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Evans to be President. Talbert and Jones Witndraw From* the Race. To-day at high noon Secretary of State Tompkins will rap. the eighth Constitutioc&l convention ever held in taw State to order in the hall of the House of Repr?sentatives and the sessi Ods of the body about which every one has been talking for quite a long time, win have been entered upon. Columbia is full of the car penters, blacksmiths and other work-, men who ?ai? to; be engaged in the* work of framing a new State constitu tion And along with the delegates to the convention bas come a perfect horde of email office s^kers. headed by the famed G wait Whitman, who never tires of . moving about when the offici?t 'p?p vegs are tapped Gwalt came in yesterday afternoon on a delayed train, but they say ere two hours bad rolled by be bad managed to bave a friendly word of greet i og with every delegate >who had arrived io. th? city. The body is one of the most not able that has gathered in South Caro lina for a long time ; that is to say, there are more men of prominence in politics who will be on the floor, than have been in airy body for a good many years. The work that is before the convention is of the gravest im portance to the people of the State, and several prominent delegates yesterday said that they expected to see much more conservatism display ed than any one dreamed of. Yesterday morning the delegates began to arrive io ?he city and during the afternoon and evening they came thick and fast. The hotel lobbies were filled and the streets seemed much livelier than usual. It looked as if every man who had figured in politics for the past five years in the State was to be seen either on the streets, in the hoteMobbies, or about the d?pote. The numerous candi dates for the clerkships and minor: offices were to be seen broaching the subjects nearer to them than all else to delegates on every side. Some of the earlier arrivals were C. M. Efird, of Lexington ; W: EL Evans, of Marlboro, with the mem bers of his delegation ; D. S. Hen derson, of liken, the Barnwell delegation, the Oconee delegation, the Anderson delegation, the George town defection, and others. ?. In the afternoon lie Greenville, Abbeville, Sparta&bu^:, l%io?: and other dele* gat ions from the country came in. Clet2?;k>f ihe House rGray also came along, as did Editor Williams, of the Greenville News, During the fct'?n?on the absence of the leaders was noticeable in that none of the delegates would express any opinions as to what the conven tion would do even as to the presi dency Rarely, if ever, has such a closemouthed set of men been seen During the day the outlook for the presidency of the convention appear ed about the same as it did ou Sun day, but things veered around as quickly as does the vind when an international yacht race is on, upon the coming of the shades of evening, j In the afternoon most of the "big fellows." the central fir ares in the convention, arrived in the city, Senator Irby came in and took quar ters at the Grand Central, -room 4. In a short time he was bedding a kind of recoDtion in his room, and it was quite -interesting to note how soon the wirepulling feelers were thrown out and caught on. Senator T?lman also came in during the afternoon and was driven to the executive mansion There things were pretty much the same as around Irby's room, several of the delegations calling during the evening and talking the outlook.over. Tillman said that his views on all essential questions before the conven tion were so well-known that it was useless for him to repeat any of them now. He had nothing to say about the outlook. ; Other leading members to arrive during the afternoon were ex-Gov- ! ernor Sheppard, who is quartered at the Grand Central ; Senator R B. Watson, who is at a private boarding house, and ex-Congressman George D. Tillman It was in strange con trast to the scene at the executive mansion to see "Uncle George," for years and years one of the shining lights in South Carolina politics, quietly passing the evening in his room. There were no hordes of office seekers and schemers worrying him ; probably because they knew he would not permit it He was in a happy frame of mind when the representa tive ?f the State called and had a chat with him, the result of which will be found below The "big boys,; had not been here long before it began to look as if the three cornered fight for the presi dency of the convention was going to be ended in short order, and it was. The wire-pullers began to get in their work and whip lashes were cracking here and there By G o'clock, when Mr. Jones was asked whether he was going to remain in the race or not, he made the an nouncement that he had decided to withdraw. This left the fight nar rowed down to a race between Con gressman T?lbert and Gov. Evans Then i;>r a few hours there was !