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VOL. VXX B?NNETTSVILLE, S. C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1900.
NO. 52
SOME PL?IN TALK.
Ex-president Harrison Speaks on
Our Insular Policy.
IMPERIALISM ATTACKED
A Speech That Puts the O h
tlngulshed Gentleman Out cf
Harmony With Hisi Pa'?y
Kx-Proaidcnt Benjamin Harrison, at
ADD Arbor, Mioh , Friday night, at
taokod thoMTCmlcy administration for
t pk wig tho position that tho o mat it u
tion appeals to tho United Bustos, ex
elusivo of Puerto llioo and tho Philip
pmo Islands. Uo doolarcd that thoao
lblaodsaro a part of tho United States,
and that tho oona ti tu non extends to
th* m in spite of any treaties or eon
iriSfiional legislation. Goo. Iluri?on
apoke under tiio auspices Cf tho hoc
turo' Aoaooiation of tho Uaivoreity of
Michigan, and 3,000 persons heard him
Thc subject ot l ia Jooturo was "Tho
Htatus ot Annexed Territory and of ita
Oiviltiod Inhabitants." Ho disclaimed
any intention of making a lt gul or nuy
thing but a popular diaouaiuon of his
auljoot. Ho eaid that rcoont annexa
tion of territory by tho United Stato*
iras eouiowhat out of lino with Auiori
can histor), and proooeded au follow?: -
Wo havo now acquired iubuiar terri
tory uoeuitablo fur American eottlora,
even if they Moro n.ot poputatod aa they
oro. Wo havo ukon on pooplos lather
than lands, Tho nativo labor is cheap
and threatens competition. Wo have
said' that tho' Chinese will not nomi
{,ni?ato, and tho Filipino will bo equal'
y slow at least. JU ia not open to
qui minn, 1 think, that if wo had only
takon over tho Band wich hdai.ds and
tho Weat Indies, the quels tiona' would
hate boen otherwise.
.Tho- Supremo Court baa said that
constitution givoa power to ma ko war,
and that oarricB with it tho power to
aoqiur? territory. Tho people, then,
havo dolegatod to congress and thc
president tho power to acquiro terri
tory; as wo havo acquirod tho Hawaiian
Islands, Puerto llioo, and tho Philip
pinos. Thenn islands havo been takon
. over not for tho temporary purpose, as
Wp have taken Cuba, .but to havo- and
to hold for over. Indeed, wo havo not
j et made up our minas what wo will do
with- a, and only, claim. now that
they K ^art of tho United Staten and
ito people must obey our authority.
lt ia urged that Spain was bot i:i
possession when hbo sold tho Philip
pines,.-but thia ia not proved. There JS
no doubt that any international tribu
nal Would ailinn our talc to tho Philip
.'pinpa. Tho question which troublob
, un io thoir stains. Aro those peopio
oitizbnfl or nub j-mts, wbioh? A rooout
nov/hpupor huA.i.iiK attracted my'ntten-'-i
'tbi
tion. "CiUsima of Puerto limo Not
ProporJ^l??tiaon? of tho Uaiton Staion."
Ajio-t?oy improperly oitnsenn or oitiEuDB
properly? Thoio eeoms to bo aomo
thing improper about, it.
. A treaty is a part ot tho law in tho
?amo nenao that aa not of congress is,
and not aa tho constitution is. If the
constitution loaves tho subject opon as
to whether tho peopio Qt Puer.O lt iou
ahab bu oiir/jns aftor anDoxatiuu, then
tho president and congreus may deal
With th'O'ni' aft thoy seo fit. If tho con
atiiUtion baa lett no buch controversy
thea tho constitution must, stand no
mailor What tho ttoaty may say.
Titer o aro. two viowa to bo takon:
Fuel,''that all governmental powers aro
delegated by tho constitution, that
equal taxation applies to ovory man
nod' woinim within the nation o inner
eighty; eec ono, that tho term United
Statcbrdcbnca only those l'igiona au?
people wubin ibo organised States, and
tbsttho govoii^menv of tho,ttrrit?riou
ift'an absolute government and not con
Gl'iiutional, ana'wo aro under no obli
gation to treat as citizens i lioso living
in tho terntorieB. This idoa aeoma to
have found its birth willuri a ooiumer
cml ncOeabity. Tho mao who entirely
dep?Dd upon t ho benevolence of another
in a Slave. A govornmont of unlimited
and absolute exeoutivo power ia not an
Aiiu-noan government- For one, I do
not. believe tho makers of our const i
tUtiOn over intended to center tho
power' of any such government over
any ono in ibo constitution, lt ia not
right to bay that beuadso of slavery our
fathers Uni hot rn? an. all mon. lt is
a dillurorit thing to allow an existing
conuludn to continue from creating an
' ninety different condition to moot
muieroiai necessity.
rhaps it Bhould ho asked further
her tho rulo of equal taxation
apply to all people Tho mbtruo
ot tho president to tho Philip
Jommibbiou scorn to inaioato that
lonaiiiution must apply to any
lament that should bo established
Tho provisions our fathera
it for woro l?r rights, not'for
ilogos. No man can road that
iiceuto of rights wbioh tho president
ave tu tho Philippi nu Commiasiun, in
n in verti? order, without horror. Did
iyou over read ono of tho treaties mado
by tho United States with an Old
World Power? 0" ono'sido thoy opeak
of tho "aubjcoia of hor Majesty," nnd
on tho other "tho oitizona of tho Uni
ted Siatoa. f(oir if theao proyiaiona
guaranteed to <sUiacns of tho ?a??d
Hiatos do bot apply to oitiaona of tho
Philippine J?lanos, it ia timo for us to
amend those treaties by adding "and
subj o ctn" nf tor tho words "ci ti zo no of
tho United States.."
Tha constitutional provisions regu
lating the crime of trennen acorn to ap
ply to Hmso peopio. ? Wp havo'novor
had; any tronido with this question in
o?ir government of tho territories to-, |
fjyfe.i tyhatliave wp haon doing? Have
\{o acquired these territorios that.we
might hold thora for oio.wn oolonios?
