The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, December 06, 1899, Image 1
_ VOL. V. MANNNU. S.C.. DE)I~IAY. D)ECEMBER 6.18.NO32
GO1LD SI'ANI)ARD.
Synopsis of Bill Prepared for Re
publican Caucus.
CURRENCY MEASURES
An Admission of the Illegality of
Cleveland's Bond System
Seeks fo Enact Single
Stardard.
Copies of the bill and report pre
pared by th- Republican committee,
wLich met at Atlantie City last sprirg,
were mailei Tucsday evening to the
Republican members of the house.
The wurpose of the bill is to remove
any doubt that may exist as to the
character of the standard. It contains
a number of distinct propositions.
1. The standard unit of value shall
be the gold dollar.
2. Unted States bonds, United
Sta'es notes and tre-.sury nc-tes shall be
paid ia gold, and all other pioblic and
private obligations shall be paid in con
formity with che standard.
3. The establishment of a division
of issue and redemption in the treasury
to selaaate the vote issue from the
fiscal operatiens of the deiartment ana
the creation of a gold rtserve eq'il to
25 per cent. of the ortstauding United
States notes and treasurv notes.
4. The sale of three per cent. gold
bouds to maintain the gold reserve.
5. Gold coin may be exebanged for
any other mt.one), when vi cemzary to
maintain the parity, arid United Stats
notes and treasury no:cs redeemed in
gold shall not be di.bursed except in
exchange for gold.
6. Subsidiary silvr may be coined
from any silver bullion purchased
under the act of July 14, 1S90, and
treasuay notes tqual to the coat of the
bullion containet in such coin shall be
cancelled.
7. All worn uncurrent subsidiary
silver coin may be recoined.
S. Silver certificates shall be limited
9. National banks may iasue circula
tion to the bar value- of the bondi de
posited by them.
in denomiaations of $1, $2 and $5.
10. The tax on national baLk ciren
lation is repealed and a tax of one fil th
of 1 per cent. per aninu:u is piactd on
the franchise of the banks as measured
by their capital, surplus, and uLdivided
prcfits.
11. National banks may be organized
with a capital of $25,000 in towns of
2,000 inhabitants,
The report on the bill has been pre
pared by Representative Overstreet of
Indianapolis, who introduced the orig
inal bill of the mozetry commis.ion in
1898. Overstreet frankly admits that
the committee "did not cousid~r the
general subject of banking, nor did it
seek to arrange a complete scheme of
finance, but confined its reocmmeniua
tions to those subjects of most prersing
demand, as evidrteed by the plledges of
the Republican party and the general
policy of the administration."
It was felt, the rn ort declares, "that
strengthening of the public credit by
the removal of all doubt concernirg
the poicy and practico of the govern
ment relative to the unit of value, is of
paramount importance."
The report continues: "When the
standard shall be permanently estab
lished and all doubt of its stability re
moved, the parity of all our money will
be fully recognized, and tha kind of
money in which payments sVtall be
made will rarely, if ever be the subject
of dispute. When certainty shadl take
the place of doubt, and the irntegrity of
our credit be as fixed as the honor of
the nation, the national debt can be
readily refunded and at lower interests
and future loans negotiated withI ease
upon better terms than ever before.
"The rapid developmnent of American
trade mnakts it imperative that the
standard of value in which settlements
are made shall be the beet known to
the highest civilization. Recent
events, shaped by causes beyond con
trol, bearing obligations which national
honor requires shall be courageously
discharged, open new fields for Ameri
can statesmanship. Cziannels of trade
yet unknown to America enterprises
and avenues of commerce yet to wel
come Amer~cdn products, will surely
result. Such conditions emphasize the
necessity for i standard of value which
shall remain firm throughout the vicis
itudes of competive trade."
The fact is pointed (out that the treas
ury at the beginning of October had a
net gold reserve of more shau $250,000,
000; that there is more gold ia the
Unted States now than ever before,
and that the present conditions are
most favorable, and the time mnost op
portune for the clear and unequiveo d
adoption of the gold standard. If,
under all existing conditions, the
United States shall citarly, by law,
adopt the gold standard, it will pass to
the new condition with even less fiec
tion than was experienced by the re
demption of specie paynment.
The mechaism of the new dimsion
of issue and redemption is explined,
and it is declared that the ddferent
funds referred to in that division as
they stood on September last, are as
follows:
1. Gold coin and bullion, represent
ed by out standing gold certificates,
$135. 501,119.
2. United States notes, represented
by outstanding curre'ncy cer..ificates,
$16,100,000.
3. Silver dollars. represented by out
standing silver certificates, $405,197,
504.
4. Silver bullion, represented by out
standing treasury notes, $91,167.2S(.
5. Gold coin at~d bulion, equal to
one fourth of the United States notes
($346 651,016) and treasury notes(Sl
167.280) outstanding, 8109,462,074.
The first four items enumerate the
special deposits dedicated to specific
payments. As these obligations are
met, the deposits, are correspondingly
reduced.
The scope and purposes of the pro
visions for maintaining the standard by
the sale of bonds and the exchange of
money are thus set forth b '1r. Over
street:
"In the absenc6 of a 'aw providing
protection to the gold rererve, it is al
ways subject to encrochment in ex
pndiuros+t meet the reneral expenses
of the government. n neuever suh
eneroa lhment appear prob.ably, a fear
has arisen that the governmenrt may
not be able to meet its deatnded obliza
tions, and a run upon the reserve for
the redemption of the demand notes
has followed. TLis situation is respon
Fible for the so-called endleSs chain.
