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VOL. XIV. M~4ANING, S. C.., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1898. NO. 20 MANY VESSELS LOST. Great Destruction of Life and Marine Property. ON NEW ENGLAND COAST. Ships of.:All Classes, including Large Steamers and Schoon ers, Co Down in a Bliz zard. Tugs returintirg after a tour of the harbor, report about thirty-five vessels of all sizes and e:1ses ashore or sunk in and near Bost- ' trbor. Seven large schooners ard L.. - Baltimore coal barges are completel wrecked and it is estimated that btXveT n twenty-five, and thirty lives have been 1--st. More than a dozena bodies are reported in the surf at Hull, i-.d .eforts are be ing rade to recover t:... ,. The ocean steamer Ohio, of the Warren line. ik high and dry on Spectacle island. it is very doubtful if she can be floated un til a channel has beer, dug. The ocean going tug Tamaqua is on the rocks at Rainsford island, and will be a total wrack. The management of the Portland Steamship company announced at noon today that they had no information as to the whereabouts of the steamer Port land. which left this city Saturday night for Portland. It was reported she was at anchor in Gloucester harbor, but the captain of the steamer Gloucester, which ariived from that port, sas the Portland is not at Gloucester. The company has received a dispatch from Portsmouth statingthat their vessel has not put in at that port. Not until daylight did the awful havoc wrought by the storm in Boston harbor and vicirity become apparent. Not since 1852 has a storm caused such destruction of property and loss of life so near the city. The tugs that started early to explore the harbor and offer assistance where it was needed, found a condition of affairs almost un precedented in the marine history of Boston. On every shoal and reef in the harbor was found some wrecked craft, over which a wild sea still dashed carrying the vessel higher upon the shore or slowly grinding it to fragments. Many wrecks were covered with ice, and the fact that a terrific sea was run ning made it impossible to learn their names. The raging waters prevented any attempt to recover bodies known to be in some of the wrecks, and it is probable that it will be several days be fore a complete list of those lost can be obtained. At Hull Beach, r. here two barges and two schooners went ashore, more than a dozen bodies were visible in the surf, but it was impossible to get to them. At Shag Rocks, between Bos ton light and the Brewsters, where the schooner Calvin F. Baker was ashore, two-sailors were taken from the rigging by the life savers, nearly exhausted, and the dead body of another was re covered. Three others from this ves sel were drowned, but their bodies could not be found. The list of the dead as far as reported, is as follows: From the schiooner Calvin F. Baker, ashore near Boston light, three sailors drowned, names unknown. Also stew ard of this vessel, frozen in the rig ging; first and second mate saved. Iron schooner Abel C. Babcock wrecked on Hull Beach, entire crew, supposed number nine, lost, names un known; none saved from- this vessel. From schooner Samuel Tilden, wrecked near the Babcock, all hands lost. It is supposed that there were four men on this vessel, names un known. From schooner Tirginia, ashore on Thompson's island, Bosto~n harbor, two lost, Captain Stantley. a seaman, Far mer Freeman, Jr., both of M1t., Desert, 3Me.; William B. Stanley, son of the captain, saved from this wreck. *From barge No. 4, Consolidated Coal company, ashore at Hull beach, entire crew, supposed to number five men, lost. From an unknown schooner. ashore at Nantasket Beach, entire crew lost. It is supposed that there were five men on this ship. From schooner Governor Ames, in Boston harbor, Seamen Elwood -and Profit, washed overboard and dro-wned. THE VESSELS TQTALLIY WRECKEt). The vessels totally wrecked are as follows: Schooner Calvin F. Baker. from Philadelphia tc Boston, with coal. Cap tain~ Megathlin. . Schooner Abel C. Babeock. Pi'Lilade phia for Boston. with coal, Captain B'abcock. m-""r Samuel W. Tilden, laden with hard pine ad bound froa a south ern port for Boston. Schooner Virginia. from an eastern port, with wax, bound for Borton, Cap tain Stanley. Schooner Watchman, of Calais: Seraphine (British), of Parrsboro, N. S., and Fredi M. Emerson, of Booth Bay, 3Maine, all with mis.cllaneous car goes from eastern ports. Schooner G. LI. Jlopkins, of Boston, unloading stone S- ort Warren. sunk 4t the wharf. Three tx~omastect schooners, names unknown, ashore at P'eddock's Island. Schoon~zr Albert II. Harding, of Bos ton, wrecked at South Boston. Three small schooners, names un known, asehore on 31oon island. Schooner James Webster, cargo and destination unknown, ashore off South Boston. Schooner Woodsides, Captain 3Me -Lane. from Norfolk for Boston. cargo %A piling, asiow -'Y Hull. Schooner Lucy iBelle, from Sullivan, M1e., for Dorchester, ashore iu South Cove, Boston harbor. Steamer John J. Hill, of Hlillsboro. N. S., From New York, ashore at At lantic. A coal barge, the tow of tug Tatr qua, was ashore on. Rainsford Island, bnt floated at high tide. Two unknown schooners ashore off Commonwealth docks, Boston harbor. Two unknown coal barges ashore at the same place. A partially djismasted schooner, name unknown. ashore alt We ymouth. A two masted schoon'er, name un known, ashore at Harriso(n square. Wilson line steamer Oh'io, from Hull. Enland, for Boston, with a miscellane w., ecar.). ashore at Spreckle Island, B ston harbor. Ocean tug