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44 Y4 VOL. -XV. MANNING. S. C.,WDEL)Y A JAY3 100 O 6 CE NS UlUS 0 \F U S. A Scherre to Rcb ihe Sct.h cf Her. R-presentatives. GOTTEN UP BY R EPUBLICANS Its Success Would Give that Party IndEfinite Centrc cf all Branches of the Gov eramrnam. Repesentatie 'Cruupack er. AR publican from Inriaa. has a bill now btfore the lou-e of lleiresenattivnS wlich will rob the South of hlf Ler representanves in Congress atnd the Elleteral Col'esc :hould it eu-me a la.,. Ciumpackr has pre. pared a state ment setting forth the objects sought by his bill and expliniug the necesC5ity for itz enactmLent into law. His staze ment follows: "The Q_ jeet of the bill I r, cu-ttly ia troduced -5 to furnish cot grtss with information, shoking the nua.ber ot male in tabitants in the variols statcs that have breu disfranebised by opera tion of local lawvs, in order that a just and inteligent apportiontent of repre sentatives mnay be had under the twelfth census. The f urteenth .mendment to the federal constitutioa req Lires the apportionment of represen tatives to be based upon po-pulation, but in the event that any state shah disfranchise any of its male in.ab-itants over twenty one years of age, who are citizens of the United States. except i. for criwe or participation in rebel lion, the representation of such state shall be reduaed in the proportion that the disfrauctsed wale inhabitants bear to the whole number of male inhabi tarts over twenty-one tears of agie. frat pronision of the conatitu:ion is imperative. it is the policy of the federal government to eneourage uni ver:al manhood sufcrag, and it is a notorious fact that in a number of. stat!esa;w revortiou or tme voting u aion- is disfran::hised. In sowe states not over 12 per cent of the male inhabitants over twenty ote years of age arc allowed to partici pate in elections. That result is brought about in part by dir.ct pro viions of law and in part by malad iui,tration on the part of election officers. Tue reconstruction legisla laiiuu that was desigred to place the baliot in the hands of the colored man in order that he might be able to nake imself felt as a factor in the affair, ol his locality has been practically nulli tied. White cjidzens'of the Suth no loager disguise the fact that they systematically evade the federal con stitution in tixing cqualifications that take the right of suff:age away from the negro. "II 3Mississippi. Louisana and South Carolina, at the cofigresiional elections in 18118, the xvte iu each district averaged about 5 0.11. The average vote in the state of indiar i at the same election averaged atnve 4~>,000 in each hatrict. Thje suprceecourt of the ate of 31is~sioild, in a recent de ion, boldly dielartd that the hg's ~ture of the st::te had swept the hela expedients in its atteumpt to di-cuver ans to disfranchise the colored wan .thout violatig the fifteen'h amend Kent of the federal constitution, and it upheld the legislation. "in several of the states are ecuca tioi laws, fixin;: so high a standard that it is almost inmp.ossib.le for a colored man to be registered. In Louisiana they have what is caihd 'the grand father c~ause.' It providts that the educational law shall not apj ly to auy oLe who was a vottr on the ]st f Juary, 1867, nor to any of hi5 n al descenuants The eff et on t1.0 ~ovison is to litmit the opelation of ihe eoucational law to the celored race eclusively, b cause they could not ote on the date fixedl and every white man could. I have profcutd sympathy with the whites of the South who are hon estly atte.pting~ to prjtect their inati tutions ag aint t~he ravages of illiteracy ad ignorance. I believe t4.i' fair educational laws, bont s ly admihis ~.rtd, would have a most saluty efet. If the colord man should bo Sto know that in order to become er he nmust prevare himself by a egree of knochledge, at~d if we assured that did he so prepare lf the right to vote would be accord. d nim, there would be a t inducement for him to strive ac iniportant p--i'.h-ge, and when. ived it, it would be amako no-it wotd4- ziue~ce his aud mae biax a better 1e prejudice maaiust color in otinons, however, is so gent ral Stense -hat Ciserimination is not ade between tte worthy and the una orhy.'The laws, either by express rvision orghi-e met hod af their ad inistration, ad:Musinate agaiinst all olored men alike. The colored man oderstatds. ts, atnO, seeing no prog cts ot impr'viug his conciilon. he is pitg into hope-eness. if the rep rsejtation of those states should be reduced, as it ought to be, it would opate as a countervaihnfl force and tind to estabish a proper political equilibriumi. The importance of a large representation in co.ngress and in the electoral college is appreciated by 'the w ite peple of the South, and they wud be p~oipted, oni the one haud, to stalish fa~r law.s for the trotection o teir domestic inst itutiong. and. on the other hand, to honestly admienter them. and to accord the colored man the right to articipate in poiEties as soon as he was fitted fur tne priuilege in or der to increase their retprescota ionl. This would put before the egro a cou stant inducement to equip himself and it would be a powerful force toaard the eevation of the moral and intellectual tone of the race. "The white peoplh of the South have felt jtfied in resorti; g to subterfuges for the purpose of evading the federal laws, in order to protect thenbelves against the colored vote, until there prevails in manny laealitmes a general condition of political demorabization. The cheating oft eleetion law~s has comeC to be look~d upon as a virtue. Tihe respect for law, that is so conspicuous . ,h..a.,gritic of the A merioan people in!