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~U.X\.MNIN (.. XVEINIE.JSIAY~ JUNE 13, 90 N~1 in the United Staites S-n4,e Over the A mr Platte Dt. 1ILLMAN TAKES A HAND. Chara-s (f J-bbory, Rebbry and POlCit cl Corrt ULi'. Free ly Cha'ged Against Ri.1pub'icanF. Inability to ra a V agreemn .1t uilon the naval appropri: ion bill forced the senate to abandon the adopoio% of the house resolut;on for final adjournment Wedne.rday. The armor plate question, which, for live 3eari las been a thorn in the side <f the co.ngress. upset the calculations of the senate leaders, and their well-laid plans went awry. It was a day of strife and turmoil in the senate. Early the conferees on the naval bill reported a disagreement and the senate was told i-lainly that the house would not consent to the arendment providing for an armor plate factory to be opcratcd by the governmen:. The ball was cpencd by Mr. Penrose who offered the following proposition: 'That the seer-stry of the navy is hereby authorized to procure by coa tract armer of the best quality for any or all vi-sels above referred to, pro vided such contracts can be made at a price which, in his judgment. is reason able and equitable, but in casc he is unable to make contracts for armor un der the above conditions, he is hereby authorized and dirceted to procure a site for and to erect thereon a factory for the manufacturing of armor, and the sum of $4 000:000 is htrby appro priated toAard the erection of iaid fac tory." Mr. Tillman attacked the amend ment. He said Mr. Hale, chairman of the naval appropriation committee, has declared that the government is being rubbed and that the armer trust has a knife at the government's throat, and now, it is proposed to let them out the government's throat. We are face to face with a scindal as infamous as any in our history, seconded not even by the great Credit Mobilier scandal. Mr. Penrose interjected with evident feeling: "I resent the statement that there is any tuspiciou of scandal in this or any amendment which L pro posed." "I am makirg no personal allu sions," replied 3ir. Tiliman. "I am simply stating facts that are indisputa ble. 'lhe influences behind the huuse in this matter are the shipbuilders and the armor manufacturers," Mr. Hale challenged the last state ment, saying he did not believe any such influences w re behind either the house or the senate Mr. Teller ef (C-lorado denounced the Penrose Iroposition and declared that no scandal in tr history will equal that which -will ye out of "a surrender now to this~ rmoer combine." Mr. Daniel saic that urnder the pres ent circumtances we nmust buy our armor plate from a rnotorious ai~d unive rsally recognized combine or buildI our own plant. lie had never heare tha't busi ness principles demanded it.at the buy er should place himself enturely i'i the hands of the seller, or that a man should employ an agent to do for Limt that. which he could do b r hin~se'f. "L# hy, asked M1r. Daniel, " did the arznor plate manufacturers deeline to. tell the cost of the production of armor plate when asked by the senate committee?' Mr. Penrose asked permission to reply to this inquiry and began by referring to Mr. Daniel's speech as a reckless sta ment and dcmagogia appeal. Mr. Daniel resented this characterizatio)n and refused to yield further. Continu ing, he urged that there was no emer gency that sh'uld render it so neces sary to hurry the construction of the navy as not to take time to do that which should be done in the interest of the public welfare. At 2:20 Mr. Hale asked for a vote upon the pending proposition, but Mr. Butler addressed the senate in opposi tion to a surrender by the senate whben it was on the verge of victory. The Penrose proposition was then voted upon and agreed to-:}2 to :35-as fol lows: Yeas-Allison. Baker, Carter, Clark, Cullom, Daris, Deboe, D)epew, Elkins, Fairbanks, Foster, Frye, Galhinger, Hianna, Hansbrough, Hawley, Hoar, Kean, Kyle, Lodge, Mvclride, McCo mas, McEnexy, McMillan. Mason, Pen rose Platt of New York, P'latt of Con necticut, Pritchard, Proctor, Quarles, Ross, Scott, Sewell, Shoup, Thurston, Warren, Wetmore, Wolcott-:. Nays-Bacon, Bard, Bate, Berry, Beveridge, Butler, 2jhandler, Clay, Cockrell, Culberson, Daniel, Forakor, Harris, Heitfeld, ,Jones of Arkansas, Kenny, Lindsay, Mcbaurin, Mallory, Martin, Money, Morgan, Nelson, P~er kins, Pettigrew, Pettus, Rawlins, Si mon, Spooner, Sullivan, Taliaferro, Teller, Tillman, Turner, \Vest.- ~a. Delegates Appointed. Gov. McSweeney in response to a re quest from the proper authorities has appointed delegates to attend the next annual congress of the National Prison association of the l'nited States, which is to be held in Cleveland, U , Septem her 22-26i. The delegation from this State apppoinlted by the governor con a sts of the following: Capt. D). . triffith, Columbia; Dr. J. . Babeock, Columbia; A. 1K. Sanders Suimter: Dr. D'ell, Piekens; W.h \. M. r v lle: J. Eimore Martin, Charleston, and A. iB. Calvert, Spart" nburg Hope They Will Win The campaign in North Carolina ovei the constitutionlal amendment to ex .made the Negro vote is waxing warm nere is every indication, however, I hat the amendment will be carried ,,verwhelniingly. A great many of thf tpoliticians even among the Repubhi rans are sick and tircd of carrying the egro vote, and while they are makial ntj great amount of noise when the elec tion comes they are going to vote fol the amendment which excludes ignorant Neroes. CIVIL SERVICE EXIMINATION. One to be Held on July 11 for Postoffice Cleiks and Carriers. The- V eited States civil