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VOL. XIV. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1898. NO. 18 STATE TO BE 1OST. Citizens to Entertain Confederate Veterans at Next Reunion. CHARLESTON'S GENEROSITY Enthusiastic Meeting of Execu tive Committee to - Perfect Plans for the-.. Occasion Held in Columbia Wed nesday Night. A meeting of the executive commit tee appointed to arrange a plan for the entertainment of the Confederate vet erans at the reunion in Charleston in May, was held in Columbia Wednesday night and was presided over by the chpirman, Major'T. G. Barker, of Char leson. Among those present were Major T. G. Barker, chairman; T. W. Bacot, vice chairman, John P. Smith, secre tary, Gen. C. 1. Walker, ;iajor G. L. Buist, Capt. Charles Inglesby, Robert P. Evans, D. L. Sinkler, A. W. Mar sh-.ll, F. H. McMaster, E. P. Jervey, T. T. Hyde and Datniel Ravenel of Charleston, members of the executive committee. The following counties were represented at the meeting Wed nestday night: Aiken, B. H. Teague; Charleston, W. G. Hinson; Cherokee, William Jeffries; Chesterfield, C. A. M'.!l': Edzefield, George B. Lake; Greenville, jas. A. Tloyt; Greenwood, W. L. Durst; Hampton, Jas. W. Moore; Horry, R. B. Scarborough; Kershaw, J. W. Floyd. Lexington, D. J. Griffith; Oconee, J. W. Todd; Richland, F. H. Weston; Spartanburg, J. B. Cleveland; York, Iredell Jones. Besides these there were Bishop Capers and Messrs. D. Cardwell, IS. G. Gonzales and R. D. Flenniken. The meeting was a most interesting and enthusiastic one and what it lacked in numbers was made up in the quality that was present. The members of the committee are sanguine over the out 1ook for a great reunion of the Confed erate veterans and are delighted to talk of the pleasant occasions. The meeting was called to order by Major Barker and in taking the chair he first read the resolution authorizing the meeting of the committee and briefly stated that the people of Char leston were willing to do their duty but wanted the entire State to be the host on the occasion the next reunion of Confederate veterans. He then asked that the committee take some action in regard to the reunion, as was anticipat ed in the called for the meeeing. Majar Smythe was unable to attend on account of business relations. He was very busy at this time arranging for letting the contract for the audi torium for the reunion next spring. The chairman stated that the work of entertaing visitors would devolve on Charleston. While the people do not intend to shirk their duty,, yet they are willing to receive any outside assis tance. Mr. Iredell Jones thought the best way to arrange the matter was to have a committee appointed to formulate a plan, asking the people of the State to participate in the reunion and to re gard themselves as hosts. He sug gested that a committee be appointed, as matters would thus be expedited. He moved that a committee of seven be appointed from this meeting, eon uisting of six from the counties of the state with the exception of Charleston, to submit to this meeting a plan of pro viding assistanee for the entertainment of the Confederate veterans at the re union- to be held on the 10th of May, 1899. The motion was unanimously carried. The chair appointed the following committee: Iredell Jones, chairman; CJhas. A. Malloy, D. J. Griffith, Jas. W. Moore, F. H. Weston, R. B. Scar borough, C. I. Walker, and Bishop~ Capers. After a reeess of fifteen minutes the committee returned the following re port, with the preamble prepared by Bishop Capers: The executive committee of the United Confederate veterans from the several counties of our state, meeting: in Columbia, and having under con-. sideration the entertainment of the veterans of the Confederate army at* Charleston in May next hereby ex-' press their hearty desire to co-operate with the citizens of Charleston in ex tending the hospitality of South Caro lina to the honored representatives of the glorious army of the Confederacy, and would express this desire by ask ing to share with our Charleston breth ren in the honor of entertaining the visitors; therefore, Resolved. That the members of the execut've commit. e and the command-' ants of the local camps U. C. V., in each county be appointed to solicit as sistance in provisions or in lieu ther eof money for the entertainment of the Confederate veterans in Charleston during May, 1899, and that in each county the committee shall use the best means in their judgment to inter est the people in contributing to this laudable undertaking. That the committee in the respec tive counties report by February 1, 1899, to the chairman of the executive committee, in Charleston what their county will probably do towards assist ing in entertaining the veterans and that the secretary of the executive committee do send a copy of this reso lution to each committee member and to the commandants of Confederate camps in the state. That the secretary have a sufficient number of the report printed and sent to the various county members of the executive committee with the request that they place the same in hands of commanders of camps, and further that they request ail papers to publish same. The meeting then adjourned at 7:310 declock.