jji VOL LI1L _ WINNSBOKO^ S. C.. ^^PNESDAYrAFRIL 12, 1899~~ " NO. 36.
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j^jtfROM THE FRONT.
-The Situation of Affairs in the
Philippine Islands.
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*V-A SCENE OF DESOLATION.
What a Newspaper Correspondent
Saw* While Under a
?, Flag of Truce in the
Enemy's Line.
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The army correspondent oi^the New
York Journal with General McArthur
in a recent letter says: An hourago.I
.' returned from a parley with^one of the
insurgent commanders, Sinforoso de la
"' Cruz, ia front of our blistering trenches ]
and I am writing this - dispatch in a j
shell-shattered church, where holy im- j
Jb ages lie shattered on all sides and a j
^^..military telegraph instrument is click- j
ing on th? side altar. !
J- _ It is a scene of appalicg desolation. '
Tired soldiers, covered with the dust of' j
1 the trenches, are stretched out asleep j
within the chancel railing on the steps j
of the high altar. A yellow spear o* I
sunlight comes though a gap in che j
roof made by one of Dewey's shells and
lights up the fallen, broken figure of
Christ, in tawdry crimson and gilt.
Close by sits Colonel Funston of the
Twentieth Kansas Infantry, dictating a
dispatch to General MacArthur, who is
' in Manila. The sound of firing can be
heard in ail diiections, and insurgent
' bullets come singing in at the open
-v doors, for our firing line is not more
than four hundred yards away.
We are right in front of Aguinaldo's I
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mam army. iae ueuuuw <uc w wv? >
that an American shooting can be !
heard by the Filipinos. There are 8,000
of the enemy before us?at least that
is the number given to me by the rebel
commander when I talked wish him.san
hour ago. |
It is a strange situation. From the J
outlying parts of Luzon, from the is I
lands of Cebu, Panay, Mindano, Min-'
L dora and Qther parts oir empire in the J
^ Pacific comes word that the commoD
{ people of the soil, together with the
i principal property owners, deplore the 1
Qfo+Acr on/3 \
. ^2X S22.1DSL LliC U Uitcu Ijiavgo) ?uu ,
r '. * the American flag as a symbol of the
dawn of liberty and justice after centu- !
lies of oppression.
It's the Taggalos^ the fierce, the,vain,.j
; strutting Tagalos, that we are fighting, j
" Let no one in the~United States imagT j
: ine that the 10,000,000 people of tins
vast archipelago are resisting the Amx
erican arms unitedly. The Tagalos
alone, assisted and encouraged by the
rieh half breeds of Manila, are waging
xcar nnon our arffi V.
Agninaldo and his cabinet have sent
armed bands of Tagalos intc^iey^iypartr
of the island of Luzon and'i^r^^anay.
rHindano and several, other-of tbe larg-' ]
island?,, to people to Jlghkj
"Qbd?;r threats ofin?tant deati^r Mz&l
of the prisoners we have taken have
told pitiful stories of Aguinaldo's crnel
oppression. The island o?*$egfos
f.v ;jtIo?g- has defied him, and there the
American flag flies, and within a -few
days there will be a regiment''of natives
in American uniforms to defend itr-%';"; '
L It is not more than an honr sincejX.
walked from our trenches with Franlklin
Brooks, of the Associated Press,
within easy talking distance of the
. main insurgent trench beyond the
church in which lam writing. We car>
ried a flag of truce to protect ourselves:!
* from the fire of hundreds of swarthy"
Filipinos swarmipg behing the rough
earthworks under the tall bamboo
trees. We went out across the blistering
hot fields to answer to signals from
the enemy, many of whom seemed to
want to surrender. The insurgents
made us valk three-quarters of a inile
between the lines, feariDg to come clos- j
er to the deadly Kansas rifles glistening
over the edgSPof our trenches.
Private Winterburn of the- Twentieth
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insurgents refused to come half way
to meet us and frantically waved us
K on toward their crowded trendies. "We
held our hands up to show that. we
were unarmed and the enemy did likewise.
The Filipinos forced us to go
three-quarters of the way between the
lines to meet them, while both armies
eagerly watched the proceedings, the
; Kansas sharpshooters occasionally
shooting, warning them against treachery.
It turned'out to be merely a parley
for a true of a few hours, the insurgents
having heard that Aguinaldo
had sent some sort of a proposal to
General Otis. Colonel Funston joined
? tisi snr? rvrmrmtlv agreed not to attack if
^ the insurgents ceased firing and kept to
their trenches.
Hn Almost the first question asked by
HSKthe Filipino commander revealed the
j^Keadly work done by the agitators for
^^J?hilippine independence in WashingJ^Have
the American commissioners
reaahed Manila yet?'' asked the insnr'?
gaaileoionel a bullet-headed tawny litii^Wigalo,
in a smart new uniform.
f^N?t ye*.," I said.
^v^fl^ey're coming to treat with us,''
diP^ouvhave been deceived," I said,
- '"The only commission yoxi can deal
with consists of General Otis and his
army." * ? *i I*
The little colonel looked at me suspiciously
out of the tail of his eyes and
puckered up his lips.
"We have many friends in Washington,"
he said. "We have heard that
the commissioners would come to treat
with us."
?V\How many men have you in front
of us here?" I asked.
"Eight thousand." i _ :
"It is useless to continue a struggle
acainst overwhelminc force.r I sueaes
ted. a We have many thousands of veteran
troops on their way from Washington.
It means utter defeat for you
in a few weeks. Why Dot lay down
your arms and come into ou? lines,
where you can have food; k protection
and peace?"
