The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 04, 1900, Image 1
A BOER DELEGATION
i%! . .
Thai will Call Upon the Secretary of
Slate Next Wcekv , ,
NOT TO 151; OFFICIARY KtCtlVID..
Secretary May Will Treat Them Only
As Distinguished Individuals, l>ul
Will bfof Kfec^fli'w 'tliein'tJfficlally,
jt .i.V'f 7S ft *3 $ K /fhT. N *: ;<
Washington, D< C., Special. ? It can
he stated that tho persona composing
the floor, delegation who are about 10
salt ' from "Europe for tho United
States next week will bo denied ac
cess to the Secretary of Stato when
they reach Washington. They will bo
received as individuals just as was
Mr. Mputagmo- White, but with tho
distinct understanding that they are
not recognised officially as a Hoer
delegation. In other words. Secreta
ry ay will treat them exactly- hs lift
would trout any distinguished i visitor
front, abroad,, without regard lo na
tionality, 1>'ut will not admit their
competenco to enter into any negotia
tions with tho State Department.
It is believed tho perspective visi
tors thorough jy yufc d erHwm d thd eondl- :
tions under?' wfolfch they will be re
ceived, and "that * instead of -id if ee tins
their efforts upon the government in
Wa.sJUinstpn, they will rather seek to
Influence it through the American
people by means of an active Boer
propaganda. - a V>? 71 t !:i -;
? ?-i & ? fJ-jr ? (4* r :j: \
Pai-Ja. lixpofcUiou- Accidei?t,V-'.i
Paris, Iiy Cable.? -An accident, with
in the exposition grounds caused tho :
deatli of six persons and tbc injury of
about 40. , A temporary bridge, tilla
ble to withstand,, yie Sunday. crowd,
broke, -rTtoe -accident ?thriy. ^ a p#11
over the' happiness of an immense
throng who had profited by tho mag
nificent weather to visit the exhibit
tlon. Sunday's was probably the re
cort) attendance. Not merely the in
? terior of the grounds, but. the. pre
cincts were also, crowded, and the con
course Was particularly great along
the Avenue do SuIT ren, which forms
tho northern boundary of tlie grounds.
Hero is situated a big side show, tho
Celestial ? Globe. ? A foot bridge on
which the finishing touches were be- ,
ing put tp-day, crosses the A\\nue do
Suffren, connecting the sidokshow
with with the exhibition'. It waslcon
structed of wood., with a stucca fa
ende a,nd witk' a ^plaster-made t^wer i
at each end. J Strangely enohgh,' tho i
bridge had been condemnied ol\j? V^8- !
tertiq-y ijioj^ing as unsafe, by the ox- j
hibitlou authorities. The public was,
thc<|?^re, not allowed to go upon the
Btructtire, and in 'this way a disaster
even more torrible than that which
occurred w?u? averted. The gay
cro\vd Vfiiff passing- along the Avenue
and^softib hundred or mbro persons
, wero waWtiug jj^neaUi. tho bridge ;
when suddenly an omlnomi^crafeh was
lieard. Before tho.-:o underneath could:
turn aside the structure fell with a
fearful crash* burying nearly. -50, A
shout of horror ^ <ise. fr ohi thh spect^t
tors, mingled Witfi 'the' eiMes of the
victims.. For a, moment nothing could
ho 'distinguished hut a cloud of dust
am! tfTftbter. VA scene <jf the greatest
excltepicnt , and > ooaXusioji ? followed.
Hut this was only for a f,aw seconds.
Almd&tTnimedlateiy the crowd attack
ed the debris in/Kit effovt w release
those lying beneath,, i . ,.;iJ ; ] ?; , .
Cyclone Ip A labajiia. ''
Sclma, -Ala., A;iferrlflc
ckmo and lmllitoa'.nuT visibOdV. Orrvitle-'
Sunday. The*fMrna^bf IsJild Johrfnbii,
Macon Ellis and the Swan place were
literftIiy,'WHud*e3 of 'vegetation. Corn
?nd_ cotton werotkillod^and WU1 have,
to X iTKo treeii.% werij
utrlppfrff of' folfof?^ *1 iJm.stWs of an
enorbious size fell. Fences and out
houses were swept away and an enor
mous Am punt ()l damage was. 4,o#ey
The st6rm ria followed by heavy rafif.
t Gen. Chatfec Resigns.
HilVfind, By CaMb.? General , Chaffee
has .requested -thi bo relieved -as-chief
of staff ty>: the governor general. Ho
ftlao 'desires foitr imHithn Leave <>f ab- ?
BendeVHls Tom will be' greatly felt tn
Havana*- for his special knowledge of
tho local sltuatloy. made, hhjx excepd
Ingly valuable tif hea^udi--'
ters. More t h a*'J.Ms;i (I?h
an<t Mrs. Chaffee aro ' very popular
fcoriaHy,' and will lm keenly missed.
