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VOL. III. HUNDREDS KILLED. I IHorrowing Scenes of Desolation Caused by a Cycolne. MANY HOUSES DESTROYED. Little Groups Seen Everywhere Searching the Ruins by the - Light Sf Lanterns for the Missing Ones. ! Indescribably sad are the scenes of desolation wrought by last Monday wnnl' u f Afn.? /!? l 11 u iviuuuu mm. hum practically swept out of existence the prosperous . . littld city of New Richmond, Wis. Out of 500 houses and store buildings comprising the town fully 300 wcro wrecked by the storm, or destroyed by lire. Almost every family has one or more members among the dead, injured or missing, and little groups are seen everywhere searching, by the light of lantern or torch, for loved ones who may be buried in the piles of debris on every hand. With frantic energy the Bearch has been conducted all day and up to 0 o'clock, 54 bodies had been found, although the number of dead certainly will roach 100 or more. These havo, for the most part, been taken to the Catholic and Congregational churches, which, although in tho very storm's path miraculously escaped its ' fury. In these temporary morgues, the sights are such as to touch the hardest heart, as the grief-stricken living recogni/.e the bodies, horribly managlcd and often dismembered remains of missing dead ones. The wounded find temporary asylums in the uninjured dwellings on cither side of tho path, where doctors and nurses from nearby cities and towns are doing heroic work without sleep or rest. A a In a n ir n u i\AauJKl/v I* ~ ~ ~ ~ \ & *u?njr uo j'uooiuiu >ynuau uiiiiuucs iur j rocovory aro considered good, aro being aont to the hospitals at St. Pawl and Minneapolis where they will have better care. The desolate view oi" tho New Richmond is not one soon to be forgotten. Along tho broken fragments of their homes the people wander helplessly striving somewhat aimlessly and hope- I lessly to gather together what had been left to them. On the cast and west limits of tho city many houses were still standing with little or no damage and to these homes tho occupants welcomed their loss fortunate neighbors and frionds, giving them such aid as was possible and the sympathy that is so much to stricken souls. The property loss cannot be estimated at this time and may never be accurately known. It was almost total, for the insurance agents report that no tornado insurance was carried in the town and only a small number of places where lire joined in tho destruction of property, will the business men be at all reimbursed f )r tho losses. CIIUMHLKI) I.IKE SHELLS. A reporter who went to New Richmond says: The storm struck the town full in the centre and in ten minutes awful destruction had been wrought. The largest brick blocks crumbled like eggshells The lighter frame structures were whisked away like so much straw and many houses were carried for blocks and dashed to tho earth. Five hundred buildings, the finest in tho town, were demolished and when , the storm had passed about the only structures of auy note left standing wore tho Catholic and Raptist churches. Not ( a residence was left untouched and , few pooplo escaped without injuries. Lumber yards went up in the clouds, 1 the huge planks being split into shin- | gles. Large iron bridge over Apple ( river was blown into fragments and the parts distributed along the banks a half mile away. Two largo iron safes were i caught up and carried a distance of a j block. ( Within a space of a few blocks, lay , dozens of bodies. Legs and arms were i missing in many cases and one body , was found with the head clipped off i tho trunk as though it had been sever- i ed with an axe. * ( All who nrmorhe r^fnen in enllnru caped. Some casoa over whom houses i collapsed wero entombed. To add to < the horror of the situation fires wero | started here and thero by overturning ( stoves and many wounded, unablo to , drag themselves out of the danger, suf- | fered death by burning. Gallman Brothers' circus was in New Richmond ( Monday and the farmers from the aur rounding country with their families, had gathered to sec tho show. A few , minutes before tho storm struck, a i large part of those who had just come ( from tho oircus, rushed to a brick ' " building close at hand whero they took Irefugc. This building was among | those destroyed and it is diflicult to say j how many perished there. 1 AN AWFUL PICTURE. I It is the average resident of New ' lliohmond who estimates the loss of life most seriously. They claim that 1 hundreds are missing who were buried ( in the ruins, and thero incinerated. 