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bE^WkfcKLY. L A N (' A 6 1 E K 8. Q * MAY 27. 1899. ESIA BLlst-. KU \tM
FIGHTING AGAIN. |governornorthenstirsI an ATBrtrinno nrun i pvave r./MxrxT MV I ~
HEAVY FIRING ALL ALONG
THE LINK.
Filipinos Attacked by Americans,
Suffer Severe Loss?Insurgents
Made Strong
Resistance.
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Filipino commission is in conference
here looking to peace there
is heavy firing all along the line
around Manila.
Generals MacArthur and Funston,
with Kansas and Montana
regiments and Utah battery, have
dispersed 800 insurgents entrenched
on the railroad beyond San
Fernando, near Santa Arita.
American scouts were tired
upon from the trenches unexpectedly
and withdrew.
The tiring was heard at San
Fernando and General MacArthur
assembled his/troops and marched
on the city after the scouts.
The Montana regiment flanked
the trenches on the left and the j
Kansas regiment attacked the j
enemy's right flank, General |
Funston leading the charge at ;
double quick.
Th?* Insurgent's loss was large,
many prisoners being captured
and it is reported that twenty
Americans were wounded. Two
companies of the 3d infantry and
two companies of the 22d infantry,
forming General Lawton'a
rear guard, returning from San
Miguel to Balanag yesterday, escorting
a signal party which was
picking op wire laid with Gen.
Gaw ton's expedition, found that
the insurgents had reoocupied the
country and hard fighting follow*
ed from daylight until the American's
camped at night. But the
troops completed their work
though harrassed by the eoeiuy.
One American was killed and
lourteen wounded.
The troops captured 20 prisoners
and thirty rifles.
Two Young Men Killed Near
Fair Bluff.
Charleston, 8 C., May 24.?
News comes from the usually
peaceable county of Horry, this
State, of a tragedy In Floyd's
township, bordering on North
Carolina, last Saturday night.
Two young men named Elving>
ton, sons of a widow lady, were
killed by young Powell, son of V
T Powell.
Two other young men Grainger
and Williamson, are implicated in
the killing. No particulars have
been obtained. It is said that
jealously was the cause of the
trouble.
A THOUSAND TONGUES
Could not express the rapture
of Annie E. Springer, of 1125
Howard st., Philadelphia, Pa.,
when she found that Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumpton
htil (Vtmnlotttlu I-?? -M -
wuj|rivvviy lior U1 &
hacking oough that for many
year* had made life a burden. All
other remedies and doctors could
give her no help, hut she aays of
this Royal Cure-*-"it soon removed
the pain in my cheat and i
can now sleep soundly, something
1 can scarcely romember doing
before. I feel like sounding its
.praises throughout the Universe."
So will every one who tries Dr.
King's New Discovery for any
trouble of the Throat, Cheat or
Lungs. Price 50c. and $1.00.
Trial bottles free at Crawfotd
Bros' Drug Store; every bottle
guaranteed.
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BOSTON.
Never Before Had Facts Been So
Presented to Tbat People.
Boston, May 23.?The people
of Boston are showing deep interest
in the address of former Gov.
W. J. Northen, of Georgia, who
spoUo before the Congregational
club here last night but who,
through lack of time, was com
polled to curtail his Rpecch, although
he occupied more than
two hours. It was tho general
verdict today that the citizens
here have never before had such
an exhaustive statement of tho
attitude of the south on the negro
Some of Mr. Northen's state
ments did not meet with tho approval
of his audience, especially
those with reference to Uncle
"Tom's Cabin," but tho general
favor with which his statements
were received was shown by an
expression from the floor, when
the sj>eaker, prompted * by the
chairman, was about to close, bv
a person who moved ''that the
gentleman t>e permitted to deliver
the whole of his arbtraae J# it
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all night."
The motion was greeted with
applause and the speaker continued
for another half hour.
Although necessarily restricted
as to time, Bishop Arnett, whc
spoke for the negro, held the
close attention of the audience
and as he closed was given a
hearty handshake by ex-Gov.
Northen and a cordial invitation
to visit tho former chief executive
of Georgia at Atlanta.
PROMINSNT KNAVE OR FOOL.
