The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 01, 1900, Image 1
NINE WERE KILLED.
Systematic Murder of Missionaries
in China.
CONSULS ASK FOR PROTECTION.
V
lhe Situation in China Is Alarming
and Will Tax to the Utmost the Re?
sources of That (iovernmont,
? ? ? , ?
? Washington. 1). C.. Special.? Such
advices as havCreachod hero indicate
that tl?? situation in China has as
sumed a very critical phase, and ouo
calculated lo tax the ej^l re resources
v>f the Chinese government. The State
Department has heon in close com
mujilo^lon with Mj fy Conger, our
minister at Pekln, and the Navy De
partment in doing its share, having
placed the flagship Newark as far up
the river as the Takn forts, which is
the nearest point to Pekin that the
""V "WW ?xvn . rue oprrarinna oT tlie
Boxers" are increasing in magnitude.
Their demonstrations are no longer
local, and they appear to be governed
in their movements by some well set
tled designs. They have murdered
nine Methodist missionaries In one
province, at the town of Paehow, and
have closed in on Pekln. Meanwhile,
the Chinese army is suspected of dis
loyalty, this belief being strengthened
hy wholesale desertions of tho soldiers
to the "Boxers."
Minister Conger has appealed to the
State Department for the protection of
ft marine guard for his legation. The
Department lias promptly cabled him
an authorization to call upon the near
est United States naval vessels for as
sistance. It is not known yet whether
he has availed himself of tho perrnis
, nlon. The embarrassing feature of the
. situation is the cutting of ihe com*
inunicatlon "by rail between Taku and
Tien Tsln, and the rapital. for the Box
era have burned the railroad bridges,
aud there aro probably only two
courses open to the marines who wish
to reach Pekin ? a long overland
march througn a hostile country away
, from supports, or a tedious voyage up
the swift and shallow Pel Ho in shorn
boats in tow of steam launches.
According to report, tho ChinesV
government has done every tiling in its
power to meet the demands of the dip
lomatic body at Pekin for the disper
sion of the Boxers, but it appears that
the uprising Is far more serious than
was at first apprehended', and even
the resident 'ministers at Pekin are in
clined to admit that the ,i*sk is not
an easy one for the Chinese govern
ment dS^o far all of the measures
taken by tHe State Department look to
the simple protection of the American
legalon at Pekln, the American con
sulates In the vicinity and the lives of
such Americans as may be obliged to
take refuge therein, in til event of
general rioting. The Stat/ Depart
ment is closely adhering to the prac
tice it has always observed of non-in
terference in these Chinese disturb
ances, and it i3 not contemplated that
our naval forces shall take any part
in the contest between the Chinese
government and the Boxers, though
it is assumed that Rear Admiral
Remey, the c?Vmander-In-chief of the
Asiatic .station, will . take steps to
supply Rear Admiral Rempff, the
senior squadron commander, with such
naval force as he may need for safe*
girding American Interests at the
treaty ports.
For Associate Justices.
Washington. I). C.. Special. ? The
President sent the following: nomina
tions to the Senate: Brigadier Gen
eral Otis to be major general, June l?j,
1900, vice Merritt, to he retired on that
day. Court of Private Land Claims
Jos. B. Fed, of Iowa, to he chief jus-'
tire. To he associate Justice, -Thomas
C. Fuller, of North Carolina; Win. W^*
Murray, of Tennessee; Henry C. Sluss,
of Kansas; Wilbur F. ?tone, of Colo
rado; Thomas H. Norton, of Ohio,
be "consul at Harput, Turkey. A
The War In the I'hilipplnes.
. Manila. By Gable. ? Major Henry T.
j Alien, of the Forty-third Infantry, 0
while scouting from Catbalogairf;
Island of Samar, May 9. drove a prty
of insurgents from the vnllcys. Vour
Americans^ #verc killed, including
lieutenant W. H.~ Evans fjohn fT.
Evans), Wlio was slain while gallently
leading a charge against the entrench
ments. -Eleven of the enemy were
killed and four were wounded.
IpMUl/ The uwiauitou
the fottowla*
mUkmt, W. D.
6rill?h Army's Advance.
London, by Cable. ? The effective
ness of the British invasion of the
Transvaal is furtiior emphasized by the
news from Pretoria of the occupation
of Zeerust and the advance on Lich ten
burg. Apparently the British drag net
will be drawn through the ^K-ansvaaL
as It wm in a similar manner hauled
ttmmffh the Free State. The fighting
at the Klip river Sunday, reported from
from Pretoris, was presumably done
hy qwals Frwch and Mammon in
forcing their way round to the north
ward of Johannesburg.
