The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 14, 1899, Image 1
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Another Brilliant Victory Wrought]
By American Arms,
FILIPINOS ST AN 0 BRAVELY
Put Are Or. \e? Before th; i?-:s sties; VJ
vaiue oft lie \(o;ricms NN itli Heavy I uss
- ? Del -ills of t'u ? |:i fitting
Mami.a, Special. ?? Clou. Law
ton .?? il ; \ iy ion has captured
Santa Cruz aftor a iicfoo baltlo.
?Sixty eight Filipino* wero touiul dead
?< j 1 1 tho liolti i>f battle and forty wound
ed we 16 oaptmed. < >ur Iush w A* on"
i 1 1 i o ? I aud ttijt Wi>uude I. I vvo ounuouii
wpin (aptuu-d and many prisoners,
with ft hundred r.llos and a largo stock
vf ammunition. General I awtun bognn
i ) i o light soon after tho men lauded
Hum tho boats which crossed t b o buy.
As Hot'i! a.* they landed, tho troops
S'oi med in lino of baltlo and bivouacod
fi r tiio uight, sleeping on their arms.
I ho advance begau til day bronk and
tba lighting ns noon as the out-poBts
that surrouudod Santa Cruz \\ o i ?s
roachcd. Tboao wero drivon with a
rush. After a sharp exchange of shots
(ie?. Lnwt'JU passed on to tho route
tf tho ilium forco entrenched shout
1 ho cuy. Every stop was hotly eon
tested, but t ho inon wero urged oil by
resistless energy.
The Filipinos ma lo a dosporato
f tand in tho trencho*. I ho battle
waged furiou'iiy there. A part of the
-com maud nioceoded in turning the
flunk of tlio enemy. Tljun t Li o 1' tlipi
ji jn fb:d in disorder. Tho living natives
veto j nri?uyd through tho Btrectn ol
?Santa Cruz. 1 ho iightiug ceased only
>vhon tlio city waa elennod of insur
gents aud stroug guards wero posted
: a every quarter of tlio city
Mlglil Attack by the I'ebe s
Mami.a, Special. ? -At about mid
night Monday night tho rebels cut the
telegraph lino at several places be
tween hero niid M a! olos, and signal
iires wero lighted and rockets sent up
niuug the footbiils to tho right of the
) niil'oad. I-iater tho enemy attacked
tho outposts of tho Minnesota Hogi
iront, between Iiigaa aud Hocavo, live
tnilos ooiith of Malolos, killing two
irioc aud Wounding N. Simultaneous
ly tho outposts of tho Orogon regiment
at Maiilao, tho next station on tlio way
to Maui la, wero attacked with tho re
sult that threo Americans wero killed
and two wouudod. I he Americans
also captured two prisoners. I he
troops wero concentrated along tho
railroad as thickly us possible aud the
rebols driven back to Malolos. Tho
roadbed of tho railroad was damaged,
but it was repaired almost immediately
and tratllc was soon roisumod through
to Malolos.
Six Pcoplo Slain in a Riot.
Pan a, III., Special. ? In a riot, which
broko out at 10:30 Monday inoruiug on
tho main street, in front of tho telo
graph oftico, between white aud black
minors, in which deputy sheriffs took
part, five men and one woman wero
killed. Eight persons wero wounded,
several so seriously that they will dio.
The troublo resulting iu tho riot began
when 100 deputy sheriffs wore called
oat into tho l'latham and I'onwell
mining district to protect Bovcral fam
ilies of uogroo* who wore endeavoring
to load household eflccts preparatory
to leaving for Iowa, and wero boing
prevented by negro guards armed with
rifles furnished by tho Paua Coal Co ,
who claimed thatlhe goods tho uegiues
were moving wero tho company's prop
erty.
Martial l.aw Declared.
SrRlSOFiEJ.P, III., Special. ? tiovor
nor Tanner has issued a proclamation
declaring martini law at I'ana. Coroner
Bradley said at midnight that ho had
been told that tho bodies of six more
negro miners had boon found in l'lat
ham district. Tho coroner was uuabb
to verify tho rumor and decided to wait
until daylight to investigate. Th^
companies of the Fifth Illinois Infantry
have been orderod to Paua by Gover
nor Taunor. James L. James, a non
union miner of Greenville. S. (5., was
killed in the riot
* Lawton's Success Complete.
The following dispatch gives addi
tional information concorning the
flght of Santa Cruz:
? "Manila, April, 11, Adjutant General,
Waahiagton:? Lawton's success a?
Bant* Crtus waa more complete than
reported yesterday. The enemy left
2MJ uUUIBilA dead oa the field and a
number seriously wounded. Lawton
captured the city with destruction of
properly. Bis lose wee tea wounded,
plight, exoepjUtwo, einee died. Liea
tenant Efllng waa the oaly officer
wounded ^Jight is hand. The eaemy
retired eastward. Lawton is in pnr
?uit. / - . vTlfc
' 1 The Warie Far Fr?i EaM.
