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? ~ ****??- -li-i ? . ? VOL LIV. WINNSBORO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 4, 1900. NO. 33 JJ 9. . , ' 1 ? ? ? ? I tN r m m T\ ,-v -r? r\ n SMS THEM UP. | Senator Tillman Us?s His Pitchfork on Republicans THEY ARE ALL HYPOCRITES. Eulogises and Defends the South in Her Treatment of the Negro. "** ?/t? O Tillman in frtse . - lieceuuy uiiu.a. _ United States Senate bad a running dejng^ bite with Senator Foraker, of Ohio, I vpos the attitude of the President and fgkhe Senator from Ohio in regard to free I Htrade in Porto Rico, quoting the I Bbhicago Times Herald at .length in its criticism of the administration. He asked Mr. Foraker to say whtther he was for free trade or not, and prodded him with changing his attitude becaurc the Chicago Times Herald was advocating free trade in Porto Rico. Senator Tillman alluded to the relations existing between Foraker and Kohisaat, the editor of the Times Herald, which hare been anything else than cordi&l and iriendly: Mr. Tillman. The editorial which I' hare read hsre happens to be froR the Chicago Times-Herald, and everybody knows the brotherly Danscn and Pythias like relations ?hich exist between my friend from Ohie and Mr. Kohlsaat, and I felt constrained to believe, knowing the great love that these gentlemen luve for each other, and knowing that they are both loyal to Mr. McSinley t}?? 'Rprmhliean warty, that the Senator from Ohio simply get out of the free-trade boat bteauue Mr. Xohlsaat got into it; that he could sot live io an atmostphere contaminated by the presence of that person. Mr. Foraker. In answer to the Senator s remark, I will frankly confess, in the presence of the Senate, that I hare felt since learning of Mr. Kohlsaat's attitude a great deal more confidence in my prtesent position. [Laughter.] Mr. Tillman. Mr. President, I have been right aloDg that road say-self. I have in career come across editorials is papers that had fought and iied on me for years in which my action was ?cm mended, and immediately I set about to investigate in order to 2nd out when I got the approval of such papers and understand why the Senator from Ohio should desert hi3 own principles and his own calmly selected position becauj-e Kohkaat took a position alongside of him. But at the same time it does not explain why the President, who was a warm friend and to whom Mr. Kohlsaat is a trusted adviser, has hanged front, if he did change front. Nobody can tell ui whether he did or ^ not. I want some ceDtlcmaa heg^o "explain to me the present attituue of tiie President. I nave o?en uymg w j itand by him. I bore testimony the other day to what 1 said was hie patriotism and nobilitj of character. 1 do not Aesitate any time to say thai I think ' Sv illiam McKinJey is &? of the most "lovable men we ha*e had in public life in America, but the trouble is Mr. McKialey will not stand up a*d have backbese sometimes. KcpublicaDs would hare been in- a heap batter fix politically if he had stood by his freetrade proposition aud lecyou gentlemen go on and fi*ht itontamoDg j ourselves and pans a free-trade measure or not. k'Bat whom the gods would destroy they &rst made mad," and eoofa*ioa ?f eona . eel is the beginning of madness. Tfcat is my interpretation of the present situation. We had testimony the other day that Ann Almisrhtv i.ad erven as the Pbilil? pines; that the honored President jrotempore of fl>e Sanate and hid colaborers on the Paris commission had very little or nothing to do with it; ?hat it had come directly from the Almighty; that He had lield as in th? hollow oi Bis hand, that the glory of our future history was to come from the faot that we were to reaub out and grab up that iblanc acd this idaijd; that we were to treat tho colored races of those island*, aot like we treat the coiorod people in the South, or not like you gentleman once tried to treat them, but as wo of the South. hiive felt constrained to treat them; that you gentlemA have changed from on that subject and that we weie to have a glorious future, with so much money and emoluments and wealth fiowu.g into our colier? in consequence V'J? WiiWO yvlivj luuv tv www mv v descend eo low as to give the credit to the Senator from Minnesota and the Senator from Maine and their brethren on the commission, who had gone over to Paris and demanded the cession of fchesa islands in the Pacific and had snforeeii that demand to ihe point that ?e got ihem, or got what litis Spain had. Nobody will tell us, as I said a moment ago whether the President is for free trade or not. I wish I knew, 1 * wanted to have the pleasure of supporting some measure thit he had sent here and that 1 could indorse honestly as American without regard to being a South Carolinian or a Democrat, and so** I am robbed of that pleasure. You gentleman are cruel to us. Why do ?ou not let us do something some time &s Americans and not force us always , back to the narrow rut of Democracy; and why do you not do something some time as Americaas and not be such nurrow, bitter partisans nere : A Mr. Perkins. Of course I am not gk, authoiaed to speak for the President; ? bat 1 am inclined to think that his *iews?I may have imitated them in that respect?were influenced by what was referred to by my friend, the Senator from South Carolina, th*t great trusts were being formed in rue-rto Rico for the purpose of controlling the sugar traffic. The Republican party is oppposed to trusts and combinations, and knows that the only solution of that problem is tho establishment of local beet-sugar factories, such as there are In Nebraska and in Utah aod in Iowa and in Michigan and in California? which has some ten or twelve independent beet-sugar factories. They buy the raw product from the farmer, relice it in their own factories, and send it to the mechanics' table. That is the antidote for