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jf VOL UV - WINNSBORO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 25, 1900. ~~ NO. 37 ? > a nnm nn Arrnvm VALUABLE RELICS. Given to State by Col. Bianding of Mexican War Fame. PALMETTO REGIMENT FLAG And the Beautiful Jackson Vase AteoGoes to Columbia. Got. i McSwderroy'-s Grateful Reply. The following letter from Col. J. D. Blading, the distinguished Mexican war veteran, was received by Gov. M*cSweeney some days ago. It tells of gifts of incalculable value to be made to the State and contains history that every South Carolinian is proud of. Here is CoL Blandin^s letter: To His Exoelleney, Gov. M. B. McSweeney. Dear Sir:. In accordance with the resolution of the Palmetto Regiment (Mexican war) Survivors' association, as president of the association, I have the honor of turning over in perpetuo to the State of South Carolina, through you as governor, one of the two flags .carried by the regiment in that war, together with the regimental records. It is only necessary to state as to the latter that they are very imperfect, the general order booh and most of the loose papers having been sent to and lost in Chester during Sherman's march, through the State in 18K>. me flag is the United States army regulation flag presented by Gen. Wm. 0. Butler, then in command of the army in the early part of 1848, to the regiment when detailed as guard of the national palace and archives. My recollection is that Gen. Scott had ordered this flag made, on account of the tattoed and torn condition of the State flag which was worked by the ladies of Charleston and presented through the city oounoil (T. L. Hutchinson, mayor) in December, 1346, to the regiment, and by it carried into the city of Mexioo on 14th September, 1847. Besides the skirmishes around Vera Cruz on the routes to the valley of the city, it passed through the battles of . Contreras, Cherubusoo, Chapultepee and Garita de Belen, and there on 13th Sept., 1847, at 1:20 p. mM the first flag planted on the walls of the city, four hours before Gen. Soott, with Gen* Worth's division of regulars, reached the Larita San , Cosme. It may casually be stated that two commissioned and three non-commissioned officers were shot down while carrying it?two mortally. The commanding general directed Major (afterwards colonel) Gladden not to use the State flag bat to encase ana carry n . back to the State as a sacred relic. Soon after the return of the regiment ;? both Sags ware tamed over to the State ; and kept ia a glass case in the State : house. When Sherman first approached _ ^Columbia, Capt W. B. Stanley, tien ! President of the Palmetto Regiment . - TMrvivors' association, sent both flags ' to Thomas J. McKay (a private of Co. F) at Chester. After matters settled ' down the regulation flag was returned . to Capt. Stanley, but he was never informed what became of the State fiag. He offered a liberal reward , for its return, and now, that sectional , passions have subsided and a returning ' sense of propriety and comity seems to be actuating both sides, I have also offered a reward for its return to the ; governor of South Carolina in hopes that it may be brought to light and de- , posited with ita oompanion among tie flags of worth of the civil and Spanish ! wan now in keeping of the State. It may be interesting also to state as a matter of history that the regola- : tion flag was loaned by the executive i ooxnmittee to the First battalion Sonth i Carolina infantry (Lieut. Coi Thomp- ; son) organised for the Spanish war, ' which afterwards became part of the : Second South Carolina regiment in- i iantry (Coi. Wilie Jones), and was by the latter carried to Cubi. Upon the ' muster out of the regiment it was re* i turned to the committee with accompanying powder bag taken from Morro i Castle. It is probably the only flag in . the United States which has been un- j furled in the eapitols of the only two 1 foreign countries invaded by the United States. The executive committee of the Survivors' association also request they be allowed to plaoe the "Jackson ' vase" in the legislative library under a I glass case, and under care of the Secre * (H. i:v?: | uu/ ui cutve ur ui uuo uuiuwu, as j uu | may direct The reasons for this request are that the committee have no proper deposi- : tory for it, and that all "survivors" ' m<jy know at least where it is, so that the "last survivor," to whom it will ultimately belong, may prove his claim (how and before whom I cannot guess) ! And take possession for himself. The elause of the will of Gen Andrew Jackson in reference to the vase ] is in the following words: , "The gold box presented to me by < the corporation of the city of New York, the large silver vase presented to mo by the ladies of Charleston, S. C., my native state, with the large pictures representing the unfurling of the American banner, presented to me by the citizens of South Carolina when it was refused to be accepted by the United States senate, I leave in trust to my ' .. son A. Jackson, Jr., with directions ' rm. .1 . 