Blew His Brains Out,
\ A special from Brunswick. Qa., says:
News reached here tonight of the suicide
of George W. Fleming, a prominent
farmer of Camden county. Fleming
blew out his brains in the presence
of his wife and five lictle children. He
had been drinking for several days and
was on the verge of delirium tremens.
fHIETY YEABS PENSION FRAUD.
iiiree Women as Widows of a Man
Who Never Married.
The recent conviction in the criminal
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court at vv asmngion oi Xiiieu <;vucs,
colored, upon two indictments charging
her with fraudulently obtaining
peosion money from the government,
ends one of the most remarkable cases
ever developed in the pension bureau.
The evidence showed that the fraud
had extended over a period of thirty
years.
William Butler, a colored soldier,
whose war record is the basis for the
long-continued system of frauds, was a
member of company E, First United
States colored infantry. He came :
from Prince George county, Maryland,
oT?1ictAr? in t.hft pnrlv Dart of the i
year 1864. In his first engagement in
the battle of Wilson's Landing, he was
shot in the head and died five days <
later at Fort Monroe. He was a young :
man and unmarried. In his company ;
was Charles Marshall, since dead, and
who, after he came out of the army,
married Carrie Jones, a sister of the j
convicted woman. He became what is j
known as a "runner" for a firm of pen- <
sion agents and while thus engaged j
conceived the plan of having his moth- j
er-in-law, Malvina Jones, apply for a j
pension as the widow of William But- ,
ler. Under the name of Mary Butler <
a pension of $8 a month was granted in ,
1869. This amount she continued to ,
draw without difficulty until her death <
in 1873. Her eldest daughter, Carrie j
Jones Marshall, then represented her- i
self as the mythical "Mary Butler' and <
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continued 10 araw uie peusiuu xur iviuteen
years. Upon her death in 1887
her sister, Ellen Jones, the convicted
woman, took up the pension as a sort
of heirloom and began to draw a pension
as the widow of William Butler, as
her mother and sister had done before
her. This she continued to do for ]
about twelve years, notwithstanding <
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toe iact teat sue is uuw uui> wvic wau
40 years of age, and her alleged hus- i
band, William Butler, died thirty-five ]
years ago. Not only did the woman j
operate successfully in this respect, but <
she was able without much difficulty j
several years ago to have the amount <
increased from $8 to $12 per month.
The case is almost without a parallel in ]
the history of a pension bureau. For a ;
term, of thirty years three different <
women have'each, as' the widow of a <
man who never had a wife, drawn his <
pension, and two of the women were 1
wrViAn m O T> i
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A Gold Statute- '
Utah has it in mind to eclipse Mon- ,
tana in the matter of building statues ,
of precious metal. It will be remem
bered that Montana sent to the World's .
'Fair at Chisago a great silver statue of ;
Ada Rehan, worth thousands of dollars,
and which statue has proved to be a 1
very excellent advertisement for the ,
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mines irom wdicd it came, x^uw uie
^Utab-miners are talking about making ,
*a larger statue, of pure gold; taken ,
hills of. their state. They -i
have chosen Maude Adams, who was j
born in Salt Lake City, as the model j
for the statue. It will require $346,
000 worth of gold bullion to make the ;
figure, and-it? is said the amount, will be ,
mnmont't nnMno Thp I .
Ck V OliOil/iV aw ? ^XiVUJVU v uvvavv* ? mw j
statue will; be. exhibited at' the Paris ,
Exposition of nextyear.A
Virginia Tragedy.
The dead bodies of "Weston B. Tar- ^
ner and his wife, a well-to-do couple,
each about 60 years old, who made
their home at Falls Church, Ya., were
discovered there Wednesday. Turner ,
evidently had shot his wife wb'le she j
was asleep and then put another bullet
through his own head. A paper of
March 23, giving an account of a suicide
in Washington that day, and other
evidence indicated that the tragedy
occurred the night of the 23d. The
couple frequently visited "Washington
and it was cot until their absence became
prolonged that the house, was
broken into and the dead bodies found.
Turner had been in ill'health' and quite
melancholy all winter.*- The tragedy
evidently was an inspiration of the moment.
Turner left an estate worth ,
nK/wt &>o nno
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A Queer Decision.
A decision was rendered by Judge ]
Peabody in the city police court of St. ]
Louis Wednesday that under certain 1
conditions a husband has the right to 1
beat his wife. The case was one Bern
arn Kretzer charged with bcatine his 1
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wife because she would not agree with
him in the management of their chil- ]
dren. Judge Peabody said in passing
judgment: "In this case the wife was J
more guilty than the husband for try- 1
ing to contradict and thwart her hus- '
band's will in the presence of :he children
and setting them a bad example 1
which he had a right .to rebuke. There '
are times when a wife irritates her husband
to such an extent that he cannot 1
control himself and uses his hand and ]
fist. As long as no serious harm is 1
done I don't believe in punishment." '
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A Progressive Youth.
A vouth in Sunsan, Corea, recently I
cut his hair to displease his parents. 1
The latter wer? so enraged and grieved J
at this conduct that they ''looked upon <
him as dead," and, calling in their rel
atives and friends, went through the j
ceremony for the dead, sacrifice t beiD _ j
offered and wailing indulged in. The i
incorrigible youth was a stoic spectator <
through it all, sitting quietly by him- 1
self, and when tired he made his way 1
to the dispensary of Dr. Drew from 1
whom the account is drawn, and re- 1
ported the progress of the services. For
a month no notice was taken of the boy i
by his parents other than "giving him !
his food. He has taken to wearing i
foreign clothing. '<
A Priest Removed.
Monsigneur Santander, bishop of
Havana, at ihe suggestion of G overnor .
General Brooke, has removed a priest
? n/ .
i m U?bezas parish, province or .uatanzas.
The "request is the first intervention
by th$ military administration in :
ecclesiastical affairs. Major General .
