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ESTABLISHED 1S91. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. MARCH 1.1900. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. <||S
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SILL MEM
COMniTTEE SELECTS F
NATIONAL DEMOCRJULY
ffl THE DUE HIED.!
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Honor Lay Between Kansas City and
Milwaukee and the Former Won.
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nafinnftl rOMmit
XUC x/cutvuiuk<v
tee jnet in the parlors of the Hotel
Raleigh at Washington, Thursday at
noon, to fix the time and place for
holding the national Democratic convention.
The committee was called to
order by Senator Jones,, chairman of
the committee. Every state and territory
was represented either by the j
national committeeman or by proxy.
Kansas City, Missouri, and Wednesday,
the 4th of Jnly, was the time and
place decided upon for the convention.
The really significant thing about
this decision is found in the absolute
and decided refusal of the Democratic
loaders to hold their convention on
the 9th of May, the date on which the
Populist national convention will be
held. The sentiment against the proposition
to hold the convention on that
day was practically unanimous.
Its strongest advocate was National
Committeeman Thompson, of Nebraska,
who in some respects has been re- j
garded as Mr. Bryan's personal representative
on the committee. That in
his advocacy of this date lie did not
represent the wishes of Mr. Bryan,
however, was stroDgly attested by
other members of the committee who
have been in conference with the
t leader since the member from his own
state has seen him.
Mr. Bryan was in favor of some day
in the first week in Jane, preferably
fc the 5th, and the committee wonld have
selected that date except for the strong
appeals made by the representatives
from Oregon, who pointed ont that
this would conflict with their elections,
and that they wouid be unable
to send delgates to the national convention
if there were such conflict
Outside of this refusal to accept the
Populist date, the most significant development
of the day's conference is
found in the emphasis given the fact
that the Democratic campaign is to be
pitched so as to catch, if in any way it
is possible, the German vote. This
- '. first manifested itself in the appeal of
the orators who spoke for Milwaukee.
- The geogx&phical arguments advanc'
ed by Kansas City proved efficacious.
To the eloquent appeal of the representatives
of Milwaukee they pointed
\ to the fact that with the convention of
1896 at Chicago, the Democrats lost
Illinois by nearly 150,000 votes,
while the Republicans lost the state
in which they held their convention
by about 70,000 votes. Kansas City
won by a vote of 41 to 9.
t Cincinnati had a delegation on
board headed by John S. Huff,formerly
of Atlanta, with an offer of $25,000,
but it was decided not to present the
city's name, as the sum was too small
to grvq it a chance.
The claims of the rival cities as to
4 hotel accommodation, railroad and telegraph
facilities were presented in
open session by representatives of
each oity, and subsequently in execu
tive session ex-Governor Stone on be
hah of Kansas City, and National Committeeman
E. C. Wall, on behalf of
Milwaukee, explained the financial
inducements which the city he represented
was willing to make.
Each offered the committee $50,000,
1 but in addition Kansas City was willing
to fnrnish hotel accommodations
for the members of the committee and
the halt with decorations and music
free of expense to the committee.
A speech which had a great deal of
influence in fixing the date was made
by ex-Senator Gorman. He said that
^ four years ago it might have been well
$ to hold the convention early, as the
party then took a new position, one
which drove many of the leaders out
of the party or into temporary retirement.
The organization then went
SON DEFENDS FATHER.
Young Clark Appears Before the Senate
Investigating Committee.
C. W. Clark, son of Senator Clark,
of Montana, appeared before the senate
committee Tuesday and told thai
he had an income of $250,000 a yeai
and that he was in business for him-j
self.
He denied in detail the assertion oi
such witnesses as Whiteside and Hew
itt, State Senator Myers and others.
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Mr. (JJarK nuDmuiou nu?v
t '-a detailed statement of his receipts
and expenditures for political purposes
0L during the Montana campaign. Th<
J aggregate footed up to $118,000.
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QAQE ROASTS MACRUfl.
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Says Statements of Ex-Consul Shoulc
Be Discredited.
Lyman J. Gage, secretary of thi
\ treasury, arrived at St. Louis Thurs
day. In an interview he said:
"So far as I have been able to as
certain, there is not a scintilla of evi
dence to support Macrum's . charges
I don't believe that the officials of tb<
English government violated the se
*i crecy of our communications to on
accredited representative and I thin)
the investigation to be made will sho\
as much."
RIOTERS BEGIN TERMS.
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Twenty-Two Sent to Convict Cam
at Adrian, Ga.
Guards passed through Savanna
Thursday morning from Darien, Mclr
tosh, county, Ga., having in charg
twenty-two negroes convicted last sun
* mer of rioting.
They go to work for one year eac
? ^ at Adrian, Ga., where the James Lun
ber company has a large plant. The?
are the negroes who had the militar
^ - called out last summon
KANSAS CITY
>LACE AND DATE FOR
VTIC CONVENTION.
into new hands, into the bands of able
men, but many of whom had not been,
active in control of party affairs. It
took them some time to organize.
Now there was a good organization,
rho party was ready and equipped to
enter upon the campaign. Tho party
in power should be allowed to hold
its convention first and the indictment
of that party could be made as it
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l.?u UCCU JUiUViV AW
ADDRESS ISSUED.
