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w . - - ' *&&&& ngk . 9 " " - . - VOL LIII WINNSBORO. S, V., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 26, 1899. NO. 38. jjj ___ ?? Mm ' ~ ~ ;-3g nil IN A TRAP. Lieutenant Giimore and Fifteen Men ofthe Yorktown CAPTURED BY THE FILIPINOS. The Men Were Endeavoring to Rescue Spaniards Held by the.. Rebels at Safer, Island of Luzon. Anxiety is reir. rlhe navy department has given out the following dispatch from Admiral Dewey: Manila, April 18. Secretary of the Navy, Washington. The Yorktown yisited Baler, Luzon, east coast of Luzon, P. I., April 12, for the purpose of rescuing and bringing away the Spanish forces consisting of SO soldiers, three officers and two priests, which were surrounded by 400 insurgents. Some of the insurgents armed with Mauser rifles * * * by na: tives. Lieut. J. C. Gilmore, while making * * * ambushed, " were fired upon and captured. Fate unknown as insurgents refused to communicate afterward. The following are missing: The officer previously referred to, Chief Quartermaster W. W. Walton, Cosswain J. Ellsworth, Gunner's Mate H. J. Hogard, Sailmakers' Mate Vendgit, Seamen W. H. Rynaers and C. W. Woodbury, Apprentices D. W. A. Yen^ s\ t O T? viiie, J. Jfeterson, uramary oeameu jc. Brisolese, 0. B. McDonald, Landsmen L. T. Edwards, F. Andersen, J. Dillon and C. A. Morrissey. Dewey. The dispatch from Admiral Dewey caused much excitement in naval circles as soon as its contents became known. It was received late in the day and considerable delay was occasioned by the blindness of some of the cipher words. It was impossible to completely decipher it and the asterisks indiflia ntiinfd 1 ienV>]a wnrda. v UUAUhViA^4i>/*v (I The capture of the Yorktown's men was discussed with much feeling in naval circles. The misfortune was felt with added keenness as the navy has prided itself thus far on immunity from reverse's". The -admiral's dispatch was the first knowledge the department had that the "Yorktown had gone on this special mission to relive the ^Spanish trarrisnn at Baler. That the capture should have been effected"' "while tSef American forces were on a'mission "bf " mercy toward the Spaniards, rather than in the prosecution of a campaign s led to the belief that Spain would hate .< no further ground for questioning "the I good faith with which the Americans were seeking to relieve the condition..^ . the Spanish prisoners. Although the dispatch gave na indication that Lieut. Gilmore and his men had lost their lives, yet great anxiety was aroused by the mystery surround ing their fate while in the hands of an. ~~ uncivilized' enemy. This is the first capture of any Americans, military or naval, so that it is unknown how the insurgents will treat our men. if civilized methods were pursued an ex change could be quickly effected-a.Geo. (Xis has a large uutube: of Fihpino prisoners, but the insurgents havt' been averse thus far to exehan.siina Spanish prisoners, and this .raises a question as to what they will do withthe Yorktown men. The purpose of officials here is to spare no effort to secure tbe speedy release of our men. THE BALER AMBUSH. The Story of How tlie York town Men Disappeared. A dispatch from Manila under date of April 19 say-?: Admiral Dewey has been notified of che strange disappearance of Lieut. J. C. (xilmore and 14 members of the crew of the United^ States gunboat Yorktown. Oa Saturday last the York town anchored off Baler, on the cast coast of the island of Luzon, and about 200 D;iles from here, where there was a Spanish garrisDn of about 50 men which had been defending itself against several hundred Filipinos for months past. Lieut. Gilmore. Eosign W. H. Standley and a boat's crew were sent up the river from Baler bay to communicate with th? Spaniards, the town of Baler being situated some distance inland. Ensign Standley, who landed at the mouth of the river, reports that he heard three volleys, a bugle call and cheers from up the river, but that the automatic gun, which was part of the quipment of the boat, was not heard firing. Standley later paddled to- the Yorktown in a canoe. A search was made for the Yorktown's boat and her crew, but no trace of .them was found and the Yorktown sailed forlloiia, from which place her commander cabled to ^ -J? 1 ^ AA?*t AC f ^ULLiiXai JL/ertCJi UiS lUCUliso maw I-U.& Filippinos had captured or sunk the boat or that the Spaniards had" rescued the American party. DA scouting party of American troops today found a rebel skirmish line more than a mile long east af Malo.lo^, * A sharp fusilaae followed, but bo losses were sustained. Brig. Gen. Chas. King, who has been taken suddenly ill and who is unable to continue in command of. his ^igade, has been relieved of further duty an$ has been ordered to return to the United States on the first transport sailing from here home. AS -SEEN IN WASHINGTON. , The navy department having requested a correction of the portions. of Admiral Dewey's dispatch of yesterday which were not decipherable was today able to furnish the full text of the dispatch which is as follows: Manila, April 18. nf the N'avr Washineton: The York town visited Baler, Luzon, east coast of Luzon, P. L, April 12 for the purpose of rescuing and bring' ing away Spanish forces consisting of 30 soldiers, three officers and two priests, which were surrounded by 400 insurgents. Some of the insurgents armed with Mauser rifles as reported by natives. Lieut. J. C. Gilmore, after, making an exploration of the mouth of the river in an armed boat was ambushed, fired upon and captured. Fate unknown, as insurgents refused to communicate