Hot Ll, SpacW.? Though hundreds
of Filipinos are daily retaraiag to their
home* aad are deelroae lenuaiaf
poaeefal -pursuiU, aad tbeofffc the
pgaelematiirn lasaed by theUaited
.K?l let HELO IM
Eminent federal Jurist Pastes A*a> 'fter
a Brief lllnesi,
Washin'oioh, I>. C. , Kpeoial.? Jus
tice StopUoa J. Field, of tho Uuitc.l ,
.Status supremo court, retired, died at j
his hoiao on Capitol Hill, in this oily,
at 0:30 o'clock Sunday oveuiug of kid
uoy complications. About his bedside i
wero his wife and her sia'.or, Mn. |
Condit Smith, Mr. Justice David J. .
Brewer, his nephew Mrs. Kdgerton,
of California; Mr. Linton, his private
secretary; tho Kov. Ward M. Motl, I
lector of th\i Church of the Advent, j
and tho faurly i-ervauto. TIo had been j
uuoouficious hinct) Saturday morning, {
and death e.uuo paiules?)y. About two '
weeks uuo ho took u idc thau
usual in uu opou carriage auPwonti act
ed a ftavnirt coitl, which rapidly devoU
oped kidney trouble* which, with his
old a^re, brought on the cud.
u'Sticfe nrEPHES j. r.r.tn.
Stephen Johnson Field was burn at
Ilnddiuvt, Couu., Nov. 1, 1S10. J Jo
was Iho'sonof David Dudley Field, aud
was one of four brothers who became
so fnmou?, David Dudloy, Cyrus \Y. ,
and Henry M, Field be:tig tho other
members of the great quartette that
mado their names known throughout
tho world. 11 early boyhood was
spent lit Slockbridgo, Mums. At tho
ago of 13 Stephen <T. l icit! went to
Smyrna, where his sitter had married
a missionary, Kev. Jouiah lirower,
who had undertaken au cciucatioual
mission to tho i ?i oeks, and he there
acquired a knowledge of Orioutal lan
guages. Keturu'inu' after Iwj and a
Lalf years to this couutry, he later en
tered Williams College, from which ho
graduated, 'a? at tho head of his elites. Ho
thou weut to .New York, where he en
tered the law oflico of his brother, Da
vid Dudley Field, lie was admitted to
tho bar and becamo a partner in tho
tiriu, remaining as such for bovou
years, Iu lSl'J ho went to Euro])? and
spent Bome time tiieio, traveling. In
November, 1848, ho Bailed from San
Francisco around Capo Horn, aud en
tered upon tho practice of tho law in
tho Occidental metropolis. Altei a
short timo ho moved to Marysville, a
small miuing camp, aud became one of
tho founders of what afterward grow
into a thriving town. When the liltlo
city was organized Juatico Field was
elocted tho alcado of the place. Thin
offico carried with it tho dignity of
mayor aud at tho same timo imposed
all tho dutios of tho bench, liero tho
future jurist dispensed justico aud
made his name widely known through
out tho length and breadth of tho
growing Commonwealth, llawasfond
of talking of hiB early days in Califor
nia, and often said that the happiest
days of his life wero when ho dealt out
justice iu Marysvillo behind a dry goods
box. Ho was elected a member .of tho
first Legislature of the Slate and was
mado a momhor of tho judiciary coin
mittee of that body. Ilo was elected a
judgo of the Supremo Court of Cali
fornia iu 185? for tho term of six years.
In 1850 ho became chief justice, suc
ceeding Chief .J ustico David S. Terry.
In 1803 President Lincoln appoint
ed him associate justice of tho Supreme
Court of I ho United States, and he
held that position until his retirement
on Doc. 1, 18i?7.
Qua) 's Trial on af Last.
PuiLABELFUlA, Fa., Special . ? Kx ?
United States Honator Matthew S.
Quay and his eon Hichard II. Quay,
wore called to tho bar of tho Court of
Quarter Sessions Mouday, and after
many months of vexatious delay, tho
trial of tho two defendants was begun.
Judge Craig fiiddle, ouo of tho oldo^t
and most respected members of tho
benoh "was tho trial judge. District
Attorney Jlothermel, after two hatfrs
had been spout in selocting a jury,
olected to try ihe ex-Senator first *on
that ono of the five indictments (in
which ho and his son are variously
named) which charges Mr. Quay and
the late ex State Treasurer lionjamin
J. Haywood with conspiracy in using
the State funds for -their personal bene
fit end profit and m amsnnor unauthor
ized by law. This aotion practically
leares the ex- Senator alone on trial.
^
Another ftaitroad Deal.
Khoxtuxx, Tmd? Special.? It is J
aemi-offloially rspDtt^d here that tho
Ksoxrille & Bristol Railroad promot
ers, together with the Atlanta, Knox
?ille k Northern Railroad, are about
to pnrchaae the Knoxrille A Augusta
Ball road, running from thia city to
Mairjravili*, ft distance of 19 miles.
Stivers Strlwtfly W enetfed.
Bavaxi MAB, On., Special.? Pr Irate j
Jamee Mordook, & Company E, First
North Carolina Regiment, is at the |
government hospital, in a critieal con
dition. Pilrete Cook, of the same r4&
company, isaleo at the hoi
iderably brained. Beth w
f toefea. tMM men i
AventfaTft tejfce, by
the Fovrtk nSiam
Receives Letters From All Parts of I
j
the Union
ABOUT HIS DECENT ASSEIUION j
Itui lie Knew Nut Whence II' Came .Nor I
Whither lie Is Coin* ? (Hi* Trip to:
Florida? Another Ttusi.