1 1 1 * A 1 tnat snouiu our nappy coon try not do 3 mb blessed with peace, an event not al- < ways to be expected, be will at the close , of the war or at the end of the conflict present each of the said artio^s of in- . estimable value to that patriot residing ( in the city or State from which they ( were presented who shall be adjudged by his fellow countrymen, cr the ladies, to have been the most valiant in j the defexise of his country and our : country's rights. In the fall of 1848 A. Jackson, Jr., y executor, sent the vase to the governor 3 of South Carolina with the request to dispose of it according to the terms of the will of his testator. The governor reported that it was impracticable to obtain a decision what patriot of the 1 State was "the most valiant in the de- ^ fense of his oountry and our country's < rights." The executor authorized him to deliver it to the survivors of the Palmetto regiment*(Mexioan war) to be ] disposed by them as they thought best i Under the governor's call a majority of < the survivors met in Columbia, 8. C.,| organized the ''Palmetto Regimen 1 Survivors' association" and elected Wml B. Stanley president: The governrl delivered the vase to the associatio; I which passed a resolution, to wit: th- H the vase be kept by the executive ool. w mittee for and to be the property the last survivor of the regiment. m Capt Stanley died in 1892 and tM undersigned was elected president a^jS ex officio the personal custodian of ?.||| vase, flag and records of the regime, jtt It has been customary to carry jB vase to the meetings of the Natio V Association of Mexican Veterans w?? ever requested to do so. It has b%M WV vr ODUlU^WUj JLSm V. J ton, S. 0., Atlanta, Ga., and Nashvihg Tenn., and I hope will be carried some survivor (not myself) to New (f)I. leans, February, 1915. I shall deposit in the vase, for sLf,3 keeping and future reference a ce?jL fied copy of extract from will of GL^ Jackson; and several communicatiO^. relative to it, including this semi-offitjijj correspondence, also a list of the plres. ent survivors of the regiment (L^ numbering about (40), with their! rje. spective companies and postoffices;|alLi that they may know of the presenting, position of the vase (which in all ptr0V ability will continue until the last f8t3r_ vivor shall establish his personal clfi ^ ^ I will, with your permission, l ia^ public this letter and your an3we j will only add that, though hi many descendants, I hereby ijive py contingent right of property icf vase by reason of 4'last sarvivorsT;^ ? a- tto r\ i: oJ, lO oouui ^aroiiua, my nuuve and this letter may be taken as ocIq^I^ rive evidence of such gift. Yery respectfully yours, etc., J James D. Blandinjf Pres. Pal. Reg., Surv. A%> J Sumter, S. C., April 9,1900. j F On receiving your assent to tjLJ r6_ qaests above made, I will osJTSBYer and deliver in person the article H3Ci. gov. mosweeney's lettsjbb Gov. McSweeney promptly Col. Blanding the following iettdglB Colombia, April 11,1 Col. J. P. Blanding, Sumter, S.flB ' Dear Sir: It gives me gre;;t^geas. ore to acknowledge receipt of y^B eg. teemed favor of the 9th, turninSHLyef to the State in perpetuity one ^H^^lie flags carried by the Palmetto reflK^nt in the war. with Mezioo. I see that it is placed in. the arcbaHt re. served for suoh historic relics; together with the interesting Hfrtory which your letter gives of this Hfft^red and worn banner, have thernHB^ in suoh position that they may stjfflg ^ a memorial to the valor and heflHjQ 0f fViQ onnfl n-f Htmlinft whn Sag to victory in so many tight battles of the Mexican war; ai HK30 ^ a constant reminder to those i ^Htnj0y the same birthright, "that tra^R 00Tir. age and patriotism endure forj^H " The regiment that bore won honor and distinction, in evfflj Battle, j for the American army in l^^narch' from Vera Cruz to the City c?j Mbrico, and in this they were but l?tjl 9 ^ the instincts of their birth." Iwi ffa., this regiment that led the char? against the compact front of the enSi ^ when other regiments had been cflt e? upon by Gen. Shields and decline? volunteer on account of the danfll oua an(j hazardous undertaking. \WLen Col. Butler was asked if his rew^ejit was willing to clinch the . his prompt and characteristic H-piy waS) k'Yes, every man of them, to the death." They fell upon e enemy like a -tornado and the W.^orv was We honor ourselves in hH jring the bravery and patriotism oS noble sons of Carolina who fo?*wed this banner. B. But the feff of the memBifg 0f this aoble band survive, and t-Siey are scattered wide: but, wherever fthey maybe, it should be a pleasing t^ojfaghfc to them to know that they and thAjy oomtades j who have already answeiS^ the final I roll call and heard the la^& tattoo, are beld in such loving rfeiaemberance by the sons and daughtersfigf their native State. My praye: iajthat those of 1 this grand old regiment 3tj|i survive may have, in their d&lsuig years, I the benedictions of a kinB and tender | Providence, as they havB - ^ hearty j good will of every true aA,:(i batriotic! citizen of the State. M It is also with pleasu* e thajt I give nprminfiinn. in hafcalf rSi-*. r ~ aa vilQ UtttCj tv place the "Jackson vase'jg> jn tie legislative library, and it shs?n be iproperly cared for and disposed JLf ^ ] directed by the Survivors' asscjktiori. I am sure, I voice the sentim?nt 0fi ^ ^0. pie of South Carolina wmen j; express to you my appreciation thefgenerous and patriotio spirit whi<K y0u to give your contingent Bgjftf property in the vase by reasojjp*^ gur. vivorehip" to South CaJ Dru your native State, which you J wrved so long and so well andf onorably, whether in war or in p? This flag and the reci^ ' the regiment and the vase ail properly oared for and as you 1 A f a8 presi_ dent of the Survivors# iation. 1 have the honor to " Yours ObedienfTHE 7 Governor of Sfa t i C Democrats SweeJ ^*?ield. The Democrats of 5 " ma won a signal victory in laatf K OB , eiection. rhe Bepublicans, led fJ?gj*f0n of the renegade United Stat?