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Shameful Acts of Negro Soldiers. _ Start in by Stealing a Hog; Then Marder Several People. Santiago, Ca oa, Nov. 15-A^ incident occurred last night at San Lais, about 25 miles o orin cf Sao dago, which caused * great deal of ill feeling among the Cubans and considerable annoyance among the United States military officials here. All tbe colored regiments are encamped in the neighborhood of San Lab. They were sent Chere virtually tc? get them out of the way, because of ibo difficulty experienced io managing them. The colored officers seem to have little or no control over their men, and officers and privates are often seen drinking together. The trouble began last evening io '?o attempt to arrest two soldiers for abusing a Cuban workman and stealing his bog. The outrage was committed on ti?e Normas sugar plantation. Lieut Jose Ferrera, chief of Gen. Wood'* gendarmerie io that district, a Spaniard,' tova Caban sympathizer, and a maa whom GOB. Wood knew to be able and courageous, attempted to make the arrests! Tfie soldiers, who belonged to the Ninth immunes, escaped. Soon after 30 colored men wearing the uniform of the United States army, attacked the house where Lieut. Ferrera was, and kept op a regular fusilade, killing Lient. Ferrera, Antonia Roman, an old man, Emilio Bettran, a boy of seventeen and a bab}', and wounding several others. Two soldiers were killed in the affray. When the news reached Santiago Gen. Wood was at dinner. He immediately weat to the signal offioe where Chief Signal Officer Brady took charge of the key. For four boors dis^a&ches were sent and received. The colored officers all denied that their men were implicated in the affair, in spite of evidence to the contrary. After an unsatisfactory attempt to get at the facts of the case over the wires, Gen Wood adjourned bis inquiry until this morning, when he left on a special train for San Lois. At 8 o'oiook Geo. Wood returned, reporting that after a long investiga? tion, he bad come to the conclusion tbat all the colored regiments were more or less mixed np io the affray. He has ffered ?1,000 reward for the names of men who did tbe shootiog, and re leaving San Lois be read the d officers a severe lecture for i g last Bight that their men were ' implicated. 1 Eye-witnesses of the affair, who arrived here during the course of the day, say that two gendarmes who were wounded are expected to die. .COULDN'T DO OTHER? WISE. \ Caba? Society of Santiago Asks the Withdrawal of Negro Troops. Santiago. Coba Nov 16 -The Coban Society of Santiago is pre paring a petition to President McKiu ley asking for the removal of the colored regiments as weil as for the punishment of all concerned in Moo day night's affray Gen. Wood inter; dei to leave no stone unturned in his efforts in bringing the guilty to 'justice SAID TO BB EXAGGERATED. Washington. November 16 -Gen Wood, military governor of Santiago, Coba, attaches little importance to the affray between me Cuban police and some negro soldiers st San Luis, in whico Lieut Ferrera of the police, and three or four other ^persons were killed The following cablegram was received to night by the war depart? ment from Gen. Wood : "Affair reported by newspapers at San Lois not important Row between drunk? en negro soldiers and Cuban police Soldiers in the wrong Wilt be detached and punished. Their campa been ordered moved greater distance from town Gen. Ewer instructed to take moat rigid measures to insure absolute quiet in future " Negroes vg. Whites. Pana, lils . Nov 17 -Non union colored miners and white strikers clashed iin the streets of this city again io day. Several hundred shots were Bred, but the combatants did their shooting from behind trees and hedges, consequently no blood was was spitted. The trouble is said to have been started by aa unknown negro firing upon Westly Pope, a striker Pope says he was walking near the Spring? side colliery, where the negroes are quartered, when he was fired upon. He secured a rifle and reinforcements. Meantime the negroes appeared in force and the shooting became ga?? era!. After several hundred shots had been exchanged the negroes re? treated tc their stockade. No dam? age was done. The militia arrived too late to get into action, but are patroling the Springside to-night in force. If you want a nice organ aa easy terms see B?ndle. DEALING WITH THE NE GROES, Santiago. Coba, Nov. 17.