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\O 11I. nANNJNG. S. Cn WEDgNEDAYq OCTOBER2 A RACE ISSUE. North Carolina Under the Control of the Negro. AN EFFORT TO REDEEM HER. The Democracy Has Sounded the Alarm and the White People are Flocking to its Standard. Because o- the drawing of the color line by the Democrats in that State the campaign in North Carolina has enlist ed very widespread interest and has at tained national importance. The alliance between the Populists and Republicans. effected several years ago, gave complete success to the fa sionists and they divided the offices be tween them and possessed the land in confidence of its long occupation. The fusion, indeed, was effected in a mast erly way by a real artist in such mat ters-Senator Marion Butler-and pro mised to endure indefinitely--certainly until there should be a rupture between the zoutracting parties. But the fusionists. as other folks drunken with power have done since the world began. overreached them selves. They went too far; they were too radical, too greedy, too reckless. They elected a Republican governor and he set himself to -strengthening the party" by appointing a host of ne groes to office. The successes of fusion in many counties led also to the eleva tion of a lot of negro politicians to lo cal offices. In an alliance based not on principles but on spoils the local work ers have to be "recognized" or the combination collapses. No doubt from the beginning a great many Populists took no pleasure in the exaltation of Republican negroes to office. but it was the price which had to be paid for the Republican vote and their leaders were willing to see it paid. The resuit has been that from the counties where negro officials were put over white men protests began to come --at Erst slowly, then in swelling cho rus as abuses and indignities by the bhck officers were reported. The De mocrats saw their opportunity and pitched their campaign on the basic principle of white supremacy. They brought together a mass of testimony showing the shame of this negro domi nation and its injury, moral and mate rial, to the State. They appealed to the white men of both the Populists and Republican parties to join them in redeeming the State and giving it a "white men's government. Considered tactically. the movement has amply justified the judgment of those who made it; and, all partisan exaggeration apart, there has develop ed evidence to show that the ap roach to Negro domination has been suficient to create a curse for the present and a dark menace for the future. Hundred' of Populists and Republicans of more or less prominence have openly united with the Democracy on the supreme issue of white supremacy. and there is reason to believe that many thousands will follow them. The State is more than red hot-we may say that it is at a white heat. The campaign recalls that of South Carolina in 1876; red shirts are riding the roads, conversions are filling the papers and every stump is peopled with orators. The enemy is alarmed even to demor alization by the spirit and vigor of the attack. One of the most significant evidences of this is a letter which the Republican postmaster of Wilmington has felt constrained.-o write to Senator Pritchard and to give to the papers of his city. In September he had made light of the charge that his section was Negro-ridden, but the unanimous reso lutions of the chamber of commerce of Wilmington that white supremacy was a business necessity and must be achieved. together with other evidences of the determination of the white peo ple in this struggle have caused him to make a radical alteration in his 'views and his advice to the Republi can leader. His second letter follows: Wilmington, N. C. Oct. 163. 189S. Senator J. C. Pritehard: Dear Sir: Since writing you on Sep tember 26th, events have taken place in this community which necessitates some further explanation on my part in order to put myself right before the community here and also to correct any mistaken impression I may have iade in yoi mind. For the sake of any fancied political advantage I cannot afford to make a one-sided presentation of the situation in this city and county. and by nam ing only the white officials and leaving out the colored, doubtless some advan tage has been taken and a false color given to the actual situation. to which the business people and taxpayers, re gardless of party, have made serious objections. As a matter of fact, there are in this unty 3 magistrates and a colored register of deeds and various other minor officials, besides some pres idential appointees, and the property owners, taxpayers and business men seriously object to this state of affairs, as there now exists here the most in tense feeling against any Negro domi nation. There is a greater feeling of unrest and uncertainty about the main tainance of order than I have ever seen, and many, even the most conser vative, feel that a race conflict is immi nent, than which nothing could be more disastrous, not only to this city and county but to our party in the State: and rather than to have riot, ar son and bloodshed prevail here, I, Re publican though I am. advise giving~ up the local offices in this county, as there are no national political prinei: ples involved in this contest. I had thought at first it was merely the usual political cry and the fight for offices, but I am now convinced the feeling is muchi deeper than this. as it pervades the whole commuinnity and there seems to be a settled determnina bion on the part of the property owners, business men and taxpayers that they will administer city and county govern ment. Your friend, W. 11. Chadbourn. Here is ample confession. But it comes too late to check the rush of the torrent of public censure. North Caro lina has a large white miajority, and when the white men comec togethier, as they seem to be doing, successful re sistance is impossible. We believe that on the issue now made the Demo cra of North Carolina will redeem their State from the enemy. South Carolina hopes earnestly that they may. -Columbia State. THE PRICE OF COTTON. The Production Quadrupled Since 1872 and Price Falls in Proportion. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times has the following comment upon an interesting table of figures compiled by the treasury bureau of statistics: The phenomenally low price of cot ton recently reported, said to be lowest point reached for many years, lends special interest to a series of tables just compiled by the treasury of statis ties, showing the remarkable increase in cotton production and coincidental fall in prices. These tables show that the United States, the chief cotton producer of the world, has quadrupled her cotton production since 1872. and that the prise of cotton in the same period has fallen to about one-fourth that which prevailed in that year. In 1872 the cotton crop of the Uni ted States is shown to have been 1,3S4.0S4.949 pounds, with an average price of 22.19 cents per pound; in 189S the crop is reported at 5,667.372.051 pounds. with an, average price of 6.23 cents per pound. Thus the production of IS19S is more than four times the amount of 1872. and the average price a little over one-ourth of that year. When it is considered that the other portions of the world that grow cotton have not all reduced their production. meantime it is apparent that the in creased cotton supply of the world in the quarter of a century under consid eration, has been very great and far in advance of the increase of population or consuming power. Twenty-five years ago the United States produced 70 per cent. of the cotton of the world: today she produces 85 per cent. of the world's cotton. This increase in the percentage has been. not because of a reduction of the world, but simply on account of the increase in our own. The cotton sup ply of the other cotton producing sec tions of the world in 1$72-73 was 1, 667,000 bales. and in 1S97-98, 1.665, 000 bales. The av-erage cotton produc tion of other contries from 1872 to 1S7S was 1,61S,000 bales per annum, showing that there has also been a slight growth in cotton production in other parts of the world. while our own production has been increasing enor mously. Not only has the price of cotton fall en about the same rate that the pro duction has increased, but there has also been a corresponding fall in the puice of clothes manufactured from cotton. The reports of the bureau of the statistics show that cotton "print ing cloths" were quoted at 7.88 cents per yard in 1872, while reports just published show an average rate of 2.17 cents per yard in the cotton year 1S9S for the same grade of cloths, the fall in the price of the manufactured article thus having, in this case at least, near ly or quite kept pace with the fall in the price of raw cotton, and the in crease in production of that article. The New York Financial News has the following explanation of the barriers to the export trade in cotton, which prevent increased consumption of our cotton in foreign countries: The bureau of statistics of the treasury department has been at work compiling a table of cotton statistics in order to find not the real but a plausible reason for the de cline in price in the past quarter cen tury. The figures show that in 1872 the United States pr.>duced 1,384,0i84,494 pounds, with an average price of 22.19 cents a pund, and in 1898 a crop of 5.667.372,051 pounds with an average price of 6.23 cents a pound. That pro duction had increased more then a four f old, and prices were a little more than a fourth those of twnty-five years ago. That in 1872 we produced 70 per cent. of the world's crop and 85 per cent. in 1898. The main point sought to be made is that the world's increased pro duction. the increase coming in great part from the United States, has outrun the world's consumptive demand out of all proportion and that the fall in prices is logically and wholly due to the legiti mate operation of the law of supply and demand. As to our own :consumption and that of Europe, it would be governed whol ly by two things, increased population and the relative prosperity in the re-. gions named. There has been no new fiber or textile produced to interfere with the ordinary demand for eotton and no change in its relative demand for clothing and other uses. But in the meantime a great part of the world in Asia, containing more population than all Europe and the United States combined which, twenty five year ago was. practically walled off fronm the world's trade, has been opened an?d as a matter of fact. China, Japan and Soufthern Asia east of India, and India itself, are countries where cotton will make clothing not only for inner but for outer wear. Why. has not the opening of that country to the world's commerce brought about a natural de mand? For the simple reason that that country works and earns, as of old, on a silver basis. It must pay either for raw or for manufatured cotton on a gold basis, and its possible purchas ing and import power is cut in half in fact. In halving the purchasing power of the dollar in China and in all silver using countries, we have eut down their importing power and raised a barrier of our iwn creation against our export to them .ts eflcient as the old barrier that thiese countries had abolished. The Hip Pcket. l)uring the course of a trial atWod wood. Oklahomia. one day last week a witness ad mitted to the presiding jiudge that he had a revolver in his pocket and the c-ourt fined him $25. The local paper says: "When the judge fined Tom Word far carrying a gun every other man in the court room sat erect and snmooth'd his coat tails down to hid his ar:nament. When a recess was taken every man made for the