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jj^j (SKI HS ^ .> W VOL LIII WINNSBOBO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 21, 1899. , NO. 45 ' - ? ?i t-rinn n A\infT i TJ T THl Hundreds killed.] ( Horrowing Scenes of. Desolation ! Caused by a Cycolne. MANY HOUSES DESTROYED. Littia Croups Seen Everywhere 'e.orAUmw +Ua Dmnc hv lOQCU^lllilg u >u ?j .... Light of Lanterns for the Missing Ones. Indescribably sad are the scenes of desolation wrought by last Monday week's tornado that has practically swept out of existence the prosperous little city of New Richmond, Wis. Out of 500 houses and store buildings comprising the town fully 300 were wreckr ed by the ctorm, or destroyed by fire. Almost every family Has one or more t members among the dead, injured or J missing, and little groups are seen J everywhere searching, by the light of lantern or torch, for loved ones who may be buried in the piles of debris on every hand. With frantic energy the search has been conducted all day and up to 9 o'clock, 54 bodies had been found, although the number of dead < certainly will reach 100 or more. These . have, for the most part, been taken to the Catholic and Congregational churchcs, which, although in the very storm's path miraculously escaped its fury. In these temporary morgues, the i sights are such as to touch the hardest heart, as the grief-stricken living re| cognize the bodies, horribly managled ond rsffen rHsmemhered remains of mis sing dead ones. The wounded find temporary asylums I in the uninjured dwellings on either ' side of the path, where doctors and 1 ( ~~uuT5c5 from nearby cities and towns are ' doing heroic work without sleep or rest. : As many as possible whose chances for recovery are considered good, are being sent to the hospitals at St. Paul and ; Minneapolis where they will have better care. The desolate view of the New Rich* mond is not one soon to be forgotten. Along the broken fragments of their homes the? people wander helplessly striving somewhat aimlessly and hope- 1 lessly to gather together what had been 1 left to them. On the east and west limits of the city many houses were still standing with little or no damage and to these homes the occupants wel- ; comea uieir icss luuuuaw and friends, giving them such aid as was ' possible and the sympathy that is so much to stricken souls. The property 1 less cannot be estimated at this time and may never be accurately known. It was almost total, for the insurance agents report tLat no tomado insurance (was carried in the town and only a small number of places where fire join- 1 ed in the destruction of property, will the business men be at all reimbursed ' fjrthe losses. ' CRUMBLED LIKE SHELLS.' '?/A reporter who went to New Richmond says: ; The storm struck the town full-in the < *? 3 4 ? oarfnl i centre acu m icu uuuu^ v.^ straction Bad been -wrought. Thelarg- 1 est brick blocks crumbled like eggshells i The lighter frame .structures were i whisked away like so much straw and < (many houses were carried for blocks < and dashed to the earth. < Five hundred buildings, the finsst in < the town, were demolished and when ] the storm had passed about the on)y i structures of any note left standing were ( the Catholic and Baptist churches. Not a residence was left untouched and i few reople escaped without injuries. i Lumber yards went up in the clouds, j i the huge planks beicg split into shin- < gles. Large iron bridge over Apple < river was blown into fragments and the i parts distributed along the banks a half ' mile away. Two large iron safes were i caught up and carried a distance of a i block. Within a space of a few blocks., lay < dozens of bodies. Legs and arms were i missing in many cases and one body < was found with the head clipped off j the trunk as though it had been sever- < ed with an axe. \ L All wlio sought refuge in cellars es- i caped. Some cases over whom houses 1 collapsed were entombed. To add to ) the horror of the situation fires were J started here and there by overturning stoves and many wounded, unable to 3 drag themselves out of the danger, suf- < fered death by burning. Gailman 3 Brothers' circus was in New Richmond < thfi farmers from the sur- < reunding country with their families, ^-^hsd gathered to see the show. A few minutes before the storm struck, a large part of those who had just come i from the circus, rushed to a brick i building close at hand where they took refuge. This building was among : those destroyed and it is difficult to say i how many perished there. AN AWFCL PICTUKE. C It is the average resident of New ; "Richmond who estimates the loss of life most seriously. They claim that ! hundreds are missing who were buried in the ruins, and there incinerated. One such is C. A. Nelson, who owned the Columbian restaurant, located on Main street His estimate of the loss is four hundred dead. He says that when the rain storm, which preceded the cy clone broke, not less than twenty persons rushed into his place for shelter. _ He is positive that not more than four B? besides himself escaped. When he heard the roar, he rnshed for the rear I door, bnt could not open it. In an instant the crash came. The ruins tumbled about his head, and left him just space enough to crawl out. In the shop was Mrs. Broadbank, who was i killed. Nelson found only four alive. He could hear screams and groans. VA V. >C- OthP snr | OiUV^C klLCU vuv v* vivors. Rev. Dr. Degnan, of the Church, of the Immaculate Conception, thus describes the approaching storm and the immediate results: "I was standing on the porch of my house, which is some three blocks west of the Omaha station, with my little nephew. Pointing to the threatening cloud?, I said to him: 'Those clouds are cyclonic.' That was about 6.30. ' Then I heard a fearful sound. It was like the panting of fifty locomotives on an upgrade. "I said to the boy. 