-t 01'~t, o ~ (-ou!trv. h-as re Ceeved a gret ws() in 6 Su- i. Can e cX: t I a - thit:c ut 1 clttigs at d !U.) Wue in a cou.v uniy w hire the test -acred laws are irauwh d in the dust by the governing cia by bubter fuge anc. evaiou? ' I the !oneteenth awcndment, in my judgmCit. siumbers the most po tent poaer at the coniand of the fed e:al gover;,ent to facilitate a correct soluuen of the race problnm. I know that leilaion caunot put character itnto the liv. s ror brains into the heads of people. Lut it -x:n put into action social and pl iCal forces that Way teid to pr.aite2 hcalthy, woral and in tellectual deve opment. Th~e coloted rae-: .must wia its waty to prominence thrJu.,h the slow and tedious process of evelutioz, if it ever . ins that diatin tto , but it is the dty of the govern nut to ene urg. ad not retartd that prceess. Thi, is the first auspicius .'.portuoiry the governre.Lt his had fr the etforecenwnt e the fourtierth amendment. We uS it her aval uurzelvts of t-at oppt..rtu) ity or ae knovl-,dge our iuability to do anything f..r th.: irotection of the colored I cpIe. If there % .re nothing in this question but party aivantage, i wv(uld Lot thitk 1or a morxent of it J:ctng it ito the affairs of the couutry, but it caries with it problems of ,uch iwpartcece. morally anu sociaily, that-its sigiti ance cannot be ov..rv ilued. "Objectioi has been made to the agiratioa of the question at thi-; time io the gr nud that it might alietate Lmld Daoer.its and expaus-ou Demoetats fro n the Repub.ican party Lext year in some of the clise states. I cannot believe that the Re ublican party has reached such a stage that it wi.l p-urposely igure a great politico moral quction-oue that affects the destiny of a whole race-for the uncertain prospeet of securin:g a few votes from the tanks of its tradi tional enemy upou an i- aue that is [low pr-eticaily settled. That streat party Is never so strong as when it is r:ght, and never so weak as when it subordin ates principle to cxp d:enicy. When it loses its elftrispect it Cantiot hope to command the respect of th~e adherents of other parties. I believ- in gold as a standard of ;alu-, but no: as a stand . ... rals. If we permit this op p rtunity to go by without d.i,ive ac tion, we will lose five Republican votes for every Democrat we will gain." Reported Dead But Living. An attempt to obtain the payment of an inauranee policy ou tme life of a wan upposed to be dead, but who bas turned out to be alive, has come to light Oa July 10, la-t, Aaron Wolf ,(.hn was living in L ,s AT g-les. Cal. On that date his father B, ij Wolf hon, tailor, received ne ts that ois son was dead frow inhaling gas with suici dat intent in the rooms oIf a woman who at that time refuaed to give her name. The son's life was insured for $10 000 in the New York Life company. Evidence was produced purporting to prove that the dead man was none other than Aaron Wolf,ohn. The insurance was paid to the public administrator in Lo< Argeles, Cal., but befere the money could be turned over to the young mau's father, Aaron was reported to have been seen in Chicago The riis. covery was made by an uncle residing in that city antd the )onug uwan's par ents were notified and on Aug. 11 the attorneys, Sale andi Sale of Sc. Louis, wired to th~e headquarters f the New York Life Inaurance erompany, which at once nwade a demand on the ;rublic ad ministrator for $10.000,. 'he amount of the insurance on Wolfaohn's lhfe, which is still held by him. Shrewd Hindu Priests Hindu astrolozters, according to Bjm bay papers which have just been re eeived, are attributing the famine, olague and British reverses to the pe ciar cor-jumct ion of the planets, when on the lihof November, seveni planets were it the aigu of Sc -rpio. The Hin dus of Bombhay, therefore, to avert fur tier calamity and insure success to the British arms, arratnged for -pecial players and r~ ligious ceremonies at one of their great teropies. Seventy-five learned Brahbmins offlciat~d. The first act was a presentation of gifts to these priests of valuabme shawls and money. The priests then invoked divine b!es-+ ings on the rulers and ruh-d, and the pe-o.;le sang hymns in M1arathii and Gjarati. At the close of the service three cheera were given for the~ long lfe, ulory and suecess of her M.Ljesty, the Qicen Eapress. Three Leading Questions. WXlliam Jenning Bryan's attention was called to a dispatch f rom WXashing ton statirng that lie had written Con ~r( s-man Daly of New J~ r~ty that he wuld make sev.nral speeches itn the eat, diseuasing truats and impetialism, and he was asked as to whether the rport indicated any intention of abnconing the silver question. He said: Cotngreasman Daly has probably been miaquoted. I expect to make sevral speeh-s in the east but I ex pct to discuas the money question along with other questions. There are tree queations now prominently be fore the people, to-wit: Lhe monev ques tion, the trust question and the Puilip pine question. Whenever I make a political speech I discuss all three qustions." Blew Off His Hand. A special dispatch from Bi-hopvile to The State says 3Mr I. 1 31uldrow had his hand so terribly mutilated by the premature explosion of a cannon -raker that ampjuation was necessary. Tne operati'n was sucersflly per formed by