afterward. Dewey. The officials of the navy department are confident that such of the men of the Yorktowa as escaped being killed outright in the Philippine ambuscade will be well treated by the insurgents. Sometime ago the war department made inquiry as to the number of American prisoners h?ld by the Filipinos. In re ply Gen. Otis referred to two such soldiers, and said that they were being fairly treated by the insurgents, he s ippring funds .to defray the cost of th -ir food. The reports made Wilcox, one of Dewey's officers, who to the navy department by. Paymaster made a trip across the island of Luzon from Manila to the ncrtftcrast. described the condition of the Spanish officials who were the prisoners of the insurgents as very comfortable. In many cases, he said, the officials were not nominally in confinement, beiDg allowed the liberty df the towns. The officials are hopeful that Gilmore and his men who surTTITT/V/3 S\ O c/^n n n rrill CAmo /1?5T7 TP V I > cu LUC uUJUUCvttU\u TT lax &vu>v \*MJ AW gain their liberty, THERE ARE NO REBELS NOWRear Admiral Philips Orders the Word Rebel Painted Ont. '"The civil w?.r is over," said Rear Admiral John W. Philip, commandant of the .Brooklyn .Navy Yard, standing before a huge chunk of iron in_ tie yard that was being repainted. "There are no rebels; there never were any rebels. Bet's forget the whole matter and paint it out." Following so closely upon President MeKinley's utterances on the same subject in his famous speech while in the South recently, when he referred to the line between the north and south haviDg been erased in the gallant defense of the flag by the sons of both, Rear Admiral Philip's utterance is significant. It was done on his own responsibility, without any order from Washington, but the gallant admiral's order will meet with a responsive chord in every heart. His words ~ li< 7TT IV/I fAnr^15i! a/n VYI1X UUUVUU?UI> ? -jproval of ail citizens. Here is the story: For nearly thirty y^ars now there has been displayed in a prominent place before the commandant's office at the navy yard, where thousands of visitors have seen and inspected and shown great interest in it, a trophy of the civil war. It is- a great, massive bulk of iron, queer in shape, weighing many tons.-- The inscription; ^stinted on it in large letters winch all might read, told ho wit had been the ram of the "rebel" ^vessel - Mississippi, captured by the .union -naval-forces. . 3'he Mississippi was one of the most dreaded of the .Confederate vessels, being, similar to 'the ram, .Tennessee and tne iron-clad "Merrimai? The big chu ak of iron has to be repainted about on je.a year in order to keep it in a presentable condi tion, ana to prevent tat: accmuuiatiuu of rust . Workmen engaged in the annual,sprifog cleaning up about the navy yard werfc at work last week and in the ce.urse-of their labor caxne upon the ram. They had started to repaint it when Admiral Philip happeued to pass. The officc-r who ordered his men to remain quiet when they had just achieved a great victory over Cervera's >quadron off Santiago, and uttered those immortal words, ,:JL)on't cheer. bo\s', those poor devils are dying,'" stood siieDt and thoughtful, watching the painters at work on the ram. His mind ran back to thirty years to the tidQj: when,- as a young midshipman, he had remained l<>yai to his country, Which was torn b> the bitterest intei necine strife; to the hard fightiii.tr he and others had gone through; to the foe \vho," mistakeu though he mi^ht have been, yet showed by his courage and chivalrous acceptance of the inevitable outcome that he was a biother. "Painter, "the admiral called out, while traces of moisture were suspiciously noticeable about his eyes, "when you repaint that inscription just leave out that word 'rebel'; there are nc rebels now." 'The old ranr still lies there at the door of Jhe-commandant's offiee. It is resplendent in a new coat of glistening white paint. No visitor to the navy yard can miss it. But printed in bold letters ia black, across the--face, is this simple inscription: "The Kan) of the Mississippi." Heads Like Fiction. A dispatch from New Orleans .says: Dr. A. Chapman ot' Courtland, Miss., twice reported dead, has arrived here on the steamer Franklin from Bluefields Nicaragua. Dr. Chapman, who was a suigeon in the insurgeat army, tells a thrilling story of his escape from President Zelaya's forces. He was captured on February 24, near Rama, while in the company of Stephen Powers, an suyjcwV) auu axov a, lu.-z??AV\SJL V-?* the revolutionary forces. A courtmartial followed the capture, the men ^being tried as spies. They were condemned to be shot. A strange feature of the affair was that the sentence was actually carried out. Stephen Powers fell dead at the first fire, but Chapman was merely wounded in the lel't arm. He fell to the grouud, however, and thinking.they had killed him, the soldiers walked oS. Chapman made his way to Bluefields. Jack Martin, the American-gunner'of the San Jacinto, who was captured by Zelaya's soldiers, has been tried an<J convicted.. Sentence had not beeft fihdrHy -pronou^ccd.' when Chapman left. Martin will undoubtedly be ' s&ofc. r * - r. + ?0 Extremely Sad. A drepatoh from from Wichita, Kant I l . nr* * "l CCTlvi sas,,qa3ea last imirsaaj, says: >VJaea Assistant Engineer Ebby of the cruiser Brooklyn, who is on his way to New Haven, Kansas, from New York, reaches that little western town, he will find* a {^avejnstead of a bride. Engineer Ebby was -to have been married this" week io Miss Nina Hall, a prominent ycun?