By septrating the reserve ftund from
the general fund and prohibiting its us
except for redemption of United States
notes ia treasury notes, the dangers
ito which it has been so greatly sub
jected will be removea. These demaud
notes are being redeemd in gold now,
and always have been, and no additional
burden is imposcd upon the govern
ment. It is sought to simplify and
legalize the practice and create a fii
vi.ion in the treasury where the whole
business of issuing and r deen;ing notes
mAy be transacted, ad to stablih
ewplete confidence in the redemption
of our dcmand oblia, i ris.
S-etion 4 of the bill seevks to pr-vide
a conmlcte safeguard to guarantee the
permanent maintenance of the gold
standard, by authorizig -h! secretary
of the treas ury whenever it is nece-sar%
for uch maintenance issue aid s-:l
boods of the United S-ates. pa.h!e in
gold coin, and for the exchar;ge of gold
for aty other moty issued or coined by
the Ulited States, wi-en t'e seeretary
of the tre:asury deems such charige
necessary in order to maintain the
parity and equal valu- of all the
morey of the U nited States.
A QUEER CASE.
Disguised as a Man Ore Woman Wins
Another.
The case of Eliis G'enn, long a socie
tv favorite at Litchfiid. Ill., but re
cently convicted of for-ry and theu
found to be a woman, proves to be
much more remarkable thai firt report
ed. As there is no v:ard for le-wal
conviets at Chester. the th.,rifF will
take his prisonor to J-ilet.
Glenn's career is a remarkable one.
"He" reached Litelii-1 three year,
ago. Whence "he" camne no one
k'nows. "He" dressed stylishiy, courted
like a prince and speedily bec:tue a so
ciety favorite. "t" teead such a
very nice chap that all the girls fell in
love with "him."
Early last spring "he" went to But
ler. a town near Litchfield, to represent
a business concern. "Hu" secured
quarters at the home of James Duke. a
wealthy ci-izen, and soon won the
heart of Ella Duke. the bille of But
ler. They became engaged.
In April Glenn opened negotiations
for the purchase of property in Litch
field and offered in payncut a note for
S4 DUO sigred by John and Duncan
McLean. farmers living near Hillaboro.
Investication showed the note a for
gery, and Glenn was arrested and held
to answer to the November grand jury.
James Duke furnished a bond fir the
pri!oner's appearance and ''he'' re
turned to the Duke hThehold. The
wedding of Glenn and Ela Duke was
fixed for October lSih, but two days
tfore that date the lover disappeare-d.
. Miss Duke, the duped fiaLce of Glenn.
deeply feels the unplcasant notoriety
the affair has caused her. She said:
"I met Glenn in 1898. lie called
frequently, proposed and was accepted.
I never once suspected that he was not
a man.
"I don't know whether to take any
stock in the story about his twin broth
er, the impersonation and all that. It
was a cruel deception that was prac
tieed on me. I feel sure that the per
son under arrest is the one 1 met first,
who courted me, and who afterwards
proved to be a woman.
"I don't think 1 could be intimately
acquainted with a person so long as not
to know him or distiaguish him froim
evetn the moat perfect twin brother ever
orn.
"It is terrible."
Must Fight the Trusts.
United States Senator William E.
Chandler, Republican, and ex-Governor
Carles A. Busiel and others today
issued an address to the Republicans of
New Hampshire inviting co-operation
n opposing what is termed - the rail
road po.wer" in the state and in sup
pressiog evils arising fromn industrial
combined and advocated election laws.
Under the head of trusts the address
advocated the universal aoplication in~
the state and nation of the people of
unrestricted competition which is the
life of trade and the basis of all pros
perity in society, and the election of
members of legislature and of congress
who will etaforce this principle. "The
convenation will readily t<noug.nidenounce
trusts -aa declare for com p. tition. The
danger is that the cause w:ll be betrayed
by representatives and senators in .he
state legislatures and in the national
congress; so that extraordirnary pains
must be taken by the peoole to stand
against suc-h betrayals.' The address
says: "l'he undersigned believe that
the neghet by Republicans gener ally to
pursue earnestly and in guod faii h the
tjects named, will endanger R~ putbli
an ascendane, in state andi national
vitory in 1900 will be achieved."
His Eyes Buint Out.
A remarkable instance of barb trity,
within two hours' journey of Tangler,
is reported, which shows how matters
still go in Morocco to-day. At the
duar of Charitin a man ?tule a donkey
and sold it for seven pesetas-less than
$1 25. On his return h-rue he was
taken before the chief of t'he duar, who
gave the thief's relations leave to pun
iah him as they thought best. Tnere
and then, in the prese-ice of the neigh
bors, the man was tied to a tree and his
eyes were burned out with a red-hot
iron. The wretches took their victim
to the Baaha of Tangier, wno, instead
of giving them their deserts, consigned
the injured man to the vile dungeon at
the K?sbah, from .dhich he was only re
ased on his mother's intercession.
A guinaldo's Mother.
A dispatch from Manila says Agui
nados mother has arrived there and
has been given shelter by Senor
Legarde, a prominent amigo, who
was seeretary of the treasury
b ore the out break, and n hio resigne d
when it came. It seems that Buent
camino's party took refuce in a bandit
village, which had offered Aguinaluo an
asylum, intendirg to sell him to the
Americans. The bandits assassinated
half of Bunencamaino's guard and pro
posed to keep Aguinaldo's mother for
lnanm.