When the business of the meeting
was concluded the committee issued
the following call:
"The national Democratic committee,
having met in the city of Washington
on the 22d day of February,
1900, has appointed Wednesday, the
Fouith of July, as the time aud chosen
the city of Kansas City, Mo., as the
place for holding the national Democratic
convention. Each state is entitled
to a representation therein equal
to double the number of its senators
and representatives in the congress of
the United States and each territory,
Alaska, Indian Territory and the District
of Columbia, shall have six delegates.
All Democratic conservative
reform citizens of the United States,
irrespective of past political associations
and differences, who can unite
with ns in the effort for pure, economical
and constitutional government,
and who favor the republic and oppose
the empire, are cordially invited
to join us in sending delegates to the
convention."
The committee, at 6:30 p. m., ad?
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journed to meet at .kansas uity, j uiy o.
WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL.
Usual Address Is Read In the United
States Senate.
Ail annual custom which has prevailed
in the senate for many years is
the reading by some senator designated
by resolution, of Washington's farewell
address, immediately after the
reading of the journal of the senate on
Washington's birthday.
Several day's ago Senator Foraker,
of Ohio, was selected to read the address.
It was a notable compliment
to him that when the senate convened
Thursday that all of the public and
private galleries were crowded and
scores of people stood in tlie corridors
unable to gain admission.
An unusually large attendance of
senators was present and all gave close
attention to Mr. Foraker's reading,
which was a fine bit of elocution.
At the conclusion of the reading he
was congratulated by his coileaguss.
Miners Get .lore Wages.
An advance of 2 1-2 cents per ton in
wages has been granted the coal diggers
of the Alabama Consolidated Coal
and Iron Company at Brookwood,
Bibb county, Alabama.
AGUINALDO IS LOCATED.
! The Wily Insurgent Leader Escapes
to Japan.
A special from Hong Kong, British
China, to The New York Evening
World says:
' United States Consul Wildmffn has
information that three members of the
Filipino junta, Lnban, Ponce and
Agoncillo, brother of the envoy, left
recently for Japan to meet Aguinaldo.
This gives credence to the story thai
Agninaldo escaped from the island oi
Luzon to Formosa when hnnted bj
General Lawton's expedition through
the northern part of the island."
GROSVENOR BLAMES BRYAN.
Says Nebraskan Influenced Votes Favorable
to Spanish Treaty.
Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, spoke ir
the honse Thursday in support of the
Porto Rico bill. He said that anj
political party or individnals who tool
part in ratifying and supporting the
treaty with Spain was estopped fron
opposing any of the legitimate effecti
of that treaty. When that treaty hum
in the balance, a certain Nebraska
colonel (Bryan) left his regiment ant
j came to Washington to aid in securing
| ratification and he did influence vote;
! at a critical juncture.
A GRANT MEMORIAL.
House Will Vote /"loney For a Stat
In Washington.
The honse committee on library fa
1 vorably reported a bill Thursda
making an appropriation of plans o
J designs for a memorial or statue c
General Grant to be erected at Wash
' ington.
The bill upon which the report i
f based was introduced by Represent!
" tive Mercer, of Nebraska.
j Prominent Populist Dead.
3 Colonel Thomas Fletcher, of Littl
3 Rock, known throughout the countr
3 as the leader of the Populist party (
Arkansas, is dead.
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r*c? ci^cn rnnn CTIIPPC
rvvw wi w.
* State Department Is So Notified B
Consul Stowe.
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United States Consul General Stov
at Capetown cables the state depar
. ment as follows:
4'Mashona foodstuffs released. Go
ernment buy. Consignors send ii
q voices. "Stowe,"
The Mashona was one of three ve
r sels seized by British cruisers off tl
? east coast of Africa, laden with foo
v stuffs, which it was supposed was i:
tended for the Boer3.
WAR "ALMOST" OVER.
p Fighting In Philippines Will Soon En
According *o Otis.
h According to information receivi
j. I at the war office from Manila, with t
re end of the present expedition of Ge
x. eral Bates into the two provinces
the extreme southern part of the islai
h of Luzon, military operations in t
Philippines will close.
je Afterwards, it is said, there is not
y ing to do but to undertake tomainto
order through a police system.
HINISTERS KICK.
The State School Commissioner
Charged With Discriminating
Against Baptists.
At the regular meetiDg Monday j
morning, several members of the At- i
lanta, Ga., Baptist Ministers' conference
jumped on State School Commissioner
Glenn for alleged discrimination.
The matter was brought up by Rev.
S. Y. Jameson, corresponding secretary
of the state mission board, who
stated that he had learned that the annual
report of Commissioner Glenn in
i enumerating the different schools and
colleges of Georgia ignored Mercer
University, Cox college and several
other. Baptist schools in the state.
Mr. Jameson thought such an error
should be corrected and brought the
matter to the attention of the Atlanta
ministers. The statement was as if a
bomb had been thrown into the peace'
3 onrl mnch fppl- j
1U1 ?uu quicn uicoiiug uuu ? ? ??
ing was manifest by the speakers who
followed Mr. Jameson.
