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MORE TALK OK REMOVING I The matter of Otin' ? :n " * 1"
.OTIS.
President Said to bo Nearly Persuaded
to Change. ? More
Active Man Needed.
Washington, Sept. 27.?There)
has been a revival recently of reports,
traceable to more reliable j
sources than heretofore, that Gen.
Otis will bo relieved as director |
of military operations in the Philippines
and some active and de~ j
tormiued .officer placed in command.
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War Department officials deny 1
that thero is any dissatisfaction <
with Cien. Otis or his methods of 1
fighting the Filipinos. These of-11
ticials state thai Gen. Otis will i'
conduct the entire military opera* '
tions when the campaign opens, <
and they now insist there is no 1
purpose to distort* his present 1
status ai governor general and 1
commander of the army in the '
Philippines. I1
As governor general Otis has
given satisfaction, hut as a soldier i
directing military operations there (
is a wide difference of opinion as <
to his efliciency. It is alloged
that ho devotes more attention to 1
civil affairs than to the army, and >1
that he lacks that attribate so de- 1
sirahle in a successful officer, te- 1
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nacity of purpose. His vacillating
methods during the campaign ,
last spring are now slid to have
resulted in more failure to follow <
up advantages secured after bard (
and persistent fighting than the
administration has knowledge of.
Only his chief commanders?Mac- |
Arthur and Lawton ? know all !
the facts in connection with scv6ral
expeditions which wore ox-1
ploited over the cables as decisive j<
victories.
The President has learned from ,
several sources, however, the gen- L
erahdissatisfaction felt by military |
mon, both at Manila and at homo, |(
at the report that (ion Otis will
soon bo retained in command of j,
the immense army that will soon I,
be in the Philippines. Gjn. Otis L
it is alleged by his critics, could
not successfully handle 25,000
men, the number ho had last
spring. With 00,000 men on
the tiring line, it is declared lie
would bo even more incompetent:
to deal with the problem of the
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subjugation of the Filipinos. The j
President has been told, so it is j
reliablv slated bv Mr n
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of the Philippinecommission, that
both ho and his colleagues were
satisfied that tho interests of the ,
army and tho government require I
some more active and alert com
timndor at the head of the troops
?someone, it is said, like Gen*
Law ton.
Gen. Miles is ready to assume
command in tho Held, and is anxious
for tho detail, and now that
his relations with the War Department
are more amicable, it is not
improbable that, when tho troops
have been landed and tho campaign
is ready to open, he may
be ordered to Manila. Tho subjugation
of the Filipinos by next
spring at the latest is of vital political
importance to the adminis
tration. Failure to end tho war
by that time would evoke the sev
crest stricture!) on the administration,
and on Gen. Otis if he is
retainod.
These considerations have not
been overlooked by the administration,
which will not hesitate to
depose Otis if it believes another
man will achieve greater results.
e
^
not enter into the subject, al
though to relievo him of the command
would he a blow to his
pride, and would imply lack of
confidence by the government in
his military ability. There is not
likely to bo any change before
November, however.
Nothing Seems Able to Check Up- ;
ward (Jourbe of Cotton.
Now York, September 127.?
The bull contingent in tho local
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cotton market continues to score
unparalleled successes. Including
today's phenomenal rise the total
advance within the lust 10 days
lias been nearly 100 points. Time
lifter time, on the rise, holders of
cotton have sold for profits on the
[>ld idea that the market, under
the ordinary order of things, uiust
aecessarily suffer a reaction. Developments
regularly proved that
the previous customs counted for
naught in this particular instance.
The investment public entered
into speculation *?itha vim seldom
equalled and seetnod to have tho
utmost confidence in tho market.
After a somewhat irregular
npening the course of prices was
steadily upward. Shortly after
midday .January touched
this being a net gain of 21 points.
Commission houses, Europe, the
south, shorts and tho bull faction
all bought freely. Taken as a
wholp, tho day here witnessed one
of the most excited sessions recorded
in over a vear.
COL. NEAL'S CASE.
Says he Will Settle up Saturday)
or Monday.
Columbia Record, 26th.
Attorney General Bollinger received
a letter from Colonel ?Neal
this morning. In it ho says ?that
ho will 1)0 in Columbia Saturday
or Monday prepared to settle his
indebtedness to the state. lb'
doesn't say whether ho intends to
settle for the $3,500 he aeknowl-'
edgos is due or the $1 1,000 that
is charged against him. .
He asks that this time he extended
him and requests that his
bondsmen he not pushed further
until he can settle.