'There is the cy- j clone.' In the southwest was a great whisking, black cloud, cone-shaped, the apex in the earth, the funnel in the sky. Already far ahead of the centre, the air was full of flying splinter?, boards, feathers, bedding, and everything. I told them to run and warn the people in the houses between us and the track. From all sides the peo- I pie were running, crying for assistance. r ? -i- J 1 tOO& llieIII aiiu sumc iiuLU parish school house and hurried them t into the cellar of my house. They begged for absolution and I knelt down and gave it to them. Even as I prayed the great black cloud of destruction was upon the village. Out of the general and terrific war I could hear the crashing and hissing sound as houss after house collapsed. I went out and was struck twice by pieces of flying i plank. ; ''Then the storm was gone. It struck and destroyed all the residences lying between it and the Omaha tracks. Ths ^ depot was right in its path. As it crossed the track tiiere it went right up * the main street of the town, destroy- j ing every building in the business c-en- rj tre. I immediately began the work of TJ rescue. 4*It was awful. God keep me froci seeing tbe like again. Everywhere moans, shrieks and calls for help were beard. The wounded cried out for prayers. I gave them absolution while assisting in the work of rescue, Catfc??]?cs ar.i Protestants prayed for tbtiii. ' ANOTHER TORNADO * 1 Wipes Out the Town of Herman 1 o Nebraska. a A tornado struck the town of Her- I man, in "Washington county, Tuesday a evening and wiped the place out of r existence. Herman is a placc of about e 300 inhabitants, in the extreme northern part of Washington county. It is s on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis s aDd Omaha railway. n The tornado wrought fearful dcstruc- 1 tion. A conductor on tne evening train v from Sioux City passed through the d place iiot long after the stoim and he 1 says not a building is left standing in town. He counted twelve dead bodies v lying in the streets. 1 The fatilities will undoubtedly run o up to a hundred if not-higher. A 1 special train has left Blair, the county t seat, ten miles distant, for the scene of I the disaster, carrying surgeons and all h needed supplies. Wires are all down v north of Herman and it is not kncwn t hn-37 mnr>K fnrthpr nnrt.Ti tlio sMvm n went, but reports are coming in to the a effect that a large portion of country t; north of Herman is laid waste. The n entire eastern portion of Nebraska o was swept by a terrific wind and electric storm Tuesday night. The streets of Omaha are flooded and ^ the play of lightning is fearful. Additional details are dribbling in ^ soncerning the tornado at Herman. ^ Advice received by the Bee ud to 11 ^ o'clock Tuesday night state that every dwelling house in town is destroyed, ? except the public school and a dwelling, both of which are on the outskirts. ^ The force of the wind was terrific, a3 _ nnA nior>A r?f marcc stniffiirps . iestroyeu was left intact. The scene in the streets of the once thriving and ^ beautiful little town is one of destrucdon. Wrecked buildings and broken ^ jurniture are strewn all around, while lead bodies lie ia many places, the jorpses badly disfigured and some of n :hem hardly recognizable. The moans f Ka a TPitVi fViA Aollc J V IUU 1UJ Ul^U LUXU^iV/ tTHXL IU\/ VU1L.J Vi ^ :escuer3 as they pursue their humani.arian task in the darkness by the flick- j? jricg gleams of lanterns. The relief train from Blair arrived & ibcut one hour after the storm and the ^ ivork of picking up the wounded was ^ 3egun. Willing hands did what they ;ould to help the injured, and in the source of an hour the train pulled out . :or Blair with 95 injured on board. * rhey were taken to Blair, as there is ibsolutely no place left at Herman at ;vhich treatment can be administered. A.11 the citizens of Blair htvve thrown)pen their houses to the wounded and i Vt A orA -Pat VkT* ! __ uuiVi tuuaigo ai^ vai^u iUi. wj jompetent surgeons. Many of the injured will die, but some of them re- 0 :eived but slight juries. It is im- ^ possible at this hour, owing to the contusion, to ascertain the number of dead, , :>ut twelve are known to have been iiiled and the list will run very much * ligher. 13 Superintendent Jaynes, of the Omaha ? road, was at Tekamah when he heard e the disaster and left at once for Her- e 1 ~ rsV.troi* ^ man vu vb uauuvaiy un v 1 jians along with him to assist in suc:oriDg the injured. n An Erroneous Idea. I An old fashioned idea prevails in ^ oiaDV families that a very light supper. ? such as a glass of milk and a 3lice o? " br-^ad, is necessary to prevent night- t: ware. But later experience has proven J. chat most growing children require a ^ plentiful repast before retiring of light * courishing food. Hunger, at whatever -* hour, of the day or night it comes, is the demand of nature for sustenance, ? and should be gratified. No sleep is * the result of a too empty stomach in ? many children, and for all such as ? ampie meai is necessary atsuppei. time. . We have known restless children, who ^ were in the habit of disturbing the 0 household during the night, restored to a quiet and peaceful slumber with a crack- ' er and a drink of milk given them on c awakening in the night. And the rule c of "nothing to eat between meals'" laid * down absolutely for all members of her , household by some mothers is a mistake when applied to the growing school * children who come in from school *'al- c most starred to death."' Their hunger 1 should be satisfied in spite of theories.. * - ? I Discussing the Dispensary. I The temperance society of the First c Congregational church, Washington, I). C., held a symposium one night this ( week upon the ''dispensary system of i treating the liquor problem." The c Post reports that "among the good f points of the dispensary system were 1 TV* ATN f * /vr? a/3 ftT-ort-Virrtw nf tTip rtnliti- ! 