-lady of New Haven. Tues day Aliss was accidentally snot and almdsf-instantly killed by lier little brother, from whom the unfortunate girl was attempting to take a revolver with which he was playing. She was buried today. Efforts to notify Ebby of the tragedy hare been unavailing." A Cotton Tie Trust. And now there is a cotton tie trust .sitii a-capital of $33,000,000. It was organized Monday. Every kind of business is now organized into a trust and no man ca$ see the end. The trusts mnst.be met Qr the farmer? and working men of this country, especially of .the South,. will ;_be: .ground, into the "dust."*" A BIG MEETING. 4 1 I | The Workingmen's Dollar Dinner j in New York. ! ! BRYAN GIVEN AN OVATION j His Response to the Chief Toast of "Thomas Jefferson" God Bless You, Billy D/sw ? 'BUY. The second of the "One Dollar"' Bryan dinners, that under the auspices of the workingmen, was held in Xew York Wednesday night at the Grand Central palace. The dinner was not as largely attended as the one given by the Chicago platform Democrats in the same place last Saturday night, about | 1,500 men and women being present. The striking difference between these dinners was the seating of the guests of- honor tonight on the platform, where they were plainly visible to everybody in the hall. Back of the speakers, painted on a large canvas, ; was the following: _ "A system of political economy will yet dawn which will perform as well as promise; which will rain the riches of nature into the laps of the starving poor." Col. Wm. J. Bryan entered the hall soon after 7 o'clock. He was received 1 rni__ 1 witn great appiause. were seated as follows: Presiding Officer John Brisben Walker, Mr. Bryan to his right, with N. 0. Xelson of St. Louis; Rev. Dr. Edward McG-lynn, Charles Frederick Adams and Thomas Crosby at Mr. Bryan's right. At the chairmalf s left were Mayor Samuel M. Jones of Toledo, Oliver H. P. Belmont and "William Temple Emmet, great grandson of Robert Emmet. A small orchestra discoursed music from one of the boxes. There were 14 vacant seats at the guests of honor table. There were few persons in eve! riincr and mpn in well 'worn suits of various styles were numerous. The women, who were about equal in number to the men, sat at the tables on the main floor. The toasts and speakers were as follows; "Municipal ownership of public franchises," Mayor S. M.-Jones of Toledo, 0. "What a just economic system would do for women," Charlotte Perkins Stetson. "The foes which beset movements in intorpsh nf t.hft nfionle." Rev. Ed ward McG-lynn. ''Practical adjustment of social problems," N. 0. Nelson. ' All government derives its powers from the consent of the governed,"' William Temple P]mmet. "Thomas Jefferson," William Jenninss Bryan. The menu was of the simplest. It *as: Vegetable soup; haddock, egg saucj; roist beef; roast turkey; cranberry sauce; pickles; ic* cream; cake; c ff :e. (Jul Bryan was accompanied by Congressman William Suizer wheu he entered the hill A levee followed, during which hundreds shook* Mr Bryau's hand Mayor Jones was the first speaker, aiid. his-address aroused considerable enthusiasm. , i. Dr.-'McG-lynn was given an ovation. 1 ? C-rrtl _ tie said in part: . "mere is ioaay a slavery worse than chattel slavery. That is industrial slavery." I believe that a man should be more than a machine, more than a -mere brute of the fields. "If any one tellsyouthat we reformers would destroy the -rights of property tell him that he tells not the truth. We would give to every industrial corporation if you will just what it produces. No government has a right to give away a right or franchise created by the people in perpetuity, ana posterity has a right to spit upon such a grant." N. 0. Xelson of St. Louis spoke next and was followed by William Temple Einpiet. Mr. Emmet closed with a reference to Col. Bryan. It created a tremendous amount of enthusiasm, and then followed another demonstration similar to that given to Mr. .Bryan Saturday night. It continued for some moments, and some one shouted: 1 'God bless you, Billy, boy," whereat the crowd again got up and yelled ind cheered for minutes. Mr. Bryan had to raise his hands many times before Ms admirers would give way, and they did so only when tired out. The women particularly were enthusiastic in their greetings. " * 1 .1 _! 1 Me also received an entnusiasuc welcome when he arose to speak. Mr. Bryan said in part: "Jefferson was a man of ideas. We are applying his ideas today to the questions which arise. They were not all applied in his day. They have not all been applied since his day. Sometimes people think that only on- the battlefield can a man show his patriotism. I thank God that I livo in a land where peace hath her victories as well as war. A distinguished citizen of the nation spoke not long ago of the strenuous life and applied his idea to a policy that gives tbis nation an opportunity to go forth with musket and with cannon and carry its ideas by force to other nations. I thank God that peace in this country gives an opportunity for all the strenuous life of the people. (Long Cheers and applause.) If we but began to apply to our daily conditions the principles which we all accept, the theories which we will not contradict, there is room enough for work for several generations yet to come. Thomas Jefferson believed in the people; he was the first great believer in the people. "I appreciate the fears expressed by our toastmakers; no one will deny the evil tendencies of the times; no one will deny that there are abuses so intrenched in government that it is difficult to dislodge them. '".But as Jefferson believed in the J people, so We can believe in the people, j (Applause.) "My attention was called Tuesdiv 'I to the language used by Abraham Li?Gcola in 'oulogy of the Declaration of>in dependence, aud I want to contribute to the spirit of the-occasion by Rioting Ik what a great Republican ;:aid of the work of the greatest Democrat " The audience listened latently as Mr. Bryan read from a volume of Lincoln's speeches. When the speaker said that both Lincoln and Jefierson were repudiated when the Declaration of Independence was departed from, he was greeted with great applause. '"I sometimes hear people complain because business is disturbed by the agitation of public questions. There is n tt3v tn psp.nnp* it: let us have a mon archy, and then there will be no disturbance of any kind of business. We can simply serve and be happy. But history has shown that where one or a few think for all the p'eople, and act for all the people, they also enjoy the right to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness, our life must be a constant warfare against wrong. :'If you elect a public servant and go to sleep, the danger is that he may become more watchful of his own interests than of yours, and when I hear people complain that our government is a failure, I generally find them proposing the wrong remedy. They say our ? * 1 a1_ _ government is a tauure Decause tne people cannot be trusted. I reply that insofar as our government has been disappointing, it is because the people have not had a sufficient share in their own government. (Applause; that the faults of our government are not in the people, but in those who misrepresent the virtue, tthe intelligence and the wishes of the people. (Applause)." When Mr. Bryan closed there was a mighty demonstration. Men and women made frantic efforts to shake him by the hand, and it required the services of several policeman to rescue the speaker and escort him to one of the reception rooms. He remained until the crowd had largely dispersed, and then was driven to the Hotel Bartholdi. As lie emerged into the'street and got into his carriage he was greeted again by cheers, several hundred people waiting to get a farewell glimpse of him. Knights of Honor. The grand lodge of Knights of Honor for the jurisdiction of Soutn Carolina was in session in Columbia two days last week considering the work of the past year and devisiog ways and means for the propagation and extension of its great benefits. The following are the standing committee and officers elected and installed to serve for the ensuing year: Past Grand Dictator?W. A. Templeton, Abbeville. Grand Dictator?J. W. Todd, Sene ca. Grand Vice Dictator?M. F. Kennedy, Charleston. Grand Assistant Dictator?J. W. Yernon, Wellford. Grand Reporter?L. ;N. Zealy, Columbia. Grand Treasurer?J. T. Robertson, Abbeville. Grand Chaplain?A. Buist, Blackvilie. Grand Guide?J. B. Lewis, Anderson. Grand Guardian?John B. Bonner, Pelzer. Grand Sentinel?Jno. Kennedy. Grand Trustees?J. G. Tompkins, Edgefield; H. C. Moses, Sumter; D. A. Smith, Walhalla. Representative to supreme lodge for two yea ?J. W. Todd. Alteruate to supreme lodge for two years?L N. Z-aly. Finance committee?X-W Trump. W. P. Anderson, J. 0 Ladd. Laws aud Supervision committee? C. A. C. Waller, P. B. Waters, C. P. Quattlebaum. Bryan on Imperialism. "V7m. J. Bryan has writien a letter to the Fresno, Cal., Democrat giving his views on Imperialism. He says in part; :'I think it can be shown from a pecuniary standpoint that it will cost us more to conquer the Filipinos and keep them in subjection than we shall be able to make out of the enterprise, and that money which does return from the Philippines will not find its way to the pockets of those who supply sons for the army and whose taxation furnishes the sinews of war. But there is a higher view to take of it than the money view. The principle of conquest is wrong. Our nation has steadily contended ag?inst it, and it is im nrtoeiklo flip far-reachinc effect upon our people of a doctrinc that would substitute force for reason in the declaration of the nation's policy Those who oppose Imperialism plead not for the Filipinos, but for the Amercan people. Our nation is strong enough to do harm, but it ought to be j too great to do wrong. I feel confident that the sober second thought of the American neonle will sustain those who believe that the Filipinos should be treated like the Cubans, namely, given their independence and protected from outside interference." Honored Our Noble Dead. The Columbia Record rightly considers that a loving patriotic task of Col. W TT Knansq. whn has iust eonmleted the planting of Southern trees above the 2,200 Confederate dead who sleep at Camp Chase, Ohio. He is a Union veteran of the civil war to whose mind came the tender thought that these boys, whose bones are buried so far from their kindred, should lie with the soft sight of their Southland's pines and willows above them, perpetually mourning their fate. Confederate veterans responded promptly to his suggestion by furnishing the trees, but it must ever be a pleasing recollection that Northern hands set them above the gravis. *'No more shall the war cry sever. +1, \J L lilts niUUiU^ XiTU MV# They banish our hatred forever, When they laurel the graves of our de~d." Want to Come Home. Governor Lind, of Minnesota, has received a telegram from officers of the Thirteenth Minnesota, dated at Manila Thursday, saying that the regiment must be ordered home and mustered out immediately. It is said that Chas. T. Yerkes, the multi-millionaire street car magnate, having failed to elect his man mayor of Chicago in the recent election, will soon remove from that