Tamaque. towinz coal barge from Philadelphia to BlostonI ashore on R1ainsford Island. COAST STRasVN UrI1 WRECKAGE. From reports. independent of the 'Portland, that have come by wire, mail and messenger to the Associated Press from New England points up to I o'clo-k Wednesday afternoon, it was diflicult to estimate the total loss of life and damage to shinping along the coast as the result of i recent storm. The list of disaster, ems to grow every hour and from di:atches thus far re ceived it appear., that at least 30 schooners have been wrecked at differ ent point- from E:i-t Port, 31ass., to New Ilaven. Coun.: S6 schooners have been driven ashore, and 14 barges loaded or empty, are aground. This list does not include the 30 vesse'' - .her wholly or partially wrecked in . -on harbor, nor half a dozen or m cr: eraft which are reported missi'-. including the Boston. nor the bl.: % i'. on line freigh ter Ohio. which i. ash. re on Spectacle Island: the steamer John J. 11 ill, which is ashore at Atlantic: the Merchants' and Miners Transportation steamer Fairfax, ashore on Sow and Pigs' ledge, off Cuttyhunk; the small steamer George A. Chaffee, foundered at Roc port, Mass. When these vessels are added the aggregate list exceeds one hundred and seventy vessels. The loss of life is bard to determine. It is known that about 40 persons per ished in and about Bostonharbor alone. Reports from other plaees, in some cases, state that the crew of this or that ves sel escaped, many, however, state that the fate of the crew is unknown. Some survivors have turned up and life sav ing stations and incoming vessels have brought a few sailors from wrecks. Perhaps a score would cover those of whom nothing is known, not including the 99 who were on the steamer Port land. THE SNEEZING SEASON. Long Breaths Will Drive Away a Cold When it First Begins. A cold, as nearly every intelligent persons knows, is the result of stoppage somewhere of free circulation of blood, to which one is first sensitive through a feeling of chill. So slight is the chill oftentimes that not until the preliminary sneeze comes is the victim aware he or she has been in the track of a draught or that the temperature has changed. The usual notion is that by going in doors, changing to heavier clothing or retreating from the moist atmosphere the danger is averted. These precau tions are all well enough, but the first and most efficacious measure should be to restore the quick flow of warm blood through every vein, and so by heat in sta'ntly counteract the little chill. One, perhaps the simplest method of doing this, has been learned by men who stand on sentinel duty, who are obliged to suffer more or less exposure in winter, or who scorn the comforts in cold weather, of over coat and umbrella. Their method when the temperature of the body or extremities is lowered, or a cold atmosphere is endured, is to inhale three or four deep breaths, ex pand the lungs to their fullest extent, holding every time the inhaled air as long as possible and then slowly letting it forth through the nostrils. In doing this the inflation of the lungs sets the heart into the such quick motion that the blood is driven with un usal force along its channels and so runs out into the tiniest veins. This radiates a glow down to the toes and finger tips and sets up a quick reac tion against the chill. The whole effect is to stir the blood and set in motion as from rapid exercise.--Pearson's Week ly. ________ Dangerous New Counterfeit. There is in circulation a new counter feit bill, which, while it has a great many defects, is still considered a dan gerous one and calculated to deceive the casual handler of money. The -counterfeit is a $10 eilver certificate. The following description of the bill has been issued by the treasury de partment: Series 1891, check letter B. portrait of Hendricks; J. Font Till man. register; D. N. Morgan, treasurer; small red scalloped seal. This is a Ivery fair counterfeit produced by the engraving process, printed on two pieces of paper, between which a few raveled silk fibers have been distribu ted. The face of the note is nearly three-eighths of' and inch shorter than the genuine and a full one eighth of an inch narrower. The shading in small perpendicular lines under the orna mental scroll forming the bottom of the panel surrounding the portrait has been omitted altogether on the counter feit. The numbering on the note ex eellent, both as to color and formation. The words, "Bureau Engraving and Printing.' which in the genuine occu py a place immediately above the num ber in the lower left hand corner face of the note. are omitted in the counter feit. The portrait of Hendricks is poor, and the cross shade lines in the coat and in the background have been entirely omitted, the shade lines run ning in one direction only. The letter ing in the words "Silver Certificate" and 'T"nited States" used on the bor der design is poor and uneven. The coloring on the back is good; lathe work indifferent. Came Near Starving. Ed Watson, a white man who says his home is in North Carolina. came near starving to death in a Plant System freight car last week. He was rescued Wednesday in the Plan,t system yards at Savannah. Watson got into the car at some point a good distance from Savannah to steal a ride. T> "-ar was locked soon after ward. 1 as Friday night of week before last. In his pocket the man had three small raw sweet potatoes. On this scanty fare he had to exist until Wednesday morning when the seal of the car was broken for the purpose of op'ning it. SThe man was found