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_ VOL. V. MANNNU. S.C.. DE)I~IAY. D)ECEMBER 6.18.NO32 GO1LD SI'ANI)ARD. Synopsis of Bill Prepared for Re publican Caucus. CURRENCY MEASURES An Admission of the Illegality of Cleveland's Bond System Seeks fo Enact Single Stardard. Copies of the bill and report pre pared by th- Republican committee, wLich met at Atlantie City last sprirg, were mailei Tucsday evening to the Republican members of the house. The wurpose of the bill is to remove any doubt that may exist as to the character of the standard. It contains a number of distinct propositions. 1. The standard unit of value shall be the gold dollar. 2. Unted States bonds, United Sta'es notes and tre-.sury nc-tes shall be paid ia gold, and all other pioblic and private obligations shall be paid in con formity with che standard. 3. The establishment of a division of issue and redemption in the treasury to selaaate the vote issue from the fiscal operatiens of the deiartment ana the creation of a gold rtserve eq'il to 25 per cent. of the ortstauding United States notes and treasurv notes. 4. The sale of three per cent. gold bouds to maintain the gold reserve. 5. Gold coin may be exebanged for any other mt.one), when vi cemzary to maintain the parity, arid United Stats notes and treasury no:cs redeemed in gold shall not be di.bursed except in exchange for gold. 6. Subsidiary silvr may be coined from any silver bullion purchased under the act of July 14, 1S90, and treasuay notes tqual to the coat of the bullion containet in such coin shall be cancelled. 7. All worn uncurrent subsidiary silver coin may be recoined. S. Silver certificates shall be limited 9. National banks may iasue circula tion to the bar value- of the bondi de posited by them. in denomiaations of $1, $2 and $5. 10. The tax on national baLk ciren lation is repealed and a tax of one fil th of 1 per cent. per aninu:u is piactd on the franchise of the banks as measured by their capital, surplus, and uLdivided prcfits. 11. National banks may be organized with a capital of $25,000 in towns of 2,000 inhabitants, The report on the bill has been pre pared by Representative Overstreet of Indianapolis, who introduced the orig inal bill of the mozetry commis.ion in 1898. Overstreet frankly admits that the committee "did not cousid~r the general subject of banking, nor did it seek to arrange a complete scheme of finance, but confined its reocmmeniua tions to those subjects of most prersing demand, as evidrteed by the plledges of the Republican party and the general policy of the administration." It was felt, the rn ort declares, "that strengthening of the public credit by the removal of all doubt concernirg the poicy and practico of the govern ment relative to the unit of value, is of paramount importance." The report continues: "When the standard shall be permanently estab lished and all doubt of its stability re moved, the parity of all our money will be fully recognized, and tha kind of money in which payments sVtall be made will rarely, if ever be the subject of dispute. When certainty shadl take the place of doubt, and the irntegrity of our credit be as fixed as the honor of the nation, the national debt can be readily refunded and at lower interests and future loans negotiated withI ease upon better terms than ever before. "The rapid developmnent of American trade mnakts it imperative that the standard of value in which settlements are made shall be the beet known to the highest civilization. Recent events, shaped by causes beyond con trol, bearing obligations which national honor requires shall be courageously discharged, open new fields for Ameri can statesmanship. Cziannels of trade yet unknown to America enterprises and avenues of commerce yet to wel come Amer~cdn products, will surely result. Such conditions emphasize the necessity for i standard of value which shall remain firm throughout the vicis itudes of competive trade." The fact is pointed (out that the treas ury at the beginning of October had a net gold reserve of more shau $250,000, 000; that there is more gold ia the Unted States now than ever before, and that the present conditions are most favorable, and the time mnost op portune for the clear and unequiveo d adoption of the gold standard. If, under all existing conditions, the United States shall citarly, by law, adopt the gold standard, it will pass to the new condition with even less fiec tion than was experienced by the re demption of specie paynment. The mechaism of the new dimsion of issue and redemption is explined, and it is declared that the ddferent funds referred to in that division as they stood on September last, are as follows: 1. Gold coin and bullion, represent ed by out standing gold certificates, $135. 501,119. 2. United States notes, represented by outstanding curre'ncy cer..ificates, $16,100,000. 3. Silver dollars. represented by out standing silver certificates, $405,197, 504. 4. Silver bullion, represented by out standing treasury notes, $91,167.2S(. 