THROUGHOUT Tllfi COUNTRY.
,j r
1 he South.
Tha Tenth annual reunion of tho
Prilled Confederate Veterans began In
Louisville, Ky,, on Wednesday, with
t ho largest attendance of any mooting
yet held.
A few days ago. John iioyd, a fanner
In Darlington eounty, S. C., had a quar
rel with a negro on bis place mid tied
him up and whipped bin) Jloyd was
at supper when he was dhot dead. A
crowd of men with blood hounds are
on the track /of the murderer. The ne
gro who was whipped i.s supposed to
have done the killing.
A number of Friends i'i mi llaltimotv
held services in the old Quaker Mett
ing Houso at York, Pa., the site for
which was donated by a son of Wil
liam Pen n.
A dtiel to the death was fought by
Emmet Coy and Honlfacio Perez,
cowboys, in Hidalgo County, Texas,
with rifles, both men fulllng^n their
tracks.
Chief Justice Hazelrigg. of Ken
tucky, has given out a statement pos!.
tlvely declining to enter the race lor
t!i? Demwrntjc nominat-ion fur tw?v
ernor, leaving Governor Heckhnm as
the only candidate.
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The North.
Strong expansion sentiment was
shown at a mass-meeting In Detroit,
Mich., in connection with the Ameri
can Haptlst missionary anniversaries.
James Fitzharrls and Joseph Mullet,
Irish I inducibles, were excluded from
this country by New York Immigra
tion officials and will he deported.
It is reported that former Senator
David R Hill will exert every Influence
tc turn New York against Bryan In
convention.
Kansas necda 20.000 men to gather
its record-breaking wheat crop.
Ii ving Johnson, colored, and Devy
Parsons, white, arc supposed to have
been drowned in Whist Pond, at Tor
rington, Conn.
An indictment, charging Faith a f!il
liam, a domestic In the family of Dr.
M. J: Ambrose, with having put poison
in their food, has been reported by tho
Grand Jury, at Cincinnati, O.
A contract for the construction of a
breakwater at San Peuro, California,
has been awarded to the California
Cwiif traction Company at $2,37.r?,000.
The original contract was annulled.
I
Foreixn*
The Boers in Northern Natal show
signs of active opposition to General
Btiller.
A British foici.- is reported- to nave
lost heavily in an effort to break the
siege lines at Comasslc, Ashantl.
Hocialists observed the anniver
sary of the Commune by a parade in
Paris.
A state almost of anarchy, clue to
(lie agitation by the "Boxers," prevails
in parts of China.
Army officials in Havana deny the.
charge of having lived extravagantly.
The Socialist candidate, lierr
Suedekum, was re-elected to the
Reichstag at Nuremberg.
The (lerman East Africa Steamship
Company will Increase Its capital by
>1,000,000 for new ships.
The Gorman torpedo flotilla Is now
proceeding slowly down the Rhine,
and will arrive at Rotterdam June 9.
Wholesale exportation of coollc3
from China to German colonies Is ad
veated by Ilerr Eugene Wolf, the great
explorer.
Miscellaneous!
v The Postofflcp Department denies
the truth of the reports that postal em
ployes sent from Washington to Porto
Rico drew salaries from both offices.
Twelve contract surgeons now with
the army In the field are to be trans
ferred to tho regular army with' the
rank of first lieutenant.
Tho French Panama Canal Com
pany has received orders from Paris to
reeumo work on a largp scale.
Tho new Philippine Commission has
arrived In Hongkong on Its way to
Manila.
Representative Lents proposes to
print 30,000 eople? of the testimony in
the Cocur d'Alene investigation.
F. R. Stackablo has been appointed
by the President Collector of Customs
for the dlstjifl of Hawaii.
LI Hung Cfcfcng has been confirmed
In the Vice Royalty in Canton.
Charles Moore, clerk of the Senate
District of Columbia Committee, has
been made a Ph. D., Columbia Uni
versity, for a book entitled "Tho
Northwest Under Three Flags."
Robbers got f 10,000 worth of Jewelry
from M. Perrot's shop, in Ihe Palais
Royal, Paris, on Friday night.
Lemons and oranges from Tax* An
geles, Cal., were kept perfectly fresh
In a cold storage voyage of 8,000 miles
to Paris.
The Dukes of Fife and Argyll and
Earls of Hopetoun and Jersey are men
tioned for F/rlernted Australia's Vice
royalty.
After three years of married life
Kn, Lina Rogers, years old, sifts
for divorce at St. Louis, Mo.
F?aring aanatattoft In Eastern
twil*? KIbi Alexander hsa given up
hi* tow of cofccflttUo?
