The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 27, 1900, Image 1

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TAYLOR IN EXILE. Republican Governor of Kentucky is a Fugitive. CONSULTS GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT. Asks II. tn Not to Honor Extradition Papers From Kentucky ? F.x-Presl dent Harrison Refuses to Appcurfoi n in. Washington, D. C, Special. ?Repub lican Goveq^ior W, S. Taylor, of Ken tucky, lio has been at Washington for some tunc past preparing paper* in bis appeal to the Supreme Coi\rt, has gono to New York. Ho will ro turn to Washington about the middle of the week. The friends of Governor Taylor say they have no Information ns to the indictment alleged t<? Ju? y ? ( "nren found against him in Kentucky. They say, however, that if 'he has been indictod, lie will return to Ken tucky as soon as the Supreme Court hears the eases and will meet all charges without hesitation. It is un derstood that Governor Taylor's visit to Now York is for the purpoa&^of con suiting lawyers regarding the case. New York, Special. ? The World of Sunday says: W. S. Taylor, Oovornor of Kentucky, is in Now York in conse quence of the finding of an indictment against him by the grand jury of Krankort charging him with being an accessory beore the fact to the murder uf i Wm. Goebel. He appealed to Governor Roosevelt" Saturday afternoon., asking that any demand for extradition be denied. The interview between the govern^' of Kentucky and the governor of Jjfew York lasted for an hour and a hair The utmost secrecy was observed in. the pomlng- of Governor Taylor to the homo of Douglass Robinson, brother in-law to Governor Roosevelt, in his t, stay here and in his departure. Din ing the visit of Governor Taylor sever al delegations called on Governor Roosevelt and many visitors were re ceived. To no one -was the presence of Governor Taylor known, for he was seated in a corhpr ohalr in the dining ix>om and the folds of heavy red cur tains intervened between this and the drawing room. Governor TayJor ar rived in Now York from Washington whore be -has-been preparing his case Cor the .Supremo Court. The tnform.T- 1 tion that he had been indicted caused a I sudden change in >his plans. The in- | dictment was not anticipated. At first t'he fact was disputed, but 'Friday nighi friends of the goverhor wore informed that the report of the indictment which had become known In a mysterious way, was absolutely correct. A con sultation was held. Some advised that the governor should join ex-Secretary /' State Finley, of Kentucky, also un ier indictment, in Indiana. It was .cared that if Governor Taylor remain ed in Washington, the requisition of Governor llcck-ham wonbl be frnnoTed. The most feasible plan, and the one of fering to the Kontucky executive the greatest hope of Immunity, was Ills trip t<o New York, and an Interview with Governor Roosevelt. Governor Taylor called on ex-Presi dent Harrison at tho Fifth Avenue Ho tel, shortly after noon. He made a desperate plea to the ex-President to reconsider his decision not to act as bis counsel. General Harrison hoard Governor Taylor courteously, but firm ly informed him that it would be im ~ T)m?siM?^for him to take up his case, cither beriwrc the Supremo Court of the I'rtited Stated or before the Kentucky courV, whra. the trial of the governor on th<V liwliclment will come up. General (Harrison said: "It was not that I do not belleveiln the course of . Governor 'l\ylor that Jcaused my refus al to act as e^unspf or him. I had so many engageme*f(s..that I could not ? take bis caso. I waB never formally approached. Friends of Governor Tay ior asked me if I cared to take up his case, as I say, and I declined because of my numerous engagements. "1 can not discuss what Governor Taylor said to me. 1 will say thiR, I have not agreed to connect myself with (he case." Wcmen in Men's Clo;hes. , London, By Cable. ? A letter from a ?Ttmrsv TflTa hosplialat Cape Town cor roborates an unpleasant feature of the war. The writer sayB the medical of- ? fleers, for sanitary 'l^agoiM^ forced a number of Boer prisoners w%the In the river behind tfhtf hospi^al. Two o' them absolutely refused to strip and when forced to do so, it was . found (hey were women in men's clothes. 