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Alfjf ; The Bamberg Herald. 1 r ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG, S. C.. THURSDAY, MARCH 8,1900. 0NE D0LLAB PEB YBAB* Jl ~ " of rcQtftnrants in the city. 'Aliis _ rnrfn Tim Tyn n n &Tmn DEMOCRATS CAI X REPUBLICANS IN THE I UPON UNSUSPECTI , PASSED IN IIMIM Bill; h h . It Confers Power Upon President To 11 r Dispose of Porto Rican Revenues, u t! c v nresiaent Mciuutey sent ta? follow- l[ ing special message to congress Friday ^ recommending that all the revenue ^ collected on importations from the island of Forto Rico since the H evacuation of the island by Spain* 8| amounting to more than $2,000,000 g, Bhould "be placed at the disposal of the a president for the reHef of the island, p uTo the Senate and House of Repre- a sentatives: Since the evacuation of ? Porto Rico by the Spanish forces on ^ the 18th of October, 18^8, the United States has collected on products com- P tag from that island to the ports of > the United States the duties fixed by a the Dinglev act and amounting to \ $2,095,455.88, and will continue to col- ^ lect under said law until congress shall ? otherwise direct. Althongh I had the pcrwer, and having in mind the best ? L interests of the people of the island, t] K used it, to modify duties on goods and ? r products entering into Porto Rico, I 1J did not have the power to remit or modify duties on Porto Rican products coming into the ports of the a VUllOU UMIIC9, "In view of the pressing necessity ^ for immediate revenue in Porto Rico ^ |r for conducting the government there, . mid for the extension of public educa- " tion, and in view also of the provis- ** ional legislation just inaugurated by " ^ the house of representatives and for 0 the purpose of making the principle embodied in that legislation applica- f: ble to the immediate past as well as to " x the immediate future, I recommend 0 that the above sum, so collected, and 81 the sums hereafter collected under ex- C1 isting law, shall, without waiting for the enactment of the general legislation now pending, be appropriated for 3 the use and benefit of the island. ^ - "William M'Kinley. j # "Executive Mansion, March 2, 1900." taken up at once. b The message was greeted with Re- ^ publican applause in the house and k Mr. Cannon asked unanimous consent g( - for the immediate passage of a bill to carry out the recommendation. There was no objection and it was agreed ^ there should be twenty minutes debate on a side. "I hope the recommendation will meet with favor on that side of the ^ ^ house," said Mr. Richardson, the ^ minority leader. "I'll see if it meets with favor on ? thi? side of the house," retorted Mr. E Cannon sharply. "I'll now ask for 0 unanimous consent for the immediate 1( consideration of a bill to carry the res commendation of that message into F force." n The suddenness of the request n /*on?f?rna.tinn to this Demo- h cratic side. There was no time for a consultation. Mr. Richardson stood a hesitating a moment. ^ "Better do it at once," said Mr. 81 Cannon "before you change your ? mind." f< i This shaft raised a langh. ft Mr. Richardson said he would not I \ object but wanted to know how much A time would be allowed for debate. *] Mr. Cannon replied that he hoped h there would be no debate. The bill ? contained an exceedingly plain propo- n sition and needed no explanation. He n finally suggested twenty minutes on a * side. To this Mr. Richardson assent- d ed, observing: b "I do not suppose gentlemen on the other side can be of one mind longer than forty minutes. (Laughter.) We agree if it will help you out of the b hole." si The bill was then offered, as fol- e< lows: g "Be it enacted, etc., that the sum of f( $2 ,095,455, being the amount of cus- u toms revenue received on importations ft by the United States from Porto Rico s ROBERTS' CASUALTY LIST. Sends Supplemental Report of Losses p In Fighting Cronje. A London special says: Lord Roberts has forwarded an additional list j of the British casualties daring the three days' lighting at Paardeberg, * showing twelve killed, eighty-two c wounded and four missing and includ- d ing seven officers and four Canadian D privates wounded. Our Flag Desecrated. ti There has been extravagant rejoicing n in Cape Colony at the surrender of , General Cronje. At Durban, Natal, P W the stars and stripes have been flying a alongside the Union Jack. P ? VANDALS STEAL DRAPERY. S Goebel Mourning Emblems Are Stripped From Capitol Building. % Vandals have stripped the Kentucky fc state capitol building of emblems of b mourning with which the front of the p building was draped on account of the d death of the late Governor Goebel. t The work must have required the co- t' operation of a number of people and v occupied some time. The soldiers fi were on duty during the night. Cap- t' tain Cochran, who is in charge, will, a 1 11 L | _ noia a court ut iuvjuu;. , ^ SYMPATHY FOR BULLER. < ? Queen Expresses Sorrow Over Heavy Losses fusrained. < ] The queen has telegraphed General |: Bnller as follows: < -j "I have heard with deepest concern ' ^ the heavy losses sustained by my brave > Irish soldiers, and I desire to express 1 my sympathy and admiration for the ' splendid fighting qualities they have exhibited throughout these trying op- J ?rations." 