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N-4f VOL. XVI. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 4 1902. 44 30.000 MAD STEERS Frenzied by Fear They Make a Wild Stamnedc. THE PERI, OF THE COWBOYS Who Had en.ar e or Th(*'!w. what Happ-ened when the Great ed i ) o a Devp Uamon. Every on,_ who has lived in the West or Southwest is more or less familiar witli the fieakish tendency ( a large body or l.erd of caftle to bec'ome frightened an!d stampede, often upon apparently slight. provocation. It is also well known by "cow punchers' that when a herd has once started on its mad 1',i1,-t it is as irresistible and dang.'r( us as a lasas eyclone. In this conneC io Col. William P. Blount of the Indian Territory. now in Wash ington for the purpose of promoting the cause of sirg!e Statehood for that Territory and )klahoma, is authority for the folhoving description of what was in all probability the bigest and most disastrous stampede of Texas steers ever recorded. "In the earlY summer ef 1S9." said Col. Blount. "I was employed with a dozen or more 'cow punchers' from the Territory and Western Kan sas by the Wilson Brothers. who were noted Texas cattlemen. to assist in driving upword of 30,000 head of the big Texas steers from the rendezvous in Northern Texas across the Indian Territory t'o the vicinity of Dodge City, Kan. The pace at which we were oblige to travel was quite slow. as a matter of course. for the reason that we allowed the cattle to graze along the entire route, and from eight to ten miles were fair day's journey. This immense herd was being taken up to Kansas to pasture and other wise fatten for the Eastern markets. "We had been on our northward journey for about two and a half or three weeks. perhaps. and had crossed into the indian Territory some seven ty-ive miles, when one evening. just dark, we encamped near a small stream of water on a sort of rolling prairie, where there was an abundance of grass. In the distance to the west about eight or ten miles could be seen the shadowy outline of a low line of hills, and between our camp and these hills, abodt three miles distant, was one of those canons peculiar to that region, aid which was not visible un til one approached within a half mile of it, and even then no adequate idea could be obtained of its width or depth. All of the members of our party knew of its existence and locality. and for this reason we had given it. as we thought. a sufficientiv wide berth. This canon at the point nearest to our camp that night was fully 150 feet deep, and from 50 to 60i feet wvide, and its walls were nearly perpendicular. Its direction in that locality was near lv north and south. "During the entire* afternoon the air had been hot and 'muggy,' with not a suspicion cf breeze. The sky was overcast with lowhanging, fog like clotids, which in the distance ap peared to touce the eartb. As dark ness came on the cattle ceased feed ing, and all lay down as quietly and contentendly as so many milch cows. and everything bade fair for a quiet night. .The animals appeared to feel the oppressive heat quite as much' as we did. 1 had staked my horse some dis tance from the herd, spread my blan ket near him and 'gone to bed.' so to speak, using my saddle for a pillow. I couldn't go to sleep for some unac countable reason, although it may have been on account of the exh'ust ing heat of the day's work. I was :awake at 10 o'clock. when one of thec Wilson boys came over where I was 'lying and said: "Bill I don't exactly like this denath ly quiet.. it makes me nervous, it seems as if something out of the ordi nary was going to happen. I've no ticed a considerable amount of heat lightening and it's beginning to make the steers restless I woulden't be a bit surnrised if there was a big thun d1er storm here before morning, and if there is there's going to be trouble with them critters. I've tokd all the boys to saddle their ponies and be -ready at a moment's notice, if the stee1's get on a rampage. to turn them .eastward away from the big hole in the ground over there, pointing in the ,direction of the canon.' "The atmospheric eletricity, as I 'had already observed while Wilson was talking to me. wa~s becoming moure frequent and lighted up the smooth, poli'shed horns of the reclining animals with a sort of ghostly glow, producing a decidedly weird eTfect. I could also see that the steers were becoming more and more unieasy, and here and there I noticed a big steer rise up and -act as is he snitted danger of e'me sort. In the meantime I had saddled my horse'and was waiting wvhatever might turn up. The silence stil re mained unbroken. except by the low. intermittent. maulding grumtblinrgs of a young Mexican half-breed. who had, earlier in the evening, surreoti tiously broken into the stores ini the commnissary wagin and ihelped himi self to an overload of red liquor, which the Wilsons hadi brought along as an antidote for snake bites. "It is a fact well known to all cat tle men that whenever animais stamn pede there are always a sc*re or more of steers known as '!eaders.' which make the tirst break. the balance of the herd blindly following their1 lead. Every' man in. our party carrie I at least one six-shooter. ana some had a pair of thenm. and they were inistru't ed, in tihe event of a .stampede to rile alongslde these leaders, on the side opposite te the direction in whit-h it was d'esired to turn them. and to :ire in the aro!:nd near their hioofs. in or der to a rnm them fro~m their course. ''.J us; oefore miidnight we heard for the tirst time a faint rumble of dis tant thunder in the southwest. The display of heat lightening also had in crease'd in intensity and a slight south westerly breeze sprang up. The hoarse mntteringrs of thunder became louder ana"' more NNem ne ew ui orderd to get inlt our saddles a nid be re!d or a StLam1,pede, whc in all pr t~ lity 'would imIediately follow theC !irst severe peal of thunlder. "Th bree had now perceptible fre.hned 'id we could hear the roar of ra i apidly appronching. The teers all about us .1ere tetting on teir feet aind uneaIily; mOVin abOLIt. The suspenise was beconing painiful. uddenly a1 blindin;: :lZiaSh lit ip the eire s. .e , almostiinstantl dfollowed hv a crai of thunder,; which rmn iieai directly overhald and slowly died awa. U' (?r(ps of rain came 'lown nd1 pres1ly 'it fell in torrents. 