University of South Carolina Libraries
The Barnwell - VOL. XXV. BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1902. NO. 31, A BUGLE CALL To The Democracy of the Country to Get Together AND SAVE THE NATION FHOM » Being Mexicanilzed by the Man On HoraebacK in the White Honsc and the Dollar Worship* ping Republicans. There was a notable gathering of Democrats In Washington last week. They were there at the biennial ban quet of the Virginia Democratic as sociation held in the itanquet room of the Metropolitan hotel. They in* eluded Democrats of national promt- pence. 'Those who spoke included the following: T. W. Bullock. MCMi vice president of the association: Col. Henry Watteraon, «*f Kentucky; Sena tor Carmack, of Tcnneaeee; Hon. Lewis Niion. the leader of Tammany Hall: Representative W. W. Kitchen, | of North Carolina: Representative, DeArmond. of Missouri and members of ounffmat frum Virginia. Col. Wal- • lemon spoke aa follow: . '‘There la no drop of bl4ud In my 1 veins which Is nut \ Irginia ki* ■ *1 A I-1 i'sigti fur pur pines of mg own, ha v- 1 is' a deep design beneath them. I i ujoae this capital of the natkMi for mj birthplace, my earliest vistua of , paradise the very dawn of all my gtary—(■wnetf -w ffevdrr nma. 1 wmm the fkanamr: and. wttrn I go * Itmcr mj ashes shsl repuae open the, l*eias Kealurli -Vlfgieiaa ttrsl tswa and fat real daughter TlHavf throb with the proud, glad thought— that my eyes do not till with happy exultant tdarrf—that I, too, am an American citizen. “God bless the flag, and God bless the boys that tight beneath it. I would carry it inviolate, I would keep them spotless. And with this In view, l want to know what is going on away outyoupder across the multitud inous, the mysterious waves of the Pacific sea. I want other witnesses than self-seeeJngnpoliticlans and self- exploiting soldierk to come here and tell me. I refuse to hold my tongue. I refuse to rest content. And, if I am told by a whippersnapper in shoul der straps that, unless I dp, I am a traitor to my country, my reply to him shall be a slap in the face. THE TRUMPET CALL. “Friends, brothers, Democrats, let us have done with dissension. Let us turn our backs on the past, our eyes to the future, calling against these things is my comrade, no matter what he thinks or ever thought about silver or gold. He who would deny me a place by his side to -fight them, must be either very perverse or very blind. Let us cross no bridges till we come to them. Rut already we can see far enough ahead to take our reckoning. “toe the lime.’’ "There will be but one teat of a Democrat In HH>4 —toe the line—toe the line, saying to arbitrary power and absolutism, thud shall gu no fur ther: we, tin, are In the expansion btiaineas; hut our expansion la fur the religion of the eorotRotkei no leas than fur the religion of Christ and Him crucified; our rxpanaRei peace, not war: the honor. i»p< gradatMn 'if the flag: and )uet aa sure ly aa Jegeraa^wpiU the IterieraUuai the hallle uf \ww •WfB.tu<n shall * Fourth of Jt eighth nf J uf) nut t* t*t iitft THE RACE PROBLEM In The South aa Seen .by England Republican. a New ENFRANCHISING THE NEGRO. Was a Fundamental Mistake, Says Mr. Littlefield, a Congress- from the State of Maine. man The Washington correspondent of The News and Courier says Charleston will hear with interest of & speech made in Washington Wednesday night by Representative Littlefield, of Maine, upon the “Race Problem of the South.” Mr. Littlefield was a member of the Congressional party that visited the Charleston Exposition week before education to create in any race the power of self-government. It may lie latent power in some races that only need the touch of the higher elvillzed bodies of men to develop. I am pre pared to say it is not In the power of the negro to