nearest outlet and 'hid out' his battery. Best esti mates place tihe number of guns in the court room at the time at about two wagon loads.' The First Regiment. It i officially announced that the Fis eient will be examinmed, paid off ,'nd mustered out on the 30th of ~.Nombr ~Dr. Wilcox. of the regular. Earmy, has a~rrived and will conduct the ph~-.ualexaintio bfor mstein A 1ARRYING MN. Charles Woodruff Doubled Brig ham Young's Record. !A WIDOWER FOR ONE HOUR. He Took to Himself Fifty Wives in Thirteen Years. Which is an Average of Four a Year. Charles Woodruff of Chicago, is a man who has made marriage a trade. Within the last thirteen years lie has married fifty women, an average of four a year. With every one he got some money, and in this is the secret of his wholesale ventures in matrinionv. Now Woodruff is in prison at Buffalo. N. Y. le married once too often. Brigham Young. the high priest of Mormonism, with all his facilities for plural marriage, had only twenty-six wives; he was a tenderfoot in compari son with Woodruff. There probably was never a more successful winner of women that this man: probably no man who ever had a morc delicate, nore subtle affection of manner. To meet a women and marry her in an hour is his record for facility. To woo and nmarry half a hundred women is his record of success. When lie was middle-aged and attrac tive. dressing as he did in the heigzht of fashion, it was his diversion to capti vate a woman, young or old. to tell her that he loved her as lie had never loved another. and to marry her in a few hours, or perchance in a few days, only to desert her. Mr. Woodruff is a student and a phi losopher of iove, and this is the state ment he makes of the secret of his suc cess in winning women's hearts: "Woman's weakness, not any acconi plishment or appearance of mine is the cause of my success in winning hearts. Women are frail things at best, **Take women when they get to be 40 and almost anybody can win them. They want to be won. Under 30 it is harder to win them, but sill it can be done if a person is patient. "Tell them they are good looking. of course, -y school boy knows that is the fir.; rudiment of success with wo men. "There is another factor which I cannot describe. It might be called man's ensemble. It is his made-up, his appearance, his manner, his way of talking, his way of looking-a man's eyes, you know, are what work hovoc with women if they are used right. You cannot acquire these personalities. They are born in a man, "Women differ some, too. For in stance. a simplenes! of manner might impress one, while another miht be captivated by a mysterious, self -know ing air. First, you want to study the woman. I remember but one whom I could not understand. I can usually read them at a glance. This one of whom I speak baffled me, though. No I didn't marry her. "The man that married her was up to date. She wanted me to make a millio n oath-bound promises. and I wouldn't do that for any one. 1 might make a few, but not many. One has to make enough when he's married. I have made a study of emotions in women and of their tastes and likings, because I found interest in the pursuit." Woodruff pushed his numerous court ships withrvigorous alacrity. It seldom took him over two days after he had met a woman for the first time to close up the marriage bargain and lead her to the altar. It was in 1889 that Woodruff achieved his especial notoriety. One day he was descending in the elevator of an offce building on Main street, Buffalo, when a woman, overcome by the movement of the car, fainted and fell against him. This was MIrs. S. A. Sample, a widow, with five children. Woodruff was gay looking and urbane in speech. He ceaptivated Mrs. Sample even while he held her on the way down in the elevator. He went out with her. won her completely, and married her. The entire proceeding had occupied just an hour. He deserted her two days later. Mrs. Sample is now living in Ayer, Mass., under her old name. Mr. Weodruff married, so far as de tectives have been able to learn. five women in Buffalo. It is believed, how ever, that he figured in at least a dozen weddings there. His greatest success tookplace while he was stationed at the United States hotel advertising for young women to go on the stage. In answer to his advertisemient a young woman named Rowell called at his room and was so pleased with him that she took him to the home of her aunt. 3Miss Schmintzin, and introduced him to her. In two days Woodruff and Miss Schmin tzins were married. After leaving Buffalo in 1S890 or 1591 Woodruff traveled all over the country, returning to Buffalo every few months for a day's visit, Ile spent much of his time in St. Louis. where. the police say, he has miore wives than lie has in Buffalo. lie also has wives in Chicago. Pittsburg, New York. San Francisco. Los. Angeles, City of Mexico. Kansas City. Boston and Philadelphia. In each of these places. judging from the letters lie has in his trunk. he won numerous heart5 and made some wives. He posed as a profoissor of message treatment in New York. professor- of elocution in St. Louis. and as a nmining~ enzineer in Mcxico anid California.. in 1896 Woodruff wecnt to Buffalo. stayed two weeks, and nmarried a wo man named Loretta Dart. of whom he had rucver before heard. H1e and she were married at Fort Eric. Woodiruff deserted her a few daiys afte~r the cere miony and the woman went to live with her parents, who arc wealthy farniers necar Tamburg. this State. She lives there now. She has been subpoenaedl as a witness to appeai'against W~oodruff. From her the polygamist secured $2eU Iat different times. About three months ago WoodrufT went to Buffalo and put up at a Pearl street boarding house. One day hermet Rowina Scott on the street. Mrs. Scott spoke to him. but Woodruff did not an swer. He evidently did not knew hem' as one of his wives. Mr-s. Scott met himi a second time lie did not design to recognize her. she was indignant. She went to the police. D~etetives were detailed on the case and two days later ~they arrested Woodruff. Among the other wives of Woodruff ;n April. N Mrs. b1ranster: May, 1'4. Alice Newberry. February. 