2 LUCUbiVu^u vuv v ? v*. i v ?> v* cal influence of the saloon. the ccssa- z tion of treating, the separation from the 1 places where liquor is sold from lunches c and games, the publicity obtained i through requiring every purchaser to t sign his name, the prohibition of J drinking on the premises, and the fact i the dispensaries are closed on Sundays, i holidays, and at nigh'.t'" t TILLMAN'S REPLY To the Penitentiary Investigating Committee. LATIMER ALSO MAKES REPLY \ New Light Thrown on Some of the Things Brought Out Before the Committee. The investigation of the management >f the affairs of the State penitentiary )y former Superintendent W. A. Neal vas resumed in Columbia on Tuesday )f last week. There were only three nembers of the committee on hand? Chairman Stevenson and Senators Livngston and Hay. Mr. Pation was exacted in the afternoon. The other nembers was kept away by sickness. Che committee went to work at a lively >ace and some facts about $200 worth >f cotton seed meal and the hosiery nill contracts were developed. The vitnesses examined were ex-Capt. of -he Guard Westfield and ex-Bookkeeper Surriss. The feature of the day was he introduction of letters written by he chairman to promiDent men whose lames had been connected with the in estimation, and the replies thereto sent >y Senator Tillman. It was also de eloped that Representative John Ashey of Anderson had stabled his horse at he penitentiary during the 1S9S session f the legislature free of charge. Col. Xeal was not present, but his .ttorneys, Col. P. H. Nelson and Julius 2. Bogg?, Esq., were there to look out ,fter his interests. Penitei tiary Diectors Cunningham, Tatum and Sand rs were present ajso. The committee got to work in the upreme court room, it being more pacious and cooler than the comaittee room upstairs heretofore used. Ifter a preliminary conference iu priate the body was publicly called to or:er by Chairman Stevenson at about 2:30 o'clock. Capt. "Westfield was sworn as the first Fitness and asked by Mr. Stevenson if ie knew whether one of the members f the legislature during the session of S98 had not had his horse stabled at he penitentiaiy. He said Joshua Ashley of Anderson had brought his lorse there and kept it thefre. He rould say, in justice to Mr. Ashley, hat that gentleman had frequently furished the penitentiary with teams to nd from the convict camp in his couny, and had saved the State prison much aore than the cost of the feed and care f his horse. senator tillmax's reply. Mr. Stevenson here explained^ that e had written letters to the several rominent men whose names had been onnected with penitentiary transacions. He read this letter to Senator oilman. Cheraw, May 20, 1899. Ion. B. R. Tillman. Dear Sir:?In the investigation of he penitentiary management there ap ears on the brick book one carload of rick charged to you and on the comlissary book certain grocery accounts ftr 1SQ4. ?mrl it ia Jw tliA nflfi er3 that you ran a farm while governor rith convicts, and the penitentiary got o benefit from it, and also that certain arniture was presented to you by the tanacemenf-,. The nnmmittfffi's exneri nee in the past in finding receipts for ccounts, etc., which appear to be unaid and are not so entered, requires bat we give every party against whom uch charges and insinuations are made n opportunity to be heard, and I write o say that we will meet at the State ouse in Columbia June 13,1899, at 12 'clock, m., and will be glad to have our statements as to these matters if ou desire to be heard. Very truly yours, W. F. Stevenson, Chairman Investigating Com. The reply of the senior member was jad as follows: Trenton, S. C., May 26, 1899. Ion. W. F. Stevenson, Cheraw, S. C. Dear Sir:?I have your letter of May Oth; I hardly think it worth my while d appear before your committee to answer the trivial matters brought out in he iNeai investigation. 1 ao not see in 'hat way Col. Neal's dereliction or lisconduct, or his transactions in reard to the bricks and bookcase, etc., ffect me. I am in the dark as to the xact nature of one of these--matters, to it: "The account on the commissary ook," and would be glad to know the ature of that account, items and dates. I will state for your information that have no recollection whatever of ever aving obtained any groceries or anybing else that could be charged on a ook of that kind from the peniteniary, except an occasional mess of egetables, which were sent to me by Jol. Xeal as a compliment, I suppose, nd I am sure I paid for anything else got. In regard to my running a farm with onvicts, I will state that I never ran a o-rm utrTiilo ir> PV.Iumhia at all. in the ommon sense of the term. I rented ve or six acres of land -which I sowed a oats in the fall with my carriage lorses and then sowed in peas after the ats were cut for pea hay. There was , little patch at the executive mansion rhich was similarly treated, and the onvicts who kept the yard and grounds lean helped to gather in this hay as rell as that out on the rented land the ast year I was at the mansion, and Col. Seal would never take any pay. The abor of curing and hauling five acres of >ats and pea hay one year you can estinate so as to see about the extent of "kw ^ i f- icj efill nnnn HPJua lie dViWUUUl', IX. AC XO OUll vyvu. AUV natter was so trivial I attached no im)ortance to it then or now. You may :onsider it in a different light. In regard to the brick, I will say that 2ol. Neal, at his own suggestion, once vhile at llock Hill, offered to ship me a :arload oi brick if 1 would pay the 'reight, saying tiiat tney would cost lim very little, and he would make me t present of them. I accepted the offer, md when Col. Lipscomb sect in a bill [ sent it to Col. Xeal with a letter iniuiring whether Lipscomb had any ights in the matter. He replied no, ;hat it was a mistake, and there the natter dropped. Neal also presented ne with a plain pine bookcase with ;lass doors, worth about $5. I will say .hat shortly after I entered the execu< tire office I let Col. Neal nave a cane mill and ccpper evaporator which cost $700, leaving it to him to determine the price. He only paid me $100, and I, therefore, did not feel that in accepting the small gifts that I did that it was an imposition on him. I never dreamed 1 . . 