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4 VOL LIV, - WINNSBORO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 8, 1900. NO. 7 i|j * NEWS FROM PMIN.!1 ; 1 Thirty-Six Days and Nights of; Fierce Assault c I < I" THEK1LLED AND WOUNDED j! ) Four Hundred Non-Contestants j in British Legation Con- 1 ? ( yerts Holding the i Cathedral. I A message frcm Pekiu, dated' July j' 2L, has just been received at Tien Tain. J1 ^ The message pays,"ihe first outside: news reached Pekin July 33 The fail-11 ure of the relief expedition made the i1 siege far more perilous. Ou June 19!' the tsung-li yamen broke ofi relations, j1 June 20 China declared war. Baron ! 1 von Ketteler and Francis James, an English professor, were murdered Over 400 non-combatants occupied the British legation. I understand converts i holding the north cathedral. A thoua- : and refugees occupied the palace of i * Prince Lu. A truce began July 17 after i thirty-six days of Serce assault. One s night the shelling was uninterrupted . for six hour?. Four attempts were made j to fire the British legation. Two at- i tacks resulted in the ruin of the Chi- i j nese national college. The cowardice | ] of the Chinese prevented a successful j rushing. Total killed or dead is; Ger- i ------- 1A. T ? Irt. 11-1, mans iv; t?ap?uo3c iv, British 5; Russian 4; Americans 7; i Italians 7; converts 9; total with wound- . *" ed 98. The correspondents Morrison, ; Reid and Temeny are ill. At lea3t 2,000 Chinese have beed killed. i "The Americars occnpy a strong position on the city wall. Provisions : are still sufhoient. Tiie hsspital ar- : . rangements are excellent Everybody * is much exhausted by continuous-work. Imperial edicts have commended the i Boxers and ordered mis nonaries to |?' leave the interior and commended all ; viceroys to help Pekin; but an edict ' 1 3 10 f\-r\A I <13tea. omy so wjviuo . ^ promises compensation. The report , that a large relief for.^e was coming produced this change. Foreign govern- i mcnts should beware being hoodwinked." i "WHEN ARB YOU COMING." * The following letter from Col. Shiba, P" military attache of the Japanese lega- 1 f taon at Pekin, dated July 23, has been j reoeived at lien Tsin: "We are all awaiting impatiently arrival of reenforcing army. When are you coming? All legations have been blockaded since 13 last in >nth and since : the 20th we have been attacked continually night and day by the Chinese soldiers from more than ten encamp- ' ments. By a suoreme effort we are still defending. We are daily awaiting 1 with the greatest anxiety arrival of reenforceing arm and if you cannot reach here in less than a week's time it is , probable that we ?ill be unable to hold out any longer. Emr??ror and empress , "^jfrwager appear to i e still at Pekin ^ ^'ere our reenfore<mence to arrive very probable that they would 2se to Wan ; Shosan. Killed and wounded up to date: Eight killed, one a captain of infantry and an ambassador's attache; ^ seven seriously wounded, the first sec ' retarv of the leaation b^ine one of 20 ' slightly wounded The number" of Europeans killed is 60 in all " 4 1 WE CAN ITOLP OUT.'' The Japanese consul at Ttrn Tsia telegraphed on the 27th iast, a di-i patch dated the 19.h from the Japanese , minister at Pekin to the foreign office at Lokio, which had reached Tien ^ Tsin by special courier on the 25th. ^ The minister says: * . "The Japanese marines and others continue, under the command of the military attache, Lieut. Col. Shiba, to resist the repeated attacks of Tung Fub Siang's tioops. I think we can hold out, though the task is by no means an easy one, until we are relieved oy me division of Japanese troops which, I hear through a special messenger, will arrive at Tien Tsia%y the end of this 4? mouth. The Chinese have stopped firing since the 17th and the Chinese authorities are apparently disposed to open aegotiations. Attache Kopjima, Capt. Ando of the imperial array, Wm. H. Xakamura sni five mannes have * been killed, while Narabara, secretary of the legation, a student, and six marines have been wounded though not mortally. Many others have also been slightly wounded." A DIFFICULT PROBLEM. A London dispatch says the allies now confront a most difficult and d??M-nno Wit.VtfWlf dfiTlhfc unu^ivud - * * ??v ? the ministers are held by the Chinese as hostages, and the outcome of the advance on Pekin, will be awaited with intense anxiety. The Chinese are strongly entrenched at Wang Tsun, from which position, however, it is believed they can be ejected without P great difficulty. The danger is that, if defeated, there the Chinese will re tire on Pekin and put the rtmaiader of the Europeans to death. It is also possible that the advarca of the allies will be the signal for the Chinese n/N T\a1 oil f A <iUI.i-lUiit.lCO iv an 1U1U kuu J wv quit the capital, in which eve at they ^ might become the prey of the fanatical Boxers. A dispatch from Tien Tsin says the missionaries report that all the Americans in Pekin and Tung Chau are safe, but their property has been destroyed. Makes Good Fodder. ^ Several years ago when the Russian thistle, the seed of which was supposed have been brought in the baggage of Kussian im'grants, began to spread in I the Dakotas, the people dreaded it as J an awful pest, and fran:ic appeais were j made to congress for a big appropria-1 tion of money to extirpate it. The appropriation was not made and dow the i r farmers are glad of it, for it is found to J make, when cut at the right time, excel--] lent fodder, and isnseful for other par-! pose3. Killed His Father. - , I A man named retersoa, nviDg inirty miles from Glencoc, Ont, met with a peculiar death yesterday afternoon. While he was sleeping in the yard his 3-year-old son was playing near him i k and in some manner got