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A THE t VOLUME X. CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. I8!ti?. V~N<). 35. irortHi il Great Excitement Prevails at John* nesburg, ' PROBABLE CAUSE OF WAR. The Reply of the Transvaal Republic With draws IhvlTjnchise Frop sals and Agrees to a Conference at Cape Town. i ?- ? lx>ndon by Cable. ? A dispatch from Tol^une.'hui g to Rpwtor's Agency, def initely announces that ti?n reply of the Transvaal Republic to the British com munloatlon wit '.id raws the franchise proposals an 1 ? ^rees In principle to a' conference a: Capo Tcwn. The after noon paper- taiie the view that If the foregoing di- j at h Is cik rect, President Kruger'* roply 1, ominous, and It was palpably mid"1 n gain Mme. Sir Al frfvj \( 1 1 ik i s p'lggp&tlon of a further eonfercneo nf Cap" Town was Instigat ^ ,vd with the ; purpew* of oonside'i lag ? details r,n:l for the enfc:vonient of the ooncosulojy? offered by t-ho Boora. If those corees?lons are withdrawn, there ean bo no oMeet from a British point *>f view for parleying lor'ger. The only -nference to be rfrawn Is that the Dorrs hive taken Mr. .1 oa. Chambecla<!n the secretary of slat* for the colonies, at his word. In a b:~ac'.or sen?-?. -than he Intended and 'that they now want to begin negotiations -r<veT ag'rvin on nn entirely new basis. The shrewdness of this reported move is not likely to nave it from being Interpreted by the British government as a thinly veiled defiance; and iu.icbb It is accompanied by a vague agree ment to further confer, it would be generally taken as sufficient cause for immediate hesi Pities. v ? Regarding the exact terms of the re ply in question, reports continue mys tifying In contradictions, but all agree that thrt exc'.t orient in .lohannesburg is unabated and that the exodus from that riiv Is continuing and that distress there is Increasing. Cablegrams from Boer and Brit.'sh Houth Africa sourecs detail war proportions on all sides. Dewey at G.br iltar. Gibraltar. Bv Cable.? Th* United States cruiser Ol.vmpla. with Admiral Dewey on hoard, which arrived hero at f) : 1 5 o'clock Monday ruoi nlng. fired the usual in noror of the garrison. * and the compliment was returned by the battel lc? on fhore and the. British battleship Devastation. Admiral Dew ey Is sl.'ghtlj indisposed a* present and Intends to live ashore during his stay here Mr. flora* in T,. Sprague. United State? cmsul at Gibraltar, an old friend of Admiral Dewpy, warmly wal ^ coined him At. noon the American oommanir-r landed th? batteries again ^ saluting him The? second battalion of ttoo Second Grendler Guards e^cortcd Admiral Dewey in the carriage of Gen eral Sir Hotjto-i Biddulph, the govern or and rommfr.ader-in-chief, to the pal ace. for the purpose of paying General .Biddulph an official visit. The Olympla. Is expected tc. sail Saptember 11th di rect for New York. The crew of the warship are well. Ga'ifflct's, Sound Vlws. Paris, By Cable ? Genera! (The Mar quis) de GallifTet, Minister of War, hat. allowed it to become known that he Is absolutely opposed to secret session* of the Dreyfus court-martial at Rennee. It Is stated that General de Galllffet has telegraphed to the government tconiraissary, Major Carriers, in this sense, stating that Tuesday's session of the court-martial, in camera, should be confined to acquainting the judges with the name of the foreign government mentioned by Cernuschi, the Austro< Hungarian refugee who testified before the court Monday, and adding that the government desires that the truth shall be eftabliehed in the full light of day. Labor Day Celebrations. Philadelphia Special. ? Labor Day whs fittingly cei^rated here by two parades and other demonstration*. Tfocre was -a general suspension of bus .^Ifcess. of public In&Mtutkms, etc. New York Special. ? Labor day wa? favored with <i bright sun and brisk trroczc nnd thousands took advantage of the fine weather 4o enjoy a day's va oatlon. Business was practically stop >ed. Baltimore Sprcinl.? labor's holiday jr*& ccflebraied tn a fitting manner Monday, by ?t.hoiisa ndw of Baltimore ar tisans. Business was almost entirely miapeoded. Boston Special. ? Splendid weather g*vo the labor men every chance to hold a fitisfactory holiday. Tho par ade In the afternoon embraced between 6,000 and 10,000 representatives of or ganised labor. Ha Mf(6? fTbUtV Cea?fe^it/e?