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Scraps and Jarts. ? Serious trouble broke out at Port au Prince, Ha.vti, last Sunday morning ami as the result of it a number of warships, including British, American, French and Herman are at that port to protect the lives of citizens of their respective nations. The trouble had I its origin in the summary execution of a dozen or more alleged revolutionists, who were captured during the night and shot at sunrise. All foreigners are very much frightened over the situation and terror reigns throughout the island. ? Washington, March 17: Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry will be commander-in-chief of the American battleship fleet when it leaves san Francisco in July to encircle the globe. This Important detail was decided on by President Roosevelt and his cabinet today. Rear Admiral Evans, on his personal request, will be relieved of the command at the conclusion of the big naval review at San Francisco, May Sth. The admiral considers this the completion of the work he was assigned to do? take the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific coast. Admiral Evans retires in August. To Rear Admiral Thomas comes the honor of commanding the fleet on its visit to Puget Sound and until the homeward journey begins. He has been second in command during the voyage and retires in October. These retirements make possible two promotions to the grade of rear almiral, and these are to be filled by the advancement of Captain Seaton Schroeder and Captain Richard Wainwright, who .vill command respectively the. third and fourth squadrons of the fleet, and Rear Admiral Emory the second. ? Declaring that the recent financial stringency in the country was brought about by the influence of the "Standard Oil" and J. Pierpont Morgan, Senator LaFollette in a speech on the Aldrich currency bill, entered upon a denunciation of men high in the financial world. "There were no commercial reasons for panic," said LaFollette, "there were speculative, legislative and political reasons why a panic migni stuc oj>cv.mi i.unv^, there were business scores to settle. There was legislation to be blocked and a currency measure that suited the system to be secured. There was a third term to be disposed of, and policies to be discredited." He severely criticised the provision of the Aldrich bill by which railroad bonds are to be made security for an emergency circulation. He said, "When once the government invites the national banks of the country to invest in them for the patriotic purpose of avoiding financial disaster those railroad bonds will become sacred papers. The good faith of the country will be pledged to defeat any legislation that suggests a disturbance of the four per cent dividend upon the stock." ? Caldwell, Idaho, March 18: Stating that he believed that Harry Orchard, in his testimony in the trials of William D. Haywood and George A. Pettibone for the murder of exGovernor Frank Stuenenberg, told the exact truth, attempting to conceal nothing, Judge Fremont Wood, in the district court today, recommended that the state board of pardons commute Orchard's sentence of death to imprisonment in the state penitentiary. The sentence of death was pronounced in accordance with the plea of guilty entered by Orchard on Tuesday of last week, when arraigned. Judge Wood presided at both the Haywood and Pettibone trials. In sentencing Orchard and recommending the commutation of his sentence, Judge Wood reviewed the case from tho time nf th<? killinc of Frank Stu enenberg to the present, including the arrest of Orchard, his confession, the arrest of Charies E. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners; William D. Haywood, secretary-treasurer of the federation, and George A. Pettibone and the plea of guilty entered by Orchard, to the charge of murder in the first degree, the punishment for which under the Idaho statutes is death. After the court proceedings Orchard was taken back to Boise and placed in the penitentiary. The board of pardons meets on April 1st. ? St. Petersburg. March 18: Lieutenant General Smirnoff was probably fatally wounded in a duel fought here this morning with Lieut-General Fock. The men met in the riding school of the chevalier guard regiment and fought with pistols, standing close to each other when the shots were exchanged. The duel was caused by memorandum written by General Smirnoff on the siege of Port Arthur, in which he questioned the courage of General Fock. The latter considered his honor and reputation involved and challenged the author of the memorandum. The duel occurred with the full knowledge and approbation of the military authorities. It was witnessed by special officers of high rank and it has been reported that several women were present. Shortly before ten o'clock Generals Fock and Smirnoff appeared at the riding school. Without saluting they took the places assigned by their seconds. The duelists were instructed to fire untli # one or the other was hit. At Fock's fourth shot Smirnoff groaned and sank, wounded in the abdomen above the hip. The word "fire" was given by General Kirsleff, a Russian authority on dueling. At the third exchange Smirnoff accidentally fired prematurely. but Fock magnanimously declined to shoot at his defenceless opponent and the fourth and final shots were then exchanged. The duel will be followed by another between Fock and General Gorbaloffsky, who was criticised by Fock during the court martial proceedings. General Smirnoff was the acting commandant of the Port Arthur fortress during the siege and at the time of its surrender to the Japanese. Afjer his return to Russia he prepared a secret report of the defense of Port Arthur which was the basis of the indictments on which General Stoessel. General Fuck and General Reiss were tried for their lives before a court martial. ? Washington, March 18: In the course of discussion of the cotton industry Mr. Hetlin, of Alabama, in the house of representatives today, referred to the falling off of the trade in this country in that staple. He declared that the south was not only the greatest region in the world for cotton, but had demonstrated that there was no other place in the world where cotton could be manufactured so cheaply and profitably. And yet, he said. England. China and Japan were geting most of the trade in cotton goods. If the United States wanted a fair share of that trade it must go after it. He pleaded that the cotton producers should be put upon the same basis as any manufacturer or mercantile business. The one obstacle that stood in the way of buying and selling cotton in the open, he declared, was the Xew York cotton exchange. which was the "rottenest on earth," and the various "bucket shops." He called upon congress to act, "and not be deceived by a suggestion from the White House that at some time in the pale distant future a commission may be appointed to look into the speculators' hands." The producers, he asserted, "have suffered the horrors that come from the gambling exchange year after year." There was. he said, an army of pro-l ducers in the west and an army of producers in the south, "marching, through their representatives, to this chamber, asking you to act now and drive from power the gamblers in the exchanges in Chicago and Xew York." Replying to a question by Mr. Fitzgerald. of Xew York, as to whether there had been any complaints of- injustice done by the exchange in grading