The Batten of Morocco has dopoctd
IN TOTAL ECLIPSE.
Gorgeous Spectacle Witnessed By the I
Scientists.
PERFECT DAY FOR OBSERVATION. I
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Many Interesting P?s?:urei Discover
ed by Astrua mors ?Sudden Tcm? |
perAture Changes.
Wadsboiy, N. C., Spe lal.-Tho cdlp c
of tho sun, uh observed in \Vado>boro, j
Monday, was of a very satisfactory
character, _all conditions helmi as Ono ;
n? could have been desired by the most j
enthusiastic scientist; The condition?) I
wore absolutely perfect and the astron- ?
omors and scientific men had only one !
thinf; to complain of, and that was by i
some slip of moon calculations ihey i
Were cheated out of about seven see- |
onds of tho eclipse. In other worn*. ;
the period of totality was about soven ,
seconds less than had been calculated
upon. Prof. J. 11. Colt, ono of the pro- j
Cvwnxmm cvnsnrvers, explains that thl < ]
fact is neither Important or surprising,
because ns?rom>irfcrs are not suro of all j
tho elements of tho moon. It demon
strates that the ?mo' ions of the p'anets j
can bo computed with a higher aceura- j
cy than the moon.
Tho town was full of professional
and amateur observers and telescopes j
of all sorts and slzefl. Cameras and ko- j
daks were to bo scon on all side*. Con- j
Kress appropriated $5,000 for tho ox- j
penso alone of the Smithsonian obscr- J
vation station. This station occupied '
a depression to tho southeast of tho I
town, and as perhaps the most finely j
equipped station in tho belt of the j
ellipse. It was made up of tho regular I
apparatus of the Smithsonian Iustitu- !
lion, flie only new addition being tho i
great telescope*135 foot in length, car- j
rying a plate ono yard squaro, making |
a picture 16 inches square. The plates
oo?t $85 per dozen. During the few mo
ments of totality the operator of tho
telepcopo secured six pictures.
Tho Smithsonian station was in
charge of Professor Jvangley, ami -he
had 40 assistants, among them Prof. C.
G. Smith, who had charge of the instru
ments; Prof. Smille, chief photograph
er of tho National Museum; Mr. R C.
Child, Mr. DeL. Gill, Prof. C-. G. Men
denhall and Mr. A. Graomer. On tho
Smithsonian grounds was tho observa
tion station of tho Yorkes observatory,
in charge of Profs. Barneno, Hale,
Hitchey, Ellcrman, Flint, Frost, and
Dr. Isham. Their equipment was al
most as fine as that of the SiniMisonlsn.
Princeton had .a well equipped station,
in charge of Profs. Young, Llbbey,
Bracket and Magee; Mrs. Magee, j
Messrs. Peed, McClenuhan, ltussell and
Fisher. Nearby was an observation j
station profusely decoatod with Arac- j
lean flags. It was In oh ago of Rev. j
John M. Paeon and daughter, of New- !
berry, ling., and Ncvll Markelyne, of '
tvondon. Each of the party wore small
American flags in their hat?. They had
a very expensive sot of instruments. ?
In addition to theso big tolrsroplc bat- '
teries, there were many private plants i
of more or less Importance.
Mr. Tliomae Lindsay, of Canada, so- [
cured many valuable photographs. !
Prof. J. A. Holmes, North Carolina j
Stato geologist, had a well .equipped.,
station on one of the buildings in town j
and the results of his observations arc
considered among the most valuable j
of the day, especially in the photo- i
graphing of the shadow belt. Dr. (I.
M. Philips, principal of tho State Nor
mal school*, Westchester. Pa., had a
well equipped observatory on Corr's
Mountain, where the Charleston cadets
under Captains IlOnd and Coleman,
were also stationed. The individual
professors and amateurs wilh tele
scopes and cameras of their own were
met on every hand.
Words cannot describe the solemn
grandeur of the scene at the moment
of total eclipse. The. chattering crowds
had been awed into silence .as the
wlered, mysterious darkness leading up
to totality had progressed. The color
effects of sky and horizon Ave rc sur
passingly beautiful. Above/ the blue,
deepened to almost blackiu$s and nlr
around the horizon rose1 rings of orange ;
and purple. Just before totality it j
it looked as a rainbow ringing tho j
horizon, but the moment the last ray j
of the sun was obscured all this chang
ed and the coloring of the horizon was
that which shortly follows a summer
sunset. Around the sun tho corona
nhone forth with great brilliancy and
in a beautiful form. There woro two
brilliant splotchcs of light. One flamed j
out from the first point of contact It I
was shaped like a fish -tail and was j
about three timns the diameter of thf j
moon in length. The other flashed
out below in an opposito direction, j
while circling the shadow was a nar
row belt of light of extreme brlliancy.
The planet Mercury beamed just a lit
tlo beyend the end of the first arm of
the corona, and well down towards tho
corona, Venus sparkled like a dia
mond. -The shadow of tho total eclipse
produced an effcct something liko
moonlight, yet with a softened bril
liancy. One could distinguish faces in,
tho near neighborhood, yet it; was as
If through a yellowish haze. Observers
differ as to the exact time of the dura
tion of the totality, but It was about
76 aeoonda. The moat dazzling effect
of the entire spectacle -was at the first
.moment of the sun emerging. It was
"99 If a mighty arc light more power
fatly and brilliantly penetrating than
MrtUng artr imagined on earth had
bean auddenljr lighted In the akiea. It
_ and oaxziing In th# snd
denneas and. splendor of
aVv lj*ht
Hu to
disappear wd twy moam t he afeado m
J"Ul ,0
W4 w ?
f jinct a streak of clrru* in the north. At
vlVtUtt cumulus were visible in
'? ti?v northwest and the tows In tho
I pasture around tho observatory were
i iteaftj lowing. Tho blue purply effect
; was first noted in tho south and west
| at 8:33 and I pair ornngt) li^ht in
: tho skies' at 8:31. At S : ;17 Hurt' was a
palo whito gray in Iho cast, ami at
1 8: 39 palo whito gray in tho west, Tho
(loop purplish gray in tho tonith. like
a deep purpl'3 how inverted en-mo oh
j i?t 8:41. At totality. 8:45, there waa
u deep pink on a streak of clrrui
I cumulus in tho south, also hands ot
purple nncl pink in tho west. A few
seconds before totality, shadow bauds,
five Inches apart, wero recorded by
Prof Clayton.
Tho drop in temperature during the
eelipso was sufficient to maho itself
felt by all observers, notwithstanding
their "intorcvt in Iho eclipse itself. Tho
duty of recording the temperature
changes was assigned lo Prof. 11. n
Clayton, from Mlue Hills Mcterologbal
ObsorVAtory, near Hoston. Prof. Clay
ton's report shows that at tho begin
ning of the eclipse, tho temperature
was. 71 degrees. Just after contact it
was 05. For llvo to ton seconds after
totality it was C3 dogreoa. As the
eclipse passed off tho temperaturo Ik
CM11 til riHti 1/i.niil 1 v ii in I u? HI' art
was 7S degrees. This record shows a
fall of 8 degrees and a rise of 15. Prof.
Clayton's roccwxl shows that tho wind
increased as tho eclipse came on, and
decreased as it passed off. but at no
ti-mo did tho direction of tho wind
change.
Prof. J. R. Coit, of Boston, had a sta
tion on the Smithsonian mounds for
tho especial purpose of observing tho
ooronn. Ono fact which ho sayu Is
settled is that in this eclipse there was
no whito prominence, U jnattor of con
siderable importance to astronomers.
He says that the conditions for observ
ing the eclipse wero perfect, and tho
j results to be anticipated will bo a het
| tor knowledge yjt. tbQ corona uuid boat
: radiations from tho different parts of
I the corona. Astronomers will learn
j more of the form and direction of tho
! curvature of corona dreamers. Ho
' expefds very satisfactory results from
? Oho development of hiB plates.
now a city is ncsinanD.
Attacking Army Often From Three Jo Tea
Miles Away. ^
Aii explanation of list what besieg
ing a city means should to the aver
age layman prove interesting.
To begin at the" Tieglnning, then, the
first purpose oC besieging a city, nat
urally, is to cap{ure it; the purpose of
capturing it is to hold it; and. the
purpose of holding It? for the capture
of a city (hat cannot afterward he held,
may he looked upon as a useless under
taking and a waste of so much time
and energy as have heen expended up
on the task- may resolve itself into
many reasons.
In the tirst place, it is a blow to the
enemy; with the city as a base, unless
iie is in force, the soldiers occnpiug it
rati keep the enemy from suecisAfully
operating in that territory; if retained
until the end of the war, it plays a
great part in the dictation of jnvt what
the terms of peace shall he; and then
last, hut not least, the reader may rest
assured (Tin I a city or town thai is con
sidered of sufficient importance by one
army to defend to the last, and by the
opposing army to capture, is a place of
peculiar strategical position, and this
reason of itself would be enough for
an attacking army to come and re
main before it. Of co.ur.ce, the prin
cipal place to besiege. is the capital -<?f
the enemy's country, afuf to this ulti-~
mate obcct all other sieges teljd.
When a city is besieged, the ^attack
ing army is often from three to ten
miles away from it. Tlui* nearer, 'of
coarse, the attacking par/y can get to
the place the better they can operate
against it. and they are continually
straining every muscle and conceiv
able strategy to advance as close as
possible, or as circumstances appear
to them advisable; whiletfthe opposite
side is always going through the same
strain with the object of keeping tliem
oh*.
To do this, trenches are dug miles
out to cover the roads by which the
enemy may .approach llie city, and
these nre called 'outworks.' ltchind
Ihcse are other trenches, some little
way back, and behind these are often
others; while ust on the outskirts of
the town a re generally erected rude
forts? that !f. If the city has Hoi mas
sive strongholds already built, and
hero the last stand I* taken, with re
doubts about them, and defended so
long as they arc found tenable.
Then, not only making 11 defensive
stand, the besieged party resorts to
little skirmishes and guerilla attack's
for the purpose of the more effectually
keeping the enemy oft or driving liiin
back.
The first Idea of nn attacking force
when ft siege Is begun Is to cut ofT the
town it Is surrounding from the out
side world.
It need not necessarily maintain ft
blockade, but In order to make the
town subsist entirely upon stteh sup
plies as it has on haml, so that pos
sibly the garrison may th? sooner Ik*
starrer! Into fnbmlsslon? If this course
Is neccs?ary-iii careful guard Is main
tained so that nothing may bc?hrought
Into the place: and thetr, to further de
Jay and hamper 'anyx*^l.?vlng force
that may come to the garrison'* aid, all
surrounding railways are * destroyed
tr^th the exception powrfbTy of one run? 1
nla'g Into the besiegers! own territory.
And this hag to be carffnlly guarded.
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; Children Under II Slnnld Not be
Employed in Factories.
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INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION RKPORT.
Congress Has No I'owcr to Legislate
Diroctly la tl?e .Mutter of Regulation
] of Hours of 1 abor.
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Washington, 1>. C., Special.? The in.
dustrlal commi-nlon on its report to
Congress on labor legislation recom
mends Improved legislation to tin)
State legislatures, ralhor than t.? <\>u
! gross directly. The subject of greatest
i public interest today, {-ays tin* report,
'la perh tips that of tho regulation of
tCie hours of lalMi' permitted in Indus
trial occupations and imperially In fac
tories. " As C ngreas has not piwer t>>
legislate direct ly In 1 1?1 -? matter the
commission recommends thai a simple
Uatuto l?o ? nue ?*d by all the States log*
latlng the length <>f t lio working ?:ayi. r
i fi.ll UAJ'-^>ua )>j*i ~'f ' J ?
I 21 years. who work in factories, h'l'e
j report in lui? f 4 T e cmployme: t
of children below (In* ages of I t shou d
be prohibited in factories. The length
of the working day in all public em
ployment should b" llxed at eight 'hours
The same time should bo llxed for
: workmen in underground mines, ex
! oopt l'i eases of emergency Employ
\ ment in the mines tif children less than
M years df age nnd of all women and
girls should be forbidden. Congress
might well enact that no person under
IS should be employed as a telegraph
operator upon railroads, and that nil
engineers and switchmen should sub
mit to an oxnTninati.m foT color blind
ness; aiftf that, it be made a misdemea
nor -for -an entrlnoer nr switchman lobe
Intoxicated while up duty. A simple 1
and liberal law reflating tho payment (
of labor should l?u adopted by all the
i States, providing that all laborers shall
be paid in ca.sh orders without dis
count, not in gotwis or due bills, and
that no compulsion, direct <>r Indirect,
should bu used to make them puroha-o
goods at particular stores. Provision
for the fair weighing of coal at mines
should be made, and the miners should
have tho privilege of employing a check
welghman at their own expense."
