The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, September 21, 1898, Image 1
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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