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| r ' ^ ^ VOL. LIL WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MAY 18, 1898. NO. 41. jj A TiliRlFlC COM B AT. L FIVE OF CUR BRAVE SEAMEN KILL ED ' 'AND FiVE V. UNDeD.' Fir?t UisM'er gn?t?ia?r*J &y Oar Navy In \ke Warwiti Sja'n- -Th? T%::tJow Dlrabled by m StKt which Pfa?ir*:r(t Eer! EO',1* rt. When the United States jiunbcat Hudson came up to tee gcvtrmxeiit dock at Key West Thursday morcirg ^ L^he bodies of five dead men werelyinz Ton her after deck. They vrere the re M mains of Ensign W. Bagley and four members of the crew of tfce torpedo boat Winslow, who were killed in an engagement in Carder.as harbor Wed * nesday afternoon. The be dies were covered by the Stars and Stripes. In the cabin of the Hudson was Captain ^ John B. Bsrasdcu of the Winslow who is injured in the left legr, and several others of the Winslow's crew who are slightly wounded. The dead are ensign Worth Bagley; John Ververe?, oiler; Josiah Tunrett, cabiieookj J. V. Meek, fireman, and J. Daniel, fireman. The wounded are: R. E. Cox. cun ner'smate. D. McKeon, quartermasfc ler: J. H->Patterson. fireman; F Gray * and Lieut J. B. Bernadou. All are slightly wounded, except Patterson, whose ccndiiicn is serious. The engageireLt took plsce i? s-de the harbor cf Carder as. Thegunbcat Wilmington, the torpedo beat Wins" low and th&gunbcat Hudson were the only vessels er gaged. They entered the harbor for the purpose of attack irg some Spanish gunboats which were known to be there. These 1st ter, however, were not discovered by the American force un'il theSpaniards opened fire. The land batieri^s of Cardenas supported the fire cf the Spanish gunboats. The engagement commenced at 2:05 p. m. and lasted Tor about an hour. TtfRTttlTir! BATTI7E The battle, while it lasted was terrific. The Wilmington and the Hudson were ahead and opened fire on the Spanish boat?, which were Ijing at the dccks. The fire was at a range of 3,500 yards. A few minutes later, the Winslow came up and opened fire. In an instant the entire attention of the Spanish,gunboats and land batteries was directed upon her. From all sides shot and shell seemed to pour in upon the little tcrpedo boat. The Wilmington and the. Hudson still kept up their fire, but they c:uld not turn aside the terrible storm of fire and death pouring in upc n the totrpedo beat. The crew of the Winslow, however, never faltered for a second. A KNCCK OUT BLOW. At 2:35 p. m. a solid shot crashed into the hull of the Winslow and knocked out her boiler. In an ins', ant she began to roll and drift helpless!v. Then there was a moment of awful suspense.N A fierce cheer cf triumph went up from the Spaniards on the gunioatsard in the batteries, and ------ again a storm of fire was opened upon the helpless boat. The gunboat Hud son, which was ijing near by, started to the assistance of the Wins ^ low. She ran alongside the torpedo ^ffcoat and tried to throw a line to the J imperilled crew. Up to this time, with the exception of the one shot *h'ci disabled the Winslow, the firing cf the Spanish , gunbcats had been wild4 but as the ' Winslow lay rolling in the water, tbe range grew closer and shells began to explode all about her. It was difficult ; forth6 Hudson to get near enough to throw a line to the Winslow's crew, so terrible was the fire ail about her. Finally, after trying for about twenty minutes, the Hudson approached near enough to thro tt a line. Ensign Bag ley and six men were standing in a p group on the deck of the Wirslow. | *'Heave her! Heave htrf' shouted Bagley, as te looked toward the com mander of the Hudson and called for ||| a line. Don't miss it!" sbcuted an cfficer &? from the HudsoD, and'^ith a smile HL * Bagley called back: m '*Lst her come. Its getting too hot K here^or comfort/' wf ' A DEATH DEALING SHOT. Hp The line was Ihrpwn, and, at the W same instant a shell burst in the very r midst of the grovp of men on board the Winslow. Bagley was instantly killed and a few others dropped about .1 him. Half a dczen mere fell gr&an 1 ing on the blcod stained d- ck. One of the dead men pitched heauiong over the side of the boat, but his feet caught in the iron^and he was hauled back. Bagley lay stretched on the deck, witnmsiace completely tern away and the upper part of bis body sbat tered. It was a terrible moment. The L torpedo boat, disabled and helpless, rolled and swayed under the fury ot the fire fiom the Spanish gunboats When the shell burst in the group on board the Winslow another wild shout of triumph went up from the Spanish boa:s and batteries, atid again & heavy fire was op ned on the torpe do boat. Finally, the Hudson succeeded in ^ getting a line on board the W;ns!ow and was towing her cut of the deadly range when the line parted, and agaiu both boats we re at the mercy of the Spanish fire. At 3.50 p. m , the Hud son managed to get another iine on the dtck cf the Wicslow, but '.here were only three men ieit there at that time to make it (asi. Tha line vsas finally secured and the Winsiow was towtd up to Pedrts Is A^land, where she vas anchored, with ^*her dead and woudded on her decks. There some men /rem tbe Hudson went on board the "Winsiow and tcok the mcst seiiously wounded off. Three who were taken on board the "gunboat Machias died there shcrily afterward. THE COMMANDER'S STORY ' Cammander R^rnadnu of ihe WioS riow wag mounded in the Itfi if?, bat not seriously. Lieut. Bernadcu, wi:h the surgeon i bendirg over him, told the s?