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^ v* ' ' ' ^ VOL. LIII WINNSBORO. 8. C.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 21, 1898. NO. 7. ' J GOV. ELLERBE WINS. f But Mr. Featherstone Gave Him a Tight Race. I THE DISPENSARY ENDORSED. I Floyd, Cooper, McMahan and I Garris Defeats Blythe, Tompkins, Brown, and Thomas. f \ A Light Vote. J The second primary is over, and Gov. Ellerbe has been renominated for a second term. As a result of the two primaries only three present State officers will retain their seats in the capital after their present term expire. Governor Ellerbe, Controller General Durham and Treasurer Timmerman are r the lucky trio. Superintendent of Education Mayfield and Adjutant General Watts were left out by the first primary. The returns of the second primary shows the following results: For Governor?Ellerbe, 31.42S; Featherstone, 29,442. For Secretary of State?Cooper, 31.331; Tompkins, 24,724. For Superintendent of Education.? IMcMahan, 32,512; Brown, 24,542. For Adjutant General?Floyd 44,510, Blythe, 24.901. tj For Railroad Commissioner?Garris, B 46,406: Thomas, 19,746. The vote by counties was as follows: ; FOX GOVEXOR. . Eller- Fe-itberhe. stone - Abbeyille 1164 768 Aiken ... 1032 896 Anderson 135" 1898 Barnwell 1025 704 . ttewifort. 79 161 ttamberg..., ?02 326 Sejkeley 624 480 Charles on J .. 439 1283 Cherokee 885 870 Chester 907 694 i ' 1019 374 I l VU^bvi C'arendon 847 532 i Colleton 933 706 Darlington 716 797 , Dorchester 589 525 Edgefield 664 773 Fairfield 582 659 Florence 889 586 Georgetown 233 287 Greenville 1151 1828 Greenwood 516 621 Hampton 797 610 Horry .. 752 907 Kershaw 869 514 Lancaster 728 1183 Laurens _ 1319 1220 uee 774 466 LexiDgton 1371 770 % Marion., 1415 1059 Marlboro - 718 39 > Newberry 899 801 ; Oconee . siv iun Orangeborg J179 8-52. ; Pickens 856 615 i Richland - , 1093 554 i Saluda.... 83^ 545 ; ^ Spartan'oarg ? 2191 2514 Somier 718 738 j Union 1123 569 ? Williamsburg \... 815 566 ? \' York 1610 1177 1 2d South Carolina. - 283 116 ' " hist, South Carolina 383 138 j^tattery 63 11 Totals 3772 i 33271 j SECRETARY OP STATE. Tompkins. Cooper. Abbeville 983 935 Aiken 600 1423 Anderson 1237 7900 < Barnwell 759 960 Beaufort 96 98 Bamberg 234 593 i Berkeley 201 798 Charleston 1022 674 i t'herokee - 988 714 Chester 737 824 ! ('nesterfield 371 977 Clarendon 954 400 Colleton 175 1450 DArlington 181 427 ' Dorchester .. 229 874 ttdgefieid~. - 680 098 Riirfield .. 319 904 1 Florence .. 8'3 541 Greeayille 1575 1089 Georgetown 4*25 35 Greenwood., ... 572 582 , Hampton U25 287 ' Horry .. 795 857 ; Kershaw 759 518 Lancaster 1146 747 ] Laurens- 1035 1479 < Lee 098 629 . Lexington 880 1286 Marion 939 1195 \ Marlboro- 512 * 5S1 . Newberry 1017 677 OriDgeburg 762 1249 ' 0 ocee 994 842 ; 1'ickens 744 731 fcichland.. 778 757 J Spartanburg. 918 3772 ( Saluda. 691 086 ^ Sum-er .. 1018 413 ?l|5tesa^ Union 1332 354 i IMfitefe3j<?Tiiehiir<r fil4 5fifi I * 1*297 1543 |ti Carolina 259 154 1 b Carolina 378 150 ' L 5 69 i K I M - 31,811 37,504 1 kbistesdest of education. Mcvahaa Brown. ' B 1239 685 J I 1021 9(!6 1 p _. 15 8 1702 ! I I 1196 531 t 148 4* ' <*- 258 507 : IHRey 632 6G9 ; Jpeston 1177 529 Hpokee 839 852 < ^Rster 747 840 pherterfield- 320 1181 CUrendoD..., 1025 337 Co.letoa 1027 587 1 DsrliDgton 454 280 i Dorchester 421 685 Edgefield 1007 372 F?v:rfield 1147 90 Florence 391 1040 yc,;-, lfiS | Greenville 20<.?3 885 Greenwood 405 4G7 HucjpUn ... 793 410 H<>rry ... 729 9G5 Kershaw 850 5(j9 Lancaster 1259 63t> I Lmrens 153G 1003 j Lee 829 388 j * J- 1A^A [ Islington...* IWI iw | Marion 318 2158 Marlboro 393 TOi j Jft-wberry 892 80S | <)--.-nee 1324 512 \ On.cgeburg 1164 S54 Pickens 1013 472 Richland 1449 186 Saluda 1003 369 > , icm "Xi/vi I awv Sumter 1039 394 Union 1020 063 "NV-liiamaburg 503 808 : Y..jk 1550 1289 2<i South Carolina 199 200 1st South Carolina 451 71 B.ilterj 15 59 Totals 3S 44^ 30,840 1 The following tables are not com- ; plote, but they shew the general drift of the vote in the several counties of < the States for the officers named: ADJUTANT GENERAL BIythe. Floyd At>fcevii]e - 717 1,207 Aiken 3*7 1.602 Atu'ersou - 1 14-5 1.39S Bamberg 391 436 Barnwell 357 1,870 Beaafou 71 lt>5J Brr**lfry 16S b3ti Charleston 44'J 1,163 Cbt*n kee - 508 1,127 CheMtr... .. b73 719 < h<Mi? i lidd 218 1 091 (lareudon .. S21 MQ Jvlieioa G7 1.117 Durlii'g^on 2-8 t-84 Dorchesier 155 778 Edgefield 245 1,095 Fairfield 530 62c Florence - 250 1,08') Georgetown 150 70 Greenville - 2,382 b'J'6 Greenwood 318 7b2 Hampton 335 1,(>67 Horry 341 1,320 Kershaw . 303 i'OSl Lancisier 939 922 Laareu* 900 1,536 Lee 349 532 Lexington ? 187 1,584 Mar ion 288 2,165 I <47 H'2F> lUtHWiV W . Newberry 4*4 1,24'J Oconee 1,036 8 1 Tangrburg 295 516 Pickeus...' S?48 * 511 Kichltusd 064 720 S-fclud i 237 707 Sjari&nburg ... 2.,'?2,2, ],4 3 Sumter 631 544 Osio i - 482 1,11*9 Williamsb .ig 108 541 York - 677 2,185 First S. 0 Kegim-iiit - 3^3 134 Secood S. C Regnnea 176 227 H-a?y Baiter; ... 13 6t' Totals -24 2*1 46,461 RAILROAD COMMISJIONEE. Garris Thoma* Abbeville 1,392 648 Aisen 1,675 344 Anderson 1,98*5 616 Barnwell 323 22ri Bamberg* 707 86 Beaufort ] ?H 6 Berkeley 8*4 120 Ubarleston uiu uoo Che okie - lOiO 637 Chester 1261 3*21 Chesterfield 1124 12 Clarendon 891 465 Colleton 223 31 Darlington , 614 301 D rch ester 675 195 Edgefield 888 424 Fairfield 887 325 Florence 571 710 Georgetown 187 49 Sreeaville 1811 1136 Greenwood 794 307 Hampton 594 82 Horry 953 303 Kershaw 727 229 Lancaster ... 