zervice comi mi 'toti announces that a spl.cial ex tuination will be leld by its postofiee board of exaumircrs in Columbia ou 1ly II, comnencing at 9 a. in , for the positiots of citrk and carrier in the Iostofice in that city. The esamination will consistof spell ing, arithmetic, let:er % riting, penman -h'p, copying from p'ain copy, geog raphy of the 1'nited States, and reading addresse.. The arithmetic will consizt . f tests in the fundamental 1rinciples. (X:e1;dicg as f:.r ab comimon and deci mal fractions atd embracing problems. Trhe age limitations f or this examina tion are as fodlow-: Clerk, not less than IS years. Carrier, between 21 and 40. Al plicants for male eh rk and carrier must have the medical ceitificate in Form 11 executtd. Applicants for carrier nust be at least 5 ft. 4 in. in Leight, acid weigh not less than 125 pounds Female applicants are not re quired to have this certificate executed. No application will be aseepted for this ex;mination unless filed in com plete fori with the board at the post office in the city namnt d above, before the hour of closing business en June 30. Applications should be filed pramptly in order that time may remain for cor rectioo, if r.ecessary. This xamination is open to all citi zens o' the UInited States who may de ire to enter the service and who com ply with the requirements. All such persons are invited to apply, and appli cants will be examined, graded and cer tified with entire impartiality, and wholly without regard to any considera ti ' -ave their ability as shown by the grace they attain in the examination, but from those certified the department usually selects appointment eligibles who are residents of the district in which vacancies exist. For application blanks (Forms 101), full instructions, specimen examination questions, and information relative to the duties and salaries of the different positions, and the location of the exami nation roo'n, apply to the secretary of the board of examiners. Mr. Julius A. Krentzlin, at the postoffice in Columbia, S. C. A VALUABLE FIND A Relic of 1777 and a Bit of Its Inter esting History. Gov. McSweeney while in Louisville last week was handed an exact repro duction of the inscription on a tomb stone in Great Britain, together with the following statement in writing about the matter, it all being of partic ular intereit to the people of this State: "A relic of 1777: Simon F. Monroe, Esqr., of New Orleans, L2., who twen ty years ago made a visit to Scotland, brought home a cur-ious and interesting relic which was unearthed by the merest accident in an ancient church yard in Linlitbgow, Scotland. It is a copper plate 12x1.~ inches taken from an oaken coffin and bearing in very legi ble letters the following inscription' James Glen, Esqr., of Longereft. L-ite G overnor of South Carolina. Olbiit. 18th July, 1777. AETrAT. 7"." "In-ide this oaken box was a leaden coffin alto with an inscription on it as above, in which the remains of ,James Gl-n arc supposed to repose. Adam Pas mn, mayor of Linlithgow, present ed the plate to Mr. Munroe. Hie stated that some years ago an American lady died in that city and a grave was dug in an ancient churchyard for her burial, when the spade of the sexton struck and brought to the surface this relic of the past. "inlithgow churchyard, in which the remains of John Glen were found, is a very ancient place of sepulchre and adjoins the ruins of the famous Lin lithgow palace, in which Mary Queen of Scots was born. "This plate was given to Win. L. Reed. Esq , of Orleans, Ind., by Mr. Munroe several years ago, who has it now in his possession, and the relic is in as fine condition, as legible, as the day it was made." Anyone desiring further information about the matter should correspond with RI. H. Peck, Orleans, Ind.-The State. Favors Trusts If the Republican party were really opposed to trusts in practice as well as in theory that party would pass the House anti-trust bill in the Senate and send it to the President. This bun combe measure which both parties joined in adopting is really only an af firmation of the common law. The Democrats succeeded in getting some campaign advantage out of the dis cussion by putting their opponents on record against an amendment authoriz ing the President to place on the free list articles in which he is satisfied there is a combination in restraint of trade. This was a too practical thrust at the trusts. It was defeated by a vote of 122 to 133.-Philadelphia Record. A Horrible Accident While -sitting on a trestle over a small creek Wednesday, just this side of Lake Lanier, about nine miles from Selma, fishing, the train from Meridian. due at 11:20, ran over and killed Miss Birdie Suttles. a young lady, and her brother, Hugh, about 14 years old, and ran over another younger brother Ed, cutting off his right arm, while another younger sister .iumped off the trestle and escaped unhurt. Tfhe bodies were carried to Selma, where the fami ly lives. The track where the accident occurred is straight track for three miles, and there is no reason why the party of pleasure seekers did not see the train. Uprising in Borneo A serious uprising against the British has again broken out in North Borneo. Mlany refugees who arrived in Labuan say that the eause of the outbreak was the general dissatisfaction against the rule of the chartered company. in the -fighting several British were killed and several wounded. Twenty-five Chinese were killed and the environs of the city .taliy destroyed. IIINA' 'MT ImWJDS. A Terribie Exposure in the United States Senate. BY SENATOR PEyTIGREW