^rv o the battle to the representative of the Associated Press as ca'mly as if ta.'k?ng of iheweathtr. Hebtgan: ' We went under orders from the ccmmaa der of tne Wilmington. Oar beat is badly dstmagtd, but she will be brought here lor repairs, ana I think sbe will be ready for service again in two weeks.1' Continuing, the lieutenant said: ' The Wicsiovr v?as the worst initir (.J and had five of her men kiikd and I don't know how many irjurfd, *'We were ordered to attack the Spanish gunbcats at Csrdenss. We steamed in under a full head and were fired upon as soon as we were in rasge. The Spanish boats were tied up at the dccksand had a fair range on us. The | SsttpHes or? shore also opened cn us, j &rc I Ihink we received most of the; fire I co cot know whether any one j vrfis ljurt on ibe Wilmington or on , he Hudson, but I think not. i;I have so fault to ficd with the! Wir-slow s crew. They acted nobly 1 all the way through. The men whol were killed all fell at the same time, j We were statdiog in a group, and the j aim cf the Spanish was perfect. A shell burst in cur very isees." DAMAGE TO THE ENEMY. ' It '"s now known that the Ameri mads furirms havoc with Cardenas fc arbor and tow;i. The captain cf the Hudson said; "I know we dsstrcyed a lar^e part of their to~n near the wharves, burned one of their gunboats and, I think, destroyed two other torpedo destroyers. We were in a vortex cf shot, shell and smoke, and could not tell accurately; but we saw one o? their boats on fire and sinking soon after the action began. Then a large building near the wharf, I think the barracks, teok fira. aod many other buddings were scon burning. The Spanish had masked batteries on all sides of us, hidden in bushes and be hind houses. They set a trap for us. j As soon as we got within range of ther batteries they would move them. I think their guns were field pieces. Our large boats could not get into the harbor to help u?i, on account of the shallow water." AT THE UNDERTAKERS. The drsd were taken to an undertakers. They were taken there in a : rough waeon, still covered by the i Stars nnd Strioe;;. The rude convey-1 lancewss followed by an immense ; crowd, and all day long: the doors o? j?heshop has bsen surrounded by a j large fatheriue. Naval officers, ma ! rines and sailors came tbere to lcok | upon the faces of their dead comrades, j Some of the bodies show fearful wcuads. , j Ensign Bagley was literally tern to pieces. His body will be embalmed iard shipoed home. Oiler Varves had his throat cut open byasparp pirce of the shell, which apparfntiv severed his windpipe as if : slashed with a rszsr, . Fireman Daniels had his left shoul|der ripped up and the right side of his I head torn open. The body of Tunnell, the colored cook, shows no wounds. Fireman Meek3 was hurt in the ; groin. ENGLAND AND AMERICA. SigoiCcHBt U.lerxnctB ot a Eiui >gr iited Biitlah ittteaman. The Right Hon. Jos. Chamberlain, Secretary of Stats for the colonies, made an important speech on public affairs at Birmingham, Eng., Friday evening. Mr. Chamberlain after deprecating the constant assertions in certain quar ters that Lord Salisbury was "discred ited" and the government 1 weak and vacillating," said: c" Hi foreign countries believe and act upon those statements, they "will find themselves much mistaken, and that courteous-diplomacy and graceful concessions are not incompatible with a firm maintenance of the country's I honor and interests." Then, declaring that he intended to [ make a "plain statement of facts, unj fettered by the mysteries and reticenI mcc nf th? of half ft r?fvntjJTv 18go, which, without revealing secret ! negotiations, should be 'undersi&nded [of the people.Mr. Chamberlain said he would accept tiie j idgmsnt of the people as viJirgly as that oi the wisest diplornalisi in the world. Inferring to the policy of strict isolation that England has pursued since the Crimean war, he remarked that this has been "perfectly justifiable," but, he addded, "the time has arrived when Great Britain may be confronted by a combination cf powers, and our first duty, therefore, is to draw all parts of the empire into close unity, and our next to maintain the bonds oi permanent unity with our kinsman across the Atlantic." (Loud chesrs.) "There is a powerful and general I nation," said Mr. Chamberlain, 'speaking our language, bred of our race, and^hfffirg interests identical with ours' I would go so far as to say that,*terrible as war may be, even war itself would be cheaply purciiased if in a great and noble cause the Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack should wa7e together ov er an Anglo-Saxon alliance.". (Prolonged cheers.) "It is one of the mcst satisfactory results of Lord Salisbury's policy that at the present time these two great cations understood each other better than they ever have done, since, over a century ago, they were separated by the blunder of a British government." CUR DEAD SAILORS. Wt.c They Were and Wfcere They Oame I From. Easign Bigley, who was killed Wednesday at Cardenas on the Coast of Cuba, is a native of North Caroli na. His mother, Mrs W. H. Bagley, resides at 12o scuta street, Kueigh, N. C. His full came is Worth Bagley and ha was appointed to the navy academy ia September, 1891, from the fourth district of North Carolina. He fcraduated June 30:h, last year, and wes appointed an ensign on tbe day following-. The dtad ensign was about 25 years of age, and made a great record as a football plajer while at Anuapolis, beicg its star plajer duricg two or three seasons. John Yerveres, oiler, was a native of Smyrna. Asia, but a naturalized citizen of the United States He had been in the. navy about three years and cine months. John Daniels, fireman, first class, was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, but ~M J J 4l ?as> ii&;ur&ii?5u txuu iic.u ltccii ill lac naval service about five years. George B. Mtek, fireman, firs'.class, W2S born in Cljde, 0., and bis father, John Meek, now resides in that city. Tlie ceceassd bad a total naval service of five and one-half jears. Elijah B. Xuanell, CDok, had been in the service only a few montos, his first enlistment bearing date of March 21, 1S93 He was born in Accomac County, Virginia, and bis next