A CLO SE CALL.
Thirty-First Infantry Narrowly
Escapes Drewning.
KEPT AFLOAT BY HARD WORK
The Engines Poor and Ship
Struct Bad Weather. Offi
cers and Men Suffer and
Toil Together.
A dispacth frini Maaila sa':s the
transport Manauense with Lieut. Col.
Webb-Haye< and three companies of
the Tbirty-first infautry on board has
arrived there. Sie narrowly escaped
disaster. The effisers and solciers
were for 12 days bailing with bucke:s.
The steamer was unstawortly, under
iwiined and short of provistons. Her
voidnes broke d.>wn aud she rolled thre e
days in a typhootr,.
When the Manauen-e a'ebtored in
Mailh bay this morning, 33 days from
San Franceise, there were seve:raL feet
of water in her hold, and 400 giimy,
greasy, hungry, exbauted soldiers
and bailors had been pa-iug bucke s
of watersince Nv. 17th, night and day.
First As-istant Eugic:r Danleavy was
ubd r arre.,t a;.d, according to Col
We bb-Hayes' official repurt, ,he ch:,-!
e'giueer would also have been unde:
arrest if there had been aay one to re
pl :e him.
1ite colonel's report also declares that
tne captain of the vese toll him that
te only thing which br-oght th.'mI
tliouJl .as the fa.ct that :h men ",C
greennuorus and failed to real:ze inl ir
dauger, wile experieneed seamen
wouu: :isvt de.-.rteu the ship and takeU
to tit. i* in undi-otCan.
Th- )1,iaueuse in a chartered ship
fiyiLng the l31tuish rs.4. S.e bclongs to
a firm of wuich Seiiator 1c:kius of Srn
Fiacei.co is alleged to be a jai.ior
tnemter. The officers say the firwu
bought her for $45,000 and they c'aiw
efforts were niade to sell her to the
government for $150,001-1. Sne starcd
from San Francirco aecowpanied by
the tra.sport Pekin, which cairied the
remainder of the regiment and en
countertd heavy sce to Hnollu wit h
out aclident. After starting it de
veloped that she was undermanned and
soldiers had to be detailed to Let as
firemen, coal passers and waiters and
to do other work. Before reaching
Honolulu the crew concluded that the
ship was not safe atd the majority
agreed to desert. Though they were
closely watched, many of the crew ruc
ceeded in getting away. and the Mlau
auense left H onolulu with less than half
her crew. The captain of the transport
on Nov. 17th, told Col. Hayts that the
vesnel had sprung a leak and an iuves
igation resultea in fiding seveial feet
of water in the hole. The steam pumps
%ere tried but failed to work, and there
were no haud pumpb on board. How:
ever, 46 buckets were found, others
were improvised, and the soldiers not
employed in working the ship mere
organized into five shifts and, stripped
and frming lines, theybegan bailag,
the offieers working a ith the nmen, pass.
ing the buckets. which were sent up to
the deck by a windlass. The longest
time a shift could stand was two hours.,
and, often, the period was not longerj
than half an hour. The bailing can
tinued until the ship anchored here.
The same day the leak was discov
ered the machinery collapsed, and the
electric lighting plant and evaporating,
distilling and refrigerating apparatus
failed to work. There were a. lamps
and the few candles found were ex
husted after a few days. During the
last week of the passage the MIatauensc
was in utter darkness at night. She
had been rolling in heavy seas all the
way, but Nov. 22d she encountered a
typhoon and pitched and tossed alarm
ingly. The Pekin became separated
from the 31anauense in the storm.
Ttie water rose rapidly and the bail.
ing force w as doubled. But the buckets
were gradually smmshed, and barrelsj
and boxes were substituted for them,
the me~n working in darkness, planks
and pieces of iron shafting being vio
leutly washed among them. The fire
men culd only feed the fires by being
lifted on the shoulders ofjthe other
men, through water waist deep.
The typhoon lasted two days and a
half, and in the midst of it the engines
stopped. The officers then held a coun
il and found that there wera 420 pt.r
sons on board with life boat accommo
dations for 21:3. In the meantime the
men below, igoorant of their extrem~e
peril, were passing buckets and siuging
"Wrat the hell do we care," while the
ship rollei helpless on the ocean, with
hatches closed.
The heat was intense until the ty
phoon passed, and then the Pckin,
which had retraced her course about
70 wiles, came alonsside the Mhnauense
which was roiling so heavily that the
soldiers in the bold could, at each roll
see the Pekinm through the batches over
head. 31r. James S. Pettit, comman
der of the Thirty-tirst volunteer regi
ent, ordered the 31anauense :o proceed
to Guam and awvait relief but t:he e-p
tain of the 3Manaueuse declined, the
oficers say, because the government
was renting t .me ship for $500 per day.
Throughout the remainder of the
voy age the engines of the 31anauense
failed frequenely and the ship would
roll for a lew hours while the engines
were repairing. Tfhen the steamer
would proceed ag'ain for a few hours.
Thme meat and vegetables rotted be
cause of the failure of the retrigerators,
and were thrown overboard.
After the stortu, the water supplied
to the ship at Honolulu had to be used
for the boilers and there was little or
none for drinking. In fact, it is assert
ed that during the last weea of the
voyage the men lived almost entirely
on whiskey, beer and hardtack.
The officers and soldiers were uitterly
exhausted when they reached 3laniia.