1 iler and thcre througu th lie big bunch Sof cattle could ite heardI a1 "i-erce bel! )ow, ending in a vicious snort. 't as t The expe Cted! ha ppened \when a blnding !liash. ocen i'ied simul i T:ineously witih a report hke1a.' a cannon. i A movemient amn 11 a num1e: (1 steers on the edire of the herd h Iiu An tither lash of lightenin sow ed fortv or ifty leaders runnin g at full speed westwnrd. followed by the entire h;erd. It was a magniticent spectacle. T1he ilashes of lighltningwr ams n a the were alnio . steers could he plainly s(sn as thev madh- tore a:eross the prairie. ther nead. ! vedti. t nguC's protruding and tht iails nearly erect and sway ing from side to side. and the ear th trembling beneatli their tread. 'A1 the first break of t he leadrs every man had put spurs to his horse and with drawn revolver was in pur suit of the rlying column. As we siow ly gained upon thei we drew closer to their sides. and the first man abrest of the half dozen steers in the ext rene lead began tiring at the ground. close to their hoofs. The others now drew near and a generai fusiliade coimene ed. The leaders began to swerve to the right or n'o'thward until the course of the frantic aninals had been turned almost to a right angle from their original direction. and it looking as if further danger from the canon had been passed. "But we had not included the fool Mexican in our calculations. Instead of com:ng with the rest of the party. he had evidently become confused, and had worked around on the oppo site and wrong side of the leaders, and the first thing we were aware of was the crack: crack: crack: of his gun somewhere on the other side of the leaders. This attack on the part of the 'greaser' counteracted all our pre vious efforts. The steers turned ab ruptly toward us and straight toward the canon. We were utterly power less to stem the tide of the maddened brutes, and it was nothing but sheer luck that prevented half a dozen of us from being knocked down, horses and all, and tramr.led to death. "As soon as possible we got out of the thickest of the steers and followed them toward the canon. which we knew must be near at hand. The frequent flashes of lightning still con tinued, and we could see the scanty line of sage brush not twenty rods in front of the swiftly moving sea of surging steers. On they vwent with earful momentum, a 1]ying. resistless mass. We reined in our horses, and before they had fully stopped the ad vance guard of steers had gone over the brink and disappeared. Over fol lowed the others by hundreds, until it seemed as if the entire herd were doomed to destruction. Forttunately, however, the greater bulk of the steers seemed to scent the danger ahead and slackened their speed, which gave some of those, nearest to the brink of the canon au opportunity to turn, and the remainder of the herd dividad a part going north and the remaaind 3r south along the bank of the canon. "It was an awful sight to look upon and when I saw those steers by the hundreds shooting over the edge of that Death's Valley like a hue missile fired from a cata put I was forcibly re minded of Victor H ugto's famous word nicture' in 'Les Miserables' of the fatal dash of the French cavalry brigade into the hollow road of Ohain at the battle of Waterloo. "In the morning we began round ing~ up the scattered1 survivors of our herd. and it was almost four days be fore weC inished the work. The young Mexican who caused all the 'vamosed' onl thle nighlt or early morning of theC disaster and was never heard of again. Beore we left the vicinity of the canon In visited ie pa where the steers plunged over. The air was fairly black with biunards. and when 1 leaned over the brink of the rocky wall of the canon and looked down upon the results of the stampede 1 c'id see a strange jumble of hoofs. horns and carcasses, completely block ing the narrow channel of the stream. 'A few weeks later we arrived at our dlestiniation and .when we had mae a careful count of the herd we found a little more than 3.000) steers miissing.--Washington Post. Should oe Caught. Last Thursday niight some miscre ant tired fromt the roadside into the Southern railway's eveningr train from Charleston at a p~ at one mile South Iof Kingville. The bullet crashed tirou-gh a window of coiachl 1088 and passed all the way through thle win low on the opposite side. smashingr bth panes of glase. It occurred at 9. 10 p. m. Mr. Erank. Wilkhinson, who is a freight tlagman on the' South em between Perry and Hard evlle, was sitting with his wife by the win dow. returning fro'm the exositson. The bullet bairely missed~ his head: and Ihis face was painfully lacer'ated by the broken glass. Mr. WVilkinson w'as at tended by a physician at Columbia Mrs. W'ilkinsoni's ear was also slightly cut be the glass. The coach was tilled with people returning from the exposi tio. a large proport in beving hadies Iwho avere nmuchi unnerived by the mei dent. ann as one expressed it ''awful ly glad to see the twinkling lights of Columbia." A -:eia l from Washington last Thurs-lt. says under the decisioni of th suu)reme courtlin thle case of Cap till (>te i. l~emling. secretary I ot lhas di recteA t hat 27 exmembiers5 iif volunteer'rganizations now serving: seuten"e s hll be releasetd from con tinement. 