Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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."._ _ r ."V'T.r"' T--j.:1 ' . jg T" ^.vjssg^rggjasjLtfip; _ , _..._"_ "DO THOU JA BERTY GREAT. T NS VT RE OUR SOU In? ANO MAKE, OPK ftlVES.I^ TRY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR |>KATH^LO?10?}STN TH Y CA USE/^ VOL. X??C. BENNISTTSVIIXE,* S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1903. OLD VETS STIRRED. General Gordon Almost Mobbed by Enthusiastic Comrades. NEW ORLEANS FLOODED AGAIN. Thin Timi) It is n FlOnd ot' South ern Oratory. The Old Chief tain Kissed hy II Texas Maiden. The ' thirteenth annual reunion nf the United Confederate Veterans was -S> opened in the great auditorium at the fair grounds in New Orleans on Tues day of hist week. The weather was perfect nod all the arrangements by thc local entertainment committees the most successful. There were thousands of veteran soldiers, hun dreds of beautiful women and above and around on every hand a profusion .of nutter lng tlaus and waving stream ers. There was martial music with out limit and enthusiasm unbounded. .Over* the beauty and success of the .day there was but a single shadow, :and that promises to disappear before thc morning. This was the illness of ?Gen. Cordon, thc commander-in-chief of the organization, lie. was nut well when he left his hotel for the audi torium and has not been in his usual ' health for several days. His .strength was not In reality su ll ic lent for the .ordeal to which he subjected himself and before the close of the opening session he was a greatly wearied, mau. Nothing but his grim lighting spirit, carried him through the day without something akiutoaeollap.se. . He was not able to attend the afternoon ses sion at thc auditorium, ami remained quietly in his room at the hotel, re ceiving no visitors. His condition is In no manner serious, but it is pas sible that he may not he able to pre side at all thc sessions at thc audito rium between now and Friday noon. He expects, however, tu he present 'Thursday. When the hour for opening the convention arrived the platform was crowded with fair women and men whose names are household words throughout thc south. Gen. Gordon was delayed somewhat in reaching the grounds and his entrance into the ball was an ovation. Cheer after cheer rang through the building us he came rapidly down the aisles leaning on the arm of Adjt. Gen. Mickle. He was surrounded instantly by a group of friends as he reached thc rostrum and for a time was unable to reach his chair. No sooner was. he seated than a fair young woman, Miss Tarlton ol Waco, Tex., approached and bending ' down kissed the general. He sprang quickly to his feet to acknowledge tin i?lQPQr_J^^ Gen..T, ' ll. "Levert, commander br the Louis lana division of the 'onfederate vet crans, called the assembly lo onie: and introduced thc chaplain general Rev. J. Wiiliam Jones, who delivered an eloquent invocation. Then, in sue 'cetision came speeches of welcome t> the veterans from Tani Caprtevje-'ie, mayor of New Orleans: Loys ,.?'har hounet, who spoke for"Uie U/-T or ganization of the Sons of .veterans: Mrs. William J. Hchan,^presenting thc Confederate South"111 Memorial association, and Gov/W- W. Coard, . who spoke or thc pimple et tho State .of Louisiana. A fier a few opening .words or wei com" the governor said: oOV. iiuA HI). '"Votera"*. Hie outcome, of thc !3trugW0 that you earned on for four .long years against the most powerful .forces and armaments that the world ?has yet seen, in no manner or sense .can obscure tho glory and fame that .you won for Dixie's land. With a .total enlistment of (100,000 you eon 'irontcd 2,800,000. Of these in round mumbors ?00,00? were of foreign birth ?and had "Europe been in formal alli ance with the north, it could scarcely have been expected to send more lilian this number of its organized ?soldiery for its quota in such a coali tion. Considering the 200,000 negro :soldlers, the ,100,000 .foreign soldiers and the 2, loo,ooo native Americans, .it is not extravangtint to say t hat the .?00,000 Confederates confronted a .coalition of America, Europe and Africa. When we consider these In disputable facts we cannot but have .eommlsseration for the person who would seek to detract, from the un paralleled resistance made hy the armies in gray, uby impugning the motives by which they were impelled to make this truly legendary defense .of their homes and constitutional rights as they, construed these rights 'to be." The governor concluded his ^address by repeating the welcome of the people of Louisiana li. ll. Kruttschnitt of New Orleans, chair man of the localexocutivccominitt.ee, In charge ol' all the arrangements for the reunion then made a most happy .address. t? KN. (lOHDOM's SI'KliCII. .As Gen. Gordon rose lo reply he .was enthusiastically cheered. Gen. John ll. Gordon said in part: "To my thought it is most lilting that this proud and patriotic organiza tion sho> ld mectagain in this historic city which gave it birth. The meet ing of such men as you welcome today; whose past deeds will remain forever an inspiration to American valor and to future sacrifices for ((institutional freedom, is an auspicious event in the country's history, whenever and wher ever it may occur: but how peculiarly inspiring is this reunion in Louisiana, on this iooth anniversary ol' her birth into governmental alliance willi .American States. A Loman eye would have discovered in a meeting of such men, at such time, an omen of good to the cause of liberty: and, A merl . can eyes should