The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 22, 1900, Image 1
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Volij.mi: xi. ca.mdkn, s>r., fkidav. junk woo.
THE STATE CA.V1PA IGN
flic Coiitesi is Growing More Spiriico
as ihe Days liu By.
CANDIDA (IIS (ill Bl.il Hi IK I: NT,
Anil Propose to Spoil liacli Dthcrs'
CoUiitcia ccs 1 he A\ocCi11x>s Arc us
-.Rule Well Attended
?
Meeting at Orangeburg.
Utfbitgc tiiii g, Special.?Tio' di,p,.it
Jpttiy. That ;.s tho keynote to the Sta^i
Bfrnon-ftM,. e.unpalgn preparatory to
pi!"1 try election 111 August. The
^ftluef int< i t reuUrs Hi the e*tntlTfcti^i
11'"' RQA'i in r, who ropre-eii/ di h'crinu*
phase:? of the question. I
I ho Its -si meeting at iWiu^Uu*'*
?> oducsdav opened rather tamely, Init
uegaji 10 get spicy, ami it appears that
there win ho quite a deal of old time
inud-AliunihK" in this lampilgn, Mr,
1 nttovSiiii it, liariiwell made vicious at
tacks on Mr. MoSweeney; Mr. Capers
anil Mr. M (Malum began to warm up;
Air. Broakei- and Mr. Derham showed
of word scrapping, and Maj. It .in
Bee Evans Jumped on his diMunt
iVA. U *k -111' u. jta
Iidates for State oillcfS who
are permittTrn''^'jiici the primary are:
Pot- Governor Ml'TV Me&wx^ney, .1.
A. lloyt, K. It. Gary, A. II. Pattersua.. .
For Lieutenant Cover nor -John T,
Sloan. ('. L. Winkler. C. 1.. Hlease, J.
II. Tillman.
For Attorney General f? T> Hellin
ger, James II. Moore.
For Secretary of State M. It. Coop
er.
For State Treasurer W. IT. Timmer
man, It. II. Jennings.
For Comptroller General J I'. I>er
* ham, N. W. Hrooker.
For Superintendent of Education ?
J. ,1. MeMahan, Ellison Capers, Jr.
For Adjutant itinl Inspector General
?J. \V. Floyd, (icorge Douglas Hons;?.
For Railroad Commissioner? W. D.
Evans. J. (J. Etherldge. J. II. Wharton.
Thomas N. Kerry, W. I >. Maylleld, II.
II. Evans, J. G. l'ettlgi'cw.
For ITiilied States Senator -H. H.
Tillman, A. C. Jones.
Considerable surprise whs shown
when it was aniionneeil that A.
V"Jfmcs of Newberry, late chairman of
the\ prohibition party, would oppose
Til Ana n.
Mr. W. (). Tatum. county chairman,
bounded the gong at 11:11. and the
candidates were off. W. A. Rog
ers of the Methodist church opened
lhe'exercises with prayer.
x,\Vhc[i Mr. Tatum introduced Gov.
McSweeney there was some haudclap
jiing. The boys hadn't found (In; iisp
vf?t -4heir throats. In opening the
f speoch^Cov. MeSweency thanked the
people of Orangeburg county for past
f>uffrag<*,.ly"?? had been tw.ee elected
lieutenant P or, nor and lSHO.
snceeedru the i*ft> Gov. ^J^Frbe. He
had since suceeedlrt'j Gov Ellcrbe en
deptfWd to carry out nil the laws of
io State, to be fair and impartial and
, to require all those under, him to do
/ the same. Factional lines had been
) obliterated, and he claimed tile credit
for doing as much as any other man to
- bring this about.* South Carolina is
( to-day regarded as one of the most
f progressive States in the union and
i) there is no reason why this condition
ilhould not continue. He hoped that
nothing would occur to mar the high
plane upon which he proposed to con
duct the campaign. He had conducted
his office on business principles and
had tried to administer the govern
ment without friction or interference
with other officials. Whenever mat
ters required executive action lie had
conferred with county delegations, on
the principle of self government. Ho
proposed to stand on his record, and
< that his record war. entitled to en
dorsement for re-eloetlon to succeed
himself.
tfov. McSweeney was cheered upon
the conclusion of his speech.
Chairman Tatiiki then-M lit rod need.
car:, jambs a. hoyt.
Col. Iloyt iva* not without friends in
the audience. They greeted htm warm
ly on hiB appearance. During his
?epefceh there were interruptions by a.
Yokel seated on the platform, bin tho
} colonel took it all good natured.
Col, Hoyt had been a friend of Got.
McSweeney for many years, but the
latter claimed too much when ho?
claimed to be tho man who broke
down factional lines. There were
mimy in both parties who had worked
(ir that. cud. "God forbid that I should
qfe.r disturb the equanimity and .placi
dity of the conditions in this State," li*
said. "Thai III n't in the dictionary,"
exclaimed Col. Hoyt's tormentor.
