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i ) ' * * ~ N VOL. LI1I. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 1898. NO. 16. 1 I ?n? ??? . .._ . t STATE TO BE HOST." Citizens to Entertain Confederate Veterans at Next Reunion. k CHARLESTON'S GENEROSITY Enthusiastic Meeting of Executive Committee to Perfect .^Pians for .the!*;Occasion J Held in Columbia WedI nesday Night. ? ' A meeting of the executiTe committee appointed to arrange a plan for the entertainment of the Confederate veterans at the reunioa in Charleston in Mav. was held in Columbia Wednesday i/ night and was presided ever by the { chairman, Major T. G. Barker, of Char-' leston. Among those present were Major T. 1 G. Barker, chairman; T. W. Bacot, : ice chairman, John P. Smith, secretary, Gen. C. I. Walker,^Major G. L. Bnist, Capt. Charles Ingiesby, Robert P. Evans, D. L. Sinkler, A. \V\ Mar- i shall, F. H. McMaster, E. P. Jervey, T. T. Hyde and Daniel Ravenel of 1 Charleston, members of the executive committee. The following counties ' were represented at the meeting Wed- ' nestdav nifbt: Aiken. B. H. Teaeue: Charleston, W. G. Hinson; Cherokee, William Jeffries; Chesterfield, C. A. 1 Malloy; Edgefield, George B. Lake; : Greenville, Jas. A. Hoyt; Greenwood. ! W. L. Burst; Hampton, Jas. W. Moore; < Horry. & B. Scarborough; Kershaw, 1 J. W. Floyd. Lexington, P. J. Griffith; ; Ocoaee, J. W. Todd; Bichland, F. H. ' Weston; Spartanburg, J. B. Cleveland; ] York, Iredell Jones. Besides these ^ there were Bishop Capers and Mescra. ' D. Cardwell, N. G. Gonzales and R. P. Flenniken. ! The meeting was a most interesting and enthusiastic one and what it lacked in numbers was made up in the quality ^ that was present. The members of the ] committee are sanguine over the out- 3 ' took for a great reunion of the Confed- 1 erate veterans and are delighted to talk of the pleasant occasions. 1 The meeting was called to order by ] Major Barker and in taking the chair ; ft a tVia Tviortlannri ri nc i the meeting of the committee and i briefly stated that the people of Charleston were willing to do their duty but ! wanted the entire State to be the host ' . on the occasion the next reunion of : Confederate veterans. He then asked that the committee take some action in : regard to the reunion, as was anticipated in the called for the meeting. Majar Smythe was unable to attend ? x _r i : TT. oa accuuiiL ox uusiuess reiauuus. jjlc was very busy at this time arranging i for letting the contract for the auditorium for the reunion next spring. The chairman stated that the work k^-cf entertaing -visitors would devolve on i jL- Charleston. While the people do not fttaatend to shirk their duty, yet they B^H&willing to receive any outside assisIredell Jones thoHght 'the best way to arrange the matter was to have a committee appointed to formulate a plan, asking the people of the State to participate in the reunion and to regard themselves as hosts. He sug ao^ Aaf o annnin^H as matters would thus be expedited. He moved that a committee of seven be appointed from this meeting, consisting of six from the counties of the state vrith the exception of Charleston, to submit to this meeting a plan of pro- . viding assistance for the entertainment of the Confederate veterans at the reunion to be held on the 10th of May, 1899. The motion was unanimously carried. The chair appointed the following committee: Iredell Jones, chairman; Chas. A. Malloy, D. J. Griffith, Jas. W. Moore, F. H. "Weston, R. B. Scarborough, C. L Walker, and Bishop Capers. After a r??es8 of fifteen minntes the committee returned the following report, with the preamble prepared by Bishop Capers: The executive committee of the' United Confederate veterans from the several counties of our state, meeting in Columbia, and having under consideration the entertainment of the veterans of the Confederate army at Charleston in May next hereby express their hearty desire to eo-operate with the citizens of Charleston in extending the hospitality of South Caro lina to the honored representatives of the glorious army of the" Confederacy, and would' express this desire by asking to share -with our Charleston brethren in the honor of entertaining the visitors; therefore, Resolved, That the members of the execut;ve committee and the commandants of the local camps U. C. V., in each county be appointed to solicit assistance in provisions or in lieu theieof money for the entertainment of the Confederate veterans in Charleston during May, 1899, and that in each county the committee shall use the best means in their judgment to interoat tlio noAnto in f>rm<"rihiit?r?c tn this laudable undertaking. That the committee in the respec^|^ve counties report by February 1, to the chairman of the executive committee, in Charleston what their county will probably do towards assisting in entertaining the veterans ana v that the secretary of the executive committee do send a copy of this resolution to each committee member and ito the commandants of Confederate .camps in the state. That the secretary have a sufficient number of the report printed and sent to the various county members of the executive committee with the request that they place ,the same in hands of commanders of camps, and further that they request ail papers to publish same. The meetine then adicurned at 7:30 o'clock. Separate Cars. Two Georgia senators objected to sleeping in a Pullman with a Negro man and woman and applied to the conductor to put them out. This he refused, and now a bill has been introduced in the Georgia senate to provide i /? 