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'.?Do Thou Liberty Grout. Inspire Our Souls and Make Our Lives in Thy Possession Happy, or Oar Deaths Glorious in Thy Just Defence."
YOL. XXVI
BENNETTSVILEE, S, C,, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15. 1901
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TERRIBLE TOCK.
A Train Jumped th? Track nnd
Plowad Into a Hill.
FIVE KILLED, MANY MISSING
F(iw Pn?flrttit/<irR Evonnnd lr ? J V
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Three So'diers Undor Or
ders for Phillpirtes Ar?
Among the Diarb
Train No. 6 tho Nnv Yrrk-Chiongo
limited on tho JOdo railroad, was
wrookod Thursday motning within tho
town limits of Grcor.vdlo, IV F.ve
pASaongors woto dead whou taken from
tho v/reok, covoral am -missing and
thoro aro many bAdlv iii j ur d.
TH K DKAD.
Tho doad aro:
Sorgoant Major Harry A.; H*rt, Fort
Wood, N. Y.
Goorgo W. PattorBon, Philadelphia,
privato Co. I, U.8., infantry; oa-ricd
a card of Iron Moulders' uuion.
Peter J. Ourry, (Jobeo, Nnv York,
privato Tonth infantry, uged 21
Unknown mun, aged 25 yoard
Unknown man, only papers OD por
son wau a postal oard that he.d boon
sont- to tho AdauoB Produoo oompany,
llushvillo, Ind., aad a tickot from Now
York to that point. H is faocwas litor
. ally torn to shrode.
TUE INJUUK1).
Tho injurod aro:
Wm J). Mooro, 32 Lonox Road,
Brooklyn; onmpound fraoturo of left
log and badly out about tho hoad.
B. A. Marsdon, Philadelphia; torribly
orushod about tho body.
Ivan Lostorsmith, Canistow, PA ;
badly bruisod.
Jos. vKonncdy, Brookfield, M ?ss.;
Oorapound fraoturo of loft log and
bruisod about tho body.
. Wm F. MaoGiDnity, attornoy, Port
land, Ind.; hip orashod, faoo out.
O. H. Simons, Kontoho, brakoinao;
oompouud fnoturo of left log, right
..log badly bruisod.
0. J.Henry, Meadvillo,baggageman;
{eft log broken, injured about tho
ehest.
>8. Aikon, salesman, Now York;
slightly, sufforing from lite ahook.
Olaronoo Look, 8ummorvillo, N J;j
injurios serious.
Milton Stanley, Nowaik, N. J ; leg
fraoturod, out about faoo.
Harry Woisburg, express mossongor,
Dayton, Ohio; orushed.
Hardly a paesongor osoapod without
i nomo injury. Tho train was oompoicd
of vestibuled Pullman oars, threo
?looping oars, a day eoaoh, combina
tion smokor and baggage oar, and a
'moil oar. and was drawn by ono of tho
now Atlantio typo of onginos. The
smoking.oar wao oompl'otoly tolcsoopod
Vi.by U oar ahead, which
mihi through it " as-if it wore - paper,
toaring, crushing, maiming and carry
ing death.
The soono of the wreck in on a sharp
ourvo. On ono sido, 40 tout bolow,
?o?? tho Su?Q?nuo river, on tho other
is a stoop bluff. Thoongino loft tho
track at the ourvo and before it bad
gono two oar lengths \ lowed into tho
Bteop hill, wlioro it foll upon its sido
and waB half buried. Tho train was
running two hours lato, and tho aooi
dont happoned at 7:10 just about tho
, time when tho oooupants of tho Bloop
ors had finished drossing.
Aftor tho torriblo orash tho unin
jured paBBongors sot about tho resouro
Of tho doad and woundod, surgoons
wore summoned and within a few min
utos tho dead and dying woro being
oarriod from thoro as fast as they oould
bo disooverod bone ?th tho wrcokago
It woo several hours, howovor, boforo
tho victims had boon romovod and
placed in tho two roar PullmanB. Tho
uoono insidotho telescoped o&rs was
torriblo. Mon boggod to be roloasod
and soroamod in agony. Thoy woro all
heaped in a oorner of tho car, dumped
thoro by tho impotuB of the mail oar.
Tho injured woro plaood in a spooial
train and takon to tho Sponoor hospi
tal, Hoadville, about noon. What lit
tle was loft of tho baggago or cxpross
matter was dumped in tho rivor to
oloar tho dobris for rosouo. Several
handrod sacks of mail woro apparontly
littlo injured.
TSQ train was in oharge of Oonduo-.
tor Randall, with Bogin?t r Luoio and
Firoman Eokort. Both tho onginoer
and firomanoBoapod by jumping, though
both woro painfully bruin.d. Supt.
Tholknnp and othor ofhoials ivero early
on tho ground. Thoy woro unable to
assign a causo for tho aooidont unless
spreading rails oan bo blamed, A par
ty of nino soldiors on thoir way from
Fort Portor, Now York, to Port Crook,
Nob., oooupiod part of tho smokor. Of
thoHOj throo woro killed and two Bori
ouly xnjurod, Thoy woro undor ordors
for tho Philippines.
B. A. Marsdon of Philadelphia, pin
ned in tho smokor by a boam, his foot
and ohest orushed, his faoo shattered
with tho brains Of ono of tho soldiers,
insistod on tho renouera roloasing an
unfortunate Jow noarby. Mr. Mars
don's wounds aro oonsidored fatal.
Van Wyck Eight.
In Tho Oommonor issued Thursday
Bryan upholds tho aotion of Mayor
Van Wyok, of Now York, in failing to
lowor tho flag when Quoon Victoria
diod. Ho says it is not a sorious ques
tion, but simply on oooountof oourtosy.
Ho adds: ''Mayor Van Wyok pro
tsontod a completo dofenso whon ho
oitcd tho failuroto pay this tributo to
Joubort as aprooodont. If a Algona
publio building is not mado to pay
.tribut?te tho memory of a hero who
diod infroodom's holy oauso thon it is
not extremely impartant that that flag
bo recured to pay tributo to Kings and
Quoons."
Maitiago of a Quoon.
Wilhelmina, tho first ruling queen
of Holland. Thursday nnrriod Duko
Hoary of Mooklonburg Sohworin, who
booomos prinoo of tho Nothorlands by
proclamat ion in tho Court Gazott Thurs
day ovoping. Tho marriage was a sorios
of brilliant colored pictures. But tho
severo simplicity of tho Dutoh form of
marriago, wltioh was followed to tho
letter ia tho oivil oontraot boforo tho
minister of jiistioo, Dr. P, W. A. Oort
vari Der Linden, and in the old fashion
4 religious sorvioo in Grooto Kerk,
veit a domoo?atlo spirit.
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SOUTH CAROLINA TOWNS.
