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h k _ t VOL LIY. WINNSBORO. S,'C? WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1900, NO. 39 || [ THE PARTY UNITED. James Creeiman Says the De? ? Awarn CnliH mU^fdV?J 19 n^am WVHV4. BRYAN'S CHANCES ARE GOOD fr _____ Thousands of Democrats Who Voted Against Him in the Last Campaign will Vote for ?J:~ tu;? Vaoi* n IS 11 I Ilia ( am . s. in the New York Journal of Tues v day week ago, James Creelman, the veteran correspondent, who has been doiog a great deal of party interviewing for his paper, prints what seems to be a very fair statement of the Democratic situation. He begins by saying V that while in 1896 when he "s'fung around the circle" with Bryan on his memorable eampaign he constantly re peated the prediction that the democratic leader could not be elected; but that now "faats equally plain point to his election this year." An impartial investigation of the present political situation, says Creelman, "ought to convince any man that if the presidential election were to take place now Mr. Bryan would be elected by a decisive He goes on to say ihat "there is but one serious point of difference between the most extreme of the conservative Democrats of the east and the great body of the party which supported Bryan in 1896; many of the eastern leaders desire to have the ratio of 16 to 1 omitted from the money plank of the platform; the leaders in the south and west are practically unanimous in their ? opposition to any change." He has been "present at several important con ferences of Democrats representing these two views of party policy" and can affirm with some certainty that L "the aim and intention of the great K mass of the party who were ioyal four years ago has been to readopt the Chicago platform and to incorpoate it, word for word, in platform to be made at Kansas >,xw jr. July 4. From this point we quote Ureelman in full: I can say authoritatively that Mr. i Bryan will oppose the abandonment of ? i if . a single plant in trie unicago piauorm. r It is demonstrable that an overwhelming majority of the next Democratic national convention will refuse to abandon, alter or modify the Chicago platform. The one great question that now remains before the Democratic leaders is this: Will the Kansas Oity convention content itself with a simple reaffirmation of the platform of 1896 in three or four lines and devote the rest to its utterances to the issues of 1900, ^ or will the convention reiterate the I Chicago platform? All other questions . are, for the present, subordinate to this. ^Mr. Hill says that Mr. Bryan will be ^Siominated. Sir. Hill declares that he will work hard to elect Mr. Bryan, k No man who has meet Mr. Hill within & the past two weeks can doubt his earn v:_ j-.? ;?u;? rtisuiestt UJ. 11U uciaauuauuu w icuu Uio whole party in the approaching campaign. He sees victory in sight for the first time since Mr. Cleveland wrecked the party. Mr. Hill will support Mr. Bryan, Chicago platform or no Chicago platform. The abandonment of the well-tried American theory of equal rights everywhere under the flag for the British policy of subject colonies overshadows all other issues. t-= i n* TTilt J oi.i_ /"*i . r . * iiHl iUT. nm auu oiate uuauuiau Campbell and Mr. Croker and Former Senator Murphy and men who take their view of the situation are urging upon the western and southern leaders the fact that the passage of the currency bill by the Republican majority in congress removes the free silver question for the present from the field of practical politics and statesmanship; that even if Mr. Bryan were president k now he would be powerless under the ' law to disturb the gold standard, and that a Republican majority in the United States senate will make free silver legislation impossible for the next five years?therefore a readoption of the 16 to 1 plank at Kansas City can k. accomplish nothing and will be a mere > academic statement of a history about ^ which the voters of the party disagree. Some of the conservative eastern leaders insist that Mr, Bryan cannot be eleoted without the electoral vote of New York State, and that a modification of thf- Chicago platform will make Democratic victory in New York a certainty. But the''irreducible minimum" of a majority of the Kansas City convention will be a simple reaffirmation of the platform of 1896, a statement that can be made in 40 or 50 words. That seems to be the utmost that can ^ be hoped for by the constrvative leadi. ers. To bring the body of the ^Chicago L/^aULVXiU iUbV VUO WUT^UUVi. Wi ABUV4' lation or amendment would bring on a bitter and useless fight. in which the conservative men would be beaten. A strong group of leaders believe that there will be no fight on the financial question in open convention. The ,? Demoratic party is practically reunited I now; when the Kansas City convention \ meets it will be absolutely united. Not only have men like Mr. Hill and r\?i iqqc JILT. VjIUJkCi, lliiw nCiC oucm m iwu, placed themselves earnestly in support of Mr. Bryan, bat thousands and thousands of 4'gold Democrats" in New York fQr and other eastern States who voted for ^ McKinley have returned to the party which stands for the preservation of the republic and opposes a military empire with colonies. Men like John DeWifct Warner are heartily preparing to assist in the election of Mr. Bryan. Mr. Bissell, who was Mr. Cleveland's law partner and * 3 i. * 1 ftlterwaru pustmasLtrr geucnu, is jc?u; to stump the State for Mr. Bryan. It seems to be generally recognized that the financial question is, for the time being, removed from the sphere of practical things, and that, while the money plank of the Democratic platform is *n important issue, as between political leaders, that question, too, will disappear, and the whole strength of the party will be devoted to a vigorous war on trusts and a defence of the republic against the McKinley plan of military empire. Every one of the eastern leaders to whom I have talked has assured me * '-i , : , .. . , . . ??mmmm????