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THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE. VOLl. BATESBURG, S C., WEDNESPAjY. FEBRUARY 13,1901. NOT, ?1 TERRIBLE WRECK. A Train Jjmpedithe Track and Pic wad Into a Hill. FIVE KILLED. MANY MISSING ??__ Few Passengers Escaped Irjj y Three Soldiers Under Orders for Phillpines Am Among the Dead. Train No. 5 the Now York-Chicago limited on the Erio railroad, was wrecked Thursday morning within the town limits of Greenville, Pa. Five passengers were dead wher taken from the wreck, sevoral are missing and there are many badly io>ircd. THE DEAD. The dead are: Sergeant Major Harry A. Hart, Fort Wood. M. V George W. Pattorson, Philadelphia, private Co I, U. S., infantry; carried a oard of Iron Moulders' union. Peter J. Curry, Coboco, New York, privato Tenth infantry, aged 21. Unknown man, aged 25 years. Unknown man, only papcrB on porBon was a postal card that had been sent to the Adams Produoo company, Rushville, Ind., and a tiokot from Now York to that point. His faoo was literally torn to shreds. / THE INJURED. .1 The injurod are: Wm D. Moore, 32 Lenox lload, Brooklyn; oompound fraoturo of loft leg and badly cut about the head. B. A. Marsden, Philadelphia; terribly crushed about the body. Ivan Lestersmith, Canistow, Pa ; ? -badly bruised. Job. Konnedy, Brookfield, Mass.; oompound fraoturo of left leg and bruised about the body. Wm F. MacGinnity, attorney, Port land, Ind., hip crushed, face out. O. H. Simons, Kontcho, brakeman; oompound faoturo of left leg, right leg badly bruised. 0. J. Henry, Meadvillc, baggageman; ^ loft leg broken, injured about the B cheatB 8. Aiken, salesman, New York; B slightly, suffering from the shock. Claranoo Leek, Summervillo, N. J .; injuries serious. Milton Stanley, Nowark, N. J ; leg fraotured, out about faoo. B Harry Weisburg, express mossoDger, i B Dayton, Ohio; crushed. i Hardly a passenger esoapod without tome injury. The train was composed I of vcstibuled Pullman oars, three v ' sleeping cars, a day ooach, combina tion smoker and baggage car, and a i ^ mail oar, and was one of the Dy me steel mail oar ahead, which * went through it as if it were paper, tearing, crushing, maiming and carry ing death. The eoeno of the wreck is on a sharp curve. On one side, 40 feet below, flows the Shenando river, on the other 1 is a steep bluff. The engine left the i track at the curvo and before it had i gone two car lengths plcwed into the i steep hill, where it fell upon its side i and was half buried. Tho train was running two hours late, and the accident happened at 7:10 just about the timo when the ocoupants of tho sleep i ers had finished dressing. < After tho terrible crash the uuin < jured passengers set about tho rcscuro i of tho dead and wounded, surgoons < were summoned and within a few uiin utes tho dead and dying were boing i oarriad from thorc as fast as they coulu < be discovered beneath tho wrcckago l It was several hours, however, before I the victims had been removed and i placed in the two rear Pullmans. Tho . cene inside tho tclcsoopcd cars was i terriblo. Men begged to be released i and screamed in agony. They were all i heaped in a corner of the ca*, dumped 1 thero by tho impetus of the mail car- i The injured wcro placed in a spcoial < train and taken to the Sponccr hospi tal, Meadvillo, about noon. What little was left of tho baggago or express matter was dumped in the river to clear tho dobris for rescuo. Several hundred sacks of mail wcro apparently little injured. TSo train was in charge of Conduo tor Randall, with Engineer Luiio and 1 Fireman Eckort. Both the engineer 1 and fireman escaped by jumping, though both wore painfully bruised. Supt. Thelknap and olner officials wcro early 1 on the ground. They were unable to assign s cause for the aceidont unless 1 spreading rails can bo blamed, A par I ty of nine soldiers on their way from Fort Porter, Now York, to Port Crook, Neb , oooupiod part of the snrokcr. Ot these, three were killed and two periouly injured. They woro under orders for the Philippines. i I B. A. Marsdon of Philadelphia, pin i ned in the smoker by a beam., bis foot and ohest crushed, his face Muttered ' with the brains of or.o of the soldier*, i insisted on the rescuers releasing an I unfortunate Jew nearby. Mr. Marsden's wcunds arc considered fatal. McKinley Roasted. A sensation was oroatcd in the house of repeescntativcs Monday week when Speaker Henderson failed to call the joint session to order for the John Marshall day exoroibcs. He was present in the house, but sent Sneaker l'ro Tom. Daisclltotho chair. It is said the speaker is indignant over the selection of Wayne MoVreagh as tho orator of the day, and that his failure to take part in the ixcroisos is the result of the selection Kopublioans denounce tho action of tho bar association in asking Mo Veagh to speak. Tho roason for this was shown when MeVcagh delivered a sensational and scathing denunciation of the policy of the administration in tho Philippines toward tho oloso of his speech eulogizing Chief Justioo Mar hall. Tho denunciation of tho policy of imperialism waa enthusiastically applauded by Democrats, but Republicans presont remained silent. President MoKinley was present and he wns oom5oiled to listen to tho spoooh oritioising is oourso. Tho address was couched ^ in parlimentary languago and whilo its meaning is dear, Mr. MoVosgh'c uttoranocs were not cffonsivc. Tho affair is the talk of the house. V, ? h. i THE SHIP tUBSlDY STEAL Senator McLaurin Advocate* Mark Hanna't Pet 8chemo 1 When I he ship subsidy bill camo up in the Urit'd States Senate Thursday Senator McLaurin, of this State, an ocunocd his intention of voting lor it and Senator Morgan, of Alabama, op1" 8<-d it in vigorous language. Mr. MiLaurin spoko in support of tho bill, baling bis his advooaoy of tho uicaRuro upon the theory that the pa-sago of it would benefit the ootton growing inter ci ts of the f-outbern S;ntes. Ho cited tho iction of tho Southern Cotton Spin Dcrs association at Charlotte, N. C , in urging legislation of the oharaotcr purposed in the pocding bill. Ho oontond.u. .u_? 