11 i i separate sleeping cars ior oiacss ana whites and making it a penitentiary offense for either of the races to travel in a car set aside for the other. It has been reported favorably and bids fair to .become a law, _. _ : , ; LYNCHING- TILLMAN. Negro Preachers in Brooklyn Stirred Up Over the Recent Riots. The Pastors' Association of Brookiyn, composed of clergymen of all the Afro-American churches on Long Island, held its weekly meeting Wednesday afternoon in the Berean Baptist church, in Bergen street, near Rochester avenne, and discussed the recent killing of Negroes in North and South Carolina. The Rev. Leonard J. Brown, pastor of the church and presiding offi cer of the meeting, said that he was willing to contribute 'money to enable the Negroes of Wilmington to buy guns and ammunition to help themselves, if the national and State governments refused to take the matter in hand. The Rev. A. J. Henry, pastor of the Nazarene Congregational church, said that he held the Democratic party of North Carolina responsible. "They were inspired," he said, "bv Tillman. of South Carolina. Tillman made rabid speeches in North Carolina, which inflamed the whites and caused them to do the contemptible work." The Rev. Mr. Henry declared that the Negroes of North Carolina should lynch Tillman, ex-Congressman "Nfaddell, the mayor and Chief of Police Parmalee, of Wilmington. He spoke of how solored men, who owned their 3wn homes, had been forced to leave-them through fear. He said he tnew some of them personally and that the homes they left represented the iccumulation of thirty years. He said something should be done and done at Dnce, and that he was ready to contribute to anything having for its object the termination of "the abominable outrages perpetrated by contemptible Democrats." He then pulled from ~ n j ?- - - r - ills a rui*. ux ums ana saiu mat ;ie j wsls ready to contribute $5 to help the Negroes of North Carolina help themselves. The Rev. Mr. Timms, pastor of the Boly Trinity ^ Baptist church, said that be, too. was shocked over the outrages perpetrated upon his people, and that lie was willing to contribute his money bo help them. The Rev. Walker S. Kane, pastor of the Union Bethel, at Schenectady avenue and Dean street, spoke of the subject as being shocking to all good men j :J i.-i ^ ?i- - * - < > iuu jssiiu ulc sjuew uut wxiat action me association should take. The Rev. Henry announced that the Society of the Sons of North Carolina, which is composed of Negro men living in Brooklyn who are natives of North Carolina, would hold a monster meeting this week and that a fund would be started to help their brethren in their native land. Rev. Henry was instructed to prepare suitable resolutions voicing the sentiments of the association and denouncing the present state of affairs in the Carolinas. The resolutions will be adopted at the next meeting of the association. SUICIDE OF IlKUX DUE/ELL. i Ordered to Manila and did not Enjoy the Prospect. Lieut. Herman 0. Drezel, of the United States navy, committed suicide in fchft fla.rmlt.nn TTnf^l "RoHiTnrt?n W ?- ?*>v? AAVVWAJ A/lMV&iUViWf shortly after 1 'tlock Tuesday morning, by shooting himself in the head. Lieut. Drezel, it is thought, reached this city some time this morning and repaired to the Carrolton. He did not register, but after lingering about the lobby for a short time went to the toilet room and locked the door. Almost immediately thereafter a pistol shot alarmed the employees of the house and a search revealed the fact that Drezel was dead. In one of the pockets of his coat was found an order from Secretary of the Navy Long, dated November 11, detaching him from the United States ship Essex and ordering him to repair to San Francisco, from which olaec he "was to trr? tn TTnncr Katut A 0~ -- ?o v ? O and thence to Manila to join the Zafiro. A telegram addressed to Lient C H Fash, in Washington, and signed by Drezel, was found on the dead man, requesting Fahs to exchange orders with the writer, and it was evidently the intention of Drezel to have sent this. He is supposed to have committed the deed during a fit of melancholly. DreWOO A* AC\ TTAHWO SS.C A?? XT^ ? ?vj w v/x -xv jcoia \ji. a^c. lie entered the navy on September 22, 1876, at Annapolis, having been appointed from Ohio. On May 4, 1896, he was made a lieutenant. During the Spanish* American war he serred on board the Puritan. Following the war he was transferred to the Essex. Another Clash at Paaa. Non-union colored miners and white strikers clashed in the streets of Pana, 111., again Thursday. Several hundred shots were fired, but the combatants did their shooting from behind trees and hedges, consequently no blood was spilled. The trouble is said to have been started by a Negro firing upon Wesley Pope, a striker. Pope says hv was walking near the Springside colliery, where the Negroes are quartered, when he was fired upon. He secured a rifle and reinforcements. Meantime the Negroes appeared in force and the shooting became general. After several hundred shots had been exchanged the Negroes retreated to their stockade. No damage was done. She Was Elected. Up in Ogemaw county, Michigan, a month or two ago, Mrs. Merrie Abbott was nominated by the Democrats for county attorney. The Democrats had practically no hope or expectation of carrying the election, and Mrs. Abbotts nomination was regarded in the nature of a joke. "When the returns came in the other day, however, it Wi? found that Mrs. Abbott had won, but all the other Democratic nominees had been defeated. A Freak of Nature. Nature plays some queer freaks and t i i * r\ sue lias Deen at it ior some nine, vne of the queerest that has come to light is on an old New Bedford, Mass., negro, who is said to be over 100 years old. who is the father of 36 children and has more grand and great-grand children than he can count. He is a remarkably well equipped old chap, for he has two hearts, two breastbones