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I X ANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1899. - 110T T I ES AT :-A 0A! Serious Turn of Affairs at Apia Scme Days Ago. CAUSED BY CERMAN CONSUL Proclamaticn Was issued Ordering Mataafa's Forces to Dis perse Before the Bnm bardment. The troublis zrowing out of the elec tion of a king of Samoa have taken a more serious turn and resulted in a bombardment of native villages along the shore by the Unitcd S;ates eruiser a dmiral Kauttz command ing, and the British ,ruises Porpoise and Royalist. The bombardment was continued intermittently for eight days. Several villages have been burned, and there havc been a number of casualties among th American and British sail ors and marines. As Yet it is impossi ble to estimate the number of natives killed or injired. As Mataafa and hi: ebiefs. constitut ing the provisional gcovernment, contin ued to defy the treaty after the arrival of the Philadelphia, Admiral Kautz summoned the various consuls and naval officers to a conference on board the Philadelphia, when the whole situ ation was carefully canvassed. The upshot was a resolution to dismiss th2 provisional governmer-t and Admiral Kautz issued a proclamation calling upon Mataafa and his cliefs to return to their homes. MIataafa evacuated Muliuuu, the town he hau made his headquarters. and went into the interior. Herr Rose, the German consul at Apia, issued a proc lamation supplementing the one he had issued several weeks before, upholding the provisional government. As a re sult of this the Miataafans assembled in large force and hemmed in the town. The British cruiser loyalist brought the Malietoa prisoners from the islands to which they had been transferred by the provisional government. The Am ericans then fortified Mulinuu where 22,000 3lalietoans took refuge. The rebels-the adherents of MIataafa-bar ricaded the roads within the municipal ity and seized the British houses. An ultimatum was then sent to them, ordering them to evacuatate, and threat ening them in the event of refusal with a bombardment to commence at I o'clock on the afternoon of March 15. This was ignortd an' the rebels comt menced an attack in the directiou of the United States and British consul ates about half an hour before the time fixed for the bombardment. The Phila delphia, Porpoise and Royalist opened fire upon the distant villages. There wasgreat dificulty in locating the ene my owing to the dense forests, but sev eral shore villages were soon in flames. A defective -heJ from the Philadel phia exploded near the American con sulate, and the marines outside nar rowly escaped. A fragment struck the leg of Private Rudge,~shattering it s badly as to necesitate amputation. Another fragment traverstd the Ger man consulate. smashing the crockery. The Germans then went en board the German cruiser Falke. D~uring the night the rebels made a hot attack oni the town, killing three British sailors. A British marine was shot in the leg by a sentry of his own party, another was shot in the foot and an American sentry was killed at his post. The bombardment coinuning tat inhabitants of the towni tot-k refuge on board the Royaliat. greatly crowding the vessel. M1any pecoplpe are leaving Samoa, the captain of the Ros alist urg ing them to go, so anot to inteitere with military operations. The Porpoise has shelled the villages cast and west of Apia and captured many boats. The Americans and British are fgt ing splendidly together, but there is a bitter feeling against the Germans. Two men, a British and a German sub ject, have been arrested as spies. Th e bombardment of t be jungle was for a time very hot. The Bri:ish cruiser Tauranga. which. it is understood. ;ras intending to annex the Tonga islands (a section of the Friendly islands in the Pacific) was intercepted a. Suva. capi tal of the Fiji islands, by order of the home government. TIlE NEWS IN wASIllN(TON. The news from Samoa that the unit ed States cruiser Philadelphia and the British cruisers }>orpoise and Royahist had bombarded the towns h1eld byv Ma taafa, who has thus far had the oflicial support of the German gover-nment, came with startling suddenness to oili cials at Washington and displaced for the time being the attentuon given to the fighting around 3Manila. The shell ing of MTataafa was looked upon as of secondary importance, but the deepest interest attached to the attitude of the German government. At first appre hensions were felt that grave interna tional complications might ensue. But those most intimately familiar with the latest official exchanges between W ash ington, London and Berlin, did not take such a gloomy view of the outlook. While recogniizxig that the bloodshed at Samoa created a very serious and delicate situation, vet it was said to be a situation -shich had been clearly ap prehended and had been discussed in advance between the representatives of the three governments. Thc real crisis from an international standpoint, oe curred last week when this apprehend ed outbreak was discussed. Although reatons were gr-eatly strained, it was possible to secure an understanding which is said to make sure that the out break now reported .will nA~ cause a rupture in the relations between the United States and Gecrmanv, or between Great Britain and (crmany Suffrage and Dispensary. Alabama is to have constitutional coventionm to consider the suffrage question primarily. Members of the convention wu ite constantly to the see retary of areIt