There w'.ao only cue door of eaeape
from the provision for uniformity of
tsftfciioh ip tho- constitution, and that
waa deolarod that Puerto llioo waa not
a'par.t of tho United States, It would
sfl?brihnt a region wboro tho educa
.JotfaTaa'd sanitary and other regula
?tonaure of fntorost to tho United
H tate a ie of itself a portion of tho Uni
?^fflfm&[!& Weuld acorn that we
nhbtitil.sriok^to find a way to go vor u
this tJ??rltory Unit? Providence ha?thrown
uj^^ji f?i. Wh?oh *&? plid-.$20/000,?'[
"Bai doh's yon BOO that thoro ia a
graver peril hanging over us? Aro tho
righta of tho people upon the main
land suouro whon wo CXOTO?BO arbitrary
powor over tho pooplo from whom wo
demand ootiro obodiouoo? Tho flag
cannot stand for tho booovolont poli
cies of tho administration. It must
stond for pormauonoy. Is it not a
mockery to raiso tho flag ovor tho poo*
plo of Puorto lUoo and bid thom re- !
Bpoot it, and thoa issue to thom an
absolute powor of government from tho
staff bonoath? If tho aol of annoxa
tion does not carry tho constitution, I
oan think of nothing that does. Thc
constitution goes to annexed territory
bcoauso of tho not.
A gentleman wroto mo that it was
absolutely necessary lo pass the Puorto
llioan tariff to proteot tho beet sugar
businoas. I thanked him but I oould
not BOO that it rof erred to tho quo H tum.
1'ho fact that wo giro all tho monoy
Aftourod by tho tariff baok to Puerto
Uioo does not affcot tho question. It
?lid not Batinfy our fathers whoa it wa?
firoposcd to expend th? money derived
rom tho Stamp Aot in this country.
Those constitutional quostiom will
anon bo untiled by the Supremo Court.
If tho court shall hold that the consti
tutional provisions exton! to all por
tions that are governed by tho Unitod
States, then wo shall conform oar l?gis
lation and policy to this dootrino, and
bo sorry that wo have evor hold them
at length in the government wo oft; ?rod
thom. Tho question whothor tho gov
ornaient oan take and control a hostilo
people iii not a constitutional providion,
but ono of tho conditions which oxut.
'1'ho connon*, of the governed to legisla
tive aotion ia an entiroly,different ques
tion. The entire written constitution
provides no rulo for this question. Tho
light to conquer and hold territory is a
difforcnt quosiion from tho question of
how we shall govern that territory
whon'wo have ai q aired it
If Great Brituiu linds the question
of expansion and territorial growth in
creasingly hard, it will bo harder' for
us because wo, aa a republic, aro ne
ooesarily fcdoral. The old coach with
us power to stand as well as to move
moy bo ft safer vohiolo for govornmont
than tho bicycle I have boon miking
no argument against expansion. .Tho
recent acquisitions from Spain may
prosent a quosiioniof greater loss ?han
of gain. Von will pardon mo if I oan
not rojoioo beoauso of tho aoqniromont
of torritory whioh must bo govornod by
authority rather than by tho provisions
of that grand old constitution.
Ia oouolasion, allow mo to suggost
tho sentiment: "God forbid that tho
day should ovor oomo whoa tho thought
of man as a consumer should absorb
that grand old dootrino that maa is a
creation of God, endowod with inalien
able rights."
A Desperate Lover.
Tho Columbia Booord says Monos
Bluoatein, who has boon olorking for
Goldstein & Co., has gotten himself
inte much tron?lo, owing to his poraid
tont, unwolojmo and forbidden atten
tions to a > ou eg lady. Tho young lady
10 ?. daughter of Itabbt 8oh??oht*r an ii
though she naturally shrank from tho
publicity incident to appearing in oonrt
against Bluostoin, oho felt that her per
sonal safety demanded it. lt oppoars
that Bluoatcia was madly ia love with
thi young lady, but his affection* wore
not at all reciprocated The young
man persisted in his attontions and
greatly annoyod tho yoong lady not only
while sho was walking on tho streotbut
even whilo sho was in her own home,
for tho ovidonoo showed that ho loiter
ed about tho houso at timos and oven
attempted tb outer, though forbidden
to do so. It is farther alleged that ho.
made threatening spoeohos against the
lady, and oho became afraid sho would
receive so mo bodily injury at his hands.
A poaoo warrant waa swore out against
Bluostoia this morning 'and ho waa ar
rested and taken before Magistrate
Smith/ Mr. John MoMastor roproaont
eu tho proscoutor., Biuostoin made, no
oxouBo tor hio aotion, although'ho had
threatened to throw vitriol in horace
unless she married him. JudgoSmith
de culed to place him auder a bond of
$000, but with tho oonsont of parties
uncreated, ho waa given tho alternative
ot leafing tho city, This ho accepted
und promised to have this afternoon for
Lharleston. lu the mean limo tho poaoo
bond will bo hold opon pending his ful
hilment of bia agreement to loavo tho
oity.
Woree Than Orphans
Tho divorce question is a troublesome
problem in moat staten. Tho, Olmrloito
Ob?orvor saje; "Judgo Milla, of Kal
amazoo, MiOh., said tho other day at
tho mooting of the stnto board of char
nies and corrections at Grand Ripidd
that children aro being sinnod against,
moro from divoroo law than anything
elso. 'Children of divorced parents
aro worso off than orphans,' ho deolar
cd. 'They aro allowed to grow up and
shift for th'omaolvoa, to form recruits
for tho criminal army.' Divoroo in
easier to stouro in Michigan and its
noighbor states than at the South, bat
there id too niuo li laxity in this respect,
and if our proepeotivo reformatory, now
being agitated in tho publie prints, is
booner or later to bo qponod to. tho in
.orcatiing grass orphans, it is not'.A Vtry
encouraging thought." Tho Columbia
Record thinks South Carolina's way is
host. The divjroo problom does not
trouble this state beoauso it ad nore8 to
the dootrino that whom (?od hath join
ed maa should not put asunder.
Vtoll Push Ii. -
Senator Tillman says that ho will
push his amendment to the Hay
Pauooofoto treaty. The South Caro
lillian's amondment is a modification of
the Davii amendment. Although
Mr. Tillman says ho will urge its
adoption, it is stated on the best of
authority that the majority of tho oom -
mittee on foreign rotation* are opposed
to it, aad will not agree toits adoption,
if tho Senator insists upon A vote on
his amend moot in the Senate, it is'
aot likoly that it will moot with ac./
bottor fato than it will in the oom
mittoo.