5. Gold coin at~d bulion, equal to one fourth of the United States notes ($346 651,016) and treasury notes(Sl 167.280) outstanding, 8109,462,074. The first four items enumerate the special deposits dedicated to specific payments. As these obligations are met, the deposits, are correspondingly reduced. The scope and purposes of the pro visions for maintaining the standard by the sale of bonds and the exchange of money are thus set forth b '1r. Over street: "In the absenc6 of a 'aw providing protection to the gold rererve, it is al ways subject to encrochment in ex pndiuros+t meet the reneral expenses of the government. n neuever suh eneroa lhment appear prob.ably, a fear has arisen that the governmenrt may not be able to meet its deatnded obliza tions, and a run upon the reserve for the redemption of the demand notes has followed. TLis situation is respon Fible for the so-called endleSs chain. By septrating the reserve ftund from the general fund and prohibiting its us except for redemption of United States notes ia treasury notes, the dangers ito which it has been so greatly sub jected will be removea. These demaud notes are being redeemd in gold now, and always have been, and no additional burden is imposcd upon the govern ment. It is sought to simplify and legalize the practice and create a fii vi.ion in the treasury where the whole business of issuing and r deen;ing notes mAy be transacted, ad to stablih ewplete confidence in the redemption of our dcmand oblia, i ris. S-etion 4 of the bill seevks to pr-vide a conmlcte safeguard to guarantee the permanent maintenance of the gold standard, by authorizig -h! secretary of the treas ury whenever it is nece-sar% for uch maintenance issue aid s-:l boods of the United S-ates. pa.h!e in gold coin, and for the exchar;ge of gold for aty other moty issued or coined by the Ulited States, wi-en t'e seeretary of the tre:asury deems such charige necessary in order to maintain the parity and equal valu- of all the morey of the U nited States. A QUEER CASE. Disguised as a Man Ore Woman Wins Another. The case of Eliis G'enn, long a socie tv favorite at Litchfiid. Ill., but re cently convicted of for-ry and theu found to be a woman, proves to be much more remarkable thai firt report ed. As there is no v:ard for le-wal conviets at Chester. the th.,rifF will take his prisonor to J-ilet. Glenn's career is a remarkable one. "He" reached Litelii-1 three year, ago. Whence "he" camne no one k'nows. "He" dressed stylishiy, courted like a prince and speedily bec:tue a so ciety favorite. "t" teead such a very nice chap that all the girls fell in love with "him." Early last spring "he" went to But ler. a town near Litchfield, to represent a business concern. "Hu" secured quarters at the home of James Duke. a wealthy ci-izen, and soon won the heart of Ella Duke. the bille of But ler. They became engaged. In April Glenn opened negotiations for the purchase of property in Litch field and offered in payncut a note for S4 DUO sigred by John and Duncan McLean. farmers living near Hillaboro. Investication showed the note a for gery, and Glenn was arrested and held to answer to the November grand jury. James Duke furnished a bond fir the pri!oner's appearance and ''he'' re turned to the Duke hThehold. The wedding of Glenn and Ela Duke was fixed for October lSih, but two days tfore that date the lover disappeare-d. . Miss Duke, the duped fiaLce of Glenn. deeply feels the unplcasant notoriety the affair has caused her. She said: "I met Glenn in 1898. lie called frequently, proposed and was accepted. I never once suspected that he was not a man. "I don't know whether to take any stock in the story about his twin broth er, the impersonation and all that. It was a cruel deception that was prac tieed on me. I feel sure that the per son under arrest is the one 1 met first, who courted me, and who afterwards proved to be a woman. "I don't think 1 could be intimately acquainted with a person so long as not to know him or distiaguish him froim evetn the moat perfect twin brother ever orn. "It is terrible." Must Fight the Trusts. United States Senator William E. Chandler, Republican, and ex-Governor Carles A. Busiel and others today issued an address to the Republicans of New Hampshire inviting co-operation n opposing what is termed - the rail road po.wer" in the state and in sup pressiog evils arising fromn industrial combined and advocated election laws. Under the head of trusts the address advocated the universal aoplication in~ the state and nation of the people of unrestricted competition which is the life of trade and the basis of all pros perity in society, and the election of members of legislature and of congress who will etaforce this principle. "The convenation will readily t<noug.nidenounce trusts -aa declare for com p. tition. The danger is that the cause w:ll be betrayed by representatives and senators in .he state legislatures and in the national congress; so that extraordirnary pains must be taken by the peoole to stand against suc-h betrayals.' The address says: "l'he undersigned believe that the neghet by Republicans gener ally to pursue earnestly and in guod faii h the tjects named, will endanger R~ putbli an ascendane, in state andi national vitory in 1900 will be achieved." His Eyes Buint Out. A remarkable instance of barb trity, within two hours' journey of Tangler, is reported, which shows how matters still go in Morocco to-day. At the duar of Charitin a man ?tule a donkey and sold it for seven pesetas-less than $1 25. On his return h-rue he was taken before the chief of t'he duar, who gave the thief's relations leave to pun iah him as they thought best. Tnere and then, in the prese-ice of the neigh bors, the man was tied to a tree and his eyes were burned out with a red-hot iron. The wretches took their victim to the Baaha of Tangier, wno, instead of giving them their deserts, consigned the injured man to the vile dungeon at the K?sbah, from .dhich he was only re ased on his mother's intercession. A guinaldo's Mother. A dispatch from Manila says Agui nados mother has arrived there and has been given shelter by Senor Legarde, a prominent amigo, who was seeretary of the treasury b ore the out break, and n hio resigne d when it came. It seems that Buent camino's party took refuce in a bandit village, which had offered Aguinaluo an asylum, intendirg to sell him to the Americans. The bandits assassinated half of Bunencamaino's guard and pro posed to keep Aguinaldo's mother for lnanm. A CLO SE CALL. Thirty-First Infantry Narrowly Escapes Drewning. KEPT AFLOAT BY HARD WORK The Engines Poor and Ship Struct Bad Weather. Offi cers and Men Suffer and Toil Together. A dispacth frini Maaila sa':s the transport Manauense with Lieut. Col. Webb-Haye< and three companies of the Tbirty-first infautry on board has arrived there. Sie narrowly escaped disaster. The effisers and solciers were for 12 days bailing with bucke:s. The steamer was unstawortly, under iwiined and short of provistons. Her voidnes broke d.