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.MAN NING S. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30., 1901. VOL XVI MNIG .C Are they Copaole et O.vern'ng ThimstIVLs. WHATACONGREMVAN 6AYS Afte r Going Over to the Philip pine is'ands and Eceir.g the Brr wn Man at He'me. Congressman Joln F. Shafroth, of Colorado, has just retur.: cd fromn a visit to the Philippire Is!ards. Biow will be found a statement givirg his obser vations. CoMing fiom one of sUch high personal characoer anA so caale of forming a just opirion, Lis worcd ought to have great weight. He says: If the inteiligerce of the Ariericsrs is to be taken as the standard -y which the capaoity for self-govrnment is to be determined, then it is very doouf nl whether any oth: peopl r:c e ca-abl of estallish.ng and m r ai.rg a ic publican form of gover=m. Ev: r-y country has peoples of hich znrd low order of intelLigence, ai. d ii we are to assume that the men of loweet o-ao-r of civlz .ion are to rule, we might exclude from self-gorment enry nation on earth. It is the experience of mankind, however that the intel i gent classes in al the countries rule. That being tiue, there are v-ry few peoples wno are not capable of seit government. It was ihenry Cia3 who said that it was impossible for hi to conceive of a pcople who we:e incap able of self governmecnt. Of the repubiacs of Central and South America, it is safe to say that, al though tiey may not ie as perfect in the adminstration or affzirs as the United States, yet they have given to tne people governments far better and freer from acts of tyranny and oppres - sion than the governments whictq pre ceeded them. The general impression exists among many Americans that the Philippino people are eavages. A vi5iz to the is 1ans will oertainly dispel any such de lusion. The members of the uncivil ized tribes of tno aa.r.ipelago are few in numoer, compared to the total pop ulation; they are fewer in proporuon than were the tribes of Indians in Am erica at the time of the establishm-at of our republic. They rove in bands and are as hostile to the Filipinos as were the red men to our forefathers. When I And behind the prescription desks of the numerous arug stores of the islands, even when xept by Americans na Eng~iihAxeD, Filipinos compounding medicines taken from bottlea'labeled in Latin; when I Ece behind the counter of oarks having large capital, natives acting as book keepers and as receivimg and payig I tellers; when I find them as mercnants and clerks in almost all lines of busi ness, as telegraph operators and tichet agents, conuctors and engineers upon railroads and as musicians reneering, upon aimost a1l instrum~ents htgh tass music; when 1 am told that they alone make the observations and imiricate calculartions at the M~anila observ:.ozy! and that prior to the insurrection there were 2,100t sohools in the islands and 5,000 students in attendance at the Mlanula university; when 1 fnd the bet-' ter class hving in good, substantial ana sometimes elegant houses, ann many of them pureu';g prefesionsi ocenpa tione, 12 cannot Liut conciude that it n a vile Elander to compare tnere peojlle to the Apaches or the Amenrc en1.n 'diane. Even the ciwitzizg test ot Onristianity is in their favor, as a greater proportion are ziemners of the church than amnoag our own peopie. Of the 8,0(00tJ0 LO)r inabimanits, ir. bawy er, in Uis work on t?Le Pnaiippmne islanca, asserts that 5,b666000 are Christian nauives. But even as to the Indians, as un civihmzen as they may ce, onr govein ment recogmsis t. t nt preoces a better cnmLI ei tamga to iet tnemi govern mefle?Vt,. ano. there cy noc even recogL.ze a tein~ a cai.,aeay r seit-goeinawa , e6 co not inie e --.we ike tZaa;eS wasn tam a:, we = with nLAb. . a n4ALa :1he its.nct oi m..- vammezi ntin pianaar a e.a11 ae iUm us r - yeahar aty or hLsner tum snan, so wi;.r naudro, til.. coNN pie olt as t~arai.n om-1-. ni each nlason n.ObL 64p.4e et mnaacs 1iis fa.a5 to thle naanee~.entL 0 ias own peopie. No better ilu.tration of thia een be found than mn the~ :ntion ,i dhe memn bersa ci the civi cOri.1ssion 01 ( Pnilippine isie- in r~ ig. fiai sl aries to t.c pai cm o1 fart.ds ca e~C. from the pecpe of a poer at n se race. 1'hey vond to :.he governg, who is aun.mcaofuier--, salary of p15,000tJ per ane. a 1 day for sub.sa..Lce, in .:n the .g gregate a alary o e2u7a a a.Th gove:ncr is also iurniabei a fiue Ecute in which to reside. Lo each o& the commission thes voted a compmuLOn, incluaing subsistence of $1%.C00 per annum. They voted a yearig salary ol $7,500 to the secretary of the commas sion, of $7,(200 to each of the six (an exceedingly large number) asm~-iate instices of tbe supreme ccur t, of $7,500 to the chief justice, of $6,000O to the treasurer, of $5,000 to the direetor general of poets, and of $6,000~ to the collector of customs. All o' these d aries are payable in gold. I do no: wish to impugn the honesty of tho ommissiorners, but to oall attention to the fact theat such action na-.ursiiy grows out of the atte npt of one pe o;. to govern another. 