1 Ono such is C. A. Nelson, who owned ' the Columbian restuurant, located on I ' Main street. His estimate of the loss is four hundred dead. Ho says that when the rain storm, which preceded the cyclono broke, not less than twonty por- 1 sons rushed into his place for shelter. ] He is positive that not more than four i besides himsolf esoaped. When he 1 heard the roar, ho rushed for tho rear I door, but could not open it. In an in- 1 stant tho crash came. Tho ruins turn- 1 bled about his head, and left him just i ,J* space enough to crawl out. In tho | shop was Mrs. Broadbank, who was I killed. Nelson found only four alive. ^ He could hear screams and groans. < I Siuce then lie has seen one of tho survivors. Kcv. Dr. Degnan, of the Church of tho Immaculate Conception, thus dc- ; scribes tho approaching storm and the ! immediate results: "I was standing on tho porch of my house, which is some three blocks west of the Omaha station, with my little nephew. Pointing to the threatening clouds, I said to him: 'Those clouds are cyclonic.' That was about t? 30. Then I heard a fearful sound. It was like tho panting of fifty locomotives on an upgrade. "1 said to the boy. 'There is tho cyclono.' In the southwest was a great whisking, black cloud, cone-shaped, the iinnv it* flu* now* 1? * 1 ? * 1 vim uni in, int: mimci in iiiu ; sky. Already far ahead of the centre, j the air was full of flying splinters, hoards, feathers, bedding, and everything. I told them to ruii and warn t the people in the houses between us and the track. From all sides the poople were running, crying for assistance. I took thom and some people from tho parish school house and hurried them into tho cellar of my house. They hogged for absolution and 1 knelt down and gave it to them. Even as I prayed the great black cloud of destruction | was upon the village. Out of the general and terrilic war 1 could hear the crashing and hissing sound as house after house collapsed. 1 went out and was struck twice by pieces of flying plauk. "Then the storm was gone. It struck and destroyed all the residences lying bet ?oon it and the Omaha tracks. The depot was right in its path. As it cros-od the track there it went right up the main street of tho town, destroying every building in the business centre. I immediately began the work of rescue. "It was awful, (lod keep me from seeing the like again. Everywhere moans, snrieKs ana culls lor help were 1 heard. The wounded cried out for prayers. I gave them absolution, while assisting in the work of rescue. Catholics and Protestants prayed for them." ANOTHER TORNADO Wipes Out the Town of Herman Nebraska. A tornado struck the town of Herman, in Washington county, Tuesday evening and wiped the placo out of existence. Herman is a placo of about 1100 inhabitants, in the cxtrome northern part of Washington county. It is on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railway. The tornado wrought fearful destruction. A conductor on the evening train from Sioux City passed through the place not long after the stoun and ho says not a building is left standing in town. He counted twelve dead bodies lying in tlio streets. The futilities will undoubtedly run up to a hundred if not higher. A special train has left Blair, the county scat, ten miles distant, for the scene of the disaster, carrying surgeons and all needed supplies. Wires are all down north of Herman and it is not known how much further north the storm went, but reports arc coming in to tlio effect that a large portion of country north of Herman is laid waste. The nnlir? -O vr i v/iiviiu v/movvi Li ['uniuii OI iKiDrftSKll J was swept by a terrilie wind and elcc trie storm Tuesday night. The streets of Omaha are flooded and the play of lightning is fearful Additional details arc dribbling in concerning the tornado at Herman. Advice received by the Bee up to 11 o'clock Tuesday night state that every dwelling house in town is destroyed, except the public school and a dwell ing, both of which arc on the outskirts. The force of the wind was terrific, as scarcely one piece of many structures destroyed was left intact. The scene in the streets of the onco thriving and beautiful little town is one of destruction. Wrecked buildings and broken furniture arc strewn all around, while dead bodies lie in many places, tho corpses badly disfigured and some of them hardly recognizable. The moans of the injured mingle with the calls of rescuers as they pursue their humanitarian task in the darkness by the flickering