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ESTABLISHED 1S91. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1900. OXE DOLLAR PER YEAR. J|
HON. JOHN SH
Aged Statesman
Summons of
NOTABLE CAREER ENDED
His Demise Is Sincerely Regretted
By All, Regardless of Party or
Creed?President Issues
DrnrlamotSnn
a iwmauuvivii rtvvvi
ins: Unusual Honor
to Dead.
Hon. John Sherman, former repre- j
sentative in the honse for a long term, !
a member of the senate and twice:
x holding cabinet positions, died at his i
residence in Washington City-at 6:45
o'clock Monday morning in the seventy-eighth
year of his age. His
death had been expected for some
days, and loving friends gave him
their unremitting care and attention
to the%nd.
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The immediate cause of death was
described as brain exhauston, incident
to extreme weakness due to old age,
and to several attacks of sickness from
which he has suffered for the past year
and a half. Since Saturday afternoon
Mr. Sherman had been for the most
time unconscions, rallying partially at
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intervals wuea suiue sujjut uuunsumenfc
-was given him. Sunday afternoon
evidences of the approaching end
were manifest, and he failed to regain
consciousness after 3 o'clock, passing
away peacefully just after dawn broke.
Several days ago, realizing the critical
condition of Mr. Sherman, the
members of the household and many
relatives sent telegrams to a large
number of ihe family connections
throughout the country notifying them
of-his extreme illness, and some were
able to reach there before he died.
Moet of those who arrived were at the
bedside when the end came, the num.
ber including Mr. and Mrs. Colgate
Hoyi, of New York; Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Wiborg, of Cincinnati; Mrs.
William K. Otis, of New York city; P.
Tecumseh Sherman, a son of the late
General Sherman; Charles M. Sherman,
of Chicago, and Miss Lizzie
Sherman.
Others who were at the bedside
were Mrs. James McCallum, the adopted
daughter, who had been his cou
- stant attendant, and her husband.
General and Mrs. Miles, the latter a
Sherman, were at
the honse the greater portion of the
day and evening, but left for their
home shortly after midnight They
were summoned when it was apparent
that the end was near, and reached
the honee a few minutes after the venerable
statesman had passed away.
Mr. Sherman had not been in robust
health for considerably over a year.
In March, 1899, while on a trip to the
Trench and Spanish West Indies in
. company., with a relative, Frank
Wiborg, he suffered a severe attack
of pneumania, which almost proved
fatal. The ship on which they were (
traveling touched at Santiago, from
which place reports came to the
United States that the well-known
> statesman had succumbed to the disease.
He rallied, however, and the family
accepted the offer of the United States
government to bring him back to the
United States on the crniser Chicago,
1 then in the vicinity of Cuba, and he
was safely lauded at Fortress Monroe,
and brought to his home in Washington.
He gained strength, and was
strong enough by summer time to vis-1
it his old home in Ohio. The family!
Governor Offers Keward.
Governor Candler, of Georgia, has
issued a proclamation offering $150
reward for the murderer or murderers
of J. M. Franklin, of Bartow county,
who was assassinated by unknown
parties on July 23d last.
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Mckinley goes to canton.
Chief Executive Will Remain In Ohio
Unlil the November Election Is OVer.
President and Mrs. McKinley left
Washington at 7:45 o'clock Monday
night, via the Pennsylvania railroad,
for CantoD, O., where they will remain
until Mr. McKinley casts his
Yoto on November 6th, when they will
return to Washington.
Jetty Work Finished.
The United States jetty at the entrance
of the San Diego, Cal., harbor
has been completed. About thirty
thousand tons of rock have been put
into the work.
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NEW SOUTHERN MAGAZINE
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To Be Published In Florida By Messrs.
Ackerly and Mann.
A new southern magazine will
shorly make its appearance in Florida.
It will be published by Messrs.
G. P. Ackerly and F. A. Mann. Mr.
Ackerly was for many years associated
with the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West railroad before it became a part
of the Plant System.
F. A. Mann has been in the publishing
hu?iuecc 'or thirty years. He has
edited sewir.i newspapers with great
snc -ess.
NORTH CAROLINA DAILY.
Charlotte Observer to Be Henceforth
I?*ned Every Bay In the Week.
The Charlotte Observer issaed an
edition last Monday morning and
makes the announcement that it has
couclnded to' become a seven instead
cf a six-day paper as heretofore. This
is the first permanent daily started in
North Carolina, although several Monday
issues were printed daring the
Spauhh American war.
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IERMAN DEAD
Answers Silent
Grim Reaper.
left early in the summer for the old
homestead in Mansfield, Ohio. They
were there but a short time when Mrs.
Sherman, whose health had been very
frail, died. This was a severe blow to
the secretary, from which he never
fully recovered. He remained at
Mausfield until the middle of September,
when he returned to Washington.
Among Mr. Sherman's former associates
in the senate his demise will be
sincerely felt without reference to
party. In this field of activity his
service had been particularly able and
successful. He had served so long
that experience added to his natural
talents. He was a recognized master
of all the gr.eat public questions past
and present, and he had at his finger's
end all the array of facts, figures and
precedent to give complete elucidation
to a subject. He was regarded as a
guide, rather than a party leader, for
his conservatism, caution, inate good
judgment and power of effective execution
inspired confidence in any line
of action which he advised. This was
particularly true in later years, when
he hel l a leading place in the senate
on the questions of finance aud foreign
affairs.