>w wh ior Cafiery, lioped to carry thaP set ve ; they were woefully disapl !. W. W. Eeard, Democratic cy r-v a e for governor, appears to haw Led nearly svery parish in the Bes, H. The sugar listnct is almost solg GOO' theDemojratic ticket and theBj-^^^ ' kture is alcuost solidly Deitg ~ in both branches. The cons asaa) nal amendment authorizing thM ,f New Orleans to issue $14r?vcred t bonds for water, sewerage an dm- ;e improvements, has carried lming'y. Gainesville, A, rn c. 8, 1899 Pitts' Antiseptiy * jyr^r^^afi. >een used in my fa? ? iXam perfectly satisfied tha* TaTr,dl5 and will lo all, you claim fc? ?Z1\J 5Urs truly, horsey. p. S.-I am usJp' 10W myself, [t's doing me goodJHf Y9gtby The Murray Drug Co., Cok?f . J. C., and all iruggists. ^ tf SOLEMEN WARNING Given the Republican Party By Senator Hoar. A MASTERLY ARGUMENT. He Makes a Brilliant Address, Rich With Citations From History, Delivered With Splendid Rhetoric. Fer more than three hours Wednesday Mr. Hoar, the senior senator from Massachusetts, occupied the attention -of the senate with a speech in opposition to the policy of'"imperialism," upon which, he maintained, this government had embarked. As prepared, the address was 50,000 words in length, but Mr. Hoar omitted much of it owing to an incipient attack of the grip from which he was suffering. The speech was brilliantly written, wa3 illuminated with splendid rhetorical figures and was rioh with oitations from history. One of the notable parts of the address was the eulogy of Aguinaldo. Mr. Hoar did not liken the insurgent leader to Washington, as has been done heretofore, but to rr it r\ t? 1 t 1 yt_iv-_ XM78SUUI, VWB1 XSUi, UUUUOtw, "Hale and other builders of the church of liberty. In statecraft he likened Aguinaldo and his associates in the leadership of the Filipinos to the best minds ever produced in the Asiatio race, a race which handed down to us "the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, the poetry of David, the eloquenoe of Isaiah, the wisdom of Solomon and the profound philosophy of Paul." One of the most effective parts of his address was his fancied roll-call of some of the distinguished statesmen of the United States on the question of the retention of the- Philippines. He began with George Washington and closed with Wm. McKinley, each in a sentence giving the reason for his vote. Every vote was in the negative, except that of Aaron Burr, who voted "yes" and explained: "You are repeating my buccanneering expedition down the Mississippi. I am to be vindicated at last." When the name of William McKinley was called, he replied: "There has been a cloud before my vision for a moment, but I see clearly now; I go back to what I said two years ago: IS O <T_ I'ViVUUiO auugAU uvu jo mimum ? ^ i gression; governments derive tkeir just powers from the consent of the governed, not some of them, bnt all of them. I will stand with the fathers of the repnblio. I will stand with the I founders of the Republican party. ! No." The effect was dramatic. As Mr. [Hoar pronounced his peoration the stillness in the chamber was intense. Applause swept over the galleries, but it was hushed quicklv by the president pro tempore. Mr. Hoar took as his text the Beveridge resolution declaring the Philippines United States territory. He cited the glory of tne w^r with Spain, the prosperity of the A tnerican people at its close, eulogized i^iresideBt MoKinlev's course at that time, character izing him as the best beloved president who ever sat in the chair of Washington. He begged the Republican party party not to recede from its principles and said if, "when we made the peace treaty, we had adhered to the purpose we declared when we deolared war; if we had dealt with the Philppine islands as we promised to deal, have dealt, and expect to deal with Cuba, the country would have escaped the loss of 6,000 brave soldiers, other thousands of wrecked and shattered lives, the sickness of many more, the expenditure of hundreds of millions and, what is far worse than all, the trampling under foot of its cherished ideals. "I do not expect to accomplish anything for liberty in the Philippine islands but through the Republican party; but upon it the fate of these islands for years to come is to depend. I cannot look with favor upon Mr. Bryan as an alternative. * * * I believe that not only perseverence in the present policy will be the abandonment of the principles upon which our government is founded, that it will change our republic into an empire, that our methods of legislation, of diplomaoy, of administration must hereafter be those which belong to empires and not those which belong to republics; but I believe persistence in this attempt will result in the defeat and overthrow of the Republican party." Touching upon the constitutionality of the question at issue, Mr. Goar said: "I hold that this acquisition of territory, holding and governing can be only a means for a constitutional end. And I maintain that you can no more hold and govern territory than you can hold and manage cannons or fleets for any other than a constitutional end." Adverting the authority to be found in the declaration of independence, Mr. Hoar declared: "There is expansion, enough in it, but it is the expansion of freedom and not of depotism: of life,, not of death. Never was such growth in all human history as that from the seed Thomas Jefferson planted. It has covered the continent. It is on both the seas. It has saved South America. It is revolutionizing Europe. It is the expansion of freedom. It differs from your tinsel, pinohbeok, pewter expansion as the growth of a healthy youth into a strong man differs from the expansion