The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 05, 1898, Image 1
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' VOUME IX. CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, AKil'ST fl. I8SM. NO. :$0.
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Graciously Our Noble Executive Acceded to the
Prayer of the Great Frenchman.
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Prince Bismarck, tho Groat Ex-Chancelloi of Germany Dead. The
_? ;? Spanish Ship Maria Teresa Saved, Con Merritt In Command
at Manila, Natives of Porto Rico for Vengeance,
EVENTS of the most momentous
character occurred at the cou
foronco at tho White Houso on
July 30th, between the President, Am
baseador Cambon, of France, , and Se
cretary Day, carryintr tho pecce nego
iiatiouR far boyond tho mere suboiis
?ions of terms of peaoo by the United
States and reaching tho poiut of a prto
limiuary basis of poace between the
government of Spain anil the govern
uentof the United States, needing only
-the ratification of the Madrid cabinet in
~ what was dono to briug tlTo war to an
5 end. This was accomplished on tho
part of Spain when Ambassador Cambon
presented to the President credentials
lie had received from tho Spanish gov
ernment appointing him envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary,
* with complete instructions as to the
uranner of acting upou evory one of the
peace cofiditioh prosouteil bj'the United
States, including the disposition of
Cuba, Porto Jtico, tho Philippines, the
Ladrouoa, indemnity, armiutico, aud
all other questions likely to arise in tho
coureo of tho negotiations. The meet
ing was hold in tho Prosidont's private
library, and both in tho subjects dis
cussed and the impressive manner in
which tho arguments procecdod, it was
a conference destined to becomo
momorablo.
Tho President and tho ambassador
ad dies. sod each other directly, with the
greatost freodom and frankness, each
maintaining tho justice of his position
j 011 the several points involved. When
S at last, after an oloquent plea by tho
ambassador, it Was agreed to modify
tho conditions in one particular, Secre
tarv Day withdrew for half an hour
? aui\ attended to drafting tho modifica
tion. This accomplished, tho ambassa
dor addressod himself to the President,
notrsa much' as the advocato of Spoin,
but personally, having with tho Presi
dent, man for man, a like interost in
humanity. M. Cambon is a man of
fervid oioquence, aud ho spoke with an
" intensity of feoliug whicn made a deep
impression on the President and the
. others prosout. He spoke in Frenoh,
each -sentouce being caught up aud in
terpreted by M. Thiobaut with rapidity,
so that tho earnestness of the ambassa
dor's expression lost little by this indi
rect method of communication. Tho
Pro3idont Ispoko with equal frankness,
and in the lengthy discussiou thero was
scarcely u point iu tho whole range of
tho wft> which was not mot aud freely
7 Cdnaidered. r
Tcrips of Pcace. "
'JDho outlinwfof tho terms of pesce tit
d/&fte<l by Secretary Day areas follow/;
Cuba to bo free; Porto Rico toA)e
ceded to tbo United States; oad -of Alio
Ladrono Inlands (probably Guam) tibo
ceded to tbo United States as a coaling
fund, aa an iinmocflate step, ill
forces in tho West Indies to bb-]
wn, with tho formal relinquish
' Spain of Ij or sovereignty over
sossions rmong tboso islands.'
indewnity will bedomnnded.
A? to tho Philippines, the cabinet
agreed upon the following point: That
Manila bay, with the city onl sur
ronnd ing territory, should be retained
in the possesion of the United States
at least for such a len?Jh of timo as is
necessary to deviso and put in opera
tion somo plan for the faturo govern
4 pent of tho entire group.
Natives for Venfeance.
Tho appearance at Ponce of a large
body of volunteer Spanish deserters
aronsed in* the breasts of the natives a
desire for. revenge; and they began to
fsrrit out si 1 the Spaniards in the city
Who had ever been in the Tolunteer ser
vioe and dragged them to the plaza.
Blood honnds could not have been
mor4 savage. The most of the Span
iards in hiding, upon bfing discovered
were hanled in triumph bjr hooting,
jeering mobs toGenaral Wilson's head
qna^<w, or to tbo provaet msrshal's
office in the municipal build tag. Some
: jtl the nativea even began looting th?
'residence* of' the ' 8 pan tarda. They I
mistook liberty for tioense and were ;
SSS&1&4 IBSS*1*
PRINCE,, B1SMARK DEAD.
Ilic Death Due to d Culmination of Chronic
Di$,cas.Js.
