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THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE. VOL 1. BATESBURG, S C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13,1901. NO. 5 frr? n TV I\ % ?-*i r. . 1 mn? nntn .,,,,.?_ - - 1 LKKILU.hi VV KKtlV. s A Train Jjmpeditha Track and P|r wad Into a Hill. 11 9i FIVE KILLED. MANY MISSING P M Few Paisengers Escaped Irjj y ^ Three So'diers Under Or- ^ ders for Phillpines At Among the Dead. Train No. 5 tho Now York-Chicago l" limited on the Erio railroad, was wrecked Thursday morning within tho Ql town limits of Greenville, Pa. Five ot passengers were dead when taken from sc the wreck, scvoral are missing and U there aro many bauly injured. THE DEAD. ]_, The dead aro: C Sergeant Major Harry A. Hart, Fort ti Wood, N. Y. it Gcorgo W. Patterson, Philadelphia, uj private Co I, U. S., infantry; carried ti< a card of Iron Moulders' union. Peter J. Curry, Cobooo, New York, L privato Tenth infantry, aged 21. w Unknown man, aged 25 years. wi Unknown man, only papers on per- in duu nos ? j'uejiai uaru ui&i naa necn bobt to the Adams Produce company, Kushville, Ind., and a ticket from Now ju York to that point. His faco was literally torn to shreds. ^ i THE INJURED. be The injured aro: al Win D. Moore, 32 Lenox Road, oo Brooklyn; compound fracture of left co leg and badly cut about the head. pa B. A. Marsdon, Philadelphia; terribly crushed about tho body. mi Ivan Lcstersmith, Canistow, I'a ; lc ? badly bruised. sti Jos. Konccdy, Brook Geld, Mass.; m oomponnd fracture of left leg and jei bruised about the body. as Wm P. MacGinnity, attorney, Port land, Ind.; hip crushed, face cut. th O. H. Simons, Kontcho, brakeman; wi oompound faoturo of left leg, right in leg badly bruised. 0. J. Henry, Meadvillo, baggageman; "t loft leg broken, injured about the ya I chest. co I 8. Aiken, salesman, New Vork; to I slightly, suffering from tho Bbock. Olarsnoo Leek, Bummorvillo, N. J.; Mi ^ injuries serious. r Milton Stanley, Newark, N. J ; leg ar V fractured, out about faoe. to I Harry Weisburg, express messenger, sh " Dayton, Ohio; crushed. flhi Hardly a passenger escaped without rci some iDjury. Tho train wasoomroud th of Ycsiibuled Pullman cars, three in bleeping oars, a day coach, eombina tw tion smoker and baggage car, and a ag mail oar, and was odc of tho th l .now Atlantic typ^^^^^fcpes. Thby the steel mail car ahead, which Gr went through it as if it were paper, tearing, orushing, maiming and carry of ing death. bil The eoeno of the wreck is on a sharp rig curve. On one sido, 40 font below, Mi flows the Shenando river, on the other he is a steep bluff. Thecngino left the it i track at the carve and before it liad adi gone two oar longths plowed into the gri Btecp bill, where it fell upon ita aide ahi and waa half buried. The train was running two hours late, and tho accident happened at 7:10 just about the < time when the oooupanta of the sleep- ole era bad finished dressing. del After tho terrible orash tho unin di< jured passengers set about tho resourc an of tho dead and wounded, surgeons otii were summoned and within a few min D. utea tho dead and dyiDg were being ?ta carried from thero as fast as they coulu oil be disoovered beneath tho wreckage the It was several hours, however, before ha the victims had been removed and sol placed in tho two rear Pullmans. The Jo eoene inside the telescoped cars was oci terrible. Men begged to be released no and screamed in agony. They were all arr heaped in a oorner of tho ra-, dumped foi thero by the impetus of the mail car- mi The injured were placed in a special ed, train and takon to the Spencer hospi tal, Meadvillo, about noon. What little was left of tho baggago or express matter was dumped in the river to ?f clear the debris for rcscno. Several hundred sacks of mail wcro apparently be little injured. Pr' T^o train was in charge of Conduo da tor Randall, with Engineer Lucie and of Fireman Eckert. Roth tho engineer He1 and fireman escaped by jumping, though 1113 both wero painfully bruised. Snpt. Thelknap and other officials were early on the ground. They wero unable to va assign a oauso for the accident unless spreading rails can be blamed. A par K" ty of nino soldiers on their way from Fort Porter, Now York, to Port Crook, Neb , oocupied part of tho siroker. Ot I tnese. tnrco were killed and two sen zi1 ouly injured. They wero under orders be for tbo Philippines. cm B. A. Marndon of Philadolphia, pin set ned in the stnokor by a beam, bis foot b> aod obest orushed, his face i battered with the brains of ono of the soldiers, in inaiated on tbo rescuers releasing an no unfortunato Jew nearby. Mr. Mars- hii den's wcunds are considered faial. let ini McKinley Roasted. j A sensation was created in the houso of repeesentatives Monday week when Speaker Henderson failed to call the ja( joint session to order for the John Mar- ( shall day cxoroiscs. He was present in the houso, but sent Speaker Pro Tern. . Da:zc 11 to tho chair, it is said the v-( speaker is indignant over tho selcotion j, of Wayne McVcagh as tho orator of trio . day, and that his failure to take part in ^ the (zeroises is the result of the selection Republicans denounoo the action i a t ; ? ? in mo nar association id asxing DioVeagh to speak. Tho roafion for this ^ . was shown when McVcagh delivered a sensational and scathing denunciation V of the policy of tho administration in the Philippines toward tho oloso of his ' rj spoooh eulogizing Chief Justico Mar * hall. Tho denunoiation of tho policy of imperialism waa enthusiastically applauded by Democrats, but Kopublicans prcsont remained silent. President McKinloy was prcsont and he was oomEoiled to listen to tho spoooh criticising is oourBo. Tho address was couohcd in parlimontary languago and whilo its im meaning is clear, Mr. McVoagh's utter- by anocs wore not offensive. Tho affair is to the talk of the houae. no .> * 4* irtanir tUBMUI STJSAL enator McLaurin Advocates Mark Hanna't Pet Scheme When the pbip subsidy bill came up > the Unit'd Mates Senato Thursday enator McLaurin, of tbi9 State, an ouoccd his intention of voting lor it nd SoDator Morgan, of Alabama, opr 8rd it in vigorous language. Mr. L Laurin spoko in support of tho bill, as-ing bis his adveoaoy of the incasuro ' pen iho tbcory that the pa-sago of it ould bono fit the ootton growing inter ts of tho southern S:?tes. lie oitcd 10 j otion of tho Southern Cotton Spin ers association at Charlotte, N. C , in rging legislation of the oharaotcr pur bscu in mo ponding Dill, ilo contondi also that rnything that would stim- y lato American shipping would boutit J, i>t only tho ootton iutercbts but all p ;Lor agricultural intorests. Tho rc- a dutions adopted at Charlotto, ho said, pify tho sentiment of tho cntiro south a id prosago a return of tho old proatigo 1( id prosperity of that scotion. Mr. Me- t| aurin referred to tho effect of tho ivil war upon the south and said tho 0( mo had oomo to put asidu tho animoaiea aroused by that strugglo and tako p ;> tho intcreats that wore oharaotoria- r( 0 of tho old south. t( Mr. Mallory said in reply to Mr. Mo- f( aurin that his opposition to tho bill as based upon the opinion that it ould not do what it profo?scd to do q, aiding tho Amerioan shipping. morgan at the bat. do Mr. Morgan then spoke for five " >urs. Mr. Morgan urged that tho shipping 11 be oommitted to tho committee, to 111 1 recast in order that its constitution- ^ and other imperfections might bo rrcoted. lie said it was now being nsidcrcd not on its merits but as a xty measure. "A measure cannot become a party oc casuro," suggested Mr. Allison of f'1 wa, "until we know w hat it is. As it ^ suds before us now it is merely tho t0 ensure of tho oommittco and is sub ^ ot to suoh amendment and ohango tc tho senate may determine." t0 Mr. Morgan expressed tho opinion ^ at the American ship yards now, ar hout any assistance, wero tho best tho world. ! "Do you not think," asked Mr. Hale, 1. hat if the naval ships built in our di rds were put to the test of actual de nflict they would prove themselves be tho host over nnnstruntnrt ? ' m "They have proved that,'' replied Mr. yrg&n. de Rcrcrriog to the competition likely to be iso between the United States and reign nations, wheu this government 'n ould vote a subsidy to American ip?, Mr. Morgan deolared it would 'o suit in a commercial conflict between e Uuitid StaK s and great Britain bo which the financial batteries of the 0 oou"*r!es would be arrayed 'n ainst each other. lie was inclined to ink tho United States might be *?tcd in such a conflict becauso of cat Britain. *? Mr. Morgan pleaded for tho adoption A: ti e Clay amendment to tho suosidy m< 1 authorizing negotiations for a ks ;ht of way for tho Nicaragua canal. ml aoh as he opposed the shipping bill, br indicated a purpose not to oppose if the Nicaragua amendment was 10 ded and provision inane that oon:ss ahoud have pjwer to ropoal the ipping act at any time. *? Murderers to be Taken. on Governor Beckham is prepring to m ar tho Kentuoky mountains or murrers, or at least of those persons in 011 itcd for murder by tho grand juries 4 whoaro defying arrest by the county te iccrs. The plan is to send Col. Roger bo Willams with tho first battalion of 1 do militia to Manchester or some P1 ler convenient point to rouno up ln 280 outlaws andoelivcr them into the r.ds of the oourts. Incidentally the diers wi: 1 atlompt tho oapturo of ln hn L. Powers and Borry Howard, 1 aviotcd of tho assassination of Govcr- m rGocbcl and who arc now defying B& est. Thcr; aro in Clay county alone irtccn men UDdcr indictment for 'n irder who liavo not been even arrest 10 Si ,, ?: : be Marriage ofatjueen. t0 Wilhelmina, tho first ruling queen 4 Holland, Thursday married Duke *r inry of Mecklenburg Sohwerin, who comes prince of the Netherlands by dc lolamation in the Court Gazott Thursy evening. The marriage was a series dc brilliant colored pioiures. Hut the ro tore simplicity of the l>utch form of irriago, which wss followed to the pi ter in the civil contract bclorc the nistsr of justice, Dr. 1'. W. A Cort m q Der Linuen, and in the old fashionroligious service in Grooto Kerk, 2 voit a demooratio spirit. or Electrocuted. br jorenzo Priori, who murdered Vinoco- m }aruz>, in Now York C ty, Decern r 11, 1898, acd a few weeks ago to 3 red a stay of execution by the repre- in itatiou tliat thnoriiiic was commuted m his wife's brother, James Saoando, of s put to death in the electric chair tfa tho state prison at Sing Sing Wed- th - day. it required two shocks to kill lu u Ho Iclt with tho priests who atidcd him a statement declaring his tc loccnco in tcpublican Anti-Trust Plank. m . m This tendency of trusts to increase number and to raise prices is calcucd to show the agriculturists and (]c icr cUs-cs of consumers how hollow D( s the anti trust plank in tho 1'hila- m Iphia platform, and ought to conice those among them who voted the iQ publican ticket that tboy deserve to j,, disciplined by an automatic kicking HI ichino. Paying the Piper. Kmrl Roberts says ho will need every diflr ir. SahJK Afwln* t civo months and wiil at-k Lho house common for $350,000,000 during tho m ^uing finanoial yoar, in addition to jn tat ha9 already been voted for tho y r. And yot England has 1,003,005 upcrs to support by public taxation, (j idontly the British Btatcsiuan has r# ucthing to think over just now. China is Still "It." ^ Chinoso oflicials aro talking about re- h< burscmont for tho looting suffered dc I'ekin. It scorns difficult for China oo understand that it iB tho football, t one of tho playora. bi * ? THE TAXES. I The Amount Each County Hat Assessed t 1 ITS CITIZENS THIS YEAR a :lgures that Will be Read With t 8 Interest by Tax Pay* o ers All Over the ? State. In the House on Friday the supply | >ill was called up. This bill makes tho J >vy in the soveral ooanties for the pur J ?.:? _ ?j vijvu ui uuuu hwiug omic ana ooudlf * flairs. Tho first section of tho bill reuires that a tax of 5 mills, in aooord- . noo with the appropriation bill, bo >vied for the purpose of oonduoting tio State government, and 3 mills for < tie publio sohoolB. In the roBpcotivo aunties the following is provided: Abbeville, for ordinary county pur- . obcb, 2 12 mills; $10,000 may bo bor- j.. >wea at 7 per oont. to pay salaries of :achors; 20 cents per day is filed as jo for dieting prisoners. Aiken ordinary purposes, 3 mills. Anderson, for ordinary purposos, 3 lills; past indebtedness, 1 mill. % Beaufort, for ordinary purposoB, 4 3 4 lills; past indobtcdnoss, 1-2 mill; sink- .. ig fund, 1 mill. * Berkeley, ordinary purposos, 5 mills. ?1 Bamberg, for ordinary purposes, 3 0 lills; for the spooial road district of ... enmark, 2 mills. ' Barnwell, ordinary oounty purposes, * 1 2 mills. . Uheorokce, for ordinary oounty tax, u 1 2 mills; for new Jail, 1 mill; for tunty road tax, 1 mill; for sinking . ltd for Draytonville, Gowdoysvillo, 'hito Plato, Morgan and Limestono ? wnships, 2 mills; for sinking fund for horokco township, 112 mills; for in- m rest on railroad bonds, Cnorokec wnship, 1 1-2 mills; in Draytonville, ~ owdevsvillo, White Plain, Morgan ,( id L mrstono townships, 1 1-2 mill. ?,! Chester for ordinary oountv tax, 3 ' 2 mills; for interest on railroad bonds, j3^ mill; in Court House townthip school j.1,! strict No. 1, 1 mill, to pay past in- ' btcdness. 4... Clarendon for ordinary purposes, 3 . ills. 1)1 Colleton, ordinary, b mills; past inibtedness, 1 mill; interest on railroad inds, 1 1-2 mills. 7 ! j'&riiagioD, ordinary, 4 mills, past debtedness, 1 mill. \r. Dorohcstor, ordinary, 4 5-8 mills; in- " rest on county bonds, 5 8 of a mill; reen Pond and Waltcrboro railroad tnds, 3 8 of ono mill. Edgefield, ordinary, 3 7 8 mills; past debtedness, 1 8 of a mill. $1 Fairfield, ordinary, 4 mills. Florence, ordinary, 3 1-4 mills. an Greenville, ordinary 4 mills; D??t in- )4 iHPnHFFr"t * mill! IfiP 'WrtraekTng 1-13 of one mill, for interest. on lat ir Line railroad bonds, 1 2 of ono ry, ill; for interest on Greenville and turons railroad bonds, 1 2 of one ill; for maintaining oonvijta and idgc s, 2-3 uf a mill. Greenwood, ordinary 3 mills; past debtedness, 1 mill. Georgetown, all purposes, 5 mills. Hampton, ordinary purposes, 4 mills; r homo for poor, 1-2 mill. Horry, ordinary, 53 4 mills; interest , i railroad bonds in four townships, 4 ills. t Kershaw, ordinary, 4 mills; interest nn i railroad bonds, 2 1-2 mills. ? Lancaster, ordinary 4 1-2 mills; in- ' rest od Cheraw and Chester railroad L\ >ads, 3 mills; for retiring said bonds, mill; for Three C's bonds, 3 mills; 3 ills in Pleasant Hill township; 5 14 Gill's Creek, and 4 1 2 in Cano Creek it( wnship. Laurens, ordinary, 2 14 mills; past debtedness, 1-4 mill; road purposes, 45 mill; interest on railroad bonds, 3 de ills; all tlio county's part of dispen- 00 ry profits go to tho public sobools. lia Lexington, ordinary, 3 1 2 mills; past lia dobtedncss, 1-2 mill; interest on rail- th ad bonds in Fork, Broad River and iluda townships, 112 mills. retiring cl< >nds in Saluda and Rroad River wnships, 5 mills; in Fork township, mills; attorney's fees in Broad River ()) id Saluda township, 1 4 of a mill. W{ Marion, ordinary 3 mills; past in .>(] ibtcdness, 1 mill. Marlboro, ordinary, 3 mills, past inibtcdness, 1 mill; Now jail, 1 mill; ads 1 mill. Newberry, 2 1 4 mills for ordinary trpose a. Oconco, for ordinary purposes, 4 12 Ar ills. - Orangeburg, for ordinary purposes, 1 2 mills; past indebtedness, 1 4 of io mill. 'tokens, ordinary, inoluding roads and idgcB, 5 mills; past indebtedness, 2 .r ills. Richland, for ordinary county tax, 1-4 mills; in Columbia towuaphip, for teresls on railroad bonds, 1 2 of one |] ill; for retiring railroad bonds, 1 4 one mill; and in addition thereto C[ >cre shall be looted a tax of 2 mills in ic school district of tho city of Coinbia Spartanburg, ordinary, 3 mills, in rest on rail road bonds, I mill, sink- f g fund, 1 2 mil); roads, 1 mill, pcranent improvements on roads, 112 ^ ills, one half of dispensary, profits to i to schools. p, Saluda, ordinary, 2 S 4 mills, pastinibtcdness, 1 8 mill; jurors and witisfcr, 1 1-4 mills; permanent impTovocDts on reads, 1 mill. Sumter, ordinary purposes and pa^t dcbtcdncss, 3 mills; out of dispensary afiis $2,000 is to bo set aside as a _i.: r? J U & I U? 1 UUU. A Union, ordinary, 2 1 2 mills. interest jc i railroad bonds, 2 mills- sinking ind, 2 milln; road tax, 1 mill. la Williamsburg, ordinary purposes, 4 wi ills. al York, for ordinary oounty tax, 4 1-2 W ills; in Catawba township. 