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THE e AMD EI VOUJMKX. ' L CAMDEN, 8. OFEICGRS REWARDED lion the Na>al Heroes are to be Honored. GIVING OF MEDALS PREFERRED. Hlgtit of the Captains ^Vho^Vere in the Santiago Hattto Detail the Inci dents to the I't csiitent and Secretary ol War. Washington, 1). C.. Special.? Tho President ha* again taken up the Ques tion of rawai/sllng the naval officers who participated in tho de- trad ion of. Cervora's ? fleet, off Santiago, juid h :? I final conclusions will ba embodied .js shortly in reoommendationo to Con gress, cither in (ho form of a tencwa I j of tho advancement of Hear Ad inir.il Sampson and the nine* is under hliu by numbers, with perhaps some nnvllfl _ cations ? tlio scheme which the Scnaio ^ refused to ratify last spring ? accord- j ing to some other method. [ The Secretary of tlio navy, in his re port, recommended as an alternative proposition, legislation ,on the line of the bill tytvX'luccd hiM. spring, which which pfovidos for three classes of | medals ? one for tho conspicuous con- j duct In war, cne for extraordinary he roism and one for general nuvltorlous service ? the tlr^t to carry with it a percentage of ineroj.su of pay, based upon the rank of the recipient and cal culated to take tho place of the in crease, which would bo the insult of ^promotion were that form of reward continued. Either method would con* template in addlton 'the thanks of Con- | gross to the commander-ln-3hlef.of the. North Atlantic squadron and tho oih cor3 and men under his command as they Were given to the commander-in choif of the Asiatic squadron and- the officers and men under his command. There also has been n suggestion for tho creation of the grade of vice ad miral for tho benefit of Rear Admirals tho Sampson and Schley controversy, tho reward of nil the subordinate of ficers in the North Atlantic squadron hns been blocked up to this time a.nd it Is the urgent desire of both tho Hi evi dent and Secretary Long thail Justice bo done tjhem and that they obtain the rewards which they have earned. Preliminary to a decision upon his ~~' ?UT$e of action, tho President and See g ? ' I a consultation with ?eiRTir 'W ""Tire Santiago" naptairs at the t White House. The naval officer. 3 pres ent were Ch-adwlek, of the Nfw York; Cook, of the Brooklyn; ClarV, of the Oregon; Philip, (now rear admiral), o! the Texas; Evans, of the Iowa; Hls ginson (now rear admiral), of the Mas sachusetts; Fr-lger, of tho Now Orleans, and Lieutenant Commander Wain wrlglit, of the Gloucester. Rear Ad miral Sampson was not present. The-e commanding officers were especially ' invited by the, President who desired to 'hear from own lips tho story of the battle of Santiago, tho general " movements and difficulties of the cam paign Including tho cruise of the flying iftjnadron In search of Oerv era's fleet, and their own Ideas as to the method at conferring rewards. ' For almost two hours the captains talked with the ?Prepidriit, who manifested keen I11-.J 1 terest in their personal accounts of the ' rtirring events off the south coast of \Cuba. Some of the oontroverted ques tions were gono into at length. Tho concensus of opinion of the na/viil officers as developed lit the con tfflnronce, seemed to favor the method of reward rcoom mended bV Secret iry Z^ong ? conferring of medals which ?would oarry with them n percentage of Increaso of payj^ln lieu of advancement 'by numbers. This would compensate , (for actual promotion, both by giving tnfcrcdsc-l pay and by giving to tho re cipients distinction which would mark them for future service. Ait the ?ama tlmeTn some oasos It would work hard - ship; as, for instance, in the case of Captain Clark. Despite h's heroic ser vice in bringing the Oregon around the Worn In such marvelous style, and the ffcUant service of the Oregon In the Santiago fight. Captain Clark to-day '.s t Vo numbers below his position at. tho a>ening of the war. This is due to tho ^fpanewnent of the Manila captains. ^ n"-- Both l>4iie For. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special. ? As a result ot a family feud. Jerome Hen* ? pon and Thoma3 Jones, hoth of Walker .county, Ga., engaged in a quarrel at Cedar Grove. Jono.3 knocked Henson down with a Wright, crushing h's skull. -Wenson mHn?K?d to rise, got his pis tol and followed Jones, overtaking him i *a he W4xa entering hU store. tlenson apttW the contents of his pistol Into tones' body, the latter falling dead. Door Shut Against Roberts, fitngton, D. C., Special. ?The re the committee of the House of entatlves, Which is invrst;gat 'tlie ease of Mr. ltoberts, of Utah, . made noon after Congress ire 3l?a, and there Is reason to be in ajority report will recom it Roberta bo excluded from that ho be not per ls credential* to et facie rights xrf being ' ?vUm, " ' ? r-' t, ; fr m**1* v- 5 ^ THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY* The South. Tho South Warrior coal company, with a capital of $50,000. was organized ut Montgomery, Ala., Friday by Igna tius Pol Ink and associates, for the i?ur pone of developing North Alabama mineral lands, S. Roman was electcd president, and A. S. Knowles secro- { tary. Tho hattlevhip Texas, bearing the bodies of seamen who perished in tho Mil i no disaster at Havana harbor In j 18'JS, has arrived at Newport Nows. The WVet Coast Naval Storr* Com pany, with a paid up capital of $150, 000, will be >3 In business at Tampa, Fla , with the new year. Tho company lua been doing business at PensacDlu. The concern In official and backed by sonic of tho best knowm business men of Forhia and lower' Georgia. Tho stockholders of th AlerMlvn, Miss., Cotton Mills, have advanced the? wages of all employees five per cent. At Rustls, I'M a., tho building owned j and occupied by the llill Printing Com ! pany, publishers of tho Rust is Lako I Region, was totally destroyed by Are j j Saturday. Loss $10,000, ,? Tho Republican Stato Central Com- j mlttee of Georgia dcclde<l to hold tho j next -Stato convention In Atlanta, ! March 7th, 1900, to chooso delegates to j j the National Republican convention, i Right Rev. H. M. Jackson, D. D? j j Bishop Ceadjotor of thft Dlooc.se of i Alabama (Kp'aeopal) has forwarded hi3 resignation to tho presiding olshop, Rev. Dr. Clark, of Rhode Island. Former Congt\e3inan Clover, a i Farmers' Alliance leader, committed suicide at his heme near Douglas, But- i ler county, Kansas, by shooting him- ' self. Despondency resulting from sick- j ? ness and business resulting from ;.lck- , ! cause. | TA building owned and occupied by i i tho Wll Printing Company, publishers j | of me EvjsIU Dal: Region, at Eustls, j i Fla., was totally destroyed by fire I i Saturday morning. Loss $10,000. The North^ Four more bodies havo been taken ? ; from tho wreckcomino near Drowns i ville, Pa,, making a total of 16 victims. ! Four men were killed and several others Injured by a "boiler explosion one mile west of Kllaabethtown, Pa., Tho boiler was used to drive a steam i drill and the explosion occurred Just j as the engineer turaod on the , .steam. Ho was decapitated his he-ad and body being found 40 yards apart. The bltumjYioiis coal minors in the Altot'.na, Pa.,' scctlcn, met In cotivcn- I tlon at Portage, and ordered a- Strike on January 1. About 1,000 men at the i Portage, Puritan and near-rby collieries i ore involved. Sessions wore also tield ; at Barnesboro and Patton, at which j points tho miners also voted a strike for tho increase demanded at tho re | cent Clearfield convention. Fire Chtef Croker, of New York, estimate's the loss of Friday night'* fire, which destroyod tho wall paper factory of Win. Campbell and Co., ut i $750,000. Between 360 and * 400 cm { ployes are thrown out of work. Porefon. The official Pretoria account of the battle of Colenso, Natal, states that . the Boer loss there was only 30 men* ( General Duller Is watting for im l proved aiUllery before beginning afr-^ j other advance on Natal. )* j Christmna gatherings of royal par sons and their children and grand children were held at Windsor, ^Eng land, and Potsdam, Germany. / A preliminary convention tyfis been signed for extending to Bagdad the German railroad in Asia Mlnor.