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- " - ? VOL. LI1I: WINNSBOKO, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, 1898. ' / . NO.; 6 . . ;?: - * IN DARKEST CUBA. Talk with Mr. N. G. Gonzales as to His Experience. WHO HAS JUST RETURNED. I First Council in Freed Cuba, j Things Seen, the Story of Which Will Make Enteryf taining Reading. A Hurried Resume. Tori boys who Lave been running HState so well during my absence," IP*Mr. N. G- Gonzales, last nigiit, B^navemade a little mistake iu assumr in? in onr editorial and local welcomes: which I highly appreciate, that I would W at cnce take up my old work of writing W editorials. I simply can't do it. I have lost the hang of the thing and lost the run of the news. I feel shockingly ignorant. Just think of it! Not a campaign speech have I read, and I am just now trying to discover by hard ^ study of the files of the State somep. thing about the battles before Santiago. About three weeks after Cervera's squadron was annihilated a Habana pa per witn an incidental reierence to it i reached our camp, and I think it was j. about the 10th of August that two copies of the Diario de la Marina of Habana of August 1 and 2 told us that Santiago had fallen. I've got to catch up a little with the news before I can fill my old place." ^ "You are going to take advantage of the delay to write about your Cuban ^ experiences also, aren't you?" 1.111 may make a start, but as I Lept a pretty full diary there won't be much new work in that line. I have nothing of any exciting interest to tell and my notes are largely of personal | experiences of no general moment, but so many friends have asked me to print them that I will do so. They will at least throw light, on the situation in 'Darkest Cuba' and embody facts about the country and its people t.hp war flm-rAsnordents have i p overlooked. I jotted down all the I information of all sorts I could obtain and had opportunity to put cn paper. It will not tell of great battles and sieges but it will at least show what central Cuba is now and may yet become." "Your own experiences were not exciting?" '"No, not at a P. I did not go over rwztn ice iaea 01 .doing more iaau 10 put myself in the position I asked the young men 6f South Carolina to take? that is, a position in which to be shot at by Spaniards and to-shoot back?and as I was not able to direct t he policy of Gen. Gomez I could not provide exciting situations. My fight turned out to . be more against starvation than against Spaniards, I am sorry to say. I was W~ only in one encounter of arms." 1 "Where was that?" "At Moron, the 4own at the head of -t^trocha. With 110 men we attacked iHH the night of August 12?four irairs. as it turned out, after the protocol of peace had been signed. There were three regiments of Spaniards in 3:* k.. 1 Q viiic tuvvju uj.a it ucicuucu vy ?*j w block Louses. We tackled eight of these at a distance of ranging from 50 ? to 150 yards and kept up the fight for an hour losing?one man! But I may as well give an outline of my very humble adventures in order to save myself the task ofrepeating it further by "word of mouth. During the last two days so many kind friends have bombarded me with questions that my vcice is weary and I am weary of my voice. ^ y "JNo, never i recovered my norse ana BT I marched 40 n.Les in three days 'and ^ got rid of 30 pounds in doing it, and then a fast of 40 days from rations kept t me from resuming them. Everybody starts by asking me if I got back my horse. A Cuban officer took pity on me and loaned me a broken down one, which by good fortune and good care I was able to restore and make available later. I landed on the sonthcoast. and departed from the northcoast. In an air line the distance is about 100 miles ji but we zizzagged a hundred more. A command of Gomez's army with the two I dynamite guns taken over by our expedition reduced and cap'ured the tows of Jibaro and Arroyo bianco, but I had not the luck to be with them. We twere posted to protect the besiegers of the latter place from interference by the Spaniards on the trocha. I witnessed "? . theUj^HrftjTStir Bermucez for outrages CCfimitted on pacificos, but did not see him executed: as - be was after a second I trial. Not having been at Jibaro I did not see Lieut. Johnson of the United States army, commanding the colored troopers, in his famous defense of a barrel of rum against the Cubans, his tearing down of the Cuban flag and his L attempt to shoot' his non-commissioned officers for refusing to fire on-the Cubans ?but i know tfte tacts. 1 nave seen our force reduced one half by starvation and disease, have Jived days without food, and weeks on scanty gleanings of mangoes and parched corn, foraged for at distances of frour six to fifteen miles. I have seen the darkest side of war and fla-rl-oar. si rip nf rl?ie character of the Cuban forces, reduced almost to savaagy by privations. ^ ?^Fwo nights after our attack on Mora^ roil we got news that;a relief expedition W had [ landed on the , north coast and and sought the protection of troops. f Our infantry marched 40-odd miles in two days, most of i it through fearful swamps, and emerged on the beach at j t El Mamon August 1G where we found j L the cxpeditionarijps and ate our first j v square meal since July 11. Gen. Gp- j aSk? mez came in next May, bringing news | nr of the peace, anti I was present at a j P a striking gathering?of chiefs, the first j in "KYpaH Pnh.i Tht war bftin? over I ! P* ?? \ ? o I got an honorable discharge and embarked on a little 23-toh schooner, sail- j ed three days to the Keys north of Cai- ! barien, a Spanish town; feet Gen. Nu^ nez, there arrived with the Wanderer expedition, spent a week oristhat steam V er while Gen. Gomez's army ejmcentra- j ted near Caibarien and met tn^Spani- j ards under the new peace conditions; i left on the little schooner with 25 men in tow of