Census Figures That Will bo
Rend With Interest
Tho following in tho population of
South Carolina by counties and minor
civil divisions as ropotted hy tho diroo
tor of tho connus: Abbovillo township
omtains ? 457 poop'e and tho town of
Abbovillo 3,766, Tho other towna in
Abbovillo oounty Imvo populations as
tuilO vni lui. ? 'omi " oto, nriih?giun,
861; MoOurroiok, 237; Donald's 229,
Duo Wost, 631, sud Leesville, 241
Aiken township, including Aiken
town, oontains 5,757 pcoplo. Tho town
of Aikoubas a population of 3,414, and
tho o'her town i of Aiken oounty havo
populations as follows: Wngonor, 102;
l\rry, 76; Salloys, 241; Ellenton, 252.
Anderdon township, ooextonaivo with
Anderson oity, has a popu'ation of 5,
498, Tho other towns in Andcs.in
oounty havo populations s** folio vu
Bolton. 826; HonoaPath. 617; Pot d o
Ion. 568; Willianintou, POI.
Bimboo township, inoluding B?*?
borg and Denmark towns, ooncains 0,
015 pooplo. Bamberg's population is 1,
533 and Donmark'a 724 Tho o her
towns in Hamberg oounty aie: Qovan,
113; Olar, 196; Mulway, 138, and Ehr
haid?, 215
Tho towns of limiwcll oouuty La 'o
po; nlations aa follow^; Barnwell, 1,
329, and Dunwell township iooluling
tho town, 3,478; Alloudalo, 1,030; Pair
fax, 301; Sioglingvill, 134; Blaokville,
1.116; Kline, 93; Syoamoro, 70; Ulmtrn,
150; Elko, 208; Williston, 617.
Beaufort township, inoluding Beau
fort and Port Roval towns, contains
10,343 pooplo. Tho population of
Port Royal is 601 against 524 in 1890.
That of Boaufort is 4.110 againat 3,587
in 1890.
Berkeley's tovns aro all vory small.
Their population is as follows: Holly
Hill, 256; Linomilnvillo, 400; Pooks, 87;
Chioora, 60; Eutawvillo, 305; Mouok's
Coruor, 202, St. Stcphone, 256.
Tho population of Charleston oity is
55,807, Tho other towns of Ohnrloston
oounty aro: Mr. Ploasant, 2,252; Mary
dllo, 516; Moultriovilln, 511.
In Cherokee county, LhnoBtouo town
ship, whioh includes tho oity of 0aff
loy, hai 8,112 pooplo, and Gaffnoy oity
3 037. Tho population of Blaoksburg is
1,285 and Ohorokoo Falls, 63(5. Ohor
ikco township, whioh inoludes thom,
ms 4,800 poi plo.
Ohostor township, inoluding Ohe ster
town, coutaius 8,060 peoplo and tho
town of Uhostcr, 4,075. Oilier Ohostor
oounty towns follow: B'aikstook, 181,
but 40 of thoso aro in Fairfield oounty;
Fort Wo, 126, and Riohburg, 240.
Ohoraw township, inoluding Ohoraw
town, oontains 3,822 pcoplo, and Oho
raw town, 1,151. Tho town of Ohostor
fiold oontains 308 pooplo.
In Ol condon oounty tho oourt houso
town, Mauning,. oontains 1,430 pooplo;
Foroston, 224; O?-vrondon, 97, aud Sum
morton, 236.
Oollcton county is aooorded only two
towns. Waltorboro, tho oounty soat,
contains 1,491 peoplo and.Jaoksonhoro I
44.
Burlington township, inoluding Dar
lington town, hasapipuUtion of 5,119,
and Darlington town 3,028. Other
iowas in Darlington oounty follow:
Hartsvi'lo, 704; Lamar, 220, and Dovos
ville, 147.
In Dorohoitcr oounty St. Goorgo, tho
county seat, has 576 pooplo; Hidgovillo,
250; Harloyvillo, 243; S jmmoivillo,
2,420; Grover, 59, and lieovcsvillo, 1.37
Tho oounty town of Edgcfiold oon
tainB 1,775 inhabitants; Johnston, 865;
Trenton, 266; Modoo, 77, and Parksvillo
143. Tho throo plaoos last namod show
oaoh a loss of population sinco 1890.
In Fairfield oouuty, township Four,
toon, inoluding tho oity of Winnsboro,
oontains 2,654 pooplo and Winnsboro
oity, 1,763 against 1,738 in 1890. Ridge
way town has 334 pooplo against 249 in
1890. Fortyoight of tho inhabitants of
B aokstook town aro in Fairfiol 1 oounty.
liloronco town-hip, inoluding Fiorcnoo
oily, oontains 7.336 pcoplo and Fior
enoo oity 4,647 Tho town of Timmons
villo oontains 861 against 516 in 1890.
Goorgctown township, inoluding
Goorgetown town, oontains 6 038 peo
plo and Goorgotown town 4,133 peoplo.
Groonvillo township inoluding Green
ville oity, cmtair.s 17,357 pooplo
against 11,039 in 1890. Groonvillo oity
hes a population of 11,860. Tho othor
towns of Groonvillo ooun'y follows:
Simpsonville, 195; Athens, 107; Travel
ers' lie?t, 106; Groors-that part of it
io Groonvillo oounty-573, tho total
population, partly in Spartanburg
oounty, hoing 648. Of tho population
of Prinoaton town, m linly in Laurens
oounty, 54 aro in Groonvillo oounty.
Tlio town of Fountain Inn oontains
497 pooplo.
Greenwood township, inoluding
Greonwood town, oontains 8 893 pooplo
and Qroonwood town, 4,824pooplo. Tho
othor Greonwood oounty towns havo
populations as follows: B-adloy, 289;
Gokcsbury, 394; Ooron*oa, 236; Hodges,
257; NinotySx, 414 against 415 in
1890; Troy, 263, and Verdi ry, 180.
Pooplos township, in Hampton ooun
ty, oontains all tho towns in tho ooun
ty, and haB 6 578 pooplo. Hampton's
population is 536; Yarnvillo's 372, and
Brunson's 342.
Oonway is tho only town aooordod to
Horry oounty. Its population is 705
against 677 in 1890.
In Kershaw county tho oounty soat,
Camden, is aooorded a population of
2,441. Wostvillo has 123 and Luoknow
122. Of tho population of Korah aw
town 117 aro in Korshaw oounty, tho
remainder in Lanoastor oounty.
Tho town of Lanoastor has a popula
tion of 1,477. That part of Korshaw
town in Lanoastor has 510 pooplo, tho
total for tho town hoing 627. Tho town
of Iloath Springs has 266 peoplo.