1370 459 Liurens 1750 612 Lee 569 314 Lexington 530 318 Marhn 193$ 521 Marlboro 730 292 Newberry .. 1101 5S6 I'conee 90iS 935 Orangeburg 645 161 Pickens 1088 400 Richland 1036 508 ooo i? r A. V Spartsdborg 2*517 1492 Sumter 467 602 [Jnion 1419 266 Williamsburg 250 351 fork 2403 457 First regiment 267 259 Second regiment ... 282 150 Heayj battery .. 56 7 Total* ; ...49.979 19,713 FIFTH DISTRICT. Barber. Finley. Chester 1,410.. 303 Ker?baw 752 686 L'in caster 963 968 Chesterfi Id 837 5b3 York 363 2,714 fherokee 763 1,172 Nt Regiment 17 3g 2d Regiment .. 17 U Total 5,095 6,301 BEN. HASKELL'S SUDDEN DEATH. One of the Heroes of Santiago Dies in His Hour of Triumph. Brig. Gen. T. Haskell died suddenly at his home at the Columbus, Ohio, post about 4.30 Friday afternoon. He was stricken with apoplexy, the excite lu^JmIK imvugu il.1V/i 1 uc iiau p<?scu iuring the day being the immediate sause of the attack. Gen. Haskell commanded the Seventeenth infantry at the battle of El CaQev and was wounded in the left shoulder and knee. He came home about a month ago and was rapidly recovering. The wound in his shoulder, however, had paralzed his left arm which he sarriad in a sling. Friday morning the Seventeenth regiment returned homeland Gen- Haskell went to the depot in a carriage to welcome his gallant men- He rode at tho head of the regiment through the 2ity to the post and the cheers of. the immense crowds of people that lined the streets were directed almost as much to him individually as to the regiment. At the reviewing stand the crowd surrounded the carriage and flowers were showered into the vehicle from every side, Although not as strong as formerly, frP.ri. TTaskf*]) annparp'! rr ,s<rtnl Viis sudden death was a terrible shock to his family and friends, At 4.30 o'clock Friday afternoon Capt. Clay called at Gen. Haskell's residence to pay his respects. The general was resting at the time, but came down stairs. They had been engaged in conversation about five min T n TT. _1_.11 3 J 1 ? utes wiieu vjcn. nasseii suaueoiy started to his feet, clasping his hands to his head, then fell to the floor. The only exclamation he made was "oh. oh." Capt. Clay sprang to his assistance and was surprised to find that his pulse had ceased to beat. Post Surgeon Pilcher called and stated death was caused by apoplexy. ALrs. riaskeil was prostrated by her husband's death. Besides the widow two sons survive. A Humane Euler. The regent of the grand duchy of" Meeklenburg-Schwerin is besides the Czar, the only absolute ruler and autocrat of Europe. He has issued a decree forbidding pigeon shooting as a cruel form of sport, and another prohibiting the interment in consecrated ground of any one killed in a duel. Died on Duty. News reached the war department Friday of the death at Santiago of Lieut. J. O'Brien, Fifth infantry The officer resigned from the army about a year ago, but reentered the service on the outbreak of the war and died in the line of duty. " WANT FREEDOM. A Lively Agitation in That Direction in Cuba. i 1 CEN. GOMEZ OUTSPOKEN. ! i The Spaniards, it is Said, Are Not Now in Favor of Annexation to the United States. A dispatch from Havana siys the ' predominant feature of the situation is the feverish and widespread agitation of the Cubans in favor of the absolute i independence of the island at all costs. Manifestos are being circulated inviting the cooperation of Spanish residents and merchants to this end and pointing out that either annexation or an American protectorate would mean death to all trade with Spain in a couple of years. Gen. Maximo G omez, who a fortnight ago, gave expression to extremely moderate views, counseling harmony and patience, now expresses himself in favor of "absolute independence or nothing." He says the Spanish element cannot afford to delay uniting with the Cubans, as a "necessary basis for the establishment of conditions | that will forbid and prevent the United | States grabbing and taking easy advantage of the treasure both Spaniards and Cubans have fougitforat at an expense of rivers of blood on each side." Gen Gomez says, if report speaks J truly, "that those who fear independence belong to the sam2 family of cowdardly j curs who fled from Habana. at the first rumor of bombardment." These, he A?A ViATTTarnr o T>nnArifr* tliUj Liv n t i vi j u uiiuvxiv^ | uuv?j to quote him farther, ':almost the entire Spanish population remains, protecting their homes and defying the dangers of war, and will now remain to unite, their efforts with those of the Cuban party, working together with the Cubans for the development of the is land and the return of prosperity. '* A leading evening paper Thursday published a local letter purporting to voice the opinion of Catalonia in favor of independence and promising aid and cooperation. How far the influence of the party agitating for' Cuban independence may extend it is at present difficult to estimate, but the ' fact is. its agents are working like beavers. Some former sympathizers with the annexation movement are to be found now in the ranks of the independence movement. This violent impetus given to the agitation for independence is the result, apparently, of the arrival of the Resolute, or rather, of the arrival of Mr. Porter and the examination h<5 is making into tariffs, municipal taxation j and other matters of internal government which the Cubans had expected to handle and administer themselves. Mr. Porter's operations are viewed with suspicion by an important section of the Cubans, who keep on calling meetings and protesting against a "usurpation of privileges purchased at such a sacrifice." They insist upon absolute freedom, unrestricted liberty or a fight to the death. One reason why many Spaniards who at first favored annexation have changed their opinion is that they fear the com petition oi Americau rivais as swickeepers, hotel managers and restauranteurs. The same spirit prevails among the planters, especially the smaller ones. All this amounts practically to a silent admission of Cuba's inability to offer, if left to herself, the guarantees of stability that would induce foreign fianitel tn mm p. here to develoD the is X? ~ - laud's resources. The deductions seem to be this: With Cuba independent, no foreign capital and no competition; with Cuba under American rule, a competition against which the Cubans would not have the energy or the power to succeed. These questions are uppermost in every mind, causing general uneasiness and discontent, preventing the resumption of the normal tone of the market and blocking trade and traffic. Takes Defeat Gracefully. Mr. Featherstone left Thursday morning for Laurens. He was seen by a Record reporter before taking the train, and was asked what he had to say about the result. "Ut course, he said "I amgraticed ^verthe large vote given me, but at cue same time it looks as if I was defeated." Otherwise he would express no opinion, although he received his defeat with good grace and to all appearances he had no regrets over the result, though naturally he must have felt disappointment. He intended to call upon Governor Ellerbe but before leaving he found that the governor was not in his office but at the mansion. Not having time to go to the mansion, he tel 1 J il 5 CC J ejmuueu. tu tueguveiiiui & uuiue auu icquested Private Secrerary Evans to-extend his congratulations to the governor, adding, "Tell him I wish him well."?Columbia Record. Wars Sad Ravages. The Twentieth infantry left Camp Wikoff Wednesday for Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. It was followed a little later by the Third infantry on the TTrtT* f a I? rvY?f vT i n n W Vi/iTi f lift V1CLJ tU JL Vil X'AAUU. ? f X-i^n VUV J Third marched through camp on their way to the station there were hardly enough men to form two full cempanies. The remainder were killed, sick or furloughed. Fatal Boiler Explosion. News has just reached Evergreen, Ala., of the bursting of the boiler at , 1 *i i o rn it* 1 -14 tne saw mm oi iravis ana reraue, i t miles from there. Bud Aacher, the engineer, his wife and child and his wife's sister were instantly killed, and four men knocked senseless, but not fatally nurt. Ciemson'sBig Opening. Clemson College opened Thursday with the largest attendance since 1803. -Liiuic aic ncaii^ luui uunuiv^u oiuu^uvo I present, and the indications are that many more will come. As a rule the new men are well prepared, and a higher percentage than usual will be admitted to the upper classes. American Bark Lost. The American bark, George F. Mauson, 135 days from Sydney. X. S. W., for this port, has been giveu up as lost. Thought to have cone down in great cfArm A ncfrolio n onocf -fVmr m An flic ovviui vu ?. a. u^wiuiiau vvu.ji/ i vui uivuvu^ I ago. I THANKS THE PEOPLE. j Gov. Ellerbe Grateful for the Confidence Given Him. The Columbia State, of Friday, says: For several days Governor Ellerbe has been indisposed, and consequently has been confined to his room most of ths time. Thursday was the first visit he made to his office since the election, and during the day many of his iriends called on him to extend their congratulations on his winning the nomination for governor in the recent primary. He expressed his gratification at the many kind felicitations he had received, and said that he would try to merit the hearty support of the people during his i second administration. Governor Ellerbe said that he regretted exceedingly his ;nability to . . i it t* . i r? ... j | visit tiie soldiers ur tne oecona regiment before they left for Jacksonville. It was his intention to address th'e volunteers and bid them farewell upon their departure from the State, but fate was against him. The governor being asked if he had anything to say for publication in regard to his nomination, made the following reply: "A mild attack of la grippe has conj fined me to my room for several days, | but 1 am much better today. "Iam deeply grateful to my fellow citizens wlio supported my candidacy for reelection. I attribute my small majority to the opposition of towns and cities to the dispensary and the increas| ingly loyal vote polled in the country. I shall always remember with pleasure and a profound sense of gratitude the handsome vote 1 received in the first primary. "Consideriog the strength of my opposition, opposed as I was by a number of influential and able men, it was the compliment of my life. But grateful as I am to the people of the State for again honoring me with their suffrages, I accept the congratulations of friends with mingled feelings of joy and