Prince Biamnrk, Germany'# great
stutosmau ami warrior, died at his
home iu Friovlrichsrulo on tho night of
July 80. It appeal's that the ox-Chan
cellor's death was not precipitated by
eudc^ou complications, but was rathor
the oulminatiou of chronic disoasos --
neuralgia of tho faoe and inflammation
?of the voius ? whioh kept him iu oun
staut pain, that was borno with tho
iron fortitude which might liavo boon
expected. Tho begiuning of tho end
dotes from July 20, whou tho Princo
whs oonlinod to his bod.
Official Expression of Sympathy.*
By direction of the President, tho
followiug dispatch was sent to Hon.
Andrew D. White, Unitod States am
baisador <g Germany: "Washington,
J). (J. July 81. ? White, Ambassador,
Berlin:? Tho Prosideut ohargos you to
express in tho proper oflicial quarter to
the bereaved Germ a J natiou aud to the
family of tho deceased Btatosman, tho
Borrow whioh tho government and poo
plo of the United States feel ut the
passing away, of tho great Chancellor,
whoso memory is ovor associated with
the greatness of the German Ernpiro.
Adek, As?t. Soo.
His Life.
Prince Otto Eduard Leopold Bis
mavck Hchouhauscn, was born of an
old family of tho "mark" (liranden
burg) ut Schouhauson, April 1, 1 8 1 ?*>.
He was created a Count on September
10, 1805, and Princo (Furst) Von Bis
marck, in March, 1871. Ho was edu
cated at the Universities of Gottingen
and Griefswald, spout some time in
tho army and subsequently settled
down as a country gentleman. Brought
up in the political faith of tho Junkers,
: or Prussian Tory Squirearchy, ho be
came,'1 in 18-15, it member of tho old
monarchical party. Dnring tho revolu
tionary period ot 1818 tho services he
rondered in tho public debates to tho
Conservative cause led to his ap
pointment as tho representative
of Prussia, in the Diet of the
oldGermau Bund, at Frankfort,
Bismarck was sent ns ambassador to St.
Petersburg in* 18.~>0 and held that posi
tion until 1802. Iu May of 1802 he bo
camo Prussian ambassador at Paris.
PIN'S months later he was made First
Minister-of tho Prussian Crown. With
iu the next ton years ho humbled the
Austrian empire, destroyed tho French
cmpiro and created the new Gerrnau
empire. Ho remodollod. the map of Eu
rope, dismemboriug Denmark and
Franc*. He enlargod the frontiers of
Prusiih by^ho annexation of various
pro/inoos, including tho dominions of
"ilrfoe dethroned Geruiau princes, and
succeeded in placing Germany, whioh
had proviously beon the weakest and
least rospectod of all the great powori,
at the head of all tho States of Eu
rope.
Battleship Texas at New York.
The Battleship Texas lias arrived at
the New York harbor preparatory to
going into dry dock.' 3he was given &
great welcome from the thousands of
people who crowded tlie decks of the
ontward- bound excursion boats. Every
vessel that boa*ted a steam whistle let
it shriek for all it was worth. The
pipiagtoneB of 'little tug boats jnount
ed WHotue deejvmoutned r oat of the
oceau and /coastwise steamers, uO,il the
usual calm of tho Ha^bath was Sup
planted by a veritable pandomouium.
The Maria Teresa Saved.
The War Department has received
ihe following dispatch from Admiral
Sampson:; "Ploy a, July 29. ? The In:
fWts Maria Teresa, upon which tho
wreokera are now engaged, will be
, floated .nd brought to Oaant*Mmo m
toon as a * mall leek is located, which la
aomewhere in the bow of the ship.
Whether this is dw to a email valve
being toft open,^ ore hole which ua ay
to reaMtte the water, there being s|>am
in one of her boilers. (Sigied) 8mmp~
WAIt NKW8 KtMTOMIZKD.
IJrlelly Told fur tho Hurried
Homier.