Fitz?tmn^>fi9>Vlctorl(
New V<j?k; Special. ? At thellercule^
IJblmFitzsirntoions prorr
ed 'tliM'lto ?'Var;#t*m" belwg; "a dead
one.Ti'iwSikh juany supposed. In Jess
thaifffop round* : he knocked out Ed
Danjtho^ the fly recuse gia nt, ? ^ Xeat
mhlch others and bigger men 4?ad
tountf ' i rfipops ! bl e. Fititsfrtiinona flhow
Cd 1M Miud^rfqi 'hl'ttlifc froWcrit liAvb
not forsalcea him alliWi IIti^I Mi
tli fwt W bad llj^yy ^a
to ^<1oh?*0tjr
booked* to so 25 rottft*.
ckMedflnaUir nlHi?-?WuMMiM!tkW;
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SOI! HI CAROLINA CROPS.
Spr(n&?l.lke NVc.ithcr.and Farm Wcrk
* .. ^progressing.
'1 He woek ending Monday, April SO,
was thu warmest of tho season to (Uvto,
with (ho average temperature about 4
degrees wanner than usual. Although
complaints of rool night* with conse
Kquent Injury to young cotton were
Cummon, *he temperature was gener
ally favorahlo on growing crops.
There was auftjMcnt sunshine, except
over tho extfemo western counties
where eioiirttness ; prevailed.
Light showers were general on t h ?>
24th, add scattered showers on the
27th, the latter confined to tho south- |
eastern portions of the State. While j
in places farm work was further de
layed l?y the week 'a rainfall, ft was as
a rule, beneficial In softening tho
crust that had formed on plowd lands
fojlowing the heavy rains of the previ
ous week.
Planted fields are becoming grassy
iiutl iij'e in iii.'1'd i >/ cultivation. aiul.^
clay lauds are becoming baked and*!
hard as they dry. Over the western
half of the Slate, preparations of
lands and planting were generally re
sumed on the 27th, on uplands, but
low lauds continue to -be too wet to
work; ?
Corn planting is about finished in
the eastern half of the State where
most of it is up to good stands and
Is being cultivated. In places ft was
injured by loo much rain. In tho
Western counties .there is still much
upland, and all' bottom land, corn to
plant, although . early Corn is coming
up to t'air stands. Tut worms, birds
and rati; have Injured stands, necessi
tating much replanting.
Cottop planting is practically fin
ished in the eastern counties, and it
t!?TQTTTtng up qriiokj^ to .toM stantte..
jjsojhe cotton, is largty ajiQujjh .to plow
ai\jl Is being chopped. Fields are be*
coming g^ssjtv In\ tho central a"nd
western counties, lanys for cotton aro,
wot all prepared, and from two-tlilrds
to one-half of the crop remains to bo
planted. In places this work was'
barely, begun before .the rains of the
previous week, bt?t, has been resumed
and is being- tiujrried^
Tobacco transplanting made rapid
and favorable progress, with plant*
fine and plentiful, although scarce in
places. This work soon will be fin
ished. The first plantings being culti
vated. A * number of corVespondents
report a reducttQti In thte acreage do
voted to tobacco.^/^-'
ltico. planpfig"' continues,, but it j
\\r progress owing to high
resjiets in the rivers, liiun.
lands and injuring tho I
makes slow
water and fl
darting ricel
banks of Mie fftroams. Inland riceds
doing well. |
All reports on wheat continue fav
orable, efcccpythat rust has appeared ^
iii spots. Oats are improving, and j
bra beginning to head, .but 'are* head
ing low in places. The oats crop will j
be larger than 'heretofore estimated,
owing to tho. rccent favorable weather
bd^ditfonfl; ) j f ; ? * J ^ w i
The indications are that the fri^it
crop will be the largest In a number
-of years. Apple and pear trees are'
blighting bifuly, . Pooches set a large
crop everywhere, but there are com- |
plaints of the fruit dropping. Straw
berries are ripening, and being ship
ped. Gardens and truck have improv
ed aitr^ vegetables are bec<?Ultig plen
*; ft 0u fi. ex ce p t jot er:. t|i ft ; \r ei t?!f .i? counties
"w&ere -gardens. a*e 'late.- tyolons and
'caho coming up to " good < stands.
PjtstutagQ abundant. _ Potato bugs are
.numerous and .^amaglng.
|f fe ff ??-*? ~'h T ? r# N. + 5 t. 4
? v . Palftietto Notes.
The Caro'.ina I?an and Trust Com
pany. of Greenville, have increased ,ils
capital stock from $60,000 to $100,000.
