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'Do Thou Liberty Great. Inspiro Our Souls and Make Our Lives iu Thy Possession Happy, or Our Deaths Glorious in Thy .?u?t Defenoe."
VOL. XXVI
BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., EjilDAY, MA11CH 15. 1901
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HELD IN SLAVERY.
Result of th? investigation of tho
Anderson Grand Jury.
A PLAIN RECITAL OF FAG VS
Direct Charges Preferred Against
? hooo Quilty ot Falso
Imprisonment and
of Barbarity.
Thospooinl committee of the Ander
son Cou?ty Grand dury appointed by
.Tudgo Bbnot to invostignto oortain
chargea against largo land owners in
that ooanty ruado ita roport laat Thura
day to tho oourt.
Tho oommitteo Says tbnt in tho oaso
of Magistrato J. J.'Gilmor wo find that
for Homo timo past ho has boen in tho
habit of ieauing warrants and aauaing
arroatB and frcquontly ooinini?ting no
ouBod persons to jail without cvor ontor
ing tho oaso upon bio dookot. This is
oapooially truo whoro tho casos havo
?boon compromised aftor tho arrosts
woro madot Wo find that from Sopt
*Wt '1899, to Jan. 12, 1901, ho mado
paymont to tho county ?roaburcr of a
numbor of finoa and horns of oosta ool
lootodbv bim, but that during that timo
ho oollooted through tho ehoriff'a oil! JO
alono $34 80, whioh properly colonga
to tho county and failed lo pay thom
ovor to the oounty treasurer n* required
by law. Ho also collo jtod $18.80, whioh
ho failed to turn ovor.
Wo find that Fob. 19,1901, after thia
investigation was begun, tho said J. J.
ttiimor paid to tho county ircaauror tho
pum of $53.20 to oovor these amountB.
Whilo wo havo not boon permitted, for
tho laok of timo, to mako a full inves
titration of all tho irregularities of this
ornoo, wo aro oonvinood bo has been
guilty of tho grossoBt irregularities,
and.wo would BUggost that iv oomplotu
invoatigation of hia books and nooounts
should bo had and that ho should bo
?roBontcd for misapnropriation of tho
unds BO oollcotcd by him.
THE FATE OF \\ I LI/ HULL
Regarding tho arrest of tho Nogro
Will Hull, whioh you wero dire clod by
tho oourt to invstigato, wo find that
a warrant waa issued by Magistrato
Gllmor for tho arrest of this Negro
upon an affidavit of A. T. Nowoll,
oharging him for a violation of labor
oontraot, and that W. S, Nowell, a
brother of tho prosecutor, was dopu
tizod by tho -Magistrato to sorvo said
warrant; that tho oonatablo ao donn
tissed requested tho donn ty sheriff, J.
A. bellingham, to go along with him
and assist in making tho said arrost
and representing that (bald Hull would
probably oroate troublo whon arrestod
and that tho a??istanoo of tho deputy
ahoriff would bo needed.
Tho arrost was mado on Friday night
" " Und Chu Nc ?A o wAO-bvought to. A*tdr>rs<*~
on tho samo night. Tho deputy fhoriff
* sr ;?goutod that the prisoner bo taken to
jail, but tho Nogro said that ho would
profor tp go on. with W. S. Nowoll, and
that Mr. Nowell informed tho deputy
that tho magistrato had instruotcd him
that ho should carry tho prisoner on
homo with him. j
Subsequently tho magistrato was in
formed by tho proseoutor that tho onso
had boon oompromisod and that tho
Negro had agrocd to clay with him and
work out his oontraot. Tho roat of tho
faots woro brought out in opon oourt.
Wo oxonorato tho deputy sheriff from
all blamo in tho matter.
Tho prinoipal work of this oommit
too ban boon tho. investigation of tho
stookades of tho oounty and tho abuBC
of laborers undor tyrannous oontraot j
that has grown out of tho fanning '.?ut.
of con vi ot ? and tho working of froo
laborors with them. Wo havo t ikon
tho testimony of moro (han 50 poi Bons
-that of tho landlords, their overt oors
and guards, togothor with a k'go
numbor of laborers and a fow otb ir
citizens. In those investigation ve
havo boon treated with every oourtosy
and gonorally wo havo found no dispo
sition to obstruct our work upon tho
part of thoEo whoso farms and stock
ades wo visited.
A most oaroful inquiry failod to ro
voal that any general abuso of tho la
boring olaes exists in this oounty, so
that our work soon narrowod down to
thoseplaoos whoro Btookados existed
and freo laborors woro employed. Wo
, visited tho farms of J. Bolton Watson,
A. T. Nowoll, P. B. Allon, J. lt Miller,
Elias MoGoo, W. Q Hammond and J.
8. Fowlor.
T1IEBE EXONERATED.
Wo woro unable to find any abusos
. at tho farm of J. B. Watson. Ho basa
st?okado and works freo laborors also,
but wo found no tvidonoo that froo la
borers were put in tho rtookadcB and
worked in lino with tho oonviots, or
tubjootcd to any illegal restraint, or
abuso.
Tho samo thing wos truo at tho farra
of P. B. Allon. Wo found that he had
takon two oontraots in whioh tho la
borors agrood to work undor guard and
bo looked up at night, but his own ov
"Sdoooo and that of all tho laborers so
far as we could ascortain, was that
thone provisions had never bcon en
forced.
A, T. Nowoll works Stato oonviots
and has a stockade, but ho has worked
no froo laborors along with tho oon
viots rooontly, whon ho has taken two
oontraots of that sort. Ono of thoso
waa tho oaso of tho unfortunate Negro
Will Hull, who wos killed by W. S
Nowoll a fow wooka ago and whoso
oaso is roforrod to above
"FRER LAEOR
J. It. Millor formorly workod oon
viots, but thoy woro takon away by tho
8tato, and ho now omploys only "froo"
labor, if indood wo may UPO tho word
froo to dofloribo thoso laborors who
have signod his oontraots and aubjootod
thomsolVOS to tho conditions existing
on his farm. Ho has a stookado whioh
was originally built for his Stato oon
viots and his oontraots pr?vido that tho
"froo" laborors will work undor guard
and will allow thomsolvon lookod up at
night.
Our first investigations at this plaoo
woro mot by a statement from tho ne
groes that thoy woro natisfied wi(.
their treatment, but thoir manner iuui*
outed oooroion and ?ubscquontly wo
mado furthor investigations whioh con
vinced ns that J. It, Millor, and his
ov?raeor, J. A. ISraorson, had boon
guilty of whipping nogroos, looking
thom up at eight, working-thorn uudir
guard and putting ehaokles upon thom.