>wn aud she rolled thre e days in a typhootr,. When the Manauen-e a'ebtored in Mailh bay this morning, 33 days from San Franceise, there were seve:raL feet of water in her hold, and 400 giimy, greasy, hungry, exbauted soldiers and bailors had been pa-iug bucke s of watersince Nv. 17th, night and day. First As-istant Eugic:r Danleavy was ubd r arre.,t a;.d, according to Col We bb-Hayes' official repurt, ,he ch:,-! e'giueer would also have been unde: arrest if there had been aay one to re pl :e him. 1ite colonel's report also declares that tne captain of the vese toll him that te only thing which br-oght th.'mI tliouJl .as the fa.ct that :h men ",C greennuorus and failed to real:ze inl ir dauger, wile experieneed seamen wouu: :isvt de.-.rteu the ship and takeU to tit. i* in undi-otCan. Th- )1,iaueuse in a chartered ship fiyiLng the l31tuish rs.4. S.e bclongs to a firm of wuich Seiiator 1c:kius of Srn Fiacei.co is alleged to be a jai.ior tnemter. The officers say the firwu bought her for $45,000 and they c'aiw efforts were niade to sell her to the government for $150,001-1. Sne starcd from San Francirco aecowpanied by the tra.sport Pekin, which cairied the remainder of the regiment and en countertd heavy sce to Hnollu wit h out aclident. After starting it de veloped that she was undermanned and soldiers had to be detailed to Let as firemen, coal passers and waiters and to do other work. Before reaching Honolulu the crew concluded that the ship was not safe atd the majority agreed to desert. Though they were closely watched, many of the crew ruc ceeded in getting away. and the Mlau auense left H onolulu with less than half her crew. The captain of the transport on Nov. 17th, told Col. Hayts that the vesnel had sprung a leak and an iuves igation resultea in fiding seveial feet of water in the hole. The steam pumps %ere tried but failed to work, and there were no haud pumpb on board. How: ever, 46 buckets were found, others were improvised, and the soldiers not employed in working the ship mere organized into five shifts and, stripped and frming lines, theybegan bailag, the offieers working a ith the nmen, pass. ing the buckets. which were sent up to the deck by a windlass. The longest time a shift could stand was two hours., and, often, the period was not longerj than half an hour. The bailing can tinued until the ship anchored here. The same day the leak was discov ered the machinery collapsed, and the electric lighting plant and evaporating, distilling and refrigerating apparatus failed to work. There were a. lamps and the few candles found were ex husted after a few days. During the last week of the passage the MIatauensc was in utter darkness at night. She had been rolling in heavy seas all the way, but Nov. 22d she encountered a typhoon and pitched and tossed alarm ingly. The Pekin became separated from the 31anauense in the storm. Ttie water rose rapidly and the bail. ing force w as doubled. But the buckets were gradually smmshed, and barrelsj and boxes were substituted for them, the me~n working in darkness, planks and pieces of iron shafting being vio leutly washed among them. The fire men culd only feed the fires by being lifted on the shoulders ofjthe other men, through water waist deep. The typhoon lasted two days and a half, and in the midst of it the engines stopped. The officers then held a coun il and found that there wera 420 pt.r sons on board with life boat accommo dations for 21:3. In the meantime the men below, igoorant of their extrem~e peril, were passing buckets and siuging "Wrat the hell do we care," while the ship rollei helpless on the ocean, with hatches closed. The heat was intense until the ty phoon passed, and then the Pckin, which had retraced her course about 70 wiles, came alonsside the Mhnauense which was roiling so heavily that the soldiers in the bold could, at each roll see the Pekinm through the batches over head. 31r. James S. Pettit, comman der of the Thirty-tirst volunteer regi ent, ordered the 31anauense :o proceed to Guam and awvait relief but t:he e-p tain of the 3Manaueuse declined, the oficers say, because the government was renting t .me ship for $500 per day. Throughout the remainder of the voy age the engines of the 31anauense failed frequenely and the ship would roll for a lew hours while the engines were repairing. Tfhen the steamer would proceed ag'ain for a few hours. Thme meat and vegetables rotted be cause of the failure of the retrigerators, and were thrown overboard. After the stortu, the water supplied to the ship at Honolulu had to be used for the boilers and there was little or none for drinking. In fact, it is assert ed that during the last weea of the voyage the men lived almost entirely on whiskey, beer and hardtack. The officers and soldiers were uitterly exhausted when they reached 3laniia. They declare the engineers werc gross ly incompetent. The officers ab~o say tnt the behavior of the troops w-as be yond praise. For days they wrorked in the dark, suffocating hold with water up to their shoulders, and planks wash img about in a manner dangerous to life and limb. The officers took the lead in bailing and encouraged the men. The captain of the ship promised the men twenty-five cents a day for bail ing but he now propone to pay them a dollar and a half. The soldicis talk of attaehin:. the ,hip. The regiment w ill proce(d to Z toboanga on the Pkin to garrison several ports on the island of Miudanao. INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION. An Increase of One Hundred Milion In One Year. Commissioner George W. Wilson, of the internal revetue bureau. in his re port to the Secretary of the Tr.:asury of the operation of hi, office for the fical year ende d June 30. 