1 . t . y 3 a _ tnat tne articles were not cnargea to his account and settled for. Since I have discoverd that the State is the loser I, of course, am willing to pay for each and all of these things. There is one other item of which no mention has yet been made that I have seen, though I have not followed the testimony closely. He shipped me a small lot of oats one time from some where and would never send me any bill, although I wrote for it twice. I make these statements for your information and satisfaction and leave it to your own discretion as to what use you will make of them, I am Yours respectfully B. R. Tillman. Mr. Stevenson then wrote Senator Tillman as follows: Oheraw, S. C., May 30th, 1899. Hon. B. R. Tillman. Dear Sii:?Your letter to hand. We have not attempted or desire to give undue prominence to ciroumstance9 relative to prominent men in the State in this matter, but as there has been considerable newspaper comment, the opinion of the committee was that beC 1 J 1 A ATTAVT. iUlC ttC UiUSCU VYC OUUUAU ^iVC cvu; man against whom any immutation was made a change to be heard. Hence I wrote to all of those in that situation, deeming it but fair to them. If you mean by saying that I can make such use of your letter as 1 see fit; that the committee can use it as your statement of the matter in which your name is mentioned, I will say for myself that it will be just as satisfactory as a sworn statement, provided Col. Neal does not object, and surely he cannot do so. The commissary account with you ran all through your administration, but the account is balanced up to the last year. The book shows charged to you in groceries, etc., largely horse feed. I think, a balance of about $57 for the iast year you were governor. This was never published as an asset of the penitentiary. Neither was Gov. Evans' account, which is about $175, still open. I will get you an itemized statement if you desire it when we meet. Most truly, W. F. Stevenson. Senator Tillman's final letter reads thus: Trenton, May 31, 1899. Hon. W. F. Stevenson, Cheraw. Dear Sir:?I have jvtir letter of May 30th. Whatever may have been the committee's intention or purpose, several newspapers nave criticized it because of the apparent "undue prominence" given in the investigation to small matters involving prominent men. Of course I can understand that the committee is not responsible for the action of the newspaper reporters, who seize on these insignificant matters for exploitation. The committee's report when made op and published will disnlnse its attitude and show whether there is anything political in the investigation. Ycu are at perfect liberty to use my statement written to you in any way you please. I hardly think it would require the sanction of an oath to give any additional weight. I repeat what I said about getting hings from the penitentiary, and I think you will find you are mistaken, because I am sure I got nothing while Col. Talbert was superintendent whatever, and very little while Col. Neal was in charge. I would be glad to have an itemized copy of the account. Yours truly, B. R. Tillman. EX-GOV. EVAN'S IS SILENT. ? Mr. Stevenson also placed in evidence the following letter to which he said he had received no reply: Cheraw, May 20,1899. Hon. John G. Evans. Dear Sir:?In investigating Col. Xeal's management of the penitentiary the officers of that institution charge that you got groceries from them while governor for which you did not pay, and ran a farm with convict labor which you paid nothing for, Our experience iro rtf + V? o ifl I TTXVUk V JU>Vrf ttuaxu Ui *? such as to cause us to desire to hear from the apparent debtor before deciding that anything there was not paid for, and if you have any statement to make regarding these matters we would be glad to hear from you or any one in your behalf in Columbia on June 13th, layy. \v meet at tne state feo*se at 12 o'clock m. on that day. There was an interview with a "near relative" of yours published relative to the matter, but you will understand that for the committee to take notice of the matter it will have to come before them as evidence. Hoping to see you at the meeting, I am Most truly, W. F. Stevenson, Chairman of Committee. Mr. Stevenson said he would put these letters in evidence. If the counsel wished Senator Tillman summoned as a witness for examination the committee would issue a subpoena for his appearance, and so with other cases. Capt. Westfield, when asked, said he could prepare the itemized account of the Tillman matter and would furnish the book if needed. He said the book would show the whole account, it was not a question of memory. THE LATIMER CAEE. This letter to Congressman Latimer was likewise read: Cheraw, May 20, 1899. Hon. A. C. Latimer. Dear Sir:?In the investigation of the penitentiary it has been stated that yon got certain furniture from the institution, and from your card ia the papers I suppose you desire to set yourself right in the matter. Of course the committee cannot base a report on a card in the newspapers, so that I write to say we will be glad to laave our statement made to the committee and become part of its records, and will afford you that opportunty on June 13, 1899, in Columbia, where we will meet at 12 o'clock m. at the tftate house. Hoping to see you there, I am Most truly yours, W. F. Stevenson, Chairman Penitentiary Investigating Committee. Mr. Latimer's reply was also submitted as folbws: Belton, May 22, 1899. Mr. W. F. Stevenson, Cheraw. Dear Sir:?Your letter to hand offering me an opportunity to testify before your committee on the 13th day of June. I have no statement to make except that already made and it seems to me rather expensive and a waste of time to make that trip simply to restate what I have already published over my signature. This statement has not been denied nor in my opinion it will not be denied.