hold of a sharp I butcher knife and playfully hacked the k father's neck, severing the jngular vein, from the effects of which he soon died. ' &ASY AHD PATTERSON FIGHT. these Two Candidates Have A Slugging: Match. The great educational campaign jvoluted into a slugging match Saturday at Laurens. It was somewhat the * i i l J T? U unexpected wnicn nappeaeu. i'rau&. B. Gary and A. Howard Patterson had * rough and tumble fight before a thousand Laurens people, men and women, rtey fonghfc with desperation and determination until Jim Tillman and oth5rs separated them, and then they scanted to get back at each other. Had the incident occurred years ago ia this tthpn there Were a cartload of ?. ?w? pistol 8 at a meetirg, there would have been funerals here tomorrow; but these days all the feeling seema to be between the candidates. Today the result was-two badly bruised faces and emphasis on style of campaigning going on, and if others showed the same spirit there would be many more fisticuffs each day. HOW ?T STARTED. From day to day Mr. Patterson hammered at Mr. Gary about his Charleston speech, reading the clippings and making the statements published. Mr. Gary tnought this persistent effort was to make it appear indirectly that he '*> rjharleafrtn nr favored Z SLi ttUUlCU 1U local option while in Charleston, with a license feature which he insisted was not the case, and that Patterson's effort by leading extracts was to place bim in a false position as to what he had said and his announced attitude on the liqu >r question. Mr. Patterson repeated and reiterated about Mr. Gary's klleged straddle in Charles'oa. When Mr. Gary's turn came to speak he im mediately replied that he did not "straddle," and that his position then, &s dow, was piaiQ. Mr. Patterson was sitting about five feet behind where Mr. Gary was speakLDg and got up and said: "Mr. Gary, I want to explain something." Mr. Gary turned squarely around and said: "Now, Mr. Patterson, 1 want to ask you plainly?i3 what I have said about that Charleston matter true?" Mr. Patterson said he would explain. Mr. Gary replied there was no use to explain, oat xasisieu. uu whether what he had jast said about the whole matter was true or net. Mr. Patterson went on to say the cndidates would not agree with Mr. Gary, or something on that line. Patterson said he dared him to prove his statement by any of the candidates. . Gary insisted on a direct reply as to whether his statement about the Charleston speech was true or not By this time the two men were within arms length, looking fiercely at each other and no doubt looking for a blow. Patterson said, yes, he denied as being correct what Gary had said, if he. could not explain. Garvthen said: "If yon say my statement is not correct you H2.v tthafc is not so." JOINED IN THE FRAY. The two men joined, Patterson struck out and claims to have hit first. There was cot asecond's difference in the passage of blows. Patterson 9trackGary an unhanded Jick under the left eye, which cut the skin for half an inch long. BLOOD WAS COMMON. Gary hit Patterson on the month and cut the lip arid struck him under the eye, judging from the braise. It was not a minute before half a dozen men were around the two combatants, they were up against each other clinched and several blows were passed, but they were pulled apart. Gary was taken toward the front of the stand and Patterson to the back. They said nothing but were eager, and the watching crowds pressed~up to the stand. OJUie JfCiiCU iUi uuc i^auuiuuiv. t.u%? some for another. Two policeman, Sheriff McCravey, Senator Tiilman and Chairman Smith moved for every one to get back and sit down and get off the stand. By this time the candidates had mopped off their faces and wiped the blood off, for blood flowed from both of the r braises. Ket a Tragic DeathFour youog women of Philadelphia met a tragic fate in the surf at Ocean City Wednesday, and their hostess, Mrs Mehann, of the same city, who was bathing with them, was rescued by . i--*- j ? ii il'C ?U4l'U 1U au uuwuowivw uuauition. I be drowned are: Elsie and Virginia Lowe, aged IS and 20 years respectively; daughters of Dr. Clement Lowe; Jennie and Birdie Lonsdale, ag*d 19 and 23 years respectively, daughters o? Edwia Lonsdale. The roup was in the water at the foot of 14th street, where few persons enter the surf, and did not understand the treachery of the boisterous sea and heavy undertow that was running on the strand. They were in the water about 15 minutes when two cf the girls got beyond - v _ -i ? I. nni_ _ .i.! x. l. j. ^ tneir aepm. xne otaer two woai< 10 their aid and were swept out with the current. Mrs. Mehanu endeavored to render what assistance she could and almost lost her own life in the attempt. Lifeguard Lee and another gentleman whose name was not ascertaiaed, saw the struggling bathers and rushed out with a life line. They brought Mrs. Mahann into the shore unconscious and jeturned for the other members of the party, but they had in the meantime disappeared. The rescuers, however, succeeded in recovering the bodies. Pirates Executed. The acting viceroy of Canton, China, it is reported is becoming more activc and adopting a more vicious policy. It is announced that he has ordered the execution of 40 pirates. He says Li Hung Chang is not returning to Canton, where quiet prevails. The British naval and military officials have taken careful observations of the Canton and the Bogue defenses. The Bogue forts aro fiTnnrrifli trnnns anthA nara I#AV v*v " ^" " *** "vvl"' ?v r pets are lined up on the approach of steamers. It Is a FallacyThe Troy, N. Y., Press says "it is said L'nat war makes money plentiful. Temporarily, just as it does for a man who owns a fine house and slaps a mortgage on it. He can revel in the luxuries for a season, but when the time to pay it plus interest, rolls along?well, that's difersnt. Fool is be who imagines that the wanton and enormous destruction of property and young men tends to enricb the world. Reason repudiates this frightful fallacy." . | OFFICIAL FIENDS " Of China, Whose Responsibility is Proved FOR THE PEK1N OUTRAGES. The Chinese Palavering to Christendom While Using Shot, Shell and Fire Against the Christians. Dr. George Ernest Morriaon, the Pekin correspondent o! the London r*^- ?