\ A strike of mners has begun at~8L Etiena, France, which, it is feared, will spread to larger proportions. General Yc^ung haa been appointed Military Governor of Northwestern Luzon, with headquarters at Vigan. The Sixteenth Infantry will garrison Aparri and other towns In the Province of Cagayan, Luzon. ^ Army officers who bavo recently re turned from Manila declare that Gen. Otis' policy in the Philippines la a dis mal failure, and that the Filipinos will not be pacified as long as he is retain ed it) command. Governor-General Wcod, of Cuba, will begin reforms in the roads, the school system and the Judiciary of tho Island. . Groat Britain la seeking to get the Unitod States to Join her In a. request to the FvfUf h government to deflno tbe bouada iy 6f Llberku The French government will submit to ihe Ofcatwber of Deputies n bill pro viding $21,000,000 a year for improving the navy. ? American manufacturers are inc rais ing their exports to Russia. The agricultural tnacblnery trade Is prac tically controlled by them. The Chicago Lumber and Coal Com pany of St. Louis, Mo., will open a branch bagge In. "Jacksonville, Flo., and erect a new saw mill In the ?tate capable of turning out thirty six mil lion feet of lumber per year. The capital stock of the company will he increased from 176,030 to $1,000,000, and a mill will be erected South Georfi* al*6. - ~ ~ EXPRESS SYMPATHY. Anti-British Mass Meeting Addressed by Prominent Men. JUSTICE FITZGERALD PRESIDED. Congressman Sulxtr Improve.* Occa sion to (live a Kap to the McKinley Administration. New York, Bpoelai.? Thp United Irish societies of New York and vi clnity niltMl tho Academy of Music I Su,uj-*y ?t^n mass meeting called to ox press sympathy with tho Boors and op ; position to England in consequence of ,tho South African war. Senator Mason of 11 !i iK/ki, Congi^essman Sulzer, <\m ! gro^-maa Cummins, of N'*w York, ai;d I other# addtressed th?e meeting. J Justice Pizgorald, of the supreme j court, presided. After caJMng the nieot ing to order he said: "U is a great j honor to he naked to speak to this j groat audience tonight and to Jolu in expressing our deep indignation at the i unjustifiable war now being waged by j Great Britain upon tho people of the riunsvaal and to give utterance to our I sontinuvits of doop admiration for the gallant stand being made by th? em battled farmers of South Afriua In de fense of their property, their lives, thoir libortics. 1 ho British oolpn lal offieo seems tcy have, up to this point, made a mistake In claiming the fighting qualities of these farmers. It Is said that the <^lored secretary will send more troops to Africa. Perhaps when tho yeoman fox-djuntcra. and by the gracious per mission of the queen, the Duke of'Con naught, go to tho relief of the bestesrej n'S?8, ?n?,an<l'? C?P may ho again filled with hltte<rness. "Tho groat heart of the American. poodIo gees out to tho peop!e o 1 tho TiSfVaa'naMi the 0r*n?e Free State. They are fighting for the same princi ples they ore against the tamo sover eign and red coated soldiers that fought us a century ago. and would, flght' us tomorrow If they dared and thought it would !>onofU them." I Congressman Su-l&er ajjoke next. He said: I am opposed to an Anglo-American alliance, expressed or implied, e^p:>c; ally when its object 13 the advance ment or Imperialism, tho march of , armies the downfall of republics, the | destruction of froe institutions, the en t s lavement of man and tho perpetuity of 1 the power of kings. 1 he American people should cry out against the sacrifice of principle this surrender of rights, before it is too late. England never was and never will be our true and lasting friend. You can not make monarchy harmonize with democracy. Their principles are antag onize, and association inro-n^ati^c. "This Is the great republic?for a century it has been the beacon light of the world. In tho present Anglo-Amer ican crisis, why should It secretly aid Grent Britain? Should It not rither be true to Its traditions and openly sym pathize with the Boers? Ixiok about you, my friends, and answer, which is It doing? It seems the very' altars of our liberties are being destroyed by men in high places who are sworn to guard them. In this fight for home rule against English