Mttskod Burglars.
Four munkod mea enured the home
of Miohael Po man. living near Middle*
ton Ohio, early Wednesday morning
aad bound aad gagged hies aad thea
searched the hoiuo. Pinding nothing,
they released him and told him they
knew he had jost received $3,000,
whioh he mast produc?. Proton ii og he
had no monoy, ho was twice knocked
.insensible. Ile lay helpless till the
next morning, when ho wt* ronouod by
pasaorsby. flo is ia a serious oondi
tioo, but may rooovor.
li
HE SAYS HIS SAY.
What Cleveland Thinks About
the Democracy*1
WHAT THE PARTY NEEDS.
The Ex-president Says lt la
Time to Give th?
Rank and File a j
Chance.
. Formor Pr?sidant (Jrovor Cleveland
oontributod to last week's issuo of tho
Saturday livening Post ofPhiladelphia,
an oxtendod artiolo on tho plight of tho
Domooraoy nnd tho rouody. Mr*
Clovaland boging by rcviowing tho his
tory of tho pu-ty and ho disoasaos its
defects, siaoo 1804, in dotnil. Ia tak
ing ap tho quostiou of tho present
oondition of tho Doniooraoy ho says
that tho Bttoooss of tho party in .1892
was BO deoiaive and ovorwholming that
a long oontiouiuoo of its ouprocuaoy
was antioipatod. Thou oanio "tho fal
lacy of froo silver and Populism." Mr.
Cloveland proooods as folio wi:
"Tho culmination of Democratic woo
waa reaohed whoo its oom pivot willi
thoso undemooratio f or?os was complote,
and whon our rank and filo woro sum
moned todo battlounderbanoorswhioh
boro straugo symbols and woro hold
aloft in unfamiliar hands. Tho result
of fiuoh a betrayal wai foredoomed
This abandonment qt tho prinoiplos of
truo Domooraoy, this oontomptimus
disobedience of its traditions, and this
deliborato violation of tho law of ita
strength and vigor woro, by - a dooroo
as inexorablo as thoso of fato, followed
by the inovitablo punishment of stun
oing, staggering dofeat.
"Tho disaator of 1872, invitod by
similar advonturo, was quiokly folio.ved
by a ro'ura to tho profosbio^s and prao
tioos of ?ano Domooraoy. But tho ex
tont and persiatonoy of our wandorings
ia 1896 ia illustrate! in a most astound
ing wny by the command, isbuod on tho
day ot our .rout and discomfiture, that
a ?ooond battle should bo fought on tho
samo fi old, with tho same falao crios
and tho tia mo .loaiorahip that had'
brought us to tho surrounding gloom of
defeat."
Again ho says:
"Thus ia 1900 tho lossoa of 1896 was
contemptuously rt jootod and evary
hopo of Demooratio aiioooss waa wilful
ly oast asido. A ?a ia our long-Butfor
mg rank and ? lo, whose loyalty and
abed?oaoo dosorvud botter thingB, woro
soar? flood in a eau m theirs only . io
name; and again it Waa domoustratod,
bat moro ??lcarly than over bnforo, that
tho only forces that caa wia Demoorado
saooosa aro adheronoo to rooognicod
Demooratio prinoiplos and rolianoo
Q poa DJ moora do cou noils and leader
ship.
"Why should wo not rotura to thoao,
atti in'thoir aamo again aohicvo "ioto
rios no loss glorious and renowned thau
wore ours iu tho days of oouregooua ad
vooaoy of our timo honored faith?. Aro
our principles so shop-worn or autiqua
tod ns to nquiro renovation or tin;ir
displacement ny others moro faahiona
bk? There is not aa honoat Domoarat
ia this broad land that will oouoodo
MICHO things, nor is there ooo who
would not hail tho proclamation of tho
old faith with that fighting enthusiasm
that forotokons DoinoorAtia triumph.
As now conditions orino our principios
must be applied to thom; but ia tho
oroed that, has guidod us through a
o -ntury of party existence wo shall find
tho key to every suuh application; uer
shall wo nood tho loxijon of Populism
,t? nid us in interpreting this orood." . 1
Mr Clovelaod louohoain luraoa freo
silver aud tho Fcdoral Courts, and be
hoves that truo Demoorats aro against
condemning "tho Qeuoral Government
for protecting itsolf in tho oxoroiso of
its f unottou against violent obstruction
wit hi > a Hiato."
Further oo ho deolaroa:
"1 boliovo no Ddinoorat will hp,70 tho
hardihood to dony that wo havo fought
our last two campaigns in alliance with
undemocratic foroos, and that ?hip al
liaooo was immoasoly costly in defeat,
ls thero nott good reason to supposo
that oven ia BUOO?BS suoh an allianoo
would havo proved unprofitable and
dangerous?" flo preaches tho rotura
of Domooiaoy to its old faith, sacing:.
? (>8iaoo DcmooratB'Of every oondition
and in oyery part of tho land -roaligo
that the situation of tho party nooda
repair. ItoornOuiaUion is not noo.??*
ry; but a rotara from our wandonug is
absolutoly ossontial. Lob us bo frank
with oursolvos and candidly aoknowl
odgo tho futility of attempting to gain
Domooratio viotorios exoopt in tho
De m ocra do causo apd through Domo
oratio methods. Reorganisation is
woroo than useless and the arrogation
of superior party vinuo will breed only
mifiohiof. Thia "is ? timo for aobor
thought, tolerant language and fratoru
al oounsols. -Wo aro doaling with tho
condition of a party that cannot bo do
atroyod by external foes; and sinon its
ruia oan ho wrought only from within
it should bo iuipcriehablo. Anova all
things thero should bo a . manly ronan
oiation and a void un oo of unduo so?tion
al control. DeiaoorAoy will operate of
ficiently on sectional linos.
.'There is rn no h for us to do and tho
futuro is full of D?mocratie duty an
opportunity. Our fighting foroos will
respond listlessly and falteringly if
summoned, to a third defeat in a strange
?auto, but if thoy hear tho rallying call
of trna Dsmooraoy they will gather for
battle with old timo Domooratio en
thuiiasm and oourago.
"If I should attempt to epitomlno
what I have written, by suggesting
plan for rehabilitation and 'restoration
of tine Domooraoy, I should embody
ia in these words: ? "Givo tho raak and
fllo ft obernoo."