gleams of lanterns. The relief train from Blair arrived about ono hour after the storm and the work of picking up the wounded was begun. Willing hands did what they could to help tho injured, and in the course of an hour the train pulled out for Blair with lh"> injured on board. They were taken to Blair, as there is absolutely no place left at Herman at wnicn treatment can be administered. All the citizens of Blair huvo thrown cpen their houses to the wounded and tho unfortunates are being cared for by competent surgeons. Many of tho injured will die, but some of them received but slight injuries. It is impossible at this hour, owing to the contusion, to ascertain the number of dead, but twelve arc known to have been killed and the list will run very much higher. Superintendent .Jayncs, of the < )maha road, was at Tckamah when he heard cf tho disaster and left at once for Herman on a handcar, taking two physicians along with him to assist in succoring tho injured. Did Not Change His Mind. Mr. McKinley has a nice way of promising what he thinks will please tho particular audienco ho happens to be iddrcssing, and an anything but nioo way of breaking his promise when partisan interests and Kia -1 - ? ???u |/I?I mj uunnun UU" inand that ho should do so. Our own belief is he never changed his mind at ill, because he never had a mind not to 50 over to tho spoilsmen, and wo think tho story of Ohio state Republican convention readily explains why ho "went jvor" formally just whon ho did. he i CONWAY. S. C..' TILLMAN'S REPLY To the Penitentiary Investigating' Committee. LATIMER ALSO MAKES REPLY A New Light Thrown on Some of the Things Rrouorht Out Before the Committee. The investigation of the management of the affairs of the State penitentiary by former Superintendent \V. A. Ncal wus resumed in Columbia on Tuesday of last week. There were only threo members of the committee on hand? Chairman Stevenson and Senators Livingston and Hay. Mr. Patton was expected in the afternoon. The other members was kept away by sickness. The committee went to work at a lively pace and some facts about $200 worth of cotton seed meal and the hosiery mill contracts wero developed. The witnesses oxamincd wero ox-Capt. of the Guard West field and ex- Bookkeeper Iturriss. The feature of the day was the introduction of letters written by tho chairman to prominent men whose names had been connected with tho investigation, and the replies thereto sent by Senator Tillman. It was also developed that Representative John Ash ley of Anderson had stabled his horse ?t the penitentiary during the 18i>8 session of the legislature free of charge. Col. Ncal was not present, but his attorneys, Col. P. 11. Nelson and Julius K. lioggs, Esq., were there to look out after his interests. Penitentiary Hirectors Cunuineham. Tatum and Sum! era were present also. Tlio eomniitteo got to work in the supreme court room, it being more spicious and cooler than the committee room upstairs heretofore used. After a preliminary conference in private the bod}' was publicly called to order by Chairman Stevenson at about 12:30 o'clock. Capt. Westliold was sworn as the lirst witness and asked by Mr. Stevenson if he knew whether one of the members of the legislature during the sessioN of 1808 bad not bad bis horse stabled at the penitcntiaiy. lie said Joshua Ashley of Anderson had brought bis horse there and kept it there. He would say, in justice to Mr. Ashley, that that gentleman had frequently furnished the penitontiary with teams to and from tho convict camp in his ocunty, and had saved tho State prison much moro than tho cost of the feed and care of his horse. SENATOR Til.I.MAN'S KEIM.V. Mr. Stevenson here explained that he bad written letters to the several prominent men whose names had been connoctcd with penitentiary transactions. He read this letter to Senator Tillman. Choraw, May 20, 1800. Hon. B. K. Tillman. Dear Sir:?In the investigation of the penitentiary management there appears on the brick book one carload of brick charged to you and on the com missary book certain grocery accounts for 1804, and ii is charged by the officers that you ran a farm whilo governor with convicts, and the penitentiary got no benefit from it, and also that certain furniture was presented to you by the management. The committee's experience in the past in finding receipts for accounts, etc., which appear to be unpaid and are not so entered, requires that we give every party against whom such charges aud insinuations arc inado an opportunity to be beard, and 1 writo to say that wo will meet at tho State house in Columbia June 12, 1899, at 12 o'clock, m., and will be glad to have your statements as to these matters if you desire to be heard. Very truly yours, W. F. Stevenson, Chairman Investigating Com. The reply of tho senior member was read as follows: Trenton, S. C., May 26, 1899. Hon. W. F. Stevenson, Chcraw, S. C. J\ CJ!