1888. Annie Sclhcrler. January. 1890. Miss Kent. January. 18)0. Mrs. Caroline WX oodruiff. January, 1898. Woodruff was trying to deny the eharges which have been made against him one day last week when the prison guard announced that a lady wished to see him-a lady from New York. "I guess you may show her up", said the prisoner. -I don't know anybody from New York." A wiry woman of 40-she said after ward her name was Mrs. Jasper-walk ed into the room. "Now. Charley Woodruff." she said, as she fixed her eyes on the man, "I hope you can remember me long enough to give me back my ring. I'm not so proud of being Mrs. Woodruff that I want to keep telling people about it. Ilere is your ring. I want ine. My good woman." he said. sooth ingly. -I don't know you. I can't re member having met you before." am the woman you married. 'Are you sure about it?" queried Woodruff sweetly. "I never would have known you." FOUGHT WITH VIRGINIANS. A Carolina Company Which Served the "Old Dominion." Col. Thomas, State historian, has re eeived the roll of Co. B. Thirty-seventh A'irginia cavalry, a South Carolina com pany. composed of men from the courtic5 of Pickeus. Anderson and Greenville. 10 commissioned and non coiiissioned officers and 81 privates. Mr. WN. A. Hammond of Williston, Fla., called attention to the fact that there was such a company. The lieu tenant commanding the company most of the time, James A. Griffin of Pick ens. sent in the roll. During tile first 15 months of the war some of the com pany served in the Fourth S. C. regi enut. Co. H. Tle following were the officers of Co. B. Thirty-seventh Virginia caval ry: Andy Earle, captain: sick in hos pital the last three years of the war. 31. W. Wallace. firit lieutenant; cap tured and did not serve. Jas. A. Griffin, second lieutenant; the commanding officer. Benj. Milliken. third lieutenant; T. P. Looper, first sergeant; W. S. Carroll, second sergeant; W. Hunt third sergeant; R'. T. Griffin, first corpo, ral; H. M. Looper, second corporal; L. W. Kay. third corporal. and 81 privates, all of whom will be duly enrolled as South Carolinians who served the Con federacy under the noble flag of a Vir ginia regiment. Col. Thomas has not been informed of the circumstances in which this company passed into a Virginia regi ment, but he expects soon to know the reason why. Ile assumes that there was zood cause for the sesession. It is nowiere stated in our Confederate an nals, so far as Col. Thomas knows. that a South Carolina company served in the Thirty-Seventh Virginia cavalry. James R. Claiborne was major and Ambrose C. Dunn was lieutenant col onel of the Thirty-seventh Virginia civalry battalion.-Register. A COnVICT XITT.E. Another Shot in an Attempt to Make an Escape. Col. Neal, who has been at the State farm for several days. returned last night and reported the attempted es. cape of four convicts from the farm. One of them was kilIkd by a guard, an other was shot in the shoulder and cap tured while the other two escaped. The convicts were Richard Garrett, of Lan caster, who had two more years to serve; Marion Dawkins, of Newberry, who had served ten of his thirty year sentence; John Williams and Ed Slater, of Mayes ville, both in for life. The four men who were in the rear of the other con victs on the way to the stockade made a break into the woods and escaped. Guards were stationed along all the roads, and during the night Guard Johnston who was on the Camden road saw the four men approach. lHe or dered them to halt but they ran and the guard fired and instantly killed Garrett. The second shot brought down Dlaw kins who fell as if dead. The other men escaped, though the guard fired at them. Dawkins pretended to be dead, but after the guard left to report the occurrence to Col. Neal he got up and left. He was found next morning in a cabin several miles from the scene and taken back to the farm. He was shot through the shoulder. The other two negroes are still at large.-Columbia Record. __________ Disastrous Typhoons. Disastrous typhoons, and storms and floods have caused a fearful loss of life and property in the Orient. In the dis trict watered by the river Feng in Ja pan hundreds of villages have been swept away and 2.000 people have been drowned. Another report says 250 towns are under water. Thousands of the refugees are flocking to the cities. The Ishikari river has also overflowed, drowning over L.U00 peCople. Seven prefectures were destroyed. In a ter rible typhoon off Formosa. happening the samec time as the floods, great dam *ge was done to shipping. At Temani eig'ht junks were wrecked and a hun dre d live- lost. The junks were driven to se and3( lost. The steamer Rensi Miaru~ was piled up on shore. Among the ships wvrecked was the American bark~ Comel. Tlhe ship was abandoned and the crew saved. The steamer Cowrie is partially wrecked. The Frenchi steamer Uloihow is wreckecd on the beac h near Amnry. The German steamer" Trinidad. formerly of the Cun ard Line. waas abandoned in the open sea Hmeward bound passengers ~tate thiey passed through 20 miles of abanone wreekt. chiiefly Chinese junks. Th e loss of life must have been W ant to Follow South Carolina. tat Commissioner Vance has rec ceived a rejuest fronm R. P. Loomis, presiden.t of. the Ce ntury Club at Rled tield. :MuthI D~akota. for information conceringi the dispensary law. Hie states that the question of State con trol of the liquor tratice through the dis penisary law is to be submitted to the voters of South D akota and lie wishes to mnake speeches in favor of dispensa ries in thatt State. Commisioner T anee promptly forwardedl a batch of literature giving all the desired infor main. -Columbia Record. TALE TERSELY TOLD. The Positions of ti-e Ships En gaged at Santiago. REPORT OF THE BOARD. Seven Different Positions at Dif ferent Times Shown on Chart Submitted. The Descrip tive Story. The report of the Waingright board. convened for the purpose of determin ing the positions and courses of the ships engaged in the action at Santiago July 3. was made public Thursday. The report is accompanied by a chart. showing the positions of the ships at seven different times. The first part of -the report gives the time of day at which the Spanish vessels left the har bor and also when they were destroyed. The portion of the report dealing with the positions of the ships is as follows: Position 1. 9:35 a. i.-When the Maria Teresa came out of the harbor the New York was nine miles east of Morro, accompanied by the Ilist and Errieson. The Brooklyn was three miles southwest of Morro, being two and two-tenths miles, from the shore of the mouth of the harbor. The Texas was eight-tenths of a mile east of the Brooklyn. the Iowa one and eight tenths miles east and south of the Brooklyn and the Oregon a half mile east of the Iowa, the Iowa being three miles directly south of Morro. The Indiana was two and two-tenths miles south-west of Morro. and the Glouces ter one mile almost directly north of the Indiana and one and four-tenths from Morro. Position 2. 9:40 a.m. When the Plu ton came out all the Spanish vessels had come out of the harbor and their positions were: Maria Teresa two and one-half miles southwest of Morro, the Vizeaya, Colon and Oquendo, in the order named behind the Teresa and from four-tenths to half a mile apart. The position of the American vessels were: The New York had moved up two and one-tenth miles westward. The Brooklyn had ttarted north. swerved to the northeast and toward the mouth of the harbor and was turn ing east on the swing she made to the right and around to the westward course. She was eight-tenths of a mile from the Vizeaya at positions No. 2. The Texas first went east a half mile, swinging toward the harbor, then turn ing to the left she is at No. 2, a half mile directly north of her first position. The Iowa moved by a varying course northwest and was a mile and four tenths from the Vizeaya, the Oregon being two-tenths of a mile behind the Iowa, the Indiana three-tenths behind the Iowa. The Gloucester's first start was half a mile directly away from the harbor, but swinging to the right had advanced toward the Spanish ships, being one and seven-tenths miles from the nearest, the Oquendo. Position 3, 10:15 a. m.-Maria Teresa turned to ran ashore. She was ive and one-half miles from Morre. The Vizcaya was two and three-tenths miles westward from the Teresa, the Oquendo one and two-tenths miles and the Colon one and four-tenths miles in advance of the Teresa. The American vessels were as fol lows: The New York had come within three miles of Morro, being south east of that point. The Brooklyn had made the swing to the westward cross - ing her track and was two and a half miles south and west of the Teresa, and one and three-tenths miles direct ly south of the Colon, one and one tenth miles and a little behind the Vizcaya, one and three-tenths miles and a little in advance of the Oquendo. The Texas was one and two-tenths miles from the Teresa, a little behind her, and one and four-tenths miles from and behind the next Spanish ship, the Oquendo. The Iowa was one and one-tenths miles from the Tere~sa and a little closer in, but not quite ats far west as the Texas. The Oregon had pulled up and pa-sed thec Texas and Iowa being~ a little further in shore than the Texas and little farther out than the Iowa. She was in advance of the Teresa, being on one and sevon tenths miles from that vessel, six tenths of a mile from and diretly in the lin of the Oquendo. seven-tenths of a mile from the Colon and one and two-tenths miles behind the Viscaya. The Indiana was two miles from the Texas and two and six-tenths miles from the Oquendo. the nearest Span sh vessel. The Gloucester had moved up six-tenths of a mile and was just a nile directly south of MIorro. Position No. 4, 10:20) a. m.-Oquendo turned to run ash~ore. Only 5 minutes elapsed from position No. 3. All ves sels had been running westward with out material changes in their positions. The Colon had run one and three-tenth miles, the Vizcaya about a tenth of a mile less and swerved to the left, bringing her to within one and one tenth miles of the Brooklyn. The iowa was the samie distance. but almost di retly astern and the Oregon was one and three-tenth miles from the Viz eaya. but farther out to sea. The Iowa was eight-tenths of a mile from the Oquendo, the Oregon nine-tenths of a mile from the same vessel and both somewhat in advance of the doomed Spanish ship. The Indiana had ad vanced eight-tenths of a mile and was two and six-tenth miles away from the Oquendo. the nearest Spanish ship. The New York had advanced nearly a mile, but was not yet abreast of 3Merro. The Gloucester had run over two miles and was now well west of Norro, but five miles east of the Ocquendo. Position No. 5, 10::30 a. m.-Furor blew up and Pluton turned to ran ashore- This is ten minutes later than position No- 4. The Gloucester had run a little more than two miles and was four-tenths of a mile from the Fu ror and but little further from the Plu ton. The New York had run two and two-tenth miles and was' three and three-tenth miles from the Furor. the nearest Spanish ship. and two and two tenth miles south and a little west of MIorro. The Colon had run two and nine-tenth miles and the Vizeaya two and seven-tenth miles. The Brooklyn had run two and three-tenth miles and was one and two-tenth miles from the Vizeaya and one and six-tenth miles,. ~from the Colon, which was running) nearer the shore. The Oregon had aild twoand one-half miles and was one and one-half miles from the Viz eaya and about the same d'atance from the Colon. The Texas was one and two-tenth miles astern of the Oregon. two and four-tent miles from the Ore gon. The Indiana was one and one half miles astern of the Texas. Position No. 6, 11:15 a. m.