1U that commssion were responsible to acoi~stituch~ dces any one imagine that auch salaries would have been voted? The naregate area of the Philippine is 15.300 qiuare miles, a little IeS than that of the territory of New ri~co, y'et ba goverCer o Mexion re e ives, cAly $3,0u0 per aevam, ard iB n- o.cZed any ng ior EubsIs:te;oe r furnished with an esecutive man Thi.k of a commitioner, appointed fram Wvs'irgtor (' place 10,000 miles L1 the Prhippine Island-) composed of ma who never sz the land they g vern prior to the Spanish war, who Srot sperk or read the largnage of th: Pi;iire pcople, and who ae not eve . Co : smo rice as h % -' jeC, v'ing to ca'- me--."r a enl.y whic i nezr! t he t Cf a cabinet Cifi cr ci th gre-tcst nation of to worid, .eaS tha2 t -, senatcr of the U ited -d voing to a ter r nr a ry o more tha-n -ube :of the g overno cf the w. althZie. '4sLte in t e uin o r dus Q >u a::ttcn ncpper r to the i-. pino ixr, wo fut shi'g hWs 0 f a: -a nng esas >tu: twenty-five co i a !lt mst re th.cn tered zbo r, and tha: in t he last ilbr in one formor nther 3ays all t . uch stion cannct but malo the Httl brown man .doub. te z.b!iy of o,- rstion to give god go 'mnt to anothcr. Docs not the :- fintzres between u3 ad the P pir~ peepe irg from the us of goveri:ng them t toheir e t.terest? We know that it wI'i bo to the welfira of the is i..d. to give free zrce ,ith the United Suti:s. .Amttean, Spaniard and FPli iACs thCre una'_1mo-us.y agree LSt the - a:s can ( cvZ r De Weli developea tx..ut it, yet Lue very fact that we in the matter, shows that we ire a nlting ouz own interest instead of0, s Nu master how learned and jtst th- judge may be, the ethics of ou: jari:pru-ene has determiinE d that he is :icpitaed i fom deci.ding a ease whex.n Zia owu interess might be dee.Na:ions are "-u: agregations of idivudal and are subj-et to the same it fieness Th Fiio s not a bold, warlike UA r. y r o; e impresses every o. as oi a i rang subissive, kind nature ard as one wLo will suffer great wrongs before he will resist. Su3n people a.ways appeal to tne law and support gcod government. The.y have not tee tendeney of the Spaniard to ward revolution. Te ravohs in which they hava participated have been to overthrow Sparmst reigns of terror, almost equal in barbarity to that of the Dake of Alva in the Netherlands. The brief experience they had in self-government prior to the insur rcution, was entirely in their favor. They establishEd a government mo deled after our own. Their state pa pers WOULd have done credit to any na tion. They inaugurated good jadicial, school and revenue systeme and pre served law and crder. Con;sul Barrtt, a strong supporter of the prescnt administriAion, wrote of :Le hndre-d men wno emposed the Phihppine congress as follows: "aiese mcn, who. ; -Sicus I re peatediig ateadCd, eenducted them eei;- with ir z decorum nand s'owed a knowledge of deb.e and parliamen tary iaw tcat woula cz:npare favorably wiia the Japanese parliament. Thme execus~ive pontion of tha government was m~ado up of a ministry of bright mran, who seemed to understand their respective pos itions." Consul- General Wildman, an ap poiteo of the president, speaking, of t. e Philippine government, said: "Aguinaldo imas made lile and property safe, preserved order, and eneouraged a conu:uation of agrisaitural pursuits. Hle has made brigandage and loot im possicie, respectedi pnvate property, :.orideen treoess either in revenge or la ane name of thme state, and maa~e a wo man's honor safe, in Luson, than it he be-rn in three uAdr:i years." Anmiral Deat y, it wili De remem beredi, eSaQd "hese people are far supen~or :n their inte dionce, and more capable of 5elf-goverinen; tnan the nativei or C.ui.s; ani I am familiar with both rae. he ,.s: evdence cof the ability of the L'aium people to govern thema - e.ves, i. . .at thy possess a large in in inee. Ma the lu : d capa~ie or ac" r .ernng go... govermoent. .hs abll &y ree~ntLy sa~i:g i.nre-2 aa.:ye mmorstot'3ag .. a; o. 1... ~. uOL..1 C ver 1s .t .nt, i as. L ..-tre- a e e i vi of l.eV . -: y o. -v. . a e V.**:, i on Y : ca a D - s~pl co::tud au. .1 p..63 i of. ca ;ui is t 's "th Irn :1 - en::- a -oa hc am. betrue our .u.e a:-... It-:.a ppi a.L not peran from th Arraigus Roosevelt. President Chappeli srtairntd Presi deaL Rosvl eor oyugw at Muliedgeville, Qa. He said: "A study of the racts of nas~lind places the Southeru An >-Suxon in the high est state ti d eel~eent and the negro in the ic-.mt. ?'Th e gro if left to himslf ea ;id hasvn evolved any 2:n lae:*.aciw. H, has always bee -. -' avye. What -o. : - '-.M d cid not tenl -.r . a a 6:evel can bric-g ucru the wn'ite 't-'-e'n w:me sh* inth beca---me. of theirGod FOUGHT WITH THE CUBANS. South Carolina With a Record Dies in New York. The following spenial dispatoh from Washington to the Baltimore San is of interest to the people of this State: "The identity of the man who was found dead in his room at the Broad way Central hotel, Naw York, oni Sat urtay, supposed to be A. A. McCain, a iUnied States army surgeon, was ds c:Gsed Thurcay by W. S. Wright of 80E E7:nth street northwest. The bcdy i1 question is that of Arthur A. Mc Cain, who was bu-sen in the Cub nrmy, with the rank of major. 5s father was . minister ei the gospel. 