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, TffV ' " ' V \ ?be Xanraster Hedgw. ' | A New9pmpm. fa Oh PrxmuMan *UU Polities, Sbetai, AgrieuUwral ami Commmerrial Inter**U. J Tp J . ' ? ... ? oib nl?w?n.KLY. L A N (J A 8 T K K S. 0, N O Y E M H E R 2H 1*99 *.NTaHL1*. Kb l*W X9E EXECUTIVE COMMIT- ! TUE VWV nDDOinnnm nnm u TEE. tftctline of Chief Plunks for Ne Year. A "Paramount Issuo.' 'Cbicago, Nov 20.?The Dem Mtatic national executive commi ftftor a brief session todu; adjourned sino die, to meot at t1 caM of Vice Chairman Johnsoi ?lt w?? practically agreed amoi members of tho couimitti fcfeafc meetings of the execute buuVy will be held every GO day -MM4i no session prooaoiy will i !hei*a 'before January. No ne bowiness wan taken up at today ?snon, the members dovotir of their time to a discussu 2jb? general situation and tl outlook in their several States. Xhe -entire matter of the pla sad date of the national commi Ifcse meeting was placed in tt &* *]? of Chairman Jones, \vl miX> issue the call. lie refusi i&wSay to state when the meeting w ?e relied, hut some time in Jai vxatv is favored, with WaahingU lite place of meeting. Chai <Tenes will leave Chicago fi ngton tomorrow. The sei Aim.mt of the members of tl CM?binittee was unanimous tb Hkjs .Democratic national conve ttfui will endorse the (Jbicaj iplatfr.riu in its entirety unci th .saetfti-trust and anti-imperialist gxtanks would uIho he adopte was willing to express t wfiUMoa as to the purumount issi im the campaign. convention nan adopt ijlwfcfcrta, but it cannot create pmramout issue," said Vice Uhaii Johnson. 4'The pcop vtAecnselves do that. It is evid6n sdhacgh, that the trusts and in gweedaViet issues are very prominei xt present." Punished for Miscegenation. lacy West, Fla. Nov 21.?Ai ?sie P >y, * white woman who ri marrintl u nourn nonr !i?r. nw.* today given a sentence of fiv y*rs in the penitentiary on th ?tfuirge of miscegenation. Ht oojgro husband got one year o tb? ?ame charge. fl'ityfirt. Buirgie*; Buggies galore ? ??Kgl en good, Buggies better, Ihn gies Beat KteqRgiee big, Buggies little, Buggit ?u every story? Picggies for comfort and Buggies I lent, VIP WEHAVE H m DLUUITj 1 mil it ALMOST wrrHfliUJ OUT NUMBEf Of a!1 grades aud at prices rang tear; "j'rom $30 for a pood top hug gg? ?q tip. In fact, just at th we are making a specialt ? ?T)G(iIKS. Our larpo weet at- i? r_ ii * - ' ? ' - iy wm *h me secret 01 our oein sell a good BUGGY fc Sf? lilTTLE MONEY. o hitd continurrt t? oro^ will in popular fa vol j junny ?ood gentl i ufc/lli horhei ?umi7|n[.l STYLISH dCfU-llulj TURNOUT AND CAREFUL DRIVERS. Ttmmtyal Wagons and Harness, to 4bH?Bd ??e us. 1UU07T A CRAWPORI "Qy I'ay your subvcripiion ( \ Jb nun hud rn&oii/Ei'vi UIJA xt Mr. Hobart Collapses Sodden After a Rally. o^ Burial Saturday?Frye Ilia Su y^ cesser. lio ^ New York,Nov 21?Vi:o Presidei ^ Hobart died at his homo in Pate 3e son at 8:30 o'clock this jnorninj Shortly before midnight he awol H and spoke a few words. Wh lH,' they were is not disclosed, bi (W immediately he became nncoi >? scions and he continued in a con * i ' atose state the balance of tl ,n!ni<rht. His physician ascribt l)e!his death to heart failure. He had been seriously ill thr? c?I months and was thought to I t? !dyini? a month aj;o. Subsequent! le | ho rallied and only yesterday wi jo ! anle to sit up. ;d The members of his househo ill were all present when the er i came. He passed away quiet I' >n His improved condition yesterds r-I caused the announcement of h ur death to he rece'ved with mut n- surprise. 'ie The funeral will he at 2 o'clot Saturday afternoon. The vice presidency now h *? comes vacant for the rest of Pron ? (dent McKinley's term, as the la 1L provides no successor. The pre* ( ' dent pro tern, of the senate to I in elected by that body on the a Lle semhling of congress will ho office until March, lt>01. Frye, i ft Maine, now holds the office and ? the vice president1 ssuccessor. I r" will undoubtedly si.cceed himsel le _ l? RACK RIOT, a 11 * Between Negio Troops and Cit zens of Rio Grande City.? Texans Aroused. Rio Grande Cit y Texas, No 1 22.?The United States troops t Fort Ringold : ro still confined t barracks prepared to resist an r ? further attack hy citizens. Ca\ 10 airy from Fort Brown, Fort Sai Houston and Loredo expect