'Tea of the freciedme are not. at the Fort Leavcnwiorth penfiteni iary and tile ot her i a re at Alcatrase island. Cal. They. are all nsed men. OBJECT TO TUTGE SPER. Messrs Greene and Gaynor Wi!! Re turn to the U. S. tor Trial. A special from Washington says MLessrs <;seene and Gay1aor, the Amer can fuzitives nov In prison in e'30. of their own choice. To avoidl extradi tion t anse'er the charge of eIlbe:A.e ment in connetion with the case of Capt. u. 3.. (iler and the frauds in the Savannah harbor conl racts L ave notitiei the Aitoriiy (; neral that they :1re willing to retu ln to the Kni ted States and st and trial befoire anv . udge' f a 'nlite Mttes Cour!x epting 1 udge Emory Speer of -eor-ia. This astonishing statement- was made Friday by Andrew . I- e. one o)f the leading co unsel in I he case of Capt. Carter. and aftrward pr(mil nent as one of the defeiid'rs of 31essrs Greel! and Gayzior. MrC. li~searie at Washigon Fridy i'I 01 "ok say that he was in ca n'ad* a lst week and saw essrs Greene and Gaynr.r uiid they are wiing to stalnd trial in this country before anv other Judge than . Je Spcir. WOl'LD P"ENHAl's LIKE LCM~InE. They c!ai m that they canno t get j'ustice from him. as le is prejudiced against th -m i to strong to b e c me yv any ev~iCe that i.ay be resentc(l in their be'alif. Mr. Rose stated further that Jtudge Speer h:id been heard to make reiark s i n the corridor of the De Sota Iitel. at Sa vannah. which d(iiualiry him from sit ting in judgement in this case. Mr. Rose did niot say that he heard Judge Speer make those remarks. but he said that witnesses could be produeed to prove them. These startling statements from the counsel of 'Messrs Greene and Gaynor were inade without any reservation and with no restrictions. Mr. Rose was comrnmcnting upon the Greene and Gaynor case in an informal way. A LAWYER'S EX PARTE STATEIEN'T. le was saying that the Canadians were greatly incensed at the United States authorities in trying to appre hend Messrs Greene and Gaynor by ethods not in keeping with the Cana dian laws. le denied that there has been any understanding of any co-op eration between the United States authorities and the Canadian authori ties to bring about the extradition of Messrs Greene and Raynor. He added further that the Canadian authorities refuse to extradite Messrs Greene and Gaynor on the charge of embezzle ment. when the original indictment charged them with conspiracy. All the Courts that had passed upon the ease, from the Supreme Court of the State of New York to the Supreme Court of the United States. had de cided that the indictment was for "conspiracy." How had the Attorney General suddenly changed the charge to one of embezzlement, thus overrul ing the Courts? The Government aight as well charge them with rape or any other crime in the catalogue. It was whlile Mr. Rose was protest ing that tile innuocence of Messrs Greene and Gaynor could be establised before any fair tribunal that tile quies tion was asked him: "Why do they not return to the United States and stand trial?" "They have informed the Attorney General that they are willing to re turn and be tried by an:. other .Judge in the United States excepting .!udge Speer." Just how this information was con veyed to the Attornpy General. Mr. ose did not state. The inference is that it was made thlrough thle legal dvisers (If Messrs Greene an~d Gaynor. Weddings in Brittany. Woman is held in great honor inl that part of the French Rtepubic and marriages have a solemnity that thley possess in few other places. It is dif tiult to trace the history of tile cus toml that gives tihe taikir such high rank at the wedding as the Britons cord him. Ile is the marshal for the groom, and if lhe be gifted inl thle art of nmaking rihymle he may b~e asked to participate ill tile comedy of for mally woing tile bride by reciting stilted verses in her presence. Ile wears a red hose on his right leg and purple one on thle lef t when lhe makes his journey, while from the end of his wand are suspended twvo little em broidered hearts. W~hen the anuptials are celebrated bread and wvine arc ~lessed and exchanged with the groom by the bride's parents. Thie wedding :olows immediately and tile 1bride barricades heCr house preparatory to receiving the groom. Tile lover ar-: rives. accompanied by bagpipers. who1 play in fronlt (If the house wile the mock parley continues. lie makes formal demand for is wife anld her relatives bring forward her grand mother ori some other agedl person. Meantime the smlell (If the viands wich are being prepared for-the feast foats on the air. Of course, tile agedi womanl is politely set aside. P'erhaps a baby may be tile nlext response to his importunity. lHe must not lose his temper or insult tile onle ,who pre sents tile infant, hut wvithI rather ex aggerated praise hle returns the child. A widow and a married woman are ~erhaps the next to be offered, and it is t until he hais refused them all that tile brnide is broughlt ont. dressed and ready for the ceremony. Panic at Fort IDe Franlce. A special from Fort De F rance says: People live in thle utmost dread frioml hour toi hour. and it needs but tihe beginning (If a violent demonstration Mot Pelee, to throw\ the peoiple im t another panic. That this is recog iized on every haind is show byi h the secret (departure of tihe cruiser' Cincin nati Friday nighlt wvithout a wordl 0f warninrg. and hecr inteitbin wvas known ti olyV very few. 5!e slipjped hr cables and sailed for New Yo rk. Th cautalin did tis to save hecr. fir. any hour mig~ht have seen an overwaelm in rush ofi peoiple to thle shilp. iitn.e is the feeling growing that tile criliser carried the govern ment geolgt. 