cotton. Mr. Hetlin charged that the exchange had discriminated against the southern producer "a thousand times over." The Xew York cotton exchange, he declared, was the only in stitution that could sell one hundred million bales of cotton in one season. The output of cotton, he said, "has nothing to do with this heartless and thieving game." Mr. Heflin severely arraigned Theodore Price, who, he charged, had a substitute on the floor of the exchange, notwithstanding he had resigned his membership, lie referred to the case of Assistant Statistician Holmes of the agricultural department, who was indicted on the charge of giving out departmental information and said that Price was the man who made a government report tell a lie to the world and closed by insisting that the time had come "to eliminate the gambling exchange from the cotton business." \(otkviUr (Bnquirrr Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, S. C.: FRIDAY, MARCH 20, I90S. SEXATOK Gary has qualified and has been assigned to the committee appointments held by his predecessor, Senator Latimer. If Pritchard had appointed all the candidates for the senate as receivers, wonder how many would have been left in the race.?Newberry Observer. Tou naughty fellow. The Rnquirer is not inclined to consider the probable price of cotton next fall. There are those who talk about 7 and s cents, and who give plausible reasons. They may be right and they may be wrong. At best they are guessing. But no matter what the price of cotton next fall, we insist that everybody will do well to make provis - *" CV.-,, ir. thf> Ion i or pienty <u cum. v,u... ... crib is better than dollars in the bank. If there are dollars in the bank and no corn in the crib, the dollars have to come out of the bank to go after corn. If there are no dollars and no corn, the corn must be had anyway. The man who has cotton but no corn has to sell his cotton to buy corn; but the man who has corn and no cotton is still in pretty ?*ood shape. After all corn is ' a much better money crop than it gets credit for being. Pitiable indeed is the case of poor old man Zimmerman of Columbia, who ! was committed to the penitentiary last 1 Wednesday to serve three years for : forgery. That we have sympathy for 1 this old man we shall not deny. If he j had fought his case and been convicted, we would have had no sympathy. We would have only entertained a feeling of higher respect for the alleged majesty of the law of South Carolina. As it is. we have little in the case other than that the state is able to punish such of its high-u" criminals as have left honor sufficient to make them acknowledge their faults. For that poor Mr. Zimmerman is entitled to due credit. But what a commentary do we have here on the cases of the thousands of high-up malefactors, thieves and murderers who are constantly being exonerated by due pro cess of law: One of the smallest pieces ?of contemptibleness that has come under our observation recently, is an intima- ; tion that was given currency to the effect that Judge O. W. Buchanan was ' assassinated because of his connection with the defense of J. H. Tillman. It is hardly to be denied that the conduct and result of the J. H. Tillman trial 1 was very well calculated to provoke ! private vengeance; but the people interested on the other side are not the kind to operate in any such manner. The death of Judge Buchanan is most regrettable, especially under the cir- 1 cumstances; but there is no reason to believe that it was the result of anything else than criminal carelessness of a character that is too common. We have no idea that the party who fired the shot was dreaming of Judge Buchanan at the time or of any other individual. It is sincerely hoped, however, that the matter will be probed to the very bottom, and if there is any possibility of punishing the guilty individual. we hope that punishment will not fail. Tin: Columbia State of Wednesday has the following observation on our recent remarks with reference to Governor Ansel and the "newspaper men": "Newspaper men" is a somewhat indefinite designation of those with whom the governor is said to find himself at variance, and while such a condition as the Enquirer describes may exist we are not conscious of it. Speaking for ourselves, we are distinctly gratified with Gov. Ansel's record. He neither invites nor gives confidences. Perhaps he takes advice, but we imagine that when he does, it is because that advice tends to strengthen his own hard-thought-out conclusions: that it is taken or not without regard to the influence or conspicuousness of the adviser. He strikes us as being independent, but not bull-headed; conservative, but not timid. He is just?and justness is a quality of superlative value. We agree with The Enquirer, that the people can get better acquainted with Gov. Ansel to their profit?nor will he suffer by their increased knowledge. What we said was said advisedly; but we said about all that we cared to say. except maybe it is proper that we go further and state that we have not noted any conspicuous editorial opposition or unfairness to Governor Ansel except in a very few instances. The pen picture that the State draws of Governor Ansel is true and accurate. and it gives all the reasons why Tin- Kn<iuii?'i- thinks that the governor is entitled to the most loyal support of the people of South Carolina. Ship Subsidy. That was a good point that Congressman Fin ley made against the Republicans the other day when lie charged them with cowardice in trying to get through a ship subsidy proposition under pretense of increasing the efficiency of the postal service: we endorse all he says along that line, but we are not opposed to ship subsidy. Ask any intelligent mill man to explain the present depressed condition of the cotton goods market in this country, as compared with the flourishing condition of that market all over the balance of the world, and among other things he will tell you that the trouble is largely due to the fact that our mills have only the Cnited States for a market, whereas foreign mills have the markets of all the balance of the world, and there being no general depression elsewhere, their trade is good. Wo do not think that there is much J doubt of the fact that American manufacturers are able to turn out cotton goods of the same quality as cheap as foreign manufacturers. If this is true, I I he question naturally arises, why then cannot American manufacturers compete with the foreigners in foreign I markets, and the answer sit once brings up the ship subsidy question in a manner that is difficult to escape i in its application to our own problems. Take the South American trade, the ^ African trade and the Asiatic trade, for instance. American cotton goods have but little foothold in any of these quarters, and why? Simply because the ships of the various countries that are engaged in cotton manufactures push the manufactures of their res- J peetive countries to the "exclusion of American manufactures. The only i hope we can see for the development of a healthy foreign trade In American cotton goods, is by developing ocean ^ carrying facilities that will compete with those of the foreigners. In one way and another, especially where necessary, the foreign carrying trade is i aided by subsidy, and if we can develop a carrying trade in no other way, we should resort to subsidy too. 1 It has oeen Quite cummun iu ucnounce as Republicanism any endorsement of the ship subsidy proposition: but the justice of such denunciation we are unable to appreciate. 