- I restate it to you on a separate slip that you may use it and if J.a_ j a. l * T ^*11 lb 19 CUliUilUlUWSU 1 Li WIG XCdSt JL vr ?xx then appear before your committee and make oath to the 3ame Your? very respectfully, A. C. Latiaier. The statement reads as follows: Mrs. Latimer and I were on a visit to Col. Neal. The colonel had a bookcase; my wife inquired where he got it. He (Col. Neal) stated it was made at the penitentiary. Mrs. Latimer said sne wanted one just lite it ana asKea Col. Neal if he would not have one made for her just like his. I said wait; I want to know what it will cost first; after figuring Col. Neal said thirteen dollars, that his cost twelve and a half. I said, "All right, make it then." Some two months after that the case was shipped to Mrs. Latimer; the freight was seven dollars. When I returned home Mrs. Latimer hai the case in my sitting room with books in it and invited me to see it. I asked if Mr. Neal sent the bill' Mrs. Latimer said ''no." I wrote the next day to Col. Neal for the bill. He did not reply to this letter. Some time after this I was in Columbia. I asked Col. Neal how much I owed him for the book case. He replied, 1 'not one cent;" that he had made a present of the case to Mrs. Latimer, and I said no more. I thought of c? t IsUUlBC HC lltui JJiLiU 1KJL 1U JL ViXVi lik'v know until I saw Mr. Westfield's statement before your committee that the case was not settled for. The above facts I swear to be true. Very respectfully, A. C. Latimer. Mr. Stevenson stated that he had received no reply to the letter sent exGov. Evans. McKIHXEY WORRIED. The Philippine Situation Causes the President Grave Concern. Events of the past week in the Philppines have caused the administration more uneasiness than they care to admit. The President and his advisers, in reading over the dispatch of Gen. Otis that the Filipinos were threatening to attack Manila, forcing him to make the first movement, made no attempt to conceal from each other the conviction that affairs had reached the critical stage. Scanning between the lines of this brief cable of Gen. Otis it is impossible to avoid the_conviction that the "advance" of Wednesday would not have been made except from the necessity of meeting promptly the advance of the Filipinos, who have changed places with our forces, and are now the attacking party. It has come out that several" oi the cities and towns lying around Manila have been occupied at least four times by our forces and abandoned. It is this which disarms the natives of fear at our approach and emboldens even the non-combattants to fins from doors and windows at onr soldiers in fheir successive retreats from "advances." A further very important point is the doubt whether the Filipinos will permit a cessation of hostilities during the rainy season. Heretofore this has been supposed to be purely a matter for us to determine. But the natives have become so bold, aggressive, defiant and confident that they are looked for now to take this into their own hands. The heat and the storm have no terrors for them, and it will be no more than pastime for them to keep our wornout men on the stretch during the three months' appalling period which lies before them. Appreciation in some degree of the circumstances cenfronting the administration is exhibited in the order to throw heavy reinforcements into the Philippines with the least possible delay. There is 3till, however, the hesitation to bow to the inevitable and call for additional enlistments. The regu- j lar army as at present constituted is to be subject to a heavy drain, so heavy, indeed, it has been deemed incumbent to issue an official explanation that our Western and Northwestern frontiers will be left sufficiently guarded against possible Indian or other disturbances. It is not belived this explanation will be altogether satisfactory to tnose concerned. It is the part of wisdom to send two negro regiments of the regular army in in the first batch of reinforcements. They have already had the benefit and the experience of tropical service, they have proved themselves efficient and adventurous soldiers, and the dangers to them of the climate are minimized. According to the present official outgivings the army of Gen. Otis is to be increased to 35,000 men. This will not be nearly enough and it would be i it- - ii *?i.i j 4.:^ I mucn xne Dest xur auLLu.Luawai.iUu iu admit it frankly, and at once. The desperate fighting of Wednesday, the overwhelming force of the enemy and the possession of field pieces nhow abundant resources in men, arms and ammunition. It is significant also that the army had all it could do to maintain itself with the assistance of the shells of the monitors and gunboats. Aguinalde probably has as many men under hii command as Otis. It is felt that at this moment Aguinaldo appears to be stronger and more dominant with his people than ever. His voice from first to last has been for war, and the only alternative, independence. The occurrences of the past and the conditions of the present indicate strength, enthusiasm and determination behind him. Four Drowned. News has just been received that the town of Brackett, about 120 miles west of San Antonio, Tex., is under 10 feet of water. Four persons are missing and are supposed to have been drowned. A water spout over that place has inundated the country for miles around. The Southern Pacific tracks for a num ber of miles west of Cline station are washed away and several bridges are wrecked. Many cattle have perished in the water. Rations are being issued to