Wilson, military governor of the department
of Matanzas, wrote to head- <
quarters that the priest in question was i
a ' "drunken, worthless," dirty old scoun- i
drel," that he had pastured his horse
in the cemetery and let the consecrated <
enclosure go to weeds, and that if the
bishop did not remove him he (General <
Wilson would elect him on his owa re- :
spoasibility.
MORRO CASTLE, ,
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The Dungeons of the Famous For- j
tress Explored. j s
HORRIBLE ASSOCIATIONS, |<
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Notes of a Recent Visit by the j
Rev. Dr. Henry M. Field c
to the Spanish Bas- i
tile. | J
In comiDg to Havana the one thing I r
which I wished to see above all others I t
was the Morro Castle, which has been j
Pr\r ^nhiriAs the citadel of Soanish | j
power. I had only to express my wish
to see the interior of Morro Castle, j
when a friend soon brought me a pass, c
not only for myself, but for any of my t
friends whom I should wish to take i
with me. ^
That was enough. The next morn- v
ing I was with a friend at the landing, t
from which a boat took us to tbe other v
side. As'we climbed tip the "hill the
landscape stretchid out farther and e
farther. Instead of a narrow neck of r
land, or a rock in the sea, just large ^
snough to be a base for the fortress it- ?
3elf, was an upland plateau si-retching
>ufc far and wide as if to give the great- v
sr effect to the white tents that were ^
seen in the distance. On thia breezy a
hill top was a plain broad enough to be j
the camping-ground of a hundred thou- f
sand men.
As oux pass did not come from the
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uroveruur, uic ui^t scuu. y v??
to the tent of commanding officer half
i mile away, where we found him sit- f
ting under the canvas quite alone. He
received us not only graciously. He
had but to glance at our pass to give it
his approval, and to tell our escort to
show us everything in both castles, the
Morro and the Cabanas, the latter of
which was: by far the larger and the 0
more full of thrilliug, though horrible f
issociations. While giving us this g
jomplete unrestrained liberty, he felt ^
it due to us and to himself to warn us
)f the danger we should run. c
The old fortress had been for months d
reeking with pestilence, and in spite of t
ill attempts to make it clean, only a
short time before three sturdy men, who
were employed in the work, were struck e
iown with yellow fever and hurried in- P
to the grave. If we ventured where
they had fallen, we must do it at our '
Dwn risk. We thanked him for his o
thoughtful kindness, and then proceed- e
?d to do the very thing which he had d
earned ns not to do. w
How could we help it? It was as if I
we were standing on the Bridge of Sighs fi
in Venice, with permission to descend d
into the dungeons below. And then h
there was a fascination in the danger it- P
3elf. We began cautiously, taking our i
first view from the outside. I am not a
soldier, but I have seen first and last a
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good aeai 01 tne wona, auu uu iurwcao
bas impressed me so much except Gi- f
braltar. The Cabanas alone covers d
many acres of ground, and the fortificadons
are in the style of those in Eu- ?
cope, as for example in the Low Coun- 1<
tries and along the Rhine. They are *
girdled with high and massive walls, h
surrounded by a deep moat ana an outer p
wall beyond, the two together being c
sufficient to repel any attack that could h
have been made before these later a
times of dynamite and other explosives p
thac seem sufficient to tear the very G
sarth itself asunder. ^
But the walls standing alone, cannot, S
would not, move us more that the bro- w
ken walls standing on the Campania h
iround Rome. It was the tragedies li
wrought within that were to stir our a
blood. Following the guide over the A
bridge that crossed the moat, we came c
iown into the interior. Here we were "
3n lower ground and could look up to d
the walls above us, and then turn to the C
inclosure wiihin. Here we soon came h
in close touch with recent events, ana a i<
strange hcrror came creeping over us. v
What was the matter? Oh, nothing!
nothing! I was only standing by a little
tree, and had put my arm about it
lovingly, as if I were embracing one of .t]
my own loved maples on the Berkshire 71
bills. To be sure, the bark was a little tl
rough, and there were many marks, as T
if the woodpeckers had been pecking at S1
the bark. There must have been a flock a
to peck so many holes, bo a stranger ?(
prould reason till the horrible thought C]
:omes over him that these deep inden- <}
tations had been made by more terrible e]
iestroyers than the birds of the air. u
rhat little tree had been pierced by a 0;
liniidred bullets from Spanish rifles, 0:
md at every discharge fell some native a
Df this island, who hal loved it, not sj
wisolv. hnt too well. To iudee from m
the shots, many a brave heart ceased n
to beat on that spot. 1<
But the exercise of Spanish skill in h
anng at the tree was a small affair com- tl
pared with the larger massacres that ti
took place within these walls. I did ci
not attempt to count the prisons vault- a]
2d with stone into which the rebels oJ
svere forced by hundreds. Here was a re
spand array of captives upon which gi
their brave captors could vent their w
f C\? r>iA A * 111C O TO T?1 f.- fll
LO&C. vu CVCiJ oiug r? mi
ted with shots, at every sound of which gi
some poor creature had an end put to la
his suffering, till ev^n the murderers, y<
if thev still retained a touch of human c<
ity, must have been sick with the sight
Df*blood. But if they grew tired of
their work, there were outsiders who
were never tired of massacre. Many of d>
the rich Spaniards in the city of Hava- p;
aa were eager to witness a tragedy that n<
was more to them than a hundred bull p
fights. They had been accustomed to ir
shout with delight when a bull gored a ai
horse, that rushed bleeding around the h
arena, and now they would find a still E
greater excitement in the shedding of d:
human blood! It was the spirit of old ai
Rome when captives were thrown to the ti
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[ions m tne coliseum, ana numan me o
was thought nothing if it could serve to ti
make a Roman holiday. g:
So these Cuban prisoners were kept is
for a great battue. "Do you see that
line,'' said our guide, "along the wall-?"
