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ss suaTSB watchman. KmtUUhed April, isso. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy Ood's and Truth's." tms tkue 80cthrcn. jbtalditlMd Jone, ist? Cosol?dated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. C WEDNESDAY. JULY 23, 1902. Sew Series?Tol. XXI. No. 51 Cjje ispira at?r ^au%mL rt?t?is&?d Srcry Wednesday, -2 - 5 S?MTBB, 8. C. $1.50 per annum?in advance. iDTisriaixjiT: One Square first insertion.. .....^! 00 erery subsequent iueertioo....... ......... 50 Contracts for thrse months, or longer wili ! be made at reduced rates. AH com?a co ications which subserve pr?vate interests will be charged for as ad versements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. I WHY THE FB1IB3 HOST GO. A Government Official Explains the Situation. Washington, July 16.?A high oO cial of the government gives ont the follo wieg statement concerning the negotiations pending in Borne. Sub stantially these facts were cabled to Gov. Taft in the latest instructions as a basis .of his reply to the Vatican : "In seeking through Gov. Taft to secure the peaceful removal of the friars of the four orders from the Phil ippine islands, the American represen tatives in the Philippine islands have merely been endeavoring faithfully to carry out the wishes of the people. It is not the Unitsd States government which in .any w*.y objects to the pres ence of the friars in the islands. The lay Catholics almost to a man practi cally all of the parish priests will not permit them to come back to the par ishes and hold their lands in hostile possession." One of the avowed objects of the in surrectionary government under Agui naldo was to confiscate, the friars' lands without any compensation to the church. The United States authori ties, recognizing the intensity and bit- j terness of this feeling among the Fil ipinos, but desirous of the most scrupulous ;Mrness toward the church, were willing to arrange for the pur chase of the church lands by the gov ernment, if the church authorities would withdraw the friars, who are not now and who for years have not been performing their religious func tions among the people, and would re place them by other members of the church who might take up with great-1 er success the highly necesary reli gious work which they are no longer able to perform. " JUDGE TAFT'S LAST NOTE. Borne, July 16.?At noon today Maj. Porter of the judge advocate's depart ment of the army at Washington, per sbnally d?li vered to Cardinal Bampolia the papal secretary of State, the last note of Judge Taft, governor of the . Phillippine isands, on. the subject of the withdrawal of the friars from the islands, which will presumbly end the \ governor's negotiations here, as Major ] Porter simultaneously presented a let ter from Judge Taft asking for a fare well audience of the pope. The following is, in part, Judge Waft's note to the Vatican. It is ad dressed to Cardinal Rampolla, Papal secretary of State, and begins, thus: 'In reply to the two notes of your Eminence of June 21 and July 9. I have just received a communication from the Secretary of War, Mr. Boot, in precise and exhaustive terms, which are here reproduced integrally. Sec retary Boot says he is glad to see by the two notes received from the Vati- j can that the Holy See is animated by the beet intentions to come to an un derstanding with Washington about the relations between Church and State i;i the Philippines; that your Emi nence has declared the Vatican to be disposed to give clear and precise instructions to the friars to occupy themselves with religion only, abstain ing entirely f rom politics, and that the Holy See proposes to introduce, little by little, ecclesiastics of other na tionalities especially American. Sec retary Boot adds that he cannot do less than acknowledge the wisdom of these propositions, but he must ob serve that they would not solve the question. "The United States has no desire to violate the treaty of Paris and seeks not a forcible, but a voluntary, with drawal of certain persons, who happen to be Spaniards, and whose previous experiences in the islands had thrown them into antagonistic relations with the people and with the Catholic laity and native clergy, many of; whom have left their parishes and can only be reinstated by using material force, which the Unted States cannot perimt. This proves {that the Government of the Philippines has no intention to propose measures contrary to the in terests of the Vatican, and,in fact, its interest in the Church. If the ques tion of withdrawal be left unsolved, now that the Washington Government has persuaded the ecclesiastical au thorities to see the necessity