Des. Dennis, Alfo-d anid Mlanning. It is reported that Dr. IIar ris of Elliotts met with a similar acci dent. a'so that a young~ man by the ramne <f Atchison accidetntally shot himself through the Laud while hand lin5 a shotgun. A Successful Career. The career of the several Keeley In stitutes in various parts of the United States attests the eilicacy of the treat ment employed for the whiskey, the morphine and the tobacco habit. Nuw brs of men who have beetn restored to usefulness and good repute, through their rescue from the thraltio- of 'he battle r. juice in the blessed relief which has come to themn. T1he Keeley Institute is now located at Columbia, INDUSFRIAL B0031. The Figures Showing Last Year's Business Investments. CLASSES OF ENTERPRISES. Statement That is Sianificant. The Capital That is In volved in the Year's Record. The statement of the Secrctary of State showing the number and charac ter of enterprises chartered in the S a-e during the past year as compared with the preceding year is worthy of more thati pisbing attention. It shows that cottoin mranuacturing beads the list of enterprises actually organized and ua der way; that building and loan, cottun sced oil, lumber, banking and like en terprises bespe.aking a great industiial boom throughout the State, have been the principal obi, ets of capital seeking it.vestmncnt. Richland heads the list ot the counties as to capitalizition, and Charleston is firtt in the number 1 f companies. Here is the comparative biatemwent of the enterprises chartered up to this week by classes: 189S. Cai ital No. Stck. Cotton manufacturing.. 6 $510,000 Electrical construction. 0 ...... Cotton s-:ed oil.. .. ...3 42 0) Milling and giutlikg. 7 109,901) Iron working......... 1 ;.tIo0 Newspaper and printing 1 5.i00( Other nm.ufacturiug.. 7 371.000 Cottun couipress...... 0 Rdilroad construction.. 1 100,000 PowLr, light, water and ice ................ 3 6,0.00 0 Lumber.... ......... 1 S.000 Transportation- other than railroad....... 1 15,000 Telephone and tele graph............4 9.800 Tobacco warehouses.. 3 6 500 General warehouse. ... 1 2). 000 Bui'dit g and loan..... 4 650.000 Real ctate, loan and investment........10 325.500 Banking ............5 1511,o00 Carpet mill... .......1 60,000 Farming and agri:ultur l.................3 144000 Mercantile ...........20 273 3M) Granite and wining.. 2 21(1 (000 Phosphate and fertilizer 5 27o 000 Insurance and surety.. 4 5.0U0 Collection............ l1.ligious..... ......3 3000 S 'cial.............19 1,750 Meworial. ........... ...... Charitable........... ..... Benevolent and frater nal..............6 ... Elucational......... 3 12500 Total...............124 $3,951,750 1899 Capital No. Sa ek Cat ton manufacturin. ..11 $3 275 (100 Eiectrical construction 3 62 500 Cotton seed oil.. .... .9 229,000 Mlli.-g anid ginning... 6 26.750 Iron working........2 S.000 News paper and printing 1 6,000 Osher mianufacturing. .15 192.000 Cotton compress.. .. 2. 35.000) Railroad coustruction.. 1 100,000 Power, light, water and icec............... 5 145.000 Lumber............9 236,600 Transportation other thanrailroad.......2 4.000 Telephone and telegraph S 86 620 Tobacco warehouses... 9 42 01'0 General warehoue.... 4 56.000 Building and loan..6 647,000 Real estate, lean and investmnent ..........10 242 400 Banking .. .......... 6 270,000 t'arpet mill..... .. Farming and agricul tural........... .. Mercantile ....... ...23 272,900 Granite and nwining.. .. 3 64,0(0 Phosphate and ferul zur 1 15 001) insurance and Surely.. 2 30i'000 (..llectioin...........1 500 Rigious...........2 ... S.eial..............14 5800O Meruwrial...........2 1.000 Charitable ...... ....2 ... Benevolent and frater .al.......... .....7 550 Educational.........2 5 000 Total.. .. ... .. ..173 $6,O58 72 it w'ill be noted that thre bas bi'. a na'rked increase in the number. and sonething over two millions in capitali zatton. BY COUNTIES. The following is the statement of the chatters granted: Cap. No. Stock. Abbeville..... ... ..... 2 $27 uoo Aiken ............... 1 15.000 Anderson ............17 9SS.(t00I Barnwell..... .......1 10 000 Biamnberg..............1.... Brkeley... .........2 30 Charleston ..... ......26 756 9'11 Cherokee.............6 58.4001 Chester .... .......... 6 25o Su Chesterfield ..........5 195 5(00 Ca.enden..... ......2 12 7u11 (olleton.............1 3000I~ Darlington .............4 32000il E g-field.. ..........2 20 0W0 1arfeld ........ .....2 39 00011 Florence .. ...... .. ...3 6'J.(10 Georgetown..........2 5 000 Greenwood...........3 39000 Giree.nville .. .... ...... 12 372.7'"' Hampton .... ........1 12 ('(41 H'rry........ ........ 3 P11 000 Kershaw ............. 2 1:5.000 L ancaster......... ... 5 193 0 L iurens ...... .......3 31 5(40 .ilarion......... ......11 1]7 50n Marlboro.... ........2 1i3 (001 Newberry ............4 56100) Orangeburg .. .. ...... 3 8" 000l Oconee..............1 l11 00) Picken......... ....I1 25.ll"0 R:chland.. .. .... ....i1 1,910 00041 Saluda...............1 4110 Spartanburg..........6 165 250 Sr:wter..............5 220 000m Urnion ................ 1 20100) Williamsburg......... 420 York ..... ...........7 113 000 Ta +he mattir of cnminsin ismmed t! bc.h in I?93 was 1*.5 with $5, * *0a or ( ti'i.:. as ::e:i'et iGS. cm . i 1 w t :t a. :a.itIIIZ.Ltion of Couldi't Kid Him, Early Wednesday nrning about 3 o'c:o.