inside almost dead frem hunger and thirst. He beg ged pitifully for water. He was placed in the police wagon and taken to the barracks. Here he was g'ven food and drink and was physically strong enough to appear before the recorder as a va grant. He was given permission to IN A MUDDLE. Nine Men of McCormick Arrested on Serious Charges. TRUE BILLS AGAINST THEM. The Case Will Not be Tried Be fore the Next Term of the United States Court. The United States grand jury has re turned a true bill against the nine citi zens of McCormick chargd with con spiracy against James W. Tolbert. The grand jury made its report to Judge Brawley when the United :_ate.s district court resutued its session Wednesday morning of last wvk in Columbia. The parties namcd in the indictment are: 1. L. B. Stur kie, John Dunlap. Wade Cothraue, Henry Martin. J. P. Jennings, d. J . Stillwell, J. L. Reynolds, L. Tucker and Thomas Bentley. all of NAeor mick, and some of them well known citizens. Judge Brawley issued bench war rants for the arrest of these parties a:Id placed them in the hands of United States Marshal Clayton, who has gonc te McCormick to serve the papers. The parties charged with this offense will be arraigned before the court, and, if they desire it, the.r case will be con tinued until the next terni of court. The crime of which these men at Me Cormick are charged is a serious one, and the penalty is very hcavy. The indictment is composed of six counts, conspiracy to intimidate James W. Tol bert as a citizen, and as an attache of a government office f com performing the duties of that office. Also from exer cising his right to vote, and his right to advise others how to vote. The mini mum penalty for the violation of section 5,508, revised United States statutes, is $500, and the minimum penalty for violation of section 5.51S $A00 and six months in jail. The following is the text of scetion 5,508: "If two or more peisons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen. in the free enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the constitution or laws of the United States or because of his having so exercised the same. or if two or more persons go in disguise on the high way or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free ex ercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured, they shall be fined not more than $5,000 and imprisoned not more than ten years: and shiall, moreover, be thereafter in eligible to any office, or place of honor, protit or trust created by the constitution of the United States." Section 5,518 reads as follows: "If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire to prevent, by force, intimidation or threat, any per son from accepting or holding any of fice, trust or place of confidence under the United States, or from discharging any duties thereof, or to- induce by like means, any officer of the Unised States to leave any State. district or 'place where his duties as an officer are required to be performed, or to injure him ini his personal property on ac count of his lawful discharge of the duties of his office, or while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, or to in jure his property so as to molest, inter rupt, hinder or impede him in the dis charge of his official duties: each of such persons shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, or by imprisonment with or without hard labor for not less than six months or more than six years, or by both such fine and imprisonment." The following is the full text of the indictment: At a stated term of the circuit court of the United States for the district of South Carolina, begun and holden at Columbia, within and for the district aforesaid on the fourth M-nday in No vember ir the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety eight, the jurors of the United States of America, within and for the district aforsaid, that is to say upon their oaths, respectfully do present that M. L. B. Sturkic, John Dunlap. Wade Cothrane, Thomas Bentley. Henry Martin, L. Tucker, J. Q. Stillwell, J. P. 'Jennings and .J. L. Reynolds, late of Abbeville county. South Caro lina, and divers other persons, to the grand jurors aforesaid unknown, on the 9th day of November. inl the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundad and ninety-eight, at Abbeville cour. y, in the State of South Carolina, in said district and within the jurisdiction of this court, unlawfully conspire, com bine, confederate a' d agree together to injure. oppress, threaten or intimidate James W. Tolbert, being then and there a citizen of the United States in the free exercise and enjoyment of a certain right and privilegze secured to him, the said James W. Tolbert, by the constitution and laws of the United States, and privilege to be in the ser vice of the government of the United States, that is to say, the right and privilege to act as a clerk and emplove in the postoflice oft the United State. at McCormick, in the State of South Carolina, contrary to the formj of the act of congress in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the United States of Ameri ca, by the constitution of the United States. Second. And the grand jurors afore said, upon their oaths aforesaid. do further presernt that M. L. B. Sturkie. John Dunlap, Wade Cothrane, Thomas Bentley, Henry Martin. L. Tucker, J. Q. Stillwell, J. P. Jennings, and J. L. Reynolds, late of Abbeville county, in the State of South Carolina, and divers other persons to the grand jurers afore said unknown, on the 9th da3 of No vembr, in the year of our