1I11i. away. i'eleet is smo1(k mig and growling and imutteruig as if gathering strength for all eruption more trmenonus than ever before. THE PRESDENT Decides on a Man to Appoint to the Vacant Judgeship IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS. MIc auri :t Sem to Oi- the Winnlher :,;%d i.- Supported by Political Opponients. THIlman Won'r .atert'ere. Tie special corre sponni ot of the CouiNa State fro:n Washington says President Iloosevelt Thursday an ninced that he had determined on a in ior Iine vacamt jiigtShij) in the oieL .;f climils. Senator MeLaurtin is generalhy euarlded as the winner of this juicy plum and his nomination a be, sent to t!w ' sena e any day. La rin's resignlation froi the sen ate will pirohably follow very Shortly the announcement of his appoint~meIIt. Te ireds a passibilit that he will then t:u:e occasion to review his enlreer in the s--nate and his reason for re signing. The vot e on the Philippine &ver inmeni hiii having been been set for next Tuesday. Senator Mc Lau rin will hardlv resign from the senate be fore casting his vote in support of that measure. theeby comning to the aid of the administration that has shown him so many favors. Shortly after the death of Judgei Dav!s there was a great scrambling among a number of senators to carry I ol' the prize for some one of their con .t ituents. Senators Scott and llkins. of West Virginia. have been at the White House a number of times to urge the name of Former Gov. Atkin son. Senator Platt of New York pre sented the claims of Representative Alexander of Buffalo, a personal fricnd of his and in every may acapable man for the place.- In order to "cinch" matters for his candidate, it is said that Senator Platt introduced some: New York politics into the game. At any rate President Roosevelt had de cided in favor of "Boss" Platt's candi date and Col. Alexander was receiving the congratulations of his more in timate friends when the preident's at tention was called to the fact that New York already had a man on the court of claims bench. The prsident therefore realized that partiality would be charged if Col. Alexander, another New Yorker. were appointed. and he explained to Senator Platt that he would have to recall his decision. This left still a nun:ber of candidates t in the field and ex-Gov. Atkinson ap parently in the lead. In the last few (lays though the list of possibilities dwindled down to one the junior senator from South Caro lina. President Roosevelt's friendship and regard for the senator are known. and furthermnre he would be but car rying out the wishes of President Mc inlev in providing a comfortable berth for Senator McLaurin. A judge hip on. the court of cialms carries a. alary of $4,300 and a lire tentre. Its ocial ad vantages make the oti':e much sought after. It has been suggested in case the enator were nominated for the ottie. that his colleague would endeavor to prevent his confirmation by the sen te. Friends of Senator Tilhinan de lare that the suggestion is purely a ratuitous one and that in the:r pinion he would do nothing of the kind, either directly or indirect y through some of his friends in the sen te. Because for personal reasons the enator has seen lit to hold up certa n federal appointments made in South arolina at the instance of Senator IeLaurin. is. they argue, no Indlica ion that he would do the same by h is olleague's appointment. The reasons for which Senator Tillman has bern eeping McLaurin appointees pn tie 'anxious bench" are not, it is thought uch as would cause him to hold .ip McLaurini's appointment to an ottee that is entirely remote from South Carolina ptditics. In this connec'tion. it is known that. number of personal friends of Sena tr Mcbaurin in the senate, anmng the Democrats. hav'e been exerting~ strong influence to have the senator ppointed to the court of claims. The Democratic senators who have been docating Senator McLaurin for the otice happen to be among his nmost pronounced opponents on certain po itical issues and are supporting him ntirely hecause of their strong per oal friendshipa for him. lBnt what is of more vital interest in ' outh Carolina cireles is not the ap ointment of the senator so much as he consequences. It is believed that Senator McLaurin will accept the ugship. His senatorial termi ex ires next March and as he is out of he race for re-election there is r'eally 'erv little that he could ac--omplish be- I twen no w a nd the end of his term. Ji h is~ tenderedn the app' intment and cptsa he ni f coarse resign his it in tihe senaute. And t hen what? It w.ill be, up to Gov. .