city to New York. Chicago is to be congratulated -1 o 1 _ _ I on getting na 01 sucn a citizen as Yerkes. Xo doubt he will find Gotham more congenial. AS TO LYNCHING. The Supreme Courts Construction of the State Constitution. AVERY IMPORTANT DECISION The Estate of a Party Lynched May Obtain Two Thousand Dollars Damages. The State supreme court Thursday rendered a decision which virtually means that the estate of a party who comes to his death at the hands of a mob may obtain damages from the county of which he was a resident. xne constitution of ib'Jo contains a clause which makes an officer guilty of a misdemeanor who permits a prisoner to be taken from him and lynched: Provided, in all cases of lynching where death ensues the county where lynching takes place shall, without regard to the conduct of the efficers, be liable in exemplary damages of not less than $2,000 to the legal;representatives of the person lynched;' The general assembly in 1S9G passed an act in compliance with this section - o ^. i.'i.-i:-- rr\ oi me constitution. j.uei~u n<to aiutc been no demand for damages which has obtained a judgment thj-oii courts until the decisip-^med ThursIh January, 1897, Lawrence Brown, colored, was by a mob hanged to a telegraph pole in Orangeburg county. His estate, through'Isaac Brown, asadmin' istrator, brought action against the county to recover damages. _Tn^<ro AM110V1 in<:frnr>lr>r! t.Vifi inrv to bring in averdk't in favor of Orangeburg county, as the State conferred upon the estate of the deceased no right to recover damages, as the party lynched was npt in the custody of an officer. The case was appealed to the supreme court, which reversed the judgment of the circuit court and remanded the case for a new trial in Orangeburg county The opinion was written by Justice Gary and concurred;in by Chief Justice Mclver and Associate Justices Pope and Jones. After reviewing the section of the constitution in connection with the facts the opinion says: ;'The intention of the constitution was to prevent the crime of lynching in two ways: First, by visiting upon the officers of the law the penalties therein mentioned when a prisoner, lawfully in their custody, was lynched by a mob through their negligence, permission, or contrivance, and second, to induce the cooperation or tne taxpayers in preventing the lynching, in order that their bounty might not become liable to the penalty{by way of exemplary damages of not'less than $2,000 to the legal representatives of the person lynchod. "The lynching of a prisoner and of one .not in the custody of the law as such, is murder in both cases. It would *.1 ~ a* eflAm a f r> cm i P t.hf* Clidd urc, cibJicaoi owaauqv **. V?*v framers of the constitution were carefui to provide in the organic law of the State a remedy for preventing the lynching of a prisoner and remained silent as to the remedy in all other cases of lynching. "The constitutional provision, however, is not confined to the lynching of nrisnnArs. The words: "without regard to the conduct of the officers," when considered in connection with the evil which -the constitution intended to remedy, must be construed to mean; without reference to what has ^een *aid in regard to the conduct of the officers, or in other words without reference to other provisions of the section. They were inserted for the purpose of showing that the proviso was to be construed independently and without regard to what preceded it. The word "provided" is omitted in the act, and this fact shows that the legislature gave to the words "Without regard to the conduct of the officers tbe construction which this court "has placed upon them. "It must be remembered that many of those who were members of the constitutional convention were likewise members of the general assembly when said act was passed. While, of course a construction placed upon the constitution by the iecislative branch of the government would not be binding upon the courts, still in this case it is well worthy of consideration. "The act intended to make the county liable for damages in those cases only which fall within the provision of the constitution and it has correctly construed the consiitution to make a county liable for damages when the person lynched was not in the custody of the law as a nrisoner. "This renders unnecessary the con. sideration of the interesting question whether the legislature did not have the power independently of the constitutional provision to pass the act hereinbefore mentioned. "It has been held that statutes making a community liable for damages in cases of lynching, and giving a right of recover? to the leeal representative of the person lynched, are valid on the ground that the main purpose is to impose a .penalty on the community, which is given to the legal representatives, not because they have been damaged, but because the legislature sees fit thus to dispose of the penalty. "Such statutes are salutary, as their effect is to render protection to human life and make communities law abiding. ;1But, as we have said, our conclusion renders unnecessary a consideration of this question. ':It is not necessary to consider the exceptions in detail as our views clisr>nsp nf thp main ouestion in the case. <:It is the judgment of this court that the judgment of the circuit court be reversed and the case remanded for a new trial Round tne "World in Thirty DaysThe Ru/sion minister of railroads, it is announced in a special London dispatch from St. Petersburg, says that when the trans-Siberian railroad is completed it will be possible to go around the world in 33 days, as follows: Bremen to St. Petersburg 