.Tho Comptroller.- General is patient
ly waiting. f?w the reportonthcschools
from tfce' superintendents of eduCa'
t-ion of Laurens, Dorchester and Ab-? |
bQvllle, so as to l.? able to distribute
the dispensary fund now oh hand".
- Tho Carol! n a Loan and' Trust Com
pany, of Anderson, last week obtained
permission to increase its capital
pfock r|xpim :;|200,'DflO. 1 he
1 < cprnvM% lH>jrfo w cy&ageh. : a the cotton
'itoljl WisrnesB in Anderson. This is
equivalent to the building of another
opUua mill of. *U>0.000 capital. . j, ...j
Under tho ri$ie of the old State
board of idiicatiop regular meetings
< otf the boaNl were appointed1 for th?
first pridap in January, and SfP-^
tembcr. Under these . rules Governor
McSweeny has called k meeting olf the
new State Fi-winv Su-?i
perintendent of Education Me Ma ban,
who id lifcrtetary tit 'ihd board. wU?
send out 1 th? official notWcartOnp. ? It <
is ejected that the new board at it*
first meeting' wllj do nothing more
W ff4td^cnPB nj^rs^nornlly.
?w??* m*. ??mh jwbb towwi*
ASWPih* I ivswAal ;
ALLEN INAUGURATED
The New Governor of San Juan Takes
(he Oath.
;'v
THE PEOPLE WERE ENTHUSIASTIC.
The Infantry ami Naval Bands Parad
ed t lie Streets Playing National
A Ira
San / nan, l?y enable.? The inaugura
tion of \)Ua*. llorbeyjt Allen, fonnor as
sistant yrcrwrTv of he IPntted State.!
navy, as tho tlr.st civil governor of the
Island of Porto Rico took placo Tues
day. Tho ceremony was most impres
sive. Governor Allen made tho inau
gural a <ld re tin.
There eonld hnvo been no more beau
tiful day to usher In Porto R1co\h new
governor. The streets were thronged
Tvri pwtpn . -n* -vn\.i -ft vwt ton> -?rpw -
| cd sunrise with serenades by the hands
| of the ICleventh Infantry, tho Fifth
Cavalry and the Porto Illcan Regiment
Tho city bands illso played tho island
and United States national airs before
the executive mansion and on the prliv
cipal plaza** as well as while marching
through the streets. Tho enthusiasm
of the people was greater than expect
ed, in spite of tho publication In Tho
1 Mario, tho organ of the Federal party,
a letter from Julio Henna, of New
York, suggesting that tho people re*
main indoors and refrain from taking
part in the auguratlon, "thereby si
lently protesting and showing tho Am
erican government that Porto Rico 13
dissatisfied." Tho speech of General
Davis, the retiring Governor General,
In part, is as follows:
? ?"The duty 'has been Involved upon
me by order of the President, to this
day transfer to tho Governor of Porto
Rico the charge assigned to me. This
charge involved tihe grave responsibil
ity of administering tho government of
a million beings, which has been In my
looping for nearly a year. Without
nie 'cordial support of the Inhabitants,
it would (have been Impossible for me
or others to perform this task without
j constituting and maintaining tho rule
of a despot, the very thought or which
is abhorrent to every American, Mil
itary control of tho civil affairs was
began with the landing of the army in
July; lXMf.-and whic.ii included tho
wholo Island in October, is today
bn^hij, to a conclusion. The Porto
RioPe have eagerly longed for this
day, the dawn of a new political and
Industrial life, while the military gov
ernor has anxiously awaited the mo
ment when ho could place in the bands
of the duty-constituted civil authorities
thes& responsibilities which have been
devolved upon him.
"The transfer of the sovereignty o?
Porto lilco was. ratified In April 1 890,
and it is proper to note us a coinci
dence that a year later exactly, the
final step was taken in the organiza
tion of a civil government, The prin
cipal executive officers will be the 17
provided by Congress. At least 40 of
these will be citizens of Porto Rico.
The appointment of the other seven
rests with the President. The whole
of the judiciary may also, Sri the dls
cretlon of the President and Governor,
be Porto Rlcaps. The laws familiar
to you will continue in force except as
Ahey may be modified by military or
ders.,, Such .modifications from my or
ders will never be promulgated until
they have received careful considera
tion and have boon eDdorsod by dls
-tinguished nativoH learned in the laws
ahd institutions of the country and
familial- with its social and industrial
conditions.
Iminlstered Urn . oattL
>w Governor "to cm
Ue constitution of tl
"The laws provide a basis for indus
try, .trade and comtnerco, - which war-,
rants the belief that the dark cloud*
?f misery and want whleh have shad
owed the post and present -will soon
rOll'AWay. By these laws' every pound '
of 6ugar will find a purchamrr at &0
per cent.' greater price,- tobacco will he
doubled In value and coffee Will be1
protected. You are offered absolutely
free trade the moment, your ability Is
shown .to. 8.UM)prt tho government.