1 * ' , .. . : JGHT NAPPING 7 10USE PLAY A TRICK NQ OPPONENTS. ince the evacuation of Porto Rico by le Spanish forces on October 18, 898, to January 1, 1900, or that shall ereafter be coveted under existing iw, shall placed at the disposal bf Ie Resident to be tlsed for the gorrnment and behefit of Porto Rico util otherwise provided by law, and he revenue herein referred to, already a11 a*Iai3 <3 1 l\ /\ /*r\l 1 a n rt ^ AT. UUCUIOU. ttUU w UO tuiicw^ou uuuu VA iting laws, are hereby appropriated 3r the purposes herein specified out f moneys in the treasury not otherrise appropriated." EXPLAINED BT MR* CANKDJT. Mr. Cannon said ihere was no reaon to tnake An extended argument in lipport of the bill. The brief mesage of the president, he said, covered 11 the points necessary to justify the assage of the bill. It appropriated 11 the money in the treasury collected p to January 1, and such as shall be ereafter collected on exports from >orto Rico for the benefit of the peole of the island. Mr. Cannon explained that the sugar nd tobacco piled up in Porto Rico conrolled by the sugar and tobacco trusts -hich was awaiting shipment to this ountry would be shipped to the Uniad States if this bill passed and that very dollar of duty paid by these rusts would be devoted to the storm wept and starving inhabitants of tne sland. (Republican applause.) "You have been shedding crooodile =ars," he concluded. "Now come up i nd vote for this bill, every man of ou. (Renewed applause.) Mr. Bailey, of Texas, replied to far. Cannon and evoked a round of i 1 ? - A*? h. vtHn _ 'emocrauc applause uy ma uibu dou- i jnce. If he had known when the nanimons consent was submitted that le bill placed at the absolute disposal f the president $8>000>000 now in the easury and an indefinite sum herefter to be collected^ he said, he would imBelf have taken the responsibility f objecting. He would never conent, he said, to turn over to the disretion of one man money in the reasury. Mr. Cannon moved the previous uestion on the Porto Rico bill and ais prevailed on a standing vote of 43 to 119. A yea and nay vote fol)wed. Mr. Bailey's motion to commit the ill was lost by 133 to 149. The vote as then taken by yeas and nays on ae passage of the bill and resulted 68 to 167. The bill now goes to the jnate. TO ASSIST BAKER FAMILY. lassachusetts Congressman Introduces Bill lo the House. A Washington dispatch says: The inching of the negro postmaster at iake City, S. C., in 1898, was mad? le subject of a special joint resolution ltroduced in the house Friday by Representative Roberts, Republican, f Massachusetts. It provides as fol>W8: "Whereas, On or about the 21st of 'ebruary, 1898, 100 or more armed len fired upon and killed the postlaster at Lake City, S. C., and one of is family and wounded several others ?* v a _ 11 XL _i._ . no. men Durnea an wieir property, nd, " Whereas, That said family is in a affering and destitute condition withat even the necessaries of life; tbere>re, "Resolved by the senate and house of epresentatives of the United States of .merica in congress assembled, That tie sum of eight dollars per month is ereby appropriated out of any money i the treasury of the United States ot otherwise appropriated, to be imlediately available for the relief of le said family, to be distributed uner such rules and regulations as may e prescribed by the postmaster gtnral. Grant of Land Requested. Senator Morgan has introduced a ill in the senate to grant land to the tate of Alabama for the purpose of dncation of colored students at Montomery and Troy. The bill provides >r the granting of 25,000 acres for the se of the State Normal school at Lontgomery and the same for the tate Normal college at Troy. WILL APPEAL TO CONGRESS or Reduction of Tariff Duty On Imported Wood Pulp. A Chattanooga dispatch says: E. !. Adams, president of the Tennessee 'ress Association, has appointed a ommittee of Tennessee publishers to ond rv.QConf f A AAnirrPRR a mA 4?" .vv r**"" O- ~ iorial requesting that the tariff duty n wood pulp be removed. This adion is the result of a national movelent by newspaper publishers having a view the reduction of the cost of rinting paper, which has been placed t an unreasonable and ruinously high rice by the paper trust. FOR MURDER OF FARMER. ?even Prominent South Carolina Men Are Tried. One of the most important criminal rials in South Carolina in years has >een in progress in Lexington the >ast week. An extra veneir had to be rawn to get a jury. Daring the trial he dispensary was closed by order of he judge. Seven white men are charged rith the assassination of a prosperous armer named Bowers. It is alleged hat they wished to get Bowers' land, nd he would not sell. All are men of roperty. RUSSIA TALKS BOLDLY. 