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*' v ' - -c* ' :^#- > ,: ? '?:? ^ ? ; ~M ?s%. VOL LIV, WINNSBORO. S, G, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 3, 1900. NO. 20 | i^^CENSUS OF VOTERS. ? ^ A Scheme tc Rob the Souh of ^\gL Her Representatives. rn TTPW IIP RY REPUBLICANS UW I I k>!? w . . . V Its Success Would Give that I Parly Indefinite Control of W all Branches of the Government. V Representative Crumpaeker, a ReVV publican from Inciaiia, has a bill now before the House of Representatives * ' -f I,,*,. which will tod toe oouui ut u^u: UCl | representatives in CoDgress and the Electoral College should it become a y&Z? la-f. Crumpacker has prepared a statement settiDg forth the objects sought ) by his bill and explaining the necessity for its enactment into law. His statement follows: "The object of the bill I lxceutly introduced 's to furnish congress with :~c *:??? cKftirintr t.hft nnmber of JLliOiUiatiVJ-i, male inhabitants in the various states that have been disfranchised by operaSV> tion of local laws, in order that a just and inteiigent apportionment of repre sentatives may be had under the twelfth census. The fourteenth -meudment to the federal constitution requires the apportionment of rtpresentatives to be based upon population but in the event that aoy state shall disfranchise any of its male inhabitants over twenty one years of age, who are * Srufae ?rr>pnf. f citizens 01 ue uuuvu VMVV ^ V . i ia^ for crime or participation in rebeli?\ lion, tbe representation of buch state \,V shall be reduced in the proportion that the disfranchised-male inhabitants, bear, to the whole number of male inhabi-'' tants over twenty-one jears of age.: That provision of ihe constitution is imperative. It is the policv of the. federal government to encourage universal manhood suffcrage, and it is a notorious fact that in a number of' states a large proportion of the voting population is disfranchised. ' In some states not over 12 per cent of the male inhabitants over' tweuty" 1 ? ? oi.e years ol age ?re anoweu pate in elections. That result is brought about in part by direct provisions of law and in. part, by .makdministration on the part of election officers. The * reconstruction -'4feglsfa-~ lauotthat was des'gued to place the ballot in the hands of the colored man in order that he might%e able to make himself felt as a factor in the affairs of* his locality has been practically nullified. White citizens of the South no. longer disguise the fact' tiraf .they" systematically evade the federal con1 stitution in fixing qualifications that. ' take the right of suffrage . away- fromthe negro. "Iu Mississippi, Louisana an? South Carolina, at the congresrional elections in 1898, the vote, in eack,^.district Hp ^ averaged about' 5,000. The:- average; vote in the state of Indiani.at^he-'sam'e f election averaged above 45,000 in each district. The supreme couitv6f' the' state of Mississippi, in a recent de*. cision, boldiy declared that -the Jjegis% ? i ^ . lature of the state tad swept ttie-neia of expedients in its attempt to discover meaus to disfranchise the -colored- afctti-i without violating tlie^-Sfteenih iin^'uUv.: ment.of the federal' constitution,--- ana it upheld the legislation".. . .<v' : '"In several of the states - are ^c^ar* tionl laws, fixing so; hig"^ \a^sta?djkr<J" that it is alnjOstimpcsi4blefar a-colore^: man to be registered. . IiS J^iusi^L. they. have; what is called father clause.' it provi.de educaiiouaUaw shall riot"apf oixe'- who '- was' a voUr\o<:'iLe*'4s?? of J?r?uary, 1867, nor to an> of his* lintal descendants. The effcjJt*9rt*tl.i-> provision is to limit., the operation of tho educational law to the coioreq" race" . exclusively, btcause they coul^^'noL. vote on the date fixed and -every white ^ man could. * * - - ? > _ _:a -* "I Lave protcuca sympamy wnu the whites of the South who are honestly attempting to protect their. i^titutions against the ravages of illiteracy W and ignorance. I believe thai' fair Nt-' educational laws, honts.ly adminis* urtd, would have a most salutary effect. If the colored man should be given to know that in order to become a voter he must preoare himself by a fair degree of knowledge, and if we were a^ured that did be so prepare L -himself the right to vote would be freelj accorded iiim, the^e would be a constant iudu^emem for him to strive for tba.t important privilege, and when he achieved ir, it wou'.d be a mark of r" disiitccion. It would enhance his seil-retpact ami uiui a ucn&i citizen. kThe prejudice against color in many sections, however, is so general and intense that discrimination is not made between tbe worthy and the unworthy. The laws, either bv express provis-ion or in the method cf their administration, discriminate against all colored men alike. The colored man ? understands, tbis, and, seeing no prospects of improving his condition, he is lapsing into hopelessness. If the representation of those states should be reduced, as it ou^ht to be, it would operate as a countervailing force and tend to establish a proper political equilibrium. The importance of a V. large representation in congress and in the electoral college is appreciated by the white people of the South, and they A " would be prompted, on the one hand, to establish fair laws for the protection of their dome*tic institutions, and. on the other hand, to honestly administer them, and to acco-xi the colored man the right to participate in politics as ennn lip fitted for the privilege. in order to increase theirrepresentation. This would put before the Xegro a