11e was born in South Cao'.na and was a veterinary surgecn. McCain eeparated from his wife Eeveral 7ears a-. lio trrved in the Cuban war until about the 'im- of the outbraak of hoilitics between the Uritedl. St.cs a:;d Spair, when e becOame intereted i: tw nto Doaizgo revolts that faIld. O-e expedition was r.r.keni up by G-n. Brooke ai.d its members were %rrestcd a d k -t in jaii for three months at B..racos." In commen-tiq on the a'bove Th.'e Stme a: Whue the army ras ai 1~m~ed at' Tampa ia M-y 1898, pro ax-t.ry to e esm 0:1 t0 r i2 aa t:,e eto.cr oi The 8,ate --act Dr. Mic Cain, who was not a ieteriary as sW ed, bnt a physicin and surseon. Dr. MceCain went C-'uba with the exredi o o! Gen. Laetzr, which lance~t 0: e'c east.rn txtreme of the isi-ci, in Santiago province, and marched toward tho cenr1. The editor of The Sate eziled with the expedition of Gen. Nuvez and, lnding on the souri of t-e illand near the cantral trocha cam paigned across it to the northern shore Eighteen monthr ago the two met in Habsna and upon an interahang.e of exceriences found that at one time they had been buz a fw miles apart, the trocha dividing Lacret's men on the east from N unezs on the west, and in attacks on the Spaniards at and near Moron the two bodies acualy htard each other's guns. Dr. MeCain waa a surgeon in the Juban army but engaged in fighting and bore a scar on the fore head recved in a cavalry contcst with Spanish troops. In iaroh, 1900, ho was located in labana and practicing his profession with some sucOccs, hiz Eervices in the Cuban army bringing many patients. - The stat.-ment that he was in the Cuban army before the war between the United Statcs and Spain is incorrect, and ihe futhor atatement that during that war he :ook part in the movements against San Domingo and wa3 impriorned therefor is oLvi eusly untrue. From the time he left the Cuban army in the ftll of 1898 he p racticed medicine in Cuba, lirbt in the country and afterwards, as stated, in Habana. SUME PLAIN TALK. Goy. McSweeney Gives Opinion of the Dinning Incident. Mary have been heard in the last few days to frcely express their disap proval of the coure of President Roose vit in inviaig Booker T. Washington to dine with nim at his family table. Saturday at the request of the corres ponder: -* a New Yui k newspaper Gov. ?bleSweei.ey expressed his views. of the incident as follows. "In South Carolina no man would be respected who allowed a negro to occupy a seat at his dining table, with his family, I do not think that this action refsets any credit upon Presi dent Rooseveit or his judgment. I1 have never read anything in my life that made me feet so much regret as did this incident. "The southern people are now and have been the inseads of the negro race an~d especiaily of such men as Beknr T. Washingtmn, rut they do not approve and eanoi afford to rec I 1have a tuti appreciation of the work or Booker T. Wasnington, but it dus tas negro race narm to get the impression inat they cau secure such social recognition as W ahington did at tne hat~ds of the presidenm. "Fo all that I can understand W~as..1apen Limself does not approve of es.ce LIgs a.Ad he is cnan c mhads-i~g th'e point thaL his race i,1?od at be amdntIwas for social n'"y ba:. tait a situid work anai u * a tsrasa aind cathtao.' --I '0 s. pr..tmL Lo say Lfaas Presi en,. E~v a not have a piec'. v h ilojti. f. ~ V x tolg', e ~n ta te:y t s usa..r v L .o ui A n anie riar a - . g wuraa pnr.:apty y 3.u andwoul M 0 ~tndc u eisc aU~ pl2v'?e i~ aBn einid 1y eAe to moaci~nfldreI e a r te d t-t. CitiJne e gc~ af.a: 'ite al o'sr who~e vpolse erwa ctn ivne no ou fand lose as .a s re ftrcn~rdt ayoed ener t SaryouthCrolicar wha decghes tandl ihe acud id. Te &Rosnt in rhd ui tp ok adarrago of Bsla wen IprAna impat deisniotnt Aqueidn an onewichfqenntlre erl cy CoUh aitn' fee rcittodn brkeinew f.;rrsad other wehod astecl.A.o cooe fuusl fande lofe rn rqure Ito way hni the ee Tra deisar i rs band oh lpote St Caoi?g, wht~tis alre that whln i.urha tsmlie coNertt aore irmmonrel, fiea Moord aid Thhe de wnat in sing tookh ~advantg unhs lahe er Sot Caolia, tpanid, are pottons sustlaindb tht Fedora Courdelin THE DISPENSARY. Statement 'f eusin'as Done for the Lest Quarter SHOWINO THE NET PROFiSr. The Balande in the State Treas ury is Ovar Fifty rhousand Dol ars. The Detailed Reports. The report of the legislative cm mittee charged with the examination of the S-ate dispensary for the q-isrtr ending Aug. 31 last was presented to Gov. Mesweeney ThEurday b- the committee consisting of Scnator Sbarpc and R:presentativ's Batler and Stre man. In the repor t the committee cays the stock on hand Tas taken on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 by Mr. Stroman of the commitiee and Mr. Dakes of the State board, and all stock and supplies were actually exhibited, conunted and valued. Te committse adds "we- found the r and bookkeepers in the new cfen building comfortably quartered. This buiding i5 a great improvement In short this Institution is in a most prosrec;us 1c7.On. The quarterly fianoisi atatement o' the butiness for the quarter ending August 31 is as follnws: ASSITS Cash i:n Stale tre-sury Aug. 31, 1901.......... $ 50,675.71. Teams and wagons (inven tory Aug. 31, 1901) . . 