#.. Newport J*ewe Special.? *rtfe <Je atrorN the Hoanpton Female toaftlofe Monday afternoon, entailing a 6mm of $10,000. _ The building; was valued ft mjiflO and the furniture 930,000. A atack company enrami aad ooakolled the Institution. Tuei? 8l> *0000. Traf ef the NrUa KMiri. ?hrlen. Ga., Special.? fa Ike jWfWiti ooart, Is the rfpt trtaOe, Jodja letUwX ?v?hMfi of veotao In the eoee of John DiiMMi. m -Delect}. d Mifiili Del' #?*), for the vviOk of Pmly flWtff lW noeod. The cane ?tt hf toM H ? nghnm cotmty, at a epeetM tena of the ooart, ealtad to ?iwll? aesMPM The iiileiniig #m tioodu the Jail ta fthe enrt hohee rtad the da* eaah ttaM voder #NH of a aqaa4 <* eotdleia. rrirfla tBii r THROUGHOUT? THE COt?Nl KY, V .1 he SouNl. The (over has been fleolared epidemic at Kev West, The ^ype of the disc-ive ?8i me to. bo very i/Hd Owing to strict quarantiiV very' little fear is felt at Jacksonville and otlior Southern port> Colonel Davidson. cx-Cougressmat\ from the Eleventh Kentucky district, is In a critical condition from paraly-sia. Mayor R E. Boyle, of Atlanta. Tex., in in Jail charged with murder, for shooting his brothei -in-law, Albert Culberson, on the street. Throe hundred minors of the Soddy Coal Company, at Roddy, T?*nn , who. demanded 10 pei cent, increaso in wages, have compromised on a the per cent, advance. for the third time within a few months the toll sate on tho Eminence and Clear Creek pike. In Shelby Comi ty, Ky., was Saturday night destroyed by dynamite. Former Se.uutor J. C. S. Hlaekhuin ha* broken down, and will have to home to Vermont hih! lost He has f>atei\ scarcely anvthitiK for a week and (its eoyidlt ion is serious. Me i* not ab'e to belli in Gopher* campaign Rev,. Dr. \V. M. ? J rl*?r. Preslamt of H!r*kine i'nllnpe, pur West, S. C., OUO of the ablest and hest known minln ters and educators In the South, died a! his home last Sunday at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Dr. tfHer had just i ? turned from the eoimtrv where he had preached at 11 o'clock. E. D. Free, who wnsiappoinied Treas urer of Barnwell county, Soutji Carol! na, on the death off his father, the former Treasurer, retorts to tjAe Gov crnor that he finds a\pfi cubage In hie father s accounts of ?x,70?r. The bh.OI't age. he nays, was over $1G.0(W. but there were funds to his father's credit to reduce It. The son tells the Gover nor that his father left, him property enough to wipe out t lie shortage and this will be done. At Dallas, Texas, arrangements are rapidly being completed for a Demo cratic national carnival which will take place October 2 -and 3, coneludin on the night of the 3d with a "dollar dinner," covers for from 1,500 to J.000 being arranged for. The "dollar din ner" will take place at the new Audi torium. a* the Slate Fair (.irnunds William J. Bryan will speak at the Fail Grounds October -2 and 3. Other speakers who have been Invited to make addresses Include all tho promi nent silver leaders in the country. The North. At the meeting of th Amrlcan bar as sociation at Buffalo. N. Y.. Senator William Lindsay, of "Kentucky, de livered the address of the day. Sir \\*m R Kennedy, a Justice of tho Hiyh Court of l">Tstire of England, delivered in address tin "State Punishment of Crime." Sunday In Nov York was a dav of riots, ^uieldes, assaults and o'her dis turbance?. Preparations are being made for the great conference on trusts to take place !n Chicago September 13th to l<>tb. Te first meeting of the New England Bimetallic League nan held at ProvD dence Sunday. Judge Tarvln, of Ken tucky, Congressman Lcntz. c.f Ohio, ex Oovernor AJtgeid and Senator Tillman spoke and cheered, c* The vanguard of the Grand Army of the Republic reached Philadelphia Sun day, and the thirty-third national en campment opened Monday Admiral Sampson with the' North Atlantic squadron arrived off the city Sunday Tho veterans paraded Tuesday and the naval par #We is scheduled for Friday. New York firemen will be allowed time off duty for three meals a day In stead of two, as heretofore. The American Tobacco Company will hereafter/ buy leaf direct from Wisconsin fawners and will erect a big depot In Madison for sorting and stor ing its purchases. /"It Is stated that Hon. William .T. Bryan will stump Ohio with John K. McLean. Lieutenant-Command*- r Wine low, of Re.ar-Admlral Sampson's stufT, speak ing for the Admiral to-day. absolutely denied the report that Admiral Samp son Is to be relieved of the command of the North Atlantic Squadron a' his own request. The Commander said that Admiral Sampson is enjoying good health and that he want* to stay with the squadron. A carpenter, named Vandlver. at Salt Lake. Utah, gave his children, a boy and a girl, heavy doses of mor phine. sJfiot the girl, killing her. shot the boy", probably fatally, nnd killed himself. Foreign. A destructive evrlone has been ras ing Inn th* Aw>rw. , Th?? newn from rianjfWlNl indi cate* that a rup?nr?,N^r^mi4iient. The Morgan City 16 repo'JTW beached near Nagasaki. Japan. No one. hurt. ?Miscellaneous. Fire In E. F. Sanginetti's inerchin dlse store In Yuma, Ari., Wednesday, resulted In the loan of six lives and caused $150,000 damage. A crowd of men ware carrying goods from the building, when the second -floor (ell upon them. Besides killing six % num ber were Injured. Bdcapsd Spaniab prisoners tell the Americans thst the Filipinos are In need of rations and are using black powder. The backbone of the strike at the { Lake Superior (Cornells) mines has I bte* broken, the majority or the men \ 1 fott| back to work at the otd echeitute. | The trade of the United States with ctot. In the tat -It years. American] ? i? aufsUuies harmaupylauted arttclca formerly sepplied ^ other countries OoMrferioser of Navigation Cham berlalm thinks the United States ahonid I adopt Europe's plan of siibsldtalaf^es- j Freeident McKlnley bee returned it is believed readtedde^Ke coijhjjw h to the (ovtraaMit of Cebe, the l?hlHp-| ptnee, Porto Rleo pad Hawaii. The Veterans Reviewed by Presi dent McKinley, FIVE MILES OF SPECTATORS line the Route of Parade? The President Goes Aboard fli; t'alt eships? J, 000 Children On the ke\iewinf Stand. Philadelphia. Pi.. Pp(T.ja) jjWlJes day was t h r? gala day of tlny^ Grand Army oncatnpment Thousands of pco plfi thronged the streets afl/day Ion;.;; tho long line of veterans /ho partici pated in tho annual para?w? was chec:' c 1 to the ech ?"> bv a < oylp.ict ma>s of spectators thai covereiy the entire li \ ?* mile* of route. and ttre President's in spect ion of the naval squadron w .J> -? the greatest marine spectacle rvt?r ^eii here. 'Phe presence of Dip pre.-dM dcntlal narlv aixniscti liif greatest c n^v ?vl thnsiasm everywhere. The day's e^/ n is were Inaugurated by a formal call upon the President by Almhal Samp son and tho captains of tho fleet, after which the presidential .party proceeded in carriages over the tvnle of parade, the party, including Secretary of War Had, ?? Secretary Wilson, President Sehurman. of the Ph il ippino commls 8 ion. and "Admiral Sampson and the fleet .officers. At frequent Interval the President doffed his hat to the cheering multitude. The parade was an immense one. and In Ihe crush of spectators 100 men, wo men and clrtldren were overcome and carried to hospitals. Tho line occu pied six hours and ten minutes in pars ing. Post No. 1. the oldest post of the Urand Army, headed it. An Interest ing feature was a chorus of 3,000 chil dren, who occupied part of tho grand stand and sang patriotic airs. When tho Ohio posts appeared the aged para ii?Ts became wild with cnlhnprasm. l)ne veteran broke ranks and stan ling li?fore his comrades shouted: "Throe rheera for the biggest man on earth Major Wni. McKinley, of Ohio!" The appeal was followed by tremendous rheerine. In the squadron inspection, the pres idential party visited -the flagship New York, the cruiser Brooklyn nnd the hit'le-hips Indiana, Massachusetts *nd Texas. Throughout there wa- a continuous roar from the guns, 1^2 in all being flr??d. The President was re. celved at the gangway of the New York by Admira' ?ampson and staff in so cial full dress uniform. The <~a !! to quarters wa? sounded and every man aboard ship sprang to his place a? thcugh an engagement were beginning The sight greatly pleased the Presi dent. The President's speech war. the fea ture of the ceremony of official wel come to the Grand Army Republic, held at tho Academy of Music to-nlgV. He pictured the narrowing of the circle' of veterans and said that the Union was stronger, better and dearer with the American people to-day than ever, before in history* "We arc once more and forever,'' he said, "me people ? :>r? in faith, one in purpose, willing lo sacrifice our lives for the honor of our conntry and the glory of our flag. Tne Blue and Grey march under one flag ? v.e have but. one flag now ? the Fame Ihn our grandfathers 1 i f ted up, the same our fathers bore and that flag you kept stainless and made trium phant forever.