the Wanderer. Our boat the j the "Pellie" was dropped near Miami, j We sailed and drifted south along the entire line ?? Florida Keys, rescued a i Nassau boat with a party of starving ; Oubans 20 days out from Nuevitas. : towed them toward Key West, ran on a ! reef at night, managed to get off again j and finally got into Key West harbor I on the night of September 1, passing the quarantine blockade and landing in a storm. Some of my effects are in quarantine near Key West and others in Tampa Bay?I was lucky enough to escape the quarantine officers in my skin. But don't be worried?I haven't brought infection to 'Columbia.' In A T _ A ^ _ marches ol zuu miles 1 never enierea a town; in fact I never saw a house, nor a cow. calf, sheep or goat, and only two chickens. Sugar, coffee, tobacco and rum are staple products of Cuba. In all that time and all that journeying we encountered of these nothing but tobacco and not half a sufficiency of that, The country there is a wilderness, wilder than Africa and almost unpeopled. Yet a wilderness of most wonderful natural riches and enormous capabili - - 1? ues 01 weaim. "I want to add that I am deeply grateful to my friends for tlie welcome they have given me, so far beyond anything I looked for, and so far beyond mv earning. I have done nothing extraordinary, nothing but the simplest matter of duty. I am glad to be in South Carolina and in Columbia again, not so much because of hardships elsewhere but because I find myself once more among the best people on this earth."?State. ONE DEAD TEHEE WOUNDED. TTattt 'Prtliti/Mario HriMi FT mv WW Their Convention. A pitched battle occurred at Colorado Springs Wednesday morning between the two factions of the Colorado silver Republican party, in which one man was killed and three were wounded. The dead man is Chas. S. Harris of Denver, an employe at Denver of the Gulf railway. The wounded were removed by their friends and their identity has not been definitely establ V 1 T*. _ . 1 xl . i . ? J iisnea. it is saia mat a man namea Palmer was shot in the cheek, but not seriously injured. Another man had his hand shot nearly off, and another received a flesh wound in the arm. The fight was waged for the possession of the opera house in which the silver Republican State convention is to meet Thursday. An armed guard, representing the Teller-Blood wing was in possession. An armed force, representing fKa irm Vitt \ofirvr*ol man Towne, was sent to drive the guard out of the theatre. After a hot scrimmage in which many shots were fired the Tellerites fled in dismay. Harris and the men who were wounded are supposed to have been members of the attacking force. Chairman Blood, A. M. Stevenson and other leading silver Republicans openly charge Sheriff Boynton and Internal Revenue Collector Frank Howbert of Denver with leading the attack. Sheriff Boynton states that he, Mr. Howbert and Chief of Police Gathright did not go to the opera house until the battle began, and then only to take possession of the ! place. Five men were arrested in the opera house, and one, it is claimed by the police, had a smoking "Winchester in his hands. The prisoners are: Walter Bussell, J. TV. Lupton, J.* J. Long, A. C. Smith and A. F. Monge, all of Cripple Cr ?k. They are charged with the murder of Harris. A^guard of 29 men, under Boynton and Gathright, hold the opera house, and the Teller people are refused admittance. HOW A BURGLAR WAS 3ATJGHT. Stolen Watch Gave Him Away. Lively Chase in Laurens. An exciting incident happened at Laurens on the public square Wednesday afternoon. The cause of the excitement was the chase across the square and through several alleys and streets of a negro man named Dick Pasley. Paslev was finally caDtured about a quarter of a mile from the square, and turned over to the proper authorities. He now lies languishing behind the bars charged with burglary. ' Sometime ago the residence of Dr. Frank Fuller, at "Mountville, in this county, was entered by a burglar and several articles stolen, among them a highly prized watch and $95 in silver and paper. The burglarly was so skillfully done that no l .11. 1 ^"L. i. ciue was ODtainacue uy wmuu to trace the burglar. Dr. Fuller had long since given up all hope of ever recovering any of the stolen property or of discovering the thief. But the ways of the wicked are hard, and generally crimes sooner or later come to the light. Pasley had broken the watch and brought it to the city to have it worked on. He carried it to Mr. Yisanka, a jeweler. Mr. Visanska had done some work on the watch while Dr. Fuller had it in his possession, and as soon as it was presented to him he recognized it and offered to purchase it. But the negro, thinking something was up, broke and run, saying he would be back in a short while to see it. Mr. Visanska pursued him. Others joined in and the negro was finally captured." The negro con fessed, and the watch was recovered. He implicates another negro, Dan Fuller, who has been arrested. This negro is a pawnbroker and money lender near Mountville. The case against Fuller, however, is net very strong, as Pasley is thought to be lying on him.?State. SHOT IN COLD BLOOD Theodore Godfrey Attacked by a Tk t vr xircnxen .negro. Theodore Godfrey, who belongs to Capt. Anderson's heavy artillery, was shot on King Street, Charleston, last Tuesday afternoon by a drunken negro known as "Cracker Henry." The assault was most cowardly and unprovoked. as the soldier was unarmed and the negro shot him merely because he protested against the negro's cursing in the hearing of ladies. The bullet took effect in the abdomen and Godi? I rev IIS iLi u *. viiiivai ^vumuvu. xiig negro eluded all his pursuers and escaped. It is fortunate for ' "Cracker Henry*' that Charleston is not a lynching town, or he might be in a short time the principal figure at a coroner's inquest, where the verdict explained that