The president was at once informed
through the state department of Mr.
Sherman's demise, and the flags on the
public buildings in Washington were
lowered at half mast, so to remain until
after the funeral. The president,
as a mark of special honor to the de'
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ceased, wno was cot at me nine 01 ms
death connected in any official capacity
with the government of the United
States, resorted to the uuusual course
of personally preparing an expression
of the nation's grief in the shape of a
proclamation descriptive of the personal
qualities and civic abilities of
the deceased statesman.
At the state department also a message
was framed to be- transmitted to
the United States ambassadors, ministers
and charges abroad, officially notifying
them of the demise of ex Secretary
Sherman. The department was
ordered closed for business during the
funeral services, in order to allow the
officials and employees to attend in
person.
The president was greatly affected
by the news. He immediately directed
that the white house be closed to
visitors, and the flag over the executive
mansion placed at half mast. After
ordering some beautiful flowers
from the white house conservatory, he
went in person to Mr. Sherman's late
residence to express his grief and offer
what consolation he could to the bereaved
family.
It is khown that Mr. Sherman left a
will, but no information as to the contents
or even when it will be probated
will be obtainable until after the funeral.
The president Monday afternoon issued
a proclamation announcing the
death of Mr. Sherman and paying
tribute t> his memory. It says:
"Whether in debate during the dark
hours of oar civil war, or as the director
of the country's finances during
the period of rehabilitation, or as a
trusted councillor in framing the
nn+iz-kn'c Imtts fnr nvpr fnrlv rpflrs. or
as the exponent of its foreigu policy,
his course was ever marked by devotion
to the best interests of his beloved
land and by able ahd conscientious
effort to uphold its dignity and honor.
His countrymen will loDg revere his
memory and see in him the type of
patriotism, the uprightness and the
zeal that go to molding aud strengthening
a nation."
The proclamation directs that on the
day of the funeral the executive offices
of the United States display the national
dag at half mast, and that the
representatives of the United States
in foreign countries shall pay in like
manner appropriate tribute to the illustrious
dead for a period of ten days.
Hotels In Florida Open.
An announcement was made Monday
that will interest all the United
States, the opening of the winter hotels
in Florida. The tourist season begins
with these openings and this year
will be earlier than usnal.
MOSELEY BALKS AT JOB.
Rome, 6a., Man Resigns Vice-Consulship |
to Singapore.
A "R S Afosplpv nf Tvomo I
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Ga., has resigned his office of vice
consul general to Singapore Straits
settlements.
Captain Moseley was appointed to
this position last spring by President
McKinley, and expected to leave for
his post early this month. He received
his passport last Monday signed by
Secretary of State Hay.
The declination of Captain Moseley
to serve comes in the nature of a surprise,
as the office carries with it good
perquisites and is a high honor.
WAD DELL OUT OF K AC F.
"Was Candidate For Senate In North Carolina
Against Marion IJutler.
A Wilmington, N. C., dispatch says:
Colonel Alfred Moore Wadded, candidate
for the United States senate to
succeed Ma; ion Butler, has announced
j his withdrawal from the race. Illness
I in his family is given as the cause.
The race is now between Democratic
State Chairman Simmons and General
Jniiau S. Cavr, of Dui ham. Colonel
WadJeli's withdrawal practically in!
?... a of tli? T-.rnnlp in the
I hUI C3 a tuvivv V* ? ? w ' i
! first primary.
AFTER THE C0FF1X~T III ST,
! Indictment Is returned Against Funeral
Dir. clot? of Louisville.
An indictment, charging conspiracy
^as returned Monday by tbe grand
'jury at Louisville, Ky., against the
| members of tbe local Funeral Directors'Association.
The indictment is
i tbe first in tbe county under the anti!
trust law. It alleges that the under!
takers who are named have combined
I for tbe purpose of regulating and us~
! iug prices.
OUR FLAG IGNORED.
British Warship Arriving at New
York Fails to Give the Customary
Salute.
A New York special says: Frank
II. Hoe, former assistant paymaster of
her Britannic majesty's navy, was
taken from tho Ludlow street jail
Monday by deputy United States marshals,
who put him aboard the British
cruiser Psyche. Hoe is accused cf
having embezzled funds belonging to
the British government, and with
having deserted the British navy.
The Psyche did Dot fire the national
salute before passing up the bay to her
anchorage. The ciuiser passed quarantine
shortly after 7 o'clock in the
morning and continued up the bay.
At Governor's island a detail of twenty
men had been aesignecl to the battery
below Castle William to respond to the
cnstomary salute fired by visiting war
vessels. They went to their post at 8
o'elock, and all day long they waited
for tho appearance of the Psyche.
About 4 o'clock in the afternoon
Major Myers, Eleventh infantry, commandant
of the military post, went to
the battery and inquired whether the
Psyche had gone up the river, and was
surprised to learn that the cruiser had
passed up in the early morning. Major
Myers said that be was at a loss to
understand why the cruiser had not
saluted. It is possible, however, that
she went past the island in the fog,
which was rather thick at that early
hour.
Major Myers will write to Sir Percy
Sanderson, British consul general,asking
for an explanation. The cruiser
sailed at 4:30 p. m. for the West Indies.
OPEN DOOR DEMANDED.
Uncle Sain Approves Alliance to Preserve
Territorial Integrity of China.