^? nil I??w? that he will heartily support Mr. Bryan whether the platform of 1896 is reaffirmed or not. All the talk about a "Democratic conspiracy" in the east to nominate AdmiiaJ Dewey or to injure Mr. Bryan is pure bosh. Mr. Bryan is supremo throughout the party. No man challenges his authority, no man seeks his defeat. The change *vhich the brutal and corrupt polioy of the McKinley administration has wrought in politics is almost without a parallel in America. Mr. Bryan has become a platform in himself, standing as he does for honesty, decency, fairness, plain speech and true Americanism as opposed to hypocrisy, corruption, duplicity, evasion, imperialism and shameless servitude to trust domination. Mr. Bryan has no choice for vice president; I can say that advisedly. No candidate for the second place has yet organized sufficient strength to be considered seri 1_ All \Tt OUSiy. Ail BCWUi tu uc iraiwu5 wi AVAi. Bryan to speak the word, but I have been assured by Mr. Bryan himself that he will not interfere in any ay. THE CANAL BILL PASSED. During Xts Discussion One Congressman Calls Another a Liar. When the house met Wednesday, on I mntinn nf TTfinKum. of Iowa, in charze of the Nicaraguan canal bill, general debate on the bill was closed and the bill read for amendment under the live minute rulo. Hepburn offered the committee amendment to substitute the word "protect" instead of "defend" in the first section. After some debate the amendment was adapted. i Parker, of New Jersey, introduced ' an amendment to strike out that portion of the bill limiting the length of ' the route. This called forth a protest 1 from Hepburn and the Parker amend- ' ment was defeated 31 to 89. A dramatic and sensational scene oc- : curred in the house between Cannon, 1 chairman of the appropriations committee, and Hepburn. Cannon resent- i ed remarks made by Hepburn impugn ing his (Cannon's) sincerity. Cannon spoke under great excitement saying he 1 had just read Hepburn's attack. As he proceeded he recalled an intimation 1 that has come to him of which he had : * x .3 A.t *1 gpOKen yesceraav?mat muse wuu tue promoting tie bill are doing so to delay the canal. Yet he said he had acquit- * ted Hepburn or such intention. Today ' he frankly stated Hepburn's name had < been connected with the rumor. Hepburn called Cannon a liar and ' there was considerable excitement for ^ some time. The bill wa3 passed 225 to 35. ( Gives Up the Fight. < A dispatoh from Charleston says 1 Maj. Joseph W. Barnwell has with- 1 t ?? it i \ drawn irom me race iur euugreao ?ua Col. William Elliott will probably Lave 1 no opposition in the Democratic pri- 3 mary. The decision, to withdraw was ( reached after a conference Thursday J night. The withdrawal occasioned some surprise but it was not altogether unlooked for. The Barnwell support- | era declared their intention to capture | county convention and their failure to do so showed their weakness and ] forced Maj. Barnwell to the conclusion \ that h8 could not secure a majority suf- j I fioiant. in Pilar!ocfrfm fn fWPTP.hma f.hfi ? majority that Col. Elliott was expected j to get in the country and bring to Charleston; hence the withdrawal. \ Maj. Barnwell has many friends and t his dignified and manly campaign, al- \ though it was brief, has served to at- ( tract many people to him. His with- j drawal is of course regretted by some ( of his friends. Col. Elliott's support- j ers are correspondingly elated. ( Sympathy With the Boers. Senator Teller introduced the follow; i_ii? W?,oV. ? mg reauiuuuu iu we aeua-u; > o t? ?du.iDgton "Wednesday: Whereas, from the hour of achieving our independence as a people the people of the United States have regarded with sympathy the struggles of other people to free themselves from European domination; therefore, "Resolved, That we watch with deep and abiding interest the war between Great Britain and the South African republics, and, with full determination to maintain a proper neutrality between fnrrtea. w*? rtarmnfc with- . o ) hold our sympathy from the snuggling \ people of the republics, and it is our { earnest desire that the Government of ] the United States, by its friendly offices, ' offered to both Powers, may assist in j bringing the war to a speedy conclu- ] sion in a manner honorable to both ] Great Britain and the Southern African republics." A Strange Cass- j A few days ago Gov. McSweeney is- 1 ? . ,1 ii 1 sued a requisition upon tne governor 01 j North Carolina for Ben. Peake, a white man, now in jail at Releigh, who is wanted in Spartanburg on a charge of horsestealing, and appointed Deputy She-iff Alfred Peake to act as the agent of the State and bring the man back. Wednesday Gov. McSweeney received a telegram from Mr. Dean, who is at Raleigh, stating that Gov. Russell had refused to honor the requisition. This is a very unusual proceeding, and Gov. McSweeney promptly wired to Gov. Russell asking him to please furnish him with his reasons for refusing to honor the requisition. No reply has' yet been received. < ,j Delegates Appointed. At the leanest of the governor of j Kansas, Gov. McSweecey has named the following delegates to represent this State at the 27th national conference on charities and corrections to be held in Topeka, Kansas, on May 18 to 24: j J. A. Smyth, Charleston; F. S. Eirle, ( Colnmbia; I. F. Williams, Greenville; - Arch a. uaivert, Spartanburg; A. &. Stuckey, Sumter, and W. H. Dakes, Orangebug. It will be noted that the governor has selected the heads of the municipal , government of principal cities in the State. Strictly CashThe recent death of a member of ? Sedalia, Mo., firm disclosed the fact j that for thirty years the firm had kept no account books. It did a strict!? cash business, and divided the day's receipts each night, share and share alike. When a bill of goods was purchased each member of the firm paid one-half , of the money out of his own pooket. BRYAN'S TOUR Addressed 30,000 People in Wash ?n Ar>a Ha* IVII VIIW W ?