the deceased came to hi$ death from exposure?to a rope. Since the above was written we learn that the negro has been arrested and lodged in jail. How the Volunteers Errod. Senator Haiina rises to remark that the volunteers are themselves to blame for their sad plight. Yes; they should have arranged to have food and medicine sent to them from their homes. DEFENDS MCLAURIN.j J What The Senator Did Say to President McKinley. COL. JONES' VERSION OF IT. ? i He Objects to the Headlines of j The News and Courier, and Thinks Unjust Criticism Has Been Made. Col. Wilie Jones, who was present at the interview between Senator McLaurin and the Washington correspondent of The News and Courier, Wednesday handed the following prepared statement to The State, with the request that it be published: 1 "So much unjust criticism has been made of Senator McLaurin on account 1 of a dispatch sent the SlXews and Cou- > ?> tit. .L: j 4. rier Dy its >\ asiiiugton currespuiiuuLiu that I feel impelled in the interest of justice to appear in public print. ';I was preseut when the interview : between the Senator and the reporter, saw and heard everything that passed, and there is no room whatever for the charge that Senator McLaurin said a word unbecoming a Democrat. The report sent by the reporter is very meagre and only purports to give one or two sentences of the conversation that lasted nearly an hour. Even this, however, would not have occasioned any cristicism if it were not for the headlines of that wonderful artist"who presides over this department of the i News and Courier. Nor do i think , the reporter intended to do the sena- j tor an injustice, and I am sure he will < agree with what I shall say. "Senator McLaurin, Col. Thompson i and myself had passed a very busy day at the war department and wound up with a call on the President. There < is no doubt, all of us were feeling good, for we had succeeded beyond our fond- < est hopes saving our beloved State from the indelible disgrace of being ' the only one in the Union that failed to respond to the call to arms. It was ' a very hot day and at 5 o'clock in the < afternoon i;he senator and myself retired to my room at the Metropolitan ; and in true Democratic style had taken ofE our coats and collars to cool. Mr. , Lamer called and desired to know what : we had accomplished and all about our ( mission. We proceeded to tell him and from the account of our trip to the , White House the conversation drifted 1 on to the war and the war policy of the . President. Senator McLaurin spoke . frankly and intelligently on this subject and agreed to give Mr. Larner an ] interview. He made some notes and j handing them to Mr. Larner told him ( to write the interview out on the lines . we were talking. He said in substance i what the dispatch states, but in a differ- , ent connection entirely, and with no , such intention as some of his critics ( have sought to make appear. I cannot j undertake to recall all that was said, ( but this is the substance: That the ; .President had displayed great wisdom . in the conduct of the war. He earnest- , ly sought to avoid war, but when it was , forced on him, eminent success had ( followed, which, with his nonsectional ] policy, made him the most popular President since the days of Andrew Jackson. That it was a great mistake for Democratic leaders to antagonize ' the war policy of the President, because 1 the real issue between the parties was ' the money question, and when you J emphasized the war issue you obscured 1 the money question and destroyed all 5 hope of success, jtie saia uiai n tnc i war issue were the only question and the election were to come right now, ' McKinley would be renominated and 1 elected by acclamation. 1 "This is about the substance of what ] occurred, and there wes nothing un- '* democratic or wrong in anything that I ' saw or heard. If the correspondent ; had given all that was said the most '' fastidious democratic palate in the ] country would not have rejected it. I : am chirma i of the Democratic party of ; South Carolina and certainly if I had " heard one of our senators say something not in consouance with our principles, I would have noted it. {tWilie Jones." ' C0TT0K GROWERS TO MEET. ! The State Convention to be Held at ; Columbia on September 20. The convention of the State cotton i growers will be held at Columbia on i September 20, and President "VVilborn : is expecting a full attendance Each i countv will send as many delegates as 1 she is entitled to representati/es in the j house. i President Wilborn Wednesday received advices from the Southern Pas- i senger association that the Atlantic : Coast Line, Florida, Central and Pe- i ninsular, Plant sj'stem and the Southern railway have granted reduced reduced return rates from all points in , the State, and also from A.ugusta, Ga. I The following rat s are offered: Abbeville, $5.05; Anderson, $5.85; , Augusta, $4.05; Blacksburg, $5.65; : Camden Junction, $1.75; Carlisle, j $2.75; Charleston, $5.85; Chester, $3.25: Darlington, $4.05; Denmark, $2.75; . r* rt a.a r\- 1 a; _ /i rainax, 2N5.o;>:urreenYiue, vo.vo, vxreeuville, 85.65; Greenwood, $4.05; Newberry, $2.25; Prosperity, $2.00; llock Hill, $4.05; Spartanburg, $-1.45; Sumter, $2.25. Tickets, limited to continuous passage in each direction, to be sold September 19 and 20 with final limit September 22. In a Benighted State. 