2 mills ; to i Kbencxer township, 1 1-2 mills; in lo ork township, 3 1-2 mills to pay inter- fc it on the bonds issued in aid of pi harlcston, Cincinnati and Chicago of ilroad. W Mr. Lido offered an amendment to he duce the ponalty for non paymont of taxes, from 15 to lOporoent. This 47 i said would in a measure obviate tho fa mand upon the gonoral assembly to or ntinually extend timo for payment. ex Tho amendment was adopted and the ad 11 then pasaed second reading. ti< WHERE THE MONEY O0ES. kpproprirtions Made by the House of Representatives Tho appropriation bill adopted by ho Houtio of Representatives is sb folows: stats house expenses. Salary of governor, $3,000; private eoreta>y, $1,350; mcesongtr, $400;oon ingont fund, $5 000; stationery, $300; tcnographer, $100. Salary of secretary of Btato, $1,900; Icrk, $1,350; contingent fund, $150; tationcry, $500; extra olerk hire $100; or books, blanks, etc.. $300. Comptroller gonoral's salary, $1,900; hreo clerks, $1,400 each, contingent and, $300; printing; $500; stationery, 300; traveling expenses, $5)0 Stato treasurer, $1,900, chief olerk, 1,500; two bookkeepers, $1,350 oaoh: ontingont fund, $200; printing of onds and stooks, $2,000; stationery, 200. * Superintendent of education, $1,900; I _.l. Aon n. . ? ? iujiv, fatfu, contingent iuoa, f-OO; rioting, books, eto., $1,319. Siato , oard cipcoscs, $300; stationery, $300; tonograper; $400; traveling expenses, 300. i Adjutant geDcral, $1,500, assistant , ljutani general $1,200; State armorer, 350; traveling expenses, $550; contin- , :nt fund, $500; stationery, $150; roliring arsenal at LS.-aufort, $300; for le militia, $3,000. i Attorney general, $1,900; assistant, 1,350; oontingont fuud, $150, Btation- ( y, $100; litigation expenses, $1,500; j ir emergency $500, if neoessary. Railroad commissioners' salaries, $5, ( 10; soorotary, $1,200; contingent fund, i 1,200. , State librarian, $800; oontingont ind, $175; stationery, $300; other cx- ( snscs, $100. ? Two watchmen Stato house, $900; ? nitor, $100; engineer $75 for sovon ( onths and $25 for five month; two cmcn at $35 per months; for fivo ] onths; keeper 8 contingent lund, $200 | Supreme court, Chief Justice Molvcr, c 1,850, Justico Gary, $2,850; Justioo t >ncs, $2,850; Justice Fopr, $2,850; t erk, $300; librarian, $800, reporter, 00; attendant, $200; messenger. $200; r nttngont fund, $500, hoiks for f irary, $500; 100 oopies of 59m and >tb, reports, $1,200. f For eaoh of the oight circuit julgrs, ,000; solicitors $11,050, stouogra v ICTB, $10,000. Board of Health?For quarantine i irposcs, $15,000; fot Stale board, $2 0; Charleston quarantine station, f ,050; St. Helenas, $950; Fort Royal, j .275; Georgetown, $075; Lazaretto, c 00; clerk hire fov State board. $300. n Salaries of couuty auditors. $25,500; fl inting for county auiitors, $2,500 STATE COI.I-.EUES il South Carolina college, $28,107, and 1 1,000 for eteward's hall. * W'inthrop ooilege, $43 (tllO, for sohol ' >hip. $5,450" fo" new d jrmi 0iy 1 Vc CilatfOT, $^.>,"000 tndry, $1,500; laboratory $758,'libra | n , f^.aUU. 1 State colored college, $S 000. n For the public schools, $100,000. PENAL AND OI! AR1TA1ILE Cedar Springs deaf, dumb and blind p plum, $20,000, and $20,000 for the i jotion of a new building. Salaries of State ponitentiary offi ils, $5,400. Catawba Indians, $800 and $200 for F bool. 1 The Stato hospital for the insano is JJ got: For running expenses, $100,- 1 0, building purposes, $10,000; Wal- 1 jc property debt. $4,120; salary of su- a rintsndont, $3,000, board of regents, ? ,200. S DEBTS, INTEREST, ETC. For the completion of the Stato cap i >1, $15,000. Charleston exposition, $50,000. q The largest single item is $285,015 - 0 to meet (ho interest on tho public bt. In tho samo connection is $20,- j 0 for the payment of past duo interot fc iblo to accruo on old bonds and stocks * ible to be founded under the laws of p is State. \ For the pensions $100,000; $000 for t ark and $120 for postage, etc. f MISCELLANEOUS. t Public printing, $12,000; claims, $8,- v 10; govcrnors's mansion repairs, $250; 1 iter, $2,000; lights, $0 000; fuel $1,- 1 10; phosphate inspector, $1,500. v A number of improvements on the I ate house are contemplated, among 1 em $2,000 for rewiring. The amount 1 r repairs to roof is $250. Phosphate inspector's salary, $1,200. For legislative examining committees j 1 penal and oharitable institutions ( 103. , Salary of code commissioner, $100. ? Expensos of oommitteo to examine < a.-alro 1 _ Aran r r\ IU?D ui umiu UUIU1U1S, fJUU. UU, ( Expenses of militia in Georgetown | id Kloronoo troubles, $2,536 10. < Unpaid accounts, statioaury of house, < 184.44. 1 Expenses J. B. Watson, witness, t 0 20. t Kont of of&oo for Stato superintend- 1 it of education, $100. J Salary L. M. Kagan, olerk, Stato t lard of canvassers, $80. 1 (las used iu session of 1800, $169.21. ( Unpaid salary of adjutant general r 1000, $300. Insurance on South Carolina college lildings, $3,000. For attorney general's offioo to aid in -oseouting fertilizer companies said to 1 in tho trust, $2,500. Kclio room in Conlcderato inuicum Richmond, $100. Coal Burners. Tho consumption of coal by the big tlantio steamors is an interesting subot of study. Tho fastest passenger earner in the world is the Doutsohnd, which has made 584 miles a day, ith a consumption of 570 tons of coal, most a ton a milo, whilo tho Kaiser 11 hoi 111 has made f?Ht miles on 500 ds of ooal Tho Doutscliland ia 118 feet ngorthan tho Kaiacr Wilhclm, or 680 1 ot, and one foot wider. It hasadia ( aoomont of 28,000 tons aad onginos t 85,000 horre power, whilo tho Kaiser i ilhelrn is of 20,000 tons and 28,000 f ?rso power. Tho i<ucaDia, tho queen ] tho Cunardcrs, makes 562 miles on ' 5 tons of coal. Tho Ht. Paul, the 1 Btest American ship, mado 540 miles ( i 800 tons of coal, whioh shows how f pont-ivo fast steamers arc. For ovory s ditional mile of speed tho oonsump- t >n of ooal must bo greatly iuorcaaed. t waftt their heads The Formal Indictment of Ouilty Chineee Presented NAME8 AND OFFEN8E8 OIVEN The First M dtter to be Determined In Sett ement of the Case Against Poor Old China. Dispatch from l'ekiD, China, says at tho meeting of tho foroigo ministers and Chinese plcnipotontiaris, Wednesday, the ent 're proceedings being presented to the Chinese. A formal indictment against tho 12 officials a hose punishment had boon dom&nlod by the powers wasr-ad, howovor, though Kang Yi and hi l'ing Hong are dead. Tho offi oials wboso punishment has been demanded are: Duke Lan, vico proeidont of the police, who w&p acoossory to tho giving of orders for the oantnre nf fnrniunn ???