The state department made public
Monday the correspondence which has
taken place between itself and the
French government since the original
French note respecting China, which
laid down the terms suggested .by
France as a basis of negotiation for a
settlement.
This last correspondence consists of
two notes exchanged between Secretary
Hav and M. Tbiebaut last week,
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putting iu formal shape certain verbal
statements of importance respecting
the negotiations.
An interesting and most important
feature of our answer is the closing
suggestion that the powers bind themselves
again to preserve Chinese territorial
integrity and to maintain the
open door exactly the objects aimed at
in the British German agreement or
alliance which was made public last
week.
While this note by Secretary Hay
bears date of October 19th, and the
British-German agreement is assigned
the date of October 16ib, the action of
this government was taken in ignorance
of the agreement, and it is entirely
possible that it may have been
the means of bringing about the disclosure
of its purposes.
Our suggestion indicates a favorable
response by the United States government
to the invitation to join with
Great Britain and Germany in the
objects specified.
JONES DENOUNCES HANNA.
Says Trick Played on Sherman Was Heartless
and Dlssraceful.
A Chicago dispatch says: Senator
James K. Jones, roundly denounced
Mark Hanoa Monday for his treatment
of John Sherman, whose death was
being commented upon by Senator
Jones. He declared Hauua's treatment
of Shermau was outrageous and
that it was one of the most heartless
tricks ever perpetrated on an American
public man. Senator Jones said:
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Sherman as the wisest Republican
statesman of the country. He bad
great sagacity and foresight and his
personality was impressed on the government.
I think Mark Hanna's trick
by which Sherman was induced to accept
a cabinet place under McKiuley
and resign his senate seat, so as to
make way for Hauna, was the most
heartless and disgraceful treatment
ever accorded a public man of this
country. It was a trick that should
bring the blush of shame on Hanna's
I face on this day of the death of his victim."
AFFECTING COUKT INCIDENT.
At Trial of FerriU Child of Slain Man
Cne* For "Papa."
A most pathetic scene in the court
occurred at Marysville, Ohio, Saturday
morning during the Ferrill murder
trial.
Mrs. Lane, widow of the murdered
messenger, was iu the court room for
the first time as a spectator. She had
with her her little eighteen-months
old boy, who played about on the ficor
for a time, and then came to her knees
and piteously called for "papa*"
The c~y was repeated at intervals,
and the spectators were much moved
by the sight.
?AJS UA>I> liitllir.jrs
Charge Is Male ISy Republicans That
A oers Paid Him $1?5,000.
A high ofHclal of the state department
states that copies of the official
Boer iceords, in ibe bands of gentiemeu
in New York City, prove the
charges that have beeu made to the
effect that Webster Davis, ex-assistant
secretary of the interior, received
$125,000 and Er-Cor.snl Macrnm $75,000
and Montagu While $3,000,000
from the Boer government to.raise a
pro-Boer agitation in the United States.
WAR DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED
Of the Peatli of Major Peterson and Sui
cide of His Wife In Havana.
The war department has received
J the following cablegram:
1 "Havana, October 18.?Surgeon
Genera1, Washington: Major Malt JR.
; Peterson, United States volunteers,
: died at Los Animas a: 9 o'clock, Oct.
17th. Mrs. Peterson, his wife, killed
herself an hour after. Gokgas,
"Chief Sanitary Officer.''
LIFE SENTENCE
FACES YOUTSEY
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Sensational Trial at Georgetown
Resnltsln Verdict of Guilty.
JURY DESIGNATES THE PENALTY
Verdict Was Reached On First
Ballot?Sentence Deferred and
Prisoner Remanded to Jail.
"We, the jury, find this defendant
guilty, and fix his punishment at
life imprisonment."
This verdict was returned by the
twelve men who were selected to try
Henry E. Youtsey, formerly Governor
Taylor's stenographer, on the charge
of being a priucipal in the shooting of
Governor William Goebel in front of
the executive building at Frankfort,
January 30th.
When the jury entered the courtroom
at Georgetown a few minutes
after 9 o'clock Saturday morning,
Judge Cantrill asked:
Gentlemen, have you made a verdict?"
Foreman H. McCabe nodded his
head.
"Pass up the papers to the clerk,"
said the judge.
The sheriff passed them up, and the
clerk then read the following verdict:
"We, the jury, find the defendant
guilty, and fix the punishment at confinement
in the penitentiary for life."
"Gentlemen, is that your verdict?"
asked the judge.
"It is," was the reply.
"Gentlemen, ycu are now finally
discharged, and you can call on the
trustees of the jury fund for your pay,"
said Judge Cantrill.
The jury filed out of the room, and
the most dramatic trial in the Kentucky
courts for many years was at an
j end.
It was learned that no ballot was
; taken Friday night, although its practically
agreed that a verdict of guilty
would he found.
Saturday morning the vote was
unanimous that Youtsey was guilty.
Then the degree of punishment was
taken up. On this question the jury
j was somewhat divided, but finally
j agreed upon the life sentence.
Henry Youtsey is the third man to
! be found guilty in connection with the
Goebel shooting.
Caleb Powers, tried on the charge
of complicity, was sentenced to life
imprisonment, while James Howard, j
tried on an indictment charging him j
with being a principal in the shooting, i
was sentenced to death.
During the early days of Yontsey's
trial the prisoner exhibited signs of
j breaking down. While Arthur Goebel,
I brother to the dead man, was on the
j stand testifying, Youtsey rose in the
I prisoner's dock and denounced the
I witness in wild exclamations, while
j Yontsey's wife screamed that Goebel
had sworn away the life of her hus- !
i band.