There were two or three members
of the board of trustees of Mercer university
present, and upon their promising
to make an immediate investigation
the conference decided to take no
action in the matter for the present.
State School Commissioner Glenn
was attending a meeting of educators
in Chicago, and could not be seen regarding
the charges made at the ministers'
meeting.
Assistant Commissioner Woodall,
of the department, who is familiar
with all the executive business connected
with the publication of the report,
when asked, said:
4,I am surprised at the charges of
the Baptist ministers. There is not,
n )r has there beeD, any discrimination
for or against any denomination in
the management of the affairs of this
department. Moreover, Commissioner
Glenn has always sought to prevent
any such occurrence in the administration
of county school affairs."
FLOUR TRUST FAILS.
Big Hilling Company la Placed in
Hands of Receivers.
A Milwaukee dispatch says: The
United States Milling Company, generally
known as the flour trust, collapsed
Saturday afternoon, but the
fact did not become known until Monday,
when Judge Jenkins, in proceedings
ancillary to the United States
Annrt, nf New Jersey. appointed three
receivers for the company, two of
whom are,now in charge of the property.
The collapse is credited to the company's
inability to float its securities
on the open market.
The receivers are Daniel Thomas,
of New York; Charles E. Kimball, of
Summit, N. J., and Albert C. Loring,
of Minneapolis. The same receivers
were appointed in Minneapolis and
New Jersey. It was formed last April
and capitalized at 825,000,000. Proceedings
similar to Monday's will Lave
to be instituted in every circuit where
$he company own'k property. The
floating indebtedness amounts to 81,095,508.0S,
of which $144,365 is due
and $394 350 is on demand loans.
SEWALL MAKES DENIAL.
Former Vice Presidential Candidate
Calls On McKinley. .
Arthur S^wall, who was the Democratic
candidate for vice president in
1896, paid his respects to President
i McKinley Monday. To a newspaper
correspondent he denied a recent in;
terview in which he was quoted as
forecasting the defeat of the Democratic
party this year,
f MI did not say anything of the kind
r without qualification," Mr. Sewall
t .said. MI believe in expansion in a
certain way. I believe in keeping
Porto Rico and Hawaii and extending
to them every law of the United
States. Make them a territory of this
country without discrimination as tc
tariff or other laws. I also want tc
1 keep the Philippines, bnt I think wc
> should ultimately establish a republic
f there, with our protection extending
c over it."
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1 Fatal Mine Accident.
5 Four men were killed Monday morn'
I ing in the Mount Pleasant mine ai
Snrontnn Ph.. hv the breaking of t
1 mine carriage. The carriage struck ar
I adjustable shelf, which was left pro
a jecting, dropping the men to the pit,
seventy-five feet below.
DEWEY'S FORCE SUPERIOR.
e Admiral Fails to Qet Amount of Priz<
Money Asked For.
k* The United States court of claim
7 has rendered a decision on the clain
r of Admiral Dowey for prize money oi
^ account of the destruction < of th
Spanish fleet in Manila bay. Th
court decided against the admiral'
18 contention that the enemy's force wa
k" superior to his, and awarded $9,570.
The decision excludes the support
ing shore batteries, mines and torpe
does in the determination of the ene
6 my's force. Admiral Dewey's clair
^ was for $200 for each man belongin
} to the enemy's fleet, including thos
in charge of the fortifications.
DALY CONTRIBUTED.
y Montana Millionaire Admits Complic
ity In Clark Prosecution.
re Marcus Daly, the millionaire mine
of Montana, was the principal witnes
before the senate committee on ele<
v. tions at Washington Monday. Mr. Dj
a. ly confessed that he had contribute
$*20,000 or $25,000 to the prosecutio
g. of this case, but asserted that he ha
or>f<?r#?d into anv conspiracy befoi
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(j. Mr. Clark's election to injure him.
a. In conclusion he tendered his checl
and check books for the past five yea:
for the inspection of the committe
d Conference Committee Agrees.
The Republican members of tl
erj conference committee on the financi
ke bill has reached an agreement. Tl
n. Democratic conferees were called
0? and stated their opposition to the bi
and without further formality the b
ke was ordered reported.
Explosion Kills Seven.
By the explosion of a sawmill boil
at Pullman, Ark., seven men we
killed.
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WILY BOERS I1
ARE AT BAY
Qen. Cronje Calmly Awaits
His "Annihilation."
A SECOND ARMY FORMING
fljrdes of Burghers Flock To Bloemfontein
To Enlist For Defense of
the Transvaal.
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A London special says: "ine -doci-h
are assembling an army near Bloemfontein,
with which to dispute the
invasion of Lord Roberts. This intelligence
comes from Pretoria by way
of Lourenzo Marquez. The commandoes
are described as 'hastening from
all quarters of the two republics.
".So estimate is made of their numbers,
but the withdrawal of Boers
from most of the places whero they
have been in contact with the British,
except the district near Ladysmitb,
may raise the resisting force.to 30,000
men. This figure assumes that the
Boers have between 60,000 and 70,000
men in the field.
