The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, September 14, 1898, Image 1
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VOL. LI1I: WINNSBOKO, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, 1898. ' / . NO.; 6 .
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* 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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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."
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