64 00 Supplies (iniventory Aug. 31 1901)............ 73,272.02 Machinery and ofce fix ire' (nventory Aug. 31, 1901)............... 3,553 51 Cc-urabard (inventory Aug. 31, 1901). ............. 64230 Realesitate.... ........44,819.82 Merchandiso in handa of dispeusers Aug. 31, 1901. 232,177 98 Mcrchand:ise (inventory cf stock at State dispensary Aug. 31, 1901).. .....274,559 98 Personal accounts due State for tax advanood on bond ed spirits, empty barrels, etc .......... ........ 4 498 33 Total assets..........$684,262.65 LIABILITIES. Sboolfacd.......... $569,470.39 eersonal accounts due by State for supplies, wh's kies, wines, beer, alcohol, etc.................114,792.26 Total liabilities... $684,262 65 The statement of the profit and loss Scount for the quarter is as follows: POFrrs. Gross profits on merchan dise sold during quarter..$101.677.39 ontraband seizures....... 1,462.18 Permit fees... .... ......1.50 Statc's share of proits on beer sold by the Ger mania Brewing Co., Char leston, du-ing quarter... 481 69 Total gross prc.fi . $103,622.76 LOSNS. Supplies-Bottles, corks, labels, wire, tin-feil, lead, seals, boxes, nail., seal ing wax, etc., etc., used during quarter.........$ 33,692 47 nsurance premiums... 641.25 Breakage and leakage... 88.24 reight and express charges 16,249.44 abor (pay rolle). ... .....4,245.40 xpense account-Salaries, expenses of inspectors, per diem and mileage of members of Srtate board of directors and legisla tive examining commit tee, cice supplies, lights, telegrams, postage, stock feed, ice, printing, reve nue stampa, telephone rent, etc............. 6,768.02 onstabulary... .........12,265 65 Revenue license.. .. .... ...125 00 Total expense... ....$ 74,075 50 et profit on sales for the quarter, passed to the credit of the school fand 29,547 26 Lotal.. ... .... ....$103,622 76 The cash statement for the quarter is ae follows: RECEIfls. Balanne in S 'ee u-ensury May 31, 19i1 .........$ 38 572.77 ure rteeipts. .$116,384 83 Jaiy reipts.. 139 056.55 Agu-.t receipts 126 568.63 oal receipts & r quarter.. 382 010 01 Total............ ..$420,582.78 DIk3URSIMENTS. June disburse men: .. $144,611.54 July disburae nments ...... 119,804 62 ug. disburse mente ...... 105,490.91 Tetal disbursements for gearter....... .......369,907 07 Baanos in Siste treasury Aug. 31, 1901.........50,675 71 Total............$420,582 78 Convicted of Arson. The jury in the case of 0. HI. Alex ader, who wa charged with arson, having employed a mian to burn a build ing in Dallas, Texts in December, 1895, upon which there wras $15,000 insur a-ce, returned a veidiot or guilty Wed nesday. The punishment being fxed at five years in the penitentiary. Alexander was once president of the Dallas Consolidated Electric street rilway, and is at present connected with a company hiciding shares in the Beaumont oil fields. Killed in a Mine. Three men lost their lives in Holy Terror mine at Keystone Wednesday night from foul air. With two other min rs they had been lowered to the twelve hundred foot level and the machinery failed to work. We call attention to the advertise ment in this issue of the Oraogeburg Collegiate Institute. Under Prof. Mil 1r this has become an excellent insti tution, and we commend it to all having chid4n to educate. -FOUR AT A TIME. This Is What Capt. Cla-k of the Oregon Says THE BROOKLYN FOUOHT When The Spanish Fleet Was Destroyed by Schley at the Battle cf Santiago. Gallant Captain Clark, of the Ore gon, testified before the Sohley Court of Enquiry on Thureday. The large audierce manifested signs of interest as the ',spiain of the O;egon approached the witneEB stand. He proved to be a m.n of gocity proportions with a brown mustache and dark complexion. Ad mirai DewZy !miled as he walked around to the end of the table to ad miniater the oath. Capt. Clark at first spoke in an u-dertone and was two or three time2 requested to rai-e his voice. This he did as he progressed and was soon distinctly heard in the vicinity of the courl. Csrp. Clfrk describcd the chase after the SpaeiEi ships on July 3 and said ht was afraid at one time the Oregon would have o susdain the concentrated fi:e of several Sceanish ships. Just tben the smoke lifted and he saw the Br.%oklyn. "She was well forward of our port beam," he said, "and broadside to the enemy's flaet. The two vessels retained their relatave pceitions approximately to the end of the battle, the Brooklyn steamirg near straight ahead, I should juige, and engaging any and all of the 'parieh ships, the Oregon endeavoring to comie to close action with the stern most one, and whe.n she was driven out of sotion we kept on after the next one." Mr. Raynot:. "Did you get any sig na!s from the Brocklyn on the day of bauh-?" "Yes, sir." "Can ycu recall what they were?" "On my own knowledge and remem brance the signalh that impressed themselves upon me at the time were 'Follow the fleg.' I had repeated to the veseers tllowing, thinking that they might not see the Brocklyn, and might see ui. I rem- mber another sig nal. 