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VOL. Xv. DANI~ S.CTENESDAY, AUGUST 3O, 1S9.NO 8 BAD AS WEYLER Gen. Otis' Nefarious Work in the Philippines. DICTATED ALL DISPATCHES. Phrases and Adjectives Put Into Them Magnifying Ameri can Military Opera tions. The correspondent of the Assceiated Press at Manila writes as. follows via Hong Kong: The-Filipino rebels appear to retain much more of a fighting spirit than might be expected after their recent San Fernando experiencs and General Lawton's drubbings in the south. After giving up San Fernando with a feeble struggle they entrenched them selves at Angeles. working for several days and impressing non-combatants Into the work, thus saving the arnicd men for the tighting. They engaged Lieutenant Colonel Smith's regiment and the artillery warmly for four hours, mnking one-of the most stubborn resis tances of the campaign. But, the Araericans are indebted to the usual poor marksmanship of the Filipinos as well as to their o xn strategy for tecir small loss. In the piovince of Cavite, where it was, supposed the rebels had been seat tered and demoralized beyond rceuper ation, they have assembled an army of several :thousond men distributed among the important towns from the lake to the bay. After the San Fernan do engagement the rebels attempted to detet the Americans from a further advance northward by menacing the railroad communications. Several hun dred of General Pio del lPilar's men crossed the Rio Grande between the American outpost towns, and threaten ed Baliuag, Quinqua and other places with small American garrisons, while. during Sunday and Monday nights, smaller bands tried to tear up the rail road tracks at several poiits between Bigaa and Malolos. Reinforcements of American troops, however, were sent along the railroad from Manila to San Fernando. while the forces at Baliuag and Quinqua sailed out against General Pio del Pilar's men and the insurgents were easily driven away. In brushes between these Filipinos and the Ameri cans during three days the Americans lost several men. while the Filipinos loss was heavy. Of these operatious the Associated Press correspondent was permitted to send only an inadequate dispatch, die tated verbatim by Major General Otis The censor writes st.-rcotyped ofieial phrases and adjectives into the dis patches, tending to magnify the Amer ican operatiors and to minimize the op position. General Otis says newspa pers are not Iublic institutions, but private enterpi;.,, and the correspon dents are only h. e on suffrance. All reports .on :he rebel territory agree that the tcarcity of food is i creaing and that the rebel command ers at Aparri and other points refuse to obey Aguinaldo's .order in regara t~o closing the ports held by the rebels against American ships andu say that any ship bringing sto.res w;ill be wel comed. Several ships frcom .Manila are now at sucht r :. llundreds of pco ple come into Manila daily and return to the rebe lines with food arnd other commodities. The guards stauelnea along one road reported that 5 000U per sons passed through the lines in thrcee days and that 45 tons of rice we cr ried out, in small parcels, o" the. same road, in ten days. M1ueh / this un doubtedly goes to aid the rs bels. but the authorities permit this trafhec from~ motives of charity towards the womnen and children, rho are undoubtedly suf fering. . , General MacArthur is estabiishing municipal governments in the villaces north of Manila. The mayor of Baliua;, the first town where General Lawton established the same rule, who was supposed to be one of the most friendly and trust worthy of the natives, has been placed in ail, nharged with r.rranging with the rebels for an attack on the town. The American troops have been with drawn from all that part of the ,coun try which was half cleared of rebels in trie expedition of the Americans in June last. The rebels have returned to San M~a teo, which was abandoned for the third time after its recent capture. It is al leged that more than half the Ihowitzer ammunition during the fight at Angeles was defective and failed to explode. Negroes Excluded, "The town of Fitzgerald. G a.. wich was built up by G. A. R. men from Northern states and their descendants exclusively, does not allow nenroes to become inhabitants," said Mr; 0. B3. Giddings, of Savannah. This may seem to be discriminating against the black race with a vengeance, but so far there has been no complaint at the operation of this municipal. exclusion act, and there is no probability that it will be modified or repealed in the neat future. Fitzgerald is .rather unique among Southern towns ;n this regard. for I do not know of another in which the negro is absolutely barred. What the penalty for violating the will of the Fitzgerald whites would be I am ,not informed, but so far no negroes nrave been rash enough to try to force them selves into the town." A Convict's Book. A conviet in the Kansas State prison has written a book on prison life, le urges the granting of permission to smoke and the abolition or the l' ek step, and says: "Without doubt there are men here who are where they should be; there may be somne who should have been born hero. On tne other hand there are ursuestionably some men here who will make go citizens some day. The writer believes that the average convict leave, the pri son a better man than he was when he entered there." Believes in Bryan. The Augusta Chronicle says:,3 friend, Mr. Comner. is not n gooa juuge of "back numibers" when hie calls Bryan one. In 19I)0 we expect the Nebraska 'statesman to poll 7.IHJ.000 votes and e will cln so, in our opinion." A BIG SAVING. Comparative Costs of the State Con stabulary Force. A recent comparative statement comn piled by Mr. W. W. Harris, constabu lary clerk, shows that the :84 dispens-.ry constables now employed by the State are accomplishing as much as the 59 who drew salaries until about the Mi. die of June. Tuesday he made public a compari son of the three months just past. The decrease in cost to the State has been S1.s97.34 since tho constabulary was reduced. these igures being the differ ence between the expense accounts of 1av, *4.4!13.69. and of July. $2.;.5 In .jutne when the 59 constables served half the month the coa:t to the State was $:h51.19. The total saving for a year at this rate will be $2135. 