tyranny to be true to ourselrp^, our sympathy must and should be with the Boors. - "Tho President shoul<MinVer<5fTkre?l tho friendly offices 0/ this country to prevent this cruel r war. He should have r*;ponded foj; the great and m4gfrty petition for peace presented 10 him at the beginning. He should have acted on the findings, the conclusions and the Judgment of the Hagufc peace conference. He could have done so consistently. / ; -7 "Hut the blends of free institutions should, not /ose hope? we should not despair >ven though the White House seems to be enveloped in the atmos phere of an English fog. It is not too late for this republic to a?sert itself lu behalf of Republican Institutions. It Is not too late for us to demand an hon orable peaee In the interest of bumaji; ty, Christianity and civilization." Railroad Auditor Kltts Himself. Grand Rapids, Mich., Special.? Au ditor 1-rlab B. Rogers, of tho Chlcng and West Michigan. n:nd Detralt and Grand Rapids and Western Railroads, committed suicide Saturdo.v at noon by shooting himself thrfajgh the head while sitting at his desk In his private office. T>eath waa instantaneous. De rprm-dcncy over a loag nines* and a severe nervous strain are the probable causes. ' For Killing His Mother. Savanoxh, Ga.. Spatial. ? Mike E. Burke, whHe, MT^d 40, ? painter, wm anv?tod on the charge o t baring choked to death his mother, Delia Burke, aged 66. The msn Is euppoeod to h^ve been drunk. Yn a tlpay eondl THE MAkkLlS. Prevailing Price* wl Cotton. drain unc ProdiKfi CHARLOTTE COTTON MAUKKT. Those tlgurea represent prlc on p rid t< w?u?r>n?r Strlot (ood middling 7 5-5 , Good middling 7 9- ? j Strict middling 7 7 - 1 ? Middling 7 Tingle 7 l Markot firm. COId'MHI A COTTON MAUKKT. Cotton market quiet. Low middling 0 11-1**. Middling 7 I S Strict middling 7 1 4 Uood middling.. . . 7 2 a NEW YORK COTTON M A UK 10 T. Cotttfft futures quiet. .M.ddllug up I a mis 7 11-H5 middling gulf 15-lti. Futures closed a toady. ' HgllfSt i.OWt.v J (!'?);? i!\v January .... 7 bl 7 IS 7 4tfit' Fohmary ... 7 51 7 43 7 41WI; March 7 ,r 5 7 1G 7 -tiiftf V, April 7 .r?S " >*0 7 496p.W May 7 r.i 7 ;?i 7 r? t C' :> : June 7 Til 7 *>l 7 31 '<!?*' July 7 l?'l 7 f>4 7 54 August 7 tlO 7 .*0 7 50^5 September ... 7 02ft o Octobor 7 oo c u* a su^r: November . . C 0"> f? :i0 ii S7 December ... ...... I1ALTIMORK rnOUl'CH MAUKKT Flour dull a tul unchaugcd. Wheat ? steady ; spot "-and month 70 1-4 to 70 l-U; January 70 3-8 ? 70 1-2; February 71 7-S to 72; South crn wheat by sample f>S to 71 1-2. (Vuii steady; ?p*>t. mrnth and Do comber, new or old, 3fi 7-8 to 37; Jan uary 37 to 37 1-S; February 37 11 in 37 1-2; March 37 I X; Southern white und yellow 37 1-2 to 37 1-5. Oats steady; No. 2 white 30 to 31. Sweet I'otMto Culture. Thoro Rre a great manv^eoplo, capcoially in tho South, #m> think thoy know all about tho culture of tho sWeet potato who do not realizQ that thora should be a Rreut deal of dif feroneo in the n;odo of growing ,the orop for early use it, tho summer and fall, and for storing in wiuter. Most people make but one geuerul plant iug, aud the result. is that tho potato is so hard <n keop. It doos requiro special caro to keep t>w?ei potatoes f-ucoess fully, but tho keeping will be uiurdi facilitated if tho potatoes aro nrowq cspeoially for tho wiuter storing. For tho early crop, to l?o used or sold be fore tJU<i advent 6f oold w eat he. . tho plants sprouted in the early spring are, of course, the cues to plant. Hut for wiuter keeping tho laud should be prepared later on, and thoro is no hot ter place for tho purposo than a stubble field from which oats or wheat hovo been cut. This orop should bo planted early in July, and" tho plants aro merely cuttings from Ihe tips of tho vinos of the first planted crop then running freely. Muke the cuttings about o foot long, and as fast as cut put thetn Into a tub of wafer. TIavo tho ridgus already prepared and as toon us a favorable season conies and tho ground is frioist from a rain, mako tho cuttings aud dibblo them in at the usual distances on tho riilgos about fiftoou inches apart. A pioco of land that has prortuoed a good orop of wheat or