It is suggested that it might be well
to limit punishment for contempt of
court Imprisonment for a brief period
for disobedience of Injunctions, but
equity courts mu t not be deprived of
the power to protect themselves and
to make their decrees respected. '1 he
process of awarding blanket. Injunc
tions against all the world. oV against
unnamed defendants, as well as the
practice of indirectly enforcing tho con
tract for .personal sorvicc by enjoining i
employes from quitting work, should
bo discouraged not only by popular
sentiment, but by Intelligent judicial
opinion. Congress should adopt a con
sistent code of laws regulating all mat
ters concerning railroad employment
such as hours of labor, limitation of
continuous runs by engineers or con
tinuous -service by telegraph operators
or switchmen;. -the enactment of a con
sistent employers liability code; the
liability of the employer or corporation
for defective appliances, etc. The sta
tutes already adopted In the scveiu.1
States, dlscrimlna: lug as<l e ween union
and non-union labor by making it a
penal offense for an employer to ex
clude union labor only seen) to the
commission to be unconstitutional, be
ing class legislation. 'I he statiUQ^
should apply to non-union as wclW
union labor alike if It Is to be enacted
at all. The right to be employed and
protected without belonging to a un'on
f-Jiould be preserved, but every facility
should be given labor to organize, if it
(ttfsires, and the last vestige of the no
tion that trade unions are criminal
use f prl.agoo shrdlu cnifwy vbgkqi
conspiracy should bo swept away. 1 ho
use of private police detective* or oth
er hired ljfwJies of men to bo used In
connection with labor 1 roubles has
nrousod considerable attention, and.
Congress probably has the power to(
enact reasonable legislation to prevent;
abuses in fchls direction. In a general
way tho commission reports that con-'
dilatory lawj havo been effective, but
that strict arbitration machinery rare
ly works well. It is snugGMed that la
bor bureau# or commlsHlons bo estab
lished in all the States.
Compulsory Insurance Rejected.
I3orno, Spcclal.? *A bill whl^h tho Ab
snmbly had adopted, making commil
POTy Insurance against accldcnt and Ill
ness of all prrponw not earning their
living, the roiifodoratiou contributing
toward (ho cxpenso was, upon being
ru bm It ted to (be people, according to
Rwirs law, defeated May 20 by a ma
jority of 170,000, the vote standing 220.- J
000 against the measure and 150,000 in j
Its favor.
ntntetars mm not Clwsw or Smdke.
Atlantic City, Special.?1 The prtncl*
pie features of today's cession of th*?
ya^^alseorion ot ibf Methodist
sdOyOun bf a two-thlrdsrote of an
imalant to the ch?K* discipline
nenlriac aU candidates .for the mlats
To Pay for the Mor e.
Charleston,' S. C., Special. ? A North
Carolinian stole a horae five wfteks
ago from Kdward Dean, of Spartan-'
burg, S. C. Dean went to "Marshall, tho
county scat of Madison county, found
his borne and Idendfled the thief. He
secured a requisition from Governor
McSweeney which Governor Rusftell
would not honor. But the daughter of
the man ^rho stole the horse wrote
Dean that she had raised fc>0 ahd
would turn the horse and the money
over to (he sheriff at Aahevllle if be
would drop the matter, and these terms
wefe accepted.
mSimi KUNS ADJOURN.
A Number of Committee* Have Been
Appointed <>
Atlanta, (la., Special ? Tho (lenoral
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
concluded ila labors Saturday. Thero
was much out liuslastn dipl.iyol during
the morning hours over the decision lo
raise a million dollar Twentieth Cen
tury Kund for the benefit of Church e l
nratlon. The central committee la thi.s
great work eoiulftts of Chairman l>r.
\\\ W. Moore, of I'nlon Seminary, and
Vice-President 1 M\ Charles 11. Hemp*
hill, of Kentucky. with one minister
and one elder or doieon from each Sy
nod of the (liurch. lis membership in
part1 is as follows:
Synod of Virginia: Rev. K. r, Kerr,
D. D., Richmond: tleoige 1*2. (\ukio,
Lynchburg.
Synod of North Carolina: Rev. .1. W.
Stagg. D. l'-' Charlotte: (Joorgo \V.
Watts, Durham.
Synod of South Carolina: Rev. \V. (?.
Neville, \orl; vllle* C. C Craham,
Greenville.
Many Important matters were con
sidered by the Assembly up to .11:30 vf
in., when Stated Clerk Alevander an
nounced that his docket was clear ami
the bust i\e.<s before the body was fin
ished. A vote of thanks win extended
to all those who have contributed to
the Kticces-; of t lie soNxirn and the he'tr
tv appreciation of the Assembly was
expressed in many ways to the workers
on the committees and clsewaere. D ;r
lug the morning Moderator Martin up
pointed two important coininlttees. One
was to form h new Sunday school les
son series. It Is composed of Hev. 1<J.
C. Murray, chairman, Newborn, _N. C 1
Rev. 0. 1/. I *Sll lip ??, Hev. Charles Cvhlse
Un, Hev. .1. K. llazen ami Major Joseph
llardle.
A committee on Negto ISvangeliza
tlon was named as follows:
Dr. H. 11. Hlce, Dr. Hobert I?\ Camp
hell, Asheville, N. C, and Elder \V. J.
