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v 3*'?r- i>'*' ?r r-- : - v.r r- - ,- -.. ., - >, . ^ -< r,y. The Bamberg Herald. 1 ESTABLISHED 1S91. BAMBERG, S. C.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 18,1900. OSE DOLLAR PER YEAR ||?| mil Dili DCDADTIMAMCCCrADCH :JS| GUARD PLACED AROUND JAIL "Peg Leg" Williams Arouses Ire I of the Farmers. AN APPEAL TO THE GOVERNOR Emigration Agent Now Advises Colored Farrfi Hands to Stay at Home. A telephone message from Governor Poara of Afftflisi>11. VAUU1C& W MUV4 a. VMkw M* ? J . Ga., Monday afternoon directed the i sheriff to place a gnard around the jail where R. A. Williams, the emigrant agent, was confined. The citizens are at a loss to know why this . was done, as there was not and has not been the slightest danger of mob violence. The following circular printed by The Madisonian was distributed Tuesday: "To All Colored Farm Hands?To those of you who are expecting to go to Mississippi my advice is to return to your homes Smd make arrangements for this yeaY, as the railroads have refused to furnish me trains with which to* transport you. Therefore, there will be no more emigrant trains this season. But if the farmers with whom you are living are willing for the women and children, who have husbands and fathers already in Mississippi, will agree for you to go to them, and will notify me to that effect, I will furnish tickets to take you to them. But unless the farmers with whom you are living will agree for you to leave, I cannot move you, as it is now too late v in the season. "My advice to all of you is to go to - 9 _ jL work here and make tne crop ior inis year. This is best for you and best for the farmers of the county, and you should settle down and go to work aod stop the agitation that now prevails. R.A.Williams." "Pegleg" Williams has evidently been sufficiently amused. habeas cobpus pbocrkdikgs. Habeas corpus proceedings were begun before Judge Hart looking toward the release of Williams. Since last November there has been a continued exodus of negroes from the section under the tempting allurements of emigrant agents, who painted the Mississippi bottoms as the land of promise. The number of negroes that have left, big and little, old and young, has been variously estimated, some placing it as high as 3,000, oth? ers at not more than 1,000. However, no excitement was created, since the section had no more negroes than were needed, and it was the general opinion that their exodus would only slightly decrease the acreage in cotton for the present year, and would ultimately prove a great advantage to the county. In addition to this, large numbers of negroes docked in from Putnam and other neighboring counties. Some of these joined the emigrants, but many have remained. Nothing was especially interfered with, and the people regarded the matter as not at all serious. ' Since the first of the present month, however, conditions have been altogether changed.- The time had come for farmers to make their yearly contracts with hands, tenants, croppers, etc., which they proceed to do. In almost all instances after the contract had been made, it became necessary to furnish rations, since the landowners are compelled to run their tenants as well as croppers. This was done all over the county, ? x* ? wKAOAnf mnnfk ka. ine rauous iur mo ^icocuv iuvu?u ><v ing duly advanced. Very few negroes really care for a mora! obligation, and notwithstanding the contracts and advancements, they have continued to leave. In this respect the situation has become serious. Farmers do not know with whom to contract, and are afraid to continue to advance even the necessities of life to those with whom they have contracted. Everything in the line of labor is in an unsettled condition, and must necessarily work hardship on negroes who do not intend to go a^ray, for the reason that po one can tell who is going next, and farmers naturally cannot afford to advance supplies on such uncertainties. There are no better, more law-abiding people anywhere than the people of Morgan county, and they stood by quietly in the fall of the year and offered no objection to the efforts of the emigrant agents. Eut now that their contracts are being interfered with, their employed servants enticed away, they simply won't stand it, and in the opinion expressed it would be well for any emigrant agent to think twice before attempting to ply his trade now in the section. MORMONS TO CONFER, Sessions of Elders Will Be Held in Chattanooga February 17th. There will be a conference of the presiding elders of the Mormon church m the southern states held in Chattanooga February 17 and 18. It will be an important meeting and several anoatlftH from Salt Lake City, Utah, will attend. Elder "W. D. Bencher, who is now stationed in Augusta, Ga., will be the representative of the Mormons in Georgia. 