Laurons township, inoluding Laurons
town, has 8,549 pooplo and Laurons
town 4,029. Tho othor towns in Lau
rons oounty aro as foll WP: Oross Hill,
459; Gray Oourt, 181; Clinton, 1,869:
Mountvillo, 120; Waterloo, 189 and
that part of Prlooton town in Lauro1 "
oounty, 187, tho total, in Laurens .
Greenville conation, hoing 211.
In Lexington oounty, tho oounty
soat, Lexington, has 806 pooplo against
342 in 1890. Othor Lexington towns aro
as follows: Ohapio, 187; Peak, 156;
Spring Hil), 72; Whito Hook, 71; Swan
son, 230; Batosnurg, 971; Brookland,
1,089; lrmo, 193; Loosvillo, 538; Lowio
dale, 173; Gaston, 115 and that; part of
the town of Littlo Mountain in Loxin
ton oounty-reeontly annoxed to Now
borry-98 pooplo, tho town's total popu
lation hoing 283.
Marion township, inoluding Marion
town, 4,472. Marion town, 1 831; Ut
tlollook, yt); Nioholp, 82; Dillon, 1,015
against. 82 ia 1890, Latta, 453, and Mul
lins, 828.
In Marlboro county, Hunnottsvilia
township, inoluding Bonnnttsvillo town,
4,807; Uonnottsvillo, tho oounty scat,
1 929; Tatum, 200; Dunbar, 115; Olio;
508; MoColl, 1,311; Bloohohu, 176 :
Nowborry township, No. 1. inoluding
Holona and Nowbirry town, 6,830. Tho
population of Nowborry town is 4,607
Othor Nowborry towns follow: Roh na,
269 against 481 in 1890; W hil miro?,
131; Linio Mountain. 285; Prosperity,
592 against 565 lu 1330.
In Goonoo oounty, Wagorortownship,
inoluding Walhalla and Wost U lion
towns, contains 4 553 pooplo. Tho towns
fo'low: Wa'halh, 1,307; Wost Union,
289; Sonoca, 920j Westminster, 857
Orango township, including Orung).
burgoity. han 9,389 pooplo. Tho popu
lation of Orangcburg oity is 4,455 Tho
other towna in Orangoburg oounty fol
low: Ifjrt Mo t', 308; St. Motthow'f?,
758 against 524 in 1890; Braiohvilln,
1,101; Bowman 134; North, 368;
Woodford. 205; Sprinpfiold. 344; Liv
ingfiton, 79; Cam ron, 320; Rowosvil'o,
2)2; Elloreo, 413; Copo, 80; Banka, 81,
and Norway, 218
In Piokons oounty tho county sea*,
Piokons. has 449 pooplo; Iflwloy, 903;
Liborty, 368; Calhoun, 209, and Con
trai, 349.
Tho population of Columbia town*
ship, Richland oounty, is 26 373 against
18,437 in 1890; Columbia 21,108. Tho
population of all tho oountios outhit!? of
Columbia township is 19,216 ngainBt
18 384 in 1890.
In Salud? oounty tho oounty sont,
8aluda has 289 pooplo, Ridgo Spring
411 and Wards 135.
Spartanburg township, inoluding
Spartanburg oily and part of Cownons
town (432) has"23,810" pooplo against
13.616 in 1890. Spartanburg oily ll,;
395 Othor Spartanburg oounty towns
follow: Duncan's, 149; Inman, 294;
Wollford, 316; Oampobollo, 203; Lan
drum, 263; Glonn 8priogs, 187; Cow
pons, 692; Paoolot, 365; Daidvillo, 162;
Woodruff 596.
Sumter township including Siimtor
oity, has 8 884 people and Sumter oity,
5,673 Other towns of Sumtor o ninty
aro Bishopville, 715, and Maytsvillo,
761.
Union township, inoluding tho town
of Uuior, oont&ins 7,964 pooplo and
tho town of Union 5,400. Other towns
In Uuion oounty aro Carlisle, 358;
Jonesville, 508, and Kolton, 76.
In Williamsburg oounty, Kingitreo,
lin county scat, has 760 pooplo; Trio,
168; Grcclyvillo, 252; Scranton, 208,
and Lako City, 375.
York township, inoluding tho town
of Yorkvillo, had 6,400 people, and
Yorkvillo has 2,012, Catawba town
Bhip, including Rook Hill city, con
tains 9,999 pooplo, and Rook Hill oity,
5 '485, Hiokory Qrovo has 289; Sharon,
150; Sm: r.na. 48; Kbonczor, 331; Tirzah,
131; lfort. Mil), 1.394 against 689 in
189U, ?nd Clover, 961 against 287.
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A NEGRO'S GIFT.
Ono Thousand Dollars to Ent?rtala
Confederate Veterana,
Robert ll. Church, of Memphis, i* a
typo of that ol ss s of Negroes who
realizo that thoro is a community of in
terest botwoon tho whites and tho No?
groes of tho south and that tho Negroes
should oultivato oordial relations with
their whito neighbors.
Churoh is ono of tho wealthiest No
groes in tho country and is notod for
his public spirit. Ho contributes liber
ally to oharitios and takes a livoly in
terest in whatever Memphis undortakos.
Unsolicited ho has conceited $1,000
to tho fund for entertainment of tho
Confederate votorans at their rounion
to bo hold in Momphis noxt May. Ho
was born a slavo and during tho war
wasstoward of a Mississippi rivor steam
boat which did the Confodoraoy no lit
tle sorvioo. Af tor tho war ho booamo
a popular oatoror in Momphis and
amassod a fortuno. In roforonoo to his
contribution to tho rounion fund
Churoh says that ho made his monoy in
Momphis and feels that ho should do
what ho oan for tho oity whoso pooplo
havo boon so good to him, and ho adds:
"No porsonB on earth aro moro dis
posed to holp tho formor slaves than
aro tho votorans of tho Confederacy,
thoso old mon who yot romoinbor tho
Negro in slavory."
Tho ohairman of tho local oominittoo
of arrangements in acknowledging
Church's gift writos:
"I havd novor soon a moro striking
aot to show what should bo tho real
gonuino fcoling botwecn tho raaos h-ro
and to provo boyond tho question of a
doubt what should bo dono in cement
ing and building up tho roal intorcsts
of this great growing oity rogatdloss of
nationality."
Suoh N;gross as Robort ll. Church
aro an hon >r to thoir raoo and orodit
ab'o oitixons of tho communities in
whioh thoy Hvo.-Atlanta Journal.
May Oomo This Way.
Tho ourront numbor of tho Now York
Mcdioal Journal gives an aooount of a
now disease attaoking tho oyos. and in
many rospoots resomblos "pink eye,"
whioh is opidomio in Chicago. It is
infectious and is not oonfinod to any
partioular part of tho oity or olass of
pooplo. Tho oxplanntion offorod for
tho origin of tho malady is that it is duo
to tho olouds of dust drivon about sinao
tho windy soason sot in. Thoso dust
particles aro with reason supposed to
havo oausod inflammation, whioh has
dovolopod tho infoctioiH opidomio af
fliction, oonoludcs this authority.