of carry ing out this step, the later withdraw al of the friars under order of the reli gious superior could not be regarded as anything bnt voluntary, and would not violate the treaty of Paris ; nor could such order be regarded as affirm ing or admitting any accusations against the friars because the Ameri can Government made no such accusa tion. The United States did not desire the withdrawal for itself?it was indifferent to the presence of the friars. But, in the interest of the whole people of the Philippines, who were bitterly opposed to their pres ence. "It was thought, by the generous proposal of a contract which would bind the Philippine^ Government to certain financial and other obligations, to secure the much longed-for desire of the Philippine people in the with drawal of the friars. Now that the Vatican does not see its way clear to make a definite withdrawal, the Amer ican Government has deemed it wiser to recar to the methods of settlement of the vaious questions at issue sug gested by Caridnal Bampolla's first communication of June 21, namely : "First. An investigation by both sides into the possible and probable liabilities and claims fand the settle ment of them by an accredited aposto lic delegate with the Governor in Ma nila, after the conditions with respect to these titles of the friars to the land and the amount of claims for rental have been presented by the representa tive of the Church to the representa tives of the Philippine Government in Manila. "As to the indemnity for the friars' lands, your Eminence has pointed out the difficulty of computing so precipit ately the exact value, but this might be done by examining the title deeds. The Washington Government will im medately order the general command ing the forces in the Philippines to. furnish all indications necessary to as certain what damage has been done by the military occupation. Although regretful that all the questions have not been deicded definitely, the Gov ernment ii glad to express satisfaction at the results obtained." Secretary Boot, in his communica tion, declares that Judge Taft's jour ney is quite compensated for by the fact that it is possible to fix general lines ?? which, later, can be amicably solved all the questions now pend ing. Meanwhile, as a preliminary, he wishes Cardinal Rampolla to send to the Philippine Government four iisis of the property considered to belong to the religious Orders, com prising : 1. That transferred to corporations. 2. The ecclesiastical buildings occu pied by the troops, with indications of the fiamage and compensations there for. 3. The property before considered Spanish Crown lands, which it is de sired the American Government should trasnfer to the Church, though Wash ington will grant such transfers only on condition that a satisfactory agree ment be reached on all other questions. 4. The charitable and educatonal in stitutions which the Vatican desires to be considered as belonging to the ' Church. Secretary Boot concludes by instruct-1 ing Judge Taft to express to Cardinal j Rampolla his pleasure that the visit of the American representatives has resulted in a broad basis for harmon ious settlement; his thanks for the courtesy shown by the Vatican to Judge Taft and for the promptness with which the Vatican has acted, and his hopes that, though no specific agreement has been reached, the Vati can will ultimately find it just to do what has been suggested. Judge Taft concludes : "In obedience to Secretary Root's dispatch, I request that the future negotiations on the points raised be held, in Manila between an apostolic delegate and the Governor after the j information suggested above by Secre tary Root has been ascertained and presented." Mine Disaster in Utah. __ Park City, Utah, July 16.?Two powder magazines at the 1,200-foot level of the Daily-West mine exploded about 1 o'clock this morning, causing a fearful loss of life. The latest report says that 33 bodies have been removed from the two mines. Officers-of the Daily-West state that only three more bodies are in the mine. Miners, how ever, assert that there are 12 or 15 still unaccounted for. Twenty-five bodies are at a local un dertaker's. The majority of the men met their death from inhaling gas and not shock. By 4 o'clock this morning 27 men had been taken out of the mice dead and several others had been recovered in a half dazed condition. These were all brought through the Onlaro mine shaft, which is a mile distant from the Daily*West. The 1,200-level of the Daily-West corresponds to and is connected by tunnel with the 600-level of the On laro. s In the Daily-West mine between 100 and 150 men were at work. In the Onlaro were nearly 100, it is