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VOL. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1899. ANI UTLTIMAT M From the Plucky Boers to The Powerful English Nation. MUST BE WITHDRAWN. London Startled from Hopes of Peace to Face War, Which No Doubt is Now On. The London News Agency published the following dispatch from Pretoria Tuesday morning: "An urgent dispatch has just been handed to Conyngham Greene, the British diplomatic agent. requesting an explicit assurance of the withdrawal within 48 hours of the British troops from the Transvaal bor ders, as well as the withdrawel of all the British forces landed in South Af rica since the Bloemfontein confer ence." The ultimatum has been received from the Transvaal and has been made public. It demands that the points of difference be submitted to arbitration that all troops be withdrawn, all rein forcements that have arrived since June 1 be removed, and the troops now on the high seas not to be landed. An an swer was demanded by Wednesday. Oe tober 11, not later than 5 o'clock p. m. The ultimatum concludes with "in the unexpected event of an answer, not matisfactory, being received, by the Transvaal within the interval, it will, with great regret, be compelled to re gard the action of her majesty s govern ment as a formal declaration of war, and will not hold itself responsible for the correctness thereof, and that in event of any further movement of troops occurring within the above men tioned time in a nearer direction to its borders, this government will be com pelled to regard that also as a formal declaration of war." IN SUSPENSE. A dispatch from London dated Oct. 11 says up to that tiw no dispatches had been received from the Cape since the expiration of the ultlmatum, so it is not yet known whether the first shot has been fired. A telegeam from Pre toria, timed 7:30 Tuesday evening say s: "The situation is becoming more criti cal hourly. Numerous Americans, Germans, Frenchmen, Swedes, Bel gians, Norwegians, Danes, Italians, Datcnan. Swiss and and Cape Afri kanders hav, cone to the border to fight for the Tran.,aal, although they are not burghers, while many British residents have taken the oath of alle giance. The hope is expressed by many that war will yet be averted. Nothing since this has been received from Pre toria and doubtless telegraph communi cation with the Transvaal is now cut. LEAVE LONDON. Montague White, consul general of the South African republic in London, called at the consulate Wednesday af - ternoon and immediately left for the continent. Mr. White's departure was not e&ttended by any excitement. Be fore shaking off the dust of England, he said to a representative of The Associ ated Press: "The expected has happen ed. I only hope the hellishness of this premeditaded crushing out of a taray republic is now apparent. Lst me re mind America that the onus of war lies not upon those who fire the first shot, but upon those who compel it to be fired. "Technically we have tempormrly put ourselves in the attitude of an ag gressor, but who would not have done so if the existence~of his country was at stake? I think we must look far ahead to see the consequences of this war. Instead of the pacif action of South Africa, which is the alleged act of England, we shall have perpetual unrest. These very people for whom England is now fighting will turn against her in time to come and pro test against her rule as bitterly as they are now protesting against ours. "For weeks I had seen England's de termination to force a hostile issue, or rather Mr. Chamberlain's. I am sure he is the only member of the cabinet whose mind was thoroughly made up throughout all the negotiations. What his intentions were is evident from the situation today. Ilad the frarnchise been the chief grievance, our five year proposition would certainly have been accepted. I have reason to believe that England enters upon her wailike course by no means a unit. Opposition to M1r. Chamberlain's policy exists to a greater extent than is generally conceived. ALL HOPE GONE. "Our evident desire t> conciliate has been much appreciated. and our rcfusal to allow our household afLii: to tuie ao ministered by another nation has not excited genuine indigaation here or in any quarter of the globe. Ilowever, Mr. Chamberlain has accomplished his purpose, and all hope is gone. I be lieve, nevertheless, that a consiaerable revision in British opinion would be a t feted by any serious defeat, for most of those now supporting the government are doing so with a light heart and on general principles, not stopping to count the cost of war.' Mr. White cited the Isandlwhama massaere as an instance of such a change in British opinion, le then went on to say: "I suppose there can be only one ultimate result of the hos tilities. As to the duration of thc war I am not able to ventume a guw. It seemed to me a matter of the greatest uncertainty. I hear that Great Brit ai will not begin the wiping out pro cess until December. In the meantime we shall see what we shall see. "I have received no special inst rue tions or news from the Transvaal dur ing the last 48 hours, and I expcct none having long ago received directions as to the course for me to take when mat ters reached this stage. I shall re main on the continent, and1 if anytng further can be done in the interest oi my government, I shall. of course, e n deavor to do it, although there seems nothing left but to fight it out to the bitter, unjust end." MUsT BE FREE. The followine cablegr'am was rcesiv ed Wednesday night by the Chicago Tribune from President Kruger of the Transvaal republic. The cablegram was sent in answer to a message from The Tribuanne requesting a statement of the position of the Transvaal in the peetcii. In the cablegram which follows small words have