see in it nothing bul. .good to the whole republic. It must .of necessity be bcnelicent and only :bcneliccnt. We will not indulge on . this centennial -this political ni i I ic h ia I rmoruing-nor at other times in any ^bitterness. We feel none. We pity t those who do. We have long since 'drawn the curtain of oblivion over the regretful and unseemly things of the past; and wecherish as Americans the valor and noble deeds of both armies .and of all flections; Wc are satlslled willi our record; and the power that would attempt td make us blush fin it would, bc both stupid and blind. We arc' heirs, joint heirs, with thc re public's children in the inheritance of freedom left by mir sires. "We arc proud of all the past. Moreover, wc are now" racing a future pregnant with tremendous possibilities; but wc race it with a strength of-hope and assur ance, born of au unswerving purpose to discharge our every duty to all races, and to thc . whole country. We are growing old; but we still stand firmly on thc narrow strip of land which separates us from a-boundless ocean. "And as we go home, wc will calmly drop our mantles on the shoulders or our sons, who will worthily wear them: and in no crisis of the republic whether in forum or field, will they be found wanting." " ? At tlic conclusion or Gen. Cordon's address he turned to greet a lady gowned in black, who hud come to the front of the rostrum during the latter pori ion of bU address. Theil i lead ing lier td Hie front ol" thc platform* he s:iifi: "II. was my hut une and I will never cease to thank God that it was my fortune to follow, to know woll, and lp love Stonewall Jackson. Ile is not hero, lint thc best lia ir of him is here in tiie person ol' his wife. Comrades, 1 present to you. Mrs. Stonewall Jack son. "To your feet, boys, to your feet," was tin; cry or a veteran in the Ten nessee delegation, hut swiff, as came his cry, it came too late. Tlic "'boys'* were up, every man of them, and in tlic wild cheers that swept the hall, Hie fairfaced lady from North Caro lina was made to know once more, how southern love remembers. "And here's a young Jackson," called out the general, leading forward a very pretty girl, Miss Julia Jackson Christian, Hie granddaughter of the famous soldier. As lie spoke he kissed lier, and tlic cheers were redoubled for tlic general and thc girl. Judge J olin Reagan, the sole surviv ing member of the Davis cabinet, then spoke from one portion or the rostrum, while numbers of the old soldiers threw themselves upon Gen. (Jordon at thc other end. The recep tion was smothering Mr. Reagan's voice and Gen. Gordon at the same time, when Gen. S. D. Leo Interfered with tiie gavel, beseeching thc crowd to be silent and to allow (Jen. Gordon to rest. Mr. Reagan spoke but briefly after this, and an adjournment was taken until afternoon. Immediately the ' mobbing ol' Gen. Gordon was resumed wi til redoubled energy. One old sol dier, intoxicated by Dis enthusiasm, ? sank on Iiis knees before the general ami would have hugged iii m liad not the by standers interfered. 1 T1IK ANNUAL OKATION. The oration of Judge Rogers con , sumed tlic entire afternoon session. . His address, which was remarkably ? .veli delivered, was a brilliant success. ' A synopsis of Judge Rogers'speech is j publjtttitu -orv thc next colan: j. It ] should be read' by All and especially [. our young people. , Uncle Main's Ck ase. I Regardless of tho outcome of thc I present negotiations respecting the ' political domination of Manchuria it can be stated this government is prepared to insist to thc end upou commercial privileges fdr United States merchants in Manchuria equal to those enjoyed by flic merchants of oilier nations. Russia included. The stale depan ment lias liad pledges from Russia tliat even in Hie event of Manchuria passing under Russian control our commerc? and trade privileges should not sutler and it will hold that our commerce would sillier if Russian goods can enter Man churia free while United State;, goods are forced to pay duty. Tin's attitude of tiie state department will, it is be lieved, go far toward reassuring the southern cotton interest which have become alarmed at thc possible loss of their best market . I'aiiJ Her Well. Thc bank account started f rom con tributions received by Lulu Spence, the chambermaid who lost her posi tion at Hie Hotel English at Indian polls, Ind., for refusing to make Hie bcd occupied by Hooker Washington, was increased hy *1.0ii Thursday. Tiie largest cont ri bu Hon yet received was sent to lier by citizens of New Orleans, ll was n check on Hie First National bank of that elly ror $1,000. The list of subscribers was not sent, and Hie letter which accompanied Hie check congratulated her tm the stand slie look, and was signed "Southern el's." Killed Ills Neighbor. Joseph Jeringan, a white farmer, surrendered hi insult to thc sherill Wednesday afternoon and made Hie statement that lie had killed Wm. Golden, a neighboring farmer, on the public roads several miles from Tip ton, Ga. According to Jernigan's story lie and (?olden had not been I friends fora long Lime. Tuesday after ternonn they met in Hie road. A quarrel was begun when Golden drew a knife and rushed on Jernlgan, who shot liim dead. There was no wit ness. Fatal 1'vplonion. There was a terrific explosion in Hie town of lieus Catalonia, Spain, Wednesday. Fire started in a fire works factory early that morning and after, destroying .one portion of Hie building readied a point where a large amount of gunpowder was stor ed. Tiie powder exploded destroying five buildings, killing ten persons and injuring fourteen._ Helped Himself. A dispatch from Washington says Hie treasury department Wednesday received a telegram from National Rank Examiner Perkins announcing Hie close of Southport National bank, of Southport, Conn. This action, it is said, was taken in consequence of Hie defalcation of Hie cashier, viiicli is believed to lia ve approximated $100, 000. Three Ijynchcd. Amos IO. Randall, white, and Dan Kennedy and Henry Golding, colored, were lynched at Mulberry, Fla., early Wednesday morning for thc murder bf Harney Brown, a prominent far mer. Randall was a saloon keeper and Itrown had been advocating prohibi tion. ?