0S, based upon the difference between May and July. This is an average of $59 a day. There appears to be no adverse com ment on the policy of the governor in thus reducing the cost of maintaining the constabulary, for the resuts with the small force are as satiafaetory as I with three score constales. Gov. Me Swcency is getting a heavy mail no'. Mayors and intendents from all over the State are writing him in response to his circular letter asking their support in pro--rly enifreing the la. Some of th - . :ilcia ;are loud in their praises t:' i t ispeasary law, and promise to -,t-mv means to enforce it. But ii l there may be some blarney. many of the mayors are evidently sincere in saving that they are anxious to enforce this law just as any other statutc. Those who have expressed themselves u:pon the main point at issue do not hes it'ate to say that the local police can ac complish more than the constabulary. -The State. BEART ?ENDING CONDITION. Three Thousand Are Dead and Missing in Porto Rico. A dispatch to the New York Herald from San Juan says: The board of charity is sending out supplies by land and water Aaily, but petiti)ns keep coming in fr, 1 all over the country requesting food, medicines and money. There are no means of raising funds in the different localities. At Wauna bo an effort was male to start a popular subscription, but only ten pesos were cntributed. In consequence of the putrefaction bodies typhus fever has developed at Arroso. The captains of coastwise ves sels complain that the bad odors at the various port. have caused them more suffering than the hurricane. The reports of the board of health up to last Friday gave the number killed at 1,973, missing 1.000, houses destroyed .421. persons homeless 12.046. cities in need of physician-, drugs and hospi. tals Cacuas, Yabitoa. Waunbo. Utua do, (oMo and Coresal. Advic es from Ponce state that there has been slitht rioting at Yauco, but that it has been easily quelled by the local uard. The local authorities are runn'ng short of money with which to py workmen. There are no reports of fve.r as vet fromn the southside of the island. The authorities are mak'ng strenuouos efforts to relieve the country ditricts, where great distres.s is report An Unholy Alliance. A dispatch fronm Manila says: Ge~n. Bates has returned from Sulu, having sae -essfuily aenamplished his mission there. After five weeks negotiation with much tact, an agreement was signed which in substance was as fol los: American sovereignty over Moros shall be recognized and there shall be no persecution against religion; the I ' ited States shall occupy and control such parts of the archipelago as public interests may demand: any per son can purchase land with the sultan's consent: thec introduction of fire arms shall be pirhibited: piracy shall I.e suppressed: thc American courts shall have jurisdi-tion except between the Moros:. the Americans shall protect the M1rios against foreign invasion and the --han'.s subsidy fromt Spain shall be continued. The sultatn and several chiefs signcd the agrement. Plant Wheat. A f'armer writi.,g to the Maeon Tele ~raph tells how any farmer can make heat enough fer home consumption, and w hy he should make it. ie says: -A n ordinary farmer can sparc two acres of land: let himn take this land, 'turn it well with a ploughi in Septem ber, and about three or four weeks lat er put ten tbushels of cotton seed broad cast. also broadcast two hundred pounds of phosphate, sow his wheat crop ou this laud with a turning plough shallow, all ploughing to be wcll done, insuring the ground to be well broken. This will'make about fifteen bushels of wheat per acre. Two acres tried in this way will furnish about six barrels of flour at a cost of about five dollars. To buy this flour in the market would cost about thirty dollars. Touched a Live Wire. A special dispatch'from Riock ilill to The State -says: "What came peril ousy near being a fatal accident occur red Tuesday afternoon at the residence of Mr. 11. F. Sadler on Johnston street. The storm of an hour before had blown down one of the elctric light poles. Little Rtufus Sadler, a six year old son of Mr. RI. F. Sadler, camne along and in some way touched a wire with his hand. In an instant he was thrown upon his Iback with one live wire in his hand and another on his neck. Mr. Sadler was rcar and2 fortunately an axe or hatchet aho. Ile ran to the boy and with a -troke cut olti the deadly current. The boy waa unconscious for sonme time but gradualy reigained his senses and will be all riL't in a day or two. Cotton in Texas. A t specti from De~las. T'exas -ays: The hot winds which have prevailed fr the past month have detroyed all chance of a large cotton crop in Texa.s. Reports fromt all over the northe rn and central sections of the State are that the ciops will not