree of
good health obtainable through pure blood.
c4r but one person in ten has pure blood,
the other nine should purify the blood
nudh Hoofs Sarsaparilla. Then they can
laugh first, laSt and all the time, for
SaU afmiflo
i Never Disappoints
% The Worst Part of It.
De Jones—I heard your firm dig.
charged you.
Smythe—Yes; but I wouldn’t mind
that so much it they hadn’t added in
suit to injury.
De Jones—How so?
Smythe—They advertised for a boy
to fill my place.—Chicago News.
The Poor Ones.
Tommy—Paw, are all editors starv*
Ing, like the’funny men say they are?
Mr. Plgg—No; only the ones who own
their papers.
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Home is usually the clubman’s last re
sort.
The Cuban Army
Uses Wlntersmith's * hill Cure.—Arthur
Peter & Co., Louisville, Ky, Gentlemen:
“’Please Bend us some Winier*mUh’s Chill
Cure, whicti has given such brilliant result*
In treating cuills and fever now raging in
Cuba.”—Drs. Manuel Actgular, £. Heruaa
dez, F. Muno.
There are 3,740.000 parsons in London who
never enter a plaoe ot worship.
Barter's “Too Good and Too ink Cheap to be
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with which I was a&lcted for twenty
"ars. I ran across your CASCARETS in the
town of Newell. Ia.. and never found anything
to piles equal and them. like To-day I am entirely free from
feel a new man. ”
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