Several prominent clergymen
of Boston discussed tho address
today, among them being Rev.
Dr. J. A. Mamilton, of the Congregational
church, who said:
' The ex-Governor evidently tried
to give the impression that the
colored man is the only offender,
that he has a monopoly of the
heinous forms of crime which is
at the bottom of the greater part
of the lynchings. If that is the
idea he desires to convey I stamp
it as false. 1 had occasion to visit
the south a short time since and
can truthfully state that the black
man has more ground for complaint
on this score than the
southern white man."
Rev. Dr. Edward A. Horton
said: "1 think that ex-Governor
Northen has greatly exaggerated
the true oentiiuent in the south. 1
believe, however, that the judges
and the true whito citizens of the
south deplore the lynching methods."
Good Evidence.
It may t>e of considerable in>
terest to litigants and lawyers to
know that the supreme court of
the (Jaited States has decided that
records of the Confederate StateH
are competent evidence.
This decision was made in hearing
the case of Sarah A. Oaks vs.
the United States. Her case went
to the supreme court from the
court of claims at Washington.
There are thousands of good
claims against the government
and this decision will supply the
' missing link and admit ^evidence
which has heretofore been unavailable.
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, Attempt at Grave Robbery in a j Sunt
Colombia Cemetery.
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A Fruitless Search for Valuables .y
?The Grave Left Open and (jwvt
the Lid Found Off the
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Columbia Record, 23d. jj
On last Sunday morning a hor- H'vi'
rible discovery was made at Elm- Cuba
wood cemetery. A grave had accoi
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i neen opened lor the purpose of most
robbery. The fiend or fiends belie
even went so far as to take the top t,j
off the coffin. They found how- urmv
; ever, nothing but bones and dust, behir
| After they had committed this ac|cn<
'awful deed they made no attompt (jecer
| to hide it, but left the grave open j8jan<
and the lid off the box. Dirt was ^eter
thrown around the place and
flowers were trampled upon. Coxe
The only reason that can be as- arj8t(
sighed for the attempted robbery pftrjs
is, that the inhuman beings were
! looking for valuables. myth
j About three weeks ago a meml>er
of a prominent family ef this for Q
city had the bodies of his ances- j
i tors exhumed and placed in one
large box and shipped to Colurn- (
bia from their original burial place. rema
Ho wanted the bodies interred ^
, here and upon their arrival they ^juj)a
i wore carried to Elmwood ceme- agajn
tery, where they were reinterred. apow
It is presumed that the parties
who committed this atrocious
i deed saw this large box when it
, I wus being taken to the cemetery
and imagined that it contained the
body of a rich person and perhaps
a number of valuables to which ^
the deceased was particularly &t^' ^ ,
1 tftcheiK | s Ha
The robbery is being thorough- Htree
ly investigated and, while sus- ^
picion does not point to anv one, w c
still if the guilty partv or parties ^ ^
are detected they will be severely
punished. This is a i?enitootiary UQ^
offense and the heaviest sentence ,
. . son 8
> should be given in this case.
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Northern Presbyterians Decide HTmy
on Question of Union.
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Minneapolis, Min., May 24.? g p ,
So far as official action is con- ^
cerned, the union between the tjme
Presbyterian church North and ^
church South is as far off as ever. . op
Taking up the proposition from o
the beginning of negotiations 8()me
with a view to reconciliation ^
favorod by many overtures. The ^
i committee on bills and overtures ,
any (
reported adversely to the general
assembly today. It was held inexpedient
to take any action this comj
y?ar* ly se
KOBBKDTHK ORAVK lM'H
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A startling incident, of which ..
Mr. John Oliver of Philadelphia, ?
was the subject, is narrated by My 1
him as follows: "I was in a most Ocea
dreadful condition. My skin was
i almost yellow, eyes sunken,
tongue coated, pain continually '
in back and sides, no appetite? *n u
gradually growing weaker day by tion.
day. Three physicians had given Paco
me up. Fortunately, a friend ad- ftble
, vised trying 4Fleetric Bitters; and
to my great joy and surprise, the
first bottle made a decided im- T'60
provement. 1 continued their use Monl
for three weeks, and am now a mills
well man. 1 know they saved my ones
life, and robbed the grave of an- .ue:r
other victim,'* No one should fail
to try them. Only 50 cts., Ku*r- i
an teed, at Crawford Bros' T)rug ^
Stare.