govern himself, as some people have said. What we know of the Filipino —what Gen. Chaffee says in his report—is that this race excels in duplicity, treachery and the drts of savagery the American Indian. There are ten millions of people dependent upon us. Only a few of them can read and write. I do not know what will be accomplished. I do not think it is giving away a State secret to say that there is not a man in the House of Representatives on either side who sees the proper solution of this prob lem ahead. I believe that the Ameri can people now face a serious situation; that It will require all the shrewdness and Christianity of our people to solve this most difficult question. DID A GOOD BUSINESS MASONS ON A LARK The Insurance Made a I’rotlt Last Year Handsoms Shrinen do Not Roprooont Serious The official figures were received Friday from Mr. A. W. Jones, who Is in charge of the insurance department of the Comptroller Geueral’s offloe, showing the income and losses paid by the foreign insurance companies on their business in this State. The cor rected and official figures are today given for the foreign companies hav ing agencies in this State. The state ment shows that the foreign com panies,, which do about half of the fire insdrance business In this State, have not come out at all badly and that they have a safe and liberal allowance on which to do business and, that after agents' commissions have been But 1 1 jvjd and an allowance is made for have faith in the future of the Repub- adjusting and the like, there Is still lie, despite that international verml- ( a pretty good margin of profits in the form appendix known as the Philippine !s ,uth Carolina business. If the In- Archipelago" - j durance companies have, as they claim. Mr. Littlefield's speech lias been | IH t three milliotwof dollars on their! Side of Grand Lodge. SOME PLAIN TALK From General Miles on the Proposed Amy Bill. last. He returned to Washington Sun- hailed with delight by the Dein<crat* nmlncs eaat of the Rockies they cer day week and lias been generous In his esjieclally. and should the Crumpacker tainly have not lost any part of ll in good words about “The Ivory CUT ^ ^ ...j ^ o ~ I committee It is thought not unlikely and The old (Mty by the Sea. His , ^ man from Maine may take the speech at the annual meeting of the | Q opposition to the measure. Washington Congregational Club last (|t „ thAt Mr ^ night Is but In Une with a number of , lhal ^ ^ m MEANS CENTRALIZATION. other views held by the geotirmen from Maine crate and Republicans r • 4 the brundeat-mtneind grraa U'-daj. - whom Demo- cognize as one men In Onn- to-d rr>ra'ive| Mr. Littlefield gained ooosIderaMe ? ^ j prominence several years ago by a speech he made la defence of Brigham II Robert*..Um Monn<*» mrathsr fnea number of (lhoirn tbat ^ dist.nguished he believes, be It Republican In Grand Master Walter M. Whitehead, of tlie South Carolina Grand lodge, contributes a card to the Charleston Evening Puat Thursday, called “Draw ing the distinction between Ancient Free Masonry and the order of the Mystic Shrine’’ with the end in view that the public should not confuse the serious order with the amusement branch of Masonry, about which so much is being written and talked now in connection with the coming celebra tion of “Shriners’ day" at the exposi tion. Grand Master Whitehead ex plains that the Mystic Shrine with ail its amusements and attractions Is not Masonry, although the only prerequis ite for membership in the Mystic Shrine is that the applicant must be either a Knight Templar ora Mason of the 32nd degree of the Scottish Rite. Among other thing* <>rsnd Master Whitehead states; this Slate, if their aggregate reports, i It is to lie expected that the “pro-1 made up by the companies themselves, fane,” the