-' The President also spoke at a ban quet at night, given at ex-Federal's Hall by Kingsley, Meade and Lafayette Posts, when he eulogized the men be hind the gun* of the navy and the pri vate soldiers, whose onlv insignia of rank W8* the blue blouse. Cross Ties en the Track. cross-ties on the trak. Albermarle, N. C. Special. ? The train from Salisbury to Norwood came very nenr being wrecked Sunday nlKht n mile north of (lold Hill. Four cri..^ Hps were placed on the track but they were in such a position thai the engine k nocked 'hem of without lining de railed. Th?>re I* no clue to the guilty pail ien. Trial Trip of the ker targe. Newport. News. Va.t Special. ? The official reading of the |ng gave th" first-cla^s battleship Kc.arsarge, which went on her trial trip Tuesday, a re cord of 17 1-4 knots, which speed was maintained for nearly half an hour. Those Interested In the construction of the eplandld vessal consider her ac zompUshment a phenomenal one. in view of the fact that the course on wj?tc& forced draft waa tried wa* In shallow water and that the bottom was ifUMur. hMjnc been In the. water cpn Uaaatly for nearly thirteen month?. 49 Cases Ml ? lettli. Ker W^V W.rdp^al=5r: Purler, chief execttltve of the State board of health baa aent oat the following dis patch: "Thar* are tfboat 40 caaae op to dat&jurt death*. The dlaease [tr itowty ipiwili|f ThahoapHal has a*d tha (stand la wwH patrons WL w*4f,T?*l?*- W4H ba WWW m SHOT BY ACCIDENT. Vptirif I ad> Ki ted by Mob Attacking Mor mon tlders. Chattanooga. Tenn . Speciul. ? iVert nesday night six Mormon tlders were oonductinK u meeting In a school houeo at Pine Bluff $tewait county, Tennes see, when the building watt stormed by a mob of over 1 00 men. ICggs and rock? wero t brow tut h rough the windows and tho bulldiu/ almost entirely demolish ed. Tluuft present fled to sa\c ihelt Ilvca^rfB bulleiB commenced to strike ?ullding thick and fast. Miss May Harden, n popular young woman of the place, walked between tho Elders Olson and Petty, with a view to chcvklng the worjt of the mob While the trio passed down the road allots wore A red from ambush, and the woman was hit by a ball and almost in stantly Killed Her brothers vowed they would avenge the crime anl after the excitement died out secured blood hounds and placed them on tiie nail of thp assassins. Hurt on Vinson a prom inent young farmer and superintendent of a Sunday school, wrote a confession, ^statliiR that he had killed tho girl, but that It was on accident and he wlrhed to rid hlmeclf of remorse of conscience. Shortly after the confession the blood hounds trailed to his home. Vinson turned, picked up a knife ami cut hts throat, almost at the same Instant sending a bullet through his brain. Ills family and the officers' posse witnessed t ho bulcldc. Trouble for Otis at lloine. Chicago. 111., Special. ? Tho Tlmes Ilcrald says: Charges of perjury and subornation of perjury have been tiled against General Elwell S. Otis, com mandor of the American army in the Philippines, with President McKinley by Frank P. Hlair, one of the counsel for ("apt. Obolin M. Carter, late govern ment engineer at Savannah. Counsel Dlair doctarea that at an early dnto he will alno file charges of perjury and subornation of porjury against General Advocate Col. H. It. Harr 1 1 li Presi dent McKinley. Col. Barr appeared in tho famous trial of Carter for the gov ernment. General Otis was president of the Carter court martial. Negro Rc/fiment Not Wanted. Atlanta. Special ? Regarding the an nouncement that a negro regiment would be recruited at Fort MePhersnn. The Journal says: "When the announ cement war mado that 'the regimen' would he organized horo. several ofll oials a? the Ivarracke. realizing th? danger of masking negro soldiers In the South, took the initiative. Mayor Woodward was soon acquainted with the facts, and ho wired Secretary Root not to send the negroes. A similar re quest was made of Governor Candler, and he reidlly agreed with the Mc Pheraon authorities that 1he presence of negrccs at this time, under the pres ent existing and disturbed condition*, might result seriously. _ Vasque* Ready to Give Way. Santiago de Lae Caballeros, San Do mingo, By Cable. ? Horatio Vazquez, elected president by the chiefs of the revolution. Informed the correspondent of the Associated Press that a presi dent had been cboeen because public order necessitated a superior chief. General Vaaquez said that he was ready to deliver the, government to Jlmlnez whftn the people required. The leaders of the partisan revolutionary bands are everywhere in authority. Pieeident Vasquez and tho minister of war. Ram ro Cacere*. hr.ve left 'or San Domingo city with 500 horsemen. To Repudiate British Sovereignty. London, by Table ? The Johanne sburg correspondent of the Standard say. . "It Is generally understood that there Is the strongest inclination in the Volksraad to repudiate British suzer ainty. A large flection of <the Boers Is htrongly opposed to a cessation of -the franchise of a five-year residence, and tho position is still very grave." The Relurnto Wastilnfton. Atlanta. Ga.. Special.? In vlow of the yellow fever at Key West, whof Tin t - terles B and N. of the First. Artillery are located, and the probability thnt they will he removed to Fort MrFiier son. Mayor Woodward, of this clt.v, ad dressed h rommunleat ion to Lieutenant Lyon. wh? Is fommandlna the Depart ment of the Gulf, General Frank being in New York, nsking him to order ihe batteries here. Troop* Sailing for Ho?<. Manila. By Cable.- -Of 'tho troops about to return to the United Statev thflwKansr.s men will leave on board the transport Tartar, the Washington regiment on )xmrd the Pennsylvania and the Ncrad* Oavalry on the Ohio. JUl three departures -will occur within the next week. Eight hundred me^ of tty?,Kansas regiment will return, and 2Qt) will remain at Manila. 150 of them re-enlisting. Three officers and 30 men of the Kansas 'were killed and 19 men died from dlseaao during tho smallpox epidemic, while 122 members of the regiment were woonded. Airtrtaa Aiiu Paris, By Cable.? La Laaterue aays that Colonel Schneider, the Austrian military attache here* haa telegraphed to the Aastrtan charge d'alalrea to juk General Roget If tka wfsi? us to kill by Rout l? kla reply to Pfteqaart's KWlBUlU hi the Drsyfg* conrt Mr. tUl was If nJil aa an knit yu it <r. rail INI) Of III! in. ? Infantry and Cavalry Kept Near it H, 1 1 ul. ? ? - - - ? FRENCH LOOKING FOR TROUBLE ? > ? ? f oreigners Alrcad) Singled Out a* Ineinif* of the Country? A Bad Jurn for |?r o> fus. Austrian Refugee Testifies Afauud Mm.* ? __ ? \\ MiNKHl'AV. Uonnos. Franco, Hv C.ihle. In t!io mat tor of evidence, Wednes (I y was <|iiito a Dreyfus day, only the dt posit Ion of tin' last witness, General Delnye. being unfavorable. Tho t e.s timony of M IMcot. a member of t !? o in itutcv is little likely, however, to fiffvc tho cause tho accused mater: nlly, if at all. because his introductions of ColonH So'oneide,\ tho Austrian military attache. as n champion of Dreyfus. was rather calculated to arou>e resent ment and adversely t ? influi ni p tho Judges, crucially a- i was followed by General* Koget's tart ful protest against Colonel Schneider'* un 'ompllmentnry alln-lot:? to French officers. Till HSI? A V. lion no*. Franco. Ity Cable. ? Tho Dreyfus court- martial ml with closed J doors on Thursday for the purpose of I reviewing tho evidence. lint little of the proceedings could be obtained and nothing of spooial bearing seemed to have been developed. Kill WAY . Kennes, Ily Cable.