5t. Petersburg Newspapers Bitterly j Denounce England. The newspapers at St. Petersburg, i Russia, outdo the rest of the conti- I cental press in bewailing General Cronje's defeat and virulently abusing Great Britain. They declare that the rransvaal has fully demonstrated its right to complete political independence, with au outlet to the sea. They suggest that the best help for j the Boers would be to create a diver- I jion against Great Britain elsewhere. ' DAVIS' BOLD STAND. fliririesota Senator Offers Amendment and New Section to Porto Rican Bill. Senator Davis, of Minnesota, offered an amendment to the Porto Rican bill in the senate at Monday's session. Its effect is to have the tariff laws of the United States applied to Porto Rico upon foreign imports, and allow absolute free trade between the United States and Uorto fiico. He also proposes a new section as follows: For the purpose of this act the following provisions of the constitution of the United States are hereby exand ftrmlioablft to Porto Rico: The congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties* imports aud exciseB, to pay the dfebt? and proVide folr the common defense and genferal welfare of the United States; but all duties imports and excises shall be uniform thoughout the United States. No capitation or other direct tax 1 shall be laid, unless in proportion to : the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken. No tax or duty shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one state over those of another; nor shall veflsels bound to or from one state be obliged to enter, clear or pay duties in another. GOOD ROADS CONVENTION. Call Issued For an Important Meeting In Orlando, Florida. The committee recently appointed to perfect arrangements for holding a state good roads convention in Orlando, Fla., consisting of representatives from the city council, board of trade, county commissioners, Democratic committee, have issued the following call: Believing that every citizen and every industry within the state of Florida are vitally interested in public highways, and being fully convinced of the benefits to be derived from discussion and conference over this important question, a state good roads convention is hereby called to be held in Orlando on March 22 and 23, 1900. The county commissioners of each of the several counties have been requested to oppoint one or more delegates. Cities, towns, boards of trade, bicyle clubs and oth?^ organizations will send delegates. Arrangements are being made for practical expert discussion of good highways generally and the following topics will form interesting topics for dicussion: Best plans and methods of construction. How shall funds be raised for road building. Bicycle paths, their construction "with public highways. Improvements of streets in towns and villages. What is the best material for this purpose available in the state? An effort is being made to secure the presence of General Roy Stone, Hon. W. L. Wilson, of the United States department of agriculture, and other men of national reputation to attend. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. List of New Industries Established "During the Past Week. The more important of the new industries reported for the past week include an asbestos goods factory in Virginia; brick and tile works in North Carolina; a broom factory in South CaroliDa; brown stone quarries in North Carolina; a carriage factory and coal mines in Kentucky; two cotton mills in Alabama, one in Georgia, three each in North Carolina and South Carolina, two in Texas; a cotton seed oil mill in Texas; an electric light and power company in North Carolina; a fertilizer factory in Virginia; flouring mills in Georgia, Louisiana, Texas and West Virginia; a foundry and machine shop in Virginia; two furniture factories in North Caroo^otrlonQ rroa trnrbn in Virginia: ?v?v.v,?v, ... 0 , an ice factory in Tennessee; knitting mills in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina; lumber mills in Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina and Virgina; a machine shop and mattress factory in North Carolina; a mosquito net factory in Tennesee; a naval stores company in North Carolina; ocbre and sienna mines in Georgia; a paper mill in Louisiana; a petroleum company in West Virginia; a soap factory in South Carolina; telephone companies in Florida and North Carolina; tobacco factories in Kentucky, South Carolina and Virginia.?Tradesman, (Chattanona, Tenn.) SHORT HOUSE SESSION. Death of Representative Eppes Is Announced and Resolutions Adopted. In the house Saturday the desk of Representative Eppes, who died Friday night, was hung with crepe and covered with a profusion of flowers, lilies, roses and carnations. The chapIain in his invocation made a feeling reference to the death of Mr. Eppes. Mr. Hay, Virginia, then announced with an expression of profound sorrow, on the part of himself and his associates, the death of Mr. Eppes. He offered resolutions of respect and sympathy, which were unanimously adopted. A committee of eighteen members was appointed by the speaker to act with a senate committee as a funeral escort. As a further mark of respect to the deceased, the house then adjourned. Uniforms For Veterans. The Confederate veterans of Camp ; Walker will be uniformed at the ex- j pense of the Atlanta city government. To the surprise of several who were watching the fate of the resolution fnr an pvnenditure. it was --i adopted by the city council without opposing speeches. Butler's Revised List. A London special says: General Buller's revised list of casualties from February 14th to February 27th gives 93 men killed, 684 wounded and 25 missing; total, 702. Nominated Prohibition Ticket. The Rhode Island Prohibition state i convention has nominated the following ticket: Governor, Hon. H. B. Metcalfe of Pawtucket; lieutenintgovernor, Willis Henry White of J Providence; secretary of state, Wm. E. Brightman of Liveton. KING COTTON CLIMBING UP Price of the Fleecy Staple Jumps to Ten Gents* NEXT CROP IN DEMAND. Dealers Are Baying For Delivery Next Fall at Prices