1 In the first place, it is not to be denied that the Republican party has been in absolute control for a good many"years. It has certainly had the power, as a ^ party to pass a ship subsidy bill whenever it saw proper, and the only reasons we can assign why it has not ( done so are that it either has not desired a shfii subsidy bill or it has been afraid to pass one. I Of course, we may be mistaken; but as we see it, if congress would undertake to stimulate the development of n an American merchant marine by means of a liberal subsidy system, it would not be a great while before there would be lots of American ves- J sels that would be dependent for the greater part of their living on such trade as they might be able to develop, I und this would result in the placing of American cotton goods in many markets that have yet never heard of j them. And with European and American mills both finding ready and profitable markets for all the cotton goods they can manufacture, it looks to us that one inevitable result will be sufficient j competitive bidding after raw cotton to raise the price. Railroad Strife. Although as things now stand there Is little hope that tne people can be quickly aroused to the dangers of a 1 situation that has neen the steady ... 4 U ?v./4 ^AtrnlAnmont r\-f VPn r*Q it ^rowiu auu ucvciui?iuviii u* j vi*? W| nevertheless behooves the genial pub- J lie to Rive more serious consideration to the railroad question than it has vet been disposed to do. That the railroads, or most of them, by reason of their conduct in times t past, are largely responsible for existing conditions, it would be a waste of li time for anybody to try to deny. Take s the old Richmond and Danville for instance, as a familiar example. Dur- t ing many years previous to its failure jit was run on the well known princl- \ pie of "the public be d?n." It was r nt-xt to the impossible to secure the o settlement of the most just claims, s overcharges, delays, shortages or damages of any kind, and ks business gen- fJ erally was conducted on lines hat ful- t iy .justified its being considered a pub- a lie enemy. It was probably the worst v sinner of wiich we have any recollec- g tion; but the railroad that sought to '1 deal fairly and squarely with the pub- t lie was an exception. Things have changed very much s during the part few years. Practically F all of the railroads have been brought i< around to the policy of showing the o public greater consideration. Their v attitude has been effected in part by ii laws more or less just and wholesome; r but more largely, it is fair to say by a ii general recognition on the part of the c railroad management that the public is not only the real master of any sit nation; but when aroused by injustice or unfairness it is all powerful to e get all that is coming to it. c But notwithstanding the fact that t the attitude of the railroads to the n public has changed to one of the most s careful consideration, it would hardly be correct to say that the public is yet ii fully mollified. The railroads are still d being made to suffer for past offenses, e and there are not infrequent cases f where the retributive justice admin- o istered is rather more severe than some 0 of the original offenses. This, of p course, is very natural, and may be very satisfactorily illustrated in the t old story of the farm hand who, when y expostulated with for meeting an at- r tack of the farmer's bull dog with the |; sharp end of a pitchfork, instead of t the handle, argued that the dog should a have come at him with the other end. p The railroads have been catching it v heavy and they are still catching it c heavy. As to whether they will be o able to hold out until the public real- t izes that they have been sufficiently j, punished as a matter of guess work. As we see it there is no safe premise on which it is possible to base an accurate prediction. t But there is another feature of the troubles of the railroad, the event of a which is not likely to be so uncertain, ^ and that is this long continued strife s between the management and the la- a bor organizations. As yet the public has not realized that it is interested; but that it will come to a realization ? of the fact that it is vitally interested |( is a conclusion that cannot be escaped r by those who undertake to reason the j, thing out to the end. c That the laborer should have fair ^ pay for his work Is right, and the pub- j lie stands ready to back him up in it. lint when the laborer gets good pay and short hours, lie must give good .1 service. It is a fact that the service s on many of the railroads has sadly de- ( teriomted with more pay and shorter t hours. It is a fact that hundreds and thousands of laborers have not shown v proper appreciation of the substantial concessions that they have won from j lite railroads. It is a fact that much delayed ft eight and freight shortages. ^ as well as freight and passenger t wrecks in which lives are lost is clue n to dishonest service on the part of well j, paid employes, and here is where the interest of the public begins to come 11 in. t It is all right for tlie employe to de- j tnand such wages as will enable him to keep his family in comfort and edu- s cate his children. If he is not getting such wages, lie is entitled to them. Of course, tlie public pays the bill. If there is an increase of 10 or 20 per cent in wages, where the employe de- ^ mauds it and the railroad grants it. a the public pays the bill. The public |j will stand a great deal in this direction; but let the public once begin to " realize that the service being rendered -s by the employe is not reasonably in proportion to the wages paid and the s time put in. and the employe will begin to catch the pitch fork with the 1 sharp end. A LOCAL. AFFAIRS. < . t NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ' 1. M. Clemmer?Has opened a pool j parlor in the Commercial club rooms and invites the patronage of the ' lovers of the frame. 1 ,esslie Smith. See.?Requests a full , attendance of members of No. 2f?3 Farmers* Union at the meeting Wed- 1 nesday night. I . H. Norrls?Can furnish eggs from , single comb buff Orpingtons at 51 j per setting. iV. P. Smith. Clover?Will furnish 1 limited number of eggs from Part- ] ridge Wyandottes at $1 per setting of 13. , iV. C. Paris, Admr.?Gives notice to the debtors and creditors of estate of l Jessie I. Faris, deceased, to make < settlement with him. . r. M. and H. K. Ferguson?Will buy all veal calves delivered up to next ' Monday afternoon. i V. H. Jackson, Admr.?Will on April ] 27th apply to the probate court for final discharge as administrator of 1 estate of J. A. Jackson, deceased. *r T XlTUV?at?u?