4 ? The Eight Hour Bill. Washington, D: C., Special. ? Tlia House committee on ^abor took up the Gardner eight-hour, bill, as recently completed by a sub-committee, and . after making several amendments, put the measure in form for a final vote on i|> adoption at the next meet* .?Ing. The amendment require* that ?'every contract .snado for or 64 behalf or thr District of Cofrunbia, which - eoatraet mar Involve the employment ' at laborers, wml?? or . mechanic*, GEN. RU.VDLE MARKING TIME. he Found More Boers Than He i;x* pec to J. Londoi\, by Cable.? All attention is centered ?on the interesting though complicated situation In the southeast ern portion in the Orange Freo St :i t <?, from which developments of the ut most Importance must ensue In the near future. General Bundle, i- would seem, has found the Boers confronting him at Dewet's dorp in stronger force than he cares to engage, and so he ts marking time, pending the arrival ?>f supports. While General Ruudle is preparing to strike Dewet's d:rp, Gen erals Brabant and Hart are pushing along the frontier of Basutol<ind, where they will be able to frust.Vite any attack on General Handle's right and Generals French and Bole-Carew are hastening frhtn Bloemfonteln to Bart he, the Boer line of retreat north "wards. Meanwhile the Burghers' forces occupying Tihaba N'C.hua are In f. \v> 'fcgVt a fitfiaylng action' giving the Boers at Dewet's dorp and Wepc.n.er time to retire in case of de feat, and it seems as though General French must dispose of this Thalm N'-Chu before he can reach the rear of the Boer force? opposing Generals Bundle and Brabanut, otherwise hi:; flank will bo open to nsuault. The Bo ers driven out of Leeuw knp will prob ably rally 4V Thaba N'Ghu, where a stiff fight may be expected. Should the British f.til in this attempt to bring about another I'aardeberg, it must af fect Immensely the larger issues of the war, as it will undoubtedly lead to a -persn?4ent repetition of thfl guerilla tactics .which have been largely respon sible for the penning up of Lord Rob ert* at BlOemfontein for so many weeks. During the course of General Aklerson's advance on Leeuw kop. the Canadians found themselves in a tight corner Sunday, near Donkers poort. The Canuadlan mounted in fantry sent to reconnoitre the Boer po sition approached within three hundred yards of a farm, Hying a hospital flag, under cover of which the Boers opened feucli a hot lire on the Canadians that I Uiey were unable to attempt to retire until another force of the Canadians i covered their retreat by ' threatening ; the rear of the Boer position. Our 3 New Blitttashlps. Washington. 1). C.. Special. ? The j | naval board of construction to-day j finally approved the plans for the three battleships authorized by the last Congress, and gave instructions to ? have the specification*; prepared at once, preliminary to calling for bids from the ship-builders. The board has! J settled upon a design very similar to that originally proposed. The ships will be enfargo^ lowas in type, with 11 the rectangular superstructure and the two turrets, how and stern *M the j main deck. The turret gum* will l?e 12-inch calibre, like the Iowa's guns: j ; there will be a turret at each corner of the superstructure frarrylng two 8-inch guns and twelve .