1.:? ?i? a u -?s cm ninv mill nujfiiiiug mil WUUIIi 91)111' J ulato American shipping would bontit ]{ not only the ootton interests but all p other agricultural interests. Tho rc- a| solutions adopted at (Jharlotto, lie said, q, typify tho sentiment of tho ontiro sooth a, and presago a return of tho old prestigo [c and prosperity of that scotion. Mr. Mo- tj Laurie rofcrrcd to tho effoot of the n Civil war upon the south and said tho 0( time had oomc to put asido tho animosities aroused by that struggle and tako p, up the interests that woro oharaotoris- r( tio of the old south. Mr. Mallory said in reply to Mr. Mo- fe Laurin that his opposition to tho bill was based upon tho opinion that it would not do what it profo^sed to do m in aiding tho American shipping. MORQAN AT THE BAT. m Mr. Morgan then spoke for fivo hours. Mr. Morgan urged that tho shipping bill be ooumiittcd to tho oommittce, to m be recast in order that its constitution- ^ al and other impcrfcotions might bo corrected. He said it was now being considered not on its merits but as a party measure. 2 "A measure cannot become a party 00 measure," suggested Mr. Allison of f" Iowa, "until wo know what it is. As it stands before us now it is merely tho t0 measure of tho committee and is sub hll jeot to such amendment and ohango te as tho spnato may determine." *? Mr. Morgan expressed tho opinion hi that tho American ehip yards now, wihout nuy assistance, were tho best in tho world. 1* "Do you not think," asked Mr. Hale, "that if the naval ships built in our di yards were put to the test of actual de conflict they would provo themselves to be tho best ever constructed? ' m "They have proved that," re plied Mr. Morgan. de licrerriog to tho competition likely to bo arise between tho United States and foreign nations, wheu this government ,n should voto a subsidy to American ship?, Mr. Morgan dcolarcd it would result in a commercial confliot between Hi the United Slat's and great Britain h? in which the financial batteries of the two countries would bo arrayed 'n against each ot her. lie was inclined to tiii'.k tho 'United Stales might be wo*?tcd in such a conflict because of " ' ?fc Great Britain. ??" . Mr. Morgan pleaded for the adoption Ai of t! i Clay amendment io tho sunsidy m' bill authorizing negotiations for a right of way for tho Nioaragun canal. m> Much as ho opposed the shipping bill, ^r he indicated a purpose not to oppose it if the Nicaragua amendment was in added and provision made that congress shoud have power to repeal the shipping act at any timo. *? Murderers to be Taken. on Governor Beckham is prepring to m slear tho Kontuoky mountains or murderers, or at least of those persons in ?n liotcd for murder by tho grand juries and whoaro defying arrest by the county *e: officers. The plan is to send Col. Roger bo D. Willains with the first battalion of 1 state militia to Manchester or some P1 other convenient point to rouna up 1Q these outlaws and celivcr them into the t0 hands of tho courts. Incidentally the soldiers wi 1 attempt tho oapturo of 'n John L. Cowers and Berry Howard, 1 aonviottd of tho assassination of Govcr- m norGocbel and who arc now defying 9a arrest. There am in Clay county alone fourteen men under indictment for in murder who have not been even arrest 10 od. Si ., ?: : be Marriage ofa^ueen. t0 W'ilhclmina, tho first ruling queen -I of Holland, Thursday married Duke at Henry of Mecklenburg Sshwerin, who becomes prince of the Netherlands by d< proclamation in tho Court Uazott Thursday evening. The marriage was a sericB dc of brilliant colored pie.urcs. But the ro severe simplicity of the Dutch form of marriago, which was followed to the pi letter in the civii contract belorc the ministsr of justice, Dr. 1'. W. A Cort m van Dcr Linden, and in the old fashioned roligious service in Orooto Ktrk, 2 gavcit a demooratie spirit. or Electrocuted. bi Lorenzo Priori, who murdered Vinoeu- m ti<i*ruz), in Now Vork C ty, Djoem ber 11, 1 SDH, and a few weeks tgo to 3 cured a slay of execution by ibj reprc- in scntaticn tbat ihoorimo was commuted u. by his wife's brother, ,J#mes Sacartdo, of was put to death in the electric chair th in tho state prison at Sing Hing Wee- th ne.sday. It required two shocks to kill lu him Ho Lit with tho priests who attended him a statement declaring bis to iunooenco. in Republican Anti-Trust Plank. m . 