1S90, shows that the receipt from allsources aggregated $27;3,4S4,573, an increase over the pre enfdirig year of S1112.617,001), and an in e:eese of $3,4S4,573 over the estimate of the com;,anioner made on.e year ag). The receipts frow the several sources of revenue during the las: year, and the increase or d:e~ca-e in each as coma pared with the sear 1S98 are given as fullows: Spirits $99.23.531. incease C736, 54 Tobafcco $52 493,207, increase $1 G,262.65. Fermental $3 6'1r1)G H553. in eresse $29,129.1-;7. Oh'-n r ine $1.956.61, increase $340. S38. Filled ciscose $18,098, increase $1, 579. Mixed flour $7.040; law not in force last er. Stvi tak s nit eisewhere enumer Ied l 92.93; law not in force on ;-1.l it i a 3Ca e . 8l s(11 di!trb itive shares of ye rca~ p o a 1, 235. 135. S,xp ..:, ,.oer die Ide A, of th4 \-ar R un Ae!, 3S.l16.081. 'i dich al pi wiet..r; articles and preparatious r, quired to be tamped ur cer B.eeule m, O th t, 3.219.737. The C1lceeiouis b dir iidem the ~ar whotheamout i over $8010.000. .!-d - c, to ito .- i : Tv.o eu.t s i Vbit SS,10,400. T,3hC to ., a'ount expendd' i :Ce citcIion of revenus- auring th'e last fil-al year v$ 14.591,754, or 1.6S p-r cent of the I h- pcreentsge of cost is the small (st tht iias ever been reanched i; the ha.tiory of the. bureau. Tte eztimated xp n.es for the next fiscal year are 4 t877.I40, a slght iucreSe over th lo't ycr. iDera:.g tic.e last year oflicers of the iferna rev'. tute seiz-:d 2.190 illicit st ils, and in the d ischarce of their duty one offileer was killed and three wound cd heven hundred and elevan per?-ons were arr,.-ted in con nection with illicit distiling wLiAh the comuissi 'ner says i, rather on the iLerease in er;xtain see tions of the country. The corumi:sioner recommends a number of amenoments to Cxi--tig laws. A Fiendish Act. A most fiendish deed is reported from Reevcoville. Tne dendish act was comt mitted by a negro girl, who is said to be only eCe en 3cars of age. It st ems that the girl nurscd for Mr. J. 31. 3crr , of the above place. Mrs. Hurry placed h.r infant etiid, nine uo:naLli of age, ou the floor in the dining room and gave ti.e ilttie follow sote playthings t'o aluse himself with, while the LUrse was engaged in washing up the dishes. Mars. Berry returned to hcr room and in a fe . minutes afterward hcaid a scream fromi her child. She rushed to the dining room and saw her babe in con vulsive agony, but did not know what was the matter with him. She oaught her child up hastily and, calling in a neighbor from across the street, a hasty examination was made, result ing in the discovery that the chid s suf fering from concentrated lye. D~r. Johnson wasn called in and did every thing possible to alieviate tbe suffer ings of the little One. The girl denied giving the child lye, btut a spoon and a ox of lye was found on the table where she was washing the dishles, and the spoon on being examined by .Dr. Johnson still contained a small qjuantity of lye. Tne girl lhved only a short distance from towu and she wanted to go home on Sunday, but M1rs. Berry aid not want her to go, as she spent the Sunday before with her parents. It is supposed that the little "fiefnd" took revenge by giving the chdd concen tated lsie. Thme child is in a very dangereus condition from the effects of the lye and no one can yet tell what will be the constguenccs. An exam ple should be ni.de of this cruel monster. Wants Money Returned. Governor McSweeney has addressed a letter to the governor of each south era state, expecting unanimous support in bis prop~o.ition. lHe says: "Your attention is invited to the fact that there now remains in the treasury of the United States in the neighborhood of $1,000,000 arising fromn the sale of cttoO seized by the fo:ees of the Uit.ed S~ates, and its treasury agents, during the period of the vwor and dur ing a few years thereafter. This money belongs to citizens of the sottheru stateb, whiose prayerty was s::ized, ship:ped to New York eity to the conee ter if cut~omsl and by himt sold and sent to th'e treasury of the Uoiied States. It will be obrerved that this is not re questing from the government of the United States any appropriation of its funds for the purpose of paying these demands, but is simply requesting it to do justice to certain of its eli izins by returning them nmoneys belooging to them niow in its treasury, long with eld frocm themi wrongfuiiy. I take the liber:y of suggesting to you that you juin with ine in a r.auest to y our con gressional delegation that they unite with delegatious from other southern states in an effort to seure for your pe.ople this mnessure of reietf a hich, in thi. era of good feelitng and reunion, it would seem the congr'.ss ef the United States would make haste to accord." IDeath of a Hero. TIhe first section of the train bearing the Tennessee volunteers narrowly es. cpted a bad accident near Wier, on its wa ay througrh Texas. Seetion Forenman Thoamas Coilins, by t~acrificine his own hf:A-. prevented it. lThe seetion caug was on the track with a hand-car anid did not discover the approaching special until it was abuiost upu them. Th'le crew fled, but Collins pluckily tried to get the hand ear out ot tie way that a