Fcur Hundred Thusand Dollars Given to the Repubican Campaign Fund by One Firm. The Washington correspondent of The News and Courier, writing under date of June -, says: Senalo: lianna and the Republican party were given a bad hour and n:ore to-day by sensa tional disclosures in the course (f a po litical debate begun by Senator Bacos, and in which Senator Pettigrew played the role both of prosecuung attorney and chief witness. As witness the South Dikota Senator told of a transac tion which occurred in the campaign of 1892. when the Cramps, the famous shipbuilders, contributed four hun dred thouiand to the Republican cam paign fund, with the understanding that they were to be reimbursed in -,hip con tracts with the Government. Inciden tally because of Senator Hanna's promtness in jumping to the defence of his party and waking a gencral disclai n er of Republican innocence, Senator Pettigrew opened upon the same line which Senator Clay followed in his speech cf Saturday, reviewing the charges which had been made against Rathbone and Senator Hanna himself in connection with the alleged bribery and attempt at bribery growing out of the Hanna election. ANTI rRCST CONFIDENCE GAME This was the most sensational event of a day full of sensational political de velopments. It started over the fight which the Democrats made to secure the consideration of the trust bill, which the House passed on Saturday. In the House the Republicans had posed as champions of anti-trust legislation, but to-day the Democrats succeeded in put ting them squarely on record against the connideration of the measure-which they had been claiming as their own in the House. The Democrats showed that if the Republicans were in earnest in the support of anti-trust legislation they could readily enough allow the consideration and passage of this bill before adjournment. That there was no need of adjourniag Wednesday, no excuse for such haste except the Re publican desire to get away. They charged that all of this trust bluff was put up by the Republicans for the dual purpose of fooling the people and of holding up the trusts for a great cam paign fund. In his speech on this line Senator Bacon referred to the state ment which had been made that the Cramps had contributed four hundred thousand dollars to the campaign fund in 1892. This charge brought out denials from Senator Hanna and Sena tor Carter. of Montana, who was chair man of the Republican national comn mittee that year. PET-ri(REW'S DA31NING CIIARGE. It was in response to these denials that Senator Pettigrew made the sen sational statement that Mr Cramp him elf bad told him that he had con tributed four hundred thousand dol lars to the Republican campaign fund that year with the understanding that he was to have shipbuilding contracts by which he could get his money back; that he was satisfied the money had not been used for the purpose promised; that it had been diverted from its use in the campaign, as he had been told it was to be used, and that he had satis fied himself of this fact by employing private detectives. It will be recalled that Senatr~r Pettigrew was then a very active Republican. The two men were coming home from Europe on one of the ships of the American line when the conversation occurred. Mr. Cramp was then anxious to see if there was any way he could get his money back from the national committee. Senator Petti grew said that he had afterwards re ferred to this conversation when talk ing to Senator Carter, the chairman of the national committee that year, and that Senator Carter had simply smiled and said, "Well, we did hit the old man pretty hard. TiHE ARMO0R PLATE 'SWINDLE. The efforts of the Republicans under the lead of the Republican majority in the House to force a contract with the armor plate people for something over thirty thousand tons of armor at such figures as the Secretary of the Navy may see fit to pay, giving him unlimit ed power, in othei words, was charged up to the Republican determination to make the armor plate people put up a vast contribution to the campaign fund this year. It was charged that such a contract would mean a net profit to the armor plate people of over seven mil lions of dollars, and they would un doubtedly be expected to give at least a seventh of that to 31r. Hanna's com mittee. After Senator Pettigrew's charges both Senator Hanna and Senator Car ter enterred general disclaimers. Sena tor H anna referred particularly to the bribery charges in which his dear friend Rathbone figured, declaring that that was simply a conspiracy gotten up by the D)emocrats and a few Republican traitors- ie was very severe in his denunciation of Senator Pettigrew and so was Senator Carter. A National Negro Party. The first steps looking to the organ ization of a national Negro party was taken in Philadelphia Wcdncsday. Prominent Negroes held a meeting in that city and decided to place a presi dential ticket in the field, with Negro Icandidates. The plan is to organize the party in every State of the Union and nominate candidates for State and congressional offices. The platform "will insist upon the observance of the constitution of the United States, the cvil and political rights of every citizen without. regard to race, color or condi tion. The Monroe doctrine and opposi tion to all monopolies, trusts and rings. and the duty of the govern tnent to con trol all public conveyance, such as rail roads, etc., and all telegraph and tele phae operations. so as not to burden the people with unnecessary taxation." It is expected that the convention will be called to meet