of an ana conda when he swallows his victim. Oars is the expansion of Thomas Jefferson. Yours is the expansion of Aaron Burr. It is destined to as short a life and to a like fate. "You have tried governing men of other races than your-own at home for a hundred years. You have dealt with the Indian, you have dealt with the negro, close at hand, knowing all about them. I suppose you feel encouraged by yeur success. There are 10,000,000 of them. And now you go forth to lay your yoke on 10,000,000 more 7,000 miles away, of whom you know nothing. You go forth jauntily and boastingly, as Louis Napoleon went to meet his doom at Sedan." Mr. Hoar reviewed/the rebellion and made a vigorous defense of the Filipinos. The state papers of Aguinaldo, i * * ! he said, in discussion of the law of nations by his attorney general, Mabani's masterly appeal, are the products of the Asiatic mind. The senator fully justified the Filipinos' action in resisting the American force. As to what he would do with the Philippines, Mr. Hoar said: "Declare now that We will not take the islands to govern them against their will." "Reject a cession of sovereignty which implies that sovereignty may be bought and sold and delivered without the oonsent of the people. "Require all foreign government to nnt of tfhftflA islands. "Offer the Filipinos oar help in maintaining order until they hare a reasonable opportunity to establish a government of their own. "Aid them by advice, if they desire it, to set up a free and inependent goyernment. "Invite all the great powers of Europe to unite in an agreement that that independence shall not be interfered with. "Declare that the United 8tates will enforce the same doctrine as applicable to the Philippines that we declared as to Mexico and Haiti and the South American republics. "Then, in a not distant future, leave them to work cut their own salvation, as every nation on earth, from the beginning of time, has wrought out ita own salvation." APECTJLIAE CASE. A Negro Boy Found in the Sick Chamber of a Lady. A case of somewhat sensational flavor was heard before Magistrate Smith in rt-i v:. ? A? VAUUUILUa Oil n cu;:coua/. xu teported in the Evening Be cord, the facts are are as follows: Richard Neal, alias Robert Jackson, colored, who claims Charleston 'as his horse, was charged with burglary and attempt to rape. The warrant was sworn out by J. F. Sanders, white, who lives near the Southside Baptist church, in the mill district. Mr. Sanders said that at 3 o'clock Wednesday morning he found the Negro, who is not muoh more than a boy, in his wife's bedroom. She has been quite sick for the past week or two and is very feeble. Mr. Sanders was sleeping in the same room and had frequently to get up to administer to his wife medicine. He kept a lamp brightly burning in the room. Shortly after 2 o'clock he gave his wife medicine and fell over in his bed and must have slept more soundly than he expected to do. His wife aroused him and told him that some one was in the room. He arose and, finding the light out, was much alarmed. He grabbed for the match box, but didn't find it in its place. In the meantime in the dark he jcaught the ^nr*A Kw awm noai* ttifl UJ iUC ?> HI) wife's bed. Finally, striking a matoh, he held the Negro, who did not in the meantime off any resistance. Mr. Sanders said he heard some people . jump off the piazza and that Ms first intention was to kill the boy; but, remembering his wife's feeble condition, he refrained from doing so. He called in several neighbors and took- the boy to jail. The boy did not deny being in the house, but said that he had been made drunk by two white tramps whose names he did not know. He attempted to describe them to Judge Smith, but his description was not perfectly clear. Sanders and his friends said that they would look oui for such men as described and if they were found they would be brought before the magistrate. The boy is ocdy about 14 or 15 years old, but, acoording, to Mr. Sanders, there can be no doubt as to his intentions from the circumstances. He was sent to jail to await trial. Gov. Goebel'a Murderers. A dispatch from Frankfort, Ky., says Henry E. Youtsey, James Howard, Herry Howard, Harland Wliittaker and "Tallow Diok" Combs, colored, have been indicted by the grand jury for the murder of Gov. Goebel, and Secretary of State Caleb Powers and Capt John T. Wharton were indicted as accessories before the fact. In the indictment, relating to the alleged accessories, three other men are indirectly referred to aa accessories, though no indictments were reported against them. They are Gov. W. S. Taylor, Green Golder and Capt. John Davis. Henry E. Youtsey, who is mentioned as the first principal, was a clerk in the office of State Auditor Sweeney. Jim and Berry Howard are cousins and mountaineers of note connection with the old Howard feud. Harlan Wnittaker lived in Butler. Gov. Taylor's home county, and is alleged to have been in the room in the executive building from which the shot was fired. Dick Combs, the negro, lived at Beattyyille, and also came with the mountain men. Caleb Powers is the Republioan contestee for secretary of state, and John T. Powers, another of the defendants named as an accessory, is his brother. Charles Finley was secretary of sL..e under the former Republican State administration when W. 0. Bradley was governor. W. H. Culton was a clerk in the office of Auditor Sweeney. Wharton Golden was a member of the Taylor State guard, and olaimed to turn State's evidence on the stand in the examining trial of Caleb Powers, when he reoited what he claimed to be the inside facts relating to the alleged conspiracy to murder Goebel and enough Democratio members of the legislature to give the Republicans a majority. The Only Way Out. The women of the country may as well begin now to brace their consciences on the question of age. The census man will be around in two m/\?fViQ or?