That was the dead line, where the condemned
were ranged in a row of a hur- e:
ired or more, with their backs against tJ
the wall, to be shot down in cold blood; ii
while the pride and fashion of Havan& 0
crowded every point of vantage on th^ 0
walls that overlooked the spot, ana si
cheered with wild enthusiasm as they, a
saw the heaps of dead that were_ thual r;
piled up in the arena before them:" ^ a
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This seems the last limit of iorrors.
3ut noj-there may be conditions that
,re worse than death. We have read
>f the "Black Hole" of Calcutta. There
fere many black holes in the Cabanas
ortress, into which not a gleam of sunihine
ever came. Who could endure
;uch horrors without a fearful temptaion^to.curse
God^anddie: ..But .when I
:ome to such a spot it had for me a
itrange fascination, as if I were look"*
1 ^? ? -* ? x ~ Tn anifn nf
Dg^inio tne moui/ii uj. lien, iu OHlvv
he warning of the general lest I might
)e struck down with yellow fever, I
:ould Lot refrain from thrusting my
lead into places where the ceiling was
lot high enough forme to stand, and
vhere to move at all I should have to
:reep and crawl, to move my hands as
veil as my feet! Better a [thousand
imes to be sleeping in a quiet grave
hanthustobe buried alive! This is the
ast extreme of human suffering when
leath itself will not die.
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'A. great ioriress nas muumciauic
>assages underground, More than once
iur guide asked us to stoop very low;
o get on my knees, to look through the
ODg passages, one of which connect?
he Cabanas with- the Morro Castle, to
rhich the garrison might retreat in case
he first fortress fell, to find escape by
ray of the sea.
In this Morn) Castle there is at presnt
no garrison, and it was an immense
e. ef to the tention of the last three
lours to emerge from underground
assages and look out upon the broac3
ea, which knows no servitude to man;
rhi^h preaches freedom in the very
ashing of her waves, and to look up
,nd see the Star-spangled Banner .vavng
over us, with a promise of freedom
or Cuba as boundless as the se2.
WHY SHE KILLED HIM.
In Trial for Murdering the President's
Brother-in-law
A thrilling story of ruin and retribuion
wa; unfolded recently in the courts
f Canton, Ohio. It told of a woman's
railty, a man's villainy and the ven
eance ol one lovea ana taen easi on
rith mocking scorn. The man in the
ase was the brother-in-law of Presient
McKinley, and his tragic death on
he night of October 6, 1898, sent a
hrill of surprise and horror through
very American household. Very few
eople were aware that the gentle misress
of the White House had a brother
rho, to speak as charitably as possible
f the dead, was a libertine whose tragic nd
no decent person could deplore. He
ied by the hand of the woman he had
rronged and deceived?one of many,
kittle AllieShoffer, of Canton, 0., the
TT~V? /\m /IAAQo V frvri TTAnOl^
>l>3t gill nuuux UWVlgb UMAWVU *twwv?}
ied of a broken heart when she found
lira false to her. A leading Canton
ihysician shot him for attempting to
Qvade the peace of his home! The
iberiine spent a vacation on a country
arm, and after he had left, the pretty
ittle daughter of the farmer, a child of
ourteen, crept out in tbe night and
rowned herself in a pond. Then Saxon
came into the life of the woman by
rhom he met his death. He was a fine
Doking man, big and blond, hearty,
realthy and full of life. She was a
annv wife and mother, sharing com
arative poverty with her husband, a
arpentcr. The man of wealth was her
mdlord. His attractive personality
ni his money gained for bim first
lace ia the affections of Mrs. Semple
reorge. Then be^an the tragic part of
he story. Mrs. George gave up all for
axton. Saxton promised to marry her
'hen she se?ured a Dakota divorce. He
ad made that promise very often in his
fetime, but he died a bachelor. Sick
t heart and half mad over her troubles
Irs. George came to^Saxton one day to
laim his promise for the last time.
Go to the devil," said Saxton. Two
ays later Saxton was shot to death in
ianton. No one can be found who
eard the shots fired. Mrs. George had
)ld her seduce/ he should die for his
illainy.
The Country's Marvelous GrowthThe
censuus of 1900 will show that
->a TTnito^ Sfotoo a nrmnlat.irm <vf
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7,500,000 people, if the estimates of
ie treasury department are correct,
'he statistician of the department isles
a monthly statement of the estimated
population of the country, and,
scording to his figures, there is an inrease
of about 140,000 every thirty
ays. and a gain of over 1,500,000 evry
year. The official population figres
in 1890 were 62,831,000, and those
f 1880 were 50,000,000. The number
t people m tne united otates nas Deea
tore than doubling every thirty years
!nce the foundation of the government,
ad the figures for 1900 promise to be
tore than twice what they were in
370. Ihis was a great nation in the !
itter year, but it has grown more in
le past three decades than in the enre
century prior to 1870. The in:ease
in the past ten years amounts to
Imest as much as the entire population
f the country in 1840. Few people
ialize how rapidly the United States is
rowing. Many young men of today
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ill De auve wnen zvv,vvv, uvv peupie
lall be living in the domains of this
reat republic. That immense popu-ttion
will be attained in the next fifty
sars if the present rate of growth is
)ntinued.
Terrible, If True.
Dr. Chas. V. Harris, of the medical
spartment of the United States army,
assed through Fort Worth, Tex., Wedesday
eu route to "Washington on im
ortant business with tne war aepartlent.
He comes from the Philippines
ad says the reports of the excellent
ealth of the American troops is false,
[e states chat many of the soldiers are
isheartened at their physical condition
ad deliberately place themselves as
trgets for the enemy's guns. The
pinion of Dr. Harris is that if the ]
oops remain in the Philippines any
reat length of time sickness and death
i sure to follow.
"Whiskey's Work.