-Vizeaya turned to run ashore. In the :35 min utes the Vizeaya had sailed about seven miles and was off thle mouth of the As erradero river. The Colon had run five and one-half miles farther and was more than that distance in advance of any of the American vessels. The Brooklyn was one and three-tenth niiles distant from the Vizeaya and slightly behind her. The Oregon was one and o-e-half miles froim the Vizeava, but nearer the shore and somewhat more astern of the enemy. The Texas was two and seven-tenth miles from the Vizcaya and directly astern of the Viz caya. The New York was five miles behind the Iowa. The Eriesson haa kept along with the New York all the time and was at this position one-half mile in advance of her. The Indiana was nearly four miles behind the Iowa. Position No. 7. 1:15 p. m.-The Co lon surrendered. In two hours and ten minutes from the last position given the vessels had coursed westward a great distance. The Colon had run twenty-six and one-half miles and was off the Tarquino river. The Brooklyn was the nearest American vessel. She had sailed twenty-eight and one-half miles and was three and four-tenth miles from the Colon. The Oregon was four and one-half miles from the Colon, and more inshore than the Brooklyn. The Texas was three and four-tenth miles behind the Oregon. The New York was nine and one-half miles from the Colon. None of the other vessels had come up, save the Vixen, which was abreast of the New York. This little vessel in the begia ning of the fight steamed out to sea and sailed westward on a course about two and one-quarter miles from that of the nearest Spanish ships. The Iowa, Indiana and Ericsson did not go farther west than where the Viz caya ran ashore. The Gloucester stopped by the Maria Teresa and Oquendo, as also did the Hist. The latter vessel was not able to keep pace with the New York and Ericsson. the vessels she was with at th.- beginning of the battle. FLOATS OVER SAN JUAN. The Stars and Stripes Proudly Wave Over the City. At noon on Wednesday the American flag was raised over San Juan, the capi tal of Porto Rico. and that island by the act passed from Spanish possession into American hands. The ceremony was quiet and dignified, unmarred by disorder of any kind. The Eleventh regular infantry, with two batteries -of the Fifth artillery. landed that morn ing. The latter proceeded to the forts, while the infantry lined up on the docks. It was a holiday for San Juan and there were many people on the streets. Rear Admiral Schley and Gen. Gordon, ac companied by their staffs, proceeded to the palace in carriages. The Eleventh infantry and regiment band, with troop H1, of the Sixth United States cavalry was then marched through the streets and formed in the square opposite the palace. At 11.40 a. in., Gen. Brooke, Admiral Schley and Gen. Gordon, the United States evacuation commission ers, came out of the palace with many naval officers and formed on the right side of the square. The streets behind the soldiers were thronged with town's people, who stood waiting in dead si lence. At last the city clock struck the hour of 12 and the crowds. almost breathless and with eyes fixed upon the flagpole. watched for developments. At the sound of the first gun from Fort 31orro, Maj. Dean and Lieut. Castle. of Gen. Brook's staff, hoisted the Stars and Stripes, while tlhe band played the "Star-Spangrled Banner." All hena- were, bared and the crowd tceer:d. 1-"'rt 31orro, Fort San Cristo bK! and the United States revenue cut ter MIanning, lying in the horbor. fired 21 guns each. Senor 3Iunoz Rivera, who was president of the recent auto nomist council of fecretaries. and other officials of the late insular government were present at the proceedings. Con gratulations and handshaking among the American officers followed, Ensign King hoisted the Stars and Stripes on the Intendencia. but all othe. flags on the various public buildings were hois ted by military officers. Simultaneous with the .taising of the flag over the captain-general's palace many others were hoisted in many other parts of the city. The work of the Tnitcd States commission is now over and all the re ports will be forwarded to Washington on Thursday next. The labors of both parties have terminated with honor to all concerned. The Ame rican commis sioners worked without the least delay and in the most thorough and effective manner. Physieians Must Register. The following, which relates to a matter of very great importance to phy sicians, has been issued over the signa ture of Dr. L. C. Stephens. of Black ville. tihe chairnan of the state board of medical examiners: -'It has been re ported by the clerks of emirt for some of the counties that all of the physi cians practicing miedicine and surgery in their communities htavc not register ed. in accordance with the law now in for:-e: nor can they until they have been'duly examined and licensed by the state medical board. All such who have failed to register by reason of their neglect to come before the board. or have come into the State since the last regular meceting of the same,. are urgently requested to apply for tempo rary license to the secretary. D)r. S. C. Baker. Sumter, S. C.. or the under signed, whoen thcy will be expected to appear before the board at its regular mleeting ini Cohumbia, fourth Tuesday in April next. r~ suie the penalties attaching to their neglect. Where He Was Hurt. A witty old judge who hiad spent an evening with a youn-r lawyer in the~ country. whose offie was on the