6ross Postal Keceipts. A statement of the gross postal receipts for December, 1899, as compared with the receipts for the same month during the preceding year shows a net increase of $199,835, or 5 per cent. The total receipts for last December were $4,162,088. Mrs. Henry (iets Pension. A pension of $30 a month, to date from October 28, 1899, has been granted by the commissioner of pensions to the widow of General Guy V. Henry, who died last October. SAMPSON'S CLAIM. Court Will Decide Whether He Took Part In the Santiago Naval Fight Or Not. "And the attorney general avers that all the herein above named vessels of the king of Spain were sunk or destroyed on or about July 3, 1893, by the libellant (Rear Admiral W. T. Sampson), and the vessels under his command." This is an extract from the answer just filed by Attorney General Griggs to tho libel filed in the supreme court of the District of Columbia by Rear Admiral Sampson, in his own behalf aud also in behalf of the officers and enlisted force of the North Atlantic station w]io took part in the Santiago naval engagement against the Infauta Maria Teresa and miscellaneous sailors and supplies captured upon her and other Spanish war vessels. It forecasts the purpose of the department of justice to support the l 1.1?J. it, n.nicor couienwou mat iue aiuuicu vnuw> New York actually participated in the battle with Cervera's fleet, and that her addition to the force made it superior to the Spanish squadron. It is expected that the court of claims and the district supreme court will determine the question of whether the New York took part in the Battle, and by its decision an end will be put to the controversy which has been agitating the navy and the country since the battle occurred. BERRY BAXTERS BEVERIDBE. Calls Indianlan To Task For Remarks Made In Imperialistic Speech. In the senate, Monday, Mr. Berry, of Arkansas, had read the resolution offered by Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, and also of Mr. Beveridge, of Indiana. Those who desired to discuss the Philippine question, he said, were met by the objection that they were aidihg those who were in arms against the United States and were responsible for the loss of life among cur soldiers. He regarded this position as absolutely unwarranted, and declared that no man who was a mau would be deterred from speaking by charges that were absolutely unfounded by facts. Mr. Berry believed that the two resolutions which he had had read from the desk fairly represented the views of the two great parties in this country. He was certian th^t the resolution * of Mr. Beveridge reflected the sentiment and feeling of the administration because it had been favorably commented upon by the administration speaker and newspapers throughout the country. The resolution had been endorsed he said, by the administration leaders, yet it conferred an authority power upon this country as absolute as was possessed by the czar of Russia. "What is imDerialism." Mr. Berry ] asked, "if it be not ?the assertion of such a power as is asserted by the Resolution of Mr. Beveridge?" He declared his unalterable opposition to such a declaration, and believed the people of th9 United States would not approve so plain a violation of the constitution. Mr. Berry referred to that part of Mr. Beveridge's speech in which the i Indiana senator had asserted that God had selected the American people as His trustees, whose appointed work was to extend to the Philippines and the Filipinos the civilization and liberty with which the American people as His chosen children were to enlighten the world. Mr. Berry did not admit that the American people were the trustees of the Lord in the Philippine matter. He said that when men asserted that they were the trustees of the Lord he' wanted some more substantial proof of the assertion than their own word. MONDAY'S HOUSE SESSION. Representative Gale, of Kentucky, Sworn In?District Business Taken Up. June W. Gale of Kentucky, who was elected to succeed the late Evan B. Settle, appeared at the bar of the house Monday and was sworn in. Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, from the committee on appropriations, reported the urgent deficiency appropriation bill and gave notice that he would call it up for consideration Tuesday. Mr. Babcock, chairman of the committee on District of Columbia,claimed the day for consideration of District Ot UOiUmoiCl uusiueas. HAULING HUNTER HOME. Defaulting Auditor Scheduled to Arrive in Atlanta January 27. Thomas K. Hunter, the former auditor of the Atlanta and West Point railroad, who was recently arrested in Morocco, is aboard a steamer which is plowing the Atlantic, and which is due to arrive in New York on January 2C*h. Unless there is unforeseen delay Hunter will arrive in Atlanta on the 27th, and will be tried on a charge of embezzlement. On beard the steamer with Hunter is the agent of the United States government, who was appointed by President McKinley to bring the fugitive back to this country. MEET NEXT IN RALEIGH. Commissioners of Agriculture Select Plaee and Name Date of August 21st. It was announced at New Orleans Monday morning that the date for the next annual convention of the Commiaaioners of Agriculture. which has been in session in the Crescent City for several clays, would be August 21st, and tliat the meeting would be held in Ealeigh. CARICATURED THE QUEEN. Paris Editor Tried On the Charge and Is Acquitted. A Paris dispatch says: The manager and artist of La Caricature, who published a cartoon representing Presi| dent Kruger having Queen Victoria over his knees spanking her, were tried on the charge of outraging public morals. The court acquitted the