of kin is Lis father,' Jotm Tunnell, now a resident of Wattsvilie. Accomac county, Va. Tunnell was the only colored man m the- list of dead and wounded. ^ Orders Iheta to Obej Dewey. The Philippine rebel chief, Gen. Aguinaido, iias issued a proclamation to ine insurgents at Manila to obey the orders or Commodore Dewey and United States Consul Williams. Killing 3tili gees on in the outlying dis iricis, wnere me natives are reveuguin themselves on the priests and l02il Spaaisa olficials, in spite of th proclamation of Aguinaldo. THE MUSTEK ROLL OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS WHO HAVE VOLUNTEEREO Tte Abbeville Volant P-? Who X.w Form Ccnsra-jy A. of the Fliet Scuth Carollca KfgicieD*. Ucltcd . tat s A>roj?Clip acd P eie:v? 21 Below is given the detailed muster roli of the Abbeville Volunteers, the first ompany to be mustered into the service or ice uanea otaies irum itua i Scate under the volunteer army set. ! This company ^as one of the first to arrive in Columbia in respone to the governor's call; was the fir3t to recruit to the requirements after the examination by tae surgeons, and is composed of sturdy young men- This company was mustered into service on Tuesday evening, May 10. Next week we will publish the muster roll of the Newberry company, which was ih<% second company to be mustered in. Then the next week we "will publish the muster roll of the third company and soon each week until the muster rolls of all the South Cirolina companies are published. Here is the muster roll of the Abbeville Volunteers. wh:ch henceforth will bs known by that name no more, the designation now beine Cempany A, First ragioient, S. C Volunteers: COMMISSIONED OFFICERS Charles A. Millford, Capttia, mar i ried, pharmacist, Townville. Frank W. Glenn, First Lieutenant, married, merchant, Charleston J. S. Cochran, Second Lieutenant, married, clerk, Abbeville. NON COMMISSION OFFICERS Thomas G. White,- First Sergeant, single, clerk, Abbeville. . Roland. V.-Cheatbam. Second Ser gean't* single, teacher, Abbeville Andrew B. Edwards, Sergtaut. tingle. clerk, Abbeville. William J. Brjson, Sergeant, single, commission merchant, Cashier's N C. William G. Moses, sergeant, single, broker, Sumter Eugene 0. Ingram, sergeant, single, merchant, Sumter. James A. Allen, corporal, single, drummer. Abbeville. JFrank H. Ccthran, corporal, single, manufacturer, Greenwood. James H. Ferrin, corpora', single, clerk, Abbeville. Robert S. McCombs, corporal, single, farmer, Hunter's. James A. Caldwell, corporal, single, teacher, Due West. Augustus B. Cochran, corporal, single, mechanic. Abbeville. Frank W. Greer, Musician, single, nrinter. Paco.et. - James C. Hughs, Musician, single, fireman, Abbeville. William I. McDonald, Artificer, single, tinner, Abbeville. James L. Pepper, wagoner, married, farmer, AbbevillePRIVATES Abram T. Adams, single, salesman, Edgefield. Wyaii. Aiken, married, court stenographer, Abbeville. Robert L. Almonds, single, farmer, Hunter's. Alexander Bowie, single, clerk, Abbeville. Henry L. Brcoks, single, machinist, Jefferson, Ga. Robert E. Bruce, single, shoemale^, Abbeville. James P. Bowers, single, weaver. Abbeville. tJimes H. Brown, sioe'le. machinist. Varnville. William Bjssey, single, farmer, Parksville. Charles C. Calder, single, clerk, Cokesbury. Charles T. Carr, single, clerk, Greenwood. George W. Chaney, single, weaver, Pelzar. OohnK. Cochran, single, farmer, Abbeville. William T. Cole, s'.ngls, farmer, Ninety Six. Adam H. Dean, siDgle, mechanic, Greenwood. John A. Dickson, single, dentist, Antreville. . Howard L. Dickson, single, railroad fireman, Samter, Arch B. Ellis, single, railroad fire man, Hodges. Alexander G. Faulkner, single, clerk, Pittsford, N. Y. Asher T. Ford, single, baker, Abbeville. George C. Gambrell, single, printer Abbeville. Charles S. Gilbert, single, farmer, Lebanon. Alb9rt Henry, single, clerk, Abbeville. Patrick R. Henry, single, farmer, Due West. Luther R. Hesler, singl?, farmer, Hester's, Mansfield E. Hollin^stforlh, married, magistrate, Due West. Thomas F. Hoiling3 worth, single, student, Due West. Frank C. Hodge?, single, clerk, Hodges. Robert M. Jones, single, student, Abbeville. John F. Johnson, single, clerk, Greenwood. William H. K?rr, Jr , singl*-, cltrk, Winnsboro. Capers R. Koha, single, farmer, Greenwood. Thomas W. Liaham, single, farmer, Plum Branch. Alfred Ljon, siagle, farmer, Abbe vilie. Frank T. McGbee, single, student, Greenwood. John J MarLiio, single, s'udent. Dae f TV John S. Miller, single, farmer, Ninety-Six. Samuel M. McOravey, single, sawyer, Laurens. John M. McKellar, single, farmer, Abbeville. Eugne H. McMillan, single, farmer, Abbeville. Joseph L Morrow, singie, ckik, Coronaca, Luther H. Nbhols, single, clerk, Abbeville. James M. Payne, tiagle, clerk, Payne's. Divid P. Pc-Mity, fciiigie, clerk, Abbeville. Robert L. Phillips, single, kborer, Anire villa. James M. Pounds, singie, deputy JiJwliU, XJiOt William L. Price, siugle, merchant, I\juigre w. Alii-.oa B. Reese, single, jaweier, Abbevilie. James T. Rowland, single, machinist, Honea Path. James L. Scoit, single, farmer, Li'.i Uiuit Yeraon C. Sebright, siagle. me* cl an c, Donald's. 9 mM Robert Y. Simmons, siEgle, fireman Abbeville. Marsball L Smiih. single, reporter, Seneca. Walter H. Speed, single, telegraph [ operator, Heardmont, Go. James E. Taggart, single, farmer, j Troy. James L.Taggert, single, farmer, Trov. E l^in T.. Talley, single, farmer,! Cold Spring. Green S. Xennant, single, fireman, Winder, Ga. T^"AA(S rp "\7AM fflVTMOV U AlLLZd JL. vau^jai;, ulsai i itvt, uumvi i Greenwood. Perrin B. Watts, marriul. farmer,! Cross HilJ. Wiiliam H. While, single, merchant, Abfcerille. Marion J. Wiley, single, section foreman, Bowdray, Ga. William A. Wilscn, single, clerk, Abbeville. William L. Wilson, single, farmer, Wideman's. ADMIRAL MONTEJO TALKS. TeiJa Hew,His fqaaaron