Wkwnkhday. ? Spaiu will protest
agaiust an attack on Porto Rico. Tho
Wauderor expedition a failuro. All j
tho Cuban troops at Camp C'alla wero
transferred to Caimanero. Honolulu
went wild with joy oi) receipt of news
that tho United States Senate hud
passed tho Hawaiian resolution. Tho
Spanish forces at Porto Hico aro con
centrating at Ban Juan. Japanese pross
generally favor tho retention of tl\e
Philippine islands by * the United
States, Gou. Shaftor reports y. 770 siok
soldiers. Admiral Miller nailed for
Houolnlu. I
Tiiurhday. ? Terms of poaco being
roduoed to form. Favor report from
Santiago, new oasos 8 ??"<?, total 4, 12SJ,
death from fover 9. Wood's immuno
regiment sailed for Santiago. Tho
authorities at Fort Monroe refused to
lot tho steamship Concho with', sick
soldiers from Santiago touch at1 that
port. Tho third regiment of Peuusyl
vania and tho third disviHion
hospital corps arrived at Fer
naudina. Statu Department replies to
Spain's ohargo of bad faith. Wrecking
expedition otl' for Santiago. Captaiu
Cook's (of tho Urooklyn) report on tho
destruction of Covera lloot niado
publio.
Fkiwav.? Port of Ponce, Porto Rioo,
surrendered. President MoKinley and
his cabinot were iu sossion for fivo
hours discussing tho forms of peaco
that would bo acoeptablo to tho United
Statos. British subjects and natives of
the Philippine Islands iu London
caWod to Prosideut MoKinley praying
hint not to abandon tho Philippine .In
land for tho Bako of peace. Through
Spanish sources it is roported that
Manila hay surrendered. Another
transport nailed for Munila with the
First Dakota Regiment.
Satuuday. ? Peaco negotiations re
oeived a great impetus at (he Cabinot
mooting, when M. Cauibbu appoarod
ir. tho capacity of plouipotoutiary for
Spain. a News of Gen. Morritt's ar
rival at Manila reachod tho War Do
partmont. An ovation to Gou. Miloa
at Ponco.
Sunday.? Gou. Wado ordered to
Porto ltico. The battleship Toxas ar
rivod at the New York harbor and was
given a great wolcome. Dispatches ro
ceived in London say tho Madrid gov
ernment considers the reaco torms as
being very hard. Spain becoming do
spondont about tho Philippine Islands.
A military club formod iu Sautiago by
tho American military ofllcers.
Monday. ? News r'eaohed Washing
ton that Gon. Augusti was ready to
surrender. Diroot cable communica
tion between Santiago aud Ponce,
Porto Rico. Geu. Milo boing joyfully
recoivod by nativos of Porto Rico.
Transports ordered to Santiago aud
Porto Rico.
Tuesday. -- An unofficial dispatch
from Madrid says Spain accepts tho
peaco terms. News reached the War
Department that Gon. Otis had readied
Houululu.
WAlt NOTES,
Miami, Flo., bus been abandoned as
a camp for the United Staton troops.
Gen. Brockinridgo has aitmmod com
mand at Cliickamanga, relioving (Jen.
Frank.
Camp Alger will bo aba^Monod as a
military camp on account of tho prova
lenco of typhoid fev6r.
A private dispatch from Sun .Tnan,
Forto ltico, says that 2,000 voluntoorB
havo surrendorod to tho Anioricans.
Letters received from Cavito,
datecl-wuly 20 say that Gcu. Merritt is
comnloting his preparations to attack
Mauilx
All Spanish political prisoners in the
Atirrendorod territory havo been re
leased by order of (ion. Shuftor at
Santiago.
Tho Jttritish steamship Aduln, cap
tured ofTOuantyfriinmo Uay by the Mar
blehoad, . has ween declared a luwful
prize of war.
(Jen. Groely, chief signal officer at
Santiago, has established direct cable
communications with Gen. Miles' head
quarters at Ponce, Porto ltico.
The protected cruisor Columbia went
ashore while attempting to entor tho
harbor of Ponce, Porto ltico, but it is
expectod that slio will be floated.
Capt. Catchiugs, sou of Congressman
Catchingtf, of Mississippi, on duty in
Gen. Lee's command, died at Jackson
ville, Fla. , agod 27.
The Spanish schooner Dolores, of G(
tons, loaded with corn and provisions
and bound from Pragroso, Mexico, tc
Databona, has boou added to tho list ol
war prizes.
' Captain-General Macias, of Porte
Rico, has otriered his 18,000 mou, now
scattered wer the island, to defend
themselvesas best they can, and as a
last resort to retire to San Juan.
The government ' transport Uto hai
left Jacksonville for Porto ltico. Sho
carried, in addition to a force of about
7 5 mechauioH, and nearly GOO colored
laborers, abont 600,000 feet of lumber,
whioh will be used iu constructing
uontoons and buildings for use by
United States troops in their invasion
of the island.
