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1 Pw*is ' " ' ^:y. y-,:j<ag^Spwi ' * ? _ - . m VOL. LI1I. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1898. NO. 12. 1 . * lysS . - _ " - m j, A RACE ISSUE. I North Carolina Under the Control of the N?gro. AN EFFORT TO REDEEM HER. 1 I The Democracy Has Sounded the | Alarm and the White People are Flocking to its I? Standard. k Because of the drawing of the color line by the Democrats in that State the campaign in North Carolina'has enlisted very widespread interest and has attained national importance. | The alliance between the Populists and Republicans, effected several years bgo, gave complete success to the fulionists and they divided the offices between them and possessed the land in Confidence of its long occupation. The fusion, indeed, was effected in a mastferly way by a real artist in such matfers?Senator Marion Butler?and pro Iised to endure indefinitely?certainly itii there should be a rupture between ^contracting parties. But the fusionists, as other folks pken with power have done since world began, overreached themRes. They went too far; they were Kradical, too greedy, too reckless. By elected a Republican governor the set himself to '"strengthening . warty" by appointing a host of -ne ISfes to office. The successes of ftraion ^Eany counties led also to the elevatK of a lot of negro politicians to loffoffices. In an alliance based not on Bffciples but on spoils the local works'have to be 'Recognized"' or the Hfabination collapses. No doubt from B beginning a great many Populists Hblk no pleasure in the exaltation of w>ublican negroes to office, but it was price which had to be paid for the Bmblican vote and their leaders were Krng to see it paid. The result has been that from the counties where negro officials were put over white men protests began to come -?at first slowlv. then in swelling cho rus as abuses and indignities by the black officers were reported. The Democrats saw their opportunity and pitched their campaign on the basic principle of white supremacy. They brought together a mass of testimony showing the shame of this negro domination and its injury, moral and mate rial, to the State. They appealed to the white men of both the Populists and Republican parties to join them in ~ redeeming the State and giving it a "white men's government.'7 Considered tactically, the movement has amply justified the judgment of those who made it; and. all partisan exaggeration apart, there has developed evidence to show that the approach ^ to.Negro domination has been sufficient rto create a curse for the present and a dark menace for the future. Hundreds of Populists and Republicans of more ?sor less prominence have openly united ^Aath the Democracy on the supreme of white supremacy, and there is treason to believe that many thousands will follow thorn. The State is more than red hot?we may say that it is at a whi*? heat. The r.amn?i?n recalls that of South Carolina in 1S-76; red shirts are riding the roads, conversions are filling the papers and every stump is peopled -with orators. The enemy is alarmed even to demoralization by the spirit and vigor of the attack. One of the most significant evidences of this is a letter which the Republican postmaster of Wilmington has felt constrained to write to Senator Pritchard and to give to the papers of his city. In September he had made light of the charge that his section was ^ Negro-ridden, but the unanimous reso'?lutions of the chamber of commerce of \ Wilmington that white supremacy was a business necessity and must be aclrreved. together with other evidences of the determination of the white people in this struggle have caused him to make a radical alteration in his views and his advice to the Republican leader. His second letter follows: Wilmington, N. C., Oct. 16. 1S9S. Senator J. C. Prirchard: Dear Sir: Since writing you o*. Sepm ' iember 26th, events have taken place in this community which -necessitates some further explanation on my part in order to put myself rijht before the community here and also to correct any mistaken impression I may have fefa made in youx mind. For the sake of any fancied political Badvantage I cannot afford to make a Hf one-sided presentation of the situation Kin this city and county, and by nam|SffiraBing only the white officials and leaving Ifiout the colored, doubtless some advanBptage has been iaken and a false color 9$?* given to the actual situation, to which 8T the business people and taxpayers, re HP' gardless of party, have made serious obiections. As a matter of fact, there k ^8l&tee>in this county 3G magistrates and a coined register of deeds anu various othlb" minor officials, besides some presidential appointees, and the property taxpayers and business men se^Sfcb* object to this state of affairs, as tVSL now exists here the most intense uJPkjv: 3gainst any Xegro domination. There is a greater feeling of Rarest and uncertainty about the maiulaTnance of order than I have ever seen, and many, even the most conseirvative, feel that a race conHict is imminent. than "which nothing could be more uibasirous, uv/r oniy 10 mis city and county but tp'our party in the State; and rat^fthan to have riot, arson andhi^^oshed prevail here, I, Rethough I am. advise giving <gaw^Tr) the local offices in this county, as there are no national political princi{ pies involved ir. this contest. I had thought at first it was merely ncuol f>TV ind fTio fiwVif ?nv offices, but I am cow convinced the feeling is much deeper than this, as it pervades the whole community and there seems tc be a settled determination on the part of the property owners, business men and taxpayers that they will administer city and county government. Your friend. W. R. Chadbourn. j Here is ample confession. But it i ^ comes too lace to check the rush of the | torrent of public censure. North Caro- ! r lina has a large white majority, and ; when the white men come together, as j they seem to be doing, successful re- i sistance is