Now there is another tru??t ju?t co.j- {
t>ummutt*d. Mr. Yitndorbilt aud Miss
Fair have put their millions topethoi '
and somebody ia going to tuft'or by it.
Thie thing i? utl wrong. l?iclr people
0 up, lit not to ma try rich people, but I
don't 8oo how wo can (stop it. There
are prettier girls than Miss Fair and
liaiuUouior men thuu Mr. Vaudtvbilt,
but money loves muuoy uud that nettled j
it. That pretty littlto nurserv story j
about Cinderella marrj'ing a prince 1* i
as deiul os Hector. Hut I dou'tsoohow |
wo oau provont these trusts and com- i
binations and great accumulations with
out a hoary incomo tax and au luher
itaueo hix. Kvon thou tho millionaire*
would hide out of it or lie out of it.
'I hoy would dodge the leveuue men
j just like tho moonHhiuoi's do. Wo t ec
! that Vaudorbilt is dodging thom now
[ iu Now York aud Governor iioode
vell is after thorn in a spocial rues
Bftce. It looks liko wo poor folks will
iunt havo to submit? and tbank tho
Lord that wo arc out of jail and that it
is as well with ua as what it is. Thoy
can't form any trust ou air aud water
and our gardons aud homo raised
ehickoua and eggs and potatoes. Wo
had asparagus for diunor to day and
will havo ttrawberrios in a week oi
two. There aro many good thing* not
vet in any combine. I .suggested to
Mr. Healer tho other day that 1 was in
favor of a church trust in ovory small
town, for I wanted to hoar him and uli
the pi cnohtfi s preach and \> as afraid tc
i leavo my own littio church for fear ol
giving oiTeuso to our prcachor. I 1 1 ? i ii k
it would be .'i good idea fur tho preach
ers to rotate aud preach i:i tho different
churches, and wo would mako u com
hiuo of tho salaries and divide it out
pro rata. Doctrinal sermons hove
about played out, anyhow, and excopt
nig baptism by immersion, there if
very littio diflerouco in tho ossontiat
principles of tho Christian deuomina
lions, We want to idolize nomebod\
?nd I just as lief idolize four prearhcr*
as one.
[ fiomo of tha preachers are disturbed
ilunit what I w rote about tho 100 in Now
York, and want mo to retract aud ex
plain, and I am pleased to learn from
J'lio New Voi k Christian Advocate that
tho Associated Press dispatch that I
quoted from w as much exaggerated and
distorted. ICuoukIi in admitted, how
ever. to show that Hoy. Cadman is n
skeptic on the subject of miracles and
drew conclusions from his own ni
gumeut that the editor says he cannot
accept aud that Mr. Cadman says he
does not himself accept. That is funny,
1 he editor says theso proachors often
give tumultuous applause to a rner
itorious paper, but would refuse to in
dorso or approve tho paper, 'lhat i;
Minny, too, uud is an admission that
Mr. Cadmau'a Hrguinent against mir
aoles wn.s meritorious.
Hut enough of this. 'J he noithern
Methodist church can take caro of it
self. Tho oditor says ho ha? received
from two to twonty lottera from each of
fouiteou difloront slates a-king if iliat
press dispatch spoko tho truth.
And I havo rocoivod many, and among
thom aro two who ondorso Cadman ami
tho 400. and ono from a Mormon Lldor
who asserts that tho purest of all
Christiau faith ia to he found only ii>
the Mormon church, and lie solids m<
Homo tracts aud boga mo to read them,
iho lotters I havo received ore no
doubt sincere, aud they aro writton in
polito aud echolaily language, and gave
mo no ground for offense.
Many men of uiany ininds thero are'
ia this world and it becomos us io bo
tolerant. Error thrives on intolerance
a(pd persecution.
!An?l hero is an oditor from Virginia
who Complains to tho Constitution, and
takes oxcoption to ray saying: ".So far
as I am conoerned I feel as if I was
nothing and lesa thnn nothing iu tho
scale *of existence, for I know not
whence I camo nor whero I am coing. "
And Ha askr impertinently if I have
becom^an agnostic, and says my utter
ance* ar? astounding. There are some
i smart people who are hyix>criticsl aod
can't help it Thty hunt for aometbinit
to bawk at and feed tbeir conceit.