111 This tendency of trusts to inoreaso in number and to raise prices is calcu latcd to show the agricullurists ani ,j< other cUs-ch of ojnnumcrM how hollow D( wan the anti trust plauk in tho Phiia w dolphia i latforiu, and ought to convince thoso among thoin who voted the jn Republican ticket that thoy descrvo to j,, bo disoiplinol by an auto initio kicking HI machino. Paying tho Piper. ^ Karl Roberts says ho will ncod overy soldier in South Africa for tho next m twclvo months and will ask tho houso of common for |3f?l),000,000 during tho m ensuing financial year, in addition to jc what has already been voted for tho y war. And yot England has l.OO.'t.OOb CJ paupers to support by publio taxation. ^ Kvidcntly tho Rritish statesman has r> something to think over just now. China is Still "It." Chinese officials aro talking about re- hi imburicmont for tho looting suffered d< by Pekin. It scorns difficult for China ot to understand that it is tho football, not ono of tho playora. bi ? THE TAXES. rhe Amount Each County Hat Assessud ITS CITIZENS THIS YEAR. Igures that Will bt Read With Interest by T?x Pay* ers All Over the State. Id the Hodho on Friday the supply ill was oallod up. This bill makes tho vy in tho several oountics for tho poroses of conducting State and oounty [fairs. Tho first section of tho bill retiires that a tax of 5 mills, in aooordaoo with tho appropriation bill, bo ivied for the purpose of conduotiDg 10 Stato government, and 3 mills for 10 publio schools. In the respcotivo lunties tho following is provided: Abbeville, for ordinary county pur3scs, 2 1-2 mills; $10,000 may bo bor>wed at 7 por oont. to pay salarios of :achors; 20 oonts per day is fixed as io for dieting prisoners. Aiken ordinary purposes, 3 mills. Anderson, for ordinary purposos, 3 ills; past indebtodooss, 1 mill. Beaufort, for ordinary purposos, 4 3 4 ills; past indobtcdnoes, 1-2 mill; sinkig fuDd, 1 mill. Berkeley, ordinary purposes, 5 mills. Bamberg, for ordinary purposos, 3 ills; for tbo special road district of enmark, 2 mills. Barnwell, ordinary oounty purposes, 1 2 mills. Cheerokoe, for ordinary oounty tax, 1 2 mills; for new Jail, 1 mill; for iunty road tax, 1 mil); for siuking nd for Draytonville, Gowdoysville, hite Plaio, Morgan and Limcstono wnships, 2 mills; for sinking fund for lierokeo township, 112 mills; for inrest on railroad bonds, Cnerokeo wnship, 1 1-2 mills; in Draytonville, owdovsvillo, Whito Plain, Morgan id L'mcstone townships, 1 1-2 mill. Chester for ordinary oountv tax, 3 2 mills; for interest on railroad bonds, mill; in Court House township sohool striot No. 1, 1 mill, to pay past inbtedncss. Clarendon for ordinary purposos, 3 ills. Colleton, ordinary, 5 mills, past inibtedness, 1 mill; interest on railroad , inds, 1 1-2 mills. Darlington, ordinary, 4 mills; past \ debtednoss, 1 mill. Dorohcstcr, ordinary, 4 5-8 mills; in- ' rest on county bonds, 5 8 of a mill; reen Pond and Waltcrboro railroad ndi, 3 8 of one mill. Eigetiold, ordinary, 3 7 8 mills; past debtedness, 1 8 of a mill. ! Faitfiold, ordinary, 4 mills. Florence, ordinary, 3 1-4 mills. i Greenville, ordinary 4 mills: D??t inr 4 .mil. lift rtHWoklng jv??b, 1-12 of one null, forinterosl on ] ir Line railroad onds, 1 2 of one i ill; for interest on Greenville and lurenu railroad bonds, 1 2 of one ill; for maintaining convicts and idges, 2-3 of a mill. Greenwood, ordinary 3 mills, past ] debtedness, 1 mill. Georgetown, all purposes, 5 millB. Hampton, ordinary purposes, 4 mills; r homo for poor, 12 mill. Horry, ordinary, 53 4 mills; interest > railroad bonds in four townships, 4 ills. , Kershaw, ordinary, 4 mills; interest ( i railroad bonds, 2 1-2 mills. Lancaster, ordinary 4 1-2 mills; inrest od Cheraw and Chester railroad iods, 3 mills; for retiring said bonds, mill; for Three C'a bonds, 3 mills; 3 ills in Pleasant Hill township; 5 14 Gill's Creek, aod 4 1 2 in CanoCreek wnship. Laurens, ordinary, 2 14 mills; past debtedness, 1-4 mill; road purposes, mill; interest on railroad bonds, 3 ilia; all tho county's part of dispenry profits go to the publio schools. Lexington, ordinary, 3 1 2 mills, past dobtedncss, 1-2 mill; iniorest on railad bonds in Fork, Broad River and iluda townships, 112 mills, retiring >nds in Saluda and Broad It'.vor wnships, 5 mills; in Fork township, mills; attorney's fees in Broad River id Saluda township, 1 4 of a mill. Marion, ordinary 3 mills; past in ibtcdness, 1 mill. Marlboro, ordinary, 3 mills, past inibtedness, 1 mill; New jail, 1 mill; I ...ill Newbtrry, 2 1 4 milli for ordinary trposcs. Oooucc, for ordinary purposes, 4 1 2 ills. Orangeburg, for ordinary purposes, 1 2 mills; past indebtedness, 14 of to mill. 'tokens, ordinary, including roads and idges, 5 mills; past indebtedness, 2 ills. Richland, for ordinary county tax, 1-4 mills; in Columbia townsphip, for terests on railroad bonds, 1 2 of one ill; for reiiring railroad bonds, 1 4 onnmill; and in addition thereto icre shall be levied a tax of 2 mills in ie sohool district of tho oity of Combia Spartanburg, ordinary, 3 milU, in rest on rail road bonds, 1 mill; einkg fund, I 2 mill; roads, 1 mill, perancnt improvements on roads, 1 12 ills; one half of dispensary, profits to > to sohools. Saluda, ordinary, 2 3 4 mills, pant in sbtcdness, 1 8 mill; jurors and witjSEes, 1 1-4 mills; pcrmaucnt improveents on reads, 1 mill. Sumter, ordinary purposes and pa<>t dcblcdncs), 3 mills; out of dispensary rafiis 12,000 is to bo set aside as u nkinv fund. Union, ordinary, 2 1 2 mills, interest i railroad bonds, 2 mills: sinking ind, 2 milln; road tax, 1 mill. Williamsburg, ordinary purposes, 4 ills. York, for ordinary oounty tax, 4 1-2 ills; in Catawba township, 2 mills; > Kbenceor township, 1 1-2 mills; in ork township, 3 1-2 mills to pay intcrit on the bonds issued in aid of harlcston, Cinoinnati and Chioago lilroad. Mr. Lido offered an amondmont to iduoe the ponalty for non paymont ' taxes, from lhto 10 per cent. This 3 said would in a measure obviate tho ;mand upon the general assembly to mtinually extend timo for payment. Tho amendment was adopted and the 11 then pasaed second reading. WHERE THE MONEY GOES. Approprlrtions Made by the House of Representative* Tho appropriation bill adopted by tho House of Representatives is as