impossible. We believe^ that on the issue now made the Demo- ; crats of North Carolina will redeem j tbeir State from the enemy. South Carolina hopes earnestly that they may. ?Columbia State. THE PBICE OF COTTON. The Production Quadrupled Since 1872 and Price Falls in Proportion. The Washington correspondent of tfiA \W York Times has the following t comment upon an interesting table of j figures compiled by the treasury bureau j of statistics: The phenomenally low price of cot- ! ton recently reported, said to be lowest j point reached for many years, lends ; special interest to a series of tables j just compiled by the treasury of statis tics, showing the remarkable increase in cotton production and coincidental fall in prices. These tables show that the United States, the chief cotton producer of the world, has quadrupled her cotton production since 1872. and that the priee of cotton in the same period has fallen to about one-fourth -lI - -L _ J iL .i mat wnicn prevaueu in tuat year. In 1872 the cotton crop of the United States is shown to have been 1,3S4,0S4.949 pounds, with an average price of 22.19 cents per pound; in 1898 the crop is reported at 5,667.372,051 pounds, with an, average price of 6.23 cents per pound. Thus the production r?-p 1 ic ninro fVitm -friiir timp<s flip amount of 1872, and the average price a little over one-/ourth of that year. When it is considered that the other portions of the world that grow cotton have not all reduced their production, meantime it is apparent that the increased cotton supply of the world in the quarter of a century under consideration, has been very great and far in advance of the increase of population or consuming power. Twenty-five years ago the United States produced 70 per cent, of the cotton of the world; today she produces 85 per cent, of the world's cotton. This increase in the percentage has been, not because of a reduction of the world, but simply on account of the increase in our own. The cotton supply of the other cotton producing sec tions or the world in was 1,667,000 bales, and in 1897-98, 1.665,000 bales. The average cotton production of other countries from 1872 to 1878 was 1,618,000 bales per annum, showing that there has also .been a slight growth in cotton production in other parts of the world, while our own production has been increasing enormously. Not only has the price of cotton fallen about the same rate that the production has increased, but there has also keen a corresponding fall in the piice of clothes manufactured from cotton. The reports of the bureau of the statistics show that cotton Sprinting cloths" were quoted at 7.88 cents per yard in 1872, while reports just published show an average rate of 2.17 cents per yard in the cotton year 1898 for the same grade of cloths, the fall in the price of the manufactured article 4.1 i A:- -j. l A tnu3 navmg, iu &uis case at luast, ueaily or quite kept pace with the fall in the price of raw cotton, and the increase in production of that article. The New York Financial News has the following explanation of the barriers to the export trade in cotton, which prevent increased consumption of our cotton in foreign countries: The bureau of statistics of the treasury department has been at work compiling a table of cotton statistics in order to find not the real but a plausible reason for the de_i:_ _ : : j.T 1. uuuw in pnue in tue pasi qua.i tex tcutury. The figures show tbat in 1872 the United States produced 1,384,084.494 pounds, with an average price of 22.19 cents a pound, and in 1898 a crop of 5,667,372,051 pounds with an average price of 6.23 cents a-pound. That production had increased more then a fourfold, and prices were a little more than a fourth thnse of twnty-five years ago. That in 1872 we produced 70 per cent, of the world's crop and 85 per cent, in 1898. The main point sought to be made is that the world's increased production, the increase coining in great part from the United States, has outrun f a amon^ A>lf iJiU nunu o uuusuuipbiyc: ucmauu vuw v; all proportion and that the fall in prices is logically and wholly due to the legitimate operation of the law of supply and demand. As to our own -consumption and that of Europe, it would be governed wholly by two things, increased population and the relative prosperity in the regions named. There has been no new fiber or textile produced to interfere with the ordinary demand for cotton and no change in its relative demand for clothing and other uses. But in the meantime a great part of the world in Asia, containing more Dooulation than all Europe and the United States combined which, twentyfive year ago was practically walled off from the world's trade, has been opened and as a matter -jf fact, China, Japan and Southern Asia east of India, and India itself, are countries where cotton will make clothing not only for inner but for outer wear. Why has not the opening of that country to the world's commerce brought about a natural demand? For the simple reason that that country works and earns, as of old, on a silver basis. It must pay either for raw or for manufatured cotton on . ?1J T :vi 1 a goiu uasis, auu us pussiuie puiuuctaiag and import power is cut in half in fact. In halving the purchasing power of the dollar in China and in all silver usiug countries, we have cut down their importing power and raised a barrier of our own creation against our export to them as efficient as the old barrier that these countries had abolished. The Hip Pocket. During the course of a trial at Woodwood. Oklahoma, one day last week a witness admitted to the presiding judge that he had a revolver in his pocket and the court fined him S25. The local paper says: '"When the judge fined j Tom Word f'*r carrying a gun every j other man in the court room sat erect and smoothed his coat tails down to hid I his armament. When a recess ww taken j every man made for the nearest outlet J and 'hid out' his battery. Best esti- ; mates place the number of guns in the ! court room at the tixte at