__________ Separate Cars.. Two Georgia senators objected to sleeping in a Pullman with a Negro man and woman and applied to the con ductor to put them out. This he re fused, and now a bill has been intro duced in the Georgia senate to provide separate sleeping cars fer blacks and whites and making it a penitentiary of fense for either of the races to travel in a car set aside for the other. It has been reported favorably and bids fair to LYNCHING TILLXAN. Negro Preachers in Brooklyn Stirred Up Over the Recent Riots. The Pastors' Association of Brook lyn, composed of clergymen of all the Afro-American churches on Long Is land, held its weekly meeting Wednes day afternoon in the Berean Baptist church, in Bergen street, near Roches ter avenne, and discussed the recent killing of Negroes in North and South Carolina. The Rev. Leonard J. Brown, pastor of the church and presiding ofli cer of the meeting, said that he was willing to contribute money to enable the Negroes of Wilmington to buy guns and ammunition to help them selves, if the national and State govern ments refused to take the matter in hand. The Rev. A. J. Henry, pastor of the Nazarene Congregational thurch, said that he held the Democratic party of North Carolina responsible. "They were inspired," he said, "by Tillman, of South Carolina. Tillman made rabid speeches in North Carolina, which inflamed the whites and caused them to do the contemptible work." The Rev. Mr. Henry declared that the Ne groes of North Carolina should lynch Tillman, ex-Congressman Waddell, the mayor and Chief of Police Parma lee, of Wilmington. He spoke of how colored men, who owned their own homes, had been forced to leave them through fear. He said he knew some of them personally and that the homes they left represented the accumulation of thirty years. He said something should be done and done at once, and that he was ready to con tribute to anything having for its ob ject the termination of "the abomina ble outrages perpetrated by contempti ble Democrats." He then pulled from his pocket a roll of bills and said that he was ready to contribute $5 to help the Negroes of North Carolina help them selves. The Rev. Mr. Timms, pastor of the Holy Trinity .Baptist church, said that he, too, was shocked over the outrages perpetrated upon his people, and that he was willing to contribute his money to help them. The Rev. Walker S. Kane, pastor of the Union Bethel, at Schenectady !ve nue and Dean street, spoke of the sub ject as being shocking to all good men and said he knew not what action the association should take. The Rev. Henry announced that the Society of the Sons of North Carolina, which is composed of Negro men liv ing in Brooklyn who are natives of North Carolina, would hold a monster meeting thi.- week and that a fund would be s 7d to help their brethren in their native land. Rev. Henry was instructed to pre pare suitable resolutions voicing the sentiments of the association and de nouncing the present state of affairs in the Carolinas. The resolutions will be adopted at the next meeting of the associaticia.___ SUICIDE OF LIUT DRERL Ordered to Manila and did not En joy the Prospect. Lieut. Herman G. Drezel, of the United States navy, committed suicide in the Carrolton Hotel, Baltimore, shortly after 1 e'elock Tuesday morn ing, by shooting himself in the head. Lieut. Drezel, it is though:t, reached this city some time this morning and repaired to the Carroltoni. He did not register, but after lingering about the lobby for a short time went to the toilet room and locked the door. Almost immediately thereafter a pistol shot alarmed the employees of the house and a search revealed the fact that Drezel was dead. In one of the pockets of his coat was found an order from Secretary of the Navy Long, dated November 11, detaching him from the United States ship Essex and ordering him to repair to San Francisco, from which place he was to go to Hong Kong and thence to Manila to join the Zafiro. A telegram addressed to Lient C H Fash, in Washington, and signed by Drezel, was found on the dead man, request ing Fahs to exchange orders with the writer, and it was evidently the inten tion of Drezel to have sent this. He is supposed to have committed the deed during a fit of melancholly. Dre zel was 38 or 40 years of age. He en tered the navy on September 22, 1876, at Annapolis, having been appointed from Ohio. On May 4, 1896, he was made a lieutenant. During the Span ish-American war he served on board the Puritan. Following the war he was transferred to the Essex. Another Clash at Pana. Non-union colored miners and white strikers clashed in the streets of Pana Ill., pgain Thursday. Several hundredl shots were fired, but the combatants did their shooting from behind trees and hedges, consequently no blood was opilled. The trouble is said to have been started by a Negro firing upon Wesley Pope, a striker. Pope says he was walking near the Springside col liery, where the Negroes are quartered, when he was fired upon. He secured a rifle and reinforcements. Meantime the Negroes appeared in force and the shooting became general. After sever al hundred shots had been exchanged the Negroes retreated to their stockade. Nc damage was done. She WasElected. Up in Ogemaw county, Michigan, a month or two ago, Mrs. Merrie Abbott was nominated by the Democrats for county attorney. The PDemocrats had practically no hope or expectation of carrying the election, and Mrs. Abbotts nomination was regarded in the nature of a joke. When the returns came in the other day, however, it was found that Mrs. Abbott had won, but all the other Democratic nominees had been defeated. A Freak of Nature. Nature plays some queer freaks and she has been at it for some time. One of the queerest that has come to light is on an old New Bedford, Mass.. ne gro, who is said to be over 1'0 years old, who is the father of 36 children and-has more grand and great-grand children than he can count. He is a remarkably well equipped old chap, for he has two hearts, two