Ranging From Seven to Eight Cents. Monday at the closing of the cotton market in New York middling spots were selling in that city at 9 13-16 for uplands and 10 1-16 for gulf. May closed Saturday at 9.38-9 and Monday rose "to 9.54. Atlanta spot cotton jumped up to 9$, at which point the staple was worth about 847 per bale, whieh is more than it has brought in some years. Cotton is worth about 810 per bale and the crop is worth about 890,000,000 more than it was on New Year's day. The cotton market is excited and speculation as usual is heavy, but the most remarkable and significant feature of the present situation is that cotton houses are buying next fall's crop, seven to ten months ahead of time; This is not a purchase of futures in the ordinary sense, but a contract to take actual cotton when it matures and is ready for market; Prominent cotton firms are offering to take next fall's crop at 7} to 8 cents, and a great deal of cotton has been sold to them already. It is reported on what appears to be good authority that the fertilizer companies, who will receive an immense amount of cotton in payment for fertilizers, have already sold their contracts at 7f cents to cotton houses. The Virginia Carolina Chemical company supplies a large part of the fertilizers sold in Georgia and other southern states, and is reported to have sold an immense quantity at 350 pounds of cotton per ton, PVkia TOz-inM matafVio VTircrmift f5aro? X XX AO n UU1V4 AAAMMV ?MV ? '? ? - ? lina Chemical company long on fall cotton, and it is reported that they sold or agreed to sell their cotton contracts to a prominent cotton honse for 7$ cents. This would net them $27.12 per ton for fertilizers which sold last year below $20. Thus a large part of the cotton crop of this section has been bought with fertilizers at a boom price and sold for cash against the market. The question naturally arises, how can the cotton houses afford to buy next fall's crop? The answer is that they can sell i1 as they buy it, ahead of time, and they do so. The speculative market is such thai fall cotton can be sold in New York al a fraction over 8 cents, and when ? cotton firm buys cotton for actual delivery next fall, it protects itself frorc the hazard of the market by buying futures to the same extent. The question arises again, how doe: it profit them to buy and sell at the same figures, paying commissions anc other expenses? They contract ahead of time for the handling of so much cotton, on every bale of which they make the ordinary profits of the business. In other words, they are securing business ahead of time and ahead o: their competitors. Other motives have been attributed to the cotton men. It has been sug gested that they wish to handle a big crop because their profits figure at s< much a bale, and knowing the effec of such an offer on the acreage, ar< publishing it broadcast in the plant ing season. Whether the have any such motiv< or not, there can be no doubt that th< offer of 7$ to 8 cents for the fall croj will induce the farmers to plant ver] heavily. The trouble about it, so far as the nnnnfli-nod l'u tV?at. it Wll lttiLUClO aio WUV.V1UVU) 4U hMWV w .... induce many to plaut beyond thai] means who will not be careful to mak< themselves safe in doing so. The pub lication of these advance offers foi next fall's crop will affect the action o hundreds'of thousands of planters who will be in no wise protected. GUNS ORDERED BACK. Shipment of Arms From Frankfor to London Stopped. The orders for the shipment of gun and ammunition from the state arsens at Frankfort to London, Ky., by th Republican state authorities, was re voked Monday afternoon and a c? loaded with munitions of war consign ed to London was unloaded and it contents returned to the arsenal. Th state officials give no reason for th change of program. The soldier worked all forenoon loading the cai There is a report that the war depart raent at Washington interfered and re quested the guns and ammunition al ready taken to London be returned. CRUMPACKER MADE HIT. Indiana Republicans Talk of Makin Him Governor. Among certain Republican leader in various parts of Indiana a move ment has started in favor of nominal ing Congressman Crumpacker, of th tenth district, for governor. He wa he only Republican congressman c the state who voted against the Port Rican tariff bill and it is due to thi fact that the movement has started i his favor for the Republican nomine tion. KRUGER IS FOR PEACE. r>- A- 1 ? A + Basis, However, muse oe uu muc pendencc of the Republics. The Transvaal agency at Brusseli Belgium, confirms the statement tlu President Kruger is ready to concluc peace with Great Britain on the baa of the independence of the republic and that otherwise the struggle wi continue to the bitter end. The agenc believes that the Afrikander elemei in Cape Colony and Natal will reb< rather than allow annexation. 11. M. COMER'S WILL. , 1 Document Is Probated But Amount of | Property Is Not Given. 