about two | wagon loads." The First Regiment. It is officially announced that the First liegiment will be examined, paid off and mustered out on the 10th of November. Dr. Wilcox, of the regular I army, has arrived and will conduct the^1 physical examination before mustering out. A MARRYING MAN. j Charles Woodruff Doubled Brig- j ham Young's Record. i A WIDOWER FOR ONE HOUR, i He Took to Himself Fifty Wives j in Thirteen Years. Which is an Average of Four a Year. rn n* .j a /it: . _ v^iiaries \\ ouuruii 01 v,iiii;ago, js a man who has made marriage a trade. "Within the last thirteen year3 he has married fit^y women., an average of four a year. With every one he got some money, ana in this is the secret of his "wholesale ventures in matrimony. Now Woodruff is in prison at Buffalo. X. Y. He married once too often. Brigham Young, the high priest of j Mormouism, with all his facilities for j plural marriage, hsid only twenty-six wives; he was a tend-jrfoot in comparison with Woodruff There probably was never a more successful winner of women that this man: orobablv no man i who ever had a mere delicate, more | subtle affection of manner. To meet a ! women and marry her in an hour is his record lor facility. To woo and marry half a hundred women is his record of success. When he was middle-aged and attractive, dressing as he did in the height of fashion, it was hi:i diversion to captivate a woman, young or old, to tell her that he loved her as lie had never loved another, and to marry her in a few hours, or perchance in a few days, only j to desert her. i>lr. \\ oodrutf is a student and a philosopher oi love, and this is the statement he makes of the secret of his success in winning women's hearts: "Woman's weakness, not any accomplishment or appearance of mine is the cause of my success in winning hearts. Women are frail things at best, '"Take women when they get to be 40 and almost anybody can win them. They want to be won. Under 30 it is harder to win them, but sill it can be done if a person is patient. ''Tell them they are good looking, of course; any school boy knows that is firsf mrl imont of ciir?j?oca -witVi wn. men. "There is another factor which I cannot describe. It might be called man's ensemble. It is his made-up, his appearance, his manner,- his way of talking, his way of looking?a man's eyes, you know, are what work hovoe with women if they are used right. You cannot acquire these personalities. They are born in a man, C CTXT 1 - rv , "P yy omen amer some, too. ror instance. a simpleness of manner might impress one, while another might be captivated by a mysterious, sell -knowing air. First, you want to study the woman. I remember but one whom I could not understand. I can ^usually read them at a glance. This one of whom I speak baffled me, though. No I didn't Jnarry her. ;'The man that married her was up to date. She wanted me to make a millio n oath-bound promises, and I wouldn't do that for any one. I might make a few. but not many. One has to make enough when he's married. I have made a study of emotions in women and of their tastes and likings, because I found interest in the pursuit." Woodruff pushed his numerous court ships with vigorous alacrity. It seldom took him over two days after he had met a woman for the first time to close up the marriage bargain and lead her to the altar. It was in 1889 that "Woodruff achieved his especial notoriety. One day he was descending in the elevator of an office building on Main street, Buffalo, when a woman, overcome by the movement of the car, fainted and fell against him. This was Mrs. S. A. Sample, a widow, with five children. Woodruff was gay looking and urbane in speech. He {captivated Mrs. Sample even while he held her on the way down in the elevator. He went out with her, won her completely, and married her. The entire proceeding had occupied just an hour. He deserted her two days later. Mrs. Sample is now living in Ayer, Mass., under her old name. Mr. Weodruff married, so far as detectives have been able to learn, five women in Buffalo. It is believed, however, that he figured in at least a dozen weddings there. His greatest success tookplace while he was stationed at the United States hotel advertising for young women to go on the stage. In answer to his advertisement a young woman named Howell called at his room and was so pleased with him that she took him to the home of her aunt. Miss Schmintzin, and introduced him to her. In two days Woodruff and Miss Schmin tzins were married. After leaving Buffalo in 1890 or 1891 Woodruff traveled all over the country, returning to Buffalo every few months tor a day s visit, tie spent much ox his time in St. Louis, where, the police say, he has more wives than he has in Buffalo. He also has wives in Chicago, Pittsburg, New York, San Francisco. Los. Angeles, City of Mexico, Kansas City. Boston and Philadelphia. In each of these places, judging from the letters he has in his trunk, he won numerous hearts and made some wives. He posed as a profossor of message treatment in New York, professor of elocution in St. Louis, and as a mining engineer in Mexico and California. Iu 1896 Woodruff went to Buffalo, stayed two weeks, and married a womau named Loretta Dart, of whom he had sever before heard. He and she were married at Fort Eiie. Woodruff deserted her a few days after the ceremony and the woman went to live with her parents, who are wealthy farmers searTamburg, this State. She lives there now. fche has been subpoenaed as a witness to appear against "Woodruff. From her the polygamist secured $200 at different times. About three months ago "Woodruff went to Buffalo and put up at a Pearl street boarding house. One day he met Rowina Scott on the street. Mrs. Scott spoke to him. but "Woodruff did not an- i swer. He evidently did not knew her J ?>? hnp nf )i?< Mrs mot, : him a second time he did not design to ! recognize her, she was indignant. She i went to the police. Peteetives were .detailed on the case and two days later ' rthey arrested Woodruff. ^ Among the other wives of Woodruff | are Mabel Lane, a soubrette, married [ in April. 