<1 rofnoal fft ftrswflf hifl MUV4 ?v > v pointed personal questions Till be a misdemeanor, punishable with fine and imprisonment. The best plan,' perhaps, will be to send a colored Bervant habituated to polite prevarications to answer for the family.?Greenville News. A Hew Wonder. A Georgia man has retired from public life because he thinks too many of his relatives have offices. He has a right to a place among the wonders of the world. The Deadly Plague. The deaths from plague throughout India during the past week slightly decreased in number but the aggregate is still upward# of 4,000. I 4 A FROTHY DEBATE As to Whether the Honorable William McKinley's Mind Is NUNC ON SPRING HINGES Permitting it to Wig-Wag in or Out, According as Pressure is Applied. There Was No Bloodshed. The debate in the House of Eepresenatives Wednesday on the naval appropriation bill drifted into politics and for a good portion of the afternoon members fought hammer and tongs aerosa tlie political aisle. The partisan rancor almost culminated in a sensational scene between Mr. Grosvenor of 1 Ohio, the champion of the administration, and Mr. Williams of Mississippi. Mr. Williams askek Mr. Grosvenor, i who had joined in the debate, if it was not true that the president had changed his mind on the Puerto Rican question. There was considerable fencing, Mr. Wheeler taking a hand in trying to foroe the Ohioan. At last Mr. Grosvenor made an allusion to Mr. Williams' method of interrupting him which the latter resented with an emphasis that portended a personal quarrel on the floor, but Mr. Williams linally allowed Mr. Grosvenor to proceed,. reserving his reply until the Ohioan had finished. "Does the gentleman deny that the president has changed his mind?" asked Mr. Kitehin of North Carolina, addressing Mr. Grosvenor. "As soon as it became manifest to the president that money had to be raised in Home wav and that the ways and means oommittee of this house had brought in a tariff bill providing for 15 per oent. or 25 per cent," replied Mr. Grosvenor, "the president recognized the right and power of this house to orginate that tariff bill. But I call the gentleman's attention to the fact in the message of the president he gave no sign or indication of when he desired that free trade measure should go into effect. We, by our vote* put it so that within the next 60 days, 90 days, four months, any time after the organization of the civil government the people of Puerto Bico can have free trade. The president has signed it and' thereby given his approval to it." "The gentleman says the president bows to the will of congress," interposed Mr. Wheeler. "In the debate on the Puerto Bican question when the , gentleman appealed to his colleagues to support the pending bill, he charged it to be trae that the president of the United States was then in accord with Mr. Grosvenor?I say so now. Mr. Wheeler?He changes his opinion. Mr. Grosvenor?I say <he did not change his opinion in any material respect. he simply changed from the original idea of free trade to what was almost the condition of free trade that we appended to the measure. The country understands it. Congressman after congressman who stood here in defense of the bill has been sent back here with a unanimity almost unparelleled. The Bepublioan party will not lose any votes in the coming election because of its action on the Puerto Bican bill. We are not holding back by the coattails of the world and hollering whoa (laughter), we have got something to show for our opinions. Witness the splendid organization of the government of Hawaiian territory. Look at the liberal, generous, Christian laws that v__x i we nave uctswweu uyvu wo Vi . Puerto Rico. Look at the fact that I but for the intervention of a few men on this side of the water we should have extended the same benefits of the constitution, the same liberality of American citizenship, in embryo at least, to the people of the Philippine islands. But we would not consent that millions of Malays and all those people might come over here and march into our labor markets and we will make it warn for you before the campaign is over. (Laughter and applause on the Republican side.) In due time under the wisdom of the Republican party and under the blessings of Gtad we will send liberty and equal rights, as rapidly as they can comprehend them, to the people of Puerto Rico and to the people of the Philippine island. (Applause on the Republican side.) When Mr. Grosvenor took his seat Mr. Williams demanded an opportunity to reply and time was accorded him. "Mr. Chairman," said he, speaking with deliberation, "as a man grows old he learns something. I have learned something today. 