What roan knowi the secret of bia l?o
|/|n? or whera ha oame from in the bo
(Tinning? Tha Lord answered Job eat
of the whirlwind and said "Whera was
? thon whan' I laid the frnttdnttooi of
tha earth. Declare il if thon bast un
i-darafanJfng. " fer&epe thie editor cea
aeawer. Aud the fcord asked
Job: "Have thw gataa of death been
opened a a to thaa? Kaowaat thoa tha
ordiaeeoae ef hssvta eedeaeatrttbou
aet the doaiaioae thereof Y' Ttta
editor wanta to kmttm Uljmtn a Bibtc
before me. .Tea, aad lha4?a what it
aaya ? eed asaeh a?or4 ee the! I.oe
Owe day Iwaa taikieg to Dr. Caadier
Jttbad
tiuiti inn ? H >i ill' Willi bin i?ad Mini
od and B<udr "llv.lo, I ? in hop. I a'.moo
in?, I ut i \v liovo uro you goinji t 1 uo
bit-hop pu II o-l himso f u jooUy a? i'ic
oar began * <* move aid (-aid: "My
f mini, 1 Hin *:?>ing to hoaven. \\ hero j
u ?> you g?iu^''" J enjoyed thut. but '
l hit I boou tho i ??por i t?r I t It i n !: 1
\v nil havo :l*ked: .\ti.l wnoio is
ioivon, mid how I'M i* it. a u.l when
\>.ii soil get thrro? I In*/ Undiscovered
o m 1 1 1 1 1 y iiom who u oo no tittvolot re (
?> i ns h stiii Uio myMoi v of .mystcnev j
,Ko, my friend, I repeat that 1 Know J
aol whouot) I camo uor \\ hilliuf t "in |
?oiug and therefore 1 humble m.\ ^olf ,
an. tor tho mighty hand of tiod ami
j lru*d 1] i ill us a liltlo child liu>;ts its
father.
I h-ivo iust loturnod from t? briof
ciatt to Jack^oiiv.Uo, whoro I wont in
??citron of mtidwr wt-ttlher, foi 1 hav? u
had cough ami tho grip, otc. , but I did
not find uiuoh difference Tho woathor
in had o vo vv w h e? i o? o t on a trust 1
i reckon. 1 had hoiuo fun, though, ut
tlio ox I'Oiiao uf olhor people. A good
old matron camo to J-eo m i andlavishou
nu uio many pleasant ciuuplimouls and
among olhor things said: "iou mu d
Como aud f-co u.-<. 'W e havo every book
that you aver wrolo upon our parlor j
table. Ye*, wo havo your Tnclo I'.o
miia' and your 'Jlmjo and Duddy
Tack,' tho i ll ;i n way, and all your oilier
books. Wo* 1, now of course, I didn't
havo tho meuuuoas in my hoailto tell ,
her that 1 wan not J'ool Chandler liar- j
rls, to I just swallowed if all down aud j
fell fluttered. j
Next I tackled a conductor, aud whon j
I ho road my pays ho looked at mo nud |
smiled: "f am very glad to moot you, j
Major. My fathor wus u Columbus \
man and ho jmd bunked on you. its, ,
up to tho day of his death ho said ev
erything that Bill >*yo wroto
"Bill Nyo is dead," said J solomnly.
lie looked bowildored and I relieved
him by telling limi that I was Hill Arp <
. '
and not Bill N y o. |
i wish f was rich I know a man
whoso name was Duucau, aud ono tiny
I found linn brooding over tho tiro in
h;s back store, aud hays 1 "What aro
you thinking about, l>uucau?" Ho .
smiled sadly and said: "I was just j
wishing Iwasxich." *' What for," said j
I. "Why, just to havo my opinions
respected. Ono of my customor3 askod ]
mo this morning what 1 thought about j
cotton? would it go up or down, and I
told him I thought it would rise in a
few days, ayd ho told another feller
wliat I ami ho turned tflp his nose
and raid: "Duncan? Duncan? l>mg
Duncan. What doen ho know? Why
dident yoti as' 'Shorter?' Well, Shorter
hi icIi and I'm poor, but I know mote
about cotton than ho does, for ho never
bought a halo in his life."
Now, I don't want to bo rich just to
havo my opinions respected, but I would
like to havo a charity fund at my com
j a nd so that I could respond to some
of theso pitiful appeals that I receive
i almost every duy. They inako noe
I heart sick and 1 cau't do auytliing.
' A bout half tho letters I roceive usk for
i Hoiuethintr that I cannot supply, 'llie.v
! want to Iniow tho missing word and
I some of them actually offer to give m<
j hall tho reward if I will tell it to thorn.
I And then these chain letters como
almoht ?very day and they expect ine
to Bond so mo money and mako three
copies uud houd to throo of iuv friends
and pay postago all round. And somo
of wy young fiiouds want compo-d
I iuu.i or potiits for a dobato about the
Philippines or tho Cuban war. And
sum? ambitious young people scud me
a lot of poetry to be criticised. Thoy
aro afraid of i'rauk Stanton. Well, of
of course, all iho'o lottors aro written
with good intont and hoiuo of them
havo a stamp inclosed, but thoy aro n
white man's but don aud I cannot dc
justico to thorn. As for autographs, I
solid t Li o in with pleasure, for it is nn
easy ta:ik. I wonder if "Uncle Romus"
bun a similar ex perionce. Nevertheless,
i nmdtiil oalm and nercuo. ? Bill Arji
til Atlanta Conatitntion.
f An Infernal Machine Sent to Andrew*.
The York Eveuiug World states
that tivo weoks a?o Wallace Andrew*,
tho president of tho Now York Steaiu
Heating Company, who was burned to
death in his Fifth avenue home, with
his family, recoived through the mail*
an infernal mnchino liilod with onotiirti
explosives to blow his honso to pieces.
The machino.nccotding to The Evening
World, cumo through the mad, umi
was an ordinary box about livo lnclio
Ion containing an arrangement ol
powdar, matches tMid sulphur.