sadness?joy at the renewed manifestation of confidence in me and sadness because of a realizing sense of the enormous responsibility again assumed. I have no other ambition except the faithful and conscientious discharge of my official duties and hope when my second term shall have ended I shall have done something worthy to be re membered. I have had a great deal to contend with since I have been governor, and, being an inexperienced man, it was but natural that I should have made mistakes; but my experience will be worth something ro me in the future, and I trust my administration during the second term will more fully meet the approval and confidence of the people. * fl>AOA TTrVl A JL aon. XUl^lVUUUDJ X\JL VUVD& nuv have willfully and maliciously slandered me and trust they may be taught that open, honest, disinterested criticism is right and is to be welcomed, but that abuse, slander and misrepresentation is unmanly and dishonorable." SOUTHERN GENERALSHIP. Northern Papers Unstinted in their Praise of Gen. Whee'er. In his terrible sorrow for his son's tragic death, General "Wheeler probably for the time, cares little for his own fame, bnt it may prove a healing remedy, later on. The most enthusiastic tributes to him come from the north. The Washington correspondent of the Springfield Republican says: "The administration has had great luck in getting out of the war with as little scandal as has occurred. If Alger's pet, Shafter, had his way, and fallen back five rmloc frr\m Sant.iacrn tliA war would probably not yet be ended and paeans of victory might be going tip in Madrid for the extermination of the American army by fever and disease. It was the plucky old Democratic and ex-confederate cavalry leader, Gen. Wheeler, of Alabama, who had much to do with preventing the execution of Shafter's plans and saving the credit of the . American army. It would not have been an unpardonable military blunder to have fallen back in the face of such odds, if the question of numbers and position was alone considered, but the necessity of conquering was so great for both sanitary and moral reasons that the administration rightly supported the view that a few deaths in an assault were preferable to many more by fever." Who could have believed, a few years ago, comparatively, that the military honor of the United States would be saved by an ex-Confederate general, an Alabamian by adoption, a Georgian ?an Augustan by birth. Yet this is one of Time's revenges and retributions. Thft Florida Times truthfully savs that "history will indorse the claim that of our generals in the field, Wheeler has done the best service, and of those in the camps, Lee is by far the best. They learned their trade in a hard school, but they learned it well." Little did Wheeler and Lee, 20 years ago, or less, dream that this exceptional glory was in store for them and that, in all human probability, when they are no more among the mortals, their heroic figures in monumental hrnnA will adrtrn the caDital of the re united nation.?Augusta Chronicle. A Last Sermon. A Maine man who recently experienced leligion now goes about the state preaching for the reformation of sinners, and the other day he was announced to deliver a sermon in a school house in the town of Wayne, the home of the gunmaking Maxims. When he got to the schoolhouse there was only one man in the building. Af ter waiting a while for the crowd to appear the evangelist declared to the audience of one that he should go on and preach just the same as if the room were crowded. So he did preach for about an hour and a half, and at the close he asked the lone listener to lead in prayer. The man looked puzzled, and then, fishing out a little slate, #wrote: <;I am deaf and dumb and have not heard a word you said." Army jfranas aoroaa. Evidence of extensive swindling by a party of men. representing themselves to be soldiers or officers of the army, has come to the cognizance of the war department. The swindlers get credit from merchants and then skip. An investigation don't show the name of any officer implicated. COMMITS MURDER. j An Alabama Soldier in Jail in San Francisco. THE RESULT OF A SPREE, j o i -\ 2 The Young Man Tells His Story t: Between His Sobs. The e Father Telegraphed b ?f the Son's ti Crime. ? Walter Rosser, a Tennessee voLun- s: teer, shot and killed Henry Hildebrand 11 a clerk in the Spreckles market, at San 0 Francisco Wednesday night during a ^ drunken spree. He was booked at the * city prison and then began to sober up. " He handed in a lady's gold watch and u. $65 in coin and asksd that the valua- t] hies be cared for. Then he wept and *, said he realized his deep disgrace, but r< claimcd not to recollect anything about 0 the shooting. n "My father and mother live in Stev- ? enson, Ala.," he said. "My father is a superintendent of the Nashville, Chat- 5, tanooga and St. Louis. 1 am a member -1 of the Signa Nu fraternity and a gradu- * ate of the Vanderbilt university, and ? am entitled to the degree of M. D. " When the war broke out I was a stud- C( ent in classics but left school and en- w listed in the Tennessee regiment at s) Memphis. My knowledge of medicine & gained me the position of steward of ^ Co. B, which position I still hold. T: "I have telegraphed my father and e.