1886, Mrs. Branster; May, 1887, Alice Newberry, February, 1888, Annie Schetler. January, 1890. Miss Kent, January, 1890. Mrs. Caroline Woodruff. January, 189S. Woodruff was trying to deny the charges which have been made against him one day last week when the prison guard announced that a lady wished to L X- V.J. see mm?a iauy xroiu ~>evr x ur*.. '"I guess you may show her up", said the prisoner. "I don't know anybody from New York." A wiry woman of 40?she said afterward her name was Mrs. Jasper?walked into the room. ''Now. Charley Woodruff." she said, as she fixed her eyes on the man, '*1 hope you can remember me long enough to give me back my ring. I'm not so proud of being Mrs. Woodruff that I want to keen telline people about it. Here is your ring. I want mine." "My good woman.'' he said, soothingly, ''I don't know you. I can't remember having met you before." :"J am the woman you married." ;'Are you sure about it?" queried Woodruff sweetly. <;I never would have 1 M Known you. FOUGHT WITH VIRGIJTCABS. A Carolina Company Which Served the "Old Dominion." Col. Thomas, State historian, has reT it ori -r* mv- ii ccivea tne ron 01 uo. r>. i nirty-seventn Virginia cavalty. a South Carolina company, composed of men from the couuties of Pickens, Anderson and Greenville, 10 commissioned and noncommissioned officers and 81 privates. Mr. W. A. Hammond of Williston, Fla., called attention to the fact that there was such a company. The lieutenant commanding the company most of the time, James A. Griffin of Pickens, sent in the roll. During the first 15 months of the war some of the company served in the Fourth S. C. regiment, Co. H. The following were the officers of Co. 15. Thirty-seventh Virginia cavalry: OttliUV urtiiu, wptrtiu, siv;&. hi iiva pital the last three years of the war. M. W. "Wallace, first lieutenant; captured and did not serve. J as. A. Griffiin, second lieutenant; the commanding officer. Benj. Milliken, third lieutenant; T. P. Looper, first sergeant; W. S. Carroll, second sergeant; W. Huntthird sergeant; R. T. Griffin, first corpo, ral: H. M. Looper, second corporal; L. W. Kay, third corporal, and 81 privates, ail of whom will be duly enrolled as n i: _: i j ^ n ouuLLL varuiiuiaua wu?j aci Ncu tuc vuufederacy under the noble flag of a Virginia regiment. Col. Thomas has not been informed of the circumstances in -which this company passed into a Virginia regiment, but he expects soon to know the reason why. He assumes that there was good cause for the sesession. It is nowhere stated in our Confederate annals, so far as Col. Thomas knows, that a South Carolina company served in the Thirty-Seventh Virginia cavalry. James R. Claiborne was major and Ambrose C. Dunn was lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-seventh Virginia cavalry battalion.?Register. A~C0NYICT KMED. Another Shot in an Attempt to Make an Escape. Col. Xeal, who has been at the State farm for several days, returned last Dight and reported the attempted escape of four convicts from the farm. One of them was killed by a guard, another was shot in the shoulder and cap tured while the other two escaped. The :_i. t>:_T J n *.*. T UUUviULo WCAC xviuiiaiu ui caster, who had two more years to serve: Marion Dawkins, of Newberry, who haa served ten of his thirty year sentence; John Williams and Ed Slater, of Maye'sville, both in for life. The four men who were in the rear of the other convicts on the way to the stockade made a break into the woods and escaped. Guards were stationed along all the roads, and during the night Guard T 1 _T_ iL. n J J o onnsion wuo was uu me v^amueu ruau saw the four men approach. He ordered them to halt but they ran and the guard fired and instantly killed Garrett. The second shot brought down Dawkins who fell a3 if dead. The other men escaped, though the guard fired at them. Dawkins pretended to be dead, but after the guard left to report the occurrence to Col. jSeal he got up and left. He was found next morning in a sot-oral frnm t,hf> and taken back to the farm. He was shot through the shoulder. The other two negroes are still at large.?Columbia Record. Disastrous Typhoons. Disastrous typhoons, and storms and floods have caused a fearful loss of life and nrnnertv in the Orient. In the dis trict watered by the river Feng in Japan hundreds of villages have been swept away and 2,000 people have been drowned. Another report says 250 towns are under water. Thousands of the refugees are flocking to the cities. The Ishikari river has also overflowed, drowning over 1,000 people. Seven prefectures were destroyed. In a terrible typhoon off Formosa, happening the same time as the floods, great damage was done to shipping. At Temani eight junks were wrecked and a hundred lives lost. The junks were driven to sea and lost. JLhe steamer Ivensi Maru was piled up on shore. Among the ships wrecked was the American bark Cornel. The ship was abandoned and the crew saved. The steamer Cowrie is partially wrecked. The French steamer Hoihow is wrecked on the beach near Amry. The German steamer Trinidad, formerly of the Cunard Line, was abandoned in the open TT J 1 J sea. xiuuiev* aiu uuuuu state they passed through 20 miles of abandoned wreck, chiefly Chinese juuks. The loss of life must have been j enormous. Want to Follow South Carolina, State Commissioner Vance has received a request from R. P. Loomis, president of the Century Club at Redfield. South Dakota, for information concerning the dispensary law. He states that the question of State control of the liquor traffic through the dis pensary law is to be submitted to the voters of South Dakota and he wishes to make speeches in favor of dispensaries in that State. Commisaioner Vance promptly forwarded a batch oflF literature giving all the desired information.?Columbia Record. TALE TERSELY TOLD. : . i The Positions of th<2 Ships En- j gaged at Santiago. j REPORT OF THE! BOARD. j ' i Seven HiffArftnt Pncitinn<i at Dif- i ferent Times Shown on Chart ! Submitted. The Descrip- 1 tive Story. The report of the Waingright board, j convened for the purpose of determining tho positions and courses of the ' ships engaged in the action at Santiago ' July 3. was made public Thursday. ' The report is accompanied by a chart, showing the positions of the ships at seven different times. The first nart nf ! the report gives the time of day at which the Spanish vessels left the harbor and also when they were destroyed. The portion of the report dealing with the positions of the ships is as follows: Position 1. 