second story. on taking his departure. stumi bled on the stairs and fell to the bot toi. The youn.g lawyer. hearing the noise. rushecd out, and seeing the judge ying~ on lisa back at the bottom of thle stairs, hastoned down. and with great. anxiety asked. "Is your honor hurt?" "No. said the judge, scrambling to A MYSTERIOUS CASE. Failing in Attempt to Rob He Com mitted Snicide. An unknown man has committed suicide at the public library at Omaha under mysterious circumstances. Ev erythingp oints to the fact that lie had secreted himself in the building the night before with the intention of rob bing the priceless collection of coins in the Byron Reed donation. When de tection and capture confronted him he cooly placed a revolver to his temple and fired a bullet into his brain. When the watchman rushed upon the scene the man was dead. The body appears to be that of a man of culture. There is nothing by which it might be identified. He was evident ly a Russian and some slight marks on the clothes would seem to indicate that he was a nobleman. The police believe the man a visitor at the exposition who possessed techni eal knowledge and was perhaps a col lector of rare coins himself. Recogniz ing the value of the treasure, separated from him only by a glass case, lie de termined to seize it. Early this morn ing the watchman noticed the burglar alarms leading to the Reed collection ringing violently. An investigation followed and then the suicide's weapon exploded and the man fell dead. The door leading to the Reed colece tion had been tampered with. This is the fourth time burglars have atteupt ed to rob this collection. The thous ands of gold coins of all nations includ ed represent a large fortune. The cor oner is investigating the case. The suicide was a fine looking man. He was not seen around the building pre viously and the police can learn noth ing concerning him. le was probably 45 years old. The name of John Schmidt was found written on the margin of a small map of Europe found in one of his pock ets. The map was torn from a Russian geography. A pair of glasses, the case of which bore the label "Riga, Russia. was also found. On the corner of a pocket handkerchief in red silk were the letters "J. K. R." The dead man. from the cut of his clothing, had not not been in this country long. One Acre in Five. The Augusta Chronicle says the Hon. Pope Brown is one of the successful farmers of Georgia. Having made this statement, it is hardly necessary to add that he is not an all-cotton planter. Mr. Brown has long since learned that the road to prosperity lies throrgh fields of diversified crops. and the successful farmer must produce a' home the food crops upon which lie and his animals can live. He is thus quoted: "I have no desire to dictate. but I firmly be lieve that if I could enforce the plant ing of erops in the south on the follow ing plan for five years' time the farmers of this section would be independent. I would cultivate fifty acres to a mule. This I would divide as follows: Seven teen acres in corn, with old Red Rip per peas in the drill, and ground peas im the middle of the ro'ws. seventeen acres in wheat, rye and oats. three acres in ground peas solid, one acre in cane, one acre in melons and truck, one acre in potatoes and ten acres in cotton. After the oats and other grain that land could be planted in corn and peas, used as pasture or to make hay as desired." We agree with the Chronicle that the thing that surpasses ordinary mortals is that the cotton farmer seems so hope lessly joined to his idol. Even if he resents the good advice which has been given him year in and year out in the newspapers, along this line, it does seem that he would heed the counsel of a practical farmer whe. own success entitles his words to consideration. In Colonel Brown's schedule only ten acres in fifty arc devoted to cotton-one in five. Mortality Statistics. The latest compilation of the mor tality statistics of the war. made by the adjutant general's office, shows the fol lowing figures- In Puerto Rico: Killed --Officers. 0; men, 3. Wounded-Of ficers, 4; men, 36. At 31anila: Killed -Officers, 0: men. 15. Wounded Offiers. 10; men. 8S. In Cuba: Killed -Officers, i23: men. 2:37. Wounded Officers. 99: men, 1.:332. Deaths from various'causes: From wounds received -Officeers, 9; men, 82. From accidents -Officers, U: men 30. From disease. etc.-Oiicers. 75: men. 2.150. The number of deaths from all causes in the army whose maximum was 2435,000 reached a total of 2.624. The Early Bird. Greedy pension attorneys are already "working" the survivors of the Cuban campaign. A Washington attorney has written to a )lichiigan volunteer requst ing him to send on the names of all the soldiers in his regiment who might like to make application for a-pension. The attorney concluded; -3Iy fee is $25. and 1 will give you 20 per cent. in every case in which I collect. I mea-n business. Remember, the early bird eatches the worm. Failed to Charm Him. J. Franklin Brown. a hypnotist, of San Francisco. is dead from blood pois onic contracted several months agro wheu lie attempted to put a cub lion under tile spell of his power. The cub rebelled and bit Brown' hand. ie was confined in a hospital for some time and had been discharged as cured but the other diay a slighlt scratch brought a recurrence of the trouble whieh ended in his deah. Built His Own Scaffold. Robert Lewis, who killed J. F. Hlaynes. foreman cf a gang of mien erectig a building in Atlanta. wvas sentenced to hang Novemxber 10. Lew is. beimt a workman at the new jail sev eral months ago. helped to build the callows on wvhich he will be put to Examined Him. The powers have not only set foot on the domain~ of Chi.. . a.t they have lit E-ai id hoans on the eniporor him 1.0f. iT sathcfy theseves of his phy ie edtion. they. have had the :in of iler oin examed by a