1 The will of the late H. M. Comer I was probated at Savannah, Ga., Mon- 1 day in common form. It will be pro- l bated in solemn form later. The executrix, Mrs. Lila C. Comer, qualified, and Mr. Edward T. Comer, the youngest brother, Mr. Hugh Comer) and Mr. D. A. Denmark qualified J afc executors. Mr. John D. Comer, the youngest son, is to become an exe- ! cutor when he becomes of age. The entire estate is given to the ex- j ecutrix and executors in trust for the J benefit of Mr. Comer's family. J The will gives no evidence of the ' amount of the property, and the exec- 1 utors do not express any opinion as to the value of the estate. It is under- ] stood* however, that it is considerably over $1,000,000. PRESIDENT AT BANQUET. Was Quest of Honor at Annual Meeting of the Ohio Society. * The Ohio Society of New York held its fourteenth annual dinner at the 1 Waldorf-Astoria last Saturday night. President McKinley was the guest of honor. More than 400 covers were laid. Before the banquet President Mc-. Kinley, with President M. I. Southard of the society and Henry L. Burnett* chairmdn of the banquet committee* held a reception and shook hands with Inembers of the POciety and the guests. The list of speakers on the program was as follows: President McKinley* Gov. George K. Nash, of Ohio; John A. Richards, solicitor general of the tJtiited States; Lieut-Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff and James H. Hoyt. There were no fixed toasts, the speakers having subjects allotted to them as they were called upon. CENSORSHIP IS CLOSE. Lord Roberts' Movements In Soutb Africa Are Well Guarded. A London dispatch says: The air of mystery -which covers the movements of the main British army in South Africa continues, though what information leaks through indicates that the campaign is being carried on with , steady progress. There are now practically three British armies in the field, one in the Free State, one in i Cape Colony and the other in Natal. All that is known about the first and most important is that it is in close touch with the body of Boers estimated . to number about 6,000 men. Speculation as to the direction and method > of General Roberts' advance into the Free State is quite worthless, so care; fully are the plans concealed. RECEIVER APPOINTED ForBlackwell's Durham Tobacco Company by Judge Simonton. P. S. Hill, of New Yerk, has been . appointed temporary receiver of Blackwells Durham Tobacco company. The E appointment was made by Judge Sir monton, of the United States circuit court at Charleston, S. C., and Hill t qualified in Raleigh and gave bond in 5 the sum of $50,000 and is now in k charge. The matter is made returnable bek fore Judge Simonton in Charleston on , April 17, when a permanent receiver will be appointed and order for sale } of the factory made. The application j for a receiver was made by a majority [ of the stockholders of the company in order to settle up business and divide 3 assets. r INDECENT PLAY SUPPRESSED. J Actress Nethersole Held In $500 Bond I by flaglstrate flott. ' A New York dispatch says: As the result of a decision of Magistrate I Mott, holding Miss Olga Nethersole, " now famous for the part she has been > playing in "Sapho," Hamilton Re3 vello, the leading man; Marcus Meyer, ' manager of the company, and Theo3 dore Moss, lessee of Wallack's heater * each in $500 bail for trial at the special session on a charge of producing 3 a play that offended public decency, j 3 Wallack's theater was closed Monday 3 night and no production of "Sapho" | F was attempted. i To Repeal Paper Duties. 1 Representative Deveries, of Califorr nia, introduced a joint resolution in 3 the house for the repeal of duties on - white or printing paper and the matet rial from which it is made, and directf ing the attorney general to proceed , under the anti-trust law against those maintaining a monopoly in such paper and material. M'MILLIN A CANDIDATE, t Tennessee Now Has a Three-Cornered a Senatorial Contest. il The senatorial race in Tennessee 8 now has three entries. Governor s- Benton McMillin is an assured starfcer, the contest thus becoming three> cornered. For sometime Congress8 man E. "W. Camack, of the tenth dis8 trict, and David L. Snodgrass, chief 8 justice of the supreme court of Ten8 nessee, have been candidates while, " with no expression from the governor, * his friends have been actively at work in his interest. The matter was setI. xi-J V,*. a a Ti Q o r> Vi vprf>d bv 1 lieu J1UUUOJ kJJ a v., Governor McMillin to a large gathering at Pulaski in Giles county. REPORT IS CRITICISED. g Teller Makes Light of Work of Cons ference on Financial Bill. 5_ The senate held a brief session Saturday, adjourning early on account of the death of Eepresentative Epes, of Virginia. During the session Mr. ^ Ross, of Vermont, spoke in opposition to the seating of Hon. M. S. Quay, g and Mr. Teller spoke in criticism of n the conference report upon the curk rency bill. A number of private pension bills were passed during the day. LUNATIC BREAKS LOOSE. Clubs Fellow Prisoner To Death and Wounds the Sheriff. a ! J. B. Campbell, a crazy man in jail * at Canton, Ala., brained a fellow pris oner and probably fatally wounded ! Sheriff J. T. Cooley Saturday morning y and escaped. He was recaptured 1 shortly afterward and returned to jail. ^ Much excitenoeut prevaiis and the jail is guarded to prevent the murderer's 2 frieuds and relatives from rescuing him. SOUTH CAROLINA \ STATE NEWS ITEMS. ^ ef\irOC\J!XJrslC\JC\J?