\ar?? Pa \AFinto on nn. portunlty to demonstrate to you that it can save you money on either a buggy or surrey. A big line of all kinds of farm implements. ^irst National Bank?Explains that if we make thousands and spend it all, we will still be poor. It Is saving that counts, fork Supply Co.?Has received a lot of new goods this week and wants you to see it for goods in its lines. D. E. Boney?Sells fire, life and livestock insurance and tells of an incident that happened last week, fork Furniture Co.?Has a complete line of cooking stoves and ranges with a wide variety of styles and prices and wants you to see them before buying, r. L. Williams & Co.?Say they need room and money and offer special prices on various goods to get both. See the Zeigler oxfords and pumps. Carroll Furniture Co.?Tell you to buy your refrigerator now and have it ready for use when needed. A catalogue and information on request, lerndon & Gordon?Are continually receiving fresh groceries and confectioneries. Apples, gelatine, Kingan's hams, dried fiiilt, etc. ^ ho in.son Co.?Announce a special sale of ladies muslin underwear and linonette skirts for tomorrow and Monday. Ready made garments at cost of material. W. Dobson?Reminds you that he can save you money on groceries. Fresh goods just received. Free garden seeds tomorrow. Saturday. . W. Johnson?Enumerates the different brands of chewing tobaccos and soaps that he sells. He also sells smoking tobacco and cigars. Foster-Milburn Co.?Publish a testi- j monial from a Yorkvllle man telling 1 what Doan's kidney pills did for j him. See fourth page. rorkville Hardware Co.?Fly 3creens! You need them and right now Is the time to get them fixed. Keeping out flies benefits the health, tank of Hickory Grove?Extends an Invitation to its customers to see its new Mosler triple time lock burglar proof safe. x>an and Savings Bank?Desires you as a customer in its savings department. and tells you how to get the first hundred saved. I. W. White?Asks for bids on various local stocks and quotes prices on others. He tells how to increase your money-getting powers. . Q. Wray?Has a very complete line of dress goods and would he pleased to show it to all comers. Tinware given away free of charge. The roads have gotten a little beter: but they are nothing to brag on. The farmers are all working Tor dear ife, and but few of them are to be een off their farms these days. There is a rumor to the effect that he Carolina and North-Western will >ut on its trains Nos. 7 and 8 again. Ve have no confirmation of the runor: but the people along the line f the road will he gratinea m nave u o. The jury commissioners will on,0ext Tuesday draw thirty-six petit Jurors o serve during the first week of the pproaching term of the circuit court, rhich convenes on April 13, and twelve rand jurors to serve during the year, .'here will be only two weeks of court his spring. Judge Watts will preside. Citizens of this country do not yet eem to realize that it comes with >oor taste for them to abuse and critcise .their public officials. If a public fficial is incompetent, it is the; voter rho is responsible. If a public official s dishonest, it is the voter who is esponsible. There is no sense in tryng to saddle the blame upon the offiial. END OF CLUB CONTEST. All olubmakers and others interestd will please take notice that the lub contest now on for the nine quarer leather top Rock Hill buggies and ther prepiiums, comes to a close on Saturday, March 28, at 6 o'clock p. m. In previous years the club contest las closed March 15; but this year the late was extended to March 28 advisdly. The value of the premiums ofered Is greater and at the time the ffer wa smade, the general business iutlook did not appear so good as durng some years previous. While the club contest does not come o a close until March 28, it is very rell for those subscribers who have lot settled to understand that this Imit applies to the clubmakers rather han to subscribers. All subscriptions .re due and payable from the time the laner starts and those subscribers rho have not already settled with the j lubmakers should do so at once, in 1 irder that the clubmaker may have j he less trouble in settling1 with the j niblishers. ? WITHIN THE TOWN. j ? Mr. James Beckham is rapidly get- ( ing his fire horses into fine training. ' ? The Scott, Silvcrlake and Connor's " ggregation played to a large crowd ] inder canvas on South Congress 1 treet last night. They are to give ' nother entertainment tonight and still ^ .nother tomorrow night. < ? Mr. H. M. Clemnier of Dallas, N. ? has opened a pool and billiard par- \ jr in the former quarters of the Com- \ nercial club. He promises to give the \ 100I and billiard players first-class fa- 1 ilities for playing, and says he will be J dad to develop the attractions of his dace in proportion to patronage. ' ? All citizens of Yorkville, otherwise 5 ( lualitieri and who have not ulreadv ( lone so, should ;it once provide tnern- i elves with municipal registration cer- j ificates. The exhibition of a registra- ( ion certificate to tile managers is an t bsolutely essential prerequisite to 1 oting in the municipal election. ? Sheriff Brown, Chief of Police ( v?ve. Constable Sanders and Deputy ' iuinn have lieen on the alert during J lie past few days on account of a ( lumber of suspicious characters, who I lave been prowling around Yorkvllle 1 nd vicinity. There have been, more ramps and other "undesirables" about | ust now than has been known for 1 nine time. f ABOUT PEOPLE. \ .Miss Nannie Shafer of Middleton, 1 Id., arrived in Yorkville this week, | nd will again have charge of the mil- ] inery department of the Yorkvllle -B. v t M. company during the spring sea- 1 on. t Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Miller have is- * ued invitations to the marriage of 1 heir daughter. Miss Mary Emma to ( Ir. Thomas Howard Riddle. The cer- t cmony Is to take place at the home of he bride's parents, on Thursday evenng. April 2. at 6 o'clock. Charlotte Observer, Wednesday: Mr. L. T. Nichols, manager of the Carolina ind North-Western railway, was lutey in the city and told of considerable Jevelopinont on his road north of 1 Renoir. He looks for splendid summer travel this year. A turnpike has been constructed from Edgemont to Carey's Flats and passenger trains will be run throughout the summer to Edgemont. Edgemont is about sixteen miles from. Blowing Rock and the new turnpike will give good connections. Another turnpike is being built from Edgemont to Linville. Edgemont will therefore be an Important terminal for the mountain country, and when both Lhese turnpikes are completed, will have good carriage connections to all points on top of the mountains. WITH THE BATTLESHIP FLEET. Through the kindness of Mr. T. M. Dobson, The Enquirer Is able to reproduce liberal extracts from a letter recently written by Past Assistant Paymaster B. M. Dobson, on the supply ship Glacier, of the United States battleship tieet, recently arrived at Magdalena bay, California, after steaming around South America through the Strait of Magellan and on up the Faciflc. The letter was not written for publication; but it deals with matters that are very well calculated to interest the public. This letter is dated "At Sea, off Valparaiso, Chile, South America. Wednesday, February 12, 1908," and the extracts mentioned are as follows: "I have not written since leaving Rio because there has been no opportunity to mail the letter; but I can mail this at Callao, Peru. "Rio Is a very pretty city and the inhabitants certainly did their best to ?ntertain the fleet. I was ashore several times, but did not go to any of the entertainments. I did not care to; but several times I almost had to. "Everything is very expensive in Brazil. I was talking to one of the 3erman merchants and he told me that the duty on imports is very high, ranging from forty to two hundred per cent. Three-fourths of the revenue of the country is derived from duties on imports. "Very few people realize that Brazil is just about the size of the United States, excluding Alaska. Its seacoast is about three thousand miles long, ind