Instantly Killed.
Campbell 0. MoSwaia, seotion fore*
rn-AH of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad, was instantly killed At Molina
.Fla., while o'upot io tending tho unload
ing of heavy tunbora from fiat oars. Ho
was ?Aught under tho timbers and his
head and body orushed ?nd horribly
mangled. He WAS to havo boon mar
ried Pooombor 26th,
THEY MADE A HAUL.
8afo Crackers Get Bovell Thousand
Dollars.
IQ South Carolina a gang of safo
bio worn socma to bo doing very of foo
tivo work Just at this timo. Sovoral
robbcrios of this oharaotor havo boon
roportod during tho past wook. The
follows soom to bo visiting only the
smaller towns. Sally's on tho Porr.7
oxtonaion of tho Southorn, has boon
tho last plaoo visited. A dispatoh from
that town to Tho Stato tays "the store
of DiokB cfc Sally was entered Tuesday
morning botwoon 2 and 4 o'olook and
tho inn safo blown opon with dvnamito.
Tho robbors Boourod about $7,000 in
gold and ourroniy bosidoa bonds and
mortagoB valuod at over $2,000. Tho
robbers had with thom tho drill with
whioh tho bolo was mado in tho aafe,
but tho roBt of the tools wero stolen,
Bomo from tho oommissiary of tho soo
non niiui tor of tho Southorn railway and
orders from tho blacksmith's shop of
Whito & Intbnot, whilo a sorow driver
was taken from tho stook of Dioki .&
Sally. Tho ioport was hoard by sovoral
oitizons but it ooing so near to Christ
mas thoy paid no attontion to it, think
ing it was HOIUO ono oolebrnting proina
turoly.. Monars. Dicks & Sally offer a
reward of $500 foe tho reoovory of tho
monoy aud anothor of $100 for tho ar
roat, w th ovidonoo to oonviot, of tho
safo oraokors. I. think a dotootivo
i would do well to oooio hore immediate
ly and BOO tho situation.
Tho autboritios of tbo law at all ad
jacent points havo boon notified and
roquostod tai 1 otp a watch out for tho
robbers. Tho os* is a heavy blow to
Messrs, Dicka & Sally. Tho firm rob
bed buys a onnaidorablo amount of oot
ton and to this foot is attributed tho
holding of BO largo a Bum in tho safo
This is only.ono of several robboriosof
tho kind ia tho Stato recently, and it
is confidently believed that n reguUily
organized gang with mon going alicar
to spot desirable pla sos to rob bas
atruok tue Stato and ia anxious to work
its miall towns for all that tiny oan
possibly secure. A thorough applies
tion of buckshot by watohful oouutry
morobants might tend to warn the gang
to seok oihor olimos.
AN IMPORTANT GASE.
Now Before the United States Supremo
Court
.Tho United Statoa.supremo oourt now
has bofoio it tho most momontous ia
Buoa that have boon prosonted for its do
cisi?n siuoo tho day? of Slavery and
Siato's rights. ' Upon ita delivoranoos
depends tho immediato and poih^patho
remote futuro of tho repu bi io. Iradi
lion ally tho bUpramo o jure is unbiased
aud uiiaff, oted by political OOnuldoi?
ationa and prejudices, yoi it ia hardly
human for a triouaal of niuo mon not
to bo in a mcaauro Kff joted .by past, if
not present, pm ty nos and u?i illations
In considering tins phraso ot tho ques
tion lt i i reinem bored that throe ot the
judges, or ono third of the wholo unm
oor, were appointed by President, Uar
rison, who has only rooontly.declared so
strongly for tho striot interpretation of
tho constitution lt ia undoratood also
that others of tho judgos onjjyvory
intimate social relations with tho Rc
publican OX president, who was enter
tained by and with them during his lato
visit to Washington. Tho Solicitor gon
oral of his administration represents
tho plaintiff in tho P.pko oaso involv
ing tho status of tho Philippines. Of
tho momoora of tho oourt thoBoaroRj*
j;ublican appointees: Justices Gary,
Brown, StiiraB, Harlan, Brewer and
Motionna, and tho Detnooratio ap
pointees aro Chief .Justice Puller, Jus
tices Whito and Bookham. Of tho Re
publican mourners Washington oorro
HpondentB prediot that Justinos Harlan
and Browor will dido With t ho Democrat s
in giving adeoieion against colonialism,
which will mako au anti-imperialiat
majority. Tim latter has already m a
public address doolarod against imper
ialism. Juatioo MoKonua ia tho only
appointee of . President McKinley. Ko
moved from tho political arena and froo
from tho dangora of politioal changos,
tho supremo court judges ought to bo
ablo to ioruiulato daoiBions with impar
tiality, and until tho oourt does other
wise wo aro diaposod to givo it orodit
for freedom from bias and prejudioe.
Tho State.'
More Negroes Than Whites.
The annual report of tho superin
tendent of oduoa tion, just about to bo
issued, wid show that tho total onroll
mont of tho publlio schools amount to
271,787 for tho ontiro Stato. Of these
120,395 aro whito pupils and 155.Gi?2
aro colored pupils. Below aro given
tho enrol I meiu f?garos for tho mood by
counties:
Whito. Colorod.
Abbovillo. 2,873 6 314
Atkon. 3 408 4 812
Andora m. 7.264 . 5 U3?
Hamborg.... 1.816 2 388
Barnwell. 3,231 4,080
Beaufort. 1,123 5,708
B.rkoloy?. 1,403 8 557
Charbaton. 4 8o2 7,71)1?
Chorokoo . 3 003 1.601
Chester. 1903 4 351
Chostorfiold. 2,710 1,60?