'One of my ompartments filled with water.' I recollect it because it perplexed me a little. I was fearful that the Brooklyn might have to haul out of action and run in shore and I concluded that it was given to me as a warning in case she did haul out that I would be prepared to look out for the chase alone and not to pay any atten tion to her, and that she would look ut for herself. I also remember a'sig nal because I did not understand it at first, 'The enemy's ship appears to have been built in Italy.' To which I told the signal officer to answer. 'She will and on the coast of Cuba.' I also re member a signal, 'Congratulations over the grand victory and thanka for your plendid assistance.'" Capt. Clark described an incident in the cabin of the New York after the attle of July 3, Eaying: "A Spanish attleship was reported by Capt. Ea ton of the Resolute. She had arrived of Santiago and I think he said he had een pursued by her. The admiral did ot seem to be impressed by that. He eemed incredulous, but I remarked hat it must be Oamara's fleet, that hey had arrived there to form a -con unction with Cervera's fleet, but they ad arrived too late. The admiral did ot assent. Finally he maid: 'Well, Cark, you will have to go after that ship,' and believing as I did that there was really a Spanish vessel there, I aid 'Admiral, in war we ought to >verpower the enemy if possible. Why ould not the Brooklyn go along?" "He turned and said, "Certainly, Shey you go also.' I then felt that I ad perhapa assumed too much in speaking to an admiral and suggesting hat a commodore also aceompany me. I turned to the commodore and said Commodore, we have knocked out sev ral vessels this morning. We can kock out another, can't we?' He said, Certainly we can. Come on.' He hen started over thie side and I started fter him for my boat on the other side. What imirsescd me was his cheery _aener of apjproving of my having enioned hia going and that he had ia feeg agamst mue for mentioning :: s a un. ior atd was rather approving no his mtainer." On cro.ss examination the witness ~aid tAt Lhe order under which he o:sed it was a standin~g order, as was .c order to a: tack at once in case the enany appeared. "1 thi:nk," hie said, "thst everybody sarted in when tne enemy's vessela a;pred in sight, it was their duty to a~k an~d I rieembar that I had a feeling of saisfaocuen at that time tha~t tncro wac a standing order to close in ea':se of the po5sibility of accident in xe ciry that movement." "Capt. Ciark said dhe Brooklyn had t* one tm duiring the engagement en aed tour different vesele, saying a. she . as alongside all four of the n m 8 ships, and in response to a inestion from Mr. Hanna as to wvheth - thiea were not other American yes seis ergage.1 at the eame time he said: Thei (regon was flring as fast as she ould with her bow guns." "Did y ou fire the 13-inch gun in pur mance of a signal from the Brooklyn?'' r. Hanna asked, and the witness re plied: "No; the 13 inca guns were fired fier a couference with efficers on board the Oz: gon. If any signal was mde from the Brooklyn, I did not see t and it was not reported to me." Sickles' Haul. One way and another Gee. Daniel E. Sikles has drawn about $300,000 sal ry from the government. A colonel f the Seventeenth New York volunteer infantry and the Forty-second regular infantry for seven years he received $3,500) a year. or $24 500. As major general, retired, for thirty-five years he has received $5,65 a ye ar, aggregating $196875. As Representative in Con gese fcom New York for four years e received $5,000 a year, or $20,000, and as minister to Spain he received WAS A SUFRIS. Mr Koester's Commission Astonished People in Washingioi. A dispatch from Washington to the Charleston Post, a McLaurin paper, says the appointment of George R. Koester, managing editor of the Co lumbia Record, as collector of internal rvenue for South Carolina came as a surprise to most people in the South Carolina circle in Washington. The candidacy of Mr. Koester, who is said to have been endoed by a r.um'e: of Mflu3ntial bu-ness mcn of the Sj! was kept a good secret, alth uglh h has been hEcr for several days, h!aving w'me at the aqiest of the Presidsnt him.:elf. It rov transpir:s that the visit of S:naor MLaurin at the White H ;u-e last wet, about ,*hich there was so much seerec7 manifeasrd, was for the purpose of urging the appointatm of 5ir. Keester, co mnaki: thea o ment is another vicry for fhe S.na to:. Tne appoinltmeLt wra annou3Oe just before the President lert for Con necticut, and was not postedi. at the ite House until nearly 5 ook. Eirlier in the day Senator MoLNarin was at the White Houme withi Mr. Kors ter, but their visit was kno--n only to a verw ew persous exceptip;; ths W *ite HoUe emplenYes a::d the Prcsident hinmsef. Mr Elry Brayton of C)lum bia, who was aslo a candidate for the position, was also at the Whir. House I n the inte;eqt of his own caadidac, i-ut co uld make no impression on :he Presidont. The a, pointment of Mr. Koester ii a cepted by some as the complefe identi I fiestion of the McLaurin el-msnt in South Carolina withi the Republican party. Among the old ]ino Republican, however, the appointmmnt wiil proey more distatt4ul. It