- - k (*s\rv\ ri i portf JLlXJUCOf lias UCC U. u^aiu uvui uiivvu* The Times Wednesday morning prints the following dispatch from him, dated July 21: "There has been a cessation of hostilities here (Pekin) since J uly 18, but for fear of treachery, there has been no relaxation of vigliance. The Chinese soldiers continue to strengthen the barricades around the besieged area, and also the batteries on top of the imperial wall, but in the meantime they have discontinued liring, probably because they are short of ammunition. "The main bodies of the imperial soldiers have left Pekin in order to meet the relief force. Supplies are beginning to come in and the condition of the besieged is improving. The wounded are doiDg weil. Oar hospital J ?Li- -_J isA arrangements are auaurauie ?auu jlou cases have passed through the hospital. "The tsung Ii ya,cnea forwarded to Sir Claude Macdonald, a copy of a dispatch telegraphed by the emperor to Queen Victoria, attributing all deeds >of violence to bandits and requesting her majesty's assistance to extricate the Chinese government from its difficulties. The queen's reply is not stated, but the ('hinese minister at Washington telegraphs that the United States government would gladly assist the Chinese authorities. "This dispatch to the queen was sent to the tsung li yamen by the grand council on Joly 3, yet the day before an imperial edict had been issued calling on the Boxers to continue to render loyal and patriotic services in exterminating the Christians/ The edict i-- J-j ? j aiso comxuanueu vioerujo <suu gw?cinors to expel all missionaries from China and to arrest all Christians and compel them to renounce their faith. Other decrees applauding the Boxers speak approviagly of their burning out and slaying converts. Their leaders are stated in a decree to be princes and ministers. On July 18 another decree made a complete volte face due to the victories of the foreign troops at Tien Tsin. In this decree, for the first time, and one month after the occurrence, an allusion was made to the death of Baron von Ketteler, t;he German minister, which was attributed to the action of local brigands, although there is no doubt that it was premeditated, and the assassination was committed by ao imperial officer, as the survivor, Herr Cordes, can testify. 'The force besieging the legation consists of the imperial troops under G-en. TuDg Lu and Gen. Tung Fuh Slang, whose gallantry is applauded in imperial decrees, although it has consisted in bombarding for one month defenseless women and children cooped up in the legation compound, using shell, sharpnel, round shot and expanding bullets. The Chinese throughout, with characteristic treachery, posted proclamation assuring us of protectioa and the same night they made a general attack in the hope of surprising us. "There is still no news of Pei Tang I uabucuiait J.I1& rr yuuuvu uuuawa including the American surgeon, Lip pitt, severely wounded, and Capt Myers, who is doing well. Seven Americans have been killed. All the ministers ani members of the legations.and their families are in good health. The general health of the community is ex| cellent, and we are awaiting relief." After enumerating the casualties alI ready reported and giving the total ; deaths, including American, as 56 Mr. Morrison proceeds as follows: "The Chinese undermined the French legation, which is now a ruin but the French minister, M. Pichon, was not present, having fled for protection to the British legation on the first days of the siege. The greatest peril we suffered during the siega was from fire, the Chinee in their determination to destroy the British legation, burning the adjoining Han Lin Yuen (national college) one of the most sacred buildings in China, sacrificing the unique library." AN AMERICAN'S TESTIMONY. A cable dispatch to the Chicago Daily News from Chefoo, July 31 via Shanghai, A.ug. 1, says: "Dr. Robert Coltman, Jr., the staS correspondent of the Chicago Record in Pekin, who bad not been heard from since June 12, sends the following dispatch: "Pekin, July 21.?Baron von Ketteler. the'German minister, was murdered by Chinese troops and his secretary wounded June 20 th while on his way to the tsung li-yamen The foreign residents are besieged in the British legation and have been under a daily fire from artillery and rifles. "The cowardice of the Chinese fortunately prevented them from making successful rushes. Our losses are 60 killed and 70 wounded. The Chinese losses exceed 1,000. There has been no word from the outside world. Food is plentiful, such as it is, rics and horse flesh. Yesterday und jr a flag of truce a message wos sent by Yung Lu asking if Sir Claude Macdonald, the British minister, would consent to a truce. The minister replied he was willing provided the Chinese came no closer. The shell firing then ceased and everything is now quiet. "We hops that, having defeated the Chinese, relief is nearing us. We are all exhausted with constant standing on guard, fighting, building barricades and digging trenches botn nig tit ana day. All the legations except the British are utterly wrecked by shot and shell. The Austrian, Italian, Belgian and Holland buildings are burned to the ground. The British legation is also much shatterei. The United States marines still hold a vital position on the city wall commanding legations. "After a brilliant sortie on the night of July 3 Jopt. >ly*rs succeeded in driving back the K^nsuh mounted troops. DuriDg the fight Capt. Myeis was slightiy wounded. Secretary Squires of the United States legation deserves the greatest credit for his services throughout the siege. His miii tary experience and enegy are invaluable. Many flags and rifles were captured by Capt. Myers. We fear that treachery is possible when the defeated Chinese troops enter the city. Meanwhile we are living in intense anxiety and hoping for early relief." TRIED TO MURDER THE SHAH. Would-be Assassin Unidentified He Reerets His Failure. - An attempt was made to assassinate the Sha^i of Persia in Paris on Thursday morning. He is in Paris on a vitit to the great exposition, and was on his way to the grounds. It was just a quarter past 9 o'clock, when the carriage of the shah emerged from the court of the sovereign's palace which was formerly the home of the American dentist, Dr. Evans. Seated in the carriage with the shah was his grand vizier, while opposite him sat Gen., Parent. The carriage turned to the left, towards the Avenue Bois de Boulogne. It had proceeded but a few yards when a man dressed as a laborer sprang from between two automobiles where he had been hidden. He broke through the line of policemen, overturning a bicycle officer, and jumped upon the royal carriage step, in ooe hand the man had a cane which he raised as though to strike bat this movement was only in tended to hide the real purpose, for in the other hand he "held a revolver. The attempted assassination there came to an end, for the grand vizier struck the weapon from the man's hand and at the same time officers caught his arm from behind and over-powered him. A crovd of 500 who witnessed the'attemDted assasination made a rush towards the would be murderer and tried to attack him but there were many police in the neighborhood acting as gurards of the shah and these prevented the mob from doing violence to the miscreant. The would-bc assassin declines absolutely to give his name or nationality. He speaks but little and that with a southern accent. He is about 26 years of age, has chestnut-colored hair, a large moustache and blue gray eyes. He was dressed in a blouse and wide trousers, the usual clothes of carpenter. In his pocket was found an ugly knife and a handkerchief marked "128th regiment infantry." When this was 3 - :j. :n discovered ;ue man baiu: xuau wm not aid you in your inquiriee concerning my identity." Later in the day to some officials of the household of* the shah who tried to interrogate him the prisoner said: "Your master will do well to resign, otherwise we will kill him." When the officials tried tointeirogate the prisoner this afternoon he maintained absolute silence.- Nothisg would induce him to say a word. He struggled desperately to avoid a picture being taken, and had to be bound hand and foot and his head held between the An'rt nooiof J&.UCCD \JL LUC D aooioiaun. The prisoner expressed regret that he did not succeed in killing the Shah. When the knife was found on his person an officer remarked: "You also had a knife," to which the man replied: "Yes, I took some precaution." "Why did you attempt to assassinate the shah?"' th^officer aaked. "Because," was the reply, "it pleased me. That does not concern you." To all other questions the prisoner remained dumb. A MONUMENT ERECTED Tc Indians "Who Served in the Confederate Army. Tuesday at FortMill, S. C., a monumont was dedicated to the seventeen Catawba Indians who served in the Seventeenth South Carolina regiment, Confederate State. Several of these braves were killed in battle _iie widows of three are pensioned by the State of South Carolina. The Catawba "nation" is a reservation of 3,000 acres given the Indians by the State. A great battle was fought between Cherokees and Catawbas in the seventeenth century and a thousand braves fell on each side. As one of the Indians said in his speech Tuesday the Catawbaa have althe whites in war and in commerce. The Catawbas came from Canada to South Carolina 300 years ago, numbering ]2,000. Today they number but 75. The oration was made Tuesday by Ben Harris, son of a Catwba Confederate scout. Bill Harris, another ohief of the ''nation," also spoke. The monument was erected by Capt. Samuel E. White and J. M. Pratt. In the park in which the shaft is erected, is another dedicated to the Confederate soldiers. Still another, the first of its kind, was erected to the memory of the women ot tne uoareaeracy dy uapcam White. He also had ereoted a handsome memorial to his ex slaves, the only instance of this kind in history. The Indian monument is the crowning work. It is 14 feet high and on the dies are chiselled characteristic woodland scenes. The top is surmounted by the figure of an Indian, crouching in the attitude of firing. The Indian orators today spoke of the kindly feeling between the races, and predicted that the education of the Indians is greatly aiding them. The state give these Indians an annuity for their sustenance and another for education. Waited Too Long A couple died in New Jersey who had been engaged to be married 43 years. They were about to complete arrangements for the happy event whan the prospective bride was taken ill and died. The shock was so great to her life-long lo^er that he died in a few days Three Perish in the Lake. Two men and a yonng woman were drowned io Muskegon lake in Michigan by the capsizing of a rowboat. Three other occupants of the boat were saved. This makes a total of nine persons drowned in the vicinity in less than sis weeks. THE CAMPAIGNERS : Talked to ike Voters cf Several Counties Last Week. RACE DRAWING TO A