1J days, St. Petersburg to Yladivostock 10 days, Yladivostock to San Francisco by steamer 10 days, San Francisco to New York 4-i days, New York to Bremen 7 days. PRESENTED WITH A SWORD. Col. Junes Honored by the Men of His Regiment. On la?t Wednesday afternoon exer- I eises which were quite interesting .occurred in the camp of the Second South Carolina Regiment in Augusta in front _j? T i ^^ npi : oi v,oi. Jones tent. j.ne occasion was the presentation of a beautiful gold mounted, embossed sword to Colonel Wilie Jones by the enlisted men of the regiment. On the handsome scabbord were the words: Presented to ' COL. WILIE JONES, "Second South Carolina. U. S. V. I., "by the "Enlisted Men oi: His Regiment, "April 17, 1S99.:' The beautiful steel blade alss bore the colonel's name. Sergeant Major Frank Frederick, of Orcngeburg. made the presentation speech in the following appropriate words: "Colonel Jones, in behalf of the enlisted men of your regiment it gives me the greatest pleasure to extend their heartfelt thanks to you for your kindDess to them. We know that the hardships of the soldiers fell heavily on your shoulders, l'ou have ever treated us as soldiers and gentleman- and more than thisvou^^irfre'e Deenal^rfrrh-W-r ^^^tfTriBffainyourregiment. We present you this sword as a token to eVer show that a thousand hearts beat in gratitude for your kindness." Colonel Jones thanked the men for their token, saying it was the handsomest blade and sci-labard he had ever seen and that never before had he ap :_4.j pi'tJUiaLcu itu?miug as us uiu buxo guv. That since the enlistment of the men he had done all in hi3 power for them and the regiment, and to know that his efforts had ever been appreciated was well worth any trouble he had undergone. When the regiment left for Cuba he had made a promise to himself to try and briDg it safely back to Columbia to be mustered out, and although he had failed in this he had brought it to the next best place, Augusta. Several days ago he saw Governor Ellerbe and the governor congratulated the regiment on the record it had made. 1 his was natural that the men of the regiment, who were nearly all sons of veterans, should make a record not excelled Vsrr QnmrifV ormTT r?r\rna TTp U 2 OdLkJ ALL iXAVs KJ\*> T VUI.U C4.4. LUJ vw* *av then read .letters from General Keifer and General Douglass complimenting the regiment. He said that he was glad that not once had he been compelled to use harsh words to a man in the regiment, and not once had a maa hesitated to obey one of his commands. He concluded by saying; "When I return to my home, and you all know where it is, I intend to ask my wife to fix up a room and put over the door a sign, 'For the boys of the Second South Carolina.' This wili be meant for you, every man in the regimeut, and whenever you come to stay with us wc will be glad to see you. If a few come they can use the room and if the whole regiment comes we can go out in my oid field aod camp again like^we have for thc_ last ten' months. Remember, boys, 1 want you to come and see me."?Auiusta Herald. A Heavy Reward. A dispatch from Atlanta says rewards aggregating $1,000 are offered for the arrest and delivery to the sheriff of Campbell county of Sam Hose, the murderer and rapist. Gov. Chandler Thursday doubled the State's reward of $250 and issued a special proclamation urging sheriffs and outhorized officers in the State to make every effort possible to capture the Negro,' who is now being pursued by hundreds of men and the best bloodhounds that can be secured. The following description of Hose has been scattered broadcast: Sam Hose weighs 140 pounds, is 5 feet 8 inches tall and a mulatto of a coppery tint, has a small black moustache and holds his head to one side while talking. He wears his hat well down over his forehead. and has an affection which causes him to jerk his head at intervals. When last seen he had on a pair of almost new shoes, No. 7, a pair of gray jeans pants, brown sick coat and a mottled hat. Four Bales to the Acre. A correspondent writing from Lau rens recalls the fact that in 186'9 a Columbian made, without fertilizers, four bales of cotton to the acre on a lot within the limits of Columbia. This surely was a "record" yield. It is also to be remembered that in 1S57 Dr. Parker made there 200 bushels and 12 quarts of corn on one acre, a yield never excelled in the United States until Mr. Drake made his famous crop in Marlboro county a few years ago. A Wise Decision. Gen. Brooke, it. is announced, will treat the Cuban troops like ''soldiers and gentlemen." That is a very proper way to treat them, pending the aiecovery of a reason for treating them otherwise. They will appreciate confidence and courtesy, we may be sure?no people are more susceptible to kicdness? and a great many of them do happen to be gentlemen?State. A Bad Outlook. Gen. Lawton authorizes the statement that it will take 100.000 troops to '"pacifv" the Philippines. He can march through Luzon with a moderate army, he says,-but ^t will take an immoderate one to hold th:2 points captured. It is the story over again of Spain in Cuba. Desperation of Poverty. Penniless, behind on her rent ani hopeless of the future, Georgiana Dwerschak, a widow, aged 2G, shot | herself and two children Wednesday j night at Daluth, Minn. The three ! bodies were found this afternoon. The j children were 4 and G years of age, respectively. Information Wanted. Mr. John M. Cunningham of Molden Ma3S.. ius written the secretary of state for -information concerning one Edward Cunningham, a wealthy planter | and an Irishman who once lived in this I State. Won Them