Your laws, religious and private
rights are a)l preserved and laws can
only change by the w of the local
legislature. No. island, in any jsca ha?,
a fairer future of peace, happiness and
prosperity. The privation* and misery
of the past will soon be replaced fly.
happiness and plenty." -,.v .
TheW followed a prayer by the pricsr
invoking the Almighty's guidance and
protection, and praying that tho
jpvent would usher in the dawn of a,
brighter future.
r: Governor Aden took tho oath of of?
.jQoe at 10:80 a, m., tinder a flag can?
Lopy at the executive mansion. Among
(those present were Rear Admiral Far
quhar, ' commander^n-chief 1 of the
North Atlantic station: Capt. Brown,
Bishop Blank, Judge CThuinow, of the
Supreme Coftrt, and the members of
tfiat court . Governor General Davis,
tho appointees of yoaterday.atl the for
<vf*n' consuls. the families o? CJov^rPPrV
Jbrtvi* ?nd Allen and ,;^nny.?nd na<*
officers and , & pr^ fty'
th CALL ISSUED.
Prohibition Conference Will Meet
hi Columbia May J.ird.
<\ few days ego it was nnnmum.s'.
that the prohlMtloulsts had determin
ed to hold a State conference. ?..ist
week the call whs Issued. It tools us
follows;
A State plu>lilbltlon couforenco will
ln> held la the city of Columbia, S. C ..
t-si Wednesday, 23d day of M.iy, i'1'"
fur tho purpose of considering the
propriety of suggi'i&ing candidate;. tor
governor and lieutenant governor to
represent (lie prohibitionists 4*1 S.twth
Carolina In tho Demo* ratio primary,
a. id at o to announce the principles
and put poses of the prohibitionists in
seeking t? obtain control tluon^h tin*
Democratic organization of the cxitii
ttvo and legislative depart inents <?t ih -
State government, f?>r ttie enactment
and enforcement of measures which
}>ro In beat accord with the hit;hc i in*
torests of tho people, and which will
take the fct^te out of the liquor busi
lies.-?.
For the purpose of obtaining a full
ami free expression of the prohibition
. 4 -- v y >-" /uaiivj.' r a s\u))
Is hereby is tied tSt them to assemble
in their respective counties a; the
court house on Saturday. 1-lh day of
May, 1D00, to elect three ripresenta
tives, with alternates. to attend tho
State conference on tihe L'l'.d of Mas,
with or without instrmtl. ns and to
choose a county Chairman for the ensu
ing year.
Joel B. Hmnson, Ch'w.
Wad.tly C. Thomson,
J. S. Moffat t,
James A.' lloyt,
Jeremiah Smith,
C. L). Stanley,
IS. 1). Smith,
Committer*.
4 s chairman of the prohibition State
executive COmmUtOe, I approve of tlo;
foregoing* A. Jones.
The following address was also is
sued:
To the IVemoerats of the State:
The reorganization of t.ho Democrat
ic clubs will ni.tr lr the hegtnn!ng of the
active work of the candidates Tor ofllco
and tlie politicians will at an early day
declare themselves on the issues of tho
coming campaign.
There is very little doubt but What
tho liquor question and the dispensary
will 'be tlio chief State issues. It will
be tho old fight of 189S over again,
wyJi this difference (unless I have
been mistaken to the impressions that
?iave been made upon me in visiting
the different sections of the State)
that the lines will be closely drawn,
and the candidates will 'have to take
their choice of the home or the dispen
sary; this Is tho fight, and the inter
,vKis or the two $re ok different: -as the
day is different to the night. The
Christian home is tho 'hope and stay of
the State; it is hallowed by every sa
crVd tie and is the brightest and hap
piest .spot on. eurlfii. Tho dispensary :s
tho greatest enemy of t.ho homo and
the most dangerous place in every com
munity, and Is working daily and
hourly to rob thr home or all of its
/attractions. It mat cites from Its in
fluence the most promising of its sons
and takes to a drunkard's home tin
name only) the fairest and loveliest of
its daughters, and this, too. with the
authority atul Sanction of tho State,
beoause the politicians who n'. w con
trol the Democratic party say it must
go on. Where do you stand In 1900?
For the homo or for the dispensary?
Are you a defender of the home or are
you Its enemy? 1 believe you will -have
the manhood to shake off the shackles
of the dispensary ring and the whiskey
trusts and stand up for the goo.l name
of your ihomo and State. The candi
date is to be pitied who Is a member
of the church and pretends to claim
t that he regards "the dispensary 1 ?w
the best solution of the whiskey ques
tion, " because he thinks he can secure
office through JJie dispensary machine,
thus selling fiflnWdf, his homo and
playing tbe fhyimcrttrf l?wler to do it.