for copies of the South Carolina suffrage ordinance, as well as for copies -f the dispensary law and facts as to its operation. Dispensaries have been established in a number of counties of that state, and the ques sion is one of the burning political is tines in that state. A PITEOUS PICTURE. The Cruel War We Are Waging in the Philionines. A dis-atch from Manila says the American army advanced at six o'clock \Weduesday morning. sweeping onward three miles bfore 10 o'clock and driv ing the rebel. beyond Bocave, to the eaat of Bulacan. and on the railroad ltading to 3alolos. Our troops met with but slight resistance. The coun try between Marilao awi Manila pres ens a picture of desolation. Smoke is curling from hundreds of ash heaps and the remains of trees and fences torn by shrapnel are to be seen everywhere. The eneral appearance of the country is as if it had been swept by a cycloce. The roads are stewn with furniture and clothing dropped in flight by the Fili pinos. The only persons remaining be hind are a few aged persons too infirm to escape. They camp beside the ruins of their former homes and beg passers by for any kind of assistance. The majority of them are living on the gen erosity of our soldiers. who give them portions of their rations. Bodies of deed Filipinos are stranded in the shal lows of the river or are resting in the jungle, where they crawled to die or were left in the wake of the hurriedly retreating army. There is no time at present to bury them. The inhabitants who fled from Marilao and Meycauayan left in such a panic that on tables our soldiers found spread money and valu ables and in the rooms were trunks con taining other property of value. This was the case in most of the houses de serted. They were not molested by our soldiers, but the Chinese, who slip in between the armies, are looting when they can and have taken posses sion of several houses, over which they raised Chinese flags. some of which were torn down. A Sad Ending. A special dispatch to the News and Courier from Harlem. Ga., says E. J. Minnemeyer, Jr.. was a private of the 10th Ohio, which regiment was station ed there until mustered out last week. During his stay Minnemeyer met a young lady, Miss Shockley, of Harlem. Ga., who was staying with friends here. On Sunday they were married in Har lem against the wishes of Miss Shock ley's mother, who was a poor widow of one of the most respectable families of Columbia county. The couple came to Augusta on Monday morning and reg isiered at the Arlington hotel. On Tuesday afternoon, being unable to pay their bill, they were asked to leave. The bride returned to her mother. Last night Minnemeyer went to Harlem and demanded his wife. but was refus ed admittance. to her home. Ile broke in the doer and fired a pistol. le was arrested by the town marshal and put in Harlem jail. From there he escaped, and Thursday morning was found in the woods two miles out of the towr. tie was a raving maiiac and had torn his clothes completely off. iHe is now in jail at Appling. the county seat of Columbia. His family, which is weal thy, xill send a representative for him. Mrs. 31innemeyer is prostrated. She is very young and beautiful, but knew little of the world. 31innemeyer is handsome, 25 years old and was stylish ly dressed after changing his uniform for civilian clothes. He is evidently a man o+' good breeding and education. Dodging a Debt. The citizens and council of Attica, Kan.. are discussing the questian .hether it would be better to arbitrate with the bondholders or to move the to n. The te .s is and has been for several years carrying an indebtedness of about $33,000, including old sugar mill bonds and interest. It was de eided that if the matter cannot be ad justed for the amount the town is able to pay the citizens will move their bus inss houses and residences to a piece of groundl about a quarter of a mile south of where they now stand. The eading business men are in favoc of moving. Ness City, the county seat of Ness Conty, has also decided on this method ot unloading her burden of debt. A contra-ctor, has consented to move every building in Ness City to a new site nearly a mile away for half of the city's indebtedness. Ihalf a dozen other Kansas towns are now debating whethe'r it will not be cheapcr to move than to pay bonds. Where Is It? 'A remarkable condition of affairs in the South and West." says the Phila delphia North American, "is reported by United States Treasurer Roberts, who says that almost piteous demands arc being made upon him from those quar ters for silver and paper money to take the place of gold. which has become a alut on th market. There is so much old in circulation that the farmers have become tired of it and want a sub stitute more easily handled, and pre ferably paper money." The Newa and Courier says this is very interesting news. and is likewise somewhat sur prising. Would the North American kindly specify in what part of the South the condition described obtains? If gold is a glut anywhere in this re gion, or any farmers especially have had a surfeit of it, the fact has wholly escaped the attention of local observ es. A Gospel Yacht. The Gospel yacht, now being built at Jeffersonville, Lad., will shortly make a trip to the Cuban coast. It will have on board a devoted band of preachers and missionaries, in fact. the entire crew will be ministers or mission work' ers, and the sole object of their voyage is to make converts. The yacht is the largest ever built for