McKlnney, Decatur, (?a.
Plague Among Teamsters.
Manila, Ry Cable. ? The government
corral at Manila has been quarantine, I.
There are four suspected casoa of bu
bonic plague among the toamstovB who
arc living fv flit by dwelling.0 r hlcli will
be burned. \ Slnc.o the murder^ on
board the s4Wmer 101 Cino by Hie na
tive crew, coastwise c ipt iins have be *n
fearful of repetitions of the tragedy
and ha\*e robller guards for their
steanfers, which ha.j been deel n (1.
Three commercial ?? earners are now in
the bay, their Spanish captains refus
ing to null unprotected, and other in
tern! Imitating them. The authorities
have returned to the captains their re
volvers. of which they were recently
deprived. Col. Padllla, the rebel gover
nor pf Nneva ICcltrt. was captured dur
ing tho recent fighting nt Neuva Eoja
and Is now in Jail Mere.
Vqal River CroSAed.
Ixmdon, By Cable. ? Tho War Ofllco
has received the following dispatch
from Ix?rd Roberts:
"Wolvechock, Oiango I-'rc^ State.
May 20. ? An advanced portion of this
force crossed the Vaal river on the
Queen's birthday, near Paris. Hamil
ton*' column Is at Hoschoank. Oi:r
iconts aie now at Vlljocns D. If. on tho
front north of Wo! v: hoc';. The l^cal
mines are uninjured ami work I? get
ting on as Usual. There is no enemy
I h if? sldo of the riv-M*. H liner readied
V'lybnrg May 21."'
Cnra Carry Three Down To I)ea:h.
Akron, Ohio, Special. ? Three men,
lame.s MacMalr n, Michael Rentiers ami
K. Welkor, were killed ami a number
of other seriously injured a? a resul'
of an accident to a work train early
Saturday on the Akron and Cuyhoga
Kails Rapid Transit (electric) subnri.an
line. The brakes on two cars loaded
with gravel, and carrying about a doz
en workmen became disabled at tho
top of a steep grad". The cars rushed
down the Incline at a terrific speed.
Nine of the workmen Jumped from tho
?ars as they sped along, and wero eor
?otMly Injured.
Unknown Vessel Rescued.
Capo Henry, Va., Special. ? W. L,
f to! I. Weather Iluiva : ollkial at Curri
tuck Inlet. N. report? that tho un
known schooner whMi has been an
chored during th? Ktorni off YVh.ilos
I lord, N. (*., was iak-n from "her <lan
gcrf.ua pnsltln-i 'iy ;'iie wi e ?Hi?^ ateatn
er Coley. at 1:15 p. 1 1. .Saturday, '( hi
(?'olo>> with *ho V08<?:1 in tow, is now
steaming norlhwarl and will pa?j in
the Cains about midnight.
Brcvlt'es.
In I ho recent storm* off the Oregon
coast eleven fishermen wore drowned.
Kdward R. Poor liaa rojlguttil a* pres.
Ident of the National l'ark Hank, of
New York.
C. M. Davij has (i:i.v;!ia.'e.l tho woolen
mill of the late Joseph Gould, cf North
fbild, Vt. x
Ohio Phobitionists have nominated a
State ticket headed by J. Knox Mont
gomery for Secretary of State.
The introduction of a vested choir
into the Methodist Episcopal Ohuroh
on One Hundred and 8eventy-elghth
Rtreet, New York, has aroused vigor*
oufl opposition among the older mem*
bers.
Henry M. Flagler, the Standard Oil
magnate, haa been permitted hy the
New York -Supreme Court to resign 01
committf e or the person and estate of
bis wife, Ada A. Kligler. confined in a
unitarian) at Flesseptvllle, N. Y.
Twenty thousand workmen' In the
oullding trades were locked out at
Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday.
Frank Borne, sitae Trueedale, a
gro boy. If yearn old, is *m tbe Floreeer
jail, charged with attempting a crflfcl
Waesanl* Mies Keggte
K?akMV Omt mwffSH. ? ?. ? >r . .
SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS.
Harvest Time Approaching -- Crop*
Advancing Nicely.
The week ending # a. in., Mondiy,
May ?sth, was slightly cooler than un
u 1 1 . with unusually low night tempera
lures and cool wlndd during tho 1 At tor
part of tho week.
Haiti foil on the 2Hrd and 24th, which
waa general over tho Stato and wa*
heaviest over tho northwostern c mil
ties, whoro it was moat needed. At a
few points slight dnmogo wftfj d>ne by
lands betng washod, but tho shower.)
wore generally bonoflcial. Tho auil ia
now well supplied with moteturo.