-inch rapid -flrers, w? be dispersed along the sjdes of the central citadel. A Display of Nerve. Richmond, Va., Special. ? Meeklen- I burg county narrowly escapc^hiivlng j a lynching Tuesday. A negro named i Steven Baptist was arrested by Consta ble Talley, charged with the murder on Sunday, odf Mr. Peter Jones, and : Talley was ordered by the county judge.) -to take him to Petersburg for .safe keeping. While the constable wa;? on his way to the depot a mob demand ed the prisoner, but Talley held the crowd at bay at the point of a pistol declaring that he would defend Baptist to the last cxtermlty and keep hi^oatlr of ofllce at any cost. His determination! awed the mob; and he reached Peters-> ' burg with his prisoner late this even ing. Prays an Appeal. Frankfort, Ky? _ Spcoial.-^4Sx~Gov? ernor W.-O. Bradley, representing the Republican' minor State officials Tue? day prayed an appeal to the Court of Appeals froijy the Judgrr/nt of ouster rendered by Circuit Judge Cantrill, last ^eek. Thp-appeal wa * grayed as to ali, eases except that of Breckin. ridge against Pratt. Mr. Pratt, the Republican contestant Tor Attorney General, did not oak an appeal. Brought To Terms. , Wash ington,_D. C._ Special. ? it can be stated on authority that the nego tiations respecting the missionary claims are progressing in the most satisfactory manner In the view of the government. The department has received from Mr. Grtscolm, the Unit ed States chaxce <T ~ aXCalra; esfei^ grnm announcing that the Porte haS undertaken to meet all of the engage ; ments made with the United States minister respecting the payment of : the claims set up on account of the destruction of the American mission property In Turkey. GRAM) LODGE ADJOURNS, Election of Offk'rn Closed the Sessl> in Columbia. The Grand l.<odge Knight s of 110110* closed its mooting in Columbia lust we ok by electing tho following officers for the ensuing year: Bast grand dictator. W. A. Templo ton, Abbeville. Grand dictator, .1 \V. Todd, Seneca. Grand vice dictator, M. 1\ Kennedy, (Mi a rl est <jn. Grand assistant dictator, J. J. Ver non, Wellford. Grand reporter, L. N. Zealy, ColunH bia. ? v, Grand treasurer, J. T. Robertson, Abbeville. Grand chaplain. -V Buist, Blackvillo, Grand guide. J. U. Lewis, Anderson. Grand guard, .J. H. Bonner, Polzer. v Grand- sentinel, John Kennorly, JCdgoflold. Grand trustees, J. G. Tompkins, Edgefield; II. C. Moses, Sumter, an>1 p. A. Smith. Walhalla. Representatives to tho Supremo lx>dgo ? L. N. Zealy, two years, with v v . vi . fcuV , ritt ornate; J. 3. Yer 11011. alternate to J. W. Todd,\ on? year. ? S The following committees were ap? ix >i 11 ted : (Finance ? N. W. Truiup, Columbia; L. II, Wanamnkor, Orangeburg, and J. O. Uuld, Summorvllie. Laws and Supervision ? C. A. C. Wal ler. Greenwood, P. U. Waters, Summor .yllle, and C. P. Quattlebaum, Conway. (The board of trustees constituted he advisory board of the Grand Lodge o act in conjunction with tho grand llictator a-* to all matters pertaining to the interest of the order for the ensu ing year. Ex-Convists Not Exempt. In response to a letter from County Supervisor Owens, of Richland county. ?Attorney CJcncral Bellinger bus pre pared the fallowing; Dear Sir: i'our letter of the 17th in. slant has ji^tbeen received, in whioli you refer to the question recently ask ed the governor as to tho "liability of ex-convicts to road duty." The pro vision as to Iho working of tho public roads is purely a statutory one and tho t object, far as the same relates to "persons liable to suoli duty," is cov ered by section \ of the acts of 1900, page 289, which provides, "That all male persons able to perform tho\la brrr herein required between the agoa of IS and 55 years there follows certain exceptions as to certain oouulie* aaid nie ages specified, and also oxcep^iAin isters of tho gospel in actual charge of h congregation, and persons per manently disabled in tho military ser vice of this State and persons who ser ved in tho late war between thn States and persons actualy employed in the 1 quarantine service of tho State), | shall be required annually to perform labor on the highways under the di- J recti 011 of tho overseer of tire said dis- . trict In which he shall reside, as fob j lows." o-ie. It septus clear from the ! Igbove, which is exhaustive, that ox- j convicts are not exempt from tho per- j icrmance of road duly. The question ! of citizenship does not arise, in my, opinion in this connection. 