average more than a quarter of a bale to the acre. This in Idicates not to exceed 2,000,000 bales \ORK OF TIEI WIND Eieven Wrecks About Hatteras During the Recent Storm. MANY LIVES WERE LOST. The Heroic Life Savers With Breeches Buoy, Rescue Many Sailors. Wreck of Bark entine Priscilla. Another chapter in the history of the horrors of the sea was added by the re cent hurricane which dealt death and destruction in Puerto Rico and appar ently lost none of its fury by reason of its visit to the Atlantic coast. No suzh duna'inc result has attended a storm in the past quarter of a century, and the stretch of beach from iKinnakeet to Hatteras, N. C., a distance of about 1 miles, bears evidence of the fury of the gale in the shape of spars, masts and 'eneral wrecka:ge of five schooners, whilo now and again a body washes ashore to lend solemnity to the scene. Waves mountain hig-h. seas which by reason of their pver carried everching before them, winds which blew unceas ingly day aad night at a 75 mile vcloe ity. were the causes of the disasters, and that not more lives were lost is considered by many -urvivors nothing less than a miracle. Thirty-ive shipwrecked seamen who had nothing in the world but the few tattered and torn clothes on their backs some iniured, all miserable, arrived at Norfolk Wednesdajy from Hatteras. N. C., byway of the Norfolk and Southera railroad from Elizibeth City. It is from them that the fearful stery was learned. They report no less than 11 vessels ashore on the coat between Hatteras and New River inlet, and es timate that no less than 30 lives were lost. Among those who arrived at Norfolk Wednesday are 10 of the crew of the barkentine Priscilla, :)apt. Benj. R. Springstein, of Baltimore, which ves sel lies broken in three pieces on Gull Shoals, 1S m'les north of Cape Hatter as. There were four fatalities shortly after the Priscilla went ashore. the captain's wife being washed overboard and drowned within 10 minutes from the time the bark struck. The others who lost their lives were the captain's two sons, aged 24 and 12 respectively, Goldenborough, connected in the Lee family. and a relative of one of the vessel's owners, C. Morton Stewart & Co. The older of the Springstein boys was first inate of the Priscilla. He and the Goldenborouch lad were both wash ed overboard. IIis brother was drown ed in the cabin. . Alex von lestorff. one of the crew, was Caught in the ca bin, and while hold og on to a window to prevent being drowned a heavy sea came which resulted in the dislocation of his arm. Sceing that death was certain if ne remained longer in the cabin, von R-2sdorff leaped through the cabin window and landed on deck. le was attended at the office of the Marine Iospital surgeon, in Norfolk custom house. Capt. Spriegstcin escaped from the wreck with the remainder of his crew, but he is still at Ihatteras, suffer inc from a wound in his breast, which is said to be three inches in depth. The captain is 54 years of age. The Pris cilla left Baltimore for Rio .Janeiro, Brazil. on Saturday, the 12th inst., with a general cargo. She passed out the Capes on MIonday, the 14th. and it was 9 p. m. Thursday when she struck. All of the vessel's crew were injured more or less. Andrew Larsen is suffer ing from internal injuries, and Win. I. Henderson, the colored steward, has a mashed knee. The schooner Robert W. Dazy, Capt. Olseu, lef't Philadelphia Aug. 14 for Jack sonville, Fia., with coal. She was partially washed away as soon as she struck the beach, which was about Gp m. Thursdry. The crew of six were all saved by the breeches buoy. The schooner Florence Randall, Ca Pt. Cavalier, was bound froaa Long Island to Charleston. S. C.. with fecrtiliz:r. She struck at 5:15 p. mn. on Wednesi':a' and was soon washed to pieces. 'The crew of 10, as well as the captain's wife, were rescued by the breeches buoy. The schooner 3Minnie Bergen, Capt. Bowman, sailed Wednesday from Phil adelphia, bound for Neuvitas, Cuba. with iron, coal and coal oil. She an chored on Thursday and slipped her cable Friday morning. She lost several sails and struck at S a. m. on Friday at Chiamicomico. Hecr crew of 10 men were rescued by life savers with the breeches buoy. The schooner Percy and Lillie, Cap~t. illor, of New York, which struck the storm last week while bound from New York to Charleston, S. C.. with a cargo of fertilizer, arrived at Norfolk Wed nesday morning leaking and otherwise in distress. While tossing helplessly about in the ocean the life boats of the schooner were smashed and the vessel's main gaff broken. The schooner Lottie E. White, Capt. ann. of Tappahannock, Va., bound from Baltinmore to Newborn, N. C., with a carro of corn, arrived WVednes day evening in distress, she having en juntered the storm l'st week. The schooner will be repaired and proceed to Newbern. AW'FCITIA rI. i'. Accounts in many respects contlict imr continue to come in from Albe umarle and Pamlico sound region and the coast from Hatteras to Body's is land, in which section the greater numn er of casualties occurred as a result of the great st~orm of August 15 to li. in elsive. A' this section of broad wa ters is thme artery for smiall craft from the recion trib'utary to Chesapeake .bay and as far northb as Pilnmadehphia to the north Georgia coast, the numbl.er of yes sls traversing' these inland seas is al was ereat and it is e'ven yet almost impossible to state how miany were caught in the storm and anything near the number that will fail to answer roll call. but mnasters of erait in from that region state that small schooners, pnies. sloons and