-Geo Leonard Wood, military governor of the department of Santiago, has instruct ed Geo. Ewers, who is in command of the brigade of negree regiments ac Sao Lais, were the dranken affray occurred on Monday eight to move tbe camp five miles from the town. It is probable that one of the regiments will be sent to an island near tbe en? trance of Santiago harbor where there are no inhabitants. Some of the looal papers continues to abase the Americans, catering to the lower elements and striving to create a feeling hostile to America ^ The better class cf Cubans of course regret tbe affray, but they do not ex? aggerate the outrage after the fashion of the sensational press. The United States transport Fort Viotor, Capt. Briokley, arrived here to day enroute for Ponce, with United States troops on board, Capt. Briok? ley reports that while passing near San Salvador island (Watling's island) be saw a large ship bottom upward which be almost ran into. Owing to the darkness be could not discover whether she was a sailing vessel or a steamer. Geo. Wood bas temporarily suspend? ed foreclosure proceedings, owing to tbe fact that the money * 'sharks" have been trying to force the collect ion of small amounts loaoed during the war. He believes that the mortgagors should have a reasonable chance to redeem. Having satisfied himself of the in? competence of the staff of meat aod slaughter bouse inspectors that held over from the old regime, Geo. Wood bas dismissed the whole force and appointed new inspectors At Guantanamo Gen. Perez, the mayor, now seems to be making an earnest effort io disband bis former Cuban troops. Yesterday ooe mao refused to lay down his arms and drew his weapon on a Coban officer, who promptly killed him io self-defense. < The incident bas established a good moral effect and the others of Perez's 1 former command are now voluntarily relinquishing their arms preparatory a disbandment. - ^mm . . * ? mmm The Town of Pana Illinois, in a State of Terror. , Pana, Ills.. Nov 18-Desultory iring io every section of the oity eon :inued throughout the night The ;erroriz?d citizens buddied in groups which were guarded by beads of fam? ilies, heavily armed. Quiet a number rf families left the city and spent :he night in the country with friends C E. Heath, an ex railroad mac whose borne is io Fiatbam, a negro district, pas fired upoo by the blacks and him self and family were driven to shelter 1 io the country. The blacks claimed ?bsts were fired at their homes from Heath's yard, a statement which he petries Members of Troop B were kept; on 1 the alert all night, but accomplished ! little A colored union miner reported to the police that a white man bad been 1 killed in tbe Fiatbam district. Officers Smith and Lee, aocompaiced by the ne- : gro, started for the i?ceoe They were mee by Capt. Batler, the militia com? mander, who toid the officers it was unsafe for them to enter the Fiatbam district. Capt. Batler refused to send a guard to aocompaoy the officers. In the Springside last night Ed Jones, a white non-union miner, is re ported to have been shot in the back and dangerously wououed. A report reaobed here to-day that 75 negroes with Winchesters bad lined up 1 io Springside to clean out tbs whites of that section. Capt. Butler at once sent troops to the soeoe The to*j?o has been kept in a state of terror all evening by numerous en? counters between negroes and striking miners. Both are heavily armed and use their ammunition freely. About 7 o'clock Depuiy Sheriff Sid Watts, who was returning from the Springside mine where be bad been on duty, was shot from ambush. The ballet took ef? fect in his right arm, which had to be amputated A number of residences have been pierced by bullets and those who are able, have sent their families to the country. The principal streets are patrolled by soldiers. Captain Batler had a lor.g conversa? tion by telephone with Gav Tanner this evening, and it is said more troops will be here to morrow. COMMISSION USES CABLE Habana, Nov. 18.