_*. J n V HAS TRAVELED 8,000 MILES. Ha Has Watched Democratic In UKcetern .Qtatcn Viaill9 III II??k<illl w>u>?? and Still Talks Free j Silver, A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., to the New York Journal says William J. Bryan returned recently to his home from an absence that has been almost continuous since he took the stump in the r^awm&iffn of laat fall. His wife and two children, who spent the winter at Austin, Texas, preceded him by arriving a few days before. Mr. Bryan said that his health had never been better. He gave his attention la9t Thursday to the renovation of his home, preparatory to a rest of t*o months, beginning May 8, which will be unbroken by any political engage- j ments. His five weeks' tour, whioh j extended to the Pacific coast and ended yesterday in Kansas, represents the greatest distance ever covered by Mr. Bryan in any of his speech-making trips. In all he traveled 8,000 miles. HIS 8,000 1TILE TRAVEL. Mr. Bryan left Lincoln on March 20, going first to South Dakota, where he delivered three speeches. He then went west to Utah, where he spoke at Ogden and Salt Lake, after which he continued his western cour=e, going through to Sacramento, where he spoke. At that time he made but the one stop in California, going northward immedi* n J TZT __ ateiy to uregon ana vyasmngtoa, zq which States He spoke in all the princi pal cities. Then south again to California, speakiDg successively in Fresno, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Barnardiqo, Santa Anna and Pomon*. After leaving California the second time, Mr. Bryan turned eastward to Arizona and New Mexico, speaking at Pheonix, Prescott and Albuqurque. Se spoke twice at Austin, Texas, and joming north at Wichita, Kansas, his TTAO^A^OTT ftf MUTT pArtfra TTor\ J goit/iuaj av wia; vvuuv) snied the tour. The most tryijg day of his ton* was an April 2, in Washington, where he 5rst spoke at New Whatcom at 9 a. m. Several stops were made en route to Seattle. Crowds had gathered at the lepots and he addressed the people at sach stop. In Seattle he spoke both ifternoon and evening, and later responded to a toast at a banquet. It w&s 2 a. m. when he retired. Daring ;he dav he had spoken to over 30,000 people. Mr. Bryan returns thoroughly jnthused conceding the political out/v?lr in flia Wootern Sfifps HA Sftlf?! DEMOCRATS GAIN IN THE WEST. "The growing opposition in the west :o the Republican party is too apparent :o be questioned. Instead of losing rotes on the expansion question, the Democrats will make large gains. My Tip has convinced me that we will car7 Washington without a doubt, while ;he chances of victory in Oregon are growing every day. "The wage earners of the northwest ind their expenses increasing, while ;he farmers who are getting no more for ;heir crops, find themselves the victims >f numberless trusts when they come a spend the proceeds of their crops. Dae of my largest meetings was held n an empty nail mill. It had been >ought by the trust and then closed lown." HOLDS FIR1T TO SILT EE. Daring his tour, Mr. Bryan says, he 'oand no inclination on the part of any >f his supporters to abandon the silver juestion. It is his opinion that there ire more opponents to the gold standard and the money trust today on the soast than when he visited there. The ssue has in no way been blotted out lor even dimmed by later oDes, and Sir. Bryan says he never makes a ipeech without touching on the three t 1 jueatioas, money, trusts sna lmpenaiam. Beginning next Monday Mr. Bryan yill visit a few of the Central States 'or a week's speech-making, his itinerary being as follows: Port Huron, Mich., Monday; Detroit, Wednesday; Foledo, 0., Thursday; Valparaiso, Ind., Friday; Chicago, Saturday; Omaha, " ' 1 *11 Monday. Most ot taese speecnes wiu De at bariqaets. TARiLLVG HIS RECREATION*. In regard to the long rest he intends ;aking, he said that although he was in: ;he best of health, he had enjoyed bufclittle surcease from activity for somemonths, and considered it time to do so. His chief diversion will consist in assisting in the care of a 30 acre tract of ground in the outskirts of town. Part jf the ground is already planted in wheat, oats, corn and garden truck. He also has some chickens, and all of these will receive his personal attention. Mr. Bryan declines to discuss the matter of his attending the Kansas City convention or taking the stump, but from all indications he will be heard Prom during the coming campaign. Last rhursday he attended the installation Df a lodge of Elks. Delegations from Omaha came to conduct the exercises. Mr. Bryan is one of the charter members and directors of the local lodge. They Seeded Him. A physician in Scott county, Kansas, recently moved to another part of the State beoause he could not make both ends meet in his practice; but his services were so badiy needed in the old Keld that the citizens circulated a petition asking the county commissioners bo appropriate a bounty of $500 annually to the doctor on condition that he should return. The commissioners made the appropriation, and the doctor has gone back to his former home. A Common ThingA woman in Galveston, Tex., is said bo have been sold at Auction a few days ago for $40 and the