CLOSE. Th8 Candidates Make Pretty Much the Same Oid Speeches That They Started The meeting at Spartanburg on Tuesday of last week was quiet, orderly but tiresome, except for some of the speeches." COL. HOYT LEADS OFF. The meeting was started by Col. Jas. A. Hoyt, who, after speaking "of being Spartanburg's neighbor, spoke of his prinoiple for prohibition, and wanted it understood absolutely a principle and that was plain. He reiterated and ex plained nis "coalition" plain, wnicn was primarily to secure prohibition. His position was feasible, right because it was best to have a combination to secure prohibition generally and theD going te the people. This was necessary because ef the minority of prohibitionists in- the house. He gave the history of the dispensary law. The State, he cod eluded, was on 110 hieher plane than the individual in selling liquor. Col. Hoyt made a clean, clear cut prohibition argument, explaining why, if elected, his sympathies would be to enforce the prohibitive features of the dispensary, if it must stand. Several little girls presented Col. Hoyt with baskets of flowers. whitman's second choice. G. Walt Whitman did not change as much as usual today, for he maices perhaps the most varied speeches. He insisted that the up-country should stick to up-country candidates, and reminded them that he was born in Spartanburg. If they did not like him take Col. Hoyt, but he was the main chance. He was first humorous and then took up the issues. The whole question, he said, was whether it was light to take or sell a drink. He drifted into a regular theological [argument in defense # it - 1 _ TT_ oi me eaie ox uquur. no put m a ia\> about the law not being enforced. If the law is good it should be enforced. No one but he had any plan of enforcing the system. The first thing he ran up on in York was a "blind tiger." It was a farce to have liquor always the issue. He wanted the ministers te preach against drunkenness and not against the dispensary or for prohibi? 't tlTL -i. Hoc. At tne conclusion ox w mimau a speech Senator Tillman arrived and was received wit-i applause. GABY AGAINST LOCAL OPTION. Mr. Frank B. Gary, anticipated Mr. Patterson and defined and explained his references to his pesition. He reiterated that he stood for the dispensary, favored counties voting and de ciding between the dispensary and prohibition, but was always opposed to any license system. He touched up the enforcement of the dispensary system. Then he branched to the com moil schools and explained how 45 per cent, of the dispensary profits went to the county and city each, and this should not be forgotten. He spoke for the common schools and colleges. He was told this county's vote was fixed to be delivered. Thi3 Jhe believed to be, and pronounced a slander. This was the time precedent will mark the time for a change. He anticipated any statement about brothers' being on the bench, and with feeijng spoKe or nis personal right to make this contest. All be asked was fair treatment.A CREDITOR OF THE OARYS. Mr. A. Howard Patterson said, as a political opponent, he had a right to speak of G-ary's family in politics. Yesterday Gary spoke of his being appointed by his kinsman?Gov. Evans. He owed the Garys nothing and they owed him a great deal. He reiterated his statements about the Gary brothers being on the bench, and if Gary be elected that would be $8,800 for the three brothers. They ought to leave something for their friends, and then spoke of the concentration of power in one family, although he would not charge it would be improperly used. Then he went over the Chariest*." incident as to Gary's position on the liquor question. Se took up the good features of the dispensary, the non-enforcement of the law and such other matters as he was discussed heretofore. He attacked promuiuuii aa ucmg UUUUA IUH w*. pviitics. Patterson again rapped at Gonzales as the enem7 of the people, and said he would kill Hoyt. Of course he repeated the alleged "tiger" record of Charleston and Columbia. He warned the people against eleventh hoar slanders against him by the newspapers. ' THE INCUMBENT SPEAKS. Gov. Mc3weeney thanked the audience for its vote for him in two elections and assured the voters he never had forgotten the voters here, and one of hi3two appointments was to appoint Clarence Hopper, a factory boy, as a page. He believed in giving the poor boy a chance, for he knew what it wag trt Hp r?nnr and strivine. He deolored this constant irritation for the offices. He believed the dispensary law was as well enforced as ever before, and gave figures as to the enforcement of the lav. He explained the situation in Charleston, and he would never go around personally hunting up "tigers" in Charleston or elsewhere. He outlined his policy of enforcing the law and how he sought to avoid friction. Patterson insisted on knowing why McSweeney had noi had fixtures seized in Charleston, aiid after some parleying, McSweeney said to Patterson: "You have a nephew on the force in Charleston and I'll find out from him for you." Then he took up figures and said in 1899 there were 32 more cases than in 1898; 91 more cases than in 1897, and 213 more than in 1895, and for every year except one, his record for 1899 showed the constables had made more cases than ever before, and yet to get the office it was incorrectly said he did not enforce the law. No one complained of his entire administration except as to one thing, the dispensary enforcement. He was doing his duty. The trouble in Charleston was with the grand juries and not with him. *0R LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Col. JohnT. Sloan spoke of the early J A C Art/i V? n O f fll OTO uaja \JL vyai tauuui^ auu ?1iviuo^u j from this county. He gave his political record and