9:35 a. m.?"When the Maria Teresa came out of the harbor the New York was nine miles east of Morro, accompanied by the Hist and Erricson. The Brooklyn was three j miles southwest of Morro, being two and two-tenths miles, from the 3hore ' of the mouth of the harbor. The Texas was eight-tenths of a mile east of the Brooklyn, the Iowa one and eight- j tenths miles east and south of the Brooklyn and the Oregon a half mile ( east of the Iowa, the Iowa being three miles directly ^south of Morro. The j Indiana was two and two-tenths miles , south-west of Morro, and the Gloucester one mile almost directly north of 1 the Indiana and one and four-tenths from Morro. Position 2. 9:40 a.m. When the Flu- , ton came out all the Spanish vessels i had come out of the harbor and their j positions were: Maria Teresa two and ^ one-half miles southwest of Morro, the Vizcaya, Colon and Oquendo, is the , order named behind the Teresa and ( from four-tenths to half a mile apart. < The position of the American vessels < were: The New York had moved up ] two and one-teutli miles westward. } The Brooklyn had started north. , swerved to the northeast and toward ( the mouth of the harbor and vras turning east on the swing she made to the right and around to the westward course. She was eight-tenths of a mile r from the Yizcaya at positions No. 2. The Texas first went east a half mile, swinging toward the harbor," then turn;?iV., V/? o , 1LJ? LU bUU IU1U 311C ID at a juaix mile directly north of her first position. The Iowa moved by a varying course northwest and was a mile and fourtenths from the Vkcaya, the Oregon being itwo-tenths of a mile behind the Iowa, the Indiana three-tenths?behind the Iowa. The Gloucester's first start was half a mile directly away from the harbor, but swinging to the right had advanced toward the Spanish nhips, b-iing one and seven-tenths miles from J the-Tiearest, the Oquendo. 1 Position 3, 10:15 a. m.?Maria Teresa ' turned to ran ashore. She was five j and one-half miles from Morrr The ! Vizcaya was two and three-tenths I miles westward from the Teresa, the Oquendo one and two-tenths miles and ] the Colon one and four-tenths miles in 2 advance of the Teresa. 1 The American vessels were as fol- j lows: The New York had come within three miles of Morro, being south- , east of that point. The Brooklyn had made the swing to the westward cross j ing her track and was two and a half miles south and west of the Teresa, and one and three-tenths miles directly south of the Colon, one and onetenth miles and a little behind the Vizcaya, one and three-tenths miles and a little in advance of the Oquendo. The Texas was one and two-tenths miles from the Teresa, a little behind her, and one and four-tenths miles ! from and behind the next Spanish I ship, the Oquendo. The Iowa was one I ( and one-tenths miles from the Teresa ] and a little closer in, but not quite as ( far west as the Texas. The Oregon had < pulled up and pa^aed the Texas and ] Iowa be in u; a little further in shore , than the Texas and little farther out than the Iowa. She was in advance , of the Teresa, being on one and seventenths miles from that vessel, six- : tenths of a mile from and diretly in j the lin of the Oquendo, seven-tenths j of a mile from the 'Colon and one and ( two-tenths miles behind the Vizcaya. f The Indiana was two miles from the 1 Texas and two and six-tenths miles from the Oquendo. the nearest Span- 1 ish vessel. The Gloucester had moved , up six-tenths of a mile and was just a * mile directly south of Morro. Position No. 4,10:20a.m.?Oquendo j turned to run ashore. Only 5 minutes elapsed from position No. 3. All ves- ; sels had been running westward with- < out material changes in their positions. ! The Colon had run one and three-tenth j miles, the Vizcaya about a tenth of a mile less and swerved to the left, bringing her to within one and onetenth miles of the Brooklyn. The Iowa i was the same distance, but almost di- . rectly astern and the Oregon was oae | i .^ ? u _.m? e -ir:_ ana tnree-tenui nines iruui mu y i&- t caya, but farther out to sea. The Iowa < was eight-tenths of a mile from the ] Oquendo, the Oregon nine-tenths of a ( mile from the same vessel and both < somewhat in advance of the doomed j Spanish ship. The Indiana had ad- < vanced eight-tenths of a mile and was j two and six-tenth mile3 away from the ] Oquendo, the nearest Spanish ship, i The New York had advanced nearly a ] mile, but was not yet abreast of Morro. \ The Gloucester had run over two miles < and was now well west or motto, out j five miles east of the Oquendo. i Position No. 5, 10:30 a. m.?Furor ] blew up and Pluton turned to run ; ashore. This is ten minutes later than f position No. 4. The Gloucester had run a little more than two miles and ] was four-tenths of a mile from the Fu- j ror and but little further from the Pin- } ton. The New York had run two and two-tenth miles and was three and three-tenth miles from the Furor, the nearest Spanish ship, and two and two- < tenth miles south and a little west of < rm_ . /"I _ T ? 