been filled in in order to make smoother reading: Pretor-a, Oct. 11. Through The Tribune we wish to thank our many American firends for sympathy in the present crisis of the republic. Lak Monday we gave Eng land 43 hours' notice within which we give assurance that the dispute will be settled by arbitratian or other peaceful means. The notice expires at 5 o'clock today. The British agent is recalled and war is certain. This is the fitting. end of the British policy of force and fraud which has marked all South Af rica with the blood of Afrikanders. We must now make South Africa free or the white man's grave. The republic forces in clude all nationalities, among them a strong American corps. showing it~is not a case of Boor against Uitland er. but all nations against the English. We have full faith in freedom and re publizanism and the righteousness which guides the destinies of nations. kSigned) President Kruger. ENGLANI) S REPLY. The following is the text of the Brit ish reply to the Boer ultimatum: "Chamberlain to Nilner, high commis sioner, sent 10:45 p. ni., Oct. 10, 1S99: "11cr majesty's government has re ceived with great regret the peremptory demands of the South African republic conveyed inyour telegram of Oct. 9. You will inform the government of the South African republic in reply that the cond,ilins demanded by the govern met.t of the South African republic are such as her majesty's government deem it imipossible to discuss." TlE WAR IS (ON. A dispatch from Johannesburg says that war was declared by the Boers an Wednesday, and that the fomal declara tion ocenrred at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. ACTIVE WARFARE. A special dispatch from Ladysmith, Natal, says the Beers occupied Laings Nek the moment the ultimatum expir Ed, and are now pouring into Natal. Ingogo heights have been occupied. Official confirmation of the announce ment that the Orange Free State burgh ers have entered Natal by way of Van Reenens' pass is at hand. It leaves no further room for doubt that acts of war have already been committed and that the campaign has begun. A STREET FIGHT. Newspaper Cartoon Causes Wounding of Three Persons. There was a terrible street Ouel in front of newspaper row on Camp street New Orleans Wtdnesday afternoon in which Dominick C. O'Malley, proprie tor of the Evening Item, and a well known promoter of sport and C. Harri son Parker, state tax collector, chair man of the Democratic state campaign committee and editor in chief of the Delta. the anti-lottery organ, during its existence, were both seriously, if not fatally wounded. The trouble is said to have originated over a cartoon in the Item last Sunday representing Colonel Parker. a little dog being led by a string by Governor Foster, and labelled "Me too.', About three o'clock Wednesday af ternoon O'Malley came out of his office accompanied by Parson Davis, and walked only a few yards, when Parker, who was across the street conversing with some friends, turned and saw him. He started towards O'Malley and the men seemed to know that trouble was expected and began exchanging 45-cali bre bullets, each firing until his pistol was empty.- By the time the duel was over the men were only about thirty feet apart, and each walked away to get attention. Parker ieceived a ball in the side, which is a dangerous wound, and one in the shoulder. O'M1alley was serious ly wounded in the groin and also re ceived a bullet in the leg. A newsboy fully a huadred yards away was shot in the head by one of O'Maliey's bullets. The boy will recover. Both men are resting easy tonight. O'Malley has been in several shooting affrays, and Parker wounded Mayor E. A. Burke, then state treasurer, in a famous duel in 18S2. The South Controls. The Philadelphia Record, which is a very close observ er of the development of the south, considers the growth of 'the iron interest of this section one of the most phenomenal industrial events on record. The Record quotes the president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company as saying: Twenty years ago the company had a capital, counting bonds and stocks to ether, of $700,000, and was working 500 men, with an output of 100 tons per day of coal and 300 tons of coke. t was scarcely known beyond the con ty in which it was operated and the city of Nashville. Tean., to which its coal was mainly shipped. "Today with a bonded and stoek capital aggregating $3,000.000, with over 14,000 employ ees on its pay rolls, with a daily output of 14,000 tons of coal, 3,500 tons of coke and 2.500 tons of pig iron, and an approaching output of 1,500 tons per day of steel, it absolutely controls the prices of foundry iron for the entire world. pttting them up or putting them down." _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Cost of the Navy. The estimates for the maintenance of the naval establishment for the next is'al year are huge compared to any ever made before for a similar expendi ture by our government. They amount to $73. 