( expect him to come to this city at once." ^ Judge J. H. Guerry, of Georgia, who ? has lately come to this state to practice law, called upon the prisoner and ten- a dered his services aa a mend ot the u family and he was accepted. He will P appear in court when Rosser is arraign- d. ed. ) . Eye-witnesses of the affair state that ^ Rosser tired the fatal shot without pro- " vocation. He fought against arrest and 11 almost succeeded in escaping in the ex- P' citement, having slipped one hand " through the steel "handcuff. While waiting for the patrol wagcm w he is said to have pushed the dead body S1 of his victim with the toe of his shoe. Col. Smith, of the Tennessse regiment. w deeply regrets the odium which the w crime casts upon his command. He will compel all the men to surrender .1 1 . . . 1 tneir weapons ana may restrict tneir v" liberty in the future. S1 Some of the members of his regiment S1 were concerned in a recent brutal assault on a negro nea:: the Presidio. Col. Smith, however,declares that most " of his men are members of southern e" families of good social standing, but a 7' bad element got in during the hasty re- ll. cruiting necessary to increase its com- 81 nanies from 84 to 106 men. - t _ lii. _j j r> i jjasi mgnx s muruer causeu <jreuercu Miller and CoLjSmith to send out 3 guards to arrest drunken soldiers and return them to camp, and this work was continued until an early hour this morning. The appearance of the ^ armed guards on the prominent streets ^ caused considerable excitement. Albert q S. Emmett, a private of the Twentieth c] Kansas regiment, resisted the attempt of the provost guard to take him from a q saloon and struck the captain of the tj guard a blow that knocked him down. a] Emmett was arrested. t} A private of the Tennessee regiment C( who cave his name as James Johnson. +1 was arrested for discharging a pistol. r( Corporal Conley, of the Seventh Cali- sj fornia. was jabbed by a bayonet in the ^( hands of a Yfashington soldier for at- m tempting to prevent an arrest. There a] were several other encounters, but no one was seriously hurt. (j The Highest Becord. ^ Next to the highest balloon ascen sion on record was made in London i Thursday afternoon from the Crystal palace, Sydenham, by Stanley Spencer, the well-known aeronaut, and Dr. Bcrson. The balloon, -which was inflated j with pilre hydrogen and has a capacity of 56,500 cubic feet, attained an alti- p tude of 27,500 feet. At a height of Q] 25.000 feet the air was so rarified that ^ the occupants of the car were compelled to breathe compressed oxygen by tubes. The temperature was 61 degrees below ^ freezing point. The atmosphere was clear and the coast distinctly visible. ^ The balloon finally descended near Romford, in Essex. Howls This? We have been told that money xs so plenty in Kansas thai; the bankers are in despair because they can loan no ^ money. How is it, then, says the Salt * Lake Tribune, that the great Kansas ^ Loan and Trust company has just ! failed? Was it because it could not ? loan its money? Or was it because * where it had loaned 40 per cent, of the supposed value of property, when it " came to a show-down,the property ^ would not bring the 40 per cent? Has P. property ceased to decline in Kansas, or is it falling? As It Should Be. ^ Savannah made a new record Wed- j,l nesday in convicting a criminal. *ri- g, day night before John Charlon, a ne- jl gro, shot and killed Mr. Harry A. Mc- g. Leod, city food inspector. He was ar- st rested at once, and on Saturday his c; case was assigned for trial in the supe- ol rior court. This was before he was in- w dieted. Monday he was indicted and Wednesday tried. His trial lasted about three hours. He was convicted and sentenced to hang on October 28th. o< fi the, Poll , I u The horse is a natural soldier. The ia horses of a cavalry regiment were turn- y( bled overboard from a transport at tl Sibony. In the water they were con- w fused, some swimming round and round v< and some out to sea?in all directions jE but the right one. At last the truin- tl peter on the shore thought of his trum- w pet and sounded the call "stable." 0f whereupon every one of the swimming T horses nointed his nose towrad shore and all were safe on land. The Bones of Columbus. It is said in Madrid that the quaint d< old Duke of Veragua, who claims to be C a lineal descendent of Columbus, will is go to Havana, dig up the great discover- hi er's bones and take them back to Spain, bs Yeragua is so penurious, that there's no in telling what might happen if an enter- cc prising museum manager were to tempt 0 A IIUamI A Y?A1 1/>l3 ( \ uiiii nitu a ixuLiai uuci ivi ivuw. j v-/< A CONNECTICUT HOBEOB. 'he Horribly Mutilat ed Body of a Wo- S man Found. Two packages containing portions of urnmir? 'a nrora 1 f r VlliU 1-1. WVVAJ (T^ig i VUUU TV VUUV/^UUJ , n the mud flats of an arm of Yellow 1 lill Pond at Bridgeport, Conn. In ] he packages found were the head of a i roman cut from the body near the 1 ar, and the lower limbs which had < een separated from the body, unjoint- < d and cut in two at the knees, then 1 ied together again and wrapped up in a J trong glazed paper. The head of the i roman was battered ac d jammed on one 1 ide, and had a clo;h#tied over the ? louth. The head is thought to be that i f a woman about twenty-live years old ] ??i,i,, uu duuut live icci ai-v in ? ler features were wan and thin, hair '< ark brown and braided in a manner '< sual with many women before they re- 1 ired and was tied with a cotton cord. l number of the teeth were white and t jgular and some were gold filled while s nly two or three'in the back of the 1 louth were missing. The e}Tes were ^ rnrioli Tsln/i TKa /-? V\ or>n C k ljix uiug. JL UL v jji viiuuii^cu v/iiaia^- ?