They declare the engineers werc gross
ly incompetent. The officers ab~o say
tnt the behavior of the troops w-as be
yond praise. For days they wrorked in
the dark, suffocating hold with water
up to their shoulders, and planks wash
img about in a manner dangerous to life
and limb. The officers took the lead in
bailing and encouraged the men.
The captain of the ship promised the
men twenty-five cents a day for bail
ing but he now propone to pay them
a dollar and a half. The soldicis talk
of attaehin:. the ,hip. The regiment
w ill proce(d to Z toboanga on the Pkin
to garrison several ports on the island of
Miudanao.
INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION.
An Increase of One Hundred Milion
In One Year.
Commissioner George W. Wilson, of
the internal revetue bureau. in his re
port to the Secretary of the Tr.:asury of
the operation of hi, office for the fical
year ende d June 30. 1S90, shows that
the receipt from allsources aggregated
$27;3,4S4,573, an increase over the pre
enfdirig year of S1112.617,001), and an in
e:eese of $3,4S4,573 over the estimate
of the com;,anioner made on.e year ag).
The receipts frow the several sources
of revenue during the las: year, and the
increase or d:e~ca-e in each as coma
pared with the sear 1S98 are given as
fullows:
Spirits $99.23.531. incease C736,
54 Tobafcco $52 493,207, increase
$1 G,262.65.
Fermental $3 6'1r1)G H553. in
eresse $29,129.1-;7.
Oh'-n r ine $1.956.61, increase
$340. S38.
Filled ciscose $18,098, increase $1,
579.
Mixed flour $7.040; law not in force
last er.
Stvi tak s nit eisewhere enumer
Ied l 92.93; law not in force on
;-1.l it i a 3Ca e .
8l s(11 di!trb itive shares of
ye rca~ p o a 1, 235. 135.
S,xp ..:, ,.oer die Ide A, of
th4 \-ar R un Ae!, 3S.l16.081.
'i dich al pi wiet..r; articles and
preparatious r, quired to be tamped ur
cer B.eeule m, O th t, 3.219.737.
The C1lceeiouis b dir iidem
the ~ar whotheamout i over
$8010.000. .!-d - c, to ito .- i : Tv.o
eu.t s i Vbit SS,10,400. T,3hC
to ., a'ount expendd' i :Ce citcIion
of revenus- auring th'e last fil-al year
v$ 14.591,754, or 1.6S p-r cent of the
I h- pcreentsge of cost is the small
(st tht iias ever been reanched i; the
ha.tiory of the. bureau. Tte eztimated
xp n.es for the next fiscal year are
4 t877.I40, a slght iucreSe over th
lo't ycr.
iDera:.g tic.e last year oflicers of the
iferna rev'. tute seiz-:d 2.190 illicit
st ils, and in the d ischarce of their duty
one offileer was killed and three wound
cd heven hundred and elevan per?-ons
were arr,.-ted in con nection with illicit
distiling wLiAh the comuissi 'ner says
i, rather on the iLerease in er;xtain see
tions of the country. The corumi:sioner
recommends a number of amenoments
to Cxi--tig laws.
A Fiendish Act.
A most fiendish deed is reported from
Reevcoville. Tne dendish act was comt
mitted by a negro girl, who is said to be
only eCe en 3cars of age. It st ems that
the girl nurscd for Mr. J. 31. 3crr , of
the above place. Mrs. Hurry placed
h.r infant etiid, nine uo:naLli of age, ou
the floor in the dining room and gave
ti.e ilttie follow sote playthings t'o
aluse himself with, while the LUrse was
engaged in washing up the dishes.
Mars. Berry returned to hcr room and in
a fe . minutes afterward hcaid a scream
fromi her child. She rushed to the
dining room and saw her babe in con
vulsive agony, but did not know what
was the matter with him. She oaught
her child up hastily and, calling in a
neighbor from across the street, a
hasty examination was made, result ing
in the discovery that the chid s suf
fering from concentrated lye. D~r.
Johnson wasn called in and did every
thing possible to alieviate tbe suffer
ings of the little One. The girl denied
giving the child lye, btut a spoon and a
ox of lye was found on the table where
she was washing the dishles, and the
spoon on being examined by .Dr.
Johnson still contained a small qjuantity
of lye. Tne girl lhved only a short
distance from towu and she wanted to
go home on Sunday, but M1rs. Berry
aid not want her to go, as she spent the
Sunday before with her parents. It is
supposed that the little "fiefnd" took
revenge by giving the chdd concen
tated lsie. Thme child is in a very
dangereus condition from the effects of
the lye and no one can yet tell what
will be the constguenccs. An exam
ple should be ni.de of this cruel
monster.
Wants Money Returned.
Governor McSweeney has addressed
a letter to the governor of each south
era state, expecting unanimous support
in bis prop~o.ition. lHe says: "Your
attention is invited to the fact that
there now remains in the treasury of the
United States in the neighborhood of
$1,000,000 arising fromn the sale of
cttoO seized by the fo:ees of the
Uit.ed S~ates, and its treasury agents,
during the period of the vwor and dur
ing a few years thereafter. This money
belongs to citizens of the sottheru
stateb, whiose prayerty was s::ized,
ship:ped to New York eity to the conee
ter if cut~omsl and by himt sold and sent
to th'e treasury of the Uoiied States.