breastbones and two sets of ribs, and is proud of the whole combination. IN A BAD WAY. Active Work Necessary for Suc cess of State Fair. SEVERAL PLANS DISCUSSED. Fair Society Realizes that Some thing Must be Done for its Betterment. All Officers Re-Elected. The State Agricultural and Neehani cal society held its annual session at 9 o'clock Thursday night in the presi dent's office of the Carolina National bank, Columbia. The discussion which took place showed that the members were keenly alive to the fact that if something were not done and done quickly the society would die a natural death. Among those present were the follow ing well known members: President T. J. Cunningham. Secretary Thomas W. Holloway, Treasurer A. G. LaMotte, and Messrs. W. A. Clark. Jno. P. Thomas, A. H, White, S. WV. Vance, R. B. Watson, A. W. Love. Walter Fish er, J. W. Dreher, Jno. L. Mimnaugh 0. A. Bowen. J, Wash Watts, W. (r Hinson. M. L. Donaldson, D. F. Efiru, W. D. Evans, D. P. Duncan, J. 11. Wharton. PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL. The minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted. President Cunningham said he had noremarks to make to the society. le had intended to make some recommen dations in regard to changes in pre mium lists and also in the grounds and buildings, but the bad weatther had cut off the receipts of the society to such an extent that he did not feel warranted in suggesting anything that would incur any additional expense. -He was gratified, however, to -be able to announce that despite the bad weather the fair would be able to pay all ex penses. He then announced that the receipts for the present fair amounted to $3,500. THE OFFICERS. The election of officers was entered upon with the result that President Cunningham and Secretary Holloway were unanimously reelected. Mr. A. G. LaMotte, who has made an efficient treasurer, vice Mr. Geo. Huggins, re signed, was elected without opposi tion. The election for vice presidents fol lowed, and resulted in the reelection of all, with the exception of Col. A. P. Butler. When the nomination for vice presi dent from the Second Congressional dis trict came up, the name of Col. A. P. Butler was suggested for reelection. Mr. W. A. Clark for information asked if Col. Butler had been present at the meeting of the society, and, if not, had the secretary received any explanation of his absence. He had no doubt that Col. Butler had a good reason for be ing away, but he thought the society was making a mistake by reelecting ofacers pro forma without inquiry into why they were not present, and whether or not they had been active workers. The society was doing itself an injus tice by not putting into office men who would make active workers. After some discussion this nomina tion was passed over until the other vice presidents had been elected. Mr. Hinson, when his name was plac ed in nomination for vice president fro'm the Seventh congressional district, ask ed to be excused from serving further as an officer of the society. He felt that new blood should be infused into the society, and he would like to be e't emped from further duty. Col. Jno. P. Thomas did not think a better man could be put in the place of Mr. Hinson, and insisted in placing his name in nomination. This was done and Mr. Hinson was unanimously re elected. All the vice presidents having been reelected, the matter of the vice presi dent from the Second district was re curred to. Mr. J. W. Dreher nomi nated Col. R. B. Watson for the posi tion. The nominee was elected unani mously. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The election of an executive commit tee was entered upon. A. nunber of nominations were made, and from them the following selected: ~F. H. Hyatt, R. P. Hamer, Jr., W. C. Fisher, S. W. Vance, A. H, White, M. L. Donaldson. W. D. Evans, J. E. Wannamaker, S. J. McCaughrin, W. H. Frazier; T. 0. Sanders, E. F. Efird, J. W. Dreher, J. S. Newman. While the nominations were in pro gress, Mr. Clark said he thought it emi nently neceesary that a representative from Clemson College be on this com mittee. He therefore nominated Prof. J. S. Newman. as Prof. J. W. Hart had left the State. Col. Jno. P. Thomas of the committee on memorials submi ted the report of that committee. Hc prefaced his re port by saying that the society had been a heavy loser by the death of several of its best members. There were Gen. Johnson Hagood, Edward L. Roche, Capt. R. S. DesPortes, Alexander Mc Bee, Gen. John Bratton. Tributes to these members were read by (Col. Thomas and Col. Duncan, NEW MEMBERS. The following were elected members of the society: C. W. Garris, Colleton; J. P. Derham, Horry; J. D. Haselden, Marion: R. B. Scarborough. Conway; L. M. Smith, Marion; Jno. J. MaMa han, Columbia; T. C. Hamer, Bennetts ville: P. H. Nelson, Columbia; .Judge Ernest Gary, Columbia; Dr. H. 