/t was tbc first to open the gates of tho oity to tho Boxers. , Yirg Ntcn criminal accomplice of i Prinoo Ohuang and Doko Lan iu their machinations. Kaog Yi, ono of tho instigators and , sonsollors of tho Box?rs who always i protected them. Chaos Su Kiam, a ncmbcr of the i :rand council and also minister of jus , ;ioe who was ono of tho lcadeas against , :he foreigners. ( Yu Hsien, who reorganized the Box- j :rs. was tho oruel author of the mas- , iaceres in tho Shan Si prjvinoo ?Dd as- ] lassisaled with his own hand foroignirs ana missionaries i Gen. Tung Kuh Siang, who with | Proioc- Tuaa carried out in PckiD the 1 Un" against tho foreigners and who lommandcd the attacks on the lega ions and tho soldier* who assassinated he Japanese chancellory. , Li Pmg Hen*, who iufluor.ced rccog- | litioii of the Boxers and tutor to the i icir soparcnt Hsu Cheng Yu, *ho has the same rc | ponsibility. , Kih Siu, niinistcrat tho rites of sor- | 'ice of the Boxers. , 1 he ministers then announced that , hc-o personages ail doscrvei death , Whtn this question was *eitlod the ( or?''gi plcnipotcntiiries will have-tondioa e who, to tli ir knowledge, oora- i nittod crimes in tho province, punish- | o rt for which will have to bo in \ lioted. i They will also present to tho Chinese n older to prevent misunderstanding, he ^ xt of < ho edict roforrcd to in ar ] ic AO of the oollcotivo noto, before ] j -Vjlieatijo. i M L.iain iS definitely decided to , ! v.. position tf tue death cnaitL apua i- of luo CLincs, r.fEeicls ; wmoo in the list sabmittod, including t hose'who arc dead, on account of tho ior*l'effect upon tho Chinese. j The scutenco of tho living must bo j oil ctcu vVirptin the oases of Prinoo 'uan and Duko Lan, which tho cm- ] eror may commute to banishment to i 'urkcstan. ' j A I'LEA KROM TUB THRONE I The foreign ministers gave out for ! lubhoation a secret imperial edict to hem by the Chinese plenipotentiaries, rhich pleads especially for the life of 'ung Fu Siang, commander in chief of 1 he army. It says the only reason is on ' ooount of tho the turpulent population ' f the provinoes of Shen Si and Kan 1 la, who are devoted to him und might iae and commit acts of violenoo against ho missionatics and Christians, which he court would groa'.ly deplore. Consequently his punishment re [uiros caution, dolibcraticu and careful ansidera ion. Tho emperor it is painted -out, even n tho punishment of princes of the dood, had not been movod by motiv -s or their protection. Why then should 10 do so in tho caso of Tung Fu Siang? rVhat had already been done should be aken into consideration ilis army lad been reduced to 5,000 men, wi h he object of lessening his- power and vith tho ultimate object ct his future mnishmcnt, which will be promulgacd in an edict, tho language of whioh vill not be too patent. After the do >rivation of his official rank, the t-m>oror will, hereafter, dooido on a heavy mnishmont. THE PLEA RKFtTSEP. At their meeting tho foroign envoys prepared a note, to be delivered to the Jhineso plenipotentiaries, containing .ho substance of tho decisions arrived it last night, incluiing tho sentences if execution. This will bo translated ind delivered to i'rtnoo Chiug and Li Hung Chang, who will immediately lonimunicato with the oourt, beforo re?ly. The ministers rofuso to spare the lie of Tung Fu llsiang, on tho ground .nsnnoy am not conaucr the claim of .ho plenipotentiaries reason. They al owed the lives of 1'rinoo Tuan and Duko Lan, bccauso of their relation ihip to the imperial family and tho ef 'tot their death might have on the Jhioose. May Conic This Way. Tho current number of the New York Mcdioai Journal gives an account of a lew disease attaekisg tho eyes, and in iiany respects rcscmblos "pink eve," ivfaioh is epidemic in Chicago. It is nfcotious and is not confined to any particular part of tho oity or olass of pooplo. Tho explanation offered for ho origin of tbo malady is that it is duo :o the clouds of dust driven about sinco ho windy soason set in. Thoso dust articles aro with reason supposed to lave caused inflammation, which has lovolopcd the infectious epidemic afliction. concludes this authority. Republican Pronpurity. The Wilson Daily Nows wants to know, very impertinently too in our lontcmporary, how it helps this oounxy for oar manufacturers to soil their if flfT t A jt'ii I'.VnAana A* k?l / A I* A A I ? i?uu ?u iiuiu|/u?un ni nail mu |'I 1UU lliry toll them to us. Why, that is the Itomblioan idea of prosperity, and wo 'protooi" them no that they can do it. rhnt'n tho way this country gets rioh, )r tho manufacturers, which mcann tho lauoo thing in the Republican dictioniry and whon wo disagree wo aro told .hat wo aro drea ntrs, running after heories.?Florenoo Times. A NEQROS DIPT. One Thousand Dollar* to Entertain J Confederate Veteran*. Robert R. Churah, of Memphis, is a type of that olass of Negroes wlo 6 realize that there is a community of in- P terest between the whites and the Ne- ^ groes of the south and that the Negroes ^ shou'd cultivate cordial relations with T their white neighbors. fi Cburoh is one of the wealthiest No- I gries in the country and is noted for Ui.. VI! ? * - ?..W t.