It will be obrerved that this is not re
questing from the government of the
United States any appropriation of its
funds for the purpose of paying these
demands, but is simply requesting it to
do justice to certain of its eli izins by
returning them nmoneys belooging to
them niow in its treasury, long with
eld frocm themi wrongfuiiy. I take the
liber:y of suggesting to you that you
juin with ine in a r.auest to y our con
gressional delegation that they unite
with delegatious from other southern
states in an effort to seure for your
pe.ople this mnessure of reietf a hich, in
thi. era of good feelitng and reunion, it
would seem the congr'.ss ef the United
States would make haste to accord."
IDeath of a Hero.
TIhe first section of the train bearing
the Tennessee volunteers narrowly es.
cpted a bad accident near Wier, on its
wa ay througrh Texas. Seetion Forenman
Thoamas Coilins, by t~acrificine his own
hf:A-. prevented it. lThe seetion caug
was on the track with a hand-car anid
did not discover the approaching special
until it was abuiost upu them. Th'le
crew fled, but Collins pluckily tried to
get the hand ear out ot tie way that a
wreck ig.ht be avoided and had almtUt
succeeded when the train struck himj
breaking nearly every bone in his body
and instantly killing him. The hand
ar had been removed far enough to
prevent any gmct amage heing done.
GOVERNOR'S PARTY
Very Pleasantly Entertained in
the City by the Sea.
REVIEWED THE MILITIA.
His Excellency Given a Morning
at the Isle of Palms. Lun
cheon Thursday and Ban
quet Thursday Night.
Charleston observed Tbanksgiving
Day in a more elaborate form than
usual Thurday, because of the visit of
Governor MeSweeney and staff and
p:arty to Clarleston to attend the an
nual review of the militia, which had
been deferred from last February.
With this exception. the day was ob
servtd as usual. The weather was cool,
pleasant a-nd exhilarating and a more
beau.iful day could not have been pro
vided by the weather bureau. All the
Federal, StAte and municipal buildings
and oleces were closed, as were the
banAs and commorcial exchanges, and
the streets bore a holiday appearance.
A large rumber of people left the city
on hunts or pleasure bent to the subur
ban resorts and the Isle of Palms.
The main attraction of the day was
the inspection and review of the militia
in the afternoon and the incidental
celebration in honor of Governor Mc
Sweeney and party.
The ba:talion of infantry, the artil
lery battalion, cavalry companies and
the naval reserves were inspected and
revikwed by Gov. McSweeney, Gen.
Fio) d and Col. Frost on Marion square.
he couipanies' ranks were full, and
they pre-sented a bandsome and credit
:,,e apj)earance. The street parade
fliowed the inspection. There were
three bands of music in the procession
aid the militia marched like regulars.
Tue governor and his staff rode at the
head of the column and were loudly
ehered by the crowds, which liaed the
streets. At the intersection o. Broad
and Meeting streets, the governor and
ntaff dropped out of line and viewed
the tr)ops in marching order. The
warching salute was given. The troops
were particularly pleased with the com
ing (f the governor to Charleston to
view them.
The governor and party were taken
oewn to the Isle of Palms at 10 o'clock
Thursday morning by a party of mili
tary officers and citizens, some of whom
were accompanied by lady members of
their families. They were shown all
over the famous resort and their visit
was made particularly pleasant. The
visters w,,re out for a good time, and
tihey rode in the carousel, Ferris wheel,
steeplechase ard took in the other
atuusements. The music was furnished
by the First artillery band and orches
t.a, and the younger members of the
.arty danced in the elegant pavilion.
!hc weather was too cool for surf bath
ing. The trip to the seashore was
greatly en'oyed.
A luncheon wap served at the Char
leston hotel, which proved a delightful
affair. After the parade Governor Mc
Sweeney, Gen. Floyd and Col. Frost
attended the .tnnual banquet of the La.
fayette artillery.
Later in tho evening the military
officers of Charleston entertained the
governor with an elaborate and elegant
dinner at the Freundschaftsbund hall.
The occasion, which was informal i'i
the way of there being no set speeehes,
was a memorable event. The menu
was particularly choice, and it was
served in a faultless style. The hall
and table were beautifully decorated
and brilliantly lighted. Although it
was a military affair, Mayor J. Adger
Swyth and many prominent citizens
not connected with the militia and a
number of ladies were in attendance.
The executive party returned to Co
lumbhia Friday morning.
Curing Home Raised Pork.
ITn a short time the dying squeal of
fattened pork will be heard thoughout
the country districts. Hog-killing
times are always good, and little chil
dren who have never cooked a "melt"
on the hot rocks, or blew up a bladder
for Christmas morning, have never en
joyed the happiest features of young
child life. The proper method of cur
ing our meat is not always looked after
as it should be. Meat should never be
slaughtered unless there is ice. Dry,
clear weather, with the thermometer
down to freezing point, is a safe period
to kill. The hog should be slit in half
and laid out (after sp.inkling salt light
l5 on the joints) the first night. The
next morning the animal heat will have
disappeared, and the ameat be cold and
firm for cutting up. After trimming
all the haums and shoulders close, all the
weat to be cured should be well rubbed
with salt and neatly packed down in a
box or barrels. After which cover the
whole with salt, and if the hogs are
small let the meat remain down for a
!feriod of three wecks, if large hogs,
four weeks. After taking up, knock
off the salt, and before hanging up,
sprinkle each piece lightly with pul
veiized borax, using one pound to about
7U0 pounds of meat. Bugs and flies
will never disturb meat on which borax
has been sprinkled, and it therefore
keeps nicely for any kc ngth of time.
Defeat for Mc~inley.
