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TBM SIMTEB WATcastAN, Established April, 1850. "Be Just ana Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and.Truth's." TEE TRUE SOUTHRON, Eetabii hed Jane. 12fcG . Consolidated Aug. 2,1881 (richman mw .Southron SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jnoe, JSftS Consolidated Aug. % ISSI. SUMTER S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17.1899. New Series-ToL XTIII. No. 42 KING AGUINALDO. He Dissolves Filipino Con gress and Declares Himself Dictator. London, June 8 -Special dispatches from Manila today say it is repotted this morning that Aguinaldo has dis solved the Filipioo congress and has proclaimed himself dictator. Washiogtoo, Jone 8.-The officials here are in doubt as to whether Aguinaldo in deolariog his dictatorship is animated by a desire to rid himseif of his refractory geoerals, Pilar and Lana, or whether be aims to consol idate io his own hands the power to make terms of peace. It is koowa from the reports of President Scharmao of the Americas Philippine commission that these two generals own only faint allegiance to Agiinalao and their attitude towards the peaoe negotiations bas made them ineffectual, the civilian members oo the Filipioo side o the Filipioo joiot commission being completely overawed by these geoerais. It is dominated by the military element controlled by these geoerals. It is believed here that if Aguinaldo can bend these men to his will aod assume supreme oontrol he will at oooe make for peace, being able to secure better terms for himself thao he would otherwise Report From Geo. Otis. Unarmed Natives Profess Friendship. Washington, Jane 8.-The situation io the Philippines is described by Gen. Otis ID the following cablegram : Manila, June 8. Adjutant General, Washington. Ke3ult movements Morong province was to drive insurgents into mountains, capturiag Aotipolo and other towns io that section with point of land project ing ioto bay. They retreated and scatted before our advance, leaving 25 dead oo field. Our loss four killed and few wounded, mostly flight. City of Morong only land route around bay, garrisoned ; all other troops withdrawn. Io habitants of proviooes profess friend ship, ask protection ; large numbers wish to eater Manila ; refuse as city population increasing too rapidly. Lead ing natives throughout island,icoluding active insurgent leaders, seek permis sion to send families to Manila ; coosidered ooly place of personal security. (Sigoed) Otis. T J9 cooclu9 oos drawn by war department officials concerning the con dition io the Philippus given io the dispatch of Gen. Otis are that tbe insurgents are little more than marauding bands wbioh will continually decrease when the men fiod there is life and liberty under American govern ment. These bands are regarded as something like tba bands of lodiaos 25 and 30 years ago, and the people who are eomiog ioto the Americao Hoes asking protection are coosidered like those who sought protection io the forts during the early stages of Ameri can development io the west;. Nothing is yet said as to tba intent!DU of Gen. Otis to continue aotive hostilities, but this is a matter that will be left wholly io bia discretion and he will oo doubt fight or rest as the circumstances determine. FOUR VESSELS CAP TURED. Manila, Jaoe 8, 5 15 p m.-The United States cruiser Boston, Capt. W. Whiting, hat sailed for Sra Francisco by way of Nagasaki, Japan, with long service officers and meo from the various warships. Tbe battleship Oregon will soon be stationed off Dagupio, in tbe Gulf of Lingayen, on blockade duty. The gunboat Albany, one of tbe vessels purchased from the Spaniards aod commanded by Ensign W. H. Stanley, has oaptored three sailing vessels aod ooe steamer off the island of Negros. Nioe of these boats (of the Albany class) are now in commie, sion aod are doiog good service io the shallow waters of tbe southern islands. Favorable reports are stiil beiog received from the party of 15 Ameri cans belonging to the gunboat Yorktown, headed by Lieut. J. C. Gilmore of that vessel, oaptured oo April 12 by the Filipinos not far from Baler. The prisoners are all well aod are receiviog fair treatment. Volunteers' Extra Pay. Gov. McSweeoey, wheo asked yester day if any ohange would be made in tbe matter collecting the volooteers' pay from tbe Federal government, said be proposed to let all existing arrange meots made by bis predecessor stand. This means tbat Judge C. P. Town fend and Mr. W. Bsyd Evans, who were placed in charge of the matter by Gov Elierbe, will conclude the work they have begun. THE CRAWFORD MURDER TRIAL. THE STATE MADE OUT A WEAK CASE. Camden, Jane 7.