"The gathering of tbia army across
the path of Lord Roberts gives significance
to General Cronje's steadfast defense.
He has engaged the corps of
i Lord Roberts for ten days now, and
whether he is relieved or not, he has
given time for'the dispersed Boer factions
to get together and to prepare
positions to receive the British advance
when Cronje is overcomo and
Lord Roberts moves forward.
"It is difficult to conceive that the
Boers are strong enough to take the
offensivo and to rescue General Cronje
from his precarious situation.
"General Buller on Saturday faced
the last and strongest positions of the
Boers who bar his way to Ladysmith.
The strenuous fighting indicates a
battle between armies, rather than
rear guard actions protecting a retreat.
On Thursday and Friday he
lost forty-three officers killed and
wounded, representing probably a
total loss of from 400 to 500.
General White's guns worked on
Saturday upon the Boer positions and
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a lieliogram irom Jjaaysmuu repurteu
that the Boers were retreating and
that larger rations were being issned
in view of the fact that relief seemed
at hand. Nothing has been heard from
Mafeking since February 12th.
"The ordinary campaigning season
is over, and the sickly season for both
men and animals has set in. Technical
military writers take theso things
into consideration iu forecasting
events."
If the latest dispatches from Paardeberg
throw any light on the situation,
they show that General Cronje's
forces have far more protection from
Field Marshal Lord Roberts' heavy
fire than the first dispatches indicated.
A cable dispatch from Paardeberg,
da^ed Saturday, February 24th, says:
"A balloon has discovered the enemy
well covered by a system of burrowing
in the river bauk, which resembles
a rabbit warren, and affords
a shell-proof position."
PRETORIA IS IMPREGNABLE.
Mr. Montague White, the Boer representative,
now in New York, said to
a Press reporter:
"It seems to me Cronje has offered
himself and his men as a sacrifice to
hold Lord Roberts' great army in
) check till a second line of defenses are
; completed.
"If Cronje and his men are cap|
tured it will not end the war. It will
be a tremendous blow, but not a mor(
tal one.
"The war will not end until Pretoria
falls, and when the British reach
the Transvaal capital many thousand
lives will have been lost. The Boers
believe that Pretoria is impregnable,
and there is good reason for theii con.
fidence. As to intervention, the outt
look is not pleasing. I see no hope
k in Europe, unless Russia should take
, action, and that does not appear liko.
ly. I believe Emperor William would
like to 8top the war, but he does not
exactly know how to go about it.
Cotton Mills Pay Nine Cents.
Cotton touched 9 cents in Colume
bus, Ga., Monday. John T. Davis &
Co. sold nearly 600 bales to the Muss
cogee mills at from to 9 cents.
i BARRETT BACK AGAIN.
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0 Prominent Georgia Populist Returns
8 To Democratic Fold.
s James Barrett, who has for several
years been prominent in the Populist
party in Georgia, a member of the exi
ecutive committee, an elector to the
(- national convention and candidate foi
n agricultural commissioner on the state
g ticket announces his return to the
e Democratic party in a signed article in
The Augusta Chronicle.
COnniTTEE TO VISIT SOUTH.
> Will Investigate Industrial Conditions
In This Section.
;r News comes from Washington tha
is the industrial commission has decide<
2- to make certain recommendations fo
legislation in regard to the trusts am
id these will be forwarded to congress a
n once. A sub-committee will leavi
.d Washington about March 13th to in
:e vestigate industrial conditions at th
south. The sub-committee will hob
cs sessions at Raleigh, N. C.; Birming
rs ham, Ala.; Atlanta, Ga.; Memphis
e. Tenn., and perhaps at other places.
Prisoners Were Cold.
ae Frank Hogan and Charles Norrie
aj prisoners at the station house in Foi
ae est City, Ark., were burned to deai
jn Sunday morniug. The fire is suj
jj posed to have been started on th
ijj floor of the jail, in an attempt to kee
warm.
Explosion Wrecks Powder Mill.
The Piatteville, Wis., powder mil!
er were wrecked by an explosion Satu:
xe day afternooD, killing three men an
badly injuring another
COL. BRYAH SPEAKS I
IN THE GATE CITY1
Atfantlans Are Entertained With An
Address In the State Capitol.
MUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWN
He Explains Difference Between
Empire and Expansion.
W. J. Bryan entertained a big audience
in the hall of the house of representatives
at Atlanta, Ga., Friday
night with one of his characteristic
speeches.
The crowd which gathered in the
hall was probably the largest that ever
assembled in as small a place before in
the Gate City. As early a* 6 o'clock
the audience began to gather, coming
not only from Atlanta, but from points
in the vicinity of the city, and long
before the hour set for the speaking
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arrived tne nouse was wmiw mu.j
filled. There was an evident purpose
in the mind of all there to hear what
the Nebraskan had to say at the cost
of convenience and after the aisles
were filled the crowd pushed iu at the
doors and as far back as the walls to
the rear of the entrances upturned
faces could be seen, men and women
trying to get sight of Colonel Bryan.
With the hall in this packed condition
Bryan arrived with the committee of
the Young Men's Democratic League.