The England ant-Iinperialist League
held its annual meeting in Wesleyan
hall, Boston, last week at which the
tiriucipal speech was made by ex-Gov
eruor S. Doutwell. Winslow Warren
piesided. Ex-Governor Boutwell
roundly scored the McKinley adminis
tiation fur its policy in the Philip
pines. The point in his address, and it
was all punctuated with applause,
which aroused much enthusiasm, was
when he declared that if President Mc
Kinley is the candidate of the Repub
lican party next year on a platform
embocying his present policy he will be
as surprised a man on the morning
after election as Van Buren wasn in
1840), when be thought he was elected,
while he had received the votes of only
five states.
"I have used your 'Life for the Liver
and Kidneys' with great benefit, and
for Upypepsia or any derangement of
the Liver or Kidneys I regard it as be
ing without an equal." James J. Os
borne, Attorney at Law, Boliston,
KILLED HIS BROTHER.
But a Charleston Jry Says He Was
Not Guilty of Murder.
A. J. Pittman was tried in Charles
ton last Wednesday for killing his
brother, N. T. Pittman, of Gourdios,
Oct. 17. The claim of self defense
was set up by the defendant. The evi
dence was all practically areaffirmation
of the evidence already printed in the
newspapers. The new feature was the
testimony of Pittman himself, in which
he constructed his story of self defense.
He told of his troubles and differences
with his brother and that his life had
been frequently threatened. Ho finally
secured the privat3 conference, and,
because of the threats previously made,
he had armed himself before meeting
the engagement. He said that his
brother called him a liar aid put his
hand to his hip pocket, and then it
was that he drew his pistol and dis
charged the chambers in quick succes
sion. The small harmless looking
pocket knife of the deceased did not
play the part in the tragedy that was
expected. It was shown that the
knife bad been opened and used, prob
ably but a minute before the killing, to
cut a chew of tobacco. A piece of to
bacco was on the table and % small
fresh piece was found between the
teeth of the deceased. Mr. Legare
made a forcible and eloquent plea in
defense of his client. lie laid much
emphasis on Pittman's statement that
he shot his brother because he thought
that his own life was in danger. Mr.
Legare spoke for only about a half
hour. Mr. Legare was fo'lowed by
Solicitor Jervey, who carefully sifted
the evidence and argued eloquently for
the conviction of the priioner. Judge
Gage's charge was cleur, impartial and
comprehensive. He uirejl the j'try to
carefully weigh the evidence and bring
in a verdic, in accordance with the
facts. The jary retired and in Less than
an hou;- a verdiet o' not guilty was re
turned. The verdict was a complete
surpri::e to almost every man in the
court room, and it was thought that
the best Ltat !'ittinau could hope fur
would be a Laistrial, and the announce
ment of the verdict almost took the
breath from the larze crowd in the
room. Pittman was congratulated 'y
a few acquaintances. After exchanging
a few words and shaking hands with
bi; counsel, Pittman left the court
house by the front entrance, f.llowtd
by a large number of the curious.
HARD ON GEORGIA LAWYERS.
Gov. Candler Gives Them a Severe
Roasting.
Gov. Candler, of Georgia, in a mes
sage to the Legislature recommending
legislation looking to the protection of
weak financial concerns, which are
forced in:a Court by a certain class of
lawyers, took occasion to score "barra
tors and shysters," whose methods, he
declared, had "broughit unnecessary
ruin upon many railroads, factories, and
mercantile corporations. The grand
jury of Fulton County, (Atlanta,)
recently made a set of presentments in
the matter, and asked that a law be
enacted compelling persons to give a
bond, payable to defendant, in cases
where injunctions for receivers are
filed and the suit proves ur-successful.
In transmitting these findings to the
Legislature Governor Candler maid
aniong other things: "Barratry is a
growing evil and hasi within the last
two decades assumed proportions which
are alarming and threatening to legiti
mate business enterprise: Men licensed
to practice law and their paid agents
and coad jutors have in many instances
bought unnecessary ruin upon railroads,
factories, mercantile corporations,
firms and individuals, and at the same
time bro-ight reproach upon the hon
orable profession of the law. Honest,
safe business men and corporations
doing legitimate business, but tem
porarily enmbarrassed fiuancial ly are
often fo'rced by conscienceless bar
rators a hysters into the hands of
receivers and are ruined when, if let
alone, they would extricate themselves
pay all honest debts and live in coin
fort.
"It is true, too, that when corpora
tions and individuals are wrecked by
the nefarious methods of these enemies
of society and of the business of the
country the the creditor usually suffers
with the debtor. He most frequently
at the end of the litigation gets noth
ing, while the debtor and his childr-en
are reduced to penury, the entire estate
being consumed in Court costs,
receivers' salaries and lawyers' fees.
The Court coast are fixed by statute,
but the salaries of receivers, some
times two or three in number when one
would be better, and the fees of the
lawyers, frequently a score or more in a
single case, are - fixed by thle Court on
the testimony of other lawyers as to the
value of the services performed in the
case by their professional brethren.
"The result has neen that exorbitant
salaries have been allowe d to receivers
and often fees out of all proportions to
the work don'e have been allowved to the
lawyers representing the various in
terests involved in the suit.
'-These evils have assumed such
magnitude that they demand a
remedy."
Will Support Bryan.
IDformal discussio i by members of
the executive conmmittee of the Yaitional
Silver Republican conmmi ttee and chair
man of the state committees at the
meeting held at Chicago Tuebday de
veloped as the concensus of rurpose,
adherence to the Bryan Democracy. "if
the right men are nominated." There
was no dissent from the opinion that,
ns the presidential candidate, Win. J.