Proclamations have been issued by
..the authorities ol Ynaeo, as a United
States city, expressing delight at an
nexation and the administration of
General Mites and welcoming on*
troop*.
- The fever situation at Santiago a?
reported July 80 was, total sick 4,279;
fever m?s, 8,400; new oases of fever,
C96; cases-of fever restored- to dnty,
mio%
K malaria! fever.
An iateseetinf fee tare of IbemftHferj
meat at Santiago is the constant
? pre
I
( A Clash Expectod Between the!
; American Forces and Aguinaldo
! WILL NOT CALL EXTRA SESSION
i ^
' Of Congress Fourth I xpeditioii Reached
llonolitiu ? Democrats Sweep Alabama.
Tweoty l iffht Hoatin# Bodies.
A SPKGIAL cablo to tljo Now
York Evoniug Journal from
Madrid, says: ,4Spaiu aceopta
the priuoipal conditions of peaeo uh sot
forth by tho American govorumont and
only tho poaoo details uro ueodod to
oauso all hostilities to cense at o-co.
Agulnaldo's Attitude.
A dispatch from Cavito to tho Now
York Journal says: "A^ninaldo is re
spectful toward Admiral Dipwoy, (ion
oral Merrill and OonBul Wildiuan, and
will go any lengths to retain Consul
Wildinnu'fl good opinion, but bo holds
back from giving ouorgotic help to the
United Stntos' forces. Ho will ^i\o
oulv a negative sort of assistance until
ho kuows tho exact form which the
American policy will take. He is dis
turbed by tologinphio reports that tho
United States will abivndqn the islands
to Spain- There are some indications
of a clash botweon Uoneval Merritt and
Aguinaldo. "
I curtli Manila l:\pcditlon Reaches llonululu.
Tho transports Peru and City of Puo
bla arrivod at Honolulu from Han Fran
cisco early on tho morniug of tho v3rd
of July. Tho voyngo was uneventful.
Thoro we'o no deaths, and but little
fitness among the mot). Tliroo men
wjtn typhoid wore moved from tho ship
to the local llod Crosa hospital. Presi
dent Dolo with bis cabinet and Minis
ter Hatch, received Majov-lionoral Otis
at tho government building. The gar
riscu and build turnod out in honor of
tho visitors. 'J' ho reception was of nu
extremely cordial iiatura nnd lusted
longer than Mich functions usually do.
Has Faitliin the (irufifude of the Cubins.
President T. Estrada Palma, of the
Cuban junta, whon qiiy?tionod about
tho estrangement between"^ ?en. (lar
cia and General Shuftor said: 'There
is 110 danger iliat the Cubans will per
mit a slight misunderstanding of ouo
of their countrymen, ovon of a gonoral,
with an American, to aflect tho suc
cossful issuo of tho campaign. 1 know
that (lonorul Garcia, ns well ai all tho
Cubans, has too deep a sense of grati
tude toward the IJnitod States to harbor
slight or fanciful wrongs agaiiiBt thoir
benefactors. C>
Razors at f cri McPhcrion.
A light took pluco between a negro
by tho iiamo of McUinnis and 0110 of
of tho negro soldiers stationed at tho
post, in which tho latter was daugor
onsly cut. After the cutting a crowd
of negro soldiers mado for McUinnis,
who immediately fled to a houso and
crawled uudor a bed to oscapo tho mob
that was in pursuit, and but for tho
prompt arrival of tho corporal of tho
guard aud a' largo squad of men, to
gether with tho assistance of Marshall
Ityan, of Oakland, the negro would in
all probability have beon lynched.
No Lxtra Session of Congress.
There will be no extra session of
CJougiens, though tho Sonata will have
o bo callod togothor for tho prompt
ratification of the tW>aty of. paace, if
tho present plana of mo President pre
vail. It is stated at the White Houbo,
that uuloitf thoro should be soiuo ex
traordinary development, tho House
will not meet until it convenes i|| rogu
lar session next Decomber. ?
Twenty-Eijfht Floating Bodies.
The steamship Westorlaud arrived at
the Now York port rocontly and tho9e
on board roport that whon 00 milos off
Sablo Island, and within about one
railo of tho spot where La Bourgoguo
went down ou July 4, the bodies of 20
mon and two women wcro seen floating
in the wator.