<;ts of talk?no end of it Ic was pretty generally understood that Talbert had (he fight won, and in fact several leaders later said so. It looked as if the only way to beat him was to caucus on him, but this it was the evident desire to avoid. But, be it as it may, about 9.30 o'clock I ?st night Congressman Tal bert gave to the press the following, I leaving no one in the race but Gov. i Evans, and thereby settling the ques-1 tion as to who would be president of, the convention. ? a card. A great many of my friends have urged, aud are now urging me to make the race for president of the Constitutional convention, which as sembles to-day, but since .investigat ing the matter carefully I find it to be an established precedent that the Governor, by virtue of his office, should be the presiding officer when a member of the convention. After j thanking toy friends kindly for their ? continued confidence in me, and i wishing harmony to prevail through bot the session of the convention ; I earnestly entreat my friends no* to I use my name as a candidate and most < respectfully beg them individually,1 and collectively to support bis excels Jency, John Gary Evans, for presi dent of this convention, whose erai net ability particularly qualifies him for the ardous duties of said position W. J Talbert. The convention will hardly accom plish much to day. The officers will be elected, it is thought, soon after the convention assembl?e and the credentials are presented. A com mittee on credentials will doubtless be appointed. Then the convention will probably take ? recess until night. It is thought that night ses eions will be held from the very first j so as to expedite the work of the convention as much as possible The convention is going to have a I hard time handling its Smiths. There are only five of them, and strange to sey, there is not a single Brown. The Western Union Telegraph Company intends to provide for the speedy transmission of informati from the convention hall. It has run a wire into the building and expert operator. White, who was in the last State campaign, has been sent here from Richmond, Va , to manipulate the key. ft will be a great conveni enee to the newspaper correspon dents and the reading public outside of Columbia. Senator Irby, when asked last night how long he thotight the con tention would take to accomplie]) its purposes, said.that he . thought that ' an adjournment ?ine die should be ^reached within ten days' time, with out trouble. When asked about the work of the convention, he said he i had nothing to say. as. "We are all j delegates here on the same footing." j When asked ?bout the idea purport- \ ing to come from him of inserting a ! clause in the Constitution to the ! effect that no individual should be allowed to sell liquor in South Caroli na. he repeated what he had said in his Laurens speech, that the dispen sary system was an experiment and should not be engrafted into, the or ganic law of the State.? The State \ i Tf?e Yiews of Ex-Congress man Geo. I). Tillman. What He Says of th? Suf frage Problem. _ Property Tax Qualification ofj the Male Suffrage ; Otherwise Female Suffrage. j There is no man perhaps in the I convention which assembles to day who has had more to do in the . past with the politics of his State than ex Congressman George D. Tillman. j There are also but few men the j convention who have so wide a i knowledge of the political history ofj the nations of the world as he ? Hence his views as to the work of the coming convention are worth something. Yesterday afternoon a representa tive of the State called on him and found him in an excellent humor. ; He talked in a pleasant yet very serious manner, after much persuas ion At first he declined to have anything whatever to say. Being then drawn out, he said : "I have come here from a sense of duty. J was not a candidate for election to I the convention : I declined to can vass rny county and did not make a single speech. I told my friends 'if you think proper to elect me, I will do my duty.' That is why ? am here. I think we ought to have an . honest qualification