Among thoso unfortunates woro John
Harrison, Wili Wright, Warron Sloan
and Liogo demon. Wo found sovoral of
Mr. Millor's oontraots loft biauk as to
tho timo of soivioo and amount to bo
paid, though tho oontraots woro duly
signed and witnessed.
In tho OV.SO of Warron Sloan, ho
scorned to havo boon arrested by J. ll
Miller and another man. whoso namo wo
oould not asoortain, noar Oontral, in
P.okons county, Tl) oro i y tooti mo ny that
no warrant-wan oxhibitod, if any oxi,tod,
but ho was handcuffed and takon to Mil
lor's stookado and kopt thcro until this
investigation began. Since our first
visit to this stochado ho was turnod
looso and allowed to ao homo. In our
judgement, tho said J. ll Milior and
J. A. Emorson should bo presented by
tho grand jury for tho oifapsoo abovo
tticntionod, and wo so reconnut nd.
BUAS MCCJKE'S PLAN.
In many respects tho most rotnark
ablo oise coming undor our notioo is
that of Elias Mcgoo, who has novcr om
ploy od Stato oonvioti, but who built a
stockado and prepared to troat his Ia
borers ?s oonvio's. His oontraots pro
vido that tho laborers Ehall bo worked
undor guard and lookod up at night and
thcro was abuudaut ovidouoo to show
that be had lockod up in tho stookado,
worked under guard and whipppod his
laborers Among those who suffered a
part o; Ml of thqnoabusoBO wero Wesley
Noraao. V ndy Earlo, Y a rio V Smith,
George Tilly, <John Clinksoalos, Ular
onoo G ail Hard, Evins Wood, Louis
Aloxuidor, Morris lord ai. Somo of
theso negroes bad boon arrested aud
signed contracta after being put under
arrest. John Clink:oilos was aoouscd
by Elias MoGco of stoaltag o"rn, was
brought to Anderson handcuff id and
after ho had fligood a contract, bub
without any trial, turnod over to W. Q
Hammond, who carriod him to tho lat
tor's stockado. Wo think tho grand
jury should mako proBontment against
Elias McGee, and wo BO recommend.
W. Q. Hammond runB a largo farm
in this county and employs a oonsiior
ablo number both of Stato oonviots and
"freo" laboror?. Ilia cootI-?O?B pr?vido
that tho "froo" laborer? shall bo workod
ucdor guard and luokod up at night,
and thoy suffer th's illcgil imprison
ment and moro, for tho evidonoo shows
that a num'ior of these unfortunates
havo boon worked under tu nd and gun,
havo boon lookod up at night and on
Sundays and havo IK on shaoklcd and
whippod. Among thoso who suffered
bhoso thu gs ab tho hands of Mr. Ham
! mond acd his ovorsocrs, Wm. Bailoy,
' james Martin and Day, aro tho
following: Inhalo Abercrombie Pink
Hogers, James Ulintion, John Howoy,
Tom Parks, Chi doy Johnson and John
Clinksoalos. . Several of thoso woro .in
jail at tho limo of /syir examination.
Thov had bcon indicted last fall for
gambling, had boon taken out of jail on
bond by Mr. ..Hammond and kopt at his
farra without trial until tho investiga
I tion bogan, whoo ho surrendered thom
baok to tho sheriff.
[ - -Tho. ?ogro. Tom .Parks, whoBO oas?
was called to tho attontion of tho grand
jury by tho providing judge, was ro
loasod almost immodiatoly thereafter.
Ho was takon foroibly and without trial
under ono of tho labor oontraots aboyo,
referred to and confined in tho stockade
workod with tho oonviots and suffered
tho ?thor abuses abovo montionod un
til this investigation was begun. Wo
loam that perhaps a sooro of other la
borors hold undor similar oontraots
have loft this farm during tho pasb fow
wooks. Ooo of thom, Pink Hogers,
states that ho was given a whipping of
50 lashoB by Wm. Hailey at tho stook
ado.
Wo think that tho faots disolosod do
maud that W. Q. Hammond, JamoE
Martin, Wm. Bailoy and-Day
should bo proBontod by tho grand jury
for tho violation of law abovo montion
od and wo so reoomm->nd.
J. S. howler, who first used tho con
tract providing for froo laborors to bo
treated an oonviots, workod undo)
guard, lookod up, oto., employs a eon
sidcrablo numbor of oouviots and also
of tho so-called "froo" laborors. Ht
has two stookades, ono of whioh is un
dor tho supervision of Jamos Cook nm
whioh wan formerly managed by Willi
MoG cc. Tho otbor is undor tho oharg<
of Lovi Thomas. At thoso farms tin
oonviots and "froo" laborors havo boot
workod together undor a guard win
oarrios a gun, thoy havo boon locket
up at night and somo of thom whippod
Thoro"was no ovidonoo of any of thou
having boon shackled. 8omo of thou
bad bcon aoousod of trivial offense
and woro put undor oontraob to wor!
out dob tn or to repay monoy advance
for thom. Jamos Evans, Baylis Artor
Alonzo Lark, Frank Bowlan. John Bell
Robert Brown, Foster Butlor, Dan Hill
Willis llarpor, Joo Whitfiold, Jir.
Rion, John Gilliam, Turner Walker
Androw Dobbs, Dock Froeley an
Drayton Whoolor aro somo of tho nc
groes who havo boon oonfinod in Mi
Fowl or'B Btonkado.
Willis MoGco, Jamos Dook, ha\
Thomas, Gcorgo Thomas and Mik
Robbins should havo proo?ntmonl
mado against thom by tho grand jut
for whipping difforontonos of thoso m
groen. Willis MoGoo was ospooial
otuol. It was testified that ho ho
givon thonorgo Baylis Artor 100 lasht
on ono occasion and that ho whippe
Roboit Brown most Bovoroly at
oruolly and on ono ooeasion shot in
timos ab Drayton Whoolor, ono of tl
bullo ts punning through Whcoler's ha
Tho testimony goos to show th
Goorgo Thomas shot at Dook Frooh
and that ho was also ready ab tho whi
pings.