In a recent lecture delivered at Livrpool.
Dr. William Carter pointed out
aat the deaths directly attributed to
temperance in 1396 were 91 per 1,00.000
among male and 52 per 1,000,00
among females: that the rate is contaatly
increasing and that the deaths
re increasing among women far more
ipidly and in a far greater ratio^than
mong men.
' A GREAT VICTORY, j
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The Trusts Gets a Black Eye in j
Chicago.
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REBUKED BY I Ht PtUKLt.
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Carter
Harrison, Democrat, De-j
feats an Independent Democrat
and a Republican by'a
Large Majority.
Chicago has just held the most sensational
election in the municipal his^
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wry OA tnis Ctfuxjiry. AU? uiitciucaa
and corruption which marked it have
no parellel. It will be remembered as
long as offices are filled by popular vote.
It was unique?reeking with rottenness
and billingsgate.
The election was held on Tuesday
and Garter Harrison was reelected mayor
of the city plurality of 40,QUO.
Altgeld's entire vote was but little more
than that. He was running as an independent
Democrat. But Harrison, ihe
regular Democratic nominee, found a
TnnrA fnrmidahfe nnnnnAnf, in Zina R.
Carter, the Republican nominee.
Career was the acknowledged choice
of Charges T. .Yerkes, a multi-millionaire
who has been charged with every
crime in the decalogue, but a man of
such prominence that his personality
becomes an issue in every question that
comos up in . Chicago. Harrison's
friends say that Yerkes was really supporting
both Carter and Altgeld and
that his sole purpose was, not to elect
either, but to defeat Harrison.
Yerkes is the principal owner of the
nu ?l i* i :11
v^mcago Btreeiuaj sysieui, wu;uu win |
soon need to secure a renewal of its
franchises. He is playing to get them
for nothing and Carter Harrison made
his campaign on a platform of compensation
to the oil# for the franchises,
with ultimately the municipal ownership
of the street railroads and ail other
public utilities; The bitterness of the
campaign cannot be imagined. Harri
son was accused of having levied tribute
on thousands of protected criminals.
He is said to have raised nearly
half a million dollars.
The numbei dldens of vice said to
be thus protected by che mayor is appalling.
According to the figures given
out by his opponents, there are no less
than 1,850 disorderly houses. There
are 1,000 stale b?er joints. There are
150 opium joints.' There are more than
700 policy shop?. There are in the
neighborhood of fifty panel and badger
joints. There are more than 300 wideopen
gambling houses. There are alleged
to be 1,00$ criminals plying their
vocation of theftand violence, all under
protection.. -Houses and stores are
robbed. "Uitjzens are knocked down
and robbed afcnight, and even in broad
daylight. are murdered, sneak
thieves and pickpockets reap a harvest.
In the city hair itself officials knock
down and half kill men. Pickpockets
ply their trade there as openly as they
do in the public streets:-"
The mayor's heelers are charged with 1
* - . . ?x- -1 < J _ iLi I
navmg commuted ioux muraers m eigui
days. They are said to have brought
into the city 7,000 bums and thugs who
were registered and voted. Oa Easter
Sunday the campaign waged furiously
and meetings were held all over the ;
city, with free beer flowing like water.
Harrison made nine speeches, address- ;
ing 15,000 people in the aggregate.
The other candidates were no less ac
WiTt. ,
The Inter-0?ean, owned by Yerkes, i
openly charged Hinkey Dink, a Harri- ;
son heeler, with inciting thugs and :
thieves to riot. His spcech was report- j
ed literally, a part of which is as follows,
Hinkey Dink referring to the Republi- <
can workers:
"Dey is justbluffin'. and you fellers <
don't need to get a scarc trun into you :
by such gazabos. Jts' go to de polls on
Aorr and vntA vnn nl Afl.se. If i
any of dose Republican gays stick in i
any gab paste 'em one. and if you are ]
arrested I'll go on your bonds and get 1
you out of trouble. Smash de first
gazabo who sticks his mug in your busi- 1
ness." (Cheers.) <
The candidates themselves indulged ;
in some choice epithets. In one of his <
speeches Harrison said Altgeld, in ;
claiming to favor municipal ownership, i
"deliberately lies." j
All these things were during the i
campaign. "What the scenes must have <
been on election day can be better ima- ]
gined than described. The overwhelm- i
ing victory of Harrison, though opposed ]
by two candidates and the limitless i
wealth of Yerkes was an evidence of 1
great strength or of magnificent management.
It marked'an epoch in elec- i
tions. ;
It was a heavy blow-to Yerkes and <
the corporations.?Augusta Herald. ;
Death of a Leper.
Hannah Garey. aged 22 yoars, the
older of the two Garey sisters who have i
been afflicted with leprosy for the last
17 years, died at their home three miles
from Junction City Wednesday evening
after two week's of intense suffering.
About two months ago the Garey sis- <
ters were examined by a prominent- :
specialist on that class of diseases,-who
diagnosed their disease as gunuine lep- ;
rosy. The family live on an isolated ,
farm in Perry county, which is shunned
by all the natives.
Nobody Claims It.
There is a neat but orphaned little ;
fortune in the Montana state treasury.
Nobody claims it; nobody knows to
whom it rightfully belongs. The mo?
ey?$30,000?was turned over to the
legislative investigating committee by
Senator Whitesides, who stated that it
had been given to him by the campaign
monoaoT nf rInir? Sl-nhps Senator (Hark
V
as a bribe to vote for Clark. Senator
Clark promptly denied the ownership
of it. It was turned over to the state
treasurer and remains in his hands
awaiting an owner.
Ugly .Behavior.
The Fourth Xew Jersey soldiers, j
mustered oat in (jreenville, en route
north Thursday kept up a regular fusillade
of indiscriminate shooting while
passing Laurens, S. C., one bullet
crashing into the dining room of a
prominent citizen while the family
were at dinner. ( . No other damage is
reported.