Col. Hoyt thou continued:
'4~nm Hot here to plcud my own
cause or to urgo for any personal rea
sons that the people should elevate mo
to' the high office of chief magistrate
of Ihe StaLC. It is..a call to duty that
brings me to this platform, ami to tho
be.st of my ability It ta Incumbent for
to represent those who are dis
?at tailed with the present status of tho
liquor question. That there are many
thousands who do noU, believe In tho
? continuance-ot-tho dispensary syatcuu.
whereby the State is caused to be en
gaged in the traffic of wniskey as a
"WfWSige, has been abundantly proven
in,the past, and I am confident that
the opposition grows stronger the more
light there 1s thrown upon tho false
and pernicious systeo^ by which
?very citizen of the State is -mado to
share In the traffic.
f "Wc rteny that It is a proper -function
? 'of the fovernment to engage in thlt
? ;l>u0in<fe? for the money there is in It,
?nd ve utterly Topudlato My reapoa*
Y" Wibinty for th? baneful consequences
4hat IneTitably flow from the dlstrlbu
ii^ft/of the groat curse^of mankind
\ ' yrafrte by rrfvrtt
fc" Stttmtt. tf tbs government can ?n%
n ths ssTrtrf llfniar fgrjtbeprofli
, - W
Ht J? htiUmsti fer Um gorernment to
Wi
ihu public service will be curtailed,
other commodity fur u.(.i? .?*??| ih-/ <?>|
VOCal<-H ??# 1he dispensnry Iiiivi* never
claimed, (hut it. lt> right to ? n^ai-'e iu
other linos of trade.
MU V II l'ATTKHSON.
VVJUl then pi ' lited *'1 >\ Chairman Ta
111 tn. This candidate for governor
elicited no enthusiasm during die first
part oi Ins speech, but later, as lie be
gan to stir up srtis.itioir.il matter, ho
wiih cheered by th?' efowd
M It I'ltANK l? (J.MtV,
fx spcakci of tin house id' ivpiv-riita
Hlves, was tljo next speaker, His entire
speech was <>r? a high ami honorable
piano. lie said:
Wo havo rotno to-day, under tin- di
rections of the Democratic party of
South Carolina. to meet the people
,w lio.se votes we ask for. face to fiico
nuikl to discuss ;he issues which ..re be
fore its. We come not to indulge in
.vituperation and abuse of one .'.uothcr,
nor to indulge in personalities, hut to
present the views which we entertain
'us strongly as \Ve can ami in proper
language. If any have come expecting
to hear pi rsoual a huso and mud sliiu;
Ing. I will say at the outset that so fai
ns I atn concerned, they will bo dis
appointed. 1 shall not he drawn into
personalities hero, for I consider this
noITTier the rime nor the place to ad
just those nut Iters. 1 shall treat nil
:ny fellow candidates courteously At
the same time 1 shall present my views
tva HTvnny irs 1 can, neeurmg my
privilege to criticise iti proper lan
guage the official acts and public ut
terances of those who oppose me.
,'?1 Hm before you its a candidate for
I the high and responsible office of gov
ernor. I entered this race not of my
own motion and to gratify my own
ambition, but it was at the solicitation
and earnest request of many members
of the .general assembly and others
who feel a deep interest in the welfare
of our common country. I have been
urged by many who feel that the lack
of enforcement of the dispensary law
is surely undermining it and will
eventually wreck it. They have urged
ine to make this race knowing me to
be a real friend of the dispensary law,
and believing that as long as the law
j is upon the statute books I would have
it enforced. They urge me to make
j this race, knowing, too. that I am not
iu favor of forcing the law upon an
I unwilling people, and that I am in fa
vor of allowing each county to deter
mine whether or not there shall be a
dispensary in its borders.
Then followed the candidates for
lieutenant governor.
Mr. Bellinger, the incumbent de
clined to spenl\ "in view of his prac
tical lack of opposition." Il?< was a
favorite.
Mr. Cooper also yielded to tlio
1? pea kers.
l)r. Tinimerinan made an earnest ap
peal for re-election to the office of
State treasurer, ('apt. It. II. Jennings
of Fairfield briefly announced his can
didacy for that job. "Dr. Tlmmorinan's
homeliness was the cause of much mer
riment.
Mr. Uorhum and his opponent. Mr.
Brookor. had a spirited fJlt over the
issues in the race for comptroller gen
era I
Col. J. W. Floyd had the crowd with
him in his Appeal for ro-election as ad
jutant general. His opponent. Mr.
(icorgo Douglass House, made a nice
little speech.
Then followed a coloquv between
Messrs. McMahan and Capers In which
neither won. Mr. McMahan with evi
dent earnestness avowed his allegiance
to common school education and to
State colleges. Mr. Capers taxed him
with overstepping his rights, as State
superintendent of education.
The several candidates for railroad
commissioner presented themselves.
Maj. B. 11. ISvans, the last speaker,
won some applause by ..is attack on
the present commission and upon W.
D. Kvans. who is up for re-election.
Dorchester Visited,
St. (Jeorge's, Special.?The second of
the campaign meetings was held here
J'Ylday. A fairly good audiouce was
present and quite a lot of ladicV*1
graced the occasion. The speeches, of
the candidates were practically uie
same as at Orangeburg, with nothing 1
new or sensational. They were all at
tentively listened to. and each seemed
to have Jiis proportional share of
friends in the crowd.
At Charleston.
Charleston, Special.?The campaign
meeting hero was hold In Hibernian
hall an<l was called to order at 0
o'clock Saturday evening. The cr.adi
dates spent the day in pursuit of pleas
ure? and votes.