045,1S:3, which is an increase over the appropriations for the current year of $24,537,187. Included in the increase for the next year are appropri ations of $12,268.474 for public works and navy yards and stations. There is aso an estimate of $2,021,000 for the new naval academy. The estimate for the navy, including armor, guns and machinery. is 322.98S3,101. The esti mate for the bureau of construction and repair is increased over the current ap prl riation about $3.000,000: for steam enineering $1.000,I000; for pay of the navy about $700,000, while the esti mats for ordnance arc decreased about $700,000) Changeable as the Wind. If any person can find a public ques tin having more than one side, on both sides of which William McKinley has not been found in the past thirty years, that person will be entitled to the palm as the greatest discoverer of modern t.me--Coinmbus. Ohio, Press. NOT WORTH IT A Private Soldier's Opinion of the Philippines. MORE TROOPS NEEDEO. Angeles One of the Finest Cities in Luzon and the Seat of an Intelligent Government. A private soldier writes as follows to the Washington Post from the Philip pines: It has been a little over a year since Manila was surrendered to the Ameri can troops, and from that time on it has been hard and exhausting work for the troops, with everything at -the present time pointing to fighting and a stubborn resistance for every mile of teiritory we are now advancing over. What has been a-complished in the past year seems so little in comparison with what is before us that the sentiment is that ten yea:s from now we will be fighting in the Philippines. It is true that we have advanced into territory that the Spaniards never were within miles of, for all of their campaigning was never more than five miles from Manila at the most. Still we are a long way from conquering the Filipinos. Towns and villages that were captured months ago by the Americans on the line of the iailioads are giving the troops left to garrison them a great deat of trouble, as the main body advanses farther north. By this harassing a large body of troops has to be scattered along the railroad to protect it, thus preventing their assis tance in the advance. The situation along this road can be summed up in a few words: We have control and the iight of way over nearly fifty miles of the road, which we can hold by force of arms, but a mile on either side it i6 as good as a man's life is worth to ven ture, and hardly a night passes that there is not some trouble about Caloo can and Malolos, towns captured months ago. This alone seems to point to the fact that the Filipinos are not thirsting to drink of the waters of protection held out by Uncle Sam, but prefer their mode of governing themselves. It can be nothing else than patriot ism with these people or they wou':-. never have held out as long as they have. They are not savages nor ignor ant and illiterate. Their mode of living is different, their manner of dress and culture are different in some respects from ours but in business respects they are able to hold their own with a Bax ter street merchant. They all seem to be fond of the advantages of education, and very devout in their religious be lief, judging by the class of books left behind in their houses, as all the works are religious or historical. Their writ ing shows great cire in their penman ship, and some of their ledgers and ac count books compare favorably. with those of any bank in the States. With this advantage of education and the cunning instilled into them from their ancestors and intermarriage with the Chinese, they make a foe dif ferent from any that the American ores have had to contend with yet. It can never be charged that the Amer ican army was ever anything but hu mane in its warfare, but it is at times a bitter dose with these people. Our forces will advance on a town and after a slight resistance the native vamnooses and the American forces take posses sin. The next day in they will come through our lines, dressed in their white clothes and carrying a white flag. They are "Araigos" or Macabebes then, but we have learned at last, at the cost of the lives of several good American sol dier boys, to trust none of them, for there is no confidence or respect of word to be placed in any of them. The "alcalde," or mayor, of a town-will meet you with all the protestations of friend ship and good-will for the American and tell you that the Filipino and Aguinaldo are "marlow," (no good,) and at the same time, as was shown a few days ago in capturing one of the most friendly to the American cause, have a commission as colonel or some high ofice in the insurgents' army. It is a hard thing to have to do, but the only plan before the American army is to drive them before you women and children, and if they want to come back in the town take the men prisoners and send the women outside of the lit. Tfhis has more effect than the use of force, as the Filipino household seems t be a happy and peaceble home, and to separate the husband and father from wife and children causes tears and lamentations, more than the bullet will ever do; but God forbid that the Amer ican army will ever be compelled to resort to such actions to gain their vic There is one peculiar thing noticea ble as the advance is made farther north, and this is that though Manila is spoken of as the chief city of Luzon, and the seat of learning, wealth and culture, the farther north you go from Manila the appearance of the country and habitations of the people show a marked improvement. The land seems to be better cultivated and the homes are far better built, making a neater appearance than those near Manila. In this town of Angeles, captured by ten companies of the 12th infantry on Au gust 16, after the strongest resistance encountered yet, every indication points to an intelligent, well-governed city. Tho houses are large and commodious, a number of them built of stone, brick and frame, wnile those built of bamboo are of a different design than in other places. There is a magnificent church built of stone and finished in mahogany and the furnishings of the altar will compare favorably with the finest church in the States. There are no pews in any of the churches I have seen in the interior. I should say be tween 3,000 and 4,000 could worship in this church without crowding. On Monday morning, August 14, a part of the 17th infantry and 51st Iowa went out on a scouting trip, to gain knowledge of the lay of the land in our front, and met a large party of insur gents some distance from Angeles. and about two miles from Sindelon. After having a slight brush