KILLED HIMSELF AND FAMILY.
The Awful Deed of a Prominent Young
GeorgianI
Walter 11. Jackson, one of the most j
prominent young men of Albany, Ga.,
killed his wife and three-months-old j
child and th^n shot himself deaden his j
home laere Wednesday night. Ihe remains
of the family were buried Thursday
at Oak View cemetery. The
funeral was directed by the St. Paul's
Episcopal church, of which Mrs. Jackson
was a member. The shocking
tragedy startled the people of Albany
and all day a great crowd of curious
people remained about the house.
Jackson is supposed to have murdered
his family and then slain himself
in a fit of desperation by the loss
of his position with the Carter and
Wolfolk Warehouse and commission
company. He was until last Monday
week enioloyed by that firm as cashier
and bookkeeper. The crime oould not
have been more shocking had it oc
curred in any family in Albany. Jackson
and his wife were among the most
popular young people of Albany and
everybody thought their home life serene
and happy.
The coroner of this county empan
nelled a jury and after investigating
concluded that while temporarily insane
Jackson shot his child, wife and
himself. Jactcson resided on Pine
street. Thursday morniDg at 6 o'clock
a servant went to the family room and
found the dead bodies. The baby was
held in its mother's arms and the lifeless
forms of husband and wife were
stretched cn the bed side by side.
Mrs. Jackson was shot through the
left temple, the baby through the chest
arid Jackson through the right temple.
There was every indication thai all
died instantly. The crime is supposed
to have been committed about daylight,
but no one was found who heard the
pistol shots. Jackson'3 pistol was
i' J L- i.: :.1 . mi_ _ _ _ i _ _.i
iuuiiu uy uis siue. xne ooiy otner occupant
of the house except the Jacksons
wa3 Mrs. Ed. Richardson, Jackson's
grandmother, who did not hear
the shots. Jackson's employers decline
to make a statement of the cause of the
severance of the young man's connection
with the firm, but declared that
Jackson was not short in his accounts
as reported and that he had the good
will of the firm.
Mrs. Jackson, was the eldest daughter
of Wm. Godwin, of Albany, and
she was the idol of her family circle and
the special favorite of a large circle of
friends. *
UO 3I0EE SCANDALS.
The Directors of the Penitentiary
Takes Steps to Prevent Them.
The penitentiar/ directors held their
regular monthly meeting Wednesday.
Col. W. A. Xeal, ex-superintendent,
was present to confer with the board
oil matters or Dusiness. Principally
routine business was transacted, but'
resolutions introduced by Mr. :Tatum
of Orangeburg, and adopted by the. I
board, tend to show that the board will
risk no chances of runniBg up against a
barbed wire investigating committee.
The resolutions restrict the liberties
j; 'i*.
oi cue superiQi-eaueai xq uaauei*i transactions.
Following is the paper adopted
by the board:
flesolved, That the rules and regulations
be, and they are hereby, amended
as follows:
1. That the superintendent shall as
a part of his duties furnish monthly to
the board of directors, prior to the regular
meeting of the board, an itemized
statement of all financial and such ;
other transactions as the ^toard may ;
require, said statement to be accompanied
by a voucher for each item involv- ;
insr the exDenditure of monev.
2. That the board as. a whole or by a :
committee of its members shall check
up said staiement item by item and j
shall pass no item for which a voucher i
is lacking. .
3. The superintendent is forbidden ;
to discount any paper due the peniteatiary,
or to endorse of ially any lia<- <
bility except as specifically authorized ;
beforehand by the board. i
4. The board shall designate the
bank or banks with which the business i
;>f the penitentiary shall be transacted, !
ma the- said bank or banks shall in i
consideration of such designation, fur- '
niaVi tn tlip hnarrl mnntVilc nr at <snr?h
time as the board may indicate ail item- 1
ized statement of all transactions with
the superintendent showing particularly
deposits d^-ived from discounts, if any
have been authorized by the board. And
the said bank or banks shall be notified
by the secretary of the board of the rule
relative to discounts and endorsements <
by the superintendent. ^ i
5. Each contractor shall furnish to
the board at each monthly meeting and
at such other times as the board may
designate, an itemized statement of ;
. l 1 . J C .
lutnorizea expenses incurred ior tne
benefit of the institution, and shall settle
his account monthly in cash.
6. The commissary business shall be
confined to the actual and legitimate
needs of the institution.
A Costly Nap.
A party of railroad surveyors, who
are surveying a route for a railroad
from Aiken to Columbia, have been
making their headquarter at Mr. G. W. ,
Reeder's in Lexington county. Saturday
of last week, they sent their wagon,
with tents and other things on to Mr.
Noah Shumpert's by a Negro to put up
a camp. The Negro stopped in an old
broom sedge field, unloaded, built a fire
and then dropped off ' to sleep. The .
fire caught the grass and burned up
the tents, bedding and everything in
eluding books and papers containing the
notes of the work from Aiken. Loss
about $600.
Killed by a Demented Mail.
John Campbell, colored, and Arthur
Cunningham, white, 11 years old,
shot and killed at Nashville, TaJB
Wednesday night by G-. D. Atnip
the police believe to be deoM
Campbell is a driver and was?
wagon when accosted by AtnH
accused him of stealing wood fl
tempted to arrest him. Campb^f^^H
tested, and Atnip opened fire. M
Cunningham, a boy at play in^|
lot, was killed as was the Negl
nip was arrested. '
Cayenne pepper is highjiB
ed for driving away ants?fl
sprinkled around thci^C
A MILLION AND A HALF.
The Southern Methodists Have Undertaken
a Gigantic Yentnre.