wreck ig.ht be avoided and had almtUt succeeded when the train struck himj breaking nearly every bone in his body and instantly killing him. The hand ar had been removed far enough to prevent any gmct amage heing done. GOVERNOR'S PARTY Very Pleasantly Entertained in the City by the Sea. REVIEWED THE MILITIA. His Excellency Given a Morning at the Isle of Palms. Lun cheon Thursday and Ban quet Thursday Night. Charleston observed Tbanksgiving Day in a more elaborate form than usual Thurday, because of the visit of Governor MeSweeney and staff and p:arty to Clarleston to attend the an nual review of the militia, which had been deferred from last February. With this exception. the day was ob servtd as usual. The weather was cool, pleasant a-nd exhilarating and a more beau.iful day could not have been pro vided by the weather bureau. All the Federal, StAte and municipal buildings and oleces were closed, as were the banAs and commorcial exchanges, and the streets bore a holiday appearance. A large rumber of people left the city on hunts or pleasure bent to the subur ban resorts and the Isle of Palms. The main attraction of the day was the inspection and review of the militia in the afternoon and the incidental celebration in honor of Governor Mc Sweeney and party. The ba:talion of infantry, the artil lery battalion, cavalry companies and the naval reserves were inspected and revikwed by Gov. McSweeney, Gen. Fio) d and Col. Frost on Marion square. he couipanies' ranks were full, and they pre-sented a bandsome and credit :,,e apj)earance. The street parade fliowed the inspection. There were three bands of music in the procession aid the militia marched like regulars. Tue governor and his staff rode at the head of the column and were loudly ehered by the crowds, which liaed the streets. At the intersection o. Broad and Meeting streets, the governor and ntaff dropped out of line and viewed the tr)ops in marching order. The warching salute was given. The troops were particularly pleased with the com ing (f the governor to Charleston to view them. The governor and party were taken oewn to the Isle of Palms at 10 o'clock Thursday morning by a party of mili tary officers and citizens, some of whom were accompanied by lady members of their families. They were shown all over the famous resort and their visit was made particularly pleasant. The visters w,,re out for a good time, and tihey rode in the carousel, Ferris wheel, steeplechase ard took in the other atuusements. The music was furnished by the First artillery band and orches t.a, and the younger members of the .arty danced in the elegant pavilion. !hc weather was too cool for surf bath ing. The trip to the seashore was greatly en'oyed. A luncheon wap served at the Char leston hotel, which proved a delightful affair. After the parade Governor Mc Sweeney, Gen. Floyd and Col. Frost attended the .tnnual banquet of the La. fayette artillery. Later in tho evening the military officers of Charleston entertained the governor with an elaborate and elegant dinner at the Freundschaftsbund hall. The occasion, which was informal i'i the way of there being no set speeehes, was a memorable event. The menu was particularly choice, and it was served in a faultless style. The hall and table were beautifully decorated and brilliantly lighted. Although it was a military affair, Mayor J. Adger Swyth and many prominent citizens not connected with the militia and a number of ladies were in attendance. The executive party returned to Co lumbhia Friday morning. Curing Home Raised Pork. ITn a short time the dying squeal of fattened pork will be heard thoughout the country districts. Hog-killing times are always good, and little chil dren who have never cooked a "melt" on the hot rocks, or blew up a bladder for Christmas morning, have never en joyed the happiest features of young child life. The proper method of cur ing our meat is not always looked after as it should be. Meat should never be slaughtered unless there is ice. Dry, clear weather, with the thermometer down to freezing point, is a safe period to kill. The hog should be slit in half and laid out (after sp.inkling salt light l5 on the joints) the first night. The next morning the animal heat will have disappeared, and the ameat be cold and firm for cutting up. After trimming all the haums and shoulders close, all the weat to be cured should be well rubbed with salt and neatly packed down in a box or barrels. After which cover the whole with salt, and if the hogs are small let the meat remain down for a !feriod of three wecks, if large hogs, four weeks. After taking up, knock off the salt, and before hanging up, sprinkle each piece lightly with pul veiized borax, using one pound to about 7U0 pounds of meat. Bugs and flies will never disturb meat on which borax has been sprinkled, and it therefore keeps nicely for any kc ngth of time. Defeat for Mc~inley. The England ant-Iinperialist League held its annual meeting in Wesleyan hall, Boston, last week at which the tiriucipal speech was made by ex-Gov eruor S. Doutwell. Winslow Warren piesided. Ex-Governor Boutwell roundly scored the McKinley adminis tiation fur its policy in the Philip pines. The point in his address, and it was all punctuated with applause, which aroused much enthusiasm, was when he declared that if President Mc Kinley is the candidate of the Repub lican party next year on a platform embocying his present policy he will be as surprised a man on the morning after election as Van Buren wasn in 1840), when be thought he was elected, while he had received the votes of only five states. "I have used your 'Life for the Liver and Kidneys' with great benefit, and for Upypepsia or any derangement of the Liver or Kidneys I regard it