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VOL. xV M' NANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY., JUNE 6% 1900 Tii E )EMOCRACY. The State Ex-cutive Committee Meets in Columbia. NO MUD-SLINGING ALLOWED. Schedule of the Cdmpaign Meet ings Adopted and Promul gated. Changes in Ce.n stitution. Other Matters. The Democratic State Executive Committee met in Columbia last Wed nesday. The following memters of the committee were resent: Abbeville-A W Jones. Aiken-W WV Williams. Berkeley-S J lcCoy. Charleston -J F Rafferry. Clarendon---Louis Appelt. Cherokee-J D Littlejohn. Chester-T J Cunningham. Colleton-J W Hill. Dorchester-J D Bivins. Edgtfield-W 11 Timmerman. Fairield-J G Mobley. Florence-D H Traxler. Greenwood- D H Nlagill. Horry-Joo. A McDermott. Kershaw-C L Winkler. Lancaster-T Y Williams. Lexington-D J Griffith. Marlboro-T C Hamer. Newberry-Cole L Blease. Orangeburg-W 0 Tatum. Richland-Wilie Jones. Spartanburg-N L Bennett. Saluda-R B Watson. Sumter-H D Lee. Union-J F Peake. Anderson, Barnwell, Bambcrg. Beau fort, Chesterfield, Darlington, Green ville, Georgetown, Hampton, Laurens, Marion, Oconee, Pickens, Williams burg and York counties were not rep resented. As soon as the committee had been called to order Mr. Blease presented the sub-comittee's report on the cam paign schedule arranged in consulation with railroad men. He said that a week's break had been allowed fo- the national convention. The committee also recommended that the assessments be made the same as two years ago. The scheduls was unanimously adopt ed without debate as followvs: Orangeburg, June 14. St, Georges, June 15. Charleston, Jane 16. Walterboro, Jue IS. Beaufort, June 19. Hampton, June 2q. Barnwell, June 22. Bamberg, June 23. Sumter, June 26. Manning, June 27. Monck's Corner, June 28. Georgetown, July 10. Kingstree, July 11. Florence, July 12. Marion, July 13. Conway, July 16. Bennettavil!e, -July IS. Darlington, Jul 19. Chesterfield, Juh 21. Camden, July 23 Lancaster, Jul:. 25. Chester, July 26 Winnsboro, July 27. Yorkville, July 2s. Gafiney, July 30. Spartanhurg, July 31 Union, August 1. Newberry, August 3. Laurens, August 4. Greenville, August 6. Pickens, August 7. Walhalla, August 9. Anderson, August 10. Abbeville, August 11. Greenwood, August 13. Aiken, August 15. Edgefield, August 16. Saluda, August 18. Lexington, August 21. Columbia, August 22. Col. Jones then read the assessment of candidates as follows: United States senator, congressman and governor $50 each; lieutenant governor, $12.50 State officers, $37 50 each except adju tant general at $25; solicitor, $25 eaoh; and $10 for State senator and $5 each for representatives from each county. This was adopted: Senator Appelt, when the committee was about to preceed to the considera tion of the rules, arose and offered the following: Whereas there is some contention as to the proper construction of a certain provision of section 6 of the constitution of the State Democratic party, which said provision of said sections reads as follows: 'Provided. That no vote shall be counted for any candidate who does not file with the chairman of the State executive committee, or with the re spective chairmen of the county execu tive committees, a pledge in writing that he will abide the result of such pri mary and support the nous~nees thereof, and that he is not nor wil he become the candidate of any facti mn. either pri vately or publicly suggested, other than the regular Democratic nomination." Be it Resolved, That the Democratic State executive committee hereby construes said proviso in section 6 to miean that it is in violation of the intent and mean ing of the constitution of the Demo cratic party for any person or persons to become candidates in the primary elections to be held under the auspices of the Democratic party of this State, who have been or who may be nomi nated or suggested by any organization or faction. Mr. Appelt made a good speech in favor of his resolution. He was fol lowed by several others for and against the resolutions. Finally Colonel Wat son moved the adoption of the follow ing as a substitute for the A ppelt resolu tion, which was agreed to by a vote of 18 to 7: Resolved, That we interpret the con stitution as disapproving factional nomination, but if the pledges .are signed by the candidates as individu als, the votes will be counted. M1r. Williams of Aiken called atten tion to the mst ter of making rules of registration for cities of 20,000 or over. and wished to let tLe counties settle the matter. He said Charleston and Richland would probably be the only two counties affected by the legisla tile act. Mr. Rafferty in this connection of fered the following, the latter portion being an amendment by Capt. W. W. Williams: Resolved, That the State executive e-upw.ittee approve of the rules and - ulations adopted by the Cbarles-on county exe:utive committee, May 29 th, 1900, to govern a party registration for the coming primary in Charleston county. Resolved, second, That the county executive committee of those counties having cities containing 20,000 inhab itants or more, be instructed to provide proper rules for carrying out the law on this subject. The rules adoptea by the Charleston county committee were read. The Raf ferty resolution was then takea up and adopted. The rules were then taken up. There was some discussion over a proposition by Mr. McDermott to have the names of every candidate for every office voted for prinied on one ticket, the names thoqe not voted