trusts. Mr. Titujuaa. You mean the sugar trust? Mr. Perkins. For the sugar trust. Tbe&e beet-sugar factories are buying ["from South Carolina the cotton cloth that is manufactured from toe cotton grown in their fields. Wo are buying those sacks in which to put the sugar that we may send it out to our mechanic acd our workineinen. We are pacing from $1,50 to $2 a day for labor in those factories, and each farmer who is cultivating the soil anu raising *ugar beets is an independent sovereign in this fair land of-ours. We are paying $1UU,OUO,OUQ annually for sugar in this country. We want to manufacture it at home, from our beet sugar, raised by American farmers. We do not want the cheap peon contract labor, i receiving 10, 15 or 20 cents a day, to come into competition with the labor o! South Carolina and California. I think, perhaps, that is one of therea sods which influenced our good President, because his whole life has been devoted to protection to Amerioan industries and the elevation and dignity of labor. iir Tillman. I hare read somewhere that in the Koran there is a description of Muhammend's bridge over hell by which those entering heaven must pass, and 1 think he describes it as being so attenuated that it is about the breadth of a single hair on a woman's head. That is about the tize of the bridge my friend, the Senator from California, has given the President to crawl out of the hole in which he was put when he sent the free-trade message here and then backed water ?nd changed front en it. Mr. Perkins. How about the tobaoeo industry of South Carolina? Mr. Tillman.' SpeakiDg about the allusion which my friend has made, I wili say to him, as to the purohasc by the sugar producers of the cotton bags in which to put the sugar of the few factories in the Uoited States, that we are rery glad to furnish the cotton, cloth, if ifc eomes from my State, but the naanufactuiing industry of South Carolina?the manufacture of cotton principally?which we will say in 1890 showed that there were only 400, OUQ '.^es, has doubled and trebled since, they hare now eighteen hundred thousand spindles and a proportionate JrtAma S:n<v?. the 1st of uuiui/gi VA January we have organized new mills or given charters to new enterprises to build mills to the amount of $4,000,000, and we are rcachiDg out hand over fist to overtake Massachusetts. W? are already the second State in the manufacture of cotton. We do not find a bit of protection from the Dingley tariff, because we export all of that cloth to China; and we have to compete with England; and we do it, antl wo whip them, and make 20 to 40 per ctnt. dividends on our cotton factories. Senator Spooner, of Wiscocsin, exprtssed the opinion that South Caro-. lina was the last place on earth to originate any impeachment of the Republics;* party as to the principle of equality among men, and said he based the observation partly upon the testimony of 8e?ator Tillman, who stated the other day that they had made a great effort in South Carolina to disfranchiss the "Digger;" that they had stuffed the ballot boxes, and that they had used the shot-gun against them. Tbat is why I say that from South Carolina there ought not to eome criticism upod the Republican party as being opposed to equality among men. Mr. Tillman. Mr. President, in rising here to explain my language, and to justify it, I have not the docu meDtsat band.to sustain all the charge:! I I taste, but 1 will, briefly and in the best way I can, recapitulate the coodi tiontf which brought about the ncces j nity for stufEog ballot boxes, for shooting Negroes, and for using violeueeand fraud in taking charges of our State government in South Carolina. The Senater, 1 suppose, did not understand me to t- ay that tuck condition txiM there now, because I have never made any such acknowledgment. I proclaimed the tact that in 1876, "when we had stood eieht years of carpetbag government and there was nothing left us of our civilization unless we rose in our might and took the govern-' ment back fron the carpetbag horde of thieves and scoundrels and their j scalawag aliies. the native born rap- J scallious, who had been foisted upon us at the point of the fcajonet?when } government cased to yield protection, j when there was semi-anarchy, when 8,00 armed Negro militia were parading up ana down the roads, threatening our wives and our children and our homes, when at night burning hou-es were lighting up the horizon in almost every county, when the conditions were so app^liiog that any kind of ZiVernrnenc, anv military despotism, was preferable to that, we made up our minds that the fouteenth and fifteenth amendment! to the Constitution were themselves null and void; that the acts of Congress uoder them placing our State under carpetbag rule were null and void; that oaths required by suoh laws were null and void, we resolved that the intelligence, the wealth, and the patriotism of the State, belonging only to the white people, should seize thegoverfiment from ths horde of ignorance and vice; that we would not longer tolerate bribe-takers on th? bench and thieves in our high places; that life was not worth having on the terms and under the conditions forced ; on us. Wo swore by the memories of revolutionary sires that we would redeem our State from the grasp of aliens and Nrzroes. and we did it; and I have no apologies to mate for it. If you contend that no indictment of Republicans can come from South Carolina, I will tell you that the Republican party wis responsible for :hat oondition of things; I will tell you that Grant, who was then President, sent the army there to hold down the whites and perpetuate the condition of misrule and anarchy and robbery which prevailed, and where the troops were the white majoritiesi, the Democratic majorities, were the I greatest?not by reason of the troopu, but because the whites did not hesitate to