-GREAT SPEECH Which Should be Head by Our Boys and Girls. THE SOUTH AND THE LATE WAR. "DUI Any Other People ICver Fuco ?int Overcome Adversity IIB Did tlic Koutlicrn I'coptc ? After the War?" Thc following is a synopsis of thc oration delivered by Hon. John II. Hogers, of the United States District Court, at New Orleans on Tuesday week, before thc annual, meeting of thc Confederate Veterans: "Wl?y arc wc here? No fanatical religious crusade prompted this im mense concourse. Here arc to be lound all creeds and faiths and be liefs, in perfect peace with each other, freed from antagonism to excite the passions of men. In yonder sky are no angry clouds of pestilence or war. No impending danger threatens our land, demanding consultation and means of protection from enemies within and without. Wc are at peace at home and ahead. Neither are we weary pilgrims to a holy Mecca, seek ing absolution from our sins. Nor are we aspirants for social or political pre ferment. This is no vast political con vention or mass meeting assembled for purposes ol considering grave mat ters of state or seeking lo confer hon ors on.favorite sons. Nay, nay, none of these. What is it that has brought us together? This great assembly hall festooned with bunting and Hags, em blems of liberty and power, its am pi theatre lilied with the grave man hood and lovely womanhood of the south, these venerable men, the survi vors of the tremendous conllict ol' the sixties-all thc:.e things tell of a deep underlying cause. This great sea of upturned faces, glowing with life, in telligence and sympathy-if not with joy unmingled with sorrow- proclaim that the purpose of our assembling has made a deep impression upon our hearts. Wc need not repress the de votions by which we are agitated. Whenever and wherever these re unions occur, we are standing amid the sepulchers of our dead. Every foot of our beloved southland is distin guished by their courage, their su blime fortitude, their self-denial, their unwavering devotion and patriotism, and sanctified by the shedding of their blood. 'Time and nature have had their course' in diminishing the num bers of those-who surrendered at the close of the great Civil war, but neith er time nor nature, can relieve those who survive of the duties they owe to the memory of our unrecorded dead, to our posterity, to our,beloved south land and-to ourselves. "We are here today to discharge as wc may those duties and to renew old friendships forged in the white heat of common su ile ri rigs and hallowed and sanctitied by thc conscious convictions that in thc hour of trial and peril we were true to thc constitution as it was framed handed down to us by Wash ington and his compatriots. Wc are here also to pay tribute to the noble band of southern women, the mothers and daughters of the Confederacy. "If we would not have our very chil dren in tire near future, if not asham ed and apologizing fur us, then unable to defend us, we must not be idle in preserving, recording and teaching thc real facts upon which the righteous ness of our actions must depend. "I lind no fault witli the New Eng land States that from thc moment the Pilgrim fathers touched foot on Plym outh Pock they began and have con tinued day by day to record their own deeds; but it cannot be truthfully said that their writers and .statesmen have always been as just and faithful in their interpretation and treatment of the actions of others as they have been diligent in recording their own deeds, and afterwards escaping their respon sibility and logical consequences. It ls a misfortune to tho south that her sous, if not indifferent, then carelessly neglected to preserve for the historian like records. The true records of the south, ir Itcan be related with historic accuracy, is rich in patriotism, in In tellectual force, In civic and military achivements, in heroism, in honorable and sagacious statesmanship, of a proper share in which no American can afford to deprive himself. So much genius In legislation, in ad m Jubila tion, in jurisprudence, in war, such great capacities, should expel partisan and sectional prejudices. "Tiie south is reproached for dis union-secession. It ls the basis for thc charge of treason, of disrupting the union, of violating the constitu tion, of rebellion, of making war on the Cul ted States. It must riot bc for gotton that there is a wide difference between secession and_rcbellion. The south made no war oil the States re maining in thc union. Secession incant disunion so far as the seceding States were concerned, hut lt neither meant war or rebellion. It meant a union intack so far as all the States were concerned which did not secede, and a union, too, under the constitu tion. As the States entered the union, each under acts of ratification of 1 ts own so secession meant the resumption by each State of its delegated , powers by repealing the acts under which cadi seceding State