for being scratched, no other tickets being counted. Mr Appelt opposed any change, be cause, among other things, county com mittees would have to furnish all tickets. Mr. Winkler favored the idea; so did Mr. 8lease. Mr. Magill could not see where there had been any trouble about the existing rule. The committee declined to table, but the proposition was amended so that no ticket could be considerd legal ex cept those furnished by the State and county committees, and containing the Dames of all caudidates. This amen I ment to cection 4 was adopted. The oath required by the constitution wa;. or nm)tion of Senator A ppelt, made to apply to candidates for county ef flees On motion of Mr. T. Y. Williams the rules were amended so as not to allow the counting of votes for a candidate who has not filed his pledge and paid his assessment. Col. Jones asked: "Now, I under stand when Col. Hoyt files his pledge and pays his money, I have nothing to do but accept his pledge and declare him a candidate." He was assured that this was the unanimous under standing of the committeemen in the light of the action taken. Capt. W. W. Williams offered the following, which was almost unanimous ly adopted: Whereas there is good feeling among all Democrats in the State today, and whereas it is desirable that the cam paign, being a contest among Demo crats, shall be conducted on a high plane, therefore, be it Resolved, That the State Democratic executive committee suggest to the county chairman of each eennty of the State the advisability of requiring the candidates not to indulge in personal abuse, but to confine themselves to a iscussion of the issues; and that any candidate who persists in refusing acquiescence to this suggestion be not Olowed to speak. Mr. Traxler asked for a collection to be sent to the national Democratic or anizition. Qaite a neat sum was raised. The committee then adjourned, sub ject to the call of the chairman. Hits Us Hard. An English barrister, Richard Briras ev Sheridan, has written what is called "a formidable criticismn of the action of he Uoited States government in regard o the Philippines since the end of the war with Spain." The title is "The Fiipino Martyrs. A Story of the Jrime of the Fourth of February, 1899." eneral Otis and the rest of the patriots who make a business of charging the esponsibility for The war on the anti imperialists should brace up and pre are to meet the onslaught of this Eocishman, who spent over a year in 1 nia after the occupation of that city y United States troops, and made many excursions into the interior of the island of Luzon and to neighboring island. Maryland for Bryan. Complete returns fi om the Democrat ie primaries, whicb have now been held in 17 of the 23 counties in Maryland, show that unless a change of front oc urs before June 5. the day set for the state convention, the delegates in favor of a Bryan instructed delegation will control that body. All the eastern shore as well as the northern counties favor an instructed delegation, but while the free silver sentiment also strongly pervades those sections of the state the delegates to the state conven tion will be satisfied with instructing for Bryan and allow the regular organ ization managers their way in the mat t.r of the platform. Twelve Men Poisoned Twelve Italian laborers were found dead in the woods near Montgomery, WV. Va., on Wednesday, their deaths being the result of eating poisoned food. They were a part of a gang of laborers employed by a construction company building the Paint Creek railroad They boarded in the contractor camp, where a large amount of provisions was stored. Mluch of it was stolen and the negro cook, unknown to his employers, put rat poison on some meat and flour, which also disappeared. A mountain hunter discovered the badies. The authorities have not yet taken any steps in the matter. Filipinos Score One. On Tuesday night the insurgents rushed San Miguel, province of Btila can, Ltzon, garrisoned by three com panies of the 35th volunteer infantry. They swept through the surprised town, shooting right and left, killing five Amer'eans and wounding seven. Capt. Charles D. Roberts and two privates are missing. .No Filipino dead were discovered. British Soldiers Killed The British colonial office Wednes day received advices via Acera, British Gold Coast, from Col. Wilcocks, in command of the relief force which re ently started for Koomassie, saying that a small force of Hausas, from Prahsu, commanded by Lieut. Slater, had been attacked and that Siater and several others had been killed. A Total Collapse. The concrete piles of the new cold storage premises in course of construc tion at the Southampton docks in Eng land collapsed Wednesday afternoon and the structure fell, burying fifty workmen, several of whom were killed. Others were fatally injured and many ar stil missing. A PAPER FOUND That Means at Least a Half Mil. lion to the State. SEARCH OF A DECADE ENDS Mr. Yeldell Comes Across the Long Lost Records and Vouchers. What it all Means. Gov. McSweeney in his message to the Legislature at the last session re commended the appropriation of a sum to pay for the straightening up of the old rubbish room at the State House, and the search for the Black re port which Senator Tillman deemed necessary in order to secure a large sum due by the United States to South Car olina After about two months of most te dious work and painstaking search a number of paperi were found in the famous rubbish room at the State cap itol recently, which mean in the long run the establishment of claims against the federal government which will, even if compromises are effected, place a balance of half a million dollars in the treasury of the State of South Carolina. For thirty years the weary search for the mamous "Black's Erhibit A" on the revolutionary and other war claims has been going- on. This exhibit was an absolute necessity to the establish ment of the principal claims of the State against the United States govern ment, and f.r the past six months has been the most desired record in the possession of the State. The credit of finding the valuable document together with Agent Black's second report belongs to Mr. W. H. Yeldell of Edge field, and Chief Clerk Jesse T. Gantt of the office of the secretary of State, who urged that Mr. Yeldell be employed to make the search. Day after day Mr. Yeldell has been working his way through the pile of musty records in the "rubbish room" of thie capital, go ing through an endless variety of papers from 1700 down to date and arranging them in order with indexes as to their locality. He had nearly completed his work for the day when he picked up a bundle of papers yellow with age and glanced at it. He was about to throw it aside when his eye caught the word "Black." He opened the bundle and therein were found every one of the precious papers and vouches so long looked for, accompanied by Agent Black's report made in 1860 of which the searchers have never been able to find a copy, and which with Gov. Gist's message to the legislature in Decem ber, 1860, saying: "Not having re covcred any of these claims, he of course, will not be entitled to any com missions-but having spent"-shows that Black did not receive the $18,000 payment on the Mexican war claims that the federal government claims to have made. On the outside of the papers in Black's handwriting appears this sum mary of the claims of the State due the federal government: War of 1812 (with interest to 1858 only). ...... .. .$202 230.00 Florida war (interest).. .. . .20,000.00 Mexican war (principal). .. 32,162 47 Interest on above (1858)... 23,000.00 Revolutionary war (no inter est)................. 316947,60 Total.... ....... .$594,310.17 On this entire sum no interest after 1838 is calculated. With interest the to tal claim would amount to about one and a half millions of dollars. Agent Black's report made in 1858 is already in Senator Tillman's hands, and upon it he is about to sceure an ad just ment of all the claims save those relat ing to the Reyolutionary war. His bill covers the war of 1812 and FlIorida war claims and interest, less $18,000 the government claims to have paid Black. The find yesterday shows conclusively that Black did not receive this amount, and presents the absolute proof to sus tain all the Revolutionary war claims with interest for 100 years. This even if compromised will give the State a surplus of about half a million dollars after paying claims of about $300,000 that the general government is pressing against the State. Everything is in eluded in the documents found Tues day. Every voucher is there in printed form with references to legislative ac tion thereon. There is 82 pages of printed matter in the portion giving these vouchers. These are not the records Black was to file in the comptroller's office, but those filed with the legislature and con sequently are all the more complete. In 1793 a Revolutionary war claim settlement was made but all claims in luded in this report were subsequently made. Every paper desired has been found. Senator Tillman's present bill pro vides that no commissions will be paid to anyone for collecting the claims. This avoids many pittfalls. The senator was notified by wire of yesterday's invaluable fiad, and he wired back for all the documents to be sent by express to him on the first train, his evident intention being to 'ut in an amendment that will not make Uncle Sam so desirous of pushing his claims against South Carolina. 1Svetually there is no doubt that the treasury of South Carolina will be about half a million dollars at least better off as a result of yesterday's find in that gold mine of a "rubbish room."--The State. Maimed Confederates A regiment of maimed Confederates are at Louisville in attendarnce on the Confederate reunion. (Jaly thcse who lost an eye, a leg or an arm in the "Lost Cause" are eligible to this campany, which is a jolly one for all that. No Friction. The dispersary law is better enforced now, and with less friction than it has been since it has been on the Statute books. There has been no trouble since Gov. McSweeney took charge, and she force of constables has been con SUMMONS TO DEMOCRATS. Mr. William R. Hearst Sounds the Bugle Call. William Hearst, who was recently elected president of the National Asso ciation of Democratic clubs, in response to numerous inquiries as to his policy and the program of the association, gives out an interview in part as fol lows: "The National Association of Demo cratic clubs will transfer its headquar ters from Washington to New York, but the branch offices will be main tained in Washiington and Chicago, so that the machinery of the organization will be in close and constant touch with the Democratic National commit tee and with the Congressional cam paign committee. "Every Democratic club, society or association in the United States is ex pected to unite in the political battle this year, and the Democratic organiza tion in every city, town or village will be asked to assemble on the night of the fourth of July to celebrate the dec laration of independence and to receive news from the Democratic national con vention. 