in going from Trinidad to Rio, we iad to go as far east as. the Azore Islands in order to get around the east?rn corner of Brazil. "The trip from Rio to the strait was jneventful except for some bad weath?r. A squadron of Argentine cruisers came out from the coast as we passed, Fired a salute to our admiral and reFurned. They were very much disappointed because we did not visit Buenos Ayres. Only the torpedo flotiln umnt thtiru "We entered the Strait of Magellan ib'>ut noon on January 31, and anchorid for the night during a westerly gale :hat blew very hard. At daylight next uorning we started for Punta Arenas, irtlving theie about 2 that afternoon. The town is the most southerly in the .vorld and has a population of about :er. thousand inhabitants. The harbor s the open strait, and the weather is alnost always bad, but it was very good luring our stay. At times, without any warning at all, the wind blows a gale ml because of the deep water the ships frequently drag their anchors. fVo had a little excitement on this ac?ount A British collier which was tnchored near the Glacier was struck ly a hard squall and came, dragging ts anchor, in our direction. The capain of the collier attempted to pick up lis anchor and steam across our bow, iut the wind forced his ship down on is and our bowsprit was carried away. The collier was still more seriously lamaged. "There was .a Chilean and a British) ;ruiser in port here when we arrived. "You know that the seasons here are :he opposite to what they are in the states. It is summer time here now; iut the day before we entered the strait the weather was so cold that I was forced to put on the heaviest unierwear I had, and I did not do that in New York in December. Since the niddle of December, we have been in he tropics where the temperature was jighty or a hundred in the shade, and when we suddenly struck the cold (Vinos irom me Anutruuu, we tci iumy did feel the change. The latitude of Punta Arenas is about 50 degrees south, corresponding to the climate of Labrador. I could plainly see the snow in the hills back of the town. "We left Punta Arenas at 11 o'clock :n the night o{ February 7th. Dayight begins before 3 o'clock and It Is tecessary lor ships to leave this port i.t such ?: time as will enable them to pass through the strait and reach the Pacific before dark. And frequently :he weather is so bad and the rain and mow squalls so thick, that it is necissary to go very slowly. In some places the strait is less than two niles wide, and navigation Is rather lifficult. "But we were favored with good veather most of the day, during which :ime the scenery was beautiful. I sould see hundreds of snow capped peaks and two glaciers. The wind was piercing cold. Although it was supposed to be summer time, whenever I vent on deck, I had to wear my heavy jvercoat with the collar turned up over ny ears. During the middle of the ifternoon the weather became foggy, tnd for quite a while we could not ?ven see the ships ahead of us. That vas rather exciting, as there were iwenty ships in the column, with six :orpedo destroyers coming along belind, and a merchant ship meeting us jvery few hours. The last two hours ve were in the strait the fog was so :hlck that we could sec nothing and all ve could do was to steam ahead and rust to Providence. When we dlscov?red from the heavy swell that we had massed Cape Pillar into the Pacific jcean everybody breathed more easly. Severe westerly gales blow in the Pacific at the entrance to the strait very few days, but we escaped these. Prom the heavy swell that was run llllg I ruin uie snuiunrai, ?> c ooaumvu Jiat a sale had just blown out and we lid not lose any time setting beyond he reach of another as soon as posdble. "We left Punta Arenas Friday night. It is now Wednesday afternoon, and ,ve are seeins the sun for the first :ime. There have been times when we :ould not see a ship's length ahead jecause of the fog, and this is always lisagreeable and dangerous. Monday light the admiral telegraphed the luxiliaries to proceed singly to Callao, ind three of us started out in the fog :o get clear of the fleet. At noon today ,ve learned that we were about fifty idles ahead of one of the ships and ibout twenty-eight miles ahead of the ither. "The battleships are going to steam nto the harbor of Valparaiso, fire a vilute to the Chilean Hag. then steam nit and resume their course toward 'nllao. We shall probably reach Calao about two days ahead of the tleet, since they generally steam at about ten tnots in battleship formation. Addiional speed would not be justified by he amount of coal required; but when we are alone, we can do our best, which is about 300 miles a day. "If the Pacific ocean is always as ?alm as it has been since we got about wo hundred miles north of the strait, t is certainly deserving of its name. >ne of the officers who made the ruise to Manila with me said today at unch that he had cruised four years m the South American Pacific coast, mil not once did he encounter a gale ir heavy swell except in the southern lart. .4t this writing the sea is per'ectl.v calm with a heavy swell to the southwest. "I am enclosing a list of the cargo f this vessel, and it will probably give *ou some idea of the responsibility which 1 have as paymaster of the supily ship. Very few realize the quanity of stores we carry. When I left S'ew York on December 5th, the net weight of my cargo was 3,063,222 jounds, worth $234,897.45. There are 05 different articles and when I load he shiji I have to plan just where to stow everything so that I can get to my article at any time, without movng other stores. And this is pretty lifticult at times. Frequently cargo is >eing stowed in three holds of the ship at a time. I am responsible for the stowing of the cargo and it is very hard to plan it so that the ship will be on an even keel when everything is ' aboard.' All meats are received frozen and are stored in the refrigerators in the forward part of the ship. The temperature of the refrigerators averages sixteen degrees F., so that it is practically impossible for any of the meat to spoil. The fresh vegetables are kept at about forty degrees and these give more trouble than anything else. I am solely responsible for the condition of the cargo at all times, so you can see that it requires very careful and very frequent inspections. "The men of my department are very careful men. At first they were inexperienced and could not be depended upon: but now each one has been assigned to a certain part of the cargo, and he always calls attention to any signs of detrioration. The articles kept in refrigerators are only issued between 5 a. m. and 8 a. m.: but other stores are issued at any time from 5 a. m. to S p in. It is not unusual for a battleship to send for fifteen thousand pounds of beef, twen ty thousand pounds of potatoes or twenty-five thousand pounds of flour at a time. This is Just like a wholesale grocery with a capital of about $250,000. The candy, cigars, cigarettes and smoking tobacco which you notice in the list are carried for issue to the canteens of the different ships, and are sold to the enlisted men for cash. "I understand that great preparations are being made at Calluo for our reception. An elaborate bull fight has been arranged. I have often wanted to see a bull fight and a game of jaialai. I saw the jai-alal in Havana a few months ago, and I suppose I shall see the bull fight In Callao. I imagine that one bull