Tkdi for The/ bar* met
uoi . ..._ - .
A Berlin Sensation.
. A sensation wan created by the Em
peror, who tolegraphod countermand
ing the Bismarck obsequies which wero
to tako placo in fropt of tbff ltoichetag
building, and ordering inatead that
mourning sorvices be held in the Kin
peror William Momorial chnrch. The
trudes peoplo and artists who had taken
orders in connection with the fc^mer
wore badly disappointed.
Died in tbc Electric Chair.
Martin Thorne, the .murderer of
William Ouldensnppo, was electro
cuted in Sing Sing prison at 11 :1 7 a.
m. AukusI 1. . When summoned to the
execution chamber and chair, Thorne
showed no emotion aud walked to it
quick Jy. Repeating prayer* after the
attending priest. There was so un
toward incident in connection Witti ttie
^teeaitoo, sad alter the current had
Hkeen. tamed on M-aeoonds, Thorne was
ltitAD-s n<i:r- 1 *s kki*ok r.
Preparing for the Opening l'p of the
West ln<llM.
While as yet showing little 'actual
elTeot upon distributive trade,, there is
evidence that tho improved prospects
for pence, \vith prqbublo wider markets
for American products, have given u
more hopeful tinge to tho f( ado out
lo*^,--- mora --particularly at tho Kiist. i
'J'hiH ib reilected\i active preparations
by shippers and coasting trade inter
ysts to shiuo iu tho oxpeetod Middling |
of demand from tho Went ludios Am ;
for Boroo tuuo pnst, however, reports of
solid business roturus came mainly
from the Western part of the countiv,
and in tho markets of that section are
reportod tigna of tho ground swell of
fall demand. Signs of cumulative
improvement, come from the iron and
stool Industry, more particularly
from west of tho AUflghonios, where
slight advances ?n prices aee.oinpftU.yniu
a good volume of domestic and export
business are reported. Expected ac
tivity in ship building is rellected in
tho demand for plates at Eastern
points. A rather better tone ta found
in the aulluacito coal trade, in which,
as tho result of another one of those
numerous "gentlemen's agreements,
prices have boon advanood at tho \\est
from previously low cut rates. 1 ho
situation iu cereals is hardly as satis
factory as could be wished, cash prices
hot tig lower for tho week in face of
probably record-breaking small world s
supplies on August I, and good ox
ports front this country, whilo futures
are loss depressed, but exhibit tho
pressure of expected liberal supplies at
homo and heavier crops abroad,
Tho stigyir markets lomaiu dull, and
stocks of rottned in thochannels of dis
tribution are roporlod small. Haw
sugar, Ubwcvor, roiuHius featureless,
perhaps waiting u closer approximation
as to tho cllects of rocont or imminent
changes in torritoritorial authority
upon tho sugar trade of tho world.
Tho toxtilo manufacturing situation
is as yet a rather clouded ooo, a shut- i
down of print cloth mills being ro
yarded as probable in another eOort to
restoro tho lost balaneyf of this trade.
Woolen goods are still slow of sale,
?whilo tho relatively low range of wool
pticos at East or n markets and tho im
proved inquiry by manufacturers has
sti tl'oned values with tho Hied of dis
couraging sales. Haw cotton is lirinor
on reports of excessive rains aHccting
crops.
Cereal exports still continue of a sat
isfactory volume, wheat shipments for
tho week (Hour included) aggregating
2,2-71,878 bushels, as Hgniutd 2,303.4'iU
bushels last week, and compared with
2,348,031 bushels in the corrospondinir
week of fust year; 2, 0-18, (178 bushels in
this wook of 1800; 1,100,017 bushels iu
1805, and 2, 1117, Of) 7 bushels in 1801.
BincoJulv 1, this year, tho exports ag
gregate 10,421,780 bushels, against M, ?
(>80,000 bushels Inst year.
Tho businoss failures in tho t'nited
States remain at a normal low point,
aggregating for tho wook 18j(, against
]8s last week, and compared with 200 in
this week a year ago; 204 iu 180(1; 221 in
180/J, and 220 in 1801. Tho businoss fail
uros iu tho Dominion of Canada for tho
saino week number 34, against 17 last
week; 34 in this week a \'ear ago; H7 iu
1800; 21 iu 1 80 and 31 in 1801.
Insurants Bccomln? Arrogant.