1. _ J , aUOITO. JLUe V^UIUU uau mu cv>u auu . nine-tenth miles and the Vizcaya two 1 and seven-tenth miles. The Brooklyn I had run two and three-tenth miles and ! i was one and two-tenth miles from the j 1 Yizcaya and one and six-tenth miles Is nrnc wiriTiinflril 1 11 Uiii tliC \jUiWU, rt UJk Vsll W ?WO y * nfeare'r the shore. The Oregon had sailed two and one-half miles and was | 1 Diie and one-half miles from the Viz- J caya and about the same distance from ! the Colon. The Texas was one and ! two-tenth miles astern of the Oregon, ' two and four-ten*h miles from the Ore- | *on. The Indiana was one and one- J half miles astern of the Texas. Position No. 6, 11:15 a. m.?Vizcaya ! turned to run ashore. In the 35 min- I ates the Vizcaya had sailed about seven j miles and was off the mouth of the As- ; jrradcro river. The Colon had run five ind one-half miles farther and was tnore than that distance in advance of iny of the American vessels. The Brooklyn was one and three-tenth miles listant from the Vizcaya and slightly behind her. The Oregon was one and :re-half miles from tne Vizcaya, but nearer the shore and somewhat more latern of the enemy. The Texas was i , -1 -i n ir _ uwo ana seven-tenui nines irom tne Vizcaya and directly astern of the Viz;aya. The New'York was five miles behind the Iowa. The Ericsson had tept along with the New York all the time and was at this position one-half mile in advance of her. The Indiana i nearly four miles behind the Iowa. Position No. 7, 1:15 p. m.?The Colon surrendered. In two hours and ten minutes from the last position given ll. 7? 1 I J J ? Lilt; ve&3t;i3 nau uuurseu we&cwaiu. u ^reat distance. The Colon had run twenty-six and one-half r-iiles and was Dff the Tarquino river. The Brooklyn tvas the nearest American vessel. She bad sailed twenty-eight and one-half miles and was three and four-tenth miles from the Colon. The Oregon iras four and one-half miles from the [Jolon, and more inshore tkan the Brooklyn. The Texas was three and Pour-tenth miles behind the Oregon, rhe New York was nine and one-half miles from the Colon. Xone of the >tner vessels naa come up, save tne I Vixen, which was abreast of the New JTork. This little vessel in the beginning of the fight steamed ont to sea md sailed westward on s. course about ;wo and one-quarter miles from that of :he nearest Spanish ships. The Iowa, Indiana and Ericsson did iot go farther west than where the Yiz;aya ran ashore. The Gloucester jtopped by the Maria Teresa and 3quendo, as also did the Hist. The attar vessel was rmf-, sKta tn kpen iwcp ?. ~ ~ jr ivith the New York and Ericsson, the ressels she was with at the beginning )f the battle. FLOATS OVER SAJ? JTTAJ. Hie Stars and Stripes Proudly Wave Over the City. At noon 011 w ednesday the American lag was raised over San Juan, the eapi:al of Porto Rico, and tha t island by :he act passed from Spanish possession nto American hands. The ceremony *as quiet and dignified, unmarred by lisorder of any kind. The Eleventh egnlar infantry, with two batteries of "Rifth artillAPV Ifinrlorl thai- mnrn ng. The latter proceeded, to the forts, srhile the infantry lined up on the docks, [t was a holiday for San J lan and there i?ere many people on the streets. Rear Admiral Schley and Gen. Gordon, acjonapanied by their staffs, proceeded to ;he palace in carriages. The Eleventh nfantry and regiment band, with troop H, of the Sixth United States cavalry yas then marched through the streets md formed in the square opposite the palace. At 11.40 a. m., Gen. Brooke, cai.. j n n j a>uuiii4i dcuic/ it Li vi vxeu. uuruuu, tut; Qnited States evacuation commissioners, came out of the palace with many aaval officers and formed on the right side of the square. The streets behind ihe soldiers were thronged with townspeople, who stood waiting in dead sience. At last the city clock struck she hour of 12 and the crowds, almost breathless and with eyes fixed upon the iagpole. watched for developments. At ihe sound of the first gun from J?ort Morro, Maj. Dean and Lieut. Castle, of 3ren. Brook's staff. hoisted the Stars md Stripes, while the baud played the 'Star-Spangled Banner." All head* were bared and the crowd sheered. Fort Morro. Fort San Cristojal and the United States revenue eutManning, lying in the horbor. fired 21 guns each. Senor Munoz Rivera, frho was president o? the recent autonomist council of fecretaries, and other officials ox the late iu:ular government ivere present at the pr iceedings. Congratulations and handshaking among :he American officers iollowed, Ensign King hoisted the Stars and Stripes on ;he Intendencia, but all othe. flags on :he various public buildings were hois:ed by military officers. Simultaneous with the Raising of the flag over the japtain-general 3 palace many others ;rere hoisted in many other parts of the ;ity. The work of the Tnited States jommission is now over and all the reports will be forwarded to Washington jn Thursday next. The labors of both parties have terminated with honor to ill concerned. The American commislirtnprc; wif.Viniit flip 1ms? flplav md in the most thorough and effective aanner. Physicians Must Register. The following, which relates to a matter of very great importance to physicians, has been issued over the signa:ure of Dr. L. 0. Stephens, of Blackrille, the chairman of the state board )f medical examiners: "It has been reported by the clerks of court for some )f the counties that all of the physi;ians practicing medicine and surgery in their communities have not registerid. in accordance with the law now in force; nor can they until they have been duly examineu and licensed by the state medical board. All such who have failed to register by reason of their neglect to come before the board. 3r have come into the State since the last regular meeting of the same, arc lrgently requested to apply f'<r tempowrr li/>onc<s in fVio cn^rotarv I )r S "vvu',v vv v"~ J ? Baker. Sumter, S. C., or the undersigned, when they will be expected to ippear before the board at its regular i neeting in Columbia, fourth Tuesday ;n April next, or suffer the penalties lttaching to their neglect." Where He Was Hurt. A witty old judge who had spent an evening with a young lawyer in the sountry. whose office was on the second \ story, on taking his departure, stumbled on the stairs and fell to the bot nin. The vnuncr lawver. hearing the aoise. rushed out, and seeing the judge ; j-ing on his back at the bottom of the i stairs, hastened down, and with great I mxiety asked. '"Is your honor hurt?"'