_. T1 1 ~ i^uar air.?i nave your letter of May 20th. L hardly think it worth my whilo to appear before your committee to answer the trivial matters brought out in the Neal investigation. 1 do not sec in what way Col. Neal's dereliction or misconduct, or his transactions in regard to the bricks and bookcase, etc., effect me. 1 am in the dark as to the exact naturo of one of these matters, to wit: "The account on the commissary book,' and would bo glad to know the nature of that account, items and dates. I will state for your information that I have no recollection whatever of ever having obtained any groceries or anything else that could bo charged on a book of that kind from the penitentiary, except an occasional moss of vegetables, which wore sent to me by Col. Neal as a compliment, 1 suppose, and I am suro I paid for anything else I got. | In regard to my running a farm with convicts, I will state that I never ran a farm while in Columbia at all, in the eommon sense of tho torm. I rented five or six acres of land which I sowed in oats in tho fall with my carriage horses and then sowed in peas after tho oats were cut for poa hay. There was a little patch at tho cxceutivo mansion which was similarly treated, and tho convicts who kept the yard and grounds clean helped to gather in this hay as I *u_? -- a J ? ' " nun na llliltUlU UII 1110 rCIUC'l liinU tllfi last year I was at the mansion, ?nd Col. Neal would never take any pay. The labor of curing and hauling fivo acres of oats and pea hay one year you can estimate so as to see about tho oxtent of the account, if it is still open. Tho matter was so trivial I attached no iinportanco to it then or now. You may oonsidcr it in a different light. Ot'VII THURSDAY. JUNE 22, In regard to the brick, 1 will say that Col. Neal, at his own suggestion, once whilo at Kook Hill, offered to ship ino a carload ol brick if 1 would pay tho freight, paying that they would cost him very little, and he would make 1110 a present of them. I accepted the offer, , and when Col. Lipscomb sent iu a bill I sent it to Col. Neal with a letter in quiring wnctiier lapseomb had any rights in tho matter. Ho replied no, that it was a mistake, and thcro tho matter dropped. Neal also presented 1110 with a plaiu pino bookcase with glass doors, wor?h about $5. I will say that shortly after 1 ontered the executive office I let Col. Nenl havo a cane mill and ccppcr evaporator which cost $700, leaving it to him to determine the price. He only paid me $100, and I, therefore, did not feel that in accepting the small gifts that 1 did that it was an imposition on him. I never dreamed that the articles wero not charged to his account aud settled for. Since 1 havo discovcrd that the State is tho loser 1, of course, am willing to pay for each and all of these things. There is one other item of which no mention has yet been made that I havo seen, though I have not followed the testimony closely. Ho shipped mo a small lot of oats one time from some where and would never send me any bill, although 1 wrote for it twice. 1 make these statements for your information and satisfaction ami leave it to y lur own discretion as to what use you will make of them, 1 am Yours respectfully B. 11. Tillman. Mr. Stevenson then wrote Senator Tillman as follows: Jheraw, S. C., May '10th, 1800. Hon. B. K. Tillman. Dear Sii:?Your letter to hand. \Yc havo not attempted or desire to give undue prominence to circumstances relative to prominent men in tho State in this matter, hut as there has been considerable newspaper comment, tho opinion of the committee was that before we closed up we should give every man ncainat u'lmm o.