contr( stant inducement to equip himself, and Jfv it would be a powerful, lorce toward the elevation of the moral and intellectual . tone of the race. - j "The white people of the South have ! felt justified in resortiug to subterfuges ^ for tbe purpose of evading, the federal laws, in order to protect. themselves against the colored vote, until'* there - - - ? %. ' i prevails in many localities a -.genera' v condition of political demoralization.. The cheating of election laws has'come to be looked upon as a virtue. The respect for law. that is so conspicuous, ? characteristic of the American people :?9 . in most sections of the country, has received a great blow in the South. Can we expect anything but lvnchi::gs ani mob rule in a community where the most sacred laws are trampled in the dust by the governing class by subter fuge and evasion? "In the fourteenth amendment, in my judgment, slumbers the most potent power at the command of f:he federal government to facilitate a correct solution of the race problem. I know that legislation cannot put character into the lives nor brains into the heads of people, out it can put into action social and pol ical forces that may tend to promote healthy, moral and intellectual deve opment. The colored race must win its way to prominence through the slow and tedious process 01 evolution, if it ever wins that distinction, but it is the duty of the government to eDcourge and not retard that process. This is the first auspicious opportunity the government has had for the enforcement of the fourteenth amendment. We must either avail ourselves of that opportunity or acknowledge our inability to do anything for the protection of the colored people. If there w-jre nothing in this question but party advantage, i wculd not think; for a moment of injecting it into the affairs of the country, but it carries with it Droblems of such importance, morally and socially,' that its significance cacnoi be overvalued. * & s "Objectioi has been mada to the agitation or the question at this time oh the ground that it might alienate cold Democrats and expansion Democrats from the Republican party next year in some of the close states. 1 cannot believe that the Republican party has reached such a stage that^it will purposely ignore a great politico moral question?oue that a&cts the destiny of a whole rice?for the uncertain^prospect of securing a few votes from the ranks of its traditional tnemy upon an issue that is low - - 11oAtflAs) Tn^it orroat-. rwrtv aui i acbbigu. j.u?g v is B^ver so stroDg as when it is right, and iiever so weak as when it subordinates-principle to expfdiency. When it ioses its i-elfrespect it cannot hope to command the respect of tbe adherents of other parties. I believe in gold as a standard of value, but not as a siaodjjird " of murals. If we permit this opportunity to go by without decisive action, we will lose five Republican Votes f-or every Democrat we will gain." Reported Dead But Living; Ail attempt to obtain the payment of an insurance policy onttielife of a man supposed to be dead, but ?ho .has "turned out to be alive, has come to light Oa July 10, last, Aaron Wolf?ohn was living in Los Angeles, Cal. -On that date his father Berj. Wolfshon, tailor, received news that his son was dead from inhaling gas with suicidal intent in the rooms of a woman who at that time refused to give her name. The sou's life was insured for 51U.UUU m theiXew lors mre company Evidence was produced purporting to prove that the dead man was nope,.other, than Aaron Wolfsohn. The insurance was paid to the public administrator in Los Angeles, Cal., but before the money could be turned over to the young ;mau's ^father, Aaron was reported. to have Seen seen in Chicago. The discovery was made by an uncle residing in'that city and^the young man's par: ?j _ A.? . -ll eats i?<ert?; uvutttw auu vu oa^. attoraeys^.S^"end Sal6 o?:Sc.' Louis, wiFed-!- to" tiie'lfead quarters -<>f the "New rYork'i Life Insurance company, which :a|^oce^a.ide ".a oil the public almiois^^'^^llO.OQO, the amount snj$&ce on Wolfsohn's life, by *him;..ji*"; ..." ... ' ' ~ ^:S^^&i?i^o.gergt according to Bom pay v*v.i>tutr- nave- . J itpt uccu ig;$he famine, ^$-Jfertish revereejf to the pe^riar^p^j^^^j^f thi-^fanets, when on the"f5^vf'K^>6>^er,- seven planets fwere in tire^j^ffi'Sc&rpiflfc The Hiri*$5sof Bomb^y,tth?Vefoffij,to avert further calamity aSa Itilt^fuccess to the oritish. arms, arranged for special piayerrand religious ceremonies at_one of their great temples. Seventy-five learned Brahmins officiated. The first act was a presentation of gifts to these priersts cif valuable shawls-'and mbney. The-priests-then itivoiced divine bless ? i -5 1 . J Jv ?. I logs on tne ruiers ana ruiea, aou . mi; people sang hymns in Marathi and Gnjarati. - At the close of the. service three' cheers we^e given for -the long' life, glory and success of her Majesty', the Queen Express. Three Leading Questions:; ' WUliaCa Jennings Bryan's attention was called to a dispatch from Washing-. ton stating tbat he had written Congressman Ddly of New Jersey, that he would make several speeches riq the eas-t, discu?siDg trusts and imperialism, and he was asked as to whether the r< port indicated any intention of abanconiog the-.silvpr question. He 'said: Congressman JDJy-lias probably been mij-auotcd. I expect to make several speeches ia the east.biit I expect to dtscui-s the money -question along with-other questions. afd ' three questions now prominently before the people, to-wit: *.he money question, the trust question and the;,Rhilippine question. Whenever I make a political' spbech.. I discuss all three 'Questions." ' " Blew Off His Hand. A special* dispatch trom Jt5t>n&pviiie to The State says Mr. j\ M. Muldrow had his hand so terribly mutilated by the premature explosion. .0': a cannon cracker th^fcaffiRUtatioQ wast Decftssary. The opera-c&n; ''was-' successfully performed by Drs. Dennis, Alford and Manning.' It is reported that Dr. Harris of Elliotts met with a similar accident, ^lso that a young' man by the came of v Atchison'' .accidentally shot himself through the hand Y?