\ceweeney. Ni ne has sues~ited that the go'vernor' vil 11ow anv reluctalnce this time 1bout '---lpt'ing reCsigna~tions from eni1t 'rs Noi' could he v'ery well de linre to ii arit a successor to till out tle unexp id term of Senator McLau-I rini as there w 1 be any numiber o1 im portamt questiins comng up ne'xt Dec eber whe:n congr'ess convenes. Friends if the governor declarec t ha tI he will meet thle issue and d eal with lilt irmly wheu he is ollicially ititroduced to it. lint furtner' than~ this they will not discuss his possible course. The. report that the G over'nor' is himself hab' ring seniatorial aspi rations com-l plicates the possible situation very' greatly. Theli question Palmetto poli ticians here ar'e tryving to decide is '' Whlm wvill the governor appointy" Buirglars Make a Raid. The safe of the reasur'er of H ardi cute. at Koiuntze Texas, was blown i open bl y urg lars Frlidayv night and all the co unty money stilen. The exact anount is no t kownvi. T[he buglar and cit izenis hadi a battle at Silsbee. ten mnils cast at daylight. One bur lar was wounded b.ut all escaped into a big t hit'ket. The sheritf of this county. wVithi bloodhounitds. left for the scne on an early moui'ning train. I MEAT FAMINE EXPECTED. Restaurants are Hard Pressed and Trouble is Expected. Chicago began to realize Friday tirit a Meat famine was imminent. Itutchers who have hought of the packers Iighting the striking stock vards teamsters lost their ice supply. Resurants were in straights to pro cure choice meats. The commodity rose li pri'e and many shops shut down in different parts of the city. ilidav erowds blocke wagons anrd chased tihe strikers. Albert Young of the teamsters national unlion declared that the strike was backed by union labor and would win if it t~ok fi ye years. Dutcbers have pract.cally abandon ed thc hauling of meat from the yards. All passes issued by the strikers have been ailled in and all meat that goes out in cars is rollowed and t raced. Except for the few wagon; that leave the yards "under heavy poilice protection early in the day. no meat is being hauled out. \Monday night a joint council of the local tealmsiers union will be held to determine whether all the union re tail shop hutchers are to he called up on t. stand by the teamsters and re use to handle the mneats of "unfair" oncerns. At the leading hotels and restai rants it was stated today that the sup :lies would last three days longer. If he strike is not settlcd by that time the imnanagers do not know what they will do. It might be possible to et meat if they had only to dreal with he packers' teamsters' hut the taunch svmpatheti' s!nd of the Ie men and coal teamsters leaves the resauranteurs completely in the abands of the strikers. Irwin Bros. have equipped their rivers with revolvers ;ind it j owing o thi faut that a load oi beef was lelivered today, Robert Ailing was taking ice to the . M. C. A, building when three men valaid his team. One of them seized :he lines and the other tried to pull ,lling from his seat. The driver drew revolver and a threat to shoot the nan at the horses' heads released the nimals. The driver then turned his tttention to the men on the wagon. vho also tied when he pointed the evolver at them threatening to kill hem if they did not get down. After reaching the Y. M. C. A. uilding the Irwin rosl and the 4arrison street police station were in irmed by phone of the attack. Sev ral policemen were hurried to the cene, but they could not find any race of the assailants. Every. packing hoigse in the west elongingto the "Big Six" is to be at acked -by the Teamsters' union on Joonday If the local companies do not ecede from their position and sign he agreement. The 9fe Aup'in Chicago. which is de lared complete, is to be carried to )mala, Xansas City, St. Joseph and t. Louis and the teamsters, whose ational headquarters are in Chicago, ave received assurance from their ocals at those points that all the men vill obey the summons and go out. [his move will be natioual in its of The decision to make the call was eached today by the executive coun 1 of the National Teamsters' union nd came after a conference with ~ouis F. Swift of Swift'.& Company, .nd Edward Morris of Nelson Morris Company, both of whom refused yen to discuss the terms of the agree nent the teamsters wished signed. [he attitude of ten packers' repre entatives took away the last hope of. Ln immediate cettlement of the strike. ?OR RAILROAD 00MNTSSIONER.I an.idacy of Hion. Jno. G. Wolling Endorsed by Many Citizens of' Fairfield. ~airield News end Herald of May 7, 192. Editor News and Ilerald: The ottice 'f railroad commissioner is one of :reat responsibility and it is highly mportant that it be tilled with the ight man. A railroad commissioner hold- be possessed of' a broad and iberal mind, trained in business :rooves, whetted and sharpened by riction with every-day business trans ectiMns. Ie should be a man of sutli ient moral courage to enforce his views n toe interest of public safety as well .s public welfare, and at the same ime not jgnore the just interests of ailroad corpc rations. Hie should have lad a measure of-suecess in the con lct of his own business before enter g on the heavy duties connected ith this oflire. .t man who meets 11 these requirements is lion. .Jno. L Wolling, whose candidacy for rail (lad commissioner we most heartily ndors. Mr. Welling is now in the >rmre of life, ile is one of the coun vs largest and most successful farmn vs. ie~ is a public-spirited man. as s shown by his great interest in the chool of his community, the sessin f which has often. been extended by is contributions, ie is deservedly opular in his own community. having eceived 1411 out of 150 votes cast. at is home box in 1900. Ie is also -ry popular in the county, having w~ice headed the ticket for the house I representatives. Then. too, Mr. Ydling has had seven years experi ne in practical railroading. having een a machinist by tradle. serving in he capacity of a locomotive engineer. in asking you to support him, we ccl sure that wherever he may be he vill be found to be a man of the high st type of Christian character, whose -eputation is unsullied. whose ability s unquestioned. and whose peculiar itness for the (jtlice he seeks is recog -ized by many. many citizens of F~air jeld counity. Mr. Wolling, speaking of his candi lacy, said: "If elected I will give The otice my entire time, the benefit f 25 xears' practical, successful buisi iess c'xperiece,'C and in this way give :he people of the State that service he are~ entitled to expect from a rail 'oi 20omisioner. I also pledge my lf to usc every elfort in my power to eire juist andl equitable treatmnent of il inm-tet inoried---The State. WHAT OTHERS SAY OF HIM. Comments on the Candidacy of' Dr. W. H. Timmerman, of Batesburg, S. C.. for Governor. 