'Palmetto. No :?*. A cyclono strnjjLRaea's quarry. In Lexington ctnxnfyFTHday afterftoon. It tore <Urjh buildings and destroyed derricks. Six men who Irid taken ref og? In tlww?ll oflce bnlldlRi bad at narrow escape from death. The wind uprooted a very large tree and threw It upon the buikiinf, which waa demol ished, feat they escaped tmharmafl. %*erkme~ shooting affray ^ecsJXnL hiiiN^iiailUa, g:ti;'a Hew days ago. Infantic de in Florence. Florence, Special. ? Dasia Hrown, a negro woman in the Hyman section of > this county, is accused of^liavlng beat- J en or stamped her infani ohild to death j and the circumstances of her marriage j a few months ago and the condition of j the child's body s?om to point strongly ; to her guilt. Magistrate flyman, upon j the -request of some of the people of { tlmt Section, enljianellcd a jury and hela an inquest over the body of the child. l)r. J. H. Munn, who held a post mortem examination, stated that the cfaild's death was not from natural causes. He foifyd bruises upon the head and body which Indicated brutal treatment, and it evidently had been stamped to deuth. The verdict of the jury was that the child chme to ith death from brutal treatment at the hands of its mother, or words to that effect. The acting coroner sent the case up tx> the MayiCffttrt of General Ses sions. The woman is ne w very ill- at her home, but under guard. As soo i as she is able to istand the trip she will be brought 'here to Jail. Cross H II Asks. For ail Expert The citizens of Cross Hill, in I*aur ens county, have written to Oovcrnor1 McSwcency, asking that a- smallpox expert be sent to that town at once. It is staled that eo many people are quar antined that business Is at a 'standstill. This rnntter has already been referred to I>r. Kvans. A Bates burg Mill. --The ? Middleburg Cotton Mill," of Batesburg, ha* been chartered with a capital stock of $7f?.000. It la . an old mill, which is being rebuilt. W. *P. Roof Is president, O. H. Foster, vice president, and Allen Jones, secretary and treasurer. THE CUBAN CENSUS. Some Interesting facts Brought Om By It. NATlVb ANDfOftfclliN POPULATION. How the Races Stand in Point of Nuin? hers.? American Population Span* lah and Colored. Washington, I). C., Special. ?Hies. Sanger lias made public the compen dious results of the Cuban comma taken under bis direction. The figures aro very Instructive* and, an the opin ion of tho war dopartmont officials, fully justify tho decision of tho ;ul mtafetratlou to allow municipal suf frage in Cuba at an early stage. The officials ate gratified to native Cubans constitute i.o largo a portion of the population; that the whites so greatly outnumber tho blacks and that so large a proportion can read and write. In their opinion there seems to be no reason for the objection that the proposed basis ot' suffrage would rceult iu turfing tho Island over to the control of Spain. Tho total population of Cuba is J, 572,797, including 815,205 males nr.d 757,59^ females. Therft are 117,372 white males and 402,926 white females of native birth.' The foreign whites number 115,7f>0 males and -26,459 fe males. Thoro ara J. 1,898 males negvof s and 122,740 female negroes. Tho mix ed faces number 125,500 males and M 5,305 females. The population of Ilabana city is 235,981 anjd of the province of llabe.nn 424,804. \sy' Tho population of the province of Matanzns is 202,441; of Pinar del ltio 173.064; of Puerto Principe 88,234; of Santa Clara 356,536; and of Santiago 327,715. Of the total population o? the island 1,118,709 persona are set down as Ringle, 246,351 as married; whilo 131, 787 live together by mutual consent. There are 85,112 widowed persons. Of tho total population according (o citizenship, 20,478 aro Spanish; 1,2.16, 367 are Cuban; 175,811 are In suspotise; 7S.526 are of otheV cltlzen?hij}^jinxlJLllL are unknown." The "Spanish by birth number 129,240. Of the- children of 10 yeans of ago and over, 49,414 have at tended schoof. Of the total population 443,426 can read and write and 19,158 have a superior education. The table on citlzensu.p, literacy and education is specially important as forming tho basis of suffrage about to bo comerred. Because so many citi zenships are still in su&pense, and for other reasons, tho returns are not quite complete, and for other reasons, the re. turns arc not quite complete, but tho conclusion is drawn that There will bo pi least 14,000 qualified native Cuban voters under the proposed basis of suf frage, and against uils there will bo 55,767 Spaniards whose citizenship 'wis In suspense when the census was taken, less the number who have since j declared to preserve their Spanish citi^nship, and plus Illiterate Span iards. not cjeclarwl who are the owners of property. It is not believed that there will be any great number of tho latter class,, as tho total number of Illiterate Spanish males over 21 Is only 17,424* Tho'X^omparison shows a much greater preponderance of Cuban voters than was expected. There are 187,826 white adult males who wore born in Cuba as against 9K.083 born in Spain; 6,794 born in othef countries and 127,300 colored. Males are In excess in the total popu lation, {jceept in Santiago, though tho female whites outnumber the mole whites, except In Plnar del Klo. Among the negroes and mixed races the females are in excess; while among the foreign whites the males aro largely in excess. The negroes are In. the minority in Cuba, constituting only 32 per centVof the population, being the most num erous in Santiago, where they consti tutors per cent. The native whites constitute more than one-half the population, or 58 per cent. The pro porttOT of -rMtdren under 5 years is unusually small, but the proportion under 21 Is nominal; about one-half of the population. Only 15.7 per cent, of adults were married. Nearly nine tenths of the inhabitants were born in Cuba. Nine-tenths of the children leas than 10 years of age do not attend school; 43 per cent, above 10 years are literate. n , Ftllure of Agricultural Works. Atlanta, Ga., Special.? The Southern Agricultural Worlw, a large farm Im* plement manufacturing company of this city, has been placed in the hands of, a receiver. Geo. W. Parrott was named by Judfe Newnan, of the Unit ed State* District Court, as the receiv er. He Is instructed to investigate the financial condition of the company and report to the coorr ir obe trustees Should be afffc)inted. The complain ants 1B tfirf bin are the Atlanta Terra Cotta Company, which is a c fid i tor on open account for the iua of $10; V. II. Krelgshabft, for money loaned in the nun of H.Al Oo. besides Interest and Ml.W open acooont for merchandise forajsbod; 8. Pierce to ths urn of $ 1/ M tot hoy loaned. WEEKLY CROC BULLETIN. * 4? Serious1 flood* in the l.ower Section of the State. The week eliding April "3rd was linn I) warmer than usual, due to gener I ally 'higher minimum temperatures and moderately high niaxinuuu tem poral urns, which on tho "JL'nd and 23nl rose to or above SO degrees at various points. The llrst day and tlie last two days of the week were dear o? partly eloudy but the rest ot the week was cloudy, with light la 'heavy rains over tin* en tire Slate. The rainfiyll for the week averaged above I I pen en, and in tho sountheaslerh, and u(> places in the central portions was In excess of ?