1 In the regular biennial Vermont election "Wednesday the Republicans elect- : ed their entire State ticket, headed by : Edward C. Smith, of St. Albany. It is probable that the Republicans have ' elected their entire list of 30 senators. ; Twenty-live democratic representatives are reported elected in the 115 towns thus far heard from. Thomas Yv. Moloney, of Rutland, the Democratic ] candidate for governor, has polled about the same vote as the Democratic '1 candidate did four years ago. which the Republican vote for governor has materially decreased. | Supposed to Have Been Lost. The American schooner John II. 1 n. t i' v??. jria.li, v>apt. jl>c?. iiuiu ^cw bound for Brunswick, is supposed to have been lost in the recent storm. It is reported that parts of a vessel on which the name was painted came ashore on Tybee island a few days ago. A MILITARY SENTATION. Lieut. Col. Tillman Ordered Out of Camp Lee. * Col. J. H. Tillman, of the First Reiriment. blew into town Thursday af ternoon and his many friends and admirers were glad to welcome him. But before he left for Jacksonville he created the biggest military sensation of the war, so far as tliese parts are concerned. It wiil be recalled that Col. Tillman has been very active in the effort to have his regiment mustered out, and he was returning from Washington where he had been to see about that matter. During the evening he visited Camp Lee and had a pleasant social chat with Col. Jones, Major Eaves and other officers. Col. Jones had to come up town and he left Major Eaves in no r?-? rv Qaavv off/ir HaI UUIIILLiailU ui iuu Vauip K/WU v/\s*> Jones' departure, Colonel Tillman stated that he wished to visit the Darlington Guards, Manning Guards and other companies with which he was associated when the troops were mobilized here. He did visit these companies, and showed them the petition gotten np by the First Regiment askine to be dismissed. He explained to them the 1 situation ana it is saiu a nuuiDer 01 uie men were pleased with what the First Regiment had done. Colonel Tillman had a large crowd about. him, when Major Eaves approached aud asked him to withdraw from the camp as his presence under the circumstances was detrimental to good discipline. Colonel Tillman positively refused to leave and claimed that he was the superior officer of the major. Tillman took a seat in an officer's x :i. At.:? "li?J teut, Willie 1'AUJUI UIVCS ISSUCU UXUCIO which called out the guard, but this was superseded by the long roll being sounded, and in a few minutes the regiment was assembled in the company streets under arms. They were kept there for twenty minutes when they were ordered to return to their tents. While all this was going on Colonel rillman left the camp and came to the 3itv. Colonel Jones expressed the following view about the matter: "From the information which I have iv>r><?iveH frnm several nf the officers and men of the regiment who witnessed the occurrence, I would say that Major Eaves was justified in the course he took in reference to Lieutenant Colonel rillman. I left the camp just at dark md turned it over to Major Eaves, who was the ranking officer present." Major Eaves authorizes the statement that Lieutenant Colonel Tillman insulted the commanding officer of the /o \ ?j j iilLUp ^.Cjc.vesy ciiiu ucueu ma jtuvuviiv; md consequently he was requested to leave the camp. Many of the soldiers seen on the streets this morning unqualifiedly condemned the action of Colonel Tillman, but they admit that a few do want to go out. On the part of jivilians the condemnation is even more severe. They consider it not only i breach of etiquette, but an unwarranted assumption of authority. The Dpioion was expressed that he would nv\ Vvn-p.-WTVi o mirflO 1 r!rtlnm JLJU. U yj UUV1V M, vvui uuiui vvw ? bia Record. WHAT TILLJTAN SAYS. When Colonel Tillman was asked tor a statement in reference to the Columbia affair he said: "I lo not think it proper that I should say anything. In fact it was unnecessary and uncalled for that other officers should have rushed to the newspapers to iinWish their rfievances if anv thev had. t stopped ia Columbia to see Gov. Ellerbc aud in the afternoon I drove out to Camp Lee with the governor's secretary to pay my respects to the officers )f the camp. After I had done so, I isked to visit the three companies that were formerly under my command: the Darlington Guards', Manning Guards ind Edisto Rifles. The reception I was given by them was indeed gratifying. The boys seemed to want to go home and I may possibly have made some remarks unintentionally chat offended certain-officers. I regret the whole occurence. All Df the officers I regarded as my friends md I hope I may still look upon them as such. I think Maj. Eaves and myself both acted too hastily. <;Thereis no man in South Carolina for whom I entertain a higher regard than Col. Jones, and had he been present I do not think any trouble would sver have occurred. Maj. Eaves did nr mo nut nf fho and hp.inchis superior officer I refused Co go until I saw fit. I told the men as I have told them here, that if they petitioned to zo home they would be sent home. If tuis be a crime then I am a criminal. It is very improper for military affairs to be discussed in the public print, md I regret that I have been forced to say anything at all." A COURTMARTIAL PROBABLE. It is positively asserted that a eourtrrrill racnH Prnm f!ol Tillman's visit to camp. Maj. Piaves was seen Thursday regardiug theaffiair, and he made the anniunoement that he would prefer charges against Lieut. Uol. Tillman. If a courtmartial is held, Lieut. Col. Tillman could not be mustered out until the finding of the court was sent to the war department. This action would necessarily delay the work of mustering out the men. A Singular Accident. One of the most singular of railway accidents was that nearGenoa, by which a dozen lives-were recently lost. The Glori tunnel, in which it occurred, is very long, and so foul that the windows are shut, leaving the passengers to keep alive on what air is already in the car. But the engineers have no such support, and the accident was caused by the fact that the drivers and firemen on the three engines needed to haul the train up the heavy grade of the tunnel were asphyxiated. The train consequently slipped back and plunged into a passenger train at the bottom of the incline. Gets Heavier. The