of the suffrage. I want a property tax qualification of not over $200 or less than $10<>." "Then you cannot support the Mis sissippi plat) V' "I cannot unless provision is made for a registration board. My pian Evoltiti bo to have township boards to appoiut registration boards as is doni' in New England. ? am, however, wedded f" *? plan I h;?vo no axe to grind as many others hoi" havo i have decided views on many oues tions and expect t<? express them ;it tin.' proper time As t;> disfranchis ing no white man, that settles it at once that we au; not to disfranchise any negro, because the 15th amend- j mont of the United States Constitu tion provides that there shall be no discrimination on account of race or color. If we are to disfranchise no white man, then the only other alier native is to enfranchise every woman who pays a tax on $200 worth of property. But it would be wiser and safer and better every way to reduce inetead of increasing them. But a good many Reform leaders say 'we will disfranchise no white man.' This" being a promise they must stand by, 1 suppose, the only alter native is to enlarge the electorate by enfranchising the women. The white women now own two thirds of the property ; I think it would be better under these circumstances to let them own the rest ; for, while I am no female suffragist, woman's suf frage is coming in the future. This is not ray preference, but if we can't get them to disfrachise a few men, then I'm in for enfranchising women. I don't believe that 10,000 negro women in the State could ever com mand $200 worth of property. On the other hand I believe that 75,000 white women can do so, and any white man can easily make over $200 worth of property in his wife's name, he having a vote already. Again it will be a stirnu' nt for white men to strive L %h amount of' property to make o. . to his wife. ! Women always exercise a conserva live influence, and they have wisely used the ballot wherever it ha? been given them, and have not abused it They vote in England and in half the States for such officials as school trustees, etc I don't look upon female suffrage with such a terrible horror I venture the state ment, however, that by a plain pro perty qualification of the manhood suffrage, such as outlined, ninetoen twentieths, certainly nine-tenths of the negroes will be honestly dis qualified, and it won't disqualify any j great number of white men. If there j are white men who are not willing to j work and secure the qualification, God help all such ! I hope the con-1 vention will rise to the level of hones ty and pass such a qualification Away with an educational qualifica tion ; it isn't worth a snap of my finger " When asked about the rumor cur rent thaV, aifattempt would be made to insert a clause providing that henceforth no individual should sell liquor in South Carolina, Mr. Tillman said : "The dispensary wa? not dis cussed on the stump. If they put anything about not selling liquor in the Constitution, then I say they will practice a fraud on the people. They can put it there, but it won't stand any longer than it has done when inserted in other State Constitutions, where it was put in by fanatics Such a provision wouJd soon learn our people to be hypocrites and smugglers, and drive all the business to other States, giving the people trouble about getting their liquor, | for they will have it anyhow, despite j all the constables they can employ " j Speaking further about the suffrage matter, Mr. Tillman said : "I think it's time we were done with practic ing fraud and leaving this important matter to officers of election. We ought to do like they do in New England, have the township govern ment ; boards who will elect mana gers of election, who will make out a real registration list of all the quali fied voters. Our system of county government was ever a failure, and the improvement is no improve ment Let's away with it and have the township form of government ' ? The State. Twenty-Nine Entombed. The Fate of The Men Buried ! in the Osceola Mine. Calumet. Mich., Sept. 9.?Ten min ers wem down the southernmost shaft of the Osceola mioe this qjoroing. The meo were especially selected from among the fearless and experienced workmen habituated to breatbiog smoke and foul air. The party de sceoded in the skip or iron car used in ! bringing up rock from the mine, to the ! twenty-fourth level, and managed to j press north on that level to within ? 250 feet of the shaft next :-outh of the burning ooe At that point, two of the party were overcome by the gas, j and to save adding fresh victims to the ! already long list the relief expedition | turned back. In No 1 shaft at the other end of the mine, a similar attempt was made by a carefully organized party similar to the first, but ata depth of only 280 j feet down the sbafi, smoke was met | in such volume that it was foolhardy ! to descend further, and the miners j quickly came to the surface. The experience of the rescuing ? parties in Nos. 1 and , where the smoke ; would naturally be met in the least i quantities, render-, it certain that the ; entire mine i?? now Bred within and ! cuts off the hist hope that the missing \ men may bt;c*n able to preserve their I live.'?. llescuin?; parties will b-j sent down . as frequently as possible fust the condition. !f wiii rjrobablv be several <!sys before the '? : " -7i!i :>-^ clear ??t" smoke, even it the 5re has tr'!?.?? out which i- quite ?]";:i 'fui [? i>- now positively known ili;:: fwetity-cine men and boys were caught in the min'1 Nineteen ?i the men were marric"J. Telegraphic Briefs. September 5. A great storm swept over McKenzie and Huntington, Tenn., yesterday aad wrought considerable damage. Forest fires are destroying a great | deal of property in Mary County, : N.J. Captato Somoer, of the U. S. Crui- i ser, Columbia, has been court martial es oo account of the injuries sustained by the cruder in the dry dock at Southampton. The evidence te strong ly against Capt, Summer. John A. Tboma9, ? proprietor of a | hotel in Wetumpka. Ala., committed | suicide yesterday. He bad been drink ing. There was a half million dollar fire on the BostoD, Mass., wharf yesterday. The Rev. Wm. A. Harris, president of the Virginia College for Young La dies, died at Roaookc yesterday, aged 68 years. John Mack was ebot by Ed. Myre at Pleaeaote, S C , on Sunday. September 6. Inquiry into the recent outrages at Kucheoe is proceeding to the satisfac tion of the British and American con suls, who are receiving the facilities they demaoded in their connection with the examination. Several additional e< .fictions of importance have been secured, including some of the ring leaders in the attacks upon the mis sions. A movement was begun at Nashville to secure for that city the proposed Southern Confederate Historical In?ti tute. Delegations from there will visit Mr. Russell of New York, who offered to donate ?100.000 for tbe enterprise, to secure his co-operation. It is pro posed if possible, to have tbe institute established by the opening day of the Tennessee centennial exposition. Tbe steamer Fulton, in ballast from, Santiago de Cuba, arrived yesterday at Mobile quarantine, thirty miles below the city, with two men sick oo board. Word has been recived from Surgeon General Wyman cautioning the health authorities to be on their guard, as tbe consul at Santiago bad reported the Fulton when leaving tbere Tbe quarantine officer examined tbe patients aod was of tbe opinion that they bad malarial fever. This morning one of tbe cases developed symptoms suspi cious of yellow fever, aod the vessel was at ooce seot to tbe national quaran tine station oo Ship Island. Parliament has been prorogued until November 15. At 2:15 the members of the House of Commons, io a body, headed by the Speaker, proceeded to the House of Lords, where they listen ed to the Queen's speech formally pro roguiog the respective houses. A Paris dispatch famished to the Globe by a oews agency eays that a bold attempt was made to explode a bomb in Rothschild?' Bank in the Rue Lafitte. While the business of tbe day was at its height, a mac walked into the bank, carrying under bis arm a ? bomb to which was attached a lighted fuse. One of the detectives employed ! iu the bank was standing near, sprang upon the man, seized the bomb, and ex-1 tinguished the fuse in cime to prevent ? an explosion. The would-be bomb- j thrower was arrested and taken to the police station. The Illinois State Board of Health ' has been notified of the appearance of: fifty new cases of dipththeria in Hamil- j ton county and instructions for it. j treatment were sent by Secretary Scotts ! Tbe outbreak of this disease seem? general in that county and a number of ! deaths have occurred. Three men were drowned in tbe ? Ocooee River, Ga., yesterday. A bloody battle between moonshiere j and revenue officers occurred near Tracy i City, Tenn., yesterday. | Frank Cros*, of Parkersburg, W. ? Va., shot and killed his sister-tn-law