to ui J rive hero sometime today. Adj jtant General Schurry, of Goverr ? or Sayers staff, has ordered a j Texas Rangers on tho border t (' hasten overland to Fort Ringgohi ?8 Austin, lex, .Nov 21 ?Todii Gov Sayers was in receipt of lo telogram from the commumlin officer of the United States troop at San Antonio conveying the in ^ formation that there had been race riot at Rio Grande City lai t, night between the federal nogr r troops stationed there and th * citizens of that town. About th j time this telegram was receive another came from tho count judge at that place and they ar somewhat confusing. The mili >r tary com nandcr at San Antonir General McKibbon, telegraph that the report he received fror the commander at Fort Ringgolc V near Rio Grande City, states th* t. all tho troops wore in the garnso Itlit niorllt n ( 7 ?li y, , .www ?V . \/ vit/vn n nun lii citizens of that town advanced o the fort and fired upon the guiiri The guard returned the fire an $ the entire garrison waa at one called to arms. 0 The citizens continued thei firing upon the fort and tho so | diers returned the fire and finail ' had to bring their Gatling gnr into play to disperse the attacken to The commander states that h fears troabto and aaks for mot y I 11.1.413. Tho telegram from the county judge states that the negro sol- O In .. . . I lj (Iters in tho fort there deployed ' in a ravine on the edge of the! 1 town and fired into and over the I town for something like an hour ( re c" and a half, shooting into a number I pa i of houses wounding one man, and m frightening the women and chil- on dren sc> badly that a number of; an 'l them had tle<l to tho surrounding of ? ranches for safety; that the at- ge to tack was entirely unprovoked and ah il* tiiat the comtnhnity was highly tli 11 * incensed and further trouble was ! to looked for at onee. j in< le - ? * I an 3s GEN WHEELER AS A I p. WULTEK. i 301 ?I . Su ... Another Letter in Which he Ad-1 . .... Aj lv' voeates Annexation of Philip1 > 1 1 1 on us pines. j lfa loi U| Huntbville, Ala., Nov 22. ? In .,11 a letter from Santa Rita, Luzon, . ITU ! to un admirer in this eity, Gen Y I thi 1 .Joseph Wheeler discusses condiIV . 1 . I osi lions in the .inlands. Ho udvo-1 VTI ... eatos their annexation. . , 11 lsl (ten Wheeler writer a ; ti 1110 is passed for tho people of the United States to discuss the ^ question of what is to he done 0 ... T with the Philippines. While we have not advanced far into the ?.,j '. country, yet the territory control> led by the United States contains . lie . ln more than a million people. We ^ , . have tho people to understand |l| 9 **' ^ that we.are hero to remain and ^ very many o' them have commit" j j ted themselves to uh. If we were ro to abandon tho country, these people who desire American pro ti( tection will he subjected to all j kinds of reprisals, their property would ho c ntiscated and many of 1 , ? * I I I ttC< them killed. he "For us to go on and conquer -nj the country and then withdraw v our army and abandon the country lt would make matters worse than to 0 leave it now. We would have in ^ duced more people to adhere to m|j us and therefore would loavo tnorc re< n people to become the victims of nej r avenge. ca) " There is another vie /: Wo j)r, , drove out tho Spaniards who had II lieen the governing power nearly A<. (( 400 >ears. For us to withdraw thi 1 would leave a condition of anarchy 10 and foreigners who own property kn in the country would have cer ar< ^ tainly a strong moral claim ,s against tho United States for Rn, ^ their losses. _o ! WL (l i "1 think the people generally tot 4 want peace. Of course Aguinal- wh () do and his officers are reluctant to his l01 yield their power und many of ba< e i their soldiers are pleased with th? (1 j their duties, as for the first time wi y in their Uvea thoy have guns and I be t, with the connivance of the officers hai j. are permitted to rob the people a i , and commit outrages. Under a sui is K00<1 government this country bai n would i>e one of wealth and our , I connection with it would be of great benefit to the United wj n States. va ie "The evil feature of these is- tei n lands have been cm 1. Their extent is ?o great from J north to south and the variation ro| :e of the altitude ia such that tbore raj is a groat variety of climate and raj ir produ?tion. Americana will find Qp I tbia an excellent field for enery K"*" it we i. The new Presbyterian church ?a to at Greenwood has been dedicated. m< e I It coat $ 17,000. wi AUUINALDO ESCAPES. cnerals Young and Wheuton Failed to Close in on Him, Manila, Nov '22?