Mr. Bollinger says he will tie
here at the time mentioned to re- I
ceivo a settlement, tint in the
meantime his action against bonds- J
men will remain in statu quo. <
The bondsmen have been request- i
ed to settle, tint as this has not
been done, the proposed suit'
against them which is to come at
the Octotier term of court will
not tie dropped unless in the
meantime the settlement is made.
Even if all the money is paid,
it is not likely that the criminal
action against Colonel Neal will
be diopped. But he would stand
a much bettor chance of acquittal ,
if he does pay up.
The last time Colonel Neal was
in the city it was generally expected
that ho was ready to settle.
But his attorneys said they knew
nothing of such intention. In I
their consultation with the attor-!
noy general nothing was accomplished
and the amount ho will bo
held for remained the same as be- j
fore.
The city of Columbia haiTsoki
ita old city hall property to the
Carolina National bank, for $26,100.
The city has bought another
lot for $14,000 lower down on
Main street.
niicf cimrnvsuin fertilizer fac- r
tories tBring ?081,000.
Special to The Stato.
Charleston, Sept. 26.?The I
deal which has been pending for}''
several weeks between the Yir- '
ginia-Carolina company and the '
Standard and the Imperial Fcrtil- u
izer companies for the purchase of ,l
the latter bv the former was deli- n
nitely concluded last evening, and 11
this morning the money was paid
over and tho stock delivered.
The Oakland Mining company, s'
which has a lease on the St. An -1rt
drew's property on Stono river, I U(
was also included in the deal and *
was sold along with the inanufac-|,l'
turing companies to the Virginia- 01
Carolina company.
I'he Standard brought ?105 per
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....... V,, Iiinnui^ ill IIMIIIU II11 111 OtJl H I
u purchase price of ?400,000 for
the company. I n
The Imperial brought ?140 per o
share, or ?245,000 total* | tl
The Oakland, with a capital a
stock of ?16,000, was bought for li
?36,000.
The companies were bought \
outright, except the Oakland, the p
profits of which up to date are re- si
tained by tho old owners. The ti
stock, plans, products, assets and 1
good will of the Standard and the
Imperial pass into tho possession ?
of tho Virginia-Carolina Ckouii- Q
cal company. I
M EXI CO TO G RO W COTTON. 11
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Will be Independent of tho United 1
States and Become a Competitor, a
City of Mexico, Sept 28?The ii
English line of steamers to ply c
fietwecn Chilean ports, touching n
at Callao and Guayaipiill, and tl
Central American and Mexican A
west coast ports, will begin voy- ^
ages .January 1, and it is believed t(
here that Mexico will greatly in- .o
crease its trade to tho Southern "
American Pacific ports. Before h
the determination was entered up-111
on to put on these steamers, the v
merchants hero were consulted, t<
.
and it is believed that as soon as p
Mexico produces her own cotton f
in suflicient quantities for her r
mills she will be able to sell cot jc
t?n in South America in com pet i "
tion with the United States, Eng- p
land and other countries on a gold , h
basis. i t
American capital is going intoj
the development of lands appro- s
priate to cotton culture along the ?
Balsas river, near the Pacific coast, i ?
and New York capitalists now j t
hero behind t lie movement ure p
confident thut enough cotton will t
he produced to emancipate .Vlexi- c
co entirely from the American ?
supply. Every year the amount 1
of domestic cotton increases, and i I
fully one half the amount used >
here is native product. Mexico's If
policy is to remain on the silver ! f
basis, and after supplying the J n
home markets with manufactures t
invade South America. t
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ItFd) no r FUO>l THF .
OIJN
Was the ball that hi* G 11
Stead men of Newark, Mich., in
the Civil War. It caused hor- I
rihle Ulcers that no treatment t
helj>ed for 20 years. Then BuckIon's
Arnica Salve cured him. j
Cures Cuts, Bruises, Boils, Felons, (
Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile
cure on earth. 25 cts. a box. 1
Cure guaranteed. t
T? Car* C**atlp*M*m VortTtr. 1
Tkkt OUMrtli OMdr Cathartic. 10a av la. ,
UCO.a fall I* aw*. wioMa rata *4 laaay. "
Hews and Humors From the
Philippines.
Manila, Sept 27, 9:55 a m ?