accused on the ground that in spite of the grossness of the satire it did not have the obscene character which would justify the charge. COMMITTEE ATWORKlj Gubernatorial Contest Wrangle Begins In Frankfort. IMPOSING ARRAY OF LEGAL TALENT. [ Arrangement Is Made For Two Sessions a Day Until the Matter Is Disposed of. The Kentucky legislative committee, d-atvn to hear the contests be- { tween Goebel and Taylor for the gov ernorship and Beckham and Marshall for the lieutenant governorship met at the Capitol hotel in Frankfort Monday and began the hearing of evidence. Senator Coleman, chairman of the con- ( test board in the lieutenant governor's case, announced that the sittings of : that board would be the same as those 1 of the committee trying the governor's | case, but acting separately. : There.was an impossing array of { legal talent present. The attorneys occupyiug seats on the Taylor-Marshkll side are ex-Governor Bradley, | Judge "W. H. Yost, T. L. Edelman and , ColoDel W. C. P. Breckenridge. Those j on the Goebel side are Louis McQnown, Zack Phelps, Aaron Kohnand j James Andrew Scott. The morning session was taken up with the filing of papers by the Republican attorneys, renewing the nxo- j tion of Taylor and Marshall that the ( committees vacate because oi their j alleged illegal drawing by the senate and house clerks and responding to j the notices of contest served on them , by alleging that the charges made about the use of the military were of j too vague a nature to be substantiated. , The attorneys for Goebel and Beck- { ham objected to the filing of such papers and they were taken under ad- , visement. ? Chairman Hickman, of ^he giibernaA ?' ? ? ?off OI* XOriHl COLLILU11 lee, uuuuuuucu luoi; UJ1VI a conference of the two committees it had been agreed that the sessions of the board should not interfere with the legislative duties of their members, and on this account the boards could only hold afternoon and eveniug sessions. The afternoon sessions would begin at 2 o'clock and close at 5 o'clock, and the evening sessions would begin at 7 o'clock aud close at 10 o'clock. "Owing to the fact tliat we are tomorrow to entertain a distinguished citizen from Nebraska and to elect a United States senator," said he, "the only session will be from 9 to 12 o'clock in the morning." SOUTHERN PROGRESS. List of New Industries Established the Past Week. The more important of the new industries reported for the past week include brick works in Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia; a carriage factory in North Carolina; coal mines in Kentucky; cotton mills in Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Tennessee r a cotton seed oil mill in Louisiana; in drainage company in Florida; electric light plant in Georgia, Lonisiana, South Corolina and Tennessee; an excelsior factory in A1 bama; flouring mills in Georgia, North Carolina and Texas; hardware companies in Mississippi, North Carolina and Texas; an ice and cpld storage plant in West Virginia; iron ore mines in Alabama; a knitting mill in North Carolina, lead and zinc mines in Kentucky; lumber mills in Kentucky, Louisiana, North Corolina, Texas and West Virginia; naval stores and phosphate companies in Florida; a planing mill in iientucay; a rice mm in xeias, a stave and heading factory in Georgia; telephone systems in Georgia and North Carolina; tobacco factories in North Carolina and Virginia; -wagon works in North Carolina; zinq mines in Arkansas.?Tradesman, (Chattanooga, Tenn.) ATLANTA PARK BILL. House Committees Consider the Measure On the 31st of January. A Washington dispatch says: The committees in both houses will hear the Atlanta military park bill on the 31st of January, that date conforming with requests from citizens of Atlanta as to their convenience. ' A large Atlanta delegation is expected in Washington on that date. GOVERNOR FOR A DAY. Uniqne Situation Results From Illness of Governor McLaurin, of Mississippi. At Jackson, Miss., Monday, Lieutenant Governor Harrison took the oath of office of governor and immediately assumed the duties of the office of governor, made necessary by the illness of Governor McLaurin. The Mississippi laws require the minor state officers to be sworn in the day prior to the inauguration of the governor, and before the minor officers could be installed it was necessary to have a governor to approve their official bonds. Lieutenant Governor Harrison only acted as governor until noon Tuesday.' * Servian Ministry Resigns. The Servian ministry has resigned, owing to King Alex insisting on granting amnesty to all the political prisoners convioted of high treason against his father, former King Milan. Claims Arisiug From War. Senator Pettas introduced a bill in the senate Monday to create a commission of five to adjudicate the claims of citizens of the United States in connection with the war in Cuba. GROCERS HAYE "BLACK LIST." Retail Merchants of Atlanta Issue Credit Reference Rook. The Retail Grocers Collection and Information Br.reau of Atlanta, Ga., has issued its annual credit reference book giving a rating on every one who buys on credit; that is, showing how j they pay their bills. These rate books ] have been plat e l in nearly every reail bouse in Atlanta, and is a complete work, showiug the