Republican Prosperity.
Tho Wilson Daily Nows wants to
know, very importinontly too in our
oontompovary, how it helps this ooun
try for ou v manufaoturors to soil thoir
stuff to iCuropoann at half tho prioo thoy
soil thom to us. Why, that is tho Re
publican iden, of pvonpority, and wo
"proloot" thom so that thoy oan do it.
That's tho way this oountry gots rioh,
or tho manufacturen:, whioh moans tho
samo thing in tho llopublioan diction
ary .and whoa wo dis agre o wo aro told
that wo aro dron nors{ running af tor
thooriofl.-Ifloronoo Timos.
Six Men Drowned.
Six mon woro drowned in tho Ala
bama river Wednesday ab Rooso's ferry,
a foy/ milos south of Montgomery. Tho
mon with, team s wer o in a ferry boat whon
tho latter struck a snag in tho middle
of the river and upaot.
THE TAXES.
The Armunt Each County Ma?
Assessod
I TS CITIZENS THIS YEAR.
Figures that Will ba Read With
Intorost by Tax-Pay
or? An Over tho
Stato.
in tho Houso on Friday tho supply
bill was oallod up. ThiB bill makes tho
lovy in tho aovoral counties for tho pur
poses of oonduoting Stato and oounty
affairs. Tho first scobion of tho bill ro
quiros timi a tax of 5 mills, in aooord
nuoo with tho appropriation bill, bo
loviod for tho purposo of oonduoting
tho Stato govornmont, and 3 mills for
tho publio sohoola. In tho rospootivo
oountios tho following U provided:
Abbtvillo, for ordinary eounty pur
poses, 2 12 milla; $10,000 may bo bor
rowed at 7 por cont, to pay salarios of
toaohorn; 20 oonts por day is fixod as
foo for dioling prisonora.
Aikon ordinary purposoo, 3 mills.
Andorson, for ordinary purposes, 3
mille; past indobtodnoss, 1 mill.
JJ auf ort, for ordinary purposos, 4 3 4
mills; past indebtedness, 1-2 mill; sink
ing fund, 1 mill.
Borkoloy, ordinary purposos, 5 mills.
Hamborg, for ordinary purposos, 3
mills; for tho spooial road district of
Denmark, 2 milln.
Barnwell, ordinary oounty purposes,
-? Ct ... ill _
i. it IU1IIH.
Chcorokoo, for ordinary oounty tax,
2 12 mills; for new jail, 1 mill; for
oounty road tax, 1 mill: for sinking
fund for Draytonville, GowdoyBvillo,
Whito Plain, Morgan and Limostono
townships, 2 mills; for sinking fund for
(Jhorokoo township, 112 mills; for in
torcBt on railroad bonds, Ctiorokoo
township, 1 1-2 mills; iu Draytonvillo,
Qowdovsvillo, Whito Plain, Morgan
and L'moatono townships, 1 1-2 mill.
Ohostor for ordinary oountv tax, \
1-2 milb; for intorcst on railroad hondo
1 mill; in Court House township sohool
distriot No. 1, 1 mill, to pay past in
dcb tod nc 9^.
Clarendon for ordinary purposes, ?
mills.
Colleton, ordinary, 5 mills; plSt in
dobtednoss, 1 mill; intorost on railroad
bonds, 1 1-2 mills.
Darlington, ordinary, 4 midd; past
indebtedness, 1 mill.
Dorohostor, ordinary, 4 5-8 mills; in
toroBt on oounty bonds, 5 8 of a mill
Grcon Pond and Waltorboro railroad
bor,ds, 3 8 of ono mill.
Edgofiold, ordinory, 3 7-8 mills; past
indobtodnoss, 1-8.of a mill.
Fairfield, ordinary, 4 mills.
Floronbo. ordinary, 3 1-4 milla.
Greenville, ordinary 4 milla; past in
Idobtednoss, 1 4 mill; for roindoxing
'records:, Tt?2 of.pne'mtll; f oriptorps^on
Air Lino railroad bonds, 12 bf ono
mill; for intorcst on G roon viii o and
Laurena railroad bonds, 1 2 cf one
mill; for maintaining convicts and
bridges, 2-3 of a mill.
Groonwood, ordinary 3 milla; past
indobtcdnoss, 1 mill.
Goorgotown, all purposos, 5 mills.
Hampton, ordinary purposes, 4 mills;
for homo for poor, 1-2 mill.
Horry, ordinary, 5 3 4 milla; intoroat
on railroad bonds in four townahipB, 4
milla.
Korohnw, ordinary, 4 milla; intorost
on railroad bonds, 2 1-2 milla.
Lanoastor, ordinary 4 1-2 mills; in
torost on Choraw and Ohostor railroad
booda, 3 mills; for robiring said honda,
1 mill; for Throe C's bond?, 3 milla; 3
milla in Ploasant Hill tovu.ship; 5 1-4
in Gill's Creek, and 4 1 2 in Cano Ciook
township.
Laurina, ordinary, 2 14 mill.; past
indobtcdncsa, 1-4 mill; road purposes,
1 mill; intoroat ou railroad bonds, 3
mili?; all tho oouuty's part of dispen
sary profits go to tho publio sohoola.
LoxingtoD, ordinary, 312 mills; past
indebtedness, 1 2 mill; interest on rail
road bonds in Fork, Broad Itivor and
Saluda townships, 1 1-2 mills; rotiring
bonds in Saluda and Broad liver
townships, 6 milli; in Fork township,
4 mills; attorney's loos in Broad River
and Saluda township, 1 4 of a mill.
Marion, ordinary 3 mills; past in
dobtodnoss, 1 mill.
Marlboro, ordinary, 3 mills, past in
debtedness, 1 mill; Now j di, 1 mill;
roads 1 mill.
Nowborry, 2- 1-4 mills for ordinary
purposes.
Goonoo, for ordinary purposos, 4 12
milla.
Orangoburg, for ordinary purposos,
2 12 mills; past indobtodnoss, 1 4 of
ono mill.
Piokons, ordinary, inoluding roada and
bridgoa, 5 milla; paat indebtedness, 2
milla.
Richland, for ordinary oounty tax,
31-4 milla; in Columbia to.vnsphip, for
interosta on railroad bonds, 1-2 of ono
mill; for rotiring railroad bonds, 1-4
of ono mill; and in addition thora to
thcro shall bo lovicd a fax of 2 mills in
tho sohool distriot of tho oity of Co
lumbia.
Spartanburg, ordinary, 3 mills; in
torost on railroad bonds, 1 mill; oink
ing fund, 1-2 mill; roada, 1 mill; por
manont improvomonta on roada, 1 12
milla; ono half of dispensary profits to
go to sohoola.