\ll A Historic Flag. The South Carolina veterans will take to the Confederate reunion at Louisville, May 30 td June 3, the (&nous flag of the Palmetto regiment. The flag probably has a more interesting history than any flag in the country. The flag was presented to the South Carolina regiment by General Scott at the city of Mexico, to be car* ' W " " A ,1.x J U ried in lieu or ine tauereu uuuum which had been presented to th9 regiment by the ladies of Charleston in 1846. The flag was carried through the elltire war from Vera Cruz and all through the valley. Jt was the third, if not the second, flag planted cn the' walls of Chapultepec. The flag was placed above Garita dc Belen by Oreileral Quitman in person on September 13, 1847. It was the first flag planted on the walls of the City of Mexico, having been hauled up by the South Carolinians three hours before any other division entered the city. The historic flag was loaned to the Second South Carolina regiment of the late war and carried to Cuba. It was hoisted over Morro Castle. The flag is probably the only one in the United States that was carried in the two foreign wars that the United States has ehgftged in, aud it is the only flag that has been hoisted over the capitals of the two countries with which the United States went to war. It was brought back to Havana in a powder sack and returned to the Palmetto regiment survivors. The original flag of the regiment was stolen by Sherman's command when it passed through Chester, S< C. The original flag was pierced with twentyseven balls, the staff was shot down twice, one officer was killed -under it, r?no nffir>flr mnrtallv wounded and thre& were wounded. *% Conductor Hursey Acquitted. Conductor F. H. Hursey, who killed a negro on his train at Pinewood two months ago, about which there was nearly precipitated a race war, has been acquitted. The jury was unanimous before leaving their seats. The plea was self-defense. When the negro was killed, the town marshal arrested Hursey and negroes talked of lynching. He was befriended ^y whites at Pinewood and then taken secretly to jail at Clarendon. Negroes threatened to burn the town atid kill Hursey's friends. Fifty repeating rifles were rushed to the whites, while the nearby militia was kept under arms. It was three days before quiet was restored. ?** Asks Assistance For Bakers. Mr. Roberts, of Massachusetts, ha! introduced a bill in congress appropriating $8 per month for the relief o! the family of the postmaster of Lake City, who was fired upon and killed bj armed men on February 21,1898. Th< bill states that the family is now in i suffering and destitute condition. ?% Extensions Have Been Completed. The Seaboard Air Line has finishec its line from Camden to the ontskirti of Columbia. The link between Cam den and Cheraw is nearly completed Between Columbia and Cayce, the ter minus of the Florida Central anc Peninsular, nearly all the track hai been laid, but freshets have interferec with the completion of the bridgi across the Congaree. To Sell Brown Stone. [ A company Las been oraganized a I Columbia, capitalized at ?100,000 t* market the brown stone around Car thage, X. C., on the Seaboard Ai Line. The officers are: J. H. Jackson Augusta; C. A. Douglass, "Washington D. C., and Julius T. Dudley, Ben nettsville, S. C. ** Board Will Inspect Ground. A Washington dispatch says: 1 board of officers, consisting of Colone Wallace F. Kandolpb, First artillerj Major James W. Pope, quartermastei United States army, and Captain Her ry W. Hubbell, First artillery, ha been ordered to meet at Sullivan1 island, to ascertain the prices at whic the different holdings on the two tract of land on that island, the title t which was recently ceded by the legii lature of South Carolina, can be ot tained to recommend in each case as t * ' >- ?ij i wiietner tne lanus couiu uo puiuuaoc at the prices stated, or whether j would be advantageous to institut condemnation proceedings for thei acquisition. *** New Enterprises. The following commissions for chai ters have been recently issued: Enterprise Bank, of Laurens, cap: tal stock, $50,000, corporators, N. I Dial, W. E. Lucas, W. L. Gray an C. H. Roper, of Laurens, and Messrf T. R. McGahan and R. G. Rhett, c Charleston. A commission for a charter has bee issued to the Cherokee Foundry an Machine works, of Gaffney. The caj ital stock is to be $5,000. Fidelity Building and Loan associi tion, of Anderson, capital stock, $25 000, corporators, George W. Evans,I S. Hill, J. R. Yandiver, M. M. Matt son, E. F. Cochran, S. R. Parker, I C. Laughlin and W. F. Cox. Acetylene Gas Light company, < Beaufort. Corporators, Wm. P. Wi terhouse and S. S. Besemer; capib stock $5,000. The company propose to run pipes and light the city < Beaufort and furnish lights for coi sumers. Hartsville Hotel company. Corpori tors, J. W. Davis, M. JJcivinuoi J. J. Lawton, H. A. Edwards ar ATary Bell; capital stock $5,500. # * * 'I'lio Press Exconlan. | In a letter received from Havana l j one of the members of the press e cursion committee from :he higbe authorities, the statement is made th quarters can be secured at the Ingl tera Hotel?the leading one in H vana, at the rate of $1.50 a day. Th is for a room and two meals; no dil , ner is included in this price. If mer , bers of the Press Association insist c eating three meals a day, there a: r v - - is cheaper thaa was expected. ** A fjulritHi fit Af-fldffnt*. B. S. Clark, a flagman oti theSon-hern Railway, went out from 0o!f*jnbia on a freight. It was raining htffd when the train stopped for something between stations, twenty miles from Columbia. Clark was missed later; | his body was found mangled on tho rocks at the bottom of a