1 will never again while a member ef the American son- j gress undertake to ask a question of any member on this floor who is not sufficiently well versed in the ordinary courtesies of human intercourse as to be eapable of returning at least a polite reply to a polite inquiry. Further than that it would be almost impossible for me without a breaoh of parliamentary ! rule to express myself upon that par- J ticular su^eot. "I asked the gentleman from Ohio a question which he either could not answer or would not answer or in his , usual lawyer-like politician style desired to evade. That question has not been answered yet The gentleman said on this floor that the president of the United States had not changed his mind upon the Puerto Eican question. , Remember, I did not charge that he had. What I charged was that he had 1 permitted others to change his mind ' for him, which in my opinion was not . a thing of which any man oould at any time be proud. But in charity to the president and in charity to many of 1 the members of this house, I asked the gentleman when he denied that the I president had changed his mind that j1 he permit me to ask a question; and Ae 1 yielded. I asked him whether the pres- : ident had not in a public message an- 1 nounced that he was in favor of free trade between Puerto Bioo and the balance of the United States and also whether various members of this house i had not risen one after another to Bay j that the president had told them in 1 private conversation subsequently that I he wus at the time of the conversation \ in favor of the bill which passed the house. There was nothing rude in that inquiry; there was nothing personal in it; there was nothing discourteous in it; there was nothing unprecedented in it; there was nothing in it that could have stirred up wrath in the breast of any man except one who felt as if he had to break up the convention in a row in order to keep from arriving at an eleotion. That is all." (Democratic applause.) ? Mr. Grosvenor disclaimed any intention of affronting Mr. Williams and there the matter ended. MUSIC AKB AST. Eow They Will be Illustrated in Columbia's Great FestivalColumbia, April 21.?Special: The preparations for Columbia's Festival of Music and Art are now complete. There is every assurance that a large attendance will greet fete singers st each of the three concerts to be given. The hall of the House of Representatives, where the concerts are to take place, will be especially arranged for. the ocoasion comfortably seating the critical audience that will attend. The several railroads having made a onefare rate for the occasion, there will be quite a number of people coming from the territory within a radius of a hundred miles from Columbia. The leading performers already mentioned in this correspondence will all be present. Mde Meredith, the soprano, has delighted her audiences everywhere by the sweetness, naturalness, compass and power of her voice, and by the excellent taste of all her renditions. Miss Gleary, whose pure contralto voioe bespeaks an extraordinary gift, which its possessor has so far appreciated that she has added assiduous cuitivation. She has sung beiore audiences whose standards were of the very highest, and she Ms invariably called forth the highest praises. Amil Rieger has been called the prince of tenors, because, in the estimate of critics, he stands among the highest His voice is sweet, smooth, of great compass and, in many of his renditions exhibits that attractive qual-, ity to which we apply the word "devotional." He always sings with feeling. Heinnch Meyi>, the baritone, has a voice that is little short of wonderful, so powerful is it in the heavier selections, and yet he sings the daintiest little ballads with a tone so clear and bell-like that he all but bewitches his audience. His voice is full and round, seething over with emotion, and he sings with an expression that charms his hearers. JohnChesire, harpist, to the Duke of Edinburgh, ranks among tne finest living performers on that instrument In all the wide range of his travels, he has left impressions whieh haye given a reputation which will last always. . v-r-Sliss Oelia Schiller, piano^soloist in the orchestras of TJSEtoboE"amiLaidV comnletes the list of leading musicians who will appear. The mixed chorus of 49 voices has been under the careful training of Mr. H. J. F. Mayser who has charge of the department of music in tho Presbyterian College for Women. They will do their part handsomely. The ohorus of 60 female voices, also under the training of Mr. Mayser, haye been practicing the cantata which they will present, and there is so doubt that this will add much to the enjoyment of the audience. But the other feature of the Festival must not be overlooked?the art exhibit, under the auspices of the Columbia Art League. Thus far the list of exhibits is as follows: 1. Cincinnati Academy of Art will furnish work of students and teachers. 2. Mr. Christy's collection of pastels from the Scribner collection of New York. 3. Collection of water colors from Louisville, Ky. 4. Two photographic exhibits from Washington, D. C., one reproductions of mural decorations in congressional library, the other an exhibit of artistic photography. 5. An exhibit of minatures. A Big Reunion. The alumni of Wofford college are to havo a big reunion at commencement this year. The following letter is being sent out by a committee on invitations consisting of J. Wright Nash, D. D. Wallace, fl. N. Snyder, W. W. Duncan. J. Gr. Clinkscales, J. F. Brown, W. E. Burnett, K. L. Aroher, Q. W. Heinitsh, James Cofield, and J. L. Jeffries: "The local alumni and citizens of Spartanburg desire to make the coming commencement an ever memorable one in the history of Wofford college. We therefore extend to every graduate and former student a most cordial _ invitation to be present on that oocasion. It will be our pleasure to entertain as our guests every son of the old college. Plans are on foot to effect class reunions. The rates of travel will be unosally low. 4'We have every assurance that this will be the largest gathering of college alumni ever seen in South