There were f.00 people in the audi
ence when 'the speaking began, and
the crowd gradually increased.
The candidates for attorney general
spoke first. .->?
J. II. Moore wasjfhe flrsi speaker.
He stated that Bellinger hadi^ilnder
rated his strength. *ie was applaud
ed when lie asked what had bccomo of
tl?? bonds of defaulting dispensers.
iVTlinger .said he had done his duty
without prontlt'jting his office to tin
plane of a detective agency. 11<
couldn't be a prosecuting officer ip
every trial Justice court in South
oliua.
I)r. Tlmmerman and Caf?t. Jennings
the two candidates for 'treasurer, re
lated old times in CharlcHton. the
former when a medical student, tht
latter when a soldier.
J. P. Derham said that the errors
and irregularities charged to the com.
ptroller'a office occurred before hif
term. . \
-Mr. Broolior renewed his char go oi
iirrHHH un il carelessness in the corap
Ellison Capofi, Jr., candidate for eu
pnrin ten dent trf educstiottj" liwi ?net
been a clticepf of Charleston, H?
charged McMahUn with trying to Uk?
the election of county superintendent!
0?t-vf?4fe? mifitw vt tSl? |??ui>iG Uu la
dranlni tlfb whole educational qrs.
|?m l&toHHW Btite hnnis -. lie was
well received.
* Mellshsn Mid UuU be wanted th?
office two yearn ago la oQter that h<
mlfbt uplift Ike ***fnnnrVr-ft. Hit
Bad act flA*and a milk aad wwer pofc
ley of trtil to please everybody.
.? '
m
The rjuuliilalcd fur aiiieiivi indulged
1n mud-sling! tip. It t| .Ytatthows Of
Charleston termed to lave tho crowd
w it it li t tn
Mr. W. It Thomas made a linking
sin *? h and' Ilihlehi undj made a good
Ijnmorcd speech.
M ho candidates for g<p?vrnor were al
lowed ;*y minutes ? < ? h I'a'.iofsoh
was i he llr.st lit the I us ( lie had sunns
friends in the audience
lip made (!?<? hlHienj--u( thai ther<v
were v'oI blind tigors inil only four
consiaides in Charleston
1 'ho crowd listened, t> him patiently
until he repeated the llllirgO ul' tlio
(letiiin* Ncw.s, When MeSweenvV ad
vanced to the front ol the stage aTat
shuck his linger in li.it terson's face,
llie crowd Went wild ifid yelled itsSfcf
? ho u se, McSwconey y in' ihui he h??i
? twice before pronoun**! the state
ment ahsolately false.
When lie made his Schargc against
Ali Sweeney for paying for newspapers
. ont ot his contingent fund, he was
| greeted on several sidjs with "Von
1 woijM have dune it ton"
Mr. tiarv was fremoM ly applaud
. ed. (.- ?) uilly when lie lei lared tha? ho
would nut, induce in pud slinging,
lie stated that one hf the Charles
i ton papers had put hiii in the aftitudt>
! of unfriendliness to Oiarleston. lie
)
j told where, as speakeij he had been
| Charleston's friend.
. lie saw no reason v|i.\ tho dispell*
! flary siioifirt "no' "tureen mnvn utiwtiuti);
1 throats although lie thought the law
ja good one. i Cheers ij 11 is advocacy
: of increased pension appropriations
? :??e crowd. ? ! .
Patterson lOxplain thither your lo
, ral option plan inclines high license,
i Clary This crowd inows my posi
{ tion. (Cries: "Right."J
| This was McSweene('s crowd, ilo
j recalled that here he jommonced his
j life work, lie was ii jning en his re*
cord and invited an inspection of hia
j record. lCvery governir had paid for
j papers nut of contingent fund. Ilo
i asked why I'sutterson kept making
j these flimsy, non-sensj-al attacks on
! him. lie favored theklisponsary and
j had enforced it diffenhtly from what
it had been. There haj been no blood*
Plied, in regard to tit- custom house
business ho said it haj wound up by
removing (he moat nojorfotis old Tie*
publican in this State. ;
When ^(Sweeney [?oneluded, ,ho
bulk of the crowd left but quite a
number remained arwl hive close anrt
thoughtful attention Col. TToyt'a
strong presentation of lis platform. It
was 10 o'clock when lr began speak
ing.
The candidates for lieutenant, gov
ernor. were then pr<fceivted. Uleaso
spoke of his record in behalf of tho
Citadel, lie favored t.lr> di^pensar/x
Colleton Mc?!iii?.
Walterhoro. Special.4 Col A. How
j ant I'at terson took a hand primary
j hor<\ He asked all thjse who would
! suppor; liim for governor to raise
their hands. There wasan swr of cotiti
j denee about livm. but. the hands up
' lifted showed thsit ho was not the
j unanimous choice. lUttorson ac
i qui rod new dynimite it Charleston,
j lie seemed to know a great deal ahout
: and jollied The News and Courier.
The eif?wd niunhered about HOft. in
telligent farmers principally, and a Tew
ladies. !tii!=ilnosp men nreiiot attend
? ing the meetings. McSwoeney and
j Patterson are from adjoining counties
j an<l each ha ye supporters here. Col.