Grip makM mm Ml wsary sad mAsa. .
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CUBANS.
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h Carolina'* Ex Governor!
a a Bad Opinion of Gomez j
and His Followers. J
ashington, May 24.?Kx^ ?
irnor John Gary Evans, of ,
li Carolina, who, as a memf
General Ludlow's staff, at ^
ime had charge of the city (
avana, called at the White i
it- ?* ' '
luuitj . nw returned irom 1
about three weeks ago. His '
nits of Cuban conditions are |
interesting. He is a firm ^
ver in annexation,
f you could have seen the ,
that inarched into Havana (
id Gomez, you would have j
iwledged the impossibility of |
it self-government on that ,
J," he said. "Of all the
ogeneous assemblages ever j
?red, this was the worst,
y's army was a company of I
icratic gentlemen by com- j
on. All this talk about the (
otisaa of the Cuban army is a
i. They were largely aetu- ,
by a desire for plunder and j
fliee. They now want to rule ,
stand because they see their \
jes of looting the Treasury
not be good, so long as it.
ins under American control. ,
irn the island over to the <
ns would lie a worse crime ,
ist civilization than to have ,
ed the Spanish to rule it." ,
FORMATION WANTED. ,
t to Locate the Family of a
Dead Confederate.
1
>v KUertie has received the ,
wing letter from Mr Thomas
istings, 27th west Forty-sixth <
t, New York city:
tar Sir: At the hattlo of
le's station, March 25, 1865, \
Strait, Co. A., Twelfth (or '
ateenth) South Carolina vol.
irs, Wallace's Brigade, .John- 1
division, was mortally *
ided and died while I was *
i preaching temporarily in the
' of the north. 1 did not see
but some one gave me a New
iment, (the gift of his sister, '
Strait), which swas found in 1
K)cket. Of course at that 1
I could not send the hook to I
imily. All these years it has 1
hidden and forgotten, hut
ther day 1 found it among 1
relics. 1 feel that I ought
o keep it, hut 1 am utterly
lots as to how [ can reach
jurvivor of his family. If
sir, can give the matter in 1
*e of some veteran of Strait's
>any or regiment, I will gladnd
the volume by mail, for
ght he to some one a valued
orial. Pardon mo for troubyou
with so small a matter,
iddress for the dimmer is
nic, New Jersey.
i? Spartanburg mills are in
nusually prosperous condi- ?
The Free Lance say a the
let mills made the remarks
profit of 33 per cent, and
peaks volumes for the
did management of Capt.
tgomery. All the other large
, and also some of the smaller
made oyer 20 per cent, on
capital stock.
to Owe* CmSySia VWNA
iOiihiS OMiytlilliiwa IBs?rfl*
lanrtw ww.lriM<si ntmt amy.
f Pay your sob?cripiton to
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MRKl/ift KUt'USED HAIL.
Supreme Court Made Decision
Without Prejudice to Defendant
Special to Greenville News.
Columbia, S. C., May 24.?
The supreme court has refused to
rant bail to Will Meetze.
In announcing the decision of
.ho court Chief Justice Mclver
iaid a majority of court had
igreed that bail should not be
ranted.
No indication was given as to
tiow the individual memliers of
the court stood.
In requesting the attorney genaral
to draw up the order, the
chief justice said that he should
insert in it that the order refusing
bail was without prejudice to the
defendant in his forthcoming trial.
Shot and Killed for Defending a
White Woman.
The following is a description
if a monument erected in the
Newberry cemetery to the memiry
of Calvin Crozier, a Confederate
soldier from Texas, who
was murdeied in Newlierry after
the war by military authority:
The beautiful marble monument
is ten feet five inches high,
in a base of Newberry granite,
n the face of the white marble
ahaft the "Lone Star" of Texas
ippears. On the obverse of the
marble base is the name "Crozier''
in large letters. On the reverse
iide is the following stanza, from
Tiara's poem:
on, embalmed and sainted de*d
Drar hh the blood you gave;
No impious footsteps here shall tread
The herbage of your grave;
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While fame iter record keeps,
)r honor points the hallowed spot
Where valor proudly sleeps "
Oo the four sides of the blue
narbledie blocks are the followng
inscriptions:
kCalvin Crozier, born at Branion,
Miss., August, 1840. Muriered
at Newberry, S. C., SepLemlier,
18G5.