-- Friday was a very satisfactory day for Dreyfus. The Beaurepalre witness, Germain, who was to prove that Dreyfus attended Alsatian manoeuvres, found his state ments denied by a reputable witness, while Germain himself, tt was proved, underwent two convictions for s wind ing. This was l'<e only testimony against Dreyfus, the remainder of the depositions being in his favor, several of them being very weighty, as In the ca=e of Captain OHVvnlho. General Sobort. and Major Hartmann, their evidence going to nhnw that particulars of the firing manual of the 120-gun and hydropneumntle brake were almost raatteis of common knowledge among the officers, and that the conten'lon that Dreyfus from h>? special position on the ptaff and peculiar movements, j could be acquainted w|r)i them, has no solid basis. This was the sum i?f the day's proceedings, wtilch were not marked by any incident of unusual eh a ratter, the Roget -Bravere pp|?ode, n which Generil Pogert clearly gv.?? himself away, bPing tb* enly matter which attracted fpecla! af.'enjlon. BATt'RDAT. Rcnnes. France, lJy Cable. ? Llrition is the only word that expreaoes the fe.llng.-; of the Dreyfusards after Suftir day'r- pror.ee duigs. The tide h??s (limed at last, they Lay. and Dreyfus cannot he condemned after the evidence .:iven Saturday morning. The spirlia of the Dreyfusards are quite mercurial. Ever} day since the opening of the trial has c?.en them ri?c or fall, recentl> they have hern falling heavily, the close of the morfeing t^scion generally finding them In anxious conversation, accom panied hy ominous shaking of their heads. Saturday's buoyancy, therefore,1 is all the more noteworthy. Friday was a fairly good day, but Saturday's f-ebblon. thevclaim, puts the verdict out of doubt, and\ihe Judge raunt acquit Dr^'fus. y MONDAY. Rcnnes. France, by.. Cable. ? As the end of the Dreyfjis court martial trial comes within sigh', ih^ French govern ment is beginning to display h fear mar tne veroici may give rue to trou bles, and orders have Just beon receiv ed by two regiments of Infantry an 1 one cavalry regiment. already within hnil of Renne*. (o hold themselves in readiness tn roareh in at the first sl^ii of disorder, to occupy all strategical points and to repress manifestations In their In. op. ion. The local antl-Drey fiiKird organs, by thHr anM-forelgn ar t li'Jes. nave already ?ingler| out for eigners af> enemies of the country, and there iH lit lie. doubt that foreign jour nalist* will be ih? first victims of th<> violence of the mob? not so much Anglo-Saxons as Austrian. (Jerman and Russian Jews, who form a majority of the press representation of their re spective countries. Monday's session opened rather badly for Oaprain Drey fus. as a wurprlse wm sprung upon he defense In the advent of an Austrian political refugee. Eugene Cerninchl, who came out with a flat-footed de nunciation of <he aecu?ed, which, even though It may eventually b? proved ? pure fairy tale, is hound for t he mo mailt to axouae a malignant influence upon the French people, who have not seen Cernuschl and are thua unable to form a personal opinion of the man <lln I ni? ' 1 " ?? - Wu\7 iBuTmi^i nil f i f" * tt t ?vn h against Captain I>reyfus. ' tuIsday. The eonrt Partial opened with a secret session, at which th* secret espionage dossier mentioned by Cap tain Cnlgnet Monday, was -read. (>r noacfetr tke Atutro-llungarlan refuge, wjMTabt ?samtae4, but wlH ba esarein ?d by tba coort In camera. The open sitting waa reamed at I o'clock. M. Ubort pr?eted a formal preamble j and motion. Mklng itaUU-Kwir# moot coimniasioiu'! rciinrsi in ? v, mi. ment to :isk the power or pr ,vfr.> , mi | ? onu'd through diplomat!- channel f ? ? i > ommunicat ion of tlm document ?> < in, tnerated In the paper tilled ihe hut detenu M l>ahoii aa id 1 1 1 : ? ( he li ? 1 notified t In* government commission! t to nniue Colonel SchwHi't Kkoppen mii t MaJ. l\inl//aidi as?wii m s^es I > -r the court martial, if they are uil'in:-; to testify before If. On t hf* whole the scut Imcnt nf ih?> court, as Influenced l>v the tii.il of ov Idence si dim to grow mote fnvnr ahle to the prisoner, an. I the h >|>? Ills ncquital are In i k h I ? nliw: NUIkfY CHOP BtH 1 1 UN. jatherla* of Cn?p> I inlcr la\orablc Con (litlOIIS. Columbia S C., Sept 5. ? The tem perature, during t!u week ending Sep tember tth, ISO!