in Philadelphia in August. THE MONUMENT AND MARKERS. The Sites for Them Selected on Chica mauga's Battlefield. The members of the Chicamauga monument cr mwission -(ov. MeSwee ney, Adjt. Gen. Flo3 d, Gen. Walker, Col. Wilson and Capt. Henderson, ac companied by Gen. Elliscn Capers, re turned Tuesday from Chattanooga, whither they had been to select the 'ites for the monument of the State of South Carolina and the several regi ments in the great battle. The com missioners gave the following statement about their trip and its results: The commission visited Chicamauga Park on Monday, ana by invitation Bishop Capers met the commission there. Gen. H. V. Boynton, president of the park commission. also met the party, and Col. Smart accompanied him and had carriages to meet the commis sion at terminus of the electric railway. They visited first the position of the Twenty-fourth South C3rolina regi ment, and selected the place for the marker. This was ground over which Bishop Capers had fought The sol dier-minister made a touching and im pressive prayer at the spot. The site for the marker for Culpepper's battery was then selected. They then went to the positions on Dyer's knoil, where they selected the place for the South Carolina monuwucnt. It is a very prom inent place and the monumeut will be teen for miles. Gen. Boynton will have a splendid road built out to the selected sites for the markers for the reiments of Kershaw's and Manigault's brigades. After this the comminsion met at the government headquarters and enjoyed a qiet lunch. and at their meeting heartily adopted resolutions thanking Gen. Boynton, Col. Smart and Capt. Bates for the many attentions shown the commission, and the information and assistance given. They drove around the battlefield to the various points of interest, Gen. Walker secur ing from the famous Bloody Pond a bottle of water which his wife wanted as a precious memento of the battle, as during the battle its waters were stained with the blood of the men of the Tenth South Carolina regiment, which Gen. Walker subsequently commanded. The commission had a mest enjoya ble trip and took the electric cars back to the city. Arriving there they took carriages and drove up Missionary Ridge. The position of Manigault's brigade in that battle was satisfactorily fixed. It was a grand sight from the summit of the ridge, whence was ob tained a view of the valley in which Chattanooga is situated surrounded with historic valle5s and mountains. The commissioners were called upon by many resident South Carolinians at their hotel, and after a pleasant stay left for home on Monday night.-The State. Train Robbers Failed. The northbound Cannon Ball train on the International and Great North ern was held up after midnight, near Price's Switch, Texas. one night last week. A pile of ties was placed on the track, and, as the train came to a stop, three masked men climbed into the engine. They forced the engineer and fireman to uncouple the mail, baggage and express cars and pull them out two miles f rom the remainder of the train. The robbers then commanded Express Messenger Rutherford to open the door of his car. Failing to get any response the robbers made fireman Love break a hole in the end of the ear. W~hile this was being done the fireman begged the messenger and baggage master not to shoot. The messenger, who was well protected by a barricade, said he would kill the first man to enter the hole. Love was forced in and the messenger fired past his head, barely missing the robbers, who then undertook to kill Rutterford by shooting through tne side of the car. In the confusion En gineer Rich crawled away to his engine and pulled the throttle wide open and left the robbers behind. A quick run was made to Jacksonville, fifteen miles north, where bloodhounds were secured to chase the robbers. A Unique Petition. To the Editor of The State. Probably the most unique petition ever presented to a governor of South Carolina was that of 16 maidens. Has the reader ever heard of it? Let me tell about it. In the year 1734 16 young women signed a petition. it was not about woman's political rights as some of my readers, nor was it against in temperance, but it was against widows! These sixteen demands ap pear to have been as much oppose i to widows as was Mr. Tony Weller when he continuously advised his son Sam to "beware of widows." The petition complained that the widows captivated all the marriageable men and the gover nor was asked to order that no man mar rying for the first time should marry a widow. We do not know what the governor said or did ibout this remark able petition. What could he do? We presume this petition ecn yet be found somewhere in the secretary of State's office. It would be interesting to learn the names of these sixteen outspoken maidens. McDonald Furman. Privateer, Sumter County, June 4. A Call for Help. The following appeal for our orphan age has been sent out and will doubt less have speedy attention: Columbia. S. C., May 1I, 1900. Dear Brother: This is the first time during this conference year that wo have felt obliged, because of our Istraightened circumstances, to make a general call upon the churches for help, through the preachers. Nothing short of a real need would make me trouble you at this time. Our receipts have been rather larger than usual, but our expenses have been much heavier. Our 100 children need your belp, your sympathy and prayers. I. am sure that it will give your con gregations a real pleasure to contribute to this important work of the Master. And it will doubtless bring the Father's