U'sa Annihilated by the Americans. The Hong Kong correspondent of the London Times, who arrived there on board the British gunboat Linnet from Manila, sajs: "I had a conversation with Admiral Monti j3, vcho, recognizing the superiority of the American squadron, admitted that his chief object -was to; srek the protection of the Oavite for!s { Lie fcughi in the I?:ina Maria Urisiina j iiii shts was on lire fore and aft and ; t.ad twenty-two men killed. On the j advice Lf his fl ig lieutenant, he transferred his liag to the Isla de Cuba. J After two and a half hours fighting, ] he pave the sigcal to scuule and abandon her. Ocmatcdore Dewey ccased triog and a-.keJ permission cf the forts to dtstroy the burning ships Admiral iiontejj rfpiitd: 4ihe ships are at jour intrcj; do as jou like.' The American fire was tnen resucned till the Spanis*1 squadron was completely annihilated. "Thfl ^antain of the Boston, who carried the tiig of trace, said: 'You com batted us "vith four very bad ships not warships. We have never teen before braver fighting under such. unequal conditions. It is a great pity you exposed your lives on vessels uot tit for fighting.' "Commodore Dewey sent a message to Admiral Monte jo as follows: 'I have pleasure in clasping your hand and offering, my coDgra'Ui*i:ons on ihe gallant manner in wfiici ycu fought.' 'Admiral Montej? attribuies tie responsibility of his defeat to the gov eriiment in Madrid. He had only obsolete vessels, though he had requisitioned the government for ships. He h&d no tomedoes. exceDt some which he himself constructed out of ineffect ive materia). His original intention was to remain at Subic and oifer bat tie; but he returned to Cavite, because the Subic forts were inadequata. "During the bombardment of the Cavite arsenal, Commodore Diwey suspended fire, at the request of the Spanish, to allow the 'women ana children to be removed to a place of safety. "1 witnessei the second bombardment. The American vessels wera ad mirably handled. The rebals looted Cavite immediately, the Spaniards flying to Manila, and encounters with the rebels were frequent in the suburbs. When I landed, on May 2, I found the city panic stricken, and the shops remained closed for three davs. "Finding that an armistice had been agreed upon, many civilians returned. Tne run on the Spanish bank was ch( cktd by the Hong Kong and chartered bank opening to negotiate Spanish notes. ' Ih9 position of the British section of the community was precarious, owing to the scattered position of their houses. Food was scarce and at famine prices; the soldiers had remained unpaid for several weeks, and looting was feared. "On Friday before the bombardment the steamer (iulf of Martaban left for Singapore ana ijonaon, wnn opanisn and English women and children on board; out many English families still remain ashore. The Spaniards are not expected to capitulate. Commodore De??ey has Manila at his mercj; but it would b9 useless to bombard the city without a sufficient force to hold it." WHAT CUR BOYS WEAR. Cloihlng (or ihe Army Boys-OI What Sis Wardrobe will Uonslit. The clothing for a soldier in the army that will invade Cuba will cast about $25 complete. For this expeditionary loica suits of cool, twill-like stuff .will be furnished, and one of these will come to $9. Each man must have a cape overcoat, which casta $3, a campaign hat at $1, a forage cap at 75 cents and a Dair oi shoes at $2 50. a ilannel shirt at $2.10, and two suits o 1 underwear at $2.50 each. In addition to these necessary articles he will have a rubber blanket, made in ''Poncho" fashion, with a hole in tne middle to put his head through. Xnis costs the g07trument $1.40. He will ba provided with only one blanket, in place of the customary two, because tne climate is to warm; but mis will be a very hue article of its kind, Lncie bam paying $2 fi3 for it. Xh? war department nas advertised f^-.r 100.00J pairs of shoes. Spanish Xieactery. It was reported that when C^mmodore Dewey landed at Uavite the priests and sisteis of charity of me (J&vite hospital, in a prccission, patilioned him not to massacre tne. &ick and wcuaded, wiiich. naiuraliy he did not do. Spaniards, it is asserted thera upon thanked the Americans for their humanity and repaii them by informing them o! a narrow channel which they said was not mined, while the broad channel, they explained, was fully mined. An investigation up:h the part of the Americans, however, revealed the cDntrary to bj tne case, and ih9 mines were blown up by the sailors of tbe American ilset. A. Utstrcyir 1*0-trojtd. A British steamtr whici arrived at Gibraltar Tnursday reports t fli;ially tnat she {.asstd yesterday eveniog a SpiQisii torpedo ooat destroyer, wmch was guaidiug Aigtciras B .y tnd the Straits. S&ordy after the sreamer passed.her. ail tne iigiits o' the destroyer was suddenly exticgnuhtd, a terfific explosion followed immediately, and the destroyer disappeared. Tae disaster, tne dispatch acds, was apparently caused by the ! explosion of tne boilers of the torpedo I Hpatrr?i7fl?' ft: fAarpri thar all [on board of her have perished. COMMITS SUICIDE IN JAIL. TRAGIC END OF CR. BiViNGS WHO K L'.ED TRIMMIER. He Was Co^vltt'.it ct Mardsr- I>?6t Fatliitlc L tiers o ttia gu'clc'e -Declares Pl< TK'nH CTo> ! > ,? .r,l T.lmmUT W-ttfl Hla fsiFristd. Dr. SiJney J. Bivicgs, of Spartan burg, who was, convicted of the murder of Air. T. J. Trimmier, of the same city, committed suicide in his cell in the Spartanburg j ul on last Wednesday. *St6.1Ca. m. that ^nomizsg Depu'y Sheriff Bojce Dean went to his cell and found him stiff acd ceid in a sea of his own bleed. In a few minutes the news had spread all over the city and people were horrified at the tragedy that had beei enacted. The trial cf Bivmss lasted several days. Eariy Tuesday morning the arguments in the case began and continued the entire