! Brief Notts.
Tho- Now York board of health in
8peotdra.bave found two second-hand
' dlottfing factories thai thejr claim are
bot-beda of disoasa. Sanitary Super
intendent Roberta baa issued orders to
close np these places.
TbTi year Ibero jrill be aTailablec, for
the naval milit?a organizations of the
United fitatas 860,000. -It will be di*
trilmtod atn'ong tb* organisations f w
tha ba*is of the nnoabar of patty offi
cer/anv enlisted men actually in ser>
rkf.
4 flss a Jftesepetjr of Ssit,
The Prtocc of I'alermo la a*id to owe
bla wealth chiefly to tha tnda In enow,
or which be ha- a monopoly. The enow
la toronsht at ntght In haaketa on mula
[ tacfc from the mouatalna to ftBa coaat
I tad shipped to the Italhui cities,
P where tt ta void at tiro and three cents
EXCHANGE OK PEACE UftAtY
r ollo? cO lu >i I'rovi.uHatioj t>v tiic Presi
dent? Hc.huiu N'im \p|?Mi?ud Mini."*
tor to Spain .
Wasutnv.ton l> r , - 1'liO
condition of war which has < x tr>l bo
twoeu tho I * n i I o <.1 J -.lutes hi: >1 Spain
ttin oo A pill * 1, U * inm.aiL'l 1' u
day, \% In.: ii iho hi .: fo' lllrtlitic.-j in tho
l'Cht-Ol'at 1011 of pC!K'?"' WiIC peiloimod I
tho i XoIjiUikO ?.? f 1 atifi. .'Uiolih of tlni
poaco treaty. Cot i.oulo u t With this
Piestdeiit McKinley issued ln? pro
clau lilii'ii, i.v c!u) iiii,- that tho was with
Spam was at mi it; I, a tul tho appoint
ment of L'oUamy Sturer was deter*
mi nod u i on as I ml:: J Mutes miui* lot
to Spam. After tho eotemouy President
McKinley u.Micd tho fellowiug pro
clamation :
Whereas A treaty of peace between
the U n ih d MuU-s of America and Her
Majesty, tlio Queen l\e?:eiit ol Spain,
in tho name of her ?u;:u t son, Dot) Al
fonso XI 1 1, was cotiojutlo l fttul signed
by tltow roNpt'Cli vo ploinii tciitiaries at
Vans, on tho loth <l?v of l>cceuibcr,
1 tin* original rf which convention
hoi Hi: mi Iho English lied Spanish lan
guages, is word for word as follows;
(lloro tlio Miil uxl of I i: o treaty ih m
eluded).
And wlieroft;', 1 ho saul convention
hiiH boeti duly rulilied on both pas t11,
ant! tho latitioiiiionn of tlio two govorn
lucuta wein ex oliftni:od in tho oily of
Washington, on tho 11th tlnv of April,
one thousand, o?{.;hl hundred aud nine
ty- nine;
Now, therefore, bo it known, That. ],
William MeKinle.v, President of the
United Siutes of America, have caused
tho said convention to be made public,
to the end that tho same and oyyiy rtr- '
ticlo and clattHo thoro f nt?y l>o ob
served aud fnllilled with good faith t>,V
tho I'uitc.l Mate i a"d tho cili/.eus
thereof .
In w'tiio s whereof, I havo herounto
sot my hand and cutt-ed the se-l of tho
United St.ite;i to bo nllixcd.
folio at t i'.ti ( "ily of Washington, t h i
llth day ot \pril, hi tho vcar of our
Lord oiio tti .nsand, oi^Ut hundred aua
ninety -nine, aud i f Iho J ndupeudouco
of tho United state;) tho ono htiudiod
aud twoiity-ihiid.
Wu.IjIam M< K!nm v.
I iy tho l're-ddeut.
?tons Hay, Secretary of State.
V.i (Jcrt)iM Mansion burned.
O.uiD.w.r:, Jj. T, N, V., Special.?
William K. Vandorbilt'a magnificent
country rouideuoe, "Idehow. " was
totally destroyed by lire nhortly after
midnight Tuofeday moruiup. Thoro i?
not a wall left etandiug All tho cost
ly paintings and valnublo brie a-brac
were contiumod. A pr;eclovs amount
was paid for them, t-omo of them
bringing hundred* of thousands of
dollaiH. Mr. Vauderbilt and brido
made their oscapo from tho burning
mnnwion, stood ou tlio lawn and
watched tlie flainos. Tho total Iosb iu J
estimated ul^JOO.OoO 1 1? &}00, 000.
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Tin* Bi-, Metallic Qu stion.
London, Eng., Special. ? A blue
book giving the evidence obtained by
the Indian eurronev inquiry commit
tee, lias been published. It includes u
letter from the United States Secretary
of State, Col. John IJny, to Lord Al- '
denham, a director of tho Jbwik of
Kupland, dated November 0Mb, last,
fia3'ing: "Tho Waahioutou cabinet does
not consider it expedient for the
United States to reopen tho bi-mctnllie
question nt present, in view of tbothuv
j aeter of tho Hntinh miniHtry'H reply to
the bi inetnllic comiriifHioii in ISO?."