ratings on about 20,000 individuals and firms, which practically include everybody who buys goods from the retail mer' hants on account. MR. PETTIGREW i TALKS PLAINLY: le Makes a Vicious Attack On | the Administration. ] AIMS AT PHILIPPINE POLICY Says "Whole Wretched Business j Is One of Censorship, Conceal- i ment and Duplicity." I ] A spirited and at times sensational lebate was precipitated in the senate Thursday on th e Philippine question )rer the resolutions of inquiry. Mr. , Pettigrew, of South Dakota, attacked 1 ;be administration's policy in the Philppiaes and also made some startling charges against those who were supporting the administration. Mr. Pettigrew declared that a systematic effort was being made to present accurate information from reaching the people of the United States *nd that it was a political scheme to further the candidacy of MA McKinlev for renomination and re-election. Before adjournment the senate, after prolonged debate, passed the bill conferring additional powers upon the director of the census. At the opening the Pettigrew resolution and the Lodge substitute, both seeking from the president all information regarding the Philippine insurrection, were laid before the senate. Mr. Lodge suggested that both be withdrawn and the Hoar resolution be adopted as a substitute. Mr. Lodge said he wanted information especially as to the effect of the encouragement the Filipinos received from the United States. Mr. Hoar agreed with Mr. Lodge. Mr. Pettigrew objected. He wanted specifiic information, regardless of whether the president wanted it known or not. "The trouble with the imperial ists," said Mr. Pettigrew, "is tnai they have confounded the interests of the people of the United States with the political desires and ambitions of their puny president and regarded him and his success as more important than a rightful treatment of the Filipinos. The fact is, this whole business is bound up in the president's desire to again be a candidate of his party for president." Mr. Pettigrew diccussed the censoring of dispatches from the Philippines. He declared that importan; and significant facts had been stricken from news dispatches from Manila and from official reports. . "As an instance of this work," said he, "the Sulu treaty was mangled and partly suppressed until after the election in Ohio." Mr. Pettigrew declared the proclamation issued by the president was, on the recommendation of General Otis, altered materially by the president before it was published to the Philippine natives. As originally drawn it was, to his mind, a flat declaration of' war, and when Aguinaldo and his leaders came into possession of the original they so regarded it. "The whole wretched business," declared Mr. Pettigrew vehemently, "was one of concealment and duplicity, intended to deceive not only the people of the United States, bnt also the islanders themselves." In substantiation of his charge that the dispatches from the Philippines were censored in the interests of the administration, Mr. Pettigrew quoted from a letter written by Robert M. Collins, Associated Press representative at Manila. In this letter Mr. Collins related the substance of an interview upon the subject of censoring dispatches which he had had with General Otis. Mr. Pettigrew read the statements of Mr. Collins, in which he said it was the evident desire of the officials to prevent certain information from reaching the people of the United States. When he (Collins) had filed a dispatch containing information which he thought was proper to send to the United States he had been informed by the censor that he had been instructed to cut out anything that might hurt the administration. MEXICAN COTTON MILLS. Twenty-Six Were Built There the Past Year and More are Contemplated. Twenty-six cotton mills have been built in Old Mexico during the last year and new mills are being pushed to completion. There is mudh interterest in prospecting for tin since that metal has risen in price, and some tin properties in the state of Durango give good promise, according to the reports of experts now on the ground. New Florida Railroad. A new railroad is soon to be built from White Springs, Fla., on the Suwannee river, to Wellborn, which will open up a fine farming section. BOTH SIDES LOST HEAVILY. British and Boer Forces Suffer Severely In Engagement at Ladysmith. The London Daily Mail says: "We learn that in the attack on Ladysmith Saturday, January 6th, the British losses were fourteen officers killed, thirty-four wounded, and over 800 non-commissioned officers and men killed or wounded. The Boer losses, we hear, are estimated at between 2,000 and 3,000.? AUGUSTA'S FOURTH FIRE. Another Half Block In Ashes Entailing Lung of S50.000. Another great fire has visited An- : gusta, Ga., and another half block in the heart of the city has been reduced 1 to ashes. While the pecuniary loss ' wr.s not so great as from the preceding j big fires, still it laid waste an erea as large as the others. The fire was in the Harrison block, opposite the union depot, and it burned on three streets at once. The loss will probably not exceed ?50,000, covered by insurance to less than onefourth that amount. ' t USE EYDITE BULLETS Britain Is Forced to Use Outlawed Ammunition. RUNNING SHORT