-... !. ? .. .iwiu 1111 in mill ion was mado a chanoo to be heard. Ilcnco I wrote to all of those in that situation, deeming it but fair to them. If you mean by saying that I ean mako such use of your letter as I see lit; that tho com ni it too can uso it as your statement of tho matter in which your name is mentioned, I will say for myself that it will ho just as satisfactory as a sworn statement, provided (Jol. Ncal does not object, and surely he cannot do so. Tho commissary account with you ran all through your administration, hut tho account is balanced up to tho last year. The hook shows charged to you in groceries, etc., largely horso feed, I think, a balance of about $57 for the last year you were governor. This was never published as an asset of tho penitentiary. Neither was tjlov. Hvans' account. which is about $17T>, still open. 1 will get you an itemized statcmont if you desire it when wo meet. Most truly, W. F. Stevenson. Senator Tillman's final letter reads thus: Trenton, May 31, 18113. lion. W. F. Stevenson, Chcraw. Dear Sir:?I have your letter of May 30th. Whatever may have been the committee's intention or purpose, several newspapers have criticized it because of the apparent "undue prominence" given in tho investigation to small matters involving prominent men. Of course I can understand that tho committee is not responsible for tho action of tho newspaper reporters, who seize on theso insignificant matters for exploitation. The committee's report when made up and published . will disclose its attitudo and show whether there is anything political in the investigation. You arc at perfect liberty to uso my statement written to you in any way you pleaso. I hardly think it would requiro the sanction of an oath to give any additional weight. I repeat what I said about getting i bin its from Dm vmnUnnU-... ?' r u V..N/ |/vui vv u biAl y J ttUU L think you will find you arc mistaken, because I am sure T got nothing whilo Col. Talbcrt was superintendent whatever, and very little while Col. Ncal was in charge. 1 would bo glad to have an itemized copy of tho account. Yours truly, B. K. Tillman. KX OOY. EVANS IS SILENT. Mr. Stevenson also placed in evidence the following letter to which ho said ho bad reoeived no reply: Cheraw, May 2(1, 18911. Hon. John Q. Kvans. Dear Sir:?In investigating Col. N'eal's management of the penitentiary the officers of that institution charge that you got groceries from them while governor for which you did not pay, and ran a farm with convict labor which you paid nothing for. Our oxperionco with the affairs of the penitentiary is such as to cause us to desire to hear from the apparent debtor before deciding that anything thcro was not paid for, and if you have any statement 10 make regarding these matters we would be glad to hear from you or any one in your bohalf in Columbia on Juno 13th, 1899. We meet at the State houso at 12 o'clock m. on that day. There was an interview with a "near relative" of yours published relative to the matter, but you will understand that for the committee to take notice of tho matter it will havo to como before them as evidence. Hoping to seo you at the meeting, I am Most truly, i II? 1,1 n. tv. r. cucvonson, Chairman of Committee. Mr. Stevenson said ho would put thoso lottcrs in evidence. If tho counsel wished Sonator Tillman summoned as a witness for examination tho committco would issue a subpoena for his appearance, and so with other eases. (/apt. Westfield, when asked, said he could prepare tho itemi/.od account of tho Tillman matter and would furnish the book if needed. Ho said the book would show tho whole account, it was not a question of memory. pml , 1899. T1IK I. ATIMKll (.'At K. This letter to Congressman Latimer was likewise read: Che raw, May 20, 1890. lion. A. C. Latimor. Dear Sir:?In tho investigation of the penitentiary it has boon stated that you got certain furniture from tho institution, and from your card iu the papers 1 supposo you desire to net yourself right iu tho matter. Of courso the committco cannot baso a report on a card in the newspapers, so that 1 write to say we will be glad to havo our state incut made to the committee and becomo part of its records, and will afford you that opportunty on June Id, 1899, in Columbia, whore wo will meet at \Z o'clock m. at the State houso. Hoping to see you there, 1 atu Moat truly yours, \Y. l<\ Stevenson, Chairman Pon'tentiary Investigating Committee. Mr. Latimer's reply was also submit ted as foil )ws: Helton, May 22, 185W. Mr. \V. K. Stevenson, Chcraw. Dear Sir:?Your letter to hand offering me an opportunity to testify before your committee on the 13th day of June. 1 have no statement to make except that already made and it seems to mo rather expensivo and a waste of time to make that trip simply to restate what I have already published over my signature. This statement has not been denied nor in my opinion it will not be denied. I restate it to you on a scparato slip that you may use it and if it is contradicted in the least I will then appear before your committee and make oath to the