Cioncrul Merrill has again cabled lite
War Department relative to tho situa
tion iu Manila, which ho finds very un
nntisfactory and dangerous, owing to
tho attitude of tho insurgents. The at
tiludoof tho insurgents there is similar
to that assumed l>y (Jarcia's Cubans
upon tho question of thoir right to ou
ter and possess thomsoivos of the oity,
although in this caso tlio insurgents
are vory much moro formidable, being
no'l only moro numorotts, but bettor
armed and filled with the arrogance
fojitnving numerous victories ovor their
Hnhnisli foes, tleucrul Morritt, how
ovor, indicates that ho will do his ut
most to protect tUe citizens from tho
savagory of tho insurgents. Up to tho
dato of tho report (ien. Morritt had
with him about 12,000 soldiers.
Monthly Statement or the Public Debt.
' The monthly statomout of tho public
debt shows that at the close of businoss
July 30, 1808, tho debt, loss cash in tho
Treasury, amounted to 8078,081,000, a
decrease for tho mouth of ?10,004,481.
ludopoudont of the cash, the statement
shows an increase in the dobt of #182,
139. Tho cash Iti the Treasury in
creased during the month by ovor $40, -
000.000, principally from receipts ou
account of tho new war loans.
The Commissioners to Meet in Longpfl.
Madrid, Spain (By Cable).? Tlio Lib
eral Bays tho Bpanish-AmericMu com
missioners are to meet iu London and
that the points which will be discussed
will be the disposition to bo made of
tho J'hilippino Islands, the payment
of the Cuban debt, tho evacuation of
Cuba and Porto Itico and tho owner
ship of the war material in the An
tilles. V../
Col. Asfor Affiles With the Offfkial Report.
Col. John Jacob Astor, who was do
tailed by Geo. Hhafter to bear to tho
Secretary of War the official report of
tbe.?urrender of Santiago, ban reached
Washington. He called at the War
Department and with Adiutant-Geperal
Corbin went to the White House and
reported to the Preeide&t.
The Last Coloeel Goec.
Col. Pige baa tailed for New
York on the Iroqnoia. for danger
goal/ ill with malarial /ever. Colonel
Pan to the ImI ?fftoieiof ike regale*
'It w Tafl Ifc HnW All /J |k/. othlf
who emmm originally bji*e eifner been
killed in bottle or kavt died of tick.
Four Souls llshored Into Eternity to
Moot 1 heir God,
TWO SHOT, IWO POISONED.
I two Wuihl'ul Kunatvats Arrested at Colum
bia All Bitterness Blotted Oat Small.
p?\ Near Ionian.
To negroes weio killed iu Columbia
Suudny, .Inly Ml - one nt tho hands of
tlio police uud( t bo other through the
accidental diaoliMgo of n pistol. The
nogro killod by the police was n fugi
tivo eonviot an<l mot death while
trying to oscape arrest. The other
negro, I'ress Uraut, mot death nt tho
hands of a companion named (Jooding,
wlio, with several other dur&oys, had
boon shooting at a telegraph polo.
Hooding was letting tho liammor of
the pistol down, whoa his linger
Hlipped ami tho pistol was uccidoutly
discharged, almo.'.t instantly killing
({rant.
All Hitterncss Wotted Out.
Many letter# are being received by
( harlostoninnb from Northern families
expressing gratitude for tho kindnoss
extended to sick ho Idiom who had*
stopped in tho city. A Wisconsin
Judge, writing a lady there, says;
"Your letter of the l'?d, to Mrs. 11. L.
Hurt, is before me. I desire to thank
you for your attention to young llart,
and for writing so kind a letter. You
cannot understand how much good it
did iu ohooring a sorrowing tnothor. I
tried to read it uloud to u company of
friouds, but my volco faltered and 1
oouhl not liuish. 1 thought of tho bit
tor civii war, of tho llrftig on Sumter,
and thou said: 'All is blotted out;
those people are one in heart and pur
pose now. ' Ail our pooplo npprociato
what the noblo men aud women of
Charleston have douo for our boys."
? ~ ?
Youthful Runaways.
Two boys, Kdgar Sanders, 14 years'
old, ayd Kugouo Halcombo, aged PJ
were ai i ti&tad in Columbia by I'olioo
man Hammond, who hud boon givou a
tip by the conductor of the train ou
which the boys came to Columbia, tell
ing him to bo on the lookout for them,
?s bo thoughtt^Uiey had run away from
homennd intendntV^oing on to Florida.