the purpose. It is 1Gm) feet long, with an auditorium, or chapel, bet ween decks capable of seat ing 700 persons. The decks will seat about 1,000) more. and will be used for 1religicus services whenever practicable. The boat is to be launched on the Ohio li'er, and will reach the ocean by way of the Ohio and Mlississippi waters. M1ssionary work will be carried on along the way, and advantage taken of every opportunity to preh. Several of the workers speak Spanish. The yacht will sail under the auspices of the Gospel Yacht Association. which is interna tional, andi has about 300I members. The crew will be supported by the mem bers of the association, many of whom are prominent clergymen, and by vol untary offerings from the people with whom the work. OUR SOL)IER >OYS. Now in Camp Near the City of Augusta, Ga. PRAISED BY THEIR GENERAL. Colonel Jones is Very Proud of his Boys and the Boys are Proud of Him. The Augusta Chronicle says: Cono nel Wilie Jones, of the Second South Carolina, arrived in the city last night. He came from Yemassee. where he in tended to await the arrival of a de tachment of his regiment that was on the way from Havana and bound for Au gusta. The Plant steamship Olivette brought the South Carolinians from Havana to Port Tampa. The men had all their baggage disinfected at Mullet Key, a small island near the entrance to Tnipa bay. Colonel Jones was anx ious to get on to Savannah to join the detachments of his command that had preceded him, and t i get everything in readiness for the accommodation of the two to follow. Accordingly he left by the first train. feitre might have been two or three of his officers to accom pany him had it not been that there was but one vacant berth in the sleep er. When lie arrived at Savannah, Colo nel Jones was somewhat surprised to find that his regiment would be muster ea out at Augusta. He had received orders at Havana from his commanding general to proceed to Savannah to be mustered out. A letter was handed to Colonel Jones by General Douglas, his brigade com mander just before he was leaving Ha vana, and of it the colonel is very proud. It will be presented to the com mand here. The following is the let ter: "To the Officers and Soldiers of the Second Brigade of the First Divis ion of the Seventh Army Corps: "Comrades:--The time for our separ ation has come. We are about to re turn to our homes after nearly a year of arduous duty together, during the greater part of which time I have had the honor to command you. "I cannot say good-bye without ex pressing, as far as my poor words will convey, my appreciation of your sol dierly bearing and your fidelity to duty. "Although we have not been called upon to meet the enemy in the field, we have made every preparation to do sc and I feel assured that the troops of the Second brigade of the First divis ion of the Seventh army corps would have written their names high upon the scroll of fame had they have had the opportunity of doing so. "Comrades, let us keep alive that spirit which has made the Seventh ar my corps the synonym for honor and soldierly conduct wherever it has been known. Your corps and your division commanders have a right to expect it. Your brigade commander feels assuied that you will not fail. I bid you one and all good bye, with the hope that your firesides may burn brightly in welcoming you back to your homes and that happiness and prosperity may await your coming-farewell. "H. T. Douglas, "Brigadier General Commanding." This regiment today will again be all together. It ha-r been coming in de achments, the last of which ('our comn panies) arrived last night under com mand of Major Wagner, and spent the night on the cars. The Second is South Carolina's "slow but sure regiment." It was gotten to gether at Columbia and from all parts of the State of which it is thoroughly representative and otf which, needless to say, the state across the river is proud. And moreover, Augusta, too, is proud of this regiment. Coming from adjacent territory, it seems like one of our own, a feeling heightened by the number of men in the regiment who have friends in the city. The regiment is glad to get to Augusta, glad to be once again in "the states" and glad to know that soon they will go home to their own State proud in Lhe conscious ness of duty well done. The Second has an excellent reputa tion in discipline, gentlemanly conduct and health. Not a little of its good name is due ,o its corps of officers. Col. Wilie Jones, its head, is as proud of it as his men are proud of him. Genial and kindly he has always been a friend as well as an officer, and the parting will be one of mutual regret. In a brief chat with a Chronicle man last night, he spoke words of praise for the regiment and then branched off into expressions of pleasure at being at Camp MIackenzie, which he said, was ideal. "We have never," said he, "had a more beautiful or better located camp than this; not even," he added after a moment, "Camp Liberty in Cuba which was also very fine. We like Augusta and we like Augusta's people. The men have many friends in the city whom they arc again glad to be near." Just then some one in the little group gathered in front of the colonel's tent said: "Don't forget to say for us that we think Augusta's girls are v'ery beau tiful. Ah! the senoritas we have met are pretty, but the girls here arc far prettier.' And all this was said with the soft southern accent, so difierent from the clearer enunciation of the troops who filled the camp