-hile handling a shotgun. : Af Successful Career. W" . > v ; ' : Ihe carcerof the several Keeley Institutes in various parts of the United States attests the efficacy of the treatment employed for the ?hi.?key, the mofphira; and the tobacco habit. Xuui"beiis of risen ^b'o ha^e" been restored to -usefulness 3ad ;gOod repute, through 4h)eir re.sc.ue 'from v.the thraldom of the battle rt joife" "fnr the blessed relief - - - i in i Tr i which has come to tnem. me ixeeiey Institute .-is i^ow located at Columbia, S. C. " \ INDUSTRIAL BOOM. The Figures Showing Last Year's Business Investments. GLASSES OF ENTERPRISES. Statement That is Significant. The Capital That is involved in the Year's Record. The statement of the Secretary of State showing the number and character of enterprises chartered in the Si ate during the past year as compared with the preceding year is worthy of more t^-ru passing attention. It shows that cotton manufacturing heads the list of enterprises actually organized and un der way; that building and loan, cotton seed oil, lumber, banking and like enterprises bespeaking a great industrial boom throughout the State, have been the principal objects of capital seeking investment. Richland heads the list of the counties as to capitalizuion, and Charleston is first in the number of companies. Here is the comparative statement of the enterprises chartered up to this week by classes: JS98-. Capital Stock. Cotton manufacturing.. 6 $510,000. Electrical construction. 0 Cotton seed oil 3 42 500 Milling and gioniag... 7 109,900 Iron working 1 6,000 Newspaper and printing 1 5.000 Other manufacturing.. 7 374,000 Cotton compress ') Railroad construction .. L *" 100,000 Power, light, water and ice 3 650.000 | Lumber ? 1 8 000 1 Transportation other - than railroad I 15,000 Telephone and telegraph 4 9.800 Tobacco warehouses... 3 6 500 General warehouse.... 1 20,000 Building and loan 4 650,0U0 Real estate, lof.r- and investment 10 325,500 Banking 5 150,000 Carpet mill 1 60,000 Farming and agricultural.. 3 144 000 Mercantile 20 273300 Granite and mining... 2 2OOO00 Phosphate and fertilizer 5 270.000 Insurance and surety.. 4 5,000 Collection..." ^ ' n o nr\r\ I iteligious o o Social.*... ".....19 1,750 MJeiaorial ; Charitable.. ....-5-..... ... ;. ---. Bfiaevoleat and Irater- - mi. *rr.' .-?. /.* 6 ' Educational.. ... 3 " 12 500 Total.. . . '..... .7 T24 $3,951,750 1899 Capital No. Stock. Cotton manufacturing.. 11 $3,275 000 Electrical, construction 3 62 50U Cotton seed oil J. 9 229,OuO Milliog and ginning... 6 26,7pU Iron working 2 8.0UU Newspaper and printing 1 6.000 O.'her manufacturing. .15 . 192,000 Cotton",compress.. .. 2 35,000 Railroad construction.. 1 100,000 Po^er, Hght, water and m i i" AAA ice o 140 uuu Lumber 9 236,600 Transportation other than railroad 2 4.000 Telephone and" telegraph 8 86 620 Tobacco warehouses... 9 42 UU0 General- warehou-e.... 4 56,000. Building and loan 6 647,0U0 Real estate, loan and investment.... 10 242.400 Backing 6 27U,U00 (/aroet mill Farming and agricultural. Mercantile: 23 272,900 Granite and mining.... 3 b'4,0? U Phosphate and fertilizer 1 15 OUU insurance and^urety.. 2 3U UUU Collection;"....'.. 1 5UU Religious..,. 2 Suciai: 14 5.8UO Memorial.....-.-. 2 1,UUU Charitable 2 DftnArAlanf on/1 UCUtiUiV/Ut ctuvt AJ.UVWA i tial ..Ji . 7 550 Educational 2 5-0UU ?' Total 173 $6,OSS 720 It will be Doted that- thtre has beeo a marked increase in the Dumber. aDd something over two millions in capitali zaiioiK iBY COUNTIES. The following is the statement oi' the charters granted: !'s '. T ' ^ap. ' N>; Stock. Abbeville , .2 $27 000 Aiken .1 15,000 Anderson 17 9S8,000 Barnwell 1 10,000 Bamberg 1 B-ikeley 2 300 Charleston 26 756 900 Cherokee.-. 6 58.400 Chester 6 250-800 Chesterfield 5 195 500 C'a.enden 2 12 7t)0 j Colleton 1 3 000 I Darlington 4 32 000 I-Edgefield v 2 20.000 Fairfield . 2 39 UUU Florence .;.. 3 6U,U0() Georgetown...'. 2 5.UU0 Greenwood....."...'.... 3 39 000 Greenville 12 372.71)0 Hampton 1 12.000 Horry 3 110.000 Kershaw .! 2 105.000 Lancaster ... 5 193 000 Laurens... 3 31 500 Marion 11 117.500 Marlboro 2 103 000 Newberry 4 56 000 Orangeburg ...3 80.000 Oconee .' 1 100.000 Pickens ' . 1 25.000 * * "* 1 1 A1A tticfuanct io 1,?j.u wm Saluda 1 400 Spartanburg 6 165 250 Si:mter 5 220 000 Union 1 2,000 Williamsburg 1 . - ?20 York 7 113,000 In the matter of commissions * issued the r.umber in 1S98 was 135 with $5,746,SCO of capital, as against 168, companies in 1899 with a capitalization of $10,425.350.?Columbi?. State. Couldn't Kill Him, Early Wednesday morning about 3 o'clock a d'isc and smoke berimed tramp printer, one of the variety commonly known as hobo, came into the local offices of The State and announced that he and a companion had beea beatiug their way in from Augusta on the Southern's mixed train; that Lis companion, who hailed from Grand Rapids, Mich., had fallen from his perch between two box cars just as th* y had eotten in sight of the lights of Columbia, about four mile3 beyond Uayce's, and had disappeared beDeath the train. His