yesterday Tbe Nashville, Chattanooga and St. j Louis, and tbe Western and Atlantic j roads have given notice of their inteo- j tieo to withdraw from the Southern States Passenger Association. Tbe reason assigned for this decision is said ; to be the failure to obtaiu aoy equaliza- j tton of rates via Chattanooga aod Bristol oo the same basis as applied to compering lines via Cincinnati under : tbe rules of the association. Tbe : withdrawal does not take effect for six mouths, and no consequent rate dis turbance is expected to tollow. Sheriff Robert A. McWilliams, of Holly Springs, Miss., committed sui cide yesterday in the court bouse. He fastened a handcuff on his hand and locked it to a table. He also shackled his feet tight together, and then with a razor cut his throat, severing every vein. The only cause known is men tal depreesiou, caused from a : ..ysicai breakdown. An appeal is to be made to Judge Simonton in the doited States Court, at Charlearon, S. C., for a modification of the terms of the decree of the sale of the Port Royal aud Western Caro lina Railroad. The principal objection is thai the decree allows compouud interest on sonn; of the bouds. September 9. The condition of cotton lias im proved in Mississippi . ing the past week, but the crop will be very short The in w electric locomotive o! the Baltimore & Ohio K. R. made over 60 miles an hour on a tes. run Satur day. The American Line Steamship St. i Louis has been accepted by the U. S, Government as a vessel of the firs) class for mail service Dr. E. Bradford, a dangerous ; counterfeiter has been captured. He belonged to the famous Rockaway gang, and is regarded as the most ex- j pert criminal in the country. Governor Evans has commuted to j date the sentence of General Thomp boo, who was convicted in February! last of manslaughter in Anderson ; county and sentenced to life impris onment. It appears now that the killing was more accidental than in tentional. The Governor has also granted a pardon to Moses Pe ters, sentenced from Florence county last May by Judge Gary to twelve months in the pen;tentiary or to work on the county i road. Peters was convicted of lar ! ceny of live stock. j A serious rebellion has broken out ! in China, and the Imperial Array has j been routed several times. The women suffragists who will ! work for the icorporation of a female ; suffrage clause in the new Conetitu-1 tion have begun to arrive in Colum- i bia already. Cholera is raging in Pek?n, China, j and there are 2,000 deaths daily j from that disease. I Nashville has been awarded the j ! pennant of the Southern Base Ball j ' League. Atlanta contests the award. The Boston Masonic Temple was badly damaged by fire on Saturday. September 10. A special to the Advertiser from Huntsville, Ala., says: At New market, this county, William L. Grimmett shot his brother in law, J Mitchell, and it is thought he will die. Mitchell is a drinking man, and he aud his wife, a sister of Grimraett, had eeparated. she going to her j brother's Mitchell went to the house and broke open the door when he was shot. News has been received from Smythe ? county, Va., of a peculiar! murder. Peter Pickle and John Billings in a fight which was brought on by a dispute over a twenty-five j cent debt. When the two men were j separated Pickle threw an open knife at Billings, which struck between ! the ribs, penetrating the heart and I killed him instantly. Pickle has been I arrested I One hundred women and girls em j employees of the Diamond Match Co , at Wilmington, Del., have struck I for an increase of wages The fac I tory was forced to suspend opera tions. ' The will of Susan W. Talraage, j wife of the Rev Dr. Talmage, was j ? admitted to probate today. The property is valued at $166,000, and j goes to Dr. Talmage The eum, it is said, represents Dr. Talmage's earn j ings as a lecturer. Mr M Venters killed Sam Na poleon, colored, at Johnson ville, Wil liamsburg county, on Saturday. The annual encampment of the j Grand Army of the Republic is be ing held in Louisville, Ky. j Fires at Liverpool. Nova Scotia and San Jose Cal., yesterday caused loss es amounting to ?'270,000. Mrs. Lola Small Jackson, divorced wife of Jas. R. Jackson, of Knox i ville, Tenn., aud daughter of Sara j ! Small the Evangelist, was married at j Richmond, Va., last evening, to Stew art II. Ford of that city. The couple first met two weeks a^ro. o In the county court, of Sussex, ! Va , yesterday, Robert Ridley, a ne ? gr?, was sentenced to be hung on the 18th October, for the brutal murder of j a white man in December. 