blesig upon them rnd their homes. Please read this letter to your con gregation and ask them to help us quickly. Send cash contributions to Rev. G. H. Waddell, superintendent, Columbia. S. C. Yours truly, G. II Wadl11 APPEAL TO BRYAN To Drop the Si!ver Issue in the Next Campaign FROM J BRISBEN WALKER. He Says Republican Government is at Stake and All Good Men Should Unite to Save It. -John Brisben Walker, editor of the C~smopolitan Magazine, and a close personal friend, as well as one of the mast valued of William J. Bryan's political advisers in New Yoik, has written an open letter to the Nebraska leader, in which he urges that the "fin ance issue must have no place in this campaign." Mr. Walker's letter fol lows: IRVINGTON-ON-HUTDSON, N. Y., May 24th, 1900. Dear Mr. Bryan-Upon every hand the next presidential election is re garded as likely to be the most impor tant in the histoiy of the republic. The question which will be uppermost is not simply a question of good or bad legislation, but the finality, "Shall the repub!ic give place to a form of govern ment which will be the equivalent of a monarchy or worse-shall Democratic forms of government be replaced by the rule of the few unscrupulous who have no regard for the general welfare nor love of Republican institutions?" With the Democratic party alone the hope of rescue remains. The man who by his error of judgment makes the success of that party impossible may be responsible for the downfall of the republic. The Democratic party rep resents all that there is in concrete form of opposition to the dangerous state of affairs which now threaten; upon it depends the preservation of Re publicans institutions. To succeed it must have the vote of the great majori ty of honest men. In such a crisis the worst enemy of the Democratic party and of the coun try is that man who would narrow the platform and creed under which voters must act upon lines which may exclude those who are sincerely anxious for the public welfare. To repeat, the success of the Democratic party is necessary for the preservation of government by the people. There are many issues for which the Democratic party stands; but there is only one issue upon which the voters are certain to be united. Imperialism, trust rule, militarism, all mean but one thing-all represent but one issue, and upon this issue every Lincoln Republi can and every Jefferson Democrat may unite. The finance issue, while of immense importance, must have no place in this campaign; its introduction will endanger more vital interests. No man has a better right to say this than I, who twenty-five years ago made it a part of my contract in taking charge of The Washington Daily Chron ile, that I should be allowed to ad vocate the remonitization of silver, and in the Buffalo convention of 1896 wrote and secured the adoption of the clause indorsing the Chicago platform. I am in a position to know what men are saying and thinking. With a large personal acquaintance and correspon dence scattered all over the country, I am satisfied that those Democrats who were most earnest in urging the adop tion of the Chicago platform of 1896 and are most anxious for the success of Democratic institutions today, look at this matter in the light which I have indicated. You have reson to know my belief in your great person'al fitness to represent the interests of the people in the next campaign. I trust your sincerity, your imperviousness alike to fear, to fatterv, to purchase. I trust your wis dom to conduct the affairs of the nation. But your leadership will be aearly purchased if in order to secure it we must adopt a platform which, however just in its enunciation, is unwise and which must result in driving away those votes which are necessary to per petuate Republican institutions. Yours faithfully, John Brisben Walker. Hon. Win. J. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb. One Death Causes Eight. Some Indian children on the Oneida reservation, near Stockbridge, Wis. saw their mother hack off the head of a chicken Thursday. This suggested a new game to their childish minds, the play resulting in the death of nine per sons. Some woman went out into the yard of her home, where her children were playing, caught a chicken with which she wished to prepare a meal, got a hatchet and chopped off its head. Then she returned to the house, leav ing the blood-stained hatchet on the ground. One of the children suggested that they play chicken, and the sug gestion was carried out. One of the smallest children was elected to act the part of chicken. The child was thrown to the ground by its pla) mates, its head placed on a block of wood and hacked off. A number of men were engaged on a derrick in the yard raising heavy timbers in the erection of a barn. As soon as the men above noticed the child being beheaded, they became panistricken, and in the confusion the heavy timbers which were being raised fell with a crash, killing eight men. An Inhuman Father. "'ll1 make you know and obey your daddy," said J. K. P. Keaton, surveyor of 1) ugherty County, Ala., Wednesday as he emptied a pistol at his son Walter, aged 19. The youth was fatally wounded in the side. Walter Keaton and several companions of about his age had been sitting on the porch of the house talking and laugh ing boisterously. The noise seemed to have annoyed the elder Keaton. "Stop that racket!" he demanded of the young men. All of Walter Keaton s com panions left, but he laughed and asked his father jokingly what he was going to do about it, "I'll show you," he said: "I'll make you know and obey your daddy." Whereupon he opened fire upon his son. Keaton, Sr, is in a .a th yonng man will die. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION Meet and Pass Resolutions as to the Adoption of Books. Fiiday afternoon the State board of education met in the office of the State superintendent of education at Colum bia. It was the important meeting preliminary to the adoption of books for use in the public schools for the next five years. After disposing of some minor matters the Board took up the main question before it, which was the consideration of a method of pro cedure in the adoption of text books. Various phases of this complex ques tion were discussed. after which Mr. Knight offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That the adoption of text books be made upon the principle of a single list, it being understood that this resolution shall not prevent the use of iifferent readers as supplement ary. Gen, C. I. Walker appeared before the board. At the recent Louisville convention of the United Confederate veterans. it was uanimously resolved to commence an active agitation in favor of the use in all the schools of the south cf school books, especially histo ries, which were fair aid impartial. Gen. Walker was appointed by Gen. Gordon, commander, and Gen. S. D. Lee, chairman of the historical com mittee to undertake this very important work. The proposition met with such gen eral approval that the funds necessary to commence the work were offered to Gen. Walker before leaving Louisville. He will devote himself exclusively to this work, giving up his position with the Walker, Evans & Cogswell compa ny. The first opportunity of making any tifective impression was presented at the meeting of the State board of education. Gov. MeSweeney, chairman of the board. specially invited Gen. Walker to be present and address the board on this subject. He very forcibly and eloquently presented the subject to the board and its members should be thor oughly convinced that in the schools of South Carolina, only suo'a histories should be used as do full justice to the State and the south. Gen. Walker did not and could not in fairness admit any special histories, but explained the principles which should character ize the books to be adopted and urged that any not so written, be not used in our schools. The United Confederate veterans represent the largest body of the south ern people, associated, to see that jus tice is done the south and while they primarily represent the Confederate war period, they are composed of rep resentative citizens of the whole south and theft requests should have deep consideration. Their action was en dorsed by the Sons of the Confederacy assembled at Louisville and the re quests of these two great bodies should have great weight with the school au thorities of this and other southiern States. Much injustice is done in many school histories, to the south also in its anti-bellum history and the veterans are anxious that all such blots be re moved for the teilching of the rising generation, who should be taught to revere the grand heritage of glory transmitted them by their fore-fathers. In the matter of text book adoption the following was adopted: Resolved, That the chairman and sec retary insert an advertisement in the American School Board Journal, The School Journal of New York and The New England Journal of Education, stating that an adoption of a single list of school text books will be made dur ing the first week in September, and inviting correspondence with a view to making bids. It was also decided, upon motion of Mr. Ra~sor, that the committee on course of study prepare and report to the next meeting of the board the out line of course of study for the public schools, which may serve as a guide in determining what text-books should be adopted. On motion of Mlr. Raysor, the com mittee on examination was authorized to prepare and promulgate the ques tion for the coming examination. Mr. Banks made a motion that Mr. Raysor be delegated to look into the matter of form of a contract to be made with the publishers and report to this board. This was agreed to. The board then adjourned to meet at the call of the chairman.-The State. A Convert Drowned. A dispatch from Memphis says with in less than three minutes after having received the sacrament of baptism and the benediction of his pastor, Jim Philips, was drowned in the waters in which he had been baptized and in the presence of the helpless and horrified brethren of his cengregation. The tragic incident occurred at the foot of Beall street. Philips had just been received into the congregation of Av ery chapel and was baptized. A num ber of the congregation had assembled at the river side to wituess the cere monial. Philips was led ou; into the water by his pastor and after the final benediction had gone aboard the steam er when he became overcome with re ligious ferver and fell backward over the side of the boat. lie came up sev eral times as he was swept downward by the rapid current, and each time he extended his hands alof t as though he were praying. Before assistance could be rendered, the body went down a last time. Killed by Lightning. Tom Jenkins, Peter York, liarry Davis and Peter Wiggins, all colored, employes of the Merrill-Stevens En gineering company, Jacksonville,, Fa., were killed by lightning at 4 o'elock Thursday afternoon while at work un der the steamer Commodore Barney, hauled out on the ways at South Jack sonville. Fourteen other men were shocked, some of them seriously. Wig gins' neck was broken but .not a