story was 'phoned to the Southern railway offices and the authorities sent out a searching party J .i_ * expecting IU lillU Hit; tiaulu s wau^ivu remains, ur. at least, to find him badly injured. But the searching party could Jfind no trace of the man and nothing more was heard of him until about 9 a. m., when he came saunter ing into the city comfortably full and occasionally rubbing one shoulder upon which he said he had ''lit." He attributes his immunity from things that kill ordinary men to his red hair and his Bismarckian nerva. The latter, he says, will never expire by limitation aud the former takes all the temper out of scissors. A Terrible Disaster. A terrible disaster recently took p'ace at Amalfi. the popular.iourist resort on the Gulf uf Saleroo About 2 o'clock an enormous rock, upon .wHfch stood the Cappuccioi Hotel, slid bodily into the sea, witn a deafening roar, and without a moment's warning, carrying with it the hotel, the old Capuchin monastery belotf, the hotel Santa Calerina and several villas. Many persons ' ?^ ? ? U nrkirtK were uuriuu i'i mc uc.uno, nuivu crushed four vessels to the bottom of ( the sea, destroying their crews. The mass of earth which slipped was about fifty thous-itid cubic yards. The population is iu a state of terror, fearing fresh , calamities. Troops haye arrived-upon the sceue ard begun rescue work. It is believed that the loss of life is heavy, including a number of monks and the occupants of the hotel. As yet it is 1 impossible to ascertain the exact num- ( bt-r. Amalti is a small.but lively town of 7,000 inhabitants, situated at the ( entrance of a deep ravine surrounded by impo;-iog mountains and rocks of the ' mnet-. niftnr^tfiup fnrms The I'aDUChin monastery was founded in 1212 by Car dioal Pietio Capueaco for the Cister , jians, but came into possession of the the Capuchins in 1853. The building, i which stood in the hollow of the sea to , a height of 230 feet, contained fine , cloisters. . ] Killed the Sheriff. -r-r-r.Yl ^ XT V _A J * J V\ hi tjorman, a i\eiiro, snot ana iu- . stantly killed Sheriff T.; B. Simkins Thursday momiDg at the Scurry place', j six miles north of Monticello. ''Gor- ( man was wanted ior murder and Simkins and a posse went to arrest him. J They closed in on the cabin in which | the N? gro was conc'aled. As Simkins , pushed open the door, Gorman shot , him twice ia the breast. The murderer escaped from the rear door -.but was : shot down and killed. Mr. Simkins was a man of much prominence in Jefferson county and:, was the father of Mrs. J. B. Baker and Mrs. VV. B. Den ham of Jacksonville, both well known society ladies. . A Drunkard's Folly. " Two men were knocked from a railroad bridge 70 feet high at Loudon, Tenn., Tuesday under peculiar circum staDces. Sam Eidridge, colored, one of the men, will die. The other will probably recover. John Weare, in a drunken condition attempted to ride across the hijih bridge aud had f -reed ^ his horse aloog about forty feet before t it fell between the crossties. Ad on- I coming trian was fl ig^ed j-ist ia . time--i to prevent horses ana rider being killed. ( In attdnp'ing to get the horse off the | bridge Samuel Eldiidge and Wm. Eog- i ers were knocked off the suucture. i 1 Forty Children Drowned. Upward of forty schooi chidren were 1 drowned recently in an ice accident at Frelinght-,m Belgian, near the French J frontier. The child ea of the district '' bad beeri given a holiday with permit sion to play on the frozen river L\s When the merriment was at fall height i he ice broke suddenly and the cftfi'dren disappeared. A few were rescue'tf liall' dead, but tin majority were drowned. Tbirty-six bo lies have been recovered, < l ^ mill Thp Mt I'Ub U L Li Li n a Ciiii UJIOCJ.1'^. JL uv v?? a?trophe s. r^ai coDsternaiioD through ' the towd, where ready every faftiily suffered loss. . . h, i Throat Cutting Contest J,'.. J Id a street duel at Deposit, Ala.*, 'two" nseo were killed aod a third probably \ fatally wouoded. James Haraeo's ! throat was cut froDi ear to ear by hid. : n?nhpcp .Ti'ss<> Harrlpn. The former is. dead. John C. Harden, a brother ef ; the dead man, was seiiously cut--by j Jesse Harden, and as the 6ght'was drawing to a close Mac Russell dis-' charged a load of buckshot iuto the ab- 1 domen of Jesse Harden, causiog death. 1 All the parties arc well known aL.d 1 prominent in politics. The cause of- ' the fight is not known. t - Killed in a Rabbit HuntA special dispatch from Laurens to | The News and (Jyurier says in a rabbit hunt Wednesday near Cross Hill, Casper Fuller, a joung gentleman 19.years old, was accidentally shot by Mr. But- . ler Richardson. Young Fuller died this morning. They are of our best ; citizens. The accident will be greatly deplcred. British Subjects Warned ' ? ... . The british privy council neia a meeting at Windsor Castle at which ( Queen Victoria proclaimed a warning to all British subjects not to assist inhabitants ol the Transvaal or of the Oi-ange Free State to sell or transport merchandise thereto under penalty of the law. Killed Both Lrothsrs. As the "suit of a dispute between John and .James Carter, brothers, and Bud Lynen, a neighbor, at Fly nn, Lick, Putnam county, Tenn., a,quarrel ensced, terminating in I/Jnfen killing the brothers. All arc farmers. ^ - i "THE MAINE DEAD. Buried in Arlington With the Impressive Honors of War THE PRESIDENT PRESENT. While his Cabinet. Admiral Dewey Gen. Mites and Other .Dist'm- . guished Army and Navy Officers Attend. / Tlr\nn fTia^nrin^TT' Jillioll'te nf ArlitllT Kjy\ju. wuv. rnuuj v ?? - - - ? q ton cemetory^rhie Maine;, dead, brought from HabaD^by.the-i>attl?ship Texas, were Tburs<&y:laido-way in "their final resting place'with sniiple religious services and the impressive iTonors of war. A cabinet officer' su&eyj.Dg the fldgdraped coffins btfore tjhe ceremonies began, said;-. 