will be even m,re so than would the appointm nt of Mr. Clayton had bten. The appointment will have to be rerewed again at th) coming session of t.hie Senate, and el rr-ady there is talk in some qamera that the irfiubnce o-f Serator. Hanna and other priinent Iepublican lead ers may be sought to preveat confirma Lion at the proper time. Deas Resigned. J. E. Norment writing fron D.rling ton to the News and Courier says: Deputy Collector E H. Doas has just returned from Washington.and is very much wrought up over the politieal situation so far as the old line republi cans are concerned. He declines to have anything to say in reference to President Roosevelt's attitude towards his faction just now but does not hesi tate to add to the complications as the fo.lowing lettcr, mailed to Acting Cel lector Huggins will show. "I hereby tender my resignation as deputy col letor of internal revenue of the 21 district of internal re-Yenue to take e f feet the day preceding the taking charge of Eaid office by your successor, Mr. George R. Koester.' Deas says that -o self respecting man could do other wise than send in his resignation in the circumstances. He added that there wore a plenty of such good re publicans as Soreven, Huggings Gates and others who better deserved recog nition than outsider. Daas admitted that his confidence was very rudely shaken and said that h~e had pebbles to throw at the spoiled eggs in the Me Laurin basket. He says that h-e has the dots against them all. That they are all vulnerable, that he will fight in the party as long as possible, and then take to the senate in December where he will meet them at Philippi. Das hints darkly of much that he intends to do should it be necessary and bhe evidently thinks that very much will be necessary. He seems boiling over with soppressed wrath and indignation but says he and his part y will present an improable phalanx, no matter what happens. Horses and Jockey Killed. A ohapter of acoidents marred the racing at Norris Park at Newi York Wensiay. Alexander Olsen, one of the joceyes, received irjaries which renteed in his death a few nlours later; two horses were kilied outright anoth er was so badly hatrt itnhad to be saot nu three ether jockeye id nrrt: ecapos. In the arse rac: King L. fell a: tile water jump dinty in nvon- of se grandon .u ann brno h~s iacox, Barr:,, the jo key, eCea ij:. In the fin~:2 race Lnree nor'm2 we dow ad OCe ., wh> hiai tte mnau. of iamo?sy Fae. w.-s bal:i fais-. The dotors saii tfl'y ierrea a tracture at to e ase of tnco su i and he wa sur riA off to a hospitai, w aere data no sited reveral hemis laar. 'fne rc ws at ore mile for m.aien thr;e:e o o.da and at d nyards. Just anier thec sart 'iimma ELxeF~y as apronuy eOWded Onl tiAe fence6 and Wt. an The lieid wert 0n sad rourdog~ th~ fur un .Johnny of Nate, wath Uecaran u, oveercdo hanself and twiniLg a1 plate turned a compiete so rrsuit, while Couceulman ~Tom, J Calaenri g, ielb over him. Jenny of Na~verre was killea and the o~ter herse was so badly huan that he iiad to ce shot.I The jockey-s marvolously esceped sd walked back to the :tand. Ail tii threw a damper on the day's sport. Willie Was a Woman. For four years; Willie W!!ace, a beardess youth cf about '42, carried the mails between Harris~urg ana1 Kim'oali, Neb. Willie draak, smoked1 an chewed and went out with thw bcys. Soon after cinme, his uncle and a wo man whom ho introduced as his wife arrived. Soon stories of the young mans unfaithfulnes were spread. One burly ranehman whose wife Willie had visited, beat him into insensibility. He was warned away from the home of James Baker, but did not heed and Baker aued for divorce, charging his wife with unfaithfulness and naming Wallace as co-respondent. The case was to have to trial this week, but it never will, the wife bringing forward proof that Wallace is a woman masque rading in male attire. Wallace disap peard after confessing. Bhe gave no reason for the masquerade and the rela tives she left behind are silent. Thte akrare reunited. OFFICE OF COLLECTOR. Some Facts About Work of Clerks and Salaries Allowed the Force. There has been a great deal of talk lately about the effica of collector of internal revenue. The people generally are not aware of the importance of this office, because a regular or Bryan Democrat was not regarded as avail able for it, and in these practical days an office does not tempt much notice when it is so far removed from reach. In addition to the splendid salary, and to the power it gives the ireambent, the offiae is a very important one. 411 the revenue or tax paid out of this State to the national government passes through this offide, and the revenue o~llector is in otner words the tax collector of the federal govern Ment. Ttie office sbouid require the services of experienced men, who are acquainted wirh the revenue laws in their frequent changes. This oEce collects revanue of all kinds-not mere ly upon distilleries and tobacco fc. tories as is sometimes supposed. The salary of the revenne collector is $3,500 per annum. In addition he is al lowed commission, not to exceed $1,000 in the aggregate. On account of the buildirg of a big