ON OTHER SUPPLIES Esaulng of the Order Canses a Sensation, fowl Was Raised When Boer* Used Them. A London special sajs: Lee-Metford cartridges are running short in the British magazines, and, according to a semi-official report, the vrar office purposes to fall back temporarily upon 100,000,000 "Mark IV" expanding bullets, most of which are already in storage in South Africa. The war office, however, has issued a strict order to the volunteers that the fifty rounds of "Mark IV" given them must be used in practice, at home, none being taken to South Africa. After the public announcemant that no such bullet would be used in this war, its employment, The Daily Chronicle thinks, would be a serious breach of faith, especially as the British commanders have complained that the Boers occasionally use such projectiles. The newspapers were reconciled during the early days of th3 war to cable censorship, taking it for granted that full narratives sent by mail would supply all deficiencies. For some weeks, however, even the mail corresponds that has arrived in London has shown signs of habitual scissoring by the censor. Pages are renumbered without chronological or logical connection, leaving the happenings described quite unintelligible in many cases. The editors acting possibly in concert are layiug these facts before the public and insisting that they be permitted to know and to print the facts. The Daily Mail formally accuses the war office of "doctoring" in editing official dispatches before their issuance, and cites particulars. The Daily Chronicle avers that there seems to be an official conspiracy against letting the truth be known. ilrtnn/fl, +V?Q nnmJiflT nf /^AftthqfrOm I ?LlbUV/U^U VUV UUUAWW4 V/* V.Vt?^ dysentery and enteric at Ladysmith have been published by the war office since Saturday's fi&ht, nothing has been given out regarding the losses in the engagement. The war office asserts that it has nothing to give out Arm chair critics who, in the absence of jeportorial or official descriptions from the seat of war, pour fourth pages of conjecture and opinion, conclude that not much is to be expected of the British hosts in South Africa until Lord Roberts shall have had plenty of time to think and fresh levies shall have arrived. Time is working now for the Boers. Each day makes more difficult tho three beleaguered positions. Although the war office declines to confirm the report that Lord Methuen has been racalled to England, inquiries made by a correspondent at Methuen's home in Wiltshire have elicited the information that when ho received his wound his horse threw him heavily and spinal and other injuries supervened. The theory is now advanced that the seizures of the German mail steamers Herzog and General, since released, were made on purposely misleading information supplied to British agents, the design being to embroil Great Britain and Germany in a quarrel. BLISS FOR YICE PRESIDENT. Announcement Is Made That New York Merchant I McKinley's Choice. A Washington dispatch says: It in announced in - administration circles that Cornelius N. Bibs, of New York, ex-secretary of the interior, will be the Republican nominee tor vice president. The statement is made more authentic by the formal announcement of Secretary Root that he will not permit his name to go before the convention, preferring to remain in his present cabinet position. Engineers (Jet Raise. The recent demand of the engineers emplqyed by the Lake Shore road that the salary classification be abolished and a uniform scale of $3.89 bo paid for a day's work, has been granted by the company. OFFICIAL CASUALTY LIST. Lady Methuen Contradicts Report* Concerning Her Dear Hubby. The London war office announces that the British casualties at Ladysmith January 6 among the rank and file were 135 killed and 242 wounded. Lady Methuen has issued an absolute contradiction of the rumors that Lord Methuen is ill, or that he was injured by the falling of his horse at the battle of Magersfontein. To Prohibit Sale o# Cigarettes. In the South Carolina house of representatives a bill has been introduced to prohibit the sale of cigarettes. >0 AGREEMENT REACHED. Roberts Committee Find It Hard to Reach a Basis of Understanding. The Roberts investigating committee continued its executive sessions at Washington Friday. Individual views were expressed for the purpose of securing some common basic, of understanding. The absence ci Mr. Miers, of Indiana, on account of a death in his family, may result in putting off a report for several days. NEGRO LABOR SATISFACTORY. Witness Before Industrial Commission Compliments His Colored Hands. The industrial commission in session at Washington heard the tastimony of J. H. Hall, of South Glastombury, Conn., who^owns extensive peach and plum orchards in Georgia. He described industrial conditions in the south, saying that n lack of thrift was one of the causes for the depressed farming industry. He said negro labor employed on his plantations in Georgia was as cheap aud efficient as white labor in New England. J* - ... V * - V : I SOUTH CAROLINA l\ \ STATE NEWS ITEMS, j \ Demand For Iron Ore Great. The demand for iron ore has been so great that mines near Blacksbeig are being worked under remarkably adverse circumstances. About a