Saluda, ordinary, 2 3 4 mills; east in
debtedness, 18 mill; jurors and wit
no8R03, 1 1-4 milla; pormanontimprovo
monta on ronda, 1 mill.
Sumtor, ordinary PULPOSOS and past
indebtedness, 3 mills; out of disponBary
prafitB $2,000 is to bo sot asido aa a
sinking fund.
Union, ordinary. 2 1 2 mills; intoroat
on railroad bonds, 2 mills; sinking
fund, 2 milln; road tax, 1 mill.
Williamsburg, ordinary purposos, 4
mills.
York, for ordinary oounty tax, 4 1-2
milla; in Catawba township, 2 milla;
in Ebonozor township, 1 12 milla; in
York township, 3 1-2 mills to pay inter*
oat on tho honda issued in aid of
Charleston, Cinoinnati and Chioago
railroad.
Mr. Lido o Pored an amondmont to
roduoo tho ponalty for non payment
of taxes, from 15 to 10 por cont. This
ho said would in a m Garnir o obviate tho
domand upon tho goaoral assembly to
continually oxtond timo for payment.
Tho amondmont waa adopted and the
bill thon passed oeoond reading.
WHERE T?E MONEY GOSS.
Approprirtiojifl, Made by tho House of
Repicnontfttivou
Tho appropriation bill adopted by
tho Houso Of fyeproBotttativos is as fol
lows:
STATS HOUSE EXPENSES.
Salary of gdVornor," $3,000; private
soorotftty, $1,350; raessooger, $400; oon
tiogont fund* $'5,000; s'tationory, $300;
Stenographer, Shi?Qlf.
Salary of soer-etary of stato, $1,900;
olerk, $1,350;*' bontingont fund, $150;
stationory, $500; extra olork biro $100;
for books, bianbi, cte,, $300.
Comptroller ??noral's salary, $1,900;
thrco olork?, ; $1}<100 oaoh; oontingont
fund, $200; prit.'ljng; $500; stationory,
$300; traveling exj oonoo, $3)0.
Stato treasurer, $1,9(10; ohief olork,
$1,500; two u'o?Vkoopors, $1,350 oaoh:
oontingont' fi t fl, $200; irinting or
bonds and it?rks $2,0UO; stationory,
$200. V
Superintendent of edooation. $1,900;
olork. $900; yontingrnt fund, $200;
printing, b?okk oto., $1,319. Stato
board oxpensot; $300; stationory, $300;
stonograp?r; $4<J0; traveling oxponHos,
$300.
Adjutant general, $1,500, assistant
adjutant gonotal $1,200; Stato arnaoror,
$350; traveling exponscs, $550; oontin
gont fund, $5tjp;vBif.tlonory, $150; re
pairing arseiYSk at Beaufort, $300; for
tho militia, $8>000.
Attornoygdnbral, $1,900: assistant,
$1,350; oontip|bnt fund, $150, station
ory, $100; litil;*tion oxponsoB, $1,500;
for oinorgonoy: ?500, if nooossary.
Railroad eo^n?ssionors' salaries, $5,
700; Boorotaryv$1,200; oontingout fund,
$1,200. g ;;
Stato. librarian, $800; oontingont
fund, $?V5; stHtionory, $300; othor ox
ponscs, $100. ;
Two watohinon Stato houso, $900;
Janitor, $100i>onginoor $75 for sovon
mont hu and $25 for ?vo month ; two
fircmon at $$5 por months; for five
months; koopf r's oontingont tund, $200.
Supromo oftVrt, Ohiof JustiooMoLvor,
$2,850, JuftCfb'O' Gary, $2,850; Justioc
Jonos, $2.85$' Justioo Popo, $2,850
olork, $800; '{librarian, $800; roportor,
$900; attondaiit, $200; mcssongor, $200;
oontingont ;?fund, $500; books fo:
library, $500?100 oopios of 59th and
60th, ropons/$1,200.
For oaoh ot tho oight oirouit judges,
$3,000; solicitors $11,050, stonogra
phors, $10,000.
Board o? . Health-For quarantine
purposes, $16,000; foi Stato board, $2,
200; Charleston quarantino station,
$2,G50; St, U'oio^n'^^yO; Port Royal
$1,275; Go??gotowo, $075; Lazarotto
$300; olork biro for Stato board, $300
Salarios bf oounty auditors, $25,500
printing forNOOupty auditors, $2,500.
? STATE COLLEGES.
South Carolina oollogo, $28,107, ant
$11,000 fo?jjt'oward'a hall.
Winthrop fiollogo, $43.000; forsohol
arabip, $5V'r.O; for now dormitory, $20,
910. : '
? Tho OilVoL $25,000; ropairs. $750
bundr^^ ?O^laUoc'Uory, $758; libra
'i>?.?-* .'. ..
State colored obllbgo, $8,000.'
For tho public sohoo?s, $100,000.
PENAL AND OHARITAHLE.
Cedar Springs deaf, dumb and blin<
.asylum, $20,000, and $20,000 forth
orootion of a how building.
Salaries of Stato ponitontiary offi
oials, $5,400. \
Catawba (odiaos, $800 and $200 fo
Bohool,
Tho Stato hospital for tho insano i
to got: For running expenses, $100,
000; building purposes, $10,000; Wa
laoo property dobt, $4,120; salary of st
porintondont, $3,000, board of rogonts
$1,200.
DE1JT8, INTEREST, ETC.
For.the completion of tho Stato oai
itol, $15,000.
Charleston oxposition, $50,000.
Tho largest singlo item in $285,0i?
45 to moot the intorost on tho publ
dobt. In tho samo oonnootion is $20
000 for tho payment of pa9t duo inter
liablo to aooruo on old bondB and stool
liablo to bo founded undor tho laws
this Stato.
For tho tonnions $100,000; $600 f
olork and $120 for postago, oto.
MI80ELLANEOU8.
Pabilo printing, $12,000; olaims, Sf
000; governors's mansion ropairs, $2R
water, $2,000; lights, $6,000; fuol $J
2u0; phosphate inspootor, $1,500.
? number, of improvomonts on tl
Stato houoo aro oontomplatod, amoi
thora $2 000 for rewiring. Tho amou
for ropaus to roof is $250.
Phosphate inepootor'a salary, $1,20
For legislativo examining commute
on ponai hud oharitablo institude
$163.
Salary of oodo oommisBionor, $10(
Exponeos of oommiltoo to cxami
books of Siato orhoials, $500.50.
Exponaos of militia in Georgoto
and Flo ron oo troubles, $2,536.10.
Unpaid acoounts, stationery of hou
$284.44,:.
Exponeos J. B, Watson, witno
$16.20.
Rent of oflioo for Stato suporintoi
ont of oduoation, $400.