-ps auu V\J lUUiVia IU IUU probable decision of tho supremo ocurt on tb&t question. Another sentence in Judge Harlan's spceoh was: ? "Oar government was founded upon el Ihorightso? man: 'ounded upoa tho m Lheory that man had rights as a man. A, If wo enter into this world power ins- ^ ihcss upon any othor theory, wo ontor ? it for evil and not for good." B< This is oonetrued to mean that at least one justice of tho supreme court r, will insist that tho FilipiaoB and the inhabitants of tho newly acquired poB- Bj jepsions should have tho rights of citi- ^ tonsh'p n Smallpox Spreading. 3 Gov. McSwocnoy Wednesday receiv- 4 ad from County Supervisor .1. R. Culp 0 of Chester couaty ih ) following report * is to the apporanao of smallpox in that jj oounty: Dear Sir: 1 regret to have to announoe to you that smallpox has mado its way into our country from tho infected j oounty of Union. There are some 10 or 12 cas?s reported which arc to all ap ^ ptaraneos genuine. Woaro doing our e best to segregate them with tho means at our command, but would be glad to have such aid prom you as you can ex tend to us iu our efforts to provent the ,j spread of this loathsomo scourge. Tho j cites alluded to aro near Licdsonthe , S. A. L. railroad, near Carlisle. 1 he report of the snperivisor was promptly forwarded to Dr. James Evans, secretary of tho Stato board of health. Train Robbery. 1 A dispatch from Sin Luis Po.csi, ^ Mexico, says: "The tirtt train robbery in Ametioan stylo ever committed on Mexioan soil ocourcd on tho Maxioan Central railway near there. News of the affair has just reached the city. A pa-sengc-r train was held up by marked men, who entered the Pullman sleeper , and rnKKnf) t Vi A naooAnAAwa ^ .yv/wv* IiU )'a03UU^ti9 VI UiUUOy . valuables an 1 baggage. The train crow ? wore held up with pistols. The bandits 1 were five in number. The loader and ? it is believed all the other robbers were Americans. The bandita are being pursued by a force of troops and their cap ' lure is almost certain. Tho robbers, if * caught, will bu speedily put to death, , as Mexican law is very sevjre on such criminals." ? A Senator Arroatod. ? A disfatch from Washington says a * warrant was i?sued Thursday afternoon for iho arrest of Senator William V. * Sullivan, of Mississippi, chary i eg him ^ with assaulting Miss Mae Lucy Leeton, ' tho young woman who issuing him for ? *50,1)00 for alleged broaoh of promise. Tho assault is said to have boon com- J milted shortly after 8 o'clock Saturday night. Miss Locton alleges (bat while ' talking to Senator Sullivan ho slapped J hor in the face. Senator Sallivan's attorney attempted to have his olient for- Jj felt twenty dollars collateral, but the lawyers for .Miss Looton objected. The * warrant was then plaoed in the hands 0 of a doUc.ivo. Tho Senator was oiled D t f* AI nnkr in rtnn r fr k'vl rl n -V -I > v.? mm* vvwt* * i IU?7 UlUlUlUg Van Wyck night. e In Tho Commoner issued Thursday f itryan upholds the action of Mayor n Van Wyok, of Now York, in failing to t lower tho flag whon Qaosn Victoria j died. Ilo says it is not a serious ques- ? tion, but simply on aocount of oourteay. * Ho adds "Mayor Van Wyok pre- g sontod a complete dofonso when he o oitod the failuro to pay this tribute to Joubort as a precedent II a flag on a publio building is not made to pay tribute to the memory of a hero who t died in froodom's holy cause thon it ia a not extremely important that that flag x bo rcqired to pay tribute to Kings and t tjueena." c 2 ui3 yuoii) spim. no contributes liter- 11 ally to oharities aod takcB a lively in- ? tcrcst in whatever Memphis undertake*. r< I'nsolioitod ho has oontributcd $1,000 K to tho fund for entertainment of the 1 Coofederato veterans at their reunion to be held in Memphis next May. lie * was born a slave and dating tho war * was steward of a Mississippi r.ver steam- * uuac wdiou aia mo tJoorederaoy to lit 0 tlo service. Aftor the war ho bcoam) b a popular caterer in Memphis md amarsod a fortune, la reference to bin !l contribution to the reaaion fund Church says that he made his m >ney in ? Memphis sod feels that he should do b what ho can for the oity whoso people ^ havo boon bo good to him, and he adds: ' "No persons on earth are more die d posed to holp the former slaves than aro tho veterans of the Confederacy, '' those old men who yet remember the a Negro in slavery." n Tho obairman of the local oommitcco *' of arrangements in acknowledging a Uhuroh's gift writes: *' "I havj never seen a moro striking act to show what should be the real nctuioe feeling botween tho races here md to provo beyond the question of a d doubt what should be dono in cement- n ing and building up the real interests 01 af this great growing oity regardless of ^ nationality." al Such Negroes as llobert R. Church ^ iro au honor to thoir raoo and oredit- ^ ib'.e citizens of tho oommunitios in 16 which thoy livo.?Atlanta Journal. el Justice Harlitn Unsoduced. a! A recent inoidont whioh is reoeiving ^ sonsidurahle oommcntin the press may ?' hi related in the words of William K L'urtis, writing to tho Chicago Record: ?' Justice Harlan oreatcd a little sonsa- 11 tioD by a eroech Friday night in re- ^ sponso to a toast at the rogular month- P ly m:cting of tho Loyal Legion. Sav P jral members of Congress were p*o'cnt A ?ud Representative Moody of Massa- 61 ihusctts took down his words. Among J* )tho things ho said: "The fathers never intended that this government should evor exert any power or authority over any part of llio earth's surfaoe froo from the letter X ind spirit of tho oenstitution." This is construed to mean that Judge Harlan believes that the oonstitution y fnllnwn fKft fl?or mr%A O THE FARCE OF LIFE. it Brought Out Vividly at