-The Spanish evacuation commissioners to day de? livered to the American commissioners a cote covering information requested on points affecting the administration of the island After its receipt, Gens Wade aod Butler and Admiral Samp? son held a private conference at the Trocha hotel, at the close of which a long cable message was sent to Wash iogton. The striotcst reserve is main? tained regarding its contents. Of late, Habana has been almost overrun with Americans, who l ave ar? rived here without means of support, but in hopes of getting lucrative em ployment. Some of them are now begging on the streets of the city The Spanish transport lela de Panay will sail tomorrow for Spain with 600 sick soldiers on board and 60 members j of the guardia civil, who recently ar- j rived here from MauzanillG, and 200 members of the looal fcrce. JIM TOLBERT WON'T COME BACK. Wasbingtoa, Nov. 17 -Job? VV Tolbert bas received Governor Ellerbek answer to bis telegram apkiog whether the governor would afford hina protec? tion from mob violence in returning to bis home at McCormick, S. C. The governor's reply, which is substantially published in this morning's paper, is regarded by Tolbert as a praotical admission th?.t tho governor caonot afford him protection, and, therefore, it is said, it is not likely that he will jeopardize his life by returning to his home io the present state of excited feeling. Up to this time no definite plans with respect to. the prosecution of the participants in thc riotous pro? ceedings agaicst J. W. Tolbert, have beon decided upon. The fact that Tolbert is tho assistant postmaster at MoCsrmiok, snd cot the postmaster, may have an important bearing on tho catse. Assistants to fourth class post? masters are not recognized bv the lat* as officers of the government, they being appointed and paid by the post? master. In the postoffice department they are recognized as miscellaneous employes. Assistant United State* Attorney Cochran, from th? Tolberts' district, has been ordered to Washing? ton for conference with the officials of the department of justice, and upon his arrival here to-morrow, the whole South Carolina situation will be gone over and a line of action decided upon. The case of '.K. H. Hooting, United States commissioner at Wilmington, N. C., is said to present Done of the difficulties which have appeared in the Tolbert case, nod it is thought that instructions will soon be given the United States attorney there to make an investigation of the faces, with a view of beginning proceedings. THOSE WHO SELECTED THE CAMPS. Washington, Nov. 17.-The adju tant general of the army has furnish ed the war investigation commission a statement showing the authority upon which the camps occupied dor ing the war with Spain were select? ed. lt shows that Gen. Miles located the camps al Cbickamauga, Ga., Fernandina and Miami, Fla , and Camp Alger, Va.; that Gen. Lee se lected that at Jacksonville and Gen Merritt that at Camp Merritt, and that the other camps, except that at Tampa, were selected by boards of officers The report says that a permanent camp was never contem? plated at Tampa but that troops svere sent their preparatory for em barkation. on recommendation of Gen. Miles. Writing of the Phoenix riots and the appeal made for interference made by the Tolberts to President McKinley, the New York Herald's Washington correspondent says : There is no concealment of the fact that both th ? president and At? torney General Griggs are greatly worried over tbe new development and would gladly be rid of the whole psalter. James Tolbert, the assistant postmaster, I am informed, was deeply chagrined at not being able to see the president to day, and the whole delegation seem to be in a discontented, restless and uncer? tain state of mind * We think that the Tolberts, as good Republicans, would not fother embarrass the president by pressing their requests It is a hopeless case, altogether, and the man a? Washing too might be left ;n peace He could only go through the motions anyway, bun if he did this in South Carolina somebody might ask him to do the same thing in illinois, where a Repub lican governor declares he will shoot any imported negro laborers This race question is too hard for nice Mr McKinley to handle, and the Tolberts should not worry bira It will be settled by the plain people of ?oiitb Carolina, quite definitely, and they are the one6 who p.bould settle it, after all -Charleston Post. Negro Troops Arrivo in Ma? con Only to Raise a Row Macon, GA., iS7ov 16 -Tho Tenth regiment of colored immuoes arrived here to day from Lexington Ky. At South Macon thirty or forty ot them with side arme attacked Reeves' store and threatened to loot it unless their demaiids were complied with Then they formed a line across the street io prevent any one b.-iog sent to oall. for help. Tfcey failed to cut the telephone wire, however, and a large detachment of "prc vost guards under command of Capt Biller, arrived and with 6xed bayooeis forced the negroes into a lot and arrested thirty of them. They were marcher to the city jail. --mmmJB- '?