* jristic of the face is the short aquinine 1 ose The feet are small and shapely, s 'he neck and also the limbs at the ( nees and thighs were severed in a c lanner showing a clean cutting of the t esh and was clearly clone by someone i Dnversant with anatony. At no place ? as the flesh torn. The limbs were v iwed apart, but the entire work was one in a leisurely manner and evident- t t with much care, as no bruises were 1 isible about the head. Two stout 1 3rds were wound about the thigh." so 1 ghtly as to cut into the flesh and it 1 as evident that whoever aia the cuing was desirous to prevent the flow of t lood. The limbs also had one leg of t man's cotton drawers wrapped around < lem. Two stones, weighing about ten ? ounds each, were attached to the bunles. They were black and grimy and 1 iscolored from being in the water some i me, and they were undoubtedly taken < -om near the shore where there is ? luch refuse by whoever tried to dis- ? ose of the remains. Later in the day c le trunk was found. The addominal ( art of the trunk was swathed in a ? ?kk ,?."u ( mi*; IUUUU BIACCC, suv;u as 10 uot;u iu v lrgical operation rooms. This latter circumstance, together < ith the plain evidence that the body 1 as severed, like the legs and head, by ( a expert using a keen knife and a per;ct edged saw, leads the police to the " jnviction that the mutilation and preainably the murder was done by a 1 argeon. The upper halt of the tiunk is 111ict, but the abdominal portion of le body has been despoiled of nearly rery organ. This suggests that Jthe oung woman was the victim of a crimlal operation at the hands of a phy-' cian. GEN. GOMEZ RESIGNS. T% A--A- A T72~u Le rrouesis Agamat me uuoitns iieiu- ing to America. 3 A dispatch from Santiago de Cuba lys a report was received by Gen. Law- j >n Wednesday night that Gen. Maximo omez, the insurgent commander-intiief, has tendered his resignation of le command of the Cuban army to the ^ uban government at Camaguey and lat it has been accepted. Gomez, it ppears, has been protesting against le Cuban government's yielding the Dntrol of the affairs of the island to ^ le Americans, and the explanation for * signing was his disapproval of "pas- c ttg anKmicQiAT) tn /?nn/^TfiAnc ^ .TV tflAVULUUUAVU WV VVUUlVJLViilf WVUUlii^ ) the practical discrediting and retire- I lent of the Cuban republic, as such, * ad the establishing of the absolute * ominion of the United State." The * ubans at Santiago were much excited ' 7 the report. It was disbelieved by c lany, who say that Gen. Gomez's re- ( Agnation at this time is utterly improb-' ' ble. Others, however, say that Golez resents the putting of the Cuban ( rmy under the authority of the Amerinu generals, and claims the Cubans ( lould resist even by force of arms if . ecessary. Gens. Cebreco, Castillo, * edro, f erez and other insurgent leadrs have turned over their commands to en. Lawton. Gen. Perez has 8,000 ten in the vicinity of Guantanamo, ( hich he will disband by order of Gen. astillo. There is now a general desire ' q the part of the Cuban army to dis- . and, as the insurgents have learned 1 lat the question of their back pay will ot be considered by the Americans. 'Drove Gen. Ton! Back. I A crowd of about 700 people besieged 1 rie house of Gen. Toral at Vigo, Spain, c tvi nTi/llnfT fl.of ^ 1 i\Atxj) uguiauuxu^ unav tuw uuuyij hich arrived there from Santiago de z !uba on board the Spanish steamer .eon XIII be immediately landed, 'hey proceeded to the quays, cheering le troops, and were with difficulty ispersed by soldiers of the garrison, ifterward a crowd of about 1,500 peole returned to the quays, and when ley saw the soldiers landing barcfooti and nearly naked, they became inlriated and surrounded Gen. Toral's ouse, nooting ana nissing ana stoning ie building. Eventually, the Spanish j sneral succeeded in escaping to the * eon XIIL. On learning that the mob ithercd on the dock and stoned the earner for half an hour, smashing the ibin windows. The Leon XIII was 1 bliged to leave the place where she as moored. a Better than Drii&ing It. I The Memphis Commercial says: 1 It strikes us that a great deal of hyp- r critical nonsense is indulged over the s ishion of breaking a bottle of wine over t le prow end of a new ship at the t unching. If it was proposed that the r >ung lady sponsor should drink a bot- s e of wine on that occasion instead of v asting it, we could understand the d jw. We would respectfully suggest t i the interest of genuine temperance e lat when the Illinois is launched, a t hole basket of champagne or a barrel t ' whiskey be broken over her prow. his will retire that much liquor from rculation." Courtmartial for the Chaplain. \ The secretary of the navy today or- h * . . i 0 -1 a ?.1 - n I r ;rea a courtmaruai ior ine mai or l haplain Mclntyre of the Oregon, who d accused of publicly denouncing C s brother officers who engaged in the 1 ittle of July 3. The court will meet t< Denver on the 26th inst., and will d >nsist of seven members headed by c