fishing craft wreek ed. ashore, br-oken up. sunk or turned over are to be seen almost hourly in a trip throuch the sounds, and it is no.w Ithought thiat the total drowned will run close to 100, if it does not over reach other islands in the vicinity at Ports mouth. Big and Little Kinnaket, Ovracokc and smaller points, fully Go to 70 houses. four or five churches and numerous stores, barns and warehouses were cither washed away or damaged beyond repair, and as a result numbers are homeless and destitute, and many others have lost crops and flocks. Stock and implements and the fishing interests have suffered greatly. In a few days a fairly complete report can be made, but at present rumors )utweigh true state ments and an accurate footing of the damage cannot be reached. washed ashore, crew of about 25, all lost FI'RTIIEt DETAILS. Furthcr details of the terrific storm have been received. In addition to the vessels already reported wrecked are the following: Schooner Aaron Rephard, five lost, three saved. Bark, unknown, crew of 14, all lost. Diamond Shoals lightship, crew of 23. all saved. Unknown steamship, wh-se cargo has Three big rEchooners in the surf, now breaking up, crews probably aggregating 30. unheard of. The )iamond Shoals lightship which was stationed 15 miles off Hatteras, and which ha-1 withstood some fierce storms. was torn from its mooring by the 100 knot hurricanc and blown high and dry at Ilatteras. Tne schooner Frank McCullough. 11 men, with co il, from Norfolk to Savan nah, is unheard of, and probably went to the b)ttom with all on board. KILLED HIM AT SIGHT. Negro Had Attempted to Assault His Wife. A sp2cial dispatch from Tuscaloosa, Ala., to the Atlanta Journal says: "People in the vicinity of the court house, which is in the center of the business part of town, were startled by a loud report of a shotgun fired twice in rapid succession at 6.20 o'clock Wed nesday morning. Investigation showed that John Thomas, would-be assailant, had been shot to death with bird shot. At Cuba station, about three weeks ago while Mr. C. M. Stallworth was absent 'rom home, John Thomas, a negro em ployed at Stallworth's saw mill, entered the room where Mrs. Stallworth, was asleep about 10 o'clock at night and after choking her into insensibility, at tempted to ravish her person, but was frightened away before his hellish pur pose was accomplished by the approach of the overseer who was attracted by the screams of Mrs. Stallworth. The negro was shot at several times, but succeeded in making his escape. Mr. Stallworth had since that time done nothing but search for the brute. Thom as, who was a good machinist, came to Tuscaloosa ab.it two weeks ago, and sz cured employment with the electric light company. le had had his bicy cle sent from Cuba to Tuscaloose for repairs before he attempted the out rage, and wrote a letter to Cuba to for ward the handleb.rs to Tuscaloosa to a fietious name, which he gave in the let ter. This gave his whereabouts away, and Mr. Stallworth went to TuFealoosa on the northbound Q. & C., at 4.10 o'clock Wednesday morning, and while standing talking to his brother, who lives there saw the negro coming up Greensboro street on his way to work. Mr. Stallworth stepped inside the mar ket house and got his brother's gun, which was loaded with No. S shot, and crossing the street, called to the ne gro: "Is that you, -John?" The negro turned round, and seeing Mr. Stallworth, replied, "No, sir, this ain't me," and started to run, when Mr. Stallworth emptied the contents of both barrels in his back and shoulders. Thomas ran about a block and fell, where he died in about fifteen minutes. Stallworth offered to give himself uji but n' onc seems to want him. Suicide at Darlington. A special dispatch from Darlington to the Augusta Chronicle says-Dr. John A. Boyd. a leadin.; business man of that city. commni:ted suicide Monday nieht. 21st insttant. The dispatch says nio reason is known for his action. It was probably due to a gloomy and despondent state of mind and poor health. The deceased was proprietor of the oldest drug store, and one of the most successful, in the place. He was about 453 years of age, unmarried, and lived with his sister, Miss Mary Boyd, on Florence street. It is thought that he was attempting suicide once before when he took an overdose of morphine, which camne very near resulting fatally. ie was, however, brorught through this safely. Monday afternoon his sister went out driving, leaving him at home. On her return late in the afternoon he was found dead. and terribly cut by a razor, with which he had opened veins in his arm and leg. Dr. Boyd was a man of somewhat retiring disposition, but was much liked by those wh> k ne w him well. Wind Storm at Florence, A severe wind storm, accomnpaisied by somne hail and a heavy rain, passed over Florence about 3~ o'clock Thursday. The wind blew a terrific rate, and many thought a cyclone was approaching. A laree portion of the tin roof on the round house of the Atlantic Coast Line shops was torn off. A new frame build ing, belonging to Evans McCall, color ed, in East Florence, was blown five feet from its pillars and otherwise dam aged by being twisted up. Numbers of large tree limbs were broken off, and the poles and wires of the telephone and electrie light companies also came in for a share of the damage. The cloud whch w~as an angry-looking one passed from northwest to southeast. The lihtreing flashes were very vivid, and the loud peals of thunder werc severe on nervous people. South Carolina Tobacco. it is estimated that the tobacco zrop in South Carolina this year will reach 20,OLI0,000I pounds, worth from 4 to 26 cents a pound. It is only within the last few years that tobacco has been cultivated in South Carolina as a money crop, but the .farmers find it more p-rofitable than raising ;> cent cot ton. Moreover, the cultivation of wheat in the Palmetto State has been so .successful that the acreage will like ly be doubled this year.