authorieties M nnitA in^lflrnflnt flVfir the affair but they are polling both men and women in the domain of that distinguished officeholder the Sultan of Sulr. without bo much a* a protest.?Spartanburg Eerald. CAVALRY EORSES SUFFER. The Chargers -of Stubborn Fighters Were Reduced to Skeletons. The London Daily Telegraph's military correspondent at Stellenbosch was ordered to inspect horses returned from the front and report if any or how * - n _ many were again ni xor service. .u.e thus describes the result of his inspec- I tion: I will attempt no vividly drawn picture. But had you seen those bags of bones looming through the twilight, on their way to the morning feed, it would have startled you no less than it did me?and would have brought before you more than any sight not actually in < fighting line could have done the hor"* ? T.I , O A 3 _ A t rors oi war. i tase it lor granted mat you have sympathies for the horses as well as for men. The less decrepit among this awful band of skeletons had been back from the front about a month, the worse eases about a fortnight?representing, with others I saw yet to see, in great part the remnant of Gen. French's good cavalry chargers with whiflh he forced his wav to Kim berley. * ( How those ragged frameworks still 4 supported life, even on the improved diet of their present quarters, was in i itself a marvel. Yec most of them < moved forward, some even blithefulljr, i to their food?squeezing their gaunt 1 projecting hips into the crush along the t feeding trough. Some few still bore ] signs of wounds scarce healed. Their s detrainment at Picquetberg road must 1 have been a terrible experience. Sev- i eral were dead in the train. Eight died i at tbo station, a few more on the way j < to the farm, while on most days after- < wards one or more would succumb from 11 sheer weakness. i If it be true that the convoy 120 < wagons captured by the Boers on Eiet i river contained the forage intended for the cavalry force, and that for upwards ' | of fifty hours afterwards the horses of < the force had to continue their march ] without any nourishment whatever, no 1 wonder they fell down to die by the 1 roadside in hundreds, or that this great ( deed of the relief of Kimberly was cost* i ly to a degree that makes one shudder J for pity for the poor animals that had 1 to be sacrificed. t ] THE ENTIRE FAMILY HUNG. A Mysterious Triple Suicide or Murder ^ Case in Maryland. j A shocking tragedy was discovered at a small farm seven miles from Cam- c bridge, Md., Wednesday. A German j iamny, coubisuug ui vuauco xvcimg, j bis wife and his sou, were discovered A dead in their little farm house, each i having a noose about the neck, t Singulation sva3 probably the cause of c death in each case. j John A. Tdchantre, a jeweler of that a city, who owds the farm, discovered the bodies. He found Mrs. Kernig's g UUU V lieu wilu a iypo ou a uuui i The son Carl waa suspended from a bed i post in the same room, his body resting g upon the floor while his head was held a tightly in a noose. \ In an adjoining room the body of the g elder Kernig was found hanging from a i hook. From the decomposed condition g of the bodies it is thought the act must t have been committed several days ago. f The last seen of either member of the i family was on Saturday, when Carl <j Kernigcamc here and drew $600 from i a bank. No trace of this money can be \ found today, and the authorities bo- c lieve it was sent West to relatives. A small sum of money was found in c a purse in the pocket of Mrs. Kernig. r Many who saw the bodies today think e a murder ha3 bsen committed. The t authorities, however. Doint to the state- t ment of neighbors that each member of 5 the family was known to have been Ji despondent recently. They also believe Carl Kernig assisted his father and mother to hang themselves, and then, by making a half j hitch with the rope, strangled himself r and fell where his body was found. ^ Not Exactly an xJncore. q When Artemus Ward was to lecture J in a little place in the far west, a bliz- y zard came up, and consequently the c audience was small. "After my lec- c ture," said Artemus, "I ventured to ( suggest to the chairman of the cemmit- s tee that the elements having been c against me that evening, I might re- c peat my talk later on in tin season, i After conferring with his fellow-com- t mUtnamon /?Tiairmftri r?a.mA hack \ WH.tt6mvu, and said to me: 'We haven't any ob- t jeetioa at all to your repeating your 5 lecture, but the feeling i3 that you had ^ better repeat it in some other town." ( Negro Mutilated. Wednesday morning at 2 o'clock a crowd of citizens, numbering about 150. visited the j ail at Graham, N. C., ana ' ol%/vtrnT?/* TVIcfnla /if the I ? OULUYTiUg AM www AW.WW wjailer, demanded the keys of the jail. j LeaviBg the majority of the crowd on the outside, four or five of the leaders J went quietly up to the cell of the ne- * gro Sellers, impjisoned for attempted assault on a young white girl on the J outskirts of Burlington, and mutilated * him. There is no excitement. Kill's Ambition. It is said that David B. Hill's am- ( bition for future political preferment c will lead him to do all he can in the g interest of carrying New York for Bry- ( an in the next election. Should the t state go Republican there would be lit- ] tie prospect of future political triumphs t for Hill. Medical College Scholarships, Gov. McSweeney has received a let- t ter from Dr. F. L. Parker, Dean of the c TVTo^iffal nnti??:ncr him that t there are seven vacancies in the col- ]' lege which are to filled by appoint- t ment of the governor on the same terms ? and conditions as were the appoint- ] ments of last year. Fats it Strongly. Bryan says: "The Republicans are J in control. If they