With three, policemen immediately in
front of the party it took fifteen minutes
for them to reach the speaker's
chair, and having arrived, he was partially
exhausted as a result of the trip
to the platform.
It is difficult to estimate the number
of people who were turned away, having
failed even to obtain a place near
the doors from which they could peer
into the room, but the number was
roughly estimited by many at between
1,090 and 2,000. The seating capacity
of the house is comparative small, but
the large majority of those present
were standing in the wide aisles, packed
uncomfortably close together, but
j cheerful to a degree under such circumstances.
With the exception of one person
who raised his voice from the center
of the hall at stated intervals to announce
that' 'we will have a Nebraskan
for president next year," there was nc
interruption. To the supporter whc
predicted his election Colonel Bryan
expressed his thanks, but nrged upon
him the necessity for closer attention.
In thrs position the crowd remaiuec
for two hours.
Colonel Bryan enunciated with de
cision the position he has occupied
and occupies still on the subject c
imperialism. His distinction betweei
expansion and imperialism was appre
ciated by every one in the vast audi
ence.
I "nniu " ooid Pnlfinpl "Rrrftn
ai1 CUi^ii tf DUIU WVUW. ^
"is a different thing from expansion
We expanded when we wook in Floi'
ida, when we enlarged the republi<
by the addition of Louisiana and whei
we took in Texas. Now it is not ex
pension that is being proposed, bn
the changing of a republic into an em
pire. We are going abroad to get i
foreign race for subjugation. The flaj
is to stand there in the Philippine
over men who are taxed without repre
sentation."
Iu scathing terms the speaker hand
led the sentimeut of "philanthrop;
and five per cent" as expressed by th
secretary of the treasury and repeate
by other Republican speakers.
The only reference during the ad
dress to the war in Scuth Africa wa
the wish that England might have o<
casion to need more men on tlie^cont:
nent than she has there at present.
At the close of the address it wa
fully twenty minutes before Colom
Bryan could escape from the crowd the
pressed around anxious to shake hi
hand.
RAILWAY MORTGAGED.
ObJect'Was To Secure Bonded Indebt
edness--Road Very Prosperous.
The LaFayette railway, extendin
from Opelika to LaFayette. Ala.
twenty-one miles, has filed a mortgag
in the probate court at Opelika to J
0. Griffin, trustee, for $40,000.
The mortgage is to secure bondage
that amount issued by the company
and tbe mortgage includes the entir
track, road-bed and equipment of tb
company. The road is very pro)
perous and pajs good dividends.
BIRM1NGHA/YS POPULATION.
New Census of Alabama City Show
Aggregate of 80,000.
The new directory of the city <
Birmingham, Ala., just publishe(
contains a total of 26,760 names, whic
reckoned on the basis of being mult
i plied by three, places tbe presei
population of Birmingham at 80,28'
an increase over last year of 3,78'
This estimate includes the immedia
suburbs.
) New Mill For Columbia.
The Kershaw cotton mill was 0
' ganized at Columbia, S. C., Frida
) capital stock $150,000. The Americt
l cotton mill increased its capital sto<
to $600,000.
SHORT ON FIRE.
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Freezing of Gas Pipes In Indiai
t Causes Much Suffering.
I A fall from 42 degrees to 5 belc
r zero throughout eastern Indiana wit
j in a few hours, Saturday, caused mm
* suffering in the entire gas belt. Tj
q pipes were frozen and little or no n
. could be bad in many homes, the
0 being no wood or coal at hand. Mai
j homes were abandoned and hotels i
sorted to, while families in hundre
of cases left home and crowded in
' houses where there was lire.
ROOT TRANSMITS CLAIMS.
i, They Are For Depredations of Soldie
During Spanish-American War.
k Secretary Root has sent to the lion
}* claims for damages alleged to ha
e been caused by United States troo
P during the Spanish-American wi
principally while encamped or trav
iug.
|6 The claims aggregate $132,00(5, a
r. by states include, florida $3,11
d Georgia, $11,140; South Carolina, $2
082) Virginia; $14; 555.
I WE WILL GIVE
WHAT IS ASKED
Filipino Constitution Outlined
By Schurnian.
HE GIVES ITS DEFINITION
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| Forecasts Document Soon To Be Pub*
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lished At Washington Regarding
Philippine Government.
President Schurman, of Cornell
university, and former head of the
Philippine commission, delivered an
j address before the student body of the
! Armour institute at Chicago Friday, in
; which he forecasted the report and
! recommendations of the commission
soon to be published at Washington.
President Schnrman said that he
had recommended to the president a
government and constitution for the
Philippines identically the same as
that framed by educated Filipinos,
which is practically the governmental
policy outlined by Thomas Jefferson
for the government of the vast territory
acquired by the Lonisiana purchase.
President Schurman said further he
was happy to state that President McKinley
had accepted the recommendations
and was sending out a second
commission to put this government in
operation.
"To avoid any mistake on the subi
ject," .'aid the speaker, "the constitution
drawn up by Pedro A. Paterno,
Aguinaldo'a prime minister in 1898
i ?ill 1? U1 alnntrai^A with the
I Will UO puuiioucu nivu^wiwv
; constitution adopted by the commis|
sion so that it may be seen the two are
i identical, with only slight elaboration
; in the American form. This constitu;
I tion aiso agrees with the request that
| leading Filipinos have been making of
; us day after day.