follows: 8TATK HOUSE EXPENSES. NA1 Salary of governor, $3,000; private sooreta-y, $1,350; mts^ongcr. $400;eon tingont fund, $5 000; stationery, $300; The stenographer, $400. Salary of secretary of state, $1,900; clerk, $1,350; contingent fund, $150; stationery, $500; extra olerk hire $400; for books, blanks, etc.. $300. Comptroller genoral's salary, $1,900; three clerks, $1,400 each, contingent j)j fund, $200; printing; $500; stationery, $300; traveling expenses, $5)0 State treasurer. $1 900- r>hirf nlovb- Chin $1,500; two bookkeepers, $1,350 oaoh: the < oontingont fund, $200; printing of to tb bonds and stocks, $2,000; stationery, aKa<i $200. mcni Superintendent of education, $1,900; WBj olerk, $900; oontingont fund, $200; aD(j printing, books, etc., $1,319. State 0ia]9 board expenses, $300; stationery, $300; maD( Btonograper; $400; traveling expenses, Dt $300. lj0^) Adjutant general, $1,500, assistant 0rdci adjutant, general $1,200; State armorer, wa9 $350; traveling expenses, $550; contin- 0ity gent fund, $500; stationery, $150; ro- Yi pairing arsenal at Beaufort, $300; for prin tho militia, $3,000. tnaol Attorney general, $1,900; assistant, Ki $1,350; oontingont fund, $150, station- const cry, $100; litigation expenses, $1,500; protf for emergenoy $500, if nooessary. Ch Railroad eommissionors' salaries, $3, grant 700; soorotary, $1,200; contingent fund, tico 1 $1,200. the f State librarian, $S00; oontingont Ye fund, $175; stationery. $300; other ex- cr9, \ penscs, $100. 6acer Two watohmon State house, $900; sasoi janitor, $100; engineer $75 for sovon Crs a: months and $25 for five month; two Ge firemen at $35 per mouths; for fivo Proit months; keepor s contingent 1 und, $200 j l1Cn Supreme court, Chief Justice Mclvcr, comn $2,850, Justico Cary, $2,850; Justioo tions Jones, $2,850; Justice I'upe, $2,850; the .) olerk, $800; librarian, $800; reporter, J/t $900; attendant, $200; messenger, $200; nitioi oontingont fund, $500, hoiks for heir library, $500; 100 oopiej of 59 tn and 60tb, roports, $1,200. fpom For each of tho eight cirouit judgts, Ki $3,000; solicitors $11,050, stonogra vice < phcrs, $10,000. I ii Board of Health?For quarantine thc-c purposes, $15,000; foi State board, $2 W1 200; Charleston quarantine station, for"-') $2,050; St. Helenas, $950; Pork Royal, indie pt.ZYO; Ucorgetowa, $675; Lazaretto, mittc $300; olerk hire for State board, $300. tu ct Salaries of ooiiuty auditors. $25,500; fliote printing for oountv auiitors, $2,500 Th STATE COLLEGES in 01 < South Carolina eolicgc, $28,107, and *1^ V (11,000 for steward's hail. tie , Winthrop college, $43 000; forschol ' ' . arphip, #3,456: fo" -cwdjru^i oi> ~"TH5 CilfctTBT, T-ibiUUO, penal laundry, #1,500: laboratory $758? libra ry, $2,500. tho3C State colored college, $S 000. m?P? For tho public school , ? 100,000. . ' " mfiio PENAL ANI) CDARITAHLE. Tuan Cedar Springs deaf, dumb aud blind poror asylum, $20,000, and $20,000 for tho Turk ereotion of a new building. Salaries of State penitentiary offi oials, $5,400. Catawba Indians, $80C and $200 for PQbli Eobool, Tho State hospital for tho insano is *"10^ to get: For running expenses, $100,- lun8 300; building purposes, $10,000; Wal- tllcal lace property debt, $4,120; salary of su- a20(T: perintsndent, $3,000, board of regents, th $1,200. 3n> v rise i DEBTS, INTEREST, ETC. E For tho completion of tho Stat j cap the c itol, $15,000. Co Charleston cxp3sition, $50,000. quire The largest siDglo item is $285,015 - Cansi 45 to meet tho interest on tho publio Th debt, la tho same connection is $20,- ;n t) 000 for the payment of past duo interot blooc liable to aooruo on old bonds and stocks for tl liablo to be founded under the laws of ho d< this State. Wha For tho pensions $100,000; $600 for ukoi olerk and $120 for postage, etc. had 1 MISCELLANEOUS. the C Public printing, $12,000; claims, $8,000, governors's manbion repairs, $250; Pu.ni water, $2,000; 1 ta^litH, $l? ODD; faol $1,- lci\l '200; phosphate inspootor, 11,500. wl. A number of improvements on the PriV! State house arc contemplated, among P01*0.1 them $2,000 for rewiring. The amount puni for repairs to roof is $250. Phosphate inspector's salary, $1,200. Al For legislative examining committees prep on penal and oharitablo institutions Chin $ 163. tho f Salary of codo commissioner, 1400. at la Expcnsos of eommitteo to examine of ci hooks of Stato officials, $500.50. and Kxponses of militia in Georgetown Hun and Florcnoo troubles, $2,536.10. oomi Unpaid acoounts, stationory of house, ply. $2H4.44. lilo i Expenses J. B. Watson, witness, that $10 20. tho ] ilont of ofTieo for Stato superintend- [owe cnt of education, $100. Uuk Salary L. M. ivagao, olork, Stato ship hoard of canvassers, $80. foot Gas used in sessioo of 1800, $169.21. Chic Unpaid salary of adjutant general for 1000, $000. lnsuranou on South Carolina college Tl buildings, $0,000. Med For attornnv vdn.r.l'. ?