services. He reiterated his views for local option and educa tion. Cole L. Blease also clearly defined his known position for the dispensary, for more money for common schools and white men's taxes for white schools only. Jas. H. Tillman joked about some other candidates. He commented that he was the only candidate invited to speak to veterans. He spoke of being a member of the Presbyterian church, but did not want it dragged into poli tics and the pulpit made a political platform. He advocated the dispensary. His worse mistake was to oppose Gonziles going to China in a consular position. Knox Livingston thought it a good plan to send Jim Tillman to China or the Philippines, as he thought that a better field than the one Tillman wanted. He reiterated his prohibition platform and was hanging on no man's coat tail, and believed in individuality. C. L. Winkler simply wanted the best man selected for the office. He advocated the dispensary unqualifiedly. Ha too t* caa ii V TTOU-.VVi WV CVV W?VAJ wu**\* V\*UV?VV? in the common schools. There is something higher to him than mere money, and that was why he was running for the seoond place. THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. . Gen. G. Dnncan Bellinger said he oame here simply to thank Spartanburg for its splendid vote for him and to show his appreciation he would not talk long. He was sorry Mr.. Moore was not here and all his complaint was he did not convict Neil or mix up in Charleston matters to swear out indictments. It was only a reoent thing that Mr. Moore became a lawyer and he seems to be running for personal considerations. He complimented his assistant, Mr. Ganter, very highly for his work and repeated the high tribute paid Mr. Ganter by Chief Justice McI?er. Mr. Moore is a worthy young man and deserving, but he had never had a case in the courts. WOULD BE STOCKHOLDERS Dr. Timmerman and Capt. Jennings gave tfieir respsctive claims on personal and political grounds to eleot them treasurer. They disouss no issues. BROOKER AND DERHAil. Mr. N. W. Brooker, for comptroller general, explained how he checked up tax accounts and he saved the State money. He had been choked off by Derham. He aid not charge any rottenness or stealing, but irregularities, fie hammered away at Mr. Derham's family living in Horry and his not attending to duties. If elected he would stay there and iastitute' reforms. ' He rrrrtr)!^ nAf -attut rorwrd Krtf. gave his and Derham could give his record and antecedents. He was thrown on the legislative ticket in Edgefield when a boy, but was afterwards put on the penitentiary board. Mr. Derham said his opponent need not speak of flings.* He replied only with facts. He cannot fight with facts, but like a hyena hunted up his father's grave. As treasurer of Horry his father was honest and businesslike. As for himself he had been a lifelong Democrat. He has been honored by his people since 1886. The confidence of his people was his complete defense. As to his absence from the office Mr. Brooker could not tell where he was. He had better attend to his work. THE EDUCATOBS. Ellison Capers Jr. wanted it understood that lie was not attacking McMaban, only his conception of his duty. He went over his customary views. Mr. McMaban explained why he had done the things complained of. He tried to lead and not wait for universal approval before taking a step. He felt he had the friendship and best wishes of the teachers of the State. He worked for educational results and not votes. ?He would always stand for public progress and the advancement of the teachers and people and he was not constantly figuring on making votes. He explained how he expended the public funds for summer schools. FOR BAILBOAD COMMISSIONER. Mr. J. E. Pettigrew simply gave his personal qualifications and if his merits would cot elect him-he did not want to be elected on the demerits of others. Mr. W. D. May field took up rates and argued for cheaper local rates. W. D. Evans joked awhile. He said there was no use for local papers to complain of the rates to Spartanburg from Knoxville, as it was not a matter for the state board. The railroad assessment now was $27,840,583, an increase in valuation of $3,900,421 since Iia baa been 011 the board. The rail road commissioners have not upheld the 25 cents excess on fares. He outlined what had been done. J. H. Wharton took up discrimination, rates and demurrage, and gave his qualifications. BARNEY IS THIRSTY. Barnard B. Evans started to speak and the platform caved in but he mounted a table and went right on talking. He said that W. D. EvaDS reversed the brick rate from Campobello. The commissioners were never seen here except when going on frolics in Pallmans and with good liquor. Spartanburg, he urged, was discriminated against. He would reduce rates or know the reason, or not serve with the men who would not work with him. TUa o?n? mill o PATIT milfld fpAm orA i-HC DO IT UillA AVsTT iAilkVkl AAVU4 UV? V spent a third of the cost of lumber on freight. The commission now admits that it cannot or will not enforce the law as to excess fares. W. D. Evans's statement that taxes had been increased on the railroads was saying tbat which is not so. Assessments were reduccd and not increased. God forgive the people for putting such men on the board. He asked that the wrong be blotted out and that lie be elected. Thos. N. Berry said he could uot overturn the board if elected but was a business man and ran as such. READY TO HEAR TILLMAN. Chairman Stanyarne Wilson presented Senator Tillman for whom the crowd waited so loDg. Senator Tillman said the audience had listended for five long hours and was no doubt weary. The crowd assured him it remained to hear him. He reiterated why he was in-the race and speaking. He was present under