* ;\No/\ said the judge, scrambling to lis feet?'"but my legs are." ^^oni A MYSTEBIOTJS CASE. I ? Failing in Attempt to Sob He Com- j mitted Suicide. An unknown man has committed suicide at the public library at Omaha under mysterious circumstances. ?- * erything points to the fact that he had secreted himself in the building the ^ night before with the intention of robbing the priceless collection of coins in i the Byron Heed donation. When detection and capture confronted him he cooly placed a revolver to his temple and fired a bullet into his brain. When the watchman rushed upon the scene the man was dead. n The bedy appears to be that of a man 1< of culture. There is nothing by which c: it might be identified. He was evident- p ly a Russian and some slight marks on . the clothes would seem to indicate that 11 he was a nobleman. tl The nolice believe the man a visitor o at the exposition who possessed techni- ^ cal knowledge and was perhaps a collector of rare coins himself. Recogniz- f iDg the value of the treasure, separated 11 from him only by a glass case, he de- r< termined to seize it. Early this morn- u ing the watchman noticed the burglar ? alarms leading to the Reed collection ringing violently. An investigation Cl followed and then the suicide's weapon a: exploded and the man fell dead. ?; The door leading to the Reed collection had been tampered with. This is the fourth time burglars have atte*npt- ^ ed to rob this collection. The thous- ^ ands of gold coins of all nations includ- Sj ed represent a large fortune. The cor oner is investigating the case. The *] suicide was a fine looking man. He ^ was not seen around the building pre- ? viously and the police can learn noth- ? ing concerning him. He was probably " years old. rj The name of John Schipidt was fonnd written on the margin of a small P map of Europe found in one of his pockets. The map was torn from a Russian geography. A pair of glasses, the case ? of which bore the label "Riga, Russia," S] was also fonnd. On the corner of a ? pocket handkerchief in red' silk were " the letters "J. K. R." The dead man, ^ from the cut of his clothing, had Bfit w( not been in this country long. One Acre in Five. The Augusta Chronielc says the Hon. Pope Brown is one of the successful ^ farmers of Georgia. Having made this p statement, it is hardly necessary to add ^ that he is not an all-cotton planter. Mr. Brown has long since learned that the al road to prosperity lies through fields of diversified crops, and the successful farmer must produce at home the food 6' crops upon which he and his animals r; can live. He is thus quoted: "I have no desire to dictate, but I firmly believe that if I could enforce the plant- ai ing of crops in the south on the follow'- P ing plan for five years' time the farmers *2 of this section would be independent. & I would cultivate fifty acres to a mule. This I would divide as follows: Seventeen acres in corn, with old lied Rip- Vl per peas in the drill, and ground peas n ia the middle of the rows, seventeen J! acres in wheat, rye and oats, three acre* in ground peas solid, one acre in cane, e] one acre in melons ana trucK, one acre Y in potatoes and ten acres in eotton. After the oats and other grain that land could be planted in corn and peas, used Ij as pasture or to make hay as desired." , We agree with the Chronicle that the thing that surpasses ordinary mortals is that the cotton farmer seems so hope- 0 lessly joined to his idol. Even if he u resents the good advice which has been u given him year in and year out in the P newspapers, along this line, it does ^ seem that he would heed the counsel ? of a practical farmer whose own success ~ !.- v: j- i. :j t_ t< entities 1113 wurus tu cuusiwratiuu. in j Colonel Brown's schedule only ten acres in fifty are devoted to cotton?one- in 8< five. c: C] Mortality Statistics. h The latest compilation of the mor- h tality statistics of the war, made by the w adjutant general's office, shows the fol- ^ lowing figures: In Puerto Rico: Killed S ?Officers, 0; men, 3. "Wounded?Of- 11 ficers, 4; men, 36. At Manila: Killed P ?Officers, 0; men, 15. Wounded? ^ Officers, 10: men, 88. In Cuba: Killed CJ ?Officers 23- men 237. Wrmnderl? V Officers, 99; men, 1,332. Deaths from w various causes: From wounds received ?Officers, 9; men, 82, From accidents 11 ?Officers. 0; men 30. From disease, etc.?Officers, 75; men, 2,150. The number of deaths from all causes in the -r army whose maximum was 265,000 reaehed a total of 2,624. : o: The Early Bird. t nonciAn offjirnpr? arA CI ViVVUJ UIVWVA W *** V W*4 VMiVkJ forking" the survivors of the Cuban ^ campaign. A Washington attorney has a: written to a Michigan volunteer requst- CJ ing him to send on the names of all the o soldiers in his regiment who might like ^ to make application for a pension. The ^ attorney concluded; "My fee is $25. and I will give you 20 per cent, in jjj every case in which I collect. I mean * business. Kemember, the early bird i catches the worm." o: n Failed to Charm Him. si J. Franklin Brown, a hypnotist, of f San Francisco, is dead from blood pois- t] UIJlLlg cuuiratctu SC\eia.i muuLHO a^;u v when he attempted to put a cub lion E under the spell of his power. The cub xi rebelled and bit Brown' hand. He was confined in a hospital for some time and had beeii discharged as cured but the other day a slight scratch brought s' a recurrence of the trouble which ended y in his death. 