-Baltimore Sun. STAFF NAMED. The Governor Makes His Selec tions Known. ALL YOUNG~MEN~CHOSEN. Several of Them Have Been Con nected With the State Mili tia or Were in the Army. Governor McSiveeney Thursdiy an noune-d the appointment-of his staff. The selections were made without re gard to poltics, and the members of the staff are as a rule personal friends of the governor. Several of them have served in the State militia or in the Cuban war. All are young men, some having barely attained their majority. The following order was promulgated through the office of the adujtant gen eral, who is chief of staff: Headquarters Adjutant General's Office. Columbia, S. C., Aug. 23, 1899. General Order No. 5. By direction of his excellency N. B. McSweeney, governor and commander in-chief of the military forces of the State of South Carolina, the following officers are hereby appointed members of his staff, and will be obeyed and re spected accordingly: Adjutant and inspector general, Gen. J. W. Floyd of Kershaw county. Assistant adjutant and inspector general, Col. Jno. D. Frost of Richland county. Quartermaster general, Col. W. C. Mauldin of Hampton county. , Commissary general, Col. W: B. Wil son of Charleston county. Engineer-in-chief, Col. J. F. Folk of Bamberg county. Surgeon general, Col. E. J. Wanna maker of Richland county. Paymaster general, Coi. Geo. D. Till man, Jr., of Edgefield county. Judge advocate general,,Col. U. X. Gunter Jr., of Spartanburg county. Chief of ordnance, Col. L. J. Bris tow of Darlington county. Aides-de-canip-Lieut. Col. II. F. Gaffney of Cherokee county, Lieut. Col. Jas. A. Hoyt, Jr., of Grecnville county; Lieut. Col, Jas. S. McCarley, of Newberry county, Lieut. Col. A. H. Moss of Orangeburg county; Lieut. Col. W. C. Hough of Lancaster county; Lieut. Col. G. C. Sullivan of Anderson connty; Lieut. Col. Willis J. Duncan of Barnwell county; Lieut. Col. Julias Redding of Chaleston- county. By order of the commander-in.chief. J. W. Floyd, Adjutant and Inspector General. Gen. J. W Floyd was a gallant Con federate soldier, having lost an arm in service. This together with his natural oratorical powers and his work in the constitutional convention and in the legislature brought him, prominently before the people and made him adju tant general in the last primary. Col. Jno. D. Frost is a citadel gradTu ate; was captain of the Richiand Vol unteers, adjutant and afterwards major of the First regiment in the Cuban war. Col. WV. C. 31auldin is a son of Sen ator Mauldin of Hampton and a bright young man who is engaged in the rail road business. Col. W. B. Wilson is president of the Carolina Grocery com pany of Charleston. Col. J. F. Folk is a prominent merchant and insurance man of Bamberg. Col. E. J1. Wauna maker, M. D., was surgeon of the sec ond South Carolina in the Cuban war. Col. Geo. ID. Tillman, .Jr.. is a son of the cx-congressman and is a court sten ographer. Col. U. X. Gunter, Jr., formerly private secretary to Governor Fivans, is the assistant attorney gen eral of the State. Col. Louis J. Bris tow is editor of the Darlingtonian. lie was first sergeant of the Darlington Guards and afterwards second licuten. ant of Co. "L," Second South (Caroli na. The aides are also rising young men. Liut. Col. H. Fay Gaff ney is secretary of the carpet factory at Gaff ney and holds other important positions. Licut. Cl. James A. Hoyt, Jr., is on the edi torial staff of The State. Lieut. Col. James S. McCarley is a progressive young farmer in Newberry county. Lievt. Col. A. HI. Moss was captain in the Second South Carolina. Lieut. Col. WV. C. Houghi for several months acted as solicitor in the Seventh cir cuit, and is now senator from Lancas ter. Lieut. Col. G. C. Sullivan was quartermaster of the Second South Car olina. Lieut. Col. Willis S. Duncan was first lieutenant Co. "L," First South Carolina regiment. Lieut. Col. Julius Redding is a son ofMr. James F. Redding, a well known Charles tonian. He'Was Not Dead. A month ago a letter fromi Mani'a contained the news that Ellis Rhine hart of Maysville, JIndiana, a soldier in the regular army, had been captured and tortured to death by Filipinos. Thursday Rhinehart appeared in that city alive and well. He was just return ing home from the West, and had not heard the story of his alleged death. ie had not .been - inthe Philippines at all, having been discharged for disabili ty before his regiment sailed. His par ents, who had not heard from him for months, were mourning him as dead. Wrecked in a Hurricane. The steamer Germ arrived at Pennsa cola Thursday afternoon with the crew of three Norweigian vessels who were wrecked in the Carrabelle hurricane. There were about 45 men. Those who do nzot ship on other vessels from this port will be sent home by their respec tie consuls. The Germ will later bring to Pensacola the crews of the Italian barks wrecked in the storm. One Italian vessel had been loaded for five months, but her crew deserted and another one could not be procured. The Penalty Just. Julius Alexander, colored, was hanged at Charlotte, N. C., Thursday f-assaulting a white woman last oruary. He showed. no signs of ner vousness, confessed the crime and said the penalty was just. A