Androw Dobbs was found to bo BU
fering from rheumatism whioh ho sa;
was brought on by boiog oompollod
stand almost waist doop in mud ai
walor in oold wcathor ditohing. I
waa arrosted by A. M Bailoy, who h
boon aoting ns a oort of constable f
J. S. FowloV but was novor tried. J. i
Rico is a negro of rather woak mit
who was oapturod Romowhoro in Get
gia and ohanrod with having ?soap
from J. S. Fowlor's stookado in th
io un ty. Upon being brought horo
was found that ho was not tho man
was suspected of hoing but novortl
loss aftor hoing kopt for sovoral da
in tho stockado he ontorod into ono
tho labor oontraots and has boon in t
stookado for sovoral months, thou
unwillingly thoro. A numbor of "frc
laborors havo loft Mr. Fowlor's fa:
ainoo thoso investigations woro fi
begun but somo unwilling ones w<
st ill in tho s to ok ados whon wo visit
thom
V/'V;' ..' .. ' .
Wo found no ovidenoo to oonncot
Mr. Fowlor in any way with tho whip
pings of those laborers,- but ho was a
party to thoso ootraots whioh provided
for tho illegal imprisonment and work
ing undor guard of tho laborors and is
rosponsiblo for thoso provisions boin g
unforced and that presentment should
bo mado against him thorofor.
Wo submit horowith tho mcmorauda
of tostimony whioh wo havo takou
whioh will show to tho oourt and solio
itor moro fully tho faots whioh wo havo
reporlod and will onablo thom to got
tho namos of tho wltnossos to provo
Buoh faots. It is propor that wo should
add that muoh of tho abuso has alroady
boon corrected as a result of .this in
vestigation and that somo of tho par
tios havo boon to us with tho assuranoo
that they would immediately correct
tho ovils oxisting on their farms to
which wo havo called attention,
Owing to tho widespread inQuonoo
ind eff ot that follows any publio dis
Mission of tho quostion of farm labor
n this Stato and tho result that many
'ollow a prcBontmont suoh as wo pro
POBO it is propor that wo should in dos.
rig this loport ontor into a briof dis
mtnion of tho iniluenoos that havo
jr ought about tho ovils roportod and
nako (suggestions as to tho romodios
horofor. Wo havo hoard iumors that
his investigation has already oroatod
\ widodprcad intorost and that thc oon
lilionB have bcon disjuaaod with somo
feplins hu^ wo havo as far as. possiblo '"
avoided ioading anything published or
-nid in this respect in order that wo
night pursuo our investigations without
?ny itfluonoe or bias from any quarter.
Tho quostion of farm labor in thia
State is a vory difficult ono ami tho
present lawn regulating tho ?amo aro
Dsutfioiont.
Tho negroes whom wo found oou
incd in tho stookade wore composod
argoly of a dam of shiftless debtors
vho aro subjoot tr. indiotmont for petty
iffonso, and who oould not bo suoooss
'ully workod undor ordinary contract*.
They aro mon who havo no proporty,
ind mon who ovado thoir debts unless
?ompollod to pay them, Against thom
ho prooops of a oivil oourt is worth
CBS; that of tho criminal court under
ixisting laws is inadequate. Somc
hiog should bo done by tho legislature
,o grado tho punishment of this class
looording to tho offonoo. Bat tho worst
rouble bas not boon in tho dofeot of
tho provisions of tho law so much as
ts enforoomont. It has oomo to bo a
tcttlod polioy in tilt) county that in
liotmont for violation of oontraot and
;or disposing of proporty under lien
ihould bo compromiso 1, and not triod.
Wo aro oonvinood that this is wrong in
[uinoiplo.&nd dangerous in practico.
Whatever injustice may bo done an
ndividual by disposing of proporty on
vhioh ho has lion, or Dy tho violation
>f a oontraot by ono of his employes,
md whatovor foroo might bo givon to
.ho effeot of ponai statutes to ioduoo
pymont of dobts or fulfillment of con
tacts that never has boon tho truo in
cut and purpose of tho ponai statutes.
They aro enaotcd to provont' publio
wrong, end whon : a.r proscoutipn has
>noo boon instituted and tho pOwor of
.he criminal court invoked, tho quos
ion of private rooompouBo should dis*.
\ppoar, and tho publio interest; alono
ibonld bo considered. Whilo this may
.osult in Oooajioqal hardships, it is tho
jnly safo'poliovV . Abuses will othor
viso grow up until tho oriminal courts
?ro degraded into machines for privato
jain, and ofton for extortion and op
pression. In our judgmont it should bo
i orimo to compromiso any oaso aftor
udiotmont found with a viow of pri
rato gain.
Nor oan wo oondemn too sovoroly
?hat other fruitful souroo-in faot, tho
irigin of tho abusoB horoin roportod
ho loasing out of oonviots to ,work on
irivato farms. Evils already detailed
?io too oloquent to nooossitato a dis
)U8sion to provo this. Suoh a system
ihould not bo toloratod aftor its results
?avo bcon exp.mod as in this oounty.
IfVo havo heard it intimated that our
nvostigations and oxposuros would
listurb tho labor conditions to such an
vxtont as to oroato troublo in this
?tato. Wo do not boliovo that it is
ruo, but if it woro wo would not boni
ato to doolaro tho ovils wo fino and to
lemand that they should bo abolished,
Tho duty of this body is plain: Wo
oust stop tho violations of law that
low exist, and if others bogin on tho
?art of tho laborors thomsolvos, thon
vo will unito with tho law abiding
dtizons of tho oounty in punishing and
originating thoso evils.
Tho roBult of our investigations show
hat tho system of working them in
itookados doos not exist in this ot uaty
urthor than wo have roportod. l\ob
ibly not aa many as twonty mon, either
ts principal or agent, oither directly
tr indirootly, have bcon engaged in
his abuso. On tho other hand, tho
tumbors of laborers and Honors who
tavo violatod tho law will doublo that
lumbor many timos.
Wo thorotoro rcitorato that tho in
luonoo of this grand jury, and we do
mt hositato to tay of the oourt also,
viii not bo ox to mic d to onablo any man
io avoid a just oontraot, and that wo
tiavo found that most of tho labor oon
raots of tho oounty aro legal and just,
[f violations of just contracts bogin as a
roBult of tho investigation wo havo
nado, wo suggest that warrants bo
iworn out and prompt punishment
^iven. We havo not undertaken to as
tumo tho responsibility of prosoouting
-ho laborors who havo violated thoir
'oatraots, booauao tho position and io
luonoo of tho landlord makos thom
'ully ablo to do that without assistaneo
'rom us. Thia speoial roport has boon
fought about booauso of tho oppros
don and abuso of men who wore too
poor, too friendless, too ignorant and
>fton too dograded to act for them
(elves, but who aro nevertheless on
.itlod to tho full protection of tho .law,
md who booauao of thoir weakness
bave a peculiar olatm to our protection.
All of whioh is respectfully sub
nittod.
Drunk at tho Throttle.
Tho Mosoow correspondent of tho
bondon Daily Mail says: "During tho
ioocnt heavy snowstorms 50 mon wore
tent to oloar tho snow out of a railway
tutting near Wolovo, on tho ltiasan
Ural Uno. They woro jast lowing tho
jutting when tho train carno clown
it full spood and crushed about 30 mon
nto shapoless ?nassos, thoir clothing
dinging to tho axles and stopping tho
rain. Inquiry shows that the ongino
lrivor and all tho guards were drunk."
A TRUE INDICTMENT
Of the United States in Her Deal
ing With Cuba.
LIARS AND HYPOCRITES '
is What France ana* Spain Truth
fully Say Wo Ar?. Our
Country Disgraced Be
foro Nations.
Tho dealing of tho United Staten
with Cuba io infamous. If you don't
think BO road whs wo print below from
tho Columbia Sta o:
Tho Latin v.. COB aro ace UH to ta ed te
sncor at tho hypoorlsy of tho Anglo
Saxon. Fronohman, Spaniard and Ital*
ian regard oant aa a characteristic of
British and Amerioan expression, and
thoy marvel muoh at tho ouriou t bout
of mind whioh oausos tho men of theso
nations to oloak all their ovil purposos
with tho protonoo of high and holy mo
tives. Evon moro do thoy marvol at
this locan o tho oloak is threadbare
from ovortnuoh uso and utterly fails to
onnooal that whioh it ..Compta to oovor.
Tho solomnity of this moral protonoo is
nm'lo evon moro absurd by its utter
fatuity. Doos tho Anglo Saxon DUO
oood in fooling himpolf? atsk* tho La
tin; how oan he? And nu ho can
noithcr doludo himsolf nor tho rost of
mankind by tho assumption of holiness
in his worst works, what ia tho uso of
itali?
Tho Lcitio is nght. Io illili respect
tho Anglo Saxon is hts inferior, for ho
not only sins as freoly as any othor in
dividual of tho human family but ho
aids to that sin tho iurthor vioo of hy
poorisy-and all to no effoot oxoopt tho
creation of a universal disgust. Tho
Litin docs not troublo himself to bo
hypoorit'o tl. Ho takos a ploasuro
rathor in boing frank about tho mo
tivos for his wiokodnossos. If ho
wishes to oonquor anothor ho admits
that ho doos so for tho sako of glory;
if ho wishes to soizo upon tho property
of anothor ho aoknowlcdgos that ho is
no tu a tod by tho desiro for loot; if ho
witibos to appropriate tho rights of
anothor ho proolaims that ho docs it
for tho sako of power. Ho is abovo tho
oOntomptiblo moanncss of alleging that
ho indulgos thoso appotitos simply for
tho good of tho victim,
Whon tho United Statos wont to war
with Spain in ordorto "liborato" Cuba,
Spaniards and Fronohmon, relying
up in thoir generalization of tiro Anglo
Saxon oharaotcr. insisted that the
pledge ?ontainoa in tho Teller resolu
tion would bo violated and that a way
would bo found to hold tho Cubans in
subjection to tho oonquorora. Timo has j
proven that thoy W(iro right; time'has ,
shown that tho honor of tho United
Statos, plcdgod in^Mds^mataR?'^ as
little regarded . ^?$$*m*t
tod States adnii.
of 1801: plcdg" *
status quo r
tolographed hv , ,., .
fully kept/'
actually Ja-\
agroomont.:
whioh wo rond ii
boforo tho'Close. . ''PPvrv*^^
to tho Cubans to'in ak o d?Vtttt&i Qbiiw
with Spain for tho r??sotf;\ha^/tndy 1
would bo betrayed by tho United
Statos and plaeed under alion control,
woro proph?tie in thoir warning. The
Cubans refused to-boliovo this, and
wo could not imagino suoh bad faith
in viow of tho professions with whioh
tho war had boen ontorod upon; but
tho ovont proved that thoy ' woro right.
For a ooDooutratod oxhibit of Anglo
Saxon hypoorisy in its most loathsomo
form wo oommond to tho publio tho in
augural address of Proaidont MoKinloy
delivered rc.eon dy. Nothing ia Dick
ons is moro ?Ilustrativo of that oon
tomptiblo vioo than this deliverance of
tho ohiof magistrate of tho Uni tod
Statos on his assumption of tho powors
of government for n sooond torin. Tho
whole address is permeated with oant
and falso protonoo. It givos ono tho
oroops to read it. Tho prcsidont is
"glad to bo advised by tho rcoont aot
of congress of tho policy whioh tho
legislativo branch of tho government
dooms essential to tho bost intorosta of
Cuba and tho United StatoB*'-a polioy
whioh tho prosidont himsolf formulated
and forood through congress by moans
whioh oan bo oharaofcerizjd only as
bribery. Tho samo nausoous protonoo
of oboying tho mandato of congress is
made in rogar? to tho Philippines-;
whon oongress in this matter, a? in
tho Cuban mattor, aotod only upon tho
combined influonocs of monaco and SO
duotion proceeding from tho executive.
Tho address fitly oonoludos with tho
assortion that "tho government's rep
resentatives, civil and military, aro do
ing faithful and noblo work in their
mission of EMANCIPATION and merit
tho approval and support of thoir oouo
trymon." Faugh I
We oonoludo with aa editorial from
th) Chioago Timo8-Horald, whoso edi
tor. Mr. Kohlsaat, is a personal friend
of Prosidont MoKinloy and a Republi
can. Lot tho administration bo judgod
by an honest friondt
But yesterday tho word of this ro
publio might, liko that of Caosar'u,
havo stood against tho.world. Today
who so woak or aimplo in all tho oourts
of nat una as to do it rovoronoe??
Tho Timos-Horald has a word of
oommont t? o?for- upon tho Cuban
a.nondmont to tho army bill as an orig
inal proposition, lt may contain tho
wisest provisions that oould bo dovisod
for establishing poaoo and giving a
atablo government to tho island.
What we insist upon is that the Uni
ted Statos was not freo to adopt any
suoh conditions and.hang them about;
tho nook of Cuba. It waa pledged to
striko tho Spanish fottors from an op
pressed and ahamofully abused pooplo,
with a solothn disavowal of noy pur
pose of substituting American rulo,
howovor bonefioont, in its plaoo.
Wo wish Tho Timos-Horald had tho
spaoe to rc pro duoo ono tltlo of tho
for vont utterances that aooompanlod
tho adoption of tim now notorious res
olutions of April 20, 1898; Thoy fill
pages and pages of tho Uongrorinional
Rooord, and in tho light of the notion
of tho sonato this wook thoy ring falser
than tho kiss of J udan. [
How tho senators hoped ' and prayed
that tho stavVod and soourged podple
of ,Cuba would uot bo bolrayod wltb
tho 0 proud so of freedom ouly to bo
taugty to look with suspicion and ha
tred upon tho Stars and Stripes as thoy
had lookod on tho hated yollow flag of
Tho. air of both housos of o^ngrois
wan surcharged with olootrio oloquonoo
that, contrasted Amorioan honor with
Spanish perfidy.
Such a ooo! headed souator as Knuto
Noja'on \ of. jMinnoBota dcolarcd that
tudro wOf? "bettor and stronger
grounds for our roaogniziog tho Cuban
republic than ibero was for rooogoiz
ta (Uno Uaitod 'Stat?B by Franoo in
1778< To ignoro Qomt z and tho Cuban
republic," tuid he, "tooms to mu to bo
oold,| ioy hoartlossno?S, unworthy a
great.oa'ion and a nroat people."
lotorvontion and indopondouoo for
Cubs were on tho. lipa and in tho votos
of a jnajoriiy of tho nonato, nod almost
a unanimous house during tho night
of April 18,1898, whou tho fanioutreso
lutions wont baok and forth botwoon
tho two houses until thoy oanio to a
final agreement which lot slip tho ar
m io H of tho United Hiatos for thc
cnuuoipation of tho Ropublio of Cuba
from tho thrall of Spain.
Senator Stowart regarded "tho re
cognition of tho indepondonco of Cuba
as a ooadition precedent to any intor
fcronoo whatovcr." Ho ropudiatod all
suggestion of "hostilo constraint on
patriots who have struggled as tho
Cuban patriots havo."
It was "with muoh hesitation and
muah sadness" Senator Hawley dis
cussed tho doolaration of tho indopond
ouoo of Cuba whioh he opposed.
Our own Senator Cullorn denounced
Sjain as a robber nation, and appealed
to overy "lovor of froodom and hu
manity tho world over" to further tho
saorod causo of Cuban indopondouoo.
In concluding his speech on th? qaes
tion April 15, 1898, this what Sona
tor Toiler said in repudiating tho idoa
of a war cf aggrandizement:
''Mr. ProBtdont, I want tho sonato,
before wo oonoludo this debato, to say
to tho world in tho moa otnphatio
manner that wo do not in'obd in any
way or manner io derivo bonclit from
this inter vent on. Spain is too wonk
and too poor to pay indemnity. I want
tho bonato to ray that wo do nob in
tend to take that (bland; that whatever
wo may do as to eomo other isl?n'?,
aa; to this island, tho groat bono of con
tontion, wo do not intend to tako it
from tho logally/'instituted authori
ties of tho island ?,. L . aotablishod.
"At tho proper timo, if no ono olso
doos so, I propouo to oiler eomo arno nd
mont to tho joint resolution that shall
mako it oloar to tho world that it nhill
not bo said by any European govern
piont whon wo go out to mako battlo
for tho liberty and froodom of Cuban
patriots that, wo arc doing it for tho
Ipurpo?O of aggrandizement for our
,'iolveu or inoroasing of our. territorial
/holdings."
And Mr. Tollor '.va? as good as his
iword, as tho concluding disavowal of
tho resolutions of April 20, 1898, tooti
IficH. . - I
Yot Senator Toiler '?st Tuosday volod
^^S?bTa?M?1!
Jon of tho
n> of tho
?h.and.
MptolcB?
. yuji&t??itttt bit,. o* tW
HAT XS A GENTLEMAN*.
Qunnor Morgan Has Proven Himself to
ba Entitled to That Honor.
What is a gontloman? lho question
has boon variously answorcd. Admiral
Sampson's view is that it requires cor
iainppooifio advantages of carly educa
tion and training to mako a gontloman.
If that is so, thon gentlemanliness is
an acquired art, not a natural gift.
This is hot a groat advanoo on tho old
English social doo .rino that gentlomon
reborn, not made. But in this dora
ooratio ago and ojuntry neither high
birth nor liboral cduoatioh ia essential
to tho making of a (ruo gontloman.
Whon Qunnor Morgan, in spito of tho
unfavorable endorsement of his lottor
to Admiral Sampson, oallod on tho lat
tor and expressed his rogrot that tho
oorrespondonoo should havo boon so
published as to annoy tho admiral, ho
wont BO far to show himsolf a gontloman
in tho true sonso of tho torm. It was
a gontlo deed, justifying Stcolo's ob
oorvfttion in tho Tatlor that "tho ap
pellation of gontloman is nov?r to bo
afhxod to a inan'fj oircumstancos, but
to his behavior in thom." Old Ohau
oors curiously spoil opinion; That ho
is gentil that doth gontlo dedis still
holde gooo in tho high oourt of oomrnon
sonso. .We speak of mon "bohaving
liko gontlomon," but tho phnso is un
happy. A man cannot bobavo like a
gontloman unless ho is ono-for affeo
tation or insinoority is itself bad man
nors. "Nothing oan oonslituto good
brooding that has not good nature for
ito foundation," says Bulwor.
Thaokoray's definition of agontleman
is ono to whioh thousands of men meas
uro up who noyer saw tho insido of a
eollogq or ovon a high sohool and havo
no distinotion oit her of birth or wealth.
"To bo a gontloman," says tho author
of Vanity Fair, "is tobohonost," to bo
gontlo, to bo gonorous, to bo bravo, to
be wiso, and, possasaBingall thoso quali
ties, to oxoroiso thom in tho most grace
ful outward manner." Tho groat colon
tint Huxloy puts it a littlo different and
makes a just distinotion whon ho says:
"Thoughtfulness for others, gonorosity,
modesty, and self respect aro tho quali
ties whioh mako a real gontloman or
lady, as distinguished from tho veneered
?rdelo whioh commonly goos by that
namo." ,
Judged by thoso high standards lt is
quito probabJo that thoro aro as many
real gontlomon among tho gunnors as
among tho commissioned officers of
?nolo Sam's navy.-Now York World.
.Ifivo Killed.
? vii ivo inon woro killed and two othors
seriously injured in a mine aooident at
tho lOuglosido zlno mluo in Contre Val*
ley, Mo, Tho fivo mon killed wore oom
fined in tho drift and tho othors woro in
tho.main shaft. Karly this morning two
shots had boon fired, but tho wholo
?ohftTgo failed to bxplodo. This aftornoori
,a wholo box of powder was sont into
?tho mino. Ono of tho mott a?oidontally
dlflohargod an unoxpl?ded ohot and tho
box of powdor waa sot off, te'B tilting in
terri bio dos tr uot ion
TAX MACHINERY.
The Change? in the Law as to
Mcking Returns.
THE ACTS RECENTLY PASSED
What U Now Provided as to the
Requirement? for Insurance
Companies Wot king In
This State.
Tko following ?B tho text ot tho aot
passed at tho rcoont session of tho gen
oral asBcmbly in rogard to tho making
of returns of proporty for taxation, a
moaBuro whioh is of oonoern to tho peo
ple of tho ontiro Stato:
An aot to amend sootion 4 of an aot
entitled "An aot to furthor pr?vido for
tho roturn of proporty for taxation,"
approved tho 2nd day of Maroh, A. P.,
1897, f o as to WM ko township assessors,
equalizers as well as assossors of prop
orty.
Seolion 1. Bo it onaoted by tho gon
oral assombly of tho St&to of South
Carolina, that sootion 4 of an aot on
titled "Au aot to furthor pr?vido for
tho roturn and mm Homo ut of property
for taxation, approved tbo 2nd dav of
Maroh, A. D., 1897, bo amended by
uti iking out in lino 20 tho words "but
not" aod iasorting in liou thoroof tho
word "or," and by inserting on lino 40
botween tho words "groator" and
"thom" tho words "by ono hundred dol
lars or more," and that said Bcotion bo
further amended by innnrting tho fol
lowing words between tho words
"them" and "said" in lino 27 of tho
sootion. to wit: "but thoy shall notre
duoa tho aggrogato valuo of real and
personal proporty bolow tho aggrogato
valuo theioof as returned to tho oounty
auditor," so that said sootion 4, whoo
so auconded shall read as follows:
8iotioa 4 Tho township board of
oommi8siorjors and spooial board of ss
BC ii B or H shall mcot annually on tho tiret
Tuc?day iu Maioh, or as soon there-,
af tor as praotioablo, at somo convenient
plaoo for tho purpose of performing
tho duties devolved upon thom, lt
shall bo their duty to oarefully oom
eider tho roturns and list? laid boforo
thom by tho county auditor aid if
ncooBsary to comparo tho samo, with
tho tax return and duplioato of tho
previous year or years. Thoy shall
diligently neck foi and disoovor all
proporty, bo#th real aud pomonal, in 1
their rospootivo tax. distriots not pre
viously roturnod by tho ownor or
ugontu thoroof or not listed for taxa
tion by tbo oounty auditor, and there
upon it shall bo thoir duty to Hot tho 1
samo for fixation in tho namo of tho
owner or person to whom it is taxable.
It shall thoroupon bo thoir furthor duty
to fairly and impartially assess tho
valuo of all proporty both real and per
sonal in thoir tospootivo tax distriot,
coloring upon thoir roturnB and lists
fnvniuhod thom. And thoy shall have
tho right in pCHorming indi* duties
theroundor to inorease ot to lower tho
valuation of any proporty real Or per
sonal as fixod by tho oounty auditor, or
as roturnod by any ponton; and it shall
not bo doomed nmtorial whothor tho re
turns so increased was intentionally or
unintentionally fslso, or whothor tho
proporty whoso valuo is so rained was
! t?y t?WWff'ty ipMp .upon 'the
lists ni'ado out by thom1,''tho 'valuaron
fixed by thom ' 'but thoy shall not rotluoo
tho aggrogato valuo of real and per
sonal proporty bolow tho aggrogato
valuo thoroof as roturnod to tho' oounty
auditor," said returns and lists, with
said valuation, to bo by them laid be
fore tho oounty auditor on or boforo
the 3rd Tuesday cf Maroh of oaoh yoar
exoopt that for tho township of Flor?nos
in tho county of Floronoo for tho yoar
1897, tho namo to bo laid boforo tho
oounty auditor on or boforo tho 31st of
Maroh. Providod, however, that real
ostato shall bo valued and assossod by
said boards only in th ono years when
real oaiato is by law required to ba xo
turnod, oxoept that taid hoards may in
any yoar valuo and assess any real es
tate and improvomonts thoioon whioh
they may asoortain or discover had not
proviousiy boon rotured or assossod
for taxation. Whonovor tho valuation
and assessments of any proporty ia
fixed by said boards, at a sum groator
by ono hundred dollars moro than tho
amount roturnod by tho owners or his
agonts, or whonovor any proporty is
vat nod and assossod to taxation whioh
has not boon proviousiy roturnod, it
shall bo tho duty of tho oounty auditor
on or before tho fourth Monday in
Maroh of tho yoar in whioh tho valu
tion and assessment is mado, to givo
to tho ownor or agent of suoh property
written noiioo thoroof, whioh notioe may
bo served upon suoh owner or his agont
personally, or by mailing tho same to
suoh portion or his agont ot his last
known plaoo of rooidonoo, and suoh
ownor or his agont, if ho ob j jots to su ?h
valuation and nsscssinont, shall havo
tho right to appeal to tho oounty board
of commissioners Bitting as tho oounty
board cf equalization, whioh appeal
shall bo hoard by said oounty board.
Tho aooouut of tho oounty auditor for
tho necessary stationery and postage,
to onable him to give tho notico horein
returned, bhall be a valid ol aim against
tho oounty, and shall bo paid as o thor
oounty olaims aro paid. Nothing in this
sot contained shall bo oonntruod as in
toiforiog with tho duty of tho oounty of
adding 50 por cont, to tho value of por
soual property as a ponalty, as pro
vidod in sections 279, 295 nod 297, of
tho Ko vised Statutes of 1893, nor with
tho duties of tho oounty auditor as pro
scribed in sootion 290 of tho Bovisod
Statutes of 1893.
"Seo. 2. That all acts and parts of
aot s inconsistent with this aot bo, and
the samo aro lie roby r o pealo tl."
IN8UJIAN0? COMPANIES.
And boro is the not amondieg the
law in regard to iinsuranoo oompanios,
throwing further protection aiound tho
policy-holders:
An aot to amend au aot entitled "An
aot to amend soodons 1 and 2 of an aot
entitled 'An aot to requlro any insur
apoo oompany or association to bo pos
sessed of ono hundred thousand dollars
Burplus or oapital. or! in li?u^horeof to
have ono hundiod; thousand dollar? on
deposit with some Stato fer tho benefit
of ail policy holders, or iu liou thereof
io dopor.it with tho treasurer of this
Stato valid Stato soouritios aggregating
too thousand dollars, said aoouritioa to
bo subject to any JuoVmont against said
companies, and said judgment shall
opcrato as a loan on suoh soouritina,
and providing a ponalty for tho viola
tion of tho provisions of this act.' "
Sootion 1. Bo it enacted by tho son
ora 1 assembly of tho Stato of Bau tu.
Carolina, that sootion 1 of said aot as
amended, bo further amondod by add
iug io Booiion 1 ?ho following proviso:
Provided, howovor. that all fivo insur
ance oompanios incorporated under tho
laws of this Stato, with a oapital stock
of $25,000 or moro shall not bo com
pelled to deposit certain valid seoucitios
ort bond as abovo required; provided,
said company shall proouro and filo
with tho oomptrollor general a oorti
fioato of tho oouity auditors in coun
ties whoro stookhoidors rouidc; th\t tho
majority of tho stookhoidors in tho
oapital of said corporation aro freo
holders, and resido within tho Stato,
aro worth tho amount of thoir stock
subsoribod to tho oapital of said cor
poration ovor all thoir debts and liabili
ties, and cxolueivo of proporty exempt
by law from rxooution; so that 'whoo
amonded said sootion will read as fol
lows: *\
Seo. 1. Bo it o nao tod by tho gonoral
aseombly of tho Stato of South Caro
lina, that it shall bo unlawful heroaftor
for any insuranoo company or assooia
tion to tr an? aot any bun in COB in this
Stato unless po660ssed of at loast ono
hundrod thousand dollars or surplus or
oapital, or in lieu thoreof) shall filo witb
the oomptrollor gonoral tho cor ti fi OK to
of tho offioial of some Stato of tho
Unitod States, undor his hand and ofii
oial seal, that ho holds on deposits or io
truBt, for tho bon??f?t of all polioy hold
ers or members of tm oh oom n au y or as
sociation, Boouritios worth nt loast ono
hundrod thousand dollars, or in tho
abHcnoo of suoh oapital or doposit, (hon
to doponit with tho Stato Treasurer of
South Carolina, valid toouritios aggre
gating $10,000, or a bond for said
amount mudo by a solvent security
company, said treasurer to bo tho judgo
of tho validity of suoh soouritios and
bouda, whiot bond shall bo conditioned
to pay any judgment catered up in any
court of oom notent jurisdiction in this
Stato, upon a polioy of insuranoo issuod
to any oitizen of thia State by any suoh
company, and said judgment shall bo
a lionmpon suoh soouritios: Provided,
ho wo vt r, that all fire insuranoo oom
panios inoorpcr?tod undor tho laws of
this Stato, with a oapital etook of $25,
OOO or moro, shall not bo oompollcd to
deposit said valid soouritios^ on bond aa
abovo vt (j iirod, provided said company
shall proouro and filo with tho oomp
trollor gonoral tho oortifioatos of tho
oounty auditors annually, in oouutios
whom stookhoidors resido, that tho ma
jority of tho stookhoidors in oapital of
said stookhoidors aro froo baddera and
roaido within tho State, and aro worth
tho amount of thoir subscription to tho
oapital of said corporation, over all
thoir dobts and liabilities, and oxolu
B?VO of proporty exempt by law- from
oxooution. '
tontion h; : , . . jt that.^v,
was passod' . /Mj^??^?n'^\
ing any oflloor "1 rom? -uiBOii&rging tte
dutios of his position until ho had
givon bond and had boon commission
od. Collogo trustees, members' ot fixate
boards, oonetablos, ?ot? , aro oonsidowd,
Olpers, undor itho law, jp* arci c?hmt;
?ifrrjnors of, bo|\rdu of. various oha?
it?Wt.^W*10, i,foyAdo,d for hy ?fcc
W??la?iirp. Th?} Tgot bu^Httla* $S
dion??r ihiloa??', but they' eannotdo*
?ally assumo duty bf aot unt^iHhdy
avo boon duly commissioned hy the
secretary of state, They do not lowe
to pay any for thia oomm?Baion;-it ia a
moro mailor of form. A groat many
raombors of various kinds of boards
havo neglootod to carry out tho pro
visions of tho law, and thoir attention
is culled to tho faot. Tho now aot in
dood makes it unlawful, to fail to filo
tho oaths and got a oummission .before
attempting to discharge tho dutios in
dicated.-rho Stato.
Decided Decrease;
Tho olerk of tho Stato board pf pen
sions stated Tuesday that tho approved
rolls ot pensioners had boen iront in by !
most of tho oounty boards. lb is note
worthy that those rolls show a deoidod
dooroase in tho number of ponsionors as
compared with last yoar's list. This is
probably duo to tho operation of tho
provisions of tho now aot now cf fordo
-throwing groater safeguards around tho
disbursement of tho pension appropria*
tion. Dospito tho faot that many of
tho count ios havo sont in their lists,'
tho lints will havo to bo returned for r$j:
viB?on, owing to defoots. This of
oourse,. will of "necessity delay, fchq
mooting of tho Stato hoard, and con
sequently ohooks will likoly rosoh tho
Sonsionorfl later than usual,-Tim
tato.
.?" ' ' y '. ?"
Forest Fires.
,'j Tho winda of tho past fow.days havo
boon pioduotivo of very nor iona and
ostensiva forost fires in various por
tion of this and Lexington counties
and muah loss of property himronultcd.
Nows of tho Aros in thia oounty reach*
od Columbia Wodnday . Thoy havo boon
vory dofttruotivoin tho turporitino and
saw mill sootions near Killian's on tho
lino of tho .Southern rialway and also
upon tho lino of tho Soaboard towards
Camden. Af tor hard fighting tho oi ti
zona managed to ohook tho onward rush
of tho flames, but not b?foro: muoh
valuable timber had be on lo.st. 0 vor in
LoxingtOO oonnidorablo damago of thin
ohavaotcv has also bom dono. For boy
oral nights tho glaro of foroit ilroa has
been visible from high pointa in this
oity. ? : ?
Iii a Bad Way.
Minnosota has a novelty in Beltran ai.
oounty, wltioh is bankrupt and in a
condition bordoring on anarohy. A
oourt dcoision which allows logging
companion to avoid tho pay mont, of
baok taxes has caused tho trouble. Tho
oounty lms no money and no> fuel for its
o?rteos, and morohants havo long nineo
rof?Hod to acceptwarrants, Tho oounty
Judgo and jurors havo gone out on strike
and mose of tho oftlooa havo boon olosod
by tltoir occupants, Tho sheriff, who
has boon oaring for his priaonorfl at his
own expense.; threatens io turn -thom
loose so that ho can hunt foi a job that
)wil? support his family, Tho legislar
i turo ie being supplicated for fdd.
WHAT IT COSTS.
Congroaa Expended Nearly ?
Billion end Half Dollars.
IMPERIALISM COMES HIOH?
G?rigraasrnan Livingston Says
That the Half That la Con- M
tomplated Has Not Boan
Put In Operation.
Itoprosontativo Cannon, chairman of \
the house oom mitton on appropriations,
and HoproHontativo Livingston, tho
sonior Democratic member of tho coal?
nitttoo, have propared atatomonts of tho
appropriations of tho 56 th congress.
Both placo tho total appropriations
for tho oongross at $1,410,062,545. id do
ing thoso for tho first normen at $710,
150,862 and for tho sooond a $729,911,
683. Mr. Oannoo publishes a table
showing tho expenditures' of tho pro
vious oongross at $1,568,212,637 and
Mr. Livingston makes a comparison
with-ibo 51th congress whioh appropri
atod $1^*^273.
,In his Btatem^ni'l^^^?^n:.sr>ys:i
"Of tho total appropriationB ni??rh^C
this sossion. at loase $30,000,000 will '
not, in tho light of past oxporionoo, bo
oxpondod. This oonsidorablo margin
botweou aotual oxpondituros and appro
priations mado by congvooo indicates
a sum total of oxpondituros during tho
flaoal year 1902 of not oxoooding $699,
911,683 07 This sum includes $53,000,
000 on account of tho sinking fund re*
quiromonta for tho fiscal year 1902,
which, of oourBO, under tho tormo of
tho law, will bo mot only to suoh oxtont
as surplus rovonuos in tho treasury
may pormlt. After mooting tho full
est ordinary re qui io mon ts of tho publio
eorviooundor tbo appropriations whioh
havo boon mado, thom will suroly re
main auffioiont rovenuo for 1902 to moot
not loss than $30,000,000 of tho require
monts of tho siokitig fund.
' 'Tho most markod i no re as o indioatod
in tho appropriations for ordinary ox
ponsos of tho govornmont mado for tho
two yoars 1901 and 1902 at tho two ses
sions of this oongross over thoso of tho
two proooding years 1899 and 1900, pro
vided for by tho 55th oougresa, is -for
tho postal aorvioo. Tho nooossity of
thoso inoroasod appropriations tb moot
largo business domando is rofevrod to
as a causo for congratulation. Tho ap?
propriations ltavo; boon roducod $128,
150,091 by thia oongross under thoso
prcvidod for by its prodooossor and
this has rondored possiblo a ? reduction
of taxes in tho sum of $41.000,000.
"With a oontinuanoo of tho wiso ad -
ministration onjoyod by tho country,
th oro is every roason to anticipate, a
furthor reduotioh of. publio oxpondi
turos in' tho near futuro and a corre
sponding furthor roduotion of taxes."
,?JU^ HVINQSTON S?Vfji
" ono
8&H/r;rttitl
:bbglnn\bg:Y^: tho 8panish*Amorioan
M'iWKoth oongroBS is tho first con
groBS appropriating for tho support of
tho govommont slnoo tho oloso of tho
S^ftjlod Spanish Amorhau war. Tho
.^SSwBBW^ th0 appropriations
mm by thoTiO^afee'Bsand these
?*> o?oy'*?' T ?ob?foiii aro$'Wr <.<
^puringWs?flBton just olea?d-tW
mauds- of tho p?oploi'''UVN*^^
'irmreoo^tativos,
jimmie ?ragt?* oanni/Vavo
hwdod.-rand thoao for noT fe,
:iug?' have boon pcffsio.*.;,' , j'
'.Tho' .'riv'er''Adft:';-tfi!*,)>f'. ' ,un
j^Vmittod to fail. %: ?. ' ' 'wt just
claims ^hojuost. , j?.:"/ ?! r.-fst tho'
government his riot bimnp welded for.
"Tho moat o anual oxami nation of tho
tablo makes ooinmonb praotioally un?
ncooBsary. It shows that tho army .for ;
each of tho; tw6v yoars prior to tho
Spanish-Amorloan war oost a Httlo
ovor $23 000,000, and but Httlo moro
than $16,000,000 for tho two yoata oov
orod by tho 64th congress; whilo for tho
two yoars slnoo that waT-r-190i and 1902
-lt oost $115,000,000, "or $230.000,000
for tbo two yo?rs, exclusivo of tho db?
fioiouoioB. that havb boon provided^ tor
in largo suma out of apprbpriatious
mado for expanses of tho Spauish war
during tho 55th congress,
Tho navy cost for tho two yoars
1897 and 1898, $63,362,000, whilo fur
tho yoars 1901 and 1902 tho appropria
tions roaohoA noarly $144,000,000.
flor tho payment of ponsions tho ap
>ropriations show an inoroaflo of neatly
8.000,000 for tho two yeats. s
"In a word, this tablo Shows that tho
prioo to tho pooplo of tho polioy bf this .
administration that has hoon thrust
'upon thom by tho ltopublioan party is,
in round numbors, $400,000,000 within
a period of two yoars, and tho half that
is contemplated bas not yot boon put
in oporation."
Wagon. Train Ambushed.
A wagon train and a detachment of
tho signal corps,' tcgothor with six Ma* ,
oabobo abouts woro attaoked by tho in
surgents about midway b?tweon tho
towns of Silang and Damaaraarinas, in
Oavlto provino a 1*. ' I. Throo Amori
oans wore killed abd two of tho Maca
bobo soouts woro woundod, whilo ono
man is miesing. Four horses and ono
mulo woro killed. Capt. Mair, with do
taohmonts of infantry and oavairy from
Silangj arrivod at tho ?ooao ot tho sur
prise too lato to intoroopt tho onomy's
rotroat, . ? - [ ? 'r . ,
Chinese Cruelty.
Tho omprpss of India, arriving from
Ohina/ bringa an aooount of tho barbar
ous murdor of Oapt Watts Jo?o?. It is
said tbat bo was rccoivod with apparent
frlondlinoB? in tho yameu of Shari .01
and was in tho not. of roooiving his pnyn
?ott when his hands woro sltuck off.
Eo waa thon taken outside tho y ft mon.
sliood in sovor?l piceos and his hoad
out off. His companion^ a Itoman
Oatholio bishop, wan put to a lingering
death, his torturoa bointr infiiotod so
gradually that it was four days boforo
death ronqved him. _
?onviot? Atutinio?l,
A dlspatoh from Morongo to a now?
a^eboy. says a serious mutiny of con
viot? has ooourred at Santa Caterina
prison, ro?uliing in,the military b'cins
oallod but arid 10 of tho oonviutr) hoing
1 killed and 57 wounded. Tho mutiny
, h attributed to poor food at the prlaon,