* -IT?' - - Free Pills. Send year address to II. E. Bucklen a Co Chicago, and get a fr?o sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A trial will convince you ?>f their merits. These pills are eaey in action and are particularly effective ia tv? cure of Constipation ?nd Sick Headache. Fur AZa< laria and Liver troubles they have been proved invaluable. They arc guaranteed to bo peri fectiy free from every deleterious substance and to be purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their actior, but by giving tona to the stomach and bowels greatly invigorate j the system. Regular she 25c. per box. Sold j by J. F. W. DeLorme Druggist 2 I Twelve Men Were Mowed Down Like so Much Grass. Terrible Accident in a Fog on the Pennsylvania Line Near Jersey City. New York, Nov. 18- ?Voile a gang of 20 track bands was at work upon the Pennsylvania railway's line over the Hackensack, near Jersey City, they were run down by a local passeoger train. Twelve of the workmen were killed outright and five were seriously injured. Only three escaped unhurt The dead men all lived in Jersey City. William Quick, the foreman of the gang of workmen, made this state? ment : "The smoke and fog were to blame- My men were in a cloud of smoke when the calamity came upon us. I bad Michael Lawless stationed about 50 yards ahead of the gang, to give warning Lawless was struck first and cut to pieces My men were mowed down like grass." Engineer Van Nostrand said : "I felt sure that the track was clear, and had no idea that in that cloud Li smoke and fog just ahead of me there were 20 laborers who did not know of my coming I got within 100 yards when my locomotive struck the outpost, Michael Lawless. I put o. the brakes at once, but in another second I was upon the main gang, and my locomotive cut them down before I could stop the train." There were harrowing 6cenes when the bodies reached the Pennsylvania raildroad yards in Jersey City The relatives of the dead men were beside themselves with grief Haif a dozen women were overcome and had to be taken home by the police. MORE COMPLETE STORY. New York. Nov. 18 -In the gloom of smoke, storm and fog that darken? ed the rails of the Pennsylvania rail road early this morning between Jersey City and Harrison, a belated suburban tram dashed into a gang of workmen, killing ll instantly and injuring 4 Others had remarkable escapes All the victims lived in Jersey City. The accident happened about two and a half miles west of Jersey City, just beyond the Hackensack river bridge At that point there are four tracks, two devoted to passenger and two to freight traffic At the north are the shops and tracks of the Delaware, Lackawanna and. Western railroad Foreman Quirk saw that the fog might mean danger, so he sent ahead two men. Lawless and Doherty, to give warn iug cf approaching trains. Lawless was to go west and Doherty east and cover all the tracks. They were to 6hout warnings at the approach of trains The passenger tracks were kept busy with incoming suburban trams, and the dense smoke from these trains helped to make the atmosphere more dense. Suddenly about 8 30 there was a shout from Lawless, who was the advance guard of the gang. "Train, on No 3," he cried It was an eastbound freight train that came along slowly, leaving behind it a heavy pall of smoke The men who were scattered along the track jump ed out of the way/ Almost ail of them jumped over tc track No. 1. the eastbound passenger track. The heavy smoke enveloped them Lawless, too, had jumped acrosa to track No 1, keeping ali the time a sharp lookout Suddenly there was a rumble of wheels and the shriek cf a whistle The Millstone local, de? layed by fog, was coming along at the rate of 40 miles an hour Law less was struck and thrown 30 feet away, mangled and bleeding. On went the train Engineer Van Nos irand had scarcely noticed the man's body flyiug through the air wheu the engine struck Doherty ; then it ploughed into the mass of cowering men, who stood huddled together on the Hack. "It was an awful sight," said the engineer later "There was a mass of legs and arms and heads flying through the air. I was drenched with blood I knew that something terrible had happened and put on the air brakes as fast as possible " When the train came to a stand sti?i the passengers tushed out. The track was