Later the prisoner became unconscions
and, according to attending physicians,
has since practically been inanimate.
Each day his bed had been
carried to the door of the jury room,
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1 wUero it stood in piam view 01 iuo
j court, its occupant apparently oblivij
our to his surrounding,
i Motions for a continuance were over'
ruled by Judge Cantrill, who declared
J that he was powerless to stop the trial
1 unless the defendant be adjudged a
! lunatic. Youtsey, ou Friday, showed
j considerable improvement, however,
! and his physiciaus stated that he had
i resumed taking nourishment in the
j regular manner, while his respiration
: was rapidly becoming normal.
The defense tiled a motion for an arj
rest of judgment, and Judge Cantrill
! set it for hearing on the second day of
the February term. Therefore, Youtsey
will not be sentenced until next
year.
Youteey was ordered removed to the
j Frankfort jail.
Alabama Has 1,828,697 Population.
The census bureau has made public
! tho returns of population in Alabama,
i The population of the state in 1900 is
1,828,267, as against 1,512,017 in 1890,
representing an increase since 1890 of
315,680, or 20.8 per cent.
DEMOCRATS OF HAWAII
Hold Convention at Honolulu and In
dorse llrynn and Stevenson.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Honolulu says: The Democratic party
adopted a platform at its convention
last Monday night, in which the national
ticket and platform are indorsed.
The local platform declared
against the acquisition of any more
sugar producing territory to the United
States. An application for a pension
for ex-Queen Lillitiokalaui by the
next legislature was favored.
Prince Kawanaunkoahas been unanimously
nominated for tbe unexpired
tprm cf the fifty-sixth and the full term
of the fifty-seventh congress.
Chinese Thank McKinley.
Minister Wa called upon President
McKinley Wednesday morning and
conveyed a message from the emperor
of China thanking President McKinlrv
for the consideration shown by the
United States during the Chinese
trouble.
Wooley >-peaks In New York.
John G. Wooley, prohibition candidate
for president, addressed over
1,503 persons at Cooper Union, New
York, Wednesday ii'ght. He was
roundly cheered.
Fever 5'ages In Havana.
Yellow fever is increasing in Havana.
It is said that there is not one
block in the city but has contributed
from one to seventeen cases. If there,
is no imp'ovement there will soon be
an exodus.
Work On Capitol IJegins.
Actual stone cutting for the completion
of the state capirol commenced at
Columbia, S. C., Wednesday morning
on the capital grounds The building
is to be completed by December, 1901.
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11 SOUTH CAROLINA V>
| STATE NEWS ITEMS, j ]
Juries Arc Merciful.
At the court of sessions iu Lr.ncister,
tbc past week, three men were
convicted of manslaughter, and iu each *
case the juiy recommended "mercy." 1
The longest sentence was given to (
George Eubanks, a young white man
who last June killed William Evans in ^
the store of J. B. Walters & Bro. He *
got seven years. This killing was the 1
result of liquor. John Watts who slew ^
his father, got oft' with a sentence of '
two year?, wnue William i'orrer, a ne
gro who could not control hid jealousy, (
and killed a woman, will be imprison* 1
ed but for two years. :
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Winter Hotel For Charleston. i
The long cherished hope of a mag- i
nificent winter hotel for Charleston is <
about to be realized, It has been an- 1
nounced that a "syndicate of wealthy '
people, headed by Major Andrew Simonus,
of Charl ston, will soon begin
the construction of a splendid tourist
hotel which will be open the year <
round. The building will be right on 1
the harbor, aud will occupy the fiuest <
site for such a structure along tho At-' <
lantic coast. The building will be at
the head of the battery, and will over- 1
look the harbor and the entrance i
through tho jetties.
Piaus for such a building have been
under consideration for several years,
but all of these did not go through. <
It has been made known, however, iu
an official manner that the hotel is 1
assured, and the idea is to have it
open for business by the first of December,
1901. This will be in time, <
therefore, for the opening of the Char- leston
exposition. The house will be
the finest of the kiud that money ean
Rfto.nre. aud with its establishment
Charleston will be iu a position to bid
for part of Ibe tourist travel from the
east which passes there in winter because
of the lack of decent hotels.
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Negro Killed at Laurens.
In Laurens, on Friday of last week,
while court of sessions was open, a
homicide was committed on the public
square, which was full of people,
and within a few feet of the court:
house. Wade II. Godfrey, proprietor
of the Bee Hive store, had a quarrel
with a negro laborer. They came to
blows and Godfrey drew a pistol and
I shot the negro dead. The affair
canned considerable excitemeut for a
while.
Jury Kcbuked Bj* Judgo.
For the third time Orangeburg jnrie3
have been rebuked by tko courts? !
once by the supreme and twice by
circuit court judges. Jtldge Buchanan
j has set aside the verdict recently reni
dered in the case of Brown against
Oraugeburg county, in which the
widow of ft negro who was lynched
sued the county for $'2,000, as provided
in the constitution. This was the
third trial and as in* previous ones,
the jury promptly found for the de- .
fendant county, and for the third time
the verdict has been set aside and declared
to be in conflict with the law
and the evidence. It is the opinion of
Orangeburg people that no jury will
be drawn to find for the plaintiff, and
the lawyers are equally certain that no
judge will let a verdict for the conn y
stand, so there is a deadlock. It has
been suggested that the legislature b9
urged to take more special action in
this case.