want to do any- i thine with the trusts now is the time to do it. If the party is inactive at f this time with a campaign before it, ] how can it be expected to do anything I &ft?r the campaign is over?" i MINE EXPLOSION, A Fearful Accident Causes Oyer Two Hundred Deaths. MOURNING IN EVERY HOUSE Soffins Bought by the Hundreds and a Special Train Run to Carry Away the Dead. Over two hundred people, perhaps 225, were killed and over a score of )thers were crippled for life by an explosion in tunnel No. 4 in Pleasant Valley Mines at Littletown, Utah, on Wednesday. Scofield, a half mile "rom the scene of the accident, is turned into a morgue. People are paralyzed svith horror. Not a family escaped the los3 of a relative or a dear friend. The work of rescue is progressing. So fir, 201 bodies have been found. The explosion, which occuired in the interior portion of the mine, is attribufc 2d by some to the blowing up of a number of kegs of powder. As fast as :he bodies are reached they are taken :o the boarding houses and other company buildings where they are dressed md prepared for the coroner. In each building there are from ton to thirtyive bodies. Those identified have tags ittached to them bearing their names. Doe hundred coffins have been orlered from local undertakers to be jent at once to the scene of the disas;er. A special train bearing the seri)usly wounded has started from Scoield for Salt Lake City. W. 0. Wilson, a mine owner, said: 'There was a rumbling noise in the listance. I said to my partner an exilnsiftn has occurred. We ran to the :unnel. We were none too soon in eaving the mine for after that the lamp reached us some three or four ninutes before we reached open air, ilmost suffocating us." The damp aeayed the work of the rescuing party, >ut the magnitude of the disaster booh Decame apparent. All men on the raise known as 'Pike's Peak," stood close together. Is the foul air cleared from No. 1 the vork of rescue began and it was soon ;een that many of the miners had suf!ocated. Those in the lower level were warned >f the explosion and made their escape jefore the gaseous air reached them. 3ars were taken in and the dead loaded nto them and brought to tho mouth, ^.s the bodies were brought out and i-.j v_ a.: e ecogoxzeu uy luext rcsycunvc tauuucs ;he lamentations were most heart renlering. The mine has been worked >ver twenty years and has the reputaion of being oae of the best ventilated md protected In the west. Harry Taylor, one of the injured, ia:d: "I was repairing some track out >n the dump when I started toward the nouth of the tunnel to get soue tools. Suddenly there was an awful report and it the same time a black cloud filled pith rocks bore down on me like a treak of lightening. The next thing I :new I woke up with a man pouring ome brandy down my throat and I saw he boys lying all around me mourning or help." The scene around the mine s beyond description. Women ohilIren and friends crowded around, weepng and wailing, excited beyond control, raiting to see if the next body brought fut was a loved one. The financial loss to the company annot at present be estimated. It ia egarded as the worst disaster that has iver occurred in this part of the counry. The nearest approach to it was he Southern Pacific explosion five rears ago when qver 100 men were :illed. Eural Free Delivery. Four new divisions were established ast week owing to the growth of the ural free delivery. An order signed ty the postmaster general establishes our divisions, the eastern with head luarters at New York, comprising JNew England, New York and Pennsylvania mh Special Agent E. H. Hathaway in iharge;the middle division, with head luartera at Indianapolis, comprising )hio and all states west of the Misouri river, and the Southern states [own to Louisiana, with F. M. Dice in iharge: the Western division, compris" ng states from Iowa and the Missouri ,o the coast, the headquarters at Denver, with Wm. E- Annin in charge; he Southern division, including eleven Southern states, with headquarters at Washington, in charge of 11. Conquest Clarke. Killed by a Constable. m \ _ f, TT 1} -11 ___ xuesaay aiternooa neury ?>eii, uuuitable for Magistrate Fhodes, in Grove Township, Greenville county, S. C., ihot and killed a negro, Pete Terry, ieir Piedmont. The constable went .0 the negro's house to arrest him, vhen Terry started toward him with a lammer. Bell fired at once and killed ,he negro almost instantly. Soon afterwards Bell telephoned the sheriff that le would come to the the city and eur ender. When Rogues Fall Out. The Spartanburg Herald says "if ????J o naAnf tlioir tViroat. t.n ^UAjr a HICUU^} VMV HUVM ?v icuttle Mark Hanna's ship subsidy icheme in retaliation for the defeat of Jiiay, it would strikingly illustrate the .ruth of the old adage which says that lonest men get their Sues when a oer;ain class of individuals fall out." To Buy Davis' Home. At a meeting of the Stats Convenion of the DiUghters of the Confedera:y held at Opelika, Ala., Wednesday it *as voted to buy the old Jefferson Davis home at Montgomery. This was ;he first "White House of the Confeder icy. Mrs. John A. JcurKpatricK, 01 Montgomery, was elected president. Killed by an Electric Car. R. T. Bass, a prominent citizen of Danville, Va., was killed in dismountcg from an electric car at Norfolk, Va., Wednesday. He was struck by a car soing in the opposite direction and ived but a short time. . He was a reared business man and was there visiting his sister, Mrs. W. W. Yicar. WILL GO TO LOUISVILLE. Gov. McSweeney to* Accompany Our ] Veterans. The Monument. Gov. McSweeney Thursday received the following letter from the secretary ] of the Chattanooga board of trade: Chattanooga, Tenn., May 1, 1900. Gov. M. B. McSweeney, Columbia. S. C. Dear