> inches, while along the Immediate coast it auiounte<l t . ? about L' inches. The week's rainfall was generally In excess of the normal precipitation for the entire month of April, The exces sive rainfall delayed planting opera t"?t? duVw resumed on j clay lands and on boll >n> lands for I some time, estimated at a week or'len days. The d imago caused by the heavy rains was canllnod principally to tin1 ' upper and central portions of the Stale 1/inds were badly washed and gullied; bottom land crops were inundated or covered with sasitl or mud; roads and i bridges wore destroyed; fertilizers j Icaehed on sandy kinds, or washed ofT i the lands; hut. the rain bonelltted \ wheat, oast, pastures, truck and j gardens, and together with the more seasonable temperatures that prevail- | ml, caused rapid genviln tljon of recent- < ly planted seeds. Tho preparation of lands for pi lining i made slow progress, or came to a j standstill, thus making an already late | season over the western half of tho State still later. Sunshine and dry weather are now needed. Early planted and replanted r un Is coming up to average stands, but cut worms are destructive at places. Late corn is coming up qulekly. torn planting Is ncarl.r 'ttuishod over tin* eastern half of the State! but hiu not made much progress over tho western half. Cotton that was- plantgj} early In April is coming up to good Srhmjjj. The bulk of the crop remains to be planTwr "Lands are not all prepared. Seed js scarce In n placet*. Sea island cotto Cotton about all planted. Wheat is improving and 1 4 very promising. In plaees it is heading. Oats are beginning to ripen In the Southeastern portions. Tobacco trans planting has generally begun, and plants arc cverywhe.ro ready t<> set out. Shipments of peas, beany," rad ishes, lettuce, and strawberri^ are be ing made. White potatoes' t-oon will he ready to ship. The outlook far peaches still continues promising; pear trees are blighting; melons, sor ghum, frug\ir cane, pastures and gar dens responded <pilckly t'o i?he weather rondition.s now so favorable for t'hem. .1. W. HAIJR. I ?Section Director, Palmetto Noies. A commission for a charter ba.s hern issued to the Hiacksbiirg Spinning ;;n<l Knitting Mill, of UlackKburg. The capital stork of tho company in to li* $15,000. The *.ui puiuloru are: A. II. I*ollock. J. (3. Hlack, J. Meier, \V. Puff. A. Tripp and J. F. WhUon- ' out. Winnsboro business men are con trunplating t lio formation of a rail road company to build a line of rail road from Winnsboro to Camden, where the Seaboard eau t>c tapped. Several of them were In Columbia last week to see tho secretary of state about the method of securing a char ter for the line. The distance will bo about 35 miles if an all* lin?> can he Keen rod. A charter h*.? been issued to ill* Itartsvillo-KoUd Company. The <-?pl tnl stock of the company i-s $r>..r>00. The offlfters of the company are: J. .1. Lnwton, president; Mary I 'oil. vice president ; M. S. McKlnnoa. secret irj ; H. A. Edwards, treasurer. Contractors nt l'ottsville are unabln to secure laborers at fl.fiO per day, ami many building operations arc being layed on that account. A Heroic Rescue . - Greenville. Special. ? Saturday after noon a party of children were on t,3:o Southern railway trestle over a meadow which was flooded by tho much swollen Reedy river, when some of them cried that the train was com ing. Mftttf! HanvniOuw, ifie ?ix-> ear old daughter of Mr. Prank Hammond, president of the People's banK. was frightened and she lost her balance and ,Call off the trestle Into six feet of water. Charlie Cower, who waa the efcftwt of the party, promptly jumped In the watei mid. succeeded kt-gfttfo* hold of the little Ctrl aa she wu ahoitf to go noder for the third time.' STILL Bill DING MILLS. Mow South Carolina Is keeping I p I o Record* The tot-vl capitalisation of the new rotton mills proftcted in South Caro ] in i since January 1. 