; Hoyfs spoech was his best so far.
j is hoj)eful of Colleton and Dorches
! tcv.
The candidates for Stat* treasurer
j spoke first, Capt. Jennings opening up
? and Hr. Timmerman following. Then!
! followed the fight lor comptroller gen-i
[ oral. Tills has assumed unexpected)
I proportions. Mr. Hrooker, agent or
| the sinking fund commission, has
made charges that he has reported de-j
linquent titles in many counties vith
executions outstanding for years ami!
that the sinking fuu#l commission haaJ
?Miwartod him. He says they hav? vir-|
tually robhed hint of his commissions
and that Derlrami was behind it all.'
Dejham resented Brooker's charges.!
If Hrooker would accuse him in pri
vate conversation of robbery he vould
go away with an altered countenance.
Harlie}' JCvans took the Plant sys
tem for his .{evf. and charged that the
people of this section were bottUd up
by that'road because the railroad com
mission was subsidized. He Mould
make vestibules Atop^Tit all stations.
Mr T. N. Dorrv. for railroad commis
sioner. talked up for prohibition on
railroad inspecting tours as we? ?a
elsewhere. 9
l Senator I'cttigrrw, was present and
addressed the mec-;ing.
W. 1). Mayfield sent regrets,
j Candidate Ktheridge remained in
Charleston,
! Mr. \V. I). Kvans stated that f(r II
years he had been county chairmai in
Marlboro, had gone to the house, lien
to ?Jie senate and had now unanimous
endorsement fur re-election to :hls
place. In reply to charges, ho? iald
that Sou-til Carolina had as good dciots
us any SUite. Harney livans bad
smelt that champagne bottle they had
the train and wanted some of it He
(W. I>.) had taken but one drink of
{?hanipagne in his life.
Col. J. H. Wflarton told a Joke al^it
what happened to a parrot for talking
too much, lie didn't want to do .00
much talking, but a loc of handshlk
ing.
The candidates for governor tlen
opened.
Mr. Frank II. Oary of Abbeville, .bo
fir^t speaker. said he h<ul Just reeded
threo letters commending bis policjlof
campaign, 'and he declared thathe
would not indulge in mud-sllnging.He
iaade practically the saino speech^
Ivoring local option between p J
juttNhspensary. lip had vw
itho bill t<> five the common ?cl. _
UUK).000. The eetiMe bad called ll ?>
{bluff and had defeated It. For lis
part be had voied To? U liuucsUy "" *
wanted the schools to get the mon;
ton expoeltloa.
: McSweeney was the next speakir
Be bad IM in an. adjolnin* county
Warn and wan ?aUe at home. Ha
a nrad-attnf?r and flood on tela
feocd. Ha im MdM to yotrng
IfiiWttU'l llllliu || I (M'i I 0|H'?>/"H44jm?-K. if
thoy would be h fines! rind faithful they
could \vi*i any position. defied any
m.-tn to *how proof 4if au> oft'ietrtl mh
comlm I 'I'V disp. um;.i\ law ha I lu. it
liWfur cxecut<\ umlt'r hhu than under
uny pl'OdeccS.-UJ^k I I?? got ihto I'll' Pi
hatn Hi colii r i oiiS^ac, ?;> and ^,-.1-. a.,
i; was nutrue ihai The^e was ?t>ilnsi<>n
of slate Iiimisc officials i>ii the sinking
fund commission. lie rcplu.i
Ui 1 'alterson s t'hji(itii>Mi ift tit**
same manner as a; Charleston. lie
roa^l extracts from editorials In the
Spai 'anburg II; raid and C!r ? i?\ ilK
News, who opposed his dispt nsary
view.--, ? opimeudlng his t'ulininist rat io i.
' Col lloyl said ho wail confident that
tho people of Sauth Ca/olina will \i. e
i for prohibition tlrs ye/'ir. lie char,,id
that Mr, liary had not \ tiled ror tio
Koliinsoa hill Which I rrpres ntt\1 t ar
platform upon which Hlary is now run
ning. Whfln ho jumped on tho dispen
sary MeSwecney asked if the law i
, not bclug enforced in tlrccuvillc now
\<Ccr than over before.
Cul. llo.Vi Kiiid thu was not correct
McSwocni>y asked w hat ahout a h t
tor Col, llcvt had written commending
Chief Constable LaFar, Col. Host ie
plied (hat he liad done so, and would
always commend any faithful sergeant,
hut not the dispensary, lb' jumped oa
Patterson for making attacks on Mr
Sweeney and himself for being backed
by Tho State and News ami Connor.
Kiijujuso i'iiii/usoji ware wuiillv uS iJji?
support of a newspaper, would he then
think it wrong? Patterson had been
using the columns of other people's
papers. Patterson had said that he
(Hoy-n would not bo elected, but he
(lioyt) would count votes with him in
August, lie would carry Greenville
and Spartanburg by in ijuritics hereto
fore unhejivd of. Patterson had re
ferred hiip to Broaddus' commentary
on Alatililw as -to wbetltQr or not In
toxicating wine was used at Cann.
floyt declared tTTftt nfo'addus had not
a woyA to say about it; and the nvir
acleMl Cana is not even referred to in
Mat/hew. (Laughter.)