fight wl'l be enough to do me for a long time; but I am willing to risk it." LOCAL LACONICS. Clover Automobiles. There are two new automobiles In Clover, both having arrived within the past few days. Mr. J. M. Smith is the purchaser of one and Dr. I. J. and Mr. T. M. Campbell are the purchasers of the other. Death of Another Veteran. Mr. Robert L. McCants, one of the oldest and best known citizens of Bethesda township, died on Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock from a cancer of the hand. Mr. McCants served during the civil war under the late Capt. E. A. Crawford. He was twice wounded, once in the foot and once in the hand. He was married in 1867 to Miss Elia Devinney. He leaves eight children, three sons and five daughters as follows: Mr. Walter McCants of Southeast, Ga.. Mr. J. D. McCants of Smith's Turnout; Miss Charlotte McCants of Charlotte, N. C.; Mesdames J. A. Forsythe and J. T. Conrad, Misses Susie and Lula and Mr. John McCants. The funeral was conducted at the family home by Rev. J. K. Hall and the interment took plnce In the cemetery at Lowryville. Big Automobile Race. Rock Hill Record: Quite a number of our men and boys waited on the streets until rather lat,e Tuesday night, after it was learned that one of the automobiles which was making the race from Philadelphia to Savannah was headed this way and would pass through the city that night. It left Charlotte at 7 o'clock and should have reached here about 8.30, but on account of accidents they did not reach here until about twelve or a little later. Mr. C. B. McFadden .accompanied them from here to Columbia and they reached that place about 10 o'clock. The other machine, we are informed, went by the way of Raleigh and down by Cheraw and reached Columbia considerably ahead of the one that passed this way. and reports from Augusta stated that it was in that city yesterday morning, and no doubt it reached Savannah very much ahead. Baseball In Rock Hill. Rock Hill Record: Mr. W. B. Wilson. returned from the meeting of the State League Baseball association at Sumter, Wednesday afternoon, and reports a pretty lively meeting. Chester, Orangeburg, Sumter, Camden and Rock Hill were there to put up the required bond, but Florence, who had thrown out such bold assertions that they would go in if Camden would, failed to show up with the goods. It is thought possible that they may get busy and come in yet. It is now definitely settled that Gunter will manage Rock Hill's team, and it is presumed that Sumier will make a desperate effort to hand back the lemon that she received from Rock Hill, as the fans here feel that Sumter will be the hardest proposition that they will have to go up against in the league, as they say Orangeburg is too slow. New Mileage Books. Columbia Record: The new form of mileage books on the Southern railway, Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line and about twenty-five other rnllrnnds of the south will go on sale April 1. Speaking of this Col. R. W. Hunt, assistant general passenger agent of the Southern, said the new books would make very little, if any difference, to the people traveling in this territory. They will be interchangeable with all the railroads operated in the southeast. About twenty-five railroads have entered the agreement. About twice that many roads accepted the present Interchangeable 1,000 mile book. After April 1 the railroads will sell straight tickets at 2 J cents per mile. They will sell 1,000 and 2,000-mile books at $20 and $40, respectively. Both will be interchangeable, but the former will be restricted to the use of one person and the latter may be used by several members of a firm. There will also be placed on sale a family mileage book of 500 miles to be used by members of a family and restricted to use on the railroad issuing it, and also to travel within the state. The present form of 1,000-mile books, which sells at 25 cents a mile, or $25, will be continued on sale for the reason that it will be interchangeable on a larger number of lines than have gone into the agreement on the other mileage books. A very radical change In the use of mileage for railroad travel will become operative on the first of the coming month. No mileage of any description will be accepted by conductors on trains. Holders of mileage will be required to apply at ticket offices for tickets}. The ticket agent will issue a ticket to the destination named, and will tear off the mileage to pay for it. Or in other words, each mile coupon in a book will have the purchasing power of two cents, or two and a half cents as the case may be, dependent upon the form of book used, and the coupons will be used, as cash in purchasing a ticket. Baggage checks will not be issued on mileage, but solely on tickets. ? Columbia special of March 17 to Charlotte Observer: There was genuine sorrow and regret expressed here today over the news that Judge O. W. Buchanan, of Winnsboro, had 1 died In Augusta this morning as a result of being shot in the left side j while a passenger on a Pullman car j attached to the Southern's train on its way to Augusta from Columbia yesterday, afternoon. Judge Buchanan was on his way to Augusta to ' meet his brothers-in-law, Col, James H. Tillman, of Edgefield, and Mr. R. A. Fuller, of Laurens, and his sister- 1 in-law, Mrs. G. A. Bunch. Judge Buchanan was born at Winnsboro. Sept. 16, 1858. being the son of R. A. Buchanan ' and Rebecca Woodward, and was de- j seended from revolutionary stock ' on both sides. His uncle, John Buch- ( anan, was one of the signers of the : ordinance of secession. He was admitted to the bar in 1X80, after studying law in the office of James H. Rion at Winnsboro. He was married at Clark's Hill In 1889 to Miss Sophia ' Tillman. daughter of Congressman ' George Tillman and niece of Senator ' B. R. Tillman. He was appointed j assistant attorney general by Attorney J General D. A. Townsend, and on the ! elevation to the bench of the latter was elected attorney general, going '! to the bench from that office. He J served twelve years as a circuit judge. ' ? Chief Justice Pope of the supreme t court, has granted bail to Wade t Hampton Sellers, the blind tiger king s of Columbia, who killed a constable in t Columbia recently. The amount of the f bond has been fixed at $5,000. ( SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. * ? Col. J. J. Dargan has published a card announcing- hLs withdrawal from the senatorial race. ? John fl. Richards has announced that he will not go into the gubernatorial race this summer. ? In a second primary held Tuesday. William S. Reamer was elected mayor ^ of Columbia over William W. Steiglitz j. by a majority of nearly 500 votes. a ? It has been arranged that Judge r Pritchard will on next Monday hear * argument on a motion to revoke his c former orders in connection with the a dispensary case. ? William Ashmend Courtenay, for- * mer mayor of Charleston; but during j a number of years past a resident of s Newry and Columbia, died in Colum- * bia last Tuesday. ? Greenville, March 18: At a conference of the South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers' association here today ^ it was unanimously decided to continue the curtailment of twenty-five per cent in the production of cotton goods as far as practicable during the t three months beginning the first of s April. This action continues a curtailment that has been in operation by the mills of the state since January 1st. The number