1 1*00. including inn oases of capital slock, which mere ly means enlargement of existing mills amounts to tho handsome tot tl of $i>, 675, 0(lp? almost sl\. millions ?f dol. lars. ? Ami this docs not. Include tho several mills now building which are doing* without Incorporation papers, it' tho>?yre included the figures to date Would he, ilk round numbers, six millions. The tlgures given are taken directly from the records on file in the otllce ,of the secretary of State. They show ,i total of*25 new mills, and live mills enlarging. Thus it is seen that the average of a little over $00,000 a day. exclusive of Sundays, in now cap* Hal. has heen g dug into new cotton mills since the opening of the year. Rivvn "oy counties and, as will l?e seen. Greenville county leads thi' procession : AIKEN COI NTV. I'he Croft Manufacturing Co., Ciofi r'tatlon. commission ed March 1 0th $.,">0,000 The Clear Water Hhvichery and Mfg. Co., Clear Water. Com March ;i0(>, 000 'Ihe Weimiftlij3jfil!. Aiken County, Coui. March 27th. 1 00, OdO ANDERSON COC NT Y. Anderson Varn and Knitting Mills. Aiuloi'fjon, chartered Fob. titli 200,000 Willinrnston MIllFT William ston, coin, Keh. 7th 100,000 (leornl ? Carolina Mfg. Co., Anderson. cum, Feb. 10th 100,000 Cox Mfg. Co., Anderson, chartered Ken. 10th .. .. 50,000 Wilmot Mills, Honea, Path, com. Keh. lit; t h 200,000 CHESTER C0UNTY. The Wylle Mills, chartered Kel>. 0|h. colli. Jan. 28th , 100,000 C II U$T E11K1 EM ). CO VI NT V . The Cheraw, Cotton Mills, Cheraw. com Jan. .'list 100,000 CIIKHOKKE COUNTY. The l.lmectono Mfg. Co., Caffney, com. Jan. Kth .. 200,000 The llfticUshurg Cotton Mill Co., Dlacksburg, coin. Jan. ? m h . -.~r.-TTT- -rr-r.? rr " 1 oo, 000" G R KEN V 1 1 VLE CO I! N T V . Monoghan Mills, chartered Apr K 17th, Greenville Co., com. Jan. 4t?h ?? . . 500, 000 Himpsonvllle C.ott<-u Mills, Slnipsonvllle, . chartered Jan. .'list .. 250,000 Fork Shoals C 'Men Mill, chartered Keh 0th .. .. .. 50,000 Tlje l^anklin Mills, Green*, com. March 28th 45,000 The Carolina Mills, Grcen v1I1q*_ fOtU^AUiil lltli ? ? ? 50,000 G R KENWOOD COUNTY, The lJradJey Mfg. Co.. Hi ad- * ley. of>m March. 2 1th .. .. 100,000 The Verdcry Cotton ' Mills, Verdery, com. April 2d .. 100,000 KERSHAW COUNTY. De Kalh #otton Mills, Cam den, c im. Jan. 1st 200.000 SPARTANBURG COUNTY. Saxon Mills, Spartanburg, com. Jan. 1 1th 200.000 Woodruff C tton Mills, Wood ruff. com. Match StJi .. .. 250,000 Mary Lx>uisc Mills. l?l?nd Creek, com. April OtJl ... 50,000 UNION COUNTY. Alpha C'vHton Mills, (lones vi lie i chartered March 6th . 100, 000 Buffalo Cotton Mills. Union chartered April 18th".. . 000, (W0 Total (25 mills) $5,005,000 INCREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK. Anderson Cotton Mills .. .. $100,000 Courtney Mfg. Oj 100,000 Riverside Mfx. Co 150,000 F. W. Poo Co 250, 000 Heanmont Mffc. Co 70,000 Total $670, 000 I The Telegraphers' Strike. AiJnnfcn, Oh:, Special. ? No apprecia ble change has occurred in the South ern Flail way telegraphers' strike. The reports received at. the strikers' head quarters lend encouragement to the teloKr.iphors. President Powell says the. situation is satisfactory. The rail road officials appear indifferent rogard. Ing the situation. lixtra Term Wanted. At the suggestion of"tt{6 governor, who is now in Beaufort, Solicitor Townsend has wired Ac Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court to request the governor to appoint a judge to hold an extra term of court In Beaufprt for the purpose of trying the Hardee. rJitc rapist/ Holiciter Jrt5wnsenc. . , quests the term bearfdered for Tues day. May 1. At Ufe suggestion df the. Supremo Court The governor has ap pointed Judge Ernest Gary %o sit la place of Chief Justice Mclrer at the hearing of the agpest la the case of Dora Marfdea. ?ppellant', vs, R. Q j Watu, g ai,, respondents. | A BLOODY WEEK. The Insurgents Lost One Thousand in Battle. AMI R ICAN LOSS WAS VERY LIGHT ^ Native* Continue to Display Activity Despite Peaceful Reports of Otlfc' Optimism. J , Manila, Hy Cable.