fifty-foot trestle. He had stepped off in the rain and darkness, not knowing there was a chasm below. Contractor Arthur G. Fretwell was killed at Laurens. An embankment on the Charleston and Western Carolina road, undermined by ft ?team shovel, fell in on him. John W. Corarie died at the hospital in Columbia from the effects of burns ' * irom a reiuru uiaai* iruu an tubiUv, which he was firing. John McKane, of Columbia, fell from a coal chute at WilmingtoD, N. C.j and was killed. We was inspector of trestles iot the Atlantic Coast Line. Ad Sullivan, formerly of the Southern shops, died from burns caused by an explosion of a gasoline lamp while cleaning an engine. Pythlans to Meet In Charleston. The lodges of the Knights of Pythias in Charleston are already considering plans for the entertainment of the Grand Lodge on May 1st. Nothing definite in the way of entertainment has been settled upon, but a committee of twenty-fire from each lodge has been appointed. The first meeting has been held and a general plan of entertainment outlined. The first and most important matter to be considered is that of raising funds for entertaining purpocss. This accordingly was given much consideration and the outlook is exceedingly bright and encouraging. ** Ticket Agents Coming. The International Ticket Agents' Association will soon begin a tour of the south. The starting point will be Chicago and the association will leave that city on a special train. The trip embraces Florida and on the return a stop will be made at Charleston, where the agents will arrite Marcti 15, and spend two days in the city. After leaving Charleston the partj will visit Asheville, Hot Springs anc other pginta in the "Land of th< Sky," going thence, via Cincinnati, tc the starting point. The association, 230 strong, is com posed of the coupon ticket agents o: railroads all over the United States. { These gentlemen are daily asked man} , questions by tourists and others as tc t the healthful sections of the country, and it is hoped that the result of th? | visit of the excursionists here will leac to patronage of Charleston and th< Isle of Palms. ?% New' Buildings For Winthrop. 1 The trustees of the Winthrop Normal and Industrial college at Rod Hill have decided upon the plans for i 5 new dormitory and industrial buildinj r to cost $40,000. It will be one of thi J best equipped buildings of its kind ii 1 the sooth. Althongh young in year Winthron collesre is today one of th< v. ... w leading institutions of the south fo the higher education of women. ! SIX DIE IN FLAMES. * Fatal Fire In Seven-Story Lodginj 1 House In New York ? City. 1 Sii persons were burned to deatl and three were injured early Sunda; morning in a fire which occurred in sev^n story lodging house in Nei t Ycyk. 0 The lodging house was cut up int * 132 rooms, and ninety of these smal r places were occupied when the fir ? broke out. Policemen sent in an alarc * and burst into the place to arouse th r inmates. They notified the nigh clerk, who immediately rang the alarm all over the house. The hallways wero instantly fill?' with a crowd of excited people. Th )1 policemen forced their way to th rl upper floors in an effort to rescu t some of the helpless or any who migh i- be overcome with smoke. They carrie ? out Thomas Harper, a one-legge a man, and Edward Walker, who ha h been burned and partially overcom :s by the smoke. o Stephen Carney was found lying o - rm. , ? J- the floor in' his room, xne umut b had already burned the old man1 o hands, face and body, but a policema d picked him up and carried him out ( it the building. e The firemen succeeded in puttin ir out the flames without great loss t the buildiDg. After the fire was ot they began a search. The bodies < all five of the victims were found o > the fifth floor, where the Are did moi of the damage. j* ACQUITTED MEN~OVERJOYED. d They Take Charge of Dispensary ac ' "Treat" Lavishly. !* At Lexington, S. C., after a tri lasting six days, C. S. Matthews, ] *} B. Frick, J. J. Frick, P. Conner, Jn " Conner,D. J. Dehart and Jno. Fulme prominent farmers of Lexington, we acquitted of assassination of Patric Bowers, a wealthy land owner, on Ju ?" 14th, last. T All the men were neighbors, ar x* Bowers had refused them certain co: oessious in passing through the lan He was shot from ambush while ri incr on the highway at midday. TJ .? . 1 a' j dispensary closed during tne iriai prevent trouble. On being reopen* it was taken charge of by the acquitt* >* men. who "treated" their supportei CRONJE REACHES SIMONS TOW a- * a Large Quantities of Supplies Sent In td Ladysmith. Advices from Cape Town state th Gen. Cronje and his party arrived Simons Town Friday. Cronje w >y received by General Sir Frederi x- Forestier-Walker and a representati st of Sir Alfred-Milner. the governor at Cape Colony. e- A dispatch from General Buller w a- received at the war office in Lond is Friday morning announcing tt i- seventy-three wagon loads of suppli q. are now entering Ladysmith. T >n first eleven wagons contain bospi1 re com forte. iflfi MSUttlififlTD m ARE DNWHIPPED. I Agiriflaldo's FoiJowers Determined " Not to Give Up Figbt. MANY TRAITORS FOUND. American Officers Know Not gj Whom to Trust. Reports reach the Associated Press ^j|I from various sources, including army * officers and the heads of commercial j.^ houses with agents throughout the ?