(ien Young i ported that Aguinaldo, with a | irtv of 200, including some wo i en and a few carts passed Aringy j i the coast hot ween San Fabian | d San Fernando in tho province | Union on Friday, Nov 17. The | neral adds that Aguinaldo proh- | ly intends to striko inland | rough the Binqua mountains 11 ward Bayomhong, in the prov-h ce of Nueva Visaya. |] General Young, with cavalry d Maccabees, is pursuing the lipino leader, part of theAmcri n force taking the direction of ,n Fernandinh. In a tiirht with uinaldo's rear guard at Aringy 0 Maccahhue was wounded and e insurgents retreated. Their i8 unknown. The opinion of many military j m and of resident foreigners is . ^ ( at Ago inuldo has piobubly, uapod by changing the seat of ir into the northern part of tho and. They think he has taken considerable army with him. lis, if true, will tiecessite a new series of operations on 11 part, and Aguinuldo has gained temporary strategic advantage, lose holding this view point out e fact that tho insurgents ncvei tended to hold the alleged capi 1 at Tarlac as a permanent capital, . it u'Ai only alighlty fortified. ley also claim that the railroad . idge left intact whilo much ^ lling stock wua :burned and det oyed indicate that a rapid re jat was made several weeks . ck. 1 ! i This retreat must have been j i L'ompiished at the time Lawton ! ^ gan his San Isidro movement. r lorefore the insurgents have had y ne to move out their principal' ( pplies and munitions. It is | io a fact that our circle of tioopdi s been closed up so far without! iterial resistance, except in the j ?ion of escape to the north, * ir Whoaton's column. The! itured supplies, too, have ' lived insignificant compared j th those that would he required, i f juinuldo's supposed array in i1 is valley was estimated ut from H ,000 to 20,000 men. Their * own large quantities of artillery 1* 5 still unaccounted for. l \ The opinions . f General Otis d General Schwun differ some 1 lat from this view. Thev sav " 'c lay that they do not know lether or not Aguinaldo, with i i uraiy, has escaped into the to- i cco valley to the north. If so, !c jy doubt whether he has escaped 16 th any considerable force. They * lieve that Aguinaldo himself a gone, lhey also believe that :onsiderable number of the in-'( rgent force is scattered in small ' ids within our lioes as amigos ( (renerals Otis nrwl S<?h?rnr? fViinU ' - ^/v,M -WM lutim | it within twenty-four hours we 1 li control -tho Manila-Dagupnn ' I ley. The occupation of this ( ritory is now more of a me- 1 anical than a military problem. 1 General Otis says that the railid repairs will be rushed. New ( its will he laid and the bridges * iaed. The railroad will be ' erated throughout in a short The general opinion here is that i have gained a tremendous ad ntage over the insurgents. Com- \ srcial men hope that the valley < 11 be quickly and permanently < Rurrisoncd and that agricultural interests will be protected. It is impossible to sav bow 1 large a t'oice Aguinaldo has been able to hold together, or whether after the losses of the railroad ] people in the north they will still '1 support him. Is This whole movement has shown ' the advantage of cavalry for ex- M peditious operations in the Phil $ lippines. The fall campaign has t been remarkably vigorous. It is je believed here that Aguinaldo'sj retreat to the north in no way uf- i fects the confronting insurgent," force south of Manila. , o s 1 V LAWPENCE LYNCHED. i(1 Literally Torn to Pieces Loaded ^ With Lead ? Mrs Bowman s Avenged by her ; r Neighbors. I a Pensacola, Fla, Nov 22.? The I ^ >ody of West Lawrence, the negro I iend who recently assaulted Mrs William Bowman, was found wingimr from a tree near the' icene of his crime, in the McDavid j leighborhood, this morning liter ! j illy torn to pieces with riflle, gun ind pistol bullets The armed posse of the Bownans' neighbors have been con- | ^ itantly in the woods and swamps I since the crime, following every . ihidow of a trial. u Yesterday they found Lawrence in the