the Queen'* Funeral. How tho Angel of Death mint have miltd last Saturday at that array of owor as represented by thoso emperors, , ings and princea who followed Qieen 'iotoria's remains to tho last resting lace There they were, two cmp'?rorp, ve kings, more than half a huoired ' rtnoes, innumerable dukes, carls, >rds, cio , marching behind that one ttie orthn. And thcro was the Angel f IV-ath also. Thcro tho combined eprcsontatiTot of all earthly power and lory. There the unseen monarch of hear all, to whose mandate that prinoof array are ?s much subj ct as the < nmblcat vbhi-wI is to tbtir own; io < ( rtioto beck and call they must lay aside ; ' II eaithly trappings, throw off i-Lc taw- I ' ry crown and rjbc of tffice and ?o 1 enee, as hnmble as the lowliest of t heir own subjects. For as scmo one , as said, at tho gravo all men are equal. How flimsy a thing seem? kingstrrp, ' 11 earthly power and display when I rought faoe to faco with the Angol cf ) smth. It is as tome great msjastio ( hip whoso great proportions and won crful construction excite ad mi ration od even amazement, yet whiob, in the ' ary of the gale is picked up, tos-cd bout like ship iu a mill race, its ? tasts stripped off if they were straw.; c d the whole finally broken in two i nd thrown to the bottom of the occ-.n. t s a obild might chunk a pebble into a t ab of wator. i All things room great or small by s. contrast, out the great ships that g.-> a own to tho soa aro not more at the j i lorcy of the storm nor more intignifi- I * ant in its fury than the greatest of j a iog and queens and pricocs and lords j ? t one look or nod or cali from the I mgel of Death. Even the chip that i 1 oats on the bopom of a turbulent river | i not more subject to its e?i-r.-ts v d 1 ddies than thoy are t-ubjict to the i lightest whim of the Itfiui.o. For of 1 11 ephemeral things, this thing of o ingly power and display and glory and yen cxistcuoo is the mo?t ephemeral t Yet they all play it out to tho end? vtn beyond the end. They 8trut even c i the face of death?even af tr doath. v ?ne p^or liitlo ecffio, a conjle of cm- 6 crors, four or fivo king?, a few score ef 1 rinccs and dnkes and lords. The ? Lngel of Death IIow tho latter must c mile. 1 say, at their pretensions. How r o mist chuckle over their theory of 1 divine right." ? Tillman on Child Labor. I Tho following letter from Senator ' illman oxplains itself: United States Senate, Washington, D. C., Deo. 5, 19(?0. : Irs. Elisabeth L. Baldwin, One <~flhe King's Daughters, 181b N*. GatcsSt., Columbia, S. C. Dear Madam: I have your letter of 1 l.. 1J T .? ? - ' 'co. ?su. i. B)mpi;oiie heartily m tne | Sort to prevent children being put to 6 ork in faotories at auoh an early age, td would gladly see an act passed by ; 10 gonoral assembly suoh as the : Ling's Daughters had introduoed last 3S5iOD. Child labor suoh as you describe must ! 3sult in rapid deterioration of those . abjacted to it, and I bid you Godpeed in your effort to secure legisla- . ton that will prevent it. The develop- 1 icnt of the cotton mill industry in ' outh Carolina has been phenomenal * nd there is a disposition on the part 1 f the legislature to lot woll enough ' lone, at least for tho present, but if be good women of tho Stato will take 1 be matter in hand and systematically 1 rganizo and go to work they will be aeoessful in the long run. I do not know what active support oan give yon, as my duties here will ot allow mo to be in the State when be legislatoro is in session, but what- 1 vcr influence my name may give is ] oars to use as you seo fit. There are to agcncios you have to | : ombat?the mill owners who employ ? be ohildren because they gut them I or email wageB, and the parents who | 1 re carters of their child's welfare. JO hat it is earning something, very cl- I en to eupport the adult in idlenc". j The working of children, of tcnd> r , ears, in mills injures thorn bo?b pLyioally and mentally, the good s?.hse of he State wiil to deolaro whenever tho I'jestion is properly presonted. Washinv you Godspeed, Yours vcrv sinccrolv. (Signed) B. il. Tillman. Americans as Looters. There has been much published in ho newspapers about tho looting ? Chinese homes, stores, an! pvbiio uildings by the soldiers of tte powor* n China, and in most of tho tcccunts ur own soldiors have haon declared t j a exceptions to the ruie. In this o-.aleotion the following oxtra-t frcm the alter ot a soldier in the Ninth Unhid itates infantry in Chic?, published in he Woroestor Spy. will be interesting: 'If I could htvo taken oaro ot and afoly handled all the loot and plunder vhioh I had and could have got, 1 ronld return to tho United States x ioh ican, caislo wortn *26,1)00 to $10,100, bnt I couldn't do it, and had to ;et rid of what did fall into .j. band-" -.? inickly as possible. I sold near!., il.lVO rorth of loot. I had (-ilvor billion 7*1 to, beautiful and ' ostlv furs of all iods, silk ia abundanoo and a groat ariety ofprroious stones and jewels, >ut I ooald t ot carry it, ao 1 had to die >ote of it at quickly as I could. I old $1,500 worth of pure silver bar for >200, Moxioan money, equal to f 100 io ;old. I have often stated in my palmy .ays that I would liko to have all the rcalth 1 could carry, and here is a caso f where I have it. But it avails mo lothing, as the poot enlisted man gets lothing out of the affair but hardtaok, nd with but one-fourth ra'ions at that, ilany of tho officers have secured nough out of the affair to bo wealthy or life, and tho higher the rank the noro loot they got. When you read in he paper of the American not looticg, ou oan just wink the other eye and bo rise. The Amerioans and the English rere doad in the gains, and tho English ;ot a triflo moro than the Yanks, beause they were a trifle smartor. 