oats will need little, if auy, nitrogenous fertilizer for the sweet potato crop, other than that furnished by the decaying organic matter in the stubblo and roots. Tho soils best tilted for tho swoet ' potato crop mechanically aro very npt j to be the ones that are naturally de ficient in potatdi. Hence tho neces I ? ny of giving them an abundant sup ! |/ly of this elemout. Ilut it has been qound tbat potash uaeds, lor its uem results, tli^jprescnce of a full supply of\phospbOjic acid, And that it will not give -(ho beat results if the ^lios pliorio acid is absent . No plant food is so generally carried away from our soil* in cropping an tbo phosphoric acid, aud it in generally regarded as a governing factor in all fertilizing mix tures. Fortunately, in the 8011U1 there is an abundant and ohoap source of tbis in the diusolved pbesphntic rock sold aa acid phosphate. For a fertilizer for tbis winter orop of sweet potatoes, I would adviao a mixture or 1509 pounds of acid phosphate, 100 pounds of nitrate of aoda aud 400 pouuds of high grade sulphate of pot* ash. After the laud haa bocn well plowed the rowj^ahould ho run out and 100 pound* per ner? of tbo abovo mixture scattered along the furrotfrj. Then bed on thla l>y throwing a fur-t row from each side, andchop off the top amooth before netting the cuttings. Ae soon as the first trout euta the rinea, out them off even with the aoil, for if left on thej will impart rot to the tuberp Dig on a sunny dry day, and do not allow the potatoes to be bruised by throwing them in heaps, but lei them lie in the nan along the rowa aa dug. Handle them at all timee as carefully as Agga, and throw oat for immediate nee all that get eut. Pile the potetoee la lieape until they here bed e eweet. When dry ?over with earth to exclude frost. Where Itffe qoantitiee are grown,one ehottld. here e bouee made fo^"T he perpoae with Croat-proof walla end farneoe ud dee for drying theaa off when Aret etored, end foLkeepiaji the tetfpere l?re ?P o?_rttfooj<l ni*bta. eotfc#! they will aot be exppeed to leeetheo Wivj OQgTvWU Wfj IDOQia Dl flfliu off it e teeaperetcre of ehoet ninety MP teea ? ! A MOVE PROBABLE. I A Dark iiiul Received From Ctiicvcty Ca:np. OE.NERAL BlLLIiR MAY TRV AGAIN. . A ruroljn Consulate In Pretoria I Under Suspicion ? Sonic Slight i Hop.*, j * London, by Cubic. ? Tho lutcxt spoc ial dispatches from Chlevely cnm;? hint darkly that hoiiip Important movement Is IjumlnenU This la In terpreted. with somo misgivings, that It moans tint Con. Duller contctn i ) lutes a rmifjval of |,|? attempt to iv ilove Ladyamlth. It. is reported by tho Rnmo dispatcher that the Moora lntve I ii uw retired to the north bunk of the | Tugola, being afraid that tho swollen river may bar their retreat. Thoy are j difo moving their laagers nearer La dysmlth probably with the Intention of putting further prossuro on mo ga r | rieon, which now fceetns to be suffering j pretty he.tvliy from th?> bombard in oat. j It Is dinicult. however, to conceivo I that t!en. Duller would make another j frontal attack, especially now that the i river Ik rising, and an additional hull j eat Ion that this is not hlj purpose, Is : the fact that he has moved his head i Quartera back to Krero. The Boer j movement northward from the Tugela is quite In keeping with the enemy's usual plan of securing a snfo lino ol retreat. It is known that Artillery Is due to arrive for Oenernl Duller, but the belief hero Is that 'his force, even then, would bo too weak. ITo may, however, be animated by a deslro to I accomplish something before tho ar rival of Ix>rd Roberta, and to satisfy tho keennesa of hi* men to retrieve their defeat. The reported engage ment with Kaffirs !a vory vague and can not be explained ponding tho ar rival of later dispatches. 1 he 1 imoa has a dispatch from I.o renzo Marquee, dated December 28th, j which says: "The suspicion that the , Doer intelligence departments is in en.