drenched in blood. The meadows and the track looked ?ike a battlefield covered with bodies The shrieks of the dyiujc men drowned the cries of the horrified passengers Women fainted and men turned away in horror Of the 19 men, nine were dead and six mounded. Some one telephoned quickly to Jersey City. Many of the bodies still writhing in mortal agony were placed on the train and borne to the city Two of the wounded men died on the way. A relief train brought back the olher8 Florence, Nov 14 -Io tbe faco cf the lynching at Pholis, in Green? ville County, and despite tbe many edi? torial writings on ?hat subject, comes another to bc adoed ?o tbi? chapter io South Carolina Sam Howard, an old nrgro, 60 or 65 years of agc, wb<> lived near How's Station, io thit? coun? ty, wes cilk'd from his Louse on Sat? urday night, about 8 o'ci ct, and SCUM o death. Case of Poisoning Hood's Sarsaparilla Drives the Poi? son from the System, Quiets the Nerves, Relieves Dyspepsia and Catarrh. " While in the army I was poisoned in? wardly with poison oak, and I did not get well for 15 years. My blood became so affected that I was taken with a hacking cough, and I was thought to be going into consumption. I took many different medicines without avail, and finally re? solved to try Hood's Sarsaparilla. When I had finished taking the first bottle the pimples began to disappear from my body, and after I had f aken three bottles I was well. I have also suffered with ca? tarrh in the head and have been taking Hood's Sarsaparilla for this trouble, and it helps me. In fact I take it for all ail? ments and believe it has no equal as a blood purifier. It quiets the nerves and gives refreshing sleep. It has relieved me of dyspepsia and built me up." J. I. HOLUDAY, Williainston, South Carolina. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier. Sold by all druggists. $1 ; six for $5. Hood's Pills SS?r? le I?! ail Most Esialsimt Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, King, oppositej Can? non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C? ^ST'Pnrcbae* our make, which we gu?rante superior to any sold South, and thereby pave money. Window and Paney Glass a Specialty October 16-o THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depository Transacts a general Banking business, a?so bas ? Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on first days of Janoarv, April, Julv and October. Jw. F. B HAYNS WORTH, W F. RHAMB, Cashier. President. Jan 13. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will bein my effice io the County Court House at Sumter from the 15th of October to the Slst of December, 1898, inclusive, for the co lection of taxes for the fiscal >ear, 1898. The levy is as follows : For State < urposes, 5 crilis. For county purposes, 2b mills. For school purposes, 3 mills. Total levy, Hi mills. Also the following special school taxes : School District No. ?-2 mills. Scbooi Dis'rict No. 16-2 mills School District No. '8-2 mills. Schoo! District No. 2D-i mills. Mt Clio, 2 mills. Commutation road tax for 1893 is payable at the same time-ibe amount of sane having been raised ny the last General Assembly from SI to $1.50. H L. SCARBOROUGH, Treasurer Sumter County. Oct 5 "_... Gold ? ??iii be Paid to any Man or \tforr.<. 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SPECIAL TEBttS TO FAMILIA Two Minutes Walt Prom Central Depot. Chattanooga, Tenn. July 29. LANDS WANTED. PERSONS WITH LANDS FOR SALE are requ?sted to pul them in my hands lor .?ale. I rm in constant r'Cfipt of so nany loners of enquiry about ?ands from Northern and Western partit-s, tnat I may be able/o fffect sales for those who wi^ sive me accu rats detailed descriptions of what they have. No charge will te made uoiess satisfactory sales are made Descriptions must he sues as can be guaranteed and most give : No of acres, location, character of laDd, proxioii?y to railroads, post offices, schools, churches and to*, cs, kind of ic proveo en ts. Communications strictly couhdent, when so desired. JAMES G. GIBBES, State Land Agent. Nov. 10. Cc1 um bia, SC WAR ! ..AH! WAR ! But the "White" is vitcori ous. We are now selling sew? ing'machines from ten dollars up We have a few machines that are slightly used that we will sell cheap. We also have a nice line of Organs that we will sell on easy terms. We are head quarters for Sewing Machines and supplies. Old machines taken in exchange for new ones. PH. Bo Manager, Sumter Music House. - SUMTER, S. C.