uninitiated who has never | are to Ik relied upon, and these re- learned the beautiful system of mor- ports are made under oath and are the : ality that Masonry Inruleatea. may eon- cr^in,^Hild bTwbi^ttrf uTo^ ,—» - • *— •—•*— • u>c various ‘ elude from the absurd, farcical parade — i and tha reference to •Throwing the Door Wide Open for a Future Autocrat Or a Military Despot." Mays the General. The sutement of Gen. Miles before the senate committee on Military af fairs as it will appear In the official records, has been made public. The features which caused something of a sensation when published the dar the statement was made do not appear and the following colloquy at the dnaa of the hearing explains It: Mr. IVttus Mr.Chairman, I think there ought to be some mode of hav ing these notes revised. The Chairman That will be dune. Mr. Rsttus—The report of the pro- sentiment or not. it s p"n be u, nakr a new l and cute tiratr another I •ary la resetting this | beam to *■ Itb (I nen aa guv V I a I' Revise I —» T%mm V W> srst bsraaae of Littlefield Hnged I s asKrsls «m that that there aria au Roberta eras out aatiliad (u a spat in the House In the debate upon the !\gto tariff hM Mr. Littlefield again Wwwed himself hnmi evurngb la rat sway fnaa party fells re and <^- his nrtpm Jtrl Ihlmaelf with'the qaautloa, eiaimtng legal rmaua why >sk that Hi asgfu 1 to the aUee- • alllb reaidu- Au t-Ulliur's T^ment Tha Knoxville Sentinel says Aston tailing how the public Iredra 1 the newapaprr aa a free horsr b ridden hi death. iVopte will pay [■nay far a band, for lights, yaatuif. _ . .tBBBMI t >uasii Is of d> *lgers. pay I* >ys to dw- Ilvfr them, pay prrforuirrs in tha en frrlalnawal. If they are pnifemtunels. or pay aums asaaagrr to get up the af fair and gl vs him a large pevvwatage • 4 the fueatpta, pay all their NH ~ Hi fart, pay for everything etcept that which is Burnt valuable to them wit. •uewspnpaf adverthtng And If the newspaper Is Hnwilllng to davuio uemr nutAcr ti> sis -i enfvfvgjfjswnt IkuD for the taxation of | rumpaaks In this State. The American cum panics have al rvpurtad. but their figures have not been vertUed; but the figures, which are prai'DcaUy aurret and ahaliy verified, show that the total receipts from premiums for fire Insurance fig His year I Ml are fell.Its and imt >4 lids sum taUi.T 12 was paid la .nhiulag«*a Use iumpaniis At not ftf ttrtr gvnm rverlpCa Tn HHl is' ata on whtrh to do bmtaaas. sad it k*rhs faUssf rums maids that lasuvaaoe iMSMaen* ought to he dusm un A4 per mve hm paid pro ml e nut tta> great a per ‘ s of the varbsm asiartaa S'' e aa Ae i as urvi * . * f t he lluues. with a view to ev www the hnwths aepeasewtath lugaro «Ov ngats V The Ih puhima p aaud surti Arhitru Mrt ilater srofM WUKQtB mBP * ■» _ _ — _ .- cgf FIemtbmht j MW mm al ftemaUmsal ai j f%tA •nfi* MM % pRfft Itfcmi 4 IhA ft i gRffrsff* laws h#t* % * - . - . ****** iM j gains le Mgaiacann • y ta» «fli % M—tt—l »-■» w > |MAt f»<«i *m I i 4* If L WMk 1 §1*1 * 9 • Iff* tMpPflMlM ► m4 1 • Ml vArilf ffv M NHImi Ml talM* Ml % Mtt i**' • 1 W|V III tfei JtWtH It ^ , Tlh* Mftl imU Imm» j i I9%m si th# "Man from M ggfigfil * ,- uf the nan * itemed mao < mm ' ’ » •* jast aa the hw Its teal a, saae imid ’ml la are gl »w> a oea part tee i Sriiaa a id to aerathmed that 1 Ihnfi mwfis asmat las eapnoha did peeudama as wt the figs rue e tamtams of al mh Ihey i bat the huhg km* ■w| par »'*• -t« gevu F H 4 Af ivil | FfK|||r « % sfif V « f ill*MR kft 1 KM 4 Nttliurtlf k** | 1 | lb* mpi of id# rSMih sad. < puHAvV Hi Hr C'MIfVffl > Un4l ^ aar 1 )• |«* thr udmirilA . k tAfVM i ff sesiaff Um Ka^oMt ■ |#j| | f-SjAw- W A pw rol k f ttf tWpBMl kt* *4* *1119 , «4fi|r«%l L<aat that th# mala < Mm «jf Ite OM49M4H • ItlMk (flf i i« a## to# hi mas •mr mmm gp w a 4f»l *' UtotMfl MM 944 • W- art ffltiaas la th# Nuoth- lAkdPAl t # ftK k* Ik* pMt|r 9 l|MMTAlJr 4 tAfgv M4” ' 9*9**+ Mf 1 1 99a LiltWffalff. ta taAH*ff I Msm. said that thr hi ItMPflBPMP* tfA k* Um 44W41 M4 4 1 ntal facte# la Um dei | r its MUMMY • w 1 «IIH W4I ' | |g J 1 Am rtmntry wtew redid Id* fM* «l \ 14 («k4 1 Hr hM 1*4 4iV4f4 IfertMl 1 Uw Ata pte pnshartl.