J nst beforo tho JackturrirVttlo train was
to Icavo ho caught sight of thoni getting
on tho cars. Ho took them in charge,
rang up tho patrol wagon aud sent
thuin to the station house. \
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A l ather's I'atal Mistake.
Two children of Mr. Thomas Klrood,
of Andorson, nsrod 7 and 0 yours re
spectively, were poisouod by takiug
strychnine through mistake. 'I he chi)-'1
d reu had boon ill and tho father ib
tended to give 'jUininc, and before ad
ministering the medicine tasted it.
Finding (bat it had a pungent tasto he
gave it to tho cluldrou uud death re
sulted in a few hours.
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Are They Lejfsl ?
The Charleston ministers aro not pay
ing any attention fo tho stamp act, as
they are filing murriago certificates
without the stamps. It is uot known
whether the ministers aro wilfully dis
rogardiug Uncle Sam's revonuo lueasflrs
or that they imvo boon advised legally
not to affix tho stamps to the certifi
cates, but at any rsto tho certificates
aie uot being stamped.
Granted AH That Was Asked.
Col. Wilio Jonos telegraphed to Gov
ernor Kllnrbo from Washington that
tho War ftoplilfil inont hod granted all
thut was nHkod, aud that lie thought
thero would be no trouble in gejltiug^
tlio full complement for the eocoud reg
iment.
Smallpox Near Inman.
' .Smallpox has msdo its sppcarunce
fov imloH south of Innian. Tboro wore
tin co wull developed canes before tha
Korious character of tho disease was
known," aud about forty families aro
known to buvo boon exposed.
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Mr. Doschcr Appointed.
Mr. 1?. Doscher, the well known
dcalor in book* and stationery, at
Churlestou, lias boon appointed a mem
ber of tbe executive coiacuitteo of the
Cuban- American league, wbich bae
now becomo a permanout organization.
Accidentally Killed.
While Wayne Sbelor, sou of John W.
Shelor, of Tugaloo, was taking bin gun
from the buggy it waa accidentally dis
charged, tbe Icad^enteriog tbe young
mau'a abdomen. Young Bbelor lingered
several hours and then diet].
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Colored Man Killed at Bales bttrg. ? -
A Southern engine with cab attached
running backward, while passing at
rapid speed through Bat**biirg. struck
aud killed a colored man by the name
of William Oorley.
' The MoVfeateat Beiajc Pasfccd.
The movement to organiza and ee
tflblish a bonded warehouse at Ander
son is being pnabed. II haa betdnd it
some of Um most liberal end progreeiv^j
men of the city.
-'-A Wew Cettee Olf WW/ ~
A cotton seed oil mjll inll be erected
at Gray Conrta, sine nxilea above Let
rase, in tbe a ear fatnre, vitkt ?? dlel
etoek of fl8,<XM.
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
I i t <\ Soul It,
It is sfti.l that about 1 <?, 0;>0 (dtoop will
pol ish ns n renuM of sovero drought iu
I'ftliflUlHU.
Mrs. ) 'oar 1 Johnson, of llnltimore,
tried to take hor lifo l?.v drinking laud
^iiuiu. It w hor third attempt at
solf-deati notion. ' (
The Democrats of tlio 1'irst Virginia
? district met in conventional t'rbano
N'jd unanimously i o np m i n ut cd Hon.
\Yin. A. JoitHs, i??t' ( i'ohh, The res
olution adopted ro ntlirins tho (.'hicujjo
platform.
/J ho (iooruia Kiilioad l.'c mmifttffoit
rondoro 1 n decision that c.prosH
*oinprtiiio9 in issuing a hill of Ia?1 i nj?
were required to put a stamp upon it in
ordor U\ iuake it loyal, and that tho
ei nip in it).* had no ?? i>* lit to exact the
Cost of tho stamp from .ho shipper,
Ktl want Konnedy, of St. I.ouih, Mo.,
was pussiuir u saloon and stopped on
tho sidewalk a moment. A colored
waiter ordered him to inuvo on. Ken
nedy started slowly, which enraged tho
eolored man, who drow a revolver ami
shot Kennedy through tho forohoud.
Ah he fell tho waiter inn.
Tho North.
Throe people perished in a burning
Uouno at Huuocu Falls, N. V.
The Hotel llorwyii was dostro^dd l>y
flro anil tliroo livos lost ul fhioago.