OverBigamist Woodruff, of Xew York, who has married over fifty wives and has five living ia New York, has rewon the two who were prosecuting him and they refuse to testify against him. ' The Weather and Crops. The week ending Monday, April 17th averaged about two degrees per day warmer than usual, although the first two days were cool, with light to killing frosts over the entire State, that injured young corn and truck. The latter por^'on of the week was yery warm. .Bright sunshine was the prevailing condition of the sky, with increasing cloudiness and very light rain on Saturday afternoon and night in portions of the western and central counties. Otherwise the week was without rain, and uu:uttii u|Jicu vuuxujr IUI farm work. Clay bottom lands and heavy soils generally became somewhat baked and crusted, iraking a light rainfall very desirable. Preparation of lands and planting progressed rapidly, with a result that corn planting was, at the close of the week, nearing completion over-the eastern portions of the State, and some has been planted in all except the extreme portions of the State. Corn that was up was hurt to some extent- by the frost. Some complaint of corn rotting xl. - J - _ J 1 . in his grouua, aaa m piaces repianung has already been done. Much laud for cotton was prepared, fertilizer listed, and some upland as well as sea island cotton was planted, and this work will become general during the current week. - Tobacco plants are becoming available for settTg^' crut, sn4- traiia,~?Zagting- has beaun in Horry, Marion, Florence, 0>~ angeburg and Darlington counties. A scarcity of plants is feared in sections of the latter county. With few exceptions, wheat and oats are looking well and growing nicely. Some rice, cane and truck wr.s planted. Pasturage very scant for the season. Unfavorable reports concerning neaches continue, with a few localities where half a crop is indicated. Pears, apples and cherries are as yet but little injured. J. Yv~. Bauer. Can't Compete With Texas. Something The State has been trying to rub into the farmers of South Carolina's for years now comes from Liverpool, via Washington. The Post of that city quotes a visitor, Mr. A. J. El^ood. '"connected with one of the big?,-t. e ~e T ??7 " Wltuu ill LLLS VU -UlYClJJUUi, do oajring: "The State of Texas is getting to be more and more the dominant factor in the cotton situation. In a very few years from now she will be producing 5,000,000 bales per annum, or nearly half of the world's supply. The Texas cotton, too, brings a higher price in our markets than that grown in the uplands of the Carolina's or in Georgia and Alabama: it is of longer and stronger fiber. There seem to bo hardly any limit to the supply this big State can furnish, but it is always to J)e borne iu mind that iexa3 is ia the semi-ariaregtoar"" and there is 110 predicting when a bad drouth may cocao along and cat the crop down to nothing. Sooner or later it is probable that the ofeer cotton States, realizing their inability to coinpete with the southwest, where- fhe planters have nothing to expend for fertilizing their lands, will be forced to seek some other crop, for it costs at least 1 cent a pound more to raise cot.ton, we will say, in Soath Carolina than ia Texas. The difference seems small but it is enough to impoverish one and enrich the.other/' Paste that on your grocery bills, farmers of South Carolina!?State. Survivors' Association. J ust before be'ing mustered out the men of the Second South Carolina Regiment organized a survivors' association. Major Havelock Eaves was called to the chair and Lieutenant J. W. Caller of Co. E appointed secretary. A committee consisting of Major Havelock Eaves, chairman, and Captain W. W. Wanna maker, of Co. E. Captain S. J. McCaughrin, of Co. G-, was appointed to draft a Constitution and by-la^s, and to repert at the next meeting, which w:ll be held at the next State fair at Columbia, S. C. The following officers were elected for che first term: ^ . President?Col. "Wilie Jones. First Vice President?Lieut. Col. Henry T. Thompson. Second Vice President?Major Havelock Eaves. T7? ? r> J .?j. r T jlnira vice rresident?-uajor o. o. Wagener. . Fourth Vice President?Corporal Wm. C. Owen, of Co. C. Secretary?Sergeant Major Frank Frederick. Treasurer?Capt. J. L. Perrin. Executive Committee?Co. A, Lieut. E. E. Cos; Co. B, Lieut R. Lawton Dargan; Co. C, Lieut. H. L. Spahr; Co. D, Lieut. J. Kelley; Co. E, Lieut. J. W. Culler; Co. F. Lieut. Houze; Co. G, Lieutenant Dukes; Co. H, Lieutenant Cheatham: Co. I, Lieutenant C. J. Epps: Co. K, Sergeant J. A. Berry; Co. L, Lieut. T. S. Moorman; Co. M, Lieut. W. T. Ellerbe; Siaff. Capt. L. M. Haselden; Hospital Corps. Dr. J. E. Poore; Band. Sergeant Eskew. Pressley's Parlors. Mr. D. A. Pressley, of Columbia, who represents the Ludden & Bates Southern Music House, has just fitted up his exhibition parlors. Here may be found specimens of the standard instruments which he handles?Mathu-, shek pianos, Mason & Hamlin and Sterling Organs. These are first-class instruments of established reputation. Mr. Pressley invites lovers of music and admirers of high grade instruments to give him a call. He stands ready, also, to give prompt attention to all inquiries addressed to him by majl. See advertisement in another column. t t + XliC YCU -LiiVCS ? The fishing schooner Elisa of Beverly, Capt. Hopkins, which sailed from Hyannis last wcc-k for fishing grounds, struck on Rose aiid Crown shoals and 11 of the crew of 14 men were lost. The three survivors reached Siasconset Mass., in the schooner's dory Tuesday. They report that the schooner is a total