'lhis ought to be made a 'miemorable display of old-fashioned American patriotism. In some cities and towns there will be banquets, in others there will te mass meetings. "1The clubs of each locality will de termine for themselves the form of their celebration. The national asso ciation desires to recall to the whole country the fact that this year the peo ple of the United States must defend the declaration of independence or abandon it. No man who has a drop of Democratic blood in his veins can fail to assist in this great national pro test against the establishment of sub- I ject colonies under the American flig The great question to be decided at the polls this year is whether this country is to continue to be a republic con trolled by the people or an empire con trolled by the trusts. All minor ques tions disappear in the presence of this giant issue. "The National Association of Demo cratic clubs enters on the work of as sisting the national committee and the regular party organizations in the va rious states with a determined heart and full of confidence. The next pres ident must be a Democrat and reports from all parts of the country indicate that the principal work of the Demo cratic clubs next spring will be the in auguration of Mr. Bryan at Washing ton." The Public to be Buncoed. A Washington dispatch to the Atlan ta Journal says it has been decided by the administration that the war in the Philippines must be stopped before the November elections, and the fol lowing programme has been mapped out: To recall the volunteer troops a few days before the election, solely for political effect, and to announce that the insurrection is over. The 24,000 regulars will be left to police the is lands, ostensibly, but really do what ever fighting may be necessary. News to bear out the statement that the in surrection is over will be sent out in every available way from Manila and printed in every available newspaper. After the election, should McKinley be re-elected, the Philippine war will begin business again. Found Him Guilty. The naval courtmartial which has been trying Capt. John McGowan on harges of scandalous conduct and neglect of duty in connection with the killing by him of a Filipino, while in ommand of the Monadnock, in the Philippines, submitted its conclusions to the scretary of the navy for con sideration. The court found the cap - tain guilty of the charges and specifica tions and sentenced him to be suspend ed from duty on half pay for two years, and to be reprimanded by the secretary. There was, however, a unanimous recommendation for clemency, which will be taken under consideration by Secretary Long. Col- Tribble Declines. The Columbia State says "Col. J. L. Tribble. one of the ablest lawyers at the Anderson bar, who was recently se lected unanimously by the prohibition ists to represent them as a candidate for lieutenant governor, has decided positively not to make the race and has sent in his declination to Chair man T. N. Berry. The friends of Col onel Tribble here and throughout the State urged him to accept the nomina tion. He has received numerous let ters from prominent men all over the State expressing the opinion that his election was assured regardless of the fate of the prohibition ticket in other respects." A Maimed Battalion-. Through the efbrts of the Atlanta Journal enough money was raised by public subscription to send a battalion of maimed Confederate veterans from that city to the reunion at Louisville. The battalion numbered 121 men, or pieces of men, for a reporter who tab'i lated the number of missing eyes, ands, arms, legs, etc., made the fol lowing report: Eyes gone, 18; hands gone, 7; feet gene, 6; legs gone, 35; Arms gone, 41. The battalion created great enthusiasm in Louisville. Republican Testimony. Senator Wellington, of Maryland. declared, on the floor of the senate: "This country, so far as its government is concerned, is under the sway of British influence. There has been be tween the two governments a secret understanding and a surrender of Am erican interests to great Britain." Wants a Better Plan. Gov. MeSweeney received a letter the other day from a gentleman up in the p~rohibition State of Maine, asking about the dispensary law and its opera tions in this State. He said he wanted to see if he could not find some pla n that would promote the cause of tem perance better than prohibitory laws. Four Men Killed. Four men were killed, four others fatally injured and three crippled for life, at Whipple, Ohio, at 5 o'clock Thursday evening by a premature ex plosion of 50 quarts of nitro-glycerine which was being used in shooting an oi well on the Kelly farm. A ST. LOUIS RIOT. Fully a Dozen Persons Receive Bullets in -Their Bodies. POOR AIM OF GUARDS Girls and Boys Among Their Vic tims When They Fire at At tacking Crowds. The Casualties. In a rioting sense Wednesday's de velopments were the worst experienced since the strike on the lines of the St. Louis Transit company were inaugu rated over three weeks ago. The riot ing was confined entirely to three places in the southern section of the city and by nightfall the police records showed that fully a dozen persons had either received bullet wounds or been hurt by fling missiles. Three of those hit by bullets received what are presumably mortal wounds, and that no one was