Sir: "We are gratified to know that the South Carolina legislature has decided to erect a monument in honor of her gallant soldiers on the battlefield of Chickamauga. Please furnish us the names of the commissioners in charge, lit l tl 3 t. #?1 . " tne proDaDie oate 01 cne aeaicauoc, ana < inform us whether we may expect to be ( favored with your presence on tfca: date, j Should any Carolinians going to, or , returning from the Louisville reunion, ] wish to 6top over to visit the battlefield, s , please assure them of a welcome. The , I Carolinians resident of this city assure , you that they will take part in making , the dedication of the monument a sue- ] cess, and if desired they will be aided | by Forrest Camp U. C. V.; the Geor- ] gia society: and the chamber of com- , merce, in each of which organizations ; I have the honor to be an officer. , Respectfully yours, B, L. Goulding, j Secretary. j Gov. McSweeney says that the commission will have to visit Chattanooga , early in June and go over the battle- j field, selecting the site of the monu- . ment. He has determined therefore to . I iTFinnro t.ho Aofa an Viimool? jrd ^ vwv, -."ww the other members of the commission j can go with the veterans to the Louis- \ ville reunion, stopping at Chickamauga ; on the way back. Gov. McSweeney ] and Gen. Floyd have been invited to go with Camp Sumter of Charleston and , Gen. Walker in their car. This car , will leave Charleston late oil the night , of the 23th inst., will come to Colummn?ninflr aP frho Mf.li df, nnf. I . I later than 8:30 this car together with t that of Camp Hampton and possibly others will be carried on to Spartan- j burg. There the Southern will make < up the South Carolina division's special < train and run it through to Louisville ( via Asheville, Morristown, Knoxviile , and Lexington on a quick schedule, ] reaching Louisville .for breakfast on the ; morning of the 30th. All the members ( of the commission save Gov. McSwee- j ney are veterans and they are pleased } with this arran cement. Thev a,ntici pate;a pleasant trip.?The State. \ Somnambulist Breaks an Arm. ( Miss G-erirude Willis,' -'the thirteen year-old danhter of Gideon T> Willis, fell from a aeeond story window of her fathers residence in Stpn% avenue * about 10:30 Monday night, "breaking | both bones of her right arm about aD ^ inch above the wrist. She had retired and while walking in her sleep, came i too near the window which was only a short distance from the noor and fell. " Her mother who had jnst retired heard , a heavy noise bat did not realize what had happened. She rushed up to heT ? daughter's room to determine the cause and was startled on looking out of the , window to find her lying on the ground outside. Mrs. Willis hurried out. to ? find her daughter in an unconscious , condition. Sliss Gertrude was brought into the house and a physician summoned immediately. She soon recov- + ered consciousness and the broken arm ^ was set. With the exception of the j broken arm, and barring the shock, she was not injured. She is now resting * easy. Miss Willis had frequently walked in her sleep, and her mother * was always, anxious about her, but she had never before met with an accident. ?Greenville News. ^ A Horrible Accident- f Mrs. Wilson, the wife of General I James H, Wilson, th9 military gover nor of Matanzas Province, was so badly burned last week while driving from her home to the General's offioe that ? she died a short time afterward. It appears that a match was lying on the bottom of the carriage, and it is supposed that Mrs. Wilson stepped on it, r whereupon her dress took fire and be- c fore the blaze could be extinguished ^ she was terribly burned. Mrs. Wilson, c accompanied by her daughter, left f home dressed in thin light cloth- ? ing suitable to the climate. When near her husband's headquarters the match was ignited, and within a few seconds her body wa3 enveloped in c flames. Before any one could assist J her Mrs. Wilson was dreadfully burned lift* ?n/4 WAf taken to her home, where, after suffering intense agony, she died at 3 o'clock } in the afternoon. Misa Wilson escaped j without injury. ^ Bishop Capers Chosen. ] All South Carolina veterans?indeed all the veterans of the Confederate army?will be delighted to know that I Bishop Ellison Capers of the diocese j of South Carolina, the distinguished exConfederate general, who is now one of the most eloauent and forceful divines * in the country, has been selected to deliver the memorial sermon at the Confederate reunion at Louisville, Ky., on Sunday, June 3. G-en. Gordon, commanding the U. C. V., has notified the bishop of his appointment and the latter has accepted the duty. A Negro's Atrocious Crime. Aithur Coleman, colored, was lodged in jail at Saluda Tuesday evening upon a warrant sworn out by his wife, charging him with a most detestable crime. The child accompanied her step-mother to the magistrate's office and appeared i to be very much excited because of her 1 father's threats to kill her because she I refused to lay the charge of illicit rela- I tions to another man. t Fight on the Stump. ( Judge W. N. Spence of the Albany, $ Ga., circuit running for reelection and J. E. Donaldson, is a candidate for the \ r.1 o-ncruapA in a ioint debate at that I ? ~ ?o~o? ? * place Monday. In the course of the j debate Donaldson said Spence lied, and j a red hot fist fight resulted. Donaldson was pretty badly used and Spen- j cer escaped without damage. There $ may be further developments. ] Smothered in a Mine. A special from Bluefields, W. Va., says: The mine casing in Fine Bun ? Mine, on Toms Creek, took fire, and < J. E. Montgomery, of Jackson, Ohio, t and W. A. Thompson, of Roanoke, Va. 1 were smothered to death. Several 1 others were overoomeby the smoke, but ] . ,1 3 < were rescued and resuscitated. I? AX UNF0STTT5ATE AFFAIR. Etev. W. E. Johnson, of Bamberg, Kills Wm. T. Bellinger. Rev. W. E. Johnson, Pastor of the Baptist Church at Bamberg, shot and vi* w;ii ?