hundred hands are employed in getting i out gray magnetic ore, which is sent by rail to furnaces at Greensboro, N. C., 120 miles. But to get the ore to the railroad necessitates it being hauled in mule and ox wagons five miles over rocky roads, the loading and unloading being done by hand. The output is several hundred tons per week. If prices keep up, a spur track will be run to the mines; but Colonel John L. Black, the superintendent, says under the present condition there is money in tbe mining. % Winklcr'if Dispensary Bill. The dispensary bill introduced in the legislature by Representative Winkler was looked forward to with considerable interest, as it was known to be the production of a caucus of dispensary supporters, headed by Senator Tillman, held in Columbia last November. The bill proposes to retain the state dispensary headquarters and the board of c ontrol;abolishes the county boards; abolishes the state dispensary fund, dividing the profits among the counties and towns. This cuts off the proportion of counties that have been participating in the dispensary school fund. It is provided that the present board of control shall serve out their terms; then a new board elected for five years," giving $5,000 bond each. Sealed bids for liquor shall be advertised for, contracts shall be awarded every July, and successful bidders to give $50,000 bond. No "case goods" are to be bought except on special order of consumers. A liquor commissioner must be elected by the legislature with an annual salary of $4,000. He must be a total nliatninar ?.nrl milflt ffivfi $25,000 bond. There will he no connty boards of control, the county dispensers to be appointed by the governor "with the advice and consent of the senate." The profits will be divided among the schools of the counties in which they are made. No liquor is to be rectified or watered at distilleries, that expanding process to be done at the state dispensary. Prohibition counties must enforce the dispensary law; failing to do so, constables will be maintained therein at the expense of said connties. Oar Part In Civil ^ar. The report of Colonel John P. Thomas, who for several years, as confederate war historian for this state, has been collecting confederate rolls and other data, win be made to the general assem bly in a few days. The records and rolls are to be published in book form?three volumes of 800 pages each. The records show that South Carolina put into the confederate army thirty-four regiments and four battalions of infantry; seven regiments, one squadrons and one company of cavalry, and three regiments, two battalions and nineteen unattached batteries of artillery?in all 499 companies. There were 44,328 enrolled infantry, 38,314 being effective; 9,069 enrolled cavalry, 8,014 being effective; 8,213 enrolled artillery, 7,637 being effective?a total of 61,608 enrolled and 53,965 effective. In addition to these there were eighty companies of state troops or reserves, with an enrollment of 4,944. The historian says there were besides twelve regiments of reserves in addition to those carried on the roll, and adds: "Making the moderate estimate that the truth of history warrants, that 5 per cent of Confederate and 25 per cent of state troops are not carried on the ??* onrtQAfO fhftl Sflllth runs, 111 iUl liiCl OyyVtMW wmmmm* Carolina gave to the Southern Confederacy a total of 71,083 officers and men enrolled,or 62,838 effective." The historian remarks that the manner in which the state holding the "cradle of secession" stoo^l by her pledges of 1860 is exemplified when the fact is known that in 1860 the voting population was 60,000. The state's contributions to the signal corps, the blockade runners and the navy are not included in the figures given. South Carolinians furnished five lieutenant generals and six major generals to the confederate service. Deaths in battle, from wounds and disease and in prison, so far as the records show, were as fallows: Infantry, 17,918; cavalry, 1,467; artillery, 716; total, 20,101. But the historian finds that twenty-six infantry companies make no report of "died in battle or from wounds:" forty-three no report of "died from disease;" 167 no report of "died in prison," and forty-five no report of "wounded." The same incompleteness appears in the artillery reports. Applying the averages to those commands from which there are no reports, he finds the infantry loss was 21,146; cavalry, 1,739; artillery, 1,363. He adds: "Making the total effective artillery in each arm of the service the basis of percentage, the result would be: Infantry loss, 52.7 per cent; cavalry, 20.7 per cent, artillery 17 per cent. That is, the casualties in war ? - i were more than one-half of tne total effective infantry; of the cavalry more than one-fifth, and of the artillery more than one-sixth." BOERS ABE FORTIFYING. Titer Are Making Safe Line of Betreat From Ladrnmlth PoMlble. The London Standard publishes the following from Ladysmith, Thursday, January 11th, by heliograph, via Weenan: "The Boers are fortifying positions north and west of Ladysmith, doubtless with a view of securing a safe line of retreat should their opposition to General Buller's advance fail. They still surround Ladysmith in large numbers and may be contemplating another attack. / v.