1romi the Lexington I)ispatch: I)r. V. II. Timnerinan, the most promi nent Candidaie for Governor before the people Loday, was in town Mon day. The doctor is hale and hearty and is fully identied with the people of Lex ington among whom het has cast his (,t for weal or woe. lie is doing a go(,d parr ip the developmenv. of Lex ington by 1 he investment (if his bra!ng. energy and capital and Lex!ngtov ap prec'iates his etTorts. The Batesburg Advacate says of the above. The Dispatch is exactly right in the above case. There is not . man living in South Carolina who would add more honor and reflect, greater (redit to the 8tzte than Pr; W. TI. Timnierman. In every department of life, he has acted his part well, and stands before the people of th State. as the2 noble Iuman whose best thought and time has been given t-) his pople. If there are those who doubt the fact of Dr. Timmerman be ing a formidable candidate, they had better chapge their way of. thinking. ije has friends in every section, who are among t'he learlicg jpeople in in!!u enc,, Weare bl."iking on Dr. Tim merman as our next Governor. From another: Ioth of the above papers are right when they say that Dr. Timmerman is an upright, clean, able and pure man. le would reflect the Idighecst cred it upon the state as its chief Exeutive ounhimself and upon his pait life. W\e know and have heard nothing in his life which can be urged against him and there is much that is honorable and creditable. We would be saitisfied if he were elected. From the Edgefield Advertiser; W. I L Timm rman, President of the First National lank (if 11atesburg was in Edgetield Monday, attending the An nual Meeting of the Stocliholders of the Farmers Bank. Though Dr. Tim merman has moved beyond the confin es of Edgefleld County, she is proud of his clean public and official record. Dr. Timmerman is an avowed candi date for Gubernatorial honors. From the Edgetield Chronicle: An old and honored friend, the Hon. W. H. Timmerman of latesburg has virt ually announced himself as a candi date for Governor of South Carolina. Edgefield loves him well, and wel comes him cordially into the field. Edgetield has every cause to love and honor W. 11. Timmerman. He has served well and wisely in many public positions with' clean hands and patri otic heart, And as he has served Edgeileld, so he has served South Car olina. From the Edgefield Monitor: Dr. Timmerman has announced his inten tion to be a candidate for Governor in the primary this year., Dr Timmerman is well known in this State as a cul tured, refined and able man; not only this, he has a reputation as being one of the safest and best business men and financiers in the State. He has a record of many years of public service which is clean and without stain-up ight, honest and fearless. He will no oubt make a close race. From the Bamberg Times: :The Baesburg Advocate announces, Dr. W. H. Timmerman of that place who was formerly Lieutenant Governor nd late State Treasurer, has entered he race for Governor and that he will e in to the finish. Dr. 'Timmerman s a good man and no doubt will re eive a large vote. From a Correspondent of the Flor mee Times: We have just reviewed he record of eminent services ren ered his County and State in various esponsible positions by Dr. Timmer an, our former State Treasuer. We re not surprised to hear calls for him o the Governor's chair. Fully quali ied by intelligence and experience, fathful and efticient as his services ave pi'oved, with a character above uspicion and reproach, why should he nt be called to this high otfice, and till it in -that high-toned, dignified anner that characterizes him and fits him for the Omeie of Chief Magis rate. The Enerprise: Among all the ublic men of South Carolina, we know of none who have more of the terling qualities that go to make up eal character in a vigorous manhood han can be found in Dr. W. H. Tim erman, former State Treasurer. You may tind better orators, better ooking men and may be more pro ound scholars, but none with more 'haracter If character is to be meas ned by the injunction, " Do unto thers as you would have others do uto yout.' Killed by Mad Elephant. "Tops." a female elephant of the Forepaugh & Sells circus, killed a an at the si- ow grounds of the cir cus in Brmooklyn N. V. Thursday. The victim was Jtoseph Blount of Fort Wayne. Ind. lie went to the ele hant's enclosure, where the animals ere waiting for their breakfast, and each stuck out his trunk to ''shake hnds" as Blount passed down in front f them. it being the custom of the trainers to salute each elephant with gentle tap. Blount had a beer' glass n his hand and when lhe approached Tps" he shoved it at her instead of' giving the usual greeting. This act seemed to offend the great beast. In n instant she had seized the main with her trunk. and after hurling him violently to the ground, knelt on him and crushed him to death. Keepers came to the rescue too late. They drove "Tops" back and re moved the body. Story or'a Rooster. A wealthy woman named Silva re etly dieci at Lisbon and left 1her entire property to a "rooster." She wvas a fervid spiritualist, a believer in the transmigzration of souls, and im agined that the soul of her dead hus band had entered the "rooster." She caused a special fowl house to be built and ordered her servants to pay extra attention to their "master's" wants. T'he disgust of her relatives over the will caused the story to become public and a law-suit might have followed had not one of the heirs adopted the simple expedient of having the wealthy "rooster" killed, thus becoming him sel tem next of kin. THE CAMPAIGN SCHEDULE. Candidates for the Senate and State Officers Each Have a Day. After a very full consideration of all matters relating in any way to the matter of tne arrangement of the two series of campaign meetings to be held throughout the State this summer, giving due consideration to the tobac co harvest time. the covenience of candidates, the saving of mileage to the travelers, the sub-committee of the State Democratie executive com mittee, .tor a session continuing for several hours Monday night adopted the campaign schedules for the two campaigns-the one for the party of senatorial and congressional candi dates and the other for the ptrty of candidates for State o*lices. Tie two schedules are ag fullows. SENATORIAL. 1. Columbia, Tuesday, June 17. 2. Camden. Wednesday, June 18. 3. Chestetield. Friday, June 20. 4. Bennettsville. Monday, June 23. 5. Bishopville. Tuesday, June 24. G. D)arlington, Wednesday, June 25. 7. Florence. Thursday, June 26. 8. Marion, Iriday, June 27. 9. Conway, Monday. June 30. 10. Georgetown, Wednesday, July 2. 11. Kingstree. Friday, July 4. 12' Monck's Corner, Monday, July 7. 13. Manning, Tuesday, July 8. 14. Sumter, Wednesday,'July 9. 15. Orangeburg, Thursday, July 10. 16. Bamberg, Friday, July 11 17. George's, Saturday, July 12. ] 18. Charleston; Tuesday, July 15. 19. Walterboro, Wednesday, July 16. 20. Beaufort, Friday, July 18. 21. Hampton, Saturday. July 19. 22. Baruwell, Tuesday, July 22. 23. Aiken, Wednesday, July 23. 24. Edgefield, Thursday, July 24. 1 25. Saluda. Saturday, July 26. 26. Lexington, Monday, July 28. 27. Newberry, Tuesday, July 29. 28. Laurens, Thursday, July 31. 29. Greenville, Friday, August 1. 30. Pickens, Saturday, August 2. 31. Walhalla, Monday, August 4. 32. Anderson, Tuesday, August 5. 33. Abbeville, Friday, August 8. 34. Greenwood, Saturday, August 9. 35. Union, Tuesday August 12. 36. Spartanburg, Wednesday Aug. 1 13. 37. Gaffney, Thurday, August 14. 38. Yorkville, Saturday, August 16. 39. Lancaster, Tuesday, August 19. 40. Chester, Wednesday, August 20. c 41. Winnsboro, Thursday, August 1 21. STATE. t 1-Sumter, Tuesday, June 17. 2-Orangeburg, Wednesday, June 18. 3-Bamberg, Thursday, June 19. 4-Georges, Friday, June 29.% 5-Charleston, Saturday, June 21. 6-Walterboro, Monday, June 23. 7-Beaufort, Wednesday, June 25. 8-Hampton, Thursday, June 26. 9-Barowell, Saturday, June 28. 10-Aiken, Tuesday, July 1. 1i-Edgefield, Wednesday, July 2. 12-Saluda, Friday, July 4. 13-Lexington, Saturday, July 5. 14-Newberry, Tuesday July 8. 15-Greenwood, Wednesday, July 9. 16-Abbeville, Thurday July 10. 17-Anderson, Friday, July 11. 18-Walhalla, Monday. July 14. 19-Pickens, Wednesday, July, 16. 20-Greenville, Thursday, July 17. 21-Laurens, Friday, July 18. 22-Union, Monday, July 21. 23-Spartanburg. Tuesday, July 22. 24-Gaffney, Wednesday, July 23. 25-Yorkville, Friday, July 25. 26--Chester, Saturday, July 26. 27-Winnsboro, Tuesday, July 29. 28--Lancaster, Wednesday, July 30. 29--Camden, Thursday, July 31. t 30-Chesterfield, Saturday, Aug. 2.t 31--Bennettsville, Tuesday, Aug. 5.t 32--Bishopville, Wednesday, Aug. 6 33--Darlirigton, Thursday, Aug. 7. 34-Florence, Friday, Aug. 8. 35--Marion, Saturday, Aug. 9. 36-Conway, Tuesday, Aug. 12. 37--Georgetown, Thursday, Aug. 14. 38 -Kingstree, Saturday, Aug. 16. 1 39-Monck's Corner, Tuesday, Aug. 19. 40-Manning, Wednesday, Aug. 20. 41-Columbia, Thursday, Aug. 21. A Bloody Duel. T wo colored men fought a duel to the death with knives Saturday night at Twenty-second and Dearborn Sts.,t Chicago. As they slashed and plungedt the weapons into each other's bodies a crowd of more than fifty people formed a circle around them and cheered the cmbatants when one or the other drove the knife to the hilt. After ten minutes' fierce lighting Alexander( Shirley staggered and fell with hi's ad-t versary's weapon sticking in his b~dy. The long blade had pierced his heart. I~e was dead when the police arrived. His slayer, Chas. Thomas, was bleed ing from several wounds. Shirley1 came to Chicago recently from Mis-' sissippi. lie met Thomas last Mon day and having known him in the soth, tried to borrow money from him. Thomas refused to give assist ance and they quarrelled. Defied the Order.1 When William E. Chandler was Secretary of the Navy, he" issued an order forbidding the wives of officers to reside at the foreign stations to which their husbands were attached. The order was promptly rescinded on the receipt of the following report from Commander lFyffe. in command of the Asiatic Squadron: "I1t becomes my painful duty to report that my wife. Elizta Fyffe, has, in disobedience to my orders. and in the face of regula tions of the department, taken up her residence on the station, and persis tently refuses to leave." Summer Resort Folder. ;1 Much'valuable information; mailed free to any address upon application to agents Southern Railway. WV. H1. Tayloe. assistant general passenger agent, Atlanta, Ga.: R. W. Hunt, di vison passenger