Salary L. M. Ragan, olork, Sti
board of eanvaesors, $80.
OaB used in session of 1899, $169.1
Unpaid salary of adjutant gono
for 1900, $300.
Insuranoo on South Carolina colb
buildings, $3,000.
For attorney gonoral's oflioo to aid
prosoouting fortilizor oompanios said
bo in tho trust, $2,500.
Rolio room in Confodorato mino
at Riohmond, $100..
Commits Suicido.
? oablogrom roooivod from Uni
Statos mimstor Iluntor, at Guatam
City, ?tates that Sydnoy B. Kverc
8ecrotary and Chargo of tho Uni
Stato Legation thore, oommittod Baie
by shooting hiuesolf in tho mouth.
Buffered a long illnoss, and it is und
ftood that tho aot was oommittod i
temporary aborration of mind. 1
iCvorott was appointed from Massae
Botts, boing a son of a former ohio!
tho diplomat io bureau of tho Stato .
partinont. Ho was appointod to
oonsular sorvioo as ooneul to Batavii
May, 1897, and was appointod
Guatamala City on Juno 19, last. '.
parents aro resident of Washingto
China is Still "lt."
Chinono oifioials aro talking about
imburaomoDt for tho looting ?mile
by Pekin. It Boonie difficult for Cti
to understand that it is tho footb
not ono of tho playo?.
STILL CRUSADING.
Mrs. N <'t n Smashes Another
Saloon In Topeka.
8ME ADDRESSES CHILDREN
And Appia's to Thom io Smash
Kaloon Windows With
Rocks in All tho
Cities.
Mrs. Garri? Nation and threo follow
ora Wodnosday wrought damago to the
oxtont of $1,500 in tho "Sonato," tho
finest equipped "Joint" inTopoka Kan.
Sho also gained tho first polioo protec
tion. Thr> polioo followed up hor raid
of Wodnosday and arroatod tho proprie
tor of tho Sonato and two mon who wero
guarding tho plaoo, and tho o took of
liquor tho saloon scoured to noll to tho
orowd, Uookod to viow tho wrookago.
Mrs. Nation was arroatod, but prompt
ly released.
Mrs. Nation and hor wreckers, oaoh
armod with a hatohot, salliod forth at
daybreak. Thoy forced their way past
a Negro, who was guarding tho door of
tho Sonato" and in loss than ton min- i
utos had strewn tho floor with brokon
mirrors, bottlos, slot maohinos and
splintered bar fixtures. Tho Nogro fired
a shot of waining into tho coiling, but
it had no clloofc. Prosently a poliooman
walked leisurely iuio tho room and
said: "Well, Sister Nation, I guess
we'll havo to arrest you again."
Mrs. Nation had Just smashed tho
last bottlo and waa roady to go.
Tho polioo Judgo waa glad to rolon.no
hor whoo oho appoarod for trial and ad
ministered a robuko to that offioial.
Mrs. Nation soon wont down Kansas
avenue, doo again.
- Later Ohiof of Polioo Stahl, in an in
torviow with a roportor, aaidi
"I do notoire if Mrs. Nation smashes
ovory joint in Topoka. I sympathizo
with hor, I hopo she will close up tho
saloons of tho city. Aa an officer of the
law, thought it is my duty to arrost hor
every timo sho oroatOB a disturbanoo
or destroys property. If wo had tho
right kind of stato o iii o o rn it would not
ho necessary for Mrs. Nation to do what
sho is doing."
Thsrs areropor?e of plots to hurt Mrs.
Nation. It was said that sovor?i sa
loon mon havo charged thick glass bot
tlos with tromondous proaeuro, no that
an explosion will follow thoir hoing
brokon. Sho is not at all disturbod by
these storios.
Wodnosday Mrs. Nation diotated an
appeal "to tho children of tho high
sohoola of tho United States," ia whioh
sho urgod children ovory whore to smash
saloon windows with rooks.
Whoo M rn, Nation appoarod in court,
to,-.i,nBwo,r tho Chargen of "disturbing
tho'peace" and ''smashing a joiuVHhtV1
first ohargo waa dismisaod, notwith
ttand?Dg tho crusader domnndod a trial;
a hearing on tho sooond charge was sot
for Thursday, tho priaonor being re
loascd without bond,
"Tho ohargo of disturbing the poaoe
ia ?iamiasod," said Judgo Magraw, aa
tho orusador stood at tho railing. Tho
ohargo followed hor arrest Tuesday,'
aftor hor fruitless attompt to wrook
tho Uniquo restaurant.
"I objootto tho dismissal," exclaimed
Mrs, Nation. "I waa arrostod wrong
fully and doprivod of my liborty."
To tho ohargo of smashing a joint,
Mrs. Nation replied:
"I pload guilty to that, I rathol- think
1 did smash it."
Tho priaonor domanded that tho oity
attornoy bo brought in and bo oom?
polled to givo oauao for ar rooting hr r
Tuosday. Tho polioo judgo triod to
ignore hov and tho chief of polioo ro
fmi'd to liston to hor demand.
Thoo Judge Magraw bogan to read
. ho law touohing offenders who oroate
a public disturbanoo or oauso riot. M rn.
Nation interrupted sovoral timoa and
told tho court it "might as woll road a
novol to mo as that stuff. It doos't
cover my oaso."
Tho judgo was indignant and Ohiof
Stahl throatonod to have tho marshal
put hor out.
Judgo Magraw had no dosiro to hold
tho priaonor and pormittod hor to go on
hor own rooognizanoo to aproar next
Thursday for trial.
Mrs. Nation thanked him and shook
hands and dopartod. CZJ
Mrs. Nation was again arroBtod on a
warrant sworn out by tho owners of tho
' 6ut?atu" saloon. Sho is charged with
malicious destruction of property. Sho
was rdoasod on $100 bond for trial
Saturday,
A iladloy, physical director of the
Y. M. 0. A , fought Tuosday afternoon
ovor tho morita of Mrs. Nation's orusado
with a Nogro named Jaokson, who said
ho wishod Mrs. Nation had boon killed.
John 0. NIoholson, a lawyer from
Newton, io horo with a bill ho h VJ pre
pared to legalizo joint smashing.
A Shooting Scrape.
At Spartanhurg on Tuesday of last
wook K. li. Doan waa shot and painful
ly woundod by Ohoif of Polioo A B.
Doan. Tho prinoiploB of what was
nearly a tragedy aro first oousins. . The
oxaet oauso whioh lod to tho difficulty
cannot be asoortainod, but politioal re
lations bctwoon tho two aro the suppes
od cnn-ofi- Laot August Capt. Geo. B.