vote early and often and to carry the election in any way that was found necessary, j/ne .tiepuDncan party aia all that wrong blindly, but it does not now treat the colored races that have come to us as it treated the Southern Negroes, and that is reason why I charge it with hypocrisy.. Mr. Spconer.Mr. President, the Republican party was not respon?ibie for it. The Republican party, it is true, after the war had ended, gave to the colored man the right to vote. The Republiean party did not enact that legislation upon ' he theory that it was j necessary in order to prevent future 1 Democratic successes. At that day no one dxred to prophesy that the old Democratic party of the war times would live very much longer; no one foresaw its wonderful vitality. The Republican party enacted that legislation, wisely or unwisely, because there had been enacted in the Southern States what were called "black codvs," which almost restored the colored man to slavery. Tbo Republican party enacted that legislation in order to give the Negro a weapon of defense against such legislation; and they enacted it, Mr. Persident, in order to maiotain in the sight of God and before all the world in good faith, io letter and in spirit, the proclamation of emancipation which had been signed by Abraham Lincoln; God bless his memory forever! Mr. Tillman. In the first place, Mr. President, let it not be forgotten that in dealing with the race question in the South those of the Southern people who were engaged ia the civil war, the Confederate war, had inherited those slaves. They had been taught from childhood that the existence of slavery was not wrong, morally or legally. Tho author of the Declartion of Independence was a slaveholder; the constitution recognized slavery; and after the strife was over and the issue had been settled by the sword, the question as to tho disposition of the emancipated slaves was. of course, a verf perplexing one. The Senator says that but for the enactment by the Southern legislatures of the "black codes," in which there was to be & practical restoration of slavery under the. guise of liberty, there would have boec no enfranchisement of the ex-alaTes; that they would not have been given the ballot. History does net state that, and the condition of politics at the time does not warrant it. Those who voted for it, or some of then, were no doubt honest in th*t it was necessary, but there is no earthly doubt bat that ulterior and baser motive? were at the root of it. There was first a desire of revenge by putting the ex-slaves in 1 control of the Southern States and putting white neeks under black heels. There was next a desire to perpetuate ! the domination of the Republican party in the United States. Then when it comes to a comparison ' of the action of the two parties, I say to the Senator that there are a great ! many wrongs that the Negroes have to suffer in the South, and there will con* tinue to be many. Neither he nor any body else can help it; and no legislation which can be enaoted oan help it. ' It can only cure itself in a better at- 1 mosphere, and be solved by the people 1 concerned, because outside influence ] and outside interference would only ' aggravate the trouble and more em- 1 broil the fray. - 1 Bat I want to call the attention of | the Senate to the fact that we have in j the past moQth had introduced here , from a Repulican committee a pro* , vision upon the Hawaiian bill by which j contract slaves in that island were to { be governed under a similar black ^ code to that which we enactcd in South ( Carolina and in other Southern States. ( You sought to perpetuate that condi- , * * i* * i?. # I tion in Toar owq Dill, lor tne Denenc 01 tke sugar planters, natilit was stricken oat by a motion on the part of the Senator from Massachusetts. Will Support Bryan. The Washington correspondent of the New and Courier says: "Among the latest converts to Brjanism are former President Grower Cleveland and his secretary of State, John G- Carlisle, i This information comes direofc from a well known gentleman who is on inti- < mate terms with Mr. Cleveland a^d Mr. Carlisle. Ac a recent informal gather- i irjg in New York Mr. Cleveland and ! Mr. Carlisle were both present. The ; subject of Bryaoism came up for dis- < cushion, whereupon Mr. Cleveland announced bis intention to' vote for Mr. t Bryan at the next election. Mr. Carlisle echoed the sentiment of his ! former chief and added that not^ only did he lDtend to rote for Mr. iJryaa, bat he was astonished to find so many i Democrats, who previously opposed Mr. 1 Bryan, now declaring th?ir intention to i vote the regular Democratic ticket next fall. This information comes in such ; a direct form that it can not be chal- i lenged and, in addition, it is said ob i the same authority, that the ranjc and file of the gold Democrats in New York propose to vote for Mr. Bryan, or whoever may be nominated by the Demo ! era tic party at the Kansas City convention." ' Will Be Held. At a mass meeting of the representa- \ tive business men and merchants of J Charleston held at the Thomson audi torium Thursday night it was unani- ' mously decidcd to hold the proposed South Carolina Interstate and West Indian exposition here during the autumn of 1901. Prominent men from 1 all parts of the State were present, and 1 the big enterprise was launched amid ^ the greatest eDthusiam. It was an 1 noueced that over a third of the capital 1 stock of the expositioa had already been subscribed by a few enterprising men of the city, and assurances were ^ given that the full amount would bo j forthcoming as soon as the publio was given a chance to take the shares. The project has the hearty endorsement of the people of the whole State of South j Carolina, as well as those of Charleston. ] The general assembly has already given j its sanction. Assurances were received 1 from senators and congressmen that 1 CVC1J CliUlt TTUUiU uu uocu IV D^VUJkV ?? large government exhibit. 