« uf th s W i AUlMHm l fMWV MMM f Sam that At tbr cUmr of tbr oraf |h kIsfijM'tlfiTP Artel rvrt 4ft * aMfdM 4i M 1 1 4UIM Irft with fuur ■ 4NP Up r *+&*• : Nrt m pr»4d vt that «ttir i tmui* AA on (to haiwlA TlktA Am. vf hniffue nv tan the llthqr*kphses ■hhiag puMavs. the i.ug tjfifiue rharg.a h«e tha and theaulaAde partha charge aerutaea* The newupuger has swrvua uf ruvawne line te rneriptwa. the Other tetwftidng The sahmetpUaoa to oewupupera are •» cheap that they little unou thaw pay the mat af the whits paper A H ■■erVUie Pavo. As • rmwlt af aa anefidewt at (lev Mill at fimhiwai am day weak If ugh II hetkt. a mactdwaat had mtt A • A w\ ( unrla waras ing a basM tag Iwewmkot Maow af tumj •flMMkh-.'—' m * •paatea I thatt I aa uthsv ha gawsaui e oswt aw the vatsa am l afissua The hdh^ i dsraiog made by the re eMapawms hvug Ntats hw the yaw* end ‘hot air,” “sober camels.” “astute aslruio grrs," "rope ends.” and other fhntfia- tlc tod tevwrralrql terms, that Mason ry la unworthy the attention of serf- •mbs and dignified ptew. Rarti. hriwever. I* aid the ofiae. The Ahrlae should nut be nmhmnosd with the Manuals system, aa It Is aetthet iMSbsh WMV Tt linefu its aw mis n srwl SiBiiwa the gaping crowd the grand <dd order of the Mawmie fraternity. which baa aawivvd th^vaiurtsm of r.,uiriog thoaght. am- >afvsd the hamiMty af cvwwwed sad 1 au laved brads, grows graadev as It I ms grows tddef. wtueb has asvwssfi the Amity off oagm. phllbartMapMp sad patriahs. ararii has dried the tears of oeyhawaga hmdmd the wall af wthmrhaud. helped the oimsigef to rnemdi and the pane to koaelhcteea wtg nmtiuwe to moao hwwaed deara the vawtwitm aadhswehed and eadte ■wsyud t*y th* aUtf peasSa and hmlhh aaUmuf the M vaSAe Ihetwe I —i. strike out to be pub- Mliea. with permtaaiou to such portions as ought not llsiied M r. Proctor - That Is It. Gen. MMm I do not know that there la Anyth lag to be strtekrn out The Chairman Wa have barn la the habit of mbmltUng to the vrliasm behwe the rum mtt try whoever he wm, the stenngr«pher‘s rawuvt of his re- U> go further 4 . >* I i»: •a aw IweaamaasSmv Mr ivtiaa 1 waotad than that. Thai doubt taken down roevaafily geuerai has mid. hut thhvga that he mid whMv ha Mg do* Mr* isatrtheiurt and I UMwk haMmld ke altewud that prtvthgpm The Chatmah Ha muat ha tha ywfig* af that mi. Ihttaw Da rtumld he allewud tarn Ukeetg sf efirtktag mrt awyl •Msh ought out to If It Is stated onsiaufilyi The atswagmphark ropmt wm mb aMUad la Gun MUmmfi tha Tbnsly the ami yrupa red and rand ta Tha fimAa tarts af the gswemTa i thm he the w%t departmawt euff M givaa at tha Um fisme af Ute at the tuna am af Iw lia wm mafi by the Wmt- r» aipany to I the new #«ixrair«i A liei • 1 * gn-w^u gray la the fighting of (he knt- I vea of bis cviunr me play m new. wluM the army to ing. A MILITVHV HirTATua. “.Vs tiyese things go forward, par taking somewhat of the character of feats to divert and blinds to luMidwink public opinion, a bill of army rrorgan- izatiop is prepared and urged upon congress, whlclt. If it hcr-omes a law. will make the power uf the president absolute, and which It is not too much to say ought to be entitled ’An act to make the president of the Cni- ted States a military dictator.’ Be cause the reprimanded lieutenant- general, answering Hie summons of a committee of congress-as was his duty—expresses an opinion adverse to this bill, it Is proposed to retire him from the service. Taken in connec tion with some other matters of more or less sinister suggestion, these are menaces of most ominous import. WHITE HOUSE TO THE CAfITOL. “But, turn from the white house to the capitol, and look at the Republi cans in congress. The trail of the trade mark is over them all. Old high tariff dances the cancan in the house, whilst old ship st^bsidy does the regu lation cake walk in the senate. Every thing for the syndicates. Nothing for the people. And, not content with their arbitrary power in the white house and their mercenary power in congress, the leaders of this party of federalism and false pretension would rip open Pandora’s box to filch thence the black, piratical flag of negro dom-' ination—the equally disreputable and bloody shirt of sectional agitation— and, in order to make sure of the next house they are proposing to bring for ward another force bill to smite the •wHb. to blight the north, and to con vert a land teeming with loye and pr*ce Into a land reeking with hate and strife Such Is the banquet to which the exit of McKinley, the eta Wanton and the advent uf Ruuae- vrll, the Huwgh Rider, has Invited aa a aLaF tom rvasyuM *T aa euwuHhtng off a Jingo ■yfintf I tejMeua In the e«pending g Md Mkary af m «HMUy latest tts Rag fcgftthf Shew* M thEAwy \v rVt*f! t OCik V . I h . tua |*aiv Mr. J haintny *fi ttefteo-rfiT Acer>vdIng tohiv hrfefrTs with Itepu hi leans on Um M pftrrat. x| Mir^ywia Z M I aaeawM. it the lluuw last Rhea >4 aied m k i who wist. In aecurn dominant Wauaa Hie Republkan majority in the house is 43. — While only two Re- pu Mica ns. Hanbury and V reeland of New York, voted with the DemucrstA, <‘n<>iigh Republicans rrmiiiDed away or declined to vote t« redirre the minor!- to 10. Tite conclusion of the delate upon the cage was rattier spirited. Mr. Rh<*a making an eloquent defense of his right to the seat. Mr. Kiiea made a severe arraignment of Mr. Moss, the contestant, charging that although he now called himself a Republican that two weeks before the election he had registered as a Democrat and had pledged himself if elected to go into the Democratic caucus. With im passioned words lie challenged the contestant or Ids friends to deny this statement. “If it isdenied,’’ said he, “I willpntve him to be the poor, miser- able creature I know him to be.’’ igiocwr. kwt his iifr t mu several weeks ago igtsxiaK-Oiufrh Kerr ipenatevsl th# artMthai ggu hnroe power eagttes inwd cm the enginr fug tha first rutt wro sUMsdlhg by Maidh- ■r men Is He stwpfwd aguM i oil a faaartng whoa his A sad be fell lalo tike rapid- ng Hyrohatl II# was whlrtad and hulled to the opposite a0e w engine. He. was hoerthiy sd and BkangWd. both legs being AhMAfiteatepashaAtefe Hf t aw t Awn Ob »••• l.l nc • thtetemiai SITJHJ W Ommmt. 1 *Mn Awn * • ijbt jMb •A He whuff •MiWflW. ■ S’* • »ncW M?/WI m * Hrt*#tlS ■wiiiPlw##** A f • Imgmtal 1 A •tdMMUaiM \fW yjp4ii t tkimt A 4 A •Una III JM4 • A' UgmuR l^Mton. tfiloin AAWma • A kMvatev naa. is Mvg af tha and sAasfi r*te#nthm inurarl e» mn '.Gw ■ke aamMsI i b t r* »1 > efi gen a fhrs at the maek- m peivttegsa in Lnmian A ass ran 1 juVshsi A lOMSS * Msdgshurg fflro Manrhesler Kirs * Nethsvlanda Fir North Hr Merrai Nurtbeni Avanra Norwlrh I’nlon MMlMP..»/»«.. iVornii Asm ran Royal Inauraiaw Royal Ka* hangs Mcottiah (LAM. >uu las. other ., jv te4 ■ i • 4.U Jumped From a Train. Tlie Blackville correspondent of The State says the passengers on the early morning train from Augusta to Char leston witnessed a surprising incident just before the train reached Black- ville Thursday morning. A young lady, Miss May Folk, who lives near Williston, boarded tlie train at that station en route to Columbia. Upon nearing the place the porter as usual called, “Blackville.” -Miss Folk im mediately rosp from her seat, hastily ran to the door«and leaped from the train which was then running at