as be ing without an equal." James J. Os borne, Attorney at Law, Boliston, KILLED HIS BROTHER. But a Charleston Jry Says He Was Not Guilty of Murder. A. J. Pittman was tried in Charles ton last Wednesday for killing his brother, N. T. Pittman, of Gourdios, Oct. 17. The claim of self defense was set up by the defendant. The evi dence was all practically areaffirmation of the evidence already printed in the newspapers. The new feature was the testimony of Pittman himself, in which he constructed his story of self defense. He told of his troubles and differences with his brother and that his life had been frequently threatened. Ho finally secured the privat3 conference, and, because of the threats previously made, he had armed himself before meeting the engagement. He said that his brother called him a liar aid put his hand to his hip pocket, and then it was that he drew his pistol and dis charged the chambers in quick succes sion. The small harmless looking pocket knife of the deceased did not play the part in the tragedy that was expected. It was shown that the knife bad been opened and used, prob ably but a minute before the killing, to cut a chew of tobacco. A piece of to bacco was on the table and % small fresh piece was found between the teeth of the deceased. Mr. Legare made a forcible and eloquent plea in defense of his client. lie laid much emphasis on Pittman's statement that he shot his brother because he thought that his own life was in danger. Mr. Legare spoke for only about a half hour. Mr. Legare was fo'lowed by Solicitor Jervey, who carefully sifted the evidence and argued eloquently for the conviction of the priioner. Judge Gage's charge was cleur, impartial and comprehensive. He uirejl the j'try to carefully weigh the evidence and bring in a verdic, in accordance with the facts. The jary retired and in Less than an hou;- a verdiet o' not guilty was re turned. The verdict was a complete surpri::e to almost every man in the court room, and it was thought that the best Ltat !'ittinau could hope fur would be a Laistrial, and the announce ment of the verdict almost took the breath from the larze crowd in the room. Pittman was congratulated 'y a few acquaintances. After exchanging a few words and shaking hands with bi; counsel, Pittman left the court house by the front entrance, f.llowtd by a large number of the curious. HARD ON GEORGIA LAWYERS. Gov. Candler Gives Them a Severe Roasting. Gov. Candler, of Georgia, in a mes sage to the Legislature recommending legislation looking to the protection of weak financial concerns, which are forced in:a Court by a certain class of lawyers, took occasion to score "barra tors and shysters," whose methods, he declared, had "broughit unnecessary ruin upon many railroads, factories, and mercantile corporations. The grand jury of Fulton County, (Atlanta,) recently made a set of presentments in the matter, and asked that a law be enacted compelling persons to give a bond, payable to defendant, in cases where injunctions for receivers are filed and the suit proves ur-successful. In transmitting these findings to the Legislature Governor Candler maid aniong other things: "Barratry is a growing evil and hasi within the last two decades assumed proportions which are alarming and threatening to legiti mate business enterprise: Men licensed to practice law and their paid agents and coad jutors have in many instances bought unnecessary ruin upon railroads, factories, mercantile corporations, firms and individuals, and at the same time bro-ight reproach upon the hon orable profession of the law. Honest, safe business men and corporations doing legitimate business, but tem porarily enmbarrassed fiuancial ly are often fo'rced by conscienceless bar rators a hysters into the hands of receivers and are ruined when, if let alone, they would extricate themselves pay all honest debts and live in coin fort. "It is true, too, that when corpora tions and individuals are wrecked by the nefarious methods of these enemies of society and of the business of the country the the creditor usually suffers with the debtor. He most frequently at the end of the litigation gets noth ing, while the debtor and his childr-en are reduced to penury, the entire estate being consumed in Court costs, receivers' salaries and lawyers' fees. The Court coast are fixed by statute, but the salaries of receivers, some times two or three in number when one would be better, and the fees of the lawyers, frequently a score or more in a single case, are - fixed by thle Court on the testimony of other lawyers as to the value of the services performed in the case by their professional brethren. "The result has neen that exorbitant salaries have been allowe d to receivers and often fees out of all proportions to the work don'e have been allowved to the lawyers representing the various in terests involved in the suit. '-These evils have assumed such magnitude that they demand a remedy." Will Support Bryan. IDformal discussio i by members of the executive conmmittee of the Yaitional Silver Republican conmmi ttee and chair man of the state committees at the meeting held at Chicago Tuebday de veloped as the concensus of rurpose, adherence to the Bryan Democracy. "if the right men are nominated." There was no dissent from the opinion that, ns the presidential candidate, Win. J. Bryan would be 'the right man." 3Most of the sossion was devoted to hearing reports on the condition of Silver Re publicanism in the various states. Chairman Cinarles Towne made an ad dress, in which he inveighed against the "tendency of the 31eKinley admin istration towards absolutism.' Senator Teller, of Colorado, said that the drift of the Republican party was away from its original principles and that