believed. It is not known how many of these are dead, but the disaster extends to the Onlaro. There are two powder magazines at the 1,200-level of the Daily-West, one at each side of the shaft, with a ca pacity of from one to two cars of powder each. A car of powder was added to the supply within the past few days. Victoria, B. C, July 15.?News was received by the steamer Empress of India today of the destruction of the Chinese cruiser lHai Chee at Nan King by an explosion. Of the crew, of 200 to 250 but two escaped. The cruiser went up like a flash. Three small boats lying alongside were destroyed, with "their occupants. Jennings. La., July 15.?Lightning: today struck the big tank in the oil fields here. The tank, with its con tents, was burned and is a total loss. The flames then spread to the pools of oil surrounding Jennings Well No. 2 and later to the well itself, burning the derricks, but doing no further dam age. There were many other wells near by, but they were covered with earth, thus relieving the danger of the spread ing of the fire. Don't Fail to Try This. Whenever an honest trial is given to Electric Biters for any trouble it is recom mended for a permanent cure will surely be effected. It never fails to tone the stomach, regulate the kidneys and bowels, stimulate the liver, invigorate the nerves and purify the blood. It's a wonderful tonic for run-down systems. Electric Bitters positively cures Kidney and Liver Troubles, Stomach Disorders, Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, and expels Malaria. Satisfaction guaranteed by J. F. W. DeLorme. Only 50 cents. GOLF OF MEXICO FISH ARE DISTURBED. Belief That Volcanic Eruptions are the Cause. New York, July 15.?A New Orleans telegram to fthe Tribune says : There is something wrong with the Gulf of Mexico, or at least with its fish, and the belief is growing that the volcanic disturbances manifested by the Marti nique disaster are the cause. The sud den invasion and subsequent death of fish at Harvey*s canal have called spe cial attention to an astonishing state of affairs all along the Gulf coast. The water which previously has been remarkably fresh for ocean water, has suddenly developed an intense acrid salinity, and immense schools of man-eating sharks have invaded the waters close in to the shore line so as to terrorize the coast. Tuesday a party of four pleasure yachts, with Udolpho Wolf, Jr., son of the president of the New Orleans Board of Trade, at their head, were enjoying an outing near Ship Island, off the Mississippi-Louisiana coast. Only Wolf's yacht had a deep-water anchor, and when a light blow came on that boat was anchored, and the others were moored to her. All went well till ajschool of sharks, of unheard of size, surrounded them. One of the fish became entangled in the anchor chain and dragged the entire fleet of yachts into the breakers. The story would seem incredible were it not vouched for on their honor by the members of the party, who came very near losing their lives through the mishap. All along the coast all deep water fish are rushing on shore, and red snapprs and' rednsh are captured oh the sandy beach. The frightful 3tench arising from Harvey's canal opposite the city caused by the myriads of putrid fish, has caused annoyance to almost half the area of New Orleans, and today reached a pionfc where it was decided to violate the State laws and cut the levee of the Mississippi river so as to turn the current of the stream into the canal and wash the dead fish bpek into the sea. All to day a gang of men has been at work on the cut, but it will be Thursday night before the excavation will be deep enough to let in the river wa ter. Great gangs of men are still clearing fish from the canal, but it would take a month to purify it that way. THE NEW CHINESE MINISTER. _ ^ , _. f, What Manner of Man Mr. Tung is?The Retiring Minister, Mr. Wu, to Write Two Books. Washington, July .?-It is not ex I pected that Minister Wu will leave Washington for his new post in China for some weeks. Officials acquainted with the new minister, Liang Chen Tung, describe him as a man of im posing stature, being over six feet in height, slightly inclined to stoutness. He speaks English with the greatest facility. Minister Wu said today that the first and most urgent need of China was a financial readjustment so as to re lieve the country of the great and in creasing burden caused by the pay ment of foreign obligations in high priced gold, while silver was the only current money. Next in order the country wanted three things, namely, education, railroads and newspapers. More young Chinese stadents should study in the United States and Europe and there should be a system of popu