1 _ i A Fatal Mistake j Daniel Broughton, of Lyons, Ga., is , dead and John MclSachern, his friend, is at the point of death from drinking wood alcohol by mistake. Both are j prominent men in the community. Mr. ( Broughtou was having his store painted and at the requeBt of the painter order- ] ed some wood alcohol for mixiDg. Some of it was put into bottles labeled "root beer" andon^ofthese bottles the j ^sftrter flii&Tf. ,;8? p posi o g the j bottle to coBtatn rootbeer^Mr; Brougb- j ton asked McEachern to hare a drink , and both drank. Twelve hours afterwards Mr. Broughton was dead aod Mr. McEachern was at the. point of death, notwithstanding the best ef orts of physician*. ANEW BLIND TIGER. The Charleston Custom House Stores Contraband Liquor. AN UGLY LOOKING AFFAIR. Special Agents of The United States Treasury Department Will Investigate the Matter. It is charged by State constables that contraband liquor was being stored in the United States States.Custom House at Charleston, and the matter is t? be investigated by special agents of the Uaited States treasury department. The Columbia State says Thursday telegrams were flying back and forth between Charleston, Columbia and Washington. The liquor constables are to keep a closa watch on the custom house pending the investigation by the Federal authorities. Thursday Gov. >lcSweeney made public all the telegraphic and other correspondence over the thoroughly interesting matter. Oa Wednesday the governor received the following letter: Charleston, S. C., March 27th, 1900. Governor Miles B. McS/fceney, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: I. Blank has liquor stored in the United States custom house here on the ground floor. Messrs. Dudley and Nunnamaker saw Blanks wagon go out from the custom house loaded with whiskey early this morning; the driver ran the horse and made his escape. I have known for some time that Blank was keeping his liquor there. I know that he h s a quantity there now. 1 went at once to Judge Simonton's office and stated the facts to him. He said that the government did not allow such traffic on their premises. He told me to go at once to the collector at the custom house and state to him the facts. I told Judge Simonton that, from my information, one would judge that the collector was friendly with Blank and would not allow me to go through the department. He said that if the collecton refused, to state the facts to Solicitor Jervey. I then went to the col lector. He got mad, refused to allow ma t/\ rrn tlii'rtnffh thn ( Dntrr.mAnfs unH WW WV 5V WU4VUftU ?denied that there was any whiskey stored there. I then went to the solicitor and reported the facts to him. He referred me to the United States marshal, who, with Jndge Simon ton, could make arrangements about it. I saw the marshal, who said to have the building euarded and to .make a full report to ?ou at once and a&k you to wire the secretary of the treasury at once. We pjtl guard the building, And hope that pouwill wire at once. Since 1 have been on this matter I hate learned that this is a general storing place for blind tiger and wholesale liquor dealers, and that there is a quantity of whiskey stored there. I know this to be true md can furnish proof if necessary. Respectfully, S. T. Howie, Chief Constable. ' This was sent to Bowie: Columbia, S. C., March 28. 3. T. Howie, Charleston, S. C: Continue to carefully watch building. Will give matter attention at once. M R Vt/>^jraan?9 Governor of South Carolina. Then the following came from Charleston: Charleston. S. C., Maroli28. Q-ov. McSvreeney, Columbia, S. C.: Iq addition to the letter mailed liquor, is not imported. B.aok gets it from Savannah, has been storing there six years. Marshal says to wire seoretary of the treasury. S X. Howie. This message was sent to the secretary of the treasury: Columbia, S. C., March 28. Honerable Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C.: . Have information that contraband liquors are stored for illicit sale in custom house at Charleston. Upon the suggestion of Jugde Simonton and the United States marshal, I request that you direct the marshal to investigate the case and permit the State dispensary constables to accompany him. M. B. McSweeney, Governor of South Carolina. Yesterday this reached the governor m r?T i . from wasnmgton: Washington, D. C., March 28. Got. M. B. McSweeney, Columbia S. C: Your telegram of this date was submitted to the United States attorney general for such action as he may deem proper. 0. L. Spauldin, Assistant Secretary. The reply was as follows: To 0. L. Spaulding, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. 0.: Have ascertained that contraband whiskey from Savannah, 6a., has been stored in custom house for several pears. Please direct attorney general to communicate with this office by wire it once. M. B. McSweeney, Governor. Senator Tillman was in the city and he took a hand in the mater, wiring as follows: to tion: layman tiage, secretary or tne Treasury, Washington, D. C.: Governor MeS wee ney wired yon yesterday about contraband liquor stored in the custom house at Charleston. I team that it has been the custom of illicii sellers to use that as a place of storage for some time. I urge prompt ictioa on your part to assist State authorities to seize the liquor and to get ill the facts. Please instruct marshal o; 50 with constable, as governor desired to avoidclash with United States government. Answer. B. R. Tillman, United States Senator. Thursday evening the following setLing forth the action of the federal officials was received: Washington, P. C., March 29. Sis Excellency M. B. McSweeney, Governor of South Carolina; TT * 1 J i on leiegram 01 toaay was aiso referred to the attorney general ior such jction as he may deem proper, and