\7|ice?Colonel, how t an you prevent
blino^tlgers?
ply Col. Iloyt said that tho
peoploSof South Carolina would see the
law emoreed.
The last speakei- in tho gubernatorial
reg?U& Mr. Patterson. Jiaxuw.cll
an (^Colleton are closely allied and he
had fkiends and kinsmen here. Patter
sort, iif the course of the speech, modo
some allutilou to tho crowd btdng or
derly as evidence of 'tlje salutary ef
fects of the dispensary law.
Voiee?Why, because it's* closed.
| Patterson?Yes, it is closed; it can
! he closed. Par rooms would have their
nack doors open. Ills speech was tho
? only one applauded during its delivery.
aud when he sat down he also received
l Mowers.
Patterson had some new animuni
| rl.m. McSweenc.v had left Lhe stand.
^ hut Patterson wanted to ask him if he
favorod the dispensary, and if so why
was it that Charleston would vote for
him. Cutler the very hall in which
they were speaking in Charleston was
:t blind tiger. Th<v- had not seized bar
fixtures in their raids in Charleston.
In reply to McSweeuov's statement
that he subscribed for papers to get
the proclamations and grand jury re
ports. Patterson asked why did ho
| subscribe for religions papers tfnd pay
I for them out of the contingent fund, to
iolp hini spiritually?
| The candidates for lieutenant gov
i ?rnor then spoke. Col. Livingston was
I not ?there.A Cols. Sloan, Tillman and
JHease amiMr. Winkler spoke. A nuiu
J*?ft for Hon il fot-f
N?w York City's lilevalcd Rosas.
Tn 1871. tho first section of the ele
v:il??? 1 tystcni in Now York City was
constructed. hut put iu operation . !n
tlie fallowing year. In that year the
| .number of passengers carried on all
i the sulfa*** ami elevated railroads was
j i:;s.su7<M?o. Ill 18S1], tin1 total had ris
I en to !Y2.sim?,<mm>; in 1S<?2, to ?153.200,
iiimi; wiile in 1SJIU it was still further
liHicas-d ft) r>L'S,228.4.'{7, and rapidly
j glowing. Those figures are for the old
j oily <i| New York, now known as
; tlic loroughs of .Manhattan and
j prolix, ami are for paying passengers
J only, in isoo there were transferred
pussoiirors amounting to 155 >.500,822,
! not insludod in the above.
It is iut^ntitingrio note in eompari
; son tint for I SOS ilu> I'uitod States Iii
1,'ter-Stlto Commerce Commission re
I ports that there were carried on all the
J steam railways of the I'nlted Slutos,
j from the Atlantic to tin* Pacific, from
; the >t. Lawrence to the Hio Grande,
j pacsoigors to the iiumlicr of 501.000,
f!K1, 5 per cent. less than the num
j her ijirrit'il hy the Now York city sur
face and elevated railways alone.?
SeriVnor's .Magazine.
Tho Shoop's Wool.
Tliore was once a sheep who lived In
a plpasant green Held, lie ate the grass
aud drank the water.
<>*e day a man came along. He look*
| cd ut the sheep and said: "Oh, you
nre dirty! 1 must wash you." Il<
caught the sheep and dragged him Into
the pond. "Baa, haa!" said the sheep,
lie thought he was going to he drown
ed. Hut the man only squeezed him
up In hamlfuls and waggled him about
by his legs till the sheep was clean.
Then he gave him a push np the
bank and let him go. "Baa. baa!"
bleated the sheep. He stood dripping
on the grass. He hadn't any towel,
but the warm sun soon dried 1dn?.
Next day the man came again with
a great pair of scissors. Tho sheep1
ran aw*oy?ran as fast as he could?
but tho man tyin faster ontf caught him.
??Boar haul" said the sheep.'Ho thought
was going to-be killed this tl?u??.
The man took bin scissors?splp, snap,
tJCBp. snap?and the sheep was too
frightened to ton*. Tint thetnan tra*
only cutting ?? I hair. Sheep's
hair is wool. Snip, snap, snip snap.
By fWnl by ^ the wool WAS off. Then
the man let the shwp ruaTt?a!y?"BAA.
baa--quite naked. Bnt the wool they
put In -the train?puff, puff, pnff-and
brought it up tn tnwnto mkn baby's
cosy "
BLOOD AMI FIRE.
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COMMUNICATION IS CI I OI F.
Our Consul Not Heard I rum Hurried
Mini United Cabinet Meeting hi
Washington
l,oin!r-i. Iiv Cable. \ speaal <lis
I patch from Hon!? Kola; t-.iv.; ;i 11 I In
i UeKin legations have been dev. vo;>ni
j Jtn.i ill.ii the lh rtu.ia :iu:... it.ua.;
| \on K< llt'U'i'. hn.s to t ;i Killiil.
; W hat. Willi ' tho report* < oilmmv,
j through 'I i?'ii I m 1 li.iv the Hum in
have massacred a number of native
: converts ami .servants of foreigner i<\
! ihc C-a*t' l ity Ot IVl.iU, licmiii s |V.II It.Mi'
the Catholic Cathcdial at l'?? U111. the
j .situation in the Far Kast appears per
i ceptillty graver. In add to tin- difn
I c illt les nitiicK the news that telegraphic
coniinunn at am I?? t w. ? ? it .siituighai and
i Tiell-Tsin is totalis inter, upted Conse
j qtienily the prevailing uncertaint.v as
? to flit' furts and prisrihilifirr. of tin
. puaiLion will b?. accent ua ;<<d.