"After the surrender of the
Confederate armies, while on the
way to his home in Texas, was
:alled upon at the railroad station
at Newberry, S. C., on the
night of September 7, 1805, to
protect a young white woman
temporarily under his charge,
from gross insu'ts offered by a
negro Federal soldier of the garrison
stationed here.
"A difficulty ensued in which
the negro was slightly cut. The
infuriated soldiers seized a citizen
of Newtierry upon whom the}
were about to execute savage revenge,
when Crozier came prompt
ly forward and avowed his owe
responsibility for the deed, thut
refusing to accept safety by alow
ing a stranger to receive th<
violence intended for himself.
"He was hurried in the nigh
time to the bivouac of the regi
ment to which the soldier belonged
was kept under guard all night
wtH not. aIIawmI rnmmiinii>a(inr
with any citizen, was condemns
to die without even the form of i
trial and was shot to death abou
daylight the following mornini
and his body mutilated."
BMitr la Mm4 D*ty.
Clean blood manna n olaan akin. N<
taauty without it. Caacarata, Candy Oathai
be claan your blood and keep it ataan. b;
Sirring up tba laay Nrar and aririag all ion
iwitiaa from the body. Begin to-day t
xniaii pimplaa, boila, blatahea, blackfceadi
and that aiekly bilioaa aomplaxioa by takin
CWaearata,?baaaty lor tan aanta. All dn>|
giata. aatiafaetioa gaaraataad. 10c. 35c, 60c.
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| GILBERT CROSS LIVING.
Men Accused of His Murder Released.
Skeleton Mystery *
Unsolved.
Special to The State.
j Yorkville, May 23.? Sam Cbilj
ders and Al Feemster, the white
j man and negro who were committed
to jail last Frida}' pending
further investigation of the GiU
' bert Cross mystery, interest iu
which was revived by the finding
of the skeleton of a human hand
on the fianks of Bullock's creek,
have been released from custody.
Magistrate Plaxico went up to
Earl's N. C., and learned that a
1 boy who went by the name of
; Gilbert Cross, and who answered
> the description, had fieen working
at a saw mill there since the date
of Cross's disapjiearance from the
k Bullock's Creek neighborhood,
and upon his return he ordered
the release of the prisoners.
This seems to settle the case so
far as Gilbert Cross and Childers
and Fee meter are concerned, but
the identity of the suspicious
bones, which the doctors still insist
are those of a human being,
continue to !>e a source of mystery.
The people of the neighborhood
are still very much concerned
about the matter.
Mother and Son Killed by a Train
Near Spartanburg.
The wheels of the vestibule last
night were stained with blood-the
blood of a mother and son?who
met death beneath then yesterday
afternoon two and one-half miles
this side of Sp^gtanhurg, S. C.
The engine struck them while
the train was running at full speed.
The woman was killed instantly,
1 her bead l?eing cut off. The man
lived some minutes. The two
were mother and son. The woman's
n ime was Eliza Patterson.
She was quite old. Her son was
about 35 or 40. They had been
drinking and were too much intoxicated
to notice the approach
of the train, or to realize their
danger.
The woman's daughter witnessed
the horrible death ef the mother
and brother. She was standing
at the top of the embankment,
calling to them to come off the
' track, when the train turned the
curve and bore down upon them.
?Charlotte Observer, 25th.
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Reward for Firebugs.
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The governor has offerod a re.
ward of $100 lor the apprehen,
sion and conviction of the party
j or parties who recently set fire to
and burned the saw and grist
e mill of K. S. Muldrow in Florence
county, entailing a loss of $2,500.
t A reward of $100 has also been
offered as to the burning of the
barn and stables, with contents and
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six head of stock, belonging to R C
, Commander, also of Florence
\ county.
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