a few weeks The Second was mustered in by de grees. The first battalion, as a nucleus went into service last May, and around it were gathered other companies taken from every part of the State aintil as Colonel Jones said, there was scarcely a county in the State that did not have one or more members in the regiment. It went to Cuba about three months ago, being one of the four Southern regiments in the Seventh army corps, under Major General Fitzhugh Lee. sTAFF OFFICERS. Col. Wilie Jones, of Columbia. Liut. Col. H. T. Thompson, of D~ar l ington. Major Havelock Even, of Bamberg. Major J. J. Wagner, of Charleston. Major and surgeon, Edw. Wannamna ker. of Orangeburg. First Lieut. and Assistant Surgeon Griffiths. First Licut. and Adjt. L. M Hasel den. Captain and Q. 1., Captain Sulli van. Captain andehaplain. Rev. Philip A. Murray, of Beaufort. Sergeant major, Frank Fredericks, of Orangeburg county. Chief musician, J. J. Trowbridge. COMPANIES AND OFFICERS. A-Darlingtou--Capt. J. I. Boyd; First Lieut. E R Cox; Second Lieut. Charles S. McCullough. C-Oranzeburg--Capt. Daniel 0. Herbert; First Lieut 0 B Rosinger; Second Licut H L Spahr. D-Manning-Capt W C Davis. First Lieut A C Davis, Second Licut Jas E Kelly. B-Capt Wm B Serine, of Gteen ville, First Lieut R L Dargan, of Dar lington, Second Lieut T C Stone, of Greenville. E-Capt W W Wannamaker, First Lieut J W Culler, of Orangeburg, See oud Lieut C S Cummins. F-Capt Wm P Crawford, First Lieut H 31 Kent, Second Lieut T C Hauze. G -Capt Silas J McCaughran, First Lieut E C Horton. Second Lient Ful ton 1)ukes. H-Capt -John L, Perrin, First Lieut R F Woods, second Lieut Cheatham. I -Capt W F Gonzales, of Columbia, First Lie-t C J Epps, Second Licut E R Tompkins. K-Capt i -1 Mauldin. First Lieut James M Bowden, Second Lieut Wm N Scott. L-Capt Adam H1 Moss, of Orange burg. First Lieut T S 'Moorman, See ond Lieut 14 J Bristow. 1-Capt B A Rogers, First Lieut J D West, Second Lieut W T Ellerbe. A Mysterious Steamer. The New York Times says the steam er Scipio, a craft from Nowhere.'bound to Nowhere, flying no Bag, ownerless and crewless, is to be sold to the high est bidder at the Brooklyn navy yard by the United States government. Soon after the beginning of hostilities with Spain a steamship in perfect trim from stem to stern, with furnace fires burn ing, steam up, but without a soul on board. was found adrift off the coast of New Foundland, by a United States ship. The crewless ship was the Scipio. She flew no flag, and there was not so much as a scrap of paper to be found aboard her to indicate where she sailed from. where she was sailing to, or who owned her. Here, then. was a mystery of the deep. The Scipio carried a car go of coal, but never did such strange things come out of a cargo of coal as came from the depths of the anthracite piled in the hold. There were guns, fine, modern affairs of English make, Maxims, Hotehkiss cannon, field pieces, and other ordnance, together with ammunition. Just how the Scip io came to be found adrift with such an opportune cargo by a United States ship has never been told-officially. The Scipio has been at the Brooklyn navy yard since she was picked up adrift on the high seas. Left Her a Fortune. Stranger than fiction is the story told by Jennie Hancock, the girl who has fallen heir to $92,000. The man who left it to her was one who took a fancy to her from seeing her on the street. He died in Berlin in August and be queathed his fortune to her, though she had repeatedly refused to marry him, says the Philadelphia Bulletin. She is a tall, fair-haired girl, with shining. amber-colored eyes. Tnis is the strange story as told by her self: "I was go ing to the city hail one day with a friend when I noticed 4 man who seem ed to be following us. He was a blonde broad-shouldered, tall and good-look ing. I was surprised later when he obtained an introduction to me and called at my house. His name was George Richman, and he was a lawvyer. He was most atten tive to me, though I told him bluntly I did not like him. He said it made no diffeience, that I must learn- I really did not like him, though I could not say why. The first I knew of his death was the letter I received from a lawyer in Berlin, saying that he had died there of pneumonia and had be queathed me his property, amounting to 92,000. I couldnt believe that I read the letter aright. I put in the hands of a lawyer, and will probably hear more about it. It is in trust for me until I am 21. I am only 20 now." Bryanism Stronger. A dispatch from St. Louis says John C. Sheehan, the New York Tammany chieftain, arrived there Wednesday from Hot Springs, Ark., and is stepping at the Planters hotel. In the course of an interview. M1r. Sheehan said: "In my opinion Bryanism' is stronger than ever in the west and south and those portions of the county practically do minate the Democratic party. Indica tions point to a Democratic victory, for, despite the successful conduct of the war by the present administration, the present policy of imperialism is each day making new enemies for the Re publican party." A Titled Rascal. "Count M1arion de Zaremba" said Judge Newberger, of New York, when the count was brought before him for larceny, 'you are the meanest anti most contemptable thief who has eve~r been brought before me, and I will make an example of you and your kind who come to this country and use a dis tinguished family name and title to work bunco schemes and fleece people who are fool sh enough to be taken in by