<-> " - * D ?? ? " VM.WW ?V ??V. >M ||UW prosoouting fertilizer companies said to roan bo in tho trust, $2,500. Whic Kolio room in Contcdorato mujoum iufCi at ltiohmond, $100. parti poop Coal Burners. tho t Tho consumptioD of ooal by the big Atlantic stcamors is an interesting subjoctof study. Tho fastest passenger ^avfl steamer in the world is tho Deut9oh- (joyo land, which hai male 581 miles a day, with a consumption of f>70 tons of coal, almost a ton a mile, whilo tho Kaisor Wilholm has mado 58C miles on 500 tons of ooal Tho Doutschland is 88 feet Tl longer than tho Kaiser Wilhclm, or 680 knoi fcot, and one foot wider. It hasadis oont plaoomont of 23,(n)0 tons and onginos try f of 85,000 horrc power, whilo tho Kaiser stuff Wilhelm is of 20,000 tons and 28,000 soli horso power. Tho Lucania, tho queen publ of tho Cunardcrs, makes 562 miles on "pro 475 tons of coal. Tho St. l'aul, the Thai fastest Amcrioan ship, mado 540 milos or th on 800 tons cf coal, which Bhows how same expomivo fast stcamors are. For every ary i additional mile of speed tho oonsump- that tion of ooal must bo greatly iuoreasod. thoo ANT THEIR HEADS i Formal Indictment of Ouilty Chinese Presented VIES AND OFFENSES GIVEN (First M titter to be Determined In Sett ement of the Case Against Poor Old China. ispatoh from l'ckio, China, says at uectiogof the foreign ministers and ieso plcnipotontiaris, Wednesday, :nt:re proceeding. b:iog presented ic Chinoso. A formal indiotmont ist tho 12 officials whose punishi had been demanded by the powers read, however, though Kang Yi Li 1'ing Hong aro dead. The offi whoso punishment has been deled aro: ike Lan, vico prosidont of the powho was aoeossory to tho giving of rs for tho oapturo of foreignois and the first to open tho gatos of the to the Boxers. og Nicn criminal accomplice of coChuang and Doko Lan in their linations. ng Yi, ono of the instigators and illors of tho Box<w9 who always otod them. aos Su Kism, a nembcr of the i council and also minister of jus vho was ono of tho leadcas against oroigncrs. i H-ien, who reorganised tho Box\as the oruel author of the masrs in tho Shan Si provinco and ascalcd with his own hand forcignnd missionaries n. Tung Kuh Siang, who with le Tuan carried out in l'ekin the i .-.gainst the foreigners and who landed tho attacks on the lega and tho soldiers who assassinated [?paceae ohaccollory. 1'ipg Hen*, who influenced reocgn of the Boxers and tutor to the apparent n Cdong Yu. vho has the same re ibtlity. h Siu, ministcrat tho riles of scrof the Boxers. c ministers then announced that personages all deserved death bin this question was scttlod the plcnipotcntitries w;U have to-, - 1? 1 1 - * i? -u wuu, iw wiL-ir ivuuwicuge, oom:d crimes in tho province", punishfor which will have to bo in d. cy will also present to tho Chinese ler to prevent misunderstanding, xt of be cdiet referred to in ar11) ??f tue oolleotivo note, before blioai ion. 1L.iuisi :s definitely decided to lite- \j'i position of vhe death i uiuu 1-of Hav Joiucs. rfEcials in the list aubmittod, including who are dead, on nocount of tho [/effect upon tho Chinese, e bcnlenoo of tho living must be ted vvnptin the oases of Prinoo and L>uko Lao, which tho cmmay commute to banishment to cstan. A t'LEA FROM THE TIIRONE e foreign ministers gave out for ication a secret imperial cdiot to by tho Chinese plenipotentiaries, h pleads especially for the life of ; Fu Siang, commander in chief of rrny. It siys tho only reason is on int of the the turpulcnt population o provinces of Shcn Si and Kan rho are devoUd to him and might ind commit acts of violence against nissionaiies and Christians, whioh ourt would greatly depioro. nscqucntly his punishment re is caution, deliberation and careful dera ion. 0 cmporor it is pointed -out, oven 10 punishment of prinoes of the 1, had not been movod by rnotiv -b icir protection. Why then should j so in the case of Tung Fu Siang? t had already been done should be a into consideration llis army been reduced to f>,000 mon, wi h bjoct of lesscniog his' power and tho ultimate objoot of his future shmcnt, whioh will be promulga n an edio\ tho language of which not be too patent. After the do ition of his official rank, the ;mr will, hereafter, deoido on a heavy slimont. THE PLEA REPOSED. 1 tlioir mopl i net f Jin f nre\ i ir n nntTAro , .?vvvi?.p VIIV iVIUlgU vu T V/J a sred a note, to be dclivotcd to the icao plenipotentiaries, containing ubstanoo of tho decisions arrived at night, incluiing tho sentcnoca [coution. This will bo translated delivered to Princo (Jhiog and Li g Chang, who will immediately nunicaio with tho court, beforo roi'ho ministers refuse to spare tho af Tung Fu llsiang, on tho ground thoy did not consider tho claim of plenipotentiaries reason. They ald tho lives of i'rinoo Tuan and o Lan, bccauso of their relation to the imporial family and tho of their death might havo on the I03C. May Como This Way. 10 curront number of tho New York ioal Journal gives an account of a disease attacking tho eyes, and in y respects rosemblcs "pink eve," ih is opidemio in Chicago. It is ilious and is not confined to any icular part of tho oity or olass of to. i'ho explanation offered for >rigin of tho malady ia that it ia duo c olouds of dust driven about sinco windy season sot in. Thoso dust iolca aro with roason supposed to i oaused inflammation, which has loped tho infectious epidemic af011. concludes thia authority. Republican 1'roHpority. ie Wilson Daily Nows wants to w, very iuaportincntly too in our omporary, how it holps this oounorour manufacturers to soil their to Europeans at half tho price they them to us. Why, that is the Hoioan idea of prosperity, and wo itoot" them so mat they can do it. :'s tho way this oonntry gets rioh, io mauufaoturorn, which means tho > thing in tho Republican dictionind whon we disagree wo aro told wc aro drea ncrs, running aftor rios.?Floronoa Times. J A NEGRO'S GIFT. One Thousand Dollars to Entertain Confederate Veterans. Robert K. Church, of Memphis, is typo of that olsss of Negroes wto realize that there is a oommunity of interest between the whites and the Negroes of the south and that the Negroes shou'd cultivate oordial relations with their white neighbors. Church is one of the wealthiest Negroes in the country and