Clarondon. 2,130 4,218
Collotoa. 3 101 2 419
Darlington. 2 820 8,845
DorohoBtor. 1,318 1,752
Kdgonold. 2,136 4.0U0
Fairftold..-... 1G12 4 827
iftoreuoo ........... 2 747 8 293
Georgetown. 1 275 3 2n6
Greenville. 8 318 4,431
Greenwood. 2 136 4 279
Hampton. 1 921 2 842
Hoir/. 3 825 1,2?8
Kershaw. 2 814 2 504
hanoaator. 2 975 8 419
Laurons. 3 458 4 083
Lexington. 4,006* 1 736
Marion. 3 815 4,086
Marlboro. 2 161 3 106
Newborry.... 3,276 4 843
Oooneo.j 4,072 1,258
Orangeburg. 4 659 9 456
Piokens. 3 597 1 2u2
Riohlaod.i 2 2u8 4,817
Salud?.... 2 555 2 617
Sp&rur-burg. 8 305 5.062
Sinner. 2,8rt6 7,196
Union. 2 267 2,926
Williamsburg..... . 2,636 8 862
York. 4 0i<6 6 979
Total.12M96 15&.602
A BUY KIDNAPPED
And Held for Twenty-five Thous
and Dollars Ransom
WHICH THE ROBBERS GOT
Boforo They Roleased the Boy,
Picked up in the City
of Omaha What
the Boy Says.
Edward Oudahy, Jr., 16 year old son
of lfliward A. Oudahy, millionaire
paokor and hoad of tko Oudahy Packing
company in Omaha is uiiasiag from his
homo in that oity, and his paronts bo
ho vo ho har boon kidnapped. Tho en
tire polioo, 'tvhd doteotivo foroo of tho
oity ned a half a hundrod mon om ployed
by Mr. Oudahy have boon scouring tho
oity and country throughout tho day in
hopes of locating tho young man or so
oaring a oluo whioh would load to a
knowlcdgo of his whoroabouts, but
without suooofls. Business at Mr
Oudahy's packing plant in South
Omaha was practically suopondod, near
ly tho entire force thoro j dning in tho
?oaroh. The boy's paronts aro distract
ed at his disappoaranoo and tho fatbor
has offered to pay a substantial reward
and no questions asked if his Bon shall
bo returned to hiB homo. Ao anony
mous lotter has boon reooived at tho
Oudahy homo substantiating'tho fears
of tho family that ho has boon kid
napped. Young Oudahy loft homo at
8 o'clock Wednesday night to takosomo
books to tho ro?!drtnnn of Captain Rua
tin, about two blocks distant, and that
was tho last soon of him. As mianighc
arrived and ho did not return tho po
lioo woro notified and two detectives
woro detailed to work on tho ?aso. It
was not until noar 8 o'olook tho next
morning, however that tho matter be
gin to assnmi ? really soriousaspoot. At
that hour a man on horseback rodo rapid
ly by tho Oudahy mansi?n and ns he
passed tho front gato threw a lottor into
tho yard in aubstauoe, reading:
"Mr. 15 A.Cuhady: Your son is safo.
Wo havo him and will luko good oaro of
him aud will roturn him to you in con
sideration of tho paymont of $25,000.
Wo moau business. "Jack."
Tho romaindor of tho noto tho polioo
rofuso at present to disoloso as thoy say
it relates to tho placo where tho money
is to bo loft and where tho kidnappers
aro to leave tho boy io cago Mr. Oudahy
complies with thoir terms. Tho servant,
who saw tho man on horseback was able
to give a good description of bim and
this ia tho olow upon whioh tho polioo
aro working at prcsont.
THE MONEY PAID.
The Boy Released and Returns to
His Homo.
Tberois raj ricing in tho homo of Ell
ward Oudahy. Edward Oudahy, Jr.,
who wa? kidnappod Tuoaday ovoning,
after hoing hold 36 hours for a ransom of
$25 OOO in gold, whioh tho young man's
father unhesitatingly paid, iiaa boon re
turned to his family, and Thursday
nigH tho boy and bia paronts woro ro
oeiving congratulai ions from relatives
and frionda throughout tho country.
A slaloment of tho conspirators, over
board by tho lad whilo he was in their
power, indicates that they had boon at
tempting for a month to scours posses
sion of ooo of his sistors. Young
Oudahy rolatod tho story of being over
powered, plaoed ia a oloscd oarriago,
blindfolded and bound and o&rricd m .my
miles from tho oity to a placo, tho loca
tion of whioh ho oannot identify, and
his f h thor made known t li o details of
a long rido into tho country to doposit
a bag ooo tainin g: $25,000 in gold ir, a
placo indicated in n lottor writton Wed
nesday to Mr. Oudahy by tho outlaws,
naming this condition ns a surety for
tho return of tho boy. This Hum was
deposited in a placo indioatod about
five miles north of tho oity, on a lonely
road loading' up to tho bank of tho Mis
souri river.
Mr. Oudahy oallod into consultation
tho ohiof of polioo and his friends and
discussed tho plans looking to tho oap,
turo of tho gang whon they should
appear at tho point of rondosvoua
nairn d in tho lotter. Tho groat strain
on tho family, however, oausod Mr.
Cudi,hy to abandon all idoa of captur
ing tho men in whoso po wo? was tho
lifo ef his son, and dooidod to at onoo
comply with all tho demands of tho
bandits. Absoluto secrecy was neces
sary, and a trusted messenger was dis
pute ed to tho bank to m onro the gold
After soouring tho -money ho started
out Mitiroly alono. To idontify himself
ho h .d attaohed to tho dashboard of
his bug** a red lantorn, which was one
of (ne conditions in tho lotter. Mr.
Oudahy drovo to tho appointed plaoo,
whoio ho found, noar tho road, a whito
lantern suspended from a short stako
dr i v ) ti in tho ground, noar tho river
bank. Nobody was in bight. Ho at
ones alighted, plaoed tho bag of gold
oonvoniontly noar tho stako and ro
turnod to tho oity without ?hearing a
sound.
That tho bandits wore near the spot
and at onoo seourod the valuablo paok
ago oannot bs doubted, for about 1
o'olook this morning the young boy ran
breathless up at tho door of of his fat
hor's home and rang tho bell for admis
sion. Two polioo mon, who in the early
evening had boon plaoed near tho family
manden had later bon soot to the
atablo by Mr. Oudahy who feared that
tho mea Booing the offtaera would drive
aw v without leaving tho boy. Not
withstanding tho entire polioo and
? doteotivo foroo of the oity, several
Pinkerton's from Ohioago and haif a
hundrod of Mr. Oudahy'e own men
have boon searohing diligently for a
oluo looking to the oapturo of tho out
laws cvor si ooo the retara of tho youag
mau, np to ll o'olook tonight nothing
bin dovolopna to giv? the leant idea of
tbo identity of men who oporatod tho
ci imo. Yoaag Oudahy say? thoro war?
sin of tht moa but that all weremaiks.