Carolina. So come and be one among us. Please notify the chairman of the committee on entertainment by May 15th." There is a committee on entertainment headed by Mayor A. B. Calvert, a banquet committee headed by S. B. Jones and a toast committee headed by Prof. A. G. Rembert. I Beauty and Utility. Among the elements which, in combination, go to make that which appeals to the taste of man or womon are beauty and utility. In the new ballbearing Domestic sewing machine we have snch a combination. It is finely finished in every part. It is substantial, durable?so much so that, in use ' fofc family sewing, it really never shows wear. It is attractive in appearance, 3imple, light running, quiet in operation. Fall information will be gladly famished by J. L. Shall, 1219 Taylor street. Colombia, 8. C. Good AdviceThe Greenville Mountaineer is waging a vigorous fight against the trusts ind ur?es the farmers to attend their local organisations and make the same light they made ten years ago ''gainst the jute bagging trust Tim UV2SAJ1 U&aouD. It Hakes an Admirable Showing for the Island. Gen. Sanger Thursday made public the compendious results of the Cuban census taken under his direction. The total population of Cuba is 1,572,797, including 815,205 males and 757,592 females. There are 447,372 white males and 462,926 white females of native birth. The foreign whites number 115,760 males and 26,459 females. There are 111,898 male Negroes ana 122,740 female Negroes. The mixed races number 125,500 males and 145,305 females. Of the total population of the island 1,118,709 persons are set down as single, 246,351 as married; while 131,787 live together by mutual consent. There are 85,112 widowed persons. Of the total population according to citizenship, 20,478 are Spanish; 1,296,367 are Cuban; 175,811 are in suspense; 79,526 are of other citizenship, and 616 are unknown. The Spanish by birth number 129,240. Of the children of 10 years of age and over, 49,414 have attended school. Of the total population 443,426 can read and write and 19,158 have a superior education. The table on citizenship, literacy and education is specially important as ! forming the basis of suffrage about to . be conferred. Because so many citizenships are still in suspense, and for other reasons, the returns are not quite oomplete, but the conclusion is drawn that there will be at least 114,000 qualified native Cabin voters tinder the proposed basis of suffrage, and agfdnst this there will be 55,767 Spaniards whose citizenship was in suspense when the eensns was taken, less the number who have since declared to preserve their Spanish citizenship, and plus illiterate Spaniard^ not declared who are the owners of property. It is not believed that there will be any great number of the latter class, as the total number of illiterate Spanish males over 21 is only 17,426. The comparison shows a much greater preponderance of Cuban voters than was expected. There are 187,826 white adult males who were born in Cuba as against 96,083 born in Spain; 6,794 born in other countries and 127,300 colored. Males are in excess in the total population, except in Santiago, though the female whites outnumber the male whites, except in Pinardel Bio. Among the Negroes and mited races the females are in excess; while among the foreign whites the. males are largely in excess. The Negroes are in the minority in Cuba, constituting only 32 per oent. of the population, being the most numer ons in Santiago, where fiber constitute 43 percent. The native whites constitute more than one-half the population, or 58 per cent The proportion of children under 5 years is unusually small, but the proportion under 21 is normal; about one-half of the population. Only 15.7 per cent, of adults were married. Nearly nine-tenths of j&e inhabitants were born in Cuba. NiES-SentfcflT 5f-ihe~aKiHreri~ teaPthaaf ten years of age do not attend school; forty-three per cent above ten yean; are literate. TOLBEST IS BOTOCED TITAt SfiiWntr T.t/in/vr in If CBO WimgW H *M* WWl M'P mmm the Custom Hoqm. President McKinley removed John R. Toibert as Collector of the port of Charleston and appointed Robert M. Wallace, of Sumter, as his successor. Toibert was removed on the recommendation of Secretary of the Treasury Gage to the President This action is taken upon the recent report of government agents in which it was shown to the satisfaction of the secretary that Toibert and other officials and employes of the Charleston custom house secreted liquor in the building for illegal purposes. Wallace, it is said, will dismiss the deputy collector and at least one janitor and poasiblylotherf , who are alleged to have had a hand in the storing of the liquor. The clerks who are presumably innocent of wrong doing will not be disturbed. A dispatch from Charleston says the removal of Toibert caused little surnrinA Anrillsta siMfiial A^ent of the treasury department, accompanied by several dispensary constables searched the Charleston custom house for contraband liquor. Twenty-nine 10-galon casks were found and evidences showed they had been dumped into the drain. The case against the collector was strong and upon the veport of the special agent Tolbertwas removed and Wallace nominated to the position. Tolbert j^was never recognized in Charleston except officially b^ the propie there being regarded as unfit in every way for any position of importance or dignity. His removal will be a distinct relief to Charleston. Wallace is a Confederate veteran and is well thought of in Charleston notwithstanding his strong Republican sentiments.' The