killed outright seems miraculous con sidering the great number of shots ex changed by the employes of the com. pany, the strike sympathizers and the strikers themselves. The worst of the riotous disturbances occurred near the intersection of Cali fornia avenue and Keokuk street. In this affray a non-union motorman and another cmploye on the car of the Transit company were probably fatally shot. The battle was fierce and proba bly 200 shots were fired. Obstructions had been piled high on the tracks, which Motorman R. H. Stilson. a man imported from Cleveland, Ohio, and Eneigency Policeman Lofton, who were on the front platform, observed. A big crowd began to hoot and jeer and apply epithets to the crew of the oar, daring any one to get off the car to re move the obstructions. As Stilson started to step from the car his action was the signal for firing to begin from the crowd. Almost at the first shot Stilson threw up his hand and fell to the front platform with a bullet through his body. In the fusilade that followed John T. Rice, a road agent, who was on the car, was shot down as he got from his seat inside, receiving a ball through the chest. The police bodyguard on the car opened fire on the mob. The mob scattered. Another affair took place at the in tersection of Gravois avenue and Vic tor street and during its progress Mar tin Burke, a striker, was shot in the left hip. Elmer Simmons was acting as guard on a Cherokee line car and as it was passing the corner Burke began calling those upon it vile names. Leaving the car Simmons drew his re volver and advanced on Burke. Burke grappled with him and in the straggle for possession of the weapon two shots were fired. A crowd of strike sympa thizers beat Simmons unmercifully but he was rescued. When the first car out this morning reached Broadway and Miller street the crew had to remove obstructions from the track and a big crowd jeered them. Almost immediately after shoot ing commenced from the car. First a single shot rang out and then a perfect fusilade. The crowd broke amid the greatest confusion. A school girl named Dollie Mitchell was wounded slightly. Win. Granneman, who was standing some distance from the scene, was seriously wounded in the knee. James McCalley also some distance away received a ball in the left leg. The injuries to both men may necessi tate amputation. A second riot occurred at Broadway and Pestalozzi street. A large crowd pelted a car with rocks and other mis siles. Then firing began. In all 25 or30 shots were fired. The crowd broke and Herman Peschke, a boy employed in the Anheuser Busch brewery close by, was the first victim, a bullet ent-ering his back, causing total paralysis below where he was hit. John Decker and: Frank Yeager were also shot in this af fray, but neither seriously hurt. Geo. Lacosten, a man employed at the brew ery, and Albert Wackwiltz, a painter, fell to the ground wounded. The doc tors do not think either are seriously injured. Twenty-five policemen responded to the riot call. Edward J. Bresner, con ductor on the car, was arrested and locked up charged with shooting Peschke. Bresner stated that he hid shot when the others in the car com menced firing after being attacked. He said he did not know whether he had hit any one or not. The three wounded n~en denied participation in the attack. The Blue ano Grey. Another link in the chain which binds the once warring factions of the north and south was forged Wednesday by the dedication of a monument erect ed to the memory of those who wore the grey as well as those who wore the blue and died in mortal combat in the bloody field of Antietam. The event, which is probably without a parallel in the history of the world, was graced by the president of the United States, ac companied by the members of his cabi net; a score or more of United States Senators, thrice as many members of congress, the governo'- of Maryland and prominent men from all parts of the country. There were also present hundreds of veterans who fought for the lost cause, and thousands who fought for the side that achieved vic tory. Side by side, shoulder to shoulder, they stood with uncovered heads throughout the ceremony which marked the conveyance of the monu ment from the state of Maryland to the national government. All animosities forgotten they listened to the simple stories of those who told of the heroism of the boys who were engaged in deadly strire. Charleston Is Jubilant The naval appropriation bill was called up in the House at Washington on Tuesday of last week and the re port was agreed to relative to the re moval of Lhe naval station from Port Royal to Charleston. A dispatch from Charleston says when the news reached there it made the people very jubilant. They regard the passage of the bill as a clean victory for Charleston and makes the construction of the station there a certainty. The next step will be for the appointment of a committee of naval officers to go to Charleston a rnepot upon a site for the station. HANNA DEuENDS THE TRUSTS. Senators Teller, Tillman and Allen Ask Ugly Questions. The debate in the United States Sen ate last Friday was caustic. The debate was over the armor plate ques ti~n. Senator Hanna, of Ohio, a member of the committee on naval affairs, said that since his advent into the Senate he had devoted considerable time to a study of the armor plate question. He was in favor of the construction of a formidable navy as rapidly as possible, and was satisfied that the delay in the navy's building