tiav. Major D. R. Duncan nnpr.ed for the Slate bv Dre seating- a number of requests to charge and citing a cumber of authorities sustaining them. Ha then went to the jury in a mat speech of 45 minutes. lie was followed by Mr. C. P. Sims for th9 defense.who read a number of requests to charge, and talked to the jury about 35 minutes. Mr. Walsh of -Newberry handed in his requests to charge without reading and spoke to the jury on bthalf of the defense. At the afternoon session, Solicitor Sesse begaa ill 2 argument with a very logical and strong argument on behalf of the State. He was. followed in ^accession by Mr. VV. S Thomson and Hon. George Johnstone fur the defense and Col. 0. L. cchumperi for ihe State. > A rather sensational scene took place near the clcss of Col. Schumpert's argument when the defendant arose i rem his seat and denounced the speaker as a liar and appealed to the court to give him a f<sir trial. Ha was soon quieted and the trial proceeded. At half past seven o'clock Tuesday evening the argument e..ddd aid the Judge charged the jury, sending them out abcut 9 o'clock. Nothing more was heard from them until a few minules before 1 o'clock Wednesday, when they rjippsd on the door and announced that they had agreed on a verdict. In a lew minutes Judge KIu>h. the defendant and the attorneys were in their places and the jury filed in. There was a breathless stillness as the clerk took the indictment and rer.d "Guilty,_with recommenda tion to mercy." Tti9 verdict was generally ^xpecied and met with general approval. The defendant seemed a little nervous, but said nothing, his ccuasel risiug and giving notica of a motion for a new trial. In a few minutes the cour: room was cleared, and by 20 minutes to 2 o'clock Deputy Boyce Deaa "was on his way to tne jail with his prisoner. Iu response to a commonplace re-3mide by Mr. Dean, Dr. Bivings replied: 'The rascais have convicted me now and I reckon they are satisfied." JBeyond this he would nave nothing to say. fie was immediately locked in a cell by himself for the nigLt. A "iiu;lv" prisoner wno was in the same portion of tne building says he hftaid soma one fffoaninc about 4 o'clock, bat thought it was out on the street. Nothing more was heard until the deputy went to the cell aoout 6 o'clock and lound nim dead. Dr. Bivings meals were carried to him on a waiter. A waiter was carried with one meal and left until the next, when another was brought and the first carried away. He took a com mon case knifd and sharpened it on the cement floor of his cell and then on a razor strap he kept in the cell, fnis strap was also cut about half in two. Wi:h this knife ne killed a severe wound on his leg just above the knee, cutting an artery. Through a wound like tms- his Jife blood soon went out. This ended one of the most sensational trials in the aanals of Spartanburg county. These letters were ltfs by the suicide: Dear Darling Wife:?I will do to night what 1 intended lo 00 when I picked up the sweet little note that jou first wrote when I was put in prison. That note, with only a few words written on it, but they were so sweet and encouraging thai I think they helped to bring me back to my senses?sufficiently to let me, for tne first time since my confinement, par tially realize the awful truth of what I have done. Yes, it grew^more plainly on my deluded brains that I had lost my reason so far as to deliberately walk up to one of my best and dearest friends and shojt mm down without knowing '.he awful consequences that wouid loiiow so aad an act. Love, you kno/r, and God knows, that I nad not one ill feeling against potr Tom Trim LLllt r. xuia xxiLULUicr utu ain ajo uocu a good friend to me. and Guc is my witness, as 1 write tnese wo.ds, to s*y that 1 was a friend to film, lor it it was my baud mat touk bis lite, it was also tne baiid of a crazy man; and witn tne evidence liiat was so conciu sivtly put tu inejury, tbat they could lender eu cruel aud UL'jUit a veruict as ibey did. is a mystery which I am notable lu ioiee. ii=t mem aad those who prosecuted me so bitterly looU jou ami my sweet D*D.y ennd in tne (ace and ask tueinselvea it tney are satisfied wiih their ?ecgeante. i asu liod to let thii last act oi my ilie, trie taking of my ii:e's DiOJd, rca>t on mem and not on me, becausa mey nave driven me to it by their ciUjI ptrsecu tion. Sj, oh Gwd, let it te charged tc theao, and no: to ma. JDarling, sweet wife, lake good care of cur liule one,and I want t_e friends that I h&va to not lei rest on you and our sweet little Pauline any d-sgraca or dishonor for what I have done.and am driven to do. A prison life would be a hell on earth to me, and so long as I lived I would the more be grieved by jou and those who love me. God bless 3 ou, my sweet, pure, darliag wife, andGbd give jou the pswer and frwcrirra m a f rt t* tliD T giav/v r w uig i \>j, iu v uwa a v m a nave caused you. Don't you and mother grieve for my future welfare, for I entrust it ia the hands of our Almighty and j ist Judge?a Judge that 1 kao;v will oe more merciful than my ftlioir man. Could I have lived I would have done all in my power to pTo^e to the world that I was worthy to be made a free man. I; is the only ambition I have to live,is to be a good citizsn, and ;ry to attend to you and my dear aged mother for my past wayward life. Love., I would write a great deal more to you in regard to your f ature, and Pauline's also, but I haven't the time to do so in oider to be at rest so far as the troubles of this world is concerned. This act of mine is no quick conclusion that I have arrived at, but I know that taking the life of poor Tom Trimmier was not murder. ? had furly decided to do what I am now about to do should my enemies succeed in accomplishing their revenge. Before I die, I ask Major D. it, JUuncan ana v. ju ccnumperi 11 tney did not know ia their hearts that I