Lord. one thousand, eight hundred and ninety eight, at Abbev-ille county, in the State of South Carolina, in the said district and within the jurisdiction of this court, unlawfully did conspire. comn bine, confederate and agree together to injure, oppress, threaten and intinidate James W. Tolbert, he, the said JTames W. Tolbert. being then and there a citi zen of the United States, because of his having exercised a certain right aniu privilege secured to him, the said Jame W. Tort, by the constitution and laws of the United States, to wit: the right and privilege to be in the ser vice of the government of the United States, that is to say, the right and privilege to act as a clerk and employe in the postoffice at McCormick, in the State of South Carolina, ecntrary to the act of congress in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the United States of America. Third, And the grand jurors afore said, uipon their oaths. do further prc Sent that Ml. L. B. Sturkie, -John Dun lap, Vae Cothrane, Thomas Bentley, llemr 31artin. L. Tuel.er, J. Q. Reyn olis, late of Abbeville county. in the State of South Carolina, :nd divers other persons to the grand jurors afore said unknown. on the 9th day of No vember, in the year of o-r Lord, one thousand. eiglt hundred and ninety eight. did conspire. combine. confeder ate aud -ree together to injure, op preSS. threaten and intimidate James W. Tolbert, he. the said James W. Tolbert. being then and there a citizen of the United States. and a citizen of the State of South Carolina. and legally qualiied to vote fPr representation in the congress o; the United States from the third congressional district of South Carolina, because of his, the said James W. Tolbert. having exercised a certain right and privilege secured to him, the said James YW. Tolbert. by the consti tution and lawS of the United States, that is to say, the right and privilege of voting at an election then lately before, to -it: on the 8th day of November; in the year of our Lord, one th3usand. eight hundred and ninety-eight, held for the choosing of a representative in the said congress of the United States from the third congressional district of the State of South Carolina, contrary to the form of the ac of congress in such case, made and provided, and azainst the peace and dignity of the I'nited States of America. Fourth. And the grand jurors afore said, upon their oaths aforesaid, do farther present that M. L. B. Sturkie. John Dunlap, Wade Cothrane, Thomas Bentley, Henry Martin, L. Tucker. J. Q. Stillwell. J. P. Jennings and J. L. Reynolds, late of Abbeville connty, in the State of South Carolina. and divers other persons to the grand jurors aforesaid unknown, on the 0th day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, tight hundred and ninety eight, at Abbeville county, in the State of South Carolina, in the said district, and within the jurisdiction of this court, unlafully did conspire, combine, confederate and agree together to in jure, oppress, threaten and intimidate James W. Tolbert, he, the said James Wr Tolbert, being the. aad there a citizen of the United States and a citi zen of the State of South Carlina, because of his, the said James W. Tolbert. having exercised a cer tain right and privilege secured to him by the constitution and laws of the United States, that is to say, the right and privilege of giving his support and aid in a lawful man ner to one R. R. Tolbert. at an elec tion then lately before,~to wit; on the 8th day of Novembei, in the year of our Lord one thounsand, eight hundred and ninety-eight, held for the choosing of a representative in the congress of the United States from the Third con gressional district of the State of South Carolina, he, the said R. R. Tolbert, being then and there, to wit; on the eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-eight, a candidate for repre sentative in the said congress of the United States from the Third congres sional distrect of the said State of South Carolina, and then lawfully qual'ned to be a representative in said congress from said district in said States; and that. in pursuance of such conspiracy and to effect the object of the same, and for the purpose of intimidating, op pressing and in juring the said James W. Tolbert. because of his- having ex ercised and enjoyed his said right and privilege, the said M. L~. B. Sturkie, -John Dunlap, Wade Cothran, Thomas Bentley. Henry Martin, L. Tucker, J. C. Stillwell, J. P. Jennings and J. L. Reynolds, and the said divers other persens to the grand jurors aforesaid unknown, unlawfully did then and there threatea to beat, injure and kill the said -James W. Tolbert, contrary to the act of congress in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the United States of Ame rica.' Fifth. And the grand jurors afore said, upon their oaths aforesaid, do further present that M. L. B. Sturkie, John D~unlap, Wade Cothrane, Thomas Bentley, Henry Martin, L. Fucker, J. Q. Stillwell. J. P. Jennigs and J. L. Reynolds, late of Abbeville county, in the State of South Carolina, and divers other persons to the grand jurors afore said unknwn. on the 9th day of Novem her. in the year of our Lord one thous and. eight hundred and ninety-eight, at Abbeville county. in the State of South Carolina, in the said district, and within the jurisdiction of this court, unlawfully did conspire, combine and confederate and agree together to op press. threaten and intimidate James W. Tolbert, he, the said -James Wt. Tolbert. being then and there a citizen i the U'nited States and a citizen of the