-The evidence in the case of the State against W R Crawford, charged with having shot down Mrs Elizabeth Stnart on the threshold of her own home, was concluded this morning at ll o'clock The State pot op no evidence in reply. Solicitor Thurmond conduct ed the examination and cross exami nation of the witnesses for the State. For the defense Mr John P. Thomas, Jr., has been the leading attorney in the examination Mr. M. L. Smith's admirable interrogation of Br. Owens and the delicate way in which he cross examined tbe little children won for him much commendation. Mr. Blease cross examined Dorn, the State's principal witness Crawford's life bas not been in danger from violence. There has been no mob. The finger of scorn has not been pointed at him. Sus picion has not branded him here, it seems. He walks the streets as freely as the mayer of this pretty village. In the court room his ex pression is immobile, almost uninter ested He lounges about from dock to lobby without any apparent con cern, and there are no frenzied per secutors darting at bim glances of fury and unquenchable passion. Why, there is no attempt to disguise the fact that be had a pistol in his pocket when he went upon tue wit ness stand. There have been a great many "guns" in the court room, it is said. Crawford is not now on the constabulary. Joe Ben Coleman, who testified for bim, is. Dorn, who testified against Crawford, was not reinstated to bis position on tbe force which was given him when be was removed as bead drayman at the State dispensary. The case has been conducted rather loosely, the opposing attorneys not beiog wide awake or not anxious to press objections or to regard the niceties of the code. The defense in its effort to prove that the fatal bullet was fired by Stuart, showed that the State had not put into evidence tbe fatal ball nor Stuart's pistol,nor did Dr. Owens tes tify as to the calibre of the builet In addition to this was the statement of Alice Stuart that her mother was facing her father when he fell, firing. The proposition replied that there were eye witnesses to testify thal Crawford fired the fatal shot, and that there was no necesity for the bullet to be produced. Stuart's pistol is in Camden and could easily have been produced The fatal bail ranged up ward two inches. The defense has out generailed the prosecution at every step. Dorn, the State 8 best witness, was confronted with Coleman. The chil dren were declared to have absorbed opinions as well as facts. The negro, Ed. Mayfield, made statements con tradicted by numbers of witnesses the solicitor appeared to be earnest in the prosecution, bot their case was evideotly weak Mr. Turmoad's ar gument was a splendid appeal for justice, for the enforcement of law regardless of person The defense produced many wit nesses to prove Crawford's good char acter. Tbe State did not attack this. The State's main point was that Crawford slapped Stuart and was therefore the aggseesor. Arguments were made for the de fense by Messrs. John P. Thomas, Cole L. Bleaee, M. L Smith and 6. B Clark. The speeches for the State were made by Mr. John McMaster and Solicitor Thurmond. The Jury Agrees After Being Out Fifteen Hours. Camden. June 8 - At 12 o'clock ! today the jury in the Crawford case j returned a verdict of not guilty after having been out and unable to agree for fifteen hours. There was no demonstration or excitement wheu the verdict was announced. The Executive Mansion, Governor McSweeney is having the executive mansion overhauled and work began on it today. This is the first time io years the old building has had a (borough renovation, and it certainly needed it Many of the carpets are old and worn out, the furniture is out of date and many other things about the building are sadly in need of attention. The appropriation for repairs is small and but a little of the sum remains, but Governor McSweeney intends to put the buiidiog in first class shape befe re moving bis family into it He will expend the money oat of his own pocket if necessary and trust to having it refunded him Dr. Babcock has jon sen ted to look after the sanitary irrangements. Columbia Record, June 7. Parting Words of Old Patriot Those of Wisdom. Habana, June 6.-Geo. Maximo Gomez, the former commander-in-chief of the Cuban army, issued his farewell manifesto today Io substance it says : "Tbe mission I have been intrusted with is nearly concluded. I have at tempted to find a solution of qc stions concerning the army wbicb I command ed during the bloodiest war koowo io America. I am now leaving, regret fully, to attend to necessary privates business. "A parting word to the people foi whom I have sacrificed 30 years of my life, and to may friends io the army jost disbanded, which action should have been taken instantly after the removal cf the bloody weight of Spain's merci less regime. We armed ourselves aod, therefore, now we no iooger want soldiers but meo for thc maintenance of peace and order, which are the basis of Cuba's future welfare. "It is necessary to understand that the nation in this epoch, most difficult and unequalled in history, should avail itself of the opportunity to show it possesses virtues, in spite of the vices engendered by colooial government and the harshness of warlike life. We waoted and depended opon foreign intervention to end the war. This occurred at the most terrible moment of our contest, and resulted io Spain's defeat. But none of us thought this extracrdioary event would be followed by a military occupa tion of the country by our allies, who treat us as a people iocapabie of acting for ourselves, and who have reduoed us to obedience, to submission and to a tutelage imposed by force of circum stances. This cannot be our ultimate fate after the years of struggle, aod we should aid by every pacific method io finishing the work of organizing, which the Americans accepted in the protocol, and which is disagreeable