Bryan would be 'the right man." 3Most
of the sossion was devoted to hearing
reports on the condition of Silver Re
publicanism in the various states.
Chairman Cinarles Towne made an ad
dress, in which he inveighed against
the "tendency of the 31eKinley admin
istration towards absolutism.' Senator
Teller, of Colorado, said that the drift
of the Republican party was away from
its original principles and that if he
had not quit the party in leJ6, he
would have had ample cause to do so
since then. A committee was appointed
to report on the best time and places to
hold the national convention, the man
ner of issuing the call and details of
practical organinations af ter the conven
NEWS OF LIEUT. GILLMORE.
Account of Experiences of Captured
Men of the Yorktown.
A dispatch from Manila says when
.he landing party from the United
States battleship Oregon under Lieut.
Commander McCrackin took the town
of Vigeu, province of South Ilocos,
last Sunday they found there an escaped
prisoner, A. L. Sonnenshein, who fur
nished the first authentic account of
the experience of Lieut. James C.
Gillmore of the United States boat
Yorktown, who, with a party of the
Yorktown, ,was captured by the insur
gents near Baler, on the east coast of
Luzon last April while making an ex
amination cf the river in an armed
boat. Mr. Sonnenshein was imprisoned
at Abra for a long time with Lieut.
Gi:lmore and seven sailors, but con
trived to escape, carrying a concealed
note, written in naval cipher, dated
Abra, Nov. 19, addressed to "any
naval officer" and saying: "You may
have perfect contidence in anything the
bearer says." The note was signed
"Gilmore." According to Mr. Son
nenshein, when Lieut. Gilmore's launch
entered the river from Balor harbor,
under the cover of Ensign W. H.
Standley's pun, the landing party was
received with three volleys. Two of
the Americans were killed and two
mortally wounded. Every man was hit,
Lieut. Gilmore receiving a flesh wound
in the leg and his foot stuck fast in the
mud. It was a choice between surren
der and being slaughtered. Lieut.
Gillmore asked the terms of release.
The insurgents proposed that he should
procure the delivery of the arms and
muuitions of the Spanish garrisons,
undertaking, if this was accomplished,
to send the Spaniards and the Ameri
cns to the Yorktown. A sailor of
Lieut. Gillmere's party carried this
proposition to the garris.)n. The Span
.sh commandant replied that it was an
insult to Spanish arms, and expelled
the sailor, a Spanish soldier fring upon
him as he went. The Americans were
then bound hand and foot and taken to
San Isidro, where Gen. Luna ordered
their execution. They were marched
to the plaza, and, in the presence of a
grcat crowd, were aligned to be execu
ted. Lieut. Gillmore said: -"As an
American officer and gentleman I pro
test against being shot with my hands
tied." Aguinaldo iaterferred and pre
vented the execution. When Gen.
Lawton approached San Isido last
June the Americans were removed to
Abra, where they were kept confined
in cells for two months. Subsequently
they were allowed greater liberty, but
the report tnat Lieut. Gilmore was
given a house and servant is untrue.
He had the same quarters as the men
and the Americans were given the
same allowance as the Spanish prison
ers--nve cents a day with which to
buy rice and bananas, virtually the
only rations.
Druggists in Trouble.
The Charlestor Post says the Drug
gists in that city have gctten in serious
troublo with Uncle Sam through the
sale of malt preparations without hav
ing paid the tax prescribed by the
revenua act, which wert into effect in
June, 1898. Almost every druggist in
Charleston has received a notice from
[nternal Revenue Collector Webster to
trbnsmit-to his office before-Decembher 7
$60 for licenses for two years and the
penalty of $10 for not having taken out
the licenses. The notices have come to
the druggists as a clap of thunder out
of a clear sky. A couple of months
ago Special Agent Broadnax visited
Chiarleston and called upon the druggists
for their licenses to sell the prepara
ti-ons in question. It appears that this
was the first intimation that the drug
aists had that a license was required.
The packages all bore revenue stamps,
and it was a rare thing for a purchase
to be made without a physician's pre
scription the druggists did not think
that the revenue act applied to these
preparations, which are not used here
as beverages. The druggists explained
to Broaida that they were ignorant of
the provision of the law and they were
led to helieve that the government
would drop the matter under the circum
stances, especially in view of the ex
pressed declaration of the druggists to
withdraw the articles from sale, as the
demand was so small that the druggists
were not justilied in paying the tax.
Probably a Murder.
The bcdy of a white man, about 35
years old, was found Wednesday morn
ing near the crossing of the railroad
tracks, five miles west of Jacksonville
Fla. It was stripped of all clothing
except shirt and shoes and was covered
with blood. The head was crushed in
and the ground round about was torn
up as though a scuffle had occurred.
T[he murdered man has been identified
as William Reynolds. He came here
on the Comanche last Monday in search
of work. lHe told a friend that he had
relatives at Mount Carmel, near New
Haven, Conn. He had sent his bag
gage to Fargo, Ga., and started to walt
there. It is said he o wns property in
Tampa. Reynolds's murderer is as yet
unknown.
Xills Eis Brother.
Roy Jackson, a colored boy, aged 16,
was kille~d Wednesday morning in Co
lumbia by Ihis brother, James Jackson.
It appears that their mother, Ellie
Jackson, was whipping the younger boy,
Roy, when James, the elder brother,
camne in. There was a dispute about
the whipping and the two brothers went
out in the street, whcre they had a
regular street fight. Roy ran around a
tree and Jamcs followe d him up. It is
now said that Roy fired a pistol at
James, whereupon James pic~ked up a
rock or briek and struck Roy in the
head. Roy died in an hour or two from
the eliects of the blow.