The Prohibitionists may or may not
have candidates for all the offices t?i
be voted for, but if the Christian men
and women will do their duty from
this day forward we will win a great
| victory this year. Draw the lino
closely nud lot every candidate under
stand that "he must take one sldf of
' tho other, luid that no prohibition'
?'Democrat will vote for a man who
takes the side of the dispensary.
- . - A. C. JONES.
Brevities.
The watch purchased with the pen
nies subscribed by SO.OOO children of
the -NorUvw?Hi was presented to Ad
miral Dtwey. He ma?le a feeling imd
.happy response.
Secretary Root has sent his reply
concerning the Cuban army scandal In
the Senate. He admitted thai four ar.
my offlccra are glvca. double salarlrv
besidos alowances.
The enemies of Admiral Sclpy eon
tlnne active. It Is said Secreary l?ng
has taken notice of Captain Chad
toJck'B repotted Interview.
\'ho Ohio Republican converHrfon, In
action at Columbus, adopted, a plat
form fieclarlnpr for expansion an<l
against trust*.
Bishop Ireland has written a letter
idvoeatinc united efforts on the part
I' of the Knglhih Catholics to extend th?
Influence of the churrti.
Tike re-efe?tton of M. S. Quay to th?
^Pjrfted 8tate^; Senate was demanded by
T&e Pennsylvania. Republican' eOnven
.'.tjftm, which met Thursday In Harris
Mrp
i ? An InOeclslre battle between the
"bbiers" and the Chinese imperial
troops occurred at Yea CWn, China.
I"'r ** T+<*X**i?e the i
ptatw In Bant I ago, Cuba, caftaed
?p the part Qt the white*.
Mm mi ?vmrnrp Mmtriy ptl* j
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I WILL CONSOLIDATE.
Plans for the Combining of All the
Seaboard's Lines.
! STORMS AM) FLOODS IN TEXAS.
.
i tlicr city of Waco Swept by a J'urlou*
Tornado, Leaving Death ami Dc?
?U ucflon in Us Wake.
Petersburg. Va., Special. ? A meeting
of the stockholders of tin- Soabtxvnl An
I in<*> r.ilho.u! was held hero Saturday
for l ho purpose t ?l eft cling tho officers
ami dliectors for tho ensuing year.
The Seaboard Air Lino Hallway repre
!<nis the sons d Ida l i. m of about twen
ty railroad companies, some 2,500 miles
j of track from Washington to tho i;ulf,
and is now an accomplished fact,
Tho officers elected were:
Mr. John SSherw oil Secretary, an 1
| John 11. SOiarp Treasurer, wi;h tan foi*
! lowing iKuni in mi ?, . wv*?>-rr>.~ . '
Davies Warflcld t President of the (X>u
t mental Trust Company, Baltimore, >
: Hubert C. l>i\i>!.'?( n (President .*> f Hal*
tiumre Tin t and (iuarnulecCompany),
John SUeltoa W illiams, Jas. 11. Di?dey,
Hichmond, Va.; W in A M irburg, Hal.
timore, W in 1<\ C.chran New York. J.
William Muhlhdnf Haltlm.iru, and
Sidney Shepherd, New Hav?*n, N. V.
These gentlemen also compose tho
managing committee <if Creator
Seaboard Air Line organization under
j the agreonu at of .ktan i^V 5th, t'JOO,
| and worked out V'ie ?!??: of the r.j;?
jolldation, they are iy'so tho voting
! irtiHK ;>s of the stock fofa period of t ? ? n
years. There wilt he meeting of tho
. iikw board during; tho cluing week-u.1
which ?other of fleers of t$io company
will ho elected. Judge I'll J. D. Cross,
of tho film of (iowini, Cduas & Bond.
Baltimore, the attorney* lor tho man
agir.g committee and (^/' counsel for
the new iuUd._wiia present at Lac meet
ing of the stockholders. The mort
gage t'> seeuro t he Issue of tho $G2,500.
000 bonds of the. road was hied April
17. the -Continent Trust Company, Hal
timore, being trustee under tihe same.
The bonds are now being engraved as
arc also tho certificates for tho $25,
000,000 preferred ami tho $37,500,000
common stock of the new corporation
represented by voting tru-d certificates.
In tho Klood'5 (Irapp.
Cialveston, Tev Special. Many
streets here arewwded from curb to
curb owing to the tremendous rains
I' FHriftv night. A ball s:ovm later shat
tored many windows and wrccwed
green'honsrW. The whole State Is wa
ter-soaked. Three Inys were caught
in Thursday night's ?toi:n, while row
ing in (lulvofttun bay and are believed
t.o have been drowned. Another storm
to last two days is at noon predicted
by the government weather bureau.
Tho water at Sen ley Is now up to the
highest point reported In tho great
tlcod of last July.