mark appeared on the body of either of the dead men. Several of the injured have thir scalps badly torn and lacerated. The bolt struck a large chain that is used is the ways to haul out the steam ea, and ran down to the men who were at work on the hull. Of the injured four ar white mechanics. BENEFICIARY GRADUATES. Eighteen Young Men of Military Training Who Will Teach. The letter below has been received by the State superintendent of educa tion from the superintendent of the South Carolina Military academy. These young men are required to teach in South Carolina for two years pro vided they can secure situations. A. large number of Citadel graduates have been given positions in the schools of the State and have proved them selves highly efficient in the school work. Here is the letter: Hon. J. J. McMahan, Superintendent of Education. Dear Sir: I have the honor to sub mit to you, as required by statute, the names of the following young men, beneficiary cadets in this academy who will graduate on June the 25th: D. A. Bradham, Clarendon county, postoffice, Manning. R. C. Bruce, Kershaw county, Ro land. B. Calhoun, Marlboro county, Dan bar. W. S. Clayton, Bamberg county, Ehrhardts. L. M. Cochrane, Abbeville county, Abbeville. J. H. Courtney, Edgefield county, Trenton. C. W. DuRant, Sumter county, Lynchburg. W. H. Evans, Darlington county, Darlington. J. 11. Haynesworth, Sumter county, Sumter. A. J. Hydrick, O:angeburg county, Knott's Mill. J. W. Linley, Charleston county, 123 Spring street, Charleston. J. W. Moore, Greenwood county, Cokesbury. J. P. Quarles, Abbeville county, Ab beville. H. T. Rogers, Marion county, Mul lins. W. H. Sligh, Richland county, Co lumbia. W. W. Smoak, Colleton county, Smoak's. S. C. Snelgrove, Saluda county, Mt., Willing. J. R. Westmoreland, Spartanburg county, Woodruff. Very respectfully, Asbury Coward, Superintendent. A Darlington Murder. There is a revolting tale of a homi cide that has just come fully to light in Darlington county. It occured lzt week on the plantation of Evan Lide near the city. The two Gibson broth ers, Perry and Jule got into a row of some kind and Perry was shot, Mr. Lide heard the shot and the subsequent scream, He thought that some one had shot a dog. Next morning Perry was missing and Jule said that he had gone over the river. The morning after the shooting the negroes working in the field saw Jule go to the woods, with a wagon and get a load of straw and haul it to his house. Later they were suprised to see him hauling it away again. Nothing more was thought of the matter until a few days after, when a party of negroes were returning from work through this piece of woods and saw the load of straw piled up against a tree. They heard a groaning under neath it and thought that a pig was under there. The next incident in the story was that a number of hands work ing on an ad joining plantation saw Jule aul something into one of Mr. Lide's corn fields and get out of the wagon with a spade and dig a hole and later take a large bundle from the wagon, dump it in the hole and cover it up. They were suspicious and reported the matter to Mr. Lide, who investigated and found Perry's body buried there. Jule was arrested and put in jail. Be has confessed to the killing of his brother but claims that he did it in self defense. Tillman's Hard Work. The Washingtma correspondent of The News and Courier says Senator Tilman has had a hard fight all along the line of battle in his efforts to get an adjustment of the claims of the State against the United States for money expended by the State during the war of 1812 and the Florida war of 1836. Strong opposition was manifest ed in the committee on appropriations to the amendment offered by the Sena tor to the sundry civil bill, but he finally succeeded in having the amend ment reported by the committee. When the amendment was considered in the Senate it was the subject of much de' bate and rejected, but the Senator asked for a reconsideration and after two hours of debate the amendment was passed. The House, however, finally refused to accept the action of the Senate on this item and the amend ment was defeated in conference. Senator Tillman, anticipating this ac tion, had previously introduced a bill in the Senate providing for a settle ment of these claims against the government and at 2 o'clock Wednes day night he called it up. Objection was raised to its consideration, but after debate the bill was considered and passed by the Senate. It was an un expeted victory and the Senator says he intends to push the matter in the House at the next session of Congress. Thousands Being Fed. A dispatch from London says the Peninsular and Oriental Steamer com pany has sent 5,000 pounds to the India sufferers. Cholera continues in many of the Bombay districts. The condition of the people there is deplora bl as a number of large works are deserted. The Bombay government has authorized the opening of scattered works, but it is reported that the situation is difficult to deal with. Else where the relief measures are sufficient generally in British India and are im proving in the native states. About 5, 570,000 people are now receiving relief. A Fatal Wreek. A disastrous collision occurred on the Atlantic Coast Line Railread Wednesday morning at Garrysbuirg N. C., in which two men were instantly killed and three seriously injured. No. :;2, known as the Atlantic Coast Line fast mail train, ran into an open switch at Garysburg, resulting in a collision with some freight cars. The killed are: Engineer Cheatham, one of the oldest engineers on the Coast