distillry near Columbia, the salary and fees of the office will henceforth make it "pan out" the limit, $4,500 a year. The governor of the State and the supreme court justices get but $3,50, and congress men with their heavy expenses get but $5,000. In addition to this good "plum" in the way of pay, the cific3 is one of in fluence and of direct power. The rev enue collector has the right to appoint not less than 40 clerks and deputies, whose salaries will average about $1,000, In the office in Columbia, Mr. George H. Huggins is chief deputy. The other deputies are Capt. J. L. Little and Mr. L. M. Fouche. There is one office clerk, Rev. J. H. Johnson, colored. The stenographer is Miss Youngblood. There are three division deputies lo cated in different parts of the State; A. C. Merrick of Greenville; E. H. Deas of Darlington, and J. H. Fordham of Orangeburg. Dess being the chair man of the Republican executive com mittee. There are three gaugers and store keepers appointed by the collector. It is the duty of the gaugers to test the alcoholic spirits distilled in this State. Mr. A. S. Trumbo is the gauger at the State dispensary, and a negro, W. E. Boykin, is the gauger at the Riohlard distillery. This is a very responsible and very exacting position reqairing difcult mathematical calculations. J. H. Dennis of Newberry is the other gauger. The storekeepers and gaugers are paid by the day. There are in the State about 25 distilleries having licenses from the federal government. Each one has a gauger and storekeeper supplied by the government and ap pointed by the revenue collector. The largest disillery in the State is in Co lumbia, the next largest at Camden. The revenue collector is also custod ian of the govenment property in Co lumbia and is responsibe for the a )n dition of the postoffiae building. All in all this is a most lucrative position, nd there is reason for it to be so much alked of.-The State. Bow to Kill the Boll Worm. The complaint of the cotton boll orm by been general throughout the ountry, and the following letter on he subjeer~ will be of value to the farmers, if its suggestions are carried ot strictly this fall it may be that the pest- will be eradicated by next year. he letter was written at the request f the Anderson Mail by the entomolo ist of Clemson College: "Clemson College, Oct. 12. "Dear Sir: Your letter of the 8th nt., to Dr. H. S. Hartzog relative to he 'boll worm' has been referred to me. Lhe 'boll worm' is the laiva or the aterpillar of the moth. 'heliothis rmiger.' In October the caterpillars eave whatever they may be feeding pon and enter the ground where they hange to pupae. It is in this inac ive stage that they pass the winter. f the ground in which they are is un isturbed the moths emerge early in he spring and begin to lay eggs upon uch plants as they can find, especial y tomatoes and peas and finally corn. "It would not be practicable to fight he larva so late in the seasoa as most f the damage has beer done, but their pupation in the ground extending from Otober to early spring offers a good pporanity for controlling the pest. L has Deen found b, praceucal experi mee that plowing in the late f ail areake he earthern eehs in whic 2 the p nae et, thnae exposing them to the weather esuting in almost every i::ei!Lne in heir deat~h. "Systematic fall plowing and diversi id agr~cuiture wilt tend to reduce the aumber of this insect and co..sequent.ly :inimisa the injury of cotton and orn. "We shali be very glad at any time to assist you in giving the information eeded by farmers. "Yours very truly, "Uhas. F. Chambliss." Convictions in Army. Gen. George Davis, jad'ge advcate eneral of the army, has submitted to he 8:eretary of War his annual re port, which shows that during the year here were 6,165 trials by genersl court artial, being 600 less than during the receding year. Of these sixteen were trials of common officers of whom ten ere convicted. Of the enlisted men tried, 4,806 were regulars and 1,167 olunteers. The number of men entenced to dishonorable discharge in he regular army was 1,805 and in the olunteer army, 333, making a total of ,228. The death sentences imposed y court-martial were six cases of en isted men, four of the cases being on he conviction of desertion. The con itions of the military commissions uring the year show that 980 persons were tried, of which number 729 were onvited and 202 were acquitted. The entences in 49 cases were diapproved. urder leads in the number of charges efore these commissions, numbering 17. Violation of the laws and unages f war follows, with 157 cases. Gen. Davis says that the death sentences im posed by the military ecommission in aout 242 cases were neariy all natives of the Piilippine Islands. BRAVE MESSENGER. He Is Bombarded With Dynamite but Hold His Car AGAINST A ROBBER BAND. Blow Oon Doors of Express Car, But Messenger Hurls Out Lighted Dynamite Bombs They Toss In. The northbound Southern Pacific over land express, due at Eugene Oregon, at 3.43 a. m., v as held up by-robbers near Waiker's Fation, 15 miles South of Eugene at 3 o'clock Wednesday morn ing and the express car badlydamaged, but the robbers secured