Dallas, Tex., Special. ? Tho floods
show ii?> signs of receding. On the
contrary, most of the Texas^lverH are
rising. At Frrt Worth telegram at 10
a. m, said tho Trinity river had over
flowed, ding much damage. The peo
ple are alarmed far the safety of the
water works, which are seriously
threatened. 'A nine- foot rise i? sweep
ing down from the head waters of thi
Trinity. This will cause a big overflow
in the vicinity of Dallas and Fort
Worth. A bulletin from Waco at
10:30 o'clock said the list of dead tihere
would reach ten. to fifteen persons.
The property damage in Waco will ex
ceed $150,000. The telegraph linoa of
both companion are g_ne eolith of Wa
co. Isolating more, than one-half of the
St.it e. Ha II road movements are sus
pended soirth of Dallas on almost every
line in the State. T'ho Iofs by flood
and burr I cane since 'Friday morning
is estimated to reach threo t/> five mil
lion dollars, Including damage to rail
roads in Immense in I i ill. McLennan,
Williamson, He'll, Colorado, Hnstrop
and adjoining cauntietf. The telogrdfdi
companies have Urge forces of linemen
out trying to make repairs. The few
reports received ;for tihe southern and
central Texas st:ile that great destruc
tion has occurred.
Prisoners Dying Rapidly.
Ixindon, liy Cable.? -A d)spalc<h to
the Dally News from Pretoria dated
; Monday, says I lint forty-seven British
primmer ? have-died- in six wooks. Two:
hundred of Uiem are sick with fever
and dysentery at. Waterval. The dis
patches add that Krasmus De Klerk
has been sentenced to two y oars' im
prisonment at bard labor for guiding1
the British at I'etrnsburg and Hloeni
fontein. s
Naval Orders.
VVtortft'Tiyoon, '>? O., Special. ? Orders
worn sent Siturday by cablo t.? tho
Mae.hlas at S'an Juan, Porto Rico, lo
proceed to Chiriqul Iiay and Port Ll
mon. fthe 1s to take the place In rar
ing for American interest in that boo
Hon of tlio cruiser Detroit, which sail
ed Thursday f.ir key Weat. The Phil
adelphia. on tlie west coast of Central
America, hay dropped down to Punta
Arena/?, Costa Kloa, close to the Co
lumbian boundary so that on the whole
there is now' ample maval protection
for the American Inteafcsts In Colum
bia; S6 far lis concerned the'revolu
tlona.y movement In the north of that
country '
? p^irtacfltaLDdltey..
CT[aatilnyton, J>. C.. Special.? The tn
tlmate for the general deflclenotes in
>ublte<aenrloes^ wbtob elU be in
tra! dffldwiu ?nnni
LOOPHOLE IN THE LAW.
1 tot* Speedy I rial of knplsli
Is Dtlectlve.
The KffA.ial form of court at which
: It was expe? tod to try fleorgc rhom
| as, who was charged with a saultiiui
! a lady In Hoaufort County. cannot bo
; called. It appears that. there U a
! Haw In tho Act parsed at tin- last sos.
j sjni) of tho General Assembly, and
I rather lhan have an appeal, which |
i \v/?uld very probably bo sustained. It
! \yits thought best to wait until the
. ?,,iiini HI ill III IIIC V. Ollll, *siini> ? III
| be hold in a month'* t lino
| It will he remoinhovoil that Covent
or McSweoney took \ip tho matter dl
| n-elly and immediately, ami. directed
Solicitor Townsend t?? take the proper
'steps as to t ho holding of (he extra
term of the Court. Mr lownsend
j wrote to Chief Justice Melver ami th?'
! view of Mr Townsend is given in th>- |
I following letter:
I I ;a raw I'll Court House. April 27. iJHMt
I *r?i iiis KxcMloncy. the Coventor,
Columbia. S C. Dear Sir: In refer
: once to my application to the i htcf
| .lnstlco Tor an extra urm vn ?> wn W -
| Itcaufort county, to try th?* case of thr
| State against floorge Thomas, chart;
led with rape. 1 hot; to report that such
doubt existed as to whether the cause
could he forced legally to trial at such
i extra term that it was deemed host
i not to order the extra term, hut to
wait until the regular term of Court
| for Hoaufort county, which meets
i next month, when the case could he
i undoubtedly brought to trial in a
| court whose jurisdiction is uudouhted.
! W'.'lt. Townsend, Solicitor 2d. circuit.
t Jovernor McSweeny wants the po?..
pie oiv Hoaufort to appreciate thai ho
has acted in entire good fn'lh with
ih^ic who promised In his name 'hat
there would bo a special term o: Court
at which to try the \jprisoonor an I
j thereby saved a lynching1-.'" H ?"* did all
i that he could do in the matter and ox
! peels the people of Heuuforl to ton
Limit; to pro Lett the prisoner.