loss. ; A Hint to Farmers. More rice has been planted in the Lexington '"Fork" than ever before and rice mills have been put up at Chapio aod Irmo. This is an example wiuchy of wide emulation. Upland rice is one of the best crops our people can plant. Every farmer should have at least a patch of it.?S'ate The cruiser Raleuh, one of Dewey's victorious ships, will be in Charleston Harbor during reunion week. 1 SECOND REGIMENT. The Boys Mustered Out m Augut"V ' * *" ' ta Last Wednesday. MADE A GOOD RECORD* Men Bshaved Well After Getting Their Citizen's Papers and Pay. Summary of The - Record. A spscial dispatch to The Sfcatre-'M? Augusta says ths Second South, i na voluateer infantry was muster of service there Wednesday, ace to the schedule made three week Three paynusters began work JA o'clock and the work wa3 all co in five hoars, and the maj^ the inj'a on their way^SJ homes. Th* Atlantic Coast Orangebnrg and Samter, r^^^pecuQ* train besides its regp&r paesenger train, and took away probably half the regiment. The jcwn received in the . $10,000. A majority of the lieutenants and the field and staff officers were paid, but captains and other officers who had re ceipted to U ucle bam will get nothing till accounts are audited and found correct. - . Tuesday night 40 or 50 soldiers paraded around camp, beating tin pans and exhibiting enthusiasm. This was kept^u'p till very late. Nothing but good temper was shown. Two big camp fires were burned all night. Up to the time of leaving Wednesday evening the South Carolina ex-soldiers ' behaved themselves in a very creditable manner. No complaint had been VvTT A TXHATTAfff fllA " ^ 1CUUCICU v J C1XC piUVUSb gUALVL, ?Uv ? only arre3t being a man who had his coat unbuttoned. The special train on the South Carolina and Georgia took^ the Orangeburg contingent and the colonel and staff, who were invited to attend a banquet in that town Wednesday night. .? Four companies of the Second South Carolina regiment marched from the fair grounds to Shaadon, in Columbia, 21st, last. Thp. rifttefl ftf enlistment for most of the men being May 5th, in 15 days these den, would have been in the service one year, the organization, the independent or first battalion, being the first from the Slate for the war with Spain. One company was taken from it to.fill the first regiment, the BattalTIon being ^filled a second time Jane 15th. It was. commanded till/ Aagost 23a, when the"Seec2ftLxeguaeirt^ was organized, by Maj. Henry T. Thompson who then became lieutenant colonel, second in command to CoL Jones. Oq September 15th, we went to Jacksonville. October 22d. to Savan* nah, and Jaauary 3d to Cuba," return ing here three weeks ago. In that time nearly thirty men have died of disease. In Jacksonville as many as 300 men were on the sick books at the same time. While the service, for some months has been a drag on officers and men, it was with feelings of regret that * the members of the regiment'- parted. Friendships have been formed between -officers and men that will fee iife lasting. They have not had the opportu LLLLJ KJX. OiaUUiU^ UUUCl Or vauv py of smoke, but they volunteered to meet the fortunes of war, and would have dune their duty as Carolinians have done before, had opportunity presented itself. The soldiers were of the kind who nail stand fisrhfcincr better than the mo notony of camp life. The men of at least ooe captain came to him this morning and said th^tjf he "got to go" to the Philippines to call on them. It is prpposed to have a reunion of the regiment in Columbia daring each State fair, and the event must be a very pleasureable one. Guarding Against Disease. The State board of health of North Carolina has ordered that all second hand clothing shipped from New Yerk must be accompanied by a certificate o the health authorities of the city from vhich the shipment is made, that the clothing has been disinfected JL certificate should also be required as to whether the clothing was made in sweat shops or not. Much of tie cheap clothing of New York is made in the dirty homes of people, many of them diseased, and the new clothing carries germs and causes contagious diseases to spread. Death In a iuarricane. Advices by the Australian steamer give details of a hurricane in March, _ previously reported, which cost 404 lives. One colored pearl diver has .eached dry land with two women after swimming four days. Many porpoises were found fifty feet on the beach thrown up by the waves. Stones were imbedded in trees to a depth of six inches. Rocks weighing tons were thrown up. Two colored women swam ten hourswith children loaded on their, back*, but the children were eead when they landed. The beaches of Queensland are strewn :with dead fishes and birds. . ..... Not' Eligible. A woman cannot be' a notary public, Such was the reply of the attorney gen. eral Thursday to a query from Hon. JW. Ragsdale of. Timmottsville. The constitution provides that no one shall hold office except a qualified elector,, and women cannot vote in this State. , The only offices exempted by the con- , > stitution ara those of librarian and departmental clerks. ' A Fearful Becord... According to statistics gathered re; srnrdinjr the bubonic plague it isestima ted that there have been 250,000 deaths ^ recorded in India since its begifiaang. - ? "" These figures, however, are far below he actual total, as the natives are known to have concealed quite a number of deaths. A Kentucky paper says the election law in that - state is sure to result in a Democratic victory "as long as she returning boards consist of two reliable Democrats and one unreliable \lepubli* can."