1894 I The Attorney General of New j ? York has been formally requested to : bring b?it to dissolve the corporation j known as the National Wall Paper Company, on the ground that the con [ ceni is a trust within the statutes. | The Attorney General has given each ; side ten days to fiie briefs. - ? - - -mmwrn^ Tom Leitch in Texas. : 1 - ! I The Rev. Thomas H Leitch, known ! as the "Charleston Evangelist is hav- j ing great success in Texas. Village Mill*, where he is now holdiug reviral I meetings, is one of the largest saw mill ; sections in the South, aod the people : are much negleced as far as religious ! life is concerned. The Galveston Netc$\ ; publishes the following dispatch : : Village Mills, Texas, September ? 2 ?Dr Lei.'ch preached to an unusu , ally large assembly last riiijbt. usiog ; ? for his text, ''Prepare to Meet thy ; God!"?Book of Aiujs ; also, "For it , is Appointed Once for man to die : | : aftervrard the judgment." ? Hebrews. ! ; He delivered his discourse io a forcible manner, making many impressive illus trations and*comparisons. On invita tion for prayer a great crowd rushed to the altar, aud men who have never since childhood paid any allegiance to ; the cause of Christianity wept ?ke chil ' dren. The services will cootinue til! Sunday, September 8 TX- ? - -4M - '? The Steam Racer .?;?;* r?fHriy a'. the world's records. The Steams Special is ?h. ??oest conjbjuation t-mck auc road wheel b?i: :r A:-.d tilt? Steams Model A i- the r.>!td wheel par excellence. The Stearcs Ladies' Wheel and Tandem are perfect models of their kind. H. G. Osteen a Go . Agents for ??nmter and Clarendon. South Carolina's record of murders suicides and other crimes of vio lence during the current week has been something terrible. There has passed iiardly one day in the last eeven during which there was no murder, suicide or bloody fight in the state. We cannot but believe that this lamentable condition is due solely to the fact that the people have but little respect for the law, and none whatever for the clique of poli ticians who, unfortunately, have se cured control of the state. It has not been a great while, indeed, since the state officials set the people an example in the employment of vio lence by arming a gang of toughs and instructing them to shoot whom soever dared defend their homes against the entrance of the toughs to search for contraband liquor. A re ference to back files of newspapers, would doubtlees show that there is as much, or more, bloodshed in South Carolina now than there was in the famous and infamous Ku-KIuk days. And South Carolina must elect a re spectable and respectful administra tion before her affaire well ever be improved.?Savannah Neics. Homicide in Laurens. _ Laurens, Sept. 9 ?On Saturday last in this county, J. W. Swinke shot and killed Jerry Parks, colored, with a Winchester rifle, and the jury of inciuest justified the shooting, it appears that Parks had threatened ; the life of Swinks, who believed the threat was about being carried cut. ! Judge Pope allowed bail in the sum ; of $1,500, which has been given. YATCH RACES. The Valkyrie Wins the Second Hace. Official reports from the international yatch race, now in progress ia New York ; harbor, state that tbe Valkyrie, Lord Duo I raven's yatch, won tbe second race of 'be series yesterday, oeatiog the Defender, tbe American bont, forty-seveo seconds. Before tbe starting line was crossed this j morning, the Valkyrie collided with tbe De fender, dis idling her. The Defender gave j notice of protest, but continued in tbe race ! Whether or not tbe protest will be allowed cannot now he learned. j \ K. G. Os'een & Co., make a specialty of paper, and now have the Soest and most complete selection of paper ever in Sumter They sell more paper for the same money than can be bought elsewhere. Store on Liberty street, next to tbe Watchman and Southron office. Good paper at 14cts, 15cts, 20cts, 25cts 30cts per box. Fine paper a: 35 cts, 40 cts 45cte.50cts, 55cts, 60cts, 65cts, 70cts, 75cts per box?t H. G. Osteen k Co. Look Tnrough Your Old Papers. Confederate Postage Stamps wanted. Will pay good prices for thera. Leave all stamps on original envelopes and hrinz or send to me at once. C. D. SCHWARTZ, 3m. Sumter,'S. C. AYER'S Hair Vigor Prevents BALDNESS REMOVES DANDRUFF AND Restores Color TO ? Faded and Gray HAIR THE Best Dressing So Simple. 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