was not guilty of murder, and bslieving such, could they forget that solemn and binding obligation that 1 they v ok when they were made a Master Mason. Let them answer that question and see do they stand conscience clear before God. If so, then I say to them "So mote it b?, amen." Love, I have written very hurriedly, and can't tell you all I wcuM wish to tell you. Get Mr. Ralph Carson to look after my affairs for me, or rather for you. I had him to draw up a will or at least I give him the abstract to do so; suppose he has done so by this 1 time. It is not signed, and so is not legal, but I trust that you will to a great degree carry it out. Goodbye, purest, sweetest wife, and precious 1 babj Pauline. And again I pray God ' to bless you. 1 Have my body embalmed and put ia a metalic casket. Carry me to the old family burying place. no not put any tombstone at my grave, My memory can I've anyway in the heart of those who love me, and tho3e who hate me can remember me, knowing that they cad their revenge. Are they shushed? Lst my good old friend, Ooi. Gintt, have this, so that all those who are curious enough to wish to know what I nave to say as a parti pg word, read for themselves. H*ve me buried without asy ceremony whatever. Whan I am iaidin my casket, let tlj friends look on, that they may while they liv6, remember those who caused me to lay under their gaz3 cold in death. L^t those who have helped to persecute me un justly, and those who have so cru e)ly judged me come and see if they so wish, that they may the more fully realize their false swearing and f1 wwaol/i on/? fo)oo rrmont 1AXOO auvfc iiWJJV jMMgiuvui* Again, my love, darling wife aad baby and all my friends, I bid you good-night and goodbye, Gcd bless you all, and may lie save me intha world to come. t idney Johnson Eiyings. It is no tt 3:05. I iiave written hurridly. Col. G. will pleasa correct mistakes. S. J. B. Love, it is now 4 o'clock. God bless you my sweet, pure, darling wife. Prison cell, 3 a. m., May 9,1898.? My 0?vn Dirling Mother: Try and not grieve for tbis act of mine, for I think since those cruel jarors and wicked persecutors have .branded me with the name of murderer, 'it is bast that I Art/i ftrt rr aviatfln/>a qmH imiaf m T?oa 1 f in OUU LL1J WAMVWUVU RUM blU^U UiJ 0UU MIX the hands of your God, hoping and believing that he is not so cruel as my i fellowmen. Ma, I know you area i good Christian, and as, by nature, you can't remain here ga earth many more years, I feel that with God's love, and sweet, darling Bessie to look ; after you for your few earthly comforts, you will be well taken care of. i Mother, may God bless you in this i your trying hour; and in your fl ieting ana few years I could not stand i the thought to live branded a murderer and drag out an awful existence in , prison cell or wear the garb of a crim, mal, for bsfoieGod I am not one. For my dear, beloved mother, I ask God to witness what I say, and I say that 1 have not one tning against poor Tom Trimmier, I have toll the twiifh cn in all 1 , have told relative to taking ids life. Trusting G-od to save my soul in a beter world than this, I will for the last . time bid you good by and good night. Your loving son, Sidney. Bass, darling, use good' care of Ma, in the few days while here on earth. Goodbye, sweet, darling Bess. I send a parting loye to little* Bess, Jennie, Ben and Dean. Traiy, your loving ! uncle, Sidney. Dr. Biving3 was about 40 years old, and has been well and favorably known. He practiced dentistry here a number of years, but gave it up . about a year ago on account of ill health. Forsaveralyeais he has been known as a "moderate" drinker, and is thought by many to have thus brought the trouble upon himself. About six years ago he married Miss Annie Wmgo, daughter of Capt. J. W. Winco of this countv. They have one little daughter about 4 years old. The tragedy has cast a gloom over the entire city. ? THEREJECTIONS. Nat Sach an Eur Blatter .to Ge: Id the Army. Tfolio wing statement of the num ber of men examined, witn accept ances and rejections, is taken from the official examination slips that had been filed with Capt. Fuller, who has been mustering in the South Carolina troop3 at Columbia. Tne figures, how ever, cover a very few straggling re cruits tbat were hurriedly examined 1 and reported at odd times in order to i make up the full quota of the companies : ^cceoiea. itejeciea. . Abbeville Volunteers 83 29 , Newberry Guards 84 54 i Anderson Rifles 86 ' 33 s Catawba Rifles 76 35 , Lee .night Infantry 80 54 j Greenville Guards 60 41 , Cutler Guards 51 V'4G Bamberg Guards...., 39 21 Darlington Guards 57 34 ; 1 Sumter Light Infantry 63 33 | Heavy Battery ?G1 ' 106 ! Palmetto .Rifles 45 34 Richland Volunteers 63 39 1 Johnson Rifles 76 42 Edisto Hides 63 39 i Governor's Guards ,.41 36 i Manning Guards ..54 30 1 Ihis cjvers th3 examinations for all i the companies of the quota and indi cates the percanta^e of rt j actions re[ suiting. X?u jetting Spain. 1 Wealthy Pnilippine families who ; are leaviag Hong Kong for Manila : daily appaar before Consul .Wilaman ! here and asi to be allowed to take the oath of allegiance to the United 1 States The powerful Cortes family insisted on having their prayer [ for citizenship telegraphed to Presi1 dent McKinley, and offered their 1 palaces in Manila for the accommodation of American officers. I # To Jain Sampson. Five vessels of the Fiying Sq i tdron, Inrt rt KTT U A II * I v* nfan ivin/4 icau uj buc a^caiiLcu . out of Hampton KDads Friday afcer. noon and after passing the Virginia Capes took a southerly course, going, . it is said, to augment Admiral Sampson's fleet now ia the vicinity of Porto 'Rico. PLANT FOwD The Fanner Wh? Follows This Advice Will bs Wj?e, All the testimony that comes to us is corroborative of our advice -to farmers to plant food crop3 this year and re duce the