** touch with a foreign consuUto In Pretoria \r. confirmed by the fact that tho news of iv* appointment of Lord Roberts as comtum*for-in?uhIi'f iu South Africa was generally 'Ktown in Pretoria on December 20th, indirect-!? roaclilng Delagoa Ray from the Trah3 vaal two days later. Suspicion rests upon u consul who la notorious for his Doer sympathies. There la reason to believe that Pretoria Is kept well In formed with regard to British military movements. "With reference to the rumors of [ somo Rmuggling of contrabandist fa j Hald that Major Erasmus, of tho Free Stato artillery, Is here, Kis arrival be ing coincident with that of the French liner. Considering the freedom with which the .^ranSvaal secret service fund is spent, corjMenable mischief may bo done unless cargoes are In spected by Drills)! 8?irehorB who un derstand foreign bills of lading. The Modder river correspondent tho Times, referring to tho soaro th.ng of the Doers, says: "Their norvoua nesa cause* much au^oaement among the British. It Is quite certain that half the Boer force Jb employed watch ing by dav and tho other naif by night. I Probably the consequent, wearlneua, I with tho scarcity of water and tho presence of typhoid will render the Boer position Jntolorable. Tllcir prca^ ent action is due either to a scare, or to a wish to cover a retirement to Spytfonteln." The Capo Town correspondent of the Dally News says: "A loading resident ?f| Vrybnrg, who was^j^loaseJ by the qualand West. He says colonial fno^a are to be seen everywhere In the Boer ranks." ' ^ The Irish Movement. Philadelphia. 1^. Special. ?Over 400 delegates, representing DO dl visions of the Ancient Order of Hiberu'ana, of Philadelphia, with a total meberiihip of 20,000, held a secret meeting la In dustrial Hall for the purpose of taking some action with a view of helping the Boers !n their wsr with Great Britain. Alexander McKernan, president of the Philadelphia union, presided. After the meeting had adjourned it was an nounced that the delegates of divis ions bad pledged every membsr of their respective divisions to contribute $2.50 toward a fund of $100,000 to be raised for tbo purpose of sending a hospital ship to the Boer*. It was also announced that strong resolutions of sympathy Xor the Boers bad been adopted, and that the members of th? order heartily endorse and will partis MORE SMALLPOX, Tun Ca*v* \\*n Reported In One llour>e. From what can L?o ascertained the smallpox seems to bo getting good Lead way la several portions of the State Just now. lu fuot, Its spread la said to he tnoro gouoral than Is known. A gentleman from the Piedmont sec tion mentions quite a number of cases thereabouts that had not oven btcn rcporti-d to tho Slat*) board of health At. the recent mooting of tho State board It wits resolved to make a vig orous effoVt to stamp tho dlseaee oat. lint It Hoems that tho cold weather is making the di-sonso move from polul to point faster than the board. Reports Htlll come to the governor front different parts of tho State. Re cently a batch of cases In tho lower portion of Richland county were re ported, an shown by the following let ter from Private Secretary Anil to l>rv James Fvaus, secretary of tho B'ate board of health at Florence: Dear. Sir: Mr. C. K. Slnjcloton, of Acton. Richl.uid county, has Just noti tl* h I the governor that there are ten cases of smallpox In one house In his community. He desires that Dr. W. J. HI vers, Mastover, be given authority to vaccinate In order to prevent spread of the disease. lie aays that Dr. Riv ers bus -50 points on hand, but that will not be BUttlclent. The governor la absent, but 1 promised Mr. Singleton to notify you nt once and to ask that you give the matter your Immediate at tention. He seems anxfous and fears a spread of tho disease unless some thing Is dono to onforco vuccluatlon. Governors Staff. i Tho commissions of tho inembcrB ot 1 Governor MeSweeney's personal staff i have been prepared aiul signed by the g(|rernor. They will bo mailed to the members of the staff as soon us countersigned by Gen. Floyd. The following In the corrected list of the members of the staff: . Adjutant and Inspector General, J. W. Floyd, Rrigadier General, Colum bia. Assistant Adjutant and Inspector General, Col. J. I). Frost, Columbia. Quartermaster General, W. C. Maul din, Hampton. \ Commissary General, W. l^-JrVllson, Charleston. Surgeon