same Yours very respectfully, A. C. Lati nor. The statement reads as follows: Mrs. Latimer and I were on a visit to Col. Neal. The colonel had a bookcase; my wife inquired where ho got iu He (Col. Neal) stated it was mado at the penitentiary. Mrs. Latimer said she wanted one just like it and asked Col. Neal if he would not have one made for her just like his. I said wait; I want to know what it will eost lirst; after figuring Col. Neal said thirteen dollars, that his cost twelve and a half. I said, "All right, make it then." Some two months after that the ease was shipped to Mrs. Latimer; the freight wna #nvon ilnll?'u \K'U?? 1 "" 0 .. wvf v>? ?wu?lO. H IIL'li ? It" turned home Mrs. Latimer ha 1 the case in my sitting room with hooks in it and invited mc to sec it. I asked if Mr. Ncal sent the bill. Mrs. Latimer said "no." 1 wroto tho next day to Col. Neal for the bill, lie did not reply to this letter. Some time after this 1 was in Columbia. I asked Col. Ncal how much I owed him for the hook ease. He replied, "not one cent;" that ho had mado a present of the ease to Mrs. Latimer, and I said no more. I thought of course he had paid for it. I did not know until I saw Mr. VVcstficld's statement before your committee that the case was not sottlcd for. The above facts I swear to he true. Very respectfully, A. C. Latimer. Mr. Stevenson stated that he had received no reply to the letter sent exGov. Evans. Pardoned by the Governor. After a lapse of 10 years the story of the famous Vonco murder ease in Edgefield eounty is recalled hy the pardon Wednesday of Whitfield Murroll one of the young men convicted of the murder with a recommendation to mercy. A.t the time of the crime and for so mo time afterwards the whole State was astir. Tho capture of Murroll was only affected after tho most extensive search had been mado. He was brought to Columbia finally socurely tied with ropes, then seemingly a mere boy. Ho has been serving a lifo sentence. Gov. McSwcenoy granted the petition for pardon Wednesday on a statement of tho physicians that tho young man had developed consumption, on tho confessions of Carpenter, eon victed along with him, that Murrcll, though with him at the time, hid taken no part in tho killing of Yonec; and on petitions of the strongest character. Murrcll was set free Wednesday ovoning and goes to his homo with friends and relatives today. During Gov. Tillman's administration strong petitions A 1 1 1 . i ytviu jjicMonicu, oui ine governor refused the pardon. Senator Til I man's name, however, appears on the petition which aided in getting the pardon. An Assassin Lynched. A spocial from Newborn says: At Boguo, 2a miles from hero, on the night of the 8th of .June, the store of Klijah B. Weeks was burglarized. Weeks was brutally murdered. Detectives traced and arrested I<ewis Patrick, colorod, as ho was about to take a steamer at Newbern for Klizabeth City. They found in his possession a razor, shoes and clothes and other personal property belonging to Weeks. He was brought here and jailed Sunday night. About 11 o'clock last night a body of masked men came hero in boats with pistols and pick axes, forced the jailor to deliver Patrick to them and disappeared with him. The sheriff, with a posse, has been pursuing the mob since 12 o'clock, and returned tonight without finding any trace of them. Opinion prevails that ho will be lynched tonight if ho has not already been disposed of. Spanish Treat With Aguinaldo. As a result of the understanding recently arrivod at between the Spanish minister, Duke D'Arcos, and tho president, it is expected that tho Madrid officials will at an early day scleot a commissioner to reopen negotiations with Aguinaldo for the rcleaso of the Spanish prisoners held by tho insurgents. The efforts of the United States authorities have been futilo, not ouly aa to releasing tho Spaniards, but also an to L'out. Gilmore and tho other American prisoners. It is for this reason that the Spanish authorities will be given all necessary facilities for securing tho releaso of their prisoners. * " *r * UK PENSION ABUSE9The Matter to be Considered by the j Veterans. * The following order has been issued from tho headquarters of the South Carolina division, I ". C. V., nt Charleston, in regard to the ponsion abuses, attention to which was drawn by tho action of Catup Hampton of this city: " (ioncral Order No. 43. At a meeting of Camp Hampton No. 38Uj l .C. Y., held Juno 2nd, the lollowing resolutions wero adopted Resolved. That Co ur&do W. 1>. Starling ho appointed a committee of