of spindles represented at the conference today was two and a quarter million, out of a total of three and a quarter million In operation in South Carolina. The continued depression of the cotton goods market is responsible for the action of the spinners. ? Lancaster special of March 17 to the Columbia State: Court of common pleas finished its work in a day and a half. Only two Jury cases were tried. Both of these were against the Southern railway. One was a suit for $5,000 damages by W. B. Blaekmon for putting his son, a minor, off and making him walk to Lancaster from Springdell. Mr. J. Hurry Foster represented Mr. Blaekmon and Mr. E. M. Thomson of Columbia the Southern. Verdict for the Southern. The other was the case of J. A. Bridges against the same railroad for actual and punitive damages for delay of a car load of guano some time ago. The verdict was $85 for the plaintiff. Other cases were compromised. ? Columbia, March 17: The state Democratic executive committee met tonight and called the state convention for May 20th, when a delegation to the national convention will be chosen. A resolution by Mr. James nnnnonllnir tVio Qttita PfinVPn Hfiri to h P . careful to do only those things that will safeguard the business interests of the state and nation was defeated as not being within the duties of the committee, as was a resolution by Senator Blease to change the August s primary from Tuesday to Saturday bo ^ as to give the mill people a better op- ] portunity to vote. Senator Tillman, j who is an ex-offlcio member of the , committee, was not present. He left , Washington last night. It is presum- s ed the death of his relative, Judge ? Buchanan, prevented his attendance. ? Greenville, March 17: Two un- " successful efforts were made to wreck 1 main line passenger trains of the r Southern railway, near this city. Mon- 1 day morning by placing crossties on I the rails, the second attempt having ' been made within two hours of the I first nnd not a mile distant. Both t trains were northbound, the first be- ? ing fast mall No. 36 passing here a * few minutes after 6 o'clock and the s second, No. 42, scheduled to depart t two hours later. On account of a J heavy grade at the place selected by s the would-be wreckers neither train 1 was running at exceeding 25 miles an i hour. Had the obstructions been < struck by trains running in the op- t posite direction a far worse fate < might have resulted In either case be- t cause of the high speed attained by t those moving south. No arrests have t been made and no clue obtained, but c a negro who was found In the woods ? near the scene of the attempted t wrecks was given a long chase by a a special officer who wan sent to the scene. He finally made his escape. Officials of the road believe that malice was the sole motive prompting the acts. ? Chester Reporter, March 19: There are no new developments in the alleged shortage at the Springstein mill, which for several days now has furnished the chief theme for local conversation. The American Audit company, which is checking up Mr. Boney's books, have so lar discovered irregularities amounting to something over 57,000. Mr. Boney admits having abstracted funds to the amount of $4,000, but contends that the balance of the shortage is the result of errors in bookkeeping. Mr. Boney's friends have been very loath to believe that a thorough examination of the books would not establish his innocence of wrong intent: but the progress of the investigation and hints thrown out by those in touch with the situation make matters decidedly more serious than was at first anticipated. It appears that the memorandum slips supposed to contain a full record of Mr. Boney's account with the mill were not produced until this investigation was commenced, and Col. Springs and his office force disclaim all knowledge of any account that Mr. Boney was supposed to be carrying with the mill. It is further stated that Mr. Boney admits having commenced to make these loans to himself from within two months after the time that he was first employed. From the same source we al so understand tnat ne auinus navmg from time to time taken the proceeds t of cash sales of goods and applied the a same to reducing this private account 1 without having made any other entry * at all regarding the transaction. The d Audit company find it very difficult to S conclude their investigations, and it a will probably be several days before L any deiinite statement can be given I out as to the exact amount of the 1 shortage. The mill, we understand, is t secured to the extent of $10,000, Mr. t Boney being bonded in the United c States Fidelity & Guaranty company f to this amount. At a meeting of the 1 directors of the Springstein mill at v Lancaster yesterday afternoon, Mr. W. s C. Thomson of Lancaster, was elected c secretary and treasurer to succeed Mr. t Boney. Mr. Thomson is a most capa- o ble business man, and under his ad- t ministration affairs will move along t as if there had never been any trouble, t ? There have been no new develop- b inents in the dispensary matter during 1 the past few days, the situation being P about the same as it was Tuesday, 8 when it was described in the Columbia correspondence of the News and c Courier as follows: Will Judge Pritch- tl ard recede from his position and va- h cate his order appointing receivers d for the dispensary funds? Judge i' Pritchard has been asked to come to ti Columbia and hear argument on a d motion to vacate his order as well as P a motion in attachment proceedings t! against the commission to wind up tl the affairs of the state dispensary. He P has replied that he will hear the mo- a lions after he has given all parties due cl notice. Attorney W. F. Stevenson in- e formed Judge Pritchard yesterday by b, wire that in order to get the questions involved before the United States su- w preme court it was deemed necessary tl by the counsel for the commission to tl idvise the dispensary commission to refuse to comply with the demands of tl the receivers, and Mr. Stevenson stat3d that he would be glad if Judge d Pritchard would nx a uay iur uib ?> bearing. Also it was desired to be y< beard upon the question of jurlsdic- oi tion and on a motion that Judge I Pritchard vacate his order in view of I he construction of the state constltu- P' :ion and statutes by the supreme'tl ;ourt of South Carolina. Judge [1 Pritchard replied by wire: "Your tl elegram requesting that I go to Co- \\ umbia to hear attachment proceed- k ngs against dispensary commission, n< ilso requesting me to fix date for m tearing same, received. No appllea- tf ion has been made to me for attach- tf Tient proceedings. If such be made, aj [ will hear same after giving all par- la ies timely notice." The intimation tf hat there might be a compromise ol ieems to have been unfounded, but tf he easy way out of the difficulty is m 'or Judge Pritchard to vacate his or- es ler. The dispatches from Ashevllle, pi lowever, indicate that ho Is not likoly 0 do this, and, therefore, when the eeeivers make demand for the dlsiensary funds, the commission?or + vhat remains of the commission? rill be advised not to comply with the letnand. Application to attach the eeeivers for- contempt will then he nade, and if the receivers are imtrisoned for contempt In refusing to ornply with the orders of Judge 1 ritehrtrd, the matter can be brought >efore the Federal supreme court on i l writ of habeas corpus. Hut the nore pleasant method will be to ar,rue before Judge Prltchard a motion o vacate his order in view of the deIslon of the state supreme court. The ittumeys for the state are confident hat the decisions support their view ^ hat the United states supreme court vill sustain the state supreme court n the interpretation of the state constitution and statutes, and that the aw as quoted from Asheville is not correct. RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PANIC Congressman Finley Rubs Salt on Republican Raw Places. Congressman Finley of the commit- # ee on postofflces and post roads, spoke on the postofflce appropriation >ill on Tuesday of last week. He exilained the bill at length; but the principal feature of his remarks was an ^ 'xcoriatlon of the Republicans for tryng to saddle a ship subsidy approbation on the postal service instead >f meeting the Issue squarely and takng the responsibility of passing a ship lubsldy bill open and aboveboard. In ;onclusion, he charged the Republicans with responsibility for the present depressed condition of the country. 