1 "The lfves'of -these men cost Spaiu her colonies." The caskets ranged row on row. Over each was sDread aa American en Mgn upon w&ich lay a wreath of galas leaves. Arotfbd the enclosure, shoulder to' shoulder, the yellow* of' their coat Haines forming a band of color, were drawn up the cavalry of Fort Meyer; to the right/wa&a battalion of marines from the navy yard with their spike helmets and scarlet capes turned back; to the left a detachment of jackies from the Texas in navy blue; in the flag-draped stand in the rear, the president and his cabinet, Admiral Dewey, Maj. Gen. Miles and a distinguished trnonnf officers of the armv and navv O- w ? r- ~ ic their showy dress, uniforms; while all around pressed the throng of people who had braved the snow and biting cold to pay their last tribute to the dead. Aaioiig these were many relatives and friends of those who-had been lost in the disaster. There was a tender appropriateness in the fact that (Japt Si^sbee, who was in command o? the Maine when she was blown up, had charge of the ceremonies iu honor of his men and that Father Chidwick, who was chaplain of the Maine, was there tc perform the last rites. Three others who lived through that awful night in Habana harbor were at the ?idc of '.he graves of iheir comrades, Lieut. Commander Wainwright, who was executive officer of the Maine and Jeremiah Shea, a fireman on the Maine, who was blown out of the stoke hole of the ship. The full marine band broke the deep hush, pealing forth the dirge '"Safe in the Ar.oQ8 of Jesus," and there were twitching of lips and wet eyes as Chaplain ClbXK of the naval academy at Annapolis came forward and took his place under a canvas canopied shelter in the open space in front of the dead. The Protestant services were-heljJ Erst ar<i were very simple. Chaplain Hi ark read the burial service of ti?e Episcopal church and then gave wa* to Father Chid wick, who was assisted by Revs. Holaind and Brown and two purple-robed acolytes. Bared to the wintry blast this best beloved of naval nriests read a memorial service accord ing to the rites of the Catholic church, ;onsigoed the dead, blessed the ground, repeated the Lord's prayer and coniluded with a fervent appeal for the repose of the souls of the departed. A detachment- of marines in command of Capt. Karmony then marched lo the right of the graves and fired :hree volleys over the dead and in the leep stillaes3 that followed the crash > > -i 1 - ,ne ciear siivery uutco ui * uugic iau6 ?ut the soldiers' and sailors' last good aight. With the sounding of taps the ceremonies ended. The piiest and his party and the other distinguish*d quests, the military and the crowds ihen withdrew. Before leaving Capt. Sigsbee introduced Jeremiah-Shea to :he president. When asked for an explanation of his escape by the president, Shea responded as he did to a similar uquiry from Father Chidwick at the :itii? Of the disaster: '"I don't know tiow I cot through. I was blown out. r unoc? T ivin.t. haTfi heen an armor piercing projectile." And tbus after two years the dead of he Maioe have been brought home, ind, in ground reserved for the na lion's heroes, have been buried with ull miliary honors and in the service jf their faith. .Found Murdered. Stone dead, with a bullet in the back Df his neck, was the condition in which Mr.,C. Beverly Turner was f"Uod near the stable in his yard Wednesday ni^ht. Mr."TurnerJived near Fergusou's wharf, in Isle of Wight couaty, Va., and was a wejl known saw mill man, owning large iotere.sts near his home. Mr. Turner was last-seen alive about 6:30 o'clock, when he went out to feed his stock. 3orne time afterwards he was found lying not very far from the house, and L _ .rv ^ or,/-, t'ho Ctohl*> ttrfiTA foiinH Ut'UWtCU JUlUi UUU bUV LJVMV.U .. V> v .W Bis hat and lantern, evidencing that he Bad made an attempt to reach the Bouse after beiDg shot. The motive For the murder is unknown, tut a man named Nat Gilligaa has been arrested Dn suspicion of being the slayer of the dead man. Giligan vigorously.protests 3 hi innocence. . After Many Years. A dispatch from Atlanta says Gov. Candler received a communication from Gov. Johusron of Alabama, stating that James Hall, an escaped convict, had been arrested in Birmingham. Hali was convicted of simple larceny in Muscogee county, Georgia, in 1872, and seme iced to hfceen years in the penitentiary. He served Bine years when he escaped and has been at liberty nearly nineteen years. .Recently Hall had a quarrel with his brother, who betrayed him to Sheriff O'Brien of Birmingham. He will be returned to Georgia. To Be Crarroted. The supreme court of Puerto Rico, at Ponce, has sentenced fi^e men to be girroted. In Oetobcr, 1S98, 20 men *? J 1 Heavily armeu wun guas anu magueies, robbed a house at Yauco, province of Ponce, and murdered a man named Frudencio Mendez. They also danced around the body with his daughters who were under compulsion. Seven of the men were caught, but subsequently one of the prisoners escaped and one died io jail. X. STAFF COMMISSIONS ISSUED. Company Officers Will be the Next to Receive Theirs. The adjutant general has begun the preparation of the commissions for the officers who are to be retained in the reorganized militia force of the State. A start was made Friday when the commissions were issued to the members of the governor's staff, the governor duly signing each. Ail the commissions bear date of August 23 last, pave those of Gen. Floyd and Col. Frost, dated Jan. 18 last. The official list of the commii-sions is as follows: STAFF OF COM3IANDER IN CHIEF. Adjutant and Inspector General?J W Floyd, brigadier general, Kershaw county. As;-i:>tant Adjutant and Inspector General-^ol. J D Frost, Columbia. . -Quartermaster General?Col, W C " Mauldin, Hampton. Commissary General?Col. W 3 Wilson, Charleston. Surgeon General?Col. E J Wannamaker, Columbia PaymasterGeneral?Col. Geo. D Tillman, "Jr., Clark's Hill. Judge Advocate General?Col. UX Gunter, Jr., Spantanburg. 