J It ia iziiULraJLv jrti uajju^i iK.ni.oi lh.ii
j the position of the foreigners, at I'e
I kin, i*> perilous, as there is hut a short
I stop from the massacre of the servants
of foreigners to the killing of the for
eigner-; themselves.
"If a massacre is averted." sav^.Tlu!
Spectator, "and the p'nlaee reduced to
seeming obedience, the grand dlfll
ctiIty will lit? to decide on the next
stop. The* powers can neither encamp
permanently in 1'ehin nor leave until
It Is established that the government
Is prepared to respect international
obligations and able to hold China to
gether. If anarchy breaks out in
China the object of the powers is de
feated. The failure or success of the
present efforts may involve, a series
of wiirs of which no man can see the
onU"
Continuing. The Spectator .suggests
that an egress front tho present si tun
-lion iiimI 1m found in tb?> np|toinl>
inenL by the representatives of the
.powers, of a competent vizier, as ha.r
so often been successfully done In
other Eastern crises. Otherwise the
hideous calamity of Chinti falling tc
pieces may in a few months he excit.
ing the cupidity and overtaxing the
capacity of till tihe ruling men.
Commenting upon the supposed lies
itation of tire United States to actively
participate in the movement to /sup.
j>ress the Uoxens. as rcpt/r^vi ip cable
dispatches from Washington, The Sta
tist says:
"No European power will misunder
stand the present hesitation of the
United States and jump at the eon
elusion that American feeling and
opinion may ho disregarded. Tho
United States will undertake military
operations in China as it did against
Spain if Iflie protection of its citizens
requires them or if.the powers threat,
en to exclude American merchants
from their rights in China acquired by
treaty. Unless the. British minister)
nfuddln matters. Croat Uritain can
reckon on. the assistance of the L'nitvd
States and Japan in maintaining, evfu
by force, the policy of the open door
in China."
A cabinet meeting held under t'he
presidency of Lord Salisbury was con
cerned almost wholly with the situa
tlon in China. "
Not a Word l;rnni Conger.
Washington, I). C., Special.?Not a
word of news came to the State De
partment over night from Mtnlstei
Conner, who lias now heen cut oft
from communication since last Tues
Even the I'nited Sta.1eB Consuls
in North China ports are silent. An.
miral Kctnpff has not been heard frojn
since yesterday. This absence of offi
cial reports has given rise (?> grave ap
prehension here. It was expected thai
there might be delay in hearing from
Mr. Conger, but in the caso of Admiral
Kempff an early report was looked foi
and it is feared that the officers of tht
foreign lleot at Taku have been pre
vented from reaching the cable station
there by tho open hostilities of the
Boxers or by tlio sinister orders of tht
Chinese government.
Bryan'a Nomination Assured. .
Chicago, 8pcci;il.?lly the action; oi
the Democratic State Convention iu
California, Missouri, Kentucky, Geor
gia and Vermont Hon. William Jen
nings Bryan is asHured of the nomitiH.
lion for President, on the Democrat i?
ticket. The instructions given dele
gates by those five States carry Mr.
Bryan's vote, it 'is believed, consid
erably over the two-thirds necessary
to nominate him.
Aspirant* for ncLean'?Slioe<.
Columbus. O., Special.?The over
throw of John R. McLean a--* the leader
of the Ohio Democrats in the State
convention tMs week has already
brought out rival candidates for hi*
place on the national committee and
for the Democratic nomination for
United States Senator next year to suc
ceed J. B. Foraker. Tom L. Johnson,
of Cleveland, formerly a member ol
, Congress, is the candidate for national
committeeman, and C. N. Haskell, a
railroad operator of Toledo and Ot
tawa, is in the field for tho senatorial
nomination.
Seized by Sheriff.
Frankfort. Ky.. Special.?TUc office
of tho State Treasurer Is in the custo
dy of the sheriff. Assistant Treasure?
Long said he had received no author),
iy from Former Treaurer Day to tura
?vcf that office Although ho had tele
let Democratic Xreeaurer Hanger in.
Burr took OVta ifrH of poaaeaaion la
the ahertfl
soil III CAROLINA CHOPS.
?di tj'llieill ?)! I III its, il; ions nnvl Vege
table* ttegllll.
Col nmbia, S. C\, Sprcial. 1 tilling
(hi- w?vi? wiiijin;; \ a. in., Monday,
.1 um ImIi (In- i i'Ui pel .i I it it* ,t v framed
slight I.v warmer than iisiml. but \sa->
11 ?M ? I 1 <1)11 ? \||(Iiu:., and \v;|h highly
lav in able hi i n>|) 11< ?limum -i?i,
'IllfiC Uric wall I \ .scattered sllOWcIti
\ dnv in (he \s????K. K<e<-rall\ light.
Wit in !la' \\ f.'ii . ii portions r?u
Wi iiiH ?? ,|a\. S.itaiiia\ .uul Sunduj ?
w !i? iv the ground was .till w d ti'uni
ili<- pi <vU.uk wJuMV> laiiii'all. ()??!