colored preacher in talk on the scaffold said Alexander's crime was "'one in which we ar gla to see the law carried out." The Suffering was Great and Many Died from Starvation. Capt. Shoemaker of the revenue cut ter service Thursday received a report from Lieut. D. H1. Jarvis, commander of the revenue cutter Bear, containing an account of the rescue of the gold seekers who rushed into the K->t zebue gold country, Alaska, in the sum mer of 1893. Lieut. Jarvis was taking the Bear north to Cape Barrow on her regular trip. At Cape Prince of Wales he learned of the awful destitution which had overtaken the gold seekers seekers at Kotzebue sound. On arri val there he found a terrible condition of affairs. M1en had died of starvation, scurvy and by drowning, and he obtain ed a list of 4S deaths, but the list is by no means complete. This list has been published in the Associated Press dis patches. Over one thousand of the gold seekers had wintered there. T he Bear, after relieving as much of the distress as possible and leaving stores. lime juice, etc : for the survivors, took S2 of the survivors to St. MIichael, where they were turned over to the military authorities. Lieut. Jarvis reported that he left between 225 and 250 sur vivors at Kotzabue sound. Ie inform ed the department that he would pro bably proceed to Cape Birrow and upon his return would touch at Kotzebue sound and pick up any who desired to return with him. The rush into the Klondike country was caused by false rumors of rich strikes and wisleading advertisements. Two women and a young baby were among those rescued. Another woman too ill to move, was left in care of a Qaaker missionary and his wife. Among the list of destitute persons found there by Lieut. Jarvis is men tioned G. W. Berry of Virginia. Lieut. Jarvis, who accomplished the rescue of the gold seekers at Kotzebue sound, is the revenue officer who dis tinguished himself in the winter of 1897-93 by leading a relief expedition from Tanaauk, 300 miles below St. Mi chaels to Point Barrow. Over 1.500 miles of snow and ice in the dead of winter he pushed an expedition for the relief of the ice-imprisoned whalers at Point Barrow. He arrived there with almost 500 reindeer after four months of almost indescribable hardships. It was the only Arctic relief expedition ever attempted in mid winter. For his heroism on that occasion the Presi dent recommended that congress give him a vote of thanks and award him a gold medal. A PHOTOGRAPH SWINDLER. Has Fooled Many People in Warthen and Other Places. Many people of Warthen. Ga., were recently taken in by a photographer, who proved to be John Rt. Kay. le gained the confidence of the people and took a number of pictures. which were paid for before delivery. This was 'hree weeks ago and no pictures have been heard from. The probability is that they will continue to wait. This man is known i: Augusta and bears no savory reputation here. For a time he was in co-partnership with M1r. W. Shaw Howard, Jr., of this city. Their rehations lasted about six months and were severed on account of some underhand work of Keay. These men had an office at Lulaville, at which place M1r. Howard would develope the pit-res while Kay was on the road.. Mr. Howard happened to find out that Kay was having some of the work done in Augusta and severed relations with him at once. lie bought an outfit fromi Howard, which he never raid for, and started out on his own hook. The results of his labors are just coming to light, much to the sorrow of those he swindled. It is not known positively what other places he visited, hut he left saying he was going to Camak. People in that neighborhood wi,1 de well to look after their interests. This man is described as being rather tall, medium build and slightly bald. He came originally from H onca Path. S. C., and off and on has lived in Augusta for many years. MIr. Hloward is pro minently known in Augusta and re grets, the occurrence very much, not that he has anything to do with the man now, but that he is using an outfit bearing the name of Kay & Howard. This of course, is done without the santion of MIr. Howard, and is used to advatage by the ot'aer man.-Au usta Chronicle. Gen. Otis Scored. "The censor writes stereotyped ofli cial phrases and adjectives into the dispatches, tending to magnify the American operations and to minmnze the opposition. Gen. Otis says tLews papers are a menace to public institu tions, are but private enterprises and the correspondents are only here on sufferance.' This is what we get from the Associated Press man at MIarila. It is hardly necessary to add that it cmes via Ihong Kong and is uncen sored. Gent. Otis's views as to newspa papers have been held by a long sueces sion of tyrants and inc-ompletenlts, and by a good many rascals besides. Rie garding himself as a "public institu tion,"- it is natural that he should feel that way; but he is not wise in saying so. In about one month the newspa pers of th United States, if they chose, could have him recalled. ie is in 3Ma nila now only by "sutferance" of the pres., and it may be that the press, believing in the right of the people to know what is really going on im tne Philippines. will make Precsident M1c Kiney understand where his interest lies. A successful general might af ford to talk like Ozis. but not a izzling failure. --Co>lumbia State. Bad1 News from Chile A great railway accident occurred at Saniago, Chile, Thursday. A-a entire passenger train fell into the river apocha, which runs through the city, and -nany lives lost. Although the tremendous storms that have