'Chief Engineer?Col. Jno. F Folk, Bam erg. Chief of Ordnance?Col. Louis J Bristow, Darlington. A mra ta nn\r\rA vr>T,R.TV.rTTTP'P Lieut. Col. H Fay Gaffaey, Gaffoey. Lieut. Col. Aunuit Kohn, Columbia. Lieut. Col. E J Watsoo, Columbia. Lieut. Col. Jas. A McCarley, Whitmire. Lieut. Col. C S Redding, Charleston. Lieut. Col. Jas. AHjyt, Jr., Columbia. Lieut. Col. "W C Hough, Lancaster. Lieut. Col. Thos. C Hamer, Bennettsville. Lieut. Col. AH Mess, Orangeburg. Lieut. 0^1 G- C Sullivan, Anderson, j Capt. S B Hyatt (courier), Uolumbia. Stonewall Jackson's Way. Grizzled Confederate veterans will smile grimly, but triumphantly ttt the news that the British authorities have appointed'Lieutenant Colonel Render son, professor of military history and biographer of Stonewall Jackson, on the staff of Lord Koberts. Colonel Henderson has had no practical military -tsperienee. The avowed reason for,his appointment is his familiarity with the tactics and methods of "Old Jack." In other words, the English are doing their best to reincarnate aod enlist in their service the Confederate Viv piTinlnvinff the man who has most intelligently and thoroughly studed his campaigns. This. is the highest compliment we have ever heard of beine given the military genius of a . d^ad soldier. If the British govern!"ment can work into its generals the' brains, audacity and energy of Stonewall Jackson, and into its troops the confidence, endurance and patience o* Stonewall Jackson's men, the Boers mav as w?ll surrender no w; for the English soldier has courage, discipline Tf.T*,. lrsnn's m#>n had I aua t\j[uipj-uvww. v WWUWVM ^ been provided and cared for like the United States or British soldiers of today, and he had lived, he would probably have whipped the earth by now.? Greenville News Cle^n Up the Oid Leaf. Have you turned over, that new leaf for the coming year? If you have, just turn it back. You need not bother yourself about turning over a new leaf. Clean up the old one first. How is it por-sible for you to satisfy your conscience by turning over a new leaf when the old one is so full of your shortcomings the past jear? Just resurrect that old leaf and spread it out before you, examine it closely. What do you find? Have joa ir-jured an} one? Then repair the damage ajd erase that item from the old leaf. Have you paid your subscription? If not, do so, and erase that item. Don't you recollect that you wronged somebody some 0 Well ctraichten out tha.t 11 U-IC WOV rw ? matter and erase it from the old leaf. And there are many more bad lookiDg items on that old leaf which ought not to be there. Get them off! Clean up the old leaf! Devote this year in expending your best efforts to gee the old leaf clean, and when jou get it clean, keep it clean, and there will be no necessity f?r turning over a new one. To Sue The Owner. The Greenville News announces a coming suit against Mr. J. L Mim naugh of this city by a Greenville man ! oihrt Mmo Vipt-a to see the State fair and started out to do so, attempting to walk down an elevator phaft. Here is what The-News says: "Calvin Smith, a well known Greenville man, has brought suit against J. L. Mimnaueh, proprietor of the Grand Central hotel, Columbia, and a wealthy business man, for $5,000 because he fell down an elevator shaft in thehoiel while in Columbia attending the 1898 State fair. Mr. Smith was severely injured and has just now become able to walk without crutches. He alleges that because the shaft was unprotected the proprietor is liable for damages." At the time of the accident Mr. Mimnaugh, whie he owned the building, Was not the proprietor of the hotel.?Columbia State. Marrying in Philippines. Gen Oris has issued a decree authoriz iog the celebration of civil marriages in the Philippines. He cabled Secretary Rjot to that effect Wednesday aDd the secretary promptly approved the action. Heretofore all marriages were celebrated by the Catholic church so that Protestant and non-Christians were prohibited from marryiDg. The decree does not interfere with the Catholics, who may be married according to their own rites but extends the privilege of civil marriage to those who desire it, just as is practiced in the United States. Pined Five Thousand. Capt. Rdssoe of the Italian steamer Etna, from PotDi, by way of Malta, was fined $5,000 by Collector Stone of Baltimore Thursday for being without a bill of health from the latter. Capt. Ru>soe explained that he had not been in a United States port since 1888 and was not aware that a bill of health from a port of call was necessary. Uudvjr orders from the treasury department the extieme penalty was inflicted. THE DEMOCEATIC CAMPAIGN. Bryan Will Be the Candidate Says Mr. Danforth, "Klliotfc Danforth. chairman of the Democratic State committee,. returned to New York Wednesday after a trip through the South, during which he talked with Senator James K. Jones, chairman of the national committee, and most of