'T. Kendall, Columbia; Jno. Frazier, Ches ter; Chas. E. Summer, Newberry, R. J. Mills, Chester, and W. J. Duncan, Camden. MUsT BE REMEDIED. The meeting was about to adjiourn when Mr. Clark said he hoped it would not do so until the society had seriously considered its present condition. All of them he believed, realized that there were serious signs of decay. The ex hibits had fallen off for the last two years, and especially was this true of the horse and cattle departments. The exhibits in these departments were what might be called exhibits of a com mercial nature. Horses and cattle were brought here for the sole purpose of finding a market. The decline in agricultural products was partly re sponsible for this, but the decline must be dated from the time the value of the premiums were reduced two years ago. He would move that the premiums be boldly reinstated to what they were at that time. He suggested that a com mittee be appointed to confer with th fair association of the city to see-if i be practicable to secure through the instrumentality of this association cer tain special premiums from the citizens of Columbia. Ile believed that premiums should be given to the counties having the largest and most varied exhibits, and to per sons who had the largest exhibits in different lines. Every exhibitor was an advertiser, who brougit numerous friends with him in the fair. Then, too, a committee should be appointed to earnestly confer with the railroads to see if they could not be prevailed upon to haul the premiums free. Mr. D. F. Efird thought that South Carolina raised stock should not be made to compete with the stock of Kentucky and Tennessee. Let more liberal premiums be given for South Carolina stock. The object of the so ciety was to encourage stock raising in this State and it conld not be done so long as South Carolinians had to com pete with the world. Mr. W. D. Evans endorsed what Mr. Efird said. Mr. Hinson explained that the two classes of horses, State raised and open to the world, had to be abandoned a few years ago because of the financial straits of the society. Mr. Frazier wanted the time for holding the fair changed to earlier in the fall, when the weather would be better. Besides the fair should follow the North Carolina fair, for then many exhibitors of that fair would send their exhibits to this. He gave notice that he would at the next meeting offer a resolution amending the constitution so as o have the fair earlier, Col. R. A. Love hoped that the pre mium list would soon be back to what it formerly was, but wanted to know where the money was to come from. Mr. Frazier thought it would be a good plan for some provision to be made for the place of living for exhibitors. They could not afford to come down here and stay a week or ten days at hotels. Let quarters be provided for exhibitors at the grounds and they would increase in number. Mr. W. A. Clark thought this could be arranged by putting in apartments in theupperpart of the old building for exhibitors. Mr. W. D. Evans thought the com mittee to be appointed at the suppes tion of Mr. Clark should see the hotels and see if it could not get reduced rates for the exhibitors. He did not think reduced rates should be given to the visitors in general but to the exhibitors. It was to the interest of the hotels to have the fair and they should do their share toward making the fair a success. Mr. Evans knew the people of Colum bia, were patriotic and when once aroused would do their utmost for the fair. Col. Watson moved that a committee of five, with the president as chairman, be appointed to memorialize the legis lature in behalf of the society. The committees which were recom mended appointed will be announced' later by the president. There being no further business the meeting adjourn-. ed.-State. THE LOWERY BAT-E. It Attracted Much Attention at the State TPair. The Columbia Record says the Lowrey .round bale attracted possibly more attention than any exhibit at the state fair. In machinery hall'it was the scene of lively interest and amazement. The bale does not look as though it were cotton, but looks like a Deat~roll of dry goods. It is 36 inches long, 18 inches in circumference, 250 pounds in weight and has a density of 47 pounds to the cubic foot. It is covered with cotton duck, and looks less than one fifth the size of a square. The cover ing is tied at both ends with a pucker ing string and can easily be sampled every part of the bale examined with out cutting the covering. The bale is so packed as to prevent its being de spoiled and robbed as is the case with the square bale. On account of the neatness of the package and having no bagging or ties 5 per cent. tare is saved on European shipments. At least $1.25 a bale is saved on shipment to Europe in freight and quite a neat sum is saved in insurance. Ininan & Co., and vari ous large cotton firms in the South offer 42 points or $5.25 -a bale more for cot ton packed in the Lowery bale. This offer is for this and next season. The exhibit was visited by quite a number of the most prominent farmers of the state and all are loud in their praise of the little bale. The exhibit is made by the Georgia and Carolina Farmers Co. Died From Her Wounds. The Greenwood correspondent of the State says Eliza Goode, the Negro wo man shot by unknown white men Mon day, died at her home on the Tolbert land, near Piney Grove church Thurs day night. It is the candid opinion of those who have investigated this mat ter that Greenwood county is not re sponsible for this shameful deed; that the drunken perpetrators are none of our people. That was an awful deed -shooting an old woman in her own cabin, and the white men who did it had best keep away. Renouncing the Tolberts. A prominent Negro minister of Brad ley, Greenwood county, has offered to a local paper for publication a com munication renouncing the Tolberts and their teachings and declaring the purpose of the Negroes about Bradley to live in pence with the white people. Similar sentiment is credited to the Negroes in various sections. They Beg to Come dome. Great pressure is being brought to bear upon the administration to have the volunteers in the Philippines re turned to this country. Nearly every State has asked through their governor and representatives in congress, that these troops be sent home. The war department says there is no way of re SOME