some 30 or 40 miles an hour. When the train stopped 4t returned and found the jroung iady unconscious. She was brought to the hotel and found to be severly injured, suffering from concus sion of the braid, shoulder dislocated and badly bruised. She Is now in a very critical condition. Justice at Last. Neely, Rath bone and Beeves, the American carpet tog official* who loot ed the Cuban postdOcs department, have received lardy justice In senten ces of tea yean’ Imprisunmenl aoo >ro panted by fiaes ranging from fitt,- uou to •64.0*#. The cases sgslas Ukrte wsro begun isk. fans ago. and the Wbmsmss off th# > Esrrtran nfialaSrtealAsa in Cuba In •ret Till iet ton By what right," asked the man from Maine, the man from Blaine's own Stnte. d«K* an Act of ('ungreas seek to pifihe an inferior race on an equal folding with men who have liv ed Uirofigh two thousand years of Christianity? The nation .sought to create in the negro race the ability not only to govern themselves, but to assist In the government of others. What was the result? This race was in the midst of a people developed In the highest state of civilization known to man. A people who have been overwhelmed by one of their own kind and whose wounds, physical and mor al, were smarting under the blow of defeat “The Kuklux Klan was the out come, with its civilization behind it, trying to suppress the newly-created citizens. Then came the “grandfath er clause which virtually disfran- chises every negro in the South where it is in existence. If the elective fran chise had been given only to those who had the- intelligence to use it the tendency In the South would have been to ■ increase its representation by legitimate means. To-day the tenden cy is to keep Southern men in igno rance and to keep-the negro out of con trol. To increase the representation properly tinder such conditions requires the utmost intelligence. “Few mqn,JnoqJay know what Is to be done.' The negro is with us. He has the right of citizenship and we bannot. adopt the measure so often suggested to deport him. There is no authority under which we can de port a citizen from the United States. That namesake of the Father of his Country, who is working down In Ala- lama, Is doing the most practical work. We must look to the practical education of the negro as khe only so lution of the problem. Fundamental mistake was in enfranchising the race, placing In the hand# of those people powers they were unqualified to exer cise, giving them power over a civiliz ed race overpowered by war. It takes more than a generation or two. or three, even, to civilize any people. For tunate will be tip feoeraJJoo that will me a true anluUua of this problem.” la ckalng Mr. Uttlafield toortoad spun th# rtuuppior problem ae aaofih- at mm which tbr ammUj was •pun asartse Tt feL. waA pMAhte.” "kf any tafOMin* act axJkg was crushed Notwithstanding Injuries hr was conscious when saalst- anre reached him and wrote the name of a relative In Michigan to whom be wished a telegram sent. Corpse Held fur Hoanl. A funnv case is reported from St. Louis. Until a few minutes before the hour set for the funeral of Mrs. , Carrie Schloslnger, Friday afternoon, i there was doubt as to whether the ; services would take place; the body be- ing held for a board bill “ due Levi Silverman and Olive street, where Mrs. Schleslnger died. Henry Schleslnger, the woman's son. who is a traveling salesman, was notified by wire of his mother’s death, and came to St. Louis to arrange for the funeral. The Silvermans presented to him a bill of 180 for his mother's board and their care for her. Schles- inger declined to pay and was told that the body would be held. Schles- inger employed Attorney Howard Sldener and was about to enter suit in replevin when the matter was compro- mised. ___________ Han