State of South Carolina, because of his, the said James W. Tolbert's, hav ing exercis~ed a certain right and privi lege secured to him, the said James W. Tolberit. by the constitution and laws of the 'United States. that is to say, the right and privilege to assist. advise and instruct electors whose votes were rejected, and who were denied the right of suffrage at an election then late ly before, .to wit: on the 8th day of Noveniber, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hunered and ninety ei-ht, held for choosing a representa tive in the corneress of the United States from the Third congressional district of South Carolina, to the manner in which they. the said electors, should prepare certain affidavits and proofs of the said denial of the right of suffrage, in order that the said votes of the said electors so rejected should be thereafter proven, and the legality of the rejection of the said votes determined before and by the said cohgress of the United States, in a contest to be thereafter made be fore said congress, contrary to the form of the act of congress in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the United States of America. Sixth. And the grand jurors afore said, upon their othis aforesaid, do fur ther present that M. L. B. Sturkie, John Thnp, Wade Cothrane. Thomas Bentley, Henry Martin, L. Tucker. J. Q. Stillwell, J. P. Jennings and J. L. Reynolds, late of Abbeville county, in the State of South Carolina, and divers other persons to the grand jurors afore said unknown, on the 9th day of No vember, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and ninety eight, at Abbeville county. in the State of South Carolina. in the said district, and within the jurisdiction of this court unlawf ully did conspire, com bine confederate and agrce together to induce by force, intimidation and threat James W. Tolbert, he. the said James W. Tolbert. being then and there an officer of the United States at McCormick, in the State of South Car lina, to leave the place, to wit: the town of McCormiek. in the said State, where his. the said J. W. Tolbert's, duties as an officer as aforesaid were then and there required to be performed. contary to the form of the act of congress in such ease made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the United States of America. Abial Lathrop. United States Attorney. CAN THIS BE TBUE? Alleged Confession of Simon Cooper the Sumter Desperado. The Macon Telegraph recently pub lished a very interesting story in refer ence to Simon Cooper, the Sumter des perado, who was lynched abo-t a year ago. At the same time it threw light on a celebrated Georgia murder, if the alleged papers of Cooper are genuine. H. S. Young, a railroad man in Ma con, has found among some plunder be queathed- to him by the Negro Simon Cooper, who was lynched at Maysville, two years ago, a memorandum book containing detailed accounts of several mysterious murders in Georgia and South Carolina, one of them being the famous Woolfolk tragedy, near Macon, when nine members were slain, only one, Tom Woolfolk, escaping. He was the oldest .:on and was, after two court trials, hanged f"or the murder because of ciruums tantial evidence against him. The South Carolinia Negro, in the memorandum, says he killed the Wool folk family and was especially anxious to kill Tom. In the last line of the memorandum is the sentence: "Tum was too slick for me that night, but I'm even with him at last." This is supposed to refer to Tom's execution. A great many people have always be lieved Tom guiltless, and also that his lawyer, John Rutherford, was sincere, when during a ten-hour speech in the court house, he exclaimed: "I swear before Almighty God Tom Woolfolk did not kill those people." In view of these facts and also the circumstance that Mr. Young knows the Negro was about Maeon during the year in which the murder was commit ted, the memorandum book will cause a big sensation. The Negro was one of the most notorious criminals ever run to cover in the South. He is known to have killed no less than ten people be sides the Woodfolk family. His diary tallies almost perfectly with Tom Wool folks's account of the murder of that family. He made his will before he killed the South Carolina family, . for which he was lynched, and in it said he knew he was going to sooner or later, be killed for his crimes, and he wanted Mr. Young, by whose family he had been reare'd, to have all of his poses sions. DEATH FROM METEORS. Two Children in Oklahoma Killed by Shooting Stars. During a heavy but brilliant meteoric shower at Perry. OkI., last week two children of the name of Henderson were killed by the falling metal. The Henderson family had been awakened by screams of neighbors. who hadl h? come frightened by the lurid sky and dazzling elements They ran into the yrd, the little ones clasp7ing each other around the neck in ehildish fear, when a meteor struck them. mashing the bodies almost into an unrecognizable mass. The meteor was almost red with heat and of remark able size. The showers made many think the end of the world was at hand, and hun dreds spent the night in prayer. Indi ans also thought that the shooting stars indicated the coming of the Great Father. and they were happy. The sky has been gorgeous in its beauty for the past three nights. Long streaming lights fly through aarkness above, crossing~ others of blue and red and white, unt il the praries have been lighted up as thoughb by reflected forest fires. BEAT HIS WAY. A Male Passenger Hides 'Under a Wo man's Skirts. Harry Nease. a variety