with them they fell back to Sindelon, having accom plished their reconnoissance. Tuesday night orders came that ten companies of the 12th infantry, under command of Col. Smith, would be ready to move at d.ayra to ma a rennnoissance in force. There was no thought of an engagement, and we were expected in Sindelon for supper that evening. By 5 o'clock next morning; Wednesday, August 16, we were in line, and march irig up the railroad track. We covered about three miles in this position, when a halt was made and the companies di vided up; the 1st battallion went to the fight, the second was to continue up the track and the tnird to go off to the left. In this position we advanced a mile or more without seeing any sign of insurgents, when the 3d battalion the one I accompanied came to one those fre quent streams, lined with brmbao trees. Here we deployed as skirmishers, as the dome and steeple of the church could be seen in a cluster of trees. Hardly had the advance been made beyond the shelter of the trees when the singing of Mauser bullets could be heard, though we were too far off for them to de any damage. The first volley fired by our boys was at 1,SOO yards, so we must have been 2,000 yards off vwhen they opened up, but as we continued to ad vance the firing became more deadly, and we protected ourselves behind those saviors of American soldiers, arice pat ty, which has been the means of saving many a life. By means of these rice ratties you can fire a volley and then advance to the next one, a distance of about one hundred to one hundred and fifty feet. Just before our advance, and while waiting for developments, Col. Smith rode up and, halting, said: "Well, boys, we will eat our dinner in AngelCs to-nay." His words camp true, for after one of the hottest fights and the most stub born stani yet taken by the insurgent army we finally drove them from their trenches and scattered them in every direction. Gen. Miscardo. who com manded the army in Angeles. has been several days trying to gather his forces, and what started out as a reconnoissance in force wound up in the capture of )ne of the largest towns outside of Manilla; also tWO locomotives and several cars, several tons of rice, the control of twelve miles more of railroad and the best accommodations for a large num ber of troops during the rainy season. The soil is sandy, and soon absorbs the surplus water, and the air and water purer than at San Fernando. Though three of the boys were killed and several wounded, it seems miracul ous that more were not hit by the enemy's bullets, as they showed in their firing more order than any encountered as yet. But they cannot stand the vol ley firing and yell of the Americano. The skirmish line of the 3d battalion as it advanced across the rice field made a beautiful picture-not a break in it, and every man moving forward and fir ing as if by machinery. But nothing less could be expected with such effici ent officers, and under the guidance of such a cooland collecte. officer as Capt. Wood, who commanded the battalion. Always with the men, never hurry ing them, but directing their fire where the enemy was the strongest, and hus banding their strength for a final charge, if need be, has instilled that firmness in the men that sure to win the day. At one time the insurgents tried a flank movement, and for a few moments the bullets were flying entire ly too close to make it comfortable, but their move was discovered by Lieut. Coeben, commanding Company G, of the 12th, who ordered a platoon to check their move, and after a few vol leys their line disappeared. In a short time we advanced over their trenches and were in possession of their city, while they were flying in all directions. If -there had been a large force or a troop of cavalry so as to pursue them a valuable pack train could have been catured; but the men who had taken part i a the engagement were complete ly exhausted frem the effects of the sun and the mire they were compelled to march through. The loss of the in surgents must have been heavy, as trails of blood could be seen where they had carried off their dead and wounded. The dead found in the trenches showed that they were not roving squads, but oranized and equipped regiments, and from the statement of a native hotel keeper who remained there were 2,800 men, of which at least 2,200 men were armed, under Gen. Meseard->. He said that the day before they were entirely out of ammunition, but a large supply arrived that morning, a large quantity of which was captured. It was new and had no indication of rust on the shells, proving that they nave a steady supply station. After two days' rest, with only a slight skirmish at times, Com panies H and I went out to a large sugar mill to burn it, as a number of insurgents could be seen hovering around it. After burning the mill they decided to proceed about 1,500 yards farther on and burn'a small set tlement of bamboo shacks, situated in a bamboo thicket. This turned out a disastrous move, for the insurgents waited until the first company was about one hundred yards off, when they openled a murderous fire, killing one of the most popular &fficers in the regiment, Lieut. Albert Drew. of Texas, an officer loved by his entire company. It must have been their aim was directed at the officers, for in advancing to the relief of I company, Liut. Uline, of Company IH, was seri ously shot in the head, but it is thought not necessarily dangerous. After re covering the bodies of their dead and wounded commanders the companies fell back in order with no other casual ties. We expect to remain in Angeles for some time, we hope until the rainy sea snn is over and we can be reinforced, for such weather as we are now having takes all the health and vitality out of a person. There is not a man in the company