"The newspapers have not given
publicity to the fact that we are td
give the Filipinos the very government
they themselves ask, but our govern
ment is now.striking off 15,000 copies
i of the report that it may inform those
i who have been so solicitous in regard
> to the kind of government their
t friends, the Filipinos, would obtain
l from us."
Continuing, the speaker said that
I after a careful stady of the island
tribes he became convinced that the
plan of Great Britain in the govern1
ment of the Malays?signing peace
f pacts with the individual chiefs of the
i the tribes?was the most satisfactory
- one. The results upheld bis opinion,
- for in the southern row of islands,
where this policy was followed, not a
, gun had been fired and the American
. i flag had been held an honored em
blem. This policy was not adopted it:
c regard to the middle islands, whioh
3 are inhabited by the Yisayan tribe,tht
- largest in the group of islands, bet
cause of the fact that the most pecnliai
- of civil governments prevail there.
a The influence of Spain, said Presi
I dent Shurman, permeates the entire
s country, and its half million of inhab
i- itants. Owing to the domination o
Spain during the many generationi
- that have passed chieftains have die
y appeared and the great population ii
e left leaderless by the removal of Span
d ish rule. There are no chiefs in thi
portion of the country with whom thi
[ commission could have begun opera
8 tions to affect a peace pact.
5- Just now it would be as much a
i- their lives are worth for the natives t
come forward and accept the gov
s ernment offered, for the Tagals havinj
il taken away their arms, would com
it from the north and in ambush assas
is sinate many. It is only this fear tha
keeps the Yisayan tribe from unani
mously and voluntarily becoming th
active ally of the United States.
REUNION RATES.
g Information Regarding fleeting of th
> Confederate Vets At Louisville.
6 J. M. Richardson, chairman of th
r* Southeastern Passenger Association
has sent out a circular announcing th
)r rates to Louisville, Ky., during th
Confederate reunion. The rate of on
e cent a mile to Louisville and retur
ie from any point in the territory of th
3* association has been agreed npon b
all the lines.
. NEPHEWS' UNDER ARREST.
rs Two Men Charged With Murder of th
. Roberts Family In Florida.
Tom Hammond and C. C. Gear
' were arrested in Jacksonville, Fla
. by gheriff Broward, charged with th
^ murder of the entire Roberts famil
Rnmfl davs ago.
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g' The murdered family consisted (
^ the aged mother, maiden sister an
son. The men arrested are hot
nephews of the murdered man.
The theory of the officers is tht
r- eight or ten thousand dollars ws
y, taken from the safe in the house, an
in that live hundred dollars found in tb
2k safe after the murder was left as
blind.
SPORTING EDITOR PARALYZED,
aa Harry Weldon, Well Known Newspapi
flan, Dangerously III.
>w Harry Weldon, for twenty years tl
h- sporting editor of The Cincinnati E.
ah quirer, was stricken with paralys
be I early Sunday morning. He is co:
re j scions, though unable to speak. Tl
re | stroke affects chiefly the vocal orga:
ay I and the right arm and leg, the latter on
e- partially. His great weight, 31
ds pounds, is somewhat against him, y
to his physicians say his chances for r
covery are good.
A./*P*j<ed At Four Millions.
"Pf
xs | Leander J. McCormick's will, whi
! was filed in the probate court at CI
ise i Cago Friday, disposes of an esta
,ve j scheduled as worth $4,135,000. It
Ps ' left in trust equity for surviving heij
W, j ;
el- Democratic Clubs Name Date.
The executive committee of the E
"r tional Association of the Democra'
'' clubs has decided to hold the next a
" nnal meeting of the Democratic cln
at Jndian&oolia. September 5th*
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I SOUTH CAROLINA I
] STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Seaboard People Are Hustling.
The Seaboard Air Line people are
gettiog to the end of the construction
of .their line between Cheraw and Colnmbia
so as to connect their through
system.
President St. John is quoted as having
stated that the line will be open
for business on the 1st of April. Those
in charge of the work state that there
is no reason now why the line shonld
not be ready before that time and
allow some little time for settling by
the 1st of April.
Charleston * bxpusmuu.
A determined effort is being made '
by the business and commeroial organizations
of Charleston to give a
grand indnstrial exposition in 1901.
The preliminary work has already
commenced, and active preparations
are making for the show. Colonel J.
H. Averill, who managed the exhibits
from the state at the Cotton States and
International exposition at Atlanta,
has been appointed manager and is in
direct tonch with the indnstrial and
commercial bodies .throughout the
south.
The national government will be
asked for an appropriation and aid is
expected from the general assembly of
South Carolina, which has already
commended the exposition, scheme.
There are promises of the most liberal
(ontributions from the city, and the
men behind the undertaking is a guarantee
that it will be made a success.
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The managing committee issaeu uu
address to the p?ople of the state urging
a hearty support an co-operation.