-k a dust and tmoke b grimcd tramp printer, one of the variety coi I ionly known as hobo, came into the local ofles of The State and announced that he and a companion had been be:;ir, their way in from Augu-ta on the 'Sutth-rn's mix- d train; that 1.is c .mpaiion, who hailed from Grand Ipids, Mich., had fdlen from his peroh bet ween twvo box cars just as th y had gotten in sight of. ie ihts of Co lumbia, abeut "our mijiks beyond a. ,' :id db,a;pared bencath the train. His story was 'phoned to the N .u li r railway oilices and the authoritis sent iout a searehing party expec:titg to fi:id the tr:any's nmtagli ireinan' or. at le:ast, to find him badly iijured. But the searching party could 'fiod no trace of the man and nothibg wore was heard of him until abtUt 9 iL. I.. whe he came saunter ing into he city cowfortably full and octasional;y rt'bbine one shoulder upon which he :.tii he had 'lit." He at tribut(s his i:munity fromu things that kili ordittary men to hi red hair and his B Yna'ekian nerv.x The latter, he say5, w~-il never expre by limitation atid the f.,r.uer takes al, the temper out of scIssovr,. A Terrible Disaster. A terrible disater reently took p'ace at Atnalfi. the popular tourst resort oTT the Guif of Saleruo About 2 o'clock an enorwous r;ek, upon w'hich stood the Cappuccini Hotel, slid b tdily into the sea, wiin a deafening roar, and withtut a moient's warning, carrying with it the hotel, the old Capuchin moast lry belox, the hotei Santa Cal eritia arin several villas. MaTy persons were buriel ii the debris, which crushed four vessels to the bottom of the sea, destroying their crews. The mass of earth which slipped was about fifty thousand cubie yards. The popula tion is iu a state of terror, fearing fresh cilauities. Troops baye ariived upon the tcene a-d begun rescue work. It is believed that the loss of life is heavy, including a number of monks and the occupants of the hotel. As yet it is imposible to ascertain the exact num ba r. Amald is a small but lively toon of 7,000 inhabitants, situated at the entrance of a de' p ravine surrounded b3 impo:ing mouutains and rocks of the most picturcsqie forms The Capuchin monastery wa, found~d in 1212 by Car dinal Pietio Capucano for the Cister .tians, but came into possession of the the Capu -Lis in 1S53. The building. which stood iTT the hollow of the sea to a height of 230 feet, contained fine cloisters. Killed the Sheriff. Will Gorman, a Nero, shot and in stantly killed Sheriff T. B. Simkins Thursday imorning at the Scurry place. ix miles north of Monticello. G'r man was wanted for murder and Sim kius and a posse went to arrest him. I'bey closed in on the cabin in which the N. gro was conc aled. A, Siwkins pushed open the door, Gorwan shot him twice in the breast. The murder em estaped fromT tibe rear door but was shot down aod killed. M1r. Sitnkirs was a man of utueh promninteoce in Jef F4r~on c ,uty and was the fathe'r of Mlrs. J B. Baker atnd MIrs. W. B. Den ha-n of Jia:-konville, both well known society ladies. A Drunkard's Folly. Two re e .t_ d .. a il road bridge 70 feet high' at .Loudou, Ten n., 'Tuesday under p'euliar circum stances. Sam Ehdridge, colored, one of the men, will die. The other will probably recover. John Weare, in a drunken co:.dition attempted to ride across the hieh bridge and had f-teed his horse alot g about forty feet btfore it fell between the crossties. An on ctting triau was fl geed j ist in time to precent horses ano nider t~cinlg killed. hi att TmpI itng to gret the horse off thes briage Sitmue! Eldidge anid Win. Rog ers were knoeked off the s'iucture. Forty Children Drowned. Upward of forty sceol chidren were dr ,wned r, cently in an ice accident at Frelir'gh..mI Belgiu-n, near the French frontier. The chid en of the distric' had been given a butiday with permnis sion to play on the frozen river La s Wh len the i, rrincent was at full height lihe ice broke sud-ny and the children disappear'd A few were rescued halt dead, but th a maj'rity were drowmtd. Thirtiy six ho lies have been recovered, but others are siill missiig. The cat atrophie s; real consterntation through th'e town, where nearly every family ~uffered 10s4. Throat Cutting Contest. In a street duel at Deposia, Ala., two men were killed and a third probably fatally wounded. James H arden's throat was cut from car to car by his nephew, Jesse Harden. The former is dead. John C. Harden, a brother of the dead man, was slriously cut b Jesse Harden, and as the tight wa rawingi to a close Mlac Rusell d:s ebared a load of buckshot into the ab domen of .Jesse Ilardeit. causitng death. All the parties are well known and reminent in poliiies. The cause of the fight is not known. Killed in a Rabbit Hunt. A special dispatch front Liurtens to The N.-ws and Courier say s iin a rabbit hunr Wednesdsy near C ross Hill, Cas per Fuller, a .outg gentletnan 19 tears .ld. was accideutahl) shot by M1r. But ler Rachardson. Young Fullar died this mninguii. They ate of our best cenies. The accitent will be greatly d prkred. British Subjects Warned The British privy ecuncil held a meeting at Wind or Castle at which Q'ieen Xict oria proclaimied a warning to a~l B~iti.,h Sui'j ets not to a~Sist in habitants si the Traunaal or ot the 0.auge Free State to sell or trans tort mierchandi~e thereto under penalty of the law. Killed Both' Brothsrs. As the result of a dispute between Johun and Jiamesc Cart~r, bothers, and Bid La tn.