is noted for his publi > spirit. He contributes liberally to chanties sod takes a lively interest in whatever Mompbis undertakes. Unsolioitod he has contributed $1,000 to the fund for entertainment of the Confederate veterans at their reunion to be held in Memphis next May. Ho was born a slave and during the war was steward of a Mississippi r.ver steamboat which did tho Confederacy to lit tio Sfrrico. After the war ho beoam > a popular caterer in Memphis and amassed a fortune. In reference to his contribution to the reunion fund Church h*ja that he made his mmoy in Memphis and feels that he should do what ho can for the oity whoso people have boon so good to him, and he adds: "No persons on earth are mere disposed to holp the former slaves than aro tho veterans of the Confcderaoy, thoso old men who yet remember the Negro in Blavory." Tho ohairman of the local committee of arrangements in acknowledging Churoh'e gift writes: "1 hara never seen a moro striking act to show what should bo the real genuine fooling botweon tho races hero and toprovo beyond tho question of a doubt what should bo dono in oementing and building up tho real interests of this great growing oity regardless of nationality." Such Negroes as Robert R. Church aro an honor to thoir raoe and oreditab'o citizens of the communities in whioh they hvo.?Atlanta Journal. Justice Harlan Unseducod. A rceont incident whioh is receiving considerable oommcntin the press may b?. related in the words of William K Curtis, writing to tho Chioago Record: Justice Harlan created a little sensation by a sroech Friday night in response to a toast at the regular monthly m:cting of tho Loyal Legion. Sav oral members of Congress were p'o'ent and Representative Mooly of Massm* ohusotts took down his words. Among otho things ho said: "The fathers never intended that this government should evor exert any power or authority over any part of the earth'ssurfaoe free from the letter and spirit of the constitution." This is eonstruod to mean that Judge Harlan believes that tho constitution follows the dag &d<1 to indioato the probable dcoieioa of tho supremo oourt on that question. Another sentence in Judge Harlan's speech was: "Oar government was founded upon tho rights of man; 'ounded upon tho theory that man bad rights as a man. If wo enter into this world power '?us 1NC8B upon any othor theory, wo enter it for evil and noi for good." This is oonetrued to mean that at least one justice of the supreme court will insist that tho Filipinos and the inhabitants of tho newly acquired possessions should hsvc tho rights of citizenship Smallpox Spreading. Oov. MoSwocney Wednesday received from County Supervisor J. R. Culp of Cheater county tin following report as to tho apporanoo of smallpox in that oounty: Dear Sir: I regret to have to announce to you that smallpox has mado its way into our country from tho infected oounty of Union. There are some 10 or 12 e*H?R reported whioh arc to all ap pearancoa genuine. We are doing our best to 6Cgrogate them with tho means at our command, but would bo glad to havo buoh aid prom you as yon can ex tend to us ia our efforts to prevent the spread of this loathsome scourge. Tho caies alluded to aro near Li cds on the S. A. L. railroad, near Carlisle. TLo report of the snperivisor was promptly forwarded to Dr. James Evans, secretary of tho State board of hoalih. Train Robbery, A dispatch from San LuiB Potcsi, Mexico, says: "The firtt train robbery in American style ever committed on Mexioan soil oecurcd on tho Maxioan Central railway near there. News of tho affair has just reached the city. A passenger tram was held up by marked men, rvno entered the 1'ullmsn sleeper and robbed tho passongrrs of monny valuables an 1 baggage. The train crow wcro held up with pistols. The bandits wero five in nambcr. The loader and it is believed all the other robbers were Americans. The bandits aro being pursued by a foroo of troops and their oapture is almost oortain. Tho robbers, if cau<ht, will bo speedily put to death, as Mexican law ia very aevjre on such criminals." A Senator Arroetod. A dispatoh from Washington aays a warrant was issued Thursday afternoon for tho arrest of Senator William V. Sullivan, of Mississippi, ehargi:g him with assaulting Mies Mae Lacy Leeton, tho young woman who issuing htm for $50,000 for alleged broach of promise. Tho assault is said to have boon committed shortly after 8 o'clock Saturday night. Miss Locton alleges that while talking to Senator Sullivan ho slapped hor in the faoo. Senator Sallivan's attorney attempted to have his oliont forfeit twenty dollars collateral, but the 1 / u:.. T * v J . 1 mi inw/titi mr iuing j.uqioq ODj(Cieu. i no narrant wan then plaoed in Iho bands of a dotce.ivo. The Senator was oited to i>eir in court Friday morning Van Wyck blight. In Tho Commonor issued Thursday Itryan upholds tho aotion of Mayor Van Wyck, of Now York, in failing to lower tho flag when Quean Victoria diod. Ho nays it is not a serious question, but simply on aooount of oourtosy. Ho adds "Mayor Van Wyck presented a oonaplcto dofonso when ho oited the failure to pay this tribute to Joubort as a precedent If a flag on a public building is not made to pay tribute to tbo memory of a hero who died in freedom's holy cause then it is not extremely important that that flag bo rcqired to pay tribute to Kings and Quoem." a THE FARCE OF LIFEAt Brought Out Vividly at the Oueeu'i Funeral. How the Angel of Death muit htvo smiled last Saturday at that array of powor as represented by thoso cmperorc, kings and princes who followed Qieen Victoria's remains to tho last resting place There they were, two errpjrore, five kings, more than half a hundred trinocp, innumerable dukes, carls, lords, cio , marohing behind that one little crifin. And there was the Angel of P:ath also. There tho combined representatives of all earthly power and glory. Tbero the unsetn monarch of them all, to whose mandate that prinoolv arrav irn mnnh unKi "l ?? 