-. . ' - ' ' . - " ? - ' ' WIllilL/ Vilth AUUlll j Hepburn Measure Becommended to House By Committee, CARRIES APPROPRIATION OF * Committee Acted Without Waiting to Hear Report of the Walker Commission. ( A'Washington special says: The y honse committee on interstate and foreign commerce ordered a favorable report upon the Hepburn bill for the construction of the Nicarnguan canal. The bill js practically the same one reported by this committee in the last congress. The committee made some changes in the original bill, inserting a new section, 3, and making verbal alterations. full text of bill. As finally agreed to, the bill is as follows: To provide for the construction of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Be it enacted, That the president of the United States is hereby authorized to acquire from the states of Costa Bica and Nicaragua for and in behalf of the United States control of such territory now belonging to Costa Bica and Nicaragua as may be desirable and necessary in which to excavate, construct and defend a canal of such depth and capacity as will be sufficient for the movements of ships of the greatest tonnage and draft ijow in use, from a point near Georgetown, on the Carribean sea, via Lake Nicaragua to Breto, on the Pacific ocean; and such sums as may be necessary to secure such control are hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Section 2?That after the president has secured fall control over the territory in the section referred to, he shall direct the secretary of war to ex-cavate and construct a canal waterway fiTkm ft -nnint nn the shore of the Carib bean sea near Greytown, by way of Lake Nicaragua, to a point near Breto ] on the Pacific ocean. Such canal shall ' be of sufficient capacity and depth as 1 that it may be used by vessels of the ' largest tonnage and greatest depth now 3 in use and shall be supplied with all 3 necessary locks and other appliances to meet the necessities of vessels pass- 1 ing from Greytown to Breto, and the secretary of war shall also construct 1 such safe and commodious harbors at the termini of said canal and such for- 1 tifications for defense as will be required for safety and protection of said canal and harbors. 1 Seotion 3. That the president shall cause such surveys as may be neces- 1 sary for said canal and harbors and in the constructing of the same. Section 4. That in the excavation and constinotion of said canal* the San Juan river and Lake Nicaragua, or such parts of each as may be made available, shall be used. Section 5. That in any negotiations with the other states of Costa Bica or Nicaragua, the president may have, the president is authorized to guarantee to said states the use of said canal and harbors upon such terms as may be agreed upon, for all vessels owned , by said states or citizes thereof. Sec. 6. That the sum of $140,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the completion of the work herein authorized, said money to be drawn from the treasury from time to time as the same shall be needed, upon the warrants of the president, based on estimates made and verified by the chief engineer in charge of the work, -and approved by the secretary of war. BULLER HEARD FROM. Says Ha Has Occupied the South Bank Of Tugela at Potfleters. The London war office Friday morning received the following dispatch * ^ /3otAr1 Snrintrfield. irom VTOUOim ~J 0 Thursday, January 11, at 9:20, evening: "I occupied the south bank of the Tugela river at Pot|ieter's drift this morning and seized Pont. The river is in flood. The enemy is strongly entrenched about four and a half miles to the north." TAYLOR REGISTERS KICK. Kentucky Governor Object* to Personnel of Contest Committee. A dispatch from Frankfort, Ky., says: Governor Taylor, through his attorney, filed with the contest committee a motion to require the Democratic members now serving on the contest committee to vacate. The motion was in the nature of a protest. It is supported by an affidavit charging that the names were fraudulently drawn by the clerk, and the Democratic members now serving are all disqualified by reason of partiality for the contestant, alleged evidence of which is mentioned specifically as to ; each. ALLEGATIONS DENIED. Governor Taylor's Protest Turned Down By the Committee. A Frankfort dispatch says: The contest committee in the contest for governor met Saturday morning and by a J majority vote overruled the objections i hv Governor Taylor to the Demo ! cratic members of the committee sitJ ting on the case. Each member made a short statement denying the allegations in the governor's affidavit ' MURDERER dlXGED. Bad Harris Pays Penalty For Murder of Another Negro. Bud Harris was hanged at Borne, Ga., Thursday. His neck was broken j by the fall of seven feet and in eigh| teen minutes he was d<vd. The body ! was cut down and given to his rela, tives. Harris murdered another negro named Dave Irwin at a dance near Borne, Christmas, 1897. The crime was deliberate and had no mitigating circumstances. His attorneys appealed to the gov I ernor for a respite in vain. ' Livni* bjvm ,-xsm DEATH'S GRASP Iteamer Wrecked aad AD Oa Board -wj WeHt Down With Her. )VER SIXTY LIVES WERE LOST J ' '% rVhile Vessel Was Sinking Fbt-.jJH Broke Out? No* Rescue ? Was Possible. A special from St. Johns, N. P., v 1 iays: The wreck and burning in St Mary's bay of the unknown two-masted *4 iteamer, with its crew of probably || tizty and possibly some passengers, ill perishing, is one of the worst mir.