you." Then the judge sentencedl the Count de Zaremba to Sing Sing for three years at hard labor. A Bride's Awful Death. A special from Naylor, in Lowndes county, Ga., say~s: MIrs. J. A. Turner, a bride of a few months, was found ly ing on the floor with her head in the fire when her husband wvent home to dinner Thurday. She had been slight l indisposed, and it is thought she faited and fell. Her head was almost entirely consumed by the fire. Steamers Missing. The following steamers have been posted at London as missing: British steamer City of Wakefield, Capt Town send. from Ship Island, .January 12th, ad Norfolk .January 24th,. for Rotter ain; British steamer Dora Foster, Capt. Wooley, from Savanns h, January 231 for Liverpool; Britisi steamer Laug~lin, Capt. Hodgsen, -from New Orleans January 15th, via Newport New Jary- 2d for Copenhagen. SUNDAY SCHOOLS. The Call for and Program of the State Convention. WILL MEET ATSPARTANBURG It is Hoped That Every County in the State Will be Rep resented at The Meeting, South Carolina S. S. Association. Executive Committee's Office. Spartanburg, S. C., March 20, 1899. 1 The Annual State Sunday School Convention will be held this year at Spartanburg, April 20-22. A sugges tive program, which includes many in. teresting and practical topics, is here with enclosed. It is with great pleasure that we an nounce the expected presence at this Convention of that veteran and distin guished Sunday School worker, Mr. B. F. Jacobs, of Chicago, the Chairman of the International Executive Com mittee. This announcement ought to impel the attendance of workers from every part of the State, as it doubtless will do. It is the privilege of a life time to hear such a man. Another privilege also offered the Sunday School workers of South Caro lina. 'he great International Conven tion wiii meet in Atlanta April 26 30, the week following the State Conven tion at Spartanbu.g. Those who at tend the State Convention may go to Atlanta, either as delegates or visitors, and it is expected that the railroads will give special low rates. It is hoped that South Carolina will send a large number of active Sunday School workers to both of these Con ventions, at Spartanburg and Atlanta. Fraternally, Chas. H. Carlisle, , Of the Thos. H. Law, - State S. B. Ezell i Executive Com. PROGRAM. First Session, Thursday Evening, April 20th. 8.00 Service of Thanksgiving, by Rev. W. I. Herbert, Newberry. The sing ing to be led by the Union Choir. 8.30- The Convention called to order by President I Walter Hazard, Esq., Georgetown. 8.45 Address of Welcome by Rev. J. S. Watkins, D. D. 9.00 Address. The Value to the Church of Organized Sunday School Work, (or similar topic.) 10.00 Enrollment Cards Distributed. Announcements. Adjournment. Second Session, Friday Morning, April 21st. 9.00 Devotional Service, led by Rev. W. T. Derleux, D. D. 9.15 Convention called to Business. Enrollment of Members. Commit tees Appointed, etc. 9.45 Reports 1st. Field Secretary, F. F. Whilden. 2nd. Home, Normal, Primary De partments. Brief written reports. 3d. Statistical Secretary, J1. J. Gen try, Esq. 4th. Treasurer. Rev. Walter IL Herbert. 5th. Executive Committee. C. H. Carlisle, Chairman. 10.30 Discussion of Reports. 11.00 The Superintendents Hour. A Conference on the Schol. Con ducted by Mr. B. F. Jacobs, Chicago Chairman of International Execu tive Committee, and Ex-President of the Worla's Sunday School Con vention. 12.00 Sunday Schools half Century Ago. Address. Dr. Jas. 11. Car lisle, Wofford College. 1.00 Business. 1.30 Adjournment. Third Session. -Friday Afternoon, April 21. 3.15 Devotional. Led by Rev. J1. W. Shell. Fodntain Inn. 3.30 Thie Primary Union. Is There a Place for it? If so, how can it be Made effective? Response by Mr. B. F. Jacobs, Chicago. 4.30 The Teacher's Hour-A Confer ence on (a) The Teacher's Preparation. (b) The Lesson Illustrated and Ap plied. Conducted by Prof. E. L. Hughes. Greenville. 5 00 Reports of Commit tees. Miscel laneous. 5.39 Adjournment. Fourth Session. Friday Evening, April 21st. .00 Song Service. Devotional. Led by Rev. B. F. Wilson, Converse College, 8.30 Address. The Sunday School as a Spiritual Force (or similar) by Mr. B. F. Jacobs. 9.30 The Needs of Work briefly stated. Pledge Cards Distributed and Offer ing taken. Conducted by 10.80 Adjournment. Fifth Session, Saturday Morning, A pril 22nd. 9.00 Devotional. Led by Rev. M. L. Carlisle. 9.30 The Scholar's Hour-A Mass Meeting of all the Sunday and Day Schools, and their Teachers, to be Addressed by Mr. B. F. Jacobs. To be attended by a delegation of teach ers and scholars from Cedar Springs, S. C. Institute for the Deaf and Blind. 10.00 Election of Officeers. Reports of Committees. Financial. 11.30 The Tecacher's Meeting. Its Ne cessity. Its Conduct. 12.00 The Normal Class. Can one be maintained? 12.30 Closing Words. 