cotton acreage. Supplies of grain everywhere are shorter than usual, and a ten and a half million bales crop of cotton dce2 not hold out special inducements for another big crop this year. The weekly letter from a well know Chicago brokerage firm declares that the visiblesupply of of wheat, corn, oats^and lard is small ertaan 11 nas oeen ior a iuxig mine, and that the outlook is for better prices in all provision crops. Thii letter is addressed to speculators and advises the purchase of grain futures because of their belief in higher prices. This is a matter the farmers are interested in as well as the speculators, aid if the outlook is foi short supplies of food stuffs and higher prices, then it behooves our farmers to plant food crops both to save having to buy them at high prices with low priced cotton, and also for the purpose of having some to sell at remunerative prices. If this war shall be prolonged it will embarrass the food market less than any other. People must eat, and the farmer with full barn3 and smoke house is in the best possible fir; whether the market is good or bad. If the market is bad he has his living at home and is in no danger of waut;if it is good and pric3s for foodstuff are high, he is not only saved having to buy at high prices, but can sell and make money. Tha wise farmer will raise C3rn, wheat, oat*, hogs, poiatoas, hay?in s'aort all tne provisions he can for man and baast. 5PAM3H METHOD3. ?L ADastATdlj At temp; oi Spies to Polioa Oar S .>141 ere. A second dastardly attempt to pji son the infantry regulars*at Camp Mobile, in Alabama, has been made. 3everal days ago some soldiers found in the creek wnich runs alongside the gtounds, a sack filled with absorbent cotton, which had been saturated with arsenic and tied down beneath a rock which juts out in thestreom at a point just above the plaoe wnere the soldiers get their drinking water. By accident, a trooper discovered the deadly trap, removed the sack and upon the confmito nawooloH hio kViiVQ 1/WiUg IV ?VWAW^ VWM UiW MUM to the commanding officer. Strict orders were given not to mention the incident, and so the matter was hushed up. Sines that day, however, the creek has been closely watch, and vigilance was re warded when Corporal Jonn 8ullivan of Company A, Ninteenth infantry, found a prison bag loaded with arsenic and anchored down just as in the first instance. Tne correspondent, by chance, overheard two soldiers talking of tne plot to poison them, and instituted an investigation. Tne officer preferred not to discuss the matter, bat among the privates feeling is running hign and they do not-fau to express themselves. Spanish spies are known to be lurking in the aeighborhood where a numoar of Spaniards reside. Tnay are all under strict scrutiny and sensational disclosures. are looked for. No one doubts that agents ol Spain ara responsible, THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. A Military G jFjramjnt ta bs Ejtablijhed Or?r The :e. A dispatch from Washington says the United States will establish a temporary government ovar tbe Philippine Idands. Orders have been issued for Majjr Ganeral Wesley Merritt, now in command of the department ol the east, at Naw York,, to prosaed to M.anaa witn tae least possioie delay for the purpose of assailing the offi? of military governor of tne Pnilippines. Similar orders to proceed to the Pniiippines were sent to Major General S. Oas, commanding the department of the Colorado, at Dan ver, wno has recently.,been released from duty as president of the court martial which tried- Oapiaia 0. ML Carter of the engineer corps. The orders to General Otis direct him to report to General Merrit for duty under his direction in the Pnilippine Islands. General Otis will be second in command and will act as military ?P7ernor of tiie islands in case of the absence or disability of Gen. Merritt. Orders were also issued for the-organization of an army corps of about 12,000 men for immediate duty in the Philippine Islands. Tins corps will be made up of regulars and volunteer organizations stationed on the Pacific coast and in the far western states. Prompt action will Da had ia the matter with a view to ha ring the troop3 make an early start on their long voyage across the Pacific. A TfcRRIBLE HAIL STORM. Great Hav jc Wroagfct to Y?x?t?tlim la tlie Up Country. A dispatch from Greenville to the Columbia Register says Friday more informatioa was received about the terrible rain and hailstorm of Wednesday afternoon, which destroyed ao *\?A irt AM/) jjuuuu. vjr xxx jl itaouj auu vxiccixvilie Counties. The storm covered aa area three miles long and five wide. Friday a prominent farmer from the locality, of the storm cams to Greenville and brought to the Daily Niws offi;e half a bushel of hailstones, wnich he put in his wagon about 10 o'clock Friday. Ha said the fields and roads were still covered with hail; stones as he passed along. At one place in tie road ha measured a drift and estimated the depth at three feet, fn thebslt wherathe haiL fell he reported every green thing destroyed? cotton, corn, wheat, "Oats, rye and vegetables. Tne rain storm was as serious as me nan. in amosrj o: nogs and cattle were caught in the bottoms, beaten by hail and overwhelmed by water and die J. No estimate of the loss can yet be made. O Jit >n Acre t&e Be laced. The government cotton report for the month of May kis referenc3 to the proposed acreage, as compared with the acreage planted in 1897. A re daced acreage is reported from every cotton growing State, the general result indicating a breadth of 93.4 as compared witn the acreage of last year, or a reduction of 0.6 par cant. The percentages in the principal cotton growing States are as follows: Alabama, 97; South Carolina and Mississippi 96; Loaisiana, 94; North Carolina and Georgia, 93; Florida, Texas and Arkansas, 92; Tennessee, 