8ix Mon Drownod. Six men were drowned in the Alalama rivsr Wednesday at Reese's ferry, i f?v miles south of Montgomery. The nenwith team swere in a ferry boat when he latter stiaok a snag in the middle | if tha river and upset. A STILL CRUSADING. Mr?. Nation Smashes Another 8aloon in Topska. SHE ADDRESSES CHILDREN And Appea's to Tham to Smash 8alooo Windcwa With Rockt in AG th.a Chita. Mrs. Carrie Nation and three followsrs Wednesday wrccght dtmag? U. the xtent of *1,500 in the "Senate," the inost equipped "joint" in Topek-. Ksn. She alro gained the tirst police protection Thepolne followed vp her ra:d >f Wednesday and arrested the proprieor of the Scnato and two men who were pnartiing the p'aoc, and the feU-k of iqoor tho saloon seanrcd t o sell to tho srowd, flecked to view the wrookage. ' Irs. Nation vas arrceicd, bnt pronupty released. Mrs. Nation tad her wreckers, eaoh itined with a batohet, ealhcd forth at laybreak. Thoy forced their way pa3t i Negro, who was guarding the door of he "Scaato" and in ler.i than ten u.initcs had aire 7 the floor with broken nirrora. bottles, slot ir-ehinos and plinterrd b- r fixtures. Tb? Nc^ro fivd k shot v.! r-. niag into too neili-g, hut t had no effect. Presently a po*iceiri-n ralkcd leisurely into the room and aid: "Well, Sister Natioa, I guess re'll have to arrest yon again." Mrs. Nation bad just eira.'hoJ the .fit Kfttilu A - ? ?? - vv??V ?a\i w?f I"?'.! / WU }' * Th: police Judge was glad to release ter when nbe appeared for trial tni adn;.nist?>rod a rofo,-ko to tha'. ot?;ial. ilra. Nation soon wont down Kaunas ivrnua, froe again. Later Chief of Polioa Htahl, ic aa inerviow with ? reporior, eaid: "L do notcarcif Mrs. Nation em&ohea ivery jtint in Topeka. I sympathise nth htr, I hope she will aloee up tho sloon* of the city. As an officer of the aw, thought it is my duly to arrest her very timo she creates a disturbance >r destroys property. If we had the ight kind of state oifioers it would not >e necessary for Mrs. Nation to do what die is doing." There are report? of plots to hurt Mrs. Nation. It war said that several *?oon men hava ohai*ed thiok glass bot.1 oa with ircmondons pressure, so that in explosion will follow their being >rokcn. 8he is not at all disturbed by hese stories. " Wednesday Mrs. Nation dtotated an ippeal "to the children of the high tohools of the United States," in trhioh ihe urged children everywhere to Mnaah ial<>on windows with rook:. k When Mrs. Nation appeared in oou<"t, H .0 answer.the ehargr?<j^Vdi8turbiEg 4 ho poaoo" and joint" t'.e irst charge was disui'isWU, nottr'hitanding iho crusader demanded a tr.tl; i hearing on tho second ohargo was set 'or Thursday, tho prisoner being reeased without bond, "The ckargo of disturbing th: peaoe s dismissed," said Jadgu Magraw, as .he orti?ader stood at tha rai'ing. The ihargo followed her arrest Tuoedty, after her fruitless attempt to wreck ihe Unique real?? .int. "1 object to tiio dismissal," erol-iaied Mrs. Nation. "I was arrested wrongfully and deprived of my liberty," To tho charge of smashing a joint, Mta. Nation replied: "I plead guilty to that, I rather think I did Bmaeb it." Tho prisoner demanded that the oity attorney bo brought in acd be compelled to give cause f:r arresting her Tuesday. i"ho polioo jc-'ge tri .d to ignore her uad the alii t o* polite refused to "listen to bar df-oiu d. , Tbon Judge Magraw DCgan vo read the law toniihir.iT nff.-nit t-S/i a public disturbance or cause riot. Mrs. Nation interrupted several time* and told tho ootrrt :t "might t,. well rcau a novel to mo as thit. stuif. It doee't cover my case." The Jadgj was ind'Ttsni and Chio. 3 tab I thro-ttcnei to have the marshal put her ont. Judge Marraw had no doairc tr hold the prisoner and veimittod ber to go oa her c.va n.cognizinoe to appear ?.axi Thursday for trial. >T:s. Na'io- shanked him and ehook hands and departed. Mra. Nation *vas again arrested on a warrau sworn oat by the owners of the "Senate" saloon. She ia charged with malicious dejtroction of pr:>p?rty, Sho was released ou $100 ooai for trial "datuHay. A Hadloy, physical director of the Y. M. 0. A , fcuehtTne^isy afternoon over tbe :n ?.sof Mrs Nation's erasedo with a Negro n-mod .iacksua, who P*-> 1 ho wished Mrs. Nation had boon killed. John 0. Nicholson, a lawyer f?cra Newton, is here with a bill he has prepared to legalize joint smashing. A ^hooti:'^ Scraire. At Spartanburg ou .Tuesday cf lost wsok K. R. J)o?n was shot and painfully wouuauii by Ohoif of Polico A li. Dean. The rrinoiples of wbat was nearly a tragedy are first oousis*. Tho ezaot cause which led to the dilfiealty cannot bo ascertained, but politioal re la'.ions between the two are the nappesou caaics. List August Capt. Geo. B. Dean. fathArnf K 11 11-*-- ?!,? , v. vw*U| iUV WCUUU" oi man was defeated by Jno. E. Vernon for sheriff of tho oounly. It is ohargqd that A. B Dean used his influence for the successful candidate,then ohiof of polioe. Mr. A. B. Dean was oleotod as sneoepsorof J. E. Vornon, as ohiof of polioo, which position he now holds. The injured man is being attended by Dr. Geo. R. Doan, a cousin of both parties. A SeriouB Charge. The Newport News Herald says H. L. McAler, who was arrested at Hook Hill, S. C., on the charge of having sent through the mails au obscene lettor to a yonng woman, arrived at Norfolk Thursday night in oharge of Deputy United Statos Marshal Dodson f Hook Hill. McAler waa livingen Newport NVrB when tho alleged ori no against tho Poftal laws was oomtnit<~d. Ho was pitoed in jail in Norfolk and will bo tried in that oity. Ha has a wife