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Declined To ueieas*e rur.?on oriuun. ,
Rev, Dr. D. J. Brimm will be re- '
tain eel asAJttinjgter ami member of the
presbytery, dwpite his request for re- !
lease. Dr. Brimm was until recently 1
professor iu the Theological seminary j
in Columbia and is regarded as one of i
the ablest young men in the church,
but he believes and has publicly defended
Christian Science. After two
days of discussion and fighting a committee,
appointed for the purpose,
made a unanimous report in which it
said in part:
"Your committee is of the opinion
that the statement of Dr. Brimm is at
j variance with the standards of the
; Presbyterian church in the United
| States aud that the view of divine heal|
ing as set forth therein is unscriptural.
j We therefore recommend that Dr.
| Brimm be informed of this deliberate
j judgment cf the presbytery that he be
j admonished agaiust the same and that
i he is hereby enjoined against teaching j
j or promulgating it in any way."
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Shot Ilia Own Son.
West Fuller, Clarence Laugly and I
Melville LaDgiy, the latter two cons- j
ins, engaged in a fight in a house at j
Greenville one night, the past week.
After the fight the Laugly boys left
the house aud were joined by Harvey
Langlv, father of Melville; they waited
for Faller to come out. While waiting
Melville went around the house,
and coming toward his father, was
mistaken for Fuller. The elder Langly
fired, the bullet entering the side and
j passing through both lungs. Langly
j ran to the station house and reported
that he had killed Ids sou, but he later
asserted that his son was shot by Ful- j
j ler. Fuller is in jail and says that lie
j can prove by a dozen witnesses that
| be was in the bouse when the shootI
ing occurred.
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A Mysterious Fund Show# Up.
In the annual report of the state
j board of control submitted to the last
j general assembly there occurs this
: paragraph, under the head of liabili|
ties:
j "School fund 851-1,370.95, personal
j accounts, due by the state for supplies,
j whiskeys, wines, etc.. S121,208.18;
| total 8G35.fi88.I3."
I Un rage ?5 o- the same annual re;
port there o< curs this item:
Men-Laud;*? iu hantlsof dispensers, !
[ Pecanber 3!, 1SD9. 82-35,025.71, mer- J
j cbaudise state dispensary, December i
I 31, 1S99, 5175,927 28.
( These figures are interesting as well
j as impoitant, especially as to the
i s-ehouls of the state.
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Itoliherv Waft Chnrjjed.
i The recent football came betweeu
j Georgia .mil the University of Sonth
! Ca.ro iisa. played on the caiupns at
j Athens, Ga., ended in Carolina leav- i
I i:i? the licid pad Referee Rowbotliam
awarded the game to Georgia by the
score of 5 to 0. Each team had scored
a touchdown and Georgia had the ba'l
an Carolina's five-yard line when Captain
Bell, claiming that the referee was
robbing his team of a justly earned
rictory, ordered his men off.
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Br>.YCottin? the Mormons.
The citizens of King's Creek have
taken a somewhat unusual method of
lealing with the Mormon question, as
vill be seen from this from the Hickory
Grove Sun:
"As J. Frank Westmoreland and
ais family have publicly acknowledged
jeing full-fledged Mormons, therefore
ve, undersigned eiiirens of .King's
>eek, S. C., and surrounding neighborhood,
not believing in the MorVlrttiq
iln that no oublic men nor
> ~ * O iT
jompauy or private person will sell
;bem merchandise, aid give, nor assist
hem in any way; and any person or
5rm assisting tbe above named persons
will be classed as Mormons and
lot patronized by the subscribers to
his article. We believe this is tbe
lest way to get rid of the Mormons,
ind hope that all will sign this paper."
***
After Tax Pe'inqacnta.
There was consternation in many
garters at Colombia when T. T. Talley,
county clerk, placed in the hands
if Sheriff Coleman executions for the
collection of delinquent city taxes.
These executions wiil cover back taxes
from 1894 tip to and including 1899,
and there are about 1,300 to be served.
The total amouut of taxes not collected
in that time will aggregate $20,000.
This amount, indeed, will be a welcome
addition to the funds in the city
treasury, whero it is needed. These
executions do not cover back taxes
prior to 1894 for tbe reason that the
city had no lien prior to that time and
delinquencies up to 1894 could not be
collected only by lawsuit.
?*?"
Large Itico Crop Being Harvested.
The rice planters are harvesting the
best crop made in many years, lliey
are the only class of farmers \vko hare
not suffered reverses. Reports from
the Santee and other rivers in Georgetown
county, where the most rice is
produced, say that planters are surprised
at the yield. Land thought to
be worn out has produced first-class
rice both in quality and quantity. The
grade of all rice is unusually high.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
List of New Industries Established Durinjr
the Past Week.