entered the compact; but the repeal of such acts did not and could not alfect the acts by which thc remaining States entered into the Confederacy. "I ailinn, if odium is to attach to thc south for the act of secession it must attach also to the great north and east, where it was for political, economical and industrial reasons sedulously agitated and inculcated up to the Mexican war, and thc rights distinctly recognized by its leading statesmen up to 18(10. History ought not to allow them to slip this odium, if odium it be, from their shoulders to thc shoulders ol' thc south. "Our children should know that the Confederate States, by thc act of seces sion made no war on thc United States; that the War between the States was not rebellion. It was the result of an effort by the I.'ailed States to coerce States against their will to remain in thc union, a power not to be found In thc constitution, a power which all the earlier fathers be lieved did not exist, a power utterly inconsistent willi the rigbt of seces sion, which it ls believed all parts of the country recognized when thc con stitution was framed and for many years thereafter. "If the southern States had the power, notwithstanding the constitu tion, to withdraw from the union In 1803, in 1812 and in 1845, as New Eng land statesmen then allirmed, they had thc same power hi 1801. No change of the constitution, hud hccn made and the relation of the States to each .other were unaltered. If that power existed at all. the expediency of withdrawing was one solely for each State tu decide tor itself. "lt was not a question of the con trol or the government or an economi cal or industrial question; it was nota question of preserving the balance ol' power or the equilibrium of thc sec tions, such as was felt in New Eng land when the Louisiana and Florida purchases were made and Texas ac quired, lt was a question of civiliza tion, nf constitutional liberty, of tiie preservation ol' the principles of the constitution: and thc south when thc alternative was presented of abandon ing tile principles ol' the constitution or giving up the union with alacrity, but with deepest reluctance that thc necessity existed, chose the hitler. She was overcome: she has suffered, but she ought not to ba maligned or misrepresented. "1 must not be misunderstood. This whole question ol secession and dis union has boen forever settled, su far as the domain ol' constitutional law is concerned. The decree was render ed at Appomattox and was written in the best blood of all sections of this land. It was rendered in the high court of last resort, where all laws but those of war arc silent. From lt no appeal can be had except to revolu tion, which (?od forbid. From the clear skies His blessed linger points to a restored union and His henHlclent smile is spread all over the land where dwells a people, thc strongest, the most enlightened, the must prosper ous and happy to bc found on the habitable globe, lu all our struggles we had not bepn forgotten. Iiis mighty hand has been felt, lifting us up from our calamities, chastened but made better and stronger hy Ills lov ing kindness. "Slavery perished, <. .ceession, as one of the incidents i l.t. n^ilts of the war. Thank God thu* I. ls gone for ever and that wc ha." a reunited country under one Hag. the cinbldi of a free people in an inseparable union of coequal States a.id never destined, we pray Grid, to become tho emblem of imperial power at home or abroad, or tu lluat over vassal States and sub ject peoples adv where against their will ''Weare assembled here for no ignoble ends. We are here to revive no Issues scttled'by that udh?ppy ?.con duct . Wa-are net- iier? *o'- defame others or pervert or wrap-^'uc o?uv,.. We are not here to exaggerate or magnify the glory and virtues of one section of our common country at the expense of the other. We are here that mankind may not forget nor falsehood nor calumny cloud or tarnish Hie calm judgment of posterity as to the sincerity of the motives and the honorable conduct ol' Confederate soldiers. We ailinn our desire that our children may understand these things, that they may thc more reverence their ancestry, that they may know of their suffering and sac rifices and bc able todelend their good names, and proud of their achieve ments, emulate in the great struggles of tlic future, if such await our coun try the lidellty, patriotism, love of home and country attested hy the veterans of 1801 on a hundred bloody battlefields. "Who would have them forget the Lees, tlie .Johnstons, the Jacksousand the Hills? Who would have them for get Bragg, Beauregard, nardee, Pr'ce, Polk and Hood? Who would have them forget the great wizard of the saddles, Hod ford Forrest; and our own little Joe Wheeler, Pat Cleburn, the lamented Walthall and innumerable others? Who would have us forget the grand old man (Gen. John H. Gor don) yet with us, and others still spar ed and the hosts who made for them names that can never perish from thc earth ns long ns genius and courage and patriotism challenge the admira tion of mankind? "Did any other people ever face and overcome adversity ns did thc southern people? The same spirit which gave her armies unity, powei and endurance followed the survivors back Into civil life to point the way ol a new birth such as no other country has ever experienced. The south gave to lier armies all of her male popula tion, including beardless boys and gray-haired men, and they went from every walk, profession, calling and station in life. Neither the bench, the pulpit nor the institutions ol learning were spared, All answered with alacrity and determination the call to arms. When the war closed there were none upon whom tc rely but the ex-Confederate soldier. He it was who took up the new prob lem s which the changed conditions ol his desolate land presented. Stand ing by the graves of his comrades, in spired by their noble deeds, chastened and disciplined by the horrors, self denial and snivel ings of war, encourag ed by the high achievements of bis revolutionary sires, and loving venera tion thc traditions of his aneeastry, interwoven as they were with thc his tory of his beloved south, undismayed but hampered by the prejudices and passions which the war had left be hind, he began thc work of rebuilding her shattered fortunes and rehabilita ting her dismantled commonwealth Hut as thc south had fought for tin principles of local self-government ant lost, so in Hie disjointed logic ol the time she was to be denied it! application in the reestablishment of her State govrnmcnt. The greal north sent the carpetbagger, who aided by those who had never ex ercised the simplest rights of citizen ship, were expected to set up am administer such governments ai were, lit fur a people who, fo uearly three-quarters of a eentur; hud. in the main, guided and directe* thc splendid progressant; dcvclopmen of the great republic. The riotou and debauched condition Into.which it helpless'and defenceless people were plunged by- this characterless horde of insatiable comorants who assembled nt our State^ capitals to blaspheme the very name to civil-government and plot schemes to oppress a fallen foe that they might prolong their op portunities for peculation, must bc lef$ for the future historian In thc in terest of truth and as a lesson to posterity and as a warning to us all that there is no freedom where one man is permitted to govern others against their, wills, to drag away the sheet Unit covers the rotten corpse of reconstruction. It fell, as in the naturcqi.things it could not endure. ".With the south's overwhelming problem still unsolved she has, never theless', ??nd?r the auspices of her own people^ fallen Into safe and peaceful if not happy and prosperous times. Her sons and daughters have resumed .their rightful station and whatever the fut'M'c has in store of mood for her rr rest upon the trains and oharaclerisetios of her people. She vill.be patietit, she will be prudent. To,all tho knightly and queenly vir tues she will hold fast, trusting to God and the future for the noble and tho good. Thc south will not despair. "Greed of gain and lust of power, culminating in plutocratic usurpation of all the branches of the government has never found favor or encourage ment nero. Our population, Anglo Saxon still, has never been dominated by foreign elements, ignorant and ca^eles?or the principles of our govern ment ?nd the practice of our fathers. We still have our splendid inheritance except os modified-let gs believe for tlic belter-hy Var. I believe as 1 live,' that ir our institutions arc to be preserved, much, so much, will depend upon dds goodly south of ours. .Our deepest concern should be for a better and m?re righteous natioaal charac ter, All the bounteous elements of earth and sky beckon us away from tho baic'ffuseipation of pelf which dis honor! abd destroys our country. "?e us invite all her people into pattin hf law and order, inculcating peacp. keep alive our sense of jus tice ap) human freedom and let all our- advancement and growth be eharctcrljcd by sueli a recognition of the rights of man as shall make her people feet that the blessings of Provi dence are Lbeirs, under a government of just am equal laws. "May o r beloved southland build all her teil pies, not upon the shifting I quicksand! of seliish expediency, but up?ffkiAe everlasting principles of right. Ld us not forget that in the great am ?iy pf Divine Providence, Justice foras, her weapons long before lier ' battld are fought; that in thc everlasUnfcourts of heaven every man musbvfmlh- the penalty or his dis ohedle?c?lnd all nations the penalty of-injuste ivnd wrong. Whatever may:* Jurdens or calamities, let us bea ni with that courage and ?Tort" lafc.'.becomes.a Just and a j.e, and may our children ah .ildi?n's children be inspir - ug the very mountain ? ,o -enlightened Christian , always in thc paths of|] . and presewe and keep sacred th ?inc groat qualities that made the ancestry respected and beloved of ri vfriod." _ L'J Cut His Throat. Washington Selig man, hanker and hrolffi son ?f James Seligman and broilcr of Jesse Seliginan, was lound In I illroom the Rossmore Hotel iii Nc'v/York Thursday night with al deepish, in thc right side of his I thro.*- He was taken to Roosevelt hopitfl a prisoner for attempted suici'C- To Police Capt. O'Connor Mr. Seli&'nan said: "I have been suffering frorr a-nervous ailment for thc past tweity years, and only a few days ago | I ij.ticed that lt was getting much wor?, and I was afraid to face it. jjcgde, 1 have been having a whole jot if trouble in Wall street lately, ?inc 50 \ determined to end it all." Th! doctors say that there is no doipt that Seligman will he able to leae tile hospital in a few days. <outh Cnrolitiu'u War Showing, p is a matter of record that tlds Sta;c furnished to the armies of the Coifederacy nearly 10,000 men morel tba1 tho voting population of the St?e hi 1800. Tiie census of the tinted States shows that at that time thjr'e were in tills Slate ?5,04t| men ov?r the age of 31. The records of I tilt war department of the Confed eracy show that this Stale furnished C,l,ti08 men for service. \Ot tliat num bir 24,248 died in battle, in tiie hos pitals and in the prisons. Nearly one h;lf of the Stute's troops never came hrmc after they set out to establish a government which they thought to be th?lr acme of civic organization. Tlic State. Wna Murdered. A dispatch from Langley to The Sute says a gruesome picture present ed ilself to some passers-by Wednesday morning on thc Langley dam about one-fourth mile from the mill. They saw the body of a human being lying edd In death. Upon examination it pioved to be thc body of Joe Wert/., a negro man who lias been in tlic era pljy of the Langley Manufacturing ennpany for a number of years. Wert/, had been struck a heavy blow on the back of his head and then his throat was cut. Tiie coroner's jury rendered a verdict to the effect that Wert/, came to his deatli by a violent attack by unknown parties. A Itllllk Suspendu. A dispatch from Greenwood, to Thc State says the City bank or that place suspended Wednesday. The news was as astounding as it was unexpect ed. Thc llrst intimation of thc sus pension was the posting of llie fol lowing notice on the hont door: "Combinations of circumstances, cou pled with unusually heavy demands on us, absolutely forces tlic City bank to suspend; creditors mid depositors will be paid in full, but it will take time. Served Ulm Hight. Dr. Leland Dorr Kent of Roches ter, N. Y., was sentenced on Monday to 20 years imprisonment for inducing Miss Dingle, a trained nurse, to com mit suicide. Tlicy had agreed to kill themselves. She carried out the agreement, but he cut lils throat and got well. Mrs. Kent, the wife, has become Insane over thc affair. .MASSACRE.OF JEWS In Russia the Most Hideous Crime pf the Century. HORRI LE TALES OF CRUELTY. Particulars or thc Terrible and Un provoked Murders of UiiolTeiul iiiR Jewish Men, Women and Children. Stories of thc many great massacre?, which have been occurring In Russia, arc just beginning to arrive in this country from Ute newspapers of foreign lands. According to papers all these bloody outbursts against the Russian Jews were occasioned by. the [ bitter condemnations of a Mr. Krec- f sbvan, editor of Thc Beserabiac, a newspaper published in the province ? of Bcserabia. This paper, shortly af?' ter thc second Holy Eiistcr of the Greek Catholic church, published a statement to thc effect that a Jewish mob had, on thc Holy Easter day, de spoiled thc Michael Angclsky church, one of thc most holy of the Russian churches. The paper also printed a statement that two priests of the Greek Catholic church had been bru tally murdered by a Jewish mob. Instantly the entore Kishenov prov ince was In an uproar. Small parties of Russians, said to he members of the Greek Catholic church, rose up in arms, and the massacre of thc Jews had begun. Some of the individual tortures, show that a Russian mob ls prepared for devising cruelties which would bring a blush of envy to the face or the savage Sioux. Men, wo men and children wero murdered In cold blood. Others, captured by ama)) parlies of Hie Russians, were held, while every bone was broken and they were left to die in the most frightful agonies. Arms and legs of men and women were broken in several places, women were assaulted while their husbands were compelled to stand and see thc Russians murder them. As soon as the riots were begun, correspondents of The Nevos te, were sent to the scene of the rioting, and the stories they relate of the mas sacres are enough to curdle the blood" ufa semi-civilized Zulu. In ono place, the home of a high Jewish teacher was entered by a small mob. The!:-, venerable teacher, who had been dec-j srated wi tlx a medal for his work) imong his people, asked the mob to? mare him to continue his work. Ile kvas :told that his life would bc spared 'or three roubles. "He managed toe* raise this sum, and thc mob took the noney, took away his cherished medal, sub to. pieces all his clothing ransacked ns home, and left him without a jhlug. Thc writer states that ho was 3 resent during thc gr??t"massacres ur keiiT, in 1882, when thc brutality of thc Russians shocked the entire civil ized world, but that thc former riots were child's play compared with those JP now going on throughout the pro-^' vince. On April 7th of this year, thc Le veste sent a correspondent to thc seat f' of thc trouble to ascertain thc facts re garding thc many massacres which were then occurring without abate ment. "As soon as I arrived," said this correspondent, "'1 came upon a mob which was torturing an aged man. 11 They were heaping all kinds of indig-1 i nitics upon him and were torturing him. I could not keep still. 1 beg ged them to desist in their attacks upou thc old man, and a second later I fell with pistol wound in my head. I was beaten almost to death. The wound on my head was only a flesh wound, and 1 am better. I heard some one say, while the mob was beating me, 'Stop; that man is not Jew. Helsa Greek Catholic.' And so they stopped beating me. The writer of this, Andre Nazarov, is a Russian of high order, and an ex cellent writer. In the same paper ap peared a signed article by the bishop or the Greek Catholic church of the province of Kishenov, In which he calls upon the people of the province to stop their massacres and to let the Jews abide in peace. His card, which is priuteri first hi The Beserabiac whose editor started the riots, 1? as roi lows: "Dear Editor--On the second day of our holy Easter you began a rumor that thc Jews had assaulted the church Michael Angclsky, had broken in thc windows and had despoiled the sanctuary. You next started a rumor that, two Greek Catholic priests had been murdered hy the Jews. In the name of thc Higher Bishop of the province of Kishenov, I say that all these things are false. "I sign my name, "IO. Kazako vieil." The man Kreeshvan, after seeing the bloody riots which had been in cited by lils attacks, is now said to be moving every power he commands to put a stop to the riots, but to no avail. He is hated by every one and his efforts arc meeting with no suc cess. In another paper appears an ac count of thc brutal murder of an aged Jew. He was slowly tortured to death, and nails was driven into his skull, and his body cut open and stuf fed with feathers. His teeth were torn out and his body otherwise mu tilated. This is said to bc but one of hundreds of similar cases. Thc writ ers say that it ls impossible for them to tell in words of thc horrible sights that have met their eyes since thc rioting began. Thc frenzied mobs bloke open all the wine cellars in the province, and, crazed with drink, began committing more horrible crimes than ever before. Women were ravished and their bod ies mutilated. Instead of killing the men outright they were injured and left to slowly die. In one of thc Jewish synagogues, thc janitor refused to give up to the Russian mob thc key to the apart ment where the scrolls of the church were kept. He was killed, and the mob, poscssing itself of these scrolls, carved them on his body as a momen to of thc man who refused to do as they told him. An Immensely wealthy Jew, a Mr. Hutley, looked all hts valuables io a large safe. For ten hours tho Rus sians worked on this safe, managed to I open it, stole everything worth taking] and then burned his house. The Jews were not allowed by the police to protect themselves. When they gathered together In bodies for self-preservation, the police made them disperse, and go. one by one to their homes. Here they were mur dered by the -Russians. Many chris tians, it ls said, were murdered be cause the drunken Russians could not I discriminate between them and Jews, f Dr. Doroschewski, the head physi cian of the National Hospital at Klshneff, after examining the dead and wounded, has given the following specific instances of hideous cruelty in a dispatch Trom Kishlneff, Besarabia, to the New York World: ' Jewess named S.ira Fonarschl was brought here with two nails seven Inches long driven into her brain through her nose. "A Jew was brought in with one! hip, both nnt-iot? jjfr&j " wrists broken. |R HARDWARE OP - _ -.n uUl Ol the windows and trampled upon by jhe mob. "Forty-seven were kill, d on the ?pol, and eighty died from their i? udes, and three hundred are under treatment, many being crippled for i fe. "Four thousand Jews are without bod or shelter and it is impossible for ,hem to get away." NO PATENT ISSUED ?o Mr. D. O. Zeltler l'or n Perpetual Motion Machine. WE ave also soiling Thc Cold ?*rxz. Obl?; a? T.Dt?<s&[ Be^ -wsr? Befare S i Our Line, as wa o Make it ?ntereL } .??c-appeareu _?jy Vfi ng Southern papers, lt was a clip- . ling from one of these papers, which OD tai ned, among other things, an illcged statement of thc patent othce iflloials regarding the utility and prae ,ical merit of the machine, which iroughb forth such an unqualified d? liai from Commissioner Allen. . The clipping was brought to the J :ommissioner by a Star reporter with , x request for a statement as to Its truth. Mr. Allen did not hesitate to pronounce tho statement false. It ( has never come from the patent olllce, ' he said. "The article to which you call my attention," said Commissioner Allen, "published in a daily paper of Colum bia, S. C., and entitled 'Perpetual Motion Machine Patented. First Patent in Forty years. Tho Inventor a Sumter Architect, Mr. D. G. Zeigler -Generates Power for Effective Work,' is absolutely false where lt says, in respect to this invention: 'It Is the first perpetual motion Invention that the United Stages government hos allowed a patent for lu forty years,' because the patent olllce ls not allowing patents upon perpetual mo tlou machines at the present time. "A long description appears In this article, preceded by the words: The United States patent olllce has thc following to say about thc machine, and at the end of it-'This Indorse ment by the patent bureau shows that Mr. Zelgler hos hit upon a practical mnchine. * * Mr. Zelgler took his machine to Washington and Illustrat ed lt, putting it to practical test, and the commissioners were so well pleas ed with it that they told him that his application would be filed and al lowed.' "These statements arc so utterly false In their application that the patent otllce would do anything so foolish that it is difficult to conceive for what purpose this article was writ ten, unless it was prepared to cast discredit upon the operations of the C ni ted States patent olllce, or else to Induce ignorant people to embark their money In a fraudulent enter prise. "It ls enough to say that the United States patent olllce does not intend to assist in any schemes of such nature." Act ufa Heute. A brutal and shocking act in Ybor City, Fla., has greatly incensed the people of that section against a Span lard named Candido Ballejo. Ballejo has a tine peach orchard and boys have been poaching on it. He caught one, and In a fit of rage plied a hot iron to his body, branding him badly on the stomach. The boy may die, and Ballejo ls in jail. The people would baye lynched him had not the authorities taken him in charge. Twelve Killed. A special dispatch from Madrid an nounces that during a bullfight Sun day at Algecleres the amphitheatre collapsed and twelve persons were killed and fifty injured. Several wo men and children were gored by thc bull. LEFT TO PERISH. Shocking Brutality of Capt. Fernan dez of the Bark Vera Cruz. HE DESERTED HIS PASSENGERS Without Water and Food. They . Were Crazed and Dying When Rescued by a Koren un Cutter. All the resources of thc secret ser vice of the treasury department ure being-brought Into play to rapture Captain Fernandez, thc master rf bark Vera Cruz Iii that .was beached near Ocracoke Inlet, N; C., more than a week ago, with 417 starving head-, grants on board. The story of the voyage of the Veja Cruz III remains one of the days of .thc slave ships. The immigrants are natives or Cape I Verde Islands.i They were indi.red to come to America by the fact that there is a large and prosperous Portu guese seulement in eastern Massachu setts. The brig of which Ciptain Fernandez was master, was owned in the Cape Verde islands. It is a very old vessel and unseaworthy. The captain got his cargo of immi grants by sailing from point to point around the Islands. 'Most of them paid exorbitant passai money, ami When tiley went on board dec??silcd all the funds they possessed in the world with the captain for salekeep ing. Thc brig was ?nadequ ;tely pro: visioned, had scanty supply or water, and the Immigrants were packed to gether like cattle. The ship made bad weather most of the time, and the captain was intoxicated during the trip. The destination of the brig was New lied ford and the vessel had i small cargo of bil. She met adverse Kinds and was blown out of her ;ourse and the provisions which had' jeen scarce at the start, soon ran so ow that the immigrants were put on me meal a day. ~ "Water also ran out and for several lays prior to the beaching of the Vera '. 3ruz in Ocracoke Inlet, nota mau, vornan or child among the immi grants had a drop to drink. The cap tain said that he would run Into Ocra :oke to get food and water, and would ihen proceed to New Bedford. When the ship went ashore he Im nediataly disappeared, made his way xi the mainland and no trace has leen had of him since. He took with lim the seamen's wages, the passage noney paid by thc immigrants and nore than $5,000 in cash that had men intrusted to bis care by the pas-, lengers. . ' When the life saving service went o the assistance of the Arera Cruz ist Sunday a scene was presented inp ossible of description. Scarcely a Jul on board the brig that was able,. jBtondy^jph^ .wcre almost skeletons :* tom tUe^c^tj'fJood, their tongue?, 'ere swollen with thirst, most bf thc?i>~ '"' 'ore crazed from drinking salt water, id all were violently 111. In the ncrgency quick action was necessary hid tile revenue cutter Boutwell, at Norfolk, was sent to the assistance of the crew and passengers. When thc immigrants received food ,heir stomach refused to retain lt, ind the whole 417 had to be carefully ?urscd back to life. They were finally emoved to. Newborne, where they vere housed in a large building, milich was inadequate for their ac iomunodation, and manv were sent to ihe hospital. There they have re liai ned for several days, while the treasury department has been busy trying to solve the problem what to io with these aliens cast away on the shores of United States. Bertram M, Stump, an immigrant inspector, and Surgeon Glover, of the immigration service at Baltimore, were sent to the assistance or the im migrants, and Mr. . Stump made a report suggesting that the tax of $2 a head on each Immigrant be waiv ed, and that they be transported to New Bedford, where most of them have friends. Inspector Stump, In his report received at the treasury de partment Wednesday says: "The manifesting of passengers was false, the captain took all the money he could lay his hands on, and, from the statements of those examined, half starved them, was intoxicated most of thc time, and they lind them selves here in a most pl table condition. Assistant Surgeon Glover and myself are still of the opinion that the best thing to do ls to have these people transported, preferable by sea, to some point In Massachusetts, where they can communicate with their rela tives and friends. Thc crew are also absolutely without funds, and with no possibility of shipping from this point. 1 respectfully urge that you make some arrangements, by Monday next to have them moved from here. The head tax money and tines for not prop erly manifesting aliens cannot he set tled at present for the reason that there is no representative of the bar kentine here. The agents in New Bedford disclaim any responsibility. "The treasury department author ized inspector Stump to make arrange ments for the all-rail transportation of the immigrants to New Bedford, and the treasury department will pay the bills, lt ls quite likely that the whole matter will cost the government at least S20,000._ A Serious Charge Daniel C. Hart, who for the past two years has been night clerk in the ISpartanburg post?nico, has been ar rested on the charge of abstracting valuables fi om letters. He was re garded as an excellent young man. Had Shooter.'). Two editors exchanged thirteen shots at each other on thc streets of Durango, Col., on Tuesday without serious results, the only casualty be ing a slight, ilesh wound in thc leg of one of them. Many Slaughtered. Capt. Pershing's American forces in thc Philippines have engaged hi : several lights with Moros during the past month. Tho Americans lost i only two killed and four wounded, but hundreds of Moros were slaughtered.