an investigation has been decided upon by special agents of this department. L. J. Gage. Secretary. MAGISTRATE MOORER'S REPORT. Thursday evening the Charleston magistrate made the following report by wire: Governor M. B. SIoSwe?ney, Columbia S.O. Sir: Subject to your instructions, I beg to submit the following report concerning the status of the case: A search warrent was issued yesterday against the custom house for contraband goods consigned to Vincent Chicco, and ask further instructions. The right of search under the warrant on the custom bouse seems clear, under express reservation by the State in ceding the property to the government. My present information is that it is in no way discriminated from any other depot where contraband goods may be stored. At first there was considerable opposition made by the collector to the search and seizure, but on my offering to submit the question to the legal advisers of the collector an interview wis held between Deputy Collector Ostsndorf, B. A. Hagood, assistant district attorney, and myself. Mr. Hagood advised the collector that it was proper to submit to process in order to protect the collector's bond from any possible loss. However, he suggested a compromise this morning by the collector giving receipt for the goods, vii: 25 oases Burke's scotch malt, 10 eases Burke's Three Star Irish whiskey, 10 cases Nonpariel Old Tom gin, 5 cases finest dry gin, two. barrels sherry wine, which he pledges himself to hold in. tact, subject to directions which he may receive from the secretary of the treasury upon submission of the mat . i_:_ mi _i. c 11 J ier LU iiiuj. AUC rCwUipu *3 uuauj iu*utr oat was cot in accordance with the terms which I understood had boen agreed on, namely, that the goods would be held subject to proper iegal process. On further advice and inquiry the receipt, however, maintains the status, and protects the State tempo* rarily. My view of the matter ia that the process is entirely valid, and it is perfectly competent to carry it out by force if necessary. But I do not conceive that it is your excellency's wish that this be done if it can be avoided, and submit it to your better judgment and await further instructions. A brief history of the facts may give you light: The goods were shipped in bond by the Clyde line to the collector, subjeot to consignee's call. Thev were received on March 8, and after three days grace were pnt is the warehouse as unclaimed goods, without entry haviDg ever been perfected by the consigee, Vincent Uhicco, either for immediate consumption or for warehouse. There was no bond given by Chicco. Deputy Collector Oitendorf informed me that it was the practice to hold goods thua stored subject to the duties and warehouse charges for one year and a day, after which they would be sold at public auction as unclaimed. The consignee, however, was at liberty at any time during that period to take them out by piece meal by five or any other number , of paokages at the time on payiog the pic rata of duties and warehouse chaiges. Is is, of course, unnecessary fnr tn ftnccfisfc hntr excellent an at - ',r ""OO" rangecnent nhis is for. the purposes of . illicit dealers if the contraband ean be held at their convenience tinder the custody and protection of the govern* ment, in defiance of the State's process. Awaiting jour further instructions, J. H. Moore, Magistrate. Suicide or Murder. A remarkable case is reported from Townville in Anderson County. A Negro, Sam Jackson, was the victim. The scant clothiDg having been satur-. ated with kerosene oil and then ignited, the poor Negro, enveloped in fLmes that licked savagely as they ate their way Hnto the fleth, with shrieks that told of his horrible agonies, ran from his little cabin, until charred and 1 J 1 / 11 1 a-J .1 A ourneu, ue jcji exuausitru uy me iuau> side and soon expired. From informatioo it is learoed that there had been some friction in Sim's connubial life; that on the day of the deed his fatherin law bad taken Sam's wife from him. This, it is supposed, is the cause of the Negro resorting to the determination of his life. Farther developments may show that thii dusky spouse returned to the scene of the unpleasantness and decided upon this method of dispatching her disagreeable contemporary, which would xeem more credible and probable than the suicidal theory. A Republican Row. Senator Hanna's indignant denial of the statement credited in the Washington Star to a Kepublican congressman, who said the Puerto Rico tariff was the result of a trade for campaign contributions, is met by this from The oi?. J.-pi.. ?: J ... OU*r. jLno lucciTicw n*o ilavx, m igported in The Star Friday, with a Republican member of the house who supported the Puerto Rican tariff bill with his vote. It was written a very short time after conversation between the representative and The Star reporter closed. This fact oan be supported by the oath of the man who wrote the interview, who is perfectly williag to take oath to it." Inasmuch as The Star is the acknowledged administration organ, through which the president's plans and views are often made public, the situation affords some interest.? Columbia State. Was He Murdered. A dispatch from New York says after an autopsy on the body of William Henderson, the wealthy Brooklyn mineral water manufacturer, who was found dead at the Riverview hotel, Merritt is land, Indian river, Florida, Coroner's Physician Harting reported that death was due to cerebral hemorrhage originating from violence either directly or indirectly or by a fall. The top of his skull had a cross-shaped cut and another cut ran towards the forehead. fanirtla on^ laft rtt lr WTATA 1 LUO 1V1? ?U\* AVIV vuwva nviv discolored and there were abrasions of the fingers A Wrecked Steamer. The Morgan line steamer El Sud., Capt. Biggins which arrived at New Orleans from New York Thursday