An Allautn Sensation.
Atlanta. On.. Special ? The "maimed
veterans hatallon," a Confederate Vet
eran organization, is being formed in
j this State for the purpose of atten
(Ung the reunion of tho United Con
federate Veterans at Louisville. One
of the qualifications for membership
is that the applicant for enlistment
i must have lost either an arm, a log. a
I hand or an eye in t^io Confederate ser
| vice. The battalion will be composed of
I t05 veterans, and all expenses will bo
defrayed by the fund which is now be
ing raised by public subscriptions.
The members of the Initliillon Will
each carry one of tho old Springfield
rltles used by tho privates In the
Southern army during active hostili
ties. They will also bo uniformed ac
cording to the regulations governing
the dress of the CoifTederute soldier. ?
The battalion will be under the com
mand of Major W. P. Dearing, of this
city, who was assistant adjutant gen
eral of StOTiewall's brigade during tho
civil war, and who led tho famous
charge on tho Federal troops at tho
halllo of Atlanta. With the assistance
of Hrig. Omv. .A. J. West, of Atlanta,
commander of tho North Georgia bri
gade. to which the maimed battalion
will be attached, Major IX" ring 'is re>,
eruiting t.ho members of this unique*
organization. Many of the most. piom-.
inent men of the State will go aS
privates in the command. Among
them will probably be Governor Aoer^1
1). Candler, who lost an eye; Comp
troller fleneral Wright, of flcorgla;
Judge William Igtfewmftii, of tho
United States DlKtrfft Court; , Hiohard
llobbs. president of the Hank of Albn
ny; Dr. J. S. Todd, of Atlanta, and
nvny others.
Many of the members of the organ
ization will bo disabled Veterans who
are too poor to bear their own expen
ses, and these will, bo defrayed out of
the public fund now being raised,
principally through the efforts of the
Daughters of the f'onfwl^rftcy> 1 ho
presence of the battalion In the grated
parade of the Veterans during the re
union. promises to be onn of the most
patheticajly unique of all the features
of the big celebration.
The battalion will go from Atlanta
In a special train.
Palmetto Notes. .
Miss Ann Hire, of Union. ha? Bub
fU'iihcri $100, 000 (o build a cotton mill
ut Wbltmlrc, on the Seaboard. Mr.
Wiu. Coleman, a resident o( Chjir
iotte, and Dr. It. It. Jeter, of Whlt
mire, have subscribed $50,000 each to
the same enterprise. This insures
Whitmire's new mill. The amount ,of
the capital stock has not yet. been
fully decided. ...
The Southern Kailroad, which 1ft
bejng built by the Coast Lino from El?
lod. on the (short out) Florence and
Wilson division, to Hoardman, N. C.t
?4
the northern terminus of th? Wil
mington, Chadbourne and Conway
railroad^" "Will soon Ik> completed to,
Hoanlman. Trains will then be run
from Elrod direct to Conway, giv
ing that great truck producing sec
tion of this State better railroad facil
ities ' All the treble frOta That eettiofrt
Is now sent North via Florence When j
the road is completed It will bs sent
?la Elrod, thereby saving a hwodredj
miles In shlpcoehU ..
. The county board of comoilssloiisrf,!
Yofk county hare let In* eoefcracif
for the feuffdiag
UtiT
M.
SWEPT HV FIRE
^**'T * ? ? , V ?> i f I J ?
New* of il<e Great Canadian Dis*
? 4 \ 1 | I
aster.7'
J. 800 BUILDINGS WtKI: DESTROYED.
A IU* It of I lame* I'ully l-'oiir Allien
In l.euglh mul llnlf a Alllo Wide Af
fords n 1'errlhle Spet'tnclo.
. ?' "" - ? "
l<?p:?nto, Special -1 Mspatehes from Ot
tawa sumnr.iri/e Din .situation at Ot
tawa and Hull as foTT6W?:" Oftiiton,
bulldinus do.sti-oycd. 2.000; Hitll.i bulil
din^g (lost ro.V Oil , l.SOO; total UaoI, both
cities, $l!0,nu0,000; liyvu li*#t as tar
Known, lour.