Chief of Polite Doni.hue said
that ?very effort was being mado to
bring the abductors to juatlee, that
thors were probably three iastead of
six moa, that they had been figuring on
it for at least six weeks, and that the
polioo suspect c?rtalo parties. He enid
that Mr. Oudahy evinoed but little do
sire to proaoouio, but Mr. Cud
?lty anno?oood that ho would pay $25,
000 reward for tho apprehension of tho
abduotora.
Tho Cudahy boy in h:a statement of
what took place says, among othor
things. Ho was aoroBs tho stroot from
hin own homo, on his way baok from
Rlist?n rosidonooTuoBdayovoning whon
two mon apprOaohod him. Ono Bald:
"Wo aro fi h or i ff i from Ssrpy oounty
and arrest you as K idio MoGoo, who
osoapod from tho roform school. Thoy
drovo to a houso, aupposodly in tho
southwestern part of South Omaha.
Tho boy waa taken in and ohainod to
tho floor. Ho remained thora all night
and the nest day: From a oouvor.-ia
tion botwoon tho' abduotora' a od him
self tho young man learnod that (ho
abduotora had boon eeokiag to abduct
ono of tho girls of tho family.
A T&RRLBLB MARUH.
Kxporlonoca of Hall's Command in the
Mountain a of Lux on,
Tho following passage*, descriptive
of Gon. Hall's expedition last October
to Binangonan, over the SiniloaaMonn
tains, .are taken from..,the, .Manila
Timos:
Gon. Hall had In the meanwhile
started, on what waa probably ono of
tho moat difficult' marches over under
taken in the Philippines by a large
body of troops. He had in his* oom
mand one company of Maoabobo scouts,
two eompaoies of tho Second United
States Regulars (ll and IC), two eom
paoies of tho Kjghth United Bieten
Regulars, and two companion of tho
.Tnirty-sovonth TJaitod States Volun
teers. Owing to tho d ia mit ami dan
gerous trial over tho Him loan Mountains
ho took also 300 Uhinoao as paokera,
mulo-wagoDs hoing useless, Gen. Hall
loft Sinloan for Binaogomin, situated
about forty.-nra milos dioiauL; but it
took him six days to mako the maroh.
His oftioial roport oovors thirty, pages ol
legal-cap, but it .will bo a difficult mat
ter to understand tho hardships endured
by tho troops on this maroh by morel1 j
reading a report, ot the oxpoditiou.
The Pa?ig. Rivers and '.its tribu tar ief
wero crossed fony-fivo timos. Rain
fell night and day; tho ripe ,and bread
were soaking wot, aud'boo?mo arur and
unlit for food. IQ addition, to this the
troops woro loaded with thoir equip
ments aud 100 rounds, of ammunition,
Tho maroh WAS further ham pored by
tho Chin?se paokera, who, after tho
thirty days, gave out ontiroly, and ii
crossing tho awol len streams would lose
tho provisions on which the troops st
much depoodod. Tho Obi DOBO had?
moat, severo task, and suffered mud
more than tho aoldiora; and to lighten
their burdon oaoh maa took aa exiri
100 rouudn of ammunition in his h aver
aaok. In spite of-all that could .b
dono, however, tho expedition was ha
raaaed at overy turn by tho packers
Many of thom would have been drownoi
had it nut been for the bravery of UK
troops (inreo privatea aro mentioned ii
tho offio?l roport for apodal aota c
horoism )
Ou tho fourth day out, throe ir.su
gouts woro captured, and a robot cami
oqly a few honra old, waa found. Abeu
this tinm'Jon. Hall's horae waa kilted
Tno toarful strain of tho march ha
told on over/ one in tho expedition
which was how strotobod out ia a lonj
atraggliag lino of suffering mea, son:
six miles in loagth, half of thom bare
footed, and with olothiug torn froi
thom by tho heavy jungle, worn out b
loaa of sloop and food, aud with tho
rations roducod to a id i co of raw baco
a day por man; but relief o a mo w be
the head of tho column Crowded throug
tho labt canyon and struck tho beach.
For tho next'two days 165 disable
mon Wero under treatment, ono i
whom (Private Chapman, Company I
"Thirty Bovonth U. 8. V,) diod fro
oomploto exhaustion; Eight Ohirioi
diod on tho trail, and four af ter wan
diod on board tho G?ronno;. * -v '
Bural free Mali Dolly ory,
Con gross mau Stacy arne Wit son,
tho Fourth Congressional District, h
seat out tho following letter rogardia
tho success of tho rural fros dolivci
system, and tho way of obtaining i
extension: .
"Froo rural delivery b?ing no long
an experiment, this Congress will a
propriato aovoral million dollar for i
ox tension. About every community
tho diatrtot oan sooure tho benoni
tho sorvioo during tho oom i tig.y oar, 1
making application therefor. X
oourao to purauo. is thia:
. Pr?nent a-polilion, addressed te t
First Assistant Postmaster Gonofi
signed by thoso who doairo tho sot vic
This potition should bo aiguodonly. I
heads of familioa, and- should monti
thonumborin oaoh family, 'lt shu
sot forth tho na turo of tho cou ai
whoro tho delivery ia desired, whoth
doneoly or sparsely popula tod, t
priaoipal avooauoos of tho pooplo, t
oharaotor of tho roads, and the distan
which, unc? or tho existing coiid.it.iot
I each - vairon has to travel to rece:
! his mail, and should be aooompani
who never pus 91 bio by a rough map
i d mating tho rou to or routes propo?i
I ' Thia potition when properly sign
should bo sont to tho Kopreaontati
ia Congress, or to ono of tho Sonato
with a request that ho endorso tho
on hie rcoommpnd?tion of tho porv
i asked and forward tho petition to t
I do par tm ont. "Tho route should ba
tween twonty and twenty five milea
longth, and Borve not loaa than ooo hi
dred families.' Upon receipt of tho pi
tioa A special agent will be detailed
tno department to visit the looatii
map out the route and seleet the c
nar."
Thoso who want the benefits of t>
admirable law oho tdd make arrangomo
at oaoa to secure it. All they have
do it to follow tho. general iustructi
given above- . r , ...