Suicide at Camden
A. B3. C:ovington, bookkeeper for
Ma) rant & Jackson of Camden, S. C.,
coni tted suicide there Tuesday nigh t.
Ile tired five shots, three of them tak
ing effect in his head. Disappointment
in love was the cause of the deed, which
Has the second attempt to take his life.
we was a naaive of Cheraw, in this
State ad was 30 years of age.
TRAIN ROBBERS
Raided the Columbia and Charles
ton Train Friday Night.
HELD UP THE MESSENGERS.
Secured Seventeen Hundred Dol
lars, then Stopped Train and
Stepped Off Into Woods.
Sheriff in Pursuit.
A special dispatch from Branchville
to The State says two robbers, supposed
to have boarded the train on the Charles
ton Division of the Southern Railway
at that place about six o'clock Friday
evening, entered the express car four
miles below Branchville, and while
one covered the express messenger with
a revolver the other secured the money,
which, it is said, amounted to about
$1,700. After securing the money
they pulled the bell cord, signalling the
engineer to stop, and made good their
escape before the train came to a stand
Etill. The sheriff of Dorchester county.
way immediately notified, and is in
pursuit of the robbers. This is a very
unusual occurrence for this part of the
country, and every effort will be made
to capture the robbers.
HOLD UP YOUR HANDS.
A dispatch from Bamberg to The
State says a daring robbery occurred on
the express train from Columbia for
Charleston Friday night just east of
Branchville, in which five highwaymen
entered the express car between Branch
ville and Reevesville with drawn revol
vers and demanded that the nmesserger
"hands up and hand over his vatlaales,"
which he unhesitatingly did. The
bounty secured by the robbers is said
to amount to about $2,000, and is prin
cipally collections from way stations of
the railroad. The robbers, after secur
ing the cash, pulled the bell cord,
stopped the train and made good their
escape in the thick woods nearby. None
of the passengers or train crew knew
anything of the robbery until it was all
over. It i; supposed the robbers se
creted themselves.on the platform be
tween the engine and express car at
Branchville and entered the car by
smashing in the door as the train left
for Charleston, taking Messenger
Rhodes completely by surprise, and be
fore he could secure his rifle, which
hung nearby. It is said a posse is be
ing organized tonight in Georges to
pursue and, if possible, capture the
gang. It is the frst robbery of the
kind that has ever occurred in this part
of the country.
DONE BY A LONE ROBBER.
A dispatch from Charleston says an
unknown white masked man robbed a
Southern Express company car near
Branchville, S. C., on the Southern
railway Friday night. The train had
just left the station when Messengers
Ramsey and Rhodes were covered with
two revolvers held in the hands of the
stalwart robber. One messenger was
made to stand with his hands over his
head and the other was commanded to
hand over the money packages in the
safe. Seventeen hundred dollars were
secured and the robber, after warning
the messengers not to put a foot outside
of the car until the train had got under
hea'/way again, pulled the bell cord
and jumped off as the train slowed
up. The conductor saw the robber as
he escaped alongside the track, hat
thinking him a tramp signalled the en
gineer ahead. When the train got un
der headway the messengers came out
and told their story. The car was a
combination baggage and express car
and the door had been opened to per
mit the conductor to reach the baggage
section, which was in the for ward see
tion of the car. It was on acoount of
this fact that the robber was able to
enter the car. One of the safes in the
car which escaped the robber's notice
contained $8,000. The sheriff of Dor
chester with six men and two hounds
has been hurried to the scene of the
robbery and will take up the chase.
A special from Branchville says that
two men committed the robbery, but
the messengers who arrived in Charles
ton say that there was only one robber.
Too Many Chinese.
The Charleston City Council has
raised the license of the Chinese laun
dries in that city from $25 to $30, and
the almond eyed washee man dont like
it. The Post says "the license was
raised in response to a petition to the
ways and means committee. The
Chinese laundries have been multiply
ing largely in Charleston under the
small license rate and as the Chinese
are not a desirable class of residents or
merchants, the increse of the license
will meet with general approval." The
Post says a celestial on lower King
street delivered himself of something
like this when told of the increase of
his license: "Wong an' nojast. Chinee
man no gibbee trouble lir nigger, an'
no poolice 'rest us. We payee always
licen an' Melican nigger washee wo
man no payee licen. We doee bus'ness
no mind licen. We no leavee Charse
ton."
Returns to Port.
With a cargo of dying horses and
mules and fifty- five empty stalls, the
United States transport Victoria re
turned to Seattle Tuesday night, having
been forced by an unprecedented stress
of weather off Cape Flattery to turn
back from her voyage to the Philip
pines, Uf the four hundred and ten
horses and mules carried by the Victo
ra, taken on board November 23, fifty
ive were literally peunded to death
against the bides of their stalls in the
storm, and the remaining animals were
so badly bruised tflat the officials of the
vessel believe that many cannot be
saved.
Drowned at Savannah.
Tuesday night the tug Weymouth,
from Warsaw for Savannah, while in
Wilminigecn river, ran into and sanik a
rw boat containing four persons, one a
womanl. '1 he woman and one man
were picked up. Two men, Isaac But
ler and George Brown, were drowned.
The row boat, which had no light, was
smashed almost into kindling wood.
Th. bodies have not been recovered.