Among the more important of the
new industries reported during the
past week are asphalt mines in Kentucky;
broom factories in Louisiana
and North Carolina; a bung factory in
North Carolina; an oyster cannery on
the Georgia coast; a 825,000 chair factory
in North Carolina; cigar factories
in Florida and Georgia; coal mining
developments in Tennessee and West
Virginia; cotton mills in Georgia and
South Carolina; a cotton and woolen
mill in Mississippi; cotton seed oil
mills in Arkansas and Georgia; electric
light plauts at Danville, Ark,,
and Jacksboro, Tos.; a fertilizer
factory in Georgia; fiouriug mills
at Wager, Ala., Gordon and Little
Rock, Ark.; Statesvilie, N. C.* Whitwell
and Maggart, Tenn.;a smokeless
farnace manufactory at Richmond, Va.;
a grain elevator (rebuilt) at Galveston;
granite quarries in Virginia; a $50,000
hosiery mill in North Carolina; an ice
factory at Monticello, Ark.; knitting
mills and lumber mills in South Carolina
and Virginia; a $500,000 mining
company in Arkansas; natural gas and
oil developments in West Virginia;
planing mills in Kentucky and Missiseipi;
a pump factory in Tennessee;
a spool and bobbin factory in South
Carolina; a stave mill ia Kentucky;
telephone exchanges at Woodlawn,
Ala., Danville, Ark., and Pattonville,
Tex.; wagon works at Winona, Miss.
?Tradesman (Chattanooga, Teun).
Cotton Warehouse Burned.
The Planters' warehouse at Camphill,
Ala., together with 500 hales oi
cotton, was burned Sunday night.
Loss about $30,000 covered by insurance.
k'ruger Cff For l.'ol.'and.
The Dutch cruiser Gelderlaud, witn
Presideut Kruger ou board, saiieci
from Lorenzo Marqucz, Sunday at
noon. She will call at Dares, Salaam,
Tang.i, Jibuti! and Marseilles.
Alabama lias 1,S2$,697 Population.
The census bureau his made public
tbe returns of population in Alabama.
The population of the state in 1900 is
1,828,267, as against 1,512,017 in 1890,
representing an iuercase since 1890 of
315,080, or 20.8 pe?- cent.
ATliAMA MARKUPS.
C02HECTEI) WEEKLY.? 4S
Groceries.
Itoastod coffee, Gold Star. ?16.50 per ICQ
pounds. Arbuckle $13.30. Lion $12 33
per 100 lb ca>es. Green coffee. choice
'air Iff#<ff-103^0: prime 93-?e.
sugar, >tanuara grauu tared.New Yoric $6.25.
New Orleans granulated $6.23. .Syrup,
New Orleans open kettle 25 (a 4Ue.
Mixed, choice. 20 \a) 18e. Salt, da ry
jacks $1.30(5$ 1.4i):do Obis, bulk $2.23:100 is
$2.85: ice cream $1.25; common ('<5<5'70e
Cheese, fall cryatn 13;?4' (R> 14.
Matches, 05s 4."(555o: 200s $i.50t5" 1.75: COhs
$2.75. soda, Luxes Co. Crackers, soda 62
cream 7e; gingcrsnaps 0*. Candy, common
stick 7.-: fanev 12t5'J4c. Oysters, V. W.
$2 20<5$2.10; I.. \Y. $1.25.
Flour, Grain mi:l Ue.il.
Flour.nil wheat, first patent. $5 CO. second
patent. $5.50; straight, $4.10: extra fanc\
$3.90: fancy. $3.70: extra family, >3.40
Corn, white, 62.-: mixed. 60c. Oats, whin
50o; mixed 36". Texas rustproof 38c. ltye
Gu., $1: West* rn 10c. llav. No. 1 timothy
large Pale*. $1.00: No. 1 small hales. f5e
No. 2. C'Oe. Meal, plain. 60 : bolted meal 06c
Bran, smali sacks 05c. Shorts $1.10
Stock meal, $1.10 per one hundred
pounds. Cotton seed meal $1.13 per 10<
pounds: hulls trv.w per ion. uriu>
per bM; j,l."5 per bag.
Country Produce.
Eggs active, lb(n. 16c. Butter, active sale,
Fancy Jeist-y, Jo's 18c; choice !3? i4. Livi
uotiitrv. receipt? light: !?r.* itf-SCOc; lur.c<
fries 13^? 20-.?. medium fries 14 5b:8. faij
sale. Duets, puiidic. 20 (5- 25e; IV k
icfti'3 6 29'. Irish rotatoe?. northern.70. 8ft
per bushel: new crop sweet potatoes -10.
(? 50c per hushe'. Honey, stramec
i (a~: in comb o Oj 7c. very dull. Onions
70 @ 80j per bushel. Cabbage, green
fair sale, * l>"S.i V<\ IirV.1 :ruit, apple:
3J2<S4': peaches7?8c. Figs 6(<E7c; prune;
i<d~; California peeled peaches 14<?15.
ProvUt (1(1 *
Clear sidrt rib*, boxed 8%n: half ribs
8f: rib bellies Vl+{S-0?gi I'-e-oured tel
lies JO^'n Sugar-cim-anam! 11^? 133^. Lard
leaf 8}f?> &*{ .
Cotton.
Market closed weak: middling 9di,
*
| WALDESSEE IS |
NOW IN PEKIN'
i
Received With Military Honors t
and Escorted to the Palace.
| EARL LI DICTATES PEACE TERMS! |
j , 1
i
Conger Cables Department the J
Substance of the Propositions j
Advanced for a Settlement. \
]
According to Asssciated Press dis- ^
| patches from China, tbe Pekin column j 3
. ~c T!n? Tn ofrkftrUtinn arrived I i
yjL IUS JL Ck'J i.iug +- u ? j J
at a point six miles south of Chi j i
Chow without encountering opposi- i '
tion. They found the heads of four- ) (
teen boxers on the walls ..At Chon j
; Choon, and they killed seveu of the i
: imperial troops. ~~ j
! Pield Marshall Count von Waider- see
has arrived in Pekin and has been*
accorded fall military honors. He was j
accompanied l y an escort of interna- i
; tional troops to the palace of the dow- j
J ager empress.
