The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 22, 1899, Image 1
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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..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.
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