for them as for ourselves. This aid will prove useless without concord amoog all the islanders. Therefore, it is necessary to forget past disagreements, to com pletely unite all elements aod to or ganize a politioal party, which is need ed in any country. "It is always said that countries have the government which they merit, and Cuba will have that which her heroism entitles her to. Today sba can only have one party io Coba, with one object, that of obtaining the aspiration of years. We must devote ourselves to pacific labors, gain the respect of the world and show that though our war was hon orable, our peace must be more so. "We must make useless by our be havior the preseoce of a strange power in the island and must assisi tbe Amer icans to complete the honorable mission they have beeo compelled to assume by a force of circumstances. This work was not sought by those rich northern owners of a continent. I think doubts and suspicion are unjust. Y e most form immediately a committee or a club to be a n cleos of a government. This will serve Cuban interests purely and act as an aid to the inter^enors. "I, as ooe of the first Cabaos, al though one of our last old soldiers and not far from the grave, without passions or ambitions, oall OD you with the sin cerity of a father and urge a cessation of the superfluous discussions aod tbe creation of parties of all kinds, which disturb the couotry and teod to cause anarchy. In this country there should ba no one man whom we consider a stranger. Today we oo longer have autonomists or conservatives, bot only Cubaos. "My mission having ended, I will absent myself temporarily, to embrace my family, bat I will retaro shortly to Cuba which I love as much aa my own Iaod. "My last words for my soldiers are that, as always, where my tent is the Cubans have a friend." The farewell traoifesto of Geo. Gomez is the principal topio of conversatioo amoog Americans and Cubans of ali shades of politics. Thc Amerioans for tbe most part consider it an affecting address expressing the real views of the old patriot, sod also his sincere intention to retire from public life. His Cuban admirers say the address will raok among the most famous in history. His opponents, especially the mem bers of the former military assembly, insist that he has no inteutioo to retire for more than a few weeks, and that bis real objeot is to gain public sympathy. They say also that Col. CarloB C spedes virtually writes the greater part of what Gomez issues to the public, though; in (bis instance, probably a third was written by Gomez himself - Bin j- -^mmmm* Hong Kong, Jane 6.-The United States cruiser Olympia with Admiral Dewey on board, left here at 4 o'clock this afternoon. There was no demon stration. The weather was wretched It was blowing and raining bard at thc time of the departure. Judge Emory Speer Speaks of the Negro. The Crimes That Have la flammed Whites are Fer eign to the Negro Race. Macon, Ga , June 7.-The bacca laureate address delivered to the law class of Mercer University this morn ing by Judge Emory Speer was remarkable in the selection of the question dealt with before such an audience Judge Speer devoted his whole time for half an hour to an an uncement of his views on the ude of the white people of the south, and especially of thia State, toward the negro as a result of the commission of many awful crimes against white women. The speaker said that the punish ment of the criminal must be kept within the bounds of civilization and within the pale of law and the courts. The contrary course, he said, is debasing and effective only in delay ing final correction and prevention. In emphatic tones and gesture Judge Speer said : "I solemnly assert before this dis tinguished audience with a full knowledge of the import of what I eay, that the crimes that have so inflamed the white people of this country against the negro race are foreign to these people, whom I have known and loved since my childhood and whom I will know and love until my eyes are closed in death.7' The negroes themselves, he said, must assist the whites in hunting down and arresting the outcasts in order that they may remove the onus of the charge that they are in sympathy The constabulary force of the State in the country districts should be made efficient. "The judges of the superior courts must be selected from the highest intelligence and moral character of the State Rewards should be promptly offered, A, above all things, the speaker said, "that sec tion of the code which provides against any expression of opinion by a judge in charging in criminal cases and which expression constitutes an error on which the supreme court must grant a new trial, should be repealed." In conclusion, Judge Speer said that the cunning of the law repre sented by the young men just grad uated must find a way to remove the only cloud that now obscures the sunlight of happiness and prosperity j in which the State would otherwise be bathed. ? ill - -^rnammm Accused of Rape, But Inno cent. CedartowD, Ga., June 8.