evening, reports that on March 27 about 32 miles north of Cape Floridas he passed a loaded steamer on shore. She had four short masts, no topmast and a black smokestack. There were no wreckers in sight. The cargo was being jettisoned and soundings made from a boat on the outside of the steamer. The weather was thick and raining, with fresh southerly winds but not much sea. j ( - . . . . , . -L. . j.. . GETTING AT THE TfiUTH. Some Startling Developments is the Goebel Assassination CaseThere wore some startling developments in the Goebel assassination case at Frankfort, Ky., on Tuesday.. That afternoon W. H. Culton, who waived examination and was h< Id over to ths circuit court, went to the Capitol hotel, where he wa3 in conference with the attorneys for the prosecution for over two hours. He was accompanied by his brother-in-law, E. E. Hogg, who is also his attorney. Cnlton was reported to have made a confession, but later it developed that the information gained was not as sweeping ? .1 _t.? n:_ *? j. - as muugiiu juis melius ?uuiiu tL<ig 11c gave the prosecution such information an he had and which had heretofore not oome out. Henry E Youtsey, Republican Auditor Sweeney's clerk, was arrested at noon and locked np in jail, charged with being an accessory to the assassination. He is a half brother of Hon. L. J. CraWford, a prominent Rcpubli can of Newport, and detectives arrested him as the man -with the black moustache whom Golden mentioned as beiDg given the key to Caleb Powers' office. Youtsey complained that the prosecution had broken faith in arresting him, and it is stated he is ready to make a public statement for which the prosecution is not anxious at this time. At the examining trial of the Republican Secretary of State Caleb Powers, the court room was olcared of all persons except attorneys, newspaper representative! and oourt officers. The defense announced they would introduce no testimony and tendering Governor Tajlor'a pardon of powers, asked the defendant be dismissed upon the evidence. Tho commonwealth disputed Taylor's right and the court overruled the motion. Bail was asked for. Judge Moore said: *4T> i? nnt mwhoHa-f Prtrrera firod the shot which killed Got. Gobel, bat from the evidence it is my opinion that 1 he was connected with the conspiracy , to kill him. I shall therefore order that he be held over withont bail to the Franklin county grand jury that the oase may be farther investigated." (Jul ton's counsel announced that Colton' wonld waive his examining trial and , by agreement of the attorneys he will ] remain at home with his sick wife, an- , der private guard Capfe. John Davis also waived examination and was admitted ! to bail in the sum of $5,000. He was < locked up for the night. The Demo- j cratio milita will be retained here till i after April term of the circuit court j which begins Monday and at which j Secretary Powers and others are to be i tiied. i . . j A WEIRD CEREM05Y. 1 ti xt r - ttt.jj.j t._ rrrt. i z wo ieuag itiuiica yt euueu oj iusu ; Sister'* Ccxptfc i The Ber. Charles P. Grover, of j Peoas Manor, N. J., married two of 1 his daughters is the parsonage while ' another daughter lay dead in the next room. The unusual eeremony took . place a few days ago and the facts have : just come to light. Invitations were sent out some time since for a double wedding at the home i of the Be v. Mr! Grover. His elest ; daughter, Helen, was announced to : marry Dr. Davenport, of Newark, and ihe other contracting parties were An nie Grover aod William Proudfoot, of , Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. At the time the , invitations were issued the youngest , daughter of the family was ailing, ^ but her condition waa not considered serious. Computations set in and the young woman grew rapidly worse. A few days before the date of the wedding the invitations were revoked, but the family was adverse to postponing the eeremony. The young men came on to Penns Manor from their homes, arriving on Uu.- sight that the young girl died. There was a consultation in the family, at the conclusion of which the announcement was made that the double wedding should go on as originally planned, save that there would be no guests. In the ordor of flowers about their sister s coffin, only a few feet away, Helen Grover became Mrs. Davenport and Annie Grover became Mrs. Proudfoofc. Dr. Grover performed the ceremony, which was held at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The quartette of newly married did not go on a bridal tour. They attended the faneral of the dead girl the next day, and at this the father officiated also. The interment took place at Mt. Airy Maryland, and besides the parents the chief mourners were it. and Mrs. Davenport and Mr. and Mrs. Proudfoot A Duty to the State. Editor Aull, of the Newberry Herald ftnrl Motra who ?1en nrival#? npfiretarv to Governor McSsveeney and president J of the State Press Association, writes to his paper: 4iI noticed in the papers the other day that Mr. C. A. Woods, of Darlington, had been sug- ( jested &3 the man to succeed Dr. Car- j lisle as president of Wofford College, ; and that Mr. Woods promptly came out . in a card and said he hoped there would be no necessity for a successor to Dr. ' Carlisle for many years yet. I most , heartily concur. Though I see very , little of Dr. Carlisle, yet I know of his j work and of the great influence he is < exerting for good over the lives of the ] young men of the State, and -I hope to ] see him remain in his present position 3 until the summons comes from above i for him to lay down his armor and pajs his mantle to other saoulders and join j the hosts who hare gone before. It j will be time enough then to discuss his j successor. The truly great men in this \ State, like Dr. Carlisle, should remain , where their influence will be greatest j in shaping the lives and characters of