if he had not quit the party in leJ6, he would have had ample cause to do so since then. A committee was appointed to report on the best time and places to hold the national convention, the man ner of issuing the call and details of practical organinations af ter the conven NEWS OF LIEUT. GILLMORE. Account of Experiences of Captured Men of the Yorktown. A dispatch from Manila says when .he landing party from the United States battleship Oregon under Lieut. Commander McCrackin took the town of Vigeu, province of South Ilocos, last Sunday they found there an escaped prisoner, A. L. Sonnenshein, who fur nished the first authentic account of the experience of Lieut. James C. Gillmore of the United States boat Yorktown, who, with a party of the Yorktown, ,was captured by the insur gents near Baler, on the east coast of Luzon last April while making an ex amination cf the river in an armed boat. Mr. Sonnenshein was imprisoned at Abra for a long time with Lieut. Gi:lmore and seven sailors, but con trived to escape, carrying a concealed note, written in naval cipher, dated Abra, Nov. 19, addressed to "any naval officer" and saying: "You may have perfect contidence in anything the bearer says." The note was signed "Gilmore." According to Mr. Son nenshein, when Lieut. Gilmore's launch entered the river from Balor harbor, under the cover of Ensign W. H. Standley's pun, the landing party was received with three volleys. Two of the Americans were killed and two mortally wounded. Every man was hit, Lieut. Gilmore receiving a flesh wound in the leg and his foot stuck fast in the mud. It was a choice between surren der and being slaughtered. Lieut. Gillmore asked the terms of release. The insurgents proposed that he should procure the delivery of the arms and muuitions of the Spanish garrisons, undertaking, if this was accomplished, to send the Spaniards and the Ameri cns to the Yorktown. A sailor of Lieut. Gillmere's party carried this proposition to the garris.)n. The Span .sh commandant replied that it was an insult to Spanish arms, and expelled the sailor, a Spanish soldier fring upon him as he went. The Americans were then bound hand and foot and taken to San Isidro, where Gen. Luna ordered their execution. They were marched to the plaza, and, in the presence of a grcat crowd, were aligned to be execu ted. Lieut. Gillmore said: -"As an American officer and gentleman I pro test against being shot with my hands tied." Aguinaldo iaterferred and pre vented the execution. When Gen. Lawton approached San Isido last June the Americans were removed to Abra, where they were kept confined in cells for two months. Subsequently they were allowed greater liberty, but the report tnat Lieut. Gilmore was given a house and servant is untrue. He had the same quarters as the men and the Americans were given the same allowance as the Spanish prison ers--nve cents a day with which to buy rice and bananas, virtually the only rations. Druggists in Trouble. The Charlestor Post says the Drug gists in that city have gctten in serious troublo with Uncle Sam through the sale of malt preparations without hav ing paid the tax prescribed by the revenua act, which wert into effect in June, 1898. Almost every druggist in Charleston has received a notice from [nternal Revenue Collector Webster to trbnsmit-to his office before-Decembher 7 $60 for licenses for two years and the penalty of $10 for not having taken out the licenses. The notices have come to the druggists as a clap of thunder out of a clear sky. A couple of months ago Special Agent Broadnax visited Chiarleston and called upon the druggists for their licenses to sell the prepara ti-ons in question. It appears that this was the first intimation that the drug aists had that a license was required. The packages all bore revenue stamps, and it was a rare thing for a purchase to be made without a physician's pre scription the druggists did not think that the revenue act applied to these preparations, which are not used here as beverages. The druggists explained to Broaida that they were ignorant of the provision of the law and they were led to helieve that the government would drop the matter under the circum stances, especially in view of the ex pressed declaration of the druggists to withdraw the articles from sale, as the demand was so small that the druggists were not justilied in paying the tax. Probably a Murder. The bcdy of a white man, about 35 years old, was found Wednesday morn ing near the crossing of the railroad tracks, five miles west of Jacksonville Fla. It was stripped of all clothing except shirt and shoes and was covered with blood. The head was crushed in and the ground round about was torn up as though a scuffle had occurred. T[he murdered man has been identified as William Reynolds. He came here on the Comanche last Monday in search of work. lHe told a friend that he had relatives at Mount Carmel, near New Haven, Conn. He had sent his bag gage to Fargo, Ga., and started to walt there. It is said he o wns property in Tampa. Reynolds's murderer is as yet unknown. Xills Eis Brother. Roy Jackson, a colored boy, aged 16, was kille~d Wednesday morning in Co lumbia by Ihis brother, James Jackson. It appears that their mother, Ellie Jackson, was whipping the younger boy, Roy, when James, the elder brother, camne in. There was a dispute about the whipping and the two brothers went out in the street, whcre they had a regular street fight. Roy ran around a tree and Jamcs followe d him up. It is now said that Roy fired a pistol at James, whereupon James pic~ked up a rock or briek and struck Roy in the head. Roy died in an hour or two from the eliects of the blow. Suicide at Camden A. B3. C:ovington, bookkeeper for Ma) rant & Jackson of