6 iVhat he hud to say along this line is eproduced from the Congressional Record as follows: Ttys country Is great in every way. Particularly in its citizenship, aecomplishrnent, material wealth, and, m I may add, in appropriations genertlly for the pupport of the govern nent and narticularlv for the SUP port of the postal service. Its materal wealth amounts approximately to pne-quarter of the wealth of the vorld, and, as I remember, our expenditures for postal facilities amount :o more than thirty per cent of the :otal expenditures for this purpose 9 jy all the nations of the earth. 1 am not a pessimist. I have faith n the people and believe that the progress and development of the :ountry is best assured by the showng made by the postal service. The *ecelpts from this source are the sur- ^ >st indications and constitute the very pest business barometer to be had. Receipts and expenditures in the postal lervice have practically doubled within ;he past nine years. Nine years ago eceipts amounted to a little more han $102,000,000. The recommendsions of the postoffice department lave not been carried out by the post)fflce committee in the preparation )f the bill under consideration by lomething like 19,000.000. The realon given for this generally by the melority of the committee was that we pave a panic on and that there will lecessarlly be a falling off in revelues and in demand for increased lervice. This falling off has not imounted to much as yet. In all of my experience in congress t ?nine years?this is the first time I lave heard Republicans cry panic, rhe only song I have heard from hem heretofore is that panic and Republican rule do not go together; that l Republican administration means prosperity of a high order and coninuous duration. Often I have heard ny friends on the other side of the lisle tell of the hard times under the tecond Cleveland administration, and 4K hen in grand peroration exclaim that Democratic rule must of necessity remit in panic. I remember particu arly tne taie 01 woe 101a oy one 01 ny Republican friends as to how luring Cleveland's last admlnistralon he was compelled by the stress ? )f the times to eat clams?to eat hem and eat them to such an extent hat his stomach rose and * felt with he tides. I would like to know what liet he has been regaling himself on luring the past six months. [Laugher and applause on the Democratic tide.] 1 should say that it is about dam time again. One thing is cerain, the Republican members of this >ody no longer sing of prosperity ? caused by the Republican party being n power. ' Republicans now claim hat panics, like death and taxes must tome. At any rate, we have a panic, the nost far-reaching that some sections >f this country have as yet experienced. 1 may say, however, in passing w hat this Republican panic has not afected the postal revenues, as it otherrise might, for the reason that there is 10 real cause for panic. It comes at a ime of profound peace, when the counry was never more prosperous in its ields, mines and industries. It comes at t time when there was never so much noney in the country?in fact, when he circulation per capita is greater han ever in the history of this counry. It comes at a time when the ^ tock of gold in this country exceeds i billion of dollars. It is a panic >rought on by reason of the distrust vith which the masses of the people n this country have come to regard he government, and they regard it vith distrust, high and low, rich and _ >oor, because the government is in he hands of the Republican party. The panic of 1891 to 1879 was widespread. The present panic is inly as wide as the rule of the Repubican party and only extends where he blighting effects of that misrule eaches. I go one step further and tate that this Republican panic, conIned principally to this country, has iuon mnro severe and more disas rous in its consequences in those tates where the Republican party is n power. We felt it to some extent in ny state, but not a bank closed its toors; not a single failure resulted in louth Carolina to my knowledge on iccount of it. It has come about hat on account of the policies and iractices of the Republican party, ncluding the close connection be- 9 ween the government and special inerests, the people are in a condition if panic. That is, they have lost conIdence in the Republican party. There will be an end to this. In Noember next the people will have a ay. Republican orators and politiians may disclaim responsibility for he panic, but the fact is the panic is n. You claim that the way to end his panic is to re-elect your party o power. I tell you that the people of his country are not fools. The panic eing caused by misgovernment on he part of your party, how can the % eople expect to better conditions by iving the Republican party a new ?ase of power? Puffed up with suces3 and pride of power, you have in he past called attention to the soup ouses. workmen without work, and (stressed conditions generally dur- Mig the last Democratic administraion. It is with sorrow for the conition of the laboring classes and poor eople In the great industrial centers hat 1 call attention to the fact that lere are probably 1,500,000 out of ermanent employment today, all on ceount of your panic. In the great ities in this country during the presut winter thousands have been f6d y the hand of charity. Confidence will be restored, but it 9 ill not be until the people have had 9 telr say in November. [Applause 011 le Democratic side.l Mr. Sherwood. And what about full dinner nail? Mr. Finley. Mr. Chairman, the full Inner pall song has served Its purose. I do not think that In this ear of grace we will hear any song f that tenor. What the song will be do not know, I can not surmise, but will say this, that the Republican olitlclans are?to my mind?about le smartest on the face of the earth aughter], and they will sing a song mt will suit if they can And one. 'hat it will be generally I do not now, but I am satisfied of this, that -> matter what their song is, no .atter what pretense they give for f le Republican panic that is now on, te people will answer them not with jplause, but with an emphatic decration at the ballot box restoring lis government again to the hands ' the Democratic party, the party of le people, the party that will adinister this government in the Inter- W it of all the people. [Prolonged apause on the Democratic side.]