A special t > t)io M .uitro.nl &tnr from
Ottawa says: ?'The tfrmtewt flro In hid*
lory of Canada \\a? that wbleh visited
Hull and the wQHteru dhUr.lctlOf Otta
wa l huivday. The losy is roughly <*4
timatcd at. from $hil'OUO<O00' to $l7,ti(io,
'' f'f> ni i > J )to itu Juan ninn
doled homeless. The mn>>r pan 01
Hull, with its immciuw Industrial os->
taldt.^hmeniM and tin* Ovine of thpir po*
eratives, wjw* swept (lean, us vyoll ae
Vle|o-rla and Dalhousie wards, in Ot-'
? ova. 'I he loss on lumber alone oato
not be lews than $8,000,000. The fire
broke out in the ee-U'toi; of Hull, eariy
in the forenoon. That la a common,
occurrence thoro, and attracted littl<*
attention, ltcfore noon it had devas
tated a great part of Hull, ali'd ' s|Vrelki
towards the river, fanned by iv' strong
wind; ultimately destroying ,flvo mills.*
"Nothing more grand c.juld bo lmag-*
I nod iw a spectacle. Coiufd^ijod ~
its consequences no greater calamity
has vLdted Canada in yoArs. 'lHhpr?
was va belt of flamo'' Fully Wilt*1
miles iu length and at. leusfc halt rf
mile wido. Dark clouds , ,of qinoKc
Btreamed sou th west wn rd from the bur-(
niug district nil day, Avliiio beneath It
w;u< a long line of llame, fierce and ir
repressible. All flight l'dh|? illo 6ll^
was lit. up by ih6 glartt. >r\hb Dominion
government Is among th? 'heavy losers,
the Chaudiere bridge having toppled
Into the river from the wcirplng effocts.
of t lie heat. r , i i it ' . , , . ,
Fireman John Watkins, of No. 1 sta,
Hon. was smothered in.. a house ln;
CJueen stroot, west; Mrs. Bessie Ouok,.
an invalid, was suffocated In her bod
before (heip-iurived; n. m.in iink.Tmw^
was found dead on tho Canadian Pa- -
cifle raiiroid track in Kochesto^vUlo;
John Navan a builder, was taker* ta.
8t. lake's Hospital, badly burned ap<|
hurt; an "unknown man wafl, foujnd.Jr
Broad street, charred bcyvnd reeogui
tion; John Matthews is roportcd dead;
James Mcrryfleld was seriously In Jur
cd by a falling building; ...Dayus^ ir
watchman, i? reported . dead; John
Temple, a fireman of Huji, Is missing
and Engineer Peter Hamilton, ol"
Hull, Is also missing.
Tho Export Lumber Company had
all Its big stock de?lroyed and It Is efl- ,
timatcd that their loss will foot up
nearly $1,000,000, covered by Insurance.
It Is estimated that ?S0,OftO?QOO.
lumber has been burned In jlulji $u*d ,
Ottawa. Half a doaen churches arod
schools have been burnod; tho iSdd;
Company'? paper *"
m!>toh factory/ ah'd R.Vjl, Bddj^y i&t/T,
donee have been destroyed. Bronsonc
and Weston's mill; the- Hult" Iiumbfer
Company's Mill; 'ono of - BOoth .
and tho MclCny. Company's'., prtmi^e^y
one of tho power . lM)M?es tUo, (piM?J?*:
Electric Couipsuy , .^ho (l lujl ?
works and the JlulJ court uouae andi =
Jail, the po6tofllc<\'lh<J convert, alwoet
every bitslnb?fe' pla?e;?a\wlfWW>Ut.li,tD00
dw el lings and shpjp* b+gwa,,.V^n .,4f
o^ult l3 ???
honsoA beyond It si'e'el'is us b'ehiVon'f
bridge which connttcte*} *tHi ffyf'kif Gfir>
tawa with HftJl irAtj *l#o <
tho Ottawa. si)l(j,.inaMy i fluei redid sabot* <)
were destroyed. aoii-JCoA
" ? M jv:n ** MKI*#
fyff
Oulumhufl, Ohio, ?8pbolbi^?^rh?y|tf?|i!ni
plant of the National > fittecl, Gompmtifi I
has been closed untley {flfrtflm, ?f?% MNbO
general nfflrcn, the ronton
Inf? "to maK<>. ??xt<?nsfve repajr^i (13e-.,;
twrcn fltft) nnd 4(H) tyr0tm oatV^
of work.' Two' -w'fcMiW ijrfclven'foil AM'
duration of tho'Bhint do<fnfl<l Utoe TMIpfi
olTlclalH deny, thht tito stmt dbtfi* t*"
dijc to the ^ndJUpnie^wankfHo.'sjaorn
: . . !.:r ijr: n {.-.if-? oUhJ
Anothpr >Y?r iu\ &&&
Constantinople,. . Jiyt , j .
America? uoto, l?ap<l<?<}
Minister of Forelg? .AJttAT* J > tTeMfcp?"
I'aetu. on TueBrtny, Is qfctucbed^ h| i p?H _
emptory tornm, demanding;
payment' ?f tho ; IfldemnRy-n^v^faSwr''
times promised to lllnliiw,v6tt*ijl!^f^ !
tho Sultan.- The ; not? jijee K*
time limit /tor. ftp
In not far from the < "
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