one to confer with a similar committee from other camps of tho State, at the annual reunion in duly, tho 2tith, with <' | tho object of amending tho pension | | laws, so as to prevent tho gross imposi- c : tion now practiced, and make tho law t what it should he, a provision for only t I deserving Confederate soldiers and I their widows. I "That the adjutant of this camp he instructed to comnmnicato with (Ion. p C. Irvine Walker, commanding South t Carolina division. Coiled Confederate c \ otorans, requesting him to call upon 1 every camp of Confederate veterans in i this State to appoint one delegate to s meet in convention, at Chester, on ti duly 2(>th next, to consider tho injus- t tiee complained of in tho ndministraj tion of tho pension laws, and tho dis- t trihution of the State appropriation \ { so that such legislation may ho sue- | | gested as will correct the alleged * ' ovil." i Tho division commander is not in t formed of tho abuses complained of nor > ! of the remedies proposed. The matter of pensions to tho stiller I crs of tho Confederacy is one of deepest t ; interest to all comrades of this division i ; It is, therefore, commended to the at i tcntion of the division, and the division 1 commander cheerfully calls upon each 1 camp to appoint one delegate, to con- I fcr with the delegate from Camp 11 amp- < ton, and suggest any action it may he i deemed wise for the division at its I convention to take to better tho admin- I istration of the laws, and to benefit our worthy comrades who are deserving pen- ? u;nnn?. ?i.~ I.'.-.. * 1 oivuui o ui iiii3 OlillUi 1 (10 I 1 mo unci t place of meeting will he announced i during the convention. ; The camp will appoint this delegate ; as soon as possible, and each is request- i od to study tho operation of the law in i his neighborhood, and the whole subject of pensioning as it exists in tho i Stato, and ho prepared to suggest any 1 improvements which may ho found no- i ccssary. There is no higher duty do- ] volving upon tho Confederate voter- i ans than tho care of these true and noble sufferers. Ry order C. Irvino Walker, i Commander. < James (j. Homes, Adjt. Gen. Chief Staff. Indians Starving. Owing to the big rush to the Yukon gold field, wild animals that have not been killed by tho prospectors, have fled to higher ground, and in consequence tho Indians, deprivod cf their natural food, are starving, and in many instances ready to inassacro the whites. Today a definite story reached civilization. Caosar Francesco, Salt Hake City; Robert Hitchcock, Detroit, and a French Canadian guide, who arrived by the Cottage City, say that while camping on the upper branch of Stewart River, they came intoaeamp id' 130. Indians and were told in trade language | by their interpreter that JO of them had died of starvation during tho win- \ ter owing to tho whites driving door h from the low lands. Tho in on supplied 1 the Indians with fdod and earn pod a 1 short distance off. The first steamer ' with news direct from Glonora and the I all Canadian route, reports that suffer ' ing on the tr.iils has been terrible. Tho Hudson Ray Trading company has saved hundreds of Americans from death and starvation. TT n /ll A Gam. D..?AA-J uutiio uiiiu iiuuuueu. Congressman Lester, of Savannah, in i an interview in the Morning Nows, is ' quoted as saying: "Spain undoubtedly < sold us a gold hriek," lie said. "Wo h paid $20,000,000 for tho privilege of j 1 licking the Filipinos, and now that we have taken tho job we tirid that it i? 1 not so inuch to our liking as we thought it would bo. Tho Filipinos are spoken of as 'rebels' now. That is the greatest joke of tho ngo, hut a very ghastly one. The poor devils aro being killed off like flics, but it is like killing flics, for every one you kill a dozen v/ill come to take his place. Of course our mission is'to civilize and Christianize them and we arc doing it nicely." i Artfnl Dodgers. The princes of artful dodgers are liepublican leaders. The Ohio convention gave a striking difference between pre- | copt and practice at its recent session. , It professed to be zealous against trusts ] and enthusiastically approved tho abor- j tive anti trust law of tho Ohio legisla- j ture, and at tho same timo refused to renominate Attorney Oenoral Monett for fear of offending tho Standard Oil com- , pany and losing tho usual princely contribution of that monopoly to the ro- ( publican campaign fund. It will bo remembered that this company, with pious Brother Ilockefcller at its head, recently attempted to bribe Mr. Mnnoti with a half million dollarH. Royai TjWiinmk MakMUteMrKoredoUo I mmmmmmmJSSgiJSSiSmSSSSS^ If ' ^ NO. 4. I.KvSS CONSTABLES. jov, McSweeney Cut3 the Force Down to Thirty-Four. BUSINESS PROPOSITION. There Were Fifty-Nine Men Employed. Saving to the State of Twenty Thousand Dollars a Year. Gov. MoSwocnoy is known as a friend if the dispensary law. lie has sup>ortod it as possibly the best solution if the liquor question. At tho same iino lie has had his own views as to tho itanncr of its enforeetnent. lie has bit that it should be enforced as other aws are enforced. Sineo he has assumed tho duties of governor lie has been looking more uircfully into the law and tho manner >f its enforcement. Particularly has ic inquired into tho constabulary fcatirc of the law. 11o has endeavored to isccrtain tho cost of tho constabulary ind to determine ii' it wore not possible 0 reduce expenses along this lino. Alter mature deliberation and a borough and careful canvass of the vholo situation from a business stand oint he has decided to redueo the cooitabulary forco and Wednesday aftorloon notified 2."> of tho 5!) constables hat their services would bo dispensod vitli after the 17th. In taking this stop, it was givon out 'ront the governor's oflico Wednesday hat there were no ehargos against tho non dropped, nor did the governor moan t to be understood by his action that ie considered any of the men inefficient jut carrying out his ideas of business io bolicvod the law could and would be 1 ..(V. ?i .? ... ..i.uk vu ju.1t an UHlUlOUUy Willi .11 I11C11 is it had boon with 5t), anil ho would by this reduction save $1,750 a month in this one matter of expense. In this position ho has tlio hearty endorsement of the State board of control. The constabulary has been costing the State from $50,000 to $00,000 a /car. In May the constabulary coat ?1,200 in round numbers. This ono re1 notion will savo to the State about ?20,000 a year, The governor confidently expects and asks that every olliecr in South Carolina shall assist in the enforcement of the dispensary law just as ovcry other law, and he hopes that every county Dfhcor and every municipal officer, whether he be sheriff or mayor or magistrate or eonstablo shall lend his aid and influonco to the enforcement of the disponsary law. If this is done it may be possible to further rcduoo the force. Not only so, he says, but ho shall expect every good and law-abiding citizen to do his part, lie hopes there will ho no frictio i or trouble in tho enforcement of this law or any other law.? State. Tho Filipino's Cannon. According to Gen. Anderson, commaudini/ the department of the Lakes, tho heavy losses of the American troops in the recont engagements with the Filipinos at Los Pinas and llatoor, south of Manila, were caused by tho artillery which Admiral Dowoy presented to Aguitialdo last winter Tho batteries iu position, (ion Anderson says, aro being operated by Spanish prisoners who have been released by Aguinaldo with the understanding that they onlist in tho insurgent army. Gen. Anderson took the first detachment of troops to the Philippines last fall and was a prominent figure in tho first negotiations with the Filipino government. Luna Assassinated. General Luna, one of the bitterest foes of the Americans in the Philippines has been assassinated by orders of Aguinaldo, tho Fillipino leader. Luna recently found himself iu opposition to the chief's views and not only disoboyed i>ruers, but at one time stopped Aguinnldo's peace commissioners on the way to Manila to treat with the Americana. Aguinaldo ordered his death and tho orders were carried out by some of his fanatical followers. The report of tho assassination has caused great excitement among the Filipinos at Manila. McKinley's Latest Flip-Flap. That Prosidont McKinley shamefully belied his own plodges and convictions in granting his recent orders giving 1,000 or more ofiieos ovor to the spoils system just in timo to help llanna out at tho Ohio state convention is proven by his record. To his honor bo it said lie was a friend of the reform ho now so viciously stabs when in congress. In tho face of his past record, ins clear words and his solemn plodges, how can ho defend his present course without hanging his head in shame? Eleven Burned to Death. Klovcn workmen wcro burned to death Thursday in a fire that destroyed a dwelling houso near Rybinsk, in tho k.w>ut iiiiiuiit ui i arosiav, fiuropcin Russia. Lime is very cheap, so thcro is no excuse for not using the whito wash brush freely. u Lhuuw Powder ML bw? avid vMeiome