PLAIN TALK. Mrs. Felton Says White Women Must Be Protected. OUTRAGE AT ANY COST. Lynch One Thousand Each Week if Necessary to Save Them From the Lusts of the Ravenous Beasts. Mrs. W. H. Felton, who is at her home near Cartersville, Ga., in a card to the Atlanta Journal on the Negro issue, and whose speech before the Georgia Agicultural society a year ago last Au gust, is said to have been the cause of Manly, the Wilmington Negro editor's editorial, says the white women must be protected at any cost. She deals with the situation in North#Carolina, which she attributes to corrupt politics, in a most masterful manner. Mrs. Fel ton's card in the Journal speaks for it self, and is as follows: Cartersville. Ga., Nov. 15. To the Editor of the Journal: In reply to your telegram concerning the statements made in the New Yoik papers that Manly's editorial was made in reply to my address before the Agri cultural society at Tybee one year ago last August, I here repeat what was said at Tybee and re-affirm the same. Addressing farmers, I said the crying need of women on farms is security in their lives and homes. It is a disgrace in a free country when rape and violence are public re proach, and the best part of God's crea tion are trembling and afraid to be left alone in their homes. With due respect to your politics I say that when you take the Negro into your embraces on election day to con trol his vote and used liquor to befuddle his understandiug and make him be lieve he is your man and brother, when you honey-smuggle him at the polls and make him familiar with dirty tricks in politics, so long will lynching prevail, because the cause will grow and in crease with every election, and when there is not enough religion in the pul pit to organize a crusade against this sin nor justice in the court house to promptly punish the erime, nor man hood enough in the nation to put a sheltering arm a ut innocence and vir tue, if it requires lynching to protect woman's dearest possession from raven ing, drunken human beasts, then I say lynch one thousand a week if it is ne cessary. Since that address was made the crime and lynchings have decreased 50 per cent. in Georgia. The condition in North Carolina is the manifest result of corruption in politics and undue familiarity with North Carolina Negroes at the polls. It is the unwritten lay in Georgia that the black fiend who. destroys a white woman in her home or on the highway and is identified with proof positive must die without clergy, judge or jury. I know that tens of thousands of hon orable colored men and women in Geor wia approve this verdict. The race will be destroyed by the whites in self-defense unless law and order prevail in regard to the crime of rape and the lynching that follows. I placed the blame where it should be in my Tybee address. Such politics will ruin the prosperity of the South and destroy the colored race at last. When the Negro, ,Manly, attributed the crime of rape to lewd intimacy be tween Negro men and the white women of the South the slanderer should be~ made to fear a lyncher's rope rather than occupy a place in New York pa pers. Mrs. W. H. Felton. Women Who Should Not Marry. The woman who proudly dectares that she caunot hem a poeket handker-' chief, never made up a bed in her life, and adds with a simper that she has "been in society ever since she was fif teen.". The woman who would rather nurse a pug dog than a baby. The woman who thinks she can get $5,000 worth of style out of a $1,000 salary. The woman who wants to refurnish her house every spring. The woman who buys for the mere pleasure of buying. The woman who does not know how many cents, halves, quart'ers, dimes and nickels there are in a dollar. The woman who thinks that men are angels and demi-gods. The woman who would' rather die than wear a bonnet two seasons old. The woman who thinks that the cook and nurse can keep house. The woman who reads cheap novels and dreams of being a duchess or a countess. The woman who thinks it is checaper to buy bread than to make it. The woman who marries in order to have somebody pay her bills. The woman who expects a declaration of love three times a day. The woman who expects to have a "good, eas9y time." The woman who cares more for the style of her winter cloak than she cares for the health and comfort of her chil dren. The woman who stays at home only when she cannot find a place to visit. The woman who thinks embroidered centerpieces and "doilies" are more necessary than sheets. pillow cases and blankets. The woman who buys bric-a-brac for the parlor and borrows kitchen utensils from her heighbors. The womani whose cleanliness and order extend no farther than the draw ing-room. The woman who wants things just because "other women" have them. The woman who thinks she is an ornament to her sex if she wins a pro gressive euchre prize. A Vessel Wrecked. News has just been received from Alsea bay, 16 miles below here, that the sailing vessel Atlanta is ashore. She had a crew of thirty men on board, and only two got ashore alive. The vessel was bound from Tacoma for an African port with wheat. She has broken in two. The Atlanta was of DISGRACING THTR UNIFORMS. Shameful Acts of Negro Soldiers Near Santiago. An incident occurred en Wednesday night at San Luis, 25 miles north of Santiago, which caused a great deal of ill feeling among the Cubans and con siderable annoyance among the United States military officials here. All the colored regiments are encamped in the neighborhood of San Luis. They were sent there virtually to get them out of the way, because of difficulty expereri enced in managing them. The