or regiment that can truthful ly say after a few msnths' active service at the front that he is near the man he was before he came to these islands. In conclusion, the sum and substance of the whole question is: If the Uinted States intends to subjugate these is lands it must send troops enough to push forward and keep up a steady pur suit until they have surrendered or been captured. This will require a large army, larger than some of the higher officials can figure out in Manila, and even then there will be no easy task. The Filipino, notwithstanding state ments to the contrary, hates the Ameri can, and this is shown as the advance is made farther north. We are told that the only enemy to the American is the Tagolog, and that in the Pam panga province the people only waited the chance to 'throw themselves in our arms and shed tears of joy at their delivera neu our reception on the border of the Pampanga province was the hottest acczrded the advance of any of our troops. Instead of meeting ex pressions of joy at our coming and the display of white flags, as has been the capture of towns previously, we saw nothing but empty houses, everything seemed to have been moved, as if ex pecting us several days, and the only sign of life were the dogs and the pro prietor of the hotel, who has since been sent to Bilibid prison, having been de tected in some underhand work, but you will find pasted on the walls of most of the houses or hung in a frame a card with "Viva la Constitucion!" "Viva la Republica Filipina!" "Viva Su Ilustre Presidente!" "Vivael Invioto Ejercito de Filipinas!" As Brig. Gen. Charles King expresses it, these people are intelligent, indus trious and capable -if self-government. In this town of Angels we find there were schools equipped with seats and desks similar to those used a few years ago in the States, blackboards, etc. There are a police station and cells; a justice Court room; there are a well built jail and a pillory. They have printed fo--ms for the payment of taxes and other provincial debts; they have been using the stub book for several years in their tax department, similar to that introduced in the collector of taxes' office in Washingten. In the professions there are doctors, lawyers, dentists and druggists. There are a furniture factory, blacksmith and wheelwright shops, and every evidence of thrift and prosperity. The benefits to be derived by the United States in conquering this island seem small in eomparison to the deaths and hardships endured by the troops. There are no tracts of land to be taken up; there is no opening for the laborer or mechanic. Every available acre of ground is tilled, and in buildings suit able for this climate the native is far superior, for nothing seems impossible to -him with a bolo and bamboo. Of course, the moneyed man has great prospects before him in investments, but for the brawn and muscle of Amer ica's sons that are enduring the torrid sun and marching through vapors of malaria and typhoid fever the bright vision ever before them is to have their enlistment of three years end, and if their lives are spared, to once more set foot on the soil of their fathers, and build up shatterea and broken down constitutions and obliterate entirely from their minds a place called the Philippine Islands. A SENSATIONAL MURDER. A Judge Taken From House by a Mob and Shot. A dispatch from New Orleans says the killing of Judge Brazil La Place was one of the most sensational which has taken place in Louisiana in years. The report in the vicinity is that a young lady was involved. Her father was connected with the plantation and left there Wednesday seeking to take his daughter with him. She escaped from him and remained behind. About 10 o'clock at night some one came to the door and called for the judge. He came out and while walking down the high stairway to the road a mob with white masks suddenly rose around him, seized him and pinioned his arms. Be was led some distance when the crowd halted, one man placed a pistol to La Place's back and sent a bullet through his kidneys, killing him instantly. The body was left in the road. Rain fell upon it during the night and it was re scued from the mud by relatives who went up from Ner Orleans this morn ing. These relatives aver that the killing was political, but the woman story is generally known and the mob's action was based upon the fact that Judge La Place is a married man, his family residing at La Place, a few miles away, named after his distinguished father. Judge Rost has called a meet ing of the grand jury of the parish for Friday. Murdered the Husband. Mrs. Leonard Neumeister and Fred W. Nye, after a preliminary hearing at Tavares, Fla., on the charge of mur dering Leonard Neumeister, have been imprisoned, without bail, for the crime. Two years ago there came from Louis ville, Ky., to Altoona, Lake County, Fla., Leonard Neumeister and wife, and with them was a man named Fred W. Nye. Not long before this time Mr. Neumneister had fallen heir to about fifty thousand dollars. About three weeks ago the old man was missing and Mrs. Neumeister reported his absence to the neighbors. She told them that shc had just found a letter, written by him and left in the L.ouse, saying that he intended to drown himself. The men then went to a deep lake afew rods from the house and-there found his life less body in the water. It was thought from the appearance of the writing that the letter was not written by Mr. Neumeister at all, but by some other person. This led to the belief that the old man had been murdered by his wife and Nye. A Derelict Schooner. Capt. Sabiston, of the schooner Het tie J. Dorman, luniber laden, from Bogue Inlet, bound in~rth, passed, on October 9, seventeen miles south of Cape Lookout, light bearing northeast by east, a large