't? (ambient vassal is to their own; to whoto beck and call they mast lay aside all eaitbly trappings, throw ofl tLc taw* dry crown and rjbc of office and *o bence, ad humble as tho lowliest of their own subjeots. For as someone ban said, at tho gravo ali men arc equ.vl. How flunsy athing seems kingch'p, all earthly power and display when brought face to faco with the ADgo! of Death. It is as some great majidtlo Lip whose great proportions and wonderful ooneiruotion exoito admiration and even amazement, jot which, in the fury of the gale is picked up, tos-i-d about l.ke a ship in a mill rnoc, its masts stripped off as if they were straws and the whole finally broken in two and thrown to the bottom of the occ.a. as a ohild might chunk a pebble into a tub of water. All things foeai great or small by contrast, Dut the gTeat ships that go down to tho soa aro not ruoro at the morcy of tho storm nor moro intiguifi oant in its fury than the greatest of kiDg and quocas and prinoes and lords at one look cr nod or call from the Angel of Death. Evea the chip that floitB on the bosom of a turbulent river is not iroro subject to its eu.-r.~ts d eddies than thoy aro subject to the slightobt wbim of the Infiuuo. For of all cphemoral thizgs, this thing of kingly power and display and glory and even existence is the most ephemeral. Yet they all play it out to tho end? evtn beyond the end. They strut even in the face of death?even af or doath. One p^or little ocffio, a coujle of emperors, four or five kings, a few score < f princes and dukes and lords. The Angol of Death How tho latter must smile. I say, at thiir pretensions. How ho mist chuckle over their theory of "divine right." Tillman on Child Labor. The following letter from Senator Tillman oiplains itself: United States Senate, Washington, D. U., Deo. 5, 19<K). Mrs. Khsaboth L. Baldwin, Onoofthe King's Daughters, 181ft N. Gales St., Columbia, 8. 0. Dear Madam: 1 have your letter of Deo. 2d. 1 sympathise heartily in the effort to provent ohildron being put to work in faotorios at auoh an early age, aLd would gladly see an aot passed by tho general assembly suoh as the King's Daughters had introduoed last session. Child labor suoh ae you describe must result in rapid deterioration of those subjected to it, aad I bid you Godspeed id your cilort to seouro legislalion that will prevent it. Tho development of tho cotton mill industry iu South Carolina has been phenomenal and there is a disposition on the part of the legislature to let well enough alone, at least for the present, but if the good women of the Stato will take the matter in hand and systematically organizo and go to work they will bo successful iu the long run. I do not know what aotive support I can give you, as my duties here will not allow mo to be iu the State when the legislature is in session, but whatever 'nfluenoe my name may give is yours to use as you seo fit. There are to agencies you have to oombat?the mill owners who employ the ohildrcn because they got thom for small wages, and the paronta who aro cariers of their child's welfare, that it is oarning something, very often to support the adult in idlonc0*. The working of children, of tender years, in mills injures them both physically and mentally, the good bihse of the State will fo declare whenever tho question is properly prosonted. W'ashinv you Godspeed, Yours very sinocroly, (Signed) B. Ik. Tillman. Americans as Looters. Thorn has been much published it tho newspapers about the looting >i Chinese homes, etor>.3, and prhiu buildings by the soldiers0/ tfeo powor* in China, and in most of tho tcccun'.e our own soldiors hsvo bae.i declared t. he oxcopticrs to the rnie. In this eonneotion the following oxtra-t from the letter of a soldier in the Ninth UuiUO States infantry in Chic*., published ir the Worcester Spy. will be interesting "If I could havo taken oare of and safoly handlod all the loot ana plunder whioh i had and could have got, J wonld return to tho United States t rich man, caislo wortn $26,000 $20,000, bat 1 oouldn't do it, and had lc get rid of what did fall into .j. *>*nd- m quickly as possible. laoldncarl., 51,001 worth of loot. I had silver billion yal ore, beautiful and "estly furs of all kinds, silk in abondanoo and a greai variety of preoious stones and jewels, bat I could not carry it, so 1 had to dis pote of it as quiokly as I could, j sold $1,500 worth of pnro silver bar foi $200, Mexioan monoy, equal to $100 ic gold. I have often stated in my palm) days that I wonld like to have all the wealth 1 could carry, and here is a oasc of where I have it But it avails me nothing, as the pool enlistod man geu nothing oat of tho affair but hardtack, and with bnt one-fourth rations at that. Many of the officers have scoured enough out of tho affair to bo wealth) for lifo, and tho higher tho rank the ' more loot they got. When you read ic tho paper of the Amcrioan not looticg, > you oan just wink tho other oye and be wise. Tho Amorioans and the Kogliat were deed in the gamo, and the Koglisl got a triflo moro than the Yanks, be oaaRo they were a triflo smartor, 8ix Men Drowned. Six men wero dremed in the Ala baiua river Wednesday at itoese'a ferry a fey miles south of Montgomery. Th< ; men with team nwero in a ferry boat whei the latter atruek a snag in the nriddh of the river and upset. Ac STILL CRUSADING. Mrf. Nation Smaihis Another Saloon in Topaka. SHE ADDRESSES CHILDREN And Appaa's to Tham to 2ms?h 8aloor? Windcw* With Rock* in A?l lha Ciiies. Mrs. Carrie Nation and three followers Wednesday wrought demag* tc the j fXteot of $1,500 in tho "Seoate," the j SDost equipped "joint" in Topckr, Kan. She alro gained the lirst police protect-on Thepohjo followed up her raid of Wed read ay and arrested the tor of the Scnato and two menwbo wcro guarding tho p'aoc, and the tU-k of liquor tho ?aloon aeaurcd t o sell tc tho crowd, flockei to view tha wreckage. Mrs. Nation v.?