colored officers seem to have little or no control over their men, and officers and privates are often seen drinking together. The trouble began Wednesday evening in an attempt to arrest two soldiers for abus ing a Cuban workman and stealing his hog. The outrage was committed on the Normas sugar plantation. Lieut. Jose Ferrera, chief of Gen. Wood's gendarmerie in that district, a Spaniard, but a Cuban sympathizer, and a man whom Gen. Wood knew to be able and courageous, attempted to make the ar rests. The soldiers, who belonged to the Ninth immunes, escaped. Soon after 30 colored men wearing the uni form of the United States army, attack ed the house where Lieut. Ferrera was, and kept up a regular fusilade, killing Lieut. Ferrera, Antonio Roman, an old man, Emilio Bettran, a boy of seven teen and a baby, wounding several others. Two soldiers were killed in the affray. When the news reached Santi ago, Gen. Wood was at dinner. He immediately went to the signal office, where Chief Signal Officer Brady took charge of the key. For four hours dis patches were sent and received. The colored officers all denied that their men were implicated in the affair, in spite of evidence to the contrary. Af ter an unsatisfactory attempt to get at the facts of the case over the wires, Gen. Wood adjourned his inquiry and left on a special. train for San Luis. At 8 o'clock Gen. Wood returned, report ing that after a long investigation, he hid come to the conclusion that all the colored regiments were more or less mixed up in the affray. He has offered $1,000 reward for the names of the men who did the shooting, and before reach ing San Luis he read the colored offi cers a severe lecture for denying that their men were implicated. WILL NOT BE ABOLISHED. There Will Not be Any Revision of the Tariff Law. The Washington Post says that the war tax will not be abolished at the coming short session of congress, and that there will be no revision of the tariff whatever. It bases this announce ment on the positive statement made today by Chairman Dingley of the ways and means committee, who, in an interview, said: "The government will need for some time all the revenue produced by the war taxes,. During the month of Octo ber the war expenditures exceeded the war revenue by some $14,000,000, and this month they will be $10,000,000 in excess. There will be no changes, at least this fiscal year. The war revenue act will continue in force and un changed except, perhaps, in a few minor administrative features, for at least a year longer. "It is hardly necessary to add," con tinued Mr. Dingley, "that there will be no revision of the tariff, although I have seen some statements to the effect that such a revision is contemplated. "The session is limited to three months," continued Mr. Dingley, "and that short period will be mainly occupied in passing the appropriation bills, in enacting new laws, in deciding upon the legislation necessary for the govern ment of Hawaii. In addition to these important questions, the usual- number of routine matters with arise. From the p~resetL outlook, the session will be well under way before the treaty of peace with Spain will be laid before the senate, and the ratification of that docu ment may not be accomplished long be fore March 4 arrives." "Will that necessitate an extra sea elon?" "It is, of course, impossible," said Mr. Dingley, "to know what will arise between December 1 and March 4, but, so far as the present outlook can form a basis for judgment, I should say that no extra session will be necessary or desirable, unless some new question should arise. "For my part," added Mr. Dingley, "I hope that the territory to be added will be no larger than is absolutely necessary. I realize that, in some cases, it may be easier to hold than it will be to let go, but at the same time, I hope that the treaty, when it is presented to the senate, will provide for the acquisi tion of a minimum amount of territory." An Eloper Shot. A murder resulting from an elope ment occurred Wednesday night near Thor, Iowa, Anna Swanson left home in the evening and joined F. F. Freder ickan,' her betrothed. They went south in a burgy, intending to be mar ried. Her fathier had forbidden her going with Frederickson and repeatedly ordered him from the house. As soon as his daughter's departure was discov ered her father started in pursuit. He overtook them and when he demanded the girl Frederickson opened fire with a revolver. Swanson had his rifle in the buggy and the irst shot be fired instantly killed Frederickson. Swan son was not hurt, but took his daughter and went to the nearest justice of the peace, where he gave himself up. To day it is reported that the girl's mind is failing. He Was Lismissed. A dispatch from Lexington, Ky., says Baron Waldeck de Nillamil, an Austrian nobleman, and a captain of the Seventh volunteer infantry im munes, is in disgrace and has left for parts unknown; A few days ago he was discharged from his regiment for various offenses, principal amoog which was refusing to pay his debts. He owed money to many officers and men and had large accounts here with mer chants. Creditors swooped down upon him last night and attached his sword and his uniform. He later secur ed clothing somewhere and skipped out. Villamil claimed to be a cousin to the late emnprsss of Austria and sent a telegram of condolence to the emperor at the time of her tragc dath. THE TOLBERTS RESPONSIBLE. The People of Greenwood County Hold a Mass Meeting. At a mass meeting of the people of Greenwood county, held at Greenwood on Tuesday of last week, the following resolutions which were