A Largo Meteor,
Dr. Herbert Howe of Chamber!
observatory Donver, OolM ia oolleot
data oonesraing tho largest meteor a
for moro than thirty years, lt wal
sorvod Deoember 8 betweon 8 and
o'olook in tho Afternoon. Bop
oome from both aidei . of the Ito
MouRtain divide aa far north as Q
toga, . Wyoming, and as fur nt
aa Delta Col, judging .from tl
die ta noe a Prof. Ho wo, CB tl tm
its height above lbs earth as aft 1
500 milos. It Appeared nearly aa 1
as the moon and WAS inoaodcao
When apparently just abovo' *N
Park, Ooh, it exploded with aooomp
in( phenomena resembling An CF
quake, houses being shakon an
rumbling sound porooptiblo for mil
ggf
THE SHAME OP CHRISTIANITY
UlefrracefuT Conduct of Some of the
European Soldiers.
A diapatoh from Pekin nays ' that
"Minister Oongor personally boliovoa
that tho Obinoao havo j boon taught
alosBon by tho looting." Thoy should
certainly havo boon taught ?a lennon.in
hatred, in rovonge, in debauchery and
in oruolty which thoir nation will not
forget in a thousand yoars and of whioh
it has had very little neod, Minister
Gongor speaks undor tho amart of his
own wrongs, and though his temper is
easily understood it is not tho proper
guido for a government that is seeking
simply to bo just. Oa the oontrary,
tho moro it is in ovidenoo tho moro ap
paront is tho reason why tho adminis
tration should have puta oheokupon
its too toalous reprosontativo, as it is
roported to havo dono by Tho Timos
Herald's Washington correspondent.
Tho Timea-Uorald says:
If tho pooplo of this country oould
realjao.aill thu horrors, .that havo boon
wrought in Ubina in the name of civil
isation' and ? Ohristianity thoro oould
not fail to bo a whirlwind of protests
from ovory part of tho land, a tbotough
expression of public indignation at pub
lic meetings. It would bo incumbent
abovo all upon tho ministers of the gos
pel and ohuroh organisations to show
that thoy had no sympathy for the
frightful work which is ropaying Ohin
eeo barbarism that ie justan savage and
far moro extended. Huroly Christianity
cannot stand for such atrocities; tho
missionaries in particular eannot stand
for thom. And if they aro willing to
face tho taunt of tho Chincso Minister
Wu that tho simple tooohiags of Christ
on meoknoss and forbcoranoo aro not
practical thoy oannnt afford to substi
tuto rovengo for justico. Right hore
in Chicago Micro aro large and influen
tial bodies of elorgymon whioh moet
weekly, from whioh eomo enorgotio de
claration might bo expootod against tho
oourao of tho ropaoiouj, blood-eoakod
allies.
Tho looting is only part of tho out
ragea that aro boing committed, but it
has boon carried so far beyond any pos
i bil i ty of honest military justification
that it can bo regarded only a's a Con
tinued serios of orimos. In tho gen
eral and. utter demoralization no rotmcot
is had for tho fundamental prinoiples
upon whioh justico is supposed to rest
among western nations. And nineo Mr.
Conger's comment would indioato that
there has boon little if any ohango for
tho bottor wo may suppose that, as a
correspondent of Tho Westminister Ga
netto wroto late in Oetobor, it is still
"Loot, loot, loot from morning till
night, and sometimes from night till
morning." Truo, tho Americans, tho
1 British and tho Japanese havo attempt
ed to stop tho praotioe, but orders that
all good? must bo paid for aro ovadod ia
tho manner revealed by tho following
brief anecdote:
Ono well-known o flic or- of a o or tain
nationality a fow daya ago came baok
to bia quarter* with a ,j&r&0 sdT? ot
mont exquisite em brod rory, two 'fur
ooats and several pioco* of oarved Jado
-all of whioh ho aaid ho had purchas
ed for 20 oents. ''How did , you.man
age it?" ho was asked. "Well," ho ro
plied, "I gavo tho man who owned it,
bohidos tho ooin, an opportunity of in
specting at oloso rango tho muscio of
my rovolvor."
This officer was a brigand supported
by tho now Holy Allianoe, and his vio
tim waa probably eomo inoffensive Chin
oso who linet - nevor raised his hand
against a white man. Tho single inoi
dent in eloquent of spoliation by whole
sale. And asido from tho thiovory,
burglary and highway robbery what a
story. .Of dreadful brutalities ia told.
Six thousand Chinese driven Into a
river by Russian soldiery to'ho drown
ed li ko rats, and not an armed man
among thom, only holpless captivos of
both fiexjn and all agos. Puntitivo ex
peditions like one .whioh was reportod
recently, whioh went .on. its way rav
aging and plundering and killing whoro
tuero waa nob a Boxer to oppose, only
friondly na lives tai bo murdered and de
spoiled.
Aa tho details come in they aro more
and moro horrible and oxcorablo. From
tho beatitudes of tho Savior' to those
orgies i's a ehooking transition which
should make tho blood of every truo
Christian boil with shame. '
Train Bobber a Suicide.
With a gaping wound in . tho baok
and ano'tber in tho left wrist, infliotod
by tho pol i co, Channing B. Barnes,
train roh ber, dre?? the koon cd go of a
hunting knife across his throat in a
swamp uoar Now Orleans Wednesday
and ondod his career. His body boro
two' bullet Wounds--one in th? baok,
tho other in tho wrist. In the pookots
wore found the watch of tho court no
ter of tho mail train, many rogialorod
letters and a quantity of dynamite
The body waa identified aa that of
Channing B. Barocs, with many
ali?aos, who . was wanted for partioi
pating in tho daring hold up of an
Illinois Central express train at Wick
liffe, Ky., last July.
A Louisiana Lyncliing.
Special from L?ko Provldonoo, La.,
saya: The Bollo cf the Bends, whioh
has arrived hore from Arcadia, Miss.,
landing roports a murder and robbery
at that plaoe Sunday, which. ,it is
thought, roiultod tn the lynching of
two nsgroea there . Tuesday. Two
.negroes from a neighborhood levee camp
wept to a trading boat kept at the land
ing by a white man, and killed him and
bia wife and baby. They thon robbod
tho boat and loft, after burning tho
craft to the water s edge. Tho negroes
were reoogniaed by the property of tho
white family and arrestad. They con
fessed, and it is said, were taken in
charge hy a mob.
. . iBank Xlobbers.