little booty. Two men boarded the train at Cottage Grove as the train pulled out. After passing Waiker's, which is four miles from Cotage Urove, they climbed over the tendcr and covered Engineer Jack Niclo:s and the fireman and his helper with rzvolvers. Tne robbers ordered the train stopped after which the fire man and helper were compelled t%,un ocupie the train between the express car and the irst coach. Engneer Nichois was then ordered to pull ahead, .the firzmar and helper being left be hind. After going a short distance the train was szopped and the robbers pro ceeed to the express car, taking with them the engineor. The -express car was blown op6n with dynamite and Messenger C. F. Charles was ordered out, but he refused to go, and with his shotgun commanded the situation in side the car. The robbers told him to come out or he would be blown up with-the ear, but he replied "blow ahead." A fussil lade ef buliets followed, riddling the car, but the messenger, who was un injared, kept up a continuous firing innide which held the robbers at bay. A charge of dynamite was then thrown into the car with a burning fuse, but Charles grabbed it uad threw is out side where it exploded. Next the rob bers compelled the enigneer to crawl up to the opening inside of the car, hoping to use him as a protection from the messenger's shots but the mes senger kept up a steay fire over the engineer's head and still held the rob bers at bay. The robbers then gave up their eofrts to secure the express treasure and went for the mail. They secured the registered mail, then out the engine from the rest of the train and ordered Engineer Nichols to pull ahead. They ran to Judkin's Point; in the outskirts of Eugene, where they disembarked and ordered the engineer to return and get his train. The train arrived at Eugene at 7.30, about four hours late. The news wired from Sag. inaw and officers were out in search of the robbers early Wednesday.moraing, but as yet have secured no trace of them. They are handicapped by hav ing no deseripton of the men. Posses from Live and Douglas counties are searching for the bandits. "The first intimation I had of any thing wrong," asid U. F. Oharles, the express messenger, "was when the train began to slow up near Walker's station. ILt was 2.45 o'clock, as near as I remember. Shortly after that the" train came to a standstill and I was ordered to open the door. I refused to move. 'Open up this car or we will blow you to hell,' comanded one of the robbers. I made no response and was given a selute with dynamite. The first caarge blew open one of the doors and knocked me down. My overasls were blown into shrads and my legs scratched somswhat, but otherwise I was unhurt. Further commands to opan up and threats followed, but wathout avil. I made no reply, know ing that the object of the robbers was to locate me in the car and then try to put me out of the way, either by bullets or dynamite. I changed my sta tion to'the other end of the car. A second shot blew open the door at the other end of the car. The third ihot failed to~ go off, as I had removed my shoes sa quietly walked over to the dynamite and detached the fuse. Two more shots exploiled, each of them blowing a hole in the iaor of the car. All tola, four shots went off in the car, two failed to explo..e and one I prevent ed from exploaing by removing the fuse. Ai etiorts to compel me to. open up or leave t~he ear failing, the engineer was sent in tnraun tne opening blown in the :se I ordered him to get out, and fire& a shot over his head with my nougn. .1he entire caremony lasted anosa 40 innutas. 'The engineer retired aner i Lce the shot and ordered him tj Lave, and .1 was not molested far ?her." Press Day at Exposition. The execuuve commattee of the Soun~a C(.ris Press Association met in Gaiaresten uasi Tursday night to arrage ;or a meeting of the Associa uo auiring tae Exposition. The meet ing was &senaed by President Aull, J. L. Soppeloien, Hartwell M. Ayer, Au gust Koun and M1. Langstan. nLursday, .December 12, was selected as thle day for the meeting. The di rectors ofi the Exposition will arrange a spcs prgr~a~ for the editors, who wji be in Ciiarleston with their fami lies on that day and they will be made to hn~ve a good time. The editors will meet ia the Auditorium at 12 o'clock on the day of the meeting, when ad dresses of welcome will be delivered, responded to by members of the Asso ciation. The indications are that every newspaper man in the State will be present on Senth Carolina Press Day. President Atin will arrange for trana portstion and hotel accommodations if notified at Coluumbia. Giving Trouble. Gen. Chaffee cables from the Philip pines that he does not expect anyopen fights from the insurgents, but that in Sumstory bu'letins are being posted on ehurch doors. E iery man without an eceupation found at large will be made to go into a fortified town. People Crushed. A crowd of people became panic stricken in a theatre in Louisville las night on the raising of the cry of fire and many were seriously crused, though the coolnesa of the ushers and players prevented much damage. There was no ange of fire at any time,