*>m T Rollinwi" (?nnTt, I stenographer for that judicial circuit, )n the streets of that town last Friday with a shot gun. The first and principal witness at the coroner's inquest *as Mr. Joe Brown. He testified that iie went to Rev. Mr. Johnson's house D 2 2.^ t; pnuay muraiag to see mm relative u> jome trouble Johnson had the previous lay with the deceased's "father, John R. Bellinger, Esq.; was told by Mr. Johnson that he had been badly treated ay Mr. Bellinger; did not advise him is to what course to take. They then erent to the postofficc together. To the juestion of Solicitor Townsend as to whether he got a pistol at the postoffice, tie replied that he had. Did not know to whom it belonged. "Was in my buggy when I saw Willie T. Bellinger crossing campus of fitting school and Mr. Johnson coming out of his house, apposite, having a shotgun. Mr. Bellinger drew nis pistol ana nrea it Mr. Johnson once before the latter fired." Thinks the second shot from Mr. Bellinger's pistol was simultaneous with the report of Mr. Johnson's shotgun. Mr. Bellinger fell immediately, and witness thinks he was shot once after he fell. Upon being questioned, Mr. Brown replied that he provided himself with the pistol on account of trouble he expected at his place with a band. Mr. Johnson returned to his bouse after the trouble was over. Br. B. D. Bronson testified that apon being called to the place of the trouble Mr. Bellinger lived about 30 seconds or a minute longer. "I knew he was mortally wounded; found 20 wounds on his right side, 12 from buckshot, the remainder from smaller shot, penetrating the right lung and liver. Col. Robert Aldrich, retained by the iefendant, was present at the inquest fhe verdict of the jury was that deceased came to his death by a gunshot wound at the hands of W. E. Johnson. Mr. Johnson has been pastor of the Baptist church for three years. The leceased is about 25 years old, and is ihe son of John R. Bellinger, Esq., ittorney. Another account says trouble between :he two began Friday over the painting )f a line fence between the premises of John R. Bellinger, father of the ieceased, and the Baptist parsonage, at yhich time it is said hot words were massed and a pistol was drawn by Bellin;er. Friday morniBg as young Bellinger ?as returning from the postoffiee to his ather's residence Mr. Johnson, armed nth a double barreled shotgun, accosted lim in front of the Carlisle Fitting ohool. a few words were oaised. a few hots were exchanged and young Belinger lay dying on the ground with a moking pistol in his right hand. Siter the.shooting occurred Mr. Johnon walked quietly into his house, unmrt, and remained there until about 1 ('clock when he went down to the jail ,nd surrendered to Sheriff Hunter. As o how the affair started and as to who hot first there is considerable diversity if opinion, but it is generally claimed hat Mr. Bellinger shot first and that Jr. Johnson only shot once. Belinger's pistol had four empty chambers .nd he probably shot four times, twice ,t least after he had fallen mortally rounded. Bellinger was struck in the ightside by twelve buck and eight mall shot, which penetrated. his lungs >nd liver, causing almost instant death. Che families connected with the unortunate affair are two of the most >romincnt and influential in the town. THE LOUISVILLE BETJfflOU. ?i ii i >UJUB XttVUS AUUUb DUUWVIU jMtina; Trains from This State. Tho Columbia Record says several nembers of Camp Hampton have revived letters from Confederate soldiers rho happen to be members of no camp >r who have not otherwise been inormed, asking for facts as to the rates, >fft- fnr the Confederate reunion at Louisville. For their information and that of all )thers interested the following facts vere obtained from Colonel Cardwell ast Thursday: The Southern railway will run two ;rains from Columbia, that is the regllar and a special train which will eave the union depot at 8:30 a. m., VIay 29. ' They will run solid to Louisrille via Spartanburg, Asheville and r , tt _ Lexington, j*.y. It is cxpected that all who intend to :ake the trip from Colombia and points south and east of it *ill concentrate lere in time to take the 8:30 train on ;he 29th. Others to whom Spartanjurg will be more convenient to reach ire expected to assemble in that city ind join the party which will reach that sity from Columbia. Both trains will )e scheduled to reach Loftisville the lext morning in time for breakfast. There will be ample sleeping car ar arurements for all who desire such ao :ommodation9, bat all who want to tvail themselves of them should send n their notification to Colonel Cardyell at once. The best possible service rill be given in this particular if due lotice is given in advanee that it is delired. The price for the round trip will be *11.15. Tickets will be on sale flay 27, 23 and 29, and will be ;ood to return until June 6. The Southern has a double daily service be?T.rtwiaTfil 1 ja on/1 flntrimhia nno rrcru uvu?iuiv ?uv? Vmv ;rain leaving in the morning and the >ther in the evening. Tickets will be rood on either of.these trainB. It is expected that at least-twenty-five rill leave here with Camp Hampton, >ut the rate is good for any Confederite soldier or son of veteran, and ladies tnd citizens as well. Colonel Cardwell will be glad to give my further information desired, but generally everything necessary may be earned from any agent of the Southern. Mark Hanna's New Hole. "I was opposed to giving Mr. Quay a eat," says Mark Hanna, 1'because unler the constitution he was not entitled .0 a seat." This is enough to bring aughter even from the gods in the galery. What is the constitution to Sanna or Hanna to the constitution?? Spartanburg Herald. . TWENTY KILLED. Filipinos Slay Two Thirds of American Garrison. ^ 30 BESIEGED BY HUNDREDS. - " '11 For Days They Heroically Resisted Fire and Bullets* Finally - Rescued by a Handful ? -:1 of Men. . An Associated Press dispatch from Manila last Wednesday says the American garrison at Catubig, islanl of Samar, consisting of 30 men belonging to the Forty-third regiment, has been attacked by rebels. Twenty of the Am- .