~ a neigh bor. at: ln. Lick, Putnu cuty, Tfetnu, aoquarrel en seed, termtiating in Ly nen killing tho bhersa All are farmcrm. THE MAINE DEAD. Buried in Arlington With the Im pressive Honors of War. THE PRESIDENT PRESENT. While his Cabinet. Admira! Dewey Gen. Miles and Other Distin guished Army and Navy Officers Attend. Upon the windy heights of Arling ton cemet.:ry the Maine dead, brough. from Habana by the battleship Texas, were Thursday laid away in their final resting place with simple religious ser vices and the impresive honors of war. A cabinet officer surveying the fig draped coffins bMfore the ceremonies began, said: 'The lives of these men cost Spain her colonies. The ~cakets ranged row on row. Over each was spread an American en sign upon which lay a wreath of galax leaves. Around the enclosure, shoulder to shoulde-, the yellow of their coat linings forming a band of color, were drawn up the cavalry of Fort Meyer; to the right wasa battalion of marines from the navy yard with their spike helwets and scarlet capes turned back; to the left a detachwmnt of jackies frem tne Texas in navy blue; in the ffbg-draped stand in the rear, the pres ideot and his cabinet, Admiral Dewey, aai. Gen. Miles and a di-,tinguirhed group of officers of the army and navy in their showy dress uniforms; while all around pressed the throng of people who had braved the snow and biting cold to pay their last tribute to the dead. Among these were many rela tives and friends of those who had been lost in the disaster. There was a render appropriateness in the fact that Capt Sigsbee, wh) was in command of the Maine when she was blown up, had charge of the ceremotics iu honor of his men and that Father Chidwick, who was chaplain of the Maine. was there to perform the last rites. Three others who lived throuth that awful night in Habana harbor were at the side of the graves of their comrades, Lieut. Commander Wainwright, who was executive officer of the Maine and Jeromiah Shea, a fireman on the Maine, who was blown out of the stoke hole of the ship. The full marine band broke the deep hush, peaing forth the dirge "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," and there were twitching of lips and wet eyes as Chap lain Clark of the naval academy at An napoils came forward and took his place under a canvas canowiel shelter in the open space in front of the dead. The Protestant services were held first and were very simple. Chaplain lirk read the burial service of t:.e Episcopal church and then gave way to Father Chidwick, who was assisted by Revs. H1olaind and Brown and two purple robed acol3 tes. Bar d to the wintry blast this best beloved of naval prirsts read a memorial service accord ing to the rites of the Cathohic church, consigned the d ead, bless d the ground, wepeatted the L .ru's prayer and con eluded with a feivent appeal for the repose o' the souls of the departed. A detachment of marines in com mand of Capt. Kirmony then marched to. the right of the graves and fired deep stillness that followed the crash the clear silvery notes of a bugle rang iut the soldiers' and sailors' last good night. With the sounding of taps the cere monies ended. The priest and his party 'and the other distinguished guests, the military and the crowds then withdrew. Before leaving Capt. Sigsbee introduced Jieremiah Shea to the president. When asked for an ex lanation of his escape by the presidenr, Shea responded as he did to a similar inquiry from FAther Chidwick at the tinme of the disaster: 'I dint know ho~v I got through. .I was blown out. I guess I mnu-t have been an armor piercing proj-etile." Arid thus after two years the dead of the M1aine have been brcught homie, and, in ground reserved for the na tion's her-es, have bcen burieai with ull miilitary honors and in the service of their faith. Found Murdered. S-one dead, with a bul~et in the back of his neck, was ihe eoodition in which Mr. C. Beverly Turner was f.'uud near he stable in his yard Wednesday ni.ht. Mr. Turne r lived near Ferenson's wharf, in Isle of Wight county, Va., anid was a well known saw nili man. owning large interests near his home. Mr. Turner was last seen alive a bout 6:30 o'clock, when he went out to feed his stock. Some time afterwards he was found l ing not very far from the house, and between him ano the stable were found his hat arid lantern, evidencing that he had made an attempt to reach the hoiuse after being shot. The motive for the rourder is uniknown, tut a man named Nat Gillieasr has been arrested on suspicion of being the slayer of the dead man. Giligan vigorously protests shi innocence. After IMany Yeais. A dispatch' from Atlanta says Gov. Candler r ceived a communication from Gov. Jiohns on of Alabama, staling that James Hall. an escaped convict, had been arrested in Birrmingham. Hali was convieted of simple larceny in Museogee county, Georgia, in 1872, and sente aced to lifteen years in the penitentiary. lie served nine years when he escaped and has been at biber ty nearly nineteen years. Recently liall had a quarel with his brother, who betrayed hinm to Sheriff O'Brien of Biuminaham. lie will be returned to Georgia.__________ To-Bc Garroted. The supreme court ef Puerto Rico, at Ponce, has sentenced five tmen to be garroted. In October, 1898, 20 men heavily armed with guns a'a machates, robbed a house at Yauco, province of Ponce, and murdered a man named Prudencio Mendez. They also danced around the body with his daughters who were under compuision. Scven of the men were eaught, but subsequently one of the prisonvrs esapaed and one ied in iail STAFF COMMISSIONS ISSUED. Company Officers Will be the Next to Receive Theirs. The adjutant general has begun the preparatio:n of the commissions for the officers who are to be retained in the reorganized militia force of the State. A start was made Friday when the commissions were issued to the mem bers of the governor's staff, the gov ernor duly signing each. All the com missions bear date of August 23 last, save those of Gen. Floyd and Col. Frost, dated Jan. 18 last. The official list of the commi.