LI DICTATES TF.ItSIS.
The Haras Agency at Paris has re- '
i ceived the following dispatch from (
| Pekin:
]
4'The diplomatic corps has received (
I a joint note from Li Hung Chang and ,
| Prince Ching, saying that it is time to j
! end tlje present situation and to treat ;
I for peace and that the princes and
ministers who were accomplices of the
boxers will be handed over to the
courts to be judged and punished according
to Chinese law.
"In their capacity of plenipotentiaries
Li Hung Chang and PriDce Ching
-t* i. L t ||,a
oner iu ueui jut pcatc nuujiv.^g
principles of indemnity for the.legations
destroyed. The losses aro to be
estimated by delegates of the powers.
"European nations can be accorded
| fresh commercial advantages on the
| old treaties modified; but as the requirements
of the powers vary, each
I power must formulate its own.
"The plenipotentiaries demand au
! immediate cessation of hostilities beI
cause of their offer, and request au in!
terview with the tsung li yamen for
j October 21st.
"Eeplying to the note, M. Pichon,
; the French minister, said that China
having recognized that she had violated
the law of nations, was bound to
accept, for that very reason, the responsibilities
involved. Consequently
he demanded that exemplary punishment
be indicted upon.the principals
guilty, namely, Prince Tuan, Prince
Chwang, KangYiaiid Tung Fu Ksiang,
adding that as long as their heads had
not fallen it was impossible to cease
hostilities.
"Owiug to the arrival of Count von
i Waldersee, General Veyrhring, commander
of the French forces, has decided
to not prolong his stay in Pekiu
until he receives fresh orders."
DISPATCH FBO.M CONQEB.
A Washington special ?ays: Minister
Conger was heard from at the state
department Thursday. He communicated
by cable the substance'of certain
propositions advanced by Prince Ching
and Li Hung Cbang as a basis for the
conduct of negotiations for a settle|
ment of the Chinese trouble.
I The Chinese government had prepared
the way for these by a preliminary
action looking toward the punishment
of Chinese officials guilty of
complicity in the boxer uprisings,and,
while the text of Mr. Conger's communication
is not ^jPade public, it is
believed that the la^ Chinese advance
is addressed to some of the propositions
contained in the French note,
being in the nature of a counter propo
t j sition and proceeding upon the theory
! that what has been done in the matter
! of pnni&hments is sufficient to meet
j the demands of the powers in tbairej
spect.
It was learned at the state departi
ment that Mr. Conger's previons in1
structions tit him perfectly to deal
i with the new phase of the Chinese sitj
uation developed by the general ao;
ceptauce of the French note as the
! basis for present action.
M. Thiebaut, the French charge,
; called at the state department and
| proposed to '.he secretary the immeI
diate institution at Pekin of negotiaI
tious for a settlement, and it appears
; that the secretary agreed to do his
part. His promise was made verbally,
and it may not be redneed to writing i
j at all, but Mr. Conger is already acting j
iu conformity therewith.Most
of the powers have accepted
i ! the French note with reservations, bat
i J it is said that they all agree upon a
i sufficient number of points of the first
; magnitude to warrant the assembling
1 of the diplomatic body at Pekin to
j the work of formulating objects of common
desire, and reconciling divergent
views. It is probably that to this
body will be referred the latest
i : nUirvaoQ nnnn+^r.-nrnnosition received
I VUiUO-JO J,.
: : from Mr. Conger.
| (:har!.ks7?r5i7y~\v\Vsi:\i i>kai>.
i | Well Known J.lteiary Man Surcumbr
r I Smlitcniy t;> Ilerirt Failure.
j Charles Ihid'ey Warner, of literary
1 | fame, one of the owners of The Ha?t'
ford Conraut, died suddenly in Bart:
ft id, Conn., Saturday afternoon.. Yr.
Warner had a \eiy severe attack of
* : pueumouia two v<?u s .igo while in New
| i Orleans, and hid to w: f :! y recovered
j ; from i . Tjtist >'ving ?;e pnea
luonia again u'r.te );:? home, and
ibis had u-i a ?:i? i : i ; Of late
i.e ints been rnu -:i : : t i. ami Ids death
? was SO'.newino :t ?
i
mam operators idle.
Cotton Mill* In Carolina Upman-tei!
ThelrWitbilraw.il 1'r -m Union
The cotton mil! trouble in Alamance
. county, N. C., has reaehctl an acne
* stige. Hundreds o:" men, women and
cuildren are idle as the result of noj
tices posted some days ago notiying
i 1 nil operators who won''I not withdraw
, from the Textile I'mon so consider
' j iheinselves discharged after the 15th.
[ Very few, if any. of the operatives
I -i. 1 nil?.. !
| avar.uuucu , ,
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GERMANY AND ENGLAND
*3{
lave Formed Alliance to Maintain
the Territorial integrity of
the Chinese Empire.
A London dispatch says: Germany
md England have formed an alliance
:o maintain the territorial integrity of |
China to keep ports open.