- .0 lauds, of continued activity among the - rr,u/> pndeavorincr to 'r? lusuryeuia nuu ? v ? ? keep alive the armed opposition to the . ^ United States and are planning to continue the insurrection with guerrilla warfare on a larger scale wlieir the rainy season begins. A person holding a position second? * only to that of the governor general J-* tells the Associated Press he is con- ; v vinced that the insurgent organisation M has been remarkably rehabilitated doring the past month, particularly ia the northern provinces. He says the insurgents have a secret organization patterned after the Katipnnan methods, even in the strongest garrisoned towns, affording perfect means of 00m- |p munication, and that the mac&tpMry " managed from Manila, some of the || leaders being Filipinos pretending: to be supporters of the American admLv p istraiion, and many of the monieipaf governments installed by the army forming part of the machinery. ''% Two correspondents of leading || American weeklies who have travefedl If for a month in Benguel and Hocoit^M > with letters to insurgent chiefs, going M alone fifty miles from garrisons and | ! being everywhere hospitably received, 'M ' say the people make no secret of their ) 11 ilL inoriMiOAHftn sympaiuy wnu tuo wauiwww ?, Vjgn_ though admitting that the Filpino seldiers abuse them, they still protect v ; these soldiers from the American scont-..?^ L ing parties. They claim to hare com- | munication with aguinaldo. Paterno, || , in the northern mountains of Mauriia?1^^B is full of civil and mititary officials of r, *9 J all ranks of Aguinaldo's government 1 ' who were captnred or surrendered and' .J who were brought here and released*^ " on promises to refrain from agitation. m While many of the insurgent muni- J| civai officers were continued in office | 7 on taking the oath of allegiance, refi?|| ' dents who are acquainted with theos , have little faith in their adherenee % | their promises. All the civil officii# 3 of Tarlac, capital of the province of B 3 that name, numbering eleven persons- ^ have been arrested and charged with plotting, and two insurgents have been captured at Malabon with incriminate^ ' ing papers and $4,000 collected from Ja : the natives. . 1 Some of the mnnicipal governments |1 ? appear loyal and efficient. On the :| 1 9 other hand, one American general ' 1 clares that he believes the majority in jSj 8 his province are agents of the r A fresh issue of insurgent pamphlets ; ? is being circulated, asserting that then American promises of good govern- fl ment are merely a mask for commn^|BB ciai exploitation ot me x ^ quoting Senator Beveridge's spcti|H || and an editorial from a Washington':! p newspaper headed "Lot Cs Be Hon-M 2 The trial of the guerrilla charge^ | " with murder is finished and it is bar & ^ lieved the commission's verdict will ba % : a guilty. Indictments against othera % vi v have been prepared. -J No report has been received front. 0 General Bates's expedition. He baa j probably moved inland, where com- 2 e munication with him is impracticable^ ;% Q The army throughout the island of -j. Luzon is working, scouring the coua* ? t try for insurgents and killing a few I daily. The section from Manila to S| Dagupan has been thoroughly cleared,^ ^ the scouting parties being unable to f find any insurgents. General Fun- . M 0 aton and Colonel Kennan took 200 ; e men through the mountains to BalerJ|? t on the eastern coast, without meethi^lp ^ an insurgent. Bat they are active^^m ^ along the northern coast from Dagu- || ^ pan to Aparri. Occasional reports e come of an American soldier bein^^ killed or disappearing. In the southern provinces the insurgents continue ^ jg to harrass the American garrisons by-^H ?8 night demonstrations. . . * ? BOY INCRiniNATES MOTHER. [WL While Dying He Reiterates Statement .:|li & That He Killed His Father. ^ J lt John Lewis Howard, at Middles* || ^ boro, Ky., who made a statement eev- || n eral days ago that he, urged by hfir^ 3t mother, killed his father, Thomas Howard, about five years ago, died . Friday night, and before he died erated his statement. It will be re* I |(J membered that the woman, Mrs. Amanda Howard Parker, was arrested 9 on his first statement and the case re- \>| mandedtothe grand jury. The boy was only ten years old when, as he ^ ?- said, he was directed by his mother to vg r? fire the fatal shot H :k SENSATIONAL CHARGE. d|| Anonymous Writer Says Charleston'* id Officers Were Oruolc. ?? a* Sensational charges are contained in l| d- an anonymous letter which has been d- received at the navy department from ie Manila. The communication relites to the wrecking of the Charleston an&li 5d makes 3 serious statement that a nam?d ber of officers of the vessel at the time '8- of the disaster were under the infill- ^ N enceof liqnor. The correspondent who x' * furnishes the information claims to :j t0 have verified the allegations by dilfc % ; gent inquiry among the officers of the^H ^ Charleston. *t EDITORS CONDEMN TRUSTS. |j as Association Urges Congress To Tako^H I Immediate Actios. ve I at Sflturdav's session of the Nation- ' 0 al Editorial Association in New leans the resolutions against trnste as were taken up. The debate on the "|| ?? question continued for some time and -Jf ia with much heat. The resolutions 188 against trusts were adopted, 244 ? 64, with an amendment urging con- J a gress to take immediate action agaia^^H