-sions is as follows: STAFF OF COMMANDER IN CHIEF. Adjutant and Inspector General-J W Fioyd, brigadier general, Kershaw county. Assi.tant Adjutant and InspecLor General-Col. J D Frost, Columbia. Qiartermaster General-Gol. W C Mauldin, Hampton. Commissary General-Col. W B Wil son, Charleiton. Surgeon General-Col. E J Wanna maker, Columbia Paymaster General-Col. Geo. D Till man, Jr., Clarks Hill. Judge Advocate General-Col. U X Gunter, Jr., Spantanburg.. Chief Engineer-Col. Jno. F Folk, Bam!:erg. Chief of Ordnance-Col. Louis J Biistow, Darlington. AIDES TO Co3MANDER IN-CHIEF. Lieut. Col. H Fay Gaff iey, Gaffney. Lieut. Col. August Kohn, Columbia. Lieut. Col. E J Watson, Columbia Lieut. Col. Jas. A McCarley, Whit mire. Lieut. Col. C S Redding. Charleston. Lieut. Col. Jas. A Hayt, Jr., Colum bia. Lieut. Col. W C Hough, Lancaster. Lieut. Col. Thos. C Hamer, Bennetts ville. Lieut. Col. A H Moss. Orangeburg. Lieut. C..l G C Sullivan, Anderson. Capt. S B Hyatt (courier), Columbia. Stonewali Jackson's Way. Grizzled Confederate veterans will smile grimly but triumphantly at the news that the British authorities have appointed Lieutenant Celonel Hender son, professor of military history and biographer of Stonexall Jackson, on the sttff of Lord Roberts. Colonel Henderson has had no practical mili tary , xperience. The avowed reason for his appointment is his familiarity with the tactics and methods of "Old Jack." In other words, the E!glish are doing their best to reincarnate and enlist in their service the Confederate leader by employing the man who has most intelligently and thoroughly studed his campaigns. This is the highest compliment we have ever heard of being given the military genius of a dead soldier. If the British govern nient can work into its generals the rains. audacity and energy of Stone wall Jackson, and into its troops the onfidence, endurance and patience of Stonewall .Jackson's men, the Boer, nav as w-ll surrender now; for the English soldier has courage, di-ciplirie ad tquipment. If Jack-on's men had -en provided and cared for like the [Jited States or British soldiers of to day. and he had lived, he would proeba fly have whipped the earth by now. reenville News Clean Up the Old Leaf. Have you turned over that new leaf for the cowing year? If you have, just urn it 'back. 'jva need at bother yourself about turning over a new leaf. Clean up the old one first. How is it possible for you to satisfy your con science by turning over a new leaf when the old one is so full of your shortcomings the past year? Just resurrect that old leat and spread it out before you, examine it closely. What dovou find? Have you iijured any one? Then repair the damage and erase that item from the old leaf. Have you paid yonr subscri;>tou? If not, do so, and erase that item. Don't y'ou recol lect that you wronged somebody some time back? Well, straighten out that matter and erase it from the old leaf. And there are many more bad lookiwg iems on that old leaf which ought not to be there. Get them off ! Clean up the old leaf ! Devote this year in ei pending your best tffrts to get the old leaf citar', and when y ou gert it de~an, keep it eiean, and there will be no ne cessity for turrning over a rnew one. To Sae The Owner. The Greenville News announces a omiag suit agaim'-t M1r J. L blim naugh of this city by a Greenville man who came here to see the State fair and strted out to do so, attemptintg teo walk down an elevator shaft. Here is what Tlhe News says: "Calvin Smith, a well known Greenville man, ha:, brought suit against J. L. Mlimnaugh. proprietor of the Grand Central hotel, Commihia. and a wealhhy business man, fr $5,000 because he fell down an ele vator shlaft in the hotel while in Colum bia attending the 1S98 State fair. MIr. Smith was severely injured and has jut now become able to walk without erutches. He alleges that because the shaft was unprotected~ the proprietoer is liable for damages-" At the time of the accident M1r. 31imnaugh, whi.e he owned the building, w~s not the pro prietor of the hotel.-Columnbia State. Marrying in Philippines Gen O.is has issued adecree authoriz ing the celebration of civil marriages in the Pnilippines. Hle cabled Secre tary R ,ot to that effect We-dnesday and the secretary proumptly approved the actioin. Heretofore all marriages were celebrated by the Catholic church so that Protestant and non-Cori-,tians were prohibicdd froma marrying. The decree does not interfere witfl the Cath olis, who may be married according to their own rites but extenda the privi lege of civil marriage to those who de sire it, just as is practiced in the United States. Fined Five Thousand. Capt. Rassoe of the Italian steamer Eta. from Pejtni, by way of M1alta, was fined $5,000 by Collector Stone of. Baltimore l'hursday for being without a bill oef healch from the latter. Capt. Ru-soe explained that he had not been in a United States port since 1888 ahd was not aware that a bill of health from a port of call was necessary. Uuder orders from the treasury department ho oerzme penalty was inflicted. THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN. Bryan Will Be the Candidate