War Goes OnA dispatch from Manila says: Twelve hundred Tagaloes attacked Case's battalion at its headquarter's at Cagayan on the 7th. The Americans fought twenty minutes and drove the Tagaloes to the mountains. Fifty of them are killed and thirty wounded < . ? fin a ana tacen prisoners, xne Americans had fifteen casualties. The enemy's foree was a hundred and fifty rifles, and the remainder polome a and archers. Their mounted spearmen swooped down in a howling mass at daylight, surprising our sentinels and killing three of them. Indemnity Demanded. It is said that the state department has sent a peremptory note to Turkey requiring that the indemnity claimed by us must be paid immediately or she will have to take the consequences. This ends the diplomacy battle on our side, and unless Turkey settles up we will send a gun boat or two over and make her do so. Good for Lake City. W" 1 -IP -x T /VJ me poswmce At lose vuy in uun state which has been closed ever since Baker, the postmaster, was killed by a mob, has been reopened with Mrs. Dellla D. Carter as postmistress. Mrs. Carter is an excellent ladj, and will give satisfaction to the patrons of the office. A riria anvwiuur. South Carolina's Record in Cot ton MiU Building Since THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. The Average Daily Investment of Capital, Exclusive of Sundays, Over Sixty Thousand Dollars* V*. '* ' ,'vVr The following which we olip gfoa the Columbia State, will be of Inteieet: The total capitalisation of the new ootton mills croleoted in -South Carolina . since Jan, 1,1900, including increases of capital stock, which merely meant enlargement of existing sills, amounts to the handsome total of $5,675,000? almost six millions of dollars. And this does not include the several nails now building which doing so without securing incorporation papers. If they are included the figures to date would be, in round numbers, sis aillions. The figures given Thursday an taken directly from the recoxds on lie in the office of the secretary of state. They show a total of 25 new mflls, and five mills enlarging. Thns it is seen that the average of a little over $80^000 a day, exclusive of Sundays, in new capital, has been going into new cotmil In 4liA tinanlnw AI MB9 wu iU'UU} tuuuy vuy vyp?iH^ v& mm / m i The statement Is given by mwwtiss and, as willbe seen, Greentifle court? leads the procession. AIKET COUHTT. The Croft Mannfsetaring Co., Croft .Station, commissioned March l5th... $ 250,000 The Clear Water Bleaohery and Mfg. Co., Clear Water, com. March 15th... 300,000 The Weinona mill, Aiken county, com. March 27th. 100,000 A3DZBS0N OOUHTT. Anderson Yarn and Knitting mills. Anderson, sfcfc Feb. 6th... 200,000 Williamston mills, Williamston, com. Feb. 7th..... 190,600 Georgia Carolina Mfg. Co., Anderson, oom. Feb. 10.. 100,000 Cox Mfg. Co.. Anderson, chartered Feb. 10 th 90,000 . Wilmont mills, Honea Path, com. Feb. 28th. . 300,000 OHlSTUt OOUHTT. m.. A?^?* J.UO T11UO lillliPf VMMOTJTOft vfv. Feb. 6th, com. Jan. 28th. 100,000 OHSSTXBVXU) O081TT. The Chennr Cotton mills, , Oherav, com. Jul 31st.. 100,000 > CHlBOXn 0009774 The Limestone Hfg. Co., Gaffney, com. Jan. 8th.. 200,000 The Blacksburg Cotton Mill f Blsekiumrx, oom. ffimmu oothtt. Monaghan mills, chartered April 17th, Greenville connty, com. Jan. 4Ul . . 500,000 Simpsonyille Cotton mills, Simpsonville, chartered Jan. 31st . 250,000 Fade Shoals Gotten mill chartered Feb. 6th, 1900. 60,000 The Franklin milla, Grecrs, com. Much28th...l ... *5,000 The Carolina mills, Greenville, com. April 11th... 50,0G0 OBXZNWOOD COUHTT. . V The Bradley. Mfg. Co., vJ Bradley, com. March 24. 100,000 The Verdesy Cotton mills, Yerdery, con. April 2nd. 100,009 EXSSHiLW OOUSTT. De Kalb Cotton milla, Camden, com. Jan. 1st 200,090 SPABTAJIBUBG OOUHTT. Saxon milla, Spartanburj, oom. Jan. nth. .. * 200,000 Woodruff Cotton milla. Woodruff, oom. Maroh 8th . 280,000 Mary-Louise milla, Island Crak, com. April 9th... 50,000 UNION COUHTT. Alpha Cotton milla, Joneaville, chartered March 6. 100,000 Buffalo Cotton milla, Union chartered April 18th 600,000 Total (25 mills)..! $5,005,000 iscbeasi of capital stock. Anderson Cotton mills ..$100,009 Courtney Mfg. Co. 100,000 Biverside Mfg. Co 150,000 F. W. Poe Co 350,000 Beaumont Mfg. Co 70,000 1870,000 His Tile ?f Wot. Got. McSweeney received Wednesday a long communication from James W. Tolbert, who was run out of HoCormick last week by a committee of citizens. The communication is a tale of woe, telling the trials and tribulations that Tolbert has had. It was received as information and is under advisement by the governor and by the attorney general. Tolbert requests that ihe letter be kept on file. / A Republican Sow. The Alabama Republican State convention which met last Thursday la the State House at Montgomery broke up in row, in which pir*ois was used. One man was- shot and dangeroosly wounded. The governor had both factions expelled from the State Hove sad grounds. Two septate conventions was then held and two sets of delegates elected to the national oonvention. Goes Democratic. The annual election of city and municipal officers at New Haven* &mn., Wednesday resulted in a complete lit* tory fv/r the Democratic "imTHitw *r. t:i- ..i ' 1 j.iu uwjruraubjr waaiaiw ? III1911 for. The Deraoeratio majoiitiea range from 2,000 to 2,300 and are the lasfeat in yean. The Demoeratahate oosfecqi of both branohee of the common, council. Poor fallow. J. J. Newman, tired of life, blew up I hiTnuftlf and his offioe at Dutch Greek, I Mine, N. 0., Wednesday. The body 1 waa considerably mangled.