GeneWl, E. J. Wannainuker, Columbia. Paymaster General, GooPgo D. Till man, Jr., Clark's Hill. Judgo Advocate General, U. X GurlW\ jr., Spartanburg. Chief H^iuecr, Col. John F. Folk Ram berg. . Chief of j. Rrlstow Darlington. Aiders: Lieut. Col Lieut. Col. August tleut. Col. R. J. "YVatsonT leut. Col. James A. McC mire; Lieut. "Col. C. J. Redding, Char leston; Lieut. Col. Jame? A. Hoyt, Jr., Columbia; Lieut. Col. W. C. Hough, I>ancaater; Lieut. Col Thomas. C~ Hanier, of Ronnettevllle; Llout. Ool. A. II, Moss, Orangeburg; Lieut. Col. G. C. Sullivan, Andorson; Capt. S. 0. Hyatt, Columbia. The commissions dato from the 23d of August, 1899. J T sltei BjilM li ftehafc* ?? - - ---- 1 _ ? ... Killed at tlot Slipper. Anderson, Special.? News reached this plaoo Friday morning of a tragedy which occurred at a hot supper given by a negro, Warren Drown, at hla home, ^oiw miles north of Anderson, on the plantnlon of lion. T. B. Wat son. In tbo midst of the "klckup," ono Will Oliver, missed his handkerchief from his pocket (And immediately ac cused Will nruco of the theft. A gen-, "inlxup" resulted, several pistol shots were lired, and when the confu sion subsided it was found that Dan Lawton had been killed and Will Bruce wounded in the arm. Oliver es caped to his brother's house on the Tendleton road, whoro lie concealed himself until found and arrested the next morning, Two Resignations. Clovcrnor McSweoney has received and accepted the resignation of Mr. O. Lawrence Walker as treasurer or Greenville county. Mr. Walker re sign* to take the place In the comp troller general's office. The governor also received nnd accepted the resig nation or Mr. B. P. Jervey as aup?> vlsor of registration for Charleston county. The legislative delegation will bo asked to uaue his successor. Killed While Hunting. Walter Parks, a young man of the Falrview section, was accidentally killed while hunting on Thursday. Hla uncle. Commodore Rogers, was bunt ing with him, whon a rabbtt. -jumped up- jost before them, end as Mr. Ropem fired at the rabbit young Parks rushed In front, of the gun and reoeif td lts contents, resulting in almost ttwtatt death^ JJdr. Rogers la OM of the best <cttt*?Da *in the county, and has the /sympathy of every one in this depkxa Iblf accident. for wfcfcfc he fa mat Ar ; fclame. The yous* man w? hllhtyj Commerce In Cbioa to riit first-class fowi CJreftt Britain, Russia Italy anil Japan with tH| United States. I Washing op, 1). C.# > I m>gotihtio!yr ot?<tf*e<l by ft with the.^reat powers of with J.-ip.in towards Seen mon uii(!^rtaj\Uing for < open tloor^ftpllcy throuff] havo^net wlttf^nsnst gratli Tho State DouMtuifltiuUU I>rc3c>tu to make PulSfttot! tlio ropllos) [roilajvod, ttatl tluu will be embodied la ft sa?o to Congress. But 48 tore, thoroughly rei table** tlon to have trustworthy Information It la learned able rcaivouaos hav.f lteoi (iroat Britain, Gormanye;j Kla, ( t ho llussiain oomm^ lag as lato as yestarauy) There Is no that Italy, the remaining dressed, will make fa von If Indeed it has riot "nhSI Tho position of Bu VOfSB assured by'the fayoanatttm ed by the four other* jrtjg Europe. Tho i mportaooe. <|t|H vcrdict by all the tho world ? Qreat dBg mainy, France, Ifjfl conjunction with fl oaii hardly be^ftfigPH It relates to the ft^^H the commerce of tisfj .?'empire. The Btatifll loath to discuss the.'l ruILs to be secured j&jM rnont hdvanocs to thmM consummation, f0ri;3M response Is condltlAgB ablo action of all Uwl,?B that in each ?aso, UhmBH be regarded as ty. But Wiiile eat, the details OOttt^JW lieved to l>s ~ what has occurred. -Ja| According to tblS jj|H| DritlBh answer was m mitted, and was-ftinH heuslve and cxplictf&^H every suggestion maM State? relative freest entry to tbs iUgrlj[lsh ?iwr is il ? States by adqpfA&fl m uc h_ .Of ttlTi flTlllSi Secretary Uay WtM original note to^MM other |K?ws??. A-llSH to make plala-4jliijM gg emment COQOOM^J hereafter. In ft #dfl China -M ? Although fsnnjB served in British answer. Jjfl ? soon beoaanakajpl Rm-opeaa ?a^ttart|i a little-lffiisilM^^^^^H as ypredpltMljl signed to nnffMl powers the ITnllfrl Jim whits ts But thj more ? powers for the: