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: '?DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAfcl^HJR LIVES IN 'PHY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." .]??_' . ? :'. VOL. XXVII. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FMpAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903. NO. 14. ?EAKED DISGRACE. General Sir Hector McDonald Com r. "mita Suicide in Paris. COULD NOT FACE THE CHARGES. Thc Distinguished Ofticer Stood 'High in thc British Service. ? Was to bc Tried on Sorl r, bus Charges* On Wednesday a dispatch from Calambc, Ceylon, said charges of the most serious nature have been brought against Major General Sir Hector Mac Donald, commanding the forces in Ceylon, in consequence of which the governor or that island. Sir Joseph SVcst Ridgeway, has been authorized to convene a courtraartial to try General MacDonald. Tile latter, when thc charges was tiled sometime ago, went to England from Ceylon to confer with his friends and superior officers and bc started to return and face thc charges, which it is alleged, are based on immoral acts. But it seems he feared to face thc charges, as he committed suicide at thc Hotel . Ut gima on Wednesday in Pails.- He sin-1 himself in thu right temple shortly rifler no:in and expired a few minutes later. Tho general was alone in his small chamber on the mazzanlne floor of the hotel at thc time of thc tragedy. One of tile female attendants heard thc pistol shot and opening the door saw the general's figure stretched out on the door with blood gushing from a bullet wound.in the head. She ran scream ing to "tire" "balcony overlooking the lobbyof tile hotel, where many guests, including a number ot ladies, were as sembled. Thc proprietor of the hotel was the first to reach the expiring man. Thc commissary of police was noti fied, and, accompanied by a doctor, proceeded-to a preliminary investiga tion. "No money or papers of any kind i were found in Sir Hector's baggage. Twa.&Qtes written in English were found lying oil a table in his room anti these were taken possession of by thc authorities, but it is understood that their Contents have no bearing on thc suicide, in tile general's coat, lying oUrthe bed, were found some photo graphs. The british embassy and consulate were notified later, and Consul General Inglis visited thc hotel and took charge ol* thc body. Slr Hector MacDonald arrived in Paris last Friday evening from Lon don on his way back to Ceylon, where it was understood that an immediate court martial would be held to clear up thc charges made against bini. On peaching thc hotel at ll o'clocji at " .night he .>yas_tuld -that" only a small anq. inu?i?erent -r?.ol?i 'was avaihibiev Iic replied that that was quite suth ci?nt. He was not accompanied by ?dy"aid decamp or valet. He said . he only intended to stay a days or two ,in Paris. Little was seen of him since j hts arrival. He was, however, In thc lo"bby this morning about noon and it ii believed that a newspaper, printed - .in English, containing a resume of thc , grave charges brought against him and embellished with the general s portion in full uniform, came under his attention, lie left the lobby, go ing to his room and tho pistol shot followed soon after. Thc general's suicide has profoundly shocked tho British cfhoial herc. Those about thc hotel who have conversed with Slr Hector MacDonald recently say bc showed no signs of excitement or men tal worry. CAPTURED THE TOWN. Trouble With th?? fmiidi-oucs on the Island ot' Mindanao. A dispatch from Manila says the town of Surigao, in thc northeastern partof thc Island of Mindanao, which was captured Sunday by ladrones, was relieved Wednesday. The American officials and foreigners were found to bc safe. Secretary Root received a cablegram from Governor Taft giving the following account of thc attack of Surigao: ''Affair at Surigao tums out to be the escape of 10 prisoners sentenced to long terms for ladronisin, who, with (io or 80 of their fellows returned to Surigao, succeeded in surprising and rushing the constabulary inspec tor, Lewis M. Clarke, and thus taking command of the town. Nine Ameri cans, including two women, retreated to tiic provincial building, where, un der the direction of Luther S. Kelly, provincial treasurer, formerly captain of volunteers and still earlier an In dian scout, known as 'Yellow Stone Kelly,' barricaded 1 he building against the attacking party. Thc Americans, armed with only a few shotguns and short of ammunition, maintained their defense against tile ladrones, re fusing to yield to an ultimatum de manding guns by the reply of Kelly that they would not give up a single gun and would kill on sight any la drone within range. Assistant Chief Taylor arrived at Surigao willi con stabulary force, about IS hours after thc attack. On his approach the la drones disappeared and columns are now following them. Surigao. ex treme northeast, Mindanao; is so far removed that I have concluded to call upon George W. Davis to put military in command with hope that a large force of ladrones and their gnus may bc captured and they may be prosecu ted for murder and ladronisin. So far as advised Capt. Clarke only American killed. The cable from Surigao land ed near provincial building io which Americans took refuge and tiley were tims able, to communicate with mili tary commander at lligan and with constabulary headquarters at Cebu. Two constabulary Inspectors were ab sent from Surigao in Cebu, where they were passing their examinations for promoiion. Surigao had been re garded as a quiet province since the capture and sentence of ladrones, but their escupe led to the dilliculty. If deemed necessary hy the military commander the commission will sus pend the writ of habeas corpus for Surigao, but it is to be hoped that .this measure can be avoided." A BATTLE WITH ROBBERS. Ono ol" thc Gang; Killed, due "Wound ed and One Liscapod. A desperate battle was fought Satur day between three robbers aud .o?Hcers and citizens at Bedford, Ohio, result ing in the death of one of thc robbers and the wounding of one and the" cap turing of another. Friday night' three musked men entered thc town of Gurrettsville, twenty-five miles east of Cleveland, seized the night police man and bound and gagged him. The officer was marched to the post office and compelled to witness an at tempt, to blow open the safe by the marauders. Finally, after working I some time, they gave up the joh, without securing anything of value. Later they stole a horse and buggy and drove to Ravenna, where they hoarded a Cleveland and Pittsburg ireight train Tor Cleveland. Telegrams were sent to Bedford and when the train arrived there a nura-j ber of deputy shcrilfs and a posse cf citizens were on hand armed with guns and re*, ol vers. - A running light began when the train reached Bed ford. '.Die robbers li red as- they nm toward an open Held, while the officers and posse poured tn volley after volley upon them. Finally one of thc pur sued men dropped to the ground dead. A second was so badly wounded that he left, a trail of blood and he soon surrendered. The third escaped. None of the posse were lin rt. Subsequently the captured robber was taken to thc office of ?. S.. Mar shall Chandler, where he gave h's miine as James Bradly, 2.'l years old of St. Louis, lie asserted that he did not know the name of the robber who was shot to death or of the one who escaped. Further than this, .Bradly declined to talk and was locked up in thc county jail. A special dispatch from Oarrctts ville" states that thc robbers, after failing to blow open tho postoffice saie entered the office of W. D. Cush man on the upper lioor of the same building where the latter was sleeping.-.! Cushman was tightly bound and gagged, after which the robbers took $50.and his watch. About $500 in cash was found on thc body of thc dead robber at Bedford together with a number of skeleton keys and burg lar's tools. Both men were well dress ed. A Wild Story. An aged negro orator, A. J. Fre mont, of Watertown, S. Dak., a well known representative of tito colored race, who, at the close of thc civil war, was president ol thc society that sent 50,000 negroes back to Africa, lectured on the "Race Problem," and while there called on Congressman Tawney and asked for a private inter view. Ile stated bc had a communi cation which.he desired the congress man to convey t?fthe president to the effect that he had come into posses sion of information that a plan had been made to attempt the life of President Roosevelt on his western trip, bot that it had now been aban doned and instead thc plotters were planning at some favorable point in Montana or Colorado to capture Sec retary of the Treasury Shaw, Secre tary of War Root and Attorney Gen eral Knox and carry them to the mountains to be held for suitable ran som. Freemont refused to divulge thc source of his information, but in sisted that it was correct. Need ol'a Bureau. 'S The Columbia Record says letters are being received at the governor's office almost daily which emphasize the need of an agricnltural and immi gr?t ion bur au, recommended in Governor I ley ward's message. The following fromW. O. Bacon. Danville, Mcnlor county, Ba., is a sample: "Dear Sir: " Will you kindly cause printed information to be sent me rel-, alive to the ag ?cultural products, climate, resources and special advant age (d' diircrcnt sections of your state for settlers from the North?"' The information sent inquirers ol' t his kind is only of a general nature and cannot of cou rsc cover the ground thoroughly. Died Yawning. At Oshkash, Wis., after yawning without interruption for three entire days despite every 'effort at stoppage, Mrs. Henry Jenner ls dead. The phy sicians decided that she was suffering from an obscure lesion of the brain producing laryngial spasms. Rem: edies and a mest beti cs were administer ed without elicet. She was unable to sleep and continued yawning until no longer able from lack of strength. Shot II Ls Two Sons. At Frankland Ind., asa result of a family feud David Gaines Thursday hight shot two of his sons. Lloyd l l years old, was shot in the side and the older son who interferred was shot through the lett hand. ? The younger boy will die. Gaines left home, and is being hunted by two other sons. .Who are armed ?ind swear they will shoot him on sight. Officers are also looking for iii m. Another fallacy. There were (iU7.OOD.000 passengers carried hy the railroads ol' the United States in loo:;, which means that, on an a.. v man, woman and child rode eignu lime during thc year, notes an exchange. That's another popular fallacy, like this thing nf every man, woman timi child in thc United State having $20.115. As a matter of fact wo know a man who rode only twice and has only 95 cents left. I,el a I/'hu rc h Burn. Si. Joseph Italian Catholic Church In Hazel township, just, outside the city lindts, Hazel town, Ba., was burn ed down early Wednesday morning. Mayor Beuhardt refused to permit the firemen to extinguish the. Hames owing to the residents' refusal to join in au ancxatioi) movement some time ago for a (Jrealer Hazelton. The IDAS is $20,000 and the cause incendiary. I<M led I lie lull. Lemuel Borden, lawyer ant. editor of the Tribune 'of the People of Wood stock, Va., advertised for a wife. She came in the person of Mrs. Aman da Deer, from Montazuina. Ind. Fri day. She was fully up to sp?cula tions and in a few minutes they were married. AN EXPERT VIEW. The Medical News, of New York, on the Race Issue. TUT. NEGRO VIEWED MEDICALLY Tho Nows Bays TJnlcss All tho Pacts Aro Weighed, tho South May bo Dono CJrent Injustice. Th? Medical News, a widely known journal published in New York city, is aroused by the recent discussion of thc race issue to comment upon '"Negro Supremacy from a Medical Standpoint." In an editorial upon that .subject in its issue of February 28 thc Medical News states that in leading papers ot' the North and South have appeared editorials of great acumen and power, "but none seem as yet to have dealt, except in a superficial manner, witi' the race problem as seen from a biological, ethnological or medical standpoint." Tile News continues: One cannot intelligently answer tho question whether tho negro can take a place i ri t he social and econo mic progress of the nation without being in possession of thc main mor phological diff?rences between thc Caucasian and the African, since these arc the fundamental bases for mental and moral discrepancies be tween tlic races. That tho negro - more nearly ap proaches in body to the quadrumana or anthropoid apes is shown by the following points: The arm is abnor mally long-in the erect position it often reaches thc knee-pans* and on an avcrge exceeds that of Hie Cauca sian by about two indies. Thc facial angle, which is granted by all to have a definite ethnological bearing, even if thc function of the frontal lobes is still but little known, average S2 de grees in the Caucasian and 70 degrees in thc black. Coincidentally with t<his is the fnot that in brain weight Hie white man exceeds thc negro' by fully 10 ounces-almost as much as he in turn exceeds the highest gorilla. Another point nf difference anatomi cally is seen in the lower extremity this is not so well developed as the white man's, the foot is broad and Hat, the great toe prehensile <and divergent, the heel often projecting so far backward as to merit thc term "lark heel." lt is.needless to dwell longer on the well known difference which ex ists, or to urge that they demonstrate a distinct race of mankind and show conclusively in the negro an inferior type. Among thc fair-minded this is axiomatic. . ; Some years ago we were all alarmed ovorgihe "yellow perth" Now the "black peril" con fron tV?is. . Thc article quotes ?fe. late Prof. Ogden S. Rood, nf fvdr?n'bia. as ask ing:- "How can there be any ques tion of superiority or inferiority be tween two peoples who develop men tally are separated by a chasm of 20,000 years?" Eugene R. Corsori, in his contribution to the Wilder Quar ter Cetitury Book, states that as a re sult of a most careful study of thc cousus, and dependent upon personal observation in the city of Savannah, he is confident that tuberculosis and alcoholism arc madin stultifying in- ; roads on thc making negro, poor, weakened product, that ho is, of mis cegenation. ">;.'?' Sir Spencer St. John says'of the in habitants of Ilayti: "Arter a resi dence of over twenty years in this island'I" "inn forced to thc conclusion that thc negro is incapable of hold ing an independent position. I lay ti shows no sign of improvement-on thc other hand* it is constantly retrograd ing, lind-without external influence ' the ini^toitiints will Soon rall into the I stage-'uf-tho dwellers of the Congo." 1 Tlie Med4oal News thin, continues its I com men Ls: j : If jt is true,'as some have perhaps 1 well "siiitl, that'the time is ripe for a 1 recognition of-thc negro, in substance 1 rather, than in theory, earnest thought 1 should bo given by those who would ' liberally interpret our laws, and they should b& well versed in thc opinions of stich men of science as wc lia vc quqted. They must knov/ and reeog- ' ni/.e that profound differences do exist -that.one race is 20,000 years behind 1 the' other. They must know that ' ethnological ly, physiologically , ana lo- ( mically, thc negro and Caucasian 1 must always be widely different. If 1 the negro is'nd Vancing, which, thanks 1 to thc noble efforts made at Tuskegee 1 and similar institutions, he surely is, 1 what,'meantime; is the Caucasian do- ? ingV Advancing? Yes, with Iiis . pliant brain o.tso, capable of permit- 1 ting progresivo development from ? birth "to death, he ls thundering ahead with it tush and a speed which no alien race can hope to follow. Unless.t'?cse facts arc weighed In a , true bala'ice bitter injustice may be done the South, lt is no doubt true, . as Carson assumes that Hie ir rc voe- . able, law of thc "survival of the lit test" will wipe- thc negro, away, hut this will, take centuries. There i>a . real abd immediate peril, as the Sena- j tor from'"North Carolina has well said. ? Science, 'education, religion, piulan- j th ropy may well focus their bright . rays upon it,.and unless our leaders follow where these trend thc South will surely suffer. A MfMl Accitll nt. At Cocoa, Kia., ata Charavari par- ? ty given Mr. and Mrs. Leddi ii, an old cannon used in the serenade hurst. , Mrs. lt. H. Holmes' leg was so shat- . terod that amputation below tho knee. , was necessary. Arthur I/apham's leg ' was fractured. The knee of W. M , Paterson, and thc thigh of his wile , were injured. George Whale, Will , Hansom and Hugh Connor were abo ' hurt. The cannon was an old one rescued from thc wreck of thc Brit ish steamer off Sebastian. IJOVCI'H Drowned? , Walter Ch ism, Luther Owen and .lennie 'George were drowned io thc . Pemiscot Bayou, Arie, while return- ? mg from a prayer meeting in a canoe. < Miis George and Owens were to have i been married wit hin a fortnight. 11 MUST BE CRAZY. Mud Act ol'u Morilla? IClder in WU? limn Bburj; County. > A dispatch to Thc State says there was considerable excitement at Lake City in Williamsburg County on last Thursday caused by two Mormon eld ers. About 10 o'clock that morning one ol' thc Mormon elders entered the home of Mr. A. C. Stewart, a farmer living a few miles below Lake City. Thc men folks were out in the Held at .work, no one being iu the house but Mrs. Stewart and her daughter. He talked insultingly to Mrs. Stewart and lier daughter, causing them to run out of the house with fright, the young lady jumping out of the win dow and running across tho Held to Mr. S. Ed. Floyd's screaming for help with thc Morru.m elder chasing lier, It seem tlie other elder tried to stop him. - _ Mr. Floyd and others gob him and tied liim and after he was tied he went into thc house of a Mr. McKen zie and used -insulting language to a young lady there. Ile fought to a Ii nish and was knocked down into a clay hole ol' water by Mr. Floyd with a large paddle used in boiling clothes. Ho-begged Mr. Floyd to pull him out, and when out he fought Mr. Floyd again, and thc latter had to knock him down several times before lie con quered him. Mr. Stewart was informed that two men were attempting a crime upon his daughter, and lt took, hard work to get in's gun away from him, as lie wanted to kill this fellow, the other having gotten away. A courier went into Lake City with the report, saying they had one bring ing him to town and wanted dogs to catch tho other. Soon after they came in witli the man they had cap tured, tied and bloody, wet and cold, and shivering like he had an ague. An excited crowd soon assembled, but nothing rash was attempted. Ile did not ask to have bis wounds dress ed, but begged for some one to do something tn get Iii DI warm. His wounds were dressed by Dr. Courtney. Ho was having a preliminary trial for attempted rape when your correspon tlcn?'s train arrived. Your correspon dent had a talk with thc prisoner and believes he. is not in his right mind. A. Thrilling Kscttlic. A mother, father, infant and. ser vant were rescued by firemen from sull'ocatiort in a tire which occurred at Richmond, Ya., last Wednesday morning. The family were all asleep at the time their lives were endanger ed. The household consisted of R. L. Charles, his wife and infant son, and a servant named liosa Carter Fire man E. H. Harris reached thc third Moor by means of a ladder. He found thc room dense with smoke and the family fast becoming suffocated. Ile snaCchcd'up the baby, wrapped iuVlffi his coat and handed it to another fire man, then on thc ladder, who carried it. to a place of safety. Returning, tho first ti reman wrapped Mrs. Charles in a quilt and then carried her to thc window and handed her to a third lireman, who landed her safely. Mr. Charles was then awakened and de scended thc ladder with thc assistance of tho lireinen. The sot vant, when aroused, became su excited that she started to climb down the ladder head iirst, and would have been dashed to pieces on the ground below, bub for lireman No. 4, who set her right and assisted her in reaching the street. Lost Her Huir Miss Eva Mcneil, a pretty and popular society girl of Carrollton, Ga., lost her beautiful hair Thursday nighb through the combinai ion ol' a lamp light, and a celluloid comb. She was reading and became so hierested in lier book she did notice that her head was nearly against thc lamp on tlie table. Tho flame of tim lamp heated the comb she wore in her liait* and before she was aware of her langer the comb bad ignited and her nead was enveloped in a mass of fire, ?she attempted to brush thc llamos From her hair and badly burned ber liands. Finally she conquere! the riamos, but her magnil'lcient suit of liai r was gone anti ono side of her face ivas badly burned. Knrieri Thiel Lives At Milans. Texas, because of family troubles D. E. Marmore and S. H. Worthington agreed Lo take morphine LO end thier lives, (tormore was the i ist to take tho dose and when dis ?bvered Worthington wa:; among those >vho worked over him in the oliort at estoration. Uar moro died. Wor kington immediately went to his room and wrote a lotter to his wife 'rom whom he was separated and took i large dose of poison. He was found shortly afterwards and every effort .vas made to save him but the phy sicians say it is hardly probable. Shot. Her Bet roy cir. Ellie Waggy, daughter of William Waggy, a prosperous farmer, of Wes ton, Vu., shot Ital ph McDonald son of Bx-Sherllf McDonald Wednesday near the Waggy homestead. Four years tgo Miss Waggy alleges that Mc Donald, who f.'tidied medicine in a Louisville, Ky., college, betrayed her. She says she lias been-wa tching her .banoo ever since to kill him. She fired live shots, two of which took effect in lis back and side. There is little lope of In's recovery. The woman has lot boon arrested. Tho Tilintan Trini. Solicitor Thurmond stated Friday hat tho trial of .lames H. Tillman .vould probably come up Monday April, 13. The Iirst week of criminal court, would be taken up with minor cases, nany of which would be disposed of in. i day ?ind none of tho important cases would bc reached until thc second ivoek. There were a large number Ol' witnesses in tho Tillman case, the solicitor said, ?ind the state would be ready for trial on Monday of that week. Killed hy u Train. .1. C. Howling and W. A. Cooper, farmers, wore killed liv thc eastbound -Southern railway brain eight miles wrestof Durham, N. C., ?it Scarlet -rossiog Thursday. Thc mon were in i wagon, which was struck and were, carried some distance. It ls supposed that he'eausc of a deep cub bbc men lid not hear tlie train. SETTLED AT LAST. Interesting Suit Against the Charles "tun and Seashore Railway. SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS Damages Awarded Mitts Annie Car roll. "Who Pell Through tho ^pmpnnj 's Wliart'iind Was "?.Very Seriously Injured. fi* J Tho supr?me court has lately atllrm ed a 'decision of the circuit court in Orangeburg, awarding a verdict of $0,000 to the plaintiff, in the case of Annie II. Carroll vs. the Charleston and ^ashore Railroad company. This case 'ls" quite an interesting one and has been thoroughly investigated un der thd law, having been three times brought to trial in thc lower court, and then appealed hy the railway com pany'.;. On'the 23 rd of August, 1898, there was .to be a dance at the Isle of Palms Miss Carroll left Charleston, attend cd tho dance and relumed when it was Over. On the way hack she alleges that while leaving the Mount Pleasant wharf to board the ferryboat she fell through a hole lu the wharf and into the water and was rescued only with grcati dilllculty. The complaint fur therjalleges that though lt was at the time,of the accident about 1.30 a. m that there was no light on the wharf, and thus lt was that she failed to see the hole in the planking. Afjss Carroll claimed that she suf fered so from sickness and from shuck, caused by hcrsudden plunge and from remaining in her wet clothing" until she got home, that she was practically incapacitated from" ever earning her living again. She asked from the railway company for her disability $lo;00O, and in addition $250, which she, had paid the physician who at tended her. Five thousand dollars was also demanded because of the negligence of the. company. Iii answering the complaint the rail way company said that Miss Carroll had left thc regular passageway and climbed over a pile of lum her, placed especially for the purpose of guarding persons from the hole in the wharf. The case was brought up in Charles ton In November, 1809, before Judge Cage, but resulted In a mistrial. It was again brought up in "November, 11)00, In Charleston, before Judge Bu chanan with the same result. It was then transferred, on motion of the plaintiff's attorneys, to Orangcburg, where it was heard in May, 15)02, he fbrv^Jndge G?gc. .>'T?ie jury ?jt that time, after hear ln?r'th&TSvij&ejnjc^. 'rendered a' verdict^ of for Miss Carroll'. Tb? de fense then asked for a new trial on the ground o." excessive damages, and Judge Gage sustained this motion, recommending a new trial unless the I plaintiff should remit S3.0U0 of the) verdict-rendered. The attorneys for the defense appealed on the ground that Judge Gage should have granted a new trial without the option of the reduction of the verdict. Tile case was heard by Judges Dope, Gary and Jones, and the decision affirmed. NEGRO BLOOD IN THEIR VAINS. Henry Watterson Takes Notice ol a Itccent New York Kscnpndc. Henry Watterson tinnily has taken note of thc entertainment on thc part | nf New York's 400 of a negro woman, Aida Overton Walker. The Cou rier-Journal's editor does not appear lo have been greatly shocked. Ile says some of these swells need not go far back to lind negro blood in their veins. Says Mr. Watterson: "The news papers are making au ado over the In cident which came to pass at Del mo il i co's the other evening, where at a I function by some members of thc smart seta colored lady became the I piece bf resistance, as we Irish say. "lt is due to the truth that history observe that the colored lady was not | among the originally invited guests. in point of fact, she belonged to a company of show people exhibiting at a Broadway theatre, and that she came to instruct the swells into the mysteries of the cakewalk. They t ?ok sucha liking to her, however, that the line of distinction was quick ly obliterated, thc host leading the' Queen (d' Midnight through the giddy mazes of thc dance, and the lily white] helles of thc court circle, making her at iiomc and Inviting her to other en tertainments, pledged her in Hagons| of foaming champagne. "The Courier-Journal has been asked by several esteemed contempo raries for an expression as to this new] departure, lt is not, wc take leave] to remark, an altogether new depar ture. Several swells named as oT those present are known to have acted within their rights. If questioned) these might trace their (?wu origin back to the rich, red blood of the Bthionian, in some cases not so very far hack, either. They did hut honor their race in honoring the dusky rep resentatives nf the vaudeville stage. "The Courier-Journal is not en gaged in the work of sensational speci licatlon. if it was so engaged, it might reduce t he great question to the ] 'limonsions of a vulgar scandal. Washing Um Tost. The S til tea Claim; The Columbia Record says there is considerable misunderstanding among the newspapers of thc country in re gard tb that $80,120 war claim which Senator Tillman secured recently from the government and the. Philadelphia Press recently stated that the sum grew out of a claim in 1812 on which only 31 cents was due. rids mis understanding grew out of a statement made by the auditor of the treasury in regard to a claim which the govern ment had against this state for destroy ing government property in Charleston at the beginning of the civil war. The auditor stated that If this claim was paid by the state a balance of 34 cents would be due. No attention was paid to thc claim however. ON CHICCO STREET. Tue Crusade Againt Charleston Blind Tigers are linEnrueet. T!ie Charles ton correspondent of Thc State says Governor Tillman- once ordered the dispensary constable to' '.raise hell on Chicco street." Sub stitute "establishments" for the last word of the order and then some idea may be bad of the_maniier of the war fare the constables have begun, start ing lirsfc with the East Bay and Mar ket street places of the famous king of the blind tigere, lt was stated that all the blind tigers are to bc similarly dealt with and tin work was started with Qhlcco's ( st bFshments. A gallon d-miiolin of corn whiskey was found in a room over Chicco's restaurant and bar and this was con sidered ample evidence to raid and dis mantle the places. Chicco Indignant^ ly denied Thursday that-"that 10-cent corn whiskey" was lils. He said that it belonged to a boarder, and "every body knows that I don't sell that sort of stulT. You get good goods here." At all events,-when the dismantling process started, Chicco asked that he be permitted to remove the fixtures and furnishings himself, wh oh was allowed by Howie, and the sounds of the saw and hammer took the place of thc clinking of the glasses and pop ping of corks at the'weil known and much frequented places Thursday. The fixtures will be stored for future use. Chicco expressed his willingness to quit the retail business, provided tho other tigers were similarly dealt with, and he said that C'oief Howie promised to dismantle all thc other places in thc same way. Chicco said that he would have left Charleston long ago if it were not fdr his holdings of property here, ne said that even now he is willing to leave, provided any one will purchase all of his pioperty. He is willing.to knock off 20 per cent, of its value to close out. Chicco declares that ho has always condcuted a decent place and lie can npt understand why the con stables should have swooped down on him in tho manner that they did. His fellow violators hellcvc that Chicco's trials are largely thc result of his ap" peal for leniency in thc enforcement of thc act. attracting attention lo his own violation of the law. At ali events, he wants thc other dealers to share the same fate, and thc constables say that the raid is the beginning of a general dismantling of the bars over thc. city. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. A r,Utle Boy Pell Thirty Poet Into '.In"Unused Well'. In an open well, :10 feet deep, for llt'tcen hours, without any means of escupe, was the harrowing experience bf Henry Miller, the seven-year-old ?;on of S. C. Miller, a machinist for thc National Furniture company, who lives at 42 Ponders avenue. Thc child fell in thc well ahout S o'clock Saturday morning, and was not found until ll o'clock that night, cold, injured and almost unconscious. He had made desperate efforts to get out of the well, having dug steps in Gie dirt half way up to the surface, only to fall hack again Thc well into which the boy had fallen was on thc property of the Ware Furniture company, on "West* Fourth street, about one hundred and titty yards from thc residence of the boy's father- A building ol' thc com pany was burned some time ago,, and since that time there hus been noth ing on the property. About ? o'clock Saturday morning while Hying his kite, thc hoy fell into tho well. He was running backward -j u,t the time and tl id* nob know of the opening.' He stumbled backward and fell to the bottom without -anything to brake thc force of the fall. . There happened to bc no water in the well, and tlie boy's fall, on the hard bottom was one which rendered him uncon scious. Nothing was known of thc boy's fall, and his father reported thc mat ter to the police and aske'l. them to help him in Unding thc lad. ile stated that the boy had left home to sec the cadavers which had been deserted on the river lino and had ..not. been seen since. When fou rid thc boy 'was ...in a semi-conscious condition and almost frozen, tlie-little water iii tlie well chilling him to the marrow. When he was taken from thc well thc little fellow could hardly spet?k, and it was some time before he .was, resuscitated. He said that ,j?he; ;fa?j? had rendered him unconscious raht? regained his senses that afternoon. He then, began making desperate efforts to get out of the well, .digging steps In the side of thc well,-using only his liands to cut. into the dirt. His hands were bleeding and lacerated when res cued. His efforts to escape, however, liad proven fruitless, thc well having ^avetl in about half way up, and lie ?mild not pass thc cavcd-in-plaee. Atlanta Journal. Starving in ! inland. Thc Berlin Die Post states that the famine in Finland ls more acute daily. Pl ic suffering of the populace is more intense and lias been aggravated by entire lack ol'meat, milk and po tatoes since October.*. Thc people are barefooted and clothed in .rags. In Kogan! and U leaborg alojic there are i thousand peasants said, to Vic starv ing, wliilc thc carcases of thousands of i-attlc and corpses of human beings' lill thc air with pollution. Hpidemics of various Sorts has broken out. Am erican relief expeditions have reached llaparalda, Swccclen, on the b".y of Both i na, opposite Ulcaborgs; A Club ol'HilcMico. There is in Paris a society of deaf mutes who maintain a club called the "Club of Silence." Thc servants arc deaf and dumb, and arc summoned, lt is said, by slight electric shocks In stead of bells. When the club mem bers are haying a particularly gay time thc servants are So heavily charged that thc elccbric.sparks drown thc popping of champagne corks. SHOWING THEIR TEETH. The Blind Tigers la Charleston Claws tho Chief of Police. A dispatch from Charleston to the Augusta Herald says war against the blind tigers of Charleston has develop ed quite a sensation in which some startling assertions against the character of Charleston's chief of pol ice have been made by means of plac ing placards in j the window of one of the places recently closed up. Since tlie first o? his administration Gover nor Heyward has been keeping the constabulary moving actively against tho blind tigers, of Charleston. The developments in the Chicco affair were spread broadcast and read with con siderable interest in a great many in:wspap rs, but the latest "affair" is Hie Hrst of a really sensational type"so far. Several days ago a blind tiger run by It! M. McManos was raided, by ..rdcror Mayor Smythe and ever since there have been placards placed daily in the window knocking on tbe character of the chief of the police department to stare pedestrians in the face. Tho day following the raid this one appeared : "This business was closed by orders of a drunken, Incompetent Chief of Police." No notice was taken_of the placard by the officials, but it was read by ev erybody that passed the place. The following day an even more sensation al placard was exhibited in tue win dow, reading as-follows: "Why dou't this drunken Chief of Police be as active in closing other places as he has this. The Governor could then call lu the constabulary." The affair did not stop "with this placard, nor was it allowed to remain long In its place. Apparently not satistied with the effect a single pla card was having, the advertisement was changed this morning, and in stead of one card, the show window was decorated with au array of cards that was calculated to stop anyone who migbt be passing,.and could not help but have some resting place in thc minds of Lite readers. Thc signs displayed are as follows: "What tlie community wishes td know is why this Chief of Police disgraces the uniform that the taxpayers put on his back. Who pays thc rent of No. 37 Coming street? Who runs that den? Let bim answer that, too." "Closed by order of that De- ' baucher, Imposter upon the tax payers as the Chief of Police. Had he been sober instead of a state of beastly intoxication on the night of tlie murder of Young Pinckney the perpetrators ol* that foul deed might have been apprehended." 5 "Who but this rotten Chief of i Police is responsible for the rob bery of tho old Veterans during thcxeunion in the year 1898? ? privilege was granted an Imported ?? gambler and ex-convlct, at the cost or Sf),OOO to do tue work. Why was sucha privilege granted? Not for the love of this convict. Who got the privilege money? Let him answer that." "This drunken Chief of Police occupied the time of the special detectives in hounding down those that are distasteful to him, while the thieves have their own way and the taxpayers pay the costs."' . . , It is the chief; of. police, W. A. Hoyle, who ls refered to In the signs or cards that appear in the window, and everybody in Charleston expects that some serious trouble will be the result of what many of the best peo ple herc are referring to as "a dirty piece of work" on the, part of a "blind tiger- keeper" meaning McManus. While Chief Boyle^ has taken no action in tlie mat.tervtroating it appa rently with contempt, it is plainly seen that the manner in which his name is being handled by' the blind tiger is not at all appreciated by him. Tlie chief of police is pretty well liked by the best element of Charleston's people and the community is-slding with him iii thc work ho" is-doing, while on tlie other hand McManus has very little standing boro at all. The fair-minded element of the -city' are referring to his action In. using -the .placards the way he has as "a stab in the dark^_. ' Oo Not I^nujjju . :'>., " . Do hot laugh at'the . drunken <man reeling through the streets. However ludicrous the sig lit may be, just pause' and tbink. He is going horrid to some tender, heart that Will'tb'rou with ihtejise a*/Ony; some doting- mother, perhaps, who will grieve over the'down .fofl of him who was once >h?r sinless '.'boy; or perhaps a fond wife, whose heart will almost hreak with grief as she views the dlstruction of her idol; or maybe a loving sister who will shed bitter tears over the disgrace., of her brother, shorn of his manliness and .self-respect. As your eyes .follow thc drunken man's uncertain footsteps record- a solemn vow that, while you live, you will clo nil that within you lies to avoid drunkenness. A Mix Up. Tlie people up North have a queer way of settling family troubles. " De claring that his wife had been stolen from bim, A. Jloyal Guest, a well known coal man of .N.ew York, obtain ed aii-order from Judge Grconbaum. Friday attaching for. $75,000 tho pro perty of Clarence ,L. .Lowther,' another coal merchant! who, it is alleged, is now living somewhere in tho West with Mrs. Ouest. Mrs. Lowther, the wire of the missing man, hos obtain ed judicial separation on the same grounds on which Guest is suing, A Prce PUSH. An exchange says that it has been offered four dollars for tsventy-two dollars and Hf ly cents worth of adver tising and will "note witli Interest thenumber.tif brethren Who...accept this munificent offer." One of the hardships and actual losses of a news paper ls iii doing a great deal of work for nothing, and there is no way of estimating the cost to a newspaper of thc absolutely free advertising lt docs .In the course of a year, . Hut the sur prising thing is that lt is often expect ed by people who arc liberal in other matters. A G RAIN LOUSE And Not " the Hessian Fly is the Thing That is DESTROYING THE OAT CROP. T"io Liittlo Pest Has Dono Much - Damage to tho G row ?nc Oat?, ~ZJ >yi-'. But Its Days Aro Numbered. Pror. Charles E. Chambliss of Clem- ' son college, an experienced entomolo gist, was in Orangeburg for a few ? hours Wednesday and has encouraging ",_ tidings for the farmers of Orangeburg, Bamberg, Clarendon, Sumter, Flor ence, Darlington, Marlboro, Lee, Richland and Saluda counties, where thc so-called Hessian. Hy has been playing wild havoc with thc oats and other small grain orops. ' In some sections of. these counties . the crop has been almost totally de stroyed, and the plague is of such a serious nature that the State board of entomology sent Professor Chambliss out to study the destroyer and, if pos sible, to advise some means of exter minating ft; and he has been success ful in his research. Professor Cham bliss has visited Darlington, Florence, and Orangeburg counties so far, and linds the cause and conditions the same In each. Professor Chambliss says that the damage has been, done, . not by the Hessian fly, but by a small grain louse. This enemy obtains its food by'inserting its jointed beak in thc:fitcm and leaves ; of .the oats, by vfhjch.it.sucks the sap and if it does not completely kill the plant, will cause the grain to be severely injured and-shflveled. There is rib practical remedy, but this need not cause alarm for, at present, the natural enemy ot the louse has checked-its ravages These natural enemies Will keep the . louse in bounds, and if there were a praotical remedy there would be no need ot applying lt. These natural . enemies of the louse are bugs of four species, and not unlike the potato bug. These bugs feed on the louse and are j rapidly exterminating them. Dry or cool weather retards uhe work of the louse, so that with favorable weather, aided by the bugs, it is not thought their ravages can continue longer. The broadcasting of air-slacked lime when it strikes the insects will kill them, but not in sufficient numbers' to . make this remedy pay. The applica tion of nitrate of soda at 75 pound-? per acre will unquestionably stimulate the plant to vigorous growth which might enable lt to resist the attack of the louse, but no immediate results could be obtained by its use and it would prove a needless expense, as the natural enemies have already so great-, ly reduced the numhersof the louse as,. to femovbthc fear of further injury. ,. Professor Chambliss says that alL volunteer oats should be destroyed, and that in planting next fall it must be done on land not now infected. However, full instructions for future guidance will be given in the bulletin to be issued this summer. Professor Chambliss urges as much publicity in bbc weekly papers as possible, so that the farmers may be Informed speedily, thereby saving them -expense and worry. . A Case ot'Toriuro. Thc public has been aroused by the case of a private In the army named. Richter who was bound, gagged and tortured by his company Lieutenant Sinclair in the Philippines till the sol dier died. Ills mother appealed to the president to have the lieutenant retired and punished, but so far her request has open disregarded. Thc war olllce publishes statements that Richter was a hopeless case of drunken Insolence and that his death while being puhished resulted from drink. A ' public rjieetlng in Faneuil Hall, Bostsbhj thif historic hot bed of all agitations has been held, where the presjdcqt has been roundly denounced for ^withholding from the public the records.of the court-martial that tried .Sinclair. This matter may yet be mado an ; Issue against Roosevelt in politics. The claim is made that in the far away Philippines many deeds o'f horror and cruelty in the army and among the-natives arc perpetrr?ced and'that only Inkling of the facts ever reaches the public. ?jj . . . ? Singular Incident. ;..Rev. W. W; Waddell, ii Presbyterian missionary in Brazil, arrived In New York on the 12th, having made a journey of 000^ miles to be treated, as he believed, for a cancer growth in the jawbone. Thc patient was exa mined by an eminent cancer specialist, and to his astonishment and relief was informed that the trouble was not a cancer but a decayed tooth. A visit to a dentist confirmed the diagnosis bf the specialtist, and the missionary was speedily relieved of pain and fears. So the man had not only gone a vast distance but had spent thesavingsof a little sal ry for years simply to have a tooth pulled. Between joy at know ing he was not attacked by a deadly disease, and chagrin at the expendi ture of so much travel, time and money merely to have a decayed tooth ex tracted the state of mind of Rev. Mr. Waddell may bc imagined. A lind Mess. An unusual criminal case was re cently tried in the court at Green wood, Norman Dodges and Hargrove, two white men, and three negroes, Jim East, Kicking Bell and Robert Coleman, were arraigned on thc seri- ' otis charge of highway robbery. It ls said that they "'held up" Gus Ar nold, a white man, near Ware's Shoals, some time last fall and relieved him of $6? in money. Gus Arn. ld is also to bc tiled for killing a negro on last Thanksgiving day. Thc three negroes pleaded guilty, but asserted that Arnold only had 35.1. They claim that he"lost $13 gambling with thom and with two white men, Hodges and Hargrove^_ Cut His Throat. A man believed to bc Albert G or sola, a Spaniard, was found dead in bcd in his room in thc Union Square hotel in New York, Thursday morn ing His throat was cut and suicide is suspected. Little is known about thc man.