Colonel Averill, of the executive
oommittee, who is now in the "op
country" talking for the exposition,
sends back the most interesting fetters,
all of which indicate that his
mission has been most successful and
that he has secured, or maybe the
better word would be "discovered,"
many warm friends of the exposition
?friends who not only say tbey are
in favor of the big show, but that they
will take stock. in the company and
make exhibits of their* goods and visit
Charleston while it is in progress and
bring their families and friends.' These
are the kind of friends needed.
I
A Female Architect.
A young South Carolina woman who
has gone to New York and wprked herself
herself up to the top of the laddei
' is Miss Blondelle Malone of Columbia.
She left Columbia with talent,
) perseverance and youth, and has done
well in New York.
! The Architectual League of Neu
' York is an organization at which onlj
r first-class work is exhibited and every1
thing offered is not accepted; indeed,
many artists try in vain to have a sin
1 gle exhibit accepted. Miss Malone
L on ber first trial, bad eight out of nin<
-n?Aiinan? AftcAnted for exkibi
U1 lid o^oviutvuu _ .
1 tion.
1 Those in charge of the leagfce bav<
' given the highest praise to the work o
Miss Malone. I
Dispensary Bonds.
j Commissioner Cram, who was elect
ed at the recent session of the genera
f assembly, has filed his bond. It i
i said that Commissioner Crum is think
. ing of requiring a bond of all of thi
8 trusted employes of the dispensar
. for faithful discbarge of dnty, etc.
9 Assistant Attorney General Gunte
9 has been at work fixing the form o
,? bond the dispensary constables are t
gite under the law. He will prepar
s a form requiring the bondsmen t
o qualify and the auditor to show tha
r? the bond is sufficient?$500 being tb
g amount of the bond fixed by law.
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Citadel Cadets Well Drilled,
t Col. John D. Frost, of the adjutan
and inspector general's department
e was much pleased with the inspectioi
of the Citadel cadets. He found the;
had been well drilled and were wel
. up in the manual. He was not a
e well pleased with the arms-and equip
ment of the corps. He sail that th
e cadets kept their arms and eqnipmen
i, in splendid condition, but that th
e arms and belts were all out of date,o!<
e and hard to keep in order. He though
e that the board of visitors ought to ai
d range to get a new supply of arms an
e that if the proper efforts were mad
j something could be done in that direc
tion. If the state gets its additions
supply from the government it may b
able to help in the equipment of th
uauovs.
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Rejected Suitor's "Revenw."
^ James Gardner, of North Carolins
'' fifty-five years old, who has bee
e courting a young lady at Mechanic;
^ ville, Darlington county, on assuranc
^ that his suit was hopeless, made hi
^ will, leaving all his property, which i
k said to be considerable, to the gi:
who rejected him. ?Ie then kille
. himself by taking strybhnine in a gla?
ig of wine.
d *% :
Xot Yet Awhile.
ie
a It was a false alarm about callin
* the state house commission to me;
last Wednesday. The law does n<
become operative until thirty days ai
the approval of the act, and cons<
it quently the meeting of the commissio
to invite bids for the completion of th
1? state house will not be held until tt
a. act is operative, that is thirty days a
ig ter approval.
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F rohibitionUts Address People.
QS Colouel J. A. Hoyt, of the speci,
]y committee appointed by the state pr<
[XI hibiiion conference on the 12th of la:
et month to prepare an address to ti
i- ??iia wnrV and i
e- peopie, semu^ tviw IUO V. M
sqes before the prohibitionists and 1
plan for and perfect an organization <
the Prohibitionists for the comic
oh state campaign, has given ont the do
nment and the same has been pul
. lisbed.
The prohibitionists will have a gul
18 ernatorial candidate in the field ne:
'? summer to fight the dispensary m
chine. CoL J. A. and James A. M
Cullougfc, of Greenville; Joel E. Bru
" son, of Union; C. G. Featherstone,
Laurens, and Charles Smith, 01 Tij
,n~ monsville, are spoken of as pojpib
b* candidates for governor on the co
water platform.
We appeal to every newspaper in
the state that hast he sense of honesty
and fairness to lose sight of the few :*
dollars that may come to it through
those who love liqnor, tp forego the
imaginary pleasure of holding np the ;
hands of those who cry, "personal liberty,"
when that personal liberty is - J
violative of the rights of others, and -Jk|S
to join with us in the effort to remove
the accorsed liqnor traffic from the
We appeal to the good women of the j
state, and when have the women of . -5
South Carolina ever failed in a good ^|g ;
cause? You cannot vote, it is true, 3|j
but you can give expression to yonr ' " j
opposition to the liquor traffic by |
wearing the badge and by a thousand - |
acts of your life, and it may be your |
hand that shall drive the. "tent nail" S
through the head of the monster that ;'!
la innnr aofnflllv AfltinCT TrtUf ?
We appeal to the Christian ministers v
of the state. Shall those who preach v
the gospel enter the field and speak |Sj
against liqaor selling? See the Mastsr vJS
with a scourge driving out the money '. ^^8 ;
changers from the temple, overthrow- 4 V' ^
ing the tables and pouring out tbeir/^ ''
money; and hear Him cry, "Woe unto'?