1.00 Adjournment. NoT ES. The Railroads are authorized by the Southern Passengcr Association to sell Iround trip tickets at the usual reduced rates. Let all who expect to attend the convention requests thecir local agents to apply in amaple time for such rates. Homes will be provided for all dele gates and visiting pastors and superin tenents, provided, their names are sent to the local committee of enter tan H.E Rmvnel, Esq.. Shair; man, Duncan Building, Spartanburg, S. C.. not later than April 15. County officers are earnestly request ed to have the amount of their pledges collected and forwarded to the treasur er. Rev. W. I. Herbert at Newberry, S. C., or sent to him at the convention. County vice-presidents will please prepare a brief written report of their work in their respective counties and bring or send them to the convention. Let all pray for the presence of the Divine Spirit in the work of the con - vention. ROBBERY AND MURDER. The Arrest of a Remarkable Gang of Kansas Criminals. The Kansas City Star prints a three three column story regarding the arrest of a remarkable gang of Kansas crimi nals who have for years lived by means of robbery and murder. One of the gang is believed to be the murderer of Jos. New, who was killed in Greenwood county, Kansas, two year's ago for which New's wife and George II. Dobbs are now: serving life sentences. So firmly does Warden Landis, oi the Kansas penitentiary believe in the in nocenc3 of Mrs. New and Dobbs that he will immediately urge Governor Stanley to pardon them. Frank Altgood, alleged to be the real murderer, is in jail at Iola, Kas., under a charge of forgery. Alvin Bullard, serving an eight year sentence, in the Kansas penitentiary for horse stealing, has confessed that h,, Altgood and "Bill" Turner, were the murderers of New and that Mrs. New and Dobbs are absolutely innocent. Turner has not been found. It seems that the very men who murdered New and robbed his dead body. conspired afterward to con vict the widow and Dobbs. The sup posed murderer, Altgood, according to Ballard, event went so far as to try to get on the jury which convicted them. Ballard goes on to say that he, Altgood and Turner were members of an organ ized gang of thieves and murderers that operated in Southeastern Kansas. As a result of his confession, eighteen sto len horses, a bag of counterfeit silver dollars and a counterfeiting outfit have been recovered. Beside Altgood, B. L. Mathes and Herbert Simpson are under arrest. Fifty other horses sto len by the gang have been loegted. The officers are on the trail of other members of the gang. Ballard also al leges thar Altgood murdered William Coulter near Eruka, in 1889. Officers who have been working on the case have corroborated many of Ballard's statements. Great Fortunes Grow From the times of our fathers there has descended to us the habit of saying that in this country, with no laws of entail or primogeniture, great fortunes are soon dissipated and the sons of mil lionaires become poor. This was true when the millionaire's money was in vested in legitimate business. It re quires brains and energy to make legiti mate business pay. But the large for tunes are now invested in monopolies, and here are a few prominent instances of the results: "According to the eal culations of a New York paper, the Gould estate in two generations in creased frcm $72,000,000 to $125,000, 000. In four generations the Astor estate has swollen from $20,000,000 to $375000,000. In three generations the Vanderbilt estate has increased from $90,000,000 to $400,000,000." Big Fire in Columbia. About seven o'clock Thursday even ing the big city Hall and opera house of Columbia was burned down, together with the adjoining building. The fire started on the theatre stage and in a few minutes had enveloped the entire building. The aggregate loss is about $70000, with $35,550 insurance. The city police headquarters, eleetric fire telegraph station, stores beneath, lodge and library rooms all were totally de stroyed. Practically nothing was saved. By hard work the Carolina Na tional bank building and Western Union ofice were saved, though all telegraphic communication with the outside wvorld was cut off for several hours. Fortu nately, there were no prisoners in the police station and but few people in the building. The building was erected during reconstruction day and its origi nal cost was put down at $373,000. Many Lives Lost. A special from New Madrid, Mo., says: The steamer Rowena Lee, with about 31 passengers aboard beside her crew, exploded -opposite Tyler, Mo., about 4 o'clock Thursday afteinoon and immediately sank with all on board ex cept Captain George Carvell and one of the crew. The steamer left Cairo with 16 passengers aboard bound for Mem phis. The steamer was one of the best passenger steamers in the Mississippi river trade. She plied between Mem phis and Cairo. From local river men it was ascertained that the Rowena Lee carried a cabin crew of about 15 officers and a deck crew numbering about 30. Talking the figures and a fair number of passengers taken on at Cairo and other p~oints, it can be easily reasoned that at least 60 pecople were on board the boat when tile disaster occurred. Children or Taxes. If you live in Madagascar you must have children, or else pay a tax to the authorities. This is the latest decree issued by tile government of Madagas car. For sometime the population of that island has been deereasing. The government authorities sat in council a sort time ago and decided upon a tax to be levied. upon every man who, at the age of twenty five, is unmarried, and upon every married man who, at that are. has no children. The tax is $8.75 a year. Every girl must pay a tax of $1.8') a year as lon; as she re mains single after she passes her twen ty-fourth year, and every married wo man does the same until she has clil dren as the result of her marriage. A Spring Freeze. Immuense damage has been done in Texas by the freeze of Wednesday night. Co-ia, which was in the most places one to t wo inches high. was killed and will have to be replanted, while the fruit crop) is practically destroyed. The temperature was 30 degrees, the lowest ever known this late in the rmng. TRUSTS AIID THEI METHODS. They Absolutely Own and Control the Republican Party. The Republican papers of the coun try are making a "fight" on the trusts, yet these editors know very well that every new trust formed is the legiti mate product of the gold standard. In 1896 the supporters of Mr. Bryan told the voters that the success of McKin ley would rule by trusts. The predic tion has been amply verified by facts. Here is a list of trusts that have been formed within the past few months: Capital stock. American Beet Sugar co. . 