A freight wrock on tho^lilocton
Hrnnch of tho Mobilo anil < >l?Jo HaiN
road lOKtillcd in tho death of two men.
Comnmdoro CarloH Ferry ros, of tho
l>on??Tintt*niivy, who in on route to Paris,
for flj^^purpobo, it is said, of purchas
ing Aim ships for the Peruvian navy,
was (n Now York rocently.
Tho exproHH companies uporating in
ToxftN hftvo defied tho railroad commia
missionofs by paying no attention to ttio
maudato of that body directing tlioin to
pay the war tax of ouo cent on all re
ceipts.
iloHmor, Codding & Co., tho largost
boot and shoo dealers in Now Knglaud,
have assigned to Charlos W. havers,
president of tho National Shoo nnd
Leather Exchange, of Itoston. The
liabilities aro eotiinatod at $500,000.
Mrs. Carolina Croft, formerly Caro
line Abigail lirowor, of Bostou, lias left
9100,000 to two. promiuout.'fdiysician*
of that oity for investigations to find
some way of curing cancer, consump
tion and other disoajsps now regarded
as incurnble.
? A draw waH tho decision rendered at
tho (hofttor Now York Athletic (^lub,
jUonoy Inland, after Tommy White, of
Chicngo, and Solly Smith, of Loi An
geles, had toupht t wont v-livoroiiuds to
dccido tho ftfather weight championship
of tho world.
Hob Fit/simmons, champion heavy
weight pugilist of tho world, announces
that he hnu postocMk forfeit of #2,50U
with tho sporting eintor of a New York
nowapaper for a light with Jim J?ffrioa^v
of California, tho contost to occur be
foro October 1. $
Tho Republicans of tho First Maine
Congressional district met at Portland
and Thomas 15. Heed was nominated by
acclamation amid much enthusiasm.
Later Mr. Hood appeared on tho floor
of tho hall. 1 1 o was grootod with deaf
ening applause and responded iu a
speech, <?
A passenger train on tho Norfolk and
Wostoru was ditchod at Bannon, Ohio.
The engino and baggage- car- rotlfed
down a 12-foot embankment, and the
smokor, which was filled with passen
gers, wan overturned, but nono of thoin
were seriously injured. Engineer Frank
Oarsl and Firetnuu Oilbor saved them
selves by jumping, but wt.ro badly in
jured. iirakeman F. W? Lauey bad
Lis log inauhed.
Miscellaneous.
The President intends to make strong
recommendations to Congress for legis
lation making immediate provision for
completion of tho Nicaraguan canal,
and for making it thtrdirect proj
JML _ property of
thtt^govorninont.
Tho I/rosideut has issued a proclama
tion restoring the landB known as the
eastern, middle and woj?tetfi Saline ro
aervos, iu tho Cherokee outlefl? to the
public domain.
The disappointment of tho Fifth Illi
nois in hoiu'r turned back after it had
marched to,llottsville, bus so disheart
ened mauy that I hey have no furthef
ambition for military life.
Admiral Cervora has fowarded to the
Spanish potornmeut through the
French ambassey his report of the
naval ougagemont which rebultod in
tho annihilation of ?the Spanish fleet.
Tho report is very elaborate.
Tho exportation of manufacture*
from tho Unitod States amounted to ]
$288,871,44!) iu I8!)8, exceeded .those of
1807 by $11,580,058 aud thoso of 1890 by
$09, .'300, 271; while the products of agri
culture exported amounted to $864,
027,029 in 1808, against 8083, 471, 181 in
1897, and $509,879,297 in 1890, the chief
['increase in agricultural exportation!
being in breadstulfs.
The first of tbo four games of the ti?
chess match between I'iliabury and
Tarrasch was -won by Tar raft oh at .
Vienna.
Foreign.
Li-^ap-Yao, leader of the rebellion
in the Province of Kwang-Si, Ohio#.
hu? paoclainjed a new dynaaty^ atyled ?
"vast progress. "
Mr. Hooley'a revelations of tbo rot- 1
tel?nes of ? London financiering hara ~
thrown into a panio millions of Engttab
n,?? yyt?ry>iii.l!lllt ,ll^tl
the ?Cook or compsaMs. . * .
/^Letters received from Cavtte, u.d^
data of J uly 2ft, state that tha inmur
fMta bfve done aothing tfcelt
won* i apttW at Maiata. ?
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