*, averaged about yor mal, having been cooler than uaual du ring the first part and warmer than usual during last part of tho wool:. At a few places only <lal tho tempota turo tl o above On degrees, while tho lowest ' I'voint for that month woro I ordeii on August ,'totli The rain of tho week wcro general. nea\ v and eonl Intiotia. except o\?r (he (nut honM orn portion of the State ? In i r ihowerw only occurred. The iainf.nl for" the week ranged from half an inch at t'hrrnw to sl\ and olio-half Indies at 'iiarlost- n Th'' drought was effct tually broken. Cotton out not receive inueh if any, benefit from the rains, except possibly very late cotton that will not put on a top-crop Ah an effect of the rain, rust has Increased and open cotton has be come stained, and some blown to the ground, and sprouting and rotting iu i be bolls Is also general. Fair weather i*> needed for gathering cotton. I'ii king was retarded by the wet weather. Tim yield proapecta have not improved and lontinue poor. Sea Island cotton Is opening rapidly and is being picked aa 'it opens. I.tlight and shedding continue. The rains came in time to help iatc corn whlich is now very promising where not being destroyed by army worniH which Infest nearly every co. in ly In the western portion of (he State. Hut I'itt.le fodder could be saved durlnpf the week. LCarly rice h.irvest^k well underway, and stacked rlco eneml poinewhat from tho heavy rains, which, owover, were very beneficial on late rleo. |?eaf> and pra vines for farage as \\ ell as sugar cane, sweet potatoes, sorghum, and peanuts were materially Improv d by tho wet weather. Crass for hay is making rapid growth, but iu the wes tern counties suffers from army worms. The v week afforded but little opportu olty for taxing hay Much land wio fown and rerown to tntnlps. In the trucking districts, cabbage and :drnw berrv plints werp net out. .1. W R A!TRH. Section Plrector. Or. Oritf Died al Due WcM. Pr \y. M drier d)r>d at Due \\>s( Sunday afternoon <?< three o'clock of apoplexy. He was hurried on Monday at flv o o'clock in th? afternon. Dr. Grler preached at Hobble-hem. three miles from town. In the forenoon, and was etrlckcn down on reaching hi* home, dying in 40 minutes He was a ni3n who. at? an educator and gentle man stood second to none In the State, lie wae about HO years of age. and came from distinguished parentage, his fath er. Dr. 1?. C drier, having been pros! deul of KrHkino dollego before him. He was mor6 throughly Identified with Mils historic Institution than any other man In the State. At the time of the outbreak of the Civil War, Dr. drier was a student in Rrsldue Collegi. Ho was among those students of the col lege who find with patriotism, threw agit^T their hooks nnd enlisted a:> pri vates In the Sixth South Carolina volun leer regiment. He ru;i<fV> a galiaiu sol dier, and losi a log In the li^l.tinK around Wllliamsburp. \'a. After the war he graduated ami entered the min istry of his church, preaching II th" State of Alabama. Jiihl about 27 years ago ho succeeded Dr. Pat ton as presi dent of the college. lie was married early In life, and ho leave* six or M'ven children to mourn his demise. Of Wm. M. drier It can be said that no ir.iin stood hlfther in the council* of lus church: again, no mail ever dov'tod his I i f o mor<> unselfishly to the u???-e of his church and to t|te cause of cduca tion. Dr. drier was a scholarly south ern gentlemnn. a man with a brain and a heart. His death |f.- n losv to tht **11 tlre State. A Bonania for Dillon. Tho Dillon tobacco inark^f* continue.* lively, prices are still up, satisfaction among t. he sellers Is marfced and a genera-1 good feeling prewait*^ Tobacco tn that seetion 4w?* proven a yerl^JMoj bonanza, And the "golden lcjfcf^ will next year be made the staple erop, as the experiment of this year ha3 been so satisfactory. f> . ^ I Darlitnoa Fararr Slitk <f W.tU ? K?fe,_, What m!ght prove tgbe m fatal eut ting occurred in Harllngjotl county I Momlay night. Particulars were noti obtainable until ThSrstlay, whert ThT man who did the cutynf wm lodged in jail. R. I/f? Baas, aon of ex -Treasurer Baas, nnd one of the foremost young men of Darlington county, wm devere ly cat by A. <M. Rm4, Ratd waa^ ar rested by 8 her HI Searbocoagh. Bnas ia fa bed nnd la aaM loU tt ?mty ha d shape. Read esme ia this ? *- ? North CafofMaT aboat aad hM beea^ vrtlfc Rasa Tar WMi FEVfRirnrnn I he Island Com plotoly Cut Off