Thirteen Wives. Christian C. Nelson, railroad con tractor and horseman, alleged to have 13 wives is in jail at St. Joseph, Mo., on the charge of bigamy, having just been brought in from San Antonio, Tex., where he was arrested a few days ago. Nelson will be tried in St. Joseph because one of the women most act! vein his prosecution was mar ried to him in that city last Septem ber. This bride was Mrs. Mary A. Parker of Plattsburg, Mo. Nelson admits having three wives, but says the other 10 are myths. He Is said to be wanted for bigamy In Chicago, San Francisco, Des Moines, New York, St. Paul, Sumter, S. C., and Conway, Ark. His preliminary trial will be held before the same justice of the peace who solemnized his marriage with Mts. Parker Ip September. After Many Years. Laborers engaged in digging away a hill at Old Brunswick, near Wil mington, X. C., uncovered a skeleton which Is believed to be that of a British soldier killed during or before tbs rtv- utulkmary war la ths white sand about the skelrtia were fcoad a aaas kfitaf brass axillary bafiAuasaf Mnglteh dan eg tha «ry Hr.-Am A. Go.. Caledonian .... Com. U Aasu... H'burg.Bremen. sceivetL 2,Xt» 36 i A Metaey Marina. Union Aaeu. Kortety T.\2.4TS no Western Aasu l.UkAfriun Total A ....rjt.wq.wc aa 'WiitMirawn from the State. •**No report Premiums Reo Halo tee | 7,544 W 7.134 3rt Jn.lMA 3fi 10.740 LI 3.740 Ot 8,2*3 21 5,087 08 1.W77 27 72,174 48 4,528 05 7,915 75 533 87 7,400 (58 21,422 37 15,397 49 21,068 52 alleged tq-be- -*ildVt A ^ ‘“t F- wife of 2816 u .. . •Lancashire F... •Lion Liverpool L & G London Assu. •Madgeb’g Fire. Manchester Fire Nethcrland F... North Hr. Mer.. Northern Assu.. Norwich Union.. I*alatine. 6,015 83 Phoenix Assu 20,800 42 Royal Ins 25,954 84 Royal Ex. Assu.. 4,069 94 Scottish U & N . r 8,416 12 Sun Ins. office.... 10,730 45 •SveaF&L 1,879 26 Thames & M. M. 2,444 80 Union Assu So.. 6,194 46 Western Assu .. 13,264 99 I‘aid. • • • 2.437 M 4,711 28 15,6112 62 14,116 33 16,401 91 • • • 2,253 97 29,476 07 5,415 18 10,954 78 • • • 7,128 63 7,925 68 3,140 23 5,763 30 73 00 11,598 09 25,262 68 658 04 10,046 18 4,723 97 * # • 330 35 7,746 11 12,902 49 ago railing rat aa tamsfilgatkm al Ute rnargsa mads bp fiaaafiar TIUmaa kgaiasx Jeha L Mr Leans, that Urn latter van tafia#aead bp psaantam al raafiml W l*4»fal pairoampe ta naaiiag his rot# fkr ths raildeaihm al Um J^krts p*ea» treaty Therv la a fsellag am<mg certain ItspnNIfBaa la th# aoaete that this subject should b# allowed to drop, bat Senator McLaarta s friends laaftst that the iBtqatlgaUun be BMds, and Unn Is pendlnf wfT! firg# that I favor able report hr adopted Rrotimsat In th# sMuu arenas to favor ths adop tion of this rsaoluUrm. Mr THIaMn’s friend* my ha can prove th# charges he has atadr. while Mr McLaurto’a friends Insist that he can not. Both •Idea, therefore, are ready to support the proposition for so Investigation It la mid that Senator J. C. Bur row*, of Michigan, chairman of the committee, does not favor the Pritch ard resolution, and will strive to have It suppressed. Among the wannest advocates of the resolution Is Senator M. A. Hanna, who says be believes the Tillman charge reflect on the late President McKinley, and be will lend his efforts to a favorable report upon the ground that the memory of the assassinated President should be purged of all aspersions. MR MUmmftdal_ Till ceatemRaMten pwmawanad tyj si the staff Mid la runitei Item teMh with (he j tssss mt tea samp ainltefiRfp, saafia te nma al aapm msfilmdi wtocn through Um •push* *1 ant btetery TOrofi teas la but aa oAa#t %» and bate#, in a pacotiarly. adopted la would tea aim tha small army al Um Ui ^ Htetea” ta addHhm , atelsmsata bow th# Total $316,117 80 $198,826 47 —»■ Gave His Lifb fbr Others. To the Editor of The State: Seeing an Inquiry in your paper