derelict, nothing but the stock of the foremast standing, a flag pole aft, but no flag attached, ap parently abandoned; no signs of life aboard; lay by her part night; wind sprung up and during night lost sight of schooner. Supposed to be schooner Carrie A. Lane, lumber laden, which was lost off Frying Pan during recent gale. The wind has been prevailing northeast for the past week, and if it should shift southward the wreck would drift to the beach. Quite Old. Mrs. Mary S. Wilson, who recently celebrated her 91st birthday at Oyser Bay, L. I., is living in a house which is nearly 800 year aold, and on the porch of which George Washington shook hands with the people of the town. England Barra Dogs. The board of agriculture of England has promulgated an order forbidding the landing of dogs from Ireland in Great Britain, under a penalty of 20s~. This is done to prevent the spread of rabies, wich is ommon in Ireland just now. FIRST INSTALLMENT. Mr. Ouzts Starts His "Book of Revelations-" REASONS OF HIS RETICENCE. He Reviews His Suspension and Charges Members of the Board of Control With Breaking Promises Mr. D. A. G. Onzts gave out Thurs day the first of a series of letters he has written about the dispensary. In the introduction he makes the following-ex planation'of why he has not heretofore made public ihe charges he now brings: "During my-years of service in the dispensary I have seen a number of things done which I knew were wrong. These I reported to members of the board, who were, I knew, honest, able and pure. They thought, hoWever, that it was best to say nothing publicly about the wrong-doing until mentlike themselves were a majority of the board. r3 They believed in the dispen sary and earnestly strove to make it a success. In their judgment the dispen sary could not withstand the effect of such exposures, if its control was in the hands of the men against whom these exposures were made. They wanted to save the law for the great potential good that was in it. But as the contrary element has grown so confident of its power that it has gone to turning honest men out of office at the dispensary, so as to fill all places with its tools, thus facilitating the carrying out of its plans, I deem it my duty to make public all I know, so as to expose these men, deeming it better that the dispensary should die than to continue under their control, but hoping that the effect of my criticism will be to drive such men out of the dispensary and place its man agement in the hands of men above re proach. I make this statement because I do not wish to be considered a sore head or as exposing things 1 condoned as long as I held office." He first shows that he had no'intent to do wrong in selling a bottle of con traband, that he was ordered todoso by his superior officer and that he thought he was carrying out the wishes of the board and thattwo members of the board so assert. He next chargesithat Miles, Hasel den and Robinson promised to give him a hearing before voting on the question of his permanent suspension and that they failed to keep their promises. He asserts that the majority faction is conspiring to secure complete control of the dispensary. He asserts that Chairman Miles has shown favoritism to Shipping Clerk Black, who has been reported for being drunk and disorderly in the dispensary, against a rule of the board, but who was not disciplined. He charges Chairman Miles with partiality:kto r his nephew, Receiving Clerk Young, who was repcrted for in: competency and making serious errors in counting shipments received at the dispensary. Friday Mr. Ouzts gave out another installment of his "Book of Revela tions," and there is more to follow. His "Revelations" make rich, rare and racy reading, but we have not the space to publish them. He makes -many charges against many people, all of which is backed up by evidence which seems, and which he claims, to be irre fatab'e. We shall see. Kodaks for Lynchers. A o eastern newspaper, which has givt ni profound study to the lynching probli m: has at last found a remedy which L. recommends with absolute con fidence. This ingenious newspaper is convinc ed that the kodak is mightier rthan the lyncher and that a mob which would defy the rifles of a sheriff and his depu ties might be easily put to flight by "snap shots." It therefore proposes that all sheriffs and jailers in regions where lynchings are frequent shall be armed with kodaks and that as soon as a mob attacks a jail or makes a demand for a prisoner these terrible instruments be turned upon it. The effect, accord ing to our sanguine contemporary, weld be intantaneous and complete. No would-be lyncher could for a mo ment hold his ground while his picture was being taken. He would not mind being shot, but the idea of being kodak ed would put him to hasty and headlong flight. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ They Want More Pie The colored Republicans of New Jer sey profess to be dissatisfied with the course of the administration and allege that if nothing further is done for them by the Cranberry State Republi cans in the way of appointments to of fice, some of them may be impelled by a profound sense of political duty to vote the Democratic national ticket in 1900. Man y Jersey Democrats hope that they won't. Antipathy to negro suffrage has always been a marked feat ure of the Democracy of New Jersey. New Jersey was one of the six Staxs of the country which rejected the fifteenth amendment to the federal constitution providing for negro suffrage. The other States which opposed it were Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, Cali fornia and Oregon. Bad Wreck. Wednesday at Short Creek, nine miles above Wheeling, W. VD., a northbound passenger train col'ided with a special ftom Pittsburg, the lat ter bringing delegations