Colonel Hay added that tLio cabinet
wan opou to consider tho question of u
ratio.
f our Alcn Killed.
New York, Spocial. ? Tho tempora
ry Btructuro of the big Willis Avonuo
bridge, now being built over tlio lJar
lom river, collapnod 'J'uo^tlay after
poun. killing four men, and seriously
injuring f? x. ono of whom may die.
Twelvo or moro other woiUmou aluo
rocoivod injuries of a uioro or leas te
rious natnro.
The Lake City Lyhchers.
CliAJiLnsTO.v, S. C , Special. ?Eleven
niicdfjod Lake City lyncbera woro i>lac
ed on trial iu tho United States Cir
cuit Court here, Monday. Tho cast
aurainst J. P. Newham and . Early I'.
Lee, the men who turned State's evi
dence, waa droppod by the requon of
the distriet attorney, aud this account*
for tho faot tb.?t 11 instead of 13 m6u
?re now on trial.
The latest, news from Bolivia says
that General Pando, tbo revolutionary
leader, has dofeated tho fcrmy of Pres
ident Alonzo and baa occupied Ornro,
the President's bane of operation ?.*
rerly-Fi e People Drowned.
Malta, Special. ?Tlio British steamer
Klokwell, Captain Humphrey a bat
arrived . hero and raporta bain? in
collision with the Greek eoaaler Maria,
io latitude 80 longitoda 22, on April 9,
in the Mediterranean, off the coast ol
Tripoli. Th* Maria waa sank, 45 par- I
?one iroinr down -with bar. ^
Jamea Robinaoa,
/
MttXt \!HM' I nil CI! \UT>
)j^.n r.'fi- as pur*
t ii:H sr I V
1'ho ui If! no \ gunrroi'a oflioo Iiai ron
lored a veiy unpoi ? m it t deciaiou in re
^ ;i f ?1 I t the* mmi <o! c'.iatt busimva, in
roi'iv to t !i o i'| .? if iiHiocout third
pin t icn who l?>?vo pui\'ha*ed warrants
wiit be 1 1 1 wti vU-.l t> :i > n ,1 t'luuiis.
1 nl !u>V ;; I \ < ht> O Illil'll.
^ uiu.ibn, s i , Ajnil y, i ?.
llou. 1. Mo Malum, Sui.onutoudoul
ol i.diu'alion, < olutnblil, o.
Dour . I ho communication ui
Mi. \\ . l\ lutiir, i fli'ii i>n (u | i)n> ollloo,
Mihniitii iiiu> n .u-ui ion ; "'if school
ti iinIchm si;;n t,t'n?)ci warrants pavubWi
?' 11 1 y : OiH'dI dtl |? } ? I 108, Ullll
tlli? v'lUllll tills ItiM'U ??rid ti< !? tlllSll pit I 1 V
ll'N-lOlt I >ci .IIUO ll U<>, lllol oil J III V loth
lbr.', I ho n-iiOol cl * r it.- 1 r* i ! 1 1 litis money
to j;k credit, On 1 1 tiio thud party oollnei
b .? rii ?? wiiyji pi'^in .i ituj Lucy put in lot'
tin* ciuf.a Bu ia T
Jluv.i:^ uliciuly oxpit cd t ho opinion
tbtu t!:o fcCCtloii ui -rh-H-; It M'.'tOoti in
Miing wunant" to be i a: i.l cut ut tii'\ i
yeat '.s ltiml in u v.i o-, ami tiiftt tho
wan unt ? h ? i ... >1 ..so void, it lilluwn
thill llll'^.l ilila at!) \ it lliailCI'H
uul in h uu.'i: Uai.ds t hoy ?? 1 1.*. J lit* pu
per \ oi | * ? i tin.: |o ly ;t w hi t a ill it
w or till oils, u.i it ropl noijjwu'. lie
]:ivuinlity in i'Xi roisoil nil too I'aco ol
tho p.tpv:, u in I pui.inu-H l<n vior u ui*.
tli lit? utlviouti, I Uo 1 1 ii > t wi<:? having no
iinttioi ity to iHhiio lie u?ii 1 1 ti ii t the
UiOl O lllOt tl>. 1 1 it lilirt I'll u 1. 1 into the
lunula of ii thud puny i'ii n ho more
validate tho w 1 1 i.i 1 1 1 1 1 iii u U it i i a ? t lii'ou
drawn mi i ho roul iu.ni ol tho county.
JtJ.a stated thiil lite \iauntit in iir.iwn
on n district tint! will Line it bainmo ti.
carry over to next year f-nllivinn t to pay
l i> o \vnr rut 1 1. Uijiior tiio m'-v .r?
ht-ttuol J . < W oi iM'tij w hicU , jM ovhloH
that tho fiMinly t re.- hh r?.?r Mui'l riiny
fur wind nil miiuh ui<t) vpoiulcil to tht
iiuxt liscul y o ii i anil cicilit tlio iiinio tc
tin1 il.8tr?i t lor which it mum ttpportiou
o.t, it I o > o h all con nool iviii with , li i ?
youi h I mills, im oro.litcil ami moi ^oil
in tno next, ami cuu hu cxj'cniluil tv?r
lioxt yiMir'ji tloiMn only.