From the World. TWO DEATHS REPORTED. five tlemiinc na<l Seven Suspic'otis Cases. Dr. 1'ortcr's Vacation Cut Shorl - Quaran. line I stahlishal. ? Jacksonville, Fla., Special. ? Commit nidation with Key West by the rest oj I lio world has been rut olY hy I ho nnlt>i'j of l>r ,1 V lVrtor, executive officer of tho l'lo| Ida State hoard of health, on ii< count of two deaths and sever.il cases ? hleh havo hoi'ii diagnosed as yellow fiver Tho ordrr was Issued Into Thursdav evening, by Dr. Porter, til) tho report of tho existence of tho dis oaso in Key West, from Dr. ("has. n Sweeting, agent of tho hoard ai Koy West, and snnitary inspector of th? pi?rt. I>r. Porter, who loft Koy West ono weok ago. on a brief vacation, wa? reached In Virginia and loft immedi ately for Florida. wiring his orders to quarantine tho Hand city. He will roach this city at noon tomortow and will Immediately havo for the South arriving ?t Koy \V? ?t on Sunday after noon. Meant line no one will he allow ed to leave I ho Island nntii ho shall ar rive. The ijjead are Dennis Fagan, Jr., dep. lit V collcctor of customs at Key ^\Vest. who was taken pick early In the week, and a boy named t'osgrove. Hoth were hurled Friday morning. Five addition al cases have heen diagnosed as yellow fever and seven supiclona cases are tinder surveillance. Those who have heen declared to have tho fevt r \ver? named hy Dr. Sweet In, Friday after noon, as follows: Oakley, Stokln, Mor ris, Browder and Pate, all supposed to ho white men. The suspicious case? are .Taylor, Sturgts, C'ockran, Rosen thal. Shanishlohl, Dr. McCallahan jyod Mrs. IC. Sudlow, the latter a resldent/of i Jacksonville. My Dr. Porter's orders, Stato S?ua 1 " 1 the Mrlctcst quarantine nnd ftoni hi? rnergetic character it Is certain ; that the orders will he nv>Bt strictly oirrlcd out. The officers at the State bojtd ol health office horo were busy Friday eu doavorlnp to discover hy wire the num ber of rnFns. the length of time that thov have been observed and the source of the Infection, but Dr. Sweeting has been unable to trace tho disease. The board officials have established a launch quarantine patrol at Meami, and have appointed additional inspec tors to guard against possible infec Hon from Key Wee*. At Tanipn, the quarantine station and patrol art oon sidercd to bp sufficient protection, as all vessel^ coming In pre compelled to dtop at this station. These two points are the only ones through which communi cation can be had with Key West, and they will be thoroughly guarded, Jt6' that the possibility of infection fr^m the l^jleaguered city is thus reduced to the minimum. The news of the fcVor In Key West was received In this city with no alarm. There Is no excitemcnt nor will there be any. Tfijr previous ex perience has demonstrated the efficien cy of the board under Dr. Porter, when Key West was formerly caught in the name trouole as now. The only com munication excepting by telegraph if over 150 miles of water nnd the rigid quarantine that has already been es tabllfclu'd Is sufficient projection. \ 600 Minne rs Drowned. Yokahoma, * Special. ? Six hundred lives have beefl lost by the flooding of a copper n>in? at. Ileaahl, Island of Shlkoku. - V'j Sound* I. ike Report From Otis. < ' i t y of Mexico, Special. ? The dswi from the Yaqul countries {.how that the Indians have been again encoun tered by the Mexican troops under Oeneral Torres and twice defeated and dispersed, taken refuge in the moitatalns, where they are being purpii^d by the troops. Tha hostile bands are regaining confidence. ..v." B. 4 C. Dinln; Cart. ; The names of a number of the dining uar6 on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail road nre to be changed. Hitherto, with several exceptions, however, Ro man generals were complimented, but the management has decided to glv* Home free Advertising to the prominent hotels along 4he Hae.-When-aH ? changes are made the thirteen wig be known as follows: Waldorf, Astoria, fiavoy. Netherlands, llMhit* tai^rTl^perlal, Raleigh, Walton, Ho! laiid, CaK^llton, Brunswick, Maimotr a wo Brevoort. flicwtiH deferred. Pretoria, By Cable - The Vol ksraad agl Uafmtd Uii JlniHwi vf Uif tw? oaspondence between the imperial and Transvaal govfinmsta natll' tegafdUMj