physician rom'n o'i the emasses. Know a Goodl Thing. .t di.oateh f-om MIadrid says adlvices eeelved there from Puerto Rico say :iat all the high offeials there hiave' aken steps to become naturalized "GOLD DEMOCRATS." Most of the Leaders are Now Loyal Republicans. GONEWHERE THEY BELONG. The Cc!umbia State Propounds Some Pertinent Questions to the South Carolina gold Democrats. When in 1896 The State gave to Pal mer. Bynum. Cockran and the other leaders of the so-called "Gold-Demo cracy" the designation of "Assistant Republiaans" there was a good deal of indignant comment by newspapers in this State which professed the same creed. That the Indianapolis ticket was run for the purpose of drawing away votes from Bryan and thus aid mn in the election of McKinley they refused to admit. They insisted stren uously that it had been proposed on its own merits and that the organization behind it would enduie after the elec tion. would maintain its individuality and would eventually attract the bulk of the Democratie voters, weary of the "silver heresy." Well, two years have passed. and we fitd not one candidate of the "National Democratic" party in the field for con gresF anywhere in this Union. We find the skeleton organization formed at Indianapolis reduced to bone dust. We find the men who voted for Palmer and Buckner double-quicking to the shelter of the Democratic camp or the Repub lican camp. We find Bynum and Cock ran and others of the leaders making speeches for hire in behalf of the Re. publican candidates for congress. And finally we ind the "Gold Democratie" candidate for president of the United States accepting an invitation to pre side over a Republican meeting at De catur, Ill., next week, at which meet ing Bynum. "chairman of the National Democratic executive committee," is to deliver the star address. In his letter ax-Senator Palmer says: I will not support any candidate who favors the coinage of silver on the ra tio of 16 to 1 with enforced legal tender quality. I adhere to the Indianapolis platform. I am a Cleveland Democrat and I believe that if the party had ad hered to the policy of the Wilson bill and sound money, it would have suc ceeded in the presideatial election of 1896. and would have controlled the government now. Its folly was to com mit itself to the Chicago platform in 1896,in opposition to sounder opinions. It was dominated by mere resentments and was unconsciously dishonest, as it proposed to revolutionize and Mexican ize the standard values of the United States. I beg you to be assured that no sound money Democrat can, under the circumstances, in my judgment, vote for any representative man who is not in favor of sound, honest money. I will vote for Isaac R. Mills, the Repub lican candidate for congress in the Sev enteenth Illinois district on the issue of sound money, as we have no candi date of our own. What say the Palmer and Buckner voters of South Carolina to this? What say the newspapers that tolled them on to that error and guaranteed the Democracy of the men who are now openly inl the Republican camp? Are not Palmer and Bynum and Cockran unmistakably at last "Assistant Re publicans?'' Did they not after all de serve the title? What do these papers think of Mr. Palmer's statement that he, a "Cleveland Democrat." is going to vote the Republican ticket? What do they think of his opinion that "no sound money Democrat can under the circumstances vote for any representa ti're man who is not in favor of sound, honest money?" Do they endorse what he says? If not, why? And if niot, what has become of the "principles" they professed in 1896? And the 824 South Carolinians who voted for Pal mer and Buckner in 1896-did they participste in the Democratic primaries this year? If so, did they vote for gold candidates only? And. if not, if they voted for silver candidates for congress, what has become of their Indianapolis creed? Have they given it up? We hope so.-Statc. Pretty Costly Old Iron. Owing to an annoancement in the H avanna newspapers of a sale of some articles and materials by the Spanish ordnance department Wednesday, the United States evacuation commission ers sent Capt. Griscom and Capt. Brook to attend the sale and take notes of the articles auctioned. They found in eluded in the sale several mortars and other guns. The commissioners prompt ly sent a protest to the Spanish evacua tion comiasioners, who replied that the articles referred to were useless for service and were only sold as old metal. The commissioners instructed Capt. Brooks to make a thorough inventory in order to know the exact number and nature of the articles in case a sale should be effected despite the protest. Regardless of the American objection the sale came off at the arsenal, the ordnance being knocked down to J. B. H~amel. a Hlabana merchant whose bid was $t00.000~t. Severe Storm in Texas. The wind and electrical storm which swept over Texas Wednesday night was vcry severe in South Texas. Damage to cotton is enormous. At Deer park, 20~ mile.' from Houston, the residence of C. E. Adamus wvas demolished. At Pasadena the residence of John Stev ens was wrecked andl the six occupants were injurod. At Masouri City a num ber of freight cars were blown from the siding out on. tMe main track. The California express. running 40) miles an hour. dashed into the ears at full speed. George Johnston of San Antonio, theC enugineer. was killed,, None of the pas sengers were badly hurt. A Wonderful Feat. The renarkable feat of telephoning fromi Isovon to Kansas City was accom -piished on Saturday last. the distance (l .->iI :miles) being the longest ever covered by a single telephone circuit. The offiils at each end of the line suc ceeded in making themselves distinctly understood. The test was made under the supcrvision of W. E. Durgin, cast rcrn district superintendent of the New En and Telephone and Telegraph