Duan, fa hov of IO B. Doan, the wound
od man was dofoatod by Jno. Jtjl. Vor
non for sherill of tho oounty. It is
ohargod that A. B, Boan unod bia in
fluonoo for the suooosoful candidato, then
ohiof of police. Mr. A. B. Dean was
oleo tod as Buooossorof J. JO. Vernon, an
ohiof of polioo, which position ho now
holds. Tho injured man is hoing at
tended by Dr. Geo. lt, Doan, a eousin
of both' partios.
Electrocuted.
Lorenzo Priori,'who muidorod Vinoon
zi Garuz >, in Now York Uity, Ddoom
ber ll, 1898, and a fow wooka SRO BO?
ourod a ?tay of execution by tho repr?
sentation that tho or imo way oommittod
by his wifo'n brothor, Jam o 3 Saoarrdo,
was put to doath in tho cloatvio ohair
in tho stato prison st Bing Sing Wod
nosday. lt roquivod two shooks to kill
him. He left with tho prion to who at
tended him a ntatomont dedaring hin
innooonoo.
THE FA ROIS OF LIFB.
A? juronR)it Out Vividly ot the
* Queen's Funeral.
How tho Angel of Death mint h nv o
smiled last Saturday At that array of
power as roprosontcd by tboso ompororB,
kings and prinoos who followed Quoon
Viotorin'o roinaius to tho last routing
idaco There they were, two emperors,
flvo kings, moro than half a hundred
?jrinooe, innumerable dukes, cori?,
ords, oto., marohing behind that ono
little collin. And there was the Angel
of Djftth also. Thcro tho oombiood
roprouo^tativo of all earthly power and
glory. Thoro tho unaocn monarch of
thom all, to whose tiiandatothAt prlnoo
ly array aro ?8 much subj ot as tho
bumblost Y ma. al is to their own; to
whoso book and oall tboy must lay aside
all ern t hly trappings, throw of! tho taw
dry crown and robo of offioo and go
boneo, as humble as tho lowliest of
their own subjects. Foras some ono
has said, at tho grave all mon aro equal.
How Hanny atbingsoomp kingship,
all earthly power and display when
brought fdoo to faco with tho Angel of
Death. It is as eonio groat majestic
ship whoso groat proportions and won
derful construction oxoito admiration,
and oven amazomont, yet which, in tho
fury of tho galo is pioked up, tossed
about liko a ?hip in a mill race, its
masts stripped off as if they woro straws
and tho wholo finally brokon in two
and thrown to tho bottom of tho ocean,
as a child might chunk a pobblo into a
tub of wat or.
All things eoom great or small by
contrast, out tho groat ships that go
down to tho Boa aro not moro at tho
morey of tho storm nor moro insignifi
cant in its fury than tho groatoRt of
king and queens and prinoos and lords
at ono look or nod or oall from tho
Angol of Death. Evon tho chip that
floats on tho bosom of a turbulont rivor
is not moro subjoot to its ourronts and
cd dio a than thoy aro tub] sot to tho
slightest whim of tho Jnfiaito. For of
all ophemoral things, this thing of
kingly powor and display and glory und
ovon exifitonoo ia tho mor.t ophomeral.
Yot thoy all play it out to tho ond
ovon beyond tho ond. They strut ovon
in tho faoo of death-ovon after doath.
Ono pr or little collin, a oouplo of em
perors, four or five kings, a few Booro of
prinoos and dukes-and lords. Tho
Angol of Death. How tho latter must
tm ile 1 say, nt their pretensions. How
he must ohuoklo over thoir theory of
"divino right."_
To Purify Politics.
Senator fi. W?m<?? .? . Ohanaior,5|
who has just been defontod for rc-'oioc
tion to tho sonate, as ho ohargoB by a
railroad corporation in this stato, bau
introduced a bill in tho'sonato prohibit
ing corporations ohartorod by tho Unit*
od States from making contributions to
campaign funds. Asked what ho had
particularly in mind in tho -matter Sen
ator Chandler paid: "Tho groat ovil of
tho expenditure of a vant sum of monoy
in controlling politics is not individual
contributions, fdthough.it is truo that
lr&c&'-' cf raw? minions'-. lika Senatqr
Olark of Montana could afford to make
larger contributions to control an flec
tion than many corpora lio no, But ouch
individuals aro fow. To control cor
porations in this rospoob it is only
ncooBsary to pr?vido that no corpora- I
tion shall contribute from its corporate
funds in commotion with any political :
oleotion. Tho praotioo of corporation
oontributions to political oommittoon
has grown up nineo 1896. Thoso oon
tributions have boon mado in noarly all
canoa directly from the troasurios of tho
oorporations by votos of thoir dirootors
and havo bcon mado to both political
partios."
Fearful Famine in China.
Iloports roooivod from Singan-fu all
agroo tbat tho famino in tho* provinces
of Shansi and Bhonsi is ono of tho worst
in tho history of China. VAU informa
tion on tho subjoot is noooBsarily from
QhinoBO oourooB and is fragmentary, but
tho stories are all to tho ?arno offoot,
pioturing a condition of affairs that is
calculated to arouao the sympathy of
the world for tho atrioko poop lo; It
tho United States and great Britain
in whioh tbo financial battorios of the
two countries would bo arrayed
agninst oaoh o thor. Ho was inoliued to
think tho United States might be
worstod in suoh n oonfliot booauso of
tho immonsoly superior sea power of
Groat Britain.
Mr. Morgan ploadod for the adoption
of tho Clay amondmont to tho subsidy
bill authorizing negotiations fer a
right of way for tho Nioaragun canal.
Muoh as ho opposed tho shipping bill,
ho indioatod A purposo not to oppose
it if tho Nicaragua amendment was
addod and provision mado that con
gress ohoud havo powor to ropo at tho
shipping not at any timo.
A Senator Arrested.
A dispatoh from Washington naya a
warrant was issued Thursday afternoon
for tho arroflt of Senator William V.
Sullivan, of Mississippi, ohargiog him
with ASBAulting Miss Mao Luoy Looton,
tho young woman who is suing him for
$50,000 for alleged broaoh of promise.
Tho assault in said to havo boon com
mitted shortly-af ter 8 o'clock Saturday
night. Miss Looton alleges (hat whilo
talking to Sonator Sullivan he slapped
hor in tho faoo. Sonator Sullivan's at
torney Attomptod to havo his oliout f or
foit twonty dollars collateral, but tho
i a wyo vf J for Miss Looton ob j cot od. Tho
warrant waB thon plaood in tho hands
of A dotcotivo. Tho Sonator WAB cited
to appoar in court. Fr id Ay morning.
A Serious Charge.
The Nowport Nows Hor aid says If, L,
MoAlor, who WAS arrostod At Kook
Hill, S. O,? on tho ohargo of having
sent through tho maila An obtcono lot*
tor to A youug woman, arrived At Nor
folk Tnmsdfty night in chavgo of Dep
uty United Staten Marshal Dodson of
Rook Hill. Mo Aler was llvingon Now
port Nows whon tho allogod orimo
against tho Postal laws WAS committed,
Ho WAS plaood in jail in Norfolk Aha
will bo tried in that city. Ho baa A wifo
and family in Hook Hill.