lar education. The minister intends to write two books, one on America, for publication here, and the other on his observations outside of China for circulation in that country. Pittsburg, Pa., July 16.?The Or phans' Court today awarded Dr. W. \ C. Browning, of Philadelphia, 829,239 against the estate of the late Senator C. L. Magee for professional servicse. The physician claimed $350,000. Pine wood, July 16.?Saturday even ing five negroes on Mr. . B. Mims' place several miles from here, while engaged in a personal difficulty drew pistols, and emptied all their cham bers at each other, resulting in Joe Cooley being severely and perhaps! fatally shot twice in the neck by John Barwick. Florence, July 16.?Fire this morn ing destroyed the re-dry i ng'plant of the American Tobaccon company, Cov ington's old stables, a large tobacco prize house, a small dwelling and dam aged several other buildings. The total loss is about $13,000, fairly well covered by insurance. The fire is thought to have started by the acci dental dropping of fire in the re-drying machine, which had "just been over hauled. Jennings, La., July 16.?The fire in the oil fields is raging, and the flames appear to be gaining strength. The chemical engine from Beaumont, Tex., was used without appreciable effect. Tjie owners of the oil wells seem to be confident of their ability to overcome the flames within a day or two. A carload of chemcals has been ordered and is now on the way here. The Same Old Story. J. A. Kelly relates an experience similar to that which has happened in almost every neighborhood in the United States and has been told and re-told, by thousands of others. He says : "Last summer I had an attack of dysentery and purchased a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and D.arrhoea Remedy, which I used according to directions and with entirely satisfactory results. The trouble was controlled much quicker than former attacks when I used other remedies." Mr. Kelly is a well known citizen of Henderson, N. C. For sah by Dr. A. J. China. ARKANSAS WANTS PRESIDENT HARTZOG. Offered Presidency of the State College There?He Had Better Accept. Columbia, July 16.?Apropos of the I recent settling of the trouble at Clem ; son College, which ended in the reten I tion of President Henry Hartzog, and I the exoneration of that officer by the board of trustees comes a flattering offer of President Hartzog to become ' president of the Arkansas State col lege. Nothing was known of the|mat- ! ter until the governor returned to the city yesterday and opened his mail and telegrams. In the bundle he found a dispatch from Gov. Davis of Arkan sas, which together with the reply sent the governor of Arkansas is incor porated in the following dispatch which the governor at once sent to President Hartzog at Clemson College : To H. C. Hartzog at Clemson Col lege, S. C. : rt? I have just received th6 following from Gov.?avis of Little Rock, Ark. : "If yon oack President Hartzog of Clemson College, your State, please have him wire me acceptance presi dency of Arkansas State College. Please do so at once. ' ' I have sent him the following reply, just having received his message : "Your telegram just received. ?eartily endore President Hartzog and regard him as a competent, high toned, Christian gentleman, and rec ommend him without reservation as thoroughly competent and proper 'man for the position as president of your college. Do as he requests if you care to. . B. McSweeney, Governor. It is not konwn here whether Presi dent Hartzog was aware of the offer or not and whether he will accept. The State's correspondent at Green ville wires that nothing is known there about the matter, and that Mr. Donaldson, one of tie Clemson trustees, who left Clemson yesterday, had been seen but knew nothing of it. A MACED?NI?N "UPRISING. Turkey Put Dowsn the Revolt with Much Slaughter and Desolation. r London. July 16.?The Vienna cor respondent of the Daily Mail says that official reports describe a formidable Macedonian rising in the Vilayet ? of Monastir, European Turkey. The rebele, intrenched on the banks of the Ostrovo, withstood the attacks of a thousand Turkish regulars and several hundred Bashi Bazourks for a week. Finally the Turks placed the Macedo nian women and children in the front as a screen and stormed the position of the rebels. The latter maintained a1 j marderons fire and many women and children were killed by their own hus I bands and fathers. After dispersing the rebels the Turks massacred the population and looted and burned the houses of the inhabitants. {"BELL ROARING JAKE" RETIRED FROM ARMY. Roosevelt Reprimands Him as j. Ordered by Court. Washington, July 16.?Secretary Root brought