Your UutTO I'Oll'IOUl tlo'tUCH to know
if a boni'U ol t: utloci can rni])|oy an at
turno.v in li^'ii tlio j aymuut oi ciniinv
for nchool chartH, anil pay him out- ol
tlio mmi-ouI IhimI'1 a ppor t ion i'ii u?r then
district. JL u irl inclined to think thai
thuy biivo tintt autlioiity. 'Ii un action
woi o in otu; nt aymuut tho hoard of li ua
toon involving tnc oii itcat lonul liitoiiUilS
ot t lio d i.st r ioi , they would bo compelled
jo employ an attorney to protect tin
iutorohtu ot tho school, or piobably
allow tho ili.striol to bo ruiuinl. il
can nut bo lousohably ooutondod thai
Ihe^' Hhottld pay ail ntioniev ?;iil ol
thoir own pockotrt, lor this would moan
usually t it at in t-pito ol tiio ordmarj
j'utriotisin tiio diHtru-t would i.o u u top
io^ont od. J', then, tLey bavo pinvm
to employ c?un-el to deleud, I b?o uc
i uauon '.*by thoy nhould nut havo powot
to employ an aitoinev to briu^ an uo
tiou, or lor othor puipo>o? Id protocli
tho achool intcroatn.
1 by ijuest ion is ushod, wliut kind ol
uotico tihoiild l>o net' veil on the troas
uror to piovcut hi.n from pnyitifr the
warrants in (juoNtion. It tho warruntt
aro illotrul no lolttml noticein nccoj'fiftrj
hm +110 trcasuror is not likoly to pay aL
illo;;al wuirant. Am a matter ol policy,
, however, tl would bo wot! to notify hiu
ol tho condition of alVuis.
Youih ti ill y,
1". X. (itJMi.n,
A^b't V ttorney Ciouurul.
(l>ictntod. )
? ? .
Tli e IJ. V. P. I'. Med nit;.
I ho Uupti^l Yoiiu,' I'iiojjIo'm I'nior
mot in Columbia iast wock. 1 iio moot
in^ whs largely atloudvj, a build rod
dolegato.> being pioient, and tho xpotik
cm woro ouni?iira;{od by largo congio
gatioUH. Mi. \7;!! J", vans, pio?idouto'
tho local Uiiion, n-c!conu' 1 tho mom
bers of tho convention. 1 ho Lev. W,
C, fjindHuy, J>. Jl. , in behalf of t Ii ?
con<;roautio!i of tho 1-nt.t I5'tpli?<
church also heartily welcomed tho oon
veuti >11. ily Mtatod that tho mayor ol
tho city ro;<rottL';l that bu-inoat pro
vented him from bein^T rodent uud ex
tending ?t wolcomo An behalf of tlio city.
Dr. C. C. Brown, of Sumter, in behalf o;
tho^con vontion, in hi.i usual hupp}
***$1 loapondod to tho welcome ad
ilro:?aoH. Dr. P., ]'. Ciiivers, geneia
flccietary, wa.s llion welcomed by tlit
pre.sidont. i iio annual report of the
board of matiagors wav.read by Prof,
F. X. K. Jiaiie^-, of Edgefield. l iens
uror Jouoy, ol Balintburg, made the au
nual linuuciul report, which showed
that tho con volition was cut of dob!
and had a Miial bsliauco in tho treas
ury. When Dr. liomur, chairman ol
tho committee on place of tho upxl
mooting ro.io to muKe hi.s report, a rip?
pie of excitepierit ran over tlio hon?o ut
'ho rcMTHciitativen of sevorol eitioa had
boen working /uithfully over bitleo tin
firnt meeting of the convention to ho*
euro for their respective cities tho neXI
-Ttato con \ out ion. t'amdon, Charleftton
iiU'l U<i?;olieid woro known lo bo 111 tho
lead. Tho committee reported in favor
of Edgefield. So tho uexi I>. Y. P. U.
."stato convention will rneoi at that
place Ihursday aftor tho first bnudaj
it> April, lyoO.^ The de oiration from
Edgefiold, conmiting of livo charrniug
young iadioa and four gcutloinen,
worked diligontly for tboir cause.
Mr. Tbomas J, Tnockham, far many
year* HUte armorer, died in Columbia,
lie was armorer before and duriog the
war, and aince that time, until ? few
weeke ago, when be waa retired from
ufSce. Since then be bas4>e0o io de*
ciiolng b^lb op to hia deatb ,
Upoa tfie recommondatiob of
Eptmg and others, Kobert Bo^wi,
colored, baa been pardoned by Qot,
Ellerbe. The pbyaieiaa aUted that
the ne?ro was in miserable health. He
waa oonrioud of manataochtef il the
NoVember term of Creenwood court in
Ud7r and raceired e eeoteoee wf ftwo
_?
yttri
ta Camden on* April tO. PrepomtioM
"i, -r
r rn ~itti T Ti r*
e com n ?i agree.