^ ^ ine disasters in this section for a con-' liderable period. There is not the |? slightest prospect that any soul aboard ^/WM escaped death, as the intense midwin^Vl ; ;er cold would kill any who escaped |9 irowning, and the ill-fated vessel was-^ )f nearly 3,000 tops burden. She B vent ashore before daybreak Thurs- K lay, striking a ledge at the foot of the || iliff, where escape was hopeless. The Is ;rew launched the boats, but probably: luring the panic some were crushed . |9 igainst her sides, others being swamp- - B 3d, and all the occupants apparesfireS perishing. W The ship was seen to be afire by'^ residents six miles away. Attracted : -fl <o the scene, they found the after half)f the wreck blazing fiercely, and the : - B forepart under water. Kerosene in the B jargo helped the blaze. _ ^ At that time only three men were ;. B left on board. Two were on the bridge *;{|g tnd one was in the rigging. Those on ^ H the bridge were safe until about 2 p^ - ;;-fl 3i., when they were washed ooard and drowned, the bridge being;;B carried away. The survivor soon after left the B ^ing, owam to the rocks and twice en- ? :B ieavored to get a footing. Failing' ,B this, he made his way back to the f rigging, where he died of expotfliM durmg the night. Many dead bodiea V B ire visible tossing in the surf. Two^g | B of them thrown np in a cove cannot b#|| reached owing to the dieavy sea. On#-, ^B is thought to be that of a woman. ;|B Boats and other wreckage are strew* ; among the rocks for miles. was more stormry than the day before;^ and it was impossible to reach tho^ ' -B wreck, which had gone to pieoes 4a| Buch an extent that it had sunk ft|g| r.jgB neath the waves. Residents along the shore made er? g ,'.\f|B ery possible effort to rescue the ?aiaB vivor in the rigging, but lacking prop- B er outfits they were unable to succeed; .'.i; B A messenger who has just arrive^J-^SB from Peters river, reports that a trunkal ? filled with women's clothing has b^j|g 'B| washed ashore there, as well as a gar- - M ment which is either a waterproof cap* H such' as used by a woman or man's ovi^a ^ coat. Nearby was found some underwear, evidently a man's, marked the initials "J. J." This seems to in* | dicate that the ship had passengers. B REPORTS ARE WANTE5 Wt Of Accurate Estimate of tbe ceMgmg . -ygj|-.^^5 ton Crops Hereafter Grown | In Southern States. || At Friday's session of the Cotton oflfl States Association of AgrhralttO* New Orleans, General Jastremski pKftf fered the following resolutions, which | /.'cB were adopted: ;-||8 "Whereas, The necessity is appar- y 3 ent for the creation of a system of offi-r . cial reports emanating from officiaiv?| npon whom responsibility may be"li *>JB placed for the accurary of their reports ' *B and estimates of cotton crops; there- J ycJjM fore be it ' 'Resolved, That the Cotton States ' B Associations of Commissioners of ricaltare does hereby petition the gov- ' fl ernors and legislators of each and !; fl every cotton state to enact lawa re* ' ':m quiring the connty tax assessors to re- - ,B port at stated times to the state cor ? "B missioners of agricnltnre of their x> Jj ^ spective states the number of acres 3 devoted to the cultivation of wtton and other products, the ^condition of H said products during the period bf'-y ,:fl cultivation, estimates of yield'thfere6i?fl '"fsS the shipment thereof and such other y H information relating thereto as miy ;y||j deemed useful. Jan "Resolved, Further, that the said Jy H reports of cennty assessors should be ;:||i made on blanks of uniform character, fl furnished by said state commissioner* |j fl of agriculture, and it shall be the'f duty of these commissioners to corn- J ...B pile the said reports of the connty tax | fl assessors monthly and to publish th#^ r/M same and transmit copies to the presi-^ fl dent of the associytion for compilatftoa|i fjjl and promulgation." fl The next meeting will be held in fl Raleigh, N. C., but the date hits not$ 1 yet been fixed. Montgomery and Lit- fl tie Roclj rlso desired the oonventicaa?if ^ but were defeated. . FOUR HUNDRED DEAR fl ..lagSHMsB la Bcanlt of Tidal Wave Which Svctt B Away VeiMlf on Japanese ceaea. Advices received at Victoria, B. G, , ,J| by the steamship Empress of Japan ' 8 tell of a fierce storm sweeping the J Japanese coast on December 24th, last, M '-:3 by which thirty-five junks were lost JS waile being towed from Osaka to 9 Kobe, and 171 persons perished. A IS tidal wave accompanied the storm, by 3 which 411 lives in all were lost . ":M 1 - * Governor Offers Reward. 9 Governor Candler, of Georgia, has | issued an order offering a reward cff-j H $200 for the arrest and delivery to the ' sheriff of Walton county, of Em?y^| Long, who is said to have brutally J 1|I murdered Reese M. Hogan, a bailiff of | J9 Good Hope district of Walton county. 3 River Improvement Convention. H The Tennessee River Improvement :3 convention, which met in KnojviUe, Jj B concluded its business in one day, and I adjourned after electing omoeraan*^ adopting reaohitioM.