ommodore McCann. retired, with h upt. Lauchheimer as judge advocate, n THE COTTON CROP. Some Interesting Facts About the Great Staple. The opening of the cotton season this rear finds the crop about three weeks .ate, and reports of large damage to the plant as the result of excessive rainfall n August and the first ten days of Sep ATvtora /rnnflrol in. aig vaiu ui illjuiry shows that the damage is over- F estimated, and that a large crop may ae expected. Neill's estimate of some ;ime ago was 11.000.000 bales or more :or the American crop, and this rejected the consensus of opinion, but ifter the rains of dog days the esti- n nates of damage ran all the way to 20 C per cent. The damage from rains is p renerally considered worse in Georgia ii md adjoining states than elsewhere, o: md rust, shedding and rotting of bolls, s] iave been very generally reported. b jluch depends on the weather irom A ;his time to the end of the picking a: season. If there is an open fall, with si ight frost, the crop will surprise those n vho have been figuring on large dam- e< Lge. On the contrary, if the weather I jetween now and the first of November should not be favorable to the opening p >f the bolls and the maturing of the top ft ?rnr\c on/1 fli/i ? oil/Mil^ aat?a a?h?1 r auu tug xwovo ^?X\JU.i\A WOAIC vawj 01 he yield would be much smaller. The tl narket is now suffering from the weight tl >f a large visible supply, combined n vitli the rapid marketing of cotton in c; Fexas. As compared with other years E ,he visible supply is as follows: it L398 1,579,000 L897 1,080,000 f< L896 1,474,000 C L895 2,254,000 oi It is a half million bales larger than te ;hat of last year, 105,000 greater than f< ihat of 1896. and ahont three Quarters B )f a million less than the enormous a iurplus carried over in September, 1895. g; The world's consumption of cotton gi las about kept pace with the enormous a: ncrease in the crops. For the six years fi mding September 1st, 1896, the aver- Y ige world's crop was 9,789,000; and the iveraze world's consumption, exclusive e! )f India, was 9.532.000, a difference of ti >nly 4 per cent. In 1896-7 the con- h sumption exceeded the supply by 274,- a: )00. , S The steady increase in the world's b :onsumption of cotton is shown by the g 'ollowing table compiled by the Finan- ? jial Chronicle: IQQO Q1 T 01 A AAA V Lywvui IjiltjVVV ? L881-82 7^540,000 B LS82-3 7.957,000 3 1883-4 7,848,000 ii L884-5 7,344,000 ti L885-6 8,000,000 * L886-7 8,375.000 1< L887-8 8,751;000 if L888-9 9,117,000 ti L889-90 9,635,000 a L890-91 10.306.000 s< [891-92 lO^OOO t< L892-3 9,996,000 1893-4 10,283,000 ti Lby^o 11,097,000 L895-6 11,113,000 I L896-7 V 11,334,000 I L897-8 ,11,969,000 I Tliis includes the consumption of 5 [ndia. S IT COST SPAIN MUCH. besides the Destruction of- Her War- ? XI ships and Colonies. E A J . ? ii.. I -{ i i I aaiut; xruiu me ioss oi ner coioues md the ships destroyed in battle, the ate war cost Spain in the neighborhood i >f $374,000,01)0. Information to this jffect has been received at the navy department from the naval attaches of ;his government abroad. Including ? ;he cost of preparation in anticipation >f the war, Spain began in May, 1895, ihese sums have been raised and expeuled: From the sale of 322,944 Cuban notes, J $25,242,255. 1 From the sale of 60,000 Cuban Dotes, ? )f 1889, $5,784,897. 1 Loan of 400,000,000 pesetas on the ? justoms guarantee, $74,400,000. 11 From the sale of silver, etc., $366,- 8 *38. s Loan of the Bank of Spain on the ? 3uban guarantee, $5,400,000. Loan of the Bank ot Spain on the ? justoms guarantee, $48,200,000. Loan of the Bank of Spain guaran- ' ;ee of contribution, $32,000,000. c Loan of the Bank of Spain 4 per cent. ? nternal debt, $29,000,000. 11 Philippine taxes. $37,000,000. ^ The above amount does not include ^ xansportations, etc., contracted by the ? government, which are fixed at approxmately $62,000,000. All the money c )btained has been expended on expedi- a ions sent to the colonies, whose total ^ tmounted to 180,431 soldiers, 6,222 a >fficers and about 700 generals. Of w Via nftilliATie AAA AAA XX IL1\J uiuiivuo CiJJCUUCU UUll iJlF,VW,UUU pas spent by the Spanish government ? o increase its naval forces. The El ~ Hundo, of Spain, commenting upon his small appropriation for the navy ^ rhen such a large sum was expended or the army, points out that this sum ^ vas sufficient to have bought and main- ^ ainea a battiesnip of 1U,UUU tons. ?' 'With the entire appropriation." it con- K inues, "sixty-six battleships could lave been secured." Triple Murder. ?' Joseph F. Yillier, a street car motor- ^ nan, a two-year-old child, and a worn- u in named Neliie McGuffin were found lead in a room at the Enterprise hotel it Louisville. Ky., Thursday morning. yrom notes left by the woman it is earned that she had first given her re )aramour and the child morphine in S( herry wine but fearing this would not ^ >e effective, she shot Villier through ^ he right temple and then turned the " evolver upon herself, death was in- v tantaneous in each case. The child ^ ras already dead from the effects of the Irug. Villier was a motorman and 111 .1.1 TY - 1 to weniy-six years oia. tie was a widow- w r, the child being that of his lawfully S reded wife. The woman was a domes- V? ic who had once been employed by rillier. Peabody Scholarships. The two scholarships