actor, and a woman who is a variety actress, reach ed Savannah Wednesday morning after a remarkable voyage from Jacksonville, Fla., on a la:nt system train. The man and woman wanted to come to Savannah and had money for but one ticket. This the mar. gave his comn panion and after she was seated in the car he hid himself with her skirts and came on to Savannah. Just outside of Savannah the woman arose to get a drink of wat7 r. Judge T. M. Norwood. of the city court of Savan nah, was seated in the car with a Plant system detective and noticed that she walked peculiarly. He also saw that she had four feet. lie spoke to the detective about it and he investigated further. He found matters as stated. The man was pulledout of his hiding place and arrested. He was brought before the city recorder Thursday. The man claimed that he had paid his fare and the woman was the one who should been arrested. The recorder took this view of the case and let Nease go. Hie will probably get an engagement in one of the Savannah music halls. A Big Wedding Dinner. Simon Gugenheim, a Colorado mil lionaire, who got married in New York the other day. celebrated the event in good style. He telegraphed a reverend friend to provide a thanksgiving dinner for the poor of Denver who could not provide a good dinner for themselves, and the friend provided a jam-up layout for 6,000 people, W-ho enjoyed Mr. tauenheim's hospitality. SHA.RP TRICKERY On the Part of One of Our United States Officials. A PETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Senator McLaurin Protest Against Such Methods and Will Bring the Matter Up in Congress. The Washington correspondent of the News and Courier says: South Carolina is going to have trouble in se curing a reimbursement from the Fed eral government for the money she ex peuded to assist in equipping troops for the war with Spain. Senator McLau rin, at the instance of Governor Eller be, recently brought the matter to the attention of the treasury officials, and he discovered that the amount expend ed by Governor Ellerbe is to be held as a set-off against an old debt which is charged up against the Palmetto State on the book of the accounting officer of treasury: Senator MeLaurin in relating the cir cumstance says: "Governor Ellerbe when the first call for troops was made went ahead and used all of his contingent fund to de fray the expenses of mobilizin. the troops from South Carolina. Other governors respondeu in the same patri otic manner, and repeated assurances were given at the war department that they would be reimbursed as soon as their claims were properly p- esented. "Governor Ellerbe's claim amounts to almost $7.500. At his request I have been lookingafter it for him, and was assured at the war department that it would be paid as soon as proper pro ceedings were filed. Owing to the con dition of the Governor's contingent fund I gt the auditor of the war depart ment to send in his approval of the por tion of the claim that was duly - at tested. I called at the treasury depart ment this morning and asked for the check to send the Governor, and was handed a decision made by the comp troller last week in the case of Virginia. "The Comptroller holds that the debts due by the various States to the Federal Government can 'e used as off sets to this amount due the States. I give below an extract from the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, show ing the States and amounts due. I read over the decision with eare and said to the Comptroller that while I was not prepared to dispute the accuracy of his legal proposition, it was not always wise to take the 'pound of flesh' as 'nominated in the bond,' that the States had responded patriotically, and the Governors had used their contin gent funds when the Federal Govern ment needed help, and now to take this 'snap judgment' was unworthy the conqueror of Spain. The States may be called upon again at some time and with this piece of petti fogging in view, might decline to spend a cent of money. If the States had not responded with such alarerity, instead of the treaty of peace being signed yesterday our soldiers would oe dying by the thousands in the swamps of Cuba and the Philippines. I told him that Congress would never consent to such a short-hand method of collecting debts due by the States. It was too much like foreclosing a lien or chattel mortgage on a one-ox crop. "The attention of Congress is invi ted to the fact that there are in the vaults of the treasury certain non-pay ing State stocks and bar.ds row belong ing to the United States in regard to which I suggest the propriety and ne essity of adequnate b gislation looking ta reement and collection there of The following is a statement of stocks and bonds referred to: Arkansas......... ......$ 168.000 00 Florida.... ... .... .. .. 42,000 00 Louisiana.. .. .... .... . 22000 00 North Carolina.. .. . ... . 38,000 00 South Carolina.. .. .... .122.000 00 Tennessee.. .... .... ..314666 66 Virginia .. .... .... ...541,000 00 Total.. ........ ... .$1,247,666 66 "Prior to August 15. 1894, there were in the possession of the United States bonds of various States, which. with the exception of $3.38 of bonds of the State of Arkansas received from the Smithsonian Institute, were for mally in the Indian trust fund as fol lows: Arkansas.. ............8 625,000 00 Florida................. 90,000 00 Louisiana.. .... ........ 15,000 00 North Carolina.. .. . .... 20,000 00 South Carolina.. .... .. .. 3,000 00 Tennessee.. .. .... .... . 21,000 00 Virginia.......... .... 53,000 00 Total.......... .... 