The weather was favorable for cultl
vatl >n, and crops are well worked with
little complaint of grassy fields, but.
the nighta havo been too cool fop rap
id growth, especially of cotton,, which
remains Hui.il 1 . with, however, qutio
full k lands, alth ugh irregular lu size.
I'lantiiiK is tluished. l,ko havo mado
their appearance over largo aroaa.
Clipping Is well under way or nearlng
"lFlrtnQ coll^ll loO^
well, hut owing to e> >ol nights is email.
(\iiii is doing fairly well and baa
go <1 color and good stands on up'ar.da,
but on bottom lands worms are doing
serious injury, and havo already nmdn
much repluiting necessary. Planting
is not. finished in tho western prr.lflfefs
Tobac 'o Is ut.t uniform in con iitlon,
and in places Is quite poor, w'.iilo In
other localities l>oih atnnda and growth
are satisfactory.
Oats harvest has begun and yields
ore good. although the straw Is short
In many places, General Improvement
Is nolo I in this <-rop. Wheat Is ripen*
lug, and with few oxecptlons the crop
Is above the average In condition.
There has been somo doterloratlcu
caused by rust. / . . . ...
lllce is backward and growing slow
ly, although otherwLo doing well. Buga
?havo done damoge to whlto potatoes.
ttwoet potato slips being sot. Trucks
gardens, melons, <j,\no, and pasture i
growing nicely. J Berries plentiful;
poaches Aiibf grapes unusually promis
ing, but other fruits scarcely up to tho
average.
- ct
Pot*tofflce Robbed. ?
Ashoville, N. C., Special.? News has
reached horo of tlio robbery Saturday
night Into of the robbery of thepostof
llco at Mai shall. Tho safe was blown
open and $4,000 lp - ^?h and stamps
were taken. Part of tho money .belong- h
ed to fhe county, Postmaatol- Rector be
ing a 1*0 deputy county treasurer. Two
tnen have been arreetod on suspicion. .
Hopeful of Filipino Surrender. "
Washington, D. C., Special. ? Tho
War Department has received tiho fol
lowing cablegram from -Comiral Mae
Arthur at Manila*, dated Monday:
"Three officers, 50 men. with 46 rifle*,
surrendered unconditionally at Cuypa
go yesterday. Three officers, 46 men,
65 rifle*, surrendered unconditionally
today at Tarlac. These spontaneous
surrenders are very encouraging."
Nrws Items.
Right Rev. John Moore, the aged
bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese
of St Augustine, Fla., was stricken
with paralysis while delivering a eer
mon In the pulpit of St. Mary's c'uirch,
Allegheny, Pa., Sunday. His condition
is serious.
It was publlshod Monday in .Wall
Btrept that ?t a meetltvg of the Norfolk
and Western directors, to Im* lield oq
June 6, three and possibly, four mem
hers of the board would resign. Their
places will be taken Itjs said by Vice
Presidents Provost, Pugh and Rea, of
tho Pennsylvania. There Is t>me talk
of electing James McCrae, first vice
President of the Pennsylvania lines
west of Pittsburg, a member of the
Norfolk end Western board.
The Comptroller of tho Currnocy baa
declared a 20 per cent, dividend in fa
vqr of creditors of tfio insolvent First
National Bank of Orlando, Fla.
The United States Supreme C^urt de?
cided Admiral Dewey's bojinty claim
against the admiral's contention. The
effect is to deprivo the admiral and the
men engageu with him at Manila of
half the amount claimed by them. ?
The Free Haptist Assembly will be.
gin at Ocean Park, Old Orchard, Mo.,
on July 1, to <o?tlnune until September
1, and the Chautauqua Assembly will
be in session theVe 'from August 1 tc
15.
The btiRiness.comnrnnIt/ aro espe
cially interested in the reports sent
out from Philadelphia relative to the
early organization ry o^mimiy Hi
operate a line of steamers between t*at
port mid Charleston. Charleston
formerly scipported It, but It was dis
continued because the owners of the
vessels foimrl a more profitable use for'
'their steamships. The establishment
of the lino will be a good thing for
both ports.
People in England and mdjtt^gf Eu
rope wore furs the past
The iw^riplfcir'to . cip&t/
stock of th\ South Carolina Inter- ;
state and Waft iarflaa exposition co*w
finite to come. The fond ta gradually
growing and the organisation ot the
company Will SbOttlf take plAC* *
Thf Hiitln
Virf'hss ap; ?
ao capital stock, na Uutt I g _
under the law. liiw M,
.w. ftpgkrfiBtt ft b. -
^n-pmaVont.
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