the chairmen of the Southern Democratic State committee. WedDe-d^y afternoon Mr. Danforth gave an Evening Post reporter the result of his observations and some information about next year's national campaign: ''I found," be said, "that the senti- . ment was generally iQ favor of selecting some Western city other than Chicago as the place for holding the National Cooveution. The members of the national committee have a strong feeliue asaiast Chicago on account of treatment they have received from the newspapers there since they established headquarters in the city in 1896. It looks now as if either Milwaukee or Kansas City will secure the National Convention. Milwaukee seems to be in the lead. '"I also discovered that there is a general feeling in f ivor of establishing the headquarters of the national committee next year in Washington. <:Senator Jones favored Washington in 1896, but gave way tc Mr. Bryan, w&o was ia tavor ot vjnicago. "In my trip through the South lobserved one thing which will be considered of particular interest in New York, namely, that none of the leaders seemed disposed to insist on free silver as the main iss'ue of the campaign next year. They did not say thev had abandoned the idea, but they acknowledged that the situation had changed sioce 1896, and that the dominant issues next year were trusts and imperialism. That is to say, they are not willing to repui? nu: .k ? uiaie iue viuca.su piitwuim, uut lucj> see that new issues of far-reaching importance have come up lately and that their choice should be recorgoized. Even ir States like North Carolina I found that the anti-trust and anti-im perialism idea engaged the attention of the people more than the free silver issue. In fact, I might sum up my observations by saving that the sentiment of Democracy in the South is such that 1 am confident there will be little trnnhle in hrinzincr about a Union of the Democracy of the whole country next year. "The Democratic National Convention," said Mr. Ddnforih, "will be held a short time after the Republican Convention, accordiog to custom. No matter when it is held there is no doubt about the head of the ticket. Everywhere I heard only Mr. Bryau's name mentioned. They are not talking about candidates for Vice President yet. An Eastern man "Will probably be selected." N ^ Death Eatlrer Than Capture. - -A' story, comes from Berkeley County which almost that related of the Spartan boy who allowed a fox to gnaw his entrails before he would let the theft of the animal become kaown. It seems that a negro named Heyward had fallen a prey to the temptations that usually beset his race at this time. He saw a fat, healthy, young Dig and could not obey the commandants which say one ihust not covet or steal his neighbor's goods. The pig played too dangerously near the man and in a short - i - a i j ^I . _ wane resolution nea ana we pig was: stolen. The owner of the porker, ac compaDied by sevtial friends, went to arrest Heyward and, very aaturally, that individual made tracks at a very lively gait aud made many of thernr:<5 He ran towards Goose Creek and while midway the stream his pursuers came upon him. Heyward was told that he rnighi as well come out, ^as ^a "boacf " would be secured and eventually :h*e ' would be caught. Hey ward '-{iadd n<>aj: attention to tins aavice, Dat aenDerate;;t> Jy pluuged his head beneath the water'v and committed suicide. The pursuers oq the bank were siuiply horrified at " the act aud never thought for a moment that the negro would adopt such desperate methods of avoidmg arrest. L'he water in which Hey ward drowned himself Was not over three feet deep. > The Press Association. The minutes of the South Carolina Press Association's last annual meetiug held at Earns' Springs in the summer have at last v been issued from the presses and are now beiag sent out tothe members of the association in various portions of the State. The minutes have been neatly gotton up and the little volume is an interesting one". Besides containing the addresses delivered during the session in an appendix are given most entertaining personal recollections about Soutit Carolina journalism by Col. Crews aod Coi. tioyt, 'the veteran newspaper editors and publishers. A meeting of the special committee which has charge of the arrangements for the coming trip l> 1 l .U~ : ?? 01 lue Uiemuera ui mc aaavtianvu w Cuba is to be called shortly. It is linely that the association will go on its Cuban expedition some time ia February. Due announcement of the time of the meeting and what is proposed will be made.?The State. A Girl Hung. Enily Hilda Biake, a domestic, was hanged at Braodon, Man , Wednesday morning for the murder of Mrs. Lane, her mistress. The execution was private, ouly a few persoDS obtaining the Drivjlege of witnessing it. Miss Blake, who was only 22 years old, walked firmly to the scaffold without assistance and was the coolest of the party, wiih the exct prion of Hangman Katcliffe, She made no statement. The girl confessed that she committed the crime, sajing she did it because she loved Mrs. Lane's children and was jealous of the mother's love. Her trial was very brief, as she refused all offers of counsel and pleaded guilty. Runaway Boys. Mr. W. D. Jacobs, of the Richland mill, is endeavoring to ascertain the whereabouts of his two runaway boys. These lads, Occar and James Jacobs, who are aged respectively 14 and 12 years, ran away from their home here oo December 11th, over a fortnight ago * t 1 *1 4L: ana tneir parents nave neara noiumg from them. Oscar has a scar, across the back of his left