been raging for afortnight throughout Chile. continue, there has been some abate ment. Advices from various points indicate widespread distress and misery. Vaparaiso and other cities have suffer what Tobacco Culture Did for a Flag Station. In ISS9 'Iullins in Marion County was a small flag station, little known to or thought of by the railroad or travel ing world. The Enterprise, a bright, newsy paper published there, says "for a depot there was a few boards nailed up, which se-arcely afforded shelter from the rain and winds. In 1899, we find a modern passenger depot, an ex press office and a large and spacious freight depot, daily shipping thousands of pounds of farm products to distant markets, and receiving car after car of merchandise for consumption in this business-like hamlet." What brought about the change? The Eaterprise tells what. The Enterprise says: "In 1893, Dr. C. T. Ford conceived the idea that this soil was adapted to the culture of tobacco, and accordingly planted four acres in this weed as an experi ment. This was the first tobacco raised in the county. The result was so great, that from those four acres planted in the western suburbs Mullins, the cultivation has become so general that in 1899 the estimated crop is over 5,000,000 pounds for 3Iullins market alone. Ten years ago there were only three stores here, today there are twenty eight; 1,000 population; three large to bacco warehouses, with a floor space of 40,640 square feet; a stemmery, with a capacity of 15,000 pounds per day; four prize houses, equalled by ione in the State; a bank, in a most flourishing condition; a stw mill, and several minor industries, too numerous to mention. Few people outside of Mullins realize the extent of our tobacco market. In fact, Iullins will compare favorably with our larger cities in the amount of capital weekly put out. In addition to the large sums of money paid to the farmers for their crops, one must not think for a moment that the benefits to be derived stop there-that is only the commencement. There are the grad ing rooms, the prize houses of which there are four, the stemmery, team sters, trucksters and other laborers in and around the warehouses, white and black, male and female-each receiving his hard cash at the end of the week. While we were strolling down street Saturday afternoon, we met Mr. J. T. Pope, one of our popular buyers. Mr. Pope said that he had just finished a acavy week's work, in fact, the largest of the season. lie estimated that at least a quarter of a million pounds had been sold here during the week-mak ing, in all, a little over a million pounds- sold here since the opening, July 18th. We put the 'question to Mr. Pope as to what would be a safe estimate of the amount of money spent in common labor per week, exclusive of regular salaried officials? We were surprised to hear his estimate-SOO! When one considers the class of labor receiving this handsome sum are those generally speaking, who turn it loose as fast as it comes into their possession, it is no wonder that business is so brisk, and, as noted in last week's Enterprise, that Mullins will soon have three more new stores. It is a bright field, and invites live and hustling business men. This shows how the cultivation of tobacco has spread over in Marion eunty. and the fact that it has spread so rapidly shows that it must pay the farmers to plant it as a money crop. What it has done for 31ullins it will do for Orangeburg and all other towns in this county. OLE0MARGARINE PRODUCTION. Enormous Increase During Last Ten Years. Enemy of the Farmer, The amount of oleomargarine sold in the United States for the year ending June 1, 1899, has just been computed by the pure food department in a re port which shows that during the year there were $7,800JO,000 pounds of this product manufactured in the respective States of the Union. A comparisor of the amount of oleo margarine sold since 183S is also given, and is as follows: 1888, 21,513.537 pounds; 1880, 34.:325527; 1890, 35,664, 026; 1891, 44,329,406; 1S92, 48,364,155; 189:3, 67.24,287; 1894, 69,632,246; 197, 5.5S,234; 19, 50,8353,234; 1897 45531.07;180S. 57,516,136; 199, 87,S00.000. In speaking of these statistics chief lerk George Ilutchinson, of the pure food department, said: "Few people ae. aware of the great profit the oleo margarine manufacturers reap or the competition the farm ars have to con tend with. We take as a basis that there were 87,800.000 pounds of oleo margarine manufactured in the United States last year. The average amount of butter prloduced by each cow in the Inited States each year is about 200. Thus the amount of oleomargarine sold last year displaced 430,000) cows, worth at $3) -a cow, 812.927,000. This will give some idea of the .ireat loss to the farmer of the United States. But let us look at the comparison between the cost of butter and oleomargarine and see the protit which the dealers and manufacturers of imitated butter make. The averae wholesale price of oleomar earine is 10) cents a pound. The aver ge price of butter during the year is about 20 cents a pound. This shows the difference bet ween the average price f these products to be 10 cents a pound. lUat we will add 2 eents for ile cost of selling the oleomargarine. Ths would leave a profit of 8 eents a pound on the 8S,80.000 pounds, or a net piofit to the dealer of 87.02k,000O a year. *Heliava.'? Thu~ next dictionary published will cntal inHv new words, among them the word 1-elau - When a man ncks around town until: o'clodk in the morninit. and then gets up with a adache like a molasses barrel and a reath like a <!aughter house, he al avs had a helava time. Thle word is a od one and should have a place in ILetinary..