unanimously adopted: In pursuance of a call for a public meeting of the citizens of Greenwood county to assemble at the courthouse during the recess of the court, to take into consideration the late unfortunate occurrence which have suddenly arisen within our county, we the citizens of said county, representing every section of the same, in massmeeting assembled do hereby exp.ess our earnest regrets for the conditions which have prevailed in the neighborhood of Phoenix, and the occurrences which led to it. We assert that the responsibility therefor rests solely upon John R. Tolbert, R. Rhett Tolbert and R- L. Henderson, whose incendiary teachings and influ ences culminatedin the murder of J: I. Etheridge at Phoenix, on the morning of the day of the general election, and the shooting from ambush of the two white men on the evening of the same day, returning quietly on their way home. These acts of murderous high way assaults, induced feelings of retali ation, the result of which, however, are greatly exaggerated. Now that the excitement has subsided and all armed bands hands have dis persed, we urge all good citizens, white and colored, to go to their homes, and we pledge ourselves for their safety and protection in the full enjoyment of their rights, the discharge of their Inw ful pursuits. We assure the colored people they have nothing to fear if they are orderly and law abidng citi zens. Resolved. That we hereby endorse the resolutions of the Phoenix mass meeting as well as the assurances given by the sheriff and other officials of the court that the property of the Tolberts when under reputable management in their absence will be protected. The following was read at the meet ing: At a meeting-of the citizens of Nine ty-Six and community at that place, on the 15th day of November, 1898, H. F. Fuller was elected chairman and James Rogers secretary. It was resolved that we the citizens aforesaid cooperate with the good eiti zens of Greenwood county, in their ef fort to restore order and put down law lessness in the county. That we be lieve that the Tolberts have a right to send agents into our county for the protection of their property, and that we as conservative and law abiding citizens will protect them on such mis sion. (Signed) H. F- Fuller, chairman, James Rodgers, Secretary. NEGROES IN MASS MEETING. Gather In Indiana and Pass Resolu tions About the Troubles. The auditorium of the Bethel Afri can Metodist Episcopal church, at In dianapolis, Ind., was crowded to the doors with colored people Wednesday night, drawn together to express their indignation at the killing of Negroes at Wilmington, N. C., and in South Caro lina and Mississippi, and to take such action as might be deemed practicable and advisable. A committee of five was appointed to draft suitable resolutions and reported a series in which the disgust was ex pressed "at the outrages perpetrated upon colored people in the South, and that it was time to ask for the correc tion of such abuses and that the presi dent be asked to call the attention of congress to the widely increasing evil in order that action be taken by con gress to prevent a recurrenoe of the outrages in the futuie." It was also urged that a copy of the resolutions be forwarded to the Indiana senators and representatives in congress and the newly installed mayor of Wil mington, N. C., and to the governor of that State and also that a copy be sent to Governor Tarmer, of Illinois, "through whose neglect of right and justice," the resolutions allege, "Negre miners were shot down by the Illinois State militia at Virden." A resolution was also adopted pro viding for the selection of five colored citizens by the chairman who shall con: stitute a standing committee bearing to the colored people of the country much the same relation as was borne by the Cuban juata to the patriots. IN NEW YORK. A mass meeting of colored men and women to protest against the treatment of their race in some of the southern States recently was held in Cooper Union, New York, Thursday night. As a precautionary measure the police were out in force, as in Hell's Kitchen district there has been a considerable amount of anti-Negro sentiment. This precaution, however, was not at all necessary, as the gathering, although enthusiastic at times, was a very peace able onie. The hall was crowded with colored people, with a sprinkling of whites. A number of prominent white citizens, however, sent letters com mending the object of the meeting. During a tedious wait for the speakers a white man with long flowing hair arose in his seat in the center aisle and shouted: "If we only had a William Lloyd Garrison, a Wendell Phillips, or an Abraham Lincoln at this time." This evoked tremendous applause. Resolutions were adopted censuring the governors of North Carolina and South Carolina and requesting that the repre sentation of several southern States in congress be cut down. The meeting had nothing to say about Pana, Ill. IN PENNSYLVANIA. At a meeting of the colored nministe rial association, AlIleghaney county, Pa., resolutions were adopted condemn ing the "Christless behavior of the white ministers of Wilmington, N. C.." in the recent race troubles. and serving notice that they sue for for peace, but if robbed of their rights the white peo p13 can expect retaliation. Severe Punishment. There is no capital punishment in Switzland. But they taxed their inge uuity to p)unish. Luccheni, the assas sin of the Empress of Austria. He is sentenced to solitary imprisonment for life, allowed to talk to no one or to read nor smoke. .That looks like the efnement of cruelty. WORKING THE