hand. When .last seen the lads were going towards Augusta, Ga. Mr. Jacobs would, ire-glad to rcceiveany information as to -tbeir. whereabouts.?Columbia State. THE EARTH QUAKED : j - - :J One of the Worst Shocks In Years Felt in California. CAME CHRISTMAS DAY. Hotel at Hemit Badly Shaken . , and Eastern Tourists Terri* tied Rush From Their Rooms in Fright . At 4:25 o'clock Christmas morning a severe earthauake shock was felt over & . . * large portion of Southern California, the undulations lasting 12 seconds, The entire center of the shock appeared to have been at San Jacinto, a -mail towD in Riverside county. The business portion of San Jacinto consist! of two blocks of t?o-story buildings, some of which are built of brick. Ten or fifteen buildings were damaged, chimneys being toppled over and walls cracked and shaken. The total damage at San Jaeinto and Hemit, a small town nearby, is estimated at $50,000. The large tourist hotel at Hemit was dam aged and the hospital at San Jacinto also suffered. The rear wall of the Johnson block at Hemit fell. No person was injured, at either place as far as known. The shock was heavy at Santa Ana, Anaheim, San Bernardino,- River- / side and other places, bat no particular damage is reported except from Sin Jacinto and llemit. A dispatch from San Jacinto says nearly every two-story building was wrecked and it is estimated that the damage will aggregate over $50 000. The main shock was preceded by a loud, roaring sound and awakened many just in time to escape from the doomed building. The busiaesa street is such a wreck that tons of debris had to be removed before the buildings could be entered. At Siboba Indian reservation six -squaws were killed by falling walls, two fatally injured and many seriously injared. tii T 2 z x ue buuck. uauseu ury artesiau xeui to flow larger streams than ever before. Considerable damage was reported in the nearby villages. M * TE3IP2SIJ0II3 TIL IP. A Sfceamar Arrives at Norfolk "from Liverpool a Week Overdue. A special to The Post from Norfolk, Va.3 says: The big Johnston Line steamer Noranmore arrived here Tnes day afternoon right from Liverpool ai- X ^ ter one of the most tempestuous paasages on record. Capt. Richardson, her commander, reported having seen an unknown bark founder at sea with her crew of 12 men. The Noranmore, ^ | which flies the Belgian flag, is of 3,650 tons register.. She sailed from Liverpool for Norfolk, Dec." 17th, and being nearly a week overiue, her agents were anxious about her. The hurricane which swept this coast Saturday strack the Noranmore at sea at night. The waves rolled over almost continuously, and would, Capt. Richardson, says, , have swamped an ordinary ship. Soon ai Lei luc oivi Lu aiuac tug nyiauuivig ^ overhauled a strange Sark which was on the point of "foundering. Only the , - "'J stump of'one-mast still stood, and others shaving been, cutor carried away. ^ SeveraUights were - burning aboard hir find 12 nien, believed frc-m their gestures to be foreigners, were seen running about; the . decks, i which were awash. r* A ^boat's crew, in one of the Noranmore's boats was put over the . side and the men pulled, for the bark. The boat was swamped almost immediately. ^ The men, who wore life jickets, jjrere picked up by a second boat, which was,' however, compelled^ to return to. the Noranmore. While the rescue of ,J$ these men was being affected the bark disappeared in the darkness, ana (Japt. Richarison says that beyond doubt she and, her crew went down. Searca made after daybreak revealed no sign of her. The Noraomore's steel boar was stove io two blades of her propeller were lost but she aunaged to reach this port without the loss of a man. Killed on a Trestle. A dispatch from Anierson to The State says on Wednesday, the shiftiog engine at the Charleston and Western Carolina depot ran overMrs James J ones. Mrs. Jones, with her two little boys had just returned oa the 6:10 p. m , train from a Christmas visit to her mother's, and, accompanied by her husbaad, waf walkiDg a short distance up the track, toward their home near the Orr (Jjttoa mill, when the accident happened. It seems that while they were crossing a small trestle they were overtaken by the eBgiae. Mr. Jones gathered his two little sons and jumped from the track, the eDgine bruising one of the children slightly. Uaablete save his wife, he ,ras compelled to see her mangled under the wheels of the locomotive. Mrs Jones lived about 30 minutes after her injuries. She was a woman of good repuce and highly spoken of 1 __ _ 1_1_. OL. _1 OA oy ner neignoors. one was aoout ou years of age, and her husband, who is ft carpenter at Orr's new mill, and two children survive her. He Is a Renegade. The Washington Post says: "In ft "? few days charges will be filed before the finance committee of the senate against the confirmation of ex-Representative William D. Bynum, of Indiana, as % Democratic appointee for the New York board of appraisers. The minority of that committee .are determined to resist ihe installment of Mr. Bynum in that tosition. Ihey will do so 02 the ground ohat he is not a Democrat, but has ppenly affiliated himself with the Republican party.- " *' \ Making His . Wori Good. According to some of tie latest figuring the Boers have killed or captured 4,786 Britons since the ticket began, and it hasn't got a good st^rt yet. The British are probably begirmiag to realize that there was'sotnaching in Presi deat Kruger's ajffalaratidti before the fighting 'beg^p, that "Sfaglaad miy tase the Tj^asvaai, but^he will pay -CM ywrice that wifi,-startle the