-The jury in the case of Grant Bell, charged with attempting to assault Mrs. J P. Lurapkin, tonight returned a verdict of not guilty. Bell left town imme diately for Alabama As illustrating the nervousness and apprehension of the white women in this part of the country over the recent outrages by negroes, it devel ope that the negro who was reported to have approached Mrs. Benjamin Williams, near Cave Springs yester day, and was quickly arrested and jailed here on the charge of attempted assault, only tried to trade a snuff box for something to eat. Enlargement of Grendel Mill President D. A P. Jordan, of the Grendel Mills, returned Monday from New York and other points North, where he had been for two weeks in the interest of the mill Upon his return he announced that the directors had decided to double the capacity of the mill, and that the work of erecting the necessary build ings will commence as soon as the contract can be given out. Mr Jordan purchased the requisite addi tional machinery for the mill while in the North, including 288 new Draper loons, which, with those now in use, will make the total number of the loons in the mill 624. The new machinery will be placed at as early a day as possible. It is proposed to run the carding and spinning depart ment bo h night and day after a short while.-Greenwood Index Little Rock, June 8.-It is report ed here tonight that a landslide occurred at Ross Hollow and engulf ed 28 men, all of whom are supposed to have been killed. ABSOLUTE LY a Makes the food more de KCv l BAKING PC* DISORDER N FRANCE : Ladies Warned Not to Visit Long Cb a mp?. Paris, June 10 -President Lou bet's ronte next Sunday from the Elys e palace to Long Champs will be lined with squads of police. Through the Bois de Boulogne the police will be strengthened by mount ed Republican Guards, the various points of vantage in the wood being occupied by the military. Beneath the grandstand several companies of infantry will be held in readiness to approach at a moment's notice, and the way from the paddock to the president's box will be lined with files of the Republican Guards with fixed bayonets Behind the soldiers will be hundreds of detectives, under the personal command of the prefect of police of Paris Cavalry will be placed in readiness to gallop along the course if necessary. M. Francois Copee has advised the members of the Patriotic league not to attend the Grand Prix. The Gaulois, the leading Conserva tive and Royalist organ, commenting upon the Socialist threat to cause trouble, says : "Under these conditions it will be out of the question to take ladies to Long Champs, and therefore, we advise our readers tc stay at home.7' If this advice is followed the grand Prix will loee much of its pictures queness One of the sporting papers asserts that several of the principal owners intend to scratch their horses for the Grand Prix, but it is believed that the report is premature and that the attempts of the titled world in this direction have been in vain. Col. Picquart's release, it is under stood, was due to the fact that Lid German foreign office recently inform* ed the French government that Col. Scbwarzkoppen wrote the petit bice and that, therefore, itt was impossible that Picqoart should have forged it Mothers, we call joor attention to Pitts' Carminative. It acta promptly, it is pleas-, ant to tbe taste, and tbe children will take it without coazioe. It relieves promptly and permanently. If we can get yon to use it, voa will get others to do likewise. Your druggist sells it. J. F. W. DeLorma. GEN. KING'S TESTIMONY. General Charles King, of Wiscon ! sin, who was one of the first volun* ! teer oScers to reach the Philippines ! and who has seen as much of actual I service and conditions in those islands as almost any other of our soldiers, j returned from Manila a few days ago. I General King's statement of the j outlook in the Philippines is very I different from that which some of the ! censored dispatches bring us He ! sees no proepect of an early conclu sion of war. On the contrary he is convinced tbat it will continue indefinitely, and that a mnch larger force than we have in the Philippines now will be required to subjugate tfce natives The Imperialist can not retort that General King is "a traitor*' and is trying to demoralize our troops in the Philippines He is an ardent expan sionist, is in thorough sympathy with the administration's policy of con quest, and wants to see the Phil ippine war prosecuted with even greater energy. But he also beeves in admitting the facts as they exist sod in letting the people of the United States understand just what is going on and is likely to occur iii the far away islands of which we are trying to get possession. Captain King's testimony, brief as it ie, oat weighs several bales of censored dis natches -Atlanta Journal The Japanese government solved the problem of sanitation for one of the towns, there, with a population of 40,000, by building a town near by on a better location, moviog the inhab itants and thea barning the old towo. Tbe property lately deeded by Mrs. Leland Stanford to the Stanford uni versity trustees is worth 38,000,000 as investment, aod could be terned ioto 15,000,000 cash. It iocludes 300,000 shares of Southern Pacific steck, and the Searles and Crocker interests in that company are pledged to protect the interests of the university, to which Mrs. Stanford will no doubt leave all the rest of her property. Sha is in poor health, and about to fail for Earcpe. HJBE licious and wholesome OER CO., NEW YORK.