20,000,000 American Car and Foun dry company.......... 60,000.000 American Caramel co.. .. 1,500,000 American Hard Rubber co 2,500,000 American Ice co........ 60,000,000 American Lamp Chimney company ............ 70,000 American Linseed Oil co. 33,500,000 American Potteries co... 27,000.000 American Steel and Wire co .. .... ......:...... 24,000,000 American Thread co.. .. . 10,000,000 American Tin Plate co.. 50,000,000 Boston Fruit co.. ......10,000,000 Bessemer Ore Association 20,000,000 Bridge Builders' Combin ation.............. 50,000,000 Broom Manufacturers' As sociation of the U. S... 10,000.000 Cambria Steel co........ 16,000,000 Cast Iron Pipe Trust.. ... 15,000,000 Central Union Telephone co .................6,605,300 Chicago Milk co........ 10,000,000 Continental Tobacco co.. 60.000,000 Consolidated Gas, N. Y.. 36.730,000 Consolidated Traction, N. J... ...........13,000,000 Continental Cracker co.. 10,000,000 Electric Co. of America.. 25,030,000 Federal Steel......... 200,000,000 Fire Clay Sewer Pipe Trust 20,000,000 Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar co...........10,000,000 International Air Power co. ................ 7,000,000 International Paper co.. . 33,000,00 International Silver co... 20,000,000 Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse co...... .. 32,000,000 Knickerbocker Ice co.. 7,000,000 Knit Goods co.. .......20.000,000 Kodak Limited co....... 7,768,000 Metropolitan St Railway Co................ 40,000.000 Milwaukee Electric Rail way and Light co...... 10,000,000 International Carbon co.. 10,000,000 National Enameling and Stamping co.......... 30,000,000 New Amsterdam Gas co.. 23,000,000 New York Gas and Elec tric Light, Heat and Power co........... 25,000,000 National Starch co...... 8,486,000 National Mirror Manufac turers' Association..... 15,000,000 Otis Elevator co....... 11,000,000 Pacific States Telephone.. 30,000,000 Pennsylvania Manufac turing Light and Power co ................ 15000,000 People's Gaslight and Coke Co.. Chicago... 30,000,000 People's Gaslight and Coke Co., Buffalo . 8,000,000 Pressed Steel Car co 25,000,000 Print Cloth Pool........ 50,000,000 River Coal Operators' co 11,000,000 Rubber Goods Manufac turs' co............. 0,000.000 Sash and Door Combine 20,000,000 Standard Distilling and Distributing co.. .... .24,000,000 United States Biscuit Co.. 55,000,000 United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry co... 30,000,000 Writing Paper..... ... 40,000,000 This means that hundreds of facto ries and plants are being closed down so as to curtail production and run up the price to consumers. One or two of the above concerns, after closing down the plants of their former competitors, which they bought up, have in creased the pay of certain workmen. But the total amount paid for labor will be vastly diminished. A GOOD REASON~ Why An Old Colored Preacher Didn't Like Long Prayers. "It happened," said Col. Jack Chino, at Chamberlin's, "that there were two colored preachers inhabiting cells in the penitentiary at Frankfort at the same time. If I remember aright both were sentenced for polygamy, but Old Sam was a Methodist parson, while Old Jake was of the Baptist faith. It seems that Sam had done something greatly to offend the warden, and the punishment decided on was an old fashioned lashing. Some weeks aftcr the affair came off the Rev. Sam, whom I had known from boyhood, was telling me about it. "'I didn't min' de whippin' so much, Mars Jack, ef it hadn't been for de way Old Jake acted. You see do warden he said to me, "Sam, I'se gwine ta whip you, an' I 'low de whip pin' will do you a whole heap uv good. I'm gwine to let Old Jake pray fer you, and do blows will continue to fall on your black hide while Jake's pra'r is a goin' on. When he comes to a final stop, den de punishmnta will likewise end." "'Land sakes, Mars Jack, I knowed it was up wid me den, for date ignorant old nigger neber did know when it was time to git up offn his knees. De fae' dat a po' human bein' was in distres., wasn't gwine ter meck a bit or difference wid him. Well, sir, it was jes like I spected it'd be. Dey brought mec on:~ an' Ole .Jake, do ole villun, started in. and as fast as he prayed the warden come down on mue wid a whip dat cut lie a knife. I never did want ter hear a pra'r come to an end so bad itn all my lie. but it weren't arty use. oecr time I thought he was mros' through Ole Jake took a f resh hold and down comec delicks harder-a ever. Shorely it seemed to me like he prayed a month, and, Mars Jack, I wants to tell you right now dat I am sot against long pra'rs to' de rest uv my life.' 311I3 3artha Smith. the young wo man who~ recently sued a Kansas City doctor for breach of promilse, andt who' was award ed $25,000J danmagcs, has since receiv.ed seven propiosal of' mar ri-age by mail. Two of the letters were icroom suitors in Buffalo. where iss Smith formerly lived, and one of the writers wanted her to invest $10. 