woods and he was toofatig iied from hunger and his long journey to attempt to escape. Lawrence's captors carried him I ;o the home of Mrs bowman last j light, where he was positively Lj (lentified, and near the hour of I a nidnight he was strung up to a j leighhnring tree and his bodyi vas tilled with lead tired from r< ifles, guns, pistols and every ^ landy thing tout would carry powler. s A WISE DECISION. S s'egro Children in New York Must Attend Negro Schools. (] fc New York. Nov 29?The an- I - 7 ; ' ? "" 1 I" lellnte division of the supreme 1 p :ourt in Brooklyn has denied the a .ppeal of Klizabeth Cisco, negresH, rom the decision of the special r( erm refusing a peremptory writ n >f mandamus to compel the school j, >oard of Queens borough to ad f( nit hor children to the public chool on Brenton avenue, Jamai- 1 a, and make no distinction on tccount of color. Mrs Cisco laimed the right to have her hildren accepted as pupils in the n ichool in question, but was told r hat thoy must go to a separate ti ichool for colored children. ^ Justice Goodrich, writing the 81 opinion for the appellate division, ' *ays that the provision of the ^ constitution which provides that 11 squal school facilities shall ho furnished to al1 children cannot ^ >e held to mean that the white 8 children and the black children ^ mist he permitted to attend the same schools. As to the question of the excellence of the instruction in the /I ichools for negro childien in comparison with the schools for white n o children, Justice Goodrich does lot find that there is any differnce. The 1st Tennessee regiment, t srhich reached San Francisco several days ago, has been mustered >ut of service. f FOUND CHESr OF GOLD. rhe Wrecks of Spanish Warships Prove Lucrative \linin<*. Santiago de Cuba, Nov 22 ? ['he wreckers working on the unken Spanish armored cruiser Mmiruntc Oquendo yesterday liscovered a chest containing >10,000 in Spanish trold, which he Cendoya company, the firm mployinp the divers, will retain. Work on the cruiser has heen n progress for five months and nany thousands of dollars worth f treasure 1ms heen seemed. The afe was found in the bottom, .. i l /.ii i - - -? nine ii jeii during 111o nurning if tho ship. Only a few days ago tho wreekrs began on the torpedo hoat dotroyer Furor. They have aloady round a service of heavy ilver plate. Experts asserts, ftor inspecting the destroyer, hat she might easily have been aised and repaired. The wreckng operations have proved a ource of large leturns to the ompanies, estimated at $500,000. >rohihition Bill Passes in tho House ? Wild Enthusiasm. Atlanta, Ga., Nov 29?Tho Yillinghum prohibition bill passed he house this afternoon 03 to 05. n the galleries tho enthusiasm was .I most wild and it was some min* ites before order could be rc tored. A dispensary bill, a substitute vas overwhelmingly defeated. The bill as passed, provides for general prohibition throughout he State and contains only such mendments as its friends offered, t goes to the senate tomorrow nd there will bo another battle nyal over tho measure before that ody. lr DAG Onzts Going to Greenwood. pecial to Tho State. Groenwood, Nov 21. ? Mr D A r Ouzts has located in Greenwood ir the practice of law and is pening an office on law range, le will move bis family here bout the first of January. Mr Oozts said today that his Bmoval to Greenwood was no ew idea with him; that it has een his intention to locate hero or several years. wo New State Senators and One New Member of the House. The State board of canvassers let yesterday and canvassed the eturns from several special elecions, declaring tho results. Mr r* I ^oriviAft w u a /Inolo ro.l ?1 oof n/1 IVL/VlliiWtb TT na MV tUM LU UIUUIUU enator from Horry county; und lr Croaeon will succeed Col iriffith in tho senate from Lexngton county. Mr Hrantley was eclared elected a member of the ouae from Orangeburg county to uccoed Dr Sturkie, resigned.? he State, 22(1. The Daughters of the Con fedracy have agreed to undertake he task of collecting a fund sufcient to erect a monument to the lemory of Jefferson Davis, to ost 150,000, and they know no uch word as fail in efforts of this ;ind. Of the sum required $20,>00 has already been secured by he Davis Monument association. |3F~Have you forgotten to >ay your subscription to Ledger?