RIOTS The Republicans Working Them for Political Effect. TO UNSEAT.DEMOCRATS. This Will be the Program the Republicans to Increase Their Majority in the House. The Washington correspondent of the News and -Courier says: An abun dant crop of contested election cases are "futured" in North and South Car olina as the result of the recent race troubles in those two States. The White House, thedepartment of justice and the postoffice department have been besieged by white and colored Re publicans from those two Common wealths during the past few days, plead ing for the intervention of the Nional Government in behalf of the persecuted - representatives of the grand old party. Having failed to induce the Presi dent to send Federal troops into those States, the Republican politicians are now urging the Government to send special agents and postoffice inspectors to assist in gathering material to aid in the contested election cases which are to be brought in almost every district in North and South Carolina. The fact that the data to be obtained by the Government officials who make these investigations is to be used in the pro posed contest cases is meant to be a profound secret, and very little is be ing said on the subject except in a whisper. United States Marshal Lawton Mel ton arrived here today and made a verbal report to the department of juis tice on the race troubles in South-Car-o olina. As he is one of the few native born, white Republicans in South Caro lina, his statements received more than usual weight at the hands of the Ad ministration. His report could not have been very severe, for, after he left the attorney General's office, it was an nounced that no official action was necessary at prrsent, either in Nortlifor South Calina, as the conditionsthere are quie down, and peaceis restored in the vicinity of the recent troubles. The Republican leaders from South Carolina are greatly disappointed at the chilling reception their appeal for aid received at the- White House and the Attorney General's office, but they are still hoping to get some encourage ment from Postmaster General Smith. Today R. R. Tolbert James Tolbert J. H. Collins ~and R. L. Henderson called upon the President and after ward uponi Postmaster General Smit1 to ask that postoffice inspectors be sent to South Carolina to investigate the cause. of the recent troubles at Green wood County. James Tolbert and Col lins are posmasters at McCormick ad Ninety-Six respectively, and it is claimed that the two postmasters were driven from their offices by the mob, and not permitted to discharge the business of their postoffices. R. R Tolbert, who was the Republican can didate for Congress in the Greenwood . district, has concluded to remain here until Congress assembles, when it is understood that a resolution will be in troduced calling for an investigation by Congress of the race troubles in South Carolina, also in North Carolina. In the 56th Congress therewlldoubt less be a wholesale turning out of'the Democrats from the Carolinas, and the old bloody shirt will be waived sas siduously as in the old days when it was the chief issue of the Republia party. The Republicans will leave-no stone unturned to get a substantialina jority in the House to sustain the poli cies of the present Administration. BeYe Warned. "I told you 'bout eaten dem'frozen - victuals," as the darky said when he saw his partner rapidly turning sowr saults with the colic after dispatching a miscellaneous assortment of solid chunks of cold and clamny grub. And we have likewise time and again warned our lady friends of the dangers attend ing the habit of running-red-hot irons through their wavy locks. The casual ties resulting from such practice, and kindred ones, are becoming alarmingly frequent. Here is the record for the past week only: A woman in Green ville was burned to death from her clothcs catching fire whilesearling her hair with a red-hot poker. A woman in Ohio nearly burned an eye one with a curling iron. A wo2n1an in Kansa had all her hair burned off because her curling papers caught fire. A woman in Louisville broke he collar bon. monkeying too energetically with her hair. And there are others. Disaster in China. Advices by steamship Empress of' China a terrible disaster in an inland sea on October 25, when the steamer Kinshla Maru came into collision with the steamer Myagawa Mara off Takami, with the result that the latter sank in a few minutes. It is reported that as many as 130 persons were saved, but that 70 were drowned. The Myagawa sank in three minutes. So strong was the impact that the captain, who was on the bridge, was thrown into the sea. An Old Man Murdered. - Sam Howard an old and inoffensive colored man, living near Muldrnow's mill. about four miles south of Flor ence, was murdered Saturday night by unknown persons at his home. The coroner held an iwjaest and the jury rendered a verdict in accordance with the above. Two women living at his house heard some one call the old man out, and although he was shot, the wo men claim to know nothing of the affair denying that they heard the report of the gun._____ ___ Another Death. George Logan, colored, died at the home of Joe Goode, colored, near Green wood Thursday morning, from wounds received at Rehobeth church. He was one of the eight Negroes who were fired at by a party of white men. Logan was seen to stumble about the time a Winchester ball went his way. He was shot in the arm and in the back, the latter wound not being located until Wednesday. He was a son of Turner Logan, an old-time Negro leader. This is the sixth Negro death from the Phoe nix trouble.