8827,800J 00 RECAPITULATION. Blonad transferred to Uni ted :nates by ActofAui gust 5. 1891. ... .. . . 247666 6 Bonds of sa'ime kinid owned by U..nited States prior to that date.. .. .. .. . 27.S00 00 Total.. .... .... ...$2.075.46G 66 R1.L. A Wise Choice. M~r. White, a Kentucky man, rececnt ly calica to see his wife after an absence of thirty years. Hie found her as 31rs. Ezell, living with a third husband, to whonm she was married twelve years ago, her second having died and left her considerable property. 31rs Ezell was glad to see 3Mr. White for old ac quaintance sake, but when the men a greed to leave it her to say which she would prefer she wisely concluded to remain 31rs. Ezell andi stiekc to the man with whom she had lived for twelve years rather than take her chances with a man who took an excursion thirty years ago and forgot to come back to see how she was getting along. They Killed a Negro. A dispatch from Greenville to the State says the trial of Jack Fisher and Cal Green, two young white men, was concluded Thurday night. On Sunday a few weeks ago, the two boys went to the house of Jerry Townes, a colored man, and after some words Towns and the boys began a fuss wliich ended in one of them shooting the Negro. They claimed Townes cut them with a knife. Th verict was manslaughter. THE WAR RECORD. What the United States and Spain Lost by It. Following upon the news from Paris that the Spanish commissioners had accepted the demands of the United States, the New York Journal has pre pared some interesting statistics, plac irg in contrast the costs of the war to the two countries, and the comparative results from it. We quote below the interesting figures from the Journal: WHAT TIlE UNITED STATES LOSE. Maine..............$ 2.500,000 Cost of war.... ... .. 200,000,000 Indemnity to Spain....... 20,000,000 Total..........s.. 222,500,000 wILHIT SPAINS LOSES. Cuba.................. 300,000,000 Phillippines.. ........450,000,000 Porto Ric.... .......150,000,000 Cost of war.......... 123,000,000 Loss of commerce ........ 20,000,000 Thirty ships lost.. ......30,000,000 Total.. .. . .1.075.000,000 Lives lost by United States-About 233 men killed and about 1,324. wound ed. About 2.000 men died in camp. These figures do not include the 266 sailors lost on the Maine or the men who have died of fever after being mus tered out. Lives lost by Spain-About 2.500 killed and 3,000 wounded. No official statement of Spain's losses has been made. Spain had the satisfaction of blow ing up the Maine and killing 266 Am erican sailors. It has cost her. Twenty-one war ships. Two armies defeated and captured. Cuba, 41,655 square miles and 800, 000 inhabitants. The Sulu Islauds, 950 square miles and 75.000 inhabitants. The .Philippines, 114,326 square miles and 8,000,000 inhabitants. Stray islands in other groups. A year ago Spain governed over 10, 000,000 people outside of her own lim its. Now she governs less than 200, 000. DISPENSARY INQUIEES. Information Wanted in Two States About the Dispensary Law. Commissioner Vance has received the following letters about the dispensary law: Alexaneria, S. D., Nov. 21. 1898. It is supposed that the State of South Dakota has voted for a state liquor law. to be enacted at the coming session of the legislature. As one of the member, I would like to examine your state law. Can copies of the law be had, and if so, how much-are they, and to whom shall I apply? Any suggestions you may of fer will be thankfully received. V. K. Stillwell, Senator For Hanson County. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 22, 1898. Would you kindly cause to be sent to me a pamphlet deseibing the operation of the dispensary, s operations, pro fits to the state, etc.' It is becoming a very lively subject in this state and we look towards the Palmetto~ State for guidance and information. N. P. T. Finch. Garreston, S. D., Nov. 17, 1898 Would you kindly send me a copy of the bill passed several years ago, known as the state dispensary law, for state control of the liquor traffic; also any information regarding the working of the law in your state, and if same sat isfactory to a majority of the people. J. F._Sophy. EXTEND THE TIME. Some Good Advice from the. Coliunbia Register. Gov. Ellerbe has announced that he will not exercise the authority given him to extend the time for the payment of the taxes of the present fiscal year. In his judgment there is now no good reason for such extension. To this extent Gov. Ellerbe is very much mis taken. At the same time it must be said that he cannot be criticised for the position he has taken. Clothed with authority, he must use it discreetly. In the exercise of his discretion he might properly authorize the exten sion. If he prefers to leave the mat ter to the judgment of the legislature soon to assemble, there can be no ob jection to his course. But the legislature should extend the time. The people who ask this in dulgence are not tax dodgers. They have not wilfully delayed payment. They have had so many other demands upon their income that they are not just now able to pay taxes. If it be urged that the people are as well able to pay up in December as they will be in January or February, the plain an swer is that they arc the best judges - this point. The fact that they ask t!:o extension is enough to justify it. .A before stated they are not dodges. They are good citizens asking toze State's indulgence. The legislature will find no good reason to refuse it. Columbia Register. They Will Fight. The Independent party of the Filli pi-'os is not disposed to