Says Mr. Danforth. Elliott Danforth, chairman of the Democratic State committee. returned to New York Wednesday after a trip through the South, during which he taiced with Senator James K. Jones, chairman of the national committee, and most of the chairmen of the South era Democratic State committee. Wed ne-day afternoon Mr. Danforth gave an Evening Post reporter the result of his observations aud some information about nrext year's i:ational campaign: "I found," he said, "that the senti ment was generally in favor of select irg some Western city other than Chicago as the place for holding the National Convention. The members of the national committee have a strong feeling against Chicago on account of treatment they have received from the newspapers there since they establibhed headquarters in the city in 1896. It looks now a3 if either Milwaukee or Kinsas City will secure the National Couvention. Milwaukee seems to be in the lead. 'I also discovered that there is a gen eral feeling in f tvor of establishing the headqrarters of the national commit tee next year in Washington. "S-nator Jones favored Washington in 1896, but gave way to Mr. Bryan, who was in favor of Chicago. "In my trip through the South I ob served one thing which will be consid ered of particular interest in New York, namely, that none of the leaders seemed disposed to insit on free silver as the main issue of the campaign next year. They did no: say thev had abandoned the idea, but they acknowledged that the situation had changed since 1896 and that the dominant issues next year were trusts and imperiaitm. That is to say, they are not willing to repu diate the Chicago platform, but they ree that new issues of far-reaching im portance have come up lately and that their choice should be recorgnized. Even it States like North Carolina I found that the anti-trust and anti-im perialism idea engaged the attention of the people more than the free siver is. sue. In fact, I might sum up my ob servations by say ing that the sentiment of Dcmocracy in the South is such that I am confident there will be little trouble in bringing about a union of the D mocracy of the whole country next year. "The Democratic National Conven tion," said Mr. Danfori h, "will be held a short iine after the Republican Con vention, according to custom. No muiter when it is held there is Do doubt about the head of the ticket. lverywhere I heard only Mr. Bryau's name mentioned. They are not talking about candidates for Vice President yet. An Eistera man will probably be selected." Death Rather Than Capture. A story comes fron Berkeiey County which almost equals that related of the Spartan boy who allo wed a fox to gnaw his entrails before he would let the theft of the auimal bLCome known. It seems that a negro named Hey ward had fallen a prey to tne ten-ptations that usually beset his race at thia time. He saw a fat, healthy, young pig and could not obey the com manuants which say one mutst nut covet or steal his neigh bor's goods. Tne pig played too daii gerously near the man and in a short while resolution fled and the pig was stolen. The owner of the porker, ac companied by seveial friends, went to atrest Heyward and, very naturally, that individual made tracks at a very lively gait and an m"any of them. He ran towardis Gioose Creek ti while mid way the stream his pursuers came upon him. Heyward was told that he might as well come out, as a boat wou!d be secured and eventually he would be caught. Heyward paid no attention to this advice, but deliberate ly plunged his head beneath the water and committed suicide. The pursuers on the bank were simply horcitied at the act and never thought for a moment that the negro would adopt such desperate methods of avoiding arrest. l'he water in which Hey ward drowned himself was not over three feet deep. The Press Association. The nainutes ot the Soath Carolina Press Association's last annual meeting held at Harris' Springs in the summner have at last been issued from the pres.,es and are now bking sent .out to Lthe members ot the association in vari '.us portions of the State. Tne nin utes have been neatly g'tton up and the little volume is an iuteresting one. Besides containius the addresses de ivered during the session in an ap pendin .re given most entertaining per sonal recolleetions about Southt Caroiaa journali'm by Col. Crews and Col. doyt, the veteran newspaper editors and publi-hers. A meeting of the special eo.iumittee which has charge otf the airaugements for the coming trip of the members of the association to Cuba is tu be called shoriiy. It is ligely that thle association will go on its Ca'jan exp~ditihu soac timne ini Febru ary. Duie annouacemiint of the time of the meeting arid whit is proposed will be made. -The State. A Girl Hung. En~ily Hilda Biake, a domostie, was hanged at Brandon, Man , Wednesday mornoing for the murder of Mrs. Lane, her mistress. The execution was pri vate, only a few persons obtaining the pivilege of witnes.,ing it. Miss Blake, who was only 22 years old, walked firmly to the scaffold without assistance and was the coolest of the party, with the exception of Hangman Bateliffe, She made no statement. The girl con essed that she committed the critue, saying she did it because she loved Mrs. Lane's children and was jealous of the mother's love. Her trial was very brief, as she refuted all offers of counsel and pleaded uuiity. Runaway Boys. Mr. W. D JAcobs, of the Richland mill, is endeavoring to ascertain the whereabouts of his two rugiaway boys These lads. O~cair and James Jacotis, who are aged respectively 14 and 12 years, ran away from their home here on December 11th, over a fortnight ago and their parenits have heard nothing from them. Osear has a se'ar acro~s the back ,f his left hand. When last seen the lads were going towards Au gusta, Ga. Mr. Jacobs would be glad to receive any information as to tieir wherhanots.