j the young." Silled Himself. Col. "Wm. F. Wickman, who in some ! way unknown shot himself several days I ago, died at his home in Powhattan < county, Va., Thursday night. He was 1 a son of the late Gen, Wickman, the ' Confederate cavalry general, atid for 1 many years president of the Chesa- l peake and Ohio railroad, and had been i prominent in Republican politics in 1 Virginia. - A flJSW LNDUfcl-JiX. Man and Woman Follow the Conntry Fair Circuits With Profit. "I am afraid that this is a very wicked world," said the Rev. Charles W. Sutherland, of Detroit, recently. "My congregation was kiBd enough to offer me a vacation last fall, and I seized upon the opportunity to visit the little towns in the state where I was formerly located, and rene#r old acquaintances. "At one of the towns that 1 visited a country fair was being Leld, and I received an invitation to visit the grounds and perform a wedding that had been put forward as one of the leading attractions of the week. The business men of the place had contributed liberally towards the wedding presents which were to go to the first oouple who would come forward and agree to be married on the grounds. "A pair having volunteered I was asked and married them in the midst of a cheering crowd. "A week later I was in another small town, and it so happened that a fair was in progress there, too, and a wedding was the star attraction. I chanced to visit the grounds daring the day, and the minister who had been engaged to perform the ceremony failing to appear, I was called upon to act in his place. "When I faced the pair I was thunderstruck to find that they were the same people that I had married the week before. I jpas so surprised that I married them again without having time to think whether I \ras doing right or wrong. "After the ceremony the groom got me to one side and asked me as a favor not to give him away, using his language. He said they made a business of going around country fairs getting married, and a word from me would spoil it all. He said farther that they were going up in a baloon to he married the following week, and he would get me the 'job' if I wanted it. Bat 1 bad to decline as politely as I could. 1 really think he was disappointed when I refused." - . So Comparison. The absurdity of comparing Cronje's uapture with Ma j aba is well disclosed by the celebrated London journalist, W". T. Stead, as follows: "Nineteen; Shears ago 554 British troops established an the top of a mountain were attacked in front by 200 Boers, who swarmed ip the sides of the mountain and defeated them in a straight, stand-np light The Boers lopt 8 killed and 9 ; wounded, while we lost 221 killed and | mounded and 59 prisoners. It was an honest, straightforward, stand-up : ieht, in which we outnumbered the '! Boers by three to one, and where we ilso enjoyed all the advantages of po- ( iition. That was the defeat, the some-' sbing. on the slate,, the stain of which j ifter 19 years this Christian nation exults that it has now wiped off with a bloody sponge. Four thousand Boers, 1 with six nine-pounder cannon and two 1 Vf? ?*vta Ita1 af kntr ^ak ta a aiui3j ugiu av uaj ivji ^iguv tO,UOO British troops, supported by a park of powerful artillery, field pieces, i naval ^guDS and howitzeis, which pumped lyddite shells upon aa improvised laager in a river bed, from distances which were practically out of range of the Boer rifles. After standing it for eight days the Boers capitulated to an overwhelming force. And this was the avenging of Majuba! Because they licked us when we only outnumbered them by three to oae, we derive satisfaction because we have defeated them when we outnumbered them by ten toone." Postal Money Orders. First Assistant Postm^ter General Perry J. Heath has just sent out an important order having reference to the cashing of money orders by postoffices of the first and second- jlass. The gist of this order, which Major Smyth has received is to cash all money orders irrespective of the place of payment named therm. For instance, if a man in Atlanta has a money order drawn on Augusta he can get it cashed at the Atlanta postoffice, provided he is properly identified and the order is perfectly regular. In the same way money nin noaViod a>, stnv firaf nr ond-clasa postoffices, although drawn upon offices at other points. Further, by the order many orders can be cashed. at first and secood class postoffices without the corresponding advice haying been received of their issuance. A maa here, for example, who has a money order from Nashville can get it cashed before the "advice" has been received at this office, provided he is properly identified and the order is regular. Heretofore the rule was that ail money orders must be paid at the postoffice on which they are drawn, and money orders could not be cashed at all unless the corresponding advices had been received from the points where issued. Straigt Talk. The Washington Post, whioh is one of the fairest and most influential independent newspapers in the United States, has been exceedingly kind to the administration of late, bat cannot approve the action taken in Porto Kico. Ihe Post say: "If Porto Kico is to be sacrificed to the sordid uses of a political contest, if these innocent and trustful people, who welcomed ua with open arms and confided their destinies to our honor and generosity, are to be immolated on the altar of a detestable and mean party emergency, if it be true that t he He publican congress, backed by the Republican ad ministration, deliberately intend to tread upon the misery and the helplessness of a people who have . thrown themselves upon our mercy, then we say?and we believe?that the :ountry will make haste to denounce nud to condemu and to rebuke an infamy so monstrous and so indefensible." Two at a Shot, A dispatch from Greensboro, N. C., says three men who were serving oat 1 their' sentences on the county roads iboutnine miles from there, made a Dreak for liberty Wednesday afternoon, rhe guard fired and two of the convicts oeing in line the bullet passed entirely i through one of them, killing him in- ! stantly, and wounding the other mor- < :ality. The third, a white man named < Eppes, escaped. i ;.?3 JBLUYY IU BUMS. Their Greatest General Dies of v.' ." >'.