from Western Pennsylvania to the Tri-State encamp ment of the Uniform Rank of Knights of Pythias. Eight persons were seri ously injured, two fatally. The speci al had orders to take the siding at Short Creek, but the engineer of the special, it is said, forgot, and a minute later the two trains came together, and were bad ly wrecked. Kaw York For Bryan. The New York State Democratic Committee meeting Wednesday night was controlled by Richard Croker and ExSentor David B. Hill was turned down. A Bryan resolution was adopt edseconded by Croker, andopposed by Hi11 MADE A BIG HAUL. Burglars Secure Four Thousand Dol lars Worth of Jewelry. Special from Durham, N. C., says: Two daring burglaries were committed at the residences of Gen. Julian S. Carr and Judge R. W. Winston, in this city, Tuesday night. At Gen. Carr's the loss will amount to $3,500 to $4,000. The burglar of burglars entered Gen. Carr's bedroom and stole a diamond stud from a shirt beside the bed on which the general was sleeping. This diamond ornament was valued at $1,000, and was a regis tered stone. It was stolen during the world's fair at Chicago, but was after ward recovered by Pinkerton men. A gold watch belonging to Gen. Carr, val ued at $500; a gold watch belonging to Mrs. Carr, valued at $700; a diamond scarf pin, a pair of gold cuff buttons, set with diamonds, belonging to Clai born Carr; gold ear-rings, gold broaches, etc., were taken. It is notknown what time the rob bery occurred. Not a clue was left be hind to indicate how the guilty party got in or ou'; of the residence. Some of our people think it was evidently the work of a professionaL At the residence of Judge Winston, as was the case at Gen. Carr's, it is not known in what way entrance was made. Two watches, a gold one aid a child's watch, two gold necklaces, two gold pins and Mrs. Winston's jewel case were stolen. All of these were found this morning near a side gate in the back yard, where it is supposed they were dropped by the burglar in his flight. The front door of the residence was found open this morning and it is thought that exit was made in this way. In neither of the two robberies were the occupants of these households in the least disturbed, and knew nothing of it until they awoke the next morn ing. NEW YORK'S MURDER MYSTERY. A Boy Finds a Package With More of the Hacked up Body. Interest in the murder mystery grow ing out of the finding of the left thigh of a woman's body in West Seventeenth street last Saturday had an increase Wednesday by the recovery Wednes day morning of what is believed to be a portion of the same body on the beach at the quarantine station of Staten Is land. John Heineman, a boy 12 years old, found the package wrapped in newspapers and Manilawrapping paper. When he opened it he found that the cuts in the neck were jagged, showing ,that the head had probably been hacked off, and the arms were cut off close to the shoulders in a clumsy manner.. The police were notified and took charge of the find. The flesh was taken to the morgu4 for compariEon with the parts of the woman's body already there. The parts of the body now missing are the head, the arms, the legs from above the knee down, and the right thigh, which was found but was carted off to the city dumps. A name that looks like "J. J. Nu man," and the laundry mark "J. J. N. 183," was discovered Wednesday morn ing on one of the white skirts in the bundle of clothing found in the base ment of 219 West Fifteenth street. The letters forming the name are not distinct. They are partly washed out and a little blurred. The "J. J. N." of the laundry mark is very distinct, how ever, and is expected to lead to the identification of the owner. Hold Your Cotton. ?Neil's reduction of his crop estimate from 12,000,000 to 10,000,000 bales can hardly be considered "bearish." though that seems to have been its effect on the market. He always over estimates the vield, and his revised figures would indicate a crop not over 9,500,000 bales. But, assuming that he is correct, this would make the crop a million and a quarter bales below that of last year. Now consider the further facts that cotton goods are in great de mand and rising, that every available spindle is running, that the consump tion of cotton in this country will in crease by 500,000 bales, with perhaps an equal or greater incaease in Europe, and the question is presented whether even 10,000,000 bales will meet the world's needs? We doubt it. Liver pool and New York count on the south's making a ruse' to sell. Moral: Don't do it. Hold on to every bale you can and after this reaction the prices will go higher still.-The State. Killed About Hogs. John McElmurray, proprietor of the Goodall farm, near Augusta, Ga.. shot and instantly killed his cousin, J. A. McElmurray, Thursday and seriously wounded a Negro who was near when the shot was fired. The two white men had quarreled over the possession of some hogs. Robbery of a Bank. The Reynolds Bank, at Reynolds, Ind., was looted by robbers at 3 o'clock Wednesday morning, the safe being blown up by danmite. From $3,000 to $10,000 was taken. The explosion de molished the frame building in which the bank was located. The thieves es caped. _________ Violent Earthbuake. A dispatch to The Handelsblad from Batavia, cepital of the Netherlands Indies, Java, says that.a violent earth quake has visited the south side of the Island of Coram, next to the largest of the Moluccas, between iBooroo and Papua, completely destroying the town of Amhei and killing, it is estimated, 4,000 people, as well as injuring some 500 others. The dispatch says that de tails of the disaster have not yet been obtained. Retires From Command. A dispatch from Fort Monroe, Va., says that Rear Admiral Sampson retir ed from command of the North Atlantic squadron Friday evening