Camden, S. C., coni tted suicide there Tuesday nigh t. Ile tired five shots, three of them tak ing effect in his head. Disappointment in love was the cause of the deed, which Has the second attempt to take his life. we was a naaive of Cheraw, in this State ad was 30 years of age. TRAIN ROBBERS Raided the Columbia and Charles ton Train Friday Night. HELD UP THE MESSENGERS. Secured Seventeen Hundred Dol lars, then Stopped Train and Stepped Off Into Woods. Sheriff in Pursuit. A special dispatch from Branchville to The State says two robbers, supposed to have boarded the train on the Charles ton Division of the Southern Railway at that place about six o'clock Friday evening, entered the express car four miles below Branchville, and while one covered the express messenger with a revolver the other secured the money, which, it is said, amounted to about $1,700. After securing the money they pulled the bell cord, signalling the engineer to stop, and made good their escape before the train came to a stand Etill. The sheriff of Dorchester county. way immediately notified, and is in pursuit of the robbers. This is a very unusual occurrence for this part of the country, and every effort will be made to capture the robbers. HOLD UP YOUR HANDS. A dispatch from Bamberg to The State says a daring robbery occurred on the express train from Columbia for Charleston Friday night just east of Branchville, in which five highwaymen entered the express car between Branch ville and Reevesville with drawn revol vers and demanded that the nmesserger "hands up and hand over his vatlaales," which he unhesitatingly did. The bounty secured by the robbers is said to amount to about $2,000, and is prin cipally collections from way stations of the railroad. The robbers, after secur ing the cash, pulled the bell cord, stopped the train and made good their escape in the thick woods nearby. None of the passengers or train crew knew anything of the robbery until it was all over. It i; supposed the robbers se creted themselves.on the platform be tween the engine and express car at Branchville and entered the car by smashing in the door as the train left for Charleston, taking Messenger Rhodes completely by surprise, and be fore he could secure his rifle, which hung nearby. It is said a posse is be ing organized tonight in Georges to pursue and, if possible, capture the gang. It is the frst robbery of the kind that has ever occurred in this part of the country. DONE BY A LONE ROBBER. A dispatch from Charleston says an unknown white masked man robbed a Southern Express company car near Branchville, S. C., on the Southern railway Friday night. The train had just left the station when Messengers Ramsey and Rhodes were covered with two revolvers held in the hands of the stalwart robber. One messenger was made to stand with his hands over his head and the other was commanded to hand over the money packages in the safe. Seventeen hundred dollars were secured and the robber, after warning the messengers not to put a foot outside of the car until the train had got under hea'/way again, pulled the bell cord and jumped off as the train slowed up. The conductor saw the robber as he escaped alongside the track, hat thinking him a tramp signalled the en gineer ahead. When the train got un der headway the messengers came out and told their story. The car was a combination baggage and express car and the door had been opened to per mit the conductor to reach the baggage section, which was in the for ward see tion of the car. It was on acoount of this fact that the robber was able to enter the car. One of the safes in the car which escaped the robber's notice contained $8,000. The sheriff of Dor chester with six men and two hounds has been hurried to the scene of the robbery and will take up the chase. A special from Branchville says that two men committed the robbery, but the messengers who arrived in Charles ton say that there was only one robber. Too Many Chinese. The Charleston City Council has raised the license of the Chinese laun dries in that city from $25 to $30, and the almond eyed washee man dont like it. The Post says "the license was raised in response to a petition to the ways and means committee. The Chinese laundries have been multiply ing largely in Charleston under the small license rate and as the Chinese are not a desirable class of residents or merchants, the increse of the license will meet with general approval." The Post says a celestial on lower King street delivered himself of something like this when told of the increase of his license: "Wong an' nojast. Chinee man no gibbee trouble lir nigger, an' no poolice 'rest us. We payee always licen an' Melican nigger washee wo man no payee licen. We doee bus'ness no mind licen. We no leavee Charse ton." Returns to Port. With a cargo of dying horses and mules and fifty- five empty stalls, the United States transport Victoria re turned to Seattle Tuesday night, having been forced by an unprecedented stress of weather off Cape Flattery to turn back from her voyage to the Philip pines, Uf the four hundred and ten horses and mules carried by the Victo ra, taken on board November 23, fifty ive were literally peunded to death against the bides of their stalls in the storm, and the remaining animals were so badly bruised tflat the officials of the vessel believe that many cannot be saved. Drowned at Savannah. Tuesday night the tug Weymouth, from Warsaw for Savannah, while in Wilminigecn river, ran into and sanik a rw boat containing four persons, one a womanl. '1 he woman and one man were picked up. Two men, Isaac But ler and George Brown, were drowned. The row boat, which had no light, was smashed almost into kindling wood. Th. bodies have not been recovered.