in the Nashville a 'eabody Normal college for this State ti iave been won by L. R. James of in ireenville and Guy W. Norris of An- w< erson. MissBeulah A. McMillan of er Charleston is the first alternate, Miss li< Upha P. Rasor of Greenville second al- m ernate and Miss E. Gordon of An- st nncAn oltnmofA I'orv*A<> \_l OUU luiiu ttAVV/Auaw. I'll. iC* Jjl ently won the Citadel vacanc^fro^| is county and it is likely th^^ ot accept the Peabodjydd VICTORY IN SIGHT n Congressional Elections This Fall for Democracy. A DEMOCRATIC YEAR. tesult of th# Elections in Ver mont and Maine Foretell the National Outcome. A Washington dispatch says the lembersof the National Democratic longressional Committee are highly leased with the results of the election 1 Vermont and Maine. The falling ff in the Republican vote, it vis held, aows very cieariy tne way tne wind. is lowing. Republicans are apathetic. L.lger is too heavy a load to be borne, d Republican displeasure is to be lown by staying at home. At Comlittee Headquarters every one feels srtain that the next House is to be 'emocratic. Reports from many districts now reresented by Republicans give the most attering indications for Democratic access.. So -encouraeinsr is the news iat comes from all over the land that le Democratic managers find that their lost liberal estimate gives the Republims but 134 members in the next . Louse, thirty-five less than a major',V. The committee expects heavy gains >r the Republicans in the East. In >hio, Illinois and Indiana alone a Demeratic gain of twenty-five is almost cerLin. These States now have only >urteen. Democrats in the present touse. Wisconsin is expected to give certain gain of one, and a probable ain of three are a certainty from Michian; three from Minnesota, two at least T\**/"?VvO Vvl TT 4-V* WAA uu puutti/ij IU1CC ilVIU XUTtUilC om Nebraska and two from New ork. In the East, New York is expected to lect fourteen Democrats, New Jersey no, and Pennsylvania nine. Mary- / md will certainly elect two Democrats, nd West Virginia one possibly three. olid Democratic delegations from Alaama and Texas are counted on. as is a ain of one from Missouri and two fromKentucky, The committee outlined the result Wednesday as follows: Democrats, 167; Lepublieans, 120; fusion, 26; doubtful. 2. The full membership of the House i 357. Should the Republicans capare <all the doubtful districts they rould still have only 161 votes, or 18 iss than a majority. In this forecast ; is asserted that Democratic possibiliies have been under estimated, the omnuitee preienng to rely upon a readable compilation rather than trnst ) speculation. How the next House of Represents- . tves will probably stand: PRESENT HOUSE. >emocrats 130 republicans *' *202 'opulists 21 'usionrst 1 ilver Party 3 Republican majority 47 PROBABLE NEXT HOUSE. democrats 167 Lepublicans 129 'usion 26 . doubtful 32 Should the Republicans capture all lie doubtful votes they would still ave eighteen less than-a majority. PRICES AND BTJSE5ESS. n:- TT-i < iP-i s- tr . l Dig vomme 01 xraae, jjui verySiiall Profits. The Philadelphia Press, in its reiew of business, indicates that while he volume of trade is very large the rofits are very small." It admits that he prospect i3 for still lower prices, nd says: "As a natural result of this. a Wall street there ceases to be a peculation for a rise, and eut of Wall treet, despairing or any increase of rice by natural causes vast combinaions are taking place whose primary urpose is to reduce expenses. The ederal Steel company, organized last reek, with its capital of $200,000,000, annot greatly advance prices, because omnpf.if'.inn alirnarl anil at. hnmo trill atervene. The tinplate combination rill be relegated in the same way. )ther combinations in progress, it is rue, seek directly to advance prices, ut no one of them can go far without ompetition intervening to check the dvance. The general fall in values ill continue while the present standrd of money is maintained. Meanrhile. as a result of contraction, im lense trusts are formed to reduce exenses. Every kind of makeshift has een employed, but in vain, so far as le public commercial welfare is consrned. One of these days, in sheer esperation, free coinage of silver as ell as gold will be tried.' The sooner le better for all who desire a rise iniead of fall in prices.?Augusta Chronfle. Cervera's Farewell. The following is a literal translation f a letter received by the Associated ress from Admiral Cervera: "Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 11,1898. To the President of the Associated Press: i:My Dear Sir: Tomorrow I sail for pain, and I wish to say to you, as the sprcsentative of the greatest news as>ciation in the United States, that I ill witii my neart lull of gratitude for ' le sympathy that has been shown me y the people of this cauntry. My fareell then takes with it every assurance iat the memory of this sympathy, I lall warmly and ar lively conserve durig the rest of my life. I take ad vange of this occasion to subscribe myIf as your faithful and obedient ser-^^fl mt, who kisses your hand. (Signed.) "Pascual Cerveo^ Til /NAi^tr T rtVA?T)*Af .^1 ? U1UUUJ JJAUU1 XbiUCTM The striking plasterers pr? riot Thursday at Deholia M e western limits of Louis^ which Will^i Lane, a^| )rker. was shot^^B s are serio^^^H^| je respond? et byj^j