85. | BOMARDMENT OF SAN JUAN. | I ? H - SPANISH FORTS REPLIED FIERCEI LY BUT THEIR FIRING WJS WILD. Admlial Sampson Did Not Sclire to Capture tl-e Towr. Oaly t > Admlnlit ir PonieBmti-t. W hich Ho Did, ud Tfcei W?nt In S sarch of tb? SpsaUh Fie It. The forts of Sin Juan de Porto Bieo were bombarded by pirt of R3*r Admiral Sampson's fleet this morning. The enemy's loss is bettered to be Aicavjr* AUO Aiu?iiv?u IUM la inw men killed and seven injured. After three hours firing, the admiral withdrew the fleet, and, heading for Key West, he said: "I am satisfied with the morning's work. I could have take a Sin Juan; but I have not force to hold it I only wanted to administer punishment This has been done. I was looking for the Spanish fiaet, and not for San Juan." The killed are: Seaman Frank Widemark of the New York. /--la Gunner's Mate of the Amphi The latter died from the effect* of the extreme heat Of the injirei men, three were on board the Iotfa and four on the New York. The names of those slightly _ i '^1 injured on the Iowa are: - j Seaman Mitchell. Private Mariae Msrkle. Apprentice Hill. The injured on the Nev York are: ~ Seaman Samuel Feltman, senouily. - Seaman Mitchell Murphy. Two other enlisted men slightly injured. All theabave named were injured t by the bursting of a shell on the New ? York. This is a complete list of tha killed and rounded. Tne American .<?J? ships were uninjired. The engagement began at 5:15 a. m., and ended at8:15 a.m. The enemy's batteries were not silenced. The town in the jS|i rear of the fortifications probably suffered. * The ships taking part in the action were the Iowa, Indiana, New York, terror, Amphitrite, Montgomery, Wampatuci and Porter. The enemy's tiring was heavy bat wild, and the Iowa andNaw York were probably the only ships hit. They went right v#|j up under the big guns in column, delivering broadsides, and then return- - sjjja ed. The line passed thrice ia front of . . *%! the forts, pouring tons of steel on shore. \ After the first passage before the forts the Detroit and the Montgomery retired, their guns being too small to do much damage. The Porter and Wampatuck aiso stayed out of range. The smoke hung over everything. spoiling the aim of the gunners ana making it impossible to tell where oar shots struck. ? The men of the Iowa were injured by splinters thrown by an eight inch shell which came through a boat into the superstructure and scattered &^gments in all directions. The shot's coarse was finally ended on an iron olate an inch thick. Merkle (Cartel) . ' . was struck in ihe arm and mar lose v it* Ail were hurt by splinters, and a fire was started in the boat, bat was ' 4|| quickly extinguished. Morro battery, on the eastward arm * of the harbor, was the principal point of attack, Baar Admiral Sampson and Captain Evans were on the lower bridge of the Iowa and had a narrow escape from splinters, which injured three men. The Iowa was hit eight limes, bat the shells made nc impression oa her arm jr. Toe weather was Sue, bat the heavy swells made ac- ..J cur,Ue aim difficult. Tae "broadsides from tha Io va aud Indiana ranbled in the hills ashore for live minutes af- ~ ter they were delivered. Cloud?: of dust shovel whsre they strack. At 3 o'clock in th3 morning aU *hands ware called on the Io?ra, a few S' final touch93 ia clearing chip war* . mads, and at 5 "General qaarten9K ' l?a sounded. The men wereeager tor tne fight. ,.v The tug Wampatacic *'want ahead ^ and anchored her small boat to the K westward showing ten fathoms; but there was not a sign of life from the wi-M fort, which stood ooldly against the. ~ sky on the eastern hills biding the town. , .^1 . The Detroit stsamsd forward to the eastward, opposite Vallara. Toe Iowa headed straight for the -shore. Suddenly her helm Ibw over, bringing the starboard battery to baar on the fortifications. At 5:16 a. m. the Iowa's forward 12- M inch guns thundered oat at the sleep. aig hills and for fourteen minutes sol poured starboard broadside! on the coast. Meanwhile the Indiana, the New York and other ships repeated che dose from tha rear. The Iowa turned and came back to the Wamp&< tuck's boat and again led the column, the forts replying fiercely and concentrating on the Detroit, which was abcut .seven hundred yards away, all the batteries on tha Eastward arm of the harbor. Thrice the column passed from the entranca of the harbor to the extreme Eastward battery. Utter indiffereaci was shown for the enemy'a fire. Tae wounded were quickly attended, the btood was washed away and everything procseded like target practice. A.t 7:45 a. m. Admiral Satnpsoa aignailed: "Ceasa firing." "Retire" was - " soundad on the Iowa, and sh3 headei from the shore. Tae Terror was the last ship in the line, and, failing to aae the signal, banged away alone for about half an nour, the concert of ' shore guas roaring at her a ad the water flying higa afjaad h3r from the exploded shells. Bat sha possessed a ciiarmed life, and reluctantly retired at 8.15. Six Hani red K I id. For the las; few day* Italy ha? bsan the seat of a great deal of trouble with rioters. A1 Milan one thousand persons were arrested, 600 killed and 2,000 wounded. In one instance 20 students were killed at thd main station of the Vicina railway line. Three hundred rioteri set fire to all the railway car- * . riages; and the military, hurrying up, unfortunately fired on the firemen who were trying to dispsrsa the rioters WHU tt XJ.USC, ifilllUV \JL m? uivui9u were killed. "... || Will Fight for Them. Special dispatches from Mfedrid say it is officially declare! that the government of Spam has no intention of alio wing Admiral Diwey to rest upon his laurels. About 40,000 men of the reserves or tne epanisn army, nave been ordered to rejoin the color&and it is added that a formidable expedition is being organized for dispatch to the Philippine Island a