00 of the proceeds of her suit in his NO FOUlTFA U)1 I. Charleston to Have a Sensation in the Pinckney Case. WORK OF THE GRAND JURY. The Pinkerton Detectives are at Work on the Case. An Ar ticle in Town Topics Causes a Stir. There is much interest in the devel opments of the facts in the Pinckney killing in this county, and any facts in the case are read with interest. A dis patch from Charleston says as an after morth of the killing, whieb of itself has kept Charleston in a continual stir for a month, Town Topics last week print ed a story from that city which has caused the wildest kind of a sensation. The story is stamped with that veno mous style characteristic of the publi cation. The details of the murder of Mr. Piockney are given briefly, but the writer took a side route to str-ke one of the most prominent families in Char leston, aud a family in no way connected with the facts incident to the killing. The publication has set high society in a terribly excited strain. It is said in Charleston that the grand jury, which is trying to solve the mystery surrounding the death of Mr. Pinckney, will bring in a presentment calculated to cause the biggest sensation known in this city in years. When the coroner'b jury, after working for more than a week on the case, returned a verdict that Mr. Pinckney was killed by parties unknown the public abso lutely refused to accept any such finish The theory that the young man was killed by footpads is not believed here by nine-tenths of the people, and, in fact, the grand jury is gradually gath ering evidence to knock this footpad idea into flinders. There is a determi nation among the members to stick to the investigation until some solution of the mystery is found, The jury does not want to work for weeks and then admit its inability to clear the case af ter censuring the coroner's jury for having done so. The latest bit of gossip has been caused by the efforts of the grand jury to learn further facts about the time Mr.,Benjamin Campbell Batewell of Pittsburg, arrived in Charleston. Mr. Batewell was engaged to Miss Elizabeth Bardin, the young lady on whom Mr. Pinckney was calling the night he was shot. The shooting occurred at mid night Saturday and according to Mr. Batewell's statement he reached-Char leston Sunday morning eight hors af ter the shooting. Batewell t"ied as to the time of his arrival to the coro ner. A late report has been circulated that a lady of this city came in on the same train from the north with Mr. Batewell Saturday morning. This made the grand jury try to ascertain the facts and witnesses have been ex amined on this line. Just what their evidence was, however, cannotbe learn ed from the grand jury. Mayor Smyth has employed the ser vices of a Pinkerton detective to work on the case. The chief of police and his force have been unable to find a single clew. This has made a great deal of talk and it has even been said that the police were held ba'ek and not allowed t(o make any kind of an investi gation. This, however, was vigorously denied. But the fact remains that the local force admitted it was helpless in the matter and the mayor sent for one of the Pinkerton agents. A strange fact, however, is that the detective, whom nobody has seen, is not working along with the grand jury. He is pur suing different lines altogether. A member of the grand jury said that the footpad theory has been en tirely eliminated from the course which the investigation is now taking. The jury is no longer considering that theo ry, but is working to fasten the crime where it belongs. Startling develop ments are expected this week, probably tomorrow. The different pieces of evidence are being woven gradually to gether, and it is said that the jury will return a presentment which will mean the arrest of somebody directly connect ed with the affair. The facts them selves can hardly be worse than public talk. The public believes that there is a scandal behind the shooting and death of Mr. Pinckney. Another Fatal Fire. Five bodies were recovered Tuesday afternoon from the ruins of the Arm our Curled Hair works in Chicago which were burned Tuesday evening. Four of the bodies recovered were identified. The recovered bodies are William Rieksecker, aged 40. John B. Greige, aged 60, unmarried. James Flanigan, aged 24, lived with his mother and sister. John Smnith, aged 1S. Unidentifie'd mani, burned beyond recognition, thought to be the remains of Daniel Sherm~an. The miinr aire: Mi.ss E!!a lI~emmitwvright, forewom an of the pieking room. Williamu Gilim~. workman. John White. clevator man. Heavy Snow Storm. Thursday :.fternon and evening Chi eaU sea viie by a heavier snow storm t~v' prevailed at any time during the reguar wi1nter months. The snowfall, althou rh not over four inches on the level, was badly drifted by a 40-mile win whih drve it through the down toan streets ini clouds. The storm was general throughout the northwest, the reots showving that while great incon venience was occasined, but little dam age was done. 1. t ived Rseward. Ex-Senator Geo. Gray, of Delaware, ha benspoiutedI United States cir eii ju. for the third district by Preida31~iney JugeGray was on of the Demoicrats who refused to sup')ort the' D~emocratie ticket in 1S96, and suppoit..d McKinley. Hie was the D 'mo ratic reprcser-tativc on the Span h p 4Ceincomission. and supported the President~s view as such in adjust ing HeI~ is one of the few Democratic exnsionists.