2 Euilt Eis Own Scaffold. o Kobert Lewis, who killed J. F. ^ Haynes. foreman of a gang of men e erecting a building in Atlanta, was * sentenced to bang November iu. juew- w, is, beine a workman at the new jail several months ago, helped to build the C gallows on which he will be put to ^ death. " e: Examined Him. s< The powers have not only set foot on the domain of Chiaa< but they have literally laid hands on the emperor himself. To satisfy themselves of his phy~ 1 VtAtr V* O o rl tVlA I P bICtll UWllUlLiVUj CUCJ ua?v "1*VL vuu . Son of Heaven examined by a physician 0 from one of the embassies. C( IT Know a Good Thing. j c< A dispatch from Madrid says advices I u received there from Puerto Rico say tl that all the high officials there have^e; takori. steps to become naturalized E Americans. C 'GOLD DEMOCRATS." fiost of the Leaders are Now Loyal Republicans, j<& 30NE WHERE THEY BELONG. "h? Columbia State Propounds Some Pertinent Questions to the South Carolina gold Democrats. When in 1896 The State gave to Paller, Bynum, Coekran and the other ;aders of the so-called uGrold-Demoracy" the designation of "Assistant Lepnblicans" there was a good deal of idignant comment by newspapers in bis State which professed the same reed. That the Indianapolis ticket ?? e? j : aa iuii IUL tu<; jyui^uac ui way rotes from Bryan and thus aidig in the election of McKinley they sfused to admit. They insisted stren- [B oualy that it had been proposed on its wn merits and that the organization ehind it would enduie after the elec!on, would maiatain its individuality od would eventually attract the bulk f the Democratic voters, weary of the silver heresy." * , Well, two years have passed, and we nd not one candidate of the "National emocratic" party in the field for cob- . res.c anywhere in this Union. "We find le skeleton organization formed at ndianapolis reduced to bone dust. We nd the men who voted for Palmer and luckner double-quicking to the shelter F the Democratic camp or tho Repubcan camp. We 2nd Bynum and Cockin s.nd otkare of the headers making ? t v: v-v-ir - # "D~ iur nirc ILL Lilian ux tuo ?wublican oandidases for congress. And nally we find the "Gold Democratic" indidate for president of the United <v tates accepting an invitation to pre:de over a Republican meeting at Deitur, 111., next week, at which meetig Bynum, "chairman of the National democratic executive committee," is ) dehrer the star address. In his itter ex-Senator Palmer says: I will not support\my candidate who "J ivors the coinage of silver on the rao of 16 to 1 with enforced legal tender uality. I adheie to the Indianapolis latform. I am a Cleveland Democrat , ud I believe that if the party had adered to the policy of the "Wilson bill ad sound money, it would have amended in the presidential election of 396. and would have controlled the overnment now. Its folly was t? comiit itself to the Chicago clatform in 396, in opposition to sounder opinions. t was dominated by mere resentments ad was unconsciously dishonest, a it roposed to revolutionize and Mexican;e tlie standard values of the United tates. I beg you to be assured that ^ | o sound money Democrat can, under le circumstances, in my judgment, ote for any representative man who is ot in favor of sound, honest money. I ". % ill vote for Isaac R. Mills, the Repuboan candidate for congress in the Sevuteenth Illinois district on the issue n 4 i 3? i: sound money, as we nave no canaiate of our own. ?\ What say the Palner and Buckner oters of South Carolina to this? >rhat say the newspapers that tolled lem on to that error and guaranteed le Democracy of the men who are now penly in the Republican camp? Are ot Palmer and J3ynum and Cockran nmistakably at last "Assistant Reublicans?" Did they,not after all dejrve the title? What do these papers link of Mr. Palmer's statement that e, a "Cleveland Democrat." is going ) vote the Republican ticket? What o they think of hia opinion that "no rand money Democrat can under the ircumstanees vote for any representaTe man who is not is favor of sound, ? onest money?" Do they endorse what e says? If not, why? And if not, hat has become of the "principles" ley professed in 1896? And the 824 outh Carolinians who voted for Pal- : jg ter and Buckner in 1896?did they articipate in the Democratic primaries lis year? If so, did they vote for gold indidates only? And, if not, if they J oted for silver candidates for congress, hat has become of their Indianapolis "M reed? Have they given it up? We ope so.?State. ? P./\e+1t7 fill? Tr/vn - * WJ Owing to an announcement in the [ avanna newspapers of a sale of som* rticles and materials by the Spanish rdnance department Wednesday, the Fnited States evacuation commissionrs sent Capt. Griscom and Capt. Brook ) attend the sale and take notes of the rticles auctioned. They found inluded in the sale several mortars and ther guns. The commissioners prompt7 sent a protest to the Spanish evacua1 T 3 xl j. on commissioners, wno repiiea tnat ic articles referred to were useless for rvice and were only sold as old metal. Tie commissioners instructed Capt. trooki; to make a thorough inventory in rder to know the exact number and ature of the articles in case a sale bould be effected despite the protest Regardless of the American objection ae sale came off at the arsenal, the rdnance bein? knocked down to J. B. ?^ fomtl Q TTaVion* -tpTins* hid as $90,000. Severe Storm in Texas. The wind and electrical storm which sr-epfc over Texas Wednesday night was ery severe in South Texas. Damage =| 3 cotton is enormous. At Deer park, 0 miles from Houston, the residence J f C. E. Adams was demolished. At 'asaaena the residence of John Stevns was wrecked and the six occupants ' % -ere injured. At Missouri City a numer of freight cars were blown from"'the iding out on the main track. The 'aiifornia express, running 40 miles an our,dashed into the cars ai.full speed. TaL Mai/VM Caw A TV.f AT?1rt fllA V VLLUEKAJLL VI UO>U ..muruvruAv* v**v ngineer, was killed, None of'the pasingers were badly hurt. \ The remarkable feat of telephone*^'*'" __ _^|| *om Boston to Kansas City was lished on Saturday last, the distandH 1.5(50 miles) being the longest evej H 3vered by a single telephone cjjsaft? ho off pin 1<? at parh *?nd nf LJL UI LIU1IJ uu u?ui? Uism xiilL LULH ?cded in niakingt^ffiselves distinctly! adexstood^^J^etest was made undejB ie s^Sfnsion of W. E. Dorgin, easM 'n^tr ict superintendent- of the DS^nd Tel<fphoiie and Telea omPmVj at Boston.