Line, and an unknown white, tramp who was stealing a ride. The injured are: Mail Clerk McGeorge, seriously, may not recover, and two colored fire men serily if not fatally. SAVE THE REPUBLIC Will be the Watch Word of the United Democracy. EMPIRE AGAINST REPUBLIC. Chairman James K. Jones Says the People Make the Is sues and Sentiment is United. "I am of the opinion that the Kan sas City convention will be the most harmonious ever held by the Demo crats of this country, and that it will be a veritable love feast in which the Democrats from all sections of the country, including those who differed with the Chicago declaration of 1896, will unite in one determined, patriotic effort to save this country from the imperialists and the money-grabbers." ('hairman Jones of the National Democratic Committee, spoke the above words to the Washington correspond ent of the Atlanta Journal last Wed nesday. Writing of the matter the correspondent says this is hold by all of the party leaders in Washington. As to the issues of the campaign it is recognized that the people make the issues, and the overwhelming impor tance of the problems that have arisen since 1896, make them of necessity the leading questions in the campaign. It is "Empire against republic" and that will be the battle cry that Bryan will sound throughout the length and breadth of this country during the months of August, September and Oc tober. There will be no abandonment of the other principle for which the De mocracy stood four years ago. The threat of a large standing army and the trust question will each be pressed vig. orously upon public attention. The charge will be made that the adminis tration has not enforced the anti-trust laws although pretending to be anxious to suppress these combinations. Democrats will argue that the pres ident improved condition of business-as compared with the condition a few years ago, comes from the enormous production of gold, the money metal of final redemption, and that this in creased volume shows what an increase of money will do. They will contend that they have never advocated an un limited increase of money, but only such increase as would restore prices to the old normal level and maintain them there. With regard to the Dem ocratic vice- presidential nominee, noth ing has been settled. There is a gener al disposition to believe that this prob lem can safely be left to the wisdom of the convention. WHIPPED A MAN. Young Jersey Wife Was Determined to Defend Her Good Name. Angered because she' believed that Joseph Yerry, a carpenter building a house across the street, was circulating unkind stories about the visits to her of Arthur Jones, the young son of a village butcher, Mrs. Fred Feidler, of Lincoln avenue, Ridgefield Park, N. J., horsewhipped the carpenter indfec of her good name, and threatened to whip the wife of' former Freeholder Andrew .Rodman, owner of the new house, because she interfered. As Mr. Rodman tells the story, the workmen on his house made insinuat ing remarks to young Jones when his stays at the Feidler cottage, on his daily rounds delivering goods for his father, were prolonged to an hour or more. The workmen's remarks finally came around to Mrs. Feidler. Going over to the Rodman house she accused the carpenter of telling tales about her, and asked him to apologize. He refused, and the young wife pulled a whip out from under her cape and snapped it across the six foot carpen ter's neck and shoulders. He caught the whip and was about to defend him self when Mrs. Rodman interfered. Mrs. Feidler, so Mr. Rodman says, then slapped Yerry twice in the face, knocking a cigar from his mouth. It was at this point that Mrs. Rodman appeared and ordered Mrs. Feidler to leave. Then, Mr. Rodman said, the enraged woman threatened to whip his wife. For this Mrs. Rodman had Mrs. Feidler placed under a $2->0 bond by Justice Caimming, of Hackensack. Mrs. Feidler admitted the substan tial accuracy of the story told by Mr. Rodman, and said she was always ready to defend her good name. He said she had known the buther's son for a long while, and there was no harm in his visiting her. She did not tell her husband about the affair until it was over, because, she said, she did not know what might happen if he attacked the carpenter. For myself, young Jones said his calls were always connected with his busi ness. Other persons have become in voled in the affair through thought less gossip. Goes to South Dakota. The Columbia State says, Senator Tillman will hardly be with the boys through the game this summer. He will go to the first campaign meeting at Orangeburg-but, as he thinks his political fences are in satisfactory con dition, he will go out to South Dakota and help Senator Pettigrew in his cam paign for reelection. Pettigrew hi~s been a thorn in the flesh to the Republi cans, and they are making a desperate effort to beat him. Senator Tillman may attend some of the meetings in this State to show his gratitude, _as he ex presses it, but he will not get into half of the counties. He will aid in the national Democratic fight in States other than South Dakota. When asked what he thought of Bryan's chances, Mr. Till man said that if the Democrats did not win with the present opportunities, they could never do so. His tone was very hopeful. -Drowned. While a party of school teachers was in bathing at Boca Chics, near Key West, Fla., the undertow swept away Miss iEddington and she was drowned before aid could reach her. Miss Ed dington was from Roanoke, Va. Her brother is a Methodist minister at that ace The body ha not been recovered.