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VOL. LI1I. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1898. NO. 12. 1
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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
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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
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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:_
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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
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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.
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A WIDOWER FOR ONE HOUR, i
He Took to Himself Fifty Wives j
in Thirteen Years. Which
is an Average of Four
a Year.
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. :
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The Positions of th<2 Ships En- j
gaged at Santiago. j
REPORT OF THE! BOARD. j
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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.,
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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.