Many KillodP'
Advice? from H Atavia, lol And of Java,
capital of tho Motherland IsUnds, Ray
tho oxpodition sont against SamlAnga,
Island of Sumatra, has captured tho
A chinos o fortress of lUtorilik, Tho
Dut oh IOBB WAS six killed and forty
wounded, Tho Aehineao lost seventy.
WANT -THEIR HEADS
Tha Formal Indictment of Guilty
OhinoQu Pfoooniod.
NAMES ANO OFFENSES OIVEN
Tho First Mattorto bo Determined
In Battlement of tho OHM
Against PoorOld.;...?'?/
China,
Diapatoh from P?nkin, China, aay? at
tho meeting of tho foreign minist?re and :
Chinoao plonipotontiar?a, Wednoaday.
tho oct'ro proceedings being presented .
to tho Chinese. A .formal; indictment,
against tho 12 officials whoso punip?
mont had boon demanded by tho powers -
waa i\:nd, however, though Kang Yi
and Li Ping Hong aro (load, 'l'ho offi
oials whoso punishment hos boon de
manded aro:
Duko Lan, vioo prcoidont of tho po
lio, who waa aooossory to tho giving of
ordern for tho oapturo of foroigneis and
waa tho finit to opon thu gate? of tho
oity to tho Boxora.
Ving Ki'.o, or i IO in ni aooomplioo of
PrinoqOhuang aud Duko Lan in their
machinations.
Kang Yi, ono of tho instigatoro and
consolloio of tho Boxers who alwayu
nrotcotod thom.
Ohaoa Hu Kiam, a noinbor of tho
grand oounoil and also minister of Jua
tioo who was ono of tho loadoaa against
tho foroignora.
Yu Halon, who reorganized tho Bos
era, wa? tho oruol author of tho uiaa
aacorcs in tho Shun Ui province and aa*
aaaainatod, with hia own hand foroign
ora and missionaries.
Gen. 'f\ing Fuh Siang, who with
Proino Tuan oarriod out in Pokin ?ho
plana againat tho foioigncra and who
commanded tho attaoka On tho lega
tions and tho soldiers who assassinated
tho Japaneso ohanoollory.
Li Ping Hong, who influenced recog
nition of ibo Boxors and tutor to tho
heir apparent.
Hsu Chong Yu, who has tho darno re
sponsibility.
Kih Siu, ministor at tho rites of cor
vioo of tho Boxers.
Tho minist?re then announced that
thoso personages all dosorvod death.
When thia question was sottled tho
foroign plenipotentiaries will havo to
indioato who, to their knowlcdgo, com
mitted crimes in tho prov?noos, punish
D19.D.L,fpT^wJbioh will have to bo in
flicted, '?5
They will also present to tho Ohinobo
in ordor to provont misunderstanding,
tho text of tao edict roforrod to in ar
dole 10 of tho oolloctivo note, boforo
its publication.
The ministors definitely decided to
dom s nd tho imposition of tho death
penalty upon 12 of tho Ohincso offiolala
named in tho list submitted, including
thoso who are dead, on account of tho
moral offeot upon tho Ohineao.
- Tho pe.i'tonoo of-tho-living, must bo
inflicted exoopt iii tho oVooa of Pirineo
Tuan and Duko Lan, whioh tho ehi
poror may comm uto to banishment to
Turkestan.
A PLEA. ?VROM TUB.THRONE.
Tho foroign minist?re, ga ve out for
publication a aeorot imperial odiot to
thom by tho Ohinoso plenipotentiaries,
whioh picuda capooialfy for tho lifo of
Tung Fu Siang, eommander-in-ohiof of
tho army. It aaya tho only reason iii on
aeeount of tho tho turpulont population
of tho provinces of Shen Si and Kan
Su, who aro dovoted to him and might
mo and commit aota of violence agf.Ji.dt
tho miaaionarioa and Christiana, whioh
tho oourt would groatly doplcro.
Comic qu ont ly hia puniahmoni ro
rtuiroH caution, deliberation and envoful
oanaidera'ion.
Tho omporor it ia pointed -out^evan
in tho puniahmont of prinogu; of tho
blood, had not boon movod b^ motivo*
for, thoir proteotion. Why. then ohottld
bo do so in the oaso of Tung Fu Biang?
What had alro?dy boon^done should be
taken into consideration. Bia army
had boen rctluocd tQ 5,000 mon, with
the obj oct of lessoning hia* power and
with tho ultim -ta object of bis futuro
punishment whioh. will bo promulga
ted in an edict, tho language of which
will not bo too patent, After tho de
privation of bia official rank, tho em
peror willi horop.f tor, dooido on a hoavy
punishment.
x TUB PI/EA REFUSED.
At thoir mooting tho foroign onvoya
Sropared anota, td bo delivorod to tho
hineao plonipotentiariea, containing
tho tubatanco of the dooiaions arrived
at last night, including tho nom onces
of ?xecution. Thia will be -translated
and delivered to Pr hmo Ohing and Ll
Hung Ohang, who will immediately
eommunioato with tho court, W ?oro re
ply. Tho ministora refuso to aparo tho
lifo of Tung Fu Hsiao g, on tho ground
that they did not consider tho claim of
tho plenipotentiaries roaaon. They al
lowed tho li vos of Prinoo Tuan and
Duke Lan, booauso of thoir relation?
ship to tho imperial family and the of
feot thoir doath might havo on tho
I Chinoao.
m
Train Robbery*
A dispatob from San Luis Potosi,
Moxioo, says: "The fi rat train robbery
in Amorioan atylo over committed on
Moxioan soil oooured on the Maxioan
Central railway noar thoro. News of
the affair has juat roaohod the city. A
passenger train was hold up by masked
mon, who ontorod tho Pullman aloopor
and robbod tho passongora of monoy,
valuablos and baggage. Tho train orow
were hold up with pistola. The bandit?
wore five in number. The loader and
it la boliovod all tho o thor robber* woro
Amovi?nos. Tho bandits aro hoing puv
bttod by a force of troops and their cap
ture ls almost o or tain ? Tho robbers, if
caught, will bo spoodily put to death,
aa Moxioan law la very DOV aro on auoh
oriminals."
Republican Anti-Trust Pl?mh;,
This tendenoy of trusta to inoroaao
in number and to rairo pvlom? la oalmi
latod to show the agriculturists mi
other" otaos of oonaumera how hollow
waa tho anti ttuat plank in tho Phil**
delpWa platform, and ought to con
vince thoso among thom who voted tho
Bopublloan tloket that thoy doaorvO to
bo diaeipHnod by an autonutio kicking
machine,