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; ye
serpents, ye generation of vipers, how - ^
can yon escape the damnation of helif&efl M
and yon will see that He did not seem |
to have a sort of namby pamby citi- zenship,
nor to have been afraid of "M \
offending against the proprieties of *
Remember that this liquor selling < i f
and liquor drinking is the one great : gf
battery of hell, manned chiefly by the I
devil himself, and is shelling the
church of Christ, slaying your broth' H
era all around yon, and you stand as * % 3
watchmen on the walls of Zion and, yj " S
must cry out with warning to those ?|?J ^4
around yon. Arise as soldiers, of the - ^
cross and silence forever this destrno> J ^
tive agency of the devil, . ii**
Light the fires of prohibitipn on|^?S
every hilltop in the stated let the My?iO j||
go sliding down every stream nntS the-;J _
Opaline lx>&ms shall Denetrate evefjflJjg
nook and corner, every crack* and cra> ^p?B[|
vice in the homes and hearts of our ^ .-T0
people. "Then shall the earth yields ' -||
to her increase; and God, even on* r ', :>!
own God, shall bless nti'" . ' 'fd
Carolina Matters In Washlnctoa. .. -3
A Washington dispatch says: Con- ' M
1 gressman Elliott has been notifi^ b^S
the Postmaster General that at his re- ||
quest rnral free delivery service has. ,|I
( been ordered established for Edisto '
Island, to commence on Thursday, M rf?
, March the 15th. H
Col. Elliott has also been notified of % :fff
the establishment of a postoffice at
J Okatie, Beaufort county, and. the *P--^9 S
pointment of Philip M. Cooler as post* i
, Thomas H. Tatum, of Orsngebnrg*^ -Ifi
. who was.given a place in the agricnl- |g
tnral department last summer through M iff
1 the patronage of Congre?sman Stokes, jjj
, and who had previously passed the 'J|
3 civil service examination, has reoefitfy ^
. been offered a position in the adjutant
general's office in Alaska, to be eta- ||
3 tioned at St. Michael's, There are..'^
f many inducements held ont to him, , ^
one of which is a handsome salary, 9
but Mr. Tatnm has not yet decided^fi
whether he will accept the position.
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1 Board of Kecenti. jflI
a A Columbia dispatch says:
- terms of Messrs. A. H. White and;;i; <'fi|
0 Iredell Jones, members of the board j?j
y of regents of the state hospital for the J
inssnA. will expire. within the nex#^J-^
r few days. It is more than likely thai
f Governor MeSweeoey will neappoinlij %
o the inonmhent members of the board* /;||
e who have devoted so mach of their : >M
0 time and so mnch thought to the in*
THE QUAY CASE, ||
Penrose,'By Shrewd Tnctlcs, SQ&* ' {
* ceeds In Getting the Hatter tIIm
J Before Senate. - 1
j A Washington special says: By a , - |
1 rote of 34 to 28, after some exceeding* JlsM
0 ly clever tactitoal maneuvering in ^ :
e which he was coached by Senators H
t' Chandler and Wolcott as against Sen- 1
e ators Aldrich and Burrows, Senator ||
d Penrose succeeded Friday in getting , if
t tbe Quay case before the senate in a
? way that insures early action by that
e For some days tbe efforts of the ||
>- anti-Qnay leaders among the Bepub*??
d licans have been toward delay. In
e their desire to promote this delay they '
e have, very naturally, had the assistance
of senators with especial interest
in other legislation which they wanted
considered, and when Senator Peni,
rose's motion waa laid before the senn
ate these elements were found arrayed '
s- against it. The test showed *,hat a '
? ?iftamKor* of thft RAData r
0 UlttJUl lljr U1 bUO 4UV?MW*w mmm mm . , T
is believe that the question of a man ry':^|
is claiming a seat is one of the highest
rl privileges and that has a right to hay*
d his case considered,
is The Quay men are claiming that the
vote indicates the final vote on the 3
merits of the question itself, but this
is not correct. Some senators who
g voted against consideration will vote s , j
jt to seat Senator Quay, while others ^
)t who voted for consideration will rot#
f. against him.
Jj QUAY FIGHT BEGINS.
18 Senator Tnrley flakes An Argument
? Against Seating Pennfylvanlan.
Formal discussion of the right of
former senator Quay to a seat in the
senate as a member from Pennsylvaaj
nia was begun Monday by Mr. Tnrley, *
of Tennessee, in a constitutional arga-|p||a
m6Dt against t06 8 ftQDg OX jnr>
ie Consideration of the Hawaiian govg.
ernment bill brought out a lively dis^
>0 cus8ion between MrJEllman, of South
Df Carolina, and Mr. Wpooner, of Wislg
consin, in which the former admitted
c. that the ballot boxes had befen stuffed
5. and negroes had been shotin the south %\ ^
to maintain white domination*
^ To Bay Chandler Home.
g. A bill was introduced in the Vir- :J?|
c. ginia senate Monday and promptly
n. passed to incorporate the Stonewall
0? Jackson Memorial Association, thai
f purpose of which is to procure by
,}e purchase the Chandler home, in Carols
line county, in which General Jaekson
died) and to preserve it
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