the people from Fort Clark. Is it the best? Taste and see. Best in taste, best in results. No nauseating-dose, but so pleasaat and natural in effects that you forget you hare taken medicine?Life for the Liver and Kidneys. See ad. tf A SEVERE BATTLE. The Fighting Raged from Daylight Until Dark. ARTILLERY ON BOTH SIDES. American Under Great Disadvantages but Fought Splendidly. Loss Estimated- at Sixty Men on Our Side. A dispatch from Manila says Gen. Lawton unexpectedly stirred up one of the liveliest engagements of the war south of Las Pinas Tuesday morning upon which occasion American field ? ^ . . _ ? Ml guns were engaged in tne nrst arunery duel against a Filipino battery concealed in the jungle. Companies F and I of the Twenty- first infantrv were nearly surrounded by a large body of insurgents, but the Americans cut their way out with heavy loss. The United States turret ship Monadnock and the gunboats Helena and Zeafiro trained their batteries on Bakoor and the rebel trenches near Las Pinas all the morning. Bakoor was ? ?? J k -v it TTAfl ef 0UC6 UH IIIU a, UU IUC Liauvca the spread of the flames. During the night an insurgent cannon was fired three times at the Americans on the outskirts of Las Pinas. Gen. Lawton took a battalion of the Fourteenth regiment and two companies of the Twenty-first regiment to locate the rebel battery and then two guns of the Sixth artillery and four mountain guns were planted against ii at 600 yards distance. The rebels had a large gun from which they were firing homemade canister loaded with nails, and two smaller guns. Their shooting was most accurate. The first lot of canisters burst directly in front of Scott's guns and another shattered the i legs of a private of the Fourteenth in- 1 fantry. Several shots struck the edge of the town. The country traversed : was as bad as it is possible to imagine, 1 beiog mainly lagoons, mud and water fringed with bamboos. ' 1 As soon as the fighting opened the Americans were attacked by hidden riflemen on all sides, even the amigos, 1 or "friendly" natives in the houses of 1 the tewn shooting into their rear. Tho 1 companies of the Twenty-first regiment, ' skirmishing along the beach with amigo 1 guides, found, apparently, a handful ! nf roVio'o xjrVin r?fTpat#>d. The men of ' tne Twenty-first followed and suddenly ] the rebels opened a terrific fire on the 1 troops from the sides and rear. The ! soldiers withdrew to the water's edge, ] finding what shelter they could and < were picked off rapidly. After their ammunition ts.3 nearly exhausted the ! companies of the Twenty-first retreated < but Gen. Lawton dashed down and j rallied the men. j Gen. Lawton ceased fighting until ; reenforcements could be brought up. ] Two battalions of the Fourth regiment < and one battalion of the Ninth regi- 1 ment were hurried to the front and in 2 ' ' J 1 the aFternoon the Datue was resumeo. The Monadnock anchored elose to the shore and her heavy guns pounded the rebels continuously, while the < (smaller warships, steaming along the shore, poured bullets from the rapid fire guns at the enemy. The Filipino force engaged appears to have been the largest and best organized body of men ^ which has met our troops. Wnen the battle was resumed at 1 { o'clock with the reenforccments, our ( battery having silencea the enemy's r guns, the Americans wadiDg waist j deep in the mud of the salt flats, slow- r ly and pouring steady volleys of mus- i ketry at the rebels, drove their oppon- ( ents oeyond the river. When the two j armies lay facing each other across the t deep stream, the enemy, practically , j out of sight while the men in blue and ] khaki lay in the mud and bushes, many j of them without shelter, for three hours i without a moment's cessation in the j firing, poured bullets at the enemy as t fast as they could load. The thous- j and rifles blended into a continuous t roar was vastly different from the in- ? termittent skirmishlike rattle of most T of the engagements. j One battalion after another Gen. j Lawton summoned the reserves from ] Las Pinas until only enough troops ? were left in the town to prevent the c Filipinos from attacking the Americans in the rear, which was feared, as they were creeping around our left through the woods, delivering a flank- ? ing fire, which put a great strain upon ( the endurance of the Americans who g were floundering in the mud across the t river, while on the right the Filipino \ sharpshooters hidden in the trees, were J peppering ou; men. But, thanks,to x the poor markmansh ip of the rebels, j the loss was not as guat as if the Fili- ( pinos had shot straight. j The fighting continued hotly all day ; long. Gen. Lawton called out the j whole force of 3,000 men and at 5 ( o'clock he was only able to push the ] insurgents back 500 yards to the Zapote ( river, where-they are entrenched. The ? insurgents resisted desperately and aggressively. They attempted to turn the left flank of the American troops. The American loss is conservatively ] estimated at sixty. The Americans j lost fifty men killed and wounded. The < Fillipino loss is put at four hundred 3 killed and wounded. s On Wednesday the Filipinos retreat- t ed several miles South to the strongly I fortified town of Imus, where the next i battle is likely to be fought. Several \ hundred women and children came into i * f* -1 J the American lines tor reiuge; me roau i from Bacoor was covered all day long ] with processions of them, on foot and in j carts, driving animals and carrying ] goods on their heads. 1 Gen. Lawton, with his staff and a 1 troop of the Fourth cavalry, started to ascertain the nature of the insurgents position. He rodo five miles along the , coast to Bacoor without discovering the . enemy. He found the town full of ' white flags. But there were no soldiers 1 -J ( there. The women ana ciiiiureu nuu had fled to the woods during the bom- 5 bardment were camping in the ruins of their homes. The shells had almost knocked the town to pieces. The big 1 chorch was wrecked and many build- 1 ings were ruined. Even the trees and L1 ? ?o o Krr o VI-I I Icfnrm anruuociy wcic tyiu ?