agent Charleston, S. C.;. J. C. Beaam, district passenger agent. A tlanta, Ga.. Greenville Shakes. A distinct earthquake shock was felt in Greenville early Friday morn ing. Tne tremor was accompanied by a low rumbling sound, continuing or sevral seconds. THEY LOVE CUFFIE. Negro Dear to the Northern Heart Under Conditions. WHEN HE STAYS AT THE SOUTH. People of the Northwest Kick at the Prospect or a Negro Regiment Being Quartered in Their Midst. Fort Snelling is in army post in Minnesota. about eduidistant between the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis and only a few miles from either. In deed, the government reservation is regarded as a suburb of each city, and it has lately grown to be something of a resort for the people of both. Some few years ago the Twenty-fifth United States infantry was stationed at Fort Sneliing. Subsequently it was trans ferred to another station. Now the war department has determined to as sign it to its former abiding place, in view of which fact-St. Paul and Min neapolis are vigorously protesting to the department. The reason for the protest is to be found in the color of the soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Inf.ay. They are negroes. It is a ted by a news paper representing the protestators that the regiment is "one of the bra vest as well as one of the best disci plined in the service." But that does niot suffice. The soldiers are negroes; therefore the people of St. Paul and Vinneapolis do no not desire them in heir neigbdorhood. The -St. Paul "lobe says: "Its (the regiment's) cdntinued stay 1ere in the past did not meet with ap roval. Its advent in these cities will iot be welcome. Fort Snelling is in t great measure a popular resort. It s unfortunately true that its desira ility in this regard will be materially essened by the presence' there of a :olored regiment." The paper goes on -to say that no yody asked that the regiment be sent here. and that there is neither social ior business advantage to be derived rom the presence of the black troops. This is a candid statement. It ,ives the real reason why the Twenty ifth infantry is not wanted at Fort ;nelling. But it appears that this is iot the chief reason that is being irged upon the war department to in luce it to change its mind respecting he assignment of the regiment. The xgument that is brought to bear, is hat the winter climate in Minnesota s cold-too cold for colored men. Chat is a thin subtifuge, and one that ill not mislead anybody. In this matter, by the way, we hae mother illustration of how our north-. ,rn and western friends, who view,. with complacency and approval the illing of southern offices with col red men, kick and fret ,when it is roposed to quarter a few colored sol liers among them. WU TING FANG. Put to Flight by a Georgia Lunatic Who Yanks His Queue. Minister Wu Ting Fang delivered she commencement oration Thursday o the graduating class of the Georgia Kilitary college. During the course of his speech ab dilledgeville Thursday Minister Wn iaid that all efforts made by Ameri ans and other foreigners to guess the :ause of the absolute loyalty and devo ,ion of the Chinese subjects in time of rouble had been futile. He explained hat it was due to. college training, md was one of the five relations in 3red in Chinese children, viz.; to honor ather and mother in life and after leath; to preserve under all conditions levotion to the sovereign power; to espect age; to hallow the relation be :ween husband and wife and also that etween friend and friend. He said 1o Chinese merchant had ever de rauded a man out of a pern'y in busi 1ess transactions, and no parent's will ad ever been attacked in China. He' ~ays China does not have to be gov ~rned by the sword, because the princi >es of loyalty and devotion are too ~horoughly instilled in the youth of he land, and that this is due to col ege training as well as to other causes. He said the chief difference between ollege education in America and in hina is that her primary importance s given to the mental training, and in hina moral improvement is made of irst importance. Thursday afternoon at the State in ane asylum an inmate suddenly be :ame seized with a mania and caught. dinister Wu by the queue which was anging down his back. It was jerked ' Lnd pulled with great* force, causing ~xcruciating agony. The minister truggled wildly, and when he was reed from the crazy man's grasp he ed from the buildings and got in -a ~arriage, demanding that he be driven >ack to the city at once. He was >vertaken by friends and his nerves vere quieted. The South's Resource .. Walter H. Page, editor -of - the Worlds Work and a nati-ve- of North. :arolina. says the potential wealth of :he South is in the hands and minds >f its people. The neglected wvhite hild ren of our Southern State--partic iarly in rural communities-are as apable as the children of our race in my part of the world, he says. They ill not contribuite their share to the ndustrial and intellectual and sociai ealth of the nation, unless they are rained. We hear much about South arn natural resources and. Southern .ndustrial developement, which is aking long strides; but there is more pot ential wealth in the urftrained hands and minds of the forgotten masses than in all of our other re sources combined. This is true, and we desire to impress it upon our peo pe. Education is the greatest factor in the world today, and the boy or girl who fails to get his or her share will be badly haiidicuffed in the race of life. ~Parents remember this, and give your boys and girls the very best euatidonal advantaes possible.