correspondent of the Times in Candia says: <:It is estimated that no Pntr/ir tlmri fiftO Christians have been massacred and the town has been pillaged by Bashi Bazouks and the Turkish soldiers. All reports agree as to the disgraceful behavior of the Turkish troops, who were seen firing on Col. Reid. The mob ran through the streets 3houting "death to the English." A CLASH IN CRETE. German- British and Italian Con sulates Destroyed. MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS. British Warship Throws Shells Into the Town. British Troops Forced to Slay Many Mussulmans. Condia on the Island of Crete "was in _ . . n t ^ i t ii a state 01 anarcny last were, a collision between the Mussulmans, who were demonstrating against European control, and the British authorities, who have been installing Christians as revenue officials, culminated in bloody fighting between Mussulmans and the British troops. Riots occurred in various parts of the city and many were killed. When the outbreak was fiercest a warship, stationed in the harbor, began firing shells with the result that a portion of the city was burnt. The' trouble began with the attempt t> i. 1.1 :j.: oi me -Dtioisii military autiiurifcies uj instaltChristian officials. They had appointed a council of international control to administer the revenues, and a detachment of soldiers was stationed outside the office as a precaution. A crowd of unarmed Mussulmans, who had been demonstrating against the Christians, attempted to force an entrance into the office. The British soldiers fired and wounded several. The Mussulmans ran for their arms and, oAftiKninrr off ft f li A a/%l^Aro icuuiuiu^ atiavivou ouiuiu:o* vi/u^i Mussulmans spread rapidly throup' the Christian quarter, shouting into windows and setting many houses and shops on fire. Sir A. Bilotti, the British consul at Canea, who went to Candia on board the British battleship Camperdown, cables to the foreigu office saying that the rioting at Candia was caused in the following manner: A British soldier on guard at the tax office was suddenly sobbed in the back and he dropped Lis nSe, which exploded, killing a Mussulman. The firing then became general, aud a p:irtv of 20 British blue jackets from the British torpedo gunboat Hazard was almost annihilated- before the sailors could reach their ship. In addition, a detachment of 45 British soldiers were driven from their quarters near the telegraph station and many of them were TVi<i total rasralHpfl sn far as known, arc 20 killed and 50 wounded. The fate of the Christians in other towns is uncertain, but only those who succeeded in obtaining refuge in the court houses have been saved. The British vice consul, Mr. Caloc^erino, was burned to death in his house. It is reported in Athens that the bombardment was renewed at Candia Wednesday and that the port has been seriously damaged. The foreign waroVi?t\o Viav.i coil/vra frt rpinfnrop OJL*A Jk/O U?i V 4WU>j.v\* wv v??> v %>? the British garrison, and pumps have been landed to assist in quenching the flames. According to telegrams from Candia. it is estimated that 22 British were killed and 45 wounded. Several Christian families have sought refuge on the warships. Many corpses are lying in the street of Candia. In one case a whole family was killed. The Italian consulate is also reported burned. Tl, t.Tin i -L iJVUUUU Wliv^|/vuuvuv V?. VMV Times at Candia, telegraphing Wednesday, fully confirms the earlier reports of most serious events there. He says: "The worst is feared as to the fate of a majority of the Christians. It is reported that only 250 have been saved out of over 1,000. The situation was extremely difficult. The Turkish troops refused to aid the British, who, being exceedingly few in the town, were soon overpowered. The 40 wounded were * * < i mi ir attended to by tne warsnips. xne iuohammedans are pillaging Candia. Edhem Pasha, the governor declares that the mob is uncontrollable but the general opinion is against him. Reinforcements are expected froui Canea, and the Christian insurgents are massing around the cordon. As this dispatch goes, reinforcements are arriviDg in the Italian flagship Francesco Morosini." The Times' correspondent, telegraphing later, says: '"Refugees are now coming on board the Camperdown, * ? * "? nil _ many ot tftem wounded, iney ten a tale of great massacre." A TERRIBLE BATTLE. Nearly Eleven Thousand Killed and Sixteen Thousand Wounded. The British war office has received a dispatch from Geu. Sir Herbert Kitch ener, the commander of the - AngloEgyptian forces dated from Omdurman on Monday last, saying that over 500 Arabs, mounted on camels, were dispatched after the fugitive Khalifa Abdullah Wednesday morning. In the battle that took place at Omdurman the British army almost annihilated the Dervishes, who have retreated into the interior of Africa. The general added that the Dervish leader was reported to be moving with such speed that some of his wives had been dropped along the road followed by him. The Sirdar says also: "Officers have been counting the Dervish bodies on the field and report the total number of dead found as about 10.800. From the numbers of wounded who have crawled to the river and town, it is estimated that 16,000 vere wounded. Beside the above between 300 and 400 dervishes were killed in Omdurman when the town was taken. I have as prisoners between three and four thousand fighting men." This grand victory of the British arms recalls to mind the killing of Gen. Chinese Gordan by these same Dervishers. To Feed the Starving. President McKinley lias is:>ued a proclamation directing that upon the occupation and possession of any ports Av-tsJ nlo/iAC in fl-iA ialon/1 PnKo Kv C* forces of the United States, beef, cattle and other food supplies, intended for the relief of the starving inhabitants of the island, may be admitted free of duty, subject to the discretion