and two sets of ribs, and is proud of the whole combination. IN A BAD WAY. Active Work Necessary for Success of State Fair. SEVERAL PUNS DISCUSSED. Fair Society Realizes that Something Must be Done for its Rp+tprmont All Offi/?arc Re-Elected. The State Agricultural and Mechanical society held its annual session at 9 o'clock Thursday night in the president's office of the Carolina National bank, Columbia. The discussion which took place showed that the members were keenly alive to the fact that if something were not done and done quickly the society would die a natural death. Among those present were the follow ing well known members: President T. J. Cunningham, Secretary Thomas W. Holloway, Treasurer A. G. LaMotte, and Messrs. W. A. Clark. Jno. P. Thomas, A. H, White, S. W. Vance, R. B. Watson. A. W.JLove, Wralter Fish er, J. W. JDreher. Jno. L. Mimnaugh, 0. A. Bo wen. J, Wash Watts, W. G. Hinson, M. L. Donaldson, D. F. Efird, W. D. Evans, D. P. Duncan', J. JH. Wharton. PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL. The minutes of tho last meeting were read and adopted. President Cunningham said he had 110 remarks to make to the society. He had intended to make some recommendations in regard to changes in premium lists and also in the grounds and buildings, but the bad weather had cut off the receipts of the society to such an extent that he did not feel warranted in suggesting anything that would incur any additional expense. -He was gratified, however, to -be able to announce that despite the bad weather the fair would be able to pay all expenses. He then announced that the rAAoinfo fViA J i XVI uw ^lUJCUl I O.LL iiUlU UI1LCU to ?3,500. THE OFFICERS. The election of officers was entered upon with the result that President CunniDgham and Secretary Holloway were unanimously reelected. Mr. A. G. LaMotte, who has made an efficient treasurer, vice Mr. Geo. Huggins, resigned, was elected without opposition. The election for vice presidents followed, and resulted in the reelection of all, with the exception of Col. A. P. Butler. When the nomination for vice president from the Second Congressional district came up, the name of Col. A. P. Butler wa? suggested for reelection. Jttr. W. A. Uiark for information asked if Col. Butler tad been present at the meeting of the society, and, if not, had the secretary received any explanation of his absence. He had no doubt that Col. Butler had a good reason for being away, but he thought che society was making a mistake by reelecting officers pro forma without inquiry into why they were not present, and whether or not they had been active workers. The society was doing itself an injustice by not putting into office men who would make active workers. After some discussion this nomination was passed over until the other vice presidents had been elected. Mr. Hinson, when his name was placed in nomination for vice president from the Seventh congressional district, ask ed to be excused from serving further as an officer of the society. He felt that new blood should be infused into the society, and he would like to be etemped from further duty. Col. Jno. P. Thomas did not think a better man could be put in the place of Mr. Hinson, and insisted in placing his name in nomination. This was done and Mr. Hinson was unanimously reelected. All the vice presidents having been reelected, the matter of the vice president from the Second district was recurred to. Mr. J. W. Dreher nominated Col. R. B. Watson for the position. The nominee was elected unanimously. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The election of an executive committee was entered upon. A nunber of nominations were made, and from them the following selected: F. H. Hyatt, R. P. Hairier, Jr., W. C. Fisher, S. W. Vanee, A. H, White, M. L. Donaldson. W. D. Evans, J. E. Wannamaker, S. J. McCaughrin, W. H. Frazier; T. 0. Sanders, E. F. Efird, J. W. Dreher, J. S. Newman. While the nominations were in progress, Mr. Clark said he thought it eminently neceesary that a representative from Clemson College be on this committee. He therefore nominated Prof. J. S. Newman, as Prof. J. W. Hart had left the State. Col. Jno. P. Thomas of the committee ! on memorials submi ted the report of that committee. He prefaced his report by saying that the society had been a heavy loser by the death of several of its best members. There were Gen. Johnson Hagood, Edward L. Roche, Capt. R. S. X)es?ortes, Alexander McBee, Gen. John Bratton. Tributes to these members were read by Col. Thomas and Col. Duncan, NEW MEMBERS. The following were elected members of the society: C. W. Garris, Colleton; J. P. Derham, Horry; J. D. Haselden, Marion; R. B. Scarborough. Conway; L. M. Smith, Marion; Jno. J. MaMa han, Columbia; T. C. Hamer, Bennetts ville: P. H. Kelson, Columbia; Judge tv _ /"i n i ' r- ttv TT jamest uary, ooiumDia; vr. n. r. Kendall, Columbia; Jno. Frazier, Chester; Chas. E. Summer, Newberry, JR. J. Miils, Chester, and W. J. Duncan, Camden. MUST BE REMEDIED. The meeting was about to adjourn when Mr. Clark said he hoped it would not do so until the society had seriously considered its present condition. All of them he believed, realized that there were serious signs of decay. The exhibits bad fallen off fnr the last, twa years, and especially was this true of the horse and cattle departments. The exhibits in these departments were what might be called exhibits of a commercial nature. Horses and cattle were brought here for the sole purpose of finding a market. The decline in agricultural products was partly responsible for this, but the decline must be dated from the time the value of the premiums were reduced two years ago. He would move that the premiums be boldly reinstated to what they were at that time. He suggested that a com mittee be appointed to confer with th fair association of the city to see if i be practicable to secure through the instrumentality of this association cer tain special premiums from the citizens cf Columbia. He believed that premiums should be given to the counties having the largest and most varied exhibits, and to persons who had the largest exhibits in different lines. Every exhibitor was an advertiser, who brought numerous friends with him in the fair. Then, too, a committee should be appointed to earnestly confer with the railroads to see if they could not be prevailed upon to haul the premiums free. Mr. D. F. Efird thought that South Carolina raised stock should not be made to compete with the stock of Kentucky and Tennessee. Let more lihfirn.1 nrftmiiims he tnVAn fnr Smith Carolina stock. The object of the society was to encourage stock raising in this State and it conld not be done so long as South" Carolinians had to compete with the world. Mr. W. D. Evans endorsed what Mr. Efird said. Mr. Ilinson explained that the two classes of horses, State raised and open to the world, had to be abandoned a few years ago because of the financial straits of the society. Mr. Frazier wanted the time for holding the fair changed to earlier in the fall, when the weather would be better. Besides the f^ir should follow the North Carolina fair, for then many exhibitors of that fair would send their exhibits to this. He gave notice that he would at the next meeting offer a resolution amending the constitution so as to have the fair earlier, Col. 11. A. Love hoped that the premium list would soon be back to what it formerly was, but wanted to know where the money was to come from. Mr. Frazier thought it would be a J ? -L- 1- J- I guuu j;xau iui surne pruvision to ue maue for the place of living for exhibitors. They could not afford to come down here and stay a week or ten days at hotels. Let quarters be provided for exhibitors at the grounds and they would increase in number. Mr. W. A. Clark thought this could . be arranged by putting in apartments in the upper part of the old building for exhibitors. Mr. W. D. Evans thought the committee to be appointed at the suDDes tion of Mr. Clark should see the hotels and see if it could not get reduced rates for the exhibitors. He did not think reduced rates should be given to the visitors in general but to the exhibitors. It was to the interest of the hotels to have the fair and they should do their share toward making the fair a success. Mr. Evans knew the people of Columbia. were patriotic and when once aroused would do their utmost for the fair. Col. Watson moved that a committee of five, with the president as chairman, be appointed to memorialize the legislature in behalf of the society. The committees which were recommended appointed will be announced later by the president. There being no further business the meeting adjourned.?State. THE LOWERY BALE. It Attracted Much Attention at the State 'Fair. The Columbia Record says the Lowrey round bale attracted possibly more attention than any exhibit at the state fair. In machinery hall it was the scene of lively interest and amazement. , The bale does not look as theugh it were cotton, but looks like a neat roll of dry goods. It is 36 inqkes long, 18 inches in circumference, 250 pounds in weight and has a density of 47 pounds to the cubic foot. It is covered with rtftttnn dunk and Innlrs t.Tinn onp fifth the size of a square. The covering is tied at both ends with a puckering string and can easily be sampled every part of the bale examined without cutting the covering. The bale is so packed as to prevent its being despoiled and robbed as is the case with the square bale. On account of the neatness of the package and having no bagging or ties 5 per cent, tare is saved. on European shipments. At least $1.25' a bale is saved on shipment to Europe /* * i. 1 'j.. x J in ireignt ana quite a neat sum is savea in insurance. Inman & Co., and various large cotton firms in the South offer 42 points or $5.25 a bale more for cotton packed in the Lowery bale. This offer is for this and next season. The exhibit was visited by quite a number of the most prominent farmers of the state and all are loud in their praise of the little bale. The exhibit is made by the Georgia and Carolina Farmers Co. Died From Her Wounds. The Greenwood correspondent of the State says Eliza Goode, the Negro wo man shot by unknown white men Monday, died at her home on the Tolbert iand, near Piney Grove church Thursday night. It is the candid opinion of those who have investigated this matter that Greenwood county is not responsible for this shameful deed: that the drunken perpetrators are none of | our people. That was an awful deed ?shooting an old woman in her own cabin, and the white men who did it had best keep away. Eenouncing the Tolberts. A prominent Negro minister of Bradley, Greenwood county, has offered tc a local paper for publication a communication renouncing the Tolberts and their teachings and declaring the > purpose of the Negroes about Bradley to live in peace with the white people. Similar sentiment is credited to the Negroes in various sections. They Beg to Come Home. 1 1 1 j x _ i ureat pressure is Deing Drougm to bear upon the administration to have the volunteers in the Philippines returned r,o this country. Nearly every State has asked through their governor and representatives in congress, that these troops be sent home. The war department says there is no way of relieving these troops. I SOME PLAIN TALK. Mrs. Felton Says White Women Must Be Protected. OUTRAGE AT ANY COST. ! Lynch One Thousand Each Week if Necessary to Save Them From the Lusts of the Ravenous Beasts. Mrs. W. H. Felton, who is at her home near Cartersville, Ga., in a card to the Atlanta Journal on the Negro issue, and whose speech before the Georgia Agricultural society a year ago last August, is said to have been the cause of Manlv. the Wilminsrtrm Npfta Aditor'a editorial, says the white women must be protected at any cost. She deals with the situation in North Carolina, which she attributes to corrupt politics, in a most masterful manner. Mrs. Felton's card in the Journal speaks for itself, and is as follows: Cartersville. Ga., Noj. 15. To the Editor of the Journal In reply to your telegram concerning the statements made in the New York papers that Manly's editorial was made in reply to my address before the Agricultural society at Tybee one year ago last August, I here repeat what' was said at Tybee and re-affirm the same. Addressing farmers, I said the crying need of women on farms is security in their lives and homes. It is a disgrace in a frea country when rape and violence are public reproach, and the best part of God's creation are trembling and afraid to be left in tliAir Knmps With due respect to your politics I j say that when you take the Negro into yo ur embraces on election day to control his voce and used liquor to befuddle | his understanding and make him be- . lieve he is your man and brother, when , you honey-smuggle him at the polls and ! make him familiar with dirty tricks in politics, so long will lynching prevail, | because the cause will grow and in- , crease with every election, and when there is not enough religion in the pulpit to organize a crusade against this sin nor justice in the court house to , promptly punish the ?rime, nor manV* AA/1 ATI An *T1 A VtAitAVl Mt* * uwu an cue iiditiui-i tu j/ui a sheltering arm about innocence and virtue, if it requires lynching to protect woman's dearest possession from ravening, drunken human beasts, then I- say 1 lynch one thousand a week if it is ne- 1 cessary: Since that address was made the : crime, and lynchings have decreased 50 1 per cent, in Georgia. The condition in North Carolina is : the manifest result of corruptien in politic; and undue familiarity with 1 North Carolina Negroes at the pells. It ' is the "unwritten law in Georgia that the black "fiend who destroys a white woman in her home or on the highway 1 and is identified with proof positive ! must die without clergy, judge or jury. I know that tens of thousands of hon- 1 orable colored men and women in Geor- ' wia approve this vejdict. The race will, be destroyed by the whiles in self-defense unless law and order prevail in regard to the crime of | rape and the lynching that follows. I placed the blame where it should be in my Tybee address. Such politics 1 will ruin the prosperity of the South and destroy the colored race at last. When the Negro, Manly, attributed | the crime of rape to lewd intimacy be- : tween Negro men and the white women 1 of the South the slanderer should be 1 made to fear a lyncher's rope rather ] than occupy a place in New York pa- 1 pers. Mrs. W. H. Felton. ' Women Who Should Not Marry. The woman who proudly declares ; that she cauuotiieru a pocket handker- i chiei, never mace up a bod in her lite, ] and adds with a simper that she has i "been in society ever since she was fifteen." ! The woman who would rather nurse a pug dog than a baby. The woman who thinks she can get 1 $5,000 worth of style ont of a $1,000 i salary. The woman who wants to refurnish : her house everv spring. < The woman who buys for the mere ! pleasure of buying. The woman who does not know how many cents, halves, quarters, dimes 1 and nickels there are in a dollar. ] The woman who thinks that im3n are i "l > 1 i angeis ana aemi-goas. i The woman who would rather die ' than wear a bonnet two seasous old. The woman who thinks that the cook ' and nurse can keep house. The woman who reads cheap novels and dreams of being a duchess or a countess. The woman who thinks it is cheaper ' to buy bread than to make it. The woman who marries in order to : have somebody pay her bills. i The woman who expects a declaration : of love three times a day. i The woman who expects to have a < "good, eany time." ; The woman who cares more for the < style of her winter cloak than she cares i for the health and comfort of her chil- 1 dren. i The woman who stays at home only ' when she cannot find a place to visit. The woman who thinks embroidered i centerpieces and "doilies" are more i necessary than sheets, pillow cases and ; blankets. < The woman who buys bric-a-brac for i the parlor and borrows kitchen utensils from her heighbors. The woman whose cleanliness and order extend no farther than the draw- ! ing-room. The woman who wants things just 1 i ;v-^i n i x"L -1 Decause otner women uave wieiu. The woman who thinks she is an ] ornament to her sex if she wins a pro- 1 gressive euchre prize. i A V essel W reeked. ( News has just been received from i Alsea bay, 16 miles below here, that ( the sailing vessel Atlanta is ashore. 1 She had a crew of thirty men on board, s and only two got ashore alive. The ? vessel was bound from Tacoma for an c African port with wheat. She has t broken in two. The Atlanta was of t licit 2,800 tons. j DISGRACING THEIR UNIFORMS, Shameful Acts of Negro Soldiers Neai Santiago. An incident occurred en "Wednesday night at San Luis, 25 miles north of Santiago, which caused a great deal oi ill feeling among the Cubans and considerable annoyance among the United States military officials here. All the colored regiments are encamped in the neighborhood of San Luis. They were sent there virtually to get them out of the way, because of difficulty expererienced in managing them. The colored officers seem to have little or no control over their men, and officers and privates are often seen drinking together. The trouble began "Wednesday evening in an attempt to arrest two soldiers for abusing a Cuban workman and stealing his hoy. The outrage was committed on the Normas sugar plantation. Lieut Jose Ferrera, chief of Gen. "Wood's eendarmerie in that district, a. Snaniard. but a Cuban sympathizer, and a man whom Gen. "Wood knew to be able and courageous, attempted to make the arrests. The soldiers, who belonged to the Ninth immunes, escaped. Soon after 30 colored men wearing the uniform of the United States army, attacked the house where Lieut. Ferrera was, and kept up a regular fusilade, killing Lieut. Ferrera, Antonio Roman, an old man, Emilio Bettran. a bo? of seven teen and a baby, -wounding several others. Two soldiers were killed in the affray. When the news reached Santiago, Gen. Wood was at dinner. He immediately went to the signal office, where Chief Signal Officer Brady took charge of the key. For four hours dispatches were sent and received. The colored officers all denied that their men were implicated in the affair, in spite of evidence to the contrary. Af ter an unsatisfactory attempt to get at the facts of the case over the wires, Gen. Wood adjourned his inquiry and left on a special train for San Luis. At 8 o'clock G-en. Wood returned, reporting that after a long investigation, he hid come to the conclusion that all the colored regiments were more or less mixed up in the affray. He has offered SI,000 reward for the names of the men who did the shooting, and before reaching San Luis he read the colored officers a severe lecture for denying that their men were implicated. WILL NOT BE ABOLISHED. There Will Not he Any Revision of the Tariff Law. The Washington Post says that the war tax will not be abolished at the l : j? ? - _ i uumiug aiiui L aessjun 01 congress, ana that there will be no revision of the tariff whatever. It bases this announcement on the positive statement made today by Chairman Dingley of the ways and means committee, who, in an interview, said: "The government will need for some time all the revenue produced by the war taxes, During the month of October the war expenditures exceeded the war revenue by some $14,000,000, and this month they will be $10,000,000 in excess. There will be no changes, at least this fiscal year. The war revenue act will continue in force and unchanged except, perhaps, in a few minor administrative features, for at least a year longer. "It is hardly neeessary to add," continued Mr. Dingley, "that there will be no revision of the tariff, although I have seen some statements to the effect that such a revision is contemnlated. "The session is limited to three months," continued Mr. Dingley, "and that short period will be mainly occupied in passing the appropriation bills, in enacting new laws, in deciding upon the legislation necessary for the government of Hawaii. Iu addition to these important questions, the usual number of routine matters with arise. From Mit.lnAir +.IIA COGGIAT) 1M* well under way before the treaty of peace with Spain will be laid before the senate, and the ratification of that document may not be accomplished long before March 4 arrives." "Will that necessitate an extra session?" "It is, of course, impossible," said Mr. Dingley, "to know what will arise between December 1 and March 4, but, so far as the present outlook can form a basis for judgment, I should say that ao extra session will be necessary or "1 _ 1.1 l _ lesiraDie, unless some new question should arise. ''For my part," added Sir. Dingley, "I hope that the territory to be added wil?: be 110 larger than is absolutely necessary. I realize that, in some cases, it may be easier to hold than it will be to let go, but at the same time, I hope that the treaty, when it is presentee to the senate, will provide for the acquisition of a minimum amount of territory." An Eloper Shot. A 1 ' 1,* # 1 a muraer resulting irom an eiopement occurred Wednesday night near Thor, Iowa. Anna Swanson left home in the evening and joined F. F. Frederick iun, her betrothed. They went Bouth in a busrgy. intending to be married. Her father had forbidden her going with Frederickpon and repeatedly ordered him from the house. As soon -L* J Li. j * J: as uis uaugiiber s uepanure was uiscuvered her father started in pursuit. He overtook them and when he demanded the girl Frederickson opened fire with a revolver. Swanson had his rifle in the buggy and the first shot he fired instantly killed Frederickson. Swanson was not hurt, but took his daughter and went to the nearest justice of the peace, where he gave himself up. Today it; reported that the girl's mind is failing. He Was Dismissed. A disnatch from Lexington, Kv., ;ays Baron Waldeck de Nillamil, an Austrian nobleman, and a captain of Lhe Seventh volunteer infantry imnunes, is in disgrace and has left for parts unknownj A few days ago he ^as discharged from his regiment for rarious offenses, principal amoog which vas refusing to pay his debts. He )wed money to many officers and men ind had large accounts here with merihants. Creditors swooped down upon lim last night and attached his o f^r CflAnr. jmUiU O-UU. UIO UUiAVIUi. iuwvi DVVUl id clothing somewhere and skipped )ut. Villamil claimed to be a cousin to ;he late emprsss of Austria and sent a telegram of condolence to the emperor it the time of her tragic death. THE TOLBERTS RESPONSIBLE. " . The People of Greenwood Courty Hold a Mass Meeting. 1 At a mass meeting of the people of Greenwood county, held at Greenwood ' on Tuesday of last week, the following resolutions which were unanimously adopted: * In pursuance of a call for a public mcating of the citizens of Greenwood m county to assemble at the courthouse during the recess of the court, to take iiiuu ^uasiuciatiuu me ia,Lc uuiunuuacc occurrence which have suddenly arisen within our county, we the citizens of said county, representing every section of the same, in massmeeting assembled do hereby exp.ess our earnest regrets for the conditions which have prevailed t in the neighborhood of Phoenix, and d the occurrences which led to it. We a assert that the responsibility therefor o rests solely upon John R. Tolbert, R. t Rhett Tolbert and R- L. Henderson, "V whose incendiary teachiDgs and influ- a ences culminated in the murder of J: I. t Etheridge at Phoenix, on the morning p of the day of the general election, and v the shooting from ambush of the two ii white men on the evening of the same G day, returning quietly on their way r home. These acts of murderous highway assaults, induced feelings of retali- d ation, the result of which, however, S are greatly exaggerated. n Now that the excitement has subsided s and all armed bands hands have dis- t< persed, we urge all good citizens, white t! and colored, to go to their homes, and t< we pledge ourselves for their safety ii and protection in the fall enjoyment of t] their rights, the discharge of their lnw- G ful pursuits. "We assure the colored ii people they have nothing to fear if p they are orderly and law abiding citi- p zens. ii Resolved. That we hereby endorse "w the resolutions of the Phoenix massmeeting as well as the assurances given U by the sheriff and other officials of the v court that the property of the Tolberts ti when under reputable management in o their absence will be protected. b The following was read at the meet- li ing: u Ax. /* ,1 t* ? At a meeting oi tne citizens 01 rune- n ty-Six and community at that place, on h the 15th day of November, 1898, H. F. tl Fuller was elected chairman and James n Rogers secretary. . n It was resolved that we the citizens S aforesaid cooperate with the good citi- a] zens of Greenwood county, in their ef- u fort to restore order and put down lawlessness in the county. That we be- C lieve that the Tolberts have a right to tl send agents into our county for the ai protection of their property, and that tl we as conservative and law abiding ai citizens will protect them on such mis- e sion. T (Signed) H. F- Fuller, chairman, J James Rodgers, Secretary. cj NEGROES US MASS MEETOTCh Z tc Ci Gather In Indiana and Pass Resolu- w tions About the Troubles. ^ The auditorium of the Bethel Afri- ^ can Metodist Episcopal church, at Indianapolis, Ind., was crowded to the f1 doors with colored people Wednesday ?, night, drawn together to express their f indignation at the killing of Negroes at J:: Wilmington, N. C.. and in South Carolina and Mississippi, and to take such 11 action as might be deemed practicable ^ and advisable. ? A committee of five was appointed to ? rlro-ff i*ncAlnfiA?a on/1 vatva^ai? ^ VIAMM-V UlAAWWWAV AVCV^UViVUO (buu ig|A/iv^u T a series in which, the disgust was ex- f1 pressed "at the outrages perpetrated ^ upon colored people in the South, and , that it was time to ask for the correc- ?. tion of such abuses and that the presi- 81 dent be asked to call the attention of w congress to the widely increasing evil in order that action be taken by con- . gress to prevent a recurrence of the " outrages in the futuiej'- . It was also urged that a copy of the resolutions be forwarded to the Indiana senators and representatives in congress vi and the newly installed mayor of Wil- st mington, N. C., and to the governor of si that State and also that a copy be sent a to G-overnor Tanner, of Elinois, cl "through whose neglect of right and w justice," the resolutions allege, "Negre 01 miners were shot down by the Illinois ii State militia at Virden." tl A resolution was also adopted pro- ti viding for the selection of five colored k; citizens by the chairman who shall conJJ fr stitute a standing committee bearing to p; the colored people of the country much vi the same relation as was borne by the cl Cuban junta to the patriots. h; IN NEW YORK. ir A mass meeting of colored men and a women to protest aeainst the treatment of their race in some of the southern ci States recently was held in Cooper ii Union, New York, Thursday night, m As a precautionary measure the police h; were out in force, as in Hell's Kitchen district there has been a considerable amount of anti-Xegro sentiment This precaution, however, was not at all ^ necessary, as the gathering, although enthusiastic at times, was a very peace- " able one. The hall was crowded with colored people, with a sprinkling of w whites. A number of prominent white a citizens, however, sent letters commending the object of the meeting. During a tedious wait for the speakers s* a white man with long flowing hair " arose in his scat in the center aisle and 01 shouted: "If we only had a William Lloyd Garrison, a Wendell Phillips, or an Abraham Lincoln at this time." c( This evoked tremendous applause, m Resolutions were adopted censuring the ei crnvArnnre nf \nrtVi Harnlino onil n< O" ? v?v.?? | Carolina and requesting that the repre- cc sentation of several southern States in re congress be cut down. The meeting tl had nothing to say about Pana, 111. h< IN PENNSYLVANIA. Ot At a meeting of the colored ministe- m rial association, Alleghaney county, d( j Pa., resolutions were adopted condemn- tb | ing the "Christless behavior oi the I white ministers of Wilmington, N. C.,?' in the recent race troubles, and serving , notice that they sue for for peace, but if robbed of their rights the white peo- W( pis can expect retaliation. re or Severe Punishment. at There is no capital punishment in w; Switzland. Bat they taxed their inge- W nuity to punish. Luccheni, the assas- sh sin of the Empress of Austria. He is la sentenced to solitary imprisonment for "W life, allowed to talk to no one or to L< read nor smoke. That looks like the is refinement of cruelty. ni . ' *. * ' r-~ - - . ,<v , , . . . . : WORKING THE RIOTS . i rhe Republicans Working Them for Political' Effect. TO UNSEAT DEMOCRATS. rhis Will be the Program the Republicans to Increase Their Majority in the . House. The Washington correspondent of he News and Courier says: An abunant crop of contested election cases r re "futured" in North and South Carlina as the result of the recent .race roubles in those two States. The Vhite House, the department of justice nd the postoffice department have een besieged by white and colored Reublicans from those two Commonrealths during the past few days, pieadag for the intervention of the National rovernment in behalf of the persecuted epresentatives of thegrand old party. Having failed to induce the Presient to send Federal, troops into those tates, the Republican politicians jure ow urging the Grovernment to send pecial agents and postoffice inspectors d assist in gathering material to aid in he contested election cases which are ) be brought in almost every district 1 North and South Carolina. The fact tis.t the data. to be obtained by the rovernment officials who make these ivestigations is to be used in the proosed contest cases is meant to be a rofound secret, and very little is bejg said on the subject except in a 'hisper. United States Marshal Lawton Mel- ;rj >n arrived here today and made a v erbal report to' the department of jusce on the race troubles in South Oarlina. As he is one of the few nativeorn, white Bepublicans in South Carona, his statements received more than |M| sual weight at the hands of the Adlinistration. His report could not ave been very severe, for, after he left le attorney General's office, it was anounced that no official action was ecessary at prreent, either in North or outh Carolina, as the conditions there re quieting down, and peace is restored i the vicinity of the recent troubles. The Republican leaders from South arolina are greatly disappointed at le chilling reception their appeal fer id received at the White House and le Attorney General's office, but they re still hoping to get some encouragetent from Postmaster General Smith, oday R. R. Tolbert^ James Tolbert, . xx. i/oums ana xu Lt. nenaerson died upon the President and after- . ard npon Postmaster General Smith. > ask that postoffiee inspectors be sent > South Carolina to investigate the rase of the recent troubles at Greenood County. James Tolbert and Coins are posmasters at McCormick and 'inety-Six respectively^ and it is [aimed that the two postmasters were riven from their offices by the mob, ad not permitted to discharge the usiness of their postoffices. R. R. olbert, who was the Republican canidate for Congress in the Creenwood istrict, has concluded to remain here ntil Coneress assembles, whp.n it it* aderstood that a resolution will be in oduced calling for an investigation 7 Congress of the race troubles in < outh Carolina, also in North Carolina. 1 the 56lh Congress there will doubt* sss be a wholesale turning out of the 'emocrats from the Carolinas, and the Id bloody shirt will be waived as asduously as in the old days when it as the chief issue of the Republican Ijji irty. The Republicans will leave no ane unturned to get a substantial ma- l -; >rity in the House to sustain the polies of the present Administration. Be Ye Warned"I told you 'bout eaten dem frozen ictuals," as the darky said when he " v: i. :J1- J '.w ma psirtuer rapiuiy turning somer- . - . -'% lults with the colic after dispatching miscellaneous assortment of solid lunks of cold and clamy grub. And e have likewise time and again warned ir lady friends of the dangers attendtg the habit of running red-hot irons irough their wavy locks. The casuales resulting from such practice, and Lndred ones, are becoming alarmingly equent. Here is the record for the ist week only: A woman in Greenille was burned to death from her othcs catching fire while curling her air with a red-hot T>oker_ A wnmon ? i Ohio nearly burned an eye out with curling iron. A wozoan in Kansas ad all her hair burned off because her lrling^ papers caught 6re. A woman l Louisville broke he collar bone onkeying too energetically with her air. And there are others. Disaster in China. Advices by steamship Empress of hina a terrible disaster in an inland >a on October 25, wheD the steamer iinshlu Maru came into collision with le steamer Myagawa Maru off Takami, rnonH avu i.uv iv0uiu vu4t bUC 111 few minutes. It is reported that as tany as 130 persons were saved, but lat 70 were drowned. The Myagawa ink in three minutes. So strong was le impact that the captain, who was a the bridge, was thrown into the sea. An Old man murdered. Sam Howard an old and inoffensive >lored man. living near Muldrow's .ill. about four miles south of Fiorice, was murdered Saturday night by aknown persons at his home. The >roner neia an inquest and the jury indered a verdict in accordance with ie above. Two tfomen living at his )use heard some oae call the old man it, and although he was shot, the woen claim to know nothing of the affair mying that they heard the report of ie gun. Another Death. George Logan, colored, died at the >me of Joe Goode, colored, near Green? J T1 J * 3 jull imiiwuj wuwmg, irorn wouuui^^ ceived at Rehobeth church. He was e of the eight Negroes who were fired by a party of white men. Logan is seen to stumble about the time a inchester ball went his way. He was j ot in the arm and in the back, the ,,fl tter wound not being located untaUM ednesday. He was a son of TurneraB )gan, an old-time Negro leader. Thitfl the sixth Negro de^^rom the Pho^fl x trouble. .jfl ^91 iH i il