SatuulaA and Sumia.s I ha show or.; ? i',v
lam. i.en ral. covering the cutlrft
Siaii-, H\< ? |ii in iiic w Ystcrh portions*
where the rains hindered cultivation,
ami ui portions of Ii iinbeig, Miruwoll,
ami tii;iii|;i lnni; countic-;, where tin:
gl'.ilil.d :i|[ \\?? t f'rolll previous
rain ilia \vi i i\ rainfall was \er>
hcncihial. t>p?ci.ills so from Sumter
liorthwaid ami noiihra I ward w In in
gai di ns ami tobaico stood in need of
moistuie I,amis Men li;ull> wiiiOii d in
tilt4 I'iodniont se< t mi
t/rops ci' all l;indi! math' favorable :
f
pi miai?'!' t It*- abtn-<* w?-ailu>l i'Iiii
' ^ r "?>'?>?? J
(here has In i ii an i \rf *s of rains,
imtUnj; (ho soil ton wet for ciiltisation
and fields are becoming grassy.
Corn is small for tin- saeson hut has
good color ami is now vary proiuUliiS\x|
Karliest lias been laid hy. Motion lathis,
in ilia western aoimlP's, are'too wat to
< ult i\ ita and grass ami words threaten
tho < rop.
There is general complaint of grassy
rot ton Holds over tlia western counties,
where chopping is unlintshed and cul
tivation wiis hindorod. and in portions
of tin.' south central counties. JSlse
whoro cotton. although small for tho
season, is growing rapidly, hut lion
continue to infest many Holds; (hoy
ore, however. grndualh disappearing.
Sea-island cotton needs hot weather
and moisture..
With 1ho except ion noted, the crop
is clean and "well cultivated.
Tobacco has improved and is doing
wall. It is buttoning low in places.
Cutting and curing has begun in
Sothern Marion comity.
The w heat and oats harvest is nearly
finished. Thrashing has begun and the
reports continue to indicate good
yields. Some grain was d.im*g< d in tho
shock by the rains.
Reports on rise, sweet potatoes, mel
ons, sugar cane, sorghum, pastures,
gardens, and truck are uniformly fa
vorable. Excessive dropping caused a
diminution in the peach crop in places,
but as a whole the yield will bo very
large. Apples continue scarce. Monies
are plentiful.
News Items.
Governor McSweeney. lias been an
vise; Itv Governor Russell, of North
Carolina, that he has refused (he re
quisitions for Walter Mills and Arthur
Mills. Walter Mills is charged w/th
assault and battery with intent to If ill.
Arthur Mills was accused of porjury.
Governor Russell tukoa the position
that the requisition is asked for on
affidavits based on information and
belief, and lie takes the position that
indictments should be attached to t:ho
papers and not affidavits.
The case of Shelton F. Perry, who
was accused of murdering Wm. Shuler
at Batesburg, was heard In tho count
at Ijexington and tne Jury brought
in a verdict of not guilty. It will bo
remembered that I'erry and his broth
er were alleged to have killed Hhulor.
On application for bail Judge Bennetre
On application for bail Judge Benet re
fused to grant, ball for Shelton Perry,
but let his brother go oft a nominal
bond. Shelton l'crry has slnco been
in the Lexington Jail. The trial end
ed with the aequital of both parties.
Tho State department of odueation
is doing a large work these days, get
ting ready for the summer school*, to
bo held later, and keeping up with
?those now in session. Nearly every
day basket after basket full of mall
goes out to the various county super
intendents. trustees and teachers.
Russia has made a loan of $1,030,000
to Montenegro.
A chnrter has been Issued to the
Lancaster Investment Company, of
Lancaster. Capital, $10,000. T. Y. Wil
liams, president, and C. D. Jones, sec
retary and treasurer.
Tho well on the grounds of the Good
Shepherd, In the town of Wftuwafosa,.
Wis., has been bored to thoVdepth of
2.1{00 feet, one of the deepest wells In
the world. The contractor has con
cluded -he can not obtnin a flowing well
and therefore stops. Tho. water rises
within eighty feet of the serface and
Is soft, limpid, of excellent quality for
drink' fc. f*K> washing or culinary pur
poses.-; |
WaJjj county beans are selling low
-and tip "puckers of that county are
beginmifir to study the advantages of
fered by the canning business.
Because the Manufacturers' Wood
workers' Association. at Chicago, 111.,
fias jrrttmed the demand of the Amalga
mated Woodworkers' Council for *
JLen per cent. Increase, 3.000 mesfwlll
strike on Ju
At thoJfkt meeting of the board of
directors fit the State hospital at ^Tor.
cuAninluuw wn mppmuwmr
the legtsifttnr? for ? f?0.
000 spproprUt^a to be taaed la enlarg~
lag the capacity. of tfc* I?UtnUon.
nHHHHHMI
! FIGHTING EXPECTED.
The l?ncrs Withdraw an J Occupy New
Positions.
Tin: Ml: W I'OSI IT ON TO BE TAKEN.