* ? i Gen. Otis cabled as follows: Sue- [ j N cess Lawton s troops i^aviie proviuuc i greater than reported "Wednesday. | Enemy numbering over 4,000 lost in killed, wounded and captured more than one-third; remainder much scat- < tered. have retreated south to Imus, their arsenal; of five pieces of artillery three captured. Navy aided greatly on shore bay, landing forces occasionally. Inhabitants in that country rejoice at deliverance and welcome with enthusiastic demonstrations arrival of our troops. Otis. PENSION ABUSES The Matter to be Considered by the Veterans. The following order lias been issued < from the headquarters of the South 1 Carolina division, U. C. V., at Cbar- ^ leston, in regard to the pension abuses, ] attention to which was drawn by the j action of Camp Hampton of this city: ] /* ? i A i \r. io uenerai uraer ?\o. -?o. At a meeti-eg of Camp Hampton No. j 3S9, U. C. V., held June 2ad, the fol- < lowing resolutions were adopted: < .Resolved. That Coarade W. D. j Starling be appointed a committee of \ one to confer with a similar committee j from other camps of the State, at the j annual reunion in July, the 26th, with t the object of amending the pension laws, so as to prevent the gross imposi- t tion now Dracticed. and make the law ^ what it should be, a provision for only j deserving Confederate soldiers and g their widows. i "That the adjutant of this camp be t instructed to communicate with G-en. ^ C. Irvine "Walker, commanding South Carolina division. United Confederate f Veterans, requesting him to call upon t every camp of Confederate veterans in z this State to appoint one delegate to i meet id convention, at unesier, on r July 26th next, to consider the injus- t tice complained of in the administra- 1 tion of the pension laws, and the dis- e tribution of the State appropriation a so that such legislation may be sug- t gested as will correct the alleged .t evil." The division commander is not in- e formed of the abuses complained of nor t of the remedies proposed. i The matter of pensions to the suffer- 3 ers of the Confederacy is one of deepest, $ interest to all comrades of this division d It is, therefore, commended to the at- $ tention of the division, and the division commander cheerfully calls upon each a camp to appoint one delegate, to con- 1: Per with the delegate from Camp Hamp- t ton, and suggest any action it may be L deemed wise for the division at its 0 convention to take to better the admin- y istration of the laws, and to benefit our ii worthy comrades who are deserving pen- a 3ioner3 of the State. The time and d place of meeting will be announced b ^nwn<T flan nnnTroniinn "N lullu6 v"?The camp will appoint this delegate p is soon as po.ssiWs^and each is request- t> 5d to study the operation of the law in n his neighborhood, and the whole sub- n [ect of pensioning as it exists in the S State, and be prepared to suggest any improvements which may be found nejeisary. There is no higher duty devolving upon the Confederate veter- ^ ms than the care of these true and no- h Die sufferers. n By order C. Irvine Walker, sj Commander. tJ lames Gr. Homes, Adjt. Gen. S Chief Staff. b n Indians Starring. J Owing to the big rush to the Yukon ?. Sold field, wild animals that have not g] )een killed by the prospectors, have e ied to higher ground, and in conse luence the Indians, deprived cf their latural food, are starving, and in many nstanccs ready to jnassacre the whites. ^ [Way a definite story reached civilize- Q ion. Caesar Francesca, Salt Lake w ZJity; Robert Hitchcock, Detroit, and a n French Canadian guide, who arrived by $ -he Cottage City, say that while camp- 'D ng on the upper branch of Stewart ^ Etiver, they came into a camp of 150 gi [ndians and were told in trade language Sl )y their interpreter that 30 of them ^ iad died of starvation during the win- ^ ;er owing to the whites driving deer e. !rom the low lands. The men supplied ^ ;he Indians with food and camped a s< short distance off. The first steamer vith news direct from Glenora and the ill Canadian route, reports that sufferng on the trails has been terrible. The E Hudson Bay Trading company has ti ? j t j__j? a _ JiiVgU. J-LULLUiCU.3 U1 JLAVJUJ. ^ ieath and starvation. Uncle Sam Buncoed. 0 "W Congressman Lester, of Savannah, in j tn interview in the Morning >~ews, is jj luoted as saying: "Spain undoubtedly ^ iold us a gold brick," he said. "We ? )aid $20,000,000 for the privilege of ^ icking the Filipinos, and now that we ^ lave taken the job we find that it is ^ iot so much to our liking as we thought ^ t would be. The Filipinos are apoken ^ )f as 'rebels' now. That is the greatest _ oke of the age, but a very ghastly one. ^ rhe poor devils are being killed off like lies, but it is like killing flies, for every ms you kill a dozen will come to take lis place. Of course our mission is to :ivilize and Christianize them and we ire doing it nicely." 4 Artful Dodgers. _ r< The princes of artful dodgers are Re- tj publican leaders. JThe Ohio convention 0 rave a striking difference between pre- ? onr} r>r??r> } ?