from Oyster Bay the case of Gen. Jacob H. Smith, tried by court martial at Manila on ac count of orders issued to Maj. Waller. Gen. Smith was found guilty of the charges by the court and sentenced to be admonished by the reviewing au thorities. The president has so ad monished General Smith and retired him under the law which provides that officers having reached the age of 62 years may be retired at will by the president. Secretary Root supplements the j reprimand of President Roosevelt in a | long circular showing that General Smith issued the "kill and burn" or- j der, very few persons were killed as a result of that order, the cruelties being confiend almost wholly to the 11 natives killed by Major Waller's direc tion. Charlotte, N. C, July 16.?Four of the largest yarn mills of this city have shut down owing to the depression in ! the yarn market. The mill owners claim that at the present price of cot- j ton and the selling price of yarns it is impossible for the manufacturers to j come out anyways near even. A prom inent mill man informed your corres pondent today that unless the yarn market advances materially in the next thirty days most of the yarn producing mills in North Carolina will, of neces sity have to close down. Need More Help. Often the over-taxed organs of digestion cry out for help by Dyspepsia's pains, Nausea, Dizziness, Headahces, liver com plaints, bowel disorders. Such troubles call for prompt nse of Dr. King's New Lite Pills. They are gentle, thorough and guaranteed to cnre. 25c at J. F. W. De Lonne's drug store. ? ? ? Washington, July 16.?Major Micah Jenkins, the new collector of internal revenue for South Carolina, will take charge of his office at Columbia next Monday, the 21st. 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This was done on the ! ground tnat the language of the treaty I relative to receiving any money, valu able security or otter poperty, know ! ing the same to hare been embezzled, stolen, or fraudulently obtained, is claimed^to actually fit the offence of which the men are said to have been guilty. It is expected tfcat the Canadian Court will thus be relieved of the necessity of ruling upon the ob jection made by the defendants that the crime charged in the indicttment does not correspond with the treaty. Under the new application the Court will simply be required to decide whether of not a prima facie case of receiving stolen moneys has been made out against Gaynor and Greene. If the men are surrendered under extradition proceedings the Georgia^ Courts will be obliged Ito decide* the difficult and delicate question wbetlh er Gaynor and Greene can be tried for conspiracy, as indicated, after hav ing been obtained from Canada on a warrant which does not charge that offence. PROCEEDINGS IN QUEBEC. Quebec, July 15.?Messrs. Gaynor and Greene filed answers today to the motions made by counsel for the Uni ted States to quash the writs of habeas corpus issued Dy Judge Caron on June 20 and 2L Should the writs be set aside the extradition proceedings will be heard on their merits. Among the reasons set forth by counsel for Greene and Gaynor for denying the motion to quash the writs are the followng : That when Marion Erwin made the com plaint upon which the demand of extradition was made before Commis sioner La Fontaine he rendered him self unworthy- of continuing said pro ceedings in his name, as he had offer ed the accused to compromise by aban doning the demand of extradition on their payment of a sum of $500,000. WINTHROP COLLEGE FACULTY. Meeting of the Trustees of th? Coliege Yesterday and New Teachers Elected. Rock Hill, July 16.?The board of trustees of Winthrop College met here yesterday. With the exception of Hon. D. S. Henderson, who was ex ofi?cio a member but whose resignation as senator leaves a vacancy, all the members were present?a very unusual thing and perhaps the first time in the history of the institution that a t full meeting has been held. The principal matters to come before them were elections of teachers to fill existing vacancies. Miss Elizabeth Lumpkin of Columbia was elected teacher of elocution and reading ; Miss Barbot of Charleston, to be assistant music teacher ; Miss Olive Boss, re cently of Asheville, assisant in Eng lish ; Miss Evans of Marion, assistant in history. Miss Mary F. Wickliffe, who si:nce the beginning of the college has been one Of the two teachers in charge of the practice department, having re ceived a scholarship in the Teachers college of Columbia university, asked for leave of absence for one year. This was granted and Miss Charlottte Powe of Chreaw, was elected to take chi.rge of Miss Wickliffe's work in her ab sence. Charleston, July 16.?The