of the commanding officer of the United States forces at the port of entry, who is charged with the responsibility for the gratuitous distribution of said food supplies to the starving inhabitants of the island. HEW MODE OF COLLECTION. An East St. Louis Man Goes at it With a Brace of Pistols. Wm. R. McFariand of the horse commission firm of McFariand & Evans of East St. Louis Thursday walked into - the office of Louis Xewgass & Son at the stock yards in Chicago, and presenting a revolver at the head of Louis N. Newgass, the junior member of the firm, commanded him to send for his | cashier, Frank Moseley. Upon the ! appearance of Moseley, McFarland drew j another revolver and ordered the cashier to draw a chectin his favor forSlO, 416, which he claimed the firm owed hira. "When the cashier had finished making ! rmt. tlia McFarland ftalmlv in- 1 ? ?? ? structed Newgass, at the same time giving a menacing flourisu to his weapons, to affix his signature to the paper. That done, the man from Eart St. Louis lined the two frightened men up against the wall of the office, and with all the solemnity of a judge at the bar administered an oath to them to the effect that they would not attempt to follow him or raise an outcry. He then departed, after stowing his revolvers and the check in his pockets. As soon as the visitor had left the office, however, Moseley and Newgass telephoned the police headquarters what had happened* The check was drawn on the National Live Stock bank, and Police Captain Lavin immediately dispatched two de- | tectives to the bauk. McFarland was j "> 1 J _ J Z*. 1- I standing at tne casnier s winaow wiui i the check in his hand when the officers ! entered. He was so intent upon exchanging the paper for currency that he failed to notice the detectives until they stood, one at each elbow, and seized him. McFarland was quickly disarmed and a few minutes later was behind the bars of a cell at the police station. The $10,416 which McFarland attempted U* collect bv intimidatinz Neweass and Moseley is said to be the amount dne McFarland in consequence of a sale of horses to the De Four Commission company. The transaction is said to have taken place some time ago, when the time was set for the payment of the money 15 days after the delivery of the stock. Later, it is claimed the time for payment was cut down to five days, whereupon the Dc Four company transferred 'its inter est in the deal to Newgass-& Son. McFarland feared he would come out loser in the transfer and chose summary tactics to get even. PEIMAEY FIGURES. A Majority of the People Want the Dsipensary. Govenor Ellerbe g*t 30,101 votes, "Watson 7,579, Archer 1,998 and Whitman 367. Those four advocated the" dispensary in the campaign. The total number of votes cast in the primary was 78,493, of which the four dispensary advocates received 40,045, or something more than half. Featherstone, the prohibition candidate, received 17,882 votes, so the dispensary is 22,163 votes ahead of prohibition. Schumpert and rr;n Thn I -L JLlJLLUdU jJi ULX^lL 11V\/UCW? JL uv former got 8,177 votes and the latter 12,389. a total of 20,566. The high license candidates received 2,684 votes more than the prohibition aspirant, but 19,479 less than the dispensary candidates. The oppositton to the dispensary is divided between prohibition and high license. Aggregate the votes cast for the candidates of both those ideas, and the vote for the dispensary candidates is 1,597 ballots greater. So the dispensary's advocates outnumber cmnbined and are far stronger than the supporters of either one of those ideas. The first primary has conclusively demonstrated that the dispensary has a majority of the Democrats behind it and that prohibition has the weakest following of any of the three ideas of dealing witk the liquor question. So should Fsj.idierstone be elected in the second primary, neither he nor anybody else could twist this election into meaning a triumph of prohibition over the dispensary. The dispensary is on top, * ' 1 il- - .C a iact proven uy tee uguiea ijuuwu above and still more conclusively dem onstrated by the legislative election. ?Columbia Record. # THE OLD RASCAL CAUGHT. Thomas Jefferson Mackey in the Toils of the Law. A dispatch from London, Ontario,says Judge Thomas J. Mackey. well known in Xew York and the south, has been captured there by United States, detectives on a charge of bigamy. "Spnr? f nr T)r Da v. Tell him I met the object of terror at your door and that iny plan failed. My life is in danger, and so I must be careful when with this man. Oh, God, what can I do. If he should know this my life would be taken. He is a real Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde." Such was the despairing appeal made by Katherine S. Porterfield, of Chestertown, W. Va., third_ and unlawful wife of Judge Thomas Jefferson 3iackey, \s hu was arrested Wednesday charged with bigamy. The note was written in the hand, of an educated woman, with lead pencil, on n scrap of paper, and left at No. 396 Queens avenue, the house in which Judge Mackey, with his young bride, engaged a room upon their appearance in London. The present charge against Judge Mackey is that he married Miss Katherine S. Porterfield while his second wife, Mrs. Sarah Curtis Mackey, of New York, was still alive and his legal wife. The bride comes of a good family in Charleston, W. Va., and she was married to Judge MacJcey 111 ,>ew York city. From New York the husband and his wife, or prisoner, went to Chicago, and when he found that the detectives were after him fled to this city, where he was discovered in a Queens avenue boarding house. Cubans Surrender Anns. Two hundred Cubans surrendered their arms and asked for rations at Santiago "Wednesday. The Cubans say their forces in [Santiago province are suffering for want of provisions. Gen. Lawton has replied that he will ration all the men who