Puller Ala> Alove Into Orange Rlv?r
Districts and Co-Opeiutd Willi
Alctluicn ami Rundlo.
l.on<fon. by (Vable.?Lord Roberta*
dispatches leave alluirs east of Pretoria
villi Hip Poors withdrawn to new posd
1I o n <<, Tuesday. News fresh fighting
is ojfyoeied at I!i~> Wai' inHre. urri
r.'fYiio Friday night.. General bundle's -
patrol had a skirmish with Peer vl
UottOs again Wednesday. Somo won
der is 1'jc^ireused hero as to what he Is
doing with three divisions. It is as
sumed by some that General 1 in 1 lot*
will move into OraiiKO River (Colony ,
and ? o ojt iate with Lord Mi/thuen and
(ltner.il Rundle in bagging Preside
Stevu and his 7,000 or S.000 followers,
l'arl of Chri.dlan Hotha's force has
halted at Paandekop, IS miles north
west of Volksrust. liter parties arc
#-iill iii'Hi' Volksinwl and Ore wceaj'doujj
all\ upon I lie HiiU-ih tuckets. Tho _
Hril-ish government l? considering
T^nnw-T n wiisiTvmTOi nnwmti -r>\r*,
he sent to China from South Africa. I#
is thought unolllelally that Lord Rob
erts could spare a brigade or two, and
the necessary transports are now in
South African witters. The command*
er of the expedition it is tut id will prob
ably he General Sir William Nicholson.
V\ dispatch from I^oreuzo Marques,
dated Friday, says:
"Persons have arrived lioro who 'have
seen tho preparation of the lloers and
learned that they will.f retire, when
forced, through tho l//deivburg dis
trict. into tho Zoutpuhburg region,
adjoining Rhodesia au'd Ga'/aland."
The Lorenzo MarqUez correspondent
of the Times says: J It appears that
S'eyn and not Krugftr, is now tho stum
bling block in tho.way of the surren
der of the burghers. Shortly after tho
Pritish entry Into Pretoria, Mr. Kru- .
ger proposed'to reopen Ihn peace nego- ?
nations. Mr. ' yn. bearing in mind
that his fprujor advlco was scouted, <Io?- t
murred t/> this and pojrttod out that ac
cording to the treaty. Uvtwcca the
public neither could conclude peao^?
without the other.
"Mr. Kruger, equally unwilling to In
cur the charge of a breach of faith, had
to continue the war. Nothing further
is known regarding tho rumored peace
negotiations; hut it is a niattor of no
toriety that Mr. Kruger favors peattK
on almost any terms, but dislikes pof**
sonally to take an inltiatlvo that .
would involve unconditional surrender
dor. Ninety-seven burghers out of 200
in one commando h?,vu returned to
their homes.
".om the Philippines to China.
flashington, l). C., Special.?It seems
prrobbulo that, after all, tho United ?_
States troops In tho Philippines will
be called upon to furnish a contingent ?5?: J
to rasist In the rescue of tho foreign
missionaries In China, and in the pro- '
tection of tho foreign embassies and"
legations. A great chango has come
over tho administration in this regard
for rib late as Friday there was" a'fTFIH " 77? ~
determination not to go beyond the
employment of marines nnd sailors.
There was still such a purpose when
tho cabinet mot and there Is even now- ,
a disposition to limit tho United States^' ''
forces employed to tho navy, if sufil
cient force can bo sccured from that
branch of -the service. So .enquiries?
arc being made of tho,navigation bu
reau and in turn of Admiral ROmey, to
see to what extent the United StateS
forees in China can l>c augmented. It
is relized that the small force now ^ ]
engaged is entirely disproportionate,
when compared with the foreign con
tingent^, to tho interests and dutu^Kf*
tho United States, 'ifierd is reas^i to ? JV
believe, that tho navy has dono that
it can do*with safety in ChinoC at this
stage, and that recourse must be had
to the army. Already Admiral Remey
has indicated that ho cannot, spare ..JL
more marines, and ho is looking to th^ - "
Navy I)?partment (for another bafctal- .
ion to. replace the men he has oeen
obliged to withdraw from tho naval
station at Oavito to assist Admiral
Kemp (I.
The Sick Returning.
Manila, By Cable.?Senor Pedro Pa
terno;' former President of the so-called
Filipln'v government, has been released
temporally, and ho Is now conferring
with Scnotv Felipe Bucnramlno, form.*
er Minister of-JLerJ culture and Com
merce, with reference the tatter's
peace platform. Two hundred men of
the Eighteenth Infantry, who are sick,
are returning by the transport Halt'
cock, in change of Captain
%
Important Capture. _ _ ? -'j
Washington, D. C., Special.?An im
portant capture of Filipino insurigenta
was reported to tho War Department s f"
Friday morning, by General Mac- ~
Arthur, In the following cable mes
sage:
"Manila, June
"General Macabulos, with eieht^RfU
cejw, 124 enlisted men and IS
surrendered to Colonel EL H.I
of the Ninth Infantry, at TaAac, this
morning. Macabulos Is the Aoet im
portant and last insurgent I%ilii' B
Tarlae and foangaainan.
MACARTl
MtrSa
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News Items. f ? '..T:rjv;
The NttUon&l Conference
Charities, at Chicago, Hi:,
Thursday.
Tor prWWi crttletaos uj?
my, sii W Wtortal *** of_
de Mexico were sent to prison
dec of DoRy ReySiasw at
Hotel. mir^Tortc. '