the orders of the state committee and because he belonged here. He explained why he talked on State issues. He was here because if he did not come, after his administration had been , attacked, be-would consider himself a coward. He related why he used his influence to get the dispensary and how useless to him was political machine ftftor Tip liaH flip r>f>nnl#> hfthind him. What batter machine does he need now than the people. Even Gonzales is now for him. He had no interest in the dispensary except to see it perfected. He outlined the defenses of the dis pensary and urged that it was only in the abuse of the liquor that the wrong came. He did not endorse getting drunk but saw no evil in drinking liquor. He reiterated his unholy alliance statement. Your great bishop so far , forgets his dignity as to say I lied. Is J that becoming in a great leader of ; Christians? I am not goiDg to emulate ! him. I believe the people will know what is true. Then he took up the 1 other ministers and said it was the 1 ?i i ? mt_ _ a "_ xL 1- J trutn tnat nurcs xne irutn is mere is only a dispensary and an anti-dispen- ' sary element. He does not believe the 1 ministers realized what bad company tbey keep with the barkeepers but now that they saw the bad company they i feel badlyj but he .told the truth about i the "alliance." He did not mean there was any conference or agreement but ; the barkeepers and ministers were for : the same thing. A rain then came up and Tillman cut his speech but impressed upon the voters to stand by the dispensary in legislative candidate and. swear them and as between the gubernatorial candidates he wanted all to vote on principle and not for personal reasons. He then took a hand primary and as was to be expected pretty much all who voted sent up their hands for -r* T\*?7 TV> n Y% I LLC UIDjJ^USdi .LAAAiXiau ouiu vuv Democracy appeared a little shakey up here when it could not afford to put up a platform that would stand. August Kohn. II SHOWS CLOVEN FOOT. He Will Send So More Messages to Foreign Ministers. The state department makes public the following telegram received Friday from the consul general at Shanghai. Shanghai, Aug. 3. Secretary of State, Washington. Americans left Chunking yesterday. Li told French consul today no messages will be delivered to ministers because of foreigners advancing on Pekin. Two pro-foreign memhers of fha tsnnc-li-vamen beheaded 27th for urging preservation of ministers by Li Ping Hong, now commanding troops in Pekin. He ordered Pao Ting messacre. Goodnow. Consul General Goodnow also cabled Secretary Hay that he delivered to Li Hung Chang the secretary's answer to < the former suggestion that the attack on Pekin. be deferred in consideration of opening free communication with, the foreign ministers. Li Hung Chang ; made no positive comment upon the ; answer but immediately began to advance suggestions looking to further negotiations on the same point. Li's answer is not final and leaves the matter open diplomatically. Bat Li's < actions are reported by Consul General i M An* iiyiAH AO<-lA?AklTT oi ni V7UUUUU YV A3 UUVji U^DViVUauxjr Olu^bVl) I and will amount to a final rejection of the American proposition if persisted in. CHINESE ENTRENCHED. The navy department Friday morning ( recived the following cablegram from . Admiral Remey: , Taku, Aug. 2. Bureau Navigation, Washington: Chafiee reports that 800 Japanese : scouting towards Petang lost three men killed, 25 wounded. Enemy in trenches and loopholed houses. Remey. CO.NTBODICTS LI. The counsul at Chefoo sent the following Thursday: Chefoo,'Aug. 2. Secretary State, Washington: Just received telegram from governor of Shan Tung requesting me to trans mit to you the following: Have just received telegram, dated July 30 th, tsung li yamen, stating various ministers, the German legation - and others (foreigners) all well; not in distress. Provisions were repeatedly sent. Relations most friendly. Now conferring as to propper measures to protect various ministers to Tien Tsin for temporary shelter, which conference will soon be ended, (Signed). Yuan, Go?, ernor. Fowler. Drummers for BryanThe Columbia Record says "the commercial travelers, commonly know as plain drummers, are arranging Bryan clubs throughout the country. Under the Hanna-McKinley administration trusts have flourished like a green bay tree, but many of the drummers have been thrown out of employment, and some of those who still retain their jobs hold them at reduced salaries. The commercial men are not especially struck on the 16 to 1 doctrine, but they do heartily endorse the anti-trust plank of the Democratic party. A number of drummers at hotel Jerome were discussing the situation today and all of them were naturally Republicans, but without exception they said they in tended to work and vote for tfryan. The influence of these men when united is great and while a majority of them supported McKinley in the last election, comparatively few will do so this time. Yellow Fever in Florida. Dr. J. Y. Porter, Florida state health nffiflor TAppivpd Thnrsdav from Dr. Weedon, medical representative of tiie board at Tampa, a message announcing two cases of yellow fever in that city, and saying that he believed the infection to be general. Dr. Porter at once wired Weedon to ptac? quarantine restrictions on all travel to and from Tampa until hia arrival 'there. Br. Porter also wired his secretary in Jacksonville, to notify state health officers of the south gulf coast and all railroad agents between Jacksonville and Tampa. It is believed that the disesse can be kept confined to Tampa through the energetic action of the state board of V>palr.Ji Automatic Couplers. The law passed some time ago at the instance of the interstate commerce commission, compelling railroads to equip their cars with automatic car couplers, went into effect Wednesday. It was to have gone into effect sometime since, but the railroads asked more time in which to complete the immense amount of work involved. 