will return to town and eive ud their arms. He be lieves it will not be long before most of the Cubans have given up their light for recognition and have returned to tlioir hnrrxia. SOUTH CAROLINIANS THERE. Trouble in a Jacksonville Restaurant. What Caused It. A serious disturbance at Pignolo's restaurant, on Hosran street, between officers and soldiers, occurred shortly | after 12 o'clock Thursday night, with the result that there will probably be several trials by courtmartial on charges of ''conduct *nbecoming an officcr and a gentleman.'" Sergt. Moore of Co. K, First South Carolina regiment, is also suffering .from a broken nose, as the result of a heavy water glass being thrown at him. According to eye-witnesses the trouble started over some officers of the fcecona Aiaoama regiment using profane language in the restaurant. Seated at one table was Col. Alston of tbe First South Carolina regiment, with his wife, while at another table were some South Carolinians, officers and privates, and at another table, at the farther side of the room, were some officers of the Second Alabama regiment. One of the South Carolina privates went over to-the table where the Alabama officers were seated ?1tad stated to them that an officer from ' the South Carolina regiment, with his wife, were seated in the room, and requested them not to swear. Thft nrivftf.fi \rfinf-. bank tn his sfiat. r--- ~? ?? ?"-i but the profanity is taid not to have ceased, and he went over again. In the meantime the South Carolina officer and his wife, not caring to stay where there was profanity being uttered, left the restaurant. When the private went ever the second time the Alabama officers are said to have resented his interference, objecting to being "called down" by a private. Words followed, and a general row resulted. A water glass, said to have been tkrown by an officer, struck bergt. Moore, while a coffee cup went through a window. The police were sent for, and several officers were soon in the place, and with the assistance of the provost guards succeeded in restoring order. Several times the trouble was on the point of breaking out afresh, when the would be fighters were separated. The policemen had their pistols drawn, and had not the utmost forbearance been shown there is no telling what the result might have been. A detachment of provost guards were hurriedly sent from headquarters, and were stationed in the restaurant, preventing anyone either from coming in" or going out, while other guards held th? crowd in check on the outside. The names of the officers that were involved in the difficulty were taken, and an investigation will be held. Sergt. Moore was attended by a surgeon, and afterward sent to the Third division hospital.?Jacksonville Times. DIED IS THE LINE OF DITTY. Foreman "Wiley S. Walker Instantly Killed Hear Denmark. Mr. "Wiley S. "Walker, section foreman on the South Caroliia and Georgia Railroad at Denmark, was instantly killed near that place oh Tuesday night of last week by being struck by the tender of Engine No. 12. The Denmark Times says the engine was backing down the track at a high rate of speed, and it is said displayed no light other than a small lantern. Mr. Walker vras coming toward Denmark with his section crew on a crank car. They had been working all day on the wreck at Bamberg. Besides their tools, there was a barrel and two sacks of flour on the car. When they heard the approaching engine there was time to save themselves if they had abandoned the car, but Foreman Walker, true to his duty?realizing that if the car remained on the track it might derail the swiftly moving engine, ordered his men i *ni ' /? , 11 _ j CP to lilt it asiae. iney first ronea on the flour and tossed to one side the tools. Two men were outside the rails and Mr. Walker and Dick Parler were inside lifting at the car. They had it upended when the tender struck, hurling the crank car, the foreman and his crew into the ditch. The three members of the crew escaped without injury, and the car was not damaged. Mr. Walker was instantly killed. As sistance being summoned irom Denmark, his mangled remains were brought back to his grief-stricken family, the members of which had parted from him early that morning in the best of henlth and spirits. Wiley S. Walker was born 49 years ago near Elko, and had been in the employ of the S. C. & G-. railroad for 17 years. He had a comfortable farm in Aiken county, and his life was insured in the K. of r. for $1,000. He leaves, to mourn his tragical taking nff a wif'a tliroo mnc arirl turn Hnmrhfc ers. His oldest son, Thomas J., is a member of the United States signal corps, and is with Gen. Brooke's Porto Rican army. His eldest daughter, Miss Belle, was to have entered as a student at Winthrop College in a few days. There was no man in this community more universally respected than the deceased. He was esteemed by the officials of the railroad company as one of their most careful and trustworthy employes, and it would be an act of generous justice on the part of the directors if they paid tribute to the memory of this brave servant, who sacrificed his life to duty, if they took up the work he laid down, and finished the education of his fatherless children.'' Captives Start Home. Forty-four of the officers and men capturcdwith the destruction of Cervera's fleet at Santiago left the naval hospital Wednesday in charge of Lieut. Segrera, for New York where they will embark for Spain. Lieut. Segrera, who speaks. English, was profuse in thanks to the hospital authorities for kindness shown the captives. The Spainards embarked on the steamer Old Dominion of the Old Dominion steamship line. Tl - /I - J.UVJU IU t><MA9Uii?lUC> Col. Jones of the Second South Carolina regiment Thursday received a telegram from the war department ordering the regiment to Jacksonville and to report to Gen. Lee of the Seventh army corps. This news was gratifyingly received by Col. Jones, and he at once sot about making arrangements preparatory to leaving Colnmbia. n^ikfnks the regiment will be ablatg^g^ve jn A FATAL FALL. The Bridge of New York and ^ Ottawa Railroad Collapsed. ~j| WERE PLUNGED INTO WATER. Eighty-Two Men at Work on the Structure. Gave Way Without Warning. Carried Its Human Fr&iorh+ Dnwn With It Into Stream. ^ About noon Wednesday two south spans of the International bridge, of the New York and Ottawa railway,now under construction across the St. Lawrence river, about three miles above St. Regis Indian village, in the State of New York, fell without warning, with . 