<*<* jj.f its rArtenf'. session. . [t professed to be zealous against trusts ~ lud enthusiastically approved the abor- ? ;ive anti-trust law of the Ohio legisla;ure, and at the same time refused to re- a nominate Attorney General Monett for 11 :ear of offending the Standard Oil company and losing the usual princely con;ribution of that monopoly to the re- t; publican campaign fund. It will be re- j nembered that this company, with j. pious Brother Rockefeller at its head, ^ recently attempted to bribe Mr. Monett frith a half million dollars. ? Tried to Escape. t: Carroll M. Rice, wife murderer, vras b of Alf-nn ATn T'Jinrcdov .TnSf 1< cyu, -.'JLV. J Jkuux^wii*;. v v>v. aefore the black cap was adjusted and Sl .vliile his legs were being pinioaed, the ^ xmdemned man broke away from the ? sheriff and attempted to escape. He 3 iras captured aud quickly hanged. Be- K :ore dying he addressee3 the 5.000 people present, saying thac he hoped to meet them in the better world. a Lime is very cheap, so there is no ex- a juse for not using the white wash brush g creely. f LUiOO Gov. NlcSweeney Cuts the Force Down to Thirty-Four. BUSINESS PROPOSITION. There Were Fifty-Nine Men Employed. Saving to the State of Twenty Thousand Dollars a Year. G-ov. McSweeney is known as a friend if the dispensary law. He has supported it as possibly the best solution if the liquor question. At ttie same :ime lie has had his own views as to the Banner of its enforcement He has "elt that it should be enforced as other !aws are enforced. Since he has assu-' *he duties of governor he has b>&^ -oking more jarefully into the law att.;^5ie manner )f its enforcement. Pa&jicularly has ae inquired into the constabulary featire of the law. He has endeavored to ascertain the cost of the constabulary md to determine if it were not possible :o reduce expenses along this line. Alter mature deliberation and a ;horouzh and careful canvass of the ffhole situation from a business standjoint lie has decided to reduce the conitabulary force and Wednesday afterioou notified 25 of the 59 constables ,hat their services would be dispensed yith after the 17th. In taking this step, it was given ont 'rom the governor's office Wednesday hat there were no charges against the neu dropped, nor did the governor mean t to be understood by his action that te considered any of the men inefficient >ut canying out his ideas of business le believed the law could and would be nforced just as efficiently with 34 men ,s it had been with 59, and he would by his reduction save $1,750 a,jnonth in his one matter of expense." In this position he has the hearty indorsement of the State board of conrol. The constabulary has been coring the State from $50,000 to $60,000 a rear. In May the constabnlary cost 4,200 in round numbers. This one reaction will save to the State about 120,000 a year, The governor confidently expects and sks that every officer in South Caroina shall assist in the enforcement of ne aispeDsary iaw just as every otner aw, and lie hopes that every conntr fficer and every municipal officer, rhether he be sheriff or mayor or mag3trate or constable shall lend Ms aid nd influence to the enforcement of the ispensary law- If this is done it may e possible to further reduce the force, rot only so, he says, but he shall ex- ^ ect every good and law-abiding citizen > do his part. He hopes there wil1. be M o friction or trouble in the enforceient of this law or any other law.? tate. A Object Lesson. k j: i.. rpi . w rr.i v A\;uuiuiug uu ? ue i'uiuuu j.eiegr?yii Ir. Robert Stewart is a pretty leveleaded and prosperous farmer, living ear Awericus, Gha., and Tke Telegraph ays of Mr. Stewart, that he "claims bat it is easy to raise 150 bushels of round peas to the acre, and that 200 usheis of sweet potatoes is not uncomlon with him on one acre of land, 'hese two crops he raises bountifully nd thus a large number of hogs are ittened every winter by him with light cost. He says the western farmr makes money raising meat by feed3g com that is raised on land that cost 5.1 1 <> i t 11'. _ uu per acre, ana iorcy Dusneis per acre > a big crop, while here in Georgia 150 usheis per acre of chufas, ground peas r potatoes can be easily made on land rortli only $10 per acre, and these lastamed crops are for feeding swine. Lr. Stewart makes wagonloads of aeon every year for this market; and is splendid example has borne fruit, 3 that a great many farmers here are ? oinsr into this Infirafcivf* hnsinera on a luck larger scale now since he has emonstrated by an experience of sevral years that it is the most profitable usiness that can be carried on in this sction." The Filipino's Cannon. According to Gen. Anderson, comlanding the department of the Lakes, iie heavy losses of the American troops 1 the recent engagements with the FilDinos at Los Pinas and Ba'toor, south fMonils trora /?onco^ V>tt fha oW-iIIotw tdch. Admiral Dewey presented to Lguinaldo last winter. The batteries i position, 0-en. Anderson says, are eing operated by Spanish, prisoners ho have been released by Aguinaldo rith the understanding that they enst in the insurgent army. Gren. Anerson took the first detachment of roops to the Philippines last fall and -as a prominent figure in the first neotiations with the Filipino governlent. Lima Assassinated. General Luna, one of the bitterest )es of the Americans in the Philipincs has been assassinated by orders of Lguinaldo, the Fillipino leader. Luna scently found himself in opposition to be chief's views and not only disobeyed rders, but at one time stopped Aguialdo's peace commissioners on the way d Manila to treat with the Americans. Lguinaido ordered his death and the rders were carried out by some of his matical followers. The report of the ssassinatioD has caused great excitelent among the Filipinos at Manila. Browned in His Set. John B. Taylor met a sad and unimely death Thursday afternoon .at 'elzer. He and his brother were seinag in Saluda river above the dam and e became entangled in the sein while 2 very deep water, causing him to sink rom its weight, and before he could exricate himself from its fatal meshes, or efore help could reach him it was too ite. His lifeless body was recovered ome time alter wards and earned by fiends to his home in Pelzer where a rief-stricken wife and two children re left to moura this terrible calamiy.?State. Eleven Burned to Death. Eleven workmen were burned to eatn inursday in a nre that destroyed dwelling house near Rybinsk, in the overnment of Yaroslav, European lussia. .. |