'he American authorities have
eclincd the request of General
aramillo, the Spanish officer who
> settling Spain's military affairs
3 the Philipphino islands, to send
vessel under the Spanish Hag to
nllect the Spanish prisonors at
lsurgent ports, as stipulated by
io Fi'ipinos, on the ground that
io ports are closed, that such a
top, therefore, would bo unlawll,
and bcause they declined to
ecept the Filipino's dictation,
be authorities are ready to send
n American vessel. The Spanish
immission, therefore, will rolin
to effeet an arrangement for
io delivery of the prisonors on
oard an American vessel.
Aguinaldo has issued 11 statemnt
saying the warlike activity
f the Americans has prevented
in concentration of the prisoners,
s intended, but they will be devered
Oct. 19.
The Tagals of the island of
? ^
linduno have expressed their
Dadiness to accept American
nvereignty in exchange for pro;ction
against the harrassing
Moros.
A native officer has offered Mnj
ten Otis 1,000 Macabehee tribes
len to fight the Tagals of the
jaguna de Hay district.
The troops engaged in the fightig
in Cebu belonged to the Nine^euth
infantry, Sixth infantry,
'weoty-third infantry and Sixth
rtillery.
The insurgents are trying to
icito the natives of Malahon, a
itv of 30,000 inhabitants, five
liles from Manila, to rise against
lie American gar'ison. Capt.
illen has been holding the place
nth two companies of the Sixecnth
infantry, but, on account
f the need of all the available
len at the front, his force has
icen reduced to 70 men. They
ow remain near the big chcvh
. here they aie quartered, being
00 few in number to attempt to
mtrol the town. Armed, uni
ormcd parties of the insurgents
ecently disembarked from (Jas
00s during the night, collected
lorey for the insurrection and
trenched revolt. Two mayors
ave l?een elucted hut both of
hem have declined to serve.
Malahon has been 111a le the
hipping point whence provisions
nd other stuff are brought from
danila by trains and shipped into
he hostile territory. The insurgent
seemed to ho trying to niako
heir good treatment of tho Amerian
prisoners a card by which to
juin outside sympathy. Two
Englishmen who huve arrived
itro from Tarlac report that the
\mericans uro treated more like
tuests than prisoners. They tiro
ed on the host that the country
iffords and everything is done
o gain their favor. A Filipi10
paper says that on the
>ccason of a recent fete at
S'ittoria, in celebration of a mythi:al
Filipino victory, the Ameri
an prisoners were given the
freelom of the town and tive
M3SOH each with which to celebrate
he ' victory."
Tie Englishmen also say the
Filipinos have offered all tho Amtricans
commissions in their army
tnd ;hat three of them have acjopted.
This is not believed.
TV.e American officers north oi
Vlan.la tell the correspondents oi
,he Aseociated Frees that Aguin<
aldo in attempting to enforce 'I
good governuiont, after the Aiu?
erican fashion, ordered his soldiers
to suppress a band of robbers, S
three of whom were executed at
Mariqnita. Ho has also prohibit- ' hi
ed gambling in the villages under p
his control. i b
Paterno, the president of the j rr
j so-called Filipino cabinet, has fal I h
'len into disfavor among the FilU,
i pinos on account of his peace pro- j hi
Iclivities. They suspect him of n;
j planning to repeat his treachery ; S(
! ot tho former insurrection, when ti
ho went over to the Spaniards and y
| they may expel him. | w
Aguinaldo has issued a decree % <
j inviting Filipino deserters to ro y
turn within a month, in which (1
case they will tie pardoned. ft
COL. JONES SETTLEi. ; f <
n
| Pays His Share of tho Shortage!
of Col. Neal's. I o
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Columbia Record. s<
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Following is a letter received ; P
! by the attorney general from;0'
Colonel Wilio Jones:
(Columbia, S. C., Sept. 29, 1899.
1 Hon. G Duncan Bellinger, Att'v *
Gen of S. C. Columbia; S. C.
j Dear Sir: In (compliance with I ^
your demand upon the bondsmen:11
| of \V, A. Neal, late superintend | ^
ent of the South Carolina peniten | h
tiary, I herewith enclose my
check on Carolina National Bank I i
1
for $937.47, this being one third1
of the amount of the shortage of
i Colonel Neal.
The shortago being represented f
i by the following items: , v
amount collected of J. H. j .
Fowler. December, 1S95 $ o00 00
; amount collected of \V cj. "
j Hammond, Nov 1805 500 (to > n
i Amount collected of Fowler
A- H ammoud ami kept ' .