1 CRISIS AT HAND. : ?f We Are Only One Step from War :"3 With China. - . NEGOTIATIONS DECLINED Until China Put* Ministers In r :? Safety and Free Commu- . nications With Their Governments. The state department has made pub lie the correspondence between Li Hang Chang and the state department regarding the abandonment of the campaign on Pekin. The following telegram sent to the United States embassies in Berlin, London, Paris, Rome and St. Petersburg and to the United States minister, Tokio: State Department, Washington, Aug. 1,1900. In reply to a suggestion of Li Hong Chang that the ministers might be i i # cm m? m - sent unaer saie escort to xaen xgm provided the powers would engage not to march, on Pekin. the secretary of state, replied on the 30 th of July: ; -M "This government will not enter into any arrangement regarding disposition or treatment of legations without first having free communication with Minister Conger. Responsibility for their protection rests upon Chinese government. Power to deliver at Tien Tsin presupposes power to pretest and to open communication. This is in- . sisted on." This message was delivered to Vioe- r . ^ ^ roy Li by Mr. Goodnow on ihe 31s * Viceroy Li then enquired whether 4'if communication were established .between ministers and their governments it could be arranged that the powers should not advance on Pekin pending negotiations." To this inquiry the following reply was sent on the 1st of August: "Goodnow, Consul General, Shanghai: "I do not think it expedient to submit the proposition of Eiri Li to the other powers. Free communication with our representatives in Pekm is demanded as a matter of absolute right 9 and not as a favor.. Since the Chinese .-j government admits tnat it possesses the power to give co muni cation, it puts itself in an unfriendly attitude bj denying it- No negotiations seem advisable until the Chinese government shall have put the diplomatie representatives of the powers in'full and free communication with their respective governments and removed all danger to lives and liberty. We would urge Earl Li earnestly to advise the imperial authorities of China to place themselves * ?_ : _ ' _ _ __ ' in menaiy communication .ami cooperation with the relief expedition. They are assuming a heavy responsibility in acting otherwise. Hay." You will communicate this information to the minister of foreign affairs. AN OJHNOUS NOTE. Secretary Hay's reply to JA Hung Chang has closed the negotiations with China unless the old viceroy is able to secure the full acceptance of our terms relative to the foreign ministers and iiiikii ikb iiu Uiuci uioiDivJio iw?~ Log to a relaxation of the preparations for the advance on Pekin have gone out from Washington, for, as the situation is described by one of the leading M officials here "there will be no bargaining on our part in advance of the eoncession by the Chinese authorities to full and free communication with the foreign ministers." There is, moreover, a note ominously close -to actual war in Secretary Hay's declaration that the conduct of'the Chinese government is "unfriendly." That find of language is extreme in diplomaey, and it is only a narrow step between it and formal war. ??23| mu. :? :? ?:i- ti.t tk* J. uc iiu^c?iuu pic ratio uui? ?i? Chinese government, if it is not absolutely bereft of power to act in defiance of the Boxers, will aeoept oar (eras and some such action is looked for very soon. Possibly a battle, not more it is believed, than one at most, will be required kto bring the imperial gov* erament to the point of acceptanee. He Settled It. The Washington Post says Monday night a negro walked into the Chinese laundry, corner of Court and South * . . streets, and said he wanted his laundry, but that he had lost his tieket. The Chinaman said he had no launety for him. Loud words followed. A white man who was there at the time tried to quiet matters by suggesting that the asrkey bet $1 that he did have hir laundry. The Chinaman was willing to undo his bundles if the money was pat up. The negro said he did not have a . ' > dollar. The white man suggested that the negro put his watch against a dollar. This the negro agreed to do. The white man held- both the wateh and the money. The Chinaman commenced to undo the bundles, and the white man walked off with Doth the dollar and watoh. 1 " Carried Hit CoffinWhen Li Hong Chang started oat on his trip around the world several years ago, he took a coffin with him to goard against contingencies. When he reached Marseilles he concluded it was a useless piece of baggage and left it there. It was recentlv Dut no at an?- > : tion, as a pieca of unclaimed property, but as no one was particularly anxious to get into Li's coffin there was no bid. : A Great Eifle. A rifle which it is said will make the Mauser look like an old flint-lock musket has been invented by a Cleveland ? --- * " - ' .'is doctor, it will shoot YW suets a minute. A company is being organized in New York to manufacture them, and its treasurer is Mr. Flint. When loaded and the trigger is pulled it goes on shooting until its 700 shots are discharged, unless the soldier puts on brakes. Some Ohio Boxers. A dispatch from Mansfield, Ohio, says a mob stormed a residenoe where Zionists elders were holding a meeting, and captured the elders. Two of this men promised to leave the city and were released. Two others refused to made such a promise, and the mob, after stripping them of their clothes, painted their bodies with ultra-marine and pa raded them through the streets. - - '