^ ericans were killed. The remainder were rescued. The Americans were quartered in the Catubig church, Yrhich the enemy, numbering several hundred men, surrounded and fiercely attacked. The Americans fought for two days and then the rebels managed to ignite the roof of the churoh and it .burned away and finally fell upon those inside the edifice. The walls remained intact, however, and were used as a shelter by the besieged Americans for three days longer, (lie enemy attacking the building on all sides at once. The Americans continued firing from the windows and doors of the churoh and did great execution among the Filipinos. It is estimated that over 200 of the latter were killed, many dead bodies being removed from the soene of the fighting. After five days' resistance by the \ Americans a lieutenant and eight men arrived from Laoan and engaged the besiegers, who thereupon retired. The fortuate arrival of these reenforooments . .-j prevented the annihilation of ths American force entrenched in the uhurch who had repeatedly declined to surrender when ordered to do so by the Filininoa. Thfl tan survivors were without food, had little ammunition and were physically exhausted when relieved. Tins fight has encouraged the Filipinos, who ire now acting in an aggressive manner and threatening that section of the coast, particularly the town of Cata- v ' :-a mara, whence the garrison probably will be withdrawn to Laoan. A dispatch from Washington say? Gen. Otis has so far not reported to the war department the casualties sustained by the American garrison at Catubig. The officials believe that lie has been holding back the news with the object of supplying it with the names of the siege. The loss reported in killed is the most severe suffered by the American forces since the beginning of the insurrection, bnt even so, the officials at the war department oould not but express their admiration for the heroic endurance and courage displayed by '/ the little garrison. The department is not informed as to the composition of this particular garrison, having only a lough statement from tne commmanaing general or we disposition of each regiment among certain islands, without particulars of the location of each company. The officers at the department who have seen service in the Philippines are not surprised at the fact that an officer with eight soldiers was able to raise the siege. They say that theFilipinoa were probably dismayed at the extent ;\! of tb? punishment lnnictea upon mem by the garrison before the relieving party came, and then they supposed it was but the advance guard of a formidable foroe and ran ofi. roua mobs ktlld. A disratch received at Manila Thurs day from Iliolo reports that a desperate fight took place at Leambanao is the centre of the Island of Panay. It appears that a reconnoitering part of the Twenty-Sixth infantry was surroanded and that four of the Americans were killed and that sixteen others severely wounded were left on the field. The remainder of the soldiers had a narrow escape. The dispatch adds that reenforeementa were sent from Iliolo as soon as news of the affair were received whereupon the Filipinos retreated to their mountain stronghold. Assassination. W. H. Culton, State Auditor Sweeney's clerk, at Frankfort, Ky., indicted as accessory to the Groebel mar- ?der, testified in the hearing of the motion for bail in his case Wednesday af- & farnnAn firaVfl KftlTlft HPnSltlfinal tfiS- v?'" timony. Culton's testimony followed after the motions for bail in the cases of Powers, Davis, Youtsey, Whittaker and Combs had been overruled. An order was entered transferring the prosecutions against them to Georgetown for trial on a change of venae. Cultonsaid: "Henry Youtsey told me that Goebel would be killed. I told him that it must not be done. I told Gov. Bradlan nrliof VnnfoeTT aviA ?T>A Rrii?l?V xvJ Tfiiwv i-K?; J ??? * said: 'My Goi, this mast not be done.' Yoatsey afterwards said there was nothing, in it." The witness told of another conversation with Yoatsey. who came with Barton of Breckinbridge county. ''Yoatsey said he had the greatest scheme yet; that G-oebel could be shot from the secretary of State's office and nobody would ever know who did it" . -:5g "At a meeting in Powers' office I presided, and the question of providing boarding places for contest witnesses was discussed. B. B. Barton palled oat a haadfol of cartridges and - X 31 ?_ said: "A tew 01 mese lurnca loose m the proper place would soon settle this contest.'" Just Like Them. The declaration of the Massachusetts convention, that-we must hold the Philippine islands for the philanthropic purpose of lifting its savage inhabitants to the plane of our own civiliza tion, is quite in keeping witn the traditional policy of the Massachusetts people, while on pleasure bent, to have a frugal mind. The islands are rich and they want them, and it is exceedingly handy to have the islanders in need of civilizing influences. They will go on civilizing them until they have made many thousands of millions of dollars . | out of them, when they will leave it to their posterity to civilize them a little more.