now was due to a great extent to the opposition of the Sena tors from South Carolina, (Tillman,) and New Hampshire, (Chandler,) to the payment of a reasonable price for armor. "The responsibility for this delay," said be, "rests upon these two Senators for placing the price of armor below that which it could be manufactured for by any concern in the country, and the Senator from South Carolina has given you the animus of his opposition when he said that he would rather see the bill fail than to see any concessions made to the armor companies. On his respon sibility as a Senator he was satisfied to say that $445 per ton was not only a reasonable but a low price for armor." Further along Senator Hanna argued that it would be the part of wisdom to place the matter within thb discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, and said no armor plant could be constructed under five years that could supply the Government with suitable armor and then it would cost perhaps 50 per cent more than it eould be procured for from a private concern. To get the neces sary presses would require two yiars. TILLMAN S PERTINENT QUERY. "How does it happen," inquired Senator Tillman. "that several steel mills have recently been shut down if that be true?" "The same man who said he could manufacture steel armor plate at $260 per ton," retorted Senator Hanna, "closed down the steel mills to in fluence the stock market." "That is the way with men when they become millionaires through the medium of trusts," returned Senator Tillman, caustically. "They all be come liars and thieves." ALLEN MAKES THINGS CLEAR. Senator Allen said this discussion bad brought out the fact that the friends of the trust were in the saddle. No previous discussion has been suf ficient to bring Senator Hanna or Sena tor Elkins to the front, "but the moment that we attack one of these trusts that are preparing to rob the country of millions of dollars." he said, "they appear here as advocates of this great cctopus and undertake to pur suade the Senate that the Government should not manufacture armor plate, but that it should stand up and allow itself to be rifled." TELLER ATTACKS HANNA. Senator Teller said that when the chief representative of the Republican party, as he regarded Senator Hanna, came here as the champion of the com mittee cembinations he felt that he was justified in saying that the Republi ans expect to repeat this year the tac tics of 1896, which consisted of levying assessments upon every manufaetur ing institution in the country. This assertion brought Senator Hanna to his feet. "I deny the state ment," he said, "it is not true." "I expected the denial," responded Senator Teller. "Technically the charge may not be true, but substan tially it is. It is notorious that the national banks were all assessed. Even the banks of Colorado were notified that they were expected to make contribu tions for the election of the Republi can ticket." Senator Hanna: 'The First National Bank of Denver was the recipient of all the contributions for the Demccratic campaig'n fund, and its president was the solicitor general for them." Continuing, Senator Teller said that, in view of the fact, that the policy of 1898 was to be repeated in 1900, it was not difficult to account for the interest of the friends of the armor plate makers in the Senate. He did not suppose that the disposition of the armor plate question had anythying to do with Mr. Carnegie's declaration for Mr. McKin ley, but he did know that the class of men for whom he stands seemed to feel that it was essential that he should be reelected. ?his was a mistake if they meant to pursue fair methods. He con luded with the assertion that the methods of the friends of the Adminis tration would not bear investigation for an hour. Senator Pettigrew charged thec Re publican managers with defence of the armor plate combination for political purposes. INSIST UPON THE SENATE AM!ENDMENTs. Senat<.r Hale's motion further to in sist upon the Senate amendments to disagree to the proposed amendment of the House as to armor plate, and that the Senate agree to a further confer ence, was agreed to unanimously. Senators Hale, Perkins and Tillman were appointed as conferees. A Farmer Assassinated. John W. Beasley, a tenant on the plantation of Ex Senator J. WV. Beas cy, was killed one night last week in Darlington county, fifteen miles north of Timmonsville. Particulars are mea gre, put it is ascertained that Mr. Byrd was shot while sitting in his house. The bullet went through a broken win dow pane. The person who shot him is not known, but it is supposed that a negro with whom he recently had troubl~e did the work. Mr. Byrd had trouble with him a few days ago and is said to have whipped him. Blood hounds are on the track of the man and hec will doubtless be captured. He Ran Away. Tudge Cantrill, at Frankfort, Ky., Thursay directed Circuit Clerk Ford to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of Former Governor Taylor. The war rant is based on an indictment secured several weeks ago charging Taylor with being an accessory to the assassination of Win. Goebel. A warrant was i3sued and placed in the hands of Deputy Sheriff John Sater. Taylor has run away from Kentucky and is now some where in Indiana, whose Governor re fuses to honor a requisition for him by Gon. Beckhiam. OUR COLOMAL RECORDS. The Probability is That the Stokes' Bill Will Pass. A dispatch from Washington says it looks now as if Congressman Stokes is going to secure the