-Columbia tate. TIIE EARTHQUAKED. Oe of the Worst Shocks .In Years Felt in California. CAME CHRISTMAS Hotel at Hemit- Badly Sh and Eastern Tourists Terr fied Rush From Thei Rooms in Fright At 4:25 o'clock Christmas mom severe earthquake shock was felt o large portion of Southern Calif the undulations lasting 12 se The entire center of the shoe peared to havg been at San -Jaci -wall town in Riverside county. bosiness prtion of San Jacinto of two blocks of two-story -bni ings, some of which are built of brick. Ten: or fifteen - buildings were - damaged, chimneys being toppled over and wals cracked and shaken. The total damage at San Jaeioto and Remit. a small town nearby, is estimated at $50,000. The large tourist hotel at Hemit was dam aged and the ho-pital - at San Jacinto also suffered. The rear wall of the Johnson block. at Remit fell. No per-, son was inj ared at either place as far as known. The shock was heavy at Sant' Ana, Anaheim, San Bernardino, River side and other places, but no particular damage is repirted except from San -Jacinto and Hemit. A dispatch from San Jacinto says nearly every two-story building was wrecked and it is ostimated that the dimage will aggregate over $50 000. The niain shock was preced ed by a loud. roaring sound and awak ened many just in time to escape from the doomed building. The busioess street is such a wreck that tons of de bria had to be removed before the biild ings could be entered. At Saboba Indian reservation 'six squaws were killed by falling walls, .ojW fatally injured and many seriously jured. The shock caused dry artesian to flow larger streams than ever bef Considerable damage was reported the nearby villages. TEEPaSI'JOUS TRIP. A Steamir Arries at Norfolkf Liverpool a Week Overdue. A special to The Pst from Va., says: The big Johns steamer Noranmore arrived he day afternoon right from Liver ter one of the most tempestuo sages on record. Capt. Rich her commander, reported havi an unknown bark founder at her crew of 12 men. The Nora which flies the Belgian flag, is o tons register. She sailed from pool for Norfolk, Dec. 17th, an nearly a week overlue, her agents w anxious abone her. The hurricane which swept this coast Situraay struck the Noranmore at sea at night. The waves rolled over almost continuously, arid wou'd, Capt. Richardson, says, have swamped an ordinary ship.' Soon after the storm arose the Noranmore overhauled a strange bark which was on the point of foundering. Only the stump of one mast still stood, and oth ers having been cut or carried away. Several lights were burning aboara-f'sr and 12 men, believed from~ their ges tures to be foreigners, were seen run -iing about the decks, which were awaslt. A boat's crew, in one of the Noranmor, ' boats was put over the side and the~m2'9,ed for the bark. The boat was swamped;; simmedi ately, The men, who wore life OI. were picked up bya second boat, whic was, however, cjmpelled to return the Niranmore. While the rescue these men was being affbeted the di-appeared in the d irkness and Richardsen says that beyond doub anid her crew'went down. Saaren after dybreak revealed no sign o Teranzmore's steel boa' was auiblades of her propeller wer 'but aje-m aged to reach this without: the loss of a nun. Ktlled on a Trestle. A dispach frez Aalerson to T State~says on Wednes lay, the shifti engine [at the Onarleston and Westera Uarolina depot ra.' ov'erMrsJames Jones. Mrs. Jones, with her two little boys had. just returned oa the 6:10 p. m , train from a Caristmas visit to her mother's, and, aceonpanied by her husbad, was walking a short distnce up the track, toward their home near the O:r C>tson mill, when the accident happened. It seems that while they were- crossing a small trestle they were overtaken by the engine. Mr. Jines gathered his two little sns and jaunpeJ. from the track, the erigiae bruising one 'of the children .sligutly. Ucable te save his wife, he mas cnmpelled to see her man iled under the wheels of the locomi tive. Mrs Jones lived about 30 min utes aftcr her injuries. She was a wo man of good re pure and highly s poken of by her neighbors. She was about 30 years of age, and her husband, who is a carpenter at O.rr's new mill, and two children survive her. He Is a Renegade. The Washington Poet says: "In a few days charges will be fied before the linance commtittee of the senate against the contrmtion of ex-Representative William D). Bynum, of Indiana. as Democratic appointee for the New York board of appraisers. The minority of that commnittee are determuined to resist the installment of Mr. Bynum in that tosition. ihey will do so on the ground ohat he is not a Democrat, but has I.penly afiliatel himself with the Be publican party. Jfking His Word Good. According to some of the lat'est figar ig the Bors have killed or captured 4 7SG Britons since the racket began, arid ii hasn't got a good start yet. The British are probably beginuing to real ize thar, there was something in'Presi dent Kriger's deeiaratioo before the fightinig oegto, that "Eigland my set'6- Traansvaal. but .he will paya prr.-o that will startle the iisd