^ Mistrial Ordcrod In the Meetza
Case,
JURY OUT NINETEEN HOURS.
ii i.% ivikl r?v c Wore for Acquittal, Six for
Minslaug liter and (lite fur .Murder ?-Cour I
A > ?? Ofiiltleil on (no Ulljfht Sdbt??tl?.
plioetsd ik
time ago a
Mdhai tl
Cot t'Moi a, H. 0., Rpooiftl,? The jury
iu tho Meot/.o ciiio was unable to reaoh
vordiot, ii 1 1 ? t Ml 10:85 Kunday morn
ing mud dismissed l?y Judge Watts,
who ordered tho case to bo "mistrial.'
I he trial ooituoeuomi at Thursday
morning, aud lasted throo days, iu*
eluding tlio t uno tho jury wan ondoav ?
onug to obtain a vordiot. Tbo case
wad tui uod over to tho jury Saturday
afternoon at throo o'clock, aud after bo
11)4 out 11) hour* it was impossible to
arrive at a vordiot. Court assembled
<>a tho bright, beautiful ttubhatb morn
nig, uiid there woro ? huudrod people
?hero anxious to hoar tho vordict. Tho
dof oil d a u t , Willio H. Mootze, waa
present, urt was hi* attorney, Colouel
r. II. NoUo.-i, and tho attorneys for tho
Mdto, 3oiieiior J. \V\ Thuriuoud, Col.
<oorgo Johnston, of Now berry, and
dr. H. iMcC. Ciurkaou.
When the jury tiled iu tirod ftud
loopy, J ml,;o Wutts inquired ol the
oioiuau, Mr. John T. Friday, if tbo
iny had urrivod ul a verdict. Hie
donor wan infoi uied thai they had uot.
i he judgo then u*ked if tliuro wan auy
,>oiut ol law which needed esplaui*
>iou. Tli? fureiuau replied thai thero
wus not, aud Judge Watts tbonorderod
,i mistrial. Tho jurors, altor being
httued thou pny?cortiiicates, were dis
charged.
Col. Nelson, attorney for tho defond
int, stated that ho would mako motiOH
? or tho 0(180 to bo given another trial at
thin term of court. {Solicitor Thurmond
.uo?o to oppoho tho motion of defend
iu i'm counsel, when Col. Johaatone
?uiggofctod that, tho court had assembled
i<ir the Hpecitic purpoco of hearing tbe
iouultoitho bolibeialious of tho jury
?ud no other business could bo tlrana
lOtod.
Col. Nelson replied that be had
uiado fio formal motion. He bad made
this stutomont of his intentions for tbe
information of the couusel on the other
->hIo, us Col. JohoHtone does not live iu
Wio city. -IMeetze was remanded to
j :i 1 1 to to await subsequent action of the
?ourt. Holms boon iu jail since tho
nght of tho occurrence. There has
teen much biccu'aiion as to the way
he jury stood, l'lio generally accept
?d opinion is that tlvo wore for a ver
dict of i.cquitUl, six for manslaughter
iiid one lor murder, it is turtber be*
mved thut when the jury lirut went
?>nt, two woro for murder, flvo for man*
daughter aud livo lor acquittal.
? . ?
A Jury Loaded With Hum.* /
Viola'.ora of tho dispensary law havli
ii<d a rough road to trcvol in York
ouuty previous to the last term of
court at Yorkvil.o, but tho tido seems
(o havo turned thoir way, tbo jury in
several iustuuoos returning vordicts of
"uot guilty," when the ovideuoe of
.mi i It. in (lie opinion of lawyer* t speo.
ators and, in fact, almost everybody
xcopt tbo jury, warranted a verdict of
guilty. Soliotur Henry is reported as
.uv.ng told a juiy :but their verdiet
v an duo to the fact that tboy were .load
d with moan corn whiskey dispensed
.jy tho VorKviIlo blind t.gors. lie also
-??td tlmt ho knew that oueof the juroca.
uad iiad at l?ast ten drinks, because h?
?jou d see water running out of the
oi tiers of hiu fyes, and bo was per
?xinally acqua.ntud with him and know
hut Ions than the iiumbet of drinks
uiontioiitW) would uot cause the water
u> How. He also said that at Wione
(?oro aud C'bestor tbe jurors drank rye
whiskey, which was not so offensive as
the bliud tiger corn wbiitkey drank in
i'orkville, and be thought he wonld ask
uie nexi Liogisluiure to pass a law allow*
.ui; him i'i'J por day extra during tha
1'urkvnio Court, aa it was worth at least "
unit much moro to faco juries loaded
with mean biiud tigar corn whiskey
:u>xod with onions, than oue loaded
wuh plain rye.
. ? 1 yi
r-atal Stree| Duel.
At Brunson Sunday night a fusilado
of pistol sboMiu rapid succession waa
heard, .itrfi it was soou developed that
a pitched battle waa being fonght m
tho street between James Pre^^**
Charlie Preaoher and Arren Pr
brothers, on the one eide, ^and
Uiad, Maok Bied, Jaibsa Bied, .
ers, and Joseph Connelly, on the <
As a result Geo. Bied ie dead, '
Ried is probably fatally wounded/
seph Cennelly ie eerionaly woia^M
aod Jamee Preaoher elightly woaadad
in the hand. I? appears that* safra
farm hand emyloyed by Qeorf?
was subsequently ampluy eu
Preachers aad bad Miff was
-dared tharehy.