Burglars ontorod Kennedy's band at
Hopo Ind., early Wednesday and blow
opes the safe and scoured $15,000
Two burglars looted tho bank while a
third kopt watch outside with ft car
riage, in whioh thoy all caoapod.
poaie is in pursuit.
"? .'Ki!.-.
Two Hundred Massaorcd.
A dispatch from Vienna report? ro
oont Moslem exoosaos against tho Chris
tian population in tho central prov?noos
of Turkey, whore 200 Christiano havo
boon killed.
THE FIRE FIEND.
Coi um bia Visited by Worso Burn
In Twenty Ysars.
THE JEROME.HOTEL BURNED,
Tho Total Loss Will Amount to
Something Like On? Hun
dred, and Fifty thous
and Dollars..
Wednesday night ?Columbia waa
Tialtod by tho most disastrous fir? io
twonty years.
Tho Joromo hotol and three largo
moroantilo establishments on Mata
street and four nm ul lor ones on AnBora?
lily were doatroycd, The total osti
mated loan ia$142,000:insurance, $58,
OOO. :
Tho Aro alartod at 8 o'olook in the
roar of Van Motor's furniture atore, a
lamp having exploded. A livory atablo
and a hay warehouse adorning oaught
in ol moat a sooond'a timo and tho firs
atartod to burning through" ta Main and
Asoombly atroota, clearing ovorything
until stopped by an alloy dividing the
square.
Tho Joromo han boon political head
quarter for tho stato for y oar?. Tho
building and furoituro woro valued st
$75 OOO; innuranoo, $20,000.
Other losaoa woro:
J. M. Van Motor, two atoro buildings,
$16 000; stock (furniture), $30,000 in
surance. $20,000.
M. Melt auey, ntook groceries and
houaohold effoots, $9,000; insurance.
$4 000.
King Hacket atoro, atook $6,000; In?
aura nco, $6, OOO.
May'a atables, oontonts $1,000; in
surnd.
B. F. P. Loanhart, two briok store
building?, $4,000.
Wm H. Ly loa. store building, $3,000;
insurance $3,000.
Tho fire waa under control at mid
night. ?.
Tho Uro had to bo fought with two
originen, aa tho third wan oil hoing re
paired. Hard work to provont tho firo
aproading, Auguita, Charleston and
Newberry woro askod for assistance.
Terrible Talon from Africa.
Pitiablo ii tor ion roach Holland oon*
oorning the fato of tho rooonoontradoed
women in tho Britiah oampa in the
Transvaal, Madamo Hardua, of Kim?
bor ly, roporta: "Today arrived eight
women and twonty-four ohildren from
Potohef atroom by tho train. Thoy had
a terrible talo to toll of ho w thoy were
dragged away by Kaffirs, thrust into
Jail, aftor being kept sometime without
food, taken by aoldiors to Kimberly.
Whon thoy arrivod there thoir clothes
woro in rags, having boon tota by aol
-MH?,*->v-"T?tro ot tWm baft booti subject
ed to indignities. Bomo of thom were
widpws: two had humando in tho.army.
Twas glad to be able to got thom soma
food, wbioh thoy badly noodod." An?
other oorroapondent deaoribos the ar
rival of aix poor womon from tho simo
district in misorablo plight. Two wom
on who had suffered from the violence
of aoldioia woro takon to tho hospital
for troatraont. A nursing sinter, who
haa just arrived at ll .triom from Africa,
gives harrowing aooounta of the condi
tion of many victims of soldiers. Ajj?.- j
other lotter relates how two yoting
mothcra who wore brought, into reoOn
oontrado camp woro not allowed to take
infants four and six months old with
them._?
Charged With Brutality. ;
Mr. Edward O. Dean, of .Spartan
burg, who ia well known in Charleston,
whoro he. waa ongaged aa a newspapor
reporter first on tho Evening Post and
later on tho Nows and Condor, ia in
serious trouble ia Now York.' Mr. Doan
haa boon for some time employed as s
nurse in Bellovue Hospital. Qa Mon
day, ho, with two other nurses were
drumed from tho institution booauao
of brutal trootraont of an inmate of the
insane pavilion. Tho pationt, L. H.
Hilliard, died last Wodnosday, and the
ooronor of Now York has aworn out
warrants for tho arrest of tho throe
nursoa, charging them with responsibil
ity for his death. Dean had not boon
arrostod at last reports, but detootivoD
woro looking for him. Tho caso will be
folly investigated by tho ooronor to do
termino whether doath was duo to the
ill treatment, received at tho hospital.;
Sensationalism Ruo Mad.
Tho Mcthoiiist church of Austin
lil., was filio 1 Sunday evening in
answer to a want ad vert iso m ont asking
f ir 500 girla to attend tho sar vicos. Vlf
I Woro a Girl" was tho subjeoc of the
sermon delivorod by tho pastor, the
Hey. A. N. White. Ho said, in part:
"If I wore a girl I would' nook for the
foundation principios that; would bring
to mo a pretty taco,, form and dross,
without thc uso of paint or powder or
Arts of tho tailor. I would nook td have
ase. ul, honky body, and in securing
this I would bo tomporate in tho use of
or-camels acid 'fudges.' I would USS
moro Indian clubs and tennis nokbts
and leas of the danoo raokot." The girls
aoomod p??aaod with tho sermon.
A Woman's Secret.
An oxtraoriinary story of a woman's
terrible secret at last rovealod comet?
from Ostend, Belgium. ThrOo work
men wero tfiod about nevon year? age
and found guilty of having eommittod
a aerioa of orimos, among thom the
mordor of an aged woman at Hant
mond. Although they declared their
innooenoo until the last moment, one of
thom waa sontonoed to imprisonment
for lifo and the others wero guillotined,
Now a woman namod Soumange haa
just donouusod her husband, iwho nhs
says eommittod tho orimes. She is said
to bo quito sano and tho authorities are
investigating tho charges.
In the Philippines.. . .
Tho news from Manila today is. the
aarao old story of amah of natives to
awear alUglanoo, and incidentally of
battlos in wbioh from two to a dosten
hoathon are transformed into oorpaoi.
j Periodic ally for twenty yearn patt WS
have boon hoarlng about the robellion
in South American countries hoing
evor, and it begins to look like the peo
ple who live twonty years henee will
recognise a familiar linc ?la the. news
from the Philippines,