* Disease at Pretoria*. HONORED AMD ADMIRED. Press of England and France Pay . . - -\ZtPg Tribute to the Patriot and Gallant Gen* tleman. a dispatcn rrom Breton* sayi IH*. Joubert, the ablest Boer commaader, iied at that place on Wednesday from a stomach trouble. The dispatch als# says the town is plunged into mourning for the true patriot, gallant general and upright and honorable gentleman. Th?t Pretoria correspondent of the ^Londoft Daily Mail telegraphed Wednesday as follows: "Geo. Joubert; died of peritonitis The funeral will take place Tharsday. v . The government is pleading with tht widow to allow a temporary is terms at here, with a state funeral. Joubert always expressed a desire to ba buried _ I * ?i? * xa a mausoiem duiu on nis larm. ttis successor in the chief command will probably be Gen. Lewis Botha, now commanding in Natal." The Loadoa newspapers publishing biographies of Geo. Joubert, refeirrio? ' to him in a kindly tone. The P*U Mall Gazette says: <4Piet Joubert, was the one contemporary Transvaal Boer, except ex Justice Kotze, whose death could oall forth a sincere tribute o! respect from JEaglishm en. of all parties.. He was the antiphodes ia the Transvaal world of Lejds, and personally, was honest, straight and dean handed." A dispatch from Paris says the press of that city is unanimous in eulogisiof the late Gen. Joubert, who3e death is / considered a serious loss to the feder- :$ als. AIL the papers agree in thinking that a change in the chicf command is bound to hare grave conseqaences in the Boer operations. Many think, however, that President Kruger is folly equal to the task, and that, consid ciiug uist utututrr reputabKm bue resistance of tne Boers is likely -to beeo4u more stub born than ever. ? I t C l I : ; ' Vf 17 . The recent marriage 0! Albert % Talbott, of Paris Ky., to Miss Luoy Biggstaff, of Bafcn county, brings to lightsome very romantic features, as told by one of the chief actors in the drama. About a year *go, Martin Talbott, a middle aged farmer, residing near this city, while on a visit in Brtk county, became acquainted with Mist Lucy Biggst&ff, a pretty young women 3f Offingsviile, and they became betrothed. Ode day Talbott took his younger bother, Albert Talbott, the hor&ema^HKr Miss BiggstsFs home.? Albert, in turn, fell a victim to her charms. On the day set for the manage Martin Talbott, accompanied by Albert?who was to be the best man? proceeded to Owingsville, where ho . secured a license to many Miss Biggstaff. Albert remarked to Martin: iiuu^ IUOIUAII )vu?ra wv uiii iw marry that girl. Let me have her." Martin would not consent, but proposed to lay the matter before the young woman and abide her decision. When the case was laid before Mite Biggstaff, to Martin's great surprise, she - / said that she loved Albert best. Martin relinquished all claims, the license waff destroyed, a new one authorizing7 the marriage of Albert R. Talbott and Lucy Biggstaff. secured, and they were married. Martin took the matter philosophically and acted as best sua at the oeremony. Some Good Advioe. We all know how some women after a year or two of marked life, get careless about their dress," says a lady novelist. 'They seem to think that their fortune is made, and it . isn't necessary toarcaqga the hair becomingly, and put on a pretty gowa, j ut f.jr their husband*. This is an. error that arises from laziness. Men like to see . their wives look pretty, just as they did when they were sweethearts. Take a woman's 317100, and if yotr can hate but one attractive go*a, let. t h it be tbe one you wear indoors. Eideairor io * . have daintily arranged hiir aa-1 a aeik and simple costume f jr breakfast. ' Oo in largely for laces. A man is very fond of frills; bits of white a'wsUtht neck and prists always, appeal strong; 7 to him. Have well filing boots,. of slippers, as the case miy be, and;, ia fact, atuiy to make yourself jut a? winsome after tlio fish is Un-ied m when you were not so sore of him." Declares for McKialey. , ... As between McKialey and Bryan The Greenville News is distictly for McKialey. We regard him as repersenting not our political principles, bit the progress and commercial prosperity of the country. Oa the other haod Colonel Bryan is inonr view, a* far UVU4 Vl^rUiVViaUV LUWJL&lUl" , > >> ?? ley is, and represents stagnation and commercial disaster. Between a Bepublican representing prosperity and sanity and a populist representing disaster, lunacy and irresponsibility, we are for the Republican. This because we are interested in the good of the eonntry more than in the sue* cess of any special crowd of politieiasf. * ?Greenville News. A Qaeer Poitofiloa. The smallest, simplest, and protected postoffice in the world, says an exchauge, is in the Straits of Magellan, and has been there for many yean. It consists of a small painted keg or cask, and is chained to the rocks of tha extreme cape in such a manner that it floats free,, opposite Terra del Faego. Wi/iln TkOacinrr oKin oan^a <i fa ^oIta juawu uvuvka at vv ma? letters out and put others in. This curious postoffice is nproyidoii' with a postmaster, and is, therefore, under the protection of all the nariea of the world. Never in the history of this unique ''o?ce" have its privilege* been, abused. . Senators have passed a resolution calling upon Secretary Root to expfoift his action in granting an exclusive concession to Gr. W. Esterly, deputy auditor in the state department, to mine kke gold bod of the Ma off Cape v . , M ...