*9 arreted, bnl proauptly rolcascd. Mrt. Nation ^nd her wreckers, eaoh armed with a natohet, sallied forth at daybreak Thoy foreod their way past a Negro, wno was guarding the do<>r of the "8caatoM and in lens than ten uinutcs had strew r the flrc-r with broken mirrors, bottles, Mot ir-ehin.a aud eplinterrd V. fixtnr6n. Nc^ro fi-?d a shot t! v^.yniug into the n?ili-g, tot it had ao rn'iot. Presently a poiieeir>~u walked leisurely into the roots and said: "Well, 3i?tcr Nation, I gaeae we'll have to arrest yea again." Mrs. Nation had just straihod the last botild and wa? ?-??d7 to p?The police Judge was glad to release her when ol>e appeared for trial and administered a ?ob"ke to that oi?:i*l. Mrs. Nation soon wo?;t down Kansas uvrnue, froc again. Later Chief of Police Stahl, in an interview with a reporter, eaid: "L do notearcif Mrs. Nation emtohes every joint in Topeka. I sympathize with htr, I hope she will close op the salooDi of the oily. As an officer of the law, thought it is my duty to arrest her very time bho creates a disturbance or destroys property. If we had the right kind of mate officers it would net be necessary for Mrs. Nation to do what he is doing." There are reports of plots to hurt Mrs. Nation. It war ?*id that several saloon menhava oha?;ed thiok glass bottles with tremendous pressure, so that an explosion will follow their being broken. She is not at all disturbed by ' these stories. Wednesday Mrs. Nation dioteted an " appeal "to the children of tho high Bohools of the United States," in whioh sha urgod children everywhere to tmzoh saloon windows with rooks. When Mrs. Nation appeared in oou-t, to answer, the ehwgea'j^Viisturbicg I tho poaoe" and "amas^^^^joint" t' a "J first charge was disaiiBbid', notw' batanding tho orusader demanded a tr-J; a hearing on the eocond ohargo was set for Thursday, tho prisoner Lclng released without bond. "The ccargo of disturbing th: peaoe is dismissed," said Judge Magraw. as the orusader stood at the rai'inz. The ohargo followed her arrest Tuoeduy, after her fruitless attempt to wreck the Unique resist-r^nt. "I object to the aismissal," exclaimed Mrs. Nation. "I was arrested wrongfully and deprived of my liberty." To the charge of smashing a joint, Mta. Nation replied: "I plead guilty to that, I rather think I did smash it." Tho prisoner demanded that the oity attorney bo brought in and be compelled to give eausfl {-? arresting her 1 Tuesday, i'bo polioo ,idge ttv.d to ignore her uad the ohi ? pollni fused to listen to bar df-m* d. j Tbon Judge TJayraw ocgan ?.o read | ( tho law touching offocderd who c-nato I a pubiio d;aturoacoe or cause rio*. Mrs. j Nation interrupted several titcca and ^ j told the oou.t :t "might a . well read a >' novel to mo as thit statf. It does't cover my oase." The Jadgc was ind;Ttcnl, and CHioi , StaM throatonea to have the marshal pat her out. J -ilgo Mar-nw had no doairc tc hold tho prisoner and pet milled her to go on her c*u raocgnizanoe to appear ?.ext Thureday tor trial. Mrs. Nafio~ thanked him and ehook . hau ls and de; arted. II Mra. Nation -as aRaic arrested or. a , wsrrau saorn oat by the r>\\ j*rs of tho i "Senate" siloon. 3hr-. ia charged with i malicious ocjtntot'OD of prap?rty. fehe , was released ou $100 bond for trial Saturday. i A il sdley, physioal uircetor of the I Y. M. O. A , tc irlit Tuesday at tore eon , over th? :n is of Mrs Nation's oruwdo with a Negro turned Jackson, whn ?? ' I [ ho wished Mrs. Nation had boon killed. r John U. Nicholson, a law yet from [ Newton, is hero with a bill he has pro, pared to legalize joint smashing. . A Slioctiug Scra;o. ? At Spartanburg ou Tuesday c! lost ) week K. B. Do an was shot and painful* ly wouuJ'jU by Uheif of Polico A B. 1 Dean. The principles of what was t nearly a tragedy aro fir9t oonsins. Tho , exact cause which led to the difficulty cannot he ascertained, but political re [ la'.ions between tho two are the supposr ou cantcs. List August Capt. Geo. B. i Dean, father o! K B. Dean, the wound* r oi man was defeated by Jno. ?. Vor) non for sheriff of tho eounty. It is ) obarggd that A. B Dean uned his in> fluenoe for the successful candidate,then ? ohiof of polioe. Mr. A. B. Dean was oleotod an successor of J. K. Voroon, an ohiof of polioe, whioh position ha now I holds. The injured man is boing atr tended by Dr. Goo. R. Doan, a oousin i of both parties. A SoriouH Charge, i The Newport News Herald says H. L. i MoAlcr, who was arrested at Hook i Hill, 8. 0., on the chargo of having sent through the mails an obscene letter to a young woman, arrived at Norfolk Thursday night in oharge of Depnty United States Marshal Dodson f Hook Hill. MoAler was Imogen Now, port Ncrs when the alleged on uo j against the Postal laws was committed, i lie was placed in Jail in Norfolk and > will bo tried in that oity. ila haa a wifa and family in Rook HUL ^