accept the re sui; nf the deliberations of the peace couui'sioners at Paris, judging from the tone of the native press. The In dependent publishes a particularly bombastic leading article to the effect that the Filipinos will decline to per mit their homes to be bought and sold like merchandise. It then repeats that the Filipinos are ready to fight in de fence of their rights and asserts that the government and people are unani mous in ciming nothing less than in dependence. The paper also claims that the Flipinos have incontestible claims upon the island of Luzon. part of the Visayas islands and the island of Mindano by right of conquest. It con cedes that the Americans helped the in surgents "-indirectly by blockading Manila." But The Independencia claims that even without help; the re volutiouists must have ultimately won. Finally The Independencia holds that Spain cannot cede the Phillippine -arcieg "beause it was neverhers." A STEAMER LOST. All of Her Crew and Passengers Drowned. A TERRIBLE DISASTER. Nearly OneHundred Persons Find Watery Graves Not Far from Land and Help. A special to the Boston Herald from North Truro says the steamer Portland, of the Boston and Portland Steamship company, plying between Boston and Portland, was totally wrecked at 10 o'clock Sunday morning., 27th ult., off Highland light, and the entire crew and passengers perished within a short distance of land. A large quantity of wreckage, including trunks and other material, have come ashore, and at dark last night 34 bodies had been recovered from the surf by the life saving crew at High Head station. One body was that of a woman. The life savi:tg men. through a blind ing storm *. - -,, worziug at 6 o'clock, heard the dtis.iess whistle of a steamer and Sunday night at midnight the body of a man was found on shore. Oa the body was a life belt marked "Steamer Portland, of Portland." A gold watch in his pocket had stopped at 10 o'clock. This man was well dressed, wore black clothes and tan shoes, had light hali' and moustache and a piece of card in his pocket bore the words "John W. , Congress street, Portland." The body of a large woman, without covering of any kind, washed ashore, but there was no means of identifying it. It is believed that the steamer Portland was disabled by the storm at 10 o'clock Sunday night, being unable longer to hold* up against the gale and drifted on to Peaked Hill bars and went to pieces. The news of the disaster was brought to The Herald through the agency of a special train, as communication to Bos ton, by wire from points on Cape Cod is impossible on account of the havoc wrought by the storm. Following is a partial list of the passengers said to be on board the Portland when she sailed from Boston Saturday night: Ordon Hooper. H. True Hooper. Isah Frye. Miss Ruth Frye. Miss Maud Frye. Miss Maud Sykes. Mrs. Ezekiel Dennis. Mrs. Theodore Allen. Miss Allen. Miss Cole, of Springfield, Mass. Mrs. Daniel Rounds. Miss Ross. Miss Edna McCrillis. C. F. Willis. of Bethel, Me. Hon. F. Duadley, Freeman. D. 0. Getchell, Boston. Miss Sophie Hilmes. Miss Helen Langthorne. Miss Emma L. Plimpton, of Charles River. C. W. Cole. Miss Burns. Charles Wiggin. - M. C. Hutchinson. Miss Hutchinson. Mrs. George 0. Chickering, Wey mouth Mass.. and sister, Mrs. Wheel er, of youth Weymouth,'Mass. M. L. Sewell, of Portland. Fred Shewood, of Portland. Charles H. Thompson. Mrs. Thompson and child, Wood fords, Me. Win. M. Chase and Master Philip Chase, Worcester. Mrs. Kate Coy, East Boston. Arthur F. Heersom and Mrs. Heer som, of Chelsea, Mass. Mrs. Alice Swift, of Portland, Me. Harry Smith, 21 Marion street, Eas ton Boston. Mrs. Cornelia N. Mitchell and Miss Jennie Hoyt, North Easton. Mrs.' J. A. Carroll, of Lowell. Miss Jennie Edmunds, Marion stree&, Easton Boston. Mrs. Anna Rounds, Portland. George B. Kennison, Jr., Beeth Bay, Me. Perry Jackson, wife and child, of South Portland, Me. Fred Stevens, Portland. Mr. Pierce Portland. Child of dharles H. Thompson, of Woodsfords, Me. The passenger list given above num bers 51 and the officers and crew num ber 48. The Portland was built in Bath in 1890 and was a side wheel steamer of 1,317 tons net burden. Her length is 230 feet; beam 42 and depth 15 feet. She was valued at S250,000. Explosion in Havana. A ispatch from Havana says several bue .. powder exploded Wednesday mor-'i:ig near the Rteina battery, kill be -injuring forty persons. The expiYniou occurred on the avenue In fanta, between the Santa Clara and the Rein a batteries. Many boxes of powder were stored in a private house, which also conrtaiined five rooms full of Mauser and other ca rtridlges. The care less hiandlitnr of onec of the boxes of powder, or on;e of the boxes of car tridges, caused the explosion, which killed or more or less seriously injured 40 persons. A New Invention. The Chatham. N. C.. Record tells of an uneducated colored boy in that coun ty who has invented a machine whicn is propelled by condensed air, which he produces at very little expense. When the thing starts it will run f or an indefinite time. He ran it at one time for a month. Compressed atr is used as *a motive power, but the Record j scowis t o think the young darkey has -true on somiethimg ahead of the other .imI prssed airists. Tiredof It. IOsborne Deignam, the sailor boy who went with Hobson on the Merrimac, is not merry over being kissed by the girls. He says he is tired of it. When they come at a young man in squadsof twen tv-five or thirty it is somnewhat calcula tpd to make' hint tired, especially when eas presse in with little training.