--rkansas Thomas Cat. Not Stated. The luota Chrouicee ays: --Maj r General )tis has b)een instructed from WVashigton tocap~ture Aguinaldo. t is not stated whether Aguimnaldo is o wai f or Otis to) come get him, or the American leader is to run him HliJ MLN ALL3U) In a Battle Between Soldiers and Policemen. TROUBLE ABOUT :THE PAY. Faulty Records Make Payment Very Slow and Many Cuban Soldiers Angered and Hence the Fight. A dispatch from Santiago, Cuba, says five men are dead and ten wounded as a result of a fight Wednesday night be tween gendarmes and disappointed Cuban soldiers at Cuevitas, three miles from Santiago, where the. payment of the Cuban troop3 is progressing. Five thousand Cubans had gathered there to receive pay and after three days only 530 had been paid. Thousands who had been disappointed at other points had come to Cuevitas, as the last place of payment in the province. The imperfect list caused great dis satisfaction, and :. rumor circulated that the paymasters would leave Thurs day, alarmed the men who had not been paid. . They began to collect in groups and to show their annoyance. Finally their threats became serious. Capt. Beliat with twenty gendarmes was present to preserve order among the applicants and the United States troops protected Col. Moale, the officer having charge of the payments. Suddenly Capt. Beliat, who was mounted, was surrounded by a mob, struck by stones and bottles and shot in the arm. His men promptly fired a volley into the mob, three persons being instautly killed and thirteen wounded, two of whom died Thursday morning. Col. Moale's guard promptly sur rounded the money office, but took no part in the fighting. For a few min utes there was a lively conflict, carbines and machetes being used freely. Capt. Delit was the only gendarme w6unded. All the dead were colored Cuban sol diers. Thursday morning payment was resumed under a heavy guard. There are rumors that a force is being organ ized to attack the pay office, but these are probably unfounded. Gen. Castillo, civil governor of San tiago de Cuba, was at Cuevitas at the time and soon restored order. There is no doubt that the inaccurate list will cause a great deal of hardship. Many veterans have vainly followed the United Staes commissioners for six weeks, only to find that their names are not :.;ted. Gen- Leonard Wood, mili tary governor, does not, however, anti cipate serious trouble. THINKS IT IS A SCHEM. The Governor of Washington Talks of the Trusts. The governor of the State of Wash ington smells a mouse in the conven tion of governors to discuss the ques tion of trusts. He writes to Gpvernor MSweeney, from Olympia, Aug.il8th, as follows: My Dear Sir: I regard the presentist tempt, by the calling of the~governor's conference, to concentrate public thought upon State legislation as~a remedy for the trust evil, as a very adroit attempt upon the part of the Republican managers to temporarily evade a great issue. In this scheme, t anr'.ars to mc. Governor Sayers of Texas is being used as a catspaw to remove Republican chestnuts f:om the fire. Clearly and plainly trusts, or great corporations, will continue as long as the cause which produce them remains in full force and effect. These are: First, private control of public money or what is known as "the money question." Secondly, railroad rebates and special privileges granted, or the railroad question. Thirdly, the protective tadif, or the tariff question, and fourthly, in some instances, our patent laws. No trust can exist un ess based upon one of these, and each and all are absolutely and solely de pendent upon national legislation. Now, to conclude that these primary and fundamental causes can be reached by State legislation is a reduction to an absurdity which I certainly hope our people will not be guilty of. It is self evidently a very shrewd attempt to take the questions I have enumerated out of the next national campaign. Will our people be caught ia this trap? Sincerely yours, J. R. Rogers. Fighting the Railroad The truck growers of Charleston county have boycotted the railroads and in future will ship by steamer in stead of rail. Some time ago the Char leston Truck Growers association asked for a cheaper rate to eastern markets by rail. The roads refused the request and as a result the railroads will loose all the vegetable shipments out of this territory. Arrangements have been made with the Clyde steamship line to handle all the truck business out of Charleston. Additional steamers will be put on arid the shipments will be made quick. The rates are consider able lower than the rates-by rail. A Snake Story. There is a Pennnsylvania man who isnt bothering himself much about akes. Some way he discovered that they were fond of nitro-glycerine. He nuts this in their haunts and follows it p with an innocent-looking bait into which he inserts a lot of red pepper. When the coating melts and the pepper rets hot, the snakes get mad and go to lashing the ground, and then comes the explosion which disposes of the snakes He Must Hang. Charles Mason, colored, has been ecntnced to hang in Laurens on the Sth of next month. Riecently his at torney asked the governor to grant a respite and stated that he wished to alked the case over with him. The rovernor announced Friday that he had looked in the case and had de rided to let the law take its course. e has so written to Mason's attor ney. at the same time telling him he would gladly listen to anything he