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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 believe in printer’s ink judiciously used. Let us have your advertise 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. Beauty Is Blood Deep. Cle».n blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Casoareits, Candy Cathar¬ tic clean your blood and keep driving it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and all im¬ banish purities pimples, from the boils, body. blotches, Begiu blackheads, to-day to and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascarets,—beauty guaranteed, for ten cento. All drug¬ gists, satisfaction 10c, 25c, 50c. 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. 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