-- I^asl week ha* been ono of t ho bloodiest of I he war since the Hint day's tlglifing around Manila Authentic report#, mostly official. show a total of 87$ Filipino? Killed. 12 officers and L'll Uica cap- ' ? r tin ?-d and many more wounded. The number wounded Ih hardly guessable. 4.\' '\\rr invipnu? VWtVtfe ly lack lu>?i?i|al facilities, a great ma. joiify of the w<ninded will die. Prob ably the week's work finished 1,000 in- >3 fjyr. uvjfl surgents. The Americans total loan r III: was J) killed and H> wounded. Two-?-;: sergeants an I one private wei'o killed in ambush while escorting provision. L'_ (rains. Twenty Filipinos in Iho province or lhitnngas attacked Ideal. Wende, who, with' eight men, was scouring near Han .lose. The lieutenant amj five men were wounded and one privato was killed. 8ergt. i.cndolus of the Thirty-fifth J.. Infantry was badly wounded in an ambush near Halhvng. Lieut. llnleh. of the Thirty-seventh infantry, witU ; ? ~ 7."i men, had a five hours' light with 100 insurgents in the I^nova Caceras district. Twenty of the Insurgents were killed. Col. Smith of the Seventeenth infan try. who captured (Jen. Montenegro and brought him to Manila, is In 4-ho isolation hospital suffering from smallpox, presumably enught from the Filipino:'. Oyl. Smit'h'n command captured 180 officers and with Montenegro. T.bo officers were brought to Manila. Montenegro, who was formerly one pf tho most dapper officers In the Fili pino army, ltfQka worn'WtL lie says hft had led n terrible life fov months, .and ho has offered to return to the north with Col. Smit/h to en deavour to persuade his former com rades of, the uselessness of opposing the Americans. v One hundred escaped Spanish pris oners from the province of Tayabas, South Luzon, have arrived at Manila. The insurgents have 400 more Span iards in tlmt district. Kecoijrtly the Filipinos destroyed several rods of tflie railway lino near Panlquo In an unsueec.-sful attempt to wreck a train. . a The insurgents have bee* nggrccslvo In almost every province of Luzon, (ten. Plo del Pilars band, Numbering 300. which was out of Bightjjfor three months, the leader beingll reported killed, has reappeared In lts'old field about San Miguel. Pilar is supposed lo be again in command. He gave the American garrison at 8an Miguel, con sisting of threo companies of the Thirty-fifth Infantry, with a'Oatling, a tilireo hours' fitdit during a night at tack. The loss or tho insurgents _.fu this engagement lb not Included In tho foregoing total, aB they removed their do*M an<l wounded^ but presumably It ifaB considerable. to the UneoJa lUpaMJ ptrtf w ty of s^v?ral I ink p wt?ich |( o?tt It* Into ttwf bwkMi ^ Boers Claim Big Capture*, Kimberloy, By Cable. ? Boer official notlccH have been found placarded at Campbell and elsewhere, saying that in the recent battles the Boers cap turerl 13,000 troops, 18 cannon and ^ 300 wuRons, and setting forth that the burghers were full of valor, that tho * outlook was bright and saying ?con* flrmation had been rwfeived of fhe re- ? port that. Russia had invaded India with 2,500,000 men. . ' Br e vitas, ? ? Dr. Alice H. I?uce, of Weliesiey Cot lege, hap accepted election as dean of Oberlin Univdralty. f Toiler George M. Wilgdp, ot th? * 1 Merchants' Bank, at Toronto, Ont.f ha* oonfessed'to stealing $10,000. Tho will of the late Rufus Wright, shot to d^ath at Chicago. 111., bequeaths nearly $1,000,000 to his family. - A Naw N?me Adeptwf. Minneapolis, Minn., Special.? Formal announcement of the proposed change in the title of the 811 ver Republican party was made Saturday in a doco- ^ v ment setting forth the party platforn, Issued by Executive Agent Cor announcement states thsttbaj ?will iliOTWO is," and tha?