The great Methodist denomination,
both in this country and in Europe,
proposes to signalize the opeoiag of
the Twentieth century by raising an j
xi T_ - rr 1 v
immense mans-onermg. to oe appropriated
principally to educational purposes.
The amount called for is nearly
$30,000,000. This is a large sum to
be sure, but let it be remembered that
the totai membership of universal
Methodism according to the latest statis
tics counts up 7,100.601. Multiply
this by four and you have the approximate
of Methodist adherents at 28.402,404.
Or divide the amount called for '
into as many parts as there are estimated
members, and it will be seen" 1
that it will require a fraction less than
$5 to each member to make up the
amount. There are almost as many
Methodist adherents as dollars asked
for this ^reat Methodistic financial venture.
So, it will be seen that it will not be'impracticable
for this whole amount to
be raised within the two years during
which it is proposed to operate the
plan. What is required is system and
a will to work on the part of the managers
of this fund and to give on the
part of the great Methodist body. "A
long pull, and a strong pull, and a pull
o 1 f-ncratYi cxr ' ?c o Ti nm**]rr rroxr r\f rvnf- '
UiWQVWUVij M> livuiw; Tf Uij Ui yuw
ting what these Methodist people pro-_ '
pose to do and are actually doing.
The great body of Methodists of the J
south (Methodist Episoopai church, T
south.) have started out to raise as j
their share of this great denominational .
offering a million and a half dollars. c
This will not be considered excessive *
when it is remembered that there are *
about as many Methodists in actual 1
membership to do this as there are dollars
to b'o raised. According to the
last count (the reports for the current t
year not being all in)'there were 1,466,757
southern Methodists.
Now there are in the South Carolina ^
conference, which embraces the terri- ,
tory of the State of South Car^iThi^re- *
ported at the last conferenjrffsession m :
December, 1898, a mepikership of 74,- 1
223. It is proposecKthat these raise a
during the coming two years $100,000. :
Ten per cent, of this is to go to the *
Yanderbilt university and most of the ,
rest to be devoted to denominational r
n nto kl v YWki^nTv^ e>r?lln<ro onfl I ^
wUUVU>biUU UVVMVi J II VJJ.VAU. v V 11 w V v UU
Columbia Female college 1-eSoutn. Car- c
olina. The raising of this iukd.is now ?
being prepared for by a commit^ of f
gentlemen, Mr. T. C. Duncan of Uni?^ j
Rev. H. B. Browne of OrangeburS?
and Rev. James W. Kilgo of Charles- ^
ton. c
They are making appointments for .
educational meetings all over the State
to be addressed by leading educators ,
and preachers of the denomination.
They are also arranging. for a thorough $
canvass of the different pastoral charges ^
with a view of getting a maximum 1
subscription of $l-apiece from every *
member of the church. This is a worthy '
movement 'aTjtepcamwe's to be a great .
eyent in the history of "this great Metrio- J
dist- denomination. This paper Trill b
be giad to chronicle the progress of *
this movement and in due time to an- 1
nounce its final success.
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ANOTHER FISE HORROR. t
A New York Millionaire's Family
Burned to Death in Their House. ^
c
Thirteen people were burned to death c
tn \ rtn? V Ai?lr XT MI #> TT W> rtrri i n r* kr?
ia x vitv x'liuaj uiuiuiug uj u'v
burning of Millionaire Andrew's house, ]
and one in the Adams house which was t
set afire by sparks from the Andrew's t
house. Besides these, Kate Downey v
and Marie Koth. Mrs St. John's maids, t
rn'?_ _ l . J! t_ . i? j
are missing. me Doaies may oe louna
in the ruins of the Andrews house. ?
The fire began early Friday morning T
in the mansion of Wallace C. Audrews, ^
the millionaire president of the New
York steam heating company, on east j,
Sixty-Seventh street. The flames a
spread so rapidly that the family was
3ut off in the upper stories. When
iwakei 1 fiom s'e^p they were unable
to reach the street.
The entire farniiv of Andrews, also
the family of his son-in-law, Gamaliel e
3t. John, perished. Mr. Sc. John'went
to Wilmington Thursday and escaped. a
The dead are: Wallace 0. Andrews and r
wife, Mrs. Georgie St. John and daugh- ^
ter, Orsen Wallace and Frederick, chil- f
dren of St. John. The servants. Nellie
Rolden. Mary Flanagan. Eva Paterson,
Kate Downing, Masie Ross, Annie
Neary and Jenoie Barns, the laundress,
died at the hospital.
The bodies of Mrs. St. John and her a
children have been identified. Six ?
others have been found and two are believed
to be those ofJVIr. and Mrs. Wal- ^
lace and the rest of the servants. Alice (
trri j .1 r x i 1
\v nice, tne coos, is in me nospitai, in
a critical condition from the shock. ^
The flames skipped two blocks catching
the residence of Al. Adams, a *
sportsman, on Sixty-ninth street. A ?
number of the inmates jumped from
tiie windows. Mrs. Adams was injured !
in the back and is suffering from the
shock. Xeliie Quian, a servant, jump- 0
ed from the fourth floor to the exten- I
sion and was severely braised. Mrs. ?
Mary Langran, the housekeeper, died
at the hospital and four others were injured.
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a
True Bills Found. t
In the United States circuit court ^
at' Charleston Friday Judge W. H. c
Brawley, presiding, a true bill was ^
found by the grand jury against 13 of
the men accused qf lynching Fraser B.
Baker._at Lake City. S. C., Feb. 22,
1898. The men on trial now are: :*lartin
Ward, W. A. Webster, izra McKnigbt,
Henry Stokes. Henry Godwin,- s
Moultrie Epps, Charles D. Jayner, c
Oscar Kelly, Marion Clark, Alonso i
Kodgers, Edwin M. Kougers, Joseph 1
P. Xewham and Early P. Lee, *
HH^iants and farmers of Lake (
^taa^^inity. The last two men j
iMjMed State's evi- t
^kkeplace begin- i
^iiiey General 1
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A NEW DEAL. |
Douthit Defeats Vane *or Dispen
sary commissioner.
MILES ELECTED CHAIRMAN.
Inspector Hill Gets Left, While all ?the
Other Employees Pass
- Through Safely. A New '
SlinprintenHfln*
There was something of a shake up in
iispeDsary affairs "Wednesday morning
when the elections for various positions
were held. Mr. Miles was elected
jhairman and Mr. J. B. Douthit commissioner,
while in minor positions
jther changes were made.
When the board met and the elec- :
;ioD3 were about to be entered upon
jhairman Haselden created some surprise
by declining to stand for re-election
and in doing so made a brief fare
yell address, so to speak. He said that
le had served as chairman to the best
)f his ability tor^the past year and- if
wrongs had been done and had not been
jorrected it was not frcmany lack of
:5ort. The board is composed of fire
nembers and he believed it would be
jest for the interests of the dispensary
X) have rotation in the chairmanship. < ;
The election for chairman, as were
ill the others, was taken by a viva voce >
rote. Mr. Miles being the only candilate
received all of the votes, except ^
lis own, which he cast for Mr. Hasel- ^
len. Mr. Miles thanked the board for
he honor, and requested Mr. Haselden
o continue to act as. chairman until the lext
meejbing. .
Uapt. H. (J. Webb was unanimously
sleeted to his present position as clerk
o the board and chief bookkeeper.
But the election in which most inter!st
was taken was that for commissionsr.
There were two. candidates, Col. 8. /
iV. Yance, the incumbent, and Mr. J.
3. Douthit. The result was the election
of Mr. Douthit, the following votug
for him, Messrs. Williams, Miles
,nd Boykin. Colonel Yance received
he vote of Messrs. Haselden and Ro?nson.
Both candidates were very conident
up to the time the election was
leld. Colonel Yance, the.retiring .
iommissioner, has been an efficient offi:er
and is popular in Columbia. His
uccessor will naturally drop into the
larness in his new position, as he his
>een for several vears an p.ffimAnt. mam
>er of the board and is consequently
fcoroughiy familiar withr?H the details
if-the business. -/
Mr. D. A. G: Ogzts was nnanimons- ?
y re-elected clerk to the commissioner.
InspectoiJSUil was defeated by Mr.
j. W. Boyliji, of Camden. He revived
a unanimous, vote, Mr. Hill ^
Living withdrawn his name that morn- ";
ng. Mr. Boykin ii~ar brother of the
nember of the boarfcx. Inspector J
iloody was re-elected witjkn*T ogwaion
as were Messrs. Charles andfiftfrey
bookfceepersjW.-SiiSaras,?
tabnlary elerk;John G\ Black, ship^"*"
ing clerk; G-. B. Pettigrew watchr
nan. W.
H. Bryant was elected snperin
endent vice Dixon who resigned some -
ime ago.
The board then proceeded with regu- . * ^
ar routine work.
The board in suspending Dispenser
?roy, whose accounts show discrepan- ?
ies of over $400. Mr. Troy says lie
an explain it all.
The apparent shortage.of Dispenser
jamar, of Aiken, is $500, but Inspecor
Moody investigated and found,that >
he negro porter formerly emoloved
- ? ? A -?
ras guilty of stealing tha stock. Acion
against Lamar was discontinued.
Mr. U. X. Gunter put in a claim of
;15 for legal services in prosecuting
iolators of the law. The claim was en- - > :
iorsed on the back. "
"Governor Ellerbe has refused to alow
this claim. We think it just and -,sk
the board to consider it, *
W. B. Evans,
Private Secretary.
W. W. Harris,
? m t ?i
<jiem. *
The matter was sent back to the gov- . V;
mors office.
Messrs. Boykin and Robinson .were J81I
ppomted to dense some plan, whereby :.r&
eputable druggists might obtain alcoiol
without having to send to Columbia
or it.
A
Big Farmer. > ^
David Rankin, of Tarkio, Atchinson
ounty, Missouri, who owns and man- ??
,ges 23,000 acres of land in Atchinoq
county, scattered over an area of _? - ^ ^
orty miles, is described in the Indian
polis News as an all-round farmer who
arms all the year round. To* work his
arms, which average from 600 to 3,000
,cres, requires 140 employes, 700
torses, mor^than 100 wagons and many
lows, harrowS>cttItivators, etc. Half
if his land goes uMer the plowyeaij
y. About 2,000 aerca^are sown to
cheat and the rest is planteS-in corn. - |
nner laaa is laia dovn m clover, tun'thy
and bluegrall pastures. Eyeiy .
-ear Mr. Raukin buys and fattens from , ' .
1,000 to 10,000 head of cattle. He \
;eeps 12,000 head of hogs at all times,
,nd sells' about $80,000 worth yearly.
le began to bay his land in 1876. In
.ddition to his daties as ajarmer he ifi v;;.
he president of the First National
Bank, of the Electric Light and. Power
:ompany of the Water company and of
i brick and tile company. He has been iberal
in his support of the church and
ducation.
Burned to Death, A
A .Mr. boiitnand nis wire, recent
xrivals from the north, were burned to
eath in their house Wednesday night ifl
tear Harper's station, -10 miles- from
^nsacola, Fla. Their, bodies were 41
ound Thursday. Sheriff Mitchell,
bounty Judge Holley and the cordner's
ary'fiom Milton, in Santa Rosecouny.
left immediately for the scene to
oake an investigation. Nothing i?
:nown here of the full name or former . r
tome of Mr. Smith.- ,
tat A Floral Corset.
bly last week '