at 5:30, when his flag was hauled down from the after mast of thc cruiser New York. A crew made up of offieers of the flagship rowed the admiral to the wharf. He left at 7 o'clock for New Yerk. As the steamer passed the New York, the naval band played the national air. Ad miral Farquhar, Admiral Sampson's successor, will take command at 8 o'cloc Saturday morning. A STRANGE CAREER Of a Lunatic Now in the Lock Up at Atlanta. CASE PUZZLES THE POLICE. The Prisoner, Who is Confined in Padded Cell, Tells a Wierd Story of Ad. venture. For one week there has been confined in a padded dell at police station pro bably the most peculiar and at the same time best educated lunatic ever dealt with by the local police, and it has de veloped since his arrest that he is want ed by no less than five different insane asylums. The chief of police is now vainly trying to get the case thoroughly straightened out. Last Tnesday night a telephone mes-, sage to headquarters stated that a crazy man had effected his escape from the Grady hospital and was terrorizing the entire Fourth ward, having torn off nearly all of his clothing and was acting more like a monkey than a man. Call officers Chosewood and Cornett answered the message and after an ex citing chase arrested the crazy man, who, at the police station, gave his name as John Williams. He was locked in the padded cell and before morning he had torn off what remained of his cloth ing and also all of the padding of the iron -cage. He was the wildest man ever confined in the local police sta tion. Next day Officers Cornett and Chose wood ascertained that Williams had been employed at the race track, at tending many of the fast nags that--are to enter the races at the State fair. Gradually Williams has improved in mental condition, and now to talk with him no one would ever suspect that he was ever bothered with mental trouble. He's perfectly rational about everything and is too wise to impart to the officers his real identity. Last Saturday the two arresting offi cers put Williams through a vey thorouga questioning, and before they were through they had learned from him many things, cbtaining probably the most peculiar story ever unfolded to an officer of the law in the city of Atlanta. Williams, as he now calls himself, is the son of a wealthy saloon and hotel man in the city of New York, but for many years he has had a mental afflic tion, which has caused him to depart from the quiet path in which he was raised and take up the life of a tramp, during which time he has been adjudg ed insane no less than five times. Upon each occasion Williams was sent to an asylum and he has always been cunning enough to effect an es cape. He is well educated and talks fluently and with much ease, and while telling* his story the only trace of insanity that could be observed was his seeming fan ey for boasting of the shockingsexperi ences he has undergone. "Since I was three years of age," said Williams to a Journal reporter, "I have been affected with mental trouble, and at times I get wild and do things that I know nothing whatever about, while at others I have the ecuning and the sense of the slickest criminal that ever lived. "These spells come upon me when I am least expecting them, and they stay with me from one week to three years. I was confined in an insane asylum in Philadelphia for three years, escaping some two years ago. Since that time I have been following the horses. "My father lives in New York city. He is a hotel and saloon man, and a Federal veteran, having had one of his legs shot off during the civil war. I left home when only 10 years -old and have never been back since. "In Harrisburg, Pa., about six years ago I was detected by a policeman while trying to do some dirty work. I ran and the officer shot me three times, the last bullet entering my back and caus ing me to fall. I was captured and sent to the penitentiary, but was afterward transferred to the State insane ayslum from which I escaped." And just here this peculiar lunatic exhibited three pistol wounds. He continued: -J - "Long before that I was'sent to an asylum in New York State, but they were not slick enough to keep me, and I got away, after remaining there not a great time. The prison for crazy peo ple in Wilmington. Del., was notstrong enough to hold me, and I walked away without any great trouble. "While working with horses in Ken tucky, I had one of those funny spells and was sent to the asylum at Frank fort, from which I escaped and went to Philadelphia, where I was adjudged in sane and put in another asylum. I re mained in this place for three years, and two years ago, when an opportuni ty presented itself I left them. I would not tell you who I am, for the Philadelphia people still want me." Williams gave the officers thrse differ ent names, Simon Reiner, Simon Davis and John Williams.. The chief of police is now in corres pondese3 with the Philadelphia people and it is expected that the matter will be straightened out in in a few days. Atlanta Journal. Cracked a Bank. A special from Navada, Mo., says burglars entercd the Farmers' bank at Schell City, near there, Thursday night, blew open thc safe and secured $3,500 in cash with which they escaped. Previous to the bank robbery the town watchman was captured on the street by armed men and bound and gagged. The robbers left no clue. Held Up the Train. The Northwestern limited tr ain, leaving Chicago 10.30 Friday night, was held up not far from Dekalb, Ill., and robbed. it is not known whether the robbers obtained any great amount of booty. The express car was dyna mited. A special train containing a number of 1r~en and detectives left the Northwestern Station in Chicago short ly afterwards bound for the scene of the robbery. It is said there were..ive masked men enad in the oneratian4