60 men at work on the bridge, all being thrnwri into thp rivpr snmA fifl feet. Kp- -'1E!?s low. Over 30 were picked up and taken to Cornwall hospital and 27 are' now missing. The bridge consists of three spans, of which two were completed and the third was nearly completed, when the south pier gave way at its foundation, causing both spans to fall into 60 feet of water, taking its load of human freight with it. ' The scene of the accident is located about four miles from Hoeansbure. N. Y., above the St. Regis Indian reservation. The Bridge that gave way was being built across the St. Lawrence river at the foot of Long Salute rapids near Reinhardt's island. The water at this point is known to be as swift as in any part of the river. The immediate cause of the disaster and the giving way 01 me spaa 01 ^ne Dnuge see ma w have been from the washing away of one of the large piers. Late reports from Cornwall hospital" ~ -/% says 33 men have been taken out of the river and transferred to the hospital. Eighteen of them have since died. The latest information concerning today's tragedy makes it probable that the death list will reach 30. Many of the men are terribly injured. As far as can be learned 82 men reported for work this morning. Of this list only 66 have actually been accounted tor. An eye-witness of the fall of the bridge says he was sitting on the bank of the river, watching the busy workmen above* him, when, without warning there came a fearful crash. Two v^fj spans of the bridge collapsed, the im- ' '% mense mass of timber and iron dropped down, end the agonizing shrieks of the men who were being crushed in tha wreck were drowned by the rushing. waters. Then he saw bodies -coming to the surface,- and the work of rescue be- . gan. ' .This was hopelessly inadequate,there ' v jg being only a few boats in the vicinity. " ana very-few men who could undertake " ~ to swim out into the turbulent waters. " Many who might have been saved, were drowned before help could reach them. - About 50 of the men employed on the span were Americans. The remainder were mostly Indians, who acted as assistants. Every man on the division went down with the wreck. Many of those who a : " i. escapeu cumueu up me nuu wvu&, which still rested oil piers at either end. The scene around the Hotel Dieu, where the wounded and dying were taken, is a heart rending spectacle. The wives and relatives, of missing men ar? anxiously inquiring after their loved ones. A Horrible Death. Mr. Theo. Huggias, of Williamsburg ^ 3 County, met with a terrible accident one day last week. It appears that -. - J Mr. Hiiggins had just started to gin his first bale of cotton this season and wfni feeding the gin himself when his hand got caught and in trying to get loose from the gin the other hand became entangled. He was powerless to help himself'. Before the engine could be stopped not only both hands but the greater part of both arms were literally cut to pieces. It was five miles to a physician's house and before one could ^ be summoned the unfortunate man bled to death. Mr. Huggins was about 25 years old. He was married and leaves a widow and three small children. He was a prosperous farmer, merchandised on a small scale and ran a steam gin and grist mill. To Bankers and Merchants. Mr. J. C: Wilborn, president of the State cotton growers, Thursday issued the following: "The merchants and bankers of South Carolina are hereby cordially invited to attend the cotton growers' con * i n A i i n vention to be fteia in uoiumDia, September 20. It is hoped that every individual interested in the production of cotton will feel himself invited to participate in the move to advance the price of cotton to a point that will pay the cost of production and give a reasonable compensation.- There is no desire to exclude the bankers and mer- . | chants; on the contrary, we express the desire that all South Carolina may act in rinienn at tViio trvin<r crisis in nnr affairs. J. C. Wilborn, President of Cotton Growers of South Carolina. Safety of Railway Travel. Last year on American railways one passenger was killed in accidents out of every 2,827,474 passengers carried. That is to say that you can take a tram 2,827,474 times before, on the law of averages, your turn comes to be killed. " "j You will have to travel 72.093,963 miles on the cars before that turn comes, and 4,541,045 miles before you are injured. If you travel 20 miles every day for ^ 300 days in the year, you can keep on at it for 758 years before your turn comes to be hurt. If there had been railways when our Saviour was born and you had begun to travel on the fivcf n-f vnor A T> 1 and hajl ^ s. traveled 100 miles in every day of every month of every year since then, you would still have (in this year 1898) nearly three million miles yet to travel before jour turn came to be killed. A Mean Joke. Hero is the lament of a rural Tenncssean. editor of the Hardeman Free Press: "We wish to explain our lack of editorial this week. We was down to Memphis, and a smart Alec at the a tavern rxtitrsiiTi'oil on our greens and M SSfcfiFwas vinegar. OCconxse we were A horse dew combaw for three Hays, and now that we are able to talk, our language is.not fit for publication." is w|