passage of his bill to preserve and publish the colonial records and historical archives of the states and territories of the United States. He has been devoting his en ergies in behalf of this bill for quite awhile. It provides for the creation of a discreet commission to decide what records are worthy of being put in per manent form, and provides for a suffi cient approbation. Senator Tillman co operating, managed to get the bill through the senate, and Dr. Stokes has secured a favorable report from the house library committee. A large num ber of members have indicated their approval of the bill, and the speaker Tuesday intimated to Dr. Stokes than he is inclined to recognize him in order that he might move the substitution of the senate for the house bill. This is a very important matter and is far reaching in its prospective benefit to the historical students z.11 over the country. It is also of far reaching im port to lawyers interested in titles and other causes. Its value to legislators is very great. Under present conditions investigators have to travel round from state capitol to state -capitol and to the national capitol. At the national capitol it involves a search from bureau to bu reau, fiom department to department, and from all these to the congressional library. When one goes to a state capitol, there are no facilities for ex aminations-no indexes, no helps. In most cases it involves a search through dusty manuscripts without in many oases even consecutive arrangement of pages. Even where the documents have been printed, in most esses there is only one copy extant, which is acces sible only in the state capitol, and if one volume should be lost by theft or fire or otherwise, the loss would be ir reparable. There are large masses of material of the utmost value that has not even been translated from the original French and Spanish. This bill looks to the collection and publication of these records without duplication, in a sepa rate alcove at the congressional library to which students of history or of legal or legislative causes, may repair with full assurances that here will be found everything that is in existence on the given subject, with uniform editing, indexing and all the helps that have been.approved by the best skilled in such work. THE OLD CONFEDS Have a Jolly Time at the Reunion in Louisville. Shortly af ter noon on Wednesday the tenth annual reunion of the Confederate veterans began at Louisville, Ky. Dar ing the morning the weather had been disagreeable, the rain coming down in torrents at times and fears were enter tained that the first session of the re union would be marred. However, two hours before the time set for calling the meeting to order the clouds began to break and by noon, although the weather was not exactly what might have been desired, the sun shone bright ly and there was a definite promise of fairer weather. The hall an hour before the time set for the commencement of the exercises was crowded to the doors, many hun dreds of ladies being present in all parts of the hail. As the distinguished leaders of the Confederacy came into the hall they were greeted with tumul tons cheers by the crowd. Gordan in particular was the recipient of a most enthusiastic greeting. The decorations of the hall were gorgeous in their spen dor and highly emblematic of the Con federacy. The exercises began with the doxol ogy and prayer. Mayor Weaver, of Louisville, then came forward and in an address welcomed the veterans to the city. Then came a series of short welcoming speeches. After the rendi tion of several selections by the Glee club, General John B. Gordon rose to respond to the speech of presentation of the auditorium. The Rev. B. M~. Pal mer, of New Orleans, then delivered the annual address. A Terrible Explosion. St Louis is having a rough time with her street car strikers. A terrific ex plosion, supposed to have been caused by dynamite, placed on the tracks of the Union line at Fifteenth and Cham bers streets, shook the buildings and brokethe glass in all the windows in the neighborhood at 12:40 this morning. Many persons were thrown from their beds by the violent concussion and all were awakened and more or less terri fied. As near as they could determine, it had resulted from dynamite which was exploded on the street car tracks. The damage to the rails was not mark ed, the explosive apparently having spent its force in the air. The shock was felt within a radius of a mile of Fifteenth and Chambers streets. Glass was shattered in windows many blocks away. So far the police have been un able to find out who was responsible for the explosion. The explosion created a panic in the neighborhood and many people slept no more the rest of the night through nervousness or fear of another explosion. Killed by a Lamp Of Coal. William Washington, a farmer, met death in a peculiar manner near War rior, Ga., Wednesady. He was walk ing'along the side of the Louisville and Nashville railroad track when a coal train appro)ached. As the train sped by a lump of coal weighing about forty paands was hurled from the car by the momentum and hit Mr. Washington in the head. He was felled to the ground and a few hours afterward died from the injury received. Attacked at Midnighte A dispatch from Manila says the town of Catermian, Island of Samar, was attacked at midnight, April 30, by a thousanJ. rebels, who entrenched themselves near the town over night. Capt. John Cooke of the Forty-third regimeut fought the Filipinos for