as to the whereaboutsof Dr. J. W. Powell, surgeon in the Confederate States army. I will say Dr. Powell went to Mississippi during the yellow fever epidemic several years ago and died of the fever. He went there to help the fever sufferers and lost hi* life. Dr. Powell was a native of Fairfield ooua- ty and has quite a number of relatives in that county now. J. S. Gunnell. New Brookland, March 16. A Datageross Tool. The best of bank safes are no longer [ * statement published burglar proof for Julius E. Haachke, a *" *“* ‘ ‘ “ with the grade of Oen. Miles mid the door wide open fwAfuUireautomai or a military despot It to not, ta my judgment, la accordance with principle and theory of government and for the beat lot of the army, which has than a hundred years and fulfilled all your requlnnents, to adopt such a Republican* In s Hole. x. Speaking of the Crumpacker resolu tion, Representative D. Linn Gooch, of Kentucky, who is one of the most conservative men In the house, said last week that “for once the Republi cans have placed themselves in a hole.” He said further: “We remember what followed the force bill legislation of the fifty-first congress—the election of a Democratic house and two years later the election of Mr. Cleveland. I do not hesitate to say that in my humble opinion we will elect a Democratic house this fall and thus pave the way to car ry the presidential election In 1904, and the Crumpacker resolution will prove to be worth thousands of votes to us next November.” - ~ Hard on Funatou. Senator Pattersons, of Colorado in the United States Senate Thursday sharply criticised the methods by which Gen. Funs tun captured Ag ulna Ido and sought to show that Chicago electrician, who has bought an invention which will enable the men applying It to cut through the hardest steel plate as a boy with a knife would cut tfc. Laurence county ebsms. Armuc plat# such as R m ih* United States bsu^w. r n fa# pert'"—ted as an anger wunid its way laroagbs ptenk al to today that be had not violated the articles of drill zed warfare was not accurate. .The senator said that all authorities upon la terns UonsJ lew end Uw anidm of dvillasd warfare declared that the ass of Um enemy* uniform was i a mss In an kilted aasChsr man was gutty In commenting on the a bore The State says this Is strong language, certainly, and quite enough to make it plain why President Romerelt on bearing of it was seised by and almost Irresistible desire to retire Geo. Mites from his position at the head of the armv—a method of restoring har mony In the military establishment which he was only kept from adopting by the urgent advice of his friends in the senate. This indictment of the measure by Gen. Miles corresponds with that pre sen ted several days ago by this newspaper on the strength of Secretary Root’s admission that the purpose of the army bill was to let the ranking officer of the army “come In with the president and go out with president.” We observe that Henry Wattereon took the same view in his speech on Monday night, when he de clared that this army recorgnizatlon bill, If it shall become a law, “will make the power of the president abso lute” and that it ought to be entitled “ad act to make the president of the United States a military dictator.” I A Cruel Has bond. J. B. Post, a farmer 35 years old, living on the Worth rgsd, four miles south of Tanawanda, N. Y., bound his wife Amanda to a stake In the bull pen of his stable Thursday morning. She wore a red calico apron, which aroused a confined bull to frenzy and In its rage the animal attacked tbs woman and gored her to death. It te mid that Post's act was caused by Jealousy of Hiram Coates, a Methodist preacher who lives at more, half a mite south of the (Am. Coates has beea a caller at ths POet farm and k out driving «