Feb. 1S97 .WO 05 1
| Amount collected of \V. T. j h
MeGill, brick sold >?t I)eSaotoiure
farm 40 on j
j 5 book cases m ?1J each on 00
I hat rack 10 on
1 8 small tables at eaeli I'd no |
I b dstead 10 (10 ! e
Painting furniture at borne in on (
Tihi bushels cotton seel at 15 '
Cep.ts per bushel. 105 00
Commissary account for 8
years 888 'JO ^
Collected of .1 J. Fret well
or oato, April, *I*9K 887 17 ,l
v
Total S'J.MJ 41
Please allow me to thank you ;
for your uniform courtesy and
fairness in all my dealings with j
i you in this matter, and commend
yon for your great zeal in looking*
after the interests of the state.
I have the honor to remain
very respectfully, your obedient ^
servant, ; I
I
\\ die .Jones, ii
SIX WKUK KILLED.
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Cadet Wood and Five Men Slain .
i I'
i on Ardaneta.
i Manila, Sept. 29, 9 .a. in.?Iti*
is reported by a poison who litis
i just arrived from Turdae that I
Naval Cadet Wei horn C. Woods, |
f
i who was in command of the Uni-I j
; ted States gunboat Crdaneta re-1 j
. cently captured and destroyed by ! (
tbo insurgents in the Orani river, 1
A. I *1 1 *? ? ?? '? ' '
i mi uiu noruiwesi siue 01 Manila I *
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bay, where she was patrolling, ^
i and five of the nino enlisted men j
forming the crew, were killed c
i during tho fighting previous to <
. the destruction of the vessel.
The four other men and tho *
. captured cannon?a one pounder, J
a rapid-fire gun, a Colt machine <
' gun and a Nordenfeldt 25-milli!
metre gun ?were conveyed to Ma*
> lac. I
'hree Murder Cases Tried at
Union Court.
ipecial to The State.
Union, Sept tio?Court is in
pssion now, Judge R C Watts
residing. This has heen a very
usv court, as there were three
under ca^es besides many other
nportant trials.
H West, who killed his wife
ist year, was found guilty of
lanslaughter and sentenced to
;ven years in the State penimtinry.
This is the third time
/est has been tried, but tbere
as a mistrial each tune until the
erdict was found at this court,
/est was thought to be a good
tizen and comes from a good
imily.
Sheriff .1 G Long was acquitted
>r killing his deputy, Joe Galllan.
John Inmi n, a we'l thought
f young man from the county,
as found guilty of forgery and
antenced to two years in the
enitentiary. Mr Inman ran for
ounty superintendent of educa*
on at the last election.
The boy from Lockhart who
'as tried for killing his playmate
as acquitted. They were plying
all and he had boon teased so
luch by his playmate that he
truck him in the head, killing
im inatartly.
fund reds of Lives Lost in British
India.
Calcutta. Sept 27?No rain has
alien since last reports in the
icinity of Darjeeling,in the lower
iimulava, where Sunday night
;reat damage was wrought and
nitiy persons were killed by
arthquukcs, floods and landslides,
hiring last night several other
indslides occurred.
The l'hool bazaar was completely
overwhelmed and 2u0 people
~>st their lives.
At Tanisonghustee 21 bodies
ave been recovered, and it is bcieved
that 20 others have perished.
At Darjeeling 1"<? fatalities oc
urred.
Landslides have also occurred
t Murmeh and there, too, several
,'ere killed.
DKWKV A UK IV ICS HOMK.
le Got in Cnoxpcctedly Two
Days Ahead of Tune.
New York, September 20?The
)lympia, with Admiral George
)e\vey aboard, arrived this morneg,
two days ahead of schedule
iiwie. The Olympia was sighted
A| 4. ? 4J 1 .. If l- I *
uuiuuiim in oiiiuiy hook IliZiiihip
at 5:49 and dropped anchor
n the lower bay at 7:15.
H 5 I,I.ION S GI V EN A WAV
It is certainly gratifying to the
mblic to know of one concern in
he land who are not afraid to he
generous to the needy and sufFerng.
The proprietors of Dr King's
Sew Discovery for Consumption,
Joughs and Colds, have given
>vor ten million trial bottles of
his great medicine: and have the
satisfaction of knowing it has
ibsolutely cured thousands of
lopeless cases. Asthma, liron*
hitis, Hoarseness and all diseases
)f tho Throat, Chest and Lungs
ire surely cured by it. Call on
Jrawford Bros' Druggist, and
jet a free trial bottle. Regular
lize 50c. and $1. Every bottle
guaranteed, or price refunded.
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