six hours and afterwards buried 150 of the enemy. One American was killed and nen wawonded. TIE CROPS. Weekly Bulletin Issued by Sec tion Oirector Bauer. HOW THE CROPS ARE DOING Review of the Situation and the Outlook Throughout the State of Cotton and Corn. Below is given the weekly weather and crop bulletin issued last week by Section Director J. W. Bauer of the United States climate and crop service: The week ending 8 a. m. Monday, May 28, was slightly cooler than usual, with unusually low night temperatures and coAl winds during the latter part of the week. Rain fell on the 23d and 24th, which was general over the State, and was heaviest over the northwestern counties, where it was most needed. At a few points slight damage was done by lands being washed, but the showers were generally beneficial- The soil is now well supplied with moisture. The weather was favorable for culti vation and crops are well worked, with little complaint of grassy fields; but the nights have been too cool for rapid growth, especially of cotton, which re mains small, with, however, quite full stands, although irregular in size. Planting is finished. Lice have made their appearance over large areas. Chopping is well under way of nearing completion. Sea island cot-on looks well, but owing to cool nights is small. Corn is doing fairly well, and has good color and good stands on uplands, but on bottom land worms are doing serious injury, and have already made much replanting necessary; planting is not finished in the western portions. Tobacco is not uniform in condition, and in places is quite poor, while in other localities both stands and growth are satisfactory. Oats harvest has began and yields are good, although the straw is short in many places. General improvement is noted in this crop. Wheat is ripen ing, and with few exceptions the crop is above the average in condition. There has been some deterioration caused by rust. Rice is backward and growing slowly, although otherwise doing well. Bugs have done much damage to white pota toes. Truck, gardenr melons, cave and pastures growing nicely. Berries plentiful; peaches and grapes unusually promising, but other fruits scarcely up to the average. Christians Murdered. The Chinese continue to murder Christians. From all parts of the sur rounding country near Pekin news is constantly arriving of fresh atrocities committed by the boxers. Three Christian families were massacred at Shan Lai Ying, 60 miles from Pekin, Friday, May 25. Only two escaped. A representative of the Assoeiated Press visited Fang Tai and found the place occupied by a battalion of troops. The whole railroad station, workshops ad locomotive shed were gutted and much rolling stock was destroyed, including imprial palace car. Large warehouses flof valuable merchandise, were burned after having been looted by the rioters. The damage done is esti mated at half a million taels. The neighboring villagers seem to have joined in the attack, showing that the movement is not confined to the "boxers." Eight rioters who were cap tured will be decapitated. Biding through the south gate of Pekin, the correspondent found the road inside the walls lined with troops who greeted the traveler and his party with a fusillade f stones. The Situation Changed. From present ipdications the coming campaign will be a hot one. Within the last six months the situation has undergone a complete change. The administration has made about all the mistakes that could be crowded into the brief time allowed, and the Demo rats have taken advantage of them. A typical comment was made a couple of days ago by Lyman E. Cooley, who has been fluctuating between here and Chicago on business connected with the drainage canal and the deep waterway enterprise. He said: "Six months ago it was almost impossible to find a Democrat who really, down in his heart had any serious hopes of winnig. On the other hand it was equally hard to find a Republican who would consider the possibility of defeat. Now I meet many Democrats who are exceedingly hopeful, and I meet many Republicasfl who admit that the outcome is begin ning to look very uncertain. A Big Coton Swindle. Clement Nicolmi, Italian Consul at Galveston, Texas, has complained to the Cotton Exchange thata concern do ing business at Mount Pleasant, Tex., as J. Cohn & Co., swindled Gaetano Ferrario, of Mil~an, $14,000 byshipping 600 bales of trash made up of sweepings of compress yards and gins in place of 600 bales of Liverpool good middling cotton, which he had contracted to furnish. Cohn's draft was paid a month before the cotton arrived. The Consul states that in response to a tele gram to Mount Pleasant asking as to Cohn's financial standing he got a reply reading simply "N. G." Cohn, is asserted, shipped 1,000 bales of the same stuff to Japan. From the num ber of complaints coming it is apparant that swindles of this sort have been common this season. Some Mc~inley Prosperity. A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa., says all branch houses of the National Tube company, except in New York, Chicago, Pittsburg and San Francisco, will be closed on June 1st, and the managers and employees discharged. In the future all shipments of products of the company will be made from the various works in different parts of the country. There is a long list. of these branh house, nearly every city in the colntry having one. The new ordre will do away with 800 employees and result in a saving for the combine of no ls than $1,000.000 a year.