receivers of the expositin company will have a public sale of the palace of commerce, the administration, machinery and negro buildings, bridges, pergolas, cattle barns, dairy and a number of other buildings and property, in ac cordance with the order of Judge Gage of the court of common pleas. The sale will be held on July 31. The pro ceeds of the sale will be devoted to the payment of certain claims. The ac counts will be kept separately for the sale of the different properties and the accounting made to the court by mas ter, as ordered. St. Paul, Minn., July 15.?Tremen dous damage and, it is thought, great loss of life were caused tonight by a tornado, which swept in a southwest erly direction from the boundary across the northeastern portion of North Dakota. Three towns, according to reports, were totally wiped out. 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EX-BOVERNOR EVANS Features of the Meeting at Char leston Last Night. Special to The State. Charleston, July .?The senatorial and congressional candidates' meeting was held in the Hibernian hall at S o'clock this evening in the presence of 800 people. The only incident of the meeting was the thwarting of > .prearranged plan to howl down ex-Governor Evans. It was reported on the streets this evening that such an attempt would be made and friends of all the candi dates went diligently to work to pre vent it. Be it said to the credit of the better element of citizenship in Charleston the disgrace was narrowly averted. The world applauds a manly man, whatever or whoever he may be, and had cot Mr. Evans pursued the course he did he would have had succumb to the inevitable. He hurled no defiance at these peo ple as in the days of yore, he made no threats or boasts, but simply stood his ground and never yielded an inch. He made his speech and finished his allotted time amid applause. Credit is due Chairman Thayer, who ordered the police to remove from the hall one young man who seemed to be a leader of the mob. Another thing was demonstrated to night, South Carolinians have not the patience to sit up in hot halls and court houses and listen to warmed over speeches prepared in the summer school of education 12 months ago against Commercial Democracy. That question is settled in South Carolina. The audience naturally expected to witness the sequel to the Georges' meeting but no personalities were in dulged in nor was any reference made to the incident Strange to say there were no "farm ers" among the candidates nor was any reference made to what "we farm ers" didin '90and '92, in fact the "farmer candidate" was by far the most dudishly attired candidate on the stage and the Irishmen mistook him for a "Mickey." That accounts for the cordial^ reception extended him. Col. Elliott's ovation was almost, equal to the one accorded him in Georgetown. Virginia's Legislature. Richmond, Va., July .?The gen eral assembly convened today for the first time under the new constitution. The only feature of the session was the refusal of L P. McLean, Republi can member of the house of delegates from Mecklenburg, to take the oath to uphold the new organic law. When the speaker, acting under a resolu tion, called upon the members to rise and receive the oath from the clerk, Mr. McLean stood. "I will never take that oath," he said. "There is no power to compel me to do so. I emphatically refuse." He then gathered his papers together and stalked from the cap?tol. Under the constitution his seat is thus va cated. The members of the senate took the oath individually. Philadelphia, July .?Rather than face a committee of his creditors at a meeting which was to be held tomor row, Jos. G. Mariner, proprietor of the Philadelphia Wall Paper mills, committed suicide today in Smyrna, DeL Mr. Mariner was heavilyjinvolv ed financially. Chicago, July .?With agreements reached between four railroads and their employes the great strike of the freight handlers and teamsters that has paralyzed the industries of Chicago for a week is apparently broken. A majority of the strikers are expected to return to work tomorrow. By Thursday, according to the present outlook, there will be few evidences of the strike. Charleston, Miss, July .?In Til?a toba Creek Bottom, ten miles south east of Charleston, Joseph Dunn, a white man, 2 years old, while resist ing arrest, was killed last night by a sheriff's posse. Galveston, Tex., July 16.?The Scate Demoratic convention today nominated S. W. T. Lanham, of Par ker, governor, and compliment of Slate officers. Judge H. J. Reagan, the only surviving member of the Confed erate cabinet, presented the name of Congressman Lanham for governor. 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