The terms of this agreement, which
was arrived at October 16, between ^
Lord Salisbury and Conzt Yon HatsHeld,
German ambassador to England* . &
ire officially given out as follows:
The German government and her
majesty's government being desirous
to maintain their interest in Chin* .
and their rights nnder existing trea- ;
Lies, have agreed to observe the following
principles regarding a mntnal
policy in China.
Firstly?It is a matter of jnst permanent
international interest that the
ports on the rivers of China have to
remain free and open to trade and to
svery other legitimate form of econo- ;|||
raic activity for the peoples of all, * ||S
countries without distinction, and the
two governments agree on their part to - /d|
aphold the same for all Chinese territory
so far as they can exercise inSecondly?Both
governments agree lhat
they will not on their part make '->4
use of the present complication to obtain
for themselves any territorial ad- &
vantages in the Chinese dominion and
will direct their policy toward main
taining undiminished the territorial - ^
condition of the Chinese empire.
lniraiy?id case 01 auuww yuvw
making use of the complications in $**,
der to obtain under any form whatever
Bach territorial advantages, the two
contracting parties reserve to them*
selves the right to come to an understanding
regarding the eventual step .
to be taken for the protection of their ii'M
own interests in China.
Fourthly?The two governments will J|
communicate this agreement to the
other powers, Austria-Hungary, Italy,
France, Japan, Busaia and the United '
States, and invite them to accept the
principles recorded in it. :
FIVE FIREMEN DEAD
At the Ketalt of a Disastrous Congt|flr :
tlon^at St. Pan), Minn.
As a result of a fire which broke out
in the slaughter pen of A. V. Hinman gs
& Co. 's packing house at St Paul, JS
Minn., shortly after midnight Sunday
night, five firemen are dead and m
number of others injured and property ^
to the amount of about $450,000 was
From the packing house the flames ^
spread to the warehouse of the North- r*g
western Lime Company, thence to the !
McCormick Harvester Company's large
brick warehouse, filled with valuable
farm machinery. It was here that the
fatalities occurred. The flremen^of -^gj
engine company No. 13 had entered
the McCormick warehouse to be in a ^
better position to fight the flames. yj
There was a tank containing 20D I
gallons of gasoline in the rear, part*of J
the building, and its explosion shattered
tbe walls and buried the men in ; .> the
debris. Andrew Johnson waa
taken from the ruins alive, but aoi
badly injured that he died during the JJ ^
Tl?i k/ulioa nf the other UOuBll^i ,'
were recovered later. The losses idfejjfal
far as can be ascertained are as fol- ||
The McCormick Harvester companfj|jl :f'was
tbe heaviest loser, its loss fooling^ C:!
up $390,000. Of this, $80,000 was on ,f \:;m
buildings and $300,000 on stock. They
carry no insurance Other losses^'
bring the total to nearly $450,000. :"M
Losers other than the McCormick jjl
company ar$ well protected by iasBt^||
anc6. <^H[ c
RELICS THROWN AWAY. [:$M "
" ; ^39^^S
Captured Arllllerj From Philippines to
Be Sold at Auction In Liverpool.
The announcement is made of as *
auction sale at Liverpool, October
23d, of a job lot of artillery captured ||
by the Americans at Manila. The lot - ||
includes two Krupp 13-pound cannon,.,*
together with several howitaer^
pedoes and mortars. There is one ||
beautiful bronze cannon, decorated fg
with battle scenes and cast in 1650.
Other guns were east in 1803.
Wonder is expressed that the United ||
States government ever sold tbe col- %
lection to speculators, when so many :national
parks and cities in America
are petitioning the war department at '%
Washington for just such relics
FITE BOYS AT ONE BIRTH. j
A Segro Womu Fifty-Six Tears Old the *? ;
Mother of QaJatets.
Mary Bailey, a Degress, gave birth )
to live*children, all boys, at her Lome ?
four miles west of Jacksonville, Fla., ||
and is still alive, xne cnuareu w?u
a short while after their birth and unfortunately
were not preserved.
Dr. Hoyle Haddock, county physician,
attended the woman, and de- | ;j|
scribed the children as weighing about , ' ^
three pounds each. Three of them ^
were well formed, and were joined together
at the umbilical cord, similar to
the Siamese twins. The mother ia ^
fifty-six years of age and the father H
sixty-three. ~'Wm
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I'AINJVAH HAH B!(j FIRE. 3
Wa* of Innndlury Orlffin^anft Deitroyed
t; ?00,000 la l'ropertjr.
The most disastrous fire that has
M-ited Paducah, Ky., for years, broke
; ut in Morton's opera house Sunday ' "M
morning at 1:39 o'clock.
The largest dry gcods establishment ^
i?i the city, owned by L. B. Ogilvie &
< o., ' cctipyiag the ground floors of
the bui'.h':)/, was destroyed, as well
as mauy t ffices and a barber shop.
Pavid Va:i C aim s dock sune %??* __
s to"kI io-s. The eutire losses art
e-timut.-d at ahont $200,000.
DKCl.ARnTT~F.rKF.
?.'e~ro
\V: noti: I t KIfitI.lt Di?l Snt O.'rt
UtiIi ro QiiloteiS.
Toe rumor ?-L:eh srainel wide cir- .
dilation that ?Jaiy aa old ne? ,
g?ess living rive miie- on: of Jack/ontonvilie,
Fla , bad given birth to fiv$
child: eu ut oue time, is declared to be
A newspaper correspondent visited ;
ttie home, and jhe woman and the- |I
members of her fa-nily ciaim that th$ T
story ria l no foundation, I J